<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>> And then, quite suddenly, in the midst of their debate, a figure walks<br>> out of the bush with a hoverbike. He is dressed in what looks to be<br>> leather armor dyed black, plated with bone to add extra-protection as<br>> well as for style. His helm is made of a gurgoyle skull with horns<br>> stretching back from it. The eyesockets have red goggle like<br>> coverings. His hoverbike was done in forest camouflage.<br><br>> He holds a white strip of cloth so as to show his wish to speak and<br>> not battle. "Hello Ladies, and Knights, I come to speak though I am<br>> unsure if indeed you are the ones I am to speak with." He looks to<br>> each of them.<br> <br>OOC: Our new player, I presume?<br> <br>[Justin]<br>Justin answers the stranger "I hope so, as your only other options locally are some royally pissed off fairies and the armed forces of Lord Splynncryth. And to offer a small, helpful correction, the female form of Knight is Dame. Lady is a lower rank."<br> <br>In a lowered tone aside to Alex "He's lucky we know what a white flag is, that's not multiversally adopted. In some places, that's how you declare a blood feud."<br>[/Justin]<br> <br>OOC: Calling someone a title below their rank can be an insult. A mixed greeting like that can be as well. I mean, would you address a gathering of armed individuals as "Gentlemen and Whores"? Lady equates to Gentleman, not Knight. A Gentleman is a non-noble of wealth, a step below a Squire. Even the poorest Knight stands two social steps (or more, depending on local structures) above a Gentleman (and what is two steps below a Gentleman? A criminal).<br></div></body></html>