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sarijrahzersyn · 6 years

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Time seemed to tick by far too slowly for the Agents as they waited at the abandoned mines for the appointed bell. Men and women slowly trickled in until a large chunk of the Agency stood at the end of the long forgotten valley. Milo North, Berrod Armstrong, Cerina Borlaaq, N’hara Tia, Reks Blanc, Garyn Almos, Tiergan Vashir, Kariun Gallek, Crooked Tarot, Viktor Harlenk, Sergei Harlenk, Su Mindwalker, Erioch Koren, Dylan Skye, Autgar Bloode, Relavel Outtlaw, Avenio Naemig, and Kitakaze Mugenkagami stood before Director Sarij Rahzersyn as he gave what would be his final speech to the Astral Agency.

"This will be the last briefing of the Astral Agents. I think ya all fer coming and fer putting yer necks and yer freedom on the line." The Roegadyn spoke clearly to the group. "Some of ya are new tah the group, some of ya have been around since the beginning, but we are all here at the end of this all."

"The outlook fer the company ain't rosy, I ain't gonna lie to anyone on that. However, we ain't here about to attack an Immortal Flame's base fer that. We are putting an end to Iron Jaw to protect everyone's future even it ain't with Astral Agency. When I say everyone, I don't just mean all of you, myself, or those not with us from the company, I mean every person that Iron Jaw might go for next. We were not the first and if we don't act we won't be the last."

"We have the knowledge and the means tah stop him, to step away from that is cowardice and we might as well be shoving the dagger into the back of the next group he grooms for his use. Even if we fail here, we are doing the right thing as our own choice."

"When this company was first formed, it was lie to every member recruited. It was a tool for another group's gain. Every job, every mission, every victory and loss was to serve people outside of the company. We fought and bled for something none of us were knowingly involved with, but when we found out we fought and bled to escape the lie and being a mere tool."

"And we succeeded."

"But Iron Jaw tried to once again turn us into that lie... that tool, but this time our eyes were open and we were not deceived. At the end of this company, I am proud to say we are not a lie and we are not some power craven man's tool. We will end the company in an act that is true to the company's name."

"The Astral eras are ones of hope, peace, and prosperity, where the weak are protected and taught to be strong. Where the bounty of life is shared and friends and family share joy and hope. This mission is not one of revenge. This is the Astral Agency carrying out one final mission to prove all our past failures and umbral dips wrong. We will bring hope, we will bring peace, and we will bring joy."

"We will do this by putting an end to a man would would rob everyone of that joy and peace for his own gain. I ask you all one last time to march under the banner of the Astral Agency and carry out what our name means ONE LAST TIME."

Once he concluded, Sarij Rhazersyn stepped back into the group and handed command to Berrod Armstrong to command the tactics. Berrod explained that Sarij would be running interference to the north so that their attack on Camp Bluefog would not be interrupted by the greater forces from the Ceruleum Processing Plant after the initial assault Tiergan Vashir, Viktor Harlenk and Kariun Gallek would move to support him, hopefully before he was overwhelmed.

The attack would lead with the casters and Garyn taking out the Immortal Flame’s sentry’s with sleeping spells and drugged arrows. Then a second group would engage the response while a final group charged through the preoccupied forces to find Iron Jaw and kill him. He was the only target and the only person supposed to be killed. Berrod knew there was not much else he could plan for ahead of the actual attack so he made it clear everyone needs to be ready to adapt and shift as needed. The highland would also try his best to shout out directions as he could even through the the linkshell blackout. The Astral Agency member’s grabbed their share of Viktor Harlenk’s emergency potions and began the march to what would be their final battlefield.

The initial skirmish at the gates had to be timed perfectly with Berrod activating the Aetheryte nullifier and linkpearl disruptors. Reks and Dylan worked in tandem to create and spread a harmless mist that knocked out sentries up high, while Su Mindwalker forced a guard to sleep with a mix of barriers and sleep magic. Unfortunately, Garyn’s mark was able to get out a shout before he too was taken down, this time by drugged dart. At the same time Berrod activated both Aetheryte nullifier and linkpearl disruptors. The Aetheryte in Camp Bluefog went dark and the fizzing of pearls sent the camp into chaos. Civilians fled quickly as the soldiers armed themselves and got into position.

