PBA 031b

[4/13/14 7:27:36 PM] Janis: Janis added Iskandar to this conversation

[4/13/14 7:27:56 PM] Janis: <>

[4/13/14 7:29:05 PM] Light: Mask: Not so far away, without magic. I am sorry.

[4/13/14 7:29:59 PM] Janis: Janis is being whisked

[4/13/14 7:30:16 PM] Light: Anda leads Janis down a series of corridors and steps. It's rather disorienting.

[4/13/14 7:30:26 PM] Janis: This is a big house.

[4/13/14 7:30:38 PM] Light: Anda: The understaff doesn't have to wear uniforms, so I think you ought to be all right as you are.

[4/13/14 7:30:50 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[4/13/14 7:31:26 PM] Light: Receptionist: Lady Eilyth prefers a shocking level of informality in some ways. In any case, I suppose we should put about that you're a new servant of some kind. What sort?

[4/13/14 7:32:22 PM] Janis: What would help me get closest to Elspeth?

[4/13/14 7:33:08 PM] Light: Receptionist: ... ladies' maid, but I don't think you can fake that.

[4/13/14 7:33:25 PM] Janis: Janis looks offended "Why not?"

[4/13/14 7:34:09 PM] Light: Receptionist: ... well, do you know how to iron lace?

[4/13/14 7:34:20 PM] Janis: ...you iron lace?

[4/13/14 7:34:54 PM] Light: Anda: Or it wrinkles, yes.

[4/13/14 7:35:24 PM] Janis: ...ok then...well, I saw you have a barn and I'm good with animals. I could pretend to be a farmhand, but I don't think that would help me question people about Elspeth.

[4/13/14 7:36:34 PM] Light: Anda: You're talking *to* Elspeth, not about her.

[4/13/14 7:37:05 PM] Janis: Either way. What other servants do you have around here? ...preferably ones that don't need a uniform.

[4/13/14 7:37:52 PM] Light: Anda: All sorts of things. Maids of all kinds, butlers, footmen, scullery maids.

[4/13/14 7:38:12 PM] Janis: What's a scullery maid do?

[4/13/14 7:38:46 PM] Light: Anda: Dishes and kitchen work.

[4/13/14 7:39:01 PM] Janis: And where would Elspeth work?

[4/13/14 7:39:54 PM] Light: Anda: She is a scullery maid, actually.

[4/13/14 7:40:00 PM] Janis: That's perfect then!

[4/13/14 7:42:20 PM] Janis: I'll do that.

[4/13/14 7:43:45 PM] Light: Anda nods. "And it doesn't require much expertise, either, which is helpful. I do have to warn you, though--the scullery maid is the lowest ranking servant in any household."

[4/13/14 7:44:39 PM] Janis: Well, it's not like I'm gonna go around every tavern boasting I was a scullery maid.

[4/13/14 7:44:57 PM] Janis: I just need to get close enough to Elspeth to see if she's human or not.

[4/13/14 7:45:20 PM] Light: Anda: It's more that literally everyone in the household will be able to give you orders.

[4/13/14 7:45:37 PM] Janis: ...oh...well...I can deal with that.

[4/13/14 7:46:30 PM] Janis: ...there's no uniform, right?

[4/13/14 7:46:47 PM] Light: Anda: In most households there would be, but in this case, no, not for below-stairs servants.

[4/13/14 7:47:15 PM] Janis: Ok then.

[4/13/14 7:49:34 PM] Janis: ...when did you start working here, Anda?

[4/13/14 7:49:51 PM] Light: Anda: Not that long ago. A few years, I think. It's a good place to work.

[4/13/14 7:50:23 PM] Light: Anda: I do most of the paperwork--bookkeeping, taxes, that sort of thing.

[4/13/14 7:50:50 PM] Janis: Janis nods "And how'd you get the job?

[4/13/14 7:51:34 PM] Light: Anda: Lady Eilyth is my aunt.

[4/13/14 7:51:42 PM] Janis: Ah...ok.

[4/13/14 7:52:53 PM] Light: Anda: When my parents died, she took me in.

[4/13/14 7:53:30 PM] Janis: ((18 SM))

[4/13/14 7:53:33 PM] Janis: ...I'm sorry.

[4/13/14 7:53:40 PM] Light: You head deep into the bowels of the house!

[4/13/14 7:54:16 PM] Light: Anda: Oh, it's all right. I don't remember them, really. I've grown up here. It sounds strange, but actually it's a pretty normal upbringing. Considering.

[4/13/14 7:54:21 PM] Light: Anda: Although apparently I'm very good at dirty jokes.

