Island of Misfit Toys 24

[21:59:02] <`GM> [It is the late evening of the same day.  The sun has slipped past the horizon, and the sky is quickly moving in color from gold to dark pink.]
[22:01:12] <`GM> [The local residents mill about, performing their menial duties as always.  Ransom the newcomer continues to be very untalkative, though he doesn't seem to be violent or resist suggestions to be escorted/supervised from place to place if need be.]
[22:03:51] <`GM> [Wallberg is out on the back lawn with the Colonel, both of them standing next to the corpse of the monster that's caused so much conflict even after its death.]
[22:05:12] * Liu is fidgeting with her new hairstyle, a single braid draped over one shoulder, reaching just past her collarbone. She's changed into fresh clothes, properly worn this time, since the beer incident
[22:09:15] * Jonah got his ever-deserved shower after the long day. Since he's in charge of keeping tabs on the patriot man, he does so. with long army digicamo pants and a green tanktops, he reads a manga while occasionally glance at the new guy to make sure he's not running around killing random peeps.
[22:10:52] * Ai` takes the opportunity to visit the lab when unobserved, quickly returning to the others thereafter.
[22:15:01] * Liu shuffles into the room Jonah is looking almost like a normal office woman, except the antlers on her head, and the distinctly feather-tipped draconic tail swishing back and forth behind her, like an excited puppy. She's possibly wearing lip gloss, but do you really want to confirm that?
[22:16:45] * Jonah chuckles a bit when he read up to the gag part.
[22:17:44] <Jonah> "I don't know what's wrong with Japanese' head, man. They are crazy ass weird people."
[22:18:12] <Jonah> "Their manga is crazy-ass weird. Take this one for example..."
[22:18:41] * Liu , unable to resist, peeks over his shoulders, just short of pressing her chest in to the back of his head.
[22:18:50] <Jonah> "A guy pranked by Loki to become a girl and stay in a guy's dorm. hahaha, fucking Loki."
[22:19:22] * Ai` continues searching for Kitkat to make amends and repair relations, but to no effect.
[22:19:24] * Jonah feels a sudden increase of weight and marshmellow-ness. he look up.
[22:19:47] <Jonah> "bugubufugu."
[22:20:04] * Jonah is muffled by office lady's tits.
[22:20:21] * Ransom looks up and notices the sudden addition to the gang.
[22:20:26] <Ransom> "Who's this?"
[22:20:45] * Jonah remove face from bosoms
[22:21:21] * Liu flushes, but doesn't actually move
[22:21:26] <Liu> "Who are you?"
[22:21:32] <Jonah> "hahaha. hey. As much as I like it, but you should be careful not to do that with just anyone."
[22:21:33] * Liu asks the unfamiliar man
[22:22:09] * Jonah moves over so Liu has a space to sit.
[22:22:19] <Ransom> "Name's Ransom E. Olds."
[22:22:52] * Ransom rests his cheek on his fist, looking rather suspicious as he sizes Liu up.
[22:23:19] * Liu sits next to Jonah, as if she were crammed into a very tight space, between him and an imaginary six inches of other person.
[22:23:25] <Liu> "...Is that a pun?"
[22:24:03] * Ransom suddenly looks confused.
[22:24:44] <Jonah> "Hey Liu there's like shitloads of space over there. scoot over!"
[22:25:07] <Ransom> "Erm, no. Why, is it weird?"
[22:25:10] * Liu begrudgingly scoots over. Just a little bit.
[22:25:21] <Jonah> "Aaaaah don't worry patriot man she does this all the time. Sometimes you can just disregards what she said."
[22:25:39] <Ransom> "Like I do to you?"
[22:25:41] <Liu> "Ransomy Olds... Ransom Ye Olds..."
[22:25:48] * Liu waves her hand in a little circle
[22:25:54] <Jonah> "So hey. The truth sinks in?"
