AND FINALLY IT DRIVES ME MAD // Tanglewood Visitor

[RHINESTONE.]

An ambassador? From Tanglewood? Well, this was certainly a surprise. However, Rhine wasn't exactly in the mood to turn Atbash away. Even if Tanglewood hadn't exactly been kind to Medusa when she had visited them, she hadn't been attacked, and it wasn't as if the other group didn't have reason to be a bit aggravated. The legate would certainly rather foster a neutral or even positive relationship with the swamp-dwelling group, rather than a negative one. It was because of this that the tasmanian tiger had a calm smile on her face as she moved over, tail wagging behind her. As she settled next to Sorbet, she spoke softly to the gladiator, "We are neutral with them, but it's never a bad idea to try and foster better relations. Especially considering we've got a bit'a history with this particular group." There was bad blood between them, and that was something that the legate knew well. She hoped to rectify it, especially considering she had only ever acted to protect her own group, but she also understood if they never progressed beyond neutrality. That was alright with her, though, as long as it meant they wouldn't be attacked.

Turning her attention properly towards Atbash, she offered the small ambassador a smile, saying with a hum, "Hello there, Atbash Cipher. My name is Rhinestonestar, although you can just call me Rhine on future visits. While I'll obviously see how the rest of my members feel about it in the next meeting, I have no issue with you being our ambassador. It is... especially kind of Aurum to send you." Rhinestone did have to wonder how Elsweyr felt about the whole matter, considering she had been one of the harshest to Medusa when her primus had gone to visit. Hopefully they wouldn't have an angry shadow regent showing up on their border at some point, aggravated that Atbash had come to them with kindness.

After a moment of thought, Rhine then questioned, more out of curiosity, rather than anything malicious, "Slightly off topic, but... your last name is Cipher, yes? Are you, by any chance, related to Caesar Cipher? Don't worry, I have no intention of judging you based off'a his actions, we just had a bit of a run-in with him, fairly recently..." She was very much glad that Roxanne had come and notified them of Caesar's past crimes, so they could be ahead of any of his future plans. While the legate wasn't entirely sure of what the other feline had come to the Glades to do, she was still glad that none of her members had ended up injured because of him.

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