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Your quarry is hard to miss. The Medusae herself is standing waist deep in the pool water, bathing as naked as the day she was born and wiping herself gently with a wet cloth. Far from an ugly hag concoting potions, the foreign witch is… extremely attractive. You hazard a guess that it is rare to see the Medusae without their purple robes of office and signature golden mask, although if you’re being honest their smooth face was not the first thing you noticed. Averting your eyes, you focus your attention to the other potential threats in the room. At the edge of the water two figures wrapped head to toe in dark cloth stand stock still. Each bears a large scimitar, currently sheathed, and torches are staked at irregular intervals around them.
You spot your wayward Fae companion just a little behind the motionless guards, halfway between the rock pool and the majlis. Jester-Makes-Fools-of-All, or Jess the Kid as you have come to know her, does not appear to be restrained or chained down by any means. In fact they appear to be on the verge of sleeping, head lowered and bobbing once or twice as the foreign sorceress continues to bathe.
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>You must banish any blushing thoughts if you intend to make it through this encounter alive. This is no demure maiden, caught unarmed and in a state of undress. This is a powerful sorceress of the Medusae caste. They -are- a weapon, one that can disintegrate capable worries with a word or gesture. You will wait until they put on some bloody clothes, and then you will strike without warning or mercy. [Divine]
>It’s hard to make out everything by the distant torchlight from up here. Slipping closer would let you assess the situation better. It would also put you in the perfect position to launch a surprise attack on the two guards while their charge finishes washing herself, or perhaps even sneak Jess out without direct confrontation. [Hearty]
> “Apologies for the intrusion, madam. I am Sir Emile Andrei, and I am here to parlay. Once we have spared a moment for decency’s sake, of course.” You bid your companions to hide out of sight, ready to spring to your aid if talk proves fruitless. But attempt to talk you will, if only to give the witch a chance to dress before cutting her down if she refuses to release your companion. [Idealist]
I just don’t think it is in character for Emile to outright attack a potential enemy whilst they are naked, even foreign witches. Code aside, it would be downright ungentlemanly.