[22:26:03] <Liu> "Like, something that's spoiled, y'know?"
[22:26:24] <Ransom> "Hey, I'd tell you what the E stood for if I knew."
[22:26:47] <Jonah> "Bet it's -enormous-."
[22:26:56] <Jonah> "If you know what I mean."
[22:27:01] * Jonah chuckles.
[22:27:13] * Liu snorts into her palm, failing to mask the sound with a cough afterward.
[22:29:09] <Ransom> "Wouldn't make a difference, if that were it. Not like anyone needs me to spell it out, right? So, who're you?"
[22:31:18] <Liu> "Me?"
[22:31:33] <Jonah> "Me? Just another cog in a wheel called American's Air Superiority."
[22:32:25] <Ransom> "You already told me, soldier. I mean the lady."
[22:32:54] <Liu> "Long Liu. Why are you here?"
[22:32:59] * Liu replies, a bit tersely.
[22:33:56] * Ransom emits a wisp of smoke out of his nostrils, then talks.
[22:34:33] <Ransom> "If anyone else here is to be believed, I fell into this world from another one. As for this island specifically, they say I'm too dangerous to keep anywhere else."
[22:34:55] <Jonah> "P. much."
[22:35:12] <Liu> "Oh! So you're like me!"
[22:35:15] * Jonah hangs back and continue reading 'Boku Girl'.
[22:35:23] * Liu widens her eyes, in surprise and just a little bit of interest
[22:35:52] * Ransom widens his own eyes. He certainly didn't expect this.
[22:36:49] <Ransom> "You too? Where are you from?"
[22:37:12] * Liu shrugs
[22:37:26] <Liu> "I wasn't hatched when I feel through, so I don't remember."
[22:39:49] <Ransom> "Huh. I fell through a few days before I was sent here, so I don't really have a feel for what it's like here."
[22:40:18] <Liu> "Where were you from?"
[22:42:13] <Ransom> "My world seems to have been a little more tumultuous. From what they tell me, in this world nobody overthrew Franklin Roosevelt. Also, we had a really long fight against the Communist Party USA."
[22:43:37] <Ransom> "Also, the year before I fell through was 1970. I'm not sure I believe the whole thing yet, but you all don't look like Browder loyalists."
[22:44:09] <Liu> "Browder who? Is that a brand name?"
[22:45:03] <Jonah> "Apparently a bad guy, I think?"
[22:45:05] * Ransom grits his teeth for an instant but talks calmly enough.
[22:45:30] <Liu> "Oooohhhh."
[22:45:33] * Liu nods
[22:45:34] <Ransom> "Earl Browder. General Secretary of the Communist Party USA. He was supernatural too."
[22:45:59] <Liu> "What about China?"
[22:46:02] * Liu leans forward
[22:47:45] * Ransom smiles and chuckles, as if reminiscing.
[22:48:50] * Liu flaps her tail, occasionally lightly batting Jonah's back
[22:49:35] * Jonah groans a bit.
[22:49:46] <Jonah> "hey. cut that out."
[22:50:17] <Ransom> "I had the good fortune to stop in Shanghai once, to help out with a war there in exchange for raw materials. The Kuomintang were great friends of ours."
[22:50:29] <Liu> "Hm?"
[22:50:37] * Liu Liu glances at Jonah, cocking an eyebrow
[22:52:12] <Jonah> "you keep hitting my back for whatever reason."
[22:52:22] <Jonah> "lemme read my manga, dammit."
[22:53:40] * Liu gives him a withering glare, whipping her tail over to the other side with a small huff. Naturally, she makes sure to clip the back of his head with it along the way.
[22:54:20] <Jonah> "ow what the hell?!"
[22:55:06] * Jonah jokingly use shoulder tackle on Liu as a retaliation.
[22:55:47] * Liu counters it by being a brick wall, not moving an inch. Like he isn't there.
[22:55:57] * Jonah grrrrr
[22:56:03] * Jonah tries again.
