<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">No I like the situation you've presented here, especially since it keeps to the spirit of the setting pretty nicely.  As for my last post though, I was in a bit of a hurry due to RL stuff, so yeah I forgot that rather important part of the conversation, something I plan to correct momentarily.</div></div><br/>Zerxel felt the fool for having neglected the key in her earlier comments, because from Bo's point of view, she was rightfully suspicious of the situation at hand with how she hadn't mentioned what to do with the loot in the treasure room, how they were going to divide it.  And while she didn't like simply blurting out the fact she had made a deal with the spiderlings when Shugar had yet to be told, there was nothing for it now, especially since Bo was honestly and rightfully concerned for what lay ahead.  She had seen enough broadcasts to know this exact situation was unavoidable.  Alliances never lasted here, because of things just like this cropping up between friends, forcing them to be at odds with each other when before they'd been doing, in some cases, exceptionally well as they'd done thus far.  But Bo was right to be worried, and slightly suspicious of Zerxel, especially with their very survival hanging in the balance, and it wasn't just their physical survival on the line either.<br/><br/>As such, Zerxel slipped the ring onto her own ring finger on her left hand before kneeling down to Bo's level and holding out the necklace to her dear friend.<strong>"I didn't mention the key or the loot we might find behind the door, because I honestly don't know how we're going to divy it up, Bo.  Believe me when I say though, that our friendship means far more to me than simply winning this damned, cursed contest.  But I can tell you this, and this goes for you too Shugar.  I won't let this place divide us, not if I can help it.  Ouir survival might depend on what we can find along the way, but it'll mean nothing if we lose ourselves along the way."</strong>Having said that, Zerxel flicked her wrist, and made the key appear on top of the necklace as if by some magic of her own, when it was simply a deft movement of her hand.<strong>"But you're right, about the key and the treasure as well as the spiderlings, just keep in mind about what I said too, Bo, Shugar.  This place purposely does this to keep us divided and fighting against each other, so that no one wins except Pandora, and it's just another reason why I want it ended.  And while I'm willing to make hard choices to see it happen, I won't sacrifice my friends to do what should have happened a long time ago.  You know this, Bo."</strong>While she might have acted a little prematurely by donning the ring, Zerxel had wanted to prove a point when she did.<br/><br/>That point was simple.  That they could trust her, that she wasn't trying to sabotage them in any shape or form, that she was going against her very race's reputation because that was, simply put, who she was.  No tricks, no deceptions, at least not when it came to Shugar and Bo, and while the resting room would prove a challenge on its own for similar reasons, they'd figure it out when they came to it if they had to.  But the earnest, hopeful look in her red eyes conveyed her desire to make this right between them, somehow.  If Bo wanted she could give the necklace to Shugar or keep it for herself, but Zerxel was giving it away regardless, but only Bo would get the key.  That much she wouldn't bend on.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: Vergil1989 rolled: 5d6<br/>Comment: Mind + Diplomatic<br/>Result: 6, 3, 1, 5, 5 = 4  Not sure if I get any bonuses here, but I was hoping that it would help to get them on the same page again, at least for now.  Bo can give the necklace to Shugar, I was just thinking of playing to their strengths with the loot, hence why I had planned to take it for Zerxel.  But by donning the ring instead, I'll let Bo hand it over to Shugar and let the bugbear keep the pouch too, while Bo keeps the key.  I on the other hand will be happily taking the spiderlings offer lol.</div></div>