Wartime Planning
Q: What exactly is wartime prep?
Eurus: When we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Q: And what would that be?
Eurus: The apocalypse.
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Q: What do you have to do for the wartime prep?
Ally: We get out the spells and the weapons.
<She holds up her sage.>
Ally: I have been growing more of these lately.
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Q: What are you doing to prepare for the war?
Tony: Training everyone to fight.
Q: Will you be fighting too?
<He shrugs>
Tony: What choice do I have? This is my team. It's all hands on deck for this.
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Q: Are you going to fight too?
Ash: Hell yes. We have to.
Q: What can you do?
Ash: Fight, of course.
Q: Can you use magic?
Ash: No.
Q: What do you have?
Ash: This up here.
<He tapped the side of his head>
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Q: This is your first wartime prep?
Nathan: Yes.
Q: How do you feel about this?
Nathan: Worried.
Q: You're worried?
Nathan: Of course I am! Anyone who isn't is lying. Aren't you?
Q: I guess... Are you going to fight?
Nathan: Of course I am! We all are! No one else will. It falls to us.
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Q: Is the apocalypse really coming?
Daniel: I hope not. Otherwise... Yeah.
Q: Are you ready to fight?
Daniel: We have to be. There's no one else who will do it.
Q: What will you do when the apocalypse doesn't come?
<He shrugs>
Daniel: Keep fighting as usual.
<He leans in closer>
Daniel: I hope it doesn't come to this.
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Q: What will you do if you fail?
Eurus: We have to keep fighting.
Q: Even if England is destroyed?
Eurus: Even if England is destroyed.
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All of the tapes have been made. Eurus has them all sealed away in a vault. When will these be seen? Will they be seen at all? That will depend on the outcome of the war.
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Night Hawks IV
HorrorSix new tales all the way from Bristol to East London with the Night Hawks hunting guild. The holders are scattered around the world. One of them has found their way to Bristol in the middle of the night.
