You have just entered room "secondgenreunion."
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
CGNakibe has entered the room.
EternalDragonAya has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: I think we're going to do something around James instead of around the Mazuos, since Elle knows him.
Lithaladhwen: And since it needed to be done at some point anyway.
PapatymisonN: <lovableurchin> Please miss Kate... don't leave us... O.O
Lithaladhwen: That only works on Terra.
PapatymisonN: </lovableurchin> Shh! Who do you think she based the Aya sprite on! <lovableurchin> Please miss Kate... we love you EVER so much...
EternalDragonAya: ....
EternalDragonAya: Lemme get a shower first guys. >_>
EternalDragonAya: I'll jump in then.
PapatymisonN: ^_^ YAY! *tosses his scabby, fingerless gloved hands about Kate's middle* Miss Kate's gonna stay! ^_^
PapatymisonN: An' get naked FIRST! ^_______^
PapatymisonN: </lovableurchin>
MajorGeneralTso: ...
MajorGeneralTso: ...*Lurks*
KnightsofSquare has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: Brian and I are cooking. Need about fifteen minutes.
PapatymisonN: Kay.
dragongurl4390: back
EternalDragonAya: ....
PapatymisonN: Soon, Kate. Very soon.
dragongurl4390: >>?
dragongurl4390: Charles, soon you will get to meet Sitara
dragongurl4390: With her Duo braid
dragongurl4390: XD
PapatymisonN: Kay.
Lithaladhwen: Brian and I are panfrying catfish.
dragongurl4390: O.o
Lithaladhwen: It's almost done.
dragongurl4390: Where do you live?
Lithaladhwen: Indianapolis.
EternalDragonAya: ROAAARRRRRRRRR
dragongurl4390: huh
dragongurl4390: Lenore: *Raises brow*
dragongurl4390: *Shoves Lenore in closet*
T3chn0Namagomi has entered the room.
PapatymisonN: *locks the closet* WB, Doug.
dragongurl4390: HI NAMA
T3chn0Namagomi: 'lo
dragongurl4390: Lenore: *Bangs on closet door*
PapatymisonN: *tosses the closet in the sea*
dragongurl4390: LEnore: *De evolves into a fish*
dragongurl4390: That wasn't very nice...
PapatymisonN: You seemed to want her out of the way.
dragongurl4390: Lenore: *Teleports back. Re evolves*
PapatymisonN: Hi.
dragongurl4390: Lenore: *Glares daggers*
dragongurl4390: *DAGGERS I SAY*
dragongurl4390: Eheheheheh....
Lithaladhwen: FISH GETTO
Arch mage144: SUCCESS
Arch mage144: I take all the credit for my success.
dragongurl4390: Lenore: "Do I get any?!"
Lithaladhwen: No.
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. Second gen. Who's in?
dragongurl4390: Me!
Lithaladhwen: Keep in mind that I will likely drag you all to Nekonia to visit a mean old ninja.
dragongurl4390: Oh, then I should use Jade
dragongurl4390: Who does not yet have a profile.
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...you say this is the one that doesn't have to do with the Mazuos?
Lithaladhwen: We start in Doma.
Lithaladhwen: But I'll take you on a field trip.
Lithaladhwen: Nama: Yes.
Arch mage144: I have to be careful. If I pick the wrong font color Ashley will yell at me.
dragongurl4390: >>'
Lithaladhwen: GRARAARRRRGGGH THAT'S SLATE BLUE NOT NAVY BLUE GRAAARRGGHGGHH
Lithaladhwen: YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL
Arch mage144: I think it's this one.
dragongurl4390: >>'
EternalDragonAya: XD
T3chn0Namagomi: HAY AN ARGUMENT ON THE INTERNET CAN I JOIN IN?
Arch mage144: So is it this one?
Arch mage144: Yeah, it's this one.
EternalDragonAya: NO
Arch mage144: I was right the first time.
T3chn0Namagomi: :-( LA.
dragongurl4390: ^^'
Arch mage144: So anyway, whenever you're ready, fraulein.
Lithaladhwen: (Perentheses!)
PapatymisonN: (Parentheses!)
MajorGeneralTso: (...Monkeys.)
dragongurl4390: (INDEED))
PapatymisonN: (*engineers a war between Moogles and Mogwai*)
Lithaladhwen: (Okay, I'll start us up provided Charles leaves out the Ewoks.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*And then it rains*)
Lithaladhwen: (NO NAMA NO)
PapatymisonN: (^_^)
Lithaladhwen: *You know what Doma has? Bars. You know where people go? Bars. Especially in the evening when they're hungry and/or wanting for booze and company.*
Lithaladhwen: *Guess where you are! The Jade Dragon!*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Mmm. Moogle. Them's good eatin'.)
Lithaladhwen: *You can be there for any reason at all, like this blue-haired girl in black robes is.*
Lithaladhwen: <Zea Mazuo>
dragongurl4390: <Sitara>
PapatymisonN: <Quillan Rose>
Arch mage144: <James Silvar>
Arch mage144: *James, at present, is sitting at ye olde bar countere next to Zea and sipping on a glass of red wine*
PapatymisonN: *a skinny, pale-haired half elf, with a whip tied around his hand like a gauntlet, observes James and Zea...*
Arch mage144: *sip, glance at suspicious elf, sip*
PapatymisonN: IM: That must be him... let's go say... hi.
DarkLordKelne has entered the room.
PapatymisonN: *approaches Zea* Greetings, Zea. This that fellow I've heard so much about?
Lithaladhwen: ........Quillan. Hi.
dragongurl4390: *Sitara is sitting in the bar, wearing a white flowy dress type thing, drinking WATER.*
Lithaladhwen: James, Quillan. Quillan, James.
PapatymisonN: *extends a hand* Nice to FINALLY meet you.
Arch mage144: *looks over at Quillan, then looks at his hand like he's being offered a soggy piece of dead fish*
Arch mage144: *without bothering to stand, twists himself around on the barstool and shakes it like it's a piece of dead fish*
PapatymisonN: ... *smirks* I like you already.
PapatymisonN: *sits next to him*
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Why is every man I know an asshole? Well, not Solis. And not Sorune. So maybe just the ones who flirt with me.
PapatymisonN: Barkeep, decent wine. *it is delivered!*
Arch mage144: *sips at his wine* So, Quillan...where're you from again?
BaronDeMalta: (Time and location?)
dragongurl4390: *Looks over with dazzling blue eyes, looking rather bored*
PapatymisonN: Doma City. In other words, around.
BaronDeMalta: (Ah right)
PapatymisonN: The same, young friend?
PapatymisonN: *-young
Lithaladhwen: *does not comment*
Arch mage144: Yeah, born and raised right here in the city.
Arch mage144: Young? How old're you?
PapatymisonN: (No no. I nix the young part.)
dragongurl4390: *Sips her water*
Arch mage144: (Ah, right then.)
BaronDeMalta: (Hrm.)
BaronDeMalta: (Anyra, Yanna, Vel...)
BaronDeMalta: (WHO?!)
Arch mage144: *sips wine again* Yeah. So, how do you two know each other again?
Lithaladhwen: *sighs* We met at Gunnir.
PapatymisonN: Gunnir. I'm a lowly first year.
Arch mage144: Just started, I see.
PapatymisonN: Mm. Learning lots, though...
Lithaladhwen: *sips a mug of coffee and watches the two*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Interesting. Like watching two stray dogs sizing each other up.
Arch mage144: It's hard not to. Gunnir practically drowns you in knowledge. It's like being thrown into a lake. You learn to swim, or you sink to the bottom.
dragongurl4390: *Walks over* "Excuse me."
BaronDeMalta: <Anyra then. Summon muffins!>
CGNakibe: (This situation could be made more hilarious)
PapatymisonN: Call me a fish, then.
BaronDeMalta: (Who's that, Shaun?)
Arch mage144: Good to know. *sip*
Lithaladhwen: Quillan and I have spent a surprising amount of time together considering I'm pretty sure we strongly dislike one another.
BaronDeMalta: (Actually, that's Zea..)
Arch mage144: Oh, is that so? *blinks*
dragongurl4390: "Excuse me," she says again, slightly louder.
PapatymisonN: I don't like or dislike her.
BaronDeMalta: <Yanna then!>
PapatymisonN: She, on the other hand, fucking hates me.
Arch mage144: ...eh? *looks at Jade*
The Duelist 333: (YAY FOR YANNA! ^_^ Former Goddess of Mdhoria!)
dragongurl4390: ((Sitara))
Arch mage144: *Sitara, my mistake*
Lithaladhwen: I don't fucking hate you. You just make me faintly ill.
CGNakibe: (Where are you folk anyway?)
Arch mage144: *smirks*
Lithaladhwen: (JD.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ugh. MU*s. Never touching them again)
dragongurl4390: "I couldn't help but hear you talking about Gunnir.
dragongurl4390: Could you tell me a bit about it?"
CGNakibe: (Did not Zea read the sign? >:P )
Arch mage144: Yeah. He's a current attendee and I'm a graduate. Archmage class.
Arch mage144: What? You don't know about Gunnir?
Lithaladhwen: (Shut up! Someone will notice, Shaun!)
CGNakibe: <Solis>
dragongurl4390: Well, I know of it. I was concidering enrolling myself..."
PapatymisonN: Go.
dragongurl4390: But I don't know enough about it."
PapatymisonN: It's worth the ridiculously high tuition.
Arch mage144: It's north of here, up in the Shuman mountains. Huge school of magic. All the best magical minds on the continent were educated there or have briefly forayed into their library, if only because it's probably the biggest around.
CGNakibe: *and in walks a young man of dark complexion and dark hair. He's carrying a couple of books. Light reading for today*
Lithaladhwen: *looks up* Solis!
CGNakibe: Zea! Hey!
Lithaladhwen: *waves him over*
Arch mage144: Ah, tuition, I suppose that is an issue your first year or so.
Lithaladhwen: Haven't seen you in ages.
PapatymisonN: IM: Ooh. More Zea friends. ... and he looks pleasant. He'll... PROBABLY hate me before night's end.
CGNakibe: Oh, sorry. ^^;;; I've been burying myself in studies of late, is all.
Arch mage144: Once you demonstrate that you have suitable talent you can contribute to the school in more meaningful ways.
Lithaladhwen: It's okay. I do the same thing.
Arch mage144: Solis. *waves a bit, sips wine, frowns*
PapatymisonN: Zea? Going to introduce me?
Arch mage144: ...*puts a finger against his temple*
CGNakibe: How've things been lately?
CGNakibe: No troubles, I hope.
Lithaladhwen: Great. Job is going well, getting some good research done. My garden is almost back to normal, too.
Lithaladhwen: How about you?
CGNakibe: Zea? No insult, but... when was your garden THAT normal? *chuckles*
Lithaladhwen: *laugh*
Lithaladhwen: My garden is back how I like it.
CGNakibe: Oh, I'm alright. Been working on a few new spells, and some spell theories.
PapatymisonN: IM: ... apparently not...
Arch mage144: *sets his wineglass down on the bar and rubs his eyes* Man, I have the world's worst headache coming on.
Lithaladhwen: (Nope.)
dragongurl4390: "I'm Sitara, by the way..."
Lithaladhwen: *glances over and lays a hand on his arm* Are you okay, James?
Arch mage144: *holds up a hand* Give me a second...yeah, Sitara...nice to meet you, or whatever. *still rubbing eyes*
CGNakibe: If you need a healer I know a couple of folks in the temples...
PapatymisonN: I'll be your friend, Sitara... come near. ^_^
Lithaladhwen: *frowns* ....anyway...uh... Solis, this is Quillan.
Lithaladhwen: Quillan, Solis.
Arch mage144: ......the hell?
Arch mage144: *sits straight up*
PapatymisonN: Oh. Hi, Solis.
Lithaladhwen: James?
PapatymisonN: *wave*
dragongurl4390: "O-okay." *Walks over to Quillian*
Arch mage144: ...I have to go find him.
Lithaladhwen: What?
CGNakibe: um... Hello. ^.^ *friendly hand-extension to Quillian*
Arch mage144: I have to go find Hideki Shigetomi.
CGNakibe: ... eh?
Lithaladhwen: Who the hell is that?
CGNakibe: What's this about Hideki?
Arch mage144: He's the only one that is going to understand what I'm talking about without thinking I'm crazy.
CGNakibe: And why YOU?
Lithaladhwen: ....
CGNakibe: ... Try me.
Lithaladhwen: I...I won't think you're crazy, James. It's me.
Lithaladhwen: What's going on?
PapatymisonN: Now... how are you doing today?
PapatymisonN: ^_^
Arch mage144: I...
PapatymisonN: *looks like he's going to eat her...*
Arch mage144: ...I have the power to build a time machine.
Arch mage144: No, wait. That's wrong.
dragongurl4390: "A-alright. You?"
Lithaladhwen: (*laugh*)
PapatymisonN: I'm doing well. Wine?
