"If fire bothers him, perhaps I should help give him incentive to talk?"
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"If Lady Evengya can fight half as well as she dances, she likely won't need us at all, but I see no reason not to accompany such a great beauty, if only to see her in action." says Z with a bow to the lady vampire and a sideways glance and smirk at Darius. -Posted with Wayfinder
Z hadn't really ever danced before, but she attempted to do her best by following Evengya's lead and improvising where she had to.
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Z approaches the vampiress an extends a flaming hand to her.
Z bows her head slightly this time as a show of respect rather than mocking as before, "The murder of your kin interests us, we intend to find out the cause.We believe that they may be in some way related to The Whispering Way. Merrick tells us your lordship is a known enemy to the cult." "We have dedicated ourselves to thoroughly diminishing theirs numbers over the past few months, which eventually lead us here to Caliphas. We believe they may be attempting to weaken your influence, though we are uncertain as to their motives." -Posted with Wayfinder
Z bows her head, "As yes, forgive me. The day is dragging on and I've usually killed a small army by now. It was wrong of me to attempt to goad you all into your deaths." -Posted with Wayfinder
"As you say, it is to see lord Siervage, and therefore isn't to be discussed with you, else, by the very definition it wouldn't need to be addressed by Lord Siervage." -Posted with Wayfinder
Z waits out the rest of the time until the spawn awaken pondering the situation. -Posted with Wayfinder
"I like you. I feel like if I ever become an everliving member of the damned we could be friends." "Anyways, if Luvick is a swordsman I find myself quite unconcerned with him as a threat. Though it may be all the more reason for anyone attempting to weaken his position to avoid outright confrontation with him." "Tell me, how many of you have been lost in total to these killings? And besides your spawns how many among you remain?" -Posted with Wayfinder
"Tell me more of Luvick, perhaps he isn't nearly as powerful as you imagine." "Being amongst the oldest he has the benefit of crafting history to make himself seem far more than he really is without anyone to say otherwise." -Posted with Wayfinder
"If there are no rival clans, your deceased were powerful and prominent and none can challenge Luvick, then it seems perhaps he himself is our culprit." "His contempt for the way could be a simple ruse until such time as they call upon him. Though, I grant you I have no idea why this would be so." "I have to imagine however that no rival clan could make its way into Caliphas without being noticed by you all or the city above, surely an influx of even more night hunters would cause the city to begin to grow suspicious." "Furthermore if Luvick is amongst the most powerful of your kind, it seems unlikely that similarly powerful vampires would choose to dwell in obscurity." "Does your kind take in outsiders? Perhaps one such vampire could rival Luvick's power in secret until such a time arose to overthrow him?" -Posted with Wayfinder
"I was the one dictating terms here Sledge, but fine, she can keep them until we leave." "I have some questions while we wait for your sycophants to awaken." "The vampires that have perished so far, they are your own? Of your clan that is?" "Are there other factions of vampires?" "If not it occurs to me and perhaps yourself that these killings may be status related. Someone attempting to wrest control of the clan, or perhaps weaken it?" "You said you have little involvement with The Way? What of your others? Could The Way stand to gain anything by weakening your ranks? Perhaps a hostile takeover? We've seen such tactics from them before." -Posted with Wayfinder
"Unfortunately, unlike my friends, forgiveness is not amongst my better qualities... Nor is patience." "Collecting victims as trophies to reflect your status is not something I'm going to abide. Especially when said trophies only add to create even more victims." "If you can think of a way that I deem acceptable I may opt to help you increase your status." -Posted with Wayfinder
"No. I wouldn't keep servants that prove themselves useless and tax my resources, especially when said resource is blood of my victims." "Find yourself an Orc with a whip, they work much better." -Posted with Wayfinder
Z glares at the six coffins, "The spawn die." "Paranoia is no excuse for recklessness and why are you keeping extra mouths to feed? Clearly the interest of the people above you matter little." "Anyone who wanted to get inside here to kill you could easily do so, and a few trifling spawn isn't going to change that, and you should know it too. They only pose a threat to hapless commoners."
"Ustalav never ceases to disappoint." Z flourishes her arms which ignite in fire and quickly spreads all over her body, turning her into a manifestation of flames.
