[Quest] Video (To Seelie, Hermione-Net, Rin's Networks, & Alyosha-Net) Trouble at the Pool of Souls

[oathshackledbird]

[If Diarmuid counts them all, he has something like half a dozen different communication devices.  He stares at them in distaste.  He should not have to go to so much trouble to contact those he cares about safely, but this madness is what the courts have forced on them.  One-by-one, he sends the same short video message over each device.  First his locket, then the brooch Hermione enchanted for him, next the necklace Rin enchanted for him, and then the compass network Rin made for those most trusted by Alyosha.  Finally, he looks at the ring that is keyed to the commanders of the Red Hand.  He could send the message to John and Javik through it as well, but he has a feeling they will probably see it in one of the other ways as well.  The only device he doesn't consider using is the mirror given to him by Faolan.  The spymaster is the one who gave him the quest after all, and Faolan has already told him all he knows.

It is a lot of work, but Diarmuid needs information, and he has never been one who does things by half measures.

He is sorry to those who get the message more than once, though...]

Greetings everyone.  I know right now the focus of many of us must be battle preparations, but it has been brought to my attention that something strange is going on at the Pool of Souls.  This place is a place of peace and healing and cannot be allowed to be defiled.  As such, I am asking anyone who sees this and knows anything about the area--be it rumors you have heard or travels you have made there--to share that information with me.  I do not want to go into this unprepared for there are many dangerous groups who play this game with us, and I have no wish to become their prey.

[The possibility that this disturbance is being caused by an Unseelie has crossed Diarmuid's mind, but he finds it a lot more likely an outside group like the Cult of the Fox is involved.  If not the Cult of the Fox, it is just as likely to be one of the other cults that have sprung up since the Void started moving so much closer.]

No piece of information is too small, so please don't hesitate to share.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Comments

compass; audio

[oathshackledbird]

Definitely. I don't know how well whoever this is will be hiding themselves, so I would like to have both normal and magical methods of tracking them.

[He pauses and then nods to himself.]

I should contact Lagertha as well. Considering when and where she is from, I am sure she will be able to track very well too.

compass; audio

[notyetlegend]

Lagertha? Is she a friend of yours?

compass; audio

[oathshackledbird]

You know her?

[Diarmuid tilts his head curiously and then a very soft and slightly distant look crosses his face.]

Yes, I know her. She is very important to me. An amazing woman.

compass; audio

[notyetlegend]

Nay, I don't.

[But by the sounds of it she does sound very important to the man she's come to call father.]

I'd much like to meet this amazin' woman of yours, papa.

compass; audio

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid smiles a little sheepishly, suddenly realizing how he must sound.]

I don't know if I would call her my woman. She wouldn't like that. I would not mind being her man, though.

Hopefully, she will come to help us hunt, then. My daughter and my king should know the woman who makes me so happy.

compass; audio

[notyetlegend]

[There's an actual giggle from her end for the first time in a couple of weeks and a mischievous tone in her voice. You're too cute sometimes, papa.]

Considerin' I've never heard you so happy talkin' about a woman before [aside from Aly, but that was different and she doesn't bring it up, knowing he misses her] I should hope she does. I would like to hunt beside such a woman.

compass; audio

[oathshackledbird]

[He's not cute! He's a knight! Knights aren't cute. Yes, they are.]

But I...

[Oops, busted. Diarmuid blushes slightly and then tries to change the topic slightly.]

You two hunting together. I am certainly glad it is not me you will be hunting.