pub 1.5

[21:40] <Tangent> The doorbell chimes, and Amelia stands just outside. Even by her standards, she looks like she's been through the wringer this time- her uniform's stained, grimy, and torn, with two long tears in the fabric stretching from arm to vest to the other arm. Strangely, there isn't any blood on it or her- just some singed fabric and bare skin. She looks tired- drained, like she's run a marathon...or been hit by a truck. She glances over her shoulder.
[21:40] <Nidhogg> "You should see the Nuirhee. It's an entire race of "cat girls" as you put it."
[21:40] <@AgathasDiary> "I don't think so."
[21:40] <DrEvilKitteh> (glances ov-)
[21:41] <Nidhogg> "Wow! Did you get into a food fight or something?" Nidhogg asked Amelia, snickering as she spoke.
[21:42] <@AgathasDiary> "can you give me wings, Kajiya?"
[21:42] <MorganaAurora> Taking in the damage to Amelia's outfit, a worried look takes residence with the twins. "Amelia, are you okay?"
[21:42] <@AgathasDiary> "To compensate for this"
[21:42] <Kajiya> (Gah back sorry X_X)
[21:43] <@AgathasDiary> "or is it not that needed?"
[21:43] <Tangent> Amelia glares at the joker. "Something like that." She mutters, then looks around. She brightens up at the sight of Morgana and Aurora. "Yeah...we're fine...Just went hunting..."
[21:43] <MorganaAurora> "I'll carry you, it's no worry. Stronger than we look."
[21:43] * Kajiya comes back from the bathroom or whatnot, returning over towards the others... blining and looking to the o thers, the tired out Amelia and everyone else, as she hops back onto the couch. "Well, I could grow you wings, but making them functional would be difficult." she remarked idly to the girl.
[21:43] <Jran-Kri> Alexa rushes up behind her, having lollygagged a bit -- her shorter legs certainly didn't help. She lingers close to Amelia, as if preparing to catch her should she fall. She smiles crookedly at the others in the bar.
[21:44] <MorganaAurora> "Oh..." Looking down. "Did you little ladies get a raw deal in a fight?"
[21:45] <@AgathasDiary> "alright. I guess we should set off before i pass out."
[21:45] <Tangent> Absolutely fine...She shakes her head, glancing back in concern until she sees Alexa. Looking back to Morgana- and noticing the small girl tagging along with them- she can't help but bristle a bit. She likes them, but...Little ladies?!
[21:46] <Nidhogg> "Later then. And keep your head up." Nidhogg said to the new girl.
[21:46] <MorganaAurora> "Okay, mmmm." "Amelia, Alexa, we'll be back to see you soon as we can."
[21:46] <Jran-Kri> "That's, ah... one way of putting it," Alexa says. She's suddenly self-conscious; besides a bit of dirt, muck and ash, her uniform is unharmed, as is she.
[21:46] <Tangent> "We killed it." she mutters, scowling slightly. She looks to the new girl. "I...Okay...See you guys later..."
[21:46] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods shortly, her awkward smile widening.
[21:46] <Jran-Kri> "Of course. Safe travels."
[21:46] <@AgathasDiary> the little girl waves goodbye to everyone and follows the angels
[21:47] <Nidhogg> "Well did you check it and see if it was edible?" Nidhogg asked Amelia. She hated it when people wasted food.
[21:47] <MorganaAurora> Giving the shaken up young ladies a protective hug, they wangels fly off with their new passenger.
[21:47] <MorganaAurora> [angels* obviously]
[21:48] <@AgathasDiary> (will you rp this later?)
[21:48] <@AgathasDiary> (and i should go)
[21:48] <@AgathasDiary> (cya)
[21:48] <Jran-Kri> "... If what was edible?" Alexa asks, looking between Nidhogg and Amelia in confusion.
[21:48] <Tangent> Amelia just blinks at her. "Uh. No. Not really..." And then she's taken off guard by the hug. A surprised yelp, but before she can do anthing, they're gone.
[21:49] <MorganaAurora> [if you wanna]
[21:49] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's smile takes on a slightly more natural air at the hug, and she waves the angels off without further ceremony.
[21:50] <Nidhogg> "Yes. Food. You'd be suprised the things you fight that can be eaten."
[21:50] * Kajiya hops back onto the couch, as the flesh couch shrunk back down to that of a comfy armchair as she yawned a bit, loooking to those that remained, smiling a little at the atmosphere, it wasn't so quiet now.
[21:51] <MorganaAurora> [then i wrote myself out of the pub. bleh]
[21:51] <Tangent> ...She isn't sure how she feels about that. She shakes her head, going back to looking to Nidhogg with her arms folded, not quite looking at her challengingly. "Well, unless you can eat cloth and bones...that probably wouldn't work out for that one."
[21:51] <Jran-Kri> "I, ah... I really don't think th-that... thing was," Alexa says, grimacing and bunching up her shoulders almost defensively. "More like it'd have eaten us."
[21:51] <Tangent> [have her come back later IC, but soon after IC?]
[21:52] <Nidhogg> "I've had worse. Try motor-oil and leather." Nidhogg cringed, remembering the dish her friends had introduced her to.
[21:52] <MorganaAurora> [okay, say my nick when you think enough time has passed, about two and a half hours, maybe]
[21:53] <Tangent> Amelia winces. She gives Alexa an encouraging nudge, just a brush of her hand, meant as reassurance.
[21:53] <Jran-Kri> "I... Wouldn't that... literally kill you?" Alexa asks, staring in open confusion.
[21:53] <Tangent> Wait, what?
[21:53] <Tangent> "Yeah, what she said..."
[21:53] <Jran-Kri> She looks at Amelia, just for half a second, and smiles thinly in a brief acknowledgement.
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[21:55] <DrEvilKitteh> Sam quietly pushed one of the back doors open and walked in, once again clad in his Outfit; he seemed to be wearing it more and more often as time went on, which wasn't surprising considering the things that had happened to him, especially recently. "Hey Kaji, Mel," he greeted the two as he passed by them. He gave a quick smile and wave to the others before stepping up to the bar and
[21:55] <DrEvilKitteh> ordering a drink.
[21:55] <Nidhogg> "So what else are you lot up to?"
[21:55] <Nidhogg> "The male stripper is back!" Nidhogg exclaimed at Sam.
[21:56] * Kajiya waved over happy, before answering. "Uh... not much, just was kinda helping someone who didn't have their memories and stuff as you saw." she added to Nidhogg.
[21:56] <Jran-Kri> Alexa starts at Nidhogg's enthusiastic proclamation, furrowing her brow.
[21:56] <Tangent> Amelia blinks in surprise and waves back...then stares at Nidhogg for a moment.
[21:56] <DrEvilKitteh> "...The what." Sam said flatly, pausing to look back at Nidhogg with a quirked eyebrow. "I...huh?"
[21:56] <Jran-Kri> "... The what?" She says, even as she looks at Sam in increasing confusion.
[21:56] <Tangent> Uh...so...is there something she doesn't know about cheesecake guy?
[21:58] <Nidhogg> "I thought you were one of those guys who danced around a pole while girls threw money at them. They usually dress like you do."
[21:58] <MorganaAurora> [male stripper?]
[21:58] <MorganaAurora> [hahahahahaha]
[21:59] <DrEvilKitteh> "...They usually dress in a duster with sunglasses?" Sam asked drily. Then it came to him and he snapped his fingers. "OH, right, I remember. You just don't understand sarcasm that well."
[21:59] <Tangent> "I...uh...just kind of assumed that was...his costume." Amelia mumbles. "Well, not like THAT but..." She'd...kind of been too distracted to care about his dress sense anyway.
[21:59] <Jran-Kri> "Why would girls throw money at him for dancing around a pole?" Alexa asks, her bemusement only mounting. She scratches her head, glancing around for an explanation. "I-I mean, that sounds very impressive, b-but that's not a good way of, um, paying him..."
[21:59] <DrEvilKitteh> (I think people are /really/ confused about what Sam's Outfit is...)
[22:00] <MorganaAurora> [duster and sunglasses makes sense as stage one of male stripper apparel]
[22:00] <MorganaAurora> [makes for a big reveal when taken off, right?]
[22:01] <DrEvilKitteh> (It really doesn't look like a stripper outfit, tho)
[22:01] * Kajiya simply looked back and forth to folks... a bit of a confused look on her face.
[22:02] <Tangent> "Anyyywayy..." Amelia drawls. "Hi again." She raises a hand in a wave back at Sam. "Um. Yeah. Thanks for the advice the other day...It helped. A lot."
[22:02] <Nidhogg> "So I can't throw money at you?" Nidhogg asked, already having a roll of bills ready.
[22:02] <Tangent> She looks between the two.
[22:03] <MorganaAurora> [we'll decide if it's stripper or now]
[22:03] <Tangent> ...Amelia glances to Alexa. Is she...missing something here or is this kind of weird?
[22:04] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks back at her and shrugs, clearly just as lost as she is, if not more so.
[22:04] <Tangent> Alright then, she's not crazy.
[22:04] <DrEvilKitteh> "What I said was that I wouldn't mind spinning around on a pole if you threw gold bricks at me, because they're actually useful on my world," Sam said. "And that was at least half-sarcastic." He blinked and peered over at Amelia. "Er...sorry, but I think you might have to remind me what you mean by that. There's been a lot of new people around here, so it's real easy to get mixed up."
[22:05] * Kajiya tilted her head, frowning a bit. "Um.... Wouldn't being hit by gold bars hurt?"
[22:05] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes, but I'm a gravity specialist. I can make it work."
[22:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (And I think that Sam only met Amelia the one time.)
[22:06] <Nidhogg> "Like that Agatha girl?" Nidhogg got excited.
[22:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Correct me if I'm wrong, tho.)
[22:06] <Tangent> "Oh. Okay." That makes sense. It's not like he had any reason to remember her- or that she'd been in a state she'd want to be remembered for- so it shouldn't annoy her that she's forgettable. "Um, you are the guy who said the cake was good, right? You probably forgot. Uh, never mind."
[22:09] <DrEvilKitteh> Sam thought for a moment. "...Oh. Oh, yeah! The cheesecake, right? You looked down about something and I recommended it. I...sorry, it's just been a hectic while this past month, and I think I might be experienced some...minor memory loss after the seperation with Bell to boot..."
[22:10] <Jran-Kri> "That would certainly explain a few things," Alexa notes with a faint smirk. A second later, she jolts in surprise. "O-oh, you two split up, did you? Ah... congratulations? This is good, right?"
[22:10] <Tangent> "Yeah, thanks for that...it helped." A wince. She's got no idea what he's talking about, but memory loss is memory loss. "Ouch. That sucks."
[22:11] <Nidhogg> "Split up? I thought you were dating someone already?"
[22:12] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yeah, I was finally able to punch the cocky bastard," Sam said. "And Karp was finally able...to...well, now that he has his own body..." He cleared his throat, then retrieved his drink and went over to sit near the others. "And it's a long story, Nid. Trust me on that, it'd be easier not to explain."
[22:12] <Kajiya> "Eh? Wait, that caused memory loss?" Kaji asked with a slight frown at that news.
[22:13] <Jran-Kri> Alexa cocks her head, scratching her head through her hat. She clearly can't finish that sentence for him.
[22:13] <Jran-Kri> "Now that he has his own body... what?" She thinks about it for a moment, then jolts. "Ah, I understand! They can, ah, spend quality time together without making you, you know, black out. And such. Wonderful!"
[22:14] <Tangent> Amelia just looks confused. Alexa's clearly got a better idea of what's going on here...
[22:15] <DrEvilKitteh> "Well, like I said, I /think/ I might be experiencing some of it. I'm not a hundred percent certain about that, but there's enough to make me wonder." He looked over at Alexa and chortled. "...Actually, yeah, that's...that's about right. Very...enthusiastic quality time."
[22:16] <Jran-Kri> "Right, right, of course. I bet they go on picnics and see movies and... um. Text. I-I don't know what, um, that sort of... thing entails," she admits with a shrug.
[22:17] <DrEvilKitteh> "...Yes." Sam was completely deadpan, expression mostly impassive. "They do those things also."
[22:19] * Kajiya blinked, looking to Sam curiously. "Eh? What else is Bell up to then?" she asked, Mel's tentacle patting her on the head.
[22:19] <Melenda> "Don't worry about that too much, Kaji."
[22:20] <Tangent> Amelia's giving the other members of the conversation a few odd looks, but shakes her head and puts that thought aside.
[22:20] <Jran-Kri> "Also?" She stares up at the ceiling, scrunching up her face. "Um... I'm not sure what else there is to do...But, ah, suppose it's none of my business."
[22:20] <DrEvilKitteh> (I want to burst their bubble, but I also don't think it's very in-character for Sam to do so...)
[22:21] <MorganaAurora> [they are a bit young]
[22:21] <Jran-Kri> [Alexa can not into lewd]
[22:21] <Jran-Kri> "A-anyway," she shakes her head, turning back to Amelia. "I-I believe I still owe you that cake. Ah... take a seat, I'll be r-right back. Pretty sure this place takes the pound sterling..."
[22:21] <Kajiya> (Kaji also ain't into lewd. Which again, i sa very good thing)
[22:22] <MorganaAurora> [they seem to young, which statistically a think a good portion of magical girls would be too young]
[22:22] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, then looks back around. "Ah...Sure!" She looks at Alexa thoughtfully, then bobs her head in a nod and heads for the same sofa as last time. Luckily, it's free...
