PBA 054

[3/15/2015 6:03:30 PM] Canto: Okay! So Squish. Iskandar is currently hanging out in the lounge. Gnarmak is also there.

[3/15/2015 6:04:32 PM] Canto: Iskandar is fiddling with something shiny and blue in his hands.

[3/15/2015 6:06:21 PM] Crow: Ven steps in, wearing white and a mean-looking grin. "Hey, captain. Guess what."

[3/15/2015 6:06:33 PM] Canto: Chickenbutt.

[3/15/2015 6:07:16 PM] Aziz: Aziz stops mid-entry, confused. "Chicken what?"

[3/15/2015 6:07:42 PM] Canto: "Guess what" "Chickenbutt". It's funnier in the original High Draconic.

[3/15/2015 6:07:51 PM] Canto: Little rhyming joke.

[3/15/2015 6:08:31 PM] Aziz: I... see. Sorta.

[3/15/2015 6:08:36 PM] Crow: Van: Nah! I can blow stuff up by pointin' at it.

[3/15/2015 6:09:07 PM] Canto: Wait, what? Why? Since when?

[3/15/2015 6:09:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani peeks down from the lounge.

[3/15/2015 6:09:32 PM] Nilani: That seems horribly dangerous.

[3/15/2015 6:09:38 PM] Nilani: Care to demonstrate?

[3/15/2015 6:10:01 PM] Aziz: That sounds like a useful ability.

[3/15/2015 6:10:51 PM] Crow: Ven points at a glass sitting on the table; a bolt of black-blue energy hits it and blows it up.

[3/15/2015 6:11:43 PM] Canto: Huh.

[3/15/2015 6:11:55 PM] Canto: Canto looks over at Gnarmak. "Hey, can you do anything new?"

[3/15/2015 6:12:47 PM] Canto: Gnarmak:  ... I wasn't going to say anything.

[3/15/2015 6:13:12 PM] Canto: Gnarmak stands up, stretches,a nd turns into a hyena!

[3/15/2015 6:13:17 PM] Canto: Then back into Gnarmak.

[3/15/2015 6:13:31 PM] Canto: Iskandar:  So it's not just us.

[3/15/2015 6:13:36 PM] Nilani: Ooh! Very nice.

[3/15/2015 6:15:29 PM] Canto: Iskandar:  So is it everyone that came out of a pod that now has new shiny tricks?

[3/15/2015 6:15:41 PM] Aziz: Did the gods test you as well, or did you just wake up able to shapeshift or blast eldritch?

[3/15/2015 6:16:02 PM] Canto: Gnarmak:  I had a weird dream.

[3/15/2015 6:16:38 PM] Canto: Gnarmak:  It says something about my time on this ship that I didn't think much of the weird dream and the newfound ability to change my shape.

[3/15/2015 6:16:39 PM] Crow: Ven: Don't remember no tests.

[3/15/2015 6:18:13 PM] Canto: Gnarmak:  I just vaguely remember having a dream where I was talking to a gentleman who was also a tree who let me sip from a curled leaf full of rainwater.

[3/15/2015 6:18:58 PM] Aziz: I woke up in a sentient library with an exquisite sense of humor. We communicated through chapter labels and the Dewey Decimal System.

[3/15/2015 6:19:06 PM] Aziz: Aziz shrugs

[3/15/2015 6:20:08 PM] Crow: Ven: Elves don't dream.

[3/15/2015 6:20:47 PM] Aziz: So... what? You were meditating, and then you sneezed a hole in your quarters-wall?

[3/15/2015 6:21:06 PM] Crow: Ven: Nah, broke my mirror.

[3/15/2015 6:21:19 PM] Aziz: Aziz nods

[3/15/2015 6:21:22 PM] Aziz: Sounds about right.

[3/15/2015 6:21:48 PM] Canto: Huh. So it wasn't just us. It was everyone linked by the curse, I'm guess.

[3/15/2015 6:21:55 PM] Canto: So, you're welcome.

[3/15/2015 6:23:20 PM] Canto: For your new terrifying powers.

[3/15/2015 6:23:28 PM] Aziz: Nothing can possibly go wrong.

[3/15/2015 6:23:34 PM] Crow: Ven: It's fuckin' awesome.

[3/15/2015 6:24:24 PM] Canto: I got be my dragonself. Saved Val and Kalor for plummeting.

[3/15/2015 6:24:56 PM] Crow: Ven: Hah. You turnin' into a do-gooder, cap?

[3/15/2015 6:25:23 PM] Canto: I wouldn't say that. Maybe I just like to show off.

[3/15/2015 6:25:40 PM] Canto: Canto tosses something shiny and blue toward Ven.

[3/15/2015 6:27:58 PM] Crow: Ven catches it. "What's this?"

[3/15/2015 6:31:25 PM] Aziz: A gemstone that previously powered a magic trap. It still has some latent spell energy in it.

[3/15/2015 6:31:41 PM] Aziz: Which I'd love to borrow for a project, by the by.,

[3/15/2015 6:32:13 PM] Canto: Oh, no, that's not the sapphire.

[3/15/2015 6:32:37 PM] Aziz: ...oh? What was it, then? A scale?

[3/15/2015 6:33:33 PM] Canto: A bit scored by acid.

[3/15/2015 6:34:24 PM] Crow: Ven examines it. "*Your* scale?"

[3/15/2015 6:35:50 PM] Canto: Yeah, I got a handful before we got out of there and I had to shift back.

[3/15/2015 6:38:09 PM] Crow: Ven: S'pretty. Why you givin' it to me?

[3/15/2015 6:40:47 PM] Canto: Canto shrugs. "Showing off, you know me."

[3/15/2015 6:41:31 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah? Well, it's still pretty.

[3/15/2015 6:41:49 PM] Crow: Ven: Looks like part of an earring or somethin'.

[3/15/2015 6:42:53 PM] Canto: Well, it came from my skin.

[3/15/2015 6:43:36 PM] Crow: Ven: So?

[3/15/2015 6:43:47 PM] Crow: Ven: That makes it better.

[3/15/2015 6:45:05 PM] Canto: It's been tested against acid.

[3/15/2015 6:46:54 PM] Canto: So if that's what you want in an earring....

[3/15/2015 6:50:15 PM] Canto: So, what else can you do, Ven? Besides destroying things. Because that's not dangerous at all.

[3/15/2015 6:51:20 PM] Crow: Ven: Can fly.

[3/15/2015 6:51:46 PM] Canto: ... huh. How did you find out you could do that?

[3/15/2015 6:52:10 PM] Crow: Ven: Started levitatin' in the shower.

[3/15/2015 6:53:32 PM] Canto: Oh. well, that'd do it. You dont normally do that?

[3/15/2015 6:54:15 PM] Crow: Ven: Nah.

[3/15/2015 6:55:55 PM] Canto: Gnarmak:  So we're not... all possessed by dark powers now, are we?

[3/15/2015 6:56:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks in with a book and writing utensils.

[3/15/2015 6:56:52 PM] Canto: Wynn! Are we posssessed by dark powers?

[3/15/2015 6:57:05 PM] Crow: Ven: I am a dark power.

[3/15/2015 6:57:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn blinks.

