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Letting her know that’s good with some head movement, I pull Evel’yee into the hallway. “So, what’s up? What happened to Mina casting a spell on me?”
>What we want to understand is her motivations and the way she deal with problems. Those questions should be presented sparsely in the middle of a pleasant conversation, not an interview. Wanting to know her better should be a sufficient explanation for the the conversation. You know how to butter someone up, don't you? Pay attention to what she say, show interest in the things she seem to enjoy and make follow up questions to keep her talking. If those attitudes don't come genuinely to you or you don't care pretend you do. Also given sparsely in the middle of the conversation should be the compliments
Time for my second post-amnesiac conversation with another person. I’ll do my best, Winds! “Ah, figured it wasn’t necessary. We might need her spells. As for why I brought you to the side, just want to talk. Get to know you a little better.”
Leaning against the wall, she’ll say, “Well, okay. Guess I should introduce myself, name’s Evel’yee.”
“Tanna, nice to formally know your name. How do you feel about… being charmed?”
“Eh! I thought about it a bit, but it doesn’t mean much. Might even prefer it? Past few days have sucked, and this is the first time I’ve felt happy in a while.”
“Yeah, I’ve heard things weren’t great from Mina. Y’know, my short time here has been pretty awful too, but I’m glad to have met you two.”
“Likewise, glad to meet you too! You helped me realize how stupid I was being. If I had known Mina was looking to open the box too… I’ve been such a piece of shit. I don’t know what I was thinking…”
“What were you thinking?”
She hugs herself and looks towards the floor as she says, “A lotta bad things. Dumb shit like, ‘she’s just pretending to care’, ‘I’m going to get betrayed again’, and ‘every mistake she made was on purpose’. Stupid blinding thoughts that were hiding everyone else's knives on my neck.”
“Hey, we’ll get the box and get out of here, alright?” Evel’yee nods without looking towards me. Why is she so down? Well, this worked before so… I’ll try again? Moving up to her, I start to lean down to hug her and… she suddenly jerks away defensively!
“H-hey, back off! The fuck are you doing?!”
“Oh sorry! I thought that… well, it just seemed like you were feeling down.”
There’s a wild look in her eye and her fur bristles. I start to worry that I might have broken the charm, but she must’ve realized my intentions as she starts to calm down. As if she’s shaking something bad off, she apologetically says, “Agh… it’s no problem. Shouldn’t have gotten so aggressive. All the same, I’d rather not.”
“Of course, I made a mistake. Won’t happen again.” What did I do wrong there Winds? Attempting to move past that, I say, “So Evel’yee, when the charm ends, what are you going to think?”
“I dunno Tanna? Am I going to think something different?”
I don’t think trying to keep a lie up like this is going to work out in the long run, so I’m going to try a different angle. “It’s possible. I want you to know beforehand that I want to get the box from Roderick and escape this place, but also that I truly and genuinely want to be your friend. Can you please remember that when the charm does end?”
A flash of suspicion dances across her eyes as she looks at me for what feels like for way too long, but it breaks away as she gives me a smile and nods. “I can do that. I promise that if my perception does change, I’ll hear you out. Thanks for being honest with me.”
Can only hope she follows through on that promise. “So, getting the box. Anything you know that might help us do that? Got a plan or preference on how?”
Putting a hand on her chin, she says, “Well… he’s been pretty shifty lately, probably because he was planning on cutting Mina and I out. He’s convinced there’s something in that gods damned ritual room, even though we’ve combed the place thoroughly. Personally, I don’t think anything’s in there, and that he’s biding his time for something.”
“As for a plan? I’d prefer to just stroll up and beat his shit in, though we’d have to be careful about how we did it. If you thought Vax’s little slice from before hurt, Roderick’s will destroy you.”
“He wields a big ol’ sword and has some armor on, right? Nothing else special?”
“He’s experienced and knows how to use that sword of his, don’t underestimate him. But yes, besides that, he plays it pretty straight. He’s no caster like you or Mina. Speaking of spells, what are you capable of casting?”
“Charm Creature, Invisibility, Silent Image, and Grease.”
“Oh you can grease things? Roderick’s good, but he’s old. His reflexes aren’t that good, so that’d probably be pretty effective against him. Might even be able to cast it on his sword? Hell, if you really wanted to, could grease the floor under him, and I could light it with one of my arrows. I also got the Eclipse poison you brought.”
“Mina doesn’t want to kill him, so we’re not going to light him on fire or poison him, but using Grease on his sword is a good idea! Also, about those poisons… can I have them back?”
“Only if you tell me where you got em!”
“Haha! I can’t! Because I don’t know!”
Giving me a skeptical look, Evel’yee asks, “How do you not know?”
“This is going to sound stupid, but please believe me, it’s the truth. I don’t remember where I got them.”
“You weren’t kidding, that does sound pretty stupid. Damn. I was hoping to get a supply of this sick ass death poison. This sort of shit goes for premiums on some markets. Ah well,” She says with a shrug. Tossing the poisons my way, I stuff them into my bag. “You’ll tell me if you do remember, right?”
Absolutely not. “Yeah, for sure. Well, thanks for the talk Evel’yee. Let’s meet back up with Mina and figure out what we’re going to do.”
Vial of Wevekil - A Weavetoxin that is very crippling. While a dose this size isn’t lethal, it can make a person very nauseous. Its main use is crippling spellcasters, making it extremely difficult to cast spells for a time. Can be introduced via ingestion or injury.
Vial of Eclipse - A very lethal magical poison that visualizes a person’s most primal fear and attempts to kill them of fright. The target either survives the scare or dies immediately. Must be introduced via injury.
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