Dust and blood

[Anastasia]

Lady Chan, Princess of Elemental Good in Air.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa blinks for a second in confusion, An earth dao in service to an Air goddess?

[Anastasia]

I know!

It's unbelievable, but it seems to be true!

[Iron Dragoon]

Alright... Well, how did they seem? Amenable?

[Anastasia]

As long as we don't mention they are directly involved, they're willing to cooperate.

[Iron Dragoon]

Hmm... So getting them to participate in an attack isn't likely... Can they offer any intel? Perhaps anything that might link Rumza to Gargauth? We don't want to just hit Rumza, we want to draw Gargauth's attention.

[Anastasia]

Last post has an edit, but it's just a typo correction.

What? No, I said they're willing to cooperate. What I mean is they don't want to be directly linked to it. They thrive on being unexpected and striking where the enemy isn't the strongest.

[Iron Dragoon]

Am I misunderstanding? How do you attack a place with forces without being directly linked to it? Boots on ground is a pretty direct link?

[Anastasia]

Feel free to ask her to clarify, since you two clearly aren't communicating.

[Iron Dragoon]

What? How do they plan to attack without being directly linked? Having forces on the field is a fairly direct link.

[Anastasia]

A remote strike on a seemingly unrelated property to divert attention is the idea. Leave it a question of coincidence, since apparently he's struck a time or two before like that out of opportunism or coincidence.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alright. I want you and Jarem to coordinate it; I'm still trying to find any of Rumza's holdings that would also draw Gargauth's attention, so finalization of the target may be delayed. I'll work with Bastian to try and make things go faster.

Alyssa considers a moment, then sends a message to Morwel, Queen Morwel, if you would pass it on to your fey contacts, I have a general map of Rumza's palace. There's some areas that were warded from my scrying, but outside of those, I have a complete map. I can't verify that the gemstone is in his palace, but a fast enough strike to take control of those warded areas will surely yield valuable information.

[Anastasia]

The fey will know of this.

[Iron Dragoon]

Excellent. I look forward to meeting their representative.

[Anastasia]

They will be there soon.