PBA 020a

[2/10/2014 7:20:51 PM] Wynn (unarmored): lol can I either go to the library or go look for Bellami?

[2/10/2014 7:22:08 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I'm cool with just "sitting in the library reading" if you don't want to actually run another room though

[2/10/2014 7:22:15 PM] Holly: Nope, I'm fine with that.

[2/10/2014 7:23:05 PM] Holly: Bellami is in one of the previously empty rooms. When she opens the door she only just resembles herself--she's wearing plain pants and a shirt and socks.

[2/10/2014 7:23:43 PM] Holly: The socks are too big. So is most of the rest of it. She's still wearing the bracelets, but all the other jewelry is off.

[2/10/2014 7:23:46 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Hello, Mother Bellami. May I speak to you?

[2/10/2014 7:24:48 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... of course.

[2/10/2014 7:25:13 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I wanted to check on you. I can imagine last night was quite shocking.

[2/10/2014 7:26:05 PM] Holly: Bellami nods, keeping her eyes on the floor.

[2/10/2014 7:27:01 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I have to admit, I let some of your comments get under my skin and was not as gracious as I should have been. I apologize.

[2/10/2014 7:27:44 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... I was not trying to be rude.

[2/10/2014 7:27:49 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I should have given you the chance to learn more of our customs and habits before taking sides.

[2/10/2014 7:27:57 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) nods. "I'm sure."

[2/10/2014 7:29:07 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... I don't know what to say.

[2/10/2014 7:29:31 PM] Wynn (unarmored): St. Cuthbert seems to be quite different from Cyrene, but... if you need someone to talk to who understands the pressures of following a calling, I am here.

[2/10/2014 7:30:07 PM] Holly: Bellami: I don't think I can leave this room again.

[2/10/2014 7:30:23 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Is it that bad?

[2/10/2014 7:30:43 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I made breakfast.

.......I should have brought some with me.

[2/10/2014 7:31:03 PM] Holly: Bellami: I can't face people who *know.*

[2/10/2014 7:31:26 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Who know?....... what you told us last night?

[2/10/2014 7:32:19 PM] Holly: Bellami nods.

[2/10/2014 7:32:41 PM] Wynn (unarmored): We all have secrets. Most have been discovered. I doubt anybody will hold it against you or belittle you for it.

[2/10/2014 7:32:59 PM] Holly: Bellami: It's *humiliating.*

[2/10/2014 7:33:51 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I'm not sure I really understand, but I understand that you would not want to relive it.

[2/10/2014 7:35:04 PM] Wynn (unarmored): You must have been very important at home.

[2/10/2014 7:35:23 PM] Holly: Bellami: That everyone *knows* that I haven't had any children and my own goddess hates me? Isn't it obvious?

[2/10/2014 7:35:38 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I don't think you can know that.

[2/10/2014 7:36:22 PM] Holly: Bellami: There can't be any other reason for it. I wouldn't be here if she cared. I should never have retired."

[2/10/2014 7:36:27 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Maybe she's just... distracted.

[2/10/2014 7:36:36 PM] Wynn (unarmored): No, I don't think the pods have anything to do with the gods.

[2/10/2014 7:36:57 PM] Wynn (unarmored): There are quite a few of us here who follow gods, and we have not lost our connection to them.

[2/10/2014 7:37:27 PM | Edited 7:38:08 PM] Holly: Bellami: I gave her *fourteen children* and now, she will not let me have even one. Not even one of my own.

[2/10/2014 7:37:49 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) gives a small smile. "The gods can be fickle."

[2/10/2014 7:38:21 PM] Holly: Bellami: Yes. ... I can't come out.

[2/10/2014 7:38:42 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Well, I hope you change your mind, but I can go get you some food for now.

[2/10/2014 7:38:48 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I'm afraid it's not very good.

[2/10/2014 7:39:00 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Maybe there is some bread left from last night, though.

[2/10/2014 7:39:40 PM] Wynn (unarmored): ....... I know she won't, but I'd like to apologize for Allys as well.

