(1:46:47 PM) Kalga: LAST TIME ON EXALTED: I forget, because we haven't had a game in like a month because no one shows up anymore. Today, you've all decided to take a trip to Meru, it's been a long time since you've been in the city. Everyone who's here is there, and Nariana came along for business (not that Reana is letting her get to it).
(1:46:50 PM) You are now known as KalST
(1:47:00 PM) Kalga: (Everyone in the OOC channel.)
(1:47:55 PM) Della: what's Nariana's business?
(1:48:24 PM) Jammy is now known as Kyrk
(1:48:27 PM) Kalga: Something boring about paperworks and reqresitioning and stuff Reana kinda drifted in and out of listening to. She tried to listen. ;~;
(1:49:04 PM) Della: oh well
(1:49:07 PM) Della: i tried my best
(1:49:16 PM) Della: my consicence is intact
(1:49:20 PM) Della: shopping spree~
(1:49:30 PM) Della: who else is coming?
(1:49:32 PM) Della is now known as Reana
(1:49:54 PM) Kalga: (Vai, Kyrk, and probably Nariana because it can't be *all* about work.)
(1:50:27 PM) Zeplin666 [Zeplin666@C77BD9FC.22D33E37.387796B.IP] entered the room.
(1:50:39 PM) Kalga: (Zep: ROAD TRIP. YOU'RE IN MERU.)
(1:50:51 PM) Zeplin666 is now known as Vai
(1:51:03 PM) Reana: (we're on a road trip, a road trip, a road... trip...)
(1:52:01 PM) Reana: oh, my documentary on the daily life of a night caste mow many views does it have on IAMtube?
(1:52:14 PM) Reana: *how
(1:52:29 PM) Kalga: (How long ago was it posted?)
(1:52:54 PM) Reana: (whenever i finished it, i don't know how much time passed)
(1:54:22 PM) Kalga: "Lady Reana, I know you're having a lot of fun shopping around, but my work~ :<"
(1:54:59 PM) Reana: "What do you mean your work?"
(1:55:22 PM) Kalga: "My work. The reason I told you I had to go to Meru? The reason you decided to come to the city?"
(1:56:22 PM) Reana: "...shopping." Reana decides.
(1:56:37 PM) Kalga: "...Shopping?"
(1:56:48 PM) Blinkdog [Blinkdog@A3BE6A51.FC4C4129.DCAFDF2A.IP] entered the room.
(1:57:12 PM) Reana: "...i wanted to get another one of those comfy sofas."
(1:57:39 PM) Kalga: "Well, we can get one. They're pretty cheap."
(1:58:11 PM) Reana: "Oh, and a wanted to get a couple of shirts for Vai, since he never changes his wardrobe."
(1:58:45 PM) Kalga: Nariana pulls a notepad out of her inside breast pocket, and a small pen. She scribbles down on it. "And shirts. Easy enough."
(1:59:14 PM) Reana: "Plus, Fantastic Robot Tactics IX releases tomorrow."
(1:59:48 PM) Reana: "Oh, and we also need a carpet for the third floor bathroom.
(1:59:53 PM) Reana: "And..."
(1:59:56 PM) Kalga: She looks at Vai. "Don't you have that game already?"
(2:00:20 PM) Vai: "No, but I do have I through X."
(2:00:37 PM) Vai: "...Or was it VII..."
(2:00:50 PM) Kalga: She writes down the game and carpet on the list. "Okay, okay. Anything else, Lady Reana? Kyrk?"
(2:02:16 PM) Reana: "A new belt. Oh, and i wanted to contract a specialist for routine mainteniance on my weapons. And i also wanted to check a couple places."
(2:02:18 PM) ***Kyrk shakes his head, his open chested shirt flutters in the wind along with his glorious curly hair.
(2:02:54 PM) Kalga: She writes down the belt and weapon matinance. "C-Check out a couple of places?"
(2:04:11 PM) Kalga: She looks at Vai in a way that asked if she really had to go check out a couple of places. :<
(2:04:24 PM) ***Vai shrugs.
(2:04:35 PM) Kalga: She sighs. "...I suppose..."
(2:05:03 PM) Ranbar_ left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:05:14 PM) Reana: "I wanted to take a stroll on Crown Boulevard, yes. And i wanted to visit the Insititute of Biological Improvement. Oh, and there's a shop on Simhata Street..."
(2:05:41 PM) Reana: "...you know, it's too bad your brothers and sisters couldn't come."
(2:06:07 PM) Reana: "I really wanted to show them off- err, i mean, to visit the city with them."
(2:06:29 PM) ***Kyrk holds back a chuckle.
(2:06:52 PM) Kalga: "Tina had a date tonight, she couldn't come. Well, let's get going..." She heads off to the first place on the list. "Where do you think we can get one of those sofas?"
(2:07:03 PM) Ranbar_ [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(2:07:47 PM) Reana: "Well, we could try at the large store where we ordered the Mantis Tower fifteen years ago. They had all sorts of furniture."
(2:08:27 PM) Kalga: She looks at Vai. "Where was that? I remember you buying that, right?"