[22:56:48] * Liu starts leaning back into him, slowly pushing him against the side of the couch.
[22:58:15] * Jonah raise his hand in the air in exasperation. He resign and let Liu lean on him while he read manga.
[22:59:24] * Liu crosses her arms under her chest, still glowering, but at the same time, faintly smug
[22:59:37] <Liu> "So, who are the Kuomintang?"
[22:59:42] * Liu resumes questioning the man
[23:01:20] <Ransom> "You've never heard of them? That's odd. They're the Chinese Nationalists. They run China."
[23:01:57] <Liu> "Naw, the... the party? They run china. Pretty unpleasant, too many rules."
[23:02:12] * Liu waves off the memory.
[23:06:25] <Ransom> "I thought they were okay fellas. They were kinda weirded out by the idea of companies fighting a war, but they were better than the alternatives."
[23:07:25] <Liu> "Hmm."
[23:07:48] * Liu makes a noncommittal noise, making herself comfortable against Jonah
[23:08:16] * Jonah is, strangely, rather okay with this.
[23:09:18] <Ransom> "So, I presume you're Chinese?"
[23:09:48] * Liu nods
[23:10:10] <Liu> "I think. I don't have citizenship, though."
[23:11:23] <Ransom> "Mm, I see. But what are you, exactly? I don't think I've ever seen anything like you."
[23:11:36] <Liu> "I'm a dragon!"
[23:11:49] <Jonah> "yaaaaaaaay."
[23:11:52] * Liu grins, smugly, bringing up her tail and clumsily fanning herself with the tip
[23:12:06] * Jonah with most unenthusiastic sound ever.
[23:13:17] * Liu lightly prods Jonah's shoulder with an antler
[23:13:36] * Jonah ow.
[23:13:40] <Ransom> "So, the horns, the tail, they're real?"
[23:13:54] * Ransom leans forward, very curious now.
[23:14:43] <Liu> "Of course! You can't touch, though,"
[23:14:59] * Liu chides, giving a small wink and a very, very self-satisfied grin
[23:15:41] * Ransom opens his mouth and then closes it again, looking slightly disappointed.
[23:15:51] <Ransom> "Darn it. Maybe some other time."
[23:16:00] * Liu giggles
[23:20:30] <`GM> [Jonah and Ransom, out the lounge window, notice a fire outside where there was none before.]
[23:27:16] <Jonah> "wait, shit, is that a fire?"
[23:27:21] <Ransom> "Hm. Well, look at that."
[23:27:27] <Liu> "Wait what?"
[23:27:38] * Ransom at the fire like it's a nuisance or a minor distraction.
[23:27:49] <Ransom> "Fire."
[23:27:59] * Liu sits up, all but crawling over Jonah's lap to see
[23:29:28] <Jonah> "Hey! get off! we gotta go get a fire extinguisher or something!"
[23:31:11] <Liu> "Er, ah, right!"
[23:31:22] * Liu hastily backs off, suddenly scarlet
[23:32:50] * Jonah ran off to grab an emergency fire extinguisher
[23:33:16] * Ransom doesn't move, leaning back.
[23:33:26] <Ransom> "Do you know if we have coffee, miss Liu?"
[23:34:17] <Jonah> "Dude you like to watch your base burn or something? Get your lazy ass off the couch and bounce!"
[23:34:41] <Liu> "Um, y-yes, there's some in the kitchen,"
[23:34:45] * Liu blusters
[23:36:35] <Ransom> "Thank you. Would you like some? I'm going to go get some if I can find a fire-resistant mug."
[23:37:09] * Ransom gets up and stretches, then moves his head sideways to get a kink out of his neck.
[23:37:35] <Liu> "N-no, I already had some... fire resistant mug...?"
[23:37:44] * Liu watches him in confusion
[23:38:01] <Ransom> "Any old ceramic will probably do."
