HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?" Duchess Ducimezar asked, quick as always to make her displeasure known.
"I am quite sane, I assure you," the Avatar replied cheerfully, looking unperturbed.
Dwarfs: You were troll in body once. While that affliction is cured now, we fear you still remain a troll in mind. This doesn't ease our fears.
"There you go then," the Avatar continued. "I gave you a tool to put pressure on her where you had none before."
"I remind you of tool you had all this time, and Empress was quite willing to use before this whole Salthalls incident.... Diplomacy... Talking..."
King Ral snorted. The day he started to believe that the Dark Empress had an elaborate city conquest plan just lying around with no intention to use it was the day he'd abdicate due to senility.
Avatar: May I remind you of Crying Death's underwater temple? Empress was willing to sit on her weapons, while sister is more... impulsive and dramatic.
second reason is that is actually improves his safety."
it
Snyder, wearing something similar, appeared less comfortable without his acolyte robes. No, never mind, that seemed to be Venna's fault.
Odds of Snyder or Vienna avoiding each other... low?
Chance of one or both being thrown out... high?
With Snyder wrongly accused?
"I certainly wasn't expecting the dwarfs' first demand to be a gala to publicly announce your new position as Regent of my empire," she told the Duke.
*angry looking Usagi standing above crystal ball, eyes green of jealousy, watching gala*
Usagi: I won't in! Why is all fun avoiding me! Was meant to be main character, ended side one who's rarely seen!
"Technically speaking, all of you are my mercenaries and not citizens or soldiers of my empire. As such, he has no direct authority over you."
Hmm Though when will this change? Her having actual, official army and citizens?
"You want to trust lawyers with this?" the Duke asked, sounding bemused. "I suppose that's feasible, with sufficient supervision. I can contact a few reliable ones when I go prepare the gala."
Torian: I can suggest few demon summoners for sale of balance. Negotiation with rulers or demons, adding own and removing opposing loopholes... Its all the same.
"Additional security?" the Duke asked. "I hardly see a reason for that. Who in their right mind would want to get into a fight with the Empress after recent events?"
*written on grave of assassin #854399955*
Bah, those dumb idiots making mistakes of amateurs. Let real professional show you how it's done.
The absence of the fairy ambassador in anything but pristine condition would raise concerns about the safety of future diplomats, for example.
There is no reason to worry. Ambassadors to Dark empress gain free immortality (short of violence) and power up treatment. Your safety and good opinion is important to us.
toothy smile wavered a little. "Though there is something a little odd going on with one of them."
That mention on smile... Totally no reason to worry...
Is it really something terrible and he is worried for own life (if only for getting bad news to Keeper)?
Or more of a joke, faery is happy with result, but every one is worr.. worried...
... It's the faery who trained... Trask?... Ami's first tentacle monster? Now she is sane and happy tentacled youma (ranging from humanoid with dozen tentacles replacing wings, to weirder body), while everyone else is horrified and worried?
