Heirs to the Burning Thrones

[khavren]

Abdul-Hadid Human/Genie-kin Scout

"Our first obligation is to our host. We have taken his salt and must honor him duly, thus we cannot aid his son in fleeing. We are not obligated to aid his son, but it would be both kind and honorable to resolve thier conflict. If we accept Marid's pledge for his love, then we become obligated to try reach her by Moonset. If Kadar does not agree with his son's choice, he might attempt to delay us, either by force or more likely by drawing out discussions until we grow weary. If he does delay us, and we have accepted the pledge, then we stuck between breaking oath by dishonoring the father or by failing to carry the pledge of the son. In terms of dealing with Fire Nymphs by wits, we have the fruit of such a painfully doomed union as Marid seeks to act as our bridge with one. While Tariq is the most merchant oriented among us and best suited along with Tarek to discuss the benefits of such a love as this, I would think that Samir would be best suited for talking to a Fire Nymph such as her mother was."

 

[Rystil Arden]

--Thank you, honoured guardian-- Shalah sends a message to Jibril alone, using the skills that Fitnat had once taught her as a young girl alone in the oasis, exploiting her direct connection to the guardian's mind in order to emphasise her points by simultaneous lightly activating his pleasure centres

--You have heard the stories of Azizah and Malika and by now you must realise that there may be some connection between the two. At the very least, the situation of the two fire nymphs is...similar.--

--You must understand that this makes my Samira anxious, which is why she has been so terse and distracted thus far in our conversation here. Her heart sings to her, softening her initially harsh attitude to Marid in the face of Malika's plight and tantalisingly whispering what might be. Thus, it would not surprise me if, should this conversation go on much longer, she left to go seek Malika on her own...with me of course.--

--As our diligent and honoured guardian, we both agreed that we should make this known to you, so that you may do as you see fit, hoping that perhaps the others would follow your advice more easily than our self-interested opinion. --

--Samira is with us as well; let me she if she has anything to tell you.--

--Dear one-- Shalah whispers into Samira's mind alone --Jibril has accepted my query. We are linked now, so you may speak with him as you wish on our opinions of the situation.--

*Connecting the three of them together in conference, so that all may hear any further conversation--at least for now--Shalah waits to see if the other members of her mindlink will speak, or if her other companions will continue their conversation on specifics of action.*

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Samira: Flamekissed Half-Nymph/Female (Gestalt: Unfettered/Rogue/Seductress)

“Is.” Samira quickly corrected the scout, “My mother is alive. Badra said as much but I grow weary of all this talk amongst ourselves and no doubt that if Kadar wanted to delay us he could surely do it for a year or two at this rate.”

* Samira’s blink as she adjusts and becomes accustomed to the voices now present in her head. *

“Jibril, my desires are the same that I speak but the young Marid does no the trouble he brings upon himself nor do I think that Malika understands… Rather or not he obeys his father is his call but he brings hardship, pain, and tragedy to all if he’s allowed to continue on. I wish to address Malika as subtlety as possible and to explain the suffering she will cause if she allows this to continue… Nothing is gained by talking to Kadar on the subject and young Marid is to far lost in his naive passion to understand the truth and to blinded by love to allow it to be shown. Will you guide me to this oasis so I can speak to the only one that can stop this tragedy?”

OOC: Italic color is for Shalah and Jibril only.

 

[Rystil Arden]

~~I know my love's temper, and I do not think she could bear to lose one she loves again~~

*Shalah remembers what Marid has said, but she tactfully chooses not to contradict anything Samira has said.*

--Frankly, I wonder if the power of my circlet cannot call the spirits of water within him to protect Marid. Since my personal power will allow me to ignore lethal amounts of heat if something goes wrong, I would like to test my theory on myself before making the final proclamation that Marid and Malika's love is impossible...--

--After all, some would have said that our love was impossible, my beloved, and the same of our reunion. I wish to do my best to find a way to help these two lovers who dream impossible dreams before giving up on them forever--

 

[Keia]

Jibril a'Mussan (Human, Windwalker)

"Our first obligation is to our host. We have taken his salt and must honor him duly, thus we cannot aid his son in fleeing. We are not obligated to aid his son, but it would be both kind and honorable to resolve thier conflict. If we accept Marid's pledge for his love, then we become obligated to try reach her by Moonset. If Kadar does not agree with his son's choice, he might attempt to delay us, either by force or more likely by drawing out discussions until we grow weary . . . ."

“Yes, most honored Abdul, we must honor our host,” Jibril replied politely, “What better way to honor a host than to explain to him the unknowing danger he could be in. As Marid spoke of earlier, there is not telling the limits of her anger were he to miss this meeting. Young Marid is watching out for his father’s welfare . . . can we do no less?" Jibril paused for effect before continuing. "The unsurpassed skills of the esteemed ones in our company will surely open Kadar’s eyes in understanding to what we must do for our host. Then, we travel to the oasis with all haste, allowing those honored ones, who are best suited to speak to Malika, to converse with her before the son of our host places himself in possible danger.”

“If we deny young Marid, our honored host’s son, of his request for aid, will he not continue to try to escape on his own - - with much more risk of danger, I may humbly add. We are keeping Marid safe, honoring our host, and exploring an oasis we may have been destined to travel to. The gratitude of a very successful trader, a future trader, and a powerful fire nymph are all within our grasp. I most humbly suggest we work toward these goals with all haste . . . moonrise cannot be far off.”

‘--Perhaps that will quicken us on our way,--’ Jibril offered mentally, adding, ‘--I would humbly ask that as honored guests we inform our host, Kadar, of our decision to travel to the fire oasis with his son and the reasons for it . . . in a most diplomatic way as possible. We do not want to break with our role as honored guests, the karma would not be worth it in our future travels.--'

 

[Rystil Arden]

--Most excellent, Jibril-- Shalah praises --If we can pull that plan off in time, it would be my ideal solution.--

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"And now we're going to actually talk Kadar to death instead of ourselves, right?" Cala demands, going to the entrance of the tent and opening the flap. She raises one dusty eyebrow at the rest of the Heirs.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Shalah grins at the humourous sarcasm of the tactless heir's blunt comment, and then nods, walking towards the open flap and the heir wearing the black circlet*

"If we follow the most honoured guardian Jibril's advice, then I can be present for the negotiations with both Kadar and Malika, which should help our chances for success."

*Shalah smiles warmly at the other heirs and arches an eyebrow as if to wonder who will follow.*

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Samira: Flamekissed Half-Nymph/Female (Gestalt: Unfettered/Rogue/Seductress)

* Fueled by her fiery heritage Samira’s eyes flair in anger as her idea is once again ignored. She closes her eyes as she tries to force Shalah and Jibril from her mind. *

“Fine, have your talk with Kadar. I’ll wait here for his decision as I have no desire to be ignored any more tonight.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Shalah's eyebrows furrow in sorrow at Samira's anger at her, but it doesn't weaken her resolve. She understands Samira's desire for haste and the disapproval of her beloved in a matter so close to Samira's heart stings Shalah deeply, but she is willing to sacrifice herself to the hurt in order to do what she thinks is best for Marid and Malika.*

*Shalah is sure that the mercurial fire nymph will change her mind and forgive Shalah for this decision, for until she can examine it more deeply and determine the truth, she believes in the power of their love.*

*Realising that Samira would probably rather be alone with her thoughts, and that any words at this time would seem like a betrayal, Shalah does not respond to Samira, instead setting Jamilah to carefully watch and let Shalah know if Samira decided to slip off and do some fey negotiations on her own.*