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9
10Mr. Soulstone#3075 [04-Dec-16 08:43 PM]
11"the spell for finding a source."
12
13Soren#1962 [04-Dec-16 08:46 PM]
14She pipes up. "Oh! Oh. Yes. It is a simple thing. I just go to a dead undead. A redead undead." She shrugs. "And then I focus my power on it, and its organs rip out and fly and start to guide me to whoever commands it, or made it. If they just appeared, then it won't work."
15
16Mr. Soulstone#3075 [04-Dec-16 08:48 PM]
17"somebody making these undead? Did organ show which way?"
18
19Soren#1962 [04-Dec-16 08:49 PM]
20She nods. "They animated, which *has* to mean someone is commanding them or made them. They took off into the crowd of the undead. We stopped at one of the shadows...but those are undead too, so I dunno." She shrugs. "We would have to go down there and try it again. But not go into the big crowd, and maybe not be seen."
21
22Mr. Soulstone#3075 [04-Dec-16 08:52 PM]
23"Ana not afraid?"
24
25Soren#1962 [04-Dec-16 08:53 PM]
26She blinks. "Why would I be?"
27"The body thing was scary, but those were just visions. Fake. He protects me, other than that. With my powers. To travel to the border of his home."
28"And! I can heal wounds!"
29
30Mr. Soulstone#3075 [04-Dec-16 09:00 PM]
31Skritch nods. "Skritch thinks try again soon."
32
33Soren#1962 [04-Dec-16 09:01 PM]
34She nods. "Of course. But we need to be more cautious this time. Bring protection. Maybe a way to hide from those shadows. Can you turn invisible? You make potions. I've watched you. You can help."
35"Less people means easier to escape...more people means less dangerous if those things attack us and we can't run."
36
37Mr. Soulstone#3075 [04-Dec-16 09:06 PM]
38"Skritch will scout and plan. Tell Ana soon."
39
40Soren#1962 [04-Dec-16 09:07 PM]
41She nods. "I will always be here." She goes back to eating a cookie.
42
43Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:11 PM]
44"So it like 98 percent chance it scythian that sold us out to crazy longshanks then?"
45
46Hippocratesi#9485 [17-Dec-16 11:13 PM]
47"Who else could it be?"
48
49Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:14 PM]
50"The merchant, Wyatt himself, Elara, one of the peasants without a name, someone outside the Caves."
51
52Hippocratesi#9485 [17-Dec-16 11:15 PM]
53"Wyatt and Elara? They wouldn't..."
54
55Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:15 PM]
56Wird bites his lip some more, "think that maybe someone higher up? Some one arranging expedition?"
57
58Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:17 PM]
59"Why not, Yahto? Wyatt could have his reasons as simply not being happy for his 'demotion' from commander on the field to having to lead the cave expedition. Elara is from Dahea, not Parthia. She doesn't need to hold any love for this place. The merchant could have observed the defenses and let the Scythians know the Caves was ripe pickings, so long as he got a deed to own the Caves and any valuables inside. And, of course, some uppity noble or even a prince might decide he wants to replace his father."
60"And what better way to put doubt on the king than by pointing to the Caves and saying 'Look here, look how our current failed these people, look at how far the Scythians have gotten, we must replace the king' or 'we must accept peace' or something."
61
62Hippocratesi#9485 [17-Dec-16 11:19 PM]
63Yahto rubs his chin. He's at a loss for words at the moment.
64
65Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:20 PM]
66"People like animals, they think they can get more then they take it. Would not surprise me if we were sold out by peddler"
67
68Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:20 PM]
69"And if it turns out that a prince is helping the Scythians, then this wouldn't be the first time I got involved in a war between king and prince... oh boy, this will be fun." Loyd speaks in a monotone. This will not be fun.
70
71Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:23 PM]
72Wird fiddles with his crossbow, "me think we better prove we can beat the Scythians right here then. Better than alternative. Me not going to starve or be a slave"
73"And me NOT going to be a political maneuver"
74
75Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:24 PM]
76"They'll just kill ya. If anyone will be a slave, it'll be the weaker peasants with wills that can break more easily."
77
78Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:25 PM]
79Wird almost seems satisfied by that. "They couldn't if they tried'
80
81Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:30 PM]
82"I think around 500 spears up your ass would kill you."
83
84Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:33 PM]
85"Me meant the slavery part, me have expected to die for a while now."
86
87Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:35 PM]
88"Oh, well, I was saying... never mind..." Loyd tries to relax as best he can. "So really, anyone could have told the Scythians, or the Scythians found out themselves. Hell, could be Wyatt and the mage, for all we know. After all, why would anyone willing take some spellcaster from Scythia with them to somewhere that is very important to the Parthian leadership?"
89
90Hippocratesi#9485 [17-Dec-16 11:36 PM]
91"That is true. *Why* is he here?"
92
93Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:36 PM]
94Wird breaths in sharply, "You not think they lanching full invasion right now are you? And this just one force of many sweaping lands killing peoples?"
95
96Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:38 PM]
97"Haven't they been launching a full invasion forawhile? Scythians and Parthians were fighting each other when I was still in Fortriu, weren't they?"
98
99Cactus#6981 [17-Dec-16 11:40 PM]
100Wird exhales, "oh right, they are. Me maybe a bit on edge. uh....." He pauses, "What about that mage though?"
101
102Mathias#1381 [17-Dec-16 11:41 PM]
103"Would have to ask Wyatt."
104
105Goatwright#9050 [30-Dec-16 05:59 PM]
1061d6
107
108Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-Dec-16 05:59 PM]
109@Goatwright#9050: [1] -> **1**
110
111Goatwright#9050 [30-Dec-16 05:59 PM]
1121d6
113
114Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-Dec-16 05:59 PM]
115@Goatwright#9050: [5] -> **5**
116
117Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:04 PM]
1181d2 even for moody gob
119
120Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [06-Jan-17 09:04 PM]
121@Cactus#6981: "even for moody gob": [1] -> **1**
122
123Mr. Soulstone#3075 [06-Jan-17 09:51 PM]
1241d3
125
126Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [06-Jan-17 09:51 PM]
127@Mr. Soulstone#3075: [3] -> **3**
128
129Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:51 PM]
130Wird is going to do phrenology on Alder's head while he waits for the bear to die
1311d20+11
132
133Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [06-Jan-17 09:51 PM]
134@Cactus#6981: [6] -> **17**
135
136Rainglove#0072 [06-Jan-17 09:52 PM]
137It is indeed a head, Wird
138
139Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:53 PM]
140I've decerned his age, race and gender
141
142Rainglove#0072 [06-Jan-17 09:53 PM]
143you are presumably already aware of all of these things
144
145Hippocratesi#9485 [06-Jan-17 09:54 PM]
146Oh well
147I guess the secret's out
148
149Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:54 PM]
150just off for alignment
151
152Hippocratesi#9485 [06-Jan-17 09:54 PM]
153Alder is secretly a woman
154
155Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:54 PM]
156really off for class
157I have to roll a 15 and i get everything
158
159Goatwright#9050 [06-Jan-17 09:54 PM]
160so now he knows it's psychic magic like wird has?
161
162Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:55 PM]
163No, I didn't make the dc
1644 off
165Wird then attempts to read Alder's aura
1661d20+4
167
168Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [06-Jan-17 09:56 PM]
169@Cactus#6981: [19] -> **23**
170
171Hippocratesi#9485 [06-Jan-17 09:56 PM]
172jesus
173what's THAT tell him
174
175Cactus#6981 [06-Jan-17 09:56 PM]
176Your alignment and health
177also your burn I think?
178There is a goblin doing things to your head
179phrenology involves a lot of touching, so you'll notice
180
181Soren#1962 [06-Jan-17 09:58 PM]
182Just feeling all the bumps on your head.
183
184Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 10:40 AM]
185"Merchant, where is me hat, I ordered it, like, long time ago"
186
187Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 10:47 AM]
188Edgar perks up at your appearance. "Your hat? Well, it would have arrived sometime in the last few days, but unfortunately it's a little hard to get ahold of it at the moment. Once the Scythians clear off I'll be able to get it to you. But for now... Nothing I can do, I'm afraid."
189
190Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 10:50 AM]
191Wird huffs, "Me thought so. That ok though. Me does have to ask, do you have any cards on you? Maybe a really shiny rock. That would work too. Me needs one or the other"
192
193Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 11:08 AM]
194"just a normal deck of cards? Of course!" Edgar pops his crate open and digs through it, then produces a deck of cards and hands it to you.
195
196Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 11:09 AM]
197Wird nods, "Thanks." He then turns on his heel and tries to walk away very fast.
198
199Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 11:10 AM]
200Edgar lets you go.
201
202Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 11:10 AM]
203Wird beats capitalism once again.
204
205Mr. Soulstone#3075 [07-Jan-17 09:24 PM]
2061d4 notice wird on a 1
207
208Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [07-Jan-17 09:24 PM]
209@Mr. Soulstone#3075: " notice wird on a 1": [3] -> **3**
210
211Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:24 PM]
2121d20+21 Don't notice the gobbers
213
214Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [07-Jan-17 09:24 PM]
215@Cactus#6981: "Don't notice the gobbers": [9] -> **30**
216
217Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:26 PM]
218Assuming the no one notices, Wird makes a bee line to the camp, making sure that the cloth is tightly bound over the mirror.
219
220Mr. Soulstone#3075 [07-Jan-17 09:27 PM]
221you are going to get people killed
222
223Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:27 PM]
224Hopefully
225
226Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:27 PM]
227You make it back to the camp. Nobody comments on your mirror.
228
229Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:27 PM]
230He heads to the deathpit
231He plans to weaponize it against the scythians
232
233Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:28 PM]
234You arrive at the pit.
235
236Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:28 PM]
237How close can I get to the scythians
238
239Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:28 PM]
240There's no Scythians on the other side of the pit that you can see, so you'd ahve to cross the pit to know.
241
242Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:29 PM]
243Is there a foot path across the pit?
244
245Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:29 PM]
246Nope, it hasn't been touched since the bombs went off.
247Valeska has her zombie down there, so you'd have to deal with that if you wanted to cross.
248
249Soren#1962 [07-Jan-17 09:29 PM]
250The zombie specifically will only target *humans*
251
252Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:30 PM]
253so she says
254
255Soren#1962 [07-Jan-17 09:30 PM]
256And it is on the other side of the pit, not in it.
257
258Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:30 PM]
259do you REALLY trust her?
260
261Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Jan-17 09:30 PM]
262Remember the old saying
263"Never trust a fish."
264
265Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:31 PM]
266Wird mage hands the mirror across the pit. He then takes out his fancy new potion from Val and tries to move across the pit.
267
268Rainglove#0072 [07-Jan-17 09:31 PM]
269The pit's almost 60 feet across
270it's a 60 foot wide pit that's 30 feet deep
271
272Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:31 PM]
273nvm I just looked at his climb skill
274
275Soren#1962 [07-Jan-17 09:31 PM]
276If you went back and got Valeska you could just have her levitate you across.
277
278Mr. Soulstone#3075 [07-Jan-17 09:32 PM]
279Go for it
280no guts, no glory!
281
282Cactus#6981 [07-Jan-17 09:32 PM]
283He turns on his heels and runs back to find Val.
284He forgot he can't climb worth shit.
285
286Cactus#6981 [10-Jan-17 03:32 PM]
287It motions toward the rock of the cave floor
288@Soren#1962
289
290Soren#1962 [10-Jan-17 03:34 PM]
291She sets it down and looks. "Yes?"
292
293Cactus#6981 [10-Jan-17 03:35 PM]
294It tries its best to scratch something into the floor.
295
296Soren#1962 [10-Jan-17 03:36 PM]
297She stoops lower in what is essentially a crouch for someone who doesn't have legs. "Are you trying to tell me something?"
298
299Cactus#6981 [10-Jan-17 03:39 PM]
300It jiggles its head.
301
302Soren#1962 [10-Jan-17 03:44 PM]
303"Can you just like. Start walking toward Wird and I'll follow and he can tell me what you want?"
304
305Cactus#6981 [10-Jan-17 03:46 PM]
306It tries its best to mimic the sound of an explosion and then throws itself to the ground, as if dead.
307It then hops up, ready to go.
308
309Soren#1962 [10-Jan-17 03:52 PM]
310She suddenly seems very concerned and flicks her scythe blade out and follows.
311
312Cactus#6981 [10-Jan-17 03:52 PM]
313It leads
314
315Soren#1962 [10-Jan-17 03:54 PM]
316She summons Duty along the way.
317They each slip on a ring of protection
318
319Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 09:55 PM]
320Yesab gives Valeska a little pat on the back. "Besides, your instrument will be of great help! Mistakes are made, but the intentions were right."
321
322Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 09:56 PM]
323"Anyone can use it. Remember that, if something happens. Now let us get this message out to the general."
324
325Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 09:58 PM]
326"But not anyone could have *made* it."
327
328Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 09:59 PM]
329"This is true. It...was my life's work. It certainly took a considerable amount of skill to make."
330
331Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:00 PM]
332Yesab sighs, floating up onto her shoulder and giving her a reassuring smile. "I know we've had our disagreements, and I know you're feeling sort of low, but don't think less of yourself because of everything that's happened."
333
334Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:01 PM]
335"You don't know everything that has happened."
336
337Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:02 PM]
338"You don't know the experience that statement comes from!" He gives her a mock-hmph, retaining his smile.
339
340Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:03 PM]
341"Do you think someone can be a good person even if they have done terrible things?"
342
343Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:04 PM]
344"Sometimes you just have to reflect on those things and make up for it as you can."
345
346Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:05 PM]
347She nods. "I am glad you think that way. That is why I came here. Well. I mostly was running away. But I was hoping to atone."
348
349Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:06 PM]
350He rests his arms atop her head and leans forward. "Well, then I think the best way to start is to start living for those around you and not for yourself."
351"Have I told you about my past life, before I became a sprout?"
352
353Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:08 PM]
354"No. I honestly don't know much about you. I've...only tried a little to learn about the people here, save for one."
355"I've been trying to live for others. That is all I have been doing since I came here."
356
357Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:10 PM]
358"Well, you're kind of working backwards. You're doing things for the right reason, but you're very proud. It's not selfless if you value your own work for others, and not simply value the other."
359
360Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:12 PM]
361"I'm. I'm not sure how to. Coming to these caves was the first time I was ever out on my own. I've...never experienced the world. I've always been sheltered and only interacted with my family. I...don't know how to do a lot of things."
362
363Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:13 PM]
364"Who are you closest to here? Wird?"
365
366Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:13 PM]
367She nods.
368
369Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:14 PM]
370"Describe how you feel about him." He hums a little, gently patting her head as he leans against it.
371
372Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:16 PM]
373"Uhm. I want to protect him. I enjoy spending time with him. He doesn't...judge me. I...trust him. I've never trusted someone before, not like that. I want to do everything I can to make his life better, even at the expense of my own."
374
375Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:17 PM]
376He nods. "Now, copy that feeling. Don't put yourself into it." Yesab hmms and sits upright a bit, trying to capture the right words. His old wisdom still feels funny on his young-minded tongue.
377
378Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:18 PM]
379Duty has just been silently floating behind them this entire time.
380
381Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:18 PM]
382"Be... be that feeling. Be that feeling for Wird, and express it outward towards those around you. Even if it's not how you feel about them, then *feel* for Wird, and direct it to everyone. Does that make sense?"
383
384Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:20 PM]
385She nods a little. "It is...difficult to when you have been hurt so much by others. But...I will try."
386
387Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:22 PM]
388"I know. It's easier said than done! Look at me, even - I don't practice what I say! I get very prideful sometimes!"
389"But I think it's a good philosophy to live by. The grippli taught me that. It's something I think old me could have learned very well from."
390
391Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:24 PM]
392"That is the thing about philosophy, it is much easier spoken than acted. The best we can do is, well...do our best."
393
394Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:26 PM]
395He nods. "At least you recognize a need for change, though. That's the first step!"
396
397Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:30 PM]
398She takes the feather token out of her satchel, along with the letter.
399"Do you see anyone around?"
400
401Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:31 PM]
402Yesab flies up a bit into the sky. We'll say he goes a good 200 feet, just to reaaally make sure he's got a solid view of their surroundings.
403Does he see anybody or anything?
404
405Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 10:32 PM]
406You can see the Scythian encampment a couple hundred feet to your south. Quite a bit of activity around the entrance to the lifeline.
407
408Hippocratesi#9485 [14-Jan-17 10:32 PM]
409oh jeez
410
411Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:33 PM]
412Ah. Oh, that's not very good.
413How many hundred feet?
414
415Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 10:37 PM]
416300-ish feet. You were at the edge of the camp when you started tunneling.
417
418Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:38 PM]
419Well then. Yesab stays floating in the air, looking down to Val and giving her a thumbs up. "Quickly!" Without being able to shout, it definitely isn't audible, but he flails his arms around a bit for emphasis.
420He stays up in the air, though, taking out his illusion wand. He's gun' cast some magic after she releases that bird.
421
422Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:39 PM]
423She activates the token and sends the message off.
424
425Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 10:40 PM]
426The little bird goes flying off to the north, over the mountain and away.
427
428Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:41 PM]
429He nods, and after the bird is out of sight, Yesab steps his magic game up. He casts Ghost Sound over the valley and towards the camp, and creates a massive, carrying roar. Somewhere between a lion's roar and a dragon's, but enough to carry far and wide.
430
431Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:43 PM]
432She just watches Yesab.
433
434Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:43 PM]
435Yesab waits to see the general reaction from down below before adding in anything else.
436Has he at least sent people scrambling away from the Lifeline?
437To investigate and alla that.
438
439Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 10:47 PM]
440You're far enough away that you can't really tell. People are still moving around outside the lifeline
441
442Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:48 PM]
443She waves at Yesab and motions toward the tunnel, and starts to head back to it, double timing.
444
445Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:49 PM]
446Yesab nods. Time to step up the big guns. With a flick of his wand, he summons up the image of a massive, fanged beast, with a wingspan of five men and a silky, black hide. Better for a darker look to make it harder to spot the illusion's nature in the dark.
447
448Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:49 PM]
449Before she does this, Duty flies up to meet him and casts invisibility on Yesab.
450And whispers to him. "That is good for six minutes. Just in case."
451
452Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:50 PM]
453Yesab smiles. "Thanks! That should give me some time to add a little more to this. I'll meet you guys in a few minutes. I want to really add to the illusion, maybe do a little damage."
454
455Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:51 PM]
456Valeska casts expeditious retreat on herself and heads back as quickly as she can.
457
458Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:52 PM]
459And with that, Yesab flies over closer to the camp. He brings his flying shadowbeast closer, having it circle around the encampment and prepares one of his orbs of Fireball. The big, 8d6 one. That one.
460And once Yesab can start seeing people look up at the illusion, he hides himself behind the head of the beast, opens its mouth, and drops it through the illusion and down onto the people below, masking it as a breath of fire from the illusion.
461The roar rings out again.
462Aaaand just in case that counts as an attack to un-Invisible him, then he can Vanish himself while concealed behind the illusion.
463So I guess Reflex for however many people are down on the ground about to get 8d6 of fireball.
464
465Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 10:56 PM]
466Valeska hopefully, soon, makes it back to the cave entrance and makes her way cautiously inside.
467
468Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 10:57 PM]
469Roll damage
470
471Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 10:58 PM]
4728d6
473
474Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 10:58 PM]
475@Goatwright#9050: [3, 4, 3, 5, 5, 1, 6, 1] -> **28**
476
477Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:02 PM]
478Your fireball slams into the Scythian camp, and you hear very distant shouting as you vaporize quite a few Scythians.\
479
480Soren#1962 [14-Jan-17 11:03 PM]
481Have I made it back to the caverns enough to see what is happening further in?
482
483Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:04 PM]
484You have a loooooong walk to make, so no
485
486Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:06 PM]
487Yesab follows along with his illusion, hiding within and tossing out another 6d6 fireball as he has it breathe fire down upon even more people. He takes aim for any particular populated buildings that aren't caravans, tryin' to spread a little fire.
488Do I roll damage again?
489
490Mathias#1381 [14-Jan-17 11:13 PM]
491@Rainglove#0072
492
493Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:13 PM]
494Go for it
495
496Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:13 PM]
4976d6
498
499Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:13 PM]
500@Goatwright#9050: [1, 5, 5, 6, 6, 5] -> **28**
501
502Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:20 PM]
503You blast a cluster of tents, sending people running. Once again, you incinerate a few of them instantly
504The camp's in chaos now, and you see a few Scythians running towards the base of the mountain to climb after you
505
506Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:25 PM]
507Well, with them running off towards the mountain, Yesab and his fake dragon-bird-thing fly out in front of the Scythians running and stops in front of them.
508The roar sounds again until suddenly silenced as Yesab strikes his little chime, and a bubble of silence encircles his illusion and the people in front of him.
509
510Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:26 PM]
511Yesab and his dragon are gonna get lit the fuck up with arrows
512
513Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:26 PM]
514o no well that's not nice
515
516Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:27 PM]
51710d100 we'll give you concealment, anyone rolling 50 or lower misses completely
518
519Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:27 PM]
520@Rainglove#0072: "we'll give you concealment, anyone rolling 50 or lower misses completely": [93, 14, 64, 56, 8, 13, 27, 80, 49, 11] -> **415**
521
522Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:27 PM]
5234d20 add 8
524
525Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:27 PM]
526@Rainglove#0072: "add 8": [19, 8, 1, 11] -> **39**
527
528Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:28 PM]
5292d8+12 two hit
530
531Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:28 PM]
532@Rainglove#0072: "two hit": [6, 7] -> **25**
533
534Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:28 PM]
535The Scythians fire into your dragon as you drop in front of them. Most of them miss you, surrounded by the illusion as you are, but you're struck by two arrows.
536
537Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:28 PM]
538Yesab winces and, onset by the pain, has the dragon scream and releases the Shout on those in front of him.
539And then after that he Vanishes. But roll fort for them.
540
541Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:29 PM]
54210d20 add 6
543
544Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:29 PM]
545@Rainglove#0072: "add 6": [5, 11, 19, 8, 17, 8, 10, 6, 18, 20] -> **122**
546
547Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:33 PM]
548DC is 14, anybody who beats it takes half of this is and isn't deafened. Also if they're holding anything brittle or crystalline, they take way more damage.
5495d6 Damage
550
551Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:33 PM]
552@Goatwright#9050: "Damage": [2, 6, 1, 2, 5] -> **16**
553
554Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:33 PM]
5552d6 Time that people are deafened
556
557Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-Jan-17 11:33 PM]
558@Goatwright#9050: "Time that people are deafened": [2, 6] -> **8**
559
560Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:34 PM]
561Most of the Scythians drop to the ground, and those that are left standing are confused by the dragon and the blast
562
563Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:36 PM]
564And with the illusion's nature being destroyed, it lets out one last cone of fire on them before poofing in a cloud of black smoke. They can roll Reflex but it's just 1d6 damage.
565
566Rainglove#0072 [14-Jan-17 11:36 PM]
567A few more drop from the puff
568
569Goatwright#9050 [14-Jan-17 11:36 PM]
570And post-poof, Yesab vanishes and fuckin' BOUNCES that lil' boy's flying away into the woods again.
571Goodbye Scythian menace, hello tears streaming down my face as I fly for the cave.
572Damn those arrows hurt.
573
574Goatwright#9050 [15-Jan-17 12:05 AM]
5753d8 add 2 to alla these
576
577Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [15-Jan-17 12:05 AM]
578@Goatwright#9050: "add 2 to alla these": [4, 3, 5] -> **12**
579
580Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:52 AM]
5815d8+10 Starting with Valeska
582
583Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:52 AM]
584@Goatwright#9050: "Starting with Valeska": [4, 8, 4, 3, 5] -> **34**
585
586Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:52 AM]
5875d8+10 Round 2!
588
589Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:52 AM]
590@Goatwright#9050: "Round 2!": [3, 5, 6, 8, 2] -> **34**
591
592Soren#1962 [22-Jan-17 12:52 AM]
593I'm good now.
594
595Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:53 AM]
5965d8+10 Vauhan next
597
598Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:53 AM]
599@Goatwright#9050: "Vauhan next": [7, 3, 2, 1, 3] -> **26**
600
601Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:53 AM]
6025d8+10
603
604Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:53 AM]
605@Goatwright#9050: [1, 7, 8, 3, 8] -> **37**
606
607Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
6082d8+4 For Loyd
609
610Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
611@Goatwright#9050: "For Loyd": [7, 6] -> **17**
612
613Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
6142d8+4 For Wird
615
616Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
617@Goatwright#9050: "For Wird": [5, 3] -> **12**
618
619Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
6202d8+4 For Alder
621
622Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
623@Goatwright#9050: "For Alder": [1, 7] -> **12**
624
625Hippocratesi#9485 [22-Jan-17 12:54 AM]
626th-thanks
627
628Mathias#1381 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
629Please, sire, can I have some more?
630
631Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
6322d8+2 Alder
633
634Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
635@Goatwright#9050: "Alder": [4, 6] -> **12**
636
637Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
6382d8+2 Loyd
639
640Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
641@Goatwright#9050: "Loyd": [5, 6] -> **13**
642
643Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
644whoops add anohther +2 to those both
645
646Mathias#1381 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
647Max hit. Thank you.
648
649Goatwright#9050 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
6501d8+2 Wird
651
652Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Jan-17 12:55 AM]
653@Goatwright#9050: "Wird": [6] -> **8**
654
655Cactus#6981 [22-Jan-17 12:56 AM]
656he's four from max
657
658Hippocratesi#9485 [22-Jan-17 12:56 AM]
659ogrehealed
660gud healing
661gud times
662
663Cactus#6981 [22-Jan-17 12:47 PM]
664personal note for me: 5 focus and Red's back in an hour
665
666Cactus#6981 [30-Jan-17 09:16 PM]
667First is DC 20 Costs 500
668
669Cactus#6981 [30-Jan-17 10:25 PM]
670Oh bots up
6711d20+11 craft **this**
672
673Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-Jan-17 10:26 PM]
674@Cactus#6981: "craft **this**": [13] -> **24**
675
676Cactus#6981 [30-Jan-17 10:37 PM]
6779 more DC 18 cost half of 75
6789d20 add 11 to each
679
680Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-Jan-17 10:37 PM]
681@Cactus#6981: "add 11 to each": [14, 3, 9, 8, 9, 2, 3, 13, 2] -> **63**
682
683Cactus#6981 [30-Jan-17 10:38 PM]
6845 Sucesses
685
686Cactus#6981 [04-Feb-17 10:19 PM]
687**CRAFT CHECK THE FIRST**
6881d20+11 DC 14
689
690Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [04-Feb-17 10:19 PM]
691@Cactus#6981: "DC 14": [12] -> **23**
692
693Cactus#6981 [04-Feb-17 10:21 PM]
6941d20+11
695
696Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [04-Feb-17 10:21 PM]
697@Cactus#6981: [20] -> **31**
698
699Cactus#6981 [04-Feb-17 10:21 PM]
700Craft is sucessful
701**The vessel has been prepared**
702**BEGIN THE CASTING**
7031d20+15
704fuck
7051d20+15
706
707Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [04-Feb-17 10:25 PM]
708@Cactus#6981: [13, 8] -> **23**
709
710Cactus#6981 [04-Feb-17 10:26 PM]
7111d20+15
712
713Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [04-Feb-17 10:26 PM]
714@Cactus#6981: [18] -> **33**
715
716Cactus#6981 [04-Feb-17 10:32 PM]
717Wird/Azidar have coalessed into a single entity for the ritual. The disguises are shed. The process has begun.
718The souls begin their slow travel from one vessel to another.
719
720Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:02 PM]
721"Rafael?"
722
723Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:03 PM]
724whoops
725Rafael sells you whatever you have the gold for.
726
727Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:04 PM]
728Samarah will purchase the stuff and move down back to the cave. This time looking for the cleric woman.
729
730Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:06 PM]
731Elara's in the Fireplace, resting in the lobby.
732
733Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:08 PM]
734Samarah will approach her, "excuse me Madame"
735
736Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:09 PM]
737She looks up. "Hm? Yes?"
738
739Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:11 PM]
740"I'm sorry to bother you Madame , and this might seem strange, but do you have any holy water spare?"
741
742Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:13 PM]
743"A few vials, but not much."
744
745Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:16 PM]
746"Might I be able to use them ?"
747
748Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:19 PM]
749"How many do you need?"
750
751Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:22 PM]
752"As many as possible, I've taken up the crusade against the dead of the crypt."
753
754Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:23 PM]
755"Another one? I have five right now. Not much, but it's what I can get you."
756
757Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:26 PM]
758"Oh that's more than enough Madame, you are too kind."
759
760Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:27 PM]
761Elara goes off to her room to retrieve the vials, then brings them back. "No charge for these. If you come back for more, then we'll talk. Just try not to die down there."
762
763Cactus#6981 [11-Feb-17 10:28 PM]
764"Of course Madame" She bows to Elara and heads out to visit the Inquisition.
765
766Rainglove#0072 [11-Feb-17 10:31 PM]
767You get there just fine.
768
769Goatwright#9050 [17-Feb-17 11:27 PM]
770Meanwhile Yesab, after farming for eight (8) years, decides to do something else. He heads off to Edgar's, to see if he has any more info on the outsiders.
771
772Rainglove#0072 [17-Feb-17 11:28 PM]
773Edgar is currently positioned inside one (1) of his rooms. His shop specifically, reading through a very large tome.
774
775Goatwright#9050 [17-Feb-17 11:32 PM]
776"Hi, Edgar!" Yesab floats on in, heading up to the counter. "How're you today?"
777
778Rainglove#0072 [17-Feb-17 11:33 PM]
779He looks up from the book. "Enh, doing alright. Wyatt's in a right state, let me tell you. But business is good."
780
781Goatwright#9050 [17-Feb-17 11:34 PM]
782"What sort of mood?"
783
784Rainglove#0072 [17-Feb-17 11:36 PM]
785"Just stressed, I guess. He's got a lot on his plate."
786
787Goatwright#9050 [17-Feb-17 11:43 PM]
788"I can relate." Yesab thoughtfully rubs the side of his head before focusing on Edgar again. "Right! I came in to ask, did you get the chance to ask about the outsiders?"
789
790Rainglove#0072 [17-Feb-17 11:52 PM]
791Edgar flips the book around so you can read it. "I don't know what they're called, but I did find a reference to these." He holds up his tracing of a drawing of your pillars. "Seems they show up off the coast of the Muroias from time to time. You know, the little islands to the east?"
792
793Goatwright#9050 [17-Feb-17 11:56 PM]
794"Oh, how funny! That's where I showed up from when I first came to the Material Plane, too."
795
796Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:02 AM]
797"I wonder if there's a connection?"
798
799Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:05 AM]
800"Perhaps. I don't think you're the same type of thing as they are, though. You don't tend to drive people crazy just from them looking at you like these things do."
801
802Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:07 AM]
803"Well, people from my plane *do* sometimes drive people crazy on purpose, but you're probably right."
804"How do you think they ended up here?"
805
806Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:12 AM]
807Edgar shrugs. "No clue. Doesn't seem like anybody knows. Most firsthand accounts I can find are distant sightings, like you normally see with people reporting krakens or serpents. Not really the kind of reports you expect to see when people are talking about architecture. But, I did find a more reliable account from..." He flips the book shut, slides it under his desk, and pulls out a journal, flipping it open to about halfway through.
808"An old relative of mine! Long gone now, but he reportedly found these pillars in Jutland's inner sea. He went and checked them out. The rest of the journal's written in these runes I've never been able to decipher, which is... Er, perhaps not the *best* sign, now that I think about it."
809"He was a bit weird, or so I've been told."
810
811Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:15 AM]
812Yesab looks at the runes himself.
813What do they look like? Anything familiar?
814
815Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:20 AM]
816You didn't get a good look at the pillars when you were down there, but the journal describes them having writing on them and has a sample of the writing, and this appears to be the same language.
817
818Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:23 AM]
819Does it have any similarities to languages he may know about?
820
821Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:23 AM]
822Absolutely none
823
824Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:24 AM]
825"So they're all over the place, then."
826
827Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:27 AM]
828"Maybe? I'd expect to see reports out of more populated areas if that were the case though, not places nobody goes like Muroia and Jutland. If it were random, I'd expect reports from Osraige and their trade routes. Instead we just have Jutland's inner sea and the Muroian coast, both of which almost nobody ever goes to or near."
829
830Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:28 AM]
831"Maybe there's a reason for that, then?"
832
833Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:29 AM]
834He shrugs. "I don't know what it could be. Is there something Muroia, Jutland, and these caves have in common? I've been thinking about it and I've been coming up blank.:
835"*
836
837Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:33 AM]
838"Well, when I went through the pillars, I got taken to a different plane of sorts and then spit out back into the ice cavern after the fact. But crossing those columns seems both somewhat random, and is... very painful, to say the least!"
839"So it seems kind of hard to explore further."
840
841Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:34 AM]
842A Maegan appears, stepping into the shop. Oh it's that freaky plant thing again. She patiently waits her turn, potion in hand.
843
844Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:36 AM]
845Yesab waves at Maegan. "Oh, hi again! We keep meeting in here."
846"Do you know anything about magic or planes or history at all?"
847
848Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:36 AM]
849Edgar waves in sync with Yesab. "You buying anything today?"
850
851Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:38 AM]
852"Hello there!" Maegan is suddenly overwhelmed with questions. "I know a bit of magic and history from my days at the academy. And I wanted to sell this weapon oil." She raises the bottle and shakes it a bit.
853
854Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:39 AM]
855"What is it?"
856
857Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:40 AM]
858"'Keen Edge', I believe they call it?"
859
860Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:40 AM]
861"Oooh. I'll give you four-hundred for it."
862
863Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:41 AM]
864Am I being
865pardon my french
866jewed?
867
868Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:41 AM]
869well you have appraised it, and this is above standard price for goods being sold from you to a merchant
870a good chunk above the usual 50% off
871
872Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:41 AM]
873Yesab picks up Edgar's book and outsider sketch and shows it to Maegan. "Ring any bells?"
874
875Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:42 AM]
876"A fine deal." Maegan hands over the potion and takes a gander at that there book. DOES it ring any bells?
877
878Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:43 AM]
879nope
880
881Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:43 AM]
882"I'm afraid I haven't seen anything like this before. Where did you find it?"
883
884Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:44 AM]
885Edgar points down to Yesab.
886
887Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:44 AM]
888"Where did *you* find it?"
889
890Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 12:45 AM]
891"One of my friend's late friend had it! He used to have a cabin down in the ice cavern."
892"There's some sort of weird extradimensional building down there, made by some weird outsiders nobody knows about! I was asking Edgar to help me figure out more about them."
893
894Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Feb-17 12:49 AM]
895"Well, would you like some help? This sounds interesting."
896
897Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 12:49 AM]
898laurent's three hours of warnings echo in the back of Yesab's head
899
900Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 01:54 PM]
901Is that a strange fox that is no way connected to Lex Samarah sees over there?
902
903Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 01:55 PM]
904Lex doesn't notice and watches Wyatt and Yesab.
905
906Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 01:55 PM]
907Well, time to eavesdrop
908
909Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:02 PM]
910"Yip."
911
912Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:03 PM]
913"Oh hello..... I'm pretty sure you're not a native. Who brought you here?"
914
915Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:03 PM]
916They cock their head and nose Samarah's leg.
917
918Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:04 PM]
919"I don't have any food if that's what you want"
920
921Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:06 PM]
922Lex floats up a couple inches and then changes back into human form. "Hi Samarah. How are you doing today?"
923
924Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:08 PM]
925".........."
926She takes a deep breath, "Well. Fine I guess."
927
928Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:08 PM]
929"That's good. I haven't seen you around recently."
930
931Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:10 PM]
932"I have been talking to the inquisiton"
933"And searching for Grigory, who not only trashed my room, but also stole my remaining gold"
934
935Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:12 PM]
936"He seems...precocious. How are the inquisition? I have only heard whispers from the others, people seem worried about them."
937
938Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:13 PM]
939"They seem friendly......"
940"Ish"
941
942Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:15 PM]
943"Ish?"
944"I am only going on heresay, but I worry what they might do to these people to find the traitor people have been talking of. I know Wyatt is worried, too."
945
946Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:19 PM]
947"Wyatt's worried? I have no idea why these types of orders scare people so much. The only thing they'll do is there job. If someone is truly worried about them they should really reevaulate the choices in life that made them a possible target for the inquisiton. At least, that's my take on it."
948
949Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:20 PM]
950"Do you have nothing to hide?"
951
952Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:20 PM]
953"You shouldn't fear them Lex, no innocent person should fear the holy."
954"Absoluetly nothing Lex"
955
956Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:21 PM]
957"Can you tell me what you believe in?"
958
959Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:22 PM]
960"What I believe in?"
961
962Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:22 PM]
963"I spoke to Vauhan about his beliefs, and Loyd had me purchase a book about his god. I want to know what others believe, and what is holy to you."
964"What power you think gives these people the right to instill their way over others."
965
966Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:26 PM]
967"I believe in the Dawnflower Sarenrae, I believe in the ability to redeem those who wish to redeemed, and I believe that every ill can be healed."
968"But sometimes, people don't want to be redeemed, and they don't want to stop hurting others. That is why the inquistion exists. Some people need to die to protect the rest of us."
969"Their authority stems from the highest power possible."
970
971Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:30 PM]
972"That sounds exactly like what I was telling Maegan. But I don't know if those people should die, I think anyone can be redeemed, sometimes it just...takes longer."
973"I...I don't know. I don't like the idea of killing to protect people, there has to be another way."
974
975Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:31 PM]
976"Why waste the resources?"
977
978Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:32 PM]
979"Lives are more precious than the resources needed to house someone."
980"Or to spend time trying to reform them."
981
982Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:34 PM]
983"And how do you reform someone who doesn't want to be? Are you refering to torture or magical manipulations? Either way, it's time that could be spend building, farming, painting, singing, literally anything else."
984
985Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:34 PM]
986"Magical means should only be used as a temporary measure to remove someone who is a threat. I just mean...I don't know. Talking with them, showing them how things can be, that not everything has to be bad."
987
988Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:36 PM]
989"You would suggest that when we find the tratior we harangue him about how good and wonderful Parthia is? And he should abandon his allies and join us?"
990
991Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:38 PM]
992"I don't think the traitor should be executed. Even from a tactical standpoint, keeping them alive would be more useful, we could gain information from them on what is happening and why. From a humane standpoint, what if it was not their choice?"
993"They could be magically influenced, they could have been coerced."
994
995Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:41 PM]
996"Then we kill them after we get information. Hells, we don't have to even have them alive to extract information from them. Also, how do you expect the rest of the people here to react, especially those who lost family and freinds, to deal with their killer being set free, 'because he was forced to lead an army to your homes'"
997"The public death of a traitor will help our morale"
998
999Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:41 PM]
1000"Look at Loyd and Maegan. They were on two different sides of a war. Both sides saw the other as atrocious and evil."
1001"But they are still people."
1002
1003Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:42 PM]
1004"EXCEPT LOYD WAS WRONG"
1005"I..I'm sorry, I shoudn't of yelled at you"
1006
1007Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:42 PM]
1008"I...its okay. I am used to it."
1009Lex had instinctively flinched away.
1010
1011Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:43 PM]
1012"It wasn't really directed at you, I'm sorry"
1013
1014Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:44 PM]
1015"I didn't mean to upset you. I am sorry."
1016
1017Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:44 PM]
1018"You didn't do anything Lex"
1019
1020Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:47 PM]
1021"I can see where you are coming from, Samarah. I just...I know it is naive to have my viewpoint. But I can't just see other people as 'enemies' like some people can. Everyone has a reason for what they are doing, and to them it seems like a good reason."
1022"And I can't give that up. I have to hold on to that."
1023"It is not my place to try to force the issue. Not here. Whatever is best for Afallon is what has to be done. My only charge will be my tribe. I'm not going to try to stop anyone."
1024"I just want the people here to be safe and do what I can to help anyone who needs it."
1025
1026Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:49 PM]
1027"I understand that, but if you truly want to help the people here. Help the inquisition, they know what they're doing."
1028"Now, have you ever seen an Aeon Lex?"
1029
1030Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:51 PM]
1031They shake their head. "I don't know what that is."
1032
1033Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:51 PM]
1034Samarah smiles, "You'll llke these, they're just as curious as you. Take a step back, real quick"
1035Samarah streches for a second, and begins summoning.
1036
1037Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:53 PM]
1038Lex complies, floating back a few feet.
1039
1040Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:55 PM]
1041From out of the spell's light floats a ball of light with red and green gemstones orbiting around it.
1042"It's called a Paracletus, I think. They study mortal emotions"
1043
1044Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:56 PM]
1045Lex cautiously pokes it.
1046
1047Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:57 PM]
1048The ball hums, and floats around Lex's head a for a few rotations.
1049It feels solid when poked
1050
1051Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:58 PM]
1052"H-hi?"
1053
1054Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:58 PM]
1055In Lex's head an image of two people meeting and shaking hands is projected.
1056
1057Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 02:59 PM]
1058"This is weird but really neat."
1059
1060Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 02:59 PM]
1061"It's here for a day, and you seem like the type it'll like to stick around. You can keep it."
1062
1063Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:00 PM]
1064"It has quite a few tricks"
1065
1066Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:01 PM]
1067"Oh? Like what?" Lex floats around looking at it from different angles.
1068
1069Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:02 PM]
1070"It can make you feel really calm, which is nice for bedtime. They can also make you feel a specfic emotion. I think it has to do with those gems orbiting them."
1071"Oh, it also can electrocute people, but I don't think you'll be fighting in here"
1072
1073Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:03 PM]
1074"I can do a little bit of that, myself."
1075
1076Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:03 PM]
1077"Can you?"
1078
1079Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:03 PM]
1080"I can make everyone calm. It is some of the magic I was born with from my tails."
1081"Uhm."
1082
1083Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:03 PM]
1084"Are you an actual fox Lex?"
1085
1086Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:08 PM]
1087"...a little."
1088
1089Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:08 PM]
1090An image of Lex smashing Samarah over the head with a rock and running away pops in Lex's mind.
1091"Right, so you're like half fox?"
1092
1093Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:09 PM]
1094"...if we can have some privacy, I'll show you. I don't want everyone knowing."
1095
1096Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:11 PM]
1097Warning bells, "Sure, I'm sure there's someplace out of the way here"
1098
1099Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:12 PM]
1100Lex takes the two of them to one of the passageways. "Okay. Just. Don't tell anyone, okay?" And shifts form again, tails exploding out of them, a seemingly neverending supply of floof. Their skin turns to stark white fur as a muzzle and fox ears grow from their head. They sheepishly look up at Samarah.
1101
1102Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:13 PM]
1103"Oh... that's what you meant. You're.. you're a fox"
1104The ball floats closer to Lex's head, an image of Samarah getting hit in the head with a bigger rock and Lex running casually is projected inot Lex's mind.
1105
1106Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:16 PM]
1107They nervously run their hand through one of their tails, holding it. "The little ball keeps telling me to hit you with a rock."
1108
1109Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:16 PM]
1110"Well, that's fairly rude"
1111The ball floats over to the other side of Lex's head. Lex feels... courage.
1112
1113Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:19 PM]
1114Lex lets go of their tail and lets it fall back into place. Their tails twitch slightly as they talk. "I was told not to really let anyone see me like this, that they wouldn't understand, and I should just look human. But, I think it is okay to show you. I trust you."
1115
1116Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:20 PM]
1117"I appreciate the trust Lex"
1118
1119Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:21 PM]
1120They quickly change back to human form.
1121"Thank you for talking to me like this. A lot of people have been treating me like a child, but you don't seem to."
1122
1123Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:22 PM]
1124"Because you aren't a child"
1125
1126Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:23 PM]
1127"It still feels like I am sometimes..."
1128"Do you think I should meet the inquisition too?"
1129
1130Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:25 PM]
1131"I think you should introduce yourself. Honesty is the best policy, and they can ferret out lies magically. Just be upfront and truthful with them and you should be fine"
1132
1133Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:26 PM]
1134"Technically, I know magic that can mask magical lie detecting."
1135
1136Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:26 PM]
1137"Please do not try them like that"
1138
1139Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:26 PM]
1140"I probably shouldn't tell them that."
1141"I probably shouldn't tell them that."
1142
1143Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:27 PM]
1144"No, you need not tell them everything"
1145"But the important parts, absolutely"
1146"One of the members was a cat-woman looking race. I'm sure your being a fox isn't a concern for them"
1147
1148Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:29 PM]
1149"But even among foxes I am very different looking."
1150"I'm sorry. This is all just very new to me. This is the most interacting I've had with anyone outside my teacher...ever. Talking with you, the discussion I had with Maegan, Vauhan and Wyatt. Loyd recently. It is all kind of overloading me."
1151
1152Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:32 PM]
1153"That's only five people"
1154
1155Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:32 PM]
1156"That is more than I have ever interacted with in my entire life."
1157"All the kits in my village weren't allowed to talk with me or play with me the few times I was allowed outside. I was kept inside nearly at all times and kept on a strict schedule and routine."
1158
1159Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:36 PM]
1160"That's quite something Lex, and this was because of your coloration?"
1161
1162Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:37 PM]
1163"And my tails."
1164"When one is born like I am, we are given up at birth to the Shaman to become the new Shaman for the tribe."
1165"Usually only one of us is born every 100 years."
1166"I don't know if I believe that, I don't think we are that long lived as people."
1167
1168Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:40 PM]
1169"So those tails are spiritually significant, rather than functionally useful"
1170
1171Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:41 PM]
1172"It means we were chosen by our ancestors to continue the tradition and guide our tribe. All of those who are like me are naturally magically gifted."
1173
1174Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:44 PM]
1175"That makes sense I suppose. So are you some sort of divine spellcaster then? A cleric?"
1176
1177Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:46 PM]
1178"I get my magic from the spirits of my tribe. I'm not sure what you would call that, we just call it the shaman."
1179"I don't know a lot about magic outside of my own abilities."
1180
1181Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:47 PM]
1182"Right, so you know magic but not anything about magic? Wouldn't your studying under a shaman teach you about that ?"
1183
1184Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:49 PM]
1185"They taught me how to control my abilities, and what sort of duties I would have taking over their position, how to guide the tribe, what plants to use for what, medicines to induce or stop birth, how to deliver kits. But not about other kinds of magic. I didn't even know there *were* other kinds until I met Edgar."
1186
1187Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:51 PM]
1188"Your village must be fairly small and out of the way"
1189
1190Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 03:52 PM]
1191Lex nods. "It is. We only do trading here and there with some of the nearby villages, but mostly keep to ourselves. It is why we have the tradition of the new Shaman going out into the world to learn new things."
1192"That way the new shaman, and their village by extension, isn't kept in the dark, or stuck with the same viewpoints forever. This way I can come back and teach people what I have learned, and teach my apprentice, when it is time, how I see things."
1193
1194Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 03:58 PM]
1195"That sounds like an interesting way of living"
1196
1197Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 04:02 PM]
1198"How do your people live? Where do you come from?"
1199
1200Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 04:05 PM]
1201"I'm from Fortriu, just like Maegan and Loyd"
1202
1203Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 04:05 PM]
1204"...oh."
1205
1206Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 04:06 PM]
1207"I guess I'm not the best person to tell you about day to day life. Being a paladin pretty much took up my entire existence once I decided to join."
1208
1209Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 04:07 PM]
1210"Why did you join?"
1211"And what do paladins do?"
1212
1213Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 04:09 PM]
1214"I joined because I felt like that was the right thing to do. And paladin's vary from order to order but they are meant to be a martial representative of a divine force of good on our world."
1215"We fight when others can't, and we use the gifts given to us to protect and heal"
1216
1217Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 04:11 PM]
1218"I can see why you have the view that you do, then. That is a noble goal."
1219"How come you came here? Is it because of the undead?"
1220
1221Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 04:14 PM]
1222"I had no clue there was undead down here. I came because I found myself without something to actively do. So I signed onto the caravan, I figured that someone would need me. Sure enough, Wyatt did."
1223
1224Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 04:15 PM]
1225"...I am glad you came here."
1226"You are a very nice person, and have given me a lot to think about. Everyone here has."
1227
1228Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 04:17 PM]
1229"Glad to help"
1230
1231Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 07:52 PM]
1232Yesab returns to KNOWLEDGING for Wyatt.
1233
1234Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 08:08 PM]
1235Yesab, you get yoinked back in time once again. This time you don't experience one memory, but several flash in front of your eyes. Glimpses of a cloaked figure emerging from the lifeline before the watcher turns back to their business. You get several angles of this specific moment, and other moments like it, although the size of the cloaked figure changes from time to time. On occasion it looks roughly man-sized, on others it's clearly a dwarf, and on one you can even see a beak poking out from under the hood. In one memory it's carrying a package, and you see it turn and head towards the the cavern with the lake in it before the memory abruptly ends.
1236
1237Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 08:12 PM]
1238Yesab thinks of another question, one that might drive them a little bit closer to the truth.
1239*Who in the Caves might know more about the identity, or identities, of those who betrayed the Hearth to the Scythians?*
1240
1241Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 08:20 PM]
1242You see a ton of faces, including those of your friends. Vauhan, Loyd, all those new people you barely know, Wyatt, Elara, Coeus, Laurent
1243
1244Goatwright#9050 [18-Feb-17 08:22 PM]
1245Garbage response.
1246Good thing it wasn't my money gg
1247
1248Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 08:33 PM]
1249The aeon meets up with Samarah and fills her in on what the group found and such.
1250
1251Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 08:33 PM]
1252Surely mostly on Vauhan's date.
1253
1254Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 08:34 PM]
1255Surely on the fact there is information about the tratior
1256
1257Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 08:35 PM]
1258And several notes about how adorable Lex is as a little fox
1259
1260Cactus#6981 [18-Feb-17 08:36 PM]
1261Samarah will head out to the cave herself, but wait for the others
1262
1263Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 09:11 PM]
1264Lex, you flap off into a large cavern. As far as you can tell, the cavern is empty of any features above the water, which is a flat, grey, mostly clear plane at the moment. Your light doesn't pierce very far below the surface, but you don't see anything in the lit area.
1265
1266Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 09:12 PM]
1267I will cast invisibility on myself and enter the water as a bird.
1268
1269Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 09:12 PM]
1270You realize this is an absolutely suicidal idea
1271
1272Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 09:12 PM]
1273But I'm invisible
1274And teeny
1275
1276Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 09:13 PM]
1277do you have k nature?
1278
1279Soren#1962 [18-Feb-17 09:13 PM]
1280No
1281But fiiine, it probably is a dumb idea and Lex doesn't want to die.
1282Instead they fly back to the others.
1283
1284Rainglove#0072 [18-Feb-17 09:14 PM]
1285well alright
1286you make it back uninterrupted
1287
1288Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 05:42 PM]
1289Cackle will approach him.
1290*You're crazy eyes*. It's less of a question and more of a statement
1291
1292Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 05:43 PM]
1293He looks up at you and waits for the rest.
1294
1295Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 05:44 PM]
1296*Oh right, supposed to give you a message or somthin like that. Uh.. what'd she say again. Right, my boss lady wants to ask for your forgiveness*.
1297
1298Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 05:44 PM]
1299"Who?"
1300
1301Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 05:44 PM]
1302*Oh that dumbass that you choked out. Gods, I got a kick outta that one, believe you me*.
1303
1304Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 05:47 PM]
1305"I would like her to return the things she stole, if she wants forgiveness."
1306
1307Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 05:49 PM]
1308*Well big guy, the dumb spider got them stolen not five minutes after she got back home, but she's willing to give you something in return, several somethings in fact*.
1309
1310Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 05:50 PM]
1311"What?"
1312
1313Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 05:54 PM]
1314*Well, the woman managed to get caught not five seconds after she got back to the scale-less mortal camp. The scrolls, one of them at least, was taken from her, and the other three were entrusted to a certain fox person.*
1315*As for what she's offering? She's offering herself. Straight up said she will do anything you ask her to do. She's apparentley divined what ever you're planning to do here, and decided to throw her lot in with you. Boss lady told me to rattle off a resume here, but I'm gonna just cut to the chase. She's a novice binder and she can kill and lie in equal measure. She's a literal demon in the making honestly*
1316*As a bonus, she's also literally offering her soul if she dies. Can you believe it? The spider told me I can eat up her soul and give it to you if she bites the dust*.
1317
1318Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:01 PM]
1319"If she can't recover that scroll, I have no interest in her services."
1320
1321Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:02 PM]
1322*She expected as much crazy eyes. Though......*
1323*It might be easier if she had some sort of edge. You know... like the kind a accomplished mage could offer her*
1324
1325Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:05 PM]
1326"That is her problem."
1327
1328Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:05 PM]
1329*Tough cookie to crack I see. Welp that's what she told me to tell you. Nows on a more personallll note*
1330*You actually planning what she says yer plannin?*
1331
1332Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:07 PM]
1333"Get me my notes back and maybe I'll tell you."
1334
1335Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:08 PM]
1336The little fish demon cackles. *Oh I'm going to enjoy this, I really am*
1337He pecks the dragon on the cheek and swims away.
1338
1339Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:09 PM]
1340He doesn't react, and you depart.
1341
1342Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:10 PM]
1343Cackle heads back to Samarah and his meeting point.
1344
1345Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:11 PM]
1346You make it back fine
1347
1348Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:11 PM]
1349Cackle and Samarah have a brief conversation to catch each other up.
1350Samarah uses her mask to alter her form into an unassuming human shape. With an invisible Cackle in tow, she sets out for Lex's encampment.
1351
1352Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:19 PM]
1353You make it through unaccosted.
1354
1355Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 06:19 PM]
1356She waits for Lex's return.
1357
1358Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 06:20 PM]
1359Lex is in fact there now, with Laurent. You can hop into #caves
1360
1361Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 07:50 PM]
1362Cackle will scout ahead invisible.
1363Does she know what the other roads lead?
1364
1365Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 07:56 PM]
1366You would know about the goblins, you've heard the left's just a dead end
1367
1368Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 07:57 PM]
1369What can my good buddy see
1370Or rather what does he report back to Samarah with
1371
1372Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 07:57 PM]
1373There's a gate up ahead with a couple kobolds on top of it, watching for people.
1374
1375Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 07:58 PM]
1376Samarah will walk on in.
1377
1378Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 07:58 PM]
1379The gate is shut, and the two kobolds yell at you in draconic as you approach.
1380
1381Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 07:59 PM]
1382Samarah waves, but waits patiently
1383
1384Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 07:59 PM]
1385Do you speak draconic?
1386I feel like I ask you this question a lot
1387
1388Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:00 PM]
1389No, not at all
1390
1391Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:00 PM]
1392They yell at you again. They don't seem particularly keen on opening the gate for you.
1393
1394Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:01 PM]
1395Is my disguise that bad?
1396
1397Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:02 PM]
1398No, but they don't know who you are.
1399
1400Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:02 PM]
1401She'll subtley motion for Cackle to float into the camp.
1402Samarah herself will sit down where she can be seen and wait.
1403What does the little monster see?
1404
1405Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:05 PM]
1406A little kobold town busy being a little kobold town. They're walking around, talking to each other.
1407The sentries seem to be getting a little nervous about your presence.
1408
1409Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:06 PM]
1410Cackle will look for anyone who seems to be in a leadership position. Alternativley, the biggest fanciest dwelling.
1411Samarah will wave to the guards
1412
1413Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:09 PM]
1414Most of the city is build into the walls of the cave, with very few free-standing buildings. You don't spot anyone who looks particularly leaderly, but you see a few merchants doing business.
1415
1416Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:11 PM]
1417Cackle growls, swooping low he'll fly past the merchants and whisper "*a friend is at the gates*" into as many minds as he can.
1418
1419Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:19 PM]
1420After a few minutes a few more kobolds appear at the gate, peeking over to look at Samarah. They don't seem overly eager to let you in either. Every now and again they'll shout something at you in draconic.
1421
1422Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:20 PM]
1423Samarah, emulating the patience of a saint will sit. Waiting. Watching.
1424Cackle will move to another group of kobolds and repeat the same trick.
1425
1426Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:23 PM]
1427Another group of kobolds pop their heads over the wall, and the sentries turn and have a short conversation with them. One turns back to you and yells something again, pointing back the way you came. He looks nervous.
1428
1429Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:26 PM]
1430Cackle is pretty much improving at this point so he will approach the group still at the wall. "*It cannot hear*", the daemon purrs to the group watching her.
1431
1432Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:29 PM]
1433Is he still invisible?
1434
1435Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:29 PM]
1436Yes
1437
1438Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:29 PM]
1439One of them yells at her, louder, but another one apparently realizes something's fucky and shushes the yelling one. One of the sentries draws a bow and aims it at her. You could probably tank his shots all day, but it doesn'
1440damnit
1441doesn't seem negotiations are going well.
1442
1443Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:30 PM]
1444Samarah rolls her eyes.
1445"Hello!"
1446Let's do undercommon
1447
1448Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:31 PM]
1449They look back and forth between each other, but nothing responds. They call back into the crowd, and a few seconds later a female kobold pops her head up over the wall and yells at you. "Parthian?"
1450
1451Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:31 PM]
1452"I can do that!"
1453
1454Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:32 PM]
1455"Who are you?"
1456She's still yelling at you from her position safely on the other side of the wall.
1457
1458Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:33 PM]
1459*Stupid, that's what*
1460"My name is Itsy and I'd like to speak with you all"
1461
1462Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:34 PM]
1463She chatters with the other kobolds for a second and then hops over the wall, thunking into the ground and walking over to you. "I'm Beryl. What is it?"
1464
1465Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:38 PM]
1466"It's about the dragons"
1467
1468Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:38 PM]
1469"... What about them?"
1470
1471Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:40 PM]
1472"There is a great danger brewing concerning them and those that live in the caves."
1473
1474Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:41 PM]
1475She cocks her head. "Can you just say what it is?"
1476
1477Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:41 PM]
1478"The others will not understand this language?"
1479"I don't wish to frighten them"
1480
1481Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:42 PM]
1482"Probably not. Maybe little snatches of it, but you should be fine."
1483
1484Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:44 PM]
1485"Demons. Fuckloads of demons. There are a group of people who live among the Parthians that have stolen a scroll that contains the rituals to establish a portal to the abyss. One of these people has the will and ability to perform this ritual"
1486
1487Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:46 PM]
1488"If there's a real threat, the dragons will handle it. Anything else?"
1489
1490Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:46 PM]
1491"Gods, none of you take this seriously as you should"
1492
1493Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:47 PM]
1494Beryl shrugs. "It wouldn't be the first time some fool's unleashed hell in here. We're still fine."
1495
1496Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:47 PM]
1497"What do you mean?"
1498
1499Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:47 PM]
1500"You know that big room full of undead, right? That didn't kill everyone when that happened."
1501"All of *you* sure, but the rest of us were fine."
1502
1503Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:48 PM]
1504"So just because you've survived one disaster you're just gonna.... let this one happen?"
1505
1506Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:50 PM]
1507"Probably. You're all interesting to watch, but the dragons have been very specific that we're not supposed to interfere if you're gonna blow yourselves up... But I guess we've kind of already gone against that. But that was for someone we knew."
1508
1509Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:51 PM]
1510"What is wrong with all of you people?"
1511Samarah is just flabbergasted.
1512
1513Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:53 PM]
1514Beryl doesn't take this as the rhetorical question it is. "Well you're not doing a very good job selling yourself for one. You look like a kobold, but you don't act like one and you don't speak our language, so you obviously aren't one. It makes it look like you have something to hide. Then you go and magically summon a bunch of people so we can all watch you stand there? Which seemed kind of weird. You could've just shown up as a human or whatever you are. They would've known to go get me right away."
1515
1516Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:55 PM]
1517Samarah rubs her temples, "Honestly? My actual form isn't any better you pint sized dragon knock-off."
1518
1519Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 08:55 PM]
1520She puts her hands on her hips. "And you're rude."
1521
1522Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 08:57 PM]
1523"I'm impatient and tired. I'm not going to sit here and let that damn dragon willingly use us as a damn sacrifice for whatever reason he has for opening that portal"
1524
1525Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:02 PM]
1526She pokes your newly-formed snout. "Then go take a nap! Or at least try to be a little less weird about this. Why all the sneakery if you're actually trying to do something good?"
1527
1528Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:03 PM]
1529"Because I have pathological trust issues and I look **LIKE THIS**"
1530She shifts into drider form
1531
1532Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:15 PM]
1533Beryl hops a few steps back, looking up at you. You hear more draconic muttering spring up from the gate.
1534
1535Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:16 PM]
1536"Oh be quiet, you live with dragons this isn't the strangest thing you've seen" She yells at the gate kobolds.
1537"I mean, those bugs, they're pretty damn werid. At least I can talk!"
1538
1539Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:18 PM]
1540"It would've been a little less frightening if you hadn't done it right in front of me." Beryl squares back up with you.
1541
1542Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:19 PM]
1543"Anyyyyyyway. Where was I. Oh yeah. I'm not going to let an ugly demon-dragon rip open a hole to hell and kill us al to do so."
1544
1545Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:22 PM]
1546"I thought your friends were opening the portal?"
1547Beryl is having a difficult time following your ranting
1548
1549Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:23 PM]
1550"No, it's the dragon who likes the books. I didn't know if you like, worshipped the dragons or whatever so I wanted to gage your relationship with them"
1551"Oh Sarenrae, that sounded so insensitive and thick headed out loud"
1552
1553Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:24 PM]
1554"... So what were you hoping we'd do?"
1555
1556Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:25 PM]
1557"I have no idea. I never know what I'm doing. God I'm a failure. I just wanted to do something good and it all went to shit so fast."
1558"I guess my first plan was to win over the demon summoners trust and then backstab him, but quite honestly the lack of conern everyone has over this is wearing me down"
1559
1560Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:27 PM]
1561Beryl gives your gross spider leg a cautious patpat.
1562"... Do you want to talk about it?"
1563
1564Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:28 PM]
1565She sighs, "Yes.... yes I do"
1566
1567Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:31 PM]
1568Beryl waves to the gate and yells something in draconic, and the crowd disperses. She pulls a large rock over from one of the walls and hops up onto it to have a seat, feet dangling a few inches off the ground. "So you're all worried about this portal thing?"
1569
1570Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:32 PM]
1571"Yes, very concerned. I know he's going to do it. I've gotten it confirmed several times now."
1572
1573Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:33 PM]
1574"What's gonna happen if he does it?"
1575
1576Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:36 PM]
1577"Well, first he has make sacrifices to do it. Like, a lot of sacrifices. Of the blood sort. Second, an actual portal to the abyss opens up, which means that any ole demon can wander into the caves or worse, out of the caves and into the world at large"
1578
1579Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:38 PM]
1580"That does sound pretty rough. But you know they're usually pretty careful about that kind of thing, and he's surrounded by a bunch of other dragons who probably wouldn't be okay with a portal to the abyss opening up in their home. They're pretty tough on that kind of thing."
1581
1582Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:40 PM]
1583"He's already started, I know it. We have some pretty solid evidence that he's the one that caused the other army to find my people. I personally also know that his fellow dragons don't know the full extent of what he wants to do or at least the extents he is willing to go"
1584
1585Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:43 PM]
1586"Oh, I remember that army! That was pretty bad for your friends. And why don't you warn them then? They're in a much better position to stop him than we are. You might not have noticed, but I'm three feet tall."
1587
1588Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:46 PM]
1589"I tried to warn them. No one seems to be willing to listen or capable of fighting back. I figured the only chance we have now is if I use subterfuge. If I can get back that scroll then I have a shot of winning his trust. Or... gods, I just have no way to access him, that's the problem."
1590
1591Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:47 PM]
1592"Have you tried talking to your friends? I know the little tree is friendly with the dragons, Laurent's talked about him. I haven't been to your settlement in a while, so I'm not really up to date on who's doing what anymore. Maybe I should fix that..." She half-mumbles to herself.
1593
1594Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:50 PM]
1595"Yesab did help me, but I don't think he's willing or able to go through with any sort of deep cover. Especially if it comes to violence."
1596
1597Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:52 PM]
1598She shrugs. "I'd talk to them, but they kinda look down on us. Probably wouldn't listen to anything I told them. Do you have anyone else who they like?"
1599
1600Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:53 PM]
1601"Lex is being taught by the demon-dragon, but our relations are a bit strained these days"
1602"If I can't bring the scrolls back... there has to be some way to win him over."
1603"Wait, you said you talked to them? Do you have a way into their home?"
1604
1605Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:55 PM]
1606"Not from here, but I know how to get there if I need to. Normally the only time we see them is when they come here."
1607
1608Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:56 PM]
1609"Would.. would it be possible for you to teach me how to reach them?"
1610
1611Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 09:56 PM]
1612"Can't you just go the way you did last time?"
1613
1614Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 09:56 PM]
1615"That's a very dangerous method, and I had to use magical assistance to do it."
1616
1617Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:00 PM]
1618"Oh, yeah, it can be kind of rough normally." She hmmms. "Well, I might be able to get you there."
1619
1620Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:01 PM]
1621Samarah scuttles over to the kobold and gives her a hug. "Thank you thank you thank you"
1622
1623Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:04 PM]
1624Beryl pats her back. "Sure thing."
1625
1626Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:05 PM]
1627"Ok, I'm not one for waiting, so could we go right now?"
1628"Also I kinda need to walk or my back legs kinda seize up and it's pretty uncomfortable"
1629
1630Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:08 PM]
1631Beryl pushes out of your hug and sets off towards the gate, waving at the sentries to open it.
1632
1633Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:08 PM]
1634"I'm gonna be such a smooth talker. He'll love me for sure."
1635
1636Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:08 PM]
1637"What are you going to tell him?"
1638
1639Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:09 PM]
1640"That... that I was terribly wrong for snooping in his library. That I'm sorry and willing to do whatever I can to make it up to him. Oh drat. Do you have any merchants that sell that potion that let's you speak to anyone? We got a language barrier going on here."
1641
1642Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:10 PM]
1643She waves at a male kobold as you pass by, and chitters at him in draconic. He tosses her a vial, which she hands up to you as she continues on through the town. "That should do it."
1644
1645Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:11 PM]
1646"Thanks"
1647
1648Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:12 PM]
1649Beryl walks down the main tunnel for a ways, and then turns off into a locked down side passage. She pushes the gate open and holds it for you to go through.
1650You see a set of stairs leading down.
1651
1652Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:13 PM]
1653"Thank you."
1654Samarah goes down the stairs.
1655
1656Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:14 PM]
1657Beryl shuts the gate and locks it behind you, then skips down the steps until she's in front of you to lead the way once again. This space is pretty cramped, but you can fit, if uncomfortably.
1658
1659Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:15 PM]
1660Samarah will continue down
1661
1662Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:17 PM]
1663You head down for a ways before coming to a wooden bridge set in the ground, suspended by rope. Beryl hops out onto it and heads off. As you get a few feet out onto the bridge you realize that it begins in the roof of the cavern that the dragon city is set in, and the bridge runs from the hole in the roof across to the top of the pillar that the library is in.
1664
1665Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:18 PM]
1666"Oh, this is actually beautiful."
1667Samarah will move toward the spire.
1668
1669Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:20 PM]
1670Beryl leads you along the bridge, and you reach a door set in the top of the spire. Unlike the dragons, opening it is something of an effort for her, but she plants her feet on the bridge and shoves it open, leading you inside.
1671
1672Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:21 PM]
1673"I could of opened that for you."
1674Back into the spire.
1675
1676Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:22 PM]
1677"I like to know that I can." She begins the long, long process of leading you down flights of stairs.
1678
1679Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:23 PM]
1680"I understand that. I was always trying to prove that I could keep up with the other paladins."
1681"I mean, I'm pretty strong, but there was this half orc and he was ripped to all hells"
1682
1683Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:26 PM]
1684"Try looking like those dragons when you're the size we are. Some kobolds get a serious complex about it."
1685
1686Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:28 PM]
1687"Yeah, I bet."
1688Is this entire building all books
1689
1690Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:39 PM]
1691As far as you can tell, yes, the whole thing is a library.
1692Floor after floor after floor of books.
1693
1694Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:39 PM]
1695"This is astounding. And tall. Very tall."
1696
1697Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:40 PM]
1698"I've been told they put a lot of work into this. We're not really supposed to come here unless it's an emergency, but it'll be fine."
1699
1700Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:40 PM]
1701"I mean from a differenet perspective, this is an emergency."
1702
1703Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:45 PM]
1704"How about I explain why I'm here if they ask and you just don't mention me."
1705
1706Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:46 PM]
1707"I suppose that's fair."
1708
1709Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:47 PM]
1710After a significant amount of walking, you run into your old friend after you come down some stairs, to see him sitting at a desk, writing. He stops and looks at you for a minute. Beryl gives him a little wave and waits to let you do your thing.
1711
1712Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:47 PM]
1713"Well, wish me luck I guess."
1714Samarah downs the potion.
1715"Uh... Hello."
1716
1717Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:48 PM]
1718"Hi. Why are you here again?"
1719
1720Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:49 PM]
1721"Because I love being choked."
1722She laughs nervously, "Uh.... sorry felt a little tense. Tried to make a joke." She shuffles nervously on her feet.
1723"I trust that my friend told you that I wanted to appolgize"
1724
1725Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:51 PM]
1726"Yes. And I told you I wanted my notes back."
1727
1728Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:52 PM]
1729"Well, I was literally robbed and jailed over them. I just want you to know that I actually am sorry. From the bottom of my heart"
1730
1731Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:53 PM]
1732"Sorry doesn't get my notes back."
1733
1734Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 10:53 PM]
1735"No, it doesn't and you have every right to be upset with me"
1736"I was literally robbed of your notes and jailed. I was over zealous and childish. I'm sure you can think of a number of other names that fit me too. You have every right to punish me."
1737Samarah approches the desk, slowly.
1738
1739Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 10:57 PM]
1740He gestures for you to stop. "Why are you here?"
1741
1742Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:00 PM]
1743Samarah pauses for a while, before saying, "I want to help you."
1744
1745Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:01 PM]
1746"I'm not interested."
1747
1748Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:04 PM]
1749Samarah inhales sharply, "I.. I *need* to help you. I need something to dedicate myself to something."
1750
1751Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:08 PM]
1752"You'll have to look elsewhere, I'm afraid."
1753
1754Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:09 PM]
1755"But... but... I'm all out of places to look."
1756Samarah grows silent.
1757
1758Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:10 PM]
1759"I'm truly sorry. I've very recently found myself several others who would like to assist me, and they're both more competent and less likely to rob me than you are."
1760
1761Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:11 PM]
1762"You mean the fox?"
1763
1764Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:11 PM]
1765"I didn't name any names."
1766
1767Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:12 PM]
1768"No, no you didn't"
1769
1770Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:13 PM]
1771He goes back to writing.
1772Beryl is watching all of this from the stairs.
1773
1774Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:14 PM]
1775"Do you know what the fox is going to do?"
1776
1777Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:15 PM]
1778"Your desperation is keeping me from focusing."
1779
1780Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:17 PM]
1781Samarah places her front legs on his desk, "At least tell me if I was right. Are you actually going to do it?"
1782
1783Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:19 PM]
1784"Take your legs off my table or I'll remove them for you. I will not keep sitting here while you whine at me for much longer."
1785
1786Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:23 PM]
1787"Do it, I shouldn't even have these legs anyway"
1788It's less defiant and more deflated.
1789
1790Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:25 PM]
1791He stands up, comes around the table, grabs you by the neck, and drags you towards the stairs. He watches his notes the entire time to make sure they aren't disturbed.
1792Beryl pokes Samarah's leg. "You need to get a grip."
1793
1794Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:49 PM]
1795"I do."
1796
1797Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:50 PM]
1798Beryl pauses. "Well. Good. I'm glad we've both got that. So what're you gonna do now?"
1799
1800Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:52 PM]
1801"I think crawl back into my jail cell and cry for a few hours until one of the inquistion notices that I'm back. After that I think I'm going to be questioned really harshly. The rat is going to make me feel sad and then I will be exiled or jailed or something."
1802"That or stalk the one that bothered to talk to be in my cell. I don't know. He seems nice."
1803
1804Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:53 PM]
1805"That all sounds very unpleasant."
1806
1807Cactus#6981 [24-Feb-17 11:54 PM]
1808"Yeah. I deserve it though, I think. I don't understand what I did wrong though. They pushed me into this"
1809
1810Rainglove#0072 [24-Feb-17 11:59 PM]
1811"How about you don't do that, and instead we go back to the other kobolds first and figure out something less unpleasant?"
1812
1813Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:00 AM]
1814"We kind of have to anyway since there's no other way back."
1815
1816Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:00 AM]
1817"Oh ok... if you say so"
1818
1819Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:02 AM]
1820Beryl hops onto your gross spiderback and points up. "Let's get going, then."
1821
1822Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:03 AM]
1823"Ok, but hold on tight. I can go really fast in this shape"
1824Zoom zoom spider
1825
1826Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:09 AM]
1827You zoom zoom back to the kobold settlement, where Beryl hops off and directs you to a small, secluded room, which you'd guess is where she lives. She shuts the door behind you and points to a chair, then reconsiders as she realizes that the chair is small and you're currently a giant spider. "Er... Find somewhere to hang out for a minute, I guess."
1828
1829Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:09 AM]
1830Samarah drops down to a kobold again.
1831"Don't worry about it, I can manage"
1832
1833Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:13 AM]
1834"That works too." She heads into the other room and returns a few seconds later with a bowl full of some sort of broth that she slides in front of you. "Stew." She pulls up another chair and hops up to sit across from you.
1835
1836Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:14 AM]
1837"Oh, why thank you." Samarah has only eatten dirt for the past day, so she drinks it down rather quickly.
1838
1839Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:20 AM]
1840"So." Beryl blinks as you chug the bowl. "Right. So you can stay here for a little bit if you need. Are you doing okay? You seem like you're kind of losing it."
1841
1842Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:20 AM]
1843"What makes you say that?"
1844
1845Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:25 AM]
1846"Well, you freaked out a little bit. You say you're looking for something to anchor onto and don't have anything. I don't really know how spider brains work but that doesn't seem normal. And you were kind of yelling at him about your legs, and you didn't want us to know what you actually look like, so that's a thing too."
1847
1848Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:28 AM]
1849"Wow, when you put it that why I am really transparent. Yeah, I kinda am in a tight patch"
1850
1851Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:38 AM]
1852"I don't think throwing yourself at people is going to help you there."
1853
1854Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:39 AM]
1855"Well, what would you suggest I do? "
1856
1857Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:41 AM]
1858She shrugs. "I hate it here, I'm probably not the best person to look at for how you should live your life. You could be less fatalistic about all of this, though. You're not dead yet, the world's still here."
1859
1860Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:43 AM]
1861"You're right. Why let this inquistion push me around and make me feel like I'm less of a person for have eight spider legs and a fuctional spinneret. Why, I should kick that rat's ass for ever locking me in that room. I'm bigger and stronger. I will literally throw him several of my knees and break his neck you pervs"
1862
1863Mathias#1381 [25-Feb-17 12:43 AM]
1864Kinky.
1865
1866Hippocratesi#9485 [25-Feb-17 12:44 AM]
1867Kiiinkyyy
1868
1869Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:46 AM]
1870"Maybe a little much there."
1871
1872Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:47 AM]
1873"Why, I should embrace my new form. I should throw off my old name. Samarah is long since dead
1874I am **ITSY** "
1875
1876Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:47 AM]
1877"You're doing it again."
1878
1879Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:48 AM]
1880"Doing what?"
1881
1882Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:48 AM]
1883"That thing where you freak out and overreact."
1884
1885Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:48 AM]
1886"I do not do that *at all*"
1887
1888Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:48 AM]
1889"You're doing it right now."
1890
1891Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:49 AM]
1892"No, I am simply embracing the new me, and throwing off the shackles that binded Samarah"
1893
1894Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:53 AM]
1895"Right. What are you going to to do now that you're Itsy?"
1896
1897Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:53 AM]
1898"... beat up the inquistion..."
1899
1900Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:54 AM]
1901"Why not just leave them alone?"
1902
1903Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:54 AM]
1904"Because that damn rat really pissed me off"
1905
1906Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:57 AM]
1907"Is killing him going to fix anything?"
1908
1909Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:57 AM]
1910"I wasn't gonna kill him! I was just gonna rough him up"
1911
1912Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:57 AM]
1913"Is that going to do anything but make him mad?"
1914
1915Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:58 AM]
1916"It will make me... happy"
1917
1918Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 12:58 AM]
1919"Until he gets back at you somehow? He doesn't sound like a very nice person."
1920
1921Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 12:59 AM]
1922"I don't understand what you're telling me to do here. You say I shouldn't go back to this order and you say I shouldn't fight them"
1923
1924Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 01:00 AM]
1925"Can you just leave them alone? Not mess with them? It doesn't sound like you interacting with them has done anything healthy for you."
1926
1927Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 01:02 AM]
1928"I mean, they are hunting me right now. I wasn't exactly subtle about my escape."
1929
1930Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 01:04 AM]
1931"Well that complicates things. But I don't think beating them up will help there."
1932
1933Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 01:05 AM]
1934"Maybe I can send Cackle to spy on them. He can make sure I never run into them accidentally"
1935
1936Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:37 PM]
1937"Maybe I need a god in my life"
1938
1939Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:42 PM]
1940"What makes you say that?"
1941
1942Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:44 PM]
1943"Well, when I was a paladin of Sarenrae I knew exactly what I needed to do all the time. I never had to worry about making decisions or fleeing from the law or demon-dragons"
1944
1945Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:44 PM]
1946"Did you deal with a lot of demon dragons?"
1947
1948Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:46 PM]
1949"Not mixed together."
1950
1951Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:47 PM]
1952"I mean, if you think that's best. I don't know a lot about your gods."
1953
1954Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:48 PM]
1955"I don't really either. I joined the order when I was really young. I never really got a good education, but I did learn how to fight pretty well."
1956
1957Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:50 PM]
1958"Well, pick carefully."
1959
1960Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:50 PM]
1961"I wonder... I wonder if there is someone out there who is for people like me."
1962"They wouldn't reject me !"
1963
1964Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:54 PM]
1965She shrugs. "There's a god for everything, it seems."
1966
1967Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:55 PM]
1968"But... I don't know who to talk to to find such a god. If there was only some way to commune with the great beyond"
1969
1970Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 06:57 PM]
1971"Don't you have people who could find out for you?"
1972
1973Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 06:57 PM]
1974"Maybe?"
1975
1976Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 08:10 PM]
1977Samarah's head explodes
1978
1979Soren#1962 [25-Feb-17 08:10 PM]
1980Metaphorically.
1981
1982Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:25 PM]
1983"I bet Yesab has that sort of magic. He was the one who discovered what the dragon did in the first place. Beryl you're a genius."
1984
1985Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:25 PM]
1986"I try."
1987"Yesab is still around?"
1988
1989Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:26 PM]
1990"Yes, I assume he's head home now. Some lady gave him a house of his own I think. I didn't bother much with details."
1991
1992Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:30 PM]
1993"Huh. Is Valeska still there?"
1994
1995Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:31 PM]
1996"I have no clue who that it is. Though, I remember that there were some people who left right around the time I came here. One of them could be this Valeska person"
1997
1998Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:32 PM]
1999She frowns. "Yeah, probably. Who else is still around?"
2000
2001Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:33 PM]
2002"Besides for the rabble? Loyd and Vauhan. As far as I know none of the higher ups have left either."
2003
2004Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:34 PM]
2005"I don't think I ever met anyone in charge. Or I didn't talk to them much." She sighs. "Stuff moves so fast over there. How're you liking it so far? It sounds like you're having kind of a rough time."
2006
2007Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:35 PM]
2008"I mean, I'm glad I'm underground again. Not too hot about the demons, undead or the Inquisition. Other than that, the people are cool and there's a lot to explore"
2009
2010Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:37 PM]
2011"Well at least you've got some bright spots. So, where're you going from here? It sounds like you're gonna have to be real careful if you go back."
2012
2013Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:41 PM]
2014"Well, I found a cave that's really hard to reach of you can't scale the wall or fly, I think I'll stay in there for the time being. Ill just pop a disguise on when I have to go into the main camp"
2015
2016Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:49 PM]
2017"If you're sure. Do they know to be looking out for you?"
2018
2019Cactus#6981 [25-Feb-17 09:51 PM]
2020"I don't know how dedicated they are at trying to find me, but I know what they look like and they don't know what I'll be looking like."
2021Samarah stands up, "Thank you for everything Beryl, I'll be sure to visit sometime. I gotta go see if Yesab can cast that spell for me. I'll remember what you said and stay away from the inquistion and everything." She scuttles out of the building and waves bye to the kobold.
2022
2023Rainglove#0072 [25-Feb-17 09:59 PM]
2024Beryl waves back. "Come back anytime, if you need."
2025
2026Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 07:44 PM]
2027Wyatt's where he always is, sitting at his desk.
2028
2029Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 07:44 PM]
2030Vauhan knocks upon Wyatt's door, and waits to be invited before entering.
2031
2032Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 07:44 PM]
2033"Come in."
2034
2035Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 07:45 PM]
2036Vauhan enters, then closes the door behind him. "Captain. You remember our discussion about the traitor earlier, yes?"
2037
2038Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 07:46 PM]
2039"I do. Have you learned something?"
2040
2041Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 07:49 PM]
2042"Nothing that I haven't already reported to you, I do not think. I still suspect one of the dragons has done it, but I have not heard much from the others. But I came to ask, if the traitor is indeed a dragon, what will we do? And what about the inquisition?"
2043
2044Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 07:53 PM]
2045"I'm not sure. Ask them to deal with it and do what we can to keep them from learning about us. We'll have to see about Laurent as well. The inquisition isn't equipped to deal with the dragons, and they should know that."
2046
2047Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 07:59 PM]
2048"I must admit, I don't think it could be anyone but a dragon. Otherwise, the inquisition would have found them by now, wouldn't they? We don't know of anyone else in here they would not have spoken to other than the kobolds or the goblins, but I do not think either of them could or would do such a thing."
2049
2050Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 08:01 PM]
2051"It's possible our traitor could have simply left. They wouldn't necessarily need to be hiding here, in the Hearth, and it would be safest for them to be elsewhere. That's what I suspected had happened when Yesab saw someone sneaking off down a side-tunnel. I still believe that to be the case."
