[HQ Ignorance] Scene Four and a Half: The calm before the storm...

[Nic Hughes]

Sam Elliot wrote:
>
> "Human, I do not know this Nameless Man. All I know is that the 
> Chancellor said he had committed many crimes." Icthya had seemed to be 
> tired of speaking in this barbarous tongue and ready to desist. "We go 
> seeking a criminal and you wish to ask him ever so nicely if he could 
> be so kind as to hand over the secrets to the three most powerful 
> weapons in Genertela? It seems 'risky' to you, does it?" Icthya´s eyes 
> lift to the heavens, "We have just entered a swamp infested by the 
> Predark and are like as not to meet some of those toad-broo before 
> long and now you are worried about 'risky'? Well, when you are ready 
> to go and ask the Nameless Man nicely for his secrets, give me a bit 
> of warning, won't you?"
>  

Aalmon sighed quietly to himself, Riverjoin had enough of its own 
erudite but useless scholars for him to know the type and not be too 
worried about the opinions of the vice chancellor. If the elf was so 
impressed by his scholarship that might be a problem, or perhaps not - 
time would tell.

"I said politely, as in the polite rituals of negotiation and diplomacy. 
Perhaps despite the opinions of the book-bound atheist I think we would 
be best acting as if we were approaching any other powerful man whose 
aid and knowledge we were seeking. There are forms and traditions for 
these matters and this has its own sort of power. We have enough worthy 
people here to perform the ceremonies well enough if we choose."


> OOC: Ask him nicely??? And we have to backtrack for that? How 
> thoroughly dull, Nic. Tsk. Icthya doesn´t have Nice as one of her 
> abilities.

OOC: I was thinking more inventing our own ceremony, with magic as this 
is Glorantha. Add in a few allocated roles and you have a full-on 
magical ritual with the intent of directing the Nameless Man into a 
peaceful talkative role. Really I thought it would be worth a flashback 
just so all the ideas could be put on the table - I'm not that bothered 
which one everyone wants to go with even if my character is.  I'm afraid 
Aalmon is currently very nice, he will change to very nasty soon enough.

Nic