<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208691.msg11172565#msg11172565">Quote from: Autocad on 18-04-2015, 19:25:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/>After Sharisa left, Arensha went to find Judi and make amends.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry about last time, I really am," she told the geniewoman, sounding as contrite as possible. "I know I sounded like I was accusinya you of beinya unconcerned for Sultan al-Samara's safety, but I know that there isn't anyone who cares about him more than you do. I hate to admit, probably not even me." She had a chuckle at her own expense, and continued, "It's just that, whoever's behind the assassins knows that I'm in the way by now. Every attempt on al-Samara is obvious, but each attack on me can be explained away as an overzealous prank played by a rival. It's happeninya already - you can even check with Ahriman, he's probably investigatinya too."<br/><br/>Arensha sighed. "I've heard rumours that there'll be another attempt on me soon... so in case anythinya happens to me, I don't want our last words to be filled with anger." She would take Judi's hand in her own, if allowed. "We both love our Sultan in our own way, so we should be workinya together with each other, and not be at our own throats, right?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Diplomacy/Bluff check if needed</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2015-04-18 11:35:21, Autocad (uid: 39463) rolls: 1d20a9 Result: 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=74658)<br/></div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>At first Judi did not seem positively inclined towards her, but after hearing that Arensha might become a target herself in the future, their earlier argument seemed like small potatoes in comparison.  "Yeah, I wouldn't want that to happen to you, you didn't do anything to deserve such a fate."<br/><br/>The marid eagerly accepted the catgirl's hand.  "If you're worried about being attacked, just come find me anytime, okay?""<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I'm <em>Menya</em>, and Menya remembers everything." Then she continued in a more normal volume, a wisp of sadness in her voice, "And yet, Arensha who loves Sultan al-Samara, still lives on."<br/><br/>Betrayal. That was how she felt, betrayed by everyone except for Hanifa, who had done her best to help her friend without being detected and forced to undergo the same fate. There was no way that the others could be ignorant of the truth. Whether willingly or unwillingly, they had played along, contributing to the fabrication that was Arensha's whole life. Worst of all, was al-Samara's lies. From the very beginning he had lied to her, and now that the foundations of their relationship were exposed for the fraud that they were, the whole rotten edifice of her love for al-Samara should have come crashing down. Should have.<br/><br/>Why, then, did it hurt so much? Why were tears rolling down her cheeks?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Hanifa hugged Menya, literally giving her a shoulder to cry on with a reassuring pat on the back.  The ranger felt many emotions; happiness, that the fog of amnesia did not claim her friend for good.  Sadness and anger at seeing anyone, even indirectly, causing her dear friend such pain.  She wanted to reassure the catgirl with soft words, telling her that they'll get out of here, take their revenge, whatever would bring back her normally bouncy and joyful demeanor, but Garetz' presence meant that for now she could only comfort her with an embrace.<br/><br/>"I told that fool not to do it," the doctor muttered.  "Arensha, how do you feel?"<br/><br/><em>No Bluff check necessary.  As long as Menya doesn't blurt out her true motives and life story he'll just assume that the memories did not return.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Nineteenth Day, post-dinner in the library</span></span></div><br/>After being cleared to leave the infirmary, Hanifa stuck by Menya like she was magically bound to not leave her presence.  Even the darkened corners of the palace could not guarantee secrecy, so the ranger kept up her mute disguise.  When dinner came the pair noticed Faliensk alternatively sulking and staring daggers at them both.  Patting her belly and letting out a slight belch, Hanifa put some remaining coconuts in a bowl and chose to carry them out of the dining hall, ostensibly to have for later.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception DC 19</div><div class="spoiler_body">Menya notices Faliensk take a jar of red sauce from the dining table, tucking it beneath the folds of her robes before leaving.</div></div><br/>Separated by a slight stack of books and a bowl of coconuts, Hanifa sat opposite Menya, pretending to draw art-like symbols on a parchment which were actually code the Pathfinder Society used when relaying information or carrying out tasks.  As such symbols were not words or text,<em>comprehend languages</em>and<em>tongues</em>spells would not decipher them.  