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<blockquote data-quote="Rikandur Azebol" data-source="post: 5353416" data-attributes="member: 21755"><p><span style="color: DimGray"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">The Cave</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="color: Red">Einar</span></strong></span></p><p></p><p>"<strong><span style="color: Red">Don't attack her, please !</span></strong>"</p><p></p><p>Shouted Einar upon seeing the black sign of appearing Fist of Khonsu. He cradled his closed hands to his chest, as if unsure of himself before he speaks again to the young woman. His face ceased pretending to have feelings, and his voice became as hollow as he really feels.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">I'm not berserker, I think. Except hunger and thirst and pain, there is little of feelings left in me. For years I were sure it is normal and lived with this hollowness. All I knew were bars and books. Some things were strangely familliar, thus I learned them. Runes, they promised restoration of my soul where psychoterapy hadn't even formed rough theory.</span>"</p><p></p><p>Old viking spoke to the young woman flatly and emotionallessly, concentrated on her as if wanting to burn her image into his memory.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">Villains ? A kid from the streets constantly ambushed from unknown directions by terrorist known as Trapmaker. Nobody ever tried to help him, I bet. And the alien, I suspect that he is the closest equivalent to what we would call child-soldier. My calculations proved me that with proper approach they will be reliable and trustworthy allies.</span>"</p><p></p><p>He coughed, his old body clearly not taking too well the long process of Craft he took for the past 24 hours. Einar forced the cough back and spoke again to the young lady.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">My study of psychology indicates with high accuracy that whatever Your master, I presume she was or is ... White Sorceress, did to me was traumatic enough to make me lose my mind for long time. It's a miracle that I ever woke up from comatosis after five years. Books about morality I read, when I were trying to understand the vague concept paired with what human like me could want, by psychology comparision sketch I did with a help from a professional psychiatrist indicate that it is should be making me ... unhappy. She also adviced me to pretend to have emotions to not startle people, by the way.</span>"</p><p></p><p>He stared seriously at her and spoke again.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">Guess what options were left to me, given such circumstances:</span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Absolute lack of what would make me whole human. Logic indicated that I should try to restore or gain it.</span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Hole in memory, before coma ... a partially blank slate. Echoes of things when I learn stuff. Mildly painful and not going away with time. Logic dictates that if I regain it, there is chance it will cease to hurt my brain.</span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Little in a way of creating new existence for myself. Since all my tries to legally leave first hospital were waved off by head warden. He told me that in his life I will never be free. His choleric temper caused him to have seizure during one of his staff mettings where he were busy making his subordinates into miniature caricatures of himself. Later I were moved to Arkham. Where I learnt that I have enemy who keeps me in cage. And that I have name. My body started falling apart due to old age too. Thus I hired professional help to set me free.</span>"</p><p></p><p>Einar crouched a little, apparently tired. His hands clutched at his chest, almost as if he were praying. He stared upwardly at the scantily clad young woman and spoke again. His tone flat and tired. Hopeless.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">I plan to try something very, very risky to cleanse myself of this vegetative state. Ancient druidism, sort of ceremonial rebirth.</span>"</p><p></p><p>He stared her in the eyes.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: Red">So ... will You call it evil ? And aren't You cold ?</span>"</p><p></p><p>He asked suddenly with innocent curiosity.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">OOC: DM, girl's mine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">Now, remember that Einar is still clutching the dirt and dust in his hands. He readies action, if she starts spellcasting something he considers nasty or plainly attacks him, to throw it into her face. Paying Villain Point for Extra Effort, if necessary. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">Einar is truthful, but misses several things thus Bluff:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2729531/" target="_blank">22</a>. Also Einar is trying to resolve whole affain diplomatically, while ready for combat, thus here is how his try to make her pity him, a little:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2729535/" target="_blank">21</a>. Holy smoking Jesus ! With +4 Diplomacy modifier I rolled over 20 ? Why I can't roll such confirmations on critical rolls.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">Now I'll bore VV to death explaining Einar's tactic here. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">First, shouldn't he sniff up that she's a ... kitten ? I kinda expected Vatican demon-hunters. Unless Einar's nose isn't wrong and this all is a whole different potato.