"Well, Tyroa told me about a problem you ladies have been having," you start, putting on your best smile. "I helped her fend off some kind of huge, egg-laying creature in the woods. Looked kinda link an overgrown mantis?"
The harpies all hiss and squawk at the mention of the creature. Loose feathers come raining down again, but this time you just wave a hand in front of yourself to bat them aside. "How about I solve your mantis-woman problem for you? If I can get her to leave you all alone, maybe you could help me out in return?"
<<Charisma Check: Failure (19 vs. 12)!>>
They seem to consider that for a long moment, whispering among themselves. Finally, one of their number speaks up:
"No promises! Get rid of that nasty egg-fucking hag, and we'll take you to see the queen!"
"Ugh. Look, I just wanted to..."
The head harpy makes a shrill squawk at you. "No buts! The queen decides who can come and go, so if you wanna see our sister, you gotta get her permission!"
Dammit. "Can't you just send my friend down? I-"
"Them's the rules!" another harpy says indignantly. "Though maybe we could bend 'em a little if you had something more fun to offer us..."
Oh, okay. Going and fighting a big, scary monster gets you barely enough respect for a meeting with some self-styled harpy queen, but whip your dick out and look what that does. You sigh and stamp your staff on the ground in annoyance. Still, a meeting with the queen might not be that bad, if you want to do as the Blackscale suggested, and take this place over. Having some allies around would certainly be a boon.
"Alright. You go tell your queen she'll have company soon," you call up, turning back towards the door. "I'll be back when the mantis bitch is dealt with."
The harpies cheer. "Bring back proof!" one shouts after you as you duck back out of the old tower.
Right. You'll worry about proof once you've figured out how to actually deal with the mantis-woman. Hopefully she's still sleeping off that flaming burst you slammed her with last night, because something tells you a straight fight between you might be a little more than you can handle right now...
((Note that this section's poll is multiple choice! Vote for as many as you like, but be warned! The more actions Remi undertakes, the more likely it is that she'll run into trouble -- the local color is going to start waking up as time goes by. I'll decide a threshold based on the final number of voters: all options that pass that threshold will be attempted.))
The harpies all hiss and squawk at the mention of the creature. Loose feathers come raining down again, but this time you just wave a hand in front of yourself to bat them aside. "How about I solve your mantis-woman problem for you? If I can get her to leave you all alone, maybe you could help me out in return?"
<<Charisma Check: Failure (19 vs. 12)!>>
They seem to consider that for a long moment, whispering among themselves. Finally, one of their number speaks up:
"No promises! Get rid of that nasty egg-fucking hag, and we'll take you to see the queen!"
"Ugh. Look, I just wanted to..."
The head harpy makes a shrill squawk at you. "No buts! The queen decides who can come and go, so if you wanna see our sister, you gotta get her permission!"
Dammit. "Can't you just send my friend down? I-"
"Them's the rules!" another harpy says indignantly. "Though maybe we could bend 'em a little if you had something more fun to offer us..."
Oh, okay. Going and fighting a big, scary monster gets you barely enough respect for a meeting with some self-styled harpy queen, but whip your dick out and look what that does. You sigh and stamp your staff on the ground in annoyance. Still, a meeting with the queen might not be that bad, if you want to do as the Blackscale suggested, and take this place over. Having some allies around would certainly be a boon.
"Alright. You go tell your queen she'll have company soon," you call up, turning back towards the door. "I'll be back when the mantis bitch is dealt with."
The harpies cheer. "Bring back proof!" one shouts after you as you duck back out of the old tower.
Right. You'll worry about proof once you've figured out how to actually deal with the mantis-woman. Hopefully she's still sleeping off that flaming burst you slammed her with last night, because something tells you a straight fight between you might be a little more than you can handle right now...
((Note that this section's poll is multiple choice! Vote for as many as you like, but be warned! The more actions Remi undertakes, the more likely it is that she'll run into trouble -- the local color is going to start waking up as time goes by. I'll decide a threshold based on the final number of voters: all options that pass that threshold will be attempted.))
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