To Con the Con-man
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Alexander glanced down at Alden banefully; he was very tempted to wound the man, grievously, for being so unimaginatively foolish; they had just walked up to a Wizard’s tower, in broad daylight no less, and Alden had the immense ignorance to make an open demand of the wizard through the wizard’s lackey and just to make matters worse he gave away most of what they were after! It would have been a simple thing to just introduce themselves and get the half-elf’s name that way, and even if the half elf was the one they wanted did not mean they had to announce it or act immediately. They were to bring the thing back to the bear's camp as soon as possible, not make efforts that end up causing needless delays.
Alden’s actions may well have just made the wizard be on his guard and untrusting.
Alden could have done little to worsen the situation further.
Alexander hated picking up after Alden’s mounting fiascos.
To Alexander there was no point in hiding what they were doing any more or who they were after, but this did not mean he felt it necessary to volunteer everything, or attempt to gain entry into the tower, by any means, before he had an idea of if or if not doing so was safe.
[FONT="]“What this insufferable oaf meet to say is that I’m on an errand to fetch a half-elf by the name of Tharivol; if that is your master’s name then I would like to ask him to travel to Duke Bairan’s camp while under my protection. If he is not, then I would like to ask him if he knows of Tharivol. I also belive he can both agree the oaf may remain outside in any scenario.” Alexander spoke, inquisitive to any reaction the servant made, mainly in regards to Tharivol’s name, and more prosaically if the man seemed confused, had to even briefly ponder the name, or just seemed to accept the name without any thought at all as if it were well known to him.
[sblock=OoC] crappy post yes, but I’m behind on my quota it would seem :/
also, about how far away is the Gnoll camp? [/sblock][/FONT]
Alden’s actions may well have just made the wizard be on his guard and untrusting.
Alden could have done little to worsen the situation further.
Alexander hated picking up after Alden’s mounting fiascos.
To Alexander there was no point in hiding what they were doing any more or who they were after, but this did not mean he felt it necessary to volunteer everything, or attempt to gain entry into the tower, by any means, before he had an idea of if or if not doing so was safe.
[FONT="]“What this insufferable oaf meet to say is that I’m on an errand to fetch a half-elf by the name of Tharivol; if that is your master’s name then I would like to ask him to travel to Duke Bairan’s camp while under my protection. If he is not, then I would like to ask him if he knows of Tharivol. I also belive he can both agree the oaf may remain outside in any scenario.” Alexander spoke, inquisitive to any reaction the servant made, mainly in regards to Tharivol’s name, and more prosaically if the man seemed confused, had to even briefly ponder the name, or just seemed to accept the name without any thought at all as if it were well known to him.
[sblock=OoC] crappy post yes, but I’m behind on my quota it would seem :/
also, about how far away is the Gnoll camp? [/sblock][/FONT]
Herobizkit
Adventurer
Tio smirked at Alden's brazen delivery, but was quickly replaced with eye-rolling at Alex's attempt at a recovery. Insufferable oaf... No wonder his G-Team or whatever they were called abandoned him.
HolyMan
Thy wounds are healed!
"Ah yes, yes. The master has had many names, many. But he did mention that one to me. Please he must not be distrubed. I will, will send for you when he is not in his magical studies. Where are you staying."
After trying unsuccessfully to see "the master" the group gives up. They could have forced their way in but then they might not get this Tharivol's cooperation. And they were promised a summons on the morrow to come and visit.
As they leave they are watched from a nearby alley by a woman with brown hair and wearing studded leather. Thinking to herself they don't look like lackeys, she decides to follow them as the wizard is almost easy to find after the months of searching.
OCC: Will pm you Hera's reason for being in Rem. For now player roll-offs LOL. Hera's hide vs. everyone elses spot. Have fin with the posting up of your rolls.
After trying unsuccessfully to see "the master" the group gives up. They could have forced their way in but then they might not get this Tharivol's cooperation. And they were promised a summons on the morrow to come and visit.
