<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Descending from the Upper Platform</strong></span><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Chorgath, Nearby<br/><br/>Anjushri was apparently not entirely prepared for this particular turn of events.  In a moment she's hoisted from her feet and in an extraordinarily-compromising position, a ragged breath drawn from her chest as unseen hands draw her limbs apart and away.  She's not alarmed, or looking as though she feels threatened, but she does look... startled, especially in the wake of Void's gentle touch, and it's a clear moment before she can focus herself.<strong>"Those who have received the Bodhisattva's blessing,"</strong>she pronounces, invoking the Law,<strong>"shall not make advances upon her for a day and a night."</strong>[/glow]<br/><br/>The assertion calm her down in the face of Chorgath's rapacious hunger, and the silver glow of her Caste Mark grows to suffice the whole of her frame.  "Might I suggest instead," the Bodhisattva asks, smirking, head inclined to the side even as she is suspended in the air, "that you sate yourself one of my handmaidens instead?  Ruby and Cerulean have both demonstrated a skill for slaking the needs of others, and would be delighted to please you for as long as you seek it..."<br/><br/>The suggestion sounds terribly reasonable, really.<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC + Social Attack</div><div class="spoiler_body">Anjushri invokes Counter-Pronouncement of Enthymemic Law, creating an Intimacy towards the aforementioned law and perfectly deflecting the social influence.<br/><br/>She has a return social influence, which amounts to "You should go enjoy carnal knowledge of one of my servants."  Her Appearance 5 balances his.  Manipulation+Presence totals out 7 successes; Chorgath is at a -5 external penalty to MDV from her active Tragic Love Amusement, and his dice calculations for MDV would be at a further -3 to resist from the Emotion effect stuck in his head.  I'll leave it in your hands to calculate Chorgath's side.</div></div><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Enroute to Living Quarters</strong></span><br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: Elias, Sanger, Others<br/><br/>"That's actually pretty close to the facts of it," Iori says with a nod, not unimpressed.  "The long and the short of it is that the Censors are -supposed- to be the eyes of Heaven on Creation.  They're given the authority to pass judgement pretty much as they see fit on the little gods and spirits that work and live down here.  They're supposed to be accountable to the Bureau of Heaven, but that really hasn't been the case since centuries even before me... not ever since Swan Dragon disappeared in the Balorian Crusade."<br/><br/>She sighs wearily.  The weight of the world is in that exhalation.  "Wong Bongerok was given the seat of Censor after the Empress silenced the Crusade," Iori goes on, getting increasingly into ramble mode.  "He was a bad egg from the start, honestly.  Within a century he was already abusing his power.  Taking bribes to ignore crimes against Heaven's laws.  Extorting blackmail when his investigators found someone who hadn't bribed him.  And anyone who complained was brought up on completely spurious charges-- and then -they- had to pay on top of that if they wanted to not be smooshed under his thumb.<br/><br/>"Two dozen Celestial Lions guard his residence, and at least three times that many in the Lion Dogs and Scarab Guardians-- not to mention all the little gods who'd back him because he makes their lifestyle possible," she goes on, restrained anger beginning to show itself in brief flicker-flash fires playing between her fingers.  "Heaven pays him no heed.  He's been ruthless in shutting attempts to organize against him down.  He needs a kick in the pants out of that chair, or he needs a knife between the vertebrae.  If you ask me, Wong Bongerok is the best example of -everything- that has gone wrong with Creation since the Usurpation."