[22:13] [Last time, on Age of Chibi. Our heros took a day off, and Sei got a date with a shy Elven girl who thought he was cute. Currently, the whole bunch of them are sitting at one of the largeish tables on the patio of the Angry Porcupine Inn. Unless you're not.] [22:14] [It is still a very pleasant day outside, and it is still before noon.] [22:16] [SESSION START, YO.] [22:16] (You should be. I mean, really. *huhmph*) [22:17] * Ethan eats. Surprise surprise. [22:17] * Sei drinks more coffee. [22:18] * Nebrinel was actually eating Ada and Fyril's food voraciously. [22:18] * Ada sets her chin on her palm and looks off into the distance. [22:19] * Ethan offers Ada a carrot. "They say it helps the eyesight." [22:19] * Ada blinks and takes the carrot. "Who said I was looking at anything, Ethan?" [22:20] * Ada munches the carrot anyway. [22:20] * Fyril sits quietly, slowly mouthing things to himself. [22:20] * Nebrinel huhms thoughtfully. "So, Ethan." She narrows her eyes. "What do you think of my swordsmanship?" [22:20] You weren't looking at anything. Maybe with more carrots, you'd see something out there. ^_^ [22:20] Hmm... [22:21] ("Or...*dramatic chord* tell me how good you thought my poem was.") [22:21] * Ethan furrows his brow. [22:21] ( EVIL. ) [22:21] (Shh.) [22:21] ( Nooooooo! ) [22:21] ... your technique is good. Very fluid. Little to no dropoff between your main and off hands... [22:22] * Nebrinel nods absently to Ethan as she eats. [22:22] Bit too showy for my tastes... no offense. Just seems that a lot off effort is wasted on style and grace that could be better spent cutting large holes in your enemies. [22:24] * Nebrinel nods some more, and swallows. "Nice utilitarian analysis." She pops some more food in her mouth. [22:24] * Ada continues munching on her carrot as she idly listens to Ethan talk shop. [22:25] Basically, you look like someone who put in a lot of time training to fight, but also spent time on other things... magic, I'd guess. You know you can rely on that, so your swordfighting isn't as important as it is to someone who has no magic. Thus, you can get away with a little showiness, as it were. [22:25] * Nebrinel blinks, and chuckles softly. [22:25] * Fyril listens, and smiles slightly. [22:26] * Ethan strokes his goatee idly. "You'd kick ass against most people, but against a dedicated weapon specialist in a situation where your magic was unavailable, you might be at a disadvantage, just because you're so used to being able to fall back on said magic against a difficult melee opponent." [22:26] * Nebrinel chuckles. "Is that analyzing my sword style or me, now, Ethan?" [22:27] Your sword style. [22:27] For you, your style is a compliment to your magic, am I right? [22:28] * Nebrinel quirks an eyebrow. "I certaintly didn't learn it as such." [22:29] But it's developed as such, right? You use the two in concert? [22:29] * Nebrinel says drily. "Anything else would be foolish." [22:30] Of course. But that makes your style dependant on your magic. And any style which is dependant on anything other than itself has an inherent weakness. [22:30] You're still damn good. You'd prolly beat me one outta every three fights or so. [22:31] That high, eh? [22:31] Assuming no magic. [22:31] With the magic... well, I dunno what you can do, so I have no clue in that case. [22:32] I'm talking pure weapon skill versus weapon skill. [22:33] * Nebrinel nods. "I know. Thanks for the analysis." She pops some more food in her mouth and leans on her left hand, and looks sorta thoughtful. [22:34] * Ada finishes off her carrot and stretches. [22:34] No problem. [22:34] Hey, Fyril, I haven't seen you fight. Want me to analyze your style? [22:35] * Fyril looks up and smiles slightly. "Calling it a style is a stretch. I just know some moves that I was taught, that's all." [22:36] * Ethan nods. "Could prolly teach you a few tricks, if you wanted. I'm no knife expert, but I've fought enough of them to remember a thing or two." [22:37] * Fyril considers this. "I try not to get in situations where my weapons make the difference." He grins. "I'm a good enough thief that I nearly always