<div class="floatleft">(http://s14.postimg.org/w25qb344t/Diahvatar.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Diah</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Landing Pad</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Layla, all the new arrivals</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Helping with the supplies</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Diah stifled a giggle, making sure not to let it out until Layla's back was turned. Not everyone fell into trance so easily, especially not on a place like the Cooler where there were so many hardened and strong-willed criminals. Even the innocents (and there were a surprising amount of them, demonstrating that the Empire's trials and justice sense left something to be desired) had to toughen up quickly or be destroyed by the environment.<br/><br/>Still... while there were people on whom Diah's power simply had no effect, and some better at resisting than others, this little display should demonstrate thoroughly that she hadn't lost her tohch. Which was largely why she'd raised this high in the ranks; she couldn't intimidate or physically threaten the way Harrin could, but she could make people obey her anyway...<br/><br/>Still with that sweet smile  she followed Layla over to the carts, to pick out a job that wasn't terribly strenuous. After all, for her great mental and hypnotic power, Diah was physically weak and couldn't manage heavy lifting or pulling -- so she mainly opted to supervise and add a helping hand where one might be needed, and otherwise try not to get in the way of the bigger, stronger women.<br/><br/>Her hypnotic display with Layla hadn't gone unnoticed, but hadn't been particularly commented-upon either. Most of the non-newcomers were all too familiar with Diah's powers, and it wasn't unheard of that the Quyllian would hypnotize a newcomer straight off the bat just for the hell of it.<br/><br/>"Hey, Tiny," said one of the older women as Diah approached. "How about directing those yellow eyes towards me sometime? You could hypnotize me into thinking I'm on a luxury hotel."<br/><br/>"More likely she'd hypnotize you into ramming an icicle up your cunt," another woman commented, causing a few snorts of laughter from those who heard.<br/><br/>"Okay, very funny," Diah smirked (though she had been considering doing exactly that). "Let's get these supplies to the storage, shall we?" And with that, she joined the working crowd, giving Layla an encouraging wink and a nod as she did.