[22:48] We meet Our Heroes at the long bar of the famed Angry Porcupine Inn in Menevia. Well, some of them, anyway. Nebrinel and Fyril are there, eating and/or drinking or whatever, juat as Ethan, Ada, and Sei walk in the door. It's late evening, and with the cloudless sky, the stars promise to be bright tonight. As does the moon, which is anticipated to be full. [22:48] [SESSION START] [22:48] ... and lo, we have returned. Yosh! [22:48] * Sei bows. [22:48] We weren't here in the first place, Ethan. [22:49] ... returning to the group? [22:49] *** DR-AFKdles has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [22:49] * Ethan sweatdrops. [22:50] * Ada snickers as she looks over the common room. "Ah, there they are," she says when she spots Fyril and Nebrinel. [22:51] * Nebrinel is sitting at the bar, chatting about 'old times' and drinking with the guy who runs the place. "Yeah, that was a great fight... I hadn't seen anyone's head fall off quite like that. Eh, Elfiran?" [22:51] * Fyril sits sullenly at the table nearest the bar by himself, picking at his food and watching Nebrinel over at the bar talking with the owner. He spots the group and waves at them sullenly. [22:51] (Whoops. Well, he's very sullen. ^^;) [22:51] * Ada glances at Nebrinel, then shrugs and walks over to Fyril. She takes a seat at his table. [22:52] * Ethan follows Ada to the table. "You look run down, Fyril. Need a musical pick-me-up?" ^_^ [22:52] (I'm going to amble off for a while.) [22:52] (Enjoy.) [22:52] *** Alecto has left #yeoldechibirpg [22:53] Elfiran Leavenhyde, the man who runs this fine establishment, nods sagely at Nebrinel's remark. [22:53] ( "What did you do in that battle, Leavenhyde?" "... take a guess." ) [22:53] (*facepalms*) [22:54] * Fyril shudders at Ethan's offer, and gestures over towards Nebrinel. "She's been doing that for the past hour. Must have a lot to say." He pokes at his food. "Can't say the food makes up for the lack of company." [22:54] Hm. [22:54] Ah. Cookie? *holds out cookie* [22:54] * Ada looks over at Nebrinel. "Well, she did say that she's been here before." [22:55] * Nebrinel nods and smiles widely. "Yeah... it was." She takes a sip from her drink, and chuckles. "Shame about the room, though. Bet it took a lot of work to get the blood out." [22:56] Elfiran chuckles. "Don't worry. Our janitorial crew has become quite adept at cleaning up blood over the ages." [22:56] * Ethan sits. "Well, you have company now, so cheer up." =P [22:56] * Fyril nods and takes the cookie, laying it next to the rest of the food before taking another bite. "She certainly has. They must've been good friends." He shakes his head, and looks over the two of them. "You all look like you're in good shape." [22:57] * Sei sits down. "Well, a bit bruised." [22:57] * Ada chuckles. [22:57] Mostly thanks to Sei. We ran into a bit of trouble with... archers. *grumblemutter* [22:57] You and archers, Ethan... [22:57] * Fyril quirks an eyebrow. "What are archers?" [22:58] ... doesn't anyone know about archers? [22:58] Well, I do, but... [22:59] Okay. You take wood. Bend it. Tie string between the ends. Use the taut rope to launch thin wooden rods with sharp metal heads attached. [22:59] That's a bow and arrow. People who use 'em are called archers... stupid archers... [22:59] * Nebrinel perks her head up, and looks over at the source of 'archers'. She then frowns, and elbows Elfiram, saying to him semi- quietly. "See those guys? They're just as crazy as I am. Just so ya know." [22:59] * Fyril considers this briefly, before nodding. "Those sound useful. You could get good range with those." [22:59] * Ada nods. [23:00] I was trained to eventally be an infantry commander. And there's nothing footsoldiers hate more than people lobbing sharp pieces of metal at them from 500 yards. [23:00] "I fear for my life," says Elfiran conversationally while grinning. [23:00] * Ada puts her chin in one palm and eyes Ethan speculatively. "Then why don't you have something take the archers out beforehand?" [23:00] When