Lithaladhwen: I think I'll post to Bes' thing for Myrnal after you get a chance to post for Dan. If she's going to be weird sidekick girl, it makes more sense to post after you, methinks.
FFFan80: *nod*
FFFan80: I have been struggling with:
FFFan80: 1) Time to post, yay work
FFFan80: 2) What the hell to post x_x
FFFan80: How goes?
Lithaladhwen: Going well!
FFFan80: Wee =O
Lithaladhwen: I'm done with work and that's nice.
Lithaladhwen: And um. Should we figure out exactly how the "so Myrnal is following Dan for some reason" thing works out?
FFFan80: 9_<
FFFan80: I could see Stephan being all:
FFFan80: Stephan: *sigh* v_v
FFFan80: While hanging around one another for some reason
FFFan80: I don't think he's happy about Dan going =(
FFFan80: I could also see it getting into the age old tradition of them beating the hell out of one another in stubbornness
Lithaladhwen: Do you want to pseudo-chat-RP it? Maybe it'd help get you in the mood to post or something.
FFFan80: Sure o.o
Lithaladhwen: Why the "o.o" face?
Lithaladhwen: My IM conversations with you are always half-RP anyway! =P
FFFan80: I think I'm coming down with emote-itis
FFFan80: Touche =P
FFFan80: So,
FFFan80: would you prefer A) Myrnal finding Stephan 'meh', or B) Myrnal finding the siblings fighting it out
Lithaladhwen: Hee. A would allow me to spam poor Stephan with backstory, but..... Perhaps B, for the practical benefits.
FFFan80: Hn
FFFan80: Damn IM windows and lack of /roll
Lithaladhwen: Roll a d2 (flip a coin)?
FFFan80: But...but...
FFFan80: I'd have to lift something besides my fingers :-(
FFFan80: *sloths*
FFFan80: Alrighty.
FFFan80: My notetaking pad apparently votes for the sighing Stephan
FFFan80: *one evening, in the Jade Dragon*
Lithaladhwen: (We going with A?)
FFFan80: *Myrnal finds a rather battered looking Stephan at a table, nursing a small bottle of ale* v\/v
FFFan80: (The notepad says so =( )
Lithaladhwen: (Could we do it at the Shining Blade? They have tables and ale.)
FFFan80: *and later that same night, after telling off the wrong goblin,*
FFFan80: *Stephan relocates to another bar to drink and brood*
Lithaladhwen: (*snicker*)
FFFan80: -\/- ....bloody... stubborn....rrrrgh....
FFFan80: <\/< ...says *I* can't listen for sh#$... well look in the f#$king bloody mirror...
FFFan80: *sighs*
Lithaladhwen: *Voice from behind him* Hey, what can I g-- Stephan?
FFFan80: ......o_o
FFFan80: Myrnal?
Lithaladhwen: Um. Hi. What's up, you drinking?
FFFan80: .....yeah -\/-
FFFan80: Trying to drown out a bad mood.
Lithaladhwen: Ah. Yeah, that never works for me. What are you looking for?
FFFan80: Some way to knock some sense into Dan.
FFFan80: -\/- My usual method didn't really work earlier.
FFFan80: *he has some nice bruising going on*
Lithaladhwen: Uh. I... yeah. I don't think we have a cocktail for that, but you'd have to ask Kerran. *jerks her thumb to a tall near-elderly gent behind the bar*
FFFan80: *looks*
Lithaladhwen: *The guy looks up, his thick moustache twitches as he smiles and he waves to Myrnal and her friend.*
Lithaladhwen: My grandfather. He's our resident booze expert.
FFFan80: Ah.
FFFan80: He looks... cheerful. o_o
Lithaladhwen: Gn. I think he needs more to do. So what do you want?
Lithaladhwen: Drink-wise. Not life-solution-wise.
FFFan80: Eh.
FFFan80: Whatever'll let me walk home at the end of the night -\/-
FFFan80: (yay for not drinking ever x_x; )
Lithaladhwen: ...If you want. I'll... surprise you or something.
