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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telsar" data-source="post: 1596916" data-attributes="member: 18837">Loni looks at Accalon in the small, dark room.  “A living hell?  I guess sometimes it’s like that here.  Some of the johns can be very scary.  What they try to get away with, or what they pay to get away with…”, she shudders a bit.  “But there’s a roof over my head, and food to eat.  And a sisterhood I never had growing up.  And the work,” brushing Accalon’s cheek with her fingers, “is sometimes very enjoyable.  So don’t worry about my burden.”“And as for Geoff, I would…  damn, I hadn’t intended saying his name.” She tenses up a bit, and continues. “As for him, if I saw him, on the street or if he walked into Brie’s, there’s no forgiveness.  I would do something.  Grab a sword, or try to strangle him with my bare hands.  Something.  I hope… I hope I’m a lot harder if I ever do see him.  So I can go through with it.”Cuddling in Accalon’s arms, Loni says lightly “So, since I don’t forgive him, then I’m not a better person than you and no apology is necessary.”  She kisses him, saying “But I think I could learn to be a better person, a stronger person, with you to show me.”Meanwhile, in another room, Lydia and Algernon are on a bed, Algernon’s hands roaming freely over the cleric’s body.  “Most invigorating thing?  Now what would make you ask that?  Ah… little Miri must have seemed all upset after our last encounter.  And you,” kissing Lydia on the neck, “being entirely evil (chuckling), want to know what I did to her.  It was nothing too heinous, at least I didn’t think so.  I didn’t even touch the girl.  I just had her pose for me.  You see, I’m an artist, a bit famous in some circles.  Perhaps too famous.  Do you know someone trashed my studio, just the other night?  That’s why I need the bodyguard.”“Oh, but I’m digressing from what you wanted to know.  I just painted her picture, numerous paintings where I captured her likeness perfectly.  But I added a few things that weren’t really there.  Such as various creatures, both intelligent and not, all extremely male, if you catch my meaning.  The look of horror when she saw them I thought was priceless.  But worth more than that was her look when I said I knew a gallery that would happily display them for me.  I bet she didn’t tell you or the other girls or Brie a single detail of that, did she?  Alas, I only found a private collector willing to buy them, not a gallery, but it was still very worth the few gold I spent here.”“But of course, nothing I could do would frighten you like that.  Nor would I want to.  I’d love to see how you might be able to frighten me, though.  One’s heart pumping from, well, a little fear, nothing too drastic of course, is an incredible aphrodesiac.  Have you frightened very many men?”Back at the voyeur closet, Accalon and Loni realize they need to be quiet, as they hear Ezuvial and his two companions enter the adjoining room.  The long-time whore, a girl in her mid twenties with reddish-brown hair and blue-green eyes, seems to want to get down to business quickly, trying to undress the bodyguard, starting with his belt and scabbard.  But he looks at her and says “Heliah, would you be so kind as to see if the bed’s comfortable?  I need a moment with Felari, to help calm her nerves.”  The girl shrugs, moves to the bed, bounces a bit on it on her knees, then begins to undress.  Ezuvial turns to Aeweth, and uses a whispered voice, apparently to keep the whore from hearing, but having the same effect on Accalon and Loni [Accalon fails a default listen roll] Ezuvial whispers, “There is nothing to be nervous about.  You can trust me.”  He inhales deeply through his nose, apparently trying to take in Aeweth’s scent. “And I think I can trust you.  Your bloodline is strong.  Even if you resist it’s calling.  But you shouldn’t.  You also shouldn’t be associating with such clearly evil characters as that hooded warrior or the stoic woman Algernon was so impressed with.  They are your allies, correct?  Ah, but first, time is almost up…”Then he steps back, and says a bit more loudly, where all can hear.  “If you two girls don’t mind, I’d like to cast a little spell.  Nothing harmful, I assure you, affecting only myself to allow our encounter here to last a bit longer.”  He gestures and incants a few phrases, and magical energy surrounds him for the briefest of moments. [Unfortunately, none of the PCs here have Spellcraft]  Watching him cast a spell brings a quick look of fear on Heliah’s face, after hearing the discussion below about ensorcelled girls.</blockquote>

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