PBA 005

Wynn (visor up) is in her room, performing morning prayers. (And apparently my door is meaningless, so it stays open nowadays) [12/20/2013 6:36:51 PM] Kalor: Kalor is up early in the library, studying his latest problem. [12/20/2013 6:37:11 PM] Jhett: Jhett is in the kitchen, putting together breakfast. [12/20/2013 6:37:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) is sleeping outside of storage room B with the blanket Nilani gave her [12/20/2013 6:37:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((oh dear)) [12/20/2013 6:38:13 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((She's outside the door :P)) [12/20/2013 6:38:43 PM] Jhett: Jhett is putting together a pot of basic porridge flavored with berries. [12/20/2013 6:39:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) tucks her library book into her belt and heads for the galley. [12/20/2013 6:40:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): Good morning, Jhett. I guess someone showed you the rooms. [12/20/2013 6:40:10 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "Janis did." [12/20/2013 6:40:50 PM] Wynn (visor up): Find your way around ok? [12/20/2013 6:41:16 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) wakes up and heads for the kitchen, the blanket wrapped around her shoulders. [12/20/2013 6:42:01 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) enter the kitchen, yawning as she does so [12/20/2013 6:42:09 PM] Janis (Ranger): Mornin' [12/20/2013 6:42:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles at Janis. "Good morning." [12/20/2013 6:42:42 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "Sure.  Didn't really do much exploring, of course." [12/20/2013 6:43:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not much to explore, though I suggest you stay away from blinking light doors. [12/20/2013 6:43:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): There is a library down the hall, if you're interested in that sort of thing. [12/20/2013 6:43:24 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks at the food Jhett is making [12/20/2013 6:43:25 PM] Jhett: ... noted. [12/20/2013 6:43:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): What's that? [12/20/2013 6:43:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) points at the food [12/20/2013 6:43:43 PM] Jhett: Just porridge with some berries in it. [12/20/2013 6:44:10 PM] Janis (Ranger): Is there more? [12/20/2013 6:44:18 PM] Kalor: Kalor feels the scent of food and heads to the galley, being sure to replace the book he was reading on the peculiarities of planetouched races. [12/20/2013 6:44:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((feels?)) [12/20/2013 6:45:00 PM] Jhett: Jhett is making a big pot of the stuff. [12/20/2013 6:45:30 PM] Jhett: There should be enough for everyone. Unless you have more people hiding around here than I've met. [12/20/2013 6:45:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) takes a look at the fresh fruit and picks something there to eat instead. [12/20/2013 6:45:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): There's Raven, but he never seems to come out. [12/20/2013 6:45:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): No offense, Jhett. I've just had more than enough porridge in my life. [12/20/2013 6:46:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) peers through the fourth wall [12/20/2013 6:46:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((the fourth wall peers back)) [12/20/2013 6:46:16 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel turns up. Or maybe she's been here for a while. She's quiet enough that it's hard to tell. [12/20/2013 6:46:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): :D [12/20/2013 6:46:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): Morning, Kestrel... [12/20/2013 6:47:10 PM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs. "So has everyone.  I just happen to know how to make porridge." [12/20/2013 6:47:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods. [12/20/2013 6:47:31 PM] Kalor: Kalor takes a bowl of porridge and casts prestidigitation [12/20/2013 6:47:37 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks at Wynn weirdly. [12/20/2013 6:47:58 PM] Jhett: Jhett starts to spoon out food for anyone who wants it. [12/20/2013 6:48:05 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel takes some. "Thank you." [12/20/2013 6:48:13 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) takes some. "Thanks" [12/20/2013 6:48:16 PM] Kalor: Anyone want to request a flavor? I've got beef, roast meat, fish, apples... [12/20/2013 6:48:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): Something on your mind, Janis? [12/20/2013 6:48:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): You're smiling. [12/20/2013 6:48:57 PM] Janis (Ranger): I don't think I've seen you do that before. [12/20/2013 6:49:14 PM] Jhett: Jhett shakes his head at Kalor. "No thanks, I'm good.  Didn't catch your name, I didn't see you when I showed up last night." [12/20/2013 6:49:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'm not sure about that, but... I slept well last night. [12/20/2013 6:49:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles back. "That's good." [12/20/2013 6:50:02 PM] Kalor: Ah, you are a new arrival then. I guess you didn't get a glimpse of who stuffed us into those pods either. I'm Kalor, pleasure to meet you. [12/20/2013 6:50:12 PM] Kalor: Kalor extends his hand [12/20/2013 6:50:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): Kalor talks a lot. [12/20/2013 6:50:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): And doesn't make a lot of sense to most of us [12/20/2013 6:50:50 PM] Janis (Ranger): He's all magical and stuff. [12/20/2013 6:51:28 PM] Jhett: Jhett is a good looking if pale fellow with silvery hair, golden eyes, wearing a long, leather coat. The skin of his forhead and temples seem to be composed of a lot of very fine, irridescent green scales that seem to turn into normal skin. His ears are slightly pointed, but he doesn't seem elvish. [12/20/2013 6:51:42 PM] Jhett: Jhett takes the offered hand. "Kalor?  Good to meet you, I'm Jhett." [12/20/2013 6:52:03 PM] Kestrel: Jhett talks a lot too. [12/20/2013 6:52:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): Apparently. [12/20/2013 6:52:09 PM] Jhett: It's been said. [12/20/2013 6:52:20 PM] Janis (Ranger): I haven't noticed that. [12/20/2013 6:52:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): You play nice music though. [12/20/2013 6:52:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): Oh, was that you last night then? [12/20/2013 6:52:46 PM] Jhett: And no, I didn't see who stuffed me in the pod. I went to bed, and woke up in there. [12/20/2013 6:52:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): I thought Kestrel had finally decided to play for us, after threatening so much. [12/20/2013 6:53:03 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods at Wynn and smiles at Janis. "Thanks." [12/20/2013 6:54:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) eyes Kestrel. [12/20/2013 6:54:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): You guys should play together. [12/20/2013 6:54:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): Assuming Kes ever plays [12/20/2013 6:54:51 PM] Jhett: Jhett eats his porridge. "How's the hellhound?" [12/20/2013 6:54:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): She's good, I think. [12/20/2013 6:55:02 PM] Kalor: Hellhound? [12/20/2013 6:55:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): Flamey's a lot quieter now. [12/20/2013 6:55:16 PM] Kalor: There is an outsider on board? [12/20/2013 6:55:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): But you can still hear her bark. [12/20/2013 6:55:31 PM] Kalor: And a fire aligned one at that? [12/20/2013 6:55:33 PM] Kestrel: I play. [12/20/2013 6:55:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12/20/2013 6:56:00 PM] Kalor: I certainly do not hope he is anywhere close to anything flammable. [12/20/2013 6:56:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): I thought, if we had time, maybe we could let her run around a bit. [12/20/2013 6:56:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): And Flamey's a she. [12/20/2013 6:56:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): And we took out all the stuff in there. [12/20/2013 6:56:28 PM] Kalor: Flamey? Ah, I see... [12/20/2013 6:57:21 PM | Edited 6:57:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): Jhett, how long would it take to teach me infernal? [12/20/2013 6:57:33 PM] Jhett: Nation:  The entire Forest is flammable. Not a good idea. [12/20/2013 6:57:46 PM] Jhett: ... it can take awhile, like any language. [12/20/2013 6:57:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'm sure Talas would have some choice words for you if you did. [12/20/2013 6:57:59 PM] Jhett: Nation:  ... also that. [12/20/2013 6:58:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): I just meant around the ship. Like the hallways and stuff. [12/20/2013 6:58:16 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'd watch her. [12/20/2013 6:58:30 PM] Kestrel: The hallways are not flammable. [12/20/2013 6:58:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) tries unsuccessfully to keep the scowl off. [12/20/2013 6:59:07 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wynn can come with me! [12/20/2013 6:59:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks up at Wynn with puppy dog eyes [12/20/2013 6:59:17 PM] Jhett: Nation:  but the cables and wires under the deck plating are vulnerable to infernal fire. In the storage room, there's nothing exposed for her to damage. [12/20/2013 6:59:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): It's not a good idea. [12/20/2013 6:59:41 PM] Jhett: ((To be fair, the storage room *is* pretty big.)) [12/20/2013 6:59:59 PM] Janis (Ranger): Well, maybe I can just stay with her in the storage room. [12/20/2013 7:00:14 PM] Kalor: Wait, this hellhound actually *let* you put it inside a room? You did not have to subdue it? [12/20/2013 7:00:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't like that idea either. [12/20/2013 7:00:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): If Jhett teaches me a few infernal words, I thought I might be able to teach her tricks. [12/20/2013 7:00:22 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't trust it. [12/20/2013 7:00:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): I trained it. [12/20/2013 7:00:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks at Kalor proudly [12/20/2013 7:00:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((does that sort of thing last, or is it a temporary deal?)) [12/20/2013 7:00:52 PM] Jhett: ...she was already trained, most likely, that's why she responded to the words. [12/20/2013 7:01:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...wait, what? [12/20/2013 7:01:23 PM] Kalor: Hellhounds are intelligent creatures, she's probably as smart as you. [12/20/2013 7:01:42 PM] Kalor: Or well, maybe slightly less [12/20/2013 7:02:08 PM] Jhett: They're born in the infernal planes, and are trained by the other inhabitants. [12/20/2013 7:02:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): So, we aren't just looking for any fire plane? We need to find Flamey's owner. [12/20/2013 7:02:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): And I don't trust any infernal being training the dog either. [12/20/2013 7:02:53 PM] Kalor: Excactly, so if she did not try to rip your face off and burn your skeleton when you first approached her, she should probably be fine. [12/20/2013 7:02:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. "St. Cuthbert, lend me strength." [12/20/2013 7:03:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): So, which plane are we looking for then? [12/20/2013 7:03:45 PM] Janis (Ranger): How will we know the infernal plane from any other fire plane? [12/20/2013 7:03:47 PM] Kalor: I have no idea, honestly speaking. [12/20/2013 7:04:12 PM] Kalor: We can tell an infernal plane apart, but we still do not know which one this particular creature is from. [12/20/2013 7:04:24 PM] Wynn (visor up): Traveling around in an infernal plane is NOT something I wish to do. [12/20/2013 7:04:36 PM] Kestrel: Agreed. [12/20/2013 7:04:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): But it's bad enough we have to get rid of her. If she has an owner, we should return her. [12/20/2013 7:04:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): If she has an owner, it is likely capital E Evil. [12/20/2013 7:05:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): It doesn't deserve the gesture. [12/20/2013 7:05:24 PM | Edited 7:05:48 PM] Janis (Ranger): But what about Flamey? [12/20/2013 7:05:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): I know you sympathize with the hound, but.... [12/20/2013 7:05:49 PM] Kalor: Why would we wat to return her to her owner in the first place? [12/20/2013 7:05:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): Look how poorly it was treated before. Would you really want to give her back to that? [12/20/2013 7:06:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): .....fair point. [12/20/2013 7:06:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): She'll be better off on her own. [12/20/2013 7:06:17 PM] Kalor: The hound clearly respects you as its master for the moment. [12/20/2013 7:06:20 PM] Janis (Ranger): So, we should find a nice owner in one of the infernal planes! [12/20/2013 7:06:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not going to happen. [12/20/2013 7:06:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why not? [12/20/2013 7:06:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): Does infernal even have a word for "nice?" [12/20/2013 7:07:08 PM] Kestrel: No. [12/20/2013 7:07:25 PM] Kalor: Why not just keep her? She has a room to herself, and she has not attempted to harm either us or the ship. [12/20/2013 7:07:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) shoots daggers at Kalor. [12/20/2013 7:07:50 PM] Jhett: Nation:  .... about that. [12/20/2013 7:08:10 PM] Kalor: The hound has damaged the ship? [12/20/2013 7:08:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): ......................... [12/20/2013 7:08:21 PM] Jhett: Nation:  Remember how I said that people have tried to leave the ship? [12/20/2013 7:08:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't. [12/20/2013 7:09:03 PM] Kalor: They get tracked down by hellhounds and dragged into Acherus itself? [12/20/2013 7:09:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) raises an eyebrow [12/20/2013 7:09:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wait, I remember! [12/20/2013 7:09:34 PM] Jhett: Nation:  Well, they have. I hook up with a plane that is reasonably close to the one we left behind, so people decide to leave. [12/20/2013 7:09:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): You said that they just come back, right? [12/20/2013 7:09:55 PM] Jhett: Nation:  ...yes. [12/20/2013 7:09:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((snicker snicker hook up)) [12/20/2013 7:10:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wait, so we can't be rid of the beast anyway? [12/20/2013 7:10:23 PM] Jhett: Nation:  Not until it dies. [12/20/2013 7:10:28 PM] Jhett: Nation:  No one can leave. [12/20/2013 7:10:29 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) 's face lights [12/20/2013 7:10:29 PM] Kalor: So the magic is tied to the individual... [12/20/2013 7:10:38 PM] Kalor: Kalor mutters [12/20/2013 7:10:44 PM] Jhett: Nation:  If they try to leave, they end up back in one of the pods. [12/20/2013 7:10:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): In a pod is better than loose. [12/20/2013 7:10:57 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) cheers up immensely [12/20/2013 7:11:09 PM] Kalor: Nation, how long does an individual stay in the pods when this happens? [12/20/2013 7:11:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): But then the pod will just open again, right? [12/20/2013 7:11:33 PM] Jhett: Nation:  I have no control over when they open. But the first pods open very shortly after the room shows up. [12/20/2013 7:11:45 PM] Kestrel: We are not keeping an animal confined in a pod. [12/20/2013 7:11:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): It's enchanted. It wouldn't even know. [12/20/2013 7:12:06 PM] Kalor: I had someone else in mind, but fair point. [12/20/2013 7:12:06 PM] Wynn (visor up): We don't know how long WE were confined in a pod. [12/20/2013 7:12:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): But if we can't get rid of Flamey anyway, isn't she more use to us here? [12/20/2013 7:12:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kalor questioningly. "Someone else?" [12/20/2013 7:12:38 PM] Kestrel: We are not keeping Wynn confined in a pod. [12/20/2013 7:12:42 PM] Janis (Ranger): Also, what if another crew is on board by then and they kill her? [12/20/2013 7:13:10 PM] Jhett: Nation:  The next batch of pods doesn't show up until the occupants of the previous pods have died. [12/20/2013 7:13:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel, first with shock and a scowl, but it slowly turns into a grin. [12/20/2013 7:13:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): Then why do we have this slow leak of pods opening? [12/20/2013 7:14:01 PM] Janis (Ranger): Nation said the next batch, I guess that doesn't happen until *all* of those pods have opened. [12/20/2013 7:14:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Interesting that I was your first thought when considering who should be stuck in a pod, Kestrel. [12/20/2013 7:15:14 PM] Kestrel: Who should not be. [12/20/2013 7:15:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't follow. [12/20/2013 7:16:02 PM] Jhett: Jhett is searching cabinets in the galley. "Okay.  