2052
2053Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 08:03 PM]
2054Vauhan thinks about this for a good minute. "If I were a traitor, I would not want to stay here either. But if the traitor has left, why does the Inquisition still search for one?"
2055
2056Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 08:11 PM]
2057"Because they may still be here, we can't be sure. They've been checking the side tunnels as well, but they're a little more careful than you and your group are, so their progress has been rather slow there."
2058
2059Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 08:12 PM]
2060Vauhan hears the distant calls of a Loyd, and nods. "Is there anything we should do for the time being? Regarding the traitor?"
2061
2062Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 08:15 PM]
2063"I don't have any specific suggestions. Thank you for your help, though. I appreciate it."
2064
2065Nachtimus#1770 [03-Mar-17 08:16 PM]
2066He salutes, then goes to exit.
2067
2068Rainglove#0072 [03-Mar-17 08:16 PM]
2069You exit
2070
2071Mathias#1381 [03-Mar-17 08:17 PM]
2072Wyatt still a mong.
2073
2074LukeSkynoober#9683 [03-Mar-17 08:25 PM]
2075Ack, right, just a sec, hp rolling
207640d8
2077
2078Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [03-Mar-17 08:26 PM]
2079@LukeSkynoober#9683: [4, 1, 3, 7, 2, 4, 2, 6, 3, 8, 3, 1, 6, 2, 7, 1, 7, 3, 2, 4, 7, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 5, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 2, 7, 3, 2, 8, 7] -> **166**
2080
2081LukeSkynoober#9683 [03-Mar-17 08:26 PM]
20824, 7, 4, 6
20835d10
2084
2085Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [03-Mar-17 08:26 PM]
2086@LukeSkynoober#9683: [2, 6, 10, 10, 1] -> **29**
2087
2088LukeSkynoober#9683 [03-Mar-17 08:26 PM]
20896
2090
2091Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:06 PM]
2092Torm practically kicks Edgar's door down, halfway through peeling his armor off.
2093"Edgar!"
2094
2095Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:06 PM]
2096"What!" Edgar was reading, you jerk.
2097
2098Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:07 PM]
2099"I need every single piece of information you have about undead."
2100"Desna, I don't understand how anyone could be a adventurer. Holy fuck"
2101
2102Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:07 PM]
2103"First time in the Tomb?" Edgar heads to the back of the room and starts pulling books off a shelf.
2104
2105Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:08 PM]
2106"What sort of undead sacrifices others?"
2107"It can cast spells, and is powerful enough to kill 10 dragons I think I counted."
2108
2109Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:08 PM]
2110"Care to be a little more specific?" Edgar's peering between shelves now, searching for something.
2111"Oh."
2112
2113Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:09 PM]
2114"What?"
2115Torm throws his sweaty chainmail off.
2116
2117Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:11 PM]
2118"Well..." Edgar rolls things around in his head for a moment. "I don't mean to be dramatic, but the first thing I think of when you say that is 'lich', which would be... Unfortunate."
2119
2120Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:11 PM]
2121"How so, what's a lich?"
2122
2123Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:12 PM]
2124He looks at you like you're a few cards short of a deck. "You've never heard about liches?"
2125
2126Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:15 PM]
2127"The word is familiar I guess."
2128Torm says as he grabs a clean white shirt from the storage closet and throws his dirty armor and coat in it.
2129
2130Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:17 PM]
2131"They're powerful undead, created from evil magic. They're generally powerful casters who transform themselves willingly into undead. Aside from that, I don't know much."
2132
2133Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:17 PM]
2134Lex enters Edgar's shop, in his mixed form.
2135
2136Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:17 PM]
2137Torm takes a deep breath. "Thank you Edgar."
2138
2139Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:18 PM]
2140You hear most of that, Lex
2141
2142Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:18 PM]
2143Torm leaves the shop, only stopping to nod at Lex.
2144
2145Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:18 PM]
2146"Hey, you doing okay?"
2147He asks of Torm before he leaves.
2148
2149Cactus#6981 [04-Mar-17 11:19 PM]
2150He nods at Lex with a less than genuine smile.
2151
2152Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:20 PM]
2153"Go see Rotgut, I left the food I made there, you'll be able to tell. It'll help you feel better, buddy." Lex pats him and then enters the shop. "Edgar. I just had...a heck of an experience."
2154"I take it he was regailing you? He was pretty shaken by it all."
2155
2156Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:21 PM]
2157"He didn't tell me anything except that there were a lot of dead dragons? What happened?"
2158"Are you alright?"
2159
2160Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:22 PM]
2161"I think I am okay. I...got grabbed by something and it made my mind feel weird. But. I think I am okay. A door opened in the tomb. We were exploring it and something grabbed Maegan and vanished. We tracked her down but found some terrible stuff along the way. A ritual site, a child's skeleton, some sort of research area. Maegan was trapped behind a door with a bloated corpse and upon getting her out, a horde of undead dragons came pouring out."
2162"Yesab and I spoke to Laurent about it and he stormed off to talk to Wyatt. Things seem to be coming to a head."
2163
2164Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:24 PM]
2165"Well. Shit." Edgar returns books to shelves, since the asshole who wanted them left, and then grabs a chair for Lex. "Sounds like you need to sit down for a minute. That... Sounds like a lot."
2166
2167Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:25 PM]
2168Lex smiles a bit and sits down. "I am handling it a lot better than Maegan or Tourmaline are."
2169"I just learned very quickly to not go off on my own."
2170"Yesab mentioned a little here and there that he had picked up. I am assuming he learned this through the same trick he learned about my village's...ways. The person down there is most likely behind all the undead in the tomb. And is a powerful mage, and seems to still be around."
2171"I'm just...glad we all got back okay. When I felt those claws wrap around me, all I could think about was you. What would happen if I could not come back to you."
2172
2173Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:34 PM]
2174"Well, I... I'm flattered. And I'm glad you got out alright. Are you sure you're okay? No... Injuries or anything? You said your mind got messed with, are you sure that's okay?"
2175
2176Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:35 PM]
2177He grips his head a little. "I'm honestly not sure. I was flying...and my invisibilty got dispelled, then claws grabbed me and I saw glowing eyes and I felt it...searing my mind? I..I don't know."
2178"I'm not even sure who to have look at me to make sure I'm okay."
2179
2180Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:42 PM]
2181He stands and pulls a potion out from behind the counter, shaking it at you. "Care to share the memory?"
2182
2183Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:42 PM]
2184"Oh! Right, I forgot! By all means." Lex takes the potion, and grasps Edgar, letting loose with the memory.
2185
2186Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:50 PM]
2187The memory swims back in front of you, but this time you're detached from it, and you get a sort of second shot at seeing everything. You can see the form of the dragon that grabbed you this time. It looks different from the others. It's still clothed, for one. And instead of looking feral like the others, it seems to be acting with purpose.
2188The memory ends, and Edgar blinks before refocusing on you. "And you're... Sure you're recovered from that?"
2189
2190Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:51 PM]
2191"I'm uh. I'm here aren't I? It just kind of vanished."
2192Does the dragon look familiar?
2193
2194Rainglove#0072 [04-Mar-17 11:54 PM]
2195It does not.
2196
2197Soren#1962 [04-Mar-17 11:54 PM]
2198I'll try to memorize how this dragon looks.
2199As best as I can.
2200"Looks like I need to talk to Laurent about some other things too. Or my teacher. Ugh."
2201"Do you have any idea what that was? What happened?"
2202
2203Rainglove#0072 [05-Mar-17 12:05 AM]
2204He shakes his head. "I haven't seen that sort of thing before, I'm not sure. It's... It seems like something he would trigger later. That didn't look like mind reading."
2205
2206Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 12:06 AM]
2207"...oh. That...that isn't good."
2208"...what should I do?"
2209
2210Rainglove#0072 [05-Mar-17 12:09 AM]
2211"Wait it out? Or talk to that teacher you talked about, he might know. But you said he might be dangerous, right?"
2212
2213Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 12:09 AM]
2214"I don't think he is the dragon we have to worry about at this point."
2215"The others just feel he cannot control his rage."
2216"I think that would be wise. I don't want to just wait it out. If this dragon is the necromancer or the lich or whatever it is. I don't want its implanted suggestions in my mind."
2217
2218Rainglove#0072 [05-Mar-17 12:14 AM]
2219"Well... Good luck. This is beyond me."
2220
2221Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 12:15 AM]
2222"I...will have to make that my next stop. I think I can probably get through to find him now."
2223"This day never ends..." He sighs a little, is tails twitching.
2224
2225Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 04:38 PM]
2226Lex gives a weak smile. "On a lighter topic...how do you feel about my new form? I know you like the tails." He says, brushing a hand through them.
2227
2228Rainglove#0072 [05-Mar-17 04:49 PM]
2229"You wear it well. Think you'll stay like that?"
2230
2231Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 05:19 PM]
2232Lex nods. "It feels more...right. I feel more like myself."
2233
2234Rainglove#0072 [05-Mar-17 05:34 PM]
2235"Good. Seems like you're changing a lot about yourself, you holding up alright? You've got a lot going on, I know it can get stressful."
2236
2237Soren#1962 [05-Mar-17 05:53 PM]
2238"I think so. At least...now I think I am. I'm still coming to terms with, well. Everything we found out recently, but I think I am taking the steps I need to to be more comfortable with who I am. To actually be *me* instead of just another incarnation waiting for their duty."
2239
2240Soren#1962 [07-Mar-17 01:54 PM]
2241"Thinking a little on it...I believe Maegan said she experienced something similar to me. I recall when we were escaping she mentioned the eyes I saw. I should discuss with her if anything...happened to her as well, and maybe we should seek help together."
2242He gives Edgar a big hug. "I'll be back after I have figured this out."
2243
2244Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Mar-17 01:57 PM]
2245Maegan's out and about, hanging in the square as usual.
2246
2247Soren#1962 [07-Mar-17 02:01 PM]
2248Lex floats out into the square, looking around for Maegan, lighting up a little when he spots her. "Maegan. I needed to speak to you. About...what happened."
2249
2250Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Mar-17 02:01 PM]
2251"Sure. What do you want to know?"
2252
2253Soren#1962 [07-Mar-17 02:02 PM]
2254"I recall you mentioning seeing eyes? Something grabbing you?"
2255"I saw eyes when I was scouting, and something seared into my mind. I shared the memory with Edgar with magic, and we saw it from the outside. The dragon who did it was clothed and seemed to be doing things with a purpose instead of just acting. Edgar thinks that it may have implanted something in my mind."
2256
2257Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Mar-17 02:05 PM]
2258Maegan nods slowly. "So it *was* a dragon."
2259"What makes him think something was implanted in you...or us?"
2260"I've worried the same thing but I don't know for sure."
2261
2262Soren#1962 [07-Mar-17 02:09 PM]
2263"Well it seems like it did something to my mind and it wasn't any sort of mind reading, and nothing immedietly happened. So he worries that it might be something the dragon triggers later. He isn't an expert on that kind of thing, and I worry about what it may imply."
2264"I think we need to talk to someone about this. Someone who would know more about it than us. I am thinking the Librarian."
2265
2266Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Mar-17 02:11 PM]
2267Maegan visibly shivers, the color fading from her face. "Yes...Yes, you're right. We need to talk to him. Gods, I hadn't even thought of that...a trigger."
2268
2269Soren#1962 [07-Mar-17 02:12 PM]
2270"I know quite a lot about mental magic, it could be some...very nasty things."
2271
2272Hippocratesi#9485 [07-Mar-17 02:15 PM]
2273"Oh, I know well enough. I recall a few students specializing in those sorts of spells...it's certainly not pretty."
2274
2275Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 09:42 PM]
2276Vauhan raps upon Wyatt's door, having thought to himself about the past occurences of the Tomb.
2277
2278Rainglove#0072 [17-Mar-17 09:43 PM]
2279"Come in!"
2280
2281Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 09:44 PM]
2282Vauhan walks in. "Captain Wyatt, if I may ask, did your talk with Laurent provide us with a plan for the threat in the Tomb?"
2283
2284Rainglove#0072 [17-Mar-17 09:45 PM]
2285He sighs. "It did not. For the time being, Laurent will be keeping watch."
2286
2287Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 09:46 PM]
2288"Should we have a plan?"
2289
2290Rainglove#0072 [17-Mar-17 09:46 PM]
2291"That would be ideal, but I'm not sure this is the sort of threat we're equipped to deal with."
2292
2293Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 10:00 PM]
2294"Mm. And I am not a thinking man."
2295
2296Rainglove#0072 [17-Mar-17 10:11 PM]
2297"I'm going to have a talk with Coeus later, and hopefully we can figure something out."
2298
2299Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 10:12 PM]
2300He nods, satisfied by that answer. "Then I will return in a day's time, or when you call upon me."
2301
2302Rainglove#0072 [17-Mar-17 10:12 PM]
2303Wyatt nods and goes back to his work
2304
2305Nachtimus#1770 [17-Mar-17 10:13 PM]
2306Vauhan takes his exit, and wanders the Hearth anew.
2307
2308Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:05 PM]
2309@Nachtimus#1770 Yesab taps the side of Vauhan's head. "I'm worried about what's going on up here."
2310"We might be able to keep healing up your body, but that's not all that a wound leaves!"
2311
2312Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:07 PM]
2313"Little spriteling, I am covered in scars. What is an additional one on top of it?"
2314
2315Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:09 PM]
2316He shakes his head, again poking at the side of his head. "I don't mean the scars on your body."
2317"I see the way you keep getting when these fights happen."
2318
2319Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:10 PM]
2320"Mm?"
2321
2322Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:12 PM]
2323"Why do you keep getting so upset that you don't die when you rush in?"
2324"Is it that god of yours?" He puts a certain inflection on god that isn't quite disrespectful, but it certainly ain't said with esteem.
2325
2326Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:16 PM]
2327He sighs. "If I do not die in battle, I will not be blessed, and will be condemned to roam the earth. I do not know if you understand this, but I am old. Very old. Old enough to make me worried that I will die of age."
2328
2329Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:19 PM]
2330"Says who?" He asks in regards to the first part.
2331
2332Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:20 PM]
2333"It is how I have been taught my entire life."
2334
2335Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:21 PM]
2336"But aren't there other gods who say other things?"
2337
2338Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:22 PM]
2339"If there are, they would not watch over me. And I cannot turn my back on a god who has aided me in trying times."
2340
2341Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:25 PM]
2342Yesab hmphs. Clearly he doesn't approve of this, but at least he's holding his tongue.
2343"What if you don't like being dead?"
2344
2345Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:30 PM]
2346"How would I not? What awaits me after death is eternal combat upon an endless battlefield, where the strongest rise to glory and all are awash in battlelust." You can tell some, if not all, of this description is memorized scripture.
2347
2348Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:32 PM]
2349"If it you're in eternal combat, when do you have the time to spend with somebody you love?"
2350"Y'know, like Elara!"
2351
2352Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:33 PM]
2353"Elara does not worship Gorum, so she will not be with me regardless."
2354
2355Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:33 PM]
2356"Isn't that sad to you?"
2357
2358Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:34 PM]
2359"It is. But it cannot be helped." At this point Vauhan's stopped walking to the encampment and sat down somewhere.
2360
2361Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:35 PM]
2362"Well, you're not gonna get the chance to spend very much more time with here if you go and die now, then!"
2363"If you know you can't see her afterwards, then why hasten your last day with her?"
2364
2365Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:37 PM]
2366"I do not know." He frumps. "Perhaps it was a mistake to court Elara."
2367
2368Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:38 PM]
2369"I'm sure she doesn't think so."
2370
2371Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:41 PM]
2372He shakes his head. "Warriors should not fall in love. It is the stuff of tragedy."
2373
2374Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:42 PM]
2375"I think it's a little late for cold feet!"
2376
2377Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:46 PM]
2378"I just don't know what to do. 53 years old, and I am lost. I have reasons to live, and reasons to die." Any sense of past bravado is wholly gone now.
2379
2380Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:49 PM]
2381"When do humans normally die?"
2382
2383Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:51 PM]
2384"Where I am from, they would have already died by my age. But I have seen older humans than me in Parthia."
2385
2386Goatwright#9050 [31-Mar-17 11:52 PM]
2387"Then clearly you have more time."
2388
2389Nachtimus#1770 [31-Mar-17 11:56 PM]
2390"They were not warriors," he mumbles as Yesab presumably goes off to do his own thing. Thoroughly scolded, he goes to train with the men to get the distracting thoughts out of his head.
2391
2392Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 09:17 PM]
2393@Goatwright#9050 Yesab, you can't really see much. It's dark, it's foreboding, it's the shadow plane. But you feel a presence, and one that feels familiar.
2394
2395Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 09:19 PM]
2396Yesab floats up, assuming his magic still works here, and does his best to navigate through the blackness.
2397"Helloooooooo," he calls out.
2398
2399Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 09:25 PM]
2400You can still feel that presence, Yesab. It seems aware of you, at least, and feels like it's waiting for you to say something. Something besides hello, at least.
2401
2402Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 09:27 PM]
2403So needy. "Are you my patron?"
2404
2405Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 09:35 PM]
2406You are possessed by a very unusual feeling, Yesab. It's not really warmth, but it's somehow comforting and, as stated before, familiar.
2407Sort of the feeling you get from an old friend of familiar piece of gear.
2408
2409Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 09:37 PM]
2410Yesab stops, pondering this feeling. He takes it as a yes, but he's not really sure how he feels about it.
2411"Am I stuck here?"
2412
2413Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 09:43 PM]
2414Nah
2415It doesn't actually say nah but y'know, that's the feeling that is conveyed
2416
2417Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 09:45 PM]
2418He finds something vaguely stump-like to sit on. Well, if he's here he might as well ask a couple things.
2419"Why'd you choose me?"
2420"We're very different, after all! We're pretty much from opposite planes!"
2421
2422Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 09:58 PM]
2423The shadow shrugs at you, Yesab. It's a weird feeling. This is presumably the same intelligence that just randomly gifted you a deck of many things, so it may not be the most logical of entities.
2424
2425Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 10:03 PM]
2426Yesab shrugs, too. He's not really sure what to make of this thing.
2427"What are you exactly, anyway?"
2428
2429Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 10:10 PM]
2430Well Yesab, that's a hard question to answer. Sort of a demigod-thing. It came from here, and it lives here. It's complicated.
2431
2432Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 10:20 PM]
2433"Do you tend to give out magic a lot?"
2434Yesab w-waits
2435
2436Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 10:36 PM]
2437It shrugs again. Every now and again, Yesab, but not often.
2438
2439Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 10:40 PM]
2440"Well, thanks for giving me my powers! I think I've made pretty good use of them so far." He kicks his legs a little on the stump. "Am I going to end up getting any stronger?"
2441
2442Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 10:45 PM]
2443Eeeeenh. That one depends on you, Yesab. It's possible, though.
2444
2445Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:14 PM]
2446"Well, what does it depend on? What can I do?"
2447"I have a lot left to do before I go back to First World. I've got a weird plane to go through, a lich to destroy, and friends to protect. I've got to get stronger!" He hops up on his feet, placing his hands on his hips. Help me, o' Patron Friend.
2448
2449Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:21 PM]
2450Learn. Explore. Fight. Live, really. Also maybe follow up on that whole ritual magic thing?
2451
2452Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:21 PM]
2453"Ritual magic thing?"
2454
2455Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:21 PM]
2456with the dragons
2457
2458Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:22 PM]
2459"Oh. Well, okay! I'll do it!"
2460"What's your name, by the way?"
2461
2462Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:22 PM]
2463haha no
2464
2465Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Apr-17 11:23 PM]
2466strange name
2467
2468Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:23 PM]
2469"Oh! No, no. I'm not trying to bind you. But I mean.. what can I call you?"
2470Yesab is flattered by such concern from his patron though.
2471
2472Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:24 PM]
2473Just talk to the toad. Wird works. It's kind of cute.
2474
2475Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:26 PM]
2476Yesab smiles. "Okay! I'll be sure to remember."
2477
2478Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:26 PM]
2479Yesab is flushed back into the present.
2480
2481Mathias#1381 [01-Apr-17 11:27 PM]
2482Ending D.
2483
2484Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:27 PM]
2485Vauhan got ending D
2486Yesab didn't end up in Valhalla
2487
2488Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:39 PM]
2489Yesab smiles at the toad, giving him a little peck on the top of the head before packing him away and soaring past all the ensuing ~drama~ to find Laurent.
2490wait I liked cozyroom wtf
2491
2492Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:40 PM]
2493nacht a bitch
2494
2495Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:40 PM]
2496nacht fuk u
2497
2498Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:40 PM]
2499he says he am happy
2500
2501Nachtimus#1770 [01-Apr-17 11:40 PM]
2502no fuck you
2503
2504Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:42 PM]
2505Laurent's in his shrine, detailing the floor still.
2506
2507Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:45 PM]
2508"Hey Laurent!" He floats over.
2509
2510Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:45 PM]
2511"Yesab." Laurent nods to him, pausing his work.
2512
2513Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:45 PM]
2514"How are you? We haven't talked since you went to talk to Wyatt."
2515
2516Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:47 PM]
2517"Doing well enough. Getting towards the end stages of my work on this." He nods at the floor of the shring. "It's coming along quite nicely, I think."
2518
2519Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:49 PM]
2520"I think so, too! I'm glad you decided to stay up here with us." He inspects the runes on the floor. "What're you planning to do with this place, once you finish?"
2521
2522Rainglove#0072 [01-Apr-17 11:51 PM]
2523"It will be a sanctuary of sorts. A place of peace. Violence cannot be committed here while these runes still hold." He points to a few of them. "Or, rather, that will be the case once I've finished. For now they are simply a rather elaborate decoration."
2524
2525Goatwright#9050 [01-Apr-17 11:56 PM]
2526"I like that! I think we'll get a lot of use out of it." He inspects the runes. "I wanted to ask, by the way. How do you do this?"
2527
2528Rainglove#0072 [02-Apr-17 12:14 AM]
2529"It is complicated. It's a type of magic, similar to your own. Something we've been handing down for quite some time. A few members of your settlement have expressed an interest in learning it."
2530
2531Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 12:23 AM]
2532"Would it be too much if I ask to learn as well? Something's telling me I should."
2533
2534Rainglove#0072 [02-Apr-17 12:47 AM]
2535"ye"
2536
2537Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:32 AM]
2538Tourm approches
2539
2540Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 01:34 AM]
2541Yesab spots a Tourmaline! He does his best not to bristle.
2542
2543Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:34 AM]
2544Fuck you too tree stump
2545
2546Tourmaline gives him a smile and waves
2547
2548Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 01:38 AM]
2549"What're you up to today, Tourm?"
2550
2551Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:39 AM]
2552"I was on my way to ask Laurent what I did wrong with my runes." He waves his ceramic plate with runes around.
2553
2554Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 01:42 AM]
2555"Oh! Are you learning to use them as well?"
2556
2557Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:43 AM]
2558"I am little [tree stump]"
2559(It's celestial)
2560
2561Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 01:44 AM]
2562Yesab has no idea what he's saying. "I was asking Laurent about learning, too!"
2563
2564Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:44 AM]
2565"What a coincidence, so is Lex"
2566
2567Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:01 AM]
2568"Do you have a moment for a talk Yesab?"
2569
2570Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:04 AM]
2571"Sure! What did you want to talk about?" Yesab floats out of the temple so he doesn't disturb Laurent.
2572
2573Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:06 AM]
2574"Ok, where to start. Uh, so, you are a fey yes?"
2575
2576Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:07 AM]
2577"I am!"
2578He smiles.
2579
2580Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:09 AM]
2581"So what does that mean in terms of what is different between us and your kind."
2582
2583Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:09 AM]
2584"How do you mean?"
2585
2586Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:10 AM]
2587"For example, you clearly don't have flesh the way I do."
2588
2589Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:17 AM]
2590"Oh! Well, the biggest one is that we don't have souls, and don't really die!"
2591
2592Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:21 AM]
2593"Right... that, that point right there is what I want to talk about."
2594
2595Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:22 AM]
2596"Why?"
2597
2598Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:27 AM]
2599"I don't think you really understand what death means."
2600
2601Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:28 AM]
2602"That's not true." He frowns, looking certainly offended and somewhat upset. "I've had friends die here. I know what death is."
2603"I named my toad and patron after one of my dead friends."
2604"And yelled at Vauhan yesterday about rushing in and almost dying!"
2605
2606Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:33 AM]
2607"I'm sure you understand death on an intellectual level, but you certainly don't act like you understand it"
2608
2609Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:34 AM]
2610"What makes you say that?" He puts his hands on his hips.
2611
2612Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:37 AM]
2613"The entire night in the tomb with the lich I can forgive as you being afraid, but the *very* next day you led Vauhan **back** into the tomb"
2614
2615Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:51 AM]
2616"He came back with me, and we were fine before you got there!"
2617
2618Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:54 AM]
2619"But it was you that asked him to come?"
2620
2621Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 02:55 AM]
2622"I went looking to ask everybody, and he was the only one who came with."
2623"But here's the thing! Going and putting ourselves in danger is our jobs. It's Vauhan's entire life, even! And for the rest of us, it was why we were brought down here. It's why the king's men took me and Okri from our home. So we're going to do our job, because if we don't, then plenty more than us will run the risk of dying."
2624"I may not die, but I certainly will be sent home, and I'll be left with no friends, no magic, and no chance to keep trying to help the people here. I may not risk my physical body, but that's certainly losing my life."
2625
2626Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:04 AM]
2627"Yesab, you are frankly far too smart to actually believe in any of the bullshit rationalization you just spouted out to me. Just because he is here to defend the people who live in this settlement doesn't mean that you have him at your beck and call to have him risk his life for whatever misadventure you want to go on because of a whim. If you wanted to explore you should of either waited for a full group or just not gone. And by the way... that is not like death *at all*"
2628"You should know the type of man Vauhan is, he wouldn't for a second hesitate to die for you, and you are perfectly fine with leading him into danger unprepared. Please explain to me how that is acceptable behaivor to a friend. I want an honest answer from you."
2629
2630Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:28 AM]
2631"We were both caught unprepared! I wasn't plotting for us to come across an enemy and start a fight. Our plan was just to catch sight of something and see what we're fighting. We've had plenty of luck going out and scouting for things before; it's a relationship we've established. We go out together and watch eachothers' backs."
2632He frowns, putting his hands on his hips. "You can't just walk into our lives and think you know every part about it. We've forged our relationship."
2633
2634Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:33 AM]
2635"The fact that you dragged him out on just as dangerous missions and survived doesn't make it ok! If you are so close with this man then you should maybe use that prodigal intellect everyone seems convinced you have to think why it's maybe a bad idea to walk around that place alone!"
2636"This has absoutley nothing to do with your damn relationship"
2637
2638Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:39 AM]
2639"Well now we haven't gone out there alone. I don't see what the problem is."
2640
2641Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:40 AM]
2642"Exactly! You don't see why what you did was foolish Yesab because you don't understand death, not one bit."
2643
2644Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:41 AM]
2645Yesab shrugs at this. "Clearly I'm not going to convince you otherwise. What's the purpose of this conversation?"
2646"How would you plan to show me what death means if you think I can't comprehend it?"
2647
2648Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:43 AM]
2649"I'm not trying to teach you what death means to someone who *actually has to die*, I'm trying to convince you to be more careful, especially with what you drag the others into."
2650
2651Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:44 AM]
2652"Okay."
2653
2654Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:44 AM]
2655"Okay?"
2656
2657Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:44 AM]
2658"Okay!"
2659
2660Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:44 AM]
2661"Is that all you have to say?"
2662
2663Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:46 AM]
2664"Okay, I'll be more careful."
2665
2666Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:46 AM]
2667"Thank you. Now say sorry to me for lying about the lich"
2668
2669Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:48 AM]
2670"Now you're just being rude about it."
2671
2672Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:48 AM]
2673"Say it"
2674
2675Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:49 AM]
2676Yesab opts to leave instead.
2677
2678Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:49 AM]
2679"Are you a fucking child?"
2680
2681Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Apr-17 03:49 AM]
2682literally yes
2683
2684Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:49 AM]
2685Baaaaai
2686
2687Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:49 AM]
2688Tourmaline follows after him.
2689
2690Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 03:50 AM]
2691He vanishes and floats away :^)
2692
2693Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:50 AM]
2694Glitterdust
2695Read your abilities friends
2696"Yesab, you are going to be the death of your friends."
2697"And you aren't going to be able to run away from that"
2698
2699Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:03 AM]
2700He shouts back, still invisible. "I'll apologize for endangering you, but I won't stroke your ego just to make amends! I had my reasons, which everybody else has acknowledged but you!"
2701
2702Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:04 AM]
2703"Are you deaf? I literally opened our conversation with that! I'm sorry if I'm not licking your boot like every other moron here because you're three feet tall and cute."
2704
2705Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:08 AM]
2706"I'm not asking you to!"
2707
2708Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:10 AM]
2709"Really, cause the moment I asked for an apology you walked away. I wasn't asking you to flog yourself, I just wanted you to say sorry, and just like in the tomb, because Yesab didn't want to hear what was being said to him, you ignored it and tried to get away from me."
2710
2711Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:12 AM]
2712"I'm sorry!"
2713
2714Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:14 AM]
2715"Was that so hard?"
2716
2717Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:18 AM]
2718"You're making it moreso."
2719
2720Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:18 AM]
2721"You'll live"
2722
2723Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:19 AM]
2724"And yes, by the way. I am a child, as far as this form is concerned." He crosses his arms, reappearing.
2725
2726Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:20 AM]
2727"Does that mean you are mentally a child too or is this a normal fey attitude?"
2728
2729Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:23 AM]
2730"I guess it's kind of both!"
2731
2732Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:24 AM]
2733"......."
2734
2735Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:24 AM]
2736"I was a lot more stuffy and well-spoken before my last form died."
2737"But I've only been in this form for six years, and I decided to try something new! I was a lot more mean, too."
2738
2739Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:25 AM]
2740"Yesab, will you watch something for me?"
2741
2742Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 04:25 AM]
2743"What?"
2744
2745Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 04:54 AM]
2746"I'm performing a ceremony for Maegan and I would like for you to join in."
2747
2748Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 05:01 AM]
2749"What sort of ceremony?"
2750
2751Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 05:03 AM]
2752"A tea ceremony of sorts, you'll just have to see for yourself if you want to know more."
2753
2754Goatwright#9050 [02-Apr-17 05:07 AM]
2755He seems cautious, but nods.
2756
2757Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 01:18 PM]
2758"It has some materials that are needed but I'll cover that for you the first time"
2759
2760Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 02:35 PM]
2761"It'll be fun. You get nice food and there is entertainment."
2762"You should invite some of the others too, it'll be a good bonding experience. And also it'll let me officially apologize for any feathers I've ruffled."
2763
2764Soren#1962 [02-Apr-17 03:25 PM]
2765Lex realizes he fell asleep while Tourm was scribing runes.
2766And wanders out to find him.
2767
2768Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:34 PM]
2769Tourm has just listened to Yesab's response and is just kind of chilling outside of Laurent's
2770
2771Soren#1962 [02-Apr-17 03:34 PM]
2772Lex waves a little. "Hey. You doing okay? I kind of fell asleep I think."
2773
2774Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:37 PM]
2775"Oh yes, me and the fey had a heart to heart"
2776
2777Soren#1962 [02-Apr-17 03:37 PM]
2778"I thought you didn't do heart to hearts."
2779
2780Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:38 PM]
2781"I was being facetious"
2782
2783Soren#1962 [02-Apr-17 03:39 PM]
2784"Which time?"
2785
2786Cactus#6981 [02-Apr-17 03:40 PM]
2787"That's for me to know and you to find out"
2788
2789Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:09 PM]
2790"So, anyway, I hear that your friends went back in the crypts again."
2791
2792Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:13 PM]
2793"...what?"
2794"Why is everyone so dumb?"
2795"And suicidal?"
2796
2797Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:13 PM]
2798"Vauhan had to be carried into the healer's place."
2799
2800Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:16 PM]
2801Lex facepalms.
2802"Idiots..."
2803"I am surrounded by suicidal children."
2804
2805Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:18 PM]
2806"Aren't you a little young to be calling people children?"
2807"You are by no means incorrect though"
2808
2809Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:19 PM]
2810"My spirit has lived longer than these caves have existed."
2811"And plus, I may be young physically, but at least I act more mature than those fools."
2812
2813Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:19 PM]
2814"Yeah yeah, I'm sure you and Yesab get along great"
2815
2816Goatwright#9050 [03-Apr-17 08:24 PM]
2817Shut up Lex u still a baby
2818
2819Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:26 PM]
2820"Is everyone okay?"
2821
2822Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:29 PM]
2823"Everyone lived"
2824
2825Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:30 PM]
2826"That is good at least." Lex sighs. "They need to be more careful. They fought the dragons again, didn't they? Didn't they learn when Vauhan was inches away from death?"
2827
2828Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:32 PM]
2829"I think they went hunting for the one they injured"
2830
2831Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:32 PM]
2832"After it nearly killed them."
2833"I told them to run, but would they listen? Noooo."
2834
2835Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:35 PM]
2836"You just reminded me of myself a long time ago Lex"
2837
2838Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:35 PM]
2839"How so?"
2840
2841Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:37 PM]
2842"The sarcasm mostly, but also how much you care about them"
2843"Maybe a touch of anxiety as well"
2844
2845Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:37 PM]
2846"Of course I care about them. I mean...you know what my duties are to be. You were there when I had...everything happen."
2847
2848Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:39 PM]
2849"Don't worry about it. I know what that feels like. I really do"
2850
2851Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:39 PM]
2852"You do?"
2853
2854Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:40 PM]
2855"Yes, and you're handling all the same pressures with so much more grace than I had... Am actually, I'm still awful under pressure"
2856
2857Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:41 PM]
2858"I was trained to do this. I cannot break like I did before. Not when people's lives are on the line."
2859
2860Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:42 PM]
2861Tourm scratches at the back of his head awkwardly.
2862
2863Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:42 PM]
2864"I struggle with the emotinal aspect of it sometimes. But, everyone does. That is why I am here. I am here to help people with whatever struggles they face, physically or emotionally. I am a healer and a leader."
2865"I had trouble accepting my role before. But I know that I have to fit into it, I just have to do it my way, as myself."
2866
2867Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:44 PM]
2868"I never... You know, you're something special Lex."
2869
2870Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:46 PM]
2871"I know."
2872"Its the tails."
2873"And my color. And eyes."
2874
2875Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:46 PM]
2876"Not at all"
2877"I meant personally"
2878
2879Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:47 PM]
2880"Oh? And why do you say that?" Lex cocks his head to the side, his ears twitching a little.
2881
2882Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:48 PM]
2883"You just..... You rose to the occasion, accepted your birthright, that sort of shit. You said your people expect so much out of you and I know you can meet their demands. I could never "
2884
2885Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:49 PM]
2886"What is expected out of you? Do you have a birthright as well?"
2887
2888Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 08:50 PM]
2889"I've been told as much"
2890
2891Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 08:51 PM]
2892He puts a hand on Tourm's chest. "You don't have to talk about it with me until you are ready. But I am always here for you."
2893"Anything you tell me will be in complete confidence."
2894
2895Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:01 PM]
2896"I know, that's why we're never going to talk about it"
2897
2898Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:02 PM]
2899"You need to sooner or later. But I won't pester you, Torum." Lex sighs a little and leans against him. "I'm just worried about you. You have been through so much recently."
2900
2901Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:02 PM]
2902"As I have said before, I am completely fine"
2903
2904Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:05 PM]
2905"I will believe you for now. Just...be careful, okay?"
2906"We care about you, you know."
2907
2908Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:05 PM]
2909"Right... I'm sure you all love me."
2910
2911Goatwright#9050 [03-Apr-17 09:06 PM]
2912Fey giggles echo in Tourm's mind.
2913
2914Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:06 PM]
2915*ugh*
2916
2917Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:06 PM]
2918"I meant Edgar and I. Why do you think he has let you stay in his home for so long?"
2919"I spend enough time there to know."
2920
2921Mathias#1381 [03-Apr-17 09:06 PM]
2922Somewhere, someone is calling Tourm a cunt.
2923
2924Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:07 PM]
2925"Edgar has been my friend for many years, the rest of the people here, save for Wyatt, don't have a singular reason to care about me."
2926
2927Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:08 PM]
2928"I care about you."
2929
2930Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:08 PM]
2931"Why"
2932
2933Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:08 PM]
2934"Because you are a good person. Even if you have been in over your head a little bit from some things that have happened, you have done everything you have out of a desire to help and keep people safe."
2935"You made some descisions due to not being fully informed, but they were still the *right* ones to make, given what you knew."
2936
2937Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:09 PM]
2938"......"
2939"Right, I wonder how Vauhan is doing."
2940"I should go visit"
2941
2942Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:10 PM]
2943Lex gives him a hug.
2944
2945Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:10 PM]
2946"Now, you're going to get fox hair all over my nice shirt"
2947
2948Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:11 PM]
2949"I am sorry for how I treated you earlier, Tourmaline. I consider you a friend, and I will stick by you. Just like I will the others."
2950
2951Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:11 PM]
2952"That is nice Lex"
2953
2954Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:12 PM]
2955"Now I will let you run from your feelings for the time being. Go see Vauhan."
2956
2957Cactus#6981 [03-Apr-17 09:12 PM]
2958"Bye"
2959
2960Soren#1962 [03-Apr-17 09:13 PM]
2961Lex waves to him, and smiles a little foxy smile, and heads back to his home away from home.
2962
2963Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 01:25 PM]
2964Loyd is plotting and scheming. His plots and schemes require items, so he is gonna invade Edgar's shop and loot around. Edgar should be used to this by now.
2965
2966Hippocratesi#9485 [04-Apr-17 01:25 PM]
2967burglary is acrime
2968
2969Rainglove#0072 [04-Apr-17 01:26 PM]
2970Edgar will let you look but looting is excessive
2971
2972Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 01:26 PM]
2973He's not stealing it, just looting around.
2974"Something for an easy getaway..." Loyd mumbles to himself. Edgar, clean your shop.
2975
2976Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 03:56 PM]
2977"Oh, you're here"
2978
2979Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:02 PM]
2980Loyd ignores Tourm. He's probably talking to Edgar or Lex.
2981
2982Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:03 PM]
2983"Ah-HEM"
2984
2985Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:05 PM]
2986Loyd turns around from his pile of Wdgar goods. Oh, he's talking to him... "What?"
2987
2988Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:06 PM]
2989"Hello Loyd, how are you doing."
2990
2991Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:09 PM]
2992"What do you want, Tourm?"
2993
2994Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:10 PM]
2995"You hate magic right?"
2996
2997Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:11 PM]
2998"Correct."
2999
3000Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:11 PM]
3001"And you are intent on hunting this lich?"
3002
3003Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:12 PM]
3004"Wyatt wants the Tomb cleared so that we have more room for housing people, and the Tomb, as you would have noticed, had plenty of houses that just needed some small fixes. If killing the Lich makes clearing the Tomb easier, then I will be hunting him."
3005
3006Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:19 PM]
3007"A simple yes would of sufficed. If you're willing I can assist you with resisting the lich's magic"
3008
3009Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:21 PM]
3010"No."
3011
3012Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:23 PM]
3013"I expected as much. Well, you know where to find me if you change your mind. Oh, before I forget, there is a little get together being held tomorrow. Vauhan and Yesab are attending and you are invited as well."
3014
3015Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:25 PM]
3016"A get together for what?"
3017
3018Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:27 PM]
3019"Maegan was the one who asked for it, but I think it would be a great way for you all to enjoy a little downtime."
3020
3021Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:41 PM]
3022"For. What."
3023
3024Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:42 PM]
3025"To relax? Take some time off? Don't you ever just want to take a break Loyd?"
3026
3027Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:42 PM]
3028"When I want to take a break, I take a nap. A get together is pointless since we're together all the time to do our work for Afallon."
3029
3030Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:43 PM]
3031"You really need a vacation"
3032
3033Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:45 PM]
3034"I don't. I won't be attending your get together, since it seems completely pointless."
3035
3036Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:46 PM]
3037"Sure, you have every right to think that."
3038
3039Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:47 PM]
3040"You can go now."
3041
3042Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:47 PM]
3043"I live here"
3044
3045Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:48 PM]
3046"Buy a pickaxe and start making a basement for your own house."
3047"Unless you have a fetish for listening to Edgar and Lex fuck loudly."
3048
3049Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:49 PM]
3050"Actually, Yesab has a magic lyre that can build homes. So, I think I won't do that."
3051
3052Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:52 PM]
3053"A magical house will fail you, like it will fail everyone living in the 'Fireplace' and whatever Valeska called that second building."
3054
3055Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:53 PM]
3056"I doubt that."
3057
3058Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:54 PM]
3059"All mages doubt it, until it happens."
3060
3061Soren#1962 [04-Apr-17 04:54 PM]
3062Somewhere Valeska curses Loyd's name.
3063
3064Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 04:55 PM]
3065"Sure thing buddy."
3066
3067Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 04:58 PM]
3068"And there's the mages arrogance. I'm sure Edgar has a few books around here for you. Probably titled something like "Top 200000 times mages let their overconfidence and trust in magic kill them"."
3069
3070Rainglove#0072 [04-Apr-17 04:59 PM]
3071you remember that one torm
3072a classic
3073
3074Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 05:01 PM]
3075"I am not a mage by any means. Besides, I'm plenty smart enough to seperate the personal failings of individuals and the worth of an abstract force."
3076
3077Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 05:03 PM]
3078"There is no worth to it. The day that magic disappears from the Axehead, the better."
3079
3080Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 05:06 PM]
3081Tourmaline shurgs, "I'm not going to bother with his dance right now Loyd, it isn't going anywhere. Have a nice day"
3082
3083Mathias#1381 [04-Apr-17 05:13 PM]
3084Don't expect a goodbye. You're a dirty mage and a dirty merchant.
3085
3086Cactus#6981 [04-Apr-17 05:14 PM]
3087He never does
3088
3089Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 08:24 PM]
3090Yesab resumes his building adventures. ; ]
3091
3092Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 08:26 PM]
3093and what adventures would those be
3094
3095Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 08:27 PM]
3096Seeing if any dang ol' prospective merchants showed up to his house.
3097
3098Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 08:28 PM]
3099you're gonna have to fukken wait kid
3100
3101Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 08:28 PM]
3102Fuckin wow lad
3103
3104Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 09:43 PM]
3105You have one guy at your house, Yesab. One of the members of the Inquisition, in fact, but he's dressed casually.
3106
3107Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 09:44 PM]
3108Yesab is very surprised to find this person here. What's he look like?
3109
3110Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 09:46 PM]
3111A human male, who doesn't look particularly well put together at all. Bordin. His hair's a little crazy, and you've seen him out and about maybe once or twice. he doesn't get around nearly as much as the other inquisitors do.
3112
3113Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 09:53 PM]
3114"Hi there! What can I do for you?" He floats on over.
3115
3116Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 09:59 PM]
3117"Hi. I heard you were getting a building of some sort set up?"
3118
3119Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 09:59 PM]
3120"Quite a few! Were you thinking about setting up a store?"
3121
3122Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:00 PM]
3123"I was actually just hoping to rent some space."
3124
3125Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:00 PM]
3126"Oh! Just to live?"
3127
3128Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:01 PM]
3129"To work in."
3130
3131Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:01 PM]
3132"What sort of work do you do?"
3133
3134Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:03 PM]
3135"I study life. I would be willing to buy out several rooms in the back corner of your structure, if me being near other rooms would make them hard to sell."
3136
3137Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:04 PM]
3138"What exactly does studying life entail?"
3139
3140Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:08 PM]
3141"That's... Complicated. I wouldn't want to bore you with the details. Put simply, I keep a variety of pets, and they require more space than I have available to me at the moment over there." He nods towards Valeska's building. "I can promise they won't create problems for your other tenants."
3142
3143Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:13 PM]
3144That's MY building now pal.
3145"Well, sure! If you'd like I can actually set up your own building for you. How many rooms did you need?"
3146
3147Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:15 PM]
3148"A part of the larger building will be fine, and two would be ideal."
3149
3150Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:15 PM]
3151"Sure! I'll see if I can set that up for you."
3152
3153Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:16 PM]
3154"Excellent, thank you. There was one other thing I was hoping I could ask you about, if you have a moment?"
3155
3156Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:17 PM]
3157"Sure! Ask away."
3158
3159Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:18 PM]
3160"I understand that you and your friends are still fighting with the dragons in the Tomb?"
3161
3162Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:19 PM]
3163"Yes! That's correct."
3164
3165Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:20 PM]
3166"I would pay a significant amount of gold for the chance to study one of their corpses, if you manage to kill one."
3167
3168Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:23 PM]
3169Yesab's not really sure how he feels about that, but he nods in agreement. "I'll let you know!"
3170
3171Rainglove#0072 [07-Apr-17 10:24 PM]
3172"Thank you." He nods, stands there for a few more seconds, then turns and heads off for the inquisition's building.
3173
3174Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:28 PM]
3175Yesab then waits for Tourm to arrive.
3176
3177Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:46 PM]
3178Tourmaline​ strolls back
3179"Yesab!!!!"
3180
3181Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:48 PM]
3182"Hi!" He waves.
3183
3184Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:49 PM]
3185"How is it going my friend?"
3186
3187Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:50 PM]
3188"Good! I got most of the plans done for our assembly. We just need to talk to Coeus last to see if he helped iron out those schematics for the sewers."
3189
3190Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:51 PM]
3191"Right! I have a small favor to ask for after we're done"
3192
3193Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:52 PM]
3194"What is it?"
3195
3196Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:53 PM]
3197"I need you to.... How to put this. I need you to contact an outsider for me"
3198
3199Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:53 PM]
3200"Oh! Like I did for Vauhan."
3201
3202Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:57 PM]
3203"Yes, I have a name and everything"
3204
3205Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:57 PM]
3206"Okay! Well, in this case, because I'm out of restoration potions, I'm gonna need you to pay for it."
3207
3208Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 10:58 PM]
3209"That is ok, I need to speak with him"
3210
3211Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 10:59 PM]
3212"How high up is he?"
3213
3214Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:00 PM]
3215"Nothing fantastical"
3216
3217Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:02 PM]
3218"And what is he?"
3219
3220Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:02 PM]
3221"He is a type of Azata"
3222
3223Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:04 PM]
3224"Hm.. okay! That'll run you around 650 gold, then."
3225
3226Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:05 PM]
3227"Wow, yeah I can do that. I have to meet him"
3228
3229Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:07 PM]
3230"Yeah, I know, it's kinda pricy. It's not usually a service I sell because of it. Imagine how much blood it takes out of me!"
3231
3232Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:09 PM]
3233"That is disturbing quite frankly, but if you just use the money route you have a very nice business right there"
3234
3235Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:10 PM]
3236"I was trying to sell another one of my spells as well, but it got a little dangerous."
3237
3238Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:11 PM]
3239"I was there Yesab"
3240
3241Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:11 PM]
3242"Oh right! Right."
3243
3244Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:12 PM]
3245Tourmaline giggles.
3246
3247Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:12 PM]
3248"See? I'm not always perfect!"
3249
3250Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:14 PM]
3251[Oh I'm aware] he says in a nice sing song time in Ignan
3252
3253Goatwright#9050 [07-Apr-17 11:15 PM]
3254wow pal
3255
3256Cactus#6981 [07-Apr-17 11:16 PM]
3257All in good fun
3258
3259Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 06:55 PM]
3260SOMETIME IN THE PAST
3261Yesab and Vauhan summon some guys.
3262
3263Mathias#1381 [14-Apr-17 06:55 PM]
3264Do the time warp again.
3265
3266Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:05 PM]
3267The roar of battle fills the hearth for a brief moment as a large armored bear is pulled out of thin air in front of you. It's mid-roar and swipes at the air in front of it, before the roar peters off. It looks back and forth between Yesab and Vauhan, looking less than pleased.
3268
3269Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:07 PM]
3270Yesab urges Vauhan forward.
3271Mostly so he can hide behind him.
3272
3273Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:12 PM]
3274Vauhan steps forwards towards the outsider, doing his best not to look intimidated, grasping his holy symbol, as he says something he's clearly rehearsed in his head once or twice. "Servant of Our Lord in Iron. Last night, I was filled with visions of Gorum's realm, and I cannot think it is anything but a message from him. I do not know what he means to say. What was the meaning of my dream?"
3275
3276Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3277Either of you speak celestial?
3278
3279Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3280Nope.
3281Well, Vauhan doesn't.
3282
3283Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3284well I figured you didn't but I didn't want to be classist
3285
3286Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3287Nada
3288
3289Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3290abyssal?
3291
3292Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:16 PM]
3293I can Tongues though
3294
3295Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:17 PM]
3296It growls out something in Celestial.
3297
3298Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:17 PM]
3299Yesab Tongues as it starts to speak, so he can catch that this grown bear man is saying.
3300
3301Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:19 PM]
3302ain't nothin man about it yesab
3303100% bear
3304"[What did you dream?]"
3305
3306Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:20 PM]
3307Vauhan looks to Yesab. "I do not understand him."
3308
3309Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:20 PM]
3310"He asked what you dreamed."
3311Yesab whispers up to Vauhan, still hiding behind his leg.
3312
3313Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:23 PM]
3314"Er, much of it has faded, but what I do remember is *being* there, warring with the other fallen soldiers in eternal battle, and despite how this is what I have dreamed of since I was a whelp, I was unhappy, something were missing. Then I fell, only to wake up."
3315
3316Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:35 PM]
3317Presumably you relay this to the bear, who responds. "[Sounds like it's time for some self-reflection. I don't know what you want, but there's obviously something.]"
3318
3319Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:37 PM]
3320Yesab translates this as well to Vauhan.
3321
3322Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:42 PM]
3323Vauhan nods thoughtfully, then appears curious. "When I die, will there be a space for me in his realm, even if I do not die in battle?"
3324
3325Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:43 PM]
3326Yesab translates onward.
3327
3328Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:51 PM]
3329It's kind of hard to tell what the bear's thinking, seeing as it's a 9 foot tall bear and it's mostly hidden under a bunch of armor, but its stance softens, and its voice is less aggressive, if only a little, when it responds. "[If you are a true warrior, there will always be a place for you. With the way you wear that armor, I have no doubt I'll see you there one day.]"
3330
3331Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:53 PM]
3332Yesab relays this back to Vauhan, and gives him a little pat to punctuate it.
3333
3334Hippocratesi#9485 [14-Apr-17 07:53 PM]
3335The bear gives him a thumbs up
3336
3337Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 07:53 PM]
3338bippo pls
3339Vauhan takes a moment to process this, then salutes the outsider. "You have been a great help to me."
3340
3341Rainglove#0072 [14-Apr-17 07:57 PM]
3342The bear nods, and disappears
3343
3344Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 07:58 PM]
3345"How do you feel?"
3346
3347Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 08:00 PM]
3348Vauhan sits down. "I... I do not know. The answers only gave me more questions, but they're not anything a summon can help with."
3349
3350Goatwright#9050 [14-Apr-17 08:02 PM]
3351He floats up onto the big guy's shoulder, patting his head gently. "Do you want some time to think about it?"
3352
3353Nachtimus#1770 [14-Apr-17 08:04 PM]
3354"I will have time to think later. I cannot let my own thoughts get in the way of my responsibilities."
3355
3356Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:30 PM]
3357Where is the dragon?
3358
3359Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:31 PM]
3360Probably in his house where you left him last time.
3361Doing dragon things.
3362
3363Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:31 PM]
3364Tourmaline approaches calling out to him [Hello????]
3365
3366Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:33 PM]
3367You receive no response, and are reminded of how many hoops you have to jump through to talk to this thing.
3368
3369Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:33 PM]
3370[I have a gift]
3371
3372Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:34 PM]
3373The dragon watches you.
3374
3375Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:34 PM]
3376[May I approach?]
3377
3378Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:35 PM]
3379It snorts.
3380
3381Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:35 PM]
3382Tourmaline approaches the building, slowly.
3383
3384Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:36 PM]
3385It doesn't tackle you and kill you, so you're probably okay.
3386
3387Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:37 PM]
3388[I made you an amulet. It doesn't seem fitting for you to sit around in a dead city with nothing. The gemstone is a beautiful sample of Onyx, make it just for you.]
3389
3390Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:46 PM]
3391It continues to watch you.
3392
3393Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:46 PM]
3394[I would like to put it on you, if that it ok]
3395
3396Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:51 PM]
3397It taps.
3398
3399Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:51 PM]
3400[Fair enough, you do want it though?]
3401
3402Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:54 PM]
3403And another snort
3404
3405Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:55 PM]
3406[Then come and take it from me] He holds it out for the dragon, a good distance from the house.
3407
3408Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 08:56 PM]
3409He mage hands it out of your hand.
3410
3411Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 08:56 PM]
3412He grabs it then.
3413[No, I want to see you out here]
3414
3415Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:01 PM]
3416He huffs at you, but it's less of a yes and more of an annoyed sound
3417
3418Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:03 PM]
3419[I'm not blindly giving you tribute. This is a token of our respect and trust. I expect for you to at the very least let me *see* you]
3420
3421Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:07 PM]
3422The dragon clearly feels as though you are misunderstanding the status of your relationship.
3423It expresses this through another, more aggravated grunt.
3424
3425Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:13 PM]
3426Tourm puts his hands on his hips.
3427
3428Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:19 PM]
3429It approaches you.
3430
3431Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:21 PM]
3432Tourm didn't think he would get this far
3433He holds the necklace out, but not all the way.
3434How does the big boy look
3435
3436Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:23 PM]
3437Kind of pissed
3438
3439Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:27 PM]
3440[Don't be sour, you're getting a gift afterall]
3441
3442Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:28 PM]
3443It grabs the necklace out of your hands, pushes you over backwards, snarls right in your face, and then turns and heads back to the shadows, leaving you flat on your back.
3444
3445Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:33 PM]
3446[You are welcome]
3447
3448Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:34 PM]
3449It returns to watching you from its home.
3450
3451Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:40 PM]
3452[I haven't forgotten about your memory loss, I'm working on fixing that.]
3453
3454Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:41 PM]
3455It grumbles draconically.
3456the grumbling equivalent of "thanks, but I still don't like you"
3457it's a very descriptive grumble
3458
3459Cactus#6981 [15-Apr-17 09:45 PM]
3460[Anyway, I have to be off now. See you around]
3461
3462Rainglove#0072 [15-Apr-17 09:46 PM]
3463It turns around and goes back to wherever it stays.
3464
3465Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 07:36 PM]
3466Yesab goes to talk to Edgar!
3467
3468Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 07:40 PM]
3469Edgar's in his shop, enchanting a shield.
3470
3471Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 07:41 PM]
3472"Hi, Edgar!" Yesab floats on in. "How are you?"
3473
3474Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 07:43 PM]
3475"Well enough. Need something?"
3476
3477Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 07:47 PM]
3478"I was wondering if I could ask about those bombs you constructed."
3479
3480Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 08:01 PM]
3481"You need more made?"
3482
3483Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 08:02 PM]
3484"I was actually curious about how you made them!"
3485
3486Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 08:52 PM]
3487"Family secret. Why?"
3488
3489Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 08:54 PM]
3490Yesab snaps. What an answer. "Just curiosity! I've been trying my hand at new things since that dream I had."
3491
3492Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 08:56 PM]
3493"And you want to try... Making bombs?"
3494
3495Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 08:56 PM]
3496"Yes?"
3497
3498Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 08:57 PM]
3499"Why?"
3500
3501Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 08:57 PM]
3502To steal business from you.
3503
3504Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 08:57 PM]
3505He shrugs. "It seems like they'd be really good against big threats! The Scythians were using them, they worked out in the Tomb..." He shrugs.
3506
3507Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:02 PM]
3508"Well... It's dangerous, is the thing. I don't enjoy making them myself, since I don't like risking blowing myself up."
3509
3510Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 09:07 PM]
3511"How's it that dangerous?"
3512
3513Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:08 PM]
3514"Well you see"
3515"You're handling explosives"
3516"And if you handle them wrong, they explode, and you die."
3517
3518Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 09:11 PM]
3519"Oh... well, how do you handle them safely?"
3520"Or prevent yourself from exploding?"
3521"Wait, aren't you always on fire?"
3522
3523Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:13 PM]
3524Loyd will appear in Edgar's shop whenever the right amount of time passes. Your favorite customer has arrived, burning man.
3525
3526Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:13 PM]
3527He looks offended, but Loyd arrives before he can respond.
3528"Need more arrows, Loyd?"
3529
3530Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:14 PM]
3531Maegan appears in tow.
3532
3533Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:14 PM]
3534"I still got plenty from those Scythians we exterminated. I unfortunately need something magical. Something to help with disarming magic traps."
3535
3536Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:15 PM]
3537"That's... Difficult. What sort of traps?"
3538
3539Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:16 PM]
3540"Presumably the kind that explode."
3541
3542Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:16 PM]
3543"The kind that I can't disarm normally." Magic traps.
3544
3545Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:16 PM]
3546"Do you need to disarm them without blowing them up?"
3547
3548Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:16 PM]
3549"That would be nice."
3550
3551Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:17 PM]
3552"Yes?"
3553"If we *can*."
3554
3555Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:17 PM]
3556"What's your budget?"
3557
3558Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:18 PM]
3559"I've goooot...4500?"
3560
3561Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:18 PM]
3562"I got 3005."
3563
3564Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:19 PM]
3565"You can't afford to do it without setting them off."
3566He pulls a wand out from under his desk. "Summon monster. 750 gold."
3567
3568Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:20 PM]
3569Wow, fuck you, buddy. "Let me have a test run with the wand to see how much of an explosion occurs when the magic trap is activated, and then I'll pay for it."
3570
3571Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:21 PM]
3572He tosses it to you.
3573"Don't die, I want that back if you're not gonna buy it."
3574
3575Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:22 PM]
3576Loyd hands the wand to Maegan. "We'll be right back after the first trap. Promise." Come on, Maegan, let's cause some explosions.
3577
3578Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:22 PM]
3579Well alright. Maegan heads back to the trap filled hallway.
3580
3581Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:23 PM]
3582You return!
3583The hallway is unchanged
3584
3585Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 09:23 PM]
3586Yesab then turns back to Edgar.
3587
3588Mathias#1381 [21-Apr-17 09:30 PM]
3589Loyd is back in the shop. Hi Edgar. Loyd drops 750 gold on the counter. Loyd leaves. Bye Edgar.
3590
3591Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:33 PM]
3592"Bye Loyd."
3593
3594Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 09:36 PM]
3595"So.."
3596"Are you not gonna teach me?"
3597
3598Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:37 PM]
3599"Have you ever worked with this kind of stuff before?
3600
3601Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 09:40 PM]
3602"No, but I'm a fast learner!"
3603
3604Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 09:45 PM]
3605"That's not particularly comforting. No offense Yesab but you don't strike me as the most... Meticulous person."
3606
3607Hippocratesi#9485 [21-Apr-17 09:46 PM]
3608what a fukn dick
3609
3610Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 10:00 PM]
3611He puffs his cheeks up, putting his hands on his hips. "What makes you say that?"
3612
3613Rainglove#0072 [21-Apr-17 10:04 PM]
3614"Well, you, er... You know." He coughs. "Need anything else?"
3615
3616Goatwright#9050 [21-Apr-17 10:15 PM]
3617"What?" He doesn't settle at the cough.
3618Excuse you pal
3619
3620Rainglove#0072 [22-Apr-17 08:26 PM]
3621"I'm saying I'm concerned you'll kill us both."
3622
3623Goatwright#9050 [22-Apr-17 08:27 PM]
3624Wow pal alright guess I'm RPing
3625"But I can be careful and meticulous! I'm an arcane caster, after all."
3626
3627Rainglove#0072 [22-Apr-17 08:28 PM]
3628yeah you are
3629Diplo him, Yesab
3630
3631Goatwright#9050 [22-Apr-17 08:30 PM]
36321d20+3 fuck I want to put more points in this stupid fucking skill but fuck wasting a feat ughhhhhh
3633
3634Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-Apr-17 08:30 PM]
3635@Goatwright#9050: "fuck I want to put more points in this stupid fucking skill but fuck wasting a feat ughhhhhh": [20] -> **23**
3636
3637Goatwright#9050 [22-Apr-17 08:30 PM]
3638Wow
3639That's the second time in a row isn't it?
3640
3641Rainglove#0072 [22-Apr-17 08:32 PM]
3642I think it is
3643"You have a point."
3644He looks physically pained as he says this
3645"Let me get my equipment together."
3646
3647Goatwright#9050 [22-Apr-17 08:35 PM]
3648He smiles, nodding. "Okay! Thank you so much, Edgar."
3649
3650Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:11 PM]
3651Tourmaline walks into Edgar's shop, as he is so apt to do.
3652
3653Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 02:14 PM]
3654Edgar's behind the counter, still recovering from watching Lex chug inhuman amounts of coffee.
3655
3656Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:16 PM]
3657"Hello my friend, long time no see"
3658
3659Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 02:19 PM]
3660He gives you a little wave. "Hi Tourm."
3661
3662Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:20 PM]
3663"I'm off to visit the dragons today, which I've been told involves buying some potions from you."
3664
3665Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 02:21 PM]
3666"What're you looking for?"
3667
3668Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:22 PM]
3669"Something to keep my breathing underwater and whatever else to get by what's on the other side of the river."
3670
3671Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 02:34 PM]
3672He pulls up a series of potions. "Well, I've got water breathing, fly, and alter self. Those should cover all your bases. 1,800 for the lot."
3673
3674Hippocratesi#9485 [28-Apr-17 02:34 PM]
3675not even a discount for an old friend
3676
3677Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:44 PM]
3678"That's quite hefty, is there anything that works for more than one time?"
3679
3680Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 02:45 PM]
3681"Not unless you want to start looking at wands. Magic's expensive."
3682
3683Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 02:58 PM]
3684"Can we trade out the fly for something less dramatic then?"
3685
3686Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:00 PM]
3687"I can just get rid of it, drops your total to 1050."
3688"Or spider climb, which brings it to 1350."
3689
3690Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:04 PM]
3691"No discount for your best friend?"
3692
3693Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:04 PM]
3694"If you wanted a discount you could go find Yesab, he would probably take you for free. I need materials to make these."
3695
3696Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:07 PM]
3697"I was only joking Edgar, and besides he's busy being a landlord"
3698"I might need spider climbing, so I'll take that bundle"
3699
3700Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:11 PM]
3701He sells you the things
3702
3703Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:12 PM]
3704Tourmaline heads out to the dragon river
3705
3706Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:17 PM]
3707There are several of them that you know of, which one are you going for? The one by the lake?
3708
3709Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:18 PM]
3710Yes, the one he was shown
3711
3712Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:20 PM]
3713You go, pushing you way through waist-deep water to get there, and eventually arrive at the flooded tunnel that leads to their city.
3714
3715Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:21 PM]
3716Tourmaline will uncork the water breathing potion and down it before pressing on.
3717
3718Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:22 PM]
3719You press on, drop into the water, get yanked forward by the current, get dumped out the roof of a cave and fall into a pool, and are now in a cavern set in the wall overlooking the dragon city.
3720
3721Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:23 PM]
3722Tourmaline uses mending on his painting as well as the other fragile belongings in his bag before heading toward the giant tower, because that seems like a reasonable place to go first.
3723
3724Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:27 PM]
3725You head for the tower, arrive at its base, and pass through the front door. Inside is a library, which you have heard a little about.
3726
3727Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:28 PM]
3728Tourmaline is quite impressed with this place and sets out to find someone to help point him in the right direction.
3729
3730Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:35 PM]
3731You can locate a red dragon on the second floor, and if you've been told about the librarian, this is him. He's writing and reading.
3732
3733Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:36 PM]
3734"[Excuse me sir, are you the librarian?]"
3735
3736Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:36 PM]
3737He looks up. "[Yes?]"
3738
3739Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:37 PM]
3740"[Could you point me to the books on your people's geneology?]"
3741
3742Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:37 PM]
3743He snorts, then points up. "[Top three floors.]"
3744
3745Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:39 PM]
3746"[Thank you. Oh, maybe one more question. Do you have a rough estimate as to how long ago the dead city was established? It would really help me narrow my search.]"
3747
3748Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:40 PM]
3749"[Roughly two-thousand years, I believe.]"
3750
3751Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:40 PM]
3752"[Quite a bit then. Roughly how long is an average dragon's lifespan?]"
3753
3754Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:42 PM]
3755"[The oldest I've known was a little over a thousand years.]"
3756
3757Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:44 PM]
3758"Hmm, so something at least one generation back."
3759
3760"[Right, thank you very much, uh... I didn't quite catch your name]"
3761
3762Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:44 PM]
3763He just waves you off and goes back to work.
3764
3765Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:45 PM]
3766*Strange man*. Tourmaline will begin his long climb to the top of the tower.
3767
3768Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:47 PM]
3769You begin the long, long climb up the tower.
3770And, eventually, you arrive.
3771You pass a few other dragons on your way up, all wrapped up in their own studies. They notice your passing, but most don't acknowledge you.
3772
3773Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:50 PM]
3774He will poliety nod at those that do, noting the color of their scales.
3775He'll note the color of *everyone's* scales
3776
3777Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:52 PM]
3778are you sure you're satisfied with that sentence
3779
3780Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:53 PM]
3781No, but it is to late
3782
3783Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:54 PM]
3784Almost all of them are reds, but you spot one blue.
3785
3786Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:54 PM]
3787Is the blue a boy or girl dragon
3788
3789Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:54 PM]
3790Male
3791
3792Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:55 PM]
3793Can Tourm glance at what he's reading as he passes by or is he too far away?
3794
3795Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:55 PM]
3796He's standing a ways off, you could try, but it wouldn't be very subtle.
3797
3798Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:56 PM]
3799Tourm will approach him, "[Excuse me, sir]"
3800
3801Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:56 PM]
3802He looks up.
3803
3804Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 03:57 PM]
3805"[I'm afraid I've gotten confused on where to go, could you help point me in the right direction?]"
3806Tourm will glance down at what he's working at while he speaks.
3807"[I'm looking for the geneology books]"
3808
3809Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 03:59 PM]
3810Something about combat, Torm. Fighting styles? The jargon is so thick you can barely understand it, and the book being upside down doesn't help much. "[Just keep going up.]"
3811
3812Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:00 PM]
3813"[All the way to the top?]"
3814
3815Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:00 PM]
3816"[Yes.]"
3817
3818Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:01 PM]
3819"[Thank you mr....]"
3820
3821Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:05 PM]
3822"[Busy.]"
3823
3824Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:06 PM]
3825"[Again, sorry for the interuption and thank you very much]"
3826The quest for the books once more commences.
3827
3828Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:07 PM]
3829He grumbles draconically as you set off on your stairquest once more.
3830
3831Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:09 PM]
3832*Such long lives and they still don't have any patience*
3833
3834Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:11 PM]
3835Your quip goes unheard by anyone. You eventually arrive at the top, into another massive room full of books that looks pretty much the same as all the other rooms full of books.
3836
3837Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:12 PM]
3838"Well shit."
3839Tourmaline will poke around for the books he is looking for, paying special attention to anything on the white dragon's bloodline specifically.
3840
3841Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:13 PM]
3842Make a K history check, Torm
3843
3844Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:13 PM]
3845: ' )
38461d20+3
3847
3848Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-Apr-17 04:13 PM]
3849@Cactus#6981: [3] -> **6**
3850
3851Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3852Wew lad.
3853
3854Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3855*nine hours later*
3856
3857Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3858it's actually
38591d4
3860
3861Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3862@Rainglove#0072: [3] -> **3**
3863
3864Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3865three hours
3866
3867Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:16 PM]
3868*Three hours later*
3869
3870Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:17 PM]
3871https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/190176838277005312/307611338308321290/three_hours_later.jpg
3872The organization of the library appears to be random, and most books you can find reference events that you've never even heard about before. Piecing together the dragon's history and geneology appears to be a task that would take even a trained professional with a library like this quite some time to accomplish, and you are neither trained nor a professional.
3873
3874Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:19 PM]
3875No journal that says, today my good friend white dragon pants died to a lich?
3876
3877Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:20 PM]
3878No such luck.
3879
3880Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:21 PM]
3881Tourm will head back down to the librarian in that case.
3882
3883Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:21 PM]
3884You make your way aaaaaallllllll the way back down.
3885The librarian's where he was, doing what he was.
3886
3887Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:22 PM]
3888"[Hello again sir]"
3889
3890Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:23 PM]
3891"[What.]"
3892
3893Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:24 PM]
3894"[I couldn't find what I was looking for in your rather impressive collection, and I think that it might be better if I just asked a living person my questions.]"
3895
3896Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:25 PM]
3897He gives you a look like you're the only reason hate still exists in the world.
3898
3899Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:26 PM]
3900"[I understand that you are busy and that this may be a sensitive issue but, I want to ask about the dragons who fell in the undead city.]"
3901"[I've been speaking to one of the dragons who has been reanimated and is working against the lich. He doesn't remember who he is and I've been attempting to figure that out for him.]"
3902
3903Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:31 PM]
3904He waits.
3905
3906Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:32 PM]
3907"[Do you know if there is any written list of the dragons who died in that city?]
3908
3909Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:33 PM]
3910"[There is no record of them that I am aware of.]"
3911
3912Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:34 PM]
3913"[Why though, that seems like it would be a noteworthy event to record]"
3914
3915Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:36 PM]
3916"[Ten fools wandering off to their deaths seems like a noteworthy happening to you?]"
3917
3918Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:37 PM]
3919Tourmaline is actually shocked by that statement, "[Yes! It does! Especially considering they were all raised as undead afterward]"
3920
3921Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:38 PM]
3922"[Apparently not noteworthy enough. I'm sure some very dedicated chronicler wrote about it somewhere, if you spend enough hours up there searching every book you should find it eventually.]"
3923
3924Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:40 PM]
3925"[Would it help if I mentioned he was a white dragon? Laurent said they all dwindled out, that's surely noteworthy enough to record the lives of the last white dragons]"
3926Tourm is also gonna peep on this dragon's reading material, what's this jackass reading?
3927
3928Hippocratesi#9485 [28-Apr-17 04:43 PM]
3929he might just punch you
3930
3931Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:43 PM]
3932Not unless he wants to catch these bard hands
3933
3934Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:44 PM]
3935He looks like he wants to, but for the moment he holds himself back. He snaps the book he's reading closed, setting it on top of his notes. "[No.]"
3936
3937Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:50 PM]
3938"[I suppose that I am just out of luck then. Thank you for you time]"
3939
3940Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:52 PM]
3941He snorts.
3942
3943Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:53 PM]
3944*Jackass*. Tourmaline turns and heads toward the exit of the tower.
3945
3946Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 04:53 PM]
3947*Dipshit*
3948The tower exit is where it always has been
3949
3950Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 04:53 PM]
3951If mundane methods don't work, then maybe magical methods will have more traction.
3952
3953Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:00 PM]
3954"I wonder what all of my friends are doing right now? Surley it is not something important."
3955
3956Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:01 PM]
3957surely it is
3958
3959Mathias#1381 [28-Apr-17 10:02 PM]
3960>friends
3961
3962Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:03 PM]
3963"I bet that jungle has fruits. That is a good way to spend my time. Yes, this is practical," He says to nothing in particular. He walks off into the green, eager to find that yummy dragon fruit.
3964"God I'm so lonely"
3965Out of curiosity, if Tourmaline does wander about the jungle, what does he find
3966"Where are you fruits, I know you are around here somewhere." Tourmaline travels east from the tower into the wilderness(?)
3967
3968Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:32 PM]
3969Plants, Torm. Lots and lots of plants. And yes, fruits, but you've never seen them before and there's no telling whether or not they're edible.
3970
3971Mathias#1381 [28-Apr-17 10:33 PM]
3972Only one way to find out, Tourm!
3973
3974Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:33 PM]
3975Don't tell me how to be
3976he eats a fruit
3977
3978Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:35 PM]
3979fort save torm
3980
3981Mathias#1381 [28-Apr-17 10:35 PM]
3982Death save.
3983
3984Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
39851d20+2
3986
3987Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
3988@Cactus#6981: [2] -> **4**
3989
3990Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
3991you die
3992
3993Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
3994Freed from my shackles
3995
3996Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
3997Not really unfortunately
3998
3999Mathias#1381 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
4000Damn.
4001
4002Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
4003But you throw up *immediately*
4004Also you're sickened for like
4005the next while
4006have fun with that
4007
4008Nachtimus#1770 [28-Apr-17 10:38 PM]
40092d4
4010
4011Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-Apr-17 10:38 PM]
4012@Nachtimus#1770: [1, 4] -> **5**
4013
4014Rainglove#0072 [28-Apr-17 10:38 PM]
40155 years
4016
4017Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 10:40 PM]
4018Tourmaline wanders futher into the woods, collecting fruit.
4019"Nasty"
4020
4021Cactus#6981 [28-Apr-17 11:07 PM]
4022"I haven't jogged in a while"
4023He takes off, running through the woods.
4024
4025Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:44 PM]
4026look man itll take like 2 minutes
4027Maegan approaches the counter. "Good morning, Edgar."
4028"Are you the one to come to if I need to order something? In large quantities?"
4029
4030Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:47 PM]
4031"Depends on what you're trying to order, but probably, yes."
4032
4033Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:48 PM]
4034"Food and...various kinds of alcohol?"
4035
4036Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:48 PM]
4037Lex exists
4038And is sleepy.
4039
4040Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:49 PM]
4041He pulls out a sheet of paper and a pen and hands them over. "Write out what you want, I'll give you a price."
4042
4043Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:49 PM]
4044oh jeez well
4045i-i'll type it all out
4046
4047Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:49 PM]
4048"Hi Maegan. Are you ordering the stuff for my job?"
4049
4050Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:49 PM]
4051"I'm doing exactly that." Maegan starts a-writing.
4052https://i.gyazo.com/fec2c6a2e71df538060777a7100ed771.png just gimme all this shit tbh
4053a lot of it
4054theres no real list of actual food so
4055
4056Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:53 PM]
4057we'll just say you get 1k in alcohol
4058and food
4059how's that
4060
4061Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:53 PM]
4062wonderful
4063
4064Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:53 PM]
4065"You know, I can supply you some of my own coffee and tea. I brought a considerable amount, enough to stock a tavern."
4066
4067Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:54 PM]
4068"How in the world did you bring all that with you?"
4069
4070Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:55 PM]
4071Edgar takes the list, reading it over. "That's... Quite the list. But I'll send the order out."
4072"It should get here with the next caravan."
4073
4074Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:55 PM]
4075When's THAT coming?
4076
4077Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:55 PM]
4078"On the caravan."
4079
4080Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:55 PM]
4081just under a month
4082
4083Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:56 PM]
4084gr8
4085
4086Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 09:56 PM]
4087You can just go out and hunt for food for your tavern.
4088
4089Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:56 PM]
4090"I have tons of stuff. A lot of neat things we can decorate the tavern with actually! Like a fake suit of armor! I even have a standard we can hang up!"
4091
4092Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:56 PM]
4093By 'you', you mean Loyd?
4094
4095Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 09:56 PM]
4096Maegan learned to use a bow.
4097
4098Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 09:57 PM]
4099I can't kill anything without strength kid
4100"Well, that's good. Less money for us to spend."
4101
4102Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 09:59 PM]
4103"Need to order anything else or just a ton of food and alcohol?"
4104
4105Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 09:59 PM]
4106"Might I suggest we also stock some herbs?"
4107"I think keeping a supply of night tea available would be a good idea, for the welfare of the community."
4108
4109Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:01 PM]
4110"You seem to have quite the collection, Lex."
4111"Oh! We'll also need supplies for the kitchen."
4112
4113Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:02 PM]
4114"I only have a few odds and ends there, a coffee pot, waffle iron, tea pot, and kettle. I can't help much more than that."
4115
4116Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:03 PM]
4117"Well, we'll need a bit more than that." Maegan writes another list.
4118
4119Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 10:05 PM]
4120Edgar takes it and starts making notes about where to order things from. "You can pay me when the shipment comes in."
4121You can update me when you figure out what all you wanna get, if it's anything more than "A fuckload of food and drink" I'll need specifics
4122
4123Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:05 PM]
4124fug
4125i-i'll let you know
4126
4127Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:09 PM]
4128Misc kitchen stuff, pots, pans, a magical stove that is enchanted with heat metal and presdidigitation to clean itself as well as flavor food specific ways.
4129Some nice knives.
4130
4131Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:09 PM]
4132shit
4133i hadn't thought of the magical stove
4134
4135Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:09 PM]
4136It doesn't even need heat metal, the cantrip can heat things up.
4137
4138Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:10 PM]
4139"Thank you, Edgar." Maegan lets Edgar do the stuff. "I guess we're partners now, Lex."
4140
4141Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:11 PM]
4142"I didn't know you liked me like that, Maegan."
4143
4144Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:12 PM]
4145"Not like- Ugh." Maegan starts to walk out of the door.
4146
4147Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:12 PM]
4148"Hey. Thank you, seriously. For giving me a chance to do something I actually...want to do."
4149"I've been kind of lost and without direction and trying to find myself. And this is a nice...anchor for me. So thank you."
4150
4151Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:13 PM]
4152She stops. "It's no problem at all, Lex. I'll need all the help I can get anyway."
4153
4154Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:13 PM]
4155"What made you want to do this? To run a tavern?"
4156"I don't want to assume. But you haven't seemed to like people all that much. But it might just be the company that you have been given, I suppose."
4157
4158Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:15 PM]
4159"I got a bit sick of laying in my room staring at the ceiling. I wanted something to do when we aren't delving into undead infested dungeons."
4160"And I'm sorry if I come off as bitter."
4161
4162Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:15 PM]
4163"You have a good reason to be bitter."
4164"I'm sorry if I made it seem like it didn't matter, or that you should forget about it, before."
4165
4166Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:17 PM]
4167"I'm...over it. You weren't aware at the time."
4168
4169Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:18 PM]
4170"If you ever need to talk, Maegan, I am available. It is kind of my job to listen and help, and I am sorry that I can be...goofy sometimes. I guess I have to get it all out of my system before I go home. I never got to be a kid, really."
4171
4172Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:19 PM]
4173"Neither did I. The war took up most of my childhood."
4174
4175Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:20 PM]
4176"Duty took mine. I am sorry. For what happened. And I think you are a very strong person for being here today, and for everything you've done." He shakes his head a little. "Sorry, this was just a shopping trip. I'll stop bringing things like this up."
4177
4178Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:21 PM]
4179"It's no problem. Sometimes you have to talk about these things. It keeps you sane."
4180
4181Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:23 PM]
4182"If we are going to be partners, I suppose we are going to have to have talks like this, due to how much time we will spend around each other."
4183
4184Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:28 PM]
4185Maegan does a half-shrug. "I suppose we will. Maybe we'll learn a few things from each other."
4186
4187Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:28 PM]
4188A few LOVE things.
4189
4190Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:28 PM]
4191"I am sure there is quite a lot I could learn from you."
4192"You have seen so much more than I have."
4193
4194Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:29 PM]
4195"A lot of the things I wish I'd never seen. I pray you never have to see the horrors of war."
4196
4197Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:30 PM]
4198"I have never seen it on the scale you have. Just...bandit attacks."
4199
4200Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:31 PM]
4201"Perhaps I'll tell you one day, if you're willing to listen."
4202
4203Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:32 PM]
4204He places a hand on her shoulder. "I am always willing to listen. If you ever need to talk."
4205
4206Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:33 PM]
4207"Thank you, Lex." Maegan exits, going to talk to Loyd. Willingly, for once.
4208
4209Soren#1962 [29-Apr-17 10:33 PM]
4210He waves as she leaves and goes back to just existing.
4211
4212Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:34 PM]
4213Loyd is, as to be expected, working on his house. Presumably doing good work but Rain never said anything after the roll was made.
4214
4215Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:34 PM]
4216Maegan approaches the smelly ass man. "Loyd."
4217
4218Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 10:34 PM]
4219he done work and it good
4220
4221Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:35 PM]
4222thank you caveman narrator
4223
4224Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 10:35 PM]
4225np
4226
4227Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:35 PM]
4228"Maegan." Probably smelling worse than usual, since he's sweating. Fucking work.
4229
4230Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:37 PM]
4231Good lord. "I'm opening the tavern soon and we need some venison. I loathe to ask you for help but you're the only woodsman I know of here. Would you be willing to hunt for us?"
4232
4233Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:39 PM]
4234"Didn't I teach you how to use a bow somewhat recently?" Loyd stops his work because let's just PRESUME he did enough for today. "Would be nice if I could finish it before next year..."
4235
4236Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:40 PM]
4237"Those arrows are no good if they can't pierce the beast's hide."
4238
4239Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:42 PM]
4240"Right, right. Your lack of strength." Loyd lifts up his shirt a bit just so he can use part of it as a rag to wipe the sweat away from his eyes. "...Normally I would say no, but I'll make an exception. You should probably talk to Wyatt about buying land topside and some ranch animals, though." Loyd leaves his hole and goes to where he left his armor to get dressed up. No undressing required, so no need to avert your eyes. Loyd only owns one outfit anyway.
4241"I will not hunt every day, because I don't want to overhunt and cause a problem for other animals up there. You can have the entire animal except for the skin, the teeth, and the horns, if the animal has any. Finally, I'll expect a meal from ya everytime I give you food for your tavern... food that you DON'T spit in, get me? Deal or no?"
4242
4243Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:45 PM]
4244Maegan rolls her eyes. "I'm not a disgusting peasant. I won't spit in your food."
4245"And I'll take your deal."
4246
4247Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:46 PM]
4248"Even nobles spit in the food of people they don't like, Maegan. Do we got to shake hands now, or can we skip that part?"
4249
4250Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:46 PM]
4251"I'm not touching you."
4252
4253Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:48 PM]
4254"Perfect, we can skip that part. I got some venison I haven't used yet. You can take that to your tavern so you can start bringing people in." Loyd points to the area where he's been keeping some lightly salted vension wrapped up. Don't need any dirt on it.
4255"And I'll go out and get some fresh food." And with that, Loyd grabs his bow and arrows and sets off to find more animals to hunt.
4256
4257Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 10:49 PM]
4258What a nice guy
4259
4260Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 10:50 PM]
4261Still gotta hate him, though.
42621d20+13 Loyd wants to go find some animal tracks and hunt animals when he gets up to the surface.
4263
4264Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [29-Apr-17 10:52 PM]
4265@Mathias#1381: "Loyd wants to go find some animal tracks and hunt animals when he gets up to the surface.": [18] -> **31**
4266
4267Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 11:03 PM]
4268Loyd, you become the wilds. You are the wildsman. The wildest of men. The trackingest of men. Also the huntingest.
