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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Foxbytes" data-source="post: 7000057" data-attributes="member: 6866331">Kaniel was trying to guide Najiyah near the warmth of a burning brazier, the glow of the flames within the disc a tempting invitation, but she just could not for the life of her figure out why he was fussing with her so much.  'Take it easy, sit down here' and 'Don't worry, Akilah can handle this' and other words of careful aid gave her the distinct impression that he was trying to keep a considerate...but meditated...distance between herself and the others.Najiyah clicked her tongue at her desert-seasoned friend even as she waved off his guiding hands in confusion.  "Tut-tut-tut, I am not made of glass, it was only a bit of a stumble I had.  I feel quite well, why do you keep asking me-"She heard the sharp strike of Amina's hand across Derafsh's flesh, causing her to leap from her half-seated position and nearly trip over the skirts of her caftan in her rush to reach the cage, her fingers hooking around the links."Now wait a minute, let's not lose our civility, here.  He may not be...ah...the most respectful man we've run across today (come to think of it, everyone we've spoken to has been on their utmost rude behavior today to us viziers, quite unusual, I'm-speaking-to-you-Lord-Suelasta), but this man has not so much as threatened our lives.  A bit of spying and a bit of trickery is no reason to lose...our...tempers..."For a brief moment, Najiyah's gaze focused on the end of her own nose, as though she recognized there was something strange about her words.  However, just as quickly, the feeling was gone and the moment forgotten.Najiyah entered the cage with Akilah and Amina, then knelt down before the bound prisoner."Sir Derafsh, you may think me fraudulent for it, but I do sympathize with your plight.  How demoralizing, and unsettling it must be to have served the Sultan whose-name-we-do-not-speak, only to find yourselves displaced by a man whose rule has no familiarity, and by law cannot recognize you for your former honors.  It would be as though your very identity were stolen from you by a war that was not of your making.She ducked her head just a bit to try and secure eye-contact with the prisoner and convey her sincerity.  "But you clearly have worth and value, with a strength of will that remains unbroken.  Perhaps if you help us now, my sister vizier could put in a word for you, and we might still hope to earn your loyalty some day.  The Sheikh, may the moon guard his rest, is not an unkind man."Gingerly, she risked brushing her hand across the scarf at his nape to better reveal the discomfiting second mouth."Perhaps you could start by briefly telling us more about yourself, while you still have a vizier willing to listen."[ooc]Question to GM:  Would Najiyah recognize Derafsh from a past vision?  Such as the one in her backstory about foreseeing an attempt on the Sheikh's life?[/ooc]</blockquote>

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