<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/dc/MorenaRothberg.jpg)<br/>Morena Rothberg (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=291505.msg14316523#msg14316523)<br/>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0e/PercySocial.jpg)<br/>Percy the parrot<br/></div>Morena was fast asleep, curled up with Diona under the blanket Brin had so thoughtfully provided. When the silk-dressed man laughed, she groaned and started to stir, then opened her eyes quickly when she heard Brin's voice and the unfamiliar one threatening her.<br/><br/>"Oh dear," she groaned, as fear and alarm surged through her body and roused her from her slumber. "We're in trouble, aren't we?"<br/><br/>She looked up at the man training a crossbow at her, then at her bow and sword lying several feet away, and sighed softly. "Very well, I don't intend to make a fuss. I'm sure this is all just a misunderstanding, and we can sort things out once we speak with the gentleman in charge. We'll come quietly. Please bear with me, though, I'm an old woman and take quite a while to wake up of a morning, which..." She yawned loudly, squinting in the darkness. "Which this isn't. You'll at least let us get dressed, won't you?"<br/><br/>Morena climbed to her feet slowly, if the men made no move to stop her, and started to climb into her dress. As she kept up her banter, she tried to slide the pouch containing her magical supplies underneath her clothing, to keep it from their captors' view. She didn't look around for Percy, but thought to him as hard as she could over their empathic link.<em>Percy, escape while you still can! Go find help!</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">24 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=126213) on Diplomacy, not trying to get them to let me go, just trying to improve their attitude towards us and get them to treat us with less roughness and more trust.<br/>11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=126214) on Sleight of Hand to pick up and conceal my spell component pouch. 13 if they let me get dressed, thus giving me something bulky to conceal it under.<br/>Now that we're in a dangerous situation, I should let the GM control Percy, since we can't communicate freely, and I can't predict how he'll act.<br/></div></div>