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- [11:17] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== BEGIN =====
- [11:20] * Shiole_Mujica lunges forward, rapier flailing wildly to distract her opponent from the real attack, and plants her hand firmly against Owlmother's chest. The bird squawks in alarm, and Shiole yanks her down onto the floor before pinning her with a blade to the throat.
- [11:20] <Shiole_Mujica> "S2rrender?"
- [11:21] * Shiole_Mujica releases her lusus, and the two of them take opposite sides of the room once more.
- [11:22] * Shiole_Mujica and the owl immediately fall back into a flurry of blades, fists, and wings.
- [11:25] * Erxiqa_Karzek opens her eyes and places her hand onto her wounds and then followed by the bruise on the back of her head
- [11:26] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Erm... That hurts l7ke a b7tch
- [11:26] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Sh7ole, you here?
- [11:27] * Shiole_Mujica , in the adjacent room, ceases her assault on Owlmother and gets thrown to the ground as a result.
- [11:27] <Shiole_Mujica> "R1ght 1n here!"
- [11:27] * Shiole_Mujica scrambles back to her feet and waves the lusus away.
- [11:27] * Erxiqa_Karzek gradually pulls herself to her feet to walk into the adjacent room
- [11:27] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 th7nk 7t 7s safe to say that 7 may have lost that f7ght
- [11:28] * Shiole_Mujica laughs. "A l1ttle b1t. B2t at least 2 tr1ed, r1ght?"
- [11:28] <Shiole_Mujica> "Are 2 feel1ng a b1t better no22, tho2gh?"
- [11:28] <Shiole_Mujica> "Are 2 feel1ng a b1t better no22, tho2gh?"
- [11:28] * Erxiqa_Karzek feels her head
- [11:28] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 guess so
- [11:29] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You have clearly recovered
- [11:29] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 have."
- [11:29] <Shiole_Mujica> "1'm pretty 2sed 2 gett1ng back 2p and back 1nto 1t."
- [11:29] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well 7 remember you say7ng
- [11:30] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You have been do7ng th7s for a lng t7me
- [11:30] <Shiole_Mujica> "Ever s1nce 1 22as j2st a 221ggler."
- [11:31] * Erxiqa_Karzek pauses for a brief moment of thought
- [11:31] <Erxiqa_Karzek> That has probably been a long t7me
- [11:32] <Shiole_Mujica> "1t's 1mpol1te 2 ask a lady her age, Erx1."
- [11:32] <Shiole_Mujica> "B2t e1ght s22eeps."
- [11:32] * Erxiqa_Karzek quickly responding
- [11:32] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 wasn't 7mply7ng that
- [11:33] * Erxiqa_Karzek laughing " 7 really wasn't"
- [11:33] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 kno22, 1 kno22. 1'm j2st play1ng."
- [11:33] <Shiole_Mujica> "Pol1teness 1s, after all, def1n1tely essent1al 2 any1 22ho 22ants 2 be 1mportant."
- [11:34] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 can agree to that
- [11:34] <Shiole_Mujica> "Ho22 abo2t 2, then?"
- [11:34] <Erxiqa_Karzek> How about me what?
- [11:35] <Shiole_Mujica> "S1nce 22e're clearly thro221ng all pretense of c1v1l behav1o2r a22ay."
- [11:35] <Shiole_Mujica> "Ho22 many s22eeps?"
- [11:38] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well, d7sregard7ng our manners. 7 am almost 8 sweeps
- [11:39] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Are you go7ng to tell me how many you are?
- [11:39] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Or are you too pol7te?
- [11:40] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Oh wa7t
- [11:40] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You already told me, my bad
- [11:40] * Shiole_Mujica laughs a bit.
- [11:41] * Erxiqa_Karzek blushes in embrassment
- [11:41] <Shiole_Mujica> "J2st a b1t older than 2."
- [11:42] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Yeah, 7t seems you are
- [11:42] <Shiole_Mujica> "... Hey. 2've been r2nn1ng for a long t1me, haven't 2?"
- [11:43] * Erxiqa_Karzek looking down "Almost as long as 7 can remember"
- [11:43] <Shiole_Mujica> "That's a22f2l."
