Seekers of the Seven Seas Memorable Quote Log Seekers of the Seven Seas by Rowyn Memorable Quote Log kept by the illustrious and wonderful Sharyna Tran Intro 1 ("Your cell, or mine?"): Very well. I shall listen to what you have to say, and if you make me any angrier I shall order the guards to brandish weapons at you, because that is what you do when you are angry. I furthermore declare the world to belong to me because I am in it, and you are therefore tresspassing. ----- Intro 2 ("An Ironheaded Zaxon Pig-Dog and her money are soon parted"): Who do I have to thank for rescuing me? Huh? Rescue? Well, the boat I guess. You woulda been in a lot of trouble if it wasn't there. ----- Intro 3 ("Pistols-7; Swords-0"): "Thanks." * Maverick heads on bellow deck and gets back to sleep... [And Maverick heads off for sleep. Geez, he's a lazy bastard. Next stop, Port Rio.] ----- Session 1 ("Al-ky-hol and Suicide Missions for fun and profit"): * Nasira gets to her feet, moving her saif to her left side. She makes a Caladeem-style half bow, followed by the words, "I am Nasira Zehil, daughter of Kamil and Hala Zehil, student of Mirza Saleh, and I'm currently a sword for this lovely lady here." She indicates Shan, then straightens herself and looks to her. "And yeah." She grins. "The first thing you notice about foreigners is they all look different from you." Great a noble... Hey, is that an insult? Can I use it as an excuse to cut his tongue out? Yes, perhaps we shall. If you will all come with me... * Maverick follows after the servant. Certainly. * Shan comes with me. I mean, goes with him. ... * Nasira flanks Shan, hands folded behind her back. ... * Shan is flanked. But little does Nasira know she is about to charge, then ambush, then finish her off with a pincer... Or not. Well, yes and no. We would like you to help escort a ship and be around if there is any trouble. There is also a sorceror on board who may be able to figure out what is the trouble. If not him, well...you'll have to speak with the captain on that one. * Maverick says in a sarcastic ton, "Great we got a spellcaster on board." Is that a problem? * Nasira folds her hands behind her head. "Mav, sweetheart, with an attitude like that, it's a wonder you work with anyone." People don't hire me for my charming disposition. * Nasira grins at him, her eye gleaming as she looks him over. "Lemme guess. It's for the bird." The best of luck to you. * Nasira grins and waves. "Good luck. Try not to sail too far into the doom." * Enzo heads towards the door, turning and waving to Theron. "Thank you!" He also waves to Shan and Nasira. "Good luck! Nice...um...waiting with you!" Yeah, I'd love to wait with you some other time. Only without the waiting part. * Shan casts her violet eyes towards Virgil and Jake, and incinerates them with heat vis- er, asks them, "Would either of you be the captain of our vessel?" So, you come around here often? Or am I just seeing three of you? * Nasira holds up a finger at Virgil. "How many?" What, can't you count? * Virgil counts. "Three and a half?" I'm not asking *you*, Shan. You're obviously not drunk enough yet, because right now, you're just going to stumble and slow me down, instead of be passed out and slow me- a half- there he goes. ... No, YOU'RE not drunk enough! Because you're just going to stumble and slow you down, and then pass out on the boat and get tossed in the ocean. * Nasira laughs. "Yup. I knew better than to argue with you." ... 'Course. Ima govment official. ----- Session 2 ("Fish Out Of Water"): * Jake cups his hands over his mouth and yells out to the ship. "Oy! Ye lads! Lower the gangplank! We've got some scallywags comin' aboard!" It's met with shouts of "Aye aye!" from the other end. * Nasira furrows her brow a little. "Scallywag?" She looks at Shan. "Did he just call you a scallywag? Is that a kind of crayfish?" * Shan does as well. She glances around the ship. It's a ship-shape ship? [It is indeed a ship-shape ship.] ( That's good, 'cause if it was a horse-shaped ship, I'd want off. ) Crimsons? What are they? What's going on? Fish. They eat things. Hunt in packs, able to jump water for a bit of time, deadly, you know. * Virgil stays back and, well, tries to make sure the fish don't come too close. (Total defense) [As Virgil acts like a total coward, Nasira's blade comes whirring back from its flight towards her hand.] Although I appreciate your efforts, I am rather capable of taking care of myself, if I may be so bold as to say. Right! I don't need to worry about you anymore. ... I'm not sure how to take that. ... * Nasira 's eye twinkles. "I'm not sure how you'd take it, either, but I'm glad that's settled." She breaks away from Shan, dashing across deck to one of the fish and using her knife to stab downward, using the crouch she ends in for a sweep with her saif. ----- Session 3 ("Those Crazy Foreigners"): * Nasira ducks and spins, her sword extended, and follows this by reversing her grip on her knife and rising. It's rather a reverse of one of the moves she used on the Crimsons. She twirls the knife in her left hand. "Spectators? Hate 'em. And by hate 'em, I mean who's it gonna hurt?" * Enzo shrugs. "I dunno. Never really sparred before." I have. The problem is we're sorta lacking wooden weapons here. * Enzo blinks. "Wooden weapons? For, like...music? Like a drum or something?" * Nasira didn't leave Shan far behind. She's standing at the docks, next to the ship, waiting for the others. * Shan takes her time and makes her wait, then o/~ * Nasira lets Naiya walk off and looks to Shan. * Naiya walks off, now that Nasira is letting her. Onwards to the bars! * Nasira sighs, almost with disappointment. "But there's probably less fights to pick that way." Oh, are there? We'd better do that, then. * Shan follows Virgil. * Nasira snaps her fingers and follows, biting off a curse in Caladeem. "I *knew* I shouldn't've said anything." --- Session 3a ("Pub Pitstop"): * Unkept_Boy grins at Enzo and keeps one steady eye on him as he goes in, before turning to head after his partner. * Enzo wanders inside, not thinking much of it until they turn around and kill him from behind! Or not. Session 3 outtake (Shan is One Badass Mother-Fu--"Watch your mouth!" I'm just talkin' about Shan! "I can