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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 2, 2021 12:14:39 GMT
"I see your point. However, I think I must warn the High Haruspex at the very least. He is no sleeper."
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Post by Diocles on Jun 2, 2021 12:30:41 GMT
.... (fast-fwding this conceptual conversation)
"He already knows."
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 2, 2021 12:31:20 GMT
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 2, 2021 16:23:10 GMT
"Yes, of course. So any thoughts on what our first steps ought to be?"
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Post by Diocles on Jun 2, 2021 20:35:23 GMT
"The onyx box is broken, the doppelgangers awoken. I have sent word to my allies in the north. Now the only thing to do is wait." Dread creeps over me, and I try to shake it off. "If only Lovisa hadn't been Vadal! Had she been some other race, she might have used some other way to get her revenge, but the onyx box telling her he would destroy Nirrion and Kestal would be to blame was too much of a temptation for a jilted woman who hated an empire that stole her homeland."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 2, 2021 22:26:46 GMT
"Ah, I see, she gets revenge on me and on Nirrion in one fell swoop."
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Post by Diocles on Jun 2, 2021 23:27:36 GMT
"So it would seem." I level a stare at Kestal.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 3, 2021 0:13:52 GMT
I return his stare. "Well don't blame me! How was I to know a Vadal warrioress once jilted would seek such revenge? I figured she'd just make me cut off my own cock! I didn't realize she'd want to raize the city!"
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Post by Diocles on Jun 3, 2021 0:17:07 GMT
"But you dallied with her!"
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Post by Diocles on Jun 3, 2021 0:22:22 GMT
I slam the table with the palm of my hand. "Enough debate! I need to know if you two are going to keep this crisis a secret! You've yet to answer me about whether you agree or not."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jun 3, 2021 0:25:16 GMT
In a restrained tone I say "My apologies, I did not realize I hadn't answered. Yes, it will remain among us. And as to my 'dalliance'" I emphasize the word "it's not like I 'dally' with wraiths on a regular basis and thus understand the possible outcomes. Let us speak no more of it as we have more important things to attend." I take a drink.
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Post by Diocles on Jun 3, 2021 0:28:15 GMT
(I want to try to detect Kestal's truthfulness about his agreement on secrecy.)
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Post by Nobody on Jun 3, 2021 0:28:38 GMT
Having taken in this last round of conversation, I take another thoughtful sip of my wine and say to you, Kestal, "Friend Shepherd, I'm sorry to hear things took such an ugly turn with Lovisa. I rather fancied her."
To you Jund I say, "Thank you again for your kind words. But I wonder, in your admonition toward discretion (with which I wholeheartedly agree), whom exactly do you mean by 'the ignorant'"?
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Post by Storyteller on Jun 3, 2021 0:30:21 GMT
(Jund, roll Perc+Empathy)
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Post by Diocles on Jun 3, 2021 0:34:14 GMT
"The ignorant is anyone who doesn't already know about doppelgangers and who therefore shouldn't know.
(detect 6,4,10,3,8,5 three)
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