Setting
Argent watched as Tormand mercilessly beat the man and then place his hands on him. Now Argent was a man of touch but to be touched in this manner by Tormand made his skin crawl. He frowned and then cupped Tormand's face in his hands. In those few seconds he looked into the eyes of the man before him and saw his own reflection. He saw something he had seen hundreds upon thousands of times before, just never in his own face.
Fear.
"Then die," was all Argent said before sweat came from his finger tips and violently shoved themselves into every orifice in Tormand's face, sweat also ensnaring and squeezing Tormand's neck as Argent let go and stepped back.
~*~
Horik and Clorik joined Seru's laughter as they put out cups to collect Seru's overflowing gold.
"Rumors, our fortune teller, a lot of hearsay really," Ravi sighed. "Y'know, I uh, I think I know where this plan went wrong now..."
"You THINK!?" Horik exclaimed.
"Listen," Ravi snapped, "We're very poor! We needed to do something or these damn raiders are going to start kidnapping people! Y'know, steal people. Take them from our village. What are you guys, bad people? Help a cult out, c'mon."
"We give boats. You give us a weapon or y'know, at least owe us a favor," Caressa explained without a single mispronunciation.
"Yeah, we just go fuck ourselves and hope you all survive long enough to repay the favor," Ravi said as she rolled her eyes.