Arch mage144: I already did that...I think...no, wait, maybe it was uncle Darin...er...no, that doesn't make sense either...
Lithaladhwen: (Thanks Donnie.)
CGNakibe: A... time machine?
dragongurl4390: "Uh, sure!"
PapatymisonN: ^_^
PapatymisonN: *gets her a glass*
CGNakibe: ... why would you wanna do THAT?
Arch mage144: By Exinde, this makes no fucking sense. I don't know, I think I already did it. Except that I know I did it. But I did this too. How was I in two places at once?
dragongurl4390: "Th-thanks."
dragongurl4390: *Sips*
CGNakibe: ....
CGNakibe: Oh fuck.
Lithaladhwen: ...James... are you sure you're okay?
CGNakibe: I've read about these. Time paradoxes.
Arch mage144: I don't know. I have to find Hideki Shigetomi.
PapatymisonN: Now... what is it you... do?
CGNakibe: But why the hell does this crazy idea involve Hideki?
Lithaladhwen: I... I don't know who that is. But are you going to be okay?
Arch mage144: Because he told me to come find him if I knew anything about Dawn Valerian.
Arch mage144: When he asked, I'd never heard her name before.
EternalDragonAya: *sighs* Why am I not surprised, James, why am I not surprised at all...
Arch mage144: Elle!? What are you doing here?
CGNakibe: That's a weird name. Where'd you hea... Elle?
dragongurl4390: "I'm a healer slash whitemage slash seamstress."
Lithaladhwen: *glances to the new person*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Elle? Who's that?
Lithaladhwen: <_<
PapatymisonN: IM: ... Elle... Elle DOMANADA? Future ruler of the nation?
CGNakibe: .... *looks over at Elle. Its been a LOOONG time since he's heard that name about*
PapatymisonN: IM: Well... a bit of interesting just walked in....
Arch mage144: *stands up and staggers a little from evident headache, then bows overdramatically with a huge sweep of the arm*
PapatymisonN: ... *notices Sitara's there* Oh. Ishtar, Ashura, or someone I haven't heard of?
EternalDragonAya: Visiting. It's been way too long since I've gotten the chance to-James! Cut that out, you don't have to make a scene!
Arch mage144: Zea, allow me to introduce the princess Elle too-many-goddamned-middle-names-because-her-fucking-father-is-a-nutjo b Domananda.
Lithaladhwen: ¬_¬ ....Hey.
T3chn0Namagomi: (James has my sympathies)
EternalDragonAya: *looks to Zea* ...hello. >_>
Lithaladhwen: (Elle has actually met Zea before, or seen her at least.)
Arch mage144: Now that I've introduced the two most important women in my life, I have to go find a ninja.
CGNakibe: (I think Elle met Solis a long while ago, but I'm not sure.)
Lithaladhwen: (She was in disguise so Zea doesn't remember her. But Elle was hired to keep an eye on a funeral once.)
dragongurl4390: "Oh? I don't serve anyone in particular."
CGNakibe: James? Need help with that?
PapatymisonN: *cuts her off* Excuse me, I'll be right back...
MajorGeneralTso: (...Wow. Brian (by way of his character) is complaining of someone having too long of a name.)
Lithaladhwen: (Zea was doing the ceremonial religious stuff.)
PapatymisonN: *heads over*
CGNakibe: *chuckles* Its a bit easier than advertised if you know who to talk to.
Arch mage144: If you'll excuse me. *drains his wine and starts for the door* Yeah, sure, Solis, come along if it suits you.
dragongurl4390: *Sighs and sits, Sipping wine*
EternalDragonAya: (I'm pretty sure Solis and Elle have met! And yeah, now I remember the funeral.)
PapatymisonN: Princess Elle? Greetings. It's lovely to make your acquaintance...
Lithaladhwen: James, I--- Damn it.
PapatymisonN: ^_^
Lithaladhwen: *grabs Quillan's sleeve and yanks him over for confidential-whisper-time*
PapatymisonN: *YANKED*
PapatymisonN: ... there a problem?
EternalDragonAya: *eyes Quillan* Um...hello.
CGNakibe: *sighs* IM: Who knows what THIS is gonna be about. >.<
Arch mage144: *walks out into the street and smacks himself in the face*
Lithaladhwen: *w* Quillan! I can't go with him because I have a job in twenty minutes. You go. If anything happens to him I'll tell your family embarassing stories about you.
Arch mage144: Solis. You said you've never heard the name Dawn Valerian?
CGNakibe: *finally walks out after James*
CGNakibe: *blinks* Hm....
PapatymisonN: *w* ... ... you owe me a favour, then.
Lithaladhwen: *w* Be careful with that. I've bargained with the best. But go.
CGNakibe: I think I MAY have heard it once, though I can't remember why.
PapatymisonN: *quirks his eyebrows* See you later.
dragongurl4390: *Gets up and walks over to the crowd*
CGNakibe: *scratches his head*
PapatymisonN: *follows James*
Arch mage144: Yeah, well. That presents a problem.
PapatymisonN: James, right? Zea sent me.
EternalDragonAya: ...hm. *heads out of the JD* As I was saying, James, why am I not surprised that you're the one breaking the *gestures widly* Time-space continuum?
dragongurl4390: *Follows*
Arch mage144: Zea sent you?
CGNakibe: But... All the theory I've heard seems to suggest that time paradoxes like you suggest would break the universe, so to speak.
Arch mage144: Yeah, I did it on purpose, Elle.
CGNakibe: <.< Friend of Zea's, huh?
Lithaladhwen: *bristles as she watches Elle go*
PapatymisonN: Don't look at me, not my idea.
Lithaladhwen: Fuck.
Arch mage144: I'm not even sure what happened.
BaronDeMalta: (GAH! I can't deciiide!)
PapatymisonN: ... and no. I... disgust her.
PapatymisonN: But, we're... associates, in the strictest sense.
CGNakibe: You know, when you put it like that.
Lithaladhwen: *heads out and goes in another direction to get some reaping done*
CGNakibe: James breaking time isn't TOO surprising.
EternalDragonAya: I guess at this point your future self is supposed to show up and explain, right?
CGNakibe: Jokes aside... what do you know about this Dawn person?
Arch mage144: Unless I am the future self, and the past self is trying to send me a message to save me from impending doom.
Arch mage144: Or maybe the future self is sending the present me...no, wait, this makes more sense than that. Must think this through.
CGNakibe: This is why I don't LIKE time theory.
Arch mage144: Okay, Dawn Valerian is, was, will be an evil psionicist.
dragongurl4390: "Time Theory?"
CGNakibe: It's a headache and a half to sift through.
PapatymisonN: ... ooh.
CGNakibe: Yeah, Time theory.
Arch mage144: I'll stick with is, was. Can't be will be.
PapatymisonN: IM: Interesting... I'll have to brush up on my world history.
CGNakibe: You sure?
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
Arch mage144: Okay, so...
CGNakibe: Do you even know if its future or past?
CGNakibe: Because t hat's pretty important.
Arch mage144: I did fight/am fighting her and I will kill her or am killing her.
CGNakibe: I mean, you have to be SURE about these things.
Arch mage144: No, wait. Okay, I'm positive this is a past memory because I'm not doing it right now. Process of elimination.
CGNakibe: .... *nods* Makes sense.
PapatymisonN: ...>.< Fine. Just CONTINUE.
CGNakibe: IM: More sense than the last few minutes....
PapatymisonN: IM: Oh brother...
Arch mage144: I went twenty years into the past to kill a stupid psionicist woman with a cult of pyrokinetic children trying to resurrect some silly necromancer.
Arch mage144: Yeah. That's it.
CGNakibe: IM: See, its times like this that I'd move to Nekonia.
PapatymisonN: ... understood.
Arch mage144: I had some help. *frown*
Arch mage144: ...I think Damian was there, Solis.
dragongurl4390: *Confused*
CGNakibe: Brother was there?
CGNakibe: Okay. That IS interesting.
Arch mage144: But if I did this, then when did I do it, because before a couple minutes ago I had no recollection of doing it.
Arch mage144: Seriously. Where the hell could that ninja be?
CGNakibe: Meh.
dragongurl4390: "Ninja?"
CGNakibe: He's easy to find. *waves off*
EternalDragonAya: Well that explains SOME things at least.
Lithaladhwen: *James has a piece of paper with Hideki's address. Might help.*
CGNakibe: You could always try to find his teacher. It'd be easier.
Arch mage144: *fumbles in his pockets* Right. He's staying here. Ninja are so much easier to find when you know where they are.
PapatymisonN: *goes over to Elle* So, Your Grace, what do you do with yourself most days? ^_^
CGNakibe: Actually visited her once.
Arch mage144: Fuck, she was there too. I bet that's what this is all about.
Arch mage144: Come on, Solis, let's go solve a time paradox. *looks at the crowd behind him* Did I accumulate an audience?
Lithaladhwen: (Yes.)
CGNakibe: Congratulations, James. You have proven you are totally insane.
CGNakibe: *chuckles*
Arch mage144: I'm not insane, I'm a time traveller! There's a huge difference!
CGNakibe: But yeah, lets go.
dragongurl4390: "TIme magic is so confusing," *Mutters*
CGNakibe: And James?
EternalDragonAya: Classes, the flute, and sneaking out, but not exactly in that order. -yes, James, yes you did.
CGNakibe: They look the same to an outside observer.
CGNakibe: EXACTLY the same.
PapatymisonN: I'd have to agree.
Arch mage144: Oh, whatever, I like having a fan club. Especially when even royalty are interested in signing up.
Arch mage144: *marches onward, following the directions on the note*
Lithaladhwen: *They reach the address James has marked down. Because you know. That's what addresses are for. It's an apartment building, and if James goes up the stairs, he can go to a specific flat!*
PapatymisonN: ... IM: I gotta work on that...
CGNakibe: IM: Definitely inherits the big head from his father.
Arch mage144: *James is proficient in stairs--he finds Hideki's door and knocks on it*
Arch mage144: Now, be careful. Ninja startle easily at sudden noises.
CGNakibe: Are you sure he isn't behind you?
CGNakibe: I mean, that's where I'd be if I were him.
Arch mage144: This mob cannot be allowed to startle him. Solis, crowd control, please.
Lithaladhwen: *A dog inside the flat starts barking.*
CGNakibe: *snickers*
PapatymisonN: ...
CGNakibe: I don't think that'll be a problem.
Arch mage144: *knocks again* The dog is clearly not a ninja.
Lithaladhwen: *Voice from the flat* Zuzu, I know. Urusai, Zuzu.
CGNakibe: No.
PapatymisonN: *stays to the back of the croud*
dragongurl4390: "Clearly."
CGNakibe: <.< Why ARE all you people here, anyway?
Lithaladhwen: *The door is opened by a slate-furred, green-eyed Nekojin in blue boxer shorts who is nonetheless carrying one of his bladed tonfa.*
dragongurl4390: "I was just following him," *Points at Quillian*
Lithaladhwen: <Hideki>
Lithaladhwen: .........James?
CGNakibe: Yo Hideki.
Arch mage144: *eyes narrowed* Dawn Valerian.
Lithaladhwen: .....Mattsu. You do remember.
CGNakibe: Well, there went the convenient theory.
Lithaladhwen: All right, all--- wait. Who are all these people?
CGNakibe: So what's all this about?
Arch mage144: Fan club.
CGNakibe: .... Domans.
Arch mage144: Can we come in? Or do we need to go somewhere else?
PapatymisonN: I was forced. *raises his hand*
EternalDragonAya: I know him. *points at James*
Lithaladhwen: *sighs* You can come in. Just don't bother my dog.
CGNakibe: *grins and shrugs*
dragongurl4390: "I was following the one who was forced, Hideki Sama."
Lithaladhwen: *He opens the door to a messy guy-apartment that happens to have a doberman in it. She silently watches the party.*
Lithaladhwen: Just address me normally. Hideki is fine.
dragongurl4390: "Alright."
CGNakibe: ... *looks to Elle* you're here too, huh?
PapatymisonN: *enters, tiptoeing around the mess and the dog, not necessarily in that order*
Arch mage144: *wanders in, looks at the dog* Nice dog.
Lithaladhwen: Her name is Zuzu.
PapatymisonN: Like Pazuzu, the legendary demon?
Arch mage144: *wingflick* So. Your master and I killed some psionicist twenty years ago, which would be something like two years before I was born.
Lithaladhwen: .....James, can we talk about this when I've got pants on?
PapatymisonN: IM: ... right. Intellectual curiousity later. Practical battle experience soon.
Lithaladhwen: I'll be right back. You guys... wait here.
CGNakibe: Its been a while since I last saw you wandering about. How's things been?
CGNakibe: *one eye on James and Hideki, just in case a fight needs to be broken up*
Arch mage144: IM: Sheesh, he's, like, three-quarters cat, cats never wear clothes, what's he worried about?
EternalDragonAya: *eyes Solis* Should I not be?
EternalDragonAya: IM: Aside from the large amount of trouble this could get me in.
