The Dead Dove Locker -- "I don't know what I expected."

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The Dead Dove Locker -- "I don't know what I expected."

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RE: The Dead Dove Locker -- "I don't know what I expected."

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Yesterday, 10:28 PM

I almost forgot about Princess of the Void.

Dukerino Wrote:“Forgive my intrusion on what seems like some really productive talk.” Grant crouches into the conversation. “But Countess, we have to go. You, me, Tikani, the kids, Lakai, everyone in the House of Korak.”

“Uh. Okay. Tik.” Wenzai stands and hurriedly gestures to her husband, who starts gathering the kids. “What’s going on, Majesty?”

“Nothing bad. It’s good news, actually. It’s great news. But you and your family need to come with me.”

Wenzai dawdles briefly, looking from Doxima’s grave confusion to the re-spooked Representative. “To be continued, I guess,” she says, and hurries with Grant and her family from the box.

(Just) Escalated.
“Where are we going?” Mava asks.

Orlo has a customary look of stoic resignation on his face. “Are we in trouble?”

Grant grins over his shoulder, trusting Hyax to clear the path of bewildered racegoers in front of him. “You guys ever want to see the inside of a ZKZ?”

Ana reacts to this as if Grant has asked if she wants to meet Santa. “A real one?”

“That’s right,” Grant says. “You’re gonna love it. The bounce house was surprisingly accurate, but it doesn’t beat the real thing.”

“Uh—Grantyde.” Tikani’s stride falters. “I’m not permitted aboard a ZKZ.”

“Screw that,” Grant says. “Brigadier, you’re head of security. What do you say?”

Hyax’s reply comes without hesitation. “I say that I will obey His Majesty’s command. Emergency suspension. If he says you must come aboard, then you must.”

“We already have a Kovikan guest, anyway,” Grant says. “It would be a great relief to have another one who’s capable of keeping a conversation going. Just promise you won’t write some kind of found-text poem with military secrets in it, and you’re welcome aboard.”

Tikani laughs out some of the tension curling his face tendrils. “You have my oath, Majesty.”

“Great.” Grant waves off a viscountess who’s approaching with a cloying smile. “It won’t be for long—things are about to move fast, I reckon.”

Lakai catches up with them at a jog, her drink sloshing in her fist. “What the hell is going on?”

“We just escalated.” Grant’s too excited; he has to tamp his voice down. “Well, Shoskia just escalated, but we prodded her into it.”

“Oh, shit,” Wenzai says, and then notices the blood on Grant’s uniform and Hyax’s gauntlets. “Oh, shit.”

“If she’s willing to strike at me, I refuse to take the risk that she’ll strike at you.” Grant breathes a sigh of relief as they escape the busy promenade. “I would hate myself forever if something happened. Please forgive my caution. And I swear you can abuse the hell out of our hospitality.”

“If this means that I’m finally gonna taste some of the famous Kymai’s food, you can house-arrest me all over again,” Wenzai says.