We might have a problem." [12/20/2013 7:16:15 PM] Janis (Ranger): What? [12/20/2013 7:16:19 PM] Jhett: No coffee. [12/20/2013 7:16:27 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...coffee? [12/20/2013 7:16:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): You have an interesting standard of "problem." [12/20/2013 7:17:19 PM] Kalor: Nation, do you have any coffee aboard? [12/20/2013 7:17:36 PM] Jhett: Nation:  No, I don't. [12/20/2013 7:17:41 PM] Kestrel: Coffee would be agreeable. [12/20/2013 7:17:43 PM] Kestrel: Is there tea? [12/20/2013 7:18:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): Does Talas grow coffee? [12/20/2013 7:18:10 PM] Kalor: Or tea? [12/20/2013 7:18:41 PM | Edited 7:18:51 PM] Jhett: Nation:  I believe she grows tea. [12/20/2013 7:19:24 PM] Kalor: Then we should definitely try to find a plane where we can purchase some coffee. [12/20/2013 7:20:00 PM] Jhett: Nation:  ... okay. How about my priority is a plane where brain-rending horrors don't devour you alive... then coffee? [12/20/2013 7:20:09 PM] Kestrel: Acceptable. [12/20/2013 7:20:19 PM] Kestrel: I will go and request some tea. [12/20/2013 7:20:19 PM] Kalor: Do brain rending horrors usually grow coffee? [12/20/2013 7:20:26 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel departs. [12/20/2013 7:20:42 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...you're talking weird again. [12/20/2013 7:21:03 PM] Jhett: Nation:  Not usually. [12/20/2013 7:21:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) watches Kestrel leave with a bit of a glare. [12/20/2013 7:22:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12/20/2013 7:22:54 PM] Jhett: Jhett glances at Wynn. [12/20/2013 7:23:01 PM] Janis (Ranger): I thought you were friends now, Wynn. [12/20/2013 7:23:09 PM] Kalor: No. [12/20/2013 7:23:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): With who? [12/20/2013 7:23:23 PM] Kalor: Infernal Now I'm "talking weird" [12/20/2013 7:23:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): Can I tell you a story, Janis? [12/20/2013 7:24:00 PM] Kalor: ((Ufortunately I have not found a translation service for common to infernal)) [12/20/2013 7:24:50 PM] Janis (Ranger): Ok. I like stories. [12/20/2013 7:25:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): There was a farmer who grew corn. [12/20/2013 7:25:29 PM] Jhett: Jhett listens! [12/20/2013 7:25:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Cranes were destroying his crop, so he put up a net to catch them. [12/20/2013 7:25:47 PM] Wynn (visor up): The next day, there were a great many cranes and a stork caught in the net. [12/20/2013 7:26:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): The stork called out to the farmer and begged for his release. [12/20/2013 7:26:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): He cried and said he wasn't one who was taking his crop. [12/20/2013 7:26:16 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) opens her eyes groggily [12/20/2013 7:26:20 PM] Wynn (visor up): He had children and a wife-stork. [12/20/2013 7:26:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): The farmer said no. [12/20/2013 7:26:40 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ~perhaps an all-nighter was a bad idea...~ [12/20/2013 7:26:48 PM] Kalor: This farmer caught a talking stork, and he did not find that unusual? [12/20/2013 7:26:50 PM] Wynn (visor up): "I caught you with those who were destroying my crops, and now you must suffer with the company in which you are found." [12/20/2013 7:27:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): ..........That's it? [12/20/2013 7:27:15 PM] Kalor: Did the cranes also ask for forgiveness? [12/20/2013 7:27:24 PM] Janis (Ranger): That farmer's a jerk. [12/20/2013 7:27:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is a morality tale that teaches you to be wary of who you travel with. [12/20/2013 7:27:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): Mind that you aren't caught with cranes. [12/20/2013 7:27:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...there aren't any cranes on the ship... [12/20/2013 7:27:58 PM] Jhett: Cranes are perfectly nice birds, I've found. [12/20/2013 7:28:00 PM] Janis (Ranger): We have a dog. [12/20/2013 7:28:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12/20/2013 7:28:29 PM] Wynn (visor up): I am not "friends" with Kestrel. I do not trust her. I will not trust her until my curiosity is satisfied. [12/20/2013 7:28:34 PM] Kalor: Do cranes even consume crops, I thought they subsisted mostly on fish... [12/20/2013 7:28:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): Also, the farmer is purposefully refusing the stork a proper on the basis of circumstantial evidence. [12/20/2013 7:28:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): The farmer is obstructing justice for the stork. [12/20/2013 7:29:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): And my mom used to tell me stories about judging people before you know them. [12/20/2013 7:29:38 PM] Kalor: He is not even attempting to follow the letter of the law, rather he seems to be making an arbitrary judgement call based on circumstancial evidence. [12/20/2013 7:29:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is a simple children's tale. [12/20/2013 7:29:49 PM] Jhett: So, who is the 'crane' in the current situation, Wynn? [12/20/2013 7:29:53 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Incidentally, the scorpion and the frog might've been a more relevant tale. Just saying.)) [12/20/2013 7:30:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((don't know that one. lol)) [12/20/2013 7:30:32 PM] Kalor: It's just like that silly tale about the scorpion. [12/20/2013 7:30:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): The assassin, obviously. [12/20/2013 7:30:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): What tale about the scorpion? [12/20/2013 7:30:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Janis sees the chance for a new story :) )) [12/20/2013 7:31:17 PM] Jhett: Kestrel?  The Academy assassin? [12/20/2013 7:31:28 PM] Kalor: Even an assassin should be more intelligent than to stab his victim in the back when there is no chance for his own escape. [12/20/2013 7:31:29 PM] Wynn (visor up): Yes. [12/20/2013 7:31:40 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is not her profession that bothers me. [12/20/2013 7:31:49 PM] Jhett: What is? [12/20/2013 7:31:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Assuming it is lawful, as is claimed. [12/20/2013 7:31:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is the aura I sense around her. [12/20/2013 7:32:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Wynn, something to check out for later: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog)) [12/20/2013 7:32:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): What aura? [12/20/2013 7:32:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((that is a good one :))) [12/20/2013 7:32:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): My service to St. Cuthbert provides me with the ability to sense evil. [12/20/2013 7:33:16 PM] Jhett: So you're judging her on her appearance and not her actions. [12/20/2013 7:33:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): No, her aura. It is quite different from the clothes she wears. [12/20/2013 7:33:57 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) shambles into the galley with a dusty tome under her arm, sits down in an empty spot, and resumes reading. [12/20/2013 7:34:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((just waiting for her to pop back in right in the middle of this. lol)) [12/20/2013 7:34:22 PM] Kalor: You are aware, sir knight, that there exist magic to mask one's true alignment even from sight such as yours? [12/20/2013 7:34:23 PM] Jhett: So it's more like her smell. [12/20/2013 7:34:50 PM] Kalor: Conversely it should stand to reason that magic exist to do the opposite. [12/20/2013 7:35:05 PM] Wynn (visor up): I am, which would only make me wonder why she would choose to have an evil aura around one such as myself. [12/20/2013 7:35:31 PM] Kalor: What if you came across a person enspelled by another with evil intent to look evil in your eyes? [12/20/2013 7:35:37 PM] Jhett: This sense, of yours, does it give you the ability to see the sum of her actions that led to this stain on her aura? [12/20/2013 7:36:18 PM] Wynn (visor up): All I can tell is that she has a faint aura. I cannot tell why or from what source. It could be that she has evil outsider blood or is carrying evil objects. [12/20/2013 7:36:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have tried to ask her about it, but she does not speak. [12/20/2013 7:37:00 PM] Jhett: Have you tried to be discreet about it? Or just asked her? [12/20/2013 7:37:10 PM] Wynn (visor up): If I thought her to be an outright threat, I'd have dealt with the matter already. [12/20/2013 7:37:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have asked. [12/20/2013 7:37:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): She... was less than forthright. [12/20/2013 7:37:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): "Hello, are you evil?" [12/20/2013 7:37:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) snickers [12/20/2013 7:37:38 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) grins behind her book [12/20/2013 7:37:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): And she is taking quite a long time, isn't she? [12/20/2013 7:38:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) gets up [12/20/2013 7:38:10 PM] Janis (Ranger): She is, I'm gonna go see if I can help her. [12/20/2013 7:38:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs and stands. [12/20/2013 7:38:47 PM] Kestrel: ((I got tea IRL!)) [12/20/2013 7:38:48 PM] Kalor: Can it not also be said that the moral of your story might just as well be that it is unfair to judge another for the company one keeps? [12/20/2013 7:39:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): I am not the farmer. [12/20/2013 7:39:21 PM] Wynn (visor up): We are all the stork. We do not know who the farmer will be that will judge us based on our companions. [12/20/2013 7:39:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...Bob? [12/20/2013 7:39:42 PM] Kalor: But the farmer is hardly a sympathetic character. [12/20/2013 7:39:43 PM] Jhett: I'm with Janis, the famer sounds like a jerk. [12/20/2013 7:39:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though I am sure St. Cuthbert would have issue with my willingly traveling with an outright evil companion. [12/20/2013 7:40:18 PM] Kalor: What evil has she committed in our presense? [12/20/2013 7:40:24 PM] Janis (Ranger): You guys talk about evil, I'm gonna go check on Kes. [12/20/2013 7:40:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) exits and heads for the forest. [12/20/2013 7:40:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't know that she is, but it makes me uncomfortable nonetheless. [12/20/2013 7:40:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) follows Janis. [12/20/2013 7:40:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((haha)) [12/20/2013 7:41:04 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel almost runs into them at the door. [12/20/2013 7:41:13 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh, hi Kes. [12/20/2013 7:41:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): Kestrel. [12/20/2013 7:41:21 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel is carrying a small woven basket. "I have tea." [12/20/2013 7:41:34 PM] Janis (Ranger): How's Talas? [12/20/2013 7:41:36 PM] Kestrel: She said she would grow more for us. [12/20/2013 7:41:54 PM] Kestrel: ... concerned. I assured her the dog will not be permitted in the forest. [12/20/2013 7:41:59 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) almost falls into a trance again, but catches herself before she hits her head on the table, shakes her head, shuts her book, and heads off to her room. [12/20/2013 7:42:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) sighs [12/20/2013 7:42:15 PM] Janis (Ranger): Flamey is perfectly nice if you give her a chance. [12/20/2013 7:42:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...maybe a little too affectionate. [12/20/2013 7:42:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12/20/2013 7:42:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...Nilani? [12/20/2013 7:42:39 PM] Kestrel: She would like to know what fruit and vegetable matter would be particularly desirable. [12/20/2013 7:42:53 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...I think Nilani is sick. [12/20/2013 7:42:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): She is just tired. [12/20/2013 7:43:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh, ok. [12/20/2013 7:43:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): Looks like she stayed up too long in the library. [12/20/2013 7:43:24 PM] Janis (Ranger): Can't she trance in the library? [12/20/2013 7:43:30 PM] Janis (Ranger): I thought elves could trance anywhere. [12/20/2013 7:43:32 PM] Jhett: Not if she was reading. [12/20/2013 7:43:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh. I guess that makes sense. [12/20/2013 7:43:58 PM] Kestrel: One can trance in an uncomfortable position. [12/20/2013 7:44:06 PM] Janis (Ranger): Also, if Talas is taking requests, I like apples. [12/20/2013 7:44:18 PM] Kestrel: ... perhaps we should make a list. [12/20/2013 7:44:22 PM] Jhett: Oranges, if they're available. [12/20/2013 7:44:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): And we should probably wait for everyone to wake up. [12/20/2013 7:45:41 PM] Kestrel: Is paper available. [12/20/2013 7:45:46 PM | Removed 7:48:44 PM] Jhett: This message has been removed. [12/20/2013 7:46:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((she left again)) [12/20/2013 7:46:22 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((The bowl falls to floor and we all wonder if Jhett is schizophrenic :P)) [12/20/2013 7:46:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): :D [12/20/2013 7:46:57 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel looks for it, and finds paper and a bit of pencil in one of the drawers. [12/20/2013 7:47:18 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel writes: Apples. Oranges. Kiwi. [12/20/2013 7:47:29 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) whispers to Janis. "Besides, just because you decided to like me doesn't mean everyone else did too." [12/20/2013 7:48:40 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sits and pulls out her book. [12/20/2013 7:49:12 PM] Kestrel: ... quiet. [12/20/2013 7:49:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 7:49:54 PM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs, and starts washing bowls. [12/20/2013 7:50:22 PM] Kalor: Kalor cleans his bowl by tapping it [12/20/2013 7:50:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) holds out her bowl to Kalor "Can you do mine?" [12/20/2013 7:50:50 PM] Kalor: Magic can make a stork look like a crane. [12/20/2013 7:51:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns behind her book. [12/20/2013 7:51:06 PM] Kalor: Kalor taps Janis's bowl as well [12/20/2013 7:51:24 PM] Kalor: Or a crane look like a stork [12/20/2013 7:51:39 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles and puts the bowl away [12/20/2013 7:51:41 PM] Kalor: It can even make a scorpion able to swim. [12/20/2013 7:51:48 PM] Kestrel: ... I am not knowledgeable in ornithology. [12/20/2013 7:51:57 PM] Jhett: Jhett frowns. [12/20/2013 7:52:00 PM] Janis (Ranger): Yes, yes, blah, blah, magic is great, blah, blah [12/20/2013 7:52:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) grins slightly. [12/20/2013 7:52:32 PM] Jhett: You like your magic firey dog in there, don't you? [12/20/2013 7:52:59 PM] Kalor: No I mean, the world is not as black and white as a fable, especially not when there are forces at work not within one's control. [12/20/2013 7:53:33 PM] Kalor: The farmer could have seen a net full of cranes, or he could have seen a net full of storks. [12/20/2013 7:53:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) frowns at Jhett [12/20/2013 7:53:49 PM] Janis (Ranger): That's different. [12/20/2013 7:53:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): I believe the point is that the stork was still caught in the farmer's net. [12/20/2013 7:54:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): It would not have been caught were he not near the farmer's crop. [12/20/2013 7:54:13 PM] Kestrel: ... [12/20/2013 7:54:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): That is more than "circumstantial." [12/20/2013 7:54:33 PM] Kalor: Kalor creates a small coin from out of thin air and flips it. [12/20/2013 7:54:58 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel puts some water in a kettle and puts it on the stove to make some tea. [12/20/2013 7:55:18 PM] Kalor: But what if the Stork was really a crane? [12/20/2013 7:55:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) yawns [12/20/2013 7:55:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): Does anybody know any other stories? [12/20/2013 7:55:40 PM] Wynn (visor up): Does it matter? [12/20/2013 7:55:52 PM] Kalor: Kalor throws the coin to Wynn [12/20/2013 7:55:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): Does anyone know the story about the man from Nantucket? [12/20/2013 7:56:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) catches it. [12/20/2013 7:56:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): My mom wouldn't let me hear it before. [12/20/2013 7:56:09 PM] Kalor: For the stork, I'd certainly say so [12/20/2013 7:56:20 PM] Janis (Ranger): I always wanted to know what happened. [12/20/2013 7:56:53 PM] Jhett: Hmmm. Where's nantucket? [12/20/2013 7:57:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) shrugs. "I think it's outside of Meneluinin." [12/20/2013 7:57:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I have now officially added Nantucket to the Meneluinin continuity :) )) [12/20/2013 7:57:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have many stories like that, but I fear you would like them no more. [12/20/2013 7:57:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): Well, only if they don't have that farmer.  