[CLOSED] a prelude

[minrathousian]

WHO: Atticus Vedici + Ser Coupe + the Division heads
WHAT: Atticus discusses his findings with the Division heads.
WHEN: Forward-dated to late Harvestmere.
WHERE: An office within the Gallows.
NOTES: Please keep all responses to one thread!

The majority of the magister's notes (parchment, books, letters, translated and transcribed missives) have been delivered to the Inquisition's division heads in advance of this meeting, but the evidence relating to the most alarming piece of intelligence--that Venatori agents have infiltrated the Inquisition's ranks and seek to obtain classified data--that is information he has kept to himself. He must time the playing of that particular hand well... namely by delivering it to them himself.

This is quite the gamble, he knows, but great risk has never been a deterrent. (If it were, perhaps he might not have needed to devote time this month to convalescing from a concussion.)

Accompanied by Ser Coupe, Atticus steps into the designated office, and looks from his research materials on the centre table to the faces seated on the other side of it.

(It requires more willpower than he might have anticipated not to let his eyes linger on Petrana.)

Comments

[minrathousian]

Atticus remains calm under the weight of Petrana's neutral scrutiny. everything is fine. After a moment he looks instead to Beleth, awaiting further questions from her.

[arlathvhen]

Of course they changed their identities, Beleth muses as she accepts the papers from Thranduil, organizing them into her own stack. We wouldn't need you if they were openly capering around as Tevinter agents, now would we? She doesn't say as much, silently looking over the papers as the others speak.

Once Atticus turns to look at her, she tries to think of anything else she might want to know, and comes up empty. The only thing now is for them to be able to speak without him listening. Has she fulfilled what she told him she'd do? Maybe. She's let him speak, at least, and everything else is not entirely in her hands. It will have to do.

"I believe that is all for now. I trust we may call upon you if we require more answers?" She words it as a polite, optional choice, but her tone is of someone who already knows the answer. Sure enough, she moves on, glancing at the other two leaders. "Unless anyone objects, I would ask Ser Coupe to take him back to his quarters." There's a dismissive note that includes Wren as well. Clearly, as far as Beleth is concerned, her job here only stretches as far as Atticus' whereabouts.

[ipseite]

If Petrana disagrees regarding the nature of Wren Coupe's work, she doesn't protest the implicit dismissal - glances at her with a short nod, and anything else they need to say on the matter will be done elsewhere. As with much of the rest of this.

“Our thanks, Ser Coupe,”

which Atticus is not entitled to for the great generosity of acting in his own best interests as a prisoner of war.

There is much else to do. They had best get on with it.