05-07-2020, 12:32 AM
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An army already in Moscow? A twinge of concern rippled his spine, but Nikolai accepted the worry into himself rather than fight it. Faces passed across Nox’s wallet, but if Nikolai recognized any, he did not seem to reveal it. Atharim in Moscow, he knew they scattered like ants when their hill was kicked and leader lost, but he hadn’t known it to be so intense as Nox described. Yet Nikolai was still Ascendancy despite the Ijiraq flung to his form.
“Nox, we are in the same boat. There are no Atharim I trust either, which is why you must understand how I treated you when I first met you,” he said. Aria was witness to their exchange, but she was gone. Only they two knew the history to put memory to tale.
“You came here to tell me about this danger. I thank you for that. Together, we will make sure the people are protected. It will be a coordinated effort. Vegas can guard the largest tunnel exits to avoid spillage into the streets. Homeless live in the undercity. We’ll have to unseat them, which will be ugly. A scene nobody wants to see, especially the aristocratic populace oblivious to what is underfoot. Perhaps some sort of reach out effort,” he waved away the thought. Alexandrova could deal with the public relations aspect of homeless interventions. Maybe they could employ the catholic or eastern orthodox churches to lead the operation and keep Custody name out of the mess.
“As far as killing the beasts themselves, you will need help, especially if you’re overcome in frenzy. Like you said, you don’t seem to trust yourself much these days. Jay is unavailable,” he said, wondering how they knew each other so well. Perhaps some past intertwined?
Nikolai wasn’t one to frequently place himself in the front lines of battle. He wasn’t a soldier, but sometimes even the king took up arms. Nox had the experience, and what little Atharim lore Nikolai possessed he made up for in sheer strength of the power. “So I am going to go myself,” he said, already contemplating the arrangements. Nothing would happen to him, and if the danger grew too real, he’d abandon the pursuit. Perhaps he’d take up a hobby as a hunter after all?
“Before you go, you need a second working arm. Doctor Weston can oversee the prosthesis,” he said.
“Nox, we are in the same boat. There are no Atharim I trust either, which is why you must understand how I treated you when I first met you,” he said. Aria was witness to their exchange, but she was gone. Only they two knew the history to put memory to tale.
“You came here to tell me about this danger. I thank you for that. Together, we will make sure the people are protected. It will be a coordinated effort. Vegas can guard the largest tunnel exits to avoid spillage into the streets. Homeless live in the undercity. We’ll have to unseat them, which will be ugly. A scene nobody wants to see, especially the aristocratic populace oblivious to what is underfoot. Perhaps some sort of reach out effort,” he waved away the thought. Alexandrova could deal with the public relations aspect of homeless interventions. Maybe they could employ the catholic or eastern orthodox churches to lead the operation and keep Custody name out of the mess.
“As far as killing the beasts themselves, you will need help, especially if you’re overcome in frenzy. Like you said, you don’t seem to trust yourself much these days. Jay is unavailable,” he said, wondering how they knew each other so well. Perhaps some past intertwined?
Nikolai wasn’t one to frequently place himself in the front lines of battle. He wasn’t a soldier, but sometimes even the king took up arms. Nox had the experience, and what little Atharim lore Nikolai possessed he made up for in sheer strength of the power. “So I am going to go myself,” he said, already contemplating the arrangements. Nothing would happen to him, and if the danger grew too real, he’d abandon the pursuit. Perhaps he’d take up a hobby as a hunter after all?
“Before you go, you need a second working arm. Doctor Weston can oversee the prosthesis,” he said.