He's a jerk. [12/20/2013 7:58:08 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods in agreement. [12/20/2013 7:58:14 PM] Kalor: And yet he is only doing what he believes is his right. [12/20/2013 7:58:38 PM] Kalor: I guess everyone can be a jerk, as long as they're right in their own mind. [12/20/2013 7:58:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Kalor refuses to let this go)) [12/20/2013 7:59:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((I'm surprised Janis didn't equate that last statement to wynn... lol)) [12/20/2013 7:59:30 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel puts the leaves in once the kettle whistles. [12/20/2013 7:59:43 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks over at Kestrel. [12/20/2013 7:59:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Would you like to hear the one about the cracked pot? [12/20/2013 7:59:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Janis may have a 16 Wis, but only a 12 INT)) [12/20/2013 8:00:01 PM] Janis (Ranger): Sure. [12/20/2013 8:00:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): There was a water-bearer whose job it was to carry pots of water from the river to his master's home. [12/20/2013 8:00:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): He carried two pots on a long stick across his shoulders. [12/20/2013 8:00:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): One pot was perfect, but the other had a crack. [12/20/2013 8:01:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): So every day, when the water-bearer got to his master's home, the perfect pot would be full, but the cracked pot would be half empty. [12/20/2013 8:01:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): The perfect pot was obviously proud of being perfect for its purposes, but the cracked pot was ashamed. [12/20/2013 8:01:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): After two years of failure, the pot spoke to the water-bearer. [12/20/2013 8:02:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): It apologized for being imperfect. [12/20/2013 8:02:10 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) enters. [12/20/2013 8:02:23 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Hello, friends. [12/20/2013 8:02:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) shushes Larry [12/20/2013 8:02:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Because of my flaws," it said, "you've had to work hard and o not reap the full benefits." [12/20/2013 8:02:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods at Larry. [12/20/2013 8:03:10 PM] Wynn (visor up): The water-bearer felt sorry for the pot and said "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." [12/20/2013 8:03:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): So as they went up the hill, the pot did look at all the beautiful flowers of every type and color. [12/20/2013 8:03:47 PM] Jhett: Jhett hands Larry a bowl of porridge. [12/20/2013 8:03:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): At the end of the trail, though, he still felt bad because half his water was gone, and he apologized again. [12/20/2013 8:04:05 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Did you notice, dear pot, that the flowers were only on your side of the path?" [12/20/2013 8:04:10 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): (quietly) Thank you, friend Jhett. [12/20/2013 8:04:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): "For two years," the water-bearer said, "I've known about that crack. [12/20/2013 8:04:47 PM] Wynn (visor up): I planted flowers along the path and used your water to help them flourish. [12/20/2013 8:05:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): For two years, I've been able to pick wonderful flowers to set at my master's table. [12/20/2013 8:05:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): Without your imperfection, he would not have this beauty to grace his house. [12/20/2013 8:05:47 PM] Wynn (visor up): Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's learning to appreciate those flaws and work together that makes our lives interesting. [12/20/2013 8:06:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) stops and thinks on this. [12/20/2013 8:06:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles [12/20/2013 8:06:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): I like that story. [12/20/2013 8:06:14 PM] Kalor: Kalor nods [12/20/2013 8:06:20 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Friend Wynn, I am sorry I missed the beginning of that story. It sounds beautiful. [12/20/2013 8:06:22 PM] Janis (Ranger): You should tell it to Talas. I think she'd like it too. [12/20/2013 8:06:31 PM] Kalor: Now that is a story I will take to heart. [12/20/2013 8:06:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. "I think she would." [12/20/2013 8:06:55 PM] Kestrel: I like flowers. [12/20/2013 8:07:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel. [12/20/2013 8:07:12 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "Much better story." [12/20/2013 8:08:01 PM] Kalor: A pot that can only carry water is perfect but mute, one needs a crack to form a personality. [12/20/2013 8:08:18 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) rolls her eyes. [12/20/2013 8:08:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): With all that intelligence, you do not understand children's stories. [12/20/2013 8:08:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): The other pot was not mute. It was proud of its accomplishments. [12/20/2013 8:08:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): It's just a story Kalor. Everything talks in stories. [12/20/2013 8:09:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): Particularly these stories. [12/20/2013 8:09:30 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel hands the teapot to Jhett. "It's ready." [12/20/2013 8:09:43 PM] Jhett: Jhett pours out tea for those who want it. [12/20/2013 8:09:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((I'm going to be headed back to the hotel, but I'll be back if you're still around.)) [12/20/2013 8:09:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): I think I'll go back to my room to rea [12/20/2013 8:09:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): \ [12/20/2013 8:10:00 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) enjoys that porridge. [12/20/2013 8:10:06 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh, Larry, good news. Flamey is staying with us! [12/20/2013 8:10:22 PM] Kalor: But nontheless, for all its accomplishments it could only do one thing. Whereas the cracked pot gave likfe to the wayside. [12/20/2013 8:10:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'll be in my room writing Common Sense if anyone needs me. I'll check in after a while. [12/20/2013 8:10:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) stands and excuses herself. [12/20/2013 8:11:31 PM] Kalor: And the water bearer did what the farmer never could. He saw beyond the obvious. [12/20/2013 8:11:48 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel takes tea. [12/20/2013 8:11:51 PM] Kestrel: I missed the stories. [12/20/2013 8:12:07 PM] Kalor: Kalor takes a cup of tea and drinks [12/20/2013 8:12:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): I can tell you them Kes. [12/20/2013 8:12:33 PM] Janis (Ranger): Farmers are jerks and your cracks make you beautiful! [12/20/2013 8:12:51 PM] Jhett: That's the short version, yes. [12/20/2013 8:12:56 PM] Kestrel: ... cracks? [12/20/2013 8:13:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): It's a thing that means stuff you mess up or isn't good. [12/20/2013 8:14:04 PM] Kalor: But there is so much more depth, the farmer accused the stork only because it was in the wrong company, but the waterbearer saw beyond the flaws of his pot and turned them into a strength in its own way. [12/20/2013 8:14:22 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel eyes Kalor. [12/20/2013 8:14:34 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...you talk weird. [12/20/2013 8:14:43 PM] Kestrel: ... I attempt to mess up infrequently. [12/20/2013 8:15:04 PM] Kalor: Even if you're not the best at what you do, someone else can help you to be better at what you are not. [12/20/2013 8:15:31 PM] Kalor: I guess the moral is that working together is better than being proud alone. [12/20/2013 8:16:05 PM] Kalor: I wonder if that was truly her intent? [12/20/2013 8:16:23 PM] Kestrel: Wynn's. [12/20/2013 8:16:57 PM] Kalor: Yes. She seems to take the focused and lonely road for the most part. [12/20/2013 8:17:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): You shouldn't be mean to Wynn. [12/20/2013 8:17:28 PM] Jhett: Jhett sips his tea. [12/20/2013 8:18:05 PM] Kestrel: No one should be mean to anyone. [12/20/2013 8:18:10 PM] Kalor: I am not trying to be. I merely wonder if she truly understands the moral of her own story. She only sees one wiewpoint. [12/20/2013 8:18:39 PM] Kalor: The stork is wrong because it is with the cranes that have been eating the farmer's grain. [12/20/2013 8:18:55 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel takes a second bowl of porridge. [12/20/2013 8:19:14 PM] Kalor: Rather than asking if the stork is there to dot he same, or if it is telling him the truth. [12/20/2013 8:20:00 PM] Kalor: The farmer could just as easily be in the wrong. There is not enough proof. [12/20/2013 8:20:02 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): What was the story with the stork? What did I miss? [12/20/2013 8:20:36 PM] Janis (Ranger): A farmer's crops are being eaten by bird, so he catches them. [12/20/2013 8:20:57 PM] Janis (Ranger): Then, one of the birds says, "No, I'm not one of these birds, I'm a different bird and I do other bird things." [12/20/2013 8:21:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): Then the Jerk Farmer says "I don't care" and kills all the birds anyway. [12/20/2013 8:21:21 PM] Kalor: The farmer is such a jerk. [12/20/2013 8:21:41 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...But doesn't that mean you only view the story that way? [12/20/2013 8:22:01 PM] Kalor: No, as I said. He might be right and he might be wrong. [12/20/2013 8:22:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): But you just said he was a jerk. [12/20/2013 8:22:21 PM] Kalor: But he's still too hasty to pass judgement. [12/20/2013 8:22:50 PM] Kestrel: Perhaps he merely intended to eat the birds. [12/20/2013 8:22:56 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): It would seem to me that the farmer engaged in an evil act by killing the birds in such a fashion. [12/20/2013 8:23:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): Is it wrong to eat a bird if it talks? [12/20/2013 8:23:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): Talas wouldn't approve of that. [12/20/2013 8:23:33 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I can't say as I recall ever eating something that talks. [12/20/2013 8:23:38 PM] Kalor: I would never eat anything capable of civil conversation. [12/20/2013 8:23:45 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Or talked, as it were. [12/20/2013 8:23:52 PM] Jhett: It's a morality tale, designed to impart a dogmatic viewpoint. In this case:  You are judged by the company you keep. [12/20/2013 8:24:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...it's a what? [12/20/2013 8:24:27 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Intriguing suggestion, given our situation here. [12/20/2013 8:24:29 PM] Jhett: A fable. To teach children a thing. [12/20/2013 8:25:21 PM] Kestrel: I like it here. [12/20/2013 8:25:48 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): We keep what company we have. Of course, who would pass judgement, given this situation? Pelor's light shines upon all, regardless of whether or not we feel it. [12/20/2013 8:25:54 PM] Janis (Ranger): Like those math problems Mrs. Sash would use. [12/20/2013 8:26:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): Lariel has three apples and Susan has four. So, how many apples do they have together? [12/20/2013 8:26:27 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...those were boring stories. [12/20/2013 8:26:39 PM] Kalor: That would depend [12/20/2013 8:26:46 PM] Jhett: It is true, math is the worst. [12/20/2013 8:27:08 PM] Kestrel: Seven, if they share. [12/20/2013 8:27:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): Still a boring story. [12/20/2013 8:27:23 PM] Kestrel: Sharing is not compulsory. [12/20/2013 8:27:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): I know it's seven, I can see the ending coming. [12/20/2013 8:27:36 PM] Kalor: Do they have any apples together? They are just two random names, could be miles apart and not even know each other. [12/20/2013 8:28:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): Then why would they be in the same sentence? [12/20/2013 8:29:09 PM] Kalor: I admit that would be odd. [12/20/2013 8:29:16 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps it is a different sort of lesson, about considering what other considerations there are in a situation. [12/20/2013 8:29:28 PM] Kestrel: Likely Lariel would kill Susan and take her apples. [12/20/2013 8:29:44 PM] Kestrel: If she required apples. [12/20/2013 8:30:17 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I should hope not. If Lariel already had apples, it would be most cruel to kill another for her apples. [12/20/2013 8:30:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why would Lariel kill her? [12/20/2013 8:30:48 PM] Kalor: It would be most cruel to kill another regardless of apples. [12/20/2013 8:31:09 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I concur. [12/20/2013 8:31:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): What if they had a good reason to kill somebody? [12/20/2013 8:31:11 PM] Kestrel: Competition. [12/20/2013 8:31:36 PM] Kalor: For apples? [12/20/2013 8:31:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): Like, maybe Lariel was an escaped fugitive and Susan was the bounty hunter chasing him. [12/20/2013 8:31:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): And he tried to hurt somebody to get away, and so Susan had to shoot him. [12/20/2013 8:31:55 PM] Kalor: You do make a good point. [12/20/2013 8:32:04 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): That doesn't make a murder right by necessity, though. [12/20/2013 8:32:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) sags her head. [12/20/2013 8:32:16 PM] Kestrel: Apples may merely have been a trigger. [12/20/2013 8:32:31 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel takes another bowl of porridge. [12/20/2013 8:32:33 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): What if the bounty was placed over a personal vendetta? [12/20/2013 8:32:36 PM] Jhett: Jhett drinks his tea. [12/20/2013 8:32:49 PM] Kalor: By whom? The apple farmer? [12/20/2013 8:32:56 PM] Kalor: Kalor looks confused [12/20/2013 8:32:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) returns to the table. "Too quiet in my room. I'd rather be with company." [12/20/2013 8:33:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): But...but...what if he had a dagger and there's this woman and... [12/20/2013 8:33:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): Sometimes these things happen...to Susan... [12/20/2013 8:33:41 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) arrives a little after Wynn, and helps herself to some food. [12/20/2013 8:33:44 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I am sorry, friend Janis. I did not mean to upset you. [12/20/2013 8:33:56 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Welcome back, friend Wynn. Greetings, friend Lira. [12/20/2013 8:34:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): Hi Wynn. [12/20/2013 8:34:07 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Hello Larry, and company. [12/20/2013 8:34:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): Good morning, Lira. [12/20/2013 8:34:18 PM] Kalor: Welcome back sir knight. [12/20/2013 8:34:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Thank you. It is nice to be welcome. [12/20/2013 8:34:32 PM] Jhett: Good morning. I made porridge. [12/20/2013 8:34:52 PM] Jhett: So, where is everyone from, anyway? [12/20/2013 8:34:56 PM] Kestrel: Susan should dodge. Perhaps climbing would suffice. [12/20/2013 8:35:12 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) helps herself quietly to some food, not entirely sure where the conversation was before she arrived. [12/20/2013 8:35:15 PM] Janis (Ranger): Meneluinin [12/20/2013 8:35:19 PM] Janis (Ranger): Aren't you from there? [12/20/2013 8:35:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): Westcreek, myself. [12/20/2013 