>>6079169Ser Rodomonte came up with the 'brilliant' idea of kidnapping orphaned girls to act as Mana batteries. Draining them every day to avoid Questing for Mana. The girls also pulled double duty as a human shield against Lord Mordred at the same time. For when the Knight of Betrayal returned to issue a challenge to Rodomonte for the city, he took one of the girls up the southern wall. There, he duly informed his challenger that if she did not give up her claim to Camelot, he would throw the girl off the wall to her death.
WHAT THE FUCK?!
You feel a chill settle in your heart, and your face freezes into a hard mask. Yatagarasu takes a few seconds to collect himself.
"Ser Rodomonte knew that if Lord Mordred took back her challenge for Camelot to save the girl's life, then Dread Agreste would declare she would never be able to take the Kingdom back ever again. Once you set out to fight for Camelot, you cannot change your mind. Aye, the Dread Agreste was unmoved by arguments and pleading from Lord Mordred. The only advice the Spriggan gave was this: 'If ye yield now to a tyrant's boot, then ye shall never rise up from under it'. She knew there were others and that Ser Rodomonte would never stop. So she refused to yield and pressed forward with her challenge. High up on the southern wall, Ser Rodomonte proclaimed that Lord Mordred just murdered the hostage and that her death was all on her head and selfishness. Then he ordered our Dean to push the girl---."
At this point in the story, the door is kicked open with a bang, and in walks the 'Chairman' with a pack and guide stick in hand. A bitter look twisting his face and a brow heavy with anger, his eyes blazing with unfathomable sadness.
<span class="mu-r">Trait: Unto Death: You died. As a result, the dead recognize you as one of their own.</span>
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The 'Chairman' is a fellow corpse. He is 'dead' and he knows you're 'dead' too. This fact doesn't make him pause though.
"Girl this, girl that. Her name is Hayakawa Minako, ten years old. She loved to draw and wanted to go home. Aye, the bastard was too much of a coward to murder a completely defenseless girl. Thought it was sporting to let the mook do the dirty deed and keep his hands and conscience clean. Our Dean looked him straight in the eye and said one word, 'no'. That is all it took! All it took for Avalon to reach down and proclaim the sweetest, most courageous of all Baphomets worthy of death. Aye, and swift death did come like an arrow of destruction. That bastard watched, annoyed at the very thought that one of his slaves would dare to refuse a direct order."
<span class="mu-r">Trait: A True Heart "Magokokoro", bonus in one on one interaction with a hostile opponent.</span>
The 'Chairman' looks like he wants to cry or murder you. Possibly both, and some of the vassals must sense it. Servants shift positions to interpose themselves. There's no danger of attack, in your opinion; the odds are stacked against the hostile Baphomet, and he has no weapon.
