As Sonia and the others were moving deeper into the sewers her kind began to wander to her doubts. They came into this mission with no intel to work off of; no maps of the area, no knowledge of the threat, only a vague idea of where the threat is and the great sense of urgency that made them skip over any prior preparation. Secretly Sonia was furious; this sort of recklessness is expected from complete novices, kids who have more power then sense. So what were their teachers thinking, making everyone go in without even a moment to gather their things? To have their “equipment” packed and taken from their rooms before the students themselves could decide what they need? Frankly it felt condescending. As if the school was justs pretending to give the students a sense of freedom with their actions, when in truth they’re playing right into the school’s hands.
Not that Sonia thought they had any ill intentions for the kids. Just that maybe they’re trying too hard to prove a point. Sonia was going to be pissed if they get a “you could have prepared better” lecture after this was all over. Her thoughts were distracted when she heard a scream down the tunnel. Sonia’s first instinct told her it was a trap; who in the right mind would be down here already? It wasn’t as if they were given any information about missing people. And the roads were that bad that people should be accidentally falling into the sewers. However one cannot stop stupidity; Sonia second instinct told her that this person may have been a concerned friend or family who was down here looking for someone or something. Again, not enough information to make certain. But Sonia needed to act soon.
First she focused her eyes onto the source of the splashing itself. Immediately her sight zoomed in on the drowning victim and she noticed two things: some sort of mysterious salty substance on the surface of the water, and that these sewers weren’t deep. Sonia couldn’t think of anything salty that should be in a sewer, though she doesn’t know much about sewer monsters either. Still her mind analyzed and checked everything she has read or seen before that could be living down here and leave this sort of residue.
Second Sonia casted a spell: Portent. Her eyes flashed blue as she saw all possible timelines within the next thirty seconds. She’ll use this to figure out if this was really a trap or a legitimate victim. So Sonia ran two different simulations: one where she tries to save the victim and another where Sonia attacks the victim.
In the first simulation Sonia reaches into her bag and grabs the spider silk from it. She hands one end of the rope to the vanguard group. She would need their strength. Then she had Owldin carry another end; it had a loop perfect for going around and tightening around someone or something. ”Go and try to put this around the person, or whatever monster has her!” Sonia ordered her familiar. She understood that this might be a trap and Owldin may be in danger, but he understood these risks. Better him then the others.
If nothing stopped Owldin this simulation diverges in two more different paths: either he looped the rope around the victim, or he would try to loop it around the monster if there was one. The goal was the same: the Vanguard would pull whoever or whatever was out of the water and co front it.
Then the second simulation was ran. This time Sonia would attack. She had Owldin move forward while she channeled a Shocking Grasp through his body. While it was a bit naive to think that a single shocking grasp could kill anything in the water, it would help determine what was in the water. Once more the paths diverged: Owldin would attack either the drowning victim, if she truly was a trap, and then the water itself, electrocuting anything within a ten foot radius of Owldin inside the water. Just in case there was a big monster or the monster and the voice were both in cahoots. In either simulation the Shocking Grasp was set to a lethal voltage. This was all a simulation so Sonia wasn’t too concerned about the danger.And just as quickly as it started the Portent ended, and Sonia would have new information to work with. Hopefully something which will make sure they all get out of this alive and minimal injuries.
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