Seizing With Lara

16:03:36 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord snapped her fingers as he spoke. "Yes! There is a portal. Believe me, if you were an elf, there would be times where all you could think about is fleeing that city!" She let out a boisterous laugh as she patted his arm, wrapping her slender digits around
16:03:36 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord what part of his wrist she could as she 'pulled' him along.
16:03:36 Gathlaak-WyrmrestAccord takes the scroll and reads it, then he signs and pays the fifty gold to the guard, and adds fifty more.
16:03:42 Chylagus-WyrmrestAccord let out a slight chuckle, "Just trying to imrpove your general humidity levels. Help you handle the climate of the region."
16:03:43 [Gathlaak-WyrmrestAccord]: DEre ya go mon.
16:03:43 [Zogthar-WyrmrestAccord]: I am required to say, if you lose such scroll that replacing it is a fee of 10g.
16:05:56 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuffs. "I'm not an elf, nor have I been there, and I'm already devising a way to escape if it becomes necessary." He doesn't seem to mind being tugged along, though he upturns his hand and tugs it back to encourage her to rather grab hold of one of »
16:05:57 Mileca cheers at you.
16:05:57 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » the replacement digits for an easier time of it. "You know, I think I've seen the portal to the city, actually? Isn't it across from the one to Pandaria?"
16:05:58 Aelarà loves Mileca.
16:07:47 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's slow blinks were an indiciation that she had never quite paid attention before. "Oh.. There is a portal to Pandaria. I had forgotten about that!.." She paused to adjust her hand, gripping what parts of his hand she could as she continued to march
16:07:47 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord forward. "Though it's good you're planning an exit strategy! We may need it. I love Silvermoon, but some of their denizens do not like me. There's this one man who.." She shuddered before waving a hand dismissively in the air. "Nevermind that."
16:09:33 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lofts a brow down at her and his hidden smile turns into an unsettled frown. "Man who..? Never mind. I will keep an eye out for a reason to need to leave, and ways to do it. It's kind of my thing."
16:10:39 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord glanced around as she eyes the portals. "Some men can be.. Vindictive at times. Especially if you're a troublemaker." She snickered lightly before guiding him down the stairs and toward the portal. "These things always make me a bit dizzy!"
16:11:52 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord nods. "And you're all natural. Just think of what it does to my hardware." He snorts purposefully, kicking up his leg an inch or two and trying to brush the subject off to not make her any more uncomfortable. "See you on the other side."
16:12:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord wouldn't step through the portal, turning to face him before falling backwards into it. The mages seemed unamused by her silly actions, a sign that this was not her first time messing around with portals. Her mouth had moved as she spoke to him, yet no
16:12:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord words came out as she seemingly disappeared before he could hear her answer
16:19:23 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord rolls his eye at the nonsense, following after her by cautiously stepping through the portal and thunking when his feet hit the ground on the other side. Carpet. An odd concept that he's immediately not much of a fan of despite his feet being covered »
16:19:24 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » by his boots. He steps over to her, openly looking around at their surroundings. "Think that's the only portal I've gone through not in Orgrimmar that's dumped me out inside a building before."
16:20:52 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord flashed him a cheeky grin as she spun on her heel. "I don't take many portals, though I'll admit this one is the easiest to take out of all of them! Though it can be dangerous since so many people see you come and go." As she attempted to take a step
16:20:52 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord forward she would stumble, falling straight forward, face first. Apparently she wasn't lying about the dizziness!
16:23:23 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord starts to open his mouth to ask about what she'd said, but once she trips he's jolting forward to try to catch her by a mass chunk of her cloak and shirt so that hopefully, if he does grab hold, she doesn't get choked in the process. Even if he doesn't »
16:23:23 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » get her before she hits the ground, his replacement hand seizes, still grabbing onto her clothing tightly. Only thing he can think of? Fuck don't rip it.
16:26:20 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord seemed calm while she was falling, seemingly unfazed by her clumsiness. It was when her body did not collide with the ground that she would stiffen up. The woman was (un)surprisingly light as she simply dangled forward like a puppet on strings. Thankfully
16:26:20 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord for the both of them, her cloak was connected to her pauldrons, which were bound to her arms with leather straps. The sound of fabric straining was light, though too much movement could be problematic. Lara peered back toward Zak, offering a sheepish
16:26:20 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord smile. "I er.. Can't move."
16:29:21 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord is bent for the most part, half squatted in his attempt to grab her and after a moment of his right leg jiggling a bit, he clears his throat. "I... Don't think I can either." Probably wasn't a good idea to try to move so quickly after just admitting »
16:29:21 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » his hardware didn't cope so well with the magic in portals. His right hand moves over to his left, trying to pry the metal digits open and away from her cloak without much success. "Yeah... I'm stuck."
16:31:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord was still hovering over the ground, though she was only a few inches from the floor. "Well.. You could probably let go now." She moved her arms out, pressing her palms against the ground. "I'm safe now!" She would pause before turning her head to peer
16:31:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord over her sholder. "Is that your mechanical arm?"
16:34:17 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord nods, like she's able to really see the gesture. "I would like nothing more than to be able to let go of you. I think I'm seized." He's frowning somewhere in there, his natural hand still trying to get his clenched false fist to loosen up a little. »
16:34:18 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » "Portaling might have been a very bad idea..."
16:37:01 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord hummed lightly before nodding. "Right.. Ok.. It's still better than walking all this way!" She snorted, despite their predicament. She exhaled sharply before twisting her torso, much like a cat would, as she pushed her legs underneath her. At this point,
16:37:01 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord Lara would be in a squatting position facing up toward Zak, but the fistful of cloak would be partially covering her face. "Right.. I didn't plan this all the way through, but we can simply cut the cloak for the time being." Lara would immediately shove a
16:37:01 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord hand down the front of her top, fishing out a small blade from seemingly nowhere. How'd that get in there??? She would immediately bring the tip of the blade up to try and poke through the fabric.
16:40:20 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord starts to shake his head as she digs down in her shirt for a blade, but by the time his mouth's opened she's already poking through. "You could just... Take it off? I can walk you through fixing me up so I can move again and I'll be able to let go. I »
16:40:20 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » just can't reach it myself and it'll take an hour to get my actual assistant here, if not longer."
16:42:01 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would immediately drop the blade as he spoke. "Right! That's significantly easier. I'm glad you mentioned that." She let out a sheepish laugh before immediately cringing. "The only issue is that I have my pauldrons strapped undearneath this shirt. I can't
16:42:01 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord just.." She would swipe up the blade and close it before poking his mechanical arm with it. "Shield your innocent eyes! I can't mess with 4 different tied things with only two hands."
16:44:40 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord immediately looks straight up to the ceiling, his head tilting back as far as he can manage without causing significant discomfort. There's a myriad of louder, more grinding clicks as he does this and as he reaches that furthest point, he sighs and »
16:44:41 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » groans in the same breath. "Just try to be quick... I can't close the one that's not natural and this isn't exactly comfortable. In any way."
