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<blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 5187876" data-attributes="member: 834"><p><span style="color: Magenta">-''Tevense, please hold on. I think they may be saying the truth.''</span> says the one called Neva.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkred"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkred">-''Don't be stupid. It's just a ruse. You are either captured and cursed or you pay to be here! They want us to open the gate so they can attack.''</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: magenta">-''They aren't equipped for the wilderness, Tevense. They have no water, no bedrolls or camping equipment... They look like they walked out of a city and just stumbled on the Preserve.''</span></p><p></p><p>She turns to Jenn and signal her to come. She runs into her arms and they hug. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: magenta">-''Did they kill your mother?''</span> she whispers. Jenn shakes her head.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: magenta">-''I am sorry we shot at you.''</span> Neva says softly.<span style="color: magenta"> ''Please stop threatening Tevense, sir.'' she asks of Raiko. ''The burden of protecting us is heavy on him. If you truly mean us no harm, please realize that we are the unarmed villagers and you are the heavily armed strangers. With the balance of power tipping so hard in your favor, you can't expect us not to be scared and react accordingly. It behooves to you to be more understanding because you can afford to.''</span> she says humbly.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=OOC]Intimidate is useless with a target who fully expects to be hunted, tortured and killed once the door opens. If the consequences of not complying are perceived as less terryfying than the (expected) consequence of complying, it always fail. Basic politics. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>She is reassured by Max's blunt offer.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=OOC]Best diplomacy check in play. Max is seen as the more reassuring interlocutor and convinces Neva to be forthcoming with information.[/sblock] </p><p></p><p><span style="color: magenta">-''Yes, there is a quota. The fey capture travellers who were unlucky enough to stumble near one of these place where Arcadia touches the world. Then they curse us so that we can't bear arms or wear armor and turn us loose on the preserve as game. The fey lord, Ethan Severus, sells the right to come hunt in this place, which he calls the Preserve. Depending on how much you paid, you are allowed a limited amount of liberties. Some are just allowed to maim, torture and rape. Those who paid enough can kill one or more people. Once they have reach their quota, they are teleported out of here. But us, we're trapped.''</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mal Malenkirk, post: 5187876, member: 834"] [COLOR="Magenta"]-''Tevense, please hold on. I think they may be saying the truth.''[/COLOR] says the one called Neva. [COLOR="darkred"] -''Don't be stupid. It's just a ruse. You are either captured and cursed or you pay to be here! They want us to open the gate so they can attack.''[/COLOR] [COLOR="magenta"]-''They aren't equipped for the wilderness, Tevense. They have no water, no bedrolls or camping equipment... They look like they walked out of a city and just stumbled on the Preserve.''[/COLOR] She turns to Jenn and signal her to come. She runs into her arms and they hug. [COLOR="magenta"]-''Did they kill your mother?''[/COLOR] she whispers. Jenn shakes her head. [COLOR="magenta"]-''I am sorry we shot at you.''[/COLOR] Neva says softly.[COLOR="magenta"] ''Please stop threatening Tevense, sir.'' she asks of Raiko. ''The burden of protecting us is heavy on him. If you truly mean us no harm, please realize that we are the unarmed villagers and you are the heavily armed strangers. With the balance of power tipping so hard in your favor, you can't expect us not to be scared and react accordingly. It behooves to you to be more understanding because you can afford to.''[/COLOR] she says humbly. [sblock=OOC]Intimidate is useless with a target who fully expects to be hunted, tortured and killed once the door opens. If the consequences of not complying are perceived as less terryfying than the (expected) consequence of complying, it always fail. Basic politics. ;) [/sblock] She is reassured by Max's blunt offer. [sblock=OOC]Best diplomacy check in play. Max is seen as the more reassuring interlocutor and convinces Neva to be forthcoming with information.[/sblock] [COLOR="magenta"]-''Yes, there is a quota. The fey capture travellers who were unlucky enough to stumble near one of these place where Arcadia touches the world. Then they curse us so that we can't bear arms or wear armor and turn us loose on the preserve as game. The fey lord, Ethan Severus, sells the right to come hunt in this place, which he calls the Preserve. Depending on how much you paid, you are allowed a limited amount of liberties. Some are just allowed to maim, torture and rape. Those who paid enough can kill one or more people. Once they have reach their quota, they are teleported out of here. But us, we're trapped.''[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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