Perpetual Gloom 010b

[7/11/2013 8:38:19 PM] Jamaros: Where did you come from just now? [7/11/2013 8:38:30 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Khiro's room. There was no quilting occuring. [7/11/2013 8:38:53 PM] Jamaros: Yeah, I figured. And what the hell were you doing there, anyway? [7/11/2013 8:39:25 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Discussing plans. [7/11/2013 8:39:40 PM] Jamaros: Oh really. Plans you don't think the group should know about. [7/11/2013 8:39:45 PM] Jamaros: Maybe his FIANCEE? [7/11/2013 8:39:55 PM] Jamaros: ((I don't know how to make the little accent)) [7/11/2013 8:40:16 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Plans the group should *not* know about. Particularly not Drow. [7/11/2013 8:40:45 PM] Jamaros: He's going to marry a drow! [7/11/2013 8:40:51 PM] Jamaros: ...I cannot do this. [7/11/2013 8:41:03 PM] Jamaros: You want to play your crazy religious crap, go right ahead! [7/11/2013 8:41:12 PM] Jamaros: I'm going back to the relatively sane world. [7/11/2013 8:41:20 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros walks back into the kitchen.

Jamaros asks some of the performers about the box. [7/11/2013 11:06:17 PM] Kate: Two of them try to get him to join in the dance! [7/11/2013 11:06:25 PM] Kate: One offers him a drum to beat! [7/11/2013 11:06:38 PM] Jamaros: No thanks. I've got two left feet and a tin ear. [7/11/2013 11:06:52 PM] Kate: Dancer: That's all right! Just have fun! [7/11/2013 11:07:18 PM] Jamaros: ...I think I should go, but if you hear about Ar'Feiniel's box, let me or my friends know, ok? [7/11/2013 11:07:38 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros walks off and keeps heading down the way Tae Li went [7/11/2013 11:07:53 PM] Kate: Dancer: Of course! I'll help! [7/11/2013 11:08:03 PM] Kate: She starts asking some of the others about the box, going from person to person. [7/11/2013 11:08:36 PM] Kate: Jamaros eventually finds Tae Li sitting on an old stump, arms folded. [7/11/2013 11:08:52 PM] Jamaros: ...so, you're a celestial? [7/11/2013 11:08:59 PM] Jamaros: Now it all makes sense. [7/11/2013 11:09:17 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Yes. And also *no.* [7/11/2013 11:09:40 PM] Jamaros: So, when you said my soul was corrupted, you were actually seeing it? [7/11/2013 11:10:16 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Smelling it. [7/11/2013 11:10:26 PM] Jamaros: Ah, even better. [7/11/2013 11:10:44 PM] Jamaros: And I take it your leaving had something to do with everyone here being so...not you. [7/11/2013 11:11:01 PM] Kate: Tae Li: No one here is me. No one *anywhere* is me. [7/11/2013 11:11:36 PM] Jamaros: Oh come on. A tight ass genocidal maniac. You would love my brother. [7/11/2013 11:11:44 PM] Jamaros: ...actually, that's probably a bad idea. [7/11/2013 11:11:58 PM] Kate: Tae Li: I am *not* a maniac. And I am *not* like these people. [7/11/2013 11:12:38 PM] Jamaros: Ok, sorry. [7/11/2013 11:12:47 PM] Jamaros: But maybe not being like these people isn't so bad. [7/11/2013 11:12:57 PM] Jamaros: I mean, you can't always be in party mode. [7/11/2013 11:13:06 PM] Jamaros: What you need to learn is balance. [7/11/2013 11:13:49 PM] Kate: Tae Li: You do *not* understand. There is no... you think I am one of them? I am no more one of them than that dog is one of them. [7/11/2013 11:14:22 PM] Kate: She points at a little dog playing with a ball near her feet; it obviously followed her from town. [7/11/2013 11:14:32 PM] Jamaros: But what about your mother? [7/11/2013 11:16:15 PM] Kate: Tae Li: My mother takes in children. She has her own, but she sometimes takes in others. Do you understand? [7/11/2013 11:16:27 PM] Jamaros: ...you're adopted. [7/11/2013 11:16:36 PM] Jamaros: So...you don't have a mother. [7/11/2013 11:17:42 PM] Jamaros: You're from this plane, but you're not from here. [7/11/2013 11:18:28 PM] Kate: Tae Li: I am *not* from this plane. And Ardeth *is* my mother. ... she cares for me, and I care for her. It is merely... difficult to be in this place. [7/11/2013 11:18:53 PM] Jamaros: ...I see...I think. [7/11/2013 11:19:17 PM] Kate: Tae Li: I am a *demon.* [7/11/2013 11:19:35 PM] Jamaros: ...Oh...oh... [7/11/2013 11:19:56 PM] Jamaros: ...If you don't mind me asking, and this is not for the reason you think... [7/11/2013 11:20:07 PM] Jamaros: ...you're not a succubus, are you? [7/11/2013 11:20:30 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Yes. [7/11/2013 11:20:51 PM] Jamaros: ...so, the story about the paladin and the succubus...was that you? [7/11/2013 11:21:02 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Do not be ridiculous. That is a folk tale. [7/11/2013 11:21:21 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros smiles [7/11/2013 11:21:34 PM] Jamaros: Yeah, I guess I was going a bit far on that. [7/11/2013 11:21:49 PM] Jamaros: ...look, Tae Li...I can't say I understand all of...this. [7/11/2013 11:22:03 PM] Jamaros: But all I can say is I get growing up somewhere where you don't really belong. [7/11/2013 11:22:16 PM] Jamaros: And I think the others, for the most part at least do too. [7/11/2013 11:22:37 PM] Jamaros: And, if we were being...well...uh...dicks...for me at least...I'm sorry. [7/11/2013 11:22:58 PM] Jamaros: But I think maybe this, with us, is kind