[handmaiden of unsheathed swords] voice posted:

[darkeststars]

This is Darth Imperius. I will be brief.

By now you've presumably all heard the details of Karsa's proposal. I don't have her ability to block out extra ears, so if you haven't, take it up directly with her.

I intend to organize our half of this operation. Some of you have already told me you're coming, but I would like a count of heads to know the size of our force and what skills we'll have at our disposal. We will likely be taking point on the more dangerous part of this op, so if you cannot fight, stay home. I will speak with you all about the schedule in person and deliver a full briefing on the day of.

Any actionable details or useful intelligence are welcome, preferably not over the quartz. Bai Mingyu or Eleven generally know where to find me.


[ Anyone is welcome. If you already signed up OOCly to participate, feel free to assume your character volunteered offscreen rather than replying here. Arche will be delivering info about scheduling and operational plans to everybody offscreen for players' convenience.

I will have to pause tags on this at some point but I'll be back tomorrow (Sunday)! ]

Comments

[darkeststars]

[ at least if the crown prince has to take orders from anybody, it's a high councilor of a cosmos-spanning empire. Not that Lee Chang knows that. And maybe in practice, he's actually a little more rankled about taking orders from the 'competition'...? ]

Roger that, Lee Chang. Appreciated. I'd wondered if this group could truly be organized into a fighting unit on short notice, but thankfully I think we'll be more than adequate to the task.

[ he hears you being weird at him again over there, though. The Dark Lord is nothing if not very acutely attuned to people who don't like him. More important business to take care of right now, but guess he's going to have to do something about that when this job is over. ]

[jeoha]

[ Oh don't worry about that, Archeval, he plans to Extremely Awkwardly inquire about your - uh - competition status when they're out on the tundra. ]

I fear we will have to become more accustomed to it than not, in the coming weeks.

[darkeststars]

[ oh boy, Lee Chang has certainly set himself up a very interesting hunt. ]

Hn. Well, not that I wish the pursuit on us, but getting out of here and openly fending off our foes as we head east would at least be preferable to more of this skulking and hiding. Exhausting, frankly.

[ the Prince may have guessed from their other recent conversation that subtle infiltration is not usually the Dark Lord's thing. ]

[jeoha]

[ That gets a raised eyebrow, though voice messages aren't good at sending that sort of thing. ]

You would prefer an open fight?

... It has not proven to be an advantage against the deathless. Not in my experience.

And men tend to hide their daggers behind their smiles.