by Jirai » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:54 pm
Success enough. That was all she required. Chaos, enough chaos that her possessions need not be liberated, the men guarding her not completely obliterated.
Still, there had been losses. The bodies on the ground were mixed, bandits and guards together.
Once the violence had abated, and only then, would Rhaena Olwak - aided by a uniformed man - emerge from the carriage, the fabric of her skirts gathered up in gloved hands to keep them from being marred by dirt or... worse things.
She surveyed the carnage, lips pressed tightly together. After several long moments, the Governor's lady moved calmly towards the trio of bandits standing docilely amongst the bodies. There was no resistance from them as they stood, the blades of her guard's weapons pressed against their chests. There would be no resistance as she reached out to lay an ungloved hand on their foreheads, first one, then the next. With such close contact, it was -easy.- So easy, to first erase what was there and then to overlay what she wished to be there.
The last of the three, though, was different. Rhaena pressed her hand to that man's head, the same as she had the previous two. And then she hesitated for a moment.
"You," She murmured quietly, bronze eyes unfocused. "You killed Aris." The elegant woman considered him for a moment, her hand still pressed against his head. "You shall have to take his place." This would take more effort, the woman standing motionless for some time. Enough for the remaining guards - plus two, who had no idea that they had ever been anything else - to load the dead bodies onto the cart. Dead bodies could not be left lying around, not in Myrken Wood. They would be burned, as soon as was possible.
Still, it would be some moments longer that Rhaena Olwak stood there, doing what she did best. Eventually, though, she dropped her hand, considering the man who had been a bandit for a moment before turning back for the carriage.
"Come," She said, "We have lost much time and I would be in Myrkentown before the sun sets." And the new Aris would follow her lead, taking control as if he had never been anything else.