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6:04:11 PM→ ProcyonDM has joined
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6:05:32 PMProcyonDMgod dammit where the hell is he
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6:20:37 PMRoland_DOES THIS WORK?
6:22:55 PMProcyonDMYES
6:23:13 PMProcyonDMYOU READY FOR THIS?
6:23:37 PMProcyonDMROLAND_ SORRY I MISSED YOU
6:23:41 PMRoland_FIRE AWAY, FIRE AWAY
6:23:45 PMProcyonDMAIGHT
6:23:52 PMProcyonDMSO WHEN LAST WE LEFT OFF
6:23:54 PMProcyonDMYOU JUST WOKE UP
6:24:00 PMProcyonDMok
6:25:45 PMProcyonDMyou go back to your last post
6:25:52 PMProcyonDMyou observe your surroundings
6:26:14 PMProcyonDMdo you require reminding of what happened
6:26:51 PMRoland_No. Zaiori threatened Roland into sleeping in the recuperacoon. He wakes up, and she's awake in the corner atop a pile of her own clothes.
6:29:45 PMProcyonDMYes
6:29:53 PMProcyonDM((Sorry my mother decided to show up))
6:30:06 PMRoland_((Okay, cool))
6:30:11 PMProcyonDMAs you look around, you notice Zaiori sitting bolt upright in the corner
6:30:18 PMProcyonDMHer eyes pierce you
6:30:25 PMProcyonDMMetaphorically
6:30:29 PMProcyonDMShe is silent
6:31:09 PMRoland_You make eye contact, holding it for a moment before asking, "how long have you been awake?"
6:32:01 PMProcyonDM"I last woke up yesterday morning."
6:32:23 PMRoland_"Yesterday morning?"
6:32:36 PMProcyonDM"Yes. I did not sleep last night"
6:33:00 PMRoland_You grunt. "Why not?"
6:33:45 PMProcyonDM"The same reason that you slept in the recurpacoon"
6:34:00 PMProcyonDM"paranoia towards a suspicious highblood"
6:34:25 PMRoland_"Hah! Did I take my gun with me into the recuperacoon?"
6:35:35 PMProcyonDM"I told you. Paranoia"
6:35:52 PMProcyonDM"were i to sleep, you would have had every opportunity"
6:36:11 PMProcyonDM"I now have a moderate amount of trust in you."
6:36:29 PMRoland_"I feel like this dynamic was the other way around last night."
6:37:40 PMProcyonDM"I knew i would have had the opportinuty to escape should you have made a move."
6:38:09 PMRoland_"Into a sandstorm?"
6:38:54 PMProcyonDM"I have lived in the desert, and this craft, for multiple sweeps"
6:39:00 PMProcyonDM"I would have escaped somehow"
6:39:26 PMRoland_"Hm." There's a long pause, before you finally ask,
6:39:29 PMRoland_"You got coffee?"
6:39:53 PMProcyonDM"I can make some"
6:40:22 PMRoland_"Would you? Without coffee, I'll die."
6:40:31 PMProcyonDMShe walks over to the table and makes some at his request
6:42:43 PMRoland_"So yesterday, you told me you hadn't interacted with another troll in... what was it, 400 days?"
6:42:50 PMRoland_"What was that last interaction?"
6:43:16 PMProcyonDMShe sits at the table with a large jug of coffee, only one
6:43:48 PMProcyonDM"An Orphaner from the coast decided he thought me fit for a matesprite"
6:44:05 PMProcyonDM"He thought i was attractive enough to overcome any blood problems"
6:44:09 PMProcyonDM"I refused"
6:44:22 PMRoland_"Blood problems?"
6:44:25 PMProcyonDM"The desert is least in his element, and where i fled to"
6:44:32 PMProcyonDM"I am a brown blood"
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6:44:39 PMProcyonDM"He was a high violet"
6:46:12 PMRoland_"That doesn't... sound like a problem to me. Why would you object? What makes him any less worthy than any other?"
6:46:55 PMProcyonDM"His methods were less than appealing to me, and when i refused, he became very insistent"
6:47:19 PMProcyonDM"The force used was enough to make me fear for my well being"
6:47:36 PMRoland_"So you fled, leaving him in the sea? Probably a wise move."
6:47:46 PMRoland_"Come to think of it, those high bloods can get pretty violent."
6:48:05 PMProcyonDM"Yes they can"
6:48:19 PMProcyonDM"So you understand my paranoia now, yes?"
