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He should have fallen on his sword. That would have been the sensible thing to do.
Punched his ticket for Elysium right away, no waiting around.
He thought they'd only kill him.
Why did he think that? How stupid was he? Why in the world did he think that?
And now instead of his next great adventure he's flubbed a save against dominate person.
Kroft is being ridiculous and ungrateful.
Korvosa has gotten miracles. It has gotten... miraculous horses.
...She should probably have payed more attention to the miraculous horses.
...Why are they wearing saddlebags?
Oh, but the saddlebags are empty... that's odd.
Is there something inside that's invisible? There is not.
Kroft prays to Otolmens for the strength not to strangle these people.
Okay, back to work. Bomb defusion.
She has points of pressure, and she has points of leverage.
She has the Korvosan Guard, which answers to Sabina Merrin who answers to Queen Ileosa who doesn't want an explosion. She belongs to the Knights of the Vault, which if you squint is like being in charge of the Knights of the Vault. She has ten empowered followers of Otolmens and several... lay priests... most of whom are trailing her like lost puppies and who she should probably organize into a staff at some point. She has the Pathfinders under Aram Zey. She has, maybe, the ears of Toff Ornelos and Archbishop Ornher Reebs. She has her reputation, which she can spend here. She has those four guys, who Otolmens told her to keep from doing anything stupid.
....What are they up to?
The four guys are conferring amongst themselves and shooting dark looks at Ornher Reebs.
Altronus mimes putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger.
Nope, nope, none of that. She knows a new paladin to have a pre-existing relationship with Altronus; he should go remind those four guys that the Asmodeans have shadows bound.
Oh, hey, it's you again, Mister... what's your name... Sivius Ratarion! [1]
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1. First appearance here, previously unnamed in-thread.
He's been told to consider himself at their collective service, to liaison between them and the Field Marshall, and to keep them from getting themselves killed or doing anything which could end the world, which this morning takes the form of reminding them that the Asmodeans in black and yellow have shadows bound.
'Grats on that, Sylvan Rat-Man.
So we shouldn't kill the ones in yellow?
For his own part Sivius Ratarion wouldn't advise murder in general or of Asmodeans in the specific; it seems like something which could easily escalate into loose shadows.
The question is whether that last part just your personal opinion - or whether you're still playing mouthpiece for the GM?
Does he correctly infer from context that by "Game Master" Altronus means Cressida Kroft?
No, no, the Game Master is the god above Pharasma.
They control everything which happens in this world, except specifically for the four of us.
Ratarion says that he's too literal-minded to handle sarcasm in the hopes that this will reduce the amount of sarcasm he receives in the future.
At any rate, he is in this speaking for Cressida Kroft; she fears likely a broad conflict between Asmodeans and anti-Asmodeans.
Toff Ornelos is arguing with Aram Zey, which is convenient because she wants to talk to both of them about what they'll do in the case of violence and what they can do to prevent it.
Does the Korvosan Guard already have a liason with the Pathfinders? She doesn't think so, so she'll pick a lost puppy to interface with the Pathfinders, and another for Toff Ornelos. Both of the liaisons should be wizards, to get more respect, and she instructs them to make themselves useful so that they aren't seen as nuisances, and she'll walk with them to Toff and Zey so she can ask the questions she currently has and give her suggestions.
Toff, please please don't use this as an opportunity to use Ileosa's Asmodeanism against her.
Zey, is anyone in Absalom doing anything clever with the Starstone?
He didn't plan on picking a fight with Asmodeus after seeing how invested He was here.
A party strong enough to make it to the end has entered the Starstone Cathedral, but Zey doesn't know if that counts as clever.
Toff hopes that Someone matches Asmodeus cleric for cleric.
He hopes that very much.
Wouldn't that be a miracle.
...Zey is nervous about talking to her, but hiding it.
The Pathfinder did something he thinks she'd disapprove of... and she trusts his judgement.
Kroft would like to talk to him after the clerics are done speaking about organizing transportation between Absalom and Korvosa, if he'll be available then?
Great.
The next mighty wizard on her list - where's Togomor?
Is he near Ileosa? Convenient if so, as she needs to speak with the Queen anyway.
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