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Summer 9/Voyage 1.2 | A 'Chance' Encounter 3
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    • [X] Go say 'Hi' with peaceful intentions (Try to Talk)
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    You make no attempt to hide yourself or your felag as you emerge from the forest. With thirty-seven warriors at your back, you don't exactly have much to fear. Yet, despite the overwhelming numerical superiority, you can't quite quell the pounding of your heart or the nervous shivers making gooseflesh of your skin.

    After all, there's something different about the man you're going to see.

    If your intuition were screaming it any louder, you would be too. Hal is a member of your family, that much is as obvious as Abjorn is handsome. You've met extended family before, your wedding day being a prime example, so it should be nothing new.

    Right?

    Well, you're about to find out.

    The moment you exit the woods, over two-dozen pairs of eyes land on your and yours. The raiders pause their loading as hands fall to belt-stowed weapons. But, despite the danger inherent in such gestures, you pay them little mind.

    After all, there's a far more interesting sight ahead.

    Sitting on a barrel with a knee supporting an ankle is a oddly familiar-looking man—and not just because you just saw him. If you were to make Blackhand taller, give him longer arms, and removed the stoic streak, you'd be left with Hal.

    Which brings to mind a question. If Hal looks like a slightly different Blackhand, do you look like Blackhand if he were a woman?

    '...Now that you mention it.'

    Ignoring Blackhand, you turn your attention to Hal, who's got the same look on his face as you. A small squint, a little tilt of the head, a slightly slack jaw and pursed lips—it's the same look that Blackhand has when he's confused.

    ...Weird.

    You stop about a half-dozen paces away from him while leaving your men by the tree line. After all, he's sitting out on his own, it would be extremely rude to bring your felag when he's not brought his—not to mention that it would make you look scared.

    Drumming his fingers on his shin, Hal leans an elbow on his floating knee as words with the accent of Vestfold escape his lips, "My name is Hal Wolfhound and," his eyes never leave yours, not even for a moment, "why do you look like me?"

    You pause as you open your mouth to answer, your intuition telling you that saying the wrong thing here will result in bloodshed.

    How do you wish to answer, what questions do you wish to ask, and how open are you? You may decide how open you are when it comes to specific topics, if you so desire.
    [ ] Plan name
    -[ ] Write in your greeting
    -[ ] Write in questions
    -[ ] Write in openness

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    AN: Not much to say here other then that I'm excited to see where you go with this.

    I would recommend being very careful with the answers you give and the questions you seek.

    15-minute moratorium.
     
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    • "I'm Halla Skyfire, we're probably namesakes of the same old monster, he's my grandfather specifically, nice to meet you Kinsman!"

    That's probably a decent enough start? Maybe break open the Brewery Pocket and offer a drink to grease the wheels?
     
    I think we should be completely open about our ancestry. I'm less sure how open to be about Odr stuff and Charred Soul. Probably want to feel him out first on that stuff.
     
    Anyway, should probably keep any Odr Discussion to Eyetalking, he's definitely Initiated, and this is probably a good chance to trade secrets with another walker on the path. Secret for a Secret shouldn't be something that the Enemy can meddle with, since there's fair payment in both directions.

    Also, MORE FUCKING VESTFOLD PLOT HOOKS AAARGH
     
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    Alright, basic plan here:

    [X] Plan Saying Hello
    -[X] "My name is Halla Skyfire, and I think we're family. We seem to have both been named after Hallr Blackhand, my grandfather. Nice to meet you, kinsman."
    -[X] Just ask about who he is, where he's from, his family, his life. Basic stuff. We'd potentially be willing to share the same kind of info, though we won't mention Halfdan or the fact that his son is right here and married to our sister (mentioning Jordan as our brother in law would be fine, we just won't mention his father's name).
    -[X] Once we feel him out, if it seems like a reasonable option, ask via Eyetalking in veiled terms about Odr Cultivation (ie: 'We have both started on the same path'), specifically if he'd like to trade secrets. We do know a few. If he can't Eyetalk back we'd have a slight issue here, but we can have a private discussion if needed.
    -[X] In terms of openness, we're being very open with everything but Odr secrets and Charred Soul, we're sort of feeling him out on that stuff via Eyetalking.

