Although to the outside world Kylar often appeared brash and impulsive, the truth was that he carefully thought out everything he did.  He just thought much, much more quickly than people expected.  Salient points:<br/>1) His powers did not work on the princess.  Clarification was needed - did that only apply to his mental powers?  What about indirect uses?  Could he shape stone into shackles and restrain her?  Conclusion: Further testing would be required.<br/>2) She thought that sending him home was an effective threat.  That was laughable; even if he lost his powers he'd be no worse off than he was this morning, and this Hero thing sounded potentially dangerous anyway.  Besides, he'd read enough fantasy novels to suspect that it would be trouble for her to summon up another hero; she'd likely be hesitant to discard him.  Conclusion: She was bluffing.<br/>3) She had sisters, and from her point of view they were evil.  He definitely needed to get more information there.  If she was a "princess", who was queen?  King?  Was the society patriarchal or matriarchal?  Was this princess next in line for the throne, or were her sisters "evil" because they were in her way?  Information is power, and he was currently in the dark.  Conclusion: Seize a position of power over information as soon as possible.<br/>4) From the way they tensed, the other two catgirls were bodyguards of some kind.  They didn't look like they were very strong compared to him, but he didn't know much about their physiology, or if they might have hidden weapons.  Their actual danger level was completely unknown.  Conclusion: Wildcards need to be dealt with.<br/><br/>This all passed through his mind in a flash, and then he was taking two long strides towards the princess to close the distance between them.  In the few moments that took, he reached out with his power again - this time, however, he was careful to be subtle.  With an ease that came as naturally as if he'd been doing magic all his life instead of politics, he carefully worked the necessary gestures into his movements so that they looks like a natural - if slightly awkward - part of his walk.  He exaggerated it a bit, even, trying to appear much more clumsy than he actually was.  By the time he was standing in front of the princess, he had insinuated a spell into the mind of one of the guards that would drive her crazy with lust for the other guard.<br/><br/>He met the princess' gaze for a long moment to give his magic time to work.  Then, the next time she started to open her mouth, he moved like lightning and slapped her across the face as hard as he could.  While she was reeling from that - and the guards hopefully both distracted - he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her up against the nearest wall.  With a perverse sneer he brought his body in close to hers, making sure to press close enough that she could feel his hardness through his pants.  "I<em>said</em>, you will not speak unless I command you to."<br/><br/>Idly - not taking his leering gaze off the princess - he commented to her guards, "I'm not going to do anything to permanently harm her.  But I'd be careful about making any sudden moves if I were you.  My hand might slip..."  Turning his full attention back to the princess:  "You want to know about 'pussy', do you?  I suppose you could watch me with that maid, but... wouldn't it be more informative if I demonstrated in a more...<em>personal</em>... manner?"  To emphasize his words, Kylar roughly pressed one of his legs into the space between her thighs, and his free hand began to fondle one of her petite breasts.  He snorted.  "Look at these tiny little things... you really aren't in my league, you know.  I'll be doing you a favor."<br/><br/>((OOC: Bluff check (15 + 22 = 37) to hide his spellcasting, combined with Silent Spell and Subtle Enchantment.  He is casting Unnatural Lust on one of the bodyguards; save DC 22.  55/64 SP left.))