[20:00] <Rending_Tide> Tide continues drinking tea while she waits for people to wake... she's had a lot of tea by this point, having woken up around when Duchess did, but opting not to seek out Ma Sin yet.
[20:07] * Xifeng very slowly makes her way to wakefulness. Grumbling and muttering, she opens her eyes. She's not a quick waker, evidently.
[20:09] <Rending_Tide> "Hey, you look like you need some tea... or coffee."
[20:10] * Xifeng sticks out her tongue. "Tea. Not coffee, that's foul."
[20:12] <Rending_Tide> Tide pats the table she's sitting at. "Wasn't sure which you prefer. Just come on over, one of the waitresses has been quite kind with her serving of tea."
[20:13] * Xifeng nods...then blushes and fumbles for her clothes.
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[20:17] <Rending_Tide> "Right, I'll get you some better clothes in a bit, alright? My conservative, high class stuff should fit you alright. ...We've got to do something about all that metal in you though. Urgh..." Tide shudders. She seemed to not mind before, but now that the whole excitement from waking up changed has passed, she's starting to think more like herself. I have no idea how Duchesscan stand having all
[20:17] <Rending_Tide> those."
[20:18] * Xiaozhi also wakes up--more quickly than Xifeng--and stops dead, surrounded as she is by wolves. Her tail stands on end, fluffed slightly.
[20:22] <Xifeng> "All that metal? It's just my ears and my..." She blushes and gestures to her nipples. She's missed the belly button one.
[20:24] <Rending_Tide> Tide waves Xiaozhi over with one hand, the other pointing out the missed piercing. "Still... that looks uncomfortable as hell, and I'm the one who got bitten by a shark then made it let go by just grappling it."
[20:25] * Xiaozhi rises slowly to her feet, being utterly careful to avoid disturbing any sleeping wolves. Let them lie, and all that.
[20:26] <Xifeng> "Well...it's not that bad." She blushes more. "I mean, the earings and belly button are not bad...it could be worse. I could have gotten a tramp stamp..."
[20:34] <Xiaozhi> "There's lots of things worse than that. You could have ended up with as much as the boss did, for one," she whispers, having (silently) tiptoed through the pile o' lupine right up behind Xifeng.
[20:37] <Rending_Tide> "What's wrong with ink anyway? I have a lot of it."
[20:38] * Xifeng jumps nearly two meters, tumbling suprisingly gracefully for her size.
[20:38] <Xifeng> "Because...well, I can't get rid of that if I don't want it."
[20:41] <Xiaozhi> "Sorry, Xifeng," she says sheepishly, hand behind her head, apparently uncaring of her clothessless state. "Didn't mean to scare you."
[20:42] <Rending_Tide> "Mhm... true I suppose. How do you two like my changes by the way?"
[20:42] <Xifeng> "You...you didn't scare me." She continues putting on her 'clothes', searching for a Bra and Panties that don't actually exist. "Your changes? Well...umm..."
[20:44] * Xiaozhi gives Tide an appraising look for a moment, her feline appendages slowly calming back down. "Terrifying," she announces. "Like, don't take that the wrong way, but...they're really scary. But hot-scary. Like..." She obviously is fumbling for words. "Like you know how some things are really awful, but you can't not stare? Like that, except you're not awful, you're...dangerous. Dangerous-hot. Like the boss is!"
[20:45] <Xifeng> "Ummm...what did you mean by 'As much as the boss is?'"
[20:47] <Xiaozhi> "Duchess? Like, even before all the stuff she had done, the piercings and the extra boobs and everything. She just had this aura of..." Words fail her again, but the way the tips of her breasts stand at attention is explanation enough.
[20:49] <Xifeng> "Oh...that boss. Not Ma Sin..."
[20:49] <Xiaozhi> "No, *she's* scary, but in a nice way. I mean, she's hot, too, but..."
[20:51] <Rending_Tide> "Good, I don't like playing second to anyone, you know? We'll work together, but I'm not a subordinate."
[20:54] <Xifeng> "I'm not...I'm not a subordinate either."
[20:54] <Xiaozhi> "Uh, okay. I think I'm the only second fiddle anyway."
[20:56] <Rending_Tide> "I prefer to lead, to dominate and make others my willing followers, but since you guys are the best group I've run across... I'll settle for sharing leadership with your boss."
[20:58] * Xiaozhi shrugs. "'kay. Speaking of her, though, do we know where she went?"
[20:58] <Xifeng> "D-Dominate?"
[21:02] <Rending_Tide> "Went to see Ma Sin, and yes, dominate. I love having others serving me, begging on their knees to be punished, or to please let them be allowed to... mmmmf~ It's wonderful. By the way, what do you know about the Dragon Princesses?"
[21:04] <Xiaozhi> "Uh." She blinks at the topic shift. "Nothing, really."
[21:08] <Rending_Tide> "Hmm, well alright. Third is something of an outlier though. Even compared to her twin sister, she's an oddity. Just something for you two to keep in mind."
