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.

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Private video to Waver and Kaldur

[getinthechariot]

My aid was never in any question.

[Probably pointless to address Waver via video, but this way he can see whatever may be said]

[gordianknots]

Well, naturally.

If it ends up that we've got to send people in to investigate, are you wiling to come with me?

[getinthechariot]

Absolutely! We are friends, after all, are we not?

[gordianknots]

Admittedly, I think I need a skilled general, in addition to a friend right now.

[getinthechariot]

I thought that went without saying?

[This is him he's talking to!]

[gordianknots]

I tend to view you as friend first these days, before anything else.

[getinthechariot]

Heh, indeed!

So we are all mounting an attack as a group, then? What do our numbers look like?

[gordianknots]

Right now? Waiting. Waiting to get an idea of the numbers, and the numbers we're up against.

But we might as well prepare for potential outcomes. We're looking at a potential siege.

[getinthechariot]

And our ranks?

Do we have experience on our side, or less so?

[gordianknots]

Based on the response, middling. More eager than anything else, with love for the location and it's past leader. She was--well. You would have enjoyed her company.

[getinthechariot]

Sounds like there is a story there, although I will forgive you if you tell it another day.

Have we at least a few experienced fellows? Or are we dealing with a civilian militia?

[gordianknots]

Remind me next month, when we aren't having a crisis.

[Waver frowns at the questions, and indicates his hand to say so-so]

Define experience, ideally. Because if you want skilled phalanxes, you're out of luck.

[getinthechariot]

Oh, I doubted we would be lucky enough to get that.

I simply wanted to know if they were fit young men or if we had a more motley bunch.

[gordianknots]

A mix of the two, but erring towards motley. Like having several mes at various ages.

[getinthechariot]

Well, that certainly isn't bad - you were able to be taught, after all!

[He just didn't want people who weren't physically capable or capable of learning]

[gordianknots]

Except we don't have two weeks, it looks it.

[getinthechariot]

So we have to work with what we've got, eh?

They're at least willing, aren't they?

[waterbearer]

I thank you, for your aid [ The words are said in Attic Greek, a greek that Rider should be able to understand ]

[getinthechariot]

[Indeed he does! And can answer accordingly, although it's clear his accent is Ionian]

You are quite welcome!

From whence do you hail? I dare not hazard a guess, although it's heartening to hear a tongue I recognize from life!

[waterbearer]

[ Kaldur is collecting Ancient-Greek speaking friends. It's like a holiday for him.

As far as homes.... So this will be a fun answer. ]

Atlantis, if you would believe it. [ He lets his neck-gills give a little flutter. ] Closer to Waver's time [ Actually a few years into the future... ] but we have, understandably, held onto a few more relics of Classical Greece.

[ Large isolation from the surface world tends to do that. ]

But, it's rather inspiring to meet you, and to have your aid in this respect.

[ C'mon, it's Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, he's allowed to geek out just a little bit.

Waver why did you never tell Kaldur you had such amazingly cool friends ]

[getinthechariot]

Indeed...! I was told it fell into the ocean to the west! Is that not the case?

[Of course, with those gills...]

Or perhaps that is the case.

[He'd believe it readily. There was quite a lot of the world that he managed not to see before he died, as he learned when he was summoned]

Ah-! Then I see my reputation precedes me! Nowadays I find it a much rarer pleasure to be recognized!

[waterbearer]

It has resided in the Atlantic for many ages, since when I could not say.

[ Totally fell into the water at some point. When exactly, well.. there are about a million different beliefs on that score.

Though Rider's World Conquest would be a hilarious thing to witness. ]

I could understand why few on sight may not recognize you, but your name is well-known, at least by many that I know, on the surface world. [ Kind of like the most awesome part of World History 101 ]

[getinthechariot]

Since ancient times, even when I was alive.

[It's like a shounen manga, tbh. An Ancient Greek shounen manga]

Indeed! Waver Velvet himself found some of those tales early into our friendship and was quite surprised at how they differed from me!

[waterbearer]

[ So, that crosses off a few timelines on his list. Also, it's kinda cool that he's heard of his country. Just a little.

THE MOST CRAZY SHOUNEN MANGA. It'd be in the style of, like, Naruto or something, where people die all the time (or don't die and come back) and you learn new justu attack formations every chapter! ]

Indeed? What was the most dramatic difference, to him? [ So curious, man. Also it's dirt on bitty Waver. To tease him about at some future date. ]

[getinthechariot]

[Or like One Piece - Iskander goes around either befriending or beating on people! All so he can get to some ocean!]

Why, my size! All of the books he found said I was short, and he expected me to be his size!

Perhaps the historian forgot to mention that those around me were simply much larger!