PBA 063a

Quintilian looks for Wynn, starting in the gym/practice room. Because that's where she usually is.

[5/27/2015 4:37:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn is there! Pounding at a dummy with her shield and a practice mace.

[5/27/2015 4:38:22 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is careful not to sneak up on her, and waves.

[5/27/2015 4:38:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn slows down the beating a bit. "Yes?"

[5/27/2015 4:40:19 PM] Quintilian: If you're busy or if you don't want me here I can leave.

[5/27/2015 4:41:17 PM | Edited 4:47:21 PM] Wynn: Wynn stops and turns to him. "You're fine. I just assumed you wanted to talk. You did look at me weird earlier when we got back."

[5/27/2015 4:44:23 PM] Quintilian: Yes, well. I'm usually not quite this blunt, but at least one person seems to think that would be a good idea. I wanted to kiss you. Sorry.

[5/27/2015 4:44:26 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian folds his arms.

[5/27/2015 4:44:46 PM] Wynn: Wynn blinks. "I'm sorry, what?"

[5/27/2015 4:45:59 PM] Quintilian: That's why I was looking at you "weird."

[5/27/2015 4:46:09 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian makes little air-quotes.

[5/27/2015 4:47:27 PM] Wynn: ...ah.

[5/27/2015 4:47:57 PM] Quintilian: ... and you're not the only person who's angry a lot of the time.

[5/27/2015 4:48:42 PM] Wynn: Is that why you came to find me now?

[5/27/2015 4:49:14 PM] Quintilian: No, that's just a fact. Someone suggeseted I be blunter.

[5/27/2015 4:49:24 PM] Wynn: Someone?

[5/27/2015 4:49:52 PM] Quintilian: Iskandar. Who would you ask for advice with your love life? Tarak?

[5/27/2015 4:51:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn scoffs. "No. I'm not really sure who I'd ask. There aren't a whole lot of viable options here. ...and this situation is quite unique."

[5/27/2015 4:51:34 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((Iskandar:  Love Doctor.))

[5/27/2015 4:51:55 PM] Quintilian: ((It would be so awesome if he had his own show.))

[5/27/2015 4:52:14 PM] Ceiling Cat: (("Have you tried being a Dragon?"))

[5/27/2015 4:52:57 PM] Quintilian: Quite. He also advised patience, another thing I'm not exceptionally good at.

[5/27/2015 4:54:09 PM] Wynn: So his advice was basically to tell me what you want and then wait for me to figure out what to do with it?

[5/27/2015 4:54:45 PM] Quintilian: No, it was be blunt, but try to draw you out and put you at ease, and be patient.

[5/27/2015 4:55:01 PM] Quintilian: That's the short version.

[5/27/2015 4:58:30 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs, puts the mace away, and leans against the rack.

[5/27/2015 4:59:43 PM] Wynn: I haven't been meaning to ignore...this. It's just... complicated... and I tend to avoid thinking about things like that when I can.

[5/27/2015 4:59:57 PM] Quintilian: ... everything I'm explicitly bad at, in other words...

[5/27/2015 5:00:07 PM] Quintilian: I don't think you're ignoring me.

[5/27/2015 5:03:24 PM] Wynn: Ok, well... I'm not Solitairy, right? And you can't always give me an answer about whether you're four different people or aspects of the same person. And I don't want to be the cause of one or more of... you... getting mad or jealous of another.

[5/27/2015 5:05:08 PM] Quintilian: I'm not even sure whether I'm four different people or we're aspects of the same person.

[5/27/2015 5:08:00 PM] Quintilian: This is why I'd always thought it would be better to be separate people.

[5/27/2015 5:08:08 PM] Quintilian: But apparently I, or we, or whatever, can't function that way.

[5/27/2015 5:08:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles. "It would definitely be easier."

[5/27/2015 5:10:04 PM] Quintilian: ... not much I can do about it.

[5/27/2015 5:10:20 PM] Wynn: I know.

[5/27/2015 5:12:46 PM] Wynn: What would you do if you were me?