16:46:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord nodded quickly as he spoke. "Right! Thank you." There would be a lot of small noises that seemingly echoed through the relatively empty portal room. The sound of buckles jingling and cloth rubbing against cloth could be heard as Lara worked as quickly as
16:46:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord she could. She exhaled sharply as she popped up off the ground, her pauldrons and cloak falling against the ground as she triumphantly stood. It would be a moment or two before she realized she still had to tie her top.
16:56:19 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord remains in the semi-squatting position, regardless of how his natural leg shifts to try to accommodate his weight, left arm still outstretched and gripping onto her cloak as the heavier connections to her pauldrons hit the ground. Once he hears that »
16:56:20 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » clank, he breathes out sharply and grunts, starting to let is head come back down to a more comfortable position, only to see that she hasn't fixed her top all the way and jolt his head back up with a painfully sharp click. "Shirt."
16:58:40 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord let out a small squeak as she immediately wrapped her fingers around the straps, YANKING them up and over her shoulders. She would hastily tie the knot before clearing her throat. "Right, Ok. How do we fix you?" It was obvious she would completely attempt
16:58:40 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord to skirt past it as she took a few strides over to openly examine his position. If he were to look down toward her, it would be hard to distinguish Lara from the carpet, as they both were the same color now.
17:03:33 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lets his head come down again when she asks about moving forward and motions with his chin to the pouch on his left hip with his moveable hand, which can just barely reach it, likely due to the makeup of his chest. "In there is a screwdriver, and »
17:03:33 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » something that looks like a screen. Dig them out and you're going to have to do something that might be a little uncomfortable." Without any explanation, he starts to loosen his belt with his free hand and push the left side of his pants down to »
17:03:33 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » expose the jointing of his hip's false and natural connections. "Use the screen to see which thing is lighting up red and that'll be what needs to be fiddled with."
17:06:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would reach forward to grasp at the pouch, as he began to push the side of his pants down she would immediately turn a brighter shade of crimson as she exhaled. "Ok, right.. Screen.. Screwdriver....." She would slip her fingers into the pouch, fishing out
17:06:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord the screwdriver and what she hoped was the screen. Though she was following his instructions, her eyes were everywhere but on his leg. It appeared she had forgotten the 'look and see what's red' instruction as she stood beside his exposed hip, yet stared
17:13:53 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord sighs quietly, reaching up to remove the mask from his face and tuck it into her hand in the same motion he takes the screwdriver from her. "It's all metal, you won't see anything that isn't..." he partially grumbles, tucking the screwdriver between »
17:13:53 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » his teeth and reaching for the screen to tilt it towards himself. It's harder to see what he needs to this way, but there's a blip of red on the primitive device that he locks onto, pushing the screen back into her hands and taking the driver from »
17:13:54 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » his mouth to work on. After a moment, he's able to slowly move his leg, pulling his pants back up and tightening his belt after putting the tool back between his teeth. "I can do the arm myself, but it'll likely be easier in a place where people »
17:13:54 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » aren't running back and forth as frequently."
17:20:25 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord nodded rigidly as he spoke. "Right, metal." As he removed his mask, she would lean forward a bit in an attempt to see him better for straightening back out as he began to work. She held his mask with both hands as she simply watched him resolve the issue
17:20:25 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord with his leg. "Alright, I know a few spots we can go to that's not as exposed." She paused to glance over her shoulder before nodding once more. "Right, we better move out of this room. We probably look suspicious! She was quick to scoop up her pauldrons,
17:20:25 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord turning towards the entryway. Her small top barely covered much, as her cloak hid most of her exposed back. Despite her long blonde locks covering the upper part of her back, deep jagged scars could still be seen, which seemed to mar her tanned skin. It
17:20:25 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord was obvious these scars were old, yet they were still raised and looked as though they had not healed properly at the time of receiving them. "Will you have trouble walking?"
17:24:29 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord flexes his leg, standing straighter now that he's able to and grunting as there's a whirring somewhere beneath his pants that raises in volume before silencing again. "I should be fine. Hold on, though." He uses the screwdriver to pry his mechanical »
17:24:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » fingers just enough that her cloak comes free from the grasp, but the same position is held otherwise. Arm is still out, fist clenched around nothing. Holding his natural hand out for his mask as he comes closer to her, deliberately not looking at »
17:24:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » her back much longer than to see the scars, he nods. "I'll be alright. Should be loosening back up now... Might have to do more in a moment but for now, fine."
17:26:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would set his mask in his free hand, before immediately pulling it back so he couldn't grab it. After a moment or two, she would allow him to take the mask from her grip, grinning cheekily. She would attempt to swipe at her cloak -- if successful,
17:26:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord clipping it around her neck to hang loosely behind her back. "We won't have to go far, don't fret!" She would pat his stuck arm, snorting as she gripped at the wrist to guide him out.
17:29:35 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord only slightly chuffs when she yoinks his mask away, the noise becoming more genuine when she lets him take it the second time around. He hooks the mask back into place and nods down to her once, motioning with his free hand before reaching for the »
17:29:35 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » screen so that she doesn't have to hold all his junk now that she has her cloak to put back into place. "I'll follow you, then."
17:30:41 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord waved the screen near his hand, yet marched forward without allowing him to take it. "Incentive for you to follow." She snickered lightly as she began to strut out of the room, slowing down near the doorway when remembering he may not be as quick as she.
17:31:59 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord snorts derisively. "I'm already here with you, aren't I? And I'm not about to go through that portal and seize up again."
17:32:07 Aelarà cackles maniacally at you.
17:32:09 Aelarà snorts derisively at you.
17:33:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord strolled up to the abandoned corner of Silvermoon, turning to stifle another snort. "Welcome to what used to be my home!~" She extended her arms out to the sad, open space that looked clearly abandoned. "Don't worry, I have a house outside in the woods,
17:33:24 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord but this will do for now!"
17:34:31 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord | Broken tables, chairs, and miscellaneous furniture was scattered about. It was obvious that this area was a dumping ground for what some may consider trash. It would seem relatively homely.. If there weren't cobwebs littered all over the place, with a
17:34:31 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord fine layer of dust atop of it all.
17:38:02 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord looks around the opening of the building, then back down to her, patting her hand that's around his wrist with his natural hand. "You can let go if you want to now, you've already gotten me to you lair." He chortles to himself, only taking in the »
17:38:02 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » direct surroundings before he looks directly at her again. "What used to be? You no longer live here, or you don't come here frequent enough for it to be considered your domicile anymore?"
17:40:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord had forgotten she had latched onto him, immediately releasing him as if he had burned her. "Right!" She spun around to face her....... Lair. She clasped her hands behind her back as she snickered. "Well.. More like I got found out. This was a while ago
17:40:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord though. Hardly anyone hides out here, but when you're stuck trying to find an escape out of Silvermoon, sometimes you gotta lay low!" She waggled his screen close to his locked up arm, a blatant sign of 'try to take it'. They both knew better.