[22:27] <Jran-Kri> Alexa places her order with the bartender, crinkling her hat in her hands all the while and fidgeting back and forth. Fortunately, she manages to remain intelligible through her stuttering, and after passing over some wrinkled bills she returns, strawberry cake in two, plonking herself down beside the other girl.
[22:27] <Jran-Kri> "You'll, ah, forgive me for not experimenting, I hope."
[22:31] <Tangent> Amelia pauses, still apparently thinking about something, then shrugs with a smile. "No problem! Strawberry's my favorite..." She pauses, something sinking in. "Huh. I...actually didn't know that. That...that's a thing." She shrugs. "Yeah, it's fine. Besides...I can't complain about you choosing today."
[22:32] * Kajiya idly eats her snack on her own, ifnishing up the last of the sweets she had.
[22:33] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shakes her head, leaning heavily against the back of the couch.
[22:34] <Jran-Kri> "You'd have every right to complain if I picked something ghastly, like..." She momentarily grasps for a horrible-sounding example, then stops short, glancing at Amelia in mild surprise. "You... forgot your favourite flavor? That's... oh my. That's a tragedy."
[22:37] <Tangent> "Nono...It's...It's kind of weird, actually. It's like...you know when you read a book and have to think to remember what it's about? It's a bit like that..." She trails off, biting her lip. "Hey, Alexa, can I...actually, never mind." She sighs. She wants to ask her how much she remembers, but...she doesn't want to upset her again. Not so soon after last time, and what just happened.
[22:38] * Kajiya rides Mel over to the two, looking over their sweets curiously... she didn't much have anything better to do after all.
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[22:39] <Jran-Kri> Alexa makes a vague hum of comprehension, nodding slowly. Amelia's unfinished question rouses her, however; she peers at her concernedly, not guessing what it was to be.
[22:39] <Jran-Kri> "Can you... what? Go ahead, you can ask."
[22:42] <Tangent> "Well...How much do you remember?" Amelia asks, almost reluctantly. "About how...things were for you...before?" Her life before...It's like a novel. A story about someone else. A student who didn't know where they were going, who knew better but took a shady offer anyway. Almost a bit character. She's not sure if that story'd have been better than hers is shaping up to be...
[22:45] <Jran-Kri> Alexa hesitates. She is silent for some time, staring ahead of her, grimacing. She hunches forward, clasping her hands together in front of her face, nodding slowly.
[22:45] <Tangent> Amelia watches her, biting down on her lip hard. She shouldn't have said anything...She's just made things worse...again.
[22:46] <Tangent> "Sorry..."
[22:47] <Jran-Kri> "... Bits and pieces," she says at last, with a rigid forcefulness. "I... remember going to school, and I-I had parents, and a sister, and a house -- I could lead you to it, and- and tell you the colour of her hair..."
[22:48] <Jran-Kri> She takes off her hat and sets it down beside her with a trembling hand, which she then runs through her brown hair, yanking a strand in front of her eyes.
[22:48] * Kajiya looked between the two worriedly... raising a hand. "U-um, if it makes you feel better, I don' t remember even that?" she said in a somewhat cheerful manner to the two, an innocent sort of smile on her face as she said this.
[22:49] <Jran-Kri> "... But I couldn't tell you mine, or- or who my friends were, or... I-I was good at history, and the sciences -- no. No, it was... maths? One of those..." She's roused from her reverie by Kajiya, blinking blankly at her. After a second, she smiles ruefully.
[22:50] <Jran-Kri> "My, ah -- Sorry! That, um... Sorry, that's dreadful."
[22:51] <Jran-Kri> "It does make me feel a bit better, actually, but, um... Well, sorry, I shouldn't feel better because you're in a worse straight that's really very selfish -- sorry." She ducks her head in mild embarrassment.
[22:51] <Kajiya> "Uh... Well, I don't mind it at least?" she shrugged. "I'm pretty sure I died so uh, not like I had anything to go back to, right?" she said with a happy little smile and shrug.
[22:51] <Tangent> Amelia listens. She nods. She wants to ask more- but she isn't sure she wants to know, and...it's hurting her. Her head snaps around at Kajiya's words, and for a moment she just glares. "How long have you been listening?" she demands...but Alexa seems okay with it. She shakes her head. "Hmm."
[22:51] <Tangent> ...Then she hears the rest.
[22:52] <Kajiya> "And um... the whole time?" she raised a hand, looking to Amelia innocently, a bit worried she did something wrong again.
[22:52] <DrEvilKitteh> "At least I won't complain about how bad my memory loss is, now," Sam murmured as he stepped up behind Kajiya and Mel and gave the former a brief head pat; even though she might not appear to feel that bad about the amnesia and other stuff, he still felt like she kinda needed said pat.
[22:53] <Jran-Kri> "... Oh, you're dead, too?" Alexa perks up, not cognizant of how bizarre that statement is. "Same here! I-I mean, I'm not actually dead, but legally I... you know what I mean."
[22:53] * Kajiya innocently gave a happy little smile at the headpatting. It was a nice change of pace compared to creeping out, surprising, or otherwise to people. "And I was. Not now though!" she nodded.
[22:53] <Tangent> "I...never mind..." Amelia shakes her head, slightly disturbed by another mention of death not being final. This whole thing...it's pretty messed up isn't it...
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[22:55] <DrEvilKitteh> "I'd be mildly concerned if you /were/ dead," Sam's small smile was crooked. "Good thing you aren't, though."
[22:56] <Tangent> "This whole thing's pretty messed up..." she mumbles, more thinking out loud than anything. "I didn't really believe it when I heard about the dying thing..."
[22:57] <Jran-Kri> "Re-markable," Alexa shakes her head, a faint smirk winding up her face. It vanishes when Amelia next speaks, and she looks at her with some surprise.
[22:57] <Jran-Kri> "You didn't believe me?"
[22:58] <Tangent> "No, no, not that!" Amelia blurts hastily, almost in panic. "I meant...before, there was this woman...Um, Karpsky? She...she talked about something else...How we...Never mind..."
[22:59] <DrEvilKitteh> "Karpinsky?" Sam asked. "And I'm guessing she talked about how death isn't the end for some of us."
[22:59] <Tangent> "Yeah, that was it...Wait, some of us? She made it sound like...everyone would, you know...come back."
[23:00] <Melenda> "Well, it depends. Some souls move on, others... stay and then reform eventually. I don't know if it's the puchuu or other forces that do that, I haven't cared enough to look into it." Mel said flatly.
[23:00] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks visibly relieved to hear this, then intrigued a moment later. She looks between Amelia and Sam.
[23:00] * Kajiya raises her hand. "To be fair, I was dead till I was a zombie and the puchuu did something to me." she said, as if that was normal. It clearly wasn't.
[23:00] <Jran-Kri> "Fascinating..." She says slowly, adjusting her round glasses. "I, ah... I'm not in a hurry to test that theory, personally."
[23:00] <Tangent> "I mean, if it's true, that's a good thing, right?" She thinks out loud, then does a doubletake at Kajiya.
[23:01] * Kajiya smiles innocently.
[23:01] <Tangent> "...Me neither..." Though that's not true, is it? She was thinking about it during that fight.
[23:01] <Jran-Kri> "... Wait what," Alexa matches Amelia's look, staring at Kajiya in astonishment. "Di-did you s-say... 'zombie?'"
[23:01] <DrEvilKitteh> "It depends on what kind of Magical Girl you are," Sam explained. "Some, especially those that come around here, are of the 'persisten soul' type."
[23:02] <Kajiya> "Mmmhmm. Mel uh, turned me into a zombie to... well, kill a magical girl. After she died the Puchuu did something to me to 'replace' them..." Kajiya muttered, a sigh to the situation. "Why it didn't do it earlier I dunno..."
[23:02] <Melenda> "...Still need to go apologize to them somewhat. But like hell I have a lead on where their soul even went. Got her power though so, wasn't all regretable."
[23:02] <Tangent> "I...What? You...killed someone?"
[23:02] <Kajiya> "I couldn't really control myself as a zombie." she admitted, a sad sort of look to her face.
[23:03] <Melenda> "Yup. My fault~" the chair said simply.
[23:03] <Tangent> Amelia suddenly looks a lot less interested in her cake, and isn't really looking away from Kajiya. And then she leaps up. Definitely without a shriek of surprise. Nope. "Ahh!"
[23:03] <Tangent> "Did...did that chair just..."
[23:03] <Jran-Kri> "Oh. Oh my," Alexa pales considerably, her eyes as wide as saucers. She looks between the two of them, and then her eyes linger on the chair.
[23:04] <Jran-Kri> "... The chair talked."
[23:04] <Jran-Kri> "Wh-why is the chair talking?"
[23:04] <Melenda> "...I've done a lot, most 'minion' monsters don't even last for over twelve years as I have." Mel said somewhat proudly... "...Not to say I don't regret that stuff after Kaji gave me some... sentiense. But that's beside the point." it said, a tentacle with a sharp-toothed mouth and eye popping out matching it's fleshy exterior, as eyestalks growed out.
[23:05] <Kajiya> "Eh? Oh, sorry, I guess I didn't really introduce us... I'm Kajiya, and this is my friend, Melenda." she said matter of factly, looking to them and their looks... a slight frown. "...Did I do something wrong again...?"
[23:05] <Tangent> "...I...Who...What are you?" Amelia looks unnerved, hand on her belt.
[23:05] <Tangent> "Uh. Hi." She sounds anything but thrilled. A glance to Alexa. No one else is panicking...
[23:05] <DrEvilKitteh> "...What, you didn't pick up that Melenda's sentient?" Sam blinked and looked down at the chair. "I figured you would've said hi to them by now. Though...you did pay Kajiya's head earlier..."
[23:06] * Melenda gives a somewhat disharmonized giggle once more. "No, more like I bet they're freaking out about me once again, Kaji, you're fine. As for me? Simply put, a monster. Not in the kind that most of the other monsters who once were human are, I'm only human when Kajiya does her magic." she said with a twisted sort of smile.
[23:06] <Kajiya> "Well, she was quiet, I guess... u-um, sorry if I did something wrong though, really." she said, a guilty look on her face.
[23:07] <DrEvilKitteh> Sam pat Kajiya's head. "You didn't do anything wrong. Or not this time, at least; I can't really speak for much else outside the pub."
[23:07] <Jran-Kri> Alexa is murmuring feverishly to herself. Despite her fear, however, there is the unmistakeable gleam of fascination in her eye, and she leans forward to get a better look at the chair, morbidly curious.
[23:08] <Jran-Kri> "... Okay. Okay. Talking chair. Chair monster," she mumbles to herself, nodding. "Okay. Just... one question: w-why?"
[23:08] <Kajiya> "Ummm... to continue introducing ourselves, I do magic involving shaping and altering flesh blood and bone... And Mel has magic with spacial magic and uh, spirit and soul stuff." she added idly.
[23:08] <Tangent> "I...No, not really..." Amelia mumbles, staring despite herself. She has to remind herself of the caterpillar, and glances at her own chair before sitting back down. Luckily she didn't spill her cake... "Good question..." She mutters to Alexa.
[23:09] <Kajiya> "...And um... why what?" she asked curiously.
[23:10] <Jran-Kri> Alexa gestures vaguely at the chair.
[23:10] <Melenda> "Well, I was a beastial shape before. Well, sometimes. I did also spend some time as a tentacle mass... and I believe I originally was closer to a slime blob... As for the current shape, I'm whatever Kajiya shall need, considering I'd just be a mindless monster otherwise. The ability to think and consider is quite good, as well as... interesting. Even if it comes with a whole bunch of confusing downsides."
[23:11] <Kajiya> "Eh? Wait, downsides, should I perhaps do the shape for a stool or something?" she asked.
[23:11] <Melenda> "Nah, I was talking about other stuff. Physically I'm fine, Kaji. Better than having two legs at least."
[23:11] <Tangent> Amelia's still giving her a funny look. Isn't that...she the kind of thing they're supposed to, well...stop? But she's clearly not mindless...
[23:12] * Kajiya looks up to Amelia curiously at the look.
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> She stares at the creature, her jaw working like a goat. She nods slowly in comprehension, but fails to work up an adequate response. She glances back at Kajiya.
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> "It... I mean, she s-said y-you gave... her sentience," she says slowly, trying to keep the stutter out of her voice. "Why?"
[23:12] <Jran-Kri> "... And how, for that matter."
[23:12] <Melenda> "...If you're wondering why the hell Kajiya keeps me, it's because she's too much of a sweet hearted idiot to actually get rid of me and risks everything. If I wasn't around to keep an eye on her she'd probably let some monster eat her whole... Also well, basically. Not much else I can call her literally giving me a brain." Mel said.
[23:13] <DrEvilKitteh> "Don't worry, Mel's harmless," Sam said, seeming to pick up on that unasked line of questioning. "Well, not necessarily harmless, but as long as Kaji's around, she'll be good." He scratched what he hoped would be a nice-feeling spot on the back of Melenda's chair form.
[23:13] <Kajiya> "Eh? But I mean... you didn't KNOW it was wrong before, and you've stopped since... It would have been wrong to kill you over something like that." she said sadly at the idea, the tentacle with a mouth patting her on the head again.
[23:13] <Melenda> "And THAT is why I need to be around so you don't let something eat your arms."
[23:13] <Tangent> Amelia's questions are preempted by Melenda's exposition. She looks away from Kajiya after a moment between Sam and Mel....
[23:13] <Kajiya> "I'll grow new ones..." she said meekly.
[23:14] <Tangent> These two are strange, but...they don't seem all that worse than any of the other people she's run into so far. Magic...it's weird.
[23:14] <Nidhogg> (back, and what's going on here?)