    EDIT: Removed asking about Vestfold directly.
     
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    weeblypanda said:
    I think we should phrase the greeting more as a question rather than a concrete statement
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    I mean, it has 'I think' right in there...making it a question is disingenuous. We are pretty sure we know the answer here, and while we could be wrong, hence the 'I think', we're not particularly uncertain.
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    Edited the Vestfold thing slightly to note we're visiting people there so it doesn't seem like a threat at Alectai's suggestion.
     
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    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    -[X] Via Eyetalking ask in veiled terms about Odr Cultivation (ie: 'We have both started on the same path') and if he'd like to trade secrets. We do know a few. If he can't Eyetalk back we'd have a slight issue here, but we can have a private discussion if needed.
    -[X] In terms of openness, we're being very open with everything but Odr secrets and Charred Soul, we're sort of feeling him out on that stuff via Eyetalking.
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    Are we absolutely sure, that he knows about odr? Because if were wrong we might well die here.

    Also, even if were right not everyone who has odr is automatedly our friend (or more correctly not hostile to us) even if they are family.

    Its risking too much just starting with odr discussion before we even exchanged more than half a word.
     
    uri said:
    Are we absolutely sure, that he knows about odr? Because if were wrong we might well die here.
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    We are. He has the spotlight effect. Also 'the same path as you' is not gonna trigger disclosure even if he didn't.

    uri said:
    Also, even if were right not everyone who has odr is automatedly our friend (or more correctly not hostile to us) even if they are family.

    Its risking too much just starting with odr discussion before we even exchanged more than half a word.
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    We're not telling him anything he doesn't already know. He can also recognize the spotlight effect. He might not trade with us or trade in bad faith, but the offer alone shouldn't be an issue unless he gets, like, offended by it. Also, there's a reason it's listed third, it's intended to occur after we've talked to him about other stuff for a bit.
     
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    wrecksalot said:
    This guy seems to have no idea about his family, so he's probably our uncle.
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    Nah, he's only a few years older than us, so he's more likely to be a generation further from Hallr than we are. Steinarr was Hallr's youngest child, some of his other children may well have grandchildren or even great-grandhildren at this point. Like, he was something like 50 when Steinarr was born, or more, the oldest of his kids, were they alive, might be around 80 years old by now.
     
    DeadmanwalkingXI said:
    We are. He has the spotlight effect. Also 'the same path as you' is not gonna trigger disclosure even if he didn't.
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    Dos he? Can that effect not be from something else? can it not be that he has some awakened/dormant piece of heller spirit and its just like calling to like?Or some kind of trick to help with negotiation?Can you say so with absolute certainty?

    Imperial Fister said:
    I would recommend being very careful with the answers you give and the questions you seek.
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    Like in this very update we were warned in what we say and ask, this isn't a one and done we shouldn't rush to discussing secret's out of nowhere, lets get to know the guy maybe get further confirmation form his action or for our crew (Abjorn knows eye talking if he also feels the spotlike effect, we'll know its at least not like calling to like).

    This seems to be rushing thing for no real reason and that will endanger us.

    I don't really have the time to debate this too much so I'm just going to make a version of yours that doesn't talk about odr for now.

    [X] Plan basic greetings.
    -[X] "My name is Halla Skyfire, and I think we're family. We seem to have both been named after Hallr Blackhand, my grandfather. Nice to meet you, kinsman."
    -[X] Just ask about who he is, where he's from, his family, his life. Basic stuff. We'd potentially be willing to share the same kind of info.
    -[X] If he is from Vestfold as the accent indicates, see if we can get information about the place as well, we have people we know in the area and were considering visiting.
    -[X] attempt to use eye talking with Abjorn to ask if he feels anything strange from the men.
     
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