>>5295960{Art:Show Nati Art Kh}
In her private chambers, Aganna’s hand caresses one of the foreign spears you brought her.
It cuts her thumb and drips blood on her hand.
<span class="mu-i">Amazing. And there’s more of this?</span>
“Enough at Ke Awa for every chief on The Island and then some.”
She smiles ferociously.
<span class="mu-i">Lono, you just saved this Island.</span>
“Saved? You seem to be doing pretty well.”
Her brow furrows.
<span class="mu-i">You were gone a long time. The fleet was thought lost. To get re-elected, I had to...compromise.</span>
<span class="mu-r">Lono! The returning hero!</span>
A Chontou woman covered in gaudy clothes and jewels bursts through the door and gives you an awkward embrace.
<span class="mu-i">Norodom, I told you, you can’t just barge in the Axeholder’s private chamber!</span>
<span class="mu-r">Come on, Aggy. How can I be your successor if you won’t let me in on the private meetings? Besides, no way the help keeps me out when I’m the one paying them.</span>
She turns to you.
<span class="mu-r">The Great Captain, thought lost to Kokilame’s grasp, only to return with the bounty of the sea... Oh, the songs write themselves.</span>
<span class="mu-i">Yes, we are all glad to have Lono back. But I would like a moment to discuss... family matters.</span>
<span class="mu-r">Oh yes of course. You know, Lono, your mother was a wonderful woman. Such a shame how she...</span>
<span class="mu-i">Enough! Please leave us.</span>
Her face sharpens. She may play the fool, but she knows the power she holds.
<span class="mu-r">Very well. I look forward to your service, Captain.</span>
Norodom glides out of the room like she owns the place. And soon, she might.
“Who the Guinee was that?”
<span class="mu-i">The only tribes who supported me were the Nupuri, Ponni, and Muli. Everyone else resented me for spending their tribute on “lessers.”</span>
“Our parents?”
<span class="mu-i">Our Mom and Dads wanted the Ahi to control the trade in the city. When I didn’t show our tribe favoritism, they got the chiefs to pull support. I had to cut a deal with the Chontou. They back me if I swear to stand down and support Norodom in the next election.</span>
“She can’t be in charge, with what-”
<span class="mu-i">I know. This is why you need to run. You’re a hero and this treasure will grease the right palms. I’ll still back that jackass in public, but in private, we can work to beat her.</span>
“All this wheeling and dealing, this Island has lost control. You know we were attacked by Ponni raiders on the way here? That hasn't happened in what? Forty years?”
<span class="mu-i">Some of the less developed tribes have expressed...disappointment with how their labor is being used. But problems like that are why I need you in charge next year and not him. Come on, this isn’t The Axeholder asking you. It’s your metasister.”</span>
>AcceptLono runs for the office of Axeholder.
>CompromiseLono works with Aganna to find a new candidate to beat Norodom.
>RejectLono refuses to run.
