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  1. [16:26] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (•hey i got a message from you)
  2. [16:26] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (•you one of my elusive coplayers)
  3. [16:26] * Afiqah is now known as emeraldEclipse
  4. [16:26] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Hi! Yes!)
  5. [16:28] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (My names Afiqah, and you are?)
  6. [16:28] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• izzy)
  7. [16:29] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Nice to meet you Izzy!)
  8. [16:29] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• you a troll or a human, kiddo?)
  9. [16:29] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Human, though I'm trying to learn what I can about trolls. I've never heard of them before I talked to Zeimah.)
  10. [16:30] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• hahahaha well then! you should talk to me, kiddo, i've got horns to my chin (X)
  11. [16:31] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Oh!)
  12. [16:31] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (I'd love to! I got on Vryn's rest a couple days ago, but its been mostly poking around for supplies. I haven't had a chance to meet anyone yet.)
  13. [16:33] * Bobbin is now known as silverGalatea
  14. [16:33] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• well, hey! i got a hotel room, and there's places to get drinks and shit.)
  15. [16:34] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• ain't nothing stopping you from meetin' me at one of those places, yeah?)
  16. [16:34] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (I haven't eaten yet, so how about that?)
  17. [16:35] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• aight! there's a little cafe on the north side of hall 4-br, wanna meet there?)
  18. [16:35] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Sure!)
  19. [16:38] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You finish up grabbing some spices from a shop and go searching for this cafe.
  20. [16:38] <emeraldEclipse> ]
  21. [16:39] * @woundThreads 5PMs emeraldEclipse: (• see you there, kiddo!)
  22. [16:39] * emeraldEclipse 3PMs woundThreads : (Yup!)
  23. [16:40] <@woundThreads> 5[You step out from your hotel room and walk about twenty steps to the cafe, finger-combing out your hair as you go. You have no idea what your coplayer is going to look like, but she out to be able to pick you out well enough-- not a whole lot of folk around here with horns curling down past their chins and grey skin. That you can see, at least.]
  24. [16:41] <@woundThreads> 5[Admittedly, you can barely see past the next table before everything fuzzes out into vague moving blobs, but whatever.]
  25. [16:44] <emeraldEclipse> 3[It doesn't take you too long to make your way there. You do a double take at the sight of a troll (she is the first you've seen) and cautiously make your way to them. "Hello?" You've got a strong accent, and once you get close enough for Izzy to see, you look like this: http://i.imgur.com/5txdw8R.png ]
  26. [16:48] <@woundThreads> 5["Hey!" you say, straightening up and grinning at the human-shaped blur approching you. "Afiqah, yeah?" You think she looks cute, probably; and when she gets close enough for you to see properly, you decide she is definitely cute.]
  27. [16:49] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Thats me, yes." You're voice doesn't quite have the same excitement as your text did, but you do smile when she says your name. "Nice to meet you Izzy."]
  28. [16:49] <@woundThreads> 5[You look like a woman in her fifties or sixties, with a narrow, cheekboney face and an unattractive bob of faded blackish-greyish hair.]
  29. [16:50] <@woundThreads> 5[You also happen to be grey-skinned with horns and long, pointy ears and bright orange claws for nails.]
  30. [16:50] <emeraldEclipse> 3["May I, uh, sit down?" You ask politely.]
  31. [16:51] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, sure! What d'you want to eat? I'll pay." You wave for her to settle herself down in the chair across from you, still grinning, and then wave a hand for the waiter.]
  32. [16:53] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Uhm, probably just a salad." You say as you settle down. You're becoming a little more relaxed at how pleasant Izzy seems to be.]
  33. [16:57] <@woundThreads> 5["Salad it is! Want any meat in it?" The waiter comes over, and Izzy informs him, "We need at /least/ two salads over here. I want mine with as much goddamn hopbeast food as you can fit on the plate."]
  34. [16:59] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Depends if its Halal or not." You look at the waiter, questioningly. There was a few other Muslims on the Weatherlight, so you had that food, but you're less sure about it here.]
  35. [17:02] <@woundThreads> 5[Izzy has no idea what that means, but the waiter apologizes and says that they do have some kosher food, but no halal.]
  36. [17:02] * pickledMermaid is now known as Rave
  37. [17:03] <@woundThreads> 5["So, just hopbeast food for both of us?" you ask Afiqah.]
  38. [17:03] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You nod and smile. "Kosher works. Please and thank you."]
  39. [17:06] <@woundThreads> 5[Aight, you have no idea what that was about, but the waiter apparently does, so you shrug and add, "Also, beer for me. And pastries! The ones with the sugar on top, that're filled with raspberries-- you know."] [He apparently does, and trots off to do waiter things.]
