PBA 018.5c

Nilani heads into the forest!

[2/5/2014 10:30:21 PM] Kali: It's spring there now, and while it's a little chilly yet without a cloak, it's warm enough that almost all the snow is melted, leaving small piles of snirt behind.

[2/5/2014 10:30:47 PM] Kali: There are little green shoots rising up around the door, which for some reason has a pile of what looks like lumber debris beside it.

[2/5/2014 10:31:37 PM] Kali: Like a couple of trees exploded.

[2/5/2014 10:33:15 PM | Edited 10:33:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani walks in, looking a bit worried, then notices the lumber bits and looks more than a bit worried.

[2/5/2014 10:33:28 PM] Nilani: Janis? Hello?

[2/5/2014 10:33:36 PM] Kali: A little vine pops up out of the ground beside her and snakes around her wrist, gently.

[2/5/2014 10:34:09 PM] Nilani: Nilani jumps a bit at the contact, but looks at it inquisitively.

[2/5/2014 10:34:41 PM] Kali: It sprouts a little tendril that points forward and to the left of where Nilani is standing.

[2/5/2014 10:35:57 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks blankly at it for a second, then smiles and heads in that direction, gently trying to pull her hand from the vine.

[2/5/2014 10:36:27 PM] Kali: The vine lets her go, but deposits a pretty white flower on her hand before it leaves.

[2/5/2014 10:37:21 PM] Kali: Nilani finds a stone-paved path along a shallow brook, with water rushing along in the same direction she's heading.

[2/5/2014 10:38:13 PM] Nilani: Nilani follows the path, looking around cautiously.

[2/5/2014 10:39:20 PM] Kali: Eventually she finds Talas wading in a pond, dress hitched up around her waist.

[2/5/2014 10:40:01 PM | Edited 10:40:17 PM] Nilani: Nilani waves at Talas. "Hello! Are you feeling better?"

[2/5/2014 10:40:33 PM] Kali: Talas beams. "Oh yes, much better, thank you! I was going to fetch you some fish for dinner. I think all of you can eat fish, can't you?"

[2/5/2014 10:41:44 PM] Nilani: I think so. I'm not familiar with the dietary needs of gnolls or shapeshifters, but the rest of us can eat fish safely.

[2/5/2014 10:42:53 PM] Kali: Talas: Oh, good. I've filled one of the baskets with more fruit, too--and some tea. *Somebody* likes tea. And I'm working on more wine. I heard most of what you had got smashed.

[2/5/2014 10:43:20 PM] Nilani: Need any help?

[2/5/2014 10:44:35 PM] Kali: Talas: Oh, no, I've got it. What else do you need, do you think? I know Nate made you some beautiful things, and found you some musty old armor and things like that. But what can *I* give you?

[2/5/2014 10:49:04 PM] Nilani: I don't know. I'm happy with what I have already. In the past week or so, I've been happier than I was in the last four years. I can't really think of anything to ask for.

[2/5/2014 10:50:13 PM | Edited 10:50:26 PM] Nilani: Oh, wait. This might be a weird request, but do you know of a way to get... foreign ideas... out of someone's head? Memnotic Decontamination?

[2/5/2014 10:50:29 PM] Kali: Talas: ... I don't *think* so. Does Nate? It sounds like the kind of thing he'd know.

[2/5/2014 10:51:50 PM] Nilani: I'll ask him. Thanks for keeping us all alive, by the way.

[2/5/2014 10:53:25 PM] Kali: Talas: Oh, well, that's my job. Although it turns out Nate can do just as well without me! Or nearly just as well. Although his poor observation deck is in some sort of fire thing now and I think his wing is bent.

[2/5/2014 10:57:20 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks a bit worried. "I heard about the fire, but not the bent wing. Has he been in a similar state before?"

[2/5/2014 10:57:51 PM] Kali: Talas: ... we-ell, he's been hurt before, you know. When he lost the bridge, that was very bad.

[2/5/2014 10:59:45 PM] Kali: Talas: He probably wouldn't like me to say, though. He worries about people. Sometimes they try to hurt him, you know.

[2/5/2014 10:59:52 PM] Kali: Talas: Or me.

[2/5/2014 11:00:35 PM] Nilani: Nilani frowns a bit. "People can be jerks."

[2/5/2014 11:01:32 PM] Kali: Talas: Oh yes, and he's so softhearted really. He can't bear to hurt people usually.

[2/5/2014 11:01:40 PM] Kali: Talas: So I end up taking care of it.

[2/5/2014 11:01:55 PM] Nilani: Nilani pales a bit. "noted."

[2/5/2014 11:02:25 PM] Kali: Talas: Well it's *unkind* to just... leave them in a box and let them starve! Don't you think?

[2/5/2014 11:04:21 PM] Nilani: I guess so, but living things are generally attached to the idea of living. Me, I'm trying to at least make it to my next decade.

[2/5/2014 11:05:15 PM] Nilani: I'm probably being optimistic, but it's good to set goals, even if you're not sure you can accomplish them.

[2/5/2014 11:06:28 PM] Kali: Talas: Well we wouldn't do that to *you.* You're perfectly sweet! But I can't just let somebody suffer like that. It's terrible.

[2/5/2014 11:08:21 PM] Nilani: That's a relief.

[2/5/2014 11:09:31 PM] Nilani: Nilani smiles a bit, then looks startled. "Oh dear. I almost forgot why I was here. Have you seen Janis?"

[2/5/2014 11:11:50 PM] Kali: Talas: The short one with the bow?

[2/5/2014 11:12:01 PM] Nilani: Nilani nods frantically

[2/5/2014 11:13:51 PM] Kali: Talas blinks. "Oh, there she is. She's just come in. She's with that other girl, the one with the ears."

[2/5/2014 11:15:51 PM | Edited 11:16:03 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks a bit befuddled. "But she said-  ...wait. Was she here before I came?"

[2/5/2014 11:17:08 PM] Kali: Talas: No, she just got here.

[2/5/2014 11:17:19 PM] Kali: Talas points. "It's that way. Oh, take the basket with you!"

[2/5/2014 11:17:39 PM] Nilani: Sure.

[2/5/2014 11:17:56 PM] Nilani: Nilani grabs the basket. "Thanks again!"

[2/5/2014 11:18:21 PM] Nilani: Nilani heads off towards the door.

[2/5/2014 11:19:07 PM] Kali: Talas nods.

[2/5/2014 11:19:13 PM] Kali: ((Feel free to show up in the other room.))

[2/5/2014 11:20:08 PM] Nilani: ((the one with the library, or the one I assume you made for Janis and Lira?))

[2/5/2014 11:20:39 PM] Kali: Oh, right. Sorry.