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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6558127" data-attributes="member: 6696971">One would have to assume that neither the king nor the constable are used to being talked to like that, but their faces do not change much, if at all, with your charged words.  You see no incredulity, no vexation, no fear.  After a few still moments of consideration, the king cocks his head slightly and rises.  With his stony visage, his white fur cloak going out wide, and his prominent bone frill in the motif of a white dragon, he cuts an ominous figure.He speaks deliberately.  "Well.  Its clear that...HURRRRK..."From the shadows of the elevated ceiling above come a pair of long, black tentacles.  With suddenness, they violently grasp the king around the neck, enfolding his nose and mouth, cutting off his voice and breathing.  Up he goes, with quickness, toward a more mature aboleth stalker whose body is halfway in and halfway out of a ceiling fissure that might be just large enough to pull the king into...or just small enough to maim him terribly as the creature attempts to do so.Behind the table, slightly across the way (Near range to you), a simultaneous ruckus ensues as members of the elite guard begin to attack the other guards.  In a fight for their lives, they couldn't possibly intervene with the king....and they may not even be aware of what is happening to him as of yet.  The culprit, a second advanced aboleth stalker, grasps one of the unenthralled guards on the periphery and begins reeling him toward its ceiling cubby and a grizzly death.The constable reacts immediately and reaches for the sword on his belt.  Realizing the futility of it (the beast is some 15 -18 feet above - a wee bit out of Reach range) begins running across the room for the only weapon of consequence available to him; a gem-encrusted, feather-adorned spear mounted over the king's bed.  Unfortunately, by the time he returns, the king is likely to have been devoured...[HR][/HR]Under the Hood[sblock]In case it isn't clear, the stakes here are related to your leverage for Parley.  If the king survives due to your deeds, surely he will see just how tenuous his position is and vulnerable he and his kingdom are to this threat.  Consequently, your demands and harsh words must be heeded, like it or not.If he perishes...one can only imagine the hell that will break loose.[/sblock] What are you guys doing?</blockquote>

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