[2/10/2014 7:39:47 PM] Wynn (unarmored): She's having her own god-related issues.

[2/10/2014 7:40:08 PM] Holly: Bellami: I don't know that I *should* eat anything. But thank you for your kindness.

[2/10/2014 7:40:18 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Why not?

[2/10/2014 7:41:04 PM] Holly: Bellami: Because I would rather die than be here.

[2/10/2014 7:41:16 PM] Wynn (unarmored): .....That's awfully severe.

[2/10/2014 7:41:43 PM] Wynn (unarmored): There is a chance we can still get home. We can get you home too, if we do.

[2/10/2014 7:42:35 PM] Holly: Bellami shakes her head. "It doesn't matter."

[2/10/2014 7:43:38 PM] Wynn (unarmored): ((do you want to break too?))

[2/10/2014 7:44:24 PM] Holly: ((I'm fine.))

[2/10/2014 7:44:36 PM] Wynn (unarmored): You know, last night you said you weren't a coward.

[2/10/2014 7:44:48 PM] Wynn (unarmored): It *was* pretty brave to stand there and say what you did.

[2/10/2014 7:45:18 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Perhaps if we knew more of your customs, and you of ours, we would not have had such a thing take place.

[2/10/2014 7:46:14 PM] Wynn (unarmored): If you were to have a child of your own.... what would become of the father?

[2/10/2014 7:46:20 PM] Holly: Bellami: Cowards are the ones who lie to themselves, pretending as though things will change somehow when they won't.

[2/10/2014 7:46:55 PM] Holly: Bellami shrugs. "Whatever he liked, provided he didn't interfere."

[2/10/2014 7:47:11 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Interfere?

[2/10/2014 7:47:22 PM] Holly: Bellami: With us.

[2/10/2014 7:47:53 PM] Wynn (unarmored): In our world, the ideal is a mother and father who take care of the child together.

[2/10/2014 7:48:14 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Fathers aren't just men who provide half the genes.

[2/10/2014 7:48:20 PM] Holly: Bellami: I don't require a man; I can do perfectly well on my own.

[2/10/2014 7:48:46 PM] Wynn (unarmored): That's where the issue stems from, though.

[2/10/2014 7:49:33 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Many men would prefer to be involved.

[2/10/2014 7:49:40 PM] Wynn (unarmored): And nobody likes being used.

[2/10/2014 7:49:55 PM] Holly: Bellami: None of the men here would assist without an attempt to control?

[2/10/2014 7:50:04 PM] Wynn (unarmored): ....not control.

[2/10/2014 7:50:14 PM] Wynn (unarmored): But you'd be using *them* to get what you want.

[2/10/2014 7:50:19 PM] Wynn (unarmored): That's not fair to them.

[2/10/2014 7:50:32 PM] Holly: Bellami: I don't see what business it is of theirs what I do.

[2/10/2014 7:51:03 PM] Wynn (unarmored): ............ that's just not how it works in our world.

[2/10/2014 7:51:37 PM] Wynn (unarmored): It might be better, in the future, if you simply let the person know you were interested in a child, *without* a relationship.

[2/10/2014 7:51:45 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I'm sure some men would be happy to oblige.

[2/10/2014 7:52:01 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... I never told anyone otherwise.

[2/10/2014 7:52:05 PM] Wynn (unarmored): But to approach a man with interest usually implies that you are interested in *them*, not their genes.

[2/10/2014 7:52:28 PM] Holly: Bellami: But I haven't approached *anybody* for that.

[2/10/2014 7:52:40 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) looks a little confused.

[2/10/2014 7:52:58 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I suppose we may have misread the situation some.

[2/10/2014 7:55:09 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... is it not permitted for women to speak with men?

[2/10/2014 7:55:30 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Of course it is. We just... thought you had ideas about Kalor.

[2/10/2014 7:55:40 PM] Wynn (unarmored): And Allys is *very* protective of her brother.

[2/10/2014 7:55:53 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... he seemed intelligent, and pious.

