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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aust Thale" data-source="post: 7152020" data-attributes="member: 6804768">Vale Engages The Orc ~ Round 1 for us. ~ "That was a tolerable fight!" Vale's dwarven sense of exuberance after battle is immediately tempered by concern.  ~ Where did the golem go after falling down the hole? And what could possibly be going on that would inspire a red orc to surrender? ~ Approaching the kneeling orc with his axe in his hand, Vale addresses the orc in his native tongue, "Well now , Flower, why would you simply give up? Are you a goblin in disguise? Come now, orc, you'd be better off answering the question.  Your demon-bitch lasted what, about 10 seconds?  Your golem?  Even if he returns, he'll be put down the hole again..."[gm]The Orc looks at Vale with a puzzled expression on his face, and responds IN DWARVISH, "Goblins are scrawny, and they lack mettle. You're simply trying to rile me. You get an A for effort, but not all of us are raging, reckless morons who crave nothing but glory. That's why I was the Sergeant. As for the whatever-she-was and her walking statue, I care not. Our service to her was obtained forcibly, through the use of magic. I resisted the compulsion, but I played along, because I knew that fighting her alone would be futile."[/gm]"...It's daylight still, so no undead to help you. (and getting closer to him to whisper) And we appear to have one of our own anyway...maybe you'd like to become acquainted?" , motioning toward Respen's visage of Margull.[gm]The Orc looks confused.  "Huh? What undead? Are you mad, Dwarf? And why are pointing to the pale-faced pie eater? Do you think I don't recognize an Elven Wizard when I see one?"[/gm]He watches carefully for a reaction, growing impatient that the party has stayed in longer than preferred.  Unless the orc responds in a satisfactory fashion, Vale addresses the party in common, "We need to strip him buck-ass naked and leave his stuff.  Somebody somewhere is scrying this wee one."    Again, watching for any reaction, Vale addresses the orc again in Elvish "Say, orc, where's the spider? I have something for her. " [gm]IN ELVISH, the Orc replies,  "You are mad, indeed. What spider? What in the Nine Hells are you talking about?"[/gm]Vale's comments are designed to elicit reaction, giving away little rationale for how the group entered the area undetected, and mixing half-truths and lies such that if the orc is truly surrendering, he'd find the comments very unsettling and give away that fact.  Again, Vale searches for reaction.  If the orc reacts, perhaps the surrender is legitimate.  If he doesn't, then Vale immediately asks in Orcish and then again in common, watching again for reaction, "Your wee golem is coming back isn't he?  You have another entrance?"[gm]The Orc sighs heavily, and then replies, in Orcish,  "Please, kill me now, and save me from the rantings of this idiot Dwarf."[/gm]</blockquote>

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