PBA 033a

[4/28/2014 10:05:11 PM] Light: All right. We'll start the morning after our last adventure, I think, bright and early. Anyone walking into the galley will find Ven picking his or her fingernails with a dagger, looking bored, Allys glowering pointedly at Tarak and Tarak cheerfully making hash browns, pausing to sip wine from a beer stein.

[4/28/2014 10:05:43 PM | Edited 10:11:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks in and frowns, putting her mace and shield in the rack. "Who let you out?"

[4/28/2014 10:06:03 PM] Light: Ven: Captain.

Tarak: Allys.

[4/28/2014 10:07:14 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar speaks up from behind a book called "Intermediate Knot-Tying For Vertebrates."

[4/28/2014 10:07:17 PM] Iskandar: I did.

[4/28/2014 10:08:02 PM | Edited 10:08:16 PM] Nilani: Nilani walks in, carrying a rather tome-like book with something in dwarven scrawled on the cover, and the dwarven-common dictionary. She smiles at the others, then finds a spot and sits down.

[4/28/2014 10:09:04 PM] Light: Ven: Not makin' any trouble, just waiting for breakfast.

[4/28/2014 10:09:57 PM] Nilani: Nilani slowly reads the tome, often looking up words in the dictionary.

[4/28/2014 10:09:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs, sits, and starts reading yet another of Tarak's reading list suggestions.

[4/28/2014 10:10:21 PM] Light: Tarak: Mostly potatoes. Also fruit.

[4/28/2014 10:10:28 PM] Light: There is indeed a basket of fruit on the table.

[4/28/2014 10:10:34 PM] Light: Allys shifts her menacing glare to Isk!

[4/28/2014 10:11:19 PM] Iskandar: I explained everything to Ven. No more shooting anyone. No stealing. Just hashbrowns, freely offered.

[4/28/2014 10:11:38 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar ignores Allys, reading his book!

[4/28/2014 10:12:25 PM] Light: Ven: Even prisoners get to eat.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:12:42 PM] Wynn: Of course.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:13:01 PM] Wynn: Never said I was planning on letting you starve.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:13:25 PM] Light: Allys: What *were* you planning on?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:13:46 PM] Wynn: Hadn't decided yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:14:21 PM] Iskandar: Ven's not a prisoner. Well, no more than most of us are.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:15:00 PM] Wynn: I just wanted to make sure he was going to be civil before giving him free-roam. No reason to make the ship more dangerous than it already is.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:15:34 PM] Light: Ven: I'm plenty civil! I always stab him in the back to his face.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:16:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn sort of glares at Ven over the top of her book, then continues reading.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:16:58 PM] Light: Ven makes a face at her and then goes back to cleaning his or her nails.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:18:26 PM] Nilani: Nilani mumbles "...A trumpet? Out of ADAMANTINE? Who in the void makes a trumpet out of adamantine?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:19:11 PM] Iskandar: Huh. Invertebrate species have a very interesting perspective on knot-tying.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:19:21 PM] Light: Tarak: Wouldn't think the sound would be all that great.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:19:32 PM] Light: Ven: Yeah? Do they tie themselves up?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:19:47 PM] Wynn: What purpose is there for reading those books? They don't seem to be useful at all.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:20:11 PM] Wynn: Or even entertaining.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:20:34 PM] Nilani: I'm trying to learn dwarven. I figured this might help.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:20:36 PM] Iskandar: What are you, the book police?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:20:59 PM] Wynn: No, it just seems like a waste of time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:21:19 PM] Light: Tarak: Maybe he just likes the woodcuts.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:21:25 PM] Light: Allys rolls her eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:21:31 PM] Iskandar: Good thing it's my time I'm wasting.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:22:15 PM] Light: Tarak: Don't got much else constructive to do here.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:22:19 PM] Wynn: Too bad you don't have much of it left.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:23:31 PM] Iskandar: Yes. I should definitely be spending it wringing my hands and angsting over things.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:23:59 PM] Wynn: You don't have goals to work towards?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:24:31 PM] Light: Tarak: Sure. Most of 'em concern you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:24:37 PM] Light: Tarak: And don't fight, children.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:24:47 PM] Light: Allys: ... he's probably a thousand years old.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:24:54 PM] Wynn: I'm not fighting. I think you'd all know it if I was.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:25:25 PM] Iskandar: Two hundred and fifty eight.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:25:40 PM | Edited 10:26:01 PM] Wynn: That's what I'm saying, though... stuck in elven form, your life expectancy probably shrunk significantly. Not to mention the five-year life expectancy of the ship.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:25:49 PM] Iskandar: ((He's an elf.))