4269You track the fuck out of whatever you're looking for
4270
4271Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:08 PM]
4272A deer or two would be nice to find. Two fat ones.
4273
4274Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 11:08 PM]
4275You locate two deer, both nice and plump
4276
4277Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:10 PM]
42781d20+13 Loyd moves in a little closer (stealth).
4279
4280Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [29-Apr-17 11:10 PM]
4281@Mathias#1381: "Loyd moves in a little closer (stealth).": [7] -> **20**
4282
4283Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 11:11 PM]
4284You almost fuck it up, but you know what you're doing, so you don't
4285
4286Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [29-Apr-17 11:13 PM]
4287@Mathias#1381: "Let's fuck it by shooting 3 arrows then. +10, +10, +5": [16, 9, 7] -> **32**
4288
4289Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:13 PM]
42903d20 Let's fuck it by shooting 3 arrows then. +10, +10, +5
4291
4292Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 11:14 PM]
4293you fucking hit them both
4294And you kill them both, since you literally can't do enough damage to not kill them
4295
4296Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:29 PM]
4297"Those shots weren't even my best..." Loyd mumbles to himself, and then does what is necessary to make the deers easier to carry back. Gotta get these fucking things to Maegan, after all.
4298
4299Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:30 PM]
4300Maegan's in the tavern, storing the venison Loyd gave her earlier.
4301
4302Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:32 PM]
4303That tavern is about to be visited by a dirty man and two fat deer. Be ready, Maegan.
4304
4305Rainglove#0072 [29-Apr-17 11:32 PM]
4306The dirty man with two fat deer makes his way back
4307
4308Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:33 PM]
4309She walks out front just as he walks in. "I...didn't expect you back so soon."
4310
4311Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:33 PM]
4312"Sorry, no wolves in the forest to kill me."
4313
4314Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:34 PM]
4315"Unfortunate. So are you going to skin them here?"
4316
4317Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:35 PM]
4318"Got a room I can use? Don't want blood all over where people will be sitting."
4319
4320Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:36 PM]
4321"Of course, back here." Maegan leads him to an area near the kitchen, I guess we'll say they have a table for skinning animals if that's ACCEPTABLE.
4322
4323Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:38 PM]
4324That is acceptable. Loyd will take 10 (for a total of 20) for skinning the deer, removing their teeth and horns, and cutting up the meat to make it easier for Maegan.
4325
4326Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:38 PM]
4327Maegan cleans the rest of the kitchen while he does that gross shit.
4328
4329Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:40 PM]
4330It's not gross.
4331"Didn't think you for the tavern owner type."
4332
4333Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:42 PM]
4334"It wasn't my dream profession but I'll make do. I need *something* to keep me sane."
4335
4336Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:43 PM]
4337"Being insane is just so much fun, though. Still, figured you would have gotten a shop like Edgar and only worked with magic items. Or do tutoring to teach other would be mages."
4338"By the way, I suggest selling your drinks cheap but heavily salting your food. Noticed it before in an East Alban city. Food had a lot of salt, encouraged others to keep drinking, which meant a lot of drink sales."
4339
4340Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:44 PM]
4341"Ugh, I couldn't be a teacher."
4342"Are you certain that worked? I didn't think people liked a lot of salt."
4343
4344Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:47 PM]
4345"Well, the trick is finding the right amount of salt. I'm sure the orc or Lex can figure it out, but the cheaper drinks are supposed to make people think 'Wow, I'm thristy, but it's okay, because the drinks are so cheap here'. And you seem like you would make a good teacher. Not like you're a barbarian woman trying to teach a kid to use a dagger."
4346
4347Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:48 PM]
4348"That's awful specific."
4349
4350Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:49 PM]
4351"I saw a lot of things traveling from Fortriu to here."
4352
4353Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:50 PM]
4354"Hm. I suppose I'll try your little Alban trick. It better work."
4355
4356Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:52 PM]
4357"It should work fine. Just talk to Lex or the orc about it, they'll figure out how much salt to use."
4358
4359Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:53 PM]
4360Maegan does a half-hearted nod and goes to package and store the big ol' deer meat.
4361
4362Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:55 PM]
4363Once the skin, teeth, and horns are dealt with, Loyd moves them aside, and then cuts up the deer meat. "What kind of food are ya going to be making mostly? Stews? Steaks? Going to use the tongue and heart at all?"
4364
4365Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:55 PM]
4366"I'll leave Lex to figure that out. I'm no cook."
4367
4368Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:55 PM]
4369"You should learn."
4370
4371Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:57 PM]
4372"Maybe."
4373
4374Mathias#1381 [29-Apr-17 11:59 PM]
4375"No maybe about it. Besides being a good skill to have if you intended to marry someone, it just makes in life easier since you don't have to relay on overpriced travel meals that towns sell nor have to go to a tavern like this just for food."
4376
4377Hippocratesi#9485 [29-Apr-17 11:59 PM]
4378"I don't intend on marrying."
4379
4380Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:00 AM]
4381"Though I suppose I'll ask Lex to show me around the kitchen."
4382
4383Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:00 AM]
4384"Sure you'll find someone around here. Never say never. Well, never say "don't intend", in your case."
4385
4386Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:01 AM]
4387Maegan shakes her head. "Don't you have a hole to sit in?"
4388
4389Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:02 AM]
4390"I do, but I still need to cut up the meat. Gods know that you can't do it and it'll save time for whomever your cook is when you get customers."
4391"And I guess I got to wait for Lex to get that free meal."
4392
4393Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:04 AM]
4394"I forgot to mention, Lex *is* the cook."
4395"He's working with me."
4396
4397Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:05 AM]
4398"Perfect. I'm sure Lex will know the exact amount of salt, then. And I'm sure I'll get a meal that won't kill me."
4399
4400Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:05 AM]
4401"Maybe."
4402
4403Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:07 AM]
4404"You sure do love that word."
4405
4406Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:07 AM]
4407"Maybe I do."
4408
4409Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:08 AM]
4410"Now you're just saying it on purpose."
4411
4412Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:09 AM]
4413"Maybe I am."
4414
4415Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:09 AM]
4416"Right, right, I get it." Loyd will just work in silence. Say so next time, ya bitch.
4417
4418Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:09 AM]
4419yea fuck you
4420
4421Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:09 AM]
4422Fuck you!
4423
4424Goatwright#9050 [30-Apr-17 12:10 AM]
4425now kith
4426
4427Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:10 AM]
4428wuts dat
4429Maegan walks out, heading for Edgar's again 'cause she forgot somethin'.
4430
4431Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:13 AM]
4432Edgar's hanging out
4433
4434Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:13 AM]
4435Loyd continues to work on cutting up the meat. He'll also use the kitchen to make himself a small meal. Maegan owes him a meal, after all.
4436
4437Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:13 AM]
4438>edging
4439yo
4440
4441Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:13 AM]
4442I made a mistake
4443
4444Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:13 AM]
4445Yo hol' up
4446
4447Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:14 AM]
4448go back to cutting your meat Loyd
4449
4450Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:15 AM]
4451Maegan approaches the counter. "I need a lock. Nothing too fancy, I don't think we have any thieves here. Yet."
4452
4453Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:15 AM]
4454Loyd goes back to beating the meat.
4455
4456Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:15 AM]
4457yes
4458beat that meat
4459
4460Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:16 AM]
4461He pulls one out from behind the counter. "Twenty gold."
4462
4463Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:17 AM]
4464Maegan swaps the gold and the lock. "Thank you." She heads back to the tavern to install the lock. C-Can't be that hard, right? Also presumably it comes with a key.
4465
4466Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:18 AM]
4467Super easy. Loyd enjoys a bowl of stew in Maegan's tavern.
4468
4469Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:18 AM]
4470the key's an extra 50 gold
4471
4472Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:19 AM]
4473god
4474fine
4475
4476Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:19 AM]
4477Greedy merchant.
4478
4479Rainglove#0072 [30-Apr-17 12:19 AM]
4480Edgar wrings his hands
4481You install your lock
4482
4483Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:21 AM]
4484With that there lock installed, Maegan walks in and opens her mouth to yell at Loyd for stealing some fuckin' food but unfortunately remembers their deal. Instead she sits behind the bar and silently sits.
4485
4486Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:22 AM]
4487"I cooked more than I needed, if you want a bowl for yourself."
4488
4489Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:22 AM]
4490Maegan scoffs. "Really?"
4491
4492Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:23 AM]
4493"Really."
4494
4495Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:24 AM]
4496"I'll...save it, I suppose. Don't use so much next time."
4497
4498Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:24 AM]
4499"Sorry, thought I was hungrier."
4500
4501Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:26 AM]
4502"Hmph." Maegan gets to wiping off the counters.
4503
4504Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:27 AM]
4505"Well, hope this little venture is successful for ya." After Loyd finishes his bowl, he goes into the back to clean it.
4506And then he's out the door. Have fun with your shitty tavern, Maegan.
4507
4508Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:33 AM]
4509wait u fuk
4510yesab n vauhan are comin
4511maybe
4512
4513Mathias#1381 [30-Apr-17 12:35 AM]
4514Loyd remains in a stasis of almost leaving the tavern until Yesab/Vauhan arrive.
4515
4516Goatwright#9050 [30-Apr-17 12:38 AM]
4517YO LOYD WE DEM BOYZ GET OUT HERE
4518
4519Hippocratesi#9485 [30-Apr-17 12:38 AM]
4520pls come in have a drink
4521oh
4522
4523Goatwright#9050 [05-May-17 11:09 PM]
4524Yesab goes up through the Lifeline to find Rafael.
4525
4526Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 06:14 PM]
4527Yesab makes sure he gets his preparation stuff finished up. With a new day, he of course comes out of his office to check on Al. "Al! How's the manual translation going?"
4528
4529Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 06:17 PM]
4530Al is asleep on top of the manuscript, but wakes up with a start as you come into the room. "AH! Ah. Er, going pretty well. It's slow, though."
4531
4532Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 06:27 PM]
4533"Even with the spells?"
4534
4535Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 06:29 PM]
4536He nods. "Still, I got almost all of it. A few pages at the end still left, but far as I can tell that's mostly appendices. And there were a lot of diagrams I, er, *attempted* to copy over, but my sketching skills leave a little to be desired. Think I did pretty good overall though."
4537
4538Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 06:33 PM]
4539Yesab beams. "Perfect! That should be good, then. Do you have it bound?"
4540
4541Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 06:34 PM]
4542He stares at you blearily. "Uh, no."
4543"But I can get you a folder or something." He half-tips onto his side and starts rummaging around in a drawer, before procuring a strap and tying the stacked papers together. He slides it along the desk towards you, along with your original.
4544
4545Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 06:39 PM]
4546Yesab nods, setting it in his backpack. "Great work, Al. This'll be a huge help. Get some rest!"
4547And with that, he's off to talk to the tailor.
4548
4549Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 06:59 PM]
4550The tailor is where he was
4551
4552Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 07:10 PM]
4553Yesab arrives. "Hi! How're those clothes coming along?"
4554
4555Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 07:12 PM]
4556The tailor points to a spot by the wall, where a number of cloaks are hanging on pegs. "That'll be ten gold apiece."
4557There's even a tiny one, just for you.
4558
4559Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 07:14 PM]
4560Sweet. And very affordable!
4561Yesab forks over 70gp.
4562
4563Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 07:14 PM]
4564"Pleasure doing business with you."
4565
4566Goatwright#9050 [12-May-17 07:14 PM]
4567"Thank you so much!" He picks up each of the cloaks, setting them into his bag. "I'll make sure they're put to good use!"
4568
4569Rainglove#0072 [12-May-17 07:15 PM]
4570He waves as he gets back to work.
4571
4572Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:17 PM]
4573WOOOOOOSH for the other building.
4574
4575Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:17 PM]
4576greetings
4577
4578Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:18 PM]
4579You all take off across the ice and arrive back at the other building unmolested
4580
4581Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:18 PM]
4582Maegan catches her breath, slowly making her way to the vial room.
4583
4584Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:18 PM]
4585Perfect. Loyd heads straight for the vial room and, thinking on it, decides to search the dragon's corpse for any notes.
4586
4587Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:19 PM]
4588Yesab returns to the manual notes quickly on the vial room. He recognizes he is still dumb in regards to Engineering, but he tries to gather as much as he can on what else he might need to do in here.
4589C'mon, 18 INT.
4590
4591Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:20 PM]
4592You all run back into the old building, through the messed up room, into the room with all the vials.
4593
4594Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:20 PM]
4595"Finding anything, Yesab?" What's this room look like again?
4596
4597Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4598Gimme just an intelligence check, Yesab
4599
4600Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4601Nothing on our friendly dragon?
4602Friendly and dead dragon.
4603
4604Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4605Also
4606
4607Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4608@Goatwright#9050: "I'm SMART": [8] -> **12**
4609
4610Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
46111d20+4 I'm SMART
4612
4613Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4614Can I aid another?
4615
4616Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4617@Goatwright#9050: "Fuck you I have a REROLL": [20] -> **24**
4618
4619Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
46201d20+4 Fuck you I have a REROLL
4621AHHHHHH
4622
4623Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4624oh
4625
4626Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:21 PM]
4627Nothing, Loyd. Most of what he had on him is unrecognizeable anyway, mixed with chunks of dragon.
4628
4629Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:22 PM]
4630Gross. Loyd will just wait with the others, then.
4631
4632Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:23 PM]
4633Yesab, you set to work deciphering the meaning of the text. The vials need to be activated somehow, which requires some kind of sharp motion. Smacking it against a wall or something should do it. Then you just pop one of the old vials out of the wall, deactivate it somehow, and replace it with a new one.
4634
4635Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:24 PM]
4636>somehow
4637nice manual
4638
4639Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:24 PM]
4640Loyd is ready to follow orders when Yesab gives him orders.
4641
4642Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:24 PM]
4643"Okay! We need to get the box of vials out of the storage room. We need to replace the ones here."
4644
4645Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:24 PM]
4646"On it!" Loyd goes for the box of vials. Wooooosh.
4647
4648Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:25 PM]
4649"Should I take out the old ones now?"
4650
4651Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:26 PM]
4652Loyd, presuming there are no problems, will return to the room with the box of vials.
4653
4654Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:26 PM]
4655Loyd returns moments later with his box of vials
4656
4657Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:27 PM]
4658"Yes, but apparently we need to find a way to deactivate it before putting a new one back in?"
4659"And I'm not sure how we'd do that."
4660
4661Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:27 PM]
4662Loyd sets that down on the nearest table, if there is one. "Was thinking. Does the baby dragon have a name or should we give her one once we got her home? How does Ysbail sound to you two?"
4663
4664Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:27 PM]
4665Yesab looks at one of the vials currenty in place, looking to see if anything stands out about it.
4666
4667Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4668"We can think about names later."
4669
4670Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4671"I thought we'd be letting Laurent name her."
4672
4673Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4674There's a few small buttons on the wall next to each of them, Yesab.
4675Two green, one red.
4676
4677Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4678Does the manual mention anything on the buttons?
4679
4680Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4681"If Laurent wanted to name her, he should have helped us out here." Loyd waits to be ordered around again.
4682
4683Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4684There's a couple different mentions on them, Yesab
4685
4686Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:28 PM]
4687Maegan looks to the buttons too. "So...is it safe to assume green is good, red is bad?"
4688
4689Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:29 PM]
4690the sequence to pop them out is either green-red-green or green-green red
4691and then the other sequence before inserting the new one
4692
4693Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:29 PM]
4694oh
4695
4696Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:29 PM]
4697"It probably isn't. The switches in that room in the temple said "kill" and we thought it meant "kill the bad shit"."
4698"And instead we killed the thing keeping the dragons asleep."
4699
4700Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:30 PM]
4701Yesab tries the green-green-red sequence first on one of the currently unreplaced vials, and sees what it does.
4702t-trial and error
4703
4704Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:30 PM]
4705The vial spins, the goop inside changes color, and then the vial is spat out and goes rolling away across the floor
4706the receptacle it was in now glows green
4707
4708Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:31 PM]
4709"I did it!"
4710"I think!"
4711
4712Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:31 PM]
4713"Great! Now do whatever else we need to save the kid!"
4714
4715Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:31 PM]
4716"Oh! Well, good job?"
4717Maegan takes one of the vials from the box. Do they just all look the same?
4718
4719Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:32 PM]
4720Yesab takes one of the new vials and places it into the receptacle before pressing the green-red-green sequence.
4721
4722Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:32 PM]
4723Yup, they're all identical maegan
4724There's a loud thunk as something locks down on the vial, which spins in place and then begins glowing a bright, electrifying green.
4725The lights in the room grow a little brighter, and the other two receptacles with unreplaced vials glow, waiting for you.
4726
4727Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:33 PM]
4728Loyd gets two vials ready for Yesab.
4729
4730Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:33 PM]
4731Maegan repeats the sequence Yesab did for the next vial and replaces it.
4732fuck u its mine
4733
4734Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:34 PM]
4735"Perfect!" Yesab repeats the process with one of Loyd's vials, this time speeding up since he's more certain of the process.
4736
4737Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:34 PM]
4738Loyd clicks his tongue, waiting for some sort of good sign to happen.
4739
4740Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:35 PM]
4741The lights grow again as Maegan places her vial, and then finally reach their full brightness with Yesab finishing his. There's a dull mechanical roar as the facility blasts back to life, and the room you're in is immediately washed with glorious, life-giving heat.
4742
4743Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:35 PM]
4744Thank you, Erastil.
4745
4746Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:35 PM]
4747"We did it!"
4748
4749Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:36 PM]
4750"Okay, next is getting back to the other building and saving the kid. Which means dealing with our big fog friend."
4751
4752Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:36 PM]
4753"I hope the others are safe at least."
4754"Are we ready to go?"
4755
4756Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:36 PM]
4757"Vauhan and Ashka are still there, they'll keep Lex and Tourm from doing anything stupid."
4758"...Listen, if necessary, I'd like you two to walk far from me to stay safe so I can get the fog thing to come at me. Alright?"
4759
4760Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:37 PM]
4761"What if it comes for you?"
4762
4763Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:37 PM]
4764"Why are you so eager to sacrifice yourself?"
4765
4766Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:37 PM]
4767"That's the plan, Little Tree." Loyd doesn't bother to answer Maegan's question.
4768
4769Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:38 PM]
4770Oh well. "Let's go then." Maegan walks out of the roo, waiting by the exit for the others.
4771
4772Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:39 PM]
4773Loyd goes to the door and listens for the spider friend. He gets ready to open it, but then thinks. "...Let's take that hole in the wall, if we can. Who knows, maybe the fog followed us here already."
4774
4775Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:39 PM]
4776Yesab nods, checking the room with the hole in it.
4777
4778Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:40 PM]
4779Maegan heads for the hole-y room.
4780
4781Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:40 PM]
4782Loyd heads for the hole, listens to hear if the spiderbot is leaving or approaching. If the spiderbot is far away, he'll exit via the hole and try to help Maegan and Yesab out.
4783
4784Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:41 PM]
4785Yesab will do his best to sneaky-sneak back to the other building.
4786
4787Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:41 PM]
4788What is our fog friend doing?
4789
4790Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:41 PM]
4791Maegan follows 'em outside. Can they hear/see the commotion from here?
4792
4793Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:41 PM]
4794Your fog friend is currently not visible
4795But yes, you can hear Torm's girly screams even from outside
4796Ah wait, you're going for the room with the hole in it
4797In that case, you come up behind your foggy friend, with Torm on the other side of him screaming bloody murder
4798
4799Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:42 PM]
4800Uh, you realize we mean the hole in the first building, right?
4801
4802Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:43 PM]
4803oh my gooood
4804
4805Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4806"Quick! We have to hurry!"
4807
4808Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4809So you're leaving through the hole in the first building, heading for the door of the second one with everyone else in it?
4810
4811Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4812Indeed
4813
4814Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4815Loyd will pick up Yesab and, remembering his 'plan' will hand him off to Maegan. And yes, that is the plan.
4816
4817Goatwright#9050 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4818Heading to the front door of the second building, yeah
4819
4820Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 10:44 PM]
4821You power-walk through the front door
4822And back into #caves
4823
4824Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:16 PM]
4825hi
4826
4827Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:16 PM]
4828Loyd is escaping because someone has to save the baby.
4829
4830Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:16 PM]
4831fukn roll to climb kid
4832
4833Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:17 PM]
48341d20+7 But we got ROPE.
4835
4836Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:17 PM]
4837@Mathias#1381: "But we got ROPE.": [13] -> **20**
4838
4839Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:17 PM]
4840Loyd CLIMBS, with his little baby dragon friend
4841Gimme a climb roll, Maegan
4842
4843Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
48441d20-2 do i add the penalty even with a rope
4845
4846Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
4847@Hippocratesi#9485: "do i add the penalty even with a rope": [5] -> **3**
4848
4849Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
4850Thankfully you have Loyd's strong, capable hands to help you
4851
4852Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
4853wonderful
4854
4855Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
4856as he juggles not one, but two children
4857
4858Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:18 PM]
4859oh...
4860
4861Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:19 PM]
4862And, after a long-ass climb, the two of you arrive at the top of the rope
4863The portal sits a few feet away from you, a soft white light against the featureless grey plane of the ice.
4864
4865Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:19 PM]
4866Maegan takes a deep breath. "Let's move then."
4867
4868Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:20 PM]
4869"What about the others?"
4870
4871Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:20 PM]
4872"Th-They'll come. All we need to worry about right now is that child."
4873
4874Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:21 PM]
4875"...I could give you the baby and go back for them."
4876
4877Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:21 PM]
4878"Don't be daft! We need to leave, Loyd!"
4879
4880Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:22 PM]
4881"You can leave with the baby, though! I just said that!"
4882
4883Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:23 PM]
4884Maegan groans. "Gods damnit, hand her here!" She holds out her hands.
4885
4886Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:23 PM]
4887Baby is untied and handed to Maegan. "Get her back to Laurent, and then STAY in Afallon. Don't come back for the rest of us."
4888"And name her Ysbail." And so Loyd goes climbing down to try and help his allies/'friends'.
4889
4890Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:24 PM]
4891Maegan hmphs and heads for the portal.
4892With the baby wrapped up, of course.
4893
4894Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:25 PM]
4895"Stay safe, Maegan. [And I'm sorry.]" Good thing Maegan is not around to hear that.
48961d20+7 Loyd wants to climb down without breaking his neck, thank you very much.
4897
4898Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:25 PM]
4899@Mathias#1381: "Loyd wants to climb down without breaking his neck, thank you very much.": [20] -> **27**
4900
4901Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:25 PM]
4902Loyd climbs for his friends!
4903
4904Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:27 PM]
4905Maegan stops short of the portal, remembering she doesn't have the magic she had before. Woops.
4906
4907Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:28 PM]
4908Loyd powerslides down the rope
4909And returns to his friends
4910
4911Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:30 PM]
4912A lightbulb pops into Maegan's head. She goes into the portal and once she's on the other side, casts Chameleon Clause, giving herself Aquatic Affinity. 30 ft swim speed s-should get them out safely.
4913And also heads straight for the fukn Hearth once she's on shore, if nothing is stopping her.
4914
4915Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:32 PM]
4916Maegan, you're thrown through the same painful feeling of being ripped into another plane and into a lake of not boiling but still pretty fucking hot water.
4917
4918Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:32 PM]
4919ouch
4920
4921Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:32 PM]
4922Hope the baby is okay.
4923
4924Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:33 PM]
4925You begin to make your way back towards the surface before something fleshy and mechanical seizes on the back of your cloak, stopping you in place.
4926
4927Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:34 PM]
4928"NO! NOT HERE!" Maegan looks back at whatever the fuck just grabbed her and tries to pull away.
4929
4930Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:34 PM]
4931You're still underwater, so your yelling is just bubbles
4932
4933Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:34 PM]
4934oh right
4935
4936Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:35 PM]
4937You're greeted by an unholy abomination of flesh and metal with a single giant, unblinking eye. An uncountable number of mechanical tentacles branch off from its body, one of which is latched onto your cloak.
4938Roll strength
4939
4940Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:35 PM]
4941holy sweet jesus
49421d20-2
4943
4944Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:35 PM]
4945@Hippocratesi#9485: [1] -> **-1**
4946
4947Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:35 PM]
4948oh no
4949
4950Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:35 PM]
4951Amazing.
4952
4953Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:36 PM]
4954You're unable to break its grip.
4955
4956Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:36 PM]
4957well, let's try this
4958Maegan tries to take off the cloak
4959
4960Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:38 PM]
4961You drop the cloak and break its grip, keeping the baby dragon close to you with one arm. You hear something splash into the water above you, but can't quite make out what it is as another mechanical limb snakes around to grab you. The one latched onto your cloak pulls it away into the depths.
4962Would you rather reflex save or get combat maneuvered?
4963
4964Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:39 PM]
4965@Hippocratesi#9485: "I'll certainly try to reflex": [10] -> **16**
4966
4967Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:39 PM]
49681d20+6 I'll certainly try to reflex
4969
4970Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:40 PM]
4971You twist out of the way as a claw darts through the water where you were just a moment ago
4972Gimme a swim check
4973
4974Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:41 PM]
49751d20-2 uh oh
4976
4977Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:41 PM]
4978@Hippocratesi#9485: "uh oh": [4] -> **2**
4979
4980Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:41 PM]
4981im putting points in these fukn skills next time
4982
4983Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:43 PM]
4984You struggle, but fail to make any meaningful progress towards the surface.
4985You can see someone swimming down towards you now, they're closer, but you're still trapped with this thing for the next few seconds
4986make another reflex save
4987
4988Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:43 PM]
49891d20+6 pls mechamicus
4990
4991Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:43 PM]
4992@Hippocratesi#9485: "pls mechamicus": [13] -> **19**
4993
4994Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:43 PM]
4995at least i got the dodges
4996
4997Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:43 PM]
4998Another limb snakes out, and you dodge once again
4999one last swim check
5000
5001Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:44 PM]
50021d20-2 well
5003
5004Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [13-May-17 11:44 PM]
5005@Hippocratesi#9485: "well": [15] -> **13**
5006
5007Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:46 PM]
5008You pull yourself up a few feet in the water, struggling, before a clawed hand grabs the back of your neck and you're suddenly able to breathe.
5009
5010Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:46 PM]
5011dargon 2 da rescue
5012
5013Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:47 PM]
5014You have a moment to look up and see Laurent, before he's grabbed by the creature and yanked downwards.
5015You see a brief blast of fire, and then he disappears from sight.
5016
5017Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:47 PM]
5018Can I talk now that I ca- oh okay
5019
5020Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:47 PM]
5021Bye Laurent.
5022
5023Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:47 PM]
5024You should probably leave
5025
5026Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:48 PM]
5027Maegan swims upwards, very much leaving this place immediately.
5028
5029Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:48 PM]
5030Save the baby, Maegan.
5031Save Ysbail.
5032
5033Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:49 PM]
5034Maegan, you break the surface and heave yourself onto the ice shelf.
5035A mechanical tentacle breaks the surface and scrabbles against the surface of the ice, searching for you
5036
5037Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:50 PM]
5038Holy shit leave me alone
5039Maegan bolts towards the Hearth, checking Ysbail as she runs. Hopefully she managed to avoid drowning.
5040
5041Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:52 PM]
5042The dragon is still curled up against you, shivering in the cold of the cavern.
5043You are too, now that you have a minute.
5044Soaking wet and freezing.
5045
5046Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:52 PM]
5047Get to the hearth, girly-girl.
5048
5049Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:53 PM]
5050well let's head on through
5051to Afallon!
5052
5053Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:53 PM]
5054You reach the bottom of the pit and begin the long-ass climb back to the surface.
5055
5056Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:54 PM]
5057Maegan goes a-climbin'. At least it's finally over.
5058
5059Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:55 PM]
5060Good job saving Ysbail, Maegan.
5061Pat yourself on the back.
5062
5063Rainglove#0072 [13-May-17 11:57 PM]
5064And we're gonna hold there until everyone else gets back
5065
5066Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:57 PM]
5067maaaaaaaan
5068
5069Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:58 PM]
5070Talk to the baby.
5071
5072Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:58 PM]
5073it can't fuckin' understand me
5074
5075Mathias#1381 [13-May-17 11:58 PM]
5076Yeah? And?
5077Parents talk to their babies all the time.
5078
5079Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:58 PM]
5080well that's true
5081
5082Doe Heart#8349 [13-May-17 11:59 PM]
5083baby talk man
5084and cradle it
5085smile at it
5086coo at it
5087TELL HER YOU LOVE HER
5088
5089Cactus#6981 [13-May-17 11:59 PM]
5090Teach it to kill
5091
5092Doe Heart#8349 [13-May-17 11:59 PM]
5093AND NOTHING WILL HURT HER
5094
5095Hippocratesi#9485 [13-May-17 11:59 PM]
5096"[You're safe now, little Ysbail. Everything's okay.]" Maegan keeps a'climbin'. "[Nothing will hurt you now.]"
5097Look
5098I'm climbing a rope
5099
5100Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 12:00 AM]
5101I can only do so much
5102
5103Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 12:00 AM]
5104Her shivering slows as you climb further from the ice cavern
5105
5106Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 12:00 AM]
5107qt
5108This rope is really long
5109
5110Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 12:15 AM]
5111It is
5112
5113Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:42 AM]
5114Lex takes her to the tavern and finds a comfortable place to sit her. [I am going to cook you some food, are you hungry?] Lex mimes an eating motion.
5115
5116Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:43 AM]
5117Maegan enters as well, my fukn tavern. "She ought to be."
5118
5119Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:43 AM]
5120She just stares at you, Lex.
5121You're reminded she's probably like, a few days old at most
5122
5123Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5124"I think we need to teach her how to speak."
5125
5126Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5127Ashka gunna get on this nyoooom in she comes
5128
5129Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5130"Maegan, talk with her while I cook, will you?"
5131
5132Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5133"Already? She's practically newborn."
5134
5135Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5136Surprise! Ashka is here!
5137
5138Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:44 AM]
5139Lex hums a little as he gathers up ingredients.
5140
5141Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5142And she takes a seat next to the babby
5143
5144Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5145He takes out his masterwork cooking equipment.
5146
5147Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5148"Nice of you to join us, Ashka."
5149
5150Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5151She scuttles over and flops off the table into Ashka's lap.
5152
5153Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5154"You are some form of dragon are you not, Maegan?"
5155HOLY SHIT
5156
5157Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:45 AM]
5158"Uh, well, not quite."
5159
5160Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:46 AM]
5161Cuts off several select cuts of the venision and portions it out, intending to make some for the others as well, knowing they will need it after this.
51621d20+9 cooking
5163
5164Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [14-May-17 01:46 AM]
5165@Soren#1962: "cooking": [19] -> **28**
5166
5167Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:46 AM]
5168Ashka catches the lil drag, and sets her so she won't fall.
5169
5170Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:46 AM]
5171"I have draconic blood but I'm far from a dragon myself."
5172
5173Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:46 AM]
5174Lex is a master chef
5175Lex does amazing things in the kitchen, the likes of which Maegan and Ashka have never seen.
5176
5177Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:47 AM]
5178Ashka is impressed!!!
5179
5180Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:47 AM]
5181God damn
5182That's some good cookin'
5183
5184Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:47 AM]
5185Sauces are being made, meat is being cooked, tea and coffee are being brewed.
5186
5187Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:47 AM]
5188"But you are the closest thing we have, I suppose."
5189"Will you be able to teach her the language?"
5190
5191Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:48 AM]
5192He pulls out several bottles of very fine looking alcohol.
5193
5194Mathias#1381 [14-May-17 01:48 AM]
5195It's a baby, wait until it's older before giving it booze.
5196
5197Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:48 AM]
5198"I certainly can. It shouldn't be hard."
5199
5200Mathias#1381 [14-May-17 01:48 AM]
5201At least wait until it's 6 years old.
5202
5203Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:48 AM]
5204"And we've got help."
5205
5206Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:49 AM]
5207"If you need any help...with the other parts of parenting, I can be a good asset."
5208She looks back at the baby and pets her head.
5209
5210Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:49 AM]
5211Baby dragon is pet.
5212
5213Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:49 AM]
5214"We should gather the others once they are done speaking with Wyatt."
5215"I think we all need a rest."
5216
5217Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:50 AM]
5218"Where shall she stay in the mean time?"
5219
5220Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:50 AM]
5221"We have room here, don't we, Maegan?"
5222
5223Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:50 AM]
5224"A rest. That's an understatement." Maegan takes a seat. "In the tavern? Are you sure this is a good place?"
5225
5226Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:51 AM]
5227"I can stay with her while her guardian grieves."
5228
5229Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:51 AM]
5230"I suppose for now she can stay here, until a home is built."
5231
5232Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5233Lex presents a plate of food to the dragon.
5234
5235Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5236"It won't be too loud will it? Is it cozy enough? I can bring more soft fabrics for her! Or maybe she likes to perch? Or does she prefer ground...."
5237
5238Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5239One that is less fancy than the others, no special sauces.
5240
5241Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5242She mumbles to herself in a series of quesitons.
5243
5244Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5245Just cooked venison.
5246
5247Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5248"She'll be just fine! We'll take good care of her."
5249
5250Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:52 AM]
5251"Ashka, worry not. We shall figure out in time what is best for this little one."
5252"Together."
5253
5254Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:53 AM]
5255Baby dragon snaps up a chunk of meat and swallows it whole
5256
5257Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:53 AM]
5258"[Isn't that righ-] Oh."
5259
5260Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:53 AM]
5261"Right, right...yes of course."
5262"Oh my, quite hungry little one!"
5263
5264Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:53 AM]
5265Lex gives a plate to Maegan and Ashka as well, of perfectly cooked and sauced meat.
5266
5267Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:54 AM]
5268Ashka waits until the babby eats first, out of habit.
5269
5270Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:54 AM]
5271He also offers a fine bottle of light dwarven ale to each of them.
5272Does Maegan have dark vision from her special blood?
5273
5274Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:54 AM]
5275Tempting offer, but Ashka slowly shakes her head.
5276
5277Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:54 AM]
5278She also has Low-Light
5279
5280Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:55 AM]
5281Because this ale for some reason boosts your dark vision for awhile.
5282
5283Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:55 AM]
5284Babby dragon continues to scarf down chunks of meat
5285
5286Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:55 AM]
5287Lex goes and gets some more venison, this time raw and offers it to her.
5288
5289Rainglove#0072 [14-May-17 01:55 AM]
5290After a few bites she apparently decides she's full, flops over on the table, sighs contentedly, and then passes right the fuck out
5291
5292Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:56 AM]
5293"Little one was hungry."
5294
5295Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:56 AM]
5296Ashka eats and inbetween bites, runs her hand down her scales.
5297"Lex, I must say, best meal I have had in years!"
5298
5299Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:56 AM]
5300Maegan takes a fukn sip of ale and a bite of food. "Wyrmlings certainly sleep a lot."
5301"And I agree, this is delicious!"
5302
5303Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:57 AM]
5304"You can see why I wanted this job."
5305
5306Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 01:57 AM]
5307"Do you think she will understand when she is older if the older dragons hate her?"
5308
5309Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 01:58 AM]
5310"...Maybe. Hopefully she won't have to deal with any trouble."
5311
5312Soren#1962 [14-May-17 01:59 AM]
5313"...it is sometimes an issue that a young one will have to deal with. Elders disapproving of them just because they exist."
5314
5315Soren#1962 [14-May-17 02:00 AM]
5316"Elders are often set in their ways and do not wish to budge or change tradition."
5317
5318Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:00 AM]
5319Her hands ball into fists. "I hate the fact she will not be comfortable with her own kind."
5320
5321Soren#1962 [14-May-17 02:00 AM]
5322"She will have a choice to make. She can make her own path. Not having to bow to their society. Or she can try to integrate and deal with whatever may come."
5323"Either way. She will have friends and allies supporting her. Family."
5324
5325Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:01 AM]
5326"It's a tragic fate, but she'll at least be loved. She won't face a life of hate, not here."
5327
5328Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:02 AM]
5329Sudden weariness hits mama bear. "This adventure has taken quite the toll on me... I volunteer to rest outside to building in case of any... unkindly folk."
5330
5331Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:04 AM]
5332"You've certainly earned it. We shouldn't have to worry about anyone coming for her anytime soon though."
5333"But I guess it doesn't hurt to be careful."
5334
5335Soren#1962 [14-May-17 02:04 AM]
5336"You did quite a lot out there. I appreciate everything you did, Ashka. Please, make sure you tell your daughter of everything you've done today."
5337Lex is surprisingly doing fine for everything he went through. He is just aces.
5338
5339Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:05 AM]
5340"Speaking of that, have you heard from her at all?"
5341
5342Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:05 AM]
5343"No." Her voice just barely *cracks*
5344
5345Soren#1962 [14-May-17 02:06 AM]
5346"How far away is she?"
5347
5348Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:07 AM]
5349"I have her staying with an innkeeper in Domava."
5350"But I am beginning to assume the worst."
5351
5352Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:07 AM]
5353"Is that in Parthia?"
5354
5355Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:07 AM]
5356"A bit farther west from here."
5357
5358Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:09 AM]
5359"Well, don't go assuming the worst. Maybe her reply is having trouble crossig the mountains."
5360"I'm sure you'll hear from her."
5361
5362Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:11 AM]
5363"I know. It has been too long for my liking. If it get truly unbearable I will need to leave. Just to see her to make sure."
5364
5365Hippocratesi#9485 [14-May-17 02:11 AM]
5366"I wouldn't blame you. Hopefully it doesn't come to that."
5367
5368Soren#1962 [14-May-17 02:12 AM]
5369"I would be willing to go with you to make sure she is okay, if it comes to that."
5370"And perhaps see if I am able to do anything to assist with her sickness."
5371
5372Doe Heart#8349 [14-May-17 02:13 AM]
5373"I appreciate that. I do."
5374
5375Cactus#6981 [14-May-17 05:13 PM]
5376Tourmaline changes his mind, he heads over to Laurent's shire.
5377No
5378He wants to visit the dragon city, they would have more information on this.
5379
5380Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 05:59 PM]
5381Loyd goes through his mental list of things he was supposed to do after the oath was fulfilled. Take a bath (and continue to take frequent baths)? Check. Clean his clothes and armor? Check. Get his hair cut short? Check. Get his beard trimmed? Check. Apologize to Wyatt? Check. "I... think that's it?" says the person who sounds suspiciously like Loyd but clearly cannot be Loyd because they don't smell, got clean clothes, have short hair, and their beard isn't a mess.
5382"Guess I'll check on Ysbail." And so the person who cannot possibly be Loyd goes for the tavern. Anyone around? Where's the BABY?
5383
5384Soren#1962 [17-May-17 05:59 PM]
5385Lex is currently with the child.
5386
5387Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:00 PM]
5388So is MAEGAN
5389You'll have to get through the both of us
5390
5391Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:02 PM]
5392Okay. The person that sounds like Loyd enters the tavern. "Hello? Maegan? Lex? Where you two keeping Ysbail?"
5393
5394Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:03 PM]
5395Maegan's at the coutner. "In the off- who are you?"
5396
5397Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:03 PM]
5398Lex peers out. "Loyd? ...What happened? You're all. Clean."
5399
5400Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:04 PM]
5401"Wait- Loyd?"
5402
5403Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:04 PM]
5404"I don't sound any different, Maegan. I know that much." Loyd turns to Lex. "Part of... keeping to that oath I swore about making sure you all got out of that plane alive."
5405
5406Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:06 PM]
5407Lex nods. "I understand. And I thank you. You are the only reason Vauhan is still alive. And by extension, the rest of us. I'm not sure if we could have gotten away from that creature if it had taken him out."
5408
5409Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:08 PM]
5410"Mmm." Maegan goes back to scrubbing the counters. "Ysbail is in the back."
5411
5412Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:09 PM]
5413"No need for pointless praise, Lex." Loyd heads into the back with an old, clean cloak of his. Blanket for Ysbail.
5414
5415Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:10 PM]
5416"Loyd, while you are here, do you need anything? Food or drink?"
5417
5418Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:14 PM]
5419"That would be nice."
5420
5421Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:16 PM]
5422Lex heads off and gets to work on the venison.
5423
5424Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:17 PM]
5425Maegan finishes cleaning and follows Loyd back. "Why did it take this oath to get you to take a bath?"
5426
5427Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:20 PM]
5428"Because I didn't care about people here gagging to death because of my smell before." Loyd bundles Ysbail up.
5429
5430Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:21 PM]
5431"What changed? Why care now?"
5432
5433Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [17-May-17 06:21 PM]
5434@Soren#1962: "coooooking": [14] -> **23**
5435
5436Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:21 PM]
54371d20+9 coooooking
5438Lex's meals are, as always, magnificent.
5439
5440Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:24 PM]
5441"As I said," At least he is sure he said it, "I asked Erastil to let me save all of you and I would treat Afallon like a community, instead of a prison."
5442
5443Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:25 PM]
5444"How noble."
5445
5446Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:26 PM]
5447"I guess so."
5448
5449Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:27 PM]
5450"It is, honestly. You are sticking to your word."
5451Lex serves up some food.
5452
5453Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:30 PM]
5454Loyd enjoys some free (?) food. "Any problems with Ysbail so far?"
5455
5456Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:31 PM]
5457"She does nothing but eat and sleep. So no, nothing yet."
5458"And your food is free...as we agreed on before."
5459
5460Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:32 PM]
5461"She has been a little draconic angel."
5462
5463Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:34 PM]
5464"Good to hear. And thank you, Maegan."
5465
5466Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:44 PM]
5467Lex busies himself in the kitchen, getting things prepared for when the tavern is actually officially ready.
5468Conviently right as a new arrival enters, looking around curiously to see if the aformentioned 'adventurous types' are here.
5469
5470Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:46 PM]
5471"Anything else you need for the tavern before you open?"
5472
5473Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:48 PM]
5474"Hello? Is there anyone in here?" Atanas looks around a bit, wolf at their side.
5475
5476Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 06:50 PM]
5477Ysbail peeks out from the back.
5478
5479Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:50 PM]
5480"Food, drinks, a guard, waiters..." Maegan wanders to the front since she heard a new voice. "Can I help you?" She eyes the wolf for a moment.
5481
5482Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:51 PM]
5483"Yesab directed me here. I asked him of notable places, and he said I should look here for 'adventerous types'. Is that a dragon child?"
5484
5485Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 06:51 PM]
5486"Lay back down, Ysbail." Loyd appears from the back.
5487
5488Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:53 PM]
5489"Ysbail, go on." Maegan gently pushes out of sight before turning back to Atanas. "He was right, I suppose. I take it you're new here?"
5490
5491Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:54 PM]
5492"Stars, was she white? I haven't seen one in years."
5493Atanas shakes their head a little. "I apologize. Yes. I am new. I wandered in earlier, following a lead on strange magic here. I was unaware people lived down here, but now I believe Cana and I are going to stay. " They place a hand on the wolf. "Wyatt said it was okay for me to as long as I do not ruffle any feathers, as it were. "
5494
5495Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 06:58 PM]
5496"Well, it's nice to see a new face. I'm Maegan. Sorry it's a bit barren in here, we haven't really opened yet."
5497
5498Soren#1962 [17-May-17 06:59 PM]
5499"I am used to staying in the woods. Worry not. I am called Atanas. I am pleased to meet you. I hope I can be of use to this community. It will be nice to settle down for a bit. I have not done so in quite awhile."
5500
5501Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:01 PM]
5502"Atanas. It's nice to meet you as well." Maegan pauses. "I hope I'm not being rude but I can't say I've seen your kind before. What are you?"
5503
5504Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:02 PM]
5505"Yesab asked that exact question. I am afraid I cannot give you a clear answer. I do not know myself."
5506"I have never met another, nor have I met any who have seen this race before."
5507
5508Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:04 PM]
5509"That's odd. Are you from another plane?"
5510
5511Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:07 PM]
5512"Are you from another continent? The Albans always say that they came from the west, after all..." Weirdos with four arms... what next, gnolls with bomb throwers?
5513
5514Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:08 PM]
5515"I am not from another plane, although I have experience with exploring them, in rare cases. As for another continent? I am unsure. I was born quite awhile ago, and have done a considerable amount of traveling."
5516"I do not call any nation home, nor do any claim me."
5517
5518Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:09 PM]
5519"Okay... so where were you born? In what nation's borders?"
5520
5521Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:10 PM]
5522"You had no family to speak of?"
5523
5524Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:10 PM]
5525"As I told Yesab, the pack that raised me is long, long dead."
5526
5527Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:12 PM]
5528"You were...raised by wolves?"
5529
5530Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:12 PM]
5531"[Told you this place attracts weirdos.]" High Fortriu is best Fortriu.
5532
5533Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:13 PM]
5534"Yes. It was long ago, but yes. I grew up in a forest among a pack."
5535"Where I was born is no longer relevant. It would mean nothing to you. I am not trying to withhold information, it is just simply true."
5536
5537Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:15 PM]
5538"[I'll have to agree with you for once.] Well, we won't pry any further. Do you need anything?"
5539
5540Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:16 PM]
5541The wolf sniffs at Loyd cautiously. "I mostly wished to introduce myself, learn of who the people here are."
5542
5543Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:18 PM]
5544Loyd offers his hand to the wolf for sniffing. Gotta let it get used to his clean smell before he can think about petting, after all. "We're the idiots that sacrifice life and limb to fight undead, explore temples, and dive into other rifts."
5545
5546Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:18 PM]
5547The wolf smashes their head into Loyd's hand, demanding pets.
5548"There are undead here?"
5549
5550Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:19 PM]
5551The wolf gets pets and ear scratches. "Yep."
5552
5553Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:19 PM]
5554"A whole city of them. You'll see soon enough."
5555
5556Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:20 PM]
5557"Stars. This place just gets stranger. I have dealt with the undead before, it is never pleasant."
5558
5559Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:20 PM]
5560"We got about four types of undead down there: Deaders, who are easy to deal with; Screamers, who I learned how to easily deal with; Dragons, who are somewhat intelligent and feral, depending on which one you look at; and the Lich, who we still got to kill."
5561
5562Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:20 PM]
5563"I am no stranger to risking life. Would you mind if I came along next time you go out?"
5564
5565Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:22 PM]
5566"We don't mind at all."
5567
5568Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:23 PM]
5569"Feel free. You don't have a problem with looting the city, do you? We have a group member who is very insistent that we don't loot the city, despite the city being dead for... what did Laurent say? Over two thousand years? One thousand?"
5570
5571Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:24 PM]
5572'Why would I? They are dead. When you die, your body returns to the soil. Your possessions should go to those who can make use of them, just as the animals feed on your flesh."
5573"Hm. Dead for a thousand years? Interesting."
5574
5575Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:25 PM]
5576Because Ashka's timing is always perfect, she comes a-busting through. "I have made a garment for her! It is something Jadya always wor- oh hello." In her hands high above, she has a poorly made thing made out of dusty blue material. She looks at the stranger and takes a step back.
5577
5578Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:25 PM]
5579"Ysbail is in the back, Ashka."
5580
5581Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:26 PM]
5582"Ashka. What a nice name." They say mostly to themself. "Hello. I hope I did not startle you."
5583
5584Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:26 PM]
5585"I got her bundled up in an old cloak I used to wear. Don't worry, I cleaned it." Just like he cleaned himself up. Unless the person that sounds like Loyd isn't actually Loyd.
5586
5587Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:28 PM]
5588"Ah no not at all!" She lies. "I am not used to strangers that is all. Is the cloak soft enough? Is it sturdy? Is it scratchy?"
5589
5590Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:28 PM]
5591"It's very pretty, Ashka. I'm sure she'll like it." Maegan gestures to the newcomer. "This is Antasa, by the way."
5592
5593Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:29 PM]
5594"Atanas is what I am called, actually. But it is okay, it is a strange title."
5595
5596Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:30 PM]
5597"It's wool?" Loyd is not sure how to answer your question, Ashka.
5598
5599Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:30 PM]
5600What the heck I typed it right
5601Fuckin phone
5602
5603Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:30 PM]
5604Ashka gives a small wave, a bit timid. She starts to scoot to the back very sneaky sneaky. "Oh, I suppose that is fine. I am sure she would not mind several outfits."
5605
5606Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:31 PM]
5607"She should be in the office, if she's not scurrying around."
5608
5609Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:32 PM]
5610TO THE BABBY
5611
5612Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:32 PM]
5613"Speaking of which, Atanas, I ask that you keep the little one a secret for now."
5614"For her safety."
5615
5616Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:33 PM]
5617"Do not mention her to anyone else here and especially don't mention her to any other dragons you see, unless it is one of two VERY specific dragons."
5618
5619Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:33 PM]
5620"Of course. Last I knew, white dragons were nearly extinct. It would not be wise to mention there is a new one to anyone. Some people out there like to make sure things stay extinct."
5621
5622Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:34 PM]
5623Ashka plays with the cute little baby. She tries to put the blue cloth over her after taking off the coat.
5624
5625Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:34 PM]
5626"They are. Ysbail is the last of the white dragons, which means she could potentially have a lot of poltiical power in the nearest dragon city. Since you seem to have lived with wolves and therefore never had to deal with politics, I'll just say that the other dragons would want to kill her so they don't have to share power."
5627"You would think the revival of a dead line would mean something more to them, but..." Loyd shrugs. Politics.
5628
5629Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:37 PM]
5630"It's a terrible situation...but we're making the best of it."
5631
5632Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:37 PM]
5633"I have had to deal with plenty of politics. Politics causing forests to fall, politics endangering animals, politics causing needless and endless wars. Gods, you have no idea how many wars I have seen."
5634"They are needed when civilization gets too large, but when misused can be disasterous, like all power."
5635
5636Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:38 PM]
5637"Yeah..." Ha ha, let's talk about war with Loyd and Maegan here.
5638
5639Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:39 PM]
5640"I know that very well."
5641
5642Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 07:39 PM]
5643Ashka pokes her head out the back. "Maegan, has she been fed?" Haha what tension?
5644
5645Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:40 PM]
5646"I try not to pay much attention to them. But I do get caught up in a war here and there from time to time. There was one very recently I recall. Something about mages and some upstart."
5647
5648Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:40 PM]
5649Haha... "Fortriu Civil War, then..."
5650
5651Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:41 PM]
5652"I believe we fed her a bit of venison earlier. She's probably hungry again by now." Maegan makes no further comment.
5653
5654Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:41 PM]
5655"Mm. Yes. That would be it. I did not enjoy my time there. Everyone lost so much. So pointless."
5656
5657Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:42 PM]
5658"...But, you know, that war and the Parthian-Scythian war are the only two wars I've heard of happening. Don't think that have been that many wars over the last thirty to fifty years. How old are you, if you've seen so many wars?"
5659
5660Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:42 PM]
5661The wolf huffs slightly and lays at Loyd's feet.
5662"I lost count awhile ago."
5663
5664Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:44 PM]
5665"[I'll need to put up a no pets rule...]" Maegan mumbles.
5666
5667Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:45 PM]
5668"You make yourself sound like some immortal or something... [Pets are fine, so long as they behave. The wolf is behaving. Plus Caden might want to come here for free food at times. Don't deny him.]"
5669
5670Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:46 PM]
5671"Yeah. Something like that."
5672
5673Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:47 PM]
5674"I suppose your kind live long, then." Some kinda elf? Who fukn knows.
5675
5676Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:49 PM]
5677"[What god fucked her mom?]" Loyd asks to no one, scratching his beard. Itchy. "Huh... so that would means you would know about the four princes of Alban, then? Or whatever Empire lived around here before Parthia?"
5678
5679Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:50 PM]
5680"I never paid very close attention to the affairs of kings and the like. But yes, I know some bits here and there."
5681"I cannot tell you how long my kind live. But, I certainly live long."
5682
5683Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 07:51 PM]
5684"If you can remember any details, you should tlak to Yesab. He turned his house into a scriptorium, so whatever history you can remember would be good for putting into a book."
5685
5686Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:51 PM]
5687"One does not tend to learn their geography while growing up in the woods. I did not take to learning until later in my life."
5688
5689Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:52 PM]
5690"So as far as you know, you were abandoned out in the woods?"
5691"I may have made that a bit more blunt than I should have..."
5692
5693Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:54 PM]
5694"Yes. My earliest memories are of the pack. The ones who took the roles of my parents told me they found me alone in the woods, no other men around."
5695"My pack knew not what had happened to lead me to being abandoned there, but they did their best to raise me, as best as a wolf pack can raise a person."
5696
5697Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 07:56 PM]
5698"[Raised by animals. That's a new one.] Who taught you to speak?"
5699
5700Soren#1962 [17-May-17 07:58 PM]
5701"Well, I was always able to speak with my pack. But, eventually I outlived them. And wandered the wilds until I found an enclave of nature worshippers. They took me in. Made me less...feral. Taught me to hone my gifts."
5702
5703Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:00 PM]
5704"Nature worshippers? Green Faith or some other nature god?"
5705
5706Soren#1962 [17-May-17 08:01 PM]
5707"Green faith was one of the names some used, yes. Druids was another. Green Wardens another. It varied from enclave to enclave."
5708"I spent the next seventy or so years with the enclave. It was after that point I was given my title and encouraged to leave and explore the world with my new found gift."
5709"And began seeking out other enclaves, learning from them. And learning more about the world."
5710Atanas thinks for a few moments. "I have not drudged up these memories in a long, long while. I believe that area is what you now call Jutland."
5711
5712Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:09 PM]
5713"There are enclaves on Jutland? Wait, we have people on Jutland? I thought it was just an empty island?"
5714
5715Soren#1962 [17-May-17 08:10 PM]
5716"Were."
5717"All of that is gone, now."
5718
5719Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:10 PM]
5720"They left? Or died out?"
5721
5722Soren#1962 [17-May-17 08:12 PM]
5723"They would not have left. Not in the state that wasteland is in now. I believe something terrible must have happened, but, I have not dared to venture there to find out what."
5724"Perhaps one day I will feel brave enough to return. To try to rally enclaves to cleanse it. Purify it. But it would take considerable effort. Plants may thrive, but, well...there are ways to cause that."
5725"I have heard of horrible twisted nature magic involving sacrifices that can cause plants to thrive in even the worst of conditions. I fear that it may have been used there."
5726
5727Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:15 PM]
5728Dirty magic... "Sounds like a lot of time and effort to make that place livable. Considering the distance, wouldn't be surprised if Scythia eventually tried to claim it."
5729
5730Soren#1962 [17-May-17 08:16 PM]
5731"I have nothing if not time."
5732
5733Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:25 PM]
5734Maegan bows. "If you'll excuse me. It was nice to meet you, Atanas. I look forward to working with you." She retreats back to her office, to check on Ysbail.
5735
5736Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:25 PM]
5737Oh right, Loyd should finish that meal Lex made. Loyd will do that. Sorry for not talking, Atanas.
5738
5739Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 08:28 PM]
5740Ysbail has been stuffed into a dress by Ashka and is currently trying to decide how she feels about this.
5741
5742Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:29 PM]
5743Does she prefer the cloak Loyd gave her? The cloak that is FUCKING HUGE on her?
5744
5745Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:30 PM]
5746"Oh, you look beautiful! Do you like it, Ysbail?"
5747
5748Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:31 PM]
5749!!!
5750It honestly could be a dress or anything really
5751
5752Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 08:32 PM]
5753Well she wasn't a huge fan until you said she looked nice
5754
5755Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:32 PM]
5756!!!!!!!!
5757
5758Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:32 PM]
5759â¤
5760
5761Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 08:32 PM]
5762☺
5763
5764Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:44 PM]
5765Ashka removes the dress (?) and lay it out in case she gets too warm. She leaves out the cloak for Ysbail to rest on if needed.
5766She thinks the cloak is a good idea, but won't say it out loud.
5767
5768Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:44 PM]
5769Can't go validating Loyd
5770
5771Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:45 PM]
5772Would be too dangerous
5773
5774Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 08:45 PM]
5775The dragon is now slightly less beautiful
5776
5777Cactus#6981 [17-May-17 08:46 PM]
5778*slander*
5779
5780Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 08:46 PM]
5781She hops onto the cloak, curls up, and goes back to sleep
5782
5783Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:47 PM]
5784Rain you take that back
5785Rain you edit that right now
5786She! is! always! beautiful! Ashka yells at the voice in the sky
5787
5788Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:48 PM]
5789please calm down barbarian woman
5790
5791Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:48 PM]
5792**no**
5793
5794Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:48 PM]
5795o-okay y-yes ma'am
5796
5797Rainglove#0072 [17-May-17 08:53 PM]
5798*tiny snoring*
5799
5800Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 08:54 PM]
5801😇 our little angel
5802
5803Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 08:55 PM]
5804we have to protect that smile
5805
5806Soren#1962 [17-May-17 08:56 PM]
5807Atanas is just kinda hanging out in the main part of the tavern playing with their wolf.
5808
5809Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:05 PM]
5810Protect her forever.
5811Give her the toy, Ashka.
5812Do it.
5813
5814Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:33 PM]
5815Ashka places a small star shaped toy next to the sleeping dragon. When she wakes up, her curiosity can entertain her.
5816
5817Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:35 PM]
5818Ashka pulls ahead in the "dragon mom" polls. Will Maegan take that sitting down?
5819
5820Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:38 PM]
5821Maegan places a nice little teddy next to the sleeping dragon. Something for her to hug when she's scared or needs a friend!
5822
5823Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:38 PM]
5824After taking FOREVER to finish his meal, Loyd pops into the back room with Ysbail and the two moms. "We should visit Dragon City in the near future. Partly because I never been there, but mostly so that gold dragon can tell us what we need to do to make sure Ysbail is raised properly. For example, what do dragon babies even drink? They don't just eat meat, right?"
5825And now Ashka and Maegan are tied on the mom poll.
5826
5827Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:38 PM]
5828"Well, you know, there's water."
5829
5830Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:39 PM]
5831She turns to Loyd with her eye on the sleeping Ysbail. "I agree, we should learn everything we need to help her grow up."
5832
5833Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:39 PM]
5834"But I do agree that we'll need some help on a few things."
5835
5836Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:40 PM]
5837"Water doesn't really... have the things a growing baby needs. We're all humans here, so I presume we all had milk growing up." Unless Maegan is weird/different.
5838"So do dragons also get milk growing up or is there something else?"
5839
5840Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:40 PM]
5841"Dragons don't produce milk but maybe they have their own livestock somewhere?"
5842
5843Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:41 PM]
5844"That is a... good question. I do not know if it is safe for her to feed of a breast. Or if it is safe for us." Imagine the teeth marks. Yikes.
5845
5846Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:41 PM]
5847"Oh, no. Definitely not safe for us. Have you seen how she eats that venison?"
5848
5849Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:42 PM]
5850Ashka wrinkles her nose and flinches.
5851
5852Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:42 PM]
5853Loyd gets close to Ysbail to see the little toys. "Nice choices. Guess the star is for teething? Don't have to ask about that, then."
5854
5855Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:43 PM]
5856Ashka sighs and chuckles. "I am sure she will rip that apart soon enough. I enjoy the bear you got, it is a wonderful idea."
5857"What will you get her, Loyd?"
5858
5859Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:44 PM]
5860"Thank you. Your teething toy was good idea as well, I hadn't thought of it myself."
5861
5862Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:45 PM]
5863"Not sure. I didn't really have a lot of toys growing up. Guess... a set of building blocks?"
5864"Guess if we put Parthian letters on them, they can also be used to teach her the alphabet and how to spell some basic things."
5865
5866Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:47 PM]
5867"That's...not a bad idea."
5868
5869Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:47 PM]
5870She clasps her hands together and smiles. "That is brilliant. Maegan can assists with Draconic and you can do Parthian." No going back now Loyd.
5871
5872Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:49 PM]
5873"Let's stick to Parthian at first. She is going to be with us mostly, so she should understand everyone around here first. When she is a little older, we can think of teaching Draconic and other languages. She is a dragon, after all. She could probably learn every language out there, if she wanted to."
5874
5875Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:50 PM]
5876"That is a better idea. I must say I am quite impressed in how well you are handling this."
5877
5878Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:52 PM]
5879"I know some of the basics. I was the oldest of four, so whenever I wasn't helping in the fields, I was helping with my brothers."
5880
5881Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:54 PM]
5882"This is nice... to not be alone this time."
5883
5884Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 09:55 PM]
5885"Why didn't you bring your daughter here?"
5886
5887Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 09:56 PM]
5888"I dealt with a few of the young ones at the Academy, though I suppose they weren't quite this young."
5889
5890Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 09:58 PM]
5891"Her illness prevents her from moving too far. She can not stand for long without being in pain."
5892
5893Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:01 PM]
5894"Sounds like she needs some servants and a lectica." Loyd adjusts the cloak on the wittle baby Ysbail before continuing. "A lectica is a portable bed. Some nobles like to be carried in those."
5895
5896Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:05 PM]
5897Ashka continues to watch Ysbail, but with a far off look. "She loves being lifted up in the air. I would rest her on my shoulders so she could feel tall." She coughs a bit and walks out the room. "I do not want to disrupt her rest."
5898
5899Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:06 PM]
5900"Ask Wyatt about a personal carriage service if you want to bring your daughter here. I'll help pay for it." Yes, let us leave Ysbail to rest.
5901
5902Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:08 PM]
5903Maegan follows them out. "I'd also help pay."
5904"And I would offer you a drink, Ashka, but our shipment hasn't come in yet. I'm sorry."
5905
5906Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:10 PM]
5907She takes a seat nearby and waves off the request. "I do not do very well with drinking, although if this conversation comes up again I might take up the offer." She sighs again and attempts to smile. "I appreciate the kindness, but I am afraid the trip might expose her to something."
5908"And I do not think the Caves is the best place to raise a child. If she is far away watched under a close eye, she is safer."
5909
5910Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:12 PM]
5911"I suppose I can't disagree. It's quite dangerous here."
5912"I just hate that you're so far from each other. I can't imagine how that feels."
5913
5914Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:14 PM]
5915"It feels awful." Her voice cracks slightly.
5916
5917Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:15 PM]
5918Maegan sighs and hugs her. Nice job just STANDING there, Loyd.
5919
5920Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:17 PM]
5921With everything you know about Loyd, you think he would know what to do in this situation?
5922
5923Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:17 PM]
5924Ashka *flexes* to find the strength to not burst into tears. "It is difficult, but I imagine your pain is worse than mine. I am fortunate to know where she is."
5925
5926Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:17 PM]
5927look he had TWO (2) fiances
5928
5929Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:17 PM]
5930He's right you know
5931damn
5932she's right you know
5933
5934Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:18 PM]
5935"Now, don't say that. Your pain is as valid as anyone's."
5936
5937Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:19 PM]
5938That don't mean anything. "Maybe the dragons will have something to give her the strength to be able to get here without any problems. Plus it'll mean she is close for the dragons to personally see and help." Loyd just talks to himself. He has decided Ashka's daughter is coming to the Caves.
5939No stopping him.
5940
5941Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:19 PM]
5942loyd this might actually be a bad idea
5943
5944Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:19 PM]
5945Try to stop him.
5946
5947Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:20 PM]
5948I mean it might be
5949"If there is something for her..some sort of.." she gestures widly with her hands, "Miracle to save her than I will be the one leaving to go to her. There is too much of a risk here for her to stay."
5950"But you may be right, some sort of clinic for her to watched closely."
5951
5952Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:23 PM]
5953"There is Elara's clinic. But I don't know, I don't think this is a good idea..."
5954"Even if she were to arrive safely, there's countless dangers here. Anything could happen, even in the Hearth."
5955
5956Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:26 PM]
5957Loyd finally pays attention to the other two. "I guess that's all true..." Still won't stop him from dropping a bag of 200 gold in front of Ashka. "Can at least send her this to deal with any clerics or doctors her current caretaker needs to hire."
5958
5959Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:28 PM]
5960She looks in shock and shakes her head. "Loyd... I... No I can not accept this." She pushes the gold back. "I have it covered. The payments I recieve all go to her. This kindness I can not ask of you."
5961
5962Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:28 PM]
5963"Not for you to accept. It's for your daughter to accept." Gold is pushed back.
5964
5965Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:31 PM]
5966She smiles and throws her arms around Loyd in a big **crushing** hug. "I am grateful for this. If you need any assistance with anything I will aid you!"
5967
5968Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:35 PM]
5969Loyd swears he can hear some of his bones breaking, but that might just be his imagination. "And I'd be *reeeeeaaaaal* grateful if ya didn't break me in half right now..." Loyd tries to pull free from Mama Bear's hug.
5970
5971Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:36 PM]
5972He can try but just a liiiitle bit longer.
5973After a couple of awkward seconds, Loyd is released from the grip.
5974
5975Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:38 PM]
5976Loyd, for his own safety, backs away from Ashka and then falls into a seat, rubbing his back. His poor spine!
5977
5978Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:38 PM]
5979"If you need anything at all, we're here for you."
5980"Don't be too proud to ask for help."
5981
5982Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:40 PM]
5983"My back hurts..."
5984
5985Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:40 PM]
5986Ashka also hugs Maegan with the same intensity.
5987**crush**
5988
5989Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:41 PM]
5990"Y-You're welcome..." Maegan feebily tries to return the hug.
5991
5992Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:43 PM]
5993"Maegan is weaker than I, so you might actually break her..."
5994
5995Doe Heart#8349 [17-May-17 10:44 PM]
5996"Break?" Maegan is released!
5997
5998Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:45 PM]
5999"Aye, break. Turn her into a chair that folds."
6000
6001Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 10:46 PM]
6002"Ooof." Maegan rubs her back. "I'm fine, I'm fine."
6003
6004Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 10:50 PM]
6005"You don't sound it."
6006
6007Hippocratesi#9485 [17-May-17 11:03 PM]
6008"I said I'm fine!" She'll just be sore in the morning it's fine
6009
6010Mathias#1381 [17-May-17 11:07 PM]
6011It's fine. "Whatever you say, Maegan. Sure Edgar would have something if you needed it for your back." Says Loyd whose back is probably hurting just as much.
6012
6013Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 07:37 PM]
6014Arvio is standing around the tavern, waiting patiently for service
6015
6016Soren#1962 [18-May-17 07:37 PM]
6017Atanas and Cana once again enter, holding a deer's worth of meat.
6018Atanas, this time, in their regular form, no longer an elemental.
6019
6020Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 07:39 PM]
6021Human, at the very least, is thrilled to see meat.
6022"Look alive dear, we've found food."
6023Arvio says, "Greetings, are you the owner?"
6024
6025Soren#1962 [18-May-17 07:42 PM]
6026"I am merely here to...apologize. This is an offering for you."
6027
6028Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 07:43 PM]
6029"I see"
6030
6031Soren#1962 [18-May-17 07:44 PM]
6032"You are not the god you follow. And you do not condone the actions she did in the past. I acted rashly due to old wounds. I should not have taken it out on you, nor spoken to you the way I did."
6033
6034Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 07:46 PM]
6035He looks down to the meat, "Thank you, but I'm not exactly sure you should drag this meat into someone's store."
6036
6037Soren#1962 [18-May-17 07:47 PM]
6038"This is a place where food is cooked. I was planning on giving the rest to the owners, as a token of gratitude for allowing me here."
6039"Maegan, are you still around? I have supplies for you."
6040Atanas turns back to Arvio. "My discussion with you about your choice of worship is, however, not over. I wish to have one with you while I am more cool headed. You need to be responsible for your faith, and not overlook what has been done in the past."
6041
6042Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 07:50 PM]
6043"I... see"
6044"I have no ill feelings toward you, but I ask you to not bring this subject up with me. It will not end up with either of us in a good mood."
6045
6046Soren#1962 [18-May-17 07:59 PM]
6047"I cannot be held to that."
6048
6049Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 08:04 PM]
6050"I think you should try your best anyway."
6051
6052Mathias#1381 [18-May-17 08:04 PM]
6053Loyd is quite thankful he cannot hear this religious debate right now. Probably because he fell asleep in his chair.
6054
6055Soren#1962 [18-May-17 08:06 PM]
6056"No. I will not be hostile toward you, but I will not budge on this."
6057
6058Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 08:06 PM]
6059"You have a strange idea of what hostile means."
6060
6061Soren#1962 [18-May-17 08:08 PM]
6062"Oh, how terrible it is that I am offering you peace, but wish to debate your religion with you sometimes."
6063"What an awful monster I am, who wishes you no physical harm, but wants to make sure you understand the full ramifications of you worshipping a demon."
6064
6065Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 08:09 PM]
6066"You certainly are sarcastic."
6067
6068Soren#1962 [18-May-17 08:13 PM]
6069"Only when required."
6070
6071Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 08:15 PM]
6072"I'm sure."
6073
6074Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:12 PM]
6075Atanas sighs a little, and looks around for Maegan, failing that they announce themself at the counter. "Is there anyone here who could make use of this meat I have hunted?"
6076Lex peeks out from the kitchen, "Oh, hello. Are you new here? I haven't seen you around before? Uh. I can take that meat I guess." Atanas' arms are covered in blood from just holding the meat. "Just uh. Come...back here where we keep the rest of it. I can get some prepared if you would like."
6077Atanas nods. "Thank you, I would appreciate that. There is a hyena man and his bird out there who have been complaining about being hungry for some time now. I was hoping you could prepare some of this for them. Hopefully at no cost, since I am providing the meat, yes?"
6078Lex bites his lip a little and thinks, as Atanas puts the meat away where the rest is being kept and heads back to the front, Lex replies "I suppose so. I guess it is going to become a rule if you bring your own meat we will prepare it..."
60791d20+9 Lex begins preparing the meat.
6080
6081Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [18-May-17 09:15 PM]
6082@Soren#1962: "Lex begins preparing the meat.": [7] -> **16**
6083
6084Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:16 PM]
6085Its not up to standard. Arvio gets slightly better than average food, but not amazing.
6086
6087Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 09:17 PM]
6088"Much appreciated. May I get some for my compainon?"
6089Ruman nods very enthusiastically at this.
6090
6091Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:18 PM]
6092Lex looks at the bird. "Uh. Raw? Or cooked? Or what?"
6093Atanas has at this point left the tavern, and heads out to clean up and cozy up their cave.
6094
6095Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 09:20 PM]
6096"Seared a bit, Ruman does not eat what the beasts do." The vulture answers.
6097
6098Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:21 PM]
6099Lex nods and heads back into the kitchen getting another serving, and returning with it. "Just be mindful of the bird in the tavern, we are a bit lenient when it comes to animals, but, we haven't had any incidents yet."
6100
6101Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 09:22 PM]
6102He nods, "I expect he will not be trouble."
6103
6104Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:22 PM]
6105"This will be your only free meal, unless your friend continues to provide the meat, keep in mind."
6106
6107Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 09:23 PM]
6108"I do not expect chairty. It was a surprise to me when it was offered."
6109
6110Soren#1962 [18-May-17 09:24 PM]
6111"Now I hope you enjoy it. It is always nice seeing new faces around here. Especially fuzzy ones." Lex winks and heads back into the kitchen.
6112
6113Cactus#6981 [18-May-17 09:24 PM]
6114"I - oh dear..."
6115"*Are you blushing Arvio, Ruman thinks you areeeeee*"
6116
6117Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:27 PM]
6118heh-hell yea
6119While shenanigans are going on in Edgar's store, Maegan's brought Cedwyn to the tavern since she'll be spending less time in Vauhan's room. How does he react to Ysbail??? Also fuck you, Rain.
6120
6121Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:28 PM]
6122wow
6123
6124Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:29 PM]
6125you get to deal with THREE rooms
6126
6127Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:29 PM]
6128I don't have to put up with this
6129I'm an ADULT
6130Cedwyn looks at Ysbail
6131Ysbail looks at Cedwyn
6132They sniff each other
6133Cedwyn makes a weird noise at Ysbail
6134Ysbail makes a weird noise at Cedwyn
6135
6136Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:31 PM]
6137Maegan anticipates the murdering.
6138
6139Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:31 PM]
6140Cedwyn flops over and falls asleep
6141Ysbail flops over on top of him and goes to sleep
6142
6143Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:32 PM]
6144"Oh, thank the Gods." Maegan stops holding her breath now. She places a blanky over the both of them. Cute. Adorable. I wish I could hug them.
6145
6146Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:33 PM]
6147Ashka bursts through the taven door, cause hey there aint nobody here. "Maegan!"
6148
6149Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:33 PM]
6150Ysbail and Cedwyn both snort and wake up
6151Ashka is stared at
6152
6153Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:33 PM]
6154(Fuck)
6155
6156Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:34 PM]
6157"Ashka, they're sleeping!" God damnit
6158C'mon
6159
6160Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:34 PM]
6161Cana also springs awake, having been passed out in the tavern for some reason.
6162The wolf starts barking.
6163Bark bark bark
6164
6165Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:34 PM]
6166She spies the other dragon (?) And looks comfused. "Oh sorry sorry darling. Go back to bed." She whispers but its a loud one.
6167She points to Cedwyn. She cocks her head. She raises an eyebrow.
6168
6169Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:35 PM]
6170Atanas says something growly and Cana settles down, and lays back down with a humph.
6171
6172Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:35 PM]
6173The dragons stare at the wolf
6174then they stare at Atanas
6175then ashka shushes them and they just half-go back to sleep
6176but they're totally still watching you
6177
6178Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:36 PM]
6179A mothers touch!
6180
6181Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:36 PM]
6182Maegan keeps her voice low. "I, er, have my own dragon."
6183"I thought he'd get lonely in my room since I'm here most of the time now."
6184
6185Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:37 PM]
6186She claps her hand softly together. "I was not aware you were a mother! Although he does not look easy to push through..."
6187
6188Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 07:37 PM]
6189Wow Ashka.
6190
6191Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:38 PM]
6192"Wha- No! No, that's not- that's not how it happened! I found him!"
6193"He was all alone, the poor thing."
6194
6195Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:38 PM]
6196She aint the brightest but you all love her shhh
6197"All alone? Where?"
6198
6199Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:39 PM]
6200"It is very noble for you to take in and raise a foundling."
6201
6202Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:39 PM]
6203"Oh, somewhere around...East Alban, near the eastern mountains? It's been some time."
6204"And I couldn't just leave him, he looked half-dead when I found him."
6205
6206Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 07:40 PM]
6207The eastern mountains or western mountains, Maegan? You need to give details.
6208
6209Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:40 PM]
6210Oh right
6211
6212Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:41 PM]
6213"Well I think it is nice for Ysbail to have a sibling of some sort. Ah that means clothing for him as well...." She beings to brainstrom costumes and clothing for the brand new babby.
6214"Also," she pulls out the dagger, "I know she is a bit young but maybe we can teach some balance."
6215
6216Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:42 PM]
6217"That's quite alright, Ashka, he won't need cloth- what is that?"
6218
6219Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:43 PM]
6220"A dashing dagger for a dashing dragon! We can forget archery until much much later."
6221
6222Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:43 PM]
6223"Honestly, it does make sense to train her in such a thing at an early age. Allowing it to become as natural an extension of her body as her claws."
6224
6225Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:44 PM]
6226"The girl is practically just out the womb. Are you sure?"
6227
6228Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:45 PM]
6229"She does not have to make her first kill just yet. But to help her stance and as an outlet for boredom."
6230She looks at how small she is. Maybe it is a little early...
6231
6232Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:46 PM]
6233"Well, I suppose I won't stop you. I just hope she doesn't hurt herself."
6234
6235Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:46 PM]
6236"Maegan, Ashka, if what you said about those others wishing her harm, learning to defend herself as early as possible is wise. No one expects the child to bare teeth."
6237
6238Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:47 PM]
6239"You aren't wrong..."
6240
6241Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:47 PM]
6242"Others will be expecting child to whimper, to cower. But if she is able to lash out, that may be an opening."
6243"An unexpected opening can leave one vulnerable to something one did not think could ever fell them."
6244"Even the mightiest predator can be felled by a simple trap, or the bite of a small reptile."
6245
6246Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:48 PM]
6247"Yes! And then she can exact justice to those who have hurt her spirit!" She flexs involuntarily with pride.
6248
6249Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:49 PM]
6250"Fine, fine, you've convinced me! Just please be careful with her."
6251"Though I shouldn't worry. You are a mother yourself."
6252
6253Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:50 PM]
6254"Well you are as well. And a fine one at that."
6255
6256Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 07:50 PM]
6257A large armoured man walks into a bar. There's no punchline.
6258
6259Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:50 PM]
6260"Oh, Ashka, I did not know you were a mother as well."
6261
6262Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 07:51 PM]
6263there's never a line for vauhan, people just get out of the way
6264
6265Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:51 PM]
6266"Oh yes I have a little one far fro-Vauhan?"
6267Mama Bear senses activate.
6268
6269Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:51 PM]
6270Maegan looks as if she definitely didn't expect that. "Um, thank you."
6271
6272Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 07:51 PM]
6273"Hail, friends!" He waves.
6274
6275Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:52 PM]
6276"Vauhan. Hello. I take it you are well?"
6277"Ashka, you shall have to tell me of your little one when we have time."
6278
6279Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 07:52 PM]
6280"Of course! There is much to tell." Ahska never wastes an oppurtunity to talk about her shining star.
6281
6282Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:52 PM]
6283She snaps out of it. "Hello, Vauhan. Haven't seen you for a few days."
6284
6285Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 07:53 PM]
6286"I've thrown myself into my work with the men. Eventually, someone will have to train them in my stead, and so I am preparing for that."
6287
6288Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:55 PM]
6289"Are you hungry? I'm afraid I don't have any drink just yet but we have...more than enough venison."
6290
6291Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 07:56 PM]
6292"I wasn't at first, until you mentioned venison. It is a fine meat, and worth the chase."
6293
6294Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:56 PM]
6295"We just hunted one down last night, so it is still quite fresh."
6296Atanas pats Cana.
6297
6298Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 07:57 PM]
6299Maegan looks back into the kitchen. "Lex, could you fix up some venison for Vauhan?"
6300
6301Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 07:59 PM]
6302Vauhan nods with understanding. "Where I am from, those warriors coming of age had to hunt for their own food. Many would team up to take down bears. I preferred to chase the deer, as I was more limber in those days. The taste of venison reminds me of home."
6303
6304Soren#1962 [19-May-17 07:59 PM]
6305Lex peeks out. "Oh, sure. I didn't see any of you guys enter. Hi Vauhan!" Lex ducks back in and gets to work.
6306Atanas nods a little. "I had to do the same when I was young."
6307
6308Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:00 PM]
6309Vauhan waves to the Lex as they peek. "I'm sure you have many a tale from your past."
6310
6311Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:01 PM]
6312Maegan sits at the counter. She can't relate to the killing of a wild animal with her bare hands.
6313
6314Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:02 PM]
6315"Stars, do I."
6316
6317Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:03 PM]
6318Just look and the napping bbys
6319
6320Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:03 PM]
6321As Vauhan waits for his food, he fiddles a little bit with his amulet.
6322
6323Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 08:04 PM]
6324*tiny snoring but now there's two of them*
6325
6326Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:04 PM]
63271d20+9 cooooking from Lex
6328
6329Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [19-May-17 08:04 PM]
6330@Soren#1962: "cooooking from Lex": [4] -> **13**
6331
6332Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:04 PM]
6333He is off his game today.
6334
6335Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:04 PM]
6336"I just noticed that Mage's Hand." Maegan points to the thing 'round Vauhan's neck. "Where did you get that?"
6337
6338Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:06 PM]
6339"Er? Oh! No, no. This is something every soldier gets upon returning from a war. It is a symbol of the favor of one's ancestors. In dire times, you can call upon the ancestors to perform minor deeds. It has saved me before."
6340
6341Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:07 PM]
6342Maegan blinks. "...Are you sure?" She holds up her own mage hand.
6343
6344Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:08 PM]
6345Vauhan's sureness fades as Maegan pulls her own out. "Well, that's what I was always told. But I suppose I already know that not everything my tribe told me was true. It should not surprise me that this, too, was a tale."
6346
6347Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:09 PM]
6348"All people need their mythos, Vauhan. And it all had to come from somewhere."
6349
6350Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:09 PM]
6351Maegan realizes what she just did. "Ah. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend, if I did."
6352
6353Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:10 PM]
6354"What is it actually for then?"
6355
6356Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:11 PM]
6357Time to have you day ruined everyone, because LOYD is back at the tavern. "Oh, lot of people here now. That's surprising."
6358
6359Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:11 PM]
6360Oh God, HE'S here.
6361
6362Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:12 PM]
6363Vauhan waves it off. "It is fine. It was not your words which hurt. And I would rather know a truth than a lie." He then turns to Loyd. "Ah, hello," he says, in the sort of manner like he's speaking to a commoner rather than one of his compatriots.
6364
6365Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:12 PM]
6366"You just point-" Maegan points to a conveniently placed mug and floats it to herself with Mage Hand. "And magic happens."
6367"That's the short explanation anyway."
6368
6369Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:13 PM]
6370"Ello, Vauhan." Loyd heads towards the office to check on Ysbail, but then stops. Hmming, he backsteps towards Vauhan's table. "...Vauhan, you train the guards, right?"
6371
6372Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 08:13 PM]
6373Ysbail and Cedwyn are both passed out in the middle of the tavern, Loyd
6374
6375Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6376just on the floor
6377
6378Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6379in a tiny pile of dragon
6380
6381Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6382Vauhan looks to Loyd, then blinks. "Oh! Is that you, Loyd? I could not smell you coming!"
6383
6384Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6385Pffftt
6386Ashka laughs quieltly to herself.
6387
6388Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6389"Just... just answer the question, Vauhan." Loyd bites his tongue to avoid making any rude comments. He then notices the tiny pile of dragons. Dragons. Plural. "...When did we get another dragon?"
6390
6391Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:14 PM]
6392Maegan stifles a chuckle.
6393"He's mine."
6394
6395Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:15 PM]
6396"Eh, yes, yes, I train the guards. Are you interested in joining the ranks?"
6397
6398Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:16 PM]
6399"Do you have any guards that you think would be better off protecting a lone building rather than protecting all of Afallon? A guard that would, for example, be better for dealing with rowdy tavern patrons instead of fighting Scythians?" From Vauhan to Maegan. "I would say something, but you do seem the motherly type." Loyd shrugs, and then focuses back on Vauhan.
6400
6401Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:17 PM]
6402Maegan makes a face. She *definitely* didn't expect that one.
6403
6404Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:18 PM]
6405We all make faces, Maegan.
6406
6407Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:18 PM]
6408Ashka nudged her gently, as if saying *I told you so*.
6409
6410Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:18 PM]
6411Lex brings Vauhan's food out. "Guards would be nice, I can take care of some myself, but, it would be nice to have guards here." And Lex heads back in to the kitchen.
