Alivi	"May the containment of The Ancient One, be fulfilled once again."
	Gara	Loren is so glad she took off her heavy pack. She has a vague thought that this Tarlock guy is kinda a dick.
	Balthazaar	~Ancient one. Great. Doesn't sound difficult to fight or anything....~
	PresidentEvil	Greg watches Tarlock. He's trying not to make direct eye contact.
	Strife	Rick gauges reactions from the people.
	Alivi	"Tonight you dine with us, as one of our own. We hope we have pleased you with this offering of goodwill."
	PaulS_laptop	Bill is paying attention, and trying to fit in with what he thinks they expect him to do
	Alivi	Rick, it seems you, Bill, and Mark are being well-recieved. but the others are getting wary looks.
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	Alivi	They all sit down and begin wait for the poolboys to eat.
	PaulS_laptop	Bill looks over the food
	PaulS_laptop	what is it?
	Gara	Loren sits
	PresidentEvil	Greg sits next to Loren.
	Alivi	There are curries, meats, game like monkey, deer, gators, and fish, there is fruits and berries, and there are bugs roasted and cooked.
	Alivi	There is also a lot of rice.
	Strife	"You have, thank you very much for your kindness."
	TheRaven	Taggart is presumably there somewhere.
	PresidentEvil	"Thank you for your generosity."
	Echo	Jason takes a seat a little away from Loren as well, going through the motions.
	PaulS_laptop	"Thank you very much. It looks delicious" Bill takes some rice, gator tail, a sampling of monkey
	Balthazaar	"Yeah! Cheers!"
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	Gara	Loren tries gators and monkey.
	Alivi	It is all very good.
	Strife	Rick watches, absorbs, and mimics the gestures and protocol of the villagers.
	PaulS_laptop	"I haven't had gator like this since I left home"
	Alivi	There is a monkey head with the top taken off, the brains exposed for eating looking at you Loren
	Gara	Delicious.
	PresidentEvil	Greg tries the venison.
	Gara	She tries some.
	Gara	She mutters something about rome.
	Alivi	it odd…slimy….but…satisfying
	TheRaven	~What is this, Temple of Doom?~
	Alivi	Some of the girls come over and sit near the guys Mostly the nicknamed one, and some near Greg
	Alivi	Taggart and Jason, not many are near you.
	Gara	Jason is near Loren who is next to Greg.
	Alivi	the girl who fixed her hair nervously is a bit away from you Mark. She has a flower in her dark black hair. She looks at you a bit nervously.
	Gara	Loren checks to see who is still wearing packs.
	PaulS_laptop	Bill smiles at one of the other girls
	Alivi	One of the girls giggles.
	Alivi	She edges over.
	Alivi	"….y-you are Dark?" She asks
	PresidentEvil	Greg smiles politely at the girls. He tries some rice.
	PaulS_laptop	"I am" he smiles and nods
	Alivi	its very nicely sesaoned.
	TheRaven	Taggart isn't wearing his, but it's at his feet.
	Alivi	"I am Leaf."
	Echo	Jason's not concerned with the ladies. He picks at some fish here and there, feeling each bit between his fingers to make sure it's been properly cooked.
	PaulS_laptop	"Very pleased to meet you"
	Alivi	it has been.
	Balthazaar	Mark eats a bit of everything, and smiles kindly at the girl with the flower in her hair.
	Alivi	She edges over.
	Alivi	"….p-please have some of curry."
	Alivi	"I make for you."
	Strife	Rick tries some of everything
	Alivi	She offers some curry.
	PaulS_laptop	"Absolutely" he smiles and accepts
	PresidentEvil	Greg is also eating a bit of everything. He's hoping that eating a ton of food isn't impolite, because man is he hungry.
	PaulS_laptop	sampling it, then smiling and proceeding to wolf down more
	Echo	Jason relaxes a little, looking around, trying to spot the elder who greeted them.
	Alivi	She takes some in her hand and holds it out to Bill.
	PaulS_laptop	He samples it
	Balthazaar	"Hello."
	Alivi	she smiles at Bill
	Alivi	Flower nods.
	PaulS_laptop	"Can I have some more?"
	Alivi	She sits near him.
	PaulS_laptop	"It's delicious"
	Alivi	Leaf grins.
	Alivi	"Yes!"
	Balthazaar	"I'm guessing you're Flower."
	Echo	Jason grabs a few more strips of fish and stands, looking for Tarlock.
	Alivi	She nods. "You know my name?" She blushes.
	Alivi	Tarlock is eating and conversing with some of the other elders.
	PaulS_laptop	"Tell me about yourself" He takes yet more curry
	Balthazaar	Mark smiles. "Yeah, I met your brother."
