I arrived at Bava Nisos and had no trouble locating my allies due to the heated argument in progress. Isgarren and Waiting Sorrow were vehemently opposing Livia's brash approach. Poised Arrow was in over his head trying to mediate the situation. All the while, Anise was trying to weigh the options on the table. And she was understandably stressed. Upon my arrival, Poky asked that I talk some sense into everyone. I did what I could, plainly stating my stance, but it did little to calm the situation. But before anything resembling a decision could be reached, we were ambushed by a wave of Mistburned. They surrounded us, likely summoned by the Scepter of Orr as a side effect of Livia's heightened emotional state. We fought back, but at some point in the midst of the chaos, Livia managed to slip away. There was no question: she was on her way to open the gate, discussion be damned. With the Mistburned cleared out, we pursued Livia before she could cause irreparable damage to herself, to us, or to Tyria as a whole. ***