(2:09:04 PM) ***Reana pokes Vai as well. "What about you? Any plans for this trip to Meru?"
(2:09:54 PM) Vai: "Hmm... there's a tea house I haven't been to in awhile..."
(2:12:09 PM) Reana: "Well then, that's perfect!" *claps hands* "What archdiocese was it in? I'd really go for a cup of tea and a bit of relax right now." Yeah, like it isn't what she does every day.
(2:14:55 PM) Kyrk: "Tea? Excellent!" He grins, wide eyed and awake, his gaze catching the whole world with newfound optimism.
(2:15:14 PM) Kalga: A set of Water Aspects and a Fire Aspect look at Kyrk as they walk by, giggling.
(2:16:02 PM) ***Kyrk continues to grin, though ponders whats so funny.
(2:16:56 PM) Ranbar [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(2:17:07 PM) Kalga: Nariana glares at them as they pass, causing them to quicken thier speed. "No one acts dignified anymore. No one."
(2:17:23 PM) Reana: "What do you mean, dear?"
(2:17:34 PM) ***Reana apparently didn't notice
(2:17:49 PM) ***Kyrk brushes himself off a little, "I don't have anything in my teeth, do I?"
(2:17:51 PM) Vai: "If I remember, the tea house I'm thinking of is in the Night archdiocese, near the Hanging Gardens."
(2:18:25 PM) Ranbar_ left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:18:26 PM) Kalga: "Those giggling girls. Anyway." She heads towards where they bought the Mantis Towers. "Let's go."
(2:18:52 PM) Reana: "Mh. Bit out of the way. You know, I don't remember ever visiting the Night archdiocese."
(2:19:30 PM) Vai: "It's... not a very happy place."
(2:19:39 PM) Ranbar_ [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(2:20:29 PM) Reana: "...no? What's wrong with it?"
(2:20:59 PM) Vai: "Lots of tombs and graveyards, and a hospital."
(2:21:11 PM) Kalga: Someone taps Kyrk on the shoulder. It's the Fire Aspect from earlier. She's still giggling. "Can you....can you sign something?"
(2:21:40 PM) Ranbar left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:22:14 PM) ***Kyrk smiles obligingly, "Yes, yes, sure." He pulls a pen from his sleeve and flicks off the top, waiting to be given the item.
(2:22:18 PM) Reana: "Well, it's got to have a par or... something."
(2:22:21 PM) Reana: *park
(2:22:37 PM) Reana: "It can be all darkbad gloomytown doublehell."
(2:22:47 PM) Kalga: She starts digging through her bags for something"Oh, hold on hold on...uh..."
(2:23:48 PM) ***Kyrk laughs quietly and stretches an arm, "Who am I making this out to?"
(2:23:57 PM) Vai: "Well, it does have the Hanging Gardens."
(2:24:40 PM) Reana: "Well, the name doesn't sound too cheerful. I assume they're just terraced gardens?"
(2:24:46 PM) Kalga: Unfortunately, Kyrk would notice she doesn't have anything from places other than a lingere shop. She pulls out a white bra. A blush crosses her face, and she sheepishly holds it out. "Um...you c-can sign this." Her two friends are laughing in the background.
(2:24:48 PM) Reana: "And not gardens where they hang people."
(2:25:31 PM) Vai: "Haha, no, it's very lovely."
(2:26:29 PM) ***Kyrk takes it like it were a photo, or some paper, and signs the name that she totally did give him, "There you are."
(2:26:36 PM) Reana: "Well, then bring us to this tea ho..." she stops, following that Kyrk is doing with sudden interest.
(2:27:17 PM) Kalga: She takes it back, and hastily stuffs it back into the bag.
(2:27:43 PM) Ranbar_ left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:27:55 PM) ***Kyrk flicks the lid back on the pen and nods, "Have a nice day now."
(2:28:28 PM) Reana: :3
(2:28:52 PM) Kalga: She blushes again, and hurries off to her friends. (Per Inves or Awa to overhear what they say to her.)
(2:29:03 PM) Ranbar_ [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(2:32:21 PM) Reana: "...are you so used to sign bras and lingerie that it doesn't even faze you, Kyrk? My, you're bold~"
(2:32:33 PM) Vai: *snrk*
(2:32:45 PM) Kalga: (And then Kyrk realized that he got to touch a bra. And gets o_o)
(2:33:22 PM) Kyrk: "Well... Uh, I've been signing things for 100 years now. I've signed far worse things..." He scratches the back of his head and tries to smile it off.
(2:34:05 PM) Reana: Now that was an error. An error that Reana will exploit to hell and back. "...Horse things? LIKE WHAT?" :3
(2:35:31 PM) Kyrk: "Uh... There was this lunar once, she was 12 foot tall and well, she had... HowdoIputthis, 17 chests. I signed each set. I've signed a condensed peice of the wyld too. And I'm sure theres a solar shard out there with my ink on it."
(2:35:59 PM) Vai: "Seventeen, huh."
(2:36:10 PM) Kalga: (He also did Celestial cocaine off the 6th left tit of that girl.)
(2:36:21 PM) ***Kyrk nods slowly, "I've seen some things."