17:43:55 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord cocks a brow down at her before turning his head to look around the place with a bit more interest in the more basic details of what he hadn't gotten to see in his quick scan before. He doesn't give her tease of the screen any sort of acknowledgement »
17:43:56 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » other than a chuff, looking down to her and using his natural hand to try to swipe the screen from her. "What sorts of things were you trying to get away from the last time you were here?"
17:46:16 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord allowed him to take the screen with ease, freeing up her other hand. She hummed before clicking her tongue. "The very last time? My ex-fiance." She nodded confidently before pausing. "Or it might've been.. No he showed afterwards, but they were all a part
17:46:16 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord of his little group of friends." She turned to face him once more before eyeing the screen in his hands. "What all does that screen do?"
17:54:15 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord keeps that brow lofted, tilting his head a bit as he tucks the screen under his arm and pulls his left arm's glove down as much as he can, then rolls up that sleeve to expose the metal beneath. "Ex-fiance? Sensitive subject or am I allowed to pry into »
17:54:15 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » that at all?" He grabs at the screen again and waves it just enough to make the motion and grab at her attention with it before he uses it to start scanning his arm with it. "It's only function is to locate problem sectors on these temporary »
17:54:15 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » prosthetics. Very few things it picks up, though." He grunts, smacking the screen on his arm when it fails to detect anything. "Looks like I'm just going to have to wait this one out, then."
17:57:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord let out a hearty laugh as he spoke. Her attention would be caught easily as she eyed the screen, watching his movements as he explained. She hummed lightly before staring at his arm. "Well, it's a bit of a long story.. But we can both safely assume that I
17:57:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would make a terrible wife."
17:57:43 Aelarà snickers at you.
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18:01:54 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord rolls his eyes at the device and smacks it on his natural thigh once before he starts to tuck it away in the pouch again. "Perhaps to this ex-fiance of yours, but the right person is likely out there somewhere." He resorts to taking the screwdriver and »
18:01:55 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » digging it idly around amid the metallic bars and gaps of his forearm. "But that's just my theory, that there's someone right for everyone. Now how long that right person is around or if they ever cross paths is an entirely different expression."
18:04:53 [Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord]: "Well, it was an arranged marriage, so there weren't many feelings to begin with." *She paused to hop up on a table, making herself comfortable as a cloud of dust poofed up and scattered around her legs.* "He was very upset that I did not want to be
18:04:53 [Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord]: married. Everyone was, but I was quite young at the time. When I denied his hand he began extremely offended. My family at the time offered my younger sister's hand instead, but that only offended him." *Her smile faded as her gaze drifted off of him and
18:04:53 [Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord]: seemingly off into space.*
18:05:14 [Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord]: "Sin'dorei politics are infuriating."
18:09:47 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord clickidy-step follows behind her, standing in front of her as he continues to dig around in his forearm with the screwdriver. "So you still don't wish to be married?" His brow lofts as he leaves the screwdriver tucked in there as he reaches up to »
18:09:47 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » remove his mask and set it in her lap without a thought or word to see if this is alright. "Or you just didn't? Stop me if I am being too nosy. I tend to ask too many personal questions." As he says this, he returns to digging the tool around.
18:12:47 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord leaned back on her arms so she would be able to crane her head up to blink up toward him. "Oh, I have no qualms being married.. But not to that man." She accepted the mask with ease, toying with it in one hand as she used the other for support. "I was
18:12:47 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord incredibly young at the time and did not wish to be married off to a stranger so soon." She lightly tapped a nail against the mask before returning her gaze back on him. "He had been married many times before as well. Each wife had killed themselves,
18:12:47 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord though many said it was for different reasons. It wasn't until much later that I had realized how foolish those lies truly were."
18:19:31 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuffs, shaking his head a bit. "This is fair. Being married in general is a large step to take, let alone as young as you were and to a man who conveniently lost so many wives before. The common factor is this man, it's ridiculous that even with the »
18:19:32 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » lies he was not seen through sooner." There's a clack as something pops on his arm. His faux fingers start to flex and the arm begins to move a bit more freely. "What happened to him? Death, I assume?"
18:23:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord waggled a finger up in the air. "Quite the opposite. He was a wealthy man and always walked free. Many knew what truly happened, but chose to turn a blind eye. He was a greedy man who would never truly be punished, but angering him was worse. He accepted
18:23:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord my sister, only to have her hung. Everyone insisted it was suicide. It was supposed to be me, but I failed my sister. We had spoken the day before, planning an escape for her.." Her words trailed off as she exhaled shakily, turning the mask over to view
18:23:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord the other side of it before continuing. "I continued to pry and insist the guards aid me. Then my father drowned.. And my mother burned after being 'trapped' within our home." She shook her head lightly, allowing her hair to hang over her face like a
18:23:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord curtain as she continuously tapped on the mask. Tap tap tap! The long length of her nail making an audible click as she busied herself.
18:29:22 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord idly flexes his newly freed hand as she speaks, his expression darkening throughout before he tucks the screwdriver away and begins to replace his sleeve and gauntlet. "Unfortunate. The systems put in place to protect the people turned against them by »
18:29:22 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » a few stray coins, no doubt. I am sorry for your loss, as ingenuine it might sound coming from a near stranger after the fact." Right hand comes towards her, laying over one of hers if she allows it. "Does he still live and corrupt now?"
18:32:00 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord doesn't move, allowing him to set a hand over her own. "He does not.. Not after I finally got my hands on him, but it took a long time and quite a few... Trials and errors -- mostly error." Lara hooked a slim digit against the top of her wristband,
18:32:00 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord pulling it down to fully expose her forearm. The burn marks may have been the first apparent scarring, though upon further inspection one could see the deep, vertical gash. "My death was supposed to look like suicide as well. He only managed a deeper
18:32:00 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord injury on this arm.. The other was less harmed, but the scarring makes me seem.. Unstable. At that point, I had become quite livid. I allowed my anger to get the best of me at that time."
18:36:13 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord first only looks at the offered scarring, taking in as much of the detail as he is able without seeming like he's too interested in it for the discussion to remain on a normal level of sharing. "I see. This is the revenge you were talking about last »
18:36:13 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » night, then." It isn't a question, rather him connecting dots as he, without hesitation or any indication that he realizes this might not be alright, lets go of her hand to gently rub natural thumb over the most obvious of the marks. "Has there been »
18:36:14 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » any retaliation against you from his peers or supporters?"
18:39:30 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord let a sad laugh slip past her lips as he ran his thumb across her scarring. "There was for quite a long time. But they haven't been able to find me for quite a long time. I was still quite young at that time. They had found me once or twice, but only
18:39:30 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord those within his family were angry." She paused to sigh lightly, her own free hand moving to lightly pass over some of the scarring herself. "The burns do hide a bit, they used to be quite stark, but the wristbands are a necessity."
18:43:14 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord continues to gently rub at the starkest of marks, seemingly memorizing the ridges of the scar by touch; skin-to-skin contact. "So this was many years ago, then." Another statement of observation; a personal clarification as he puts the pieces of the »
18:43:14 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » story together in a coherent linear formation. "You don't need to explain to me why covering these is necessary." With a faint, reassuring smile, he taps his free, replacement hand against the metal of his chest.