they're on your side, great, but on the other side... *muttermutter* [23:01] Because they're on the other side of the battlefield, or behind the castle walls, and to get to 'em you have to RUN at them. WHile you're doing that, they shoot at you. [23:01] * Nebrinel stretches and yawns. "You should." She stands and puts a coin on the bar. "Talk to you later, Elfy." [23:02] * Fyril smiles slyly. "Oh, very good weapons. Wonder if I could find any of those around here?" [23:02] Well considering nobody seems to know what they are... [23:02] I'd say probably not. ^_^ [23:02] You don't know for sure, Ethan. Those bandits had them. [23:03] Point. [23:03] * Ada considers. "Though I have no idea where they got them from." She shrugs. [23:03] * Fyril runs a hand through his hair. "It might be a little less traditional, but having one of those could help a lot." [23:03] Coulda stolen them from a caravan, bought 'em, made 'em... [23:04] * Nebrinel walks over towards the others, and sits down by Fyril, squeezing his arm. "That was great. Don't see the guy much." [23:04] * Ethan grins. "Plus it keeps you away from the people swinging the sharp pieces of metal, ne?" [23:05] * Ada snickers. [23:05] Feh, I say! The path of the true warrior is fraught with peril and gaping chest wounds! [23:06] * Fyril blushes slightly, and tries to look serious. "Hey, I can take care of myself with the traditional weapons of the trade. Never hurts to have insurance, though." [23:06] * Sei twitches. [23:06] * Nebrinel looks up at the other three, looking them all over, and chuckling at Ethan. "Gaping chest wounds are overrated, Ethan. Surely you know that." [23:06] * Ada glances at Sei. [23:07] Well, yes. Generally you deal with the peril and avoid the chest wounds. [23:08] Well, I'd hope so. Otherwise I'd have to wonder what you were doing here, instead of a graveyard. [23:09] Well that's obvious. Graveyards are no fun. =P [23:10] ... unless there are zombies. I hear fighting zombies is pretty cool. With the trying to eat your brains and such. [23:10] * Nebrinel rolls her eyes, and sets her face to a more neutral expression, looking at Ada. "So. How did you fare? Did the man in the mountains have what you were looking for?" [23:10] * Fyril shakes his head. "I try to avoid situations where anyone is trying to get at my brain. [23:11] * Ethan nods. "Yup. My glaive is apparently complete. And the guy was really nice, too." [23:11] * Ada nods at Nebrinel. "A morganti spoon, of all things." [23:11] * Fyril boggles, and stares at Ethan. "A Morganti *spoon*?" [23:11] * Ethan nodnods. "SPOON!" [23:11] ... that is even stranger than I expected. [23:11] * Ada sighs into her hand. [23:12] A few tavern patrons turns to stare at Ethan like he's insane, and for good reason. [23:13] * Fyril continues staring. "Why would anyone ever make that?" [23:13] * Ethan is either unaware or doesn't give a damn. "He had a whole buncha kitchen utensils he fought with... wish I had the time to learn that style of fighting. Only got to see a little of it when I fought him." [23:14] * Nebrinel shrugs helplessly in Elfiran's direction, as if to say, "I didn't make him." She then drums her fingers on the table idly, and touches her sword with one hand. [23:14] I mean, who knows what he can do to a person with a pair of salad tongs? [23:15] * Fyril rolls his eyes. "Pick them up and serve them with cucumbers, fresh tomatoes and a nice vinaigrette?" [23:15] As for the rest of the trip... Sei, you wanna take it from here? ^_^ [23:15] We ran into some bandits extorting money from an inn, and I, erm, sort of got involved. [23:17] And that's where the archers came in? [23:17] * Nebrinel quirks an eyebrow. "So you were talking about archers." [23:18] * Sei nods. [23:18] The bandits had quite a few of them...thus the bruising. [23:19] * Ada nods. [23:20] And thus the reduction of said bandits to their component parts. [23:20] * Nebrinel huhms. "Huh. Strange to have bandits in the elven lands using archery. I suppose if they were mageless, though..." [23:20] * Sei