<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/db/Mind_flayer_by_deligaris-d4a3jqv.jpg)</div><strong>Zyrxicorian</strong>and<strong>Number Six</strong><br/><strong>Location</strong>: Matron's Throne Room<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Zyrxicorian stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP</strong> 114/114<br/><strong>PP</strong> 203/219<br/><strong>AC</strong> 32 (+5 Dex, +8 Monk, +1 natural armor, +8 <em>inertial armor</em>), touch 23(31 vs incorporeal), flat-footed 27<br/><strong>Additional Bonuses</strong> +10 Circumstance to Bluff vs Sense Motive checks, +4 to saves vs any power or spell used to read mind, detects direction of active aggression within 30 ft, cannot be surprised or caught flat-footed by creatures susceptible to mind-affecting, can make Sense Motive checks as a free action against anyone within 30 ft<br/><br/><strong>Active Buffs</strong> Extended <em>conceal thoughts</em>(24 hours), Extended <em>detect hostile intent</em>(240 minutes), Extended <em>inertial armor</em>(24 hours)<br/></div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Number Six stats</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP</strong> 66/66<br/><strong>PP</strong> 73/96<br/><strong>AC</strong> 21 (+2 Dex, +1 natural armor, +8 <em>inertial armor</em>), touch 12(20 vs incorporeal), flat-footed 19<br/><strong>Additional Bonuses</strong> detects direction of active aggression within 30 ft, cannot be surprised or caught flat-footed by creatures susceptible to mind-affecting, can make Sense Motive checks as a free action against anyone within 30 ft, darkvision 60 ft, half damage from all attacks that deal hitpoint damage is dealt to psicrystal instead<br/><br/><strong>Active Buffs</strong> Constant <em>detect hostile intent</em> from amulet, Extended <em>inertial armor</em>(22 hours), Extended <em>psionic darkvision</em>(22 hours), Extended <em>share pain</em>(with psicrystal, 22 hours)<br/></div></div><br/><strong>Active Aura</strong>: Perception, 20 ft (+3 Listen, Spot and Initiative to all allies)<br/><br/><hr/>After the two teams' members were finalized and their operating budgets were given out, everyone gathered in the Matron's throne room was dismissed, left to their own devices to begin preparations for their respective tasks.  While Zyrxicorian had some preparations of his own to make, there was at least one action he could take on his own already, without needing to wait for his teammates to finish up their own business.<br/><br/><em>"Head into the city and make contact, Number Six,"</em>He commanded, trusting that his bodyguard would know exactly whom he wished her to make contact with.<em>"We will need every scrap of information available on the murders that have already taken place.  Information about those killed so far, the times and places, any enemies they may have had or ties to any of the great houses, their professions and statuses within their local communities.  Anything that could be a common thread connecting them all together."</em><br/><br/>The Illithid knew quite well what he would do if he was tackling this problem entirely on his own.  He had access to a form of<em>psionic divination</em>that was quite useful for solving little mysteries like this one.  The killer himself may have been shielded from divination effects, as well as those who had hired him, but the traces he left behind weren't, and neither were his victims.  With the method of murder already established, it would be quite easy to delve into the collective unconscious of the city and determine the next victim who would be targeted, as well as the time and place...<br/><br/>At the same time, the Illithid was not working entirely on his own, and coordinating with his allies was even more important on this mission in particular.  As such, while Six walked away on her assigned errand, the Mindflayer reached out telepathically once more, touching the minds of his teammates.<br/><br/><em>"It is a pleasure to finally work alongside you, Miss T'sos,"</em>More specifically, since their officially appointed leader had dismissed them and walked off to discuss a private matter with her older sister, he reached out to the arcanist and her magical beast slave.<em>"May I call you Avalae?  My name is Zyrxicorian, though you may refer to me as simply Zyrx, if you wish.  Whatever Lady Ilivarrra wishes to discuss with Lady Abduxuel, I suspect she will not be long...  Shall we wait for her together?"</em>