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ediumAgent D (thinking): Seems like I’ve lost them. Now let’s hope the embassy doesn’t give my targets any extra security. And they’ll probably assume the vampires can take care of themselves. . . ....
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ediumHey, look, it’s pre-transition Agent D…and pre-transition Juniper. (Plus an oblivious baby!Thorn.) ____ Agent D: I really am lost, darling, so if you wouldn’t mind — Juniper: No, see, here’s your...
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edium(VWOOO) Juniper: You washed out of heartsword training, but it’s a big deal that you got in at all. You must be expensive to hire. What are you, an assassin? A mercenary? Agent D: All entirely...
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ediumJuniper: Whatever weapons you’re hiding in that outfit . . . . . . they’ll never stand up to this. It would save us both time if you surrendered now. Agent D: Yes, yes, quite the impressive...
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ediumAgent D: I did not “wash out” of heartsword training. I got scouted . . . put in a separate group. . . and fast-tracked. So I’ll say this one more time: (SHINE) Walk. Away. While you still have...
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ediumUpstairs at the Embassy. Ragnild: Iona! You’re okay! Iona: I’m okay! Ragnild: I’m so, so sorry — It’s all my fault, I — Iona: Ragnild tried to stop me from falling! She’s sorry she didn’t get to...
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ediumSven: Ms. Rødlund? Are you back here somewhere? You’re supposed to meet a contest winner! And I know the vampires didn’t take you to dinner! Astrid: Lovely as it is to talk with you readers, I...
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ediumSven (thinking): !! That shawl . . . It’s the one Nasturtium was wearing! Maybe she vanished mysteriously into the night, leaving only this token behind. But I can find her again! It’s like a...
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ediumEmbassy grounds. (DING) Crystal: This is an automatic message… …from the panic app of: Juniper Sel. (CHOP) User is in danger from: (SLICE) Violet (thinking): What I wouldn’t give for one of those...
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ediumViolet: Juniper! Did you find the intru– . . . (MMMMMMMM) Agent D: One of your fellow knights, darling? Juniper: Hi, Violet! We decided to resolve our issues by kissing them out. Violet: April...
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ediumThorn (thinking): Juniper was heading east — (DROP PLOP) There’s no gate on that side. Does that mean the intruder isn’t trying to escape? Or is it just that they don’t — (PLIP PLIP PLIP PLIP) —...
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ediumImri: Do you mind? We’re trying to eat. Stanczia: You can tell he’s one of the foreign guests. No manners. That, and he looks like a drowned rat. Leif: Thån . . . ? Imri: Oh, this is cute. Are...
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ediumStanczia: I’m not sure what he said, but I do believe he was trying to sound menacing. Imri: Don’t you speak any civilized languages? Thorn: I speak Sønska! My vocabulary is a small, but I work...
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ediumLeif: Th-Thån, stop . . . Leif (thinking): Why is he threatening them? They’re royalty! It’s an honor to be chosen by them. And it’s not like they’ll kill me! That would be so disrespectful to...
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ediumThorn: This is the last chance. Do you think this is a bluff? My job is to guard the embassy and its people. With my life, if — Guard: What’s going on here?! Guarding the embassy is our job. All...
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ediumGuard: Is this the “emergency” you called us out into the rain to deal with? Thorn (thinking): No — but we defend civilians first, other knights second. Juniper would do the same. Thorn: This is...
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ediumThorn: . . . Okay. I am . . . sorry to interrupt. I go back to my people now. Thorn’s people. (SHING) Juniper: . . . Best two out of three? (STOMP.)
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ediumAgent D: So sorry about this, darling, but you must admit, you really haven’t left me any other choice . . . Violet: Oh, I bet you could think of a few if you really tried. Here’s a good one: you...
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ediumOne brief skirmish later: Hold still. And don’t try any tricks with that axe while I’m patting you down for conventional weapons. (TOSS!) Violet: Throwing knife . . . regular knife . . . Sønheic...
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ediumJuniper: She was one of the guys in our first-tier heartsword training. Pretended to drop out, learned to draw an axe, and went vigilante or something. Thorn: Thanks for the recap, Juniper....
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