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:26:05 PM] Wynn: ((:P))

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:26:14 PM] Light: Tarak eyes Isk. "You look good for your age."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:26:24 PM] Light: Allys rolls her eyes again. "He's a dragon."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:26:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn smirks a little behind her text.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:26:49 PM] Iskandar: Roar.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:27:54 PM] Light: Tarak: Yeah? Wouldn't've guessed.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:28:14 PM] Light: Allys: He's stuck that way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:28:33 PM] Iskandar: A wizard did it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:29:48 PM] Light: Tarak: Just don't make any trouble, all right? No... burnin' down countrysides, stealin' sheep and devouring princess sacrifices, or I'll have to chop yer head off, and I hate doin' that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:30:04 PM] Light: Tarak plunks down hashbrowns and scrambled eggs in front of anyone who seems interested.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:30:47 PM] Iskandar: What about cows. Can I steal those?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:31:58 PM] Light: Ven: Not *cows*, captain. Too hard to fence.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:32:23 PM] Nilani: Nilani smiles, shuts her book with a dull thud, and grabs a plate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:32:36 PM] Wynn: Wynn rolls her eyes and takes a plate, putting the book down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:33:46 PM] Light: Ven has decidedly barbaric manners, incidentally.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:34:00 PM] Light: Allys: Easier to fence them in, I suppose.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:36:07 PM] Iskandar: Anyway. I haven't been a dragon for three years.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:36:42 PM] Light: Tarak: He who puns would pick a pocket.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:36:48 PM] Light: He starts doing dishes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:37:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns in confusion.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:37:05 PM] Light: Allys: You're still a dragon, you're simply a shapechanged dragon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:37:23 PM] Iskandar: A tiny, squishy dragon who can't fly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:37:43 PM] Wynn: What kind?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:38:08 PM] Iskandar: What do you mean, what kind?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:38:22 PM] Wynn: What kind of dragon were-- are you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:38:30 PM] Iskandar: What kind of human are you?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:38:49 PM] Wynn: Brunette, Isanyan, Female. All sorts.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:40:03 PM] Light: Allys: ... a very *compressed* dragon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:40:41 PM] Wynn: Direct too, if you want to delve into personality traits.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:41:58 PM] Iskandar: I was a magnificent dragon with a fantastic hoard.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:42:40 PM] Light: Allys: What was your element of choice?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:43:49 PM] Iskandar: Lightning, of course. Acid is disgusting, and fire is for savages. Cold is acceptable.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:45:45 PM] Light: Allys: Bronze, then, or blue?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:46:19 PM] Light: Allys: Or are you one of those sparkly ones?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:46:22 PM] Iskandar: My scales were a rich azure.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:46:39 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins a little at Allys' last question.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:48:12 PM | Edited 10:48:19 PM] Wynn: Why is it every time I ask a question that the other person decides is offensive in some way, someone else asks it in a very similar manner and still gets an answer?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:48:14 PM] Light: Allys: Blue. Of course.