(2:36:40 PM) Kalga: Nariana hmphs. "Now that they're gone, can we go get the couch?"
(2:36:49 PM) Vai: "Yeah sure."
(2:37:08 PM) Reana: "But... i wanted to see the dreadful Gardens of the Hanged and the Tea House of Doom first..."
(2:38:03 PM) Kalga: She sighs. "As you wish." She looks at Vai. "Can you lead us there?"
(2:38:19 PM) ***Vai leads the way.
(2:39:15 PM) Kalga: A short walk, three subway stops, and a tit-signing for Kyrk, you arrive at the Gardens of the Hanged.
(2:40:19 PM) Vai: "Here we are!"
(2:40:20 PM) Reana: do the sould of the damned scream in unending torment as the winds blow throughout the barren valley, dotted only by the dead husks of withered trees?
(2:40:42 PM) Kalga: Let's check the guidebook.
(2:40:45 PM) Reana: if not, Reana is disappointed.
(2:42:34 PM) Kalga: The Hanging Gardens are filled with Wood Aspects. Flora from all around Creation's corners hang and grow around in tasteful design. The whole place is quite peaceful and romantic.
(2:42:46 PM) Kalga: It's very lush and alive with colour, to Reana's disaapointment.
(2:44:15 PM) Reana: "So they're just hanging gardens."
(2:44:20 PM) Reana: "The normal kind."
(2:44:26 PM) Reana: "Oh, well, they're pretty enough."
(2:44:40 PM) Reana: "By the way, Vai, how do you feel about wrestling a Dawn Caste known for crucking warstriders with her bare hands and with a really bad temper?" she asks, casually.
(2:45:03 PM) Vai: "...Wait what?"
(2:45:15 PM) Kalga: The Wood Aspects continue working around them, not paying much attention to the visitors.
(2:46:07 PM) Reana: Reana blinks.
(2:46:53 PM) Reana: "I was thinking you looked like you needed some action. Just to stay in shape, not rust, you know."
(2:47:09 PM) Reana: "And so i asked the Deliberative if there were any problems that needed solving."
(2:47:18 PM) Reana: "And that you'd take care of them."
(2:47:44 PM) Vai: "If I didn't know better I'd say you wanted me killed. Who is this dawn?"
(2:47:52 PM) Ranbar [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(2:48:10 PM) Ranbar_ left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(2:48:13 PM) Reana: Oh, I didn't check."
(2:50:15 PM) Vai: "Hrmmm... I guess I can check it out."
(2:50:58 PM) Reana: "Really?" Reana is pleasantly surprised. "Oh, you're so awesome! Yeah! Eight Master Vai back in action!"
(2:51:18 PM) Kalga: Nariana remembers to check to make sure Vai's life insurance is up to date.
(2:52:04 PM) Reana: (i look forward to Ninth Master Vai)
(2:52:11 PM) ***Kyrk wonders if his life insurance is up to date, dawns leave a lot of splash damage and DBs are double squishy.
(2:52:21 PM) Vai: (the sheet is partially done already)
(2:53:33 PM) Kalga: A Wood Aspect man walks up to them. "Is there a problem?"
(2:54:17 PM) Reana: ("them" who?)
(2:54:30 PM) Kalga: (The PCs + Nariana.)
(2:55:03 PM) Vai: "Hmm? No, why?"
(2:55:58 PM) Kalga: "You've just been standing around, looking confused." He directs you to a path. "If you are, I suggest that path." He winks, and says "And not just cause I tend to that personally."
(2:56:35 PM) Reana: "Oh, we were just discussing where to go next." She smiles politely.
(2:57:07 PM) Kalga: The Wood Aspect smiles at the pretty brown girl. "Well, we have plants from all over Creation. Is there anything in particular you like?"
(2:58:06 PM) Vai: "Do you have any of those giant carniverous plants from the southwest?"
(2:58:31 PM) Kalga: He thinks. "We do, but they're quite unsafe. Are you sure?"
(2:58:56 PM) Reana: "Vai, stop being mean to the door-to-door salesmen."
(2:59:40 PM) Vai: "I will when they figure out the 'Beware Of Dog' sign refers to me."
(3:00:37 PM) Kalga: The gardener takes a step back. "Um..." He points the exact opposite way you were pointed to earlier. "T-That way."
(3:01:17 PM) ***Vai nods to the gardener, "Thank you." He's been nothing but smiles and that's probably the creepy part.
(3:01:29 PM) Kalga: It is.
(3:01:52 PM) Reana: Reana grins and covertly brofists Vai after this
(3:05:34 PM) Kalga: They continue on a trail, the ground becoming more and more like sand, and the plants looking meaner and meaner. On a sign in Firetongue and Old Realm, there is a warning. A female Wood Aspect with red hair tied back by a bandanna, her hands carrying a large sack, smiles. "Hello there. We don't see too many people over here."
(3:06:21 PM) Reana: "Do they get eaten?"
(3:06:45 PM) Kalga: "Not for a whole three years." she beams. "It's...it's actually how I got this job..."
(3:07:26 PM) ***Kyrk grins.