Arch mage144: You're like your mom, always slipping out and playing adventurer. *chuckles*
EternalDragonAya: IM: Nevermind that that's the best pa-
EternalDragonAya: *coughs* Like her? Lies.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki goes off into what probably passes for his bedroom and disappears for the moment. Zuzu plays watchdog.*
CGNakibe: Don't think it was just her mom, either.
dragongurl4390: *Watches Zuzu*
Arch mage144: Not like royalty can sit around sipping tea all day and stay sane.
CGNakibe has left the room.
Arch mage144: I know I couldn't.
Lithaladhwen: (Lost Shaun! Ohnoes!)
PapatymisonN: *kinda looking at Elle* IM: Huh. It WOULD be nice to sleep with her. But, again, mind on business. *looks away*
Lithaladhwen: (Pause please, friends.)
dragongurl4390: (PAUSED)
EternalDragonAya: *dramatically* Proper royalty doesn't.
CGNakibe has entered the room.
CGNakibe: (HATE HATE HATE)
PapatymisonN: (Love love love.)
CGNakibe: (*stabs AIM*)
CGNakibe: I can understand that.
Arch mage144: *snickers* Proper royalty. Right.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki comes back into the main room, wearing black pants and a dark blue shirt. His weapons are no longer visible, hurrah! He sweeps all the strewn laundry into a big dufflebag.*
Arch mage144: Way to dress yourself in record time.
PapatymisonN: He's ninja, isn't he?
PapatymisonN: They do everything fast. *smirk*
CGNakibe: Experience? >:p
Arch mage144: If you'd been a moment late, the princess and I would've had to argue about which tea you put milk in at fancy dinner parties and which tea should be instead served with lemon.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs and tosses an agonized look to Solis, the only one here who would understand*
BaronDeMalta: (Okay, decided. Location?)
CGNakibe: *shoots Hideki an apologetic look* Sorry. I take it we came at an awkward time?
Lithaladhwen: No, it's fine. It's just that I was hoping to go one more day without dealing with.... well, this.
EternalDragonAya: Oh please no, I've already forgotten the tea mixtures.
PapatymisonN: (Hideki Shigetomi's apartment.)
BaronDeMalta: (Aw.)
CGNakibe: So you were waiting for this.
Arch mage144: Hey, you might have a soul after all!
CGNakibe: James.... >.>
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, yeah, I was.
Arch mage144: *whistles*
Arch mage144: Where're we going?
dragongurl4390: *Still confused*
Lithaladhwen: We're going to see my master. But first, we're going to the castle.
Lithaladhwen: We're going to use your father's gate, and you're bringing him with us.
CGNakibe: ... *frowns. Just for a moment*
Arch mage144: I am not taking my father anywhere.
PapatymisonN: Oh, this is going to be fun.
PapatymisonN: The legendary Hakaril Silvar...
Arch mage144: Why does he have to come?
Lithaladhwen: I'm under orders, James. She wants him to come.
CGNakibe: IM: Two Silvars in one place. Can the universe stand such strain?
EternalDragonAya: ...were you referring to me-wait, why the castle? And why Hakaril? *looks fairly mortified*
PapatymisonN: (It'll be like the two Batmans from Once and Future Thing...)
CGNakibe: I take it he was involved in this as well.
Arch mage144: Man, whatever. Fine. Let's go see him about the gate. Sounds like we're going on a field trip.
BaronDeMalta: (Plotted? :-( ))
Lithaladhwen: (Pseudo.)
CGNakibe: Oh, good.
Arch mage144: Can you go to Nekonia with us, princess, or would that cause you to be out past your bedtime?
Lithaladhwen: (Something needs to get done. Effectively James' epilogue from another RP.)
CGNakibe: Did everyone bring their signed permission slips?
Lithaladhwen: *rolls his eyes and finishes stuffing things in his bag*
Lithaladhwen: IM: At least I was here long enough to practice my Common a bit.
EternalDragonAya: Well Isay I can go to Nekonia.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Learned all sorts of weird idiomatic phrases.
CGNakibe: How was Miss Myrnal last you saw her, by the by?
PapatymisonN: That should be enough for the king. ^_^
Lithaladhwen: *glances up* Minaru-sensei has been waiting to talk to James for some time. She asked me to make sure he came, and she told me to bring his father.
Arch mage144: Autonomy or autocracy, that is the question. *smirk* Right, whatever. If I have to go back to the castle I suppose we should get on with it. I haven't been back there in a couple months, at this rate.
PapatymisonN: (KoD: ... oh great. Sneaking out of the castle without guards is an INHERITED trait... >.< )
EternalDragonAya: (Mwahahahaha!
Arch mage144: (Yeah, Charles should put his wife in a box or something)
PapatymisonN: (He would, if he didn't do it himself all the time.)
Arch mage144: (Be a good Ferengi and take her clothes while he's at it.)
CGNakibe: (Charles himself needs to go in that same box. >: P)
Lithaladhwen: (*laugh*)
dragongurl4390: ((XD))
PapatymisonN: (Kid was doomed to pick up the wanderlust.)
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki pulls on his bag and snaps his fingers, calling Zuzu to his side.* Well, I'm ready when you are. I rent by the week, so I won't lose much money if we just go now.
Arch mage144: Alright, let's do it.
CGNakibe: *sighs* I was hoping to at least finish these books before something happened, honestly.
CGNakibe: But that can't be helped.
EternalDragonAya: ...though if Hakaril comes he'll know I'm not there.
CGNakibe: IM: ... and what would I do with them now, huh? Beat someone with them?
CGNakibe: IM: .... naah. Need a dictionary for that.
PapatymisonN: It's why we have bookmarks... uh... Comfort, was it?
CGNakibe: Good memory. Don't need bookmarks. Just... eh.
PapatymisonN: ... bookmarks require less vital brainpower.
Arch mage144: ...come on, do you really think my father is going to tell your parents that he took you out of the castle?
dragongurl4390: Bookmarks are good.
Arch mage144: Somehow I doubt they're going to find a better chaperone, at any rate.
Lithaladhwen: *irritated ear-twitch*
Arch mage144: *marches out*
Lithaladhwen: *waves the others on ahead of him*
EternalDragonAya: He'd do it to spite me, I'm sure.
PapatymisonN: *follows.*
CGNakibe: ... Hmm.
dragongurl4390: *Stays somewhat close to Hideki*
EternalDragonAya: *follows*
Lithaladhwen: *follows the others out and locks the door behind him*
Lithaladhwen: Go on ahead. I'll catch up. I just need to return my key.
CGNakibe: Alright.
dragongurl4390: "Do you mind if I walk with you?"
Lithaladhwen: ...Me?
CGNakibe: IM: Hm. James said something about a couple years before he was born.
dragongurl4390: "Yeah. You." *Smiles*
Lithaladhwen: ...
PapatymisonN: *sticks close to the princess*
Arch mage144: *James leads on to the castle, at any rate*
Lithaladhwen: I.... I... uh... think you should stick with the others.
Lithaladhwen: I'll be right there.
BaronDeMalta: (Awww. :-( )
PapatymisonN: (I forget. Does Charles' darling daughter have a tail?)
BaronDeMalta: (You racists.)
EternalDragonAya: (Yes.)
dragongurl4390: "Alright..."
CGNakibe: *hangs about somewhere in there*
BaronDeMalta: (Any spot for the half-drow? :-( )
EternalDragonAya: (And wings and those finned ears like her mom.)
dragongurl4390: *Turns to go*
CGNakibe: So, James.
CGNakibe: Do you remember anything else about this?
PapatymisonN: ... so. The tail. Completely mobile? Or is it vestigial?
BaronDeMalta: ( :-( )
EternalDragonAya: It's mobile though I'd rather people not touch it.
PapatymisonN: Oh, of course! Never without permission.
Lithaladhwen: (You could at least buy her a drink first.)
EternalDragonAya: Good.
Arch mage144: Yeah, it's rude to play with a ladies' tail without permission.
Arch mage144: Especially if you haven't at least gotten her partly drunk on your tab.
PapatymisonN: Sorry. Never seen a human/golden dragon hybrid before.
PapatymisonN: Must say... statuesque.
CGNakibe: *eyes roll*
Arch mage144: Nothing special. Happens all the time. Practically gil-a-dozen.
EternalDragonAya: *lifts an eyebrow* Er...thank-HEY.
Arch mage144: *flashes pass at Doman guards* My father works here, you twits, step aside. *guards grumble and do so*
dragongurl4390: "But what about Drakens?"
CGNakibe: James? Could you NOT try to piss everyone off today?
Arch mage144: Can it wait until tomorrow? The entire past has crashed down on my head, and it's making me somewhat irritable.
PapatymisonN: *Quillan Rose gains entry to Castle Doma.*
PapatymisonN: *Just let that sink in a bit.*
BaronDeMalta: (You're all mean and I'm going to cry)
CGNakibe: It could, but it would make ME irritable. >.>
Arch mage144: Oh, fine, I'll ease up.
EternalDragonAya: *fumes* You had BEST, Silvar.
Arch mage144: We all know that Elle is a magnificent specimen of a half-breed. Much like myself. *grins*
Lithaladhwen: *voice next to James* Don't push it. I'm trying to be nice to you.
CGNakibe: So when did you want that mirror delivered, James?
Arch mage144: Take the best parts from two different races and check it out! Magnificent!
PapatymisonN: ... uh huh.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki's back! He ninja'd back in.*
PapatymisonN: I'm not a bad half-breed, myself.
Arch mage144: *knocking on Hakaril's door by this point*
CGNakibe: ... >.>;; Hey, Hideki.
Lithaladhwen: Hey. *He brought his dog, too.*
Arch mage144: ...*door opens*
dragongurl4390: "Hi!"
EternalDragonAya: *eyes Quillan* Erm..of-uhoh.
PapatymisonN: Oh. Just human and grey elf.
CGNakibe: IM: MAN if I wasn't sort of used to people popping up...
PapatymisonN: ... oh.
Lithaladhwen: *w to Solis* How is he?
CGNakibe: *w* Which "he"?
Arch mage144: *a large, coal black, dog-like animal the size of a husky and covered in similar fur is standing in the doorway, sizing up the group with ruby-red eyes*
Lithaladhwen: *w* James.
CGNakibe: *w* He's been better, I'd say.
Lithaladhwen: *Zuzu tilts her head and stares at it.*
Arch mage144: *Precious sniffs at James idly and walks away. That cerbie is old.*
dragongurl4390: ((XD))
CGNakibe: *w* You can tell because he'd have gotten to the "I'm Awesome" speech earlier.
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Solis*
Arch mage144: Dad, I'm home. *steps into the room and looks over*
BaronDeMalta: ( >:-( )
CGNakibe: *w* I think this all freaks him out. It freaks ME out and I'm not even involved.
Lithaladhwen: It gets worse, Solis. *steps in after James*
EternalDragonAya: Hi Precious. ...erm. *pokes her head through the door* Hello, General.
CGNakibe: Mister Silvar?
PapatymisonN: General. *bows*
CGNakibe: I hope you have a little time for guests...
Arch mage144: *General Silvar is dressed in a ridiculously huge fur-coatish version of his typical black garb, his hair tied back into an Edward Elric-esque ponytail as he peers at something on his desk intently*
Arch mage144: *He looks up at the group* Huh?
Arch mage144: Oh, James. It's just you. And...don't tell me all of these people are your friends.
Arch mage144: They aren't.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki shakes his head*
Arch mage144: Good. I'd know you were lying to me.
Arch mage144: What do you need?
CGNakibe: Actually, I'm told you could help us with a Time-related matter.
Arch mage144: Myrnal Shalienza wants you to take us to Nekonia to talk to her about Dawn Valerian. Is that right, Hideki?
Lithaladhwen: *nods* Myrnal has asked me to bring you and James to Nekonia. You have a gate, or so she says. Can you go?
Arch mage144: *closes the book on his desk* I don't see why not. *surveys the group* I recognize most of you. Solis, Hideki...Elle, are you going to Nekonia with James? *stifles a laugh*
PapatymisonN: IM: He'd BETTER remember me... e_e
dragongurl4390: "I'm Sitara..."
Arch mage144: *bows slightly* Sitara. And...*quirks an eyebrow* Quillan, I think. A Gunnir student. Very good, then.
PapatymisonN: ^_^ Nice to see you again, sir.
Arch mage144: *grabs his signature red hat and pulls open a wardrobe* Well, I think I can tune this thing to Nekonia if you give me a second.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. I just need a word with James. Won't take long.
Lithaladhwen: *waves James into a corner that seems....slightly safer than the others in Hak's office*
Arch mage144: Precious, watch the office while I'm gone, I'm not sure how long it'll be. Ah, that's right. Twist the fourth button on the sixth plaid peacoat thirty-one degrees to the right, then seventy-five back to the left...
dragongurl4390: ((XD))
Arch mage144: *James sighs heavily and moves to the corner*
PapatymisonN: *goes to a side*
CGNakibe: >.> *Still watching you.*
Lithaladhwen: *He puts an arm over James' shoulder and pulls him so that they're not facing the group. Oddly chummy behavior for Hideki...*
CGNakibe: *YES YOU*
Lithaladhwen: *w* Listen.
