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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9547630" data-attributes="member: 20459"> [present moment]: TWYLL sits in the darkness of one of the corner tables in the House of a Thousand Faces. As she nurses her mug of bitter ale and waits for the ordered bowl of stew to arrive, she thinks through the past few hours, some of the more eventful since she first took up Cymril's mantel a year ago. With a smirk, she relives the stranger's reaction at their parting.[a few hours earlier]: "Thanks for the assist, kid. See you around," the drow says as she hitches the satchel's strap higher onto her shoulder. She hurries past the man, taking in her surroundings and assessing her best route to her destination. With a gesture of salute, Twyll quickly heads southward along the familiar route, leaving the human staring after her, jaw dropped. No matter: she does not have time to test his trustworthiness, but she is grateful for the aid.As she makes her way, she sticks to the shadows, keeping watch by glancing occasionally in windows to look for tails, other times actually taking the chance to look over her shoulder for more direct confirmation. She utilizes her familiarity with the route to sometimes scale over the edge of a switchback, both to save time and to obfuscate her route. As she drops down one of these ledges -- again! -- she remembers how reconnaissance helped her years before, during that ambush in the Underdark. That morning she had noticed signs that things were not going her way, actual signs: the hand signals the others were using to communicate with each other when they thought her attention was caught elsewhere. Thank Vhaeraun that her brother ... Twyll stumbles for a moment thinking on Rhodri and the probability of his death... With a breath, she continues onward, finishing her thought: thank Vhaeraun that her brother taught her many of his own skills, especially how to notice without being noticed. This skill allowed her to recognize that an ambush would happen, with enough time for Twyll to control how - and most importantly where - that ambush might take place. Slipping off the side of that narrow ledge onto hidden shelf saved her life... and gave her a life lesson in the power of subterfuge. Through this she was able to orchestrate her own "death" at a place where she knew Rhodri had a contingency plan: a hidden stash of food, weapons, whatever necessities. That moment was also where Allys met her death ... as Twyll used the attack by her false friend against herself, allowing Allys's shove to carry both Twyll and the attacker herself over the edge ... and making sure that Allys's fall continued down into the abyss.Landing quietly in the present, Twyll registers where she is and takes a moment to adjust. First, she takes off her cloak and turns it inside out: the darker color will both blend with her skin and will not be familiar to any who may have seen her at the rout. Then, taking the satchel of books, she puts it into her more capacious rucksack. As she does so, she is momentarily puzzled at its unusual density, but that is a matter for later.Completing these alterations, Twyll looks at the sign for the tavern she seeks and strides forward and enters with confidence, finding this table from which she can observe and make plans. [present moment]: Now, from her vantage point at her shadowed corner table, she waits to see what unfolds.[HR][/HR]Twyll is utilizing her familiarity with the route as well as the dark shadows to escape southward to the House of a Thousand Faces.CHAMELEONWhen you use your surroundings to avoid suspicion or trouble, roll +WIS: on a 10+, hold 2 Guile; on a 7-9, hold 1 Guile and the GM reveals an Unwelcome Truth that cannot be resolved by spending Guile. You may spend Guile, 1-for-1, to:+ Move about or maneuver unchallenged+ Withstand direct scrutiny or questioning+ Direct suspicion or attention elsewherer6,5 +1 WIS = 12, hold 2 Guile* Spends 1 Guile to "move about or maneuver unchallenged" to bypass the hedge.</blockquote>

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