<Odes> Odes takes his newly delivered drink with him, keeping his head down in embarassment.  This is new and unexpected and incredibly awkward.  "I, uh... hi."

<DamienLunas> She's wearing a nice red dress, not too nice for this establishment though. She has a pattern of two pairs of brownish stripes across the side of her cheeks, and one pair along her brow.

<DamienLunas> (or in other terms, she's a 6A. http://images.wikia.com/ffxi/images/7/7f/M6a.jpg )

<Odes> (ahahaha)

<DamienLunas> "Hello therrre. Have a seat, would you?"

 Odes settles into the offered seat, fidgeting a little.  "...Thank you for the drink?" he's spent the last couple years of his life under a mentor.  He has no idea how to handle himself around girls showing what he assumes to be an interest in him.

<DamienLunas> "It's my pleasurrre. So... new in town?"

<Odes> "Y-yeah."  He catches himself stuttering and shuts up for a moment to try to recompose himself before continuing.  "Though I... probably won't be here long."

<DamienLunas> "Most usually arrren't, sadly."

<DamienLunas> "My name is T'chara. What's yourrrs?"

<Odes> "...Odes.  I'm Odes Lusus."  It's not like his last name matters, it's just kind of a force of habit to attach it or something.

<DamienLunas> She has a sip of her own drink. "It's verrry nice to meet you, Odes. Visitors are rrrare, even if only for a little while."

<Odes> He responds by taking a sip of his own drink; it makes him shiver a little, even if it doesn't carry near the punch of what the dwarves gave him.  "...Do you, uh... greet everyone like this?"

<DamienLunas> She smiles, "Only the boys I find cute."

 Odes ducks his head down, trying to hide his embarassment.  "I, uh... that is... thanks."

<DamienLunas> "Which there rrreally aren't a lot of."

<DamienLunas> "Bad enough our population is nintey purrrcent female."

<Odes> "Y-yeah, I've noticed" it just kinda slips out and he realises a moment later how it sounds.  "...That, uh... I mean... or rather I didn't mean, ah..."

<DamienLunas> "Shhhhh." she shushes you by pressing one of her fingers to your lips.

<DamienLunas> "Therrre's no need to be embarassed. Even if it does make you look cute." she giggles.

<Odes> "...It's a little hard not to be.  ...Embarssed, I mean." This is very very close contact and growing increasingly uncomfortable for about ten different reasons, which he's trying to focus on ennumerating to get his mind off the panic.

<DamienLunas> "Well then let's talk about something else. What brrrings you to Kazham?"

<Odes> "I, uh... I'm on a journey.  A very important one," oh, right, he shouldn't even be saying that much.  "Me and my fr... my companions, we're headed out to the volcano on the island."

<DamienLunas> "Ifrit's Cauldron, hm?"

<DamienLunas> "I cerrrtainly had you pegged as an adventurer since you walked in the door."

<Odes> "...It's that obvious, huh?" he manages a little bit of laughter at that.  "...Do you know much about it?"

<DamienLunas> "Plenty, actually."

<DamienLunas> *WHAM*

<DamienLunas> a loud noise startles you both

<DamienLunas> looking over, it appears to have come from the bartender resting a very heavy and pointy looking mace on the counter while smiling at Flit.

 Odes jumps at the noise, looking ready for a moment to jump up into a fight - or run screaming, either way he's super tense.  It takes him a few moments to figure out what's going on, then he settles back down into the seat.

<DamienLunas> "Ooh... it seems that Miss Salaheem's mood has sourrred a bit."

<DamienLunas> "Why don't we finish ourrr drinks and go discuss this somewherrre more private?"

<Odes> "...I..." he shakes his head clear.  And then she starts speaking again and so much for that.  "P-p-private!?"

<DamienLunas> "After all... Ifrit's Cauldron has a bit of a touchy subject surrounding it."

<DamienLunas> "A lot of people don't rrreally appreciate it being talked about."

<DamienLunas> "But I know some things that the otherrrs don't. Orrr at the very least, they're not willing to tell."

<Odes> "...Ah.  I see."  He's able to relax a little, having a different reason beyond his initial one for going somewhere private.  "...Alright, miss T'chara.  Lead the way."

<DamienLunas> "Gladly."

<DamienLunas> she takes your hand and leads you out of the bar, over around town to an Inn. She takes you upstairs and leads you into a room before closing and locking the door behind her.

-Global- [LordLicorice] MOVIETIME. HAUSU. GET IN.

<Odes> He follows a little, not thinking too much of it - at least until the door's locked, and then he's suddenly a lot tenser and his eyes are scanning the whole room over.