[5/27/2015 5:13:01 PM] Quintilian: I don't know. Something reckless, probably.

[5/27/2015 5:13:13 PM] Quintilian: It's what I usually do when I can't think of anything to do.

[5/27/2015 5:13:53 PM] Wynn: I don't think that's me, though some people might debate that.

[5/27/2015 5:14:35 PM] Quintilian: No, it's probably me. If I were you... I don't know. I don't know how you feel. It matters.

[5/27/2015 5:18:12 PM] Wynn: ....I like Valerian. More than I probably should. Honestly, if you were all just aspects of him, it would make the decision much easier. If you're not... well, you and I got off on the wrong foot. Now that you know more about me, I'd hope that wouldn't happen again.

[5/27/2015 5:18:32 PM] Wynn: And I still don't really know Day or Holly.

[5/27/2015 5:21:39 PM] Quintilian: I know. I'm trying to just... one at a time.

[5/27/2015 5:21:57 PM] Quintilian: And I'm the one who's having the most... trouble.

[5/27/2015 5:22:07 PM] Wynn: Trouble?

[5/27/2015 5:23:38 PM] Quintilian: I'm not very patient.

[5/27/2015 5:23:48 PM] Quintilian: ... and I like arguing with you. It's fun.

[5/27/2015 5:24:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow.

[5/27/2015 5:24:57 PM] Wynn: ....as long as boundaries are maintained and emotions kept in check, maybe.

[5/27/2015 5:26:10 PM] Quintilian: A little emotion isn't a bad thing.

[5/27/2015 5:27:24 PM] Wynn: ...do you remember that fight? You hurt me, I got mad and hurt you back... and at least one other of you in the process, I'd guess.

[5/27/2015 5:29:19 PM] Quintilian: Yes. I'm sorry about that. Sometimes I get... involved. Everything can become an abstraction.

[5/27/2015 5:31:52 PM] Wynn: I shouldn't have let it get to me so much. I certainly shouldn't have reacted the way I did.

[5/27/2015 5:32:02 PM] Wynn: But we've discussed this before.

[5/27/2015 5:34:09 PM] Wynn: What do you want? Do you all want the same thing?

[5/27/2015 5:35:22 PM] Quintilian: We're all in love with you, if that's what you're asking. Shit. I wasn't supposed to say that.

[5/27/2015 5:36:40 PM] Quintilian: Sorry. I make a hash of everything.

[5/27/2015 5:36:51 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian rubs his forehead.

[5/27/2015 5:37:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn chuckles and shakes her head. "I don't know if I should be flattered or try to argue that it is entirely too early for any of you to say that."

[5/27/2015 5:38:58 PM] Quintilian: Of course it's too early. I just... blurted.

[5/27/2015 5:40:10 PM] Wynn: You're not all going to get jealous of one another or something, are you? Or get upset if I show favoritism?

[5/27/2015 5:41:14 PM] Quintilian: No, that's never happened.

[5/27/2015 5:41:16 PM | Edited 5:41:26 PM] Wynn: ...not that I would do so intentionally... it's just exhausting to police your emotions constantly and I do that enough already.

[5/27/2015 5:41:42 PM] Quintilian: You shouldn't do that at all.

[5/27/2015 5:42:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles just a little. "Part of the job."

[5/27/2015 5:44:18 PM] Quintilian: I meant for me.

[5/27/2015 5:47:07 PM] Wynn: I've been trying not to when it's just the two... or five of us.

[5/27/2015 5:47:10 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins.

[5/27/2015 5:50:28 PM] Wynn: I'm not sure if any of you were listening when I first talked to Valerian about... dating.

[5/27/2015 5:50:56 PM] Quintilian: We know. It's fine. You don't think any of us could have any kind of normal life as it is, do you? Besides, normal is boring.

[5/27/2015 5:51:22 PM] Wynn: Do you share catchphrases?

[5/27/2015 5:52:40 PM] Quintilian: Probably. I've never noticed much one way or another.

