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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7005827" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/rNCBfLQ.jpg[/align]Derafsh hesitantly regards Akilah, making no move to rise immediately, as if expecting this to be some trick. After a moment, he shakes his head with a rueful laugh. His second mouth pantomimes the laughter a bit too hysterically. &quot;No, that won't work, not with Nimar. You haven't been listening, Vizier. I'll do as you command, seeing as I have little choice, but it would be a bad idea to make a direct approach...&quot;Realizing he needs to offer some kind of explanation, Derafsh shifts uncomfortably in the rope binding his hands and licks his dry lips, glancing at the others before returning his gaze to Akilah, &quot;Rawun's Well is full of orphans, each paid a pretty dinari (gold piece) to keep an eye out for...well...for servants of the Sheikh.&quot; He inclines his head toward Akilah and Najiyah. &quot;So they'd scatter far in advance of you finding them. Even if you did manage to meet with Nimar, it wouldn't go well. He can't be swayed with words because he can only see one way. That's why the Sultan's treasure is your best option... Once the treasure is in the hands of the Sheikh, then he can issue a pardon, then Nimar won't be backed into a corner.&quot; He squints hard at Akilah from his place on the ground, checking to make sure she follows his reasoning. However, if commanded to, Derafsh stands ready to lead the way to Rawun's Well.[/SECTION][SBLOCK=Salahuddin][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/fAY4hFP.jpg[/align]Easifa's whispering voice echoes telepathically in Salahuddin's ear, &quot;Master, the veiled man in the alley has come out to speak with the others, and the lout cuffed a poor beggar boy begging for coin. But the veiled woman in the alley is leaving somewhere. Do you wish me to stay with him or to follow her?&quot;[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7005827, member: 20323"] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/rNCBfLQ.jpg[/align]Derafsh hesitantly regards Akilah, making no move to rise immediately, as if expecting this to be some trick. After a moment, he shakes his head with a rueful laugh. His second mouth pantomimes the laughter a bit too hysterically. [b]"No, that won't work, not with Nimar. You haven't been listening, Vizier. I'll do as you command, seeing as I have little choice, but it would be a bad idea to make a direct approach..."[/b] Realizing he needs to offer some kind of explanation, Derafsh shifts uncomfortably in the rope binding his hands and licks his dry lips, glancing at the others before returning his gaze to Akilah, [b]"Rawun's Well is full of orphans, each paid a pretty dinari (gold piece) to keep an eye out for...well...for servants of the Sheikh."[/b] He inclines his head toward Akilah and Najiyah. [b]"So they'd scatter far in advance of you finding them. Even if you did manage to meet with Nimar, it wouldn't go well. He can't be swayed with words because he can only see one way. That's why the Sultan's treasure is your best option... Once the treasure is in the hands of the Sheikh, then he can issue a pardon, then Nimar won't be backed into a corner."[/b] He squints hard at Akilah from his place on the ground, checking to make sure she follows his reasoning. However, if commanded to, Derafsh stands ready to lead the way to Rawun's Well.[/SECTION] [SBLOCK=Salahuddin][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/fAY4hFP.jpg[/align]Easifa's whispering voice echoes telepathically in Salahuddin's ear, [B][I]"Master, the veiled man in the alley has come out to speak with the others, and the lout cuffed a poor beggar boy begging for coin. But the veiled woman in the alley is leaving somewhere. Do you wish me to stay with him or to follow her?"[/I][/B][/SBLOCK] [/QUOTE]

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