Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20160209062713/@comment-26130256-20170108044537

Azulius always had a knack for reading people, but Daphne and Vale were wearing their proverbial hearts on their sleeves. Vale, she could sweat bullets for all he cared. Daphne, he decided to calm down by "whispering" to her with his Semblance.

"Calm down, dollface!" his voice sounded in her ear. "Grandpa's just highballin' her, like when you haggle at the market.  By goin' drastic at first, any offer he makes afterward sounds more generous.  Besides," he added with an awkward mental chuckle, "I'm pretty sure he would kill her before slicing her up.  He's vengeful, but he ain't a sadist."

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"I'm glad you see things my way, Lieutenant," Ochre nodded, "Your willingness to take responsibility for your subordinates speaks well for you.  That being said," he gestured with his cigar, "there is still the matter of Miss Vettel's punishment."

"My one and only demand is this: the next direct airship flight from Vale to Vacuo leaves tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM.  If she leaves on that flight, neither I nor my organization will pursue her.  But if she is found in Vacuo after that time, my offer is null and void.  From tomorrow onward, Vale Vettel is a persona non grata  in the Kingdom of Vacuo.  Are these terms reasonable?"