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[bestestfurrend]

:33 < *ac isnt at her device right now*
:33 < *shes purrobably busy hunting or purrlaying or doing something else fun!*
:33 < *so purrlease leave a message after the b33p and shell get back to you asap X33*

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[bestestfurrend]

I know you will, thank you, Equius. But fur now I'm purrfectly happy just having you in my quadrants!

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[alternia_strength]

I am as well. You've been... helpful many times, and good as a moirail.

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[bestestfurrend]

I do my best!

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[alternia_strength]

It is all that I can truly ask of you, if I being completely honest. It does not hurt that your best is always more than enough.

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[bestestfurrend]

:33 < ♦!

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[alternia_strength]

D --> I I should let you get some rest. I'll talk with you a little later
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Asgard - As soon as he gets a moment away from Condesce

[alternia_strength]

Nepeta, please be extremely, excruciatingly, explicably careful in all ways of the contextualization of your activities. The Condesce has arrived, and I am seeking to keep her at least a little appeased. We are not in our homeworld, which means her political power-bases are not exactly active, something that must be excruciatingly infuriating to her. She carries the rage of her bloodline quite openly.

I... do not want her to hurt you. Tread carefully if you tread at all. I will be home later this evening, once she has no need of me.

[bestestfurrend]

I'll be really really careful, I promise! I saw her post but I thought it was purrobably better not to say anything ...maybe we should ask Sollux to put together a filter for us to use so she won't be able to hack into our conversations on the network?

Wait, you went to her?! Equius! Be careful, I don't want anything to happen to you!

[alternia_strength]

Extremely careful. I intend to be absolutely as filled with care and precision as possible. Much as I detest the lowblood at times, he would be good to get that assistance from. While she is our empress, she is violent and quite hazardous.

I am not a lowblood, which offers some protection but not much. I will be as careful as possible in dealing with her as well.

[bestestfurrend]

I'll ask him about it then. And you better be the most careful possible! If you get hurt, I'll...I'll bite you! So hard!

[alternia_strength]

Nepeta! That is hardly the most appropriate response... Very well. I assure you I will be the utmost in acceptable care. I have little desire to anger our empress after all.

...though here, she must tread more carefully than she is accustomed to doing.

[bestestfurrend]

It is the most appropurriate response because nothing had better happen to you, mister!

I know, but that will only make her angrier...

[alternia_strength]

Oh yes. It will. I almost guarantee someone will be culled in this place before long. In truth, she may find that without our full military force and the complete cooperation of our fellows that I think you can wager will not occur...

...

The blasphemy. I am actually conceiving a scenario whereby she might be in...in...incarcerated [dab dab, sweat sweat.] I am afraid, though, that none of us can really keep her from that folly. We would just be steamrolled.

sigh

Let us stop thinking about it. I do not intend to antagonize her further than she is. We should speak of something else.

[bestestfurrend]

But I don't want to let anyone else get hurt just because we were too scared to warn people! She doesn't have any right to kill someone because she's in a bad mood! Any more than Gamzee had a right to kill either of us!

I think it's important enough that we should speak about it with the others. Well...some of the others.

[alternia_strength]

Oh, believe me. The entire city knows she is around now. She isn't someone that requires much warning. However, I do not disagree. I think we should probably meet in the near future. This merits consideration... away from her excellency.

[bestestfurrend]

I don't think they realize what she can do, though.

But yes, yes, talking about it will be a good thing. We're going to have to be very careful from now.

[alternia_strength]

Probably not, but a public service warning would be easily misunderstood and likely set her off. I suggest personalized warnings in this regard.

What concerns me as much as anything is that ... we aren't, and the thought of it makes me shudder a little.

[bestestfurrend]

Oh, no, I didn't mean anything like that! I don't know what we can do, really.

Is everything going to be okay, Equius...?

[alternia_strength]

Yes. I am loyal to her. She is my empress and majesty, but this is also not her empire. As much as I railed against a few early on she has to accept that her power base is not here eventually. Her own existence is ... more tied to that than I am comfortable with.

My first priority is to you and the tasks of Asgard, as much as I do wish to keep pace with her needs to some extent. Without a true throne, it is...

...

I do not think merely the hemospectrum is enough to make me obey her, and I am not sure how I feel about that.

[bestestfurrend]

I know how I feel about that. I'm proud of you, Equius! You've learned that some things are just more important...

[alternia_strength]

Some things just aren't explained well with it either. I am ... willing to accept that some things matter more than one's place, but I don't know how I should feel myself...

...

I do know I will not be telling her this.

[bestestfurrend]

Mentioning anything to her definitely isn't a good idea...

But if you'd like to talk it over more with me then that would be okay, you know.

[alternia_strength]

I... likely will. I did finally speak with Aradia. it was ... awkward, but we have achieved clarity at least. I may have a few things I want to talk about.

[bestestfurrend]

Oh! Oh, that's good! I'm glad you finally sorted things out with her too!

[alternia_strength]

It.. wasn't entirely pleasant, but it is sorted out, yes. I am not quite sure what I should wish to do in the aftermath. It opens up certain possibilities I had not considered before... and I am unsure if it is better to wait or consider them.