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eachdraidh2015-08-08 04:26 pm
survivra) wrote in eachdraidh2015-08-08 04:26 pm
voice; unseelie.
Each day that goes by that we're waiting for something to happen is each day the Void gets closer to all of us. We lost all last month to fight against it due to the Black Shuck's orders, and now we're left scrambling to make up that lost time. Isn't that a bit too convenient for those who would have us die against our will, to squander the little time we've left?
I can't shake the feeling there's something more that's happening than we're being told, and more we ought to be doing than simply preparing. The least we could do for now is try to figure out what that is. If you've no experience with self-defense, then I can help with that; and if you have that, or at least some experience in finding your way through the woods without getting lost and setting off warning signs wherever you walk, then I suppose I'm your lieutenant, if you wish to scout our borders.
Either way we know something is stirring, and we'd better be prepared for it.
I can't shake the feeling there's something more that's happening than we're being told, and more we ought to be doing than simply preparing. The least we could do for now is try to figure out what that is. If you've no experience with self-defense, then I can help with that; and if you have that, or at least some experience in finding your way through the woods without getting lost and setting off warning signs wherever you walk, then I suppose I'm your lieutenant, if you wish to scout our borders.
Either way we know something is stirring, and we'd better be prepared for it.
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[ she can hear the song in his voice. ]
Just what kind of explosions do you favor? Fire, maybe? Thunder and lightning?
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Are you asking because you want my advice, or are you planning to gift me a storm?
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A little from column A, a little from column B.
How big the gift is just depends on how big your ambitions are.
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Let's just say I've had the pleasure of creating something of a contained elemental spell.
[ pauses, with mock surprise: ]
Something of a bomb. A spell bomb. Now, tell me, is that something that would aid into your ambitious territories?
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The concept is dizzying. ]
Loki. The things you could do with that—or I could, are we all could—that sounds marvelous.
I've only just begun to think of another sort of plan that goes beyond keeping an eye on our borders, but that's the sort of thing that could make it feasible. And not just for me, but for more in the months to come.
[ She's not being entirely clear, but—well, forgive her, that's just an extremely cool concept. ]
How does it work?
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[ simple and to the point. you don't want to be fiddling with complicated magic when you wanted something to blow sky high like tsar bomba. ]
Flick—[ dramatic pause. ]—Boom!
Of course there are extras we could tack on. A few timed runes would cause them to sleep. I'm sure you could cover them in the brush and wait for the unsuspecting foot of the enemy to come along.
Double boom!
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[ Katsa's quiet for a moment while she thinks about the possibilities. ]
If I were planning to set traps along our borders, or sabotage any Seelie who come too close to ours and need a distraction, would I be able to use such a thing? Even before the next battle we know is coming?
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I take it you'd like some. I can make it happen, especially if you'd wish to protect the Unseelie borders. Tell me how many and of which type and they won't know what hit them.
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I'd be grateful for them. Very grateful. Could I send you a note later tonight with that information?
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[ there's an amused cluck in his voice. ]
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