un: azure stream || voice

[jeoha]

[[ ooc: during the two days barricaded into the tower by the dragon. ]]

Do not approach the undead if you do not know how to fight them - these are more dangerous than the ones we have met before.

We need two groups. With me, trained fighters who are confident in decapitation.

With others, those that are trained enough that they can protect and move those of you who are not.

Do not take the undead lightly. Do not risk yourself needlessly. We have healers among us - seek them if you are wounded.

Who will come to hunt?

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probably wise

[jeoha]

[ Even without having seen a hundred movies about people climbing around in pipes, he still picks up the hint. ]

How many?

[ Is it just you, Wangji, did you wander into a pipe. ]

Re: probably wise

[downswing]

Enough yet traverse the —

( Aaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnd rattling, this tube cannot be trusted, or perhaps the dragon that keeps quaking it. )

— grounds.

Re: probably wise

[jeoha]

We will flush them out, but it will be easier to do so if we have a planned strategy.

Better yet if I have an idea of how many still need to be destroyed.

[downswing]

No. Enough formerly captive.

( S i g h. ) Innocents were caged.

[jeoha]

[ There is a longer pause, then with a darker voice: ]

That seems a theme, in this world. Then we must target fashion our hunt into a rescue. You are there now?

[downswing]

( Can you hear every particle of air and life will exhaust itself from his lungs. )


Wei Ying participated in the incursion.

( NEED HE SAY MORE. )

[jeoha]

Ah.

[ There's a note of amusement tinged with sympathy. Master Wei did have a tendency to get Master Lan in more trouble than he solved, but at least they were together. ]

I will gather some fighters in the banquet hall, then we will make our way to you to assist.

[downswing]

Bring weapons to spare. Many captives come without.

( Drag, you know, a chair or a curtain in or something. )

[jeoha]

[ Curtains? Curtains are your weapon of choice, Wangji? ]

We will be creative.

[ Maybe at least a curtain rod. ]

If you find more, update me. Some information is better than none.

[downswing]

( Bring him the curtain rings. )

I have encountered a doctor.

( ...who is, in fact, a Doctor. )

[jeoha]

A doctor? [ He sounds surprised, and can't help but immediately think of Seo-bi. ]

Can you describe them?

[ He is trying not to sound hopeful. ]

[downswing]

Short of hair. An elder, not yet in his whites.

[jeoha]

Ah.

[ Even with years of training, it's hard to completely hide his disappointment. ]

Still - a boon. We have need of healers.

[ Because we all know how good The Doctor is at medicine.... ]

[downswing]

( Softened, somewhat: )

Age is wisdom.

[jeoha]

And we are in sore need of it.

We will reach you as quickly as we can.

[downswing]

Recall what we face. A creature of myth.

[jeoha]

[ There is a long pause. ]

I believed it a creature only of myth. Of symbolism. Embroidered onto the chest to denote power and royalty. Benevolence. Wisdom.

Do you see any signs of that in the creature now?

[downswing]

I see an animal scorned. Our turmoil, its injuries.

[jeoha]

And when a wounded man murders, do we excuse him?

I take no claim in knowing how to handle the dragon, Master Lan. If you believe it can be subdued without harm, I weigh your judgement on this subject far greater than my own.

But even dragons with five claws can become monsters.

[downswing]

My people once hastened to kill what they did not understand.

[jeoha]

And mine to use the monsters they found against their own people.

How would you gain a better understanding of it?

[downswing]

First, we soothe its anger.

[jeoha]

If it is possible, I will help to achieve it.

But how?

[downswing]

Apologies. I misled you to misinterpret my wisdom.

[jeoha]

[ A note of amusement is in his voice when he replies. ]

No apologies necessary, Master Lan, I am aware there are no easy answers.

I know how to handle the undead. I can focus there, and hopefully win you and the others enough time to discover a way to soothe the dragon.

But in the end, if it is endangering those who cannot protect themselves, we know where our duty lies.