8:35:38 PM | Edited 8:36:55 PM] Jhett: I'm from Oonseentia. [12/20/2013 8:36:21 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I was raised in Maninaata. [12/20/2013 8:36:29 PM] Kalor: Originally from Delvingdeep, although I um... moved to the port city of Stothl shortly before I was taken here. [12/20/2013 8:36:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): Oonseentia. Odd that I missed that before. [12/20/2013 8:36:46 PM] Kestrel: St. Benedict. [12/20/2013 8:37:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have spent the last few years training in Oonseentia. [12/20/2013 8:37:22 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods at Wynn. [12/20/2013 8:37:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): I went to school in Solitaire...for a while anyway. [12/20/2013 8:37:39 PM] Janis (Ranger): I traveled around with my mom. [12/20/2013 8:38:04 PM] Jhett: What did your mother do? [12/20/2013 8:38:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): She was a bard. [12/20/2013 8:38:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): She went around and sang at Taverns and stuff. [12/20/2013 8:38:52 PM] Jhett: Ah! That's what I do for a living. Did. [12/20/2013 8:38:53 PM] Jhett: Do? [12/20/2013 8:39:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): Why past tense, Janis? Do you not believe she still does? [12/20/2013 8:39:00 PM] Janis (Ranger): Really?!? [12/20/2013 8:39:07 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) rotates her bowl idly, her eyes looking between Jhett and Janis. [12/20/2013 8:39:16 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'm sure she still does. [12/20/2013 8:39:22 PM] Janis (Ranger): I haven't seen her in a while. [12/20/2013 8:39:27 PM] Jhett: Jhett frowns. [12/20/2013 8:39:37 PM] Janis (Ranger): My job doesn't really leave me time to see her. [12/20/2013 8:39:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): Chasing your bounty pulled you away. [12/20/2013 8:39:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): Yeah. [12/20/2013 8:40:06 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I'm sorry to hear that, friend Janis. Would that I could have spent time with my parents. [12/20/2013 8:40:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns slightly and looks down at her hands. [12/20/2013 8:40:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'll spend time with her when I catch him. Assuming I don't have other bounties then. [12/20/2013 8:40:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): It probably won't be too long. [12/20/2013 8:41:36 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): We can only hope, friend Janis. [12/20/2013 8:41:40 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at Larry. "What did your parents do?" [12/20/2013 8:42:16 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I don't know. [12/20/2013 8:42:52 PM] Jhett: Ah, sorry. [12/20/2013 8:42:55 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I don't know if they left me at the temple in Maninaata, or if they died when I was an infant. It was not a subject of discussion. [12/20/2013 8:43:26 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): It's alright. I am who I am because of the patience and kindness of the clergy who raised me. [12/20/2013 8:43:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): So you were raised to become a cleric? [12/20/2013 8:43:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'm sorry LArry. [12/20/2013 8:43:42 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Indeed. [12/20/2013 8:43:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): Did you have any choice in the matter? [12/20/2013 8:44:17 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I'm sure I could have chosen to be something else, but it was all I knew. [12/20/2013 8:44:31 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) finishes her food, casts prestidigitation on the bowl, and plays with the spoon idly, her eyes on the group conversing. As quietly as possible, she goes up the stairs to the room with the view. [12/20/2013 8:45:31 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): And no one I met in the world was as kind and forgiving as my adopted family. I could want to be nothing more than they were. [12/20/2013 8:45:39 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Can I follow Lira, or was that her leaving the chat?)) [12/20/2013 8:45:49 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Temporarily)) [12/20/2013 8:46:01 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel takes another bowl of porridge. [12/20/2013 8:46:09 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((yeah you can follow)) [12/20/2013 8:46:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) quietly follows lira [12/20/2013 8:46:50 PM] Wynn (visor up): There are so many paths my life may have taken me... so many I saw when Nation jumped last. [12/20/2013 8:47:08 PM] Jhett: Wait, what? [12/20/2013 8:47:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): Only one led me to the path of the paladin. [12/20/2013 8:47:20 PM] Kalor: That is what you saw? [12/20/2013 8:47:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): Indeed. It was quite overwhelming. [12/20/2013 8:48:08 PM] Kalor: So any small thing that went differently, and you would never have become a paladin? [12/20/2013 8:48:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have defined my life by two events. Two... failures. [12/20/2013 8:48:37 PM] Kestrel: When the ship jumps... people see things. [12/20/2013 8:48:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): My heart was full of vengeance when I happened to see a paladin in shining mail. [12/20/2013 8:49:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): Had those two events not taken place, had that paladin not been there on that day... [12/20/2013 8:49:31 PM] Kalor: Almost makes it seem like a sign, no? [12/20/2013 8:49:38 PM] Kalor: Kalor smiles knowingly [12/20/2013 8:49:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps. [12/20/2013 8:49:46 PM] Jhett: Hmmm. [12/20/2013 8:50:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though if the gods wanted a Champion, they could have asked rather than taken so unkindly. [12/20/2013 8:50:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): My life since that day has not exactly made me think I chose correctly. [12/20/2013 8:50:54 PM] Kalor: What makes you think the gods wanted a champion before those events of your past took place? [12/20/2013 8:51:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): Just the image of a paladin is not likely to cause one to jump into the path. [12/20/2013 8:51:36 PM] Kalor: Maybe they did not take anything, but granted you something to believe in when else your anger would have led you to ruin? [12/20/2013 8:51:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) considers this. [12/20/2013 8:52:47 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps you are not full of useless intellect after all, Kalor. [12/20/2013 8:53:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12/20/2013 8:53:24 PM] Kestrel: His intellect is not useless. [12/20/2013 8:53:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not exactly what I meant, Kestrel. [12/20/2013 8:53:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((Summon wall'o'text III!)) [12/20/2013 8:54:03 PM] Kalor: Every event in the world is not likely to be the work of all gods working in unison. Bad things happen, sometimes they are caused by deities. But the gods of the light try to make things right for their followers. [12/20/2013 8:54:26 PM] Kalor: Or at least that is what I believe. [12/20/2013 8:55:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though even with that, I am unsure. Without the need for vengeance, I'd have sworn myself to the deity of my father, Pelor. Instead, I follow St. Cuthbert. [12/20/2013 8:55:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): If I swore to holy service at all, of course. [12/20/2013 8:56:00 PM] Kalor: Yes in either case, you follow the righteous path. [12/20/2013 8:56:34 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): And as I have said many times, friend Wynn, the light of Pelor shines upon all. It is there, no matter the path you follow. [12/20/2013 8:56:50 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): It is only up to you to feel the sun on your face. [12/20/2013 8:57:39 PM] Kalor: Merely because the option was there, that does not make your choices any less valid. You are the person you are today because you choose the way you did. Don't let any visions of what others might have done if things were different rob you of that. [12/20/2013 8:57:40 PM] Kestrel: I don't like gods. [12/20/2013 8:58:13 PM] Jhett: ((brb.)) [12/20/2013 8:58:24 PM] Wynn (visor up): I've never thought I could choose my own path, regardless. [12/20/2013 8:58:27 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): The gods watch out for you anyway, friend Kestrel. [12/20/2013 8:58:34 PM] Kalor: To be honest, I do not think most gods mind whether anyone likes them or not. [12/20/2013 8:59:12 PM] Kalor: They usually seem more concerned with what you think or feel than if you like them. [12/20/2013 9:00:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((side track- this stupid $1 hotel dryer says no more than 4 pieces of clothing at a time... scowl.)) [12/20/2013 9:00:12 PM] Kestrel: I would prefer not to be watched. [12/20/2013 9:00:21 PM] Kalor: I like Aventernus, and he has not let me down so far. [12/20/2013 9:00:30 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): And friend Wynn, you are on a righteous path, either way. I can only hope that it makes you feel at peace. [12/20/2013 9:00:47 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) enters from the stairs and takes a look around at the group. [12/20/2013 9:00:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) follows [12/20/2013 9:02:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have felt precious little peace. [12/20/2013 9:02:03 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((sorry, I'm not feeling particularly inspired tonight.)) [12/20/2013 9:02:21 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps you will find it on our voyage. [12/20/2013 9:02:23 PM] Janis (Ranger): Lira thinks we should jump soon. [12/20/2013 9:02:44 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel frowns. [12/20/2013 9:02:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Welcome back, Lira, Janis. [12/20/2013 9:02:56 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods a little awkwardly [12/20/2013 9:03:05 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) waves to Wynn [12/20/2013 9:03:09 PM] Jhett: I'm not much for religion, either. [12/20/2013 9:03:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((s'ok Larry... she's not really looking for it anyway)) [12/20/2013 9:03:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): Why is that, Lira? [12/20/2013 9:04:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): Besides our overal goal, anyway. [12/20/2013 9:04:08 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): No, that's pretty much it. [12/20/2013 9:04:17 PM] Janis (Ranger): Also, Jhett wants coffee [12/20/2013 9:04:26 PM] Jhett: It's kind of a necessity. [12/20/2013 9:04:29 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) scowls. [12/20/2013 9:04:44 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at Lira. "You dont' like me, do you?" [12/20/2013 9:04:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): Do you not like coffee, Lira? [12/20/2013 9:05:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): She's been doing that since Jhett got here. [12/20/2013 9:05:10 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): I don't see why it's a necessity, Wynn. [12/20/2013 9:05:18 PM] Kestrel: No one likes me. [12/20/2013 9:05:23 PM] Jhett: ... it's called 'hyperbole'. [12/20/2013 9:05:33 PM] Jhett: And every single person in the world does it all the time. [12/20/2013 9:05:51 PM] Kalor: ((Can I roll to see if I recognize what species Jhett is?)) [12/20/2013 9:05:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks down at her hands at Kestrel's words. [12/20/2013 9:05:55 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Jhett with a *not amused* look [12/20/2013 9:06:10 PM] Kalor: That's not true Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:06:31 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at Kes. "I like you fine.   I have no problems with anyone here.  you seem a good bunch." [12/20/2013 9:06:40 PM] Jhett: ((And sure. Roll K: Planes, if you want.)) [12/20/2013 9:07:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps if we knew you better, Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:07:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): In the interest of being a water-bearer and not a farmer, I'd like to try. [12/20/2013 9:07:27 PM] Janis (Ranger): If we're gonna jump, I think I should wait by Flamey. [12/20/2013 9:07:55 PM] Kalor: That's the spirit sir knight! [12/20/2013 9:07:56 PM] Kestrel: I would like to sit down. Or perhaps be tied down. [12/20/2013 9:08:05 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wynn and Kes got something last time, and I'm worried what might happen to Flamey. [12/20/2013 9:08:37 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Kestrel oddly. "Sit if you wish, I doubt anyone will tie you though." [12/20/2013 9:08:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Flamey" will either have no effects, or effects that will not be changed by your presence. You should stay with us if we are to jump. [12/20/2013 9:09:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): I must admit I am not looking forward to jumping again. [12/20/2013 9:09:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks sad but stays [12/20/2013 9:09:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): We can check on her after the jump if you are worried. [12/20/2013 9:09:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I just thought of something. Flamey became a permanent member of the cast.)) [12/20/2013 9:09:54 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((xD)) [12/20/2013 9:09:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((so much for fan favorite!)) [12/20/2013 9:09:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Clearly our producers got the fan petitions)) [12/20/2013 9:10:28 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel sits. [12/20/2013 9:10:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): So, Kestrel... tell us a story. [12/20/2013 9:10:39 PM] Kestrel: If I am not tied I may fall. [12/20/2013 9:10:50 PM] Kestrel: ... why? [12/20/2013 9:11:00 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'll stand by you, Kes. Then, if you fall, I can hold you up. [12/20/2013 9:11:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel, clearly uneasy with speaking the thoughts she shared earlier. [12/20/2013 9:12:10 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): It would be nice to know more about you, friend Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:12:16 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 9:12:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): It would be nice to know more about all our companions. [12/20/2013 9:12:48 PM] Kestrel: ... why? [12/20/2013 9:13:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though, admittedly, you intrigue me most. [12/20/2013 9:13:01 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): You spent time at the Academy, clearly. But beyond that, and your propensity for sleeping in high places, few, if any of us, know any more about you than that. [12/20/2013 9:13:22 PM] Kestrel: ... is it required? [12/20/2013 9:13:46 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((Sense motive on her quietness!)) [12/20/2013 9:13:53 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): No, I don't think any of us would force you to speak of such things. [12/20/2013 9:13:54 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((12)) [12/20/2013 9:14:07 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((S/M also)) [12/20/2013 9:14:30 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((9)) [12/20/2013 9:14:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): I still wonder why you did not answer when I questioned you in my room. [12/20/2013 9:14:44 PM] Kestrel: ... answer what? [12/20/2013 9:15:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): I asked about your aura. You replied with your lack of an assignment. [12/20/2013 9:15:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): It was... evasive. [12/20/2013 9:15:42 PM] Kestrel: You expressed concern; I attempted to alleviate the stated concern. [12/20/2013 9:16:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): Maybe now's not a good time, if we're about to jump. [12/20/2013 9:16:20 PM] Wynn (visor up): But so far as I understand, your assignments have nothing to do with your aura. [12/20/2013 9:16:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): And are we jumping? Did Nation agree to it? [12/20/2013 9:16:48 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): No, I was hoping to get everybody ready before asking again. [12/20/2013 9:17:07 PM] Kestrel: The expressed concern regarded potential harm. [12/20/2013 9:17:23 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wynn, you wanna hear a story? [12/20/2013 9:18:06 PM] Wynn (visor up): I want to know why I see a glow about a companion. That is the story I wish to hear. [12/20/2013 9:18:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps