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  1. 04[18:41] <esoRem|online> [You're not in your room, but in your kitchen. You made sure you had a large enough collection of alcohol before you were plucked out of Italy, and you're already helping yourself. Pouring yourself yet another shot at the table. Other than the collection of bottles, the kitchen is immaculate, you use it a lot and you make sure it stays clean.]
  2. [18:42] <@lucidChthonia> [> Aelf: Descend to the kitchen.]
  3. 06[18:43] * @lucidChthonia PMs esoRem|online (As mentioned previously, Desmond seems to have temporarily deafened me, so I, uh, won't be talking much.)
  4. 04[18:43] <esoRem|online> [You pause, lifting the glass to your mouth, and incline your head ever so slightly as she enters.]
  5. 04[18:43] * esoRem|online PMs Aelf (Fine by me.)
  6. 04[18:43] <esoRem|online> [You throw it back and start pouring yourself another.]
  7. [18:44] <unknownEntity> [>Nan: Arrive and start sneaking down the stairs, looking for the two coplayers]
  8. [18:44] <@lucidChthonia> [You sit down and eye the bottles.]
  9. 06[18:44] * @lucidChthonia PMs "Scott" (May I?)
  10. 04[18:44] <esoRem|online> [You gesture with your hands as if to say 'go ahead'.]
  11. [18:45] <@lucidChthonia> [Sigh. Pour yourself something that doesn't smell too astringent, cut it half-and-half with club soda, sip slowly.]
  12. [18:46] <unknownEntity> [You peer in the door, finally finding the right room]
  13. [18:46] <@lucidChthonia> [Ross doesn't need to know about this. But if you're going to drink you may as well do it in a sane and adult fashion.]
  14. 04[18:46] * esoRem|online PMs Aelf (So why are you here anyways)
  15. 04[18:47] <esoRem|online> [The World whispers that someone else is here, and you turn to see Nan. "Come in, take a seat." You've been paying more attention since Vrumed sneaked up on you.]
  16. 06[18:47] * @lucidChthonia PMs "Scott" (Firstly, if I'm counting correctly, that's at /least/ your second shot. Put some water and food in you before you do anything else.)
  17. 06[18:47] * @lucidChthonia PMs "Scott" (Secondly, I needed to talk to someone anyway and Cy's just not the kind of person I'd talk to about it.)
  18. [18:47] <unknownEntity> [You walk in slowly and take a seat.]
  19. 06[18:48] * @lucidChthonia PMs "Nan" (I'm... a bit deafened right now. If you want to say anything to me do it over the internets.)
  20. 04[18:48] <esoRem|online> [You turn on text-to-speach and speach-to-text to make it easier for all involved.] Third, and I've had dinner. Don't need anything else to eat.
  21. [18:49] <@lucidChthonia> [You're sipping slowly at whatever the fuck it is that you made. Well. Less /offensive/ than beer, at least.]
  22. [18:50] <unknownEntity> [You turn tts and stt back on. No sense talking if only half the people around you can respond. You don't actually say anything though.]
  23. [18:50] <@lucidChthonia> [You sigh, and speak aloud, knowing it'll show up on your display.]
  24. [18:50] <@lucidChthonia> Last time I was drinking it was presession and I had nothing else to do.
  25. 04[18:51] <esoRem|online> [You pick up your fourth.] Not sure what you're expecting me to say here.
  26. [18:52] <@lucidChthonia> [You have no idea what his tolerance is, but you push the closest bottles just far enough away that he'll have to reach over you or walk to get to them.]
  27. [18:53] <@lucidChthonia> Don't know, something about presession?
  28. [18:54] <unknownEntity> [You make a small face of disgust at the mention of presession, before perusing the alcohol]
  29. 04[18:54] <esoRem|online> [You give Aelf a slightly exacerbated look.] What do you want me to say? [You're tone is bitter, you're not sure how much of that'll translate in the speech-to-text.]
  30. 04[18:56] <esoRem|online> [You throw back the shot, lean over and pull the bottle of vodka closer to you.]
