From b348703e6e75de35e94220595f67bb9a6aba5f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Deepak Mallubhotla Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:22:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] feat: more words --- lore/named-yaks.txt | 6 +++- .../rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lore/named-yaks.txt b/lore/named-yaks.txt index 2d52613..c14e8f6 100644 --- a/lore/named-yaks.txt +++ b/lore/named-yaks.txt @@ -20,4 +20,8 @@ Hobard: Firm part of the Yakaterina escape plot. Clover: - Master + Master, ultimately in charge of Cyril. Head of the Palace of Skies. + About the most powerful admin type position? + Strong believer in the pragmatist position that time to move on from Yakaterina, although personally a supporter of Yakaterina. + Politically savvy. + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/sarlastory/rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt b/sarlastory/rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt index 0b5f7e3..c80b1a7 100644 --- a/sarlastory/rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt +++ b/sarlastory/rikka-death-private-council-meeting.txt @@ -101,4 +101,31 @@ A heavy sigh, then Yury began to speak again. First, this murder risks calling the attention of the Republic. President Laurence will make demands we cannot hope to meet. And second, I do not believe this Council can name a successor to the Ennearchy of Strength. - + +Yury looked as though he were about to continue speaking, but before he could, Hobard interrupted. +―Well the solution's bloody obvious, isn't it? + Both of those problems go away if the Hierarch is rescued. + +There was a brief murmur around the table, as well as some glares aimed at Hobard. + +―Look, we're bound by sacred secrecy, he continued, pointedly glaring at Sarla a moment. + Some of you have no right to look at me like that. + Happy to talk about breaking her out behind closed doors, make plots. + Don't tell me that you care so little about Rikka and Cobb. + Or that you have lost faith in the Hierarch. + We destroy the Republic if we want to survive, and we need the Hierarch to destroy the Republic. + +―Hobard, you talk far too much, another yak said. + +Sarla recognised her, Master Clover. +The Head of the Palace of Skies. +She would surely have known about all of the plots floating around, canny as she was. +But she said nothing more, heeding her own advice. + +After a moment, another yak that Sarla didn't recognise spoke up. + +―I think it's clear to everyone here with any proper sense that we cannot resist the forces that stand at our gates. + The only thing stopping the Republic from sending the Garrison in is fear of public backlash, and Yakaterina's, well let's generously call it a scheme, would have forced their hand. + Holy is her name and her title, but it has been ten years, and attacking the Republic is even less possible than it was back then. + +A slight hum of assent went around the table. \ No newline at end of file