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Triloteya has steeled her mind from taking on so many identities and shirks some of the mental assault.
Navasi fires a shot but it sizzles into the glass pane behind the assassin.
Deciding which pair would be easier to get by she rushes Navasi with her knife.
"Shouldn't have left the door open for me!" she calls out to distract the envoy.
The knife cuts deep thanks to the Navasi letting her guard down.
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With the assassin now in her face Navasi switches to her knife as well but is struggling to make a hit.
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Her ysoki ally has just as much trouble before taking a guarded step.
Navasi holds on to stabalize.
Fordon retaliates by firing a laser over his fallen teammate and into the chest of the assassin.
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With both attacks going astray she rebuffs the attempt at talking her down as she lashes out again, this time at Meme.
"Give up? I am doing just fine and one of you are already down. Look at her barely hanging on!"
The statement gives her the opportunity to carve out a vicious wound on Meme.
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Foolhardy and a bit of a showoff, Meme shrugs off the deep cut and steps up to Triloteya, drawing one of his singing disks as he does, "Looks like your assessment is wrong, dude. Just add one more failure to your growing list." He then collects the energy from the previous hit into his disk and swipes at the assassin.
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Triloteya is able to shunt off most of the mental assault but it leaves her open for a breath-stealing swipe to her midsection.
She grits her teeth as the damage and taunts of Meme are breaking her down.
She pauses her assault to grab and down a healing serum from her belt but she is still looking rough.
"Gah, I'll make sure to finish the job next time."
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"That rat...no...I..didn't mean you Fordon...nevermind! That assassin take her down now...I want the last hit." Navasi says now wanting to take her own revenge.
She then fires her pistol.
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His eyes go wide for a moment when it looks like Navasi was talking to him but he takes a shot at the assassin first.
Navasi fires a shot but is still a little woozy missing but with the motivation Fordon is able to score not one but two hits! Both hammer the same spot burning a hole in her armor.
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Her wobbling didn't completely shake her as she moves out of the path of the round before.
She looks around for an escape route before she loses consciousness.
"Maybe you missed a bomb!" she says clicking the device in front of Meme before dashing past him.
The distraction gives her just enough time to slide past and rake her knife across his midsection. The pain is almost enough to drop him but he holds on.
In this flurry of movement the rest of the party noticed there was no explosion which means defusal was a success.
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Meme returns the favor and lands a final blow on the assassin. One crack of bone breaking and another of her landing hard on the floor. As she lies on the floor her disguise droops away. Her hair falls out and her flesh is melts away to reveal the scales of a reptoid underneath.
Radaszam pushes one of the doors open the rest of the way and enters the room nodding his head. He talks as he moves to the console tapping in a few codes that makes the pane of glass translucent to the viewers outside.
"Was wondering what the noise was up here...after disappearing from downstairs I figured you had a lead. Looks like I was right and you all were fine...mostly. Time to put all that work on display hobble over here." he finishes as he scoops up Triloteya by the back of the next and holds her up to the window as he gathers you around.
Luwazi takes the stage below drawing the attention of the crowd. The room grows silent as the guests bounce their gaze between the First Speaker and the AV room window.
"It looks like we had an uninvited guest tonight. Apparently my words are important enough that an assassin was willing to make an attempt on my life. It is my belief that they are so let us get started with the announcement we have gathered you here for tonight." she speaks with ease stunning the guests further as they stare in rapt attention throughout the speech.
“I had planned for this evening’s announcement to be an exciting one, but I’ll admit this is not quite what I had in mind,” the First Seeker begins, her smile wry but determined.
“Now I find my resolve only further galvanized. As many of you know, the First Seeker has the privilege and the responsibility for choosing the direction of the Starfinder Society’s research efforts. I have refrained from setting such a direction while we regroup and rebuild—an undertaking which all of you here have made possible. Also, the fact that Guidance has not yet chosen to formalize my election is another matter, but not one the Society can risk dwelling on. Now that the Society is again in a position to reach for the stars, I am pleased to formally announce the focus of our efforts during my tenure. Thanks to the tireless research of my associate Royo, we have identified a lead on understanding the Scoured Stars incident. And so, the Starfinder Society will continue researching the Scoured Stars, in the hopes of reuniting with our lost colleagues and better understanding this phenomenon.” she says with a widening smile as she turns around to look up at the Starfinders to finish.
“And I already have highly qualified agents in mind to undertake the first mission. Meme Nom Mimsosil Homus Jul of the Acquisitives and Tolmu of the Wayfinders." she exclaims proudly as the crowd begins to erupt in thunderous applause being lead by the First Seeker and Ykris. Zo! has his floating recorder going as he shoots Meme a thumbs up and a call me hand sign while taking actual calls with the other hand. While Royo nods enthusiastically and Naiaj fields requests already coming in specifically for the duo. Iteration-177 looks on with interest and claps slowly before turning to head out.
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"Again good work. My boys didn't even need to step in with all the guests helping you lot. Even better that one of my Acquisitives was in on the action. I think you all should get down there and mingle...part of the job. I will handle her." the vesk says ushering you all out of the room as he carries the assassin under his arm behind you.