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

[enjoymyatelier]

OPEN TO BOTH COURTS

[...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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[gordianknots]

You're in the middle of a fucking battle and you're waxing poetic about MAD?

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[enjoymyatelier]

Look, no one's trying to kill me right now and I grew up with this nonsense, okay? You don't just start forgetting years of ludicrously ineffective nuclear prep simply because a wall's come down and one of the powers has gone belly up.

Especially when you've got a biological nuclear weapon flying to God knows where. It strikes a few extremely uncomfortable chords.

[gordianknots]

Yes, I know, I was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s! I mean sure, Russia was thawing back at that point but for fuck's sake--!

Also congratulations, you probably caused a premature release of the living nuke.

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, I'll admit that I was primarily attempting to warn the Seelie, but I was also really a bit shaken by the fact that the thing was rotting my skin off when I tried to get near it.

...and look, it's really not my fault if the Unseelie didn't keep that thing sealed away tightly enough. The only worse security muck-up I can think of would have been if Clock Tower tried to hide Gazamy in a broom closet.

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[uneulogized]

Are you seriously acting like this is our fault? Painting us as the villains after what you just did? It must be your only resort, huh?

[He definitely went from "they're my enemies because they are" to "they're my enemies because those bastards need to die" thanks to the battle and the attack on Caer Scima. He is not happy.]

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[enjoymyatelier]

Good lord, man, I'm not blaming the Unseelie for this. It's a war, you fight well enough, things happen...

Whoever decided "ah, let's create something positively horrible and rot everything..." that's the person I'm taking issue with right now.

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[uneulogized]

Really? 'Cause bringing up the US and Soviet Union really threw me off.

That said, who gave you guys the tools to destroy Caer Scima? I might have some words for whoever that was. Impressive work, whoever that was. [He might find it impressive, too, if he wasn't pissed.

He's barely been here two weeks.]

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[scorchedchivalry]

[But welcome to sealing your fate, Kayneth. She will find you and ruin you.]

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[cagedinflesh]

I hope that you are unharmed in all this and have found the next day well, Lord El-Melloi.

[Although really could you not contribute to the destruction. Berserker would like to think better of this man, but it seems mages are mages. Still, he's not yet deserving of harm.]

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[enjoymyatelier]

I fared well enough, I suppose. Nothing happened that I couldn't fix easily, at the very least... given that you're a Servant, I imagine nothing too terrible happened to you, then?

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[cagedinflesh]

No, I am quite all right. All injuries were minor, not even worth caring for, apart from a few in battle with another Servant.

[But with a new Master in Lucifer, that wasn't anything to worry about either.]

You are able to heal yourself to some extent, then? That's good, I'm glad to hear it.

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[erranthero]

[Well holy hell, that's not something you see every day. Even by Kerra's standards, coming from a galaxy inhabited by star dragons and vacuum proofed worms, that is one ugly beast.]

What the kriffing hells is that Kayneth?!

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[enjoymyatelier]

[...that is lingo he does not know but man it is easy to tell swears isn't it]

I have absolutely no idea what it's called, but it's... certainly really awful. Don't go near it if you see it, as it is an absolutely terrible idea.

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[erranthero]

[So easy. And Kriff looks less rude than fuck.]

Why? What the hell did it do to your skin?

( not here. )

[sangilak]

[ BUT OHHH SPIRITS HELP HER SHE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE MAKO, BOLIN, AND RIZHAO ARE OK ;A; ]

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[gandere]

[ It was him? Kayneth, way to go and get Rin against you as well. She'd chide him for what he's done, but you know what? Let's leave his Seelie companions to do that for her. ]

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[dragonring]

[Dave's eyes get wider by the second. This can't be happening, the fight wasn't supposed to leave the castle! And now there's a dragon-ish beast who knows where. Great.]

Roughly the same effects? Exactly what happened to your skin?

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[enjoymyatelier]

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.

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[dragonring]

[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?

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[skjalf]

Please desist in your pursuit of that creature. ( He is lucky that she is asking this nicely. ) It is an infant.

Do not the people to the south require aid, as well? I humbly ask that you see to them, instead.

( Oh, all right. Trying for diplomacy can't hurt, really. Better that than blaming him for a situation which is not at all his fault. Other than the fact that he is hunting something which has cried out for help to her ears. )

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[enjoymyatelier]

I think the fact that it was an infant would deter me more if it was completely defenseless, which it most certainly isn't. Quite the opposite, really --- I'm finding it difficult to see how its defenses aren't going to destroy everything around it.

Nevertheless... yes, I'm sure I'll be seeing to them first, anyway.

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[skjalf]

( 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.

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[snakeskin_magus]

Your performance in the city was praise-worthy, El Melloi. I'm impressed at your battle capacity despite the hindrance of your famed perfect weapon!

[Not that he wasn't without disappointment. If El Melloi fell, Roa would have had a chance to steal his body...]

But, you panic too much. Was that creature not something of absolute beauty?

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[enjoymyatelier]

Well, I'm certainly glad you appreciated the show, but I'm not sure if I should appreciate it as a compliment given that it's coming in roughly the same breath as praise for that abomination...

[...well, okay, he doesn't appreciate compliments that much anyway but still]

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[snakeskin_magus]

[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.