Heroes, Inc.: Aftermath

[DM_Matt]

ooc:
Would either Alethia or Naverone know of this Deciever guy?

Nope, never hear dof him, but he seems to be the type who goes out of his way NOT to be famous.

 

[Falkus]

Kayla reveals that she also lacks hard evidence, as she hasnt been working for him for long, but has been putting much effort into learning his routines and security procedures so she can do more snooping. I assume you don't reveal to her that her homeland is being invaded by Thay, or will you mention that?

Dyria won't mention that at the moment, and wait for a more opportune moment.

"Now my friends, what sort of mischief can we accomplish with this?" she asked wryly.

"Not really my department," Dyria stated. "I do need a teleport up north soon. I think I can deal with this ogre warlord."

 

[frostrune]

ooc:
Would either Alethia or Naverone know of this Deciever guy?

Alethia looks confused until Naverone cheerfully fills her in. Obviously, he's been using his own supernatural eyes and ears to keep an eye on everything in his range when she was sleep.... err unconscious.

Alethia grinned at Timrin, that same lopsided grin she used when she was about to lay something on the paladin that was going to freak him out. "I have some rather good news too. When Beorn took the Namer's soul-gem back to Celestia, I asked him to see if Selune and Mystra were willing to give us a fake one that had a good chance of fooling Cronos. They were gracious enough to do so." she said, taking from her ever-present bag of holding the gem Beorn had given her. The fake one that is and placed it on the table.

"Now my friends, what sort of mischief can we accomplish with this?" she asked wryly.

Timrin looks confused and perhaps a bit horrified. 'Would they truly negotiate falsely with a demon?', he wondered. 'Regardless of their good intentions this is unacceptable! But... should Aleena be allowed to suffer because of my convictions? Can sometimes the ends justify the means? NO!', he mentally shouts to himself, 'such is the path to darkness.'

His emotions are raw, his frustrations evident. He project his thoughts outward, 'Damn you Naverone! This was your idea wasn't it? What are you up to?'

 

[Hawkeye]

ooc:
Would either Alethia or Naverone know of this Deciever guy?

Alethia looks confused until Naverone cheerfully fills her in. Obviously, he's been using his own supernatural eyes and ears to keep an eye on everything in his range when she was sleep.... err unconscious.

Alethia grinned at Timrin, that same lopsided grin she used when she was about to lay something on the paladin that was going to freak him out. "I have some rather good news too. When Beorn took the Namer's soul-gem back to Celestia, I asked him to see if Selune and Mystra were willing to give us a fake one that had a good chance of fooling Cronos. They were gracious enough to do so." she said, taking from her ever-present bag of holding the gem Beorn had given her. The fake one that is and placed it on the table.

"Now my friends, what sort of mischief can we accomplish with this?" she asked wryly.

Shando looks severly at Aleena"What do you mean he took the Namer's soul gem? Are you saying that we invited him into our house and he then took something of great value without asking for it in the first place? Are you saying that he stole it, without discussing the matter with us in the first place? What gave you the right and authority to make that sort of decision without asking the rest of us first? More than likely, we would have given it to him if he had asked for it in the first place, but he didn't even have enough honor to ask us in the first place. Are you really sure that the being that you just let walk out of here with the gem is who and what he says he is? Think about it! You could have just handed the soul of the Namer to our enemies!"
Shando turns suddenly to Murdoch "And you! You bring someone who calls himself "The Deceiver" into our stronghold? What were you thinking!? He has a story that may be true, but isn't it possible that he is telling us what we want to hear to cause more mischief? We are acting like novices and our actions have lead to the deaths of two that we have sworn to protect and many others.! We need to stop reacting and start acting! We need to try to anticipate our enemies' actions. We need to talk to each other and make decisions as a group. If we get divided, we will surely fail.' Shando calms from his unusual outburst

"I can only speak for myself Alethia, but I feel that Beorn can no longer be welcomed here. He violated our trust before he even had a chance to fully earn it. I can understand him wanting to serve his Goddess, but that doesn't give him the right to violate our stronghold. And since he was able to walk in here and walk away with an item of that great value, I think our first order of business needs to be the securing of this base and our company."

Hawkeye

 

[Falkus]

"Well, when you put it that way, I have to agree with Shando. We shouldn't let Beorn within a hundred feet of our building," Dyria agreed. "I don't like people taking my possessions without at least asking me. At the very least, we should demand compensation. We can't just afford to go giving up potential weapons and levers in this war we've been thrust into. I don't know much about soulgems, but I'm pretty sure it could have come in handy at some point."

