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| Action Id: 3677 | Crisis: | Participants: Bhandn, Sophie, Austen and Corban | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: Jan. 21, 2020, 9:21 a.m. | Public: True | GM: Puffin |
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Action Points: 50 |
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Action by Bhandn
"It all began when he received the sword...and Bhandn feels an uncomfortable sense of something wrong whenever he gets near the Palace of Arx." The time has come to find out why. He has talked directly to both the Lord Commander and First Captain of the King's Own about the issue, explaining that this feeling began when he received that beautiful, frustrating, diamondplate sword with all its troubling implications, and shown the source of that problem to each of them.
With the help of the King's Own and others with whom he has spoken, Bhandn will be taking Fidelis to the palace, uncovered and openly displayed while there, to shine a light on what began when he received the sword as 1011 AR began.
Action by Corban
Sir Corban, in his role as First Captain of the King's Own, will guide Sir Bhandn through the Palace in an attempt to pinpoint the feeling of "wrongness" that he experiences. Although he will tour the public and known areas of the Palace with Sir Bhandn, he will not neglect either the Bijoux under the Throne Room or the Newly Opened Passage or Alarice's Study at the end of it. Indeed, if it cannot be found before then, he will lead Sir Bhandn into the tunnels found behind Alarice's Study and see whether that is the source of the troubles. And he will keep his Spooky Senses on alert to see whether he might figure out the source of the Wrongness.
Action by Austen
Austen will travel with the others, fully armed and dressed for trouble. Just in case the sense of wrongness that Bhandn feels becomes actively dangerous to them. He'll assist however's needed, searching the palace in a grid pattern if needed.
Action by Sophie
When Bhandn told Sophie about his affliction and the feeling that he had when he looked at the palace Sophie approached Sir Corban, a friend from her childhood that is now a member of the Kings Own. The incapacitating nature of this affliction when he comes in contact with certain people has Sophie concerned with his health. She will be accompanying Bhandn on his tour of the castle in hopes of tending to his needs should her services as a Mercy be needed.
Result
Sir Bhandn arrives at the Palace, and already it feels wrong, somehow. He waits patiently, and soon enough the King's Own show up - Sir Corban, Sir Austen, and a contingent of Silver Swords that follow. The Mother Mercy also shows up, and it isn't until then that Bhandn unsheathes Fidelis.
Almost immediately he is awash with a sense of nausea, but he gives a grim nod and together they proceed into the palace. The first place they look is the Hall of Metal - because the King's Own is adamant that they first determine if this is something that might affect the King. But whatever churns in Bhandn's stomach isn't heightened by his presence in the Hall of Metal.
And so they turn away and walk back to the Great Hall, and this time Bhandn leads them on a different path. There's a pounding in his ears, and that stomach-churning sensation grows stronger and stronger with each step downward. There is a moment where he stops at the entrance to the prison below and - here he can go no further. Instead, he falls to his knees weeping, and his sword slowly turns until it is pointed at himself.
The Hundred quickly surround him, for his protection more than in concern that he is a danger. He is clearly struggling, tears streaming down his face. He murmurs words that make no sense, in a tongue no one can understand. He sounds like he's begging, pleading for something. Remorse covers his face. And then he passes out on the floor.
Sophie moves to examine him immediately, but there seems to be nothing wrong with him at all. Strange. He's just passed out cold.
One of the guards picks him up and she looks to Corban and Austen - "I'll just take him outside then Sirs? If someone could pick up his sword and bring it too?" She waits for confirmation, and then hauls Bhandn outside. It isn't until she drops him at the fountain of Alarice and splashes some water on his face that he awakens - and all she says is, "You might want to be more careful there. Don't you know that place housed the worst criminals in history? Didn't know you Knights of Solace were so sensitive." There's a spark of amusement in her eyes now, but she waits while the others join them, and then she salutes. "First Captain, I'm on duty with the King presently."
Corban absently salutes and dismisses her - and it isn't until much later that he realizes the duty roster doesn't change over for another hour.