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[The video shows Maketh and Henry sitting next to each other. Maketh’s uniform has been ironed half to death, all of the angles sharp enough to cut, and she quite possibly has never looked so professional in her life.]

Hello, Hadriel. Many of you have been patrolling and protecting the city on your own. It’s time to make that official. We have taken one of the unoccupied buildings to serve as a headquarters and would invite anyone and everyone who wishes to help to come and sign up. We are going to start patrolling on a schedule, with regular reports and check-ins. It appears that we’re going to be stuck here for a while, so we ought to do this right.

We are also looking for anyone willing to teach self-defense to the civilians. Speak to myself or Henry Percy if you are interested.

[Henry wears full plate armour, of late fourteenth century craftsmanship. There is assurance in his posture throughout Maketh's address. He speaks only after she has said all that needs to be said.]

The strength of any community is bestowed in part by its unity. To that end, we aim to make a worthy contribution. Soon those who seek assistance may easily avail themselves of ours.

[Attached to the message is a map, with the location guard headquarters marked.]

Comments

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[unfollowing]

i guess christmas came early for you

[She's pretty much making the face in her icon. Too bad she prefers text to video.]

[video]

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[Maketh is unsure if she's being mocked or not. She decides to take it lightly either way.]

What is christmas?

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[unfollowing]

are you serious





it's a holiday where you get presents. usually big ones, ones you really want. it comes once a year

[text]

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[switching to text!]

celebrating what?

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[unfollowing]

god's birthday

or his son's birthday, but he's god too

it's a christian thing

[Can you tell she doesn't actively care about religion. It's whatever.]

[text]

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I see.

[She doesn't.]

Is that one of the religions in your world?

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[unfollowing]

[It's cool, Maketh. Nobody really knows how to explain it anyway.]

yeah, one of the biggest

do they not really have religions in your world?

[Or is it all this ~~~EMPIRE~~~ business that becomes religion.]

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Of course they do. I simply don't practice.

[Nor does most of Lothal. Or the majority of Empire-controlled space, if they're being honest.]

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[unfollowing]

same with me

[High five, fellow follower of the secular path.]

[text]

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Forgive the change in topic, but you've spoken previously of having some skill in design. Do you think you could fashion patches, or something of the like, for the guard? Not uniforms, but something to display unity.

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[unfollowing]

[Knowing about designdoesn't mean Emily actually has skill for it, but she's had a lot of downtime since she got here and has spent a fair amount of it sketching, which has improved her mediocre skill in that, somewhat. She does have an eye for design, knows the rules and all of that, so...]

sure. no promises on meeting any deadline you might have, and it might take a while to make however many you need because i'd be doing it all by hand, but i can do it

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Anything you can do would be appreciated. Thank you, Emily.

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[unfollowing]

sure. i'll let you know when i have something

video;

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[Henry scoffs, because he can read this from where he sits.]

Incredible, how you manage to answer devoid of its actual significance.

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[unfollowing]

okay, first off, i'm not joining your little police force, so whatever. and second, i'm happy for you and this is how you treat me

and people wonder why i'm never nice

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That is your prerogative.

[unfollowing]

exactly

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[Sorry, Emily, but medieval lite sensibilities.]

Be the holy aspect of Christmas of such trifling import to you?

[unfollowing]

[/Kanye shrug]

i'm not christian, so yeah

[hotspurred]

But you belonged to a community which is. I see.

[Henry touches a gauntleted hand to his mouth for a moment, and lightly shakes his head.]

I was unkind. For that I ask your pardon. 'Tis no reflection of this guard.

[unfollowing]

[For all that she'll (verbally) fight people for less, Emily is actually pretty hard to offend. Also, she'd be a hypocrite if she were a dick about this after the whole thing with Nick a while back.]

it's whatever, religion is clearly important to you

so are you like, a soldier or something like maketh is?

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[It is a hard task to keep his tone even and not dry, but he manages to. It's not as though his armour is subtle, in his opinion.]

I am a knight.

[unfollowing]

[Bro you really need to find some chill and slather it on.]

a knight in literal shining armor. this place never ceases to amaze

anyway, i guess if i see anything weird, i'll let you or someone on your team know so you can take care of it

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A relic to you, I suppose?

[As is often the case here.]

That would be wise. You shall be welcome to read the reports after any such incidents are dealt with.

[unfollowing]

hundreds of years old, to me

oh cool. yeah, it'll be good to stay up to date

[And tell her friends where not to go and what to look out for.]