(05-06-2018, 08:36 AM)robkelk Wrote:(05-02-2018, 12:43 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: (Just saying it right now: Seto will fucking adore the shit out of Lafiel - she is exactly her kind of partner in crime: cunning, brutal, and competitive under a veneer of poise and elegance, but also with an incredibly passionate heart. She will sic her bachelorettes on Jinto just to get Lafiel by extension into the Royal Family.)
Are we sure it isn't Lafiel getting Seto into the royal family?
Lafiel is a skilled commander, but she is not a politician by any measure. For certain, she knows how to comport herself, and she knows of Abh politics very well. However, she most emphatically does not know Jyuraian politics. And Seto literally has THOUSANDS of years of experience. There is no Abh in the history of the Abh that can even scratch the surface of Seto's prowess. In fact, I suspect that Seto is even capable of utilizing (and not just weaponizing) Mihoshi's causality bending weirdness.
Once Seto sets her sights on Lafiel and Jinto, the poor girl will never know what hit her.
And regardless, Seto is no fool. She'll understand fully that this is a two-way road. In fact, this will more likely than not be part of her scheme. Seto is definitely going to want a warm alliance with the Abh Empire.
What's nice is that I think that Abh sensibilities will mesh well with Jyuraian sensibilities. Though I'm not sure what the Abh will make of the Jyuraian's custom of plural marriages. But the Tree Ships are gonna fucking thrill these guys - both for the sheer scale of power and for the aesthetics. And that's to say nothing about the gratuitous luxuries of a Tree Ship.
Oh, and I think that Tsunami will seal the deal by giving Jinto a tree. Probably only a 3rd Gen, but only because Lafiel would get a 2nd Gen, and we all know who wears the trousers in that relationship. :V