Howdy other Carny, welcome to the nightmare.<br/><br/>Errybody gets Hx +1. Chopper's obvious. Not complicated.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Cold Heritage link=topic=199515.msg9754361#msg9754361  date=1395555907</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">CarnivalOfTheGoat:<br/><br/>- Do your boys ever get themselves in trouble with Uncle Marco's?<br/>- Who is the one member of your gang you want with you at all times, and why?<br/>- Are you scared of the Black Teeth? [] Yes [] No<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>1. Yes, but only when she doesn't keep them busy making trouble for other people...And she's all about keeping her people busy. Idle hands might do some<em>other</em>devil's work. She's probably told Marco rather brusquely that when they get out of line, it's better if she kicks their asses than he does, both because they're<em>hers</em>and because it prevents any suggestion that she needs to straighten<em>him</em>out. Besides, they're more likely to think they can sneak around him and not get caught. Her? They have to live under her thumb. Who're they gonna fear? Now, whether he pays attention to that or not is on him, of course. As are the results.<br/><br/>2. Sliver. He's not her lieutenant, and he doesn't want to be...That job goes to Cat, and she knows she can trust Cat to get things done. No, Sliver gets kept on a short leash because he wants to run the show, and it seems any time Rez turns her back the maggot's trying to twist her orders to make himself look more important. He can keep a small group in line almost as well as Cat does, but where Cat's loyal, Sliver will take any opportunity to tweak things to his own advantage and Rez's disadvantage. (Sliver isn't quite on 'Makes a dedicated bid' footing just yet but he's probably the Buitre most likely to do it.)<br/><br/>3. No. Sometimes it's smarter and safer to be afraid, but Rez doesn't keep control of her people by showing fear. Their safety lies in others being afraid of them.<br/><br/>Showing some wariness? Maybe. Caution? Maybe.<br/><br/>But<em>never</em>hesitation. And never<em>fear</em>.<br/><br/>Fear is for other people.<br/><br/><strong>Relationships:</strong><br/><br/>As mentioned, Everybody, EVERYBODY gets Hx+1.<br/><br/>Ebb, I can definitely see the Vultures establishing a relationship with Amanuel. The only trouble with that is most of'em don't know weird junk from useful tech...So he's gonna get more than a little weird junk from people who're liable to get pissy if their gifts aren't accepted. And then there's that other problem, after all...They're fuckin' thieves. Also, some of the so-called refreshments they "liberate" and want to share would probably work better for stripping cosmoline...<br/><br/>Thufir Hawat, I'm picturing an uneasy beneficence to start with between the Chopper and the Hardholder. It's useful for the bikers to have a place to go where they're not likely to be shut out, even if there might be trouble behind them (and the only time there<em>isn't</em>trouble behind them is when there's trouble<em>ahead</em>of them). Mama Vulture is savvy enough to reckon that raiding the neighbors to weaken them is doing Marco a favor so long as it doesn't outright look like the<em>Buitres</em>are Marco's private army, so every so often she makes a damn big point of getting up Marco's nose and all but bringing it to the point of violence just to keep everybody aware that the Vultures are not at his beck and call. At least, that's the optimal way things might work out. In practice, it's always twitchy trying to judge how far is far enough, versus too far...And the bikers are probably exactly the sorts Marco doesn't want coming and going easily through his gates, while his own people are exactly the sorts the bikers consider 'prey' on any other Sunday. I see them as two predators doing a lot of growling and bristling, but each aware that if they don't get into it with each other, their backs are somewhat protected by the other's presence. Thoughts?<br/><br/>Riveda, Truth Strong strikes me as the sort to have stood up to Rez. Providing that works for you, got any ideas about how that might work out?<br/><br/>SgtDan, I have a feeling that Warner very, very blatantly doesn't come across like prey...Which puts him ahead of 99% of the surviving individuals on this dirtball. Odds are good that more often than not, Los Buitres steer around him while acting like they don't see him.<br/><br/>Other Carny (I guess I'll adopt COG for anyone not willing to type Carnival. Just please, not Goat. Ewwwe.), I'd like to see a little more of what sort of attitude and concept you've got for Barbarossa before making any suggestions myself, though you're welcome to make suggestions of course. :)