<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=56312.msg2588646#msg2588646">Quote from: Silk on 29-12-2009, 20:27:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Eclypsia looked at both of the harem girls, "I see the regent had a good taste, however that is not the reason that I have requested you here, you two are the most active of the harem, that makes you useful... You have seen many of the guards and nobles in areas that no other has been, knowing your position with such will be of great benefit to me" <br/><br/>Turning to stare at Sukkana, she looked to be a bit of a milf, could such a woman really be trusted with such a important role as ambassador, or was Shantarra insulting her by sending this woman to be their representative.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/>*smiling at the dubious stare*<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Scowling she looked into Sukkana's eyes "I am not attracted to lower back problems ambassador Sukkana,</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Thinking to herself:<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Oh?  What is this!?  The claws coming out already?  'Lower back problems,' indeed! Ha! I think we just might possibly get along...such spirit and she doesn't hold back, either."</span><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">may I ask what you credentials are for such a position as ambassador? I am aware that our nation has a reputation for having females no better than common harlots in all class's. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/>Thinking:<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Good to know.  Would you by chance happen to have a scroll listing their locations and rates?  I bet <em>that</em> one would."."</span>glancing at Gaist then back at the Empress as she continued.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">But I do find it rather insulting that your kingdom seems to assume that I will be making my international decisions in bed rather than the negotiation table..."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Then more the fool, <em>you</em>, as that's where all the true diplomacy takes place in the world." </span>Sukkana thought to herself, fighting the urge to see the reaction of this haughty empress if she were to actually say so.  No, better to just play along with these strange people and their boring stuffy ways.  Perhaps this is all for show, since there's plenty of scribes, historians, and scholars no doubt busily taking notes for posterity and other such silly rubbish.  Seeing the Empress awaiting an answer, Sukkana spoke out.<br/><br/>"Ah, I see.  Well, I assure you then our relationship will be nothing but a strictly professional one, oh mighty empress of Levantine, and any business I have with you and your....<em>wise</em>....advisers will strictly be relegated to the negotiating table.  I will present my papers upon demand, and gladly, at any moment of your choosing."<br/><br/>Sukkana inwardly was laughing at the obviously enraged looks on the faces of more than one jealous suitor of this new Empress amongst the august assemblage.  It was almost like being back in Shantarra.  The more things change the more they stay the same...