Player: hi
Tarun: Greetings!
Player: trade
Tarun: Of course, just have a look.
Player: name
Tarun: My name is Tarun.
Player: time
Tarun: It's exactly time.
Player: job
Tarun: I'm a {merchant}. I trade in spices, silk, jewelry and ivory. I traveled along the trade routes between Port Hope and Darashia together with my {brother}. But these times are over, I fear.
Player: merchant
Tarun: I maintain a small caravan to transport my goods between the cities of Darashia and Port Hope. It is even smaller now, as one of the rather greedy members stayed in the Kha'Zeel Mountains.
Player: greedy
Tarun: Yes, there are rumours about countless treasures, hidden in the dragon lairs there. I warned my fellow not to disturb these dangerous creatures out of simple avarice but just like my {brother} he didn't listen to me.
Player: rumours
Tarun: There is a gorgeous palace north of here. But if I were you I wouldn't go there! The place is full of {demons}!
Player: demons
Tarun: Yes, they are called asuri. According to the legends of my homeland, an asura is a demonic creature who usually hides her true face and appears in the form of a beautiful woman. ...
Tarun: These demonesses are driven mainly by greed and envy. They enter the mortal world because they begrudge humans and other peoples their vigour, beauty and happiness. ...
Tarun: They seek to destroy positive feelings such as love, contentment and mirth, because herefrom they gain their {energy}.
Player: energy
Tarun: An asura especially stalks men she regards as handsome and happy. These victims are lured into gorgeous palaces full of riches and conveniences, inhabited by several asuri. ...
Tarun: There they ensnare the men with amusements such as wine, music, dance and intoxicating substances that indulge their senses and make them submissive and weak-willed. Then the asuri divest them of vitality and beauty. ...
Tarun: When an asura gets weary of her victim or if captives unexpectedly oppose the demonesses, these unfortunates come to know the true {face} of the palace. At least, so say the legends.
Player: face
Tarun: As the asuri show a beautiful face outwardly and are in truth terrible demons likewise the palace, behind its marvellous veneer, is full of prison cells, torture chambers and even rooms where sacrificial altars await the asuri's emaciated victims. ...
Tarun: I fear, my dear {brother} now shares this gruesome fate.
Player: brother / bye
Tarun: I warned my brother to go with this woman, but he gave in to temptation. <end of conversation> / Tarun: Farewell.