(3:07:35 PM) Reana: "Oh, nice to hear that." She turns to Vai. "You wanted to ask about a plant, Vai dear?"
(3:07:55 PM) Kalga: "The guy before me," she wraps her fingers around her left shoulder, "got his arm bitten off to here."
(3:08:55 PM) Vai: "Yes, I was curious if it happened to be feeding time. I have a bit of a love for plants and always wanted to see a carniverous plant with my own eyes."
(3:09:06 PM) Kalga: She smiles. "It is, actually!"
(3:10:05 PM) ***Kyrk takes a rather blatant step back from anything that looks vaguely dangerous, even Reana.
(3:10:15 PM) Vai: "Oh this'll be great!"
(3:10:29 PM) Reana: (Reana looks dangerous?)
(3:10:45 PM) Kalga: Nariana takes a step behind Kyrk. The Wood Aspect nods, and begins walking away. "Follow me."
(3:11:35 PM) Kyrk: (I don't suppose she looks dangerous, but Kyrk knows her well enough. :P)
(3:12:22 PM) ***Vai follows.
(3:12:53 PM) Kalga: "Mind your arms and legs. See those yellow lines on the ground? Stay inside them, and nothing can bite you."
(3:12:59 PM) Reana: "Are you planning carnivorous bonsais, Vai?"
(3:13:38 PM) Vai: "...No, of course not."
(3:13:50 PM) Reana: "But they might be a good idea."
(3:15:44 PM) Vai: "It might even sell well, instead of messing around with fertilizers and pH balances and mineral content, one could flip it a piece of pork in the morning."
(3:16:20 PM) Reana: "Could you use them to dispose of trash?"
(3:16:24 PM) Kalga: "Or asking your daughter to orginize records of the pH and mineral content?" Nariana adds.
(3:16:57 PM) Vai: "I didn't think you'd actually do it."
(3:16:58 PM) Reana: "now now, Nariana, we don't want you to be eaten of course."
(3:17:32 PM) Kalga: (Well, Nariana does, but she'd rather it be by another hum- What are we talking about?)
(3:17:54 PM) Vai: (really? i thought it would be a desk dohoho)
(3:18:54 PM) Reana: (we're talking about nariana getting eaten by a carnivorous plant while she's organizing records of the pH and mineral content. Or at least that's what Reana is talking about.)
(3:20:53 PM) Kalga: "I don't want to be eaten by a plant. But I have better things to do then keep track of a plants pH level each week."
(3:21:29 PM) Vai: "I agree."
(3:21:36 PM) Reana: "Of course you do." Reana hugs her. "...Please don't get eaten."
(3:24:15 PM) Kalga: She takes a half step back. "O-Okay. But...but Lord Vai has to keep track of his own inane records from now on." The Wood Aspects stops at a particuarly large and angry looking plant. Somehow it's angry, don't ask how. "Here we are!"
(3:24:55 PM) Vai: "Alright, I'll keep track of OH WOW!"
(3:25:23 PM) Kyrk: "Sweet Pasiap..."
(3:26:29 PM) Kalga: "Sextes Jylis is to thank for this." the Wood Aspect smiles.
(3:27:00 PM) Vai: "I bet. Are those shark teeth?"
(3:27:19 PM) Kalga: "Siaka, actually."
(3:27:26 PM) Reana: "Ohhh, awesome."
(3:27:52 PM) Reana: "Out of curiosity, who makes those plants, and what for?"
(3:28:14 PM) Kalga: She shrugged. "Maybe your friend will know." she nods to Vai.
(3:29:55 PM) Vai: "Hmm, in most peat bogs there aren't enough nutrients for all the plants, and some had to... make do."
(3:31:39 PM) Vai: "If I had to take a guess, this one grew up near a wyld pocket and developed a taste for large game."
(3:32:17 PM) Kalga: The Wood Aspect shrugged. "I don't know, sorry. I just care for it."
(3:33:26 PM) Reana: "...what does it eat, anyway?"
(3:33:54 PM) Kalga: She opens up the bag and a foul smell comes from it. "Mostly beef."
(3:35:44 PM) Reana: "...awesome."
(3:36:36 PM) Kalga: "I think so." She smiles. Nariana looks away, hmphing. (Per Awa to notice she thinks it's cool too.)
(3:38:29 PM) Reana: Reana's looking at the plant with a face that has "i want to wrestle this thing" written all over it
(3:39:05 PM) ***Kyrk is looking all around, it's all so cool looking, but dangerous, otherwise he'd be touching everything here.
(3:41:22 PM) ***Vai taps Nariana on the shoulder, "You're gonna want to see this."
(3:42:13 PM) Reana: Fascnated, Reana stretches a hand towards the plant of doom.
(3:42:14 PM) Kalga: She jumps. "W-What? See what?" She adjusts her glasses.
(3:42:43 PM) Kalga: The plant snaps her hand. (Declare defense. :3)
(3:43:36 PM) Reana: lol, dodge dv 8
(3:43:43 PM) Kalga: (:V)
(3:44:00 PM) Kalga: Reana pulls her hand back just in time.
(3:44:11 PM) Vai: "Holy crap that was fast."
