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<blockquote data-quote="Aust Thale" data-source="post: 6926849" data-attributes="member: 6804768"><p><strong>Vale responds to Kasnik, and Respen does his thing...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>~ <span style="color: #ff0000">What?! Just wonderful. So much for that tactic. </span>~</p><p></p><p>Vale, without weapons, puts himself eyeball to eyeball with the Orc, about a foot away, so close that Kasnik can hear him clearly. He speaks calmly, not really a departure from his comments to Greenie, as he is matter of fact, but he no longer has the menacing tone. He leans in and whispers to Kasnik, "<span style="color: #0000ff">Old man, are ye daft?!? One priest lost his mind and the other had to seal the cursed item that did it. We don't know who this wee one is, but he was spying around the Sheriff's office. You got here long enough to see him nearly trample townsfolk with willful disregard once he realized he was caught. He did a backflip off of his horse and landed upright. And he cut Harold with a poison dagger. Weapons or no, he isn't harmless." </span>Vale turns in exasperation, and steps back. <span style="color: #0000ff"> "I am not interested in harming him, especially in somebody else's temple. However, he doesn't <em>know</em> that. He doesn't even know <em>where</em> he is. Or <em>who</em> we are. Now, I know that you don't <em>know</em> that either. I know that Orcs who have chosen good versus evil have little patience for even the appearance of evil, so I think I understand your point. Now, understand mine. He needs to <em>think</em> he's in danger of walking out of here minus a few body parts so he plays nice and doesn't try to kill anybody in here or out there. If my methods offend you, I beg your pardon. I'd point out that my weapon hasn't moved; it's holstered and will stay so, unlike yours.</span>" </p><p></p><p>Vale stands relaxed, waiting on Kasnik to stand down. After a few moments of silence, he folds his arms in an impatient, but <u><em>not</em></u> impertinent manner. Vale demonstrates respect to this holy warrior of Valarian, but he is clearly undeterred, "<span style="color: #0000ff">Whenever you are done, friend, we can get on with it.</span>" </p><p></p><p>[OOC] Vale is Chaotic Good; Respen is Chaotic Neutral with good tendencies. Both have a 'thing' for pragmatism. It's about the only similar thing about them. There is no evil here. It's simply a bullying intimidation tactic on a clearly evil NPC; perhaps Kasnik will deduce that from the auras of Vale, Respen, and the green dude.</p><p>[/OOC]</p><p></p><p>Respen watches, thinking that the exchange between Kasnik and Vale might necessitate hypnotizing (or attempting to, anyway) the green rider. Respen locks eyes on the green rider, and speaks an elven incantation toward the prisoner in order to hypnotize him. Perhaps it will bring peace to the matter. </p><p></p><p>[OOC] Given it's 2am in the morning, I figure I cared enough about it to attempt to settle it. Insomnia helped. Waiting for allergy meds to kick in. [/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aust Thale, post: 6926849, member: 6804768"] [b]Vale responds to Kasnik, and Respen does his thing...[/b] ~ [COLOR=#ff0000]What?! Just wonderful. So much for that tactic. [/COLOR]~ Vale, without weapons, puts himself eyeball to eyeball with the Orc, about a foot away, so close that Kasnik can hear him clearly. He speaks calmly, not really a departure from his comments to Greenie, as he is matter of fact, but he no longer has the menacing tone. He leans in and whispers to Kasnik, "[COLOR=#0000ff]Old man, are ye daft?!? One priest lost his mind and the other had to seal the cursed item that did it. We don't know who this wee one is, but he was spying around the Sheriff's office. You got here long enough to see him nearly trample townsfolk with willful disregard once he realized he was caught. He did a backflip off of his horse and landed upright. And he cut Harold with a poison dagger. Weapons or no, he isn't harmless." [/COLOR]Vale turns in exasperation, and steps back. [COLOR=#0000ff] "I am not interested in harming him, especially in somebody else's temple. However, he doesn't [I]know[/I] that. He doesn't even know [I]where[/I] he is. Or [I]who[/I] we are. Now, I know that you don't [I]know[/I] that either. I know that Orcs who have chosen good versus evil have little patience for even the appearance of evil, so I think I understand your point. Now, understand mine. He needs to [I]think[/I] he's in danger of walking out of here minus a few body parts so he plays nice and doesn't try to kill anybody in here or out there. If my methods offend you, I beg your pardon. I'd point out that my weapon hasn't moved; it's holstered and will stay so, unlike yours.[/COLOR]" Vale stands relaxed, waiting on Kasnik to stand down. After a few moments of silence, he folds his arms in an impatient, but [U][I]not[/I][/U] impertinent manner. Vale demonstrates respect to this holy warrior of Valarian, but he is clearly undeterred, "[COLOR=#0000ff]Whenever you are done, friend, we can get on with it.[/COLOR]" [OOC] Vale is Chaotic Good; Respen is Chaotic Neutral with good tendencies. Both have a 'thing' for pragmatism. It's about the only similar thing about them. There is no evil here. It's simply a bullying intimidation tactic on a clearly evil NPC; perhaps Kasnik will deduce that from the auras of Vale, Respen, and the green dude. [/OOC] Respen watches, thinking that the exchange between Kasnik and Vale might necessitate hypnotizing (or attempting to, anyway) the green rider. Respen locks eyes on the green rider, and speaks an elven incantation toward the prisoner in order to hypnotize him. Perhaps it will bring peace to the matter. [OOC] Given it's 2am in the morning, I figure I cared enough about it to attempt to settle it. Insomnia helped. Waiting for allergy meds to kick in. [/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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