A Mind in Danger

Summary

• Task Force
• Calvin Scott is Aurora Borealis' Husband, convinced that Sister Psyche's presence in his wife's mind was going to kill her, he turned up in Independence Port during Issue 3: A Coucil of War asking willing heroes to investigate a way to seperate their two consciousness'. Sister Psyche was returned to her own body in Issue 4: Colosseum. An unexpected consequence of this was that Sister Psyche's hold over Malaise was broken, allowing him to slip back into insanity, and turn evil once again.
• Issue 3
• Issue 4
• 6 team members required
• Calvin Scott (Independence Port)
• Soul orb
• 30 - 36

Agree to form a task force

I'm glad you're here, heroes. you see, I've got a problem. A big problem. It's my wife. You may know her as Sister Psyche, but her real name is Aurora Scott. Ever since Sister Psyche was injured in the war, her consciousness has been residing within Aurora, working through my wife to continue her watch over Paragon City./p>

Aurora considers it an honour, and she'd never do anything to let Sister Psyche down. but lately, there's something wrong with her. I think someone is trying to disrupt their mental connection, and it's tearing her apart. Please, help my wife!

She acts like there's nothign wrong, but I know her. Believe me, Task Force Loyalty, there's something bad going on. I've got a lead on a Council base that's been doing some investigation into psychic powers. Perhaps they're the ones interfering with the connection between Sister Psyche and my wife.

Thanks for helping me, heroes. I have to admit, I badly need some assistance.

It soudns as though the Council's psychic probing has to do with rooting out spies within their ranks. Pretty creepy, but it doesn't explain the change in Aurora's connection to Sister Psyche. I'll have to dig deeper.

Investigate the Rikti base

That lead on the Council didn't pan out, but I'm certain that someone is interfering with my wife's psychic connection to Sister Psyche. I'd like you to look into a Rikti base I've learned of. People tell me the area has a strong psychic resonance.

Find out what the Rikti are up to. If you come across anything that looks interesting, you could take it to Rebecca Brinell over at SERAPH. She's an expert on all things Rikti.

Another dead end. Look, Task Force Loyalty, I know a lot of people think I'm just creating a fuss over nothing. But I know my wife! She's not the same. And if someone doesn't get to the bottom of this, she may never be!

I really believe you have what it takes to help me, Task Force Loyalty.

Interrogate more villains

Okay, Task Force Loyalty, here's the deal. You've been kickign villain tail all across Paragon City, but we're stilll no closer to figuring out what's wrong with the connection between my wife and Sister Psyche. So, I think it's time to kick a little more tail. Or a lot more, to be exact.

I want you to hit the streets, and don't stop until you find a lead.

Task Force Loyalty, you may have doen it! This tome may hold the key to what's happening to Aurora. Thank you, Task Force Loyalty. You're beginning to give me hope.

Take the tome to Azuria

I'd like you to take this tome you found over to Azuria. maybe she can analyse it and let us know if the Circle really is interfering with Aurora's mental conenction to Sister Psyche.

Please do anything Azuria asks of you.

Great work, Task Force Loyalty! I have to thank you for trusting me on this. I'm not a hero; I'm not a well-known contact in town. I'm just a guy tryign to saev his wife. I appreciate everything you're doing for her.

Take the books to Azuria

I hope those books you found will tell Azuria how to break the spell that's targeting my wife's mental connection to Sister Psyche. You better get them over to her.

Thanks, Task Force Loyalty. I'm sure Azuria will know just what to do.

I can hardly believe it's true. Sister Psyche has been living within my wife's body for so long, I'd almost gotten used to it. Still, it was hard sometimes, knowing that there was someone else looking out at me from her eyes. Now, Azuria's finally going to return Sister Psyche to her own body and return my precious Aurora to me. It's almost too good to be true!

Task Force Loyalty, you're amazing. I feel that my wife is in excellent hands.

Take on a new threat with Calvin

While Azuria works on the spell that will return Sister Psyche to her body, we've got more work to do. It seems the Freedom Phalanx was so impressed with our work uncovering the Circle plot, they want to see more of what we can do together. I could hardly turn them down. So, what do you say? Will you take on a new threat with me?

