[open] the living are hungry; ALL

[riva]

i don't love you;

but i always will.

“Odezsa,” she inclines her head in recognition of the silver buckskin mare; the paint was fast becoming a little too soft for her own liking but Odezsa was quite bubbly and it became infectious, how else could Riva not take a shine to her? She offers her friend a small smile and settles in to listen to what there was to be said. Riva too, will swear an oath to the Jungle and the sisters, for herself and for Lagertha’s memory.

She likes what the Queen - no, Lexa, has to say about all of the oath-taking and their oaths being enough. Riva thinks she might approach the appaloosa later on to discuss the matter of a scar or something, just a small mark to show her token of fealty to the Jungle. Something about this Queen scarring her flesh speaks to a part of Riva that she has long ignored since being here. Then the appaloosa talks of kingdom relations and she can only think of the Dale, because of a stallion she knows there.

But others come, and others talk.

The last two smell keenly of the Jungle, as if they have been thoroughly embraced by her - swallowed up and spat back out, and the paint knows in time, she will come to smell that same way. They advocate for the neutral kingdoms naturally, and it seems that at the Falls is active enough to request an alliance with. The Dale, she would have voiced it herself but the bay with the odd pulsating emissions of light from her skin does so before Riva can. There too, is the suggestion of peace with the Chamber and something tugs harshly at her heart - Lagertha would never have considered that, not so soon after their home had been burned so callously to the ground. Still, it is not her place to say no to the idea - it is Lexa’s, and she is curious as to what the answer will be in regards to that suggestion.

“I will take the oath,” is all that she has to say to them all.

“We might consider the Tundra again too, they seem to be rather active…” and she has heard of how they’ve allowed mares entrance into their ranks now. The rumors have flown all over the field in the midst of her few recruiting attempts.

Riva