nods. "Mages seemed to be fairly rare around that area." [23:21] * Fyril sighs. "That's why if you're going to be stealing, it helps to have both." [23:22] * Nebrinel grins faintly, and elbows Fyril playfully. "Exactly." [23:23] * Ada looks at Nebrinel and Fyril curiously, then chuckles. "I never thought about that." She hmms. "How about you two?" [23:24] * Nebrinel sets her expression neutral again. "Seargent had a piece of mine, yes." She pulls the sword up(sheathed), gesturing at the new crossguard. [23:25] Nice craftsmanship on that. [23:25] * Ada leans forward to get a better look at the sword. "Ah. Is it complete?" [23:25] The crossguard seems to twitch ever so slightly. You could be imagining things, tho. [23:26] * Nebrinel frowns at the sword. "I don't believe so, no." [23:26] * Fyril glances from Nebrinel worriedly. [23:26] (Er. Nebrinel to the sword. Yep. ^^;) [23:27] * Ada frowns slightly and nods. [23:27] * Nebrinel looks over at Fyril worredly too, and sighs. "There is a... secondary issue, which I would rather not discuss here." [23:27] It summons *bad* food? [23:28] * Fyril nods very slightly before shaking his head. "No, we'll leave that to you." [23:29] All right. I trust you'll tell us when you think it's best. [23:29] *** DamienRoc has joined #YeOldeChibiRPG [23:30] * Ethan nods. "But if I end up with any gaping wounds 'cause of it... no more cookies for you!" [23:31] *** DR-AFKdles has joined #YeOldeChibiRPG [23:31] *** DR-AFKdles is now known as Skuld [23:31] * Nebrinel says blandly. "I'll somehow live without your cookies if that happens, I'm sure." [23:32] * Ethan grins. [23:32] * Fyril nods. "I'll try to fill in the baked goods gap if you go under." [23:32] *** DamienRoc has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [23:33] * Nebrinel mms, and looks over at Fyril. "On that note. Have all of you eaten yet?" [23:33] Anything else happen, or was the trip uneventful outside of that one thing? [23:34] * Ada shakes her head. "We haven't." [23:34] * Fyril looks back at Nebrinel. "A bit. The food here's actually pretty good. The chef here's got good taste." He fidgets slightly. "I didn't want to eat without company though, so I haven't had much." [23:35] * Nebrinel chuckles. "Well, then. Let's see if I can convince the owner to let you cook some, eh?" [23:36] * Fyril turns in his seat, his eyes sparkling. "Would you? I bet between us, we could do something really nice." [23:37] * Nebrinel laughs softly, and stands. "I"m sure. Be right back." [23:38] From behind Ethan's back, there is the sound of something heavy hitting the ground. [23:39] * Ada blinks and looks over there. [23:39] * Fyril watches Nebrinel get up, smiling, before turning his head very quickly to see what happened. [23:39] Near the end of Ethan's glaive, on the floor, sits a large jar labeled 'HONEY'. [23:39] * Ethan looks, and picks up the jar. "... odd." [23:40] Never seen that before. [23:40] Usually it appears in my hands, not on the floor... [23:40] * Ada nods. [23:40] * Nebrinel glances over towards Ethan, rolls her eyes, and walks up to Elfiran, speaking to him softly. [23:40] Maybe you're losing your aim? [23:40] Mayb- huh. [23:40] * Ethan starts rubbing his temples. [23:41] Ethan? [23:41] Ethan suddenly starts to glow stragely. As opposed to glowing normally, of course. [23:41] ... feelin' kinda weird. [23:41] ... [23:41] Ethan! [23:41] ... I think I need some air. [23:42] * Ethan gets up and walks hurridly out of the restaurant, holding his head. [23:42] * Sei stands up and follows. [23:42] * Fyril gets up quickly and gets a step away from the table, watching him leave tensely. [23:42] An audible hum begins to feel the air around Ethan as the glow intinsifies into a blinding shine. [23:42] * Ada stands and dashes over to Ethan. "Drop the glaive!" [23:43] * Ethan gets a few steps outside and stumbles, clutching his head. "Ah, cripes, it hurts..." [23:43] ( Not holding the glaive. =P ) [23:43] (What, it's nowhere on your person? :P) [23:43] ( Back with my pack in the