[sblock=OOC]Court? What court?
You rejected the proposal, now you steady your never for the show down.
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Tevense looks at the heroes with an inscrutable expression and nods in respect. Neva has tears in her eyes but smile bravely while holding a child. The entire village is subdued and pensive.
Soundtrack! With Lyrics:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfz69hpRUtQ"]YouTube- DeVotchka How it Ends lyrics[/ame]
Listen if you have the time. First verse is exceptionnally suited to Raiko. Second is pretty awesome for Haruka. The whole song is pretty great for the whole party in the current situation, IMO. Oh, and it's a terrific song.
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A short skill challenge to see in what frame of mind the Village will enter the last stretch.
Try not to shoot each other down! If someone goes for the 'Hope never dies!' angle and someone else goes 'Bushido (Die like a man!)' route on the same audience, it's counter productive!
For that reason, you may want to focus different tactics on different groups (Soldiers, civilians, children) that way you can use different tricks on different audience.
DC 17
6 success before 3 failures
Aid another is DC 12 (13 for Haruka).
A maximum of 4 rounds with everyone contributing once (so don't go over board with aid but do use it!)
I am open to the use of many skills as long as the justification is good. I reserve the right to inflict -2, -5 or an automatic failure if the justification is lacking. Don't intimidate, though. They are not going anywhere and intimidated is precisely how you don't want them to feel when Severus' troops come back.
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