Creeping past the kitchen and down the short hall, you end up at a door. Peaking through, you see a large, comfortable room. Filled with carpets, pillows, and gems, it looks less like a cave then a nobleman's bedroom. In this room are a few more of the men, with the same blank expression on their face, including two Fae men. Trillian stood stock still for a moment upon seeing them, but shook her head after a moment and continued.
Unlike the whole of this cave system, there are two people talking, and quite animatedly. One was a wide shouldered Digger Clan member, with light armor and a large, wicked looking knife at his side. He was gesturing to a scantily clad human women who was lounging on a large pillow in front of him. She simply waved him off, firmly assuring him that, "The shipment has already been sent." The man scowled at that and turned to leave out the large, oaken double doors at the end of the hall.
"Well..." Los let out a growl, "This is strange..."
"Two fae men. I'm guessing they are the family of the girl I was speaking to. Los you seem to reconize some one, is it the woman?" she asks in a low whisper.
Los looked over, giving Seiko an odd look. After a moment, though, a wash of realization crossed his dark face. He shook his head, and guestured to the room next to him. "Oh, no. I don't know this woman. My teacher told me about a witch who had a setup kind of like this, though..."
Trillian was peaking through the door, checking her over her pistol. She looked up at the others. "I think we should get in there and confront the women. She is obviously the one in charge, here..."
Seiko nodds in agreement. "We have two options. Charge in and confront her, and probaly face battle, or one of us goes in a trys to trick her." she smiles at this. "I wonder if she has ever seen an Angel. either way, both are risky, and we may have to fight her slaves." Seiko looks to the others. "It is up to all of you. It is a difficult situation."
"Trickery? Angels? I did not realize you belived in St. Eva, Seiko..." Trillian murmered, almost to herself. She shook it off quickly, though. "You have a plan?"
Los gave her a look. "I don't think this is going to work. What if this woman sees through our plan?"
Seiko smiles. "first i need some information. she speads her wings slightly. "I have seen dicpictions of angels and i know from legend that they are creature of good. they bring wrath apon those who commit sin such as these." She folds her wings slightly. "Los, can you create any illusens with your powers?"
Los took on a puzzled look, as he tried to keep up with Seiko's thoughts. "Well... I DO know that the followers of St. Eva have these angels in their religion. They are supposedly the ancestors of the Fae, and work for their god. I have never seen one, though..."
Trilian looked up from the doorway, an odd look on her face. "Are you sure? What about that so called 'Goddess of Destruction'? I remember someone telling me about angels with her...?"
Los shook his head, a little more sure of himself now. "No, no... You are thinking of Tyr. Those are Valkyries. They have winged helmets, maybe, but not wings." He turned to Seiko, shaking his head slightly. "I horrible with illusions. I can cut the lights in the room, though..."
Seiko thinks for a moment. "Hmmmm, that other door, it would probaly.. ah... it doesn't matter. We need to do this now. Ok then Los... I will walk in there, when I go in cut out the lights. When I thorw off my cloak make them flicker... alot... like lightening if you can manage. I may draw my sword, for effect, if I drop it though I'm entering into combat and I may need your help then, got it?" She places her cloak back on and raises the hood over her head. She looks back at her companins. "Wait for a count of one after the door opens, then make it pitch black." She peers carefully into the room once more memorizing the lay out of the room and planing each step she was about to make. She then turns once more and smiles. "Now every one ready?"
Lounging on her warm, comfortable couch, the thinly dressed woman accepted a sip from a wine glass held by the well built Builder Clanman. She sighed happily, clear green eyes half closed, glad that the annoying Digger was out of her hair for now.
She looked down when she noticed one of the flickering bronze sconces along the wall... well... flickering. With a wordless gesture, she directed one of the tall Fae men to examine the torch. That was when another of the lamps gutted completely out, dropping the opposite corner into darkness. Within moments, they all dropped to a low glow, casting the room into ominous shadow. The woman stood, a suspicious look in her eye, as she casually shook her jet black hair out of her face and folded her arms.
Seiko slowly walks across the room being careful using her mental map to bring herself before the woman. Once she is there she smiles and lets her voice boom with erie darkness.
Narrowing her eyes, the buxom woman shifted a little, clearly in unease. She had not expected… well… this… Pushing her hair from her face, she faintly gnawed on her lower lip, trying to figure out what exactly was going on. “Who… who are you?”
She continued on, clearly rallying herself as went. “And what are you doing in my chambers? Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you where you stand, woman!”
((Willpower check, DC= Seiko’s Intimidate check(17). Roll… 17. +3 Will, -2 circumstance bonus. Total: 18 v 18, tie. Will require another Intimidate check next post if you want to continue to intimidate her.))
