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I was very surprised the Queen snuck out of the palace to come with us. I know she is in a rebellious phase, but it´s one thing to do those things within the safety of the palace and it´s another to go out into the wilderness completely at the mercy of whatever lurks out there.
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there doesn´t seem to be a scenario where Shani comes out as the strong one, particularly with that big bald Stalker who wanted to get a taste of her.
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My doubt is if they will make it in time or if something will happen to our girls before that.
Agree w/your post, tho have a few alt POVs.
IMO (YMMV)...
Queen snuck out for 3 reasons (in addition to her just being hot headed):
1) because she is REALLY tired of being stuck at court her WHOLE life, and the adventures sounded fun to her inexperiened ears.
2) She is maybe just a bit jealous of the closeness of the Shani/MC relationship.
3) Related to point 2, she is basically totally in heat after her flower got plucked, so is quietly desperate for another hard pounding from the MC, and as she seemed to believe that cannot happen again at the palace, she just went straight to the tap for her (probably going to be endless) thirst.
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Regarding Shani vs the scarred guy..
She is very strong here if she picks the "old man" insult line and you don't flub the attack prompts: she stops him cold and leaves him REALLY pissed off, frustrated in several ways, and with his assumed male prowess humiliated. She still gets her ass smacked, but she wins.
IMO, tho, if yer sending sweet lil Shani in all alone to "charm" the men of the trade caravan, chances are you might be of a mind to intentionally fail those combat checks...
She can outright avoid nearly all humiliation here by just keeping cool right off the bat and saying she doesnt want trouble. She still gets called a snack who should be bearing scar-guy's kids, so is semi-submissive in not retorting, but she then gets no ass smack, and scar guy actually has some small respect for her staying in control.
Roleplaying-wise, I suspect Shani would go that quieter route, and not start a fight, as she is WELL trained to stay cool under fire and avoid unneeded trouble (probably even moreso because she's a hot little thing and daddy would likely have warned her to not stir up male egos), and she was specifically there to stay diplomatic anyway (or daddy would have gone).
But it sure is less fun that way...
Scarred guy doesn't cone off as a Stalker, IMO: just some dude. His reply abt stalkers suggested he isn't one.
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If the trio doesn't get rescued fast, it could kinda step all over the whole MC refusing to impregnate Shani plotline, and make it pointless, so I don't think the writers will just throw that away. The one bandit said the "Father" bandit might want Shani, so I suspect she's safe until the Legion camp, as they might want to leave her unspoiled for him. That would give the Kyra/Asha/Zion team a chance to intercept first, so literally saving her ass from a poking. .
The queen, tho, might be in serious trouble. I suspect her crying out at the end was her clothes getting ripped off in prep for a major shagging, as it was suggested she was on the menu. She might get a lot more action than she bargained for, right quick.