Marifa meets Atlona

summary: marifa almost runs into atlona, introduces herself, runs off her mouth. also, they talk about archery!

[10:19] -- curatorialInsight [CI] began pestering antagonisticToxin [AT] at 10:19 --
[10:20] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  decides to wander through the market on the way back to Medusa's mansion, because, really, who's going to miss her for a few minutes? Everything's always so loud and interesting here. --
[10:23] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  A rather irritated rustblood is also meandering throughout the market place. Finally having some time off, and not really wanting to hang around the barracks, Atlona is aimlessly wandering around. She wasn't going to buy anything of course but it would be nice to relax a bit. --
[10:26] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  stops by a stall to admire some spherical fruits, only to be waved away by an irritated grocer who snaps at her for hanging about when she /never/ has any caegars to spend. She takes a few stumbling steps back, raising up her hands in surrender, which of /course/ happens to put her in the path of anyone trying to hurry past. --
[10:32] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  having been rather deep in though, the rustblood didn't notice the troll who was suddenly in front of them. She ends up colliding into them, yelping a bit as she does. Luckily she manages to keep her balance, only stumbling a bit to the side. --
[10:33] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  stumbles to the other side, almost tripping over her all-enveloping green cloak before she manages to right herself. --
[10:33] CI: S(o)rry! S(o)rry, s(o)rry ab(o)ut that.
[10:34] AT: Oh, um, it's aAalright.
[10:34] AT: I didn't see you there. My baAaAaAad.
[10:35] AT: AaAare you okaAay?
[10:36] CI: Yes -- yes, I believe I'm all right. Are y(o)u?
[10:38] AT: I'm fine, just uh, yeaAah didn't see you there. Sorry.
[10:39] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  takes a step back so she's not in the way of everyone walking, but she still looks to the other troll with curiosity. --
[10:39] CI: I h(o)pe I didn't interrupt y(o)u hurrying s(o)mewhere imp(o)rtant?
[10:41] AT: Oh no you didn't.
[10:41] AT: You're fine, it's fine.
[10:41] AT: Just taAaking aAa stroll I guess.
[10:42] CI: (O)h! W(o)uld y(o)u like t(o) walk with me? I'm afraid many (o)f the regular sellers here already kn(o)w I'm n(o)t much g(o)(o)d f(o)r c(o)in...
[10:43] AT: Oh, uh, sure. Why not, yeaAah I'll waAalk with you.
[10:43] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  bobs her head, and starts walking in some random direction past the stalls. --
[10:44] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  follows suit. --
[10:44] CI: Are y(o)u a new arrival? I kn(o)w an(o)ther shipment just arrived, after all...
[10:46] AT: I suppose. Got done with traAaining aAand joined the fleet.
[10:46] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  she shrugs --
[10:46] CI: (O)h! Y(o)u're with the military? That must be exciting!
[10:47] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  is /honestly kind of excited about that/. She seems like the type to be excited about a lot of things. --
[10:47] CI: My name is Marifa. I'm n(o)t serving in the active military, but I've read ab(o)ut it. The shifts between hist(o)rical and m(o)dern-day service are fascinating.
[10:48] AT: Mm. Nice to meet you.
[10:49] AT: I'm AaAatlonaAa. And yeaAah I aAam, it's pretty exciting sometimes. I maAainly do aAarchery.
[10:50] CI: Aat... ah, Atl(o)na! It's all right if I call y(o)u by that name?
[10:51] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  is either the most polite or the most clueless midblood in existence. Possibly both. --
[10:51] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  she gives her a nod. --
[10:51] AT: It's fine.
[10:51] AT: Nice to meet you MaAarifaAa.
[10:52] CI: It's nice t(o) meet y(o)u, t(o)(o)!
[10:52] AT: So, aAahm, whaAat do you do?
[10:53] CI: And y(o)u're an archer? The rep(o)rts (o)n archery back in my library were remarkably undamaged. The backline f(o)rces wh(o) n(o)netheless fired first -- is it still that way? (O)r, ah, is that c(o)vered by space guns, (o)r...
[10:53] CI: (O)h! I'm a crusht(o)dian. Well, I was a crusht(o)dian. Am g(o)ing t(o) be a crusht(o)dian.
[10:54] AT: Oh, thaAat's...NeaAat. YeaAah.
[10:54] AT: AaAand I guess? MaAaybe? ProbaAably. Yes.
[10:56] CI: Well, I supp(o)se a better way t(o) say it is that I'm a crusht(o)dian but als(o) serving (o)ther purp(o)ses. After all, I d(o) still... ah! But the archery! Y(o)u must be excited t(o) get underway. St(o)rming new planets, crushing the aliens underf(o)(o)t f(o)r s(o)me reas(o)n...
[10:56] CI: All very exciting!
[10:59] AT: I guess. Just waAanted to put my skills to use reaAally.
[10:59] AT: I used to go hunting aAa lot.
[10:59] AT: So, I'm pretty good. Very strong.
[11:01] CI: (O)h! Yes, that's much the same reas(o)ning I use f(o)r my current situati(o)n, t(o) be frank. It's imp(o)rtant t(o) empl(o)y y(o)ur skills!
[11:03] AT: Um, yeaAah, it reaAally is.
[11:03] AT: ..Hows the whole crushtodiaAan thing like?
[11:06] CI: (O)h, well, y(o)u kn(o)w, we see that (o)ld kn(o)wledge is kept, ensure that (o)ur hist(o)ry is remembered, educate the masses... I mean, I d(o)n't really get t(o) d(o) much (o)f that right n(o)w, in my current situati(o)n, but I tut(o)r (o)ther subjects, at least.
[11:07] AT: ThaAat sounds kindaAa boring. I couldn't do thaAat, history aAand old knowldge. I think I'd faAall aAasleep.
