PBA 033h

[5/22/2014 8:13:51 PM] Kali: We'll begin in mid-morning, a little after the time people have been getting breakfast.

[5/22/2014 8:18:39 PM] Nilani: Nilani walks down from the observation bubble and sneaks around the main hall. (and into the library to get another book, then back to the lounge, if she is uninterrupted)

[5/22/2014 8:18:53 PM] Kali: Quintilian taps her on the shoulder. "Boo."

[5/22/2014 8:20:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn comes from the direction of the rooms with her hair damp, her shield on her right arm, and a book in her left hand.

[5/22/2014 8:20:44 PM | Edited 8:21:01 PM] Nilani: Nilani dashes forward a bit and draws her rapier. She then sees who it is, and resheathes the blade, looking both embarassed and relieved.

[5/22/2014 8:21:23 PM] Kali: Quintilian: I couldn't resist. I wouldn't've seen you if I hadn't been keeping a low profile myself.

[5/22/2014 8:21:46 PM] Kali: Grayson waves. He's rummaging around in the drawers of the kitchen, and has half the stuff from the cupboards out.

[5/22/2014 8:22:40 PM | Edited 8:22:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow at Nilani and Quintilian. "Well at least I'm not the only one who reacts that way when tapped on the shoulder."

[5/22/2014 8:23:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn steps into the galley and puts her shield on the rack. "Hello, Grayson."

[5/22/2014 8:24:08 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Mm. Not normally a risk I would take.

[5/22/2014 8:24:19 PM] Kali: Grayson: Organizin' the spice drawer.

[5/22/2014 8:24:42 PM] Wynn: ...I see.

[5/22/2014 8:25:06 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar wanders around, yawning.

[5/22/2014 8:26:15 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... well I got tired of bashing dummies' heads in. Speaking of, there was some blue stuff on the floor in there this morning. It came out all right, but it was weird.

[5/22/2014 8:26:33 PM] Wynn: ...blue stuff?

[5/22/2014 8:27:49 PM] Wynn: I must have missed it... or you already had it cleaned up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:28:08 PM] Kali: Grayson: Got after it with a sponge.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:28:22 PM] Iskandar: That was Arin. She killed a dummy to death with a pair of axes. It was very impressive.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:28:52 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow at him! (Eyebrow's getting a good workout.)