As they leave they are watched from a nearby alley by a woman with brown hair and wearing studded leather. Thinking to herself they don't look like lackeys, she decides to follow them as the wizard is almost easy to find after the months of searching.
OCC: Will pm you Hera's reason for being in Rem. For now player roll-offs LOL. Hera's hide vs. everyone elses spot. Have fin with the posting up of your rolls.
Alden tried hard not to verbally lash out at Alex... I'll show 'im an unsufferable oaf... Might'as well be hung fer'a lamb as a sheep! Least I didn't jus' stand there like a blasted statue when asked a perfectly plain question in an intelligible language... Despite an apparently impervious external shell, Alden was quietly seething at the rebuke. I only done what I thought was proper. If the the boss had done his bleedin' job 'en I wouldn'a had'ta guess at wha'e wanted... Insufferable Oaf!!
Alden was so caught up in his thoughts of revenge that he forgot his main reason for coming to see the tower - reconnaisance. Now tha' I think 'bout it I dunno what the doorman even looked like... Prob'ly th' half-elf 'imself... Ha! 'f I saw th'boss at th'door I wouldna' opened it either.
"So, boss. You mus'be norm'lly in bed by seven 'r'so, right? Need time t'study yer wizardy stuff? Don' mind 'f I see a bi'mor'a th' town meself. Tio, wha'else 's there t'do 'round 'ere in th'evening?" he spoke out loud, completely oblivious to his surroundings.
Alden was so caught up in his thoughts of revenge that he forgot his main reason for coming to see the tower - reconnaisance. Now tha' I think 'bout it I dunno what the doorman even looked like... Prob'ly th' half-elf 'imself... Ha! 'f I saw th'boss at th'door I wouldna' opened it either.
"So, boss. You mus'be norm'lly in bed by seven 'r'so, right? Need time t'study yer wizardy stuff? Don' mind 'f I see a bi'mor'a th' town meself. Tio, wha'else 's there t'do 'round 'ere in th'evening?" he spoke out loud, completely oblivious to his surroundings.
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Herobizkit
Adventurer
Tio watches Alden attempt to restrain himself, his face tense and anger flashing in his eyes. After a few beats, Tio breaks the uncomfortable silence.
"Tell me, your Lordship," he snapped, "Do you make it a habit of calling your brothers-in-arms 'insufferable oaf'? If you cannot respect the men who serve with you, how do you ever hope to garnish their respect? A soldier may follow your orders out of duty, but may not respect you enough to save your life should the time come."
Here he paused a brief moment, considered to add insult to injury by pointing out Alex's missing G-team. He thought better of it, and waited to hear what Alex had to say.
"Tell me, your Lordship," he snapped, "Do you make it a habit of calling your brothers-in-arms 'insufferable oaf'? If you cannot respect the men who serve with you, how do you ever hope to garnish their respect? A soldier may follow your orders out of duty, but may not respect you enough to save your life should the time come."
Here he paused a brief moment, considered to add insult to injury by pointing out Alex's missing G-team. He thought better of it, and waited to hear what Alex had to say.
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Alexander simply turned to Tio and looked at him calmly, for about one second, then his entire face became tweaked with no small amount of furry.
His brow turned inwards and he then all but snarled at Tio’s response; were they truly so dense?
“By very definition his action was insufferably clumsy! He demanded a mage’s true name, at his own tower no less! If the half elf is the least well read into magical lore he would know that such a thing could allow someone else to either enslave him or outright slay him with a single damned word!” he spat with growing fervor, he fisted his hands. He truly wanted to wring both their necks at this point; he never was good at controlling his temper once it flared.
He then, tried, to contain himself but could do nothing to quell the inferno that blazed within the gold glow of his wrathful eyes.
“I do not care if either of you like me, and while respect is independent of it, I also do not care if you respect me, but I’ll tell you this; what Alden did was utterly insufferable. He endangered our purpose here and perhaps even our lives; if that does not make him an insufferable oaf, nothing ever will.” Alexander spoke with venom as he clenched his teeth and nearly ground them as he spoke while tilting his head suitably towards Alden.