Apparently there's a new villain in town. Some of the Freakshow seem to be flocking to his banner. I need you to go to a warehouse where they're massed and see if you can find out who this new player is.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that the Freaks are willing to follow anyone who claims to be able to bring them some power. I still don't know who this new villain is, or why he claims to know all about the heroes of Paragon City. But I know we better track him down before he causes any more trouble.

Track down the new villain

All right. We know this new villain in town claims to know all about Paragon City's greatest heroes. And we know he's working with the Freaks. It seems to me there's only one thing to do, Task Force Loyalty. You've got to go to the streets and track him down.

Some of the Freaks may know where he's holed up. Start with them.

So, this new villain is holed up in Brickstown, eh? You'll have to go after him, Task Force Loyalty. If he really does have the secrets of Paragon City's heroes, we can't allow them to fall into the hands of the Freakshow!

Take out the new villain

You've got to take out this enw villain, Task Force Loyalty. I don'y know who he is, but I know the Freaks are following him because he claims to know all about the secrets of Paragon City's heroes. That's a huge threat, but I believ you are sterong enough to stop it.

Thanks for taking this on, heroes. It takes real courage to march into the unknown.

It seems that wjen Azuria began her spell to return Sister Psyche to her own body, Psyche's mental hold on Malaise was broken. He lost his head and went evil again. he says it was just a brief fit of lunacy, but to tell you the truth, Task Force Loyalty, I've got my doubts. I hope you'll help me keep an eye on him until Azuria finishes her spell and Sisetr Psyche is back at work in her own body.

Azuria's still hard at work on the spell that will put Sister Psyche back in her own body. During the process, a small part of each woman's soul was cast free. Luckily, Azuria managed to capture the soul fragments in this crystal orb. Aurora and Sister Psyche will be fine, as long as someone protects those soul fragments. I can't think of a better person than you.

Souvenir: Soul orb

This orb contains fragments of the souls of Sister Psyche and Aurora Borealis. Retaining it is a grave responsibility. as well as a remineder ot the adventure you've come to think of as:

A Mind in Danger

It began with Calvin Scott. an ordinary man with an extraordinary problem. He believed something or someone was interfering with his wife's mental connection to Sister Psyche. thus putting her in terrible danger. At his request. you investigated a Council base where Calvin had learned psychic experiments were taking place. However. you learned that the experiments had to do with uncovering spies within the Council. rather than with the change in Aurora Borealis.

You next went to investigate a Rikti base saturated with psionic energy. You learned that the Rikti were trying to mentally contact their home dimension. possibly to increase military efficientcy. Still. you had no lead on what was happening to Aurora Borealis. and Calvin believed you were running out of time.

Desperate for wanswers. you took to the streets. You took on Crey and Nemesis soldiers without results. After defeating a numebr of Circle of Thorns mystics. you found a tome called On the Dissolution of Psyches.

Calvin sent you to Azuria to decipher the tome. She told you that the Circle had targetted Sister Psyche and Aurora Borealis by using their mental connection against them. She could combat this evil. but first she needed to know how much progress the Circle had made. You ventured into a Circle base and uncovered a number of texts detailing their spells.

You took these texts to Azuria. who began work on a spell to return Sister Psyche to her own body.

While Azuria laboured over her magic. you returned to Calvin to bring him the good news. Calvin told you he'd received a request from the Freedom Phalanx to keep working with you. Your task was to bring a new villain to light. You knew this mysterious person was working with the Freakshow. so you went to investigate a Freak gathering. The Freak leader you defeated. Punkadelic. told you that this new villain claimed to know all the weaknesses of Paragon City's heroes.

It became obvious that trackign down this person was critical to the safety of the city. You went to the streets. defeating Freak after Freak. until you learned the location fo the villain's lair.

You had resolved to defeat this strange villain andput a stop to the grave threat he posed to Paragon City's heroes. After fighting through his minions. you were shocked to learn that the villain was none other than Malaise! Apparently Azurai's spell had managed to disrupt Sister Psyche's mental hold on him. Without this psychic link. he had reverted to his old evil ways.

You returned to Calvin with the news. Although he believed you. few were willing to turn their backs on a known hero. Malaise apologised profusely. and claims that he does not believe this madness will afflict him again. Only time will tell whether he is telling the truth.