don't need them." [22:38] * Sei smiles. "A good policy." [22:38] This one guy used this maneuver... did a jumping flip, and tries to stab me as he flew past over me. It was pretty damn impressive. [22:39] Would've probably worked too if he hadn't shouted out "MEGA FLIPPING BIRD KNIFE STRIKE!" right before he did it... [22:39] * Ada facepalms. [22:40] Good fighter, but not the sharpest spoon in the drawer. [22:40] * Fyril shakes his head. "Giving away what you're doing at anything when you don't have to is a beginner's mistake." [22:40] * Nebrinel smiles softly, brushes her hair back, and taps her finger on the table. "As nice as it is to discuss bladework, shouldn't we consider our next action?" [22:41] She's right. We do have Fyrias to worry about. [22:41] That's the guy in the castle, right? [22:41] * Ada nods. [22:42] Do we wanna try to do this friendly-like, or is this gonna get ugly? [22:43] There's no reason to make things ugly if they don't have to be, but... I have a feeling it'll turn that way just the same. [22:43] (And it's Friyas, my bad.) [22:44] * Nebrinel chuckles. "Friendly? Hah. We'd be lucky if he were." [22:44] * Fyril turns to look at Nebrinel. "You know him?" [22:46] * Nebrinel shrugs. "Sorta. He and an old tutor of mine did some research together." [22:47] * Fyril nods. "So you know what he's like?" [22:48] Eh. He wasn't so bad a guy, but I'm not so willing to believe he'd just give it to us. He's a research geek. [22:48] Or, rather, he was. [22:50] * Fyril cocks his head. "You think he's changed since then?" [22:51] * Nebrinel waves her hand. "He might have. I wasn't keeping track of people. Maybe Ada has more recent rumors?" [22:52] * Ada shakes her head. "Not a thing, unfortunately." [22:52] Hmm... [22:53] Any chance we could bargain with him for it? Get something he wants in exchange? [22:54] Unless any of us happens to have some sort of research he'd be interested in? I doubt it. [22:54] How 'bout the chance to study a complete great weapon? [22:56] * Ada shrugs. "I don't know much about Friyas, but he would probably just want the weapon to himself. That way, he could study it to his heart's content, among other things." [22:57] * Nebrinel nods. "That wouldn't surprise me one bit. Now, if any of you knew secrets of, say, teleportation, we'd might be able to get it from him easy." [22:58] And since I'm not about to give it to him... [22:58] I know some stuff about castle warfare, if that helps... [22:59] I've got lots of good stories about thieves. And thief lore. [22:59] * Fyril looks hopeful. "Maybe he likes to cook?" [23:00] * Ada bites the inside of her lip and frowns. [23:01] Maybe, maybe, maybe. We know too little. [23:02] * Ada nods. [23:02] * Sei has a thought. "A research geek..." [23:02] * Fyril shrugs. "That guy in the floating castle seemed to know about him. Could we ask him again?" [23:03] * Sei smiles and opens his mouth, then thinks better of it. [23:03] I can contact him, yes. [23:03] * Nebrinel looks over at Sei semi-suspiciously, but says nothing. [23:04] * Fyril smiles. "That's worth a try, right?" [23:04] * Nebrinel shrugs. "Can't hurt much." [23:05] * Ada nods. [23:05] * Sei nods. [23:05] I can do that now, if we're getting nothing else out of the way. [23:05] I don't have any better ideas. [23:06] * Nebrinel shrugs. "Me neither." She touches her sword briefly. [23:07] So let's do it, ne? ^_^ [23:08] * Ada grins. "Sure. You may want to do something while you wait, though." [23:08] * Ada pulls out a deck of cards. She sifts through them before selecting the one she wants and focusing on it. [23:09] * Ethan nods, and starts munching on a cookie. "Got it covered." [23:10] * Nebrinel nods, and peers across the group. She pops some more food in her mouth. "This is pretty good stuff, really. I'd expect no less from Leavenhyde." [23:11] * Ada blinks, and her lips move silently. [23:14] * Nebrinel eats some more food, and then pushes her plates (which she has thouroughly decimated) back. [23:14] * Fyril mutters something to himself about being able to do better if they'd let him help. [23:15] * Ada looks up from the card and flips it