toasting and debriefing

[zuhrovet]

Sasha has messaged the team, summoning them to a meeting in the common room. After sending the message, she heads there herself, and starts pouring shots of rosemary arak. She gives a glass to Sulen as they enter the room, holding it out formally, with both hands; she gives Reshad a similarly formal presentation, and an equally formal smile. Seyli gets a choice between arak and sparkling water, and a lopsided grin.

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Re: getting on the same page

[zuhrovet]

"He is already corresponding about threshold winnowers," Sasha points out. "And he told us that he had considered a terrible bargain, in exchange for life unending. I think he knows, and knows that we know. But if we are going to talk to him about Hellspin in any detail, I want Ione or the Rahal available, to read how he reacts. And I want to know how he responds to facts, not to hundreds of years' worth of dramatizations."

Re: getting on the same page

[hoardingpearls]

Reshad smiles at Seyli. "Our actions need to leave little room for doubt."

Sasha's remarks get a different response, looking thoughtful. "I'd like to see that correspondence. You mentioned this Nirai; if they're immortal now, and offering the same to him, we may be able to trace them through the history books. Do some reconnaissance based on things they haven't done yet." Or, horrifying: things they already have, if they're a rift-traveler also.

Aside, she remarks: "We need to find out when they became immortal. Past or future." In rapid thought, she swirls the little bit of liquid left in the glass.

"Of course it'd need to be the truth. Or carefully, and with questions. We need to know how his current plans correspond, not what it looks like when he falls apart." That, they know, if his comments are to be believed.

Re: getting on the same page

[zuhrovet]

"I'll post the correspondence to the mothgrid, so everyone can analyze it," Sasha offers. "And I still want to know if Jedao's co-conspirator is cooperating with Quill. That might explain why this mission focused on Jedao, in particular."

"But to start with, we need to learn as much as we can about what the co-conspirator is doing in this timeline. There's a limit to how much I can pull from the lattice while we're in transit, but I may be able to investigate more thoroughly once we reach Autumn Pyre. Sulen and Reshad, can you coordinate to get me a name and description, before then? The sooner the better--Nirai systems are inconsistent, and I'd like to plan out an attack."

Re: getting on the same page

[venndaai]

Sulen nods. "I'll speak to Jedao again soon, after we get him settled in. Anything else you need from him?"

Re: getting on the same page

[kese_seyli]

“No one should go in alone with him,” Seyli breaks into the conversation. “I don’t believe that’s a good idea.”

Re: getting on the same page

[hoardingpearls]

"That's for the best. Two can defend one another; one is a hostage. I'll go with you, and if we can't get the information immediately, we'll at least lay the groundwork."

Re: getting on the same page

[zuhrovet]

"We have more of Ione's drug, as well," Sasha points out. "And the advantage that he won't remember how many seconds it needs, to take effect. Sulen, my next priority for information is confirmation of his link to the current Shuos heptarch. If she is fixed in time, she is less of a concern for us, but she is still an adversary."