LOG: Scoring an Own Goal(em) [closed]

[stone_blind]

WHO: Astrid, Clarisse, Hermione, Katia, and Vaclav
WHAT: Carefully extracting a piece of Minrathous' defenses, WITH EXPLOSIONS.
WHEN: Toward the end of the mod plot timespan
WHERE: Minrathous
NOTES: OOC post for reference.

Standing at the gates of Minrathous are two fearsome stone golems. These beings, gifts from dwarven craftsmen generations back, are guardians of the city; their intimidating presence has done much to dissuade would-be invaders from ever attempting to break through the city’s walls. One Juggernaut, truly, would be enough to crush a good-sized army, while two make defeat all but certain.

But the thing about a golem is that it’s only loyal to one person: whoever’s holding its control rod. And a control rod’s just a thing. It can be stolen.

So that’s what they’re here to do.

This plan was not hatched by Riftwatchers themselves. Rather, it’s come from two descendants of those very same dwarves who once gave Minrathous its terrifying protection. The first, Vaclav, is a well-dressed and well-bearded Ambassadoria member who elbowed his way into contact with Astrid and Riftwatch in turn to lay out a proposal like he was proposing a trade of eggs for tomatoes. And the second, Vaclav’s near-opposite, is Katia, a wary young woman in nondescript clothing, who keeps her hand on her knife and speaks with few words. The two of them seem not to know each other well — but nor do they seem all that keen on sharing details of their relationship with Riftwatch’s representatives.

This is a two-pronged operation. Vaclav, Hermione, and Astrid will be carrying out the theft and replacing the golems’ control rods with decoys. But opening the vault where the control rods are held will set off a building-wide alarm, and it’s imperative that no one ever knows the control rods were touched. And so this is where the second team comes in — Clarisse and Katia will be leading an attack on the treasury chamber on the other end of the building. This attack will be very public, so that the alarm sounds and draws all attention, giving the first team a chance to do their business undetected.

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[stone_blind]

In contrast, there's little joy in Katia. She's all tension and focus. Her stature, in the smoke, makes her hard to notice, and so she lunges forward and slices through the second guard's knee, moving past the one who's been struck with the confusion gas for Clarisse to finish off.

There's one more door between them and the vault of the treasury. It's not necessary to bust all the way through, of course, but they have to make it look like they gave it a real try. So Katia starts getting to work on that, packing the hinges with explosives, trusting the others to keep the next round of guards off her.

[laruetheday]

Clarisse sees Katia heading for the vault, good, and turns her attention back to the guard who's still standing. Now that his fellow guard has been cut down, he seems even more confused than he did just a few seconds ago.

"Hey," he starts to say, brows furrowing as he seems to register Clarisse for the first time, "what have you d—" She drives her sword through him before he can finish asking, and he reaches out to grip the blade with both gloved hands, trying to keep himself upright.

Behind them, the sound of more guards arriving. She's going to have to trust that Cato and Georg can handle that while she finishes off the two she's currently dealing with.