>>6124965It’s probably a half hour later before a squad of priestesses and inquisitors arrive to cart off the prisoners and escort all of you back to the Cathedral for reports. You feel like an outsider as it all happens, even though you logically understand you played a significant role in what just happened. And it’s not until Lorina steps up to you that you’re brought out of your trance, “I’m not entirely sure what just happened,” She begins, “But I think you did pretty well for someone without Mageknight training,” She says in that awkward tone she has when trying to compliment someone without really knowing how. You can only imagine how strange a princess’ upbringing is.
“Thanks, you were pretty reliable yourself, Ina,” You say back with a smile. It seems to stun her for a second as she blinks, and a slight blush appears on her cheek.
“A-ahm, but I didn’t really do much?” She asks.
“You came when I needed you,” You list, “Probably saved Maxwell’s life and dodged my awesome finishing move without it being coordinated.”
“W-wait, you’re being too-” She starts to flusher a bit more before her face turns to confusion and scarily fast resets to an accusing neutral, “Wait, dodge your finishing move? Did you not know where I saw on the boat when you tore it apart?”
“I- uh, had faith in your abilities..?”
“Marie, that blade rose five feet out of the boat! It could have cut me in half!”
Perhaps, you think, it would be best to leave this part of the walk back unwritten and resume when-
>You are Lorina de Lindan, sitting across from the Lord Inquisitor. Ready to receive your next assignment.>You are Marie Sarodieu once again in the interrogation chamber, surrounded by the other Strangers and two Inquisitors.>You are Asher, no last name, a few minutes from arriving back in Ivern. Sally’s hungover words causing an increasingly large headache 