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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[perhaps those could be his house words?]

Likely not. So no matter what it does upon its release, the demon will be at liberty to roam freely amongst the populace and the populace will have to hope that the demon does not feel like killing them today.

[would he have to fight the other house stark for it]

Super. Sounds like I'm gonna have to adjust my patrol schedule once she defrosts.

[no, the other house Stark seems set on "Winter is Coming"]

I wish there was some way, some magic, that could get the demon to simply stop attacking people.

[That does sound cooler than " intelligent, but very strange" at least]

And magic is completely outside of my realm of understanding, so I doubt I'd be any help trying to find something like that. Best I can do is aggro her off of someone else.

[and better than "Growing Strong," but you'll never get Margaery to admit that]

Mine as well. I know some people who know magic and can do wards that prevent the demon's entry to specific places, but I don't know if it's possible to ward the entire town. But may I ask what "aggro" is?

It-- uh. Buhh... It's a video game thing, but you don't have-- Okay, I guess basically it's where you aggravate someone, and they attack you. Like you walk up on someone's turf, or interrupt them while they're fighting someone else and just. Like. Get in a fight with them.

[Explaining video game slang to someone who probably has no idea what video games are holy cow]

Oh. I. . . see? I'm not sure that would be wise in this case unless the person starting the fight was very powerful themselves.

I just mean that if I caught her harassing someone else, I'd step in. I know that I can take a beating, so I'd rather she turn her attention on me.

Oh! That's very brave of you. I do hope that it doesn't come to that, that someone is able to make the demon listen to reason or, should that fail, there's enough of a deterrent in place to keep a rampage from happening.

Yeah, I'm hoping I can make this more of a plan B, if all that other kind of stuff doesn't work out. Or I guess plan C. I guess we'll see what happens when it happens.

Yes, I suppose we will. I very much hope that it doesn't come to that, but we shall see.

You and me both.

Well that's... about all I got, I think. You let me know if there's anything I can do to help with this whole creepy demon situation. Or anything, really.

I will. You're a fine young man, Peter, and a credit to those who saw to your upbringing.

Thanks, I... yeah, thanks.

[how do you take compliments?? how?????]

Um, anyway, looks like there's a lot goin' on, so I'm gonna let you go. Good luck.

You're welcome.

[with a smile and a "thank you," of course!]

Thank you. [wryly] I fear we'll need it.