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:29:34 PM] Wynn: I didn't figure her for the killing type.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:29:55 PM] Iskandar: She's from Rafangia, originally.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:30:45 PM] Kali: Quintilian: ... interesting.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:31:11 PM] Wynn: Odd that she'd be from our plane, then just *happen* to be on the one we're on, investigating.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:31:12 PM] Nilani: At least you caught me at the end of my circuit. If anything sensed me coming, it would've likely bumped right into Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:32:45 PM] Kali: Quintilian grunts. "Think she's a spy?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:32:56 PM] Wynn: Can't rule it out.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:33:03 PM] Wynn: After yesterday, anything's possible.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:33:14 PM] Kali: Grayson: Almost makes you want to leave your armor on all the time. ... why, what happened yesterday?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:33:34 PM | Edited 8:33:39 PM] Wynn: Some creature came in disguised as a dwarf then tried to eat me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:34:12 PM] Nilani: Chest-bursting skeleton-replacer beastie called an Infiltrator.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:35:00 PM] Wynn: I'm guessing it got spooked when I called it out. Had an aura.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:35:39 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... that's disturbing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:35:54 PM] Kali: Quintilian: It replaces *skeletons*.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:36:19 PM] Nilani: Yep. Wears your skin like a meat-puppet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:36:25 PM | Edited 8:36:34 PM] Wynn: Well, we found the dwarf after the infiltrator left it... and it didn't seem to have any bones left.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:36:56 PM] Nilani: Nilani pulls on her cheeks, stretching them out, to illustrate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:37:06 PM] Wynn: Attempted to burrow itself right into my chest.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:38:01 PM] Kali: Quintilian: ... I've never heard of anything like that. Are you sure?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:38:11 PM] Kali: Grayson: I think she'd know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:38:49 PM] Kali: Grayson: Who's Arin?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:39:07 PM] Nilani: Nation's library probably has a book on it and other Neogi nastiness. Don't read it before bed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:39:10 PM] Wynn: Blue-haired hitchhiker.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:39:38 PM] Nilani: She seems amiable enough.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:39:46 PM] Wynn: Of *course* she does.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:40:24 PM] Nilani: Of course, that might just mean she's one of the *smart* ones.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:40:56 PM] Wynn: Or that she's been working in a place where she's supposed to be amiable, friendly, and whatever else they want.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:41:43 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... she waved her thumb at us an' we picked 'er up?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:42:06 PM] Wynn: Well, you'll have to talk to Iskandar about those details.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:42:17 PM] Kali: Grayson: Where's she been working, then?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:43:39 PM] Nilani: Nilani is silent.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:44:22 PM] Iskandar: She was at the brothel they asked us to investigate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:44:30 PM] Iskandar: And she's not evil.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:44:54 PM] Kali: Grayson: She was at the... oh.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:44:57 PM] Wynn: You don't have to be evil to be bad... or a spy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:45:01 PM] Kali: He reddens a little bit.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:45:13 PM] Nilani: Could be a sleeper, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:45:31 PM] Iskandar: Tarak and Allys just *happened* to come from our home plane, too. They could also be spies.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:45:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn gives him a *look*.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:45:52 PM] Nilani: They could be sleepers, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:46:03 PM] Wynn: Tarak is certainly not a spy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:46:03 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... now wait a second. I don't know about them but I know *I'm* not one.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:46:32 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... and I'm pretty sure the other me is actually me, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:46:33 PM] Iskandar: How do you know? Did St. Cuthbert appear bodily and vouch for him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:47:08 PM | Edited 8:47:18 PM] Wynn: Because he still has his abilities. He's not a liar.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:47:09 PM] Iskandar: I don't think Tarak or Allys are anything but what they say they are.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:47:31 PM] Iskandar: But this is a dangerous line of thought. How long until you're giving us the drowning test?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:47:57 PM] Nilani: I could be a sleeper, for all I know.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:48:29 PM] Wynn: All I'm saying is that I don't know her, don't trust her, and after what happened yesterday, I'll be keeping my guard up. That goes for most of the people on this ship, for that matter.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:49:02 PM] Wynn: *Especially* those with auras that I'm not familiar with.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:49:34 PM] Kali: Quintilian grunts. "Pretty soon we'll be wearing tin hats and picking at our skin for parasites that aren't there."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:50:10 PM] Wynn: Make fun if you like, but you aren't the one who had a giant hole in him yesterday.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:50:30 PM | Edited 8:50:38 PM] Nilani: Tin's a horrible thought insulator. Lead's good, but it's also poisonous.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:51:26 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Only if you absorb it. And that's not making fun, it's pointing out that we're in danger of dissolving into paranoia.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:51:43 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Did you ever imagine that *that* is actually what kills the other crews?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:52:08 PM] Kali: Quintilian: They get suspicious of each other and start strangling them, tossing them from balconies and stabbing each other?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:52:34 PM] Wynn: I'm going to protect this crew to the best of my ability. From threats, from each other, and even from myself. I'm not going to start randomly killing people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:53:40 PM] Nilani: Yes. That's why I usually don't talk about my theories, for fear of spreading them around. I get talkative when I don't sleep, and I spent the night up in the lounge with the book on Neogi constructs and a lantern.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:53:42 PM] Kali: Grayson: Wynn would never do that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:54:07 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Not on purpose, no. ... and what sort of constructs do Neogi create?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:55:03 PM] Nilani: Infiltrators, for one, although I guess "creations" is usually more accurate than "constructs".

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:55:57 PM] Wynn: A thought occurred to me as I finished the log last night. Those extra pods that should be open could have more infiltrators in them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:56:19 PM] Kali: Grayson: What extra pods?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:56:45 PM] Wynn: I did a count of all the people who have come from pods, and all the pods that were open, and there's three pods closed that shouldn't be.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:56:53 PM] Nilani: There should be 26 empty pods. There are only 23.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:57:17 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... do they close back up or somethin'?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:57:33 PM] Wynn: I don't know... and Nation wouldn't. He has no eyes in there.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:58:11 PM] Wynn: But this is the first time the count's been off.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:58:27 PM] Iskandar: When was the last time you counted?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:59:21 PM] Wynn: ...I'd have to check my log and try to remember. I didn't write it down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 8:59:22 PM] Iskandar: I mean, before yesterday.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:01:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn thinks back. "The last time I can say for sure is when the drider showed up. I went to count and found Mother Bellami."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:01:37 PM] Iskandar: So. Who has come out of the pods since then?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:01:50 PM] Wynn: ...half the crew practically.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:02:44 PM] Wynn: Let's see... Holly and Shol. Valerian, Murk and Grayson...

