[OOC: No offense intended, alhoon; Crow was just being his usual cocky self, calling Serd's facade "laughable".
But both our PCs need to be careful with their respective secrets, nevertheless: Sense Motive is a class skill for the FoS prestige class, and there are some
awfully high-level, high-Int NPCs at this gathering. It's quite possible that at least a few of them
did invest heavily in SM ranks.]
At Kingsley's dejected departure, the bard starts to rise, hesitates, stays in his seat as she takes her leave of an ungrateful Fraternity. A sad sight, to see the tigress retreat; the professor really
must be tired, to excuse herself from the afternoon's events.
A quick glance at his program confirms this -- he can't imagine anything short of sheer exhaustion would keep the prim Zherisian from her own compatriot's lecture -- as well as verifying that Brother Paul Dirac, whose company Crow must now seek out, will be presenting in the Library this afternoon, in tandem with some Vaasi aristocrat. Recalling his own recent foray to Liffe, the bard wonders if Dirac's lecture might offer any information of interest, above and beyond his current search for Van Rijn's agent. Certainly, Larner's talk on Paridon might be enlightening, if he's to take the two Zherisians up on their invitation to visit that city.
Typical, he ponders in irritation, as he collects his instrument-case, steps past Kingsley's vacant seat, and moves down the aisle to intercept Paul Dirac.
Only when the game is progressing well do the lectures actually start to sound of interest! Pity I've too few hands to fiddle with rings and
take notes....
Oh, well. It's not much of a sacrifice compared to most the VRS spy has made, for his work's sake, and he can always talk Dirac into granting him a peek at his lecture-notes later.
He moves on into the hall, a few steps behind the young Dementlieuse, pausing only to snatch a sugar-bun from the buffet near the entrance. Coffee would be welcome, but he can't afford too much of a 'crash' later: not tonight, of all nights.