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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7474749" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Carlyle, the Beast</strong></p><p></p><p>Haha, even our wackier theories didn't go there. But I'm pretty convinced that Fordren Industries is trying to make an Iron Man suit. And I'm haven't even started about our theories regarding Fordren and Pemberton or Nicodemus...</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>Carlyle returns to Stray River shortly after and meets up with Auryn at her home. He tells her all about his encounter with Aodhan (she's pretty amused) before paying Cippiano's Cafe a visit. Mr. Cippiano is already present and explains that his godchildren took care of the harbor last night. He shares coffee and croissants with us before mentioning the name of his contact within the Kell guild, a guy named Norm. Unfortunately he's missing in action, but Cippiano is sure that he'll get news from Norm about Kell's hideout soon. </p><p></p><p>We thank Cippiano for his help and express our own efforts regarding Algardi. Before we leave for the RHC, the Don fetches a small box with an old armor scrap. He says that this is an old relic from his home and asks us to give this to King Aodhan as a present as he'll certainly recognize the style and know what to do with it. We take a closer look and guess that this scrap must have once been part of a shoulder guard in the possession of a risuri knight of high rank (such a high rank that he or she might have been among the candidates of a royal successor). Carlyle knows that there were Risuri wearing this kind of armor style who fought alongside the Crisillyiri during the Malice War, so he guesses that this might have been in the possession of someone who died back then. We both do a bit of brainstorming and muse that it might have belonged to Governor Stanfield in his first life as we know that he'd been from Risur before he got reincarnated as a deva. </p><p></p><p>Knowing that the King is in good hands and probably taking a tour through the Aurum right now, we prepare for yet another strike against the Kell Guild. We know that Hammerton is in the Suites and also that we need information from that guy, so the target is set pretty quickly. Regarding the tactic, Auryn brings up the fake capture again and mentions that Carlyle will surely know how to transform himself into one of Kell's lackeys. </p><p></p><p>Carlyle is, again, a bit hesitant, as this plan is pretty risky and would place great risk on the one who's playing captive. He adds that the Guild isn't exactly known for playing it nice on their prisoners or enemies, so the whole affair would at least be pretty messy for everyone involved. Auryn returns that she does know what she's talking about, which is why she doesn't want to place the risk on anyone but herself. She brings up the officers who already lost their lives and places her trust in Carlyle's ability to get them both out of trouble should things turn south. </p><p></p><p>As soon as Carlyle sees that his partner is dead serious about her plan, he reveals that he learned an even better transformation magic in the mean time. He takes Auryn, Margit and Delft to Meat Hook and apologizes for what he's going to do to the guy. He then casts a spell that turns himself into a perfect copy of Meat Hook and renders the original Hook featureless.</p><p></p><p>“Crazy stuff, eh? Now let's turn my sweetie into a convincing meat-pie” Carlyle-Hook says, before blinking heavily. “Sorry. The Hook has a filthy trap it seems.”</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Yeah, that spell includes mannerisms and speech patterns. Carlyle never tried this spell before, so IC, he was as surprised as the rest of the team)</span></p><p></p><p>Auryn is both irritated and bemused at this sudden change, but she nevertheless lets Carlyle put on a lot of modelling material and paint on her to make it seem as if the real Hook knocked her out after a short fight. We leave the RHC HQ while being invisible, then hide under large cloaks as we move to Parity Lake. There, we enter a forsaken alley and turn into Meat Hook and stone-cold Auryn. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Carlyle's spell works perfectly and so the Kell thugs have little doubt of Meat Hook's story where he escaped the RHC agents after his arrest, then went into hiding and waited for an opportunity to take revenge on one of the agents. He mumbles that Hammerton will surely want to press information from the agent which is why he came to the Suites. Also, the Casa is overrun with police, so he really doesn't know anywhere else to go.