:Not a very urgent one, some people attacked me and I stopped them and I'm fine and a mage now:

:- You are what: 

:I'm a mage now! Everybody's unhurt, just set-commanded, I just apparently did extra shields when the second guy came at me. Skan's chasing their friends:

In the distance there's a gryphon battle-screech, some yelps, and a rustle and thud. :Got 'em: Skan sends, sounding incredibly pleased with himself. :Uh, what should I do with them now: 

:Goodness! Should I, er, alert some guards -:

:Pin 'em: she tells Skan, and :if you can, yeah, and I'll need your help to free the ones with set-commands but it can wait till you're done:

:Noted. I'll direct some guards over: 

There are more frightened cries in the distance. 

:Got them pinned: Skan confirms. :Should I just, er, hold them here: 

:Guards are coming. I'll come over and see who they are and then it won't matter much if they get away: She heads in the direction of the roses.

Skan is waiting for them there, one front limb - claws retracted - very carefully pinning each of the two boys he caught. They look about sixteen, and are shaking and whimpering in terror. 

She gets a good look at both of their faces.

Then she says, "It'll probably look better to the guards if you don't make them chase you, too." To Skan, "You can let 'em up."

They sit up, cautiously, seeming to expect Skan to change his mind and eat them at any second. (He does look very intimidating; at roughly his full adult size for a gryphon, he looms over them, and just his beak is the size of their heads.) 

Less than a minute later, there are running footsteps audible in the distance. "Report of someone needing help!" an adult voice shouts. 

"I'm over here!"

The running footsteps approach, and a few seconds later, a cluster of people in the uniform worn by Urtho's guard force reach her. "Miss - what's wrong - are you hurt–" 

"They didn't hurt me. I set-commanded the two who tried and these ran away and Skan caught them. These two didn't actually attack me but I think they were with the other two."

These two look so cowed! A little relieved, though, the angry gryphon is less likely to lose its temper and tear them to shreds if the Guards are here watching. 

"You - set-commanded them?" one of them says blankly to Azabel. 

"It's a Mindhealing thing, it's reversible but my teacher is busy and will be by later to help me."

That gets her a very disconcerted look! 

"I - see," the woman among the Guards says, stepping forward. "Er, what sort of attack was this?" 

"The first one was trying to get through my Thoughtsensing shields, and the second one tried a fireball, I think he singed some plants."

"Eep!" The second part gets a lot more alarm and a sympathetic look. "Er, good work defending yourself, very relieved you aren't hurt. And this is unacceptable behaviour, we'll haul them right along to the office for questioning."

      "Who's the gryphon?" one of the other guards says, addressed to Azabel rather than Skan per se. 

"He's my friend Skan, I asked him for help chasing the ones who ran off because I can't run."

"You - can't run?" This gets her another blank look, up and down her body, which of course looks perfectly normal and un-disabled. 

"If I try I fall down."

"Oh, I see." The guard doesn't particularly as though he sees; he seems puzzled and doubtful, but not actually suspicious. "Well, we'll get these boys hauled in - uh, where are the others, can they walk...?" 

"The first one might be able to, I'm not sure - I've never actually done this before - the second one can't. But if you can carry them that'll work." She leads them over to where she left them.