hissed *“*Not in front of the others!”
You should pay attention when kids tell you things like this.
There’s a saying in Germany: “Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund” (A child’s mouth tells the truth) and “Kinder und Betrunkene sprechen immer die Wahrheit” (Children and Drunks always tells the truth).
This is just like the time we invaded Hell and the enemy brought sword-wielding balrogs to a missile fight.
Yeah, maybe. Or maybe it’s like that time we were seduced into trapping lightning into rocks and making the unholy union pretend to think. Our eagerly borne curse, some clever weapon.
the forest folk are welcome to try to break the truce. every creature on either side that has died a mysterious gooey death.
Is that Waltah White?
Yes, though in that shot he is going by the alias Hal mumbles.
Gen Alpha slang is beyond me
If I can understand new kids slang without reading anything first, that’s when I’ll know the younger generation is getting dumber
without reading anything first
Tbf, being illiterate IS quite the barrier to bridging generational gaps 🤷🏻
Pfffft. The paperwork was binding for eternity as long as the sea didn’t overwhelm the land, and I don’t see no sea 'round here. This seems like a clear breach of protocol that the Fae courts will judge, and if there’s one thing we know about the Fae, it’s that they love their judgements
Turns out paperwork only binds metaphorically.
You don’t know how fae work if you’re applying logic to their shit like that. The ancients said the truce is ended. There’s probably some rules lawyer bullshit that the courts are pulling to assert that the sea has already overwhelmed the land. Probably some climate change shit (sea levels will raise to this level now, and ‘the land’ actually refers to a court appointed spot off the coast of Ireland, which will be under water within the century. Since it’s a done deal at this point, with no way to reverse course fast enough, the deal no longer holds)
Point being… the truce is over. Buckle up, buttercup.
I refuse to capitulate without proper information regarding the nature of the clause that voided the contract, and I invoke my rights as a signing member of the Unseelie Accords to accept binding third party arbitration in the courts of the Winter Fae!
We honoured our side of the pact! The requisite sheep, goats, and human sacrifices were paid, the Equinox Festivities always included offerings of fruit and wine, and the Solstices featured a metric shit-ton of REDACTED as per the agreement!
Just because the Forest Folk have discovered democracy and had a series of coup d’etats, that doesn’t void the contracts written in the blood of our ancestors and spilled upon the land.
Honestly, contract or not, that just means the forest folk don’t think this contract will benefit them any longer and that they now believe to be in a position of power to oppose you and your people. War is at your doorstep. You can whine about it or go smelt and cast some cold and pure iron already.
Who’s whining? My cold iron reserves have been hoarded for generations: The Forest Folk don’t know the Pandora’s Box that they’re opening (and I got one of those ready too).
Did you ever stop to think that the reason why there are so many half elves like myself is because the half-breeds are not affected by your puny cold iron?
And also our massive reserves of leprechaun gold have enabled us to store an inordinate amount of cold lead as a response.
My alliances with the Fae are well known and documented, including in the Accords. My reserves of iron are entirely for my own personal use, for entertainment purposes only. My Denarian coins, however…
Multiple?! Nicodemus will hear of your hoarding
