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

[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?

[gordianknots]

Willing. The advantage of Redgate and the love of it's former leader.

[getinthechariot]

Oh, excellent. We can certainly work with that!

[Nothing quite like patriotism and loyalty to a beloved leader to drive an army forward]

[gordianknots]

[Waver smiles, and looks back to the map.]

Shame you two weren't around at the same time. You would have gotten on like a house on fire with Alyosha.

[getinthechariot]

Alyosha?

[gordianknots]

Redgate's late leader. She was incredibly straight forward, well loved, and if you were able to have a word with her alone, affable. Very clever as well.

[getinthechariot]

Sounds delightful.

And she was overthrown and assassinated, then?

[That sounds like a shame, especially presuming she was dead. Rider would certainly have liked to have met her, too]

[gordianknots]

No, actually. She was killed in a duel by an enemy, but not without the attempt to save her life by turning her into a vampir first.

[That that hadn't worked had been the hardest blow of all.]

[getinthechariot]

...

That was actually not what I was expecting at all.

I only have limited knowledge of such creatures, but I assume they operate differently here than in our world?

[gordianknots]

To be fair, when I first found out, I was a little taken aback too.

[But at that question, well. How does one begin to describe The Brucolac?]

A little. I've never gotten the full details. There's a weird tongue involved.