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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.
warmare: (キモイ)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-08 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hayame has locked down everything as best as she is able in order to enevitably have this conversation, to discuss that demon without baring her own weakness. But an Iconoclast will be able to feel some of it.

The painful, burning rage that has not much abated since the night an eye was implanted in her head. (Actually... is it hotter?)]


And I recommend myself.
wolof: (Always Red and Hearts)

[personal profile] wolof 2024-03-09 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ SHE DOES... Hayame please... ]

I know you do, dear heart. However, I am not speaking on recommending an altercation. I am speaking on extraction.

You would be quite the foe for him, but it is not for his death that I am speaking, but of ensuring that our allies survive, hm?
warmare: (pic#16264538)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[What? This place doesn't have therapy and she hasn't been able to do anything to avenge herself???]

And while I am fighting him, that ally would be able to flee if need be.
wolof: (Hi Cat)

[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.
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.]
warmare: (恨み)

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-09 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[What is important... She wishes she could think of it charitably. She truly does.]

I am not solely focused on him. But if you wish to be the one to handle it so badly, then you be my guest. Perhaps that demon will change tactics if it is not me, and unpack a little lunch for you all instead.
wolof: (Kneel)

[personal profile] wolof 2024-03-11 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ He will 💖 ]

Perhaps he shall. Though I think during the Oracles he is quite careful. He would fight myself or Set, or any others if he thought there was merit.

But I think I could handle him just fine, and prioritize any that need to get away.

[ in a fight, right? ]
warmare: (切腹する!!)

not here anymore

[personal profile] warmare 2024-03-11 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[IN A FIGHT.]