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BACKDATED TO DUSK ON THE 7TH | BOTH COURTS -> SEELIE LOCKED | VIDEO

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[...ahh, Kayneth, you're supposed to hate modernity! You're not supposed to be taking a video of the Jabberwhelp flying off like some kind of tourist with an iPhone and showing it off to everyone with a locket!

...actually, from his audible breathing, it's pretty clear that he's not taking a casual approach to this. After a moment or so, he can be heard muttering to himself...]

...yes, you might as well take "mutually assured destruction" up a notch by ensuring it lays everything to waste... did the Americans and Soviets think of anything quite this absolutely mad? Ah, one of them probably considered something...

[...he pauses, as though he remembered something...]

... oh, for the love of --- just a moment.

[He sighs angrily, ends the feed to both courts, and then opens up again for Seelie only.]

SEELIE LOCKED

...apologies for all that, it was a bit difficult not to get caught up in the moment of watching victory go absolutely pear shaped. It was best to warn everyone Seelie, and at least a video will show you what we're dealing with.

Anyway, that's the absolute horror that was unleashed from the ruins of Caer Scima just a moment ago... I've got absolutely no idea what that hideous thing is, but it's certainly something. I wanted to try and hunt it down, but...

[He turns the locket down to his hand, where his usually nice looking coat and gloves are looking like they've been left out in the rain for about a decade.]

...well, I'm eternally grateful for the fact that I can heal, because my flesh suffered roughly the same effects when I started getting too close to it. I have absolutely no idea where it's going now, but our prospects aren't looking fantastic if it crosses our paths. I wouldn't advise fighting it if you don't have anything you can use at range --- or at all, really, until we find out what in God's name it is and how to kill it.

...anyway, those of us at Scima won't be here too much longer at all, I'd imagine. I'd be happy to discuss something with someone who might know what's going on with this... perhaps when we're back in Seelie territory.

[...he goes back to mumbling as he begins shutting the locket.]

Ugh, what an absolute mess...

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( Something keeps her from telling him that she has heard it crying out for help. Her trust of the Seelie court in general has tanked thanks to what has happened. )

That is a fact upon which we cannot disagree. Though I must say that like any child, it knows not what it does.

( Frankly: she figures it's going after Caer Glaem because its own home was levelled by Tarz and his troops. It's not unfair. So long as the casualties are at a minimum at worst. )

You have my thanks.

Well, it started rotting, of course.

[said rather casually as though he's not actually freaking out about it at all...]

I'm certain if I'd spent more time in its presence it would've been worse, but thankfully I got away in time.

[Kerra is so rude. So, so rude.]

Well, obviously. Where d'you think it's heading? What direction...and...where are you guys anyway?

[Or compliments coming from Roa in general--]

Are you not an abomination, yourself? Think of the ordinary soldiers who were faced with your familiar.

It's cruel of you to think you're not a monster in comparison.

[Dave winces when he hears that. He kinda suspected it but the mental image is still just... eww.]

What- what about the other people around you, can it be healed for them too or are they-- [He swallows.] --are they stuck like that?

Well, the Seelie also used to have some sort of living weapon of our own, apparently... "used to" being the key word there.

And that is a point, certainly. I know if I were in the Unseelie monarchs' place, I would've had some sort of trap set up... something a bit more sporting and less senselessly destructive, of course. I'd imagine that thing was supposed to be let out at some point, but perhaps some bugs needed to be worked out...

Well, that must have been exciting, at the very least. Which one was it, may I ask?

And yes, quite adeptly. I'd really be a mess without it, so I'm glad it's a skill of mine.

That doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't have existed in the first place! There's setting up traps and then there's leaving a living environmental disaster right under your castle!

[YOUR SIDE HAS ONE TWO, YOU FUCKER waver cannot say to the network]

We're done here, I don't have the patience to have this conversation right now. You've let out something that shouldn't have been because you were fool enough to not expect something like that. Get the fuck off the network before anyone thinks to come and find you for vengeance.

That's really rather unfortunate, but unless the Unseelie have a plan that involves tucking it into bed with a lolly and perhaps its favorite bedtime story, I'm afraid we may have to take drastic measures to minimize damage.

...honestly, I think the lolly route would probably be easiest for everyone involved, but I don't know if you're having any more luck than we are.

I have heard that there are methods to calm it. Be rest-assured that we will do all we might to do just that.

Most of us here are not in favour of further needless life being lost, including that of the beast itself.

Well, if the world's gonna end if we all die, why not speed up the process? Thought that's what your team wanted. [He shrugs his shoulders kind of obnoxiously.]

What happened to your big weapon?

I do not remember it terribly well, as you might imagine, due to the nature of the Berserker class. It was Lancer, of the Golden Cadre.