over, then slips it back into the deck. "He's busy." [23:16] ... hmm. So what now? [23:16] I'm not sure. I'll try again later. [23:17] * Ada shrugs. "We can always pester some locals, I suppose. Though I don't know how much that would help." [23:17] Hm. [23:17] * Fyril gets up from the table. "It's not like we have anything better to do. And it sounds like the market is opening." [23:18] * Nebrinel huhms, and waves her hands in the air. "It's worked before. Unless anyone's got better ideas..." [23:18] I'm guessing "storm the castle gates" wouldn't qualify. [23:19] * Ada snickers. "Sorry, but no." [23:19] * Fyril looks over his shoulder, then back. "C'mon, this won't hurt. I could use some more supplies." His eyes sparkle. "And maybe some practice." [23:20] ... [23:20] * Ada shakes her head and stands, stretching. [23:20] * Nebrinel laughs softly. [23:21] Just don't get caught again. ^_^ [23:21] * Sei nods. "If you do, we don't know you." [23:21] I don't think you need any more practice. [23:21] * Fyril smiles more widely. "You can never have too much practice." [23:22] Maybe you're right. [23:22] * Nebrinel stands. "I'll go with Fyril, just to make sure he doesn't cause any trouble. Anyone else coming?" [23:23] Good luck keeping him out of it. [23:23] * Ethan shrugs. "I go where fearless leader goes." [23:24] * Ada rolls her eyes. "What, exactly, did I do to make you start following me like a lost puppy, Ethan?" [23:24] ( Blew up a bunch of bandits. ) [23:25] (Bah, he was following me around since before the bandit incident. :P) [23:25] ( Uh. You cast a spell on him, and now he's yours? ) [23:25] (*thinks* Nope. I'm pretty sure I didn't do that.) [23:26] ( Simple then. He has a Gourry complex. ) [23:26] (Now that's entirely possible.) [23:26] (Zelgadis complex here. :P) [23:26] Lost puppy? Nah. You hired me as a bodyguard, remember? [23:26] ( Who has the Amelia complex then? ) [23:26] * Fyril surveys the group quickly. "No takers? All right, then." He turns to Nebrinel. "Anything else to do here, or should we go?" [23:26] (Well, sort of a combined Zelgadis/Amelia complex.) [23:26] * Ada grins. "That was the idea, but I'm not paying you anything." [23:27] Nonsense. I'm being payed in ADVENTURE! *powerpose* [23:27] * Nebrinel shakes her head. "Not that I can think of. Let's do some of that research, then." She waves. "We'll be back. See if you can get in contact with Morrolan while we're gone." [23:27] * Ada nods at Nebrinel. "Good luck." [23:28] * Sei nods. [23:28] ( Oh yeah. Major Gourry Complex. ) [23:28] * Fyril nods to the rest of the group, and heads off to the market. [23:37] * Ada sighs as she watches them leave. [23:38] So... what exactly can this guy do? In case we end up in a fight... [23:38] I don't know. [23:38] * Ada considers. [23:40] If, though, he created his own house - as Morrolan says - he's a very powerful mage. Not someone you want to mess with. [23:40] He's a wizard, right? So he could toss fire, lightning, turn me into a newt, that kinda stuff? [23:41] * Ada nods. "Among other things, yes." [23:42] ... life was so much easier when I only had to worry about being stabbed, slashed, or bludgeoned. [23:42] * Ada snickers. [23:42] Well, you're the one who crossed the mountains. ... Why did you do that, anyway? [23:43] 'cause they were in my way. [23:44] * Ada rolls her eyes. [23:44] Well, yes. I meant- you know what I meant. [23:44] * Ethan shrugs. "I dunno. Wanted to get away from home, so I went. I got to the mountains, so I crossed 'em." [23:45] * Ada sighs. [23:45] Yes, well. I suppose that's fair enough. [23:45] You wanna know why I left home, I take it? [23:46] I'm just curious. If you don't want to tell me, you certainly don't have to. [23:46] * Ethan shrugs. "I don't mind." [23:47] Long story short, my pop is an ass. Did just about everything he could to make my life miserable, all in the name of 'instilling military discipline'. He finally went too far, so I left. [23:48] * Ada wrinkles her nose at that. "You seem to be handling it well enough." [23:50] I'm gone. No sense in lingering on the past, after all. [23:50] Plus I've been partaking regularly in