Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5824038-20151119155453/@comment-5824038-20151120174107

(Adventure starting off now. Anyone can still join, and I am waiting for a couple more character sheets. But until then...)

'Sir, are you ready for your speech tonight?'

'Of course I am. I wouldn't have travelled across the continent without being ready for what I will do there.' The Redguard paced up and down his room while his advisor just stood there.

'But, Xarxes,' the advisor began, 'You have barely eaten anything all week, and you lock yourself up in your room for most of the day! Of course we are all worried about you! Won't you tell me what is going on?'

Xarxes ibn Darius ibn Az'Azeez al-Wayrest stopped pacing. He turned around to face the man. 'We are in Samarkand, on a diplomatic mission of high importance, and nothing has gone wrong yet. That is what is worrying me.'

The man looked surprised by this response. 'Surely you should be grateful that all is well? You can't seriously expect everything to go wrong! Just relax, I'm sure this mission will be fine. The First Planting is a very important occasion, nobody would dare try anything that would disrupt the festivities.'

Xarxes sighed. 'For the sake of the Empire, I hope you are right.'

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Talyaras tossed the dice on to the table. A four, a five, and a six.

'Straight!' she cried triumphantly. 'Now you owe me your dessert.' A wry smile flickered on her face as she observed her cousin's reaction.

'That's not fair!' the other Bosmer cried out. 'You can't win three times in a row, it just does't make sense!'

The girl laughed. 'You have a lot to learn about luck. Don't worry, it won't stay with me for long. You should be grateful that I got my winning streak tonight instead of in a few nights' time, otherwise I would be gobbling up your dessert at the feast!'

He grumbled under his breath and skulked off.

An older woman came into the room. 'Talyaras, were you gambling over petty things like meals?'

'No, mother, of course not. It was just an innocent game of poker dice.'

'Hmm, okay. Now hurry off and get ready, we're heading out for drinks with the Dunmer governor later, and I want you to look your best. And that doesn't mean just throw together whatever clothing happens to be left scattered on your bedroom floor, it means find that nice dress I bought for you last week.'

Talyaras sighed in annoyance and left the room.