<DamienLunas> "Now then, where werrre we."

<DamienLunas> You can see some of her bags tucked neatly away in the corner. Other than that the room is nice and clean, about what you'd expect from an inn room.

 Odes takes notes of the positions of the windows.  Diving through them is probably going to hurt if it comes down to it, and he scolds himself a little for thinking of this.  As well as for lingering too long on 'I'm alone in a room with a beautiful mithran woman'.  "...The volcano."

<DamienLunas> "Ah, yes. Well as you might alrrready know if you've been to the local adventurer's guild, there's a drrragon taking up rrroost in it at the moment."

<Odes> "...I hadn't heard that, no."  A dragon?  It should actually be frightening to anyone else, but frankly Odes' eyes have lit up.  Literally, in the case of his silver left eye.

<Odes> "You have my full attention now."

<DamienLunas> "Nice sizable reward for it too. Believe they've named it... Tiamat if I recall correctly."

<DamienLunas> "Of courrrse, getting to him is the harrrd part."

<DamienLunas> "Can't very well just start scaling the base."

<DamienLunas> "But of course there's a vast network of caves inside Ifrit's Cauldron as well."

<DamienLunas> "But to get to those... well it's a bit morrre tricky."

<Odes> "I can't imagine traversing a volcano would be easy, dragon or no."  The nervousness is gone and completely replaced by excitement over the prospects of a dragon.  "...Please, go on."

<DamienLunas> "Not many people can enter it nowadays."

<DamienLunas> "Of courrrse, if you're brrrave enough you could find a way."

<DamienLunas> "Here, come closer." she sits on the bed and beckons you.

 Odes steps forward and joins her, settling in next to her.  "...Bravery isn't an issue, I'd think."

<DamienLunas> "It's a lot harrrder for us."

<DamienLunas> "Therrre's a place in Yhoator Jungle."

<DamienLunas> "it's called the temple of uggalepih."

<DamienLunas> "It... was a place forrr aeon worship."

<DamienLunas> "Summonerrrs."

<Odes> "Aeon worship?"  Wait.  Something's starting to click in the back of his head.

<DamienLunas> "But it is no longer."

<DamienLunas> "Now there are only beastmen... the most deadly and terrible beastmen we know."

<DamienLunas> "The Tonberry."

<Odes> "I'm not scared of a be--" Tonberry?

<Odes> (threw a monster lore check if you feel like it)

<DamienLunas> No knowledge

<Odes> "...Huh.  That's... a new one."

<DamienLunas> "Small green lizard-like people with lanterns and knives..."

<DamienLunas> "They may look weak... but they are fierce and deadly."

<DamienLunas> "They also have access to summoning magic."

<DamienLunas> "Perrrhaps it is because they occupy that place."

<Odes> "...That... sounds amazing.  ...Er, I mean, terrifying."  His eye'd lit up in excitement again.

<DamienLunas> "Some of my people say that their existence is... a curse."

<DamienLunas> "A curse of revenge for what we did."

<DamienLunas> she looks forlorn as she explains, "After the Aeon Wars... the summoners that lived therrre... the Mithra of Kazham marched on their temple and killed every last man woman and child inside it."

<Odes> "...I see why you don't like to talk about it."

<DamienLunas> She nods.

<DamienLunas> "Not many would but..."

<DamienLunas> "May I tell you a secrrret?"

<Odes> "...Go ahead."

<DamienLunas> "I know it hasn't been long but... I feel like you'rrre a wonderful person, and I can trrrust you with this."

<DamienLunas> "You see... my father was a summoner."

<Odes> "...I'm sorry."  This wasn't going anywhere happy.

<DamienLunas> "I had some sisterrrs I'll never know because of that genocide."

<DamienLunas> "It's... quite lonely to be a Mithra without a sister."

<DamienLunas> "But I've managed as best I can."

<Odes> "...I... can sort of understand that.  I don't think I have any family." He bites his lip a little, realising this probably wasn't the best way to approach comforting her.

<DamienLunas> She takes your hand in hers.

<DamienLunas> "The best we can do though... is to find otherrrs in this world to share parts of ourrr lives with. However brief."

 Odes freezes up at the sudden contact

<DamienLunas> "You've got such beautiful eyes... won't you look at me with them?"

 Odes looks up at her, mismatched eyes and all, though he can't look straight at her with them.  "...Thank you, but they're not..."

<DamienLunas> "They'rrre lovely."

<DamienLunas> she puts a hand under Odes's chin to tilt his face up and kisses him.

