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[rowancrowned]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Thranduil
RECIPIENT: All characters on the Galicia and the Walrus.
WHAT: DONT BE THAT BITCH.
WHEN: During the boat flight from Minrathous.
WHERE: Boats, Ocean.
NOTES: oooh god I’m on my phone don’t make me link to thing.

Those on the Galicia saw it first hand, but to those on the Walrus, the Venatori abroad the warship pursuing us have made us an offer of safe passage in exchange for the currently incapacitated Archon Radonis, who is aboard.

I would hope [ thranduil’s voice low and dangerous. ] that no one need reminding that the Venatori are liars and their promises worth nothing.

[ but there’s one in every batch who might think first of saving their own skin, and that’s why thranduil is hanging out with the (unconscious) radonis and his friend, a knife. ]

And I would think that we would far prefer to strike fear into the hearts of the Venatori after the ordeal we were put through in Minrathous, with some of our comrades still missing and presumed captured, rather than simper and beg their mercy.

Comments

[galvanising]

[ From upstairs on deck of the Galicia, a helpful interjection. ]

Shouldn't we at least consider whether we could kill two Vint birds with one stone here? The Archon's no friend of ours and his death might buy us a few minutes that would make killing the Venatori easier.

[ radonis + knife OTP ]

[rowancrowned]

They must need him alive. If they did not, they would have fired upon us already.

[katabasis]

You have the Archon?

[What the fuck could really no one have mentioned this point before??]

[rowancrowned]

[ surprise! ]

Is it not custom to bring souvenirs back from one’s travels?

actioooon;

[sclavus]

[ watching you from some paces away, because he knows what rage train you're about to hop on and he's not sure if he wants to watch it wreak havoc, or make an attempt to contain it. jury's still out.

after the message plays, and flint responds, vane makes his way over to him, arms crossed over his chest, voice lowered between the two of them. ]

Could be useful. Could use him for bait later. [ a beat, and he shrugs. ] Could be used for bait now.

[ get the venatori ship close enough to take her, then do whatever the fuck they want with the archon after. ]

[bouclier]

I say we light the fuckers up. I'm no fan of the Vint ruler but we turn him over to them and Tevinter stops holding out against the Venatori.

[galvanising]

We could douse the Archon in Antivan fire and launch him at the Venatori. That would pretty efficiently light up all the fuckers.

[foxsays]

We require the ship and Archon both.

[Fucking chevaliers.]

[hornswoggle]

[ good fuckin god ]

Well they certainly aren't going to risk sinking us so long as we have him, to say nothing of how useful he'd be as leverage in the long term.

[ assuming no one is getting too chummy with the archon. ]

action

[katabasis]

[From five feet to the right, undoubtedly:]

His long term should be in a measurement of hours.

[toujoursdroit]

Two very reasonable points.

[The tone suggests this is a remarkable accomplishment, given the state of the discourse overall.]

[zombra]

I'm down for a good, old fashioned sea battle.

[ Tessa, you have never been in one before, sit down. ]

But if things start to get hairy, you could consider chucking him overboard tied to a barrel to see if the Venatori chase after him. He'd drown before they get him anyway.

[staysail]

It's not sure that he'd drown, tied to a barrel. A barrel's not bad for a float.

[sorcerised]

Are we really going to treat an ally's life so cheaply? I can't be a part of that.

ATTN GALICIA CREW (after talking with flint:)

[sclavus]

[ this comes somewhat shouted over the crystals, because all you fools are arguing, but there's a plan that needs to be executed before the venatori ship closes in. ]

Those aboard the Galicia, we've a plan to get you - and your cargo - through safely, so shut the fuck up and pay attention.

I need to know: how many of you are able to swim? And fight.

[faithlikeaseed]

[calm as you please,] I can fight but not swim. Puts me in the minority, I think--most here can do both.

[rowancrowned]

I can swim well enough for two, but I am not familiar with fighting on a deck.

[ question what happens to cats on ships when the ship goes down. ]

[toujoursdroit]

How much of either is built into this plan in the best case scenario?

[In a worst case scenario, he can draw his own conclusions.]

[elegiaque]

I think if the Venatori want him alive, we should kill him.

( not that she can't see the value of keeping him alive; he can only be killed once, who knows how many times he could be exploited?

but. she knows what iorveth would want. she knows what iorveth does want. she can see very clearly what flint thinks, and flint is from tevinter, and the sea, so he's clearly the voice they should be listening to about tevinter sea murders.

and what sort of reunion would this be if she and thranduil didn't fight. )

[rowancrowned]

And if the Venatori want him alive to execute at their leisure?

[hornswoggle]

That would be a waste of a bargaining chip, wouldn't it?

[sorcerised]

What? We can't do that, we'll be doing their work for them.

[ Why is everyone so bloody trigger-happy in this place? ]

He's our ally, in theory. We've got to stand by him if we have any hope of reclaiming Tevinter.

[ Pause. ]

Also, we can't just kill him! Cold-blooded murder is still wrong.

voice;

[dashing]

He is in our care. For better or worse, for now he must live. We can better decide what to do when not in the midst of chaos.

[katabasis]

And after the immediate threat is dealt with? What then?

crystal

[sorcerised]

We can't give him over to them. Whatever else we do, we can't do that.

[ ... ]

When you say incapacitated, what exactly do you mean?

action;

[sclavus]

[ After speaking with Gwenaelle and Flint on their plan of action from here, Vane goes looking through the crew to find Aro. He'll be a necessary part of this, if they want to keep the Galicia in one piece. As well as those aboard it, for the most part.

He hears him over the crystal, as well as aloud, and follows the voice, coming up to him with a hand that touches at his shoulder briefly. ]

We have a plan, but we'll need your abilities for it. How close do you need to be to a ship to put wind in her sails?

crystal;

[foxsays]

No matter how this ends, people will talk about it but killing the Archon is going to be a far worse look for everyone involved in this than not killing him.

[She'll take 'arguments she didn't think she'd need to make for 100 gold' thanks Alexius Trebekius.]

But this plays out far better with a live body than a corpse which we might see with cooler heads when we have our people safe from the Venatori. And when the Venatori also want him dead and some have already gone to the trouble of getting him this far.

[Araceli did not pack nearly enough alcohol for this trip.]

private ;

[rowancrowned]

Do you have charge of the Walrus and those abroad, or is Flint?