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:48:57 PM] Iskandar: Because she asked it in a way that appealed to my vanity.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:49:29 PM] Light: Allys: It tends to be a draconic vice.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:50:14 PM] Wynn: Why do you hate dragons so much if you worship Bahamut?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:50:35 PM] Light: Allys: Hate them? Why would you think I hate them?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:50:47 PM] Light: Tarak: Well, we *do* wander around cuttin' off their heads most of the time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:51:00 PM] Wynn: I don't think I've ever heard you say anything *good* about one.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:51:03 PM] Light: He puts the last of the cooking dishes away and sits down.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:51:34 PM] Light: Allys: This one's a good kisser.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:51:58 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:52:31 PM] Nilani: Nilani momentarily stops chewing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:52:41 PM] Light: Ven, scornfully: All the girls say that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:54:02 PM] Wynn: So much for not letting anyone in or getting attached.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:54:04 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins a little.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:54:40 PM] Light: Allys: I haven't. He's made the claim; I think he's telling the truth.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:55:43 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar, still behind his book. "I am."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:56:40 PM] Wynn: Well I'm certainly not going to test it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:56:58 PM] Light: Tarak: If you don't, who will?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:58:01 PM] Iskandar: I'm not kissing anyone till I damn well feel like it. You'll have to trust me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:58:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn smirks.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:58:56 PM] Light: Ven: Eh, pretty much all of 'em say it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 10:59:15 PM] Light: Ven: Like an electric shock.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:00:05 PM] Wynn: How is your stow-away doing?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:00:32 PM] Iskandar: Arin? The jump rattled her. I looked in on her this morning.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:01:21 PM] Wynn: I hope you warned her about all the terrible things that happen instead of just playing Prince Charming.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:02:31 PM] Light: Tarak: Nice change. Stead of slaying the dragon, the prince *is* the dragon. Never did like that stereotype.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:03:16 PM] Iskandar: I warned her plenty.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:06:13 PM] Iskandar: And royalty provides no special advantages against dragons, no matter what the old stories say.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:06:32 PM] Light: Tarak: Sure doesn't help against princes, either.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:07:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn finishes her breakfast and goes to the sink to wash her plate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:08:03 PM] Light: Tarak: Speakin' of. How's yer pet demon, Wynn?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:08:21 PM] Wynn: He's not my "pet," and I haven't seen him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:09:12 PM] Light: Allys: Did you remember to feed him?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:09:32 PM] Wynn: Did you? Tarak told me I couldn't.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:10:12 PM] Light: Tarak: Don't need to feed a succubus more'n'once a week. And do *not* ask me how I know that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:10:23 PM] Wynn: Well, more to the point, he told Fred to stay away from me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:11:00 PM] Wynn: I'd assume that goes for healthy, not-starved ones, anyway.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:12:21 PM] Light: Tarak: ... yeah, if it's starved, the damn thing might snap and kill somebody. I suppose *somebody* better--

