I'm waiting for the group to actually decide if they're doing anything to help with Shrike of if you'd really just like the PC with a horrible stat to attempt to use it on the guard.
I was hoping there'd be more conversation and resolution of a plan here. If you want me to simply push forward with this (likely) failure, then I will.
I'm quickly seeing confirmation of my initial thoughts - in that this game needs to be done on IRC with a live chat.