  40. [17:16] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You give a little laugh at that. "So I, uh, take it you've met humans before then?" You take a sip of your water and dig out a notebook and pen from your sylladex.]
  41. [17:27] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, about, like, a million times." You grin at her. "Still don't know everything about you bunch, but in general you're good kids."]
  42. [17:28] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You quietly laugh. "Well, if you're, uh, open to it we could try and learn about each other? I've already, uhm, started writing what I've heard down." You wave the notebook around a little.]
  43. [17:32] * Moonie is now known as moonlighterGuardian
  44. [17:33] <@woundThreads> 5[You cackle, and ask, archly, "Food and learning more about each other? Is this a date?"] [You waggle your eyebrows, leaning your elbows on the table, and croon in a teasingly sweet voice, "Ooh, Miss Afiqah, you're moving so fast!"]
  45. [17:33] <@woundThreads> 5[You are pretty clearly not being serious!]
  46. [17:34] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You still blush, regardless. "No?" You respond quietly.]
  47. [17:39] <@woundThreads> 5[Awww! That's adorable! You cackle again, and lean across to pat her cheek, and tell her, grinning but kind, "I was teasing, kiddo. No one flirts with old ladies like me, haha."]
  48. [17:40] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Erm." You really don't know how to respond. Either to the comment or the pat. You decide you need to take a drink of water.]
  49. [17:42] <@woundThreads> 5[Being old and unflirtwithable doesn't stop you from delighting in flustering people, and you're still laughing as you sit back. "So what do you wanna know, kiddo?"]
  50. [17:43] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Uhm. Everything?" You say with a hint of a smile. "Theres so little I do know."]
  51. [17:57] <@woundThreads> 5["Haha, well, what're you most interested in? Biology? Politics? Sociology? How fuckin
  52. [17:57] <@woundThreads> 5* fuckin' awful highbloods can get?"]
  53. [17:58] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Well..." You click your pen and flip through the book to where you had notes already down. "What part would you know the, uh, most? I've also got some, uhm, questions from earlier, though I don't know how much of it you'd know."]
  54. [18:01] <@woundThreads> 5["I know a little bit about everything, kiddo, though I ain't lived on Alternia all permanent-seeming like for, what..." You do a little math in your head, and come up with, "like, fourty years?"]
  55. [18:01] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Oh. Okay." You bite the end of your pen, considering. "I'll start with my questions then? And any that might come up from the answers?"]
  56. [18:02] <@woundThreads> 5["Aight! Hit me up, buttercup." You open your hands towards her, grinning.]
  57. [18:03] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You look over the notes you have and decide to start at the top. "Is Alternia the most common name for the planet? Like Earth is for humans? Every troll I've talked to has said Alternia, but I don't want to assume."]
  58. [18:05] * Muss ([email protected]) has joined #meeting
  59. [18:07] <@woundThreads> 5["For the asshole version, yeah. There's also Beforus, but it's, like--" You wave your hands a little. "The slightly less asshole and way less deadly version? And I've run into a couple other variations, but those were more, like, colony worlds that had trolls, not troll homeworlds, so it's okay if they've got names like Trefolia or whatever."]
  60. [18:08] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Oh?" You add '/Beforus' beside Alternia in your notebook. "I should probably try and, uhm, find someone who lived there to find out about it. Do you know anyone?"]
  61. [18:10] <@woundThreads> 5["Ehhh... no, not that I'd know how to get in contact with. You run into them, sometimes, though, in the game. Not a whole lot. Most of them ain't suited for lives of hardship and bloodshed."]
  62. [18:13] <emeraldEclipse> 3[Add 'apparently pacificistic?' to the notebook. "Alright, I'll, uh, keep my eyes out." Move down the page, keeping your spot with the back of your pen. "How do you measure time? I've been told about, uh, sweeps and their rough ratio to Earth years, but what about, uhm, smaller measurements of time?" You look up from your book at her.]
  63. [18:15] <@woundThreads> 5["Hours and minutes, mostlike, and they seem to translate right directly. It's the size of our orbit 'round our sun that's different from y'all human types." More hand-waving, and-- ooh, salad and pastries and beer! You grin at the waiter, and take a swig of beer, cheerily.]
  64. [18:15] * silverGalatea is now known as Bobbin
  65. [18:18] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You try and get your notebook off the table and move it to your lap. "Ah, thats conveient." You smile and thank the waiter and find your fork. You look at Izzy, then place down your fork and add to your notebook 'Food thats good for humans is good for trolls' before picking up the fork again.]
