Rayne wasn't too surprised at the succubus' resistance to her attempt to intimidate.  Despite it being a class skill and one she was nominally reasonably good at it, it always felt so awkward, so forced, that she never really expected it to work.  Though the demoness didn't have to be so mocking, rubbing salt into the wound of her failure.  Rayne's cheeks flushed, as too many messages came in to process.  She had never thought of Starstrike or Zombs that way, and then her mind was on her skirt, then trying to keep up, rocked by the insult... finally she took a step back in automatic rejection of the "offer".  Her friend's hand on her shoulder helped steady her, and Rayne felt a little anger bubble up.  Who was the one trapped here, after all?<br/><br/>...actually, they both were, now that Rae-lynne thought about it a moment longer.<br/><br/>Terms... the succubus was so confident.  But she knew they wanted information... and she certainly had some, knowing about the city's attacker... then she pressed her conditions further, and Rayne frowned, puzzled.  She was very glad to be ushered out by Zombs.<br/><br/>She felt very much of the same mind as Zombs, and nodded along, but they needed information... and a seed of an idea suddenly germinated in Rae-lynne's mind.  She practically hopped in place she was so excited, shaking her hands in front of her for emphasis.<br/><br/>"Moonshadow... Moonshadow!  Do either of you know... is her player male?  Quick, quick... get her down here!  Zombs... please run!"<br/><br/>(Assuming neither knew, so she had to wait for Moonshadow's confirmation)<br/><br/>She turned to Starstrike to explain.  "I... I'm not certain, Teagan, but ... she called Moonshadow a boy.  I think maybe the succubus can tell... can tell the real players behind the characters!" Rae-lynne steered her character toward the wall, then spun back, face alight.  "I met a devil earlier, he understood about respawning.  They know something about the game, they're, like... meta-aware!  At least to some extent!"  She grabbed her friend's arm.  "If I'm right... if I'm right... maybe they can tell us something about what's going on!  Or even... some way to get a message out, or break free!  Do you see?"  She shook Teagan/Starstrike's arm a bit too vigorously.  "Then of course we need to find out all we can.!"<br/><br/>Of course... that depended on whether she was right, and not reading too much into this.