restaurant. =P ) [23:43] * Nebrinel frowns slightly, and turns at the commotion. "... strange." [23:44] (*sigh*) [23:44] * Fyril looks at Nebrinel. "Does that normally happen with those things?" [23:44] ... feels like... something's... my head... AAAAAAAAH! [23:44] (Okay, if this becomes swords-'n'-sorcery FLCL, I'm leaving. :P) [23:45] (Wimp. :P) [23:45] The light finishes intensifying, and there's a sudden *pop*. [23:45] * Nebrinel frowns more, and looks at the Glaive on the ground, and back up. "Other than Ethan acting very familiar to something that happened a while ago to me, without all the glowing, I have no idea, Fyril..." [23:46] The light fades... [23:46] ... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIII! [23:46] *** Ethan is now known as ChibiEthan [23:46] ... [23:47] * Fyril hesitates, his body taut. "Um. Do we want to go anywhere near that?" [23:47] * ChibiEthan starts bouncing to and fro. "WAI! WAI! WAI! WAI! WAI!" [23:47] ...well, this is new... [23:47] * Ada blinks from her position by where Ethan... was. [23:47] * Nebrinel looks at the new Ethan. "I don't know. That's... very abnormal." [23:48] * ChibiEthan scurries around on little chibi legs, and starts running in circles around Sei. "WAI! Sei! WAI! Sei!" [23:48] * Sei sweatdrops. "...yes?" [23:49] * Fyril blinks. "If anything, that's more frightening than his old form." [23:49] * ChibiEthan looks like a shrunken version of Ethan. Chibi armor, chibi goatee, et al. [23:49] * Ada looks at Ethan strangely a bit longer, then sighs and walks back over and has a seat. [23:50] * ChibiEthan hops up on Sei's shoulder. "Hi ho Sei, away!" *clapclap* [23:50] ... [23:50] * Sei wanders back in and sits down. [23:50] * Nebrinel frowns, and looks at the glaive with suspicion and concentration. "Indeed." [23:50] * ChibiEthan tries to balance on Sei's head with one foot, fails miserably, and falls face first onto the table. "... ow." @_@ [23:51] (How small is he? ^^) [23:51] * Fyril looks at the table with a strained expression. "Um... Nebrinel, maybe you could see about me helping with the cooking? Please?" [23:51] ( 2 1/2 feet tall or so. ) [23:52] * ChibiEthan jumps up from his upside-down position, eyes gleaming. "Food? Where?" [23:52] * Nebrinel nods. "I'm with you on that one. C'mon, we gotta talk to the chef." [23:52] The bar tenants are beginning to look at ChibiEthan with confused and frightened expressions on their faces. [23:52] * Ada mutters something about Nebrinel and Fyril being cowards. "Ethan, get off the table." [23:53] * ChibiEthan watches them walk away, sniffling and crying a few oversized tears. [23:53] ... Ada! WAI! [23:53] * ChibiEthan hops on Ada's shoulder. [23:53] * Fyril heads over towards the kitchen, waiting for Nebrinel to join him. [23:54] * Ada eyes Ethan. "Right." [23:54] No! Not right! WAI! [23:54] * Nebrinel walks towards the kitchen as well, and sighs, muttering, "Wonderful. I needed more problems." [23:54] Wai. Wonderful. Why are you like this, Ethan? [23:55] * ChibiEthan hops down from Ada's shoulder into his seat, and blinkblinks. "... like what?" [23:55] * Fyril takes Nebrinel's hand as they get to the kitchen. "It'll work out. I just hope that doesn't happen to you." [23:55] Like... small. Like that. [23:56] * Ada gestures vaguely. [23:56] * Sei fetches a large book from his pack and begins paging through it. [23:56] Small? I'm not small... I'm MIGHTY! [23:57] * ChibiEthan reaches down and hefts his glaive... then topples over from the weight, crashing loudly to the ground. [23:57] * Ada chuckles. "Sure you are." [23:58] * ChibiEthan gets up, wobbling slightly, and hefts the glaive again. "See? Mighty! I can fall and go on like nothing happened!" [23:58] Right, Ethan. Let me have a look at that. [23:58] * Ada holds her hand out for the glaive. [23:59] * ChibiEthan backs away, chibi eyes narrow. "No! It is mine! It is... preciousssssss to me..." [00:00] ... [00:00] ... [00:00] ... fooled ya! [00:00] * ChibiEthan bounces around the room, glaive in tow. "WAI! WAI! WAI!" [00:00] * Sei