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  1. [4:31:45 PM CST] <[Cy]> ======---ACT VI---======
  2. [4:32:46 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The three of you are in the lobby of the Khashwahg Confederacy office at Basha's Pass. It is early morning and with you are the hibernating bodies of the office staff.]
  3. [4:36:20 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hanne, do you see anyone else over there?
  4. [4:38:07 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne starts off down the hallway and looks into the first room.
  5. [4:50:37 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The first room is an office, and it is empty.]
  6. [4:54:18 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne continues down the hall, glancing through the rooms on her way.
  7. [4:55:44 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Your tour of the back of the office reveals to you another office, a storeroom, a kitchen, the cell where Glanari was first taken to, and a stair up, all of which are empty of people.]
  8. [4:57:30 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne shouts back at the others down the hall:
  9. [4:57:44 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> This floor's clear!
  10. [4:59:47 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow sighs. She shouts back:
  11. [5:00:01 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I'll see if anyone's upstairs.
  12. [5:03:03 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> I'll go with you.
  13. [5:03:49 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hanne, could stay here in case someone wakes up?
  14. [5:04:34 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow begins to walk into the back room.
  15. [5:05:28 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla follows Meadow to help search.
  16. [5:06:03 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Uhg.
  17. [5:06:51 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne walks back down the hall to the lobby and takes a seat by the door.
  18. [5:07:41 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow walks up the stairs.
  19. [5:09:42 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne raises her visor and sighs. Looking around her, she realizes the unconcious staff are still piled up behind the counter and gets up again; cursing softly under her breath.
  20. [5:11:01 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The upstairs seems to be the dorms of the staff: six doors with names on them along a short hallway extending to the left and right from the top of the stairs.]
  21. [5:11:52 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You can check to the left, Ryla.
  22. [5:12:13 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow walks down the right side of the hall, investigating the rooms there.
  23. [5:13:32 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla checks the other side of the hall one at a time.
  24. [5:13:55 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne walks behind the counter and starts dragging the hibernating bodies out of the pile; lining them up neatly beside one another.
  25. [5:15:57 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Meadow finds two of the three rooms to be unlocked, and that each of those rooms are well furnished with curtains, carpets, and personal effects of their owners. The owners themselves are absent.]
  26. [5:17:11 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Ryla finds all of the doors on her wing of the upstairs locked.]
  27. [5:17:41 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> No one here.
  28. [5:19:29 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla searches around in her bag to see what made the noise.
  29. [5:24:03 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The State-crafted devices are bumping into each other]
  30. [5:26:10 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla pulls out her magic device and holds it in her hand. She then pans it around the rooms she searches.
  31. [5:28:29 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Ryla finds that the door at the end of the hall produces the strongest response.]
  32. [5:29:31 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow walks back to where the hallways intersect.
  33. [5:29:46 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I don't suppose you found anyone?
  34. [5:30:55 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Hold on. * She opens the last door and looks inside. *
  35. [5:31:04 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne finshes moving the five staff members and sit up onto the desk. Removing her right gauntlet, she retrieves some bread from a pouch and starts munching on it; occaisionally looking down the hall and towards the door.
  36. [5:32:19 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Ryla's curiosity is stymied by a locked door.]
  37. [5:32:52 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Meadow, where do you think the key to this room is at?
  38. [5:33:34 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> On the person of its resident, I would guess. Why that, of all these rooms?
  39. [5:34:08 PM CST] <[Cy]> [A runner-boy of sorts opens the front door and steps into the reception area and freezes upon seeing all the bodies.]
  40. [5:34:37 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne looks up at him with a mouth full of bread.
  41. [5:34:45 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> My magic device is getting a signal from this room.
  42. [5:35:51 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Mmmhp hrmmph?
  43. [5:35:55 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Your device? The one that's supposed to detect the thing you're looking for?
  44. [5:36:08 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne quickly gulps down the food.
  45. [5:36:14 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The boy flees.]
  46. [5:36:18 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Ah.
  47. [5:36:35 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Yeah, the one I used a favor to get.
