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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 1960577" data-attributes="member: 3448">Session 17:5/29, late at night:While the charms still last, the group gets Olin drunk so that he will sleep soundly till dawn.  After he falls asleep, they discuss what to do next.  Sister Aurora suggests that she could prepare a Detect Thoughts spell at dawn; with luck, and combined with a skilled interrogation, that might get some more useful information from Olin.  In the meantime, the consensus is that they need to keep an eye on Olin's building in case Morgan comes to check on him.Ginara, Dove, and Vannser set up a stake-out in the alley across from Olin's tenement.  They each sleep for 4 of the 6 hours before dawn, with Dove taking the middle watch because of her better ability to function with low levels of sleep.  By the morning, they are all very tired, but have learned nothing new.  They continue watching as the street begins to bustle with morning activity.5/30:While Olin still sleeps, Lhovrik and Melania both cast additional charms on him as Sister Aurora prays for her spells.  Lhovrik carefully blindfolds Olin and then wakes him up, while Sister Aurora and Melania stand ready to beat him unconscious if the charms failed.Olin immediately begins reaching for the blindfold.  "What's going on?  Why can't I see?"Lhovrik tries to calm him.  "Everything is alright, Olin.  It's me, Lhovrik.  Leave the blindfold on." Olin pauses for a second, with a dubious expression on his face.  "My friends don't trust you and want to keep you blindfolded while you're here.  I know that we can trust you, but I don't want them to get angry with you."Olin grimaces.  "Lhovrik, your friends aren't good people.  The best thing for you to do would be to get away from them."Convinced that the charm is working, Sister Aurora slips out of the room into the hall and quickly casts Detect Thoughts.  She reenters the room and nods to Lhovrik to begin the interrogation as she reads Olin's surface thoughts. "I was wondering if you could tell us where Desi is."Sister Aurora senses only annoyance from Olin.  "We've been through this before, Lhovrik.  I can't tell you where Desi is.""I was just wondering if you could help us out a little.  We'd heard that she was being kept in the Gnomish Quarter..."Olin's thoughts betray surprise.  <The Gnomish Quarter?  We must be doing a really good job of feeding them false information.> "I can't tell you anything, Lhovrik.  I'm not interested in helping your friends figure out where it is to try a stupid rescue attempt.""Maybe you could think about the building where she's being kept?  Try to form a mental picture of the building where she is."<Form a mental picture?> Olin thinks incredulously.  <What a bizarre request...  Why would he want me to do that?> Comprehension dawns.  "Are you trying to read my mind, Lhovrik?"Sister Aurora rolls her eyes in exasperation over Lhovrik's inept questioning.  Lhovrik tries to defuse Olin's suspicion.  "No, what would give you that idea?  I'm just trying to make sure that Desi is safe.  I mean, how can you know that your thugs won't hurt her?"Possibly as a result of the charms, Olin accepts Lhovrik's denial.  "Don't worry; I know my men won't hurt her." <The ogres are between the thugs and her, anyway; that should keep them from doing anything stupid.> "Besides, I check on her to make sure she's safe.  She's just a little scared.""How often do you check on her?  It must take you a while to travel to your hideout."<Oh, good... I can make Lhovrik's friends think the hideouts far away, instead of just up the street.> "Yeah, it does.  It takes me the better part of an hour to walk there, but I check in two or three times each day." As Olin finishes his lie, Sister Aurora's spell lapses.Sister Aurora raises her sap meaningfully.  While Olin continues to talk meaninglessly, Sister Aurora, Melania, and Lhovrik all prepare to attack at once.  With a series of thuds, they quietly beat him unconscious.  They bind and gag him before heading to the alley where their friends watch Olin's home.</blockquote>

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