</p><p></p><p>The thugs lead him to a pretty comfortable room where he finds Hammerton and a few more guild members. As soon as the thugs leave, Hammerton, who had been staring into the flames of the fireplace, turns around and seems quite surprised by his new visitor. </p><p></p><p>“Didn't expect to ever see you again. Where the bloody hell have you been? Thought you'd rot in a cell or something like that. And who's this? Your new girlfriend?” Hammerton growls with a raspy voice before pointing at one of the sofas.</p><p></p><p>Carlyle-Hook places Auryn on one of the sofas before repeating his story. He adds that he kind of copied the RHC tactic of taking out head figures for interrogation and also as a means to blow their opponent's morale. He adds that these police guys were pretty stupid to begin with, as he really doesn't understand how anyone would make that tiny woman head of such an operation. Hammerton explains that this may have something to do with looking good in public and that they'll probably regret that decision this very moment. He also lauds Meat Hook for his clever plan (he didn't expect him to be so smart at all) and hopes that he didn't smash the constable's head too hard as he'd need answers first.</p><p></p><p>The Hook mumbles that “the elf's still warm and breathing, so good enough for some fun” even if he doesn't know how or when she'll wake up. Hammerton advices the Hook to be more careful next time. The men then talk a bit about Kell and Hammerton is pretty convinced that Kell will return pretty soon and bring his grand plan to fruition. He truly believes that the Kell Guild will win this war and it almost sounds as if Kell has some more nasty tricks up his sleeve. Regarding Augst and Spinning Wheel, they are most likely with Kell right now, so no need to worry.</p><p></p><p>Just when Meat Hook casually talks about maybe getting a more dangerous lieutenant next, and repeat his tried and tested tactic, Auryn “wakes up” yawning, wishing the two gentlemen a good morning. Before Hammerton can finish throwing his threats to stay down lest she wants to be beat up again, Carlyle-Hook throws a stun bomb at the surprised looking Guildies and readies his weapon.</p><p></p><p>“You don't understand, idiot. The lieutenant I've been talking about is you.”</p><p></p><p>Before Auryn can reach her concealed weapon and enter the fight, Carlyle-Hook knocks Hammerton out as well. She congratulates her partner on his quick reflexes and together they round up the rest of the (really few) Suites' inhabitants. Carlyle apologizes very clumsily for any rude words he might have used during his chat with Hammerton, but Auryn doesn't mind at all as she knows that “Carlyle” would never dare to say and mean such things.</p><p></p><p>Back in the RHC, we put Hammerton in one of our best cells and try to get some more information out of him. The lieutenant is still convinced that Kell will return and win the day. Oh and he'll get him out of prison soon, that's for sure. Hammerton seems surprised to see Meat Hook cooperating with the RHC though, so Carlyle-Hook tries to tell his fellow that cooperating is far better than the alternative: Being interrogated by “the beast Carlyle”. He explains that Auryn is the only one who's capable of controlling “that man's dark side” which is the only reason why he's still alive. Once Auryn confirms his story, Hammerton's focus shifts towards her which makes him even more susceptible for her charm spells. </p><p></p><p>He doesn't spill much more besides the locations of two additional Kell houses located in North Shore and Central. The charm works quite well, but Hammerton seems like a true believer and so he tries to convince “the lovely lady constable” that switching to Kell's side would be a neat idea. He explains that Kell is afraid of no one and basically has the whole city of Flint as his very own playground where he can do whatever pleases him. He also mentions important contacts to powerful “higher-ups”, but can tell us no names. </p><p></p><p>When we realize that we won't get anything out of him in this state, we leave him alone. Hammerton then turns towards the prison's torches, the sole sources of light. </p><p></p><p>We tell Delft about our results and this time it is Carlyle (still in Hook mode) who utters his frustration and disgust about the Kell Guild members. He says that de Chartville was pretty useless and Hammerton isn't much better. He then suggests in all hookish seriousness that we could cut off Aubert's head (that could make him at least a bit useful) and