Perhaps you would enlighten me to the usage of healing magecraft someday, if it is not too presumptuous to ask.

Given just about everything, I'd say it's probably headed to the south. We're currently at Caer Scima, but... not for long. I suspect when the sun properly sets, we'll be back in Seelie territory.

Ah, really? That's good to know, at the very least. Hopefully you take care of it soon, then... I think we'd all appreciate it more if the beast had some idea of how to conduct itself rather than just being some sort of aimless hellbeast.

[...huh.

gently... locks this, then, in case he learns some interesting deets here]

...the entire world, or just your end of it? I've never gotten a clear answer on what bringing order entails, exactly.

I've been told it died rather horribly, actually.

[...that doesn't actually seem like classified knowledge so you know, shrug]

Ah, I certainly understand. I'm more familiar with the Lancer class, particularly that one... but given what I've heard, I can only imagine.

...and, well, technically, you are the enemy. I'm not entirely sure if that would be considered treason at this point or not...

[The locking is curious, and Jason mentally adjusts accordingly. What information he's getting is something he doesn't want anyone to know he's gained.]

Why would it just be our end of it? What do you think the Seelie are fighting for? Y'know, I thought this was common knowledge, but then I thought that was hard to believe. Why would so many idiots be fighting to kill themselves off? It just doesn't make sense.

[jesus fucking christ]

...yes, I really do wonder about that. It's not exactly surprising that our monarchs would strive to keep that a secret if that indeed were the case... however, do you really know that you're being told the truth? It could easily be propaganda.

Not that I'm dismissing the idea outright, of course. I'm not fool enough to believe the Seelie monarchs are blameless, because quite honestly you don't get to run a superpower without crushing a few skulls... but opposing armies do have a tendency to demonize the other sides.

The idea of hitting the reset button and starting anew—it's present in a lot of myths. A lot of people aim for it. Christianity sets it up with the rapture. Those who don't deserve to enter heaven are finally left behind. And then there's the matter of Ragnarok. End of the world because everything's left to crap. And that's the thing—[He pauses here purely for dramatic effect.]

I heard that this world is fucked. That hitting reset might be necessary with the disappearing lands. I haven't called in a second resource on that one, so I have my doubts.

But honestly, what were you told? What made you want to fight? Was it that we were just so awful that you couldn't hold back? You thought you were righteous? [All of the words are ... properly emphasized. He's almost enjoying this.]

...wait, are we talking about that strange fundamentalist train of thought here...? I've heard things have been getting a bit dicey, so Ragnarok is perhaps a good comparison, but does anybody really believe in the Rapture outside of the American South...?

[YOU YANKS ARE FUCKING WEIRD, THAT'S CLEARLY HIS HANGUP HERE]

Anyway, that does seem to be the opinion of some of those on the Seelie side... probably to make it easier to fight like butchers than gentlemen, because it's far easier to kill when you're thinking of the other side as vermin.

But to be honest, it's really nothing personal on my end. I did what I was tasked to do, and I don't believe in doing a shoddy job regardless of circumstances.

Mad Enhancement does not do well for one's ability to think, nor to recall once it has passed. Lancer had mentioned his former Master was here, do you mean to say that is yourself?

[That would be interesting, and quite the news. ...Though Diarmuid had said his Master was along the lines of the sort of magus Berserker dislikes...which doesn't bode well for his misgivings about Kayneth.]

I had anticipated that would be the case, certainly. Think nothing of it, then.

Different worlds. Different strokes. I should've been a little more aware. [But come on, the Book of Revelations is the Book of Revelations. Then again, he knows some people aren't going to even know what the hell that is, so he'll have to adjust this explanation next time. Duly noted.]

So you do a good job. I understand the logic. Some people are just built that way. [He's not too far from it himself.] But you just thought this whole transdimensional conflict was over ... what? Political squabbles? [That's got to be where the Cold War analogy came in, right?] I can understand the self-justification. I can understand any of that. I don't understand taking a battlefield where you might die without knowing the why.

[...yeah, that's...

AT LEAST HE ISN'T A MATOU]

Yes, I can imagine. Lancer was indeed my former Servant, though we're obviously not connected here. I presume there's just enough magic in this world to sustain Servants independently, which is convenient enough.

...I'm sure, of course, I could think on the subject a bit more if I had a more discreet way of going about things. I don't really know if these are the best way to handle it.

Oh, no, I know what you're talking about. I suppose I may have been assuming you were talking about the more literal theological interpretation than the looser one that most doctrines go with.

Well, "glory" is always an answer, isn't it? It has been since the dawn of time. The average soldier usually doesn't care much for the politics of things --- they just fight because someone at the top of the chain tells them to, and they may as well make a name for themselves. Coupling it with an ideology is really a more recent thing, unless the enemy is slightly more foreign than the next country over.

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