[23:38:10] * Ransom talks like this happens every other day.
[23:38:19] <Liu> "But...  why ?!"
[23:40:16] <Ransom> "Can't let the fire sit there forever. It'd be a real nuisance to rebuild a place like this. I can already imagine all the welding the framework would need... ugh."
[23:41:32] * Liu can only stare dumbly. Clearly, this is the best course of action for a crisis situation
[23:42:40] * Ransom gets himself some coffee and then walks nonchalantly in the general direction of the fire. He grabs the mug on the bottom with one hand that begins to vaguely glow, and the mug begins to steam as he takes a sip.
[23:42:56] <Ransom> "Mm, cheap. But the ones we got in rations from Mars were usually worse."
[23:43:47] * Jonah runs off to deal with the fire
[23:45:05] * Ransom walks after Jonah, whistling a jingle that anyone that hangs around him hears every so often.
[23:45:30] <`GM> [As Jonah approaches the fire, he quickly realizes the fire is extremely localized, and Wally and Walt are standing next to it, doing nothing.]
[23:45:44] <`GM> [As if it were just a bonfire...]
[23:49:17] <Jonah> "Dude what the fuck?"
[23:50:01] * Jonah come to a halt when he sees people just look at the fire doing nothing.
[23:50:20] <Jonah> "Oh. Sir."
[23:50:22] * Jonah salutes.
[23:50:59] <`GM> [The Colonel turns around to look at Jonah.  Both he and Wally are wearing ventilation masks; not the full-head ones, but sturdier than the cloth-only ones.]
[23:51:24] <`GM> Colonel:  "Language, Mr. Moors."
[23:51:41] <`GM> [The Colonel seems to say it rather wearily, all the same.]
[23:55:37] <`GM> Colonel:  "You'll want to keep your distance, son.  Might be giving off spores."
[23:56:05] <Jonah> "Mind if I ask what is this?"
[23:56:33] <`GM> Wallberg:  "We're incinerating that creature's carcass.  I told 'im we didn't need the masks, but...  safety first."
[23:56:41] <Jonah> "Oh."
[23:56:58] <`GM> [Wallberg sighs as he says it.  He and the Colonel seem to be in the same mood.]
[23:57:16] * Ransom approaches himself after Jonah, noticing the two figures. He doesn't recognize Wally but addresses Walt.
[23:57:33] <Ransom> "Samuelson. Did you need help destroying something? This looks like an awful waste of fuel."
[23:58:58] <`GM> Colonel:  "Wood burns just fine, Mr. Olds.  Might help the smell."
[00:00:42] * Ransom puts his hand into the fire, idly sipping at his coffee.
[00:03:31] * Liu arrives, having finally decided to bolt after the others
[00:03:37] <Liu> "What's going on?!"
[00:04:55] <Ransom> "Commanding officer is having a barbecue. He says he cares about the smell but didn't put the meat on hickory."
[00:05:15] * Ransom takes another sip.
[00:05:35] * Liu turns to Walt for a better answer
[00:06:51] <`GM> Colonel:  "Ahh, Ms. Long, how good of you to turn up."
[00:07:03] <`GM> [He says this not without some sarcasm].
[00:07:25] * Liu flinches
[00:07:39] <`GM> Colonel:  "An unknown creature entered through the rift this morning.  We are disposing of it."
[00:07:47] <Liu> "Oh."
[00:08:26] * Jonah just stand there being useless with a fire extinguisher.
[00:08:31] * Jonah feels extra silly.
[00:11:54] <Ransom> "I never was much good at having a sense of humor. Who's Mr. Jell-O?"
[00:13:50] <`GM> [Wallberg waves a gloved hand at Ransom.]
[00:14:57] <`GM> Wallberg:  "Hey there!  Just make it Wallberg!  Resident labcoat!  I don't think we've met; you're the new guy, uhh...  Ole, Ohl?"
