Cyrene steps to the front and quickly attempts to see if she can spot any dangers.
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"Its nice to meet you" Cyrene remarks politely, still managing her wounds. "Did you manage to explore before you ran into this creature?"
The worry I have, is that we couldn't take those spells until Level 3 at the earliest, and we just hit Level 2. I guess it depends how far away a CLW Wand might be - if its ages away, then we might need a healer, as Cyrene is basically sitting out every combat from here on out until we find one.
"If someone has a healing wand I can use it to patch myself up" Cyrene remarks grimly, not happy with the wounds she had already taken from the freaky creature that was hiding in the wall. She tries to stay in the center of the corridor as much as possible.
Cyrene takes the total defense action, trying to keep up her guard while it focuses her down.
I was also just waiting on init order :/ Also this is just a general heads up in all my active games. There was a mass shooting around where I live and work. I'm fine, but my activity might dip over the next few days or so as I might get called into work to handle some overtime as our department occasionally steps in to handle crisis efforts. GM, bot me as required, but I'll try and stay on top of this as best as I can, it should be just for a few days.
Cyrene also gives the body a quick once over, checking to see if it held anything important, or was worth investigating.
Apologies, we had a bomb threat at work, so last couple of days have been busy dealing with that aftermath etc. I think the Detect Magic - Spellcraft minigame also contributed a little bit into slowing things down a lot since so many of us don't have it - and the solution required multiple rolls.
Cyrene helps Anabella with her outfit, and then closely follows the rest of the group through the tunnel. She stands near the front, trusting her sharp vision to spot anything concerning up ahead.
After watching listlessly, unable to contribute much, Cyrene is thrilled when Adrian has a breakthrough. "What is it, what is the solution?" she asks excitedly, happy to lend her assistance.
Cyrene responds to the message swiftly, anxious to update Lady Lotheed. "I'm fine. With others. In safe room. Any ideas on how to leave or escape would be helpful." While she waits for a response, Cyrene takes a look at the prominent fresco, interested in its prominence. She believed that this room was a safe room of sorts, designed to prevent someone getting in, and not someone getting out - it was just that her friends didn't know the tricks that someone familiar with the place would know.
Cyrene doesn't know anything about the paintings, or even the four circles they had encountered earlier. She follows along, keeping her thoughts to herself for now, looking for an opportunity to be useful.
It probably makes sense for Alexius to be near the front, since he has one of the best perception modifiers, darkvision, and disable device to nullify traps. I don't mind where Cyrene stands, but she has decent initiative, and is primarily melee focused, so closer to the action is probably better for her.
"I think I'm fine, its just a scratch" Cyrene responds, before glancing around the room, waiting for the response of Adrian's spell while she gets her bearings.
Cyrene continues to bleed out.
Cyrene looks on in shock at Kalbio's death, before swiftly moving into action. Seeing Princess Eutropia, Lady Morilla and Martella all under attack, she quickly unbinds her weapon.
Cyrene is a little bit tense. In her experience, ill feeling cold lead to violence in any moment, and this event had certainly created some ill feeling after a close vote. Still, everything seemed to be under control, but she still scans the crowd all the same. Cyrene also gives an enthusiastic clap to Kalbio. Clearly he was a hard worker, and perhaps a bit star struck at the occasion, and she wished him all the best at his good fortune and recognition. It was always nice watching someone bring pride to their family, something Cyrene wanted to do herself on day.
Updated.
So if we really, really need that channel I'd probably need to switch things now (at this level up) rather than later because Rav Hunter doesn't synergise with her current character progression
Leveled up, but away from my portfolio at present as its a public holiday where I am. Should get it reflected in my status bar in about 12 hours or so
Cyrene immediately begins to subtly work on smearing the good name of Countess Pace, but spreading a few questionable remarks about someone perhaps seeing the women in a compromising position with a household servant. She is always careful to pass the rumor off as having heard of it from someone else, and therefore not of her own initiative.
Aware that Anabelle will fulfill the requirements of updating Martella, Cyrene attempts to instead see if she could complete the fraud task. Time was short however, and she wasn't sure if it could be completed in time. Still, it was worth trying, so she quickly gazed around the room, attempting to find a worthy target.
Cyrene continues to watch Pythareus, trying to spot anything of use while shifting through the crowd, planning her next target.