throw it at Hammerton to show the guy that “the Beast” is quite real. Delft is horrified at the mere mention of an execution without a proper process. After a few seconds of irritation, Carlyle-Hook adds that this must have sounded way off and he blames it all on his strange, new manners. </p><p></p><p>Carlyle finally decides to drop his spell and turns into his usual, restrained self. He calls his experiment successful, but still confusing and even a bit dangerous. </p><p></p><p>(<span style="color: #008000">To be honest, Carlyle's player did a perfect Meat Hook impression when he was under that spell. He changed his whole vocabulary and speech patterns which led to quite a few hilarious situations. </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">He sometimes creates PCs with unique ways of speaking – the most prominent one was a paladin with a russian accent – but he admits that this can be straining and requires quite an amount of concentration. </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Auryn has a slight accent whenever she's not speaking elven as well, but that's harmless compared to said paladin.</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Also, Carlyle was indeed frustrated with the seeming lack of progress in terms of finding Kell. He would have never shown that so drastically though.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span>Being satisfied with the return of the real Carlyle, Delft goes on to discuss our new targets. Or rather, the police's and the other team's targets, as we are being called to a briefing with the King. As soon as Delft shows us the urgent message, we leave the remaining mission in his able hands and head to the Aurum building. </p><p></p><p>There, we are hailed by the King's personnel who quickly guide us to the new (and a bit improvised) royal mission room. This time, Aodhan is in the company of not only Principal Minister Lee, but also quite a lot of advisers. It seems like the King is on track with our progress against the Guild. Nonetheless, he's worried about the safety of the soon-to-arrive dignitaries, so he asks us to make sure they'll be safe. We agree that keeping our guests safe will be a top priority, which is why we'll make sure to have one RHC team guard them (and maybe show them a bit around).</p><p></p><p>In return, we recommend accepting rookie constable Flying Spark as an additional bodyguard. Carlyle takes great effort in praising the faerie dragon's qualities as both an invisible investigator and easy-to-disguise “pet”: In addition to being highly gifted in magical arts of all kind (especially combat spells), he's a true - albeit small - dragon, really popular with the ladies, absolutely loyal and likes being stroked under his chin. </p><p></p><p>To our surprise, Harkover Lee doesn't seem to be too happy about his new “rival” and we almost get the impression that he's being a bit jealous, especially after Carlyle's advertisement. Auryn observes this development gleefully and then teases the Principal Minister by saying that someone's clearly in need of being caressed and doesn't wish to lose too much attention. </p><p></p><p>Lee looks a bit surprised, then clears his throat and says “Careful, young lady. I suppose you know about my... reputation.”</p><p></p><p>Auryn backs off at Lee's reaction and turns more serious as she realizes that she might just have overstepped a boundary there. “I'm sorry, Principal Minister. I didn't mean to offend you. But you see, my matriarch is so grounded that my fey blood got the better of me. Besides that, your reputation doesn't bother me the slightest.”</p><p></p><p>Lee just shrugs in response and says that he took no offense, he was just irritated, that's all. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Still I'm pretty sure they misunderstood each other. Auryn was hinting at the very close relationship of King and Principal Minister with Lee being jealous towards Sparky, while Lee might have taken her comment as a very clumsy attempt of flirtation aimed at himself, which is why he hinted at his reputation of being a ladykiller in his youth) </span></p><p></p><p>Just when we're about to turn towards our upcoming plans and events, we hear heavy steps approaching, accompanied by the sounds of some guards' futile attempts to stop the one making these steps. To our surprise, the man behind the steps turns out to be none else but Asrabey Varal. Before we can properly greet him, the dreadnaught exclaims that he has urgent news from the Unseen Court: It seems as if Ekossigan, one of the Fey Lords, has gone rogue and fled to Flint. He says no one knows exactly what's on that fey's mind, but he did leave a poem that might contain valuable hints on his whereabouts:</p><p></p><p>When spring returns to winter, / The cauldron births a spark.