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:02:48 PM] Wynn: You two.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:02:58 PM | Edited 9:03:00 PM] Wynn: All the newest people.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:03:05 PM] Nilani: Shol was from Arcadia.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:03:30 PM] Kali: Grayson: And not me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:03:31 PM] Wynn: Right... I was just remembering new crew based on how they were grouped on arrival, not whether they came from pods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:03:44 PM] Wynn: I don't have my log on me, so I can't look that way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:03:56 PM] Wynn: Unless you really want me to go get it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:06:50 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar shrugs. "Just trying to help you sort this out."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:07:06 PM] Kali: Grayson: What about that assassin? What was his name? Valerian.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:07:20 PM] Wynn: What about him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:08:06 PM] Kali: Grayson: Well, was he here when you counted?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:08:20 PM] Wynn: I mentioned him already. He came the same day you did.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:10:19 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... oh. So it'd be before that you counted.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:10:31 PM] Kali: Grayson: Academy'd be a useful disguise, is all. Nobody'd bother you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:10:37 PM] Wynn: The last time I know I did for sure.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:11:29 PM] Wynn: ...didn't work that well for Kestrel.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:11:54 PM] Wynn: I wasn't exactly familiar with the Academy when I first got here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:12:28 PM] Iskandar: Kalor told me about that whole mess. Didn't she bear the brunt of it the last time you guys went off on a paranoid rampage?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:13:04 PM] Kali: Grayson: They're usually pretty careful to obey their rules. A lot of 'em are souldark, but...

