backdated to the end of the tournament/after the illuminated do their thing

[hakodate]

Seems like now might be a good time to get ourselves on the same page.

[To put it lightly. They've had days to wander around, get acclimated, listen to the gossip...and now between everyone wrapping things up to return to their places after the tournament, and the infodump so thoughtfully provided by the local mage-types, the real work begins.]

People are packing up to head home. That leaves us with a lot of possible leads to follow. I know at least a couple of us were thinking of following Jaeger back to Flamegard; Verreuil was talking about following the guy in yellow.

Westgard's hiring knights, and from the way people were talking when the notice went up, it sounds like the offer is unusually generous. Might be a good way to get in the loop on that; it's sounding more and more to me like the throne is why we're here. Keeping an eye on the nobles is probably in our best interest.

And I doubt that's everything worth looking into, obviously - that's just the shit I've already heard about. Anyone got anything to add? We're gonna have to divide and conquer here, but it helps if we know what we're dividing to begin with.

[And after a moment, he adds -]

All of mine from back home, consider reporting in here an order, not a courtesy. [Because goddamn he's got too many of you to keep track of, throw him a bone here.]

Comments

[hakodate]

We've had the pieces fit together in some pretty weird ways before. No way to know until we get started.

[fatalstriker]

Pretty much. Any idea how many people are tagging along?

[hakodate]

Not sure yet. Ogura's in, I'm in...and I'll probably wind up bringing a few more along.

[Mama duck comes with ducklings.]

[fatalstriker]

[he understands what that's like. if his ducklings were around, he'd be doing the same.]

Sounds like we've got a pretty decent party if things start to get out of hand. [though, that's also assuming any of them can fight. oh well.]

[hakodate]

Not all fighters, but...survivors, at least.

[For all the trouble Chizuru manages to find, she also manages her way out of it well enough, even if she needs a little help sometimes.]

[fatalstriker]

Eh, close enough, right? Long as we've got a few who can fight, the rest'll be cake.

[okay, so maybe yuri's worldview on fighting is a little lackadaisical, but that's not a bad thing.]

[hakodate]

And as long as the rest know how and when to keep their heads down.

[Which with Chizuru and Ibuki...can be questionable.]

[fatalstriker]

I can't say I expect everyone to be that good when things start to get crazy. It just means we've gotta keep on our toes.

[hakodate]

Congratulations, you've got the basic idea of how to survive a jaunt in one piece.

[fatalstriker]

Well, it looks like I'm off to a pretty good start then. I guess what they say past experiences helping out in the future must be true, then.

[hakodate]

There's not enough past experience in the world to teach you everything to expect out of this bullshit, but the right attitude goes a long way.

[fatalstriker]

Pretty sure that sorta thing goes for just about anywhere. This situation probably takes it to a while new level, by the looks of it.

[hakodate]

Oh, it definitely does.

[fatalstriker]

Well, at least things won't get boring.

[hakodate]

Boring's the last thing we'll have to worry about, trust me.

[fatalstriker]

I'd be pretty disappointed if all I got out of this was boring.

[yuri, please...]

[hakodate]

Boring's started sounding a lot better than it used to.

[fatalstriker]

You say that until your bored. I don't think there's much room for a happy medium, either.

[hakodate]

If I'm bored, nobody's dying or getting their ass captured, lost, or otherwise indisposed.

[fatalstriker]

...Man, and I thought I was cursed. Looks like I've got nothing on you.