  48. [5:37:39 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne stows the bread and quickly redons her gauntlets as she briskly moves to the stairs.
  49. [5:37:45 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Hey!
  50. [5:37:59 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne shouts up the stair well.
  51. [5:38:14 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Assuming one of the people downstairs has the key, you can ask when they wake up. [[Meadow then calls down the steps:]] What?
  52. [5:38:28 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla looks over to the staircase.
  53. [5:38:46 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> You folk done? We're probably going to have company soon.
  54. [5:39:56 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Yeah, we don't see anyone up here. They're probably all down there already.
  55. [5:40:12 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow walks back to descend the stairs.
  56. [5:40:18 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> We can come back later to look, that doesn't sound too good. * She rushes towards and down the stairs. *
  57. [5:40:56 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Who's the company we're expecting?
  58. [5:41:42 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Don't know. A runner came in, saw the bodies, and ran out before I could saw a word.
  59. [5:42:15 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow sighs.
  60. [5:42:17 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla stashes her device back into her bag.
  61. [5:43:07 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> We'll at least we won't have to look for anyone to report this anymore.
  62. [5:43:30 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> We ought to be able to explain the situation. I'm sure there's a record of Glanari's breif incarceration.
  63. [5:49:14 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne enters the lobby and walks cautiously to the door.
  64. [5:50:40 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Nothing untowards happen on your journey to the front door.]
  65. [5:51:53 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow waits near the desk.
  66. [5:53:15 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne opens the front door a smidge and peers outside.
  67. [5:55:54 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Hanne sees the crowds beyond the front step hurrying about in their morning business. The boy is not seen through the crack in the door, nor is anyone paying particular attention to the Khashi office building.]
  68. [5:57:32 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne opens the door fully and walks outside to get a better view around the building.
  69. [6:00:48 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The building is pretty nice, if you do say so yourself. Compared to the rest, it's quite ornate and intricate.]
  70. [6:02:33 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne walks back inside and leans against the wall next to the open door.
  71. [6:02:55 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Well, looks like we're clear for now. What do you want to do? Don't think we can just leave them like this.
  72. [6:03:07 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne motions to the sleeping Khashi with her head.
  73. [6:03:38 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Can we do anything for them? We don't even know what's wrong with them.
  74. [6:04:24 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I've been assuming that Glanari sedated them with the same substance that she was sedated with.
  75. [6:06:02 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Even if you knew that for sure, how would you even counter such a thing? If they were going to wake up anyway like Glanari might as well leave them be for now.
  76. [6:06:13 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> That's been my plan.
  77. [6:07:10 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne raises an eyebrow.
  78. [6:07:55 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> If there are six officials who live here, then there's one unaccounted for. We can see if they wake up before the sixth comes back. If the runner Hanne saw earlier was the sixth, then I don't know if we can expect another visit from them.
  79. [6:09:17 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> One of them might just be sleeping in one of the locked rooms.
  80. [6:09:31 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> I doubt that boy was an official. Seemed more like a messenger
  81. [6:12:49 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Then there's still a change the missing sixth might yet appear. If Glanari decided she didn't need another for chair, then perhaps she would have been content to let them sleep in their room upstairs, but if that's the case, the room is locked, and we don't stand to gain anything by breaking in; they'd be just as asleep as the rest of them.
  82. [6:14:34 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> So what is the plan, wait around for someone to come here then?
  83. [6:15:25 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Either that, or wait for someone to wake up. I suppose one of us could send for a physician, to see if there's an antidote to whatever's been administered to them.
  84. [6:15:41 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Or Ryla, do you have anything that might wake them up more quickly?
  85. [6:19:29 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> I'm not sure how anything I give them would react without doing some tests first. Not really worth the time unless we plan for it to happen again.
  86. [6:21:25 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I can try to see what the effect will be if you do administer your potion.
  87. [6:23:32 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Which potion are you thinking of trying?
  88. [6:24:20 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> I have a couple of potions that give a large burst of energy.
  89. [6:25:05 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Could you show me one?