"I know you all probably aren't going to go for this, but you know I can just burn this place down." -Posted with Wayfinder
"I doubt it, to be quite honest." "You've got to think, this whole ordeal we're trying to quash with the Way is what, their first power play in centuries?" "Tar Baphon may have tore Ustalav to the ground but he hasn't been the one poisoning this country for the better part of the last millennia, at some point the onus of change falls to the people." -Posted with Wayfinder
"... Yeah I actually really don't like Geese either. One bit me when I was younger, this was before I realized I could kill things at a whim, I remember being so upset. You know they have little teeth in their bills?" -Posted with Wayfinder
"So you're saying my looks make up for my personality, you're a charmer, Darius." "So, if we're going to look around let's all do so before Darius manages to dig himself a deeper grave." Z says cheerfully to the group. -Posted with Wayfinder
"Well it's not like the vampires are going to come rushing out at us right? Children or no, but I don't mind looking around first." "What do you have against Geese anyways? They're pretty and aggressive, shouldn't you be used to that combination?" -Posted with Wayfinder
"We probably should look for the biggest statue we can find and poke around it. Vampires are an ostentatious sort, right? I doubt they could stomach placing their hideout somewhere innocuous." -Posted with Wayfinder
"I wouldn't get out of bed for fifteen gold pieces." "We should probably go investigate during the day don't you think? Vampires are asleep then right? Might as well have things on our terms." -Posted with Wayfinder
Demi-godhood here I come.
Z smirks when she hears Darius' request and looks at the man hopefully. -Posted with Wayfinder
"Ok, I didn't consider the possibility of first converting them just for the purposes of body disposal. Fair enough."
"Well...? Case closed? I don't care about someone wandering around killing undead." -Posted with Wayfinder
Z bows once more to the captain, "You've been very accommodating captain, we hope to return the kindness with information as soon as possible."
"If you would please Captain," Z begins, "We would still very much like to offer our assistance. Whether these beings are vampires or not is neither here nor there." "But whatever they are, I believe we must agree that either they are not human, or some persisting magic is affecting them." "Perhaps you would allow one of our number to collect a sample of this ash? His is a skilled alchemist and may be able to derive some answers for you after some time to work." -Posted with Wayfinder
"Have you considered keeping the bodies out of sunlight? An intact one would do us a world of good. Have you managed to keep one preserved in the past?" she asks the captain. -Posted with Wayfinder
"What's there to be surprised about? That I can be a lady? I'm a charming woman, I've always said so." -Posted with Wayfinder
Z raises an eyebrow to Darius' look, "What?" -Posted with Wayfinder
Z bows her head, "Thank you for your understanding and cooperation." -Posted with Wayfinder
"Forgive our companion, social interactions are not what suits him." "My other companion is correct. We don't mean to intrude on your investigation, rather we are offering our services to you all free of charge. We have experience dealing in matters such as this. We don't mean to call your competence into question, rather we recognize the benefits of having an outsiders perspective on the matter that may prove useful to you all."
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Z groans groggily, "Uggg, if we must."
"Nothing nearby at least, I'll check again in the room, but it seems clear." -Posted with Wayfinder
"It didn't feel right to lie." she says with a smirk.
Z nods to the woman and heads for her room, only stopping for a moment to check her new necklace for any signs of nearby undead.
Z makes an audible clicking noise, "Forgive my companion, he is out of his element." "He makes for a fine bodyguard but like all men of his profession he lacks any sense of decorum." Z grabs the bag containing 300 gold she had prior given Darius and hands it to the woman, "I expect to be staying a week, this should be adequate, whatever is leftover is yours to keep." "I am traveling with two others as well, ensure that we are stationed on the same floor, I don't like to be far from my help."
"I expect to stay there as long as we're in Caliphas." "I suspect we'll be here for the better part of a week, my funds will cover that without issue." Z dictates to Darius curtly. "So, as Jones says, my mind is made up. Let us go and check in, and then we can begin to look around the city proper." she says as she begins to pull Darius down the street.
"How Sledge and Jones spend their money is their own business." "But I, and by extension, you, are staying somewhere nice."
Z hands Darius a bag of gold, "The Majesty."
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