<Odes> Odes just kind of freezes up, completely unsure what to do.  He just lets it linger for a few moments ...And then he panics, pushing her away, or really more like pushing off of her to end up launching himself gracelessly off of the bed and into a graceless heap on the floor.  "I shouldn't, I mean... I can't... I'm not..."

<DamienLunas> "You're not what? Not natural? Are those eyes some kind of curse? Some sort of forbidden magic?"

<DamienLunas> "Whatever it is, I don't care. You can tell me whatever it is and I won't carrre."

<DamienLunas> "I don't want people... to live life and be ashamed of who they arrre."

<Odes> "...I... I'm..." he's hesitant at first, then seems to find the words - seeped in the exact shame she'd just mentioned.  "I'm not human.  ...Not fully, not anymore."

<DamienLunas> She just smiles and waves her tail around, "Well neitherrr am I."

<Odes> "...Well, that'd be because you're Mithran, aren't you?" or did he miss something important here.

<DamienLunas> "Well, yes."

<DamienLunas> "But you're not a monster, and you're not a beastman, and that's good enough forrr me."

<DamienLunas> "Worrrld's full of all kinds."

<Odes> "...That's..." there's a long deep breath.  "...The problem."

<DamienLunas> "What problem?"

<Odes> "...The part of me that isn't human.  Someday, maybe all of me."

<DamienLunas> "But that doesn't mean you should push others away."

<DamienLunas> "Being together with others... carrring about each otherrr... that's what really seperates us from monsters."

<DamienLunas> "All these emotions... even yourrr guilt is still proof of the humanity inside you."

<Odes> "...I... I know."  He slowly stands himself back up, though his feet are a little uneven.  "...It's terrifying, though.  Losing someone you care about... to the same thing that'll happen to me someday."

<Odes> "...I'd rather not put anyone through that, if I had the choice."

<DamienLunas> "But why should that mean we can't make a connection with each otherrr here today?"

<DamienLunas> "If we do, then we'll always have that memorrry so long as one of us is still around."

<Odes> "That's... it does sound nice, doesn't it?" maybe he's not so convinced, or just scared; he's not really sure himself, but there's a wistful tone in his voice.  "...Being remembered, sounds... it sounds really nice."

<DamienLunas> She comes a bit closer and tries to touch your hands again. "We can help each other feel a little less alone in this world. Even just for one night."

<Odes> His shoulders are shaking a little, but he accepts it.  He's attempting to put on a smile now, but it needs constant repairing.  "...I... I'd like to, but... like I said.  I'm not... fully human, even if my body is.  Under the surface, it's... I mean, b-biologically speaking, who knows what could..."

<DamienLunas> "Frankly my dearrr, I don't give a damn."

<DamienLunas> she goes in for a kiss.

 Odes gives up on fighting and kisses back.

<DamienLunas> She smiles, "That's more like it."

<DamienLunas> she leads you back over to the bed. FTB?

<Odes> FTB then.

<DamienLunas> awareness check?

<Odes> 2d6+1 oh hell

<Odes> oh right

<Odes> >8

<DamienLunas> Okay

<DamienLunas> so after a long passionate night of lovemaking

<DamienLunas> you wake up with more than a few scratch marks

<DamienLunas> and find that T'chara isn't anywhere to be found, nor her bags.

<DamienLunas> On yours though, there appears to be a note.

<DamienLunas> read the note?

<Odes> Yup.

<DamienLunas> it says, "Sorry it had to end up like this. I really did mean everything that I said. Haven't told you a single lie. But I need this. I've already got the celestial paintbrush and I know the sigil needed to get into Ifrits Cauldron, so I'd really suggest you just forget about the quest and go back where it's safe. We've got this covered. Sincerely, T'Chara - the True Light Warrior of Fire."

<Odes> (I want you to know I'd called this since yesterday)

<DamienLunas> Lost: Earth Crystal

<Odes> The earth crystal's totally missing--yup

<DamienLunas> No posting these logs

<DamienLunas> you get to explain what happened

<DamienLunas> in character.

<DamienLunas> on the plus side the sex was very very very good.

<DamienLunas> She can do amazing things with that tail of hers, yep.

<Odes> ahahahaha

<Odes> more like odes casually tries to avoid discussing what happened

<Odes> and refuses to talk about the earth crystal what are you talking about OF COURSE I still have it

<DamienLunas> hahaha

<Odes> oh the fun of an emotionally weakened and lonely teenage boy carrying an artifact of great power

<DamienLunas> oh, one last thing

<DamienLunas> The letter is sealed with a kiss

<Odes> of course

<Odes> and on that note I'm out

<Odes> see ya