☾ DREI -- Voice

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Did anyone have better luck than me with talking to that new woman? She seems more competent than the other two, which is worrisome.

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[voice]

[mnementomori]

New woman?

[someone was distracted trying to work up the nerve to figure out if her powers worked or not.]

[voice]

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Think she's one of the queen's people, but she seems to know what's goin' on better than the queen does.

[voice]

[mnementomori]

I didn't see anyone. But I've been exploring all day, so...

Did she say anything useful?

[voice]

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Nothing useful at all. But she seemed t'be on top of things unlike the others, so I think her being useless was on purpose.

[voice]

[mnementomori]

So she's not telling us things on purpose. You think...they're hiding something?

[voice]

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

No doubt they're hiding something. What we gotta figure out is what and why.

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[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

She gave me a straight answer, at least, which is more than I've gotten or seen from the others. It wasn't a very big answer, but it was at least clear.

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

What'd she tell you?

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[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

What this holiday, Hanukkah, is.

Not the most useful thing in the world, maybe.

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

...Oh.

Educational, but, no, not helpful.

[Voice]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Why is that a bad thing?

[Voice]

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

I want t'know where we are, why we're here, and how t'get out of this place.

[Voice]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

She won't say either?

[Voice]

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

No. She's tight-lipped.

[Voice]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

I see.

Yes, then that is a bad thing.

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[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Catch a girl up, Hayate. I'm guessing one of the other two is the Queen, but who's the missing mysterious Evil Overlord?

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

'Damsel', apparently. Clueless and airheaded from what I could tell. Not sure what or who she is besides that.

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[brustriese.livejournal.com]

[From farther away from the "microphone", behind Hayate]

Ah, Hayate, I don't mean to intrude on your conversation, but you left someone out. There was also a "High Priestess" I heard communicating with the Queen.

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

How many of these weirdos are there?!

Alright, so I missed one, Stephanie, but they're ALL useless.

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[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Damsel? These are sounding like bad codenames. Please tell me they're not their, y'know, actual names.

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Probably codenames.

...Really terrible, corny codenames.

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[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

And the Damsel's secret power is being in distress? Dude. That's awful.

The Condiment King could show up these guys.

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[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Based on how loopy she sounded, she probably couldn't find her way out a paper bag much less protect herself.

That's if they're all not amazing actors putting up a show, anyways.

That subject line made no sense

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of what she was saying was constructed bluster to make us feel powerless. Even so, that shows a far greater degree of subtlety than the Queen or the Damsel.

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

Just the fact she's that clever makes me rethink whether the reason we're here is as innocent as an omnipotent airhead wanting friends. I have t'wonder who's actually in charge.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Something I've noticed about worlds where royalty isn't determined by armed conflict every regime change - it's usually not the royal who's really ruling.

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

Guess this isn't gonna be as straightforward as I had hoped.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

This place is a puzzle as much as it is an idyllic cage...

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

A prison's a prison if you don't want to be there, no matter how nice it is.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

You'll find no one here who will agree with you on that more than me...

...I just thought of something, though. It could be that the Warrior Princess's admonition wasn't just meant to discourage us, but to distract from the fact that it took the Queen's organization a week to fix her mistake...

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

...A week to fix a mistake when you're dealin' with a hundred or so captives is a pretty big mistake.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

The Queen created all those stars in a matter of minutes, but could not remove them without outside help and a good deal of time. Perhaps her seeming omnipotence only extends to the act of creation...she's powerful, but as specialized as any mortal mage.

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

I'd still like t'find a diplomatic solution, but that's seeming less and less likely, so knowin' she's got limits is good. I wonder what the others can do and who we haven't met yet.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

"Warrior Princess" seems self-explanatory. "Damsel" seems to be the closest the Queen has to public relations, and all "High Priestess" did was selectively drop tidbits of possibly-useful information with no context or details.

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

What we need is more intel but we've got no way to get it. This is making me go crazy.

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

They have to exist somewhere, so if we search enough and destroy enough obstacles, we'll find them.

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

Ah, the slinger of calculated insults, you mean. The Warrior. I can respect her, even if I must presume her hostile.

I think she underestimates us. That's an advantage, anyway.

[hentanuki.livejournal.com]

The only one we have and not too sure how long it'll last.

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

I think I'll be able to parley that into something MAJOR but I'll need your help. Or SOMEONE'S, anyway.