  90. [6:26:00 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla pulls out one of the vials and shows it to Meadow. It's a brownish-gold liquid with bubbles forming on the sides.
  91. [6:26:09 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Thank you.
  92. [6:26:32 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow takes a deep breath and turns her inner sight on a future where Ryla gives the potion she showed her to one of the sleeping Khashi.
  93. [6:26:36 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d20 + 1d8 + 1 Cha & Wll
  94. [6:26:37 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {19}=> 19 + {7}=> 7 + 1 = 27 "Cha & Wll"
  95. [6:44:51 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Meadow is in the lobby, with the bodies who have been fed small portions of Ryla's concoctions. The timepiece above the door indicates it is just before mid day, and Ryla is lazing on a bench to the side of the room. Three of the Khashi are trying to rouse themselves from their induced slumber, the other two still lie dormant. The receptionist manages to bring herself to a sitting position, pulling out the pins holding her hair up to shake it
  96. [6:44:51 PM CST] <[Cy]> loose. She looks up at you, over to Ryla, and the rest of her coworkers before clearing her throat to speak.]
  97. [6:45:02 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: She's gone?
  98. [6:49:49 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Yes, for some time now.
  99. [6:50:51 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: *sighs* For the best then. How long?
  100. [6:52:26 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> About half a day at this point.
  101. [6:55:41 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Hm, shorter than the drug should last. You have my thanks.
  102. [6:56:02 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist stands and straightens her clothes out, looking down at her coworkers and shaking her head.]
  103. [6:57:06 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You're welcome. If only I'd known who to notify after we'd been left alone with your sleeping bodies.
  104. [7:03:45 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Yeah, Nalik is out of town for a few days. Uhm, did we get any visitors today?
  105. [7:05:24 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> There was at least one messenger who fled when he saw the woman in full plate.
  106. [7:08:47 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: The woman in full plate?
  107. [7:10:51 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Yes, one of my serfs.
  108. [7:13:28 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: I'm sure we'll hear of it later. Now, if the Spirit Network is complete, which I assume is the case since you are here, how do you want your band's payment?
  109. [7:14:20 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> What are my options, outside of cash?
  110. [7:17:34 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Cash is probably the worst form of payment a mercenary band can take in a war zone; a lost battle means loss of all assets. I can file for credit granted by Orbune on behalf of the Confederacy, or if you are willng to wait a while, held value in property or other materiel stock around the Confederacy.
  111. [7:19:00 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Credit soudns like a good option.
  112. [7:21:05 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: I'll get the proper papers done. It will take a bit longer than usual, you understand.
  113. [7:21:23 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Not a problem.
  114. [7:24:25 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist lets her colleagues gather themselves as she goes back behind her desk. She's a bit wobbly, but makes the journey with no falls.]
  115. [7:29:05 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d20 + 1d8 + 1 Cha & Wll
  116. [7:29:07 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {18}=> 18 + {2}=> 2 + 1 = 21 "Cha & Wll"
  117. [7:33:55 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow looks about to see if her companions are with her.
  118. [7:38:13 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The room is the same, with just Ryla lazing on the bench.]
  119. [7:40:25 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hanne, I would like to try something. Come with me outside for a bit.
  120. [7:40:42 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Hanne isn't there.]
  121. [7:43:12 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow is left looking about.
  122. [7:43:20 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hm.
  123. [7:43:30 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Well, if you'll excuse me.
  124. [7:44:50 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: By your leisure.
  125. [7:46:03 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow leaves the office. She walks around to the side, faces the wall, and studies it for a moment. She braces herself, then relaxes, and then runs straight at the wall and throws herself against it.
  126. [7:50:55 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d8 + 1 + 1d12 +1 Wll & Str
  127. [7:50:56 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {7}=> 7 + 1 + {2}=> 2 +1 = 11 "Wll & Str"
  128. [7:51:37 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Meadow instinctively slows too much before impact and only bumps herself against the wall.]
  129. [7:53:00 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow sighs. She attempts to bash her head against the wall she's now up against.
