Talion didn't like this.  An honored guest could be a good role to have but it also meant that people were going to notice if you tried to slip off.  It also meant that sooner or later, he'd have to take his hood down and get outed.  Damn it, he was an idiot!  He should have stayed as Tolina for this.  He'd thought that being Talion would help comfort Kersinta, she knew him after all and she did not know his female form.  Now he was perhaps the most volatile trigger in this whole mess.<br/><br/>But there was no going back now.  Changing here would be obvious and he'd already spoken.  Though he'd tried to pitch his voice high, he didn't think it'd be high enough to match Tolina's.  And Wavecrest had seen his face before he'd covered up.  Gods above and below, he'd screwed up big time.<br/><br/>He just had to hope he'd live long enough to learn the lesson from it.<br/><br/>He held out a seat at the table, first for Wavecrest, and then again for Kersinta, placing them on either side of an empty seat he intended to take himself.  As Kersinta would sit, he leaned forward and rested a hand on her shoulder, "It's all right.  I still mean what I said," he whispered, "I will not let you come to harm or have you stay against your will."<br/><br/>Then he slid into the empty chair as Kisara thanked their host and looked at the food critically.  Was even this not up to Scarlet Dynasty standards or something?  What was her life?  No, that wasn't it.  Not entirely.  Whatever it was, he shook his head and took a wine filled goblet from one of the servants, "Thank you, friend."<br/><br/>The laid out feast was impressive and amazing.  He'd be more dazzled by it if he didn't feel so frustrated and worried about this all blowing up.  As it was, he simply let his plate be filled by the servants with a generous slice of eel and some of the other offerings available.  Growing up in the streets of Nexus, he was going to eat and eat his fill.  You never knew when you might not be able to get food.  And he was probably going to need the energy.<br/><br/>He turned his head to regard Wavecrest, "Lady Wavecrest, truly the wonders of your home are many.  Your beauty still being first among them in my mind." he spoke low and in a way that he hoped was not out of place for a fancy dinner.  People had side conversations at things like this, didn't they?  "You knew there was something unusual about us all along.  Clearly you're very clever, but may I ask how you knew?  Surely you must have some wondrous power or perhaps you are not as out of touch with the outside world as you pretend..."<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Talion is trying to charm information out of Wavecrest.<br/><br/>Spending 1 Effort to invoke Fashioning a Friend on the mischievous Godblood<br/><br/>CHA roll: At 2020-03-08 13:49:25, Armphid (uid: 65288) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 15</div></div>