(4:00:13 AM) ***Annandra is back in Sigil! She spent more time back on Tranquility than the ohters; but a couple weeks after everyone else, she's made it back... and has realized that she both has no where to keep Glory's chassis (she's rented out somewhere for it for now) and that her studio apartment is not nerly big enough for her, lien, Glory, and the Librarian if she ever visits.
(4:00:42 AM) ***Annandra has, therefore, gone househunting--bringing Lien and Glory's humanoid manifestation, if it can come that far from her chassis, with her, since it won'tjust be HER apartment anymore!
(4:03:48 AM) FeldiPhone is now known as FeldiAway
(4:04:12 AM) Ikiryo: Glory's manifestation can but she bows out due to 'Not really being interested in slice of life.'. She says it's out of genre for her. Whatever that means.
(4:05:18 AM) ***Annandra accepts that reasoning. She's read enough books to have a decent idea, at least. "Alright, Lien, so it's house shopping in Sigil," she says, leading the way to a realtor's. "I can PROBABLY afford whatever we want, but I'd rrather not blow my whole coin if I don't have to..."
(4:08:49 AM) Ikiryo: Lien grins, dressed up in a fancy outfit. It's an elaborate gold and purple wizardess outfit that shows off her figure rather well. "I wasn't aware you got to decide~"
(4:09:37 AM) Annandra: She rubs the back of her neck. "Come on, Lien, I should get SOME say in where we live..."
(4:12:39 AM) Ikiryo: "Nope, I'm holding it above your head forver~" She smirks, clearly not entirely serious.
(4:13:58 AM) ***Annandra groans a bit, sighing and rubbing her temple, blushing. "At least you didn't make me go in public in the maid outfit this time," she says. "I'll take a small victory. What're you looking for, anyway? I'll be happy with enough bedrooms, a decent sized library, and an armory room."
(4:15:27 AM) Ikiryo: "A huge library, somewhere to tie you up, a good kitchen and an alchemy lab."
(4:16:34 AM) Annandra: "So huge library, armory room, bondage dungeon, decent kitchen, alchemy lab. And a good garage for Glory." She nods. "We can probably do that. This is Sigil, I mean, you can find almost anything here. Except dignity."
(4:19:26 AM) Ikiryo: "Do you want to get the maid outfit again?"
(4:20:10 AM) ***Annandra blushes at that. "Uh..." She's not saying no~
(4:21:35 AM) Ikiryo: She laughs and leads onwards.
(4:21:59 AM) ***Annandra finds herself following!
(4:29:24 AM) Ikiryo: The first place they find is a massive, stereotypical wizard tower.
(4:30:23 AM) ***Annandra stares at it for a moment. "... it fits, uh, our criteria?"
(4:36:42 AM) Ikiryo: "...it's also the only building made of stone in the entire suburb."
(4:37:28 AM) ***Annandra runs a hand through her hair. "I don't trust it..." she mutters. "Ah well ,let's go look around inside, see if it's good?" She heads to the door, to knock!
(4:40:20 AM) Ikiryo: The door opens and she spots...herself and Lien, both blackened and covered in green goop. "Don't take this one. It's all temporally fucked." They head down the street looking annoyed.
(4:42:04 AM) Annandra: "..." She turns to look at Lien. "You were studying time magic. Do we have to go inside to close the loop or whatever, or can we avoid getting covered in green goo?"
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(4:48:51 AM) Ikiryo: "...I'll put not getting covered in goo above the time-space issues."
(4:49:40 AM) Annandra: "That, I can agree with. Next!" She steps back and closes the door! "What's the worst that happens, anyway?"
(4:53:05 AM) Ikiryo: Somewhere else, Uytana gets a headache.
(4:54:08 AM) Annandra: Not annandra's problem! The time cops can suck it! She has a HOUSE to buy!
(4:58:11 AM) Ikiryo: Elsewhere, several Sidereals feel the uncoming pain of a lot of paperwork.
(4:58:50 AM) Ikiryo: The next place they encounter is actually a ship at the docks that has been permanently locked in place. It's rather large, if a bit in poor condition.
(4:59:39 AM) Annandra: "Huh. Might be a neat project for some of our friends," Annandra notes, seeing if she can dig up it's schematics as she heads in. "Wonder how liveable it is, though?"
(5:01:05 AM) Ikiryo: "Head inside and find out?"
(5:01:24 AM) Annandra: "That's the plan!" She heads inside! Worst that can happen is she dies.
(5:03:57 AM) Ikiryo: Bad news: She dies! Good news: They now know the floor is too time-worn to actually handle people walking on it.
(5:04:46 AM) ***Annandra groans as she reconstitutes from the drop. [Yeah, not this one. Fucking ships... I'll make my way back up. Once my head's back on right.]
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(5:18:18 AM) Ikiryo: [Alright. You went through...is that three or four decks?]
(5:19:04 AM) Annandra: [I *think* four,] she says, gettig her head on straight and looking up. [I think I have a grabbling hook on me, HOPEFULLY the airlock's frame will hold?]
(5:20:48 AM) ***Annandra finds it and it's launcher; she fires it up to give it a try!
(5:21:53 AM) Ikiryo: It hits the roof above where she fell...and pulls the roof down on her.
(5:24:23 AM) Annandra: She recontistitues... after a bit. [That! Did not work! I'll... find my way out. Somehow.] Maybe if she just walks very slowly and carefully...
(5:28:00 AM) Ikiryo: ...and down she goes again. Right out the bottom of the hull and into space.