  66. [18:27] <@woundThreads> 5[You're probably one of the more herbivorous trolls she'll meet, though your fangs look like they could still take a pretty good chunk out of someone. But damn, you love greens. Veggies are your friends, and carrots you beloved companions.]
  67. [18:28] <@woundThreads> 5[You make agreeing noises, and, also, shovel a few forkfuls in your mouth, making happy noises.]
  68. [18:32] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You eat slowly, talking inbetween your bites. "Do you mind if we talk while we eat?" You ask, jotting something down in the notebook.]
  69. [18:35] <@woundThreads> 5["Mmmph," you say, placidly, and wave your fork (and the chunk of vegetables on the end of it) in an agreeable, go-ahead kind of way.]
  70. [18:36] <@woundThreads> 5[You are not the best at manners.]
  71. [18:36] <@woundThreads> 5[You mother might have been a goat.]
  72. [18:37] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You don't seem all that put off. "Uhm, moving on to biology. At what age do grubs cocoon? Does it vary by, uhm, blood colour?"]
  73. [18:42] <@woundThreads> 5[After you swallow, you answer, "They pupate in the caves, like, as far as I know. You'd have to ask a jade if there's any blood variation, though, I ain't gotta clue."]
  74. [18:43] <emeraldEclipse> 3["The, uhm, caves where they hatch?" And Jade?" You take a bite while you wait.]
  75. [18:48] * Bobbin ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: glub glub)
  76. [18:50] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah. Uh." You squint a little, and take another bite, and then recommend, firmly, "Ask a lady with jade blood-- it's, like, bluish green, but not /teal/ blue, right?-- about all that, they'll be able to answer for you."]
  77. [18:53] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You add 'Jadeblood' to the list of people to talk to. "Okay. I'll, uh, try and find one of them." Munch some more while you think what to tackle next. "Do you know anything about Psionics?" This is something you were really confused about.]
  78. [19:45] <@woundThreads> 5[You snort, and say, kind and fond and amused, "You really know jack /shit/ all about trolls, huh?" You grab a leaf of lettuce with your fingers, and a shimmer of red runs over it, and you tell her, "This was grown here, on the station, in a hydroponic garden... behind the restaurant. No snails or slugs in the garden. Its roots were in a tube of water?"]
  79. [19:45] <@woundThreads> 5[Huh, hydroponics.]
  80. [19:46] <@woundThreads> 5[You eat the lettuce. "Also it's delicious."]
  81. [19:46] <emeraldEclipse> 3[Your fork stops halfway to your mouth.]
  82. [19:46] <emeraldEclipse> 3["...how did you do that?" Fork still midway between the plate and your mouth.]
  83. [19:49] <@woundThreads> 5[You grin, and wiggle your fingers at her. "I'm magic. Also, a psychometer."]
  84. [19:49] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You huff a little. Not as helpful as you'd like. "But, how? What sort of, uhm, physiological differences enable you to do that?"]
  85. [19:50] <emeraldEclipse> 3[Oh wait, you were in the middle of something. Your hand finishes the journey while you wait for an answer.]
  86. [19:52] <@woundThreads> 5[You shrug. "I'm a lowblood. I'm the /lowest/ of lowbloods you can get before you start diving into the exciting world of mutants. Psychic powers comes with the shitty lifespan and shittier social standing." You grab your glass of beer, and shimmer a little red over it, and let her know, "The beer was made here, but the wheat and hops were imported."]
  87. [19:54] <emeraldEclipse> 3["So you don't know how?" The psionics are a lot more interesting than the history of your meal. "Was it studied at all?"]
  88. [19:58] <@woundThreads> 5["I dunno. Probably? There had to be some science, else the telekinetics wouldn't get plugged in to starships, but (lucky for every fuckin' one of us, lemme tell you) that shit ain't the kind of shit people coming into the game know." You shrug. Psionics are boring. Beer, now, beer is great. You finish yours, and wave for another one.]
  89. [20:00] <emeraldEclipse> 3[You make an unimpressed face. "Okay, uhm, how about society then? You seem to have some, uh, thoughts on that."]
  90. [20:02] <@woundThreads> 5[Ha! "Do I /ever/! What d'you wanna know?"]
  91. [20:03] * Muss ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  92. [20:03] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Uhm. I wouldn't know where to begin. Why don't you start and I'll ask questions after?"]
  93. [20:05] * moonlighterGuardian is now known as Moonie
  94. [20:07] <@woundThreads> 5["Well, uh." You bite a slice of something green and delicious off your fork. "Hemospectrum's a good place to start. Do you know about that?"]
