NOTE: Mazarin reported experiencing an oppressive psionic pressure. She subsequently heard the voice of Corvis Therin, records indicate her father. His directive was explicit: the group had entered a classified sanction, were not to engage or interfere, and were to withdraw and await further instruction.
We received a simultaneous telepathic communication from Marrion. our priority was the revenant; Professor Alderdice was to be kept alive and transported to Verdania. She stated plainly that whatever Corvis had conveyed was false and that she would meet us in Verdania. I was not aware of Corvis Therin’s involvement at the time, nor of what had been said to Mazarin, but the contradiction was unmistakable.
The prisoner, Loren Vey, addressed Mazarin directly and ordered her aside, asserting that the matter was far beyond our authority. Mazarin refused without hesitation and stated that Alderdice would not be surrendered. The exchange clarified intent on all sides. Negotiation ceased.
What followed was an extended and punishing engagement. Charles remained on the brink of death throughout, contributing when able and refusing to withdraw despite his condition. The revenant pressed relentlessly toward Alderdice. We recovered the professor by narrow margins; Mazarin placed herself between him and the revenant repeatedly and absorbed the brunt of the assault. Her intervention was decisive. Enoch pursued the tether beyond the confines of the train and finished him. I delivered the final strike. As it dissipated, the revenant spoke, “i never forget a face, no matter how far you run we will find you.
We secured the carriage and removed surviving passengers from proximity to the dead. The bodies were contained. Mazarin appeared outwardly furious in the aftermath; the source of that anger was not immediately clear to me, though its intensity suggested more than the exertion of battle.
A search of Loren Vey’s body revealed nothing of note. No tools, no sigils, no identifiers. The absence itself was conspicuous.
Kessaria, one of the passengers, gathered items from the survivors as offerings of thanks and presented them to us. She extended an open invitation to her shop in Verdania, The Root and Rind Collective, should we seek unusual wares.
We paused only long enough to regain functional order before the train entered Verdania. On the platform, visible through the settling steam and crowd movement, Marrion was waiting.
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