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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 8934980" data-attributes="member: 1282">"Distracted" undersells the state of Chanvati's upheaval. Certainly, the bizarrely-encoded dialogue that swirls around him confounds reasoning, and the cacophony of canine vocalizations instills a reflexive surge of fear, as if he is surrounded by a closing pack of predators. But cutting through it all is the scent of Bita-Bousseh's perfume, and Chanvati finds himself struggling against a flush of longing for her."Focus," he demands of himself. "There will be an appropriate time for such dalliance; but that time is not now."Chanvati sidles up to the shrouded feminine figure of the barrister, for there is no mistaking the Tiefling's sheep-horned form, despite her elaborate headdress."Bita-Bousseh, I do not understand," he whispers. "I mean, I literally cannot understand what the gathered are saying."She cocks a shrouded head to one side, amused. "It is a little game we play amongst compatriots. To keep out the uninitiated from prying. 'Roughly Gelded' should have given it away. If you but purge the speech of innuendo, metaphor, embellishment; meaning becomes clear as the desert skies at dawn. It may surprise you how much we actually say, once looking past the cruft, darling," she says coyly and refocuses her attention to the spirited debate around them. Chanvati does as invited, focusing past the babble, paring away the excess, attending to gesture and tone and the nugget of true meaning in what is otherwise a salad of words.[HR][/HR]This is for the fourth Success and thus upon it hinges Discovering the Goals of the 2nd Nation.Secondary Skill Diplomacy check to convince Bita-Bousseh to divulge a hint in parsing the cypher, r(4) +8 = 12 vs 10 Easy DC. Success for +2 buff toPrimary Skill Insight check to decipher the speech around him, r(19) +11 +2 = 32 vs 22 Hard DC. Success.</blockquote>

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