[00:15:34] <Jonah> "Just call him patriot. or, y'know, Pat."
[00:15:49] <Jonah> "nice ring to it, eh?"
[00:17:36] <Ransom> "Ransom E. Olds. Olds seems to catch on quicker than Ransom."
[00:18:33] <`GM> Wallberg:  "Ahh, Ransom, got it.  Isn't that usually a LAST name, though?"
[00:19:25] <Liu> "Wait, that's an actual  name ?"
[00:21:41] * Ransom shrugs.
[00:25:30] <`GM> Wallberg:  "Well, welcome to the crew.  Heard it's been rough; you gotta think positive, though!"
[00:26:26] <Ransom> "Thinking about much of anything isn't something I'm used to. But I guess."
[00:27:35] <Jonah> "So what are you good at?"
[00:27:39] * Jonah asks.
[00:29:20] <Jonah> "Like wally here, he's good at science thing, Liu's good at punching shit up sky high, and I'm a fighter jet pilot. You gotta be awesome in at least one thing, right?"
[00:31:05] <Ransom> "I thought your people had written a report up on me. Shouldn't the commander have told you?"
[00:31:10] * Ransom shakes his head.
[00:31:10] <Liu> "Hey! I can do other things!"
[00:32:09] <Jonah> "I could go read it, yeah, but it's easier asking the man himself."
[00:32:49] <Jonah> "And Liu that's like your redeeming feature. Don't deny it."
[00:33:30] <Liu> "Don't say it like I need a redeeming feature!"
[00:34:18] <Ransom> "Fine. I heat stuff up, and I'm difficult to kill. All that's worth caring about, anyway."
[00:34:55] <Jonah> "Oh. So that's why you are so used to fire."
[00:35:23] * Ransom nods sagely, finishing off his coffee at long last.
[00:35:29] <Jonah> "That makes me think..."
[00:35:37] * Jonah turns to Liu.
[00:35:49] <Jonah> "Hey Liu. You spit fire?"
[00:36:38] <Liu> "What? ...No! Stop confusing chinese and european dragons."
[00:36:50] * Liu grimaces, averting her eyes.
[00:37:02] <Jonah> 'but they are both dragons'
[00:37:07] <Jonah> is what jonah thinks.
[00:37:34] <Jonah> "huh. okay. one less thing to worry about."
[00:38:01] <Liu> "...I'm pretty sure you just said something incredibly rude, there."
[00:38:04] * Liu pops her knuckles
[00:39:29] <Jonah> "wait, what, I did?"
[00:39:33] * Jonah has no idea.
[00:39:54] <Ransom> "You need someone to spit fire? One sec."
[00:40:03] * Liu gives Jonah a cold smile
[00:40:27] <Jonah> "I mean i don't have to worry if you are going to spit fire on me of you get angr... wait why are you cracking your hands?"
[00:40:59] <Liu> "Guess~"
[00:41:00] * Ransom seems to focus a little, and his throat glows a tad. He looks up and purses his lips, inhales and then builds up some pressure in his mouth, finally opening it and releasing a fireball two meters into the air.
[00:41:04] <Jonah> "Shit this does not look good. Patty, help your fellw bro, here?"
[00:41:13] <Ransom> "There you go. What'd you need it for?"
[00:41:29] <Jonah> "Wow. Holy mother of..."
[00:41:50] * Jonah forgot abot his imminent doom and claps.
[00:42:07] <Jonah> "that's pretty damn cool, man!"
[00:42:37] * Liu is, luckily, also distracted
[00:44:40] <Jonah> "make a ring of firr! Like blowing cig smoke!"
[00:44:45] <Jonah> "c'mon you can do it!"
[00:46:05] * Ransom focuses for a little and forms a ball of fire in his mouth that forms around his tongue, spitting out a ring of fire that flies even further.
[00:47:39] <Jonah> "hot damn!"
[00:47:42] * Jonah claps.