facepalms. [00:00] * Ada groans and looks over at Sei. "Should have gotten away while we still could." [00:01] A few of the patrons have begun to leave the establishment in a hurry. [00:02] Ethan, you're scaring people. Sit down. [00:03] * ChibiEthan turns back to Ada in mid jump, frowns... and crashes into a support column. "... be right there." *sliiiiiiide* [00:04] * ChibiEthan picks himself up, and ambles back to the table, twirling his glaive. Which has the effect of knocking over tables left and right. [00:04] * Ada facepalms. [00:05] * ChibiEthan hops back up onto his seat. "Yes, Ada?" [00:05] You're making a mess. Can't you just... sit still? So you *don't* scare everyone away? [00:07] ... I *guess*... [00:07] Good. Do that. And hold still so I can try to figure out what happened to you. [00:08] * ChibiEthan attempts to sit still. If by still, you mean "figiting, bordering on epilepsy" [00:08] * Ada mutters and takes a good look at Ethan. "Hope this isn't permanent." [00:08] Hope what isn't permanent? [00:09] You being two feet tall and even more hyperactive than normal. [00:09] * ChibiEthan biggrins, teeth sparkling. "How else would I be?" [00:11] ... More tolerable. [00:11] * ChibiEthan suddenly has a cake bigger than his head in his hand. He grins, then consumes it in one bite. [00:11] * Ada hrms and gets a better look at the glaive. "That's what's causing this." She tries to ignore Ethan and the cake. [00:13] s'my glaive! Neat, huh? My family kept it locked in a vault, so I said 'WAI!' and took it, and now I can make food and hit people real hard and make more food and hit people more... [00:13] And now we know why they kept it locked up. [00:13] * Ada sighs. [00:13] ... [00:14] ... huh? [00:14] * ChibiEthan gets swirly eyes. "Confused..." [00:15] * Ada puts out her hand to stop Ethan from falling off the chair. [00:15] * Ada gestures with the other hand and keeps examining the glaive. "Huh." [00:15] * ChibiEthan puts a donut on one of Ada's fingers. "Donut ring!" [00:16] Mmm... donut... *drops five into his mouth; chews thrice; swollows* [00:17] * Ada hands the doughnut to Sei. [00:17] ... [00:17] Um, thanks. [00:17] * Sei consumes it. [00:17] Your welcome! *crisp salute; knocks self off chair with said salute* [00:18] * Ada sighs and picks Ethan up off the ground, putting him back in the chair. [00:18] ... owie. Thanks. *rubs oddly large bump on his head* [00:19] Welcome. [00:19] * ChibiEthan chuckles nervously. "Guess I need more work on that salute, huh?" [00:19] *** DamienRoc is on IRC [00:19] *** DamienRoc has joined #YeOldeChibiRPG [00:19] You hear a rumble of thunder from outside. [00:19] *** Skuld has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [00:19] * Ada smiles slightly. "Just a little." [00:19] (the rumble of thunder, even. Bleh.) [00:19] WAH! Thunder! [00:20] *** DamienRoc is now known as Skuld [00:20] *** DamienRoc has left IRC [00:20] * ChibiEthan dives under the table. [00:20] * Ada shakes her head and turns to Sei. " [00:20] ... [00:20] Okay, the glaive is causing Ethan's transformation. Apparently, they're linked somehow, since he transformed even when he wasn't holding it. [00:21] ...oh, my. [00:21] The good news is, it's only temporary. [00:21] I wonder what triggered it... [00:22] * Ada gestures vaguely. "Moons, light... It looks like a fluke in the weapon. I can't imagine anyone intentionally creating it that way." [00:22] * Sei nods. [00:23] The bad news is, I don't know how long this'll last. [00:23] ...ah. [00:23] * Ada sighs. "Such is the way of things, I suppose." She looks under the table. "Are you all right?" [00:23] * ChibiEthan powerposes under the table. "Fear not, Ada! Despite appearances that I am hiding, I am in fact REGROUPING, and shall soon conquer the fearsome thun-" *another thundercrack* "WAH! SCARY!" [00:24] ... I guess not. [00:24] ... [00:26] ... I mean puny! Puny thunder! You are no might for the insulating might of the Wheat of Spiffiness! [00:26] ChibiEthan emits a flickering light for a moment, and then