video | morning after the audience | unseelie & open non-locket comms

[boutant]

[ It's safe to say that Ariadne has never been this upset about anything in her entire life. She tends to smile, with large, gentle eyes. She does not tend to look murderous.

She does today.

Her trust has been broken, betrayed. Her people have been caught in the storm that Reynard started. Her mind has been violated, her companion dead.

When she speaks, her voice starts out calm. Cold. ]

So. When were we all going to start sharing what we know about the Cult of the Fox?

[ A breath and then she snarls. ]

Because it turns out they're wearing shard masks that let them look like anyone and they can get into your memories and mind control you to the point that you'll hang yourself.

[ It takes a tremendous amount of effort not to throw something. ]

That lying little fuck and those like him know how to use shards even when they're masks. If we don't stop sitting on our information then they're going to tear us apart from the inside. Do not trust anyone without- somehow verifying it's them, though I don't know how when they can do that much.

If you're staying at Diasbaile -- get to work or get out. I don't know how many people might still be under his spell but he's destroyed wards and rooms on the top two floors, read what was in my office if he didn't just steal it.

Everyone- be on your guard. And share your information, because otherwise we're all fighting this blind and then everyone is dead.

[ locked to steve rogers & sam wilson; ]
You need to get out of the Station. Just in case. Bucky's with me, he- we're not okay, he was with me when it happened, neither of us remember anything after a point. But we'll look after each other; he at least knows I'm me.

[ locked to grell, jason todd, loki, & waver velvet; ]
Gaff died in the Battle of Falling Fire. It was a cultist all along. Grell, can you watch Diasbaile? I can only assume that he'll know what I would do, but he didn't get in your head.

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[zerotohiro]

…wait are you--[He shakes his head.] Never mind, we'll talk about that later.

I need a new job. [Matter of factly stated. He needs a distraction and this sure as hell is a good one.] You've got me as an informant and you've got me as a technician. I can start asking around, see what else I can dig up and report it back to you so we have everything in one place. In the meantime I'm going to start testing out some things. There's gotta be something we can do to block them from getting in our heads at least. Some sort of spell, something.

I'm leaving the castle soon. I can be out to Diasbaile in, like, ten minutes.

video; locked only to Ariadne

[boutant]

It's shard magic. We need to know more about the shards. God, why didn't we do that sooner?

[ Hindsight's twenty-twenty, as they say. ]

video; locked only to Ariadne

[zerotohiro]

["Because we were all too caught up in other things." He knows better than to actually voice that thought out loud though.]

Shard magic. [A beat.] I'll take care of it. Somehow. I know a few places I can look, start asking around and see who can direct me in the right places.

Trust me with that?

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[boutant]

I trust you more than I trust me right now.

Good luck.