PBA 004c

Jhett goes to pour some more booze! [12/18/2013 11:44:12 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Recreational poison. [12/18/2013 11:44:48 PM] Jhett: Yes. It's helpful at times. Kestrel, right? From the Academy? [12/18/2013 11:45:48 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/18/2013 11:46:00 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... helpful. [12/18/2013 11:46:43 PM] Jhett: ... well, everytime someone starts to explain things to me, an argument seems to break out. We're on a ship that travels through planes, right? And its sentient? [12/18/2013 11:48:01 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/18/2013 11:48:10 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: The ceilings are improving. [12/18/2013 11:48:18 PM] Jhett: ...ceilings? [12/18/2013 11:49:15 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel points up. [12/18/2013 11:49:40 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks up! "I'm afraid I don't understand." [12/18/2013 11:50:06 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Taller and more beams. Wide beams. [12/18/2013 11:50:35 PM] Jhett: Oh! For subterfuge. [12/18/2013 11:51:09 PM] Jhett: ... I'm guessing we're trapped here. [12/18/2013 11:51:14 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... subterfuge? [12/18/2013 11:51:19 PM] Kestrel: She tilts her head to the side. [12/18/2013 11:51:43 PM] Jhett: Sneaking around, out of view. [12/18/2013 11:52:12 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... it's safe. [12/18/2013 11:52:49 PM | Edited 11:53:48 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "But we're trapped here.  Most of you don't seem to like each other.  So you wouldn't stay if you had a choice." [12/18/2013 11:54:37 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: According to Nation, we would merely return here if we left. [12/18/2013 11:54:47 PM] Jhett: Lovely. [12/18/2013 11:54:58 PM] Jhett: So we need to figure out what's keeping us here. [12/18/2013 11:55:09 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/18/2013 11:55:19 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: There are ghosts also. [12/18/2013 11:55:24 PM] Jhett: Ghosts? [12/18/2013 11:56:53 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: I saw a hanged man. [12/18/2013 11:56:57 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Then it was gone. [12/18/2013 11:57:12 PM] Jhett: ... you don't talk a lot, do you? [12/18/2013 11:57:28 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: No. [12/18/2013 11:57:42 PM] Jhett: That's okay. I talk too much. [12/18/2013 11:58:13 PM] Jhett: Jhett finishes his drink. [12/18/2013 11:58:30 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: You talk ... adequately. [12/18/2013 11:59:13 PM] Jhett: Jhett smiles. "Well, thanks." [12/18/2013 11:59:17 PM] Kestrel: She pushes the bottle over to him, carefully, with two fingers. Slowly. [12/19/2013 12:00:49 AM] Jhett: Jhett smiles, and takes the bottle, considering it, then putting it back up. "I think I'm good on alcohol for now, thank you.  I assume that spigot has water?" [12/19/2013 12:02:40 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. "Plumbing throughout." [12/19/2013 12:02:54 AM | Edited 12:03:02 AM] Jhett: At least the accomodations are advanced. [12/19/2013 12:03:03 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: If you turn right outside this room, the next door on the right will be the door to private rooms. [12/19/2013 12:03:19 AM] Jhett: They haven't all been taken? Good. [12/19/2013 12:03:49 AM] Jhett: Jhett pours himself some water. [12/19/2013 12:04:01 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... I am not certain if they exist in finite space. [12/19/2013 12:05:33 AM] Jhett: Well, good news. If every one of those pods has someone in it, this place'll get real crowded real quick. [12/19/2013 12:05:44 AM] Jhett: ... I don't know anything about fixing ships like this. [12/19/2013 12:06:35 AM] Jhett: I don't think that hellhound did, either. That's not why we're brought here. [12/19/2013 12:07:49 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel frowns. "Then why?" [12/19/2013 12:07:56 AM] Jhett: I don't know. [12/19/2013 12:08:11 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: People don't try to kill you here much. [12/19/2013 12:08:26 AM] Jhett: That's good, right? [12/19/2013 12:08:42 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: An improvement. [12/19/2013 12:08:58 AM] Jhett: You play the dulcimer? [12/19/2013 12:09:48 AM] Kestrel: She nods. [12/19/2013 12:10:17 AM] Jhett: Don't know many dulcimer players. My grandmother played almost everything, though. [12/19/2013 12:12:07 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Cards? [12/19/2013 12:12:19 AM] Jhett: Well, as far as instruments go. [12/19/2013 12:12:40 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel fails at jokes forever. [12/19/2013 12:12:56 AM] Jhett: ((She is very undeadpan.)) [12/19/2013 12:13:13 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/19/2013 12:13:16 AM] Jhett: ((he didn't even realize she was joking!)) [12/19/2013 12:13:39 AM] Jhett: Oh, wait, was that a joke? [12/19/2013 12:14:03 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... yes. [12/19/2013 12:16:36 AM] Jhett: Jhett grins broadly! "Good one!  