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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7471914" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 63, Part Three</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Trial of Dextra Rathtine</strong></p><p></p><p>Following the events of that morning, it was opportune that King Baldrey found himself faced by a united gathering of the wealthy industrialists of Flint. It was equally opportune that he now had a way of entirely undermining their position.</p><p></p><p>With her powerful backers behind her, ‘Dextra Rathtine’ gave a deep, formal curtsy and prepared to hold forth in pursuit of the role of Governor. But before she could get started, King Baldrey gave a signal and Leon – who had taken to maintaining invisibility as a default state – cast a powerful dispel magic which caused Catherine Romana’s shapeshifting magic to melt away.</p><p></p><p>Romana stammered and yammered, but did not give as good an account of herself as might have been expected – somewhere deep inside of her she must have realised the gig was up. When asked what she had done with the real Dextra, she fell deeply, guiltily silent.</p><p></p><p>King Baldrey informed everyone gathered here that Romana had conspired against Risur for her personal gain, and had taken part in the assassination of King Aodhan. Then he took the opportunity of her undoing to put the industrialists in their place. Ordinarily a speech about improving conditions for the workers to the benefit of all would have been met by a wall of indignity and bluster, but circumstances forced them to remain silent – particularly when King Baldrey mentioned the events of that morning and the now palpable consequences of angering huge numbers of the population. Such ‘tactics’ (forced lock-ins, etc) were not to be repeated.</p><p></p><p>What of Romana? There had been some prior discussion. She was of no tactical use, because any ‘information’ she offered could not be trusted; RHC cells were notoriously porous so there was a risk in keeping her alive; executing her might see her returned to Nicodemus. Now Gupta whispered in the king’s ear. He nodded gravely and gave his assent to her plan, before going on to pronounce Catherine Romana an ‘Enemy of the Crown’.</p><p></p><p>At that Gupta stepped up to her and said, “I remember the time when you ran away from us all. Do you?” She reached out to a petrified Romana and gently wiped away a bead of sweat from her cheek, while muttering a soft incantation. In doing so, she wiped away Romana’s personality, leaving her in a permanent vegetative state.</p><p></p><p>Although it was now safe to do so, Uriel counselled against executing her. “Nicodemus doesn’t know we can do this yet.” It was agreed that Romana should be taken away and kept alive for now.</p><p></p><p>The industrialists departed in nervous silence, with a final reminder that they should co-operate with the new regime and respond positively to laws designed to improve welfare, conditions and safety.</p><p></p><p>When they were gone, the unit discussed Amielle. She should be kept off the frontline for now, and it was decided that they should ask her to help Alden Wondermaker install his advanced weapons in Risuri ships. Korrigan also asked Quratulain – who planned to visit Wondermaker’s workshop to craft specialised bullets – if she could request that he make some sort of device that would enable the king to address large crowds easily – a method that was not reliant on magic.</p><p></p><p>Finally, Leon voiced his objection to what had been done to Romana. It made him uncomfortable and he felt that he had to say something. His objection was noted.</p><p></p><p><strong>Morgan Cippiano</strong></p><p></p><p>Korrigan sent Uriel to deal with Morgan Cippiano. Uriel asked Gupta to come along. They met in a private room in the rear of a coffee shop in Pine Island. Cippiano complemented Uriel on his flowing white and blue robes – quite a contrast to Malthusius’ rich, velveteen reds, “but equally imposing”. Then he went on to offer the services of his Family in bringing ‘much needed instability’ to the burgeoning workers’ movement: helping Delft prevent gestalt incident, and rocking the boat for the factory owners too. Uriel said that King Baldrey would disapprove of such direct action to which Cippiano responded, “Then why come?” Uriel then softened his stance and went on to seek reassurances that ‘civilians’ remained off the list of those who would be affected. Morgan nodded. Gupta spoke only to establish Cippiano’s key concern – that he was now out of contact with Crissiliyir and did not know what was happening there. They offered to share any information they received through official channels, for which Cippiano expressed his gratitude.</p><p></p><p>As they left, a young bravura named Bendick spoke with Gupta. They had met at the funeral a few days ago, he reminded her. “I thought we were getting along very well, and then you just left.” Clearly, he wasn’t used to that kind of response. Gupta asked him what he wanted. Bendick made it clear that he was romantically interested in her and said that he would like to see her again. Gupta shrugged and just left.