 

[kirinke]

Shando looks severly at Aleena"What do you mean he took the Namer's soul gem? Are you saying that we invited him into our house and he then took something of great value without asking for it in the first place? Are you saying that he stole it, without discussing the matter with us in the first place? What gave you the right and authority to make that sort of decision without asking the rest of us first? More than likely, we would have given it to him if he had asked for it in the first place, but he didn't even have enough honor to ask us in the first place. Are you really sure that the being that you just let walk out of here with the gem is who and what he says he is? Think about it! You could have just handed the soul of the Namer to our enemies!"
Shando turns suddenly to Murdoch "And you! You bring someone who calls himself "The Deceiver" into our stronghold? What were you thinking!? He has a story that may be true, but isn't it possible that he is telling us what we want to hear to cause more mischief? We are acting like novices and our actions have lead to the deaths of two that we have sworn to protect and many others.! We need to stop reacting and start acting! We need to try to anticipate our enemies' actions. We need to talk to each other and make decisions as a group. If we get divided, we will surely fail.' Shando calms from his unusual outburst

"I can only speak for myself Alethia, but I feel that Beorn can no longer be welcomed here. He violated our trust before he even had a chance to fully earn it. I can understand him wanting to serve his Goddess, but that doesn't give him the right to violate our stronghold. And since he was able to walk in here and walk away with an item of that great value, I think our first order of business needs to be the securing of this base and our company."

Hawkeye

Alethia sighed. "Shando, I can confirm that Beorn is the real thing with a commune, which I will do, as well as some options on using the fake gem."

She looked at Timrin. "Before you burst Timrin, Naverone had nothing to do with it. By the time I had asked for the fake gem, Beorn had already taken the real one and none of us could have done much about it in any case,"

She looked at each of them in turn. "The real gem was a danger to all of us. Even with the protections on the thing, the Namer could have eventually found a way to break the spell or find some way to subvert one of us."

She looked hard at Dyria. "That creature was pure evil Dyria, we could never have found a safe way to use the gem. Power alone does not equate usefulness or handiness."

"I will confirm that the Namer is safe in Celestia with a commune if that will satisfy you." she sighed.

"The only thing I could think of was getting something that might fool Cronos long enough for us to strike back at him, hence this," she tapped the gem carefully to make a point. "I will admit that I had entertained the idea of using it as a bargining chip, but the idea didn't set well with me and Naverone really didn't care for the idea," she shook her head wryly. "So I ditched that plan quite quickly."

"The other idea I had was letting the twice damned believe we still have the real soul gem and setting a trap with it. I know Abraxas is somewhere within the city or just outside it. We might also be able to use it to draw him or whatever other twice damned are in the city out and into the open with it, without the danger of the real one falling into their hands,"

She looked at Timrin and there was bone deep grief and hard, cold anger shimmering just under the surface, barely controlled. "Aleena was my friend too Timrin," she said quietly. "The only way we're getting her soul back is by killing Cronos. I remember the sigils on his creatures shining through before they teleported. This gem may be our only way to get to him."

ooc:
Alethia did in fact pray for a commune.
The questions from Alethia will be
Can the Beorn they met be trusted to do no harm to them?
Is the Namer's Soul Gem safe in Selune's hands (In Celestia)
Can the Deciver of Deciever be trusted to aid them?

And any other's you guys might need to ask as well.

 

[Falkus]

She looked hard at Dyria. "That creature was pure evil Dyria, we could never have found a safe way to use the gem. Power alone does not equate usefulness or handiness."

"Well, we shouldn't GIVE it away, at the very least," Dyria stated, leaning forward. "We are, as you say, fighting a war. We should charge a reasonable sum for the gem, if we can't keep it, so as to better support our other efforts. We need every advantage we can get in this struggle if we're going to win. Every single one. I learnt that lesson a long time ago, never give up any possible advantage."

 

[kirinke]

"Well, we shouldn't GIVE it away, at the very least," Dyria stated, leaning forward. "We are, as you say, fighting a war. We should charge a reasonable sum for the gem, if we can't keep it, so as to better support our other efforts. We need every advantage we can get in this struggle if we're going to win. Every single one. I learnt that lesson a long time ago, never give up any possible advantage."

"We did get compensation Dyria." she said with a small smile. "This," she said, indicating the gem. "It's an exact copy of the original gem with enough mystical energies in it to hopefully fool Cronos and or the twice damned within the city into thinking it's the real thing." she shook her head ruefully. "I was half out of my mind with pain and drugs at the time you know, it was the best I could do under the circumstances. Dieties aren't exactly known to simply hand you gold and jewels as compensation. They are known for occasionally giving you the tools to help you achieve a certain goal,"

ooc:
Gotta remember, that Murdoch and Alethia are both Chaotic Good. That means they're kinda impulsive. Not an evil bone in their bodies mind, but very, very impulsive.

 

[Falkus]

"I supposed my dislike of the whole affair is sort of the fact that he didn't even bother to tell us that he was taking it, and just went ahead and did it. Like Shando said, we'd have probably easily come to an agreement if he'd only asked. If he just goes ahead and takes, how can we trust anything he says or does? I mean, take this Deceiver fellow. He's obviously trustworthy, since he tells up front about who he is and what he can do for us. Boern wasn't," Dyria chuckled. "Somewhat ironic, isn't it? When a servant of a good god can be considered less trusthworthy than man named the Deceiver, eh?"

 

[kirinke]

Those of power can often times be somewhat arrogant. He did in fact tell us he was taking the gem back to Celestia when we first met during the battle. Naverone said dryly. And were-bears are known for their distain of the rules as it where. So by not saying anything to him about it, he probably simply assumed that it was alright.

"The greatest lie is the truth no one believes," Alethia told Dyria dryly. "Just because the Deciever tells us the truth does not mean we can trust him to watch our backs,"