Kismet's Folly

[Groshyr]

Having the mental link with Melia established, the Fae started to explain, both verbally and mentally, the idea behind his plan.

"The protection of the Elders is strong and powerful but way too notable by the outsiders, the Darklings who do not belong to our allies and friends. It cause unnecessary attention to our new home - attention in a region populated density, despite all the disaster and devastation that happened to the Orkney system."

"Our attempt to ensure safety of our home has ended in dragging attention from our nemesis - the Order. Their scouts were spotted in Orkney, and we want to drive them out under human disguise, should they arrive."

"The chaos caused by the final pushes on the Insurgency, a faction of Darklings that started a rebellion in one of their Houses, may provide an opportunity to seize one of their largest vessels and use it for our benefit - as a carrier, as a long-range activity monitoring platform, else. The Bird, however, thinks that we are doing it the wrong way. Her arguments make sense, and I already came with an alternative. But your advice is required."

[conmann35]

There was a short outburst of restrained fury. Of course the Banishers were the drivers of such necessity. Their hate always sought to harm and confound the Light. Even if they were not the subject of this debate it was always a pain to hear mention of them.

"We have, perhaps, made many waves in the nearby voids, a consequence of our desperate course to find this new home. It is always prudent to be subtle, yet the time for subtlety may be past. We do realize, however, that this is not the problem yours have. Any husk of metal can destroy another and appear to be a construct of darkness. But the potential means do vary significantly. This much we know. If we are to judge them adequately, we must know every detail of the possible forms."

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Vagrant elder
Get assimilated today

[Groshyr]

"One of the forms is commonly called the Arbiter, belongs to a rebellious faction of the Darklings from between here and the Hunting Grounds we came from." Crius tried to use expressions that the Elder would understand, adding some telepathic images, explaining to a Vagrant things they didn't know or care of until now. "Its a powerful unit, a shell capable to harm even the Elder, but besides this it posses ability to see and hear things that coming from very far - or at least this is what we know of it. The shell is capable to provide shelter to smaller shells, where only a few darklings can suit in - similar by size to the smaller forms of the Elders."

"However, as the Bird says - the shell is not reliable, and require a lot of effort to sustain its integrity and well-being. It would require changes to the Nest we build." the man finished explaining about the first ship.