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Message: <blockquote data-quote="orsal" data-source="post: 3048358" data-attributes="member: 16016">[OOC]Apologies again -- I got back from canoeing to find my computer had conked out. Until I get it either repaired or replaced, I'm using an old and slow borrowed laptop, which I find inconvenient. And I don't have access to my game notes. I'll do the best I can with this...[/OOC]The floor is made of stone -- Kyle and Lokin don't find it possible to dig.Altogether, you've seen at least a dozen orcs, although never all at once. Since nobody has mentioned exploring the rest of the room, I assume you're staying in the area near the door. That would prevent you from getting a complete count.In response to Zurd's whispered comments, Kongu whispers back:[sblock=Zurd, or DC 25 Listen check]"I was wondering. I've never heard of orcish hospitality. So you think they have some hostile plan? I'll trust you on that. You know orcs better than I.""No, I'm not a spellcaster like Filalia. I wish we still had her with us. I can influence minds with oratory. Putting people to sleep is another matter altogether."[/sblock]The orcs seem to be getting quite jolly, as they are all drinking a strong orcish beer not recognizable to those members of the party unfamiliar with orcish culture. Everyone  in the tribe -- men, women and children -- are drinking, and they keep offering it to Zurd. After Zurd's comments, they also start offering it to the rest of you. A few of them are engaging Zurd more actively in conversation.[sblock=orcish]Several of the orcs try to reassure him. "Chief will be back soon. He said he wanted to give you something."One of the orcs, introduced as Thugoch, responds, "Our tribe was formed under a great human chief, a conqueror of orcs. Nobody who has served under the great human chief doubts that some humans have the might and the bravery of an orc. Not all humans fight like elves!"Another orc, Thakkiz, answers him, "You must ask Chief. Chief return soon. But you have good female slave. If you sleep with our woman, could we have your women tonight? That one, she tough like orc. She good for orc. The other, she look weak. Like when orcs beat human town, orcs get women like her. But not like real orc women. Thugoch, you like weak woman or good orc woman?"Thugoch laughs heartily. "Both good. The tough woman, she could be a real orcish mate. You are lucky to have her, honoured guest Zurd. But puny women, orcs capture them and have them once. It is a sign of victory. When orcs can own the women of the weaker races , they show that orcs are best. But then you kill them. A woman like yours, you keep her forever. She may be human, but if she is tough like a proper orc, orcs should respect her, and treat her like a real orc-woman. Like the Great Human Chief. He was human, but we respected him, because he was strong like orcs."It is in response to this comment that the orcs begin offering drinks directly to Zurd's "slaves".[/sblock]</blockquote>

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