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7471914, member: 79141"] [b]Session 63, Part Three[/b] [B]The Trial of Dextra Rathtine[/B] Following the events of that morning, it was opportune that King Baldrey found himself faced by a united gathering of the wealthy industrialists of Flint. It was equally opportune that he now had a way of entirely undermining their position. With her powerful backers behind her, ‘Dextra Rathtine’ gave a deep, formal curtsy and prepared to hold forth in pursuit of the role of Governor. But before she could get started, King Baldrey gave a signal and Leon – who had taken to maintaining invisibility as a default state – cast a powerful dispel magic which caused Catherine Romana’s shapeshifting magic to melt away. Romana stammered and yammered, but did not give as good an account of herself as might have been expected – somewhere deep inside of her she must have realised the gig was up. When asked what she had done with the real Dextra, she fell deeply, guiltily silent. King Baldrey informed everyone gathered here that Romana had conspired against Risur for her personal gain, and had taken part in the assassination of King Aodhan. Then he took the opportunity of her undoing to put the industrialists in their place. Ordinarily a speech about improving conditions for the workers to the benefit of all would have been met by a wall of indignity and bluster, but circumstances forced them to remain silent – particularly when King Baldrey mentioned the events of that morning and the now palpable consequences of angering huge numbers of the population. Such ‘tactics’ (forced lock-ins, etc) were not to be repeated. What of Romana? There had been some prior discussion. She was of no tactical use, because any ‘information’ she offered could not be trusted; RHC cells were notoriously porous so there was a risk in keeping her alive; executing her might see her returned to Nicodemus. Now Gupta whispered in the king’s ear. He nodded gravely and gave his assent to her plan, before going on to pronounce Catherine Romana an ‘Enemy of the Crown’. At that Gupta stepped up to her and said, “I remember the time when you ran away from us all. Do you?” She reached out to a petrified Romana and gently wiped away a bead of sweat from her cheek, while muttering a soft incantation. In doing so, she wiped away Romana’s personality, leaving her in a permanent vegetative state. Although it was now safe to do so, Uriel counselled against executing her. “Nicodemus doesn’t know we can do this yet.” It was agreed that Romana should be taken away and kept alive for now. The industrialists departed in nervous silence, with a final reminder that they should co-operate with the new regime and respond positively to laws designed to improve welfare, conditions and safety. When they were gone, the unit discussed Amielle. She should be kept off the frontline for now, and it was decided that they should ask her to help Alden Wondermaker install his advanced weapons in Risuri ships. Korrigan also asked Quratulain – who planned to visit Wondermaker’s workshop to craft specialised bullets – if she could request that he make some sort of device that would enable the king to address large crowds easily – a method that was not reliant on magic. Finally, Leon voiced his objection to what had been done to Romana. It made him uncomfortable and he felt that he had to say something. His objection was noted. [B]Morgan Cippiano[/B] Korrigan sent Uriel to deal with Morgan Cippiano. Uriel asked Gupta to come along. They met in a private room in the rear of a coffee shop in Pine Island. Cippiano complemented Uriel on his flowing white and blue robes – quite a contrast to Malthusius’ rich, velveteen reds, “but equally imposing”. Then he went on to offer the services of his Family in bringing ‘much needed instability’ to the burgeoning workers’ movement: helping Delft prevent gestalt incident, and rocking the boat for the factory owners too. Uriel said that King Baldrey would disapprove of such direct action to which Cippiano responded, “Then why come?” Uriel then softened his stance and went on to seek reassurances that ‘civilians’ remained off the list of those who would be affected. Morgan nodded. Gupta spoke only to establish Cippiano’s key concern – that he was now out of contact with Crissiliyir and did not know what was happening there. They offered to share any information they received through official channels, for which Cippiano expressed his gratitude. As they left, a young bravura named Bendick spoke with Gupta. They had met at the funeral a few days ago, he reminded her. “I thought we were getting along very well, and then you just left.” Clearly, he wasn’t used to that kind of response. Gupta asked him what he wanted. Bendick made it clear that he was romantically interested in her and said that he would like to see her again. Gupta shrugged and just left. [/QUOTE]
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