[3/15/2015 6:57:51 PM] Wynn: Umm... no.

[3/15/2015 6:58:08 PM] Canto: There you go, Gnarmak.

[3/15/2015 6:59:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn sits away from the rest of the people and starts writing.

[3/15/2015 6:59:39 PM] Iskandar: What are you writing?

[3/15/2015 6:59:47 PM] Aziz: Anything fun, or more journal stuff?

[3/15/2015 6:59:53 PM] Wynn: Updating my log.

[3/15/2015 6:59:53 PM] Nilani: Ship's log?

[3/15/2015 6:59:58 PM] Nilani: Ah.

[3/15/2015 7:00:14 PM] Aziz: Does this warrant a new chapter, or do you not use chapters in your log

[3/15/2015 7:00:37 PM] Wynn: Just days.

[3/15/2015 7:00:39 PM] Iskandar: "Day whatever.  Met gods."

[3/15/2015 7:00:41 PM] Crow: Kestrel turns up. "I am in urgent need of assistance.."

[3/15/2015 7:00:52 PM] Wynn: What's wrong?

[3/15/2015 7:01:14 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks over at Kestrel concernedly.

[3/15/2015 7:01:36 PM] Iskandar: Do you also have new weird stuff going on?

[3/15/2015 7:01:42 PM] Crow: Kestrel: An animal of unknown origin is stalking me.

[3/15/2015 7:02:31 PM] Wynn: Wynn leaves the book, grabs the shield (which she always has, even if I didn't mention) and stands. "What kind of animal?"

[3/15/2015 7:02:59 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Uncertain.

[3/15/2015 7:03:20 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It is ... not of an encouraging appearance.

[3/15/2015 7:03:27 PM] Iskandar: Where is it?

[3/15/2015 7:03:43 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Likely in the hallway.

[3/15/2015 7:03:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads toward the door.

[3/15/2015 7:03:49 PM] Aziz: Let's go deal with it, then.

[3/15/2015 7:03:52 PM] Iskandar: Oh by the way, Wynn, both Ven and Gnarmak have new ablities. Whatever we did didn't just affect us.

[3/15/2015 7:03:52 PM] Aziz: Aziz follows Wynn

[3/15/2015 7:04:02 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar follows.

[3/15/2015 7:04:04 PM] Nilani: Nilani pulls out her rapier and follows.

[3/15/2015 7:04:10 PM] Wynn: Ok, one thing at a time.

[3/15/2015 7:04:50 PM] Crow: Just outside the door, so close that Wynn nearly runs into it, is a massive black animal, hooved and maned, with a tail made of fire and fire shooting from its mouth. It has decidedly spiky-looking teeth.

[3/15/2015 7:05:07 PM] Aziz: That's a nightmare.

[3/15/2015 7:05:11 PM] Crow: It snorts a little jet of flame.

[3/15/2015 7:05:21 PM] Nilani: Welp.

[3/15/2015 7:05:32 PM] Crow: And looks at Wynn.

[3/15/2015 7:05:38 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises her shield.

[3/15/2015 7:06:09 PM] Iskandar: Yikes.

[3/15/2015 7:06:11 PM] Crow: The massive equine doesn't move.

[3/15/2015 7:06:32 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It is a matter of some concern.

[3/15/2015 7:06:37 PM] Wynn: ...don't talk by chance, do you?

[3/15/2015 7:07:16 PM] Iskandar: When did you first notice it following you?

[3/15/2015 7:07:22 PM] Crow: The animal snorts again.

[3/15/2015 7:07:56 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Several hours ago.

[3/15/2015 7:08:20 PM] Aziz: I wish I had signed up for that class on extraplanar languages. Does anyone speak Infernal?

[3/15/2015 7:08:34 PM] Janis: Janis enters wearing the hood of her cloak over her head

[3/15/2015 7:08:40 PM] Janis: What's going on?

[3/15/2015 7:08:53 PM] Aziz: Aziz points at the nightmare. "Demon horse."

[3/15/2015 7:08:53 PM] Crow: Everyone's in the hallway with a black furry-maned firesnorting equine!

[3/15/2015 7:09:02 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... I do.

[3/15/2015 7:09:03 PM] Janis: ....coool.

[3/15/2015 7:09:10 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It does not answer.

[3/15/2015 7:09:14 PM] Wynn: It's not evil.

[3/15/2015 7:09:18 PM] Aziz: That's a completely different issue then.

[3/15/2015 7:09:22 PM] Janis: It doesn't speak infernal?

[3/15/2015 7:09:29 PM] Janis: Weird.

[3/15/2015 7:09:47 PM] Aziz: Perhaps it is not actually a nightmare, then.

[3/15/2015 7:09:57 PM] Wynn: Kestrel, did you have a dream or anything? Wake up with new abilities?

[3/15/2015 7:10:01 PM] Crow: The animal sidles toward Kestrel, who moves away hastily.

[3/15/2015 7:10:16 PM] Crow: Kestrel: I have not slept as yet.

[3/15/2015 7:10:27 PM] Aziz: ...well, it does not seem to wish you ill.

[3/15/2015 7:10:32 PM] Janis: ((Would I have had time to meditate since we got back?))

[3/15/2015 7:11:10 PM] Crow: The animal sidles toward Kestrel again, and she ... very obviously holds still and lets it.

[3/15/2015 7:11:22 PM] Iskandar: ((Sure.))

[3/15/2015 7:11:33 PM] Janis: ((Ok then))

[3/15/2015 7:11:40 PM] Aziz: I think it may actually like you.

[3/15/2015 7:12:00 PM] Janis: Did you get a horse, Kes?

[3/15/2015 7:12:01 PM] Crow: Ven: Badass.

[3/15/2015 7:12:18 PM] Wynn: Wynn lowers her shield.

[3/15/2015 7:12:19 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It is following me for no discernable reason.

[3/15/2015 7:12:29 PM] Wynn: Probably has something to do with what happened.

[3/15/2015 7:12:31 PM] Crow: The horse rolls its eyes, and then vanishes suddenly.

[3/15/2015 7:12:48 PM] Iskandar: .... well. The case has been solved.

[3/15/2015 7:13:07 PM] Aziz: If it comes back, try feeding it some meat. Preferably not your own, or that of anyone you enjoy the company of.

[3/15/2015 7:13:13 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It could potentially return.

[3/15/2015 7:13:16 PM] Iskandar: Good job team.

[3/15/2015 7:13:17 PM] Wynn: ...are you particularly religious, Kestrel?

[3/15/2015 7:13:29 PM] Crow: The horse pops into existence again in a puff of burny-smelling smoke.

[3/15/2015 7:13:42 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... disturbing. No.

[3/15/2015 7:13:58 PM] Janis: ....your horse can't seem to make up her mind.

[3/15/2015 7:15:07 PM] Wynn: ...I'm not really sure what to tell you.

[3/15/2015 7:15:09 PM] Crow: The horse snorts!

[3/15/2015 7:15:16 PM] Crow: Kestrel: It does not belong to me.

[3/15/2015 7:15:29 PM] Wynn: Maybe Talas would have a place for it?

