The lead investigator, a man named Royas, looks over at Flowering and says, "These grenades are not simple 'one use and discard' items, but they are reusable artifacts that we do our best to recover to recharge for later use. They can be either thrown at an enemy or placed against a structure you are trying to damage with a timer set to give yourself enough time to get away from the blast. We have recovered a total of twelve of the Essence Pulse Grenades, all of them set to deliver fire damage. If it were not for the rapid response of both you and Ray, having a half dozen of these things going off in the middle of the Estasians would have surely killed all the mortals of the delegation, and could have even destroyed one or both of the Champions that they brought along as escorts."
From her seat across the table, the Jade caste Exalt Glorious Will eyes Royas and says, "Are you able to trace where the perpetrators got ahold of these weapons? I would have to believe that you have some sort of security on these."
"Yes, Champion." Royas reaches out with is data tablet and taps a few keys on it and on the main wall screen, a ident picture of all eight of the insurgents is displayed. He points at one of the men, and says, "This is Ram, a member of the security force guarding one of the weapon lockers. My team has already determined that all twelve grenades have come from there, with counterfeit records showing that they were properly dispensed to security teams. From what we know of Ram's training, he does not possess the needed skills to be able to forge such documents, but from our video surveillance cameras in the area, we have images of him doing just that. Dr. Tarok of the Surgeons is working to try and identify just how it is possible, and she has given me initial reports that the knowledge of how to acquire these weapons was implanted by someone."
Speaking of Dr. Tarok, she comes into the room and sits down in one of the empty seats. "Please forgive my tardiness. I was elbow deep in the cerebellum of one of the insurgents."
Royas nods. "Of course, Doctor. What can you tell us?"
"All of this is still in the very early stages of my examination, but what I can tell you is that someone that is a real master of memory alteration and implantation was at work here. This level of manipulation either required the use of one of our full sized operating rooms to make use of the advanced equipment in there, or it was done by an Exalt using the Charm 'Memory Implantation Surge' and a sizable amount of time. Since there are no records of anyone making use of a surgical suite to perform neural surgery, I would have to guess that all of this was done by an Exalt of some considerable talent. We need to find this Exalt as soon as possible."
Royas asks, "Will it be possible to recover the true memories of the eight subjects to try and identify the Exalt responsible?"
Dr. Tarok shrugs. "It might be possible, but I am not hopeful. Whatever Champion did this scrubbed the minds of his or her subjects to thoroughly erase any trace of their original memory engrams. Very detail oriented. But excellent work does not always mean flawless work. I will continue to probe the prisoners and see what, if anything, I can recover."
Royas replies, "Excellent, Doctor. Keep us informed of any changes to the status of your work with the prisoners."
From her seat across the table, the Jade caste Exalt Glorious Will eyes Royas and says, "Are you able to trace where the perpetrators got ahold of these weapons? I would have to believe that you have some sort of security on these."
"Yes, Champion." Royas reaches out with is data tablet and taps a few keys on it and on the main wall screen, a ident picture of all eight of the insurgents is displayed. He points at one of the men, and says, "This is Ram, a member of the security force guarding one of the weapon lockers. My team has already determined that all twelve grenades have come from there, with counterfeit records showing that they were properly dispensed to security teams. From what we know of Ram's training, he does not possess the needed skills to be able to forge such documents, but from our video surveillance cameras in the area, we have images of him doing just that. Dr. Tarok of the Surgeons is working to try and identify just how it is possible, and she has given me initial reports that the knowledge of how to acquire these weapons was implanted by someone."
Speaking of Dr. Tarok, she comes into the room and sits down in one of the empty seats. "Please forgive my tardiness. I was elbow deep in the cerebellum of one of the insurgents."
Royas nods. "Of course, Doctor. What can you tell us?"
"All of this is still in the very early stages of my examination, but what I can tell you is that someone that is a real master of memory alteration and implantation was at work here. This level of manipulation either required the use of one of our full sized operating rooms to make use of the advanced equipment in there, or it was done by an Exalt using the Charm 'Memory Implantation Surge' and a sizable amount of time. Since there are no records of anyone making use of a surgical suite to perform neural surgery, I would have to guess that all of this was done by an Exalt of some considerable talent. We need to find this Exalt as soon as possible."
Royas asks, "Will it be possible to recover the true memories of the eight subjects to try and identify the Exalt responsible?"
Dr. Tarok shrugs. "It might be possible, but I am not hopeful. Whatever Champion did this scrubbed the minds of his or her subjects to thoroughly erase any trace of their original memory engrams. Very detail oriented. But excellent work does not always mean flawless work. I will continue to probe the prisoners and see what, if anything, I can recover."
Royas replies, "Excellent, Doctor. Keep us informed of any changes to the status of your work with the prisoners."