Intimidation
"Why should I be afraid of a little girl with a knife?"
The guild leader was drunk. It was obvious from the ugly, red blotch on his cheeks that was supposed to be a flush. He towered over the thief who had just threatened him as if about to strike her with a backhand...
The room was filled with the brief sliding sound of daggers and katars being drawn. The blacksmith was drunk but he wasn't a complete fool. The shadows projected so much killing intent that he fell back to his seat from it. He was in a privare mansion in Morroc, supposedly guarded by thirty of the finest guards that can be hired. Right now, he was in the most secure room of that mansion with a squad of assassins and rogues lurking in the shadows.
"Temper your voice. You speak to Trynis Eviskrae of NightKnife."
A swordsman took his place near the thief. His hand was already on his saber but the ivory-haired thief put a hand over it.
"I'm sure you're in a more reasonable mood now, Mister Talfings. To start things off, I'm well aware that the merchants under you have been making a little...extra profit while trading here in Morroc. Not considering that I might be interested in your operation is just rude and-"
The thief wrinkled her nose and stepped back.
"Is that piss I smell?"
The blacksmith was shaking in his seat. Everyone in the room was quick to take note of the yellowish puddle forming near his feet. The thief stepped back and massaged her temples.
"Mak...that smell is adding to my headache. Tell him what I want..."
The swordsman nodded nodded and walked forward.
"The guild mistress expects a sizeable cut from all your profits from now on. Tomorrow you will be given a schedule as to when to pay the guild your dues and the method of paying them. Fail in delivering on time or delivering properly and you will be made an example of."
The swordsman suddenly drew his saber and struck.
Before Talefings could react, the hilt struck him on the side of the face; knocking him unconscious and face-first in a puddle of his own piss. When morning finds him, he would have to make preparations for serving his new bosses...
