[OPEN]

[heirring]

WHO: Wysteria, Marcoulf, Flint, and/or Fitcher & YOU
WHAT: Open log for Wintermarch
WHEN: Now
WHERE: Various
NOTES: Mix of open and closed prompts; some threads closed to first come first serve and/or contain a few different prompts. Want something specific but don't see it here? Hit me up on discord/plurk/PM/the astral plane, and we can figure something out (or just toss me a wildcard starter if that suits your fancy; I'm pretty flexible). Action brackets aokay if you prefer it over prose.

[see comments below for character specific starters]

Comments

[katabasis]

"A partnership. They have no fast friends among the division heads - for all that the Provost is a Rifter, I get the distinct sense he would prefer to make the distinction between the two more clear to the Chantry, not leverage the fact that it isn't. It helps them, and secures our place here. More importantly," he says, taking a drink from the cup. The spiced wine is heavy, but the warmth is the point more than the taste is. "An alliance with Southern Mages makes for a good spear point by which we can secure our place while this war is happening instead of hoping the Divine March stops at Minrathous."

He offers the cup back, hand warm from its shape.

"What we helped them take from the Circles. That capital might be used now for something which benefits us both were we to find something we agreed on."

[hornswoggle]

"It's a good offer," John says slowly, receiving back the cup in the same breath as he processes this plan. "I believe we have friendly relations among enough of them that even were we met with skepticism, they would make an argument on our behalf."

Inevitably, John feels the cinch of a noose, the clutch of the trap he's caught himself in. There is the pressure of knowing an advantage and refusing to press it.

He continues on, pressing past the sensation.

"To which of them will you make your offer?"