[4/13/14 7:55:13 PM] Light: At last, you reach the kitchen! A massive place filled with noise and hubbub and people working--someone's butchering a deer, several cooks are baking, and there's a couple of people running things back and forth.

[4/13/14 7:55:46 PM] Janis: Janis looks around at the chaos "Which one's Elspeth?"

[4/13/14 7:56:08 PM] Light: Anda: I don't see her. Blast.

[4/13/14 7:57:31 PM] Janis: ...I can probably get used to the kitchen, anyway. See if anyone knows more about her and wait for her to show up. What's she look like?

[4/13/14 7:58:23 PM] Light: Anda: A little like you, but elven and with dark hair.

[4/13/14 7:58:32 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[4/13/14 7:58:53 PM] Janis: Ok. Is there someone in charge of the kitchen? I can meet with him and get started.

[4/13/14 8:16:11 PM] Light: Anda: Wait, there she is.

[4/13/14 8:16:18 PM] Light: Anda points to a little girl doing a massive mound of dishes.

[4/13/14 8:16:32 PM] Janis: Ok, thanks.

[4/13/14 8:16:41 PM] Janis: Janis leaves and walks over to the little girl.

[4/13/14 8:19:21 PM] Janis: Janis grabs a dish from the pile and starts helping her.

[4/13/14 8:21:03 PM] Light: Girl: Hello.

[4/13/14 8:21:30 PM] Janis: Hi. Looked like you needed some help.

[4/13/14 8:21:45 PM] Janis: I kind of just started here.

[4/13/14 8:25:06 PM] Light: Girl: Are you a scullery maid too?

[4/13/14 8:27:48 PM] Janis: Yep. Name's Janis. You?

[4/13/14 8:28:38 PM] Light: Girl: Elspeth.

[4/13/14 8:29:06 PM] Janis: Janis smiles at her "Nice to meet you.  ...so...how long have you been working here?"

[4/13/14 8:30:14 PM] Light: Elspeth shrugs. "About a year. It's not very exciting."

[4/13/14 8:30:44 PM] Janis: Yeah. I noticed that. How'd you start here?

[4/13/14 8:32:03 PM] Light: Elspeth: I needed money, I guess. The same as anyone else.

[4/13/14 8:32:42 PM] Janis: You couldn't find work at a tavern or shop somewhere? I bet that'd at least be more interesting company.

[4/13/14 8:33:19 PM] Light: Elspeth: it doesn't bother me. My hands get very pruney sometimes.

[4/13/14 8:34:11 PM] Janis: ((20 SM))

[4/13/14 8:35:24 PM] Light: She doesn't seem entirely truthful.

[4/13/14 8:36:07 PM] Light: (EVERYONE hates doing the dishes, dammit.)

[4/13/14 8:36:30 PM] Janis: ((8 search check for features, or non-features, that the other white circles have))

[4/13/14 8:37:07 PM] Light: Tough to say. She's pretty ordinary-looking on the whole, though.

[4/13/14 8:37:41 PM] Janis: ...so...do you ever get to talk with the...companions?

[4/13/14 8:37:49 PM] Janis: I bet they have all sorts of stories.

[4/13/14 8:38:33 PM] Light: Elspeth: They have confidentiality rules.

[4/13/14 8:39:03 PM] Janis: Well, yeah, but come on. Like, who are we gonna tell, and they must meet with all kinds of people.

[4/13/14 8:39:21 PM] Janis: All kinds of lords and ladies...well, probably more lords.

[4/13/14 8:40:06 PM] Light: Elspeth: More lords, yes. But they really don't tell. It's frustrating.

[4/13/14 8:40:28 PM] Janis: ((15 SM))

[4/13/14 8:40:36 PM] Janis: Not one?

[4/13/14 8:41:16 PM] Light: She seems very truthful.

[4/13/14 8:41:30 PM] Light: Elspeth: No. There might be magic involved.

[4/13/14 8:41:42 PM] Janis: Janis nods and looks disappointed.

[4/13/14 8:41:52 PM] Janis: ...what do your parents do?

[4/13/14 8:42:09 PM] Light: Elspeth: I don't have any.

[4/13/14 8:42:37 PM] Janis: ((9 SM)) "...I'm sorry."

[4/13/14 8:43:34 PM] Light: Truthful!

[4/13/14 8:43:39 PM] Light: Elspeth: They died.

[4/13/14 8:43:49 PM] Janis: ...I'm really sorry.

[4/13/14 8:45:04 PM] Light: Elspeth: It's all right now.

[4/13/14 8:45:19 PM] Janis: ...how'd they die?

