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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7552879" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 211, Part One - A Mind-blowing Encounter</strong></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, they did not arrive on the Coaltongue. Instead they pitched up on a patch of waste ground in the eastern docks. Worse, Gupta and Uriel did not arrive with them. Leon said he had felt a ‘tug’ as they teleported, and sensed them being wrenched away. Brakken thought psionic energy had been involved.</p><p></p><p>Before they could give this serious matter any more thought, they noticed movement from low buildings in the middle-distance. In response to their arrival a cadre of a dozen orcs were fanning out, even as they strapped on their ammo belts, and donned their vests and hats. These men were a cut above the rank-and-file constables, and each was armed with a carbine. Some of their number wore different uniforms and no rifles. Glaucia said they were lawmages, while raising her defiant shield to protect them from gunfire.</p><p></p><p>An officer with a plumed helmet and a slight limp strode ahead of the others, gesticulating and shouting orders that could not be heard from this distance. Finally, when they came close enough to be heard, and had fanned out to form a semi-circle some fifty feet away, he said, “You are under arrest for teleportation without a permit, and must submit your weapons to us!”</p><p></p><p>Glaucia drew herself up to her full height and snarled an admonishment. How dare he talk to a senior Executores in this way? She demanded, on his oath to the free state of Ber, that he stand down. The power of her tone and speech were sufficient to affect the officer. He froze, mid-sentence and his jaw worked uselessly and his men cast urgent, sideways glances at him.</p><p></p><p>“He struggles with competing exigencies,” Brakken told them telepathically. “It seems he is fighting for control of himself; against some outside force, I would guess.”</p><p></p><p>Korrigan used telepathy to communicate with the orc so that his men could not hear. He used the orc’s name and said that they were friends. “I can see your struggle. We are here to help. Repeat after me, ‘These aren’t the men we’re looking for.’”</p><p></p><p>The officer ran the full gamut of emotions in rapid succession from eagerness, through despair and violent anger to white-knuckle horror: “Yes! Of course! I’d be happy to, but it’s really is no use, no use at all. You bastards, leave me alone! What are you...? Oh no! Oh, god, no!” With that, he dropped to his knees and clutched at his head, dislodging his helmet. Then, with a solid crack that they could feel in their own bones, his skull split open and his brain exploded onto the ground in a bloody mess.</p><p></p><p>There was a horrified pause on both sides, before his men raised their weapons to fire. Then Leon the Clever, who had been invisible until this point, revealed himself and his Wayfarer Lantern, which he had set to Pacify. No shots were fired. Leon explained that this horrible incident was not their fault and tried to persuade the men to stand down. Brakken said these men were beginning to struggle in the same way that their officer had, and Glaucia did not want to spill the blood of any more ‘dominated innocents’. So Leon opened a dimension door and they left, taking the Wayfarer Lantern with them. From a distance they could hear shouts of horror, alarm and outrage as the squadron took possession of themselves.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0xeJpnrWC4XWblEk/giphy.gif" target="_blank">https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0xeJpnrWC4XWblEk/giphy.gif</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7552879, member: 79141"] [b]Session 211, Part One - A Mind-blowing Encounter[/b] Unfortunately, they did not arrive on the Coaltongue. Instead they pitched up on a patch of waste ground in the eastern docks. Worse, Gupta and Uriel did not arrive with them. Leon said he had felt a ‘tug’ as they teleported, and sensed them being wrenched away. Brakken thought psionic energy had been involved. Before they could give this serious matter any more thought, they noticed movement from low buildings in the middle-distance. In response to their arrival a cadre of a dozen orcs were fanning out, even as they strapped on their ammo belts, and donned their vests and hats. These men were a cut above the rank-and-file constables, and each was armed with a carbine. Some of their number wore different uniforms and no rifles. Glaucia said they were lawmages, while raising her defiant shield to protect them from gunfire. An officer with a plumed helmet and a slight limp strode ahead of the others, gesticulating and shouting orders that could not be heard from this distance. Finally, when they came close enough to be heard, and had fanned out to form a semi-circle some fifty feet away, he said, “You are under arrest for teleportation without a permit, and must submit your weapons to us!” Glaucia drew herself up to her full height and snarled an admonishment. How dare he talk to a senior Executores in this way? She demanded, on his oath to the free state of Ber, that he stand down. The power of her tone and speech were sufficient to affect the officer. He froze, mid-sentence and his jaw worked uselessly and his men cast urgent, sideways glances at him. “He struggles with competing exigencies,” Brakken told them telepathically. “It seems he is fighting for control of himself; against some outside force, I would guess.” Korrigan used telepathy to communicate with the orc so that his men could not hear. He used the orc’s name and said that they were friends. “I can see your struggle. We are here to help. Repeat after me, ‘These aren’t the men we’re looking for.’” The officer ran the full gamut of emotions in rapid succession from eagerness, through despair and violent anger to white-knuckle horror: “Yes! Of course! I’d be happy to, but it’s really is no use, no use at all. You bastards, leave me alone! What are you...? Oh no! Oh, god, no!” With that, he dropped to his knees and clutched at his head, dislodging his helmet. Then, with a solid crack that they could feel in their own bones, his skull split open and his brain exploded onto the ground in a bloody mess. There was a horrified pause on both sides, before his men raised their weapons to fire. Then Leon the Clever, who had been invisible until this point, revealed himself and his Wayfarer Lantern, which he had set to Pacify. No shots were fired. Leon explained that this horrible incident was not their fault and tried to persuade the men to stand down. Brakken said these men were beginning to struggle in the same way that their officer had, and Glaucia did not want to spill the blood of any more ‘dominated innocents’. So Leon opened a dimension door and they left, taking the Wayfarer Lantern with them. From a distance they could hear shouts of horror, alarm and outrage as the squadron took possession of themselves. [URL="https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0xeJpnrWC4XWblEk/giphy.gif"]https://media.giphy.com/media/xT0xeJpnrWC4XWblEk/giphy.gif[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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