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Kolson
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| Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena  Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:10 pm | |
| "She wouldn't say why either. Wouldn't explain anything really. A very stubborn woman." The black mage scratches Florolf's neck and his back at he base of his tail. |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:11 pm | |
| "Pah, she wanted our support. She wanted what Nadzieja wanted just as much when she came to us. But we extended our hand, and she refused to show hers as though we didn't open up at all. She took us for amateurs who understand nothing - thanks to my blunder. I'm sorry, guys. I should have stuck to the story."
He takes a seat in an armchair. |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:13 pm | |
| "Apology accepted, though I'm not sure she would have opened up either way." |
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:22 pm | |
| Takes a moment before Mihai realizes everyone else is sitting, then forces himself to do likewise. |
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Zeiss
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:30 pm | |
| The carbuncle begins to purrs in Steve's lap and closes his eyes, ready to take a nap. Meanwhile, Szef Zerva ponders the revelations she's just heard and asks the three men, "When you say ‘ruler’, do you mean like a position of power within a government?" |
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:31 pm | |
| "More like the position of power within a government. She said flat out that she ruled a nation before." |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:32 pm | |
| "When I asked her who she was she refused to say. Something about us telling you and turning you against her. I guess she was a controversial leader." |
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Zeiss
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:35 pm | |
| "And she's at least 200 years old?"
Amber gives a confused look at Nadzieja, wondering where she's going with this train of thought. |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:36 pm | |
| "I think she was ruthless. If the gangs don't get in her way, she won't bother them. She's not as hardline as you, in fact if she has a use for them, she'll make use of them, or squash them if they don't jump for her. Not that I hate her attitude." |
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:36 pm | |
| "You're thinking she's the Emperor?" |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:38 pm | |
| Konrad shuts up at that question. The Emperor? Could she be? No...but then, possibly. These are agents of the ISA they're dealing with. Unless they collaborated with other nations? This was back when all of the islands were united under the empire... |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:43 pm | |
| Steve's eyebrows climb up his forehead in surprise at the idea Wanda might be the last Emperor. |
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Zeiss
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:55 pm | |
| This idea surprises not only Amber and Fluffle, but also Nadzieja herself. She considers this new possibility before replying to Mihai. "Unlikely," she concludes. "From what I've read, the last Emperor wasn't the meticulous schemer Makara seems to be."
"Yeah, that guy was an asshole," Amber says. |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:56 pm | |
| "Well, if not him then maybe one of the provincial governors or a general?"
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Mon 17 Sep 2018, 11:58 pm | |
| Mihai recalls what he knows about the last Emperor, besides him being an asshole.
Knowledge: History - 20 |
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Zeiss
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:21 am | |
| Nadzieja shakes her head. " I don't know. That's not what concerns me the most however." She looks at everyone before she continues. " If Makara has been ruling from the shadows for the last two centuries, did the rest of the Imperials do the same?" - Steve:
Steve believes there are two many controversial leaders to choose from across the last two centuries. Guessing who Wanda Makara was in her previous life would be like finding a needle in a haystack. Except Steve doesn't have fire to burn the haystack in question. 
- Mihai:
The last known Emperor was named Arthur Hammerfist. He succeeded his father in August of the year 206 A.F., a little over a year before the Dome appeared. His father had successfully managed to hold the rebellious nations at bay and was on his way to negotiate a peace before he died of old age.
His son redoubled the efforts of the First War and began executing the prisoners of war the Empire had captured. Imperial military resisted this move at first and tried to contain the Emperor's blood lust, but it got worse as time went on. Certain Imperial officers were charged with treason for disobeying certain of his unreasonable commands, and it escalated from there.
All historical sources agree that he was on Medial when the Dome appeared.
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:24 am | |
| "With the Enemy around, they certainly wouldn't have lacked for motivation." |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:26 am | |
| "Could be that they've been jockeying for control over political bodies and the islands all this time - one side loses to the other on one island while they gain power in another."
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:29 am | |
| This post chronologically takes place after the next one
He then catches himself, realizing something. His eyes go slightly wide, and there's a cold chill behind his voice - "Arthur Hammerfist was... unusually bloodthirsty by any reckoning. Hell, the war would have probably ended with his father, then he took power and turned into a comic book villain. Almost like..." |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:30 am | |
| Steve shrugs. "Maybe not for the whole 200 years. It would depend on how much influence they retained in each nation, then building out from there." |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:33 am | |
| "Like what, Mihai? Like who?" |
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K
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:36 am | |
| Mihai looks up - "Like something was pulling his strings. Or the rope." - he taps his temple with his fingers. |
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Kolson
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:38 am | |
| "Bleh. Did the ISA assassinate him then?" |
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Zeiss
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:40 am | |
| Amber shudders at the idea that the Emperor was a green mage.
"I've always heard that the last Emperor was on Medial when the Dome was... ‘activated’," Nadzieja says. |
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RorytheRomulan
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| | Subject: Re: Act 2: Upheaval III - The Master Weaver and the Arena Tue 18 Sep 2018, 12:44 am | |
| "Hmm...harrowing, all of this. But then, he's behind the Dome for now. So let's please move on. Good to know, though." |
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