Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually that important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my actual presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins, but there are clear signs, such as your souls' prices in Dis, that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, my dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Also each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and while I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Let's be clear here, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can do by accident or while trying even slightly hard not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell, after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually that important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins, but there are clear signs, such as your souls' prices in Dis, that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, my dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Also each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and while I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Let's be clear here, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can do by accident or while trying even slightly hard not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell, after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually that important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins, but there are clear signs, such as your souls' prices in Dis, that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, my dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Also each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and while I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Let's be clear here, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can do by accident or while trying even slightly hard not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell, after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins, but there are clear signs, such as your souls' prices in Dis, that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, my dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Also each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and while I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Let's be clear here, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can do by accident or while trying even slightly hard not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell, after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins, but there are clear signs, such as your souls' prices in Dis, that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, my dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell, after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that actually are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rather rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rather rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your contract devil asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rather rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a Petrified statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and then among the highest devils in Hell after, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after among the highest devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"Which I hope may be, in this case, easily corrected, when I say that I am not usually in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting any information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been any trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her little mystery.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"This being the case, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as lie within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"But this does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we do know buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was genuinely clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Nidal.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one of you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit, until you have ceased to be who you were.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Crown's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have managed to kneel.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.

Abrogail waits until not only the Security with appropriate combat reflexes, but the younger wizards who manage to be paralyzed with horror for half a second, have succeeded in kneeling.

"First.  Many of my subordinates in the Asmodean hierarchy, from time to time, find it in their best interest to tell their own subordinates that their project is of vast value to Cheliax, to Hell, to Asmodeus, or of course, to me.  In most cases they speak falsely, and in many of those, dishonestly.  I don't consider this a flaw in my regime.  If you are weak enough of mind to believe what you should not believe, you deserve what you get."

"This does create a problem of justified skepticism within those very rare projects that are of vast importance."

"I hope this problem to be easily corrected, when I say that I am not in the habit of visiting on behalf of those overenthusiastic subordinates to address their underlings and back up their stories.  As, perhaps, a clever mind might expect some important people would do, if the project was actually important."

"Consider it confirmed from my own mouth and affirmed by my presence, that the Queen of Cheliax considers this project to be possibly vastly important."

"Getting information out of Hell is often harder than torturing it out of paladins.  They will not tell us of prices in Dis, but we can learn buyers.  Your new owners are of rarefied heights.  It seems that Hell also considers you, and I do mean you personally, to be potentially important."

"With matters indeed being that important, after walking around and seeing the disarray things are in, I've decided that this project is not ready to resume operations today.  You are not organized, you are not actually rested, you have not rehearsed your new stories, and you are not caught up on your paperwork."

"Keltham is currently a statue resting in his bed.  This is not usually an option for deceiving important people, because they have some notion of the current date, and will notice if days suddenly go missing.  In this case, nobody does seem to have informed Keltham of the current date at any point, according to his transcripts.  Let's not tell him for a while longer unless he asks."

"The key resource that this project burns with every working day is not some timer in the outside world, but Keltham's time aware and learning.  There is no point in spending that resource while you are not in good condition to make use of it.  I do not think you should skip more than one day like this at a time, Keltham may notice that you change too much from night to dawn if you do this often; but for this day, and mayhap the day after Keltham's next true day, it will give you a chance to catch up while waiting on your Rings of Sustenance."

"The Nap Stack was a clever idea, dear little ambitious Asmodia.  But you are not as yet any match for the cleverness of myself, nor Keltham when he puts his mind to it.  And no, that is not a problem you could solve by stealing my crown from me, it is a skill that enhancement alone does not convey.  The Nap Stack was clever, but it was not cleverness enough to save you had there been trouble.  You are not ready, this minute, if Keltham starts taking matters seriously when next he wakes.  You are not ready, even, if he asks for a Fox's Cunning while Ione has not yet solved her riddle.  There is a terrible gap between being clever, and being clever enough.  To contain and deceive Keltham you must learn to be clever enough."

"Use today to get better organized.  Though each of you must actually get three hours' rest, this time; your Queen commands it."

"Oh, and also this:"

"While I have no intention of disturbing Carissa's experiments while they yet seem to be bearing fruit, there are limits to merciful experiments.  Should you knowingly, deliberately, and unambiguously betray Hell's vital interests here, then, after you have been executed and your owner asks after your life, let them see this within your thoughts:  That the Queen of Cheliax did instruct them in Asmodeus's name and as His incentive to make you suffer the most they possibly can, even at the cost of their own profit.  Be it clear, I am not talking about the kind of betrayal you can accomplish by accident or while trying even slightly not to, I mean deliberately attempting to enlighten Keltham or selling out the site to Lastwall.  With all the talk of diminished punishment going around, accompanied by other talk of pride and vast rewards, it seemed prudent to remind you that there are limits."

"If Carissa achieves even a tenth of her ambitions within her lifetime, if you contribute even the fiftieth part of the work towards that, there is not one Asmodean among you who could not be a Duchess in the new Golarion we would conquer.  That in life, and after to be among the higher devils in Hell, coming to it already a being of Law.  Though Asmodia, I'm given to understand, has already had jurisdiction of her own fate claimed by my colleague the Most High, which I will not dispute."

"As I confirm what Carissa told you of this project's importance, I also confirm what she told you of the rewards if you succeed, such as fall within the Queen's hands to give."

"Now you are dismissed."

The Queen of Cheliax is gone.