6412
6413Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:20 PM]
6414Vauhan thinks. "There might be someone. They're not a very... organized fighter. Bit more of a fistfighter, should be able to end any unruly barfights. 'Less I'm part of it," he chuckles with that last bit.
6415
6416Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:21 PM]
6417Loyd nods, and then looks to Maegan. "You said you needed a guard, right? You want to interview that guy?"
6418
6419Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:21 PM]
6420Ashka flexes loudly. "I believe we can all take of ourselves just fine."
6421
6422Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:22 PM]
6423"I did say that. I guess it wouldn't hurt to meet him first."
6424
6425Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:22 PM]
6426Loyd gives a thumbs-up, considers his job done, and goes to sit with the babies.
6427
6428Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:22 PM]
6429"I believe the concern is more for when we're off doing whatever. Delving into the Tomb or convening with the dragons," directed to Ashka.
6430
6431Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:23 PM]
6432"Do we have to tell them about the children?" Do we reaaallyyy have to?
6433She crosses her arms. "I prefer they not know about them."
6434
6435Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6436"I understand your concern but he's bound to find out eventually if he's hanging around here."
6437
6438Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6439"Well, whenever I can find Tourm, I was going to have him use the lute to make a house specifically for the babies. Once this tavern opens up, it's going to be too loud for Ysbail and... whatever Maegan named this other one."
6440
6441Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6442"Should the children not be... Out of sight, as opposed to just, well..." He gestures to the pile of dragon.
6443
6444Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6445They WERE in the office but you see
6446they walked out
6447
6448Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6449*tiny snoring*
6450
6451Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:24 PM]
6452Oh I thought they were hidden in the back
6453
6454Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:25 PM]
6455or they are, i dunno where rain put them tbh
6456
6457Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:25 PM]
6458Ashka takes both of them gently, very very careful not to wake them since they moved. "Some kind of gate should be used to make sure they do not run off."
6459
6460Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 08:25 PM]
6461on a table with a little sign saying DRAGONS HERE
6462
6463Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:26 PM]
6464perfect
6465
6466Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:26 PM]
6467Thanks for taking the children away from Loyd, ASHKA. "So... the plan is to keep Ysbail in the tavern instead of her own home now?"
6468
6469Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:27 PM]
6470Mr. Well dressed Hyena man enters the tavern.
6471
6472Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:27 PM]
6473Walk in to office then LOYD
6474Ashka has hidden in the back before Hyena man comes in
6475
6476Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:27 PM]
6477Vauhan's brow wrinkles at this gnoll, as if trying to remember something.
6478
6479Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:27 PM]
6480JEEEEEEEEEEEEZ. "Anyway, we doing anything today? Visiting the temple? Checking that goblin village?"
6481
6482Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:27 PM]
6483"That was the plan until the house is built, Loyd." Maegan looks to the door, seeing a big ass hyena man. "...Can I help you?"
6484
6485Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:28 PM]
6486"Oh, excuse me. I am here to pick up some food."
6487
6488Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:28 PM]
6489Vauhan points to the gnoll. "We have not met. You are a newcomer as well?"
6490
6491Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:28 PM]
6492"Yes."
6493
6494Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:29 PM]
6495Atanas takes in a deep breath and lets it out. "Loyd, I am willing to accompany you wherever you may wish to go today. I would like to explore more of what these caves have to offer, and be of assistance to your community."
6496
6497Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:29 PM]
6498"Excuse my manners, I'm Maegan. I own the tavern."
6499
6500Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:30 PM]
6501Vauhan mumbles something about not being told something by any patrol, then stands from his chair. "I am Vauhan the Protector. I train the guards, and do other dangerous tasks for the good of Afallon."
6502
6503Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:30 PM]
6504"What sort of food are you looking for?"
6505
6506Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:30 PM]
6507Ashka walks back after setting down the dragons down. "Ah, the gentlemen from the shop."
6508
6509Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:31 PM]
6510"Oh, Vauhan, you are the one that works with Elara?"
6511He turns to Maegan, "Two meals, one lightly seared meat and the other bread and oil."
6512
6513Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:32 PM]
6514"Yes, I occasionally assist her. I'm not quite good at the life of a healer, but another pair of hands always helps."
6515
6516Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:32 PM]
6517And then to Ashka, "The lady who was buying a knife."
6518
6519Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:32 PM]
6520Well, alright. Maegan relays the order to Lex in the back. "It'll be out shortly."
6521
6522Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:32 PM]
6523Oh gosh there a lot of people talking at him right now.
6524
6525Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:33 PM]
6526"Yeah, Elara is Vauhan's wife-to-be, so of course he works with her." Loyd is not making any rude comments, but he can make THOSE comments, at least.
6527
6528Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:34 PM]
6529"I have been employed as her assistant, so I expect that I will be seeing you more often than not."
6530
6531Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:34 PM]
6532Vauhan nods. "If you are in need of any assistance settling in, let me know if there is anything I can do. The same goes for you, Atanas."
6533
6534Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:35 PM]
6535"I will. Thank you."
6536
6537Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:36 PM]
6538"I have already made my own home, do not worry. I will ask you if I need anything, however I am fairly self sufficient."
6539
6540Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:37 PM]
6541Loyd flips a coin in the air, catching it. "Coin says to look at the temple again. Who wants to go visit a Lich's house?"
6542
6543Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:37 PM]
6544"I hope I am not intruding, but did you say something about a temple?"
6545
6546Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:38 PM]
6547"It's what we call it, but it's not a temple to any specific god or goddess... least I don't think so. It's where a Lich makes his bed."
6548
6549Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:39 PM]
6550"Somehow I almost forgot about the Lich. We should get to hunting him soon."
6551
6552Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:39 PM]
6553"The sooner the better."
6554
6555Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:39 PM]
6556"Are either of you prone to adventuring?"
6557
6558Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:39 PM]
6559"We've all had a lot to deal with recently, can't fault anyone if they forget the Lich."
6560
6561Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:39 PM]
6562"Liches are not something to be taken lightly."
6563
6564Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:40 PM]
6565"What is a lich? I do not know that word."
6566
6567Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:40 PM]
6568"A magic user who has done dark, dark magic to prolong their own life, turning themselves into an undead."
6569
6570Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:40 PM]
6571"Big undead fuck that controls little undead fucks."
6572
6573Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:40 PM]
6574"Most often they are necromancers."
6575"Some will do anything to live forever. For some ungodly reason."
6576
6577Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:41 PM]
6578"I see. [I might not be here for long afterall]."
6579"They are dangerous then?"
6580
6581Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:41 PM]
6582"Do bears shit in the woods?"
6583
6584Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:42 PM]
6585"Exceedingly."
6586
6587Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:42 PM]
6588"A tad crass...but yes, they're dangerous."
6589
6590Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:43 PM]
6591"I will gladly assist you then."
6592
6593Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:43 PM]
6594"What are you capable of doing when it comes to field work?"
6595
6596Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:43 PM]
6597"It is like I said, we do dangerous things for the good of the settlement."
6598
6599Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:43 PM]
6600"I've fought in war before."
6601
6602Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 08:44 PM]
6603"I'm always ready to go, so I'll wait by the Tomb gate. Vauhan, Maegan, be sure to direct the two new fellas there whenever you're both ready." And so Loyd leaves for #caves for TEMPLE ADVENTURES.
6604
6605Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:45 PM]
6606"If you'll allow me some time, I need to gather my weapons."
6607
6608Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:45 PM]
6609"Before we go Maegan, have they both been fed?"
6610mama bear worries constantly
6611
6612Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:46 PM]
6613"Mhm. I fed them both when I brought Cedwyn in, don't worry."
6614
6615Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:46 PM]
6616"Ah thank you. I want you to know I do not doubt your abilities. I am maybe a little bit paranoid."
6617"You are a natural, I trust in your abilities."
6618
6619Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 08:47 PM]
6620"It is not paranoia, it is simply motherhood. I will see you all there," Vauhan says before heading out.
6621
6622Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:47 PM]
6623"It never hurts to be a little paranoid, especially with children." Fuck you Vauhan I was about to say that
6624
6625Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:48 PM]
6626"Excuse me, Maegan, you haven't by chance seen a bird here?"
6627
6628Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 08:48 PM]
6629Ashka gives her a wide smile of relief. She nods to her and heads out.
6630
6631Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:49 PM]
6632"Have any of us here not fought in a war?"'
6633
6634Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:49 PM]
6635"A bird? No."
6636
6637Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:50 PM]
6638"Where has he gone...." he mutters to himself.
6639
6640Soren#1962 [19-May-17 08:50 PM]
6641Atanas leaves to join the others.
6642
6643Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 08:50 PM]
6644"I should go prepare."
6645
6646Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 08:50 PM]
6647Maegan nods. "We'll meet you at the gate. It shouldn't be hard to spot the crowd." And so she goes to the gate.
6648
6649Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:21 PM]
6650g-guess we gotta hang out here guys
6651
6652Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:25 PM]
6653G-guess so. Loyd will go to the office to spend time with Ysbail and whatever Maegan calls the other dragon.
6654
6655Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:25 PM]
6656"Ashka, would you be willing to tell me of your little one now?"
6657
6658Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:26 PM]
6659Maegan joins Loyd in the back, just to watch mostly.
6660
6661Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:27 PM]
6662"What's the other dragon's name?"
6663
6664Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:27 PM]
6665Ashka takes out her animated portrait, a lopsided ring, and a letter out.
6666
6667Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:27 PM]
6668Vauhan totally never left. He's just hanging out.
6669
6670Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:27 PM]
6671"Cedwyn."
6672
6673Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:28 PM]
6674"She has the most intense green eyes, just like the trees! She is a fantastic swimmer! And she has a lovely singing voice that could calm wild animals."
6675She shows her a photo of a small girl dancing around with a wooden sword. "This is her after a school concert."
6676
6677Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:29 PM]
6678"Good name. Strong name." Using his massive (compared to the babies) cloak, Loyd wraps up Ysbail and Cedwyn like little burritos. "Not surprisingly, Edgar has no toys for Ysbail. I had to ask Wyatt to order them for me. 200 gold should be enough, right?"
6679
6680Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:29 PM]
6681Another photo with a rodent in Jadya's hand. "She named him Rufus."
6682
6683Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:29 PM]
6684Atanas listens intently, and seems to become lost in memory briefly. Then wipes away tears.
6685
6686Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:29 PM]
6687Loyd gives a little pat pat to Cedwyn. "If I knew about your dragon, would have paid for him to get some toys, too. Or is he a different type of dragon?"
6688
6689Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:29 PM]
6690"Er, 200 gold for a child's toy?"
6691
6692Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6693"Yes."
6694
6695Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6696Arvio sits at one of the tavern's tables, not quite sure what to do.
6697
6698Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6699Loyd is stared at by a pair of burritos
6700
6701Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6702"Even a sword only costs a few gold."
6703
6704Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6705Ashka has started rambling on, looking closer and closer to the photos.
6706
6707Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6708"He's not like them. He's a True Dragon."
6709
6710Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:30 PM]
6711And then after a while she stops. "At least that is how this all was before her sickness."
6712
6713Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:31 PM]
6714"No word back yet?"
6715
6716Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:31 PM]
6717"What sickness has taken her?"
6718
6719Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:31 PM]
6720"So... what? Would a True Dragon just make a hoard if I gave him toys? A hoard of toys?" Loyd looks from babies to Vauhan. "Well then, Wyatt can use that gold to buy a lot of toys, then."
6721
6722Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:31 PM]
6723Atanas places a hand on Ashka's shoulder, sympathetically.
6724
6725Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:32 PM]
6726"He'd probably just chew them up." Maegan pats the babbies as they sleep.
6727
6728Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:32 PM]
6729"I do not not the name. But she is unable to walk and every moment is pain for her."
6730
6731Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:32 PM]
6732"Well, so long as he was having fun."
6733
6734Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:32 PM]
6735Cana leans against Ashka.
6736
6737Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:33 PM]
6738"And isn't 200 gold a bit much?"
6739
6740Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:33 PM]
6741"I am capable of curing diseases and nullifying poisons. Some are much harder to quell, but, well...I could always attempt."
6742"You both are far too young to be going through this."
6743
6744Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:34 PM]
6745"We've had a few people who've tried to help Ashka's little one. Even one of the dragons provided her a possible ailment."
6746
6747Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 09:34 PM]
6748"I have sent the package and various letter but with no response."
6749
6750Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:35 PM]
6751"Gold doesn't really have any value to me, so it's fine. I know it might seem like it because I keep talking about loot and treasure, but if you or Vauhan said 'Hey, let me borrow gold', I'd give you double what you ask for and wouldn't expect anything back."
6752
6753Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:35 PM]
6754Yesab wanders into the tavern he made. Noice.
6755
6756Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:35 PM]
6757"Gold and gems make a man weak; hard work in a field shows strength of body and character. Book Two: On Work."
6758
6759Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:36 PM]
6760"It has been quite some time. I would wager about the same amount of time it took me to send a message to the Shattered Isles." Vauhan then notes the Yesab. "Oh, little spriteling. Are you well?" He speaks with concern, since the whole Laurent's passing.
6761
6762Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:36 PM]
6763How noble. Oh look, it's the treeguy! "Hello, Yesab! How are you feeling?"
6764
6765Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:37 PM]
6766It's Yesab! Everyone asked him how he's feeling, so Loyd won't barrage with more questions. That is, if Yesab can even recognize a clean, short-haired, trimmed beard Loyd.
6767
6768Cactus#6981 [19-May-17 09:37 PM]
6769A Hyena man is sitting alone awkwardly in the corner.
6770
6771Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:37 PM]
6772Atanas just thinks. Losing themself in memory for a time.
6773"I can ask for help from another plane."
6774
6775Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:38 PM]
6776Ughhh they had to bring it uuuup. So he just sighs. "I'm working through it."
6777
6778Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:38 PM]
6779"We're here if you need us, Yesab."
6780
6781Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:38 PM]
6782"Would you like to see her?"
6783
6784Soren#1962 [19-May-17 09:39 PM]
6785"Ashka, I may ask for more information regarding this later. I am going to go think on this matter and see if I can think of any outsiders who many have knowledge to fix this." Atanas and Cana leave and return to their home.
6786
6787Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:39 PM]
6788Hey no one brought it directly. "That is good."
6789
6790Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:40 PM]
6791Yesab nods reactively at Loyd's voice before double-taking to look at him.
6792"What happened to your face?! "
6793
6794Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:41 PM]
6795wow okay just ignore my question
6796
6797Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:41 PM]
6798"I used your bathhouse, and then I found a barber." He also used the laundry area of the bathhouse as well for his clothes, but Yesab didn't ask about that. "Anyway, would you like to see Ysbail?"
6799
6800Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:43 PM]
6801look kid he's got 3 people talkin to him give him a sec
6802He nods.
6803
6804Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:44 PM]
6805Loyd will go over to Yesab to pick him up and then carry him to the office, where Ysbail and Cedwyn are wrapped up like burritos.
6806
6807Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:44 PM]
6808D'aw. Yesab looks down at the babby Ysbail.
6809
6810Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:45 PM]
6811And don't forget Maegan's wittle Cedwyn.
6812
6813Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:45 PM]
6814He already met him
6815extremely briefly
6816
6817Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:45 PM]
6818Look.
6819I don't remember that.
6820
6821Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:46 PM]
6822Yeah he doesn't give a shit about the other dragon he KNOWS that boy
6823
6824Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:46 PM]
6825Well, that's rude.
6826
6827Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:52 PM]
6828"I'm glad she's doing okay." He sighs.
6829
6830Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 09:54 PM]
6831There's a quiet tap-tap at the door.
6832
6833Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:54 PM]
6834wait what
6835
6836Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 09:54 PM]
6837TAP
6838TAP
6839but quiet
6840
6841Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:54 PM]
6842Maegan opens the door. "Hello?"
6843
6844Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:55 PM]
6845is it the lich
6846
6847Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:55 PM]
6848the sick lich?
6849
6850Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 09:55 PM]
6851Gareth's standing there. He gives Maegan an uncertain nod and then grunts out in very barely practiced Parthian. "Child?"
6852yeah it's the lich he's out of tomato soup he needs to borrow some
6853
6854Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:55 PM]
6855we gotchu
6856
6857Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:55 PM]
6858Oh. Maegan nods. "[Back here.]" She leads him to the office.
6859
6860Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:56 PM]
6861Where everyone else is surrounding the child.
6862Once Gareth is back in the office, Loyd gives a wave and then nods down to the two burritos.
6863
6864Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 09:56 PM]
6865Vauhan notes the Gareth speaking Parthian and offers a hopefully encouraging nod as he passes. Vauhan don't care 'bout hounding no dragon children.
6866
6867Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 09:56 PM]
6868Yesab waves at Gareth as well. "[Hello, Gareth!]"
6869
6870Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 09:57 PM]
6871And then, thinking on it. "Ahh... Yesab? I'm sure you remember that Gareth will be with us up here a lot to care for the child. Perhaps you can help him learn some Parthian so that he doesn't feel surrounded by strangers?"
6872
6873Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 09:58 PM]
6874Gareth follows Maegan, looking relieved. "[Thank you.]" He nods to Yesab, and then looks down at little burrito!Ysbail. He scoops her up, which wakes her up, and gives her a little head pat and cradles her. He looks back to Maegan. "[Has she been alright?]"
6875
6876Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 09:59 PM]
6877"[She's been very well. A little angel.]"
6878
6879Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 10:00 PM]
6880Yesab nods. "We'll work on it. I don't want to rush him through learning a new language on top of everything else."
6881
6882Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:01 PM]
6883"[Very good. I'm sorry I haven't been around for her for the last few days, I needed to handle things with Laurent. Is there anything I can do to help with her?]"
6884He does appear a little detached, but that's sort of to be expected. Still recovering from Laurent's death, it seems
6885
6886Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:03 PM]
6887Loyd feels left out. It's fine. He'll just make sure Cedwyn is comfy.
6888
6889Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:04 PM]
6890"[Don't worry, we understand. We did a question though: does your kind drink milk at all?]"
6891
6892Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:05 PM]
6893"[We don't require it the way your infants do. Decent meals and a warm place to sleep are enough.]"
6894
6895Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:05 PM]
6896"[Well we definitely have that covered. Do you plan on living here in the Hearth at all?]"
6897
6898Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:07 PM]
6899"[I think I will have to, but I don't think I will be staying where Laurent was. I'll have to find somewhere.]"
6900
6901Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 10:08 PM]
6902"[I can make sure we get you somewhere made.]"
6903
6904Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:08 PM]
6905"[We have the means of building you a home, wherever you'd like.]"
6906
6907Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:09 PM]
6908Draconic is a dumb language anyway.
6909
6910Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:09 PM]
6911Ashka spies Vauhan and Loyd alone and scoots over to them.
6912
6913Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:09 PM]
6914maybe u should learn Loyd
6915
6916Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:09 PM]
6917She wraps her arms around each to pull them closer.
6918
6919Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6920Oh gods, please don't almost break Loyd again.
6921
6922Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6923After they have made the **circle**, she pulls out the dagger
6924
6925Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6926whoa whoa wait
6927
6928Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6929Oh gods no, not ritual sacrifice.
6930
6931Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6932"[I would appreciate that.]"
6933
6934Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:10 PM]
6935Good luck, Ashka, you've got 70 HP to go through.
6936
6937Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:11 PM]
6938"Since we are all parents now, I wanted to include you on this. I figure Ysbail can practice balancing or learning a stance."
6939
6940Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:11 PM]
6941"[Has Laurent's funeral already happened?]"
6942
6943Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:12 PM]
6944"When did I become a parent?"
6945
6946Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:12 PM]
6947"I promise I am not throwing out a chance of archery, we can get to that later."
6948She chuckes and pulls him closer. "Of course you are!"
6949
6950Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:12 PM]
6951"A stance? Like that of the Protector's?"
6952
6953Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:12 PM]
6954She nods. "Maybe. Just anything to get her to practice."
6955
6956Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:13 PM]
6957"[I've entombed him in his shrine. I don't think he would have wanted a public funeral, he was always very private.]"
6958
6959Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:14 PM]
6960"I'm not. I'm just the random gift giver." Loyd opens his mouth to comment about 'muh archery' but Ashka deals with that concern quickly. "...Shouldn't you wait until she is old enough to walk and old enough to be less curious about putting things in her mouth?"
6961
6962Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:14 PM]
6963"Hm. Perhaps not. It would be better if the little dragon did not specialize in fighting with two shields."
6964
6965Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:15 PM]
6966Maegan nods. "[Well, we are here if you ever need anything.]"
6967
6968Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:15 PM]
6969"Hm, perhaps you are right." She shrugs. "I may be a bit excited." Aint gunna stop her tho
6970
6971Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:15 PM]
6972"[I appreciate it, and your help raising her. Did you all know Laurent well?]"
6973
6974Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:16 PM]
6975"Saying 'a bit' is an understatement."
6976
6977Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 10:16 PM]
6978"[Somewhat. Not quite as long as Yesab.]"
6979
6980Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:16 PM]
6981"They mature early, from what I have heard. It should not be long before the dragon will be able to make their own decisions about what they wish to learn. I would not like to raise her the Dahean manner."
6982
6983Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:17 PM]
6984She hmphs. "What do you mean, Loyd?"
6985
6986Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:18 PM]
6987"How much coin have you spent so far on Ysbail? How many hours did you skip sleeping so you can make her clothes?"
6988
6989Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:18 PM]
6990"W-well I, uh... that does not matter! I am trying to protect her and provide for her."
6991
6992Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 10:18 PM]
6993Yesab nods. "[I like to think we were close.]"
6994
6995Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:19 PM]
6996"[What was he like while he was here? I didn't talk to him much later on. Basically never saw him after he came here.]"
6997
6998Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:19 PM]
6999"You're way too excited. Well, you would make an excellent housewife with that attitude, at least."
7000
7001Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:20 PM]
7002"Pardon? A housewife?"
7003
7004Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:22 PM]
7005"Housewife. The one that takes care of the house and the kids, if the husband is a lazy shit who doesn't try to get involved with his own kids. She deals with the problems in the house, the husband deals with the problems outside of it. Typically."
7006
7007Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 10:23 PM]
7008"[I think he seemed pretty happy. He adjusted to our culture a lot quicker than I think both of us expected, and he was very respected up until he passed.]"
7009"[He did a lot to guide us on what he could.]"
7010
7011Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:25 PM]
7012She doesn't respond but just stares away at something behind Loyd. "Wife." She says the words slowly as if in some daze.
7013
7014Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:25 PM]
7015"Are you well, Ashka?"
7016
7017Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:26 PM]
7018Loyd waves a hand in front of Ashka's face. "Hello? Wakey wakey."
7019
7020Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:26 PM]
7021"[That's good to hear. He was always a little withdrawn from our society, at least by the time I came around. I'm glad he found somewhere he felt more at home.]"
7022
7023Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:27 PM]
7024She regains composure and crosses her arms. "I do not see anything wrong with loving a child. But, I suppose we can wait a while for her to hold a sword."
7025She goes to pat pat the babbies
7026
7027Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:27 PM]
7028Ysbail is currently being held by Gareth
7029who allows patpats
7030
7031Goatwright#9050 [19-May-17 10:27 PM]
7032Yesab nods. "[I figured you, he and Geraint were somewhat close, going off Geraint's journals.]"
7033
7034Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:27 PM]
7035Vauhan's concern goes unchecked, but he doesn't do much about it.
7036
7037Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:28 PM]
7038"There is nothing wrong with it... just that you're very excited about raising a child. Got enough enthusiasm for the rest of us."
7039
7040Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 10:28 PM]
7041"[He was my father. I knew him fairly well. Not as well as I would have liked, now.]"
7042
7043Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:29 PM]
7044"Well, when you nearly lose the only child you have, you let me know how to feel."
7045
7046Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:31 PM]
7047Loyd only hmms.
7048
7049Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:33 PM]
7050Feeling restless, she exits the tavern to do something.
7051
7052Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:33 PM]
7053No doubt to make even more baby clothes.
7054
7055Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:34 PM]
7056to PUNCH things
7057that are not Loyds face
7058
7059Nachtimus#1770 [19-May-17 10:35 PM]
7060Vauhan's duties, other than impending exploration, are pretty much done for the day. He loiters around the tavern because, well, what else is an old man to do?
7061
7062Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:37 PM]
7063Loyd has nothing to do either. Since the Draconic speakers are staying with the babies and the non-Draconic speakers walked away from the babies, Loyd will just... hang around the tavern and do nothing. Doing nothing is his specialty.
7064
7065Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:38 PM]
7066calling more women housewives
7067
7068Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 10:38 PM]
7069Someone doesn't understand what life is like up in Fortriu.
7070
7071Doe Heart#8349 [19-May-17 10:39 PM]
7072You right
7073
7074Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 11:06 PM]
7075"[He was your father?]" Maegan won't mention that Laurent never said anything about a family.
7076
7077Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 11:07 PM]
7078"[I hadn't talked to him for a while by the time he came to you.]"
7079
7080Mathias#1381 [19-May-17 11:08 PM]
7081Good family.
7082
7083Hippocratesi#9485 [19-May-17 11:23 PM]
7084"[I apologize if this is too personal, but was there a reason you stopped talking?]"
7085
7086Rainglove#0072 [19-May-17 11:39 PM]
7087"[A little personal, but that's alright. He never really enjoyed the company of others of our kind. He was rarely in the Aerie.]"
7088
7089Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:29 AM]
7090Maegan's just kinda sitting there, fuming. But she accepts the toad pats though.
7091
7092Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:29 AM]
7093Ashka walks in with Maegan. Unsure what to say, she sits there as well.
7094
7095Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:30 AM]
7096Maegan opens her mouth to speak but stops herself, not wanting to lay a giant rant on Ashka just yet.
7097
7098Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 12:30 AM]
7099Ysbail patters out from the back room and falls over on Ashka's feet
7100
7101Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7102Yesab's dead body just rots in front of the baby dragon.
7103
7104Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7105He's a tree
7106
7107Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7108You lose two uncles this week
7109
7110Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7111Ashka glances at Ysbail and picks her up, brings her back to her bed. "Stay here little one."
7112
7113Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7114Ain't rottin
7115
7116Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7117Trees can rot
7118Just really slowly
7119
7120Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 12:31 AM]
7121Ysbail nibbles one of Yesab's berries off his head as she's carried past
7122
7123Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 12:32 AM]
7124wow fuck that kid
7125I'm gonna strangle it
7126
7127Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:32 AM]
7128"Why did we stop? To sit and wait in a bloody room?"
7129
7130Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:33 AM]
7131Ashka walks back, hearing Maegan's words. "I do not suppose you have a shipment of ale yet do you?"
7132
7133Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:33 AM]
7134"I wish." Maegan furrows her brow.
7135
7136Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:34 AM]
7137"Vauhan mentioned he had some...I think we should look for it later."
7138She paces around in circles. Don't think Don't think Don't think Don't think.
7139
7140Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:35 AM]
7141"That woman. Whatever she is."
7142"This wouldn't have happened had we not stopped."
7143
7144Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:36 AM]
7145"Maegan..."She stop and grabs a seat in front of her. "No one can be certain if the future would have changed."
7146
7147Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:37 AM]
7148"Of course it would have changed! *She* put us in that situation! We could have *kept going*."
7149
7150Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:37 AM]
7151"No stop we can not be sure of that. We did what we thought was best."
7152
7153Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:38 AM]
7154"Cornering ourselves like animals? That was not best."
7155
7156Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:39 AM]
7157"Well it is done!" She flings her hands up in frustration and stands up to pace again. Guess we can both rant to eachother now huh?
7158
7159Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 12:39 AM]
7160"It probably was not best," Wird adds.
7161
7162Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:40 AM]
7163"Even the damned toad agrees!"
7164
7165Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:40 AM]
7166Ashka glares at the fucking toad.
7167
7168Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:40 AM]
7169"This could have been prevented."
7170"Why should we trust one who has no care for the lives of others?"
7171
7172Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:41 AM]
7173"You and I have both seen war and death. We both understand that situations are out of our control. They tried, it failed, we drink, we move on."
7174
7175Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:42 AM]
7176"*This* was in our control."
7177
7178Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:43 AM]
7179"Was it? All panicked while some terrible thing was hunting us? Do you really think that was control?" Her hands begin to ball up into fists and she paces without facing Maegan.
7180
7181Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:44 AM]
7182"It was foolish to trap ourselves, we had control over our decisions!"
7183
7184Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:46 AM]
7185She kicks a chair over. Hope it wasn't expensive. "Do not dwell on it. Stop talking about it!"
7186
7187Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:47 AM]
7188"What, just like that? Stop thinking about it? That's not so easy, Ashka, and you know it!"
7189"Yesab is *dead*."
7190
7191Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:48 AM]
7192"I need a god damn drink." Bam! Goes another chair.
7193
7194Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:49 AM]
7195After presumably taking awhile to find Vauhan's booze, Loyd comes into the Black Chimney to once again ruin everyone's day. Or maybe not, because he's got ALCOHOL. He carries the barrel to the counter, setting it down.
7196
7197Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:49 AM]
7198"Stop kicking my bloody CHAIRS!"
7199
7200Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:49 AM]
7201"Vauhan says there are 6 flagons worth left here."
7202"Both of you are going to sit down, grab a flagon, drink, and shut up."
7203
7204Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:50 AM]
7205Not shortly after, Arvio shuffles into the tavern and takes a seat in the corner.
7206
7207Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:50 AM]
7208Ashka kicks one more down before grabbing a flagon.
7209
7210Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:50 AM]
7211Loyd attempts to snatch the flagon away. "Pick up the chairs, Ashka."
7212
7213Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7214Maegan scoffs dramatically and also grabs a drink.
7215
7216Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7217Nah fam. "No."
7218
7219Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7220Arvio steps up to pick up the overturned chairs.
7221
7222Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7223"That wasn't a request. Pick up the chairs. This is not your house."
7224"Arvio, put them down."
7225
7226Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7227"This isn't worth the energy."
7228
7229Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:51 AM]
7230Maegan doesn't move to pick them up either. She takes a swig.
7231
7232Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:52 AM]
7233"Just let me take care of this for you."
7234
7235Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:52 AM]
7236"God damn man I said no."
7237Let muscle drink in peace even though she doesnt deserve it lol
7238
7239Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:53 AM]
7240"'Don't dwell on it.' Hmph."
7241
7242Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:53 AM]
7243"It would take less than a minute to do that." Thinking, Loyd decides instead to fill up a flagon with booze. And another. And another. Six flagons worth of ale in here? One already taken? Yes, Loyd attempts to punish Momma Bear by pouring out 5 flagons for himself.
7244
7245Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7246Oh shit dude wtf
7247can you really drink it all that fast??
7248
7249Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7250No.
7251
7252Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7253Arvio gladly finishes picking up the chairs.
7254
7255Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7256can I beat you to it?
7257
7258Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7259He's just putting them in flagons and taking them away.
7260Or trying to.
7261
7262Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7263tbh I dont even know that that is
7264
7265Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7266Flagon is a mug.
7267
7268Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:54 AM]
7269aha I was close
7270(ty ily)
7271are the mugs already filled?
7272
7273Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:55 AM]
7274Three of them are.
7275
7276Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:55 AM]
7277"Stupid...why..." Maegan starts chugging cause fuck it.
7278
7279Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:56 AM]
7280Ashka rushes to grab two that are filled.
7281
7282Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:56 AM]
7283Loyd goes to stop Ashka, but then realizes: This is really fucking stupid. Loyd doesn't bother stopping her. Instead, he'll just sit down with the third flagon and try to 'enjoy' himself.
7284
7285Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7286After finishing picking up the chairs, Arvio sits at the bar.
7287
7288Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7289Shots shots shots
7290
7291Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7292After finishing her first, Maegan grabs another flagon and chugs that one too. Drunk is good.
7293
7294Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7295Chug chug chug
7296how many have we gone through?
7297
7298Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7299"Do you have water here."
7300
7301Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:57 AM]
7302"Don't drink too much, Maegan. You look the type that can't hold their alcohol. Plus we need at least a flagon for Vauhan."
7303
7304Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:58 AM]
7305"Shut up." Maegan wipes her mouth.
7306"Water in the back maybe."
7307
7308Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:58 AM]
7309"There are a lot of water holes around Afallon as well. Cold water."
7310
7311Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 12:59 AM]
7312Maegan snatches another flagon. Vauhan ain't here, is he?
7313
7314Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 12:59 AM]
7315Arvio dissappears behind the bar. He returns with a flagon of water.
7316
7317Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 12:59 AM]
7318damn maegan you bitch
7319
7320Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 12:59 AM]
7321Wow, rude. Loyd decides to leave Maegan be and just sit with Yesab. Poor little Yesab.
7322
7323Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:00 AM]
7324Fulfill an oath one day, watch him die in one blow the next. Reminds Loyd of how the civil war went.
7325
7326Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:00 AM]
7327Wird looks at Loyd.
7328
7329Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:01 AM]
7330Ashka stares at Yesab again. So small, so god damn unfair.
7331
7332Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:01 AM]
7333Loyd looks at Wird.
7334
7335Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:01 AM]
7336"[I know you can't understand this language, so I'm going to speak in this right now. I know I never knew him, but I am *so* sorry for you loss. I understand what losing a friend to violence is like. I wish I could of done something to help him.]"
7337"[I should of left the room first. Or stopped him. Something should have been done.]"
7338
7339Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:02 AM]
7340Ashka slumps over on the counter. "Does anyone know a song?"
7341
7342Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:02 AM]
7343"I got no singing talent."
7344
7345Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:03 AM]
7346"No fucking singing." Maegan lays her head on the counter.
7347
7348Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:03 AM]
7349She giggles to herself. "Do you have any talent? Besides stroking several arrows?" Damn what a lightweight.
7350
7351Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:03 AM]
7352"*Ashka*"
7353
7354Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:03 AM]
7355"Yesab could sing." Wird feels it important to add.
7356
7357Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 01:04 AM]
7358can wird sing
7359
7360Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:04 AM]
7361He's a toad, he can croak.
7362
7363Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:04 AM]
7364"His talent ish being a fucking murderer."
7365
7366Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:04 AM]
7367"I bet he had a lovely singing voice." Loyd just... gives a pat pat to Ashka. "Probably not, Ashka."
7368Loyd wishes he was a lightweight. Might as well just let Ashka and Maegan have their fun insulting him.
7369And speaking the truth about him.
7370
7371Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:05 AM]
7372Ashka doesn't shrug of the pat part.
7373"I wish...we had more."
7374
7375Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:06 AM]
7376"Only *five* mugs?"
7377
7378Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:06 AM]
7379Ashka nods. "Pathetic."
7380She looks at her glass and says outloud, "Maybe Ysbail can fit into these flagons. So...SO.... tiny."
7381
7382Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:07 AM]
7383"Nooo. Head's too big."
7384
7385Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:07 AM]
7386"Ysbail is your sick child, yes."
7387
7388Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:07 AM]
7389"No, Ysbail is not."
7390
7391Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:08 AM]
7392She laughs sluggishly. "Too big...."
7393
7394Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:08 AM]
7395"Ah - sorry."
7396"I ... assumed."
7397
7398Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:08 AM]
7399She perks up at Arvio's comment. "Here! Here!" She pulls out the portraits and skips over to where he is seated.
7400
7401Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:09 AM]
7402"Oh God, not again."
7403
7404Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:09 AM]
7405"Which god?"
7406
7407Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:09 AM]
7408"Ah - is this her."
7409
7410Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:10 AM]
7411"SHE LOVES ANIMALS SO MUCH!"
7412
7413Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:10 AM]
7414"Whicheeeever is listening..." Maegan tries to drink from an empty flagon.
7415
7416Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:10 AM]
7417"AND HER VOICE!"
7418"SO PRETTY, THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL!"
7419
7420Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:11 AM]
7421Loyd sighs, going into the back to get water for Maegan and Ashka. Maybe the water will be enough to confuse them.
7422
7423Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:11 AM]
7424"SHE COULD SING A WILD DOG TO SLEEP!"
7425
7426Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:11 AM]
7427"STOP SCREAMING"
7428
7429Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:11 AM]
7430She pulls out more momentos to show to Arvio. "SHUT UP MEEEGAN!"
7431
7432Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:11 AM]
7433"More booze..." Loyd mumbles, setting a mug of water in front of Maegan and another in front of Ashka.
7434
7435Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:12 AM]
7436Ashka pushes the water. or rather, flings it off the table.
7437
7438Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:12 AM]
7439Rude.
7440
7441Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:12 AM]
7442Maegan takes a sip and stops. "This isn't ale."
7443
7444Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7445"When I was in Ilissu, I worked in a temple. My main fuction there was to midwife for the mothers who came in. It always brightened by day when I would watch the new mothers with their kits."
7446
7447Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7448"It's a different kind of ale..."
7449
7450Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7451"Oh god I can remember the labor...her head was so large."
7452
7453Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7454"It is pleasing to know that motherhood is still the same, even on the other side of the world."
7455
7456Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7457"It's WATER!" Maegan splashes it in Loyd's face. "See?"
7458
7459Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7460"Don't need to know that, Ashka."
7461
7462Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7463"It was...on a farm somewhere?"
7464
7465Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:13 AM]
7466"I - labor is difficult yes."
7467
7468Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:14 AM]
7469"WATER? Loyd are you drunk?"
7470
7471Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:14 AM]
7472"This fucker is drunk."
7473
7474Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:14 AM]
7475Loyd is one second away from seeing how much force he needs in order to knock out Maegan if he slammed her head against the counter. Instead, he just grabs a towel and cleans his face. "Tastes like mead."
7476
7477Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:14 AM]
7478"Hey hey hey Maegan..."
7479"Maegan Meegann.."
7480
7481Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:14 AM]
7482Vauhan enters stage left.
7483
7484Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7485Vauhan, they drank all of your booze.
7486
7487Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7488"You may not want to - excellent, Vauhan."
7489
7490Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7491Wird looks to Vauhan as he surfaces.
7492
7493Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7494"Are you gonna god damn tell me what you want?"
7495
7496Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7497Vauhan was expecting as much when he gave his 3/4 gallon. "Were you waiting for me?"
7498
7499Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:15 AM]
7500"They are getting out of hand."
7501
7502Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:16 AM]
7503"Maegan..." Ashka ignores the Vauhan. "I am so sorry about your chairs I am so sorry..." she is on the verge of tears.
7504"They were very nice chairs....com..fortable.."
7505
7506Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:16 AM]
7507"Let them. Everyone has different ways to mourn. Some drink the memories away."
7508
7509Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:16 AM]
7510Maegan sniffles. "Please don't kick my chairs again..."
7511
7512Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7513"Do you two need to hug it out?"
7514
7515Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7516"It is not that, they were getting rowdy."
7517
7518Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7519"How are they this drunk when there was only enough for 6 mugs?"
7520
7521Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7522"Dad always said women can't hold their alcohol."
7523
7524Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7525"Maegan, I swear on my heart it will never..happpen." Snifle snifle.
7526
7527Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:17 AM]
7528"You clearly haven't drunk with the right women, Loyd." Vauhan sits, kinda staring off at nothing.
7529
7530Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:18 AM]
7531"Thank you..." Maegan starts sobbing and leans on the nearest person.
7532
7533Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:18 AM]
7534"It is all right Maegan."
7535
7536Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:18 AM]
7537Either Vauhan or Loyd, if Maegan is still at the counter. Probably Vauhan.
7538
7539Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:18 AM]
7540"Why do large heads hurt so much?" She also sobs.
7541
7542Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:19 AM]
7543"I will fetch a rag for you."
7544
7545Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:19 AM]
7546Loyd goes behind the counter and tosses one at Arvio. "Catch."
7547
7548Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:19 AM]
7549He does so, "Here Maegan."
7550
7551Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:20 AM]
7552Maegan obnoxiously snorts up some snot and wipes her tears.
7553
7554Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:20 AM]
7555"I thought Ashka would have been able to hold her alcohol at least..."
7556
7557Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:21 AM]
7558"Is there food in the back, the women, especially Ashka should eat, lest they suffer in the morning."
7559
7560Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:22 AM]
7561"Loyd...have I ever told you...you look like.."
7562Her eyes narrow at him.
7563Her vision is sorta shaky.
7564
7565Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:22 AM]
7566"I'll cook some venison. Vauhan, make sure the women don't do anything stupid. Arvio, they might start trying to pet you like a dog." Loyd stops near the kitchen, waiting for Ashka to say whatever.
7567
7568Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:22 AM]
7569"I can't promise that, Loyd."
7570
7571Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:22 AM]
7572"It is perferable to what gnoll women would do to me in the same situation."
7573
7574Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:23 AM]
7575"Oh god you are a dog." Her head tilts to Arvio.
7576
7577Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:23 AM]
7578"More like a hyena."
7579
7580Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:23 AM]
7581"I never liked dogs."
7582
7583Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:23 AM]
7584"Arrr veeeoooo...your fur is so, so, pretty"
7585"Maybe it is because you look like a dog Meeeegan!"
7586
7587Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:23 AM]
7588Vauhan rests his head on his hand as he plays babysitter for two drunk women.
7589
7590Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7591"I take care of it. I was expected to - holy shit Ashka."
7592
7593Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7594"That takes care of her..." Loyd's plan has worked. Now he can head into the kitchen to cook venison. It won't be as good as what Lex could make, but that's what you get with Loyd cooking.
7595
7596Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7597"Wha-What did you say?"
7598
7599Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7600Unless survival can be used for cooking.
7601
7602Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7603"Said you look like a dog!"
7604
7605Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7606"That she loves dogs"
7607
7608Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7609"You look like a...a pig!"
7610
7611Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7612"Beautiful hair and striking eyes."
7613
7614Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7615Oh no.
7616Oh... wait?
7617
7618Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7619oh yes.
7620
7621Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7622"Mother please not here."
7623
7624Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:24 AM]
7625"And yo- Hwat?"
7626
7627Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7628"How do you always smell so niceeeeee?"
7629
7630Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7631Arvio looks back and forth between the women.
7632
7633Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7634Sniff sniff
7635
7636Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7637"Well I...wear perfyoom..."
7638
7639Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7640She looks back to Arvio, 'Oh my god you are a dog."
7641
7642Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:25 AM]
7643"Don't sniff me please"
7644
7645Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:26 AM]
7646Loyd cooks. Loyd is thankful that cooking means he can't hear the future lesbians.
7647
7648Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:26 AM]
7649"Hyena's are tangentially related to dogs I suppose, but they have not been uplifted by a goddess."
7650
7651Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:26 AM]
7652She reaches out her hand to him put can't coordinate her motor skills.
7653
7654Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:27 AM]
7655"Mother also does not like dogs it appears. Are you ok Ashka. Can you stand."
7656
7657Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:27 AM]
7658She grabs his hyena man-tiddy.
7659
7660Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:27 AM]
7661"Stand??? I have standed for lots of time!"
7662
7663Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:27 AM]
7664Vauhan just watches, having not really ever been intent on stopping anything.
7665
7666Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:27 AM]
7667She stumbles a bit but can regain her balance if she concentrates.
7668She points to Vauhan dramatically. "Vaaahoon!"
7669"I challenge you!"
7670
7671Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:28 AM]
7672"[To think I used to wonder why they didn't let] Oh please no"
7673
7674Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:28 AM]
7675Oh boy, Loyd is back to see what disaster has occured now. Thankfully for everyone else, he has a plate of venison for everyone (except himself). "Challenge after dinner, okay?"
7676
7677Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:28 AM]
7678"To?"
7679
7680Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:28 AM]
7681"No ffffighting in my tavern! You'll ruin my chairs!"
7682
7683Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:28 AM]
7684She beats her chest with her fists. "I have seen your strong physique-shut up meegan-and I want to see your arms in work."
7685She sits right next to him and props up her arm.
7686
7687Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:29 AM]
7688"No one is ruining any chairs, Maegan. I promise. Ashka, a warrior should eat before a battle to have energy, right? Eat." Venison in front of Ashka. Vension in front of Arvio. Vension is front of Vauhan and Maegan.
7689
7690Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:29 AM]
7691"[At least Ashka acts like a proper woman, humans leave so much to be desired.]"
7692"Thank you Loyd."
7693
7694Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7695"ACCEPT MY CHALLENGE STURDY MAN"
7696
7697Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7698"I will accept after we eat."
7699
7700Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7701"PUT THOSE FINE MUSCLES TO WORK!"
7702"What?!"
7703
7704Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7705"QUIT YELLING, FUCK"
7706
7707Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7708"I AM NOT YELLING"
7709
7710Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:30 AM]
7711Vauhan eats in front of Ashka, as if to make a point to her that she will have to wait.
7712
7713Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:31 AM]
7714"[I wonder how I could get these two to pass out and go to sleep already...]" Loyd mumbles in High Fortriu.
7715
7716Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:31 AM]
7717"Whyyyyyyyyy are you always talking to yourself! What kind of thought circle in your head man?"
7718
7719Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:31 AM]
7720"I presume the same reason I do."
7721
7722Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:32 AM]
7723"Stop mumbling we can't hear you! Speak up!"
7724
7725Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:32 AM]
7726"Let us hear your beautiful voice, Loyd. Serenade us I beg you!"
7727
7728Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:33 AM]
7729"I was..." Loyd goes into an internal panic as he has to think of an excuse. Good excuse? Bad excuse? Bad excuse. "I was wondering why... attractive women keep coming to Afallon?"
7730
7731Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:34 AM]
7732"Do they? Who've you got eyes for, Loyd?"
7733
7734Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:34 AM]
7735Lamashtu's influence grows
7736
7737Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:34 AM]
7738Maegan goes to chomp on her venison, visibly remembers something, and drops it on the plate. "Assska, if you dent my counter with your...big...strong arms I'll...beat you up maybe!"
7739
7740Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:34 AM]
7741"Oh. No eyes on anyone. Just, you know, saying. Attractive women keep coming here. Yeah." Loyd wishes he could escape, but he knows you cannot escape drunk women.
7742
7743Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:34 AM]
7744Ashka leans on the counter to make a point. She smirks, "Like thissssss?"
7745
7746Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7747Oh hey, they ignored him. Success.
7748
7749Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7750"You too Voohon, why are you so bal- STOP!"
7751
7752Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7753"Loyd lean on the counter."
7754
7755Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7756"Why?"
7757
7758Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7759"Do it pleaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeee."
7760
7761Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7762"Maegan already hates me enough. I don't need to add to it."
7763
7764Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:35 AM]
7765"Her eyes light up when she gets mad... dontcha like it??"
7766
7767Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:36 AM]
7768"So Vauhan, we have not yet had the pleasure of having a conversation yet."
7769
7770Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:36 AM]
7771"[Her eyes also light up when she is burning an entire regiment of troops to death...]"
7772
7773Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:36 AM]
7774"Now!" Maegan feebily tries to move Ashka's elbow with her 7 Str score.
7775
7776Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:36 AM]
7777"Have you ever tried to speak next to two drunk women? It's not as easy as you expect."
7778
7779Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:36 AM]
7780"What did you sa- owwwwwwwwwwww"
7781"Meeegaaan whyyyyyy?"
7782
7783Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7784"I have had conversations next to far worse and far louder."
7785"Drunken *gnoll* women"
7786
7787Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7788"Oh no, am I hurting you?! I'm sorryyy!"
7789
7790Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7791Yesab would be incredibly uncomfortable, were his dead body not sitting on the bar table beside the flirting women.
7792
7793Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7794"Mm. There will be time to speak later. I find amusement watching this."
7795
7796Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7797"No **I** am sorry I didn't mean toooooo"
7798
7799Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:37 AM]
7800For Yesab's (corpse's) safety, Loyd picks him up and moves him far away from the drunk lesbians.
7801
7802Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:38 AM]
7803"Quite."
7804
7805Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:38 AM]
7806Wird stares.
7807He's going to tell Yesab everything.
7808*All of it.*
7809
7810Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:38 AM]
7811And then picks up Wird and moves him.
7812
7813Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:38 AM]
7814"I appreciate it."
7815
7816Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:39 AM]
7817"I'm sorry. Women just... they can't hold their drink. Or at least not these ladies."
7818
7819Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:39 AM]
7820"No no no no no no no no no I didn't know I was so strong, please don't be mad at me!"
7821
7822Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:39 AM]
7823"Noooo meeegaannn don..... *burp* be sad. You are so perfecttttt..."
7824
7825Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:39 AM]
7826Loyd laughs at the idea of Maegan being strong. Is funny joke.
7827
7828Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:40 AM]
7829"That's so kind of you, youre pretty nice and stuff"
7830
7831Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:41 AM]
7832"Vauhan, are we gonna have to move those two to a room soon?"
7833
7834Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:41 AM]
7835"whaaaaaaaattttt....no no no I am nottttttt you are..." She pats Maegan's hair.
7836
7837Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:42 AM]
7838"Ladies, please, you're both pretty and attractive. Just... sit down and relax, okay?"
7839
7840Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:42 AM]
7841"I've never had someone pat me before, I quite like this"
7842
7843Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:42 AM]
7844Pat pat
7845
7846Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:42 AM]
7847"If you're not comfortable with it," saying this as if he is and expects others to be as well.
7848
7849Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:42 AM]
7850"This is not commonplace?"
7851
7852Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:43 AM]
7853"Not in Parthia."
7854
7855Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:43 AM]
7856"In Fortriu, it is not."
7857
7858Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:44 AM]
7859"I trained as a temple prostitute, this is not too offputting to me."
7860"But I had assumed that this was not normal."
7861
7862Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:44 AM]
7863What. No, no. Loyd understands that this is a time to not ask. Loyd is not gonna ask.
7864
7865Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:45 AM]
7866"A PROSTITUTE?!" she screams loudly into Maegan's ear.
7867"N-notttt a fun jobbbb"
7868
7869Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:45 AM]
7870"How would you know, Ashka?"
7871
7872Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:45 AM]
7873"OH my GOD"
7874
7875Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:45 AM]
7876Vauhan finishes eating and puts the plate somewhere it won't be broken by the wild swingings of drunks.
7877
7878Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:45 AM]
7879Maegan rubs her ear.
7880
7881Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:46 AM]
7882"I feel like this is just her ale speaking."
7883
7884Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:47 AM]
7885"So, uh, Wird," Weird to talk to a toad but Vauhan is waiting for lesbians, Arvio is a gnoll, and Maegan and Ashka are two seconds away from fucking in the middle of the taverm. "For Yesab... is there anything we should do with his body?"
7886
7887Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:47 AM]
7888"In ale, there is truth. Something I've heard before."
7889
7890Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:47 AM]
7891She looks at Loyd, lifting up her mug to make sure there is not alcohol hiding. "You find a way to pay, Loyd"
7892
7893Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:48 AM]
7894"Lud, did I ever tell you how many people I burrrrrrnned alive?" Maegan just sorta cackles.
7895
7896Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:48 AM]
7897"Pay for what, Ashka?"
7898
7899Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:48 AM]
7900"Burnnnnn??? That must be so much...heat"
7901"Pay for thingggssssss, Loyd"
7902
7903Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:49 AM]
7904"...Sure, Ashka. I got the means to pay."
7905
7906Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:49 AM]
7907"I remember their ssscreams..."
7908"I...felt...alive..."
7909
7910Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:49 AM]
7911"Ooookay, that's about the point where we get you to bed, Maegan."
7912
7913Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:49 AM]
7914"[Dear mother, could you lighten up Maegan.]"
7915
7916Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7917"No, I'm not going!"
7918
7919Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7920Oooooh no. Let's not talk to that. Loyd abandons Wird and Yesab ('s corpse) and gives Maegan a pat pat on the shoulder. "Maegan, I heard rumor that you got a lovely singing voice. Is that true?" Let's just move away from the Civil War topic.
7921
7922Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7923"Let her stayyyyyyy! Let her talk...about...murder."
7924
7925Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7926Maegan takes a really long and exaggerated sniffle. "Noooo."
7927
7928Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7929"We should not."
7930
7931Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:50 AM]
7932"Well, people I talked to on both sides said otherwise. Are they liars?" Let's just keep moving away from the murder.
7933
7934Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 01:51 AM]
7935Wird goes to talk but is suddenly left.
7936
7937Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:51 AM]
7938"nooo your voice is so... niceeee"
7939
7940Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:51 AM]
7941"Yes, yes it is. I think if I heard your singing, I would agree with those that said you got a lovely singing voice." Loyd is just saying anything to avoid the murder.
7942
7943Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:51 AM]
7944Now that Loyd's talking to Maegan, keeping her off the murder topic, Vauhan gives up on the whole problem of getting Maegan to go to sleep for the time.
7945
7946Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7947"Oh thank you, your voice is nice too most of the time"
7948
7949Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7950"Yes Loyd it does sound good..."
7951
7952Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7953"Doesn't it?"
7954
7955Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7956"I meant yoo Asska, you dumb...person."
7957
7958Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7959To occupy himself, Vauhan plays idly with a fork.
7960
7961Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:52 AM]
7962"also you smell good too... everyone smells good!" She throws her hands up!
7963"You guys wanna see a trick?"
7964
7965Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7966"NO"
7967
7968Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7969"And Ashka is saying you sound lovely, Maegan. Hey, Maegan, do you know the lyrics to the song 'Fortriu'? Could you sing that for us?"
7970
7971Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7972Ashka disrobes her shirt and readies her weapon.
7973
7974Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7975"Who the hell just names a song af- Wait, wait..."
7976
7977Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7978"Okay everyone everyone watch this.. you ready???"
7979
7980Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7981"No no no no no n ono "
7982
7983Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7984Tiddies out, hammer out
7985
7986Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:53 AM]
7987PUT THAT BACK ON
7988
7989Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
7990Vauhan's attention is drawn from the fork.
7991
7992Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
7993"Okay I just need a second to set up.. oh wait I need a chair first..."
7994
7995LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
7996Mary walks in at this moment. She just sorta stares
7997
7998Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
7999"[I'm glad I don't have mother's mask right now.]"
8000
8001Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
8002"Because it's a song about missing Fortriu, Maegan. *I don't know if you can see, the changes coming over me*... it starts like that, remember?" Loyd just tries to ignore Ashka. Mary, please help Loyd.
8003
8004Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:54 AM]
8005"Please someone stop her!"
8006
8007Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8008"Shut up Loyd, I'm watching a fucking SHOW!"
8009
8010Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8011"No no I can do it!!!"
8012
8013Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8014"How about you two enjoy your show upstairs or back in the fireplace? Alone?"
8015
8016Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8017"Wait.. I do not not need these pants."
8018"Wait maybe I do.."
8019
8020Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8021"Yes you do!"
8022
8023Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8024"ASHKA"
8025
8026Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8027"ARRVEEEO"
8028
8029Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8030Vauhan laughs.
8031
8032Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8033"Okay no, keep those on."
8034
8035Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8036"Oh my god you are a wolf!"
8037
8038Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:55 AM]
8039"This is not the place!"
8040"HYENA"
8041
8042Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8043"WHY ARE YOU SAYING HI???"
8044"WHO IS EENA"
8045
8046Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8047"Who's 'Ena'?"
8048
8049Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8050"NO, MOTHER'S CURSES, I AM A GNOLL"
8051
8052Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8053"Okay so I need space for this..."
8054
8055Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8056Mary, make these two fall asleep or something.
8057
8058Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8059lets spin this hammar bby
8060
8061Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8062Jokes on you
8063
8064Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8065No, wait for the trick.
8066
8067Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8068I'm completely immune to sleep effects
8069
8070Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:56 AM]
8071Arvio hits the deck
8072
8073LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 01:57 AM]
8074Mary goes to sit with Loyd. "Did, um. Did they get into the drinks?"
8075
8076Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 01:57 AM]
8077"I gave them the drinks."
8078
8079Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:57 AM]
8080And around! and around! Ashka spins her earthshatter around! A strong grip doesn't let go.
8081
8082Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:57 AM]
8083Loyd is standing next to Maegan trying to keep her under control, Mary. You're sitting close to the madness. "I brought in drinks because I figured they needed them after Yesab died."
8084"And then they proved themselves to be lightweights."
8085
8086Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:57 AM]
8087"Thank you for not calling me fat."
8088
8089Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
8090"Not to play a devil's advocate, but the two aren't mutually exclusive Maegan."
8091
8092Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
8093"It would be hard to call you fat, Maegan." Loyd is just going to sit behind the counter now. For safety.
8094
8095Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
8096@Doe Heart#8349: [9] -> **18**
8097
8098Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
80991d20+9
8100
8101Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
8102Ashka spins beautifully
8103
8104Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 01:58 AM]
8105Arvio will crawl behind the counter as well
8106
8107Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8108There's a little pirouette in there somewhere
8109
8110LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8111Mary is relatively fine with this. "Ah. That makes sense."
8112
8113Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8114tiddie jiggiling, hammer a-swinging
8115
8116Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8117"You don't know any sleep spells, do you?"
8118
8119Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8120"What do you mean by that, Ar..Arm...Arbeo?"
8121
8122Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8123"OKAY FOR THE NEXT PART I NEED YOU ALL TO SHHHHH"
8124
8125Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 01:59 AM]
8126"He's just calling you pretty, Maegan. Hey, did you know sitting on the floor is fun?"
8127
8128Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8129"That one's tolerance to alcohol is not soley attached to weight."
8130
8131LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8132"Not today. I have all of my spells readied."
8133
8134Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8135Shut the fuck up, gnoll.
8136
8137Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8138"Www-wwhy is that fun?"
8139
8140Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8141Vauhan been shooshed. He's not on the floor like a coward, he's been hit by hammers before.
8142
8143Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8144"I-I am going to c-catch it!"
8145
8146Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8147"One's penchant for being piss drunk is also taken into account."
8148
8149Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8150She gunna fling it
8151
8152Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8153Wait no
8154
8155Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8156"Because... the room starts to spin, and it's like you're... on the back of a flying beast? Fun."
8157
8158Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8159"I can fly whenever I want to."
8160
8161LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8162"Plus it's all rustic and stuff!" Mary's trying to help Loyd
8163
8164Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:00 AM]
8165Ashka's vision is blurry and her balance is failing.
8166"ANNNNNNDD THROW!"
8167
8168Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8169Vauhan readies to catch Ashka should she fall.
8170
8171Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
81721d20
8173
8174Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8175@Doe Heart#8349: [19] -> **19**
8176
8177Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8178AYYYYYYY
8179
8180Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8181"Like this!" Maegan starts to fly.
8182
8183Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8184IM FUCKING
8185
8186Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8187"[Erastil, next time you send women to Afallon, make sure they can hold their alcohol.]"
8188"No! I wanted the opposite of that!"
8189
8190Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8191Do I make a fly check not to eat shit?
8192
8193Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8194im dead guys
8195
8196Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
81971d20+2 im doing it anyway
8198
8199Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8200@Hippocratesi#9485: "im doing it anyway": [16] -> **18**
8201
8202Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8203rip
8204i shouldve auto-failed
8205
8206Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:01 AM]
8207The hammer goes sailing through the back wall, over an innocent bystander, and embeds itself in the wall of the Hearth
8208
8209LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8210"Wow."
8211
8212Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8213Ashka goes flying and lands in a chair
8214
8215Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8216"Oh shit" She snickers.
8217
8218Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8219And hopefully passes out.
8220
8221Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8222Vauhan catches Ashka if possible.
8223
8224Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8225Vauhan can make the interception
8226
8227Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8228He do it.
8229
8230Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8231Alright, Vauhan has one (1) new Ashka!!
8232
8233Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8234watch your hands vauhan
8235
8236Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8237"Okay, *now* it is time for bed."
8238
8239Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8240"I shhhould get that.."
8241
8242Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:02 AM]
8243👀
8244
8245Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8246"Hah!" Maegan falls back down. "Gggues I-fuck-guess I gotta fix that..."
8247
8248Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8249"Bed? I was not expecting you to be so ready so soon."
8250"I am *burp* ready for you when you are..."
8251
8252Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8253"No, let her stay!"
8254
8255Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8256"Meeegaaannn you can join!"
8257
8258Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8259"You're drunk, come back to me when you are sober and we can talk."
8260
8261Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8262"Maegan, you know if you close your eyes and count out two hundred sheep, you can see something amazing?"
8263
8264Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:03 AM]
8265"Her strength is amazing."
8266
8267Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8268Gareth comes in a few seconds later, earthbreaker in hand.
8269
8270Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8271"Really?" Maegan closes her eyes and starts counting out loud.
8272
8273Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8274oh uh
8275
8276Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8277He just kind of
8278puts it down
8279on a table
8280
8281Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8282Arvio hyena laughs nervously
8283
8284Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:04 AM]
8285"Please tell me that it isn't anyone important." Loyd says from his hiding spot.
8286
8287Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8288"Apologies, Gareth. They are mourning the little spriteling's passing."
8289
8290Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8291"*Is that a dragon*" He whispers
8292
8293Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8294Maegan opens her eyes 'cause she got bored. "Hi, Garth!"
8295
8296Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8297He leaves
8298
8299Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8300Ashka wraps her arms around Vauhan, tries to say something sexual about hammers but passes out. Shows over kiddos.
8301The End
8302
8303Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8304"Bye, Garth!"
8305
8306Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8307"Maegan, you messed up. It is 300 sheep now, but now the thing is even more amazing." Loyd pinches the bridge of his nose. This is all his fault.
8308
8309Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:05 AM]
8310Vauhan takes her to her room, makes sure she stays on her side, and leaves her in peace.
8311
8312Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8313"Nooo! Is she okay?!" Maegan shoves past Loyd and collapses on top of Ashka.
8314
8315Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8316Put her shirt on first, Vauhan.
8317
8318Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8319Mmmmnah.
8320
8321Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8322oh
8323
8324Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8325You're going to let a bunch of soldiers look at topless Ashka? Rude.
8326
8327LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8328Mary gets the shirt and draps it over Ashka's body.
8329
8330Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:06 AM]
8331You got rooms in this building
8332
8333Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8334keep her topless Vauhan
8335they are ready for you
8336
8337Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8338"Maegan, she's fine. I think if you count slow enough, you can only count to 100 sheep."
8339
8340LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8341Noooo, that's shamelessssssss
8342
8343Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8344Since Vauhan STOLE her, Maegan just kinda falls on the floor.
8345
8346Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8347If she's going to the encampment, she's getting her top put back on.
8348
8349LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:07 AM]
8350Mary's gonna force her not to be topless anymore
8351
8352Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8353Loyd checks on Maegan to see if she's okay and to see if she's sleeping.
8354
8355Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8356Mary, what a holy woman
8357
8358Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8359"Loyd, get Maegan to her room."
8360
8361Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8362"I have no words for this turn of events."
8363
8364Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8365Poof, goes the Vauhan with the Ashka to her sleeping place, wherever it may be.
8366
8367LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8368Mary's the person who would be the designated driver tbh
8369
8370Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8371Maegan is crying and possibly slowly falling asleep you don't know.
8372
8373Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8374both
8375
8376Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:08 AM]
8377"Hopefully she doesn't remember that I carried her back." Loyd princess carries Maegan back to the Fireplace and her room. Don't worry, he'll stay with the babies in the tavern tonight.
8378
8379Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:09 AM]
8380Ashka will dream of Loyd and Maegan and Vauhan tonight. Doing who knows what.
8381
8382Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:09 AM]
8383"We're going to need to heavily water your booze in the future..." Loyd mumbles to drunk/sleeping/maybe not sleeping Maegan.
8384
8385Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:10 AM]
8386"Don't you dare."
8387
8388Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:10 AM]
8389Vauhan returns to the tavern.
8390
8391Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:10 AM]
8392"Oh, you can hear me. Well, alright."
8393
8394Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:10 AM]
8395Gareth comes back in as Ashka is carried off.
8396
8397Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:10 AM]
8398Ashka cuddles her pillow and pretends it's Maegan.
8399
8400Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8401He sits down next to everyone
8402Ashka no
8403
8404Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8405Someone better bring back the hammer
8406
8407Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8408Loyd is busy carrying Maegan to the fireplace. BRB Gareth.
8409
8410Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8411He looks at Vauhan, since he's a big man. "Yesab?"
8412
8413Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8414Maegan starts to snore.
8415
8416Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:11 AM]
8417"Yes. There is a thing in the Tomb," he says pointing in its direction, careful to choose understandable words. "It killed him."
8418
8419Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:12 AM]
8420"Thank the gods..." Loyd drops Maegan off at her room. Roll her on her side, make sure there's a basket/bucket nearby in case she has to puke, pat her on the head. "Good night, Maegan." And then he's off to return to the tavern.
8421
8422Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:12 AM]
8423nah let her choke on her own vomit
8424its fine
8425
8426Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:12 AM]
8427Loyd isn't that mean.
8428
8429Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:12 AM]
8430He looks at you for a minute, casts something, and then speaks in clean, clipped Parthian. "He is dead?"
8431
8432Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:13 AM]
8433Vauhan nods solemnly.
8434
8435Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:13 AM]
8436He exhales.
8437
8438Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:14 AM]
8439And Loyd is back. "Sorry about what you saw, Gareth."
8440
8441Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:14 AM]
8442"It's fine. Your customs are your own, I do not judge."
8443
8444Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:14 AM]
8445"Er, yes. They were mourning. I think. Drinking to forget."
8446
8447LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:15 AM]
8448"I hope they'll be okay..." Mary says quietly.
8449
8450Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:15 AM]
8451"...Yes. Customs." Sure, okay.
8452Loyd checks to make sure Ysbail and Cedwyn are asleep. Please be asleep, babies.
8453
8454Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:16 AM]
8455They sleep
8456
8457Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:16 AM]
8458Thank the gods.
8459
8460Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:17 AM]
8461Gareth grunts. "Still, his death is unfortunate. But we must move on. The number of people who speak my language and yours shrinks every day. I must learn your tongue. What is the best way to do this?"
8462
8463Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:17 AM]
8464"If I may?"
8465
8466Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:17 AM]
8467Luckily, Vauhan has experience with Parthian being a second language.
8468
8469Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:18 AM]
8470"This is my personal observation, but living around those that are speaking it is a fairly good way to."
8471
8472Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:18 AM]
8473"A worse person than I would find a way to hold this over their heads..." And so Loyd returns again. "We could teach you. I... intended to buy blocks to help Ysbail learn to say, spell, and associate basic Parthian words. You're free to join her when I do that. It'll give you a chance to bond with her, too."
8474
8475Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:19 AM]
8476"That is what I did, at least."
8477
8478Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:19 AM]
8479"Yes, I agree. I was from another country which did not speak this tongue, then I moved."
8480
8481Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:19 AM]
8482*Yeah but I came from across the sea and am a damn hyena, whiny ass fighter shield person*
8483
8484Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:20 AM]
8485*Fight me Pongo*
8486
8487LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:20 AM]
8488"I love learning languages." Mary sways happily. "I'd be happy to help! [I can speak your language good, I think.]
8489
8490Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:20 AM]
8491*Bang!*
8492
8493Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:20 AM]
8494"I'm also from another country. Fortriu, to the northwest. Maybe you heard of it. I don't think Laurent did. I don't think he cared, honestly."
8495
8496Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:24 AM]
8497"We are all available to help you learn."
8498
8499Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:24 AM]
8500"...Is there nothing we can do to bring back Yesab?"
8501
8502Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:25 AM]
8503"If there was, we could have brought back others."
8504
8505Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:25 AM]
8506"There may be. I know one of you asked about that, though I don't know who."
8507
8508Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:25 AM]
8509"I asked about bringing back Laurent."
8510
8511Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:28 AM]
8512"No, there was someone who got some books on the subject."
8513"And yes I would appreciate any help you could offer."
8514
8515Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:28 AM]
8516"When I get the blocks, I'll let you know and we can do some basic lessons like that."
8517
8518LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:29 AM]
8519"Oh! If you want them to learn how to write as well, lemme know. I can show them how to paint and stuff."
8520
8521Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:30 AM]
8522"Who talked about it? What did they look like?"
8523
8524Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:32 AM]
8525"Was it anyone who was in the tavern when you first came in?"
8526
8527Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:33 AM]
8528He looks around and humphs. "The animal-ish one. Not him." He nods at the gnoll.
8529
8530Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:33 AM]
8531Arvio waves
8532
8533Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:33 AM]
8534"Animal-ish one... Lex?"
8535
8536Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:33 AM]
8537"Animalish..." Think, think, think. Maegan? No no, only an animal on the battlefield. "...Lex?"
8538
8539Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8540Shrug.
8541
8542Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8543And in bed
8544
8545Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8546What.
8547
8548Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8549ZING!
8550hahahahaha
8551
8552Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8553BAZINGA!
8554
8555Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8556ZIMBABWE!
8557
8558Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:34 AM]
8559Why is Loyd thinking about how Maegan would be in bed? Get out of here, random thoughts! He coughs awkwardly. "Lex is probably sleeping around here, so... I'll wait around."
8560Loyd shakes his head. Damn thoughts.
8561
8562LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:36 AM]
8563"Are...you gonna wait all night...?"
8564
8565Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:36 AM]
8566"Sure. I'll probably have to take care of the babies in here anyway."
8567
8568Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:37 AM]
8569"I will remain here for the night as well, if that's alright."
8570
8571Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:38 AM]
8572"Feel free."
8573
8574LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:38 AM]
8575"I'll keep you company if you like." She rubs her eyes tiredly. "I'd like to learn your language too, if that's okay."
8576
8577Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:38 AM]
8578look everyone can't sleep in my tavern
8579
8580Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:38 AM]
8581Oh wait, let's just... make Yesab look a bit nicer. Fix up his rope-making robe. "If you wish to stick around, feel free."
8582
8583Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:39 AM]
8584"I must be off to bed, need to say my prayers before I rest."
8585
8586LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:40 AM]
8587"Good niigghhtt!"
8588
8589Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 02:40 AM]
8590"Good night Mary."
8591
8592Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 02:40 AM]
8593"I could try to teach it to you. I don't speak your language normally, right now it's the spells."
8594
8595Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 02:40 AM]
8596Wird shuffles back as Yesab is organized. "What were you asking?"
8597It looks to Loyd.
8598
8599Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:41 AM]
8600Loyd looks down at Wird. "If there is anything special we should do for Yesab, if he cannot be revived. Like... a special kind of ceremony or ritual."
8601And listen here, MAEGAN, someone has to be around to take care of the babies.
8602
8603Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 02:42 AM]
8604"He would have had no preference. He was not religious."
8605
8606Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:42 AM]
8607"Yes, I believe I will sleep as well. I will have to wait to mourn until after we know if the little spriteling cannot be brought back."
8608
8609Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:42 AM]
8610"No special ritual for his patron or whatever he had? Or for his race?"
8611
8612Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 02:43 AM]
8613"Good night," Vauhan says, exiting the tavern and heading off to his encampment.
8614
8615Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 02:43 AM]
8616"No, I don't have any preference."
8617"The closest thing you might get is from Okri, who might have burial rites for his people."
8618
8619Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:44 AM]
8620"Well, I'll talk to him if we cannot revive Yesab. And I'll do whatever necessary to bring him back."
8621
8622Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 02:45 AM]
8623"Good luck."
8624
8625Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:46 AM]
8626And Loyd will teach Mary some basic High Fortriu since she asked for it. And Gareth some basic Parthian, if he can. He's gonna be up ALL NIGHT teaching, taking care of babies, and waiting for Lex.
8627
8628Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 02:46 AM]
8629What
8630She speaks High Fortriu
8631
8632Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 02:47 AM]
8633also she's asleep
8634
8635Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 02:48 AM]
8636Oh.
8637I meant Mary.
8638Too many M names.
8639
8640LukeSkynoober#9683 [21-May-17 02:50 AM]
8641Mary's also gonna help teach Parthian while working on High Fortriu
8642
8643Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:03 PM]
8644Lex cautiously leaves the kitchen and examines the wreckage.
8645
8646Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 03:04 PM]
8647Probably chairs everywhere
8648
8649Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 03:04 PM]
8650Gareth is asleep on the bar
8651
8652Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 03:05 PM]
8653*on* the bar?
8654
8655Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 03:05 PM]
8656on the bar
8657
8658Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 03:05 PM]
8659There's an earthbreaker shaped hole in the wall.
8660
8661Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:05 PM]
8662"What."
8663"I think we need those guards that were mentioned."
8664
8665Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 03:08 PM]
8666Also Yesab's corpse is in the office.
8667
8668Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:08 PM]
8669Lex surveys it all, and notices Yesab's corpse. "...fuck."
8670
8671Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:09 PM]
8672Wird stares at Lex.
8673"Hello, Lex."
8674
8675Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:09 PM]
8676"What happened?"
8677
8678Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:10 PM]
8679"A certain lich shot him with a ray."
8680
8681Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:10 PM]
8682"...I have a question."
8683"Yesab had spoken to me prior about his strange cycle of life. How he would go back to the first world after death. If one, for example...tried to pull his soul back, or what counts as a soul for a fey like him, to this body, do you believe it could work?"
8684"I made some...inquiries after Laurent passed, and decided it would be unwise to use what I learned for its original purpose."
8685"Bringing someone back is not something to be taken lightly. I may not survive the process, myself. Although I am sure others could share the burden, if they so wished."
8686"Further, would he *want* to come back. To his friends. To stop the lich."
8687
8688Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:17 PM]
8689"Well, he's not back in First World. He'd be with Pharasma right about now."
8690"Given that, I'm sure he wouldn't mind coming back. He's probably not too keen on wandering back down there, though."
8691"I know I wouldn't be."
8692
8693Soren#1962 [21-May-17 03:19 PM]
8694"If he is in the Boneyard, that makes things much easier."
8695Lex sighs. "Okay. I will begin doing what I can to prepare. I need to discuss with the others, I will need materials and assistance."
8696"...are you doing okay?"
8697
8698Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:54 PM]
8699"As okay as I can be."
8700
8701Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 03:54 PM]
8702somewhere in the beyond, pharasma is still patting yesab's head and marvelling at how cute he is
8703certainly much nicer to look at than all those scythians who came by however long ago
8704
8705Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:55 PM]
8706Can he maybe get her digits?
8707You know, for later.
8708
8709Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 03:55 PM]
8710do you want one of the scythian's fingers or something more exotic
8711
8712Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 03:56 PM]
8713What's her CONTACT info
8714Maybe when I'm up late at night
8715Being sad about being dead
8716She can come pat my head
8717
8718Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 03:57 PM]
8719>Fighter/Bard
8720I like the sound o' this
8721oops
8722
8723Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:10 PM]
8724Loyd did try cleaning up what he could, actually. Now he's just sleeping in the office next to the babies.
8725
8726Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:12 PM]
8727Ashka is somewhere, waking up with a headache.
8728
8729Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:13 PM]
8730Vauhan patrols, as he often does, to keep his mind off the loss.
8731
8732Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:13 PM]
8733Where did you put her Vauhan
8734
8735Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:14 PM]
8736Where does Ashka normally sleep?
8737
8738Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:14 PM]
8739Outside in a sleeping bag i guess
8740Did you put her shirt back on?
8741
8742Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:14 PM]
8743So the encampment is where she wakes up. And yes, her top is still on.
8744
8745Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:14 PM]
8746What a sweetheart.
8747He put it on backwards AND inside out
8748Smh
8749
8750Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:15 PM]
8751No one said it was on properly.
8752
8753Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:16 PM]
8754Lex heads into the office to check on the child. And runs into Loyd sleeping and pokes him.
8755
8756Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:16 PM]
8757Loyd snorts, swats the air, and rolls over.
8758
8759Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:17 PM]
8760Ashka places her hands to her forehead and groaaannsss. Not the worst pain she has felt. Her memory from last night slowly swims into view, but still very fuzzy.
8761
8762Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:17 PM]
8763"Loyd, wake up. We need to talk."
8764
8765Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:19 PM]
8766Groaning, Loyd sits up. He blinks. He blinks again. He wipes drool away from his mouth. He recognizes Lex. Lex was important foe some reason. Loyd's head starts working.
8767
8768Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:19 PM]
8769"Yesab is dead. I require assistance bringing him back."
8770
8771Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:20 PM]
8772"Oh!" He jumps up to his feet, stumbles, and then grabs Lex's shoulders. "You can revive Yesab! I was about to ask that! And I saw him die!"
8773
8774Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:20 PM]
8775"Theoretically I can. It is untested."
8776"And difficult."
8777"You recall what the ritual magic to enter that other realm did to me. This will most likely be similar."
8778
8779Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:21 PM]
8780"Coin? Take mine. Blood? Drain mine!"
8781"Bring him back!"
8782
8783Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:21 PM]
8784"I will need both. And we will share the burden. I am hoping his other friends will as well."
8785
8786Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:23 PM]
8787Ugggh. But no one else is around! "Well... Ashka can pay with blood to make up for the hole in the wall..."
8788
8789Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:23 PM]
8790Ashka examines herself. Her shirt is on...but the inner linings are outside and the collar is on her back. Something happened last night.. what was it?
8791
8792Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:24 PM]
8793"I need a large diamond as a focus."
8794
8795Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:24 PM]
8796"Do I look like I carry diamonds?"
8797
8798Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:25 PM]
8799"You carry many surprising things, Loyd."
8800
8801Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:25 PM]
8802She walks about to balance herself, trying to piece who was there. "I have...several, several, apologies to make."
8803
8804Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:25 PM]
8805And love confessions to make.
8806
8807Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:25 PM]
8808R-romance??? H-haha no way!
8809
8810Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:26 PM]
8811"Gems make a man weak."
8812
8813Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:26 PM]
8814Lex gets the books he was lent on this matter and begins compiling what he will need. "You are correct in this case. He will most likely be quite weak if I am able to call him back."
8815
8816Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:26 PM]
8817Not what he meant but okay. "For how long?"
8818
8819Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:27 PM]
8820Walking around, she spots Vauhan doing his usual Vauhan things.
8821
8822Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:27 PM]
8823"Until he is cured with magic. It won't be something he can sleep off if I am correct. But again, I've never done this before, and I have little information on it having been done at all. It is mostly theory."
8824
8825Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:27 PM]
8826Vauhan spies the Ashka. "Ah, Ashka. How's the headache?"
8827
8828Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:28 PM]
8829"Not the worst one I have had. That being said, quite strong." She doesn't look him in the eye and scratches the side of her nose.
8830
8831Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:29 PM]
8832"And... do you got that magic"
8833
8834Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:30 PM]
8835She breaths in deeply and looks up at him. "I have, l-lots to apologize for. I do not rememeber everything clearly. But I-I want you to know that was a different person and I did not mean anything that I might have said."
8836
8837Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:30 PM]
8838"No, it is beyond me. Beyond most I would assume. We have lesser forms of it here that Elara is capable of, when our strength has been drained, but..." Lex shrugs. "I am sure we can figure something out. Getting him back is matter one, whatever comes after that, well. Comes after that."
8839
8840Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:31 PM]
8841"I think it was you w-who must have brought me home. I remeber being lifted and, well you are the only one strong enough for that."
8842
8843Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:31 PM]
8844"I am going to start preparing the circle." Lex heads out of the office.
8845
8846Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:31 PM]
8847"I did. Come, your weapon should still be in the tavern."
8848
8849Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:32 PM]
8850She hops along by him keeping quite the distance. "What even happened last night?"
8851
8852Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:32 PM]
8853Pat pat the babies. Loyd goes to man the front.
8854Oh, hi sleeping dragon on the bar.
8855
8856Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:33 PM]
8857"You drank, Maegan drank, Loyd drank. I believe he did not take the right gallon barrel. The one he took was much more... potent than the one I'd intended him to take. I should have been more specific."
8858
8859Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:34 PM]
8860As Lex is walking out. "Oh hello Vauhan, Ashka."
8861
8862Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:34 PM]
8863"Anything specfic? I feel as if I have done more drastic things."
8864"Lex! Hello!"
8865
8866Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:34 PM]
8867"Lex! Yes, has Loyd already spoken with you?"
8868
8869Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:34 PM]
8870"I am um very sorry about last night."
8871
8872Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:34 PM]
8873"Yes, we spoke. I have a request of you two."
8874
8875Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:35 PM]
8876"If it is in regards to what I expect, I will give whatever is needed."
8877
8878Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:35 PM]
8879Oh god something normal and not embarrassing. "Of course, whatever you need."
8880
8881Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:35 PM]
8882"When Laurent...passed, I looked into methods to bring him back. But, I was talked out of performing what I learned on him."
8883"You recall the ritual magic that took us to the other plane, yes? I shall be performing something simiar in hopes to bring the little tree back. And it may take a lot out of me. I request anyone who is able to and willing who wishes him back to share the burden of the magic."
8884"It may hurt, it may sap your strength. But if we all work together, well...we can bring him back. I hope."
8885
8886Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:36 PM]
8887"There is a possibility to bring him back? How much time do we have left? Can we start now? What do we need?"
8888With each question, she steps closer and closer to Lex.
8889
8890Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:37 PM]
8891He raises a hand. "Calm. Please. I need to focus. I have not done this before, and I am not sure if anyone really has. I am still figuring things out, the Librarian taught me the theory, but, putting it in practice may be difficult. I am going to start preparing. Just...be on call, okay?"
8892
8893Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:38 PM]
8894"Of course."
8895
8896Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:38 PM]
8897She backs down. "Yes yes, we will be here."
8898
8899Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:38 PM]
8900Lex heads out in front of the tavern and looks for a secluded spot to begin work on the circle and sigils needed.
8901
8902Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:39 PM]
8903Ashka peeks inside the tavern. How does it look?
8904
8905Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:39 PM]
8906Loyd cleaned up what he could. Except the hole in the wall.
8907
8908Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:39 PM]
8909There's a giant hole in the wall still. "Oh, yes, you did fling about your weapon on top of a chair. A trick, you called it. It was impressive until you lost it from your grasp."
8910
8911Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:40 PM]
8912Also sleepy dragon on the bar.
8913
8914Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:40 PM]
8915Ashka face palms. "Not again."
8916"Was my shirt on this time?"
8917
8918Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:40 PM]
8919"No."
8920
8921Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:40 PM]
8922"Ah, no." Vauhan notes the collar being backwards. "Oh, I didn't put it on right, did I?"
8923
8924Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:41 PM]
8925Loyd says from behind the bar.
8926
8927Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:41 PM]
8928A groggy Maegan walks into the tavern, dragging herself over to the counter before doing a double-take to the hammer shaped hole in the wall. "What happened to my *fucking wall*?"
8929
8930Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:41 PM]
8931She groans again as a large blush forms on her face.
8932
8933Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:41 PM]
8934"Want the truth or lies, Maegan?"
8935
8936Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:42 PM]
8937"I am so sorry!" She whimpers.
8938
8939Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:42 PM]
8940Knock knock, Arvio is at the door, carrying a plate of jerky and other such snacks.
8941
8942Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:42 PM]
8943"Just tell me, Loyd, Gods." Maegan rubs her head.
8944
8945Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:42 PM]
8946"Are we all up? I have gathered snacks from a Rotgut."
8947
8948Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:42 PM]
8949Loyd tells Maegan everything that happened.
8950Blah blah blah.
8951
8952Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:43 PM]
8953Ashka's face turns to horror as she listens.