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:13:23 PM] Wynn: I was operating under some assumptions that have since been adjusted.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:13:27 PM] Wynn: What is souldark?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:14:02 PM] Kali: Grayson: Negative energy, you know. Bad.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:14:19 PM] Wynn: Can't say I've ever heard the term.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:14:23 PM] Kali: Grayson: Most of them are just rich people whose parents wanted extra insurance on top of bodyguards.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:16:37 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar nods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:16:53 PM] Wynn: Well, he has no aura and has given me no reason not to trust him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:18:44 PM] Kali: Grayson nods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:21:30 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... I don't know. I don't like that guy. I can't work out why, but I don't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:21:33 PM] Wynn: Anyway, we have no idea what has killed the previous crews. Paranoia, lack of vigilance... What you may call paranoid killing could have been an infiltrator.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:23:11 PM] Iskandar: Or it could have been paranoid killing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:23:18 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Maybe. I haven't seen any wounds that are impossible for one person to inflict on another.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:23:39 PM] Wynn: Perhaps, but that's what I'm saying. There's no way to tell.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:24:39 PM] Wynn: And no matter how suspicious I am, I'm not going to start *killing* unless they give me reason. Unless they try to hurt someone.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:25:00 PM] Iskandar: No worries. Arin's afraid of you as it is.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:25:41 PM] Kali: Grayson: The hitchhiker? Why?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:26:07 PM] Wynn: Must scare easily then.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:27:00 PM] Iskandar: Wynn made it pretty clear initially that she didn't want her aboard.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:27:19 PM] Wynn: Only to you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:27:46 PM] Iskandar: You were radiating an aura of 'I don't like this happening' to everyone with eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:28:03 PM] Iskandar: There were little wisps of smoke coming out of your ears.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:28:04 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns a little, thinking.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:28:55 PM] Wynn: You mean when I walked away? I was frustrated in general.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:29:05 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Sounds like a medical problem.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:29:16 PM | Edited 9:30:18 PM] Kali: Grayson:  What happened?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:30:05 PM] Wynn: We went to find a plane-jumper. It got away and there was no practical way to find it. It got to me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:30:43 PM] Wynn: Sure, hearing that we were giving asylum to a lawbreaker might have added to it, but she wasn't the cause.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:31:38 PM] Wynn: ......it might have also been worse because I didn't have my armor *or* my shield.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:31:38 PM] Iskandar: The plane we were on had been invaded and pretty much almost destroyed by extraplanars. As a result, the government had some pretty draconian laws regarding them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:33:45 PM] Kali: Quintilian: How draconian?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:34:06 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... literally or figuratively draconian?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:34:39 PM] Iskandar: Draconian in the sense that their punishments were severe and harsh. Not that they were handsome and charming.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:34:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:37:40 PM] Kali: Quintilian snorts.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:39:40 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Dragons aren't handsome.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:39:43 PM | Edited 9:44:03 PM] Iskandar: Anyway. Arin was there illegally. She had shifted there without knowing the laws, and was afraid of being exposed, and taken away and tortured in interrogation, then possibly executed. They were so afraid of extradimensional infiltrators that they jumped at every shadow. We were useful, so we got a pass.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:39:49 PM] Iskandar: And shut up, yes we are.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:40:04 PM] Kali: Quintilain shakes his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:42:12 PM] Wynn: Well, it was more that we were unaware of the law and had no way to stop ourselves from breaking it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:42:47 PM] Wynn: Which is exactly how I managed to get her transferred to the ship instead of being arrested, if you'll recall.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:44:22 PM] Kali: Grayson: You rescued her.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:44:23 PM] Iskandar: Yes,  I know. So does she. But you make her nervous and i get the feeling she doesn't want to push it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:45:22 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:45:50 PM] Wynn: If I cared what everyone thought of me, I'd be too preoccupied "making nice" to be effective.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:48:38 PM] Kali: Grayson: It's easier when you don't mind what people think.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:50:22 PM] Iskandar: I agree. But I was asked why she was scared of you. You're fairly intense, and some people find that intimidating. They might not see you as a protector because if it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:53:29 PM] Kali: Grayson: Try looking like me some time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:54:14 PM] Wynn: Yeah, but the intimidation factor plummets as soon as anyone spends any amount of time speaking to you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:54:27 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... thank you, I think?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:55:16 PM] Wynn: You don't need to be intimidating, and as far as I can tell, you don't want to be.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:55:50 PM] Iskandar: Just tell people you're a magical clone generated by the Evil Queen of Dragons,t hat should help.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:58:07 PM] Kali: Grayson: I'm not a clone! I'm a real person. As real as either of you guys.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:58:13 PM] Kali: Quintilian coughs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:58:23 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... as real as all three of you guys.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:59:24 PM] Iskandar: Well, fair enough, but Elder Sister did have a hand in you being here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:59:43 PM] Wynn: For all we know, she may have had a hand in all of us being here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 9:59:55 PM | Edited 9:59:59 PM] Wynn: We have no idea who is responsible for the pods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:01:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks over, grabs a piece of fruit, and returns to standing against the wall next to the door.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:03:57 PM] Iskandar: True.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:06:28 PM] Iskandar: Anyway. She's from Rafangia. They do a lot of pretty impressive fighting there wearing little but warpaint.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:06:34 PM] Iskandar: That was the blue stuff.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:07:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn pauses mid-bite, but only for a moment before chewing and swallowing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:10:05 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Orcs use paint sometimes. Helps distinguish between friend and foe.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:10:16 PM] Wynn: Like a uniform?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:10:47 PM] Kali: Quintilian: We never had uniforms.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:11:31 PM] Wynn: ....I just mean that you can distinguish between two groups by what they wear, like a uniform.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:11:50 PM] Wynn: Not that you were all uniform among your group, just that these ones wear red, those blue, or something like that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:11:55 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Yes, exactly like that, but with paint instead. The only problem is when you bleed it and it runs off.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:12:50 PM] Nilani: One of the Church's festivals involved paint. A lot of paint. Wearing it just meant you'd lost, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:13:25 PM] Wynn: Can't say I have much experience with paint, or uniforms for that matter.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:14:24 PM] Wynn: I wasn't trained for war, or even much in the way of group-scale tactics.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:14:29 PM] Wynn: Beyond books, anyway.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:14:39 PM] Kali: Grayson: I have a uniform. They never really had me wear it, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:15:07 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "Likely when you were in training, they knew war was coming."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:16:14 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... yeah. I hope Allys is okay.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:16:33 PM] Wynn: I'm sure she's fine.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:16:46 PM] Wynn: ...or *was* fine. Is still. You know what I mean.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:17:13 PM] Nilani: Is going to have been fine.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:17:31 PM] Kali: Grayson: The one here is just... not like my sister.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:18:57 PM] Wynn: Beyond the makeup, dresses, and lack of weapon?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:19:26 PM] Kali: Grayson: That and the *having hair.*