</p><p>The steel betrays the vintner, / The silver spurns the arc.</p><p>The fire-bride’s dissension: / Dismissed by green-adorned.</p><p>The wheel-woven dead man / Shall wake the cauldron-born.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7474749, member: 6816692"] [b]Carlyle, the Beast[/b] Haha, even our wackier theories didn't go there. But I'm pretty convinced that Fordren Industries is trying to make an Iron Man suit. And I'm haven't even started about our theories regarding Fordren and Pemberton or Nicodemus... --- Carlyle returns to Stray River shortly after and meets up with Auryn at her home. He tells her all about his encounter with Aodhan (she's pretty amused) before paying Cippiano's Cafe a visit. Mr. Cippiano is already present and explains that his godchildren took care of the harbor last night. He shares coffee and croissants with us before mentioning the name of his contact within the Kell guild, a guy named Norm. Unfortunately he's missing in action, but Cippiano is sure that he'll get news from Norm about Kell's hideout soon. We thank Cippiano for his help and express our own efforts regarding Algardi. Before we leave for the RHC, the Don fetches a small box with an old armor scrap. He says that this is an old relic from his home and asks us to give this to King Aodhan as a present as he'll certainly recognize the style and know what to do with it. We take a closer look and guess that this scrap must have once been part of a shoulder guard in the possession of a risuri knight of high rank (such a high rank that he or she might have been among the candidates of a royal successor). Carlyle knows that there were Risuri wearing this kind of armor style who fought alongside the Crisillyiri during the Malice War, so he guesses that this might have been in the possession of someone who died back then. We both do a bit of brainstorming and muse that it might have belonged to Governor Stanfield in his first life as we know that he'd been from Risur before he got reincarnated as a deva. Knowing that the King is in good hands and probably taking a tour through the Aurum right now, we prepare for yet another strike against the Kell Guild. We know that Hammerton is in the Suites and also that we need information from that guy, so the target is set pretty quickly. Regarding the tactic, Auryn brings up the fake capture again and mentions that Carlyle will surely know how to transform himself into one of Kell's lackeys. Carlyle is, again, a bit hesitant, as this plan is pretty risky and would place great risk on the one who's playing captive. He adds that the Guild isn't exactly known for playing it nice on their prisoners or enemies, so the whole affair would at least be pretty messy for everyone involved. Auryn returns that she does know what she's talking about, which is why she doesn't want to place the risk on anyone but herself. She brings up the officers who already lost their lives and places her trust in Carlyle's ability to get them both out of trouble should things turn south. As soon as Carlyle sees that his partner is dead serious about her plan, he reveals that he learned an even better transformation magic in the mean time. He takes Auryn, Margit and Delft to Meat Hook and apologizes for what he's going to do to the guy. He then casts a spell that turns himself into a perfect copy of Meat Hook and renders the original Hook featureless. “Crazy stuff, eh? Now let's turn my sweetie into a convincing meat-pie” Carlyle-Hook says, before blinking heavily. “Sorry. The Hook has a filthy trap it seems.” [COLOR="#008000"](Yeah, that spell includes mannerisms and speech patterns. Carlyle never tried this spell before, so IC, he was as surprised as the rest of the team)[/COLOR] Auryn is both irritated and bemused at this sudden change, but she nevertheless lets Carlyle put on a lot of modelling material and paint on her to make it seem as if the real Hook knocked her out after a short fight. We leave the RHC HQ while being invisible, then hide under large cloaks as we move to Parity Lake. There, we enter a forsaken alley and turn into Meat Hook and stone-cold Auryn. Fortunately, Carlyle's spell works perfectly and so the Kell thugs have little doubt of Meat Hook's story where he escaped the RHC agents after his arrest, then went into hiding and waited for an opportunity to take revenge on one of the agents. He mumbles that Hammerton will surely want