[23:14] <Melenda> "...The hell are you scratching me for?" Mel asked bluntly.
[23:14] <Melenda> (Kaji/Mel traumatizing two mahou as usual)
[23:15] <Kajiya> (And for the record: Yes, if any corruption or whatnot senses are availalbe, Kajiya may not feel corrupted but Mel is about as corrupt as it gets.)
[23:15] <DrEvilKitteh> Sam shrugged and stopped. "Even monsters have spots where they like being scratched. I...unfortunately know from experience."
[23:16] <Tangent> Amelia blinks. "Uh. Nice to meet you. I guess." She eventually says bluntly, exchanging looks with Alexa. Mostly along the lines of "is this for real?" She still feels like something's...off. Her magic's still drained, but flickers feebly. Urging her to use it.
[23:16] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods slowly. She adjusts her glasses again, and then takes them off and begins cleaning them with her mantle, nodding all the while.
[23:16] <Melenda> ". . . That could be taken in QUITE the wrong way you know." Mel said flatly.
[23:16] <Kajiya> "Nice to meet you two as well!" Kajiya nodded with a happy smile.
[23:17] <Jran-Kri> "... Well. This is... honestly q-quite f-fascinating. For-- um, forgive me for my... p-poor first impression," she smiles nervously at the two of them. She is apologizing to a chair. Where did her life go so wrong? "I-I'm Alexa. Alexa Aldrich. Ch-charmed."
[23:17] <DrEvilKitteh> "Only by you at the moment," Sam said blithely.
[23:17] <Kajiya> "It's fine... most everyone ends up being afraid of me and stuff." Kajiya said, a small dismayed sigh as she forces a smile on  her face still, waving to Alexa simply.
[23:18] <Tangent> "Amelia." Amelia adds after Alexa. She REFUSES to use that last name that's been grafted to her psyche. "I burn stuff." She adds on impulse a moment later.
[23:18] <Nidhogg> "You aren't that scary now." Nidhogg said as she finished disassembling the revolver. She was still at a loss for how to load the weapon.
[23:20] <Jran-Kri> "I can see why," she says reflexively, sliding her glasses back onto her face. Her crooked, unsure grin widens. "B-but... Well, ah... sorry. I can also see that you're, ah... quite a fascinating case. I-I imagine m-mon... Creatures, like, ah, M-Mel are n-not often sentient."
[23:21] <Kajiya> "I don't get why people are so scared of this stuff though, it feels really comfy and nice when changes happen." Kajiya sighed, a confused sort of puzzled look to her face as she shrugged. "And um... yea, I know. Most do have brains though and know they're doing wrong, then do it anyway..." she sighed.
[23:21] <Tangent> Amelia, on the other hand, can't quite hide her unreasoning unease with the situation. She shifts uncomfortably, glancing to Alexa then back- she doesn't have her friend's enthusiasm.
[23:21] <Melenda> "Even then though, the ones that don't lack the 'honor' and otherwise they should rightfully respect their benefactor and master." Mel said coldly.
[23:21] <Kajiya> "I know but... You don't have to ki-"
[23:21] <Tangent> "Well, that's what magical girls are for..."
[23:22] <Melenda> "Yes, I do. They'll hunt other people with greater efficiency after all." Mel said flatly. "If not harm you."
[23:22] <Tangent> Her fingers are drumming a short, staccato beat on the armrest. She looks to Mel.
[23:22] * Kajiya frowns, sighing. "But I mean, they don't know what's wrong... and so many folks just kill things and people so quickly. They don't have to ALL the time..." Kajiya said innocently and sadly.
[23:22] <Jran-Kri> Alexa is silent, watching the exchange like a high-speed tennis match, eyes bouncing between the two of them.
[23:23] * Melenda pats them on the head with a tentacle once more. "...And that, you two, is why I stick around Kaji. She wouldn't last a week without someone around to keep an eye on her."
[23:23] * Kajiya frowns with a sigh, tilting her head in slight defeat... it wasn't like she didn't understand that fact herself.
[23:24] <Tangent> Amelia's chewing her lip again. "So you're looking out for a friend, huh?"
[23:24] <Jran-Kri> Alexa laughs -- a tittering, nervous sound, like air being shakily forced out of her.
[23:24] <Jran-Kri> "I-I'm s-sure you give her too little credit. She's clearly a brilliant sorceress."
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[23:25] <Kajiya> "Uh, I always am. I have a few though... even if it's not a lot." she remarked, her expression showing a light of expression in her eyes as she smiled a little to Amelia, innocently oblivious to any concern and otherwise at the suggestion of another friend.
[23:25] <Melenda> "Oh, she is. She's just too kind and oblivious to use that power to her fullest." Mel said simply.
[23:26] <Kajiya> "Well, your idea of at my 'fullest' will kill folks... I don't want to do that unless there's no chance they'll be redeemable." she muttered.
[23:26] * Melenda does a quiet pat onto Kaji's head once more.
[23:27] <Tangent> Amelia just watches, expressionlessly. Kind of still, like an overwound spring. She's tense and not even quite sure why.
[23:27] <Jran-Kri> Alexa's gaze flicks between the two of them again, a single eyebrow arching.
[23:27] <Jran-Kri> "Is that so? How do you think she should use her powers?"
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[23:29] <Melenda> "Well, she only uses them to change and 'heal' things mostly, and even then folks are rather unappreciative towards the blessings she grants half the time. In truth, she could just make them living puppets, melt them into puddles of flesh or just absorb them entirely." Mel said simply, and a bit coldly... "...And even if I get she shouldn't do that to people, she refuses to do it to most monsters anyway."
[23:30] <Kajiya> "Well, the ones I know that don't know what they're doing is wrong... even then, the chance is that they might be able to be redeemed, maybe..." she muttered. "...Though, you don't let them live anyway if they're monsters." she muttered.
[23:30] <Nidhogg> "Change what exactly?"
[23:30] <Melenda> "Of course, they'll just come hunt you down once they grow once more. Seriously, just make them explode into a puddle of blood."
[23:31] <Jran-Kri> "Ah." Alexa says simply. A bead of sweat visibly appears around her hairline. She doesn't appear to be breathing. "S-some might s-say that's a-an... extreme approach."
[23:33] <Kajiya> "Well, I don't do it to most people because they worry I won't change them back even though it would be mean for me not to, as well as it turning back after a bit if I just warp it... But I could do things like make them grow, more muscular, evolutionary types of upgrades such as more optimal bone and muscular structure, stuff like that." Kajiya remarked back to Nidhogg, befor elooking back to Alexa with a frown. "And it's only
[23:33] <Kajiya> temporary! Unless they want it permanently, but typically they would need to supplement the effect with magic too, so I can't." she remarked back. "It's not that extreme anyway!"
[23:33] <Tangent> Amelia's lip curls in distaste. She looks at Alexa and steps in. "Yeah, no, that's just wrong." She says baldly. She's not sure if it's Alexa's discomfort or that feeling of...pressure that makes her speak up.
[23:33] <Tangent> *to Melenda.
[23:34] <Melenda> "Really. Usually you have your arms and legs. Even if she was to make you effectively no longer bipedal, they're still there." Mel agreed.
[23:34] * Kajiya sighs, tilting her head to Amelia's words. "...it's not that bad though." she mumbled.
[23:35] <Nidhogg> "Huh? So you build your constructs from flesh then a?"
[23:36] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head, looking to Alexa. Is she still out of it?
[23:37] <Jran-Kri> "I... see," Alexa nods again, hiding her mouth behind her hand. Her other gestures vaguely at Amelia. "I... forgive me, but, ah... This is just a bit, um... over my head. It-it, I mean, it... on the surface, it sounds a little bit... ghastly."
[23:38] <Kajiya> "...Constructs? Uh, I can't build a person. Well, okay, I can, but the soul isn't there so it's not like it changes someone or anything." she raised a hand to Nidhogg. "...Usually I work with Mel on these anyway... and I don't get why it does, the changes feel comfy." she muttered to the others... "I'd give a demonstration but... well, I have a feeling folks wouldn't want it."
[23:40] <Nidhogg> "A Mana-Construct is something powered by magic. Not a person. Constructs aren't true beings in the sense that you or I would know them." Nidhogg explained.
[23:41] <Tangent> Amelia shakes her head. Flesh-magic, monsters that aren't really, magical constructs...She likes things simple. Problems to sword and set on fire.
[23:41] <Jran-Kri> Alexa hesitates, looking away for a long moment. Then she slowly sets down her staff on the couch beside her hat. Her glasses join it a second later, and she abruptly rises.
[23:41] <Tangent> Amelia looks to her, brow furrowing.
[23:41] <Melenda> "Mmm, well, I keep telling her I could always pull another soul out and bind it to do something like that, but she insists we don't." Mel said simply and cheerfully to Nidhogg.
[23:42] <Jran-Kri> "I'd be happy to volunteer," she says, trying and failing to keep the tremor out of her voice. She smiles too widely. "This all sounds quite fascinating. Please. Demonstrate."
[23:42] <Tangent> "Hey, no..." Amelia scrambles up. "Wait." She shakes her head. "Alexa, I don't think that's a good idea..."
[23:42] * Kajiya puffs a cheek to the chair. "Well of course, that'd be horrible for the soul we did that to." she muttered, before looking up to Alexa... frowning. "...And I can tell you're lieing... at least about the wanting to volunteer." she remarked back.
[23:43] <Tangent> "No offense." Amelia remembers to add. "It's not like I don't trust you, but..." It is.
[23:43] <Melenda> "Oh just take their offer and show them, Kaji." Mel said, earning them a bop from the Mahou's staff.
[23:43] <Jran-Kri> Alexa waves dismissively at Amelia, brushing her off. She turns and casts her a slightly off-kilter grin before turning back to Kajiya, shaking her head.
[23:43] * Kajiya has a staff made of flesh with a human, and beating heart at the top, as she frowned to the chair.
[23:44] <Jran-Kri> "Nonono -- I promise. I swear. I truly am fascinated," she says, speaking too quickly. "You- you say it's harmless, so I should have nothing to fear, right?"
[23:45] <Tangent> Amelia's smile back to her is very strained...and the look she gives Kajiya isn't very friendly. "It's one hundred percent safe, right?" She demands. "Nothing could go wrong?"
[23:45] <Kajiya> "...Well, yea, and um, if you have second thoughts or whenever you don't feel like it, I can always change you back. What kind of change would you want?" she asked curiously, sighing to her with a nod. She could tell they must still be afraid but... If they insisted. "And of course it is, I'll be able to tell if there's even the slightest issue health-wise with the idea." she added.
[23:46] <Melenda> "She's too scared to give me a giant form for fights just because my heart would give out after thirty minutes. What kind of fight would last that long, the changes wouldn't even last that long at that!"
[23:46] <Kajiya> "It's still dangerous, what if something locked you in that form?" Kajiya said worriedly, as she got off topic for a bit before focusing back on the others.
[23:46] <Tangent> "Maybe...Alexa, maybe I could go first." Amelia says bluntly, and not too happily. It's not like she can't heal if it goes wrong, right?
[23:47] <Kajiya> "Um, I still dunno what kind of change you two would want... my personal favorite is being a pillow because you're all fluffy and comfy feeling but, uh, I understand if you want something else." she remarked.
[23:47] <Jran-Kri> Alexa nods slowly, reaching for her neck and unclasping the brooch that holds her mantle in place. The cloak falls to the floor a moment later, revealing the loose pink frilled blouse and red skirt underneath. She rolls up a sleeve, waggling her fingers, contemplating the change, pausing only to shake her head at Amelia.
[23:47] <Melenda> "Heh, go with a chair, the other one can sit on them and try it out." Mel suggested with a disharmonized giggle in a few 'voices' once more.
[23:48] <Jran-Kri> "Nonono, I-I need to-to see," she insists. "This-this really is quite interesting, I'd like to see for myself."
[23:48] <Jran-Kri> She turns back to Kajiya, frowning contemplatively.
[23:48] <Jran-Kri> After a moment, she nods.
[23:48] * Kajiya looks to the two with an apologetic look. "...I still can tell you two aren't too enthusiastic, I'm not that dumb you know..." she said bluntly.
[23:48] <Jran-Kri> "Pillow it is. Just- just for a minute, alright?"
[23:48] <Tangent> Amelia bites down on her lip, hard. "If you're sure..." She looks between Alexa and the duo, expression far from happy.
[23:49] <Kajiya> "Right." she nodded, twirling the staff and pointing. "...And uh, if you have second thoughts before that minute, just ask, kay?" she added, before a tingling sort of sensation would be felt from Alexa.
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[23:50] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shifts her weight from boot to boot, keeping a stiff upper lip. She nods shortly.
[23:50] <Jran-Kri> "Of course. At your leisure."
[23:50] <Tangent> She doesn't care what powers they have or how many people are there, if they hurt her, she's going to make a barbeque. The viciousness of the thought takes her by surprise- a little- but she doesn't regret it. When did she start caring about Alexa?
[23:52] <Kajiya> The changes would be slow yet 'pleasant' feeling, like a warm fluffy feeling would envelop her just below their skin, as their limbs would sink and retract into themselves, their neck and head 'expanding', as well as some of their torso as it would lightly strain against their clothing and reshape them. Provided they didn't freak out and ask to stop midway, as their face (and hair/clothing/etc) would remain all the same despite
[23:52] <Kajiya> being reshaped by additional layers of adipose and feathers below the skin being added to their person. It would indeed feel comfy and warm, just as she did. But certainly strange if and once it finished since they would have no limbs, even if they would be able to squrim and talk all the same... Upon finishing, Kajiya would pull out the phone from Agatha and poke at it a bit. "Timer... oooone minute." she nodded.