The Astral Agency split into four groups. Autgar, Rel, and Dylan took to the western gate where they were met with four soldiers. Crooked and Garyn took to the cliffs to try to get into a higher position to get a view of the battleground. Berrod, Reks, Milo, and Su stayed outside of the eastern gate to provide ranged support and direction. Avenio led the charge disrupting their defenses enough Erioch, Cerina, and Kita to charge through with N’hara following in support and Sergei taking care to make sure the Immortal Flames were removed from combat with little harm to them.

It soon became clear that the Immortal Flames were not very crippled by the lack of linkpearls, someone was marking Agents for archers and soldiers to attack. Iron Jaw with a squadron of archers stood on a ridge. The Flame Marshal was not doing anything other than marking targets while the archers took aim.The agents unfortunately were forced into the courtyard of the camp and range of the archers by the presence of a mage preparing a powerful spell at the Aetheryte.

Crooked Tarot attempted to try to get to Iron Jaw to disrupt the marking before he could outflank the Agents, but quickly discovered that his highground path was blocked by a barrier and retreated to go support Milo, Berrod, and Su as Reks headed into the courtyard. Milo and Sergei quickly started working on the barrier to get to the archers and clear the path to Iron Jaw.

Garyn, Koh, and Avenio attempted to disable mage, but discovered the second robed individual had erected a powerful barrier to protect them. The Agents were helpless to but watch the spell complete and every member of Astral Agency be marked by Iron Jaw and a fireball explode outward from the spell hunt them down regardless where they stood.

Autgar, Rel, and Dylan were quickly able to disable the four soldiers in their way, one even surrendered before he could be hurt. Their victory was interrupted by fireballs pelting them and forcing them to see cover under the ridge in a tunnel leading to the main camp.

Erioch, Kita, and Cerina were dealing with two final soldiers guarding the base of the ridge leading up to Iron Jaw when they too were pelted with fireballs, but shielding set up by Su, Reks, and N’hara kept them from harm. Though Koh was not so lucky, taking a fireball to the back and being forced to retreat. Those remaining outside of the camp suffered minor injuries from the fireballs as well.

One by one the rest of the soldiers were dealt with, and the barrier was shattered. It left the battlefield consisting of just the Astral Agency and Iron Jaw. However, something loomed high above the battlefield. The Flame Marshal retreated to the top of the ridge and in his steps aether exploded upward until he reached the apex. Iron Jaw raised his sword skyward called out ot the heavens

“IRYNWILF’S GRYMGRINA VERBRACHEN DER MAETI.”

A great, glowing visage of a iron jawed wolf pushed its head through the clouds. Its growl shook the earth as it stared down at every member of the Astral Agency. Something terrible was to come. Sergei Harlenk had heard of Iron Jaw possessing battle turning ability, but never imagined it as such, and the highlander quickly went about gathering the fallen Immortal Flames and putting all his aether into a shield to protect himself and the unconscious and wounded.

The Agents suffered a mix of awe and fear, but quickly made to defend themselves from whatever was to come. Dylan raised stone from the ground on both sides of the tunnel to seal Rel, Autgar and himself inside a protective coffin. N’hara exerted the last of his aether to create a shield around Koh, Cerina, Eiroch, and Avenio. Su and Crooked created barriers around themselves, Milo and Berrod. Garyn attempted to hide. Milo tried to directly attack the wolf, while Kita attempted one last strike on Iron Jaw as Reks ran to the Raen’s aid to shield him as well.

The tsunami of earth aether ripping down from the sky as the wolf howled destroyed the linkpearl disruptors and the aetheryte nullifier. Even the aetheryte, as it reactivated, changed to a brilliant gold as it was flushed with earth aether. The opaque aether concealed the battlefield and when it passed Iron Jaw was no longer on the ridge, but standing in the middle of the camp ready for a final battle, though his eyes revealed the man was quite overloaded in aether

Once the storm had passed and Berrod saw where Iron Jaw stood and called for everyone to take him out before he could do anything. Like locus the Agents descended upon Iron Jaw. Koh, Avenio, and Cerina closed the gap to bury their weapons into the man. Autgar kept his distance but used aether to simulate heavy punches toward the Roegadyn. From up high Garyn fired an aethericly wrapped arrow, and Rek fired high speed water projectiles down at Iron Jaw. Both Su and Eiroch took shots with magic and bullets.

