[X] The game room/lounge of the Last Station [X]Introduce Porter as longtime local resident/ally/landlord, and as someone who encountered the Will [X]Brief synopsis/overview of the Thousand Hells and their Yama Kings in relationship to the rest of the setting, as supernatural nationstates with nationstate resources [X]Explain things in terms of geopolitical model, and why graduated response to provocations [X]Point at the benefits of sending credible survivors back to report failure and deter repeat attempts. For a while anyway. [X]Be clear about the consequences of escalation, especially for civilian bystanders. Point at the ongoing Vampire War. [X]If necessary, have Clippy show the hotel surveillance video of Lady Eiko checking into the Jaslin Hotel and Obligation-ing the staff as evidence they could not have held her anyway, and a demonstration of why mortals(and some supernaturals) without specific high-end mental defenses are at a disadvantage for keeping secrets from high-end supernaturals. [X]Add footage of Eiko in Demon Shintai form if it will help establish the physical as well as social threat she would have posed. [X]If she pressess, admit there's a final set of considerations you cant discuss precisely because of mortal vulnerability to mindfuckery as shown on the screen, and the potential consequences. [X]Charms: All Things Betray + Empathy or Etiquette Excellency as necessary [X]STUNT 1: You pause in your talking, an idea occurring to you. "Do you play chess, Lieutenant?" At her cautious nod you get up, reaching around Porter to grab a board from where it was stored. "Great." You say, as you begin to rapidly assemble the pieces. "The comparisons will be imperfect, but it gives some idea of the balance I was trying to strike." You pick up a black piece, weighing it on your palm before you continue. "Eiko? Eiko was a rook. Powerful, valuable, flexible, but routinely replaceable. The Daimyo of the Dark numbers many such in his retinue." You set down that piece and pick up another. "The Will was a queen. Each Yama King has very few such, and they represent significant investments of resources and prestige." [X]STUNT 2: The video of the arriving entourage finishes playing on one monitor, and Clippy stops the video.To any ear but your own, Lt Murphy's voice is remarkably steady. "Explain to me what I just saw." Your estimation of her nerve goes up a point or two as you continue. "The reason why I had doubts about JC's culpability. That is called....the closest translation is Authority. Jedi mind trick on turbos. Give the target orders they obey without question. Get them to ignore discrepancies like...that."You wave at the screen. "Spill their secrets, and the secrets of others, without even remembering they did it. Any five year old kueijin....Jade Court vampire could learn to do this, not just the devil-eaten." You pause for a moment to let that sink in, then continue."Much more difficult to apply it against supernaturals" you nod to Porter "but none of the caveats Im aware of apply to normal humans.But thats not the only thing I wanted you to see. Clippy, play the combat video." And on the monitors, footage of your fight with Eiko begins to play, beginning with Eiko's transformation sequence.
