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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1583879" data-attributes="member: 4441">*Loviana, at first light the next day, you are awakened by Arnold, given time to dress and break your fast, and then wisked away to the carriage where Orshallan is sitting, looking particularly fine in his robes of office.  The embroidery and jewels must be brutally hot and heavy, but he seems to be bearing up as if it were no worse than a simple shift.  He bows to you carefully, as not to upset the golden and bejeweled headdress that he's wearing, and brings your hand up to his lips for a kiss.*"It's very good to see you Larissa.  I trust you spent the night well?" he says with a smile.  *Throughout the day he stops at various smaller shrines to Heironeous, as well as Honor's Shield.  In between these, as promised, he shows you the magnificent sights of the city.  He takes you first by the other temples of the Godwalk, pointing out the wild groves of Obad-Hai and Ehlonna, the stained glass and pink marble creation of the temple of Sune, and the nearly pure gold, eastern-facing front of the temple of Pelor.  He takes you by the theater district, and points out his favorite art galleries, promising to take you to them once his duties allow.**He points out some of the fine parks, and even several inns that he says he enjoys.*"Actually, I've been known to conceal myself in illusion to enjoy a quiet meal at a few of them," he confesses with a chuckle.  But as you pass one particular inn, with the strange name of the Jumping Spider, he commands the carriage to stop.  You can see that there's a small sign hanging out front from hooks that says, "Live Cinnamon Rolls!"  There's also a rather large crowd inside the inn.  *Orshallan gives one of the footmen a few coins and some whispered instructions and the man scurries inside.  A moment later he is back carrying a plate covered with a cloth.  And whatever is on the plate is moving.  The footman gives it to Orshallan, and the High Righteouness of the Invincible wisks off the cloth to reveal... four tasty-looking cinnamon rolls that are strolling around the plate on tiny, cinnamon-and-sugar feet.*"Go ahead!  They're very delicious, and that spell they use to make them walk just makes them really funny to eat," he says smiling.~~~*Lady Felsadora looks a bit less annoyed with "Lady Janel," now that she seems to be in genuine distress.*"Larissa, that's your sister then.  I can't think of anyone else that matches that description.  She came to work here not long ago, and yes, she was the victim of some kind of attempted rape.  Someone intervened and killed her attacker, but she was left wounded.  She was healed by no less than the High Righteousness himself and taken to the temple of Heironeous to recooperate," she says briskly.*But what is unsaid is even more interesting.  Felsadora considered her a little too pretty and pliable for her own good, and wasn't surprised that Brother Terrel (her erstwhile attacker, a rake by all acccounts) latched on to her.  She was very surprised by the amount of damage Terrel was able to inflict to the girl (you get a picture of long slashing wounds, like those made from sharp claws, nearly down to the bone).  Felsadora didn't think that Terrel had the strength or the stomach to make those wounds, even if the girl refused him, which she thinks Larissa wouldn't have very forcefully.  It's thought that Terrel was killed by members of the church of Hoar dispensing vigilante justice.  But was is curious is that Larissa just wasn't wounded, she was drained of her lifeforce and soul, Orshallan said so.  And Orshallan had seemed to take a shine to her when he had been there earlier.  He had even gone to the point of invoking a miracle to bring Larissa back to full health.  That's unheard of, even for one of Orshallan's compassion.*~~~*Gwyn, you tie the two fools up tightly, blind, silence, and strip them, and wait for a short while.  After not too long, the two begin to come around, moaning around their gags at first, then beginning to shout and thrash as they begin to realize what's going on.*</blockquote>

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