Maybe along with a mention of how that spirit was working with the Black Court to subvert multiple government intelligence agencies, successfully in many cases, for purposes we aren't entirely clear on, but which definitely involved spying on supernatural factions and likely using governmental assets against them.
Yes, absolutely. Evil Bob is ultra dead and cannot counter our slander. So, lay the blame on him as much as possible.
I really, really like this, but if at all possible we need to get within line of sight of Inari to use her as a focus to find other abyssal exalted. Even if we assume that Michael and Sanya are both on this, and can handle this perfectly, this still leaves one abyssal unaccounted for.
Sorry, but I have it in my head, so now you shall too:
@DragonParadox This doesn't seem to have ever been done, along with the cost, what did the Crown say?
Bear in mind, Molly herself doesn't know all that much. She may come to wrong conclusions. Like, I would expect her to at least account for the possiblity of abyssals developing world bodies of their own. "Expect the unexpected" is genuinely the best advice here.
MiS and FSB are also our bargaining chips, as is our Craft. Like, an analog of what we made for Summer Lady to at least partially shield Inari from the Nameless Curse seems like an obvious thing to offer, and it's something we are known for already. We have advertised as a crafter.
RVD might be better, it reveals less.
We don't actually know if any of those would work, and if they did they would have significant downsides.
Let's not forget, there's little Lara could do to stop us from talking with Inari. It's not like she can ask Inari to help fight us for... wanting to talk to Inari.
Lara is a very, very, skilled social manipulator and Inari has some level of trust left for her. While she could fire off a social excellency to stand her ground, it's unlikely Lara would approach in a way that provokes that sort of reaction.
That's escalating the situation to the point Molly's next best move is to kill everybody involved, especially Inari before she ramps up. Not a good long-term move.
Depends on what exactly she does, and what Inari is like. Molly isn't one to just execute people even if it's the optimum play from a cold blooded perspective.
She's a social build in a position of trust with the subject of this event given time to talk and first mover advantage. That's a superior position in this type of business.
We just used FSB to sever LoV from the influence of the Neverborn - it's a very reasonable assumption that the same can be done with an abyssal.
Several updates before you were arguing that Molly is not a socially aspected exalt. Lara is, by numbers, strictly worse at social manipulation than Molly. She enjoys a privileged position, but we have Thomas as an agent of influence.
