When the Time is Right
5th of January 2007 A.D.
COMMENTARY
It just re-occurred to me that Ivy/The Archive was the one who passed Lara Raith that warning we received before going to see Mab last Halloween. So there's good odds that it suspects that Molly has some form of divination up and going.
And it definitely knows that Molly stabbed a Walker to true death.
The Archive always knows more than you expect.
Thank God that Titania is clean.
It would have been...unpleasant if they had gotten to her in the interval; Im not sure Nemesis can Nfest a senior Queen normally, but given how Mab and Titania came to power in this AU, I'd rather not test it.
Called it that there was a Nemesis agent at Court.
If you want to exert influence over Summer Court policy, you want someone near the CEO. And it makes sense that someone trusted here had to have provided the infection vector that got to Aurora.
Lily doesnt have the same relationships, and has been Lady for only a few years. Makes sense she's untouched.
Titania appears less informed than Mab is.
Admittedly, yes, Mab personally saw Molly with caste mark, anima and shintai in the Museum. But both Summer Knight Fix and Summer Lady Lily were there when Molly first got back from Arctis Tor six months ago, and would have seen her anima and caste mark, as well as her demonsword. Titania has no reason not to know what Molly is.
Thats an alchemical reference from ~300AD.
Titania having read 4th century Greek texts says interesting things about her mortal days and her origins.
I thought she and Mab were both in the British Isles.
Going to note that we dont have All Things Betray or Hellscry Chakra running.
But we recognized Nemesis here. I wonder why?
Did the presence of a Creature of Darkness stand out among all the Summer Fae who arent?
Titania SHOULD be able to tell when someone is Nfested if her attention is called to it. Shouldnt she?
We're on half Essence: 8/15.
It costs 5 Essence to use Sapphire Ritual of Exorcism; 6 Essence if we're running Occult Excellency as well. We dont have the juice to burn a lot of Essence in a conversation or a fight and still cast out Nemesis. Or even activate shintai.
In the NeverNever, you only regenerate 1 Essence every 3 hours. We can also burn this scene as a focus for a Crown question, but it will only get us +1 Essence net if we ask the right question. If we burn a lot of mojo here, we'll have to reveal Charred Sinner Renewal's function to get the mojo to do an exorcism afterwards.
Oof that Archive fumble. We are going to have to burn Essence on an Excellency to catch up.
Interesting that Titania apparently benefits from a Mantle buff.
Looks like more than +8 dice, assuming she has a baseline human stat line.
Of course, I suspect thats not the limits of the Mantle, but we're probably noping any fiat effects.
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