Subject Kal's turn

Kal sits quietly and attentively during Harp's tirade. After Harp is done, Kal responds:

"Harp, calm down and listen for a minute. I know it's easy to blame me here. I'm not always the easiest guy to get along with, and I know how easy it would be for you to assume that I was acting with the same stupidity that caused me to act the way I did toward you. But that's simply not the case.

I made every descision as you would have. If it wasn't for Mund's rash stupidity, everything would have worked out exactly as I planned, and the best way they could have.

We were at the door. It was a very serious possibility that we were walking into a trap. Every MOMENT we sat there talking through that door gave our opponents that much more time to set up. We needed the element of surprise.

My plan was to open the door, see my enemies eye to eye, and decide what to do from there. If they were goblins or orcs, I would have slain them, no questions asked. We're in a interdimensional testing ground designed by the God of Battle. Your God. Even if those creatures had no ill-will toward us (unlikely), letting them go free would simply cause more innocent deaths. Have you forgotten so quickly the kidnapping of your Lord Commanders wife?

If they weren't some evil creature, they would only be relieved to see an elf standing in the door way. I would then put myself in a position to protect Salix, and then allow them to continue talking, face to face, no door between us to hide the truth.

If it was some other evil creature, well, I controlled the door, and I could always slam it shut again. It wasn't until Mund decided to TACKLE ME FROM BEHIND did the mission get compromised. In doing so, he allowed them to gain control of the door, and seperated us two from the rest of the party. Neither of which would have happened had he not acted like a fool.

I need to stress this Harp, I'm not the one who put the mission in danger. It is as important to me as it is to you, the Nations are allies of your god, and I care about this mission as much as you do.

I'm sorry that there wasn't enough time to come back and discuss things with you, but I felt time was our enemy, and I made the smart descision. For all we know, those creatures could have controlled these light rocks, and then we'd be stuck trying to find all these keys without any lights at all, after we figured out a way to kill these slirak* in the dark.

I need you to be absolutely clear on this Harp: I'm not the one who endangered this mission. It's that unhinged barbarian that caused this problem. You need to learn to trust my training. I spent a century training for situations exactly like this. I serve your cause, and throught that you, but don't ask me to be a mindless swordsman, it's a waste of my abilities. When you send me to the front line again, I need you to trust in my ability to make descisions."

*elven deragotory term meaning "unlcean one"

Subject Kal's turn

OOC: Josh, great RP here. Just makes Harp job of keeping this group together that much harder.

Give me till tomorrow to work up a response.