World Drink Burst S3

[00:34:53] <Naida> Some time after Cille has been visited by her commanding officers in the most depressing manner possible, there's a sudden pounding on her door.
[00:43:54] <Cille_Lund> A pause after the knock is followed by a "Come in!" On opening the door, the Cille sitting on a chair by a small table seems...well for someone that's been in her room for a good while, she seems pretty worn!
[00:45:10] <Naida> It takes the bar wench a bit to properly focus on the quiet girl, but once she does she simply raises a hand with a bit of a smile. "Yo."
[00:51:58] <Cille_Lund> ...Huh. She doesn't seem particularly mad--or too bold and loud, for that matter. All analysises on hold! This isn't expected! ...Then again, it's not like there were much of those going on, because they don't seem to talk too much. ...At all. Huuuuh. "Hi. ...Sorry for that...scene, earlier."
[00:54:02] <Naida> Naida invites herself in and flumps (totally a verb) down on the bed. She waves aside the apology. "How are you doing? Still feeling any effects from the magic?"
[00:59:43] <Cille_Lund> "...I do feel something, but the last time it went wild, we ended up with that scene, and what I want more than anything right now is a break, because I feel miserable." She even looks the part, but at least her voice isn't screaming self-pity.
[01:01:44] <Naida> She stands right back up and takes a few steps back to the door. "Alright then, come with me."
[01:05:20] <Cille_Lund> ...Well, she doesn't seem murderous. She'd probably be open about that, so...enough paranoia! "...Sure? Sure." She's somewhat confused, but gets up to follow her regardless!
[01:08:31] <Naida> With only minimal stumbling, Naida leads Cille down to the bar, tapping her hand on a stool as she steps back behind the counter. She fills a glass with a pale lager and sets it down before Cille.
[01:13:54] <Cille_Lund> She looks into that drink, and...huh. "...It's a wonder I didn't think of this sooner." She grabs the glass, and DRINKS.
[01:14:44] <Cille_Lund> ...excessively.
[01:15:37] <Naida> "I've seen it ruin people...but I'm pretty sure we deserve it...right?"
[01:21:07] <Cille_Lund> At some point, she stops chugging. The glass is considerably lighter. "I'm not as sure about you, but I am pretty sure I need this right now. ...And I'm perfectly good at ruining myself, so I don't think this can even make it much worse."
[01:22:58] <Naida> "In this particular instance I'm more just preparing myself. Also, trust me, you likely would be more miserable if your stomach was attempting to crawl out of your mouth and you were unable to hold anything down and your head felt like gravity had thickened."
[01:24:42] <Cille_Lund> "Fair enough. ...And I think I'd be less miserable if I was thinking about that instead of everything else. In fact, that even sounds like a good time in comparison!" Another drink!
[01:27:06] <Naida> "But that's the trick that leads to the downfall of so many: it doesn't replace your pain, it just distracts you. So when you finally regain control of your head, you remember what should have been hurting you and it hurts twice as much."
[01:35:30] <Cille_Lund> "Well, I can't feel like complete garbage physically forever, so I'll accept that, like most mental anguish, it's persistent. ...And accepting that I'm in quite possibly the shittiest situation in the history of ever...I don't think I can even hurt twice as much, so drinking still sounds good. Even the part that hurts."
[01:37:02] <Naida> "Ever, hm? You know I spent a couple months thinking I was pregnant once...was just a bad stomach flu. And I did apparently put Rosa through literal Hell. And every girl our age seems destined to have at least one unrequited love..."
[01:46:30] <Cille_Lund> "Well, mine is requited, but he's basically a fugitive now, and he was dropped off in enemy territory, and that's AFTER everyone gave him hell. Combine that with our current situation and it's in the running. ...I suppose Rosa's is there too, but at least we're getting better at the magic thing, so it's...at least something that's not going to be prolonged for the duration of the war or our lives, I guess?" Drink.
[01:49:16] <Naida> "...if it's any consolation, I'd've let you stay there with him if you really wanted...he wasn't around us any longer and we'd destroyed the actual equipment he needed to get anything done in the first place...we went after you since...well while it was pretty obvious what was starting to happen between you two...we didn't actually KNOW what had happened..."
[01:49:27] <Naida> (Double contraction, DWI)
[02:00:48] <Cille_Lund> "...Well, he was a good pilot. Even after you bombed that side of the fight and I stabbed everything with shards, he somehow managed to still be flying. For those convinced he was out to get us, his life as a skilled pilot would have been something worth denying the Novs. ...That said, the least I can do is make the most of the situation here, right?"
[02:02:14] <Cille_Lund> She attempts to chug again, perhaps in response to what she had just said, but suddenly realizes this is a bad idea, and stops midway. "...Urk, nope, taking it easy from here." She will become a drunken mess GRADUALLY, thank you.
[02:02:47] <Naida> "So...as a fellow Cimbrian...I have to ask...do you actually have any idea what we signed up for? Because I heard something about fighting for my country or whatever bullshit, I was more interested in y'know...stopping the war...and...we seem to be contributing more to its continuation."