[23:52] <Kajiya> Beep. She set the timer beside Amelia, so they could indeed confirm she didn't do something like set it to five minutes.
[23:54] <Tangent> Amelia watches, none too happily. "Hey...you okay?" She doesn't really look okay...
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[23:56] <Jran-Kri> Alexa seems considerably surprised when she watches one of her limbs vanish on her, but the strange, downy feeling keeps her from crying out. Instead she stares down at herself, watching with considerable fascination as her body shifts and contorts so painlessly. She is silent and motionless until the very end, at which point she wobbles awkwardly and mumbles something that sounds vaguely fascinated and/or amused.
[23:57] <Jran-Kri> The pillow-Alexa tries to bounce once in place. She tries to nod at Amelia, but she really just bobs the top half of a rectangular prism.
[23:58] * Kajiya smiles a little, picking her up and cuddling with the person-made-pillow with a happy little look. "See? Painless and comfy... and if it would hurt, disabling your nerves would prevent the pain anyway." she added, Alexa's face towards Amelia.... before the timer would beep, a slight frown and sigh as she put her back, and twirled the staff. "Aaaand back to normal. Right?" she asked.
[23:59] <Melenda> "...For the record, she can do things you folks consider smaller and... 'cuter'. What was it? I think cat ears or something... not acting like one though" Mel remarked bluntly.
[00:00] <Kajiya> "Well, yes, but that's less interesting." Kajiya said, turning back to the chair for a moment before waiting for an answer.
[00:00] <Jran-Kri> Much as she seems quite alright with this, Alexa once again nods as best she can, and sounds remarkably insistent in her agreement that now is definitely the time to stop being a pillow.
[00:00] <Nidhogg> "Oh my. That's kind of cute." Nidhogg giggled.
[00:00] <Nidhogg> "I have those. Trust me, they aren't all that great." Nidhogg pointed to the cat ears of her hat.
[00:00] <Tangent> She's okay. It's just some magic...She's not sure how she feels about it...other than it being vaguely unsettling. She's not really having much fun watching this...even if Alexa seems okay. She looks to Kajiya wordlessly.
[00:01] * Kajiya nods, as the changes would effectively be reverted. The warm feeling first vanishing as she thinned back out, and reshaped and grew back out to have limbs and bones in place once more, before soon enough being exactly as she was before, well, being a pillow for a short bit. "And done." Kajiya nodded with a small, content smile to the two.
[00:02] <Tangent> Amelia lets out a breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. Her attempt at a smile back's a bit too forced and brief to count. "Hey, welcome back." She tries to play it off as a joke.
[00:03] <Jran-Kri> Alexa yelps as she returns to normal, startled by how quickly the process was reversed. She sits on the ground, propping herself up with her arms behind her before she springs forward and begins patting herself down, from head down to her legs, covered by white tights. She pokes and prods herself for some time before grinning up at the others.
[00:04] <Jran-Kri> "That was amazing!" She exclaims, unsteadily wobbling back to her feet. "Remarkable! Absolutely fascinating! I barely felt a thing! I-I thought it'd be, I don't know, excruciatingly painful and horrifying, but it was... pleasant!"
[00:04] <Kajiya> "Eh? I mean... again, if it would hurt, I'd make it not hurt. Unless that was the point, but that'd be mean." she said, frowning to them with a confused look at the suggestion that it would be painful or horrifying.
[00:05] <Tangent> '"That...that's good. Neat." She's a lot less blase about the idea of having her body changed- again, but Alexa sounds like she had fun with it...She shakes her head.
[00:05] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sorry, back.)
[00:05] <Kajiya> (Welcome back)
[00:05] <Tangent> (^)
[00:06] <Kajiya> (Kaji turned someone into and back from being a pillow)
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yeah, I read it all.)
[00:06] <DrEvilKitteh> "Looked a bit weird, though," Sam commented. "Honestly, kinda surprised it didn't hurt."
[00:07] <Jran-Kri> "Astounding, really," she says again, patting herself down once more. She begins to gather her affects, covering herself with the long, thick red mantle again. "A-and you can do that at will, can you? Interesting. I-I would have thought that would be more... complicated."
[00:07] <Nidhogg> "Better than most of the the flesh changers I've seen in my time." Nidhogg commented.
[00:08] <Kajiya> "Seriously, why would it hurt? It's not like there's any tearing or otherwise from the changes." she frowned. "And that wasn't me making the more permanent version of altering someone with physical biological flesh, that uh, might hurt if there's less flesh involved." she added, admitting that with a nod.
[00:08] <Tangent> "How do you even keep the...new parts alive? Never mind, magic..." She shakes her head, still looking discomforted. The idea of flesh magic's one thing, seeing it in action's another.
[00:10] <DrEvilKitteh> "To be fair, it did look like you were liquifying bone and doing a bunch of stuff to things that, you know, nerves are connected to."
[00:10] <Tangent> "And you're okay, right?" Amelia asks Alexa quietly. "Like...nothing feels weird?"
[00:10] <Kajiya> "Eh? Well... it's just about as difficult as keeping any other body part alive for any other creature... Naturally it requires resizing the heart and muscular ability and control as needed, and there are limits. But uh, something like a pillow shape isn't too different." she remarked. "...Also it's not liquifying, it's reducing it in a simulated method of atrophy." she remarked towards Sam at the end.
[00:10] <Jran-Kri> "Oh, I see, I see," Alexa nods eagerly. She fumbles on the couch for a moment before finding her glasses. Slipping them on, she nods gratefully at Sam.
[00:10] <Jran-Kri> "Yes, what he said."
[00:11] <Jran-Kri> Turning to Amelia, she gives herself another pat-down, prodding at her kidneys.
[00:11] <Jran-Kri> "... I certainly feel fine."
[00:11] <Kajiya> "Besides, most of their bones wasn't removed, it was just restructured into a protective shape, if someone hugged them too hard it would be dangerous without that." she added with a nod.
[00:11] <Nidhogg> "So can you two make armor out of flesh by chance?" Nidhogg inquired to Kajiya and Melenda.
[00:12] <DrEvilKitteh> "Yes. And that sounds like it would hurt more than a little bit." Sam shrugged and took a seat in mid-air next to Kajiya. "But magic is magic."
[00:12] <Tangent> "Okay, sorry...Just checking." She shrugs sheepishly at Alexa, then glances around. "Magic is magic is bullshit?"
[00:13] <Kajiya> "Eh? Well... that depends. I would need the biomass if it's armor that isn't made by me for, well, fighting when I'm around. It won't last long if it's not physically as such... But yes, it wouldn't be hard to make one out of flesh. A higher scale of carapace or chittin would be better though." she added towards Nidhogg's question in a factual sort of matter.
[00:13] <Jran-Kri> She laughs at that, her shoulders shaking.
[00:13] <DrEvilKitteh> "Damn right," Sam nodded. "Magic is bullshit, but it can be pretty awesome too. Not so much when used against you, admittedly..."
[00:13] <Jran-Kri> "Crass, but, ah... perhaps a tad on the money," she shrugs, rolling on the heels of her boots. "Astounding, really."
[00:13] <Melenda> "Well, again, she can't make it permanent without physically removing or adding flesh. You'd go back to normal after a few minutes if she didn't replace it on a genetic level." Mel said with a creepy somewhat giggle.
[00:14] <Melenda> "Of course, if you ever feel like being a pillow for the rest of your life, just ask her~"
[00:14] <Jran-Kri> "Ooh, I see!" She says, nodding as she turns to Mel. Then her smile fades into a look of shock. "W-wait. She can... alter DNA?"
[00:14] <MorganaAurora> [whats the scene in here?]
[00:15] * Kajiya frowned, looking down to her, well, chair companion. "They wouldn't be able to move much, I don't imagine anyone wants to be as such for life." she mumbled, before looking up. "And of course, that's effectively what I have to alter to make the body accept some of the more drastic changes."
[00:15] <DrEvilKitteh> (Everyone's in a corner with the couches, basically.)
[00:15] <Nidhogg> "Oh I can find you carapace and chittin. Are giant pyre-beetles good enough for you?" Nidhogg wondered how many of the creatures she could round up in an evening.
[00:15] <MorganaAurora> [okay]
[00:15] <Kajiya> "Even if there's little to no chance of rejection, it's dangerous if I leave the possibility of a genetic rejection from the body itself you know." she said matter of factly, pointing up with a nod."
[00:15] <Tangent> Amelia scowls. "Yeah, no." She says flatly, irrational dislike flaring up again. "Yeah. You have the right idea. Your powers..." She shakes her head. "Don't take this the wrong way, but they're pretty weird."
[00:16] <Kajiya> "...I heard that a lot, it's fine." she said to Amelia, a slight frown still coming onto her face at that regardless.
[00:17] <Melenda> "Ah, I got it. Pillow with spider legs!"
[00:17] <DrEvilKitteh> Sam tilted his head as he thought of something. "...You know, if you found a solution to permanently cure diseases like cancer or something, and make it mass-producable by mundanes, you'd be able to get a ton of money off of that." He looked at Kajiya with a bit more interest. "Maybe after things settle down in my world I can hire you out for something like that. Assuming you can do
[00:17] <DrEvilKitteh> something like that, of course." At her frown, he patted Kajiya on the head to help reassure her.
[00:18] <Jran-Kri> "A-ha. Oh my. That's... really something," she gulps, shuddering. A moment later she laughs nervously, nodding as she steps closer to Amelia. "W-well, um, 'weird' is one word for it. It really is q-quite interesting, e-especially with its implications regarding the, um, range and flexibility of magical powers..."
[00:18] <Tangent> She nods after a moment. "I mean...you're basically an instant magical surgeon and pharmacy, all in one..."
[00:19] <Kajiya> "People seem scared most by the spider legs, so that's still bad." she muttered... and looking up to Sam flatly. "And uh, I can. But I have to do each thing individually... and there's a lot of worlds. And it still takes a lot of magic. And people... tend to get the wrong idea." she added with a frown to Sam. "I can only fix what I'm there for, after all." she sighed with some guilt. "...As much as I'd like to help everyone at o
[00:19] <Kajiya> nce..."
[00:20] <Nidhogg> "Since when is curing Human Realm maladies such an issue?" Asked Nidhogg.
[00:20] <Tangent> ...Why is she making it so hard to dislike her?
[00:21] <Kajiya> "A lot of people die to it. I mean, when we're not off looking for those people, or wandering, usually we park somewhere I can help people... it's not uncommon we get magical girls attacking me for it though." Kajiya said with a sigh at the thought, frowning again.
[00:21] <DrEvilKitteh> "So...you'd be unable to create vaccines or anything like that?"
[00:21] <Melenda> "Hey, it's their fault for jumping to conclusions. Seriously, you should just let me go all out and kill them, we'll fix them up too afterwards."
[00:21] <Kajiya> "No killing. Even if it's for a short bit." Kajiya said seriously to Mel.
[00:21] <Melenda> "Fine fine..."
[00:21] <Tangent> "Maybe you're looking at it the wrong way..." Amelia mutters. "I mean...your powers kind of suck for combat without going...overboard. Why not just...pick a place to help and st-"
[00:22] <Tangent> *overboard, but...yeah, you could be a magical doctor.
[00:23] <Tangent> Yeah, she's not even trying to hide the way she's looking at Melenda after that comment.
[00:23] == Melenda [[email protected]]
[00:23] ==  realname : Rizon Web IRC @ http://qchat.rizon.net/
[00:23] ==  channels : #TheWand&Circlet
[00:23] ==  server   : *.rizon.net [Where are you?]
[00:23] ==           : is using a secure connection
[00:23] ==           : Melenda is a CGI:IRC client
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[00:23] <Jran-Kri> Alexa sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose.
[00:24] <Tangent> *seem to kind of suck
[00:24] <Kajiya> "...As for vaccines... I looked at the idea and possibility. It's risky, and I wouldn't know the first thing about making something like a spell that casts on it's own." she started. "Add on to that the issues of individual rejection and variance towards acceptance, and I would need to test a lot of cases. And even with a lot of testing... some folks might die because of it still, or if it gets used for the wrong thing." she sai
[00:24] <Kajiya> d, a sad little sigh. "...I'm only confident with what I know I can see and fix if I'm there, everything else is very risky." she sighed to Sam and back to the others. "Also it's not like I can't fight, I just don't want to. Besides, I want to sell changes to folks who want them. Well, that or do it for those that need it." she added, a small smile agin on her face.
[00:24] * Melenda seems to give as few fucks as a chair, or monster, would give about unsatisfied looks towards her.
[00:25] <Nidhogg> "Instead of vaccines, you could just take some cues from the otherworlds. They have medicine that makes a mockery of your Human Realm plagues and ailments."
[00:26] <Tangent> "That'd still be fewer people that'd die without you. Any medicine's going to be misused sometimes." She shakes her head. "It'd be better than fighting people who're just trying to keep their worlds safe. If you really want to do good...you could use your magic for that."
[00:26] <Tangent> "If they say no, they say no...but aren't there lots of people who're desperate and have no idea about magic?"
[00:27] <Tangent> She shakes her head. The idea of a magical world that could fix things...She still remembers how surprised she'd been before.
[00:27] <Kajiya> "Uh... Well, that's the other issue, it's not like if they can't or don't understand magic they'll let me do things normally." she added with a raised hand towards Amelia.
[00:28] <Kajiya> "I can't change someone's mind or memories after all."
[00:28] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks between the two of them, an odd look crossing her face.
[00:28] <DrEvilKitteh> "I figured you'd be able to," Sam said. "The brain is just another part of the body, after all."