8954
8955Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:43 PM]
8956"For what it's worth, you're quite the looker," Vauhan says, grabbing the earthbreaker and handing it off.
8957
8958Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:43 PM]
8959Atanas at this point, enters and just takes a seat, saying nothing.
8960
8961Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:43 PM]
8962"...and then you finally passed out so I carried ya home. The end."
8963
8964Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:43 PM]
8965Maegan's eyes fire up. Not literally but they look quite angry.
8966She takes a long, drawn out breath.
8967
8968Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:44 PM]
8969With her hand, she grasp back her earthbreaker. "Oh Vauhan, this is not the time to charm."
8970
8971Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:44 PM]
8972Loyd grabs a mug of water for the two drunks.
8973
8974Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:44 PM]
8975She looks to Maegan and steps forward, taking a deep breath.
8976
8977Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:44 PM]
8978Confess, Ashka.
8979
8980Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:44 PM]
8981"Ah - well, you should also have some food. I believe this is called beef."
8982"Ashka?"
8983
8984Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:45 PM]
8985Maegan looks at her as she approaches.
8986
8987Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:45 PM]
8988"Maegan, I need you to know that I do not mean anything I said last night. I did not mean to insult you and I c-certainly did not intend to make a huge fucking hole in the wall. Please let me know what I can do to help repair. I do not care if it is labor or coin, let me help."
8989"I am sorry. Deeply, deeply sorry."
8990
8991Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:46 PM]
8992Now kiss.
8993
8994Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:46 PM]
8995"And this apology goes to you as well, Loyd."
8996
8997Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:46 PM]
8998"For what?"
8999
9000Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:46 PM]
9001"Uh...well..." Maegan blinks.
9002
9003Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:46 PM]
9004"You are a good man, you do not deserve my drunked comments."
9005
9006Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:47 PM]
9007Vauhan looks at the hole in the wall, examining how bad the damage is.
9008
9009Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:47 PM]
9010These two are not interested, Arvio instead walks over to Atanas, extending out his snacks, "Would you like one?"
9011
9012Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:47 PM]
9013"Oh. It's fine. If comments bothered me, I would have driven to tears when Maegan first got here."
9014
9015Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:47 PM]
9016"It's all well, Ashka, don't beat yourself up over it. We were just vulnerable at the time."
9017
9018Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:48 PM]
9019"I am just so mortified honestly. I swear this is not who I am."
9020
9021Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:48 PM]
9022"I appreciate the offer, but I must decline. Thank you, however, Arvio. I hope you are doing well after last night."
9023
9024Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:48 PM]
9025"Okay." Sure it isn't.
9026
9027Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:49 PM]
9028"I am fine."
9029He is this time
9030
9031Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:49 PM]
9032"Oh! Arvio I must apologize to you as well. I will not lay hands on you again."
9033
9034Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:49 PM]
9035"Hardly anyone acts drunk the way they do sober. Don't worry."
9036
9037Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:49 PM]
9038"And I'm sorry for what I said to you in my...drunken stupor. There are no hard feelings. The wall can be fixed."
9039
9040Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:50 PM]
9041"I am glad of that. I was concerned."
9042
9043Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:50 PM]
9044"I can not rememeber what you said, but I am sure it was nothing."
9045She extends her hand out for a handshake.
9046
9047Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:50 PM]
9048"I have been told I'm an angry drunk, so no changes for me." Loyd gets an itchy leg. Scratch scratch.
9049
9050Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:50 PM]
9051Damn lets get loyd drunk lol
9052
9053Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:50 PM]
9054Maegan takes her hand. Momshake.
9055
9056Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9057!!!
9058Shake shake.
9059
9060Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9061"The concern is welcome, however, there is no need."
9062
9063Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9064"You two were shamelessly flirting." Loyd is here with the truth.
9065
9066Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9067All is well. Ashka sighs the sighest sighs of sighed relief.
9068
9069Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9070"Don't be foolish, Loyd."
9071
9072Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9073"We gnolls are of a stonger make than the - humans?"
9074"Yes, they are called humans."
9075
9076Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9077"You were."
9078
9079Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:51 PM]
9080"Ah, yes, that happened as well. You were getting quite close to each other."
9081
9082Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:52 PM]
9083Ashka scoffs. "Okay now I think you are pulling some joke."
9084
9085Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:52 PM]
9086"If I was lying, Maegan would know."
9087
9088Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:53 PM]
9089Maegan feels her heart start to pump. He ain't scratching his leg. "...I don't think they're joking."
9090
9091Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:53 PM]
9092Arvio moves back toward the group, "Jerky anyone?"
9093
9094Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:53 PM]
9095"Please."
9096
9097Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9098She waves it off and turns her head away to avoid looking at Maegan. "Drunk minds say strange things. It is behind us now." She hopes to god it is.
9099
9100Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9101Atanas just watches the others, expression unreadable.
9102
9103Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9104"These should be beef."
9105
9106Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9107"I would love some." She grabs a piece of jerky.
9108
9109Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9110Loyd accepts free food.
9111
9112Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9113"Yes. Behind us." Maegan takes some good ol' jerky. Yummy. Or not I dunno what jerky tastes like.
9114
9115Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 05:54 PM]
9116"Oh, Ashka, you also challenged me to an arm wrestling bout. I am still willing on taking you up on that."
9117
9118Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:55 PM]
9119"That she did."
9120
9121Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:55 PM]
9122She laughs loudly for a bit before her head pounds again. "The challenge I would love to take on, but not the best time right now."
9123
9124Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:55 PM]
9125"[No need to stare at Ashka.]"
9126
9127Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:55 PM]
9128She takes a seat and buries her head in her arms.
9129groaaannnn. paaaaainnn.
9130
9131Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:56 PM]
9132"[What are you talking about?]"
9133
9134Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:57 PM]
9135"[You're staring at her. Were you being very honest with her last night?]"
9136
9137Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:57 PM]
9138Stare at her tones arms, Maegan.
9139
9140Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:57 PM]
9141"[I don't even know what I *said*, Loyd.]"
9142
9143Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:58 PM]
9144"[You said...]" Loyd tells her in High Fortriu.
9145
9146Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:58 PM]
9147"I can procure herbs to numb the pain Ashka, if you need me to."
9148
9149Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 05:58 PM]
9150She pokes her head up, "That would be grateful, Arvio."
9151What did she say, Loyd. Translate.
9152
9153Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 05:59 PM]
9154Maegan scoffs after hearing that. "[I don't know. It's none of your business.]"
9155
9156Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:59 PM]
9157"I will be back shortly."
9158
9159Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 05:59 PM]
9160Ask and he will.
9161
9162Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 05:59 PM]
9163Arvio exits.
9164
9165Soren#1962 [21-May-17 05:59 PM]
9166I want to make a sense motive on Maegan.
9167
9168Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:00 PM]
9169You can
9170
9171Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:00 PM]
9172"[It'll be good if you two can be happy together.]" And end all the grandmothers trying to pair him with her. Win-win.
9173
9174Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:00 PM]
91751d20+5
9176
9177Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [21-May-17 06:00 PM]
9178@Soren#1962: [15] -> **20**
9179
9180Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9181Arvio returns.
9182
9183Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9184I thought my sense motive was higher.
9185
9186Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9187jeez i didnt expect that
9188well
9189
9190Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9191Ashka props her head up on her elbows when she hears Arvio walk in.
9192
9193Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9194She seems genuinely unsure, Atanas. Very conflicted.
9195
9196Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9197Atanas says nothing.
9198
9199Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:01 PM]
9200She looks to Atanas and give an encouraging smile. "How are you feeling? I do not think you were here last night."
9201
9202Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:02 PM]
9203"I would rather not speak of it."
9204
9205Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:02 PM]
9206"I understand."
9207
9208Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:02 PM]
9209"Please do not concern yourself with me, Ashka, I appreciate the sentiment, but it would be better if you didn't."
9210
9211Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9212"[You're awful insistent. We were drunk, people say things they may not mean.]"
9213
9214Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9215"Ah...alright."
9216"THE CHILDREN."
9217
9218Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9219From his pouch he pulls out a small cigar-esqe do-dad and a tindertwig.
9220
9221Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9222She turns to face Loyd.
9223"Oh gods how are they?"
9224
9225Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9226"Smoke this, it will make you not feel the pain."
9227
9228Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9229"[When people are drunk, they are more honest.] Still sleeping, Ashka."
9230
9231Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:03 PM]
9232"Oh dear, did they *see* us?"
9233
9234Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9235"They were in the office, if I recall."
9236
9237Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9238"They slept through it all. Don't worry, moms."
9239
9240Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9241She sighs again."Thank you." And then Mama Bear tokes the fuck up.
9242
9243Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9244"Did they *hear* us?"
9245
9246Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9247"No."
9248
9249Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:04 PM]
9250Ashka never did a lot of smoking and coughs a lot.
9251Smooooth.
9252
9253Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:05 PM]
9254"You do not have to take the entire thing in one breath."
9255
9256Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:05 PM]
9257"If they did, they would be asking which one of you is going to be the dad of the relationship."
9258
9259Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:05 PM]
9260Maegan rolls her eyes at 'moms'.
9261
9262Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:05 PM]
9263Ashka coughs again but not at the cigar.
9264
9265Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:06 PM]
9266"You're being so weird about it."
9267
9268Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:06 PM]
9269"[Wouldn't hurt to try.]" And Loyd leaves it at that.
9270
9271Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9272"[Now is not the time.]"
9273
9274Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9275"Hm. Honestly, the hole is not terrible. It's a little deep, but not that much."
9276
9277Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9278"It's so ugly, I can't stop glancing at it."
9279
9280Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9281Ashka frowns.
9282
9283Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9284"I'll have one of the carpenters fix it."
9285
9286Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:08 PM]
9287"It shows the tavern has character. Like the wounds of a warrior."
9288
9289Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:09 PM]
9290"Sorry, I'll wear a hood- oh you meant the hole."
9291
9292Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:09 PM]
9293"So what events happened prior to me swinging the hammer?"
9294
9295Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:09 PM]
9296"Warriors typically don't live long with holes in them..."
9297
9298Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:09 PM]
9299"I am simply glad it did not take a head off."
9300
9301Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:09 PM]
9302Vauhan grabs a mug and puts it in the hole. "Yep. Juuuust big enough to hold a mug. It's useful."
9303
9304Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:10 PM]
9305Who's gonna be passin fukn mugs through the hole vauhan
9306
9307Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:10 PM]
9308"Do you want an honest answer Ashka?"
9309
9310Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:10 PM]
9311Loyd tells Ashka all of that. He includes what Ashka and Maegan said to each other.
9312
9313Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:11 PM]
9314Ashka tries very hard to IGNORE what was said. "No one attempted to stop it?"
9315
9316Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:11 PM]
9317"All of you just watched us?"
9318
9319Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:11 PM]
9320"I attempted. You started petting me."
9321
9322Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:12 PM]
9323"Not like you were doing any harm until the hammer started swinging."
9324
9325Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:12 PM]
9326"I tried to get you two to fall asleep."
9327
9328Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:12 PM]
9329"So that was the fuzzy feeling in the dream..."
9330
9331Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:12 PM]
9332"Once that all happened, the night ended quite quickly."
9333
9334Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:13 PM]
9335Fucking old man perv.
9336
9337Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:13 PM]
9338Lmao nice one Vauhan.
9339
9340Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:14 PM]
9341"Guess I'm never touching ale again."
9342
9343Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:14 PM]
9344"Or at least something weaker than I gave you."
9345
9346Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:14 PM]
9347"Oh, Loyd, did you grab the left gallon barrel or the right one?"
9348
9349Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:15 PM]
9350"I only saw one barrel. If there were two, I would have grabbed both."
9351
9352Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:15 PM]
9353"Ah, right, I moved the weaker stuff elsewhere. You grabbed my strong ale. The dwarven stuff."
9354
9355Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:16 PM]
9356"I actually wanted to get drunk last night, but you know." Damn lesbians.
9357
9358Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:16 PM]
9359"*Why* do you even have that stuff? What sort of madness do you get yourself into?"
9360
9361Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:16 PM]
9362"*Dwarven*? We're lucky we didn't die!"
9363
9364Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:16 PM]
9365"Dwarven stuff is only strong after the second mug."
9366
9367Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:17 PM]
9368"How many did I have?" three i think
9369
9370Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:17 PM]
9371"I'm a soldier, Ashka. Soldiers drink. I drink with the men. Builds a team."
9372
9373Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:17 PM]
9374Three fingers for Ashka. Two for Maegan.
9375
9376Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:17 PM]
9377"Uuugh..."
9378
9379Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:17 PM]
9380"The lesson here is to be mindful of the drinks that you take."
9381
9382Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:18 PM]
9383"Left only one mug for me and none for Vauhan. Rude."
9384
9385Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:18 PM]
9386Ashka wonders how many times she can say sorry before overdoing it.
9387
9388Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:18 PM]
9389"I wasn't intent on drinking. I had work to do."
9390
9391Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:19 PM]
9392"[Explains my stomach this morning...]" Maegan gets a glass of water.
9393
9394Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:19 PM]
9395"Yeah... work... [That's why I gave you water when you came in. Hope you puked in the basket.]"
9396Watching tiddies ain't work, Vauhan.
9397
9398Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:20 PM]
9399😊
9400
9401Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:20 PM]
9402Atanas stands and walks over to Maegan.
9403
9404Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:20 PM]
9405Maegan looks to Atanas, staying silent.
9406
9407Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:21 PM]
9408"Anyways, Ashka, you should get some water. Should help with the headache until whatever Arvio gave you kicks in."
9409
9410Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:22 PM]
9411"Need more? Gave you a mug when you came in."
9412
9413Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:22 PM]
9414"You may blame me if it helps you grieve. It was not my initial choice to hide. I wished to return here, but the creature may have followed us. But, I understand, I am an outsider, it is easier to blame me. And I accept that. How you feel about me does not change what I know I am as a person, how I feel, what actions I take to prevent the deaths of others at the cost of my own wellbeing. I hope you can find peace."
9415
9416Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:23 PM]
9417"Save it, Handless. Yesab is coming back. Lex is setting up the ritual."
9418
9419Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:23 PM]
9420"What?"
9421
9422Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:23 PM]
9423Maegan isn't sure how to respond. She just nods solemnly. "Wait- coming back?"
9424
9425Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:24 PM]
9426"Oh right. Maegan, feel like giving up coin and blood to bring back our Little Tree?"
9427
9428Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:24 PM]
9429"Lex is planning some ritual, it seems."
9430
9431Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:24 PM]
9432"What sort of question is that? Of course I do."
9433"What needs to be done?"
9434
9435Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:25 PM]
9436"Lex will tell us. He said something about a diamond, so... think he is getting that."
9437
9438Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:25 PM]
9439"And what of the blood?"
9440
9441Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:25 PM]
9442Loyd shrugs.
9443
9444Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:26 PM]
9445"I assume the ritual saps your strength in some way."
9446
9447Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:26 PM]
9448"The blood would be our own, if my memories about this sort of thing serve me right."
9449
9450Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:26 PM]
9451"And Loyd, that is a poor nickname for me, even missing one, I still have more hands than you."
9452
9453Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:26 PM]
9454"I will gladly donate some."
9455
9456Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:26 PM]
9457"How much is needed? Will it take all of us?"
9458
9459Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:27 PM]
9460"If possible, I would prefer to just give up my blood. No matter how much it takes."
9461
9462Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:27 PM]
9463"Atanas, I know you were doing what you thought was right. It was a hard situation and you did the best you could."
9464
9465Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:27 PM]
9466"And you might have more hands, handless, but you got one less than you should."
9467
9468Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:28 PM]
9469"I apologize if my words were overly harsh, Atanas. I was...scared, I suppose."
9470
9471Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:28 PM]
9472"If we all share the burden, it will be lesser upon us. No heroes."
9473
9474Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:28 PM]
9475"I am used to it, Maegan."
9476
9477Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:28 PM]
9478"Says the one that tried to fight a construct on his own."
9479
9480Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:29 PM]
9481"And more or less succeeded, but that was not the same situation as this one."
9482
9483Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:29 PM]
9484"Loyd, no need for a self-sacrificial party. We all connected to yesab and I be damned if I fail to help again."
9485
9486Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:29 PM]
9487"After everyone else, sans myself, jumped in."
9488
9489Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:30 PM]
9490"It's odd...That beast can't be the same as the one in the lake, can it?"
9491
9492Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:31 PM]
9493"I think it is of the same type. Which scares me to say, since that means there is more than one."
9494
9495Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:31 PM]
9496"Impossible unless the water in the ice pit goes all the way to the Tomb."
9497
9498Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:32 PM]
9499"That room it was in. Perhaps the Lich trapped it in there? As a pet or something."
9500
9501Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:33 PM]
9502"Strange pet."
9503
9504Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:33 PM]
9505"But certainly effective."
9506
9507Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:34 PM]
9508"And those flashes of fire... They hurt much more than any other we've been hit by."
9509
9510Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:34 PM]
9511Ashka stays silent as she thinks of Yesab.
9512
9513Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:35 PM]
9514"Ysbail must be attracting more of them to this plane"
9515"No one brought back anything, right?"
9516
9517Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:35 PM]
9518"besides the child? No."
9519
9520Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:35 PM]
9521"I have a feeling the one the temple has been there for a while. How it got there, I'm not sure."
9522"Another portal, probably."
9523
9524Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:36 PM]
9525"Not to my knowledge. Oh, Maegan. You know how to speak to the dragons, right? I think someone should go the the library and see if the dragons have any knowledge about these fiends. Perhaps some way we can combat them."
9526"Or perhaps simply get them somewhere they won't bother us."
9527
9528Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:36 PM]
9529"If it was there that long, why didn't the Lich unleash it the first time?"
9530
9531Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:37 PM]
9532"Did you breach the temple that deeply the first time you entered it?"
9533
9534Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:37 PM]
9535"Yes."
9536
9537Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:37 PM]
9538"I'll visit the Aerie soon. The Librarian might know something."
9539
9540Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:38 PM]
9541"What is this Aerie?"
9542
9543Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:38 PM]
9544"I am capable of speaking draconic as well, if I am able to be put to use anywhere."
9545
9546Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:38 PM]
9547"I would like to come along, Maegan. If that's all right?"
9548
9549Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:38 PM]
9550"I won't stop you."
9551
9552Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:39 PM]
9553"Keep in mind the more people we have going, the more potions you will need to buy to get there."
9554
9555Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:39 PM]
9556"I won't need one."
9557
9558Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:39 PM]
9559"I'll just hold my breath."
9560
9561Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:39 PM]
9562"Is it through water?"
9563"I am capable of moving through water as if it were not there, and can carry one other."
9564
9565Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:40 PM]
9566"The only way we know of is through an underwater tunnel."
9567
9568Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:41 PM]
9569"I just...I want to help."
9570
9571Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:42 PM]
9572"We really must see if there is some other route that doesn't require that, but now's not the time for that. If you're going, figure out how, whether by Atanas' carrying or through potions or what have you. I fear the worst with that beast being loose in the Tomb."
9573
9574Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:43 PM]
9575"I know this may be dangerous, but maybe one of our stealthy types could check and see what it's doing?"
9576
9577Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:44 PM]
9578"Let me do it."
9579"Please."
9580Atanas's voice is very pleading
9581
9582Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:44 PM]
9583"Are you sure?"
9584
9585Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:44 PM]
9586"Alri-" Damn. Sacrifice postponed.
9587
9588Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9589"I can't let anyone else be lost."
9590
9591Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9592"We must be aware of where it is, but self-sacrifice may not be the answer."
9593
9594Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9595"It is too dangerous to go alone."
9596
9597Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9598"It will not be self sacrifice."
9599
9600Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9601"Ruman can accompany you, he is quick."
9602
9603Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9604"And even if it is, it does not matter."
9605
9606Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:45 PM]
9607"Loyd is perhaps the most stealthy out of us, Atanas, so unless you are confident in your own abilities, I would let him do it. More people means more chance to be seen."
9608
9609Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:46 PM]
9610"Do we really want to risk this?"
9611
9612Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:46 PM]
9613"I can turn into an air elemental and fly, and I can assume elements of beings from the shadow plane."
9614"Loyd is too valuable to lose."
9615"My death doesn't matter."
9616
9617Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:46 PM]
9618"It's the only way we can know where it is and what it's doing."
9619
9620Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:47 PM]
9621"I'm not. Ask Maegan or others I fought. And turning into elementals don't mean shit."
9622"Yesab went invisible before he died."
9623
9624Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:47 PM]
9625"We should not be sending a person."
9626
9627Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:48 PM]
9628"I can't die, okay?"
9629
9630Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:48 PM]
9631"You...can't die?"
9632
9633Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:48 PM]
9634"Death forsake me long ago, I've been alive for thousands of goddamn years"
9635"Every time I die I just come back the next fucking day."
9636"In a new body that isn't my old one. A new race, a new body to learn."
9637
9638Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:48 PM]
9639"But not in the same body. Didn't you say this?"
9640
9641Rainglove#0072 [21-May-17 06:48 PM]
9642I need k religion, arcana, and spellcraft from lex
9643
9644Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:49 PM]
9645"So you can die, but you come back presumably far away from here. "
9646
9647Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:49 PM]
9648Lex'll be in cozyroom
9649"Within a mile."
9650
9651Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:49 PM]
9652"Do you remember the previous life?"
9653
9654Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:49 PM]
9655"I remember everything."
9656"And I know exactly where my corpse is."
9657
9658Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9659"That is such a horrifying way to live. "
9660
9661Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9662Maegan furrows her brow.
9663
9664Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9665"Good. Then you can remember this: Shut the fuck up. I'll do it." Woosh goes Loyd towards the Tomb.
9666
9667Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9668"Absolutley not."
9669
9670Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9671"Why does that man have such a death wish?"
9672
9673Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9674"Did he not hear a word that was said?"
9675
9676Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 06:50 PM]
9677Arvio heads after him.
9678
9679Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 06:51 PM]
9680Vauhan shouts after Loyd. "We need you alive to help bring back Yesab! Remember this!"
9681
9682Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:51 PM]
9683Woooosh. He already gone.
9684
9685Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:52 PM]
9686GOD DAMNIT
9687
9688Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:52 PM]
9689"Some redemption nonsense he's cooked up, I believe. Foolish."
9690
9691Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:52 PM]
9692Atanas sinks to the ground some. "I am sorry for my outburst."
9693
9694Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:52 PM]
9695"What a pile of bullshit he is with all this sacrifice."
9696
9697Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:53 PM]
9698"If he's so insistent on having a deathwish, let him."
9699
9700Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:53 PM]
9701"Why? We need his skills."
9702"And,"
9703"I believe we all have grown fond of him. He has changed, can you see it?"
9704
9705Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:54 PM]
9706"I assume that we doesn't include me?"
9707
9708Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:55 PM]
9709Why would it?
9710
9711Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:55 PM]
9712shut up Loyd go get ray'd
9713
9714Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 06:55 PM]
9715Do you want to be included?
9716
9717Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:56 PM]
9718Atanas takes in a deep breath and lets it out, closing their eyes. And just stays silent for several moments.
9719
9720Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:56 PM]
9721"I don't care that he's 'changed.' A little makeover won't change the past. What he did."
9722
9723Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 06:57 PM]
9724She walks over and places her hand on Maegans'. "Do not be so cruel, there is a change in him and in you to resolve this."
9725
9726Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:58 PM]
9727"*You weren't there.* What do you know?"
9728
9729Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:58 PM]
9730[Some of us were.] Atanas says, in Maegan's tongue.
9731Eyes still closed. Just sitting in the floor.
9732
9733Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 06:59 PM]
9734"...You know High Fortriu?"
9735
9736Soren#1962 [21-May-17 06:59 PM]
9737[I just told you how long I have lived.]
9738
9739Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:00 PM]
9740"I learned it fairly recently, during a war."
9741"That I happened to get caught up in."
9742
9743Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:01 PM]
9744"And what was your...role in this war?"
9745
9746Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:01 PM]
9747"I believe I was human then."
9748"My role was a foolish one that cost my life."
9749"A couple times."
9750"Do you know the term 'collateral damage'?"
9751
9752Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:03 PM]
9753"I know it very well."
9754
9755Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:03 PM]
9756"I was attempting to minimize it. From *both* sides."
9757
9758Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:04 PM]
9759"Trying to play hero?"
9760
9761Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:04 PM]
9762"There is no such thing as heroes, especially in war."
9763"I was mearly preventing more unneeded deaths."
9764
9765Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:05 PM]
9766"Hm. I'm afraid that didn't end well."
9767
9768Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:05 PM]
9769Atanas opens their eyes. "You think that is something I do not know first hand?"
9770"It is why I try to avoid wars. They only bring suffering."
9771"There are no heroes. Only victors."
9772"And those they crushed to get there."
9773
9774Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:08 PM]
9775Maegan sighs. "That is a way to look at it."
9776"If only I'd had a choice."
9777
9778Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:08 PM]
9779"And people after a war are not who they were in it."
9780
9781Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:08 PM]
9782Ashka pat pat her arm.
9783
9784Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:09 PM]
9785"Yes, you should be accountable for your actions, but, not everyone had a choice. Not everyone knew what they were doing."
9786"People change."
9787
9788Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:09 PM]
9789Vauhan remains distinctly silent throughout all this, choosing to fiddle with his amulet.
9790
9791Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:09 PM]
9792"I hope the mad man has not died yet."
9793
9794Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:09 PM]
9795Loyd returns just in time to hear what Atanas. For the moment, he'll just sit outside the tavern.
9796
9797Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:10 PM]
9798"He *knew* what he was doing. All of them did."
9799
9800Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:10 PM]
9801"I am not going to speak for him. I do not know him. But that does not mean one is incapable of regret, or change. Or even of good."
9802"Even if he does not regret it, he is capable of good. He is capable of protecting people. He is capable of caring."
9803
9804Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:14 PM]
9805"I won't sit here and be lectured over this *again.* You have your views and I have mine. Leave it at that."
9806
9807Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:15 PM]
9808"I am not attempting to lecture you. That implies I am doing this antagonisticly. I do not wish to change your views, Maegan, I just wish to simply show you alternatives."
9809"I will, however, say nothing further."
9810
9811Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:18 PM]
9812"M-maegan have you fed the children yet?"
9813Please don't get mad please dont get mad
9814
9815Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:18 PM]
9816"Alternatives? This was no simple war, most of it was nothing more than murder. Children killed simply for having the *potential* to be mages. Forgive me if I am not so eager to be all sunshine and rainbows now that Loyd has 'changed.' He may seek redemption, but he will never attain it in my eyes. Nor any others that were there."
9817
9818Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:19 PM]
9819"I will accept that that is how you feel."
9820"Just do not let it haunt you for your entire life."
9821
9822Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:19 PM]
9823"Oh, yes. So easy for the immortal to say."
9824
9825Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:19 PM]
9826Loyd scratches his neck. Now would definitely be a bad time to come in.
9827
9828Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:20 PM]
9829"Maegan, I have to live with the horrors I have seen *forever*."
9830"You learn to try to cope with these after time. Or you will go insane."
9831"Do you know what it is like to outlive your own children?"
9832
9833Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:21 PM]
9834Ashka coughs loudly. *help me vauhan*
9835
9836Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:21 PM]
9837"Do you know what it is like when any living family you have doesn't even know who you are because you shouldn't exist?"
9838"We all have horrors we have to deal with. And we can either let those rule out entire lives, or we can try to move past them. Which is not at all easy to do."
9839
9840Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:22 PM]
9841"Do you want sympathy?"
9842
9843Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:22 PM]
9844"No."
9845
9846Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:22 PM]
9847Vauhan groans and stands. "I'm tired of this pity party. We've all seen terrible things. Some of us have done terrible things. That's all it is, and all it will be. I'm going to go check for Loyd." Vauhan goes to look for him.
9848
9849Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 07:22 PM]
9850Arvio, who had left to stop Loyd, but was clearly not quick enough. Has finally circled back around to the tavern. Only to find Loyd sitting at the door.
9851
9852Soren#1962 [21-May-17 07:22 PM]
9853"That is exactly what I am trying to say."
9854"We all have our own experiences. We are the ones who choose if it rules us or not."
9855"I do not want sympathy. I do not *need* any."
9856"My past is exactly that. And yours clearly isn't."
9857Atanas leaves.
9858
9859Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:23 PM]
9860This has been going on too long. Loyd stands up, acts like he heard nothing, and raises a finger to his lips when he sees Arvio. Then he heads in.
9861
9862Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:24 PM]
9863"Loyd! Alive!"
9864
9865Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:24 PM]
9866Vauhan runs into Loyd as he attempts to exit. "Oh, you are back. Thank the gods." In more ways than one. "What do you have to report?"
9867
9868Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 07:24 PM]
9869Arvio understands this, and follows him in.
9870
9871Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:25 PM]
9872"Still a giant construct in the Tomb. It seems to be occupying itself with hunting the undead dragons and dragging them around. It looms closer and closer to Afallon with every building destroyed."
9873
9874Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:26 PM]
9875"Then we cannot waste any time. But we must first bring Yesab back. Did you see Lex on the way back?"
9876
9877Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:26 PM]
9878Maegan miraculously keeps her composure. She sends a hateful glare to Loyd once he enters but doesn't say anything.
9879
9880Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:27 PM]
9881"Nope. I was busying looking for something at home before I came here."
9882Scratch scratch.
9883
9884Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:27 PM]
9885"...No, I haven't fed the children. There should still be venison in the back."
9886
9887Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:28 PM]
9888"Mm. Then Lex must not yet be finished." Vauhan thinks of what they can do until the ritual.
9889
9890Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:28 PM]
9891"Can you aid me with that then, Maegan?"
9892
9893Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 07:28 PM]
9894"Vauhan, do your men have siege weapons at all?"
9895
9896Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:28 PM]
9897"No."
9898
9899Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:28 PM]
9900"Gladly." Maegan disappears into the kitchen.
9901
9902Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:29 PM]
9903"We are sorely lacking in anything but manpower and blade."
9904
9905Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 07:29 PM]
9906"Unfortunate, heavy armaments would be a boon here."
9907
9908Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:30 PM]
9909The word unfortunate is starting to sound real sour in Vauhan's ears. "I can certainly see if such things can be built."
9910
9911Cactus#6981 [21-May-17 07:31 PM]
9912Arvio nods.
9913
9914Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:32 PM]
9915Loyd will go sit at the bar.
9916
9917Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:33 PM]
9918Ashka is in the kitchen with Maegan, thinking about babby stuff.
9919
9920Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:33 PM]
9921Maegan is chopping up some venison for the babs. Violently.
9922
9923Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:34 PM]
9924"Slow down, you will end up cutting your own arm off."
9925Pls laugh
9926
9927Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:35 PM]
9928"If I'm lucky." You get a CHUCKLE
9929
9930Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:35 PM]
9931"Gives me something to do while I wait an eternity for Lex to be ready," Vauhan says, getting back up from his sitting position, heading to Wyatt's office.
9932
9933Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:35 PM]
9934!
9935"Arms are important. For holding babies."
9936
9937Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:36 PM]
9938"I suppose that's true."
9939
9940Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:36 PM]
9941"Will you be alright? I wonder how many times you have had conversations like that."
9942
9943Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:37 PM]
9944"Twice now. Bound to be more in the future."
9945"I won't get used to it."
9946
9947Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:38 PM]
9948"You do not have to."
9949Ashka leans back into a wall or door, unsure on how to make this situation better.
9950
9951Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:39 PM]
9952Offer to hide Loyd's body.
9953
9954Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:40 PM]
9955"I can't stand having to...justify it. As if I enjoy remembering what happened."
9956"As if my hatred is *wrong.* Like I'm supposed to wake up in the morning and say 'Oh well, it happened. Not a big deal.'"
9957"I'm not that sort of person."
9958
9959Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:43 PM]
9960She nods. "I understand. I just do not want your rage to lead you to wrong decisions. Just some advice. I think your anger is valid."
9961
9962Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:45 PM]
9963"I will tolerate him, as I have been. But forgiveness is not an option. I doubt he expects it anyway."
9964"And...thank you. For listening to my ranting. I imagine this is awkward for you."
9965
9966Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:46 PM]
9967Now kiss.
9968
9969Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:47 PM]
9970"You are probably right. Forgivness is not necessary."
9971She waves it off. "It is nothing. Least I can do for your wall."
9972
9973Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:48 PM]
9974Loyd wonders how much of this he can hear from the bar. Well, he'll just lay his head down and pretend to sleep.
9975
9976Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:49 PM]
9977"Ah right, that. You shouldn't worry, I won't hold it against you."
9978
9979Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:50 PM]
9980"A-are you sure? You sounded very angry." Ashka imitates an angry Maegan.
9981
9982Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:51 PM]
9983"That was the hangover talk - Do I sound like that?"
9984
9985Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:51 PM]
9986"A little bit higher but just about. Your eyes flash as well, very bright." She laughs quietly to herself.
9987
9988Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:53 PM]
9989"Others have said I had a bit of a...temper." Maegan gives a reminiscent laugh.
9990
9991Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:54 PM]
9992Haha hot.
9993
9994Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:55 PM]
9995Haha dragon.
9996
9997Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:55 PM]
9998Haha hot dragon.
9999
10000Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:55 PM]
10001Haha Bran plains.
10002
10003Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:55 PM]
10004Haha I wonder what she looks like naked no homo
10005
10006Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:55 PM]
10007uhhhhhh
10008
10009Nachtimus#1770 [21-May-17 07:56 PM]
10010haha same
10011
10012Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:57 PM]
10013Haha Loyd wonders too
10014Wait I mean he doesn't
10015
10016Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 07:57 PM]
10017pls
10018
10019Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:58 PM]
10020Get outta here old man
10021
10022Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 07:58 PM]
10023Loyd gets rid of his thoughts by spending time with babies.
10024
10025Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 07:59 PM]
10026"How much do we have to chop up?"
10027
10028Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 08:01 PM]
10029"Not a *lot*. Two slabs should be enough for the both of them."
10030
10031Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:03 PM]
10032Slow women.
10033
10034Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 08:04 PM]
10035Ugh DONT RUSH. Maegan takes the venison to the probably sleeping baboos.
10036
10037Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:05 PM]
10038Loyd is there. He hmms at the arriving women, then leaves the room so they can feed the babies.
10039
10040Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 08:05 PM]
10041Yea get out loser
10042Maegan puts the meat out for them. "Eat up! I know you're hungry!"
10043
10044Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:09 PM]
10045Oh, wait. Loyd returns. "How much venison you got left?"
10046
10047Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 08:12 PM]
10048"We still have most of a deer left but that's all."
10049
10050Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:12 PM]
10051"I'll go hunting soon. Maybe boar next time."
10052
10053Hippocratesi#9485 [21-May-17 08:13 PM]
10054"Whatever you bring."
10055
10056Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:13 PM]
10057"M'kay." Back to doing nothing for Loyd.
10058
10059Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 08:35 PM]
10060Ashka walks out of the back to where Loyd is. "Do you normally hunt alone?"
10061
10062Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:36 PM]
10063"Normally."
10064
10065Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 08:37 PM]
10066Uh huh. "Would you mind company next time?"
10067
10068Goatwright#9050 [21-May-17 08:37 PM]
10069👀
10070
10071Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:38 PM]
10072"I would, but do what you wish. Just don't give my position away."
10073
10074Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 08:43 PM]
10075"Ah well, alright. I have some experiences in hunting, but you let me know if you need help." Worth a shot anyways. She leaves the bar to train outside to get *thicc* and *swole* for when she will be giving away her life energy.
10076
10077Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 08:43 PM]
10078Well, Loyd will go home. Work on his house.
100791d20+6 reeeeeee
10080
10081Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [21-May-17 08:44 PM]
10082@Mathias#1381: "reeeeeee": [3] -> **9**
10083
10084Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:03 PM]
10085Thinking on it (after failing to do more good work on his house), Loyd decides to go find and bother Ashka. "You can come along hunting. Figured with you there, we can bring Maegan more than enough food to last her a month." Because Ashka so strong and can carry things.
10086
10087Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:05 PM]
10088Ashka has her hands on her knees, panting and shit after the training. "What made you change your mind? Thought you might die out there and needed someone to witness you?" Snicker snicker.
10089
10090Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:08 PM]
10091"Yep. Need someone to grab my will, after all." Loyd pats his bag.
10092
10093Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:08 PM]
10094She rolls her eyes, but is happy to come. "What do we need?"
10095
10096Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:12 PM]
10097"Whatever we kill. Deer is plentiful around here, but I don't want to overhunt and steal food from any wolves around. That'll just fuck up things for them and for us. There are also plenty of rabbits around, but rabbits aren't exactly filling. Would like to get some boar and a small bear, if possible." Loyd tries to remember all the animals that are around the caves. He also tries to remember what he has killed so far. Just the dire bear (well, that's Vauhan) and three deer so far, right?
10098
10099Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:15 PM]
10100She nods like she knows exactly what he is talking about. "What do we need to bring. I am assuming I catch what you bring down with those arrows of yours."
10101
10102Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:16 PM]
10103"Rope would be good. I'll mostly be killing them before they notice me, but if you want to get some fighting in, feel free to be an endurance hunter and chase down an animal until it dies."
10104
10105Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:16 PM]
10106"I think I may have some rope back where I have my things. Anything else?"
10107
10108Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:17 PM]
10109"Muscle to carry everything back in one trip."
10110
10111Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:18 PM]
10112She flexes. "That I have."
10113"Just one moment for me to get my rope."
10114
10115Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:19 PM]
10116"We don't have to hunt now." Loyd feels that one of the gods is probably too busy to pay attention to a hunt, anyway.
10117
10118Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:22 PM]
10119"Oh well alright. What are you doing here then?" Well this is awkward.
10120
10121Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:22 PM]
10122"To give you an early invitation for when I do go hunting."
10123
10124Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:23 PM]
10125"That is...nice? You just let me know whenever."
10126
10127Mathias#1381 [21-May-17 09:23 PM]
10128Loyd and his 8 charisma go back to prepare for the hunt... whenever that is. It all depends on the GM man.
10129
10130Doe Heart#8349 [21-May-17 09:24 PM]
10131Ashka goes back to get some sick gainz.
10132
10133Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:05 PM]
10134Maegan in the tavern. As usual. Cleaning the tables and counters. As usual.
10135Waiting for a big STRONK man to show.
10136
10137Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 01:07 PM]
10138Vauhan already has a girlfriend, Maegan.
10139
10140Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:12 PM]
10141A rather large gentleman with a crooked nose and a missing ring finger enters the tavern.
10142
10143Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:13 PM]
10144Good lord. Instead of looking repulsed, Maegan politely smiles. "Hello. You must be the soldier Vauhan mentioned."
10145
10146Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:15 PM]
10147He smiles and approaches you for a handshake, Maegan. Lord, is he missing a few teeth? And he doesn't smell the best either. "Name's Rey. Vauhan told me you were hiring?"
10148
10149Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 01:16 PM]
10150On a scale of 1 to Loyd before he took a bath, how bad does he smell?
10151
10152Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:17 PM]
10153Jesus Christ. Well, as long as he's good at the job. "I am indeed. We need a guard for the tavern. You know, just in case."
10154"So tell me about yourself."
10155
10156Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:21 PM]
10157His hand kinda dangles back to his side, un-shook. "I was a sailor for a good few years, left and joined the Parthian military. Now I'm here. Heard you might be paying a little more for a bouncer than the military's paying for me to sit around."
10158like a 6
10159
10160Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:21 PM]
10161Fug I didn't notice woops
10162
10163Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:21 PM]
10164you can sense motive him if you'd like
10165
10166Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-May-17 01:22 PM]
10167@Hippocratesi#9485: "he's a fukn liar rite": [3] -> **13**
10168
10169Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:22 PM]
101701d20+10 he's a fukn liar rite
10171rip
10172
10173Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:23 PM]
10174You can't tell.
10175He doesn't seem terribly trustworthy, but Vauhan referred him to you.
10176
10177Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:24 PM]
10178Maegan hides her suspicion. "I suppose I am. How much were they paying you as a soldier?"
10179
10180Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 01:24 PM]
10181600 gold a day.
10182
10183Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:33 PM]
10184"Five gold a month."
10185
10186Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:34 PM]
10187"That's it? Even when you were at war?"
10188
10189Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 01:35 PM]
10190To be fair, it's better than Fortriu, where the pay was "some silver every month or so, some bread, and whatever you loot off the battlefield".
10191
10192Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:37 PM]
10193"That's not bad pay for a soldier." He looks slightly wounded.
10194
10195Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:38 PM]
10196Maegan raises her brows, thinking for a moment. "How about I double that? Ten gold a month."
10197
10198Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:40 PM]
10199"Twelve."
10200
10201Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:40 PM]
10202r u fukn hagglin me i can send ur ass back to the camp
10203Maegan looks at him for a moment. "Fine. Twelve."
10204
10205Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:41 PM]
10206"Excellent. When do you need me to start?"
10207
10208Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:42 PM]
10209"Well, I'm lacking in supplies at the moment so we haven't *officially* opened. I'll come find you once the shipment comes in."
10210"Shouldn't be long."
10211
10212Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:43 PM]
10213He nods. "Anything you need in the meantime? I picked up some skills working on my ship." He nods towards the hole in the wall.
10214
10215Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:43 PM]
10216"Yes, actually. You can fix that?"
10217
10218Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:44 PM]
10219"Absolutely can."
10220
10221Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 01:44 PM]
10222(no it adds charm)
10223
10224Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:45 PM]
10225Maegan shoots him 12 gold. "Consider this an early payment. How fast can you get it done?"
10226
10227Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:46 PM]
10228He eyes the hole. "You want anything special done with it or you just want it patched?"
10229
10230Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 01:46 PM]
10231(muh charm)
10232
10233Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:47 PM]
10234look man i dont want a hole in my wall this isnt dahea
10235"No, no, nothing fancy. Just patch it up."
10236
10237Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:47 PM]
10238"A day, maybe two."
10239
10240Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:49 PM]
10241"Sounds good! I'll leave you to it then."
10242now im gonna go wash dishes brb
10243
10244Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 01:50 PM]
10245He leaves to grab his tools.
10246And returns shortly after and sets to work repairing your wall, chiselling away the ragged chunks left by the hammer's less than smooth passage.
10247
10248Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 01:56 PM]
10249):
10250
10251Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 01:57 PM]
10252im sry
10253
10254Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:00 PM]
10255RIP Hole.
10256
10257Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:07 PM]
10258Maegan goes back to cleaning as he fixes the wall.
10259
10260Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:11 PM]
10261tfw the wife comes home with more meat than usual
10262"Maegan? Are you her-"
10263Ashka stares at this new strange MAN in the tavern.
10264She glances at the wall he is working on and glares.
10265
10266Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:12 PM]
10267"Right here, Ash- Good lord, did you drag that thing from Hell?"
10268
10269Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:13 PM]
10270And there is Ashka, covered in dirt, fur, and rain water. She smiles when Maegan comes out. "Oh hello Maegan! Loyd and I wanted to stock up for you. Where should I put this?"
10271
10272Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:14 PM]
10273"Um, just bring it 'round back..." Maegan leads her into the kitchen and points to a big ass choppy-up table.
10274
10275Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:14 PM]
10276She puts the 3 new friends on the choppy-up table. She points her thumb behind her. "Who is *he*?"
10277
10278Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:15 PM]
10279"Who? Oh! That's Rey, the new tavern guard."
10280"One of Vauhan's men."
10281
10282Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 02:15 PM]
10283Rey looks back at Ashka and waves.
10284Toothy smile.
10285Then he goes back to working
10286
10287Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:16 PM]
10288"Is that *so*."
10289
10290Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:17 PM]
10291Guess who is here to ruin the tavern life ONCE AGAIN. It is Loyd. He has his shit for cutting up meat, skinning kills, and pulling out teeth. He heads for the KITCHEN because that is where he does the hacking and whacking and smacking.
10292
10293Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:17 PM]
10294"It is so. Are you alright?"
10295
10296Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:17 PM]
10297"Is it wise for him to be here considering our *children*?"
10298
10299Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:17 PM]
10300"Oh, what's he going to do? Take them? They'll be just fine."
10301
10302Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:18 PM]
10303Noticing an Ashka and MAEGAN talking to each other, Loyd just goes straight to work. He is taking a 10 (for a 20) for all of this skinning, teeth pulling, and meat cutting (this time going for smaller portions than before in hopes that the food will last awhile longer). Ashka can get her super special thing when Maegan is gone.
10304
10305Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:19 PM]
10306Good idea Loyd
10307"What if he finds out?!" She whisper-yells through gritted teeth.
10308
10309Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 02:19 PM]
10310Rey glances back at you
10311
10312Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:19 PM]
10313wait I thought we were in the back
10314in the kitchen rain
10315
10316Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 02:19 PM]
10317shit
10318
10319Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:19 PM]
10320out of earshot
10321ya u fuck
10322
10323Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 02:20 PM]
10324SHIT
10325
10326Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:20 PM]
10327There was another hole in the kitchen.
10328Clearly.
10329
10330Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 02:20 PM]
10331ashka's hammer ricocheted
10332
10333Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:20 PM]
10334Maegan keeps her voice low. "He won't. And if he somehow does, we tell him the same as everyone else- keep his mouth shut. Considering what I'm paying him, I doubt he'll be causing us trouble."
10335
10336Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:20 PM]
10337damn her trick is so good
10338She huffs and crosses her arms. "Well fine, how long will he be here?"
10339
10340Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:22 PM]
10341Boar skins put to the side. Teeth pulled out. Now for the MEAT.
10342
10343Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:22 PM]
10344"...A while? He works here."
10345
10346Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:22 PM]
10347"[Wonder who would enjoy a boar teeth necklace... probably no one...]" Loyd mumbles to himself.
10348
10349Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:23 PM]
10350"Alright." Whatever.
10351
10352Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:23 PM]
10353"Oh, don't be like that."
10354
10355Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:23 PM]
10356Don't let him steal your girl.
10357Kiss Maegan.
10358
10359Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:23 PM]
10360She scoffs. "Like what?"
10361
10362Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:24 PM]
10363"You're pouting."
10364
10365Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:24 PM]
10366She pouts. "I am not."
10367"I do not pout." She pouts more.
10368
10369Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:25 PM]
10370"Annoyances..." Loyd grumbles.
10371
10372Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:25 PM]
10373"What was that, Loyd?"
10374
10375Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:26 PM]
10376"This part of the meat is always an annoyance. Like the gods put it here just to piss me off." There are no leg scratches, so no lies here.
10377"Last time I cut up boar, the blade got stuck here and all I pulled free was the handle."
10378Loyd goes right back to work.
10379
10380Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:27 PM]
10381Maegan rolls her eyes. "I'll be up front finishing the cleaning, let me know if you need anything." And so she goes.
10382
10383Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:27 PM]
10384Ashka looks at Maegan as she exits and scoffs loudly. "Can you *believe* her?"
10385She moves over to Loyd and watched him work but not really watch him work cause occupied thoughts.
10386"Some strange man comes in and she is fine with hiring *him*? No, no, no, I do not think so. Not *here*."
10387"He does not even look *clean*."
10388
10389Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:30 PM]
10390"You're just upset that she might pay less attention to you. She needed a full-time guard for the tavern once it finally opens."
10391"And no, it cannot be you. You tend to go out on adventures, like to the Tomb or a dead plane. Someone needs to be here to guard it and throw out rowdy patrons, because Lex can't do it alone."
10392
10393Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:31 PM]
10394"Me? What does that have to do with me?"
10395
10396Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:31 PM]
10397"You're the only one that got upset that she hired him."
10398
10399Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:32 PM]
10400"W-well of course! I do not feel so comfortable having a stranger next to the dragons." That part is mostly true.
10401
10402Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:33 PM]
10403"Lock the door, don't give him the key. Problem solved. You're acting like a jealous husband... and hold that thought." Loyd leaves Ashka for a second just to go where Rey is and get a good look at him, mumbling about needing a tool.
10404After a few seconds, Loyd returns and gets back to work. "Granted, if Maegan was my wife and someone like that was near her, I would be worried because he seems like the type that would say 'your husband doesn't have to know', but Maegan is not my wife and she's a big girl and can handle herself."
10405Loyd cleans his hand on a nearby rag and then takes out... a single scroll, tossing it to Ashka. "Anyway, there is the thing I promised ya, but I realize it doesn't really give you much information. You can't read High Fortriu."
10406
10407Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:36 PM]
10408Ashka ignores the scroll for a moment, places it down somewhere clean. She grabs him by the shoulders and narrows her eyes at him.
10409"Tell me this, Loyd."
10410"Are you interested in Maegan as a wife?"
10411
10412Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:37 PM]
104131d20+2 I will regret this
10414
10415Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-May-17 02:37 PM]
10416@Hippocratesi#9485: "I will regret this": [16] -> **18**
10417
10418Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:37 PM]
10419nvm
10420
10421Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:37 PM]
10422:0
10423
10424Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:37 PM]
10425But it might be easier to guess at what the scroll is, Ashka! Despite some letter differences "Loyd ap Rhodri" (written in large, bold letters) is at the top of the scroll. At the bottom of the scroll is a (rather large) number with the symbol of the continent's currency. The rest of it, since no High Fortriu, is unreadable to Ashka, though.
10426"Maegan herself? No. She is very attractive, no point in lying about that, but almost every woman that comes to Afallon seems to be attractive, including yourself. If I had a wife that LOOKED like Maegan? I would count myself a lucky man, but me and Maegan? Literally impossible. Never would happen. If Maegan was interested in me, I would take her to the Inquisition to get her head examined."
10427
10428Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:39 PM]
10429That is a lot to take in.
10430Ashka's face goes through several different expressions.
10431First is suspicion, second is shocked/embaressed, third is jealousy, and last one is a slight bit of anger.
10432She push Loyd a little too rough on the shoulders. "Do not speak like that about her!"
10433Her face is red all over and even Ashka doesnt know how Ashka feels.
10434
10435Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:42 PM]
10436Loyd ignores the pushing and goes back to work. "Like what?"
10437
10438Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:42 PM]
10439So red, her freckles are not visible.
10440
10441Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:42 PM]
10442dam that's red
10443
10444Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:42 PM]
10445Red like the blood of them children Loyd killed.
10446
10447Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:42 PM]
10448She moves her hand frantically as she speaks. "L-like she might be crazy."
10449She throws her hand up. "Never mind that, what use to me is this scroll if I can not read it?"
10450She grabs the scroll and shakes it angrily.
10451
10452Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:43 PM]
10453"If she was interested in me, she would be crazy, especially considering how my actions during the war affected her and mages she probably cared about. And you should get an idea of what the scroll is just by looking at the top and bottom of it."
10454"Or did she not tell you the Bright Academy story? Figured she would have by now, to be honest."
10455
10456Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:44 PM]
10457She sighs in annoyance and unscrolls the scroll-y scroll.
10458"Okay it is your name and some sort of...bounty?" Her speed slows down.
10459She looks up to him in confusion.
10460
10461Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:45 PM]
10462Loyd just focuses on his work.
10463
10464Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:45 PM]
10465"Loyd?"
10466
10467Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:45 PM]
10468"Pretty impressive bounty, too, though considering half the crimes Arthfael put on there, I guess it makes sense."
10469
10470Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:46 PM]
10471"Bright Academy? I am not familiar with that name."
10472
10473Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:47 PM]
10474"It was a school for mages in Fortriu. If you displayed arcane ability, you would be taken from your home and taken to the capital so that you can be raised and taught in an environment that would bring little harm to yourself and to the surrounding countryside."
10475
10476Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 02:48 PM]
10477Maegan keeps listening for now.
10478
10479Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:48 PM]
10480"Arthfael, however, explained it to the rest of us that it was basically just a barracks for the mages that were fighting for the High King. If we wanted to get rid of the mages and never have to deal with another 'giant pit followed by filling the pit with lava' attack, we just had to get rid of the academy, which he called a barracks, and no more mage problems."
10481"He failed to mention the kids inside. Oh, right, if you get drunk, just start talking about how I knew there were kids in there from the start, will ya? I told Maegan when she first arrived that I didn't regret it and wished I did it myself, but I did that to get her to piss off."
10482
10483Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:50 PM]
10484Ashka stands still. Each word making her muscles tense. How could he talk so calmly? "...Children...?"
10485
10486Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:52 PM]
10487Loyd then leans over and points to two items on the bounty list. "Acts of Terror. Child Homicide. Yes, children. I killed children... or, well, my actions allowed someone else that I helped recruit murder children. It's impressive the kinds of bombs that they can make. The alchemist had a favorite kind: It didn't destroy the body outright, but when someone... like a family member or close friend goes over to them and tries to craddle them to see if they're okay, that body turns to ash. At least, that is what he told me."
10488"Don't think those kinds of alchemy tricks exist."
10489
10490Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:54 PM]
10491She looks at him and then back to the wanted poster.
10492and then back at him
10493"Loyd." She whispers.
10494
10495Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:54 PM]
10496"If you're going to punch me, stab me, or yell at me, just get it over with."
10497
10498Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:55 PM]
10499"I can not." She stops looking at him and back to the poster.
10500
10501Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 02:56 PM]
10502If Ashka is wondering how Loyd can tlak so calmly, it would be good to look at his glazed over eyes. "Should say 'didn't think those alchemy tricks existed'. When the tower was bombed and I saw exactly what he did, I rushed over to see if I can potentially save anyone. FIrst few people I found that I thought I could save? Poof. Ash."
10503"Anyway, what's next on the list?" Loyd looks over to the Wanted Poster. "Poisoning of crops and water holes? Don't remembering doing anything like that. Desertion? I don't think being presumed dead counts as that. Fratricide? That's only half true." Loyd mumbles to himself.
10504
10505Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 02:59 PM]
10506She does look up and looks at him from the side. Her voice cracks as she speaks. "I was...always taught that a person was destined to be good or evil. A person's fate may change but...never a gray area."
10507
10508Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:01 PM]
10509"I'm personally of the belief that there is no gray area. You can't murder some kids and then save an old woman from some bandits and suddenly clean your hands from the murder. Anyway..." The list!
10510"Thieving, stealing horses, spitting on a nobleman's shoe, oathbreaking... I don't think oathbreaking is an actual crime."
10511
10512Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:02 PM]
10513She covers his mouth with her stinky hand.
10514"Please....no more."
10515
10516Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:02 PM]
10517"Aaaand attempted regicide of the current High King. That should be all of them." And Loyd just finished cutting up all the meat.
10518Perfect!
10519Job done!
10520
10521Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:03 PM]
10522Maegan has an extremely conflicted look on her face. Good thing they can't see it!
10523
10524Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:03 PM]
10525She rolls up the scroll and stretches out her hand.
10526Take it back, Loyd.
10527
10528Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:03 PM]
10529Loyd takes it back.
10530"You could keep it, if you want. If I die in battle and you decide this adventuring life isn't for you, just take it and my body to Fortriu and get a reward."
10531
10532Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:04 PM]
10533She shakes her head.
10534
10535Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:04 PM]
10536"And I can't offer it to Maegan since she has her own bounties."
10537
10538Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:05 PM]
10539Another story for another time.
10540Quite the dumb adult
10541
10542Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:06 PM]
10543Oh yea, big bounty. But that's for later.
10544
10545Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:06 PM]
10546"You said no gray area?"
10547
10548Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:06 PM]
10549"Aye. I'm in the black. I'll be lucky if Erastil will pity me and take me to his realm when I die."
10550
10551Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:07 PM]
10552"Then why the generosity? The self-sacrifice selflessness?"
10553
10554Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:09 PM]
10555"I stopped caring for wealth once I started earning it by looting the corpses left on the battlefield. The self-sacrifice?" Loyd shrugs. "No idea what you mean. I don't intentionally put myself in situations where I know I'll die."
10556
10557Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:09 PM]
10558Where is the leg scratch
10559
10560Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:10 PM]
10561Perception. From Maegan as well, if she cares.
10562
10563Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:10 PM]
10564?
10565
10566Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:10 PM]
10567Roll perception.
10568
10569Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:10 PM]
10570oh my god lmao
105711d20+8
10572
10573Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-May-17 03:10 PM]
10574@Doe Heart#8349: [5] -> **13**
10575
10576Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:11 PM]
10577Does Maegan want to make a perception roll as well or don't care?
10578
10579Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:11 PM]
10580Uhhh
10581Le me get my sheet
10582
10583Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:11 PM]
10584Woooooooooooooooow gurl
10585
10586Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [22-May-17 03:12 PM]
10587@Hippocratesi#9485: "haaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha": [7] -> **17**
10588
10589Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:12 PM]
105901d20+10 haaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha
10591
10592Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:12 PM]
10593Well.
10594Ashka, you don't see any leg scratches on your end. Maegan, however, from her hiding spot can see Loyd doing some hidden (from Ashka's point of view) leg scratches.
10595
10596Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:13 PM]
10597"Liar." Maegan steps out from around the corner.
10598
10599Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:14 PM]
10600o shit
10601
10602Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:14 PM]
10603"Oh, maybe she'll want it, then." Loyd doesn't question the suddenly appearing Maegan. He just gives her the bounty full of crimes that she CAN read.
10604
10605Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:14 PM]
10606Ashka turns around in surprise. "Maegan?"
10607
10608Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:14 PM]
10609"No need. I heard it all."
10610
10611Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:15 PM]
10612"Oh god."
10613
10614Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:15 PM]
10615"Yeah, but you need to present the bounty with the body."
10616
10617Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:15 PM]
10618"Oh, please. You think I can go back myself?"
10619
10620Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:17 PM]
10621"Maybe they'll have a parade for you if you come back with my corpse? Who knows." Oh well, bounty is put away. No gifts for anyone.
10622
10623Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:17 PM]
10624what kinda shit did Maegan do
10625
10626Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:17 PM]
10627Ask Hippo.
10628"...How long were you listening, anyway?"
10629
10630Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:18 PM]
10631"That prince of yours would put me on a pike if I dared show my face in his court."
10632"Long enough."
10633
10634Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:19 PM]
10635Ashka rub a rubs her nose
10636
10637Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:19 PM]
10638"Stop calling him 'prince of yours'. You just said you were listening for awhile."
10639It went silent. Time to salt the meat and put it away before Maegan and Ashka kill him.
10640
10641Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:24 PM]
10642Still fukn followed him. "Whatever. That fratricide bounty, where did that come from?"
10643"There were other ap Rhodris..."
10644
10645Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:26 PM]
10646"Probably after Arthfael learned that I killed my brothers during a battle. And I know it was me because I was the only archer to paint the shafts of his arrows green." To make a point, Loyd takes out an arrow. The shaft is painted green! "So I punched him across the jaw, said... a few things to him, and got 10 lashes for punching a superior officer."
10647
10648Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:26 PM]
10649"So that was you, then." Maegan sneers.
10650
10651Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:27 PM]
10652"Yep. I can hit a man from over 200 feet with ease, but I can't exactly see him clearly from that distance."
10653
10654Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:27 PM]
10655If the tension wasnt so fucking thick, Ashka would laugh.
10656
10657Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:28 PM]
10658Maegan just stands there fuming for a while.
10659
10660Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:28 PM]
10661Ashka has a pretty hard time taking all of this in.
10662
10663Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:28 PM]
10664Gotta put the meat away. Gotta salt the meat. Gotta put THAT meat away.
10665
10666Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:29 PM]
10667"I'd gladly carry your rotten corpse to Fortriu for that reward but I've my own bounties."
10668
10669Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:29 PM]
10670"Shame. Could probably rebuild the Bright Academy with it."
10671
10672Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:30 PM]
10673Maegan looks to Ashka. "You've been awful quiet."
10674
10675Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:30 PM]
10676"I'll take a guess and say she either wants to forget this whole conversation or she wants to smash my head against a wall."
10677
10678Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:31 PM]
10679"I'd love to see the latter."
10680
10681Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 03:31 PM]
10682the wall braces itself
10683
10684Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:31 PM]
10685"This...is much more than I can understand. It is a very confusing feeling."
10686
10687Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:31 PM]
10688"I don't think it's that hard to understand."
10689
10690Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:32 PM]
10691"You have been so kind...and gentle and now all of this? All these atrocities commited but you said you did not fully know."
10692
10693Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:32 PM]
10694"Now you know him for the monster he is. A devil."
10695
10696Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:33 PM]
10697She steps in front of Maegan and looks hard to Loyd. "I think you should leave. Thank you for the hunt. You can go now."
10698
10699Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:34 PM]
10700"Not yet." Loyd has to finish putting the meat away. He won't stop for that. Once he is done, he'll just silently leave and head for his hole. Time to nap!
10701
10702Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:34 PM]
10703Oh boy!
10704
10705Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:35 PM]
10706Maegan watches him leave and then turns back to Ashka, her eyes flaring as they tend to do when she's angry.
10707
10708Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:35 PM]
10709haha hot.
10710
10711Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:35 PM]
10712oh dear
10713
10714Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:35 PM]
10715Ashka looks with concern and places her hands on her shoulder. "Will you be alright?"
10716
10717Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:37 PM]
10718"Not at all, no."
10719"I'll deal with it but I'll never be 'alright'."
10720
10721Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:37 PM]
10722"Is it okay if he does not come back here again?"
10723"I can hunt for this tavern on my own. Maybe. I can make it work."
10724
10725Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:39 PM]
10726"Well, you took down that...thing." Maegan gestures to what's left of the big ass boar. "I'm certainly not doubting your abilities."
10727
10728Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:40 PM]
10729"I never realized what he has done. Oh Maegan you suffered so much. I had no idea it would reach such an awful point."
10730
10731Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:41 PM]
10732"Well, now you know."
10733
10734Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:42 PM]
10735And learned it from Loyd himself!
10736
10737Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:43 PM]
10738"I believe in redemption. But some are a lost cause, damned to whatever fate awaits them. There is no saving him, I think even he realizes that."
10739"No matter how much he's 'changed' or what 'good' he's done since then. None of that fixes anything."
10740"It doesn't suddenly make what was done okay, just because you suddenly felt bad about your actions."
10741
10742Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:45 PM]
10743You just preaching to the choir, gurl. Well, Loyd isn't there, but he is the spirit of the choir.
10744
10745Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:45 PM]
10746"Yes I understand. I will not let him be near you, okay? I will do what I can to keep him away."
10747
10748Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:46 PM]
10749"No no, you don't have to do that."
10750
10751Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:46 PM]
10752"I do not mind, it will ease my mind greatly."
10753
10754Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:47 PM]
10755"Right now, we are co-workers. I'll have to be around him regardless."
10756"Please, don't worry for me. Though I appreciate the sentiment. I really do."
10757
10758Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:47 PM]
10759"I believe I will find it hard to not be here in case."
10760
10761Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:48 PM]
10762Yeah, Ashka needs an excuse to be near her true love.
10763
10764Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:48 PM]
10765Ashka does not realize her hand inches towards Maegan's.
10766
10767Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 03:48 PM]
10768👀
10769
10770Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:49 PM]
10771"I wouldn't mind your company."
10772
10773Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:49 PM]
10774👀
10775
10776Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:49 PM]
10777(!!!)
10778Did this room get smaller?? "I will do what I can to stay near."
10779
10780Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:50 PM]
10781"Thank you, Ashka."
10782
10783Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:50 PM]
10784Now kiss.
10785
10786Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:50 PM]
10787"Y-your welcome."
10788
10789Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:51 PM]
10790Says the Loyd in Ashka's head.
10791
10792Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:51 PM]
10793Ashka's body is dangerous gravitating closer to Maegan's hot bod.
10794"A BATH!" she yell right into her fucking face.
10795
10796Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:51 PM]
10797"Wh-what?"
10798
10799Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:51 PM]
10800"I-i need to bathe!"
10801
10802Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:52 PM]
10803There is only a bathhouse, poor Ashka.
10804
10805Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:52 PM]
10806oh wait lemme edit
10807She steps back to leave this large ass space. "Fur and sweat and maybe blood? Oh my I am filthy."
10808"I need a bath right now to wash the hea-dirt!"
10809
10810Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:54 PM]
10811"Uh, alright. I haven't used the bathhouse yet so maybe I'll join you?"
10812
10813Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:54 PM]
10814Oh my god.
10815She squeaks and stumbles. "S-sure that works."
10816"I shall uh meet you there?"
10817
10818Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:55 PM]
10819"Certainly." Maegan's mostly just messing with her right now. But she'll still head to the bath-place of course.
10820
10821Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:55 PM]
10822DOES MAEGAN KNOW???
10823How long did she listen in lmao
10824
10825Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 03:56 PM]
10826The whole fukn time
10827
10828Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 03:56 PM]
10829OH MY GASDKLD
10830
10831Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:57 PM]
10832She was at least hiding when Loyd was talking about her being attractive, Ashka being attractive, being okay if he had a wife that looked like Maegan, and saying Maegan would need to get her head examined if she liked him.
10833And now Ashka knows why Loyd said that last part!
10834
10835Nachtimus#1770 [22-May-17 03:57 PM]
10836Vauhan is in the bathhouse, resting in the water. Still in his skivvies, thankfully.
10837
10838Mathias#1381 [22-May-17 03:58 PM]
10839GO TO FUCKING #cozyroom FOR BATHHOUSE!
10840
10841Cactus#6981 [22-May-17 10:33 PM]
10842Arvio arrives at the tavern, "I am ready for the ritual friends."
10843"Hello? Is anyone here?"
10844
10845Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 10:34 PM]
10846Rey waves from over by the wall.
10847"They all left a minute ago, think they were headed for Elara."
10848
10849Cactus#6981 [22-May-17 10:34 PM]
10850"Heavens, did I miss the ritual?"
10851Arvio rushes out, to Elara!
10852
10853Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 10:48 PM]
10854Maegan's plopped herself in the office, in a comfy chair.
10855
10856Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 10:52 PM]
10857Ashka's head pops through the door of the office. "I just wanted to make that you rest up alright. I am here if you need anything."
10858
10859Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 10:53 PM]
10860"I'll be okay. Probably."
10861"Thank for checking though."
10862
10863Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 10:54 PM]
10864"Of course." She rubs her nose. "I am your friend, just call if you need assistance." And she pops out.
10865
10866Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 10:55 PM]
10867"A-Actually some water would be nice, if you don't mind."
10868
10869Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 10:56 PM]
10870Nyoom. She already has a glass full for you. "Here. Drink."
10871
10872Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 10:57 PM]
10873Jeez that was fast. "Thank you very much." She gulps it down.
10874
10875Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:00 PM]
10876"Are *you* okay?"
10877
10878Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:02 PM]
10879She runs her hands through her hair and sighs. "Yes I will be okay. I am mostly mentally strained."
10880She leans on the wall to keep an eye out for *something*.
10881
10882Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:03 PM]
10883"If you need to talk, I'm here. Probably not moving for a while anyway."
10884
10885Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:05 PM]
10886She laughs softly. "Now I need you to lie down. Do you sleep here?"
10887
10888Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:07 PM]
10889"Sometimes, to keep the little ones company at night. I might get myself a bed here soon." Maegan leans back, shutting her eyes for a moment.
10890
10891Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:08 PM]
10892"You own this tavern, might as well."
10893
10894Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:12 PM]
10895"I may just end up living here. Why not, I guess."
10896
10897Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:12 PM]
10898"Does um, Lex live here as well?"
10899
10900Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:14 PM]
10901"I'm not sure. He has his own in the Hearth so perhaps not."
10902"Or he stays with Edgar."
10903
10904Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:15 PM]
10905"Will the new *guard* live here?"
10906
10907Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:16 PM]
10908"Heavens no."
10909"I'm not that insane."
10910"You certainly don't like him, do you?"
10911
10912Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:17 PM]
10913"I just think it is a little odd for this stranger to be around the babies."
10914"That is all." She crosses her arms and hmphs.
10915
10916Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:18 PM]
10917"He won't even *see* them!"
10918
10919Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:19 PM]
10920"How can we be sure?"
10921
10922Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:19 PM]
10923"He won't, Ashka."
10924
10925Goatwright#9050 [22-May-17 11:20 PM]
10926Ashka fuckin jelly of this lady so fast
10927
10928Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10929"As I said before, if he finds out, which he won't, he keeps it to himself or loses his job. Simple."
10930
10931Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10932what lady goat
10933
10934Goatwright#9050 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10935this man
10936excuse me
10937
10938Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10939because of the baby she isnt jealous
10940
10941Rainglove#0072 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10942he's YOUR CHARACTER
10943and you can't remember he's a guy
10944
10945Goatwright#9050 [22-May-17 11:21 PM]
10946look I'm not the one playing him here
10947
10948Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:22 PM]
10949"If you say so." She sighs again, tired. "I can make the effort to trust him." She *guesses*
10950
10951Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:23 PM]
10952"He looks suspicious to be sure but he doesn't seem stupid. He'll know better."
10953
10954Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:23 PM]
10955"You have persuaded me. Your words are like magic." Congrats! You calmed the angry mom!
10956
10957Hippocratesi#9485 [22-May-17 11:26 PM]
10958"Good. Now no pouting, it makes me feel bad."
10959
10960Doe Heart#8349 [22-May-17 11:27 PM]
10961"Alright." and her laugh eases into a smile.
10962
10963Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 07:08 PM]
10964Maegan checks up on Ysbail and Cedwyn, bringing them some good ass boar meat. What're they doin'?
10965
10966Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 07:10 PM]
10967Probably sleeping, like good babies.
10968
10969Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 07:10 PM]
10970Playing. Cedwyn tags Ysbail, Ysbail tags Cedwyn, back and forth as they run around the room. Cedwyn has a clear advantage, being older and an actual dragon, but he's letting Ysbail win.
10971
10972Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 07:10 PM]
10973Cute.
10974
10975Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 07:10 PM]
10976>playing
10977that's fuckin kawaii
10978
10979Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 07:13 PM]
10980Lucky babies getting two moms.
10981
10982Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 07:17 PM]
10983"Don't play too rough now. That means you, Cedwyn." Maegan leaves the boar meat on a table. "And *share* this, both of you." And with that, she heads back out and starts cleaning. As usual. Gotta keep the place spotless.
10984
10985Cactus#6981 [26-May-17 07:45 PM]
10986*does it get dirty if no one uses the place?*
10987
10988Doe Heart#8349 [26-May-17 07:45 PM]
10989*damn*
10990
10991Cactus#6981 [26-May-17 07:46 PM]
10992*I mean it isn't open yet*
10993
10994Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 07:46 PM]
10995It might
10996
10997Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 07:46 PM]
10998*Dust gathers up, man.*
10999*And you probably got Rey's stink all over the place.*
11000
11001Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:00 PM]
11002Cedwyn makes the jump from the ground to the table in one hop and starts tossing pieces to Ysbail.
11003
11004Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 08:01 PM]
11005Good baby.
11006
11007Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 08:01 PM]
11008Good big brother
11009
11010Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:01 PM]
11011Lex pads in in fox form for a change.
11012
11013Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:03 PM]
11014Maegan's in the main room, otherwise the building is empty save for Cedwyn and Ysbail.
11015Rey has finished repairing the wall, which is now perfect and whole once more.
11016
11017Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:04 PM]
11018Lex heads over to the kids.
11019
11020Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 08:04 PM]
11021*That's right, ignore your boss*
11022
11023Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:05 PM]
11024Ysbail and Cedwyn watch his approach.
11025
11026Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:08 PM]
11027Lex realizes he didn't think further than this and just sits down and watches them.
11028
11029Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:09 PM]
11030Ysbail gulps down a chunk of boar without chewing on it and continues staring.
11031Cedwyn picks the plate up in his teeth, drops down off the table, and sets it down near Ysbail. He sits himself down and joins the staring.
11032
11033Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:11 PM]
11034Lex slowly approaches.
11035
11036Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:15 PM]
11037Ysbail scarfs down another chunk of meat, then hops up and pads over to FoxLex. She walks around him, examining him.
11038Cedwyn maintains his distance for the moment.
11039
11040Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:24 PM]
11041Lex cautiously leans against Ysabil.
11042All warm and fluffy.
11043
11044Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:29 PM]
11045Ysbail pats him and gives him a sniff. She hmmms.
11046
11047Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:30 PM]
11048Lex is very very afraid.
11049And makes a small cute yip noise.
11050
11051Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:38 PM]
11052She cocks her head and stares at his mouth. That's not a noise she's heard before.
11053
11054Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 08:40 PM]
11055Whenever Arvio gets to the tavern, he won't find a Loyd for questioning. RIP him.
11056Loyd is sure Maegan knows about all the Ashka stuff that happened near his hole, so he won't pussyfoot around. "Maegan! Ashka! In here?" Loyd shouts out as he ruins the beauty of the tavern with his presence.
11057
11058Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 08:51 PM]
11059"Gods, what is it?"
11060
11061Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:52 PM]
11062Lex pokes Ysbail with his nose lightly.
11063
11064Rainglove#0072 [26-May-17 08:53 PM]
11065Ysbail is momentarily distracted by yelling Loyd and doesn't notice Lex going for the poke. She hops back and squeaks in a very un-dragonlike way. She pokes him back and huffs.
11066
11067Mathias#1381 [26-May-17 08:53 PM]
11068Loyd doesn't see nor hear Maegan's future lover. Damn. "Grab Ashka and let's meet near Yesab's library. We need to visit the dragon city, both to help Yesab and to try to find out anything we can about the Lich and the constructs." With that, Loyd leaves Maegan be. Time for the new guys.
11069
11070Hippocratesi#9485 [26-May-17 08:56 PM]
11071"Well, I don't know wh-" Oh, he's gone. Guess she'll find Ashka herself. Maegan calls back into the kitchen area. "I'm off! I'll be back in a bit!" And so she goes.
11072
11073Soren#1962 [26-May-17 08:56 PM]
11074"Okaaaay!"
11075
11076Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:19 PM]
11077oh we should do this here lol
11078
11079Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:19 PM]
11080oops
11081
11082Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:19 PM]
11083"Ah me? What do you need to talk about?" She leans on the wall opposite of her and attempts to relax.
11084Why is she always aware when she and Maegan are alone?
11085She rubs her nose.
11086
11087Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:21 PM]
11088"Anything, really." Maegan pauses for a moment. "Be honest with me. How do they *really* look?" She's talkin bout her demon eyes.
11089
11090Nachtimus#1770 [27-May-17 11:22 PM]
11091👀
11092
11093Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:22 PM]
11094idk rain how do they look
11095
11096Mathias#1381 [27-May-17 11:23 PM]
11097Demonic-y.
11098
11099Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:23 PM]
11100Inky black or something?
11101I forget what he said
11102
11103Mathias#1381 [27-May-17 11:23 PM]
11104They were glowing red when she was angry, so probably red normally, too.
11105
11106Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:23 PM]
11107yeah but is it cute
11108
11109Mathias#1381 [27-May-17 11:23 PM]
11110If Maegan is yo true love, then of course it is cute.
11111
11112Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:26 PM]
11113"I won't be angry, whatever you say."
11114
11115Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:27 PM]
11116She gulps and smile. "They look frightening, but still just as lovely." She tried hard not to lean in too much.
11117
11118Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:31 PM]
11119"That helped, believe it or not." She smiles softly. "...will Jadya be fearful of them?"
11120
11121Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:32 PM]
11122!
11123Ashka chuckles to herself. "The only thing Jadya fears is green food. She is a very curious girl, she will not be swayed from your apperance."
11124"In fact, I think she will ask if she may draw them."
11125
11126Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:35 PM]
11127"Oooh." Maegan laughs. "That makes me feel much better."
11128
11129Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:36 PM]
11130Ashka leans in slowly.
11131And places the back of her hand on her forehead. Does it feel hot?
11132
11133Rainglove#0072 [27-May-17 11:36 PM]
11134Nope
11135unless she's just so mad steam is coming out of her ears I dunno
11136
11137Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:37 PM]
11138dam that's cartoon mad
11139
11140Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:37 PM]
11141"You seem to be doing well, but I am no healer. Would you like to go to the clinic to see if they can help you with anything?"
11142
11143Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:38 PM]
11144"The clinic can't help what's wrong with me. I'll learn to live with it, as I have many things before."
11145"Besides...I brought it upon myself."
11146
11147Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:41 PM]
11148Ashka goes into a semi-panic mode. "Well it has passed, do you need water? Is this room too hot? Too cold? Maybe we need more windows for fresh air..."
11149
11150Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:43 PM]
11151"I have to admit, you're awful adorable when you're like this." Maegan shakes her head. "I will be okay. So long as you teach me to control my...rage, I suppose we'll call it."
11152
11153Doe Heart#8349 [27-May-17 11:44 PM]
11154A-a-adorable?
11155Her face goes red but she avoids that part. "Controlling the rage is not the hard part, at least for me. The difficult area is letting those past moments not take a hold of you."
11156Her attittude switches to grave and serious. "Those moments that could be, the moments of purity that are ripped apart and you are helpless...those are the demons that drag you back."
11157She sits next to her and stretches out her hands. "You can think of them as smoke or fog."
11158She plays with her hands in the air. "You can smell it and see it, but you can not catch." She grabs at nothing in midair and pretends she drops it.
11159"If it does not fit in your hand, then it will not touch you because you can not touch it."
11160
11161Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:49 PM]
11162Maegan nods slowly. "I believe I understand."
11163"When it happened...it reminded me of how it felt to kill. It was a feeling I once...enjoyed...but at the same time I don't wish to experience that again. Elated by the burning of my own people."
11164
11165Mathias#1381 [27-May-17 11:53 PM]
11166The forces that be get the popcorn ready for what seems like story time.
11167
11168Hippocratesi#9485 [27-May-17 11:56 PM]
11169"But this...this was something more. Had I not gained my composure, I may have attempted to kill Loyd right there."
11170
11171Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 12:01 AM]
11172Her eyes widen. "Oh that would have not been good."
11173"Do you believe it would have released the desire for good?"
11174
11175Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 12:04 AM]
11176"Perhaps. Perhaps not. If I had to guess, I would have gone on to the next person. Abyssal blood doesn't care who you kill, as long as you do...so I assume."
11177
11178Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 12:06 AM]
11179She nods slowly. "It is a very powerful thing, and we must do what we can to control it. Maegan, I truly believe in your ability to hold back." She puts her hands on Maegan's shoulders. "You are one of the strongest people I know."
11180
11181Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 12:09 AM]
11182Maegan blushes at that. "I could say the same to you. You are far stronger than I am, Ashka...but it's comforting to know you feel that way."
11183
11184Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 12:10 AM]
11185KISS THE GIRL
11186
11187Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 12:10 AM]
11188"It means a lot, coming from you."
11189
11190Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 12:14 AM]
11191"Oh I am glad you feel that way about me." Ashka doesnt know what she says lol
11192
11193Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 12:24 AM]
11194Hey Ashka! Is it hot in the tavern or is it just Maegan??
11195
11196Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 12:24 AM]
11197I-its getting pretty hot
11198Assuming she has fallen asleep, she tucks a piece of hair behind Maegan's ear and make sure she is cozy. She leaves the tavern after checking on the babies.
11199Assuming babies are good, she heads outside.
11200
11201Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 01:14 AM]
11202dam that's cute
11203
11204Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:40 PM]
11205Time for the tavern to once again be RUINED because Loyd is back and he's got a baby Yesab that needs fixing. "Lex? You working today or did I waste my time coming here?"
11206
11207Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 02:41 PM]
11208Maegan's in the back. ASLEEP. Probably with babbies crawling on her.
11209
11210Soren#1962 [28-May-17 02:42 PM]
11211Lex is still in fox form with the dragons. "Down here Loyd. What do you need?"
11212
11213Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:47 PM]
11214"Can you come out here?" Loyd sets Yesab down on a table, and then takes out that scroll of info Caelia gave him. "It's about Yesab."
11215
11216Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:48 PM]
11217Yesab rubs his eyes as he snoozes lightly. "N-no ap... hhhh.."
11218
11219Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:48 PM]
11220"Come on, Yesab. You've been sleeping too long, anyway."
11221"Sleep any longer and you'll start to look like me."
11222
11223Soren#1962 [28-May-17 02:49 PM]
11224Lex trots down and hops up to cehck out the scroll. "What is it?"
11225
11226Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:49 PM]
11227He waves Loyd away.
11228
11229Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:50 PM]
11230"That's something you'll need to find out. Yesab is dealing with ressurrection sickness and Caelia, the gold dragon, said that you need to do... something in order to fix him up. I presume it's on the scroll." Loyd pats the Yesab. "Come on, Little Tree, time to wake up. We're going to make you better."
11231
11232Soren#1962 [28-May-17 02:51 PM]
11233"Most likely another ritual. I assume I will essentially be giving him my strength at this point, although I will most likely be able to recover from it."
11234Lex reads over the scroll, standing on it.
11235
11236Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:51 PM]
11237"If you need my blood, take it."
11238
11239Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:53 PM]
11240Yesab begrudingly responds, but keeps his eyes closed. "I just wanna sleeeeep."
11241
11242Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:54 PM]
11243"We all do, Yesab, but you might need to be awake if we're doing another ritual. Just stay awake for a little longer and then I'll let you sleep, okay?"
11244
11245Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:55 PM]
11246He blinks his eyes open, rolling over onto his stomach.
11247
11248Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 02:56 PM]
11249but MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
11250
11251Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:56 PM]
11252"Don't fall back asleep. Please."
11253
11254Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:56 PM]
11255"Okaaaay." He rubs his eyes.
11256
11257Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:56 PM]
11258Oh mighty GM, tell us the secrets of the scroll and let us fix Yesab.
11259"I ordered some books for your library, by the way. They might be in High Fortriu, though, so you'll need your friend to translate them."
11260
11261Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:58 PM]
11262"Aw, I appreciate it, Loyd." He smiles, still rubbing his eyes. "He speaks a lot of languages, so I think he'll be okay!"
11263
11264Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:58 PM]
11265"He just needs to be able to read it, not speak it. If that's too hard for him, I'll try to spare some time to translate the books for you." How hard can it be? Loyd speaks High Fortriu and Parthian, after all!
11266
11267Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 02:59 PM]
11268"You know what I meant!"
11269
11270Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 02:59 PM]
11271"Who knows if I did. I'm a bit stupid."
11272
11273Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 03:46 PM]
11274LEX
11275You can fix yesab
11276
11277Soren#1962 [28-May-17 03:46 PM]
11278Lex fixes Yesab.
11279Or spays, Lex is ~~unsire~~ unsure with fey.
11280
11281Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 03:47 PM]
11282oh no
11283
11284Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 03:47 PM]
11285Oh no
11286
11287Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 03:48 PM]
11288Oh no!
11289Loyd pokes Yesab. Fixed?
11290
11291Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 03:58 PM]
11292Since yesab's getting retired I'll say yeah, he gets patched up with no cost
11293if there WERE a cost it'd be 12 ability damage
11294
11295Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 03:59 PM]
11296Free fixing! Oh boy! "How you feeling, Little Tree?"