  130. [7:56:45 PM CST] <[Cy]> [After a few impacts, Meadow notices that the world around her is not complete, and that just up the road beside the office, the earth seems to drop off into nothing.]
  131. [7:57:32 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow walks up the road to the drop-off and looks over it.
  132. [7:57:48 PM CST] <[Cy]> [You see nothing and nothingness.]
  133. [7:58:19 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow dips a toe into the nothingness.
  134. [8:01:02 PM CST] <[Cy]> [It's difficult to see, since there's no visual detail to see, but it seems the nothingness is more a precipice than a pool. Your foot just hangs above nothing.]
  135. [8:06:55 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow tries to keep her gaze trained on the nothingness. She repeats to herself "It is the man who is unafraid, and willing to face the prospect of non-existence with his back straight and his head held high, who is most worthy of existance itself..." and allows herself to tumble forward into the gulf.
  136. [8:11:18 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Meadow falls on her face as Hanne and Ryla watch, but she snaps out of her trance on impact. Her nose starts bleeding, though the pain from her vision makes this several times worse.]
  137. [8:13:12 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow grips her head with one hand and uses the other to help raise herself from the floor.
  138. [8:13:34 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Are you alright?
  139. [8:13:47 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow looks up.
  140. [8:14:10 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hm? Yes, I think I'll be alright.
  141. [8:14:45 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Didn't even see you come back in.
  142. [8:15:35 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist finishes putting her hair back up and returns to writing her letters, presumably of credit.]
  143. [8:16:13 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow looks back to Ryla and Hanne.
  144. [8:17:01 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Ryla and Hanne are there.]
  145. [8:17:20 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I'm sorry, but I'm not quite feeling myself at the moment. How long have I been locked in my future sight?
  146. [8:18:46 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> You just stood then for a moment and then suddenly fell over.
  147. [8:22:31 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne stands up straight from the wall and looks around at the state of the room and its occupants.
  148. [8:26:57 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Hanne sees that there are five bodies around Meadow, the same five the group has been puzzling over for a while. Meadow is now back on her feet with Ryla near her. You're not sure when she took her seat there, but now, seated behind the front desk, there's a person who looks identical to the receptionist on the floor.]
  149. [8:28:05 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow looks to the receptionist behind the deck, then the bodies on the floor. After looking back and forth a few times, she asks Ryla and Hanne,
  150. [8:28:10 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You can see her? Behind the desk?
  151. [8:28:28 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne blinks before lowering her visor and looking at the seated person again.
  152. [8:29:26 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Everyone is there, as much in the flesh as you can tell by looking. She even has a normal mage soul glow in Meadow's eyes.]
  153. [8:30:55 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne reaches for her sword; unsheathing a thumb's length of the blade.
  154. [8:31:03 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> What new devilry is this.
  155. [8:31:06 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> What just happened? Did you do this Meadow?
  156. [8:32:10 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> This is entirely unknown to me. I've never heard any story of anything like this.
  157. [8:32:20 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow addresses the receptionist.
  158. [8:32:45 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Excuse me. Would you mind taking a look at the timepiece above the door for me?
  159. [8:34:41 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist looks up from her work, to your commotion, to the timepiece.]
  160. [8:34:46 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: What about it?
  161. [8:35:03 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Could you tell me what time it says it is?
  162. [8:35:58 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: It's morning, why?
  163. [8:36:48 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Just a moment, if you would.
  164. [8:37:31 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow drags the slumbering receptionist body up, keeping an arm hooked under her armpits to prop her up.
  165. [8:37:46 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Does this person look familiar to you?
  166. [8:39:03 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist narrows her eyes, seeing herself asleep.]
  167. [8:39:27 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Is... is that Glanari's handiwork?
  168. [8:40:16 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I'm not suspecting so. I suppose it's possible, but I think this one might be my fault.
  169. [8:41:41 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: How so... I assume you don't make replicas for fun.
  170. [8:42:04 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> This has never happened before.
  171. [8:42:14 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I've never even heard of it in a story.
  172. [8:43:35 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Then what is it? What is your magic?
