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[ryuji]

Looks like Sergeant Gramps is gettin' a little finicky that some stuff hasn't gone down. I got an idea on how to introduce the king to the guillotine. Anyone wanna start a riot with me to kick it off?

Basically, I got this list of VIPs who frequent the bar I work at, right? Turns out, a few of these boneheads are some serious players. All we gotta do is get into a fight of king supporters vs revolutionaries and inspire 'em to start writing some charges up. Who's in?

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un: BOARING | private message

[lonelywar]

[...wait, hold on.]

Riots are meant to be happening? And the king...

[He remembered Sarg mentioning that the king was to be put on trial, but he hadn't heard of the result of that trial. Things were getting tense in this city, certainly, but...?]

un: @MINIMALCAT

[hakanai]

Going to be the catalyst for the fire, are you? Good work.

un: @MODERATUS

[bloodings]

if its a fight, im there.

[ryuji]

[He did misspeak? Ryuji must not have been paying attention at his orientation. Which... isn't a surprise at all.]

Yeah, dude. I've been reading some stuff gramps sent over and it pretty much sums up what all these people are feeling. Oppressed, treated like slaves, with no real legal system other than whatever the hell the king wants.

The way shit's supposed to happen is that the people overthrow the king and send 'em off to his death. At least, I mean, I think it's supposed to happen that way. It's what he learned in history class.

[ryuji]

I know, I know. Not your style.

Put some faith in me, though. I gotta see this through.

[ryuji]

I knew I could count on ya!

Let's uh.

Just not bust any walls this time.

[bloodings]

huh? but its a riot.

[ryuji]

I know but

I kind of have to sleep here

[Didn't stop her last time, what makes you think this time will be any different?]

[bloodings]

[ Oh, right. She gives it about two seconds of thought. ]

ill try and aim for a different wall this time. or maybe a door?

[hakanai]

This time it wasn't sarcasm. From the information passed onto me a spark is what is needed right now.

[Seriously amused by the assumption though.]

un: @ACHEELIES

[chariotry]

Kouneliaki mou. I was wondering what you were up to these days!

What do you need me to do?

lmao i h8 u

[ryuji]

[Is that Hawaiian?]

Aloha!

[N a i l e d it]

I'm gonna need you to pretend to be a royalist

[chariotry]

Aloha?

I'm not wearing one of those wigs, though.

[ryuji]

"This time"

I'm onto you!

[He's not.]

And hell yeah, sparks are my thing. Forreal. The magic I use is all electricity based.

[ryuji]

[By the time they leave Paris, Ryuji's little slice of quiet heaven is going to have one wall and a door barely hanging on by the hinges.

But it's cool.

Seeing a brawl is kind of worth it.]

I think Rider's comin' along.

You could always aim for his face.

[ryuji]

Yeah. You know. Like hello?

[Was that not Hawaiian? He has no idea. It's all Greek to him.]

I mean. If you're gonna play the part, you gotta look the part.

It ain't that bad.

[chariotry]

So that's hello in your language... Khaíre, then.

I don't see you wearing one.

[ryuji]

Nah, that's just the language of getting lei'd.

[Ryuji, you know he's not going to get that joke.]

There's lotsa ways to say hi in Japanese. Like... "ossu", "oi", "yo"

But those are pretty informal.

Tch, yeah. That's because my head'll get itchy. You're big and strong, yeah? You can endure it.

[chariotry]

There are lots of ways to say hi in any language. But I only know about three at the moment.

Maybe I'll get to know Japanese in the future.

It looks stupid.

[ryuji]

[He's interested in learning Japanese? That's. Well, that's cool. Ryuji's probably not the best teacher, though. His Japanese is... well. Not exactly high brow, for the most part.

More importantly:]

You a chicken?

[chariotry]

No. I'm a lion. We've established this already.

[lonelywar]

[He's suddenly wishing that they'd had a much more thorough orientation to this whole historical situation. He's been working at the palace for weeks, guarding the royal family, completely unaware of what was supposed to happen to them. He feels slightly ill.]

I have been speaking with many among the guard at the palace and they feel similarly. They... feel as though there is no other path forward besides that which would spill blood.

[Groan.] I wish I had known that sooner.

I wish that we could change it. But that is what our enemy would want, yes?

[The dilemma of being tempted to change what were perceived as the wrongs of the past was one he had never thought he'd be faced with. He had never railed against his decision to slay Nago, simply pursuing the only way he knew to try to amend it. That is what he must do here also, it seemed, even though the power of time travel made that temptation that much greater.]

[ryuji]

A lion with the best goddamn lookin' wig.

[chariotry]

I changed my mind. Start the riot on your own.

[ryuji]

C'mon, dude.

I need you.

Paris needs you.