OOC<br/>On the morrow, Blinkin's character will be joining us.<br/>I think we need to take this scene at least one more round - to get a resolution to the dispute between Drip and Kohra. As well, we have Dafina's spanking - unless you want to fade to black or defer it to a future scene.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/01/2f/92/012f92557e0fcb39b7eebd212ab149a8.jpg)</div><strong>"No!"</strong>the amplified voice reverberated off the cave walls.  It was as if the very cave itself was boosting Prime's word. The two metal hands slammed together.  It was evident from the metallic forearms that the metal hands were not gauntlets but rather a portion of Prime. Prime appeared to be part Golem or perhaps Warforged, which raised an interesting question. Was Prime's head real and grafted onto a metallic body, was it some simulacrum, or was it merely an illusion?<br/><br/>Prime told the assembled group,<strong>"No champion of mine shall raise weapon or spell against another."</strong>This left open the question of whether any in the group were champions of Prime. For, after all, none had pledged to Prime.<br/><br/>Prime glared at Korha,<strong>"It is in your nature to be hot-blooded, to answer insult with injury.  The Satyr struck first with a well-aimed barb at your face.  You replied with a keen insult to their paternity."</strong>Prime gestured.<strong>"Should your honor not be satisfied with the exchange of insults, I'll allow one more round of verbal abuse from each of you.  For those of you who are here on the morrow, have a quest."</strong><br/><br/>Prime sighed and looked at Dafina and Falgrim,<strong>"Many would find a public spanking humiliating or at least painful.  However, Dafina seems to relish or at least accept it. It seems if you both will gain some pleasure from this punishment."</strong><br/><br/>Prime looked at the group,<strong>"I know I can seem harsh."</strong>She chuckled,<strong>"No, I am harsh.  I have pulled each of you away from everything you knew, brought you all to a strange land.  Know that my need is dire, and few come to Crossroads by accident.  Each of you has a role to play in the future.  However, that role relies on each of you being part of a team."</strong>