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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Seramus" data-source="post: 8498446" data-attributes="member: 6812658">Very cool! Perhaps when they grow too disrespectful she gives a gentle wave of her hand, and they cough up water bubbles instead. The water bubbles lazily float around the room, and can be popped to form the words (possibly out of order until they get the hang of it). If the party continues to be rambunctious, the air grows strangely thicker like it's turning into water. The group start having a hard time breathing (but still can) and their words are coming out somewhat distorted. She flickers around the room with growing agitation, clearly moving faster through the air-water than just air. If it turns into a full fight, the air simply turns completely into water and the battle has a time/exertion limit (if she even sticks around to fight).But the basic water-bubble-when-you-talk trick is very thematic. Maybe she can even change it up, making it clear she dislikes some of the things the PC is saying and gives a small twist of her wrist to make the words different. "You're saying the words. You can feel your throat making them. But the slightest quiver in the wet air / water bubble makes a different sound. You hear your own voice saying 'Please grand and glorious Queen of the Dark River, hear my respectful prayer!'"Perhaps she even uses the same trick on her own Kuo-Toa to make them sound more interesting and sophisticated than they truly are. That's heading a little into dark comedy, but it would be fascinating to see a Kuo-Toa with pious zeal burning in its bulbuous eyes, frantically bellowing words of praise to its goddess, but what comes out doesn't match the movement of its lips. Instead it's a respectful butler voice or something else the Queen finds interesting. Also slightly plays up the "You are just puppets to me" angle.Just brainstorming.</blockquote>

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