subtlety is not quite one of her strong suits. [12/20/2013 9:18:55 PM] Kalor: ((I see a glow att he end of the barrel and I'm not feeling ready to walk towards the light. XD)) [12/20/2013 9:18:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): I questioned my ability to protect my companions in the presence of such an aura. [12/20/2013 9:19:23 PM] Jhett: Perhaps putting someone who is used to being unseen under a spotlight in front of everyone is not the best way to inquire, though. [12/20/2013 9:19:39 PM] Kalor: Yes [12/20/2013 9:19:49 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel stands up. [12/20/2013 9:19:57 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel leaves. [12/20/2013 9:20:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): Kes, wait! [12/20/2013 9:20:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) scowls. [12/20/2013 9:20:23 PM] Kalor: Kalor sighs [12/20/2013 9:20:27 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why'd you have to do that?!? [12/20/2013 9:20:37 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) sits. [12/20/2013 9:20:47 PM] Kalor: No wonder she thinks noone likes her. [12/20/2013 9:20:53 PM] Kalor: Kalor looks sad [12/20/2013 9:21:00 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) has another bowl of porridge. [12/20/2013 9:21:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12/20/2013 9:21:22 PM] Wynn (visor up): I... [12/20/2013 9:21:22 PM] Jhett: She was clearly uncomfortable. [12/20/2013 9:21:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps subtlety is not my strong suit either. [12/20/2013 9:22:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): We were all getting along better! Why can't you just let things be?!? [12/20/2013 9:22:19 PM] Kalor: I think the issue here is that she is used to subterfuge and hiding. And you are used to always getting the truth. [12/20/2013 9:22:26 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Perhaps not, friend Wynn. This, too, shall pass. [12/20/2013 9:22:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Because I question whether I can trust a particular aura-bearing companion who speaks in Infernal and Abyssal, who wants to share a room with a hell hound to be in the same room with you! [12/20/2013 9:22:50 PM] Kalor: Kalor flinches [12/20/2013 9:22:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): Well I may not know about your God like you do, but I know this! [12/20/2013 9:23:17 PM] Janis (Ranger): Every religious person I met says they believe in God because of faith! [12/20/2013 9:23:21 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) goes to find Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:23:28 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) follows Larry. [12/20/2013 9:23:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): Well, maybe you should try that with people! [12/20/2013 9:23:32 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((If at all possible.)) [12/20/2013 9:23:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): People are despicable creatures. [12/20/2013 9:23:45 PM] Kalor: Kalor follows Lira [12/20/2013 9:23:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Many are not worth having faith in. [12/20/2013 9:24:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) follows Kalor [12/20/2013 9:24:36 PM | Edited 9:25:41 PM] Kestrel: ((Where are you looking?)) [12/20/2013 9:24:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) slumps in her chair. [12/20/2013 9:24:50 PM] Kalor: ((Actually Kalor doesn't believe in Aventernus "because of faith", every magic using Aventi, buth divine and arcane feels a connection to him)) [12/20/2013 9:24:54 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I'll try the library I think.)) [12/20/2013 9:25:12 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((I'm trying your room first, and then going from there.)) [12/20/2013 9:25:22 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((I'm following Larry)) [12/20/2013 9:25:32 PM] Kalor: I'm following Lira [12/20/2013 9:26:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): Aren't you going too, Jhett? [12/20/2013 9:26:17 PM] Kestrel: ((Anyone looking for her can roll a Notice.)) [12/20/2013 9:26:33 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((12 notice)) [12/20/2013 9:26:35 PM] Jhett: Jhett hands Wynn a cup of tea. [12/20/2013 9:26:53 PM | Edited 9:27:34 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((12 notice)) [12/20/2013 9:26:55 PM] Jhett: She won't be found unless she wants to be found. [12/20/2013 9:27:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((20 notice)) [12/20/2013 9:27:12 PM] Kestrel: ((No sign of her.)) [12/20/2013 9:27:45 PM] Kalor: Kalor sighs [12/20/2013 9:28:05 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'd think they left as much to be away from me as to find her. [12/20/2013 9:28:12 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Larry, Cleric (Adam) keeps up the search. [12/20/2013 9:28:19 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) not finding her decides to give Kes some space, but doesn't want to go back to the others, so she waits outside of Storage Room B instead. [12/20/2013 9:28:19 PM] Jhett: How long have you been a paladin? [12/20/2013 9:28:21 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((don't forget to look UP guys...)) [12/20/2013 9:28:37 PM] Kalor: Kalor walks back to the galley [12/20/2013 9:28:43 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) makes idle conversation. "Hey Larry, how do you feel about this... evil aura Kes has?" [12/20/2013 9:28:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): About four years. [12/20/2013 9:28:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though I was always in training. [12/20/2013 9:29:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'm not sure Markus would really call me a paladin still. [12/20/2013 9:29:16 PM] Kalor: ((Actually no, I'll follow Lira)) [12/20/2013 9:29:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((is my stuff coming through on time? i'm not sure how strong my connection is)) [12/20/2013 9:29:40 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): I don't know, friend Lira. I trust friend Wynn's sight, but not necessarily her interpretation of it. [12/20/2013 9:29:54 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((Yeah, I think so.)) [12/20/2013 9:30:01 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I'm getting a slight delay on you Wynn, but not by much)) [12/20/2013 9:30:29 PM] Kalor: I do not doubt the knight's sight either. [12/20/2013 9:30:43 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): After all, friend Janis's "Flamey" is technically evil, but... [12/20/2013 9:30:50 PM] Kalor: Although I do think she is wrong about Kes [12/20/2013 9:30:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((If I am on my own with Flamey, should I do a separate room with Jhett or Kes or whoever?)) [12/20/2013 9:31:02 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) continues walking with Larry as she talks. "I think Wynn trusts her as far as she knows her, which is why there is a problem." [12/20/2013 9:31:34 PM] Jhett: So you have all the power and skill of a paladin... you just haven't the experience to use along with it. That's a terrible burden. [12/20/2013 9:31:35 PM | Edited 9:31:54 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Indeed. It is a sad situation, given that it leaves no room for trust, seeing how little we all know each other. [12/20/2013 9:32:09 PM] Kalor: Yes, she does not reveal things about herself easily. And that is why Wynn mistrusts her. [12/20/2013 9:32:18 PM] Wynn (visor up): I suppose you could say that. [12/20/2013 9:32:38 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((should we divide this into two chats?)) [12/20/2013 9:32:48 PM] Jhett: And this situation is quite a test. [12/20/2013 9:32:48 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods. "It doesn't bother me, I guess I'm sort of used to it. Patrol units don't get a lot of talking in, but still have to work together." [12/20/2013 9:33:01 PM] Wynn (visor up): I just feel so conflicted. [12/20/2013 9:33:06 PM] Kalor: ((I followed Lira and you, so I'm not with Wynn)) [12/20/2013 9:33:12 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): Indeed. Similarly, I heal without knowledge of where wounds come from. [12/20/2013 9:33:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): I want to be good and nice and have faith. I want to act like the storybooks say. [12/20/2013 9:33:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): But my holy texts, my training, it all steers me the other way. [12/20/2013 9:34:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((as far as i know, jhett and i are the only ones still in the galley)) [12/20/2013 9:34:45 PM] Jhett: Did any of those texts involve those people being put into a situation like the one you're in now? [12/20/2013 9:35:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): They're not supposed to be situational. That's the point of the Saint's scipture. [12/20/2013 9:35:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): It is supposed to be a clearcut path to following the Law. [12/20/2013 9:36:17 PM] Jhett: Maybe the point is not to teach you how to act, but for you to teach yourself how to act in the situations you're not prepared for. [12/20/2013 9:36:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): But look where that leads me. To a room where all my friends abandon me. To a place where I abandon my companions. [12/20/2013 9:37:10 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) returns to the galley [12/20/2013 9:37:16 PM] Jhett: Then you need to find a new way to act. [12/20/2013 9:37:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Janis sadly. [12/20/2013 9:37:34 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) silently goes and sits at the table [12/20/2013 9:37:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): Did you find her? [12/20/2013 9:37:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) shakes her head no [12/20/2013 9:37:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): Flamey's lonely. [12/20/2013 9:39:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...When Kes shows up again, you should apologize. [12/20/2013 9:39:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12/20/2013 9:40:33 PM] Janis (Ranger): What was your sister like? [12/20/2013 9:40:47 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Janis quizzically. [12/20/2013 9:41:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) waits for an answer [12/20/2013 9:41:22 PM] Jhett: Jhett slips out, leaving Wynn and Janis to chat. [12/20/2013 9:41:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): She was... happy. Cheerful. [12/20/2013 9:41:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): She was so full of energy. Everything was a game. [12/20/2013 9:41:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): She was my best friend. [12/20/2013 9:42:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): Innocent, wild... kind. [12/20/2013 9:42:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): ............. [12/20/2013 9:42:52 PM] Janis (Ranger): You don't talk about her with the others. [12/20/2013 9:43:10 PM] Wynn (visor up): I have no reason to. [12/20/2013 9:43:20 PM] Janis (Ranger): Does it hurt when you talk about her? [12/20/2013 9:43:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): Sometimes. [12/20/2013 9:43:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): I miss her. [12/20/2013 9:43:50 PM] Janis (Ranger): And you feel guilty for it. [12/20/2013 9:43:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods. [12/20/2013 9:44:06 PM] Wynn (visor up): I AM guilty. [12/20/2013 9:44:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): And it took a while before you felt you could talk to me about it. [12/20/2013 9:44:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): I didn't want to push you away. I didn't want you to think I was using you to get her back. [12/20/2013 9:44:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 9:44:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): I didn't think you'd understand. [12/20/2013 9:45:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): Do you think Kes might feel the same way? [12/20/2013 9:45:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((you're awfully clever for an 11 year old...)) [12/20/2013 9:45:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): ) [12/20/2013 9:45:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((16 WIS baby)) [12/20/2013 9:45:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs heavily. [12/20/2013 9:45:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): But... what if? [12/20/2013 9:45:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): Then we deal with it. [12/20/2013 9:45:59 PM] Janis (Ranger): Like Flamey. [12/20/2013 9:46:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): But maybe she deserves the chance. [12/20/2013 9:47:06 PM] Janis (Ranger): The Fable of the Paladin and the Assassin. [12/20/2013 9:47:16 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles slightly. [12/20/2013 9:47:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): You'll have to let me know how that one ends. [12/20/2013 9:47:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): Would you go with me? [12/20/2013 9:47:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 9:47:54 PM] Janis (Ranger): First we have to find her though. [12/20/2013 9:48:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'd say look up. [12/20/2013 9:48:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Nation, I'm guessing you've been listening. Could you tell me where to find her? Or let her know I'd like to talk? [12/20/2013 9:48:42 PM] Janis (Ranger): .........................WE ARE SO STUPID!!!!!!! [12/20/2013 9:48:46 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) facepalms [12/20/2013 9:48:48 PM] Jhett: Nation:  ... who? [12/20/2013 9:48:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:49:01 PM | Edited 9:50:00 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((Flamey's room?)) [12/20/2013 9:49:03 PM] Jhett: Nation:  ... I don't know. I don't actually eavesdrop on you. [12/20/2013 9:49:13 PM] Wynn (visor up): I thought you'd like the drama. [12/20/2013 9:49:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): But you can find Kes, right? [12/20/2013 9:49:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((oh you mean asking nation? lol)) [12/20/2013 9:49:38 PM] Jhett: Nation:  Hold on. [12/20/2013 9:49:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): We are so stupid. [12/20/2013 9:50:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): I feel like a big butt. [12/20/2013 9:50:50 PM] Wynn (visor up): You look like one too... [12/20/2013 9:50:52 PM] Jhett: Nation:  I don't see her. That means she's either really good at hiding, or she's in the Pod Room, or the Forest. [12/20/2013 9:50:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nudges Janis with her elbow. [12/20/2013 9:51:05 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) laughs [12/20/2013 9:51:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): Forest? You think you can track her? [12/20/2013 9:51:15 PM] Janis (Ranger): I can try. [12/20/2013 9:51:30 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) gets up and heads to the forest. [12/20/2013 9:51:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): Well come on then, Greatest Bounty Hunter in the World. We've got a bounty to find. [12/20/2013 9:51:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) follows. [12/20/2013 9:52:20 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((Once in the forest)) TALAS!!!!!!! [12/20/2013 9:52:41 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I'm right here. [12/20/2013 9:52:48 PM] Jhett: Jhett is sitting there, playing a violin. [12/20/2013 9:52:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh, hi Jhett! [12/20/2013 9:52:59 PM] Kestrel: Talas is standing right next to him, near the entrance. [12/20/2013 9:53:01 PM] Wynn (visor up): Have you seen Kestrel? [12/20/2013 9:53:15 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Why do you ask? [12/20/2013 9:53:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wynn has something to tell her. [12/20/2013 9:53:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Something about a big butt. [12/20/2013 9:54:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) blushes [12/20/2013 9:54:03 PM] Kestrel: Talas: ... I'm not sure she wants to talk to anybody. I usually let people hide here if they want. [12/20/2013 9:54:51 PM] Wynn (visor up): Could you ask her? Let her know I'd like to apologize. [12/20/2013 9:55:13 PM] Janis (Ranger): It's important. [12/20/2013 9:55:21 PM] Jhett: Jhett continues playing. [12/20/2013 9:55:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): Wynn had a moment and everything. [12/20/2013 9:55:32 PM] Kestrel: Talas: ... people need a place to be able to be alone or they go crazy. [12/20/2013 9:55:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12/20/2013 9:55:56 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Well, except Nate, but he's special. [12/20/2013 9:56:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): When you see her, could you just let her know I'd like to talk. [12/20/2013 9:56:07 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I can ask her, I suppose. [12/20/2013 9:56:23 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks up at Wynn and smiles. [12/20/2013 