Lithaladhwen: Back in a second. I have another table.
FFFan80: ....o_ó
FFFan80: Alright
Lithaladhwen: *She heads off, stops at the bar, and disappears into the kitchen to do... something.*
Lithaladhwen: *The older guy comes and sets a mug of thick, dark stout in front of Stephan.* Here you go, kid.
FFFan80: *takes* Thanks...
Lithaladhwen: You know Myrnal?
FFFan80: I've worked with her before.
Lithaladhwen: *nods thoughtfully to himself* Hrm. I see.
Lithaladhwen: She doin' all right?
FFFan80: o_ó
FFFan80: I guess... don't you know?
Lithaladhwen: Son, my mercenary days ended a while back. *smirk* Yanna wouldn't approve anyway.
Lithaladhwen: So, no, I don't know what she's up to when she's not home.
FFFan80: o_o
FFFan80: IM: ...she could've mentioned that little part there.
FFFan80: Well, if you're asking me about everything she's been up to.
FFFan80: She doesn't exactly give me a list of every job she takes.
FFFan80: But she seems fine to me *shrug*
FFFan80: <\/< IM: ...I will... try to be polite... I will... make the attempt to be polite...
Lithaladhwen: Good enough. *nods* The wife worries. She was never a merc, so she gets antsy.
FFFan80: Know what you mean. *nod*
FFFan80: Lot of my family's the same way.
Lithaladhwen: *nod* Well, I'll let you get to your stout. S'a good one. On the house. Let Yanna or Myrnal know if you want anything to eat, all right?
FFFan80: o_o
FFFan80: *blinks* Um... thanks, but you really don't have to do that.
Lithaladhwen: Don't worry about it. If this weren't a tavern and Myrnal's friends came around we'd feed them. Just so happens to be easier this way.
Lithaladhwen: *He tips Stephan a little salute and heads back behind the bar to take care of the other drinkers.*
FFFan80: 6_6
FFFan80: ...and another parallel to my own family comes up again. *smirks*
FFFan80: *takes a sip*
Lithaladhwen: (You tempt me to do something goofy.)
FFFan80: (...I am probably the last person you wanna ask to disuade goofy family shenanigans =O)
Lithaladhwen: *After a quick conversation with Kerran, an older lady of the very rounded jolly grandmotherly sort sets a plate in front of Stephan with four sugar cookies on it.*
Lithaladhwen: Evening, dear. I made a few extra so I thought I'd drop them off over here. My name's Yanna.
Lithaladhwen: I don't know if we've met.
FFFan80: o_o
FFFan80: -_-
FFFan80: Um...no...I... don't think so?
FFFan80: IM: Oh Gods help me...
Lithaladhwen: Well, what's your name?
FFFan80: ....S..Stephan.
Lithaladhwen: Oh! Good to meet you, dear. Can I get you anything to eat?
Lithaladhwen: (Dave. Does Stephan have a wedding ring on?)
FFFan80: (.... >=( )
FFFan80: ( Yes )
FFFan80: Uh...
FFFan80: The... uh, cookies are fine for now, but thanks.
Lithaladhwen: All right. *glances down at his hand* But let me know if you need anything.
FFFan80: *nod* Will do.
FFFan80: IM: ...damn, she must have noticed the bruises
Lithaladhwen: ^_^ Excellent!
Lithaladhwen: *she heads off*
FFFan80: 9\/9 IM: She's probably gonna lecture her about what trouble I am to hang around, or something.
Lithaladhwen: *Eventually Myrnal returns and pulls the towel from her waist.* There. They won't care if I take a break.
Lithaladhwen: *looks over her shoulder at her grandmother* Did they... come over here?
FFFan80: *sips ale* Yup
FFFan80: *gestures* Feel free to snag a cookie
Lithaladhwen: .....*sigh*
Lithaladhwen: Did she-- never mind.