(3:44:20 PM) Kalga: "Lady Reana!"
(3:44:39 PM) Reana: "Yes." She grins. "Quite fast."
(3:44:49 PM) Kalga: "Are you okay?"
(3:45:30 PM) Reana: "Hey, it didn't bute me, i just wanted to see..."
(3:45:34 PM) Reana: *bite
(3:46:10 PM) Kalga: The attendant looks slightly annoyed. "Please, don't do that." She tosses a slice of beef to the plant.
(3:46:23 PM) Reana: "Mh, this plant is a bit too dangerous, yes."
(3:47:08 PM) Ranbar_ [Centy@11639CA7.3D357D1B.A170B41C.IP] entered the room.
(3:47:18 PM) Ranbar left the room (quit: Ping timeout).
(3:52:31 PM) Kalga: "Just a /little/ bit, yes."
(3:56:29 PM) Kalga: After traveling around the entire hanging garden, all of you are quite thirsty. Reana decides she's bored looking at plants, and wants to go to the teahouse. Vai obligingly leads them to the tea house. Nariana makes sure to stay in the back of the group, still embarrased by by her awe being noticed. The tea house isn't terribly far, and they arrive there quite quickly.
(3:57:40 PM) Reana: "This archdiocesese is... interesting. It's all fairly new to me. You come here often?"
(3:57:40 PM) Kyrk: "Tea houses are lovely, quaint places, aren't they?"
(3:58:24 PM) Vai: "I used to a long time ago. I'm glad this place is still here."
(3:58:45 PM) Reana: "You should get back in business, you know."
(3:59:21 PM) Vai: "I probably should."
(3:59:49 PM) Kalga: Behind the counter is a kindly old man with circular sunglasses. He holds up a greeting hand to Vai, as if he knew him. Vai would recognize him as the man who owned the shop, but much older. It's been decades. "Pleasure to see you in here again. It's been what, close to thirty years? I was just starting when you first walked in."
(4:00:22 PM) Vai: "Something like that yeah, business been good?"
(4:00:33 PM) Kalga: "I can't complain one bit."
(4:01:13 PM) Reana: "Wow, thirty years ago." Reana whistles, impressed.
(4:01:40 PM) Vai: "That's good. Can I get a table for the four of us?"
(4:02:23 PM) Kalga: The man adjusts his sunglasses. "Oh, now this is a new sight. Who's your lady friend?" A waitress directs him to a nearby table. This is an improvement, they didn't have enough of a staff for this last time you were here.
(4:03:20 PM) Reana: Reana bows politely. "My name is Reana. It's a pleasure! This tea house looks positively charming."
(4:03:47 PM) ***Kyrk settles into a seat covertly.
(4:05:10 PM) Kalga: Nariana sits down across from Kyrk, sighing. She pulls her notepad out of her suit jacket, and crosses something off before returning it. The man bows back. "My name's Jace."
(4:06:17 PM) ***Kyrk grins at Narianna, "It's been a good day so far, no?"
(4:06:24 PM) Kalga: "No."
(4:06:35 PM) Reana: "Honored to meet you. Honey? what are we getting?" she then asks Vai
(4:08:01 PM) ***Kyrk laughs quietly, "Surely you enjoy it out with your mother and father?"
(4:08:41 PM) Vai: "Green tea." Vai looks really sure about it.
(4:08:48 PM) Kalga: She shakes her head. "My mother does nothing but conspire to put my behind in my work. My father is too much of a pushover to stop her."
(4:09:13 PM) Reana: "Nariana doesn't loke mommy and daddy~" she makes a miserable face, drawing circled on the table with a finger. "Nariana makes mommy very very sad..."
(4:09:21 PM) Reana: *like
(4:09:44 PM) Kalga: Nariana jumps. "N-No no, i-it's not like....not l-like that..." She frowns.
(4:10:29 PM) Reana: Reana lifts her head a bit. "So Nariana doesn't hate mommy?"
(4:10:33 PM) ***Kyrk laughs a little louder now, a wide smile over his face.
(4:11:11 PM) Kalga: "You know I don't...You just never let me do my job. Which is doing your job while you two slack off..."
(4:12:51 PM) Reana: "Vai, Vai..." Reana cries, tugging on Vai's sleeve. "Nariana doesn't like me anymore... what do i do, what do i do~"
(4:13:12 PM) Kalga: "Waaah no I didn't mean it like that!"
(4:13:22 PM) ***Vai 's head lols around.
(4:13:55 PM) Kalga: ("See, I told you he doesn't do anything to stop her. :<")
(4:15:21 PM) Reana: "Nariana... maybe Nariana is right. I've been a bad mommy." *pulling out handkerchief* "What do i do, what do i do..."
(4:15:44 PM) Kalga: Nariana pouts. "Moooom~ Stop it. :<"
(4:16:07 PM) Vai: "Nariana, have you thought about getting an assistant? Someone to delegate work to?"
(4:16:29 PM) Kalga: "I have."
(4:16:43 PM) Vai: "Oh? Anyone in particular?"
(4:17:02 PM) Kalga: "But...without my work...what am /I/ supposed to do?" She shakes her head. "Not really, no."
