[ For all that Rhys enjoys the high life offered to him by his status he's actually not that big a fan of his own family or Hyponia mind you but that's more bias than anything else. It's well-known than Delle Seyah is a cunning and ruthless Family Head; she gets what she wants by whatever means necessary and you'd better hope you're not getting in her way. If she wants to project a powerful and unified House? You sure as hell better fall in line and put up that front.
On the surface Land Kendry is unified and iron-tight. They don't dissent and always give the impression of support when it comes to their matriarch's decisions. On the surface. Below that it's spiteful and cutthroat with all of them doing only as much as they need to in order to secure their own land and positions of power within the house. Rhys can't think of a single relative he actually likes who's in attendance. And that includes his biological donors parents who of course make every attempt to ignore his entire existence. He's used to that.
Doesn't make his time there any less miserable for it of course, but that's what copious amounts of Hokk is for. Rhys is dressed to impress with his Kendry colours on full display, and pretty much never without a glass of the stuff regardless of the time of day. He has enough self-preservation not to actually go any further beyond unhappily tipsy though, both because of the impression that would leave (he's not a Simms, gods) and because he knows there's more attention on him now than is usual. Probably had his Peace Summit proposal to thank for that one. Which means anytime it's brought up he makes sure to make his dislike for Westerley and its inhabitants in general known. Because he does dislike it. Like, a lot. It's dirty, gross, the people are completely lacking in basic decency, and really the Quad would probably be better off without it?
But if there's profit to be made in it and the illusion of control for the Westies why not, right? They don't need to actually have any. Just the impression should be enough. "The real power should stay with the Company," he says, not believing a damn word of it. Rhys would rather see that power in his own hands. He could do a lot more with it than they could--and he's going to prove it. Once...they're not watching him like hawks, and all that.
Bottom line is that it's exhausting to put up with, but that's...life as a Kendry most days anyway, honestly. So Rhys can most commonly be found:
-Drinking. Like constantly, sips here and there no matter where he is on the ship. Main hall? Hokk. Hallway? Hokk. Hokk? Hokk. It's not a problem it's a lifestyle. -Awkwardly asking you to dance. Either to: a) avoid having to do it with a relative (new/old cr) or b) get you to pay attention to him because he moderately tolerates, to genuinely likes you (old cr) -Gambling! Because why would you not when you have a cybernetic eye that can cheaImean help you? -NETWORKING. He wants people to stop looking at him like a traitor ok guys can we just screw over the Westies a little no harm no foul? while secretly being entirely for his own purpose? -Wallflowering. Because at a certain point even Rhys has had enough and he is Done with the politics of the Nine and he could really care less. -Actually maybe looking a little bit miserable on the second day of it all? Probably could use someone to talk to. ]
Rhys | kendry
or Hyponia mind you but that's more bias than anything else. It's well-known than Delle Seyah is a cunning and ruthless Family Head; she gets what she wants by whatever means necessary and you'd better hope you're not getting in her way. If she wants to project a powerful and unified House? You sure as hell better fall in line and put up that front.On the surface Land Kendry is unified and iron-tight. They don't dissent and always give the impression of support when it comes to their matriarch's decisions. On the surface. Below that it's spiteful and cutthroat with all of them doing only as much as they need to in order to secure their own land and positions of power within the house. Rhys can't think of a single relative he actually likes who's in attendance. And that includes his
biological donorsparents who of course make every attempt to ignore his entire existence. He's used to that.Doesn't make his time there any less miserable for it of course, but that's what copious amounts of Hokk is for. Rhys is dressed to impress with his Kendry colours on full display, and pretty much never without a glass of the stuff regardless of the time of day. He has enough self-preservation not to actually go any further beyond unhappily tipsy though, both because of the impression that would leave (he's not a Simms, gods) and because he knows there's more attention on him now than is usual. Probably had his Peace Summit proposal to thank for that one. Which means anytime it's brought up he makes sure to make his dislike for Westerley and its inhabitants in general known. Because he does dislike it. Like, a lot. It's dirty, gross, the people are completely lacking in basic decency, and really the Quad would probably be better off without it?
But if there's profit to be made in it and the illusion of control for the Westies why not, right? They don't need to actually have any. Just the impression should be enough. "The real power should stay with the Company," he says, not believing a damn word of it. Rhys would rather see that power in his own hands. He could do a lot more with it than they could--and he's going to prove it. Once...they're not watching him like hawks, and all that.
Bottom line is that it's exhausting to put up with, but that's...life as a Kendry most days anyway, honestly. So Rhys can most commonly be found:
-Drinking. Like constantly, sips here and there no matter where he is on the ship. Main hall? Hokk. Hallway? Hokk. Hokk? Hokk. It's not a problem it's a lifestyle.
-Awkwardly asking you to dance. Either to:
a) avoid having to do it with a relative (new/old cr)
or
b) get you to pay attention to him because he moderately tolerates, to genuinely likes you (old cr)
-Gambling! Because why would you not when you have a cybernetic eye that can cheaImean help you?
-NETWORKING. He wants people to stop looking at him like a traitor ok guys can we just screw over the Westies a little no harm no foul?
while secretly being entirely for his own purpose?-Wallflowering. Because at a certain point even Rhys has had enough and he is Done with the politics of the Nine and he could really care less.
-Actually maybe looking a little bit miserable on the second day of it all? Probably could use someone to talk to. ]