Current word count on The Wall of Silence: 43902.
I think I’ve finally managed to find a way out of my frustrating scene. After pondering the matter more at length, I realized one thing – both my groups have their little secrets to hide. Ren and Kittin still believe the Watchers are after them, while Kheril and his friends are on a diplomatic mission which, if the Church was to learn of it, would likely be interrupted through violent means. None of them wants to be questioned about their motives and destination, not by someone they’ve just met, and this wariness, I decided, could very well lead to a temporary statu-quo, a ploicy of “no questions, m’kay?”. It’s logical. It’s udnerstandable. After all, at this point, all Ido wants to do is make sure our two young techies don’t die from their wounds, and all the techies themselves want is to not be caught by the Watchers. I think they can reach such an agreement for, say, a couple days. After this, the pressing questions will really roll in, but not before something else happens.
This said, I’m now deep into a combat scene, and I’m seriously rusty when it comes to these. I absolutely need to put some pressure on my little characters (15 people against, uhm, 5 – among which one is heavily wounded, one is blind, and one is a healer with a strong respect for any kind of life. That leaves Iswann and Kittin as potential fighters. Niiice.). At the same time, even though he won’t use his power to kill/maim/wound/dominate mentally, Kheril is quite the strong man in his craft, and I also need to let it appear that if he stands there in the corner channelling energies, it’s not just to look cool.
Well, back to the fight, then. Let’s see what Iswann will do, now that his weapons are unsheathed.
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