>>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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[dorzalta]

It's a compliment. The man of my world with a similar title was the master of secrets.

[dipolar]

Doesn't sound like he was doing a very good job if people knew he was the master of secrets.
A man with no name and no title can't get paid, though.
Call me what you will.

How are the receptions you're receiving to this news?

[dorzalta]

Perhaps, but one could never tell when one of his little birds was spying, for they came in all sizes and shapes, and his reach extended beyond the ocean and to the lands upon which I grew.
I threatened to burn him if he betrayed me.

As can be expected. Some clamor for her death, but they've been convinced to stay their hands until we can detain her, if at all possible. My sharper minded warriors already strategize.

[ Dany, you don't own anyone. ]

Thank you again for sharing this with me.

[dipolar]

Then are you threatening to burn me as well?

If so, then my honest opinion: we shouldn't detain her.
She would thrive in situations like that.
Interrogation is her speciality, not ours; we won't get a single word from her.

[dorzalta]

That depends. Are you planning on betraying me? 😊

[ Likely an inappropriate time to include faces. Disarming though the image may make her words, she is entirely serious. ]

I would prefer no other opinion from you save an honest one.
Tell me this: do you choose murder because you think she irredeemable, or because of the information you've obtained?

[dipolar]

No, but you couldn't kill me if I did.

(somehow... not a brag.)

I choose murder because that is my job.
Her death would make a nice gift for the High Queen and besmirch the Regency's reputation in one fell swoop.

[dorzalta]

Then you've nothing to fear from me and mine.

[ Pride might have her bristle were she speaking to anyone else. ]

Loyalty is far more a valuable thing to me.

As for her death, that will come. She wronged six of us. There are ripples which extend to those beyond us.
And what do you suggest to expose her? They believe she is a servant, no?

[dipolar]

Yes, they do.
A servant of Mhic Nathair, the Doine woman who's a part of the Regency sect on Jhashch.
I want to reveal them both, their intentions to force the Araneans back into slavery, and bring this to the High Queen.

Wow Hei mentioning slavery all low key like that and Dany is EYEZOOMS

[dorzalta]

[ Slavery. Discussing such a thing caught her in this poisoning mess to begin with. ]

The queen will spare but a moment, lest you find a way to hold her attention further.
Still, you would hand away a kill that is rightfully ours, but if the queen believes you, that would harm the Regency's positioning.

[ Which, ultimately, could harm them. ]

Depending on how you intend to reveal this, and how to react to it, she may deem us weak.

[dipolar]

There are many ways to demonstrate power.
Going above and beyond the line of duty for the High Queen might just be one of those many ways.
You're right in that things could go sour, but risk-taking is admired here and we should be emulating that.

But if you have a better way, as a Queen who values power, I'd like to hear it.

[dorzalta]

Prior to risk-taking, we should be evaluating our options. @pointandkick made an excellent point about preparing for mishaps.

Were you aiming to gain my favor, offering me a fleet at one point in my life might've accomplished that. Unwavering loyalty, not just in idea, but in displays. Vengeance against those who would do me or mine harm, or who would betray me.

We understand that the queen is in power. Her daughter threatens that power, and she must understand that as well. Why keep a threat alive? Because that is part of her line. A mother will not slay her children.

[ She thinks of Cersei, of Tommen. Amends with: ]

Unless given just cause.