[Voice, un: howl in one] Coup continuation, threadjacking encouraged

[mustact]

Narula must be dealt with.

[ Yes, that is his opening.

This may be a bad idea. He should maybe have kept this all to himself. The problem is he has little knowledge of Narula or the Hand and, while he could probably find out, this would be more efficient. And he suspects he'll have to act fast once Caius Justus is gone. ]

Even if we succeed in turning him against Caius Justus, I do not believe it is safe to let him live. If we convince him he has been betrayed, he will possibly trust no one else again, and he is clearly cunning and dangerous. One only needs to look at the assassinations and kidnappings he has orchestrated.

[ That should be justification enough, he thinks. In fact, he thinks it's superfluous to try to justify it at all, but he offers it anyway. In case anyone has missed all that has happened. ]

If anyone has any information regarding his routine or any methods to suggest, speak. I will do what must be done.

Comments

un: absterge

[downswing]

Numbers required. He commands an army.

un: of corpse not / text

[nothinglikefather]

Numbers aren't everything. One blade can stop a war.

[downswing]

Better prepared than caught aback.

[nothinglikefather]

Better one person die in the attempt than a dozen. Besides, if Connor and I try, there's nothing stopping more from trying again.

[downswing]

Failure surrenders the advantage of surprise.

[nothinglikefather]

And attacking him en masse is going to be a surprise? A pitched battle on the city's streets?

[downswing]

Four, five deployed. Only for caution.

[nothinglikefather]

Ive met Five. Who is Four?

[downswing]

Four or five men. Not the boy Five.

[nothinglikefather]

he could be useful. he has a hellhounmd.

[downswing]

And other duties.

[nothinglikefather]

what are you his mother?

[downswing]

Not this lifetime, nor the next.

[nothinglikefather]

thenyou cant be giving hin duties

[downswing]

He undertook them first.

[nothinglikefather]

are they moer important than this?

no wait,. I'll ask him

[downswing]

...best done.

[mustact]

[ Bro do you not know what an assassination is. ]

I do not want a war.

But Messalina would likely aid us if needed.

[downswing]

Five or six people will trigger a war no more than two.

She will want release to assist.

[mustact]

Engaging with his army will.

You oppose this?

[downswing]

My concern has only been to send more than one, two.

[mustact]

Do you have certain people in mind?

un: of corpse not / audio

[nothinglikefather]

I'll scout.

[mustact]

Thank you. The more eyes the better.

[nothinglikefather]

The more used to this sort of work. Have you met any more of our brothers?

[mustact]

No. Have you?

[nothinglikefather]

Only those who call themselves assassins, but the word has a different meaning in their worlds. Still, they've got a lot of the same skills we do.

[mustact]

Perhaps they could be of assistance.

[ With some care. ]

un: Black Prince; text

[blackscales]

We're agreed on Narula. Once he has turned against Caius Justus, one option might be to play into that. Defending the glorious leader, so to speak, only slightly too slow to stop the fatal damage to him. Or, if we are worried about repercussions, quietly could be done once he retreats. It may be best not to leave it too long, to not give him time to do anything else while he's in the mood for revenge.

[mustact]

I believe the situation will be precarious enough. Quiet would be for the better, I am sure.

[blackscales]

Then perhaps catching him alone is best, after the confrontation.

[mustact]

If he can be caught alone, yes.

[blackscales]

If he is not normally so, then we arrange it.

[mustact]

Do you have any ideas for how to arrange that? I do not know his movements well yet.

un: seasonailed / text

[lonelydream]

If he dies, who, or what, takes his place? There is always going to be someone trying to run things behind the scenes.

[ also, he has an Opinion on Messalina... Or, Wen Kexing has an opinion on her, at least. ]

un: Black Prince; text

[blackscales]

I have some ideas for that, but one thing at a time.

Re: un: Black Prince; text

[lonelydream]

I'm hesitant to condone murder when the options may be worse. But if it's reasonable, I may be able to assist.

un: daughter-sea /audio

[seaboard]

We would deal with one who has been so hurt by the world that they know nothing else, by striking them down as well?

[mustact]

His hurt justifies the hurt he has caused and will cause others?

[seaboard]

His hurt is proof that causing pain, death and suffering, breeds only more the same. Justifies all to steep to the same levels.

[mustact]

These things are not the same.

[ And that is not up to discussion. ]

[seaboard]

[ Don't get upset, it does nothing, she knows better, she does - ]

Why? He is right, is he not? He is being manipulated, are we not doing that to him? Breaking his trust, whatever little of it he has, to kill one man, and then when he has served his purpose in betrayal, we kill him too - for the crime of being what every other leader in this place has done, has become?

What lesson shall that be for his children, other than to be paranoid?

[mustact]

How do you measure life, miss? Look at what is happening, what he has done and what he is currently doing. He is a leader, as you say. That makes him responsible. How many more lives do we risk to preserve our conscience? This cannot continue.

[seaboard]

It cannot, but must the only verdict be death?

[mustact]

I believe it is the safest option.

[seaboard]

Then that is what it is.

[ She cannot change his mind. Just like she can never change anyone's mind.

Quiet, she exhales, something that lingers in its defeat. ]

... What do you suppose we are, then, that murder should be the safest option?

[mustact]

[ He's silent for a few seconds, considering that exhale, feels the weight of this choice on his shoulders and ... Well. He knows what he is. ]

Caught in the middle.

[ It should perhaps be left to the people of Ephes. He's considered that, many times over. That this might not be his place at all. Then he thinks about all the lives already lost, and the risk that many more may be taken if no one acts fast enough, and he can't bear it.

One life in exchange for many others. Is that not better? ]