"D@mn it, he got away again. He's an annoyingly good thief that I was hired to capture. That's 2 months work down the drain, so thanks for that." The stone man stomps off, pulling out a cellphone and making a call.
One moment, Sir! I have him. Now, let's hear more about who exactly you two are and why I should care. 626 calls after him.
"What do you mean you have him?" he says, ignoring the person on the other end of the line.
He is currently tapped in a hamster ball of force about 10 metres that way. 626 points without looking in that particular direction.
Now, I can't hold him there forever, so I suggest you give me the abridged edition of why you two were going at it like a pair of teenage jocks.
"Because he is a wizard, and one does not take chances with wizards. As I said, he's also a thief. he likes odd jewels."
And you are...
"Thad Fenris, but you can call me Brick. That's my adventurer name. What's yours?"
626 sighs in profound annoyance. You sure are cryptic. Fine. I'm called 626. I have other names, but you don't want to know those. Here's how this is going to work. You are going to tell me who you are, who you work for, what exactly you do, who he is, who he works for, and any other details pertinent to this situation in which we find ourselfves or I'm just going to let this bubble of mine go and you can explain to whoever you called that you have failed again because you looked a gift horse in the mouth...
He then telepathically prods his two companions, checking to see if they could receive telepathic messages.
Hypatia reacts with mild surprise to 626s mental probe.
Interesting. You too? I wonder if this bears some relation to why we were all brought here she responds mentally. Dapper Guy certainly seems like a wizard. I'm trying to get more on Brick now.
626 almost betrays his relief on his face, but the current staring contest needed to be won, so he maintains his threat. He does sigh in relief mentally. *Phew* Thank goodness. This will make things much easier.
Good to know Dapper is a wizard. He'll be ready when my spell fails, so we should be too. That would also make Brick tough and possibly resistant to magic, as his name implies. This could get messy.
"As I said, my name is Brick. I'm working for a corporation who provides Adventurer security to people that can afford to pay it. I don't know what the other guy's name is, I just know that he is our best suspect in a string of jewelry thefts, most of which are weird."
He seems to be telling the truth, as his surface thoughts and his words are pretty much the same thing, except that he uses much more 'colorful' language in his head.
So you're not a member of the League. Good to know. He turns to his companions. Can either of you ladies get rid of this fog or are we keeping him from running the hard way?
"I am a member of the league. I believe in the law like anyone else should."
"I can't get rid of it. We could possibly try bluffing him into turning himself in. Threaten to blanket the area inside the cloud with fire unless he dispels it?"
"I'm afraid I can't do anything about the mist. I may be able to force his friendship - though I expect if he's some sort of wizard he'll have defences against such a ploy."
Then I hope you guys can see in the dark. He says, including Brick in the comment. Ok, it's worth a try. I will do the same. Hopefully one of our spells sticks. If not I'll try to take him down without cutting off anything important and I would appreciate it if I wasn't alone in there. Oh, a word of warning, it's going to get dark when this goes down. If you can't see in the dark please don't get in the way. 626 strides into the fog toward the wizard and, once he's out of sight of the outside, ignites his blade. It drinks in all light in the area to power itself, plunging the cloud into darkness and turning it into more of a thunderhead of doom when viewed from outside.
Inside he waits for his companions. Hopefully that lady choose wisely and brought him people that didn't mind a lack of light.
Simile follows, darkness doesn't bother her in the slightest.
Hypatia also follows, likewise she has no problems with seeing in the dark
As the bubble disappears with an slightly audible pop, There are the sounds of a spell being cast.
Suddenly you can see a floating field of...some sort of wall, in the shape of an massive hand, fingers pointed skyward. The hand flies towards you and then attempts to pick you up like a child might pick up a toy.
Those of you who are near 626 see him get grappled by....something not visible. Though it has not started to do so, it looks like it will begin crushing him next round if he does not escape.
"Hold off your attacks, put my friend down, and let us speak like civilised beings." Simile speaks with a power behind her voice, subtle telepathic messages to try and force the "Wizard" to listen to her.