  95. [20:08] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Not much? I can, uh, guess it has to deal with blood colours, but other than that?" You shrug helplessly.]
  96. [20:13] <@woundThreads> 5["Right, okay. So, like, I said I'm bottom of the barrel, right?" You tap one finger against your cheekbone, where there's a faint spatter of dark red discoloration, and point at your eyes, solid red irises and faintly cloudy pupils, and indicate the symbol on your shawl, of an inverted V with circles on either tip.]
  97. [20:14] <@woundThreads> 5["Red is low as low can get. I'm about three steps away from death's door, and I'm, like, fifty human years old."]
  98. [20:14] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Oh." Your face falls. "I'm, uh, sorry to hear that."]
  99. [20:18] <@woundThreads> 5["Aww, kiddo." You reach over, and pat her cheek again, kindly. "I've lived longer than most trolls my color could even hope for! Ain't nothing to be sorry about."]
  100. [20:19] <emeraldEclipse> 3["Still..." You try and smile, but its very forced.]
  101. [20:22] <@woundThreads> 5[She's sweet. "I'm ready enough for it, kiddo. I've got the bubbles ahead, anyway, ain't like dying's the /end/ for us if we die in the game." You pat her hand, too, and sit back. "So, yeah, that's me, though. Red, short-lived, awesome useless psychic powers, that's my deal."]
  102. [20:23] <@woundThreads> 5["On the other end is the Empress, or whatever any given universe has got-- usually there ain't more than a couple of her blood hue, which is pink, and she's basically immortal and untouchable."]
  103. [20:24] <emeraldEclipse> [You press your hand against hers. "Okay." You say slowly. "And it, uhm, scales with the colour of the blood? Or, well, not necessarily the colour of the, uh, blood but the physiological differences that they're representative of?"]
  104. [20:24] <emeraldEclipse> ((Colour*))
  105. add Skaianet?#meeting
  106. [20:26] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeahhh, something like that." You frown, thoughtfully. "And in between there's all the other poor motherfuckers who're stuck bein' lowbloods, red like me, and brown and yellow, and then the midbloods who're greeny tealy blue shades, and up top near the empress it's all purples and shit. As you go up you get fewer powers, like, excepting exceptions."]
  107. [20:27] <emeraldEclipse> 03["So, its, uhm, possible for those higher in the spectrum to have them?" You check your notes. "I've got from Khavah that colder-bloods are more resistant to psionics as well. That true?" You wonder if theres a corelation between vunerability to psionics and the ability to have them.]
  108. [20:32] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, and yeah. Like, it gets rarer, like, but the colder your blood, the rarer you are in general-- there's a million reds for every seadweller, you know?" You pause, and then clarify, "Noble trolls are amphibious, I don't think I said that. Top two rungs, like."]
  109. [20:34] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Oh. Wow, thats, uh." You mark down the massive population disparity. "I didn't know that about the population. And no, you didn't mention it, but I was told about seadwellers earlier."]
  110. [20:44] <@woundThreads> 5["Aight. So, yeah. Lower on the ladder you are, the more other people are steppin' on your face to climb above you, and if you're down around my color, you're considered all motherfuckin' /kinds/ of disposable. It ain't fun." Your second beer arrives, and you sip from it, frowning. "Cyma's all right, but she ain't really, like-- most trolls would consider her
  111. [20:45] <@woundThreads> 5a mutant or worse, the way she is, despite her blood. I ain't real fond of Khavah, though I don't think she's got ill will towards low bloods; she just don't understand what it's like."]
  112. [20:48] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I wouldn't really understand what its like either." You say quietly. Staring intently on your notebook. You're going to have to get second opinions from Khavah and any other trolls. But for your first contact, you happened to get a culture that is seemingly very unpleasant.]
  113. [20:51] <@woundThreads> 5["Oh, no, yes you do. You're a human female, right?" You squint at her. "And a little more brownish than pinkish. You got an inkling, I think."] [You say it gently enough. You don't know everything about humans, but you've been on Earth enough times, and long enough, to pick up on a few things.]
  114. [20:54] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Maybe if I lived elsewhere, but it was distant. I was, uh, quite fortunate where I lived. So I can only guess." You smile at her across the table. "Doesn't mean I can't try and understand though, right?"]
  115. [21:01] <@woundThreads> 5["Lucky kid." You smile back, a little. It's good she'd had a good life, at least. "You may not understand what it's like, then, but you're also outside it all. Khavah would've been raised being told she was better than everyone teal and green and yellow and red, that redbloods were peasants compared to her noble blood, that she could be a starship captain
  116. [21:01] <@woundThreads> 5and that someone like me would be a starship battery."]
