<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Status</div><div class="spoiler_body">AC 18   HP 83     Skirt &amp; outfit generally damaged, but armour intact.<br/>Spells remaining: 7 of 7 1st, 4 of 4 2nd, 1 of 1 from bonded object<br/>Ammunition remaining: 23 common arrows (+30 more in pack), 15 silvered, 19 cold iron, 3 Tangleshot, 1 Flare (for extraction)<br/></div></div><br/>That the succubus could see their other selves... or "true souls" as she said, was just as Rae-lynne had suspected, and hoped.  She wasn't sure how the PCs could use that, but was certain it could be a crack in the wall of their virtual prison.<br/><br/>So she was thrilled, albeit surprised and with a<em>soupçon</em>of healthy suspicion, when the demoness kneeled and spoke to them all with such apparent contrition.  She was inclined to believe her... from her demeanour now, and from the apparent, devastating effect of her "possession" by Di-Em earlier.  And the possible gain was so very great... the half-elf's eyes widened at the sight of the succubus so demeaning herself ... it made her quite uncomfortable to be so elevated.<br/><br/>"Yes, yes of course..." Rayne glanced around, then back to the succubus.  "...of course, I can only speak for myself.  But I welcome your offer, Ishtar."  She looked around at the others again, addressing them.  "I think this is an opportunity, our first, to find a way to reach the real world.  And it's clear now that we will have to... it seems no help is coming from the outside, or not soon at least."  She looked somewhat apologetically at Ishatar.  "We call our home 'the real world', and this place we think of as a... an imitation."<br/><br/>She turned back to the PCs.  "Ishtar can see things we can not... and, more immediately, she knows something of this Telathrax.  Have any of you heard of him?  I haven't.  And maybe ..." She looked back to the demoness, and just barely resisted an urge to try to force her up to her feet by lifting on one shoulder... Ishtar would rise when she was ready.  "...Ishtar might know something of those who have disappeared, might remember if they were sent out to Telathrax, or if they might still be stuck in the marketplace, where she's spent some time, watching."  She meant, of course, Lizzy's brother, though she didn't dare say so.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Sense Motive</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2015-01-23 17:49:32, victoria4 (uid: 37138) rolls: 1d20 DC: 13 Result: 18 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=70894)<br/><br/>How did you know I'd want to be doing a Sense Motive check, I wonder?  :-)<br/></div></div>