<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/de/30FD3D63-6034-4098-B788-9E4ACF35E53A.jpeg)<br/></div><strong>Name: </strong>Katra<br/><strong>Race/Class: </strong>Human Psi-Fighter<br/><strong>HP:</strong>24/24<strong>Armor:</strong>5<strong>XP:</strong>6/9<br/><strong>Effects:</strong>(status effects, buffs, debuffs, etc. include remaining duration for each effect)<br/><strong>Action:</strong><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">Strength: 8 (-1)    Constitution: 16 (+2) Dexterity: 9 (+0)<br/>Intelligence: 16 (+2) Wisdom: 13 (+1) Charisma: 13 (+1)<br/><br/>Human Reroll: 1/1<br/>Void Raven’s Feather: 1/1<br/><br/>Coins: 38<br/>Adventuring Gear: 5/5<br/>Dungeon Rations: 5/5<br/>Healing Poultice 1/2<br/>Healing Kit 5/5<br/></div></div><br/>During all the chaos, Katra remained calm and took a seat, waiting until everyone else was done talking before she continued.  It was definitely a mistake on her part, but, well, she was still learning a lot.  Once she knew the inn was sentient, the rest fell very easily into place.<br/><br/>Looking to Juro, she said, "I think Carmilla is trustworthy because she didn't really try for bloodthirsty revenge even when she had the opportunity.  She's far less engaged in politics when most would be but still has the capacity to handle something like this.  Failing that, she may know someone who's even more trustworthy across the board, but I can understand the concept that we should have a third party humanoid to play judge.  It can be hard to remain fully impartial when you get a positive benefit from eating someone; in this case, how tasty they are."<br/><br/>Katra gave Grella a smile of reassurance.  "You didn't know.  It's a very unusual situation, but, well, we don't get as many destroy-monsters-and-no-worries gigs as perhaps I'd like.  That's part of why I hope to go back and deal with the corn monster; it should at least be fun.  But, we'll have to wait until after my duel for that, looks like."<br/><br/>Looking back to the incarnation of the mimic, Katra continued, "I think you can agree that having a humanoid who can leave the inn, provide advertisement, give you justification for your upgrades, maintain your secret outside of the inn, and all such would be mutually beneficial in making the decision.  The hard part, as a time-honored truth that other sentient beings have learned, is that power corrupts.  People are delicious, so that's going to make you want to err on the side of devouring, more and more as time goes on.  What can help with that is a counselor, someone you can talk to when you're conflicted and it seems difficult to tell if they're worthy of being eaten.  It's not that being a mimic makes you unable to judge; humans, elves, and any other being will have the same problems when they get rewarded for killing in some way."<br/><br/>Looking back to Juro, she said, "Let me ask this.  If you don't think Carmilla is the right person for it, do you think she'd be able to point us in the right direction, if we just explain that we're looking for a counselor to judge life and death and someone with some political influence to move the needle when necessary?  She might be offended by the ask, but she knows the players of Wyrmfell well enough to know who would be best suited, and it's hard to judge one's own heart to know if they're up for it."  Katra was up for other suggestions if he or others had any.<br/><br/>She also added to the mimic, "I should also ask your pronouns.  I realize you can be whatever you want to be; is female your preference?"