>>FROM:@STORMBORN | >>TO:@ALL

[dorzalta]

I ask that you use caution if encountering Yhych in the courts. Or at least carry with you an anti-toxin.

[ dot dot dot . . . ]

Is anyone a weapon-maker here?



>>FROM:@STORMBORN
>>TO:@BURGERKING, @PONYTAIL, @MODERATUS, @POINTANDKICK, @DIEDHARD, @BOARING, @AEGONNER, @PERSONALSTAFF

Ignore my next message until you are alone or are able to control your reaction.

[ There will be a pause, one which seems to tick away as an eternity for her. And then: ]

I'm told Kebechet is here.

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@MODERATUS

[bloodings]

tell me where, or ill chop off the head of every regency agent here.

[dorzalta]

[ Mordred, no. ]

I cannot tell you where, but I can tell you who.

But only if you swear it that you will bide your time. We will do this properly.

[bloodings]

this IS properly. what else would you do with that bastard?!

[dorzalta]

[ Closing her eyes. A count to five. She reaches out to Chiron, the brush of minds so that he's aware of the volatility of this talk. ]

Hacking off heads is not properly, ser, lest it's in the arenas. Would you rather start a war and show her our hand, or will you work with us to confirm and capture her when she least expects it?

I promised you fire and blood once before. Now, I promise you vengeance. We will get our answers, but we will do it in a way to maintain our ties with the race of this land.

[bloodings]

she?? that BITCH

[ A strong reaction to something that should be surprise at most. But now she's reminded of her mother, and of Semiramis; a bad sign if there ever was one. ]

ill show these bugs what it really means to wage a war against someone. youre damn right ill get vengeance!

[dorzalta]

[ Chiron advised her to listen and appeal. That reason would do no good. Her lips thin as she gazes over the courtyard. ]

We need you and your strength, ser.

[ And it was a truth--for however much they bantered with one another, and however much Mordred said she was this or that. ]

You're better suited to avenge those of us kidnapped by fighting with us. We wish to be there as well. I would see her beg and bleed for what she did to Noctis.

[bloodings]

then you had better keep up with me. i wont wait around.

the regency brought my father into this. they mocked both him and his country. only i can do that. do you understand? she touched my stuff, and now im going to kill her for it.

[dorzalta]

[ Her patience snaps like a string. ]

The Regency brought my father into this as well.

Kebechet bested you when you faced her alone.

You will be shown no mercy should you fail. You will carry with you the knowledge that you deprived four others the opportunity of vengeance.

[bloodings]

we shall see.

my vengeance destroyed a king and his country. one woman cannot hope to stand against it. that includes you as well, if you are foolish enough to get in my way.

[dorzalta]

My vengeance freed three cities from slavery. It burned my enemies, left them to rot, lost them their heads. One by one across all the lands, I have conquered and men have bent the knee. I am a queen, knight, the daughter of death, and I will take what is mine with fire and blood.

There's nothing to see. Work with us, or you will be dealt with.

[bloodings]

then do your worst, woman. ill be sure to do mine.

[ Disconnected. Please beat her ass. ]

[dorzalta]

[ GET READY FOR CHIRON TO COME.

AND FOR HER TELLING YOUR MASTER, YOU GREMLIN. ]