[2/10/2014 7:56:11 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I suppose he is.

[2/10/2014 7:56:44 PM] Holly: Bellami: And interesting enough to talk to.

[2/10/2014 7:56:55 PM] *** Holly added Janis ***

[2/10/2014 7:57:07 PM] Wynn (unarmored): If you like that sort of thing.

[2/10/2014 7:57:18 PM] Janis: Janis enters the room

[2/10/2014 7:57:22 PM] Janis: ...um...hello?

[2/10/2014 7:57:31 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Hello, Janis.

[2/10/2014 7:57:52 PM | Edited 7:58:33 PM] Holly: Holly Bellami droops a bit. She's wearing the clothes Janis brought her--they don't really fit, but they're clean, so there's that. All her jewelry is gone except the bracelets.

[2/10/2014 7:58:05 PM] Janis: Hi Bell

[2/10/2014 7:58:18 PM] Janis: Sorry if you were doing something?

[2/10/2014 7:58:26 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Just talking.

[2/10/2014 7:58:41 PM] Janis: Nation says the lounge is in one of the heavens and we're going to look into it.

[2/10/2014 7:58:49 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) raises an eyebrow.

[2/10/2014 7:58:49 PM] Janis: He says it's somewhere called Arcadia.

[2/10/2014 7:58:56 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Arcadia?

[2/10/2014 7:59:01 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Really?

[2/10/2014 7:59:08 PM] Janis: That's what he said.

[2/10/2014 7:59:17 PM] Janis: He says the deck is there.

[2/10/2014 7:59:29 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) looks obviously excited

[2/10/2014 7:59:51 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Ummm.... I was about to get Mother Bellami something to eat.

[2/10/2014 8:00:11 PM] Janis: Oh...ok...

[2/10/2014 8:00:40 PM] Holly: Bellami: I'm fine. I'd prefer to stay here.

[2/10/2014 8:01:18 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Janis, would you mind going to grab a plate for her?

[2/10/2014 8:01:31 PM] Janis: Ok...

[2/10/2014 8:01:37 PM] Janis: Janis exits to the galley

[2/10/2014 8:01:58 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I hope you don't mind, Mother, but.... this is a place I didn't expect to see until I die.

[2/10/2014 8:02:14 PM] Holly: Bellami: Go.

[2/10/2014 8:02:22 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I do *truly* hope you will reconsider and join us when we return.

[2/10/2014 8:02:47 PM] Wynn (unarmored): I think you are overestimating how much people will judge you.

[2/10/2014 8:03:05 PM] Holly: Bellami shakes her head silently.

[2/10/2014 8:03:26 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Well, we can talk about it later, then.

[2/10/2014 8:03:38 PM] Wynn (unarmored): If you'll excuse me, I need to get dressed.

[2/10/2014 8:03:40 PM] Janis: Janis re-enters with a plate of potatoes.

[2/10/2014 8:03:49 PM] Wynn (unarmored): Wynn (unarmored) bows and exits.

[2/10/2014 8:04:02 PM] Janis: ...well, here you are Bell.

[2/10/2014 8:04:08 PM] Janis: Janis gives Bell the plate.

[2/10/2014 8:04:17 PM] Holly: Bellami takes it. "... thank you."

[2/10/2014 8:04:32 PM] Janis: You can come with us if you want.

[2/10/2014 8:04:38 PM] Janis: It is Heaven.

[2/10/2014 8:05:09 PM] Holly: Bellami: I haven't earned it.

[2/10/2014 8:05:20 PM] Janis: I don't think anyone here has.

[2/10/2014 8:05:23 PM] Janis: But here we are.

[2/10/2014 8:06:45 PM] Holly: Bellami: ... no thank you.

[2/10/2014 8:06:49 PM] Janis: Ok.

[2/10/2014 8:06:58 PM] Janis: Well, if you change your mind, we'll just be upstairs.

[2/10/2014 8:07:06 PM] Janis: See you later Bell.

[2/10/2014 8:07:14 PM] Janis: Janis exits back to the lounge