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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eluvan" data-source="post: 2608229" data-attributes="member: 24812">The gathering crowd draws back fairly quickly as it emerges that the group who fell from above are not seriously hurt. Their suspicious, probing gazes never leave the group, and neither does anyone move to answer the queries that have been directed at them or address the group at all. Goddess:[sblock]Using her innate telepathic powers to reach into the minds of the assembled onlookers, Vaerhia is able to tell firstly, and unsurprisingly, that every person in the area she is able to scan is indeed generating mental activity. With further concentration she can pick up that the strongest intellect present belongs to a certain man skulking towards the back, a Tiefling perhaps judging by his unnaturally gaunt and purple-tinted features, who seems to be of considerable intelligence, though he could not be called a genius. As she focuses in further she can pick out the surface thoughts of the crowd, and can tell that they are generally wavering between fear, interest, and malicious intent. They seem certain to take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves, but there's a strong vein of cowardice and nobody is prepared to put their neck on the line. OOC: The Telepathy ability you can perform at will doesn't allow you to read thoughts, just to communicate with people. I've assumed you're using one of your 3 daily uses of Detect Thoughts, hope that's okay.[/sblock] After a few moments, there is a ripple in the assembled onlookers as somebody pushes their way through. Shouldering and elbowing, with murmured apologies all the way, comes a very tall, willowy woman with long grey hair that seems swept back by a wind nobody can feel. She has very sharply defined, strong features and the rest of the crowd seems to treat her with a kind of grudging respect, moving aside for her but shooting her venomous looks as they do so. As she finally reaches the front she pauses a moment to recover her breath and then steps forward with a warm smile. "Greetings to you all, and welcome to Hopeless." Her voice is full of positivity and friendliness. "Are you hurt? I'll heal you if you need it." She turns and regards the crowd with a baleful glare before turning back, smiling once more. "Please don't mind the locals. They're not much of a welcoming committe, I know," she says with a small giggle, and as she does so the reason for the reticence of the 'locals' towards the newcomer becomes obvious, as two huge figures stride into view and stand protectively over her. They are identically armoured in heavy golden plate that is ornately crafted with symbols and runes in Celestial script, and each one is wielding a gleaming longsword and large shield in the shape of an eagle's wing. Still beaming, the woman finishes with "my name's Elandra, by the way."Goddess:[sblock]Still concentrating on detecting thoughts? At the moment all you'll be able to tell is whether Elandra is thinking or not. <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" /> Next turn and the turn after though you'll get potentially useful info.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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