The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

Comments

[emptyself]

[ aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA

soujuurou freezes like a statue upon the sudden aggression, and makes sure to break contact and put himself a few more steps away.

he’ll look at the guard, eyes wide and face pale. ]

S-sorry but, um. What animal is that?

[metagame]

"Hail, traveler! Are you curious about old Yan here? He's a baboon. Strange though, he normally doesn't act this way. You haven't done anything wrong, have you..?"

[emptyself]

Not at all. I just…

[ he glances at yan, and then quickly back at the guard. ]

I’ve never seen one like him. [ and thus he’s scared! ] Please pay it no mind. [ he sighs to calm himself down. ] There’s many guards… is there an event happening today?

[metagame]

"No, traveler, nothing eventful is happening on this fine day. Many of us guardsmen aren't able to return to the palace... And our standing order is to protect the villagers. Great Priest Set would have our heads if we ignored orders!"

[emptyself]

I see. That's a really tough job that you're doing.

[ he nods, happy to see such a diligent person! ]

And you're doing a good job, too. People seem very lively here.