PapatymisonN: *but not to a point where he won't be able to get a vantage point of the thing*
Arch mage144: *w* I've got ears. Speak.
PapatymisonN: *the ... wardrobe thing.*
CGNakibe: IM: He's not.. Ah, good. He's NOT gonna choke James to death. Yet.
Lithaladhwen: *w* She's been waiting a long time to speak with you. To actually speak with you. I know what you did, and as a result I can't exactly treat you like you're worthless. She owes you. But, James?
EternalDragonAya: *has been looking terribly embarassed abotu this whole ordeal*
dragongurl4390: *peers at everyone meekly*
Lithaladhwen: *w* If you throw it in her face, if you look like you might.... I promise that you will never be found. Understood?
Arch mage144: *just looks vaguely confused*
Arch mage144: *w* Uh...um...
Arch mage144: *w* ...sure, no...throwing...anything.
Lithaladhwen: *lets him go* Great!
Arch mage144: *shivers a bit, like there's a draft in the room*
Arch mage144: IM: Guy is nuts. NUTS.
Arch mage144: Ah, there we have it! *pulls on something, and as he steps back, a silvery, semi-liquid mass coalesces in front of the wardrobe*
CGNakibe: *w to Hideki* Ah. So you aren't going to kill each other. Good.
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs and flicks an ear*
Arch mage144: *over the next few seconds, it shifts a little to display an image of a street, apparently in Nekonia*
PapatymisonN: o.o Amazing...
PapatymisonN: *steps forward* Utterly... astonishing. o.o
Arch mage144: Now, in the event that you haven't ever gone through a magical portal before, the procedure is incredibly simple. Just...don't breathe in the instant you're stepping through.
dragongurl4390: "Right oh."
CGNakibe: *shrugs* Standard Operating Procedure.
CGNakibe: *steps up.
PapatymisonN: Yes sir.
CGNakibe: *Up... and through!*
Arch mage144: You want to teleport your organs inside your body, I'm assuming.
Arch mage144: *hops through the portal*
PapatymisonN: *jumps through!*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki nods and calls Zuzu. They go!*
EternalDragonAya: *hops through* IM: Always so /dramatic/ about it too...
Arch mage144: *facepalms* How do I live with this man?
Lithaladhwen: (You don't. You live with a girl.)
dragongurl4390: *Takes a step through*
Arch mage144: *James leaps through the portal. The office is now empty.*
Arch mage144: *The portal fades from existence. Somewhere in the castle, a cerbie barks.*
Lithaladhwen: (AGH Hemingway.)
dragongurl4390: ((>>'))
CGNakibe: (Hehehe)
Arch mage144: *The "party" is now standing on a street corner in Nekonia, getting a few odd glances from onlookers*
Arch mage144: Nothing to see here, folks, just the end result of a little intraplanar teleportation!
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki shoulders his beg, shoves his hands in his pockets, and leads on.*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Brilliant. Tell them that.
CGNakibe: *Follows the ninja as best as he can manage*
Lithaladhwen: Hey Solis.
CGNakibe: Yeah?
Arch mage144: You know, Hideki-kun, I happen to remember where your master lives. You don't have to lead the way unless you really want to.
CGNakibe: And before you ask, yes, it is a family trait.
Lithaladhwen: *w* Don't let me kill him. Okay?
dragongurl4390: *Lavender eyes train on the group*
Arch mage144: Oh, you aren't going to make us sushi, are you?
EternalDragonAya: *to James* Your father can be awfully...erm.
Arch mage144: You know, if you aren't, I'll buy you all the fish you need if you're willing to change your mind.
CGNakibe: *w* I'll do that.
Arch mage144: ...awfully is the word, yes.
PapatymisonN: IM: I may have to make it my life's mission to eliminate the world's ridiculous need for fathers.
Lithaladhwen: =Sivaru-san. I do. You know our house is trapped.=
Arch mage144: Ah, but I didn't say I was going to go in first, did I?
Lithaladhwen: *smirks* Fair. And sure. I can cook.
Arch mage144: Excellent!
CGNakibe: He's a pretty good cook, actually. o.o
dragongurl4390: "Cool!"
Lithaladhwen: *embarassed head-scratch*
Arch mage144: *shakes his head, realizing that this is no longer his show--he's just following the lead of his crazy father and the sushi chef ninja catboy*
dragongurl4390: *Ninja cat might notice; someone is following them. But they're very skilled, hard to notice.*
CGNakibe: The real question is, who IS going in first.
CGNakibe: Its certainly not going to be ME.
CGNakibe: I remember what my brother was like when he was paranoid. Thank you, no.
dragongurl4390: "I will."
PapatymisonN: ...
EternalDragonAya: Well, it won't be me.
Arch mage144: It's going to be Hideki-kun, because we all appreciate having heads. Don't we?
PapatymisonN: I know I like mine.
Lithaladhwen: Thank you, Hakaril. Yes.
Lithaladhwen: *Ordinarily Hideki would notice that he's being followed, but for now he's kind of preoccupied.*
dragongurl4390: *Slink*
Lithaladhwen: *After a short way along a path that's probably more familiar to Hakaril than to his son... they arrive at a dojo with a nameplate that reads "Sharienza."*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki has taken them the public way. The one that uses streets.*
Arch mage144: I dunno, maybe we should make Elle go first. Could be a good experience for her.
CGNakibe: *raises an eyebrow at that*
PapatymisonN: Beheading is never good.
CGNakibe: James? No. Just... no.
PapatymisonN: Unless you're on the other end of the sword.
Arch mage144: James, I don't think Aya would appreciate me taking her daughter to get decapitated.
PapatymisonN: Then? Instant conversation piece at parties.
EternalDragonAya: JAMES!
EternalDragonAya: *smacks him upside the head* Absolutely not!
Arch mage144: Hey, who said anything about decapitation? She might learn a thing or two about avoiding impromptu traps...OW!
CGNakibe: *chuckles*
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Arch mage144: *chuckles* I said no. Hideki, open the door and make sure nothing kills us, would you?
PapatymisonN: *smirk*
EternalDragonAya: I'm not my aunt. I will not suffer a trial by fire to learn about traps.
Lithaladhwen: Nothing is going to kill you. Not anything of ours, anyway.
dragongurl4390: *Slink*
PapatymisonN: IM: ... wow. I ... LIKE this bunch? At least, superficially... life. FULL of surprises.
Arch mage144: *muttering* No, but if you're anything like your mother, your first boyfriend will suffer a trial by fire the first time he gets you under the covers...
EternalDragonAya: *twitches*
Arch mage144: I'm glad you can guarantee that, Hideki. >.>
Lithaladhwen: Ordinarily your son would be on less sure footing. But I promised I'd get him here.
CGNakibe: James?
Arch mage144: *adjusts his hat* So I see.
CGNakibe: Have you ever noticed how blue the sky is here?
CGNakibe: 9.9 *pointedly looking up*
Arch mage144: *looks up*
Arch mage144: Now that you mention it, very blue.
Lithaladhwen: *grins* Solis, what would we do without you.
Arch mage144: ...what of it?
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. It's here.
CGNakibe: It won't be if you keep following these lines.
PapatymisonN: *peek* Eh. Blue is blue.
Arch mage144: *wing flick*
Lithaladhwen: *goes to the front door and jiggles the knob a few times before turning it*
CGNakibe: *sighs*
Lithaladhwen: *He reaches in with one arm before opening the door all the way and pulls it back out.*
Arch mage144: (It's like Home Alone.)
CGNakibe: The good thing about being invited guests, at least.
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, pretty much.)
CGNakibe: THe traps PROBABLY won't kill you.
Lithaladhwen: *He opens the door all the way, and holds it for them so they can go into the big main room.*
Lithaladhwen: *There's all sorts of Nekonian-style floor-level furniture, and one couch because Myrnal is still a gaijin at heart.*
PapatymisonN: *enters, looking around...*
Lithaladhwen: *There's a dartboard on one wall as well.*
Arch mage144: *Hakaril and James both wander in and look around*
CGNakibe: *enters, respectfully*
Arch mage144: I've been here.
EternalDragonAya: *enters..probably last*
Arch mage144: James, take off your shoes.
CGNakibe: Thank you for seeing us on such short notice, miss Myrnal.
Arch mage144: Oh, right. *discards the footwear*
CGNakibe: *Footwear is indeed left on the stairs. At the bottom. Where it should be* >:P
EternalDragonAya: *slips off her boots as she enters as well*
Arch mage144: *Hakaril props his huge knee-high leather boots up against some appropriate surface*
CGNakibe: IM: Just remember. If you can't see her, it doesn't mean she isn't here.
dragongurl4390: *Take off sandals*
Arch mage144: *He hangs his overcoat on the wall, leaving him dressed in a red tunic and dark gray slacks*
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: *grumbles, and takes off his boots*
Lithaladhwen: *From around the corner comes a severe-looking older woman with steel-grey curly hair tied back behind her neck. She's dressed in black and you get three guesses who she might be.*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki bows to her as he enters.*
PapatymisonN: (... Santa?)
Lithaladhwen: *She nods back.*
CGNakibe: *bows as well*
dragongurl4390: *Bows*
PapatymisonN: ...
Arch mage144: *Without the coat, it's apparent just how thin the General is--standing an inch short of six feet tall, he looks like a strong wind could blow him over*
PapatymisonN: Ugh. *bow*
Arch mage144: *Hakaril bows slightly to Myrnal*
Lithaladhwen: Hideki-kun? Who're all these people?
CGNakibe: You're looking well, Miss Myrnal.
PapatymisonN: IM: Only doing this because apparently this old woman can kill me before I hit the ground...
Arch mage144: *Bows, if only because there's no good reason not to*
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Solis* Thanks. Glad you came.
dragongurl4390: *A young woman is somehow there; she bows. Her hair is long and raven black; her skin is pale, and her eyes are violet*
CGNakibe: (Quillian is wrong. Because Quillian is already dead. >:{ )
Lithaladhwen: Minaru-sensei, these are friends of James'.
PapatymisonN: (Quillan. No second I. e_e)
Arch mage144: So, Myrnal. *smirks* You wanted to talk to me...and my son...and his fan club tagged along, or so I'm told.
Lithaladhwen: And your lady friend? She came in with you.
Lithaladhwen: *turns*
Lithaladhwen: Who are you?
Lithaladhwen: *smirks*
dragongurl4390: *Smiles slightly* "My name is Jade."
CGNakibe: (Sure Sure. Fine Fine. >:P)
Lithaladhwen: Why the fuck are you in my house if Hideki doesn't know you?
Lithaladhwen: Do you want me to kill you where you stand?
CGNakibe: <.<;;;
Arch mage144: *flicks his earlobe* The nekonian ninja didn't notice that we were being followed?
dragongurl4390: "I followed him, Sensei."
Lithaladhwen: I was preoccupied.
EternalDragonAya: ...
Lithaladhwen: I'm not your fucking sensei.
Arch mage144: Clearly.
CGNakibe: *this is one fight Solis has NO INTENTION of breaking up*
Arch mage144: Myrnal, I'm sure there's an explanation for this.
dragongurl4390: "I meant, as a Sensie in general."
Arch mage144: I mean, granted, it's usually considered rude to sneak into someone's house without their consent...
PapatymisonN: IM: ... wow. Got balls on her.
Lithaladhwen: Your lucky my son disabled the traps. Well, the first line.
Arch mage144: (God, I hope not. That's gross.)
CGNakibe: IM: Well, she's made it five seconds. That's good...
Lithaladhwen: Take another step without our consent and you'll find out where the rest are hidden, Jade-chan.
Arch mage144: One of them is in the couch, isn't it?
dragongurl4390: *Smiles slightly* "Yes M'am."
Lithaladhwen: Minaru-sensei? I'm going to go see if he's up yet.
Arch mage144: "He?"
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, go ahead, Hideki.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, we have another guest. I'll just go get him.
Lithaladhwen: *heads off through a hallway behind Myrnal*
Lithaladhwen: So. Everyone but Jade may have a seat wherever they want. Jade can stay in the doorway.
Arch mage144: ...*shakes his head furiously*
Lithaladhwen: Where I can keep an eye on her. *grin*
Arch mage144: Oh, damn.
PapatymisonN: *bow* Thank you.
Arch mage144: *looks at Myrnal quizzically* That's...that's just weird.
PapatymisonN: IM: Now that, THAT was a reason to bow.
Lithaladhwen: Zuzu. *snaps her finger and points to Jade* Watch her.
PapatymisonN: *sits*
dragongurl4390: *Smiles widely* "As you wish."
Arch mage144: ...*sits right down on the floor*
dragongurl4390: *Sits*
CGNakibe: *sits on the floor as well* <.<;;
Arch mage144: Ugh. This just keeps getting more screwed up.
