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Author Comment Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 154 (8/18/05 0:36) Reply Re: Take this, biatch. Lym had been dreaming of sex. It'd been a while, after all. There was a hot girl in bed with him, after all. Her warmth was wonderful, but torturous in a way. There were a lot of things he would have liked to do to her under other circumstances. He couldn't do them now. Really, he knew better than to try to sleep with her so early -- this was supposed to be a serious relationship, he reminded himself -- the temptation was of course still very much there. Lym groaned back at Eve as she objected to the Archmagus' telepathy. "Not exactly my favorite way to wake up either. Strange man's voice in my head... Uck. Still. There is business to be done, protection to be taken...we'd probably better get up." He sighed and rolled out of bed, caressing her face gently as he stood. He slipped into his clothes and reattached his third eye. "Do you think I need a hair cut?" he asked her, brushing it out of his eyes. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1745 (8/18/05 8:19) Reply Re: Take this, biatch. Stephan takes a deep breath, going over by the bed to get himself dressed and armored up. As he finishes up putting his boots on, he tries to calm himself down over the dream from last evening. It was just stress getting to him, that was all. Just his mind putting together all his fears into one long hellish nightmare. ...right? Once he finishes, Stephan leaves the room, heading downstairs with a semi-awake gaze at the Inn-keeper. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 559 (8/18/05 13:02) Reply | Edit Re: Take this, biatch. Eve rolled over onto her stomach and propped her chin on the backs of her hands. She looked up at Lym with a half-smile and inspected him carefully. "Hm. I don't know. I think you look just fine the way you are." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The man at the front desk looked up at Stephan as he entered the room. Myrnal was standing next to the desk with a decidedly irritated expression. She drummed her fingers on the wooden surface of the desk as the inkeeper spoke. "Ah'm glad Ah could talk to y'all at the same time. Now, Ah don't want to seem inhospitable or nothing, but y'all wouldn't happen to know anythin 'bout what happened on the beach late last night, would ya? Ah only ask because y'all aren't from around here and sometimes we get visitors who make trouble." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1747 (8/18/05 15:18) Reply Re: Take this, biatch. Stephan just stares at the man with a puzzled expression for a moment, then speaks. "...that depends, what the hell are you talking about?" he asks the Inn-Keeper. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 155 (8/18/05 17:02) Reply Re: Take this, biatch. Lym shrugged and immediately forgot the entire concept with Eve's approval. "Shall we get going, then? As irritating a wakeup call as that may have been, I'll feel much better once you have your protection..." He slapped his forehead. "OH, SHIT, that's right. We've got to go get Myrnal and Stephan at some point as well. And then we'll...well, hell, I don't know what we'll do. Maybe get something to eat." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3912 (8/18/05 20:36) Reply ^ I DON'T WANNA WAIT! FOR OUR LIIIIIVES TO BE OOOOVERRRR... James whistled a little as he strode down the hallway, glancing idly left and right at students and decorations as he went. Suits of armor and extremely elaborate and bizarre paintings lined the hall, and even this early in the morning, the press of students rushing to class made it somewhat difficult to move wholly unimpeded. Distracted by a particularly strange work of abstract art that James thought looked somewhat like a massively blurred rainbow trout being eaten by a pink walrus with the head of a lion in a field of exploding roses that were being sucked in by a black hole, the half-incubus completely failed to notice the female student darting down the hallway for fear of being late to class and promptly intersected with her rather harshly. Harshly enough, it should be noted, that the laws of physics finally caught up with James. Not with his hair, naturally, but with him as a whole, resulting in both James and the student crashing to the ground in a heap. Naturally, in accordance with the law of inertia, since she was moving far faster than he was, the young man wound up being shoved backward, landing roughly on the ground, crushing his wings beneath his body as he slammed against the carpet. This was both painful and unexpected, and it caused James to groan audibly. Once the sorcerer opened his eyes, his opinion of the situation changed rapidly, as he had been inadvertently tackled by a very attractive female student with long, flowing, dark hair and a set of tightly-fitting midnight blue robes. He grinned. She blushed furiously. The crowd moved around them, as though nothing had happened. Gunnir students bore witness to far more interesting events on a daily basis. "Hi," James said smoothly, greeting the woman who had unintentionally found herself lying on top of his prone body. She, however, seemed not to have time to talk. Continuing to blush furiously, she pushed herself up off the wizard, bowing awkwardly and covering her mouth with her hand as she stammered out an apology. "S-s-sorry! Class! I'm late!" With that, she leapt over the stunned young man, continuing her mad dash down the hallway. Dismayed, James pushed himself to his feet, turning and glancing down the hall after her. He sighed heavily, a look of utter disappointment on his face. "Damn," he muttered, brushing himself off idly. Oh well. Probably better for the integrity of the time stream, anyway... Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 562 (8/19/05 10:36) Reply | Edit Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. The innkeeper fidgeted a little uncomfortably. "Ah haven't heard much to say what actually happened, but somethin' burned the hell out of part of the shore." He put his hands out in front of him palm out, making an obvious effort not to seem hostile. "Ah'm not sayin' it was y'all that did it, but Ah have to ask." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eve sat up in bed, unconsciously fixing one of the straps of her white nightgown. The thing wasn't much more than a slip anyway, but the propriety of having it on her properly was somehow important. Or something. "Yeah. I guess we should go get that thing from Lee's psicrystal. I'll go pick up Stephan and Myrnal whenever they're ready to go. Not a big deal." She pulled herself up out of bed with a clear effort of will. Eve dressed in the same clothes she'd worn yesterday, the outfit she'd bought when she went to talk to her sister. She put on her pants before removing her nightgown, and turned her back when she took that off to change into her shirt, possibly out of some sort of token concern for the fact that there was a man in the room, and men are often easily distracted by such things. She turned back around as she put the last button in place on her shirt. "So," she began as she grabbed her new black vest off of the end of the bed. "Since we're figuring out our morning plans, what are we eating and when can I get outside and have my morning cigarette?" Edited by: Kai  at: 8/19/05 12:11 Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 156 (8/19/05 12:21) Reply Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Lym shrugged. "As long as you don't disappear or anything, you can go smoke now if you want. I'll bring you the amulet as soon as I've got it. After that, we can eat wherever you want -- I've got no clue what's available here at Gunnir, so, obviously at the moment I don't have a preference." He smiled at her charmingly and opened the door for her. "Let it never be said that I am not a flexible elf." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1751 (8/21/05 9:04) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Stephan makes a quick glance to Myrnal, to see her reaction, then turns back to the inn-keeper. "Beats the hell outta me. Maybe it was some mage releasing stress for all I know." he tells the man. NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 2987 (8/21/05 14:38) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Kei stretched, and gave a loud yawn. That's enough of that...time to get down there, she thought to herself. She then pulled herself out of bed, and quickly got her supplies and weapons together. As soon as she was done, she was out of the door and heading swiftly towards Lee's office. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 564 (8/21/05 14:39) Reply | Edit Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Eve stepped through the doorway, but stopped to answer Lym. "I'm not going to disappear. I don't really have anywhere to go, now do I? Tell you what. I'll go with you to get the necklace, and I'll get my morning fix on the way to wherever we end up eating. Deal?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Myrnal was gazing at the innkeeper with an expression of bland curiosity. If she had any feelings about the situation, she wasn't showing them. The innkeeper, for his part, fidgeted a little more, but seemed satisfied with Stephan's answer. "Ah suppose. We just aren't used to this kinda thing here. Ah'm sure this'll blow over once people calm down. But... until then," he looked up at Stephan and Myrnal apologetically. "Maybe y'all oughta be headin' out. People worry, and Ah don't want anyone comin' here pointin' fingers." Myrnal scoffed dismissively and addressed Stephan. "At least they aren't just running us out of town. They're politely running us out of town." The innkeeper looked regretfully down at his desk. "Ah do apologize." Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 157 (8/21/05 21:53) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "Sounds good to me." Lym shrugged amiably and led the way back to Lee's office -- getting lost, briefly, but getting back on track before Eve could have forced him to admit it. Naturally they made it to the room last. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1752 (8/22/05 17:43) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Stephan gives Myrnal a nod in agreement, then sighs at the innkeeper. "You all can think whatever the hell you want, I couldn't give two shits. Just don't give us a reason to actually bother you, and we won't." With that, he heads out of the inn. Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 945 (8/23/05 17:31) Reply Re: EEY!!! *classic pose!* 97... 98... 99... 100! Finally done with his workout, Damian rose, tired and more than a little bit hungry. A quick shower and a change of clothes later, and he's ready to get going. Or, at least, as ready as he can expect to be. Hold on, I thought you said that we WEREN'T going to Archmage Lee's office? Damian shrugged. Eh. Business first, you know that. Yeah, I know, but you said .. you mean that you LISTEN to what I say? That's new. HEY!! I listen.... just not most of the time. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 571 (8/26/05 11:12) Reply | Edit Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Myrnal followed Stephan out the door and turned toward the beach where they'd talked with Joss the night before. "So. Am I the only one who has a really bad feeling about this?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Lym and Eve arrived at Lee's office they were indeed the last ones there. However, it wasn't as if they could possibly have missed much. The whole point of the exercise was to retrieve something for Eve. Can't do that without the girl there. Veritas wasn't floating at the moment. It was sitting on a pile of scrolls which rested on a corner of Lee's esk. When Eve entered the room, Veritas suddenly became much more animated. Several long filaments like spider legs extended out from the sides of the psicrystal. It spoke and its voice sounded very much like Malachi Lee's, but with a strang reverberation to each word. "Hello, Eve." Veritas lifted itself up on its legs, reinforcing the impression of some kind of crystalline arachnid. It picked its way down from the desk and onto Lee's chair. On the chair was a necklace of small glossy black beads. Hanging from it was a single glass sphere caged in silver. Veritas perched on the back of Lee's chair. "Go ahead. We had it specially made, so you can take it for as long as you need it. The only thing you have to return is the crystal anchor." "Well thanks," Eve replied as she reached for the necklace. "So. Who feels like wandering around until we find something to eat?" Veritas skittered rapidly up to Lee's desk again. "I'd offer a suggestion, but... I don't eat. An unfortunate side-effect of not actually having a digestive system." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3935 (8/26/05 11:44) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "I've always been fond of eating, personally," chuckled James. "I am not, however, entirely certain as to where we can procure food in this building. While I have no intention of asking for recommendations or suggestions from an entity that doesn't eat, you might know where we can find, oh, a dining hall of some sort? Surely a school as grandiose as Gunnir has a dining hall somewhere." Cracking his neck, James sighed a little, recalling the incident with the female student in the hallway. So far, so bad, with regard to his day as of yet, and the half-incubus figured that a little breakfast might, if nothing else, smooth the whole thing over a bit. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1753 (8/26/05 15:10) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "If you didn't, I'd wonder if you had any common sense." Stephan mentions, glancing over to the beach as well, "You ready for the inevitable mob if we go over to investigate it? Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 946 (8/26/05 22:04) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "I could also use a bite to eat myself," said Damian... about two seconds before his stomach rumbled its own agreement. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 574 (8/27/05 13:50) Reply | Edit Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Myrnal cracked the knuckles of one hand. "Always." When Myrnal and Stephan reached the edge of the beach. It was pretty plain what had happened. On the beach was an enormous blackened circle about fifty feet from edge to edge. It was large enough that it covered a good portion of the land with one of the edges past the waterline. Most of the sand, especially toward the center, seemed to have been melted into glass. There was a small crowd gathered around, but it was clear that no one wanted to get too close to it. Some people were whispering to each other, and the overall mood was one of distressed confusion. Myrnal gave a low whistle. "...Dammara. That's fucked up." One or two people glanced nervously in Myrnal and Stephan's direction, and a couple of parents pulled their children back behind them when the mercenaries came near. Edited by: Kai  at: 8/27/05 13:52 FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1754 (8/27/05 13:57) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "...looks like he's getting better at it than I thought." Stephan mutters, staring in half-surpise at the crater of blackened sand and glass. He tries getting closer than the townspeople seem willing, to give it a better look. Maybe there was something else... Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 576 (8/29/05 11:39) Reply | Edit Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. As Stephan approached the scorched area, it was difficult to see all the way to the center. However, as he stepped closer, he could see something unusual in the black glassy area at the very middle of the apparent explosion. There were footprints in the sand that had been melted and later solidified. Someone had been in the area when this happened, and had apparently left alive. Without a much deeper familiarity with Joss's shoes, it was impossible to tell if it had been him, but the footprints did seem to be smaller than adult-size feet would make. Myrnal stayed behind, keeping a close eye on the gathered crowd, who seemed more afraid of the two of them than hostile. Her vigilance didn't seem necessary as everywhere the two mercenaries went, the space in the crowd around them moved with them, as if no one there wanted anything to do with people who could create such devastation with seemingly no provokation. "Stephan," Myrnal asked. "Do you see anything?" Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 158 (8/29/05 23:39) Reply Lym totally wants to eat. Lym shrugged. "Well, I guess we got what we came for..." He addressed the glowy sentient thing. "Any suggestions for a good meal?" FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1761 (8/30/05 13:00) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. "...yeah." Stephan comments, staring at the tiny footprints as he talks to Myrnal, "There's footprints in there... little footprints." A few scenarios ran in his mind for a moment. The prominant one being Joss furious, and venting said fury in an explosive blast of flame. ...Then he remembered, that Joss wasn't the only kid with the ability to wield fire. He starts scanning around the beach, hoping he doesn't see what he fears may be around. Possibly a pile of ash that used to be... He didn't want to think about it. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 579 (8/30/05 15:57) Reply | Edit Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Veritas rapped one long spidery leg on the table for a moment before he spoke. "Well. The common eating area shouldn't be too crowded. I get the impression that the students don't get a chance to eat there much. Take a left down the hallway, and there will be an exit ahead and to your right. You'll go through a short breezeway and on the other end is the dining area." Eve nodded. "All right. Awesome. I'll get a chance to have myself a cigarette on the way, then." Veritas hesitated a little. "Lovely. Enjoy that." She headed out the door, expecting the others to follow. She was barely out of Lee's office when she had one cigarette out of the case and another behind her ear. She led them to the cafeteria which, as Veritas had predicted, was mostly free of students. There was a rather rounded man in cream-colored robes sitting behind a buffet-style table reading a book about floral arrangements as used to complement Inustani dessert dishes. He slapped the tabletop next to him and a sandwich materialized under his palm. "Ah." He said. "Egg salad. My favorite." ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephan didn't see anything nearby that had been burned. The destruction appeared to be highly localized. If this was Joss' doing, the boy hadn't targeted anything else. Myrnal sighed, one hand on her belt, not selecting any knife in particular. She continued to eye the crowd, which was beginning by now to disperse. "We should be less fucked all the time. I think that would be neat. So what do we do? Do we try to find him, or do you want to wait and drill the seer for details later?" FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1762 (8/31/05 11:51) Reply Re: Random note: Han Solo=Space Fonzie. Thank you. Stephan seemed deep in thought for a moment, staring at the scorched sand, then turned to speak with Myrnal. "...nah, let's just get ready to meet the others. I told him what I wanted him to know, and If I go after him, it'll mean I lied about him having a choice to make." "...and Gods I hope he doesn't make the wrong one." He thinks to himself. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 159 (8/31/05 22:52) Reply Well, uh... Lym looked around to see if there was any food he wouldn't have to magically slap a table around for. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3965 (9/1/05 0:59) Reply Account theft. This is Kai. Believe it or not, there wasn't. The only food in the room seemed to have come from the man with the sandwich. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 160 (9/1/05 11:32) Reply That's odd. Lym shrugged and experimentally tapped the corner of his table. "Hash browns and a corned beef sandwich on rye?" he said. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3969 (9/2/05 11:37) Reply Lazy GM borrows AM's laptop. The table, in a rather surprising turn of events at Gunnir, did nothing extraordinary at all. When Lym made his request, the man at the table peered at him over his book and cocked one eyebrow in the seer's direction. "What are you, a transfer student?" The man asked. "Look, if you want something to eat, come and get it." He shook his head and put his book down with the pages open to save his space. He rubbed the top of his head with one hand and beckoned the newcomers closer. When he was sure he had their attention he spoke again. "Okay. I'm Archmagus Bailey and I'm going to be feeding you today. What was it you asked for?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Myrnal swept her hair out of her face with one hand and looked back toward the town. She tapped one fingernail against her teeth as she thought for a moment. "Well, I don't suppose you feel like waiting in town. I say we hang out somewhere over here on the shore until the others get a spare moment to come get us. Not really much else to do at this point unless the boy shows up to burn us to death." She made her way off to a bank of dune grass and sat down on the edge of it a good distance away from the marks Joss had left on the land. Crossing her legs comfortably, she pulled a knife with a yellow handle out of her belt and began sharpening it with a tool from her backpack. Her face smoothed into an expression of mild concentration as she worked. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 161 (9/2/05 17:38) Reply Oh, huh. Lym quirked an eyebrow and shrugged. "Uh... I was thinking hash browns and a corn beef sandwich with some cheese would be nice?" Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 601 (9/5/05 14:49) Reply | Edit Re: Oh, huh. Bailey rubbed his hands together and held them over the table for a moment, hovering just an inch or two above the surface. After a moment, he snapped the fingers of both hands and the sandwich appeared. It didn't have a plate, but the table didn't look like it was going to give Lym any exotic diseases. Of course at Gunnir there was no way to tell, but Lym was probably safe. Bailey drummed his fingers on the table for a few seconds, apparently considering the logistics of hash browns. He frowned deeply and reached under the table. With his other hand he placed a napkin on top of the table. He hit the underside of the tabletop so hard Lym's sandwich shifted a little and the hash browns materialized on top of the napkin. "Now what do the rest of you want? Think of something interesting. I don't get many orders around here, and a degree in culinary conjuration is useless when no one gives you a challenge. The students have been slacking off lately due to exams." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3977 (9/5/05 14:57) Reply Re: Oh, huh. James blinked. "Wow. That's fairly impressive. I can have whatever I want, within reasonable limits, I presume?" His mind whirred away, considering numerous culinary possibilities as he mentally blazed through a list of favorite foods, foods he wished he had gotten more opportunities to eat, and foods he had always wanted to try, but never quite managed to do so. "Hmm. It's breakfast time, no? How about a jumbo-sized omelette with bacon, Chocobo sausage, peppers, carrots, and cheese? Should be straightforward enough, I'd think." He paused, as if thinking on the subject further. "Oh, and a toasted garlic bagel with cream cheese. And a tall glass of orange juice." Think, consider, reconsider. "I take that back. A tall cranberry. With vodka." Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 948 (9/5/05 15:28) Reply Hot dog, anyone? Hmm... what do I want this morning, anyway? Yeah, it has been a while since you had your choice. Hm. A few moments passed before Damian finally settled on something that he hadn't had in quite a while. "As for me, I'll take an omelette as well. Bacon, sausage, onions, mushrooms, cheese in it. Along with that, some hash browns, three tortillias, a glass of orange juice and... hmm.. Perhaps ranch dressing, if you don't mind." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1766 (9/5/05 18:02) Reply Re: Lazy GM borrows AM's laptop. With a slight sigh, Stephan decides to follow her, returning a glare to a few of the villagers gutsy enough to do the same. Until the others arrived, he had nothing else to do but stare at the ocean, and let his thoughts wander. Which, inevitable, turn toward the little fire starter. He had been sure at the time about his decision. If Josh had no choice in the matter, he'd be forcing the kid to choose Dawn. But, if he was going to choose her anyway... Stephan holds his face with his hand a moment, sighing and looking down at the sand below. Normally, he hated looking worried and indecisive. But with all that had happened, and the 'dream' from last night, things were far from normal. And if he didn't talk to someone, he was going to snap and probably pull an encore of Joss' act of pyromania. "...do you think I did the right thing?" he suddenly asks Myrnal, still covering his face with a hand and looking down. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 604 (9/5/05 21:41) Reply | Edit Re: Lazy GM borrows AM's laptop. Myrnal set her knife down in her lap and turned to look at Stephan. She didn't speak immediately, instead taking the opportunity to study Stephan. Several seconds later she replied. "Yes. I think you did. Why do you think I came with you? If this is someone you guys know, then it's important to know where he stands. From a strategic standpoint, yeah... maybe we should have assumed he was an enemy from the start." She sighed and grimaced, obviously speaking with a bit of effort. "But... as unpleasant as the idea is to me... there's more involved here than who gets to kill whom." She threw the yellow-handled knife into the sand near the water's edge, and it pulled itself out again, returning to her hand. She shoved it roughly into her belt. "...I don't want to kill him either. I've seen enough kids dead. Kids I knew. I should have done something about it then, and I didn't. I'm--" It was Myrnal's turn to briefly cover her face. "--I'm not making that mistake again." She turned and stared at Stephan until they made eye contact. "Talking to Joss was the least you could have done. And I'm glad someone had the balls to do it. If we end up fucked as a result, then we end up fucked. It happens. At least we'll know we took the chances we were given, instead of running to Gunnir for help." "I'm sure we're not the only ones who give a damn, but I don't think they're bothered enough." Myrnal gave a short laugh. "Remind me never to travel again with people who need the likes of me to be the voice of moral rectitude. It's just sad." Edited by: Kai  at: 9/5/05 21:41 FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1767 (9/7/05 8:19) Reply Re: Lazy GM borrows AM's laptop. "...tell me about it." he says to her, finally removing the hand from his face and looking out to the ocean, "It's... weird. Anyone else, I'd have said fuck em all for being stupid enough to follow her. But... something about kids just... I dunno." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 2994 (9/7/05 17:15) Reply Re: Lazy GM borrows AM's laptop. "I'll take some grilled fish, trout if you can manage it," Kei says. "I'd also like some toast, and a cup of tea." Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 606 (9/7/05 22:21) Reply | Edit Boo. Eve chimed in after Kei. "I'll have a steak, please. Rare. Ice water's fine to go with it." Bailey sat and pondered a moment. "The dishes are always the hard part. Not so good with those. But the orders won't be an issue." With that, he ran his fingers across the table surface like he was playing an imaginary piano. Behind his hands appeared an immense amount of food. All the orders appeared to have been taken care of, but the dishes were, as Bailey had predicted, a little off. They were all different colors, and the ones that seemed to match in hue changed color slightly as soon as they were brought near some complementary shade. Apparently the silly things just would not arrange themselves in anything approaching an attractive color scheme. Hopefully that was all that was wrong with them. "Well," Bailey said. "Those are better than last time. Hope you enjoy your breakfast. Feel free to come on over again if you need anything else." He paused. "Oh, and one more thing." He pointed to a table over in the corner. "Don't sit there. It bites." Eve thanked him for her morning steak and chose a table at random. She sat down carefully lest this table too have socialization issues, but nothing alarming happened to her. She began to dig into her food without a word to anyone else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Myrnal nodded. "Yup. I don't know what I'll do. I mean..." She made a couple of uncertain vowel noises and gestured aimlessly. "I'm just surprised at the others. I don't think I've ever met anyone in this line of work who had a verifiably normal childhood. I've met people whose parents tried to kill them, people who don't know their parents, people whose families are all dead... adventurers are fucked up people. I guess maybe I'm the only one willing to admit it." She glanced over to Stephan. "I was lucky. These kids aren't. That much isn't their fault." She sighed and looked at her hands. "But it isn't our fault either. We'll just... we'll have to figure it out. We don't have a choice. I know that I for one will do what I have to do. If that means killing some kids who are probably no worse off than the rest of us were, then that's what it means. Not promising enthusiasm, and I'm not going to lie and say I'm proud of it. But I'll do it." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 2995 (9/7/05 23:30) Reply Ooga Booga Kei took her plate, and warily eyed the table the mage mentioned. She shook her head, and then went to take a seat near Eve before starting in on her fish. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3982 (9/8/05 17:55) Reply Re: Boo. "Tables that bite and ugly cutlery are the least of my worries, I assure you," noted James, grinning hungrily and grabbing eagerly at his food. He moved quickly to the table where Eve and Kei had seated themselves and made himself comfortable, clearing a space and setting down his plate. Stabbing viciously into the omelette with his fork, the half-incubus quite literally shoveled chunks of meat-loaded egg into his mouth with incredible enthusiasm. James, it seemed, was definitely the sort of man who enjoyed his food. "Well," James began, swallowing a particularly large mouthful of food, "I think after we eat we need to rendezvous with Stephan and Myrnal. I want to know how their little errand went, because we really need to figure out how we're going to assault Dawn relatively soon. Time is of the essence, and while it is certainly best not to rush things, if we hesitate too long, she might have adequate time to build up some more suitable defenses." Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 162 (9/9/05 10:55) Reply Good stuff. Lym sat down and began eating his food without betraying the slightest distrust of its origins. "I didn't know there were mages who specialized in such things -- archmages, especially! But I guess it makes sense. These are the practical arts. Gaining knowledge, making food for other people, travelling. Etcetera. Would that it were not necessitated by our present conditions to also learn more harmful, nihilistic skills..." He chewed thoughtfully, enjoying the hash browns in particular. In response to James, he held up a finger -- as if to say, let me finish chewing -- swallowed, and nodded. "I'll check in on them now." He sent a message to Myrnal. How are you guys doing? We're in the middle of a meal, then we're thinking of coming to get you. If you're good to go, you should try to return to the point where we left you, for convenience's sake. Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 949 (9/9/05 19:21) Reply Re: Good stuff. Damian gave a quick and slightly wary glance at the silverware, wondering what the hell was going on with it. His shadow, however, seemed to quake... almost as if laughing. Forget color clash, looks like they're having a good old-fashioned war on Good Taste there. Ha ha. As long as the food tastes good. Still eyeing the tableware, but finding that it didn't bark or do anything ELSE weird, he grabbed his food and sat down to eat. The omlette was delicious, but the ranch dressing was buttermilk. Not his favorite. Ah, well, what can you do? You mean, aside from feeding the silverware to that table over there if it gets too cocky? Shut up. "Ah, so there are more members of this group coming, I take it?" Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 609 (9/9/05 20:39) Reply | Edit Re: Good stuff. Myrnal rolled her eyes. "Speaking of the others..." she commented to Stephan. We're fine. We're more or less where Joss was when you dropped us off. Also, there's something here you should probably see, but you really can't miss it. Come get us whenever. "Stephan, they're on their way. They're eating and then heading out here to come get us." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1768 (9/9/05 20:47) Reply Re: Good stuff. "...peachy..." Stephan comments to her. Then his stomach started growling, rather loudly. The swordmage pats at said stomach, annoyance clearly in his expression now. "...and of course, we haven't eaten, and probably won't be now." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3000 (9/11/05 16:58) Reply Re: Good stuff. Kei nodded, and said, "Yes, two others. They had other business to take care of, so we had to separate." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3987 (9/11/05 17:28) Reply Re: Good stuff. "Yeah," noted James, "they went to go talk to some kid, I think. I cannot say that I am entirely clear on all of the relevant details, but I find them largely unimportant in this particular case anyway. What we have to do here is not about children." The half-incubus assumed a grim expression, suddenly ceasing to focus his attention on his food. "What we have to do here is about the greater good. It's about the future, and I'll be damned if I don't serve as a very good warning regarding what will happen if what needs to happen fails to happen because we spend too much time vacillating and deliberating because of a bunch of adolescent psionicist cultists." "Whatever opposition we encounter," James warned, "we simply cannot hesitate. If we do, all is lost, and while my being here is probably a serious violation of the way time is supposed to work anyway, the last thing I want is for the efforts of the people who transported me here to have been in vain. If that means some children have to die, even if they act like they could potentially be our friends...just think about how many children will die if Elaith is resurrected. Think about how many children will become slaves in an army of animated corpses. Think about how many children will die a slow death of starvation because Doma's crop fields have been obliterated by the blight of death magic." "Know these things before you're forced to make a decision regarding whether or not to fight the enemy, Damian," he cautioned. "Decide in advance whether or not you're willing to kill to save lives. Because if you aren't, it might be best for you to stay here, at Gunnir, doing whatever bookish research you were working on before we showed up." James sighed heavily, having said his peace, and took another bite of his omelette. Chewing thoughtfully, he blinked, cocked his head, and swallowed before turning back to Damian. "Oh, yeah. I guess it might be important to mention, as a justification of all that garbage, that I'm from the future. So before you ask me to provide evidence of how I know all that will happen, think about that." He brightened a little, becoming his old, whimsical self again, and grinned with a morbid cheerfulness. Anyone who knew the General would clearly notice that James's behavior at the moment was definitely reminescent of his father. "Just don't tell anyone else, okay? I'm already risking the wrath of the temporal continuum and the collapse of all creation from infinite paradoxes, but hey, what have I got to lose?" Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 950 (9/11/05 22:15) Reply Re: Good stuff. Damian began to chuckle a bit at James' words. "I've no doubt that I can kill to save lives. That bit of my life is common enough, despite trying to avoid it." With a slight shrug, he continued on. "I don't know anything about this future you speak about or how my actions might help change whatever it is you may have seen. What I do know is this. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather not harm those children. A wise man once said that the children are our future. What with their powers, IF we could trust any of them the future would be interesting indeed. ...and honestly the whole thing about them strikes a chord with me. Believe me, I have a good idea of what they might be capable of already from what you've told me." Pushing a plate aside, as the food would just distract him, Damian sat for a moment and thought. A lot of his energy this morning was spent not trying to think about this question, and yet here it was again. "But," he continued,"I'll honestly have to burn that bridge when I come to it. If it comes to it, which I hope not. To be honest I'd rather focus my own efforts on this Dawn person. Partially because she's the one that you say is behind all these events, and partially because she burned down the Jade Dragon Inn. A child I myself have been protecting was staying there, and I take his protection most seriously." Having said all this, Damian eyed James curiously. "... by any chance would your last name be Silvar?" Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 3995 (9/11/05 22:57) Reply Re: Good stuff. "It might," responded James, smirking a little. "But I don't think that's terribly important. And you are correct, Damian, that we should focus our efforts on Dawn. But I want everyone to know where I stand, should her junior fanclub get in the way." Damnit, thought James as he spoke, aggravated in a way that would have been difficult (and unnecessary) to verbalize. Here I am, working to save the world, and all anyone can think about is my father! That man has ruined my chance at ever having a place in the world, even decades before my own time--in a universe in which I haven't even been born! Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 163 (9/12/05 10:19) Reply Lookathatwhydoncha. Lym listened silently to James' speech, carefully avoiding nodding in agreement. It irritated him -- irritated him a LOT -- that, coming from James, more or less his exact argument seemed to be much more acceptable, but he wasn't going to risk souring the group on common sense by associating himself with it for a second time. He silently ate and, when the others had stopped speaking, announced that Myrnal and Stephen were fine. "Apparently something at least vaguely interesting happened down there. I told 'em we'd come down as soon as we finished. We might want to bring them something, too. In fact..." He tapped the table the magic chef sat at to get his attention. "Can you give us a couple of real classy omelettes and breakfast-type sandwiches to go? We have a couple friends across the world right now who would probably appreciate such high class fare as this." He pointed to the half-eaten sandwich in his hand. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 610 (9/12/05 11:14) Reply | Edit [Subject line about stuff] Archmagus Bailey pointed his finger at his table like the barrel of a gun without looking up from his book. He muttered, "Bang," and the requisite breakfast foods made their appearance on the table. He looked up over the spine of his book slowly with one raised eyebrow as one of the omelettes proceeded to giggle at him. He shot it with more magic and it shut up. Bailey shook his head and went back to his book, muttering something about green peppers. Eve swallowed the last mouthful of her steak, and narrowly managed not to speak with her mouth full. "I could go get them now if we're going to discuss things. Probably ought to have everyone here. Anyone coming with me get your butts over here and grab a hand." She looked around the cafeteria at the spare student population and the Culinary Conjurer Extraodinaire and shrugged, evidently deciding that no one would be bothered by some minor teleportation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Myrnal nodded. "Well, maybe if we bitch at them enough they'll get us something to eat, or at least wait long enough for us to scrape up something ourselves." She opened her backpack and rummaged through it for a moment. "Nope. Didn't think I had it with me." She looked over to Stephan. "Normally I carry around this box that produces food on its own. Really convenient." She sighed. "Unfortunately, I lent it to my grandparents since my grandfather wasn't feeling awesome when I left. Shopping was kind of a pain in the ass. You know old people. Always sick with something." She waved a hand dismissively, but her expression was mildly troubled. "I'll get it back when his manhood finally demands he not take charity from me. As it was I had to give it to Yanna and make sure she didn't tell him where it came from for a while." Myrnal laughed quietly to herself. "Crazy old bastard." She put her backpack back on the ground. "I don't know that I normally carry anything to eat other than that. Should've grabbed something at the bar. Their bread was good at least. ...Went well with the booze." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1769 (9/12/05 23:05) Reply Re: [Subject line about stuff] "...Hmm... I think I've got a few rations. Tastes like crap, but it's better than nothing." Stephan comments, looking through the bag of holding for them. Once he locates the packages, he grabs two, offering one over to Myrnal. Edited by: FF Fanatic 80  at: 9/13/05 0:17 Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 164 (9/12/05 23:46) Reply okieday! Lym shoveled the remainder of his food into his mouth and went to Eve. "They wanted me to see something, so, I should definitely come... not sure we need the rest." He shrugged. NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3001 (9/13/05 0:37) Reply Re: Good stuff. The nekojin remained silent while Damien was speaking, mulling over the words as she poked half heartedly at her fish. As much as I hate to admit it, he has a point, she thought. She still harbored the hope that some of the children could be saved, that they could be reformed and maybe even used to help them... Used. These chidren had been used their entire lives, haven't they? Used, abused, and finally manipulated by the only person who seemed willing to rescue them. And because of this, it seemed like a certain decision would be unavoidable: the choice between a group of misguided innocents, or an entire generation (and countless generations to come, in fact), who don't deserve this fate any more than anyone else. Nobody ever said that life was full of easy choices. Kei of all people should know this. She eventually snapped back into reality, just in time to catch Lym's latest comment. "Did they say anything about it?" she asked. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 165 (9/13/05 10:29) Reply Re: Good Stuff "Nope. Just said it was something I should probably see -- though it would be pretty hard to miss it. You're welcome to come along if you want, but let's decide either way and go." Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 615 (9/13/05 15:54) Reply | Edit Re: Good Stuff Myrnal took the offered rations with a nod of thanks. "They should be here at some point anyway." She bit into the food, grimaced a little, and swallowed with an amused shrug. "I've definitely had worse than this. Had better, but also had worse." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eve stood took Lym's hand in hers, holding the other out toward the others. When she didn't immediately receive volunteers, she snapped her fingers impatiently. "Come on. Hurry it up. Anyone who's coming, you don't have to finish all your food or pack up and all that crap. We are coming back. Lym, me and who else?" Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 951 (9/13/05 18:04) Reply Re: Good Stuff At Myrnal's request, Damian took a last bite of his breakfast, savoring the omlette and dressing, then stood up. "I'll go. At the very least I'd like to see these others with whom I might be working with." As his hand contacted Eve's, one could almost feel a slight extra pressure on the hand. Odd that his shadow seemed to be leaning slightly towards this point of contact, but then perhaps something did not want to leave his side just yet. Trying to hitch a ride, I see? Well, I can't exactly woo her with my charming good-looks, can I? Maybe if you asked real nicely... Nice, yeah. Sometime NEXT century. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4005 (9/14/05 11:02) Reply Re: Good Stuff James burped, covering his mouth politely--an act that was somewhat in contrast with the rest of his eating habits. "If no one objects strongly, I'm going to stay here and finish my breakfast. Somehow, I doubt 'retrieving Myrnal and Stephen' requires a huge group effort, and I may have to have Archmagus Bailey conjure me up some more sausage. Eating more sausage is of the utmost importance right now." "Besides. Teleportation has always made me faintly nauseous, and the last thing I need to do is feel ill so soon after eating a delicious breakfast. I have no strong desire to become reacquainted with my omelette so soon." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3005 (9/14/05 14:30) Reply Re: Good Stuff "I'd like to come along, as well," she said. While there was still some food left, this wasn't very important at the moment. Kei ignored it, and held onto Damien's other hand. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1770 (9/14/05 17:34) Reply Re: Good Stuff "Well, it's either this, or storm through the town's angry mob for food." Stephan comments, a slight smirk on his face as he continues, "...and while tempting, I don't think it's a brilliant idea at the moment." Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 622 (9/15/05 1:13) Reply | Edit reunited and it feels so good.... Eve took stock of the number of people coming with her and reiterated her warning for Damian's sake. "The rest of you know the drill. New guy, just don't let go of anyone." With that, she took them all out to Riva to fetch the rest of their current colleagues. She set them down where she dropped the two mercenaries off last time and dislodged her hands from the others. Before she said a word to anyone she'd pulled out a cigarette and lit it. With the lit end hanging from the edge of her mouth, she waved to the others to follow her and headed out to find the people they'd come to retrieve. Myrnal suppressed a smile at Stephan's remark as Eve passed the threshold of the low hill of grass separating her from Stephan and Myrnal. Eve nearly lost her cigarette at the sight of Joss' handiwork. "Oh, look," Myrnal said, pointing. "The cavalry's here." She gave a lighthearted wave to Eve, who simply stood and smoked, too amazed to do much else. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1774 (9/15/05 13:45) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... "Yeah... seems Joss got a bit upset there." Stephan says to Eve, gesturing at the crater, "But no one was hurt, as far as we know." He eyes the rest of the group, trying to decide who to speak with next. There was Kei, looking on in surprise at the crater. Lym stood next to Eve, still holding her hand close. And finally there was.... .... Stephan does a double take at the group's final member, thinking for a minute he mistook James for someone else. But when he looks again, he realizes this man is not James. It is, however, someone the swordmage remembersfrom the past. Surprised and curious at the man's presence with the group, he wastes no time in starting a polite conversation. "...what the bloody fuck are you doing here?" he asks Damian, more surprise in his voice than malice. Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 166 (9/15/05 17:34) Reply I don' wanna wait... "Well, let's not make any assumptions. Gimme a second, here..." Lym released Eve's hand and walked into the center of the ruins. He sat down, crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and opened his mind to the area's past. "In theory," he said, "what I'm doing right now should illuminate matters. Unless anything really interesting has happened more recently. ... I really hope this isn't too bad." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4014 (9/15/05 17:42) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Meanwhile, James, who had nothing better to do while he waited for the others to return from their little jaunt, turned his attention to Archmagus Bailey. Wolfing down the remainder of his food, he walked over toward the food-conjurer and grinned mischeviously. "So, Archmagus Bailey. You strike me as extremely proficient in reproducing various food products. If I may, still being somewhat hungry, I wish to test your abilities a bit. That is, if you don't mind." There were those teeth again. "I was thinking that I would like some mint-chocolate flan. It's an Inustani dessert, if you're not familiar with it, kind of a pudding. And perhaps, while we're on the subject of exotic desserts, I would appreciate some green tea flavored ice cream, and a lovely side of Prandian tiramisu with a couple shots of espresso. And if there are no objections, and it wouldn't be too taxing, some spicy Rivan-styled chocobo jerky would be perfect for the road. Oh, and I've never had the opportunity to experience the raw, soft, fatty underbelly of the Val'Ri tuna, served fresh immediately after the catch and sliced out delicately with a fisherman's knife. Can you do that?" Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 624 (9/15/05 20:08) Reply | Edit Re: reunited and it feels so good.... As Lym walked acorss the blackened ground, some of the glass crunched audibly under his feet. Sitting in the middle of the scorched area was a little uncomfortable, as Lym was sitting where Joss had left his solidified footprints. The emotional imprint left behind for Lym was pretty strong. Whether it was because the event was very recent or because Lym was sitting precisely where the boy had been at the time... it could be either. It wasn't unusual for extremely strong emotional residue to overwhelm specific details, but it could often be a little invasive. This time was no exception. As far as the emotional geography of Lym's current location, the ground seemed to have soaked up a lot of harsh psychic energy. The dominant feelings were of overwhelming confusion and frustration, but as the power's duration came to an end those feelings faded from Lym's consciousness, leaving him with a lingering sense of disappointment and loss. Eve took a long drag on her cigarette and raised her eyebrows at Lym expectantly. Myrnal looked with some degree of interest from Stephan to Damian, and her words were addressed to the stranger. "Damn. They're just picking up strays all over the place. Name's Myrnal. Who're you?" ~~~~~~~~~~~ Bailey grinned and set his book down. "You people," he began. "You and the stoned illusionists wandering in here at all hours of the night. Make my job more fun, the lot of you." The archmage leaned back in his chair and folded his hands over his belly. He eyed James with a sort of playful suspicion. "I don't know who told you about the flan, but what's done is done and the boy asked. You!" He abruptly shouted to the student closest to the entrance to the cafeteria. "Close the door!" The young man slammed it shut without hesitation. Could it be that he knew something James didn't? Edited by: Kai  at: 9/15/05 22:24 Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4017 (9/15/05 22:33) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... "Um." James stared blankly at Archmagus Bailey. He suddenly got the feeling that he was in for a lot more than he bargained for. All kinds of bizarre and imaginative visions of him having to fight to the death with a killer flan that had developed a taste for humanoid flesh and ravaged the countryside with mint-flavored digestive acid swam in his head. There was always the possibility that it would devour him, engulf him within its gelatinous body, and slay him, forcing a band of rogue adventurers (likely hired by his father) armed with the finest in mythril tableware to hunt the murderous food item down and see that it was properly disposed of. He had never been so unsettled at the prospect of dessert. "I don't know what you're talking about, but bring on the flan!" shouted James, clearly trying to give the impression that he was ready for anything. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 625 (9/15/05 22:48) Reply | Edit Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Bailey moved behind the table he warned had a tendency to bite and beckoned James closer with a grin. "Come on. Won't bite you if I'm here. You'll want to be over by me for this one." When he was satisfied that James was near enough to his side, he --and everyone else in the room-- abruptly flipped their tables on their sides, forming a nearly complete wall around the center of the room. Surely a credit to their teachers, the few students in the room continued studying from behind their protective tables. "Okay, kid." Archmagus Bailey closed his eyes and put his hand on the edge of the table. From the table's surface came rocketing out a mucousy-looking roughly cylindrical blob of opaque green jelly. It hit the tabletop across the room from the one protecting James and Bailey, startling a student sitting in the adjacent corner. The flan slid off the table onto the floor, and seemed to roll backward a little, revealing an enormous eye in the middle of the thing's body mass. The pupil of the eye opened into a mouth rimmed with long, thin teeth. It screamed. Bailey held out a hand in front of James to keep him from going anywhere. "Just watch." Bailey whistled at the flan, who turned it's eye/mouth toward him. It charged in the way only enraged flan can, but the green thing didn't get very far. It hit James' table and was shoved back as the table, true to its reputation, struck out with a bite that James was unfortunately not able to see from his side of the table. "You know, son... they can do this for hours. I've seen it." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4018 (9/15/05 22:55) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... James breathed a little sigh of relief. He was just wrong enough with his predictions that he could feel comfortable. "That, er, is completely and utterly brilliant, Archmagus Bailey," James noted, finally able to speak after a moment of stunned silence. "Unfortunately, I somehow doubt I can eat it. And it, in fact, seems somewhat intent on eating me." He raised an eyebrow. "Food that bites back might be quite the culinary accomplishment from one perspective, and it's definitely an arcane accomplishment from any perspective, but I was kind of hoping I would get to taste it." He returned briefly to his wildly imaginative vision. "I don't suppose you have a mythril fork I can go after the damned thing with, do you?" Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 626 (9/15/05 23:09) Reply | Edit Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Bailey laughed. "No, I don't. That probably wouldn't work anyway. But, since you seem to be interested in my work you might like this!" Bailey laughed again, a deep laugh that came right from that belly of his. He slapped the back of their table and it belched forth another, similar blob. This one wasn't a mint-chocolate variety, though. Judging by the color it might have been strawberry. "You see, this is the only thing that works once the flan's gotten all agitated." The strawberry flan rolled back, revealing an eye very similar to the mint flan. There was one key difference. It had two rows of teeth and a long tongue that looked to be covered in small humanoid ears. Some of them were pointed, but for the most part they looked like relatively mundane, if oddly placed, human ears. The tongue lolled out over its teeth as the two flans turned to face one another. They gurgled quietly at each other for a moment, each sizing up its new opponent. Then, with horribly discordant shrieks of rage, they barreled into each other, slamming in the center of the room into a bi-colored blob of snarling dessert. In a matter of seconds the strawberry flan had gained the upper hand, repeatedly bludgeoning the mint flan with its tongue. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4020 (9/16/05 0:00) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... "I believe," James said, a stunned and confused look on his face, "that that was the most absurd display of magic I have ever seen. You deserve some sort of award, but I'm not entirely sure that I deserve to give it to you." "So, er, getting back to the original subject, I'm still somewhat hungry..." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3007 (9/16/05 0:56) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... While Kei was tempted to ask how the two men knew each other, something more important was on her mind. "What...happened here?" she asked, looking towards the crater. Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 953 (9/16/05 1:13) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Damian eyed Stephan for a couple of moments before recognition dawned on him. "Ah, you. Stephan, was it," he asked calmly. "I met these people up at Gunnir, and asked to help them out. Or, I suppose, you out." With a shrug, Damian continued on. "That and express my displeasure at a certain inn's unfortunate destruction." Hehehe. Him again. Oh no. DON'T bother him, please. Not now. We're going to be WORKING together, you know. ... Fine, fine... With a vague recollection of the LAST time he and Stephan met, Damian had to hope to at least not make another bad impression. Though sometimes (like now), his Shadow seemed more... playful than one would like. ... not even a LITTLE bit? Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 167 (9/16/05 10:14) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Lym kneaded his temples and considered his options. "What'd you guys say to him? And do any of you know exactly what this signifies? Apparently he felt a deep sense of loss and disappointment. Or I would assume this is his psychic mess. I can interpret that as a sign that he has discerned Dawn's deficiencies, but if he felt particularly strongly about you -- and I think he'd have to, to even consider listening to you about Dawn in the first place, meaning that this second possibility is a condition of the first -- it could mean he's given up on you, instead." He shrugged, realizing he had only one good option. He opened the deepest, darkest recesses of his mind and asked a question. How has Joss thought of Dawn over the course of past twelve hours? He waited to come up with an answer. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 629 (9/16/05 17:35) Reply | Edit Lym is lucky he isn't asking an irritable Codex. Bailey looked over to James and nodded gratefully at the compliment. "Well, thank you. This whole thing started in an accidental conjuration of a blueberry flan. We discovered the others after some gladiat-- ahem. Some research. Very important research." "However, if you're still hungry, I can give you something to tide you over until they're done. Should be ready for the last one now." Bailey conjured a bunch of purple seedless grapes and handed them to James. "Don't finish these until I've told you what you need them for. But you can certainly eat some of the grapes until we get our cafeteria back. You'll get the rest of your breakfast when they finish. Like I said... they're almost done." Surely enough, the strawberry flan was sitting in the middle of the floor and the mint flan was nowhere to be seen. Wrapping its tongue around itself, it licked the minty green fluid from the outside of its body, running its tongue across the floor once or twice for good measure. Rolling the ear-covered mass back into its eye/mouth, the flan started to roll over toward Bailey and Lee's table. It and the flan apparently did not get along very well, as the table growled at its approach. "Here we go," Bailey muttered, lowering one hand past his chair to the floor. "Lift up your feet, son. This can get messy." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As far as Joss was concerned, Dawn Valerian was more or less the only person who had accepted him and treated him like the gifted individual he'd always been certain he was. Starting with her talks with Joss about his father, her predictions and judgement had been reasonable, culminating in Joss finding a place in her religious following. He was grateful to her for her training and for taking him in without forcing him to ask for a place to stay. Dawn has done a lot of good for the others as well. Joss considered that to be very important. Many of them had been much worse off than he'd been, and they served as part of Joss' justification for his role in Dawn's plans. If she had done so much for them, how could her intentions be anything but good? However, Joss had recently started to question that. The uncertainties became impossible to ignore when Stephan told him about the people living at the Jade Dragon. Joss didn't understand Dawn as well as he thought he did. He still couldn't give up the idea that Dawn meant well, but with this new information... there was just too much he didn't understand. Much of what he knew about his new life no longer made sense, but then again it still meant a lot to him, and he could still see the reasoning behind Dawn's actions. He didn't understand, but surely it was a failing in his understanding and not in Dawn. The implications of this situation just didn't make sense. Edited by: Kai  at: 9/16/05 17:38 Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 954 (9/16/05 19:29) Reply ... I'm hungry. Anyone else want a Hot Dog? "Oh, and sorry about that" Damian said as he turned to Myrnal. "My name is Damian Smith." Eyeing the odd crater on the ground, he asked "So, I assume that one of the children did this?" The evidence of his eyes didn't strike him as good. In fact, if the children were THIS capable, things were already very bad. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4022 (9/17/05 2:25) Reply Re: ... I'm hungry. Anyone else want a Hot Dog? James was not sure whether or not the situation was getting weirder or more normal. In any case, he popped a grape in his mouth, chewed it thoughtfully, and raised his feet as demanded. "Uh, alright. I am raising my feet. Whatever you plan to do, feel free to do it." If the grapes are some sort of bizarre dispel component, I think I'll lose what little is left of my sanity at this point. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 630 (9/17/05 2:46) Reply | Edit Re: ... I'm hungry. Anyone else want a Hot Dog? "You guys. Away from the floor." If James were to take a careful look around the room, he would find the other students doing as commanded. At this point they did put away their books to pay attention to the crazy flan gladiatorial action. Bailey placed his fingertips on the floor, and a pulse of blue energy ran through the entire floor, like magical ripples in a flan-smeared pond. The floor began to shimmer a little, and it sprouted what might have been small, very fine waving hairs. As the color of the floor changed to a solid blue, a layer of cobalt-colored gel appeared on the surface, carrying the hairs up with it. This continued until the entire cafeteria floor was covered in what could only be described as a dark blue shimmering amoeba covered in cilia. The strawberry flan slapped madly at this strange new enemy, but its tongue was too blunt a weaapon to penetrate the membrane covering what must have been the blueberry flan Bailey had mentioned. A couple of large bubbles appeared in the body of the blue mass, and one opened up under the strawberry flan. The red flan shrieked horribly, the sound somewhat distorted by the ears it passed on its way out of the bizarre magical organism. The unfortunate red flan began to dissolve slowly, and when it didn't go fast enough for the hungry blue mass, it ran a jolt of electricity through its entire body, the current flowing through its meal, stunning it long enough for the blueberry flan to completely engulf the strawberry. Once the strawberry was gone, Archmagus Bailey grabbed James' shoulder and yelled, "Quick! Throw the grapes into the vacuole before it closes!" FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1777 (9/17/05 8:11) Reply Re: ... I'm hungry. Anyone else want a Hot Dog? "That's right," Stephan starts to tell Damian, "he's got a thing for pyroma..." .... The swordmage stops for a second, staring down at the ground. He notices a pair of fingers pointed in a V behind his shadow's head, giving him the appearance of 'bunny ears'. Spinning around to see who the hell is doing it, he finds no one behind him. Another quick glance at the ground shows his shadow as normal, leaving Stephan somewhat confused. "...I must be imagining things." he tells himself, shaking his head slightly and trying to continue speaking. "...er, yeah, like I was saying, he can control fire. Guess a few of them can, from what I've seen and heard." Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 168 (9/17/05 10:10) Reply Yes, Lym is lucky. Also sexually desirable and a great cook. Lym relayed what he had just been told (by himself) to Stephan and Myrnal. "I guess you had some effect, but he's still basically hers." He shrugged Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4023 (9/17/05 15:04) Reply Re: Yes, Lym is lucky. Also sexually desirable and a great c At this point, if Archmagus Bailey had told James that the solution to eliminating the entire mass of hostile jelly was to take off his pants and jump up and down while squawking like an angry chocobo, he would have immediately agreed without a moment's hesitation. It suddenly occurred to James that he knew why his father was...the way he was. With that thought, James hurled the grapes at the enormous blueberry-flavored flan. If James had ever had the opportunity to take a modern day biology class, he might have found the use of the words "vacuole" and "flan" in such close proximity to be somewhat unusual and unsettling, but James had the good fortune to live several hundred years (even in his own time) before students would be required to study such things. He wondered idly if he should say a few words, perhaps cursing the enormous blueberry mass to eternal damnation or praying that the grapes would be an effective countermeasure. It was the sort of thing his father might have done in the same situation. However, he somehow doubted that the whimsical Archmagus Bailey would appreciate James cursing his work. As such, he simply stared, wondering if the entire world was this nuts before Elaith took over. Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 956 (9/17/05 17:05) Reply Re: Yes, Lym is lucky. Also sexually desirable and a great c "Hm. Can't say I blame him if he is. From what you've told me, Dawn is probably his whole world. Would you believe me if I told you the Sun was another burning rock?" Damian looked at the crater once more. Even so... he thought, I can see that this situation is already pretty bad. Times like this you wish you could call in a team again, eh? Times like this I wonder how the hell I ever got out myself. Despite all this deep thought from him, his Shadow still hoped that it could get a decent chance to annoy Stephan. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1779 (9/18/05 22:38) Reply Re: Yes, Lym is lucky. Also sexually desirable and a great c Stephan seemed... 'irritated' was probably the closest adjective to describe his complicated state of mind at that moment. "...so he's still siding with her... wish I could say I'm surprised... then I guess that's it, then..." "...well if he's still with her, it's safe to assume the rest of them won't be changing their minds either. So the hell with all that for now." Stephan says, looking around at the Gunnir group, "What did you all find out at the school there?" Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 635 (9/19/05 0:17) Reply | Edit This isn't... really...happening! Eve ground out a cigarette on the charred sand below her feet. She lit another and shrugged, apparently lost in some private thought or another. Myrnal looked over at Stephan with an expression that was more or less impossible to read. She shook her head a little as she took out a knife to sharpen it. She didn't say anything and for all intents and purposes ignored everyone else there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the grapes hit the blue flan, a current of electrical energy surged through the organism. The flan spasmed and began to wither in a radius out from the newly introduced object. "Has to do with the color. Don't know precisely why yet, but anything purple tends to get rid of it," Bailey explained. The flan withered into a wispy thread-filled dust which sank into the floor. The blue cilia that had covered it dissolved last, but eventually also passed on to that big flan-mold in the sky. "Right then." Bailey kicked the table back onto its legs. "What did you order again?" The other students followed suit and Bailey waited for James' answer after the banging tables stopped their disruptive din. Edited by: Kai  at: 9/19/05 0:18 Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4034 (9/19/05 0:31) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... "In retrospect," James noted, swallowing, "I may not be so hungry anymore. But if it isn't too much trouble, and you promise my food won't try to kill me, I was thinking some Rivan-style cajun chocobo jerky would be delicious. For the road, you know." He thought about it again, and decided that this was the first and possibly the last opportunity he'd have to abuse a gourmand conjurer that was so eager to please. And he felt that, at this point, opting not to eat anything else would be a form of surrender--it would be as though he gave in to his fear and allowed the flan to intimidate him. If he wanted to maintain his badass composure, he could not lose his appetite just yet. "Well, perhaps I'm hungry after all. Anyway, there was the espresso, and the whole raw Val'Ri tuna deal, which I understand is a sublime dining experience that cannot be easily replicated or matched throughout all the spectrums of exotic cuisine..." Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 960 (9/22/05 13:29) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... "So what now," Damian asked, breaking the curent silence. "I assume that you have a lead as to where to go next, correct? Or no?" He knew that this was going to be a difficult mission, but now, seeing the handywork of one of these children, Damian had to wonder. Mmm... Its gonna be hard to get anywhere close to these kids. Hey, maybe for YOU it will be, but I'm better than that! Good. Looks like you'll have to be. "And if so I just have to wonder what are the odds that some student at Gunnir would sell me a decent item or two. I might need some extra stuff if they're all about this powerful." Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 637 (9/22/05 13:59) Reply | Edit Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Eve shook her head. "They're not. I think this is just Joss. I... watched them practice once. From what I could see, the twins aren't far behind him, but they can't do anything like this as far as I know. I could be wrong, but that's what I gathered. This," she waved her cigarette-bearing hand at the burnt area. "is probably why Joss was there with her the night they destroyed the Jade Dragon." Myrnal finished sharpening her knife. She pulled out another, held it as if uncertain whether she wanted to bother sharpening this one as well, and decided against it. She put it back in her belt. "Look. Unless Lyminali has anything else he wants to find out from the remnants of gods-only-know what, could we head back? Stephan and I haven't gotten a chance to eat, so I want to grab something really quick." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bailey slapped a palm against his forehead. "Of course! How could I forget? Such an esteemed meal choice. I highly approve. In fact, I think I'll make one for myself. Now, let's have another one of those cups." Bailey brought forth a drinking vessel that was just as unattractive as the others he'd made before. He held his index finger over the cup and espresso seemed to pour out from the tip of his finger into the cup. It steamed as it met the outside air and smelled... like espresso. "Now... tuna. Hm." He rested his chin on the palm of his hand and set his elbow on the table. He concentrated for a few seconds and conjured, with what seemed like moderate difficulty, a large pewter plate. "Don't ask why it has to be pewter. Seafood has weird preferences." He brought his other hand under his chin and gazed at the plate thoughtfully. "Val'ri tuna. Raw." He began mumbling very quietly to himself. "...it raw with..... the dock of...." He continued mumbling, possibly making some nonsensical statement involving plankton. It was difficult to tell. Bailey was a spectacular mumbler. "AH!" He shouted. He slammed both hands down on the table on either side of the plate and the main portion of James' tuna dish seemed to fall from the air about an inch above the plate. With a sigh of relief he pushed the plate over to James. "Think I'll have something else. Those plates are a pain in the ass. Enjoy, son. Haven't conjured really good seafood in... oh, may be ten years now. Most people are usually content with sushi knockoffs or tuna salad sandwiches." Magnus de Silentio You Tazered bear! Bear takes 1 damage. Bear eats you! Posts: 169 (9/22/05 16:13) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... Lym shook his head. "I don't think that's necessary. And actually, Myrnal, I thought you might want something -- you and Stephan have what ought to be a damn good breakfast waiting for you where we're going." He bit his lip and ran his hands through his hair, then smoothed his shirt. He was thinking. "As for what to do next...I have a few ideas." He explained what the group had been up to in Gunnir and the equipment they had obtained. "If we're smart about this, it should be okay." Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4048 (9/22/05 18:05) Reply Re: reunited and it feels so good.... James nodded solemnly, understanding, somehow, and decided not to question the pewter plates--it was no more and no less arbitrary than anything else he'd learned about magic over the course of his lifetime, and Archmagus Bailey had actually conjured up decent-looking flatware for once. He lifted the tuna, drew a knife, and deftly sliced off a hunk of the fish's underbelly before daintily shoving it in his mouth. He chewed thoughtfully before his eyes closed, a contented smile slowly spread across his face. After a moment, he swallowed, but there was obviously a bit of reluctance involved. This was not the kind of experience one had often in a necromancer-ravaged world. His understanding of why his father raved constantly about Gunnir widened just a little bit more. Whether he had initially realized it or not, there was genius here. James opened his eyes, picked up his cup of coffee, and swirled it around a bit, trying to decide if it was really the appropriate chaser for the sublime seafood delicacy he had just experienced. The strong taste of the espresso was quite likely to replace that of the tuna, so he was content to wait a moment before imbibing the beverage. In this momentary pause, James's mind, in an unusual state of culinary nirvana, sought the perfect compliment to the chef, and after a bit of floundering, came to what seemed to be the completely obvious. "You, sir, are a wizard worthy of the respect of everyone who has ever eaten." FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1783 (9/25/05 23:31) Reply If I left something out, feel free to point it out. "...that's pretty fucked up." Stephan comments, after hearing the abridged version of Dawn and Elaith's histories from Lym, "But I guess that shouldn't be too surprising at this point." When the psionist gets to mentioning the anti-telepathy device, Stephan raises an eyebrow in puzzlement. "...and what, exactly, do you have in mind with that thing?" NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3022 (9/27/05 20:08) Reply Re: If I left something out, feel free to point it out. "We plan on using it against Dawn," Kei interjected. "We just need to figure out how, exactly." Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 661 (9/29/05 16:22) Reply | Edit Crouching Ninja, Hidden Halfling. "Need to figure out how..." Myrnal snorted with brief laughter. "Speaking of totally unhelpful answers to important questions... I remember a good while ago we asked a sentient divination tool how to kill Elaith Thenswick. It decided to list every conceivable method in the entire universe in which we could be involved in Elaith's death in any fashion." "I... had a vision of asking it how to use that spike. You know. Hit her with it, stab her with it, trip her so she falls into a conveniently-placed vat of acid, trip her so she falls into magma or possibly a pit of rabid shocker lizards. ...In fact, now that I think about it, I'm glad Hakaril ended up with that stupid thing. I'm sure he and it probably came to some kind of understanding eventually." She laughed and shook her head. "Seriously. The Codex was the only book ever to ask me for sexual favors. It was odd. ...Though I guess omniscience will do that to you." Myrnal shook her head again and stood to address the others. "So. I want food. Let's go." Eve gestured to Stephan that he ought to come over by the rest of the group. "Okay. You guys know the drill." She waited for everyone to link up as per her instructions, counted the people coming with her and closed her eyes. Before they went anywhere she opened them again. "What the fuck?" Eve asked. She counted the group members again. "Okay. Someone is doing something weird. I can only carry so many people without a little extra effort, and by all counts I shouldn't be over that tally. Anyone here have a halfling in their backpack or something? Because you should seriously let me know before I go transporting people about." Myrnal shook her head. "No halflings here, nor small hidden people of any kind." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archmagus Bailey veritably glowed with pleasure at the compliment. "Well thank you, son. You're a welcome customer for any bored culinary wizard." He slid his book aside and stage-whispered to James, "If you ever need any... 'regulated' consumables, you just come ask me." He winked and opened the book again, once again absorbed in the arrays of flower tableaux. Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 972 (9/30/05 1:14) Reply OHNOES, my cover is bloen!! You know, I told you this would happen was Damian's first thought at this new and decidedly unshocking development. Yeah, so? So we tell them, duh. Do we HAVE to? I mean, we just got settled in and... Yes. We tell them. NOW. With a frown Damian turned to Eve. "I must apologize for this state of affairs. My familiar of sorts decided to tag along, even though he probably should've stayed back at Gunnir." Shooting a glare at what seemingly was a bare patch of ground except for the shadow looming over it, Damian continued. "Also, I honestly wasn't sure what we'd come across out here, so I didn't argue with him too much. I didn't realize that my shadow familiar would cause you any spellcasting problems." For his part, the little shadow decided to sulk, leaving a very odd dichotomy between Damian's rather calm demeanor and the rather angry-seeming shadow on the ground. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1786 (9/30/05 8:45) Reply Re: OHNOES, my cover is bloen!! Stephan simply waits for now, to see if anyone has something to say to Damian. ...although, from the glare he seems to be directing at said shadow, it seems he'd have plenty to say about it, were he to start talking. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 667 (9/30/05 14:30) Reply | Edit Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. Eve scratched her head momentarily and inspected Damian and his shadow for a moment. "You know what? I don't care. If you want to bring him around, that's fine. Just, let me know in the future. I don't mind, but it is a minor pain in the ass." She sighed and closed her eyes again, this time successfully teleporting them back to the Gunnir cafeteria. When they got back, Myrnal glanced from Stephan to Damian and his apparently sentient shadow, and raised an eyebrow at the swordmage. At least one person didn't miss that intent stare Stephan threw to Damian's familiar, but she wasn't going to say anything. She sat down near the sandwiches and breakfast food the others had ordered in anticipation of their arrival. "So," Myrnal asked. "Which one of these omelettes is mine? Stephan, you got a preference?" Eve sat down as well to wait for Stephan and Myrnal to finish. She turned to Damian with one elbow resting on the edge of the table. "So, what's up with the shadow?" Nakibe Mmmmm... Chaos Sandwich. ^_^ Posts: 973 (9/30/05 14:49) Reply Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. Damian looked at Eve for a moment, then sighed and sat down, looking a bit distracted. This was never one of his favorite areas of discussion, but it was bound to come up again, whether he liked it or not. "He's... as I said, my familiar of sorts. Not quite by choice, but I've had him for most of my life now. He's not really MY shadow, you see, its just convenient to both of us when he does that." Damian stopped for just a moment to ask the Archmagus for a cup of Green tea, as well as to keep an eye on the shadow in question... which apparently had its attention set elsewhere. "At times he's really a pain in the ass, you know," Damian said with a smirk. "Mostly because he always wants to bother folk for his own amusement. I suppose now is as good a time as any to tell you that what few powers I have are generally over shadow and darkness. I'm still working on them, but not as much as I used to, thankfully. But yeah, the shadow is part of that." "I probably shouldn't've hiden this from you, but most people are a little freaked by my powers when they find out. Makes things awkward." NebulaQueen VACANT Posts: 3028 (9/30/05 23:26) Reply Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. Kei understood perfectly what he meant by that. The shadow was rather disturbing, to put it mildly. However, it did appear to be harmless. ...right? "I suppose it could be useful to us..." the nekojin said thoughtfully, while wondering if it could be a successful distraction. FF Fanatic 80  Imposter Brit Posts: 1789 (10/1/05 17:09) Reply Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. Stephan surveys what's available, deciding to settle on some of said omelette, a side of toast, and anything that seemed like some kind of meat product. He also, predictably, checks to see if there's any tea. Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4090 (10/1/05 18:36) Reply Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. "I'm not really sure what the problem with studying the power held within the shadows is," James smirked. "I assure you I have heard of wizards that have done much worse. And while we happen to be discussing our talents, I might note that some of mine involve the very same." He raised an eyebrow, flicking his wings a little. "Your familiar, hm?" The half-incubus appeared to be thinking about something, as though trying to remember an obscure fact. A slow smile spread across James' face. "Oh. Right. Damian. I see what you're talking about." He grinned, winking at Damian, and pointed his finger at the man casually. He muttered subvocally, barely moving his lips, but Damian could clearly hear what he was saying despite the fact that no sound was coming out of the mage's mouth. "I know your secret. But don't worry, I have no reason to tell anyone, assuming you want to keep it a secret. You can trust me." James winked at Damian, then turned to the others. "Right, so, our friend has a familiar. Not really relevant to our mission, is it? I believe we should be going soon. The sooner I get to perforate Dawn with one of these," he said, pulling open his jacket to reveal a pair of katar hanging inside, "the sooner I will be a very happy man." (For GM reference, I'm casting message there, so no one else can hear, but if for some reason they want to read James' lips they can always try.) Edited by: Archmage144  at: 10/1/05 18:37 Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 669 (10/1/05 18:50) Reply | Edit Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. In response to Damian's request for tea, Bailey reached over and flicked his forefinger at the empty air. By the time he finished the motion, there was a mug there for his finger to contact with a clicking noise. It was full of steaming green tea. The mug was the same atrocious mix of shifting colors as everything else that came with Bailey's food. Eve shrugged at Damian's explanation. "Eh. Magic is weird anyway. Doesn't make much difference to me what kind of magic you use." She boredly straightened the edge of her vest and waited for the others to finish their breakfast. Myrnal, however, had taken more of an interest in the conversation. Her mouth still full of food, she dropped her fork onto her plate and pointed at James' set of knives. She rolled her eyes impatiently as she hurriedly finished chewing. After a few moments she'd managed to swallow the food that was preventing her from speaking. "Those are nice. Knives are kind of a hobby of mine. They do anything interesting?" Edited by: Kai  at: 10/1/05 18:52 Archmage144  Hyper-scientific Bishounen Pharmacist Brian Season III! Posts: 4091 (10/1/05 19:00) Reply Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. "They're magically enchanted, of course, both to increase the sharpness of their edge and to guide their insertion toward vital organs." James grinned again, proudly displaying his fangs for the umpteenth time. It was difficult to tell which was shinier and pointier--James' knives or his teeth. "Naturally, I know a few tricks aside from stabbing someone in the back. The backbone of my combat style involves channeling spells through the katar while striking. I've worked subtle knife movements into the somatic components for my spells, so not only am I attacking with the blade, I am simultaneously electrifying it. Most of my other combat spells are defensive tricks that help me get close enough to cut my opponents apart with one swift blow. I prefer not to get stabbed in return." James waved a hand casually, as though his combat strategy was obviously brilliant and deserved little if any further explanation. Kai  The Mysterious Priest Posts: 670 (10/1/05 19:10) Reply | Edit Re: Yeah, it so totally is. To the max. Though James hardly needed an audience to encourage him to continue expounding on the virtues of his knife-fighting, he certainly had one. "Really. Now that is interesting. Almost makes me wish I knew magic. ...That is interesting." She reached down and pulled out the expanding katar from her belt. She clicked it open and shut with a quick flex of the muscles in her hand. "Ever consider getting one of these? I'm not massively excited about where I got it, but damned if I was going to give up this little sweetheart." Myrnal turned the knife in the light in appreciation of its perverse charm. "Maybe if we live through this and we get you back to your own time, you can come find me in twenty years and I'll buy you one." She thought for a moment. "You know, provided I'm still alive. Guess I could leave it in a will if someone reminds me."

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