<p class="MsoNormal">Allys: Tarak, you will *not.*

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:12:25 PM] Iskandar: "Care and Feeding of Your Sex-Demon."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:12:58 PM] Nilani: Nilani hides behind her tome.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:13:21 PM] Light: Tarak: Well Wynn's already gone once. Better if we take turns.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:13:41 PM] Light: Ven: I'll do it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:13:47 PM] Light: Tarak and Allys, at the same time: *No.*

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:13:53 PM] Iskandar: ...no kissing the sex-demon, Ven.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:15:05 PM] Wynn: The way I see it, the Saint protected me. No reason why he wouldn't again. Allys, you're an accomplished priestess and can be on standby to restore what he takes... and Tarak can stand there and threaten to cut his head off.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:15:05 PM] Light: Ven: ... just tryin' to help.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:16:23 PM] Wynn: Besides... I think I might have a better handle on those spells I was talking to Tarak about and one might be able to help.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:16:37 PM] Light: Tarak: Which one?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:16:44 PM] Light: Allys: She's only a child.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:16:49 PM] Wynn: I'm not a child.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:17:20 PM] Wynn: It helps harden your mind against compulsion.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:17:32 PM] Light: Tarak: ... we were only kids when we got started, Allys. You're too young to be an ole' biddy.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:18:03 PM] Light: Tarak: ... that might work. Still thinkin' we should take turns, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:19:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn smirks. "Do you? Or are you just remembering your previous experiences with them?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:20:25 PM] Light: Tarak: ... first one didn't end well.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:21:43 PM] Wynn: Well, the reason I'd rather have you standing watch is because if you did decide you didn't want to stop, I'd have a hell of a time pulling you apart.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:22:47 PM] Light: Tarak: My sister'd be standin' there too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:22:59 PM] Light: Allys, sourly: Because I *want* to watch that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:23:10 PM] Light: Tarak: Hey, I'm still votin' you kiss the dragon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:24:06 PM] Nilani: Nilani continues hiding behind her tome.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:24:56 PM] Wynn: Don't hide, Nilani. Everybody's kissing somebody. Who're you looking at?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:25:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:25:25 PM] Iskandar: Did you guys talk this much about kissing before I showed up?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:25:50 PM] Nilani: I think this is fairly recent.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:25:59 PM] Wynn: I think it was more Fred's arrival that sparked it, though Valerian's been trying for some time.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:26:30 PM] Light: Tarak: Only tryin'?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:27:09 PM] Wynn: ...yes?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:27:23 PM] Wynn: I mean.. there was the time in Westport, but I didn't know it was him. Caught me off guard.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:28:55 PM] Light: Tarak: Hey, no big deal. Use herbs. If he hurts you I'll cut him in half. No big deal.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:29:19 PM] Iskandar: Herbs for kissing?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:29:37 PM] Wynn: I don't think I need you to fight my fights for me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:29:39 PM] Light: Tarak: No, for things that'd have boys slinkin' out of her room in the morning.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:29:56 PM] Iskandar: Well. She probably needs to kiss him first.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:29:58 PM] Wynn: I told you nothing happened.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:30:29 PM] Light: Allys, drily: I hear you can skip that part.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:30:56 PM] Light: Tarak: None of my business. I know, I know. I'll back off, all right?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:33:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs. "It's my own fault. Actions have consequences, even if they are just implications and jokes."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:34:44 PM] Light: Allys frowns, eyeing Iskandar. "Excellent point."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:34:53 PM] Light: Ven: We haven't even gotten to dirty jokes yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:35:08 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar is just reading his book.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:37:22 PM] Light: Allys glowers at him. "I need to speak with you alone for a moment."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:37:37 PM] Iskandar: About what?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:37:46 PM] Wynn: ....at least you know she won't kill you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:38:09 PM] Iskandar: Elder Brother does take oaths very seriously. All right.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:38:15 PM] Iskandar: Iskandar puts his book down on the table.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:39:04 PM] Light: Allys: Hmph.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:39:11 PM] Light: She stands up and heads into the corridor.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:39:15 PM] Light: Tarak shakes his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:39:40 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls her book out again and continues reading.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:41:33 PM] Light: Tarak: And *that's* what happens when you're too tightly wound.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:41:42 PM] Wynn: What's that?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:41:45 PM] Light: Tarak eyes Nilani. "Let that be a lesson for ya."

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:41:55 PM] Light: Tarak: You end up doin' things you don't wanna do.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:42:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "....like what?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:43:13 PM] Light: Tarak: We-ell. I got my suspicions.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:43:37 PM] Wynn: Wynn half-smirks. "Kissing dragons?"

