.054 [Video] Revenge is a dish best served with your rival's secrets displayed openly on a platter.

[timesbureaucrat]

[Broadcast from the warden conference room, because Narvin knows that what he's about to do will enrage Ardent and hunkering down an a warden-only area seems like a good safety precaution.]For those of you who don't know, my inmate is Ardent, the Dwarf. I'm sure his long, public screeds are familiar to many of you even if you don't know him

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[championoftime]

I think that peace is better than eternal war over a bit of confusion.

[timesbureaucrat]

I should think so, too. [Eternal wars should be fought over *actual* mutually attempted genocide, not assumed mutually attempted genocide.]

[deepdowndark]

[Ardent would have rage filled something here, but he is currently suffering the world's worst headache.

Secrets!war is on.]

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin is a bit surprised that Ardent isn't immediately screaming into the communicator. He thinks this means that Ardent's self control is holding better than expected and that he's plotting something.]

[deepdowndark]

[he's gasping out between very, very pained sentences.]

Narvin. What... [there's that desire to kill again and ooooooooow. Dwarfish swear here.] did you do?

[timesbureaucrat]

I played the Cube, obviously.

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[rass_bestie]

[Omega doesn't quite know what to make of this, mostly because he doesn't terribly care about Dwarven politics. He just knows what Brax's reaction would be to this happening to him.] So, what's next?

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[timesbureaucrat]

Probably retaliation, which I'll have to counter. Needless to say, I'm not going to be leaving my room unarmed any time soon.

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[rass_bestie]

Anything you need?

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[timesbureaucrat]

Not at the moment. If a murderous Dwarf comes after me, that might change. I'll let you know.

[Narvin's really in far too good a mood right now. Sweet sweet victory. At least in the first salvo.]

[vinkus_witch]

Fascinating.

[timesbureaucrat]

I rather think so.

[vinkus_witch]

You know, it's interesting, and shows a piece of nature common to humans, trolls and dwarves. Namely, how easily they're led to hate each other. I hadn't realized before that Ardent was just another member of the mindless rabble.

[shortsghtedlove]

[Very, very disgusted:] And that is what he attacked you over? [Should have killed him, after all.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Yes. Ardent thought this was worth killing for.

[shortsghtedlove]

Ridiculous. As if anyone here cares about that silly story.