VIDEO | 21 NOV. EVENING | OPEN TO BOTH COURTS | whelp shit...

[waterbearer]

[ The message is broadcast twice, from two separate lockets. The background is a small inn near Daonna, Waver is in the forefront, while Kaldur has maps spread out across a table, and is quietly casting on the maps and making frantic annotations. ]

Good evening. As many of you have heard by now, much has been made about the threat of Reynard the Fox at Redgate. Doubtlessly, you’ve also noticed that since that announcement no other word has come out of the fortress. This is, to say the least, very alarming.

[ Kaldur looks up, briefly, to face the camera. ]

I am attempting to scry for the locations of individuals known to be at Redgate or near Redgate at this time, in light of the threat Reynard poses, in hopes that more information can be found.

If they have already engaged Reynard, and are trying to fight him, hopefully, we will be able to find out.

Until then, or until we have direct information from Saralegui himself, I would like to ask that everyone who is intending to lend aid to Redgate gather in Daonna. This gives us all an opportunity to group up, prepare, plan, and present a united front if things are as bad as they seem right now. Whenever we have word, we can act together. If you are en route, come to Daonna. If you are already up the mountains, please return.

I realize that I have no authority to enforce this, but I do ask that you heavily consider this option before forging on ahead.

[ In the background, Kaldur looks as though he is about to curse, and pulls Waver’s attention towards what he has found briefly, before setting at it again, and speaking towards the feed. ]

I also urge those who are heading to Redgate to gather with us, until we gain more information and can adequately prepare for what we will be faced with.

Thank you kindly for your time. If you have any further information on the situation, both Kaldur and myself would appreciate it being shared.

Comments

[gandere]

You said you were sleeping. [ She's already on edge for a hundred other reasons not including their earlier conversation.

Her gaze looks around him as if to spot his companion, not understanding that two lockets were used at once. Whatever it is she wants to say, she doesn't feel comfortable announcing it publicly even within an enclosed space. ]

[gordianknots]

Things changed.

[Waver can read the look, and he quietly excuses himself from the main room, heading back upstairs for the time being.]

[gandere]

Yet you still intend to throw away your life. [ He doesn't even get to take more than a couple of steps before she blurts that out. ]

[gordianknots]

We're sitting and waiting for intel, Rin. This is the safest way to handle the situation.

[gandere]

By publicly inviting a number of people who want to fend off the opposition of Redgate? In which way is this safe?

Is it the part where you give away the location of a number of possible enemies in a single place leaving it susceptible to attack? [ Tilting her head back a bit. ] Or is it the part where you're trying to gather both courts in a single area in hope there won't be any bloodshed?

I'm just curious, Lord. Because as I know, you are no fighter.

[ Still thinking this is public. ]

[gordianknots]

Daonna is considered neutral territory. Shit stirring with factions here is a bad idea, leaves people upset. All the more reason to use it as a rendezvous point.

I don't fight directly, but I know strategy and how to weigh risks. And in the face of what we know, and what might be infinite possibilities, this is what we have to work with. It will have to make do, including the risk that you have outlined so clearly.

I'm not happy about how it has ended up. But nothing about this situation is ideal.

[gandere]

I'm certain that if your enemies cared about leaving people upset that they wouldn't necessarily be your foes in the first place. [ It'd be a lot easier if she was there, but there's no fast way for her to travel right now. ]

It was a foolish risk. You could have revealed your location to interested parties, that way if something were to occur you'd have a list of where to start on leaks.

... but you haven't had your rest yet, so perhaps that's why you're making amateur mistakes.

[gordianknots]

There's no way to get a shortlist of people who offered to help, and it isn't like I can ask the person who made the initial post right now.

[Amateur. Maybe. But because this fucking place is useless with communication and organization and everything else.]

At this rate, what's done is done.

[gandere]

It annoys me, but it can't be helped.

[ Frowning. ] You're acting recklessly like Emiya and I'm nowhere near to watch your back. You really do know how to be insufferable at times.

[gordianknots]

Rider's here.

[gandere]

Good, I'll have to ask him to smack you in the back of your stupid head for me while I'm at it.

[gordianknots]

He'll do it too.

[gandere]

I know.

That's the great thing about Rider. We share a lot of the same pleasures out of life.

[gordianknots]

Berating me, you mean.

[gandere]

Among other things. [ They both enjoy power, having it, and taking it from others.

Also they both share the same winning attitude. ]

You intend to go out there as soon as you can even after you've gathered everyone else in a safe spot, don't you? Just because you have a companion as powerful as Rider at your side doesn't make you invincible.

[gordianknots]

[But Rin's not a conqueror yet.]

I know I'm not invincible. And I'm terrified of what might be waiting.

[gandere]

[ Give her another year or two of this bullshit. ]

Then don't go.

[gordianknots]

[That he looks forward to seeing.]

It will depend on who responds to this.

[gandere]

If you're scared, you're only going to get held back by your fears!

So going is utterly pointless for you-!!

[gordianknots]

If it needs to be done, fear can't be a factor. Who can enter Redgate safely, who has positive relations with those there, all of that. That's the only things we can weigh.

I will strive to find a better candidate, but I can't promise anything, Rin.

[gandere]

I swear you're only doing this to retaliate against me. [ There is no other logical explanation. ]

An army's strategist just doesn't march up to the front line. That's what spies and reports are for!

[gordianknots]

I'm really not. A spat isn't worth a risk like this one.

[But she's got him there.]

Roles can change if they must. We can only hope there's no need for that.

[gandere]

First of all, in order to qualify for the role of spy, you have to be able to run a few miles on your own without breaking down. [ Waver pls. ]

[gordianknots]

--Ow.

[gandere]

Did I hit a sore spot there?

You know, after this, if you'd like-? I can always take you running with me.