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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.
wolfish: (lean)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-16 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Better to be informed than not, certainly. [ He can only agree on that note. ] I'd suggest asking Set and Liem for their insights as well — their presence precedes mine and they both have informed perspectives on the place.

[ And he believes they'd have things to tell her that he couldn't, or at least not as well as them (seeing as he learned from them too). The more information Jade is armed with, the better. ]

A few others like myself have been poking around, but those two were familiar with the place prior to those efforts.
dreamflowers: (it's a kindness highness)

[personal profile] dreamflowers 2024-03-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[She chuckles quietly.] Yeah, you're not the first one to suggest I speak to Liem.

[Then a pause.]

He was the first I met when I ended up here. Helped me get to Springstar. I was... definitely not at my best.

[But there's already some rapport established there, even if he had met her when she was a half-crying, half-laughing hysterical mess.]

...I'll keep that in mind, though.
wolfish: (setback)

[personal profile] wolfish 2024-03-16 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
He's a good man, so I can't say I'm surprised he helped you out.

[ And it's a good thing he was there when Jade needed it. There's a certain cruel irony that they suddenly had a relatively large influx of people arriving just before a massacre. ]

It's difficult to be all that put together when all hell's breaking loose in your own world. Add to that all of this, and...well. Lot to take in.