  31. [18:57] <@lucidChthonia> [You don't really hear the tone, but the face is clear.] I'm sorry. I was talking to... well, I was thinking about how to go about Smith of Hearting.
  32. [18:58] <unknownEntity> [You give up on alcohol and just find yourself some water.] ...doesn't that come with time, though?
  33. [18:58] <@lucidChthonia> [You sigh and pour yourself a second one of whatever the fuck. It might be some sort of wine, from the taste? Probably stronger than that, though.] An' do I /have/ time?
  34. [18:59] <@lucidChthonia> Last time I was a Muse of Hope I blew up the fucking Promontory without meaning to a week in and then brought an early reckoning down single-handedly when I couldn't get past the Denizen.
  35. [18:59] <@lucidChthonia> If I'm going to fix anything I need to do it /now/, before I fuck up again.
  36. 04[19:00] <esoRem|online> Can you even look at shinies yet? [You pour yourself a fifth. Starting to finally feel it.]
  37. [19:01] <@lucidChthonia> [You take the bottle and stuff it in your sylladex. If he wants more he can ask nicely or walk over to the cabinet. You are /not/ letting him pass out on the floor.] Saw the first one today.
  38. [19:01] <@lucidChthonia> Can't understand any of it yet.
  39. 04[19:02] <esoRem|online> Then what do you hope to do.
  40. 04[19:02] <esoRem|online> [You uncaptcha another bottle and give Aelf a look. You pour the shot, then captcha it again.]
  41. [19:03] <@lucidChthonia> [Eyeroll.] Whatever Sburb sees fit to fuck with my destiny for.
  42. 04[19:04] <esoRem|online> If you're expecting me to believe that...
  43. [19:05] <@lucidChthonia> Fuck, what /am/ I supposed to believe? [The next glass is water, at least. Practice what you preach.]
  44. 04[19:07] <esoRem|online> Hell if I know. I can only speak for me. [You throw it back, and place the glass down. Not uncaptchaing the bottle right away.]
  45. [19:08] <unknownEntity> ...I haven't exactly been stuck in this game long but... you should believe what you want to believe, right?
  46. [19:09] <@lucidChthonia> Well, yeah, right up until what you believe is "it is good and proper to punch people in the face when they wake up every day".
  47. [19:09] <unknownEntity> ...I dunno, that might be valid for Desmond.
  48. [19:09] <@lucidChthonia> I'm on three major PK lists. I'm not allowed to speak for myself anymore, remember?
  49. [19:10] <@lucidChthonia> They're all supposed to be good little girls and boys and tie me up and dump me in the Magicant for half the session because of a /fucking/ /Tactician's/ /Folly/.
  50. [19:10] <@lucidChthonia> [You slam your glass down and the water sloshes onto the table.]
  51. [19:10] <unknownEntity> [You jump in your seat slightly]
  52. 04[19:10] <esoRem|online> Do you really care what they think? [You're surprisingly quiet.]
  53. [19:11] <@lucidChthonia> Am I allowed not to?
  54. [19:11] <@lucidChthonia> There are more than them than there are of me.
  55. 04[19:11] <esoRem|online> Only one of you.
  56. [19:11] <@lucidChthonia> [You curl up into yourself and scoot the chair closer to the wall.]
  57. [19:12] <unknownEntity> [You get up and offer a hug. You're helping! ...maybe.]
  58. [19:12] <@lucidChthonia> [Growling below your breath.] ...get out of my face before I punch you.
  59. [19:13] <unknownEntity> ...I'm sorry?
  60. 04[19:13] <esoRem|online> Just sit down Nan
  61. 04[19:13] <esoRem|online> If people don't want help they don't want help
  62. [19:13] <@lucidChthonia> [Take the bottle from earlier out of your sylladex. Fuck this, if he's drinking it so can you. You don't even bother pouring it into your glass first.]
  63. 04[19:14] <esoRem|online> [You raise your eyebrows at that display, that stuff is strong.]
  64. [19:14] <@lucidChthonia> [Obviously it burns on the way down.]
  65. 03[19:14] * Zuki ([email protected]) has joined #bitterness
  66. [19:14] <@lucidChthonia> [Sigh. Put the bottle back down and go back to your water. You have no idea how much you just drank and you don't really want to know.]
