King of the Castle 2: Litten is King: Game Thread (GAME CANNED)

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#1224

(adding to my conspiracy theory that Eliza wants the choices to all be somewhat bad for us)

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#1225

no it’s just that I know nothing about espionage

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#1226

(…honestly, we could like, instead of scheming against them, try to work with them - they fear us because they don’t like our ambitions of trying to expand and conquer, we could show them we mean them no harm…though it’s kinda hard to argue we don’t want their resources)

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#1227

(Y’know what? I think you should present this option.)

#1228

Is there the option or a validity to us simply… sending spies back to them?

It may not work to stop the flow, however, it does give us access to the information they have, as well as who they are sending it too. On the matter that the information becomes dangerous or begins to become weaponized against us, our king will have the foresight and knowledge to prepare the military to protect ourselves or in retaliation.

As the king Im sure would like to hear, this would vastly strengthen our military against this threat, and knowing what they know ahead of time, would give us the upper hand.

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#1229

“Now we have to deal with spies within our ranks? This certainly is not an ideal start… We have no way to be completely sure about their methods of communication, however as long as we keep this a private and confidential matter then there shall not be further impacts within the commoners.”

Kael gently placed his hands in prayer

“Have faith that we might find a good and quiet solution. Your Spymaster has been trained on this sort of thing, correct? Then having faith in them might be worth it. The main issue is that even those who are innocent could confess if we offer them a substantial sum of gold… Truthfully, if these spies are so elite then they wouldn’t be able to be stopped easily.”

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#1230

(You “might” have to duel Aduard, but considering the alternative is searching a way to deal with the Gaunt… I’d say: “Pick your poison.”)

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#1231

A third (!) messenger arrives. It appears Baron Marzipan is taking this seriously.

we could

I can subsidize air communication for our spies

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#1232

(Clearly I marry Adurad instead)

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#1233

(We conduct a spy mission to see if he’s gay)

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#1234

(But he doesn’t have royal blood though. The “disappointing” daughters do.)

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#1235

“So we go to immediate war it is we could be heading out by dawn.”

(All ive read since event.)

#1236

(Or marry someone high ranking off to him and support his siege on the throne, but that can obviously backfire)

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#1237

“My major concern is, we don’t know exactly what they want. We are currently at peace and I can’t see why they would have so many spies in our military unless they were plotting something.”

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#1238

“It is not the most subtle of options and it could spark a huge war if they catch on. We do not even fully know whether it is Ashmede who are conspiring or whether it is Tavallain, so training spies, sending them to gather intel… if we chose an innocent nation to spy on then we would be risking everything. The commonfolk would be in an uproar.”

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#1239

If I may, sending spies back to them, could answer theses questions and prepare us.

Stopping the spies seems almost… impossible at this point, without any extreme downsides.

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#1240

A messenger gives Augustin another piece of parchment, already written on. He reads it aloud.

“From Baron de Segovia’s Foreign Affairs Advisor, two points.”

“Firstly, to my lieges, I might humbly suggest a public-facing smear campaign against espionage. Let the citizens know through public announcement and public executions that spying is an affront to our great nation and the Ninth himself, and that their place in the afterlife will be forfeit to the eternal fires of damnation. Only once we have secured public opinion and ensure we have as few defects as possible, can we brutalize the existing spies. We should rule not only with fear, but with a gentle promise—a promise of salvation in the Ninth Heaven.”

“Secondly, to the reader, please cease talking.”

Augustin looks at the last sentence for a few seconds before snorting indignantly.

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#1241

My guess? Leverage and blackmail.
Blackmail to prevent us from attacking them.
Leverage… basically trading information.

#1242

“…we could run a scare campaign, that spying is considered so lowly that it’s an affront to the ninth, and only by confessing their sins could they seek salavation…”

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#1243

“Grandees, is such an option…viable?”