A guest of the efreet

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles and gives Cresiel a pat on the shoulder. "I forgive you."

He follows along with the servant!

[Anastasia]

The Royal Stables are massive - full of wide berths for nightmares and other beasts. You barely get a glimpse because the Stable Master awaits you just outside.

"Duke, Sir," The both of you get a greeting, his face seemingly carved from stone. A mountain of an efreet, all muscle and sour looks. "You wish to ride?"

[Nephrite]

"Yes, please." Moore says. "I'll be riding, my friend here will be following on his own."

[Anastasia]

"What sort of mount do you prefer?" The Stable Master asks, looking down.

[Nephrite]

"If you don't mind, I'd like to try a nightmare." Moore says. "I understand they're intelligent creatures, so I'd like to try my knack for this."

[Anastasia]

The Royal Stable Master throws his head back and laughs. A long laugh, jets of fire coming from his mouth, "As you wish, Duke," he says, "I did not expect to see one of Belial's brood with a solar."

[Nephrite]

Moore just smiles. "Call it a sign of the changing times, then."

[Anastasia]

Laughing all the while, the Stable Master goes and returns with a nightmare.

It is coal black, the size of a pony. It has a red mane and eyes that burn the same. Smoke slowly trickles from its nostrils. It gazes on at you like death. "Here, the smallest nightmare we have, a foal."

[Nephrite]

Moore simply smiles back at the creature. "Do you mind if I ride you?" Moore asks.

Take 10 on Bluff, for 91. He's bluffing his alignment to be lawful evil.

Take 10 on Diplomacy for 100.

[Anastasia]

Make a level check. That's 1d20+ your hit dice, which should be 31.

[Nephrite]

[15:36] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+31
[15:36] <Penuche> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 35 > [d20=4]

[Anastasia]

The nightmare snorts, smoke rising as it looks at you. Somehow you have a sense of confusion from it, but it makes no move to attack you.

Then Cresiel steps forward slightly, meeting the nightmare's vision.

> roll 1d20+44 Cresiel Intimidate
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 58 > [d20=14]

Can't beat that so no roll.

The nightmare whinnies and whines loudly, skittering back and towards you, away from Cresiel.

Cresiel says nothing else, merely staring the nightmare down.

The nightmare quickly hides behind you, as if your little pixie body can protect it from the looming solar.

[Nephrite]

"There, there." Moore says, giving the nightmare a gentle pat. "I won't let him hurt you."

Not today, anyway.

Moore moves to mount on top of it!


If nothing else, it'll probably come as a sight to behold for Nasir.

[Anastasia]

There is a sense of wrongness to this, a sense of things being awry. At the same time you are able to mount the nightmare successfully, no resistance to your taking saddle on it.

The Royal Stable Master shakes his head and laughs, "Amazing."

[Nephrite]

"You shouldn't underestimate us small folk." Moore says with a smile. "Can you direct me to where Commander Nasir is?" He asks.


He takes a deep breath mentally.

Things will be fine -- for now he needs to act the part for the role he's been given.

He nods to Cresiel in the meantime.