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Claude von Riegan ([personal profile] leicesters) wrote in [community profile] kenoscomm2024-03-08 01:40 pm

LOCKED TO MERIDIAN

[Claude's communion prescence has always been like a summer breeze; warm, easygoing, albeit difficult to read before it moves on. Now it has more of a brittle, bitter quality, like a looming dust-cloud he has to hold at a distance. There's no going back from this point when he knows things will only escalate from here, and so now seems like an important time to address his fellow Meri.]

The fight for the next Oracle will be on us soon. The Tribune may have been slain, but he entrusted the future of the worlds to us. Though he won't be able to help us see this through, we can still fight for him, and all the others we've lost along the way. We can fight for Springstar... and we can fight for Quetzalcoatl.

[There's a brief pause on this point. Her death deserves respect and acknowledgement, and she may not be the last to meet such a fate before the fighting is over.]

...We'll fight for your homes, too. After all, our worlds aren't that different, right? They might be flawed in their own ways, and there might even be some of you who would rather stay here when this is done. But every world and the life on it is precious, and it beats whatever phony world Yima and her followers come up with.

Speaking of Yima: I've discussed this with a few people already, but I suspect she's still alive. When the Blight almost destroyed Kenos, somehow she was still around. When I asked her about it, she said she wasn't bound by time like a normal person is. She can exist in different times and different places simultaneously; I don't know how it works, but maybe she even foresaw this attempt on her life before it even happened.

That said, it's just speculation, so we might as well play dumb and behave towards Zenith as if we're convinced she's dead for now. It'll be easier for us that way.

[Others have probably arrived at a similar conclusion, perhaps people among Zenith's ranks too, but it bears saying, particularly for those newly arrived to the conflict.]

Anyway, enough about her -- how about we use this opportunity for a little strategy get-together? We have a few new faces around, so feel free to introduce yourself and your capabilities.

For those of us who have been around longer, feel free to toss in an introduction too. More importantly, share what you know about Zenith and its current capabilities, in combat or otherwise. Any insight into their current thinking would be useful right now, too. What's their morale like? We know by now that some of them really hate our guts, and I wonder how much their desire for revenge is going to play into the next battle...

[He sounds casual, almost flippant, but there's a serious point in there he's sure he doesn't need to overstate: the more loyal Zenites are going to have some serious motivation in the next battle to get back at them, whether they believe Yima is gone or not.]

Let's not let our own judgement be clouded by revenge, even if we've sustained losses. We need to go into this with a clear head, looking toward the future.

Oh-- on that note, Hayame wants to speak with some of you about some further strategising either before or after the Oracle. Sorry that's a little vague, but I'm sure she'll talk to you about it properly when the time comes. For now, let's just focus on one thing at a time.
sterngaze: (neutral: dry)

[personal profile] sterngaze 2024-03-09 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow this is wackier even than Liem's own situation, which he'd already considered plenty bizarre to begin with. He has to take a moment to consider it before finally moving on.]

I see. I ask only because your situation sounds familiar. Where I hail from, the undead were... well, not common, but well-enough known. Like you, they were harmed by life energy—though poison had no effect on them.

[How could it? They had no living processes to interfere with— Oh, never mind. He's never going to wrap his head around that one. ]

In any case, there is a spell I know that is most often used to harm the living, but its energy—that of entropy—invigorates the undead. I wondered if it might aid you also.
cyfaredd: (laugh)

[personal profile] cyfaredd 2024-03-09 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Prynhawn da, Gray.

[ Her delightful little burst of sunshine is met with a good-natured smile from Howl, lacking his usual veneer of apathy. ]

Surprised to hear me answer the roll call?
narsinssist: (pic#16814026)

[personal profile] narsinssist 2024-03-09 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 😊 he'll never tell a lie, so maybe he is!! ]
cyfaredd: (hmm...)

[personal profile] cyfaredd 2024-03-09 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes... [ he sighs a bit wistfully. ] I've gone out of my way to focus on magic aside from the most common known to physicians... Tending to the sick and injured is not my cup of tea, to put it mildly.

[ Dealing with people? People who aren't feeling well, and expect him to fix their problems? Having to be patient with them, and care for their needs? Too much work. It's not even worth all the money! ]

But... fine. I suppose it's worth taking the time to learn, considering the circumstances I find myself in now. Where do you suggest I start?
cyfaredd: (oh? :3c)

[personal profile] cyfaredd 2024-03-09 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh?

[ Howl's flippant voice suddenly butts in, having heard something that his mind unavoidably grapples onto. ]

Changed your mind about slaughtering everyone, then? I distinctly remember you threatening every person standing in our way. Which is all of them, isn't it? Whether they're dangerous or not.
wolfish: (lean)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-09 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Where healing's concerned, I can give you a hand. Had something of a formal education in that sort of thing. Provided you wouldn't mind me stopping by, that is.

