EliteCommander

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Ssarak Dyreackthanose

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Ssarak nodded to Meirin, walking along with her. "Agreed." He began before turning his attention to Grey. "There is no need for hostility among friends. We have seen far too much of that over the last few days, and I personally prefer cooperation. Besides, we are meant to report to her, and we do have physical evidence that we should deliver to her sooner rather than later."

Despite Ssarak's explanation, Grey was still intent on trying to stop them from meeting with Lucilia, going as far as standing in front of the door in an attempt to block them from entering. At this point, Ssarak was beginning to feel some annoyance towards Grey. It was Lucilia who had given them this mission, and she would naturally want their report afterwards. It did not make sense to Ssarak why Grey felt it was appropriate to attempt to stop them from completing the assignment that Lucilia herself had given them. They could not just avoid meeting with Lucilia, but Ssarak wanted to avoid hostilities if at all possible. As such, he decided not to do anything that could be perceived as violent. Instead, he performed a quick, simple illusion. When he started to move, he made it seem as if his body was moving around Grey to the right, when he was actually starting to move to the left. The mirrored movement meant that, when Grey attempted to intercept him he actually ended up moving out of Ssarak's way, allowing him to reach the door. With Ssarak already past, there was no reason to try and block Meirin.

Unfortunately, when Ssarak attempted to open the door, he found it locked. Quickly, he knocked and announced who it was. "Lucilia, it is Ssarak and Meirin. We are here to deliver our report of the caravan escort." He said, keeping his tone polite. At this point, if Grey was still intent on stopping them from meeting with Lucilia, he would have to attempt to physically pull Ssarak away from the door, an act which he hoped Grey would consider to be a step too far.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Say Free, if Ssarak were to become friendly, commenting that he does not wish to have hostility among friends and noting that they have physical evidence on them that they need to turn over to Lucilia, would Grey still stand in their way?

Mass Effect: The Face of Injustice

Right, as I said in my post. The cabal, plus the people I mentioned.

The Depths of Deception

"It's a plan, then. We'll go out and get a nice meal, maybe some drinks. And from there, well, whatever we feel like. My treat." Rareth offered, mostly because the restaurant she had selected was more on the expensive end of the spectrum. Since she was already in her formal clothing, there was not anything in particular she needed to do to get ready, so she went ahead and ordered one of the city's many shuttles from a local taxi company. The automated shuttles were programmed to wait in specific locations around the city and wait for fares to call on them. As a result, it only took minutes for the shuttle to reach its designated location on one of the rooftop landing pads.

Since the landing pads were not meant to be occupied continuously, Rareth made haste up to the roof and quickly identified the shuttle. After using her wrist device to identify herself as the one who had paid for it, the shuttle opened its doors and allowed her to take her seat. Since the shuttle was designed to be fully autonomous, it did not have a cockpit, only a seat situated near a set of emergency manual controls. The rest of the space in the interior was devoted to passenger seating and baggage storage. It was more spacious, and far more comfortable than most military vessels. As she was waiting for the others to pile in, she went ahead and designated their destination, which was a restaurant named "Taste of the Neolithic." She was not exactly sure what that meant, but its website did specify it was an Earth-themed restaurant.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I'll have him get past Ssarak-style.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Noted. Looks like Ssarak will be forcing his way past him.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

I think I should probably give Lucius a chance to respond before I do. I'd like to go ahead and start the meeting with Lucilia soon.

Mass Effect: The Face of Injustice

Given that Avatar's platform felt no pain, had no pride, and had been entirely undamaged, it gave nothing in the way of a reaction to Voira. The only action it took was to modify its profile of her to include an anger management disorder and violent tendencies. As well, it made note of her seeming fixation on protecting Creator Raa'Kina.

As for their plan of action, Avatar quickly applied the new information given by the Human soldier, who a quick facial scan identified as Donny Yang, to its own projections of possible escapes. It seemed that the most of the surviving human forces, of which most of the allied security force consisted, had left without safeguarding the escape of other allied diplomats. Aside from the possible political ramifications of this action, it also meant that allied forces had been split into smaller groups which would be more difficult to evacuate unless they were able to reunite. Currently, there seemed to be four combat capable individuals in their group in addition to the Turian cabal, Donny Yang, Voira Sirosi, a Krogan it identified as Khel Zhar, and itself. There were only four diplomats which had survived an escaped with them: two Turians, one male and one female, an Asari, and Creator Raa'Kina.