the Cherries of Cheerfulness! [23:51] * Ada eyes Ethan, then chuckles and pulls out her mandolin. [23:51] ... [23:51] * Ada starts idly tuning the instrument. [23:52] What can I say. I've never been one to take things too seriously. s'what got my pop so pissed in the first place. [23:53] I don't see why. You're an excellent fighter, and that's what should matter. Right? [23:54] S'what I always said. But he insisted that things be done his way... you fight his way, you act his way, when he says jump, you say "How high?", not "WHEE! Bouncy bouncy bouncy!" [23:55] Never had much of a sense of humor. Which, needless to say... =P [23:55] * Ada has a flashback to ChibiEthan and shudders. [23:57] *** Fyril has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) [23:57] Basically, he wanted me to be a skinny, goateed clone of him. I wanted to crack jokes, have fun, and kick ass when need be. The two didn't mesh. [23:58] So you ran away? [23:58] *** Fyril has joined #yeoldechibirpg [00:00] ... I prefer to refer to it as a 'strategic withdrawl'. ^_^ [00:00] * Ada grins. "Same thing, I suppose." [00:01] So I left, I walked, and here I am. [00:03] * Ada chuckles. "I see. Good to have you here, then." She finishes tuning and starts playing a few scales. [00:04] * Ada hmms. "I wonder if I should tell them," she says quietly. [00:04] * Sei stares off into the distance, idly sipping his coffee from time to time. [00:04] Glad to be here, o fearless leader! *salutes crisply* [00:05] * Ada shakes her head. [00:06] Sei! You feel like telling us how you came to be the dashing, lady-killing elf you are today? ^_^ [00:07] * Sei blinks, then smiles. "How I got here...well, that's a long story. I have no idea why I attract people, however." [00:08] Hmm? So you weren't joking when you said this isn't uncommon. [00:08] * Sei nods. [00:08] Not at all. [00:08] *** Atom has quit IRC (Quit: ) [00:08] * Ada looks at Sei a bit skeptically. [00:08] So you carry that big stick to beat off all the women tossing themselves bodily at you? [00:09] Not...exactly. It is tempting sometimes, I must admit. [00:09] It does help with the men. [00:09] * Sei shudders. [00:11] Don't forget the women with large battle-axes. [00:11] * Sei nods. "That too." [00:11] * Ada snickers. [00:12] * Ethan chuckles. "Well, if you get mobbed by a horde of drooling elven maidens, I'm afriad I'm not gonna be able to help you fight them off." [00:13] * Sei sweatdrops. [00:13] Neither am I. I'm afraid you're on your own, Sei. [00:13] * Ada grins. [00:14] * Sei smiles. "That, I'm used to...despite the popularity." [00:14] 1d3 [00:14] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Yu-Mei (1d3) and gets 3. [00:16] I'd imagine there'd be worse ways to go than being smothered by a horde of drooling fangirls, though. [00:16] (Says you.) [00:16] * Sei nods. [00:16] Unless they were on fire. Burning and being smothered would be bad. [00:17] ... [00:17] Or covered with acid. That'd be all melty and stuff. [00:17] * Ada grins as she moves into some easy exercises. [00:17] Could also be cannibals... [00:18] Quite. [00:18] Or drooling flaming acidic cannibal elven maidens! With battle axes! [00:18] ... [00:19] Now THAT would be damn scary. [00:20] * Ada nods absently. "Yes, Ethan. Very scary." [00:20] With the drooling and the melting and the burning and the chewing and the groping and the chopping... [00:21] ( "Oh lady nice lady! Stop it with the pain and the burning and the chewing and the OY!" ) [00:21] Right. [00:22] (Sounds familiar. :P) [00:23] A shingle slides off the inn's roof and lands on Ethan's head with a 'thok'. [00:24] ... ow. [00:24] * Ada continues practicing. [00:24] * Ethan rubs his head. "That smarts..." [00:24] Must be someone's way of telling you to shut up. [00:24] * Ethan grins. "Shut up? Me?" [00:25] NEVER! *powerpose* [00:25] I know. It's too much to ask. [00:25] (...I've found Sei's theme song.) [00:25] (Hrm?) [00:25] ("Your Disco Needs You") [00:25] ( Aww, not "I'm Too Sexy..."