<strong>Outside the Point Respite Magna Sophia chapter house: the messenger</strong><br/><br/>"Sure, sure. Take all the time you wanna take. Vin's the patient sort, so 'm sure she won't mind. She's probably just sitting around in her office, gnawing her lip and hoping she'll make a good first impression on the bunch what kept her waiting," she drawled in response. "'S not like she has any other responsibilities t' see to."<br/><br/>"… But if you need a few moments, then I wouldn't say no t' something to drink," she added after a short pause. "Nothing too hard, if you please. 'M on the job."<br/><br/>Tabetha glanced between Aeryn and Eshalu as the scholar mentioned that she had started assembling an "expedition team." She seemed ready to make some sort of comment when the sudden, intense kiss between the two interrupted whatever jibe she had brewing. Instead of more sass, the pair got an amused, somewhat difficult to read smile. Still, there was something more than mirth in the expression, though it'd take a<strong>fair</strong>effort to tell what.<br/><br/>Reliyian's irate response got a bit more of a reaction out of the small human woman, though the snippet of elven went right over her head. She tried to move past the mage, likely to follow up on the earlier offer of refreshment. "Well you've sure got a lotta questions, doncha?" she said. She continued smiling (though the amusement displayed had very definitely changed) as she sidled a little bit, angling to get past Reliyian. "As to the first two, that's her business, not mine. You're nothing out 'f the ordinary, though. She's got a whole list of people she wants to talk to 'fore she talks to everyone else. The second two are my business, not yours. And no, I didn't."<br/><br/>Having said her piece, she darted forward, faking to one side for a moment before dashing the other way. It'd take<strong>superb</strong>footwork to slow her down. Or maybe she'd unknowingly crossed the elven woman one too many times was about to get a face-full of magic.<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: Tabetha Odden rolled: 4d6<br/>Comment: Athletics slipping by<br/>Result: 6, 4, 2, 6, <br/>Total: 18<br/>Great (+4) athletics, boosted by one for the roll. Oppose with Athletics, Prestidigitation or Physique (for outmaneuvering, outmuscling, and outmagicing, respectively). You can also use Stormcalling, but I will treat a successful roll as an attack and deal damage appropriately (just as I would if you were to use Shooting or Fighting). Freezing people is serious business!<br/><br/>Also, in the future, if you want to prevent or do something, just pick your skill and then roll for it. If you're trying to prevent target doesn't end up trying anything that'd contradict your action, then it's irrelevant and won't slow down play. If you roll to make an effort, then I can roll the NPC's defense more quickly. In either case, the preemptive rolling lets me move play a bit faster.<br/><br/>As for her reaction: you already saw it. It was the comment about Reliyian not being a normal elf lady. It'll become more, later. I'll let you know as soon as things start getting hairy again.<br/><br/>Edit: Fair does it for the notice roll. Tabetha does not, in fact, know elven. In the future, it'd generally be more of an Investigation or Empathy sort of thing to figure out.</div></div>