dig it." ;P ): * Nasira doesn't seem particularly put out, though, as she catches up and falls into step to the left and slightly behind Shan. She glances about, taking in the local color. "Not a bad town." *** Signoff: Rowyn (Ping timeout) * Shan beats up a shop keeper. "Is now." She hates the local color. It's too green, and not enough scarlet. ----- Session 4 ("The Vithril Encounter"): * Virgil walks along, using his walking stick to keep balance. "Let's hope I can get some answers here." he mumbles to himself. * Nasira grins at Virgil. "I'm sure you'll get some sorta answer." ("Down the hall and to the right.") Yes, well, I am interested as to why you're following me. * Nasira grins. "Because maybe I can pick a fight with the harbor master." Shan? Yes? I asked you a question. Oh, did you? As you weren't addressing me, I had assumed you meant some other Shan. * Virgil eyes Shan. "I just did address you." But you haven't asked me a question. Unless you are reconfirming my name, in which case, yes, it is still Shan. * Virgil rubs his head. "Okay. Why are you going?" [Virgil opens the door. This is a relatively small office. Most of the main waitroom is full of maps and sea charts as well as a hanging nautical wheel and nets. There's only one floor and the door to the actual office is wide-open. In it you can see a man, balding except for a brown goatee, sitting at his desk going over some paperwork.] ( It's JesseLman >.> ) (Nah. Since when has Jesse filed paperwork?) (Now?) ( *harborpimpmusic* ) [Shan learns, sadly, that she cannot read Maltan. ;_;] * Shan learns that she can't read Maltan, so she sticks the documents through Babelfish, and-- Oh, wait. * Shan instead says, "What do they say, Virgil?" * Virgil will tell you when he finds out from the GM. * Shan probably still wouldn't have been able to understand them even if she could put them in Babelfish. [The group don't seem to notice Shan. Heck, even you guys barely noticed she was gone until she was just over there. Nasira draws a little attention to herself but the soldiers didn't seem to notice. Did they? Who knows?] * Naiya notices Shan and Nasira. Naiya notices Shan and Nasira heading to the soldiers. This can't turn out well. * Teen looks over Nasira calmly. "Either way, I'm certain you were trying to listen. Unless you would like me to believe in coincidence." Nope. You're right. I *was* trying to listen. [There is a sign nearby that has a beer stein picture on it. Supposedly that's the place where that sort of stuff is.] * Nasira points. "Can't read Maltan, but that picture says 'beer'." * Shan nods. Then we should go inside. --- Session 4a ("When all else fails, ask your local barkeep"): [He sets down the mug and then looks at Enzo. "Now I can't answer that. They never gave that great a description. Seems like they thought this girl couldn't be missed though. Goes by the name of...darn it, starts with F. Filis I think."] How weird. They must not have very much to do. * Bartender winces a little at that. "They've never been this bad before. We keep hoping they'll go away. They say they have diplomatic immunity but..." He slams a fist down on the counter. * Enzo perks up. "Oh, they're diplomats? I know a diplomat!" * Bartender snorts, "I think they're just angry at having to go home empty-handed. And really this is the worst they've done. They haven't really tried to start fights, though the regs here thought different." He chuckles a little. Oh, okay. They sound like they're bored. Someone should throw them a party or something. I bet that'd surprise 'em. * Naiya stands, then goes to see where Enzo wandered off to. * Enzo has disappeared! * Enzo has gone poof! --- Session 4b ("Enzo's Excellent Adventure"): Enzo lands nimbly on the cobbles to the side of the pub! * Enzo is vaguely happy about not being splatted, and ambles around, taking little looks and little sees. * Enzo is curiouser and curiouser! And so is the boat. * Enzo goes to see the poor beat up thing. ----- Session 5 ("You Can't Fight City Hall"): Everything during the time where Shan is drunk. No, really. That should be a standard disclaimer as far as quotes go, honestly. It sure looks like it. Only without the ghosts and pirates I expected. * Shan fans herself with her feather fan. "There's no such thing as ghosts." * Nasira grins at Shan. "Sure there isn't." Give 'em some time, maybe they're just late risers. Well, it'd make sense, wouldn't it? If there isn't ghosts, there's pirates. Or maybe piratey ghosts. ["Damn it all, we're gonna hit! Hard to starboard!"] Ghosty pirates! ----- Session 6: ("Will the real pirates please stand up?"): [Meanwhile, there's a thunk as the first harpoon hits the side of the boat. A few more harpoons follow attached to long ropes. There's already some of the crew from the other ship sliding down.] * Shan is doing big secret important things (maybe) and can't be bothered with a silly thing like a pirate attack. [One of the pirates who broke through takes his sword and smashes it into the door near where the knob is. He busts his way into the room.] * Nasira lets out a sharp curse in her native tongue at that. * Shan screams and konks the guy over the head with a frying pan. She steps out of the room, holding it with both hands. She's shaking and her face is white, but she looks like she's beginning to calm down a bit as she takes in the situation (Yes, she's calm because there's pirates!) * Nasira sees that, and the first thing out of her mouth would happen to be: "What were you doing with one of those? Cooking?" Something of that order y... nevermind that! What in blazes is going on here? [The rest of the crew leaves with her. They seem awfully confused by the whole experience. Valen sighs and lets out the whistle again.] * Shan bows to Valen. "Good luck to you in your journey." She doesn't add "You'll need it with that $#%#^ of a captain." ----- Session 7 ("Odysseus Complex"): * Shan is out on deck, near the wheel. She's wearing typical Chu-Lin clothes and yet another fancy hat (this one shaped like a trapezoid) and fanning herself with her feather fan. She looks around warily sometimes, and every so often electricity sparkles along her arms; she doesn't seem to even realize it. * Nasira finishes her pacing and wanders over