[Jaunt] Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!

[willyousee]

[Usually Alcuin sticks to thoughts only on the Network, so his urgent voice live-streaming in Investigator's minds may be the first time they have ever heard him do this - but the message is more important than the method.]

The Sun Temple will be under attack within the day! Soldiers - Sentinels they are calling them - march on the Temple and are killing any they come across, villager or monk. Messages are being sent conventionally, but there is little hope they will get through. We're rallying all that we have, but I fear we will be too few with so many gone to the summit.

Please, someone carry word to the heads of the provinces at the summit and prepare them! I doubt they are meant to emerge from that place alive.

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[willyousee]

[...Oh. There's a short silence and a soft sigh, after which Alcuin's voice is far gentler than before, a note of empathy and understanding in it that is hard to mistake, even without facial cues.]

My lord, you are capable of such things. It may take time, and courage, and you may fail at first and need to try again. But you are unique, and you have skills which no one else does. I have never heard of a Lurkglider before meeting you, and I cannot yet say that I fully understand what that entails, so I cannot give you instructions uniquely fitted to your abilities. But I can tell you that you that you can make a difference. You can set one thing in motion and have it affect the outcome of anything you choose. You are capable of this, my lord.

[failgoyle]

That...uh...

...no one's ever said anything like that to me before.

[willyousee]

It is the truth. You are not the past. You are the future. And you choose the course to take. We will help you and support you as we may. You are not alone. But it is your choice.

[failgoyle]

Well, I'll...I'll try to help, then! I'll try really hard!

[willyousee]

[He can hear the smile in Alcuin's voice.]

Thank you, my lord. I know we can count on you. If you have need, call to us and we will do what we can to help.

[failgoyle]

Don't worry, you'll hear the screaming.

[willyousee]

...Feel free to call us before it gets to that point. [There's a hint of humor there, but it's said in all seriousness.]