Didn't seem right that you didn't know what I was talking about.  You're very deadpan.  I knew this one fellow who did a comedy act with his familiar.  His familiar would be super deadpan, and the fellow himself would be the straightman.  They were pretty funny." [12/19/2013 12:17:43 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: I'm not good at jokes. [12/19/2013 12:18:14 AM] Jhett: Well, I thought it was funny. [12/19/2013 12:19:28 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Good. [12/19/2013 12:20:21 AM] Jhett: So. That... paladin. She scowls a lot, hm? [12/19/2013 12:20:55 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/19/2013 12:21:16 AM] Jhett: Are these folks decent, at least? Well meaning? [12/19/2013 12:22:14 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. [12/19/2013 12:23:12 AM] Jhett: No one plotting against the rest of you? [12/19/2013 12:23:55 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... I would likely not be aware. [12/19/2013 12:25:34 AM | Edited 12:27:10 AM] Jhett: Oh. Well, we'll keep an eye out. So... everyone here is from the same place, at least? You're from the Academy, and I understand everything everyone is saying. Where are you from originally? [12/19/2013 12:27:27 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... St. Benedict. [12/19/2013 12:27:38 AM] Jhett: Born and raised there? [12/19/2013 12:28:07 AM] Kestrel: She nods. [12/19/2013 12:28:42 AM] Jhett: ((17 on that little pause!)) [12/19/2013 12:29:50 AM] Kestrel: She's somewhat puzzled as to why this whole conversation thing is occurring. [12/19/2013 12:30:15 AM] Jhett: I'm not making you uncomfortable, am I? I talk a lot sometimes. [12/19/2013 12:30:49 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel, warily: ... are you going to attempt to kill me? [12/19/2013 12:31:13 AM] Jhett: Why would I do that? [12/19/2013 12:31:45 AM] Jhett: You're not hired to kill me, so I have nothing to fear from you, right? [12/19/2013 12:32:12 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: You know the rules. [12/19/2013 12:32:28 AM] Jhett: Sure. [12/19/2013 12:33:29 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Good. [12/19/2013 12:34:42 AM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs. "Why, did the others attempt to kill you?" [12/19/2013 12:36:20 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Not the people here. [12/19/2013 12:36:42 AM] Jhett: Okay, good. Does it happen a lot in general? [12/19/2013 12:37:36 AM] Jhett: Jhett opens his case and inspects the instrument inside for damage or signs of age. [12/19/2013 12:37:41 AM] Kestrel: She nods. [12/19/2013 12:37:48 AM] Kestrel: No signs of either. [12/19/2013 12:37:52 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Violin. [12/19/2013 12:38:39 AM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "I would guess a lot of people don't like Assassins, no matter how strict a code they adhere to." [12/19/2013 12:39:44 AM] Kestrel: She shrugs. [12/19/2013 12:41:25 AM] Jhett: Jhett plucks one of the strings, testing it. "Hmm.  I don't seem to have been in the pod for long, at least.  This would be in a lot worse shape if I had been." [12/19/2013 12:42:15 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: You play? [12/19/2013 12:42:55 AM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "I played for money.  Streetcorners and taverns, mostly." ((SECRET IDENTITY.)) [12/19/2013 12:45:09 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Cards? [12/19/2013 12:45:26 AM] Jhett: Jhett smiles. "Yes, cards." [12/19/2013 12:46:17 AM] Jhett: Jhett sips some water. [12/19/2013 12:46:39 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: What do you play? [12/19/2013 12:50:04 AM] Jhett: Mostly folk tunes. That's what most folk like to pay for, songs they know. But I like older stuff, and stuff that's more off the beaten path. My grandmother was extraplanar, I always tried to learn the music she played. It's hard though. Chaotic but still... melodious. [12/19/2013 12:51:26 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: I would like to hear that. [12/19/2013 12:52:04 AM] Jhett: I'll play for you. [12/19/2013 12:53:42 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... thank you.