[00:48:07] <Jonah> "You awesome alright!"
[00:54:12] <Ransom> "Well, party tricks aren't what I usually do with it. But thanks."


@@Meanwhile, thousands of feet away…

[22:23:58] * Ai` finally heads towards the auxiliary hangar, seeking a tiny advisor.
[22:24:17] <Ai`> She scans her surroundings all the while, fixing to miss nothing.
[22:27:09] * Phrine is sprawled out on the floor near the back corner, asleep, with her cabbie hat covering her face.
[22:28:43] * Ai` approaches with no measure of stealth, her stiff bootfalls resounding across the room.
[22:29:27] * Phrine makes no indication of being any more awake than before.
[22:32:17] * Ai` crouches and holds her down with one cool metallic hand, poking her with the other.
[22:32:30] <Ai`> "Phrine, your assistance is needed."
[22:33:51] <Phrine> "...yuurr not onea thuh delicious onesssh..."
[22:34:04] * Phrine mumbles grumpily, hat still on face.
[22:36:23] * Ai` prods her with a little more force.
[22:36:43] <Ai`> "I do not wish to disturb you. But you are needed."
[22:39:22] * Phrine sticks her fingernails in Ai's wrist.  They're surprisingly pokey.
[22:40:27] <Phrine> "Why can't you be onea the delishious onesssh~?"
[22:43:27] <Phrine> "You look so delicious, too..."
[22:43:43] * Ai` takes this as a sign of life and scoops Phrine up in her hands, unfazed.
[22:43:58] <Ai`> "In time, I may be able to provide you energy. For now, I need your help."
[22:44:05] * Ai` shakes her back and forth slowly.
[22:45:27] * Phrine remains attached, flopping around like a rag doll.
[22:46:38] <Phrine> "Aww, but I need energy for nooww~"
[22:51:32] <Phrine> [A quick passive scan by Ai reveals that Phrine does not appear to be malnourished or lacking in energy as she claims]
[22:53:41] <Ai`> "You lie. Please help me."
[22:56:04] <Phrine> "Oh fine.  Whaddya--umm..."
[22:56:33] * Phrine stops being limp and tries to pop to attention, but finds herself thoroughly wrapped up in Ai's arms.
[22:58:29] * Phrine just stands up where she is.
[22:58:42] <Phrine> "Yeah, whaddya want~?"
[22:59:53] <Ai`> "I need to find Kitkat. I can not find her alone."
[23:02:11] * Phrine 's expression suddenly goes sour.
[23:02:22] <Phrine> "Oh...  That's right.  It's you."
[23:02:28] * Phrine frowns.
[23:02:50] <Phrine> "...she doesn't want to be found right now."
[23:03:07] * Phrine >:T
[23:08:53] <Ai`> "I wish to repair relations. I am sorry."
[23:09:24] * Ai` speaks truly, though deadpan except for a slight wrinkle of her brow.
[23:11:41] <Phrine> "But, umm...  Y'see, she doesn't want to be found right now, by you."
[23:14:15] <Phrine> "Cause, umm...  She thinks you're dumb, and you suck."
[23:14:16] <Ai`> "We must speak sometime. Relations must be repaired sooner rather than later. I wish to tell her I am sorry."
[23:18:12] * Phrine frowns again, and suddenly (and easily) jumps backwards, breaking free from Ai without a problem.
[23:19:08] <Phrine> "Hey, she's really like sad right now!  And really like mad right now!  You don't look like either of those!"
[23:19:28] <Phrine> "...I don't think you're sorry."
[23:21:10] * Ai` frowns and furrows her brow. The gesture feels wrong, but it's Ai's best guess.
[23:21:37] <Ai`> "I truly am. I am ineffective at communicating 'emotion'. I am sorry."
[23:28:40] <Phrine> "You're NOT sorry!"
[23:29:03] * Phrine steps forward and shoves Ai to the ground.