</span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">Einar is trying classic psychological trick. Owerwhelm her with confusing feelings, so she might start understanding pathetic state Einar is in. And sudden change of topic to neutral one before she goes "berserk" due to feelings Einar is subtly enforcing on her. Shall I do Sense Motives check to see if my Devil's Advocate drama play had any effect ?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rikandur Azebol, post: 5353416, member: 21755"] [COLOR="DimGray"][B][SIZE="4"]The Cave[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [SIZE="3"][B][COLOR="Red"]Einar[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] "[B][COLOR="Red"]Don't attack her, please ![/COLOR][/B]" Shouted Einar upon seeing the black sign of appearing Fist of Khonsu. He cradled his closed hands to his chest, as if unsure of himself before he speaks again to the young woman. His face ceased pretending to have feelings, and his voice became as hollow as he really feels. "[COLOR="Red"]I'm not berserker, I think. Except hunger and thirst and pain, there is little of feelings left in me. For years I were sure it is normal and lived with this hollowness. All I knew were bars and books. Some things were strangely familliar, thus I learned them. Runes, they promised restoration of my soul where psychoterapy hadn't even formed rough theory.[/COLOR]" Old viking spoke to the young woman flatly and emotionallessly, concentrated on her as if wanting to burn her image into his memory. "[COLOR="Red"]Villains ? A kid from the streets constantly ambushed from unknown directions by terrorist known as Trapmaker. Nobody ever tried to help him, I bet. And the alien, I suspect that he is the closest equivalent to what we would call child-soldier. My calculations proved me that with proper approach they will be reliable and trustworthy allies.[/COLOR]" He coughed, his old body clearly not taking too well the long process of Craft he took for the past 24 hours. Einar forced the cough back and spoke again to the young lady. "[COLOR="Red"]My study of psychology indicates with high accuracy that whatever Your master, I presume she was or is ... White Sorceress, did to me was traumatic enough to make me lose my mind for long time. It's a miracle that I ever woke up from comatosis after five years. Books about morality I read, when I were trying to understand the vague concept paired with what human like me could want, by psychology comparision sketch I did with a help from a professional psychiatrist indicate that it is should be making me ... unhappy. She also adviced me to pretend to have emotions to not startle people, by the way.[/COLOR]" He stared seriously at her and spoke again. "[COLOR="Red"]Guess what options were left to me, given such circumstances: Absolute lack of what would make me whole human. Logic indicated that I should try to restore or gain it. Hole in memory, before coma ... a partially blank slate. Echoes of things when I learn stuff. Mildly painful and not going away with time. Logic dictates that if I regain it, there is chance it will cease to hurt my brain. Little in a way of creating new existence for myself. Since all my tries to legally leave first hospital were waved off by head warden. He told me that in his life I will never be free. His choleric temper caused him to have seizure during one of his staff mettings where he were busy making his subordinates into miniature caricatures of himself. Later I were moved to Arkham. Where I learnt that I have enemy who keeps me in cage. And that I have name. My body started falling apart due to old age too. Thus I hired professional help to set me free.[/COLOR]" Einar crouched a little, apparently tired. His hands clutched at his chest, almost as if he were praying. He stared upwardly at the scantily clad young woman and spoke again. His tone flat and tired. Hopeless. "[COLOR="Red"]I plan to try something very, very risky to cleanse myself of this vegetative state. Ancient druidism, sort of ceremonial rebirth.[/COLOR]" He stared her in the eyes. "[COLOR="Red"]So ... will You call it evil ? And aren't You cold ?[/COLOR]" He asked suddenly with innocent curiosity. [COLOR="DimGray"]OOC: DM, girl's mine. :p Now, remember that Einar is still clutching the dirt and dust in his hands. He readies action, if she starts spellcasting something he considers nasty or plainly attacks him, to throw it into her face. Paying Villain Point for Extra Effort, if necessary. :devil: Einar is truthful, but misses several things thus Bluff:[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2729531/]22[/url]. Also Einar is trying to resolve whole affain diplomatically, while ready for combat, thus here is how his try to make her pity him, a little:[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2729535/]21[/url]. Holy smoking Jesus ! With +4 Diplomacy modifier I rolled over 20 ? Why I can't roll such confirmations on critical rolls.:rant: Now I'll bore VV to death explaining Einar's tactic here. :cool: First, shouldn't he sniff up that she's a ... kitten ? I kinda expected Vatican demon-hunters. Unless Einar's nose isn't wrong and this all is a whole different potato. Einar is trying classic psychological trick. Owerwhelm her with confusing feelings, so she might start understanding pathetic state Einar is in. And sudden change of topic to neutral one before she goes "berserk" due to feelings Einar is subtly enforcing on her. Shall I do Sense Motives check to see if my Devil's Advocate drama play had any effect ?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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