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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 5217845" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Ilshana steps forward and curtsies with a sweep of her arms in a surprisingly courtly gesture. Questions like that, she knew, had no good answers. Either obvious route would lead to doom. You had to gamble on an unseen path. Since this creature had pridefully introduced itself as a Queen, Ilshana decided to gamble on flattery. One thing about fey...if you gave them a lie that was more attractive than the truth, sometimes they'd be beguiled by it, and forget what the truth had been.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Lime">"We meant no offense, your Highness,"</span> she chirps amiably, though with a definite undercurrent of respect in her voice. <span style="color: Lime">"We came across this castle by night, and found within a grand tale in mid-spinning. An epic drama of betrayal and loss and redemption, such that bards would weep to tell! I see now that you are the author of this, and I congratulate you...truly no mortal mind could have set such a thing in motion."</span></p><p></p><p>She beams effusively. <span style="color: Lime">"I think my favorite part though was how cleverly you enticed us to be your agents for ending the tale...for of course, every drama, every story, has an ending. Otherwise they become prisons...and no one wants to be a prisoner for all time!"</span> Ilshana chuckles at the very thought, then shakes a finger. <span style="color: Lime">"And yet, the subtlety you showed, bending us to your ultimate design...goading us through challenge and hurdle...until finally we'd accomplished the impossible and freed your daughter, saving the good people of this keep in the process!"</span></p><p></p><p>With a shrug, Ilshana sighs wistfully. <span style="color: Lime">"I can only hope that one day I will possess even a fraction of the skill I see at work here now. The ballads sung of this tower will inspire dreams and hopes and fears for generations to come...now that the story is complete."</span></p><p></p><p>She bows again. <span style="color: Lime">"All I can say is thank you for having made us a part of this."</span></p><p></p><p>Quickly she mentally reviewed her words. She'd included a couple of 'carrots' amidst the sea of buttering-up, just in case the fae was actually listening. Mentioning that undoing the spell had freed not just her daughter, but the Queen herself. Mentioning that the story of these events would fuel human tales, emotions, dreams...things that faeries had interests in...but that tales didn't spread far until they were stories...and stories had endings.</p><p></p><p>It would have to do. <em>Now, if I haven't managed to piss her off with all the bootlicking, or if she doesn't decide that the heroes dying would make a better ending, we may just have a chance...</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 5217845, member: 4936"] Ilshana steps forward and curtsies with a sweep of her arms in a surprisingly courtly gesture. Questions like that, she knew, had no good answers. Either obvious route would lead to doom. You had to gamble on an unseen path. Since this creature had pridefully introduced itself as a Queen, Ilshana decided to gamble on flattery. One thing about fey...if you gave them a lie that was more attractive than the truth, sometimes they'd be beguiled by it, and forget what the truth had been. [COLOR="Lime"]"We meant no offense, your Highness,"[/COLOR] she chirps amiably, though with a definite undercurrent of respect in her voice. [COLOR="Lime"]"We came across this castle by night, and found within a grand tale in mid-spinning. An epic drama of betrayal and loss and redemption, such that bards would weep to tell! I see now that you are the author of this, and I congratulate you...truly no mortal mind could have set such a thing in motion."[/COLOR] She beams effusively. [COLOR="Lime"]"I think my favorite part though was how cleverly you enticed us to be your agents for ending the tale...for of course, every drama, every story, has an ending. Otherwise they become prisons...and no one wants to be a prisoner for all time!"[/COLOR] Ilshana chuckles at the very thought, then shakes a finger. [COLOR="Lime"]"And yet, the subtlety you showed, bending us to your ultimate design...goading us through challenge and hurdle...until finally we'd accomplished the impossible and freed your daughter, saving the good people of this keep in the process!"[/COLOR] With a shrug, Ilshana sighs wistfully. [COLOR="Lime"]"I can only hope that one day I will possess even a fraction of the skill I see at work here now. The ballads sung of this tower will inspire dreams and hopes and fears for generations to come...now that the story is complete."[/COLOR] She bows again. [COLOR="Lime"]"All I can say is thank you for having made us a part of this."[/COLOR] Quickly she mentally reviewed her words. She'd included a couple of 'carrots' amidst the sea of buttering-up, just in case the fae was actually listening. Mentioning that undoing the spell had freed not just her daughter, but the Queen herself. Mentioning that the story of these events would fuel human tales, emotions, dreams...things that faeries had interests in...but that tales didn't spread far until they were stories...and stories had endings. It would have to do. [i]Now, if I haven't managed to piss her off with all the bootlicking, or if she doesn't decide that the heroes dying would make a better ending, we may just have a chance...[/i] [/QUOTE]
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