[3/15/2015 7:15:34 PM] Crow: The horse whinnies irritably, and vanishes again.

[3/15/2015 7:15:36 PM] Janis: I'm betting Talas won't let us keep her in the forest.

[3/15/2015 7:15:43 PM] Janis: Remember how she was about Flamey?

[3/15/2015 7:15:47 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Talas dislikes fire.

[3/15/2015 7:16:02 PM | Edited 7:16:47 PM] Aziz: Aziz did not do anything at all.

[3/15/2015 7:16:12 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar shakes his head. "But it's not going dingdingding to you, Wynn?"

[3/15/2015 7:16:16 PM] Crow: It's gone already.

[3/15/2015 7:16:18 PM] Wynn: No.

[3/15/2015 7:16:30 PM] Aziz: Aziz types too slowly to be useful in this endeavour, clearly.

[3/15/2015 7:16:42 PM] Janis: Has it been popping in and out like this for a while?

[3/15/2015 7:17:01 PM] Iskandar: Can you ride a horse, Kestrel?

[3/15/2015 7:17:33 PM] Crow: Kestrel: I have not attempted to do so.

[3/15/2015 7:17:59 PM] Janis: ...well, maybe now's a good time to find out.

[3/15/2015 7:18:13 PM] Wynn: I can teach you if you like.

[3/15/2015 7:18:25 PM] Wynn: Assuming it will let you, anyway.

[3/15/2015 7:18:30 PM] Iskandar: Maybe we should try the training room.

[3/15/2015 7:18:39 PM] Janis: I think I could talk the horse through the process too.

[3/15/2015 7:18:46 PM] Janis: Does she have a name?

[3/15/2015 7:18:51 PM] Janis: ...or he, maybe.

[3/15/2015 7:18:54 PM] Janis: Janis looks to check.

[3/15/2015 7:19:23 PM] Aziz: [The horse is conspicuously absent. It keeps doing that.]

[3/15/2015 7:19:25 PM] Iskandar: ((The nightmare poofed out again.))

[3/15/2015 7:19:52 PM] Janis: ...I'll ask when the horse comes back, I guess.

[3/15/2015 7:20:13 PM] Crow: Kestrel frowns. "I am not certain I want to attempt to ride a horse."

[3/15/2015 7:20:21 PM] Crow: The horse pops back into existence. It looks really annoyed!

[3/15/2015 7:20:29 PM] Crow: Judging by the snort.

[3/15/2015 7:20:46 PM] Crow: Ven punches it in the face.

[3/15/2015 7:20:51 PM] Janis: I think you offended her.

[3/15/2015 7:21:01 PM] Janis: Ven!

[3/15/2015 7:21:03 PM] Wynn: Ven!

[3/15/2015 7:21:26 PM] Crow: The horse doesn't react, but Ven yelps. "Fuckin' thing's hot! Burned my hand on it. Right bastard!"

[3/15/2015 7:21:30 PM] Wynn: You can't just punch a horse.

[3/15/2015 7:21:34 PM] Wynn: Good.

[3/15/2015 7:21:36 PM] Crow: Ven: Can if I want!

[3/15/2015 7:21:42 PM] Wynn: Give me your hand.

[3/15/2015 7:21:46 PM] Crow: Ven: No!

[3/15/2015 7:22:03 PM] Crow: She pulls back her fist to punch Wynn! Kestrel grabs it.

[3/15/2015 7:22:10 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar facepalms.

[3/15/2015 7:22:19 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Do not.

[3/15/2015 7:22:29 PM] Aziz: Aziz goes back to his previous idea, offering the nightmare a slab of conjured beef.

[3/15/2015 7:22:31 PM] Wynn: I'm just going to heal it. But punch a horse again and I'll punch you again.

[3/15/2015 7:22:47 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah? Not scared of you, little girl.

[3/15/2015 7:23:07 PM] Crow: She growls, and tugs free of Kestrel, and reluctantly offers her hand to Wynn.

[3/15/2015 7:23:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes.

[3/15/2015 7:23:38 PM] Iskandar: Ven, big kids are talking. Do not punch the horse.

[3/15/2015 7:23:38 PM] Wynn: ...you must be a big softie. You're not even hurt.

[3/15/2015 7:23:48 PM] Crow: Ven: I was so!

[3/15/2015 7:24:06 PM] Wynn: Uh-huh.

[3/15/2015 7:24:21 PM] Iskandar: Gnamak:  Ven was. I could smell the burn.

[3/15/2015 7:24:48 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah, see?

[3/15/2015 7:24:52 PM] Crow: Ven rubs her hand.

[3/15/2015 7:24:59 PM] Janis: Big baby.

[3/15/2015 7:25:23 PM] Iskandar: Hey, Wynn. Summon your horse. Maybe they can talk to each other.

[3/15/2015 7:25:24 PM] Wynn: ...Kestrel... did you heal her?

[3/15/2015 7:25:47 PM] Crow: Ven: Then why've I got blood on my cuff, ya knob.

[3/15/2015 7:26:05 PM] Janis: Janis casts Speak with Animals and turns to the horse. "Hello, Horse.  Sorry for my friend."

[3/15/2015 7:26:11 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... that does not seem excessively likely.

[3/15/2015 7:26:35 PM] Janis: "I hope you weren't hurt."

[3/15/2015 7:26:44 PM] Wynn: I'm starting to think that you may have picked up some powers similar to my own.

[3/15/2015 7:26:46 PM] Crow: The horse whinnies!

[3/15/2015 7:27:38 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... I was not aware summoning nightmares was one of your abilities.

[3/15/2015 7:27:49 PM] Wynn: A mount.

[3/15/2015 7:28:58 PM] Janis: Janis turns to Kes. "The horse would like you to stop sending it away please.  Or, at least, to stop calling it back."

[3/15/2015 7:29:19 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... I had not been aware that I was calling it.

[3/15/2015 7:29:33 PM] Janis: Janis turns back to the horse. "Do you have a name?  Also, that's Ven.  Again, we're sorry.

[3/15/2015 7:30:01 PM] Crow: The horse snuffles a little plume of black smoke.

[3/15/2015 7:31:42 PM] Janis: Follow who?

[3/15/2015 7:32:44 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks at Gnarmak. "So this is weird, right?  Janis is having a conversation with the demon horse that Ven just punched.  That's weird, even for here, right?"

[3/15/2015 7:32:47 PM] Iskandar: Gnarmak shrugs.

[3/15/2015 7:32:59 PM] Wynn: Not particularly.

[3/15/2015 7:33:02 PM] Aziz: There's a "weird" left?

[3/15/2015 7:33:06 PM] Janis: Oh, well. That's good. Do you know what god or goddess gave you to her? ...is that even how that works? I don't really know paladin stuff.

[3/15/2015 7:33:43 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads back to her book and sits.

[3/15/2015 7:34:06 PM] Crow: Kestrel: I am not affiliated with a deity.

[3/15/2015 7:34:10 PM] Janis: ((To Isk)) It's not a demon horse. It says it follows goodness and will help Kes as long as she follows goodness herself.

[3/15/2015 7:34:21 PM] Janis: It says it's not about gods.

[3/15/2015 7:34:36 PM] Aziz: ...so the resemblance to a nightmare is wholly coincidental.

