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<blockquote data-quote="Matthan" data-source="post: 6740702" data-attributes="member: 20005"><p>Daedarai smiles at Shen and holds a finger to his lips for silence as he stoops down and grabs a sack from the scattered trinkets. Still smiling as he approaches the loud-mouthed vermin, he swiftly drops the sack over his head. Leaning in to the now obviously furious man, he whispers, “Hush now, little man. Your safe as long as the ransom comes.” [SBLOCK=OOC]That's probably a bluff check since it's a complete lie.[/SBLOCK]</p><p> </p><p>Waving his two new comrades over a short distance away from the captive, he begins to whisper his plan so that the man cannot hear. “That man belongs to a group of the vilest bottom feeders that you can imagine. They believe they have a right to the secrets that make our civilization possible. I belong to an organization that vehemently opposes the chaos that they would bring to this city.” At this point, Daedarai looks pointedly at Alejandro hoping that his associate would understand the wisdom of easing Shen into this decision. “My colleagues and I work tirelessly to bring order to the most chaotic elements of this city. This requires a great degree of discretion that this piece of filth,” he pauses to spit at the man, “and his ilk seek to drag into the light and plunge the city into a chaos that would cost countless lives.”</p><p></p><p>“I know that you are new to this city, but life is the same everywhere. A very few people have vastly more than they need, a handful are able to meet their needs, and a great majority suffer in poverty and desperation. If left unchecked, those desperate masses would descend into an anarchical force that would plunge this city into a never-ending blood shed as those without slaughtered those with. My group stands in this gap and taps into this ever building pressure and releases it in controlled and measured ways to redistribute wealth from those with much towards creating economic opportunities for the disenfranchised of the city. The obscenely wealthy call us the Thieves' Guild, and from their perspective, perhaps that is all we are. However, I tell you that we are more. A child born in the pits of the under city who may never see the light of day has an opportunity with us to make something of himself and provide for his family. We ensure that the operations against the wealthy are carefully managed to prevent a retaliation that would slaughter the poor of this city. We keep this city and its people alive. Today has provided you an opportunity to better your station and join us.”</p><p></p><p>“My organization will pay handsomely for this man. They have resources to get information from him in moments that we may never get him to share if we had a year. They can tell us what he wanted with you, Shen, and provide all of us shelter from any reprisals his foul group may seek to attempt. I believe that we have found the rarest of opportunities. This is a situation where we all can win. My guild will reward us and get whatever information we need from him. We just have to be willing to turn him over to them. However, we should be swift in this decision. This man has magic so I do not doubt that his compatriots do as well. If so, they may be able to track him.”</p><p></p><p>“What do you say? Are you ready to take the first step to a better life?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matthan, post: 6740702, member: 20005"] Daedarai smiles at Shen and holds a finger to his lips for silence as he stoops down and grabs a sack from the scattered trinkets. Still smiling as he approaches the loud-mouthed vermin, he swiftly drops the sack over his head. Leaning in to the now obviously furious man, he whispers, “Hush now, little man. Your safe as long as the ransom comes.” [SBLOCK=OOC]That's probably a bluff check since it's a complete lie.[/SBLOCK] Waving his two new comrades over a short distance away from the captive, he begins to whisper his plan so that the man cannot hear. “That man belongs to a group of the vilest bottom feeders that you can imagine. They believe they have a right to the secrets that make our civilization possible. I belong to an organization that vehemently opposes the chaos that they would bring to this city.” At this point, Daedarai looks pointedly at Alejandro hoping that his associate would understand the wisdom of easing Shen into this decision. “My colleagues and I work tirelessly to bring order to the most chaotic elements of this city. This requires a great degree of discretion that this piece of filth,” he pauses to spit at the man, “and his ilk seek to drag into the light and plunge the city into a chaos that would cost countless lives.” “I know that you are new to this city, but life is the same everywhere. A very few people have vastly more than they need, a handful are able to meet their needs, and a great majority suffer in poverty and desperation. If left unchecked, those desperate masses would descend into an anarchical force that would plunge this city into a never-ending blood shed as those without slaughtered those with. My group stands in this gap and taps into this ever building pressure and releases it in controlled and measured ways to redistribute wealth from those with much towards creating economic opportunities for the disenfranchised of the city. The obscenely wealthy call us the Thieves' Guild, and from their perspective, perhaps that is all we are. However, I tell you that we are more. A child born in the pits of the under city who may never see the light of day has an opportunity with us to make something of himself and provide for his family. We ensure that the operations against the wealthy are carefully managed to prevent a retaliation that would slaughter the poor of this city. We keep this city and its people alive. Today has provided you an opportunity to better your station and join us.” “My organization will pay handsomely for this man. They have resources to get information from him in moments that we may never get him to share if we had a year. They can tell us what he wanted with you, Shen, and provide all of us shelter from any reprisals his foul group may seek to attempt. I believe that we have found the rarest of opportunities. This is a situation where we all can win. My guild will reward us and get whatever information we need from him. We just have to be willing to turn him over to them. However, we should be swift in this decision. This man has magic so I do not doubt that his compatriots do as well. If so, they may be able to track him.” “What do you say? Are you ready to take the first step to a better life?” [/QUOTE]
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