TO: EVERYONE AT AROUND 12:15 AM

[magicalarchaeologist]

There is a military coup happening in Thorne. Admiral Sidwell has made a play for the crown that seems to be succeeding. The Summoned are currently being evacuated into safe rooms along with natives.

I thought this information best to be shared with all Summoned.

[He doesn't plan on bringing up how the doors are warded shut. That's for other people to say. This is all about information sharing, Istredd has other things to worry about.]

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[boltaction]

[ he'd only briefly connected with istredd previously, but he remembers the slant of the man's network-delivered handwriting. ]

Something's hit Cadens. A... cloud. Red in color and definitely not natural. They're trying to send as many as they can to Aquila for safety.

Pretty convenient timing if you ask me.

[nomnoms]

FUNNY CLOUD

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ Istredd's genuinely shocked because he truly didn't expect anything other than their crisis to be happening.

But he should have. The one thing he's been most concerned with regarding a coup is Thorne looking weak during it, causing the Free Cities to have an advantage.]

Oh I don't think that is coincidental. To happen at the same time as his coup? The Admiral planned this thoroughly.

Get as many people to safety as possible, this is not a man who holds back. He just murdered his own niece.

[magicalarchaeologist]

What?

[ Second shock. Did Sidwell truly attack both of the others? ]

Are you in danger, Nanaue?

[nomnoms]

[ sorry istredd he is very distracted by the pretty red lake now ]

[tedandroses]

[A coup?? A coup and -- as messages fly across flat surfaces -- something unnatural in Cadens, too? Teddy's already on her feet, dressed and wrapping a blanket into a bag around the few things they've determined essentials: this hadn't seemed so strange, like getting to shelter before a storm, although the rumble of the earth is unnerving. But with the other two --]

Here in Solvunn there's -- tremors, like before an earthquake? Those shrieking weeds are screaming and there's fog. Solvunn's saying the Gods are angry.

Is everyone all right? I mean, the Summoned, obviously...

[Obviously everyone is not all right.]

[boltaction]

Yeah. Knowing now what's happening in Thorne kinda makes it pretty obvious, doesn't it?

[ there's the immediate present to worry about, yes, but the future doesn't look any brighter. a military-run city-state is not going to take kindly to being attacked on the eve of another country's coup.

even in writing, there is serious gravity behind vash's words: ]

They're going to find out who's behind this eventually.

[righteously]

Code red in Cadens
We're evacuating

[magicalarchaeologist]

I think that's exactly what he wants.

If you know any shielding magic, be prepared to use it.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Everyone in here should be safe for now, but I'm afraid this plan has been many months in planning, so much of the rest of the castle is in flux.

Listen to Solvunn leaders. I wouldn't put it past him to attack Solvunn as well.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Get as many people out as you can. I know that goes without saying, but Dean, this man is not to be underestimated. Assume the worst.

[righteously]

way ahead of you

[boltaction]

I don't, but if anyone else does, I'll tell them it'll be useful.

Stay safe, okay? All of you.

[magicalarchaeologist]

At the moment you are all in more immediate danger than we are. Do be careful.

Also, I'd say welcome back Vash, but that seems like an insane statement given the situation.

[tedandroses]

[Delayed, a bit, since Teddy's trying to follow instructions and keep an eye out for some of the families around them]

God, I can imagine. I wish there was anything we could do to help from here.

Noted.
...You really think so? I don't remember all of the politics from the -- future vision version [...fairly well for Solvunn, is actually what Teddy remembers, which means they must get involved somehow...] But no one here seems too concerned with giving Thorne trouble.

Or is that the issue. No military, someone could walk right in?
[Sorry, Istredd, now you've got them thinking out loud, so to speak.]

[boltaction]

[ there's a slight ripple to vash's responding text, like istredd made him laugh. ]

Maybe, but I still appreciate it.

I'll keep in touch and let you know if our situation changes.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Thorne used to own most of the continent. Including Solvunn. The royal house that lost the Free Cities and Solvunn land a long time ago were slaughtered for it. Thorne has no doubt wanted to regain both all this time. Sidwell's the kind of military leader who might be putting it into action.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝐼 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝓂𝒾𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒. 𝒲𝒽𝑜 𝑒𝓁𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃? 𝐼𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓎 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝑒𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. 𝐼𝓉 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒.

𝒪𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓃𝓇𝓎 - 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈 - 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒. 𝒪𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒.

[tedandroses]

...And that's the stuff they don't tell you when they pull you out of a well.
Well, shit. That's good to know.

Thank you -- I'll have to ask you more about Abraxas history when this is all over.

[They don't say, "assuming we both can" or anything like that, because you don't say that shit. You pretend it's going to be fine and over in a couple days, max.

After a little pause:]

Do you have anyone in Solvunn you haven't heard from or need to? I'm happy to help where I can.

[princeofruin]

I am sorry to say, from what I have seen and what I well know, he has already succeeded.

[He does not mean to send the second part, but it is fully on his mind, a beating rhythm that shall repeat itself as the night proves him right:]

It is as I feared.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I'm a historian back home, research is what I do.

No, just take care of each other. Solvunn may not hear from Sidwell today, but that doesn't make anyone safe.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I don't think those are answers we are going to get at this point in time.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Yes, he has. And attacked the Free Cities in the same breath.

There is nothing we can do right now. A coup was inevitable.

private.

[wiedzminka]

Evacuated?

You stayed.

Private forever

[magicalarchaeologist]

I did.

Are you alright? Did all of you get to safety?