HAYAME ➳ PLEROMA (VOICE)

[warmare]

[One member of Pleroma has intentionally avoided Communion for months, but now... perhaps it can actually be of use. Now, she actually requires something that she cannot accomplish through strength or stubbornness alone, so-

A hard, cold voice barely comes through, mixed with an inexperienced jumble of vague (violent, dark) images until the words solidify as:]

Who amongst you has the ability to write?

I require a posting for the Achamite heads.

[OOC: please be warned there will be (cw: beheading) in this post]

Comments

(1/3)

[recursive]

( ah, it's so nice to hear that hayame is doing alright in venera, and that she's even willing to reach out to everyone via Communion...! sure, her tone of voice is just as foreboding as he recalls, and the violent snaps of similarly chilling imagery might be concerning, but who's to say that's not an aspect of her using a method of communication she was previously unwilling to use — )

I could help!

( always eager... perhaps overeager. )

What do you — ...

(2/3)

[recursive]

( h- heads...

it's not like it's a level of violence he's never seen before, but it's not exactly what he had expected. in the future, that will probably change. )

(3/3)

[recursive]

Umm, haha... What exactly do you want it to say...?

( he would like to say he's not a coward )

[warmare]

[She knew this voice. So that boy was educated... ? Well, he was human, there'd been the chance.]

It will list their crimes.

"For service to the Regent"... "for supporting the destruction of other worlds"...

Such as this.

[dragonmount]

For the what?

[warmare]

[Was her message not going through? Tch, this is what she gets for attempting magic-]

The Achamite heads.

1/2

[dragonmount]

[ he really spends a full minute staring at his shard, like

opens mouth closes mouth ]

[dragonmount]

[ with a tone like, this might as well be happening, ]

Why have you got Achamite heads?

[youngprodigy]

[He's, er, going to have to pointedly ignore that second statement because what.]

Er, are you interested in learning yourself, or...?

[warmare]

I did not ask to learn, I asked for someone who already was educated.

[Was her message not going through right???]

[youngprodigy]

[Well, he does know multiple writing systems, but...]

Where would you be, um, displaying these heads exactly?

[emblazer]

I ...I suppose I can.

[ If he ever stops being violently sick to his stomach. ]

Is it to let the families know to come and collect them?

[warmare]

- What are you talking about?

[To think, she'd once heard the name of his land and hoped that she had found a compatriot... !]

It is for displaying their crimes.

[emblazer]

Isn't that a bit too cruel? Even if they were our enemies, they should be buried properly. You don't want to incur the wrath of vengeful spirits.

[ Or vengeful family members and compatriots. ]

I imagine the Regent would only increase his hostility towards us if he caught wind of it, too.

[aquaveiled]

[ Writing is not her strong suit, so this is something that Himeka would normally just let...fly on by in the weird crystal head(breast?)space that it exists in. Someone more adequately equipped can help with whatever it is she needs.

But...you know...

She is also hopelessly curious. ]

...So where did you get those heads?

[warmare]

... Where?

[No one told her people could ask stupid questions on this thing... Maybe she isn't meant to do magic after all, was her voice not clear???]

From the Achamites. As I said.

[aquaveiled]

Ah.

[ Hmmhmmm... ]

So like directly from their shoulders. Not conveniently, like, on the ground in some back alley somewhere just waiting for someone to feel lucky?

[goldendeceiver]

[ Ah...

Well... war is war, and that she's brutal and showy with her methods doesn't surprise Ernesto. Better Achamite soldiers than innocent civilians though. These people made their choice by falling into step so aggressively with the Regent.

Though... ]

You don't have the ability to write?

[ This is still the wrong question right now. ]

[warmare]

[... Why do people keep asking? Surely it's not surprising.]

I am a warrior, not a scholar or a merchant.

[goldendeceiver]

Plenty of warriors eventually learn to read and write too though. It's not a bad skill to have.

[ So they're just gonna keep on with this and ignore the heads...?

Yeah, alright. ]

voice

[wolof]

You know, dear, I have the finest penmanship in Praes.

And I won't give you any...trouble. Posting heads is...a solid enough way to get your point across.

[warmare]

[This woman... The "dear" makes her hackles rise, but,]

And what do you want for the words?

[wolof]

[ Sorry Hayame... at least she doesn't care about the heads? ]

How about a favor of equal worth, later? You never know when I might need a good archer.

[hippocarnival]

A--achamite like... the guards? Heads?

[...]

WHY?!

[warmare]

What do you mean “why”?

When you fell an enemy in battle, you take their head. It is that simple.