- [11:44] <Shiole_Mujica> "1'm so sorry 2 had 2 go thro2gh that. Espec1ally as a 221ggler."
- [11:44] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 still grew up
- [11:44] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 started just as 7 was old enough
- [11:45] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 guess 7 was pretty fortunate 7f 7t was go7ng to happen. 7 would be here today 7f 7 was any younger
- [11:45] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 would have d7ed
- [11:45] <Erxiqa_Karzek> would not sorry
- [11:45] <Shiole_Mujica> "2ell, then 22e sho2ld s1mply be gratef2l that 2 d1dn't."
- [11:46] * Erxiqa_Karzek blushes "Awwwe"
- [11:46] * Shiole_Mujica smiles. "And no22 2 22on't have 2 22orry abo2t 1t ever aga1n."
- [11:46] * Erxiqa_Karzek brightening up "Yeah"
- [11:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 won't
- [11:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You remember our f7ght?
- [11:47] <Shiole_Mujica> "Of co2rse."
- [11:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well, duel may 7 call 7t?
- [11:47] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 don't really remember much of 7t
- [11:47] <Shiole_Mujica> "Sorry."
- [11:48] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Nah
- [11:48] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 22as scold1ng myself for go1ng 2 ro2gh on 2."
- [11:48] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 am just a l7ttle 7nterested on how 7t was
- [11:48] * Erxiqa_Karzek acting more seriously
- [11:48] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Don't do that to yourself
- [11:49] <Shiole_Mujica> "22hat do 2 mean?"
- [11:49] <Erxiqa_Karzek> We both d7d everyth7ng we should have
- [11:49] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Don't be upset for try7ng
- [11:49] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Don't th7nk for a second 7 wouldn't care 7f you went to rough on me
- [11:50] <Shiole_Mujica> "1'm not 2pset for try1ng, 1'm 2pset for p2nch1ng 2 1n the face."
- [11:50] <Erxiqa_Karzek> all 7 cared about 7s gett7ng you to w7n your f7ght upcom7ng
- [11:50] <Shiole_Mujica> "That 22as 2ncalled for."
- [11:50] <Erxiqa_Karzek> No
- [11:50] <Erxiqa_Karzek> There wasn't anyth7ng 7 wouldn't have done to get your f7ght preped for
- [11:51] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You are go7ng to w7n
- [11:51] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 bel1eve 2. That br2te co2ldn't stop me 1f he tr1ed."
- [11:51] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Damn r7ght
- [11:51] * Shiole_Mujica beams. "Espec1ally no22."
- [11:52] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 can't j2st let 2 do22n 22hen 2're expect1ng me 2 221n, can 1?"
- [11:52] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You can't let me down
- [11:53] <Erxiqa_Karzek> You never w7ll
- [11:53] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 kno22. And ne1ther 221ll 2, okay?"
- [11:54] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Okay
- [11:54] <Erxiqa_Karzek> But anyway, there was a matter wh7ch 7 was 7n my 7nternt7ons to do
- [11:54] <Shiole_Mujica> "There 22as? 22hat?"
- [11:55] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well 7t now seems that ne7ther you or I are go7ng anywhere
- [11:55] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Esspec7ally me
- [11:55] <Erxiqa_Karzek> and 7 really enjoy be7ng here so 7 was go7ng to f7nd a place of my own to stay
- [11:55] <Erxiqa_Karzek> nearby of course
- [11:55] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 can't l7ve 7n your h7ve forever
- [11:56] * Shiole_Mujica hesitates, then smiles again. "Good. 1'm happy for 2."
- [11:56] <Shiole_Mujica> "1s there anyth1ng 1 can do 2 help?"
- [11:56] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well bu7ld7ng a h7ve 7sn't really w7th7n my capab7l7tes now
- [11:57] <Erxiqa_Karzek> So there maybe some adjacent ones around
- [11:57] <Shiole_Mujica> "Vacant 1s, 2 mean?"
- [11:57] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Unoccup7ed may 7 call them
- [11:57] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Yes
- [11:58] <Shiole_Mujica> "Certa1nly. 1 22o2ld be happy 2 help 2 locate 1."