However, instead of bleeding wounds every blast against the Flame Marshal left glowing scars that radiated the same earthen aether that had flooded the battlefield just prior. But the time the Agent’s rally finished against the man, he laughed.

“Funny, here I am robbing all of you of that final blow you crave… not because of some sick pride, but just because of bad luck.”

The man exploded, sending a few limbs across the camp, while the core of his body and his head became coated in earth crystals and he fell to the ground. Dead. Iron Jaw was dead. The Astral Agency had won.

The shift went from combat to mending the wounded and trying to calm down Cerina who had gone ballistic from N’hara’s aetheric boost to her. However, when Iron Jaw fell the foreign aether in the Aetheryte finished being bled out and the crystal regained its bright blue, unfortunately that also meant that Immortal Flames soldiers started to teleport into the camp ready to take down the Agents.

From the north a large squadron of chocobo riders quickly closed in on the camp, led by Flame Marshal Jute. She was a notoriously no nonsense Lalafell officer who would have no qualms putting down the Agents if they resisted. Thankfully, Berrod and Sergei quickly directed everyone to surrender even as Viktor, Sarij, Tiergan, and Kariun’s bloodied bodies were dropped onto the ground. The distraction team was still alive but not in the best shape.

One by one the Astral Agency was cuffed and filed off to Ul’dah and a waiting courtroom. Cerina, Eiroch, and Aveino were given time to have the Xaela calm down from a rage, as if the Flame Mashal recognized it. Eventually, every Agent was carted off to a stuffy courtroom with Judge Burnt Ash.

It was courtroom Milo and Berrod had been before for Balthius’s trial, but this time the entire Astral Agency present at for the mission was on trial. The judge quickly began the trial, having already received much of the Agent’s defense from documents dropped off by Lurial and Gideon in careful timing shortly before the Astral Agency’s arrest. One by one every man and woman was brought up to the bench of state their name and affiliation with the Astral Agency. Once they answered they were asked to plea innocent or guilty to the characters of with open assault on Immortal Flames soldiers, assassination of Flame Marshal Iron Jaw, and sabotage of Immortal Flame property. Viktor and Sergei Harlenk had slightly different charges or were not charged due to not being at Camp Bluefog and being an officer of the Immortal Flames.

Every member plead guilty, but before sentencing the Judge allowed Berrod to make a case as to why they should not be sentenced to death or gaol for life. The highland approached the bench and made an impassioned speech on how the Agents merely did what was right for Ul’dah, the Immortal Flames, and Eorzea. How had they not acted against Iron Jaw, his greed would have grown and twisted into worse deeds and crippled more companies. He claimed if the court put them to death the court was just as vile as the deeds Iron Jaw had performed out of sight of the Immortal Flames. Once Berrod was done, Judge Burnt Ash gave the Astral Agency’s sentence.

“Permanent dissolution of the Astral Agency company and a fine of five hundred million gil for damages and other crimes against Ul’dah, the Immortal Flames, and Eorzea. First payment will be due in one sennight If payment cannot be made the former Astral Agency members will be arrested and made to work in mines and other labor sources until the fine is paid.”

Berrod maintained a calm demeanor for the moment. Some of the Agents were relieved, some were almost nonchalant, others were in a panic about the sheer amount of gil, but all were free to go. One by one people departed, though Sergei was escorted off for his own tribunal. Eventually, it was just a few and Berrod Armstrong nearly broke down before he too left the courtroom.

Astral Agency.

The company he and so many had been with for so long.

Had ended.

@astralagency @19peopleattheeventholyshit

#EndofAgent #RP #Event #Somanypeople #Thankyouall #Forstickingaroundfor8hours #long post

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salad-toons · 8 years

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Did up toon art for two of my friends with their final fantasy 14 characters.

