Jolinar bows deeply for Pan. "Greetings, mighty Lord Pan. I am Philta, and I was sent here by our Lord Heru'ur."
"Hm. What is your business here?" he asks, clearly not happy to have been interrupted in whatever he had been doing when Sam and the others arrived. "The celebration of my ascension to Lord of this world is tonight, and I have more slaves I wish to sample before the dinner."
"Of course. I apologize for interrupting your well-deserved celebration." Jolinar waves Teal'c forward with the gifts he is carrying. "I bring a number of gifts from Heru'ur, who wishes to congratulate you and offer you well here."
"What do you bring me?" he ask, starting to be somewhat interested.
Teal'c sets down a large crate and opens it, and Jolinar walks to it, taking out one of the bottles that is inside. "12 bottles of the best wine from Opimia."
"Good, good. Send it to the kitchen and have a bottle of it served for me tonight." Pan orders of his first Prime, who bows and goes to take care of the matter. Pan yawns. "An acceptable gift, but did you really have to interrupt me for that?"
"Again, I apologize. I did not know you were in the midst of, ah, important matters."
"Anything a Lord does is important."
"Of course." Jolinar agrees smoothly. "I also bring you this." She waves Jack forward.
He places a box on the floor, relieved to let go of it as it is quite heavy. Jolinar opens it, and takes a piece of clothing out from the top.
"Here is a new cape made of the finest heavy silk." She holds it up draped over her arm so he can see it.
He smiles and nods slowly. "Quite nice. Quite nice indeed. Perhaps I shall wear it tonight."
Jolinar gives the cape to a servant and proceeds to pick up two heavy gold armbands, a jade figurine of a mating couple, and a number of other small knick-knacks. It has been quite expensive, and is the best they have been able to get in such short notice. She places it all out on the floor as Pan looks on, approving.
"I hope my Lord is satisfied with his gifts." Jolinar says.
"They are acceptable. Most acceptable." He smiles. "Please join me for dinner tonight, Lord Philta."
"Thank you, my Lord." Jolinar bows deeply.
"Have her lo'tar and Jaffa guard taken to the kitchen and served some of the good food we will also eat at the celebration, then give them a room for tonight!" Pan orders his servants. "Prepare a suite for Lord Philta, so she has a place to change, and sleep tonight." He smiles seductively at her. "Unless you prefer staying with me?"
"Ah, while it is a great honor, I believe I would like to sleep alone tonight. I have an important meeting tomorrow morning which I may have to prepare for - and possibly leave early." Jolinar excuses, hoping it is enough.
"Too bad. Well, we shall see if I can make you change your mind in the course of the evening! I am not someone you get a chance to bed often!"
~And here I thought you were willing to bed anything with a pulse!~ Jolinar observes to herself and her host. ~Regrettably, but thank you for the kind offer." She manages, before bowing deeply and leaving the room, followed by Jack and Teal'c.
"Pompous ass!" Jack grumbles when they are finally alone in the suite that has been assigned to Jolinar.
"Indeed. He is worse than most Goa'uld I have met." Teal'c observes.
Jolinar rolls her eyes. "He is infamous, even among the Goa'uld."
"So, what now?" Jack asks. "We got inside, but how do we find and free Daniel?"
"You should go to the kitchen and get something to eat - and see if you can get some information from the servants. They will often know a lot." Jolinar says. "I will see what I can find out here."
"All right. Let's meet back here in one hour. It's cutting it close, being just about when the celebration starts, but hopefully Daniel and the other people that were captured today will be safe until then." Jack says.
Daniel looks worriedly to the door. The screams have stopped, and all he can hear is a quiet sobbing. It is unnerving. He looks around the room. They are still four people, and he wonders if they will be taken to the room with Pan too, or if they will be spared until the celebration tonight.
Two men and two women, including himself. He gets up to see if there is really no way out, but immediately feels strangely woozy. The drink he was given, he realizes. Apparently it contained a drug of some kind. He feels strangely calm, all of a sudden.
The others seem relaxed as well. Could this be because they are going to go with Pan to the celebration, and he doesn't want them to look as if they are panicking?
The door opens and Pan stands in the door, looking pleased. He looks around at them. "Unfortunately I was interrupted so I will not have time to take my pleasure from each of you before the celebration. It is regrettable for you that you will not get to enjoy my divine staff until later tonight, but that is how it is. I promise you to be especially vigorous and long-lasting tonight!" He grins. "Jaffa - take them to be prepared and dressed for tonight. Their clothing is not extravagant enough to be a god's companions!"
He leaves and a group of Jaffa enters the room, and leads Daniel and the three others out and back to a bathing and dressing room.
~We must find a way to free him immediately!~ Sam insists, when she and Jolinar has learned what has happened to the people who were chosen at Pan's introduction ceremony.
~We will. The best option is probably to create a diversion and then free Daniel quickly while Pan is hiding. If there is an apparent attack or fire, or other danger, most Goa'uld would go into hiding and stay there until their lo'tar or First Prime can inform them it is safe again.~
~So, they are cowards. Okay, what can we do? I guess an attack or a riot or something is out of the question, but a fire would work too.~
~Yes, that is our best bet, I think.~
~We don't want to harm any of the locals.~
~I support I can set a small fire and then rig the fire detection system to detect it as a big fire, which is spreading over the palace or the part of the city where the celebration is held.~
~Okay, good idea. Better hurry - we're almost out of time.~
Sam and Jolinar had only just returned to their quarters when Jack and Teal'c arrived.
Jack closes the door behind them. "Carter - or Jolly - we need to do something quickly! We just found out that Daniel has been taken to the celebration, together with three other young humans. To serve as Pan's 'companions' tonight, during the celebration! I don't even want to think of what that means!"
"Sex slaves." Jolinar tells him. "We know. We have prepared a diversion."
"Diversion? How?" Jack asks.
"The fire detection system will see a small fire which we have prepared as if it is a big dangerous fire." Jolinar says. "I can trigger it remotely."
"And in the chaos we grab Daniel and get the Hell out of here. Should work," Jack says, and nods. "All right. When do we do it?"
"As soon as the celebration is well under way. The more people present the better to create chaos," Jolinar says. "Now I must get ready for the celebration, as must you. Did you not receive different clothing?"
"Yeah. Not something we care much for, to be honest." Jack grimaces thinking of the skimpy things they had been given.
"Will it be possible to hide Teal'c's forehead symbol?" Jolinar asks, concerned.
"It will," Teal'c informs her.
"Good. Then go and get ready, then come back here. You will be expected to accompany me."