with a soft *pwuff* he reverts to his (relatively) normal self. [00:26] (Under the table! ^^) [00:26] * Ada looks at Ethan blankly. [00:26] (Oh my.) [00:26] * ChibiEthan reverts to normal... under the table. *KRONK* [00:26] ... ow, my head... [00:26] *** ChibiEthan is now known as Ethan [00:27] ... how'd I end up under the table? [00:27] * Ada chuckles, then starts laughing. [00:27] ...do you remember anything about the past few minutes? [00:27] * Ethan crawls out from under the table, and looks around. "... geez, what happened to this place?" [00:27] ...you did. [00:28] ... whaddya mean. Last I remember, I ran outside to get some air... my head hurt something fierce... then it all went dark. I musta blacked out. [00:28] * Ada is in no condition to answer. She holds her head in her hands and continues to laugh. [00:28] * Sei puts his head in his hands. "Oh, my." [00:29] ... why the heck did you guys put me under the table? You couldn't have laid me out on the floor or something? [00:30] * Nebrinel enters the common room, holding Fyril's hand, looking at Ada, Ethan, and Sei, and the state of the common room."... can I ever leave you people alone?" [00:30] * Ada manages to calm herself down, though she still breaks into small spurts of laughter. [00:30] This...isn't my fault. [00:31] * Ethan gets back into his seat, and puts his head down. "Geez, haven't had a headache this bad since that guy hit me with a wagon wheel..." [00:31] Y- You were hiding under the table. From the thunder. Hi, Nebrinel. [00:31] * Ada giggles. [00:31] * Sei nods. [00:31] * Fyril surveys the area with ill-concealed surprise. "What happened to this place?" [00:31] * Ada points at Ethan. [00:31] * Ethan turns to Ada, head still down. "Huh? I was unconcious. What're you talking about?" [00:31] No...no, you weren't unconscious at all. [00:32] * Fyril blinks, and rolls his eyes. "Right, I should've figured." [00:32] * Nebrinel sighs and starts setting tables upright, if she's able. "Unless they knocked you out after you turned into the two and a half foot tall gnome from hell, you looked conscious when I left." [00:33] Gnome? Wha? Huh? [00:33] We probably should have. [00:33] ... this isn't helping my headache, people... [00:33] I agree. [00:33] * Ada coughs. "Your glaive, Ethan. You were wondering why it was locked up in a vault for who knows how long?" [00:34] Yeah, kinda. I figure my family musta been freaked by the food summoning thing. They're humans, so they wouldn't know much about magic. [00:34] I don't think it's just because of food summoning. [00:34] * Fyril sighs, and helps Nebrinel set the tables together again, surveying the emptiness. "More because when they used it, they created giant deserted areas." [00:35] ... then what? [00:35] ... [00:35] * Nebrinel mutters, "The things I do for Elfiran. I hope the bat realizes the sacrifices I make for him." [00:36] * Ada gestures to the glaive. "It turned you into a small, hyperactive, decidedly dangerous version of yourself that couldn't remember being normal... as far as normal goes where you're concerned, Ethan." [00:36] * Ethan blinks at Ada, and stares blankly for a moment... then starts laughing. [00:36] Nice one, Ada! You almost had me there for a second! [00:36] You did. [00:36] You're learning fast! [00:37] *** DamienRoc is on IRC [00:37] * Ada snorts and kicks at Ethan's chair. "I didn't put up with you just to be ignored." [00:37] *** DamienRoc has joined #YeOldeChibiRPG [00:37] *** Skuld has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) [00:37] * Ethan grins. "And you even got Sei in on it! I'm impressed! I thought it would take months to get you to crack jokes!" [00:37] * Sei sighs. [00:38] * Fyril glares at Ethan. "Really, you did. They're not kidding. It was very, very troubling." [00:38] Come on guys, give it up. Turning into a miniature version of myself? That's just ridiculous. [00:38] You're ridiculous. [00:38] What am I, some kinda... were-chibi or something? [00:38] It seems so. [00:39] * Nebrinel sets up the last of the