Berrod Armstrong @berrodtherapscallion

Cerina Borlaaq @the-batcams

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jancisstuff · 5 years

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I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

LeBron James

#Mholi'to Valrei #martin alder #autgar bloode #Louma'li Jinjahl #Orion Llewelyn #Cerina Borlaaq #Milo North #Sejad Moon #Renat Atkasch #Aulen Mistbreaker #Berrod Armstrong #jancis milburga

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astraladvent · 7 years

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A few of the Agents hung out at the bar for a bit. It was a little awkward, given their personalities -- but good nonetheless.

@crooked-tarot-rp

@the-batcams

@calebagron

@surly-eggplant

@reksblanc

#FFXIV #Balmung #Astral Agents #Crooked Tarot #Cerina Borlaaq #Berrod Armstrong #Caleb Agron #Takehiko Dawnwalker #Khaisan Tumet #Reks Blanc

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i-zex · 8 years

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Broken Key Part 1 and 2

Part 1: The Truth.

After the encounter with Zeviagoth during the end of the matters with the voidsent book and an untimely run in with one of the man’s generals in Azys Lla, Grave Shadow, with the permission of the Director, finally brought the truth to the Agent’s table.

Zeviagoth’s ultimate plan of striking at the Crystal of Light and Darkness with an assault of aether syphoned from the dead and unwilling for over three hundred years seemed quite absurd to many of the Agents. However, even if his desire to to kill both wills and replace it with a quiet source of aether and life was impossible, the potential damage to the world of such an attack could not fathomed.

Though due to the constraints of time and overwhelming those present, Grave was unable to reveal to all just how long Zeviagoth had been using the Agents to acquire the foci required for his assault. From tricking the heirs to House Reif into turning their backs on Ishgard to test the worthiness of Calen Skyfang and acquire the distorting aether from the ruins of Dalamud. Using the Agents struggles with Rysswilf to force Grave Shadow to summon forth a Voidsent once held inside the Book of Lies so that he could track down the book once more. The book then ‘was solved’ by the agents with the help of Xere’to, another unintentional pawn, to put together Passi Sunt, whom he converted into a foci as well. Where the third foci was acquired from is unknown.

With all three foci, Zeviagoth retreated to where he was storing all the aether, a location Grave Shadow once possessed access to with a key. Unfortunately, when the Seawolf severed ties with Zeviagoth, he shattered the key into three pieces and chaotically teleported far from each other, never wishing to see them again. In order to stop Zeviagoth, the aether stores needed to be destroyed, but first they needed the key.

Many of the Agents agreed that the matter was far too large for just the company, but the issue remained not having access to lair where the Aether was stored. Without the ability to enter Zeviagoth’s domain none of the Grand Companies would have reason to assist.

The only silver lining was there was a way to locate the Keys.

Part 2: Three Crystals Three Pieces

After a sennight to allow the Agents decide if they wished to assist in the matter, Grave Shadow assembled a mission the Churning Mists. Berrod Armstrong, Exiled Wolf, Barnabe Benedict, Koh’li Delanoes, T’dras Tia, Reks Blanc, Cerina Borlaaq, Beexu Spiritbreaker, Sterrbhar Moenthubyr, Khaisen Tumet, and Zachary Evans answered the call to scry for the three pieces of the key.

Sterrbhar, Reks, and Koh’li assisted in scrying for the missing pieces while Grave focused on finding the entrance to Zeviagoth’s lair. The rest of the group dealt with the threats that met them at Tharl Oom Khash. The first were two Aevis with large orange crystals jammed in their back, but they were swiftly dispatched by an assault led by Armstrong. During the scry the Agents were attacked by risen dead, including one of the slain Aevis, and a couple vicious coeurls. All threats were handled well with little injury until the end of the scry.

When all three crystal foci shattered, a massive Ala Mhigian airship parted the clouds and opened fire upon the mages Thankfully, Koh’li, Reks, and Sterrbhar were able to evade with just singes. Samuel, more well known to some of the Agents as a man in Ishgard that may have encouraged assassins to attack the Agents during the encounter with Lady Aravyl, commanded the Airship as it continued its.. casually… aimed attack on the Astral Agents until they fled.

