>>6155118>>6155133>>6155240>>6155358"Meditation isn't so different from a scouting or spying mission. The difference is the person you're watching is yourself." Impa says breaking the silence.
Sotrea looks at Impa with a mix of surprise, that she had spoken, and confusion at her words. “What?”
“Picture yourself in your mind, what do you see?”
Humoring Impa, Sotrea closes her eyes. “Nothing, blackness.”
“Why?”
“Because I can’t concentrate right now.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m nervous, tense, I can’t stop thinking about the mission”
“Where are you feeling that tension.”
“In my chest.” Sotrea sighs growing impatient.
“How is your heartbeat?”
“Racing.”
“Your breathing?”
“A little quick.”
“Skin?
“Sweaty.”
“Okay, your target is obviously nervous, how do you calm them down?”
“I slow down their breathing.”
“Good, what else.”
“Calm their heart. Relax their muscles. Take their mind off of… Hey, it’s working, kind of.” Sotrea says opening her eyes.
“Mhm, keep it up. Your mission isn’t complete until your target is completely tranquil.”
Sotrea closes her eyes again and Impa can see as she begins to visibly calm. Looking around she can see that both Shamel and Femi had stopped their own rituals to partake. Closing her own eyes Impa slips into a meditative state and finally finds some rest.
When she opens her eyes again, Shamel and Femi had resumed their preparations without the nervous ticks this time and Sotrea had fallen asleep sitting down and was snoring slightly. The sun was completely out of sight now, the purple western horizon, the only reminder of its presence. Soon the other seers arrive spells in tow and deliver them to Femi. “Ready?” Impa asks.
“Yeah,” Femi nods gathering up his other talismans. “Let’s go, I don’t like hanging on to things any longer than I have to.” He says carefully tucking the two gifted talismans away in a special box.
After waking up Sotrea, the rest of the Sheikah are brought into position and Impa’s team prepare to enter the Twilight. Doing one last check on herself, her team, and the plan, Impa walks through the Barrier
<span class="mu-s">Infiltration Part I: Over the Wall</span>
> Base DC 50> Impa’s Team’s Wisdom + 40 DC> Prepared Entry Point/Pre-Planning + 15 DC> Enemy Wisdom - 20 DC> Defensive Works - 15 DC> Total DC 70> Give me three d100s anons0 Passes = Spotted before you even reach the walls.1 Passes = Loud entry, spoils your ascent up the walls.2 Passes = You’re in the team makes it safely and undetected up the walls.3 Passes = Luck is on your side, a lax guard allows you a quick and safe entry point inside the fort itself. 