PBA 011b

Janis walks up to Allys door and knocks. [1/16/2014 6:09:53 PM] Kali: Allys: Go *away*, Tarak. I am not interested in hearing your preposterous, sodden excuses. [1/16/2014 6:10:14 PM] Janis: ...hello? [1/16/2014 6:10:59 PM] Kali: Allys opens the door. This time she's wearing a somewhat ornate blue dress, lined in silver. "... Janis. Janis is your name, correct?" [1/16/2014 6:11:04 PM] Janis: Yes [1/16/2014 6:11:11 PM] Janis: ...Nice dress [1/16/2014 6:11:38 PM] Janis: ...uh...I've been thinking about what you said about lessons. [1/16/2014 6:12:40 PM] Kali: Allys: Lessons? ... ah, yes, I recall. Have you selected some courses of study? [1/16/2014 6:12:52 PM] Janis: Well, Jhett said he'd teach me some languages. [1/16/2014 6:13:05 PM] Janis: And maybe it could be useful to learn to climb out of a hole. [1/16/2014 6:13:18 PM] Janis: ...in case that happens...you know? [1/16/2014 6:14:14 PM] Kali: Allys: It is a useful skill, indeed. I trust you have already mastered the elementary skills--mathematics, writing, speaking and the like. [1/16/2014 6:14:27 PM] Janis: ...I talk and write and stuff. [1/16/2014 6:14:42 PM] Janis: Yeah, I know that. [1/16/2014 6:15:18 PM] Kali: Allys: Excellent. And you have already chosen a trade, and therefore know which skills would be most helpful to you. [1/16/2014 6:15:27 PM] Janis: Yeah. [1/16/2014 6:15:36 PM] Janis: ...so, that's good, then? [1/16/2014 6:17:16 PM] Kali: Allys: Likely we ought to expand the courses of study once you begin. [1/16/2014 6:17:33 PM] Janis: .......including stuff like what? [1/16/2014 6:19:11 PM] Kali: Allys: Whatever your occupation would likely require. I am certain there'd be a book about it in the library. [1/16/2014 6:19:39 PM] Janis: You think there's a book here on bounty hunting? [1/16/2014 6:21:32 PM] Kali: Allys: There is a book on navel lint. [1/16/2014 6:21:43 PM] Janis: ...ew. [1/16/2014 6:21:49 PM] Kali: Allys: Quite. [1/16/2014 6:22:20 PM] Janis: ...well, we can talk about that later. [1/16/2014 6:22:31 PM] Janis: Tarak also told me to tell you he wants to apologize. [1/16/2014 6:24:51 PM] Kali: Allys: ... He attempted to use you in order to make me feel guilty for not listening to his useless regrets. [1/16/2014 6:25:57 PM] Janis: ...what? [1/16/2014 6:26:57 PM] Kali: Allys: My brother pushed you along here like a chess piece to see if you could get me to do what he wants me to do, and listen. [1/16/2014 6:27:29 PM] Janis: ...wait...wait...first of all...Tarak's your brother? [1/16/2014 6:28:07 PM] Kali: Allys: Why did you think we were travelling together? Did you imagine I enjoyed the way he smells? [1/16/2014 6:28:27 PM] Janis: ...you two don't look like each other. [1/16/2014 6:28:37 PM] Janis: And from what I just learned, that's very important. [1/16/2014 6:30:08 PM] Kali: Allys: Clearly I am not a man, therefore we are clearly not twins, therefore there is no reason to believe we need look the same. [1/16/2014 6:30:14 PM] Kali: Allys: What have you learned? [1/16/2014 6:30:54 PM] Janis: ...well...first we were talking to this dragon, and then Wynn was supposed to tell me, but she didn't, so Tarak did and... [1/16/2014 6:31:09 PM] Janis: Janis gives a brief, not entirely accurate summary of what Tarak said [1/16/2014 6:31:35 PM] Kali: It takes Allys a little while to figure out what she's talking about. "... what prompted this?" [1/16/2014 6:32:31 PM] Janis: Like I said, we were talking to this dragon, and she wanted to know about where human babies come from. [1/16/2014 6:32:38 PM] Janis: She said she wanted one as a pet. [1/16/2014 6:33:08 PM] Kali: Allys: What does that have to do with looking like each other? [1/16/2014 6:34:46 PM] Janis: ...look, I just went through all of this with your brother, I think I've had enough weirding out for a day. [1/16/2014 6:34:55 PM] Janis: How was he using me? [1/16/2014 6:35:19 PM] Kali: Allys: He said something very.... cruel, earlier. And now he wishes to apologize, and I do not want to hear it. [1/16/2014 6:35:46 PM] Janis: ...he said something about me? [1/16/2014 6:36:37 PM] Kali: Allys: No. He said something about... someone who died. It was hurtful, and it was hurtful on purpose. [1/16/2014 6:36:48 PM] Kali: Allys: By sending you instead of coming himself he's forced me to listen to him. [1/16/2014 6:36:58 PM] Janis: ........oh..... [1/16/2014 6:37:12 PM] Janis: I'm sorry. [1/16/2014 6:37:39 PM] Janis: ((Jeezus, is Janis the living embodiment of guilt for everybody on Nation?)) [1/16/2014 6:37:46 PM] Kali: Allys: It is certainly not your fault. [1/16/2014 6:37:58 PM] Kali: ((It would've worked with anyone.)) [1/16/2014 6:38:25 PM] Janis: ((Ok then)) [1/16/2014 6:38:41 PM] Janis: ...well...if he is your brother...shouldn't you hear him out? [1/16/2014 6:38:49 PM] Janis: Isn't that what families do? [1/16/2014 6:39:40 PM] Kali: Allys: Normal families do. And my brother is... not what he was. [1/16/2014 6:40:31 PM] Janis: ...so he's not your brother anymore? [1/16/2014 6:41:10 PM] Kali: Allys: What is the difference between a cucumber and a pickle? [1/16/2014 6:41:23 PM] Janis: Isn't it something to do with juice? [1/16/2014 6:42:32 PM] Kali: Allys: Either way, a pickle is not a cucumber anymore at the end of the process, although it can be rather difficult to determine the precise moment the change occurs. And my *brother* imbibes quite a bit of "juice." [1/16/2014 6:43:00 PM] Janis: .......ok.....I'll let him know. [1/16/2014 6:43:04 PM] Janis: Just one thing though. [1/16/2014 6:43:26 PM] Janis: I've been on this ship a week, and if I'm learning anything, it's that we're probably gonna be here a long time. [1/16/2014 6:43:47 PM] Janis: And, if you want to come along, it helps not to shut yourself off from the others. [1/16/2014 6:44:33 PM] Kali: Allys glowers. "... very well. Tell him to come and speak with me, and I'll listen. Are you happy, being used with no more compunction than a hammer?" [1/16/2014 6:44:59 PM] Janis: ...................I don't know what that means, but I'll go get him. [1/16/2014 6:45:01 PM] Janis: Janis runs off