With a bit of luck and magic the Astral Agents were able to withdraw from the Churning Mists and regroup at the company house where Koh’li, Reks, and Sterrbhar spoke with Grave Shadow on what they saw.

Koh’li saw snow, ice and red crystals and felt wind and cold. Finally, he heard the din of a thousand years of strive. Just before the crystal shattered the words “The End” echoed in his ears.

Reks saw sand and ruins. He felt heat and the weight ancient lost empires, and then heard presence of lost refugees in the shadow of an empire. Like Koh’li, Reks heard two words as the crystal shattered: “The Beginning.”

Sterrbhar, unfortunately, was distracted with other matters while he scried and only was able to gain small fragments. Noise of adventurers, odd accents, the feeling of ‘knowledge,’ unusual masks, and sensation of weath. Even with such vague offerings, the scry included “The Center” before ending. With the two sennights since the mission, Grave attempted to narrow down the scrying to a more precise locations with little success. However, Lady Aravyl arrived at the company doorstep with the disturbing news of disappearing bodies of Ishgardian and Dragon alike. It would seem the investigation would focus on the potential actions of Fasi-Tori the fleshcrafter in the service of Zeviagoth before finding “The End.” @astralagents

#Broken Key #RP Events

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ffxiv-roleplayer · 8 years

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“Go by what you know, and not by assumptions or your wishes.”

In the span of two days, Kugeki got the chance to sit and talk a plethora of au’ra. Mostly Xaela but it did not matter to the construct. Mostly because it was Yesukei she was reunited with and then many others joined them. A day later, Kugeki and Cerina sat together in the common lounge and talked. Mainly about their goals and if they were achieving them anytime soon, but also about how Kugeki saw the world and the path she was walking with her thoughts wasn’t exactly a smart one.

Cerina gave the construct friendly advice and warned her of the pains and aches that come from caring about other people just a little too much. Of course Kugeki wouldn’t say all of it, but she understood that warning. And had wished she heard it over half a year ago.

Still the sit down between the two was nice, and Kugeki hopes she will be able to talk to Cerina like this more in the future.

Baby steps, baby steps in the right direction.

#lizard convention #Kugeki Mihata #Yesukei qalli #Khaisan Tumet #Cerina Borlaaq #Yalalt Tumet #ffxiv characters #ffxiv rp #Astral Agents #Astral Agency

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sarijrahzersyn · 6 years

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End of Agent: Time’s Up

There was no avoiding this meeting. The Astral Agency was out of gil. What was coming could not be avoided. The only thing Sarij could do was try to preserve the future for the members of the company, and to do that he was going to host two meetings. The first would be with the command staff of the company so that the second with the entire company would not be as chaotic since the command staff would all be on the same page.

Thankfully, Reks Blanc, Berrod Armstrong, Sergei Harlenk, and Cerina Borlaaq all were in attendance. Sarij began the meeting with the heavy blow of, “The company is going to be closed in two sennights.” He continued by explaining that as things were the future of the members, even if they were not under the same banner was in jeopardy. Iron jaw cleaned up his loose ends and the Agents were loose ends. It would not happen immediately, but every member would be marked by the Spinner’s Shears after the company closed.

Cerina accused Sarij of giving up and demanded he step down if he no longer could carry the burden of leadership. She pointed out quite a few matters with her usual tempered fury, but Sarij quickly alleviated her fears by informing her that the reason he was calling the meeting was to inform the leaders and then the company, the Astral Agency was going to commit treason by attacking an Immortal Flames’ Base and killing Iron Jaw.

Sergei, being a member of the Immortal Flames, was torn, but after Sarij’s assurances that the only Immortal Flames that was to die was Iron Jaw, and that the company would go out of their way to avoid causing serious harm or death to other soldiers, Sergei agreed and began to confer with Reks on methods of non-lethal takedowns of soldiers. Meanwhile Cerina and Berrod differed with Sarij on matters of loyalty.