- [12:00] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Should we get to 7t now?
- [12:01] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 can'thelp but f7nd th7s thr7ll7ng
- [12:01] <Shiole_Mujica> "1t really 1s q21te exc1t1ng."
- [12:01] <Shiole_Mujica> "Allo22 me j2st 1 moment 2 get properly dressed 2 go o2ts1de, 1st."
- [12:02] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Sure
- [12:02] * Shiole_Mujica absconds into her respiteblock, and emerges minutes later clad in her armoured dress instead of the lightweight sparring uniform she'd been in.
- [12:02] <Shiole_Mujica> "No22 then. Shall 22e?" Shiole offers Erxiqa a hand.
- [12:02] * Erxiqa_Karzek takes her hand with a smile
- [12:03] * Shiole_Mujica and Erxiqa head out in search of a hive to repossess.
- [12:03] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== JUMPCUT =====
- [12:05] * Erxiqa_Karzek opening the entrance to the empty hive "Th7s one, for sure. "
- [12:06] <Shiole_Mujica> "Oh, for s2re? 22hy 1s th1s 1 for s2re?"
- [12:06] * Erxiqa_Karzek standing in the open entrance, now looking
- [12:06] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7t don't th7nk of my last h7ve at all
- [12:07] <Erxiqa_Karzek> when 7 look at 7t, 7 feel l7ke a have a new l7fe
- [12:07] <Shiole_Mujica> "Good. That's 1mportant."
- [12:08] <Shiole_Mujica> "2r old l1fe... 22asn't fantast1c. B2t th1s 1 221ll be d1fferent."
- [12:08] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 mean, just a b7t of t7dy and we are pretty good
- [12:08] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Not that 7 have any furnature w7th me
- [12:09] <Shiole_Mujica> "Oh. R1ght. 22ell, 1'm s2re that... hmm."
- [12:09] <Erxiqa_Karzek> hmmm?
- [12:09] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Why hmm?
- [12:10] * Shiole_Mujica speaks slowly, pausing between each word as she considers.
- [12:11] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 may be able 2... conv1nce O22lmother 2... let 2 2se a b1t of o2r f2rn1t2re?"
- [12:11] <Shiole_Mujica> "Not a r1d1c2lo2s amo2nt, of co2rse, b2t 1 or 2 2 get 2 started?"
- [12:11] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 couldn't take that from you
- [12:12] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7'm sure we can e7ther salvage what we can from some past h7ves or just get some
- [12:12] <Erxiqa_Karzek> how hard could 7t be
- [12:12] <Shiole_Mujica> "Very 22ell. B2t the offer stands, alr1ght?"
- [12:12] <Erxiqa_Karzek> that's alr7ght
- [12:13] <Shiole_Mujica> "Let 1t never be sa1d 1 22o2ldn't at least offer."
- [12:13] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7 apprec7ate 7t
- [12:14] * Shiole_Mujica looks around.
- [12:14] <Shiole_Mujica> "1 s2ppose 1t 1s a rather n1ce h1ve."
- [12:15] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Yeah
- [12:15] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7t 7s
- [12:16] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Well, 7 suppose we should get 7t ready
- [12:16] <Shiole_Mujica> "1ndeed."
- [12:17] <Shiole_Mujica> "Altho2gh 1 don't m2ch l1ke the 1dea of my best fr1end l1v1ng 221th some1 else's d1scarded p1eces of f2rn1t2re, 1 s2ppose 1t can't be helped for r1ght no22."
- [12:17] <Erxiqa_Karzek> 7'll make do
- [12:17] <Shiole_Mujica> "22e 221ll have 2 f1nd 2 a proper set event2ally."
- [12:17] <Erxiqa_Karzek> Yeah, we w7ll. Thank you for your help
- [12:18] <Shiole_Mujica> "1t 22as my pleas2re. Anyth1ng for 2."
- [12:18] * Shiole_Mujica and Erxiqa begin the long, arduous process of tracking down stuff to fill the hive with.
- [12:19] <Shiole_Mujica> ===== END =====
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