to where Shan's bumming around. She grins. "Hey, why the long face?" * Enzo glances down at Shan. "Hey Shan! You're sparkly!" He waves, grins, and gets back to work. Hm? * Shan looks down at herself. "Oh." The electricity subsides. A little bit. How about when we're traveling and you don't have a cabin? I don't remember you being a heavy packer. Then again, I'm not stuck carrying your stuff, so maybe my memory's slipping a little. Are you saying you wish to carry my belongings? Why, Nasira, that's very thoughtful of you! * Shan bows to Nasira. "I gratefully accept your kind offer." * Enzo snerks from up on the ropes. I didn't say that... hey, would you pay me extra if I did? Like, actually pay me- damn. * Nasira sighs dramatically, rolling her one eye up to the sky. "Fine, but if I drop all your hats in the mud fighting off Vithril assassins or something, it's your fault." Well, it's *like* the desert, only more fish. * Enzo calls down, "And blue!" ... * Nasira calls up, "And wet, too! Can't forget that." ... * Enzo swings on down, because why not. "Yeah, that too!" But then, it would probably display the bottom of the sea, wouldn't it? * Nasira shrugs. "I don't know. You're the one with the magic." * Enzo grins. "She's right, ya know." * Jake sighs and stands up. "Wonderful. Into the unknown, eh?" Yup. What, is the idea of boldly going where at least one ship has gone before setting you on edge, Cap? [The person in front of you seems to disappear almost entirely as they step out into the mist. It's so thick now that everyone except Shan can barely see where their arm ends if they stick it out. Enzo, on the other hand, barely notices a thing. What else is new?] * Shan stares. "By the gods, what has happened?" * Enzo blithely heads up to the crow's nest, 'cause he's so Enzo. * Virgil stumbles a bit. "Geeze, I don't like this..." That's why it's happening! Start liking it, Virgil! * Shan watches it go by. She keeps her footing, but is crackling with electricity all over again. "You're telling me." Aw, c'mon, what's not to like? Except the magic mist, the rocks, the being pulled on by strange unnamed forces...it's not that bad! Yes, it's bad. Well, if you put it *that* way... [Shan and Enzo, on the other hand, not only hear it, but actually see it. A large whirlpool opened up in the sea. It's probably what's pulling the ship. At least part of it.] ... You were SAYING it wasn't bad?! Um... That does not look good. ...okay.... Maybe it is a, um, little bad. * Virgil is falling. Faaaaaalling! * Nasira gasps as, when she grasps Virgil's forearm, she manages to let go of the rope. They go tumbling down, but she doesn't let go, and eventually grabs the railing at the very end, making them dangle precariously off the ship. Nevertheless, she yells over the wind, "I told you all those books would rot your brain. It throws off your balance!" I told you I didn't read too much! At least you don't *eat* too much. But if you want to fall off the ship next time, please, tell me before I risk my neck saving you. No, it's quite okay. [That comment earns a chuckle from Jake.] Save me all you want. ["Look alive, I don't think we're through the worst yet..."] * Nasira blinks, then looks to Shan. "Hey, hear that, boss? I got permission!" Aw, phooey. Stupid unknown dangers of the sea... * Virgil false-faints. "Oh save me, a giant meteor is going to smush me while I drown in a pool of lava acid with twenty sea dragons around me. What shall I ever do." * Nasira thinks. * Nasira nudges Virgil with her toe. "Die?" Yeah, probably. * Virgil gets up. ----- Session 8 ("Serpent of the Sea"): * Naiya frowns, rubbing her chin with one hand. "This bodes ill. The anchor wasn't quite -that- rusty, was it?" Not at all. If it was, I would have known. Perhaps the water's a bit acidic? A *bit*? * Nasira taps the rail, then turns to look at the others. "If it's that acidic, shouldn't the bottom of the ship be destroyed by now?" Shh! Don't remind it! Maybe it only eats away metal. Maybe it was some sort of sea monster. Draw the chain up. If it's a sea monster, it will have bite marks. Why would a sea monster want to eat an anchor? I wouldn't think that would be too tasty. Maybe it lacks iron. Who cares? Well, you'd think that if all it ate were metal, it wouldn't find too much to eat out here and it would have died by now. Maybe it wanted it for a hat. Perhaps it is able to digest a variety of substances. Maybe. * Nasira snickers. "Could've been jealous of Shan's hats." That was probably it. That's what you get for being stylish, Shan! * Nasira glances around, slowly regaining her customary grin. "Maybe it's coming out to play." I just hope it really really *hates* tag. Why? ..... 'Cause I get the distinct feeling that if it likes it, right now it's "It." * Virgil pauses. "That's bad, you know." But look on the bright side. Maybe it just wants a tea party. * Nasira snickers. 'Samatter, Naiya? Not a tea fan? * Virgil tries to fill the sails with wind so they can, ya know, move. I`m sure you'll make an excellent crumpet, Enzo. A crumpet? Perish the thought. Though my mother did once tell me I'd make an excellent blueberry scone. I'd be more worried about the storm brewing. * Shan looks down into the water, too. "And Enzo... Feel free to offer it tea." I can try, but I can't guarantee it'll accept. I mean, it's a sea monster. They never got to go to manners school. Nevermind, it's just our sea monster friend. Maybe it changed its mind on the tea party thing. * Nasira chuckles. Sea monsters are so fickle. They need to make up their minds. All that fish can't be good for 'em. No kidding. Hence why it ate the anchor. * Nasira grins. "This *is* going to be fun." She takes a running start and *jumps*, smoothly drawing her saif as it acquires a molten glow. Assuming she gets high and far enough, she brings it down into the creature's head. * Shan rubs her head. "Ugh. Nasira, you fool. That was MY plan." Aw, Shan! You *too*? * Enzo looks decidedly put out. You're all NUTS! What? It's a perfectly valid plan! What did *you* want to do, tickle it? I was thinking of, you know... a lightning bolt? Do you have any? 