Sarij presented that he was going to give every member a chance to back out of the company while the company committed treason, so that they would not be caught up the the arrest and trials. Both Cerina and Berrod agreed with that, but what they did not agree with was that Sarij intended to let folks know if the company somehow still existed after the dust settled, all would be welcome back without guilt or shame even if they crossed their name off in the book. The three of them discussed the matter for a short while, Cerina and Berrod valued loyalty over preserving the future for all. They would not fight for someone who would not support the company. Sarij took a stance of: he did not ask if he could have the company commit treason so he could not hold those who stepped away at fault. In the end Sarij relented to the other two directors of the company and made an announcement on the pearl.

"This is Director Sarij Rahzersyn, may I have the attention of all members of the company?"

"Before the meeting today, there is something that must be addressed. The matters of the meeting will stray into territory that will lead to arrests, gaols, and perhaps death. However, while I did not ask any of ya if we should go in that direction, I will give ya the choice to walk that path.”

“If any of ya are not willing to risk everything, including freedom ya may scratch yer name out of the book at the front of the estate. Ya will be blameless fer the what is to come, and /I/ will not hold anything against ya if ya choose that route. Ya must preserve yer future, even it ain't with us.

Should ya choose tah leave yer name in the book, please come tah the sparring room for the meeting."

"Thank-ya."

The sparring room quickly filled up with members of the company. On top of the command staff there was Dylan Skye, Milo North, Avieno Naemig, N’hara Tia, Kitakaze Mugenkgami, Releval Outtlaw, Autgar Bloode, Crooked Tarot, Garyn Almos, Kairun Gallek, and Balthius Stark.

Despite the tone of Sarij’s call on the pearl, the majority of the group was almost jovial seeing everyone gathered up together as such. Even after Sarij mentioned the matter of committing treason, much of it was almost laughed off, except by Crooked who quickly tried to throw together a plan to frame Iron Jaw with false evidence and false testimony. His argument gain some traction before it was stopped by the command staff with a dose of cold reality: there was no time and Iron Jaw would not just sit around letting them frame him. Crooked took his leave from the room for some time before later returning to the room.

When the fact the Agent’s goal was to kill Iron Jaw finally was brought up, more protest was raised. Garyn and others believed it was the wrong way, and that the company would just become like the Spinner’s Shears. Kitakaze and others raised point that there was no solid proof that the Spinner’s Shears would not kill them even with Iron Jaw dead, as well as there was no solid proof that Iron Jaw was the top of the conspiracy.

Once again, the problem was time. They knew Iron Jaw was working to try to get a seat on the Syndicate by taking control of Free Companies to build his wealth, and Everret Black, the leader of the Spinner’s Shears cell Iron Jaw had hired, claimed that their contract with Iron Jaw was completed. Neither were rock solid refutations of the concerns brought up in the meeting, but because of lack of time… they had to act on the assumption alone.

Eventually, Sarij was able to bring up the actual plan of attack.

Before the attack a smaller team would set up pearl disruptors around Camp Bluefog and attach a device to the Aetheryte there to temporarily remove it from the aetheryte network. Then the primary attack would have to occur within a few suns to prevent the devices from being discovered.

The Agents would meet at the abandoned mine in Northern Thanalan. From there Sarij and a few others would go to the south to attack the watchtowers and keep forces from the Ceruleum Processing Plant busy while the main force looped around the watchtowers to attack Camp Bluefog. The moment the Agents approach the camp, they would activate the disruptors to prevent communication and additional forces from engaging them. There would be a very short window to kill Iron jaw,

Once Iron Jaw was killed, the Agents were to surrender themselves to the Immortal Flames without a fight. Given that they did not kill any other soldiers they would have an advantage when on trial.

Naturally, a few of the Agents in the meeting were less than keen on the idea of being arrested. Milo and Autgar suggested disappearing until the whole matter blew over. Aveino interjected to remark it would look better if the entire company surrendered rather than some bolting and becoming wanted. Sarij and Berrod reaffirmed Avenio’s statement along with treason not something that ‘blows over,’ and much of the company came to terms with the fact they would at least spend a night in the gaol.

Slowly the Agents filtered out of the sparring room to ready themselves for the troubles ahead. In the end Sarij and Berrod were the last in the room to discuss what future Sarij had forced upon the company until they too left the estate.

@astralagency @toomanypeopletolistinthislittlenote

#EndofAgent #RP #Meeting #AstralAgency #thankstoberrodforthechangetosplashscreen

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