Lithaladhwen: *to James* It's not. I'm not worried about her being here. She's not a threat in my own dojo. I just felt a need to make my point.
Arch mage144: ...no, not her...
Arch mage144: ...I had some strange memories...fragments, mostly...
Arch mage144: ...and as soon as I saw you, they all made perfect sense. Like crystals forming on ice.
Lithaladhwen: *takes a deep breath and doesn't say anythign*
Arch mage144: Everything came together. *snaps his fingers*
Lithaladhwen: I... yeah... hold on, okay?
CGNakibe: (Time: *Kicks James in the face*)
Lithaladhwen: *leaves to follow Hideki*
Arch mage144: *looks at his son like he's fucking crazy*
Arch mage144: ...what are you talking about, James?
Arch mage144: Things that are my godfather's domain, not yours.
Arch mage144: *frowns* You mean time?
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal and Hideki return! Followed by someone!*
Arch mage144: No, blonde healer chicks.
PapatymisonN: *listening.*
Arch mage144: Yes, time!
EternalDragonAya: ...
Lithaladhwen: *They're followed by a man in his thirties with shaggy brown hair and a red cloak. Solis knows him. It's Joss!*
dragongurl4390: *Falls into that category*
CGNakibe: He says that this all invo.... Joss?
CGNakibe: 'zat you?
Lithaladhwen: *grins* Hey, Solis! Long time no see!
Arch mage144: *raises an eyebrow* Joss Hunter?
Lithaladhwen: *brief bow to Hakaril*
CGNakibe: Hahah HAH Too long, Joss.
CGNakibe: Everyone, this is Joss Hunter.
Arch mage144: Oh, hell. I remember you. I met you when you were just a kid. But it was before I was born.
Lithaladhwen: *takes a moment to look at James* Damn, man. Look at your hair. That's sooo two decades ago.
Arch mage144: Shit, that sentence was weird.
PapatymisonN: *two finger wave*
CGNakibe: ....
CGNakibe: Wait.
Arch mage144: You're full of shit. The only reason you say that is because that's the first time you saw it!
CGNakibe: This is about the Inn, isn't it?
Arch mage144: I invented it!
Lithaladhwen: *laughs*
Lithaladhwen: Joss, have a seat wherever.
Lithaladhwen: *sits next to Solis!*
Arch mage144: *Hakaril looks a little lost by this "reunion"*
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. I guess I can start sharing time.
Arch mage144: Please do. I seem to be a little short on it.
CGNakibe: So, man. Where've you been off to?
Lithaladhwen: Because anyone here who knows me knows that's obviously what I'm best at.
Arch mage144: *laughs*
CGNakibe: Its weird losing track of guys for several years.
Lithaladhwen: *w to Solis* I had a couple of quest things. Came to see the kid. See what he's up to.
Lithaladhwen: Hey. Joss. *snaps her fingers*
Lithaladhwen: I know you know this one already, but I don't think Solis does.
Lithaladhwen: Sorry.
CGNakibe: *w* Either making friends or making enemies. Hard to tell which.
dragongurl4390: *Listens*
CGNakibe: So it IS about what happened to the Inn, Myrnal?
Arch mage144: *Hakaril seats himself on the floor and waits for someone to explain something in a manner that makes coherent sense*
Lithaladhwen: Yes, Solis. Some of you may be aware that quite a few years ago, a woman named Dawn Valerian was leading a cult of, uh...*glances at Joss*
Lithaladhwen: You can say it. Brainwashed pyrokinetic kids.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, that.
Arch mage144: Of course I remember that. It was a long time ago, but it was connected to Thenswick. Who, I presume, is still burning in Nikumu's domain or something.
Arch mage144: Then that bitch decided she had to get involved for whatever reason. Huge mess.
Lithaladhwen: *sighs*
Arch mage144: You and Damian and Stephen Hyral and a couple other people took care of it for me. Kerov Altec, while we're at it.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, that's the important part.
Lithaladhwen: A lot of people were taking care of it, myself included.
CGNakibe: *nods* Must've been a real pain.
Lithaladhwen: Around that time you and Darin were freaking out over some disturbances in the time-whatever things.
Lithaladhwen: Well, we couldn't tell you what really happened.
Arch mage144: ...
Lithaladhwen: Now we can.
Arch mage144: What did happen?
Arch mage144: ...I did.
Lithaladhwen: James is right.
CGNakibe: .... WHAT?
Lithaladhwen: Someone came from another time, a future time that James can tell you more about than I can.
Lithaladhwen: It was him.
Lithaladhwen: And now he remembers it, don't you, James?
Arch mage144: You and uncle Prentiss sent me back in time to help Myrnal and the others...
Arch mage144: ...he died, I think, in the process...it was the only way to get enough energy to send someone back in time that far...
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki is standing against the back wall with his arms folded, looking quite cross.*
CGNakibe: ..... So... you.... what happened to the OTHER you? Ho.... Oh.
Arch mage144: ...and you did it because everything was a royal mess. Dawn'd revived Elaith and they'd crushed the whole continent, somehow.
Arch mage144: *slow nod* Why didn't I go myself?
CGNakibe: .....
Lithaladhwen: *Joss rests his chin on his hands and listens patiently.*
Arch mage144: I think you were too afraid you'd meet yourself by accident and cause some kind of huge paradox.
Arch mage144: So you sent someone who hadn't even been born yet.
CGNakibe: Chances of that would've been quite high. o.o;;
PapatymisonN: (Cuz Hak is EVERYWHERE.)
Arch mage144: But what if you'd run into me and it prevented you from being born? o_o
Lithaladhwen: We weren't going to let that happen.
Arch mage144: Yeah, well, I'm not that stupid.
CGNakibe: So.... James... your headaches?
Lithaladhwen: Hakaril, it's one reason we didn't tell you. The main one.
Arch mage144: I don't know anything about time. You should've brought Darin here instead. >_>
CGNakibe: You were resolving both "You"s?
Arch mage144: ...must be.
Lithaladhwen: But I wanted you, especially, to know what your son did. I think that James deserves that much.
Arch mage144: Because now I remember both sets of history as if they both happened.
Arch mage144: But one of them clearly didn't, or we wouldn't be here.
CGNakibe: *nods* I see.
Arch mage144: *quirks an eyebrow* So, my son saved the future. Or something.
CGNakibe: IM: And brother was involved because of all of it too...
Lithaladhwen: Saved my ass, personally. Twice.
Arch mage144: Really, now?
Lithaladhwen: Yeah.
Lithaladhwen: See why I brought him now, James?
CGNakibe: And this is also how you knew my Brother, miss Myrnal?
Arch mage144: *shrugs* Not a big deal. I couldn't let you die. I had a mission to accomplish.
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Solis* Yeah.
CGNakibe: I can see him being involved in something like this. o.o
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. You guys stay up here and talk amongst yourselves for a second, all right? James and I need to go have a chat.
CGNakibe: Wow..... This is....
Arch mage144: *stands up* If you want.
CGNakibe: Totally strange.
CGNakibe: Joss? How much of this did YOU know back then?
Lithaladhwen: *walks off into the kitchen*
PapatymisonN: ... IM: I'm... still unsure as to why we're here...
Lithaladhwen: I only met him the one time back then. Myrnal tracked me down a while back, told me what was up.
Arch mage144: *follows*
dragongurl4390: *Relaxing in the doorway. At least, she appears to be relaxed.*
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal opens the pantry and by fiddling with all sorts of weird dried goods she opens up a passageway behind the storage space.*
Lithaladhwen: *It's dark! Like a hole in a ninja's house!*
CGNakibe: *nods* Still.... all of this is... kinda strange.
CGNakibe: In a way I'm glad I WASN'T involved or I'd hurt my head. >.<
Arch mage144: o_o What do you keep in there?
Lithaladhwen: I'm glad you weren't, too. You wouldn't have.... it would have gone poorly, I think.
CGNakibe: ....
Lithaladhwen: I got something for you.
Lithaladhwen: *heads down a dark stairwell*
CGNakibe: Did brother ever tell you why he got himself involved?
Arch mage144: ...should I go with you?
Lithaladhwen: Come on. I'll close it behind you.
CGNakibe: Heh. Knowing him he probably would've gotten pissed about it the moment he heard about you, Joss. It was one of his hot buttons.
Lithaladhwen: I didn't meet him until after he and his friends got me and Alya out.
CGNakibe: *nod nod*
Arch mage144: *follow*
CGNakibe: It was a weird "Similar Backgrounds" thing.
CGNakibe: Can't say I understood it. Not sure I want to.
Lithaladhwen: I think I threatened to kill him, actually. Seemed like a nice guy. I remember afterward he made sure to tell me it was okay that we hang out. *chuckles*
CGNakibe: *chuckles* Funny how these things worked out.
Lithaladhwen: *James is led down into THE BASEMENT and, wouldn't you know, when Myrnal speaks a word, the room is suddenly lit.*
Lithaladhwen: *It's a huge weapons cache. Just about all of it bladed weaponry.*
Arch mage144: Dear sweet Exinde.
Lithaladhwen: Welcome to my collection. *grins*
CGNakibe: Since last we talked I've been keeping up the work. Studying, and stuff.
Lithaladhwen: Hideki will get this when I die, so be nice to him.
Arch mage144: ...there's a reason they call you the Queen of Blades.
CGNakibe: Really boring at times, to be honest.
Arch mage144: ...aside from the obvious.
Lithaladhwen: *delighted little smile*
Lithaladhwen: Maybe.
dragongurl4390: ((I have to go))
Arch mage144: Well. You're a ninja. If everything were obvious, something would be wrong.
Lithaladhwen: ('kay.)
PapatymisonN: (Curiousity begs it. Is the gun there?)
dragongurl4390: ((See y'all))
PapatymisonN: (Bye.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yes.)
Lithaladhwen: (Seeya.)
PapatymisonN: (^_^)
CGNakibe: But... eh. *shrugs* At least its kept me busy.
Lithaladhwen: Anyway, James. Like I said. I've got something for you.
dragongurl4390: *Nija-s off*
Lithaladhwen: That's good. Sorry I skipped out for a bit. Got really busy.
dragongurl4390 has left the room.
CGNakibe: Don't worry 'bout it. I understand.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki watches her go, and when she leaves Zuzu takes up her station next to Hideki again.*
PapatymisonN: (*and Sitara ceases to exist.*)
CGNakibe: Bet you've probably done more adventuring than I've done, at least. Got any interesting stories?
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal reaches behind a rack of wakizashi and flicks a switch, revealing a compartment under the table surface.*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, yeah. You know me. Slaying the bad things, saving the maidens, drinking with the survivors, all that good stuff.
PapatymisonN: *unfurls his whip, inspecting it for cracks*
Arch mage144: ...compartments, secret chambers, and hidden boxes, all full of knives.
CGNakibe: Whereas most of my time has been spent resolving fights.
Lithaladhwen: *She pulls out a small box a couple of spans across and wide. She hands it to James.*
Lithaladhwen: This has been in a safe deposit box in Doma for several years in case something happened to me.
Arch mage144: ......
Lithaladhwen: I had Hideki go get it a few months ago.
CGNakibe: *sighs* Lightning bolts apparently aren't a big enough hint for SOME people.
Arch mage144: Um...
Arch mage144: *opens the box*
Lithaladhwen: *Inside is a katar of the expanding variety.*
Lithaladhwen: Recognize it? One of my favorites, and it's the one that killed her. Thought you should have it.
Arch mage144: .......
Arch mage144: *just grins*
Arch mage144: Oh, how could I forget that?
Lithaladhwen: *grins back* Still using katar, right?
CGNakibe: At least its quiet. I'm fairly sure that James getting into it with miss Myrnal would make more noise.
CGNakibe: Or less noise.
Lithaladhwen: They're fine, Solis. She had something to settle with him, but it's nothing bad.
CGNakibe: IM: But hopefully even he can see the stupidity in that.
Arch mage144: *pulls his jacket aside and reveals a pair of hanging katar, illustrating that he is, indeed*
CGNakibe: Oh, I know that. Mostly.
Arch mage144: Still? You realize that it hasn't been twenty years for me? *chuckles* I've only been using these since I was...maybe 14.
Lithaladhwen: *smile* That's true. Been a lot longer for the rest of us, though. I was beginning to think you would never come around.
Arch mage144: I assumed she wasn't going to lead him into the torture chamber and kill him or anything.
Arch mage144: She did suggest that he saved her life a couple times.
Lithaladhwen: *scowls*
PapatymisonN: *w-CRACK* Kay, good. *puts it back*
CGNakibe: No no. If she wanted to do THAT she could've done it here.
Lithaladhwen: *Zuzu growls at Quillan*
PapatymisonN: *about his arm, that is*
Arch mage144: It hit me like the worst hangover ever. At the Jade Dragon, appropriately enough.
Lithaladhwen: Heh. Perfect.
