hadriel | Video 9 - Sewing Shop (dated an hour after Lance's post)

[while Margaery may be in her usual place in the Sewing Shop, that's not what she's choosing to address. not this time.

sure, she's dressed up as usual, she has her sword laid across her lap and visible in the frame of the video.

she's also not wearing her usual bright smile. instead, her expression is deadly serious]

As I'm sure we're all aware, the demon has been temporarily been . . . put out of commission. Now, this is not the place to debate the wisdom of vigilante justice. Dr. Sweets appears to have that well in hand. No, what this is is the place to discuss what measures may be taken to prevent the demon from taking its rage out on the entirety of Hadriel.

The gods will do nothing. Tranquility told me himself that they will only take action if they themselves are threatened. So we're left to fend for ourselves. We must make our plans ourselves and it would be far better to have those plans coordinated well in advance of its release.

So I am directing this to anyone who has ideas for what to do when the demon is inevitably released back into the populace. Surely there are those with powers or skills which could prevent it from going on a murderous rampage. Now is the time for those people to step forward and offer their ideas.

Thank you for your time and attention.

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We shall have to do what we can, lady, one day at a time. And if nothing else, at least we have some time to prepare.

Choose which place I should start with, and I will be over shortly. Likely Maglor will come by later as well, once he shakes off his latest bout of sea-longing.

Yes. Thirty days, which will likely pass far more quickly than imagined.

Please start at the house I share. I don't want it targeting Sansa, Daenerys, or Jon either. The Sewing Shop can be last.

And yet, there are still things to be done in thirty days' time. If we ever think otherwise, then nothing may yet be done at all.

[She'll hear a slight indrawn breath as he considers the project.]

Very well. They may be the stronger anyway; they were first built earlier, when Elrond dwelt within the house. They may not need much, between that and my cousins' attentions, but I will strengthen what I can.

Yes, we must do what we can in what little time we have.

[she does and she assumes it means he's thinking over the situation]

I am grateful to you and your cousins for all they do. You've all been so terribly kind to me. I can't tell you how I appreciate it.

[He is certainly thinking over it. Whether he comes up with something useful beyond immediate prevention? Not likely, unfortunately. Problems that can be resolved with swords are so much simpler.]

It's no trouble, my lady. Besides, I suspect my cousin would be terribly upset if harm were to befall you again.

And I loathe the thought of upsetting him. If calmer heads do not prevail and a fight ensues, I will do my best to stay out of it.

My lady, I could not in good conscience make you hold to that. Simply trust your judgment when the hour comes.

It seems as though I will have to. But my judgement has been--flawed before.

Video 9 - Sewing Shop (dated an hour after Lance's post)

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