Lovely 010

Pharolvir, 9:15 PM

Pharolvir will be in the room, making tea.

Ann, 9:18 PM

Ann Nesia is sitting watching the rat

Pharolvir, 9:18 PM

"Do you want some?"

Zubaidah, 9:19 PM

Ulisse is presumably still chained up in the spare bedroom.

Zubaidah, 9:19 PM

Blub squishes vaguely at the tea.

Pharolvir, 9:19 PM

Pharolvir will just dunk a teabag into Blub.

Ann, 9:19 PM

Sure

Zubaidah, 9:20 PM

Blub glitters, and starts absorbing the teabag.

Pharolvir, 9:22 PM

"It's earl grey.  I wasn't sure what would be the best flavor, but that seems very...inoffensive."

Ann, 9:23 PM

Ann Nesia will take a cup and sip it

Ann, 9:24 PM

It seems fine

Zubaidah, 9:24 PM

Blub starts moving around the table a bit.

Pharolvir, 9:24 PM

"Thank you.  I may get more inventive later.  But I figured everyone could use something calming right now."

Pharolvir, 9:27 PM

Pharolvir will bring some to Ulisse.

Ann, 9:28 PM

Ann Nesia will follow

Ann, 9:28 PM

How is Ulisse doing?

Pharolvir, 9:29 PM

"I am hoping he's at the worst of it.  The chains are magic but be careful.  He's not always himself."

Zubaidah, 9:30 PM

When you walk in for a moment it seems like he's not actually in the room. It's dim in there and he's kind of curled into a little ball on the floor, wrapped in black.

Pharolvir, 9:31 PM

"Ulisse?  You feel up to some tea?"

Zubaidah, 9:31 PM

Ulisse: … are you actually here?

Pharolvir, 9:32 PM

"Yes, Ulisse.  It's us, your friends.  And we are actually here."

Zubaidah, 9:32 PM

Ulisse: Good. I may possibly be lucid right now.

Pharolvir, 9:33 PM

"Good.  Glad to hear it.  Do you feel lucid enough for tea?"

Pharolvir, 9:33 PM

Pharolvir offers a cuppa.

Zubaidah, 9:33 PM

Ulisse: Yes, please.

Zubaidah, 9:36 PM

He sits up. This involves unfurling a pair of black, feathery wings. He's also got a pair of black horns. You probably both recognize it as looking a bit like Taggett, though the horns are less pronounced and Ulisse's a lot more elfy--face and body largely unchanged from before, but a bit more unnaturally perfect.

Pharolvir, 9:37 PM

Pharolvir is aroused but hides it.

Pharolvir, 9:37 PM

Pharolvir holds the cup out for him.

Zubaidah, 9:38 PM

Ulisse takes the cup, and hasn't seemed to even notice he has changed.

Zubaidah, 9:39 PM

Ulisse: For a while I thought the ceiling was covered in snakes.

Pharolvir, 9:39 PM

Pharolvir looks up. "No, looks fine now."

Zubaidah, 9:40 PM

Ulisse: They seemed upset.

Pharolvir, 9:41 PM

"Well, there's not a ton of room up there for them.  You remember Ann."

Zubaidah, 9:42 PM

Ulisse: I do remember.

Ann, 9:42 PM

Ann Nesia is looking at the ceiling trying to picture snakes up there

Zubaidah, 9:42 PM

There are, of course, no snakes! Thankfully. Poor snakies would not be happy up there.

Pharolvir, 9:43 PM

"I do want to mention I'm proud of you.  This is...not easy."

Zubaidah, 9:44 PM

Ulisse: I hope I haven't hurt anyone.

Ann, 9:44 PM

You have stayed in this room as far as I know

Pharolvir, 9:45 PM

"So far no casualties."

Zubaidah, 9:46 PM

Ulisse relaxes a little bit and takes a sip of the tea.

Zubaidah, 9:46 PM

Ulisse: Good.

Zubaidah, 9:46 PM

Ulisse: … I think so, but it's hard to be sure.

Pharolvir, 9:47 PM

"...you have an uh...impressive wingspan."

Zubaidah, 9:48 PM

Ulisse: Pardon?

Zubaidah, 9:48 PM

He actually looks at himself, shakes his head, frowns and resumes his normal appearance.

Pharolvir, 9:50 PM

"...I'm sorry.  I didn't mean to offend you."

Zubaidah, 9:50 PM

Ulisse: I'm not offended. I'm just not sure when that happened. Probably before the snakes and after my parents did not in fact pay a visit.

Ann, 9:51 PM

Sounds like it’s not been pleasant

Zubaidah, 9:52 PM

Ulisse: I've usually given up by now.

Ann, 9:54 PM

Well you have people helping you this time.

Pharolvir, 9:54 PM

"Yes you do."

Zubaidah, 9:55 PM

Ulisse: I really will not be able to thank you enough if this works.

Pharolvir, 9:55 PM

"I owed you a favor.  A few, in fact."

Pharolvir, 9:56 PM

"...and if this works, there's maybe a way we could start."

Pharolvir, 9:56 PM

"...do you like costume parties?"

