Weird so everyone else has to sign this type of contract to be down there but Miss Light doesn't? This is a security thing for Grimi. It has little to do with the patrons of warlocks and more of a safety thing for everyone down there. Otherwise people can be like... So, you know there is this place? If they needed to go over a finer detailed contract that was more of an umbrella/one time sign then they could do that. Either they sign or don't go in. He has rules for a reason. Mainly so that people can enjoy themselves down there without having to worry about someone who didn't sign telling. Having a blinking contest isn't something he could consider a pact on this. 

[@rush99999] I would say that the contract if broken will break the pact of their current patron. If you aren't willing to place down what you hold dear or which is helping you then it isn't letting everyone else feel safe. He could also have a stipulation of no manipulation from himself in order to make them break the contract. If Grimi says anything that would jeopardize the contract, then he lives up to the same stipulation. His pact with his patron is broken. 

That and this is wasting time as now he has to make a completely new contract and have everyone resign it. That and he usually places the document on the table and slides it over to be signed. 

[quote=@rush99999]Miss Light eventually came to a longer standing and much more mundane agreement with Grimi. One that didn't involve bleeding on a bit of paper to draw the gaze of a great old one to her every time she came to the King's Chamber.[/quote] This is saying that Grimi agreed with the action. Which he didn't. So that is player control. If needed I can step out of this RP. Personally, this is a hard line for me. Don't control people's character or characters. Like I can see the GM doing a like cinematic and players being "locked" or whatever. 

Again, this is just something that my character wouldn't do. So, if needed I can leave. I never got a DM about this to collab on this or was asked if this was alright. It was just done. I'm here to play with others not read what others think my character did, according to them. Sorry to only realize this now but it is something that came to my attention after that post.