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[ordinar]

[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.]

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haha it's all good

[ordinar]

Yeah, it was coming from the wing where the king and queen live.

[Used to live. Now it's occupied by the new king and queen, of course.]

I don't know if it was from all the magic flying everywhere or what.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯? 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧...𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦?

[ordinar]

Yeah, an admiral in the navy. And the previous queen's uncle. So...yikes.

I don't know that much about him. I sort of skipped out on the coronation so I haven't even seen much of him.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?

[ordinar]

The press here is avoiding anything that makes the new king and queen look bad obviously. They've already moved on to criticizing the old ones.

I didn't get thrown into the dungeons or anything. But it probably didn't earn me any favors.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

[ordinar]

Honestly, I haven't heard too many complaints. I guess for the average person it doesn't really matter who's king. It's not like their lives totally changed overnight. I think some of the nobility were tired of how unpredictable Queen Ellya could be.

Of course, I'll keep you updated Hilda.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

[ordinar]

He hasn't yet...

Actually, we're allowed to go to Borrel now whenever we want.

But maybe if we act up too much, he'll push back.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱.

𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩?

[ Because dwelling on his current lived reality isn't going to help any. ]

[ordinar]

I'll take him trying to placate us over him keeping us locked up in the castle.

That would be perfect. Maybe you could paint my nails for me? It doesn't look as nice when I do it.