[02:03:57] <Cille_Lund> "We've signed up to further Albaea's defensive crusade, and they're not even paying us."
[02:04:23] <Cille_Lund> "After I thought about it for a while, I wanted to stop thinking. I really wonder why I didn't think of this." Drink.
[02:05:03] <Naida> "...think we can just blitz into enemy territory and try to cut off the head of the snake?"
[02:08:43] <Cille_Lund> "That's something I considered. The soldiers aren't even bad folk all the time, but if we stay here, that's all we'll be shooting, something the big-wigs clearly think is expendable. The question is if we can convince everyone here to do that, as well as if it's actually sane."
[02:09:21] <Cille_Lund> "I do know that the head is what's pushing this shit forward, though, so there's that."
[02:11:59] <Naida> Naida pours herself another drink, after clearly having been ahead in the first place, and begins sipping at it. "I'm sure Rosa would be in...Lily...I can't predict what she thinks. Henriette will be against it of course. And it's certainly insane, but nothing about our situation is sane in the first place so..."
[02:16:49] <Cille_Lund> "Well, yeah, it's pretty insane, but there's a line between just insane and suicidal. Maybe that'd have been a better sounding idea a few days ago, but not today."
[02:17:52] <Cille_Lund> "And I don't know what Henriette will think, cause she's having a rough time, herself. No idea how that's gonna go, mmmhm."
[02:20:40] <Naida> "Well...we crush planes...like it's not even fair...if we could hit them before they even took off, all the better...suppose the biggest problem would be knowing where they have...anything like us. Like I don't know what's in those pendants and I don't want to, but the Novs could have them too I imagine. And while I don't know why we didn't just fetch the body of one of the other pilots and claim we had to kill the prisoner, I
[02:20:40] <Naida> 've already got another plan if necessary and...hopefully she won't hate me if I follow through with it...so...yeah this really is all fucked isn't it. I'm curious though...what's your entire opinion of me?"
[02:23:34] <Cille_Lund> "They probably do. Considering how good we are at hiding how magical we are and how the Albaeans are making more of us fight for them, they HAVE to have something. Frankly, it'd explain why planes are expendable, they're pathetic in comparison to us, and if they really wanted, they could make a lot of us...and maybe even get away with not paying them." Drink!
[02:28:06] <Cille_Lund> "You...well, I thought you'd have hated me for the whole prisoner thing, but you don't, so I guess that's alright. ...But really, since we don't talk-or at least haven't until now, the strongest opinion I've got is that you've gotta make sure you have restraint when it comes to magic. Like, all the memories of you that really stick out are how you swallowed something in darkness and made everything worse."
[02:28:50] <Naida> "Yeah...that's fair." Her turn to drink.
[02:28:59] <Cille_Lund> "...Though I guess if we end up charging the front lines, that might be alright, cause at least then we might actually need that much bang."
[02:33:46] <Naida> "Mhm..." She finishes downing her drink. "...anything you want to air out or are we...good? At least as much as good can be at the moment."
[02:44:08] <Cille_Lund> "Hmm...well, I'm pretty sure you don't get along with Henriette, but she's recently started to realize that she was kind of awful and last I checked, was depressed as shit about everything too, so...uh, treat her with care or something? ...And if it turns out no one's for charging the front lines, Lily's expressed interest in helping this place get built up, so there's that too. ...And...ah, if you can find out if Rosalyne hates my guts or not, that'd be pretty great. Realllly don't want to check myself, especially not while I've got this magical feeling welled up inside."
[02:48:23] <Naida> "You're...pretty sure I..." Naida lets out a hearty laugh. "You really...I mean you haven't...Henri and I get along great now, of course I won't break her. As far as Rosa goes...I believe, like me, she has a bigger problem with an ill-contained Nov prisoner that doesn't offer too terribly much compared to the potential loss if he did escape with our secrets. I mean...yeah he kind of did that, but from what you've shown, it was
[02:48:23] <Naida> n't quite the same as we were preparing for. If she mistreats you at all, I'll deck her right in the face, alright?"
[02:55:44] <Cille_Lund> "...Huh, alright. Well, yeah, she's taking recent events prettttty hard, so even if you do get along, still treat her with care. She probably won't mistreat me or anything cause that's one of the reasons she's down in the first place, but..." Drink!
[02:57:42] <Naida> By the time Cille lowers her glass again, Naida's already cleaning the one she was drinking from. "Well...good talk. Guess while I wait for either a big feelgood group talk or more fucking planes, I'm going to go bathe. Or if someone's already in there...I don't know, clean the bar again. Probably some muddy tracks I've missed somewhere..."
[03:07:31] <Cille_Lund> "If I see any tracks myself, I'll take care of em. Best to do something good for this place, while we're here." DRINK. "Though honestly I hope they at least give me a day to cope or something. Thanks for the talk!"
[03:08:26] <Naida> With a smile and a nod, Naida seeks solace in a rusty tub in the Rusty Tub.