Limited by the size of the parchment and the code-talking not being a true language with all the subtleties and nuances thereof, Hanifa's "drawings" were broad questions on possible tactics used in the event of capture:<br/><br/><em>Retrieval of equipment, possible?  Go for enemy storehouse?<br/><br/>Get past guards, distraction when third party attacks?<br/><br/>Exit point in city, how to get back home?</em><br/><br/>Passing over the quill and parchment to Menya, she waited for her to response with her own draw-plans.<br/><br/>Menya's work was interrupted by the jingling of jewelry and repeated pat of sandals upon stone.  Four people (or two quadrupeds), judging by the sounds.  Faliensk, Claudia, Sharisa, and the raven-haired Cheliaxan walked up to their local section of the library.  The human women who remained loyal to the wood elf took positions by the bookcases and railing overlooking the watery stream so that attempts to escape would require going through them.<br/><br/>Sharisa gave a half-look to Menya before averting her gaze.  The catgirl could tell that she's worried and doesn't know how this will play out.<br/><br/>"How dare you," Faliensk said.  "Using the rampant fears of assassins to cast blame on me.  Do you have no shame, so consumed for adoration that you'll condemn your peers to true death?"<br/><br/>The wood elf made a look of sorrow, but no tears welled up.  "We could have been such good friends, if things turned out differently.  But even then, regardless of how you feel about me, I won't stoop to your level."<br/><br/>Faliensk produced a bottle of red sauce; Menya's keen scent picked out the potency of this hot sauce, and even from this short distance its potency was enough to bring a single tear to her eye.<br/><br/>"We're civilized ladies and not barbarians of whichever plains your kind calls home.  Humiliation is a more appropriate means of punishment than the wild scratching of nails and claws.  Litora, if you'll be a dear..."<br/><br/>The Cheliaxan was about to cast a spell, a binding one meant to hold an individual in place, but a voice interrupted her casting.<br/><br/>"You now, I prefer a blunt instrument instead," Hanifa said, to the shock of the attendant girls.<br/><br/>A twin set of brown blurs struck the Cheliaxan, the first one missing but the second one whacking her squarely in the stomach. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=74992)<br/><br/>In spite of being a spellcaster, Litora seemed a frail woman unused to the hard blows of combat, and she keeled over in the fetal position, the spell incantations turned to crying gurgles. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=74994)<br/><br/><em>Hanifa's statement left everyone save her and Menya flat-footed.  Menya can perform an action for the surprise round, then initiative is rolled normally.</em><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Environment:</span></span></strong><br/><br/>What good is a cat-fight without some cool stunts? ;D  As usual, stunts can be performed in addition a full round's worth of actions on Menya's part.  Additionally said stunts can be used repeatedly; unless otherwise noted they're variable enough that Menya can confound Faliensk and her minions multiple times with the same trick.<br/><br/><strong>Coconut, my Favorite!</strong>Coconuts are hard enough that they can be used as improvised melee or ranged weapons (-2 instead of -4), dealing lethal or non-lethal damage at the user's choice.  They deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage and threaten a critical on a natural 20 to deal triple damage.  Coconuts are treated as light weapons.<br/><br/><strong>Off into the River:</strong>With a combat maneuver check (Litora 15, Faliensk 21, Claudia 16), Menya can bull rush one of her targets over the railing and into the stream below.  This will take them out of the fight for 2 rounds as they swim to dry land.  Claudia's right next to the railing, so Menya gets a +2 bonus on the check.<br/><br/><strong>Turn the Tables:</strong>Menya can try beating Faliensk at her own game and force-feed the hot sauce to her instead.  In order to do this, she must first succeed at a grapple check (DC 21, done as part of the environment action).  The following round she must roll again, this time against a lower DC 16.  If she's successful, then she force-feeds the contents of the hot-sauce to the wood elf, which effectively takes her out of combat.<br/><br/><strong>Book Avalanche:</strong>Menya can climb up one of the shelves, kicking and throwing down books as she ascends.  With a successful DC 23 Climb check she can deal 3d6 points of damage to all of the opponents below, turning the ground into difficult terrain.<br/><br/><strong>Sensitive Spot:</strong>Faliensk and the other girls have on various bits of jewelry and piercings.  As part of a combat maneuver check (same DCs as Off into the River) Menya can grasp one or more such areas and pull hard.  A successful check inflicts the sickened condition (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Sickened) for the remainder of the combat as the piercing is quite literally ripped out of their flesh >__<