  117. [21:04] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You have to admit you're wondering how much to take Khavah on their word about such things. "But you think Khavah'll be, uh, okay to talk to? I talked to them on pesterchum and they seemed okay, but..." You're unsure.]
  118. [21:04] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Something else to meet them in person."]
  119. [21:08] <@woundThreads> 5["Ain't met 'em in person yet. I think Cyma's trying to preemptively cloverhead us, hahaha." You grin a little, and wave your beer and your fork and then consume the contents of both. "Nah, she's fine, I think. Not real tactful, but not gonna murder you, from what I've picked up."]
  120. [21:09] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Okay." You're still a little unsure, but they did seem okay. You go ahead and start to finish your salad, deep in thought and a lot quieter than you've been thus far.]
  121. [21:11] <@woundThreads> 5["I can go with you if you want. I've killed trolls higher than her when they got their murderrage on." It's a genuine, kindly-meant offer, because Izzy is about as tactful as Khavah.]
  122. [21:12] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Uhm."]
  123. [21:12] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I, uh, really don't know."]
  124. [21:12] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You're clearly uncomfortable with the whole train of thought.]
  125. [21:16] <@woundThreads> 5[You grin, and tell her, "Don't worry about it if you don't wanna, kiddo. Granny Izzy'll watch out for you, no matter what, aight?"]
  126. [21:17] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I, uh, have to meet her eventually, right? And if you haven't met her, it, uh, might be good for both of us?" You wouldn't mind company, but you really hope no ones going to start killing each other.]
  127. [21:18] * vehementPixel ([email protected]) has joined #meeting
  128. [21:24] <@woundThreads> 5["Sounds like a fine enough plan for me. After I finish eating, though. D'you want a pastry?" You offer her a raspberry turnover, smiling.]
  129. [21:26] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Uhm, sure, thank you." You take one with a smile. You make a few more notes in your notebook before closing it. Taking the time to look around at the starport while Izzy finishes her meal.]
  130. [21:30] <@woundThreads> 5[It doesn't take long, without the distraction of talking, and you wolf down everything even vaguely edible in front of you. You stop before you get to chewing on the metalware. You are not actually a goat, despite your lusus.]
  131. [21:30] <@woundThreads> 5["Aight! So... do you know where she's staying?"]
  132. [21:31] <emeraldEclipse> 03[The question drags you back to the here and now. "Uhm, no, actually. Though I could always message them?"]
  133. [21:37] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, go ahead. Warn her that I'll be with you, though."]
  134. [21:38] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Alright." You push your plate off to the side and uncaptcha your computer and turn it back on, pulling up pesterchum.]
  135. [21:39] * emeraldEclipse PESTERs guillotineGladiator : (Hello?)
  136. [21:39] * Keleviel is now known as guillotineGladiator
  137. [21:39] * guillotineGladiator 2TROLLS emeraldEclipse (Oh, hey there)
  138. [21:40] * emeraldEclipse 3PESTERs guillotineGladiator : (Hi. I'm with Izzy right now, and we were wondering if you were free to meet up?)
  139. [21:40] * guillotineGladiator 2TROLLS emeraldEclipse (Oh, sure, I'm not doing anything much. D'you have somewhere specific in mind?)
  140. [21:41] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Do you have any prefrences as to where we meet here?" You look up from your computer at Izzy.]
  141. [21:43] <@woundThreads> 5[You shrug. "Nope! S'long as it ain't too enclosed."]
  142. [21:44] <emeraldEclipse> 03["How about by the, uh, fountain in the large plaza?"]
  143. [21:46] * emeraldEclipse 3PESTERs guillotineGladiator : (I'm thinking the fountain in the large plaza in the centre? Sound good to you?)
  144. [21:47] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You check your map quickly]
  145. [21:47] * guillotineGladiator 2TROLLS emeraldEclipse (Yeah, sounds good to me. See you there, then.)
  146. [21:48] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You grab a handheld computer, and head off.]
  147. [21:48] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You bite your lip, thinking before adding.]
  148. [21:48] * emeraldEclipse 3PESTERs guillotineGladiator : (If you want, you can try and message anyone else see if they want to join?)
  149. [21:49] <@woundThreads> 5[You have given her a thumbs up already, Alana was just distracted.]
  150. [21:49] * guillotineGladiator 2TROLLS emeraldEclipse (Sure thing)
  151. [21:50] * emeraldEclipse 3PESTERs guillotineGladiator : (Alright, we'll meet you there!)
