<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/LxmMkqC.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Arianna Brightstar (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=334326.msg15915522#msg15915522)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>45/45<br/><strong>AC:</strong>18<br/><strong>EP:</strong>40/40<br/><br/><strong>Rolls made:</strong>Deception: At 2021-08-31 23:31:12, Jefepato (uid: 99) rolls: 2d20k1a1 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=155481)<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Arianna blinks herself awake, shifting to and fro for a second as she tries to move her arms -- before jerking in surprise as she realizes she's<em>restrained</em>, not just tangled up in her blankets or something.  Nevertheless, she manages to get her feet underneath her deftly enough, slowly standing up as she carefully surveys the area (and her allies) and slowly fixes her gaze on their "hostess."<br/><br/>"It's...lovely to meet you, Miss Eri," she lies with a smile, doing her best to pretend she isn't already picturing herself slitting this woman's throat.  (Not to mention dreadfully embarrassed -- she's been in some rather awkward situations on adventures before, but this is easily the most extreme.)  "If you don't mind my asking, though, how will these challenges help you determine whether we're friendly?"  It's obviously just nonsense, but perhaps if she can get the woman talking, there might be some genuinely useful information in store.  It's always worth working every angle in a pinch.<br/><br/>At least the colors aren't too bad -- but there's just no way to look good or dignified in a straitjacket, not unless you're into that sort of thing.  After satisfying herself that the rest of her allies are present and healthy (aside from Mel), she makes a point of not staring at any of the others.  Everyone is having a bad enough time already.<br/><br/><em>Gods.  I should have known better than to go anywhere with Mel.  They really weren't kidding about the misadventures.</em>