Pepperono storms out of the meeting in disgust, and to prevent violence from taking place there.
Very shortly, a dictated letter is sent back to the council, written by a scribe.


I, Pepperono, affirm that I am acting on the will of the Pizza Lord.

The horde of the Hungry Khan is full of peace-loving people who prefer trade and defense, and free exchange of knowledge and religion. We have nothing to hide, and we would have welcomed your ambassadors, merchants, and missionaries with OPEN ARMS, had you offered, politely, an exchange of these things. Instead you demand access to our lands, and do not offer the same courtesy, while having your ally threaten us with a crusade, and also warning us of the same if we do not cooperate. This is hostile, threatening, and unfair behavior. You are not treating us with respect, as equals, you are treating us as slaves and dogs. You disrespect our noble leader, you spit on our religion, you pay mercenaries to destroy us, you call on peasants to murder us in the name of your God in an invasion, when we have stated clearly here that we will never set foot in your lands.

We have pointed out your threatening tone was unwelcome. Then you continued to assault us with words and threats, while your admittedly "CRAZY ALLIES" threatened us as well. Now you have brought a third nation of religious zealots, this time more interested in coin than honor, against us. How exactly do you expect to gain our trust? Why do you think that by twisting our arms and repeatedly insulting us and treading upon our rights as human beings, that you will gain our favor? We would rather die defending ourselves than to lower ourselves as submissive curs to your swords. We recognize the value of peace, but we will not be ordered around. We will not be threatened. We will not be insulted publicly, nor will we sit idle while you call for our destruction. You are a strange and insane people, if you believe such behavior will ever gain you cooperation, respect, peace, or moral superiority, let alone win you the favor of your God.

Until you apologize for these repeated insults and call off your crusade, we will be preparing our lands for war. It is that simple. And if you choose to back down from your threats, that will be your choice. We will not trespass into your lands, for although you have insulted us in the worst possible ways diplomatically, and our relations are now Atrocious, and your reputation is now Very Untrustworthy in our eyes, your people have yet to commit a crime against us, and we will not murder them because YOU have no tact. As for my own behavior here; you threatened us with war. That is literally telling me that you will mass-murder my entire family. We consider our response to be... restrained.

You have until the end of this meeting to make things right. Since you have insulted us and threatened us with war, we have accepted the right to DEFEND ourselves, and even promised not to get your people involved in your insane zealot-driven conflict. That is called Defense, not aggression. What you did is aggressive. The responsibility is on YOU to make things right. I await your timely answer, with the last ounce of my patience.


-Pepperono