6:48:56 PMRoland_"Yeah. There are those who absolve themselves of responsibility, and make excuses for the things they do based on their blood. I can understand you being worried about trolls like that."
6:50:13 PMProcyonDM"Thank you for your understanding."
6:50:21 PMProcyonDM"Please enjoy the coffee"
6:50:47 PMRoland_"Hm." As you take the coffee, you light a cigarette. Everyone knows you can't have coffee without a cigarette!
6:50:55 PMProcyonDMShe walks over to the computer in the corner, then stops and turns around"
6:51:04 PMProcyonDM"I suppose you should know"
6:51:12 PMProcyonDM"My name is not Zaiori"
6:51:30 PMRoland_"What is it, then?"
6:51:56 PMProcyonDM"it is Portia Corosi"
6:52:15 PMRoland_"Portia... Corosi?"
6:52:18 PMProcyonDMShe turns and continues to use the computer
6:52:29 PMProcyonDM"Yes." without turning around
6:53:22 PMRoland_"What are you doing there?"
6:53:35 PMRoland_"Wait, more importantly, why did you hide your name?!"
6:53:59 PMProcyonDM"Have you not learned my level of paranoia?"
6:54:31 PMRoland_"Still, what are the odds that I know anyone named Portia, or Zaiori? I don't exactly... y'know, talk to a lot of people."
6:54:35 PMProcyonDM"The troll i run from is highblood, angry about my flight"
6:54:42 PMProcyonDM"you are a highblood"
6:54:48 PMProcyonDM"I wanted to be sure"
6:54:49 PMRoland_"Really, I think I've shot more people than I've talked to..." You mutter, as she goes on.
6:55:03 PMProcyonDM"I was taking no chances"
6:55:20 PMProcyonDM"And what i am doing on the computer is routine checks of my ship"
6:55:34 PMRoland_You continue to mumble that the likelihood of you shooting this highblood is ALSO probably higher than the likelihood of a pleasant conversation.
6:55:48 PMProcyonDM"the sandstorm most likely has dealt a great blow to my ship"
6:55:56 PMProcyonDM"This computer is integrated."
6:56:14 PMProcyonDM"should there be soemthing that needs doing, I would rather learn now than later"
6:56:16 PMRoland_You snap back to the conversation. "Well, we SEEM to be okay."
6:56:40 PMProcyonDM"Obviously, and i did not hear any large structural problems duing th night"
6:56:53 PMProcyonDM"However I attempt to maintain a schedule after sandstorms"
6:57:14 PMProcyonDM"Check computers, clean vents, open vents, sweep deck"
6:57:33 PMRoland_"Do you need help?"
6:58:05 PMProcyonDMShe thinks for a time
6:58:09 PMProcyonDM"Yes I would"
6:58:45 PMProcyonDM"first though"
6:59:12 PMProcyonDM"Did i somehow miss you initiating a download on my compuer?"
6:59:35 PMRoland_"I didn't download anything. It's not my computer."
6:59:59 PMProcyonDM"Hmm"
7:00:02 PMProcyonDM"Please come here"
7:00:27 PMRoland_You rise from your seat, taking a last gulp of coffee and putting out your cigarette before walking over.
7:00:51 PMProcyonDMShe lets you come over and then gestures to the download
7:00:55 PMProcyonDM"Sburb"
7:01:05 PMProcyonDM"do you know of this program?"
7:01:21 PMRoland_"Sburb? No." You're getting a little worried.
7:01:33 PMRoland_((Side note: Isn't it Sgrub?))
7:01:41 PMProcyonDM((Yes))
7:01:45 PMProcyonDM((:P))
7:01:55 PMProcyonDM"I se"
7:02:03 PMProcyonDM"It must not be much of note"
7:02:16 PMProcyonDMShe quickly clicks the x on the download and shuts the laptop
7:02:40 PMRoland_"Sheesh. A download just... initiating on your computer like that, and you dismiss it as nothing?"
7:02:45 PMProcyonDMShe stands up and decaptchalogues two brooms
7:02:50 PMProcyonDM"What can it possibly be?"
7:03:16 PMProcyonDM"You are lucky i keep spares"
7:03:20 PMRoland_((Another side note: I've had experiences with ransomware downloading on my computer in the middle of the night and using my webcam to snap a picture of me. I'd be nervous af in her shoes.))
7:03:27 PMProcyonDMShe hands you a broom
7:03:41 PMProcyonDM((true))
7:04:05 PMProcyonDM((i guess she should have had a bigger reaction, but eh))
7:04:10 PMProcyonDM((she did cancel the download))
7:04:41 PMRoland_You take the broom. "What do you need me to do first?" You crack a grin, "Swab the poop deck?"
