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Radio: Private to Foreigners (Forward dated to the 14th)

The Justicar believes believes that we are beneath her, that we are inferior. She believes that we will submit to her will and will make no move against her or her people. She is, in part, correct. As a whole we should not do anything that openly opposes her.

[Her voice is cold, even and completely devoid of emotion.]

However, I will not stand by while these invaders dishonor their dead. These executions on our soil are bad enough without this blatant disregard for the sanctity of the soul. Something must be done. I am certain that some of you will agree with me, just as I am certain that some of you will try to dissuade me.

[A deep breath]

I plan to give these people a proper burial, because no matter what they did while they were alive, they still deserve that.

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Her position of power isn't just over us, either. She has the cooperation of the kedan and I'm not surprised no one is trying to resist her outright. With the split in even the families, there's nowhere safe and not enough power to stand up to even a small force when it's trained and combined like that.

Any ulterior motives have me concerned. Not in the least because she's not in a position to put anything into effect just yet, so we're likely sitting on a ticking time bomb.

The families have been more civil to one another now than I've experienced since our return, and even the in-fighting among the gangs has lessened.

[There are quite a number of gang members residing at the Hotel at any given time. It's relatively easy to hear them talk, once they're used to an individual's presence.]

The kedan don't want to fight. The Justicar is overestimating herself if she believes they won't. They're preparing for a battle; the only question is whether they can prompt it on their terms instead of hers.

[Or whether they can avoid it. Anton doesn't know. He's lying low, only asserting his authority within the Hotel, because the moment the Justicar finds out about Malcil Anton is expecting to have to fight. The longer he can put that off, the better.]

Of course, they aren't taking it lying down, but I doubt anyone would be willing to give themselves away or act out of turn. Everyone is trying to avoid reacting to her taunts while we bide our own time, we simply don't know what plans anyone else is coming up with.

Heojin of the Woodsmen did make an attempt to reach out. I wonder what inroads he might have made, which we can't see.

Right, which I should have taken advantage of. [ He'd been busy, however, and intends to go and build his own road at a later date if the chance ends up coming back. ] I wonder if he pulled anyone in while he reached out at the same time?

Many of us should have, I think.

[Most of them hadn't, for one reason or another.]

I'm unsure. It's possible meetings occurred off the screen. I suppose one might always ask ...

[He lifts his eyebrows at Cain.]

[ Cain lifts his brows back, head tilted and lips slowly lifting upward. ]

Oh, me? Why not. I could poke around, see if we missed anything. There has to be other things going on we aren't looking in the right places for, too, but the problem with that is we have no resources to really dig.

And yet we'll get nowhere if we don't begin. At least you're slightly less noticeable than Skulduggery.

Only slightly less than the skeleton. Not sure if that's a compliment to him or a comment on me.

[Anton chuckles.]

You've never seen him in frills, makeup and high-heels.

[ His mouth opens slightly, about to say something, then it closes and his head tilts. ]

I don't know if makeup on a skeleton would really be all that helpful.

It was a very compelling distraction for others to go unnoticed, at least.

[He's smiling slightly.]

Let me know if you need some help at all. I'm sure Skulduggery would be of aid as well.

I will, but it should be relatively easy to poke around into that considering where everyone else is focusing. Thank you for the offer.

Of course. Good luck.

[With that and a nod he turns to move away.]

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Radio: Private to Foreigners (Forward dated to the 14th)

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