A RED-ROSE CHAIN open thread!

Eh, I think there's one key distinction between those two scenarios. When Toby was shot, Amandine wouldn't have been the only individual who could save her. When Toby was elf-shot the first time, given that Walther hadn't yet come up with his antidote, Amandine was, in fact, the only individual who could possibly save her. With the iron bullet, all Amandine would have had to do would have been to call Lily…and, in fact, SOMEONE got word to Lily before it was too late. With the elf-shot, Amandine had to show up, start Toby bleeding and shift her blood out in the open.

I am not 100% wedded to the idea that Marcia is Amandine. There are many options as to Marcia's real identity (including being Evening's supposedly dead younger sister, Dawn). But if Amandine is hiding as Marcia, she presumably is playing a very long game, and one that does not entirely focus on Toby, assuming that she hasn't gotten hard proof of August's death et al. She would be reluctant to risk blowing her cover unless she really had to. Golden Gate Park, open to the world, with injury-resistant Toby slowly bleeding out from an iron bullet? Send a request for help to Lily ASAP and stand by in case specific blood-working skills are needed -- if not, keep fooling everyone (except for Lily). Shadowed Hills, with a limited number of people around, with Toby on the verge of death and no one else equipped to save her? Throw off disguise and fire up the blood. I don't see those two approaches as being incompatible, especially given that we presumably don't know EVERY detail of Amandine's past and Toby's role in the world.