#ooc

And if that's how it came cross it's more the ST's fault for not being clearer. Sorry about that. 😞 They have every intention of finding ways to protect them. But did quiet down as Zara shut down before they could discuss strategy.

Zara KNOWS if it came down to, say, blackmail?

"Do this or I hurt this person?"

not blackmail - extortion?

Right. That's why they tried to discuss how to protect her family and how Zara thought best to do it.

yup

Which was not meant blithely ICly at all.... hence my apologies for my bad RP if it came cross as such.

which involves telling them

B/C if she tells then... they might know. And THEN....

A: locked in a tower

B: they might be in more danger because now they're "fair game"

Zara had a meltdown because she doesn't see a way out

I can certainly see a cause for stress. Unlike Emmit she's not been through war with nobles who do that very kind of thing, and while Earl and Clem have had pretty easy lives, they've been at least been raised with a siege mentality. Zara , like most of us, doesn't have warzone training

AYup

So - she tells her family, she's trapped.. or she goes into hiding, which is a different kind of trap

the Farm is nice and all, but....

Well, the goodnews is the disc shoudl allow her to be resistant to spying off the farm, at least for a time.

true!

Earl is wondering if London isn't looking good again for a week 😉

hahaha

Zara knows they care. She does.

But I think, under stress, sluagh impulses are harder to ignore.

True.

A little part of her wonders if SHE should go home and have Clem as the decoy... decoy decoy?

wheels within wheels!

give them both englamoured charms...

mmm not sure. Clem would certainly listen to any idea suggested.

well, that requires Z being willing to come out of hiding

Well, right now I don't know if Z is in the grotto or spying on the hunt with Alexis and Murray. You may have missed it but I offered (way scrolled back) her to do so G A Stealth plus Dex roll would be required, but given her knack unlikely they'd spot her

mmmph

But she does have a witching Newt, a grotto, and 1122, which I can see would be the very definition of all she needs. Heck, she and Earl probably have some books there in storage for hanging out on top of it.

I know there is at least one book of Poe's tales there

Yup!

She's STAYING

"Earl, where's Zara." "I won't say, but I suspect she's formed her own country and seceded." "What??"

hahaha

Maybe she should just keep the charm and pretend things are normal...

Could work.

Could lead to her DOOM DOOM DOOM (Pirate movie reverb echo)

yup

But it's her call.

The best choice is probably hide on the farm, keep him from finding her at all

but

BUT she might go stir crazy.

yup

Princess in a Tower

Yeah, which Earl would probably advise against full time just to avoid that.

He wants to know where she is if she'll share that with him but it's not the same as her being in the same place only

Yup