HF 038 Rune Speaks with Argesh and Jarqin

[12/30/16, 7:07:42 PM] Josh: The crowd begins to come back in.  Argesh is at the front of it.

[12/30/16, 7:10:05 PM] Rune: What was supposed to happen?

[12/30/16, 7:10:14 PM] Rune: I mean, I'm assuming not this.

[12/30/16, 7:10:39 PM] Josh: Argesh: "...I think now may not be the best time for this."

[12/30/16, 7:11:08 PM] Rune: I think it's the perfect time.

[12/30/16, 7:12:13 PM] Josh: Argesh turns to Jarqin, who has his two assistants with him.

[12/30/16, 7:12:25 PM] Josh: Argesh turns back to you.  "Let us discuss this privately."

[12/30/16, 7:12:53 PM] Rune: ... fine, but I reserve the right to go and get Quill.

[12/30/16, 7:14:50 PM] Josh: Argesh and Jarqin move with you into a private area towards the back of the tent.  He angles it so his body blocks anyone else's view.

[12/30/16, 7:15:01 PM] Rune: Rune eyes him.

[12/30/16, 7:15:44 PM] Josh: Jarqin turns to his assistants and says something you don't understand.

[12/30/16, 7:16:01 PM] Rune: Rune casts Comprehend Languages on herself.

[12/30/16, 7:16:43 PM] Josh: ((You are too late to translate the phrase.  It's very quick and you were not expecting it.  If he speaks it again, you'll know it.))

[12/30/16, 7:17:08 PM] Rune: ((Right!))

[12/30/16, 7:17:15 PM] Rune: Rune tries to remember what it was, too.

[12/30/16, 7:18:16 PM] Josh: As he speaks, there is a quick shift in their appearance.  You see scales run along their bodies, their eyes change color, and a hint of tails and wings.

[12/30/16, 7:18:45 PM] Josh: They do not transform entirely, but you see enough to realize, these two are dragons, the woman black, and the man red.  Chromatic dragons.

[12/30/16, 7:19:19 PM] Rune: Oh.

[12/30/16, 7:20:26 PM] Rune: ... I'm awfully sorry it didn't go as planned.

[12/30/16, 7:20:55 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "I have managed to train and been allowed to ride them.  I have also been permitted into their tribe's home."

[12/30/16, 7:21:12 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "We were going to announce an effort to train new riders."

[12/30/16, 7:22:23 PM] Rune: Dragons have a single tribe? ... I didn't think the different erm, types, got along very well?

[12/30/16, 7:23:25 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "Not all the dragons in the world.  Just theirs.  It is a relatively small one, but I believe I can use the same means to find more."

[12/30/16, 7:24:06 PM] Rune: If they want to be found, probably. ... do they raise babies communally, then?

[12/30/16, 7:24:30 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "...um...probably...I think."

[12/30/16, 7:24:44 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "...I would guess so."

[12/30/16, 7:24:58 PM] Rune: Rune looks at the black lady.

[12/30/16, 7:25:37 PM] Josh: She looks at you.

[12/30/16, 7:25:52 PM] Josh: Jarqin speaks again.  This time you know what he says.  "Conceal."

[12/30/16, 7:26:01 PM] Josh: They return to human form.

[12/30/16, 7:26:29 PM] Rune: ... do they understand Common at all?

[12/30/16, 7:26:56 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "Yes, some."

[12/30/16, 7:27:29 PM] Rune: Rune asks her, then, "How do you raise the babies? Once they hatch from eggs?"

[12/30/16, 7:27:51 PM] Josh: Black Dragon: "...eggs?"

[12/30/16, 7:28:18 PM] Rune: You know, small dragons. Children. How do you raise them? All together, or?

[12/30/16, 7:28:38 PM] Josh: Black Dragon: "...raise?"

[12/30/16, 7:28:47 PM] Josh: She jumps slightly in the air.

[12/30/16, 7:28:54 PM] Josh: Jarqin: "...I did say...some."

[12/30/16, 7:29:42 PM] Rune: Bother, I wish I spoke draconic. Yes, that's fair enough. No wonder they're so pretty, if they're dragons!

[12/30/16, 7:31:16 PM] Josh: Argesh: "I feel announcing it now would be a gross mistake."

[12/30/16, 7:31:37 PM] Josh: Argesh: "I was expecting it to cause tension but now...it could go very badly."

[12/30/16, 7:32:34 PM] Rune: It's not even so much that it's a mistake, it's that it would seem awfully rude to be triumphal at a time like this. You don't happen to know anything about Zharn, do you? I don't think he was generally well liked and I don't think he liked dragonfolk politically if not actually.

[12/30/16, 7:34:11 PM] Josh: Argesh: "I was already not well-liked by the boy's father.  I had even less respect for the boy.  Not enough to kill him, but still."

[12/30/16, 7:35:20 PM] Rune: I wouldn't think you'd bother, honestly. He was so obvious. ... not very politically astute, really.

[12/30/16, 7:36:05 PM] Josh: Argesh: "Very much not so."

[12/30/16, 7:38:01 PM] Josh: Argesh: "I will say that the boy had a tendency to...try and play at politics, though.  Often to his detriment."

[12/30/16, 7:38:26 PM] Rune: Who do you think might have done it?

[12/30/16, 7:38:56 PM] Josh: Argesh: "Honestly...no idea."

[12/30/16, 7:39:23 PM] Rune: Rune looks at him like he's trying the stupidest line that ever stupided.

[12/30/16, 7:39:47 PM] Josh: Do you wanna roll insight?

[12/30/16, 7:41:22 PM] Josh: You think he is being somewhat obvious.  But less in a "I can't imagine anyone doing it" and more in a "I can think of so many people wishing him dead, I do not know where to begin" way.

[12/30/16, 7:42:24 PM] Rune: .... yes, well, he was the sort with dozens of enemies.

[12/30/16, 7:42:37 PM] Rune: Who were his biggest political thorns, though, would you say?

[12/30/16, 7:43:16 PM] Josh: Argesh: "Well, me.  His father probably felt undercut by him.  Any of the ambassadors really."

[12/30/16, 7:45:28 PM] Josh: Argesh: "Most people who might hate him would be tradesmen and merchants.  He recently convinced his dad to push some embargoes in and out of the city, a way to make sure human products kept being sold over non-human ones."

[12/30/16, 7:46:32 PM] Rune: Rune rolls her eyes. "He would do that, wouldn't he."

[12/30/16, 7:46:52 PM] Rune: And I suppose women. Or men if he liked men.

[12/30/16, 7:47:41 PM] Josh: Argesh: "I cannot speak for his lovelife.  You'd need to look into that yourself."

[12/30/16, 7:47:51 PM] Rune: Rune makes a disgusted face.

[12/30/16, 7:48:29 PM] Rune: I'm not sure I want to know.

[12/30/16, 7:48:35 PM] Rune: ((I need to relocate here quick. :) ))

[12/30/16, 7:48:47 PM] Josh: ((ok))

[12/30/16, 7:53:09 PM] Rune: ((Back!))

[12/30/16, 7:53:12 PM] Josh: Hi

[12/30/16, 7:53:15 PM] Rune: But I suppose I'll have to.

[12/30/16, 7:54:23 PM] Josh: You see Hank out of the corner of your eye, he's talking to Jamaros with a scroll in his hand.  Another guard is moving into the bathroom.

[12/30/16, 7:54:45 PM] Josh: Hank heads towards you.