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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archon Basileus" data-source="post: 7201817" data-attributes="member: 6855545">KETHRAAs the Aasimar looks over her shoulder, she realizes how scathered her group has become. Her rogue instincts told her before, and tell her now: this is the perfect spot for an ambush! Still, she understands how peculiar the circumstances are. Back at the city, as she crusaded against the Thieves Guild - the nemesis of the City Watch - she'd constantly find contraptions like those she's seen this far. Antoine the Liar, one of the Guild's leaders, somehow got access to lenses and contraptions such as these. If a guard was on a mile radius from his position, he'd know. If he wanted to missguide someone, he'd use illusions. And the worst is that these tricks would never be found by the Eagles, the City Watch's resident mages. That faint noise... It is intensifying once more... Almost as unseen locusts in the wind... Kethra knows the direction, but there's nothing there! She's sure of it, it is supposed to be right there, hovering some 15 feet above the ground, but there's nothing there... Whatever the noise is, it is moving, and it is invisible!AANZUThe prince throws the question around, and now his eyes are also caught by the faint image down below. As he overhears the question, as well as Lyllie's answer, he feels how uneven his footing is, and how hard it would be to fight here. Thulwar's conclusions would not bring peace to his heart as well... If this is indeed above a cave, the flooring might be particularly frail...Up above, the beasts keep at their flight. Aanzu reminded himself that, beyond spells and rituals, some ornithomancers used to read birds flight - or birds entrails - to understand their surroundings or tell the future. Of course, most of them were humans from protected realms and cities, areas forbidden to use magic by the lords of Sethmandu. As he considers such possibilities, the ravens begin to lower, and two of them even come to land on a slab, not far from him, beaking it lightly.LYLLIE/HARFIK/ICOSA"I assure you, little one... I make neither idle questions nor empty threats..." - suddenly, his eyes shine underneath his helmet. "And I am adamant about protecting my home... Lady of Glitterdale." - if she could see his face, Lyllie thinks, she'd find a smile upon it... Not of the welcoming kind.He now turns to Harfik."And the monk... How does one find peace in servitude? Your mind is not yours... Your limbs obey the will of another... Your talents, are they the results of your efforts, or the accidents of another's decisions?" - he does not give pause. "Yes, yes, you survived. And still, you age; and still, you risk; and still, you obey."He turns to Icosa next. "And what have we here? Trying to come home, are we? Do you even know where is your home? Or what you trully are? Of course not. People made it so you wouldn't know. You couldn't possibly know.""So, you see, Lady of Glitterdale, keep your silence, if you wish. It was, in the end, a rhetorical question. For I have payed the supreme price for all knowledge, and that includes you, your friends, and all that lies in your heart!" - he raises his voice to a menacing tone with his last few words. [MENTION=23298]industrygothica[/MENTION], in short, Lord's promised you a new home to come up here and lift the curse around the land - by begging, negotiating or forcing the Teraphim to do so. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />] [MENTION=24380]Neurotic[/MENTION], the opening found by Thulwar is small, but usable. Some of them will probably have to squeeze through a bit. Just so I profit from the opportunity to elaborate a bit! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />][And don't forget Yttrian's roll! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />] [MENTION=6776182]JustinCase[/MENTION] [MENTION=8858]hafrogman[/MENTION] [MENTION=6855102]Greenmtn[/MENTION] [MENTION=5044]Charwoman Gene[/MENTION] [MENTION=23298]industrygothica[/MENTION] [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] [MENTION=24380]Neurotic[/MENTION]</blockquote>

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