Lithaladhwen: *takes a cookie*
FFFan80: o_ó ...did she... what?
Lithaladhwen: You're wearing a ring. Maybe she didn't ask you.
FFFan80: ....
FFFan80: Is that what she was looking at?
Lithaladhwen: ...*facepalms*
Lithaladhwen: *heavy sigh*
FFFan80: ....
FFFan80: Well this sounds like a good sign.
Lithaladhwen: Well, on the up side it means she likes you. That's.... sort of a good thing.
Lithaladhwen: So what's up?
Lithaladhwen: *subject change!*
FFFan80: My brother's being a bastard, that's all.
Lithaladhwen: Dan? The hell did he do?
FFFan80: *sighs*
FFFan80: I guess the King Dumas... er... Doma there, is going to Baron.
FFFan80: Dan's going with him.
FFFan80: I told him to keep his ass home, but he won't listen to me.
Lithaladhwen: So why's he going?
FFFan80: *sighs* I don't know. He slipped up that it's something important, but he won't get specific.
Lithaladhwen: *sigh* Why do you think he's not telling?
FFFan80: 9\/9 Says it's for security reasons. So, I'd wager a guess it's over the upheaval back home.
FFFan80: (need to check something quick)
Lithaladhwen: ('kay.)
FFFan80: ( I think I may've had a continuity hiccup )
Lithaladhwen: (How so?)
FFFan80: ( His mother's one of the ones who came back with Trevor )
FFFan80: ( ...and rereading the RP post, apparently Trevor's common knowledge, woops )
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, but what precisely they're doing and that they're leaving at a certain time... maybe they didn't want anyone to know before they left.)
Lithaladhwen: (Sort of a "people can know now that we're doing it, but if they know beforehand it'll screw our plans up" dealie.)
FFFan80: ( *nod* )
FFFan80: All I know is, if it involved ferrying the old king back home, I want him the hell away from it.
FFFan80: *sip* -\/-
Lithaladhwen: Wait, what? He's going back there? *sweeping negative motions* No, no. Bad plan.
FFFan80: I don't know.
FFFan80: For all I know, Chuck there's going over to stir up some kinda shit storm about it
FFFan80: And I don't want Dan there for that either.
FFFan80: If he's going, then he thinks something really bad might happen to him.
Lithaladhwen: I don't... Hrm. I don't know the king that well. Only ever talked to him twice. You think he's going to be an idiot?
FFFan80: ...*sighs* -\/-
FFFan80: I don't know. I just... royalty pisses me off in general.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug* Met him once. He was walking around in my head. We didn't talk.
FFFan80: ...he was?
Lithaladhwen: After that he kind of acted like he knew me, but it was weird and made no sense.
Lithaladhwen: Hm? He.... yeah. It was complicated.
FFFan80: ...wait, I think I remember hearing about this.
FFFan80: Wasn't Dan with him?
Lithaladhwen: Yeah.
FFFan80: Ah.
Lithaladhwen: Dan and I didn't talk either.
Lithaladhwen: They were busy with things.
FFFan80: So I heard. The bloke sounded... well... fucked in the head.
Lithaladhwen: Dan was? *frowns* He okay?
FFFan80: (...whut?)
Lithaladhwen: I mean he seemed kind of bothered, but...
Lithaladhwen: (Dan and I didn't talk. The bloke sounded fucked in the head. Does Stephan mean Memory?)
FFFan80: ( he was talking about the crazy guy ^_^; )
Lithaladhwen: (Happens. Go with it!)
FFFan80: o_ó
FFFan80: ...I wasn't talking about Dan.
FFFan80: Though I did ask him to shut up about what happened.
Lithaladhwen: Dan w-- yeah. Thanks. I didn't ask him to come, though.
Lithaladhwen: Guess he heard about that motherfucker some other way.
FFFan80: *smirks* Never stopped him from meddling before.
Lithaladhwen: I guess. This wouldn't be a problem if-- *snaps her mouth shut* Agh. Guy should have died years ago. Troublemaking fuck.