[3/15/2015 7:35:06 PM] Janis: ((To the horse)) I'm sorry, are you a boy or a girl? I feel bad calling you "it" and it would be impolite to check with everyone around.

[3/15/2015 7:36:01 PM] Aziz: Aziz gives up with a muttered "Still not weird," and heads back to the common room; he has a book of his own to read.

[3/15/2015 7:36:36 PM] Janis: That's what I thought. Sorry, silly of me.

[3/15/2015 7:36:50 PM] Janis: Janis to Kes. "She says she's a mare."

[3/15/2015 7:37:08 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... I am still uncertain of what is occurring.

[3/15/2015 7:38:08 PM] Janis: ...you're following goodness and this is your horse. Not sure what else there is to get.

[3/15/2015 7:38:22 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... very well.

[3/15/2015 7:38:59 PM] Iskandar: We went through a thing where a bunch of non-dickwad deities wanted to help us survive this curse thing, so they invested us all with powers.

[3/15/2015 7:39:49 PM] Janis: They still seemed kind of dickwad to me. Well, mine seemed nice. Can't speak for the others I guess.

[3/15/2015 7:40:06 PM] Janis: They still killed us, though. And didn't even ask first.

[3/15/2015 7:40:15 PM] Janis: That's just rude.

[3/15/2015 7:40:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn comes back, frowning. "Did you want me to show you how to ride?"

[3/15/2015 7:41:50 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... it would be greatly appreciated. Currently it would be better to be shown how ... to summon and then avoid summoning intimidating demonic-appearing equines.

[3/15/2015 7:41:55 PM] Crow: She adds, to the horse, "I intend no offense."

[3/15/2015 7:42:10 PM] Crow: The horse nods.

[3/15/2015 7:42:44 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Someone could potentially become ... confused.

[3/15/2015 7:42:52 PM] Iskandar: Very.

[3/15/2015 7:43:12 PM] Janis: Janis to the horse "How should she summon or de-summon you?"

[3/15/2015 7:44:34 PM] Iskandar: How do you do it, Wynn?

[3/15/2015 7:44:58 PM] Janis: ...well...you seemed to know when it was happening, so...I just assumed you'd know how it's done.

[3/15/2015 7:45:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "I think it's different for different people. Tarak whistles. I just... I dunno... think about it?"

[3/15/2015 7:45:39 PM] Janis: She says you should know, Kes.

[3/15/2015 7:45:53 PM] Crow: Kestrel frowns.

[3/15/2015 7:46:29 PM] Janis: Well, how'd you feel when it vanished or came back?

[3/15/2015 7:46:51 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Largely confusion.

[3/15/2015 7:47:02 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Perhaps thinking deliberately is sufficient.

[3/15/2015 7:48:23 PM] Wynn: You should probably be sure you want to send her away before you do though.

[3/15/2015 7:48:59 PM] Wynn: I can only summon Axiom once in any day. You might not have that constraint, or it might just be because you don't know what's going on yet.

[3/15/2015 7:49:16 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... ah.

[3/15/2015 7:49:16 PM] Janis: She did say you shouldn't be able to summon her like you've been.

[3/15/2015 7:49:23 PM] Janis: I think you're exhausting her.

[3/15/2015 7:49:40 PM] Iskandar: They probably allowed for time for confusion.

[3/15/2015 7:49:50 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... then I will cease. I would like lessons, but at a later time if that is acceptable.

[3/15/2015 7:50:04 PM] Wynn: I can't imagine it's common to be given these powers without the training to use them.

[3/15/2015 7:50:27 PM] Crow: Kestrel: ... it is somewhat unsettling to be given these powers without training to use them.

[3/15/2015 7:50:33 PM] Iskandar: I haven't noticed anything new about me since I stopped being dragon-shaped again.

[3/15/2015 7:51:23 PM] Crow: Kestrel: I will introduce her to Jhett. I would not like someone to be hurt; please tell others the horse is present and nonhostile aboard the ship if they appear.

[3/15/2015 7:51:25 PM] Janis: I kind of like mine.

[3/15/2015 7:51:32 PM] Janis: I got to talk to a horse.

[3/15/2015 7:51:41 PM] Janis: That's cool.

[3/15/2015 7:52:04 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "If you'd like I can try to help you learn to use them. I know you don't like to hurt people."

[3/15/2015 7:52:31 PM] Crow: Kestrel: Yes. ... thank you for your assistance.

[3/15/2015 7:52:47 PM] Crow: She hesitates, then pets the horse on the mane. Pat. Pat. Pat.

[3/15/2015 7:53:08 PM] Crow: Then she heads down the hallway, stopping to wait for the nightmare, which trots along after her.

[3/15/2015 7:53:24 PM] Janis: ...well...that was fun.

[3/15/2015 7:53:34 PM] Janis: So, how have your god-powers been?

[3/15/2015 7:53:49 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs.

[3/15/2015 7:53:58 PM] Crow: Ven: Blowin' things up by pointin' at 'em. It's great.

[3/15/2015 7:54:12 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at Ven.

[3/15/2015 7:54:15 PM] Janis: .......and now I'm scared.

[3/15/2015 7:55:15 PM] Crow: Ven: Never saw no god, though.

[3/15/2015 7:55:18 PM] Crow: Ven: Lookit this!

[3/15/2015 7:55:25 PM] Crow: She holds up a shiny blue thing!

[3/15/2015 7:55:36 PM] Janis: .....cool...what is it?

[3/15/2015 7:55:51 PM] Crow: Ven: That's dragonscale, that is.

[3/15/2015 7:56:07 PM] Janis: Where'd you get that?

[3/15/2015 7:56:30 PM] Crow: Ven: Iskandar gave it to me. Pretty enough to be jewelry an' hard enough for armor, that is.

[3/15/2015 7:56:53 PM] Janis: Janis looks at Isk. "You gave her something that let's her blow things up?"

[3/15/2015 7:59:50 PM] Crow: Ven: Nah, I could blow up stuff before.

[3/15/2015 8:00:00 PM] Crow: Ven: Boss just gave me it 'cause it's special, that's all.

[3/15/2015 8:00:15 PM] Janis: ...you just woke up and you could blow things up?

[3/15/2015 8:00:19 PM] Wynn: Wynn returns to her book and continues writing.

[3/15/2015 8:00:23 PM] Janis: ...I had to die and eat a leaf.

[3/15/2015 8:00:40 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah! It's amazin'.

[3/15/2015 8:00:54 PM] Crow: Val steps in, looking tired. "Hey."

[3/15/2015 8:01:11 PM] Janis: Janis adjust her hood further over her and glares at Ven.

[3/15/2015 8:01:14 PM] Janis: Hi, Val.

[3/15/2015 8:01:26 PM] Crow: Val: How goes it?

[3/15/2015 8:02:39 PM] Janis: ...apparently everyone else got powers.

[3/15/2015 8:02:47 PM] Wynn: Hello, Valerian.

[3/15/2015 8:02:52 PM] Janis: ...most of them didn't even have to die.

[3/15/2015 8:03:46 PM] Crow: Val: Dying was all right.