of where people who don't belong anywhere else...belong. [7/11/2013 11:23:02 PM] Jamaros: ...you get me? [7/11/2013 11:23:53 PM] Kate: Tae Li: ... you don't understand. There is no order here. [7/11/2013 11:24:27 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Today they eat and drink and sing and dance; tomorrow they may do the same, or go to war, or build something, or visit the material plane. [7/11/2013 11:24:59 PM] Jamaros: Well, no offense, but, you're a demon. Isn't chaos kind of your thing? [7/11/2013 11:27:19 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Not to this extent. My mother is less... difficult... than most of them. But the rest do not even tolerate structure. I require a great deal of self-control not to *kill* anyone. This sort of ... randomness is very... distressing. [7/11/2013 11:27:59 PM] Jamaros: ...well, we're just here until we get this box, and then we'll all go back and deal with the far more dangerous people. [7/11/2013 11:28:54 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Good. ... I apologize for kissing you. It has been a... difficult week. [7/11/2013 11:29:09 PM] Jamaros: Yeah...tell me about it. [7/11/2013 11:30:15 PM] Jamaros: I'm sorry I was rude to you earlier. [7/11/2013 11:30:34 PM] Kate: Tae Li shrugs. "I do not take notice of such things. The Drow is also very rude." [7/11/2013 11:31:15 PM] Jamaros: No offense, but if you're a demon, it's kind of hypocritical to look down on Drow and Liches, isn't it? [7/11/2013 11:32:17 PM] Jamaros: I know, I know, "I do not understand" [7/11/2013 11:32:34 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Drow and liches do not *rise above.* [7/11/2013 11:32:49 PM] Jamaros: Rise above what? [7/11/2013 11:34:29 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Their natural instincts. If Drow have natural instincts to evil. I am not certain. [7/11/2013 11:35:01 PM] Jamaros: Look, maybe most don't, but Kal hasn't done anything to hurt us yet. [7/11/2013 11:35:35 PM] Jamaros: She's trying to keep her sister safe and get her out of her lousy family, that seems pretty noble to me. [7/11/2013 11:36:00 PM] Jamaros: I will grant you, the Lich is probably an asshole, but he's a necessary one. [7/11/2013 11:36:02 PM] Kate: Tae Li: She keeps slaves! [7/11/2013 11:36:13 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Why am I the only one who sees it! [7/11/2013 11:36:23 PM] Jamaros: Well, nobody's perfect. [7/11/2013 11:36:32 PM] Jamaros: And she won't be able to once she leaves. [7/11/2013 11:36:37 PM] Kate: Tae Li glowers. "Slavery is an abomination." [7/11/2013 11:37:22 PM] Jamaros: It's not my favorite thing ever either, but sometimes...you've just got to look past stuff. [7/11/2013 11:38:38 PM] Kate: Tae Li: I will *not* look past that. [7/11/2013 11:38:59 PM] Kate: Tae Li: *That* is evil. Why am I the only one to see that! Khiro is a fool. [7/11/2013 11:39:12 PM] Jamaros: I thought you liked Khiro. [7/11/2013 11:39:52 PM] Kate: Tae Li: He will not *listen* to me. [7/11/2013 11:40:31 PM] Jamaros: Well, sometimes people just don't, I guess. [7/11/2013 11:40:40 PM] Jamaros: Let me guess, you wanted him to kill Kal? [7/11/2013 11:41:29 PM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I want him to assist me in destroying the Drow civilization. If it can be called such. [7/11/2013 11:41:48 PM] Jamaros: ...so, basically, what I wanted to do when we left. [7/11/2013 11:43:42 PM] Kate: Tae Li: Will you help me? [7/11/2013 11:44:01 PM] Jamaros: ...I'm thinking about it... [7/11/2013 11:44:55 PM] Jamaros: How powerful are you, or these guys, when focused? [7/11/2013 11:45:06 PM] Jamaros: Do you have any sway here, or with other demons? [7/11/2013 11:45:39 PM] Kate: Tae Li: ...no. [7/11/2013 11:45:51 PM | Edited 11:46:01 PM] Kate: Tae Li: These *guys*, as you put it, are not capable of "focused." [7/11/2013 11:46:05 PM] Jamaros: ...I see... [7/11/2013 11:47:12 PM] Jamaros: ...I'm gonna go check with the others...See if anyone found our box. [7/11/2013 11:47:21 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros gets up and heads back through town. [7/11/2013 11:47:29 PM] Kate: Tae Li nods. "I will wait here." [7/11/2013 11:47:51 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros I begin looking for Khiro, Amara or Kal [7/11/2013 11:48:50 PM] Kate: Amara's talking to a silver-haired guy; Kal has actually started dancing, and she's very good at it. [7/11/2013 11:49:03 PM] Jamaros: Jamaros heads over to Amara [12:20:35 AM] Jamaros: HEY! We're going. [12:20:54 AM] Kate: Tae Li stands up, brushes herself off, and sighs. "Very well." [12:21:03 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros stops Tae Li and leans in close [12:21:14 AM] Jamaros: I help you take out the city, what's in it for me? [12:21:27 AM] Kate: Tae Li: What do you want? [12:21:38 AM] Jamaros: I want an army, or the means to get one. [12:22:40 AM] Kate: Tae Li: ... I cannot promise that. I can promise to work toward that end with you until it is accomplished. [12:23:26 AM] Jamaros: ...if we get there and it seems the most viable option, I can work to get a war going. We can talk when we get there. [12:23:54 AM] Kate: Tae Li: I will see it done. [12:24:13 AM] Jamaros: Right, let's head back now. [12:24:22 AM] Jamaros: Jamaros walks toward the group with Tae Li.