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[kingsroads]

[ There's a bit of a pause before Strange starts talking, as if he's not entirely certain what he's going to say. He sounds a bit tired, but awake enough to hold a conversation. ]

For those of you who didn't already know, I'm not dead anymore. [ pause. ] Which, I suppose, is obvious as I'm talking to the radio, but the point stands.

I'd like to speak directly to the Ringmaster, Syrlya, and Zangetsu, if possible. As for everybody else, can you please fill me in on what happened from the time I left with Ignatius to now? Don't spare any details, this will be written down for posterity's sake.

[ fun fact: Strange has ABSOLUTELY ZERO CLUE about the various levels of trainwreck that the fae party in the library + rescue missions + torture session were. ]

Finally, odd question, but did anyone bring any flameproof fabric?

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[kingsroads]

Don't worry, I don't hold you accountable for any of that. You weren't there.

MMMM LOST MY TAG

[moonfang]

[he makes a sound somewhere between a growl and a hum]

I'm... sort of two minds about the whole thing. On the one hand, bein' able to do that to a True Fae, having that kind of power! It's intoxicating. To be able to torture, even kill. I understand the temptation. I felt it too. But on the other... I ain't sure Ignatius wad the best target fer all that. I dunno... you hung out with him. He struck me as a guy just doin' his job, not really in it for the thrill of makin' us wimpy mortals suffer. Is that about right?

[kingsroads]

That power can be intoxicating, but we have to be better than that. [ he has to be better than that.

there's a pause before Strange picks up the thread of conversation focused on Ignatius. ] But yes. He's different than Nightshade and her kind. He said— [ but whatever Strange is going to say, he changes his mind at the last minute. ] He's a soldier. He spoke like soldiers I knew and trained me as a soldier. If the Ringmaster hadn't killed the Winter Queen, things might have been different.

[moonfang]

Haaaaa. Nightshade, that little pixie shit. She, the Rose Queen, and the Prince, may he rest in goddamn pieces. I'd like to invite them all back to the Library for some of our special fun.

And there's more to the story there, too, isn't there? Killing the Winter Queen wasn't just a whim, I'm sure. [he laughs, humorlessly] Fae act like they are above humans and the other races, but in the end, they fall to the same vices, miscommunication, and backstabbin', don't they.

[kingsroads]

Does it matter if there's more to the story? It won't stop the Courts from chasing us.

[moonfang]

I find that motivation matters quite a bit, actually! What you fight for is every bit as important as the fight itself.

[kingsroads]

That might be true at the start, but the Winter Queen was murdered ages ago. I imagine the reasoning of the Courts has shifted and changed ever since then: less of revenge for the Queen, more of eliminate the pest because that's what we've always done.

[moonfang]

All the more reason for them to consider reevaluating what they're doin'. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an optimist.

However... back home, the Soul Society did things the same way fer thousands and thousands of years. But Ichigo and his friends, just a ragtag bunch of humans, managed to shake things up.

[kingsroads]

[ There's a pause, where Strange mulls things over, before he admits, ]

In that case, I hope you're right. I doubt we can convince an entire court system to re-evaluate it's methods, but we can at least try.

[moonfang]

No harm in tryin'!



.........

Unless we get killed.

Then I guess that would be harm.

[kingsroads]

This is obvious, but I really don't recommend dying.

[moonfang]

Ain't on my agenda. At least not while Ichigo ain't here.