	PresidentEvil	Greg discreetly kicks mark under the table. He's trying something like salmon?
	Alivi	Flower smiles. "Venom is strong, but quiet. I hope he is kind to you Love."
	Gara	Loren gives Mark an Evil look.
	Alivi	Leaf giggles. "I am leaf, named for how I hide in leaves so well."
	Balthazaar	"He seems like a pretty good guy."
	Alivi	"I grow up here. It is peaceful except for recent."
	TheRaven	Taggart cautiously eats, internally facepalming at Mark.
	Alivi	Flower nods. "…he is good brother."
	Balthazaar	Mark shrinks in his seat.
	Alivi	"….a…are you ok Love?"
	PaulS_laptop	"We'll take care of that."
	Balthazaar	"Yeah, I'm alright." He smiles.
	Alivi	Leaf nods, "We hear from Tarlock, you meet with explorers from our past."
	PaulS_laptop	He looks at this girl. How old is she?
	Alivi	"You come. And you will help us."
	Echo	Jason finishes his fish, then heads over toward Tarlock and his compatriots, keeping his eyes slightly averted from theirs as he approaches. "May I interrupt?" He swings his machine gun behind him so it rides in the center of his back, and crosses his arms.
	Alivi	The girl is at least 18-19
	Alivi	She is wearing a white dress
	PresidentEvil	Greg eyes Jason.
	Alivi	Flower returns the smile.
	PaulS_laptop	"We will. It's what we do"
	Alivi	Tarlock pauses and looks over.
	PaulS_laptop	"We've come a long way to get here"
	Alivi	"…yes, young hero."
	Alivi	Leaf nods, "I hear, can you tell me story of what you do?"
	Balthazaar	"So what do you do here?"
	Echo	Tarlock may notice Jason's at least dropped his backpack from earlier. "I wanted to apologize for any, uh, misunderstandin' there might'a been earlier."
	Alivi	"….I harvest herbs and fruit from Jungle." Flower says softly. "Those berries there…" She points to them, "They are sweet…I collected them."
	Alivi	Tarlock watches, "I am old….but my hearing does not fail me."
	Alivi	"If you do not trust us, do not play like you do. You are our guests, you are here to help us, what comes from us harming you."
	PaulS_laptop	"We contain similar monsters in Canada, and elsewhere"
	Echo	"Nothin'. It's why I'm here, sayin' what I'm sayin'."
	Alivi	"I see…" says Leaf
	PaulS_laptop	"Sometimes our work takes us extremely far from our base, and into places where the world doesn't work right."
	Balthazaar	Mark nods. "Nice, so that's your... Job?"
	Alivi	"…I see…." Tarlock says nodding.
	Alivi	"World does not work?" Leaf looks confused.
	Alivi	"Sorta…yes." Flower says.
	Balthazaar	"well, good job then. They're some pretty tasty berries."
	PresidentEvil	"There are places where... everything is strange."
	Echo	"I came over to apologize, and to ask you if there's anything we could watch out for."
	PresidentEvil	"Places where things we take for granted can be deadly."
	Alivi	She smiles.
	PaulS_laptop	"Here, if I drop a rock, it will fall at a certain speed, no matter what. But in those places, if I drop a rock, it might drop faster or slower, or not drop at all."
	PaulS_laptop	he picks up a rock and illustrates
	Alivi	Leaf watches.
	PresidentEvil	"It might go up into the sky. It might not even still be a rock when it hits the ground."
	PaulS_laptop	"It's not usually that harmless, though"
	Alivi	Leaf looks at Greg.
	Alivi	"Oh I see…."
	PresidentEvil	"So we go to these places, where the strangeness lives, and we stop it from coming into our world and harming people."
	Alivi	"Ahhh so you are true heroes...
	Alivi	" Leaf says
	Balthazaar	Mark looks at Flower. "So, can you tell me anything about the thing?"
	Alivi	"…no…" Flower says.
	PaulS_laptop	"I took the job to help people"
	Alivi	She picks at the hem of her white dress.
	PaulS_laptop	"And it was better than what I was doing before"
	Echo	Jason stands quietly by the elder, keeping what he hopes is respectfully silent, waiting for him to answer.
	Alivi	"…for now….watch our for offending your hosts."
	Alivi	Tarlock sips some water.
	Balthazaar	Mark nods sympathetically. "I'm sorry, didn't mean to upset you."
	PaulS_laptop	Bill smiles at the girl. "Tell me more about your people, Leaf"
	Echo	Jason nods. "I'll keep that in mind." He extends his right hand, cupping his left under the forearm.
