>>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.

Comments

[mylawn]

Could be any manner of things. In less high-tech days, you'd carry a poison capsule. Someone light Kebechet might have cybernetics that do the job.

[dorzalta]

How do we beat cybernetics?

[ What are cybernetics, exactly? ]

[mylawn]

Depends. If they're deeply integrated, shutting them down or otherwise disabling them might kill her anyway.

[dorzalta]

A loss to us only if her death creates a barrier to the success of our mission.

[mylawn]

If her death happens at the wrong time, I'd say it's pretty bad news for us.

[dorzalta]

We've faced worse odds.

[mylawn]

Generally speaking, yes, but the consequences for misfiring on this one might be disastrous.

[dorzalta]

Which is why we will prepare. Contingency plan upon plan, considering all which may occur. If need be, I will accept any and all responsibility for what may come, to divert those consequences as best I am able, and under the guise of teaching the High Queen's progeny of how best to overcome one's enemies.

[mylawn]

I hope for your sake we don’t need those contingencies.

[dorzalta]

[ She hopes for hers as well. ]

I failed to do what was best for COST in Paris. That mistake will not occur again.

[mylawn]

If you've got Grothia's blessing, then I'm on board.

[dorzalta]

She's given it, but said to act with care.

[mylawn]

Good enough for me.