[00:28] <Jran-Kri> "... Isn't there some sort of taboo about using magic in front of, ah... mundanes? Or was I the only one told that?"
[00:28] <Tangent> "...Huh? You know how desperate people can be, right? They'll buy all sorts of fake stuff to try and cure their diseases...I think they might give magic a try."
[00:29] <MorganaAurora> [you guys mind if I reenter the scene?]
[00:29] <Tangent> "Uh...I don't remember it telling me about that...I mean, there might be, but...."
[00:29] <Tangent> [go for it]
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> (Go ahead.)
[00:29] <Nidhogg> "Who says they have to be awake for it? Don't you people usually knock people out for serious proceedures in the Human World anyway?"
[00:29] <Tangent> "You keep saying human..." Amelia comments. "Like you're not."
[00:29] <Kajiya> "Well, it's not like I'm not trying to figure out a way to do it still... but I have only a few ideas." she sighed. And lacking Sorcery for a means to make this...
[00:29] <DrEvilKitteh> "And yeah, using magic in front of regular humans isn't a very good idea. It's...frowned upon, in my world's supernatural community, because there's no veil that shields the average human mind from magic goings on."
[00:30] <Tangent> "Who cares?" Amelia says bluntly. "No, really, why is that a thing?"
[00:30] <Melenda> "Well, you assume everyone is human, girl." Mel said with a cheerful sort of tone.
[00:30] <Nidhogg> (is that directed at Nidhogg  tangent?)
[00:30] <Kajiya> (I assume so)
[00:30] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shuffles awkwardly in place, shrugging.
[00:30] <Tangent> "Wouldn't it be better for people to know?" And she glares back at Mel...either for the comment or the "girl". "What about it?"
[00:30] <Jran-Kri> "I-I don't know, I guess they'd react... poorly? Fear and hate us, and all that?"
[00:31] <Kajiya> "...Well, again, I have done... some stuff at hospitals. Magical girls tend to get the wrong idea and attack me..."
[00:31] <Nidhogg> "As far as I know I'm not Human. I didn't know what Humans were until a few years ago."
[00:31] <Tangent> "Most /people/ are, after all." She looks to Alexa. "Well...if magic's real and they don't know, doesn't that put them at risk? Maybe it'd be better for them to know, even if the truth is scary..."
[00:31] <Tangent> She blinks at Nidhogg, then sighs at Kaji. "Did you try talking to them first? Just to let them know what you're doing?"
[00:32] <DrEvilKitteh> "They don't understand it," Sam started explaining. "They'd fear it. Their whole world would be changed after that moment. And probably not for the better."
[00:32] <Jran-Kri> "W-well, I mean, ah... That's our job, isn't it? To protect them. Keep all the things that go bump in the night from... you know," she waggles a hand awkwardly.
[00:32] <Tangent> "I...It's why I signed up..." She shakes her head. "I don't get it. It's better to know. Nothing good comes of hiding from the truth...It's not like it changes it if you don't know."
[00:32] <MorganaAurora> Upon reentering the Wand & Circlet the familiar angels send friendly waves at the assembled girls. That done, they move to the bar, placing an order.
[00:32] <Kajiya> "Some listen, others freak out and say I'm lieing, others think Mel is controling me or something." She said in a blunt, matter of fact way. "It's not like I can't stop them and then get back to what we were doing, but they don't really listen until they see everyone cured." she sighed.
[00:33] <Tangent> "I mean, yeah, we're protecting them, but..."
[00:33] <Melenda> "It's funny watching Kajiya turn them into human pretzels or balls of flesh though, and I get to beat them up a bit in other cases." Mel said with a giggle.
[00:33] <Nidhogg> "Kind of glad not to be Human to be honest. They're kind of pathetic to be quite honest."
[00:33] <Tangent> "Why not leave Mel behind?" She asks, bluntly. She know she's being rude, but she's being drawn into the conversation. "I'm not surprised you'd think that." She says flatly.
[00:34] <Tangent> A side glance to Nidhogg.
[00:34] <Jran-Kri> "Well of course it's better to know -- that's why I volunteered for, you know, that," she gestures at the flesh-mage, cringing slightly at Mel's relish. "But I mean... Maybe they're just not ready."
[00:34] <Kajiya> "She's my friend, and she protects me." she nodded.
[00:34] <DrEvilKitteh> "And nothing good comes from causing mass panic and hysteria because, guess what, the Bogey Man is real, and he's far from the worst thing out there." Sam shook his head. "And there are things that feed on those kinds of emotions, and others that grow stronger if you know about them. It's...just never worked out well, the times it's happened on my world."
[00:34] <Melenda> "That, and Kaji's an airhead when she's focusing on her magic, she doesn't even notice there's a fight going usually till she finishes." Mel giggled.
[00:34] <Tangent> "Your friend, maybe..." Amelia shakes her head, then looks to Sam. "Wait, what?"
[00:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Yay, i write agonizingly slowly compared to everyone else.)
[00:35] <DrEvilKitteh> (Feels /so/ nice.)
[00:35] <Kajiya> (Eh. I'm used to writing massive paragraphs back in the day, and also RPing 5 different people at once)
[00:35] <Kajiya> (I'm used to writing fast.)
[00:35] <Tangent> She looks at Kajiya. "If you really want to do good, why not try something different? I mean, Mel's always there when things go wrong, right?"
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[00:36] <MorganaAurora> Order recieved with supernatural speed, as usual, the sisters move to the corner table, as usual, carrying a tray of food for whoever shares their proximity, as usual.
[00:36] <Tangent> "If you want to do good, you can't always do what you're comfortable with. And she does FEEL like a monster, right? So it's not really their fault if they get the wrong idea."
[00:36] <DrEvilKitteh> "Hm?" Sam looked at Amelia. "Which part were you asking about?"
[00:36] <Melenda> "Mel's always with me... so yes? It's not like things don't go right as well." she said in a confused tone. "I get why they do anyway... I mean, I'm going into a hospital, using magic on sick patients, and a magical girl senses it and comes to react. Of course most won't even bother listening..." she muttered.
[00:37] <Melenda> (gah, that one was kaji)
[00:37] <Tangent> Amelia's getting worked up about it. A side of her she hasn't really realized she still has. "The bogeyman." She says quickly. "Have you ever tried just...going in alone to help?"
[00:37] <Tangent> "I mean, I can't speak for magical girls in general, but...if I see someone doing magic in a hospital, that's different from if someone had a monster with them, right?"
[00:38] <Tangent> *that'd be
[00:38] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah." Sam nodded, but remained quiet for now as she spoke with Kajiya.
[00:38] <Melenda> "Well, she tried a few times. Every single time she basically got killed though." Mel said flatly to Amelia. "So I don't LET her do that even if she insists it'll be fine."
[00:39] <MorganaAurora> Sitting down, and setting the appetizers centrally for easy reach, they sid down quietly. Each waiting patiently to catch up on the conversation.
[00:39] * Kajiya sighs. "Nobody's died because I was in the middle of helping them so far but... it is more risky if they'll kill me during it." she admitted.
[00:39] <Tangent> "So you don't LET her do things?" Amelia folds her arms challengingly. "Even when it'd help people?"
[00:39] <MorganaAurora> [butchered that one, sry]
[00:39] <Tangent> "Have you thought that you might be making things worse by being there, giving the wrong idea?"
[00:39] <Melenda> "No, I mean I don't let her go alone. That's why she went off on her own, because I told her I sensed magical girls and we should wait."
[00:40] <Kajiya> "It's fine. I mean, those guys would have died during the night if I didn't fix it immidiately." she muttered.
[00:40] <Jran-Kri> Alexa clears her throat, holding a hand up to Amelia's shoulder. It hovers awkwardly around there instead of clamping down, however.
[00:40] <MorganaAurora> She get's killed when she goes to hospitals? Weird.
[00:41] <Tangent> "I don't see the difference." Amelia seems to almost be enjoying the argument. "So...why not let her go with someone else? That..." She blinks, looking around, train of thought broken.
[00:41] <Melenda> "Yes, but binding your soul back to your corpse and having you restart your body is a painfully slow, and for me sad process." she said bluntly.
[00:41] <Tangent> ...She really doesn't want to know the specifics. "I...I'm not gonna ask."
[00:41] <Jran-Kri> "A-Amelia, th-there's n-no need to, ah, get worked up over this. The ch-- Mel is just, um, trying to look out for her friend. Right?"
[00:41] <Kajiya> "Well... I uh, don't have much other friends. I already stay at Nessie's at times and even then I feel guilty..." she remarked.
[00:42] <Melenda> "Basically. Besides, she's used to dealing with folks getting the wrong ideas." Mel added.
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[00:42] <MorganaAurora> "Um. We'd like to try our luck in these hospitals if you'd tell us where they are."
[00:42] <Tangent> "Hmmph." Amelia looks like she disagrees, emphatically...but sits back. It doesn't stop her from shooting Mel unfriendly looks though.
[00:43] <Kajiya> "Uhh... they're just um, wherever we are. Usually various worlds... Mel still needs to do a lot of wandering to get teleportation locations." she remarked  back to the angels with a quiet nod.
[00:43] <Nidhogg> "Maybe you should try for a hospital not in the Human World? I'm sure there are some in the Otherworlds that could benefit from your services." Suggested Nidhogg.
[00:44] <Jran-Kri> Alexa sighs, half-exasperated and half-relieved that the situation isn't escalating.
[00:44] <Jran-Kri> "There's the ticket. It's not her fault that people, ah... tend to jump to conclusions. I-I'm sure they do everything they can."
[00:44] <MorganaAurora> They nod understandingly at Kaj's explanation. Weird though.
[00:45] <MorganaAurora> "OH! You could try going to a faith healer. Sick people gather there looking for miracle cures."
[00:47] <Kajiya> "Well, when they know magic more they listen usually..." Kajiya nodded.
[00:47] <Tangent> "I guess..." Amelia grumbles to Alexa.
[00:48] <MorganaAurora> Looking lost, the twins stare at Kajiya confused.
[00:48] <Kajiya> "...Also even if it's a 'miracle' on people being cured, I don't think it's the best of ideas to make people expect them." she added, towards whichever angel said that.
[00:48] <MorganaAurora> "Oh, you wouldn't make them expect it. They already expect it."
[00:49] <WhiteKnight> With a very self-satisfied grin on her face, Raka enters the Wand in her human disguise. Instead of that white dress, she's wearing a black leather jacket over a white designer t-shirt depicting five masked warriors posing in colorful outfits. There's a bit of a skip to her step as she recognizes the angel twins and scoots on over to them. "Oh! Aurora! And, uhm... Sorry, I keep missing your name."
[00:50] <Jran-Kri> "R-right. Right," she settles back down on the couch, screwing her hat back on with another sigh. "God, it's been a long day."
[00:50] <MorganaAurora> "Haha." "That's fine."
[00:50] <MorganaAurora> "How are you Raka?"
[00:51] * Kajiya waves to Raka with a small smile.
[00:52] <MorganaAurora> Watching her different eyes again, seeking patterns, the twins ask her "Would you like to sit down?" "We've got some appetizers here."
[00:52] <Tangent> Amelia blinks. "Um...friend of yours?" She asks Morgana.
[00:53] <WhiteKnight> "I'm well," she answers, dispelling herillusion with a snap. One of her thin arms escapes from beneath the jacket to wave back at Kaj. "Just doing spider things."
[00:54] <DrEvilKitteh> "Oh, you're the...spider girl who's not a drider-type, right?" Sam said, just a second before the disguise dropped. "...Right."
[00:54] <MorganaAurora> "We helped her out a while back." One twin says, the other nodding.
[00:54] <Melenda> "Spider things are fun. Dare I ask if you've eaten anyone interesting?" Mel, rather, the flesh chair Kajiya sat upon asked, as they turned the tentacle with an eye and mouth towards Raka.
[00:54] <Tangent> Amelia nods, waving...then doing a doubletake at the spiderlegs.
[00:55] <Tangent> "Uh. Hey..."
[00:56] <Jran-Kri> Alexa has half-fallen asleep on the couch, her wide-brimmed hat covering her eyes, but she lifts it to stare at the unfamiliar girl. And her legs.
[00:56] <Jran-Kri> "Oh. Oh my."
[00:57] <Kajiya> "Hehe. She has more arms too, it's neat." Kajiya said, not even remotely phased by the looks... perhaps obviously so considering what she does and can do.
[00:57] <WhiteKnight> "Hi." She waves at Amelia with another arm. And to Alexa with another. All six of her arms are soon employed in meeting and greeting before she answers Melenda. "Well, I usually don't eat the people who try to kill me. I've just gotten so used to rats and roaches! The protein is great, and pretty useful besides."
[00:58] <MorganaAurora> [didn't realize she was initially disguised]
[00:59] <Jran-Kri> "... Jesus, Joseph and Mary," Alexa says, eyes fixated on the many limbs. "And I thought harpies looked... Ahem. Um. Nevermind. Hi."
[00:59] <MorganaAurora> "That still seems odd."
[01:00] <MorganaAurora> "Anyway, why don't you have some of these chicken strips or mozarella sticks?"
[01:00] <MorganaAurora> Just don't eat anything weird, geez.
[01:00] <Melenda> "They're plentiful, and I do like the texture of a nice, fat roach, but small animals are tastier, especially this time of year. They'll be hibernating for easy meals, or all fat for warmth, usually both." Mel remarked nonchalantly.
[01:01] <Kajiya> "Uh... y-yea, chicken strips and stuff would be better for those too." Kajiya said, for once actually sounding a bit grossed out at the idea of eating vermin and bugs.
