Argo and Otrope: Discuss tragic past

[09:25]  * celestialVaquero [CV] established connection with obviatingOmnipresence [OO]
[09:25] <celestialVaquero> Howdy.
[09:25] <obviatingOmnipresence> HOwdy!
[09:25] <celestialVaquero> Do you perhaps know of a Cade?
[09:25] <obviatingOmnipresence> I think I just might!
[09:25] <celestialVaquero> mythologicalActuality?
[09:25] <obviatingOmnipresence> Yup!
[09:25] <celestialVaquero> Looks like I found the right person.
[09:26] <celestialVaquero> Name's Argo Steller.
[09:26] <obviatingOmnipresence> HOwdy, ArgO!
[09:26] <celestialVaquero> Explorer of the galaxy and as he puts it, an alien.
[09:26] <obviatingOmnipresence> Are yOu the nOvakid?
[09:26] <celestialVaquero> Exactly.
[09:27] <obviatingOmnipresence> COOl!
[09:27] <obviatingOmnipresence> I'm just a trOll.
[09:27] <celestialVaquero> I've heard about y'all.
[09:27] <celestialVaquero> Multi-blooded people with horns?
[09:27] <obviatingOmnipresence> That's right!
[09:29] <celestialVaquero> Tell me more about yourselves, if you would kindly.
[09:29] <obviatingOmnipresence> Sure thing!
[09:31] <obviatingOmnipresence> My name'sOtrOpe, and I really really really like making new friends!  My lusus and I gO all Over the place tO find them, and sOmetimes we even get tO help peOple alOng the way!
[09:31] <celestialVaquero> Lusus, eh?
[09:31] <celestialVaquero> What's that?
[09:33] <obviatingOmnipresence> Well, she's a hOOfbeast!  She and I ride allllllllllll Over.  She's really fast, tOO!  Maybe nOt as fast as a transpOrtalizer, but still really fast!
[09:33] <celestialVaquero> Slow down, partner.
[09:34] <celestialVaquero> You're a talking motorhead right now.
[09:34] <obviatingOmnipresence> Sure thing!
[09:34] <celestialVaquero> Don't exactly know what a lusus is.
[09:35] <obviatingOmnipresence> She's a hOOfbeast.
[09:35] <celestialVaquero> No, I mean, what's the exact definition of a lusus?
[09:35] <celestialVaquero> Never heard of one before.
[09:36] <obviatingOmnipresence> Oh.  Well why didn't yOu say sO?
[09:36] <obviatingOmnipresence> A lusus is like a guardian!
[09:37] <celestialVaquero> A guardian, you say?
[09:37] <obviatingOmnipresence> Yeah!  Like a regular friend but always there fOr yOu.
[09:38] <obviatingOmnipresence> Every trOll has One.
[09:39] <celestialVaquero> Our concept of guardians, I would say, are... different.
[09:40] <obviatingOmnipresence> Like hOw?
[09:40] <celestialVaquero> I had a papa and a mama.
[09:40] <celestialVaquero> How do I describe them...
[09:42] <celestialVaquero> They're essentially people who raised me.
[09:42] <celestialVaquero> My ol' man was always there for me, teaching me how to be a sharp shot.
[09:42] <obviatingOmnipresence> That just sOunds like a lusus.
[09:42] <celestialVaquero> Yup, except that you have two.
[09:43] <obviatingOmnipresence> Well that sure is neat!
[09:43] <obviatingOmnipresence> DOes everyOne have twO?
[09:43] <celestialVaquero> Over here on my end? Sure do.
[09:43] <obviatingOmnipresence> COOl!
[09:44] <obviatingOmnipresence> That sOunds like a great time, when nObOdy ever has tO be lOnely like that!
[09:44] <celestialVaquero> Well... I'm sort of a rare case.
[09:45] <celestialVaquero> My mother died when a group of raiders attacked our town.
[09:46] <obviatingOmnipresence> ... Oh.
[09:46] <obviatingOmnipresence> I'm sO sOrry.
[09:46] <celestialVaquero> I don't like to mourn people's deaths for too long.
[09:47] <celestialVaquero> It's sort of sappy.
[09:47] <celestialVaquero> But then I find myself doing it like some sad donkey.
[09:48] <obviatingOmnipresence> I'm sure nObOdy wOuld begrudge yOu being sad sOmetimes.
[09:49] <celestialVaquero> It was like that for awhile in my house.
[09:49] <celestialVaquero> Then my ol' man found me.
