darkbard
Legend
CHANVATI observes the Empress and her oblivious disregard for the veritable army of slaves and servants working around her. What distracts her attention so?
Ah, it is excitement for the coming evening, her looking forward to events in the future in favor of the immediacy of the present moment! There is a double lesson here, should she prove amenable to his counsel.
"Your Imperial Majesty," the Merchant-Prince leans in close during a free moment between wardrobe changes. "I imagine you must be deeply consumed with your official duties this evening, as is both sensible and seemly. A sovereign must ever be mindful of her role and duties, for on her every word a world's balance hangs. To be so preoccupied with the future is to dishonor the present moment, and a sovereign must be ever attentive to Her immediate situation, lest some vital detail slip her by.
"In this vein, have you also noticed how Sovelis orchestrates and commands this host of craftspeople and attendants? Each has a vital role to play. The designer anticipates Her Imperial Majesty's desires and uses this to set the current fashion. The clothier deploys the best practices in weaving and dyeing to produce fabrics worthy of Her Majesty's attention. The seamstress deploys her impressive skill to turn the designer's abstraction into a material reality. Her Majesty's handmaidens employ their familiarity with Her Majesty's preferences and private sensibilities to ease the burden of such a process. And so on. And so on. Each performs a vital function here. Without each given autonomy in their role, the whole would collapse like a faulty edifice. And yet the role of Sovelis, your chamberlain, in holding this all together might be likened to that which Her Imperial Majesty fills in governing the Empire: the vital force of oversight, allowing each their autonomy but reigning it in to the collective endeavor.
"Would that all the world could function so smoothly, with a strong but permissive overseer who knew that the full strength of a group can only be achieved by the full trust placed in all its individual members."
Chanvati makes a Secondary Skill Insight check to realize the Empress is distracted from seeing the lesson in action before her, +17 vs 15 Easy DC = +2 forward to
Chanvati's Primary Skill Diplomacy check (training refreshed by deploying one of those remaining Advantages) to teach Scheherezade about (1) the importance of keeping one's attention on the present (as well as any additional focus) and (2) how delegating responsibilities allows a leader to bring out the best in group endeavor, surpassing what any single person could achieve alone, r4 TRIGGERS Choker of Eloquence Daily Power, (Use this power when you roll a Bluff or Diplomacy check. Reroll that check, using the second result even if it’s lower.), r6+16+2 SS=24 vs 31 Hard DC. Fails.
Ah, it is excitement for the coming evening, her looking forward to events in the future in favor of the immediacy of the present moment! There is a double lesson here, should she prove amenable to his counsel.
"Your Imperial Majesty," the Merchant-Prince leans in close during a free moment between wardrobe changes. "I imagine you must be deeply consumed with your official duties this evening, as is both sensible and seemly. A sovereign must ever be mindful of her role and duties, for on her every word a world's balance hangs. To be so preoccupied with the future is to dishonor the present moment, and a sovereign must be ever attentive to Her immediate situation, lest some vital detail slip her by.
"In this vein, have you also noticed how Sovelis orchestrates and commands this host of craftspeople and attendants? Each has a vital role to play. The designer anticipates Her Imperial Majesty's desires and uses this to set the current fashion. The clothier deploys the best practices in weaving and dyeing to produce fabrics worthy of Her Majesty's attention. The seamstress deploys her impressive skill to turn the designer's abstraction into a material reality. Her Majesty's handmaidens employ their familiarity with Her Majesty's preferences and private sensibilities to ease the burden of such a process. And so on. And so on. Each performs a vital function here. Without each given autonomy in their role, the whole would collapse like a faulty edifice. And yet the role of Sovelis, your chamberlain, in holding this all together might be likened to that which Her Imperial Majesty fills in governing the Empire: the vital force of oversight, allowing each their autonomy but reigning it in to the collective endeavor.
"Would that all the world could function so smoothly, with a strong but permissive overseer who knew that the full strength of a group can only be achieved by the full trust placed in all its individual members."
Chanvati makes a Secondary Skill Insight check to realize the Empress is distracted from seeing the lesson in action before her, +17 vs 15 Easy DC = +2 forward to
Chanvati's Primary Skill Diplomacy check (training refreshed by deploying one of those remaining Advantages) to teach Scheherezade about (1) the importance of keeping one's attention on the present (as well as any additional focus) and (2) how delegating responsibilities allows a leader to bring out the best in group endeavor, surpassing what any single person could achieve alone, r4 TRIGGERS Choker of Eloquence Daily Power, (Use this power when you roll a Bluff or Diplomacy check. Reroll that check, using the second result even if it’s lower.), r6+16+2 SS=24 vs 31 Hard DC. Fails.