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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 1827610" data-attributes="member: 19130">Almost before the guards' leader finishes speaking, Adinal pushes past the rest of you, blathering about the utter injustice of this intrusion.  He gets about halfway down the stairs - while the rest of you wait with weapons drawn and hateful gazes leveled - as the captain looks on, as though astonished that someone could possibly claim to be innocent when they were so clearly up to no good."Look here, Kolmar, I know all about your association with the Shadowed Hands.  I have enough evidence just on that score to bring you in, should I so desire.  This last bit of blatant thievery is just the last straw of a very large haystack.  Take another step and we'll shoot."As he says this, you notice the guards moving to positions behind crates and piles of disused goods, taking cover from any return fire.  (OOC: Yes, I know that you guys aren't really a ranged attack party.)  They have remained expressionless throughout this exchange, to the point where it is starting to become rather eery."In fact, I think I'll take in the rest of you lot too," the captain says while leering up at you, "as I'm sure these foreigners have no good reason for meeting with a ruffian like you.  I've just been assigned to this section of town, and I mean to clean it up, by whatever means necessary."Adinal - [SPOILER]From the looks of it, these are elite guards.  Nobody else would be able to maintain the level or wordless coordination they're demonstrating.  Also, they seem to be somewhat uneasy under the abusive fellow before you: he hasn't given them a single order yet.  They're just acting under their own initiative.  Maybe there's something you can exploit there?[/SPOILER]Illira - [SPOILER]Combat doesn't look unavoidable at this point, but it does look pretty likely.  You can feel the anger coming off of Narine, and this guy just won't take no for an answer.  Adinal may still have something up his sleeve, though.  Do you want to cast displacement?[/SPOILER]Kestral - [SPOILER]That would be quite a jump.  You can move yourself into a better position if you like, but that may draw the attention of the guards.  If anyone starts shooting, this will soon turn into and out-and-out melee. Incidentally, it will be raining really hard in a minute or two.  You can only wonder what agent would bless you with such luck, if it comes time to escape.[/SPOILER]Isida - [SPOILER]I take it you're readying that death urge?  Keep in mind that the guardsmen will go before you, even on a readied action, unless you can draw their attention elsewhere for a moment.  The damage might interrupt your casting.[/SPOILER]Cagthail - [SPOILER]The guards are moving with a practiced grace reminiscent of the better class of fighter back home.  They also seem to be largely ignoring the captain for some reason, and acting independently of any orders he cares to give.[/SPOILER]Feiran - [SPOILER]You link with Terak.  He's grumpy, and it smells like nasty out here, but there isn't anything in the ally as far as you can tell.  It's starting to rain pretty well, though.  Maybe you should pay attention to the proceedings instead of looking through a tiger's eyes, eh?  Oh, and what did you mean by "going home"?  That just sounded weird to me.[/SPOILER]Everyone - If your character would be so inclined, feel free to corroborate Adinal's stories.  Even a simple protest that you are nothing buy ignorant foreigners might work.  I'm sure you can come up with something better, though.</blockquote>

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