  173. [8:45:16 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> It's a divination. It shows me glimpses of futures yet to come, or of the past. I didn't know it to have any physical impact on the world.
  174. [8:46:52 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: I haven't heard of anyone develop such an ability. Where... no, that's not important for now. How did you make another one of me?
  175. [8:47:30 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I haven't the slightest idea.
  176. [8:47:46 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow 's brow is furrowed, and her breathing is quick.
  177. [8:51:16 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: How about you two then? *She looks to Ryla and Hanne*
  178. [8:52:09 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne fully sheaths her sword again but continues to grip it tightly; taking a cautious step forwards.
  179. [8:53:07 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> I don't know either. Perhaps it's some kind of illusion.
  180. [8:54:12 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: I for one don't feel particularly illusory.
  181. [8:54:44 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist stands and steps around the counter to get to her other self.]
  182. [8:54:59 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Of course you'd say that.
  183. [8:55:40 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne motions at the receptionist to move back.
  184. [8:56:02 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Don't move!
  185. [8:57:36 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne starts to move as to position herself between the receptionist and the others.
  186. [8:57:47 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Where are the other office workers at?
  187. [9:07:57 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Quiet your serf. I'll see if that is really me.
  188. [9:08:46 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You heard her, Ryla.
  189. [9:08:59 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You too, Hanne, let her act.
  190. [9:10:32 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist takes a knee before her other self, touching various places.]
  191. [9:10:56 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: My colleagues are right here, although I seem to recall that two of them were waking up.
  192. [9:12:52 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne glares at the receptionist with suspicion.
  193. [9:13:54 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Those five have been sleeping since the mage walked out.
  194. [9:14:21 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne addresses her two companions:
  195. [9:15:12 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: By all measures, this does seem to be me...
  196. [9:15:12 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> This is some sort of trick - she could be an infiltrator sent by the Dominion!
  197. [9:16:21 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Then the Dominion is able to infiltrate my mind while I am Seeing. She appeared here exactly as she was in my vision.
  198. [9:16:48 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist hmms thoughtfully.]
  199. [9:17:54 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Of course you could see her in your vision; that was the whole bloody point! Unless you've suddenly gained the power to bring those visions to reality, this is an abberation.
  200. [9:19:09 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> This is indeed an aberration. I agree that we're right to be cautious, but at the same time, if this is something that's within the scope of my powers, I want to understand what its limitations are.
  201. [9:21:24 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Then it's something to do with magic.
  202. [9:22:03 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Doubtless, one way or another, this is true.
  203. [9:22:30 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: Well, whatever the truth may be, I'll take her off your hands then.
  204. [9:22:51 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> I'm sorry?
  205. [9:25:07 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: What? I'll take this other me off your hands.
  206. [9:25:33 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> ...If I might make a request, could you shake hands with my serf before I hand her over to you?
  207. [9:30:46 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: For what purpose?
  208. [9:37:15 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne scoffs.
  209. [9:37:24 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Yeah, what purpose?
  210. [9:40:11 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow takes decides to appeal to this new receptionist's sympathy:
  211. [9:40:21 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d20 + 1d8 + 3 Cha & Int
  212. [9:40:22 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {4}=> 4 + {6}=> 6 + 3 = 13 "Cha & Int"
  213. [9:40:27 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> This is a very strange occurrence, and I'm certain you must be as confused as we are. It would greatly contribute to my peace of mind if you could make this simple show of goodwill before I surrender this other breathing body to your mercy.
  214. [9:45:33 PM CST] <[Cy]> FR: I don't feel like I need to be confused, as unusual as this may be. This actually fuliflls a wish of mine, but fine, bring a hand over then.
  215. [9:47:05 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow nods Hanne over towards the receptionist.
  216. [9:52:25 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne reluctantly takes her hand off her sword and slowly walks over to the receptionist before extending out her hand.
  217. [9:52:57 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist stays half kneeled before her other self and reaches out for the handshake.]
  218. [9:54:16 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne takes her hand and suddenly pulls the receptionist off balance before bashing her three times in rapid succession with her shield.
