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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 3247969" data-attributes="member: 23484"><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Your Majesty, My Lord."</span> Danica begins with an awkward courtsey directed midway between the two, and smiles. She puts down her crossbow, haning it on a leather loop on her belt, and ensures that the bolt is secure and safe. Now her hands are free. She is excited when she talks.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"If I may..."</span> she breathes in deeply, and continues. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"If we have another shield that can radiate magic...really any magic, I suspect, which is why I suggested a Continual Flame spell, or else a less unique magic shield that someone might have, thjat we could use rtight away, then here is what I suggest." </span></p><p></p><p>Danica's eyes sparkle as she speaks, and it is clear that she is building up to something. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"I think that if we had such a shield, that I could make Lord Sassarius believe that he held a unique item that was destined for him."</span> She pauses before continuing, her fingers wringing one another for the moment. But prompted by the silence, she continues.</p><p></p><p>Deep breath, and she begins again. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"My Lord, I have a confession to make, and it is one that does not come easily to me. You have been good to me, as have you all,"</span> she says, turning, and encomapassing her companions with her gesture, <span style="color: YellowGreen">"but I have not repaid your trust with transparency. There is something I have wanted to tell you, but, well, I haven't. But it may help us here."</span> Danica feels like she is hyperventilating right now, and her face has flushed completely.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"I, um... I can er, um. Okay. Sometimes, when I need to, I can do things. Magic things, er. I've never actually said this aloud before. Whooo. Okay. When I need to, I can cast spells, I guess. Since I was fourteen or so, and I don't need a spell book or anything."</span> Danica looks around, clearly expecting this to be a big revelation. It occurs to her for a moment that maybe her companions have known all along; <em>but I hid it so well.</em> As he rushes on with her plan, suppressing the thought.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Anyway, it occurs to me that I might be able to make the Commander think the Shield was talking to him. If I were hidden in the woods, say, even a fair ways away, as long as I could see him, I think I could make him and the others think the shield was talking to them. And, um, I've heard of Intelligent wepaons and things, and if suddenly a magic shield were to start talking to you and using your name and saying you were the chosen one, and that it was destined to be held by you in battle, and all that, well it might be that we could fool him like that. I think I could do it for hours if we needed to, it's really quite simple magic. But if we did it a few times a day, I think I could make him think that he had an even better shield than he is expecting. An Intelligent Shield... a Shield of Kings. And that might play on his vanity."</span></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Um. Boys like it when you play to their vanity."</span> She smiles at this and looks around, hoping nobody is going to laugh at her plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 3247969, member: 23484"] [COLOR=YellowGreen]"Your Majesty, My Lord."[/COLOR] Danica begins with an awkward courtsey directed midway between the two, and smiles. She puts down her crossbow, haning it on a leather loop on her belt, and ensures that the bolt is secure and safe. Now her hands are free. She is excited when she talks. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"If I may..."[/COLOR] she breathes in deeply, and continues. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"If we have another shield that can radiate magic...really any magic, I suspect, which is why I suggested a Continual Flame spell, or else a less unique magic shield that someone might have, thjat we could use rtight away, then here is what I suggest." [/COLOR] Danica's eyes sparkle as she speaks, and it is clear that she is building up to something. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"I think that if we had such a shield, that I could make Lord Sassarius believe that he held a unique item that was destined for him."[/COLOR] She pauses before continuing, her fingers wringing one another for the moment. But prompted by the silence, she continues. Deep breath, and she begins again. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"My Lord, I have a confession to make, and it is one that does not come easily to me. You have been good to me, as have you all,"[/COLOR] she says, turning, and encomapassing her companions with her gesture, [COLOR=YellowGreen]"but I have not repaid your trust with transparency. There is something I have wanted to tell you, but, well, I haven't. But it may help us here."[/COLOR] Danica feels like she is hyperventilating right now, and her face has flushed completely. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"I, um... I can er, um. Okay. Sometimes, when I need to, I can do things. Magic things, er. I've never actually said this aloud before. Whooo. Okay. When I need to, I can cast spells, I guess. Since I was fourteen or so, and I don't need a spell book or anything."[/COLOR] Danica looks around, clearly expecting this to be a big revelation. It occurs to her for a moment that maybe her companions have known all along; [I]but I hid it so well.[/I] As he rushes on with her plan, suppressing the thought. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"Anyway, it occurs to me that I might be able to make the Commander think the Shield was talking to him. If I were hidden in the woods, say, even a fair ways away, as long as I could see him, I think I could make him and the others think the shield was talking to them. And, um, I've heard of Intelligent wepaons and things, and if suddenly a magic shield were to start talking to you and using your name and saying you were the chosen one, and that it was destined to be held by you in battle, and all that, well it might be that we could fool him like that. I think I could do it for hours if we needed to, it's really quite simple magic. But if we did it a few times a day, I think I could make him think that he had an even better shield than he is expecting. An Intelligent Shield... a Shield of Kings. And that might play on his vanity." "Um. Boys like it when you play to their vanity."[/COLOR] She smiles at this and looks around, hoping nobody is going to laugh at her plan. [/QUOTE]
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