[3/15/2015 8:04:07 PM] Crow: Ven: That one's cracked.

[3/15/2015 8:04:17 PM] Crow: Val, hotly: I'm not cracked. I met a god when I died, all right?

[3/15/2015 8:04:53 PM] Wynn: Ven. Lay off.

[3/15/2015 8:05:23 PM] Crow: Ven: All right, all right. Just sayin' likin' dyin' ain't usual, that's all.

[3/15/2015 8:05:26 PM] Wynn: You can't just go around getting people angry and punching horses and blowing things up.

[3/15/2015 8:05:35 PM] Crow: Ven: Why not?

[3/15/2015 8:06:25 PM] Wynn: Because it's not right.

[3/15/2015 8:06:41 PM] Janis: And you could hurt someone.

[3/15/2015 8:06:45 PM] Janis: Maybe yourself.

[3/15/2015 8:06:50 PM] Janis: ...hopefully yourself.

[3/15/2015 8:07:04 PM] Janis: But also someone else. Which is not good.

[3/15/2015 8:07:49 PM] Crow: Ven: Don't tell me what to do, you ain't my boss. He is.

[3/15/2015 8:07:53 PM] Crow: Ven points at Isk!

[3/15/2015 8:08:43 PM] Wynn: Wynn rubs her temples and attempts to ignore Ven, continuing to write.

[3/15/2015 8:09:34 PM] Janis: ...on another note...has anyone noticed any...other changes? Horns growing where they weren't, hair color, new scales, stuff like that?

[3/15/2015 8:10:05 PM] Iskandar: Nah.

[3/15/2015 8:10:06 PM] Wynn: No.

[3/15/2015 8:10:15 PM] Crow: Val: ... why do you ask?

[3/15/2015 8:10:16 PM] Iskandar: Not in any place I can see, anyway.

[3/15/2015 8:10:34 PM] Janis: Janis pulls her hood up further. "No reason.'

[3/15/2015 8:11:26 PM] Crow: Val: ... to some extent that's normal for a person growing up, Janis.

[3/15/2015 8:11:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries to bite back a grin.

[3/15/2015 8:11:44 PM] Crow: Val: ... not so much horns.

[3/15/2015 8:12:41 PM | Edited 8:12:50 PM] Wynn: It's nothing to be ashamed of. New powers, new looks... Valerian was wearing makeup.

[3/15/2015 8:13:18 PM] Crow: Val: Not on purpose.

[3/15/2015 8:13:20 PM] Janis: Janis pauses for a bit, then removes her hood to show her hair has turned gray. "You can wipe off make-up."

[3/15/2015 8:13:35 PM] Crow: Val: ... well, that's different.

[3/15/2015 8:13:43 PM] Crow: Val: Distinctive, though.

[3/15/2015 8:14:02 PM] Aziz: If it bothers you, I could rig together a glamered headband.

[3/15/2015 8:14:18 PM] Crow: Ven: Good for highwaymannin' legend, that.

[3/15/2015 8:14:32 PM] Janis: ...what's highwaymannin'?

[3/15/2015 8:14:47 PM] Aziz: Thieving.

[3/15/2015 8:14:52 PM] Janis: Oh.

[3/15/2015 8:14:57 PM] Crow: Ven: Waitin' for a coach to go by an' robbin' it. Land pirates.

[3/15/2015 8:15:08 PM] Crow: Ven: ... make a good pirate look too. Or any ole' legend.

[3/15/2015 8:15:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn shakes her head and returns to writing.

[3/15/2015 8:15:25 PM] Janis: I'm not a pirate. I'm a bounty hunter, I catch pirates.

[3/15/2015 8:15:27 PM] Crow: Val: ... bounty hunting legend.

[3/15/2015 8:15:40 PM] Janis: Janis nods. "You think so?"

[3/15/2015 8:16:38 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah, there's some o' those. Um. Rendarr the Rocksmasher, he had a hook for an arm, legendary. Taigurtha the Red, had a great big red mohawk. Pretty good at drinkin' too.

[3/15/2015 8:17:09 PM] Crow: Ven: It's all about bein' distinctive. Got to have some flash, s'why I wear all white.

[3/15/2015 8:17:26 PM] Janis: Janis nods and smiles. "Distinctive."

[3/15/2015 8:18:17 PM] Crow: Ven: Distinctive's halfway to legendary. An' legendary's... well, it's legendary, ain't it?

[3/15/2015 8:20:00 PM] Janis: Legendary's good.

[3/15/2015 8:20:19 PM] Aziz: One of my biggest business rivals back when I was still a tailor wore an all-white tuxedo and cap, and carried a walking-cane of some form of bone. He was barely set up for a year, but everyone knew his name - Wycroft the White. Distinctive is valuable no matter what the trade.

[3/15/2015 8:21:05 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah, see?

[3/15/2015 8:21:08 PM] Janis: ...Also, I can do all sorts of magic stuff now, so not a bad deal.

[3/15/2015 8:21:38 PM] Crow: Val: I haven't noticed any changes at all. I'm not sure if that should be worrying or... what.

[3/15/2015 8:21:47 PM] Wynn: ...at least you didn't have to get it from the mask.

[3/15/2015 8:22:05 PM] Wynn: I can't say I have either.

[3/15/2015 8:22:27 PM] Iskandar: I can't turn back into a dragon, haven't noticed anything since then.

[3/15/2015 8:23:03 PM] Crow: Val: I did keep the coat, though.

[3/15/2015 8:23:32 PM] Janis: Janis shrugs. "I don't know then."

[3/15/2015 8:24:26 PM] Crow: Val: Maybe it needs something to trigger it.

[3/15/2015 8:24:46 PM] Janis: Maybe. It didn't hit me right away.

[3/15/2015 8:25:32 PM] Wynn: That makes sense.

[3/15/2015 8:25:40 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah, I had to point.

[3/15/2015 8:25:48 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes.

[3/15/2015 8:26:00 PM] Iskandar: I tried that.

[3/15/2015 8:26:05 PM] Crow: Ven peers at her (or his) pretty blue scale. "Wonder if I could turn this into a necklace or somethin'. Mebbe an earring.

[3/15/2015 8:26:24 PM] Aziz: I could do it, if you'd like. Would look lovely in silver filigree.

[3/15/2015 8:26:44 PM] Wynn: I met Kord. I think he gave me something for fighting... but I guess I wouldn't feel it unless I was... well, fighting.

[3/15/2015 8:26:47 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah? How much?

[3/15/2015 8:27:08 PM] Crow: Val: We could try sparring, if you want.

[3/15/2015 8:27:46 PM] Wynn: ...I don't know. If it's something big, I wouldn't want to accidentally hurt you.

[3/15/2015 8:27:51 PM] Aziz: For the chance to do something actually related to my trade? Just supply the silver, four coins would do.

[3/15/2015 8:27:59 PM] Aziz: The rest is merely labor.

[3/15/2015 8:28:26 PM] Crow: Ven: That don't sound like enough. I want it done good. Best you can do.

[3/15/2015 8:29:41 PM] Iskandar: You feeling alright, Ven?

[3/15/2015 8:30:05 PM] Crow: Ven: 'course I am! I can blow things up by pointin' at 'em!

