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What if its not Thomas
vultur:
Shapeshifters and illusions are a thing in the DV. Normally I would expect Harry and Lara to spot an impostor, but Thomas wasn't able to converse or act normally, so they couldn't really spot inconsistencies in his behavior.
--- Quote from: Grifter on July 16, 2020, 07:10:36 PM ---Yeah, she was feeding him on the boat. You think she would have known if there was something weird about his aura/power.
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Probably, but that might depend on how good the imitation was. A good enough shapeshifter might be able to fake even that. I think only the Sight is 100% for this kind of thing.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: dresden11 on July 16, 2020, 06:17:27 PM ---The Fomor are about to kick off a war where their empress does not care if there is any infighting among the Accords. So they have no reason to try to cause infighting. The war is going to happen anyway.
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I think they'd be thrilled with infighting. They whole point of announcing the invasion the way they did was to get them not to fight so those willing to fight got picked off one at a time.
Grifter:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on July 17, 2020, 03:41:11 AM ---I think they'd be thrilled with infighting. They whole point of announcing the invasion the way they did was to get them not to fight so those willing to fight got picked off one at a time.
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It wouldn't surprise me if the ghouls were a plant to help sow doubt after the attack, to try to get everyone to follow them out and abandon the accords. And they'll likely turn against the others during the battle. Notice that they didn't volunteer for and jobs.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: Grifter on July 17, 2020, 04:00:48 AM ---It wouldn't surprise me if the ghouls were a plant to help sow doubt after the attack, to try to get everyone to follow them out and abandon the accords. And they'll likely turn against the others during the battle. Notice that they didn't volunteer for and jobs.
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In that crowd, they're the cannon fodder with little to no personal power. Even the White Court could probably threaten them directly. It's hard to blame them for wanting to disappear after seeing what happened to Mab.
Also, as a point of personal power, Ethniu forced Ferrovax to introduce her with sheer force of will. Somebody on the Mab list.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: vultur on July 16, 2020, 08:32:41 PM ---Shapeshifters and illusions are a thing in the DV. Normally I would expect Harry and Lara to spot an impostor, but Thomas wasn't able to converse or act normally, so they couldn't really spot inconsistencies in his behavior.
Probably, but that might depend on how good the imitation was. A good enough shapeshifter might be able to fake even that. I think only the Sight is 100% for this kind of thing.
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Yes, and Goodman Grey is in town and working for Harry, but he could be also be working for someone else. However, before anyone starts to agree with that idea; as Grifter pointed out, Lara was feeding Thomas some life force energy. A really good shapeshifter; playing a badly mauled and uncommunicative Thomas, might be able to fool even Lara but it wouldn't be able to do any White Court vampire tricks. I don't see how Lara could feed any energy to a non-White Court vamp, unless that shapeshifter was also a type of incubus or succubus. There's nothing to indicate the Naagloshii have that ability.
So just to be clear, I'm not seeing a fake Thomas here.
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