Thanks!
Betting on a 5...
int 2 (damn it!) + Code 1 + 1d10=9 (I'd have loved a 0)
Damn, it's even worse, he knows it! He made the 12
Well, let's say he forgot himself. Hum... Given the years spent in Iberia, where the tribunal is in anarchy, it seems sensible he hasn't seen this from years, and has grown accustomed to the rules being flaunted left and right.
Speaking to himself, after reminding himself the point: Damn, the old bastard is right. Although he sure is quite anal about it. Especially considering the previous outrage. Yet... Well, I guess I don't regret it. This was important, both for lady cygna and her reputation.
Ah-Ah!
Hiems knew there was something fishy about it!!!
Hiems is so caught up in his words and the importance to get the idea to cygna that he doesn't even remark it.
Once he lets her go, though, he'll absentmindedly shake his hands a little, as if there's something to them
O_o Of course not. And if I let you think otherwise, you have my sincerest apologies.
What trutina said only confirm my suspicions. I may not be the most adept user of the Sight, but, in all these years he tormented you, I should have seen it, if he was a simple ghost. Likewise, hermetic magics should have been able to detect him. But there's something else, too. I may not be the most knowledgeable magus about it, but, from what you've told me, he seems surprisingly self-aware and conscious.
As it is, I am left thinking that, through his heinous acts, he came back from death as a demon, or at least some kind of infernal ghost, as a gift from his dark masters. This would explain everything, way more than simply ghostly possession.
Hiems nods
Exactly. Although I don't think he's always here at all, since he previously manifested inside holy places.
This must be the moment when this occurs
Hiems probably notices cygna's reaction
He is here, is he? Well, fine. Hello, Adorjan, goodbye Adorjan.
Listen to me, lady cygna. He only seeks to warp your mind.
My guess is that, at least part of the time he uses either some kind of Creo Mentem effect through an arcane connection to you, to project his infernal visions into your mind, or something like the Miniatures used by our Jerbiton Brethren. Illusions so minuscule only their recipient can perceive them. That, or he is frighteningly powerful, and idea that shouldn't be discarded. And you may want to consider the idea that he may possess you, or hide himself in some or your belongings
But, really? you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Be him a ghost or a demon, he is an evil spirit of some sort, and he is tormenting you. Hell, for what we know... I might be wrong, too! For there is another possibility I have considered, that is maybe even more dire.
He shakes his head, then looks at her again with a kind look in his eyes, which is strange to cygna: Aside from his moments with his lady love, she has seldom see his face betray much emotion save, of course, perplexity or some other kind of intellectual reaction (his spock/teal'c - like o_O).
I will tell you one last thing, though. And that is that I was wrong about you. All these years, I have admired you, your wisdom and your kindness. But I now see that you are a fool, first and foremost. Because you fail to see how wonderful you are.
And with that, too instinctive for either of them to realize, like something taking hold of himself, he takes a step toward cygna, coming close to her, raises his hand, and then, his eyes widen and he steps back quickly, his face becoming once more normal, albeit puzzled
Oh. I... I am sorry, lady cygna, this... This shouldn't have happened.
He looks at his hands, like they belong to someone else
I don't know what took hold of me. I don't understand. This... I beg you to pardon me, this won't happen again.