[23:31:55] * Phrine looms over Ai, looking quite hurt and perhaps a little scary for once.
[23:32:14] <Phrine> "...You think I'm stupid... don't you?"
[23:35:20] * Ai_ rebounds off the ground with a dull metallic this. Her eyes widen in legitimate surprise, taking in as much data as possible.
[23:35:57] <Ai_> "... I do not."
[23:38:22] * Phrine kicks Ai in the side with surprising force for not wearing any shoes.
[23:39:25] <Phrine> "Shut up, shut up!  You, you don't know anything!"
[23:40:50] <Phrine> "Kitty's really crying you know!  You made her cry!  You're so mean!"
[23:43:52] * Ai_ slides to the side, keeping her eyes on phrine.
[23:47:08] <Phrine> "An', an' how'm I s'pussed to know how to help her?!  I grew up orphaned!  I don't know nothing!"
[23:47:40] <Phrine> "And she STILL trusts me more than any'a you!"
[23:47:58] * Phrine kicks Ai again.
[23:48:00] <`GM> "Stupid!"
[23:48:51] * Ai_ slides yet again, her uniform catching dust from the floor.
[23:52:41] <Ai_> "You are right. I know little. But I need the both of you. I wish to help, and do not wish to make anyone cry. I am sorry, even if I lack the emotional software to show it."
[23:54:15] <Phrine> "YOU'RE, NOT, SORRY!"
[23:54:46] * Phrine pounces on Ai and, out of habit, bites down hard on her neck.
[23:58:25] <Ai_> For the first time ever, Ai raises her voice.
[00:00:59] <Ai_> "I AM sorry!"
[00:04:20] * Phrine 's vicegrip does nothing to penetrate Ai's skin, and she strikes down with such force her left fang fractures and chips within seconds, though she maintains the bite all the same.
[00:05:26] <Phrine> "THAY IT!!  THAY IT!!  THAY YOU'RE THORRY!"
[00:05:46] * Phrine lisps in-between the bite.
[00:07:39] <Ai_> "I AM SORRY! I AM SORRY!"
[00:08:05] * Ai_ shouts at phrine, point blank.
[00:11:43] * Phrine bites harder on Ai's neck for a second or two before letting go, still not really comprehending that it didn't do anything.  She stands back up, breathing heavily, orange eyes still full of fire.
[00:15:54] <Phrine> "...maybe you are."
[00:16:17] <Phrine> "...go tell HER that."
[00:19:48] * Ai_ picks herself up, taking care not to drop phrine.
[00:20:05] <Ai_> "I will. Where is she?"
[00:26:09] * Phrine shrugs as she angrily picks up her hat and slides it back on her head.
[00:26:49] <Phrine> "She said she needed to be alone.  I dunno."
[00:27:09] <Phrine> "...I'm hungry..."
[00:27:58] * Phrine looks out the hangar door at the mostly-night sky, and starts walking over that way.
[00:29:51] * Ai_ follows her, insistent.
[00:30:00] <Ai_> "Where is she!?"
[00:30:44] <Phrine> "I dunno.  Out there."
[00:41:55] * Ai_ approaches phrine and tries to pick her up.
[00:42:45] <Ai_> "Can you help me find her? With your help, it should not take long."
[00:44:29] * Phrine dodges out of the way from being picked up.
[00:45:17] <Phrine> "Wwwwaugh, but I'm hungry...  Kitty did it last time, and she's not even s'possed to..."
[00:47:55] <Ai_> "I will find you food after. Is that acceptable?"
[00:48:05] <Ai_> "This should not tale long."
[00:49:10] <Phrine> "Uuggggh, but it's gonna take forever...  What if she still wants to be alone?"
[00:52:15] <Ai_> "Then I will just let her know I am sorry and that I wish to talk, and then leave."
[00:54:15] <Phrine> "Well, if it's not gonna take forever, then okay~"