[ TEXT; BOTH COURTS ]

[knightscode]

[Anyone who knows Lancelot will likely as not be immediately surprise that he is sending any kind of message that is written. It is hardly one of his strengths. Still, the message is short, and this way devoid of emotion. Which is best, considering the topic. ]

For those who knew him Faolan is no longer with us.

He sacrificed himself for the sake of a friend.

So far as I understand he will be returned, in some days, by the power of the courts.

He will need space and kindness.

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[knightscode]

Forgive me, but the Unseelie will not sit idle. They have brought the fight to us more times than we have to them. If you think they will hold the Jabberwock simply because we stay within Caer Glaem you are mistaken. Morla will do whatever it takes to win. Ideals of peace, however I might desire them, hold no water here. I will do whatever I can to avoid unnecessary blood shed, but I will not stand aside while Morla tries to burn her way into our cities.

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[digophelia]

Then if you feel the need to defend yourself, so be it. I only implore you to remember we are human, too.

That can't be the only way to kill it. If you you know more about the plagues and the destruction it brings, tell me more.

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[knightscode]

I asked Solais herself. I can think of no other who would wish to see the Jabberwock fall more than her when it is her court that will suffer. She said it cannot be destroyed, not even one piece. That it has been split into parts that must be re-assembled somehow. I do not understand how such a thing can be done with a living creature, but that is what I understand of it.

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[digophelia]

[ Another pause from Alice.

That's not funny, that is really not funny. The similarities are too much for her to handle. She killed the damn thing, she killed it after her took the life of the gryphon who gave his life for her and Wonderland. God, is it even worth mentioning that she used his own eye against him? Would that even work? ]

Because the Jabberwock will serve the will of it's monarch, regardless of what state it's in. It is the embodiment of fear and terror, after all.

[ Because that is exactly how the queen wanted the Jabberwock of Wonderland, too, rebuilt by the Hatter like Dormy and the March Hare. The only thing that will stop it from being so alike is that the Jabberwock would be rebuilt with flesh and nothing else. ]

Here I though the similarities stopped in name with this Jabberwock, but I suppose not. And what if you took a piece of it?

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[knightscode]

That I could not say. You think magic could be wrought with such a thing?


[ That sounds... dangerous, honestly. ]

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[digophelia]

[ Dangerous and risky, but now she wonders if she could have a piece of it.... could it be used in the same way. ]

Yes. What better way to keep the Jabberwock in line than using pieces of itself against it.

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[knightscode]

Yet to obtain such a piece it must be faced first. The plan is a risky one.

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[digophelia]

Risky, yes, but not impossible. Believe me when I say so.

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[knightscode]

You say you know a lot about this creature. That you faced one before, but it was not the same. Was it also of the Unseelie court?

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[digophelia]

Yes, I have.

He was not of the Unseelie court, but he was of the Red Realm. He was slayed long ago, by the knife that I wield -- the vorpal blade, a knife that will never dull. Years later, the Queen of Hearts asked for his body to be reconstructed. He was built again, of flesh and metal. The lands in which the queen ruled, she had sent the Jabberwock to enforce her tyranny.

He was slain the second time by his own eye and limbs, by the Jabberwock's Eyestaff. I would have not dreamed to mention this to any of you, had you not mentioned it was rebuilt. If you deem it too risky, so be it, but if it is similar to the one I have brought down, then in theory, that is another option.

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[knightscode]

I have never faced such a creature myself, I cannot say if I overestimate the risk or not. Yet if a normal method of attach would see its end I would have thought Solais would simply have told us. It is in her interest to see her court protected. I will not stop you from trying, I only hope you do not bring yourself to harm too much should it prove different to your own Jabberwock. It may be worth checking your own court's libraries to see what information they have on the creature.

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[digophelia]

Currently, I am not in Caer Scima, and regretfully, I do not have plans to return there at the moment.

But I assure you, if this Jabberwock shows, I will not relent in seeing it dead. It does not matter what happens to me, it is a terrible creature and it should not exist in this world, Sir Lancelot. I do not care for the courts, I only care in seeing the damnable thing dead.

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[knightscode]

Then let us hope it can be brought down, between our two experiences, and that neither of us lose more in the process.

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[digophelia]

For you especially, Sir Lancelot.

[ Not only for her care of his counterpart, but as a former captive of Reynard, too. The Jabberwock being the manifestation of her survivor's guilt shouldn't be something like that for him, too. ]

Please, watch over yourself. When it does come, I will be coming for it, too, Unseelie or not. You need to rest before any of that.

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[knightscode]

I will rest so much as time and business allow.

I wish you luck.