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:43:53 PM] Light: Tarak: Might be that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:44:10 PM] Light: Ven: What? She hates him, she was practically disintegrating him with her eyes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:46:24 PM] Wynn: I've seen her out and about rather than stuck in the library or wherever she hides a lot more since he showed up, though.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:46:38 PM] Wynn: Speaking of, how's *your* pet, Tarak?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:49:14 PM] Light: Tarak: ... which one? You mean the good twin or the ... whatever the hell Bell is.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:49:40 PM] Wynn: Bellami. I don't consider Grayson to be your pet.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:50:10 PM] Wynn: ...not that Bellami is, just... um... you know what I'm saying.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:51:31 PM] Light: Tarak: Pretty damn sure she considers it the other way around.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:51:45 PM] Light: Tarak: She keeps trying to be seductive. It's damned awkward.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:52:18 PM] Wynn: ....that mean she's lightened up about it some?

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:54:52 PM] Light: Tarak: Bell? Not much. ... don't think she knows how to stop being what she was trained to be.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:55:32 PM | Edited 11:55:39 PM] Wynn: Can't exactly fault her for it. Not like either of us could.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:58:50 PM] Light: Tarak: Yeah, well, it's disconcerting to be... sexied at all the time. Don't like it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[4/28/2014 11:59:07 PM] Wynn: Did you *tell* her that?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:00:26 AM] Light: Tarak: ... yeah, we're workin' on it. She's not real good at concepts like that.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:03:55 AM] Wynn: Has Grayson talked to you about that arrangement at all?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:04:23 AM] Light: Tarak: ... no. He wouldn't think much of it if he did. I think he's avoidin' me, actually.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:05:16 AM] Wynn: He seemed kind of shocked that I didn't try harder to talk you out of it... and that you were able to do it in the first place. ...the part about giving up the kid, I mean.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:06:14 AM] Light: Tarak: Yeah, you never *do* think yer gonna get old and mean.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:06:28 AM] Wynn: And maybe if you quit casually mentioning the possiblity of cutting of his head, or how he's quote "fuckin' creepy," he might not avoid you so much.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:08:33 AM] Light: Tarak: He's thinkin' the same thing, he's just too damn polite to say it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:12:18 AM] Wynn: So when'd you start using a sword?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:14:17 AM] Light: Tarak: 'bout a month into the war when they told us to stop takin' prisoners.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:14:42 AM] Wynn: Wynn frowns a little.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:16:27 AM] Light: Tarak: We were starving ourselves. Didn't have the resources.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:16:55 AM | Edited 12:16:59 AM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "I assumed as much. Must have been a difficult change to make."

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:19:08 AM] Light: Tarak: Not as hard as watchin' people starve to death.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:19:29 AM] Wynn: Also understandable.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:20:12 AM] Wynn: People who would rather a slow starvation instead of a quick death in battle are few and far between.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:20:58 AM] Light: Tarak: Exactly. The sword's more truthful, anyway.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:21:19 AM] Wynn: What do you mean?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:23:09 AM] Light: Tarak: Most of what we do's killin'. Advertisin' it isn't a bad thing.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:23:29 AM] Wynn: Maces aren't any less lethal. Made to crush armor, after all.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:25:44 AM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "Father Markus told me to keep up proficiency with all different weapons in case I was disarmed or had to use something else, and I've considered switching to a sword since I met you, but I think I'll stick to tradition for now."

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:25:47 AM] Light: Tarak: Exactly.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:29:17 AM] Wynn: Not much more versatile than a good longsword. Maces need room to swing. Can't really thrust with one. Same with axes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:29:34 AM] Light: Ven: I like a bow, myself.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:29:55 AM] Wynn: Don't want to break a nail?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:31:42 AM] Light: Ven: Gives a clear view of the fightin' so I know who to shoot.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:32:24 AM] Wynn: Helps when you can look 'em straight in the eye.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:32:37 AM] Wynn: Won't accidentally shoot a friend in the back that way.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:33:28 AM] Light: Ven sniffs. "Hardly ever shoot Isk in the back."

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:34:37 AM] Light: Ven: He's my friend.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:34:54 AM] Wynn: Sure have a funny way of showing it.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:36:30 AM] Nilani: I'm not picky with weapons. I once had to stab a rat to death with a rusty spoon.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:37:21 AM] Wynn: I wouldn't say I'm "picky" with what I use... just what I carry.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:37:35 AM] Light: Ven: I keep him *sharp.*

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:38:56 AM] Wynn: And why does he need you to do that?

