Previous Post It's starting to look to me like this is all a set of carefully laid traps to eliminate the entire Lair Legion.  Unfortunately I can't guess who because the list of people who want the LL and its associates gone is way too long. Of the LL and its associates, though, it looks like Chiaki and Visionary are in the least danger.  It would be strange indeed it the two weakest (and most injured, in one case) Lair Legion associates have to launch a rescue. From the Baroness' arrogance over the matter, I'm thinking she might be involved somehow even though she isn't directly responsible.  Like maybe she was contacted, knew it was coming, and made a deal. And in light of a possible LL elimination, I'm thinking Whitney, Liu Xi, and Ebony have been given this errand by someone just to keep them out of the way (or were told by someone to).  They aren't really LL members, and while there are people who have it in for them, there isn't much overlap with the list of people who want the LL gone.

I'm sorry... who else is currently at the mercy of the big bad of *two* epic story-lines, the first of which ended with my heart exploding and the second with my soul being rewritten to bring about his rebirth? A villain who can kill a shoggoth, no less, and really hates me as well?

You're getting picked last for threat assessment detail.