SING THE REVOLUTION ;;

[Filter: Jack]

Would you like a chance to put yourself back on the list of people I feel I can mostly tolerate~? ♥

[Filter: Elden]

I had a fascinating discussion with Mydra, this morning~

Apparently, Josiah -- yes, that Josiah -- wrote to Julian yesterday afternoon begging for help protecting a Pillar friend of his. A young girl he claims he's sworn to protect? Either Lydia or Marigold, but I'm not certain which.

[Filter: Pillars in Norey]

There! Do you see? That black haired girl with the patchwork cloak -- she's Adveni, I'm sure of it. Look! She just dropped another --

[pause]

I'll find her.

Julian, go with Mydra. Stay on the floor of that litter.

[Filter: Jasmine]

Do you remember when I said I had a bad feeling about Mydra's summons, this morning~? Well~ It managed to be much worse than I could have ever imagined, isn't that something~?

[Filter: Elden]

You may be interested to know that there's been a breach in security among Mydra's ... network. No one who knew about me, mind you, but they did know about Julian at the very least.

Not that I expect you to take any quarrels for him, of course. Just a warning that things may become very complicated, soon.

[Filter: Britt]

Has Mydra spoken to you at all?

Hm, Julian, it's very sweet of you to have sent ahead to cover our accommodations, but you must know that the bill would have landed with you regardless, hm~? Well, I'm sure Mydra at least appreciates not having to sign off on the funding, first. How thoughtful of you to save her some paperwork~ ♥

Now, I don't supporse you're reading, Father Forbes? I'm not sure if you're aware that we've arrived in Colndor, and we do need to coordinate at some point! I'd like to be off toward Norey within the next few days, if possible.

[Filter: Jace]

I checked in at Best Dress this morning, by the way~ I'm not sure what to make of what I found there, but I'm assuming it's good news. Loren is gone, for one. I asked some questions, and apparently he was hauled off for tax evasion~? What a surprise.

There's a woman there, now, a rather fierce madame, really, but Cassidy is long gone. All she was willing to tell me is that she was taken to the capital, which, again, seems like good news to me~ I'm sure I'll be able to figure out what exactly happened once I get to Norey. Hopefully, she'll be waiting at my mother's estate. That was the ideal solution I suggested, back when I first spoke to Julian, hm.

Anyway, I just thought you might want to know, dear. ♥

Well, just look at all these lovely people~ And I thought those Atsirian balls would be the height of our exploits into the world of fashion~ How very wrong I was~ ♥

Of course, the guest of honor and her poor, blushing husband should have the first dance!

Sigh, I wish that we could spend every day like this~ It reminds me of home, if home were better mannered and had very specific taste in hats~ ♥

[Filter: Korvin]

Hello, dear~

Do you mind if we have a nice chat~? I'm afraid it may get a bit personal, but I won't ask you anything that I wouldn't share about myself, personally~ ♥

[Filter: Franelcrew]

All right! Is everyone here? I know most of you must be very curious as to what this is about, so I'm going to try to explain the situation as I understand it as objectively as possible. Please refrain from interrupting until I've written out the entire story and given the clear for dicussion, thank you~ ♥

Essentially, it's come to light recently that Jack first joined this group at the behest of Druce's father, Lewis. Some of you might also recall that Druce's father is a rather notorious bandit leader and all around rogue, who took an interest in following this group uncomfortably closely right up until we crossed the Korin border. So. Jack doesn't deny that he was reporting our movements and the possibly sensitive situations we found ourselves in throughout our exploits in Atsiria and Hanalan. He tells me that Lewis ceased responding to his reports while we were in Hanalan, and he hasn't tried to make contact since.

I'm not certain how that information came to light, but Nessa became aware of it recently and confronted Jack about the situation last night, at which point Jack elected not to apologize but rather to point to the sacrifices he he's made in our company that in his opinion, entitle him to our trust. Obviously, he has been a part of this group for a good many years and done his part in regards of what we expect of all of our members, including most importantly his actions after breaking contact with Lewis, in Eina and throughout our struggles in Korin afterward.

So. I hope everyone is following this, so far~

After becoming exasperated with Jack's unwillingness to admit that he was dishonest with us for a very long time, and I think most importantly his reluctance to apologize for that, Nessa took her concerns to Lawrence, stating that she did not believe Jack could be trusted in our company any longer. Lawrence then agreed with her concerns, and informed Jack privately that he should pack his things and leave, at which point Jack wrote to me to inquire as to whether he would be still be welcome to join me back in Norey following our split at the Kilian border.

I, for my part, then decided that this sort of decision shouldn't be made without at least a discussion with all of you, because at the end of the day, we are at least a team if not a sort of family, after all this time, and perhaps after a day of thought and an objective discussion, cooler heads can prevail and we can do what's best for all of us.

Now, discuss.

Well, I'm happy to report that we'll have several hours all to ourselves at the hot springs Monday afternoon~ I do hope that works for everyone, there wasn't much time to negotiate~ ♥

And with that settled, it seems I have a note left for me in here with my Festival assignment, how exciting! Did everyone get theirs, then? We should start taking care of those as soon as possible, hm~? I already have several ideas, for this one~ ♥

[Filter: Franelcrew]

Goodness, did the rest of you receive this summons, as well~? I'm guessing that everyone did.

I did a bit of poking around, and it seems that the reason for it is that Lord Glenn has actually arrived in Eblar~ So much for fleeing the country, hm? Perhaps they really were in hiding all along~? He doesn't seem to be in trouble, at least, if everyone is being summoned this way to greet him?

They're saying as well that the hearing to settle all this between Lord Hasten and Lord Tarmon can begin, now. That would certainly be interesting to watch~

[Filter: Jasmine]

That poor girl. This is beyond disgusting, look at the smirk on that man's face. He's enjoying this, every bit of this, and everyone just stands here with their jaws agape watching like there's nothing that can be done! Like this is just the inevitable result of putting a twisted, evil little man on a pedestal by right of birth, how sad and tragic and unavoidable, look at these people! No one is going to say a word, are they?

I am not going to just stand here and let this happen. If none of these cowards will stand up to that beast, then --

Are you coming?