11297
11298Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 04:01 PM]
11299He rubs his face, floating back up onto his feet. "Better, actually!"
11300
11301Soren#1962 [28-May-17 04:01 PM]
11302Lex did the entire ritual while in fox form, keep in mind.
11303
11304Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 04:01 PM]
11305Better is good news! Such good news that Loyd can't stop himself from smiling. "Glad to hear it. Thank you, Lex." Can't forget to thank the foxxy boy. Pat pat the fox.
11306
11307Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 04:02 PM]
11308Yesab gives Lex a big hug, too.
11309I'm tired kill me
11310
11311Soren#1962 [28-May-17 04:02 PM]
11312Who's Finn Lex wonders. "I think I'm getting better at this magic thing. Restoring drained energy, resurrecting the dead. Maybe I'll make a habit out of it."
11313
11314Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 04:03 PM]
11315"If we're lucky we'll never need you to do it again."
11316
11317Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 04:03 PM]
11318Yesab nods. "That's certainly the hope."
11319
11320Soren#1962 [28-May-17 04:05 PM]
11321"Indeed."
11322
11323Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 04:06 PM]
11324"Well, you can fall back asleep now if you want, Yesab. I'm sure you're tired." Loyd blinks, and then suddenly thinks of something important (at least to him). "Oh! Do you have that journal from the last white dragon still, Yesab? Would you mind if I have it?"
11325
11326Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 04:08 PM]
11327"Well, it's still in Draconic! So you might have some trouble reading it."
11328
11329Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 04:09 PM]
11330Oh right, fuck, Draconic. That language. "Ah... right. Well, never mind, then." That is one path to learning out.
11331
11332Soren#1962 [28-May-17 04:10 PM]
11333"I can speak draconic."
11334
11335Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 04:10 PM]
11336"But! We could probably get Al to transcribe a copy for you."
11337
11338Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 04:10 PM]
11339Oh right, Al! Friendly Al! "Well, if you can get him to make a copy in Parthian or High Fortriu for me, it would be appreciated."
11340
11341Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:23 PM]
11342Oh right, Loyd hasn't seen the babies in a bit. Loyd will go do that. Hopefully there is no sleeping Maegan in the baby room and hopefully no awake Maegan in the baby room.
11343
11344Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 05:24 PM]
11345Maegan is very much awake but still lazing in bed. She doesn't acknowledge Loyd at first.
11346
11347Soren#1962 [28-May-17 05:24 PM]
11348"I've been trying to teach the kids about having a pet."
11349"Hence why current form."
11350
11351Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:26 PM]
11352Loyd is not pleased at Maegan being around at all (because he knows that she'll just chase him out soon enough). He sits down on the floor with the babies, keeping to whispers. "I'm sure Ysbail will be easy to teach. Not sure about Cedwyn." Loyd whisper whispers, and then turns to the babies. He covers his eyes and tries to see if they are entertained by peek-a-boo.
11353
11354Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 05:29 PM]
11355Maegan glares at him but doesn't stop him from doing anything. If they like him, she won't keep him from them.
11356
11357Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:30 PM]
11358So she thinks. They both know that she'll chase him out eventually. Especially once Ashka shows up again.
11359
11360Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 05:31 PM]
11361> peek a boo
11362Omg
11363
11364Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:34 PM]
11365If the babies don't like peek-a-boo, Loyd will just stick to funny faces. Babies love funny faces, right? "Have you bed fed yet today, Ysbail? Cedwyn? Should I carry you off to the kitchen and cut up some yummy pork for you?" Loyd goes into "baby talk" mode.
11366
11367Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 05:34 PM]
11368Ysbail just hops up onto Loyds lap and attempts to peel his hands away from his face with her tiny dragon hands.
11369There will be no peeking and booing here
11370
11371Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:35 PM]
11372"Ah! You found me!" Whisper whisper. Good going, Ysbail!
11373And then Loyd remembers he forgot to ask about more info on How To Raise Your Dragon. Fuck. "Come on, let's get you two something good." Loyd lifts up Cedwyn and Ysbail, carrying them off to the kitchen. He'll sit them down on the nearest table there and cut them up some pork to enjoy. Good babies!
11374
11375Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 05:39 PM]
11376Maegan huffs, watching them go. She's too tired to fight against it.
11377
11378Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:40 PM]
11379Just kick Loyd out like you want to, Maegan. Stop being so upset.
11380
11381Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 05:45 PM]
11382Awwwww
11383
11384Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:46 PM]
11385"Do you know where pork comes from?" Loyd continues to talk to the babies in a whisper even though Maegan is not around. "Pork comes from a boar. Boars got ugly noses like this," Loyd pushes a thumb against his nose to make a 'pig nose', and then completes the look with stupid noises that babies tend to love (or at least human babies).
11386"Well, I say that, but boars look a little better than me, at least. Just ask your mothers."
11387
11388Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 05:47 PM]
11389Cedwyn has 10 int
11390he probly thinks ur fukn silly
11391
11392Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 05:47 PM]
11393Im dyint benny this is so cute
11394
11395Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 05:50 PM]
11396Silly is fine so long as it keeps the babies entertained while Loyd cuts up food for them. "I think this one in particular was the BIG boar that Momma Ashka got for you. Momma Ashka strong!" Loyd does stupid flexes for the babies. Ashka strong! Momma strong!
11397
11398Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 05:52 PM]
11399They just watch
11400But they are clearly entertained
11401
11402Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 05:53 PM]
11403!!!!!!!!!
11404
11405Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:21 PM]
11406Loyd is doing something right! It makes Loyd wish that he was appearing to women so that he could start on his family. Once the food is cut up, he sets the babies down on the floor and then sits down with them. "Aaaand here comes the flying pig!" Wooosh, vrooom, nyoooom! Loyd makes various noises as he lifts up cuts of pork, floats them around, and then feeds the babies.
11407
11408Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:21 PM]
11409AHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11410
11411Soren#1962 [28-May-17 06:22 PM]
11412Lex is just watching this entire thing happen.
11413
11414Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:22 PM]
11415Don't judge him, Lex.
11416"Ah! Ah! The pig is flying higher! Higher! Higher!" A piece of pork for Ysbail is lifted as high as Loyd can lift it sitting down, and then his hand starts to fall. "Oh no! It got hit by an arrow! It's faaaaaaaallling down! Where is it gonna land?!" Probably land in Ysbail's mouth, since he offers it to her for eating. Munch much.
11417
11418Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:26 PM]
11419She watches the whole thing, looking a little perplexed
11420but she chomps it down
11421
11422Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:36 PM]
11423"And another one! Oh no, the arrows aren't hitting! Cedwyn, you have to fly up and get it down!" Loyd lifts up Cedwyn and a piece of pork, making "wooooosh" noises as he moves food and dragon around. Flying! Eat the flying pig, Cedwyn!
11424
11425Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:36 PM]
11426She tries hard to not laugh to herself, but soon you can hear Ashka's laughter.
11427
11428Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:36 PM]
11429Cedwyn just sort of stares at you for a minute
11430It's a really long minute
11431as you wave him around
11432
11433Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:37 PM]
11434Wooooosh!
11435
11436Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:38 PM]
11437he grabs the pork
11438and then returns to looking at you
11439
11440Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:39 PM]
11441"He did it!" And then Loyd hears a terrible, awful sound. A woman's laughter. He sets Cedwyn down with his food, and then turns to look at the laughing Ashka. Apparently even Loyd can get embarrassed, as he quickly covers his blushing face with his hands. Oh gods! They saw him acting like a fool!
11442
11443Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:40 PM]
11444Cedwyn scarfs the chunk down, then hops into Loyd's lap, curls up, and goes to sleep
11445
11446Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:41 PM]
11447Not now, Cedwyn, Loyd has to continue to be embarrassed for himself.
11448
11449Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:41 PM]
11450[tiny snoring]
11451
11452Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:41 PM]
11453Okay, fine, little pat pats for sleeping baby, but Loyd is still covering his face with the other hand.
11454
11455Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:42 PM]
11456Ysbail jumps up and hangs off Other Hand
11457
11458Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:42 PM]
11459She attempts to stop her body from shaking. Loyd can hear deep breathes inbetween laughs. "I... am so-pffftftttt-rry. I di-haha" she cant even finish the sentence
11460OMG!!!!!
11461
11462Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:43 PM]
11463And now nothing covers Loyd's embarrassment-blush face. Pat pats for Ysbail, too.
11464
11465Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:43 PM]
11466Maegan finally wakes up enough to lift herself out of bed, walking into the next room. "What's all this then?"
11467
11468Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:43 PM]
11469Ysbail maintains her grip
11470no patting will get her to let go
11471
11472Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:43 PM]
11473She points to Loyd. Stilllll laughing.
11474
11475Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:44 PM]
11476A sleeping Cedwyn, a Ysbail with a tight grip, a Loyd with a blush practically all over his face, and a laughing Ashka. That's what all this is, Maegan.
11477
11478Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:44 PM]
11479All Loyd gets is a SMIRK.
11480
11481Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:44 PM]
11482THAT'S JUST AS BAD!
11483
11484Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:46 PM]
11485She stops EVENTUALLY and looks closely to Loyd. "Is your face always this red? Unbelievable, this is such a perfect moment."
11486
11487Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:46 PM]
11488"If only I'd come sooner, I could see you make a fool of yourself for once."
11489
11490Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:46 PM]
11491She wipes a tear from her eye and attemps a serious compsure. "You are quite good at this. I must say I am impressed."
11492
11493Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:47 PM]
11494Loyd can only mumble out gibberish.
11495
11496Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:47 PM]
11497'Are you sure you have not been a father before?"
11498
11499Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:47 PM]
11500Maegan tuts. "Aww, is he embarrassed?"
11501
11502Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:48 PM]
11503She giggles at Maegan.
11504
11505Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:48 PM]
11506Clearly. Take the opportunity to keep laughing. "I'm sure..." He tries to cover his face again, but Ysbail is probably still pulling at his hand.
11507And he's still in dad-mode enough to pretend that Ysbail is super strong!
11508
11509Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 06:48 PM]
11510Even if you lift your hand off the ground, she's latched onto it.
11511
11512Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:48 PM]
11513"So here we see our Loyd is not made out of stone."
11514real emotions from loyd????? more likely than you think
11515
11516Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:49 PM]
11517"Had me fooled." Maegan crosses her arms, the smirk still on her face.
11518
11519Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:50 PM]
11520"Are you like this as well when they have to use the bathroom? Or when they have to take a bath?"
11521She places a hand to her mouth to stop laughing. She fails.
11522
11523Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:51 PM]
11524Loyd mumbles another answer. Something about a toy boat and letting them pretend to be captain or a sea monster. Probably.
11525
11526Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:51 PM]
11527AHHHHHHH
11528OH MY GOD
11529
11530Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:52 PM]
11531wew
11532
11533Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:52 PM]
11534She claps her hands softly on Loyd's cheek and baby talks to him. "Awwee who is a large softy?" He cant move them or else the babies!!!!
11535
11536Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:52 PM]
11537Maegan falls into full-blown laughter. A rare occasion indeed!
11538
11539Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:53 PM]
11540Loyd can just shut his eyes and pretend he is dreaming.
11541
11542Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:53 PM]
11543She pats his head. "Why do you not remind me to feed you with a ship next time."
11544She still uses baby voice.
11545
11546Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:54 PM]
11547Loyd raises a brow. Feed him with a ship? Confusion helps him deal with his embarrassment, though not by much.
11548
11549Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:56 PM]
11550Like instead of an airplane its a boat!
11551ya know?
11552
11553Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:56 PM]
11554What's an airplane?
11555
11556Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:56 PM]
11557It's like a flying pig.
11558Loyd eventually gets it and returns to 100% embarrassment. His face is so red!
11559
11560Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:57 PM]
11561Are his cheeks super warm?
11562
11563Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:57 PM]
11564Yes.
11565
11566Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:57 PM]
11567Awh!!!
11568
11569Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 06:58 PM]
11570"Oh Gods, it's like a giant beet!"
11571
11572Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 06:59 PM]
11573"I am certain his face shines brighter than the sun!"
11574
11575Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 06:59 PM]
11576Loyd wishes he could just DIE right now. Loyd tries to get that across, but his voice comes out silly since Ashka has her hands against his cheeks.
11577
11578Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:00 PM]
11579Lex just keeps watching.
11580
11581Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 07:00 PM]
11582They're just jealous that Loyd's being a better dad than they are moms
11583
11584Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:00 PM]
11585look theyve done this
11586you just havent SEEN it
11587
11588Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 07:01 PM]
11589fukn lyin
11590
11591Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:01 PM]
11592Her giggles die down. "Ah my cheeks hurt now." She places her hands on her own.
11593
11594Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 07:01 PM]
11595all they've done is get drunk and munch boxes
11596
11597Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:01 PM]
11598munch boxes?
11599
11600Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:02 PM]
11601Maegan holds her sides, her laughter also dying down. "I haven't had a laugh like that in...ages."
11602
11603Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:02 PM]
11604"Happy to entertain..." Loyd has no strength to try and defend himself or insult the two moms.
11605Please hug his face, Ysbail. Loyd does not wish to be seen by the two moms.
11606Loyd adds a note in his head to only do this type of stuff when he is SURE no one else is around to see/hear him.
11607
11608Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:05 PM]
11609Ashka ruffles Loyd's hair in a sympathetic way.
11610
11611Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:05 PM]
11612"Are you all having fun?"
11613
11614Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:05 PM]
11615"Oh gods, were you listening as well???" Put that embarrassment back to 100.
11616
11617Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:06 PM]
11618"The best I have had in years."
11619
11620Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:06 PM]
11621"I've been watching this entire time. I told you I had been spending time with the dragons."
11622
11623Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:06 PM]
11624"I wish I could capture this moment."
11625
11626Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:06 PM]
11627"It is nice to see you taking part in raising them, Loyd. They need more people."
11628
11629Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:07 PM]
11630"You really *are* very good at this. If only I had you when Jadya was younger."
11631
11632Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:08 PM]
11633Well, it's a good thing there was no Yesab or a Wyatt around to listen. Loyd has no answers for Lex and Ashka. He is trying to will himself to die.
11634
11635Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:08 PM]
11636awwww c'mon dont be like that
11637
11638Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:08 PM]
11639"Look at him, he's speechless."
11640
11641Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:09 PM]
11642"Do you need helping getting up Father Loyd?" She is much more serious now.
11643
11644Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:11 PM]
11645"Just... wash the plate, please." Loyd picks himself up, carrying Cedwyn and Ysbail. As time passes, his face gets less red. Hopefully no one laughs at him again or reminds him of what he did.
11646
11647Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:12 PM]
11648"Take them back in there. It's about time for your nap anyway, little Ysbail."
11649
11650Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:12 PM]
11651Ashka pickes up the plate and sets off to a sink!
11652
11653Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:13 PM]
11654Loyd carries the BABIES back to the office for nap time. Plans to do baby voices to help them fall asleep faster are put on hold.
11655
11656Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:15 PM]
11657Ashka follows into the office and whispers from behind. "No lullaby for them? Now what did they do wrong?"
11658teasing loyd is fun!
11659
11660Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:16 PM]
11661"Gods, don't get him to sing."
11662
11663Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:17 PM]
11664Too late. Loyd keeps to a whisper so no one has to laugh at his lullaby singing. He tries to remember the words to the lullaby his mom sang to him and his brothers.
11665
11666Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 07:17 PM]
11667Ysbail swings from Loyd's arm
11668very much awake
11669Cedwyn is still asleep
11670
11671Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:19 PM]
11672Loyd will sing as many Fortriu lullabies as needed to get Ysbail to sleep.
11673
11674Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:20 PM]
11675Ashka plucks Ysbail from Loyd's arm. "I think he has had enough fun for now, do you not think so little one?"
11676
11677Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:21 PM]
11678Maegan walks further into the office. "Come now, you can play more later."
11679
11680Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 07:22 PM]
11681Ysbail is plucked. She growls indignantly.
11682
11683Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:22 PM]
11684"Ah ah! None of that!"
11685
11686Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:22 PM]
11687"I know I know. Loyd, can you sing to her, please?" She half jokes but half wants to hear
11688
11689Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:24 PM]
11690Loyd already was singing! Loyd takes Ysbail back, and tries a generic lullaby. Suffer under Loyd's singing.
11691
11692Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:24 PM]
11693"[You chose *that* one?]"
11694
11695Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:25 PM]
11696Shush, Maegan.
116971d20-1 Loyd is not a singer. Proof.
11698
11699Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-May-17 07:28 PM]
11700@Mathias#1381: "Loyd is not a singer. Proof.": [4] -> **3**
11701
11702Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 07:28 PM]
11703I'll
11704
11705Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:28 PM]
11706o
11707wow
11708
11709Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 07:28 PM]
11710let you decide what that sounds like
11711
11712Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:28 PM]
11713REROLL
11714
11715Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:29 PM]
11716There are no rerolls here.
11717
11718Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:29 PM]
11719No gods in here.
11720
11721Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:30 PM]
11722Loyd's singing is more funny than sleep inducing. Like a pig snorting the Parthian anthem.
11723
11724Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:31 PM]
11725Pfftttthhhh.
11726
11727Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:31 PM]
11728"Oh my- Just give her here." Maegan takes Ysbail and sings her OWN lullaby.
11729
11730Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:31 PM]
11731!!!
11732roll
11733
11734Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:31 PM]
117351d20+5
11736
11737Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-May-17 07:31 PM]
11738@Hippocratesi#9485: [4] -> **9**
11739
11740Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:32 PM]
11741can we restart mechamicus
11742
11743Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:32 PM]
11744"Really, Maegan?" Ashka, your turn.
11745
11746Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:33 PM]
11747Maegan sorta chokes mid-cerse. She sheepishly clears her throat. "S-Sorry, I'm not sure what happened there..."
11748verse
11749
11750Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:33 PM]
11751Lex quietly casts guidance.
11752
11753Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:34 PM]
11754On who?
11755
11756Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:34 PM]
11757"Well perhaps she can tire herself out?"
11758
11759Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:34 PM]
11760"What, don't want to take your turn? Surely you've sung Jadya to sleep."
11761
11762Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:35 PM]
11763"It has been a while..."
11764
11765Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:35 PM]
11766"Come on, I want to hear it!"
11767
11768Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:36 PM]
11769"Oh haha Maegan surely we can just let herself play for a little longer!"
11770
11771Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:36 PM]
11772"Do it or I'll sing again."
11773
11774Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:37 PM]
11775"And wake Cedwyn up? No no, they need a nap."
11776
11777Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:37 PM]
11778"Maybe if I sing poorly enough, you two will forget about today..."
11779
11780Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:38 PM]
11781She sighs and tries to hold the jumping Ysbail. She smiles at the little baby dragon.
11782
11783Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:38 PM]
11784"I'm still here, Loyd. I never forget."
11785
11786Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [28-May-17 07:39 PM]
11787@Doe Heart#8349: [18] -> **18**
11788
11789Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:39 PM]
117901d20
11791OH
11792
11793Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:39 PM]
11794Momma Bear strikes again.
11795
11796Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:39 PM]
11797+1
11798Lex guidanced.
11799
11800Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:41 PM]
11801Does Loyd hear angels? Have they come to kill him so that he doesn't have to live in a future where Maegan and Ashka saw his dad skills?
11802No, it is just Ashka singing. How beautiful. Loyd is captivated.
11803
11804Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:41 PM]
11805Maegan doesn't say aynthing, not wanting to interrupt.
11806She does cautiously wrap Ysbail in a little blanket though
11807
11808Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:42 PM]
11809awwwww
11810
11811Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:42 PM]
11812Loyd goes to get a little pillow ready just for Ysbail. Cedwyn also gets his own little pillow.
11813
11814Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:43 PM]
11815She coughs and rubs her nose. "I believe it worked."
11816
11817Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:43 PM]
11818"Set her down and then we'll slowly back out of the room."
11819
11820Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11821She nods. "She is just like her..." she whispers.
11822
11823Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11824[tiny snoring]
11825
11826Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11827Pillow is ready for Ysbail, Ashka.
11828
11829Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11830"Is that what you sing to Jadya?"
11831
11832Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11833Let go.
11834
11835Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:44 PM]
11836She nods.
11837also Maegan has the babby not ashka
11838
11839Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:45 PM]
11840Oh right.
11841Maegan, do the thing.
11842
11843Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:45 PM]
11844Maegan gently lays Ysbail on the pilly. "Sleep well, little one."
11845
11846Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:45 PM]
11847Little pat pats for the babies, and then Loyd sloooooooowly backs out of the room.
11848
11849Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:46 PM]
11850Once everyone is out, Ashka slowly shuts the door. pls no creaks
11851
11852Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:47 PM]
11853"Peace and quiet."
11854"...For now."
11855
11856Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:48 PM]
11857"Hmm..." Wait. Loyd looks to Ashka, then to Maegan. Loyd lost his excuse to be at the tavern, and the ship requires that the two have alone time. Without another word, Loyd heads out. Goodbye, Black Chimney.
11858"Go visit Edgar, he's lonely, Lex." Okay, NOW Loyd's gone.
11859
11860Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:49 PM]
11861aw ):
11862
11863Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:49 PM]
11864If you want him to stay, just find an excuse. Otherwise, the ship must be pushed.
11865
11866Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:51 PM]
11867She looks to Maegan. "Well that was...new."
11868
11869Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:51 PM]
11870"I'm sad I missed it. How much did you see?"
11871
11872Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:52 PM]
11873She chuckles. "All of it. It was very sweet now that I reflect on it."
11874
11875Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:54 PM]
11876Lex is busy spacing out.
11877
11878Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:54 PM]
11879"Eugh." Maegan shudders and sighs. "I suppose it wouldn't be right to keep him away if they're fond of him..."
11880
11881Soren#1962 [28-May-17 07:54 PM]
11882Just a little fox in the corner looking at nothing.
11883
11884Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:55 PM]
11885Ashka also sudders. "Should we have an arranged day or..."
11886
11887Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:55 PM]
11888What the fuck is this visitation rights bullshit.
11889
11890Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:55 PM]
11891Maegan thinks about it for a moment. "No...no, let him come."
11892"I won't like it but he'll at least keep them busy for us."
11893
11894Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 07:56 PM]
11895Yeah, so you two can get busy.
11896
11897Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:56 PM]
11898"A-are you sure?"
11899She looks a bit shocked.
11900
11901Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:57 PM]
11902"Well, what do you think? Your input matters as much as mine."
11903
11904Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 07:58 PM]
11905"Mine?" How does Ashka say he wants him around without seeming too friendly?
11906
11907Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 07:58 PM]
11908"Of course. You're raising them too, aren't you?"
11909
11910Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 08:00 PM]
11911"Three parents can help manage two children. But I do not wish for him to cause you trouble."
11912
11913Soren#1962 [28-May-17 08:00 PM]
11914"Four."
11915"I have raised children too, Ashka. I have experience."
11916
11917Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 08:01 PM]
11918Maegan huffs. "Believe me, I'd rather he not be here but the children *are* fond of him...so it seems."
11919
11920Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 08:03 PM]
11921She smiles with excitment. "Wonderful! I mean, that seems to be the logical choice."
11922
11923Soren#1962 [28-May-17 08:03 PM]
11924Lex also huffs a little and pads around the room.
11925
11926Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 08:05 PM]
11927She claps her hands together. "I hope dinners are not too awkward for them..."
11928She looks to Lex. "It looks like they have not eaten you yet."
11929
11930Soren#1962 [28-May-17 08:06 PM]
11931"So far at least."
11932
11933Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 08:07 PM]
11934"Oh that reminds me. I have to speak to Loyd for a moment about something. I shall see you two at another time."
11935
11936Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:27 PM]
11937Maegan's sitting in the main room since the office is occupied. Not cleaning for once.
11938
11939Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:28 PM]
11940Ashka returns, looking a bit frazzled. "Hello Maegan, are the children still asleep?"
11941
11942Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:30 PM]
11943"Mhm." Maegan looks up to Ashka. "Something wrong? You look troubled."
11944
11945Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:34 PM]
11946She rubs her nose and sniffles. "I have talked to Wyatt about the situtation up there," she waves her finger upwards, "..and it does not look... promising."
11947
11948Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:36 PM]
11949"You mean...the Scythians?"
11950
11951Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:38 PM]
11952She nods. "I do not know what I would do i-if Jadya...if they catch her...if she dies..." and the next thing you know she's kneeling on the ground with her head in her hands.
11953
11954Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:39 PM]
11955"Oh, no no no, don't you dare think that way." Maegan embraces her. "They will not catch her. She'll get here safe and sound."
11956
11957Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:40 PM]
11958"We can not know that, there might be something that could go terribly wrong and..."
11959
11960Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:40 PM]
11961Lex pads over and leans against Ashka. "It will be okay. They will be getting the civilians out of the way long before any scythians could ever get near them."
11962
11963Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:40 PM]
11964"Ashka, please."
11965
11966Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:40 PM]
11967"Please do not dread the possibilities."
11968
11969Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:40 PM]
11970"Stop that."
11971
11972Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:41 PM]
11973"Ashka, you are here with people who love you. And soon she will be as well. Do you think she would fight against her illness this entire time just to be taken down by a scythian? She is *your* daughter. There is no way something that small can best her."
11974
11975Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:41 PM]
11976"What if they follow." Her voice is at a whisper.
11977
11978Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:42 PM]
11979"If they follow, we will be here to face them."
11980
11981Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:42 PM]
11982She looks at Lex and gives a shaky laugh. "Perhaps you are correct."
11983
11984Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:42 PM]
11985"The others here have faced them before and won."
11986
11987Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:42 PM]
11988"We have plenty time to prepare, don't we?"
11989
11990Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:43 PM]
11991"Just try to think about everything you will have to show her when she arrives."
11992"She would not wish to see her mother crying, would she?" Lex noses her.
11993
11994Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:45 PM]
11995She nods, her head bobbing up and down to try and clear her head. She stands up and uses her arm to wipe her face. "Yes, yes! You are correct. I have to be strong for her! To show her how to headlock a man! To show how to crack wood!" She has a fire in her eyes and she is F L E X I N G.
11996
11997Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:45 PM]
11998"We will all have so much to show her."
11999
12000Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:46 PM]
12001"She'll be surrounded by people who'll love her."
12002"Now, no more worrying. You'll only stress yourself."
12003
12004Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:49 PM]
12005"And Ashka? If you are ever...worried or stressed out about what could happen, you can talk with me. I am a good listener."
12006"And I'm always here."
12007
12008Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:49 PM]
12009She pulls both of them into an ASHKA HUG, nice and tight.
12010"I thank you both, I do feel better now."
12011
12012Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:49 PM]
12013"As am I- Oh!" Maegan is hugged. Another one of THESE.
12014
12015Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:50 PM]
12016Lex is still a tiny fox and is squished.
12017
12018Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:51 PM]
12019SQUEEZE
12020
12021Soren#1962 [28-May-17 09:52 PM]
12022"Ashka as much as I like being where you are pressing me, I can't breathe"
12023
12024Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:52 PM]
12025"As I..." Oh god the squeezing. "As I was saying, I am always here for you, Ashka. Whenever you need me."
12026
12027Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 09:54 PM]
12028"Ah? Oh! My apologizes." and she drops the two.
12029
12030Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 09:57 PM]
12031Maegan exhales. "Whew, thank you."
12032
12033Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:00 PM]
12034Lex remains floating at about the level he was at. "Thank you. I do appreciate the affection though. I am glad you are feeling better."
12035
12036Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:00 PM]
12037She smiles and yawns for a bit. "Today has been quite a day."
12038
12039Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:01 PM]
12040"You sleep in the encampment, don't you? Why don't you use my bed in the back?"
12041
12042Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:02 PM]
12043ofvjasd
12044
12045Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:03 PM]
12046"Its a really comfy one."
12047
12048Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:03 PM]
12049Ashka chokes and coughs. "I am a large woman Maegan, I do not think the both of us would fit in there."
12050
12051Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:04 PM]
12052"I mean, I don't know anything about that I've never been in your bedroom"
12053
12054Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:04 PM]
12055Maegan gives Lex a look. She'll let him slide though. "Please, it's quite alright. You've helped me so much, it's only fair I give in return."
12056
12057Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 10:05 PM]
12058Gives a Lex, you say?
12059
12060Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:05 PM]
12061"And I won't take no for an answer."
12062Woops
12063
12064Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:05 PM]
12065stop bully benny
12066"N-no? Well alright, if you...insist."
12067"A BATH. I have to bathe, it-it has been a long day."
12068
12069Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:08 PM]
12070"Oh. Alright. Well, the bed will be ready by the time you return." Maegan gives a warm smile.
12071
12072Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:08 PM]
12073"Are you going to be able to manage that by yourself in your current state, Ashka? You seem flustered."
12074"I can assist if you need."
12075
12076Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:10 PM]
12077"I can BATHE by myself! I just need a moment, it seems too warm in here." She leaves in a hurry.
12078
12079Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:11 PM]
12080Maegan watches her leave. "It's fun to see her get all blushed."
12081
12082Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:14 PM]
12083"It really, really is."
12084Lex turns to her. "Maegan, how do you feel about Ashka, seriously?"
12085"I know you two are friends and are becoming closer, but do you have...intentions?"
12086
12087Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:14 PM]
12088"What do you mean?"
12089
12090Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:14 PM]
12091"What I mean is do you have feelings for her?"
12092
12093Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:14 PM]
12094👀
12095
12096Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:14 PM]
12097"Past friendship."
12098"I know it would most likely be too early for anything past friendship, but is there a spark there?"
12099"I saw how you two were when you drank. I saw how you have acted around each other since then, like two blushing kits."
12100
12101Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:16 PM]
12102"It does look that way, doesn't it?" Maegan mumbles a bit. "I-I...*suppose* so."
12103"I'm just not sure if she feels the same. And...I don't know how Jadya would react to something like that."
12104
12105Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:17 PM]
12106"Please don't feel like I am pressuring you to make any descisions. I am merely curious."
12107"And, I suppose, I want you to be able to speak freely and get your feelings out. So you do not need to hide them."
12108Lex puts a paw on Maegan's hand. "Jadya is a child, she will adapt to whatever comes her way. Look at *everything else* she will have to deal with when she comes here. We have fuzzy folk, we have *me*, we have a four armed strange person, there is Vauhan and Loyd. Edgar even. You and her mom being together won't be the strangest thing."
12109
12110Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:19 PM]
12111"Well, when you put it that way..." Maegan chuckles.
12112
12113Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:19 PM]
12114"I am sure she will like you. You have interesting stories to tell, cool things you can do, you are so pretty. She will love you."
12115"And you are good with kids, as we have seen."
12116
12117Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:20 PM]
12118Maegan can't hold back her smile. "Thank you, Lex. I know we've had our...differences, but I *am* glad to have met you. You've been a big help."
12119
12120Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:21 PM]
12121"I am glad I've met you too, Maegan. I am sorry about us having butt heads in the past. But I do consider you my family."
12122
12123Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 10:22 PM]
12124Ha! Gay!
12125
12126Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:22 PM]
12127"And I feel the same...to most of you."
12128
12129Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:23 PM]
12130"I understand why not all of us are included. Some can never be for you, and that is perfectly okay."
12131Lex leans against her more. "You have your past. You never need to change how you feel about certain people. Some things can never change, and that is okay. There is nothing wrong with you because of how you feel."
12132
12133Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:24 PM]
12134"It's nice to hear that from someone else for a change."
12135"I was...honestly starting to feel like I was in the wrong."
12136
12137Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:26 PM]
12138"I thought differently in the past. It is true that anyone can change, Loyd could very well be a saint now, but it does not change what he did to you in the past. He will never gain the right to be forgiven by you for what he did. You are not wrong to be hurt."
12139"Not everyone can move on from the past. The past lingers with us for quite some time, especially when it is something that big."
12140"You know what happened there better than any of us. So it is okay."
12141
12142Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:27 PM]
12143"Thank you. Sincerely." Maegan sniffles. "You don't know how much it means to me to hear you say that."
12144
12145Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:30 PM]
12146Lex can't hug her, so he just cuddles against her. "Your feelings are valid and you don't have to defend them, no matter what others say." He pawses for a moment. "We shouldn't be discussing such sour things though. We should take our own advice on what we were just saying to Ashka. Think of happier things."
12147
12148Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:30 PM]
12149>pawses
12150
12151Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:30 PM]
12152"You're right. Again, thank you."
12153
12154Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:33 PM]
12155"Anytime, Maegan. As I said for Ashka, I am always here if you need to talk. I am more than a pretty face and great cooking."
12156"I will make sure to keep an eye on the kids when Ashka comes back, to make sure you two have some alone time without any interuptions."
12157
12158Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:35 PM]
12159"Yes...that would be nice. It's about time we talked."
12160
12161Soren#1962 [28-May-17 10:36 PM]
12162Lex shifts back into his usual form. "I know you can do it. Just say what you feel and things will be okay. Spirits know that girl needs someone to care for her for a change. Honestly, that goes for you, too. Both of you have been down a rough road."
12163"And even close friendship can be enough. It does not need to be romantic. Just take yourselves wherever your hearts lead you." He gives a small smile. "Now I am going to go check on the little ones." And he makes his leave.
12164
12165Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:42 PM]
12166Ashka slams back in, her hair still wet despite towel drying it very fast. Her face is red from the steam of a very hot bath. She is ready.
12167
12168Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:43 PM]
12169"...Did you have time to dry?"
12170
12171Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:45 PM]
12172"Drying? Ah yes I should tend to that." and she leaves again.
12173
12174Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:46 PM]
12175"Wait, I-...She actually left."
12176
12177Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 10:47 PM]
12178Follow her!
12179
12180Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:50 PM]
12181I-I don't want to interrupt
12182
12183Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 10:51 PM]
12184Yes you do!
12185
12186Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:51 PM]
12187She comes back again, her hair a little more dry.
12188She yawns and rubs her nose. "A-are you sure there is room?"
12189
12190Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:52 PM]
12191"There's plenty room. But...before that, can we talk a moment?"
12192
12193Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:53 PM]
12194She stops breathing for one moment. "What is wrong?"
12195
12196Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:54 PM]
12197"Nothing. Just sit." Maegan pulls up a chair.
12198
12199Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:54 PM]
12200Ashka sits.
12201She rubs her nose.
12202
12203Goatwright#9050 [28-May-17 10:54 PM]
12204oooo fug
12205
12206Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:56 PM]
12207Maegan takes a deep breath. Let's start with this. "Ashka, how do you feel about our...relationship?"
12208
12209Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:57 PM]
12210She raises an eyebrow. "I think we have acomplished a lot together, we have fun and we have learn to speak about our deeperselves to one another. I enjoy our friendship." (:
12211"Have I done something wrong?"
12212
12213Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:58 PM]
12214"Stop worrying! *Nothing is wrong.*"
12215
12216Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 10:58 PM]
12217ouch.
12218
12219Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 10:58 PM]
12220Just kiss her and get it over with, Maegan.
12221
12222Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 10:59 PM]
12223"I was wondering because...well, Lex has pointed out that we seem to be going...beyond that."
12224"Gods, I'll just come out and say it. I want to be more than just friends."
12225
12226Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:00 PM]
12227"G-good friiiends?" All that muscle, no brain...
12228
12229Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 11:00 PM]
12230Maybe she means BEST FRIENDS?
12231
12232Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:01 PM]
12233Maegan inhales and then exhales. "P-Potentially...lovers?"
12234
12235Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:01 PM]
12236O:
12237
12238Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:01 PM]
12239"Now I don't want to force you into anything! I just...I just felt I should tell you have I feel."
12240How* fuck
12241
12242Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:03 PM]
12243Ashka stands up and knocks the chair over by accident. Her face is very red, but not from steam. "Oh my Maegan! L-lovers... that is quite the leap, I uh, do not know what," she coughs and rubs her nose until it might as well break off. She tugs at her collar, "With all the...you know.. and Loyd... and Jadya... and perhaps..." She is off the rails rambling now.
12244
12245Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:05 PM]
12246Maegan realizes she handled this horribly. "Gods, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this..."
12247
12248Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:06 PM]
12249Seeing Maegan upset breaks something in Ashka and she leans forward but catches herself before she places her hands on Maegan. "No no no, it is not...please do not feel terrible. It is just...I do not know I am quite confused and the...timing of this.."
12250"Maegan I am so sorry."
12251"I do feel strongly about you..."
12252
12253Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:07 PM]
12254"No, it was stu- What?"
12255
12256Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:08 PM]
12257"I do not know, it has been years for me to remember what any of that feels like. But if we are talking about how we feel, all I know is that I feel very strongly for you." She places a hand on Maegan's cheek.
12258
12259Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:10 PM]
12260"Truly? You mean that?" Maegan places her hand on top of Ashka's. "I-It's just...for the first time in years, I feel true happiness. And I never want that to end."
12261
12262Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:10 PM]
12263oh shit
12264"Maegan..."
12265And then
12266She leans in and kisses
12267her forehead (:
12268and then Ashka goes in for a kiss on the lips.
12269
12270Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:12 PM]
12271Maegan leans in, meeting her halfway.
12272
12273Doe Heart#8349 [28-May-17 11:15 PM]
12274Ashka grabs her by the waist and looks to her. "You mentioned a bed large enough for the both of us?"
12275AND THEN THEY WRESTLED.
12276
12277Hippocratesi#9485 [28-May-17 11:16 PM]
12278"Oh, yes I di-" Oh boy wrestling
12279
12280Rainglove#0072 [28-May-17 11:16 PM]
12281Pinned a message.
12282
12283Mathias#1381 [28-May-17 11:20 PM]
12284You're supposed to put it in all caps, jeez.
12285
12286Soren#1962 [30-May-17 09:21 AM]
12287Lex hears *everything*
12288
12289Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 09:22 AM]
12290👀
12291
12292Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 09:23 AM]
12293Revenge for Edgar's poor brother.
12294
12295Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 09:59 AM]
12296Hope the babies don't hear everything. Hippo did say the babies sleep in the same room that Maegan's bed is in.
12297
12298Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:01 AM]
12299They were asleep
12300They wouldnt hear anything
12301
12302Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:01 AM]
12303Unless the noise woke 'em up.
12304
12305Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 10:11 AM]
12306The moaning probably woke them up
12307
12308Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:11 AM]
12309Lex said they were taking care of the babies
12310
12311Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 10:11 AM]
12312Fuckin' terrible moms
12313Tbh
12314
12315Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:11 AM]
12316Terrible moms.
12317
12318Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:12 AM]
12319He said he look after them!!!!!!!!!
12320
12321Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:12 AM]
12322Loyd is gonna take them to court and get full custody.
12323
12324Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:12 AM]
12325Shhhhuuuushhhh!!!!!!!!
12326
12327Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 10:12 AM]
12328Yesab's the lawyer
12329
12330Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:12 AM]
12331Plus the babies are in another room its fine
12332
12333Rainglove#0072 [30-May-17 10:25 AM]
123341d20 moaning volume
12335
12336Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-May-17 10:25 AM]
12337@Rainglove#0072: "moaning volume": [7] -> **7**
12338
12339Rainglove#0072 [30-May-17 10:25 AM]
12340Yeah they're fine
12341
12342Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:26 AM]
12343That doesn't take into account Ashka's barbarian level.
12344
12345Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:28 AM]
12346She can contain herself when she is doing all the work
12347Also how can she moan if her mouth is full?????
12348
12349Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 10:29 AM]
12350>when she is doing all the work
12351wow are you implying maegan is selfish
12352bully
12353
12354Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:29 AM]
12355she is SPOILING HER
12356
12357Goatwright#9050 [30-May-17 10:30 AM]
12358you bully hippo OOC and IC
12359can't believe this
12360
12361Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:30 AM]
12362WHAT
12363
12364Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:32 AM]
12365This is an abusive relationship.
12366
12367Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:35 AM]
12368I'll have you know Maegan is a GOOD PARTICIPANT
12369
12370Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:36 AM]
12371Not tonight.
12372Stay down like a good girl.
12373
12374Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:37 AM]
12375o-okay
12376
12377Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:38 AM]
12378Roll stealth to avoid waking up the babies.
12379
12380Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:38 AM]
12381Nah, Loyd ain't watching you can't tell us what to do
12382
12383Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:38 AM]
12384Babies are waking up now.
12385
12386Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:39 AM]
12387Do I roll not to bloodrage?
12388
12389Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:39 AM]
12390Yes.
12391
12392Doe Heart#8349 [30-May-17 10:40 AM]
12393We are in a different room its fine!!!!!!
12394
12395Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:40 AM]
123961d20+11 jokes on you it doesn't matter
12397
12398Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [30-May-17 10:40 AM]
12399@Hippocratesi#9485: "jokes on you it doesn't matter": [14] -> **25**
12400
12401Mathias#1381 [30-May-17 10:42 AM]
12402Sorry, the DC was 50.
12403
12404Hippocratesi#9485 [30-May-17 10:43 AM]
12405shit
12406
12407Soren#1962 [30-May-17 11:58 AM]
12408Lex just has keen fox ears.
12409And was pressed against the wall.
12410
12411Soren#1962 [31-May-17 11:40 AM]
12412Lex contemplates how retirement sucks. Especially after Yesab died while he wasn't there, and decides not to let something like that happen again.
12413
12414Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 11:48 AM]
12415There's a quiet but clearly audible *ding* as lex regains his mainline PC status
12416
12417Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 11:49 AM]
12418And then Atanas died on the way back to their home planet.
12419Permanently.
12420
12421Soren#1962 [31-May-17 12:03 PM]
12422Atanas decided everyone in the caves suck and went back to reclaim jutland
12423With their new found spell resistance, they should be able to overtake the druid enclave there
12424
12425Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:12 PM]
12426Maegan stumbles out of bed, feeling pretty good for once. She checks on the babbies. What're they doing?
12427
12428Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 05:13 PM]
12429Sleeping in a small dragon pile
12430
12431Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:13 PM]
12432nice
12433
12434Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:17 PM]
12435"Hello Maegan. Did you have a good night?"
12436
12437Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:18 PM]
12438"Oh, yes. Very good." Maegan makes herself some coffee. "I hope we didn't...disturb you."
12439
12440Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:20 PM]
12441"I could tell."
12442Lex has a big stupid grin on his face.
12443
12444Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:21 PM]
12445"Oh, Gods. I'm sorry." Maegan tries to hide her face.
12446
12447Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:21 PM]
12448"Nothing to apologize for. I am glad you and Ashka have each other."
12449"It sounded like something you needed."
12450
12451Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:23 PM]
12452Her face is bright red. "I- Well we- I suppose I did..."
12453
12454Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:32 PM]
12455Lex pats her shoulder. "There is nothing to be embarrassed about. It is perfectly okay and natural to need companionship like that."
12456
12457Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:34 PM]
12458"I'm more embarrassed by how loud we apparently were...but thank you anyway. I feel a lot happier since then." Maegan takes a sip of coffee.
12459
12460Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:35 PM]
12461"If it makes you feel better, I have very keen hearing when it comes to...higher pitched noises." His ears twitch.
12462
12463Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:37 PM]
12464"I...don't know if it does or not."
12465
12466Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 05:39 PM]
12467How lewd.
12468
12469Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:44 PM]
12470"Might as well fix the children their breakfast." Maegan gets some fuckin' MEAT and puts two plates out for the dragons. Surely the smell will wake them up.
12471
12472Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 05:45 PM]
12473It does, and within a few seconds of you producing breakfast they're both awake and at your feet, staring up at you.
12474
12475Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:46 PM]
12476"Good morning! How are my little ones today?" She puts the plates down on a table.
12477
12478Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 05:47 PM]
12479They both scramble up a chair and then up onto the table.
12480Ysbail hasn't grown a lot, but you can notice the changes even in the short time you've had her. Her muscles are becoming more developed, and she's just a liiiiittle bit taller.
12481They both chomp down their food.
12482
12483Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 05:49 PM]
12484Bad news, Maegan: Loyd has entered the tavern. Good news, Maegan: Loyd doesn't see anyone and just leaves a note addressed to you, Lex, and Ashka on the bar counter. Then he's out as quick as he came in.
12485
12486Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:49 PM]
12487"You're getting big, aren't you Ysbail? Soon you'll be as big as I am!" Maegan scritches Ysbail's head.
12488
12489Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 05:50 PM]
12490Ysbail takes a break from eating to lean back into head scritches.
12491Ahhhhh yes.
12492
12493Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:54 PM]
12494Maegan also gives Cedwyn some scritches so he doesn't get jealous. "I'll leave you two to eat then. I'll be up front, okay?" Maegan starts to walk out of the room. "And don't wake up your, uh, other mum!" She then heads out front and finds Loyd's note. What's it say?
12495
12496Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 05:54 PM]
12497Cedwyn is at first jealous but is pacified.
12498
12499Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:56 PM]
12500Lex smiles a little when Maegan says that, then he goes to town on the coffee
12501
12502Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 05:57 PM]
12503```To Maegan, Lex, Ashka,
12504
12505Please get a meal for 8 ready for later. About time we discuss how we're going to deal with the Lich and the Constructs once and for all. Also a good time to hand out whatever magical items we have gotten from the Librarian and Edgar. (Below is a drawing of a horn, with the words 'Didn't we have a good version of this?' under it). If you got your drinks from Edgar, please provide those as well. Just don't provide too much alcohol. Otherwise, water will be fine. Thank you.
12506
12507Loyd ap Rhodri```
12508
12509Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 05:57 PM]
12510Maegan raises a brow and heads back into the kitchen, handing the note to Lex. "Seems we're having a 'party'."
12511
12512Soren#1962 [31-May-17 05:59 PM]
12513"Oh? What for?"
12514
12515Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:00 PM]
12516"Loyd wants to discuss the Lich situation."
12517"I hate to say it, but I'll have to agree."
12518
12519Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:08 PM]
12520"Given what I heard about last time, I also have to agree."
12521"And...I am going to come with when we end this. I don't want to lose anyone else, after what happened with Yesab."
12522
12523Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:10 PM]
12524"We'd be glad to have you. I feel your powers would be useful here."
12525"And if you'd like help cooking, I'd be happy to help. Serving for 8 people is quite a lot."
12526
12527Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:12 PM]
12528"I would love the company at least. I like spending time with you."
12529
12530Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:15 PM]
12531Maegan chuckles. "Well, this should be fun then."
12532
12533Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 06:15 PM]
12534Says the woman who can't cook.
12535
12536Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:16 PM]
12537oh you think so pal
12538rain what do i roll to COOK
12539
12540Cactus#6981 [31-May-17 06:16 PM]
12541pssst, profession cook
12542
12543Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 06:16 PM]
12544^
12545
12546Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:17 PM]
125471d20+1 i'll show you
12548
12549Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [31-May-17 06:17 PM]
12550@Hippocratesi#9485: "i'll show you": [19] -> **20**
12551
12552Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 06:17 PM]
12553you showed me
12554
12555Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:17 PM]
12556I'LL SHOW YOU ALL
12557
12558Rainglove#0072 [31-May-17 06:19 PM]
12559you cook p fukn good
12560
12561Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:22 PM]
125621d20+11
12563
12564Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [31-May-17 06:22 PM]
12565@Soren#1962: [4] -> **15**
12566
12567Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:22 PM]
12568Lex has his mind on...certain other things.
12569
12570Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 06:23 PM]
12571Like Edgar â¤
12572
12573Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:23 PM]
12574"This is actually quite easy! I didn't know!" Maegan is a-cookin'.
12575
12576Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:24 PM]
12577"It can be, depending on what you are trying to do. It is a mixture of science and art if you truly wish to master it. But you are doing amazing!"
12578
12579Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:25 PM]
12580This'll be some good ass boar
12581"This should be delicious! Gods, I can't wait to try this."
12582
12583Mathias#1381 [31-May-17 06:28 PM]
12584It's only breakfast, woman. You're making dinner so early.
12585
12586Hippocratesi#9485 [31-May-17 06:29 PM]
12587we can STORE it
12588
12589Soren#1962 [31-May-17 06:36 PM]
12590"It is good that we are getting started so early. This'll take time to properly cook and marinate."
12591
12592Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:02 PM]
12593Lex helps finish getting the food set up. "Everyone should be arriving soon, it seems."
12594
12595Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:05 PM]
12596"Aye. I'll get the tables set up." Maegan heads out front and, well, sets the tables.
12597
12598LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:05 PM]
12599Mary arrives! "Oh! Would you like help with the food, Lex?"
12600
12601Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:06 PM]
12602"Oh hello Mary. I haven't seen you around much lately. That would be lovely, we just about got it all set up. There is a gathering tonight, I'm sure you were informed."
12603
12604Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:09 PM]
12605Everyone arrives precisely when they want to
12606
12607LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:09 PM]
12608"Yup, I was!" Mary nods, hopping to help. "Haha, I apoligize! I easily get way too involved in my own stuff."
12609
12610Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:10 PM]
12611"Oh it is fine, I've been pretty involved in this tavern and my own research lately to accompany any of you out recently, so I know what it is like."
12612
12613Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:10 PM]
12614"Well, at least you're here now. You can help bring out the food, if you'd like?"
12615
12616Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:11 PM]
12617Vauhan enters, still dressed in his rags as opposed to his armor.
12618
12619LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:11 PM]
12620"Aye, aye!" Mary salutes, and does as she's told
12621
12622Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:12 PM]
12623The tavern is ruined once again by the presence of Loyd, who is a bit annoyed that he couldn't find Arvio, but what can ya do? Loyd keeps silent, picking out a table and starting to put the magic items he got from the Librarian down on it (including the bullshit dagger that disconnects him from Erastil, so he's quick to put that down and get away from it). He even puts down his greater slaying arrow, though he knows that will just go right back to him.
12624
12625Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:13 PM]
12626"Aren't you going to keep the arrow?"
12627
12628Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:14 PM]
12629"I am, but figured I would put it out so everyone can see it when I start to talk about it." After all, barely anyone here was around when Valeska first got that arrow from Edgar.
12630
12631Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:14 PM]
12632"What's all this?"
12633
12634Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:14 PM]
12635"These are the items the Librarian gave us, to help with that beast in the Tomb."
12636
12637Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:15 PM]
12638"Magic items. I know all of you like magic. But we'll talk about them and hand them out after we eat. Eat first, plan later."
12639
12640Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:16 PM]
12641"Ah, a feast would be welcome to me! I've had naught but soup and stews for the past few days." He's even lost some weight.
12642
12643Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:16 PM]
12644"You're looking very well, Vauhan." Maegan continues on setting out the plates and shit.
12645
12646Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:17 PM]
12647"Compared to a day ago, I could be sitting in dung and be looking better," Vauhan chuckles.
12648
12649Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:18 PM]
12650With the magic items sorted out, Loyd goes to help set up the OTHER table for food. "Well, you'll always look better than me, at least. Not much of a compliment, but there you go."
12651
12652Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:19 PM]
12653Maegan gives him a polite laugh. Haha, that's not gross at all. "Have a seat then. Everyone should be here shortly."
12654
12655Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:19 PM]
12656"Do you have any taller stools around? One of our guests is gonna be short."
12657
12658Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:20 PM]
12659And, as Maegan says the magic words, Gareth and Beryl both enter the tavern.
12660Beryl looks around, entranced by the architecture, while Gareth locates an empty seat, pulls one out for Beryl, and then seats himself in the one next to it.
12661
12662Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:20 PM]
12663"...Beryl? I didn't expect you here."
12664
12665Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12666"Ah, Beryl! How are you?"
12667
12668Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12669She nods. "Loyd invited me! Got my name wrong though."
12670
12671Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12672"Beryl? I don't think we've met."
12673
12674LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12675["Oh, hello!"] Mary greets the dragons in Draconic.
12676
12677Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12678"Doing great!" Beryl is assaulted with words
12679
12680Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:21 PM]
12681Everyone loves Beryl.
12682
12683Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:22 PM]
12684"Well, it's nice to have you. [And you, Gareth.]" Maegan gives them a friendly smile!
12685
12686Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:22 PM]
12687She waves at Lex and then goes over to the seat Gareth pulled out for her and hops up onto it.
12688They both wave back to Maegan
12689Gareth casts Tongues and now he too is in the loop
12690
12691Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:23 PM]
12692Don't worry, Gareth, Loyd will keep teaching you Parthian during the time skip. "Thank you for getting everything ready, Maegan. And thank you, Lex."
12693
12694Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:24 PM]
12695"Of course, no problem. I am happy to cook for my friends."
12696
12697Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:26 PM]
12698Gareth speaks, looking around and taking in the assembled people. "We appreciate the invitation."
12699
12700Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:26 PM]
12701"It only makes sense. You all are impacted by what's in the Tomb as well, are you not?"
12702
12703Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:27 PM]
12704"Mhm." Maegan heads into the kitchen to help Lex bring out the food.
12705
12706Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:27 PM]
12707"And they're going to be impacted by something else, which I'll mention after dinner." Loyd doesn't follow Maegan. He'll just take a seat at the eatin' table.
12708
12709Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:30 PM]
12710Lex helps bring the rest of the food out and sits it in front of everyone.
12711
12712Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:30 PM]
12713Woo boy let's begin
12714Maegan takes a seat, looking to Loyd since he's the one who brought them together.
12715
12716Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:32 PM]
12717Loyd looks to Maegan. "As I said, we'll discuss the Lich and other things after we eat. For now..." Loyd waits for everyone else to SIT THE FUCK DOWN ALREADY. "First, let's thank Maegan and Lex for the meal, and let's enjoy ourselves, everyone."
12718
12719Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:32 PM]
12720Shut up Loyd
12721
12722LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:32 PM]
12723Mary is still helping! She sits down as well, when the food is all out.
12724
12725Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:33 PM]
12726YOU WILL BE THANKED
12727
12728LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:33 PM]
12729Mary also claps. "Thank you very much! It looks great~"
12730
12731Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:33 PM]
12732Lex sits and is just happy to be surrounded by his friends who are all alive.
12733
12734Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:33 PM]
12735"I hope you all enjoy. Lex and I worked hard on it."
12736
12737Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:34 PM]
12738Gareth nods politely to Maegan and Lex
12739
12740Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:34 PM]
12741"Maegan actually did most of the work on this one."
12742
12743Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:34 PM]
12744Beryl joins the single other person clapping
12745
12746Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:34 PM]
12747I didn't realize Beryl was an American.
12748
12749Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:36 PM]
12750"Oh, you don't need to say that- you did as much as I did."
12751
12752Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:36 PM]
12753Vauhan is eating his food, no time to speak.
12754
12755Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:36 PM]
12756Loyd also eats his food. He'll have to remember to pay Maegan after this.
12757Meal for 8 is like 100 gold, right???
12758
12759Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:37 PM]
12760i dont think its THAT much
12761
12762Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:37 PM]
12763100 gold it is.
12764AND THEN THEY ENJOY A PORK DINNER
12765
12766Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:37 PM]
12767DEEEEEEEELICIOUS
12768
12769Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:37 PM]
12770Lex just gives Maegan a smile and doesn't say anything.
12771
12772Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:38 PM]
12773Maegan returns a look and digs in herself.
12774
12775Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:38 PM]
12776Gareth and Beryl enjoy their food like civilized individuals
12777
12778Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:38 PM]
12779Lex eats at his food a little here and there.
12780
12781Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:39 PM]
12782Loyd wonders if Maegan was lying about not being a cook. Maegan seems to be a natural cook. And a natural archer. And a natural other things.
12783
12784Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:39 PM]
12785Some of us are just skilled
12786
12787Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:39 PM]
12788😉
12789
12790Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:39 PM]
12791Fucking people with their natural talents.
12792
12793Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:40 PM]
12794"I am glad we could all share a moment of...peace like this."
12795"Before the storms on the horizon."
12796
12797Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:41 PM]
12798"It is nice. A moment of rest and relaxation, but only a moment."
12799
12800Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 09:41 PM]
12801"Indeed. It's very nice."
12802
12803LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:42 PM]
12804Mary eats sparingly. "But we are fighting for peace, aren't we?~"
12805
12806Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:43 PM]
12807"Honestly, we all need to decide what we are fighting for, exactly."
12808"Peace is a good reason."
12809
12810Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:44 PM]
12811"I fight to keep the settlement alive, and to keep myself sharp. Peace is the best way to get the first one managed."
12812
12813Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
12814Loyd is a fast eater. He finishes his food quickly, pushing his plate away from him. He looks to each person at the table, including Maegan (but only for a brief moment, because she won't like what he's about to say). "I fight for my friends."
12815
12816Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
12817Pinned a message.
12818
12819Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
12820Vauhan is touched, but is too busy eating to share this emotion.
12821
12822Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:46 PM]
12823Lex gives him a small nod. "I didn't take too well to retirement. Yesab died while I stayed here cooking. I am not going to allow that to happen, I am going to go out with you to end this threat, and any future ones. I am fighting for my family. For all of you."
12824
12825Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:47 PM]
12826Gareth and Beryl, for their part, aren't fighting at all yet, so they let the speeches happen.
12827
12828Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:47 PM]
12829Nice.
12830Real nice, guys.
12831
12832Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:47 PM]
12833"I have spent my off hours researching and honing my powers. I had learned awhile back to speak with the dead, and I have turned that into something more...*practical*. Allowing me to contact a spirit to lend me its power."
12834"I intend to use that power to keep you all alive."
12835
12836Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:48 PM]
12837"Well, enjoy your meals, everyone. When you're done, join me at the table over there." Loyd leaves his friends before and moves to the magical item table.
12838
12839Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:49 PM]
12840Vauhan's scarfed that stuff down, and follows Loyd to the table. He'd make a speech, but he has little else to say past what he already has.
12841
12842Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:49 PM]
12843Lex also follows.
12844
12845Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:50 PM]
12846Loyd waits for the others to finish. Maegan, Mary, Gareth, and Beryl sure are slow eaters!
12847
12848Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:50 PM]
12849Gareth and Beryl finish a little slower because they're trying not to be RUDE
12850
12851LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:50 PM]
12852Mary joins the others even if she's still chewing on a bone.
12853
12854Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12855but eventually they both push back from the table and join you at the other one.
12856
12857Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12858They just slow eaters.
12859
12860Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12861Watching Beryl jump to get into and out of chairs is kind of adorable
12862
12863Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12864"So, Loyd. What is all of this?"
12865"Magic items, yes, but what are they?"
12866
12867Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12868*cute*
12869
12870Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12871How cute. 😊
12872
12873Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
12874"I think Loyd means to dole them out."
12875
12876LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 09:52 PM]
12877Kawaii desu!!!!
12878
12879Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:52 PM]
12880Presumably Maegan is also joining the rest, so once everyone is around, Loyd points out the items he has on the table. Two rings of evasion, a ring of heroes, and a ring that allows 1/day beacon of luck. Also an evil-looking dagger that does a thing I cannot remember please help out, Rain.
12881"First of all... one of these rings needs to go to you." Loyd hands a ring of evasion to Vauhan. "No, I won't get on one knee and give it to you. Second, there is also this:" Loyd lifts up a random arrow on the table, "Which is useful to all of us, though none of you can really use it."
12882
12883Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:56 PM]
12884Antimagic knife.
12885
12886Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:56 PM]
12887Vauhan takes the ring. "I won't be able to wear all the rings I have with the one you've given me." Vauhan takes off two rings off either hand. "These rings are linked. When someone uses them, the other person is more safe, and some of the wounds they take will go to you. I would recommend someone hardy and someone frail wear the two."
12888
12889Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:56 PM]
12890Now then, how does Loyd explain why he wants to deal with the Lich as quickly as possible. Loyd tries and tries, but his 8 charisma is not helping him. "Parthia is falling. Ashka got a letter from her daughter recently, and an entire city is going to be coming here in the next few months. I presume that the other cities will evacuate eventually, too. Soon enough, Scythia will have its entire army ready to attack Afallon." Soon enough meaning probably not for over a year, but Loyd doesn't have the CHARISMA to mention that.
12891
12892Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:57 PM]
12893"Vauhan, may I have those linked rings?"
12894
12895Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:58 PM]
12896"You're sure, Lex?"
12897
12898Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:58 PM]
12899Lex gives a small smile. "I am sure, I wish to keep you all safe. I belive I can put it to best use, and I am adept at healing myself if the need arises."
12900
12901Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 09:58 PM]
12902"Wait, what? Parthia is under attack?"
12903Vauhan leaves the rings for Lex to take.
12904
12905Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 09:59 PM]
12906Parthia's been under attack for decades, Vauhan
12907
12908Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 09:59 PM]
12909"Parthia has been under attack for awhile, Vauhan. Remember, Scythia? Scythia is just beating Parthia's ass so soundly that the King of Parthia is about to send everyone in Parthia to Afallon. Presumably."
12910
12911Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 09:59 PM]
12912"Civilians are being evacuated here pre-emptively to ensure their safety."
12913
12914LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 10:00 PM]
12915"T-the war isn't going well, huh...?" Mary shifts sadly
12916
12917Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:00 PM]
12918"Why did no one tell me earlier, if we all know about this?"
12919
12920Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:00 PM]
12921"Remember that we had trouble dealing with the 500 men Scythia sent last time. Imagine what it will be like when Scythia sends their entire army against us." Loyd pats Vauhan on the shoulder. "Wyatt didn't want to cause a panic. He only told me when I confronted him with Ashka."
12922Loyd forgets that most people here WOULDN'T know about the trouble Scythia gave Afallon last time. Oh well.
12923
12924Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:01 PM]
12925"We have an advantage of terrain, but they have the numbers. And worst case scenario, if one problem isn't dealt with before they arrive, it could potentially help us."
12926
12927Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:01 PM]
12928Gareth and Beryl watch you hand out magic items.
12929
12930Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:02 PM]
12931"We're going to deal with our problems as soon as possible. We're going to have as much time as possible to prepare for Scythia and we're going to have the Tomb to house all of the refugees coming to Afallon."
12932"We're killing the Lich and we're killing the constructs. As soon as possible."
12933
12934Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:03 PM]
12935"Yes, I don't want to have to worry about it when the Scythians come. Not at all."
12936
12937Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:03 PM]
12938"Nor do I."
12939"We focus on the lich, then we focus on defenses."
12940"I can think of a couple magic items that could help us with defenses dramatically."
12941"But that is for another time."
12942
12943Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:04 PM]
12944"Yes, it is. Right now we're talking about the Lich and the constructs. Which is also why I invited Gareth and Beryl here, since they can help us."
12945
12946Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:05 PM]
12947"So, from what I was told about what happened to you guys. We will need a way to dispel something that is invisible."
12948"And a way to block rays?"
12949"I can dispel the invisibility. Uhm. Probably."
12950
12951Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
12952Didn't the Librarian give potions for the ray blocking or am I misremembering things, @Rainglove#0072
12953
12954Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
12955He gave you a few that you never checked out
12956
12957Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
12958"That... we might have a solution for the rays." Loyd takes out the vials of potions from his loot bag, setting them on the table.
12959
12960Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:07 PM]
12961Vauhan looks at the potions. "Where did you get these?"
12962
12963Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:07 PM]
12964"Maybe. Someone magical will have to identify them. Librarian gave them to us, along with the loot."
12965
12966Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:07 PM]
12967"I also have a trick up my sleeves for helping us against the lich, at least. I can enchant all of your weapons to be anathema to it."
12968"Essentially letting you power sheer Good through them."
12969"Temporarily, of course."
12970
12971Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:08 PM]
12972"That might not be necessary." Loyd picks up the arrow. Finally, the arrow can be used. "Greater slaying arrow. Attuned to the undead."
12973
12974Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:08 PM]
12975"Oh, that demonic dragon who tainted people's blood. Yes, we'll have to get these checked out."
12976
12977Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:08 PM]
12978"Wait what?"
12979
12980Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:08 PM]
12981Loyd waits for another Lex comment.
12982
12983Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jun-17 10:09 PM]
12984Ashka pats Maegan's hand at that.
12985
12986Soren#1962 [01-Jun-17 10:09 PM]
12987"Anyway. Uh. I can do it to that arrow too, it would be much more potent against the lich. No kill like overkill, yeah?"
12988
12989LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 10:09 PM]
12990"And is this like the arrow?" Mary asks, picking up the anti magic knife to look at it.
12991
12992Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:11 PM]
12993"I guess." Loyd then slaps the dagger out of Mary's hand. Mary probably felt disconnected from her god(dess) when she picked it up. Presumably. I'm going by what happened with Loyd. "Don't touch. Anyway, it might be useful for the Lich's ritual circle in the temple, but... to get there, we'll presumably have to kill the construct first."
12994"Anyway... I'm not sure who gets the other rings, so we need to discuss that amongst ourselves. And..." Loyd looks to Gareth first. "Could you get us some Black Lotus? It helps with constructs." And then to Berry (no wait, shit, Beryl), "Can you help us in the battle against the construct and lich, and with the Scythians in the future?"
12995
12996LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 10:19 PM]
12997Mary takes a small step back, from both getting her hand slapped and probably losing her connection to her goddess. "I, uh. I see! What is Black Lotus...?"
12998
12999Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:20 PM]
13000"It's a poison that rots constructs. That's all we need it for."
13001
13002Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 10:24 PM]
13003Maegan accepts the hand pats, fading back into existence.
13004
13005Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:28 PM]
13006So, guess Gareth and Beryl aren't helping
13007
13008Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:31 PM]
13009sorry I got distarcted
13010Gareth considers, while Beryl looks a little overwhelmed. She speaks first. "Erm, I'm... Not sure. I don't have a whole lot of... Clout, really. I can get a few people to help?"
13011
13012Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:31 PM]
13013"Could one of us speak to someone who does have this clout?"
13014
13015Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:32 PM]
13016"A few people is all we need for the construct and the Lich. For the Scythians... well, we'll be paying visits in the future and try to talk to your leader." Take what you can get, Vauhan.
13017
13018Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:32 PM]
13019"You could, but I don't think it'll go anywhere."
13020
13021Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:35 PM]
13022Well, we'll have plenty of time to convince that big gay leader. Loyd then looks to Gareth. Will he accept? Will Gareth-senpai notice Loyd?
13023
13024Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:36 PM]
13025Gareth nods. "I can do this for you. Caelia would likely give it to you herself if you asked."
13026"But I can break into my own supply."
13027
13028Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 10:36 PM]
13029"Should we ask this of the kobolds? This isn't to be taken lightly..."
13030
13031Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:37 PM]
13032"The constructs come from a dead plane where no magic exists. It's possible that the constructs know how to break through Laurent's runes."
13033"If that happens, the Lich would be able to send his undead army against us, the dragons, and the kobolds. It's good to ask everyone to help."
13034
13035Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:38 PM]
13036"Which is why we need to handle this quickly."
13037
13038Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jun-17 10:38 PM]
13039"Well after the sort of run-in we had, I think it is safer to get all the help we can get."
13040
13041Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:39 PM]
13042"That's another reason why I want to do this as quickly as possible. We already got one of those constructs in the Ice Pit. Last thing we need is for that one to climb out into Afallon, have the one in the Tomb come in, and have the runes in the Tomb fail and deal with the Lich and his army as well."
13043"So we can't waste time trying to talk to someone with more clout in the kobold city. The allies Berr- Beryl can get us will have to do."
13044
13045Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:41 PM]
13046Beryl sort-of interrupts. "I don't have many people I could get on my own. Maybe five or six of us at most, including myself."
13047
13048Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:42 PM]
13049"That will be enough."
13050
13051Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:43 PM]
13052She nods and goes back to letting you talk
13053Gareth is absorbing what you're saying, but doesn't offer input
13054
13055Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:44 PM]
13056"Next up for discussion is... this dagger." Loyd just... pokes it. He hates the dagger. He hates it! "I think... the Librarian said this would be useful for the Lich, but it's not exactly something you should like to hold."
13057
13058Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jun-17 10:45 PM]
13059"What is wrong with it?"
13060
13061Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:45 PM]
13062"Do you have a god, Ashka?"
13063
13064Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:45 PM]
13065"How do you mean? It's just a dagger, is it not?" Vauhan picks it up.
13066
13067Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:45 PM]
13068Oh wait, it might not work on her since she is not a caster. Oh, there goes Vauhan touching it.
13069Does Vauhan feel a disconnection from Gorum?
13070
13071Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 10:46 PM]
13072Nah
13073
13074Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jun-17 10:46 PM]
13075Ashka shakes her head.
13076
13077Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:46 PM]
13078"...Aye, just a dagger. A very shiny one." He examines it.
13079
13080Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:47 PM]
13081"...Ah, right, it would only affect people like me and Mary. It's an evil dagger. When I hold onto it, I no longer feel Erastil's presence."
13082
13083Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 10:47 PM]
13084"How peculiar."
13085
13086Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:47 PM]
13087"But with that, we should be able to deal with the Lich's ritual circle."
13088
13089Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 10:48 PM]
13090"Perhaps I am not the best person to wield this? Both my hands are usually full."
13091
13092Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:49 PM]
13093"I'm trying to figure out who is a good person to use it. I'm also trying to figure out the best way to use it."
13094"Only thing I can think of is having Beryl and her friends go for the circle to try and get rid of it while we fight the construct, but that puts too much risk on them."
13095
13096Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 10:55 PM]
13097"There's no way the lich doesn't have eyes in those halls. He could deal with them by himself."
13098
13099Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 10:57 PM]
13100"That's why I don't want to send them, but we do have to deal with the circle if we're going to find that soul vessel."
13101
13102Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:00 PM]
13103There still a ring of evasion, a ring of heroes, and a ring that allows 1/day beacon of luck. "Not sure who should get which item..."
13104
13105Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:01 PM]
13106What do those do again
13107
13108Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:02 PM]
13109Ring of evasion gives you the evasion ability, ring of heroes gives a hero point (Soren thinks Loyd should get this because of his arrow), beacon of luck gives this.
13110http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/b/beacon-of-luck/
13111
13112Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:06 PM]
13113Yea I'll leave those for others
13114Unless no one wants the evasion ring
13115
13116Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:07 PM]
13117No one has been asking for it yet.
13118
13119Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:09 PM]
13120"I suppose I'll take that evasion ring- if no one objects?"
13121
13122Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:09 PM]
13123"Here you go." Loyd gives the ring
13124to Ashka.
13125This is your moment, Ashka.
13126Propose.
13127Do it.
13128Complete the joke.
13129
13130Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:10 PM]
13131Why wouldn't you hand It to the person asking
13132Weirdo
13133
13134Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:10 PM]
13135Loyd gives a reassuring pat to Ashka. You can do it.
13136Claim your waifu.
13137
13138Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:11 PM]
13139Maegan raises a brow at Loyd.
13140
13141Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jun-17 11:12 PM]
13142Ashka also raises a brow and takes the ring, without getting on one knee, hands it casually to Maegan.
13143
13144Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:12 PM]
13145"Uh, thank you." Maegan takes it and puts it on.
13146
13147Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:13 PM]
13148Damn it. You ruined it, Ashka. "Ya could have proposed." Loyd whispers to Ashka, and then goes back to serious mode. He does not know that Ashka and Maegan are now a couple. "Two more rings. I might take one of them, if no one claims it by the end."
13149
13150Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jun-17 11:13 PM]
13151Vauhan raises an eyebrow at this, but makes no comment. "I can't take any more rings, I don't believe. I already have another ring which protects me."
13152
13153Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:14 PM]
13154"If Arvio was here, he might want one of them. But he ain't here, so sucks to be him."
13155
13156LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 11:16 PM]
13157Mary picks up the luck ring and examines that one. "What does this one do?"
13158
13159Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:17 PM]
13160"Beacon of luck. I guess that's a spell?"
13161
13162LukeSkynoober#9683 [01-Jun-17 11:18 PM]
13163"Oh! That's pretty powerful!" Mary puts it on her finger and admires it. "I wonder if it's at-will?~"
13164
13165Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:20 PM]
13166Loyd shrugs. He takes the last of the rings, and then takes back his arrow. All that is left is the gay dagger.
13167Loyd feels HEROIC.
13168
13169Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:23 PM]
13170"Well, what now?"
13171
13172Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:24 PM]
13173"If you can, can you identify these potions?" Loyd shakes the potions he got from the Librarian at Maegan. "If they are what the Librarian says they are, we can talk about how we kill the construct."
13174
13175Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:26 PM]
13176I roll appraisal for potions right?
13177I think
13178also I don't have access to my sheet
13179
13180Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 11:27 PM]
13181I'll pull it up for you hang on
13182+11
13183
13184Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
131851d20+11
13186
13187Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [01-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
13188@Hippocratesi#9485: [9] -> **20**
13189
13190Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
13191:^)
13192
13193Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 11:32 PM]
13194I actually uh
13195had those
13196and now do not
13197so gimme a little bit
13198
13199Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:40 PM]
13200"If those potions do what I hope they do, then we'll have Vauhan grab the attention of the construct first, since he has one of those evasion rings and since he can take a hit. The potion and the ring should keep him safe. After attention is grabbed, we'll move in."
13201"Beryl, if you can provide more bombs for us, we can throw them at the construct's feets and keep it from moving to safety." If the construct has feet. Who knows with these weird things.
13202"Gareth, maybe you and other dragons can scale the walls and, once the construct is distracted, you can jump down on it and start tearing through it with some black lotus covered weapons?"
13203
13204Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:41 PM]
13205"Perhaps we should prepare for the Lich himself to make an appearance? I have a feeling he'll aid his 'pet'."
13206"Not to mention the undead dragon in his employ."
13207
13208Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:42 PM]
13209"Probably. I presume one of us can make him 'appear' with some sort of spell. 'Appear' as in "make it so Loyd can shoot the fucking Lich and not miss"."
13210
13211Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:43 PM]
13212"I believe at least one of us has the means of dispelling invisibility."
13213
13214Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 11:45 PM]
13215Gareth awakens from his coma. "I wouldn't rely on the other dragons, but I can try to gather a few. This taking place in the Tomb will put quite a few of them off."
13216
13217Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jun-17 11:46 PM]
13218"I don't blame them, considering what happened the last time they tried..."
13219
13220Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:46 PM]
13221Well, Loyd and the group did ask Goldie Locks for other dragons. Loyd maybe should have mentioned that to Gareth.
13222"I would think having the undead and lich loose if the runes are destroyed would put them off even more."
13223
13224Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 11:57 PM]
13225"Probably, yes, but they will delay and debate among themselves until it is too late."
13226
13227Mathias#1381 [01-Jun-17 11:58 PM]
13228"I hate politics..."
13229
13230Rainglove#0072 [01-Jun-17 11:59 PM]
13231Gareth nods.
13232
13233Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:01 AM]
13234"Well, does that plan sound agreement to everyone? Well, the plan for the construct, at least?"
13235
13236Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:01 AM]
13237"Any plan is a better plan than no plan."
13238
13239Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:02 AM]
13240There can be bad plans, but Loyd manages to power through his low charisma and NOT say that.
13241"True..."
13242
13243Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:15 AM]
13244"Well, I can't offer much else. Does everyone know what their jobs are?"
13245
13246Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:16 AM]
13247"Er, what am I to do in the meantime with the soldiers? I have been training them, but they're certainly going to be more useful against the Scythians rather than what's in the Tomb."
13248
13249Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:17 AM]
13250"Don't bring the soldiers."
13251
13252Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:20 AM]
13253"I wasn't planning on it, just wanted to make sure no one else thought about it."
13254
13255Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:23 AM]
13256Ashka looks to main character Loyd. "Anything else on how we should prepare?"
13257
13258Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:24 AM]
13259Side Character Loyd wonders why Ashka is staring at nothing. "Eat a good meal and sleep well before we go off to battle."
13260
13261Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:25 AM]
13262"Well, we've done half of that." Maegan wipes her mouth with a napkin 'cause we totally had those the whole time.
13263
13264Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:27 AM]
13265"Then all that's left is for everyone to sleep well. Anyone else have something they wish to bring up?"
13266
13267Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:28 AM]
13268Nice napkins.
13269
13270Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:29 AM]
13271Vauhan thinks for some time, then shakes his head. "Prepare for a dangerous fight."
13272
13273Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:29 AM]
13274"I believe we all know what we're getting into."
13275"But it must be done."
13276
13277Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:30 AM]
13278Ashka holds Maegan's hand under the table tight.
13279
13280Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:30 AM]
13281Well, Loyd didn't think anyone was sitting at the magic item table, but you do you, Ashka.
13282You hide your love and lust.
13283
13284Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:31 AM]
13285Maegan squeezes Ashka's hand, giving her a reassuring smile.
13286
13287Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:32 AM]
13288Loyd can feel the "HA, GAAAAAAAAAAAY"ness from here. "Well, if nothing else, then... dismissed?" Loyd feels gross saying that. Makes him feel like a leader. "I'll deal with the dishes, so rest of you get to sleep."
13289
13290Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:33 AM]
13291"No no, I'll do the dishes."
13292
13293Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:34 AM]
13294"It's the least I can do since you cooked the food."
13295
13296Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:34 AM]
13297Vauhan excuses himself, but before leaving, he looks to Ashka. "May we speak in private?"
13298
13299Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:35 AM]
13300Maegan furrows her brow.
13301
13302Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:36 AM]
13303She cocks her head and gives a shrug. "Of course." She nods to the door that leads outside of the tavern for some privacy.
13304
13305Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:37 AM]
13306Vauhan heads outside.
13307
13308Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:37 AM]
13309Loyd raises a brow. Is Vauhan about to prove that his culture has barely advanced once again? "...Vauhan is gonna make a move on Ashka. He's Dahean, they're all about having multiple women for one man." Loyd whispers, and then shoos Maegan away. "Go follow them. I'll do the dishes."
13310AND THEN HE DOES THE DISHES.
13311
13312Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:38 AM]
13313Maegan looks visibly troubled but doesn't say anything and starts gathering the dishes- or she was. She swallows nervously and follows Ashka out.
13314
13315Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 12:38 AM]
13316THE DISHES ARE DONE
13317
13318Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:38 AM]
13319With her arms crossed, Ashka patiently waits.
13320
13321Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:39 AM]
133221d20+2 mechamicus will be "no fun allowed" this time
13323
13324Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [02-Jun-17 12:39 AM]
13325@Hippocratesi#9485: "mechamicus will be "no fun allowed" this time": [3] -> **5**
13326
13327Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:39 AM]
13328THE DISHES ARE DONE SLOWLY. BECAUSE LOYD DOESN'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF ASHKA AND MAEGAN AND THEIR LOVE CONFESSION THAT ALREADY HAPPENED.
13329
13330Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 12:40 AM]
13331Maegan stubs her toe and sneezes and also her ears pop
13332
13333Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:40 AM]
13334Vauhan sees the poorly hiding Maegan, crosses his arms, and raises an eyebrow. "I did say in private, did I not?"
13335
13336Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:41 AM]
13337Maegan looks at him a bit wide-eyed. "Ah- I'm sorry!"
13338
13339Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:41 AM]
13340Her head snaps in the direction of Maegan. "Are you alright?"
13341
13342Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:42 AM]
13343Vauhan will wait for Maegan to leave earshot.
13344
13345Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:43 AM]
13346Man, these dishes are getting so clean.
13347Urrrrrrrrgh!
13348
13349Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:43 AM]
13350SO clean
13351
13352Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:44 AM]
13353Maegan clears her throat, backpedaling back into the tavern. "Yes, fine, I just needed some air!" She goes back into the kitchen, not hiding the disgust on her face. "I...regrettably need your help. You're sneaky, aren't you?"
13354
13355Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:44 AM]
13356"Where are they?"
13357
13358Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:44 AM]
13359Vauhan sighs, and looks to Ashka. "I'll speak quickly. If she's hid once, she'll hide again. What did I say to you when I was ill?"
13360
13361Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:45 AM]
13362"Right outside."
13363
13364Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:45 AM]
13365Loyd gives a thumbs up, pats Maegan on the shoulder, and then goes out to listen like a little asshole.
133661d20+15 Time to roll low on stealth.
13367
13368Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [02-Jun-17 12:45 AM]
13369@Mathias#1381: "Time to roll low on stealth.": [14] -> **29**
13370
13371Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:46 AM]
13372Vauhan is none the wiser.
13373
13374Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:47 AM]
13375Loyd is the night.
13376
13377Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:49 AM]
13378She glances upwards, trying to remember. "I believe you were inviting me to see a worsen state of your ill body. But you were not all there, so I was not sure what you meant by it. Does the flu normally give shivers?"
13379"Was your condition not at its peak state?"
13380She can imagine the bloodshot eyes and loopyness.
13381
13382Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:51 AM]
13383Vauhan thinks. "Er, yes, it does. I was incredibly ill at the time. Lesser men die from the disease." Ashka's words reminds him of what exactly what said in that moment. "Was that all?"
13384
13385Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:52 AM]
13386"Yes....? Is there something troubling you, Vauhan?" She takes a step closer to assess his expression. "Do you still feel ill?"
13387
13388Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:52 AM]
13389Loyd has fallen. His stealth used to mean something. Now he just listens to barbarian Daheans. Barbarian Daheans who don't know what love is.
13390
13391Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 12:53 AM]
13392does loyd know what love is
13393does he want them to show him
13394
13395Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:53 AM]
13396Loyd loves himself in the privacy of his hole, thank you very much.
13397
13398Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 12:53 AM]
13399there are children h- well actually yesab is getting retired
13400
13401Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:53 AM]
13402He's clearly remembering something, but isn't intent on sharing it. "No, not at all. I feel just fine. I'm standing here, am I not?"
13403
13404Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:55 AM]
13405She looks at him with an odd look. "Well...glad you are feeling well then. I am happy to have you back with us."
13406
13407Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:56 AM]
13408Vauhan nods, then just looks at Ashka for a few seconds. "What's with you and Maegan?"
13409
13410Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
13411She rubs her nose and chuckles a bit. "Well, we have...explored eachother in new ways. I do not believe I can call it love but...she is amazing in every way."
13412
13413Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
13414How dare you not call it love, Ashka.
13415
13416Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
13417ITS TOO SOON
13418
13419Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 12:59 AM]
13420His expression softens some. "Ah. You are hroshki."
13421
13422Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 12:59 AM]
13423"Pardon?" Is this an insult?
13424
13425Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:59 AM]
13426A WHAT
13427
13428Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
13429Ashka's fist clench.
13430
13431Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
13432Is that a food?
13433
13434Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
13435insert arthur meme
13436
13437Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
13438Loyd is hungry for some hroshki, if it's a food.
13439
13440Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
13441!!!
13442
13443Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 01:01 AM]
13444"Oh, no, right. You are not Dahean. Oogh, how do I explain? Hroshki is like... Lovers? But... not so much?"
13445He's very clearly struggling to explain this, as if he hasn't had to before.
13446
13447Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:02 AM]
13448"I have not heard of such a word for this kind of relationship...but it is fitting."