18:47:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord stared down toward her exposed forearm as he lightly rubbed. She would lightly shiver, shaking her head. "It's breezy in here!" She let out a small snort as she toyed with his mask with her other hand. "It's been many years since this happened, but these
18:47:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord scars are still unsightly. Unfortunately there's no magic except illusion to remove them." She paused to turn her head back up, facing him once more. "Are there other parts of your head that are mechanical? I know your neck clicks often." Her right ear
18:47:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord twitching ever so slightly as she spoke.
18:52:01 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord turns his gaze back down to her arm and loosens, but still touches her if she doesn't pull her arm away from him. "They aren't unsightly. They are a testament to your survival and struggles. I won't lie and tell you that scars are a thing of aesthetic »
18:52:01 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » beauty, but the strength behind them... That is." He nods, clicking. "Some of my neck and the back of my skull where my eye is fitted into place. What you hear is mostly my shoulder, though, as the others are surface level installments."
18:54:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord offered him a sweet smile, albeit a small one, as she blinked down toward her own arm. She would nod once more before standing up straight onto the table, leaving her exposed arm within his reach as she pulled her free arm up. She would extend her arm out
18:54:44 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord toward his hood in an attempt to push it back to free his head. Her movements were slow and sure, allowing him time to stop her if he did not wish for her to do so.
19:01:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord continues to hold her wrist lightly, looking up at her with a few clicks of his shoulder and allowing her to push his hood back without any resistance. As the hood slides back and off his head, the tuft of hair beneath sticks out, horribly in every »
19:01:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » direction it's able, and just as he'd stated, metallic, silver plating goes from his right eye back to the back of his skull and down his neck, though the connections are superficial even in appearance. There is scarring across his face, all healed »
19:01:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » over but still prominent, with the loudest of them being over that false eye's lid and brow, stretching across his cheek. The false eye itself is inset as a natural one would be, with the plating holding the wires that sink into the oriface in »
19:01:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » place, primarily. He says nothing, but his hand flexes subtley around her wrist.
19:05:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord remained silent for a long moment as her pale eyes flit over his face, drinking in his appearance. Her slender hand would reach out toward his face, her fingertips ghosting over the scarred flesh as she leans a bit closer to inspect certain parts. Her
19:05:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord gaze slid from his artificial eye to his real one, catching his gaze as her dull nails gingerly scraped against the silver plating trailing the back of his skull. Lara doesn't speak, only offering another genuine smile.
19:09:42 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord breathes, finally, after not realizing he hasn't been since she began pushing his hood back. When she smiles at him, he pushes a thicker breath through his nostrils and they flare, a chuff escaping him as he temporarily breaks the eye contact to glance »
19:09:42 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » at her wrist again. "You're the first to see this that isn't my assistant. It is... Odd being this exposed. Not uncomfortable, just odd."
19:13:33 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's smile only grew as he spoke, breaking the silence between them. "It does feel freeing, being so exposed.." Her eyes flit down toward her arm before trailing back up to his face. She made true eye contact with him, as before she was unsure if they had
19:13:33 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord before under his mask. "Feels breezy." She chuckled warmly, as she moved to ruffle his hair, running her slim digits through his hair to lightly scratch his head with her dull nails.
19:18:36 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuffs, the crooked grin on his face settling in to stay as he glances down to their junction again to let his gaze linger there longer. "Breezy," he repeats, snorting and looking up when her hand filters in through his coarse hair. It'll become »
19:18:36 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » immediately clear that it's so wild because of the hood, and that it might also be so short for the same reason. Without a change in tone, he quietly sighs. "My wife used to do this, too. We would sit in the evening together, and she would run her »
19:18:36 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » fingers through my hair in silence. It is a fond memory. A missed sensation, if I am honest."
19:22:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's eyes zeroed in on his smile as he grinned, her own smile never leaving her face as she openly stared at him. "You must miss her. She sounds lovely." Her smile falters slightly as she offers a more sorrowful tone. "I am sorry for your loss, I never
19:22:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord truly said the words, but know that I feel the same as you.. Despite our newly formed friendship." Despite her awkward tone, her hand never retracted from his hair. She continued to lightly run her fingers across his scalp as she avoided eye contact,
19:22:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord staring at anything but the Zandalari.
19:27:47 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lightly shakes his head as to not give her any indication that he's trying to dislodge her hand from himself. "I do, but I have moved past it. It was nearly a decade ago, now? Time is funny, to some. I still love and miss my wife, but she is no longer »
19:27:48 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » here, and would be disappointed in the way I behaved when she was taken." His free hand idly reaches to scratch at where metal and flesh meet on his stomach. He stares at the table beneath her for a moment before letting a crooked grin take his »
19:27:48 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » mouth again, albeit smaller this time. "So we are friends now, so quickly?"
19:33:17 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord hummed, nodding as he spoke. "My past happened 16 years ago. My family would surely react in the manner." She would continue scratching his head, moving to a different spot as she waved her free hand in the air. The movement of her wrist seemed more fluid
19:33:17 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord now that the thick fabric was no longer restricting the joint. Lara immediately straightened up as he spoke. "What!! I said no such thing." She was unnecessarily close to his face, her small freckles easier to see as she turned her face away from his own.
19:33:17 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord She paused to trail her hand down the side of his face before moving to lightly tap on one of his tusks.
19:36:57 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shakes his head only slightly, to not pull away from her at all or now gouge her since she is so close. "You just said so not but a moment ago." He's snickering, blatantly amused by her attempt to cover her already vibrant tracks. Glancing at her hand »
19:36:58 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » near his tusk, he snorts once more. "You've been so flippant in your previous examinations. Why do you hold yourself back on this one?"
19:39:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would immediately wrap her hand over the tusk pulling him closer in an attempt to force eye contact. "I did not say anything!" Her eyes would turn to glance anywhere but back at him before she forced herself to look at him once more, "But.. Are we?" The
19:39:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord Sin'dorei sun fruit hybrid humanoid had returned as the tops of her cheeks were dusted with an light shade of crimson, only going a shade or two darker with her question.
19:44:35 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord moves easily with her pull, but is still firm when she's put him in the place where she wanted him. His gaze never leaves her face even as she visibly gets flustered, his own expression remaining neutral as his arms loosely fold at his chest. "Are we? »
19:44:35 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » You were the one who said it first, and I've never been one to make assumptions about other people that weren't stereotypically based."
19:47:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord exhaled sharply before releasing his tusk, nodding confidently -- or nodding as much as she could without accidentally bonking her forehead against any part of him. "Yes.. We are." She was quick to move her arms, crossing her marred arm over the covered
19:47:14 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord as she narrowed her pale eyes toward him. "I believe it to be so." Despite her confident stance, her words were barely above a whisper, drifiting in what little air there was between them.
19:51:56 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord thrums to himself, staying in the same place she'd put him and letting a faint smirk start to weasel its way onto his face. "Are we? Or is there something else you would classify this as?" He's openly antagonizing her again, standing up straight and »
19:51:57 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » looking at her with a brow lofted as his hands shift down to his hips. "Is there even anything else this could be classified as? Some strange elvish word or something?"
