A Clandestine Clusterfuck
When two clandestine entities co-exist in the same unit, thereās bound to be moments of conflict with operations.Ā Take last night for instance.Ā The Inquisition decides to run an op with the necromancer we captured to get the bigger fish.Ā Classic tale of local idiot takes up with stranger for power, either for vengence on wrongs done or to proof themselves to a heartās desire, itās all the same in the end.Ā Iām in the dark on it, but their rustling around getting ready wakes me up. So Iām just laying awake in my tent, breathing heavy to sound like Iām still out listening to them lay out the plan.Ā Subtlety is an art thatās lost on them.Ā Like Tauren in a porcelain shop.
Plan starts to go south nearly from the get go, thanks to a greenhorn Mathias Shaw wannabe lookout the Inquiz failed to account for.Ā Inquiz using sleepy guard to sneak way with bait, greenhorn wakes sleepy guard, guard starts to raise alarm.Ā Good job everyone.Ā One of the Inquiz intercepts guard trying to pacify the situation while the others move along with op.Ā Itās not working very well and theyāre basically having to lay out the whole op just to stall.
Normally Iād let things run itās course let the Inquiz learn from their failures, maybe savor the flavor a little.Ā But again, theyāre heavy-handed brutes.Ā āSubtleā and ādeescalateā are foreign words that leave a bitter taste.Ā Theyād just as soon kill that guard, and cause an even bigger scene, than forego crushing heretic skulls.
So I step in, playing the groggy uninformed leader.Ā Manage to distract the guard and assuage them while the Inquiz bee-lined it for the others.Ā Some late night gossip gals were nearby probably heard everything.Ā Things settle, I put greenhorn on guard duty and let guard get some proper sleep.Ā Mission saved, right?
Wrong, turns out one of the gossip girls was the teacher, heard the whole plan thanks to the Inquiz/Guard fiasco.Ā Scuffle ensues, other gossip girl gets her throat slit and teacher Mirror Images to escape. With some bad luck, we shatter the images but teacher escapes towards original trap location.Ā I donāt pursue, letting the Inquiz deal with her on their own.Ā Thankfully, I barely manage to save the other gossip girl from bleeding out.Ā Few hours later, Inquiz return with bait saying teacher is a pile of red paste in typical fashion. Mission success, but sloppy. Youāre welcome, Inquisitors.