While Alden was the obvious aim Alexander’s ire the rouge had the good sense to hold his tongue; to not do the same, or at least not try to do so, would have been improper.
“And you need not worry; I suffer not the need of a tome or idle preparation to perform my craft; I can readily perform my magic without need of such worthless crouches.” Alexander leered down at Alden condemningly while he spoke with thinly veiled ire and then inhaled hissingly though his teeth before continuing onwards. “Tact, a trait I thought you had but now know you know nothing about; even if the half-elf was awe struck by your blunder there were too many ways for your demanded to have been misunderstood. Would his true name be his first name, middle or last? Which one would a servant assume is a true name, what names if given plural? Is Tharivol a first or middle name? Is it a sir name that would leave us with an entire family to bring? Or maybe, just maybe, it could be an assumed name; something that is the opposite of any kind of true name; in this case a true name would have given us misinformation with the party at fault being us because you asked a smart question idiotically meanwhile it would have been amazingly simple to just introduce ourselves and extract a name that way at no risk without even informing him that that was one of the reasons we were there in the first place. Or an even better way for your demand to fall flat on its face, as we’ve just been informed, the elf has ‘many’ names and Tharivol seems to be one that has been shed along the wayside.”
“How you presented yourself, and thus us, gave every opportunity for abject failure one could blunder into and then strictly for some sort of sick amusement we would then also have to worry about the possibility of either the elf or the servant lying to your face. You of all people, or I should at least think, know that people are liable to simply lie when confronted with an unknown figure that takes a dominant stance. And did I mention that by taking such an aggressive stance you could’ve also put them on guard while also alienating us needlessly?” Alexander spoke and allowed his furry to start to ebb as he monologued. “Your one simple question carried a mountain of dire complications and complexities; Tact, use it.”
Alexander's brows remained scrunched and downturned in displeasure and display of his recently made foul mood; he considered giving the duo more of his mind, but he knew that doing so would just grate himself needlessly, instead he turned and started away towards the inn with great annoyance.
At this point, he wanted little else then for the day to be over.
[FONT="] [sblock=OoC] While I might be a slow but, RP wise it does not matter if I take 3 seconds or 3 years to make my posts ^^;
Also, yes, Alexander is blunt and mean when he thinks someone acts stupid or ignorant and is utterly unapologetic about it.
He walks the line of his alignment and well, you’re gonna have to wait and see what I mean :3
…but I will say he is not nearly as fun loving as me ^^; [/sblock][/FONT]
His brow turned inwards and he then all but snarled at Tio’s response; were they truly so dense?
“By very definition his action was insufferably clumsy! He demanded a mage’s true name, at his own tower no less! If the half elf is the least well read into magical lore he would know that such a thing could allow someone else to either enslave him or outright slay him with a single damned word!” he spat with growing fervor, he fisted his hands. He truly wanted to wring both their necks at this point; he never was good at controlling his temper once it flared.
He then, tried, to contain himself but could do nothing to quell the inferno that blazed within the gold glow of his wrathful eyes.
“I do not care if either of you like me, and while respect is independent of it, I also do not care if you respect me, but I’ll tell you this; what Alden did was utterly insufferable. He endangered our purpose here and perhaps even our lives; if that does not make him an insufferable oaf, nothing ever will.” Alexander spoke with venom as he clenched his teeth and nearly ground them as he spoke while tilting his head suitably towards Alden.
While Alden was the obvious aim Alexander’s ire the rouge had the good sense to hold his tongue; to not do the same, or at least not try to do so, would have been improper.
