| I look up and see the cursed yellow orb obscured by heavy black clouds. An omen perhaps??*laughs sweetly* but for who?
Everything is set, all I need now is for the right time. The time that suits me. I can wait, I can wait for a long, long time. So as I wait things are quiet, just as I like it sometimes. Strange is this quietness from another aspect. No doubt the yellow towns authorities have noticed a downturn in the number of petty felonies committed by Drow. Oh it still goes on, the muggings, the fights even the odd murder. But these have been committed by humans. And yes there are some Drow acting with inherent stupidity, but not the ones under my control. No these are under the control of Kalannar?s fractured and dispirit House whether from within or without. Is it because your "family" no longer respects you Kalannar? Or is it because you do not have the strength to wield authority?
I came across Kalannar in the street, I said the we should talk. Then Moiraine, the Baroness appeared together with the male guard who is in the twin, A?s pocket. *smirks* Kalannar was happy to talk in the street, well that just showed how uncouth the male is. Moiraine suggested that it should be in private, hmm, it takes a female to show the proper class even if she is only a half breed. She dismissed the guard and we retired to her offices.
It is a funny thing when in discussions with persons who are wary of you. More often than not, it is what is not said that is more important than what is. A hesitant reply, a quick denial, an expression of humour or contempt at what is spoken, all these tell you more than a straight answer. And so it was with this meeting. I threw away odd bits of information, just to assess reactions. It told me a lot, especially about Kalannar. In that short meeting I found out more about him then, than what my network had told me, just by reactions. And Moiraine? Well she tried playing mind games with me before and lost. I teased her about how some guards shielded the twin A, someone the Baroness detests. She retorted that she already knew about it. Huh an obvious and futile bluff. But then I remembered, the guard who accompanied Moiraine whilst I spoke with Kalannar, he is one of the ones involved. *smirks* The poor male must have spilled the beans. *shakes head* You lost again Moiraine.
As the meeting ended, Moiraine made a strange remark to me. She asked me if she looked dead. Such a curious thing to say. Well she was certainly animated and most definitely alive. No necromancer could ever get a corpse to look that alive. She appeared healthy enough, in fact she showed a little more radiance than the last time I saw her. What did she want me to say? No? Ah Moiriane, are you setting up a new game to play? I hope you are because I so enjoy them, I so enjoy our games. *smiles with a hint of warmth*
A guard appeared to escort me from the town. *sighs* Still bitter Moiraine, maybe I will let you win once. As it happened I was suddenly feeling bored now. I felt like having some frivolous fun. So I gave the poor guard the run around for a little while, all harmless fun. That is until we ran into a crowd of brigands spoiling for a fight just outside the East Gate. My first thought was to leave the guard to it and disappear but I could see she was well outnumbered and unable to cope. No leaving her to the mercy of those thugs was not in my interests. So I set about them with gay abandon - no contest! I then made the pretence to seduce her. *laughs at the memory* Oh how embarrassed and flustered she got. I then went back to playing "catch me if you can" and the she enlisted the help of two other guards. After a while I got bored with even this. Just outside the South Gate, I dived to avoid one of those crazy arcane spells and in doing so knocked my head on a tree stump. I was laughing so much beforehand, I was not paying attention. So they caught me. I pretended to be dazed so that they would leave me alone, it worked. Satisfied with my days work, I went home and drifted into a contented sleep.
I watch, I assess, I report.
Vel'drav l' sil'in qu'ellar d'Hun?ett zotrethen??Jal zhal sha-rasa!!!
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