'Cause me, I'm all out. Need to bring the thunder first... Well, then. Head jump sounds like a perfectly reasonable plan to me. [Nasira manages to go off the edge of the ship and doesn't quite get enough jump to get to the creature's head. Instead she lands in the ocean to the side of it, the sword going out as it hits the water.] ...uh, unless that happens. * Nasira splashes ineffectually, but does manage to get pulled up for another gasp of air. Her one eye's open and stares in disbelief. "Shan?" Head falls under, then she pushes herself back up again. Yes, it is I. Stop sinking. That's an order. * Enzo pushes his head above water, still trying to tread. "If that order works, can I have one too?" ----- Interlude 1 ("Sleepless Night"): * Shan is up on deck! Sparking, as she has been for the past few days. * Shan is towards the stern, looking out at the ocean. * Nasira isn't on deck, but she does come up from the cabins. She looks around and spots Shan, because she's all shiny. That was hard. * Shan is a beacon to light the way!... This job sucks. * Nasira heads up to the stern, stretching. She's wearing a different change of clothes; this one doesn't fit her so well, but at least it doesn't smell like seawater. "Hey, boss. Playing lighthouse?" Hey, wouldn't mind going toe to toe with that sea monster again. * Nasira thinks. Only it didn't have toes. I would not advise that unless you can convince it to move to dry land. * Nasira then bows a Caladeem-style bow, though lower than she typically goes. "And so, I am in your debt." She straightens and grins. "No half-measures. I'll do everything in my power to help you on this." * Shan smiles. She returns the bow, Chu-Lin style. "I shall hold you to that." ( But for now I'm shoving you off the boat. *shove* ) (Wheee! *splash*) Well... I can't very well tell you how to live, but I hope you'll forgive me when I say you could do with a little more foresight. ( Like... any foresight :P ) (Pfft. That's no fun!) How to sail a ship. You don't gotta know about other countries to learn that. * Shan spreads her hands. "This certainly isn't a Chu-Lin boat." Not that I'd know any better there. (From now on, we should call it 'drive a boat' just to annoy the actual sailors. ;P) ( Sure :P ) ( Drive the boat left! You mean port? Yes, like I said.) ( Shan: "We learn Kung Fu in the hope that we never need to use it." Nasira: "... Oh, this is gonna be a long night." ) * Nasira nods. "Where do we do this?" (*cracks up*) Anywhere you feel you can best avoid distraction. ( So... you learn how to kick butt. Yup. So you won't have to kick butt. Yup. Then what's the point of learning how to kick butt? So we don't have to. AAAAGH.) ( We hire bodyguards to do it for us. ) ( We just learn Kung Fu so we can pose. ) * Nasira laughs. "Wherever, then. Cabins work." (Kick, punch, it's all in the mind!) ----- Session 9 ("Mutinous Dogs"): Really? What else've we got to be worried about, besides the anchor and drifting off to our death by rocks and whirlpool? That was what I had meant, yes. * Nasira grins. "Oh, good. I was almost afraid it'd be something unexpected." * Jake nods to Shan and Nasira as he steps on deck. He's not much acknowledging Nasira's comments. * Virgil is still being a SLEEPING LAZY ASS. ----- Session 10 ("Island of the Fog"): Do you, er... require any medical attention? * Virgil thinks. He raises his staff and uses the wind as a guiding force to keep the ship from, ya know, hitting rocks. Which would suck majorly. * Nasira blinks at her sash, while she's at it. "Huh, ripped." And soaked with blood, but she didn't mention that part. Blink, gaze turned to Shan, nod. * Shan nods and goes to her pouch. She produces needles. STABBY TIME!! XD * Jake marches off towards the bow of the ship to steer this bloody boat. * Nasira eyes the needles, but once again, she lets herself be turned into The Human Pincushon. * Shan moves up to Nasira and kneels down. "Hold still. This will only take a moment." Go ahead. ( "This will hurt you more than it hurts me.") [Nasira gets STABBED! And for once, actually feels a little better as a result.] * Shan also applies a few bandages to stop loss of blood. But that's less important than stabby stabby. [The wind picks up around the sails. The ship starts to pull away from the shoreline but the crossmast grinds a little against the rock. Alar grits his teeth. "More! We need more people!" * Nasira shoves herself off the rail and runs back to grab the rope. She grins. "You and an army, huh?" Tug! * Shan blinks a few times at the futility of the rope pulling and goes over to help. * Alar pulls back and hmmphs. "Army. What do they know about sealegs?" * Alar turns to look at the island one last time. "An island in the Veil." He shakes his head and walks towards the bow, where the cap'n be at. * Virgil takes a deep breath. * Nasira stays right where she is, watching the island. ( /me pulls out a cell phone. "Let me contact our orbital sattlite, and it won't be for long." ) * Nasira waves her over. "There's a light coming from the island." * Shan pales. "What... kind of light?" She crackles. Fzzt. (That orbital satelite you were talking about. What else?) [It's a fairly small point of light though.] I'm not sure... * Nasira grins suddenly. "Whatever it is, it's probably not good." ... We'd best ignore it. * Virgil opens his cabin and walks out. "Hey, what are you looking at?" The light that may or may not spell our doom. Again. * Shan fans herself with her fan. * Virgil looks for the light. "Lovely." [Shan feels a cool breeze.] So, is there anything else interesting going on? Not in particular. Mist, water, boats. Same thing as every day. Sounds like a blast. Well, I got the box from Naiya, so... Virgil, you hold it. ( I've got my needles on hand in case she cuts your arms off. ) [The book seems to be kept in fairly good shape and surprisingly not very water- logged. The box must have been pretty air-tight.] Good box. Who wants to read it? Well, seeing as it doesn't look like a Chu-Lin book, I believe I'll pass. * Nasira snickers. "You're the bookworm. Worm the book." * Virgil opens it! And probably has some horrible fate befallen on him, or something. ( [Virgil turns into a nerd!] ) (... So, what, my glasses just broke and are taped together with electric tape now?) (You now have suspenders and a pocket protector.) (What color?) (RAINBOW!) ----- Interlude 