"An alternative option would be to search for enemy shuttles in order to escape the station. There is approximately a 76% chance that hostile forces anticipate our return to the airlocks through which we arrived, so they will reinforce that area. Based on the schematics of this class of vessel, there are only two other possible locations for airlocks, which are located within close proximity of one another. I estimate this option to be 52% less hazardous; however, it would be more difficult to reunite with the Human forces who moved on ahead of us, and we would be unable to rescue the crew of the trapped shuttle. Although more dangerous, following Donny Yang's recommendation may allow us to save more lives." Avatar recommended.

At this point, the Turian male diplomat, a man named Tarak Sorinth, stepped forward, his expression showing a mix of anger and surprise. "Wait, the Humans left us? But they made up most of our security. You're telling me they just abandoned us? That Human diplomat, I know I saw her running. They just went off to protect her, didn't they? We...should just take the safe option and get out of here. Why should we save them after they left us like that?"

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

Ssarak Dyreackthanose

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Ssarak gave something of an amused grunt. "The reason we are telling you about this is because you asked." He commented, giving another glance in the direction of Lucilia's office. "We wish to speak with Lucilia about this because she is in a position to prevent Alaira from being sent on more missions and endangering more lives. I can understand your skepticism, but you were not present for the mission, so you were not witness to her actions. On two separate occasions, her recklessness endangered all of our lives, and the mission itself. When faced with two individuals on a bridge ahead of us that were potentially bandits, she promptly, and without consulting anyone else, ignited a field of grass off to our right. It sparked a forest fire, choked the air with smoke, panicked our horses, and forced us to be trapped on the bridge, which the bandits quickly cut. It was an action that did not harm the bandits in the slightest, but brought us to the brink of death. That is not someone to whom you want to trust your life. Perhaps she can be helped; be taught better judgment, but until then, be wary of her if you are required to work with her." He warned.

There was not much purpose in continuing to voice their grievances with Grey. If he still disagreed, then there likely would be no swaying him. They had already likely said enough to convince him that their issue was with Alaira, instead of Lucilia herself, so they could go ahead and give their report to her. "We should probably go speak to her now." Ssarak suggested, glancing to Meirin.

Call of the Hunt [EliteCommander and Muttonhawk]

Meesei waited patiently as the letters were being read, watching the crowd to judge their reactions. For this aspect of her case, Meesei had rather conclusive evidence. Three letters penned by Jerrick's hand, which were confirmed to be true by some of the most trusted individuals in the clan, demonstrated rather directly that Meesei was not to blame for his death. Indeed, they also showed that both Jerrick and Hircine had trusted her with the responsibility of determining the identity of the traitor. Overall, they strongly reinforced her credibility, so if Harriet attempted personal attacks against Meesei herself, they could even reduce Harriet's own credibility.

Once Meesei had again been given the floor to speak, she moved on quickly to her next point. Now that she had established her own credibility, she planned to lay out directly of what she was accusing Harriet, then focus on proving it. "First, I would like to lay out exactly of what crime Harriet is being accused. My assertion is that Jerrick was slain through poison, administered through his waterskin. The poison was applied to his water during a meeting on the day of the murder, shortly after my pack's arrival. Harriet was the only one of the lieutenants with an opportunity to apply this poison, as she was left alone with his waterskin after he had forgotten it in the meeting room, and there is no evidence for any other opportunity later in the day for Jerrick's waterskin to have been poisoned without his knowledge. As for proving these accusations accusations, I will begin with the evidence that narrows the timeframe in which Jerrick could have been poisoned. One of my pack members, though young, has trained in alchemy for most of her life, and the clan's own head alchemist, Carana has taken part in most tests performed on the waterskin. They were able to confirm that there was indeed a poison present in the waterskin, and in two separate tests, showed how long it would have taken for the poison to kill. Since we know exactly when Jerrick died, we can use that information to tell when he must have ingested it. I would like for Carana and Sabine, as well as all of the witnesses to the second test on the poison, to step forward."

Meesei waited a moment as all of the people she had requested moved to the center of the room. Just as with all of the witnesses, she had informed them all beforehand that they would be speaking at the trial. "Carana, Sabine, please describe what you have learned about the poison, how your tests work, and what they have concluded."