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"I would look upon the mystic source of these enchantments. Please, show me the other chambers... I must see the full context of the enchantment before interceeding."

Vassarious maintains a pleasant and 'angelic' tone, conveying a sense of warmth, despite speaking in a stark formality...

She adopts a falsehood as truth in her imagination and thinks of the forces present as her own entourage to banish any feelings of intimidation that might otherwise show.

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I'll go with maybe a third to half my time, for maybe a week.

"Well I guess learning would beat walking everywhere."

This calls for a roll, I guess.
Well, it doesn't look good, but I suppose once you add TDM it should fall well under margin.

"Well I guess I'm lucky that I'm more risk averse than her. Or less of an acrobat. Probably both."

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The "tour guide" priest looks confused: "which other chambers? I am not sure of what you are talking about."


He is intentionally being obtuse.


Ok... we'll roll at the end of that time.
Halcyone manages not to crash into anything, but isn't picking up driving nearly as quickly as she would have hoped. Thelodox is fairly patient with her, and says he hopes they will soon move on to actually navigating traffic... which will be harder to practice.

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"Well I guess I'm lucky that I'm more risk averse than her. Or less of an acrobat. Probably both."

"We'll see. I haven't dared you to do anything yet!"


As Thelodux is driving the General to a place to eat, General Rubrum leans over the Halcyone. "Miss, I hear you came from Verdaze. How do you like the desert!" He chuckles to himself. "They always pass on a doctored picture to us. How is the rebellion there going, really? They still confident the emperor is going to stay asleep?"


After the Dinner, Rubrum has Thelodux make a detour to a hospital, and asks to see Alexa, the injured bodyguard you are substituting for. How will you be securing this hospital visit?

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I'll present a reasonably accurate picture from my research earlier, peppering it with anecdotes the same way I did with Thelo earlier. With regard to confidence in the emperor, I'll say:
"More or less. Some people find it quite odd that the Emperor is staying asleep for so long, but they tend to keep to themselves about it."

How was dinner? Is food on Verdaze as awful as they say?

Alright; I think it should pretty simple. We'll have one of us with the General at all times (to keep him safe in case something happens), and another wherever the General will be next (to case the area for potential threats). I'll volunteer myself to case ahead, though the general has the final say. In either case I'll be keeping my eyes peeled.

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From what Vassarious sees here, can they guestimate where a power source might need to be?

The angel cocks her head so very minutely that only the very observant would notice the body language.

"Pay that no worry. A person cannot be expected to know everything. I'm sure I can find it... or perhaps there is someone more knowledgeable?"

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"So they're suppressing any worries with public pressure. Hmmph"


The food is better than the military stuff you've been eating. But this is a fairly exclusive place mostly frequented by the brass: you get leftovers from the kitchen to eat on the way to the hospital. Its good food, if a bit greasy.



That's what I needed to know.



As you are sweeping ahead, a man in a hospital bed with several bandages and covered in wires and tubes suddenly sits up and points "Its Her! The woman to watch for! The tentacled herald of beyond! You found me!"



At least some of the priests are trained in this architecture. You don't know if any of them are present. On the other hand, the location of the power source is simple: its the very center of the complex.


The Guiding priest bows his apology. "We have no expert here. Would you allow us to fetch an architectural expert?"


Vassarious's danger sense is tingling. They have no intention of letting her anywhere near this power center, and she's shown herself to be a threat somehow. She expects a fight soon.

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How far ahead of the general am I? Did anyone else witness this?

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There is an inconvenient nurse in the hall, who may or may not have heard something. You are about 20 yards in front of the general.

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How far ahead is the destination? Would it be practical to doubleback after leading the general to his destination? Could I possibly delay the general without it being suspicious? There's no plausible explanation for this, right?

In either case I'll play it off like I didn't even notice the patient:

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Destination is another 20 yards ahead. Doubling back is practical. Delaying the general while you check out a potential threat is quite possible (you can even say you had to make sure a man muttering insane statements wasn't a threat). There is no obvious mundane explanation, I suppose...


The patient wavers in his confidence: "You are her, aren't you? He showed me you..." He lays back down "please be her."