2 (""More Nocturnal Talkingness""): Regardless, you clearly did something that she considered to be highly disrespectful. (You used her toothbrush without asking. You cad.) * Shan looks at the door for a minute, then sighs, and walks down the hallway. To Nasira's room! She knocks. * Shan knocks. Knock Knock. Who's there? Shan is, obviously. * Nasira speaks up from the inside. "Door's unlocked." ( I can't come in unless you invite me. Vampire thing. ) (Oh, well then. Good thing I didn't invite. ;P) * Shan opens the door. * Nasira is there! Seated on her bed, studying her saif as it balances in her left hand. She glances up to look at Shan, then goes back to her sword. * Shan holds a hand out towards the room. "May I?" Sure. Close the door after you. (Can't have anyone else seeing me kill you.) ( /me takes Nasira's sword. She said I could! XD ) (*shrug and grabs her knife*) * Shan steps in and closes the door. So, you heard that. Some of it. Would you like me to set your hand? ( ... on FIRE? ) (It burns like healing.) ----- Session 11 ("All Ashore Who's Going Ashore"): [The sea is calm and cool. It's a nice reprieve from the hecticness of the past...day? Few days? It's hard to tell how long you've actually been in these mists. It's starting to weigh on crew morale.] ( Oh no! We better find some enemies and defeat them to boost morale. ) Mist, mist, go away. Come again some other day? Week? Century? Let's go with century. Never can be too sure about these things. ( * Suddenly an enemy general jumps on deck. With a horse.) (Awesome. I jump up and cut him off.) * Nasira nods. "Smooth sailing from here, I guess." She heads down to the lower decks. "Here's hoping I can make some action in port." * Shan fans herself with her fan. "Here's hoping you can't." * Nasira laughs. "You're no fun, boss. No fun at all." And she disappears into the cabins. [You arrive in port around mid-afternoon. Before you know it, you're ready to meet your old friend, Theron Gaulin. Plus you're on dry land! Aren't you happy? For some reason, Enzo and Naiya didn't want to come...imagine that.] * Shan is no fun ;_; * Shan is happy. Dry land! It's so much better than wet land. * Nasira rather likes dry land. She proves this by being one of the first people off the ship! Probably with Shan. [The room looks pretty much as you left it. The cushy seats, the globe, the books along the walls. It's the Virgil Dream Home (TM).] * Virgil starts reading again. And no it isn't. Too much floor space, not enough books. * Virgil nods. "This is the only thing she brought up. We were under a great amount of pressure durring the dive." If by "pressure" you mean "attacked by a hungry sea monster". I believe that's precisely what he meant, yes. How astute of you to mention. Oh, we were looking for the werabouts for the Iron Maiden. And we've just gotten paid for services rendered. * Virgil signals to the two bags of money. Oh, well then. Money is good. I guess. You can use it to buy rice. * Nasira nods. "A healthy diet," she says, with a perfectly straight face. Apples are healthy, too! As are bananas. I'm surprised you would recognize which foods are healthy. Interesting conversation. * Nasira snickers. "I got good advice at some point." * Enzo looks at Shan curiously. "Why's that?" * Shan shrugs. Irregardless, let's go to that library. Sounds good. * Shan goes! * Virgil shrugs and heads back to a quiet place where he can calculate in peace. * Nasira sidewhispers to Enzo as Shan leads the way, "She's so good with those non-words." * Enzo follows, rubbing his head a little still. "Yeah, I know." ----- Session 12 ("Literary Inferno"): * Shan heads to the library. * Nasira is just a step behind and to the right of Shan, as is typical. She'd almost look annoyed, if she weren't grinning. "Are you sure you don't want me causing trouble with the everyday populace?" Mmm, let me consider the tactical advantage of that proposal. * Shan considers for about a half second. "No." * Enzo walks next to Nasira, which puts him behind and on the left of Shan. FLANKING FORMATION GO! [Enzo sees book, book, book, table, cabinet, book, stairs, ladder, book. Oh and did I mention book?] * Enzo strolls over to the cabinet! 'Cause like. It's a big cabinet. And such. [He also may see Shan and Nasira, but he may not be paying attention to them.] I'd say a book can be killed a lot more easily than hundreds of people. But to each their own, I guess. I'm gonna get out of here, maybe pick a fight. I'm developing an allergic reaction already. * Nasira grins. "Don't get jumped by any land pirates, okay boss?" * Enzo turns around at that. "You're not getting a rash, are you? Rashes are nasty." [Enzo's feet take him within range of the cabinet. There's a lot of drawers with swinging brass handles on them. And knobs. There's also letters etched into the front, alphabetically top to bottom, left to right.] * Enzo turns around and blinks at the cabinet. It looks complicated. * Nasira nods. "Yeah, they are. I've gotta get out of here before I start itching." Oh. Okay then. * Enzo stays to STEAL NASIRA'S JOB. FWAR HAR HAR. * Enzo actually just stays. Cabinets are pretty fascinating. * Shan sighs and turns about, scanning the bookshelves. [Shan sees a bunch of words on the spine she can't read!] * Enzo calls absent-mindedly after Nasira. "I hope your rash gets better!" * Nasira lays a hand on Shan's shoulder very briefly, then turns and briskly makes her way out. "Thanks, kid." [Enzo finds Shan was looking on books on commerce. Well this is a trade guild. But they all seem so boring.] (Dammit Ro, I was gonna say she was looking at chili recipes. ;-;) * Enzo points over to another corner of the library. "We probably wanna go over there then. This is all commerce stuff." * Shan nods. "All right, lead the way." (Malta doesn't make good chili.) (;-;) (National pride!) Oh. Hi Virgil! * Enzo wavewaves. * Virgil winces as Enzo shouts in the library. He makes his way up to Enzo, and when he gets there he talks in a hushed tone. "Quiet. Library, remember?" * Enzo blinks. "Wha'm I gonna do, wake up the books?" He's got a point. You're going to bother other people reading. [As Shan and Enzo get up top, they feel a cool breeze coming from one of the open windows. Ah, meteorology. Here we are. Unfortunately for Shan, most of these are in Maltan as well. Some Zaxon, but none in Chu-linese.] * Enzo is a little bit quieter though, and returns to making his way up the stairs! FOR GREAT BOOK-FINDING. What other people? * Enzo looks for books like what Shan said! [The library does seem rather empty at the moment.] * Virgil facepalms. "Just keep it in mind when there *are* people present. Now I have something for each of you." * Virgil hands each of them a small moneypouch. Oh, I already had lunch. Thanks though! * Enzo blinks and notices that this is jingly lunch. "Oh, wait." (Enzo eats metal!) (He's a rust monster!) (CHOMP CHOMP CLANG CHOMP) * Enzo reads, for love and peace. Or maybe just Shan. * Shan paces. And Enzo, reading for Shan IS reading for love and peace. (Gooood point. 