to press information from the agent which is why he came to the Suites. Also, the Casa is overrun with police, so he really doesn't know anywhere else to go. The thugs lead him to a pretty comfortable room where he finds Hammerton and a few more guild members. As soon as the thugs leave, Hammerton, who had been staring into the flames of the fireplace, turns around and seems quite surprised by his new visitor. “Didn't expect to ever see you again. Where the bloody hell have you been? Thought you'd rot in a cell or something like that. And who's this? Your new girlfriend?” Hammerton growls with a raspy voice before pointing at one of the sofas. Carlyle-Hook places Auryn on one of the sofas before repeating his story. He adds that he kind of copied the RHC tactic of taking out head figures for interrogation and also as a means to blow their opponent's morale. He adds that these police guys were pretty stupid to begin with, as he really doesn't understand how anyone would make that tiny woman head of such an operation. Hammerton explains that this may have something to do with looking good in public and that they'll probably regret that decision this very moment. He also lauds Meat Hook for his clever plan (he didn't expect him to be so smart at all) and hopes that he didn't smash the constable's head too hard as he'd need answers first. The Hook mumbles that “the elf's still warm and breathing, so good enough for some fun” even if he doesn't know how or when she'll wake up. Hammerton advices the Hook to be more careful next time. The men then talk a bit about Kell and Hammerton is pretty convinced that Kell will return pretty soon and bring his grand plan to fruition. He truly believes that the Kell Guild will win this war and it almost sounds as if Kell has some more nasty tricks up his sleeve. Regarding Augst and Spinning Wheel, they are most likely with Kell right now, so no need to worry. Just when Meat Hook casually talks about maybe getting a more dangerous lieutenant next, and repeat his tried and tested tactic, Auryn “wakes up” yawning, wishing the two gentlemen a good morning. Before Hammerton can finish throwing his threats to stay down lest she wants to be beat up again, Carlyle-Hook throws a stun bomb at the surprised looking Guildies and readies his weapon. “You don't understand, idiot. The lieutenant I've been talking about is you.” Before Auryn can reach her concealed weapon and enter the fight, Carlyle-Hook knocks Hammerton out as well. She congratulates her partner on his quick reflexes and together they round up the rest of the (really few) Suites' inhabitants. Carlyle apologizes very clumsily for any rude words he might have used during his chat with Hammerton, but Auryn doesn't mind at all as she knows that “Carlyle” would never dare to say and mean such things. Back in the RHC, we put Hammerton in one of our best cells and try to get some more information out of him. The lieutenant is still convinced that Kell will return and win the day. Oh and he'll get him out of prison soon, that's for sure. Hammerton seems surprised to see Meat Hook cooperating with the RHC though, so Carlyle-Hook tries to tell his fellow that cooperating is far better than the alternative: Being interrogated by “the beast Carlyle”. He explains that Auryn is the only one who's capable of controlling “that man's dark side” which is the only reason why he's still alive. Once Auryn confirms his story, Hammerton's focus shifts towards her which makes him even more susceptible for her charm spells. He doesn't spill much more besides the locations of two additional Kell houses located in North Shore and Central. The charm works quite well, but Hammerton seems like a true believer and so he tries to convince “the lovely lady constable” that switching to Kell's side would be a neat idea. He explains that Kell is afraid of no one and basically has the whole city of Flint as his very own playground where he can do whatever pleases him. He also mentions important contacts to powerful “higher-ups”, but can tell us no names. When we realize that we won't get anything out of him in this state, we leave him alone. Hammerton then turns towards the prison's torches, the sole sources of light. We tell Delft about our results and this time it is Carlyle (still in Hook mode) who utters his frustration and disgust about the Kell Guild members. He says that de Chartville was pretty useless and Hammerton isn't much better. He then suggests in all hookish seriousness that we could cut off Aubert's head (that could make him at least a bit useful) and throw it at Hammerton to show the guy that “the