  152. [21:50] * guillotineGladiator 2trolls patchworkDoll, keeningMorrigan (Hey, I'm meeting Izzy and Afiqah at the fountain at the large plaza in the center, if you guys wanna come along)
  153. [21:57] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You close up your laptop. "Are you sure you..." You stop and smile a little. "I was, uh, going to ask you if you're sure you've got the bill, but, well, the, uh, game right?"]
  154. [21:57] <guillotineGladiator> 2[No one seems to respond. Oh well. You shrug, and arrive at the fountain soon enough]
  155. [22:02] <@woundThreads> 5["Eh, no need to be rude." You toss a credit card on the table. "They may be dyin' in a week or two, but that doesn't mean they ain't people, eh?"]
  156. [22:02] <@woundThreads> 5[The waiter swoops by and takes the payment, and you stand up, offering Afiqah a hand up.]
  157. [22:03] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You smile and take it. "Thank you. Shall we get going?"]
  158. [22:03] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, c'mon." You grin at her, and let her lead the way.]
  159. [22:05] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You check your map before heading off towards the plaza, picking your way through the crowd. Its not too far, and if you wern't so short, Khavah would be able to pick you out.]
  160. [22:07] <@woundThreads> 5[You're making sure to keep her in sight, yourself, because you will definitely not be able to see Khavah (or, possibly, the fountain) until you're practically on top of them.]
  161. [22:09] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You have sharper eyes, and you see someone that certainly doesn't look human, because grey skin isn't something you normally see. You shoulder your way through the crowd - and you can do that, being a couple inches short of six feet, blessed with highblood strength, and not above putting an elbow into a kidney if need be.]
  162. [22:09] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Hey!" you call out, before approaching them.]
  163. [22:10] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You look around at the 'Hey' before catching sight of another grey skinned person. You smile at them, before it falters just a bit. "Hello!" Check make sure Izzy is still with you before heading over to them.]
  164. [22:13] <@woundThreads> 5[You trot after Afiqah, squinting in the direction of the greeting. You are very, very old-looking for a gutterblood, and Khavah is more than welcome to notice that.]
  165. [22:15] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Hey, there," you say, when you're all within comfortable conversation distance. "You must be Afiqah - " To the human in the headscarf whose picture you saw before " - and Izzy." To the oldest troll you've seen, period, not to mention oldest warmblood, who you've seen on Prospit. "I'm Khavah. Nice to meet both of you."]
  166. [22:17] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Nice to, uh, meet you too." Wow they're big. You're glad Izzy is here with you now. "Thanks for meeting us."]
  167. [22:20] <@woundThreads> 5["Yeah, s'a pleasure or whatever." Your hackles are up, a little, and you loom as much as you can, which is not a lot when you are like four inches shorter than the person you're looming at. Ugh, bluebloods.]
  168. [22:22] <guillotineGladiator> 2[Boy, Izzy looks tense. What a surprise. "So, how's your presession been going?" You pause as you remember something. "Oh, Izzy, by the way. You're dreaming on Prospit, and you're a Judge of Mist."]
  169. [22:25] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Its, uh, been really good actually." You relax a little and look around. "I could almost believe this is the, uh, Ultimate Reward." You're a little wistful sounding.]
  170. [22:27] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Ah, that's good to hear. There's a shortage of good times in our life, so you gotta grab 'em when you can."]
  171. [22:27] <@woundThreads> 5[You don't snort, because that would be mean and Afiqah is sweet. You do kind of shrug, all kinds of non-commital, and file away the information Khavah gave you.]
  172. [22:29] <emeraldEclipse> 03["So you, uh, said when we spoke earlier." You look back towards Khavah. "And you?"]
  173. [22:30] * patchworkDoll is now known as sleepingDove
  174. [22:30] <guillotineGladiator> 2["I've been doing alright. Hanging out with Zeimah every now and then, working out at the gym and causing body builders to have existential crises." You shrug. "Certainly have had worse presessions."]
  175. [22:34] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Thats, uh, fair enough." You look around. "Did, we, uh want to sit down?"]
  176. [22:35] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Sure." You look around as well. "Over by the fountain, or somewhere else, or what?"]
  177. [22:36] <emeraldEclipse> 03["By the fountain? I, uh, like the water."]
  178. [22:37] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Sounds good to me." You glance at Izzy. "That good with you, too?"]
  179. [22:37] <@woundThreads> 5[You have no opinion. LOOM LOOM LOOM SQUINTGLARE shrug.]