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:20:21 PM] Iskandar: She didn't have hair?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:20:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "Hair's hard to take care of when you're doing things like that."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:21:10 PM] Kali: Grayson: She shaved her head almost every day. She said it got in the way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:21:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "That's why mine's always pulled back. I'd imagine hers'd be harder to keep clean with the curls."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:22:36 PM] Kali: Grayson: Mine too. I don't like having a cold neck in the winter, though, either.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:23:07 PM] Nilani: Hair makes a good handle for someone to grab you by. 'S why I usually tuck in my 'tail and wear my hood up when I fight.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:23:40 PM] Wynn: Also true.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:24:05 PM] Kali: Grayson: Yeah. Last person to try that on me lost a couple of teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:24:09 PM] Iskandar: That's why, if someone gets close enough to try and grab your hair, you breath lightning on them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:24:36 PM] Wynn: If they do it right, they're behind you and control your head so you can't face them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:24:45 PM] Wynn: ...and none of the rest of us can breathe lightning.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:25:03 PM] Iskandar: not my fault you didn't have the sense to be born blue dragons.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:25:30 PM] Wynn: Still, it's pretty easy to control a fight once you've got hold of the hair.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:26:14 PM] Wynn: Your lightning breath wouldn't do you any good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:26:26 PM] Kali: Grayson: I like being mostly human.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:26:30 PM] Iskandar: That's what other spells are for.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:26:33 PM] Wynn: .......mostly?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:28:43 PM] Kali: Grayson: Practically all.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:29:58 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow at him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:30:38 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... well, it's not that weird, is it? He's a dragon and he's half-orc.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:30:52 PM] Wynn: No, just the first I've heard of it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:30:59 PM] Wynn: Now I'm curious.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:31:13 PM] Kali: Grayson: It doesn't make that much difference, does it?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:31:51 PM] Wynn: No, not really. I'm just interested.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:32:05 PM] Wynn: Far as I know, I'm all human.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:33:49 PM] Nilani: If you don't want to tell us, you don't have to.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:34:38 PM] Kali: Grayson: It's not a big secret or anything. We're planetouched, that's all. Somewhere--pretty far back, it must've been--there was an angel in the family. We don't reallly know anything specific.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:36:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles just a little. "That's... pretty awesome, actually."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:37:11 PM] Kali: Grayson: It's not bad.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:38:22 PM] Iskandar: Hmm.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:38:51 PM] Kali: Grayson: ... you think it's bad?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:39:04 PM] Iskandar: Oh, no.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:39:09 PM | Edited 10:39:15 PM] Kali: Quintilian: If you were orcish, all that would matter would be that. People never call me "half-human."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:39:53 PM] Wynn: Well that's just because humans tend to mate with everyone. Half-elves aren't called half-human either.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:40:21 PM] Wynn: Ever met a half-elf/half-orc?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:42:10 PM] Iskandar: I did, once. I robbed him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:42:25 PM | Edited 10:42:29 PM] Wynn: Of course you did.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:42:48 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Green or gray?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:43:08 PM] Iskandar: He ws greenish.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:43:28 PM] Iskandar: I robbed him because he was rich.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:44:45 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Not because he was part orc?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:45:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn disposes of the remnants of the fruit and washes her hands, returning to her spot.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:45:37 PM] Iskandar: I didn't really care about that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:45:48 PM] Iskandar: Or him being part elf.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:46:23 PM] Iskandar: He was a merchant, he had a lot of money and guards. So I robbed him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:47:06 PM] Wynn: I've never really been into geneaology or genetics. Are there.... like... quarter-orcs and elves?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:47:34 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Usually not visibly. A few traits'll get passed on, but that's it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:49:20 PM] Iskandar: In more cosmipolitan areas most people have some elven or dwarven or orcish blood.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:49:56 PM] Wynn: I just never thought about it before.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:50:04 PM] Wynn: Makes sense, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:50:23 PM] Kali: Quintilian: They used to draw and quarter orcish men who looked at an elven woman the wrong way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:51:35 PM] Wynn: Unless that look involved magic, that sounds quite ridiculous.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:52:23 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Yes, attempted genocide is hilarious.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:52:44 PM] Kali: He glowers at Wynn.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:53:04 PM] Wynn: I didn't say it was funny.