[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Betimi]

Forge was generally quiet unless addressed but he felt a genuine concern for the blacksmith.  "What will happen to him?"

"I'm not sure.  Last I heard, he was being interrogated like your other friend.  Then a Magistrate will be chosen for them to pass judgement.  But Xenian's are rarely ReMade and we don't have any prisons."  He pauses as if to allow you to imagine what may become of both your friends before adding, "It's difficult if not impossible to ReMake a Cactacae.  They don't even have blood... just sap."

"He's being tortured merely for dealing with us? yet we are pardoned?  Your laws have some obvious flaws. no wonder you have a problem with rebels. If the laws made sense to them maybe they'd have nothing to rebel against?"

Selina had been collecting her supplies and sheathing her weapons, then her eyes widen slightly when she hears 'other friend.'  "Gilley..."  She rounds on the Magistrate.  "Understand this: he is a part of our group, no more or less unwilling to be here than I."

[[Sense Motive incoming...plus a Diplomacy]]

Sense Motive: [1d20+4] = 1+4 = 5, Diplomacy: [1d20+5] = 18+5 = 23

"Gilley?" the Magistrate asks.  "No... I don't believe that is his name.  I think his name is Agloval, the Vadyanoi.*  Your other friends are unharmed.  When they were seen investigating the shop after your disappearance I was asked if I wanted them apprehended but I declined.  This contract the ambassador gave me will allow me to place the mark on their hands as well."

[  *   Betimi knows, the Vadyanoi are the frog people and everyone knows that Agloval is the frog-man who helped you find Simon. ]

[OoC: Also, Betimi knows Xenian means Non-human.  I wrote it a few posts ago but I just noticed that it vanished from the final post.  So I'm mentioning it here in case it was missed. ]

"All the Vadyanoi in question did was try to help us NOT break any Laws. That seems like the act of a citizen concerned for the well being of his city, not the act of a Rebel."

[Aid Another to Selina's Diplomacy = Diplomacy Aid another [1d20+5] = 14+5 = 19]