9:56:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'm very proud of you. [12/20/2013 9:56:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12/20/2013 9:56:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): Then I guess I'm doing the right thing. [12/20/2013 9:56:47 PM] Kestrel: Talas kneels, puts a hand on a flower and whispers to it. [12/20/2013 9:57:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) watches, fascinated [12/20/2013 9:57:15 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((where'd everyone else go, anyway?)) [12/20/2013 9:57:17 PM] Jhett: Jhett pauses his playing. [12/20/2013 9:57:30 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I think they went to look for her in her room)) [12/20/2013 9:57:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I went to the library, and then I got mixed up)) [12/20/2013 9:57:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((but are they in another chat? or are they just REALLY quiet... lol)) [12/20/2013 9:57:53 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I think another chat)) [12/20/2013 9:57:54 PM] Kestrel: ((They are in another chat.)) [12/20/2013 9:57:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((ah kk)) [12/20/2013 9:58:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((Base breakah!!! lol)) [12/20/2013 9:58:21 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel comes walking out of the woods a little bit later. [12/20/2013 9:58:29 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) waves to Kes [12/20/2013 9:58:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): I came to apologize, Kestrel. [12/20/2013 9:58:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): I should not have put you on the spot like that. [12/20/2013 9:59:06 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel nods. "Apology accepted." [12/20/2013 9:59:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): That... was easy. [12/20/2013 9:59:24 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 9:59:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Kes seems like a very easy person. [12/20/2013 9:59:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) 's brows crinkle a bit. [12/20/2013 10:00:03 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. [12/20/2013 10:00:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): I don't understand you. [12/20/2013 10:00:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): I am not accustomed to dealing with things I don't understand. [12/20/2013 10:00:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): But I will try. [12/20/2013 10:01:06 PM] Kestrel: I am not complex. [12/20/2013 10:01:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): I think that's what she doesn't understand. [12/20/2013 10:02:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): Perhaps it would seem simpler if I knew more about you, but I know better than to press now. [12/20/2013 10:02:14 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...........you're not evil, right? [12/20/2013 10:02:37 PM] Kestrel: I don't know. [12/20/2013 10:02:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): Why are you allowed to ask? [12/20/2013 10:02:50 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) grins. [12/20/2013 10:03:08 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Evil is such a *strong* word. I mean, the deer think you're all evil. [12/20/2013 10:03:08 PM] Janis (Ranger): I'm not pushy. [12/20/2013 10:03:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Well, I think the deer are tasty. *grins* [12/20/2013 10:04:10 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Exactly. [12/20/2013 10:04:23 PM | Edited 10:04:52 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: I am probably evil. [12/20/2013 10:04:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12/20/2013 10:04:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): I think I'm done talking about who's evil and who isn't right now. [12/20/2013 10:04:49 PM] Janis (Ranger): It just seems to make people mad. [12/20/2013 10:05:10 PM] Kestrel: I would prefer not to. [12/20/2013 10:05:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) bites her lip. [12/20/2013 10:05:54 PM] Janis (Ranger): We should probably find the others before they worry. [12/20/2013 10:06:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): They've been looking for you. [12/20/2013 10:06:09 PM] Kestrel: ... why? [12/20/2013 10:06:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): Or avoiding me. Either or, or both. [12/20/2013 10:06:18 PM] Jhett: They were concerned about you. [12/20/2013 10:06:26 PM] Kestrel: ... why? [12/20/2013 10:06:30 PM] Janis (Ranger): You just sort of wandered off. [12/20/2013 10:06:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): Is it that odd to have people worry about you? [12/20/2013 10:07:00 PM] Janis (Ranger): And there have been vampires recently. [12/20/2013 10:07:10 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((and here's conflicted wynn again... lol)) [12/20/2013 10:07:17 PM] Kestrel: It is not usual. [12/20/2013 10:07:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) hugs Kes [12/20/2013 10:08:01 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel tenses up, visibly, before relaxing. [12/20/2013 10:08:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks away. [12/20/2013 10:08:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((It's just hugging, prude :P)) [12/20/2013 10:08:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((lol. she's jealous. )) [12/20/2013 10:09:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) hugs Wynn too [12/20/2013 10:09:04 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel pats her on the back, awkwardly. Pat. Pat. [12/20/2013 10:09:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((everyone else chose kes over her. janis hugs her... lol)) [12/20/2013 10:09:21 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) gives a group hug [12/20/2013 10:09:29 PM] Wynn (visor up): Oh dear. [12/20/2013 10:09:41 PM] Jhett: Jhett smiles. [12/20/2013 10:09:44 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel *really* tenses up. [12/20/2013 10:09:49 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) breaks [12/20/2013 10:09:52 PM] Janis (Ranger): Feel better? [12/20/2013 10:10:21 PM] Kestrel: Than what? [12/20/2013 10:10:25 PM] Jhett: Jhett sits back on the grass. [12/20/2013 10:10:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) blushes. [12/20/2013 10:10:38 PM] Janis (Ranger): ..............................I think you might be too easy Kes. [12/20/2013 10:10:44 PM] Kestrel: Talas: ... people are funny sometimes. [12/20/2013 10:10:55 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... for what? [12/20/2013 10:11:10 PM] Janis (Ranger): Let's go find the others. [12/20/2013 10:11:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): Yes, please. [12/20/2013 10:11:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) leaves [12/20/2013 10:11:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) follows. [12/20/2013 10:11:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): You coming Jhett? [12/20/2013 10:12:27 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Leaving already? [12/20/2013 10:12:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): One thing. [12/20/2013 10:12:36 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) stops [12/20/2013 10:12:40 PM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs and stands up. [12/20/2013 10:12:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): Talas, are you like Nation? Or are you a dryad or something akin to it? [12/20/2013 10:13:05 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Oh, *nobody* is like Nate. [12/20/2013 10:13:34 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I'm a dryad mostly. [12/20/2013 10:13:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Mostly... [12/20/2013 10:13:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) shakes head and doesn't push! [12/20/2013 10:14:05 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Well, I'm special. [12/20/2013 10:14:10 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I was made to be here. [12/20/2013 10:14:18 PM] Janis (Ranger): By who? [12/20/2013 10:14:25 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Nate's parents. [12/20/2013 10:14:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): Dryads can be "made"? [12/20/2013 10:14:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...so, you and Nate are siblings? [12/20/2013 10:14:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wait... like an arranged marriage? [12/20/2013 10:14:39 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I keep the air clean and I provide food and things. [12/20/2013 10:14:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): eeeew, Janis. [12/20/2013 10:14:57 PM] Kestrel: Talas: ... I don't think we're *siblings.* [12/20/2013 10:14:58 PM] Janis (Ranger): What? Isn't that how siblings work? [12/20/2013 10:15:03 PM] Jhett: Jhett raises an eyebrow. [12/20/2013 10:15:14 PM] Kestrel: Talas: They just augmented me, that's all. When I was a seedling. [12/20/2013 10:15:29 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh, ok. [12/20/2013 10:15:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...so, do you guys...kiss? [12/20/2013 10:15:50 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I *belong* with Nate. [12/20/2013 10:16:01 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Oh yes, lots. He's a very good kisser. [12/20/2013 10:16:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) shifts side to side, then blushes at the last. [12/20/2013 10:16:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): You're very... honest, Talas. [12/20/2013 10:16:35 PM] Janis (Ranger): .......does everything else work like a person? [12/20/2013 10:16:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Janis with shock! [12/20/2013 10:17:02 PM] Kestrel: Talas: No. It's just me and Nate. [12/20/2013 10:17:03 PM] Janis (Ranger): Like the bleeding? [12/20/2013 10:17:12 PM] Kestrel: Talas: ... what bleeding? [12/20/2013 10:17:28 PM] Janis (Ranger): You know, special bleeding.... [12/20/2013 10:17:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): Can we go find the others yet? [12/20/2013 10:17:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) is mortified. [12/20/2013 10:17:31 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Only *meat* bleeds. [12/20/2013 10:17:40 PM] Janis (Ranger): Ah, ok. [12/20/2013 10:17:51 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...........Wynn, what's wrong with your face? [12/20/2013 10:18:02 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why's it all red? [12/20/2013 10:18:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): I grew up in a house of women and we did not speak of such things without reason. [12/20/2013 10:18:37 PM] Janis (Ranger): My mom was a woman, and she said it was important to know about. [12/20/2013 10:18:39 PM] Kestrel: It is better to avoid surprise. [12/20/2013 10:19:21 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I'm a plant technically, so if I'm cut I just... well, I ooze sap, that's all. [12/20/2013 10:19:57 PM] Janis (Ranger): Not like that Talas, but it's ok. By the way, I'm sorry for killing your animals and stuff. [12/20/2013 10:20:37 PM] Kestrel: Talas shrugs. "They kill each other sometimes too. I try to keep *too* much of that sort of thing from happening--it's really too small here for a proper ecosystem, so if they went too far they might cause an extinction." [12/20/2013 10:20:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): Out of curiosity, Kestrel, how old are you? If you don't mind me asking, of course. [12/20/2013 10:20:47 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Nate promised to find me some tree frogs, soon. [12/20/2013 10:21:07 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: 32. [12/20/2013 10:21:33 PM] Janis (Ranger): You're definitely not an elf then. [12/20/2013 10:21:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): When do you graduate from the academy? [12/20/2013 10:21:50 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: Last year. [12/20/2013 10:22:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): Oh. [12/20/2013 10:22:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): I didn't realize it was so recent. [12/20/2013 10:22:26 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel shrugs. [12/20/2013 10:22:49 PM] Kestrel: Talas stands up and "crowns" Janis with a crown of white flowers. [12/20/2013 10:23:04 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles "Cool" [12/20/2013 10:23:32 PM] Wynn (visor up): I told Jhett I'd been a paladin for four years, but that was mostly just squire-type work. I've only held the title since last year myself. [12/20/2013 10:23:32 PM] Kestrel: Talas gives Wynn a crown of pink and white flowers, too. [12/20/2013 10:23:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) is surprised. [12/20/2013 10:23:48 PM] Jhett: Jhett dusts off his butt. [12/20/2013 10:23:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Thank you. [12/20/2013 10:24:21 PM] Kestrel: Talas puts her own crown of flowers on, and the orange ones immediately outnumber the white. [12/20/2013 10:24:36 PM] Janis (Ranger): What's this about? [12/20/2013 10:24:42 PM] Kestrel: Talas: What's what about? [12/20/2013 10:24:49 PM] Janis (Ranger): The crowns. [12/20/2013 10:25:12 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Oh, I just like flowers, don't you? And orange is Nate's favorite. [12/20/2013 10:25:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): It just seemed kind of random. [12/20/2013 10:25:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): Doesn't Kestrel deserve some, too? [12/20/2013 10:26:08 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Oh! You're right. [12/20/2013 10:26:44 PM] Kestrel: Talas puts a flower on Kestrel's head; it grows into a crown with little red flowers. [12/20/2013 10:26:51 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel: ... assassins wear black. [12/20/2013 10:27:01 PM] Wynn (visor up): You have no assignment. [12/20/2013 10:27:08 PM] Jhett: Red looks good on you. [12/20/2013 10:27:19 PM] Kestrel: ... [12/20/2013 10:27:22 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel blushes. [12/20/2013 10:27:25 PM] Janis (Ranger): I like it on you. [12/20/2013 10:27:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): Assassins wear black and paladins smite evil. Let's say we are just Kestrel and Sarah... at least for today. [12/20/2013 10:28:15 PM] Janis (Ranger): .............Sarah? [12/20/2013 10:28:24 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12/20/2013 10:28:32 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles back [12/20/2013 10:28:37 PM] Wynn (visor up): Yes. Sarah is my given name. [12/20/2013 10:28:47 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why'd you change it? [12/20/2013 10:28:48 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn is my family name. I wear it to remember. [12/20/2013 10:28:56 PM] Kestrel: ... perhaps plant matter doesn't count. [12/20/2013 10:28:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): Oh. [12/20/2013 10:29:39 PM] Jhett: I'm just Jhett. [12/20/2013 10:29:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles at Jhett. [12/20/2013 10:30:43 PM] Jhett: Well, my grandmother calls me 'Jeremy' sometimes, but I don't think that's a nickname, she just has a lot of grandkids. [12/20/2013 10:31:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): Well, perhaps we can find the others, put their worry to rest, and you can tell us a great tale of Jeremy, the fiftieth grandson. [12/20/2013 10:31:44 PM] Janis (Ranger): Yeah, sounds good. [12/20/2013 10:32:19 PM] Kestrel: Talas: Mmm. Let me know if you need anything. [12/20/2013 10:32:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): You're welcome to join us as well, Talas. [12/20/2013 10:33:01 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. [12/20/2013 10:33:56 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) exits to find the others [12/20/2013 10:34:01 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) follows [12/20/2013 10:34:55 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((So, what now? Do we bring the others back here?)) [12/20/2013 10:35:09 PM] Kestrel: Talas: I mostly stay here... it's safest. [12/20/2013 10:36:00 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "I heard there's a library.  