to all;

[righteously]

Okay, look. We need to talk.

What the hell is going on around here? That whole 'make the summoned run around like trained jackasses' thing? Not kosher.

Before I say anything else, I'll be the first to admit, I didn't let the bug loose. It was a bad call, somebody got hurt, and I'm sorry. I really am. If I could go back knowing what it did, I'd have let it out in a heartbeat.

But that's the thing, isn't it? I mean, seriously. Let's break this whole thing down.

Those douchebags running the Free Cities (or Thorne, or Solvunn) drag us in from wherever we were, without asking, against our will.

A highly reclusive nation decides to let us come hang out for a Disney vacation in their deeply secretive community as a gesture of good faith.

At a time when Summoned from all three factions coincidentally happen to be hanging out in the same reclusive ass place, something mysterious and terrible happens. I don't know about the rest of you, but I, for one, am shocked it didn't go as planned.

Instead of sending guards, the Free Cities sends us freaking couriers with the most useless note in the history of the goddamn planet telling us to release a device we know nothing about, without telling us what it does, just that we need to be real friggin sketchy about it.

When not everybody obeys without question like good little soldiers, one of our own gets hurt, and they shake the shame finger at us like it's our own fault? Are you kidding me?

First of all, if they can send couriers they can send their own friggin guards to handle crap like this. Or, hell, have the damn couriers release the things, they have hands, they could've prepped the packages their own damn selves instead of foisting it off onto the people who didn't even ask to be here in the first place.

Second of all, even if they COULDN'T, how about they slap in a goddamn paragraph or two on what the thing is? If everything's all hunky dory, and all that little bitch does is provide a protective shield, who CARES if a note that was gonna SELF-DESTRUCT ANYWAY gets read over somebody's shoulder?

This whole thing reeks of grooming us to start following orders without full intel. Surely nothing will come of that. Except, oh wait, Libertas just got friggin' bombed. The continent's going to war, and we're getting played.

And here's the other thing: I'm pretty sure Free Cities kids weren't the only ones running around doing sketchy crap during the happy fun werewolf party. Thorne, Solvunn, you two wanna weigh in here? Bueller? Anyone?

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[provenforce]

One of Thorne's native mages was assassinated in addition to our delegate being injured, so if you're saying the factions are sabotaging themselves that isn't the case, at least here. The queen seemed... legitimately angry.

[aquilus]

Angry she may be, but that does not guarantee no one from her court was involved.

[provenforce]

That is possible but...

I don't know. I have a bad feeling about all of this.

[aquilus]

As should we all. But we can't allow our emotions to cloud rational thinking.

[provenforce]

Oh it's not -

Usually if I have a feeling about something, I'm right.

[aquilus]

Past intuition does not dictate the future.

[provenforce]

In this case, it actually can.

[aquilus]

[That gets an eyebrow raise, not that she can see.]

You seem very certain. Why?

[provenforce]

[ Rey realizes that broadcasting all this over a very unsecure magical hoo doo way of communicating is not the best way to operate. ]

If we ever meet in person, maybe I'll show you why.

[aquilus]

[He's tempted to push, but there's nothing he can do to force an answer — and he can think of a few reasons why she would not want to give one where anyone can see.]

Then I hope we have the chance.

[cointosser]

Do you know the name of the one who was lost? I made friends with mages there when I once resided in Thorne... As much as I fear the answer.

[provenforce]

I'm sure they'll share the news with other factions soon enough, but Grigory Jannus.

[cointosser]

Ah, I see. I know the name well. Thank you.

[carmesi]

She's taken the assassination personally, obviously.
But was there real evidence of that?

[provenforce]

I don't know, we weren't really informed of the investigation, if there even was one.

[carmesi]

I see.
I imagine it's really tense there currently. Be careful.

[provenforce]

The Summoned seem to be more or less safe at the moment, I don't know how long that will last.