[09:50] <celestialVaquero> It was weird, feeling sad for a person I'd never met.
[09:50] <celestialVaquero> My ol' man just found me as a protokid in the middle of nowhere.
[09:51] <obviatingOmnipresence> YOu never met her?
[09:52] <celestialVaquero> Nope.
[09:52] <celestialVaquero> He went on about her plenty when I was little.
[09:53] <celestialVaquero> Shows how much he missed her.
[09:53] <obviatingOmnipresence> Oh man.
[09:53] <obviatingOmnipresence> I guess when yOu have twO lusii, each Of them has twO fOlks tO be with, tOO.
[09:53] <celestialVaquero> Yep.
[09:54] <obviatingOmnipresence> Which means he lOst sOmeOne tOO, and it was sOmeOne he already knew.
[09:54] <obviatingOmnipresence> That's awful.
[09:54] <celestialVaquero> It was a tryin' time.
[09:55] <obviatingOmnipresence> It sOunds like One.
[09:57] <celestialVaquero> But we moved on after a few years. My pappy did his work as sheriff, and I did all the work around the house.
[09:58] <obviatingOmnipresence> Well, gOOd.
[09:58] <celestialVaquero> It was good for a while.
[09:59] <obviatingOmnipresence> What happened?
[10:00] <celestialVaquero> Another raid, that's what
[10:00] <celestialVaquero> It was chaos.
[10:01] <obviatingOmnipresence> Oh.
[10:01] <obviatingOmnipresence> That's... Oh.
[10:02] <celestialVaquero> People were hurt bad. They took everything.
[10:02] <celestialVaquero> It was a nightmare.
[10:02] <celestialVaquero> I don't want to talk about the worst part.
[10:02] <celestialVaquero> But he's in another place now.
[10:03] <obviatingOmnipresence> ...
[10:03] <celestialVaquero> A peaceful place.
[10:03] <obviatingOmnipresence> Oh.
[10:03] <celestialVaquero> A place where he can rest safely.
[10:03] <obviatingOmnipresence> I'm sOrry, I didn't...
[10:03] <celestialVaquero> No, it's fine.
[10:04] <celestialVaquero> I suppose I've been hidin' it for so long since I started explorin'...
[10:04] <celestialVaquero> Didn't want to let you down, y'know?
[10:04] <celestialVaquero> Didn't want to turn everythin' into a downpour.
[10:04] <obviatingOmnipresence> Yeah.
[10:04] <obviatingOmnipresence> I knOw.
[10:06] <celestialVaquero> Well, I didn't mean to let you down...
[10:06] <celestialVaquero> But at least I'm here.
[10:07] <obviatingOmnipresence> And that's what matters.
[10:07] <obviatingOmnipresence> YOu haven't let anyOne dOwn yet.
[10:07] <obviatingOmnipresence> NOt while yOu still have the chance tO dO even better.
[10:08] <celestialVaquero> ...Thanks.
[10:08] <obviatingOmnipresence> All I'm saying is the truth.
[10:08] <obviatingOmnipresence> That's nOt wOrth thanking fOr.  Thanks are fOr sOmething that's hard.
[10:09] <celestialVaquero> Yep.
[10:09] <obviatingOmnipresence> And yOu're welcOme.
[10:10] <celestialVaquero> ...You're a good man, Otrope.
[10:10] <obviatingOmnipresence> SO are yOu, ArgO.
[10:11] <obviatingOmnipresence> Even if yOu might find it's hard tO think sO, sOmetimes.
[10:11] <obviatingOmnipresence> Okay?
[10:12] <celestialVaquero> Alright.
[10:13] <celestialVaquero> I'm happy that I got this off my chest.
[10:13] <obviatingOmnipresence> Then I'm happy that yOu're happy.
[10:13] <obviatingOmnipresence> >:>
[10:14] <celestialVaquero> Well, suppose that's enough of that.
[10:15] <obviatingOmnipresence> I suppOse.
[10:15] <obviatingOmnipresence> Can we talk again later?
[10:17] <celestialVaquero> I'd be more than happy to.
[10:17] <celestialVaquero> Not much to do here anyway besides hunt for food and read borin' ol' books.
[10:17] <obviatingOmnipresence> Great!
[10:17] <obviatingOmnipresence> Then I'll see yOu later, friend!
[10:17] <celestialVaquero> See ya later, amigo.
[10:18]  * celestialVaquero [CV] disconnected with obviatingOmnipresence [OO]