Rebecca
*Things were going well. The Colossus was assembled outside. It was taller than a giant... Maybe 40 or 50 feet. It was no Numidium, but It was damn close. Byleth was outsids on a bench... Admiring his work.*
Erma
He cleans himself up and slips into his proper clothing, "Messy business, that was, I left Madanach at the dropoff point as requested, he's unharmed, as well. I am going to return to my ship and take a long bath. You have fun with your garrish activities." He says wandering off
Elvira
Shortly after Palomir leaves Regulus shows up, "Just got word our wonderful king is locked up in the Bal House." He looks up at the Colossus, "Gods that thing is big."
Rebecca
*He was a bit lost in thought before snapping out of it.*

"Oh! Oh... I nearly forgot. Just... Thinking. Well... Now that thats done, thats the evidence to charge the Silver Bloods with treason... Then this city will be what it was meant to be. A beacon of Progress... Technology... And with our little friend here... I believe we'll do quite well for ourselves."
Elvira
"Yeah... Little." He says, "I just hope the power vaccuum left by Madanach's death doesn't cause someone worse to take charge." He says, "And how are we going to deal with the agents hidden around the city?"
Rebecca
"Madanach's interrogation will reveal their identities."

*They would use illusion to pull the truth from him. They would be executed with him.*

"On the "Power vacuum", their insurgency will be completely destroyed, any holdouts that end up uniting will be dealt with swiftly. Now that they dont have their unkillable leader, and their corrupt nord benefactors... To put it lightly, it isn't looking too good for them."
Elvira
"I look forward to it." He says, "And what of the Silver-Bloods?"
Rebecca
"Thonar, Thongvor, and Betrid will be executed for a long, long list of crimes. Their homes will be siezed and put on the market, the mine will become city property, and cleaned up a little. Made more *Livable*. Anyone who was conspiring with them... There'd be nothing left for them."

*He thought.*

"Or maybe we make their extravagant homes public housing. It would be ironic..."
Elvira
"I'd recommend turning Cidhna Mine into an actual mine, a place where miners work, and construct a proper prison." He says, "Less slave labor, more commerce." He laughs, "You could even fashion some of those fancy dwemer robots to help the miners."
Rebecca
"Paid workers would be more productive... And the Architons Calcelmo discovered would make good supplements for more difficult labour..."

*He looked across his little pond. A petal from one of the cherry blossoms fell on his head.*

"Unless you wanted to stick around up here... The executions are tomorrow."
Elvira
"I'm intrigued on how this robot is gonna execute them without a lot of... Mess." He says, "Seems like a lot of splattering."
Rebecca
"Oh, it will be."

*He stood up, walking over to it. Around it were ladders, but it was free-standing. He pointed to the hands.*

"Heating coil, with a pressurized chamber in the arm containing dwemer oil. Sticks to things, and stays burning."

*He pointed to the chest, at the empty "Basket".*

"Heartstones power it. It isn't cheap to operate, and by my calculations it would need a full replacement after 3 straight days of operation."

*He stared into the pond at his own reflection.*

"It is Imperfect. The Imperfect. That is what Seht called his creations of this nature. They always improve, always adapt.
It contains an Animo Core, and as consequence, a soul gem. It can speak, as Sehts factotums do, and it can *Think*. It is fully subservient to me though."
Elvira
"That was a lot of words and I only understood some of them. Can you repeat that in layman's terms, please?" He asks
Rebecca
"Big robot think and learn, shoot flame, eat heartstone."

*That was sarcastic.*

"I really dont have a simpler way to put it... Now I just look silly..."

*He thought again.*

"Damn it... Nothing. You dont need to know the details."
Elvira
"Good talk." He says with a laugh, "I've got some associates coming in, they can help with guard duty while the city guard are in retraining."
Rebecca
"Good... Good..."

*He reached for a bag next to a bench. It was filled with gold... 700 or so coins.*

"Jarl's first payment for you."
Elvira
"Not bad, not bad." He says, "These aren't ordinary mercs, proper ad-venturers." He says adventurers weird, putting emphasis on the 'ad', "Fancy themselves an explorer's guild, led by some oddball map maker. They'll be good boys and girls." He makes his way back to Understone Keep, possibly for a nap, or to speak with the Jarl, whichever comes first
Rebecca
"Don't say it like that... It's weird... Ugh!"

*For some reason it really bothered him.*

"Just get to the keep... In the morning... Brass will walk."
Elvira
"I'm sure I'll hear it before I see it." He says with a laugh as he walks away