  180. [22:37] <@woundThreads> 5["If y'want."]
  181. [22:40] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You lead the way over and sit down at the edge, trailing the tips of your fingers in the pool. "So, uhm. There anything I should know about you Khavah that I don't already?"]
  182. [22:42] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You sit on the edge of the fountain, scratching the back of your neck in thought. "Nothing important comes to mind, really. I eat a lot? I'm the Nymph of Space, and I'm a native Space player, so I've got the frog situation under control?" You think. "Okay, that last one sounded more important." You think some more, then shrug.]
  183. [22:45] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Thats, uh, good to know." You look and see if theres any fish in the pool. "I was planning to make some, uhm, food for Zeimah. If it ends up being for everyone in session I'll be sure to make extra for you." You glance at them. "There any, uhm, food allergies or anything like that? Stuff I should avoid?"]
  184. [22:46] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Cinnamon. Trolls are allergic. Throat swells up and we can't breathe." You think some more. "Okay I think I'm just horrible at thinking up of what is actually important."]
  185. [22:47] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Yeah, thats uh, pretty important."]
  186. [22:47] <@woundThreads> 5["You can sub in allspice," you say from Afiqah's other side, where you are kneading your claws into your skirt and still giving Khavah death glares.]
  187. [22:49] <guillotineGladiator> 2["See, there you go, substitute. Ask Zeimah, she knows more about cooking than I do." You're ignoring Izzy's death glares, because an old woman is not exactly triggering your caution instincts. Possibly an error in judgment.]
  188. [22:49] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You glance over at Izzy. You kind of want to say something about the death glares, but at the same time its...] [You sigh, and look slightly apologetically at Khavah.]
  189. [22:50] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You shrug, barely a twitch of your shoulders. You didn't really expect anything else, and you can't really blame her.]
  190. [22:51] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I'll, uh, be sure to bring it up with her. I've been trying to get some, uhm, stuff for session for cooking."]
  191. [22:52] <@woundThreads> 5["D'you need money?" you ask her, and fish a wide spread of credit cards out of your sylladex.]
  192. [22:53] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You squint at those. "Did you pickpocket tourists like Kit did?"]
  193. [22:55] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I, uh, no?" You're wondering the same thing now. "The spacestation I came from has accounts with the station here, it all gets charged automatically." You break into an apparently random grin as you realize your spire is going to be a spacestation. This is fantastic news.]
  194. [22:57] <@woundThreads> 5["What? No!" You glare at Khavah, and snap them back into your sylladex, with an unpleasant growl. You do not think you like this troll.]
  195. [22:58] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You shrug. "I've only got the one, and the only other person I've seen with that many pickpocketed 'em," you say mildly, by way of explanation.]
  196. [23:00] <@woundThreads> 5["They came with the hotel room," you say, voice dropping to an unpleasant graveling rumble.]
  197. [23:00] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Thank you, Izzy, but I, uh, think I'll be okay." You look around the station and out at one of the moons visible through the skylight. "Uhm, I'm planning on going back to the Weatherlight, but theres, uh, four of you on the station. I'm not sure how well it'd hold up to parts just leaving."]
  198. [23:02] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You decide to drop it. "I know that Zeimah's heading off on her replayee's job thing, and she's bringing someone along with her then, but that still leaves two of us here. And I doubt the space station is gonna hold up well."]
  199. [23:03] <emeraldEclipse> 03["The uh, Solar Sailor, the shuttle I came here on is pretty big. It might work for an entry location?"]
  200. [23:04] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Might do, yeah. Someone can sneak on it and enter from there."]
  201. [23:04] <@woundThreads> 5[You know absolutely jack shit about space stations.]
  202. [23:06] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You think you'd rather have Izzy as company. You like her. "Not much sneaking necessary. I'm the only one on it on the way back to the, uh, Weatherlight. Dropped off a few here, but they're not coming back with. Something about shoreleave?" You shrug and why people would want to leave a space station. Just seems silly really. "Its automated piloting, so its really just, uhm, sitting around."]
  203. [23:07] * vehementPixel ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  204. [23:13] <@woundThreads> 5["Will you be able to keep yourself entertained, kiddo?" you ask, tone approximately infinitely kinder and more friendly when you're addressing the cute human who is not a blueblood sitting right there rrrrrr/rrrr/.]
  205. [23:14] <emeraldEclipse> 03["Well, if you wanted to come, it'd be, uh, a lot less quiet?" There, you offered.]
  206. [23:17] <@woundThreads> 5[You chirp, surprised, and break out a smile at her. "Well, hell yeah! That sounds fun."]
