/vr/ - Retro Games

Aerie isn't the most annoying character to join you anyhow.

>When asked about her past, Nalia is a bit hesistant. She comes from a wealthy land-owning family headed by the Lord d'Arnise and while she speaks about relatives with affection, the fact of her upbringing seems to embarrass her at the same time. Nalia clearly identifies more with the 'poorer classes'... but also looks upon them with the eyes of the privileged.

I could deal with Aerie's whining. I could even tolerate Cernd droning on and on and turning every situation into a metaphor for nature. But every time discount-Imoen starts popping off at the mouth, I can feel my eye twitch.

>I don't like cities much. They are built upon the backs of the unfortunate.
>*protag gives beggar a gold* That was a nice thing to do. Although I'm sure you could spare a lot more...what are you saving up for? A golden sword?
>*battlecry* For the needy!
>How are we helping the less fortunate trudging through here!?

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Viconia: So, Nalia, saved any poor from their impoverished status lately? Perhaps that peculiar urgency of yours could be put to better use by passing out noonmeats to vagabonds and coins of the realm to every cutpurse, hm?

Nalia: Viconia, it’s simply a matter of even distribution of goods. There are those whose consumption is a crime against nature, and that injustice should be corrected whenever possible.

Viconia: Your egalitarian streak is an affront to determinism. The poor remain poor because they are lacking in self-will and determination to seek higher stations. Your pity and endowments only serve to perpetuate their condition and diminish their motivation to improve their lot.

Nalia: My kinship with the disenfranchised is my own affair, Viconia. To deny the help of our fellows is cruel arrogance. And I am simply not that type of person.

Viconia: That bleeding heart of yours must cost you a small fortune in laundering. Child, you’re adrift in denial.