[5/27/2015 5:52:54 PM] Quintilian: I'm... making an effort toward thinking of us all as a single person.

[5/27/2015 5:53:38 PM] Wynn: If you're not, then you're not. It's hard enough for you as it is. Don't make it worse for my sake.

[5/27/2015 5:53:50 PM] Quintilian: Well, we can't be divided.

[5/27/2015 5:53:53 PM] Quintilian: So we must be one.

[5/27/2015 5:54:18 PM] Wynn: Either way, my mind's made up.

[5/27/2015 5:54:32 PM] Wynn: ....sorry.

[5/27/2015 5:54:39 PM] Wynn: That... came out wrong, didn't it?

[5/27/2015 5:55:47 PM] Quintilian: ... that's probably why we get along so well, we're both so marvellously tactful. No, I know what you mean.

[5/27/2015 5:56:20 PM] Wynn: I will try. I can't promise anything more than that.

[5/27/2015 6:00:05 PM] Quintilian: I know. That's why I'm here.

[5/27/2015 6:05:33 PM] Wynn: .....I'm confused again.

[5/27/2015 6:06:17 PM] Quintilian: ... well, clearly we should spend more time together. And Iskandar mentioned something about asking for support when I need it. Something I'm not good at.

[5/27/2015 6:07:17 PM] Wynn: Oh! Ok... did you need help with something?

[5/27/2015 6:07:43 PM] Quintilian: Just... I'm angry and frustrated right now.

[5/27/2015 6:07:54 PM] Wynn: About what?

[5/27/2015 6:08:18 PM] Quintilian: Leaving all those people in the prison. There was no way to know who should be let out and who shouldn't, but... we had to leave them.

[5/27/2015 6:09:20 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes a deep breath and grips her shield just a little tighter. "I know the feeling."

[5/27/2015 6:10:25 PM] Quintilian: And being in an alien body didn't help. ... even if they're all me, there are four of us and we distinguish between... I distinguish between selves by changing the body.

[5/27/2015 6:12:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "Disorienting I'd bet."

[5/27/2015 6:12:48 PM] Quintilian: Disorienting and.... it felt like I was falling apart. I couldn't tell who I was.

[5/27/2015 6:16:46 PM] Wynn: Are you better now that you can?

[5/27/2015 6:16:56 PM] Quintilian: Definitely.

[5/27/2015 6:18:55 PM] Wynn: I'm sorry you had to go through that, but it's over now. Hopefully it won't happen again.

[5/27/2015 6:19:56 PM] Quintilian: You can say that again. Well. Interested in beating me up a little bit?

[5/27/2015 6:20:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn raises an eyebrow.

[5/27/2015 6:21:37 PM] Quintilian: ... we are in a practice room.

[5/27/2015 6:22:41 PM] Wynn: We are.

[5/27/2015 6:23:05 PM] Wynn: If this is your idea of spending quality time together, I can't say I'm opposed.

[5/27/2015 6:23:09 PM] Wynn: Wynn chuckles.

[5/27/2015 6:24:21 PM] Quintilian: I need the practice. And I'm under no illusions you could wipe the floor with me; we-- I don't have that kind of training.

[5/27/2015 6:25:42 PM] Wynn: Sure.

[5/27/2015 6:25:59 PM] Wynn: Though as I recall, last time we did this, you were the only one to actually land hits on me.

[5/27/2015 6:26:40 PM] Quintilian: Because I had Janis distracting you.

[5/27/2015 6:26:58 PM] Quintilian: My entire training is based around hitting people who aren't aware of you.

[5/27/2015 6:27:58 PM] Wynn: That would make us a good team in a real battle.... as long as they keep trying to hit me.

[5/27/2015 6:29:11 PM] Quintilian: That's usually the plan, isn't it?

[5/27/2015 6:29:27 PM] Wynn: Usually.

[5/27/2015 6:29:39 PM] Quintilian: That cube was terrifying.

[5/27/2015 6:30:05 PM] Wynn: It was uncomfortable.