(4:17:25 PM) Reana: :3
(4:19:35 PM) Kalga: "I've been thinking to get a staff of about three mortals and maybe a Dragon-Blooded. I hope that won't cost too much. I'll get less if I need to. :<"
(4:19:53 PM) ***Kyrk leans around the family dispute and orders something to drink, "Flaming Fire Aspect with a half turn to the earth dragon." It sounds like mess but it's actually a specialised type of tea, is the waitress up to standard!?
(4:20:22 PM) Vai: "Sounds doable, don't worry about it."
(4:20:25 PM) Reana: "Don't worry about that dear! I'll pay for that!"
(4:21:37 PM) Kalga: She doesn't seem to be. "W-W-Waah, right away. I'll try to get you a...one of those... ;~;" She scurries away. Jace nods to Kyrk. "I heard ya, one right away." Nariana orders plain green tea. "Okay. But what would I do with myself once I get the staff?"
(4:21:59 PM) Reana: "You should get yourself married."
(4:22:11 PM) ***Reana nods sagely
(4:22:20 PM) ***Kyrk reclines into his chair, content that this place seems to be up to scratch.
(4:22:41 PM) Kalga: (Jace should probably think about getting some non-moe waitstaff though.)
(4:22:51 PM) Kalga: "M-married!?"
(4:23:38 PM) Reana: :3
(4:24:00 PM) Reana: "Well, I don't mean to make you hurry."
(4:24:07 PM) Kalga: She points at Kyrk. "What about him? Bother him about getting married!" She shirks down into her seat.
(4:24:12 PM) Reana: "You should do things your pace, of course."
(4:24:41 PM) Reana: "..." she turns to Kyrk, then back to Nariana. "...you want to marry Kyrk?"
(4:24:55 PM) ***Kyrk shakes his head, "Been down that road three times, thats enough for me sister~"
(4:25:00 PM) Kalga: "...N-no! What about you trying to get /him/ married!?"
(4:25:14 PM) Valgaav [Lina@89A2CD28.676D7260.1F42E6A5.IP] entered the room.
(4:25:41 PM) Vai: "Hmm... that reminds me, who did Tina go on a date with?"
(4:25:42 PM) Reana: "Well, he has already married. And... I'm thinking about the future of Gens Sentai."
(4:26:13 PM) Reana: "...i thought you were spy- err, keeping an eye on her."
(4:26:18 PM) Kalga: Nariana shrugged. "Some Earth Aspect who works under Kan."
(4:26:29 PM) ***Vai blinks.
(4:26:56 PM) Valgaav left the room.
(4:27:06 PM) Vai: "I'll have to meet him."
(4:27:46 PM) Reana: "Oh, I'm curious now~..."
(4:28:54 PM) Vai: "Would I seem like too much of an overbearingly protective father if I had a charged essence cannon when I meet him?"
(4:29:17 PM) Reana: "Yes, totally."
(4:29:24 PM) Vai: "Okay I'll keep the threats more subtle."
(4:29:33 PM) Reana: "Vai, Tin is a grown girl. She can handle her own relationships."
(4:29:35 PM) Reana: *Tina
(4:29:52 PM) Kalga: Jace returns with all your tea. "Here you all go."
(4:29:58 PM) Vai: "Ah, thank you!"
(4:30:02 PM) Reana: "Have a bit more faith in your daughters- oh, thank you."
(4:30:18 PM) ***Kyrk takes his cup and takes a nice long drink. |3~
(4:30:56 PM) Reana: *sip* "So, maybe check on them, but don't interfere unless there's really need to."
(4:33:09 PM) Vai: "Alright, but we'll have to meet him eventually."
(4:33:19 PM) Kalga: Nariana looks at Kyrk. "Why didn't you invite that little girl that's always following you around to come with us?"
(4:33:48 PM) Kyrk: "I did. School day it would seem."
(4:33:58 PM) Vai: "And it won't be my fault if he doesn't know that poison arrow frog venom works by eroding the central nervous system."
(4:33:59 PM) Kalga: Nariana snrks.
(4:34:23 PM) ***Vai takes a sip of tea, "Mmmm, better than I remember."
(4:34:55 PM) Kyrk: *sip* "I will say that they certainly know what they're doing here." He nods expertly.
(4:35:25 PM) Kalga: "Just how old is she, exactly? Seventeen? Awfully young, eh?"
(4:35:44 PM) Kyrk: "I believe she's a bit younger."
(4:35:51 PM) Kalga: "... :|"
(4:35:52 PM) Vai: "And most snake venoms, they outright destroy living tissue."
(4:36:16 PM) Reana: "Vai, if a rash action on your part will result in the ruin of Tina's sentimental life, I guarantee i'll throw you so high that she'll be already happily married by the time you'll land." she says, smiling.
(4:37:16 PM) Vai: "I'm not gonna DO anything, these are just facts."
(4:37:34 PM) Reana: "Mine was a fact, too." *sip*
(4:37:49 PM) Vai: "It's also a fact I've kept a healthy supply of both, and I love my little Tina."
(4:38:07 PM) Kalga: "She's sixteen? Seriously?"
