War on Empyria [NSFW, Anthro, all species allowed.]

@NyantaStarhunt  
chaser returns the bow out of politeness, looking over to the lantern it seems the firey sprite was being unusually calm.

@Cerebrate  
he bows to him as well pleaze take care of each other

@NyantaStarhunt  
he glows brighter for a moment, the lantern was probably soundproof.
 
Tempera: “anything helpful from the catboy?”

@Cerebrate  
Yes and no. Just a lot of life leasons it would seem. He is not trusting of my people or our choices. in a way he is right but…  
the cat meows any chance i could have a nap…or something. I am very tired and not sure waht to think

@Cerebrate  

 
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The battlegroup, for what’s it’s worth in its small numbers, splits into two sections; both composed of a Shrike launcher, three Baily rotary-gunners, and two of the four chicken-legged Legionmechs from an assisting group of Kobold mechanized cavalry in tow.
 

 
Trekking forth into this grisly landscape, the two sections keep separate, advancing parallel and within sight of eachother as they look for old capital landmarks to give them bearings.

@Coriolanus  
good thing they had remembered to bring some old city maps, finally they found what they needed, the archineer’s tower, as it was called, sported a brass dome that may or may not have a large telescope poking out of it. in a direct sight of line was the primary viaduct of the city, connecting it to the palace and from there to the massive arcanum, where the outbreak first started. the palace itself also still had the old shield crystals floating around it.
 
 
@NyantaStarhunt  
“we’ll see about putting you up… actually it’s the least i can do to host you personally tonight.”
 
with that the bird girl was quick to pick you up again, and shoot off away from the spire prisons.

@Cerebrate  
Op!
 
he meows and is flown through the air. Yawning and smiling thank you very much

@NyantaStarhunt  
come to think of it, the entire city was very much like chaser’s house arrest apartment, probably made all the difference if your population was 99.9% birds.
 
her own home was only different insofar that it had better decorations, a weapon rack with halberds in it, a rack where her construct armor parked and a map of the jadespark she apparently uses to plan the weather.

@Cerebrate  
the cat made for a patch of sunlight and curled up meowing loudly very nice place ma’am

@NyantaStarhunt  
she had floated the stone armor over and clambered out.
 
the emerging condoress was still a tall woman, and clearly buff, but her feathers stood out much more strongly, as opposed to normal condors she was as colorful as a paradise bird.

@Cerebrate  
he opens an eye and meows
 
I am conflicted

@NyantaStarhunt  
“what about, kitty?”

@Cerebrate  
he opens an eye and meows
 
I am conflicted on what to do

@NyantaStarhunt  
she stretches and walks to a window.
 
“if it helps your decisionmaking, chaser was not lying, what he said was what he believed to be true. maybe try getting the tribes out of there? make up some excuse? i dunno, warm bloods can take better care of warm bloods and all, and if they refuse… that would mean chaser was right.”

@Cerebrate  
he sighs and stands you are eyes looking in. I am eyes that have been in this whole time…. while yes the treefolk can be harsh ans cold but at the same time. They care deeply for us.
 
I wont turn my back on them but i…I see what you all think. But you guys just havnt seen what i have seen.

@NyantaStarhunt
 
@NyantaStarhunt  
“what HAVE you seen? have the floranim stopped a famine by growing fruit for you or your livestock?”
 
Midnight: “uh… no…”
 
“have they offered you shelter freely for your aid?”
 
“it was a hotly contested matter… ultimately we’re working that exact debt off…”

@Cerebrate  
the cat sighs loudlt i appricate you allowing me to stay. I have some things ti think about.

@NyantaStarhunt  
Midnight similarly finds himself a bowl to settle down in.
 
Tempera herself went to her bed._

@Cerebrate  
the cat stays awake almost all night meditating listening to the world around him

@NyantaStarhunt  
the world has always had a song, it changed with the state of it, when he was little it had been a song of wonder to him, a symphony of all the little things working into each other, then it had become more pompous, empyria’s song could be felt even in the forest, then one day, dissonance, and following that, metallic drums of war, the thrumming laying the baseline to a technological soundscape and following it a different song, one much more strictly kept in check, tune and tact… as if the song of the world itself had mechanized… chaser couldn’t hear it, and probably not tempera either.

@Cerebrate  
thr cat slowly opened his eyes and let out a sigh of sadness and terror  
Midnight we have a lot of questions that i need answered

@NyantaStarhunt  
Midnight: “the first question would be, do we ask around back home… or are we going to look for answers with your own eyes, in the camps of the mechanists?”

@Cerebrate  
he thinks i am unsure. I doubt eitber side will give me a neutral answer

@NyantaStarhunt  
“giving maybe, but the mechanists will probably have plans, and ressources sent to these plans, they write every such thing down… and because they talk to their own, it’s probably truthful… or what they think is truthful, but unless you can get Matt himself to tell you his plans… or grandpa yggdrassil tells us his in full… we’re out of options.”

@Cerebrate  
this cinflict in his head grows larger and he sighs what do you think midnight