[Cheng was surprisingly stoic despite the declaration from the insurgents. Despite having his wife kidnapped he was keeping everything together while he formed an action plan with his advisers. Clearly a small and elite force was required to foil them, but the fact that his choice was the White Chalice and not an entirely Gucun Contingent as the
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They... kidnapped Devon. Really? What, was she asleep?
[[Might wanna esplain things to him...]]
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[Uh.. MarKus... you might wanna backpedal there. Cheng sounded absolutely deadly here.]
Men I happened to have put a great deal of trust into. Devon can protect herself, but even then I needed people who I could put faith into to be around her.
And its something beyond that MarKus. The Insurgents are trying to use her to force me to surrender my position.
[Cheng gets even more serious now as he looks to the side - out the window.]
Trying to burn all the good work Devon, Han Zhi and I... along with everyone else. All our sweat, blood and tears for the past seven years. They would see it all wasted in a puff of gunsmoke.
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She's probably not fighting back for a reason too, right?
So... what're your orders, bro. I haven't even gone to see her yet so... you know you got my hand gettin her back.
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Anything stealthy you need installed? Smoke bombs?
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We'll need something unexpected...
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Are there any underground tunnels in that part of Gucun? Sewers, anything?
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[He was looking very severe here... before looking around the area carefully.]
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And we still don't know what they want beyond the one demand.
[She doesn't miss Cheng's caution. She raises an eyebrow and points first to her ear, then up. Are they being listened in on?]
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Most likely they want Gucun to return to the old ways. They were a minority in the beginning, but it seems that they have far deeper roots than any of us have previously thought.
[The old ways... some of Cheng's past and the State's history would have gotten around the Chalice. Live-Fire exercises, horrific losses of life - even during training, bloodshed, conquest and expansionism.]
... After what that led to, I can't let it happen again. I refuse to see Gucun fall for a second time.
[He rests one of his hands on his wrist, then shifts his position so his fingers are steepled but resting close to his neck. An odd motion... but... to a shifter - especially one that knows Devon... it should be obvious. Devon still has her amplifier AND the crystal in it.]
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We're trying to work on a plan of rescue, things are looking quite grim given how well equipped the insurgents are.
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[A short answer. Odd. Cheng was giving Werter a look though - as if to say not to go into detail.]
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Sorry, but I won't participate in the rescue operation. Stealth is not exactly Prometheus' strong side.
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