Lithaladhwen: I'm glad you and Hideki didn't kill each other before you got here.
PapatymisonN: Oh, calm down, pooch.
Arch mage144: Yeah, she probably could. James thinks he's good with those knives of his, but I don't think he can outmatch her.
Arch mage144: Kill each other? Why's that?
CGNakibe: Though lets be honest, Hakaril. Your son is just as good at making friends as he is at pissing people off. >:P
Lithaladhwen: Her name is Zuzu. Call her pooch and I feed you to her.
Arch mage144: *shrugs* He takes after his father. He's a lot like me when I was his age. He'll grow out of it.
CGNakibe: IM: And looks like that Quillan fellow is making friends.
PapatymisonN: No room for nicknames, then? Sad, when you can't take a jib.
Arch mage144: There's no point in trying to rush him to do so.
PapatymisonN: *jibe
Lithaladhwen: *sighs and rubs the space between his ears*
PapatymisonN: Sorry, Zuzu.
CGNakibe: *shrugs* True.
Lithaladhwen: She just knows what weapons are.
Lithaladhwen: She doesn't like it when strangers pull them.
Arch mage144: *grins* Smart dog.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, well. It was important.
PapatymisonN: Just... an inspection.
Lithaladhwen: James, I have to tell you. Ya drive him nuts.
PapatymisonN: Borne from boredome.
CGNakibe: Closest I've had to that was a happy lapdragon.
PapatymisonN: *boredom
Arch mage144: Oh, is that so? Huh. Never would've guessed. *scratches the back of his neck*
Arch mage144: Figured it was just friendly tension. I'm his rival, after all.
Lithaladhwen: He's having a harder time adjusting to this knowledge than I think anyone else will. He's so used to being annoyed by you that knowing why I made him hang out with Hakaril's kid all those years.....
Lithaladhwen: It's pissing him off a little, but he'll get over it.
Arch mage144: I'd suggest we fight it out so he can work off the extra energy, but I don't think he'd really feel any better about things if I beat his ass.
Arch mage144: *smirking*
Lithaladhwen: *snorts*
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, maybe.
Arch mage144: *shrugs* Well, whatever. Maybe we can smoke the peace pipe or whatever later. Figuratively or literally, whatever he wants. I don't really need a rival.
Lithaladhwen: *smirk* Whatever you need to do. That's between you guys.
Lithaladhwen: *looks around her at the blades*
Lithaladhwen: I think we'd better go back upstairs before the others start getting ideas. There's no way to do this without betraying my cool apathetic exterior, but what the hell.
Lithaladhwen: *James is hugged by a ninja!*
CGNakibe: *sighs* Your son is a lot like you, you know.
PapatymisonN: (^_^)
Arch mage144: *looks dumbfounded*
Arch mage144: *returns the ninja's hug*
PapatymisonN: (... and it just dawned on me. We COMPLETELY lost Kate.)
CGNakibe: Maybe better at stabbing things, I hear. >:P
Arch mage144: *puts the katar on another hanging inside his coat* I hope it's balanced with the ones I'm using so I can just switch it out. Using two weapons of vastly differing weights is weird.
EternalDragonAya: (Yeah, tiredness hit me hard.)
Arch mage144: He's turned out more or less like I expected.
CGNakibe: (*hugs Kate* Nice to have you pop in here.)
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, I know. You'll figure it out. Take good care of it, now. It's been waiting to be used since I left Doma.
Arch mage144: Send a kid to magic school at a young age and he gets cocky. *grins* Not that it's all undeserved. He's pretty impressive.
Lithaladhwen: (G'night, Kate! We love you!)
CGNakibe: Yeah, that's true.
EternalDragonAya: (Night!)
PapatymisonN: (See ya.)
Arch mage144: Picked up a couple very interesting schools of magic, I must say. Precise opposites of my own, for starters, and he's quite proficient. Shadow is a very appropriate school for my half-demon offspring.
Arch mage144: And I think he learned a few of his more martial talents from some Valthi mercenary.
Lithaladhwen: IM: And somehow James is still more annoying.
CGNakibe: *nods*
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal waves James up the stairs ahead of her*
Lithaladhwen: Let's go, kid.
Arch mage144: I'll try not to get too much blood on it.
Arch mage144: *walks up after her*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, on the contrary. Get it filthy. Just clean it when you're done. *grin*
CGNakibe: I'd say it's a strange combo.
Arch mage144: IM: Woman with the reputation of being able to kill me before I can blink...and she gives me a heartfelt hug in her basement.
Arch mage144: IM: Heh. People are never quite what they seem to be, are they?
CGNakibe: But then I still seem to hold a good market on strange.
CGNakibe: \
Arch mage144: Don't look at me. I wouldn't know.
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal shuts up all the weird secret shit once they're upstairs.*
Lithaladhwen: Go on ahead and go hold court or whatever. I'll lock up here.
CGNakibe: Although just one thing.
Arch mage144: What?
CGNakibe: I'm glad there weren't any stray artifacts in the office this time.
Arch mage144: Sure there were.
Lithaladhwen: *shooing motions*
Arch mage144: You just didn't touch any of them the wrong way.
CGNakibe: Yes, because now I KNOW better.
Arch mage144: *walks out into the front room*
Arch mage144: ...what'd I miss?
PapatymisonN: Apocalpyse.
Arch mage144: Nothing, really.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki glances over*
PapatymisonN: *Apocalypse
Arch mage144: Yeah? Huh.
PapatymisonN: World fell into ruin.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Maybe I won't ever have to talk to him again now. That would be perfect.
PapatymisonN: Got better, though...
CGNakibe: More like decay.
Arch mage144: Yeah, Quillan, you have no fucking idea.
PapatymisonN: I will eventually, but alright.
Lithaladhwen: Y'know. I never did get to hear the story from you, James.
Arch mage144: I could describe to you in great detail what this country would look like right now if Thenswick'd won that war.
Lithaladhwen: I was twelve, and you left pretty quickly. *grin*
CGNakibe: At least now you know WHY he ran off like a mysterious person.
Arch mage144: *shakes his head* You mean the story of us hunting Dawn?
Lithaladhwen: I do! Knowledge is great.
Lithaladhwen: I don't know. Stories. You're here to have a chance to boast, right? Well, get on with it! *big goofy grin*
Lithaladhwen: Don't let us down after all this buildup.
CGNakibe: Might as well hear the whole thing right now, if possible.
CGNakibe: Whatever you can remember, at least.
Arch mage144: *waves dismissively* There's not much to tell. It's in the history books. We came, we saw, we stabbed a bitch in the face.
CGNakibe: ... Impressively humble.
PapatymisonN: That's always good.
Lithaladhwen: *emerging from the kitchen* Yes, but you aren't in the history books.
PapatymisonN: Bitches suck.
CGNakibe: .... you feeling okay? >.>
Lithaladhwen: I called everyone here because you deserved a chance for people to know what you did.
Arch mage144: Yeah, good point. Maybe I'll tell the story anyway. But afterwards, Hideki and I need man time. You smoke, Hideki?
Lithaladhwen: Especially your father. *little salute to Hak*
Arch mage144: *laughing uproariously*
Lithaladhwen: ....What? Why?
CGNakibe: *eyebrow raise* IM: I have this sudden sinking feeling...
Arch mage144: Because I think we ought to call a truce. I don't need a rival, and you need to loosen up. Come on, lots of people at Gunnir would've paid money or given their right eye or something to sit and chill with a demon.
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal laughs outright and has to cover her mouth with her hands.*
Lithaladhwen: .....Fine.
Arch mage144: Awesome. Alright, whatever. Kid wants to hear the story, I'll tell the story.
Lithaladhwen: KID?
Arch mage144: *looks at Joss* ...guess you're older than me now, though, aren't you?
Lithaladhwen: *laugh*
Arch mage144: ...that's confusing.
Lithaladhwen: I guess it would be.
PapatymisonN: *puts his foot on his knee*
Arch mage144: *flops on the couch, momentarily praying that it isn't booby-trapped*
Lithaladhwen: *No way. That's Myrnal's couch.*
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal comes in and camps out next to Hakaril.*
Arch mage144: Aaaaanyway. So Darin and the General here decided that everything had gone terribly wrong. Elaith had turned the countryside into a barren wasteland, and then apparently there'd been some problem.
Arch mage144: Elaith and Dawn wound up fighting a war with each other, and it tore the continent apart.
CGNakibe: Hm.
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal looks up to Hideki and makes the pinky-and-thumb "drinkie" gesture. He disappears into the kitchen.*
Arch mage144: With no other option, several of Igala's remaining freedom fighters decided that they had one choice; they needed to prevent this kind of thing from ever happening.
Arch mage144: Uncle Darin figured out a way to perform a ritual capable of sending one person back in time to prevent Dawn from resurrecting Elaith. I fit the bill for what they needed, and I went.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss rests his chin on one palm and listens quietly because he's over thirty now and can sit still.*
Arch mage144: I showed up outside Doma at just the right time. Myrnal, Damian, Lyminali, Kei and Stephen were about to fight Dawn outright...and they would have lost. History said so.
Arch mage144: I stopped them, more or less, so that they could think of a smarter plan with a little insider information.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki emerges with a tray that has stuff on it. It's a couple of porcelain sake vessels with a lot of little cups. He sets it on the table in the middle of the sitting room for people to drink.*
CGNakibe: *snickers, but says nothing. NOTHING, you hear?*
Lithaladhwen: Thank you, Hideki. This called for booze.
Lithaladhwen: No problem. I agree.
Arch mage144: *frowns* Once we went to Gunnir and got better equipped to handle the situation, we formulated a plan to sneak into Dawn's compound and kill everyone who got in the way.
Arch mage144: Having seen the alternative, I was more than prepared to cut down a few kids.
Lithaladhwen: *sits back and crosses his arms before nodding to James*
CGNakibe: IM: James? With a plan BESIDES "Rush in Blindly"?
CGNakibe: IM: Don't see it. Just don't.
Arch mage144: *shakes his head* Some crazy fucking pixie attacked us. I'm not really sure what the hell was going on there. Bodyguard, or something. And we had to take down a couple kids who wouldn't listen to reason.
Lithaladhwen: (Shaun: Poison cookies.)
Lithaladhwen: Danny, Rendon, and Rilla, I'll bet.
Arch mage144: Eventually, we got to the basement. The ridiculous, physics-warping basement.
CGNakibe: (Solis: ENOUGH ABOUT THE COOKIES. >.<)
Arch mage144: Like Gunnir's basement?
Lithaladhwen: Oh, gods. The basement. We weren't allowed down there.
CGNakibe: Ugh.
Lithaladhwen: That place was dangerous.
CGNakibe: I HATE Gunnir's Basement.
PapatymisonN: Me too.
Arch mage144: ...I don't know. I think it's worse, because someone made it this way on purpose.
CGNakibe: You'd swear it's going to EAT someone someday.
PapatymisonN: Churns my stomace...
Arch mage144: I heard it already has. At least two people, supposedly.
CGNakibe: Wonderful.
Arch mage144: Some members of my class went down there to make out or something. Probably on a dare. Never came back, as far as I know.
CGNakibe: But sorry, James. Please continue.
Arch mage144: *clears his throat* Excuse me, I'm the one telling the story here, dad.
Arch mage144: *wingflick*
Lithaladhwen: *Joss grabs some sake*
Lithaladhwen: S'warm. Anybody else want some?
PapatymisonN: *raises a hand*
Arch mage144: *smirks* Sure, why not. My apologies, James. *takes a sake cup*
CGNakibe: Might as well. *takes some sake as well*
PapatymisonN: *makes it so he gets some, dammit*
Arch mage144: So, we opened the door to Dawn's inner sanctum...and man. No more physics warping. She had a lovely...garden, or something.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss pours out the sake for people! Hideki and Myrnal also take some.*
Arch mage144: A garden we were about to water with her blood. *smirks*
Arch mage144: Myrnal got...mind-controlled, I suppose, so I threw her a potion we'd been saving specifically to prevent that sort of problem.
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal winces and nods.*
CGNakibe: Hm. *nods*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki's scowl deepens. Man he's broody today.*
Arch mage144: Dawn had some kind of empathic shield up that wounded us whenever we attacked her, so it was a battle of attrition. Stephen Hyral, man. That guy's crazy when he's in a bad mood.
Arch mage144: I'd hate to have to fight him.
Lithaladhwen: *The ninjas smirk at the same time. They know Stephan!*
Arch mage144: I doubt twenty years have taken any of the edge off him.
CGNakibe: *chuckles* I remember some folks saying that he was ALWAYS angry.
CGNakibe: Didn't seem that way to me, but I think he just liked kids.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, he's still a glorious bastard. Great guy.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss shrugs*
Arch mage144: Always angry, perhaps, but always dedicated to whatever he was doing. Even if he'd never admit that he was trying to do something helpful.
Arch mage144: Don't look at me. Family history of emotional disorders, or something.
Arch mage144: Anyway, it took a while, but we brought her down. I made sure she was dead.