Zubaidah, 9:57 PM

Ulisse: I had better; the majority of my life is one, after all.

Pharolvir, 9:58 PM

"...well...we got invited to a masquerade being held by the king.  The roles for men at such parties seem to be...different here than I know from the Underdark.  Perhaps you could come as my +1.  Help with my costume.  That sort of thing."

Zubaidah, 9:59 PM

Ulisse: I would be happy to. … roles for men?

Pharolvir, 10:00 PM

"At such parties men are expected to dress in ways to entice and attract women.  Part decoration, part courting.  Most rituals where men are involved also qualify as opportunities for them to be courted."

Pharolvir, 10:01 PM

"Lots of open vests with no shirts, thongs, codpieces, I'm sure you get the idea."

Zubaidah, 10:01 PM

Ulisse: Sounds... chilly.

Pharolvir, 10:02 PM

Pharolvir shoots him a look. "To be fair, the Underdark is a much warmer place.  The ground traps the heat."

Zubaidah, 10:04 PM

Ulisse: I reserve the option of shirtlessness. Partly because I can't remember what season it is anymore.

Pharolvir, 10:05 PM

"It might be a bit chilly for that up here."

Pharolvir, 10:05 PM

"I am sure you'll come up with something when you're in a more stable state."

Zubaidah, 10:06 PM

Ulisse nods, thoughtfully.

Zubaidah, 10:07 PM

Ulisse: I wonder how the king is getting along.

Ann, 10:08 PM

Lots of issues mainly with Tarkeshi I think

Ann, 10:09 PM

And a lot of shouting from his advisors

Zubaidah, 10:10 PM

Ulisse: I wonder can he stand up to them?

Pharolvir, 10:10 PM

"He will learn."

Pharolvir, 10:10 PM

"I am sure most kings have started no more kingly than Waltz."

Zubaidah, 10:11 PM

Ulisse: Assuredly. His grandfather was very eccentric.

Pharolvir, 10:12 PM

"Oh?"

Zubaidah, 10:13 PM

Ulisse: Insisted on a pink boa and tinted glasses for his official state portrait. Not really appropriate for the occasion, but harmless enough.

Pharolvir, 10:14 PM

"...not the most dignified look, but at least a masculine pink can help ease people into a male ruler."

Zubaidah, 10:17 PM

Ulisse: People are used to male rulers already here. Pink is... probably slightly more associated with women than men, if anything, though it isn't an uncommon color for anyone to wear.

Pharolvir, 10:17 PM

"Hm.  Hard to wrap my head around that.  Women wearing pink.  Just seems so...soft."

Zubaidah, 10:18 PM

Ulisse: I don't have the option.

Pharolvir, 10:19 PM

"Right.  All blacks and reds."

Zubaidah, 10:20 PM

Ulisse: Assassins wear black traditionally. My family has an exemption with the red because of one of the early headmasters.

Pharolvir, 10:21 PM

"I'm very sorry.  Where I'm from, fashion is a source of control for...well, for me at least.  I can't imagine having it dominated by such a limited color scheme."

Zubaidah, 10:22 PM

Ulisse: I like to think of it as warning coloration.

Pharolvir, 10:23 PM

"Right, super dangerous."

Zubaidah, 10:24 PM

Ulisse: Not at the moment.

Pharolvir, 10:24 PM

"You should maybe get some sleep."

Zubaidah, 10:25 PM

Ulisse: Probably. Have I been sleeping?

Pharolvir, 10:25 PM

"Some."

Pharolvir, 10:25 PM

"Not much."

Pharolvir, 10:26 PM

"You mostly just zone out."

Zubaidah, 10:26 PM

Ulisse: Sleeping and wings. It's a good thing I'm locked in here.

Pharolvir, 10:26 PM

"What's wrong with wings?"

Zubaidah, 10:27 PM

Ulisse: It would be a slight giveaway as to the fact that I am not quite as elven as I look.

Pharolvir, 10:27 PM

"I guess that's true."

Pharolvir, 10:28 PM

"It's a shame, they're quite beautiful."

Pharolvir, 10:28 PM

"...in a platonic one man complimenting another sense."

Zubaidah, 10:28 PM

Ulisse: I wonder how Taggett finds jackets to fit.

Pharolvir, 10:29 PM

"Probably custom jobs."

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

He shrugs. "Everything I have is tailored anyway."

Pharolvir, 10:30 PM

"...have you ever flown with them?"

Zubaidah, 10:31 PM

Ulisse: Yes. Not often.

Pharolvir, 10:32 PM

"...have you...carried anyone?"

Zubaidah, 10:33 PM

Ulisse: No. No one knows.

Pharolvir, 10:33 PM

"I see."

Pharolvir, 10:35 PM

"Well, I said I'd let you get some sleep."

Zubaidah, 10:35 PM

He hands the cup back to Pharolvir.

Zubaidah, 10:36 PM

Ulisse: Thank you. For... everything you're doing. All of you.

Pharolvir, 10:36 PM

"It's really not that big of a deal.  You just get better."

Pharolvir, 10:36 PM

Pharolvir takes the cup and leaves.