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<blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4852175" data-attributes="member: 79945"><p>The halfling jumps backward nearly a foot.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"No violencsz!"</span> squeaks the halfling. <span style="color: Cyan">"Zis is a holy placsze!"</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"No, no violencsz! No punchszing! No - Punchsz Brothszer? Vhat?"</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"Goodt, goodt, yesz, ve talk through zis like adultsz. No need to get filthzy blood on my nicsze clean floorsz..."</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The halfling's face goes white with shock. <span style="color: Cyan">"La... langvage!"</span> he stutters. <span style="color: cyan">"Zat vas FILTHZY! I know he inszulted you, but you should be ASHZAMED of yourszelf!"</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The halfling glares at him. <span style="color: Cyan">"You thzink I cannot hear you? I am sztanding right here! Now..."</span> He is cut off as Dextyr starts to speak again.</p><p></p><p>Dextyr's speech is rather long. The halfling opens his mouth to interject several times, but every time he stops and listens thoughtfully. When it's over, he pauses, brow furrowed until Tonk has responded, then nods vigorously, setting the numerous pins and medals on the front of his uniform jingling.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"Okay. Okay, I szee vhat's happening. Cultyural confyusion. Yesz. I undersztand zis. I have dealt vith zis all my life."</span> He takes a deep breath.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"I am here to take over Bishop Klogg's dutiesz. He hasz a job to give you, yesz? And you have entered hisz office to look for him, yesz?"</span> He sighs deeply. <span style="color: Cyan">"Ok. Zis vas very wrong, tracking filthzy mud off ze sztreetsz into ze Bishop's office, but I vill forgive you. ZIS TIME!"</span> He glares at Tonk. <span style="color: Cyan">"Now, you give me vhatever you found in ze Bishop's offize, I vill go inszide, get caught up on his schedyule and deczide vhat is to be done. You vait here, and I vill come out in ten minutez and tell you if ze job is ztill on. Ok?"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"And vhile I am inszide, YOU apologisze to HIM for patroniszing him, and YOU apologisze to HIM for not lisztening to hisz advisze. And ONLY zat! Say your apology, and NOTHZINK else! Szaying any more vill just make thzings vorse."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Cyan">"Oh, and also vhile you are vaiting... <span style="font-size: 18px">TAKE ZAT FILTHZY THING OUTSZIDE!</span> Isz not <em>fresh</em>! Isz at leaszt a veek old! It <span style="font-size: 18px">SZTINKS!</span>"</span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=OOC]</p><p>Unless Tonk went back for a new pig head at some point, the head is indeed several days old by now, because it's now Wednesday morning, the day the Bishop was due back - ah, the mysteries of non-realtime games.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeNotCharles, post: 4852175, member: 79945"] The halfling jumps backward nearly a foot. [color="Cyan"]"No violencsz!"[/color] squeaks the halfling. [color="Cyan"]"Zis is a holy placsze!"[/color] [color="Cyan"]"No, no violencsz! No punchszing! No - Punchsz Brothszer? Vhat?"[/color] [color="Cyan"]"Goodt, goodt, yesz, ve talk through zis like adultsz. No need to get filthzy blood on my nicsze clean floorsz..."[/color] The halfling's face goes white with shock. [color="Cyan"]"La... langvage!"[/color] he stutters. [color="cyan"]"Zat vas FILTHZY! I know he inszulted you, but you should be ASHZAMED of yourszelf!"[/color] The halfling glares at him. [color="Cyan"]"You thzink I cannot hear you? I am sztanding right here! Now..."[/color] He is cut off as Dextyr starts to speak again. Dextyr's speech is rather long. The halfling opens his mouth to interject several times, but every time he stops and listens thoughtfully. When it's over, he pauses, brow furrowed until Tonk has responded, then nods vigorously, setting the numerous pins and medals on the front of his uniform jingling. [color="Cyan"]"Okay. Okay, I szee vhat's happening. Cultyural confyusion. Yesz. I undersztand zis. I have dealt vith zis all my life."[/color] He takes a deep breath. [color="Cyan"]"I am here to take over Bishop Klogg's dutiesz. He hasz a job to give you, yesz? And you have entered hisz office to look for him, yesz?"[/color] He sighs deeply. [color="Cyan"]"Ok. Zis vas very wrong, tracking filthzy mud off ze sztreetsz into ze Bishop's office, but I vill forgive you. ZIS TIME!"[/color] He glares at Tonk. [color="Cyan"]"Now, you give me vhatever you found in ze Bishop's offize, I vill go inszide, get caught up on his schedyule and deczide vhat is to be done. You vait here, and I vill come out in ten minutez and tell you if ze job is ztill on. Ok?"[/color] [color="Cyan"]"And vhile I am inszide, YOU apologisze to HIM for patroniszing him, and YOU apologisze to HIM for not lisztening to hisz advisze. And ONLY zat! Say your apology, and NOTHZINK else! Szaying any more vill just make thzings vorse."[/color] [color="Cyan"]"Oh, and also vhile you are vaiting... [size=5]TAKE ZAT FILTHZY THING OUTSZIDE![/size] Isz not [i]fresh[/i]! Isz at leaszt a veek old! It [size=5]SZTINKS![/size]"[/color] [sblock=OOC] Unless Tonk went back for a new pig head at some point, the head is indeed several days old by now, because it's now Wednesday morning, the day the Bishop was due back - ah, the mysteries of non-realtime games. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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