>>5572056They have to deal with the overseer first.
Using their acceleration, they start running and jump towards the rooftops, bypassing the exoskeletons around the building altogether.
While their calculations weren’t perfect, the wind lifts them up all the same.
As they drift through the air, there is a sense of freedom. Within the darkness, they’re free men, unbound by this camp that brainwashes people or the empire governed by only a few people.
Their arms cling onto the rooftops.
Once the mechanics are distracted with loading a shipment, they make their play.
They blink across the room, sliding to the stairway which leads downward. Only a strong gust of wind was noticed by the mechanics.
Only coldness and silence remains in the third floor. Nothing but piles of metal awaits them as they move in the dark. Even when she is walking normally, Lily is pretty fast it seems.
They’ll have to confront her in the second floor, then.
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They spot one of Lily’s hunters handing over a speaking skull to her. She is nearly twice of the Glairborn’s size. She dismisses the reptilian and takes the speaking skull into an empty room.
With the hunter gone, the deities eavesdrop on her.
The skull speaks…
{.. you’ve asked us to overlook many things, Lily. Mass murder. Mass genocide. Blackmail. Corruption. And I have done so for many years now, but that experiment was out of line.}
{That experiment in Rena was unacceptable. You took the marks of sterilization away from 5000 people just to see if the country’s education was effective or not. That was the clearest definition of ‘rape by deception’ I have ever seen. You removed agency from people lives. Even for an experiment, even when abortion is readily available, and encouraged, all of that doesn’t matter. You’ve shown me that you’re willing to take personal rights away as long as it suits your agenda. You’re just another deity that wants puppets and not people.}
{I’m sure you weren’t alone in this. Tawan likely pushed for it the hardest. But the point still stands. You could’ve stopped him. Simon could’ve.}
{I know I can’t stop you alone. By the time you hear this, I have already deactivated the security protocols in the Stasis Chambers. Those deities are out. You deserve each other.}
That sounds like the one researcher in the LAZULITE division that recently escaped.
Lily attempts to fiddle with the speaking skull again, but it keeps repeating the same message.
The deities decide to..
>[De-escalate] Knock on the door. They want to talk. (Jeremiah roll a 1d20+1 vs DC 10 / 14 / 16, allows for more questions to be asked. Failure results in combat)>[Violence] Break down the door and attack her. (Lily’s initiative is reduced)>[Speed] Rush into the room and take her hostage. They need to know where her portion of the key is. (Each deity rolls a 1d20+initiative vs DC 15. Failure results in HP loss. If all fail, enter combat) 