  207. [23:44] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Alright then, that's settled. Then either Kit or I will be entering from here, I think.
  208. [23:44] <guillotineGladiator> 2"]
  209. [23:45] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You jump, surprised at the chirp. "Do, uh, trolls normally do that?" You ask.]
  210. [23:46] <guillotineGladiator> 2["You humans really don't have as much of a vocal range in terms of sounds."]
  211. [23:47] <emeraldEclipse> 03["We've, uh, got a lot of different languages though? I guess we never evolved to, uh, need more."]
  212. [23:49] <@woundThreads> 5[You laugh, a little, posture settling into something a little less prickly as you pat Afiqah's hand. "Kiddo, trolls make all /kinds/ of noises," you tell her, and rumble out a purr like a broken motorcycle.]
  213. [23:50] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You gesture towards Izzy, as she demonstrates.]
  214. [23:50] <guillotineGladiator> 2((*as she demonstrates, in an unspoken pointing out an example.))
  215. [23:51] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You grin and giggle a little at the purring. "Like a cat." You observe, stating the obvious. "Or, well, a uh, troll, I guess."]
  216. [23:52] <guillotineGladiator> 2["Yep. Trolls purr like trolls. Go ahead and write that down." Your smile's crooked.]
  217. [23:56] <emeraldEclipse> 03["I will, when I have the, uh, chance." Actually that gives you an idea. "Once I've got some more information about trolls, could you two look it over and see if I, uh, got anything wrong? Or am missing something important?"]
  218. [23:56] <@woundThreads> 5[You laugh, again, though you shoot a cautious glance at Khavah as you do. Still don't like her, but... ehhh. You'll have to live with her. "Tautologies are the best kinda notes, I agree," you murmur, and then deliberately make a trilly chirping insect-like noise for Afiqah. She does not need to know what it means; it's just cute that humans like the noises.]
  219. [23:57] <@woundThreads> 5[You also nod, agreeably.]
  220. [23:57] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You nod as well. "Sure, I'd be happy to."]
  221. [23:57] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You laugh at the noise. "Thats pretty cool"]
  222. [00:00] <@woundThreads> 5["You're pretty cool!" you tell her, laughing, dimples pressed into your age-softened cheeks.]
  223. [00:00] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You blush a bit. "I, uh, thanks?"]
  224. [00:00] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You swallow a snicker.]
  225. [00:01] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You're pretty sure Izzy wouldn't react well if you actually snickered, after all.]
  226. [00:04] <@woundThreads> 5[Goddamn this kid is adorable. If she weren't wearing that scarf thing, this would be a prime time to ruffle her hair.]
  227. [00:12] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You really don't know what to say to it. You've never really been given a lot of compliments like it.]
  228. [00:14] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You're content to sit here and watch Izzy coo over Afiqah and Afiqah be overwhelmed. After the last couple of days, it's nice to see someone else be unsure what to do when affection comes out of nowhere.]
  229. [00:17] <@woundThreads> 5[You substitute in patting her cheek, with a kind smile, and ask, "So when's that ship thing leaving?"]
  230. [00:19] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You end up squeezing the hand on your cheek. Still blushing. "I, uh, am suppose to have a short leave here myself, but when I asked about coming back earlier, they said I could? No later than, uh two weeks." You do some mental math. "Or, uh, ten days I guess."]
  231. [00:22] <@woundThreads> 5[Awww. Awwwww! You are all dimples and purrs. What a cute human. Humans are so goddamn cute. "So plenty of time to get supplies together! Sweet."]
  232. [00:23] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You nod. "I'm, uh, hoping to get some halal meat. I know that Zeimah was planning on doing a barbeque, it'd be nice to join in."]
  233. [00:25] <@woundThreads> 5["What's that mean, anyway? Halal... 'S it a special way of preparing it, or something?"]
  234. [00:27] * Muss ([email protected]) has joined #meeting
  235. [00:27] <emeraldEclipse> 03[You nod. "Its a religious thing. Meat has to be slaughtered and prepared in a specific way, and its, uhm, hard to be sure if it doesn't specify it. Kosher is a different way, for a different religion, but the, uh, practice fulls under the same methods."]
  236. [00:28] <@woundThreads> 5["Ah!" You blink, then tell her, "If you tell me how it's supposed to go, I can check any meat that we come across for you." This is going to be the most useful your psychometry has ever been!]
  237. [00:29] <@woundThreads> 5["Or, you know, do the slaughtering."]
  238. [00:30] <guillotineGladiator> 2[You don't really have anything to say, so you're just listening.]
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