<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Wow. It’s been kinda dead here.<br/><br/>Alright. computer isn’t crashing, and I’m not being prompted to use my credit card to buy fake anti-viruses, so I think I can start contributing again.<br/><br/>Here I go.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Mindy sighed with relief as Soma confirmed her questions about the disappearing door. But it’s not long after Alyssa’s plan leaves the tieflings lips that Mindy becomes nervous again.  "H-hold on. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. I said I could manipulate 'to an extent'. There are limits to what I can do."<br/><br/>"I could control a guard, or something of the like,” Mindy said. "But a professional slaver will be much harder to manipulate than, say, the kobolds from last night. Even if I charm someone, there are some things they wouldn't do normally. If they're particularly greedy or gluttonous, I'd have to try and bend their will, and I can't guarantee success." She wouldn't admit it, but she didn't have much when it came to the innate “charm” to convince others.<br/><br/>“Domination is a little easier, but it’s less natural. The subject becomes kind of like a doll. Anyone who knows the subject could tell that their acting normal and realize something’s amiss. If this happened in the middle of buying slaves, we’d be wanted for fraud, if we manage not to be eaten on the spot.”<br/><br/>“There are a few other things I can try, but regardless of how strong my, or anyone’s powers might be, there’s always the chance that one can resist psychic control. We can still try this idea, but… There are just as many risks as other plans.” She thinks for a minute. What she really needed was information. And she couldn’t find it here.<br/><br/>“You know, it would likely be easier for us to come up with a plan if we had a better idea of the town. The arena, in particular, interests me, since I’ve avoided it until now. Perhaps we should set out now. If we need to speak privately, I could make a mindlink for us. So, shall we head out? I need to make a shelter for the refugees first, but that should only take a few minutes.”