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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3460796" data-attributes="member: 3448">“I have a message about the Abomination of Shur’s army’s progress,” she began.  “It’s involved enough that you should probably read it yourselves.” [See attached Report from the Right Foot.] “Are there good Rakshasa, then?” asked Dame Brionna.  “I thought they were evil.” “Most of them are,” replied Alistair, “but a small number are good.  The Rakshasa split centuries ago.” “Are we going to take in its wife and children, if they come here?” asked Kit. “I don’t see how we could not.  Besides, Rakshasa are powerful magically, even if they don’t have any color magic.  It could turn out to be significantly advantageous in the long-run, besides being the right thing to do.”  Alistair chewed on a pastry as he thought.  “Hmmm.  I wonder if we could recruit the Harlequin to serve as their bodyguard, assuming the Minister of Mind can save his life?  With his devotion to cats, he might view that as an honor, and he’s given his parole already.  It would be a better use than just killing him.” “That might work, your grace.  We would need to protect them in any event, in case the Abomination chose to strike at them.  But we would have to keep him out of your presence, your grace--I wouldn’t want to trust him at his word if he suddenly had a chance to finish his mission.” Alistair nodded.  “Prudent.  We don’t need to worry about it now.  We can deal with that if they arrive.  By the way, Dame Brionna, have we received any messages from Sir Derrick Brightspan recently?” “Yes, we continue to receive regular updates.  Based on the signatures, I think he’s actually signing them himself, now, but the signature is shaky and there are no personal messages from the Field Marshal.  He must still be grievously wounded.  There also is not a lot to report on the campaign--without him driving it, things seem to be moving slowly.” “I guess there isn’t much for us to do.  We’ve told Broadfields to be ready to teleport in if Sir Derrick doesn’t make it, and otherwise, we need to just wait for him to heal.”  Alistair held up another piece of parchment.  “I’ve received another letter, as well.  Baroness Francesca de Borde-Wais of the Principality of Korflok has asked for a private audience, and sends greetings from her sister and a gift.” “A private audience?  I don’t like the sound of that,” said Kit. “Personally, I’m hoping that means that she’s the assassin motivated by revenge.  I was thinking about the rumors about me… Think about the way that magic could be used to start rumors effectively.  Why simply tell people something has happened when you could make it happen?” “You mean mind-control?” “No.  That would certainly be a possibility, of course, but there’s been no sign that my mind has been tampered with.  I was thinking illusion or shape change.  Make someone look like me, then have them do whatever horrible things you want, and the rumors take care of themselves.” “Ugh,” said Kit.  “That’s a dreadful thought.  I hope you’re wrong.” “So do I, of course.  But I think we need to be ready for the possibility.”</blockquote>

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