<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>At the saurian settlement<br/>Thinking hard, speaking slowly</strong><br/><br/>More than ever, Aeryn regretted not seeing the Otyugh, and rather grimly resolved to set up an opurtunity for contact with such an unusual being- from the size of the creature, there may ell be only one in the area.<br/><br/>But that was for later, now?<br/><br/>Carefully unslinging her crossbow and kneeling to lay it down - but loading it with a bolt after she did so.  Then after a bried hesitation, loosening her belt, slipping off her sheathed poignard laying it with the other weapon, and her quiver of bolts as well.  Eshalu was, she had no doubt, in a state of disbelieving shock at the way the scholar pointedly disarmed herself. In for a penny, in for a pond, she shrugged out of her pack, left that on the ground as part of the pile and very carefully closed a third of the distance between herself and the envoy.<br/><br/>Picturing the ranger's reaction added real humor to her friendly smile - which she carefully kept closed mouth.  Saurians would react to a show of teeth as a threat display, she had no doubt.<br/><br/>Her mind was racing, drawing and rejecting parallels to similar human cultures she had visited or read about, but form did tend to follow function when livingo n the edge like such cultures did.  Oh Well, time to start talking.<br/><br/>"We were attacked last night.  We know one of us was taken, perhaps  by the leader of the band we fought.  One of the band was left behind, but still alive.  We treated that individual, mended what hurts we could, then followed the trail here."<br/><br/>That took a while, several false starts, retries, changes of phrasing.  Aeryn was as patient as a cat at a mousehole.  Inwardly, she was just as tense.<br/><br/>Killing strangers was easier than talking to them, always.<br/><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">Lore roll to create an advantage for negotioations/get a read on what Aeryn is dealing with:<br/><br/>45659   Noone or Anyone   2013-04-09 08:11:04   At 2013-04-09 08:11:04, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-4 Result: 4 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=45659) <strong> -8 </strong>l add reduced to <strong>-4 </strong>because of<strong> 4</strong> skill.  So <strong>4</strong> successes.  Woo-hoo!  What to call the advantage:  <strong>Different, but not that different</strong>?<br/><br/>Now for the<strong> Rapport </strong> roll,(lower than my<strong> Empathy </strong>skill, but more suitable for this usage, I think.  Net with advantge and skill is a -5 on the 4d3roll.<br/><br/>45660   Noone or Anyone   2013-04-09 08:36:11   At 2013-04-09 08:36:11, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-5 Result: 0 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=45660)<br/><br/>Yikes. Invoking aspect of "<strong>If I haven't been there, I've read about it</strong>" for a re roll.<br/><br/>45661   Noone or Anyone   2013-04-09 08:38:18   At 2013-04-09 08:38:18, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-5 Result: <strong>4</strong> (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=45661)  <strong>4/Great</strong> success.  Much better.<br/></div></div><br/><br/><br/>edited for spelling