  219. [9:55:10 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Hanne! Desist!
  220. [9:55:19 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 - 2 [DEX STR] Shield Bash One
  221. [9:55:20 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {9}=> 9 + {11}=> 11 + 2 - 2 = 20 "[DEX STR] Shield Bash One"
  222. [9:55:27 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 - 2 [DEX STR] Shield Bash Two
  223. [9:55:28 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {13}=> 13 + {10}=> 10 + 2 - 2 = 23 "[DEX STR] Shield Bash Two"
  224. [9:55:42 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 - 2 - 5 [DEX STR] Shield Bash Three
  225. [9:55:43 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {11}=> 11 + {5}=> 5 + 2 - 2 - 5 = 11 "[DEX STR] Shield Bash Three"
  226. [9:58:35 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist is knocked out by the sudden savagery. You now have two unconscious receptionists, one more battered than the other.]
  227. [9:59:48 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne draws her sword without delay; raising it over the receptionist she'd just knocked out.
  228. [9:59:58 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> Stop!
  229. [10:00:37 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow interposes herself, hoisting the sheild she received from Hanne as she does so.
  230. [10:00:43 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Did you kill her? * She slowly makes her way over to see the body. *
  231. [10:01:26 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne brings her weapon down hard; the blade crashing down upon Meadow's shield.
  232. [10:03:00 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 + 6 + 6 - 3 [DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack
  233. [10:03:02 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {7}=> 7 + {12}=> 12 + 2 + 6 + 6 - 3 = 30 "[DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack"
  234. [10:05:18 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d10 ABRO
  235. [10:05:20 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {7}=> 7 = 7 "ABRO"
  236. [10:26:42 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow manages to sling her shield into position in time, her legs bowing to absorb the impact of the blow. Hanne's sword leaves a large gash in the wooden sheild.
  237. [10:29:45 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> What are you doing?
  238. [10:31:49 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne takes a step back and adjusts her stance; the point of her longsword aimed low at Meadow and the receptionist under her.
  239. [10:32:25 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> What are YOU doing? Step aside Meadow; I'm sending that daemon back to where it belongs.
  240. [10:32:52 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> You /don't/ know that she's a demon. We don't know how she came to be.
  241. [10:33:57 PM CST] <[Cy]> [After a bit of checking, Ryla can tell that the receptionist isn't dead, just unconscious.]
  242. [10:34:59 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> And yet you're content to let it roam free; just like that mage. I won't make that mistake twice. I'm saying this for the last time - MOVE!
  243. [10:35:30 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne tightens her grip.
  244. [10:36:40 PM CST] * [Multi]_Meadow stands out of her crouch; the gouge in the sheild she's holding falls into two pieces on the floor, separated along the gouge Hanne had just placed in it.
  245. [10:36:49 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> ...And what will you do with the body?
  246. [10:38:04 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> I'll take it out back and burn it, right after I cut the monster's head off.
  247. [10:39:23 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> We need to understand how she came to be.
  248. [10:43:59 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> I see you'd rather defend the creature.
  249. [10:44:04 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne readies her sword.
  250. [10:44:09 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> It's treason, then.
  251. [10:45:13 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne lunges forwards at Meadow; getting in close and striking at her twice with the guard of her weapon.
  252. [10:46:27 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 + 6 + 11 - 3 [DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack One
  253. [10:46:27 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {14}=> 14 + {1}=> 1 + 2 + 6 + 11 - 3 = 31 "[DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack One"
  254. [10:46:32 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> !roll 1d20 + 1d12 + 2 + 6 + 11 - 3 [DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack Two
  255. [10:46:34 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [110]_Hanne rolled: {11}=> 11 + {9}=> 9 + 2 + 6 + 11 - 3 = 36 "[DEX STR] 2H Sword Attack Two"
  256. [10:47:02 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Nrrrraahhhhhhhhh!