13449
13450Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:02 AM]
13451"...Wow, I am a sad person." Loyd whispers to himself from his hiding spot. Is this really how he is spending his time? If only Loyd deserved to fall in love with someone again.
13452
13453Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 01:05 AM]
13454"Where I am from, sex and romance are different. So there are hroshki, which are sexual partners, and there are valant-hroshki, which are romance partners. Elara and I would be valant-hroshki."
13455
13456Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:06 AM]
13457"Giving it ten minutes until he says he wants Ashka to be his hroskablublub." Loyd whispers to himself again.
13458
13459Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:07 AM]
13460"Elara? I should have known with how much time you frequent around her. I do not know where Maegan and I...define." She folds her arms closer to her chest and looks at the ground. "But I enjoy where we are at the moment."
13461
13462Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 01:10 AM]
13463"People can have many hroshki, but they can only have one valant-hroshki. I know in other places, people are uncomfortable with this idea. Are you also uncomfortable with this?"
13464
13465Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:12 AM]
13466"Think that was less than 10." Loyd rolls his eyes. Yeah, so much for being in love with Elara, Vauhan. "Daheans don't know what love is."
13467Loyd is, of course, still whispering.
13468
13469Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:13 AM]
13470"I suppose not?" She shrugs. She frowns a bit in confusion.
13471
13472Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:13 AM]
13473"Be a smart girl, Ashka. Or I'll have to tell Maegan and hope that she is open to it instead of hurt by it." Loyd mumbles some more. Damn it, girl! Still, got to avoid a problem just in case. He stays to listen, in case Ashka is just confused and doesn't understand what Vauhan means.
13474
13475Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 01:15 AM]
13476Vauhan's expression grows uncertain. "Hm. You don't seem certain. And come to think of it, I doubt Maegan would ever be alright with it." He shakes his head. "No, she wouldn't. Forget I brought this up."
13477
13478Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:16 AM]
13479Did Vauhan just get mind controlled?
13480Too bad Loyd still got to do the honorable thing and let Maegan know 😃
13481
13482Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:17 AM]
13483"Alright with...? Ah if you say so. Anything else you wanted to talk about?"
13484The people in the caves sure are obsessed with relationships here.
13485
13486Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 01:19 AM]
13487Vauhan shakes his head again. "No, that was it. Sleep well." Vauhan heads off, stretching his arms as he goes.
13488
13489Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:19 AM]
13490Loyd sighs, and then sneaks back to the tavern to see if Maegan wants his information.
13491
13492Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:20 AM]
13493Maegan's washing the dishes Loyd left behind.
13494
13495Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:20 AM]
13496Sorry about leaving dishes behind, Maegan. Loyd joins Maegan in washing the remaining dishes.
13497
13498Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
13499She gives a small wave and heads back inside.
13500
13501Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
13502"Want the short version or the long version?" Loyd whispers.
13503
13504Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
13505"Gods, just tell me, Loyd."
13506
13507Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 01:22 AM]
13508Does Ashka come in time to hear them?
13509
13510Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:23 AM]
13511"I don't know if you're the detail-oriented type of not." Loyd is still whispering, so that would mean perception from Ashka. "Short of it is that Vauhan, despite already having Elara, wants to fuck Ashka and wants to know if she wants to fuck him. He decided against it a moment after not because of his love for his girlfriend, but becasue he figured you wouldn't be okay with it. However, don't take that as a good thing, because that just means 'I have to seduce the other girl as well and have a threeway' in Dahean talk."
13512
13513Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:23 AM]
13514she *can*
13515
13516Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:23 AM]
13517"Ashka said she was okay with it at first, but I think she was confused by what Vauhan was saying."
13518
13519Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
13520"He *what*?"
13521"Wait- she *what*?"
13522
13523Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
13524"Sit down, I'll go into detail." Whisper whisper.
13525
13526Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:26 AM]
13527"I'll stand right here." Maegan stops washing and turns to him, a hand on her hip.
13528
13529Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:27 AM]
13530"They started with small talk. Vauhan started to talk about Dahean culture, which people in Dahean can have as many sexual partners as they wish, but only one romantic partner. He said he wanted Ashka to be one of those sexual partners. The way he said it, though, confused Ashka. He said that people are uncomfortable with the idea of lot of sexual partners and one romantic partner, basically a harem, and asked if she was uncomfortable with it. She said she wasn't, but I think she was saying she wasn't uncomfortable with Dahean culture instead of saying she wants to be part of Vauhan's harem."
13531"He, noticing she was confused, back off for now, since he figured you would not approve. However, from my knowledge of Dahean culture and the Daheans I meant, that doesn't mean he is going to stop. Instead, he is going to eventually try to add you to the harem so that he can fuck Ashka as he pleases."
13532"That's also how I found out that you and Ashka are a couple now, apparently. Congratulations, though..." Loyd thinks about if he should mention that Ashka said that she believed it could not be called love.
13533"Well, she said she was very happy to be with you." It's not a lie, so no leg scratches, but clearly hiding something.
13534
13535Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
13536Maegan's face goes through a range of emotions. "Hm." She goes back to washing dishes.
13537"You're leaving something out."
13538
13539Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
13540Loyd also continues to wash dishes. "...I am. Sorry, just didn't want to add to your plate."
13541"She said that... what is going on between you two... she doesn't believe she can call it love, but considers you amazing."
13542No lie. No leg scratches. No hint of him hiding something.
13543
13544Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:31 AM]
13545"...I'm not sure how to take that."
13546
13547Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:32 AM]
13548"I'd take it as a challenge to make her realize she's in love with you. Are you in love with Ashka, Maegan?"
13549
13550Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:34 AM]
13551"I thought I was...but now I think maybe it was mere *infatuation*." Maegan basically growls the last word.
13552
13553Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:36 AM]
13554"There is only one way to find out if it's love or infatuation." Loyd smiles, returning to MATCHMAKER MAN. "I know a few spots near the Lifeline. Would be good for enjoying nature or for laying back and watching the stars. A romantic picnic date or stargazing date should help both of you realize your feelings for one another. I can make a little map so you know how to find the spots."
13555"You two do that, you two figure out how you really feel about each other, and Lex and I will take care of the tavern and the babies so you have nothing to worry about. How about it?"
13556
13557Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:37 AM]
13558"We don't have time to go on little dates like teenagers, not right now. We've a Lich to fight tomorrow."
13559
13560Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:38 AM]
13561"I didn't say do it before the Lich. I meant after, when we all have room to breath. We'll have plenty of time to prepare for the Scythians and the wave of colonists and refugees."
13562"One day just for you and Ashka isn't going to hurt anyone."
13563
13564Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:40 AM]
13565Maegan's brow furrows and she huffs. "I'll have to think about it." She steps away, wandering into the office. Probably not coming back out for the night.
13566
13567Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:41 AM]
13568"I'll get the map ready before the battle, then." You knowm just in case Loyd dies in battle tomorrow! "Ashka, you stupid girl... though maybe I'm the stupid one for being honest with a woman who hates me."
13569Loyd finishes cleaning and putting away the dishes. Since he has time (and Maegan is in a shit mood), he cleans up the tavern a bit as well so she doesn't have to worry about that in the morning.
13570And then he's off to his hole to sleep.
13571
13572Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:53 PM]
13573Loyd returns to the tavern in the morning, dropping off another note for Maegan. Then he's off to prepare for death.
13574
13575Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 12:54 PM]
13576Maegan drags herself out of bed, having heard someone come in but finding no one but a note. What's he got to say NOW?
13577
13578Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 12:58 PM]
13579```Maegan,
13580
13581You deserve to be happy.
13582
13583Loyd ap Rhodri```
13584
13585Inside is a map, as promised, of locations that would work for a nice outdoor date. One circle on the map says "Lot of lovely flowers here for picking." Another circle says "Good for just a walk at the right time, around when the sun is setting." Finally, one last circle says "Bit of a walk to get here, but a clear view of the surrounding forests and a clear view of the sky. Perfect for stargazing."
13586
13587Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 01:01 PM]
13588Maegan scoffs and rolls her eyes, but rolls up the note and puts it in her satchel anyway. She'll tell him to fuck off later.
13589
13590Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 01:02 PM]
13591Rude.
13592
13593Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 05:04 PM]
13594Thats adorable
13595
13596Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 05:07 PM]
13597Thank you, Doe/Ashka.
13598
13599Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 05:08 PM]
13600Stuff is delivered to the tavern, and stocked wherever Meagan directs
13601
13602Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 05:12 PM]
13603Don't drink yourself to death, Maegan.
13604
13605Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:26 PM]
13606Arvio shuffles his way to the tavern, he wonders if his animals have been dropped off yet. He ought to wait here for them. just incase Maegan decides to use them for food.
13607
13608Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:35 PM]
13609Maegan directs them to the stocking place for stocking. Soon they can open! But not today.
13610
13611Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:37 PM]
13612Surprise bitch, you got somebody poking his head in anyway. He looks around, clearing his throat. "Excuse me?"
13613
13614Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:38 PM]
13615"Maegan, you have a customer."
13616
13617Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:38 PM]
13618"Hm?" Maegan turns 'twards the newcomer. "Can I help you?"
13619
13620Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:41 PM]
13621"Ah, uh, yes, hello." He speaks with a thick accent. "I am new here. This is a tavern, yes?"
13622
13623Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:42 PM]
13624"Indeed it is. We haven't quite opened yet, I'm afraid- I've only just gotten my stock today."
13625
13626Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:42 PM]
13627"Was there a pig and badger in that stock?"
13628
13629Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:43 PM]
13630"I...don't believe so?"
13631
13632Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:43 PM]
13633"Ah - but where are my manners. I am Arvio Aviv, healer's assistant. Who might you be?"
13634He turns back to Maegan, "They will be arriving to your tavern. Please refrain from eating them. They are mine."
13635
13636Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:44 PM]
13637"Hold on, why are they coming *here*?"
13638
13639Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:45 PM]
13640"I cannot have them delivered to the fireplace. That would be ... unclean."
13641
13642Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:45 PM]
13643Maegan gives him a look.
13644
13645Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:45 PM]
13646"Animals do not belong near the sick."
13647
13648Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:46 PM]
13649He watches them spat a little bit. All he wanted was some alcohol and some directions. They don't even have an operating tavern.
13650He turns back to Arvio since he asked him a thing. "I am Emanuel Nazarian, but Manny is fine."
13651"It is nice to meet you."
13652
13653Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:47 PM]
13654Maegan shakes her head. "I'll deal with you later." She turns back to the NEWCOMER. "Excuse my manners. I'm Maegan verch Dai, I own the tavern."
13655
13656Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:47 PM]
13657"Pleasure"
13658
13659Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:49 PM]
13660He turns back to Maegan, and flashes her a smile. Oooh, pretty *and* successful. "It is nice to meet you as well, Maegan."
13661
13662Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:49 PM]
13663"Where are you from, may I ask? Your accent isn't Parthian."
13664
13665Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:49 PM]
13666"Maegan, that is rude to pick at one's accent."
13667*You never did it with me mental sobs*
13668
13669Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:50 PM]
13670"I'm not making fun! I've just never heard it before."
13671
13672Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:53 PM]
13673"Please, I took no offense." He dismisses it with a wave of his hand. "I am from Osraige."
13674Manny suddenly seems to correct himself, given where he is. "Ah, but my gold is good. It is Parthian."
13675
13676Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:53 PM]
13677"[Is that this place?]" He inquires in Scythian.
13678
13679Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 05:54 PM]
13680Be sure to check it anyway. Can't trust OSRAIGE gold.
13681
13682Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:55 PM]
13683"[A little too North]," he replies.
13684
13685Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:55 PM]
13686"Osraige? Ah, that country to the south of Fortriu." Maegan hmmms. "Well, I suppose I could sell you a drink- just don't tell anyone. We aren't meant to open today."
13687
13688Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:55 PM]
13689"[Ah - I'm a stranger to this land. Forgive my ignorance.]"
13690
13691Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:56 PM]
13692He shakes his head, smiling at Arvio. "[I am the last to judge a stranger, believe me.]"
13693
13694Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:56 PM]
13695"[Good to hear.]"
13696Arvio returns that smile.
13697
13698Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:56 PM]
13699"I would love a drink. I am good with keeping my lips sealed."
13700
13701Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 05:57 PM]
13702"Anything specific in mind?"
13703
13704Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 05:59 PM]
13705He shakes his head. "Nothing too strong."
13706
13707Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 05:59 PM]
13708*Ah, humans and their weak consitutions*
13709
13710Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:01 PM]
13711Maegan heads back and pours him a 'nothing too strong', placing the mug on the counter. "Two silver pieces."
13712
13713Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:02 PM]
13714He nods, taking a seat at the bar and shelling out the two silver. "Thank you very much."
13715
13716Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:03 PM]
13717Maegan pockets it for storing later. "Mhm."
13718
13719Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:05 PM]
13720"So," he inquires, taking a sip. "Where are the important places to visit in this town?"
13721
13722Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:06 PM]
13723"Wyatt, if you have not already visited him. He runs this place, for good or ill. Newcomers are expected to introduce themselves."
13724"Maegan, could you get me some water?"
13725
13726Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:07 PM]
13727"He's in the Fireplace." Maegan gets Arvio a glass of water as she talks. "You seem the adventuring type so perhaps he'll hire you."
13728
13729Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:08 PM]
13730"It is dangerous work. We've had a death already."
13731
13732Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:09 PM]
13733He laughs, looking to Arvio. "That is not terribly motivating."
13734
13735Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:09 PM]
13736"But it is honest, and I would not suggest someone go into danger without a warning."
13737
13738Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:09 PM]
13739"We, er, revived him. Don't worry."
13740
13741Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:10 PM]
13742Arvio feels a twinge of guilt, "I am sorry I was not around to assist you."
13743
13744Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:12 PM]
13745"There's no hard feelings, Arvio." Maegan starts wiping the counters out of habit, though they're probably dirty anyway. "What brought you here anyway...Manny, was it?"
13746
13747Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:18 PM]
13748"Fate. I am a wanderer, and I came across the caravan that was heading here. I did not expect a town in a cave, but here I am."
13749
13750Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:19 PM]
13751"Hm."
13752
13753Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:19 PM]
13754"Neither did I, but goddess led me here."
13755
13756Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:19 PM]
13757"We are similar in this, then."
13758
13759Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:20 PM]
13760"So you walked all the way from Osraige? That's certainly far."
13761
13762Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:22 PM]
13763Arvio nods like he knows what that means.
13764
13765Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 06:23 PM]
13766Someone buy Arvio a map.
13767
13768Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:24 PM]
13769"I have been walking for some time."
13770
13771Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:25 PM]
13772"You have certainly picked an interesting time to come here."
13773
13774Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:26 PM]
13775"Oh? Is there an event?"
13776
13777Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:27 PM]
13778"I suppose you could say that."
13779
13780Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:27 PM]
13781"Tell him more Maegan."
13782
13783Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:28 PM]
13784"Near this town there is what we call a 'tomb', a massive city filled with undead. There is a Lich among them and we intend to kill him...and his pet."
13785Might as well be
13786
13787Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:29 PM]
13788Manny stares at Maegan for a brief moment, maintaining eye contact as he finishes off his ale.
13789
13790Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:29 PM]
13791"Ok, I was expecting a bit more tact there. But yes, everything she said was true."
13792
13793Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:29 PM]
13794Maegan shrugs. "May as well be honest with him."
13795
13796Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:30 PM]
13797He sets it down., looking down at the glass and just sighing. "Fate is not always kind to me."
13798
13799Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:30 PM]
13800"I cannot fault you."
13801
13802Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:30 PM]
13803"No one will blame you if you're unwilling to join us."
13804
13805Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:32 PM]
13806"Say, Maegan, speaking of adventure. There is a tomb I need someone with magical talent to look over."
13807
13808Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:32 PM]
13809"What do you mean?"
13810
13811Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:33 PM]
13812"Tome... sorry. I meant tome."
13813"I have a book of magic that I do not know how to read."
13814
13815Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:33 PM]
13816"It's in Draconic?"
13817
13818Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:33 PM]
13819"I can *read* it, I just cannot understand it."
13820
13821Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:34 PM]
13822Manny scratches the side of his head as he considers the ramifications of a lich in this weird ass cave town. "Is there, er.." He tries to find the right word. "Incentive?"
13823
13824Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:34 PM]
13825"Ah! Right, you're...not so magically inclined." Maegan looks to Manny. "For you? Money, of course."
13826
13827Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 06:34 PM]
13828Elara comes in, drops a bag of 3000 gold in front of Maegan, and leaves
13829clink clink goes the bag
13830
13831Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:35 PM]
13832"Thank you, Elara." Maegan takes the BIG OL' BAG.
13833
13834Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:35 PM]
13835Manny eyes the big bag of money.
13836👀
13837
13838Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:35 PM]
13839Arvio places the tome in front of her, "It is of the questionable sorts of magic, but I need to understand it."
13840
13841Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:36 PM]
13842Maegan opens the tome. What's it about/What's it say?
13843
13844Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:37 PM]
13845What does it say? *eyes emoji but not because they aren't allowed in here*
13846
13847Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:37 PM]
13848Manny fishes out another 2 silver to have his glass refilled. Probably not best to think about liches while sober. "How exactly does a lich end up in a cave?"
13849
13850Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:38 PM]
13851"He's been here for a while." Maegan fetches another mug of ale for the gypsy man.
13852
13853Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:38 PM]
13854"It lives in a city of dead. It used to live down here, presumably. If I am not mistaken, it is trapped down here."
13855
13856Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:38 PM]
13857"And with that monster down there, he may not be trapped for long."
13858
13859Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:38 PM]
13860"What sort of monster?"
13861
13862Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 06:39 PM]
13863Maegan, k religion and k arcana
13864
13865Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:39 PM]
13866"Gods, I couldn't tell you what it is. It's nothing I've ever seen before, not even in my studies."
13867
13868Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:39 PM]
13869Arvio shrugs, "We don't know what it is exactly."
13870
13871Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:39 PM]
13872The monster I mean
13873Maegan casts Eldritch Knowledge for K Religion.
138741d20+8
13875
13876Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [02-Jun-17 06:40 PM]
13877@Hippocratesi#9485: [8] -> **16**
13878
13879Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:40 PM]
138801d20+11
13881
13882Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [02-Jun-17 06:40 PM]
13883@Hippocratesi#9485: [4] -> **15**
13884
13885Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:40 PM]
13886well
138878 was Religion, 11 was Arcana
13888
13889Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 06:42 PM]
13890You can sort of understand the rituals, Maegan, but you'd need time to decipher them fully. You can tell Arvio's right about this being less than savoury magic, but nothing beyond that.
13891
13892Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:42 PM]
13893"Well, Arvio..." Maegan puts her hands on her hips. "You were right about questionable. I'd need some time to pick this apart though."
13894
13895Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:43 PM]
13896Manny just kinda dawdles on his ale, thinking things over. Gold is nice and all, but he's too young to die and become undead. He takes another sip and rests his cheek in his hand, looking from Arvio back to Maegan as they talk.
13897
13898Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:44 PM]
13899"I would be very willing to pay you for your time helping me with that."
13900
13901Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:44 PM]
13902"You seem awful eager. What's this for exactly?"
13903
13904Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:45 PM]
13905He looks to Arvio.
13906
13907Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:45 PM]
13908"Religious scholarship."
13909"I am on a pilgramage, remember?"
13910
13911Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:46 PM]
13912Maegan hmms, looking Arvio over for a moment. "...I'll see what I can do. I don't know how long this will take though."
13913
13914Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:47 PM]
13915He looks back to Maegan, lingering on her eyes for a little before drinking more ale.
13916
13917Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:47 PM]
13918"I am not going anywhere anytime soon."
13919"Provided the mother does not decide my time on this plane is up."
13920
13921Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:48 PM]
13922Maegan glances to Manny, raising a brow but decides not to say anything. "Well, alright. I'll look it over once I have more free time."
13923
13924Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:48 PM]
13925"Thank you."
13926
13927Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:50 PM]
13928Maegan closes the tome, starting to put it in her satchel. "You don't mind if I keep it, of course?"
13929"For now."
13930
13931Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:50 PM]
13932"Of course, I *trust you*"
13933Arvio maintains direct eye contact with her.
13934
13935Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:51 PM]
13936What's with everyone staring into her eyes man what the fuck. "Uh...right." Maegan drops it into her bag.
13937
13938Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:52 PM]
13939He shrugs a little at the brow. Obviously he wants to ask, but he's not trying to interrupt conversation.
13940
13941Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:52 PM]
13942"[Your new eyes look lovely]"
13943He says, turning back to drink his water.
13944
13945Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:53 PM]
13946Maegan huffs and goes back to wiping the counter. "[Weird dog-thing.]"
13947
13948Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:55 PM]
13949Well, given that the conversation's done. "So, if it is not rude of me to ask.."
13950
13951Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 06:55 PM]
13952Arvio nibbles on his lip, giving away the book was harder than he thought it would be.
13953
13954Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:55 PM]
13955"You are of tiefling blood?"
13956
13957Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 06:55 PM]
13958it's rude
13959
13960Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:55 PM]
13961Maegan looks to him, seeming very much less than amused. "*No.*"
13962
13963Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 06:57 PM]
13964"Ah! I am sorry, I did not mean to offend."
13965"For what it is worth, I met a very lovely tiefling on my travels. I meant no ill will."
13966
13967Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 06:59 PM]
13968"Lovely? I'm sure." Maegan furrows her brow, her eyes doing that glow-thing for just a moment. "...Sorry. I'm still a bit...bitter about them. They are not natural, I assure you."
13969
13970Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:01 PM]
13971"I am sorry. I did not mean to offend."
13972
13973Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:02 PM]
13974"It's fine."
13975
13976Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:03 PM]
13977There goes that first interaction. So much for asking if she's single.
13978Manny just goes back to his ale.
13979
13980Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:03 PM]
13981"Will you be needing anything else? Food?"
13982
13983Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:04 PM]
13984"I have not eatten today, I would appreciate something."
13985
13986Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:04 PM]
13987"Right, you are not open yet. Should I be going?"
13988
13989Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:05 PM]
13990"You don't have to, I let the others sit in here when they please. Leave when you wish."
13991
13992Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 07:06 PM]
13993Manny should go talk to Wyatt and become an official adventurer.
13994
13995Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:09 PM]
13996"Then I shall stay. I do not mind making new friends; it will certainly help dealing with his lich business."
13997He offers a smile. Good Manny.
13998
13999Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:10 PM]
14000Maegan gives him a half-smile. "Right. Before you fight with us, we ought to know what you can do. I see no weapons, are you a mage?"
14001
14002Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:10 PM]
14003"Our last mage was the one who was brutally murdered."
14004
14005Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:11 PM]
14006very nice
14007
14008Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:11 PM]
14009we established that we were being honest Maegan
14010
14011Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:11 PM]
14012well thats not wrong
14013
14014Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:14 PM]
14015"You mentioned that. You said you had revived him? That part is helpful."
14016He shuffles under his robes, meanwhile, and eventually fishes out a deck of harrow cards that he drops on the counter.
14017
14018Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:15 PM]
14019"...Cards?" Maegan looks UNIMPRESSED so far.
14020
14021Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:15 PM]
14022Arvio sips at his water.
14023*So judgemental*
14024
14025Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 07:30 PM]
14026TALK ABOUT YOUR FUCKING CARDS
14027
14028Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:30 PM]
14029"I am what you would call a 'magus'." He draws one of the cards, and it gives off a sudden crackle of arcane energy.
14030
14031Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
14032Arvio keeps drinking, he has no clue what that means.
14033
14034Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
14035"Oh, a Magus! We had those at the Academy."
14036
14037Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
14038He nods. "I combine it with my harrowing, which I bring from my people. It is not something most people expect from harrow cards, but I believe this gives me an advantage."
14039
14040Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:34 PM]
14041"Harrowing? What is that?"
14042
14043Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:35 PM]
14044"It is a means of fortune-telling."
14045
14046Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:36 PM]
14047"Interesting...can you demonstrate?"
14048
14049Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:39 PM]
14050"Certainly. Do you have something you wish to know? The sooner the event will happen, the easier to answer will come." Manny swaps out his deck for another one, which he begins to shuffle with an exaggerated flourish.
14051
14052Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:39 PM]
14053"I have one."
14054
14055Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:39 PM]
14056"Let's go with the obvious. How will our battle with the Lich go?"
14057
14058Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:39 PM]
14059*ok Maegan*
14060*I'll wait, I'm used to it*
14061
14062Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:40 PM]
14063look it has to be done
14064
14065Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:40 PM]
14066*Everyone walked over me at home, and now they do it here*
14067
14068Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 07:42 PM]
14069):
14070
14071Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:42 PM]
14072Manny nods, casting Augury through the deck as he lays the cards out. He searches for the answer, *How will the battle, or preparation for the battle against this lich go?*.
14073
14074Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:42 PM]
14075well, rain??
14076
14077Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:49 PM]
14078*ssssssssipppppppp*
14079
14080Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 07:50 PM]
14081Good and bad, say the cards
14082
14083Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:50 PM]
14084>good and bad
14085wtf dat mean
14086
14087Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 07:51 PM]
14088coulda got manny to actually explain how the spell works
14089
14090Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:54 PM]
14091Manny drops three cards on the table. The Keep, the Mountain Man, and The Tyrant. He stares at these cards, rubbing lightly at his beard.
14092
14093Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:55 PM]
14094Maegan waits patiently.
14095
14096Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:55 PM]
14097"Fate continues to lead me astray," he ultimately decides.
14098
14099Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:55 PM]
14100Maegan blinks at him. "It didn't tell you anything?"
14101
14102Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 07:56 PM]
14103"It did, but we can expect both good and bad as your preparation continues."
14104
14105Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:57 PM]
14106*So nothing*
14107
14108Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:57 PM]
14109Maegan raises her eyebrows. "...Helpful."
14110
14111Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 07:57 PM]
14112The good: Loyd dies.
14113The bad: Loyd dies before he can use his arrow.
14114
14115Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 07:57 PM]
14116"Now, Maegan, do not be rude."
14117"May I ask a question?"
14118
14119Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 07:57 PM]
14120"I didn't intend to be, my apologies. I just...didn't expect that."
14121
14122Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:00 PM]
14123"It is an elusive art at times. Admittedly I have had some troubles since my encounter with the tiefling, but.." He shrugs. "It is a warning and a blessing to keep you on your toes."
14124"It is more for your immediate future, so things may improve beyond."
14125
14126Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:00 PM]
14127"The tiefling affected your harrowing?"
14128
14129Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:01 PM]
14130Manny brushes the question off. "That is a conversation for if we become closer."
14131
14132Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:01 PM]
14133"Hm." She doesn't press further.
14134
14135Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 08:01 PM]
14136Mr. Nuts And Bolts.
14137
14138Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:04 PM]
14139Ashka enters the tavern and stops in her tracks at the sight of a NEW MAN in Maegan's TAVERN.
14140
14141Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:04 PM]
14142NOW IS THE TIME
14143
14144Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:04 PM]
14145"Hello Ashka"
14146
14147Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:04 PM]
14148He returns the deck to his inner pockets, turning to Arvio. "My apologies, but I am not able to channel the harrow as often as I would like."
14149
14150Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 08:05 PM]
14151Now kids, let's not waste time on romance when we got a Lich to kill.
14152
14153Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:05 PM]
14154Maegan looks up. "Hello, Ashka."
14155
14156Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:05 PM]
14157"That is alright, do not fret."
14158
14159Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:05 PM]
14160"Hello Arvio. Hello Maegan. Who may you be stranger?"
14161She narrows her eyes at the new guy.
14162
14163Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:07 PM]
14164Vauhan enters the tavern, having quickly given his regards to Elara prior. He stands strong in his newly enchanted armor.
14165
14166Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:07 PM]
14167"Hello Vauhan."
14168
14169Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:08 PM]
14170He turns to look at Ashka, oblivious to the eye narrowing. "Hello, I am new to this place. You may call me Manny." He says in his THICC accent.
14171
14172Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:09 PM]
14173"Hail, Arvio." He notes the man. "Another newcomer. You're helping us?"
14174
14175Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:10 PM]
14176Maegan furrows her brow, turning her back to the others, setting up the mugs and shit on the back wall.
14177
14178Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:11 PM]
14179She raises her eyebrow to this new man but bows nonetheless.
14180
14181Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:12 PM]
14182He returns the bow, then looks to Vauhan. "I am.. undecided."
14183
14184Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:12 PM]
14185"That is reasonable, but I believe we are heading out in just a moment."
14186
14187Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:13 PM]
14188"Loyd and Lex await us." Hurry up MAN.
14189
14190Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:14 PM]
14191Maegan heads into the back, to the office specifically. Might as well speak to them before going on the suicide mission, eh? "Just checking in! How are my little babies?"
14192
14193Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:15 PM]
14194Ashka also goes in to the office for the babies.
14195She pokes her head in before stepping in. "They have been fed?"
14196
14197Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:16 PM]
14198"Aye, I fed them earlier."
14199
14200Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:16 PM]
14201She leans down to pet both of them, drawing them close.
14202
14203Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:17 PM]
14204Manny watches as Maegan goes into the back, and Ashka join her. He seems suddenly far less motivated.
14205
14206Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:17 PM]
14207"They have been well, the... Children?"
14208
14209Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:17 PM]
14210"We'll be going off soon..." Maegan strokes their heads. She isn't sure if she should add the 'We might not come back' part.
14211
14212Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:17 PM]
14213Arvio raises an eyebrow at the cardman.
14214
14215Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:19 PM]
14216She gives them kisses on the head. "You are very special, and if we don't come back..." she trails off unsure on what to say and how to keep herself from tearing up.
14217
14218Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 08:19 PM]
14219babby dragons are asleep
14220tiny snore
14221
14222Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:20 PM]
14223He is ambivalent to eyebrow-raising, and turns to Vauhan. "How much is being offered for aide?"
14224
14225Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:20 PM]
14226"Know that we love you very much."
14227
14228Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:21 PM]
14229"You'll have to speak with Wyatt. He organizes this whole effort."
14230
14231Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:21 PM]
14232"We love you so very much." She pets the dragons once more.
14233
14234Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:21 PM]
14235"I have been told, but you also mentioned you are to be leaving now."
14236Not makin' it EASY for this stranger to go kill your dumb lich
14237
14238Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:21 PM]
14239"As a frame of reference, I was just paid 3000 gold for my single excursion with this group."
14240
14241Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:22 PM]
14242"Without this lich involved?"
14243
14244Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14245Maegan gives them each a little peck on the head.
14246
14247Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14248They snuggle in their sleep
14249
14250Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14251"With, this will be our second confrontation with it."
14252
14253Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14254😊
14255
14256Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14257Cedwyn makes a little dragon noise when Maegan kisses his head
14258and then settles back down and resumes tiny snoring
14259
14260Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14261"And if I kill it, you suspect there would be more payment?"
14262
14263Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:23 PM]
14264"I suspect"
14265
14266Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:25 PM]
14267"It would be surprising not to find loot, as well."
14268
14269Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:25 PM]
14270Manny sighs. He polishes off his second glass of ale, sitting up from the chair and brushing himself off. "Maybe the cards laid the warning out for *me*."
14271"But a lifetime of gold is hard to decline."
14272
14273Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:25 PM]
14274"Or perhaps the cards showed you our fate without your help."
14275
14276Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:25 PM]
14277With a heavy heart, Ashka leaves the office. She sighs sadly as she comes back to the front.
14278
14279Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:25 PM]
14280"Regardless, you will have it."
14281Maybe there's other bewildering women here, anyway.
14282
14283Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:26 PM]
14284Maegan puts a little blanky over them, gives them one final look, and steps out of the office closing the door behind her. She walks back up front. "Are we ready?"
14285
14286Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:27 PM]
14287"Then prepare for battle."
14288
14289LukeSkynoober#9683 [02-Jun-17 08:28 PM]
14290Mary appears in the tavern, all suited up.
14291
14292Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:28 PM]
14293Ashka dresses herself and is ready.
14294
14295Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:28 PM]
14296Arvio has his gun loaded
14297
14298Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:29 PM]
14299Ashka waits for Maegan. She needs her comfort by her side.
14300
14301Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:31 PM]
14302Maegan goes and buys a Heavyload Belt and returns back to the tavern. She looks to Ashka as she enters, with a conflicted expression.
14303
14304Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:31 PM]
14305Yesab quickly rushes on into the tavern as well, given what his friends are setting out to do.
14306He has a bag full of shit.
14307
14308Mathias#1381 [02-Jun-17 08:31 PM]
14309That's not a nice thing to say about Maegan.
14310
14311Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:31 PM]
14312damn
14313
14314Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:31 PM]
14315"Hello Yesab"
14316
14317Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:32 PM]
14318ðŸ˜
14319
14320Rainglove#0072 [02-Jun-17 08:32 PM]
14321yesab does literally have a bag full of shit
14322
14323Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:32 PM]
14324He waves at Arvio. "Hello! I've come with, uh, preparations!"
14325
14326Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:33 PM]
14327Ashka looks at Yesab with a confused expression. "Are you sure you are willing to go in again?"
14328
14329Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:35 PM]
14330"That's why I wanted to give these out. I'm.. not sure I would be able to be my best out there. But I have these!" He shows Ashka the bundle, which includes a +2 cloak of resistance and a number of high-level spells trapped in gems.
14331https://gyazo.com/bb7df30038fb612a7c48d7e256779c71 Just to put the spells back out there from the pin
14332
14333Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:35 PM]
14334Do we just grab what we want or ?
14335
14336Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:38 PM]
14337"Does anyone in particular wish to take this cloak? I believe many of us already have one like it, but this one is better?"
14338
14339Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:38 PM]
14340Manny, meanwhile, just stares down at the little fey. Yesab waves at him, to which Manny responds with a wave back.
14341
14342Soren#1962 [02-Jun-17 08:38 PM]
14343You hear a distant fox noise
14344
14345Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:39 PM]
14346*I don't have a cloak, but I'd hate to be a drain on their resources*
14347
14348Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:39 PM]
14349"Is it not just a cloak?"
14350
14351Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:40 PM]
14352"It can help with what we are about to face."
14353
14354Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:40 PM]
14355He makes a physical :ping: at Ashka.
14356With his face.
14357
14358Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:40 PM]
14359*Must be magical*
14360
14361Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:40 PM]
14362"It *is* magical."
14363
14364Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:40 PM]
14365"We have cloaks which makes us more resistant. This is one like it, if I am correct."
14366
14367Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:41 PM]
14368who makes a ping question goat
14369
14370Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:41 PM]
14371"I would hate to be demanding after having met so recently, but that does sound tempting."
14372
14373Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:41 PM]
14374oh is it manny
14375
14376Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:41 PM]
14377Yes
14378
14379Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:41 PM]
14380okie
14381
14382Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:42 PM]
14383"Do you fight up front or in the back?"
14384
14385Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:42 PM]
14386"I fight at a range, but I can only toss my cards so far."
14387He seems at least aware enough of how bizarre that sounds.
14388
14389Cactus#6981 [02-Jun-17 08:43 PM]
14390Arvio stands up, "I will find the others now."
14391And he leaves
14392
14393Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:43 PM]
14394"Maegan, do you have everything you need?"
14395
14396Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:43 PM]
14397Vauhan appears confused. "Cards?" He shakes his head, as he realizes the man with two shields shouldn't be judging. "If no one else wants it, take it."
14398
14399Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:44 PM]
14400"I suppose I do." Maegan looks to her. "Do you?"
14401
14402Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:45 PM]
14403She nods and sighs. "I have everything I could ever need."
14404
14405Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:46 PM]
14406Maegan just stares at her for a while. "...I see."
14407
14408Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:47 PM]
14409Manny shrugs and takes the cloak from the small woodsman creature. He bows graciously to the little wood creature, who giggles. "I like your accent, by the way!" "Thank you, small one. I like your leaf."
14410
14411Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:48 PM]
14412"C'mon then. Lich won't die waiting for us."
14413
14414Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:49 PM]
14415Might as well do this now, Maegan thinks. It may be too late in the future. "I'm...sorry for sneaking around last night. I was acting like a jealous little girl."
14416
14417Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:50 PM]
14418She blinks. "Sneaking? But Maegan you walked right out the door?"
14419
14420Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:50 PM]
14421"Er, well, yes but- you know what I mean."
14422
14423Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:50 PM]
14424She blinks again. "I am not sure if I do. Did I say something wrong?"
14425
14426Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:51 PM]
14427"Thank you. If it means anything, you have nothing to fear from me, now that I know."
14428
14429Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:51 PM]
14430She frowns. "It was just a talk."
14431
14432Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:51 PM]
14433Manny realizes he tried schmoozing into the wrooooong love triangle. Better get to looking at some other girls.
14434
14435Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:52 PM]
14436pffft
14437She shakes her head to clear her thoughts. "Well, we can discuss that later. We have some...important matters at hand."
14438
14439Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:53 PM]
14440"Well...I...I suppose you're right. I'm sorry I brought it up."
14441
14442Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:54 PM]
14443"We've spent long enough talking. Fate calls to us." Vauhan steps out of the tavern towards the agreed meeting spot.
14444
14445Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:54 PM]
14446Ashka gives her a smile and tugs at her arm. "It is quite alright, even if I do not understand." She tugs her towards the door.
14447
14448Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jun-17 08:54 PM]
14449Vauhan is only now beginning to realize Ashka's lack of social graces.
14450
14451Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jun-17 08:54 PM]
14452JUST NOW
14453
14454Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jun-17 08:55 PM]
14455"Ri-Oh, alright then!" Maegan is tugged.
14456
14457Goatwright#9050 [02-Jun-17 08:55 PM]
14458Manny exhales, muttering under his breath a 'No kidding' to Vauhan's call of fate. He follows on after.
14459Not before taking the gems, since none were explicitly claimed and we're just gonna make sure at least somebody has them.
14460
14461Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:48 AM]
14462jeez
14463
14464Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 12:49 AM]
14465Ashka is also there!
14466
14467Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:49 AM]
14468The babies are fine I GUESS. Maegan heads back out front and pours herself a drink.
14469What a coincidence
14470
14471Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 12:50 AM]
14472The babies smell like babies as they sleep.
14473
14474Rainglove#0072 [18-Jun-17 12:50 AM]
14475The little dragons snore as Maegan goes in to check on them
14476Tired little babbs
14477
14478Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:51 AM]
14479Good babs.
14480"Would you like a drink too, Ashka?"
14481
14482Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 12:52 AM]
14483Don't fug in front of the babies.
14484
14485Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 12:52 AM]
14486She stretches and sighs, taking a seat. "Yes, please."
14487
14488Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:52 AM]
14489Maegan pours her some NOT dwarven ale. "How are you feeling?"
14490
14491Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 12:54 AM]
14492She sighs a little, watching the liquid spin as she twirls the glass. "Well..."
14493
14494Soren#1962 [18-Jun-17 12:54 AM]
14495A fox pads in hops into Ashka's lap, does that thing cats do where they spin like 6 times, and then settles down and goes to sleep.
14496
14497Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 12:55 AM]
14498Arvio enters the building.
14499
14500Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:55 AM]
14501"You can talk to me, Ashka. Whatever you need to say, say it."
14502
14503Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 12:56 AM]
14504She glances down to Lex and the Arvio that entered. "Perhaps another time?"
14505
14506Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 12:56 AM]
14507And right into lovers having a moment.
14508
14509Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 12:56 AM]
14510She shakes her head. "How are you feeling?"
14511
14512Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 12:57 AM]
14513"May I head back and get some food Maegan?"
14514
14515Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
14516"Take your time. And I'm doing very well, now that that's all over with." Maegan nods to Arvio and gestures to the back.
14517
14518Soren#1962 [18-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
14519Lex lightly snores. Passed completely and utterly out.
14520Having your life force constantly drained away from you takes a lot out of a guy
14521
14522Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 12:58 AM]
14523Arvio heads around back and gets to work.
14524
14525Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 12:59 AM]
14526"We can talk whenever you're ready. I won't rush you."
14527
14528Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:00 AM]
14529"Just, somewhere away from certain people."
14530"So, soon." She smiles at Maegan, giving her hand a loving pat.
14531
14532Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:01 AM]
14533"Oooh, is that so?" Maegan leans forward onto her elbow, resting her chin on her hand. "I'm looking forward to that."
14534
14535Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:02 AM]
14536Ooooooh my~
14537After taking his sweet time enjoying the bathhouse, Loyd eventually goes to the tavern. He spots Maegan and Ashka at the counter, and wonders if he should just back away slowly and leave.
14538
14539Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:05 AM]
14540Ashka looks confused, but tries not to show it. The shift in the mood makes her a little bit nervous.
14541
14542Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:05 AM]
14543MIXED MESSAGES
14544
14545Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:05 AM]
14546JUST FUCK ALREADY
14547AGAIN
14548
14549Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:06 AM]
14550Arvio waves over at him, he's behind the counter with a plate and drink ready for Loyd.
14551
14552Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:06 AM]
14553"What, what's wrong? Did I take that the wrong way?"
14554
14555Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:07 AM]
14556Loyd got spotted. He'll take the plate and drink to another table.
14557
14558Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:07 AM]
14559"What do you mean what is wrong?"
14560
14561Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:07 AM]
14562"You looked a little troubled after I said that."
14563
14564Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:08 AM]
14565Arvio will glady follow him with his own.
14566
14567Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:09 AM]
14568"It just feels very...familiar..."
14569
14570Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:09 AM]
14571"What's with this? Usually I would get my own food or have someone who works here get it." Might as well talk to Arvio until the others arrive.
14572
14573Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:10 AM]
14574"Did I bring up bad memories? I'm sorry."
14575
14576Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:11 AM]
14577Even though Ashka is looking in Maegan's direction, her eyes doesn't seem to focus on her.
14578
14579Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:11 AM]
14580"The love birds were busy."
14581
14582Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:11 AM]
14583"Which is why I was going to back away and leave them be."
14584
14585Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:11 AM]
14586"...Are you okay, Ashka? Is something wrong?"
14587
14588Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:13 AM]
14589"True, but this is really the only place with decent food in the settlement. No offence to Rotgut, of course."
14590
14591Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:14 AM]
14592Loyd looks over to Ashka and Maegan as he tries to enjoy his food. Oh no, hope nothing bad happens.
14593
14594Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:14 AM]
14595She looks around at the bar setting, and keeps rubbing her glass. "I think... I am alright. Maybe just a cold bath to wake me up." She scoops Lex up and places him on the counter. "I will be... back."
14596
14597Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:15 AM]
14598"Something is troubling you. We could go somewhere private if you'd like, just to talk."
14599
14600LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:16 AM]
14601Mary enters, dressed way down from her heavy armour. She sits down by Loyd, totally not romatically or anything. "Did the bath go well~?" She asks happily, not noticing the tense automopshere
14602
14603Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:17 AM]
14604"Hmm..." Loyd answers with a non-answer, nodding towards Maegan and Ashka. Take the hint, Mary. Read the atmosphere.
14605
14606Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:17 AM]
14607"No no, it is alright. I need something cold, it is too warm in here. Do not worry, I will be back. I am fine." And she stumbles her way out!
14608
14609Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:18 AM]
14610"So, tell me more about yourself Loyd, we've not had a chance to really talk face to face."
14611
14612Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:18 AM]
14613Maegan huffs and follows her out, against her better judgment. "Did that monster's magic affect you? Just tell me what's wrong!"
14614
14615Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:20 AM]
14616"That is gonna backfire." Loyd says to himself, eating some PORK. Good pork. "Born in Fortriu. Fought in a war. Did things I shouldn't have done. Did other things both good and bad. Left Fortriu. Came here. That's the basic story." Loyd answers.
14617
14618Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
14619"Fortriu, that is... to the west of here?"
14620
14621Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
14622"Northwest corner of the Axehead."
14623
14624Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
14625She groans and attempts to shoo her away weakly. "Magic, magic, magic! Always with magic everywhere." She rubs her nose and heads to the bath house!
14626
14627Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:21 AM]
14628"Right right, did you also fight these Scythians?"
14629
14630Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:22 AM]
14631"What in the Hells has gotten into you?!"
14632
14633Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:22 AM]
14634"...Maegan. Give her ten minutes, then follow." Loyd raises his voice to make sure a certain bitch mage hears him, and then goes back to looking at the table. "Why all the interest? You could ask Mary those same questions. But the answer is yes. Scythia sent a small force of 500 here before."
14635
14636Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
14637"Here? I meant the war you fought in. As to the interest, you are a very interesting person and I work alongside you. I fully intend to get to know Mary as well."
14638
14639Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
14640She huffs, tugging at her collar. "Lex! With his damned domination trickery, it makes me feel ill."
14641
14642Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
14643"Then just bloody tell him to take it off!"
14644
14645Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:24 AM]
14646"No. The war I was in was a civil war."
14647
14648Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:25 AM]
14649"Ah, a civil war. Those are the most brutal."
14650
14651Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:25 AM]
14652"He did!"
14653
14654LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:26 AM]
14655Mary's just sorta listening. "Maegan is from Fortiu, as well right...?"
14656
14657Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:26 AM]
14658"Uuugh." Maegan follows Ashka to the bathhouse, but not before telling Loyd to shut up.
14659
14660Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:26 AM]
14661"She is. As was Samarah, the girl we were talking about earlier."
14662Loyd flips off Maegan as she heads off.
14663
14664Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:26 AM]
14665"Maegan called her a bannerlord?"
14666
14667Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:27 AM]
14668She stomps forward, giving up on Maegan to go away. And fucking, dunks into the bath
14669with clothes and all
14670and the hammer as well
14671can't forget that
14672
14673Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:27 AM]
14674"That was her title. She was famous during the Civil War. Maegan was also famous. We called her the Witch of the Bran Plains." Chew chew food. "Not sure what title Maegan and Samarah's side gave me."
14675
14676Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:28 AM]
14677"Why'd you bring the damn hammer with you?" Maegan dunks in after her.
14678
14679Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:28 AM]
14680Arvio leans over the table a little bit, "You fought against each other?"
14681"That certainly explains the animosity."
14682
14683LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:29 AM]
14684Mary sorta flinches as Loyd flips Maegan off. "What a shame..."
14685
14686Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:29 AM]
14687No reason to flinch, Mary. Jeez. "It is, but that's life."
14688
14689Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
14690She sighs, twisting the bottom of her shirt nervously.
14691
14692Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
14693"You know, I have to admit. You are the first person I have seen since coming here that has made me believe a bow is still a worthwhile weapon."
14694
14695Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
14696"Look, now it's just us. What's bothering you? Please, just talk to me."
14697
14698Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:30 AM]
14699"I honestly shudder to think of what you could do with a proper rifle."
14700
14701Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:31 AM]
14702"What's the effective range on a rifle?"
14703
14704Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:31 AM]
14705Ashka looks to her. "I feel hurt again."
14706
14707Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:32 AM]
14708"Hurt? By who?"
14709
14710Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:32 AM]
14711"It is most effective within about, 80 feet I would say."
14712"I prefer closer range weapons."
14713
14714Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:33 AM]
14715"I can shoot accurately with a bow from 220 feet. I got small problems with aim after that, but could probably still hit fine."
14716
14717Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:34 AM]
14718"When Lex put that...thing on me, I could remember what happened to me years ago. With Jadya's father. And it hurts a lot, Maegan."
14719"What do I do?"
14720
14721Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:34 AM]
14722"I will admit, bows have a much more significant range. Bullets cannot be finessed like an arrow can."
14723
14724Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:35 AM]
14725"I'm sure you can find a way to improve the range."
14726
14727Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:36 AM]
14728Maegan is silent for a moment. She puts a hand on hers. "I...I don't know. I couldn't tell you."
14729"Would you like to talk about it? About him?"
14730
14731Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:37 AM]
14732"It is very hazy."
14733"The moment I met him to the moment I was showing, I hardly remembered anything."
14734
14735Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:39 AM]
14736"Quite, we've made some excellent strides as of late. The cost of each improvement we make is getting a bit prohibitave however. I am no merchant, but I reckon that this would cost you about 4000 gold to purchase a revolver like mine. Mine was gift, in fact."
14737
14738Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:39 AM]
14739"Have you blocked it from your memory? Some people shove painful memories into the back of their minds, so to speak. When they don't *want* to remember."
14740"I know that very well."
14741"Do you remember his name?"
14742"Has he even met Jadya?"
14743
14744Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:41 AM]
147454000 gold? By the gods, that is a lot of money. Even Loyd is unable to hide his shock on his face. "That is... a lot of money compared to a bow. For just one revolver you could get 40 composite longbows for a levy."
14746"And you can probably make a bow easier than one of your guns so... I don't see... "firearms" being popular on the Axehead."
14747
14748Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:42 AM]
14749She shakes her head and sinks her body into the water, so that only her head is above the water level.
14750
14751Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:42 AM]
14752"Quite, but this device can tear through metal like nothing."
14753
14754Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:43 AM]
14755"Do you still...love him?"
14756
14757Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:43 AM]
14758"I would never think of it, but a man with a gun, with barely any training could very well put down Vauhan with a proper firearm."
14759
14760Nachtimus#1770 [18-Jun-17 01:43 AM]
14761*I'd like to see you try ya silly gnoll*
14762
14763Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:43 AM]
14764She glares at her and snorts. "Not at all."
14765
14766Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:44 AM]
14767"We are fortunate that we are a wealthy people, but fuctionally only the more higher up troops ever lay a hand on one of these."
14768"And the wealthy of course."
14769
14770Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:45 AM]
14771"Then forget him! A man who abandons a woman carrying his child is not a man worth your time. He's a coward."
14772"Don't let someone like that torture your mind."
14773
14774Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:45 AM]
14775"I'm not so sure. Vauhan's plate seems very well made. Sure it would take a few hits to get through it." Let's not ignore Mary, though. "Mary, you are a very... elusive young woman." Loyd is sure he used the right elusive/illusive. "I'm pretty sure I know the least about you, besides that Manny guy who just joined us. Tell us about yourself."
14776
14777Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:48 AM]
14778She's right! She nods, standing up a bit in the water. "You are correct. I have no need to think of what happened in the past."
14779
14780Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:49 AM]
14781Maegan looks a bit surprised. That was easy. "Well...are you feeling better?"
14782
14783Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:50 AM]
14784Now fuck in the bath.
14785
14786Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:50 AM]
14787She frowns. "I still feel ill."
14788"It feels very unpleasant to have him in my head after nearly 12 years."
14789
14790LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:51 AM]
14791"Oh! Me?" Mary giggles a little awkwardly. "I dunno what to say, really. I'm from Parthia, grew up in a church of Sarenrae. I'm an orphan, so I was taken in by the church and eventually decided to dedicate my life to her. Um, I have a elder sister who's apart of the Inquisistion, and I have a thing for languages! I also really like art." She nods, satisfied. "Does that help any...?"
14792
14793Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:51 AM]
14794"Your sister is in the inquistion?"
14795
14796LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:52 AM]
14797"Yes! She's so cool!" Mary's eyes light up.
14798
14799Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:52 AM]
14800"You should introduce me sometime, I would love to meet her!"
14801
14802Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:52 AM]
14803"I know it's hard...to forget things. Sometimes they just pop into your head at the worst times."
14804"But you can't let it affect you."
14805"If it's making you sick, try to think of other things. Like Jadya."
14806
14807Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:54 AM]
14808"Are you also part of the Inquisition or the two of you being here is just coincidence?"
14809
14810Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:54 AM]
14811"And how you'll be seeing her soon."
14812
14813LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:55 AM]
14814"No, to both. She went off on an assignment, and I was able to chase after her!" She's very proud of this.
14815
14816Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:55 AM]
14817"Stalking your sister, then."
14818
14819LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 01:56 AM]
14820"It's not stalking if we're related! ...Right?"
14821
14822Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:56 AM]
14823"Stalking is a pretty harsh word don't you think," Arvio chuckles.
14824
14825Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 01:57 AM]
14826"I will try to do my best. But it will be difficult."
14827
14828Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 01:58 AM]
14829"Stalker." Loyd grins, finally taking a drink.
14830
14831Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 01:58 AM]
14832"It's always difficult. Trust me. But you're a strong woman, stronger than I'll ever be."
14833
14834Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 01:59 AM]
14835"What I always found strange, no offence to your race, is how important siblings are to you."
14836
14837Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 02:00 AM]
14838She chuckles. "You do not mean that. You are strong as well."
14839
14840LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:00 AM]
14841"Ammmm noottt!" Mary exclaims to Loyd, before tilting her head at Arvio. "Really? Do, uh... d-dog people not have family connections...?"
14842
14843Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 02:00 AM]
14844"Of course I mean it! I've seen how you wield that hammer of yours."
14845
14846Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:01 AM]
14847"Gnoll. Not really, I don't even know a single thing about my siblings. I know from snooping in temple records that my sisters are in the military, but other than that I barely know a thing about them."
14848
14849Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 02:01 AM]
14850She flexes a little. "There are other kinds of strength, Maegan. I have seen you in combat, very impressive."
14851
14852Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:02 AM]
14853"Sure you're not." Loyd takes another drink and then looks to Arvio for his answer. "How are gnolls raised, then, if you never get to know your siblings?"
14854
14855Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 02:03 AM]
14856Maegan chuckles. "I try. Glad you've been watching."
14857
14858Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:05 AM]
14859"We are raised by the temple. Most women don't have the time or resources to raise a child, let alone educate and train them. Gnoll twins are rare and we are hardly introduced to our siblings if they end up in the same temple."
14860
14861Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 02:05 AM]
14862She rubs her nose a bit. "Thank you, Maegan. I appreciate you, for helping. "
14863
14864Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 02:06 AM]
14865"I'm always here if you need me. Now," Maegan slides further down into the water. "Tell me about Jadya."
14866
14867Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:06 AM]
14868"I've met members of my bloodline, but there isn't any social bond between us like your kind."
14869
14870LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:07 AM]
14871"How weird..." Mary says. "I couldn't imagine line without my sister..."
14872
14873Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:07 AM]
14874"Well, we would all be raised in the same household. So I lived in a small home with my father, mother, three brothers, and grandfather. Well, until the youngest and the grandfather passed on when I was still young." Chew chew food.
14875
14876Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:08 AM]
14877"That is just a wild concept to me. How can you be sure you are getting a proper upbringing letting everyone raise thier own children."
14878
14879Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jun-17 02:09 AM]
14880Ashka huddles next to the wall, facing Maegan. And goes on...and on...and on...
14881
14882Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 02:09 AM]
14883Maegan *listens* with *genuine interest*.
14884
14885Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:11 AM]
14886"My father taught me how to farm and take care of the animals we raised. The community helps teach the other things since a village cannot survive if everyone only focuses on themselves. War taught me to use the bow. Everything else I picked up from others or taught myself as necessary."
14887
14888Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:12 AM]
14889"Clearly you have the skills, but surely, there are plenty of women who cannot assure their progeny gets the right upbringing."
14890
14891Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jun-17 02:14 AM]
14892It is NOT sarcastic
14893
14894Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:16 AM]
14895"...Fortriu is very different from your homeland, Arvio. Women..." Loyd tries to find the right way to word this. "...In Fortriu, men are the ones that are usually in charge of the household and the land. Women are rarely fighters and there have been VERY few High Queens. Even in the war, the only time you would see a woman on the battlefield is if she was a spellcaster or if she was part of some religious order that allowed it. You would never see a woman with a spear and shield in a Lord's levy."
14896
14897Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:19 AM]
14898"Fair enough, I suppose we could make the compairson of your women to Gnollish men. They are quite a bit stronger and larger than us.... quite a bit. Of course, I could talk for hours about the state of men in my homeland actually. I am sure you don't want to talk about that."
14899"Queens are totaltarians, correct?"
14900
14901Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:21 AM]
14902"Depends on the land. Fortriu is a feudal realm, and there have been cases of rulers being weaker than their vassals in feudal socities in history."
14903"High Kings and High Queens in Fortriu are supposed to have the loyalty of the other Kings of Fortriu, but... well, there is another civil war happened now in Fortriu between the High King and the King of Scun. From what I know, it is because the High King tried to centralize rule so that he had more power."
14904
14905Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:25 AM]
14906"It sounds like Kahina. We are a caliphate, that is, we are run by the temple. The temple is so entrenched in our society I cannot see any possible route for a civil war to break out. However, the internal politics within the temple would be considered treason in most nations I assume."
14907
14908Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:28 AM]
14909"Maybe Parthia would understand the internal politics. They got a powerful inquisition, after all."
14910
14911Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:29 AM]
14912"Kahina is more akin to a tyrant than a priestess. I would reckon her guard fuctions like your inquisition."
14913
14914Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:29 AM]
14915"...Oh Kahina is a person. I thought that was the name of the land."
14916
14917Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:30 AM]
14918"Oh heavens no, we've conqured our land from sea to sea."
14919
14920Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:31 AM]
14921Loyd puts ten gold down on the land being broken up into several kingdoms in the future. Empires don't last forever. "I see..."
14922
14923Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:32 AM]
14924"But yes, Kahina is a ruthless woman. She's gotten so many other priestess' deposed or killed."
14925
14926Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:33 AM]
14927"If she doesn't have a strong heir, that legacy won't last long."
14928
14929Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:34 AM]
14930"She has a few women she's expressed interest in grooming, but she's quite young still. She has time."
14931
14932Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:34 AM]
14933"Poison can cut it short."
14934
14935Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:35 AM]
14936Arvio chuckles, "Yes, yes it can."
14937
14938Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:36 AM]
14939"And if someone improved the range on a rifle, an assassination attempt could always kill her from afar."
14940
14941Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:36 AM]
14942Arvio nods in agreement.
14943"These are all true."
14944
14945Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:40 AM]
14946This is now an awkward conversation. Quick, get innocent Mary to say something. "So, your church approves of your path in life?" What a stupid question.
14947
14948LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:42 AM]
14949"Oh!" Mary refocuses with the subject change. "Um! Depends what you mean! They approve of the languages thing and scroll making! They're not too fond of me insisting to come here, I'm afraid." She laughs a little, sadly. "I wonder if they'll be coming here soon..."
14950
14951Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:44 AM]
14952"Well... it's possible since seemingly everyone will be here for the invasion." Loyd hmms, scratching his stubble. "Which is a little good. Your sister would have probably left after awhile if the Scythians were never gonna come here. So you get more time with her."
14953
14954LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:46 AM]
14955Mary nods. "Mhm! And that's great! I just hope we'll be able to fight the Scythian's off."
14956
14957Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:46 AM]
14958"How is life in your temple? Do you enjoy it?"
14959
14960LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:48 AM]
14961"I enjoy it lots! I usually spend my time making scrolls, and taking care of pilgrims. It never gets old to meet someone knew and learn their language." Mary giggles happily.
14962
14963Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:49 AM]
14964"Have you been keeping up with the High Fortriu I taught you before?"
14965
14966LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:52 AM]
14967"Yes! I have! It's so surpsing how different it is from from Low Fortriu! __I am get good we think!__"
14968She says the underlined bit in high Fortriu btw
14969
14970Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:54 AM]
14971"Hmm... better than when you started, at least. We'll go through it some more when we clear out the Tomb of the remaining undead."
14972
14973Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:55 AM]
14974"Quite a bit of work you two have ahead of you."
14975
14976LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 02:56 AM]
14977"Ehehe, alright!~" Mary sways happily.
14978"It'll be alright! My Goddess'll protect us! Thanks to her, we'll be able to make quick work of 'em~"
14979
14980Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 02:56 AM]
14981"There were undead dragons there before. I'm sure the rest of the work will be fine." Hopefully there are no UNDEAD dragons left, though.
14982"And Erastil will bless my bow." Hopefully.
14983
14984Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 02:58 AM]
14985"It is so nice to be around religious folk again."
14986
14987Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:01 AM]
14988"Almost everyone around here is religious. Not sure who Ashka and Maegan worship, if they worship."
14989
14990LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 03:02 AM]
14991"I dunno if they're so overtly religious, admittedly."
14992
14993Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:02 AM]
14994"I have asked them, they are not."
14995
14996Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:03 AM]
14997"Well... Vauhan has Gorum and Elara is clearly religious, so at least the people you work with in the clinic got gods. Wyatt I presume is religious."
14998
14999Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:04 AM]
15000"Me and Vauhan have had serious discussions about Gorum actually."
15001
15002Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:05 AM]
15003"Oh? How did that go?"
15004
15005Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:05 AM]
15006"He can be surprisingly eloquent when he needs to be."
15007
15008LukeSkynoober#9683 [18-Jun-17 03:07 AM]
15009Mary yawns. "Ah, I'm sorry! I really ought to head off. It's been a long day." She laughs, and stands. "See you all another day! Amazing job~" She disappears into the night.
15010
15011Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:09 AM]
15012Loyd waves Mary off. "Good night. Don't let the bed bugs bite."
15013
15014Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:09 AM]
15015"She's a nice girl. She seems so young."
15016
15017Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:10 AM]
15018"Probably no older than 20. Lived a good life, since she seems so innocent and cheery."
15019
15020Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:11 AM]
15021"It's enviable"
15022
15023Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:15 AM]
15024"It really is. Hopefully nothing happens to ruin that for her."
15025
15026Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 03:15 AM]
15027"I hope so."
15028
15029Mathias#1381 [18-Jun-17 03:16 AM]
15030Loyd finishes his meal. Not gonna leave dishes on the table for Maegan, though. He takes his plate and mug to the kitchen to wash.
15031"Be sure to clean up before you leave." Loyd says as he heads out and goes to sleep. Zzz.
15032
15033Cactus#6981 [18-Jun-17 09:43 PM]
15034"Mother goddess, it sure is lucky I grabbed all that magical stuff of the way instead of leaving it in that death temple and never going back!"
15035"Speaking of which, I suppose I should have someone identify all this gear."
15036Arvio hefts his bag of loot over his shoulder and sets out for a quick stop at Edgar's shop.
15037
15038Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:01 PM]
15039Lex is working in the kitchen like usual.
15040When suddenly he is seized by something and drops his knife, clattering to the floor and cutting him as it falls, doubling over and letting out an agonized cry. His form shifting chaotically before settling to his natural kitsune form, his fur glowing slightly as if he was intensly using his powers, his claws dig into the floor slightly as he grits his teeth, blood freely flowing and seeping into his white robe.
15041He quickly passes out.
15042
15043Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:08 PM]
15044Ashka, in the office, hears the commotion and comes-a-running in. She says poor poor Lex bleeding out.
15045She picks him up carefully, placing his head in her lap. "Lex?" Shake, shake. "Lex, can you hear me?" Does the Lex respond?
15046
15047Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:09 PM]
15048No response.
15049But he feels much hotter than normal, and his fur is still weird and glowy.
15050
15051Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:13 PM]
15052With a slight sense of panic, Ashka carries Lex over her shoulder. She doesn't see Arvio anywhere instantly, so she heads to the clinic. NYOOOM.
15053As she walks, Ashka says soothing words of encouragment. "You will be alright, just hold on for just a little longer."
15054
15055Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:14 PM]
15056Ashka NYOOMs her way past a bunch of people and into Elara's clinic. Odds are there are a few other PC types there with her.
15057Or not. Elara's busy stocking shelves as you come barging in.
15058
15059Cactus#6981 [23-Jun-17 07:17 PM]
15060Arvio is noticeably absent from the clinic at the moment
15061
15062Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:17 PM]
15063No one cares about Lex but his mom
15064
15065Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:18 PM]
15066Ashka bangs the door open. "I need assistance!"
15067"Well, this one does. Not me."
15068
15069Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:19 PM]
15070Elara spins around, blinks, then runs over and assists in moving Lex to a table. "What happened?"
15071
15072Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:21 PM]
15073"I am not sure, I just heard something fall. I rushed in as soon as I could. He did not respond to me." Ashka tries her best to hide her nerves, but she is very tense.
15074
15075Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:22 PM]
15076Elara pops a cure on Lex, at least stopping the bleeding. She looks him over.
15077
15078Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:24 PM]
15079His breathing and pulse are perfectly fine and he is burning hot to the touch
15080
15081Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:25 PM]
15082"I do not understand. Did your cure fail?"
15083
15084Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:26 PM]
15085"Worked fine. There's something very unusual going on here."
15086Elara slaps a wet rag on Lex's head because that's about all she's got.
15087
15088Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:27 PM]
15089Don't slap my boy, bitch.
15090She kneels down to Lex's eye level. "Lex, please..." She whispers.
15091
15092Mathias#1381 [23-Jun-17 07:28 PM]
15093Hopefully Ashka isn't suddenly hit with Mythic-tier-itis.
15094
15095Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:30 PM]
15096Hopefully.
15097
15098Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:30 PM]
15099Lex lets out a pained gasp and awakens, baring his teeth in pain. His eyes look different, no longer mismatched. Both fully blue. He tries to stand, but starts to fall, dizzy.
15100He realizes he can float and is mostly incapable of falling. His voice is strained. "The shaman is dead."
15101
15102Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
15103Elara just kinda nods.
15104Huh.
15105She just sorta grabs him and sits him down.
15106
15107Mathias#1381 [23-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
15108Elara is not paid enough for this shit.
15109
15110Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
15111She looks at Ashka
15112who is paid for this shit
15113
15114Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:32 PM]
15115Ashka looks to her.
15116
15117Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15118damnit ashka
15119
15120Hippocratesi#9485 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15121hey pal this is the TAVERN chat
15122
15123Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15124look man ahska doesn't HEAL
15125
15126Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15127"I'm okay. I think. This was just very overwhelming."
15128
15129Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15130where tf do we go then
15131"Lex? What happened?"
15132
15133Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:33 PM]
15134"I am not sure how much I have told you about my...situation."
15135Lex seems fairly composed now that he has awoken, although he is still breathing a little heavily.
15136
15137Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:34 PM]
15138Ashka moves in closer for a more, official medical over view. She places the back of her hand on Lex's forehead.
15139Still hot?
15140
15141Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:34 PM]
15142A bit.
15143
15144Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:34 PM]
15145Elara goes off to grab him something to drink
15146
15147Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:37 PM]
15148"We. I." He shakes his head a little. "In my village, there is always a shaman and eventually as the shaman ages, an apprentice is born. We share the same soul. My theory had been a shard of the Shaman's soul was given to the apprentice until the Shaman passed and the apprentice assumed their position, then the two would rejoin as one."
15149"And, well. My theory was correct."
15150"I felt a sudden..flood of. Everything. Of all the knowledge I should have had. My powers showing me their full extent. I am whole."
15151"And. I am still me."
15152"I am still Lex."
15153"I feel all of the past knowledge of the shamans there, guiding me. But now I truly understand why I was sent out, why all apprentices are sent out when the time is coming near. We are all the same soul, but each shaman needs to be their own person. We don't lose ourselves when everything joins together. We just..." He interlocks his paws. "Work in concert with all we knew prior."
15154"This also means my village is going to need me. But...not until my business is taken care of here. Not until the people here are safe."
15155"I was...so worried that I would lose myself."
15156
15157Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:42 PM]
15158Elara returns with a nice glass of water. God that took a while. She hands it off to Lex.
15159
15160Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:43 PM]
15161Lex takes it and nods to her. "Thank you."
15162
15163Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:44 PM]
15164Ashka nods, her expression becoming increasingly confused. Souls? Joining? "You think all of that is related to...the fainting spell?"
15165"Are the souls of the others telling you something?"
15166
15167Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:45 PM]
15168"There are no 'others'. It is all me."
15169"Just past incarnations that all had their own experiences."
15170"I am not so much being told something as being...guided. I can feel things I was *supposed* to know. Skills I was *supposed* to have."
15171"I was a shadow of myself before."
15172"It is as if I gained back lost memories."
15173"But ones from...times I was not myself. Have you ever thought back to when you were young and felt you were a completely different person then?"
15174"It is much like that."
15175
15176Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:48 PM]
15177"Did you see anything?"
15178
15179Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:48 PM]
15180Elara assumes Lex is okay and heads outside to take a walk.
15181
15182Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:49 PM]
15183He gives a small smile. "Nothing you would find interesting, unless you wish to hear about births and deaths in my village."
15184
15185Doe Heart#8349 [23-Jun-17 07:49 PM]
15186She chuckles but then gains a worried look on her face. "Do you feel better?"
15187
15188Soren#1962 [23-Jun-17 07:50 PM]
15189He removes the strange ancient shears he has been using lately from his belt. "I realized these were mine, however."
15190"I know why I had felt drawn to them. I do not know how they ended up down here, but I long ago possessed them. They contain a fraction of my ability to manipulate the threads of fate."
15191He gives another smile and places a paw on Ashka's cheek. "I do. My body was unable to handle my soul connecting with its errant shard so suddenly, but this is what always happens. I am perfectly okay."
15192"I appreciate your care and concern. Maegan and Jadya are lucky to have you to protect and care for them."
15193
15194Rainglove#0072 [23-Jun-17 07:54 PM]
15195#cozyroom
15196
15197Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:07 AM]
15198With a tired sigh, Ashka pushes the door to the tavern. With a yawn, she walks into the office.
15199
15200Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 02:08 AM]
15201Maegan snorts awake once she hears the door open. "Oh, Ashka, it's you. Sorry, I was taking a little nap- How are you doing?"
15202
15203Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:09 AM]
15204She flops into bed next to her, making the Maegan jump a bit. "Very tired."
15205She rolls next to her, so their eyes meet. "How are you?"
15206
15207Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 02:11 AM]
15208Maegan does a sleepy chuckle. "About the same, actually. Come to have a rest yourself?"
15209
15210Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:12 AM]
15211She nods, moving closer to Maegan.
15212
15213Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 02:14 AM]
15214Maegan wraps an arm around her and rubs her back. "It feels so refreshing to have a moment of peace...where you don't have to worry about anything. For just a while."
15215
15216Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:15 AM]
15217Ashka answers with a "mhm". She nuzzles into Maegan's neck and sighs again deeply.
15218
15219Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 02:19 AM]
15220Maegan gives Ashka a lil' smoochy on the cheek. "Sleep well."
15221
15222Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:22 AM]
15223Ashka makes a sound that resembles "good night". She wraps Maegan with her arms for a personal pillow.
15224
15225Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 02:23 AM]
15226How cute.
15227
15228Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:24 AM]
15229Maegan is soft and warm and comfort and home.
15230
15231Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 02:24 AM]
15232dam thats cute
15233
15234Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 02:24 AM]
15235(:
15236
15237Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:44 PM]
15238Maegan awakens in her office bed, feeling MIGHTY FINE this mornin' especially with this large woman beside her.
15239
15240Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
15241Ashka blinks into awakeness and feels pretty fine waking up to DEMON LADY.
15242
15243Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
15244racist tbh
15245"Did you sleep well?"
15246
15247Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 09:45 PM]
15248wow wtf it's hot
15249"I did. Did you enjoy your sleep?"
15250
15251Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:47 PM]
15252"I most certainly did, with you beside me."
15253
15254Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 09:47 PM]
15255Gaaaaaaaaaaay
15256
15257Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 09:48 PM]
15258She chuckles and pulls Maegan closer. "One of the few nights spent together where you slept." wink wonk
15259
15260Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:51 PM]
15261"Oooh, how could I ever forget?" Maegan giggles.
15262
15263Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 09:53 PM]
15264She sits up, with her back against the wall, placing Maegan's head on her lap. "Did you dream?" she asks while stroking her hair.
15265
15266Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:55 PM]
15267Maegan lets out a drawn out sigh. "I did. They were good dreams...but remembering them doesn't quite have the same effect."
15268"I've told you of my...once fiance, haven't I?"
15269
15270Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 09:57 PM]
15271Ashka hands freezes through hair brushing and her body tenses. "No?"
15272"I was not aware you had other... encounters." Ashka finally realize how dumb that sounded. Of course she would have others, she is beautiful.
15273
15274Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 09:59 PM]
15275dam
15276"Er, well, his name was Moren. I met him some years after I was put into the Academy. I can remember his face as clear as the day I met him."
15277
15278Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:00 PM]
15279She quickly clears her throat. "I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable."
15280
15281Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:01 PM]
15282Her voice sounds tight, perhaps with Jealousy? "Please, continue." She does not resume stroking Maegan's hair.
15283
15284Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:03 PM]
15285"Oh, come now, don't pout. I'm sorry if I upset you. If it makes it any better, I've...moved on. I remember him fondly but I've accepted that he is gone. You, these little ones, and Jadya are all I care about now, I mean that."
15286
15287Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:04 PM]
15288She relaxes a bit. "I was not upset, just curious I promise. What do you mean by gone?"
15289Better not be DEAD or something...
15290
15291Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:05 PM]
15292"Dead. Killed in the war."
15293
15294Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:05 PM]
15295Oh.
15296
15297Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:05 PM]
15298"From Loyd's arrow."
15299
15300Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
15301Why do things always come back to Loyd????
15302
15303Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
15304cuz he DID IT
15305
15306Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
15307She shakes a little, cursing herself for acting petty at a time like this.
15308"Maegan..."
15309
15310Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 10:06 PM]
15311He probably didn't do it. Maegan just a lying bitch.
15312
15313Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:07 PM]
15314"You saw it happen?" She shuffles Maegan's head and looks down.
15315She plays with Maegan's hair, attempting to smooth out the tangles.
15316
15317Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:08 PM]
15318Maegan is silent for a while before she replies. "...No."
15319
15320Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:09 PM]
15321She looks up from Maegan to stare at the dragons sleeping in the corner. "What brings him to your thoughts?"
15322Her other hand has travelled up Maegan's body to reach her hand.
15323
15324Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:10 PM]
15325"I dreamt of him."
15326"I can't remember what happened exactly, as it is with most dreams. But I remember him."
15327
15328Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:12 PM]
15329"You said you could remember his face clearly?"
15330
15331Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:17 PM]
15332She nods. "A most handsome man. Hypnotizing green eyes...and he had short black hair with this adorable little swirl at the front," Her finger makes a swirly motion. "Some time before he died he grew out a beard. I told him I didn't like it, it felt too itchy when I kissed him." She laughs at the memory.
15333
15334Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:18 PM]
15335"That is quite surprising that you remembered so much. It feels like a fog to me."
15336"He was magic like you?"
15337
15338Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:21 PM]
15339"Mhm. He had a natural affinity for it, said one of he had Fey blood in his veins."
15340"'Sorcerers' is what they called us at the Academy."
15341
15342Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:23 PM]
15343"Did you love him when you first met him?" That's how love works, right?
15344
15345Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:24 PM]
15346"No, actually. It was no more than infatuation at first, I suppose...but it grew beyond that."
15347
15348Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:24 PM]
15349"So how do you know you are in love with a person?"
15350
15351Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:26 PM]
15352Maegan sorta shrugs. "I don't know how to explain it, it just...happens. You just know."
15353"It's like...a strange feeling in your chest when you're around them. That's how it was for me, it may be different for others."
15354
15355Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:28 PM]
15356Ashka nods and returns to look back at Maegan. "How long ago was this, Moren?"
15357
15358Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:30 PM]
15359"Gods, it's been over a decade now."
15360
15361Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:31 PM]
15362"You still think of him often, then?"
15363
15364Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:32 PM]
15365"Not quite as much, but yes. He meant a lot to me."
15366
15367Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:34 PM]
15368She twirls a long strand of white hair around her finger, lets go, then repeats. "That is...sweet."
15369"I can not imagine how it must feel to lose someone so close to you."
15370"Someone so loved."
15371
15372Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:37 PM]
15373Maegan puts a hand on Ashka's leg and strokes it softly. "It feels like a part of you has been ripped away."
15374"But I don't feel like that anymore."
15375"I'm happy again."
15376
15377Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:38 PM]
15378!
15379Maegan can feel Ashka bounce slightly at her wording. "I will make sure that your happiness continues." She tugs playfully at the end of Maegan's hair.
15380
15381Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:41 PM]
15382"And I will do the same for you." Maegan rolls onto her back and puts her hand on Ashka's cheek, rubbing it with her thumb.
15383
15384Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:43 PM]
15385fuck that;'s ADORABLE
15386Ashka places her hand over Maegan's and chuckles. "Despite my poor memory, I hope I can remember this moment forever."
15387
15388Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:46 PM]
15389Maegan smiles. "You will. I know you will."
15390
15391Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:47 PM]
15392"I do not recall even the night Jadya was conceived." She laughs silently.
15393"You would not happen to have a magic to make time stop at this moment, would you?"
15394"You were right last night, about having a moment of peace to ourselves."
15395
15396Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:51 PM]
15397"Oh, no no, that's far beyond *my* abilities...but it is possible I suppose."
15398"And isn't it wonderful? No Liches, no rescue missions, just...life as usual."
15399
15400Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:55 PM]
15401She stretches her MUSCLE ARMS and sighs loudly. "It is indeed wonderful." She leans down to give a kiss.
15402
15403Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 10:57 PM]
15404Maegan meets her halfway, planting a smooch on them lips. "We should make the most of it while we have time."
15405
15406Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 10:58 PM]
15407Ashka nods as she moves a little closer into Maegan. wink wonk
15408
15409Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:00 PM]
15410Maegan leans forwards and wraps her arms around Ashka's neck, shootin' her some BEDROOM EYES. "Glad we had the same idea."
15411
15412Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:04 PM]
15413Ashka leaves a trail of kisses down Maegan's neck and murmurs to her. "Maybe somewhere more private?"
15414
15415Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15416"Where else is there?"
15417
15418Rainglove#0072 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15419PMs you degenerate
15420
15421Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15422EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW, RAIN
15423
15424Goatwright#9050 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15425GO ERP SOMEWHERE ELSE
15426
15427Rainglove#0072 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15428THEN DO IT IN HERE
15429
15430Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:05 PM]
15431I AM
15432FINE.
15433Ashka moves her head down Maegan's body. "Close the tavern for today. We can go into the kitchen." She gets...quite grabby.
15434
15435Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:16 PM]
15436Maegan chuckles SEDUCTIVELY. "Tavern's not open yet...we can take as *long* as we want."
15437
15438Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 11:16 PM]
15439Oh my~
15440
15441Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:17 PM]
15442theyre asleep they wont know
15443😉
15444o no
15445WAIT DON'T DELETE IT
15446REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME
15447
15448Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 11:19 PM]
15449Just drop them off at Loyd's or Elara's.
15450
15451Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:21 PM]
15452Ashka lifts Maegan up, sprinting to the kitchen.
15453Very careful not to slam into walls.
15454
15455Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:22 PM]
15456"Gods, you're strong."
15457
15458Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:23 PM]
15459"My stamina matches my strength."
15460
15461Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:24 PM]
15462"Oh, I know that well enough." Maegan smirks.
15463
15464Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
15465Ashka sets Maegan on the counter and exits the kitchen at the SPEED OF LIGHT to make sure all doors are closed.
15466AND THEN THEY COOKED.
15467
15468Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
15469ah yes, cooking 👀
15470
15471Nachtimus#1770 [24-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
15472Pinned a message.
15473
15474Goatwright#9050 [24-Jun-17 11:28 PM]
15475the children are scarred
15476
15477Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:29 PM]
15478THEY ARE IN THE OFFICE.
15479THE KITCHEN IS AWAY FROM THE OFFICE.
15480
15481Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 11:29 PM]
15482And as the lovers ✂ Ashka gets some of Maegan's mythic power. The end.
15483
15484Goatwright#9050 [24-Jun-17 11:30 PM]
15485yeah like a wall away
15486these are wood buildings the walls aren't that thick
15487
15488Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:30 PM]
15489they wont be loud
15490and then the gods gifted them a HOLY CHILD
15491and soon jadya will have a little sibling â¤
15492
15493Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 11:36 PM]
15494Nah.
15495
15496Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:36 PM]
15497WHAT?!
15498Two girls can make a baby!
15499
15500Mathias#1381 [24-Jun-17 11:36 PM]
15501Nah.
15502Unless Maegan and Ashka are hiding something between their legs.
15503
15504Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:37 PM]
15505👀
15506
15507Rainglove#0072 [24-Jun-17 11:39 PM]
15508Ashka is interrupted mid-cooking by Cedwyn's very cold nose on her butt
15509
15510Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:39 PM]
15511OH NO
15512
15513Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:41 PM]
15514Ashka looks down, frowning a bit with a spatula in her hand. "Good morning little one. The food is not yet ready, you have to wait a bit more." She leans down to give a pat and returns back to cooking.
15515
15516Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:44 PM]
15517"When did you get out here, Cedwyn?" Maegan kneels down. "Go back to the office now, we'll feed you in a bit."
15518
15519Rainglove#0072 [24-Jun-17 11:44 PM]
15520Cedwyn makes sad tiny dragon noises
15521
15522Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:45 PM]
15523Maegan tuts. "Awwww, don't do that. [Be patient, okay love?]"
15524
15525Rainglove#0072 [24-Jun-17 11:46 PM]
15526Uuuuuugh.
15527He trundles on back to the main room.
15528
15529Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:48 PM]
15530Maegan stands back upright. "He's always been so stubborn. He's gotten better but...whew, you should've seen him when he was younger."
15531
15532Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:51 PM]
15533"Did he put up a lot of fights?" She moves the meat onto a plate and waits for it to cool.
15534
15535Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:51 PM]
15536"Gods, a lot is an understatement."
15537
15538Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:53 PM]
15539She giggles. "Jadya was perfect. No tears, no fighting. Mostly a lot of coos."
15540
15541Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:54 PM]
15542"Consider me jealous." She smiles.
15543
15544Doe Heart#8349 [24-Jun-17 11:57 PM]
15545"I was worried early on that she may have trouble with words and general development. But she just happens to have a very calm temperament."
15546
15547Hippocratesi#9485 [24-Jun-17 11:57 PM]
15548"I like her the more I hear about her. She sounds like a lovely little girl."
15549
15550Doe Heart#8349 [25-Jun-17 12:01 AM]
15551"She will be most excited to meet you. She loves meeting people."
15552
15553Hippocratesi#9485 [25-Jun-17 12:03 AM]
15554"I'm sure we'll get along just fine."
15555
15556Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:30 PM]
15557A fresh morning, free of strange eldritch monsters being born from hyenas, Lex stretches and yawns, still in his full kitsune form, which is very unusual to see him in. He looks around the tavern. "Mm. Ashka must still be asleep. I was hoping to find her." He says to no one in particular
15558
15559Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:33 PM]
15560Ashka IS asleep. After a very rough night of intense wrestling. But she does wake up, yawning as she walks into the kitchen to grab food for herself and the babies.
15561
15562Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:34 PM]
15563Lex waves. "Good morning, Ashka. I trust you got *some* sleep last night?"
15564It is difficult to tell with a muzzle, but he gives a bit of a sly smile.
15565
15566Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:36 PM]
15567"Hm? Sleep, yes. It was very restfull." She starts to prep some meat for the kiddies. "Would you like some food? Something a bit more...luxurious?"
