I Kain't Believe She's Fucking Gilgamesh

[06:18:51] * Amaryllis stares off into infinity and concentrates!
[06:21:45] <Kain> Your mind snaps off hundreds of miles away, and you find yourself laying on your side in an absolutely luxurious, silken sheeted bed... sans any kind of modesty. Furthermore, you hear light snoring coming from behind. You're definitely in Ayane's body, though it doesn't feel strange at all. The situation is decidedly awkward, though.
[06:24:08] * Amaryllis nudges Ayane's body up. Why not fetch a glass of water to quench thirst before bed. As natural as she can manage that.
[06:24:24] <Amaryllis> Might as well get a good look around while we're at it. Quietly, quietly, if possible.
[06:27:40] <Kain> She gets up, parting the thick curtains hanging around her bed, and reaching to clothe herself in a light purple houserobe. The room is small, but full of expensive furniture and a few fixtures that suggest a magical laboratory of some sort. Back in the bed is a man with bright red hair, two earrings in one ear, and a sleep-blindfold over his eyes, bare chest exposed as his four arms
[06:27:40] <Kain> are splayed around. A photograph of the same man is on the nightstand next to the bed, seeming to depict him on an airship with a bunch of goblin pirates.
[06:28:38] <Kain> Ayane heads to go fetch herself a glass of water after a moment.
[06:30:21] * Amaryllis makes sure to direct Ayane's gaze all around as she goes to get water.
[06:30:37] <Kain> The Desert Palace is an elaborate sort of area with an expansive library, huge stained glass windows, with statues and candleabras everywhere. You/She has to light a few to even make the illusory walls vanish to get to the bathroom.
[06:33:11] <Kain> But the bathroom is pretty nice. Running water beneath a desert, can't complain. Ayane gets herself a glass.
[06:35:22] * Amaryllis sends another mental nudge. Drink some water.. It's not terribly late yet, but Gilgamesh is already sleeping. Might want to take a short stroll before bed. Or grab something to read or look over before sleeping. Ammy leaves the mental suggestion fairly open here, not wanting to push too far.
[06:38:46] <Kain> Siiiip. She takes a stroll through the palace, briefly passing by Chell.
[06:38:58] <Kain> Chell: "Can't sleep, my lady?"
[06:39:44] <Amaryllis> Nudge nudge. Make small talk about needing a stroll and thinking over upcoming plans.
[06:40:55] <Kain> Ayane: "Losing to that bunch at the castle's got me wound up, still. They totally robbed that from me, you know! The regent was supposed to be there... I think I just need a walk. Think about what we're doing next."
[06:42:25] <Kain> Chell: "We could travel with Lord Gilgamesh a bit, if it pleases our lady. Everything needn't happen at once, as long as the regent doesn't die. A bit of plunder does sound fun..."
[06:42:56] * Amaryllis sits back to let this conversation play out its course
[06:44:40] <Kain> Ayane: "I dunno... much as I want to spend more time with Gilgy, we've suffered some major setbacks. I don't know if we can AFFORD to just hang out with the pirates and do fuck all." Chell: "Affording it was exactly why I suggested it, my lady. You will need quite a few funds to replace your airship..." Ayane: "Augh! Don't remind me, k?"
[06:45:36] <Kain> Ayane: "I saved up for like, forever for that ship." ;_; "We even got someone interested in seeing me perform... And then poof, all up in smoke."
[06:46:24] <Kain> Ayane: "On top of that, some of the girls got left behind... you said they didn't want to come back, right? But they didn't say why?"
[06:46:32] <Kain> Chell: "That is indeed what they said, my lady."
[06:46:43] <Kain> Ayane: "Well... I hope they'll be okay."
[06:47:25] <Kain> Ayane: "Lindblum's a dangerous place for girls like them when I can't watch them..." siiiiip.
[06:48:12] <Kain> Ayane: "You know, being a pirate for a while doesn't sound like a half bad idea. We'll just obtain some of the regent's blood another time, when they're not on high alert anymore. And we won't preamble our announcement by a week either."
[06:48:45] <Kain> Chell: "I know my lady must be dishearted..."
[06:49:26] <Kain> Ayane: "Nah, it's okay... deep down, I know that one day we'll be able to create the perfect world. Elysium..."
[06:49:50] <Kain> Ayane: "Just take it easy, Chell. I'll be okay."
[06:50:00] <Kain> Chell: "As my lady wishes." she bows.
[06:50:08] <Kain> Ayane goes to move onward.
[06:50:21] <Kain> You seem to be nearing the end of your time limit.
[06:50:25] <Kain> What do?
[06:51:54] <Amaryllis> Hm, what seems to be around here that's of interest? Let's nudge her to stroll through the library and pass through before heading back to bed.
[06:52:20] <Amaryllis> And simply keep an eye peeled for open books on tables or books clearly stacked to be read later.
[06:54:38] <Kain> The library is just a rather tall room with moving bookshelves, and a moogle. The books available are about various topics concerning Terra, you think. It's possible, but difficult to read terran script through Ayane. A few written in conventional Gaian are stacked on a little table next to a reading chair.
[06:55:19] <Amaryllis> Greet the moogle in passing. It's only polite!
[06:55:33] <Kain> The moogle waves cheerfully.
[06:55:53] <Amaryllis> Does Ayane happen to use the moogle's name in greeting?
[06:56:38] <Kain> Ayane: "Sup, Mogsam."
[06:56:43] <Kain> Mogsam: "Hi, kupo!"
[06:57:15] <Kain> She seems inclined to have herself a seat at the chair and begins to look through the books nearby.
[06:57:52] <Amaryllis> Perfect. Then glancing through that with the dwindling time left.
[07:02:26] <Kain> Let's see. One's a lewd romance novel... there's a book on Carbuncle, there's one or two storybooks that Ammy would probably actually like, one on Odin, and there's one called "How to be Successful and Liked by Your Peers" that has a very worn spine.
[07:04:44] <Amaryllis> (I'm assuming there's probably no time to look through any of them, just recognize what they are, right?)
[07:04:54] <Kain> you might can flip through one.
[07:06:13] <Amaryllis> THE LEWD ROMANCE NOVEL...no actually, the Carbuncle one. That's concerning to Ammy, even knowing that Ayane is likely targeting the dark Carbuncle.
[07:08:43] <Kain> Her bookmark is on a page concerning an ability learned by powerful mages called Reflect Null. White mages use this to heal their reflected allies and black mages use it to harm their foes, and it seems it's been used both ways concerning Carbuncle in the past. Looks like she's trying to make use of any info she can to try and prepare for battle against Carbuncle... or beside it.