	Alivi	"No…nono..."
	Alivi	She smiles.
	Alivi	"Shall we dance?" Flower asks
	Alivi	Leaf nods. "Right now is feast. They will play music soon." She points at some people prepping insturments.
	Alivi	Tarlock returns the shake
	PresidentEvil	Greg tucks into some more venison.
	Echo	Jason leaves him and the other elders quietly, returning to sit back next to Loren.
	PaulS_laptop	"And dancing?"
	Gara	"Helped?"
	PresidentEvil	"So what was that about, Jason?"
	Balthazaar	Mark blushes a little. "Well, if everybody else does..."
	Echo	"Tryin' to make amends. If we're gonna be here, might as well not piss'em off or have thinkin' we're out to get'em. Just went up to the guy and apologized."
	Alivi	Leaf nods, "Want to dance with me Dark?"
	Alivi	Flower smiles shyly. "Ok…."
	PaulS_laptop	Bill nods
	Echo	"I dropped the pack, might as well go and say, 'hey, my bad,' right?"
	PaulS_laptop	"Absolutely"
	Alivi	Tamaki would spend all the funds they had to buy Haruhi
	Balthazaar	Mark smiles at Flower. "I mean, if there's dancing I will. It doesn't have to be just the guys I came with."
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	Alivi	Music starts up and some couples get up and begin to dance
	Alivi	Some children as well
	PaulS_laptop	Bill gets up to join them
	PaulS_laptop	~may as well roll with it~
	Alivi	Leaf dances with Bill!
	Alivi	Leaf isnt that good, but is having fun.
	Balthazaar	Mark stands up and offers Flower his hand
	PaulS_laptop	Bill is clearly enjoying himself. He's also pretty bad
	Alivi	Flower blushes and takes it.
	PresidentEvil	Greg is still eating. Man, that dude is hungry.
	TheRaven	Taggart is sitting back, 'relaxing'.
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	Balthazaar	Mark leads her in a dance, looks like he /does/ still remember the moves from his debutante ball back in highschool.
	Alivi	Flower attempts to dance but she trips and falls into Mark's arms.
	Alivi	"A-ah sorry."
	PaulS_laptop	To the other team members, it'ss apparent Bill is reveling in being goofy
	Strife	Rick watches and applauds if it becomes appropriate
	PresidentEvil	"Taggart, I took some video of the village perimeter earlier. Tactical pow-wow after dinner?"
	Balthazaar	Mark catches her. "whoops" He laughs
	Alivi	A little child, the one Rick tagged tugs on his jacket.
	TheRaven	"Sounds like a plan."
	Alivi	She pulls away. "I-Im sorry…." Flower looks embarassed.
	Strife	Rick gets to his feet and bows deeply
	Alivi	The little girl seems confused.
	Alivi	"…dance dance?"
	Alivi	She seems like she is maybe 5
	Balthazaar	Mark grins. "Don't worry about it."
	Alivi	Flower relaxes. "…ok…" she says
	PresidentEvil	"How about you Jason?"
	Strife	"Of course" Rick mimics the dance moves at a slow, easy pace.
	PaulS_laptop	Bill chuckles and grins at leaf
	Alivi	Leaf is being equally silly.
	Balthazaar	Mark leads Flower in some sort of dance
	Alivi	The little girl dances with Rick! She giggles.
	Alivi	Flowers is blushing, she is clumsy, but with Mark's help…well she is totally smitten
	Strife	Rick dances and smiles, careful where he puts his boots down.
	Balthazaar	Mark is smiling at her. ~Ah man, such a nice girl... How am I going to let her down?~ Mark worries
	Alivi	The little girl latches onto Rick's leg.
	Alivi	She is laughing
	Alivi	Flower smiles.
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	Balthazaar	Mark spins her
	Alivi	She is spun. She is totally into you Mark.
	Strife	Rick spins slowly with her
	Alivi	The little girl yells something in her native language.
	Balthazaar	Mark tries to think of a way to let her down gently.
	Alivi	Mark, she is tugging you towards a hut.
	Strife	Rick slowly ceases his spin.
	Alivi	The little girl giggles and hugs Rick
	PresidentEvil	Greg looks over at mark...
	PaulS_laptop	Bill continues dancing, in whichever manner of dancing seems appropriate culturally
	PresidentEvil	"I think we might need to step in..."
	Alivi	Leaf is following Rick, laughing
	TheRaven	"Possibly."
	Echo	"Loren?"
	Alivi	Bill*
	Strife	Rick hugs her back lightly. "Thank you for the dance, m'lady."
	Gara	"Yeah?"