[21:12] * Xiaozhi shrugs. "'kay. Hey, have either of you two seen the, uh...'outfit' I came here in?"
[21:12] <Xifeng> "Umm...no, I don't think so?"
[21:13] <Rending_Tide> "Sorry, no."
[21:14] <Xiaozhi> "Figures," she pouts. "Guess I'll just have to go to my locker if I want to dress. You want to come look for the boss with me?"
[21:15] <Rending_Tide> "Pretty sure she's with Ma Sin, in the bath."
[21:16] <Xiaozhi> "I--oh. Never mind. That'll take a while. She'll probably need help to stand after."
[21:19] * Xifeng looks to Tide. "Third is different why? Because she's that much of an ultra-mega-super-slut?"
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[21:21] <Rending_Tide> "Nah, Third's the most innocent of the Dragon Princesses. The eldest, First Dragon Princess, makes a girl like me look tame."
[21:24] <Xifeng> "...Gods...that is an impossible level of slut."
[21:27] <Xiaozhi> "Oh, I don't know...given the last day, it seems pretty possible. Just takes effort."
[21:28] <Rending_Tide> "Tell me about it. On a quiet night, you can hear First moaning from halfway across the ocean."
[21:28] * Xifeng rolls her eyes
[21:30] <Rending_Tide> "I'm serious. She's spawned legends about sea ghosts with her wailing."
[21:31] <Xifeng> "Bullshit."
[21:35] <Xiaozhi> "Says the girl who just gained like ten sizes thanks to some crazy...whatever that was at Night and Day."
[21:39] <Rending_Tide> "No bullshit. I heard her on the ride here and I've heard her while I've been out shark riding."
[21:41] <Xifeng> "I didn't gain ten sizes. It was like..one, one and a half. Third gained like ten or twenty though."
[21:41] <Xiaozhi> "That doesn't disprove my point. And it was more than you think, anyway."
[21:49] <Xifeng> "I was already...big. I mean..." She blushes.
[21:52] <Xiaozhi> "Well, I was already a cat, and she was already a shark, and the boss was already half a wolf. Looks like we all just got overexaggerated, then, didn't we? Except for Third. That was a little nuts. But you two together...so cu~te," she teases, a cheshire grin gracing her face.
[21:53] * Xifeng blushes more "She took advantage of me! That's not cute!"
[21:54] <Xiaozhi> "I dunno, from my perspective it looked a little mutual~" The grin remains, wanting to see just how red she could make Xifeng's cheeks.
[21:54] <Rending_Tide> "Yeah, you did each other really."
[21:55] <Xifeng> "It wasn't! She took advantage of my when I wasn't ready!"
[21:56] <Xiaozhi> "You seemed pretty ready to me, if you know what I mean," she goes on, waggling one eyebrow outrageously.
[21:56] <Xifeng> "What...no...I..."
[21:57] * Xiaozhi laughs, a perky and almost chattering sound. "I'm just teasing you, relax! Everybody needs someone who can make them blush. Good for the body."
[21:59] <Xifeng> "I don't think that's scientific..."
[21:59] <Rending_Tide> "Nah, I'm sure someone's tested it."
[22:00] <Xiaozhi> "No? And who's the almost-medical student?" She folds her arms across her bare chest smugly.
[22:00] <Xifeng> "Almost?"
[22:01] <Xiaozhi> "Well, ACTUAL medical school's a long way off, right? But I'm learning."
[22:02] <Xifeng> "I'm still pretty sure that's not a real thing." She crosses her arms over her severe underboob'd crop top.
[22:03] <Xiaozhi> "I'd prove it but I need my things, which aren't here, so I guess you get to stay skeptical for a little longer."
[22:05] * Xifeng nods
[22:07] <Rending_Tide> "Suppose now's as good a time as any to just get to know each other by talking."
[22:07] <Xiaozhi> "You going to start, then?"
[22:09] <Rending_Tide> "I'm offering answers if you have questions."
[22:16] <Xifeng> "Umm...well..." She looks to Xiaozhi "I don't know anything about you besides you are a pirate and you have two...umm...yeah."
[22:23] <Rending_Tide> "Well, ask anything about me. You can tell some of my interests by looking, no?"
[22:29] <Xifeng> "Killing and having sex?"
[22:32] <Rending_Tide> "Where would you get killing from? God no, I like to dominate, and break people who are too spirited to follow me naturally, but I didn't even kill the shark that left a huge bite scar on me. I wrestled it into submission and then made it my matebitch. That was pretty fun too, I've got to say."
[22:38] <Xifeng> "Umm...I guessed from the 'Pirate' part? I don't..." She flushes "I don't get the appeal of domination."
[22:40] <Rending_Tide> "It's not something I can just explain to you, but one day you'll make some guy beg on his knees to serve you, while your foot is holding his head down against the ground, and you'll understand."
[22:43] * Xifeng raises an eyebrow
[22:44] <Rending_Tide> "Just trust me on that."
