galvarelli/witchstory/debate-darius-dead.txt

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Havenmount was a flurry of activity. # change name to havensmount c'mon it's way better
Nikki wasn't quite able to find June, and the Guard presence was giving her shit about actually figuring out where the hell she was.
―Ma'am, I can't let you leave your office.
It's a security threat.
We're still trying to figure out what the hell is happening, Lieutenant Ward said.
Which Nikki found a bit much.
She was, if anything, one of the people actually doing that figuring out, and the surly lieutenant was actively hindering her ability to do so.
Tammy walked over, phone in hand. # named after the tamaraw or mindoro dwarf buffalo # also are there phones in this universe?
―I got Justice on the phone.
Nikki nodded, and gestured to continue.
―Undersecretary Carrob, Tammy said, I'm putting you on speaker. # Carabo. I'm on a philippines kick naming wise apparently.
We have the Chief Executive on the phone.
She clicked the button.
―This is Nikki.
Carrob, what's going on?
They have us locked down here.
―What's going on, Nikki, is that everything's fucked.
The New Meadowlark are attacking the Garrison.
There was fighting on the East Bridge, but it's moving fast.
They're in the Garrison building itself.
―Where's Darius?
And June?
―No word on him, he'd have been in the Garrison.
June was in an Assembly committee meeting, and is presumably stuck without a phone at the moment.
The Undersecretary from Justice had little else to add, and Nikki was forced to sit for a few minutes before a Guard came to tell the lieutenant that Nikki was no longer stuck in a completely safe office with the situation clear.
Nikki resisted the urge to sprint down the hall on her way to Calvin's office for a few seconds before taking off and immediately running into him anyway.
―Nikki, I was on the way.
# delete all this. Nikki heard it first from a messenger yak sent from the east side. # this is actually a garbage beginning but fix it later
Another emergency conference with Calvin and Vaughan, which was now becoming an unfortunately common occurrence of late.
She sent the message to pull him out of whatever he was doing.
The messenger, Bryn, was wearing a New Meadowlark black cap, and fidgeted with a nervous energy.
Captain Adrienne had personally escorted her in.
Calvin entered the conference room, having cut short a meeting with the Health Secretary Hadard. # stupid name.
―Nikki, what's going on?
―This is Bryn, from the New Meadowlark.
It's related to the