[5/27/2015 6:30:13 PM] Wynn: Well.

[5/27/2015 6:30:44 PM] Wynn: It was actually incredibly comfortable but in the way that you might be smothered by pillows

[5/27/2015 6:31:06 PM] Quintilian: An uncomfortable way?

[5/27/2015 6:31:15 PM] Wynn: Or a very strong hug

[5/27/2015 6:33:07 PM] Quintilian: Not the kind of hugs I'm interested in.

[5/27/2015 6:33:25 PM] Wynn: No I'd imagine not.

[5/27/2015 6:34:41 PM] Quintilian: Well. What'll it be, then? Armwrestling, hand-to-hand, swords, knives, running, swimming, pull-ups, push-ups, archery?

[5/27/2015 6:35:33 PM] Wynn: Wynn chuckles. " I'll let you choose."

[5/27/2015 6:37:05 PM] Quintilian: If I wanted to have anything approaching a fair fight it would have to be something you're completely unfamiliar with.

[5/27/2015 6:38:57 PM | Edited 6:39:17 PM] Wynn: You might have to settle for "am not skilled at".... I'm not sure you'll find anything I haven't had at least a little training in.

[5/27/2015 6:39:14 PM] Quintilian: Whips.

[5/27/2015 6:40:11 PM] Quintilian: ((The One Thing bards are good for.))

[5/27/2015 6:40:44 PM] Wynn: (That's exotic isn't it? )

[5/27/2015 6:40:57 PM] Quintilian: ((Yep. Bards have proficiency.))

[5/27/2015 6:41:14 PM] Wynn: I stand corrected.

[5/27/2015 6:44:58 PM] Wynn: Ok. I'm always willing to learn something new.

[5/27/2015 6:45:11 PM] Quintilian: I was going to suggest swords.

[5/27/2015 6:45:37 PM] Quintilian: While I would certainly enjoy hand-to-hand I rather suspect it would be inappropriate.

[5/27/2015 6:46:41 PM] Wynn: I am quite proficient in many types of swords. I actually prefer them. More versatile.

[5/27/2015 6:47:07 PM] Wynn: And in hand to hand.... of the combat variety.

[5/27/2015 6:47:49 PM] Quintilian: Swords it is.

[5/27/2015 6:48:15 PM] Wynn: Here I thought you wanted me to be challenged.

[5/27/2015 6:49:26 PM] Quintilian: I don't want you to be uncomfortable, either.

[5/27/2015 6:51:37 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "Like i said, it's your choice. I just feel I might need to warn you that if there's any weapon that I am as comfortable with as a mace, it's a longsword."

[5/27/2015 6:52:21 PM] Quintilian: There's no chance of my beating you with any weapon, Wynn.

[5/27/2015 6:53:21 PM] Wynn: You're not just trying to humor me now, are you?

[5/27/2015 6:54:34 PM] Quintilian: No, I'm trying to demonstrate I'm entirely capable of fighting battles despite being hopelessly inadequate. ... which sounded better in my head.

[5/27/2015 6:55:33 PM] Wynn: ... you don't have to prove yourself to me.

[5/27/2015 6:56:57 PM] Wynn: And just because your greatest skills may not be on the battlefield doesn't mean you are useless.

[5/27/2015 6:57:22 PM] Wynn: And I would have said that even the day we met had it come up.

[5/27/2015 6:57:22 PM] Quintilian: I feel like I do need to prove myself.

[5/27/2015 6:59:03 PM] Wynn: If that's what you want.

[5/27/2015 7:00:02 PM] Quintilian: Besides, I carry a sword too.

[5/27/2015 7:00:35 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods.

[5/27/2015 7:02:28 PM] Quintilian: Familiar enough with them.

[5/27/2015 7:02:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn puts her shield in a rack and gestures to the weapon racks.

[5/27/2015 7:02:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian looks at the practice swords.

[5/27/2015 7:03:21 PM] Quintilian: I'm familiar with longswords and shortswords, but I mainly prefer something lighter and faster.