“And you need not worry; I suffer not the need of a tome or idle preparation to perform my craft; I can readily perform my magic without need of such worthless crouches.” Alexander leered down at Alden condemningly while he spoke with thinly veiled ire and then inhaled hissingly though his teeth before continuing onwards. “Tact, a trait I thought you had but now know you know nothing about; even if the half-elf was awe struck by your blunder there were too many ways for your demanded to have been misunderstood. Would his true name be his first name, middle or last? Which one would a servant assume is a true name, what names if given plural? Is Tharivol a first or middle name? Is it a sir name that would leave us with an entire family to bring? Or maybe, just maybe, it could be an assumed name; something that is the opposite of any kind of true name; in this case a true name would have given us misinformation with the party at fault being us because you asked a smart question idiotically meanwhile it would have been amazingly simple to just introduce ourselves and extract a name that way at no risk without even informing him that that was one of the reasons we were there in the first place. Or an even better way for your demand to fall flat on its face, as we’ve just been informed, the elf has ‘many’ names and Tharivol seems to be one that has been shed along the wayside.”
“How you presented yourself, and thus us, gave every opportunity for abject failure one could blunder into and then strictly for some sort of sick amusement we would then also have to worry about the possibility of either the elf or the servant lying to your face. You of all people, or I should at least think, know that people are liable to simply lie when confronted with an unknown figure that takes a dominant stance. And did I mention that by taking such an aggressive stance you could’ve also put them on guard while also alienating us needlessly?” Alexander spoke and allowed his furry to start to ebb as he monologued. “Your one simple question carried a mountain of dire complications and complexities; Tact, use it.”
Alexander's brows remained scrunched and downturned in displeasure and display of his recently made foul mood; he considered giving the duo more of his mind, but he knew that doing so would just grate himself needlessly, instead he turned and started away towards the inn with great annoyance.
At this point, he wanted little else then for the day to be over.
[FONT="] [sblock=OoC] While I might be a slow but, RP wise it does not matter if I take 3 seconds or 3 years to make my posts ^^;
Also, yes, Alexander is blunt and mean when he thinks someone acts stupid or ignorant and is utterly unapologetic about it.
He walks the line of his alignment and well, you’re gonna have to wait and see what I mean :3
…but I will say he is not nearly as fun loving as me ^^; [/sblock][/FONT]
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Megan Voss
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Hera was tall, strong, and clad as an adventurer would be. She was a good squinter and had a strong jaw. Most men found her sight rather strange, long before they found her attractive. Some said it was her aura, some said it was her sword. Either way, Hera was questing now and her God had little time for short-cuts or long.
"Gentlemen." She announced. "I greet you. Pray hold a moment."
Her voice was strong and fearless. Certain that her approach would get their attention if not demand it.
"Now, you fellows have a meeting inside that tower tomorrow. Well, I'm coming too."
She placed her hands on her hips and asserted her position with ease.
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Herobizkit
Adventurer
Tio stood and bore the brunt of Alex's long-winded assault. It reminded him of warrior training, of how loud and obnoxious the squad commanders were, how it was paramount that everything was done just so. Discipline can be taught, but for some, it is a hard lesson.
"If what you claim was so amazingly simple," Tio said plainly, "Then pray, why did this poor insufferable oaf beat you to it?"
"As I mentioned in my tale, were this not the tower we seek, we would have no knowledge of it... hence, all Alden has done is spare us from another hour's worth of your pointless banter."
Tio was about to continue, but then a comely giantess melted from the shadows before him and demanded to join in with tomorrow's visit. She stood a full three inches taller than Tio, and Tio gave that some concern before saying, "You must be confused, for no one in their right mind would want to join us in our fool's errand."
"If what you claim was so amazingly simple," Tio said plainly, "Then pray, why did this poor insufferable oaf beat you to it?"
"As I mentioned in my tale, were this not the tower we seek, we would have no knowledge of it... hence, all Alden has done is spare us from another hour's worth of your pointless banter."
Tio was about to continue, but then a comely giantess melted from the shadows before him and demanded to join in with tomorrow's visit. She stood a full three inches taller than Tio, and Tio gave that some concern before saying, "You must be confused, for no one in their right mind would want to join us in our fool's errand."
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