  257. [10:47:07 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d10 ABRO
  258. [10:47:08 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {6}=> 6 = 6 "ABRO"
  259. [10:48:39 PM CST] <[Multi]_Meadow> !roll 1d10 ABRO the deuce
  260. [10:48:40 PM CST] <FeistyKaka> [Multi]_Meadow rolled: {9}=> 9 = 9 "ABRO the deuce"
  261. [10:58:20 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne holds back on the first strike; hitting Meadow in the gut hard enough only to knock her off balance before following up with a full swing at her head; dropping the mage to the floor unconcious.
  262. [10:58:52 PM CST] <[Cy]> [There are now seven unconscious mages on the floor.]
  263. [10:59:31 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla looks at Meadow on the floor.
  264. [11:00:21 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne lifts her visor and looks upon Meadow with disdain.
  265. [11:00:30 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Goddamn mages.
  266. [11:02:26 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> So what now?
  267. [11:02:46 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne turns her attention now to the receptionist she'd pummeled earlier. Sheathing her sword, she retrieves her woodaxe from her pack.
  268. [11:03:26 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Before you do all that, there's an easier way to tell if she is a demon.
  269. [11:03:40 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Or something like that.
  270. [11:04:09 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne turns her head to Ryla; an irritated look on her face.
  271. [11:04:35 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Make it quick.
  272. [11:06:51 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla pulls out one of her anti-magic daggers and brings it closer to the recently knocked out receptionist.
  273. [11:07:52 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Hmmm, where would be the best place to check without leaving too much damage?
  274. [11:08:17 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne looks unimpressed.
  275. [11:09:11 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> A thumb? Just hurry it up.
  276. [11:11:02 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla uses on the receptionist's leg so that there is more metal to flesh contact.
  277. [11:13:13 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla slowly lets the blade penetrate the thigh.
  278. [11:14:41 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Just as a knife poking into any human body would do, blood seeps out around the transmuted steel, running off the side and to the floor in a growing rivulet.]
  279. [11:15:38 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> What are you even trying to do?
  280. [11:16:11 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> You were going to kill her anyway so what does it matter?
  281. [11:18:21 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> She seems perfectly normal to me.
  282. [11:18:50 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Why? Because it's bleeding? Demons bleed too you know.
  283. [11:19:19 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne turns her attention back to the receptionist and raises her axe.
  284. [11:19:22 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Yeah but this isn't an ordinary blade.
  285. [11:21:19 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Were you expecting some sort of magical explosion? Hell, I bet if you cut one of those other mages there you'd get the same result. Are you finished?
  286. [11:23:07 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Are you really going to kill her?
  287. [11:24:05 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne looks back at Ryla one final time before bringing her axe down onto the receptionist's neck.
  288. [11:24:48 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla winces at the sight.
  289. [11:25:18 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The receptionist's head doesn't roll all that much, but is severed from her body at the neck. Blood comes out as you would expect when beheading someone.]
  290. [11:26:31 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne exhales deeply.
  291. [11:27:58 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Now. I'll deal with this. You can treat Meadow and the others if you wish.
  292. [11:30:23 PM CST] <[Cy]> G: Ahahaha, I saw something good.
  293. [11:30:52 PM CST] <[Cy]> [Glanari steps around the doorframe at the back of the reception area.]
  294. [11:32:02 PM CST] <[Cy]> G: I think *I* will be the one to deal with this.
  295. [11:32:31 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne turns to see the mage.
  296. [11:32:44 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> Aw shit.
  297. [11:33:24 PM CST] <[Cy]> [The beheaded receptionist's two body parts, and the undamaged receptionist, levitate into the air and through a nearby wall as Glanari turns an leaves.]
  298. [11:33:45 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Did she trick us?
  299. [11:34:46 PM CST] * [110]_Hanne lowers her visor and stows the axe before reaching for her sword and scanning the area.
  300. [11:36:09 PM CST] <[grant]_Ryla> Let's take Meadow and leave before she does something else.
  301. [11:37:36 PM CST] <[110]_Hanne> This goddamn place, I swear.
  302. [11:38:26 PM CST] * [grant]_Ryla tries to shoulder Meadow's weight to drag her out.
  303. [11:46:40 PM CST] <[Cy]> ======---ACT VI---======
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