  67. [19:14] <unknownEntity> [You start to sit back down before gaping at Aelf]
  68. [19:16] <@lucidChthonia> What, not going to be outdone by Mister All I Want To Do Is Save People To Make The Hole In My Heart Stop Bleeding.
  69. 04[19:16] <esoRem|online> [You pull out your bottle and pour yourself another shot. Its getting harder to not spill any.]
  70. 04[19:17] <esoRem|online> [You take a good long look at Aelf. Throw down the shot and then pick up the bottle.]
  71. [19:17] <unknownEntity> [You're not sure if you should stop them or just watch. You're not actually sure you /could/ stop them.]
  72. 04[19:17] <esoRem|online> I don't have to deal with this. You two have fun.
  73. 04[19:17] <esoRem|online> [You stand up, a little unsteady, and start heading for the door.]
  74. [19:18] <@lucidChthonia> [You're not /quite/ that unsteady yet. But you're just going to mosey over and just... sit against that door to keep him from opening it. Yeah.]
  75. [19:19] <unknownEntity> [Palm: meet face]
  76. [19:19] <@lucidChthonia> [You have no idea what direction this door even opens in.]
  77. 04[19:19] <esoRem|online> I can move you out of the way if I wanted to, and even if I couldn't I have learned enough to make a small portal.
  78. [19:20] <@lucidChthonia> You're also drunk. Are you sure you wouldn't somehow portal yourself into the wrong room or six feet in the air pointing the wrong direction?
  79. [19:21] <@lucidChthonia> Would be a pity for you to end up with a, I don't know, concussion or something.
  80. [19:21] <@lucidChthonia> [You're pretty sure that's the right word.]
  81. 04[19:22] <esoRem|online> [You sigh, and open the door outwards. You had to give her a chance.]
  82. [19:22] <unknownEntity> [You reach up and grab him onto. Like hell he's just gonna wander off and get drunk somewhere else]
  83. [19:23] <@lucidChthonia> [You're spilled into the next room and reflexively throw out a loop of wire - thankfully one of the larger insulated ones, not the monowire - to catch yourself. Unfortunately, instead of catching upon something reasonable like the doorknob, you have thrown it at Scott.]
  84. 04[19:25] <esoRem|online> [You open your mouth to say something at Nan, but you're interrupted as the wire coils around your upraised arm. Already unsteady from the drink, you topple down on to Aelf, Nan on top of you.]
  85. [19:25] <unknownEntity> [Well. This worked /fantastically/]
  86. [19:25] <@lucidChthonia> [Flail.]
  87. [19:25] <@lucidChthonia> What the fuck is goin' on here
  88. 04[19:26] <esoRem|online> Get /off/ of me. [You push yourself off the ground and try to get Nan to unattach herself.]
  89. [19:26] <unknownEntity> You're both drunk and Scott tried to leave and we both tried to stop him. [You refuse to budge.]
  90. [19:27] <@lucidChthonia> I know that I was asking why he wanted to leave!
  91. [19:27] <unknownEntity> It wasn't very clear!
  92. [19:28] <@lucidChthonia> [You would facepalm if your hands were free. Hopefully your expression conveys that.]
  93. 04[19:28] <esoRem|online> My patience, even for those I've extended my hospitality towards, only goes so far. And it has reached that point where I do /not/ want to deal with /either/ of you.
  94. 04[19:28] <esoRem|online> [You try and shrug Nan off, and you're not exactly gentle about it.]
  95. [19:29] <unknownEntity> [You morph your hands to be a bit less hand and a bit more claw, and stay put.]
  96. [19:30] <@lucidChthonia> Y'r not going to fix any of your problems by drinking yourself silly whenever they happen.
  97. 04[19:30] <esoRem|online> I don't /care/. Get /out/.
  98. [19:30] <unknownEntity> No.
  99. [19:30] <@lucidChthonia> You are our sessionmate and we are not going to let you act like this.
  100. [19:30] <@lucidChthonia> This is /final/.
