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Academy of Drell, Part III

Well, how do we want to go about doing this? Pretend that we think that nothing is going on when we really do, or come out and say that we know and force whoever it is to talk or at least attempt to get rid of us.

Charlotte slowly rises from her sitting position. She turns to face Keith, and walks towards him and the door.

"I agree - we wouldn't be putting ourselves in a good light." She says, nodding.

"However... what if Coles is hiding something? What if there is something in this building that he doesn't want anyone else to see? That might be useful information, Keith, and I doubt if we'd have a later chance at looking at it. Coles will eventually hear of what happened last night, if he hasn't already. We need to take chances."

She sighs. "If you don't want to come along, I'll understand. Tell the others of what I'm doing. Make a diversion for anyone coming near here. I don't know how long I'll be in there. But I am going in."

She takes off her psicrystal, and sets it on the ground near the doorway. She then hides it from view with some grass and rocks.

Stay here. Tell me if anyone comes near, and who they are, if you can tell.

Got it.

Charlotte looks to Keith once more. "What are you going to do? Come with me, or try to find out some information another way? I am set on this course, Keith. I am going to go in and look through this building and find out what is going on, if at all possible."

And I sure as hell hope I'm doing the right thing. There won't be anyone to save me this time around, if anything happens.
 

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Fine then...

Keith turns to the door, "Go for it... I will be right behind you Charlotte...' he pauses, "I am not going to let you do this alone..."

Keith waits for Charlotte to act... his hand resting on his rapier...
 

"Thank you, Keith." Charlotte says, and then turns towards the door.

She focuses her mental energies, and brings a ray of fire into existence, pointing it at the door and hopefully igniting it.

Manifests Finger of Fire.

"Hope this works..." She says quietly.

It will work. If it doesn't, then I'll just manifest an astral construct and have it bring the door down. But that would be terribly noisy, so I hope I can just torch the door and be done with it.
 

the door, the door, the door...

Sorry for the delay. Two really long days back to back (and promotion related increase in time consumption) are my excuse, but things should be back to my normal 1x per diem after tomorrow.

Advance warning: I'll be out of town and no internet access during the Memorial Day weekend, from next Saturday until next Monday, +/- 1 day on each side.

Keith and Charlotte discuss how best to approach the issue of Coles locked domicile after Coles again doesn't respond to a knock on the door.

Charlotte eventually resolves to try to burn her way in using her psionic abilities. With Doyle standing watch hidden in the high grass, she manifests a burning, searing ray of fire, which slowly erodes at the door.

The door smolders for a moment, but doesn't look like it will actually catch aflame or be destroyed from so short a burst of power. It's a sturdy door, sealed by some lacquer to protect it from the elements and unlikely to burn without continued application of the Finger of Fire.
 

Damn. Strong wood. I'll just keep going at it... set to this course now anyway, a few more spent talents won't do any harm.

"This might take a minute, Keith," Charlotte says over her shoulder, focusing on the door. "I don't know how long."

She focuses her eyes upon the door once more, calling fiery psionic energies into being in the form of a burning ray, directing it at the door.

Manifests Finger of Fire.

She will manifest the power until the door is burned down. Charlotte has 5 talents left, and will use them all burning down the door if necessary.
 

I have all the time in the world love...

"Take as along as you need Charlotte... I am not going anywhere..."

Keith waits standing behind her...
 

Fun weekend. Back now.

Rallyn nods and gives his thanks before heading back to the Academy and more specifically the library.

He takes off at a rock-steady trot.
 

Arana Perivai

"Thank you, Maerath. Looks like you'll be busy for the next couple of days. That will give Mailia an excellent opportunity to try to decipher the book. Good luck with the spell."

Arana returns to Maerath's abode/office (whereever she may have been when Arana last left) and entrusts the book of Xargon to her with a few words of warning. "Those creatures and their master are most likely to be after the tome. Although you are quite skillful in various arts, please be careful for your only safety. Good luck in deciphering the tome. By the way, do you have any odd jobs which I could have you with?"

If nothing out of the ordinary happens and Mailia dismisses her, Arana will return to the library to try to conduct some research on the creatures which they had fought earlier, paying particular attention to any vulnerabilities and the like.
 

Once he finishes playing, Victor take a walk to the library. He is calm now, but doesn't want to have breakfast. He wants to gather some information about the creature that attacked Rallyn, but he is more interested in having a conversation with the other students he finds there. He finds only Maerath, Kith, Sildarin and Rallyn there. Since Maerath seems rather busy he doesn't want to disturb him, so he turns to the other and in particular to Rallyn.
"Did you manage to sleep well? Do you feel better this morning?"
And to everyone: "I have to apologise for yesterday evening. What happened kept me from presenting myself properly. My name is Victor von Adlerstein. I arrived at the Academy only four days ago. Any other attacks during the night?"

Evileeyore, Kith may have heard my name before because my father is a famous general who was granted a title. The others are less likely, I think.
 

Sildarin nods a little when Victor introduces himself.
"I'm... Sildarin"

I think he's the guy with healing touch.
That's what I thought myself. He helped others much better than I did. Maybe I should try to find out how he did it?
He's a magic-wielder, I don't think we can duplicate what he did even if we tried.
Too bad. I really would've loved to be able to help people without hurting myself.
 

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