[5/27/2015 7:03:26 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian picks out a rapier.

[5/27/2015 7:04:01 PM] Wynn: And for me?

[5/27/2015 7:05:16 PM] Quintilian: Why not the same.

[5/27/2015 7:05:41 PM] Wynn: Ok.

[5/27/2015 7:06:15 PM] Quintilian: I'm glad you got your shield back.

[5/27/2015 7:06:24 PM] Wynn: Me too.

[5/27/2015 7:14:23 PM] Wynn: Wynn picks up a rapier and swings it a bit.

[5/27/2015 7:16:06 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian pulls his robes off and drapes them over one of the weapons racks. He's still got an undershirt and loose pants on underneath, all black.

[5/27/2015 7:17:19 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian stretches a little bit and then grabs a rapier himself.

[5/27/2015 7:22:19 PM] Wynn: Wynn stands ready!

[5/27/2015 7:24:33 PM] Quintilian: All right. Any rules we should discuss?

[5/27/2015 7:25:14 PM] Wynn: Well if we are going without padding, perhaps not trying to actually maim each other would be good.

[5/27/2015 7:26:37 PM] Quintilian: With a rapier?

[5/27/2015 7:26:46 PM] Wynn: They can be rather stabby.

[5/27/2015 7:27:18 PM] Quintilian: Normally you mostly poke at people with them. If doing that with a blunted weapon maims us we may need to reconsider field work.

[5/27/2015 7:28:33 PM] Wynn: ...no eye shots then?

[5/27/2015 7:28:45 PM] Wynn: What rules were you thinking?

[5/27/2015 7:33:44 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian shrugs.

[5/27/2015 7:33:55 PM] Quintilian: I tend not to worry too much about it.

[5/27/2015 7:34:03 PM | Edited 7:37:26 PM] Wynn: Ok.

[5/27/2015 7:37:44 PM] Wynn: Whenever you're ready.

[5/27/2015 7:41:05 PM] Quintilian: ((Sorry, distracted by roommie. :) ))

[5/27/2015 7:41:10 PM | Removed 7:41:35 PM] Wynn: This message has been removed.

[5/27/2015 7:41:19 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian lunges at her suddenly.

[5/27/2015 7:41:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn tries to dodge!

[5/27/2015 7:45:24 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian misses!

[5/27/2015 7:46:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn responds with a lunge that was possibly telegraphed.

[5/27/2015 7:50:50 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian parries.

[5/27/2015 7:55:50 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian engages!

[5/27/2015 7:57:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn is clearly not in her element trying to fight as a fencer rather than a hacker. He probably has the edge in this fight.

[5/27/2015 7:59:23 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian is faster and graceful.

[5/27/2015 8:04:48 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian isn't a jerk, but he is really trying to win!

[5/27/2015 8:07:16 PM] Wynn: Wynn wouldn't just let him win, but rapiers are not her thing. She does have a negative DEX.

[5/27/2015 8:08:00 PM] Wynn: Wynn probably got lucky on that first dodge and has gotten tagged every other time with her 9 AC.

[5/27/2015 8:10:04 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian tries to give her helpful suggestions from time to time, but not in a condescending way.

[5/27/2015 8:11:26 PM] Wynn: Wynn would take the advice. She really does appreciate learning new techniques.

[5/27/2015 8:13:55 PM] Ceiling Cat: ((CARVE A Q!))

[5/27/2015 8:14:26 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian mostly encourages her to keep her side to the fight to minimize her size for targeting, and that sort of thing.

[5/27/2015 8:14:34 PM] Quintilian: ... all right, want to switch to something else?

[5/27/2015 8:15:00 PM] Wynn: If you like.

[5/27/2015 8:15:19 PM] Wynn: Wynn absently rubs a sore spot on her rib. "You're not bad with that thing."

[5/27/2015 8:15:30 PM] Quintilian: I'm faster than I look.

[5/27/2015 8:22:33 PM] Quintilian: And so are you.