(4:38:20 PM) Vai: "Yeah, wait, what?"
(4:39:15 PM) Kyrk: "I know she's very young, why do you ask?"
(4:39:38 PM) Kalga: "She's been spending an awful lot of time around the manse..."
(4:40:08 PM) ***Kyrk shrugs, "I've had stalkers before."
(4:40:30 PM) Kalga: "Do you oblige all of them like this?" Boy, she's starting to sound like her mother, isn't she?
(4:41:31 PM) Kyrk: "Well, yes, actually. If they're going to show enough dedication as to break into my home the least I could do is show them around. It's a manners thing."
(4:42:10 PM) Kalga: "She doesn't break in. She's got registed entries on the manse-door's recording unit. I've checked."
(4:42:36 PM) Vai: "Um, that was me."
(4:42:47 PM) Kalga: "...What?"
(4:43:03 PM) Kyrk: "Plus she's a very nice young girl, it'd be rude to have her stand outside."
(4:43:35 PM) Vai: "I let her in when it was raining."
(4:43:52 PM) Kalga: "It's more than once."
(4:44:14 PM) Reana: "How often?"
(4:45:08 PM) Kalga: "At least once a day, generally in the mid-afternoon, leaving right before dinner."
(4:45:38 PM) ***Kyrk sits, nodding like it were common fact.
(4:45:55 PM) Reana: "As in, every day?"
(4:46:01 PM) Kalga: "More or less."
(4:46:05 PM) ***Vai sips his tea.
(4:46:27 PM) Reana: "Wow. That goes a bit beyond dedication."
(4:46:38 PM) Kalga: Nariana drinks her tea.
(4:46:50 PM) Reana: "You should do something about that."
(4:47:10 PM) Kyrk: "I five her sanxian lessons after school, and she helps me work on something I'm creating."
(4:47:58 PM) Reana: "Ah, so she's not actually a stalker. Whew. You had me worried."
(4:48:09 PM) Kalga: Another sip. "If you want, I can add her to the manse roster and give her free entry."
(4:48:47 PM) Kyrk: "Ah, no, not anymore I suppose. I invite her more than often."
(4:49:18 PM) Kalga: "That too," she takes another sip, "is suspicious. She's sixteen, Kyrk."
(4:49:59 PM) ***Kyrk nods, "Mhm?"
(4:53:33 PM) Reana: "What's wrong with that?"
(4:54:10 PM) Kalga: "He's like one hundred and twenty five."
(4:54:47 PM) Kyrk: "156, but thank you for the compliment. :>"
(4:54:48 PM) Reana: Reana waits for the point.
(4:55:09 PM) Kalga: "She's a child, and he's middle-aged."
(4:55:34 PM) Kyrk: "Are you saying... I'm her father?"
(4:56:01 PM) Kalga: "... :I :O :I :O :I :O ...No, I'm not."
(4:56:18 PM) Vai: "...What?"
(4:56:25 PM) Reana: "...i was ready to be all surprised."
(4:56:51 PM) ***Kyrk still doesn't get the point.
(4:56:59 PM) Saman|Gone is now known as Saman
(4:57:15 PM) Reana: "Let me get this straight."
(4:57:23 PM) Reana: "He teaches her how to play."
(4:57:36 PM) Reana: "And she's helping him with his work."
(4:57:58 PM) Reana: "So what's so wrong about that?"
(4:58:17 PM) Kalga: She sighs. "Nothing."
(4:58:57 PM) ***Kyrk smiles and sips some tea~
(5:01:23 PM) Reana: "Besides even if they had sex there wouldn't necessarily be anything bad about it." She says clearly and openly.
(5:01:53 PM) ***Kyrk spittakes.
(5:02:05 PM) Kalga: Nariana does likewise.
(5:03:15 PM) Reana: "Did you?"
(5:03:29 PM) ***Kyrk blinks, "... No."
(5:03:44 PM) ***Vai sits there confused for a moment, pulls out a flask, spikes his tea, and takes another sip.
(5:04:11 PM) Saman is now known as Saman|AFK
(5:04:16 PM) Reana: *sip*
(5:05:13 PM) Kalga: "Mooooooom~ Don't say stuff like that."
(5:05:45 PM) Reana: "...Like what?"
(5:05:56 PM) Kalga: ":|"
(5:07:35 PM) Kyrk: "I-I mean, she's a lovely girl. And were she 130 years older, I'd probably ask for a date. But we're just friends, and student teacher. ._."
(5:09:00 PM) Kalga: "See, mom? No reason to go talking about that kind of thing. At least not in public." She finishes off her tea.
(5:09:42 PM) Reana: Reana shrugs. "I don't see what's so strange about that... oh, well."
(5:10:40 PM) Kalga: "Thank you."
(5:11:56 PM) Kyrk: "C-could people... Really think that?"
(5:12:12 PM) Reana: Reana looks oddly at Nariana for about a minute while slowly sipping her tea, as if thinking about something. "...think about what?"
(5:12:43 PM) Kyrk: "That me and Caena are..." He waggles his fingers in odd ways.
