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Crown Prince Wilhelm โ™› ([personal profile] ordinar) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2024-07-01 04:44 pm

to: everyone | forward dated to very very very early july 4

[At some point, when he's exhausted down to his bones but knows he won't be able to sleep yet, it hits Wilhelm that the people who might normally take it upon themselves to make an announcement in this situation are, for the most part, sitting in jail or lying low in Nott. Then, tentatively, he arrives at the terrifying conclusion that he could actually qualify as a responsible adult.

So, here goes.]
Hey everyone.

Um.

Castle Thorne was bombed earlier tonight. Or, I don't know if they were bombs exactly, but there were huge flashes of light when they hit.

As far as I know, no Summoned were injured badly. A lot of soldiers were killed though. I think the wards around the castle protected it from the worst of the blast, but it did get damaged.

I don't know if anywhere else in Thorne was attacked. I haven't heard anything from Nott.

I saw one of the devices that was dropped, or what was left of it. It was metal and had an arcana sign engraved on it. I think we can assume it's from the Free Cities.

Anyway, that's...pretty much everything I know. If you have more info, go ahead and share it.
[Threadjacking encouraged, obviously. This message is sent a few hours after the attack.]
iustise: (132)

enter member of the city guard, lord john; delayed response bc he was in the midst of All The Above

[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-02 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
๐“˜๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚. ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ด ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“˜ ๐“ด๐“ท๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท. ๐““๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ด๐”‚, ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“พ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ. ๐“˜ ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ซ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ ๐“˜ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฟ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ. ๐“˜๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ด ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐”๐“น๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“บ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“น๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ.
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private.

[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-03 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah. He would have liked to have broken this news to Geralt in perhaps a gentler way, however he has been rather busy until nowโ€ฆ]

๐“˜ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ญ๐“พ๐“ฝ๐”‚.
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[personal profile] gynvael 2024-07-03 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Where are you now?
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-03 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ด ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ. ๐“˜ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ถ๐”‚๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฏ ๐“พ๐“น.

[Hence why he now has time to check in on the network.

Is this an answer? Itโ€™s half of one, but itโ€™s notably less straightforward than John mightโ€™ve given on a good day. Because this certainly has not been a good day for him.]
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[personal profile] gynvael 2024-07-03 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's enough of one. Mostly, Geralt only wants some assurance John is not still out there or, worse, sent back on duty. ]

Come see me.
When you've time.
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-04 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[John spent hours out there, but he knows how to follow orders. When to call it, when there is nothing more he can do. Nothing more that can be done.

It is not a particularly good feeling. Not a particularly good end to a particularly terrible day. He wishes he could simply go to Geralt now. Take comfort in the solid presence of him. It is difficult to be alone, at a time such as this. But John does not voice such things. Instead he says:]


๐“˜ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ. ๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ?

[Good god, he is so tired, it reads even here.]
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[personal profile] gynvael 2024-07-04 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
As before.
I'll be there.


[ The inn that is now theirs, in Nocwich, because that is where they first truly met. He should like to see John now, as well. He wants to be assured that the man is in one fucking piece and stays that way.

But he knows better. So he will wait. ]
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-04 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
๐“˜ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ.

[And for now? He supposes he will go wash up, wait for his next set of orders, and try to simply keep himself alive until thenโ€ฆ]
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Birds. There's a Free Cities inventor on the Cadens city council that quite likes them. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by the vehicle.
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-03 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
๐“˜๐“ฏ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฎ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ช ๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“’๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ท๐“ฎ, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ. ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ผโ€ฆ ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
He would not have given the order--only developed the technology with which to attack.
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[personal profile] itookashot 2024-07-03 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Weren't there some bird things that helped us find the island?
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It was Klingel's design, but I improved their surveillance capabilities and linked them to my tracking system to improve the range. It's how I found the island.
Edited 2024-07-03 03:23 (UTC)
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[personal profile] itookashot 2024-07-03 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
You'd know better than anyone else, maybe he just continued with the project. If they looked like birds, they might not have seemed suspicious right away.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
I would guess that the birds were transport. Whatever broke the castle's wards...that was something new.
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[personal profile] itookashot 2024-07-03 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it makes sense they'd be working on tech like this to prepare. Something to get through those wards, that's impressive, if a bit terrifying.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It's bad. There's really no other way to say that.
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[personal profile] itookashot 2024-07-03 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
We'd best be prepared for a retaliation.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-03 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I think their solution is just the emergency bunker.

[They could be building a shielding system...but nooooo]
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[personal profile] itookashot 2024-07-06 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Faaaaantastic.

We're in a war now. This is not the end of it, just the start of it.

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[personal profile] techmaturgy - 2024-07-06 15:07 (UTC) - Expand
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-04 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
๐““๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“น๐“พ๐“ป๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฎ? ๐“ž๐“ป ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ณ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ช ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ ?
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2024-07-04 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
This was retaliation, clearly, but I imagine they would have unleashed this eventually.
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[personal profile] funbreaker 2024-07-03 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Birds, you say?
There was a noticeably large flock of them spotted over Nott. It was hard to make out more than that before they passed over the lake, but it struck me as odd that they would travel despite the bad weather and visibility we currently have here.
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[personal profile] iustise 2024-07-04 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
๐“˜ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“˜ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ถ๐”‚๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฏ, ๐“ซ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“˜ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ฎ๐”๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ช๐“พ๐“ต๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ด๐”‚. ๐“œ๐”‚ ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ท ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ, ๐“ณ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐”๐“น๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ท. ๐“˜ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ด ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ, ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ.