The Emperor of Solmaria

[Thanee]

Erm... guys? Calm down a bit, ok?

Mercenaries? Lenya wonders about the accusation she heard earlier. That man must have mistaken it, but it seems too late to correct it now, she can only hope that the heated discussion will not turn into worse.

She stands up and moves towards the bar, near the way to the stairs. From there she continues to watch the discussion.

 

[deadestdai]

Dylan decided to say nothing through all this. The noble showed his true colours far too soon and his staement about armies and orcish hordes frightened him a little.
Surely this man would not bring another orcish scurge upon the fair capitol as had happened in his Grandfather's time?!
Dylan's stance became defensive. His hand sliding to the hilt of his sword, though, not resting on it, merely hovering in readiness.
This nobleman was obviously one who had misplaced a marble or ten. "Not a rebellion?" If there was no rebellion, why the talk of troop gatherings and units? And why would such an obviously rich man bawk at the idea of "paying" his prospetive employees?
Dylan did not work for free.

 

[silentspace]

Kinden

Calm down, the human girl says? This Felswarth locks us in a room while claiming to be locking others out, threatens us with a crossbow, insults us, throws a... how shall we say... hissy fit?... pompously demands that we do his bidding, dismisses us and orders us around like we were dogs... Well, Kinden may not have the greatest skills in charm and diplomacy, but it was clear to him that Felswarth had even less. He and the others were perfectly in the right to demand some explanation, and some courtesy besides. What is going on here? Is this any way to recruit help? If Kinden were emperor, this man would not be on the short list to be his advisor!

More importantly, Felswarth acts like he could crush all of them like they were insects. Maybe he can, but Kinden hoped he had gained them a little safety buffer by making him realize only one would need to escape to turn Felswarth into a wanted man. Its too bad the human girl left her spot by the window, where she could have easily tossed a chair, broken out, and fled. That weakened the gambit.

Hopefully the combined power of our words will shake this ex-adviser to reason. If there is any reason within him, that is.

 

[Mithreander]

Hitorum takes a deep breath and looks to the demi-humans and says "Yes, I consort with orcs, because the elved, dwarves, and halflings have all decided to turn tail and run... well the halflings anyway. The elves have just locked themselves in their forests and the dwarves in their mountains. Since the law was passed, I have not seen one gnome. And no, I will not pay you head tax, for such a payment could be tied to me. I do not have that kind of cash and would have to liquidate some of my holdings in order to pay it, and that may tie you with me. Could you boggle a lie detection spell were it directed at you when you made such a payment? COuld you turn eyes from me them? At least If you go now, the worst thing that may happen is that you run to the guard and tell them that the honorable Hitorum Felsworth is a traitor. I CAN avoid detection devices for lies if need be, but I wouldn't need to. There are so many rumors in this city that you would have to take your story pretty high up for it to be even concidered, and I doubt that any of you have the influence to even gain enterence into the palace, much less know who to talk to. No, your stories would be just the counter to the rumors that I'm the one filling the ear of the Emperor with poison. SO once more, I offer for you to go. Oh, and the reason the bouncers are on the inside is because they would draw suspicion if they were out side." He sighs once more and says, I have Incantus here incase the rumors of this meeting found the wrong ears. There are those who would see this rule florish for their own sake, so yes, it is to protect me from 'you' though it's not personal. Oh, I do not remember threatening you... insulting you and demanding you, yes, but not threaten." He looks over to the dwarf then and says "Are you willing to go on this trip then?" He nods to Incantus who holds out a piece of paper.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya listens to the words and is even more confused now.

She thinks about whether she should say something, she would still like to stop these laws, as she finds them to be wrong, but this man is not going to listen to her in his stubborness. And she really doesn't know, if helping him would be the right way.

Therefore she doesn't say anything and rather continues to watch the scene.

 

[silentspace]

Kinden

Wielding a loaded crossbow is not a clear threat? No one else pulled out their weapons... Well, perhaps since that was Incantus and not Felswarth, he doesn't consider it as coming from him. Kinden looks on as Incantus pulls out a piece of paper. If that, finally, was information for the quest, he would gladly look it over with whoever else might be interested. If, though, he wanted us to sign our names to it, then that man truly had lost all his marbles. Kinden waits to see what the dwarf will do.

 

[Majin]

Shadowleaf growled inwardly at Hitorum's dodgy reply. "It appears you are adamant on making us go about this mission the hard way. Frankly it is hard to believe that dressed in your finery, considering your former position, and the power you still seem to hold, that you could not procure the money. Also, if being found out is what you are worried about, then maybe you finally understand what it's like to be in the path of these ridiculous new laws. If you are taking the risk to hold this meeting tonight, then whats the difference? All someone needs to do is put one of us through the lie detection process and they find out that you are a traitor. Or you could simply cast one of your little forgetfulness spells on us so that we'd have no idea who paid the money hmm?"

Shadowleaf shakes his head at the man. It became clear to him that this man would not budge on this subject. He was too paranoid. "I know that we will be in danger throughout this mission, but the least that you can do is ensure our safe escape from the city in order to go see this oracle wherever he or she may live. I'm sure you have some sort of teleport spell or something that could disguise us?"

 

[Lichtenhart]

"If you had spoken this way since the beginning, a lot of harsh words would have been saved tonight." Dar grumbles, offering his armored hand to receive the piece of paper.
"I'll go, and I don't care about your money, and what you do with it, though I cannot speak for those who are willing to travel with me; if they have something to ask, it's their right to do. I still have to ask a question and lay down a condition, though: I want to know what kind of trouble we may find on our way, and I won't associate with these people" he motion with his head to the armed half-orcs, and speaks very resolutely "and if you were any wise, you'd do the same."

 

[Thanee]

Master dwarf, I'd like to join you, as you seem to be of noble heart. I don't really care about the money, it'd have helped, but I'll get along. This is more important, than a few coins. It's important enough to even overlook the behaviour of our dear Mister Felswarth here.

 

[silentspace]

Kinden

I'm in, as I've said from the very beginning.