--- I rather thought you would win that… oh well, you’re up!
Seiko chuckles deeply, sadisticly, almost evil sounding. "WHOOOO AAMMMM IIIII. IIII AAMMM AAA GAAURDIIIIIAAANNN OOOOF TRRUUUUTH AND JUUSTIICCCE! I HAAAAVE COOOMME TOO WAAARRNN YOOUUU, TOOOO STOOPP YOOOUU ANND TO PUUNNISSH YOOUU IF YOOU RESIST! DOOO NOOT ENTERTAIN HOPES OF DEFEATING MEEEE! III WAARRN YOU NOOOW!" She speads out her arms and etends her wings to full length throwing back her coalk and giving Los his cue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- intimiedate roll: 7
With a yell and a flourish, the lights snap back on, flooding the room with torchlight. With everyone’s eyes still adjusted to darkness, the warm light seemed much brighter then it really was.
The woman, beautiful eyes wide in sudden fright, drops to her knees, bowing before the posing Seiko. “Sorry, my mistress! I did not realize that they would send an actual angel to reward me! I am sorry for ever doubting my faith in Saint Eva; he truly is supreme!” The woman babbled madly, swinging between fanatically devout and edge of terror. “Please, mistress, tell me what my god has planned for me!”
((The woman must make another Willpower check, DC= to Seiko’s Intimidate roll. Total roll = 7. d20… 6 +3 (Will) -3 (circumstance) = 6. She fails her roll)
((Los loses 2 EP) --- What?! Screw you! She wasn’t suppose to loose that! *laugh*
Seiko thinks quickly. Damn it. I have to embody truth. Curse my inability to lie! All right then, here we go... Seiko laughs again, an insane horrible laughter that rings through out the room. "YOU THINK I AM HERE TO REWARD YOU! YOU ARE A GREATER FOOL THAN I IMANGINED! YOU SHOULD BE PUNISHED! YOUR SINS ARE GREAT! YOU HAVE KIDNAPPED THESE MEN! YOU HAVE FORCED THEM TO DO YOUR LABOR! I SHOULD SLAY YOU WHERE YOU ARE!" Anger and sadisitic pleasure fill her voice and dip off every word.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- that should work. HA! still not lying. I'm good.
Expression twisted into a scowl of confusion, the woman cocked her head to the side, a slight bit of doubt clouding her words. "But... mistress... I am only following the words of your flock. I was told to collect these men, and send them off to your places of worship to serve." She spread her hands, taking in the room around her.
"I was only doing what I was told..."
(Hallway) Trillian looked up from her crouched position near the doorway. Giving Drevin a hopeful look, she smiled a little at his comment. "Now you speak up... However, we can still bust in and take things over if things break down in there." She cocked her head to the side, gesturing with her pistol to indicate what she meant.
Post by authroroniel on Jan 5, 2006 13:12:29 GMT -5
Drevin merely grunted as he turned around, deciding to look for other clues somewhere else. The other room seemed to be an interesting place, so he decided to go there without causing any trouble.
Seiko raised the anger in her voice. "WERE YOU HONESTLY TOLD TO USE MIND CONTROL? WHAT KIND OF IMAGE DOES THAT CONVEY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD? HONESTLY KIDNAPPING AND MIND CONTROL! WHO GAVE YOU THESE ORDERS? DO YOU REALLY THINK ST. EVA WOULD APPOVE OF THIS? HOW COULD YOU NOT QUESTION THIS SORT OF THING?" Seiko flaps her wings once slightly and hovers over the woman, glaring down on her.
Closing the door behind your is a 'clack!', Drevin steps into the kitchen. Exploring the area, you find many different things, including food from many different areas of the realm and small, odd boxes of those crystals from earlier. Behind the line of crates along the back wall, you also notice a door in the corner that you had not seen before. There is also the doorway to the hallways beyond, that you took to get to this room in the first place.
What do you do?
(Bedroom) The woman continued on, trying to answer Seiko's barked questions. "They, they told me it would be ok to control them, though! Just so long as they had them! Why would Lavant lie to me; he's one of your priests, isn't he? Why aren't you going after HIM, anyway?! He was just here!" She pointed wildly at the double doors behind Seiko.
Hmmmm, it seems we should be after that other man as well. He might be a more difficult task to deal with but first I will need to get the others through that door with out being noticed. Seiko's voices booms louder than ever. "HE WILL BE QUESTIONED IN DUE TIME! DO NOT TRY TO AVOID YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT!" She flaps her wings creating a strong wind in the room.
