<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ibz6MA4.jpg)</div><br/>Count Davos turned his nose up slightly at the impertinent contestant.<strong>“Chess match?  I think you mistake my intentions young woman.  I am sure that you intend much, just as I am sure that thousands of girls just like you have made similar intentions.  I did not think I had you at my mercy, and I assure you that I seek not titillation, but information.  You have but a scant hour to impress sponsors, and I trust you know that those who enter with none are at a disadvantage.”</strong><br/><br/>He turned and looked her full in the eyes again, his brow drawing together as they locked gazes in a silent battle of wills, “<strong>Now, would you care to try again?  I asked why it is I should sponsor you?  What, specifically sets you apart from the other contestants?  And what, if you care to share such information, do you know about your fellow contestants?  This is what I seek, answer me or move along so I may find someone more tractable to my simple queries.”</strong><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lydia has mis-read the count’s intentions.  Now you can play this one of two ways;<br/><br/>If you can think of a way to use your cliches to try to regain the upper hand in the conversation, you need to roll 13 or higher.  With a charisma of only 1 die, that won’t happen, but if you can work in one of your other three cliches, you have a chance.  <strong>If you manage to roll 13 or higher </strong>(using elliquiy’s dice bot) you regain the upper hand, and impress him enough that he agrees to sponsor you, and giving you enough time to seek out the lord and lady that you saw earlier as well.<br/><br/><br/>Alternatively she can simply leave him or insult him, but she won’t gain him as a sponsor.</div></div>