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29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR

Lawful Stupid

by Nepheri

All of them were dead. Finally. And we had a prisoner with a lot of useful information and completely at our mercy. Of course, with that symbol of Cyric there, I really wanted to just rip her throat out. But there are more important things than her.
 
And she told us a lot about the organization, her role in it and its goals. I don't know who most of these are, but Dworik seems interested. My focus is on the abominations parading as my father and his whore. They are far more dangerous than any in my group seem to understand. Which is why I'm prepared to agree to the plea deal of letting Mahry live in exchange for information on how to get to them. I'd like her dead, but she's a small fish by comparison.
 
And then Rupert happened. The idiot figured she should be brought to some sort of justice with the Watch of Waterdeep. There's a laugh. She's not afraid to die, would handle much worse torture than the law would allow, and we would lose all hope of getting the information we need. Not to mention that she could easily get the Watch to investigate us, which would get at least several of us in prison or executed. Basically, this was about as stupid an idea as anyone could possibly come up with.
 
I tried to stop him. I called for him twice to bring her back. It's not like I'm strong enough to wrestle anything from that big man, so I decided to do the only thing I could think of at the moment - I used my spiritual weapon to deal a warning blow to show that I was serious. At which point he ran and tried to force his way out to carry out his idiocy. At least Natter and Dworik made some attempts to keep the hick in place, with Ellywick mostly seeming angry with me for not giving up.
 
The others searched the place while I looked after Mahry so that Rupert didn't try to make off with her again. And I tried on the robe that had been brought to Waterdeep by us, only to be used by the temple. Turns out it could have been used to control a lot of people. Also turns out the feeling of power when wearing it is enormous and I had difficulty bringing myself to take it off...
 
The others all seem angry with me. Angrier than with Rupert, the man who nearly ruined all out lives and let a couple of extremely powerful undead take potentially hundreds of lives and ruin dozens of souls. That's apparently acceptable, but the fact that I used the only tool at my disposal to attempt to stop this disaster, that's horrible. I would have thought Ellywick and even Dworik would understand the need to look at the bigger picture.
 
Ellywick suggested taking Mahry to the gnome temple we have already allied us with and bring her to the docks in the morning. Which is a great idea, and hopefully we can talk once out prisoner is kept elsewhere. And Rupert refuses any healing from me. I can understand why he's upset... But the others... It hurts that they can't see...
My father... He's a monster. I have to destroy him. I just want to break down and cry. I'm not sure how I'll be able to handle this. But I have to. The Raven Queen needs me to protect the living and the dead and I can't let her down... Just... Please, give me strength. And let them not hate me...

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  1. Business...
    11th of Uktar, 1489
  2. I'm ready for you, Raven Queen
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  3. You killed my father, now prepare to die
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  4. Dust to Dust
    1st of Uktar, 1489 DR
  5. Redbrands I
  6. Arrival at Phandalin
  7. Daddy Dearest
    1st of Uktar
  8. Day after
    30 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  9. Lawful Stupid
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  10. Saving private Rupert
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  11. Dead to me
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  12. Close to Harvest
    28 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  13. Recovery
  14. Insane Plans
  15. By the Book
  16. Dead feelings
  17. Disposed
  18. Dead Necromancers are the Best Necromancers
  19. Catching up
  20. Shipping
  21. Friendly or Not
  22. Unexpected Meetings
  23. Worlds Collide
  24. A very different city
  25. Festive Thornhold
  26. Thank you, my Queen
  27. Friends. Right.
  28. This is awkward....
  29. Landslide
  30. Dangerous Gnoll-age (sorry... the puns are spreading...)
  31. Cenceptions
  32. Seduction
  33. Wave Echo Cave II
  34. Wave Echo Cave
  35. Return to Phandalin
  36. Rest in peace, Declan...
  37. Crisis of Faith
  38. Thundertree II
  39. Thundertree I
  40. Path to Thundertree
  41. Orc hunting
  42. Redbrands III
  43. Redbrands II
  44. Far From Home
    ?? ?? ???
  45. Cold
    Tal'dorei, day 2
  46. Life, interrupted
  47. Hot and Cold
  48. The Dragon's Lair
  49. In the afternoon, we plan!
  50. A Song of Ice and Fire
  51. Celebration
  52. Relief is one hell of a drug
  53. Flight and Flutter
  54. Freedom of Movement
  55. At dusk we... do something?
  56. Pray for a quick end to our deception
  57. Catching up
  58. Fall
  59. Lizards in a hole
  60. Not Today
  61. Released
  62. A broken soul
  63. Skyfall
  64. Acid Falls
  65. Roped in
  66. Faith in Friends
  67. Insight into Emon
  68. A Calling
  69. Hypothetical 1: Healer (Ginny Di video)
  70. Hypothetical 3: Matchmaker (Ginny Di video)
  71. Hypothetical 2: Villain (Ginny Di video)
  72. For my Beating Heart
  73. Hypothetical 4: Prison guard (Ginny Di video)
  74. Hypothetical 5: Bard (Ginny Di video)
  75. Plagued Possibilities
  76. Visits in the Cloudtops

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