<span style="font-weight: bold">@Xarces<br/></span><br/>I'm assuming the Seduction check you made was directed to Madame Widow to attract her and not to use any of your "special abilities". If I'm mistaking, please correct me.<br/>Just wanted you to know that I acknowledge that roll and I'll consider it in the further decisions about Widow's behaviour towards you.<br/><span style="color: #FF0000">PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE: In the future, whenever you take an unrequested skill check, I'll post "Check acknowledged" to confirm I'm taking consideration of it, just to avoid any doubt - it will mean <span style="font-style: italic">"I did not miss it and I'm not ignoring it"</span> <img alt=":-D" src="./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy"/> Anyway, I won't necessarily specify whether the check was successful or not. </span><br/>[Also remember: the ideal Difficulty for a pure Seduce skill check is target's Seduce skill.]<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">@Euanthane &amp; Xarces</span><br/>As hearing the Naga's words, the elf's cute little hips starts swaying delicately, with innocent naturalness.<br/><br/>The first thing you notice beside the curtain is the cat. "Cat" is a very little word for such an enormous creature; it's bigger than a tiger [<span style="color: #FF0000">LARGE size</span>], although much more slender, in an almost sensual way. Strangely enough, some elements of its anatomy are extremely human-(specifically woman-)like - thighs, arms, hips and flanks, somehow even the long slim neck, and something in its far too intelligent and strangely captivating face/muzzle. It has very short, satin fur, extremely dark with metallic blue and purple reflections and fairer bands, and an extremely long and relatively large tail - somehow similar to a snake's; you wouldn't doubt it could easily coil and drag a helpless victim... Ears are long and pointy, like a lynx, and the big eyes are shimmering gold. The creature rubs gently its head against the elf's flank, purring loudly, then follows her by her side - somehow it looks like the cat is swaying too, with its strangely girly-like bottoms, dragging the coiling, enormous tail on the floor.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">[Perception Diff0] </span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">[Knowledge Diff2] </span><br/><br/>The hall is quite big and has a circular shape, dominated by crimson colors, upholstered with drapes and finely adorned with sculptures and paintings. Sinuous staircases lead to an inner balcony, whose balustrade is decorated with wooden sculptures of captivating women leaning towards the guests.<br/>Several little round tables, tricliniums and couchs fills the room; on the farther edge of the hall there's a long counter, with golden floreal engraves, beside shelves of bottles and glasses. Two lovely innmaidens are lying on the counter (instead of sitting behind it), looking around and smiling, now and then caressing each other.<br/>Along the walls, red curtains lead to small private cabins, with velvet-looking padded walls and benches and many pillows. Looking upstairs, you notice doors probably leading to other private rooms.<br/>You can see very few customers - it's a bit early, you suppose: a middle-aged, richly dressed man, chattering with another blonde maiden sitting on his lap; a nervous youngster with short, black bob hair, blushing at the giggling inn girl that is taking his orders; and an embarassed young girl, looking nervously around, sitting in the most isolated corner (well, figuratively, since it's round) of the hall - she has shoulder-lenght auburn hair and bright azure eyes, and a simple, short purple dress.<br/><br/>Madame Widow stops at the bottom of a staircare, gazing back at you while caressing her enormous pet.<br/>"Upstairs,"she moans meekly, waiting for you.<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">What's that? [Perception Diff0] </span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Looking at the feline, you notice that sometimes its figure flickers almost imperceptibly, or its colours phase out or totally change for a millisecond.</div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">The Pet [Knowledge Diff2] </span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The large feline is actually a Ethereal Panther. They are extremely intelligent predators, whose main feat is the multi-phased presence: they exist simultaneously in different planes of existence, switching continuosly at extraordinary speed from one to another. For this reason, they are able to move almost instantly to every other plane; also, their flickering nature makes them harder to hit, since many blows will hit the mere air, and <span style="font-weight: bold">completely immune to every spell</span>. They are also known for the snake-like flexibility of their maws and throat, allowing them to easily swallow many preys, and their taste for sweet humanoid meat. Their intellingence level is almost human-like, but they can't speak any language - a trained specimen might be able to understand one, anyway.</div></div></div>