Cyrene intently observes the High Strategos while winding her way through the crowds
Cyrene remains focused on the conversation in hand. Truthfully, she feels a surge of pride at the success she is having, without the support of anyone else present. Here she was, holding her own and having an enlightening conversation with a man of significant importance. She picked up on the man's clarification on women serving in Taldor's military, and predicted that The High Strategos was driven by a largely traditionalist mindset. Cyrene didn't subscribe to the view, but she figured she could steer the conversation into area's where the man would feel most comfortable. "Oh, I'm not entirely ignorant of politics" Cyrene responds with an apologetic smile. "My parents, were minor nobility, maybe not someone who you would actually know, but they had their hearts in the right place and believed in the glory of Taldor, and its strong traditionalist history. I think they would have liked me to be active in politics but I...I didn't think that really should be the correct place or even the right role for me" Cyrene finishes, ducking her head a little, trying to be embarrassed.
"That's how I know so much though you see, I received a bit of an education on Taldor's past glory, and quite obviously, the military and its legendary commanders were extremely influential in its success." the inquisitor continues, quite earnestly, before suddenly putting on a shocked expression as if coming to a sudden realization [b]"Oh, I just realized, I'm probably keeping you from important discussions. I'm so sorry, I only just realized. Do you want me to stop bothering you so that you can talk to the actually interesting people?"[b] she responds, with a self defeatist quip at the end, trying to defuse the pressure behind the question. Secretly, she hoped for an excuse to stay and spy but she wasn't worried about how the man would answer.
I can carry CLW wands but I'm going to be terrible at any in combat healing if people were hoping for that sort of thing. I mean, I can rework her build, switch some archetypes and stats around and go Monster Tactition + Ravener Hunter to get the Life Mystery ---> Channel plus summoning creatures to heal if we /really/ felt worried / anxious about the lack of a healer.
I’m happy with a small group provided we can still like, manage the social rounds / combat and not suffer with reduced action economy.
Cyrene smiles at the High Strategos, giving him a respectful nod. After witnessing him give Alexius such a cold shoulder, she was anxious to appear deferential to his views. "As I said, I'm Cyrene, For lack of a better word, I'm a bodyguard, but I think most of the gentlemen here such as yourself wouldn't need any help defending themselves. I unfortunately don't have any formal military training, slim wrists and a slim waist don't tend to be useful physical attributes in our excellent military, and I'm well...not experienced in politics, so I try and find work where I can." Cyrene responds, stumbling slightly with her words and flushing slightly as if to show how unimportant her role was next to him. "I'm sure that you could give me advice on what I should be doing with my life, but I actually came over here because everyone has heard of your accomplishments and skill,, and I sort of wanted to spend some time with, and chat with someone that is held in such high regard."
Cyrene crosses the room and stands next to the man's side, giving him an appraising look, before extending him a slim hand. "I don't believe that I have had the pleasure of your company yet, I'm Cyrene. Its an honor to meet someone such as yourself here who can actually hold a weapon correctly and knows how to use it. I'm sure that our military hold you in the utmost regard"
Err, two weeks ago you said you had actions for Cyrene and Alessand for Round 6, you were just going to hold them until after the event with Lady Lotheed. Are you now needing Round 7 actions?
Whose actions are you waiting on again?
Merry Christmas!
"No issues at the moment although some of the guests I expect to still be alert, which is going to make some of the more secretive tasks a little more difficult to pull off. If you had any ideas for a small diversion or anything that could help, it would be appreciated Lady Lotheed" Cyrene responds, must more confident now that she wasn't addressing a princess.
Cyrene smiles awkwardly at Lady Morilla and Adrian introducing her to the princess. She's a little nervous as she does find the princess rather beautiful, but considers herself inelegant at small talk. "Its rather nice to meet you Princess, and its wonderful at the strides you are making towards making Taldor a better place. Don't hesitate to let me know if there is anything I could help with, not that um, you probably need anything" she finishes awkwardly, stuttering a little at the end. Feeling rather embarrassed, Cyrene quickly makes her excuses shortly afterwards, and tries to find Maxillar Pythareus, remembering the variety of missions that they still need to accomplish. If she locates him, she quickly attempts to figure out what topics might make him find favor with her.
Noticing that a large crowd was gathering, Cyrene decided to hold off on further pursuit of the Countess. She knew her weaknesses now, and planned to relay that through to everyone to ensure engagements in future. Deciding that there was little point being elsewhere when everyone was listening to the speeches, she follows the crowd, and observes the gathering, keeping an eye out for trouble, and noticing that Caspian had immediately set sights on the princess. Predicting that he would be lightly shut down, Cyrene observes the Countess once again, throwing caution to the wind and deciding to see if she could intimidate the Countess with tough language.
