[sblock=Maui]You recognize the woman as a fey creature known as a huldra. The long dress covers up an animal tail and a hole in her back that's made out of bark. They consider it
extremely impolite to draw attention to either of these things -- it's also why she's wearing a dress.
While they occasionally do take human lovers, there's not usually any 'luring men to their death' involved. However, they are wild fey who don't necessarily think like humans, and they can be capricious and dangerous to those who aren't careful.[/sblock]
[sblock=Marcus]As the woman stands up, you notice there's an extra twitch of movement beneath her skirts, and twice -- first when she leans down to pat Taniwha and then when she curtsies -- you can briefly see the tip of a fox's tail below the hem of her dress.[/sblock]
The woman rises lithely to her feet, and sighs at Mortar.
"Always so ... dour, you dwarves. Once upon a time, I would have been quite offended, but I suppose I must have gotten used to it when your kind was here before."
She leans down to greet Taniwha very warmly, scratching the jungle cat between the ears. She rolls her eyes at Maui, however.
"For someone who travels with two kings of the forest at his side, you really should learn better manners."
She seems unimpressed with Marcus' halfheated acknowledgement, but returns Vincenzo's bow with a deep curtsy.
"You may call me Beyal, Vincenzo del Vecchio da via della Rosa D'Avorio the Second. If you are indeed at my service," she says with a playful smile,
"then you should repeat it twice more, so that I could be absolutely certain of your intentions. Or perhaps you'll instead tell me what brings you traipsing through my forest?"
Something tells Vincenzo that saying "I am at your service" three times might not be in his best interests...
.......... Beyal ..........
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