[5/27/2015 8:22:58 PM] Wynn: Speed is really not my style.

[5/27/2015 8:24:35 PM] Quintilian: No. But you're still good at it.

[5/27/2015 8:26:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs with a grin. "Who knows. Maybe one day I'll have nothing but a pokey stick and no armor to defend me."

[5/27/2015 8:29:11 PM] Quintilian: To be fair, I usually do wear armor.

[5/27/2015 8:29:13 PM] Quintilian: Quintilian smiles.

[5/27/2015 8:29:56 PM] Wynn: Just trying to figure out a time when I might need speed over strength.

[5/27/2015 8:30:17 PM] Quintilian: If someone took away your strength. I know there's poisons that can do it.

[5/27/2015 8:31:57 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns. "I've been subject to a spell or two that does the same."

[5/27/2015 8:34:04 PM] Quintilian: Then it's good to practice for speed as well, hm?

[5/27/2015 8:34:35 PM] Quintilian: Though now I can apparently fire an unlimited number of energy bolts, personally.

[5/27/2015 8:35:16 PM] Wynn: That's useful.

[5/27/2015 8:35:54 PM] Quintilian: Very. Although somewhat... alarming.

[5/27/2015 8:36:25 PM | Edited 8:36:43 PM] Wynn: So what do you like to do? I know Valerian's usually reading or writing elven music.

[5/27/2015 8:39:25 PM] Quintilian: I read quite a bit as well. But I also swim a bit. I'm interested in history. And I don't mind a good fight.

[5/27/2015 8:56:19 PM] Wynn: Wynn nods. "I liked fairy tales as a child, but we only had one book. I pretty much only read religious texts now."

[5/27/2015 8:57:47 PM] Quintilian: We do have a wide variety of fairy tales and folk tales from diverse cultures here. If that interests you.

[5/27/2015 8:57:59 PM] Quintilian: Folk songs are another interest of mine.

[5/27/2015 9:00:01 PM] Wynn: Wynn shrugs. "Not much reason anymore."

[5/27/2015 9:01:45 PM] Quintilian: Too grown-up for fairy tales?

[5/27/2015 9:02:09 PM] Wynn: Not much room for them anymore.

[5/27/2015 9:08:04 PM] Quintilian: Perhaps folk tales might suit you better.

[5/27/2015 9:26:08 PM] Wynn: I just mean that I don't find much space in my day with everything else I do.

[5/27/2015 9:26:34 PM] Wynn: I mean... I'm busy enough that I didn't realize the guy I'm seeing wasn't always himself. That's gotta be saying something.

[5/27/2015 9:27:44 PM] Quintilian: To be fair we don't seem much alike.

[5/27/2015 9:28:05 PM] Wynn: Even so, he was literally gone and I never noticed.

[5/27/2015 9:29:54 PM] Quintilian: You have duties. People to help, people who depend on you.

[5/27/2015 9:31:23 PM] Wynn: That's my point though. I'm too busy for thinks like fairy tales.

[5/27/2015 9:31:44 PM] Quintilian: You have to relax sometimes.

[5/27/2015 9:33:50 PM] Wynn: Do I?

[5/27/2015 9:33:53 PM] Wynn: Wynn chuckles.

[5/27/2015 9:35:07 PM] Quintilian: Keeps you fresh.

[5/27/2015 9:38:14 PM] Quintilian: Val said that too.

[5/27/2015 9:38:24 PM] Quintilian: I said that, when I was Val.

[5/27/2015 9:38:56 PM] Wynn: Well I think just about all my relaxing time is spent with one of you now anyway.

[5/27/2015 9:41:23 PM] Quintilian: As long as we're not a nuisance.

[5/27/2015 9:41:38 PM] Quintilian: And our... my... offer of a backrub does still stand. With no strings attached.

[5/27/2015 9:41:53 PM] Wynn: I'm sure I'd let you know if you were.

[5/27/2015 9:42:25 PM] Quintilian: I would hope so.