19:55:32 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord moved to place her hands on her hips, cocking one out to the side as she pursed her lips. "I'm not sure.. I don't think there's a word. Is there one for you Zandalari?" She would move to poke at his cheek. "Some strange trollish word, or something?" Her
19:55:32 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord tone was full of mirth as she openly imitated him. "You should be educating me!"
19:55:32 Aelarà snickers at you.
19:57:48 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shakes his head, minutely and into her finger when she prods him. "There is not, that I'm aware of, aside from the direct translation of the word 'friendship'." He chuffs, reaching to tug her wrist cover back up and into place. "Should be careful how »
19:57:49 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » often we linger alone in places though, where people can see us. They will assume that there is more happening than just 'friendship'."
20:00:32 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord offered Halur'zak a cheeky grin as she moved to flick one of his tusks lightly. "That would be shocking, wouldn't it? Makes it all the more tempting to allow them to view whatever they please." Lara would lean her head back, allowing a hearty chuckle to
20:00:32 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord slip past her lips. Her warm laughter chimed through the air as she simply shook her head. "Though I believe your people would permanently ban you before I found any repercussions." She would lean forward to poke the fleshy part of his chest.
20:04:04 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lightly shrugs, clicking his tongue almost as loudly as his shoulder clacks in response to the motion. "It is becoming more common, from my observations, actually. Yesterday morning I saw an elf woman smaller than you with a Zandalari larger than »
20:04:04 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » myself, very clearly mated with one another. It was fascinating, to say the least." Despite the academic vernacular, he's snickering through the words. As she pokes at his chest he feigns being pushed back enough to lean backward, then right himself »
20:04:04 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » again. "Luckily for me, I am already exiled from my people. You would face far more than I would, I believe."
20:07:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would lean uncomfortably close to the Zandalari once more. "An exiled Zandalari and an exiled noble become friends." A snort interrupted her laughter, causing her to lightly fake a cough. She would move to press her lips lightly on his forehead, if he
20:07:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord allowed, though the graze of her lips were lighter than a feather. Before either could speak, she would hop down off the table, moving to firmly press her hands against the exposed tops of her hips. "The real shock for most would be a man interested in me
20:07:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord at all. You would see more shock from my allies for that than anything more."
20:07:23 Aelarà laughs at you.
20:11:44 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord doesn't respond at all to the feathered kiss, aside from pulling his hood back up into place after she's hopped down off the table. He takes his mask, but doesn't replace it against his face just yet, turning his gaze down on her before he shifts his »
20:11:45 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » body to face her as well. "Would it not be a surprise to you, though? In a hypothetical scenario, if someone were to declare interest in you beyond friendship?" His tone is flatly serious, academic as all else, and ignoring her laughter as a »
20:11:45 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » deflection she might be presenting.
20:14:56 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord hummed loudly before exhaling gently. Her gentle smile spread into a devious grin as she waggled her brows toward him. "Why yes, it would be. Are you implying something there Zak?" Despite his flat tone, she would take a step closer, strutting up to him
20:14:56 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord with her hands still set firmly in place.
20:18:09 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord pops his shoulders in a more exaggerated shrug, putting his mask back into place likely to cover his own expression. "I imply nothing, only present hypothetical situations in order to get the metaphorical gears grinding." His gaze moves to the table »
20:18:09 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » again, following the outline her body had left where she'd sat and stood in the dust. "It should not be surprising though. By all standards, you are attractive, for an elf. It would be surprising if you had not been approached at the very least by a »
20:18:10 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » more brazen male looking to bed you for an evening with pickup lines."
20:23:18 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's eyes narrowed dangerously as he placed his mask back upon his face. "Oh? Well, your hypothetical situations are creating many metaphors I see." She snickered before following his gaze toward the table. Instead of becoming embarassed, Lara would become
20:23:18 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord occuppied with the thought of where all that dust was, immediately flipping her cloak up an over her shoulder to expose the back of her pants. She would immediately begin attempting to brush all the dust that clung to the backs of her legs. She froze as
20:23:18 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord he spoke, narrowing her eyes even more -- Was that possible? "I am not so easy to fall for honeyed words! But if you must know, I do get a few advances, but those are different." She continued in her swatting, hopelessly attempting to remove all that
20:23:18 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord clung to her.
20:28:40 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shakes his head, clickidy clack. "I didn't mean to imply that you were, only that it shouldn't surprise you that someone may find interest in you." His head tips as she brushes the dust off of herself, down first to see what she's doing, then up to »
20:28:40 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » prevent letting any of that dust manage to get into what parts of his face are exposed. "I would never imply that you would just slip away with someone for saying you are attractive. Again, for an elf."
20:29:59 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's grin only grew wider as she paused in her brushing to wave that hand up in the air to get his attention once more. "The difference, is that I'm not friends with them. Having a friendship before so changes things." That same hand would lurch forward to
20:29:59 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord pat his chest before attempting to move back to deal with the remainder of her dusty clothes.
20:32:50 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord does glance down at her, for as long as she's not dusting herself off. "So the key to getting you into that situation is to befriend you first, then lay the pickup lines on. Understood." He's chuckling, clearly mocking her a bit as his head turns back »
20:32:50 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » up when her hands start going again. His own arms cross over his chest and he continues quietly chuckling to himself.
20:34:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would snicker lightly, a small snort interrupting her. "And I don't have many friends. Plenty of allies, but not many I would consider a friend." She offered him a blindingly bright smile as she smacked her hand against the side of her rear. -- Way to
20:34:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord ruin a moment, Lara. "And what of yourself?" She quirked her head to the side before quickly adding. "Hypothetically, of course."
20:36:45 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord immediately snaps his gaze down at the louder smacking sound, glancing between her backside and her face once he realizes where he is very clearly looking. Clearing his throat, he offers little more than a slight shrug. "What about myself, »
20:36:45 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » hypothetically? I am not an attractive elvish woman. The same hypotheticals do not apply."
20:38:48 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would pause in her slapping to offer him a cheeky smile. "That's twice now." Her smile seemed victorious even though there was seemingly nothing to gain. "Well, then speak on behalf of Halur'zak, not of the perspective of an elvish woman." She would
20:38:48 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord waggle her brows toward him.
20:41:31 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord cocks a brow down at her, focusing entirely on her face. "Twice now for what?" He seems genuinely confused, despite how it had -just- happened. He chuffs and shakes his head, looking to one of the walls before back down to her. "You want to know what »
20:41:31 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » would hypothetically convince me to go to bed with someone?"
20:43:41 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would place her hands right back on the tops of her hips as she leaned forward to offer him a smug smile. "That you've called me attractive." As she leaned back up, her cloak would slip off of her shoulder, falling back into place as she simply shrugged.
20:43:41 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord "I meant more along the lines of having interest in another.. But I suppose that wouldn't be discounted either." She moved a slender hand up to tap against her cheek as she quirked her head to one side.