(5:13:43 PM) Reana: "Well, it could be a theory. I don't know her well enough to know about her relationship with you."
(5:14:47 PM) ***Kyrk pauses and stares into space with a bit of worry.
(5:15:21 PM) Reana: "As long as there's nothing morally objectionable going on, adults can do whatever they want with their time. So it isn't really my business, sorry for assuming differently."
(5:15:31 PM) Kalga: "But she's not an adult."
(5:15:40 PM) Reana: "...she's 16."
(5:17:01 PM) ***Vai pulls a book out of his sleeve and flips through it, "...Says here that 16 isn't considered a biological adult for the purposes of stuff no one pays attention to anyways," and closes the book.
(5:17:17 PM) Kalga: "... :|"
(5:17:41 PM) Reana: "Huh. In my tribe, you were an adult by 13. There even was a little ceremony."
(5:18:12 PM) Vai: "I also got a small jade frog, a map of the swamp south of An Teng, and a picture of Desus highfiving M-R-L."
(5:18:42 PM) Reana: "I'm not going to ask how those got there."
(5:20:17 PM) Kyrk: "I... Uh... My adulthoood... You know I don't even remember."
(5:21:28 PM) Kalga: "I exalted at 16. Does that count?"
(5:22:09 PM) Reana: "How about Nariana's 'Adulthood', if you know what I mean?" :3 uh-oh, she's agout to go in Perverted Teasing Parent Mode.
(5:22:12 PM) Reana: *about
(5:22:36 PM) Kalga: "W-what about it?"
(5:22:36 PM) ***Vai takes a rather long sip.
(5:23:13 PM) Reana: "Yes... what about it indeed..."
(5:24:42 PM) Reana: "..."
(5:24:55 PM) Reana: *waiting*
(5:25:07 PM) Kalga: (My my, Nariana. What a large and perky adulthood you have~ :3)
(5:25:24 PM) Kalga: "...Is this going to be another "You need to get laid" lecture? :<"
(5:26:00 PM) Reana: "...not a lecture, just curiosity."
(5:26:07 PM) Kalga: ":<"
(5:26:58 PM) Reana: ":3"
(5:27:10 PM) Reana: ":\"
(5:27:13 PM) Reana: ":|"
(5:27:16 PM) Reana: ":("
(5:27:28 PM) Kalga: "...What's wrong? :<"
(5:27:44 PM) Reana: "...you don't have any interesting stories, do you?"
(5:28:34 PM) Kalga: "Interesting s-s-stories of wh-what?"
(5:29:23 PM) Reana: She sighs. "As i thought, Nariana is still a kid after all, all the while her younger sister Tina is quickly climbing the path to adulthood."
(5:29:38 PM) Kalga: "W-what does that mean!?"
(5:30:50 PM) ***Kyrk waggles his fingers about again.
(5:31:06 PM) ***Reana imitates him
(5:31:11 PM) Kalga: ":<"
(5:33:37 PM) Vai: "I could tell you never really had a wild streak, but really? No stories about... anything? Even I had that time me and uh, what's his name, Gleaming Steel got in a fight with what I SWEAR was half the navy."
(5:34:20 PM) Vai: "I got out with a couple broken ribs, Gleam sprained his wrist, can't say the navy boys faired as well."
(5:34:27 PM) ***Kyrk laughs quietly, "I remember that..."
(5:34:53 PM) Vai: "Yeah, so does most of the navy. That's why I don't use boats."
(5:35:10 PM) Reana: Reana looks idly around the table. "Hey, Vai."
(5:35:21 PM) Vai: "Hm?"
(5:35:59 PM) Reana: "Aren't you bored?"
(5:36:26 PM) ***Vai shrugs, "Not really, why?"
(5:36:53 PM) Reana: "Just checking. You sounded really bored there."
(5:38:36 PM) Kalga: "You really do. Maybe we should get going?" She pulls out her notepad and crosses the tea house off the list.
(5:39:07 PM) Reana: "No, i don't mean right now."
(5:39:13 PM) Reana: "I mean in general."
(5:41:53 PM) ***Vai looks at his reflection in the tea, "Hmm..."
(5:44:44 PM) Reana: "I mean, that's why i asked the Deliberative. I figured a bit of action would be good for you."
(5:45:00 PM) Reana: "You've been growing bonsais and playing games for years."
(5:47:18 PM) ***Vai is still looking at his reflection, lost in thought.
(5:48:59 PM) Reana: She turns over to Kyrk.
(5:49:11 PM) ***Vai drinks tea down.
(5:50:14 PM) ***Kyrk sips and smiles towards Reana, he's a bit troubled, but worries resolve in the tea.
(5:51:22 PM) Kalga: "...So..."
(5:52:07 PM) Reana: "...?"
(5:53:10 PM) Kalga: "Shall we get going?" She tries for a smile.
(5:53:37 PM) Vai: "Yes, let's." He leaves a fat tip on the table.
(5:53:46 PM) Reana: Reana stands up slowly, still thoughtful.
(5:53:57 PM) Kalga: Jace looks up from the counter. "See you guys next time! Come back before I'm dead!"
(5:55:04 PM) Reana: "Gladly!"