karma's a relaxing thought, aren't you envious that for you it's not?
Mid-morning light filters through the glass dome overhead, bright but not yet punishing, and Flora positions herself and the gathered crowd deliberately in the shade where the sea breeze can still slip between the columns and cool the edges of LongHeat’s insistence. Sweet and savoury brunch offerings have been laid out on tables, as well as an assortment of drinks. Her curls are piled up off her neck in a loose, strategic twist, gold glinting at her fingers and throat, feather-daggers resting hidden but certain against her hips. She lets the low murmur settle before stepping forward, chin tipped high enough to catch the light.
"Alright," she begins, voice carrying clean and bright through the garden without strain, "Torchline is finally going to start its regional quest for cannons!" There’s a flicker of satisfaction in the way she says finally, her hands folding loosely at her waist, rings flashing as she shifts her weight. "The first thing we need to decide," she continues, gaze sweeping the gathered faces, "is where we’re putting them."
She lifts one hand, ticking the options off on her fingers. "The docks. Up high in the floating part of Haulani. Or in the water."
"Our resident cannon expert, Melita, and I talked it through, and we think the docks make the most sense. If anyone sails in, I want them to see exactly what’s waiting for them the second they look up. A very clear message about what happens if they decide to fuck around.
Putting cannons in the water sounds clever," she goes on, shoulders lifting in a small shrug, "but then we’d need people strong enough to haul them around, and we’d be limited by whoever happens to be nearby when we need them. I don’t love the idea of our defence depending on who skipped arm day." Or, y'know, if her parents were around rather than being on newborn duty.
"And yes, placing them up on the floating level would give us more range, but they wouldn’t be nearly as visible and I think that matters. Half of defence is making sure no one wants to test you in the first place." She glances around again, slower this time, reading posture, tension, curiosity, dissent. "If anyone has another idea, or if you think there’s something we haven’t considered, now's the time to speak up."
ME RQ to determine where TL's cannon will go! Flora thinks it should go on the docks, but if you have another idea, feel free to say so!
This ME needs to be completed before the PQ can begin, so be sure to get your posts in quick if you need this for levelling because we don't want it left open forever.
"Alright," she begins, voice carrying clean and bright through the garden without strain, "Torchline is finally going to start its regional quest for cannons!" There’s a flicker of satisfaction in the way she says finally, her hands folding loosely at her waist, rings flashing as she shifts her weight. "The first thing we need to decide," she continues, gaze sweeping the gathered faces, "is where we’re putting them."
She lifts one hand, ticking the options off on her fingers. "The docks. Up high in the floating part of Haulani. Or in the water."
"Our resident cannon expert, Melita, and I talked it through, and we think the docks make the most sense. If anyone sails in, I want them to see exactly what’s waiting for them the second they look up. A very clear message about what happens if they decide to fuck around.
Putting cannons in the water sounds clever," she goes on, shoulders lifting in a small shrug, "but then we’d need people strong enough to haul them around, and we’d be limited by whoever happens to be nearby when we need them. I don’t love the idea of our defence depending on who skipped arm day." Or, y'know, if her parents were around rather than being on newborn duty.
"And yes, placing them up on the floating level would give us more range, but they wouldn’t be nearly as visible and I think that matters. Half of defence is making sure no one wants to test you in the first place." She glances around again, slower this time, reading posture, tension, curiosity, dissent. "If anyone has another idea, or if you think there’s something we haven’t considered, now's the time to speak up."
ME RQ to determine where TL's cannon will go! Flora thinks it should go on the docks, but if you have another idea, feel free to say so!
This ME needs to be completed before the PQ can begin, so be sure to get your posts in quick if you need this for levelling because we don't want it left open forever.