[22:54] <Xifeng> "I...think I'll pass. I don't think I'm interested in that."
[23:00] <Rending_Tide> "So you say now... just keep what I said in mind. Anyway, yeah, I'm a Southern Dragon Pirate, but I've never actually killed a person. Not my style."
[23:02] <Xifeng> "I see..." She nods
[23:05] <Rending_Tide> "Anything else?"
[23:07] * Xifeng shakes her head 'You have any for me?"
[23:07] <Xiaozhi> "I do! Why do you hate the Third princess so much?"
[23:08] <Xiaozhi> "Like, it just seems to have come out of nowhere."
[23:09] <Xifeng> "...she insulted my family and called me out in the middle of the street. Then she..." She pauses. "She insulted my family and called me out."
[23:10] <Xiaozhi> She catches the pause, but lets it go, nodding instead. "I suppose that's fair. She didn't strike me as terribly friendly at the parlor."
[23:10] <Rending_Tide> "So just that, repeatedly. Kid, Third's all bark and a huge egotist. No bite though."
[23:11] <Xifeng> "...she called my father a coward..."
[23:12] <Xiaozhi> "Well, is he?" she asks, tactlessly.
[23:12] <Rending_Tide> "Then suplex her into the ground head-first. Like I said, she's mostly just hot air."
[23:12] <Xifeng> "No!" She raises her voice.
[23:12] <Xiaozhi> "Then it makes sense." She nods decisively.
[23:14] <Xiaozhi> She cracks a smile. "Actually, that suplex would look really hilarious.
[23:14] <Xiaozhi> "
[23:21] <Rending_Tide> "So, Xiao, do you have a title?"
[23:21] <Xiaozhi> "Uh-uh." She shakes her head.
[23:21] <Xiaozhi> "Why--do I need one?"
[23:23] <Rending_Tide> "Usually, yeah. You're supposed to go by your title out here."
[23:23] <Xiaozhi> "Oh. Well, it hasn't mattered yet. Probably because of living here." She gestures vaguely, indicating the building.
[23:24] <Rending_Tide> "Yeah, probably. You should see about a fitting one though."
[23:25] <Xifeng> "I think I've said mine before..."
[23:26] <Rending_Tide> "Never mentioned how ya got it though."
[23:26] <Xiaozhi> "Well, how did you get yours? Just because of being in the pirates?"
[23:27] <Rending_Tide> "Nah, I got it for various acts as a part of them, and how I fight."
[23:30] <Xiaozhi> "Oh, neat. I, uh...don't really have anything worthy of using, I guess."
[23:31] <Xifeng> "I got it...well, I'm an engineer...and..." She holds up a hand, lightning sparking between her fingers. "I can weld bare handed."
[23:31] <Rending_Tide> "Well, how do you fight? You said you were a doctor, use something medical."
[23:32] * Xiaozhi stares at Xifeng's hand. "Ooo. That's a little scary...remind me never to have to make you use that. I'd rather not figure out how this fur responds to the shock."
[23:42] <Xiaozhi> "As for how I fight...move fast, take hits, give a few." She shrugs. "I've used a single-edged blade in the past, though I've not trained seriously with it for a few weeks. Just a bit here and there, to make sure I keep the rust off."
[23:43] <Xifeng> "I...have some tricks."
[23:44] <Rending_Tide> "Hmm... well, think about speedy attacks, and medical terms then."
[23:45] <Xiaozhi> "What, like...Hyper Xyphoid? That just sounds silly..."
[23:46] <Rending_Tide> "What's a Xyphoid."
[23:46] <Xiaozhi> She taps her own chest, between her breasts, and low. "It's the little nub at the bottom of your breastbone. Just below it is the solar plexus, where you can turn off someone's breathing for a bit if you hit it hard."
[23:48] <Rending_Tide> "...Try a different word. Look at our various names."
[23:49] <Xiaozhi> "I'll figure it out. Eventually."
[23:54] <Rending_Tide> "Good luck."
[00:16] <Xifeng> "So...why are you all here? I mean...in hell."
[00:18] <Rending_Tide> "Came onthe boat with Third, since we're similar ages and this was the school I wanted to go to. I heard some stories about the main schools from one of my sisters, that made me just go 'no way' to even considering them."
[00:19] <Xifeng> "...I was rejected from the others."
[00:22] <Xiaozhi> "I, uh...I've been here a few weeks longer than you have. Dropped off for an early start, I guess." She laughs nervously, looking anywhere but at the other two.
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[00:23] <Rending_Tide> "Eh? What's with the nervous look?"
[00:31] <Xiaozhi> "Huh? What nervous look?" The accompanying laugh is entirely unconvincing.
[00:32] <Rending_Tide> "Like that. You're not sharing part of this."
[00:36] <Xiaozhi> "I have no idea what you mean." Yes she does. "I just got here early. Overachiever or something."
[00:40] <Rending_Tide> "You're blatantly lying."