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

[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.]

Comments

[itookashot]

What the fuck!

Pigeon, are you okay?

[ancunin]

And so how long do we expect until full scale war breaks out at our current bloody state of affairs?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

[sonofacesius]

Do you have basic medic training?
Scratch that, if you feel up to it, meet me in the Horizon and I'll get you up to speed.
If things head the way I think they're heading, stick by Percy and Annabeth.
They'll show you the ropes.

[earthborn]

[...And, there's the other shoe. It's natural that Free Cities would retaliate, and even moreso that they'd do it with tech rather than magic, or even manpower.]

Define "badly hurt" for the rest of us?

[techmaturgy]

You mean to say that the attack broke through the castle's warding? Can you describe the device any further?

threadjacking welcomed (basically in text!)

[tedandroses]

Oh, fuck.

I'm very glad you're all right.

[They don't really know each other, but that's still completely genuine. Besides: Teddy can see the messages flying back and forth and can see that people they care about -- regardless of ever having met in this reality -- are also worried, which makes them care by proxy.]

Thank you for getting the news out so fast. It's good to be aware. And prepared. I think everyone's right -- this isn't going to be good. For anyone, ultimately. Obviously Thorne and the Free Cities, but Solvunn's going to be asked to pick sides or else: soon, I think. If the Council hasn't been already.

Do you know which Arcana it was? That might help with ...something...?

P.S. If anyone else is reading this from Thorne, check in?
Not that I don't trust you about the Summoned, but I assume you can't see everything.

[funbreaker]

[ And, there it is. The retaliation that most all of them expected. This back and forth can only escalate until they're in all-out war, he fears. ]

I am relieved to hear all of you have weathered the attack. I hardly need tell you, but a direct attack on the castle is particularly bold. The Free Cities has never gone this far.

Nott was not targeted in any noticeable way, though I will keep an eye on the situation here.

[ Which is the first time he's openly said where he is, but it feels important to confirm given this turn of events. ]

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[restingstitchface]

𝒟𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀? 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁.