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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Criptfeind]

Uh. Not even a get out clause for accidents?

A

[melkor]

b

[Aigre Excalibur]

B

[omada]

Okay, he presses us into signing this, not doing the same will put us in bad terms,

But by the way "his nation to be damned" means nothing, really, what he says? give us gold? maybe we can press that. will sabotage his own nation? make an suicide war with the gutbas? he is just saying the equivalent of "I wanna that god strike me with a thunder if I lie" and lie anyway

If it don't state anything clear, it's just words in a useless piece of paper

B for equally useless piece of paper, and say that it don't need to be harsh, we can't predict when (RN)Gods might take a kids life.

[Harry Baldman]

B, I don't like the implied notion that we're supposed to reciprocate, but hey, in lieu of becoming blood brothers in the horselord fashion we've got to improvise somehow.

[Haspen]

You decide to write up and sign a guarantee of your own. Random events nonwithstanding, this will bring your two families closer than before. The envoy thanks you profusely before leaving.

The Eldrican diplomat comes in next. The guards search the confused envoy first. He then pats his robes so they look nice again and steps forward to your throne.

"Greetings, King Yoe! I bring a request from my King, one of utmost importance. May we speak in private?"

A) "But of course, let's retreat to one of side chambers."
B) "Speak publicly or don't speak at all."

[Criptfeind]

B

[crazyabe]

A. He's probably weaponless.

[helmacon]

A
This is probably the real envoy.

[omada]

A But don't turn our back.

[mightymushroom]

"I respect your wish to discuss delicate matters in a less formal setting. Do accept my A pologies that a half squad of guards will accompany us: we've had a recent scare with false envoys and it's put them on edge."

[Iituem]

"I respect your wish to discuss delicate matters in a less formal setting. Do accept my A pologies that a half squad of guards will accompany us: we've had a recent scare with false envoys and it's put them on edge."

Definitely.  We've had too many assassination attempts happen this way.

[Haspen]

You allow the envoy to speak with you privately. Once you two are alone and the door is closed, suddenly he takes out a hidden crossbow and pulls the trigger!

1

...

Hahah, nah, just screwing with you guys.

Once you two are alone and the door is closed, the envoy bows to you softly.

"I bring dire news from my King. While the developments on our fronts have been most successful, the royal Treasury has been thoroughly drained and King Elran is worried that a year or two more of stiff Koi resistance and his nobles might start complaining while mercenaries will abandon our cause en masse. Therefore he has tasked me with this request - he requires money from our most trusted ally, Kingdom of Methiant. Either a 'small' donation in return of our good will, or a bigger loan that King Elran would start paying off only after we win against the accursed Kiwis and Kois. He has already secured a safe route through the heavily protected lands of Ankurvat dwarves, but your men would need to escort the money through Felonsein..."

You then ask him what kinda money he is talking about and you grimace - that's kinda lotsa money, and the payment plan ain't better!

(One time donation: 5 bits of Economy, loan: 7 bits of Economy, paid back 1 per 1 year only after end of war).

A) "King Elran will know our generosity. I shall donate the smaller amount of money to his cause."
B) "King Elran must be joking. I won't give away such outrageous amount of money to sponsor his badly planned war!"
C) "I cannot give money - but how about I send some of Methiantese forces to assault the lands of Koi?"
D) "King Elran must know that I prefer fair deals. I shall send the loan money, and expectantly await return of it."

[Criptfeind]

Wow. 5 and 7 economy? That's an awful lot of money.

And, like, looking towards the future... The Eldrican Kingdom is freaking huge and once they take out Koi they'll have a border with us. It might be best if they were destabilized and broke up tbh.

I wish there was a more diplomatic way of saying it, but B.

[crazyabe]

D.
Only option that doesn't kill our relationship with 'em, permanently lose a large chunk of cash, or force our troops into combat against a great threat.