RE: Spheres of Influence: Alliance
07-10-2019, 02:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-2019, 04:17 AM by Demonsul.)
Duncan continued shouting, ignoring the return of Exiro. "Tell that to the king's men, not to me! We've done everything we can to secure ourselves! They forced us to resort to arms in the first place, there was no other choice left! It was that or keep being ruled by Doncanan, and they had no interest in negotiating while delaying things was working out for them. So we had to act, or we'd still be at square one!"
Malcolm also seemed not to notice the Cregit, so busy was he in his tirade. "This was no peaceable revolt! This is violence and disorder to further the political ends of the island clans! Not to mention you just heard that, he promised to continue to destabilize our kingdom! I'm sure he'd love the chance to get even richer." He paced around, making it hard for Geród to interpose between him and Duncan. "Large tracts of recently-cleared arable land were seized by force of arms, just to enrich Duncan and his ilk. There was some genuine discontent before all this, we had done our best to improve people's lives to address it, but it was co-opted by the greedy, thuggish seal-fuckers of the island clans' nobility to further their--"
Duncan tore free of Gaara's grasp in a sudden motion and slugged Malcolm in the face. "Say that about my clan again, bastard! Fucking say it again!!"
All pretense of civility had collapsed, and both men's aides rushed in to help Geród and Gaara pull their leaders apart.
Malcolm also seemed not to notice the Cregit, so busy was he in his tirade. "This was no peaceable revolt! This is violence and disorder to further the political ends of the island clans! Not to mention you just heard that, he promised to continue to destabilize our kingdom! I'm sure he'd love the chance to get even richer." He paced around, making it hard for Geród to interpose between him and Duncan. "Large tracts of recently-cleared arable land were seized by force of arms, just to enrich Duncan and his ilk. There was some genuine discontent before all this, we had done our best to improve people's lives to address it, but it was co-opted by the greedy, thuggish seal-fuckers of the island clans' nobility to further their--"
Duncan tore free of Gaara's grasp in a sudden motion and slugged Malcolm in the face. "Say that about my clan again, bastard! Fucking say it again!!"
All pretense of civility had collapsed, and both men's aides rushed in to help Geród and Gaara pull their leaders apart.