Dragon quickstep

[Corwin]

"My word is my bond," Seira responds simply. "We ran into a guard proclaiming the triumphant return of your enemy. If you have any sort of idea who that might be, now is the time to say so before anything else."

[Anastasia]

Akil rises and begins to pace, "I don't know! Some claim the Crimson Firebrand, but that's absurd!" His words come quickly, "I have ever been his loyal servant! Kossuth, perhaps. He could do this. He could attack fire - and he's shown his disdain for you in recent times. He's scared of me, of what I represent! He knows he has to act against me before it's too late!"

[Corwin]

"Kossuth is just as implausible. Let's be honest, here. If Kossuth genuinely decided you had to go, you'd be gone without all this fanfare. And I wouldn't be able to stop it, either. It's his plane!"

[Anastasia]

"The it has to be..." Akil begins, pacing  more, "Dandur? No, the al-Safar? No, perhaps remnants of the Silk Veil? Someone is serving someone," Akil continues, "Someone is behind this! Which enemy I know not!"

[Corwin]

"There is divine power behind this, I can tell that much. Not a baby demigod's, either. How likely is this to be a Baatorian operation?"

[Anastasia]

"Impossible," Akil snaps, "I have too many bonds with them!"

"And here you are," Donald drawls, "Somehow the house always wins, and you're down to your last few chips. Are you so sure about that?"

Akil bin Faheem twitches, hand going to the hilt of Razalim, at his side. "I'm sure. Dead sure. It's not possible with our agreements."

[Corwin]

"What does that leave? Imix?" Seira snorts. "I suppose we'll see soon enough. What are the assets you can rely on absolutely?"

[Anastasia]

Give me a Perception check, please.

[Corwin]

Taking 10 for 120.

[Anastasia]

The softest noise, a footstep that comes from within a wall to your left.

> roll 1d20+112 (+38 inspiration)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 121 > [d20=9]

At the same time Akil stops just as that is heard, his gaze turning towards that wall.

"Ah, the life of a spy is short, brutish and miserable,' Lady Sanzha opines, not even looking up. "Not that he could hear anything if you worked your will, of course."

[Corwin]

Akil should be responsible for security at his own home, so if he hadn't bothered that's on him. The stealth itself interests her, however, and Seira decides to check whether it is magical with a quick, targeted dispel!

19:19 <Corwin> roll 1d20+37
19:19 <Penuche> Corwin invokes Penuche's magic: < 52 > [d20=15]

[Anastasia]

It's within the wall, Seira. You wouldn't have line of effect because of the wall breaking it, unless the wall itself did it.

[Corwin]

I misread. However! I can do several actions simultaneously. Can I break the wall and then try it? I bet there'd be some etherealness spell or whichever to dispel.

If the how matters, I'll confirm that the wall isn't protected against Disintegrate and then disintegrate it.

[Anastasia]

Sure you could go for either of those.

[Corwin]

And Seira disintegrates that suspicious wall simultaneously!