15568"Not for any special occasion, but perhaps it will ease you from your dizzy spell you had."
15569"Do you still feel alright?"
15570
15571Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:38 PM]
15572"You would cook for me? I am used to it being the other way around at this point."
15573Lex nods a little. "I feel right now. Everything is as it should be with me."
15574"I was thinking...I am feeling adventurous this morning. Perhaps after breakfast, you would like to come with me to one of the less explored parts of these caves and check things out? I would enjoy spending more time with you, and getting to see new things."
15575"And well, I know I would be safe with you in my company."
15576
15577Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:41 PM]
15578She smiles and nods. "I have not done guard duty in some time. I will be happy to assist. But first, you sit." LET'S REV UP THOSE FRYERS.
15579
15580Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:42 PM]
15581Lex smiles a bit more and sits down. "I am not used to being taken care of."
15582
15583Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:44 PM]
15584Ashka gets out some materials that she thinks is used for cooking. Hopefully. "That is strange, Lex, seeing how you care for everyone else. Perhaps it is time we all took turns treating you."
155851d20 cooooking for Lex!
15586
15587Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [01-Jul-17 08:45 PM]
15588@Doe Heart#8349: "cooooking for Lex!": [18] -> **18**
15589
15590Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:45 PM]
15591DAMN
15592She makes food for Lex first, the babies are still asleep anyways with their mom.
15593
15594Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:47 PM]
15595Lex seems wow'd by the food, just by appearance. "You are a natural. That was good techinque." He tests it, and it is very edible, and delicious. "Spirits, Ashka. I didn't know you were capable of this."
15596
15597Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:49 PM]
15598"I will tell the truth, neither did I."
15599"I normally make simple meals that may not be the best." She shrugs, clearly happy. She makes a plate for her self, in between bites making things for the draggoos.
15600
15601Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:50 PM]
15602"...thank you, by the way."
15603"I've never had parents. But when I'm around you and Maegan, I can at least pretend."
15604
15605Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:52 PM]
15606Even though Ashka is turned away, Lex can see her clutch her heart. THIS POOR CHILD.
15607"You are here often, it is natural for you to come to us if you need anyone. Please, do not hesitate to talk to me. You are my friend, I will take care of you." Also Lex gets a second helping because HE NEEDS TO BE STRONG.
15608After finishing her own meal, she saves another for Maegan when she wakes up.
15609
15610Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:55 PM]
15611Lex happily finishes the food without another word.
15612
15613Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 08:57 PM]
15614She stretches and sighs happily. "Where did you have in mind?"
15615
15616Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 08:58 PM]
15617"Yesab talked about a cave full of tons and tons of bugs and a big wall that was made out of bugs and was a hive mind or something."
15618"I was wondering about that."
15619"Like, big bugs. Yesab sized."
15620"It seemed safe enough for us to go by ourselves."
15621
15622Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:00 PM]
15623Maegan finally awakens and walks out of the office all groggy. She puts a hand to her mouth to cover a huge yawn and uses the other hand to half-assly wave at the two. "Hello."
15624
15625Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:01 PM]
15626"Ah, good morning Maegan."
15627
15628Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:01 PM]
15629Before she answers, her attention is turned to Maegan. A grin suddenly appears on her face and Ashka grabs the plate for her cute gf (:
15630
15631Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:01 PM]
15632"Ashka was telling me all about last night."
15633
15634Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:02 PM]
15635"A-about the sleep!"
15636"How restfull we were!"
15637She glares at Lex.
15638
15639Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:02 PM]
15640"Oh, was she?" Maegan smirks and takes the delicious plate of food. "Mmm, Gods, I'm starving."
15641
15642Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:02 PM]
15643He winks
15644
15645Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:04 PM]
15646She takes a nice big bite o' breakfast. "This is *exquisite*!"
15647
15648Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:05 PM]
15649Ashka beams. "Simple something we had around..." She waves the compliment off with a wave of her hand.
15650She does smile though.
15651
15652Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:06 PM]
15653"It truly is, Ashka did a wonderful job."
15654
15655Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:07 PM]
15656"Oh, it was Ashka?" Maegan looks to the qt barbar woman (:. "You never told me you could cook like...*this*."
15657"It's honestly amazing."
15658
15659Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:09 PM]
15660She blushes slightly. "I suppose today felt like a fancy kind of day?"
15661
15662Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:09 PM]
15663Maegan eats another bite of food. "Last night was certainly a fancy kind of night..."
15664
15665Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:09 PM]
15666"Oh really?"
15667
15668Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:10 PM]
15669A loud **cough**. "You said something about a bug wall?"
15670
15671Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:11 PM]
15672Maegan chuckles to herself and starts to put another bite into her mouth until she hears the word 'bug'. "The what?"
15673
15674Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:11 PM]
15675Ashka looks to Lex for explanation.
15676
15677Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:13 PM]
15678"Yesab mentioned something about one of the areas of the caves no one really goes to, it has a bunch of really big bugs and some wall thing that is like their queen?"
15679
15680Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:13 PM]
15681"...What?"
15682
15683Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:13 PM]
15684Lex shrugs.
15685"No one has really explored there much and it seemed safe from what he said."
15686"So I wanted to check it out. We have lived here this long but there is still so much of these caves we haven't seen."
15687
15688Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:14 PM]
15689"D-Define *really big*?"
15690
15691Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:16 PM]
15692"It is not dangerous?"
15693
15694Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:16 PM]
15695"Like, I know there are Yesab sized ones, and ones that are bigger."
15696"From what I've been told they bugs just kind of bump into you."
15697
15698Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:17 PM]
15699Maegan clears her throat awkwardly. "I-I'm not the biggest fan of bugs..."
15700
15701Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:18 PM]
15702Ashka rubs Maegan's back. "You do not have to come with us. Lex and I are capable of searching what is in there."
15703
15704Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:20 PM]
15705"No no, I'll come. I'll have to face my fears eventually."
15706
15707Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:20 PM]
15708"We will both be with you to keep you safe."
15709
15710Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:21 PM]
15711"If anything, you can hold on to me." She flexes her arms that now seem BIGGER.
15712
15713Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:24 PM]
15714Maegan chuckles. "Thank you both."
15715"So what was this about a queen? You've met her?"
15716
15717Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:24 PM]
15718Lex shakes his head. "I've never been, but I would like to."
15719
15720Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:25 PM]
15721Vauhan enters the tavern. "Ah, hello!"
15722
15723Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:26 PM]
15724"Good morning, Vauhan."
15725
15726Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:27 PM]
15727She doesn't have enough food for THIS GUY.
15728
15729Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:27 PM]
15730Vauhan don't need food right now, don't worry. "Is it morning? I can never tell down here."
15731
15732Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:28 PM]
15733Maegan shrugs. "No idea. Feels like it."
15734
15735Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:28 PM]
15736Arvio enters shortly thereafter, a pack on his back.
15737
15738Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:29 PM]
15739None of you ever KNOCK or ANYTHING
15740GOD
15741
15742Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:29 PM]
15743Knock, to enter a tavern?
15744
15745Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:29 PM]
15746yes 😤
15747
15748Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:29 PM]
15749quit complaining
15750
15751Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:29 PM]
15752"And hello to you too, Arvio."
15753
15754Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:30 PM]
15755"Hello Maegan."
15756
15757Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:30 PM]
15758"Going somewhere? What's that big pack for?"
15759
15760Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:30 PM]
15761Ashka waves to the new people that enter. WITHOUT KNOCKING.
15762
15763Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:30 PM]
15764"Well, this is not as quiet of a morning as I was expecting."
15765
15766Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:32 PM]
15767"Oh, actually I need to talk to Ashka."
15768
15769Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:32 PM]
15770She raises a brow. "About what?"
15771
15772Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:32 PM]
15773"About parenting, I presume."
15774
15775Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:33 PM]
15776"....What?"
15777
15778Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:33 PM]
15779"Long story, I have a daughter now.'
15780
15781Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 09:33 PM]
15782Ashka gives a knowing nod. "Outside to the bar then?" She gets up and walks out the door.
15783
15784Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:34 PM]
15785Maegan just looks at him and blinks a few times. "How long did I sleep?"
15786"And with who?"
15787
15788Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 09:35 PM]
15789"I have not had enough to drink to explain it. Let us go Ashka."
15790
15791Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:36 PM]
15792"Well, congratulations." Maegan goes back to eating breakfast.
15793"How is Elara doing, Vauhan?"
15794
15795Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:41 PM]
15796"She is well, busy as always."
15797
15798Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:42 PM]
15799😒
15800"That's good. You two should do something, maybe a night out. I don't think I've seen her in the tavern yet, she should come relax."
15801
15802Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:43 PM]
15803"Yes, she needs to get out more."
15804"She can't be *that* busy in the hut with us not out fighting anymore."
15805
15806Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:45 PM]
15807"Oh, I've tried, but when I do, she tells me what she needs to do every day and it's still surprising."
15808
15809Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:45 PM]
15810"If need be, I will take her place and let her get some rest for a change and enjoy herself."
15811
15812Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:46 PM]
15813"Surely she has a break at some point?"
15814"I respect the woman's dedication to her work but you have to have *some* time to yourself, no?"
15815
15816Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:48 PM]
15817"I'm not sure, I've hardly ever seen her outside the clinic, not including when she is needed in battle or the one time I managed to get her away from it."
15818
15819Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:48 PM]
15820"How did you get her away from it?"
15821
15822Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:49 PM]
15823"I killed a dire bear when I proposed courtship to her."
15824
15825Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:49 PM]
15826Maegan hmmms. "...Kill another."
15827
15828Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:50 PM]
15829"That settles it then."
15830Lex leaves.
15831
15832Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:50 PM]
15833"No, she's asked me not to do that anymore, and the meat is much too tough to be enjoyed anyways."
15834"Wait, where is Lex going?" He calls out to Lex, "Where are you going?"
15835
15836Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 09:51 PM]
15837Lex is gone, he can't hear you.
15838
15839Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:51 PM]
15840"Looks like he's cooked up a plan."
15841
15842Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 09:53 PM]
15843"Lex and their plans." Vauhan appears conflicted as to whether he should follow Lex or not.
15844
15845Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 09:54 PM]
15846Maegan keeps eating her food. Mmm.
15847
15848Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:01 PM]
15849Elara walks in, sits down on a stool next to Vauhan, and leans over against him, resting her head against his shoulder. She waves to Maegan. "Got anything to drink?"
15850
15851Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:02 PM]
15852"Oh, hello honey. What did Lex say to you to get you here?"
15853
15854Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:02 PM]
15855"Plenty." Maegan walks on over to the counter. "Anything in mind?"
15856that bitch horny already wtf
15857sorry shes's not a bitch
15858
15859Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:03 PM]
15860elara's not offended because you didn't say any of that out loud
15861"He said he'd watch the clinic and I'm exhausted. Water's fine. How's your day been?" The question's directed to both of you.
15862
15863Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:05 PM]
15864Maegan gets her a glass o' water and plants it in front of the medic lady. "My day's been very well. I'm glad you've finally decided to visit."
15865
15866Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:06 PM]
15867Vauhan has a face of pure revelation. "Oh, *that's* why... Well, I am good. Better now."
15868
15869Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:11 PM]
15870She takes a sip, pats Vauhan's arm, and settles in against him. "Good to hear. And I wish I'd been able to come by earlier, but I've been busy with the clinic. Have you had anyone coming through here yet?"
15871
15872Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:13 PM]
15873Have I???
15874other than us
15875pls respond
15876wtf no he didnt
15877"Not quite yet, I haven't really advertised the opening yet. I probably should..."
15878
15879Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:17 PM]
15880"I will help, I can spread the word as I patrol around."
15881
15882Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:18 PM]
15883"Thank you, I'd appreciate that." Maegan sighs. "I'll need to grab Rey as well. Have you seen him around?"
15884
15885Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:19 PM]
15886Rey is upstairs somewhere
15887
15888Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:20 PM]
15889what
15890does the tavern have an upstairs
15891
15892Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:21 PM]
15893it does now
15894side room somewhere
15895
15896Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:22 PM]
15897😒
15898She'll get him later. "I'll leave you two alone. I'll be in the back if you need anything." Maegan gives them a smile and walks into the back.
15899
15900Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:23 PM]
15901sip sip snug snug
15902
15903Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:24 PM]
15904Vauhan's smiling like a fukn buffoon. "This is nice. We should ask Lex to cover more often."
15905
15906Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:26 PM]
15907pls make babi
15908
15909Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:27 PM]
15910[and then the make babi]
15911
15912Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:27 PM]
15913ty
15914Maegan goes to find the fat man known as Rey. Where is he?!
15915
15916Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:28 PM]
15917asleep in whatever room you're letting him sleep in
15918
15919Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:28 PM]
15920i dont HAVE any rooms its a fukn tavern
15921
15922Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:29 PM]
15923oh my GOD
15924
15925Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:29 PM]
15926FUCK
15927
15928Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:29 PM]
15929He's asleep in the storage room
15930on top of a box
15931snoring
15932loudly
15933
15934Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:30 PM]
15935what the fuck is wrong with this guy
15936
15937Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:30 PM]
15938he's tired
15939
15940Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:32 PM]
15941Maegan enters the storage room after searching for this fatass for like 20 minutes. She scoffs and kicks the box he's sleeping on. "Get up! Right now! Why in the Hells are you sleeping in the storage room?! Get off the bloody box!" She crosses her arms and looks at him DISAPPROVINGLY.
15942
15943Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:34 PM]
15944Rey lurches upward, groggily rubbing away some drool from his face. "What!" He blinks until his eyes focus on Maegan, at which point he jumps up to attention. "Ah! I'm sorry."
15945"We're still closed, so I thought I could.. relax for a moment."
15946He rubs his eyes.
15947
15948Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:34 PM]
15949this guy's bein paid like 12 gold a month he better shape up tbh
15950
15951Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:35 PM]
15952look maybe if there was fuckin work to do
15953
15954Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:35 PM]
15955"In the *storage room*? On one of my boxes?"
15956"Also we're open now."
15957
15958Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:35 PM]
15959"Are you?"
15960
15961Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:35 PM]
15962"I just said so."
15963
15964Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:36 PM]
15965Rey pokes his head out to see where everybody is.
15966
15967Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:36 PM]
15968Elara's leaning on Vauhan in front of the bar
15969
15970Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:37 PM]
15971"Isn't that one always here?" He points at Vauhan.
15972
15973Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:37 PM]
15974"Gods, I *just* opened! We don't have any crowds yet!"
15975
15976Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:37 PM]
15977"Then why are you yelling at me?"
15978
15979Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:38 PM]
15980"YOU WERE SLEEPING IN MY STORAGE ROOM!"
15981
15982Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:38 PM]
15983"Where else was I going to sleep?"
15984
15985Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:38 PM]
15986"Where were you sleeping before I hired you?!"
15987
15988Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:39 PM]
15989"In my tent, but that's not what I meant." He yawns again. "You've got me watching over your empty tavern while you and your muscle woman run off to eat muff."
15990"Uh, no offense."
15991"There just hasn't been much work to do. But if you're open, then, you know. I'll make my way out."
15992And so Rey does.
15993
15994Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:39 PM]
15995"So after you're done with your drink, would you like to go above ground, get some fresh air?"
15996
15997Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:39 PM]
15998[Sleepy Mmmhm]
15999
16000Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:40 PM]
16001Maegan's demon eyes fukn light up. "You've got quite a mouth for someone being paid as much as you are."
16002"I could find someone else?"
16003
16004Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:43 PM]
16005"I meant no offense! Pointing out the truth isn't wrong, is it?" He lumbers back into the bar area, giving Vauhan a little wave and a 'hey boss' before sitting on his stool in front of the door.
16006The muff-eating must be an all-time low lately, Rey thinks to himself.
16007Touchy subject.
16008
16009Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:43 PM]
16010gonna get ashka to beat u up
16011
16012Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 10:43 PM]
16013hell yeh
16014
16015Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 10:44 PM]
16016"Whenever you're ready then," he says, not rushing this moment. He waves to Rey as he comes in.
16017
16018Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:45 PM]
16019Maegan huffs and comes back up to the counter before taking a long, deep breath. She then looks to the happy couple at the bar and awkwardly clears her throat. "Er, sorry about...that."
16020She was yelling at him
16021They probly heard her
16022
16023Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:45 PM]
16024Elara hears a lot of things she doesn't care
16025
16026Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:48 PM]
16027She starts cleanin' some glasses before having an idea. "Rey, I need you to do something."
16028
16029Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:48 PM]
16030He perks up from his stool. "Yes?"
16031
16032Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:49 PM]
16033"I'd like you to go and tell those soldiers the tavern's open. They'll be good customers."
16034
16035Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:50 PM]
16036"Sure." Rey rises up from his stool and heads out to talk to the soldiers.
16037Once he's out the door he grumbles about how clearly nobody else knew it was open if he had to go tell people, fukin' muff eating demon dragon lady, and watches some weirdo in drapes look at a deck of cards under a rock.
16038And then he goes to tell the soldiers.
16039
16040Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 10:51 PM]
16041They're soldiering. Which, at the moment, mostly involves just kinda sitting around and talking about being a soldier.
16042
16043Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:51 PM]
16044HOW BOUT THEM SPEARS
16045
16046Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 10:51 PM]
16047"Man I love those training sessions with Vauhan" says one of them.
16048"He is so manly." quips another.
16049"Really shows us how to use our spears."
16050
16051Cactus#6981 [01-Jul-17 10:53 PM]
16052"I used to be an adventurer, but then I took an arrow in the knee."
16053
16054Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 10:54 PM]
16055also fuk u we just opened go do ur job
16056
16057Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 10:55 PM]
16058Rey clears his throat, to interrupt the soldiers and their soldiering. "Hey lads, I was told to pass the word that that tavern's been opened up."
16059
16060Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 11:00 PM]
16061They look at Rey
16062One of them yells something back into the camp
16063He gives Rey a little wave. "We'll be by tonight."
16064
16065Goatwright#9050 [01-Jul-17 11:01 PM]
16066Rey gives them a nod, then goes back to the tavern. He goes through the door, shouts "They'll be by tonight," and turns to sit right on his stool again.
16067
16068Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 11:02 PM]
16069"Alright."
16070
16071Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 11:07 PM]
16072"Oh, the men will be coming. I hope they won't be too rowdy. I can tire them out with a training session before they show up if you'd like, Maegan."
16073
16074Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 11:08 PM]
16075"No no, that's fine. I can handle them."
16076
16077Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 11:09 PM]
16078Vauhan nods.
16079
16080Soren#1962 [01-Jul-17 11:09 PM]
16081'training session'
16082
16083Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 11:29 PM]
16084"Elara, you sound tired. We could put off the trip above ground until later."
16085
16086Rainglove#0072 [01-Jul-17 11:30 PM]
16087[quiet snore]
16088
16089Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 11:34 PM]
16090"...Ah. She's asleep. I, uh, should get her to a bed."
16091
16092Doe Heart#8349 [01-Jul-17 11:36 PM]
16093Yeah, you should cuz ur the BF
16094
16095Hippocratesi#9485 [01-Jul-17 11:36 PM]
16096"Poor girl."
16097
16098Nachtimus#1770 [01-Jul-17 11:58 PM]
16099"The clinic isn't too far, I'll just take her there." He scoops her up from her seat and exits the tavern, taking her to her bed in the clinic.
16100
16101Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jul-17 12:47 AM]
16102And then she got put to bed
16103
16104Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jul-17 01:03 AM]
16105did they frick
16106
16107Doe Heart#8349 [02-Jul-17 05:29 PM]
16108answer the question
16109
16110Soren#1962 [02-Jul-17 05:38 PM]
16111Yes
16112Lex was in the clinic so he saw
16113
16114Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jul-17 06:27 PM]
16115They did not frick
16116
16117Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jul-17 06:28 PM]
16118ur rly draggin this out pal
16119it has to happen sooner or later
16120
16121Nachtimus#1770 [02-Jul-17 06:30 PM]
16122She literally fell asleep at the bar
16123
16124Hippocratesi#9485 [02-Jul-17 06:31 PM]
16125😒
16126
16127Soren#1962 [02-Jul-17 06:44 PM]
16128It was a ploy to get Vauhan to come to bed with her
16129
16130Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:22 PM]
16131Ashka *could* go out and be curious and approach a certain someone, but Maegan is here being Maegan so of course she stays.
16132
16133Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:22 PM]
16134Maegan is indeed here, hanging out in the office as USUAL. She's feeding the babbies as USUAL. Such is life in the Caves.
16135
16136Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:25 PM]
16137Damn she hot.
16138
16139Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:25 PM]
16140jeeeeez
16141
16142Rainglove#0072 [08-Jul-17 07:27 PM]
16143The babbies are being fed, as they do
16144
16145Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:28 PM]
16146Ashka leans towards Maegan as she feeds them. She yawns. "How much more meat do we have left?"
16147
16148Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:28 PM]
16149Lex wanders back into the tavern, looking pretty tired from clinic work.
16150
16151Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:29 PM]
16152"Enough for now, but I'll have to send Loyd out again soon."
16153
16154Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:31 PM]
16155"Or me? Have you forgotten my great achievement?" Flashback to giant boar.
16156"Ah welcome back Lex. You look exhausted."
16157
16158Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:32 PM]
16159"I am not used to staying up this much like I used to."
16160
16161Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:33 PM]
16162"How did you like working the clinic?"
16163
16164Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:33 PM]
16165"It brought me back to what I used to do. And I suppose what I shall be doing in the future. Only a few people came in, minor illnesses or injuries."
16166
16167Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:36 PM]
16168"Are you hungry at all? It's not much but I cooked a bit of the meat we have left."
16169
16170Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:37 PM]
16171Lex gives a small smile. "That would be nice, thank you."
16172
16173Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:38 PM]
16174Maegan gets Lex a plate o' cooked meat. Like she said, it's not much but it tastes alright. It's pork, so.
16175
16176Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:40 PM]
16177Lex digs in, and then just kind of dozes in his chair a bit.
16178
16179Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:40 PM]
16180Ashka glances to Maegan then back to Lex. "Should we...put him to bed?"
16181
16182Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:41 PM]
16183And then Loyd appears in the fucking tavern. "Who wants to hunt asshole undead dragons?" He calls out to the tavern, expecting most of the party to be there.
16184
16185Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:41 PM]
16186"I suppo- Oh Gods, it's him."
16187
16188Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:42 PM]
16189Ashka sighs.
16190
16191Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:42 PM]
16192Maegan stands and heads out front. "Hunt *what*?"
16193
16194Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:42 PM]
16195Why does Loyd even TRY to be nice to that bitch? A question he'll answer another time. "The undead dragon. Despite my wishes, the mechanical monster didn't kill them all, which means the Tomb is still not completely livable."
16196
16197Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:43 PM]
16198Lex promptly wakes up. "Dragons?"
16199
16200Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:44 PM]
16201"Undead dragons."
16202
16203Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:44 PM]
16204"They aren't *dead*?" Maegan siiiiiighs. "Very well, I'll help."
16205
16206Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:44 PM]
16207"Are we finally taking care of the rest of them?"
16208
16209Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:44 PM]
16210"I suppose we must if we wish to live there."
16211
16212Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 07:45 PM]
16213Manny finds his way into the tavern. Trot trot.
16214
16215Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:45 PM]
16216"We are. And here is a present for you, Maegan." Loyd hands over the fuck-magical-darkness wand.
16217
16218Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:45 PM]
16219"What's this for?" Maegan takes the wand. "Another summoning wand?"
16220
16221Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:46 PM]
16222"Anti darkness. Remember what happened last time we tried hunting?"
16223
16224Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:46 PM]
16225Ashka's eyes follow the wand as it passes from hand to hand.
16226
16227Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:46 PM]
16228"Oh, *finally*. This should be easy then."
16229Maegan then turns her attention to Manny. "Good morning. Or evening. I'm not sure anymore."
16230
16231Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 07:47 PM]
16232Manny takes a seat right at the bar. "Hello. I heard you were finally open?"
16233
16234Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:48 PM]
16235"Is it wise to drink before a fight?"
16236
16237Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:48 PM]
16238"Want to kill undead dragons and get treasure, Manny?"
16239
16240Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:48 PM]
16241"Yes, finally. Would you like something?"
16242
16243Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 07:49 PM]
16244"I was unaware I would be fighting again." Manny shrugs at Loyd. "Sure, why not?"
16245He turns back to Maegan. "If I am fighting dragons, then give me something strong, please."
16246
16247Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:52 PM]
16248"Something strong? Are you sure?" Maegan raises a brow.
16249
16250Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:52 PM]
16251Ashka stretches and FLEXES, excited to get back in it again.
16252
16253Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:53 PM]
16254"You don't have to fight if you would rather stay here, but we know from... what? Two previous encounters? That these dragons are gathering loot. A small fortune, at least." Until the GM god decides to not have ANY treasure at all for the following dragons just to get Manny mad at Loyd.
16255
16256Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:53 PM]
16257"Loot? What for?"
16258
16259Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 07:54 PM]
16260"Instincts most likely."
16261"Which I think is all that is left of them."
16262
16263Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 07:54 PM]
16264"Oh, and Maegan, how have things been going with Cedwyn with the whole... you know, all that?" Loyd will show some concern for Maegan, despite everything.
16265
16266Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 07:54 PM]
16267Manny nods at Maegan, looking back to Loyd. "I am always fine with a little extra money."
16268
16269Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:55 PM]
16270Better not take my woman.
16271
16272Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:55 PM]
16273"Things have been very well. Our bond is much stronger, in fact." Maegan goes to get Manny something strong. "Think you can handle dwarven ale?"
16274
16275Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 07:57 PM]
16276"I believe so, thank you."
16277
16278Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 07:57 PM]
16279Ashka keeps that in mind to ask later.
16280
16281Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 07:58 PM]
16282Manny gets a mug of good ol' dwarven ale. "If you say so. 4 copper, by the way."
16283
16284Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 07:58 PM]
16285As one is apt to do, Arvio moseys on into the tavern.
16286
16287Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 08:00 PM]
16288"Well, when you all are ready, I'll be at the Tomb. Need to grab Mary from her painting and all." Loyd turns and then spots an Arvio. "Hunting undead dragons. You're invited." And with that, Loyd goes back to the Tomb. Woooosh him.
16289
16290Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:00 PM]
16291"Oh?"
16292
16293Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 08:00 PM]
16294Manny digs into his pockets and passes Maegan her whole four copper.
16295He takes a nice good sip, watching as Loyd leaves and Arvio enters.
16296
16297Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:01 PM]
16298"Hello friends."
16299
16300Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:01 PM]
16301"Will you join us, Arvio?"
16302
16303Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:01 PM]
16304"I do believe I will"
16305
16306Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:02 PM]
16307Maegan sighs. She'll need to hire a couple bartenders. "Well, is everyone ready?"
16308
16309Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 08:03 PM]
16310Lex stands up and stretches a link forming between everyone again as he does so. He yawns wide, still in his kitsune form. "Yeah. I think so."
16311
16312Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:03 PM]
16313"Shall we hunt more undead then?"
16314
16315Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:04 PM]
16316"I'll meet you all there, I need to lock up once everyone leaves."
16317
16318Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:05 PM]
16319Shoo everyone.
16320"I will help you clean up."
16321
16322Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:06 PM]
16323Maegan smiles as she wipes the counter of some spillage. "I'd like that very much. Thank you."
16324
16325Goatwright#9050 [08-Jul-17 08:07 PM]
16326Manny goes to finish his ale, then heads off to find Loyd.
16327
16328Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 08:07 PM]
16329"Are you sure you two do not wish me to stay?"
16330"Unless you would rather alone time."
16331
16332Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:08 PM]
16333"Lex, please. We are simply cleaning up and making sure the children are safe."
16334
16335Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:08 PM]
16336"Come Lex, let's depart."
16337
16338Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:08 PM]
16339"Yes, it's quite alright. We'll take it from here, we'll meet you all at the Tomb before long."
16340
16341Soren#1962 [08-Jul-17 08:09 PM]
16342Lex nods and leaves.
16343
16344Cactus#6981 [08-Jul-17 08:09 PM]
16345Arvio trots along with Lex.
16346
16347Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:10 PM]
16348After wipin' the counter, Maegan takes Manny's dirty ass mug and starts to get a quick clean. She opens her mouth to say something but stops herself, unsure if now is the time.
16349
16350Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:14 PM]
16351Ashka doesn't notice since she went to the back to say bye to the dragons.
16352
16353Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:14 PM]
16354Wooooooow
16355
16356Mathias#1381 [08-Jul-17 08:14 PM]
16357Go on and do it, Maegan.
16358
16359Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:15 PM]
16360You must accepts your lover's flaws.
16361Ashka returns back. "Almost ready?"
16362She has her hammer ready on her.
16363
16364Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:16 PM]
16365Maegan puts the now clean mug back where on the shelf. "Mhm. Are the children alright?"
16366
16367Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:16 PM]
16368"Yes, a bit tired from a full stomach. I believe they are both beginning to out grow their playthings."
16369
16370Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:17 PM]
16371"Ugh, they'll be a *real* handful soon."
16372"By the way, I'd like to discuss something with you...later."
16373"But for now, let's focus on the Tomb. Let's not keep the others waiting, hm?"
16374
16375Doe Heart#8349 [08-Jul-17 08:19 PM]
16376She nods, a bit nervous.
16377"After you, my love." She holds the door open for Maegan.
16378
16379Hippocratesi#9485 [08-Jul-17 08:20 PM]
16380"Oooh, so polite." Maegan smiles at her and steps through the door, wand at the ready. To the Tomb!
16381
16382Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 12:50 AM]
16383Before they reach the door to the tavern, Ashka pulls Maegan into her tightly.
16384
16385Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 12:51 AM]
16386"Oh- We aren't even in the tavern yet, love." She chuckles.
16387
16388Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 12:51 AM]
16389She places her face into Maegan's shoulder, so you can sorta feel the tears leaking into your shirt.
16390
16391Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 12:52 AM]
16392Maegan sighs and embraces Ashka into a big hug. "I'm still here."
16393"And I always will be."
16394
16395Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 12:54 AM]
16396"You were gone. It felt like ages and ages and I could not do anything." She speaks in whispers now, her voice cracking. But like, she looks cool doing so.
16397Not lame at all.
16398
16399Mathias#1381 [09-Jul-17 12:54 AM]
16400Lame.
16401
16402Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 12:54 AM]
16403Loyd SHUT UP
16404
16405Mathias#1381 [09-Jul-17 12:55 AM]
16406Ry'n ni yma o hyd...
16407
16408Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 12:55 AM]
16409What does that MEAN
16410
16411Mathias#1381 [09-Jul-17 12:55 AM]
16412ASK SOMEONE ELSE
16413
16414Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 12:55 AM]
16415"I know, I know. I'm sorry." Maegan rubs her back. "I'm so sorry I scared you."
16416
16417Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 12:57 AM]
16418"I can not have something good in my life being taken away so suddenly, please, I love you too much to let that happen to you."
16419
16420Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:00 AM]
16421"I know...I acted foolishly. I should have never been in the open like that. I wasn't thinking." Maegan squeezes her tight. "I won't let something like that happen again, Ashka. I love you and our little ones so much."
16422
16423Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:01 AM]
16424Ashka just nods and sobs grossly. "Please, never leave me."
16425
16426Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:03 AM]
16427Maegan plants a kiss on her cheek. "Never. I promise, love."
16428
16429Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:04 AM]
16430She nods and picks her up. Away to bed my dear.
16431
16432Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:05 AM]
16433Maegan is bridal'd. "Now...about what I wanted to tell you."
16434
16435Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:06 AM]
16436"A-are you certain that is something you want to discuss now?"
16437"Darling, you just died!"
16438
16439Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:07 AM]
16440"I-I know! I just- Gods, you're right. But it's nothing bad, I assure you....well, depending on how you take it."
16441"My heads just...jumbled, dear. I'm sorry."
16442
16443Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:07 AM]
16444"How do you mean?"
16445
16446Nachtimus#1770 [09-Jul-17 01:07 AM]
16447she wants a threesome with vauhan 😉
16448
16449Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:07 AM]
16450Maegan takes a deep breath. "Gods, this is foolish. I shouldn't ask something like this of you."
16451"As you may know I've *always* wanted a...well, a child. I love my little Cedwyn dearly but he isn't a *human* child and...ugh, nevermind. Gods, this is silly."
16452
16453Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:21 AM]
16454Keep dreaming Vauhan.
16455"Oh, it is not silly. You will not have to wait long, Jadya will be here very soon."
16456
16457Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:24 AM]
16458"I more meant my own. I mean no offense to Jadya, I will love her the same as the rest, but...I want to know how it feels. D-Do you find that strange?"
16459
16460Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:24 AM]
16461"I..."
16462"I do not doubt there are not plenty of men willing to sleep with you."
16463"If you wish for a child... I can..."
16464"Accept that."
16465
16466Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
16467"Wh- No, no, that's not what I meant!"
16468
16469Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
16470Ashka raises her eyebrows in confusion.
16471
16472Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
16473"There are..." She sighs. "ways."
16474
16475Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:26 AM]
16476"I am afraid I do not understand, Maegan."
16477
16478Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:27 AM]
16479"There are magical means of changing your sex temporarily, to put it bluntly."
16480"If this makes you uncomfortable, I'll drop the subject. We need not talk about it again."
16481
16482Doe Heart#8349 [09-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
16483"Magic..."
16484"I...can not picture it. I may need some time to think on it."
16485
16486Hippocratesi#9485 [09-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
16487"Take as long as you need. I won't force it on you."
16488
16489Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 07:52 PM]
16490Knock knock, guess who? It's Loyd (and maybe Vauhan and Manny) and he has a single bag with him today. A single bag that he is keeping after all of this. "Loot." He calls out to the tavern, pushing three tables together and getting everything out of the nice bag of holding.
16491
16492Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 07:57 PM]
16493Who the hell is making all that noise? Ah, Loyd of course. Ashka walks out to see the tables decorated with...things.
16494
16495Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:00 PM]
16496Maegan also walks out, looking irritated already. She contemplates yelling at Loyd for moving her fucking tables but that'd probably be unreasonable in this case.
16497
16498Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:02 PM]
16499God damn bunch of bitches live in this tavern. No wonder Loyd is planning on moving away from Afallon. Three tables is probably enough for all of that loot, at least. "Maegan, can you do your thing where you identify items?"
16500
16501Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:03 PM]
16502Can you fucking say please???
16503
16504Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:05 PM]
16505Not if she's going to keep looking irritated.
16506
16507Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:05 PM]
16508You don't know if it's about YOU
16509
16510Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:06 PM]
16511"Mhm." Maegan does the thing. W-What does my 24 tell me?
16512
16513Rainglove#0072 [15-Jul-17 08:07 PM]
16514The prices of the gemstones, as they're listed on the pastebin
16515And the prices of everything else, as well
16516
16517Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:08 PM]
16518Maegan unleashes her appraisel mastery, telling the prices of all the billions of stuff they found.
16519"That's all of it."
16520
16521Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:10 PM]
16522"Well then, after everyone takes what they want, we can go see Edgar about sellng the rest." Loyd takes the THREE items he wants (bag of holding, boots of elvenkind, goggles of minute seeing). "Why would someone make boots out of leaves...?" Loyd talks to himself.
16523
16524Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:12 PM]
16525Maegan takes the Dragonfoe Amulet, mostly because it looks pretty. And the two Violet Garnets, because they also look pretty. "Anything you want, Ashka?"
16526
16527Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:17 PM]
16528She grabs the Greater Magic Weapon Oil and the Potion of Bull's Strength. She shrugs. "I suppose these will be useful."
16529"Should we send someone out to fetch the others?"
16530Someone being Loyd.
16531
16532Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:21 PM]
16533"Loyd, go fetch the others. Are you still buying all those drinks, by the way?" Maegan takes a seat at the table, resting her head on her hand. Give me your money, fam.
16534
16535Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:22 PM]
16536S-so bossy
16537
16538Soren#1962 [15-Jul-17 08:22 PM]
16539Just the way Ashka likes it
16540
16541Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:23 PM]
16542👀
16543
16544Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:23 PM]
16545:sweaty:
16546
16547Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:31 PM]
16548"Already sent a message out to everyone else. Plus Vauhan and Manny were with me when all of this loot was gathered. I'm sure Lex is just sleeping with the babies anyway."
16549
16550Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:32 PM]
16551"Hm. Alright."
16552
16553Soren#1962 [15-Jul-17 08:34 PM]
16554Yes. With the babies.
16555
16556Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 08:35 PM]
16557Vauhan would've expressed his lack of interest in anything he'd found with them.
16558
16559Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:36 PM]
16560"Oh right, Vauhan didn't find anything he liked, so that just leaves Manny, Mary, Lex, and Arvio."
16561
16562Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:38 PM]
16563"A lot of it is very beautiful."
16564 But not as beautiful as my gf.
16565
16566Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:41 PM]
16567"Very much so." Maegan looks over her new gems. Sparkly. Twinkly. Oughta make a hoard soon. "Yes...quite beautiful."
16568
16569Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:46 PM]
16570Loyd tries his new goggles. Sure are neato. "Dragons do like to collect pretty things. And a lot of magical items. And leaf boots, for some reason."
16571
16572Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 08:47 PM]
16573Ashka raises her eyebrows at the leaf boots. Weird.
16574
16575Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 08:47 PM]
16576"They look like something you'd wear."
16577
16578Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 08:50 PM]
16579"I'm not an elf, Maegan." Loyd flicks one of his ears as he says that. "My footwear is usually made of goatskin, not... plants."
16580
16581Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:30 PM]
16582Maegan shrugs and yawns. "So, are you paying in advance?"
16583
16584Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 09:33 PM]
16585"Knowing my luck, Vauhan will decide to drink far more than I think he will, and then I'll just have to pay to make up the difference. I'll wait." Where the hell are the other party members? Did that messenger get lazy?
16586
16587Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 09:34 PM]
16588"Does your payment include...all kinds of alcohol?"
16589
16590Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:35 PM]
16591"Ah, I just remembered. Our meat is running low, we'll need you to hunt again."
16592
16593Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 09:36 PM]
16594"I would think so. I doubt Maegan has anything that strong, though. Would be too expensive to get it shipped." Loyd just gives a thumbs up to Maegan. Hunting. Yep.
16595
16596Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:40 PM]
16597"Well," Maegan stands up and starts to walk into the back. "Let me know when they get here."
16598
16599Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 09:51 PM]
16600"Hopefully we can catch a large animal again."
16601
16602Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 09:52 PM]
16603"Invited yourself along? Alright, then."
16604
16605Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 09:53 PM]
16606I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPLIED
16607FUCK SORRY
16608
16609Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:53 PM]
16610"From what I've heard, you'll be needing her."
16611
16612Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 09:53 PM]
16613!!! love this bae
16614"If you feel you can hunt on your own then you can. I was just offering help."
16615
16616Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 09:56 PM]
16617"If you feel like coming, go ahead. Might demand a story about your past, though, since I talked about my own last hunt." Loyd ignores Maegan.
16618
16619Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:57 PM]
16620Maegan rolls her eyes. Fuck you too, Loyd.
16621
16622Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 09:58 PM]
16623Don't dish if you can't deal, woman.
16624
16625Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 09:59 PM]
16626"Oh, Ashka. A moment once you're able." Maegan heads into the kitchen to make a snacky. A boar snack cause that's all we have.
16627
16628Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:06 PM]
16629Before she responds to Loyd, her attention turns to Maegan. "Just one moment, Loyd." Into the kitchen!
16630
16631Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:06 PM]
16632Loyd tries on his new boots. Sure do feel weird. He also keeps his goggles around his neck. So much gear. "Wonder if I can get whatever enchantment is on these leaf boots transferred to my normal boots... not some fucking elf." Loyd mumbles to himself.
16633
16634Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:07 PM]
16635"What did you need? Is it about the hunt?"
16636
16637Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:10 PM]
16638Maegan munches on a little steak. She shakes her head. "Before I ask, don't take this as me rushing you to make a decision. I...I only want to know if you've thought about it." She pauses. "And also how you're feeling. You look very nice today."
16639
16640Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:14 PM]
16641Loyd takes out one of his journals and gets to writing. Not going to sneaky-sneak on a conversation between Ashka and Maegan. Mostly because he doesn't care.
16642
16643Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:17 PM]
16644She takes a deep breath. "Oh."
16645She blushes at her compliment. "I am feeling alright, a little nervous on what happened to you..."
16646"But I wish to honor your request."
16647
16648Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:19 PM]
16649Maegan freezes and stops eating. "Really?"
16650
16651Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:19 PM]
16652"Seeing you die like that... I would do anything for you. It would pain me greatly if I could not do this for you in case..in case."
16653
16654Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:21 PM]
16655"I...Thank you, Ashka. This means the world to me, I can't stress that enough."
16656"And you need not worry, I'm not going anywhere. I promise."
16657
16658Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:30 PM]
16659She gives her a hug and a kiss on her forehead. "I will not let you go."
16660
16661Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:33 PM]
16662Maegan returns the hug and rubs her back, squeezing her tight. "I'll be with you. Always."
16663
16664Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:33 PM]
16665How cute.
16666
16667Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:36 PM]
16668She holds Maegan for a long moment, resting her chin on top of her white hair.
16669She knows Loyd is waiting, but he can sit still for 5 more seconds right?
16670
16671Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:38 PM]
16672Loyd is writing in his journal. He doesn't even know that he's supposed to be waiting for something.
16673
16674Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:38 PM]
16675o-oh
16676
16677Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:41 PM]
16678Too focused on that journal, man.
16679
16680Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:41 PM]
16681sure,,,,,,,,
16682
16683Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:42 PM]
16684"I-I suppose I'll go buy the...appropriate supplies." Maegan doesn't quite pull away yet, not wanting to be rude. And also this is kinda comfy, so.
16685
16686Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:42 PM]
16687She hmm and rocks her back and forth. Kinda like dancing.
16688
16689Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:44 PM]
16690Maegan chuckles. "I didn't know you meant that literally. I have to admit, it's wonderful."
16691
16692Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:45 PM]
16693"Anything to hear you laugh, my love."
16694
16695Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:46 PM]
16696"How about we keep Loyd waiting as long as we can?"
16697
16698Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:47 PM]
16699Loyd is too busy writing to realize he's waiting for something. Sorry, Maegan.
16700
16701Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:47 PM]
16702"Well alright." She smirks and chuckles.
16703Smoochy smoochy
16704
16705Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:50 PM]
16706Yea keep SITTIN there Loyd
16707FOREVER
16708until Vauhan comes
16709
16710Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:50 PM]
16711Loyd will just leave whenever he's done writing.
16712¯\_(ツ)_/¯
16713
16714Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:51 PM]
16715After intense WRESTLING
16716"I suppose we need more meat then for the growing children."
16717
16718Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 10:52 PM]
16719Well, lucky for Loyd, Vauhan enters the tavern.
16720
16721Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:53 PM]
16722Loyd doesn't notice him, since he's writing, but he is sitting right next to all of that FUCKING LOOT.
16723
16724Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:53 PM]
16725"Oh, definitely. Find us a big one, hm?"
16726
16727Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:54 PM]
16728She nods and gives another kiss on her forehead. "I will."
16729
16730Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 10:56 PM]
16731Vauhan sits down next to Loyd. "I've spoken with Captain Wyatt," he announces to anyone willing to listen. "He'll look into giving us an appropriate reward for clearing out the Tomb."
16732
16733Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:57 PM]
16734Maegan gives her a kiss on the lips before hearing Vauhan's BOOMING voice. "I suppose our guests are arriving."
16735
16736Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:57 PM]
16737"Don't really need a reward."
16738
16739Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:57 PM]
16740SHUT UP LOYD YES WE DO
16741
16742Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 10:57 PM]
16743She sighs LOUDLY. Back to the main area, then.
16744
16745Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 10:58 PM]
16746That feel when. Maegan heads back up front. "I hope it's more money."
16747"Also hello, Vauhan. You and the men found quite a lot in those buildings."
16748
16749Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 10:59 PM]
16750Loyd was talking about himself, Maegan, calm your b-cups.
16751
16752Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:02 PM]
16753"Aye, it's a large space."
16754
16755Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 11:03 PM]
16756"Ah hello, Vauhan. We heard you come in."
16757
16758Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:03 PM]
16759"I'll be stepping out for a moment, did you want anything to drink?"
16760
16761Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:04 PM]
16762"If you see any of the others, tell them to come here and claim loot for themselves. If you see a pale redhead man with no shoes, slap him over the head, because I told him to tell the others to come here. Please." Loyd finishes his writing and puts his journal away.
16763
16764Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:05 PM]
16765"A pale...what?"
16766
16767Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:05 PM]
16768"Something light. I'd like not to be piss drunk."
16769
16770Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 11:05 PM]
16771"Are you also here for hunting, Vauhan?"
16772
16773Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:06 PM]
16774"A pale redhead man. A man with red hair who is pale."
16775
16776Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:06 PM]
16777"I can be, if needed."
16778
16779Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:07 PM]
16780Maegan hmms and gets Vauhan some regular ol' ale. "Here you go. Loyd's paying so don't worry about that. I'll return shortly." She goes to EDGAR'S CONVENIENCE STORE.
16781
16782Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:08 PM]
16783"I was only intending to pay when the celebration started, not pay for everyone forever, but okay."
16784
16785Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:10 PM]
16786"Nah, I can pay for myself."
16787
16788Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:11 PM]
16789"When the celebration starts, I'll be paying. As I promised."
16790
16791Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:15 PM]
16792"When is the celebration starting, then?"
16793
16794Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:16 PM]
16795"Whenever I can manage to grab everyone. As you can see, today was not a good day for celebrating."
16796
16797Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:18 PM]
16798"Mm," Vauhan agrees, looking around.
16799
16800Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 11:19 PM]
16801"Today is a good day for hunting, no?'
16802
16803Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:19 PM]
16804"If anything, I expected Manny to be here before anyone. I expected Mary to appear here, too, since she seems to be popping up instead of hiding now." Oh right, hunting. Loyd shrugs. "Maybe. I haven't been topside."
16805
16806Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:20 PM]
16807"It's hard to know what the weather is up there from here."
16808
16809Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:21 PM]
16810Maegan RETURNS, sack in hand. She continues to not offer Loyd a drink.
16811
16812Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 11:22 PM]
16813what a bitch tbh,,,,,,,,,
16814
16815Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:22 PM]
16816Loyd doesn't want a drink, so lucky her.
16817
16818Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:24 PM]
16819Why's he such a DICK
16820Maegan sets the stuff on the bed in the back before turning to the front, taking her usual seat behind the counter.
16821And pours herself some ale 'cause why not.
16822"Would you like a drink, Ashka?"
16823
16824Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:25 PM]
16825Loyd is being a dick by not wanting a drink. Okay. Loyd opens his journal again to make a list of animals up top so he knows what to hunt this time.
16826
16827Doe Heart#8349 [15-Jul-17 11:29 PM]
16828She stops mid nod to shake her head. "Perhaps not the best choice at the moment."
16829
16830Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:30 PM]
16831Maegan shrugs. She takes a sip from her mug. "How long will it take to repair those buildings down in the Tomb?"
16832
16833Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:30 PM]
16834"I didn't ask, just that it should be started."
16835
16836Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:33 PM]
16837"With the lute and a good bard? Should take no time at all. However, the lute might be more useful in shaping some defenses near where the pit is in the Lifeline. A good, strong castle wall, with plenty of room for siege equipment and double doors, so we can make use of murder-holes."
16838
16839Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:34 PM]
16840"That's not a bad idea, honestly."
16841
16842Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:35 PM]
16843"Thank you for the vote of confidence."
16844
16845Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:35 PM]
16846Shut up, Loyd. Maegan chugs more of her ale.
16847
16848Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:35 PM]
16849"Bring it up with Captain Wyatt if you think it's a good idea."
16850
16851Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:39 PM]
16852"Knowing Wyatt, it'll just be a quick conversation with him saying: "Go for it. Anything else you need?""
16853
16854Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:41 PM]
16855Vauhan thinks about this, then chuckles. "He does say that a lot, doesn't he?"
16856
16857Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:43 PM]
16858"That he does. Anyway, if you two got time, we can hunt now, or we can do it tomorrow. You got enough pork to last you the rest of the day, Maegan?"
16859
16860Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:45 PM]
16861"A couple days, yes."
16862"Speaking of which, is anyone hungry?"
16863
16864Mathias#1381 [15-Jul-17 11:54 PM]
16865"I'm good, thank you."
16866
16867Nachtimus#1770 [15-Jul-17 11:56 PM]
16868"I could certainly eat."
16869
16870Hippocratesi#9485 [15-Jul-17 11:57 PM]
16871Maegan fixes Vauhan some BOAR STEAK, servin' it steamin' hot. "Careful, just came off the stove."
16872
16873Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:02 AM]
16874Vauhan will wait on it then. "So what will you do with your share of the loot found in the Tomb?"
16875
16876Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 12:05 AM]
16877"The gemstones are *marvelous* and this amulet may come in handy at some point. The rest doesn't particularly interest me." Maegan eyes the rest of the gemstones left on the table. She contemplates taking them now, who's gonna stop her? These big stronk men?
16878"They'll look so beautiful next to my goblets."
16879
16880Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:08 AM]
16881"Aye, they're nice, but I don't value anything we've found past how much they'd sell for."
16882
16883Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 12:08 AM]
16884"I appraised the rest earlier. They'll fetch us a pretty penny to say the least."
16885"On top of our future payment, we'll be set for the rest of our lives."
16886"And beyond that."
16887
16888Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:18 AM]
16889Vauhan nods. "I must admit, I don't want for anything right now, things I can get with money anyways. I don't know what to do with it all other than give back to the people."
16890
16891Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 12:23 AM]
16892"That's very respectable. You're a good man, Vauhan. Elara is lucky to have you."
16893
16894Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:27 AM]
16895"Thank you for the kind words," Vauhan says, drinking the ale.
16896
16897Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 12:27 AM]
16898y-you too
16899"Mhm." Maegan heads into the back, assuming no one else is coming in today.
16900
16901Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 12:37 AM]
16902"Good chance to put down your shields and retire with Elara, if you got enough gold to last you for life... after the Scythians, that is." Loyd momentarily comes back to life to make a comment.
16903
16904Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:39 AM]
16905"Perhaps. It would be odd, not being a soldier."
16906
16907Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 12:43 AM]
16908"Most people fight so that they and their children don't have to be soldiers. You're not getting any younger, Vauhan, and perhaps you would enjoy it more spending the rest of your days working in Afallon's clinic and teaching your child a trade."
16909
16910Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:47 AM]
16911"I will consider your words, Loyd."
16912
16913Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 12:53 AM]
16914"Buy a house. Settle down. You're going on... what? 60?"
16915
16916Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 12:56 AM]
16917"I turned 63 perhaps a month ago. 62? It's hard to remember."
16918
16919Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 01:05 AM]
16920"Even more of a reason to retire already..."
16921
16922Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 01:28 AM]
16923"Usually a soldier retires on their shield, at least where I am from."
16924
16925Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 01:30 AM]
16926"Does that usual soldier have a child or are they content to let their bloodline die with them on a battlefield that few will remember?"
16927
16928Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 01:30 AM]
16929"It's usually hard to tell if they have borne children."
16930
16931Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 01:31 AM]
16932"They're dumb, then. They would do better to come home with their shield rather than come home on it."
16933
16934Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 01:55 AM]
16935"Cowards weaken an army, worsen an army's morale. All it takes is for one soldier to run to ruin a fight, when a valiant death could win a battle. They'd do less not being there at all. So the Gladiparman commander says, at least."
16936
16937Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 02:03 AM]
16938"Or a 'valiant' death causes a mass route because the man who decided to die valiantly was the leader and the one everyone looked up to, and his death, rather than inspiring his men to fight on, just inspires them to turn tail and run. I never said returning with your shield by being a coward, I said return with your shield after a successful battle. You keep surviving all of your fights. Clearly a sign that someone wants you to retire and sire the next generation."
16939
16940Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 02:32 AM]
16941stop being old
16942
16943Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 02:52 AM]
16944"Did I tell you about the odd dream I had a few days ago? It was very odd, and incredibly vivid. I found myself fighting a massive suit of armor, and with each blow, I could feel my muscles popping, my bones close to reaching the breaking point. But every time, I would push it back, and eventually, when we locked weapons, it nodded at me, then pressed into my chest, and ever since then, I have felt a burning in my chest unlike any I have felt before. I think this is a clear sign of Gorum's favor."
16945
16946Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 02:53 AM]
16947when is loyd going to follow his own advice
16948
16949Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 02:57 AM]
16950Why would Loyd ever follow his own advice? "Had my own odd dream awhile ago, but the details are... fuzzy." Because it never actually HAPPENED, GM MAN. "But... you're going to talk about Gorum's favor being a clear sign that you need to keep fighting?"
16951
16952Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 02:58 AM]
16953"Perhaps? He granted me some gift of power, and it would be an injustice if I were to let it go to waste."
16954
16955Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 02:59 AM]
16956Because in order to satisfy Erastil, Loyd must have his own family
16957
16958Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 03:01 AM]
16959"Unless the power only lasts until the Scythians are gone. If it vanishes after that, isn't that a sign that you can take it easy?" Loyd is unappealing to women so he cannot start his own family.
16960
16961Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 03:02 AM]
16962Not anymore, he shaved and stuff
16963NOW he's appealing
16964to non-lesbians
16965
16966Nachtimus#1770 [16-Jul-17 03:02 AM]
16967"Perhaps. The gods are a confusing lot."
16968
16969Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 03:03 AM]
16970No he isn't, stop trying to force a family on Loyd, he don't deserve it. "They really are..."
16971
16972Hippocratesi#9485 [16-Jul-17 03:03 AM]
16973😒
16974guess he'll just have to live with his archenemy being happy...
16975
16976Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 03:06 AM]
16977Wow. Thinking Loyd considers her his archenemy, smh...
16978
16979Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:18 PM]
16980Lex floats into the tavern, looking kind of dishelved but in a better mood than he was when he left the party. "Did I miss anything?"
16981
16982Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:19 PM]
16983Loyd waves and then points to all of that fine dragon genocide loot on the tables. "Nothing important. Don't worry, no party happened yet."
16984
16985Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:20 PM]
16986"I take it these are the spoils?"
16987
16988Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:21 PM]
16989"They are. Manny and Vauhan don't want anything. Maegan, Ashka, and I claimed what we wanted. Take whatever you think would be useful, Be sure to leave some stuff for Mary and Arvio."
16990
16991Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:27 PM]
16992Lex pokes through the stuff a bit and picks up a the nondescript tan bag. "I think I'll take this."
16993
16994Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:29 PM]
16995"What's the bag do? And feel free to grab some potions, if you want 'em. Maegan identified them all."
16996
16997Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:31 PM]
16998"I am okay with just this."
16999"You pull animals out of it."
17000
17001Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:32 PM]
17002"You... pull animals out of- What's the use for that?"
17003
17004Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:36 PM]
17005"To aid in combat, to provide transport, to be a distraction."
17006
17007Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:40 PM]
17008"You mean you can pull a horse out of that?"
17009
17010Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:42 PM]
17011"This one, yes."
17012
17013Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:46 PM]
17014"Huh... just one or as many as you wish?"
17015
17016Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 08:46 PM]
17017"It is limited per day and week, if I recall."
17018"It is still...strange for me to work off of memories that aren't mine but are. But my past selves have encountered things before. I believe only one can exist from this bag at a time...and only two per day."
17019"Because wizards love to put strange restrictions on magical items."
17020
17021Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 08:59 PM]
17022"That they do..." Loyd feels like something important was mentioned, but he can't remember if Lex told him about what he just said. "...How do you have memories that aren't yours?"
17023
17024Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 09:01 PM]
17025"They are mine. In a way."
17026"I do not know if you know my story. I only shared it with a few. I often mentioned being a shaman in training for my village, but I discovered that meant more than just apprenticeship."
17027"The shaman of my village is said to always be the same spirit. In a cycle of reincarnation. Yet, the shaman and apprentice exist at the same time. You can see why this proves problematic when actually analyzed. I had no way to delve into this, until Yesab assisted me. Letting me see memories of a prior master and apprentice."
17028"From what I was able to gather, we share the same soul, the same spirit. When the one who is to be apprentice is born, the soul shards off. Some power leaving the master, and going into the apprentice. I had feared that...that when I - my master, died, and the soul joined together again, I would lose myself. I have broken so many traditions of my people...so much about me is not at all what a shaman is supposed to be."
17029"This however, thankfully, turned out not to be the case. My master perished two days ago. I felt an incredible surge of power upon that happening and blacked out. I have been able to...retain who I am for the most part, but I have all of this knowledge and memories and power that aren't mine, but are."
17030"They are who I was in the past. But not who I am anymore."
17031"I have memories *of raising myself*."
17032"Do you ever have feelings of...of thinking of how you used to be ten years ago. And feeling that you are a completely different person now? Not even being sure how you could have done the things you did then, not sure how your thought process was so different?"
17033
17034Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 09:09 PM]
17035"So... you're kind of immortal, like that Atanas person? And you're definitely still Lex, despite it all?" Loyd ignores the question for the moment, thinking it over. "I know that I'm a completely different man from that sixteen year old that never used a bow before, but I know why I did the things I did between then and now and I know what my thought process was."
17036"More important than that, though, is this: Does your old master... old self... whatever you want to call it... does him dying mean you have to leave soon? Go back to your village to lead it?"
17037
17038Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 09:12 PM]
17039"I have time. I know that we have to prepare for the colonists arriving, and the possibility of the scythians invading. I cannot leave until I know the people here will be safe. And, well...no, I am not immortal. Just this spirit. Once my time has come, I will pass, and the next will take the mantle."
17040"I will no longer be me, I will just be experiences and memories."
17041
17042Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 09:13 PM]
17043"Well, hopefully we find a good replacement for Edgar when you steal him away to your village."
17044
17045Soren#1962 [16-Jul-17 09:17 PM]
17046He gives a small smile and laughs a bit. "Yeah...I am going to have to see if he wishes to come along. I meant to talk to him about it, but we got distracted."
17047
17048Mathias#1381 [16-Jul-17 09:19 PM]
17049"He'll come along. I don't see Edgar as the type to say no... well, he might just try to convince you to stay here, but if you're presistent, he'll crack."
17050
17051Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:14 AM]
17052Loyd works silently.
17053
17054Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:15 AM]
17055Ashka coughs. "Loyd, I can take over that if you wish."
17056
17057Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:15 AM]
17058"What happened out there?"
17059
17060Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:15 AM]
17061"I'm fine." Loyd says to both.
17062
17063Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:16 AM]
17064Maegan glances to Ashka and then back to Loyd. "You are not fine."
17065
17066Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:17 AM]
17067Loyd hmms, considering his answer. "I will be fine." Perfect.
17068
17069Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:18 AM]
17070Ashka glances to Maegan. She gives a shrug and a face that says Oh-God-I-Don't-Know-What-To-Say.
17071
17072Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:18 AM]
17073Maegan returns the shrug. She don't know either.
17074
17075Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:18 AM]
17076Loyd works.
17077
17078Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:18 AM]
17079"Uh, would you like a drink?"
17080"Some soup?"
17081"Are you ill?"
17082
17083Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:19 AM]
17084"No. No. No."
17085
17086Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:19 AM]
17087"You saw something. A herald, was it?"
17088
17089Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:20 AM]
17090Ignored. Loyd is working fast, at least.
17091"Need salt."
17092
17093Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:23 AM]
17094Maegan hands Loyd the salt.
17095
17096Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:24 AM]
17097Meat is salted and put away. Onto the next stag! "Eyeballs. Tongue. Keep them or no?"
17098
17099Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
17100"Er, throw those away. I suppose."
17101
17102Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
17103Loyd will keep them for himself, then.
17104
17105Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:25 AM]
17106Maegan moves back over to Ashka and lowers her voice to a whisper. "What do we do?"
17107
17108Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:28 AM]
17109"*Can* we even do anything? Will he ever listen to us?"
17110
17111Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:28 AM]
17112It's Loyd. You already know the answer.
17113
17114Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:28 AM]
17115"I don't know! I'm worried he lost his bloody mind!"
17116
17117Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:29 AM]
17118"He has not killed us yet..."
17119She thinks.
17120
17121Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:30 AM]
17122Loyd doesn't feel like a mortal herald. Maybe because he's looking for excuses to feel like a sad sack of shit. He moves onto the third stag.
17123
17124Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:31 AM]
17125"Well, he might. We don't know *what* happened out there."
17126
17127Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:33 AM]
17128"Do we lock him here? Do we get Lex?"
17129
17130Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:33 AM]
17131"The *children* are in here!"
17132
17133Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:34 AM]
17134"Ah!"
17135"So we kick him out?"
17136
17137Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:35 AM]
17138Fourth stag! Wooosh!
17139
17140Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:35 AM]
17141"If he doesn't talk, perhaps."
17142"Hmmm, Elara might know."
17143
17144Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17145Loyd continues to not talk as he finishes up the fourth stag, and then moves to put the meat away. "I'm taking the tongues and eyeballs." He finally says, wrapping up the food he's taking for himself. "How much for a keg?"
17146
17147Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17148"...A whole keg?"
17149
17150Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17151"Yep."
17152
17153Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17154"For yourself?"
17155
17156Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17157"Yep."
17158
17159Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17160"Why?"
17161
17162Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:39 AM]
17163"For drinking."
17164
17165Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:40 AM]
17166"You can...drink at the tavern, Loyd."
17167
17168Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:40 AM]
17169"I'd rather drink at home... the hole tonight."
17170
17171Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:41 AM]
17172Maegan hmmms. She doesn't want to give him a whole fuckin' keg.
17173
17174Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:41 AM]
17175"One hundred gold a good price?"
17176
17177Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:42 AM]
17178"I- Well..."
17179
17180Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:42 AM]
17181Ashka nudges her a little bit.
17182
17183Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:42 AM]
17184Maegan looks to Ashka. What?
17185
17186Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:42 AM]
17187"Five seconds. Selling it or not?"
17188
17189Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:43 AM]
17190She peers to her. C'MON
17191
17192Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:43 AM]
17193Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. "Yes, fine."
17194
17195Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:44 AM]
17196Just in time. Loyd gets out one hundred gold for a keg of hopefully the strongest drink Maegan has.
17197
17198Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:45 AM]
17199"It's in the storage room." Maegan furrows her brow as she takes the gold.
17200
17201Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:47 AM]
17202Loyd goes back into the storage room to get his keg of 'death by alcohol poisoning'. "Meat should last for awhile, so you'll need to have Ashka to go hunting in a few months. Bye." And then Loyd is heading out for his hole to enjoy a nice dinner of deer tongue and drink the memory of today away.
17203
17204Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:47 AM]
17205Maegan hmms as he leaves and pauses once he walks out the door. "Ashka."
17206
17207Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:48 AM]
17208"You *took* the money?"
17209
17210Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:48 AM]
17211"Oh, come on! He has plenty!"
17212
17213Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:49 AM]
17214She just waves her hands in confusion.
17215
17216Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:50 AM]
17217"There's a bigger problem- I think he's going to kill himself."
17218
17219Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:51 AM]
17220She pauses. "Oh no."
17221"That...seems likely."
17222
17223Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:51 AM]
17224"His words were...implicit."
17225Maegan growls in frustration. Her grasp on the coin bag tightens. She's clearly very conflicted.
17226
17227Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:54 AM]
17228"Maegan...do you...want him dead?"
17229"You two have not interacted for a while so has those emotions ebbed away?"
17230
17231Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 01:55 AM]
17232Of coursh!
17233
17234Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 01:56 AM]
17235Her demon eyes flare up and she grits her teeth. "*I don't know.*" She starts to tremble, her forehead wrinkled and her eyes staring straight at the ground.
17236
17237Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 01:58 AM]
17238"Maegan it is alright, you do not have to do anything. I can do my best to fix this." She wraps her arms around Maegan's shoulders. She pats her back in an attempt to pacify. "Black smoke, it is all black smoke..." she whispers.
17239
17240Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:01 AM]
17241Maegan leans into her and hugs her tight, taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Her body still trembles. "...Do as you like."
17242"I can't."
17243
17244Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:11 AM]
17245She rubs her back as long as she needs it.
17246
17247Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:13 AM]
17248Maegan keeps taking long, deep breaths. "I'll be fine, love. I'm just...I'm just tired, I suppose."
17249
17250Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:22 AM]
17251Ashka looks to Maegan with concern, stroking her cheeks with the back of her hand.
17252"Just deep breaths, my love."
17253
17254Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:24 AM]
17255"Gods, I feel like a child. I'm sorry you have to see me like this." She takes a few more breaths.
17256
17257Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 02:25 AM]
17258It's okay, Maegan, we all feel like that.
17259
17260Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:26 AM]
17261"Not at all. I completely understand what rage can do to you. I have learned to keep my own rage in check for years, this is still rather new to you." Ashka moves from standing opposite to her, shifting to her right side.
17262
17263Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 02:26 AM]
17264And then they fugged?
17265
17266Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:27 AM]
17267no!
17268
17269Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:28 AM]
17270"I'll...I'll learn." Maegan puts a hand on Ashka's. "Thank you."
17271
17272Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:29 AM]
17273"Of course. It is my duty."
17274
17275Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:31 AM]
17276"If you wish to save Loyd...I will not stop you...and I won't hold it against you."
17277
17278Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 02:31 AM]
17279Some rival you are.
17280
17281Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:32 AM]
17282Look she doesn't care if he dies or not
17283
17284Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:33 AM]
17285she doesnt?
17286
17287Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:34 AM]
17288I guess I shouldn't say that
17289It's complicated
17290with conflicted feelings on the matter
17291
17292Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 02:34 AM]
17293Ignore Loyd and work on those conflicted feelings, Ashka.
17294He'll be fine. Talk to your waifu.
17295
17296Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:35 AM]
17297what kind of conflicTED FEELINGS
17298I already talked to her!
17299
17300Hippocratesi#9485 [18-Jul-17 02:36 AM]
17301Well she hates him but besides that he's also going to fucking kill himself for some reason (she assumes)
17302She's worried that not doing something when she could have is going to fuck with her for the rest of her life
17303if that makes sense
17304
17305Doe Heart#8349 [18-Jul-17 02:38 AM]
17306ya
17307
17308Soren#1962 [18-Jul-17 08:24 AM]
17309Lex kind of fell asleep sitting up.
17310
17311Mathias#1381 [18-Jul-17 03:33 PM]
17312Go sleep with Edgar, Lex.
17313
17314Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 09:09 PM]
17315Maegan returns to the tavern, slamming the door behind her before marching into the office room and planting her ass into a chair. She closes her eyes and starts taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Maybe she should take anger management classes? Surely we have those.
17316
17317Mathias#1381 [19-Jul-17 09:18 PM]
17318The only cure for anger is murder.
17319
17320Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 09:48 PM]
17321Ashka hears the slamming doors, followed by loud breathing of frustration.
17322She perks up, walking from the kitchen to the office.
17323She sees Maegan sitting alone in her chair and Ashka furrows her brows in worry. "Maegan?"
17324
17325Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 09:51 PM]
17326Maegan huffs, her usually pale-ish face tinged red. "Loyd is not to step foot into this tavern."
17327
17328Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:32 PM]
17329Ashka looks shocked. "What did he do? Did he hurt you? Did he *touch* you?"
17330
17331Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:41 PM]
17332She sighs, taking a moment to answer. "...No. I'm just sick of him, blubbering like a babe in his little corner. Crying about some damned vision from his God, convinced that Erastil's telling him to 'get fucked'. I told him I hope he is cursed to walk this earth for all eternity, tormenting himself until time's end. I *hate* him."
17333
17334Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:44 PM]
17335Her eyes widen, dialing back the rage that was about to burst. "What kind of vision can reduce him of all people to tears?"
17336
17337Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:45 PM]
17338"Something about a 'family he can never have.'"
17339
17340Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:46 PM]
17341Ashka leans by the wall next to Maegan, rubbing her back. "And that makes you angry?"
17342While she waits for an answer, her mind wanders to Loyd's wanted list, mentally re-listing crimes commited.
17343
17344Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:48 PM]
17345"Seeing him like that infuriated me. As if he's the only one who can't go home."
17346
17347Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:49 PM]
17348Her hands retreats from her back and Ashka straightens. "Maegan, do you not think he already knows that?"
17349
17350Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:50 PM]
17351Maegan stays silent and balls her hands into fists.
17352
17353Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:51 PM]
17354"He is very much aware of the damage he has caused for you. If not for him, *we* would not have happened."
17355
17356Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:52 PM]
17357Maegan growls. "He had *nothing* to do with us."
17358
17359Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 10:56 PM]
17360"He once told me that he wanted you to have your happiness. Has he not acomplished that?"
17361
17362Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 10:57 PM]
17363"*He* told you that?"
17364
17365Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:00 PM]
17366She nods.
17367She shifts her postion towards the office door. "Maegan, you are not the only one who lost a family, just as he is not the only one as well."
17368
17369Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:02 PM]
17370Maegan takes a deep breath, closing her eyes again. "I know."
17371"I thank whatever powers brought us together but it was not *him*."
17372
17373Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:06 PM]
17374"I do not believe that."
17375
17376Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:07 PM]
17377Her eyes snap open and she leans back in her chair, resting her cheek on her first. "Is that so?"
17378
17379Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:09 PM]
17380For the first time in her life, Ashka is afraid of another woman.
17381
17382Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:10 PM]
17383"You believe that?"
17384"That he's responsible for us?"
17385
17386Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:12 PM]
17387"And why is that wrong? Why does that bother you so?"
17388"He gave me the courage to continue to speak to you in romantic terms."
17389Ashka attempts to look strong, but there is a quiver in her voice.
17390
17391Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:14 PM]
17392"Why does it *bother* me?" Maegan stands up suddenly. "He took part in the *slaughter* of my friends and family. And you ask me that question?"
17393
17394Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:15 PM]
17395Yikes.
17396"And he *knows* it! I am not asking you to forgive him, or to enjoy his company but god damn it woman he lost something too. He tries to fix it and your constant malicious words already have served the reminder of what he has done. He is not your war, Maegan. Higher power has done this to you, not just him."
17397
17398Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:21 PM]
17399She just looks at Ashka. Her enraged expression softens if only for a moment.
17400"Hmph." Maegan crosses her arms, unsure of what to actually say. Ashka isn't exactly wrong.
17401"Perhaps what I said to him was harsh."
17402
17403Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:25 PM]
17404Huh, that was easy.
17405"You shouted at a man who had a vision of a family he could not have from his god...and you told him he did not deserve the family."
17406She crosses her arms and narrows her eyes at her. "You owe him a great apology."
17407
17408Mathias#1381 [19-Jul-17 11:28 PM]
17409Let's not go that far.
17410
17411Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:28 PM]
17412"Or at least allow him back into the tavern."
17413
17414Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:28 PM]
17415Maegan scoffs dramatically. "*Apology*?"
17416
17417Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:29 PM]
17418She rolls her eyes. "For what you said, not for how you feel." GROW UP.
17419
17420Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:29 PM]
17421Wow i see how it is
17422Maegan looks upwards, as if thinking about something then looks back to Ashka. "No."
17423"But I will allow him back into the tavern."
17424
17425Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:31 PM]
17426She shrugs and gives a small smile. "That is fair."
17427
17428Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:33 PM]
17429Maegan plops back into her chair. "Go tell him. I'm sure you'll want his side anyway."
17430
17431Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:35 PM]
17432Oh c'mooooooon. "Maegan darling, it is not taking sides. He needs to hear it from you." She reaches her hand out and waits.
17433
17434Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:36 PM]
17435"Ugh, Gods, don't make me go."
17436
17437Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:36 PM]
17438"And why is that?"
17439you CHILD.
17440
17441Hippocratesi#9485 [19-Jul-17 11:37 PM]
17442Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Maegan stands and takes Ashka's hand. "Let's go."
17443
17444Doe Heart#8349 [19-Jul-17 11:39 PM]
17445Yay!!1
17446Off we go to the HOLE
17447
17448Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:02 AM]
17449WOOSH
17450
17451Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:02 AM]
17452NYOOM
17453"Do you feel better now?"
17454
17455Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:03 AM]
17456Caden meows. He does feel better since he's not walking.
17457
17458Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:04 AM]
17459"I suppose." Maegan walks into the kitchen. "Come, follow me....whatever your name is."
17460
17461Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:04 AM]
17462Caden stays on Ashka's shoulder.
17463
17464Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:05 AM]
17465Ashka follows Maegan, jostling her shoulders a bit for fun
17466
17467Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:05 AM]
17468Caden is not here for fun. He's here for food.
17469
17470Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:05 AM]
17471Fine.
17472Maybe just a little bit?
17473
17474Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:06 AM]
17475Fooooooooood.
17476Once he spots an opportunity, he drops the shit he was carrying on the nearest table. Payment.
17477
17478Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:06 AM]
17479It will come back to Loyd. What is it again?
17480
17481Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:06 AM]
17482Maegan cooks some fuckin' venison and sets some out for all of 'em. "I'm glad we don't have to eat pork every damned night anymore."
17483
17484Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:07 AM]
17485Now you get to eat venison every damned night now.
17486
17487Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:07 AM]
17488"I'll be honest, I wasn't a huge fan. My stomach neither." Maegan munches into her own venison.
17489
17490Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:08 AM]
17491"I am happy I was not the only one who thought of that."
17492
17493Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:08 AM]
17494The ol' bounty poster that Ashka should be familiar with and a pipe (simple wooden instrument, not a smoking pipe) with some non-Parthian words carved on it. Caden jumps down, looks at his food, turns to look at Maegan's food, and then looks at her.
17495He then places a paw on Maegan's venison.
17496
17497Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:09 AM]
17498"No! That's mine!" Maegan pulls her plate away. "Eat yours, I even set it out for you!"
17499
17500Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:10 AM]
17501Caden just stares at Maegan for a bit. He then turns around to Ashka and places his paw on her venison.
17502
17503Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:10 AM]
17504She gently swats at his paw. "What is wrong with *your* meat?"
17505
17506Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:11 AM]
17507Caden is upset at these developments. He is used to placing a paw on the food he wants and getting that food. Defeated, Caden goes to eat his venison, meowing sadly.
17508
17509Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:11 AM]
17510"I see Loyd has spoiled you."
17511
17512Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:11 AM]
17513Typical. "Don't give me that, you're eating the same as us."
17514
17515Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:12 AM]
17516More sad meowing in-between mouthfuls of venison.
17517
17518Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:12 AM]
17519"That won't work on me." Maegan eats HER venison. Not yours, Caden.
17520
17521Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:13 AM]
17522M-might work on Ashka. "Perhaps he is VERY hungry?"
17523
17524Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:14 AM]
17525"Look at him, he's round as a barrel!"
17526
17527Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:14 AM]
17528What a bitch. Caden makes a mental note to knock her mug to the floor next time he notices her drinking from a mug. After eating half of his venison, he makes his move on Ashka. He meows at her, and then pushes and rubs his head against her arm.
17529
17530Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:14 AM]
17531oh my god......
17532This cat....
17533"Oh Maegan, but look how charming he is!"
17534
17535Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:15 AM]
17536"Don't fall for that, Ashka!"
17537
17538Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:16 AM]
17539Caden walks around, pushing his head against her plate to push it away from her. He then tries to distract her from her missing plate by laying down where the plate was, offering his stomach for rubs. He does not like stomach rubs, but it should let him get to the food.
17540
17541Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:16 AM]
17542SHE FALLS FOR IT!
17543"Oh my what a handsome cat, just look!" She goes in for TUMMY RUBS.
17544
17545Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:16 AM]
17546While she's falling for it, Caden will reach out to eat her venison.
17547
17548Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:17 AM]
17549"Ugh, Gods..." Maegan gives up, eating up her fukn plate.
17550
17551Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:17 AM]
17552You think you can fool me???
17553
17554Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:17 AM]
17555For a brief moment, Caden stares at Maegan, looking smug.
17556
17557Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:17 AM]
17558Ashka kicks the table from underneath with her knees, hoping to startle the cat.
17559
17560Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:18 AM]
17561Maegan does not take Caden's smug. It's not HER venison he's eating so who cares? :^)
17562
17563Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:18 AM]
17564It works. The cat suddenly bites Ashka's hand in freight, and then runs off the table. He jumps back on a moment later, grabbing HIS venison and taking it off the table with him. He'll just eat on the floor.
17565
17566Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:20 AM]
17567Ashka retreats her hand quickly and sighs a bit from the sharp pain. Whatever. She gives a weary laugh as she takes back her plate. "Well cat, now you will learn to keep on the floor."
17568
17569Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:21 AM]
17570Caden is not a happy kitty. He quickly eats his venison. He attempts to make peace with Ashka when he's done, offering the bounty and the pipe.
17571
17572Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:21 AM]
17573She ate it all. Sorry cat.
17574
17575Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:22 AM]
17576He still attempts to make peace.
17577
17578Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:22 AM]
17579Maegan finishes her DELICIOUS plate of venison and fills up a mug to wash it all down. "I think I just might cook more. Would you like some, Ashka?"
17580
17581Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:23 AM]
17582Maegan is happy and not pissed? Nice!
17583
17584Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:23 AM]
17585Caden looks to the mug. Put that mug down. Do it. Fucking do it.
17586
17587Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:23 AM]
17588Enjoy it while it lasts.
17589
17590Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:23 AM]
17591"Of course! I would be happy for more."
17592
17593Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:24 AM]
17594Maegan....puts the mug down on the table, unaware of Caden's infernal schemes. She gets to cookin'.
17595
17596Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:24 AM]
17597Caden leaves the pipe and bounty in front of Ashka, moving to the mug. He looks to the mug, then to Maegan, and then to the mug. He then slowly pushes it off the table.
17598
17599Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:25 AM]
17600Ashka absently plays with the bounty, paying no attention to Caden. She opens and recloses the the bounty.
17601
17602Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:25 AM]
17603do it
17604do it you stupid idiot cat
17605
17606Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:25 AM]
17607It's still Loyd's bounty, Ashka. Nothing new.
17608Caden gives the mug a few more pushes, knocking it off the table. He meows in victory.
17609
17610Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:26 AM]
17611"You *fucking*- I was drinking that! What's wrong with you?"
17612
17613Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:27 AM]
17614What a cunt.
17615"Okay, you make too much trouble. Time to take you back."
17616
17617Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:28 AM]
17618Caden runs away to avoid punishment. Loyd gonna be pissed that he gave away his things, but oh well.
17619
17620Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:28 AM]
17621Shoo shoo!!!
17622
17623Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:28 AM]
17624Caden is fast for a fat fucking cat.
17625
17626Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:28 AM]
17627Uuuuuugh. Maegan gets a cloth and starts to wipe it up the best she can. "Damned furball."
17628
17629Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:29 AM]
17630"Takes after Loyd quite well." Maybe not as cute or as cuddley.
17631
17632Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:31 AM]
17633Maegan gives up after a while, going back to cooking and eventually serves the venison. She places a plate in front of Ashka and thens sits down with her own. "At least he's gone. So spoiled."
17634
17635Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:32 AM]
17636This is nice.
17637Nice dinner with the bae.
17638
17639Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:33 AM]
17640Yes. Nice.
17641
17642Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:34 AM]
17643So how about that dick?
17644
17645Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:34 AM]
17646oh fck
17647
17648Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:35 AM]
17649"I can't say this enough, I *love* this venison. Though I'm sure I'll get sick of it soon."
17650
17651Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 12:37 AM]
17652And then bitch to Loyd about it.
17653
17654Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:41 AM]
17655"Then I will keep hunting different things for you to keep you happy." She walks over to her chair to give her a hug from behind.
17656
17657Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:44 AM]
17658"Oh, how thoughtful. What would I do without you?" Maegan puts a hand on Ashka's arm.
17659
17660Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:51 AM]
17661Ashka words are lost as she leans down to leave kiss on Maegan's neck. Kissu Kissu
17662
17663Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:55 AM]
17664And then they cooked (more).
17665
17666Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 12:56 AM]
17667you mean
17668AND THEN THEY COOKED (MORE).
17669
17670Nachtimus#1770 [20-Jul-17 12:56 AM]
17671Pinned a message.
17672
17673Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 12:56 AM]
17674ty
17675
17676Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:05 AM]
17677Stop fucking constantly, the babies will hear.
17678
17679Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:06 AM]
17680Don't be jealous, Loyd.
17681
17682Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:08 AM]
17683but we're making another one 👀
17684
17685Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:11 AM]
17686When did Ashka get time to drink the dick potions?
17687
17688Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:14 AM]
17689A-are we doing that now?
17690
17691Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:15 AM]
17692I was jokin'
17693Whenever u want to
17694
17695Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:20 AM]
17696"Maegan, I have been thinking..." insert suggestive movements here
17697
17698Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:20 AM]
17699"Thinking? About what?"
17700"Oh, right, er- have you...decided?"
17701
17702Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:28 AM]
17703She nods, moving closer to her. "Are you sure you are ready for it? Carrying for nine months is a great burden, and you would be in great danger with the invasion coming soon."
17704
17705Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:29 AM]
1770615 months. She's fine.
17707
17708Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:29 AM]
17709"No, no, I've decided. I'm ready. And we have time, don't worry."
17710"I'm ready for all of it, the good and the bad."
17711"Though I'll need your help along the way...I know nothing of this."
17712
17713Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:36 AM]
17714"It will be a lot to get used to."
17715
17716Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:37 AM]
17717Maegan chuckles. "I can assume that much."
17718Maegan grabs one of the potions from her bag, handing it to Ashka. "...Whenever you're ready."
17719
17720Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 01:41 AM]
17721She takes a deep breath and bottoms up
17722
17723Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:43 AM]
17724Dick time.
17725
17726Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:44 AM]
17727Is he/she hot? 👀
17728
17729Nachtimus#1770 [20-Jul-17 01:44 AM]
177301d20
17731
17732Mechamicus 2.0#3055 [20-Jul-17 01:44 AM]
17733@Nachtimus#1770: [18] -> **18**
17734
17735Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:45 AM]
17736Ashtonka is pretty hot.
17737
17738Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 01:46 AM]
17739DAYUM
17740"Well, you're...handsome."
17741
17742Mathias#1381 [20-Jul-17 01:54 AM]
17743AND THEN THEY MADE A BABY
17744
17745Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 02:17 AM]
17746jokes on you now i dont have to be in the final battle
17747
17748Doe Heart#8349 [20-Jul-17 02:18 AM]
17749you don't?
17750
17751Hippocratesi#9485 [20-Jul-17 02:18 AM]
17752someone has to look after the kids 😉