[Wei Wuxian has bought a few bottles of alcohol and bowls of snacks for the in-person Sutoku attendees to share around as desired, while they wait for more personalized orders. it's sort of middling stuff, but decent, and he keeps refilling and nursing his own glass tiredly. that would probably outrage whoever got his injuries from the assassination scuffle treated and bandaged, but hey, it helps numb things, and he is notably not showing any signs of tipsiness, let alone drunkenness, no matter how much of it he consumes through the meeting.]

Hm! Point one, I don't think the Kappa are going to be able to avoid being blamed for that explosion, and all that steam that made things such a mess. Even if they've destroyed everything that was down in the sewers, I've got some proof of what they were building down there, and how much water they were pumping into it before the Parade, though I didn't get an extensive look. If it isn't related, then--that's maybe too big and expensive for a simple diversion, don't you think?

Point two, those attackers didn't seem to be Kappa, either, from what I can tell, but I don't like that they were able to hide themselves so similarly. If that's a clan ability--well, it looks like someone's aiming to throw them even more thoroughly under the bus.

Point three, who of us actually got near the Daitengu? Could we tell if there was anything off there? I find it strange that they weren't prepared for something from the water -- the Kappa weren't subtle! Maybe this is part of something bigger? Some kind of double-blind? No one heard rumors of the clans being actually unhappy with the Daitengu's rule beforehand...did they?

Point four, yes, if anyone knows people in the other factions well, I'd love to know if we can get any insider information on what moves they're making on their ends. I have some people I can talk to in Tamamo, but not the others right now, I'm afraid.

((this is also open to threadjacking o7))