[4/13/14 8:45:46 PM] Janis: ...you don't have to say if you don't wanna.

[4/13/14 8:45:55 PM] Janis: I'm just...talking, you know?

[4/13/14 8:47:51 PM] Light: Elspeth: I'd rather not talk about it.

[4/13/14 8:48:00 PM] Janis: Janis nods "Sorry."

[4/13/14 8:48:13 PM] Janis: ...my parents aren't really around either.

[4/13/14 8:49:43 PM] Light: Elspeth nods.

[4/13/14 8:49:48 PM] Light: Elspeth: This is a good place to live.

[4/13/14 8:50:13 PM] Janis: Oh?

[4/13/14 8:52:56 PM] Light: Elspeth: There's plenty of food and nobody bothers you except to tell you to work.

[4/13/14 8:53:35 PM] Janis: ((21 SM, is she hiding anything or leaving anything out?))

[4/13/14 8:53:53 PM] Light: She's definitely leaving something out.

[4/13/14 8:54:24 PM] Janis: Seems like there are a lot of places that can do that. What's special about here?

[4/13/14 8:55:38 PM] Light: Elspeth: It's a brothel.

[4/13/14 8:56:07 PM] Janis: ...so? What makes that a nice place to live? I mean, what about a tavern or stable or something?

[4/13/14 8:57:13 PM] Light: Elspeth: People don't stay very long.

[4/13/14 8:57:36 PM] Janis: You don't want to get to know people?

[4/13/14 8:59:27 PM] Light: Elspeth shrugs. "I don't want people to know me."

[4/13/14 8:59:49 PM] Janis: ...why?

[4/13/14 9:00:58 PM] Janis: ...or would that be me getting to know you?

[4/13/14 9:01:39 PM] Light: Elspeth: It would be.

[4/13/14 9:02:36 PM] Janis: ...well...if you're right I probably won't be around long...so, if I get to know you, it doesn't mean much, does it? ((6 dip))

[4/13/14 9:03:20 PM] Light: Elspeth makes a face. "I'm going to sweep."

[4/13/14 9:03:30 PM] Light: She puts her dishes down and starts sweeping the floor.

[4/13/14 9:03:37 PM] Light: Something runs into Janis's foot.

[4/13/14 9:03:45 PM] Janis: Janis looks down

[4/13/14 9:05:21 PM] Light: It's a cat.

[4/13/14 9:05:29 PM] Light: Cat: Rrwowwr.

[4/13/14 9:05:39 PM] Janis: Janis smiles and scratches it's head.

[4/13/14 9:05:43 PM] Janis: Hi, kitty.

[4/13/14 9:05:52 PM] Light: It looks up at her expectantly, and purrs under the scratching.

[4/13/14 9:06:19 PM] Janis: You probably don't belong here.

[4/13/14 9:08:18 PM] Light: The cat rolls its eyes and tries to jump up into Janis's arms.

[4/13/14 9:08:37 PM] Janis: Janis picks her up "Um...ok...I should get you out of here."

[4/13/14 9:08:50 PM] Janis: Janis whisper shouts to Elspeth

[4/13/14 9:08:59 PM] Janis: "Hey, Elspeth."

[4/13/14 9:09:19 PM] Light: Elspeth turns around and looks to Janis.

[4/13/14 9:10:01 PM] Janis: Look what I found.

[4/13/14 9:10:21 PM] Light: Elspeth: The kitchen cat.

[4/13/14 9:10:37 PM] Janis: ...kitchen cat?

[4/13/14 9:10:56 PM] Light: Elspeth: To keep mice away from the food.

[4/13/14 9:11:09 PM] Light: The cat yowls at Elspeth.

[4/13/14 9:11:46 PM] Janis: She doesn't seem to like you much.

[4/13/14 9:11:56 PM] Light: Elspeth: I'm not good with animals.

[4/13/14 9:12:23 PM] Janis: ((7 SM))

[4/13/14 9:12:31 PM] Janis: ...how long has the cat been here?

[4/13/14 9:12:53 PM] Light: On the cat or the scullery maid.

[4/13/14 9:13:01 PM] Light: Elspeth: I don't know.

[4/13/14 9:13:07 PM] Janis: ((On Elspeth))

[4/13/14 9:13:28 PM] Janis: ((11 on the cat))

[4/13/14 9:14:03 PM] Light: The cat doesn't like Elspeth; Elspeth does not like the cat, either.

[4/13/14 9:15:19 PM] Janis: ...I'll be right back.

[4/13/14 9:15:29 PM] Janis: Janis runs out with the cat

[4/13/14 9:16:37 PM] Janis: ((Can I find my way to Kalor and Val?))