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:53:39 PM] Kali: Quintilian: It isn't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:53:52 PM] Kali: Grayson: Of course it isn't. You're bein' prickly just to be prickly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:53:57 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Hmph.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:58:42 PM] Wynn: I'm simply acknowledging that it's not right to kill people for looking... unless that look is some harmful magic. Not that it *was*.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:59:03 PM] Iskandar: Like, eye-beams.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:59:08 PM] Nilani: Why would someone DO something like that? You don't just go an' KILL someone jussbecause they think someone is attractive. Even if they're different from you, that's no excuse! Unless of course the person's using enchantment spells. That's juss not right.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:59:10 PM] Wynn: Sure.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 10:59:28 PM] Iskandar: Ocular deathrays.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:00:04 PM] Kali: Quintilian, gruffly: Sorry. There's enough people looking to kick us while we're down that you start to step on feet that don't deserve it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:00:40 PM] Nilani: Nilani sounds very tired and slightly addled.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:01:04 PM] Wynn: ....my family was killed by a group of orcs. At least... all the ones I saw were orcs and half-orcs... but I don't blame every orc I see for it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:01:35 PM] Kali: Quintilian: How old are you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:01:43 PM] Wynn: Seventeen.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:01:54 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Then no, they weren't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:02:23 PM] Wynn: They weren't what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:02:36 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Killed by orcs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:02:48 PM] Nilani: One of the Jorffs was an orc. He was ok. Afraid of owls.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:03:01 PM] Wynn: ....I *saw* them.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:03:50 PM] Kali: Quintilian: There hasn't been a documented orcish raid on a village in over 75 years.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:04:13 PM] Kali: Quintilian: And owls are an ill omen in orcish tradition. Tool of the dark gods.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:04:30 PM] Wynn: Maybe it was just some drunk assholes that *happened* to be orcs... or a band of highwaymen that *happened* to be orcs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:05:02 PM] Kali: Quintilian: Or a bunch of people wearing disguises to pin a crime on orcs.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:05:32 PM] Wynn: Look. I know I can't blame all orcs for what happened, but you also shouldn't turn a blind eye to the fact that there are jerks in every species.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:07:01 PM] Kali: Quintilian: If you've had everything blamed on you for hundreds of years you wouldn't be so quick to believe your eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:09:44 PM] Iskandar: Highwaymen don't raid villages. Bandits do.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:10:04 PM] Wynn: Thank you for the semantics lesson.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:10:23 PM] Iskandar: You are welcome.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:10:40 PM] Iskandar: Specificity is the soul of good communication.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:12:55 PM] Wynn: Yes, well... some of us haven't been alive and reading for a century or more, and didn't go to school to learn things like vocabulary.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:12:59 PM] Kali: Quintilian: That and *not* being green.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:13:10 PM] Kali: He grumps, and departs, scowling.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:16:10 PM] Kali: Grayson: I'd say that guy has a chip on his shoulder, but it's more like the chip has him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:16:12 PM] Iskandar: Hmm. I take it back, Wynn, you are not the most high-strung person on the ship. He might have you beat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:16:19 PM] Nilani: ._.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:16:32 PM] Wynn: Gee, thanks.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:16:47 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar smiles and gives her a thumbs up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:19:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs, pulls the small book from where it was sitting between the rack and her shield and sits to read.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:23:29 PM | Edited 11:28:57 PM] Nilani: Do you guys know any stories? I need to get that eyeball-replacement thing outta my head before I go trance, and the only one I can remember at the moment is the fable of the Knight an' the Demon Queen.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:23:49 PM] Iskandar: Eyeball replacement?

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:25:09 PM | Edited 11:25:29 PM] Nilani: Spying tool. If they stop givin' you the right supplements, it burrows back into your brain. Slowly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:25:52 PM] Nilani: Neogi are weeeeeeeeeeird.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:26:24 PM] Wynn: If you like, I have a collection of stories in my room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:29:46 PM] Iskandar: There's the story of the hamster who tried to carve a canyon with his teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:35:31 PM] Iskandar: In the end, he did it. Or didn't. I don't recall. It was pretty boring.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:41:13 PM] Nilani: Awwwww, yer not supposed to give away the end at the beginning... takes all the suspense out of it... now I'm never gonna stop thinkin about... whatever I was thinkin about. Oh, wait. There we go. I'ma go rest before I remember.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:42:11 PM] Nilani: Nilani waves at the galley's occupants and shambles back to her room.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:42:16 PM] Kali: Grayson waves back.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:42:59 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar waves. "I'm heading to the library myself.  Fun chatting."

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:43:13 PM] Wynn: Wynn absently waves.

<p class="MsoNormal">[5/22/2014 11:45:25 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar leaves.