7:04:57 PMProcyonDM"Of course not"
7:05:09 PMProcyonDM"I do not have a wheel above the deck"
7:05:22 PMProcyonDM"You will take the west side, and I the east"
7:05:34 PMRoland_"Sorry, bad joke. I'm on it."
7:06:06 PMProcyonDMShe leads the way
7:07:17 PMProcyonDMShe immediately starts sweeping
7:07:44 PMRoland_You follow suit, trying not to think of that suspicious download, and trying to think of conversation topics.
7:09:28 PMRoland_"So you never thought of returning to civilization?" You say after what feels like an eternity.
7:10:05 PMProcyonDM"No"
7:10:10 PMProcyonDM"I grew to like it here"
7:11:55 PMRoland_"You never got lonely?"
7:12:26 PMProcyonDM"I play video games with others"
7:12:32 PMProcyonDM"Never the same for too long"
7:14:14 PMRoland_"Hm. I guess I never got lonely on the road, either."
7:15:17 PMProcyonDMShe mutters "mm yes"
7:15:21 PMProcyonDMand returns to work
7:17:18 PMRoland_You shrug and do the same, putting aside the fact that it was kind of awkward.
7:18:52 PMRoland_"What do you miss the most about civilization, if anything?"
7:19:52 PMProcyonDM"quadrants"
7:19:56 PMProcyonDM"I have none"
7:20:19 PMRoland_"You have none? What do you mean by that?"
7:20:43 PMProcyonDM"None are filled"
7:21:22 PMProcyonDM"I am not needing of a moirail as my low blood deserves but i get urges just like any other young healthy troll"
7:22:01 PMRoland_"You keep coming back to blood and privilege, and you don't realize that that's a fundamentally flawed system, even if it is the norm."
7:22:22 PMRoland_"Your blood means nothing, in the sense that your merit is the true metric for your worth."
7:22:36 PMProcyonDM"im not speaking of privilege, im speaking of biology.
7:22:56 PMProcyonDM"Violetbloods become enraged, i do not"
7:31:40 PMProcyonDM(( Roland_ ))
7:36:51 PMRoland_((Totes here. Something came up.))
7:37:05 PMProcyonDM((dont worry about it))
7:37:42 PMRoland_"Can you fight them? Maybe he wanted something blacker."
7:39:34 PMRoland_"Wait. Probably not a good idea."
7:40:18 PMProcyonDM"You are correct"
7:40:42 PMProcyonDM"He is wealthy, powerful, influential, has no sense of subtlety"
7:41:07 PMProcyonDM"Were we to start in a black relationship, he would end up killing me or sending hitmen"
7:41:31 PMRoland_"Which completely defeats the point of black relationships."
7:41:48 PMProcyonDM"Yes."
7:44:04 PMRoland_"Hm. Would no one help you? I can understand the intimidation of standing up to a violet blood."
7:50:21 PMProcyonDM"Perhaps they would"
7:50:24 PMProcyonDM"I neve rthought to ask"
7:51:03 PMProcyonDM"I am not skilled with people, and it has only deteriorated in the times since being assulted by the violetblood and becoming isolated from the world"
7:54:45 PMRoland_"I'm sorry to hear that. Is there any way I can help?"
7:54:56 PMProcyonDM"No."
7:55:07 PMProcyonDM"I have run so far i no longer need assistance"
7:55:27 PMRoland_"Do you think they've forgotten you?"
7:55:38 PMProcyonDM"I do not know"
7:55:46 PMProcyonDM"though i do not plan on finding out"
7:57:16 PMRoland_"What's your plan for the present? Where are we going?"
7:57:33 PMProcyonDM"Wherever the wind takes us"
7:57:40 PMProcyonDM"You may leave whenever you wish"
7:58:03 PMRoland_"The funny thing is that I no longer have any idea where I'm going."
7:58:20 PMProcyonDM"If you wish you may stay
7:58:33 PMProcyonDM"I have no objection if you are truly a man of your word"
7:59:13 PMRoland_"I'll stay long enough to figure it out."
7:59:24 PMRoland_'Assuming there's anything to figure out' you mumble.
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7:59:48 PMProcyonDM"sorry?"
8:00:14 PMRoland_"Ah, nothing. Just talking to myself."