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:39:39 AM] Light: Ven: Well who else would? That's a good second-in-command's job.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:39:48 AM] Light: Tarak: ... glad I'm not your captain.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:39:53 AM] Light: Ven grins. "Yeah, me too."

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:41:12 AM] Wynn: And here I thought a good second was there to give advice and help keep the leader grounded and aware of what the others were concerned about... not trying to kill him.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:41:42 AM] Light: Ven: That too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:42:07 AM] Wynn: You're pretty lucky I was in a good mood when you showed up last night. Never even drew my mace.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:42:35 AM] Light: Ven: You're pretty lucky I wasn't shootin' at you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:43:05 AM | Edited 12:43:17 AM] Wynn: I think you meant to say *you're* pretty lucky you weren't shooting at me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:44:00 AM] Wynn: After all... one of us wound up flat on their backs... and it wasn't me.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:44:13 AM] Light: Ven: 'cause of Isk.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:44:34 AM] Light: Tarak: Yeah, yeah. Let's not have a who's got the biggest sword contest.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:47:47 AM] Wynn: Think I'm going to go to the training room. I have the urge to punch something repeatedly. Let me know if anything happens or when people decide to go explore this plane.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:48:39 AM] Light: Tarak: ... all right. Don't have too much fun.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:49:23 AM] Wynn: Wynn pulls her mace and shield down and takes the book with her.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:49:46 AM] Nilani: Nilani waves at Wynn as she leaves.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:51:28 AM] Light: Ven: She's stuck up.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:52:15 AM] Nilani: Eh, she just doesn't like you.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:52:40 AM] Nilani: Well, *trust* is more accurate.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:53:12 AM] Light: Ven: She shouldn't! I'm a highwayman!

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:56:39 AM] Nilani: She seems to trust you less than the demon, the bounty hunter, the assassin, and the infiltrator.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:57:04 AM] Light: Ven: ... wonder why that is. People're funny sometimes.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:58:07 AM] Nilani: That's probably just because you're new.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:58:38 AM] Nilani: And because you introduced yourself by attacking a crewmember.

<p class="MsoNormal">[12:59:42 AM] Light: Ven: He's *my* crew.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:00:38 AM] Nilani: He's more yours than he is ours, I'll give you that. You've known him longer.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:02:14 AM] Light: Ven: He's my friend.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:04:36 AM] Nilani: Good. He needs as many as he can get, if he wants to survive.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:04:50 AM] Light: Ven: He's good at survivin'.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:08:57 AM] Nilani: Nilani grimaces and looks away, as if remembering something. "Better than I was, I hope."

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:09:20 AM] Light: Ven: Yer still alive. All in one piece, too.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:10:12 AM] Nilani: Still, frostbite's no fun.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:13:17 AM] Light: Ven: Not really, no.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:13:23 AM] Light: Ven: I hate bein' cold.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:14:52 AM] Nilani: You usually won't have to worry about the cold here, unless we crash again, or someone makes Talas mad.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:17:09 AM] Light: Ven: Good.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:17:39 AM] Light: Ven: Never did have the knack o' findin' new bedwarmers every night like Isk.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:23:33 AM] Nilani: Nilani gets a strange face for a few moments, looking at nothing in particular, then says "Guh... no." then shakes her head.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:23:37 AM] Nilani: bleh.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:23:39 AM] Light: Ven: What no?

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:24:11 AM] Nilani: Just... eesh, that was ages ago.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:24:23 AM] Light: Ven: What was?

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:24:35 AM] Nilani: Just thinking about someone insufferable.

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:26:02 AM] Nilani: Anyway, I'm off to the library. See you around!

<p class="MsoNormal">[1:26:27 AM] Light: Ven: ... sure. Later!

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