[3/15/2015 8:30:52 PM] Aziz: ...alright, I've an idea or two then. It'd cost you a pretty parcel of coin, but I think you and your boss will like the result.

[3/15/2015 8:31:23 PM] Crow: Ven: Done.

[3/15/2015 8:32:08 PM] Aziz: Aziz takes out a scroll of parchment and starts scribing what looks to be a fairly advanced spell. "Give me a few moments, I just need one little thing."

[3/15/2015 8:33:18 PM] Crow: Ven watches interestedly.

[3/15/2015 8:33:39 PM] Wynn: ...Valerian, could I have a moment?

[3/15/2015 8:33:58 PM] Crow: Val nods. "Of course."

[3/15/2015 8:34:07 PM] Janis: Janis looks at them weirdly.

[3/15/2015 8:34:31 PM] Wynn: Something wrong Janis?

[3/15/2015 8:34:46 PM] Janis: ...what do you need a moment for?

[3/15/2015 8:34:56 PM] Wynn: To talk.

[3/15/2015 8:36:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn gestures up the stairs to the observation lounge, guessing it's not going to be feasible to talk without little ears listening in. (lol.)

[3/15/2015 8:36:10 PM] Aziz: Aziz grins and hops to his feet, holding the scroll. "This is going to be fun."

[3/15/2015 8:36:23 PM] Crow: Val heads up there!

[3/15/2015 8:36:30 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows!

[3/15/2015 8:36:48 PM] Aziz: ....damn, I was going to use the lounge. Anyone know any other wide open spaces?

[3/15/2015 8:36:58 PM] Janis: The forest.

[3/15/2015 8:37:31 PM] Aziz: Here's hoping our resident forest-spirit doesn't mind illusory destruction. Isk, you might want to watch this.

[3/15/2015 8:37:48 PM] Aziz: Aziz heads to the forest demi-plane, scroll in tow

[3/15/2015 8:37:59 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar looks at Ven and shrugs.

[3/15/2015 8:38:07 PM] Crow: Ven: C'mon!

[3/15/2015 8:38:27 PM] Crow: Ven gestures to Isk and Janis and follows Aziz!

[3/15/2015 8:38:56 PM] Janis: Janis shrugs and follows

[3/15/2015 8:38:59 PM] Nilani: Nilani also follows.

[3/15/2015 8:40:09 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar goes.

[3/15/2015 8:41:17 PM] Aziz: Aziz is already channeling arcane power into the scroll as they arrive, letters and sigils beginning to glow in sworls of color. A command word causes the scroll to disappear in a flash of fire, the smoke from which fills the air around him. Shapes begin to coalesce out of the smoke - twisted wreckage beneath their feet, faraway fires casting oblong shadows across the scene. Those who were present recognize it as an illusory copy of yesterday's battlefield - the wreckage of Future!Nation.

[3/15/2015 8:41:53 PM] Janis: What is this?!?

[3/15/2015 8:42:14 PM] Iskandar: .... you know, generating an illusion of Nation destroyed is not the best way to get Talas' attention.

[3/15/2015 8:42:26 PM] Aziz: That's why I wanted to use the observation lounge.

[3/15/2015 8:42:30 PM] Crow: Ven just stares.

[3/15/2015 8:42:46 PM] Janis: Why are we looking at this?

[3/15/2015 8:43:42 PM] Aziz: Aziz frowns as figures - illusionary dopplegangers of allies and enemies - sworl themselves into existance from the smoke. Waving his hands like a conductor, he moves the figures through their paces until an illusory copy of Iskandar - dragon-form, toting Val and Kalor - rises from the wreckage beneath the platform; here he pauses the illusion and grabs a sketchpad.

[3/15/2015 8:43:55 PM] Aziz: ....that. That's what I needed.

[3/15/2015 8:44:09 PM] Crow: Ven: ... fuckin' ay, that you, boss?

[3/15/2015 8:44:22 PM] Janis: ...you're gonna shape the necklace like Isk?

[3/15/2015 8:45:16 PM] Iskandar: Hmm. I didn't think my crest was that big.

[3/15/2015 8:45:28 PM] Crow: Ven stares.

[3/15/2015 8:45:38 PM] Aziz: Aziz starts to sketch, then crumples the paper and tosses it over his shoulder. "Not dramatic enough," he grumbles, moving the illusions through their paces - through history's memory of yesterday's battle. He pauses the show several times before finally settling on a scene to his liking - Iskandar breathing a bolt of lightning at the black dragon, wings glittering in the light.

[3/15/2015 8:45:55 PM] Aziz: ...there. That's perfect.

[3/15/2015 8:46:13 PM] Janis: ...That was pretty awesome, Isk.

[3/15/2015 8:46:23 PM] Iskandar: I know, I was there.

[3/15/2015 8:46:36 PM] Crow: Ven: ... most beautiful thing I ever saw...

[3/15/2015 8:48:11 PM] Janis: Put your tongue back in your mouth, Ven. You're getting drool everywhere.

[3/15/2015 8:48:34 PM] Crow: Ven doesn't even answer!

[3/15/2015 8:48:58 PM] Aziz: Aziz circles the illusion, sketchpad and pencils in hand, sketching Isk's dragon form from multiple angles. Finally satisfied, he closes the sketchpad - and stops just short of dispelling the ritual.

[3/15/2015 8:49:22 PM] Aziz: ...before I close this out, Ven, do you want to watch the whole thing from start to finish? You didn't get to see this, right?

[3/15/2015 8:49:46 PM] Aziz: Your boss was pretty awesome.

[3/15/2015 8:49:46 PM] Crow: Ven: ... yeah, that all right?

[3/15/2015 8:49:56 PM] Aziz: Sure, no skin off my back. Lemme just rewind it.

[3/15/2015 8:50:04 PM] Crow: Ven: 'e always is.

[3/15/2015 8:50:21 PM] Iskandar: Yep. But thanks for noticing.

[3/15/2015 8:52:33 PM] Aziz: Aziz utters a brief command word, and the illusory scene flows in reverse - the effect slightly nauseating for the unprepared.

Aziz finds a comfortable place to sit before allowing the illusion to proceed; it plays itself out from start to finish, ending with Iskandar's midair-transformation as he hurtles through the portal.

[3/15/2015 8:53:02 PM] Crow: Ven watches raptly! There's no sign of Talas, which is probably for the best.

[3/15/2015 8:53:23 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar is a bit wary of that, having heard of the rhino incident.

[3/15/2015 8:53:40 PM] Aziz: Aziz dispels the show with a clap, the illusions vanishing like so much smoke on the breeze.

[3/15/2015 8:55:35 PM] Aziz: Now then. I've got my image; the finished product will take me at least a day, maybe more. I'll find you when it's done, though.

[3/15/2015 8:55:55 PM] Aziz: I'll need that scale, though - hard to work on a piece I don't have.

[3/15/2015 8:57:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn pokes her head into the forest with her shield and book.

[3/15/2015 8:57:23 PM] Crow: Ven: ... all right. Just don't hurt it or nothin', all right? Promise?

[3/15/2015 8:57:40 PM] Janis: Janis looks over at Wynn "Val not with you?"