"Countess Pace, its a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I must say, I do enjoy seeing a social chameleon such as you in action, shifting allegiances as you do, but I was wondering if perhaps you could avoid being duplicitous and give perhaps an honest answer of your political leanings?"
Cyrene pushes down her skittish feelings at Anabella's simple hand squeeze, as she watches her move. While Cyrene was good at some things, successfully persuading a room full of people was not yet one of them, although she could still manipulate or intimidate with the best of them. Still, she wasn't blind enough to see that Anabella was going to struggle to make headway at the distraction of a child getting in the way. Not wanting to undercut her friend, she takes a brief calculated look at any weaknesses the Countess might have.
Cyrene flashes a shy smile at Anabella in regards to the compliment, before her face turns serious. "I believe you can place her off guard with strong language, charm with flattery, or astound her with knowledge of wealth. I'd probably better suited talking to her with strong language, but if you want to handle this one, I can turn my attention to a different politicion and attempt to learn what I can from them."
Cyrene smiles to herself, getting a small glow of confident at having minor success with her dance. It certainly wasn't an easy thing to do so with a public audience, but she felt better all the same for her success. Encouraged, she attempts to read into the best way to approach the Countess
Cyrene spots Anabella entertaining a child in the Gallery, and suspects that she will have her hands full trying to impress the Countess. Trying to ensure that her attention isn't focused on the children, and instead on Anabella, Cyrene attempts to entertain the noble children present, spinning through the air in a traditional dance. Cyrene had always been light on her feet, and she put this to good use, dancing, trying to hold the children's attention, attempting to give Anabella an opportunity to make her move.
Cyrene rolls her eyes when a dreary inspector approaches her, dragging them off for an inspection. It wasn't that greatest start to a clandestine event, but seeing as she wasn't carrying anything illicit, she wasn't too perturbed
Cyrene doesn't own much, so she takes everything, and I might as well wear my armor underneath my outfit if possible.
Cyrene shrugs, a little disappointed. "If you have need of it, then I won't push any further, I'm just merely surprised that you had a use for it, after mentioning you merely wanted to enjoy the gala, rather than engage in clandestine busywork." ----------------------- In the evening, Cyrene washes, fixes her hair, letting it flow midway down her back, before she dresses in her finest attire and newly purchased nobles outfit. She wasn't exactly pleased with it, as the flowing evening dress was apparently in the latest style, something that involved being particularly tight around the body - more than Cyrene was impressed with. She could even get away with her preferred color (black) being inappropriate to such a party, and instead opted for a dark scarlet red. At least the outfit gave her good movement with her arms, and the borrowed jewelry was an added bonus, a simple necklace and earrings were among the items she had selected from the offerings that Lady Martella had available. Finally, she brings her scimitar, fastened at her hip, not caring too much about how it clashed - she just wouldn't be caught dead without a weapon by her side at all times.
Cyrine is taking all of her gear, so clothing, nobles outfit, borrowed jewelry, rapier. I'd like to take my Chain Shirt, but I don't think I can pull it off while wearing a fancy noblewomen's dress so I might need to leave it behind, even though I feel that it will be useful.
I have exactly 45gp, so I might as well purchase the upgrade and get a nobles outfit
Cyrene places a hand lightly over Martella's in a swift motion. "I'm going to take a guess at the risk of sounding stupid. That cricket buzzes to prevent sound yes? Reducing the chances of being overheard? Would you consider letting us borrow it / or the device you are using to prevent us from being overheard, particularly for the tasks that involve sneaking around quietly undetected." "I'll also take you up on that jewelry loan. I have a few pieces of my own, but its unlikely to be anything significant enough to be worth wearing to a high society gala. I'd like to be as...distracting as I can if I'm pulling off anything clandestine"
Yeah, looking at everyones strengths, Alexius would be super useful at Sabotage / Aide. Actually Alexius is useful in all of those tasks For Cyrene, I'm probably best at the SM / Perception / Stealth stuff, so Discovery, Spy, and possibly the Fraud thing, assuming someone else could take care of the Linguistics thing.
GM, can multiple party members do multiple tasks? Like, would Alexius (for example) be able to help with Aide AND then do Sabotage later or is everyone doing everything at the exact same moment
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