<div class="floatleft">(http://originalmagicart.com/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/160285_-_Enthralling_Victor-1024x748.jpg)</div>They were magnificent. Daunting, to be sure, but magnificent. And nearly as stunning was how quick some of his companions were to attack. Goruka, he expected – she was, after all, a priestess of the god of war. But he'd have thought that, of all creatures, someone as long-lived as an elf would play the longer game, play the longer view. Then again, giving Drellos the benefit of a doubt, that might've been a warning shot.<br/><br/>Victor makes sure not to draw out any weapons beyond the caestus he wears on his hands, though he sorely hopes this doesn't devolve into violence. Thankfully, cooler heads seem to be prevailing so far.<br/><br/>"They aren't our friends... yet," Victor corrects Drellos. "No stranger starts off as a friend. Well, mostly." Unless they knew you from your career in the gladiator arena, anyway, and he was pretty sure these fellas didn't.<br/><br/>"Don't know a lick of Aklo, and it sure doesn't seem like they know Common... I can try Goblin, I guess?" Still, he listens, trying to pick up what he can, though it seems unlikely he'll get much of an idea of what they're saying from listening to just a few lines.<br/><br/>Turning to them, he offers a dazzling smile. "Easy, there, fellas. My friends here are just a little on edge, especially after a tragedy like this." He gestures to the poor child's corpse. "Sorry if we're trespassing, we didn't know any better. We just want to know what happened to the kid, then we'll get out of your hair."<br/><br/>Then, he pauses. "Actually, does anyone know what alphabet Aklo uses? Punctuation tends to be consistent across languages. If we could at least draw a line between the kid and a question mark, it might help."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Linguistics result of 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=107646) to understand/to make himself understood. Maybe to determine what alphabet written Aklo uses?<br/>Diplomacy result 27 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=107647), though he's probably eating a massive penalty for not sharing a common language, only able to use body language, expression, and intonation with a race that's inhuman.</div></div>