8:00:21 PMProcyonDM"very well"
8:01:29 PMProcyonDMShe has nearly finished sweeping her half
8:01:33 PMProcyonDMYou have not
8:03:07 PMRoland_You quicken your pace, though your hope of completing your half of the sweeping as she completes hers is all but dashed.
8:03:43 PMProcyonDMShe finishes her side, then grabs her duster
8:03:57 PMProcyonDMwhatver the thing that you use to dust is
8:04:07 PMRoland_((Wait, like, the coat? Or the feather d-oh okay.))
8:04:09 PMProcyonDMShe then moves to work on the vents
8:04:12 PMProcyonDM((ye))
8:05:36 PMRoland_You must admit that your sweeping isn't the best, but you eventually finish up and search for a duster of your own.
8:06:10 PMProcyonDMYou find her, then she gives you a duster silently
8:06:40 PMRoland_It's tedious work, but it gives you time to think about your next move. You begin to worry that there isn't one.
8:08:47 PMProcyonDMShe continues to work silently
8:09:49 PMRoland_"Okay, smoke break." You say suddenly. You roll a cigarette and produce a flame, taking a deep drag, savoring the smoke, before exhaling and closing your eyes.
8:10:09 PMProcyonDMShe seems hesistant
8:10:14 PMProcyonDM"May I have another try
8:10:15 PMProcyonDM?"
8:10:44 PMRoland_"Certainly. Do you still have any of the tobacco you won in our game last night?"
8:11:16 PMProcyonDM"No, i placed all the rest into your stash while you were asleep"
8:11:54 PMRoland_You chuckle as you realized that you failed to notice the extra tobacco in your pouch.
8:12:03 PMRoland_"Sure." You dig some out, and hand it to her on a paper.
8:12:58 PMProcyonDMShe carefully attempts to breath in
8:13:04 PMProcyonDMVery carefully
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8:13:29 PMProcyonDMShe manages to smoke a little
8:13:39 PMProcyonDMShe coughs a bit, but manages
8:14:30 PMRoland_A smile plays at the corners of your mouth.
8:16:02 PMRoland_It's funny to watch an inexperienced smoker work at keeping the smoke down.
8:17:03 PMProcyonDM"I do feel somewhat of a 'buzz'"
8:17:07 PMProcyonDM"do people really enjoy this?"
8:17:24 PMRoland_"That's the trick it plays. The buzz."
8:17:36 PMProcyonDM"What?"
8:17:37 PMRoland_"Then, before you know it, the buzz is gone, and you're left with the 'need.'"
8:18:57 PMProcyonDMShe looks at the cigarette closely
8:19:04 PMProcyonDM"Perhaps i will not"
8:19:37 PMRoland_"Perhaps not. I can't make anyone's decisions for them. The reality is, though..."
8:19:44 PMRoland_"Addiction or not..."
8:19:50 PMRoland_"I LOVE smoking."
8:20:15 PMRoland_"People call it a 'need', but those people are those who have ceased to enjoy it."
8:21:09 PMProcyonDM"And you are not one of them?"
8:21:35 PMRoland_"I'm not one of them. I have a 'desire.' Not a 'need', or an 'urge.'"
8:21:51 PMRoland_"Although, occasionally those strike me in high stress situations."
8:22:04 PMProcyonDM"I see"
8:22:47 PMProcyonDMYou havent noticed, but you hve finished dusting
8:22:57 PMProcyonDMShe walks away all of a sudden
8:23:06 PMProcyonDMI guess conversation makes time fly
8:26:37 PMRoland_You sit back down at the table. "I'll stay a while. Maybe a few more days at the very least. It probably gets lonely crewing this ship all by yourself."
8:26:47 PMProcyonDM"It does"
8:26:54 PMRoland_"Do you know where we are right now?"
8:26:58 PMProcyonDM"I do not"
8:28:34 PMRoland_"Good enough for me."
8:31:43 PMRoland_((What now? Did you intend to go further, or are you stuck?))
8:32:51 PMProcyonDM((I was actually making my bed)
8:33:04 PMProcyonDM((if you wish we can do more semi-character building but we can also end it here))
8:33:24 PMRoland_((I'm cool with anything if you've got ideas.))
8:33:36 PMProcyonDM((i do not actually))
8:33:56 PMRoland_((Okay. Guess we're killing it.))
8:34:02 PMProcyonDM((Sure))
8:34:13 PMProcyonDM((who pastebins))
8:34:55 PMRoland_I've never done a pastebin before.
8:35:04 PMProcyonDMI will then
8:35:10 PMProcyonDMyou just copy paste it