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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[ obsidian || capfam lock ]

[boutant]

Not physically.

[ There's a glance off-screen. ]

He's quiet.

[ Too quiet, but she figures that goes without saying. ]

On top of this, we were at the audience before -- Reul is going to severely punish anyone found speaking with members of the other court. So we were... already having a bad day.

[ obsidian || capfam lock ]

[falconkick]

[ a beat of silence, and sam inhales deeply before speaking. ]

Looks like we might be heading toward a lot of bad days, way things are going. Punishments are going around the Seelie court too.

[ though he has no idea what 'severely' really means, he does know that things are heating up in a bad way around here. ]

But don't you ever think that means we're giving up on y'all over there. We've got three sides of this war between the Seelie, Unseelie, and these Fox assholes, so if you can't trust anyone, you'd best trust that. We've got your back, Princess.

[ obsidian || capfam lock ]

[boutant]

I know. And we aren't giving up on you two, either.

The Fox Cult -- they don't care about which side we're on. If the monarchs can't see that... I love my queen, Sam. I love her and everything she's done for me, and I don't mean titles and boons. I hate the fact that she and her sister are stuck on opposite sides of this war because of what they believe, I hate the fact that they can't work it out themselves. I love her and I don't like seeing her hurt.

But she's not the only person I love.

[ She takes a breath. ]

Before I told her who I thought was at my spire, before she told me that that was impossible and I ran to check -- I asked her a question. I asked her if there were things that even her shardbearers couldn't have. And she told me to fight for what I want, to fight to keep it, tooth and nail.

And that's what I'm going to do.