[ He can't wholly assume where Howl may be staying now, but he has a good guess.

What he adds on, after a few moments' consideration, he directs to Howl alone. ]


Besides, I'm wondering whether I might ply you for your expertise while I'm at it.
wolfish: (Default)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-09 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, Hayame.

[ He does appreciate her endorsement, and when it's Communion, she can surely feel it. ]
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[personal profile] redsoil 2024-03-09 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ BITES HIM VIA SAVANT CONNECTION ]
wolfish: (say)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-09 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Communion went up early, this man does not naturally do early. This is what happens when he's still tired, sorry Dimitri. ]

I'd say it's worth the try. I'll do what I can to help.
wolfish: (look)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-09 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
That research, if all goes as agreed. Naturally I'm wary, but that information could give us something to go on that we don't have.

[ They know precious little. ]

That researcher was apparently on about cycles and the like, and they must have figured out something about this place. Why silence them, otherwise?
wolof: (Oh how Cute (Derrogatory))

[personal profile] wolof 2024-03-09 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
One of them was a dear friend of mine's adopted father.

[ She says, simply. Fucking Praesi, man. ]

There is no contract that bound Tikoloshe.
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[personal profile] wolof 2024-03-09 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
And if he draws allies?

If you wish to hunt him down, and fight him, be my guest, of course. [ She says, looking Sebastian right in the eye ]

However, I would suggest to our allies that if they were to call you, to bring someone else along. Hayame, my heart, you are single-minded when it comes to the demon. I only wish for someone to come along that is not solely focused on him.
wolof: (Oh how Cute (Derrogatory))

[personal profile] wolof 2024-03-09 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She really is, but at least that works to Liem's advantage when it comes to uh. You know. The Thing. ]

Indeed. It is perhaps a point of pride, that they have an eye to match. A statement of his pride that he would not need to hide nearly as much as he suggests.

[ She's just spitballing. She could ask, but. ]

Though True Sight would be much more useful, I think. A bird, or a beast cannot attune, can it?
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[personal profile] hauntedking 2024-03-09 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you will.

[ And in return there's a rush of... happiness, perhaps? A deep sense of trust and a sense of reliance. A feeling that he wishes Yuri to feel and to hold. ]
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[personal profile] hauntedking 2024-03-09 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
And if they didn't fear the answers or knowledge he had... no, there's something to this. We just need to figure out what.
warmare: (採集)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hrid drinks everyone under the table, it would not be fair...

[But maybe- Maybe Claude will win if he just dares to try???

She had heard the role Hrid played in reuniting them after the chaos in Springstar, so... she had thanked Fresia, Hrid's first wife, who had found her initially, yes, and sent her husband out to find Claude, but...

Should she. Be buying the woman a drink... ? She has some venison...]
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[personal profile] kaientai 2024-03-09 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I acknowledge that all worlds work differently, and what's true in some may only be theory in others.

Even if you only think of souls as the energy that powers our magic and abilities in this world, this world will only move closer to nothingness if it keeps losing it.

[ Ryouma doesn't really care how anyone defines a soul because he doesn't consider it a moral or philosophical issue. Idealism will not win people over in this situation — which is fine because he's not an idealist anyway — so he's content to drive home the point that every lost soul potentially makes the world a little less stable. Why risk it? ]

It's interesting that the Zenites are willing to take that step, considering they believe our worlds are already gone, and this is all that's left.

[ Clearly, they don't seem to be concerned about preservation. ]

In any case, I'm grateful that you're willing to take the sensible approach.
narsinssist: (Glamor | Oh you know ;))

[personal profile] narsinssist 2024-03-09 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[Does she know what she means by that- all the duties involved? Perhaps not as much, she is a warrior, but she knows more than some might expect.]

In the scenario I ask of you... ideally, there would be no mass uprising. Individual discontents, perhaps, but.

I would be taking care of those.
warmare: (渡す)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[a Communion!nod... she's gotchu]
warmare: (ジロジロ)

kinda private

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[The stutter is fine, just get the info out! Good!! ... Well, better!]

Focusing on your aptitude with so many styles of weaponry is wise, yes. There are some newly arrived among us who need disciplining in those matters.

And your ability to seek out ghosts is unique.
warmare: (侮る)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
And the Tribune wasn't a bearer whose shard was crushed!

[If she sounds particularly vicious biting back against the comment on the Tribune, well.]

We will not win a single victory if we are sitting around cowering over damage we might do!
warmare: (キモイ)

1/2

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
What, that rat master of his? Fine. I killed him once, I can kill him again.

[Never mind the demon's whore had been there when she'd done that. Not important.]

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