Lithaladhwen: *chuckles*
Arch mage144: Then the building started to collapse, predictably. Apparently, Ms. Valerian was a load-bearing psionicist.
CGNakibe: *shudders a bit at that* IM: Now THAT I can DEFINITELY see.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, fuck. That was nuts. The big mind-sucking ethereal thing?
CGNakibe: I thought that only happened in bard's tales.
PapatymisonN: ... yeesh.
PapatymisonN: IM: Dad's gonna pull that. I can feel it.
Arch mage144: ...some kind of strange mass of souls and psionic energy attacked us as we tried to find the way out.
Arch mage144: It got distracted, however, and it flew away.
Arch mage144: When we reached the surface, we found out that it had been diverted by a huge group of Dawn's kid cult, drawn to their psionic powers.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss frowns.*
Arch mage144: We helped them fight it off...and then we had room to try to negotiate with them.
Arch mage144: A lot of them wound up going to Gunnir, I think. I wasn't really paying attention. I needed to find a way to get out of a time where I didn't belong...
Arch mage144: So I contacted uncle Darin.
Arch mage144: You what!? He never mentioned that to me!
Arch mage144: ...for reasons that should be obvious. He's a time mage. He's not an idiot.
CGNakibe: For obvious reasons.
Arch mage144: ...yeah, alright, if both you and Solis say so, I guess you're right.
Lithaladhwen: *Joss sits forward.* Yeah, they went to Gunnir. Miss Fairburn in psionics? The empath? She was the one that you guys found me with in the basement at the estate.
Lithaladhwen: Man. She had to have been like... ten? Nine?
Arch mage144: Really? Huh. I can't say I spent much time in the psionics department. I wonder if she ever recognized me.
Lithaladhwen: She might not have. I don't know. I couldn't get hold of her to come here, probably because it was finals week.
Lithaladhwen: Um. Lessee.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah... lot of us at Gunnir. Then you've got a few doing other stuff. But most of us ended up getting degrees there for lack of anything better to do.
Lithaladhwen: Rendon and Rilla are actually buried on campus.
Arch mage144: Not a bad thing to do with your life.
Arch mage144: ...are they...? *frowns* Hm.
Arch mage144: I see...there's something right about that.
CGNakibe: *nods* That makes sense.
Lithaladhwen: They're in the alumni plot. Archmagus Lee put them there, I think.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, he did.
Lithaladhwen: I was there. I led him back through the base to get them.
Lithaladhwen: We never did find that one guy.
Arch mage144: Darin sending me back to the future is the last thing I "remember" from that timeline, aside from a huge cloud of butterflies.
Arch mage144: I think that was a side-effect of whatever ritual he performed to do the sending in the first place. He presumably survived this time, because he's still alive today.
Arch mage144: Damn right he survived. Your godfather is a lot tougher than you give him credit for.
Lithaladhwen: He's a good guy.
Lithaladhwen: Darin? Prentiss?
Arch mage144: And for all the complaining you do, you could've done a lot worse for fathers. You could've gotten his.
CGNakibe: Yeah.
CGNakibe: That's him.
Arch mage144: ........
Lithaladhwen: Holy crap. I haven't spoken to him in ages.
Arch mage144: ...you have a point, there. >.>
Lithaladhwen: I mean... I... think I fought with him when I was a kid. Holy crap.
Lithaladhwen: Y'know James.
Lithaladhwen: For someone a good decade or two younger than I am, you sure make me feel like I'm a little kid again. *laughs*
PapatymisonN: ... I'd like to know how to do that "time transportation" trick.
Arch mage144: It's all I know of you.
CGNakibe: Well, there you go.
PapatymisonN: Without killing someone, of course.
CGNakibe: ... you know, its a good thing I didn't see you in that time, James. Would've been really freaky.
Arch mage144: You don't even want to mess with it, Quillan. A first-year student at the Academy dabbling in time travel? Don't make me laugh. You'd collapse yourself in some kind of paradox if you achieved anything at all.
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki rolls his eyes.*
CGNakibe: Ah, he's a first-year student?
PapatymisonN: ... I'm not any old student.
CGNakibe: Studying what fields?
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal snickers*
Arch mage144: Besides, you're required to take two years of advanced time theory before they even let you touch basic time travel.
Lithaladhwen: IM: James is such a little bastard.
CGNakibe: *interest interest*
Arch mage144: By which I mean the process of sending a single, small object a few seconds into the future or past.
PapatymisonN: I'm arrogant enough to try, and good enough to live.
Arch mage144: I believe the former and defy the latter.
CGNakibe: Sadly, James has a point. I've heard those words from a few brave University students before.
CGNakibe: A couple of them WERE good enough.
Arch mage144: My uncle's father is one of the most powerful archangels on this or any plane. I don't know where you think you get your power from, but the only way he was able to survive, I'm convinced, is his ancestry.
The Duelist 333: (*Watches as a student looks at the nuclear wasteland behind him, and explains to the teacher: ...Well...it was a good idea at the time! That timeline anyway*)
PapatymisonN: Mine's not so shabby, either.
Lithaladhwen: Christopher? Asshole.
CGNakibe: Anyway, James. Quillian, what were you studying at Gunnir?
CGNakibe: I'm curious to know.
Arch mage144: Whatever. *dismissal handwave at Quillan* One friend of mine at the Academy was majoring in Time.
PapatymisonN: I'm in multiple disciplines.
CGNakibe: *chuckles* So you don't know yet?
Arch mage144: He joked that they weren't teaching the advanced stuff so that the students wouldn't be able to send themselves test answers from the future.
PapatymisonN: When I figure out what I want to major in, I'll know.
Arch mage144: ...then he accidentally erased his girlfriend from existence.
Lithaladhwen: ....
Lithaladhwen: I would avoid that. Good ones are hard to find.
PapatymisonN: Idiot.
CGNakibe: There's a reason I haven't dabbled in Time myself.
PapatymisonN: (Just a second. Gonna grab a soda.)
Arch mage144: He swore off time magic for the rest of his life. *shrugs* You want the same sort of thing to go wrong before you realize it's not worth fucking with it?
CGNakibe: Its too much of a pain in the ass to get anything to WORK.
Arch mage144: IM: Just the kind of guy who would try to hang out with Zea. Thinks he's brilliant and infallible and Ishtar's gift to magic. I hope he accidentally teleports his balls into the next millenium.
PapatymisonN: Eh. Don't have a girlfriend. Plus, the one who'd count, I can... well, I'd get over it.
Arch mage144: (Quillan's testicles: *fall into Oxblood's soup*)
Lithaladhwen: You need to meet better chicks, kid.
PapatymisonN: I'd have to agree.
Lithaladhwen: The expendable ones aren't worth the effort.
Arch mage144: *suppresses laughter*
CGNakibe: (Hahahaha)
PapatymisonN: I know. Quality women? SO hard to find.
Lithaladhwen: Believe me. I know.
PapatymisonN: ...
Arch mage144: IM: Something funny is going on here, and I'm not really sure what it is. Must have something to do with that girl James is living with. The necromancer.
CGNakibe: *chuckles*
PapatymisonN: *smirk*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki covers his mouth and laughs*
Lithaladhwen: You get the joke yet? *grins at Quillan*
Arch mage144: IM: I hope that works out for him. He needs more friends.
PapatymisonN: Miss Myrnal? I officially dub you "awesome".
Arch mage144: I didn't realize it was a joke, Myrnal. *smirks*
PapatymisonN: I don't hand those out like candy. Appreciate it.
Lithaladhwen: *to Hakaril* Come on! He's sitting in my house telling me how hard it is to find good women.
Arch mage144: *eyeroll*
Lithaladhwen: Imagine if he had to track down the gay ones.
DarkLordKelne: (And, for the alternate historical record, the Kelne plan: "Right, fine. I'll deal with this myself. Somebody find me that blasted godslaying sword." Grumbling Doom: I have a name, you know.)
Arch mage144: Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Look, I need to go to the fish market and buy the best fish King Charles' money can buy.
CGNakibe: >.> Just don't let him see it.
Arch mage144: Elle, if you tell your father I said that I'll turn you into an ottoman.
CGNakibe: I hear he hasn't gotten over an incident years ago.
PapatymisonN: ... can you show me how to do that? o.o
CGNakibe: (Kelne? Somehow HIM having a sword named that fits)
Lithaladhwen: Whatever you get, Hakaril, I'll have a go at making it for you. We'll see if it's horrific or edible. Should be edible.
Arch mage144: IM: Now that's a funny mental image. I wonder if he'd leave the tail on?
Lithaladhwen: I get a lot of practice.
Arch mage144: Sushi is sushi is sushi is raw fish on rice, delicately arranged by artful masters.
Lithaladhwen: Artful master. I like it.
CGNakibe: How poetic.
Lithaladhwen: Artful master, Hideki-san? Please feed us.
CGNakibe: (It occurs to be that we have several Greens here)
Arch mage144: You will have the best fatty tuna to work with, I assure you, so if it doesn't taste good I'll blame you. However, I have confidence in the dexterity and technique of a student of Myrnal.
Arch mage144: ...even though I don't actually think she knows how to cook.
Arch mage144: *salutes, puts on his boots, and goes off, presumably to the fish market*
Lithaladhwen: Hey! I can... like... I can make bratwurst and stuff.
Arch mage144: Uh huh.
Arch mage144: *waves idly as he steps out*
CGNakibe: *chuckles*
Lithaladhwen: He'll be back. Hideki, I'm tempted to ask you to poison him for that crack. Just a little.
Lithaladhwen: Would you if I asked?
Lithaladhwen: You know I would, Minaru-sensei. But you won't.
Lithaladhwen: Nah. You're right.
Arch mage144: I'll do it. *slight grin*
Lithaladhwen: *laughs*
CGNakibe: IM: Just when you think the father isn't as rude as the son....
Arch mage144: It's a very aristocratic way to kill someone. *glances at Elle*
CGNakibe: Now you see what I've had to deal with in the last few years, Joss. >:p
Lithaladhwen: You should have come giant-slaying with me.
CGNakibe: Still not sure if I'd be any good at that, though...
CGNakibe: I mean, these ARE Giants we're talking about.
Lithaladhwen: Pffft. I've been doing it since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
CGNakibe: Good to know the experience has helped.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, yeah. *flexes one arm* You know me. Always reaching new heights of impressive and epic.
Arch mage144: ...wouldn't surprise me, really.
CGNakibe: Or me, really.
Lithaladhwen: *snicker*
CGNakibe: All I've been doing lately has been some small stuff.
Lithaladhwen: No wife yet? No little Darylshields running around?
CGNakibe: Occasionally get caught up in something the Guard is doing.
Arch mage144: *laughs*
CGNakibe: *chuckles* No no, None of those.
CGNakibe: How 'bout yourself? Any new Master Hunters you aren't telling me about?
Lithaladhwen: *snort* I'd tell you.
Arch mage144: Hideki, my father's going to be at the fish market arguing with some poor vendor for like an hour, insisting that he bring out "the really good fish" and quit showing him the "fish for all the regular customers."
Lithaladhwen: Yes, that sounds about right.
Arch mage144: ...glad I'm not the only one who sees this happening.
Arch mage144: *somewhere in a Nekonian market square*
Arch mage144: No, no. This can't be the best fish you have. Don't you have fish that you would, I don't know, serve to the emperor or something? I want to buy that fish. Price is no object!
Lithaladhwen: (I LOL'd.)
Arch mage144: Nekojin merchant: ......er...
PapatymisonN: ... he could be worse.
Arch mage144: ...yeah, he could.
CGNakibe: So... is this the point where we go shopping and hope he doesn't see us, or what?
Arch mage144: He could be my mom's dad, who tried to rape her and planned to kill her after she gave birth to a suitable heir.
Lithaladhwen: The fuck? What the hell is with your family?
Arch mage144: Hell, more or less.
Arch mage144: *smirks*
Lithaladhwen: *eyeroll* I walked into that one.
PapatymisonN: ... Mine's about as bad.
Arch mage144: Try me
Lithaladhwen: Oh, jeez. I can't compete in the "my parents suck" contests.
PapatymisonN: Raped my mother and impregnated her with the two guys who were suiting her at the same time?
Lithaladhwen: Neither can I. *smirk*
Lithaladhwen: That makes no damn sense.
PapatymisonN: I know.
Arch mage144: ...can that even happen?
Lithaladhwen: How the fuck.... Hideki. Can't cats do that?
Lithaladhwen: Yes.
PapatymisonN: He... used some sort of spell to put their seed in her belly as well as his.
Arch mage144: Can nekojin do it?
Lithaladhwen: But, uh... Nekojin... I don't think we do that.
Lithaladhwen: No.
Arch mage144: IM: Heh. He said "seed."
PapatymisonN: I have two half brothers as a result.
PapatymisonN: *shrug*
Arch mage144: Yeah, we crossed the line somewhere and now this conversation is just fucked up, so Hideki and I are on smoke break now. *gets up off the couch and motions to the nekojin*
PapatymisonN: I plan to kill the bastard at the first opportunity.
