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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9271236" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p><strong>4/8 Successes</strong> (1 Hard DC available)/0<strong> Failures</strong>/3 Secondary Skill Available/2 Advantages available</p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>Without looking up from the crucible she says to Bita-Bahlin; "beware the molten vessel, Infernal-blood...its offerings will soon increase beyond what even you can stand."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>She rises and stares at the gathering of heroes. "I go to commune...directly." A circle of fire and slagged rock emerges around her feet and she dissolves into the earth below.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Bita-Bahlin sits unaccustomedly still and quiet for moments. He looks unnerved. There is a tremor in his voice when he begins, but he immediately cleans it up. "Fables of Genga...Fables of Genga. Yes. I know the rough picture of the tale. That is one way."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>His unseeing eyes scan and fall upon the proximity of his sister. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"I am not deeply learned in the books of history. I did not sit at the foot of a shaman who passed down knowledge word of mouth. But I was once the age of the Empress...same as my sister. Our father died in war. One morning, our mother, a travelling circus performer, sent us out into the wild for forage; we were quite poor, you see. Upon our return quite late in the day, the circus had lit out. Gone <he makes a "poof" gesture>...like a puff of brimstone. On the windswept dunes tracks do not hold long and terrible storms come and go as they will."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He lets that soak in for a moment.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"It was a blessing you see. That is what you said to me back then, sister. You said, 'we would have been bred into the shallow, low, meaningless lives of tents and performance...thank you mother for delivering us from that.' I didn't agree then but I see the wisdom of it now."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He grimaces at the growing heat of the cauldron beside them. "Wow. She wasn't kidding!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>He stands and drags his seating arrangements further from the roiling, burning crucible. "I don't know what you would call this tale. The Fable of Circus Brats doesn't quite have the same ring to it. But perhaps The Empress could profit from it. Perhaps she just needs a good forage trip out into the wild...a change of venue...a change of life trajectory."</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>Whether Bita-Bahlin means this literally or figuratively is unclear.</p><p></p><p>Whether the twins have this story practiced, made up whole cloth, in order to weaponize for such an occasion is unclear.</p><p></p><p>Whether this is a bit of a coded message...perhaps of an impending doom or specific threat to the crown...is unclear.</p><p></p><p>He's a bit inscrutable here and certainly stubborn. Any Insight check will be at the <strong><em>HIGH DC</em></strong>. Any response of firmness will be at the <strong><em>HIGH DC</em></strong>. Any response of subtlety or with care will be at <strong><em>MEDIUM DC. </em></strong>If you decide to make multiple responses, continue forward until you hit a Failure, which will generate a significantly averse situation change and a condition of "ongoing HIGH DC" (outside of the alotted DCs) until you successfully resolve a move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9271236, member: 6696971"] [B]4/8 Successes[/B] (1 Hard DC available)/0[B] Failures[/B]/3 Secondary Skill Available/2 Advantages available [HR][/HR] [I]Without looking up from the crucible she says to Bita-Bahlin; "beware the molten vessel, Infernal-blood...its offerings will soon increase beyond what even you can stand." She rises and stares at the gathering of heroes. "I go to commune...directly." A circle of fire and slagged rock emerges around her feet and she dissolves into the earth below. Bita-Bahlin sits unaccustomedly still and quiet for moments. He looks unnerved. There is a tremor in his voice when he begins, but he immediately cleans it up. "Fables of Genga...Fables of Genga. Yes. I know the rough picture of the tale. That is one way." His unseeing eyes scan and fall upon the proximity of his sister. "I am not deeply learned in the books of history. I did not sit at the foot of a shaman who passed down knowledge word of mouth. But I was once the age of the Empress...same as my sister. Our father died in war. One morning, our mother, a travelling circus performer, sent us out into the wild for forage; we were quite poor, you see. Upon our return quite late in the day, the circus had lit out. Gone <he makes a "poof" gesture>...like a puff of brimstone. On the windswept dunes tracks do not hold long and terrible storms come and go as they will." He lets that soak in for a moment. "It was a blessing you see. That is what you said to me back then, sister. You said, 'we would have been bred into the shallow, low, meaningless lives of tents and performance...thank you mother for delivering us from that.' I didn't agree then but I see the wisdom of it now." He grimaces at the growing heat of the cauldron beside them. "Wow. She wasn't kidding!" He stands and drags his seating arrangements further from the roiling, burning crucible. "I don't know what you would call this tale. The Fable of Circus Brats doesn't quite have the same ring to it. But perhaps The Empress could profit from it. Perhaps she just needs a good forage trip out into the wild...a change of venue...a change of life trajectory."[/I] [HR][/HR] Whether Bita-Bahlin means this literally or figuratively is unclear. Whether the twins have this story practiced, made up whole cloth, in order to weaponize for such an occasion is unclear. Whether this is a bit of a coded message...perhaps of an impending doom or specific threat to the crown...is unclear. He's a bit inscrutable here and certainly stubborn. Any Insight check will be at the [B][I]HIGH DC[/I][/B]. Any response of firmness will be at the [B][I]HIGH DC[/I][/B]. Any response of subtlety or with care will be at [B][I]MEDIUM DC. [/I][/B]If you decide to make multiple responses, continue forward until you hit a Failure, which will generate a significantly averse situation change and a condition of "ongoing HIGH DC" (outside of the alotted DCs) until you successfully resolve a move. [/QUOTE]
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