[11:09] CI: (O)h, n(o), it's all quite interesting if y(o)u think ab(o)ut it! But (o)f c(o)urse, we als(o) catal(o)gue b(o)(o)ks and (o)ther s(o)urces (o)f learning, s(o) it's hardly just hist(o)ry, even if hist(o)ry is really (o)ne (o)f the m(o)st exciting parts. Did y(o)u kn(o)w that there are entire secti(o)ns (o)f hist(o)ry which have simply been excised fr(o)m the m(o)dern rec(o)rd?
[11:09] AT: Wow.
[11:10] CI: (O)f c(o)urse I have n(o) pr(o)(o)f, I certainly wasn't all(o)wed t(o) bring my library, but I've (o)bserved several discrepencies.
[11:10] AT: Wow.
[11:10] AT: ThaAat's certaAainly something. DaAang.
[11:10] AT: Good to know.
[11:11] CI: These things w(o)uld never have been all(o)wed t(o) happen if my pe(o)ple were all(o)wed t(o) d(o) their w(o)rk. But, then, I supp(o)se my ancest(o)r was killed (o)ver it, s(o) they pr(o)bably planned f(o)r that. (O)h -- (o)h, wait, this isn't s(o)mething I'm supp(o)sed t(o) talk ab(o)ut casually, is it?
[11:11] CI: Right, yes, uh, that was all an elab(o)rate ficti(o)n, (o)f c(o)urse.
[11:11] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  is also, perhaps, the worst liar. --
[11:12] AT: Uh huh...
[11:12] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  is looking rather confused and slightly weirded out. --
[11:13] CI: (O)h! Am I being unusual? My ap(o)l(o)gies.
[11:13] CI: Archery!
[11:14] AT: YeaAah, aAarchery. It's pretty fun. Not aAas complex aAas thaAat whole thing you just saAaid.
[11:17] CI: Yes! I'd appreciate it if y(o)u didn't menti(o)n that. I d(o)n't think it's the s(o)rt (o)f thing I sh(o)uld g(o) ar(o)und just saying, I really sh(o)uld learn t(o) watch my thr(o)at.
[11:17] CI: Er, was it 'thr(o)at'? N(o), maybe it was 'm(o)uth'.
[11:17] CI: What s(o)rt (o)f game did y(o)u hunt?
[11:20] AT: Lots of things. My lusus waAas usuaAally very hungry aAand would literaAally staAart eaAating aAand biting aAat my shit, aAand I don't even haAave aAa lot of fucking things to begin with, so I'd go out hunting for vaAarious critters aAand beaAasts.
[11:21] CI: (O)h! That must have been terrible. But necessity must have made y(o)u a g(o)(o)d hunter!
[11:22] AT: YeaAah, so I'm reaAally good aAat aAarchery now becaAause I haAad to taAake caAare of my aAannoying lusus.
[11:25] CI: Y(o)u learned s(o)me remarkable skills fr(o)m the relati(o)nship! My lusus required a l(o)t (o)f f(o)(o)d, but all I really had t(o) d(o) was g(o) (o)ut after the undead retreated and find whatever they'd managed t(o) catch and rip t(o) shreds.
[11:26] CI: Th(o)ugh I supp(o)se it did teach me h(o)w t(o) run. Undead are h(o)rrible c(o)nversati(o)nalists.
[11:26] AT: YeaAah no fucking kidding who would haAave thought.
[11:28] CI: I always th(o)ught it w(o)uld be terribly ir(o)nic if perhaps (o)ne (o)f them was an abs(o)lute chatterb(o)x, but that's really just elab(o)rate fancy.
[11:28] AT: Mmmhmm.
[11:29] AT: Not very likely to every haAappen.
[11:30] CI: Remarkably unlikely. But then, I always th(o)ught that flying up int(o) space was remarkably unlikely, and l(o)(o)k at that!
[11:30] CI: Th(o)ugh I supp(o)se f(o)r that (o)ne truth there are a th(o)usand (o)ther st(o)ries (o)f mine which really are just st(o)ries.
[11:32] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  shrugs --
[11:33] AT: AaAah, I think it's been quite aAa while since I left. I should probaAably get baAack to the baAarraAacks aAand such.
[11:34] CI: (O)h! (O)h, yes. I best be getting back, myself, else the Mistress will be /rather/ c(o)ncerned.
[11:34] CI: It was l(o)vely t(o) meet y(o)u, Atl(o)na!
[11:34] AT: Mistress?
[11:34] CI: Ah? (O)h, yes. Medusa Denasu, specifically. She's rather particular ab(o)ut h(o)w she's addressed.
[11:34] AT: Oh uhm yeaAah it waAas nice meeting you aAas well MaAarifaAa.
[11:35] AT: Uh, right.
[11:35] AT: WaAas nice taAalking to you aAand such.
[11:35] AT: Even though your stories don't maAake much sense to me.
[11:35] CI: She's unlikely t(o) punish me in any permanent fashi(o)n, but I really sh(o)uldn't test that the(o)ry.
[11:36] CI: And that's all right! I (o)ften hear they d(o)n't make much sense (o)r aren't very interesting. I'm just glad y(o)u enj(o)yed talking t(o) me!
[11:36] CI: Perhaps I'll see y(o)u again s(o)me (o)ther time.
[11:36] AT: MaAaybe, who knows.
[11:36] -- curatorialInsight [CI]  looks up to orient herself, and then starts off back towards the mansion with a wave. --
[11:36] -- antagonisticToxin [AT]  she raises her hand and gives a tiny wave back. --
[11:37] -- antagonisticToxin [AT] ceased pestering curatorialInsight [CI] at 11:37 --