To challenge destiny (Afina)

[Anastasia]

'A complication,' Tepen says moments later. 'Surraruthru wishes to pursue that dragon rather than evacuate,' Tepen says, 'Do you wish to order him, General?'

[Ebiris]

Dragons gotta dragon, huh? "No," Afina says. "So long as he has his supporting troops come back, he should be strong enough to endure these conditions if he wishes."

[Anastasia]

Tepen nods and says nothing else.

Ready to move along?

[Ebiris]

yep

[Anastasia]

Before your gaze and the view of the battlemap, Benfal shudders.

he ground bubbles and boils, becoming a rainbow-colored slurry that shifts into strange geometric patterns. The skies rain fire and blood, cascading down on the broken ground. Gale winds blow that howl with diabolical fury and the ring of battle. Snow and ice erupt from the ground like veins bursting through skin, melting into sizzling purple fire. Earthquakes, semi-constant and varying in intensity. The sound of trumpets blast across the world, answered by roars of infernal wrath.

"There is a problem," Tepen says solemnly, "Sylica has come on an unforseen complication in battling Semyaza. I have been informed that Semyaza's control over Benfal is being broken, but this will release hellish spirits bound to the world by Semyaza. They will form into spirits of pure malice and rampage wildly, drawn to what is right and good to obliterate it. They request that we mobilize  from Aurora and confront any spirits nearby. As Aurora is a great bastion of the righteous, it is likely we will attract them."

[Ebiris]

"The terrain out there looks exceptionally hostile, I'm not sure our forces would survive long outside even without fighting," Afina says. "If they come to us can we not hold behind our defences to repel them?"

[Anastasia]

"We could," Tepen agrees, "Yet if they do not kill themselves on them or learn and hold back, we are in square one." He exhales, "I would not advise sending anyone but the elites out into that in any case."

[Ebiris]

"Alright then. The rapid response force is already prepared, we'll sortie them to do a wide patrol around Aurora to eliminate any they come across or if necessary herd enemies towards Aurora where they can break upon our defences. We'll re-organise the other forces to a defensive posture as they return and recover."

[Anastasia]

"Go forth and make it so," Tepen says, "General Gisfal, Jaela and Adrian are all in the courtyard."

Basically a chance to sort into this as you see fit and get any second opinions as needed.

[Ebiris]

Oh, Jaela's back too? That's helpful. "I'll see to it then," she gets up and heads outside to organise their forces to deal with these spirits.

[Anastasia]

Who all are you going to recruit for this?

[Ebiris]

Everyone in Tyrll's Rapid Response thread gets the job of going out around Aurora to kill loose spirits or push them towards Aurora.
Everyone in Liber thread gets to hang around in or near Aurora to kill spirits that get past the rapid response or are driven towards Aurora by them.

[Anastasia]

Cool. Are you participating at all?

[Ebiris]

You know what I'll join the Liber thread and play base defence as well.

[Anastasia]

I'll move you on over there then.