Y'naro looks at Aiu. Aiu says, "Well I saw multiple possible futures. I saw Angel in the electric chair, yet I saw her beating Empress Sarah near to death. I saw the sun darkened with a fleet of ships. I saw Base 3 tear the stars from the sky and draw them into itself. I saw the fleet crashing into a blissian city. And perhaps oddest of all, I saw Angel with a genuine gentle smile, tying the shoes of a little boy."

Y'naro nods. "And when Aiu asked what got Angel caught and yet feel so down rather than her usual confident self, Angel said that the answer could be used against her in the future and that the conversation was being recorded by the people who want her dead. The rest I can tell you once we are safely aboard your trusted escort."

  "I meant that more in the sense of how it would hard to expect that to be the cause."

  Even if his player knew Briggs was a Deksharr, that still doesn't help the fact Dave has become somewhat skewed off average for his kind.  Even if he is the only PC still considering how spectacularly guilty Angel is for the whole Pirate Lord situation.

Briggs looks confused.  "So...  did she clarify who was meant by 'those who want her dead?'  Or was it obvious to you she has so low an opinion of Alliance justice that she expects her jailers to assassinate her?"

"The impression I got was that she was trying to get herself the death penalty," Addleworth answers, "So unless there's some fate she considers worse than death, I'm guessing Y'naro managed to talk her out of her suicidal slump and she was being more careful about confessing to anything incriminating."

Clair opens the door to a fancy lounge.  Inside are leather recliners, couches, a card table, a small wet bar with a fridge, and a fancy desk with two phones.  Clair shows Briggs to the desk and explains the phones.  "Both are encrypted.  But this one won't reach off planet, so you'll want to use the other one."

Addleworth heads for the bar.  "What can I get everyone to drink?"

Y'naro gives Briggs a curious look then says, "It's not a matter of having a low opinion, Captain Briggs. The Alliance, like every organization, isn't perfect and there are corrupt individuals in it who would have their grab for power and prestige. But I am positive that it is more so in Tharian space. And it would not take much for a few ambitious Tharians to bribe a few ambitious Alliance officials to speed up and ensure Angel's death so that the Tharian officials can have her throne and the Alliance officials can have their prestige. That's just all through history. But what Angel urged me sounded much more urgent than just history moving on and playing its usual tune. There is but one phone that I can use for this call and it is on Bliss. Which is why I need to get there and why I worry about being stopped on the way, or having even a secure line intercepted."

Aiu scriggly-faces. "Well at least she trusted someone enough to give secure information to....?" is all she can offer to the latest conversation piece.

  Dave is certainly tempted for otherwise, but is still boring enough to ask for the obvious.  "I will have some Water, please."

  Y'Naro sums up the cynical realism obvious for him, which just figures it is the Blissian having to point this out to the Deksharr.

Briggs doesn't elaborate on her own cynical views or clarify why she asked what she did.

To Y'naro she answers, "I needed the phone to discuss things with the Admiral."

while she makes the call and gets him up to speed, Addleworth serves drinks.  "That's one seriously fancy phone.  I agree with Aiu that it's good you managed to pull Angel out of her slump.  Here's hoping things turn out alright."

Briggs nods.  "Yes sir.  I will let him know."

Without hanging up, Briggs turns to Y'naro.  "Your request to be escorted to Bliss will be taken into consideration.  You will be notified of a decision within the next 12 hours."

Y'naro gets a grim expression, like he is weighing the option. "12 hours... if it were you, Captain Briggs... what would you do? 12 hours that could mean the end, or risk getting intercepted and thus be unable to stop the end?"

Aiu says, "Maybe I can help. I'll read your future, Y'naro."

Fun fact! This option didn't occur to me at first because reading the fortune of my own character isn't something that comes to mind. XD

Y'naro says, "Please do."

Aiu rushes for Y'naro, looking to read his future. They touch foreheads. Puppy bunny nuzzle fortune telling is go.

  Yes, life in prison for all the 'being a pirate' stuff might get a pass depending on how much 'everything is DOOMED' is Angel's fault it compared to her warnings preventing it.

Addleworth remains focused on doling out refreshments and snacks.  He wouldn't want to voice an opinion even if he had one.

