<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>Making her case to the Matriarch</strong><br/><br/>En garde.  That was the flashing thought in Aeryn's mind as she went on even higher alert at once.  For Kelcis, a senior , well 'field officer', to be somewhat fluent in the Dominions Lingua Franca was one thing.  To hear such fluency from the Matriarch...  the Scholar was drastically revising her assessment of the Saurian's cultural sophistication.  Her basic avenue of approach remained unchanged, but a bit more abstraction in concept would now be possible.  She had already rejected deception or shading the truth... fortunately.  She was now certain she would not have been able to get away with it if had she chosen that path.<br/><br/>"Honored Mother,  we thank you for this audience, for hearing us out.  Our intrusion in your lands was deliberate in a way, we came purposefully into what we call the Wild, the area beyond or colony walls and farmlands.  But offense given to you and yours was not and is not our intention.  Yes, we killed a animal claimed by yours.  We thought we were attacked, i myself was inured by the creature - although not seriously.  And yes, we made camp in what we have since been told was a garden and frankly, I myself noted how unusual it was for so many useful plants to be so concentrated in one spot.  And yes, we slew several juveniles in a fight that soon followed. Any offense given was not intentional, but incidental. Our mission was, still is, to investigate the laar of a giant spider.  or want of a better word, I am not certain the entity is in fact a spider.  but those are immediate concerns.  The more pressing matter..."  And here she would have moistened her lips, paused for a deep breath had she dared, "... the longer term relationship between your kith and kin, and the Dominion colony of Point Respite.'<br/><br/>What followed was a somewhat terse but unflinching  account of Dominion foreign policy. Aeryn spoke at length of what all to often happened when the Dominion encountered less technically advanced, less socially well organized cultures.  She added details of the violent clashes which occurred when contact was made with non-human cultures such as the Wood Elves, or the Orcish nomads of the steppes.  There was honey mixed with the vinegar.  How the Mountain eleves were respected, perhaps even admired - although not fully trusted by many humans - with a nod of apology given to Reliyian.  She concluded with an acocunt of the very good commercial relations that existed with Dwarves, adding that one reason relations wrere good was the Dwarven ability to defend themselves when pressed unreasonably.  She concluded with...<br/><br/>"...and furthermore, the Dwarves have allies. As I said, the commerciall interests, trade for raw materials and created goods is immensely important.  They are needed.  They have allies within human society."  And now she did stop, carefully  unhooking her canteen from her belt, pouring out a small libation for the local spirits bfore taking along drink, restopping and re hooking the bottle to her belt.<br/><br/>"You are needed.  You know Dra Sirdu, far better than we do.  You can have allies.  I am a respected, fairly senior member of Societa Femina Magna Sophia, a very influential order within the Dominion.  I am out here on Dominion business  for the task of investigating this Giant Spider.  I was given no instructions from Dominion authority as to what i should do in the even of contact with any Islanders capable of reasoned thought, of negotiation.  I am, however, permitted to negotiate for Magna Sophia.  I can be your voice in Dominion affairs.  We owe you damages, compensation, we will pay.  The Society will gladly meet any payment terms, reasonable payment, that you demand."<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, skill 4, so net mod is -4 on the 4D3 roll:  46128   Noone or Anyone   2013-05-03 07:53:40   At 2013-05-03 07:53:40, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-4 Result: 5 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=46128)<br/><br/><strong> Five</strong>   successes to Create Advantage for the presentation:<strong>  It is far better to be with us than against us</strong>  "us" being strongly implied to be Magna Sophia,   Ok, that will give another +2 to the empathy roll.athough... Contacts might fit better.  Hm./  Aeryn those at the same skill level, she is offering herself and the Society as contacts for the Matriarch within the Dominion, wants to make the Matriarch one of hers.  Oh well.  <strong>+2</strong>  to the roll in any case, <strong>+2</strong> from the Create Advantage.  <strong>+1</strong> from teamwork.  net mod to the 4D3 roll is <strong>-3</strong><br/><br/>46129   Noone or Anyone   2013-05-03 09:04:33   At 2013-05-03 09:04:33, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-3 Result: <strong>2</strong> (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=46129) level <strong>2, good</strong> success.<br/><br/>MM.  No, in for a penny, in for a pound.  burn a fate point for a re-roll.<br/><br/>46130   Noone or Anyone   2013-05-03 09:05:00   At 2013-05-03 09:05:00, Healergirl (uid: 25515) rolls: 4d3a-3 Result:<strong> 6</strong> (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=46130)  Level <strong>six</strong> success.  Much better<br/><br/></div></div><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>rrr, edited for spelling, I proofread it honest I did, rrrr.