[01:01] <MorganaAurora> Hmmmm. "Perhaps you've adapted a spider's taste."
[01:01] <WhiteKnight> "Ah, Ixnay on the free meals from now on. Got it. And hey, if you're offering, I'll take." She grabs one of the sticks. "When was the last time I had any cheese, for that matter?"
[01:01] <Tangent> She's a person...probably. Don't stare. "So, um...Raka, right?" Mel literally eats puppies. Why isn't she surprised?
[01:02] <MorganaAurora> "If we have money we are going to share it. There's nothing to do with charity or whatever."
[01:03] * Melenda hasn't been allowed a good newborn anything, much less a puppy, ever since Kajiya came around. Don't remind her.
[01:04] <WhiteKnight> "That's right. And your name, miss?" Her extra arms sneak back beneath her jacket, but then she flips her hair, showing off all the extra eyes for a moment. A row of six brown beads, closing sideways. And above them, a slightly large purple eye that stares into Amelia's before turning away.
[01:07] <Tangent> Amelia jumps- slightly...but nods. That purple eye's a bit...creepy though. "Amelia. Flaming Ace Paladin Amelia." Hey, it's her title...Why not use it for once? "So...um, how'd you meet Morgana, anyway?" She asks, more to break the awkward silence than anything.
[01:08] <MorganaAurora> Perking up slightly, one angel looks to Raka, shrugs a single shoulder a motions with her hand as if to say, you got this.
[01:08] <DrEvilKitteh> "Always liked Paladins, as long as they didn't adhere to Lawful Stupid morality," Sam mused, one leg propped up on the other as he took a sip of his drink.
[01:08] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks at Amelia oddly from her reclining position on the couch, pushing up her hat again and arching a dubious eyebrow. Since when was she a 'Flaming Ace Paladin?' Sounded prestigious. Much as she wanted to ask, she tries to avoid cramping her style.
[01:09] * MorganaAurora shake their heads at sam
[01:09] <Kajiya> "...I dunno what exactly a paladin is...?" she muttered with a slight frown. "For some reason I remember the word fall related to them though."
[01:09] <Melenda> "...Great, one of you kinds" Mel muttered.
[01:09] <Tangent> "Ehhh, it's something to live up to, you know?" She's gone a little red, but she's grinning stupidly.
[01:09] <MorganaAurora> "Paladins are champions of good."
[01:10] <Tangent> "I mean...I guess I was thinking...if I had to do this, I should do it right, you know? So yeah."
[01:10] <MorganaAurora> "Yes exactly."
[01:10] <MorganaAurora> "Except, why do you have to do it?"
[01:11] <WhiteKnight> "Well, one day after my nest got burned down by a violent fire girl, who also happened to break and tear off one of my arms before I got her good, I ended up dragging myself over to this place. And that's where I met these lovely sisters." She giggles. "Dear Aurora mended me good as new, and even fed me. Then I went upstairs and slept for a couple days."
[01:12] <MorganaAurora> "Woah, days."
[01:12] <Tangent> She's a bit embarassed...but hey, it was the name she chose and apparently that matters. "Well...it's not like I can un-agree to it..." She shrugs. "I mean, I know I said yes..." She raises an eyebrow at Raka's explanation.
[01:12] <WhiteKnight> "And if we're going to use titles, I'll call myself Spider Huntress Supreme Raka."
[01:13] <MorganaAurora> "Um... We'll be..."
[01:13] <MorganaAurora> "Uh.. I got nothin."
[01:14] <Tangent> "Well...I'm still kinda figuring out how to introduce myself...sorry if it sounded a bit...stuck-up." She mutters. "Supreme, hmm? I guess I can't point too many fingers, not sure why I thought Ace was a good idea..."
[01:14] <MorganaAurora> They fold their arms and put their heads down, drawing blanks.
[01:17] <Jran-Kri> "Perhaps if you were a fighter pilot," Alexa pipes up. "Then it would make perfect sense. Look into getting a Spitfire or something."
[01:18] * Kajiya looked to folks queitly... shrugging. "Um... I'm Kajiya, if I haven't introduced, and this is my friend Melenda."
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[01:19] <MorganaAurora> "You just need a couple 'planes'." One ducks as the speaker stretches her arms out to the side like wings.
[01:19] <Tangent> "Maybe...Wouldn't surprise me if there was an airplane hanger somewhere in the city...I mean after a castle..." She grins at Alexa. "Could use a copilot though."
[01:20] <Nidhogg> "Why would you use Human aircraft? They aren't all that great." Quipped Nidhogg.
[01:20] <MorganaAurora> Their joke dies as they turn serious "A reliable and ernest companion is invalualbe."
[01:20] <Tangent> "Ehh? How so?" Amelia raises an eyebrow. "I mean...if you're not human..." What are you? "Where are you from anyway?"
[01:21] <Jran-Kri> Alexa blushes, clearly flattered. She daintily lays a hand over her heart.
[01:21] <Tangent> *eyebrow at Nidhogg
[01:21] <Jran-Kri> "It would be my honour," she says. A small smirk tugs at the corner of her mouth. "You can always count on the Magical Mysteriarch Alexa to have your back."
[01:22] <Nidhogg> "They call it the "Fae Domain". Or that's where I woke up at anyway. Never saw a Human till a few years ago." Nidhogg replied.
[01:22] <WhiteKnight> The spider lady claps at Alexa's impeccable naming sense.
[01:22] <Tangent> "Magical Mysteriarch? Is that a word? Ehhhh, doesn't matter, it sounds cool anyway!" Amelia cheers at Alexa.
[01:22] <MorganaAurora> "That's a sweet name, mysteriarch."
[01:22] <Tangent> She looks back to Nidhogg. "Fae? As in...fairies? Cold iron and stuff?"
[01:22] <Tangent> ...Well, that's a random fact to remember.
[01:23] <Jran-Kri> "... I think I read it in a book once," she shrugs, even as she bows at the spider-girl and the angels. "Thank you, thank you. I'm a master wordsmith, as well."
[01:24] <Nidhogg> "I hope not. The only kind of "Fairy" I've seen to date almost make the Old Gods look good in comparisson."
[01:25] <MorganaAurora> "Hmmm. No cute butterfly winged people?"
[01:25] <Tangent> "...Old Gods?" Amelia's less prickly and more legitimately interested now. "You know...I didn't really believe in the whole multiverse thing at first, until I got here..."
[01:25] <Tangent> "I mean, countless worlds, countless people, all those worlds and cultures, and histories...What kind of stories do they have, where you're from?"
[01:26] <Nidhogg> "Well the Fae do have a few things in common with the things you call "butterflies"."
[01:26] <MorganaAurora> "Just hope some of those universes depicted in asian animations aren't real."
[01:26] <Tangent> "Nah, that'd just be silly."
[01:26] <MorganaAurora> "Butterflies are great, totallyundervalued."
[01:26] <Tangent> Says the magical girl.
[01:27] <Nidhogg> Nidhogg turned to Amelia next." Yes the "Old Gods". The same ones we killed in ages past." She said.
[01:27] <MorganaAurora> "Agreed, Paladin." Said the angels with lewd bodies.
[01:27] <Tangent> "Oh, so...like it's folklore? Local legend? Sounds interesting..."
[01:28] <WhiteKnight> "I think I'd get along nicely with a butterfly girl," says Raka. "I'd just need to be careful about where I put my webs if they ever came to visit me."
[01:28] <Nidhogg> "Not legend. The proof is scattered all around the Fae Domain and Shard."
[01:29] <Tangent> "Right, right..." Amelia nods along. "So...what'd the stories say about the Old Gods?"
[01:29] <Nidhogg> "That most of em are dead for one." Nidogg replied flatly.
[01:30] <MorganaAurora> "Probably for the best. Though I wonder if there were any cute girl goddesses."
[01:31] <Tangent> "So...like Ragnarok happened to them or something?" In the stories, of course.
[01:31] <Nidhogg> "Yes but they're probably dead to. The Old Gods weren't all that great to be honest. Not if mortals could kill them."
[01:31] <Tangent> ...She sounds like she believes it.
[01:31] <MorganaAurora> "But if she was pretty and nice... Naw, that's unrealistic."
[01:32] <Nidhogg> "Ragnarok?"
[01:32] <Tangent> "Hey, what do you think?" Amelia nudges Alexa, then looks back around. "Huh? Oh, just a myth. Norse myth. Um...it's a thing where I'm from. Kinda. We have stories about gods as well."
[01:33] <MorganaAurora> "A great prophecy of a war between giants, monsters and gods."
[01:33] <Tangent> "...Well, kinda. I mean, the Christians kind of messed with the whole narrative..." Amelia doesn't seem to realize she's geeking out over it.
[01:33] <MorganaAurora> "Also what the paladin said."
[01:33] <Nidhogg> "Well there are giants. But most of them are horrible, Ice Dwelling elementals that derive great joy out of spreading their icy touch to vulnerable lands."
[01:34] <Nidhogg> "They're also part of the back bone of Empress Hyborea's armies in Shard."
[01:34] <Jran-Kri> Alexa starts, having apparently lapsed into considerable thought on the matter. She shifts uncomfortably in place, especially at the mention of Christianity.
[01:35] * Kajiya looks a bit confused at the myth and otherwise talk.
[01:35] <Jran-Kri> "Well, ah... I, um... I was always taught there's just one God."
[01:35] <MorganaAurora> "Naw, no way."
[01:35] <Tangent> "Right, right, but they're just stories. Myths, you know?"
[01:35] <WhiteKnight> "Yeah, same. 'I Am Who I Am,' the big loving daddy in the sky, Capital G God."
[01:35] <MorganaAurora> "Even christians holy books talk about other gods."
[01:35] <Nidhogg> "If the Human Realm has only one god, then I hope he is mightier than any the Fae Domain have ever had tread in their realm."
[01:36] <MorganaAurora> "Pretty sure human realm doesn't have any gods they didn't create themselves."
[01:36] <Jran-Kri> "Well, ah... I suppose that's the... modern view," she says diplomatically. She casts a curious glance over at Morgana. "Well, ah... that's correct, but it's, um... complicated."
[01:37] <MorganaAurora> "Sure it is. You can't go through that many revisions and story tellers without things getting a bit nutty,"
[01:38] <MorganaAurora> "Maybe there is a Thor out there somewhere" "Or Ares."
[01:38] <Tangent> "Well, I'm talking to angels and we're fighting monsters...so, who knows?" She shrugs.
[01:38] <MorganaAurora> "Yeah, the idea of gods seems plausible. Gotta judge each claim on it's own merit."
[01:38] <Jran-Kri> Alexa purses her lips, bobbing her head awkwardly with a matching shrug.
[01:39] <Jran-Kri> "Wh- who knows, really? I, um -- I'm certainly not in any hurry to see for myself."
[01:39] <MorganaAurora> "That's a good point."
[01:39] <Tangent> Amelia seems to notice. "Yeah. No need to worry about it, right? Anyywayyyyyyy...So how long've you been around here?" She asks Nidhogg.
[01:39] <WhiteKnight> "Hmmm. Well, I guess seeing is believing would be the best philosophy here."
[01:39] <Nidhogg> "Long enough I'd wager." Replied Nidhogg.
[01:40] <MorganaAurora> [did sam died?]
[01:40] <Nidhogg> "Was ducking out here for a bit while the mob outside was hunting for me."
[01:41] <Tangent> "Couldn't be more specific?" Amelia shrugs, without any heat behind the words. "But yeah...is there like a library or something in the overcity? It seems like it'd be amazing if someone collected all the stories from all these worlds..."
[01:41] <Tangent> "Wait, hunting?"
[01:41] <Tangent> *hunting you?
[01:41] <MorganaAurora> "She comes from an awful place."
[01:42] <Tangent> "...Oh." Amelia seems curious but doesn't press.
[01:42] <Nidhogg> "Yeah. They got made because I accidently demolished a whole block." Nidhogg explained.
[01:43] * MorganaAurora just shake their heads. This is messed up.
[01:43] <Tangent> "I...How?"
[01:43] <Nidhogg> "And I know of a Library. It's owned by a Dryad named "Miconia". It's partially in the Otherworlds and partially in the Human World."
[01:43] <Tangent> *"Wha...
[01:43] <Tangent> "Huh...Thanks...I guess I'll have to try and find it sometime...Miconia, huh?"
[01:44] <Jran-Kri> Alexa stares at Nidhogg. She neglects to press the issue of the destroyed city block.
[01:44] <Jran-Kri> "I'm presuming this, ah, Dryad's... friendly?"
[01:44] <MorganaAurora> "I hope so."
[01:44] <Nidhogg> "Of course she is. She and the few Hundred Driders who service the Library."
[01:44] <Tangent> "Ah."
[01:45] <Nidhogg> "Just be aware of you borrow a book and don't return it, then she will send a spider girl to get that book back for her."
[01:45] <Nidhogg> Nidhogg stressed the next part with care. "And that spider-girl will get that book back one way or another. Trust me. I had them come knocking early in the morning. It was not pleasant at all."
[01:45] <WhiteKnight> "Driders," Raka mutters. "You know, I really ought to get to know a drider or two. Share webspinning secrets."
[01:46] <Nidhogg> "Well, you should try for the "Edge of Darkness" then. It has a city called "Eclipse" that was founded by Driders and girls who can make the shadows dance."
[01:46] <Jran-Kri> "... So noted," she says, swallowing. "D-don't worry, I've, ah-- I've never gotten a late fee. In my life."
[01:47] <WhiteKnight> "Ooh, I can make shadows dance... with my fingers, that is."