20:50:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord immediately glances away and reaches up to rub the back of his neck between the hood and the top of his armor. "It is merely an observation that has been made by comparison of your features to that of other elves I have seen and the attentions they »
20:50:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » receive from the opposite sex." Clearing his throat, he continues to rub his neck. "Of course that's what you meant... Shared interests for at least a short period of time. Not having any qualms with my parts. That sort of thing." He completely »
20:50:08 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » ignores his own assumption and doesn't answer what is likely the more glaring question.
20:53:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's eyes lit up as it was finally his turn to glance away. "Oh? Is that so?" She feigned sadness, allowing a playful frown to spread across her lips as he spoke. "And here I thought you were complimenting me." She was finding it increasingly difficult to
20:53:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord keep the frown in its place, as a smile kept trying to shine through her acting. "Oh, no no. I insist you answer your own question. I was mistaken in my wording. You were correct the first time." She would lift a leg high in the air before firmly planting
20:53:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord it ontop of the table. -- It was not her intention to have her legs brazenly spread as she heaved herself BACK up onto the table. Unfortunately she was more naive at times than she realized as she finally reached her destination, moving to motion in the
20:53:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord air with both hands. "Go on."
21:00:10 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord meets her face with his gaze only after he realizes that his face is -hidden-, and even if there is a chance that he's embarassed or anything of the nature, she won't be able to see it. It gives him an air of arrogance, almost, amid his confidence. "In »
21:00:10 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » its own way it is a complement, isn't it? Statistically, you are attractive. There is only a small chance that I, personally, would not agree with the facts." His shoulders shrug and he brings his arm back down, lacing it back into place with the »
21:00:11 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » other. "You didn't answer it properly, yourself. So by that argument, you would need to respond first, then I will answer. It is only fair."
21:04:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord tutted as he spoke, allowing her arrogance to supersede all other blaring warnings to cease. "Statistically attractive? That's hardly a compliment either!" She would imitate his shrug with one of her own before moving to cross an arm over her waist,
21:04:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord cocking a hip out effectively shrinking herself. "I suppose it depends on how attractive I find an individual." She would raise her free hand up to waft in the air as she prattled on. "Usually, not by looks, but by conversation. Many do not give others
21:04:51 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord the time of day, and those that do are oftentimes dull." She would offer a victoriously smug grin as she honed in onto the small slit where his eyes were exposed, like a hawk.
21:09:27 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shrugs slightly, clacking away as he does so. "If you do not perceive it as a complement, that is less my doing, and more your nonacceptance of blatant facts." He leans back a bit, though only from the hip up, and looks at her through that slit with an »
21:09:27 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » unseen crookedness to his mouth. "So you chat for a few minutes or hours, decide if you like their conversation, then what? Wait for them to ask, or do so yourself?" Letting his left arm break away from his chest, he gives a one shouldered shrug. »
21:09:28 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » "That is not much different than what I said."
21:13:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would shrug her own shoulders, clicking her tongue as she did so. "Blatant facts, hmm? You know, there would be many who disagree with your so-called facts." She snickered before quirking a brow. "I do no such thing! Usually I am drunk and they're boring.
21:13:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord Everyone once in a while they peak my interests, but after a night it's painfully dull. The lack of any kind of feeling becomes routine and hardly any fun." She would realize her rambling immediately biting her tongue as she offered him a small nod. That
21:13:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord confidence was beginning to wane as she moved to slap a hand against the metal plating on his chest.
21:18:07 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord doesn't so much as flinch when her hand smacks into his chest, his own brow cocking up at her as his head tilts acutely. "Is it not the point of a romp to simply find someone that might physically sate you for a while before moving on, or am I mistaken »
21:18:07 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » and you are not looking simply for an evening and more for an extended period of time?" His eyes don't narrow on her, but his tone does. His chest puffs into her hand more than his normal breathing, though not in any attempt to push her away. "When »
21:18:07 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » you're looking, it's not for something quick. It is for a connection. Isn't it?"
21:20:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord was quick to whip her head to the side, quicker than all the other times as the words flew out of her mouth. "There's a certain, lack of passion. There's not true attraction at times. Sometimes a physical 'sating' does the opposite." She would drum her
21:20:45 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord fingers against his chest rhythmically as she conspicuously avoided any and all eye contact. She was eerily silent, unmoving as she simply stood planted where she was.
21:23:46 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuffs, tilting his head back into proper position and leaning to be straight backed again as he looks her over with very little subtlety. "You want a relationship." It's statement of fact, as far as his tone is concerned, though there is a minuscule »
21:23:46 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » chuckle there in the back of his throat. "You don't go looking for that in the places it sounds like you're looking. Those places are where you go to get your kicks for a night, maybe two or three."
21:26:53 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's eyes widened as they seemingly have come to the same realization around the same time. A pained expression crossed her features as she cursed under her breath. "Ahhh shit." She moved to press her palms into her eyes as she finally breathed once more.
21:26:53 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord "Well I hadn't considered /that/." Her ears twitching erratically as she exhaled sharply. "Well that's not.. I don't mean.." She tumbled over her words and her sentences were jumbled together.
21:30:13 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lofts a brow and again tilts his head for a moment. "You're acting like there's something wrong with that. There isn't. It is common to want a person to be consistent with. Consistency in relationships of most genres is what tends to make them more »
21:30:13 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » fulfilling." He shrugs, flaying his fingers out from his biceps. "And it isn't as if I'm standing here telling you to find someone to marry and spend your life with right this moment. Only that that consistency in someone whose company you enjoy is »
21:30:14 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » what you are seeking when you go around finding these isolated moments of temporary, physical entertainment."
21:34:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord let out a sheepish chuckle as he continued to speak. "Well those are generally a bit more complicated than just that." She shook her head, moving to run both her hands through her silky locks, shaking them out before running those digits through the full
21:34:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord length, down and out. "I'm more or less kicking myself for only just now realizing such a thing, is all." She snorted. "It hadn't even crossed my mind. I suppose that would make sense though, with the type of company kept." She paused before another
21:34:22 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord realization hit. Lara shook her head, as if to dispel the thoughts in her head as she replaced her hand back onto his chest. She was quick to remove that hand, realizing the newly formed habit.
21:37:19 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord offers a hidden, muffled chuckle and grin as he nods once. "This kind of realization may take the company of someone who can tell what you are saying beyond the blatant words used to understand. We hide things from ourselves when we do not wish to see »
21:37:19 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » them just yet." He only looks down towards his chest when she pulls back her hand, confusion settling into his tone and features in the shadows. "You've stopped. Is something the matter?"
21:39:35 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord curled her fingers into her palm as it remained hovering over his chest. "I do not usually touch others, yet poking and prodding you is confusingly natural.. Is all." Her movement was choppy as she seemed conflicted in whether or not to rest her hand back
21:39:36 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord onto him or not.
21:41:13 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lets a breath slip with a bit more force than normal through his nostrils. Hands go to his hips and he looks at her with intent, perhaps a smidge of compassion somewhere in there. "Is it comforting to you as well?"
