Tricking the Archimago's maid (ft. Moss)

Having already set his plan in motion Syd was currently escorting Margot to the small house he had rented during his stay in Venberk.

"And you are sure this Ork you captured was their leader?"

Syd nodded with confidence "The ork in my custody was certainly the leader of the group we fought so unless there were two bands of bandits there's no doubt."

"And yet you claimed the ork was female whereas everyone who encountered it before said the leader was a male."

"W-w-well you see the ork was indeed male when it attacked us but after i defeated it it turned into a female." Sensing Margot's suspicion Syd hurriedly added "No doubt there was magic at play but there's no way it belonged to him- her- that it belonged to the ork. I guess it would had a harder time leading a rough group like that as a female...oh we are here." Syd exclaimed as he started unlocking the door to the room where he kept Moss.

As Syd opened the door he couldn't help but congratulate himself for how well luring the maid here had gone at the same time he couldn't stop from worrying about what would happen next, Syd had promised not **** Moss sexually again in return for helping him capture the maid, and the ork after trying and failing to negotiate for it's freedom and restoration of gender had reluctantly agreed to help him, but what if that was a trick and Moss planned to throw his lot with Margot, obviously Syd had contingencies if that ended up being the case but they might not be enough and things could end up messy.

Opening the door revealed a tiny room that was almost exclusively occupied by a single bed on said bed laying Moss tied up with a rope.

"Heh what's that, you couldn't handle me on your own so you brought a friend you pathetic wimp ?"

Ignoring the ork's goading Margot stepped into the room. "Are you really the leader of the Moss bandits?" She demanded to know with a stern expression but Moss didn't seem to care "Who wants to know, sweet tits." "Such vulgarity, i guess i shouldn't have expected anything more from a common bandit." "Common?! You don't really believe that or else a high-class lady like you would never have bothered to come and see me."

While this exchange was taking place Syd made a show of preparing a syringe with some kind of colorful liquid inside, having taken notice Margot interrupted her interrogation to ask him what was that, and Syd having anticipated the question responded. "It's what i use to keep the ork docile. She is being particularly active right now and there's a danger she'll tear her restraints." Syd made sure to word his answer in a way that would imply he was preparing the injection for the ork without triggering suspicion or any lie detection spells/abilities, more importantly, however, this was his signal to Moss.

"Huh, Not a bad idea wimp!" Saying that Moss let out a terrible warcry and immediately tore off the ropes restraining her, reflexively Margot tried to move away but her student movement caused Syd to "accidentally" stub the tranquilizer to her neck.

She fell **** on the floor in less than a second.

"Damn, I don't know if i should feel let down or terrified you managed to take out such a strong opponent so easily, although i guess it does make me feel better about my own loss... So what now ?" Asked the ork with suspicion, clearly thinking Syd was going to go back on his word but to her surprise he just shrugged "Nothing, i will bed this maid and you are free to wander inside the house just don't try to escape or otherwise cause problems for me or I'd have to restrain you only for real this time."

Finally recovering from her initial surprise over Syd not betraying her Moss asked hesitantly "...Any chance you turn me back ?" But Syd Immediately shot her down "No. You are far too beautiful of a woman. turning you back into a man would be nothing but waste." In response to Syd's teasing, Moss turned red "Wha- Y-you ! Whatever!" And with these words, Moss stormed off avoiding looking at Syd.

"Damn," Syd thought "I should be more careful of Moss in the future she was really mad... but i guess she was too scared to attack me? Well i guess doesn't matter, i need to focus on Margot for the time being.