Lithaladhwen: Anyway, sorry you had to hear about it.
FFFan80: Eh, it's alright.
FFFan80: it's just what he does.
FFFan80: -\/- ...and it's gonna get him bloody killed one of these days....
FFFan80: ...*siiiiiiiiip*
Lithaladhwen: *sigh* I don't know how he heard about it. Tassi's ex must've found him or something.
FFFan80: (if cha went, Dan probably tagged along to help him initially)
Lithaladhwen: Either that or there's some secret Baronian expatriate information network I don't know about.
Lithaladhwen: (That's exactly what happened.)
FFFan80: ...You said the King went too?
Lithaladhwen: (That and it was that girl Stephan knows who doesn't want to stab him.)
FFFan80: (Ah)
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, he did.
FFFan80: (*thud*)
FFFan80: ( continuity for the win x_x )
FFFan80: ( where are my rp logs when I need em )
Lithaladhwen: Honestly, the king seemed more interested in meddling than Dan was. I haven't actually seen Dan since then.
Lithaladhwen: King came back. Wanted to talk to me about my mom or some shit.
Lithaladhwen: Weird.
FFFan80: He probably went to make sure the King didn't get himself killed.
FFFan80: Your mom?
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, I dunno why he was so concerned about it. I mean, I know why, but it doesn't actually follow that he'd want to make a bonding thing out of it.
FFFan80: IM: ...is that what Dan was getting all wigged out over?
Lithaladhwen: I mean, he wasn't even the one she shot.
Lithaladhwen: If she'd shot him I could understand.
FFFan80: I guess whatever he saw made him feel li...
FFFan80: ....
FFFan80: Huh?
Lithaladhwen: They were walking around in my head. Needed to have a couple of things walking around to keep that little shit away from me, and so I had her shooting people who came by.
Lithaladhwen: Unfortunately I think she shot those guys. Which happens.
FFFan80: ...
FFFan80: o_o
FFFan80: -_-
FFFan80: ....um, Myrnal
FFFan80: normally, I'd mind my own fucking business.
FFFan80: ...but did she try to shoot my brother?
Lithaladhwen: Well, think of it this way. You've got someone trying to crack into your head. Wouldn't you put up some defenses? It was the first thing I thought of.
Lithaladhwen: I think she shot Darin. Maybe Damian. I don't actually remember; I wasn't paying attention.
FFFan80: ....
FFFan80: *rubs his temples* >_<
FFFan80: Well, this answers a few things
Lithaladhwen: What?
FFFan80: Why Dan was all weirded out.
Lithaladhwen: .................
Lithaladhwen: >_>
FFFan80: I'd be freaking out too if someone's mind tried to kill me.
Lithaladhwen: Actually, no.
Lithaladhwen: I can bet that wasn't it. But that's old business.
Lithaladhwen: It's not important.
FFFan80: o_ó ...ok
Lithaladhwen: Where's he headed? Back to Baron?
FFFan80: Yeah...
FFFan80: >_< *sigh* He has no business doing it.
Lithaladhwen: *taps her fingers on the table a few times*
Lithaladhwen: Well. I kind of owe Dan a favor. So, uh... maybe I could follow them. Worse comes to worse, I tell Charles something he'll believe and maybe he thinks I'm there to help my country or something.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug*
FFFan80: (really hate to do this here)
FFFan80: (But we just got swamped >_<)
Lithaladhwen: (Hakuna matata.)
Lithaladhwen: (At any rate, we've established why Myrnal is going. Perhaps she won't tell Dan until she gets there.)
FFFan80: ( =D )
FFFan80: ( yay ackward reunions )
Lithaladhwen: (FYI I'm following you out of the country because your brother is pissed you're going?)
Lithaladhwen: (Going to go watch a movie about pirates! Thanks for RP!)
Lithaladhwen: (*lurks*)
FFFan80 signed off at 11:07:24 PM.