[4/13/14 9:16:43 PM] Light: Yes.

[4/13/14 9:16:49 PM] Janis: ((I do so))

[4/13/14 9:31:37 PM] Janis: Janis re-enters with the cat.

[4/13/14 9:31:50 PM] Janis: Janis puts her down and looks for Elspeth again.

[4/13/14 9:32:16 PM] Light: The cat sticks with Janis.

[4/13/14 9:32:26 PM] Light: Who finds Elspeth back doing the dishes again.

[4/13/14 9:32:35 PM] Janis: Janis helps her again.

[4/13/14 9:32:55 PM] Light: The cat growls.

[4/13/14 9:32:59 PM] Janis: Hi. Sorry, I just remembered one of the customers wanted me to show him the cat.

[4/13/14 9:33:09 PM] Light: Elspeth: I don't like the cat.

[4/13/14 9:33:17 PM] Janis: I noticed.

[4/13/14 9:33:42 PM] Light: The cat growwwwls.

[4/13/14 9:34:01 PM] Janis: ...sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.

[4/13/14 9:34:26 PM] Light: Elspeth shrugs. "I'm not."

[4/13/14 9:34:44 PM] Janis: Ok, then I'm not sorry. *nyeh*

[4/13/14 9:34:54 PM] Janis: Janis sticks out her tongue and smiles.

[4/13/14 9:35:09 PM] Janis: ((12 dip if that helps))

[4/13/14 9:35:31 PM] Light: Elspeth gives Janis a weird look.

[4/13/14 9:35:35 PM] Light: The cat growwwwwls.

[4/13/14 9:35:41 PM] Janis: ...I was being funny.

[4/13/14 9:35:59 PM] Janis: ...I'll just stop. Probably better if I just stop.

[4/13/14 9:36:18 PM] Light: Elspeth shrugs.

[4/13/14 9:36:57 PM] Janis: ...how old are you, by the way?

[4/13/14 9:37:13 PM] Light: Elspeth: I don't know.

[4/13/14 9:37:29 PM] Janis: ...you don't know?

[4/13/14 9:37:39 PM] Light: Elspeth: No.

[4/13/14 9:37:57 PM] Light: The cat hisses.

[4/13/14 9:38:24 PM] Janis: ...where'd you live before here?

[4/13/14 9:38:46 PM] Janis: I mean, you must've come here from somewhere, right?

[4/13/14 9:38:50 PM] Light: Elspeth: ... why are you asking all these questions?

[4/13/14 9:39:08 PM] Janis: Just trying to make conversation. It's a boring job.

[4/13/14 9:39:17 PM] Light: Elspeth: Oh.

[4/13/14 9:39:21 PM] Janis: ((...that's a bluff check isn't it?))

[4/13/14 9:39:21 PM] Light: Roll bluff!

[4/13/14 9:39:35 PM] Janis: ((7, fuck))

[4/13/14 9:40:08 PM] Light: Elspeth: ... you are lying.

[4/13/14 9:40:23 PM] Janis: ...what? No I'm not.

[4/13/14 9:40:42 PM] Light: Elspeth: Yes, you are.

[4/13/14 9:40:52 PM] Janis: ...well...you were lying before.

[4/13/14 9:40:57 PM] Janis: You're hiding something.

[4/13/14 9:41:51 PM] Janis: Don't tell me you're not.

[4/13/14 9:42:41 PM] Light: Elspeth: I am not hiding anything.

[4/13/14 9:43:05 PM] Janis: Oh yeah. Then why don't you want people to get to know you?

[4/13/14 9:43:15 PM] Janis: Why does the cat hate you?

[4/13/14 9:43:24 PM] Light: Cat: Mrrorwowl.

[4/13/14 9:43:33 PM] Janis: And how come you can't say how old you are?

[4/13/14 9:43:33 PM] Light: Elspeth: I don't know. Stop asking me questions.

[4/13/14 9:43:56 PM] Janis: ((4 SM))

[4/13/14 9:44:08 PM] Light: At this point even *that's* enough to know something's wrong.

[4/13/14 9:44:55 PM] Janis: .......You're not from around here, are you?

[4/13/14 9:46:01 PM] Janis: .....I'm not gonna hurt you, ok, I just wanna know.

[4/13/14 9:46:08 PM] Janis: ...I need to know.

[4/13/14 9:46:12 PM] Light: Elspeth: Why?

[4/13/14 9:46:33 PM] Janis: ...because I'm not from here either. I'm from another plane.

