Kass listened, eager to hear what he had to say about the inside of the pyramid.  It was... interesting... in the same way that listening to a retelling of a massacre was.  Captured near the river and hauled all the way over to the mountain... quite a fast response time, on either end of things.  Catching Karsus' gaze, Kass had the same thought: the two of them would be getting out of there, so that they were not a liability to the two heroines.  One way or another, the river was their best bet at going wherever they planned to go.<br/><br/>He described the layout of the first floor, and it fit with what Kass would assume it to fit like, and mentioned a fire version of those elemental things she'd been fighting before with Aria.  Must mean there would be an electricity and water one as well... to complete the elemental set, and she hoped they'd be dead when they got in after such a terrible fall.  The next floor had a court with a silver wisp (another elemental?) and four angel-like creatures... more devils, perhaps?  Then it seemed there was but one more room at the apex of it... and it had a magical communication array, and likely controls for that godforsaken laser?  Would explain why it was no longer<em>firing at them</em>, anyway.<br/><br/>AS to why he was the only one not judged guilty... an interrogation about how to best inject a cult into the culture?  That did not bode well... perhaps it had something to do with the images in that one room... as for what was on the screens: a world map of Aber-Toril, full-directional viewing, and a visual communication to Kara-Tur, Malatra specifically with it's palm jungle and and lilly pads, then another heading to somewhere in Maztica with it's tropical look... and both involved Illithids enslaving humans with the aid of other such creatures as the Kytons here.  Kass officially hated those brain-sucking tentacle-faced bastards.<br/><br/>Now though, there was a global conspiracy in the works... and Kass knew she wouldn't be able to handle it all on her own.  For now though, this pyramid needed to be cleared out before any other threat could be addressed, and what threats there were...<br/><br/>"Kar-" Kass began, to thank him, but then found them interrupted by a woman who, apparently, came out of nowhere.<br/><br/>She wore little, less than Kass and Anya even, and seemed worn out.  At her giggle though, Kass knew something was wrong... and indeed this awareness was good, for energy shot out at her from her hands a moment later, dodging to the side as it crackled by her... and though Aria dodged it Karsus and Anya took it fully.  If they weren't dead, they were fucking close... and Kass felt an emotion she was unfamiliar with: complete apathy, not just to the death... but to<em>everything</em>.  If she weren't so unemotional, she probably would frighten herself...<br/><br/>Even as Aria is disappearing, Kass is walking towards the woman, raising her hand, and as Aria flickers<em>back</em>into existence, Kass is firing off a beam of raw, blinding energy, right at the woman's eyes, and a moment later took off at a run, drawing her blade and getting around behind the woman, leaving her<em>right</em>open for a charge...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Whenever I see wizards do this shit, it makes me wish I had played one, or at least took the requisite feats XD<br/><br/>And the two of them are dying, not dead, right?  Also, she dropped her bow... should I go ahead and remove it from my sheet, or is there a chance it survived (long-shot, but still...)?<br/><br/>Passed the Will Save, rolled a 14 Base before everything's added in, Evasion.<br/><br/>Standard Ranged Touch Attack for Blinding Light (or whatever that spell is; haven't used it yet), then Move to Flank, Drawing her blade as she moves.<br/><br/>Touch Attack: 22 + 13R = 35, and Blinded if it hits</div></div>