Beast” is quite real. Delft is horrified at the mere mention of an execution without a proper process. After a few seconds of irritation, Carlyle-Hook adds that this must have sounded way off and he blames it all on his strange, new manners. Carlyle finally decides to drop his spell and turns into his usual, restrained self. He calls his experiment successful, but still confusing and even a bit dangerous. ([COLOR="#008000"]To be honest, Carlyle's player did a perfect Meat Hook impression when he was under that spell. He changed his whole vocabulary and speech patterns which led to quite a few hilarious situations. He sometimes creates PCs with unique ways of speaking – the most prominent one was a paladin with a russian accent – but he admits that this can be straining and requires quite an amount of concentration. Auryn has a slight accent whenever she's not speaking elven as well, but that's harmless compared to said paladin. Also, Carlyle was indeed frustrated with the seeming lack of progress in terms of finding Kell. He would have never shown that so drastically though.) [/COLOR]Being satisfied with the return of the real Carlyle, Delft goes on to discuss our new targets. Or rather, the police's and the other team's targets, as we are being called to a briefing with the King. As soon as Delft shows us the urgent message, we leave the remaining mission in his able hands and head to the Aurum building. There, we are hailed by the King's personnel who quickly guide us to the new (and a bit improvised) royal mission room. This time, Aodhan is in the company of not only Principal Minister Lee, but also quite a lot of advisers. It seems like the King is on track with our progress against the Guild. Nonetheless, he's worried about the safety of the soon-to-arrive dignitaries, so he asks us to make sure they'll be safe. We agree that keeping our guests safe will be a top priority, which is why we'll make sure to have one RHC team guard them (and maybe show them a bit around). In return, we recommend accepting rookie constable Flying Spark as an additional bodyguard. Carlyle takes great effort in praising the faerie dragon's qualities as both an invisible investigator and easy-to-disguise “pet”: In addition to being highly gifted in magical arts of all kind (especially combat spells), he's a true - albeit small - dragon, really popular with the ladies, absolutely loyal and likes being stroked under his chin. To our surprise, Harkover Lee doesn't seem to be too happy about his new “rival” and we almost get the impression that he's being a bit jealous, especially after Carlyle's advertisement. Auryn observes this development gleefully and then teases the Principal Minister by saying that someone's clearly in need of being caressed and doesn't wish to lose too much attention. Lee looks a bit surprised, then clears his throat and says “Careful, young lady. I suppose you know about my... reputation.” Auryn backs off at Lee's reaction and turns more serious as she realizes that she might just have overstepped a boundary there. “I'm sorry, Principal Minister. I didn't mean to offend you. But you see, my matriarch is so grounded that my fey blood got the better of me. Besides that, your reputation doesn't bother me the slightest.” Lee just shrugs in response and says that he took no offense, he was just irritated, that's all. [COLOR="#008000"](Still I'm pretty sure they misunderstood each other. Auryn was hinting at the very close relationship of King and Principal Minister with Lee being jealous towards Sparky, while Lee might have taken her comment as a very clumsy attempt of flirtation aimed at himself, which is why he hinted at his reputation of being a ladykiller in his youth) [/COLOR] Just when we're about to turn towards our upcoming plans and events, we hear heavy steps approaching, accompanied by the sounds of some guards' futile attempts to stop the one making these steps. To our surprise, the man behind the steps turns out to be none else but Asrabey Varal. Before we can properly greet him, the dreadnaught exclaims that he has urgent news from the Unseen Court: It seems as if Ekossigan, one of the Fey Lords, has gone rogue and fled to Flint. He says no one knows exactly what's on that fey's mind, but he did leave a poem that might contain valuable hints on his whereabouts: When spring returns to winter, / The cauldron births a spark. The steel betrays the vintner, / The silver spurns the arc. The fire-bride’s dissension: / Dismissed by green-adorned. The wheel-woven dead man / Shall wake the cauldron-born. [/QUOTE]
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