Briggs considers Y'naro's question.  "Frankly, your immediate options are limited.  Considering how congested the city is, it's not like you're going anywhere soon.  You're pretty much limited to making calls.  You could talk to the Admiral, call Bliss and request a pick-up, call Empress Enselmo if you have a direct number, or visit Angel again to try and get more information.  If it were me, I'd try all my options."

When nuzzle prophesy begins, Briggs remains silent.  Aiu sees Y'naru's future from the bunny's point of view.  He's running down an unfamiliar hallway.  To his left is GibDave, armed to the teeth.  To his right is Aiu, pulling a hover stretcher with the bandaged body of Angel strapped to it.  Everyone is wearing body armor.  The sounds of a firefight is heard coming from behind.

Future Aiu is repeating something rapidly.  "...defeats their stealth!  Night Dreamers listening to Briggs' call!  Echo location defeats their..."

The vision ends with a sudden overwhelming sense of a dark malevolence, leaving Aiu with the headache of a lifetime.
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Aiu flops to the floor and says, "....ooooowww...." as some blood comes from her nose. "Captain Briggs! The... uuumf... the night dreamers are listening to your call... w-we need echo location."

She squirms her legs, writhing from the pain.

Y'naro is kneeling next to Aiu and giving a gentle head-rub while glancing around. "Everyone catch that?"

Gib Resal senses a disturbance in the narrative, like one mildly bland character has been mistaken for another.

Meanwhile, Dave examines Aiu as best one can when 'psychic backlash' wasn't really covered in their training.  "Yes, so it seems we have gone from dealing with well known dangers to galactic stability, to spook stories being dangers to galactic stability."  I mean, it's kind of hard to overlook the Not Deathstar, even with how big space is.

Clair immediately calls the nurse's office while Addleworth panics over what to do for Aiu.

Briggs remains calm and asks the Admiral, "Did you hear that, sir?  I don't know what to make of it either.  Permissio...  Yes, sir."

She hangs up and pulls the wire out of both phones.  She then uses her com to call for backup and pulls out a notepad and pen from the desk.  "I have been ordered to act upon my own discretion as the need arises.  My top priority is to ensure the safety of our esteemed guests."

She holds up the notepad so everyone can read what she wrote: "Room bugged?  Do not say aloud anything useful to the enemy."

"I'm a little short-staffed at the moment, so I'm looking for volunteers to help with security."

Clair arfs!  "I have some security training!  I'll keep the mayor safe!"

First thing she does is call up building security.

Brigs shows a note to Clair that says, "Nod if there is a bat on staff."

Clair nods.

Y'naro nods, pokes Aiu in a few spots and then picks her up like he's done this a thousand times. Y'naro hefts Aiu onto his shoulders so her head is easily accessed by the same hand that is carrying her and says, "I'll be caring for Aiu on our way to wherever you lead us, Captain Briggs."

Aiu says, "Body armor... umpf... Angel... check on... Angel..."

  Well, Sonar itself is relatively low tech compared to most sensors these days.  But not like any of them happen to have some on them.

  "That would be the most obvious target at this point in time, yes." Whether or not they can do anything about it though, is the question.

OOC: I'm really doubtful even with Addleworth, that Dave would have been let into the courtroom armed.

On the way to security, Clair calls and learns that Angel is presently safely locked up in holding, taking a nap.  Meanwhile, the office nurse shows up with a first aid kit but soon learns that the most she can do for Aiu is offer water and a pain killer.  Brigs has the guard on duty show the group into the security office and she begins to familiarize herself with the cameras and floorplan.

"Please supply the volunteers with body armor and weapons."

"Volunteers?  Body armor?  What's going on?"

Seeing as the Mayor isn't objecting, he gets to unlocking the storage for the body armor.

Clair is on the phone with someone else, asking them to come to the security office.  Addleworth is on the phone with the chief of police to ask if they can send SWAT with sonar.

Y'naro gives a soft, bunny smile to the office nurse. "Thank you..."

Aiu begins feeling better. "Phew... thanks, doc."

But neither Y'naro nor Aiu waste any time donning the armor.

Y'naro resists the urge to spout facts about the Night dreamers just yet. After all, he got the impression from Briggs that as long as is possible, the group is to not let the enemy know that the heroes know about the enemy.