PapatymisonN: ...
Arch mage144: Let me know when you're gonna do that. I get bored and might want to help.
PapatymisonN: Ooh. Yeah. I won't say anything.
Lithaladhwen: I.... uh... yeah, I guess we're... going to ...do that. We're... going on smoke break.
PapatymisonN: I could use one too.
Lithaladhwen: *nods to Hideki* Have fun.
PapatymisonN: ... Promise I won't say a word.
PapatymisonN: *whips out his pack*
Arch mage144: Gunnir graduates and ninja masters only, sorry, man. *waves a hand*
CGNakibe: Don't look at me, I'm not even rating in this competition.
PapatymisonN: *ooh. Theician...*
Arch mage144: Though I guess I can make an exception this once.
PapatymisonN: ... uh huh.
PapatymisonN: *holds open the door* After you, o "gracious masters"...
Lithaladhwen: *to Solis* S'okay. I don't remember my father, and Hideki knows I'll smack him if he complains about me.
Arch mage144: *marches out*
Lithaladhwen: *to Quillan* You can go after me, but watch the left edge of the third step.
Lithaladhwen: *goes out*
PapatymisonN: ...
PapatymisonN: *exits, watching that spot*
Lithaladhwen: *Quillan does not offend the step, so he doesn't get to learn what it does.*
CGNakibe: Don't really remember my parents at this point. And Hideki is pretty lucky to have you, I think.
Lithaladhwen: *smirk* Nice of you to say. He's a good kid. He'd likely have been fine on his own.
Lithaladhwen: But I didn't want to take the chance, you know?
Arch mage144: *finds a suitable spot for three guys to sit around and inhale burning plants, then pulls out a tin of papers and "material" so he can rolls Hideki a joint*
Arch mage144: *roll
PapatymisonN: ... what does that do? Axe from above? Arrows?
Arch mage144: *he hands it to the nekojin*
Lithaladhwen: *hesitates a bit, but takes it*
Arch mage144: Just put it in your mouth and leave the rest to me.
Lithaladhwen: ¬_¬
PapatymisonN: ... hey... getting wacky, are we?
Arch mage144: Suck in when I snap my fingers.
Lithaladhwen: *does so*
Arch mage144: *James snaps his fingers as promised, and the end of the cigarette sparks* Gotta love magic. Makes life so much easier. *sets about to roll his own*
Lithaladhwen: >_o Right.
Lithaladhwen: (Tobacco or something "else?")
Arch mage144: (This is Yadali-brand stuff.)
Lithaladhwen: (You know. She'd give Hakaril's kid some of hers if he came to visit.)
Arch mage144: (James tired quickly of the goth kids at Gunnir, so he hung out with the stoners instead.)
CGNakibe: (The stoners are at least interesting.)
Arch mage144: (His time mage friend was a big smoker. Probably half of his problem as to why all his spells went wrong on him.)
Lithaladhwen: *hands his joint to Quillan* Here.
Lithaladhwen: You're uh... do you pass from the left in Doma?
PapatymisonN: *takes a drag...*
Arch mage144: I'm not into sharing much. *smirks and takes a drag on his own*
PapatymisonN: Should I give a shit? *passes it*
PapatymisonN: *smirk*
Arch mage144: Anyway, your master gave me some shit to think about.
Lithaladhwen: Go ahead and keep that, man. I'll be fine with what I've got.
Lithaladhwen: *looks to James* What?
PapatymisonN: *takes another drag...*
Arch mage144: You don't feel the same need to have a rival that I do, do you? *looks over*
Lithaladhwen: ...No. Why would I? Always trained alone. Never seemed important.
Arch mage144: *inhales, coughs a little* Figured you'd get it. Bushido or something, right?
Arch mage144: Guess not. Must be somebody else's deal.
Lithaladhwen: That's samurai. They don't like us.
Arch mage144: Oh, right. Go figure. Wrong honor code.
Lithaladhwen: *smirks*
PapatymisonN: *chuckling slightly...*
Arch mage144: *looks up at the sky* Whatever. There's this thing...idiom in Common about burying hatchets.
Arch mage144: There's no literal hatchet burying involved, of course. Heard it before?
Lithaladhwen: No.
PapatymisonN: I have... *exhales...*
PapatymisonN: Basically, it means you settle your differences and decide to be civil.
Arch mage144: Yeah, well, it's a roundabout way to...good for you, Mr. Native Speaker, you're familiar with your own language's idioms...describe calling a truce.
Lithaladhwen: *blink* I see.
Lithaladhwen: Why does this involve hatchets?
Arch mage144: *puff* I dunno, actually. I think the idea is that you're not going to use it to cut anymore, so you bury it.
Lithaladhwen: *nods*
Arch mage144: ...stupid plan, in retrospect. *cocks his head*
Arch mage144: Point is, I've got a lot of respect for your master. My father does, too. He used to tell me bedtime stories about stuff he and the adventurers he knew did. She came up once in a while.
Lithaladhwen: She did? Damn.
Arch mage144: And if you don't need a rival, then I can give you a smaller helping of shit, because you don't need it if you aren't my rival. Follow?
Lithaladhwen: I...suppose.
Arch mage144: ...no, that sentence was convoluted like a gibbering mouther's digestive tract.
Lithaladhwen: I know what you meant. Technically I've already got a rival or something.
Arch mage144: Yeah? Who's that?
Lithaladhwen: Old gang leader I knew at the orphanage. I still don't know if he thinks I'm after his girl.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug*
Lithaladhwen: It's stupid. It's always seemed stupid to me.
Arch mage144: After his girl?
PapatymisonN: Oh brother...
Arch mage144: Man, having a real fight over some woman. What a waste. If I learned anything from my mentor, that's it. They're not worth fighting over, usually.
PapatymisonN: Is this the 50s?
Arch mage144: But if they are, you'd better be ready to do it.
PapatymisonN: (The 1250s, of course.)
Lithaladhwen: Eh. This particular girl needs to be bailed out of bad drug deals now and again. He wasn't paying attention, so I did it a couple times.
Lithaladhwen: I think both he and Akiyo-chan got the wrong idea about it.
Lithaladhwen: But yeah. I guess you could say Hinata is my rival.
Arch mage144: Shit. *takes a drag* Rough.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug* Usual shit. It's not a big deal.
PapatymisonN: Any chance of tossing the axe down a hole with him?
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. I can't really have any special problem with you. I mean, sure. You still piss me off.
Lithaladhwen: But less. I mean, Minaru-sensei owes you her life a couple times over, and without her I'd likely be sleeping on a sidewalk at night doing Kazeros-knows-what the rest of the time.
Lithaladhwen: You've done a lot of people a lot of good, and that is worth something.
Arch mage144: *gestures with his cig* I dare suggest that there wouldn't be a sidewalk to sleep on if she and I hadn't dealt with Valerian.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe.
Arch mage144: Hate to bring it up.
Arch mage144: We both owe your master a couple.
Lithaladhwen: *nods*
Arch mage144: Anyway. I bet I'm still gonna piss you off, because that's just what happens. But it's not personal. *smirks*
Lithaladhwen: *grins* You're still an ass. But at least I know now why she tolerates you. And honestly? You're not so bad as the last time I saw you.
Arch mage144: *chortles*
Arch mage144: Lovely compliment, Hideki. *continues to laugh*
Lithaladhwen: What's a ninja for if not backhanded sneaky compliments?
Arch mage144: *suddenly, General Silvar shows up, holding a big crate*
PapatymisonN: (Riley: ... y'all niggaz is gay. o.o)
Lithaladhwen: ...Whoa.
CGNakibe: (*snickers*)
PapatymisonN: Oh... HEY, Gen'rl...
CGNakibe: (When DOESN'T Riley say that?)
PapatymisonN: Need help?
Arch mage144: *Stamped on it in Nekonian characters is something that approximately translates to "Royal Reserve"*
Lithaladhwen: What did you buy?
Arch mage144: So, I brought fish. No, no, I can carry it.
Arch mage144: I kept telling them that I wanted fish suitable for the imperial palace.
Lithaladhwen: *facepalm*
Arch mage144: Finally, someone got it for me. Great Lord Agnostic.
CGNakibe: ... Eh. Sounds like Hakaril is back with food.
Lithaladhwen: Lemme see it.
PapatymisonN: *inspect*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, gods only know what he found.
Arch mage144: *sets the crate down and opens it*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki pokes around a little, and his whiskers arch forward as he sniffs the air.*
Arch mage144: *There're a lot of fish in there...oh, and water. They're alive.*
Arch mage144: *The crate is insulated with ceramic, or something.*
PapatymisonN: Cool.
Arch mage144: They don't get fresher.
Lithaladhwen: I think I'm qualified to kill fish. *whiskertwitch*
Arch mage144: I should hope so.
Lithaladhwen: Well. Let's get going. I have a feeling Quillan and James are going to be hungry.
EternalDragonAya has left the room.
Arch mage144: *stands up, tosses what little is left of his cigarette, and looks at the fish* ...oh, hell yeah.
PapatymisonN: ... yeah, me too.
Arch mage144: Normally I don't care for sushi so much, but...I have a feeling this will be worth it.
Arch mage144: *sighs* Silly street merchants. They all thought I was nuts, asking for the emperor's fish.
CGNakibe: (Solis: The problem with Nekonian food? You'll just be hungry again in an hour.)
Lithaladhwen: (Ha.)
Arch mage144: *picks up the crate after putting the lid back on and proceeds to carry the fish inside* Hey, Myrnal, just show me where to put this. >.o
PapatymisonN: (No, that's Lanese food.)
Lithaladhwen: *Myrnal gapes at Hakaril for only a moment. After that she just points into the kitchen.*
Arch mage144: What? I said I was going to get good fish! You shouldn't doubt me on this sort of thing!
Arch mage144: ...man's crazy. *shakes his head* But sometimes it's good crazy.
PapatymisonN: *crashes on the couch*
Lithaladhwen: Hakaril, I would trust you with my life and with the life of my son. But anything involving you shopping scares the shit out of me.
Arch mage144: It could be worse.
Arch mage144: I could've conjured all the fish.
Arch mage144: IM: Part of me is surprised he didn't. Walk around pulling slight of hand to make it look like he was pulling salmon out of people's ears or something.
Lithaladhwen: ....You're right. What was I thinking. e_e
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. Um... okay. Dinner will be ready whenever I get it done, I guess.
Lithaladhwen: You guys can crash here if you want. This is Nekonia. Floorspace is everything-space.
PapatymisonN: I'll be right here. e_e
CGNakibe: You know, we're lucky he DIDN'T conjure the fish.
PapatymisonN: *lightly baked*
Arch mage144: A good idea. It might take a while to get back otherwise.
Arch mage144: I assure you that fish is probably the one food item aside from bread that I can conjure reliably.
Lithaladhwen: I think Hideki's room will be full with two people, but there's all kinds of space.
Arch mage144: ...but I didn't want to mess with it.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. Joss and I have my room. But you guys will figure something out.
Arch mage144: Oooh. Slumber party at Hideki's. *winks*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, you know it. Any random man, knight or sailor.
Lithaladhwen: *laughs*
Lithaladhwen: That's my boy.
CGNakibe: Heh. Sounds interesting indeed.
Arch mage144: *sets the fish crate down somewhere appropriate and cracks his neck*
Lithaladhwen: *Hideki shoos everyone out of the kitchen so he can work in peace.*
Lithaladhwen: </RP?>
Arch mage144: </RP>
PapatymisonN: </rp>
CGNakibe: </RP>
PapatymisonN: (Good idea.)
PapatymisonN: (Cuz I need sleep. Yeah. I do.)
Arch mage144: Man, I have class in the morning and stuff, but it was worth it to stay up for this.
CGNakibe: Sleep is for the WEAK.
Lithaladhwen: Glad you had fun.
Lithaladhwen: I got to play half the RP!
Lithaladhwen: =D
PapatymisonN: Whee!
Arch mage144: And I am pathetic, I assure you
CGNakibe: And I got to barge in anyway!
The Duelist 333: (That was fun to watch. :-D)
Lithaladhwen: Solis is here because someone needed to hold onto sanity.
Lithaladhwen: Holy shit, Duelist.
Lithaladhwen: You were watching all that?
Lithaladhwen: Active lurkers blow my fucking mind.
CGNakibe: Solis: I'm here to hit people with electricity for being assholes.
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. *logs*
PapatymisonN: Quillan: When something happens I'll fill them with whipmarks and shadow energy.
Lithaladhwen: Brian and I needs must retire. Thank you for being in the RP, people!
Lithaladhwen: Much love and pastel mints to all.
The Duelist 333: *shrug* ...I had to step out for a while, so it was mostly "Beginning going to Nekonia" "End, Recapping everything that happened." XD
PapatymisonN: No sweat. Night! *eats his mints like a squirrel*
The Duelist 333: *waves*
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