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[lorule]

Is everyone alright?

[ This voice message comes little after all the teams got teleported to their designated location. Needless to say, Hilda sounds less than pleased with this, though her tone is serious. ]

How many of you have been taken by our hosts to be in one of the team? Do any of you actually intend to go along with what they ordered us to do?

For my part, I will not fight, but I shall not abandon those who chose to follow these orders either. I can sympathize with High-Queen Solais' need for Champions to defend her castle. It is even a necessity, should the Unseelie actually obey their Lords and lead an attack against us. However, to have us retaliate and going in Unseelie territory is nonsensical. Her words-- I do not trust her being sincere.

If you do chose to follow these orders, I urge you to be careful and organized so as to not waste your lives pointlessly.

So say I, Hilda of Lorule.

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[13th_member]

I'm still at the castle to defend, but.....

.....Don't tell me you're not actually in the castle.

[Sob, he can't help protect you when you're so far away, Hilda. Princesses need to be protected, right?!]

[lorule]

I wish I could tell you otherwise, but I am not. I am amongst those who have been transported in the vicinity of the Unseelie Castle.

[ Don't worry too much, this Princess can protect herself just fine. … Most of the time anyway. ]

[13th_member]

I doubt they'd send me there too if you need help later. Are you going to be okay?

[WORRY WORRY WORRY you better not get caught, Hilda.]

[bullhorned]

I'm attacking them. I don't bloody like it, but what do you think they'd do if I insisted on staying?

[lorule]

I will be. I am not alone and I possess means to defend myself. You are the one who ought to be careful, should what the High-Queen said be true.

[ Sorry Roxas, just going to reverse the worries here. After all, should the Unseelie be indeed attacking... ]

[lorule]

So, you are going something you neither desire nor like, only because you are afraid of the repercussions?

[13th_member]

As much as I don't want to be involved in this war, I'll still defend this queen if she really needs it.

[He's not one to let a light fade.] I'll be fine, though. I've been in worse fights.

[bullhorned]

[He bristles that he is somehow being equated to a coward at his willingness to fight.]

I'll do it because I fancy keeping my head on my shoulders and my back free of scars. It's what every other poor bugger on the other side will be doing as well.

[lorule]

Very well then. But please, do not blindly trust and defend this Queen. You desire to see her protected, but she might only see you as a tool.

[ She knew something of being desperate and using people. ]

[lorule]

[ Sounds like an excuse to her. A very bad one at that, but she doesn't feel like being antagonistic. ]

If the other side shall comply with their order, then you might indeed not have a choice. ... As undesirable as this situation is.

[bullhorned]

And if they do, what will you do? Tell 'em that it ain't your fight and hope they shrug their shoulders and ignore you?

[Not that he expects her to fight. But he knows good and well that being a civilian in war doesn't keep you out of the war.]

[lorule]

If they do, they will not even be able to reach me for I shall not allow them. Magic isn't something used solely for offensive purposes.

[ That and anyway, she's already got a hero in her team who's outright said he'd fight for her if she needed it. So she really doesn't have to worry about that. Not that she'll admit it, but. ]

[bullhorned]

Well, that's lucky for you, then. I ain't got no magic.

[lorule]

[ Bah. Muggles... ]

You could ask to those who do have magic to spare you battles then.

[bullhorned]

I'm a knight, not a coward. I won't go hiding behind someone's magic.

[The last word is said derisively, as someone who utterly mistrusted magic.]

[lorule]

Then I suppose I should praise you for your courage, if not for your foolishness.

[ There is nothing to mistrust about magic and Hilda doesn't appreciate that tone. ]

[bullhorned]

[He grows angrier now.]

I was called to this land. I agreed to come. Does it make me stupid to make good on what I said I would do?

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[skennen]

It is not an unsound strategy, pushing into their lands in response to this attack. If nothing else, it may serve as a distraction and prevent the Unseelie from sending more soldiers.

[Or giant bears. It is a very real concern of his that there may be more giant bears.]

And we stand to gain back a valuable asset, supposedly.

[His true opinion of the situation is made obvious by the fact that he's grumbling his way through this message, though. He can see some sense in the plan, but he's no fan of the monarchs. Stealing people away from their homes, sending them on missions.]

[lorule]

[ A pause. Well, that was new. ]

Then it is something new to me. I did not even know there were some who came here of their own free will before you mentioning it.

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[lorule]

I suppose there is some measure of sense in this.

[ But think to the magnificent bear pelt you could get with that kind of giant bear. ]

Valuable to the Seelie Monarchs, surely. But for us? We do not even know what value has what we must retrieve, what use it could have to us, why it is so important we must risk our lives for it.

[ That and after what had happened in her homeworld-- She knew better than steal artifacts. It tended to backfire in horrible ways. ]

[bullhorned]

[He shrugs.]

They came to me in my dreams. Might be that others just don't remember it. Most folk don't remember their dreams.

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[skennen]

[Not to mention all the bear grease a guy could ever want. But can you imagine how long it would take to skin a bear that huge? Days upon days... if not weeks. Possibly not the best use of a busy political murderer's time.]

One could argue what is useful to them should prove useful to us as their army. Especially since I do not see them joining in their own fight.

[Slowly but surely he's perfecting the art of defending and insulting their captors in the same breath.]

I have heard stories of ancient things that contain the power to end wars. Perhaps it an artifact of that nature. Though then one would wonder why the Unseelie are not putting it to use.

[lorule]

I remember being kidnapped. And it was not a dream.

[ She doesn't think so anyway, who knows. Maybe this is all just a very poorly scripted dream. ]

[bullhorned]

... strange that. [Different from his own experience, but perhaps they invited only those who would agree and kidnapped the rest. Damn.] So you'd not be here at all, if they'd asked.