  101. [19:31] <@lucidChthonia> [There's /definitely/ a recognizable trace of old Rage behind that statement.]
  102. [19:31] <@lucidChthonia> [Unfortunately, the authoritative voice is not backed by any abilities.]
  103. 04[19:33] <esoRem|online> [You pause for a second at her words before collecting yourself and grimacing. Your voice goes deathly calm.] I will say it one more time. Either let me go, or get out.
  104. [19:34] <unknownEntity> You're being stupid.
  105. [19:34] <@lucidChthonia> I'm going with you.
  106. [19:34] <@lucidChthonia> [You do, however, put away the wire.]
  107. [19:34] <unknownEntity> [You climb off him though.]
  108. 03[19:35] * obscuredWaymaker ([email protected]) has joined #bitterness
  109. 04[19:36] <esoRem|online> [You let out a deep breath.] /Thank/ you.
  110. [19:37] <@lucidChthonia> [He's still on top of you.]
  111. 04[19:37] <esoRem|online> [You push yourself all the way off the ground and stand up. Brushing yourself off.]
  112. 03[19:40] * Raire ([email protected]) has joined #bitterness
  113. [19:40] <@lucidChthonia> [You roll over before pushing yourself up.] So.
  114. 04[19:42] <esoRem|online> Are you going to insult me any further
  115. 04[19:42] <esoRem|online> Cause if you are, I do not want to hear it and will ask you to leave.
  116. [19:43] <@lucidChthonia> Well it was /true/
  117. [19:43] <unknownEntity> Aelf!
  118. 04[19:43] <esoRem|online> Go.
  119. 04[19:43] <esoRem|online> Now.
  120. 04[19:44] <esoRem|online> And don't come back unless you are in desperate need of medical aid or there is something critical.
  121. [19:44] <@lucidChthonia> [You flop right back down.] Make me.
  122. [19:44] <unknownEntity> ...for the love of... would you two calm down
  123. [19:45] <unknownEntity> You're like five year olds!
  124. 04[19:45] <esoRem|online> Oh for the love of...
  125. 04[19:45] <esoRem|online> [You ignore the way out and head over to the balcony, theres no where to go from there, but you can close the door behind you and be alone.]
  126. [19:46] <@lucidChthonia> Well I didn't want you to be /alone/ either -
  127. [19:46] <unknownEntity> [When flustered, you tend to lose control of your shifting. As such, you are now around half scaled]
  128. 03[19:46] * tenaciousTheseus is now known as Bookwyrm
  129. 04[19:51] <esoRem|online> [You just take drinks straight from the bottle, looking out at the massive hedrons that float on your land. Enjoying the chill that your land has. You don't want to deal with people right now, and the sooner they're gone the better.]
  130. [19:51] <@lucidChthonia> [Well, you're not about to leave. But you are about to cry.]
  131. [19:52] <unknownEntity> [You calm yourself back down a bit, before reaching a hand out to Aelf]
  132. [19:53] <@lucidChthonia> [Nope. Crying.]
  133. [19:54] <unknownEntity> [This is bullshit. You switch your computer to send just to Aelf so that Scott doesn't have to "hear", then sit down next to her] ...what exactly were you trying to do?
  134. [19:56] <@lucidChthonia> I don't even know anymore.
  135. [19:57] <unknownEntity> [You sigh deeply] Would you like a hug or are you just going to be a wreck on the floor?
  136. [19:58] <@lucidChthonia> I don't know.
  137. [20:00] <unknownEntity> ...I'm sorry, I'm not mind or heart, I don't know how to "fix" people, so you're going to have to actually pick an answer. [Nan when did you get bitchy stop that I get that they're being small children but stop]
  138. [20:01] <@lucidChthonia> [You almost half-laugh and it turns into a cough.] Well I'm not exactly fixable, am I.
  139. [20:02] <unknownEntity> [She didn't pick an answer, you're picking for her. You scoot over and give Aelf a hug] Do you need to be?
  140. [20:03] <@lucidChthonia> [You don't even protest.] I don't understand why I can't just /make/ everyone get along and have everything /fixed/ and -
  141. [20:03] <@lucidChthonia> [You abruptly change topics.] Did you want to see my Shiny?
