mental link | day: 006

[shri]

[ Her options are at this point, are brood up how much she wants to kill Damon and Elena, or get on with work. She didn't do so well at brooding, though her mind is still so new, so sharp and edged and not kept inside of herself. But in this case, a fire trying to find new kindling to keep itself going. Her own impatience and frustration are evident. But when isn't she anyway - ]

( I was informed when I arrived that we need to be ... ascertaining particular pieces of information.

Have we begun such? If not, should we not begin planning to reconnoitre? )

[ She has already plans, but even so, if it's already been done - well, she's happy to be told if it means she doesn't have to go chasing her own tail. ]

( And does anyone know how to use these - light books - that has the time to show me? It keeps flashing at me and I cannot make it stop. I think it wants something. )

[ The data pad, she means the data pad, she's grouchy at it for not! giving her! the things! she wants! Being a grandma in space is a trial. ]

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[shiro2hero]

(If we have, no one's spread the information around.)

[THANKS TEAM, goes unsaid. But -- there's also a problem here he might actually be able to help with. Instead of just, "I don't know".]

(Light books? You mean the datapads?) [Asked as gently as possible. Lavellan hadn't known anything about tech either.] (I could show you, if you like.)

[wrackful]

( You can try planning. See how far you get. )

[If he sounds like he doesn't think the group can as a whole get anything going, it's because he doesn't.]

( Which part's flashing? )

[deployed]

( There's a group of Rabadoceans I've met in the gardens to play their ball game. They like me because I lose. )

[ He's gotta work with what he's got. ]

( If I don't suddenly start winning, we'll stay on friendly terms. I'll be able to meet more people from their party. )

[adamance]

( I believe a number of us are preparing for the eventual pilgrimage. We're also curious about the nature of the Nectar, especially as they believe it's worth their while to utilize the dead as if they are tools. )

[But the number of newcomers combined with the newness of the mission hasn't led to a large amount of information. At least, not yet.]

[blooded]

❰ If we're reconnoitering, I'm in. Weaseling into the good graces of people who shouldn't like me is something of a specialty.

it's both true and said just to make lakshmi bristle. the fact is, he's quite good at getting himself places he shouldn't be — the council back in mystic falls was evidence enough of that — and if this mission takes any amount of subterfuge, that's where he'd be best utilized. bodyguarding sam and elena will be easy, but this sounds fun. ❱

[unsea]

[ there she is, again - he echoes how she feels, briefly and distantly. ]

( If you meant to plan any movements, contain it to a small group.

We are too numerous, and many of us are too recalcitrant to be of much help. )

[ u know who u are ]

[miscreant]

( In a manner of speaking. Though, I believe if we require something more in-depth than casual gossip, we will need to pursue some manner of alliance or camaraderie with the locals. )

[The 'we' is used fast and loose here.]

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust's mental voice carries as if through frigid air. A feeling of stillness, of putting one foot in front of the other.

Yet he shares her restlessness. ]

( Now or never.

Might want to ask someone who knows their stuff if there's any fancy surveillance equipment we can use. ) [ He's figured out the datapad, but that's only served to drive home his ignorance. ]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( They believe I'm nobility so far. It's only been a few days, not enough to learn more than a little gossip, but if we keep getting in close to them there's bound to be more. Some of us are trying to get in with the elite, some with the servants and guards, some with aides and other locals. )

[shri]

( Best we start collecting it as much as we can. )

[ There's the feeling of unsureness on the second part of it and - oh right, that's what they were called. ]

( If you would be so kind as to lend your instruction to me once more, then I would greatly appreciate it. )

[shri]

( Would it be better if I simply went and did it instead? )

[ Give apology rather than asking for an allowance. Oh, just give her permission to be that forthright. She'd be happier. ]

( The side. At the top. )

[shri]

( A good skill. Glad to know Lords are the same selfish prigs no matter where I find myself. )

[ Lakshmi, you're a Queen - yeah okay never mind. But still, she doesn't see that as terrible. ]

( I'd say work with their underestimation. Presumptive people are stupid, make more mistakes because they assume they can. )

[shri]

( If I were a different woman, I would find sense in that too.

What does your preparation entail thus far? )

[shri]

[ And bristle she does, her body shuddering in utter recoil from him until she forces the steel back down her spine. Gets herself ready and forces the rest of the way to speak to him. ]

( I am glad to know you have some use. )

[shri]

[ To her fire, his darkness feels so odd, against her mind. But that never stopped her burning, so she hurtles straight forward the way she always did. ]

( Stubborn or selfishness is what I should be watching for? )

[ Give her the gossip, Darkling. ]

[shri]

( Do you have a thought to how it might be accomplished? )

[shri]

( .... Fancy surveillance? I usually just post street boys. )

[ Yeah okay, 1800s, calm down there. ]

[shri]

( How goes that so far? )

[calhar]

[ you don't know anything about anyone punk ]

( That had better be a fancy word for "cautious". )

[deployed]

( So long as they don't think I'm an incompetent guard. )

[ The idea of someone taking a shot at Lexa gives him heart palpitations for more reasons than just needing their mission to succeed. ]

( We should ingratiate ourselves with the attendants outside of the three factions we're meant to be observing. There's a good shot they'll be able to pick up on any strange behavior. )

[ Aka the presence of enemy impostors. ]

[shiro2hero]

(Agreed. Has anyone else volunteered anything yet?)

[He smiles -- the sense of it filtering along with the words.]

(Hey, no problem. This? I can do that a lot better than the link.)

[blooded]

❰ Oh, i have plenty of uses. Play nice and you might see a few.

it's really, really fun to bother people by being totally chill. they get so offended and steamed up and damon can just watch them stew in their anger and frustration. delicious.

Was there a plan, or are we winging it? I've already played bodyguard to "nobles" Sam and Elena. Think we can use that? ❱

[miscreant]

( Naturally. The Hyrypians clearly fancy their pomp and circumstance. Round up a few of our 'nobility', perhaps an aid or two, and their guard and orchestrate one of our own. Perhaps even lend some culture to the affair. )

[At least, that's how the sin'dorei would coax one another into giving up their more juicy gossip. That much, she was able to relearn in her time among her living kin.]

( After all, we are meant to be an exotic species, no? I cannot imagine why it would not coax someone of import. )

[servitor]

( As far as I can tell it's been everything quiet, but I've been mostly looking out for the crew. )

[Because someone needs to make sure these dumbasses don't go blowing their cover and get themselves stuck.]

( I can start needling some of the other guard types. They've taking a liking to me because we get to be annoyed at our bosses and captains. )

[shri]

[ There's a feeling of tapping her chin. It's a good exploit point - after all, did she not raise rebellions twice over? The latter that demanded an Empire to topple for its abuses? ]

( If you are amiable to it, perhaps we could construct a fiction to further that sympathy? )