21:42:58 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's eyes rose back up to meet his own after his words, honing in on the two final words. "As.. Well?" Her smile was small as she moved to press her palm against the fleshy part of his chest, breathing shakily for a moment before nodding. "Yes.. More so
21:42:58 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord than other touches." Her gaze returned back down toward his chest as she stared at the back of her palm.
21:46:12 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord nods slightly, clicking. "Yes, as well as it being natural, is it comforting to touch me?" He doesn't seem to see the connection she might have made, but not seeing it doesn't discredit it. Her hand comes over his chest and his natural hand goes over »
21:46:12 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » hers, the other remaining at his hip. "Then continue to do so. It doesn't bother me, or I would have already asked you to stop. But I haven't."
21:49:06 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord remained silent for a few moments longer as he spoke, simply watching as he pressed his hand over her own. "You know..." A playful smile danced across her lips as she quirked a brow back up. "You're inviting a long time of poking and prodding." She
21:49:06 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord wiggled her hand underneath his own.
21:51:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuffs, patting his hand over hers twice before it rests there again. "The invitation is merely verbalised now. It was always present." He lets go of her hand and places his own back at his hip, a nod dipping his chin. "Putting it into words does not »
21:51:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » change its existence, like anything else."
21:54:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's smug grin re-emerged as she began to drum her fingers against him once again. "You may find regret in those words." She snickered lightly before trailing her hand down the side of her torso in an attempt to tickle the LARGE Zandalari. "What if I find
21:54:55 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord weaknesses?"
21:57:47 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord doesn't react to her prodding at all, almost as if he's numb to it and doesn't feel her drumming. He glances down to look at where she's touching, then back up to her, still not reacting. "That won't work. And I likely won't. It is more likely that you »
21:57:47 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » will get bored of doing this or vanish entirely from my social goings before I would ever find a reason to regret the permission you've had this entire time."
21:59:48 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord would immediately bring her hand back up, attempting to wriggle her fingers beneath his hood to try and tap against his neck. "You say that now." She let out a maniacal laughter as she she would try to sneak her hand up under his mask to press her fingers
21:59:48 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord against his cheek.
22:02:28 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord nods as her hand tracks back upwards, still unflinching and unresponsive to her touching even as he reaches up to remove the mask so she doesn't have to work around it. He even cranes his head a bit to allow her access to his neck, without reaction. As »
22:02:28 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » her hand finds his cheek, though, he subconsciously tilts his head into the touch and straightens right after. "I doubt that. But you are more than welcome to test your theory."
22:04:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord playfully frowned as he spoke, moving to place her other hand on the other side of his cheek -- effectively cupping his face. "You've got to be sensitive somewhere and I will figure it out!" She would guide her hands up to scratch dully at his scalp as
22:04:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord she contemplated her next actions, openly eyeing him for potential spots. "This isn't fair, you may be less ticklish than I.. But that's simply because I have more that can /be/ affected."
22:09:34 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord continues to stand there, allowing her to do as she pleases without interruption or diversion. His expression softens a bit at the gentle scritching, but he remains focused on her. "I am, and unless you plan on getting me out of my armor, it will be »
22:09:34 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » rather difficult to locate those places." His head gives a slight shake. "I am not ticklish. My nerves have been dulled by," he trails off, motioning to his replacement limbs. "It is a side effect of the hasty actions of a man thinking himself »
22:09:35 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » smarter than he actually was."
22:12:10 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord had not considered his words as he spoke, simply nodding as she continued to scratch, running circles around his scalp. "Then what /are/ you receptive to? Do you still feel pain? Do you feel anything at all?" She was quick to remove a hand from his head,
22:12:10 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord leaving one to continue, as she gripped his chin with her hand, moving him this way and that as she openly inspected him. "Are your nerves dulled everywhere?" She would blow a puff of air against his face, blinking rapidly. "Did you feel that?" She was a
22:12:10 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord brilliant scientist of this generation, it appeared.
22:15:41 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuckles to himself as she shifts him about and conducts her own little experiments. "I feel this, yes. And that." His head twitches backward at the puff of air a couple inches before he leans forward again and rights himself. "I have mild sensation in »
22:15:41 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » my torso and preserved limbs. If there is need to feel something, I have ways of increasing that sensation temporarily, but the more frequently that this resource is used, the less effective it is."
22:21:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord pursed her lips as she continued her examination. "You can increase your sense?? That sounds.. Dangerous." She blinked once or twice before openly staring at him once more, a small smile dancing across her lips as he chuckled. She would begin lightly
22:21:21 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord drawing circles against his temple as she hummed. "Are you able to remove sensations in case of emergencies??" She would pause before humming. "That would be something helpful to have."
22:25:55 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shrugs his shoulders, idly bringing his hands up to rest them on either of her hips without seeming to notice that he's moved at all. "It's only dangerous if I'm not careful, and I'm always careful. I've risked enough with stunting the regeneration »
22:25:55 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » processes in most of my body, I don't plan on risking any more than I have to, now." His head lightly shakes and he looks between her eyes and her mouth as she speaks, focusing on what she's saying. "It is merely a combination of a couple »
22:25:55 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » compounds." Drug. It's a drug. "I wouldn't need to dull my personal senses any further, but I'm sure there's a combination out there that acts as a mild paralytic that may act the way you are asking."
22:30:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord nodded along as he spoke, jumping ever so slightly as he placed his hands on her hips, relaxing against his touch as she focused on his works. "Ah.. I see. That still sounds a bit dangerous." She snorted before leaning closer ot his face to narrow her
22:30:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord eyes playfully toward him. "That sounds less like alchemy and more on the illicit side of things." She would slowly raise a finger up between the two before painfully slowly booping him on the nose. She would shift gears, immediately feigning surprise as
22:30:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord she brought her other hand up to her mouth. Her lips formed a small 'o' as she batted her lashes toward him. "You're not a criminal?? Are you????"
22:34:37 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord snorts, shaking his head just enough to make the motion noticed, but not make her remove her hands. "It might be, but I only use it for myself when the need arises and very rarely does it arrive anymore." He chuffs, again shaking his head and flexing »
22:34:37 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » his hands around her hips lightly as he does so as involuntary reflex. "I would hope not to anyone outside the Zandalari Empire. That would make things rather difficult for me and I would be rather dim to have not noticed yet."
22:38:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord let a hearty chuckle rumble through her chest as he spoke. There was a slight vibration that thrummed through her as he flexed his hands, causing her to pause in her rubbing for only a moment before quickly recovering. "Well it's a good thing that you
22:38:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord don't seem like a criminal. I don't spend time with troublemakers." She winked up toward him, snorting lightly as she shook her head, her hair flopping around as she spoke.
22:43:19 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord chuckles softly, tilting his head towards her hand though his gaze remains fixated and stern. "I don't seem like a criminal? By Zandalari standards, I am one, though. I deserted the Pandaria Expeditions. I fled an active war. I'm a war criminal." His »
22:43:19 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » hands loosen on her solely in the chance that she wishes to wiggle free from his grasp at the admissive clarification. Her wink and its implications are clearly lost on him.