Where is it at?" [12/20/2013 10:36:28 PM] Larry, Cleric (Adam): ((I'm bowing out for the night. As ever, it's been an absolute pleasure. I'll talk to you all tomorrow. Goodnight.)) [12/20/2013 10:36:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((night)) [12/20/2013 10:36:39 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((night, take care of yourself)) [12/20/2013 10:36:44 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) is reading a book in the Library [12/20/2013 10:37:03 PM] Jhett: ((Gnight.)) [12/20/2013 10:37:09 PM] Wynn (visor up): Come on, Jhett, I'll show you. [12/20/2013 10:37:28 PM] Kalor: ((night)) [12/20/2013 10:37:33 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) follows Wynn and Jhett [12/20/2013 10:37:35 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods, and follows to the Library. [12/20/2013 10:37:52 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel trots along after them. [12/20/2013 10:38:20 PM] Jhett: ((So everyone's in the library.)) [12/20/2013 10:38:23 PM] Jhett: ....wow. [12/20/2013 10:38:24 PM] Wynn (visor up): Apparently, you can just think about a text you'd like to read, and the non-ghosts will bring it to you [12/20/2013 10:38:40 PM] Kalor: Unseen servants. [12/20/2013 10:38:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though something tells me that the book you'd like will appear no matter where you're looking. [12/20/2013 10:38:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) grins. [12/20/2013 10:39:09 PM] Jhett: Hmmmm. [12/20/2013 10:39:45 PM] Jhett: Jhett concentrates, and a compendium of folk tales floats to his hand. "Huh." [12/20/2013 10:39:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): I do have one more tale, if anyone is interested. [12/20/2013 10:40:33 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks over as the party enters. "Janis, come take a look at this book.." [12/20/2013 10:40:43 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) does so [12/20/2013 10:40:59 PM] Janis (Ranger): Why? [12/20/2013 10:41:06 PM] Kalor: I am interested. [12/20/2013 10:41:16 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): (whispering) It's not precisely dealing with... you know... but it might help with... magic. [12/20/2013 10:41:17 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods to Wynn. [12/20/2013 10:41:27 PM] Wynn (visor up): Very well. [12/20/2013 10:41:33 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) takes the book from her hands and looks at it [12/20/2013 10:41:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): One beautiful spring day, a red rose blossomed in a forest. [12/20/2013 10:41:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. [12/20/2013 10:42:05 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) listens to Wynn's fable [12/20/2013 10:42:08 PM] Wynn (visor up): As the rose looked around, a pine tree said "What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely." [12/20/2013 10:42:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): Another tree said "Dear Pine, do not be sad. We cannot have everything." [12/20/2013 10:42:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose turned its head and said "It seems I am the most beautiful plant in the forest." [12/20/2013 10:43:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. You are but one of them." [12/20/2013 10:43:20 PM] Wynn (visor up): The red rose replied "I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." [12/20/2013 10:43:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): Then the rose looked over at a cactus. [12/20/2013 10:43:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel with a smile. [12/20/2013 10:43:46 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!" [12/20/2013 10:44:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): The pine said "Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too!" [12/20/2013 10:44:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): The proud rose looked angrily at the pine. "I thought you had good taste! You don't know beauty at all. You cannot compare my thorns to that of the cactus." [12/20/2013 10:44:57 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. [12/20/2013 10:45:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): As the days passed, the rose would insult the cactus. "This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor." [12/20/2013 10:45:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): The cactus never got upset. [12/20/2013 10:45:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): She said "The gods did not create any form of life without a purpose." [12/20/2013 10:46:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): Spring passed, the weather warmed. [12/20/2013 10:46:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): Life became difficult in the forest as the rain stopped. [12/20/2013 10:46:22 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose began to wilt. [12/20/2013 10:46:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): One day, the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus then fly away refreshed. [12/20/2013 10:46:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose asked the pine about it. The pine replied that the birds were getting water from the cactus. [12/20/2013 10:47:01 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Doesn't it hurt when they make holes?" She asked. [12/20/2013 10:47:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Yes. But the cactus does not like to see them suffer." [12/20/2013 10:47:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose opened her eyes in wonder. "The cactus has water?" [12/20/2013 10:47:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): "Yes. You can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring it if you ask the cactus for help." [12/20/2013 10:47:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose felt ashamed of its past words and behavior. [12/20/2013 10:48:03 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel again. [12/20/2013 10:48:12 PM] Wynn (visor up): Too ashamed to ask for water. [12/20/2013 10:48:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): But soon, with the help of the pine, she did. [12/20/2013 10:48:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): The cactus agreed, and the birds filled their beaks with water, watering the rose's roots [12/20/2013 10:48:56 PM] Wynn (visor up): The rose learned a lesson about judging on appearances. [12/20/2013 10:49:12 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) smiles as the story concludes. [12/20/2013 10:49:29 PM] Jhett: Jhett nods. [12/20/2013 10:49:39 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) puzzles about the story, and smiles a little. [12/20/2013 10:49:44 PM] Kestrel: ... is my appearance unacceptable? [12/20/2013 10:49:55 PM] Kalor: Kalor holds out his hands and intones a few words as a shimmering image takes form in the middle of the library, a rose and cactus next to each other is standing on the floor. [12/20/2013 10:49:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12/20/2013 10:50:02 PM] Wynn (visor up): No, Kestrel. [12/20/2013 10:50:36 PM] Kestrel: It could be changed if it is insufficient or unpleasant. [12/20/2013 10:50:48 PM] Kalor: Kalor smiles as a flower grows from the cactus, deep purple and gold. [12/20/2013 10:50:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Kestrel with a confused look. [12/20/2013 10:51:09 PM] Jhett: No... it's a metaphor. It means you taught Wynn something. [12/20/2013 10:51:38 PM] Kalor: It also makes for quite a beautiful scene. [12/20/2013 10:52:13 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) looks at the book Lira gave her. [12/20/2013 10:52:19 PM] Kestrel: You don't want me to give you water. [12/20/2013 10:52:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): It means I'm sorry. [12/20/2013 10:53:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'm ashamed of the way I acted, the way I treated you. [12/20/2013 10:53:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): Just say thank you and that its ok Kes. [12/20/2013 10:54:01 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) smiles at Janis. "By the way, I asked for advice from Kalor. And Larry. Afraid it's just us and the books." [12/20/2013 10:54:11 PM] Kestrel: Thank you. It is okay. [12/20/2013 10:54:15 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): "I didn't tell them why, either." [12/20/2013 10:54:23 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles and shakes her head. [12/20/2013 10:54:26 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) whispers "Thanks" [12/20/2013 10:54:32 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods. [12/20/2013 10:55:33 PM] Wynn (visor up): It seems the better advice these days has been from my father's old storybook rather than from my holy text. [12/20/2013 10:55:52 PM] Janis (Ranger): I didn't know your father had a storybook. [12/20/2013 10:56:08 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) stands, stretching. [12/20/2013 10:56:22 PM] Wynn (visor up): He gave it to me, just days before... [12/20/2013 10:56:31 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) nods [12/20/2013 10:56:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): I found a copy here in the library. [12/20/2013 10:56:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): I've been reading it again. [12/20/2013 10:57:02 PM] Jhett: Jhett sits down on the floor and starts playing his violin, a nice, quiet tune. [12/20/2013 10:57:21 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks towards the music. "Don't suppose you know anything Elvish?" [12/20/2013 10:57:24 PM] Kalor: Kalor is sitting in his chair, continuing to project the image [12/20/2013 10:58:32 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel sits in one of the cushy chairs and draws her knees up to her chest. [12/20/2013 10:59:06 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((It seems like we're reaching a stopping point)) [12/20/2013 10:59:40 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((Someone else could pick up the drama stick for a while... lol)) [12/20/2013 10:59:49 PM] Kalor: ((And noone even commented on my awesome illusion magic backdrop =p)) [12/20/2013 11:00:04 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((Lira ignored it for a reason, but she's not gonna say so :P )) [12/20/2013 11:00:21 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel is a quiet person. [12/20/2013 11:01:00 PM] Kestrel: It would be interesting to learn magic. [12/20/2013 11:01:17 PM] Janis (Ranger): ...yeah...I think it might [12/20/2013 11:02:16 PM] Kalor: I have never seen cactus flowers outside of a book before. But I like them. [12/20/2013 11:02:40 PM] Kalor: I wonder if the author to that tale, thought the same? [12/20/2013 11:02:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12/20/2013 11:02:54 PM] Janis (Ranger): ((I am gonna call it a night guys.)) [12/20/2013 11:02:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((night)) [12/20/2013 11:03:01 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((Night Janis)) [12/20/2013 11:03:04 PM] Kestrel: Possible. [12/20/2013 11:03:08 PM] Kalor: ((Night ^_^)) [12/20/2013 11:03:11 PM] Janis (Ranger): Janis (Ranger) goes off with the book to read in her quarters. [12/20/2013 11:03:15 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel frowns. [12/20/2013 11:03:31 PM] Wynn (visor up): What is it? [12/20/2013 11:03:32 PM] Jhett: ((Gnight.)) [12/20/2013 11:03:45 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): (('night)) [12/20/2013 11:04:03 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at Kes. "You don't know any magic?" [12/20/2013 11:04:06 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((ack! nilani? how long have you been sitting there?! lol)) [12/20/2013 11:04:47 PM] Kestrel: No. [12/20/2013 11:05:08 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) had her question ignored by Jhett completely, and glowers. [12/20/2013 11:05:21 PM] Jhett: ((Sorry about that, had to go afk unexpectedly.)) [12/20/2013 11:05:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): :D [12/20/2013 11:05:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) goes to sit with Lira. [12/20/2013 11:05:41 PM] Kestrel: It was not an option. [12/20/2013 11:05:44 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((Lira doesn't like Jhett anyway)) [12/20/2013 11:06:05 PM] Jhett: Jhett switches to playing an elvish folk tune. [12/20/2013 11:06:06 PM] Wynn (visor up): (To Lira) Did I miss anything interesting? [12/20/2013 11:06:36 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((Mom had me make little balls of play-dough-like cookie dough, for young cousins who will most likely not appreciate the effort, and just eat the dough)) [12/20/2013 11:06:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): (( :D   )) [12/20/2013 11:06:55 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) smiles briefly. "Just chitchat between Larry, Kalor, and I. And a very interesting conversation with Janis, but I have a feeling that would be better left unsaid." She listens to the elven tune with a far-off look. [12/20/2013 11:07:21 PM] Jhett: I had always heard that Academy graduates learn magic to help them hide themselves and that's why they're so good at being unseen. [12/20/2013 11:07:58 PM] Kestrel: There are many courses of study. [12/20/2013 11:08:14 PM] Kestrel: I studied languages. [12/20/2013 11:08:37 PM] Kalor: Magic to hide oneself also takes many forms. [12/20/2013 11:08:55 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) walks into the library with a strange look on her face, frowns, holds out a book, and then continues frowning as the book floats away. [12/20/2013 11:09:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns a little, but nods to Lira. "As you wish." [12/20/2013 11:09:28 PM] Kalor: Kalor draws the image to himself, changing it as it goes so that once it envelops him  a full bookshelf appears around him. [12/20/2013 11:09:45 PM] Wynn (visor up): Nilani, a problem? [12/20/2013 11:09:45 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) turns to Nilani, curious, but unsure if she'd evoke an answer even if she asked. "I was surprised that she told me, to be honest. I don't know why." [12/20/2013 11:11:28 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) jumps to grab the book, then hands it to Wynn. [12/20/2013 11:11:38 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks. [12/20/2013 11:11:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((Neogi?)) [12/20/2013 11:11:46 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks as well. [12/20/2013 11:12:09 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((yep)) [12/20/2013 11:12:13 PM] Kalor: Kalor pokes his head through the bookshelf and looks [12/20/2013 11:12:37 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) mutters about a waste of good magic. [12/20/2013 11:12:39 PM] Kestrel: ... that is extremely odd-looking. [12/20/2013 11:13:21 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((I have to migrate, my mom's muttering at me from the a few rooms over. If I don't go to bed soon, that muttering will turn into yelling.)) [12/20/2013 11:13:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): :D [12/20/2013 11:13:35 PM] Kalor: ((I know the feeling)) [12/20/2013 11:13:36 PM] Wynn (visor up): Are you ok, Lira? [12/20/2013 11:13:39 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((I'll just move upstairs)) [12/20/2013 11:13:50 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at the picture. [12/20/2013 11:14:00 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods. [12/20/2013 11:14:04 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel does too. [12/20/2013 11:14:16 PM] Jhett: Jhett finishes the tune he was playing. [12/20/2013 11:15:07 PM] Kalor: Kalor looks at the picture and then changes the image into the Neogi on the page, sending it scuttling to the middle of the room without a sound. [12/20/2013 11:15:34 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) stiffens [12/20/2013 11:15:42 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) jumps up and absolutely *glares daggers* at Kalor [12/20/2013 11:15:55 PM] Kalor: Creepy looking buggers, definitely. [12/20/2013 11:16:32 PM] Kalor: I never got a good picture of one of these in my old books, so this is what a slaver looks like... [12/20/2013 11:17:14 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): (tensely) You think this is some sort of joke...? [12/20/2013 11:17:55 PM] Jhett: Jhett raises an eyebrow at the sudden tension. [12/20/2013 11:18:11 PM] Kalor: Not at all, I merely wanted to see what they look like in motion. Notice the legs? They seem to be more vulnerable on the left side. [12/20/2013 11:18:14 PM] Kestrel: ... if it is a joke I lack understanding. [12/20/2013 11:19:05 PM] Kalor: It is a simple illusion spell, it is no more harmful than air. [12/20/2013 11:19:12 PM | Edited 11:19:19 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks over towards Nilani. "Didn't you see how *terrified* she was when she brought the book in...?" [12/20/2013 11:19:44 PM] Kalor: Very well then... [12/20/2013 11:20:25 PM] Kalor: Kalor violently thrusts his arm out at the image, causing the neogi to be rent asunder into gory chunks, which promply vanish. [12/20/2013 11:20:41 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel looks away. [12/20/2013 11:20:50 PM] Kalor: Now it's gone. [12/20/2013 11:20:52 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns [12/20/2013 11:21:14 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) sits back down, her eyes still ablaze, but not literally. [12/20/2013 11:21:39 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) looks at Lira with compassion and question in her eyes. [12/20/2013 11:21:52 PM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs and goes back to playing. [12/20/2013 11:22:44 PM] Kalor: We did learn one important thing. If we run into one, going for the legs would most likely imbalance it enough to get a clean strike at the neck. [12/20/2013 11:23:15 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Wynn with a bit of a sheepish look. [12/20/2013 11:23:18 PM] Kalor: Did I mention I do not like slavers of any kind? [12/20/2013 11:23:46 PM] Kalor: These more than most. [12/20/2013 11:23:58 PM] Wynn (visor up): Your soft exterior seems to run deep... and angry. [12/20/2013 11:24:16 PM] Jhett: It is a very poor thing to enslave another. [12/20/2013 11:24:24 PM] Kestrel: Irrational. [12/20/2013 11:24:28 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) turns away a little. "I try not to... well, let it run away from me, but sometimes...." [12/20/2013 11:24:46 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Kestrel with a