video; un: eraserhead

[eyedrop]

[ Aizawa's lolling against some tree somewhere. Terrible, slumped posture; hair wild about his face. His expression is neutral, bordering on irritable, and his voice is an exhausted monotone. He sits with one leg folded over the other, idly tossing a cat figurine from hand to hand. ]

Hey. Myself and a few others did some looking around. Apparently, both the sea clan and the mountain clan have their allies--but they're not within easy reach. In the case of the sea clan, the empress's brother is married to some far-off queen. The mountain clan's allies aren't too nearby, either.

[ He shifts minutely. His eyes flutter briefly shut, and he sighs. ]

Point being, war between these two would be irrational. The old man we spoke with said no one really wants to start anything, but I don't know how true that is. I haven't tried to approach the nobles.

[ He really doesn't look or act the part, and he knows it. Nor does he have an escort. ]

If you've spoken to any of them, what's the mood? What do they want?

[ He cards a hand through his hair, frowning slightly. ]

They're the key to this, I think. Certainly the key to actually meeting that empress of theirs. So if you've got info, or if you've made any connections, spill it.

Comments

AUDIO. un: LOKIOFASGARD

[selfimage]

That is the overall impression. I've heard crowding and I've heard leaning—perhaps a little of column A and column B.

Though a little snatching of advisors may be in order, hm?

[ that's kidnapping, Loki. ]

[justbeingknife]

Hey, if you can do it without startin' a riot, go wild. Maybe we could rewrite their brains to make 'em behave.

[ ethics were for people that didn't act like total jackwagons ]

[selfimage]

Ah—I've done more than just that under the radar.

[justbeingknife]

Problem solved, everybody! Let's go home.

[ sadly it was probably against some kind of rule maybe who knows ]

Although there is still that bit about decidin' who to leave in charge.

[selfimage]

If that's the only step in completing this mission I'll be disappointed.

[ and she will be. where's the art? ]

The Empire of the Crashing Wave are newbies, just showed up—that question may answer itself with a little more dirty digging.

[justbeingknife]

I'm lookin' forward to it already.

[ He'd still do his job, though. I mean, they were paying him and all. ]

So how'd that Doro strike ya?

[selfimage]

He was a man that liked to talk. Maybe he doesn't have that many people to talk to. Otherwise, he's well aware of his own situation. The Flowerlands are in a precarious position, it bodes ill if the conflict reaches him.

[justbeingknife]

Yeah, for everyone. No one likes to starve.

But hey, if he's a reasonable guy, that's good news all around. Question for ya: did it seem like the people in the lower ranks were on board with him?

[selfimage]

I couldn't say, we only met him personally. Since there are rumors of people fleeing to the Flowerlands, by either preservation or agreeance, I'd have to say he's not doing a bad job with the lower ranks.

[justbeingknife]

Too bad. Then again, it's not like there ain't time to put out some feelers.

Thanks for the info.

[eyedrop]

[ Tiredly ... ]

The mountain clan is new, too. Technically, they've both just showed up.

[selfimage]

[ she drawls a little in response to the tired. ]

Technically. Doro seemed more surprised about one over the other.

And you?

[eyedrop]

[ he's pretty much always tired, to be fair. ]

What about me?

[selfimage]

What do you think?

[eyedrop]

I've said what I think. We have a way forward. The rest of this is just useless chatter.

[selfimage]

We have a way forward but there's the itsy bitsy problem of the gaping hole in the sidwalk, isn't there? Meeting the Empress. So, maybe kidnapping is a little extreme, but a little B&E may be in order.

Mister Doro did say something about integrating with the court.

[eyedrop]

We don't need to break in.

[ Aizawa's too lawful good for this. ]

I'm not saying I like how things are run here. I don't. But we can't act selfishly, and we can't be sloppy.

[selfimage]

Who said anything about selfish? I don't plan on stealing anything, and besides, I don't do sloppy.

The term isn't reserved purely for a no-good schemes, you know.

[eyedrop]

It's not about stealing.

[ He rubs his temples. ]

We need to work with this place, not against it.

[eyedrop]

What? No.

[ What is wrong with you people? ]

[selfimage]

Don't kill the idea boner or anything.

[eyedrop]

It's a stupid idea.

[selfimage]

You could always sleep on it.

[eyedrop]

Hilarious.

[selfimage]

No need to be over critical, this isn't my first jaunt around the multiverse.