[3/15/2015 8:57:40 PM] Aziz: Have faith; I am a professional. I will cause it no harm, you have my word.

[3/15/2015 8:57:53 PM] Crow: Ven hands it to him. "You just let me know how much I owe ya."

[3/15/2015 8:58:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn enters with a shake of her head. "He's tired."

[3/15/2015 8:58:17 PM] Aziz: I'll have to come up with a price when I am done. This will be one-of-a-kind; I've no idea what pricing-scheme to follow.

[3/15/2015 8:58:26 PM] Janis: ........this early in the morning?

[3/15/2015 8:58:38 PM] Crow: Ven: Don't matter, I'll find it somehow.

[3/15/2015 8:59:19 PM] Aziz: Aziz nods and disappears out the door, off to gather supplies from his shop.

[3/15/2015 8:59:38 PM] Wynn: He has a lot on his mind.

[3/15/2015 8:59:50 PM] Janis: ....I guess that makes sense.

[3/15/2015 8:59:53 PM] Iskandar: Don't we all.

[3/15/2015 9:00:15 PM] Crow: Ven: Yeah, don't we all.

[3/15/2015 9:01:22 PM] Janis: ....weird few days.

[3/15/2015 9:01:31 PM] Wynn: Very.

[3/15/2015 9:01:54 PM] Crow: Ven pauses, and then heads out of the forest, shaking his or her head.

[3/15/2015 9:04:17 PM] Aziz: Aziz heads back to the common room, tools (and a spool of silver filigree) in tow.

[3/15/2015 9:04:52 PM] Janis: ...What was your god like, Isk?

[3/15/2015 9:04:56 PM] Janis: I never asked.

[3/15/2015 9:05:17 PM] Iskandar: Big shiny dragon guy. Bahamut.

[3/15/2015 9:05:28 PM] Janis: Oh. ...cool.

[3/15/2015 9:05:45 PM | Edited 9:05:52 PM] Janis: ...Have you ever met him before?

[3/15/2015 9:05:56 PM] Iskandar: Nope.

[3/15/2015 9:06:11 PM] Janis: ...was he nice?

[3/15/2015 9:06:32 PM] Iskandar: He wasn't a bad sort.

[3/15/2015 9:06:51 PM] Wynn: You're such a talkative guy, Iskandar.

[3/15/2015 9:07:49 PM] Iskandar: Shall I frown at your every word?

[3/15/2015 9:08:23 PM] Iskandar: ... you're not gonna break Kestrel's legs to teach her to paladin, are you?

[3/15/2015 9:08:36 PM] Wynn: No.

[3/15/2015 9:08:41 PM] Janis: ...why would she do that?

[3/15/2015 9:09:35 PM] Wynn: Besides... paladins of different faiths have different standards.

[3/15/2015 9:09:54 PM] Wynn: ...and apparently those I was raised with are not the same as the ones Tarak and Allys had.

[3/15/2015 9:10:21 PM] Janis: Maybe you could all train her. Like a bunch of paladin classes or something.

[3/15/2015 9:10:39 PM] Wynn: I don't anticipate that she'd want to use most of the powers. I just don't want her to accidentally kill someone.

[3/15/2015 9:10:42 PM] Wynn: Or herself.

[3/15/2015 9:11:11 PM] Wynn: I'm... not sure if one can smite oneself by dropping your weapon on your foot, but I'm sure it wouldn't be pleasant.

[3/15/2015 9:11:30 PM] Janis: It doesn't sound fun.

[3/15/2015 9:11:48 PM] Iskandar: You can smite yourself?

[3/15/2015 9:11:55 PM] Janis: Also, she wouldn't want her horse to just randomly appear with her when she's using the bathroom or something.

[3/15/2015 9:12:01 PM] Janis: I bet that would be bad.

[3/15/2015 9:12:07 PM] Wynn: I don't know. But she has negative energy.

[3/15/2015 9:13:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns in thought. "I wonder if that'll affect her healing herself too."

[3/15/2015 9:13:42 PM] Iskandar: I doubt it. Asshole clerics don't have any trouble healing themselves unless they're undead.

[3/15/2015 9:13:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "That's a good point."

[3/15/2015 9:14:20 PM] Janis: Yeah, but Kes has demon blood in her, right? So...isn't that sort of like, in the same area as undead with paladin magic?

[3/15/2015 9:14:55 PM] Wynn: For some things.

[3/15/2015 9:15:13 PM] Wynn: Smiting only requires an aura of negative energy.

[3/15/2015 9:15:58 PM] Wynn: But I think Iskandar is right. Only the undead are affected by the healing.

[3/15/2015 9:16:09 PM] Janis: Ok.

[3/15/2015 9:16:41 PM] Iskandar: Really? So you can be smote just because of an accdient of birth?

[3/15/2015 9:18:32 PM] Wynn: I was taught that the aura indicates wrongdoing, not necessarily genetics. ...I didn't learn otherwise until Kestrel and Tarak taught me.

[3/15/2015 9:19:15 PM] Janis: Well, the horse said Kestrel was following the path of goodness. Maybe she's not evil anymore. Aura-wise.

[3/15/2015 9:19:16 PM] Wynn: I mean... I can use it against someone who isn't evil, but it doesn't actually cause extra harm. I don't know if it works as it should or not.

[3/15/2015 9:19:22 PM] Wynn: She is.

[3/15/2015 9:19:35 PM] Wynn: Well, not evil, but has the aura.

[3/15/2015 9:20:04 PM] Iskandar: I doubt she was ever evil. Accident of birth.

[3/15/2015 9:20:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

[3/15/2015 9:20:42 PM] Wynn: I have been trying very hard to only judge people by their actions and not things that they have no control over.

[3/15/2015 9:21:08 PM] Wynn: It's not always my first instinct. It's not really what I was taught, but it feels more "right" that way.

[3/15/2015 9:21:49 PM] Janis: You can still get vibes and stuff from people. Like in the tavern before.

[3/15/2015 9:22:00 PM] Janis: It's always a good thing to know, I guess.

[3/15/2015 9:23:17 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "If I hadn't learned that lesson, Kestrel, Fred, Flamey.... and probably Ven... well, I wouldn't have been so nice."

[3/15/2015 9:23:31 PM] Janis: ...true.

[3/15/2015 9:23:37 PM] Janis: Also, me with Mask.

[3/15/2015 9:23:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns and slowly nods.

[3/15/2015 9:24:14 PM] Janis: ...is it weird that I kind of miss the markings I had when I was with Mask?

[3/15/2015 9:24:23 PM] Janis: It was a lot more intimidating than granny hair.

[3/15/2015 9:24:39 PM] Iskandar: Ah. Lots of elves get silvery hair.

[3/15/2015 9:24:50 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles a little, then a lot. "Hey, while we're out here, would you like to meet Axiom?"

[3/15/2015 9:24:50 PM] Janis: Janis frowns

[3/15/2015 9:24:59 PM] Janis: Sure.

[3/15/2015 9:25:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn summons her horsie! He's a Clydesdale. :D

[3/15/2015 9:25:37 PM] Janis: Hi, Axiom.

