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[desperate_times]

Wakey-wakey eggs and bakey~.

[Have one smiling treasure hunter to greet you all. It's been quite a year! She's seen a lot of this world, but now it's back to business, it seems.]

Communications are back online! At least for us. I'll bet the seelie have theirs online now, too. How are we supposed to banter back and forth though? It's not as fun if we're not glaring at each other and shouting death threats.

Oh well, we can still glare in spirit, right?

[Let's see, what else is new?]

Have all the sleeping people woken up? You should know that while you were sleeping, we stripped you naked and made an Unseelie 2702 calendar. And if you weren't asleep, don't tell them that's a lie, you'll ruin the surprise.

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[notavirtue]

A baron? No. I split my time between several of them, maintaining the border. Which is significantly more difficult after losing two of the spires.

[desperate_times]

As one who travels between them so much, you must know the barons well enough to, perhaps, put in a good word for me.

[notavirtue]

I would first know the quality of your wares before recommending you to anyone. [Of course, he had no earthly idea how to verify something like that, nor did he care to learn. He pursed his lips a moment, before shaking his head.] Nevermind. What do you ship?

i ship us bb /shot

[desperate_times]

I ship whatever needs shipping.

oh my~ lol

[notavirtue]

The undiscriminating are not always looked up favorably. However, I am certain in Dorchadas such a service is sorely needed. I will inform the baron and baronesses of your... business.

[desperate_times]

No, they're not, but even people who claim to be noble will turn to the undiscriminating rather than get their own hands dirty.

That's not to say I don't have limits. I'm not willing to do anything.

[notavirtue]

I will keep that in mind.

Now, tell me how you survived the dragon.

[desperate_times]

[She laughs.]

Some good canon fire, that's all.

Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to save the Pearl.

[notavirtue]

The ship? Unfortunate, but hardly a surprise. Air superiority cannot be sustained with only one ship, after all, as it made quite the target. What do you use to make your deliveries now?

[desperate_times]

After the Pearl was destroyed, I was granted a sea ship by Saber. I was told my airship would be replaced, but I'm not really holding my breath for that.

[notavirtue]

Thus far the general has made good on her word, and I have heard of airships in Dorchadas. Until I see them, I cannot say whether or not they will make a suitable replacement.

[desperate_times]

I suppose this place has enough for me to worry about without that ship on my hands.

[Just yet, anyway.]

[notavirtue]

You would not be incorrect. [With the monarchs back, he assumed the war would resume in earnest. Whether or not the drabwurld was ready for it.] Should any baron or baroness require your services, I will pass it along to them. It was a... pleasant surprise to see you survived.

[desperate_times]

You, too. And thanks, mate.

[notavirtue]

[For half a second Javik thought he'd been too kind, and she'd misinterpreted his intentions. Before he said anything, at least, he remembered humans had more than one use for the word 'mate'. Alien languages were so conflicting.]

Until then.

[And he shut the locket.]