.....he figures once they are running for their lives, he can spew data on the nightdreamers. Then again, even Y'naro isn't positive that what he knows happens to be true. These guys are shrouded in mystery and myth.

  Dave can suit up on the move if required, but with the way things go he expects he will have to literally drop everything to keep up with events.

The nurse smiles.  "You're welcome!  Happy to be of help.  Please don't hesitate to call if you need me."

"Oh dear oh dear," Addleworth says, "The chief tells me that even once his busy men become available, the gridlock will slow their arrival here."

"This floorplan is abysmal for tactics," Briggs complains.

"But among the best for fire safety," Addleworth defends.

Clair gasps from what the person on the phone tells her.  "Get over here quickly!"

She turns to the Mayor.  "Polo, a bat from P.R., says he sensed two invisible people sneaking toward the holding cells!"

Just then, a small red light blinks on the console and a buzzer sounds.  The nearby guard knows what that means and points at the monitor watching Angel's cell.  "Jailbreak!"

Sure enough, the door swings open!

Y'naro starts booking it towards the holding cells. "We're going to need something that packs a punch in an area like a grenade, but without being lethal."

  Insulting the quality of the cell security will hardly help matters, as tempting as it may be.

  "Planning on throwing it close to the prisoner then, I take it."  He follows after.

A security guy joins Y'naro and the others.  "Stun grenades are something the riot police might carry.  Strongest thing this place has are stun rifles.  They have a wide beam setting at least.  Less strong on that setting, but with enough of 'em shooting in the same area you could knock out a herd of elephants."

Down the hall a worried looking bat is headed toward the group.  "Security!"

The guard nods.  "Polo, right?  I overheard your report to Claire.  Follow us.  We'll be needing your echolocation."

"Uh... sure.  Ok.  I guess."

When the group is nearing the prisoner holding area, fire alarm goes off!  Addleworth's voice comes over the intercom, saying, "Not to worry, folks.  Just an unscheduled fire drill.  You know what to do!"
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Y'naro answers Dave, "Yes. Invisibility won't protect you if you are hit by something that doesn't need to see you, such as an explosion." Despite his mastery at martial arts, he is guessing these guys are not only trained in hand-to-hand combat, but that there is more than one. Y'naro would have a hard enough time with one invisible guy who has some knowledge of combat. He didn't train extensively in blind fighting, having only taken some minor lessons in how to sense your surroundings with your other senses.

Aiu seems well enough at this point to begin running on her own steam. "I'm sorry to have slowed you down, everyone."

Y'naro says, "Not at all. Your ability has pointed us to where we need to go before it is too late." He hopes. "Welcome, Polo. We really need you right now."
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  Dave was more considering valuing the safety of the prisoner in the first place.  Though if he's willing to try and see a proper trial happen to the flagrantly guilty lady, why deprive her of common friendly fire courtesy either.

  "Do you have more crew nearby, Briggs." With such a high profile situation, they would have had help waiting in the wings of things went wrong... Or maybe she thought dealing with this by herself was more proper.  It's hard to always keep track between all the self serving 'but I'm following our traditions!' sorts and the self destructive 'But I'm following our traditions!' sorts.

Echo gulps.  "R-right.  What's going on?"

"Angel's escaping with the help of some invincible invaders."

Echo looks hopefully at the walkie-talkie, hoping to hear from Briggs that his help won't really be needed.

Briggs is in the main guard office still, tempted to feed the enemy false info over the radio but doesn't want to risk confusing or discouraging allies.  "Reinforcements are on the way, yes.  The enemy knows they can't risk a direct confrontation, so they likely have some sneaky get-away planned.  Do what you can to delay them from getting to it."

The group arrives at the entrance to the detention area.  The security door has a bullet-proof window that allows the group to see the empty hall on the other side.  Overlooking the door is a security booth.  The door to the booth is open and smoke is wisping out from the top of the doorway.  The security guard with the group gulps, readies his weapon, and slowly approaches the security booth.
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To echo's gulping and such, Y'naro just reaches over and gives Echo's ear a gentle pat. "Use what you have, friend." he whispers.

Y'naro lets the guy with the gun take point, but is right behind him. He figures if the guy gets disarmed, he'll back the guy up. But if Y'naro were to take point, he'd be in the way of the gun.

Aiu mostly stays behind.