<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>In the wilds of Dra Sirdu<br/>Lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness</strong><br/><br/><br/>"Eshalu, it's all right."  Aeryn's voice was soft, gentle.  Much softer than he eyes, which had gotten quite ahrd as she gazed down at the prisoner she had finished binding between two trees.  Ankles to one, wrists to another.  She rose to her feet smoothly, wiping her hands clean with a smooth cloth as she stepped to  herlover, nuzzled her hair, kissed her ear gently.<br/><br/>Pushing her spectacles back into place with a forefinger, she continued "We will find her.  we'll set off at first light."  She caressed the ranger's cheek with the backs of two fingers, kissed her temple.  "We will find her."<br/><br/>She turned abruptly back to the prisoner and gave the rock-still being a stony look as she moved beside Reliyian.  "I am not going to torture you.  I have never tortured anyone and I will not start now.  But if you don't tell me where our companion has been taken, I will, by the Goddess Magna Sophia herself, leave you out in the dark beyond our fire for whatever may find you."<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">Using empathy skill of <strong>2</strong> with brings the roll mod down to <strong>-6</strong> <br/>Your user ID is 25515 | View your rolls | View rolls made to you | Make a roll | View recent rolls<br/>Roll Result: Healergirl rolled: 4d3, adding -6to the total<br/>Comment:<br/>Result: 1, 3, 1, 2,<br/>Total: 1<br/>One success.  Heh, I may have to decide if Aeryn is bluffing or not.<br/></div></div>