62 Swords in the Stone

[excalibured]

[Since horses rather require daily care, and being let out of their stalls either to graze or run about to stay healthy, this is generally the first place he visits after breakfast or lunch, depending on prior committments. He's come to recognize every single animal within the stall, and which stall should not be empty.

So the sight of a stall door

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[yamanaka]

[that .... doesn't sound good sdjflksdf she's heading down there as soon as she sees this and .... she kind of slows to a stop nearby, sort of gaping]

[echivoc]

[Cross walks up from behind, looking up at the...lovely choice in tree decoration.]

Someone was busy this morning.

[yamanaka]

[o hay cross ... she's glancing back at him before looking back to this ... grossness]

You can say that again. [folds arms across her chest]This is just sick, really ...

[echivoc]

[sup ino, a hand settles on his hip as his attention goes to the horse]

Hm. The culprit wanted to make an impression with the horse.

[onlyanapple]

[Well, that's made him curious. Crowley wanders over to investigate]

Oh, wonderful. We're going back to the dark ages now, are we?

[excalibured]

[Oh, that earns a glare and a sharp tone, he doesn't care if you eased up on trolling]

I hope you are not insinuating what it sounds as if you are.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley's ignoring you, Arthur, just looking at the tree]

Well, come on. Your lot used to catapult dead cows over castle walls when you were on a siege.

[excalibured]

[His mouth is thinning out, and he looks ready to smack you into the tree sdfdfg]

We did no such thing! If you are not going to be the least bit useful, you shall have to go bother someone who does not care to prepare for the casle's next attempt upon our lives.

[isthenight]

[ Oh, look, it's a Bruce lurking about and looking grim. ]

And so it begins.

[excalibured]

[Don't lurk when there are creepsters afoot! He glares slightly, but he's going to remain polite]

What begins, exactly?

[isthenight]

Whatever the castle has planned for us. A tree covered in human blood cold have been a scare tactic. Now, though? There's definitely something coming.

[excalibured]

There is always something coming, with this place.

So you have nothing insightful to add?

[possiblycantdie]

[ Mina arrived at the tree not long after the message came over the journals. She'd seen it briefly yesterday but hadn't spent much time examining it, not with the crowds of people doing so either. She'd seen sights far bloodier than this but it was still horrific ]

My God...

[excalibured]

...I apologize. I would have better warned you over the journal, but..I did not have time to filter, and I did not wish to startle said children.

[possiblycantdie]

You're not at fault, it was perhaps the better strategy.

[ And she's still looking at it. Possibly dangerously so if she isn't distracted from it ]

[excalibured]

...Perhaps you should go, if you do not feel up to it.

[Since yeah, that staring a little worrying there]

[no_bloody_lord]

[he's a little later than Arthur... but he was still born and raised a farmboy. Up early, he follows the same path that Arthur took, going to check on Bela... and notices the same open stall. And, however lazy he claimed to be, he wasn't about to leave some spooked horse to wander around.

When his feet carry him to stand near the future king, he doesn't say much. Just stares at the destruction, stomach lurching uncomfortably at the sight.]

Burn my bones...

[excalibured]

[Ah, the joy of early morning patrols and being a light sleeper. He makes a distracted noise, before the words actually register and he stares at him a little confused]

That was simply an exclamation of surprise, yes? [Plz to not actually be being castle magicked into thinking you need to participate in this ritual sacrifice thing]

[no_bloody_lord]

What? [that's enough to actually get him to look away from the hanging livestock, giving Arthur a weird look]

Light... of course it was.

[excalibured]

...We live at Paradisa, you cannot be certain of anything.

Especially taking this into account.