Inaugural Mission: Introduction and First Mission

As they walked, Ovelia was mostly quiet as she focused on ignoring the pain and acting fine. She would need to bandage herself up once she got back to base and was in private. She had to keep up her image and going down had been bad enough for her pride, showing it would just be worse.

When it got dark, Ovelia sighed and lifted a hand creating a glow of light to allow people to see. "If people need light to see back to their room I can help." She said.

Shelldon responded, No.... they should be here..... It's odd.... there are more people here than normal....

Shelldon answered, I can't tell...... Something is blocking me.....I can just tell they're all in one place. In a big room in the back of the building.

Niyol sighs, ”Maybe but I'd rather we try to scope things out first and get as much information before going to any other authorities... Is there no one confident enough in sneaking? Otherwise I'm going to try getting in from one of the higher floors."

"Alright, if you think that nothing is wrong, go ahead. Be my guest. If you don't come back outside in 20 minutes, I'll go get one of the orders to come and help retake the mansion." Alex said, very stoic, but internally was happy that someone had stepped up to the sacrifice role.

"I'll go in as well but I don't need you to fly me." Ovelia said as she shrugged and headed through front door while drawing her dagger. She shifted the blade to her right hand and then covered her right arm with her cloak to hide it.

"Stealth? Metal armor and a huge backpack don't really conduce to being quiet, i think ill stay out here and wait for your signal." Thane says.

The window was open, which made Mael feel a little relieved. If they were closed he would have had to spend some time picking the lock. Mael slipped out of Niyol's grip and through the window, thanking his comrade for the help. Mael's plan was simple. He'd get from A, his current location, to B, the big room at the back of the building, while being quiet and unseen. According to Shelldon, everyone would be gathered in the backroom, so it seemed as if there would be no lookouts, but it paid to be cautious, especially since there was at least one person capable of blocking Shelldon's senses.

With this plan in mind, Mael moved through the hallway and down the stairs, after making sure no one was there. He figured that it would be unlikely that there was a direct route to the room he was looking for from the second floor, so taking the stairs to the front wasn't a difficult decision. The lack of people there did make him feel a little silly for going in through the upper floor window though, but he quickly squashed that feeling. Eventually he got to the room Shelldon had mentioned. If Mael knew the layout of the location a little better, maybe he would have looked for another way to get to it and he regretted not checking if there was a window at the back of the mansion that he could look into, but as it was, Mael would just have to do with peeking into the room from the front. He approached the door as silently as he could and peeked through the key hole. Depending on how much he could see, he would then open the door quietly a little and look through the gap instead.

After heading through the front door, Ovelia kept the glow going with her left hand as the right hand kept the concealed dagger gripped tightly.

She made her way toward the back, ready to bolt at a moments notice. She hoped the others were just being paranoid and it was no big deal. She was in no condition to battle.