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[X] Reject the woman's offer. You'll come up with your own plan to save the House and your dwindling coffers with a lower chance of backfiring - hopefully.
Now that's the ticket Happy times are here to sta-
oh boyChapter Twenty-One: Lord Elding And The Terrible Horrible No-Good Very Bad Fiscal Year
ohboy"Well," she says with a deep breath, in much the same tone one would use to prepare to tell a child their dog was run over by a carriage. "Your personal income is currently 'nothing' because Marco did a little merchant espionage on the side to cover his tracks and now the house is tanking." She drops a sheet of parchment in front of you with an elegant flick of her wrist. It's a letter from those bastards the Rosso twins. "We're currently the lowest-rated in all of Söfnun and haemorrhaging money and looking at a buyout. So if it's more money in your pocket you're looking for... well, their door's open."
ohhhhboy"Shhhhh enough of that." She raises a finger to her lips briefly. "Now is the time to be pretty and silent."
Eldingar right now:"Look," she says, striding across that last little gap between you. You shrink against the wall unconsciously but she gets right up in your personal space all the same, practically pressing against you. You're close enough to smell her perfume, close enough to hear her breathing. She tilts her wrist and taps the scroll against your chin this time. "Let's not do this dance of transparent lies any longer than we have to. We both know that you're a man of certain... shall we say exotic talents. And I'm a woman with more than a few talents of her own. I'd say there's quite a lot we can do for each other~"
She seemed nice enough about the nephew, even if he was newly turned and probably not a great target for slaying in a lot of ways. So I think she'd be open to talking to us, at least? And if we can provide character witnesses from our boyfriend hoard or something?
Except that isn't their money. They said they wouldn't be giving that away, so we have no sugar-Nbaes.We have rich friendly mute apprentice dude! He can cover any needed cash injection!
[X] Reject the woman's offer. You'll come up with your own plan to save the House and your dwindling coffers with a lower chance of backfiring - hopefully
Purely on the fact that she's clearly trying to manipulate us and I hate being manipulated. Normally, I'd take the offer and try to turn it back around on her but, well, that's a very Dragon thing to do and Eldingar kind of sucks at being a dragon. And, personally, what I'd really like to do is lift her up by the throat and go "Listen here, you little shit..." but that's not happening. So simple refusal it is
Plus, she's trying to use her feminine wiles on a gay man, so clearly she's not that smart.
Purely on the fact that she's clearly trying to manipulate us and I hate being manipulated. Normally, I'd take the offer and try to turn it back around on her but, well, that's a very Dragon thing to do and Eldingar kind of sucks at being a dragon. And, personally, what I'd really like to do is lift her up by the throat and go "Listen here, you little shit..." but that's not happening. So simple refusal it is
Were a dragon who's hobbies include 'have piles of money', 'lay on piles of money', 'spend someone elses money' and ofcourse 'get hit by lightning'.Or, you know, she just doesn't know we're gay. FFS we're a massive recluse who almost nothing is known about and who never had any romantic entanglements until very, very recently.
Sorry, should have included a on the last part to show it was a joke.FFS we're a massive recluse who almost nothing is known about and who never had any romantic entanglements until very, very recently. Unless she has a magical gaydar or has been spying on our lair it's hard to see how she would know that we don't swing that way.
[X] Take the woman's offer. Get your own back and rob those Rosso bastards blind.
Eldingar, pressed against a wall, with a solution shoved in his face, and made greatly uncomfortable, has about the fortitude and resistance of wet tissue paper.
I see him caving like a house of cards while screaming internally. "Hey maybe it'll work I'm super poor gET OFF OF ME WHAT PART OF 'I LIKE COCK' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND-"
You know what, you have me convinced.[X] Take the woman's offer. Get your own back and rob those Rosso bastards blind.
Eldingar, pressed against a wall, with a solution shoved in his face, and made greatly uncomfortable, has about the fortitude and resistance of wet tissue paper.
I see him caving like a house of cards while screaming internally. "Hey maybe it'll work I'm super poor gET OFF OF ME WHAT PART OF 'I LIKE COCK' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND-"
Is this how we decide if someone is a good person?