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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 9291856" data-attributes="member: 6696971"><p><strong>9/10 Successes</strong> (0 Hard DC available)/1<strong> Failures</strong>/1 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available)</p><p><em><strong>Goal</strong>: ...and convince her to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate (last 4 successes).</em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p><em>Outside of the Empress' chambers, Chanvati and Pa'avu linger for a moment the next day. The door is shut and Sovelis and Scheherezade's communicate privately. The former listens mostly and provides tender, quiet counsel when he feels its his place to speak. The latter is an absolute wreck. Pa'avu's keen senses make it possible to hear and Canvati's powerful psionics give him trivial access to the conversation and thoughts within.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Scheherezade: "Its happening. We've prepared for so long to ensure it wouldn't happen. You did the best you can to protect me from this moment, but its come nonetheless. One ancestor in a hundred inherit this plague. This curse. Why did it have to land squarely on me?"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><Many moments of quiet></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"I have to go into self-exile. That is all there is to it. I must leave this place to protect my people from the uncontrollable wrath of the terrible beast within. Chanvati cannot be near me every moment. And if I cannot control it myself, then what use am I to my people as a ruler? How can anyone depend on my executive decrees, even my forfeiture of power, when a monster lurks inside of me? WHAT USE AM I, I SAY?!"</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Sovelis: "My dear, sweet..."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><A servant comes in via an alternative entrance...awkwardness ensues></em></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p></p><p>When you come into her chambers, how do you arrest the situation? Her spiral? Or do you wait until she flees and catch her in mid-flight?</p><p></p><p>Sovelis clearly knew. How do you feel about this and does it play a role?</p><p></p><p>Do you take her to a place to have it manifest fully so she can attempt to control it (like a perilous combat with her as manifested or something else)?</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, how do you convince her of her own capabilities while simultaneously parlaying that to convince her fully to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate?</p><p></p><p><strong><em>MEDIUM DC</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 9291856, member: 6696971"] [B]9/10 Successes[/B] (0 Hard DC available)/1[B] Failures[/B]/1 Secondary Skill Available/0 Advantages available) [I][B]Goal[/B]: ...and convince her to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate (last 4 successes).[/I] [HR][/HR] [I]Outside of the Empress' chambers, Chanvati and Pa'avu linger for a moment the next day. The door is shut and Sovelis and Scheherezade's communicate privately. The former listens mostly and provides tender, quiet counsel when he feels its his place to speak. The latter is an absolute wreck. Pa'avu's keen senses make it possible to hear and Canvati's powerful psionics give him trivial access to the conversation and thoughts within. Scheherezade: "Its happening. We've prepared for so long to ensure it wouldn't happen. You did the best you can to protect me from this moment, but its come nonetheless. One ancestor in a hundred inherit this plague. This curse. Why did it have to land squarely on me?" <Many moments of quiet> "I have to go into self-exile. That is all there is to it. I must leave this place to protect my people from the uncontrollable wrath of the terrible beast within. Chanvati cannot be near me every moment. And if I cannot control it myself, then what use am I to my people as a ruler? How can anyone depend on my executive decrees, even my forfeiture of power, when a monster lurks inside of me? WHAT USE AM I, I SAY?!" Sovelis: "My dear, sweet..." <A servant comes in via an alternative entrance...awkwardness ensues>[/I] [HR][/HR] When you come into her chambers, how do you arrest the situation? Her spiral? Or do you wait until she flees and catch her in mid-flight? Sovelis clearly knew. How do you feel about this and does it play a role? Do you take her to a place to have it manifest fully so she can attempt to control it (like a perilous combat with her as manifested or something else)? Ultimately, how do you convince her of her own capabilities while simultaneously parlaying that to convince her fully to establish a new political order in Bantouk with a counterbalancing Senate? [B][I]MEDIUM DC[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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