'Cause Shan owns the world!) [The books behind where Shan was pacing burst into flames as the fiery explosion hits behind her, fire licking the wooden floor in front of it.] * Virgil turns to face the bird, then the flaming books. Books on fire = bad. ...aw, man. I was trying not to get set on fire again this year. * Shan dives to the floor, covering her hat! * Virgil keeps tending the fire, concentrating on it. "Why do people have to attack now? Why can't they attack... sometime later?" * Shan doesn't answer Virgil, what with the OMG MY ARM IS ON FIRE WTH!!! She has going on. * Nasira crashes into the library, running full tilt up the stairs and right through the flames if she has to. "What did I tell you about not getting jumped by land pirates?" she asks with a token of her typical grin. Her saif is already in her hand and bloodied, and she attempts to further the condition: a wind picks up as she throws it at the pyro. (RAAAH! Sweet entrance! +10 points!) (w00t, I'll get an A++ for sure!) (Man, I jumped down from a ladder and I don't get nothin'. ;-;) ( If we had an army I could command it to attack his supply depot. ) (With a fire attack!) (It's so ironic.) ( With a fire attack! XD ) (Like falling petals!) (Dancing!) (Your troops can dance around them!) ----- Session 13 ("Tides are Turning"): [Unfortunately Nasira doesn't take Shan's right hand. Due to not having showed up and all.] ( D'oh. ) ( Now Shan will have to remain two-handed. ) (But! I am not left handed.) Oh, and what am I, huh? You're cute! (later...) Hi! You're cute! Really? You're cute too! * Naiya thinks for a moment. "But which wazh the chicken? The.. the... which parent?" The egg! ....huh. What a coincidence. * Naiya eyes widen, and she gulps. "Youze were hatched?" * Enzo doubletakes, at the same time stepping into Effective Cover Shan Range. * Shan blinks. "Enzo?" ....nothing. Thought I saw something. * Shan glances around warily. Some...thing? ( *starts up the Thriller music and gives Enzo short pants and a red leather jacket.) * Enzo quickens his pace a little without getting too far ahead of Shan. "Or someone. I dunno. I think getting back's a good idea right about now..." (Enzo IS Michael Jackson.) ( * Enzo unleashes THE FUNK. ) (XD) (You know he's BAD, he's bad, you know it!) * Shan yelps and clenches Enzo's elbow in an iron-hard grip! * Enzo starts and looks around. * Enzo has his elbow CRUNCHED BY THE MIGHT OF IRON! Or perhaps just gripped. [Silence!] ----- Session 13a ("Drunkey see, Drunkey do"): Read the whole thing for much exaggerated drunkitude, if that's your thing. ----- Interlude 3 ("Hot and Cold Pursuit"): [Nasira enters the sparse end of the woods. She hears the twittering of birds up in the trees. They do make a lovely sound, don't they?] * Nasira glances up. Dangerous killer birds, and she nevertheless enters the woods. Oh no! * Man takes aim up again. "Special import." He shoots. He scores! There's a squawk as the birds disperse while one falls through the trees, rustling the leaves. * Nasira hears the bird fall. Katie Andrews would so get PETA on his case. "Gonna get that?" Eventually. * Man leans on his gun and savors the moment. With a drink. * Nasira shrugs again. "Suit yourself." She holds out her hand, Maltan style, with a grin. "Nasira Zehil. Daughter of Kamil and Hala Zehil, and student to Mirza Saleh. You are?" * Man snorts. "An old drunk shooting birds. What of it?" ----- Session 14 ("The Mystery Girl"): [Yo ho ho and a bottle of SESSION START!] * Shan heads back. Being more composed, she now walks with dignity. In other words, she's not clutching Enzo's arm anymore. * Enzo now has an unclutched arm! Yay! He's still keeping an eye out, though, in case other stuff comes along and uh. Is spooky at them. ( Did you happen to catch the name of that street? Ghost Alley. Why? ...) ( No, no. Then it goes: There's no such things as ghosts! *tap tap* ) * Virgil waves to the hat too. He manages to NOT fall over! * Shan doesn't fall over either. She's not drunk! * Naiya doesn't fall over! She's holding onto the table with a deathgrip. * Enzo falls over even though he's not drunk! Just kidding, he doesn't. * Enzo discreetly pulls aside a server. "How much have those two had?" Well, you've certainly answered my question. ( The server is down for maintenance ; ; ) ( D'oh. ) * Naiya hugs Virgil, letting go of the table to do so. "They're back!" They've must've missed've ussed a lot. * Virgil hugs Naiya. "Yeah, they must've!" [Enzo successfully pulls aside a busy server who looks at him funny for a moment. Then those two. "Mmm...I think...I'm not sure. I lost count at 8."] Oh, geez. Thanks, though. * Virgil giggle/snickers/chuckles. "Quack." * Shan glances back. That ain't right. When she sees Nasira, she gets up pretty quickly. "What happened?" You look like you've been busy. * Naiya frowns as she catches Nasira's condition. "Shumbody sure didn't miss her." * Shan gets out her medical emergency kit. Which is needles! XD * Nasira smiles, and she waves with her right hand offhandedly. The nail on her index finger has been literally ripped off, and another nail almost looks like it's hanging by a thread. "Fell down a cliff." * Enzo brushes his hand over his cyclone knife, then pauses. "Ow. That musta hurt." No, it was *fun*. You should try it sometime. * Virgil blinks and sobers up as much as he can given the curent conditions. "Heee... Ouch?" Mm... Yes, he must be an unrequited love who can't handle the fact that I don't remember his name. * Shan shakes her head at Virgil. "I've never seen him before." I hate when that happens. ... Oh. * Naiya blinkblinks, and latches back onto Virgil again for stability. I didn't get... gesht.... ge...