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[Harry Baldman]

You decide to be particularly sly about this and not disclose your exact affiliation at all, merely hint at involvement in a greater conspiracy of some sort.

1

This proceeds to rather soundly backfire as you are indeed invited for an audience on the Kaiser's ship, and taken over to a private cabin where you are met by the cowled shape of what you know rather well from Annika's descriptions to be one Szabo of Vesperlund, one of the dread masters of the Vesperlundian Order of the Astral Dragon and the man almost singlehandedly responsible for the death of your predecessor.

As he watches you silently with cold and unblinking eyes while sharpening his knife, you get the distinct feeling he's got about ten minutes that he's willing to waste on you before deciding whether you're a threat or not.

A) Shamelessly fabricate snippets of sensitive information that only the Kaiser ought to be allowed to hear in an effort to go over the spymaster's head.
B) Give him the silent treatment and demand to see the Kaiser, you'll not be intimidated by some flunky with a knife collection no matter how many throats he's notoriously slit.
C) Bring up that you're a good friend of the Princess and that you're probably after similar things here from a certain point of view.
D) Blather uselessly in the hopes that he will find you too contemptible to be worthy of proper reprisal.

[heydude6]

A

[omada]

Changing from A to C Damn

[chubby2man]

C A sounds like we are basically begging him to interrogate us.

[heydude6]

My big problem with C is that the spymaster likely has a personal vendetta against the princess at this point. I feel like mentioning that we are one of her friends is only going to piss him off as well as give him an opportunity to have revenge.

[Prophet]

A

[Harry Baldman]

You are torn between choosing to lie gloriously or confessing humbly, and mentally flip a coin.

4 -> C

5

As you bring up your personal acquaintance with the Princess, the veteran spymaster stops working on the blade and pays proper attention. You lay out the facts - as he is no doubt well aware, Princess Annika is currently within the Queen's castle, and if he's even half as clever as he seems then it's also reasonably clear that she is there of her own free will and not due to some manner of coercion. Szabo nods, having vast experience with the Princess' eccentricities even before having been sent quite literally to hell and back to pursue them.

It's pretty clear then, you get to the thrust of your argument, that the original purpose of this mission, which is to bring the Princess back to the castle, is likely to end in some kind of disaster, not unlike the debacle with the Hell of a Thousand Needles. And, even if the Princess were to be brought back, this would only mean that she continues to be a general nuisance back in Vesperlund. Possibly even disruptive to the Kaiser's peace. So perhaps what is needed is some kind of compromise that's suitable for both sides, yes?

Szabo has leaned forward, almost surprisingly with you so far. Fortunately for you spymasters tend to be pragmatic folk.

A) Let the Princess retire to one of Ortfast's local monasteries - she'd make a great initiate of the Moon and you could totally spin it as a freak incident of extreme chastity.
B) Make the Princess into Vesperlund's ambassador in Ortfast, permitting her to stay in the Queen's court if she promises to behave herself.
C) It was an arranged marriage that started this, right? How about letting the Princess marry into Queen Iouni's house to smooth over the diplomatic troubles?
D) What if you could make the Princess just quietly... disappear somehow?

[heydude6]

C

I like this one

[10ebbor10]

B

[Aseaheru]

 Why not B and C?

[Harry Baldman]

Why not B and C?

They'd have similar results, but radically different implementations.

[Aseaheru]

 Yeah, but both at once would be nice.

[Harry Baldman]

Redundant, however, so I'd advise you pick one.

[Aseaheru]

 Allright then. C, with hints towards B

[chubby2man]

B The Princess ran away to escape an arranged marriage, she might not approve of an other