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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 9290627" data-attributes="member: 1282"><p>Stepping in here temporarily again in role of amanuensis to [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER].</p><p></p><p><em>As Bita-Bousseh perorates on historical jurisprudence during the injury time out, <strong>PA'AVU </strong>meets the eyes of the young Empress. The Goliath does not smile or roll her eyes, but if a blank look could express those displays, this one would.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The game resumes and is a hard-fought match. Post-injury, the opposing team deploys a new strategy, isolating the Empress when she has control of the ball, utilizing several of their larger players to block, harass, and otherwise frustrate the Empress's attempts to muscle through and build upon her team's lead. Scheherezade simmers. It is almost as if she quavers with some pent-up force begging for release. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But the opponents have a sound strategy, and the final score yields in their favor, 5-4.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>After the match, Pa'avu approaches the pouting Empress. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"We should have won, Pa'avu! I was dominating the field! But then the other team began to bully me. Why didn't my teammates retaliate? We would have won!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The Half-giant is silent for a moment. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"In my younger days, before I ... came to Bantouk ... I, too, played at sports with other youths. I was strong, stronger than the others. And I was quick, too. But my team was never the greatest. It wasn't until I learned how to use my gifts to support and assist my teammates that we began to win, and then win regularly we did.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"You are a talented athlete, J'zadah.* No one can or would deny it. But until you learn to use your skills--your physical might, your sense of the field, your anticipation of the play before you--your <strong>team</strong> will never be as strong as it can be."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>* A Giantish word for princess. Pa'avu used this in addressing the Empress before.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Pa'avu is making a Primary Skill Athletics check here, building on her shared experience as an athlete (in her case, as a stoneball player, if you recall) to explain team strategy to Scheherezade. Obviously, this is using the game as a metaphor to get her thinking about the power potential of a unified group as opposed to that of the individual alone. r10+16=26 vs 22 Moderate DC. Success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 9290627, member: 1282"] Stepping in here temporarily again in role of amanuensis to [USER=20459]@Nephis[/USER]. [I]As Bita-Bousseh perorates on historical jurisprudence during the injury time out, [B]PA'AVU [/B]meets the eyes of the young Empress. The Goliath does not smile or roll her eyes, but if a blank look could express those displays, this one would. The game resumes and is a hard-fought match. Post-injury, the opposing team deploys a new strategy, isolating the Empress when she has control of the ball, utilizing several of their larger players to block, harass, and otherwise frustrate the Empress's attempts to muscle through and build upon her team's lead. Scheherezade simmers. It is almost as if she quavers with some pent-up force begging for release. But the opponents have a sound strategy, and the final score yields in their favor, 5-4. After the match, Pa'avu approaches the pouting Empress. "We should have won, Pa'avu! I was dominating the field! But then the other team began to bully me. Why didn't my teammates retaliate? We would have won!" The Half-giant is silent for a moment. "In my younger days, before I ... came to Bantouk ... I, too, played at sports with other youths. I was strong, stronger than the others. And I was quick, too. But my team was never the greatest. It wasn't until I learned how to use my gifts to support and assist my teammates that we began to win, and then win regularly we did. "You are a talented athlete, J'zadah.* No one can or would deny it. But until you learn to use your skills--your physical might, your sense of the field, your anticipation of the play before you--your [B]team[/B] will never be as strong as it can be." * A Giantish word for princess. Pa'avu used this in addressing the Empress before.[/I] [HR][/HR] Pa'avu is making a Primary Skill Athletics check here, building on her shared experience as an athlete (in her case, as a stoneball player, if you recall) to explain team strategy to Scheherezade. Obviously, this is using the game as a metaphor to get her thinking about the power potential of a unified group as opposed to that of the individual alone. r10+16=26 vs 22 Moderate DC. Success. [/QUOTE]
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