*blink, breathe* I didn't see him at all. What'd he look like? * Nasira snickers and looks to Enzo. "You say that like it's happened to you." Well, no. But that would suck, regardless. Oh. Does this mean you haven't left a trail of battered and bleeding hearts in your wake? Uh. I don't think so? Should we have? I'd've noticed...unless I didn't... * Naiya blinks again, and says slowly, as if unsure of what she's saying. "Virgil can fly. Can Virgil go down a cliff?" She rubs her foreheard afterwards. * Enzo scratches his head. "Guess so. That'd probably be a good idea." * Naiya yawns suddenly, now that it's been brought up. "What time.... yesh. What time'sit?" I can go down a cliff. Like a rock! Almost late. * Nasira grins. "What do you know. I can, too." You can? Wow. That's really good. * Naiya makes a flapping motion. "I'd fall too! Like a metal rock." Wheee! Yeah. We can experiment with her. * Naiya blinks. "Does it have water? I like water, it's okay if there's water." * Naiya nodnods, and yawns. Can you swim in water? Like a DUCK! * Naiya quacks. Quack! * Nasira eyes Naiya. "Continuing the duel now would be like strangling a duck." She pauses a moment, then looks to Shan. "Do you have any *idea* how hard it is to strangle a duck?" Well, they do flap around a lot. ... but I like to swim! I ... can't say I do, no. Then find some water? Is there water at the cliff? I dunno, is there? * Nasira nods. "I'd say you should try it sometime, but I'll do it for you. I've got practice." She grins. "And they do flap around a lot." * Woman takes a deep breath with her hand on the front of her dress and looks up. "Thank the gods for that...they're after me. Quickly." No wonder you're in such a rush. You probably wouldn't be as worried if they were after you slowly. * Nasira looks back at Shan, then to the woman. "Who's 'they'? New band of thugs? You'd think They could come up with a better name." * Enzo looks at Nasira. "Like what? Them?" * Enzo drags Naiya along. "You're too drunk to fight, c'mon." * Naiya is dragged. ;_; But.. if shere's gonna be a fight, I need to try and stop it! * Enzo keeps dragging. "Yeah, well, not if all you're gonna do is throw up on them." Nuh-uh! I was gonna tell them to go away! [Enzo is SUPER! He drags a woman in full armor. Go him.] Well, I guess you can still say that. While you're outside. And they're in here. Yeah. * Nasira idly studies her bandages. [The bandages make Nasira's hand look like a mummy.] * Nasira will make them cry for their mummy! >_< Maybe not. * Nasira laughs. "How about we trade names, kid." Her eye gleams. "Today, you first." * Boy looks at Nasira wickedly and fingers around his belt. "Where is she?" That's your name? Gotta say, it leaves a lot to be desired. Sounds almost like a question. * Boy grins at Nasira, his fingers resting behind his back. "It *is* a question." ----- Session 14a ("A Daring Escape!"): My name...oof! * Woman stops short as she half trips on the stone street of th e alley. Oof? That's kinda unusual for a girl, isn't it? ----- Session 15 ("Fight Fire With Fire"): * Shakra grunts as the knife catches his gut. He eyes Nasira with a look of pure hatred. Then grins. "Ladies first...ladies first." He turns a chair over and kicks it at Nasira's feet but it ends up crashing into the flaming table instead. Foom! * Nasira smirks, jabbing high with her knife. "No, you got it *all* wrong," she says, as she follows up with her saif, slicing at his legs. "It's women and children. That means you, kid." He was not supposed to engage anyone in the first place. * Shihra glares at his brother. * Naiya grins a little. Oh, *orders*. * Nasira tsks. "Shame on you." * Shakra , if it makes Naiya feel better, doesn't seem to notice it either. He's looking at Shihra a little confused and irritated that he missed something. "What is it, Shihra?" * Nasira grins. "Yeah, Shihra." She's almost taunting now. "Your brother wants to know." * Naiya steps forward, eyeing the flames and making herself known. She's walking reaaaal slow. "As do I." * Shihra almost hisses to Nasira. "I told you, I don't know." He dashes out towards the exit. Pretty fast, that kid. * Nasira tosses her knife, catching it by the hilt. "Better run," she says offhandedly to Shakra. "Or you'll be well done." * Nasira then turns, eyeing Naiya. What are you doing here? * Naiya then starts trying to do something about the fire. "The wall decided..." She pauses. "... that I shouldn't run." I didn't ... want to let the ground tell me too. ... Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Next time buildings start talking to you, let me know so I can put you out of your misery. * Nasira opens the back door and leaves! * Naiya stays! Bad fire, boo, hiss, snap-crackle-pop. * Shan comes in from the back door and bumps headlong into Nasira. "Ow!" Ah, okay. So. An attack. Well, guess that can't do. ----- Session 15a ("Holy Inquisition"): * Naiya keeps watch! The wall's her friend. Running along to try and cover someone is not. * Naiya keeps an eye out for anyone who might be trying to, ya'know, follow the others. * Shan keeps her eyes open for soldiers. * Virgil keeps an eye out for, um, stuff. * Enzo keeps his eyes. He likes them. Hmm.... What sorts of people are these Vithril? Superstitious? [Church! Well, chapel. Dead ahead!] Umm...not as much as the Zaxons can be.... Heeeey, I resemble that remark. * Enzo pats Virgil on the head. "Yes, yes you do." * Filis blinkblinks. "Are you sure?" * Shan stops. "Why not?" * Virgil followfollows Enzo. And doesn't tongueflick. * Enzo doesn't tongueflick either, though reports are still out on whether or not he's a speedy snake. We surely need a place to hide. That's for sure. Please...please...I need to get to Zaxon. I need to journey to Calidor... And again, I ask why. Why not? Wecan take'er right? ...sure, if you wanna fly her over there yourself. Me, I haven't grown wings yet. There's no time to explain... * Filis 's glancing back at the door now. ...geez. Rescuing people is so frustrating. Yeah, 'specially when they're young weemen. The city's under attack. Possibly more than just the city, too... * Shan frowns. "This clearly isn't... Enzo, stay here with them until I get back." But Shan-- * Shan heads towards the door. "I need to go find Nasira and that drunkard and make sure they didn't get themselves killed." She pauses at the door, and turns to Filis. "I'll expect some answers when I return. Real ones." If they stay here, they'll most likely be safe. But what about you? Don't worry about me. ...okay. * Shan throws open the doors and walks out. "I'm a government official." Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And a hat. [Shan's cloak billows out behind her with the POWER OF DRAMA as she bursts open the doors! It's a shame she doesn't have a cloak though.] * Shan has robes. Those will do [Robes don't billow quite as well. Boo.] ( They billow >.< ) ( BILLOW, DAMMIT. ) [They billow. But it's not a cloak billow.] ( You and your technicalities. ) (the last three quote-groupings all went together, but were separated for dramatic effect. ^^) * Filis looks at Enzo, deep eyes scanning his. "Would you believe me if I said I was drawn here?" * Filis pulls her legs up again. "I simply wished to see the world...there was something about this place that drew me...but now..." Drawn? Like with a pencil? * Filis shakes her head and turns her finger in the air pointed towards the ground. "No...more like it felt right. Have you ever felt like that?" Uh, a little uh-huh. [The priest sighs. "Minimal so far...but I don't think the barrages will stop any time soon."] ... * Enzo curses more fluently than he looks able to. * Enzo pauses and realizes he's in a church. "Uh, sorry, Reverend." Sure, now I sober up. Right when the attack is happening. ----- Session 16 (""): [Warning, Seekers game incoming. Please keep your hands and feet inside the caravel at all times. If your ship is torn to pieces, driftwood may be used as a floatation device.] (( OXYGEN MASKS! )) ( Government officials and Kirby first! ) (*uses Shan as a floatation device) ( * has Virgil executed. ) ( IN THE SEA! ) (* points out a loophole that says Shan should be executed instead.) ( * fixes the loophole with governmental powers and has Virgil executed. ) ( * blocks the powers with diplomatic immunity) ( Nice try, young Virgil. But you are not a diplomat yet.) ( *beats Virgil up. ) (Shut up young wippersnapper.) ( You and Naiya belong together. ) (Whippersnapper, indeed. >.>) ( I neither whip NOR snap! ) So, we're running away? <@Rowyn> [A fine mist starts to settle throughout the church.] * Nasira looks around. * Shan rubs her head in anticipation. "Yes, Nasira, we're running away. I forgot to bring my army with me in case something like this happened." 07:01 * Virgil finishes chanting as his spell starts to take effect around himself. "No way we're taking them on, if that's what you mean." Well, dammit, boss. Remember not to leave your army at home next time. I find a nice army tends to come in handy when you least expect it. Yes, well... Or it would if I ever did find one. * Shan heads out towards the docks. "Let's move, quickly and silently." * Enzo moves, quickly and silently! TO THE DOCKS! * Enzo keeps on keepin' on. To the docks. * Naiya isn't too sure about that. She does trust that Enzo is, though. * Nasira resists the urge to whistle. So she grins down at Filis every once in a while instead. She is far too happy about an attack on town. * Shan walks with dignity. DIGNITY!! * Virgil keeps on walkin'walkin'walkin'walkin'... * Enzo scratches his head. "Okay, who's willing to work a sloop?" * Enzo looks at Shan. "Unless you think a rowboat would be better?" I've practiced on slanted land before... what does that have to do with this situation? Er, sloop not slope. It's a sorta boat. But we'd all need to work it. * Shan blinks cluelessly. "Oh." ...liiiiiike...that one! It's not reasonable. We need to take one of these. * Enzo points! * Shan nods. * Nasira looks at where Enzo's pointing! * Virgil looks where Enzo's pointing, too. ( Enzo is pointing at kittens! Take one! XD ) * Enzo points to a single-mast, single-sail craft with a shallow-cut hull and lantina sails. (Yay! Free kittens!) If he says it is seaworthy... * Filis follows Enzo. * Nasira grins and goes, taking Filis with her! "Great. It's been getting boring out here." * Shan goes. With dignity, of course. "I will trust Enzo's judgement on the matter." ( Wah, responsibility. ): ) * Virgil gestures. "Okay, where to?" Here, hold on. Out of here's a good start. Do we still wanna try for the Griffon? * Nasira snickers. And my books, and my crystal ball, and... Well, you get the picture. You've got a picture on the ship, too? Do you really need the picture? I mean, sentimental value, yeah, but... ... Literallists. * Naiya would facepalm, but she's holding a map with both hands. * Shan blinks. Did Nasira just agree to head away from the fight? o.O (Are you kidding? Ask her to clarify. ;P) Let's get going already! ( Nah, she's looking for the fight where she can actually stab people. ) ( 'Cause cannonballs aren't as fun to stab, and also rougher on the saif. ) (Right in one, Enzo!) ( XD ) (You learn well.) ( Thank you, Master. ) * Naiya rolls here eyes as the sounds and cheers confirm the success. "We're ... stealing a boat." * Shan nods and takes hold of the wheel. "We'll send an I.O.U. later." * Nasira blows on the edge of her knife. It's back to cool steel again. She looks back at Naiya. Well, if you don't wanna, we can dump you in the sea right now. * Naiya shakes her head. "I'll pass." Well, if you like, you can stay here. Or, what Nasira said. * Nasira grins. "Aww, too bad." <@Rowyn> [The winds whip at the sails. Naiya soon finds out she doesn't quite have what it takes to be a sailor, but Enzo takes up the slack...this time. He certainly knows he's taking up the slack though.] * Enzo grunts, but holds on. Hurrgh! He's a manly Enzo, yes he is! * Naiya suffers silently, straining at the sails. ----- Session 17 (""): * Enzo frowns a little, but he's got his hands full with the sails, since Naiya's playing the Moron Game (aka antagonizing Nasira). "Yeah, whatever, I guess. Don't fall off, though. That's bad." Got your picture? ... There is no picture. Aww, that's too bad.