CMO post for Xander

[kingshaming]

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[maligknight]

[That look does nothing to help. She steps inside quickly. Her grip on the riding glove only tightens.]

Yes.

[If he hadn't been here, if she had a proper weapon... This might have already been over.]

They're going to bleed for this, brother. [Their captor? The others? Perhaps both.]

[kingshaming]

Agreed.

[There's no doubt of that, but he looks pained by saying it. Xander walks, briskly and too stiff, to a corner of his room and reaches up-

-moving a loose panel in the ceiling tiles. There's a glimpse of items up there, but after taking what he came for he re-covers it too quickly to see much. With a flick of the wrist he tosses the item to her- a black circlet, a simpler version of her own, more like a headband then either of theirs. Something to keep back a mop of unruly blond hair, perhaps.]

But you must calm down first.

[maligknight]

[She just grips the glove tightly as she watches him move the ceiling tile. That's just like him, hiding away things in some corner. Practical--not that it matters when she sees that circlet.

The tenseness in her posture doesn't break when she catches the item with her free hand. It's clearly worn, familiar scratches dart along the edge. Like the glove, it seemed to be genuine. Her visible eye narrows.]

With him gone as well?

[Leo. It's more troubling than Elise, somehow. He was clever and skillful enough to avoid capture and yet..]

[kingshaming]

All the more reason.

[Still, there's an edge to his voice. As if he was about to storm into a fray any moment. Barely contained]

... if they have our siblings- [And he assumes it's not just Leo and Elise.]

-then there's no telling what else they are capable of. I know you want to go out there and paint the walls red. And then I'd have to watch you be executed. I won't have it.

[maligknight]

[There's no proof that Corrin was taken but proof was something that didn't cross her mind. As soon as she saw the circlet that thought had entered her mind. Her teeth grind.]

I've waited, Xander. I've played nice with all these adorable people but this isn't something I won't stand for. [Money, power... None of that had swayed her into action. The others might have seen her more interested in the executions than most but she had kept herself occupied.

It would be easy--] I can't do nothing this time.