22:47:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's smile was warm as he spoke only offering a small nod of her head as he spoke. "I see no criminal, just Halur'zak. You deserting their war saved lives. How many do you think survived? From steadying your hand? You may never know, but a war criminal is
22:47:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord not how I view you." She paused to press her other hand against his opposite cheek. "I'm a murderer. A liar. A thief." She would pause in her serious tone, shifting into a lighter one as she flashed him another smile. "And a lollygagger. Those are all
22:47:42 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord true charges, but many of them have been forgiven...." She would conveniently leave out the forgery and duplicated documents that show her charges made null.
22:52:41 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord shakes his head, letting go of her hip with his natural hand to reach up and pat hers before returning to its previous place. "My desertion saved no lives but my own. But I understand the point you are trying to make, and will accept this for now." He »
22:52:42 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » nods along with soft clickings as she lists off her own fouls, letting his mouth form into a thin line around his tusks before he lets out a tsk-tsk. Glancing down to the table she's standing on, he chuffs, breezing by her list to add yet another »
22:52:42 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » charge. "You appear to also like deceiving others into believing you are taller than you actually are."
22:55:12 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's smile only grew as he spoke. "Saving your own life isn't a bad thing! It's a positive for me." Her sincere words were quickly overrun as she peered down to her table. "Well, this way I can touch your face! This was purely for experimentation." She
22:55:12 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord paused to snort before drumming her fingers against his face. "You aren't going to turn me in now, are you? Send me off in chains?"
22:59:41 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord lets a sincere grin crack his visage, a chortle settling in his throat. "Is it now? And what evidence do you have of that?" He takes a silent moment to debate something, the process clear in his expression as he glances downward towards the table »
22:59:42 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » again. "If I did that, I would end up going in myself. Rather unproductive to have myself taken away just for one petty charge of yours, don't you agree?"
23:02:41 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's brows shot up as she moved to lightly swat his chest. "Then you're a bounty hunter! Come to capture me yourself." She would pause, peering down toward his hands on her hips before raising both hands up, surrendering. "Though, you've caught me.. I'm not
23:02:41 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord sure what the next steps are. Do you wait until the sun has fully set and tie me down to something for the guards to find in the morning to evade your own arrest?" Her laughter only grew louder, as did her snorts, as she openly teased him.
23:08:58 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord audibly swallows down a bubble of air and saliva before glancing to his hands on her hips and shaking his head. It takes him a moment to formulate a proper response - at least one that feels proper given the conversation and how touchy they've both »
23:08:58 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » been. "If I were to tie you down to something it wouldn't be where anyone but myself would be able to find you, and wouldn't last very long." He clears his throat, glancing back up to her and straightening himself out.
23:12:05 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's slow blinks were an indication that she was not following his words for a moment, an obvious look of confusion as he spoke. "But what other reason would you have to tie me down? If not for being a lawbreaker? To prevent me from swiping a cog from you?"
23:12:05 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord She let out a snicker before a snort caught her off guard -- this one much louder than others as it echoed through the abandoned hovel. Both her hands moved to cover the bottom half of her face as she shook her head, attempting to wind down her naive
23:12:05 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord laughter.
23:17:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord clears his throat and looks at the ground again, shaking his head and looking at his feet as he adjusts them to be spread a bit further apart. "You're right. There are flaws in this plan. I will need to rethink it, clearly." She snorts and his »
23:17:30 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » attention immediately goes back up to her face, his body leaning back a bit as he snickers himself. "The idea of swiping parts from me while I'm vulnerable is that amusing to you, huh?"
23:20:08 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord shook her head as she offered another cheeky smile. "Not at all.. In fact, I'd sooner attempt to swipe an earring for gold than I would a cog. Goblins are too picky these days." Her hand would trail down the side of his ear, lightly tracing over his
23:20:08 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord cartilage before pausing on an earring. "Or this could be an elaborate ploy for you to steal from me! How do I know you aren't looking to add to your collection of Sin'dorei goods?" She would keep one hand covering half her face as she pointed a finger in
23:20:08 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord his face, a nicely manicured nail lightly poking his cheekbone.
23:26:56 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord snickers, reaching up to grasp her small hand in the mass of his own, taking it away from prodding at his face. This, he decides will be his last attempt at -this-. A half-cocked grin is tilted up her way and he pads his good eye between both of hers, »
23:26:56 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » tilting his head to accommodate the change of focus. "Why would I thieve something from you when I inteded to be given and give in return instead?" Head tilts just enough, the hand still on her hip giving a slight pulsed flex. "Do you understand..?"
23:30:34 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's blinks were an indication that she was working through it for a moment before her smile immediately dropped, quickly replaced with slight shock. "O-oh!" She would shiver underneath him as he flexed his hand against her hip, an involuntary reaction as
23:30:34 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord the fateful crimson began to dust over her cheeks once more. "I.. Right! R-right, I was simply waiting for you to reveal what I already previously knew. But now that you've brazenly a-admitted it." She paused to gently clear her throat. "I've got you now.
23:30:34 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord This was all a part of my plan... . . .. . . . ." He may have been able to feel the light twitching of her hand as the tips of her ears became increasingly hotter. -- With the satisfaction of victoriously winnin- Who were we kidding here?
23:37:28 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord began to retract and loosen his hand when she was quiet for a moment, assuming that his implications had once more gone unnoticed, either on purpose or for lack of shared understanding. Only when she starts to flush again, he returns his focused »
23:37:28 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » attention up to her and he clears his throat. "What you previously knew? Care to elaborate on that a little..?" His brow cocks and he looses her hand, returning his own to her hip where it belongs. "You've got me, hm? I fail to see how -you- have »
23:37:29 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » -me-."
23:45:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's pale eyes flit down to his hands as she physically restrained herself from squirming. "Wh-- Ahem. I simply am suggesting that you have not won... And that I.. Er.." She exhaled shakily as he returned his hand, her skin undeniably hotter than before. "I
23:45:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord knew that you were implying.. What you were implying and that I have bested you in this display of knowledge. I..Ahem..I have you be-" Her voice cracked as she spoke, causing her to quickly adjust her tone and try once again. "I -have- you." She would
23:45:03 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord nod, though it would be highly questionable if that nod was one filled wtih confidence.
23:48:24 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord tilts his head back, the metaphorical gears grinding together in that head of his as he listens to her and tries to piece together what she's saying, and what she's doing, intentionally or not. He can start to feel the difference in her body heat in »
23:48:24 Halurzak-WyrmrestAccord » his hand where glove doesn't cover, but it isn't enough to make an informed assumption with the dulling of his nerves. "You -have- me isn't making anything any more clear, Lara.
23:53:40 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord 's blinking was rapidly as she seemed a bit more jittery than before. "I.. Simply mean.. That I have you right where I want you.. And that you are under my arrest." She would firmly place her arms around his neck, effectively taking him hostage as she
23:53:40 Aelarà-WyrmrestAccord blatantly avoided eye contact with the large Zandalari. Despite this, the elf was practically vibrating... For no apparent reason.