un: drenched kitten of heated purrs, audio

[jeoha]

[ There's a pause, as he remembers how to use the magic, and then his voice comes through - crisp, low, commanding. He has his Prince voice on and he doesn't even notice. ]

You must go for the head. Decapitation is best, if you can manage it. Caving in the skull second best. Slice open the throat, third. No fancy footwork, no finesse. Your first priority is to keep yourself from harm, so only go for the kill that you know you can take. If you can't take it, escape.

[ He pauses, breathes. ]

We have been told to kill them, if we can. If you cannot, come to me. I will teach you how to fight.

We do not have the luxury of being ignorant.

Comments

[darkeststars]

Curious that one man and his regime could pull so many different people from such far and varied places at one time. I suspect there is much more going on here than the corpses alone.

[jeoha]

I've already seen far more than should be possible. [ A little clipped. ] So I suspect that is an understatement.

I do not even remember being taken, or my arrival, and the days in the prison are hazy at best.

[darkeststars]

Yes, whoever they employed for that little adventure was quite the professional. It's not easy to sneak up on me.

You were in an actual jail, were you? I'd heard some rumblings of a prison being involved from some of the others who've come in, but no real details.

[jeoha]

Mm. We woke chained in cells. I did not fully understand until Haltham spoke his piece, but I take it that you then found yourself in the salt mines?

How or why they separated us, I couldn't say. Nor how long we had been so.