tables, and turns back to everyone else. "I have to agree with Ada on that point, as much as it pains me." [00:39] Riiiiiiight. Sure. *smile and nod* [00:39] * Sei sighs and continues paging through his book. [00:39] So can you please tell me what really happened? [00:39] We just did. [00:39] That is what really happened. And I suppose it doesn't matter if you believe us, since you don't remember a thing, anyway. [00:40] No, no. You're supposed to move onto a new story once the subject figures out the previous one, Sei. Fifth rule of humor. [00:40] * Sei eyes Ethan. "If this were humor, you would have a very good point." [00:40] Listen, if you guys don't wanna tell me, just say so. [00:41] * Fyril heads back over to the table, and gives Ethan a serious look. "How can I put this in a way that will get through into your head?" [00:41] * Ethan grins. "Just stop joking around and tell me what happened." [00:42] What, was there a food fight? Did you drop me carrying me back in? [00:43] * Sei shrugs. "You're obviously convinced that we're kidding..." [00:43] * Ada nods at Sei. "Ignorance really is bliss." [00:43] No, Ethan. Really, it was you, in a very small form, being massively destructive. You want us to get other witnesses? [00:43] ... you're not kidding? [00:43] We're definitely not kidding. [00:44] * Nebrinel rolls her eyes. [00:44] ... nah, that's impossible. I'd remember that. [00:44] (Hmm, I need sleep quite soon. ^_^;) [00:44] (Okay. We can prolly wrap this up soonish.) [00:45] * Ethan hefts his pack... "Now how did my glaive get out of its sheath?" *scratches head* [00:45] * Fyril sighs theatrically. "You took it out, on your rampage. Even though it was multiple times your height." [00:45] * Ethan slips it back in. "Do we wanna hit the road, or stay here overnight?" [00:46] * Ethan grins. "Of course. Because I was two feet tall, right?" [00:46] * Nebrinel rubs the back of her neck. "Well, as amusing as it is to see you deny the truth, I AM hungry. We should at least stay here tonight." [00:46] * Sei nods. [00:46] * Ethan shrugs. "Works for me." [00:46] * Sei turns to a page labelled "The Denial Stage" in his book, and hands it to Ada. "Your turn." [00:47] * Ada nods, then blinks at the book. [00:47] * Fyril nods. "Better stay. Even if he won't let me cook." He sinks into his seat. [00:47] ... I have a sudden craving for donuts. [00:47] * Ethan idly munches one. [00:47] * Ada chuckles and starts reading. "Thanks, Sei. And Ethan, you already had five." [00:47] * Sei smiles. "No problem." [00:48] ... I did? [00:48] I don't remember eating donuts today... [00:48] Yes, while you were two feet tall. After you knocked over tables and scared most of the patrons away, and before you hid under the table. [00:48] * Ada turns the page. [00:48] * Nebrinel rubs Fyril's shoulder in sympathy. [00:48] ... wow, you guys are persistant. I'm impressed. [00:49] * Fyril murmurs something thankfully, and looks balefully at Ethan. "Will you just accept it already? What do we gain from trying to trick you, other than frustration?" [00:49] * Ethan strokes his goatee. "Such is life." [00:50] Somewhere in the distance, a gong sounds. Close on it's heels is a peal of thunder. [00:50] ...what is it with those gongs, anyway? [00:50] (its!) [00:50] * Ada scowls and resists the urge to throw a spell in the gong's general direction. [00:50] What gongs? [00:51] (I'll wrap up whenever you guys are ready.) [00:51] ...you know, forget I mentioned it. [00:51] Whenever you say... *sigh* Never mind. [00:51] Let's get some food. [00:52] * Nebrinel calls over whoever's willing to accept the order. "Agreed." [00:52] (Now's fine with me.) [00:52] Food! WA- [00:52] ... hmm. Forgot what I was gonna say. [00:52] * Fyril looks at his overturned plates, and nods. "Yeah, let's. Something new would be better." [00:52] ... how odd. *shrug* [00:53] So what's good here? ^_^ [00:53] And so they ate food that was good and slept in beds that were soft, and set off towards certain doom the very next day. ^_^ [00:53] [END SESSION.]