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video - un: starkov / dated 11/12

( the video opens on Alina looking winded. the focus is on her face, sweat trickling down her brow, strands of hair plastered to her cheeks. she's looking past the camera at something else. behind her is a dimly lit hallway, only the wall and light on the wall barely peeking out past her face. )

Be careful if you're invited to any parties these days. ( her eyes flick to the camera, then she lowers the camera to reveal her upper chest. just below her throat, across her collar bone, is a deep, angry slash that still drips past the neckline of her dress.

she raises the camera to her face again, her eyes darting around herself rather than watching the screen. ) That was meant to be my throat. Others weren't so lucky.

The Brotherhood left a message after the slaughter for the families seeking alliance with Macaluso and Taravast. ( her eyes flick back to the camera. ) Basically, don't do it; this is the only warning. ( she searches her memories a bit for the wording- ) "Never seek alliances that could imperil the Brotherhood's interests again."

( she sighs, closes her eyes and shakes her head before reaching up to wipe the strands of hair from her brow. ) I could use some help. I caught one. ( she flips the camera around to show the hallway behind her lined with the carnage of four undead envoys in pieces on the floor. ) But I still need help to clean up.

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Thank the Goddess you're alive.

I can heal. And help burn the bodies.

thank you. for the healing, as well.

i wish we could have helped more survive. i think Diego helped a few... but it wasn't enough.

Of course.

[His heart aches with such empathy that he doesn't know what to say about it for a good two minutes]

It's terrible, everything that's happened. We'll keep fighting.

i can do that. i just wish our enemies didn't hide themselves all the time. it'd be easier if i could face them directly.

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( He is silent, too silent, gasped. Reduced to this. )

Tighten touch on your wound. To lessen the flows.

It looks worse than it is. ( not true, but she doesn't need him to worry so much. )

Dubious.

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[What a great first impression: young girl, bloodied and tired and looking far too used to this; almost instinctively, Hermione feels a sense of recognition there. (In other words #mood)

She files the information away: don't attend parties, and check before messing with the Brotherhood. Also perhaps rely less on her wand, since that cut looks gnarly.

What comes instead is:]

You will at least let someone dress the wound, yes?

( she wants to be stubborn. she's numb right now anyway from everything she's just witnessed. numb physically and emotionally.

but it'll smart tomorrow. also may actually be dangerous to her health. she's not a doctor.

so she relents- ) i probably should. before i get in trouble.

Are you assigned under Vanozza or Macaluso? I have bandages.

[And chocolate, for when the shock starts.]

cr i absolutely need

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that's what i thought! (dont hit enter while editing a subject line)

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[ Someone is glad they haven't been publicly supporting Macaluso, beyond the connections her dead 'father' imparted on her...

What a gruesome scene. It makes her stomach turn. Alayne has A Lot of questions, but first thing's first... One must remember manners, even when talking to a tomboy. She'll wait awhile to respond, so that Alina can receive the assistance she obviously needed. ]

I am glad they did not succeed in taking your life. Did you receive the help you requested?

( thankfully it's been enough time. she's gotten initial aid, follow up aid, and finally healing. she's starting to come out of her shock by the time she gets the message, though exhaustion is close behind. )

i did. thank you for the concern. thankfully we got the mess cleaned up. and i got some help with my injury.

You handle such conflict and injury with remarkable grace. Are you accustomed to violence?

No, forgive me such a brash question. I do not mean to offend. I only meant to offer my admiration and concern.

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This... 'Brotherhood'. Necromancers? And they dislike Macaluso and his plans for alliance?

Interesting.

( now that she's had a little time to process what's happened... )

That's what I was thinking. They went a long way to make a point against foreign investments in Taravast.

For a city that outwardly refuses to be invaded by the undead, they really have so many of them floating around. Way too many.

If it weren't so fantastical to believe, I would start to think the city is just being ruled by the same people since the beginning of time, simply jumping from body to body when theirs become too weak so that they can continue to hold power. It certainly sounds like that's what they're trying to d with the current Doxe.

And how does that make them any better than the likes of Unhalad or Anurr?

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It's good you're alive. Were there others with you as well? How many injured or dead?

Tell me where you are and I'll help burn the bodies.

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there were maybe a dozen of us at the dinner? half of us were attacked, injured. i don't know if the others survived. Diego stayed behind to watch them, so he'd know better.

we're in the palace of the doxe. i'm north of the banquet hall in a corridor. hard to miss.

Has someone looked at your injuries to keep them from being infected?

I can at least help you with the man you captured. Should I meet you?

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[ Five tries to be surprised, but tensions are just going to keep escalating. He listens for a while and could swear he hears his brother's name. Who the hell are the Brotherhood? ]

Are you planning on tracking them down?

[ And more importantly, is Diego? When were you going to tell him... ]

I have one. ( she answers, knowing that Five would be able to do more with this news than she will. )

Diego was at the party. He wasn't attacked, though.

[ He thought that might have been what she meant. Hopefully this will go better than the last one.

He appreciates that she lets him know how his brother is without him having to ask. Diego is a capable fighter, but he has a tendency to get in over his head. Having him involved complicates how to handle this. ]

Are they able to talk?

[ The man she captured, not Diego. Assuming no one else has stepped in to volunteer yet. ]

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You're being seen to? Lan Zhan's heading to you, I hear, I can join as well — for cleansing, for whatever needs sending on, things of that nature.

I have a lot of help for the corridor, but I think the banquet hall people could still use more help.

I'm being taken care of, though. Swear it.

To the banquet hall, then. Spirits will doubtlessly linger, longer than the blood, if allowed.

By whom?

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