  142. [20:03] <unknownEntity> ...sure.
  143. [20:04] <@lucidChthonia> [You pull it out. Twirl it, a bit.]
  144. [20:07] <@lucidChthonia> [It's... most shinies are at least approximately spherical balls. Yours looks more like someone's scooped a large hole out of one side. At several other points obvious seams and ridges show, or pockmarks, or rifts.]
  145. [20:07] <@lucidChthonia> [You pull up a normal shiny for reference, and twist the scouter's display around so she can compare.]
  146. [20:10] <unknownEntity> ...what the hell happened to it? [Your face is completely ridden with confusion as to how exactly those are the same kind of thing.]
  147. [20:11] <@lucidChthonia> [You let it zip back, not having enough pluck to instantiate it any longer.] I don't even know!
  148. [20:11] <@lucidChthonia> I'm just
  149. [20:11] <@lucidChthonia> [Wail.]
  150. [20:12] <unknownEntity> [Aw /hell/ no. You attempt to shush her with calming noises]
  151. 04[20:13] <esoRem|online> [You hear wailing from inside, you glance in to see Nan trying to calm Aelf down. You sigh, finish off the last of the bottle and toss it as hard as you can off into the distance.]
  152. [20:14] <@lucidChthonia> [You quiet, at least, after a while.]
  153. [20:14] <@lucidChthonia> I'm sorry.
  154. [20:15] <unknownEntity> Why? For being sad?
  155. [20:15] <@lucidChthonia> I don't even know you you don't need to know exactly how I'm broken
  156. [20:16] <@lucidChthonia> and we're still in /his/ house [you point out the window]
  157. [20:16] <unknownEntity> So? Does it help /you/? He's still being a little brat so when he's done with that you can care about him.
  158. [20:17] <@lucidChthonia> Because I care about him an' I don't know why, an'...
  159. [20:19] <unknownEntity> ...Okay.
  160. [20:19] <unknownEntity> You can care about him, you can worry about him, that's fine.
  161. [20:19] <unknownEntity> But you decided to not only insult him but also drink yourself silly because of it, and that's not.
  162. [20:20] <unknownEntity> [You hug her tight]
  163. [20:21] <@lucidChthonia> [You struggle inwardly /not/ to punch her for this.]
  164. [20:24] <@lucidChthonia> [You bring up the beads again and count on them, instead.]
  165. [20:25] <unknownEntity> [You let go of the hug, figuring you've probably reached the Aelf Personal Space Intrusion Quota for like the next four years]
  166. [20:31] <@lucidChthonia> [...at least you're not crying anymore. Progress?]
  167. [20:32] <unknownEntity> ...I'm sorry if I'm not the most helpful person you could get stuck with.
  168. [20:33] <@lucidChthonia> You're not.
  169. [20:35] <unknownEntity> [You sigh. Nobody got hurt, so at least it hasn't been complete failure being near these two]
  170. [20:36] <@lucidChthonia> [Ha. You probably would've come to blows if Nan wasn't involved.]
  171. [20:38] <unknownEntity> Would you like me to help you back to your spire, maybe? [You purse your lips, hoping Aelf isn't going to still try to talk to Scott]
  172. [20:39] <@lucidChthonia> I can get there /myself/, thank you very much.
  173. [20:39] <@lucidChthonia> [No you can't.]
  174. [20:39] <unknownEntity> [You get up and stick out a hand, waiting for her to figure out she actually /can't/ walk.]
  175. [20:40] <@lucidChthonia> [You manage just barely to stand up, swaying slightly.]
  176. [20:40] <@lucidChthonia> [And take two steps and trip over yourself.]
  177. [20:41] <unknownEntity> [You barely manage to right her] ...You sure bout that?
  178. [20:41] <@lucidChthonia> [...]
  179. [20:41] <@lucidChthonia> ...fine, take me.
  180. [20:43] <unknownEntity> [You sigh and resist the urge to laugh as you help her walk]
  181. [20:43] <@lucidChthonia> ((Curtains))
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