[01:47] <MorganaAurora> "Show us?"
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[01:48] <Nidhogg> "Don't worry. The spider girl is just to make sure you don't forget. They drop reminders and bug you till you return it. Most of the time." Nidhogg said to Alexa.
[01:49] <Jran-Kri> "Oh. A-ha. I-I assumed, you know," she snickers, caught slightly off balance. "It was some sort of... mob thing. You know. Broken kneecaps."
[01:49] <Tangent> "Hey, they're just spiders, right?" Amelia tries to chip in. "And if they try anything like that...splat."
[01:49] <DrEvilKitteh> "Ah, I know a drider you could talk to," Sam said to Raka. "I think you may have met her already; name's Talia."
[01:49] <DrEvilKitteh> (Sorry for my late post)
[01:50] <WhiteKnight> "Alright, then." Raka clears her throat before removing her jacket and sretching each and every finger of her six lean, mean arms. "Any requests?"
[01:50] <Jran-Kri> "... I-I don't know, they could be... really big spiders," Alexa shifts in place. "A-and either way, I, um... I don't like spiders."
[01:50] * Kajiya looked to fols still quite... lost, shrugging. "Um... well, spiders are one thing and spider people are another, right?" she asked, as Mel took them closer to the others, looking to them curiously.
[01:51] <Nidhogg> "I don't know. I know a boy who runs a Mob, but knee caps usually aren't what he breaks when he has to make a point."
[01:51] <Tangent> "Ah, no offense to present company." Amelia adds a moment later. "Hey, we've fought worse than an angry librarian..." She pats her shoulder. "Oh...Well, you can give a list then, maybe, and I'll check them out."
[01:51] <Nidhogg> "You clearly haven't fought Miconia or the "Sons of Aak" then."
[01:51] <Tangent> "I don't mind spiders much." And she raises an eyebrow at Nidhogg's comments.
[01:52] <Kajiya> "...I feel like I might be lost as to who or what these folks are..."
[01:52] <Tangent> Amelia silently agrees...but Kajiya's already said it.
[01:53] <Jran-Kri> "A-ha. Right. Ah. Sorry," Alexa awkwardly tries to recede deeper into the couch. Despite this, she shakes her head at Amelia. "N-no, that won't be necessary. I-I'll be fine. I'd quite like to see it myself."
[01:53] <WhiteKnight> Shrugging, Raka cracks a couple knuckles before twisting and interlocking her fingers into a pretty accurate animated silhouette of a walking human being.
[01:54] <Tangent> "Maybe we could go there later." She suggests. "A field trip? For real this time?"
[01:55] <MorganaAurora> "Pretty good shadow, Raka."
[01:55] <Nidhogg> "I can give you directions. Miconia is always happy to have visitors. I take it you don't own a diving suit, so I'll give you the Overcity entrance." Nidhogg said, drawing a small, neon colored sphere that was covered in lines. She rollled the device over to Amelia. "That should guide you."
[01:55] <Kajiya> "Hehe..." Kajiya giggled at the sight of the silhouette, smiling at the amusing show.
[01:55] <Jran-Kri> Alexa laughs, but nods eagerly all the same.
[01:56] <Tangent> "I...Huh, thanks..." Amelia turns it over in her hands. "Is this some kind of map or something? Or a compass?"
[01:56] <Jran-Kri> "Sure, sounds lovely. We'll make a day of it," she says to Amelia, before peering over her shoulder at Nidhogg's gift. "Ooh. Remarkable!"
[01:57] <Tangent> Amelia's turning it over in her hands with interest, but offers it to Alexa.
[01:57] <WhiteKnight> "you learn to amuse yourself when you spend a lot of time cooped up in your own nest," said the spider as she shifted her fingers to project a simplistic castle with two waving flags. "Doesn't hurt that I now have thirty fingers, though. Even if my arms are super skinny."
[01:58] <Jran-Kri> Alexa takes it with a thankful nod, running her fingers delicately along its lines with great interest.
[01:59] <MorganaAurora> "Nothing wrong with being skinny." They smile at some hidden joke.
[01:59] * Kajiya nodded a little at that. "You're perfectly healthy as it is anyway, right? Nothing like muscular atrophy for the skinnier arms if I'm seeing things right at least." Kajiya said rather bluntly and in an innnocent kind of tone.
[02:01] <Tangent> "You could work on that bedside manner a bit, doc..." Amelia comments, playing it off as a joke.
[02:02] <WhiteKnight> "I'm pretty sure I'm in good health. Not that I have anything to compare myself to. I imagine most spidery girls are, well, driders. But I feel fine. As for muscles... Well, lot of small bugs are strong for their size, but I couldn't tell you why. Maybe I have some of that. You should see the big sword I swing around."
[02:02] <Tangent> "Hmmm?"
[02:02] <Tangent> "What kind of sword do you use?"
[02:02] <MorganaAurora> "Thought it was the fluid based muscle system combined with square cube law."
[02:03] <Kajiya> "Eh? Well, I need to ask these questions just to make sure you know..." she remarked idly to Amelia, tilting her head with a slightly confused look.
[02:03] <MorganaAurora> Looking the twins complain "We want sweet weapons..."
[02:03] * Kajiya holds up her flesh staff, still with a human, beating heart at the top. "I'm fine with mine~"
[02:04] <Tangent> "Eh, fair enough...You're the doctor..." Amelia shrugs, then looks to Morgana. "Does that even apply, though? I mean...shouldn't insect biology just not work for humans?"
[02:04] <MorganaAurora> "Who's heart is that?"
[02:04] <MorganaAurora> "Who here is human?"
[02:04] <Tangent> "I...was kind of expecting that to just be...magical..." Amelia raises her hand.
[02:04] <Jran-Kri> Alexa looks uncertain at first, then slowly raises her hand.
[02:05] <Nidhogg> "Not me, thank whatever gods that exist." Nidhogg replied to Morgana.
[02:05] <Kajiya> "Uh, I'm human, so long as magical girls counts?" she said, raising a hand with a small smile.
[02:06] <MorganaAurora> "I don't know if they do."
[02:06] <WhiteKnight> Raka tears her eyes away from the spooky flesh staff. "I wouldn't know how to describe it besides big. She gets up and lays her hands on the table. In a flash, a lengthy two-hander materializes, about six and a half feet long. The crossguard resembles a spider.
[02:06] <MorganaAurora> "Pretty sweet, whats the weight? How thick is it?"
[02:06] <Jran-Kri> Alexa snickers, apparently choosing to interpret the angel's statement as a joke.
[02:07] <Jran-Kri> "Wh- what? How could they not? I-I mean, we're, ah... magical, yes, but we're still human, right? Biologically?"
[02:07] <Tangent> "Of course we are. I think."
[02:07] <MorganaAurora> "I don't know." "We two are not."
[02:08] <Tangent> "Oh, nice!" She comments, looking at the sword.
[02:08] <MorganaAurora> "Could ask a biologist."
[02:08] <Jran-Kri> "O-oh," Alexa looks them up and down, her lip curling. "W-well, I mean, that's... You seem, ah... different. But I'm still... I mean, except for... Well, ah..."
[02:08] <Jran-Kri> She wrings her hands, suddenly unsure of herself.
[02:09] <MorganaAurora> "You will not offend me by being honest about what we are."
[02:09] <Tangent> "Well, wings...I'm more of a enthusiast- wasn't studying that, but...I'm pretty sure you guys and magic would make a biologist cry."
[02:09] <WhiteKnight> "Eh, it's just a sword to me. I don't know too much about swords, I just know how to swing and stab, maybe club a guy with the grippy parts, and that it's heavy because gravity and it's long. But I might as well measure it right now."
[02:09] <MorganaAurora> "We are not human, we were human. We are still people." "That is what matters."
[02:09] <Kajiya> "Huh. Shiny." She shrugged with a simple little smile. "Also, uh, to speak on a biological level, we are until transformed in most cases. In those cases, muscular structure ties into and relies upon excessive levels of magical power usually, which results in, well, our usable power." she added.
[02:10] <Tangent> Amelia raises her hand, and a sword appears in a gleam of fire and metal. "I'm kinda biased about swords though." She comments, laying her blade next to Raka's on the table.
[02:10] <Jran-Kri> "Re... markable," Alexa says, pursing her lips. She nods slowly. "Yes. Yes, that... would make sense. F-fascinating..."
[02:10] <Tangent> *raises her arm over her head
[02:10] <WhiteKnight> Months of getting her home just the way she wanted it gave Raka a good sense for dimensions as she took two pinched fingers and separated them over the width of the blade. "About three and a half inches."
[02:10] <Tangent> http://www.katetattersall.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1796P-heavy-cavalry-troopers-sword-hatchet-point.jpg
[02:10] * MorganaAurora look at the girl rasing her hand. Wonder why.
[02:11] <MorganaAurora> Oh that's why
[02:12] <MorganaAurora> "Gravity wrapping a sword to make it weigh more, interesting. Wonder how that would respond to being on the moon or planet Namek."
[02:13] <Tangent> Amelia's blade is shorter and sleeker than Raka's greatsword. An almost plain weapon with a silver blade and slight etchings in the handle.
[02:13] <Kajiya> "...I don't know what planet that is, yet I feel vaguely like it's familiar." Kajiya said in a confused tone.
[02:13] <Nidhogg> "There is a world in your Human Realm called "Namek"?" Nidhogg was surprised. She had heard of no such planet among the celestial objects that were anchored around the star they called "Sol".
[02:13] <MorganaAurora> "Awww. These pretty weapons are making us jelly."
[02:14] <MorganaAurora> "Namek is a fictional planet which if I recall had higher gravity than Earth."
[02:14] <Tangent> "Well, if you can go there, maybe it's not so fictional..."
[02:14] <Tangent> She comments, looking interested.
[02:14] <Kajiya> "...Strange, why do I recall that name then?"
[02:14] <MorganaAurora> "I'd say it still is. Just that here happens to be a similar place which actually exists." "Does that make sense?"
[02:15] <Kajiya> "...eh?"
[02:15] <MorganaAurora> "Because the saiyans are a true warrior race?"
[02:15] * MorganaAurora shrug
[02:15] <Nidhogg> "I got enough of trying to travel to your realms worlds. According to that girl Agatha, a lot of them don't have breathable air. Something I can't overcome."
[02:15] <WhiteKnight> "I don't think gravity's doing anything special. It's just, uh, what's that mechanic word again... Torque? Like, you push and pull door by the knob at the end that it isn't swivelling on because that's more effective than pushing or pulling closer to the turny part."
[02:16] <WhiteKnight> "I mean, that's how my mechanic explained it to me."
[02:17] <MorganaAurora> "Oh, so the sword doesn't actually weigh more it's just tought to wield because it's stiking out so far from your hand.""Now that you say it, it's just like carrying long boards from the center versus the end."
[02:18] <MorganaAurora> [tough* to wield]
[02:18] <WhiteKnight> "Right! Like, two things can weigh the same, but one can be more cumbersome because of how it's shaped."
[02:18] * Kajiya tilted her head... these terms and otehrwise were basically lost on the rather specialized girl, again.
[02:19] <MorganaAurora> "Yeah, like jacking up a car." "Anyway, does anyone have any other cool pub tricks?"
[02:20] * Kajiya shrugs. She has tricks, and fun things. Just nothing specifically for a pub. Let alone that won't scare folks off.
[02:21] <Nidhogg> "Nothing that won't have another angry mob after me." Nidhogg answered.
[02:21] <MorganaAurora> "We don't want that."
[02:22] <Tangent> "Eh, I can make fire? I guess?"
[02:22] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shakes her head, shrugging.
[02:23] <Jran-Kri> "I'm just--" She stops to stifle a yawn. "I've got nothing special, sorry. Think I can juggle..."
[02:23] <Kajiya> "...Yea I don't think people want to be shaped into things much so um.... no." she shrugged, sighing a bit dismayed.
[02:23] <MorganaAurora> "Well, did you ever hear of the Red HOt Chili Peppers?"
[02:23] <WhiteKnight> "Well, that's my big sword. There is something else I can do, though..." Raka smiles devilishly.
[02:23] * MorganaAurora perk up and look to Raka
[02:24] <WhiteKnight> "It's a little disgusting, so brace your stomachs."
[02:24] <MorganaAurora> "Okay" They nod and straighten up.
[02:25] * Kajiya smiles, nodding as she looks attentively.
[02:25] <Tangent> Amelia glances to Alexa, then nods. "Hit us, I guess..."
[02:26] <Jran-Kri> Alexa swallows and leans forward, unable to look away in anticipation.
[02:27] <WhiteKnight> The spider's head jerks up, and she spits gobs of white up at the ceiling with deadly precision! She grabs onto their trails with two hands, climbing the webbing like a rope before turning around, upside down, gripping the makeshift rope with her legs and then stretching out her arms.
[02:28] <Tangent> "Huh. So...uh...you can pull a Spiderman. Neat..."
[02:28] <MorganaAurora> "That is impressive, gross and kinda lewd." They smile broadly "Well done madam, well done."
[02:28] <Kajiya> "Hehe... That is actually pretty neat." Kajiya nodded, smiling and giving a small happy clap at the amusement.
[02:29] <Nidhogg> "Eh. Pretty good I guess."
[02:29] <Jran-Kri> "... Amazing," Alexa gasps, watching with awe. Once she gets over herself, she starts clapping. "Absolutely fantastic!"
[02:29] <MorganaAurora> [what is raka wearing?]
[02:30] <WhiteKnight> "Thank you, thank you." She bows, giving gravity the finger before climbing back down.