(5:28:54 AM) Annandra: Well, at least she can survive that for a moment! Exhale and trigger her emergency 'please salvage me I'll come back to life' beacon. SHOULD get picked up by emergency services in a few minutes? She hopes so, anyway.
(5:35:27 AM) FeldiPhone [[email protected]] entered the room.
(5:38:00 AM) Ikiryo: It's a while (And a couple of deaths) before a robot tows her back and she can get onto safe ground
(5:38:51 AM) Annandra: She spends some time panting and making sure her lungs still. [Okay... I'm at the docks now... vaccuum deaths SUCK... next house please...]
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(5:54:02 AM) Ikiryo: The next place...is rather nice looking. A large apartment penthouse with everything they want...oh and it's owned by the same people who brainwashed her. The first time, with the dryad.
(5:55:30 AM) Annandra: Selesnya. Annandra takes a deep breath. "Okay, so, the dryad DID get arrested and kicked out..." She mutters. "It probably won't happen again... let's go have a look." She goes into the apartment, figureing there'll be a tour or something--or they'll just start immediately trying to brainwash her.
(6:01:09 AM) Ikiryo: She's not sure how much later it is when Annandra wakes up with her hair dyed green and in a rather short and tight white robe.
(6:02:13 AM) Annandra: She groans, sitting up and rubbing her temple, looking around a bit. "Oh gods damnit... Lien? Somebody?"
(6:06:49 AM) FeldiPhone [[email protected]] entered the room.
(6:06:52 AM) Ikiryo: Lien is nearby, laughing her ass off.
(6:07:11 AM) Annandra: "I accidentally joined a cult, didn't I."
(6:08:11 AM) Ikiryo: "Yep. You took one of the cookies and signed up."
(6:09:03 AM) Annandra: "Fffuck... did I buy the penthouse while I was under?" She has a bad feeling she did, and that there's going to be mandatory cult meetings for the signee.
(6:13:31 AM) Ikiryo: "You did~"
(6:14:33 AM) ***Annandra buries her face in her hands. "... At least they didn't turn me into a dryad or merge me into a plant-based hive mind or something," she mutters, seeing what the contract looks like.
(6:17:00 AM) Ikiryo: It seems...pretty reasonable as a whole. You know, outside the bit where she needs to take her turn tending the herb garden and isn't allowed to bring any boros or azorius people into said garden.
(6:17:57 AM) Annandra: "Oh come on, I like the Boros... fiiiine," she mutters. At least they're not making her go to mandatory cult meetings or turning her into a dryad or requiring her to undergo plastic surgery to something something. "... do I have to keep the hair?"
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(6:22:32 AM) Ikiryo: "Honestly, they didn't even do that. You did that one on your own."
(6:24:57 AM) Annandra: "Damnit." She rubs her temple a bit again. "... It is a nice penthouse, though," she says, looking around. "Kinda open and airy. Surprised a Selesnya one has an armory and a bondage dungeon, but I guess I won't look a gift blaster in the barrel."
(6:32:28 AM) Ikiryo: "Well, it used to belong to someone who got arrested for brainwashing. I think that's what the dungeon is for...it's kinda nice for a dungeon."
(6:33:20 AM) Annandra: "... Was it by any chance a psychologist?" She asks, blinking a few times.
(6:35:31 AM) Feld [[email protected]] entered the room.
(6:36:25 AM) Ikiryo: "I think so, yes."
(6:37:16 AM) Annandra: "..." She checks to see if she can find the previous owner's name. Either mind control shrinks are too common for her taste in Selesnya, or it's the same person's.
(6:43:37 AM) Ikiryo: It IS...not. It's a different dryad shrink arrested for mind control. Along with a note from another shrink bitching her out for being shit at it.
(6:43:49 AM) ***Annandra facepalms.
(6:44:14 AM) Ikiryo: That brings it up to three if you include the one in the note.
(6:44:51 AM) Annandra: "This cult has a *problem*," she mutters. "And now I'm going to end up neck-deep in it. Ah well, at least the apartment's great; I'll let Glory know she can move herself over and we can get settled in. Want to test out the kitchen or order in tonight?"
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(6:49:17 AM) Ikiryo: "I've got enough of the maid stuff in my head to enjoy cooking."
(6:51:32 AM) Annandra: "Oh, good. I'm still shit at it." She grimaces, remembering her last attempt. And the fact that her old apartment's kitchen was surplus MREs and frozen dinners. "... You're going to make me take lessons, aren't you?" She realizes with a sigh.
(6:55:53 AM) Ikiryo: "Of course~"
(6:56:33 AM) ***Annandra blushes but doesn't refuse it. "Swear to Khorne, between you and the Selesnya I'm going to end up... ah well." She stretches a bit, frowning at her hair. She doesn't look BAD with green hair.
(7:00:45 AM) Ikiryo: "Want me to go whip up a spell to get rid of the dye?"
(7:01:27 AM) Annandra: "Eh, it'll wash out. I dunno, it odesn't look bad on me, I don't think? What do you think?"
(7:03:43 AM) Ikiryo: "Not bad...though I like the outfit better."
(7:05:07 AM) Annandra: She blushes a bit, looking down at the robe and biting her lip. Her figure is curvier than it was before she let Glory work on her, so there's that, though it's not nearly as bad as it was when she was excessed. "I... guess I'll keep it? It's not too uncomfortable, though I'd worry about breezes. And there's nowhere to cnceal my laspistol."