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captain cutie ([personal profile] zerotohiro) wrote in [community profile] eachdraidh2015-09-03 03:43 pm

3rd Circuit, Video [UNSEELIE LOCKED]

[Loki and Hiro have taken a small room in Diasbaile, mostly barren save for the wooden cabinets that seem to blend into the background. Loki would have done this himself, but there was insistence on Hiro's part of aiding in the delivery of the very, very bad news. The focus is on the two of them, and Loki speaks first.]

Hello.

This is a message of the emergency broadcast system. As you can see, our sirens are down for the moment, but I assure you that the news is none less dire.


[Loki's voice drops to something uncharacteristically serious.]

Ah, yes. So—listen up, Unseelie.

[Hiro's sitting almost a little too close to Loki, face more ashen than anyone in their court has ever seen. It's a reality they have to face and while he'd been hoping Loki would find some more information in his research, they're running out of time.]

Some of you had a vision at the beginning of August. A dream about fire and machines with shards for eyes. I didn't have the vision myself, Loki did…but we can both confirm these are real. These things are being created now and they are coming. Monsters that run on shards and blood. But there are some things you guys don't know yet.

[When Hiro stops, Loki barely glances down before he picks up without missing a beat, as if he's giving him a moment to collect himself. Loki looks perturbed at the recollection of the golems, but not nearly as pale as Hiro.]

Our dear friends the dwarves have crafted mechanical monsters, forged from melted metal and living shards. These mecha-beasts are brought to live with blood magic and runes. Not your basic run-of-the-mill runes, not even my fancy-smancy "stay out of my room" runes, but hundreds of them in intricate designs—sorcery that's very possibly lost to antiquity—all working together to bring them to life.

And if that isn't nightmare material, these large, metal machinations have keen senses when it comes to shardbearers, even those that find means of hiding themselves, if you get my drift.

There are hundreds, even thousands of them, with no exaggeration.


[The longer they stay on camera, the more Hiro finds himself shrinking into his sweater. Loki delivering the brunt of the bad news helps, but dredging up the memories is more than mildly horrifying. There's one key factor though that they've neglected to mention.]

We don't know when they're coming, but judging by the amount of time between the last vision and its turnaround to coming true, it's soon. Really, really soon. We don't know when they're coming and we don't know the full extent of what they can do or why they're being unleashed.

[A pause.] Ideas. We need ideas on how we can combat these things and how to keep everybody safe. Start using your brains and focus on what's really important here.

[The important thing, he thinks, is that this war? It's much, much bigger now than just Seelie vs. Unseelie. It's now about just staying alive.]

I would suggest highly against approaching them… [Loki glances at Hiro.] …As I’m certain we’ll offend them somehow.

[Considering the fact that there are other things…he can agree with that.] …right. Defense ideas then. Lay 'em out. [A beat. And then:] Privately, if you would. Doesn't matter if they're coming for all of us…this is still a war.

[And he sure does know that there are certain devices generated by a certain witch that can see this broadcast. He had agreed that the Seelie should know what's coming. Doesn't mean they should be privy to everything else, too.]

Not exactly how I pictured life in a giant robot series, hm?

[Though that’s meant more for Hiro. They have some questions to answer, and Hiro needs a little bit of a perk up.]

[Hiro at least gives a small grin in response, but says nothing else. Definitely Q&A time.]

[ooc: As a note! Most threads will be answered by Hiro, but he may call on Loki for assistance. Additionally, Hiro is aware Hermione's compasses can see posts on both networks so those with compasses are capable of seeing this post. They just won't be able to see the threads in this post. Have fun guys o/]
uneulogized: (THE EPITOME OF FINE.)

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[personal profile] uneulogized 2015-09-04 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
I talked to Eren about going at them. I don't like the idea of Ariadne doing that. Not a baron, not when that sounds dangerous. Of course, the "them" I talked to Eren about was the dwarves.

Kind of a different territory here.
selfimage: — ᴍᴄᴋᴇʟᴠɪᴇ — (Day in day out.)

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[personal profile] selfimage 2015-09-04 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Loki's taking a glance at Hiro and sobering a little bit. he'd been keeping up the little quips here and there, keeping his face and making sure that Hiro could speak without being pressured from reliving that nightmare. it needed to be done, but it wasn't easy. for Loki, it seemed automatic, like he he had changed clothing. ]

Rin may be one to put coin on. She's experienced in shards, and rather good at what she does. If we frame it right, we may be able to figure out something to hold them back. [ always buying time. ] Or at least something useful in the way of magical artifacts.
uneulogized: (look up my nose. look up!)

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[personal profile] uneulogized 2015-09-04 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I assume Rin has gotten over her cynicism about what the dwarves are building. [Suggesting that they would make that up got under Jason's skin. Then again, he's never liked Rin since the very first time they met. And since he hasn't spoken to her much since, he has only Saber's word to back her up.

So, he's not exactly keen on that.]


Do you think she can guess the reason why they're using shards? Shards trump all, right? Or do you think this is just ... them using the shards as battery power?
selfimage: — ɢᴀʀʙᴇᴛᴛ — (Like a rocket man.)

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[personal profile] selfimage 2015-09-04 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[ his dark brows knit together, creating a crease. ]

Shards know where other shards are. They're drawn to each other. That metal beast came to life, it looked at me, despite my multi-layer of invisibility. It's more than just a battery. It's turning them something sentient.
uneulogized: (i'm like edward norton.)

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[personal profile] uneulogized 2015-09-04 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[And yet again the failure of Mair takes hold. There's a grimace on Jason's face before he looks away from the "camera." This fucking blows.]

It's the Cult conundrum all over again. Just replace the puppets with little assholes with a strong sense of self-preservation.
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uneulogized: (so what if i got caught.)

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[personal profile] uneulogized 2015-09-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Barring our monarch actually acting on "unsubstantiated" stuff? [he offers with a roll of his eyes. He doubts Morla will do anything.]

No.
uneulogized: ([red hood] your phone plan sucks.)

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[personal profile] uneulogized 2015-09-06 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Don't expect anything from The Barrel. Let me know what you come up with.

[It's clear, though, that being asked for ideas has put him in a bad mood, so he kills the conversation then and there. Sorry, buds.]