[02:30] <WhiteKnight> [Jeans today, a t-shirt. Leather jacket on her chair.]
[02:31] <Tangent> "Spidergirl, spidergirl, does whatever a spidergirl does..."
[02:31] <MorganaAurora> [no skirt flip, come on, you let us down. (j/k)]
[02:31] <Tangent> Amelia grins cheekily.
[02:31] <WhiteKnight> [tee hee hee]
[02:31] <Jran-Kri> Alexa casts an amused glance at Amelia, snickering.
[02:32] <MorganaAurora> "Would you mind being test audience to something for us?"
[02:32] <WhiteKnight> Suddenly, the spider-girl freezes up in horrid realization. "Uh-oh. Even if I take those down its' gonna leave residue... Uh, sure!"
[02:32] * MorganaAurora stretch their fingers and limber up their hands.
[02:33] <MorganaAurora> "I don't think doctor professor Aldrick with care."
[02:33] <MorganaAurora> [will care* sorry]
[02:34] <Jran-Kri> "Huh?" Alexa jolts at the sound of her name, glancing around confusedly at the two of them, then up at the ceiling, then back to them.
[02:34] <Kajiya> "Ah, actually I can clean it up!" Kaji said happily, smiling as she reached for the silk, stopping though. "Ah, do you need it back though?"
[02:34] <Jran-Kri> "... What have I to do with this?"
[02:35] <WhiteKnight> "Oh, no. I can just make more. That's what the protein's for!"
[02:35] <MorganaAurora> "Oh, i think the barkeeps name is the same, sorry."
[02:35] <Nidhogg> "Eh, don't worry about it. I make a mess around here all the time. Somebody will get it for you."
[02:35] <Kajiya> "Well, I can give it abck anyway. Shall I get it down then?" she asked.
[02:35] * MorganaAurora nod in affirmation of Nid's claim
[02:35] <Jran-Kri> "... Huh. What a strange coincidence. I wonder if we're related."
[02:36] <Jran-Kri> Alexa shakes her head, trying and failing to stifle another yawn.
[02:36] <Nidhogg> "In fact I plan to make a mess here later!" Nidhogg proclaimed, slapping the table as she did so.
[02:36] * Kajiya goes over, perhaps standing on Mel to get her high enough, before giving it a tug as it seems to vanish from existance as she does that. "Done!"
[02:37] <Jran-Kri> "Oh well. A mystery for another time. I'd better get, ah... home," she nudges Amelia as she gathers up her effects. "Ah... hope we can do... you know. That. Again sometime."
[02:37] <WhiteKnight> "Whoa," the spider mutters. "That's a little creepy. But then again, I'm a lot creepy to some people."
[02:38] * Kajiya pulls it back out from behind her back, holding out the strand of spider web to them. "Here, if you want it back." she said, as it just was limply laying on the ground mostly now.
[02:38] <MorganaAurora> "Well keep your spirits up Alexa." "Rough days happen to everyone."
[02:39] <Jran-Kri> Alexa smiles at the angels, doffing her hat.
[02:39] <Jran-Kri> "Thank you. Don't you worry; I'm an eternal optimist."
[02:39] <WhiteKnight> "Thank you! I love it when I can recycle some web." She takes it and stuffs it in an inside pocket of her jacket.
[02:40] * Kajiya goes back to sit on Mel with a content little smile.
[02:40] <Tangent> Amelia sighs. "Well, I guess I should get going too then...Nice to meet you guys." Mostly, anyway.
[02:40] <MorganaAurora> Simultaneous waves and well wished "Good bye"s accompany Alexa's departure.
[02:40] <WhiteKnight> "Ah, farewell, Alexa. Until next time!"
[02:40] <Nidhogg> "Later then red." Nidogg waved to Alexa.
[02:41] <Kajiya> "Take care!" she said, waving them off iwth a smile.
[02:41] <Nidhogg> "Later and good luck on the library hunt!" Nidhogg called to Amelia.
[02:41] * Melenda holds back mostly a giggle at the 'mostly' remark
[02:41] <MorganaAurora> "Same goes for you Amelia" "I'll need you to rescue us some day."
[02:41] <Tangent> (Mostly wasn't out loud but...)
[02:41] <WhiteKnight> "And you too, Amelia! You be safe out there!"
[02:42] <Tangent> (I have a bad habit of having her thought process in between quotes)
[02:42] <Tangent> "Thanks! Bye, guys!"
[02:42] <Tangent> She heads outside as well.
[02:43] <Jran-Kri> "Ah--! Thank you, thank you all. Goodnight!" she replaces her hat and waves at the others as she marches off after Amelia.
[02:44] <Nidhogg> "On that note, I have to get going too. I have to meet a Siren in a bit." Said Nidhogg, remembering her appointment.
[02:45] <MorganaAurora> "Be careful out there."
[02:45] <WhiteKnight> "Have a good one."
[02:45] <Nidhogg> "I hope they sent the Were one this time. The last one was a pain to deal with." Nidhogg said, recounting the meeting with the Empathic Siren in her mind as she hopped up.
[02:46] <Nidhogg> "Good luck you lot!" Nidhogg called to them before opening the pub window and carefully climbing out.
[02:46] <MorganaAurora> "Thanks, see ya." Weird girl.
[02:47] <MorganaAurora> "Raka, let me run something by you, okay?"
[02:47] <WhiteKnight> "Of course."
[02:47] <MorganaAurora> "Thanks."
[02:48] <Jran-Kri> As she walks off, Alexa lingers by Amelia's side. She recalls her strangely disappointed-sounding sigh when she announced she was leaving. Keeping pace with her, she roughly clears her throat.
[02:48] <MorganaAurora> [but that's forbidden love]
[02:48] <Jran-Kri> "S-say, ah, Amelia," she gulps. This felt a bit invasive. "Where exactly do you, ah... live?"
[02:49] <WhiteKnight> [girls <s>can't</s> love girls!]
[02:49] <Tangent> "Huh?" Amelia looks around. "I...Well, there's this place, it's...somewhere around here, and they take coins..."
[02:49] <Tangent> "I'm actually heading back now. I guess this is it for today, huh..." She smiles, a bit wistfully. "You did great, okay? I'm just sorry for...well, you know."
[02:50] <Jran-Kri> "Nonono, you- you did great, too. Just, ah... worried me a bit, is all," she shakes her head. "So, ah... you're staying in a-a motel, or some such?"
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[02:50] <MorganaAurora> They get up from their seats and move infront of the table. Facing each other, sides turned towards their friend. Focusing, their hands being moving slowly. One pair is surrounded by glowing blue runes. The other's hands emit yellow light.
[02:52] <WhiteKnight> Raka watches intently, noting the contrast between the colors.
[02:52] <Tangent> "Sorry." Amelia echoes. "Yeah, I mean...magic and monsters, but motels are still a thing. Like...it's really weird. The windows are boarded up for some reason, and it's a bit noisy at night but...eh."
[02:52] <Tangent> The less said about who she's pretty sure is a vampire next door, the better.
[02:53] <MorganaAurora> Pausing briefly, they take deep breaths. Moving in concert a strange effect is left where the tip of a yellow index finger has been. Slowly it forms a smiley face, then a crude flower.
[02:54] <MorganaAurora> [it's like this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYW_WwYHuM]
[02:54] <Jran-Kri> Alexa bites her lip, glancing down at the ground. She scuffs her boot, shaking her head.
[02:54] <MorganaAurora> They seem to be trapping light or at least some visual trick is giving that illusion.
[02:55] <Tangent> "...What's up?"
[02:55] <WhiteKnight> "Fancy," says Raka, watching closely. "And pretty cute."
[02:55] <Jran-Kri> "... H-hey, listen, you, ah-- you shouldn't have to spend your share already," she rolls her shoulders and bunches them up. "I, um... I have a-a bit of space, back, um... home. I mean, I-I'm not the only one living there, but... there's a bit of room, if you, um... want to... you know..."
[02:56] <MorganaAurora> Letting it go, the twins seem content with that analysis. "Thanks." "It's kinda pointless but whatever." They return to their previous seats.
[02:58] <Tangent> Amelia hesitates. She IS burning through the coins really fast- she's already almost used up her loot from her solo hunt that nearly got her throat torn out, but... "Are you...I mean, are you sure? I mean, I appreciate it, really, but..."
[02:58] <WhiteKnight> "I wouldn't call it pointless. More like... probably the beginning of something truly amazing. Imagine what you could do with months, and then years of practice. I know I wasn't making great traps when I started out."
[03:00] <Jran-Kri> "Well, ah... That depends how you mean," she smiles her usual crooked smile. "I-I mean, really, I don't, um, own the place. I'm a guest. So I mean, I'm not sure what they'll say when I turn up with you."
[03:00] <Jran-Kri> "... But I am sure that I want to do this."
[03:00] <MorganaAurora> "Hmm." Turning thoughtful again, the respond "Maybe we could find a way to make it last longer. Even move it to create a gallery or something."
[03:00] <Jran-Kri> "I-I'm sure that I-I can talk to her, work something out."
[03:01] <MorganaAurora> "Naw, we're no artists."
[03:01] <Kajiya> "Well, you can become some then!" Kajiya said enthusiastically towards the angels.
[03:01] <WhiteKnight> "... Ah. I figured it out. Your silly title-slash-nickname, that is."
[03:01] <MorganaAurora> "We'll just do it for kicks now and then. Maybe impress a girl with it."
[03:02] <MorganaAurora> "I'm with stupid?"
[03:02] <Tangent> "Oh. Okay...Well...I'll be polite then. Honest. And thanks anyway, even if she says no." She smiles. "Hey, if it doesn't work out, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
[03:02] <MorganaAurora> It's said in a defeated tone, but then after a moment they laugh anyway.
[03:03] <WhiteKnight> "The Lovely Faces of Heaven," Raka says with a sweet smile.
[03:03] <MorganaAurora> [I need to get a house in the overcity and start collecting magical girls]
[03:03] <Jran-Kri> "O-of course!" She nods eagerly, bouncing once in place. "B-but I'm sure it will! She, ah... she takes some, um, getting used to, but she's... nice. Sort of. C-come on!"
[03:03] <Jran-Kri> Alexa grabs her by the arm, insistently tugging her in the direction of her portal home.
[03:04] <Tangent> Alexa's enthusiasm is contagious as Amelia runs with her.
[03:05] <MorganaAurora> They seem conflicted, uncertain. Casting their eyes down, then back to Raka. Maybe she's just messing with us.
[03:06] <Jran-Kri> "... Ah, speaking of getting used to -- I don't know what you've heard about Belfast, but it's not that bad!" Alexa calls over her shoulder. Her enthusiasm barely wavers, nor does her stride; she seems more excited than ever before.
[03:07] <WhiteKnight> The spider tilts her head, concerned. "Okay, something's wrong. Come on, friends are for talking to. What's up? Was it so corny you two just lost faith in everything?"
[03:07] <Tangent> "Belfast? Like Ireland? I've never been!" Amelia calls back. She actually has to run to keep up with her friend. "Can't wait!"
[03:09] <Jran-Kri> "Northern Ireland!" She insists, but this only seems to feed her excitement even more as they run off into the night.  "Ha-ha! That's the spirit!"
[03:10] <MorganaAurora> "Well, no, but we've never had faith in anything." "And is it really fair to call us lovely or anything? We didn't earn it." They look guilty. "Sorry." "Thank you for giving us a title."
[03:13] * Kajiya frowned, waving to them. "But you are? I mean, if nothing else, you're really nice to Nessie, even if looks aren't accounted for you're lovely in your kindness!" Kajiya said happily.
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[03:14] <WhiteKnight> "Look me in the eys, you two," says Raka. "The normal eyes, I mean. As long as you you're true to yourselves and do what's right, you'll always be lovely."
[03:16] <MorgAurora> They do look into Raka's eyes. Holding steady. Faces showing little emotion.
[03:19] <MorgAurora> "No one can always do what is right." "But we'll do what we can." Their voices are soft but earnest.
[03:31] <MorgAurora> Breaking eye contact, turning to address Kajiya the angelic girls go on. "What if.." "What if shes." "What if that's wrong?" "What if she's the moon and we are just dogs looking up?"
[03:32] <MorgAurora> [I posted a reponse at 19, then nothing]
[03:33] <WhiteKnight> "Then, that's all you need to do. But do me this one favor - instead of calling it 'what you can,' call it 'your very best.'"
[03:34] <MorgAurora> Looking back to Raka, somehow defeated by her kind words and reasonableness. "Yes, okay." "That is more accurate."
[03:35] <MorgAurora> Their acquiscence is quiet, almost sad. Burdened by their words, they slump in their seats.
[03:38] <WhiteKnight> The spider's perkiness fades. Of course she knew you couldn't win everyone over, but she couldn't shake the feeling she somehow made things worse. And then she started feeling lightheaded, putting a palm on her forehead. "I think I need to turn in for the night. I'll see you all around." She rises.
[03:40] * Kajiya waves to them, before focusing on the angels, frowning as she sighs. "...I dunno what's 'right or wrong' too much, but I mean... she's happy with you two, and you two are happy with her, right? I don't really know how something like that is supposed to be wrong if it is." she nodded.
[03:40] <MorgAurora> They just nod in response. Then think better of it, /best/. Raising their heads to look at Raka, "Thank you for your kind words." "We're lucky to have you."
[03:44] <WhiteKnight> Stifling a yawn, the spider smiles once again. "Glad I could help." She waves one last time before puffing out her chest and heading out.
[03:45] <MorgAurora> Thoughtful expressions and careful consideration of Kajiya's words are all the twins produce for several moments. "I don't know what to say."