Haha, yes, anyone but Draken. But he's just one man. 99% of the world would sooner stake him. Kayla, well, might get a few problems for consorting with Meridia. But that's something different.

Not to mention Lycus.

Lycus is a good guy beneath all that bitterness. He'd save little girls and kittens and damsels in distress . He certainly wouldn't hold anything against Kayla.

His only issue is with . . . crazy leaders.

And Salyan is going to be very, very careful about who knows where she comes from...

And Uleni, she's playing Skrillex. Wubwubwubwubwubwubwubwubwubwubwub...

Indeed. The world is dark and full of terrors; prejudice people fearful of the unknown.

I nearly finished Aelena's profile.

ALSO, I'm going to expand Kayla's last entry where she sees Ylenno. She'll have more inner dialogue and ask him a question, but that's it. She'll still fall over and be a nerd, lol

OK, Salyan's song is done (sort of). I promise that later parts won't be quite so attention grabby as that one was, but it was a performance, she's a performer and that's kind of what she does. I won't be so attention demanding in future, though, I swear. Honest guv'nor!

Mustard: Hell, I didn't know there was going to be a show. Should I modify my post?

Your call, really. I got post-ninjaed by you a bit, but as it is it strikes me as perfectly possible for Aravi to have only listened to a bit, seeing as she's distracted by Abiene feeling unwell.

That was beautiful, Mustard!

I won't be posting until the morning (sorry, too sleepy), so take your time if you want to add to yours, KC. I did a slow exit so that A & D wouldn't completely miss the show. I'll pick up with them on the stairs completely in awe of the performance. Salyan will have a big fan in Abiene once she's feeling better.

Yes she found out....that doesn't mean she's gonna yell it out loud!

Sooooo, Ok also I think I owe you all an explanation about that "mind-reading"...it's really not as bad as it seems, it's certainly NOT some kind of rape! And actually it shouldn't create pain, not so much

She can't read your inner thoughts unless you let her! It's more like a scan of your body language, facial expression and then she might get a sense of what you are thinking at the moment.

Now if you guys find this awkward I'll edit my posts i.e I'll just delete them since she's not exactly interacting with anyone...

It would be a shame to completely delete your posts. After all, the other characters have already reacted to what she did.

I do wonder how she determined that Draken is a vampire. Was he consciously thinking “I’m a vampire” while she scanned him? That part seems like a stretch and possibly a good place for an edit. Perhaps she just sensed that he's unusual, or simply couldn't read him?

Maybe you could explain it a little more so we (the other players) can give you a better idea how to interact with our folks. Is she an empath as well, or just a telepath? In other words can she be mentally fed false information or would she sense that the person is lying? It would be a lot more interesting if she made mistakes rather than having her know everything. Fodder for some quests, even.

I would say she's an empath, since she felt the stress radiating off of Kayla.

I'm not bothered by it at all.

I suggest that instead of a series of deletes or edits, this mind probe that (almost) everyone felt could have originated from someone unknown at the festival and not Serene.

FWIW my guys would have no way to ever find out it was her.

I like KC's idea. I don't feel like the probing was meant to be quite so invasive.

I like this idea; a good way to avoid a whole load of edits and deletions, and also gives us a potential plot-hook to play with, if we feel so inclined.

Serene Catraso-Velas is a mage and healer. She has healing powers and knows a fair amount of spells. She is also blessed by Azura, who visits her in her dreams and guuided her through the events in MW.

Now she found out that she also was able to sort of "know" what certain people was thinking, but only people she knew very well and who also could "know" what she was thinking.

Like Lizzy said she is an empath, she can easy feel when people feel bad or are outstressed, then she only wants to be of help.

At the moment she is worried about her missing daughter, she came from Skyrim to investigart this matter and also to find Seth, her husband, who apparently had made quite a few aquaintances at the Wobbly Goblet.

As she was sitting at the table, she felt alone and unwanted, thus she started to watch the ppl around the table, trying to figure out a bit about them, see if she could feel something (NOOO she wasn't trying to mentally rape anyone)

How she found out about the Vamp? Well if you're a fairly good mage or if you are somewhat susceptible you can "feel" the aura, you can feel the vampiric aura! Besides she have met some vamps during her life, she can actually sense it. That's no big deal, it's quite possible. Magnetic fields you know!

So is this sufficient or do you want to know more about her?

When I think "mind rape" I think of someone pushing their intent on another mentally, not reading a mind. That's being a peeping tom, really. I feel like Serene was reading what others were letting emanate from themselves already.

minque, thanks! That's all I need to know.