8/9/2019 Friends in Strange Places
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Friends in strange places
*A chamber in the depths of the darkest of cities. Neatly
arranged asks and jars
of all sizes line shelves above spotless, but well worn,
benches. All is shadow. A
single light, slung low over a single slab, agonisingly white,
is the source of these
shadows. n the blackness of the laboratory all is still. !nly in
the light is there
motion. "hrashing, screaming straining, a creature of talon and
chitin shudders
with frenzied strength at its unyielding restraints. #ooming
over it another
creature, a shard of night, regards it with immortal patience. t
is stillness itself.
"he tableau persists for several moments.*
*A heavy metal door opens with a loveingly arti$ced creak.*
%&aster'(
Ah, Cajal. Good of you to attend me at this hour. Join me, wont
you.
%&aster )(
Thats a nasty case of personal pronoun youve ot there Cajal.
!oull stic" out
li"e sore thum# around here if you continue with that
attitude.
%&aster, this one is here to serve.(
%$%cellent. &and me that #one saw will you' (ot that one,
the num#er )*. + must
say you are a fortunate one toniht, this promises to #e
e%ceedinly
interestin.
*"he luckless creature on the operating slab jerks wildly as the
superior portion
of its cranium is epertly removed*
%!ou may have heard that + have acuired a new friend lately. !ou
havent' -ure'
Good. ell luc"y you Cajal/ Toniht will #e one of learnin for
you. +m sure
youre rateful.
%+es, &aster.(
0uite. ell this friend of mine is Archon 1yril 2oi of the 3itter
+rony. &eard of
them'
%)(
%!ou dont et out much do you Cajal' + #elieve he was a no#ody
relative of
1hiis, former Archon of the 4ayed mas". All that #usiness with
the !llithian
5ysjunction appears to have rather chaned his career prospects.
As + hear it,in
the aftermath of the #attle of Al6os0uerion 1ha, youn 1yril
found himself in
command of a heavy s"immer suadron. 7ro#a#ly uncomforta#le with
the
prospect of havin his face cut o8 #y a si#lin, dont "noc" it
until youve tried it
+ say, and rihtly certain of 1ects capacity for mercy he led a
roup of survivors
into the lower districts. (o dou#t 3olstered #y a#sor#in other
refuees of the5ysjunction durin their 4iht, his out9t sei6ed
control of a small spire
