Day 54

[periphrasing]

[Usually when Peridot speaks up on the network, she's pretty perky and authoritative. NOT THIS TIME. HAHA.]

Ssssso... I don't want to cause a panic or anything, but there's not exactly an easy way for me to break this news to everyone, so I'm just going to come right out and say it:

I may have kind of, sort of... absolutely found proof in the Scribe's collections that the Summer Court is tracking us. And by the Summer Court, I mean specifically the Rose Queen and Ignatius and all their cronies from Portland are tracking us. And they know we have the Blue Rose.

....

Sorry.

...This is Peridot, by the way.

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[Mingle and threadjack as you please!]

Comments

[moonfang]

[Rrrrrrrrrr...]

Then what's the point of havin' a weapon like that if we ain't gonna use it?!

[kingsroads]

The point would be to not let the Courts have it. Better us than them.

[moonfang]

[more grumbling-slash-growling]

So if they attack us, we're just going to... what, try and run away?

[kingsroads]

We hope that one of the fae does something horrible enough to have them cast out of the court and loathed as much as fae society loathed the Prince.

And then we blast them to hell. [ sorry Zan, Strange doesn't have an answer for what the battle plan is if they're attacked. ]

[moonfang]

[yeah, he sees that hole there]

And if that doesn't happen...? How do we protect ourselves?

[kingsroads]

The carnival's got defenses of their own. We fall back and hold onto them. [ but Strange isn't 100% confident in that explanation... ]

[moonfang]

Mmm. [not 100% confident. Neither is Zangetsu, to be honest] Look, maybe it's because I'm a sword, and ya know, everything looks like a nail to a hammer, but... well.

[kingsroads]

No, I know the feeling. [ when you have solved all your problems with magic, obviously the answer to solve any new problem is with magic. ] Trust me, if I had any good ideas of how to go on the offensive, I'd share them. As it is, I think we need to study the Miracles more before putting them to any good use.

[moonfang]

Well, we can't really do that if the only one we got is under lock and key.

[kingsroads]

People have studied the Blue Rose before—the Ringmaster keeps it safe inside one of the moons. We'll just have to ask to study it again and come up with the best way to do so.

[moonfang]

Wait, inside the moon? It's like... hollow in there?

[kingsroads]

It's hollow in there.

[ and Strange's tone of voice implies that the moon being hollow is friggen cool. ]

[moonfang]

[in which Zangetsu channels the undying essence of Keanu Reeves]

... Woah.

[kingsroads]

I know, right?

[ it is FUCKIN AWESOME. ]

[moonfang]

That's so neat. Does she... does the Ringmaster keep a bunch of treasure in there too?! That'd be so cool!

[kingsroads]

The only thing I saw in there was the Rose. But it was floating, like in...I believe the term is zero-gravity? [ Strange learned things in space olympics! ]

[moonfang]

Huh... Well, I guess that makes sense. Gravity comes from really BIG things pullin' on smaller things so... I guess the inside of something that has a lot of gravity has... no.. gravity?

[ ??? ]

[kingsroads]

If you say so! That sort of science is a bit above me.

[ Mr. 1800s is taking Zan at face value because how does gravity work, we just don't know. ]