[3/15/2015 9:25:41 PM] Janis: Janis pets him

[3/15/2015 9:26:33 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles and runs a hand over his neck. "I missed the horses."

[3/15/2015 9:26:58 PM] Janis: What other horses were there?

[3/15/2015 9:27:15 PM] Wynn: Back at the temple. We had two horses for training and travel.

[3/15/2015 9:27:31 PM] Wynn: I was mostly responsible for them.

[3/15/2015 9:27:44 PM] Janis: What were their names?

[3/15/2015 9:27:49 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar eyes the horse. "Did you name him?"

[3/15/2015 9:28:43 PM] Wynn: I did.

[3/15/2015 9:29:05 PM] Wynn: Their names were Maxim and Arcade.

[3/15/2015 9:30:00 PM] Janis: Janis nods

[3/15/2015 9:31:01 PM] Janis: I think I'm gonna go look around the forest. See where Mask ended up.

[3/15/2015 9:31:07 PM] Janis: I'll see you guys later.

[3/15/2015 9:31:14 PM] Iskandar: Which Mask?

[3/15/2015 9:31:14 PM] Janis: Janis heads further in.

[3/15/2015 9:31:20 PM] Janis: Hawk.

[3/15/2015 9:31:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "I should get back to writing."

[3/15/2015 9:31:35 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar waves.

[3/15/2015 9:31:49 PM] Wynn: Wynn brushes Axiom a bit more and unsummons him.

[3/15/2015 9:34:51 PM] Iskandar: I'm gonna go for a walk myself.

[3/15/2015 9:35:19 PM] Wynn: Wynn eyes Iskandar a bit, but nods. "Have a good day."

[3/15/2015 9:35:25 PM] Iskandar: ...what?

[3/15/2015 9:35:32 PM] Wynn: ...what?

[3/15/2015 9:36:02 PM] Iskandar: You gave me a look. ANd not the normal look of ever-present vaguely condescending disapproval you give me.

[3/15/2015 9:36:11 PM] Wynn: ...do I?

[3/15/2015 9:36:43 PM] Iskandar: Only when you're awake. I don't think you do it when you sleep, but I don't watch you when you're asleep. I'm not a creep.

[3/15/2015 9:37:20 PM] Wynn: I was... considering.

[3/15/2015 9:39:07 PM] Wynn: I haven't always been... fair to everyone. It turns out my first impressions of people are usually terrible.

[3/15/2015 9:40:36 PM] Wynn: Thought I'd make a better effort to get to know some of the crew that I had previously thought to avoid.

[3/15/2015 9:41:40 PM] Iskandar: Oh. Well, that's pretty good of you.

[3/15/2015 9:42:30 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "I actually don't recall what it would have been that made me look at you like that. I... it's not intentional."

[3/15/2015 9:42:51 PM] Wynn: And obviously, I'd like to thank you for what you did earlier.

[3/15/2015 9:43:35 PM] Iskandar: My arrogance. My thieving ways. Those are usually the things that rub people the wrong way.

[3/15/2015 9:43:46 PM] Iskandar: What I did?

[3/15/2015 9:43:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles a little. "That's right. The highwaymanning."

[3/15/2015 9:44:09 PM] Wynn: ...you saved Valerian.

[3/15/2015 9:44:29 PM] Wynn: And Kalor, and fought the dragon while I was getting killed by that creep, but...

[3/15/2015 9:46:06 PM] Iskandar: Oh. Well. I'd never live it down if my comrades fell to death while I had wings.

[3/15/2015 9:47:09 PM] Aziz: Aziz takes a break from crafting and wanders back into the forest-plane, looking for inspiration - or just a distraction

[3/15/2015 9:47:18 PM] Wynn: Well, thank you anyway.

[3/15/2015 9:48:13 PM] Wynn: And I'll admit. You were quite majestic as a dragon.

[3/15/2015 9:48:45 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar grins. "Told you."

[3/15/2015 9:49:22 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles. "I've been hearing that a lot lately."

[3/15/2015 9:49:43 PM] Wynn: But don't expect me to keep stroking your ego like this.

[3/15/2015 9:49:58 PM] Wynn: You don't think Ven'll actually do anything particularly destructive, do you?

[3/15/2015 9:51:52 PM] Iskandar: Nah. Ven's just very.... direct. You'll hate me saying this, but you're not terribly different. i mean, you have different morals and values and stuff, but you both tend to be fairly direct and to the point.

[3/15/2015 9:53:05 PM] Wynn: I get nervous when people who aren't particularly worried about order start talking about blowing things up with their minds.

[3/15/2015 9:54:21 PM] Iskandar: She'll be fine.

[3/15/2015 9:54:37 PM] Iskandar: She knows the score, she won't blow up Nation.

[3/15/2015 9:54:48 PM] Wynn: Ok.

[3/15/2015 10:00:09 PM] Wynn: I'll let you get back to your walk.

[3/15/2015 10:01:15 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar shrugs. "Eh.  Don't feel like dealing with nature."

[3/15/2015 10:02:25 PM] Wynn: So you don't know what Bahamut gave you? He didn't say anything?

[3/15/2015 10:03:26 PM] Iskandar: Nah. He talked vaguely about Elder Sister and needing to counterbalance things. Told me that as long as we were in the demi-realm, he could restore my original form, and that we'd need it.

[3/15/2015 10:05:55 PM] Wynn: But nothing about after, huh?

[3/15/2015 10:09:25 PM] Iskandar: Nope. I think when you become a god you're not allowed to speak terribly clearly about the future anymore.

[3/15/2015 10:10:09 PM] Wynn: Seems to be the general feeling.

[3/15/2015 10:11:20 PM] Wynn: I'm not really clear on what Kord gave me, besides a punch in the nose.

[3/15/2015 10:12:14 PM] Iskandar: And it's not just us. Everyone bound to the curse seems to have been... vested, I guess you can say.

[3/15/2015 10:13:04 PM] Wynn: Yeah. I hope there aren't any... growing pains with people learning how to handle new powers.

[3/15/2015 10:13:23 PM] Wynn: I've always been taught that you have to earn ability or it is too easy to lose control.

[3/15/2015 10:18:51 PM | Edited 10:19:06 PM] Iskandar: Oh, we'll almost defnitely have those issues.

[3/15/2015 10:22:51 PM] Iskandar: Someone will go mad with power.

[3/15/2015 10:23:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[3/15/2015 10:24:02 PM] Iskandar: Oh. I got the impression from Bahamut that while Tiamat has nothing to do with the curse? She would love to take advantage of it. Maybe get the souls for herself.

[3/15/2015 10:24:22 PM] Wynn: Of course she would.

[3/15/2015 10:25:32 PM | Edited 10:25:40 PM] Iskandar: And I'm guessing she's not the only one.

[3/15/2015 10:26:12 PM] Wynn: Probably not... but that's why we were given the powers, right?

[3/15/2015 10:26:41 PM] Wynn: We'll just have to do the work and finish the job.

[3/15/2015 10:29:07 PM] Iskandar: Yeah. to make sure this whole "last crew' thing goes our way.

[3/15/2015 10:29:17 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

[3/15/2015 10:31:53 PM] Iskandar: All right. I'll talk to you later, Wynn.