bit of a surprised look. [12/20/2013 11:24:59 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles and sits back. "And here I thought you were timid!" [12/20/2013 11:25:12 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) blinks. [12/20/2013 11:25:36 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) borrows Janis' catchphrase. "I'm the best patrol there is..." [12/20/2013 11:26:04 PM] Wynn (visor up): What did you patrol for? [12/20/2013 11:26:17 PM] Kalor: Kalor bows [12/20/2013 11:26:20 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): The border. Between Solitaire...and *them* [12/20/2013 11:26:28 PM] Kalor: I am sorry if I offended you in any way [12/20/2013 11:26:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): I'm afraid I never had any traditional schooling. Who are "them"? [12/20/2013 11:26:58 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) stands up and offers a bow as well. "I'm sorry for reacting the way I did." [12/20/2013 11:27:43 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Wynn. "What do you mean?" [12/20/2013 11:27:59 PM] Kalor: I truly had never seen one before, and since I had already cast the spell I thought it would be less of a waste if I used it to look at their movement pattern. [12/20/2013 11:28:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) puts up a finger. "Just a second, Lira." [12/20/2013 11:28:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): Kalor, you mean to tell me you don't control the images? [12/20/2013 11:29:17 PM] Wynn (visor up): What good would it do to use an image as a puppet if you are controlling its every motion? [12/20/2013 11:29:26 PM] Kalor: I control the images, but the spell allows itself to express the range of motions in anything I imagine. [12/20/2013 11:29:53 PM] Kalor: That way I do not have to control every individual limb [12/20/2013 11:29:57 PM] Kalor: At all times [12/20/2013 11:30:12 PM] Kalor: It would look much less alive and fluid [12/20/2013 11:30:40 PM] Kalor: Thus, the spell extrapolates what I wish the image to do, and moves as a creature of that type should. [12/20/2013 11:31:07 PM] Kalor: I might for example imagine a purple eagle with six heads... [12/20/2013 11:31:33 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) listens to the exchange quietly. [12/20/2013 11:31:55 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel rests her chin on her knees, frowning. [12/20/2013 11:31:59 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((did you get to the part about the "Great Old Masters", yet?)) [12/20/2013 11:32:13 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((we weren't actually reading it)) [12/20/2013 11:32:37 PM] Kalor: I could tell it to move from one side of the room tot he other, and even control specific parts of its movement, but if I had to flap its wings every time it moved, I would have difficulty thinking of what I even wanted it to do. [12/20/2013 11:32:53 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods. [12/20/2013 11:32:54 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((aw. that's the part Nilani was weirded out about)) [12/20/2013 11:32:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): I suppose. [12/20/2013 11:33:23 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) sits again. [12/20/2013 11:33:55 PM] Wynn (visor up): Lira, what I meant was that I don't have a knowledge of things like geography. I don't know the "them" you referred to [12/20/2013 11:34:14 PM] Kalor: You don't mean... [12/20/2013 11:34:17 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) blinks. [12/20/2013 11:34:21 PM] Kalor: You fought these things? [12/20/2013 11:34:26 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): No. [12/20/2013 11:35:02 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): I was referring to everything dangerous, not any one group or one thing in particular. Everything outside of the border that wants to do harm in Solitaire. We keep it out from the West side. [12/20/2013 11:35:10 PM] Jhett: Tarkishi? [12/20/2013 11:35:26 PM] Wynn (visor up): Oh. I understand now. [12/20/2013 11:35:43 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods. [12/20/2013 11:36:07 PM] Wynn (visor up): So, army, basically? [12/20/2013 11:36:16 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods again. [12/20/2013 11:36:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): What an interesting mix of people. [12/20/2013 11:37:10 PM] Jhett: Indeed. [12/20/2013 11:37:19 PM] Wynn (visor up): A minstrel, an assassin, a soldier, and a priest walk into a bar... [12/20/2013 11:37:36 PM] Jhett: 'Ow', they say. [12/20/2013 11:37:38 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks confused at Wynn. "So that one of them can sip his brandy?" [12/20/2013 11:37:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) grins. [12/20/2013 11:37:56 PM] Kalor: I also feel that I should add that the um, explosive display, was due to it being an image under my control. I probably could not do that to an actual Neogi. [12/20/2013 11:37:59 PM] Jhett: Jhett eyes Lira. "You don't like me." [12/20/2013 11:38:11 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) eyes Jhett. "Indeed." [12/20/2013 11:38:21 PM] Jhett: Why? Have I offended? [12/20/2013 11:38:47 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) shakes her head. "No, and you play beautifully." [12/20/2013 11:39:09 PM] Jhett: Well, that's something. [12/20/2013 11:39:35 PM] Wynn (visor up): ((i need to reposition upstairs. i'll be back in about 5)) [12/20/2013 11:40:13 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): If it is of any condolence, I also don't like Raven. Or his weird cane. [12/20/2013 11:40:30 PM] Kestrel: You know him well. [12/20/2013 11:40:42 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Kestrel oddly. [12/20/2013 11:41:19 PM] Jhett: Why would that be a condolence? "I make snap judgements, but don't feel bad, I make a lot of snap judgements'. [12/20/2013 11:41:57 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) grins a bit. "You sound like someone I used to know. Didn't like her, either." [12/20/2013 11:43:07 PM] Jhett: Jhett shrugs.  "Fair enough." [12/20/2013 11:44:08 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel watches quietly. [12/20/2013 11:44:43 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) is confused. [12/20/2013 11:45:22 PM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) had recovered from her previous mood, and has been reading another book from her stack. [12/20/2013 11:46:44 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) glances at the book, scanning some of its pages. [12/20/2013 11:46:59 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at the stack of books she had requested and starts to put them back, one by one. [12/20/2013 11:47:21 PM] Jhett: Jhett sends his own book back, standing up and stretching, and checking his bow. [12/20/2013 11:47:44 PM] Kestrel: Kestrel looks at Jhett. [12/20/2013 11:48:14 PM] Jhett: Jhett looks at Kes.  "Glad I had rosin in my case." [12/20/2013 11:48:54 PM] Wynn (visor up): So how long do you think you were in that tube, Jhett? [12/20/2013 11:49:20 PM] Wynn (visor up): None of us had a way to reckon the time. [12/20/2013 11:50:06 PM] Jhett: I have no idea. I laid down for a nap and woke up in the tube. Seemed like a normal amount of time. ... I wasn't sore or stiff, like I had been in there unmoving for awhile. [12/20/2013 11:51:21 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) finishes with the stack of books and returns to her seat. [12/20/2013 11:51:49 PM] Wynn (visor up): Have you been in Oonseentia long? [12/20/2013 11:51:57 PM] Jhett: I was born there. [12/20/2013 11:52:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12/20/2013 11:52:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): I haven't seen much of the city besides the temple. [12/20/2013 11:52:41 PM] Wynn (visor up): Though I hear it is a terrible place. [12/20/2013 11:53:51 PM] Jhett: It's... not bad. There are worse places. There's a lot of corruption, yeah. [12/20/2013 11:54:42 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) looks at Wynn, a thought occuring. "Your magic, Wynn, it comes from the Gods? When... were you first able to cast a spell?" [12/20/2013 11:55:02 PM | Edited 11:56:28 PM] Wynn (visor up): The only magic I have is the ability to sense evil... and some ability to heal. [12/20/2013 11:55:17 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Still magic, isn't it..? [12/20/2013 11:56:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): Well... I gained the ability to sense evil when I was inducted into the fold last year at 16. [12/20/2013 11:56:18 PM] Wynn (visor up): I was unable to heal until more recently. [12/20/2013 11:56:33 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): And was that magic taught to you...? [12/20/2013 11:56:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): Not... precisely. [12/20/2013 11:56:48 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) listens intently. [12/20/2013 11:57:11 PM] Wynn (visor up): I had to learn to be in tune with St. Cuthbert. [12/20/2013 11:57:14 PM] Wynn (visor up): To follow his will. [12/20/2013 11:57:30 PM] Wynn (visor up): He gives me the power to do his will. [12/20/2013 11:57:42 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) smiles. "Oh, I see." [12/20/2013 11:57:42 PM] Wynn (visor up): I learned to listen at the temple. [12/20/2013 11:58:25 PM] Wynn (visor up): I still have a ways to go before I can use magic in the way Kalor does. [12/20/2013 11:58:34 PM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) nods in agreement. [12/20/2013 11:59:51 PM] Kalor: You're selling yourself short, anyone with the will to study can learn magic the way I do, but you can listen directly to your god. Not many people ever achieve that kind of talent. [12:00:20 AM] Jhett: Jhett looks over at Kestrel and says in a quiet voice,  "You okay?" [12:00:46 AM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): ((Ok I gotta head off for the night)) [12:00:52 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((so 'last year at 16' wasn't surprising to anyone? lol)) [12:00:58 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((night lira :) )) [12:01:04 AM] Jhett: ((Night)) [12:01:06 AM] Kalor: ((Night ^_^)) [12:01:09 AM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): (('night)) [12:01:09 AM] Kestrel: ... I'm fine. [12:01:10 AM] Lira the Wiz (Maident): Lira the Wiz (Maident) excuses herself to trance in her room [12:01:26 AM] Kestrel: I find this conversation somewhat difficult to follow at times. [12:01:39 AM] Jhett: It's kind of all over the place, isn't it. [12:01:50 AM] Wynn (visor up): As for 'selling myself short' I've found it difficult to acknowledge my ability. [12:02:05 AM] Wynn (visor up): It was never acknowledged in a positive manner at the temple. [12:02:19 AM] Wynn (visor up): I seemed to stray far more than Father Markus would have liked. [12:03:01 AM] Kalor: Why would that matter? Surely your god have not let you know of any displeasure on his part in your bahavior? [12:03:12 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12:03:20 AM] Wynn (visor up): I suppose not. [12:03:24 AM] Kestrel: ... people are extremely irrational and difficult to comprehend. [12:03:46 AM] Kalor: That was the first lesson I learned that is not written in any book. [12:04:11 AM] Jhett: Jhett nods at Kes. "That's true." [12:04:16 AM] Kalor: And yet it should be written in them all. On the first page, in bold red ink. [12:04:38 AM] Wynn (visor up): What lesson is that? [12:04:57 AM] Kalor: That people are irrational and difficult to comprehend. [12:05:01 AM] Wynn (visor up): Ah. [12:05:39 AM] Kestrel: I am hungry. [12:05:54 AM] Jhett: I'm sure there's more porridge. [12:06:41 AM] Kalor: However, you seem to be a fine knight. As long as you stay true to your convictions I am sure your god will not object. [12:07:03 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel shakes her head no. [12:07:20 AM] Jhett: Jhett nods. "Well.  i'm sure we can find you something else to eat, then." [12:07:25 AM] Wynn (visor up): A fine knight likely does not cause all her companions to walk out on her. [12:07:47 AM] Kalor: But you learned from your mistake, did you not? [12:08:04 AM] Kalor: That is what a fine knight does. [12:08:07 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) sighs. [12:08:25 AM] Kestrel: ... doubtful. [12:08:28 AM] Wynn (visor up): Part of me still believes that Father Markus would prefer I just kill her. [12:08:43 AM] Wynn (visor up): But I won't. [12:08:49 AM] Jhett: I saw all kinds of food in there. [12:09:28 AM] Wynn (visor up): Another part of me has wanted to be friends. [12:09:45 AM] Kalor: Do you believe that St. Cuthbert would prefer such a course of action? [12:10:20 AM] Wynn (visor up): St. Cuthbert abhors evil. [12:10:34 AM] Wynn (visor up): He is more Lawful than good, but despises evil regardless. [12:11:23 AM] Kestrel: It wouldn't help. [12:12:04 AM] Wynn (visor up): I'm sorry. I shouldn't be speaking like this as though you're not here in the room, Kestrel. [12:12:08 AM] Wynn (visor up): I forgot myself. [12:12:19 AM] Kalor: And what does his law say about someone that has committed no evil acts in your presense other than merely being identified as "evil"? [12:12:35 AM] Kestrel: I don't have friends. [12:12:46 AM] Wynn (visor up): Are they not... acceptable? [12:13:03 AM] Kalor: Why not? [12:13:06 AM] Jhett: .... you don't? I thought we were becoming friends. [12:13:29 AM] Kalor: I already consider you my friend. [12:13:38 AM] Kalor: Take that as you may. [12:14:41 AM] Kestrel: ... I didn't. [12:14:50 AM] Kestrel: Have them. [12:16:29 AM] Jhett: Well, you do now. [12:17:13 AM] Wynn (visor up): I'd like to. Though it may be a challenge. [12:19:25 AM] Kestrel: ... it may not be relevant in a few days. [12:19:50 AM] Wynn (visor up): Why? [12:20:04 AM] Kalor: Kalor looks at his feet [12:20:21 AM] Jhett: Jhett looks concerned. "Yeah, why not?" [12:20:52 AM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) closes her book and looks up [12:21:04 AM] Kestrel: ... I would prefer not to discuss it. [12:21:15 AM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): http://i.imgur.com/blkFZOa.png?1 [12:21:29 AM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): Nilani Adjarin (Rogue) shrugs and resumes reading [12:21:37 AM] Jhett: .... all right. [12:22:33 AM] Kestrel: It would not be helpful. [12:23:01 AM] Wynn (visor up): Not everything has to be helpful. [12:23:19 AM] Wynn (visor up): I certainly haven't been. [12:23:31 AM] Kestrel: It would be counterproductive. [12:24:32 AM] Wynn (visor up): ... ok. [12:24:54 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel stands up. [12:25:06 AM] Kestrel: ... I am going to check on the animal. It may require additional water. [12:25:17 AM] Wynn (visor up): Do you need a hand? [12:25:43 AM] Kalor: ((I feel like such an ass right now)) [12:25:49 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((why?)) [12:25:59 AM] Kalor: ((Reasons)) [12:26:14 AM] Kestrel: No. Thank you, however. [12:26:20 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) nods. [12:26:34 AM] Kestrel: Kestrel departs. [12:28:12 AM] Wynn (visor up): It is hard to read her. [12:29:12 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((and I wish I knew sign so I could speak to Nilani more...)) [12:29:58 AM] Nilani Adjarin (Rogue): ((there's a book for that)) [12:30:05 AM] Kalor: ((Or rather, Kalor feels like an ass)) [12:30:12 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((i've considered taking it at next level... lol)) [12:30:17 AM] Kalor: ((It's not an OOC reason)) [12:30:22 AM] Wynn (visor up): :* [12:30:48 AM] Wynn (visor up): ((same reason wynn did? lol)) [12:31:23 AM] Kalor: ((Probably not)) [12:33:49 AM] Jhett: Jhett packs up his violin. [12:34:58 AM] Wynn (visor up): I wanted to be a bard once. [12:35:43 AM] Jhett: No reason you still can't learn to play an instrument. [12:35:54 AM] Wynn (visor up): I suppose not. [12:35:57 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) smiles. [12:36:08 AM] Jhett: We'll get a band going yet. [12:36:27 AM] Jhett: ... i don't think we've been gone too long. [12:36:37 AM] Jhett: Jhett holds up his bow. [12:36:56 AM] Jhett: I rosined this before I went to bed... before I woke up in that tube. [12:37:05 AM] Jhett: ...it's still on there. [12:37:12 AM] Wynn (visor up): I was generally more of a storyteller than anything, though. [12:38:00 AM] Jhett: People always like storytellers. [12:38:43 AM] Wynn (visor up): How long does the rosin last, do you think? [12:38:59 AM] Jhett: It dries out after a few days. [12:39:17 AM] Wynn (visor up): Do you think the magic that kept us might have affected the rosin? [12:39:45 AM] Jhett: Well, it's possible. [12:40:13 AM] Wynn (visor up): I'd rather think we were only asleep a short time, if only for Janis' sake. [12:40:26 AM] Jhett: ... for all of our sakes. [12:40:32 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) shrugs. [12:40:37 AM] Wynn (visor up): I have nothing left. [12:40:54 AM] Jhett: I do. [12:41:11 AM] Wynn (visor up): Family? [12:41:24 AM] Jhett: Jhett nods. [12:41:34 AM] Jhett: I'm worried what will happen to them without me. [12:41:52 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wynn (visor up) frowns. [12:42:10 AM] Wynn (visor up): Are the stories about Oonseentia true? [12:42:16 AM] Jhett: WHich ones? [12:42:17 AM] Wynn (visor up): Everything has a price. [12:42:52 AM] Wynn (visor up): Wife and kids or mom and dad? [12:43:08 AM] Jhett: My mother and grandparents. [12:44:53 AM] Jhett: .... not everything is for sale. A lot of good people fight corruption there.