	Echo	"Didn't you say somethin' about keepin' hands off the ladies?"
	Alivi	"I am…..Cloud!"
	PresidentEvil	"I've got this, guys..."
	Alivi	She spins.
	Balthazaar	Mark allows her to lead him on. Better to let her down not in front of everybody.
	PresidentEvil	Greg stands up and starts walking over to his wayward comrade. "Mark!"
	Alivi	She slips off her shoes and opens the hut door.
	Gara	"Yes, I did."
	Alivi	Greg, some girls seem nod agree on something and SWARM you. Must be at least 8 of them
	PaulS_laptop	"this is...probably the most fun I've had in years"
	Balthazaar	Mark looks back at Greg, he doesn't look the happiest.
	PresidentEvil	Greg doubles his pace... and his volume level. "Mark! Get your ass over here!"
	Alivi	"Hello there, " "hi!" "How are you?" "Can we practice English with you?" "Why are you so serious?"
	Alivi	They are blocking your path to Mark
	PresidentEvil	Is Greg taller than them?
	Alivi	Flower looks at Mark.
	Alivi	And he is
	Balthazaar	"Just a second mate!" Mark's tone has 'trust me' written all over it.
	PresidentEvil	"We're reviewing that footage. We need a tactical plan /tonight/, Mark."
	Alivi	Flower whispers something in her native language. She seems uncomfortable.
	Balthazaar	Mark looks from Greg to Flower, he sighs and removes his shoes
	PaulS_laptop	Bill looks to Leaf
	Alivi	Leaf smiles back
	Alivi	She takes Bill's hand
	PaulS_laptop	Bill accepts it
	Alivi	Leaf whispers something to Bill
	PaulS_laptop	Bill nods in the affirmative
	PaulS_laptop	~hearts and minds~
	PresidentEvil	Greg inhales sharply and then mutters something /very/ /impolite/ in Pashto.
	Alivi	Leaf smiles and leads Bill to a hut!
	Echo	Jason pulls his machine gun sling off, pops the bipod, places the weapon behind him, and reclines back, resting his head on the foregrip.
	Balthazaar	Mark goes inside!
	PresidentEvil	Greg nods politely, says "Excuse me ladies" in a gentlemanly fashion, and then returns to the table. He is /not/ happy.
	Alivi	Annnnnnd Mark is not seen for a while <3 sexy time commences
	TheRaven	Taggart just groans.
	TheRaven	And motions to Loren to come over.
	PresidentEvil	Greg wonders if smoking is socially acceptable in this culture.
	Gara	Loren goes on over.
	Gara	"Did..."
	Gara	"He had one fucking job."
	Strife	Rick is dancing with the children.
	TheRaven	"And I believe that is what he's doing now." Taggart laughs.
	Alivi	The children have gathered around him dancing
	PresidentEvil	"Goddammit, why didn't we send Taggart to rescue him. He has the least game out of all of us here."
	Strife	He is hoping that by not drawing attention to the awkwardness occurring, it will not become drama.
	TheRaven	"Shaddup you. Now, to get back on mission...what have we got?"
	Gara	"Yes."
	PresidentEvil	"Footage of the perimeter. A rough idea of the village's layout. I've also got some observations it may not be polite to voice."
	PresidentEvil	"In public at least."
	Alivi	Leaf leads Bill to the hut, and invites him in.
	TheRaven	"Intel on what's taking people, and circumstances when they disappear?"
	PaulS_laptop	Bill removes his boots and heads on in with her
	PresidentEvil	"Not intel. Observations."
	PresidentEvil	"Stuff it's rude to talk about at dinner."
	TheRaven	"I mean have we gotten any relevant details on what exactly is going on?"
	Gara	"Alright."
	Alivi	Loren perception
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	Echo	Jason idly fiddles with his wedding ring as he rests there, reclined against the M60.
	Alivi	loren….you see Quill hand a book to Tarlock. He shakes his head. And takes it.
	Alivi	She seems sad
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	Gara	She blinks. ~Hmm.~
	Strife	Rick organizes the children into a group dance
	PresidentEvil	"Anyways, there only seem to be a few paths into the village proper.
	PresidentEvil	"I'll have to see about taking a look at the outlying area tomorrow. Fields, water supply..."
	TheRaven	"Do we wanna set up observation on the paths in?"
	PresidentEvil	"Couldn't hurt. We'd also want people at the center of the village, near most of the dwellings."
	PresidentEvil	"I figure the best way to learn more about this thing is to catch it in action."
	Alivi	Spear comes over to the others
	Alivi	he kneels down near them
	Echo	Jason finally pushes himself up, collects the machine gun, and heads over to where Taggart, Greg, and Loren are.