[4/13/14 9:46:42 PM] Janis: Me and a group of others came here in a ship.

[4/13/14 9:46:50 PM] Light: Elspeth: ... what ship?

[4/13/14 9:47:17 PM] Janis: A cross-planar ship. He opens portals between the planes, and we walk through them.

[4/13/14 9:47:31 PM] Janis: We can't steer though, so we just bounce around.

[4/13/14 9:47:41 PM] Light: Elspeth: ... what is the name of the ship?

[4/13/14 9:48:25 PM] Janis: .........Nation...you knew all of this.

[4/13/14 9:49:02 PM] Light: Her eyes narrow. She drops the dish and takes off running.

[4/13/14 9:49:13 PM] Janis: Janis chases "WAIT!"

[4/13/14 9:49:37 PM] Light: She's running *way* faster than a kid that size should be able to run. ... and her legs are getting longer.

[4/13/14 9:50:00 PM] Janis: <>

[4/13/14 9:50:28 PM] Light: No answer.

[4/13/14 9:50:42 PM] Janis: <>

[4/13/14 9:50:53 PM] Janis: Janis pursues and tries to lead her to the room

[4/13/14 9:51:09 PM] Janis: Janis trips any bells she can

[4/13/14 9:51:23 PM] Light: Quickly Elspeth is going twice as fast as Janis, as her limbs distort away, and she heads up the steps into the household.

[4/13/14 9:51:32 PM] Light: There aren't any bells, as Janis isn't in a bedroom!

[4/13/14 9:52:15 PM] Janis: DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT! Elspeth! I'm not gonna hurt you, just wait!

[4/13/14 9:53:10 PM] Light: She turns a couple of corners and Janis loses her, because she's going half as fast.

[4/13/14 9:53:37 PM] Janis: DAMMIT!

[4/13/14 9:53:43 PM] Janis: Janis runs back to the others

[4/13/14 11:22:09 PM] Janis: Janis stands outside the house and waits by herself.

[4/13/14 11:22:24 PM] Janis: <>

[4/13/14 11:22:35 PM] Light: Mask: Yes?

[4/13/14 11:23:14 PM] Janis: Janis speaks out loud now, since one's there "When I called before, you didn't answer.  Why?  You haven't done that since I first put you on."

[4/13/14 11:24:17 PM] Janis: "Where'd you go?"

[4/13/14 11:24:36 PM] Light: Mask: I rest too, sometimes.

[4/13/14 11:25:00 PM] Janis: *suspicious* Really?

[4/13/14 11:25:17 PM] Janis: You never say anything unless I ask first. What do you do all that time?

[4/13/14 11:25:24 PM] Janis: Don't you get bored?

[4/13/14 11:28:05 PM] Light: Mask: I dream a lot.

[4/13/14 11:28:17 PM] Janis: Oh yeah?

[4/13/14 11:29:02 PM] Light: Mask: Yes. Magic, the past. The future.

[4/13/14 11:30:22 PM] Janis: You can see the future?

[4/13/14 11:30:45 PM] Light: Mask: Possible futures, some of them. I'm never sure which is going to be real.

[4/13/14 11:30:59 PM] Janis: ...anything about us?

[4/13/14 11:31:36 PM] Light: Mask: Many things. But I don't know which will come to pass, so it's best not to mention them.

[4/13/14 11:31:54 PM] Janis: Janis nods.

[4/13/14 11:32:11 PM] Janis: Well, you're a big help then.

[4/13/14 11:33:28 PM] Light: Mask: I'm sorry.

[4/13/14 11:33:35 PM] Light: Mask: I'm still not very strong.

[4/13/14 11:33:52 PM] Janis: You keep saying that.

[4/13/14 11:34:03 PM] Janis: When you dream next time, here's what you should dream about.

[4/13/14 11:34:22 PM] Janis: If Wynn's right, I won't need you to do magic, therefore, you won't be helping me with that.

[4/13/14 11:34:37 PM] Janis: So, think of a reason for me to not force you off the first chance I get.

[4/13/14 11:34:45 PM] Janis: Cause right now, that's what I'm gonna do.

[4/13/14 11:35:28 PM] Light: Mask: ... you're very cruel. And your curse prevents you from doing magic. You know that. Does Wynn?

[4/13/14 11:35:50 PM] Janis: Janis blushes with anger and embarrassment.

[4/13/14 11:36:05 PM] Janis: I'm cruel?!? You're the one who tricked me into letting you into my brain?!?

[4/13/14 11:36:28 PM] Light: Mask: I never threatened to kill you.

[4/13/14 11:38:32 PM] Janis: Janis storms back in