RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
10-26-2022, 01:23 PM
>Burnside: You raise your hand.
>Adler: You ask her in exasperation if her question involves skinning people alive.
>Burnside: You nod.
>Adler: Is there anyway you could just say "no" and leave it at that?
>Burnside: You shake your head.
>Adler: *sigh* What is it?
>Burnside: It's a waste to just have you patrolling in and around the forest when you could be out hunting rabbits. Bring the fight to them on their own turf. Leaving a few skinned, headless torsos hanging on the forest borders would put the fear of Fuma in them right quick. Heck, you could probably sneak into their village at night and take care of them all at once.
>Rebecca: You gasp in horror at the suggestion. You have little love for them, but they're still your family!
>Adler: Now-now, calm down. There's no way you would allow that to happen. For starters, that's monstrously unseelie and inhumane. Hanging headless bodies around would have everyone on this island up in arms and trying to burn the forest down with all of you inside it. There are also women and children in that village. A deranged woman barging into town at night and killing them all is something you would never allow. There is a seelie option. You just need to find it. *Internally* An elf, who isn't Burnside, would probably be able to talk them down. With your elfy charisma you could do it if you weren't trapped here. Hmm. Lysander called her a "psycho", but he might have just been being hyperbolic. Maybe that Zandar woman could talk some sense into them. Who knows, she might even convince them to be your allies and serve Fuma. It's worth a shot.
>Adler: Anway, no you will not allow Burnside to commit war crimes. You already have enough of that on your conscience. Her services are best used guarding you and your followers. Plus, you need someone to help with your with your Magick experiments. If no one else has anything to add, you suppose this meeting is adjourned.
>Adler: You ask her in exasperation if her question involves skinning people alive.
>Burnside: You nod.
>Adler: Is there anyway you could just say "no" and leave it at that?
>Burnside: You shake your head.
>Adler: *sigh* What is it?
>Burnside: It's a waste to just have you patrolling in and around the forest when you could be out hunting rabbits. Bring the fight to them on their own turf. Leaving a few skinned, headless torsos hanging on the forest borders would put the fear of Fuma in them right quick. Heck, you could probably sneak into their village at night and take care of them all at once.
>Rebecca: You gasp in horror at the suggestion. You have little love for them, but they're still your family!
>Adler: Now-now, calm down. There's no way you would allow that to happen. For starters, that's monstrously unseelie and inhumane. Hanging headless bodies around would have everyone on this island up in arms and trying to burn the forest down with all of you inside it. There are also women and children in that village. A deranged woman barging into town at night and killing them all is something you would never allow. There is a seelie option. You just need to find it. *Internally* An elf, who isn't Burnside, would probably be able to talk them down. With your elfy charisma you could do it if you weren't trapped here. Hmm. Lysander called her a "psycho", but he might have just been being hyperbolic. Maybe that Zandar woman could talk some sense into them. Who knows, she might even convince them to be your allies and serve Fuma. It's worth a shot.
>Adler: Anway, no you will not allow Burnside to commit war crimes. You already have enough of that on your conscience. Her services are best used guarding you and your followers. Plus, you need someone to help with your with your Magick experiments. If no one else has anything to add, you suppose this meeting is adjourned.