	Alivi	"So…you ready for the morning?"
	TheRaven	"Yeah." Taggart looks around for a good vantage point to cover the village and approaches.
	PresidentEvil	"Born ready." Greg says. "We're doing some planning right now."
	Alivi	"Ah so you know I am guiding you to ruins right?"
	Alivi	"It is where it comes from..."
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	PresidentEvil	"We're concerned about defense. What if you're attacked tonight?"
	Alivi	"We will be…."
	Alivi	"it has attacked once a night..."
	Alivi	Spear sighs, we encourage you to rest, we will keep watch.
	Alivi	" "
	PresidentEvil	Greg glances over at Taggart.
	Echo	"Well. Guess we could extend a little trust, right?"
	Echo	Jason nods at Spear.
	TheRaven	Taggart is looking for the best observation point in the village. Tower, tall tree, something like that.
	PresidentEvil	"I suppose."
	Gara	"Yup."
	PresidentEvil	"Loren, you look distracted."
	Alivi	"You are going into the jungle….the ruins, contain the gateway to jungle."
	Alivi	"You will need rest."
	PresidentEvil	"Yes, but we also need to plan. If you could share any info you had on these ruins, it would help."
	Gara	"Yeah, I am a little, sorry."
	Alivi	"All info is lost…."
	Alivi	Spear sighs.
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	PresidentEvil	Greg leans over to Loren. "Something wrong?" he mutters.
	TheRaven	"If you let us, we can help with your defences."
	Gara	"Yeah, something with Quil and Tarlock..."
	Alivi	"….ok…" Spear nods.
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	PresidentEvil	"Well, what's bugging you?"
	Alivi	Spear leaves
	Balthazaar	Mark emerges from the hut, trying to be inconspicuous
	Gara	"Some book."
	Gara	"I don't knwo."
	Balthazaar	Mark walks over and sits back with the group
	PresidentEvil	Greg glares at him.
	PresidentEvil	"Go work your magic then. Use those people skills." he says to Loren.
	Balthazaar	Mark shrinks in his seat
	Gara	"I'm not sure that was a great idea."
	Balthazaar	Mark has the feeling he is going to be punched and/ or slapped by someone by the end of the week.
	PresidentEvil	Greg glares at Mark some more. Intimidation to make his displeasure known?
	Alivi	sure
	Alivi	Tarlock approches Loren
	Echo	"So... they don't want us up and out durin' the night?"
	PresidentEvil	6df+9 tagging Professional.
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	Alivi	dang
	Gara	"Hello, Tarlock." She stands, and offers a handshake.
	Balthazaar	Mark sinks even lower into his seat.
	TheRaven	Taggart is not giving a single fuck. He's trying to work out a plan.
	PresidentEvil	Greg lights a cigarette, continuing to glare at him all the while.
	Alivi	he shakes her hand
	Alivi	"…if you do not trust us, we cannot earn it. But we need you to help us." He hands the book to her
	Balthazaar	Mark moves away from Greg
	Alivi	"It is a journal….. we have had it since before the village was made, but we cannot read it…perhaps you might be able to..."
	Echo	"..." Jason watches this, lighting up a cigarette of his own.
	Balthazaar	Mark moves away from Jason as well.
	PresidentEvil	"Mark."
	PresidentEvil	Greg's tone is level, but icy.
	PresidentEvil	"Is there anything you'd like to say?"
	Echo	"Yo. Dude. Why don't ya wait until Loren's done."
	Echo	"If yer gonna dress somebody down, have a little bit'a decorum."
	Balthazaar	Mark shakes his head. "Not particularly."
	Gara	She takes it. "Thank you."
	PresidentEvil	"I'm not looking to dress anyone down, Jason."
	PresidentEvil	"I'm merely asking Mark if he has anything he'd like to say at the moment."
	Gara	"I trust you, Tarlock. I must take care of my people... so that we can take care of yours."
	PresidentEvil	Greg takes a drag on his cigarette and exhales. He has not broken eye contact with Mark this entire time.
	Balthazaar	Mark does not respond. He looks casual like always, but tense as well.
	Alivi	And it dies down
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	Echo	Jason heads down toward where the warriors stay, looking back behind him to see if anyone's coming with.
	Balthazaar	Mark comes too, ready for bed.
	Balthazaar	And he goes to sleep
	TheRaven	Taggart takes first watch.
	PaulS_laptop	Bill has not yet returned to his mat. Still in that hut.
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	PaulS_laptop	You probably will not see him until morning
	Gara	Loren reads the journal thing.
	TheRaven	Taggart is awake, planning.
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