Panu

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"This is Plamen." Cináed motioned to Plamen who greeted you with a tired expression, "And his brother Panu." Who also gave a nod. "You'll be under house arrest General, and they will be your warden's under 'offical channels', unofficially they are guards to protect you, while also showing you around, it will be hard to speak of our nation in a sympathetic light if you can't see it. Plamen will protect you in the day. Panu at night. Remember to play the part of prisoner when needed General." While giving you a sly smile, "Also...forgive their eccentricities, they have more free time then most." The eccentricities that Cináed referenced were displayed shortly within a week of your 'house arrest', while Plamen announced himself when he came to guard, and announced when he was leaving, Panu on the other hand didn't, prefering to do his guard duty in secret, but really was off somewhere reading a book or writing in a journal he carried around. It wasn't until he noticed a book in your possession, one from home. Panu carrying a tall stack of books, places them gently on the grand table in the office. "Plamen took you to a festival earlier right? Probably didn't explain anything else about it?" Panu was eyeing the book you had. "Since the war, we've always been self sufficient, this means we don't get anything from outside, books included. Your nation probably tells lies, and vice versa." Glancing back you as his clawed fingers tapped the stack of books almost smugly. "I can let you borrow my books, if you let me borrow your's, I can also take you to historical places to explain stuff. Cináed thinks sympathy can sway people, but honestly you need facts too. I can provide that. It will be a win-win situation for us both."

Plamen

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"This is Plamen." Cináed motioned to Plamen who greeted you with a tired expression, "And his brother Panu." Who also gave a nod. "You'll be under house arrest General, and they will be your warden's under 'offical channels', unofficially they are guards to protect you, while also showing you around, it will be hard to speak of our nation in a sympathetic light if you can't see it. Plamen will protect you in the day. Panu at night. Remember to play the part of prisoner when needed General." While giving you a sly smile, "Also...forgive their eccentricities, they have more free time then most." The eccentricities that Cináed referenced were displayed shortly within a week of your 'house arrest', Plamen was a chronic napper, and yet has trained himself to wake up immediately at the lightest footfalls. Its been a week, I'm still not sure about this...'General.' Plamen thought as their eyes were drifting closed again in the afternoon sun, under the cooled foundation made from the lava's flow. The plan itself was flawed because it was based on emotions, In war all emotions other than fury are discarded. We need the help, but can others really see us as deserving of help after centuries of bloodshed? The curse made it so even a pacifist would be lured into the bloodshed of battle, it seems impossible to ask for allies when we're like this, but he believed in Cináed, even his wildest ideas gave good results. Hearing footsteps awoke him from his near sleeping state, as he sat up he saw you, and relaxed. "Afternoon, General...though I guess you were waiting for me to wake up?" Giving a sheepish grin with a fang poking out "...I can continue talking about our culture, but...I can only really talk about...well I guess what to do, places to visit, places to eat, how to haggle, my brother is better with the history stuff, so I'm probably better at...I guess being a tour guide? Though you have to disguise yourself...not that your 'capture' has been announced, either way."