? =P ) [00:26] (o/~ I'm...too sexy for my staff, too... No. No, not going there.) [00:26] (..."Your Disco Needs You"?) [00:27] ( o/" I'm... too sexy for my spells, too sexy for my spells, so sexy she yells! o/" ) [00:27] ( ^_^ ) [00:28] (Bah, I don't have any of those spells. :P Potions, now...) [00:30] There are two conditions under which I'll shut up. [00:30] If we have to sneak somewhere and be quiet, I'll shut up. [00:30] And when I get you all to lighten up, I'll be so stunned I'll prolly be stunned silent. ^_^ [00:31] Hm. I'll remember that. [00:31] Cutting out my vocal chords would also probably work, but I've kinda grown attached to them. [00:32] * Ada grins. "I'll remember that, too." [00:32] ... eep. [00:34] * Ada sets her instrument back in its case. She glances up at the sun. [00:35] 2d6-2 [00:35] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fyril (2d6-2) and gets 0, "That's a critical success, don't think this means I like you." [00:36] Oh, one thing... [00:36] * Ada blinks. "Hmm?" [00:37] Since everyone but I can toss spells, if we get in a fight with this guy, I'm prolly gonna end up in melee with him while y'all chuck fire and stuff at him... [00:37] When you do so... please don't accidentally hit me. ^_^;; [00:37] * Sei smiles. "I'll do my best." [00:38] I'd appreciate it. I'm allergic to dying. [00:38] * Ada shrugs. "Hopefully I won't need to do anything at all. I certainly don't want to." [00:40] Understandable. Just makin' sure... if I'm gonna take hits, I darn well don't want it to be by friendly fire [00:41] Don't worry about it, Ethan. I'd think that none of them are that clumsy. [00:41] Good. [00:42] If I'm gonna leave this world, I plan to do so the same way I came into it: naked, screaming, and covered with blood. ^_^ [00:43] * Ada eyes Ethan. [00:44] * Ethan grins. [00:45] Old saying one of my trainers had: "We all enter this world the same way: naked, screaming, and covered in blood. And if you live your life right, that sorta thing doesn't have to end there." [00:46] ... Right. You had some interesting trainers. [00:47] * Sei twitches. "I've known people with that philosophy." [00:47] You don't know the half of it. [00:49] Basically, all I meant is that, if I'm gonna die, I wanna die fighting to my last breath, not getting accidentally fried. =P [00:50] Oh, you meant fighting. [00:51] 'course. What, you thought I meant working in a butcher shop? ^_^ [00:51] ...indeed. [00:52] * Ada smiles faintly. "I don't see why you'd feel the need to fight naked." [00:54] * Ethan shrugs. "All fighters envision their last fight being so vicious, so long, that their armor gets hacked off, they're wounded in a dozen places, bleeding profusely, and still fighting on." [00:55] You do? [00:55] 'course. If you're gonna die, die on your feet, fighting for something you believe in, and making you opponent earn it every step of the way. [00:56] Of course, but... all your armor hacked off? That probably wouldn't happen. [00:56] Well, yeah. [00:57] It's the vision, though. You're finally encountered a superior enemy. You've been beated so bad you're armor's in tatters. But still you fight on. [00:57] (Your!) [00:57] ( It's freaking 2 AM. =P ) [00:57] * Nebrinel appears in the 'distance', walking back towards the inn, with Fyril on her arm. She seems amused about something. [00:58] * Ada shrugs. "But you die in the end." She looks over at Nebrinel and Fyril. [00:58] * Fyril walks back, smiling to himself. [00:58] And, with your last breath before you die, you tell your foe that he's had his fly open the entire fight. ^_^ [00:59] * Ada thwaps Ethan on the back of the head. [00:59] ... ow! [01:00] That vision does depend on traditional fighting, though... [01:00] What? That'd be a great way to go out! [01:00] True. But where I come from, that's all there is. [01:01] * Nebrinel extracts her arm from Fyril's as she walks up to the table. "Well, that didn't help much." [01:01] No? [01:01] Nope. [01:02] * Ada sighs. "Pity." [01:03] * Fyril walks to the table and sits down. "We were gone a while. Maybe Morrolan's not busy now?" [01:03] Too bad. You missed all the fun here. [01:04] * Nebrinel chuckles. "It couldn't have been that much fun." [01:04] * Nebrinel sits down. "Everyone's still in one piece." [01:04] I doubt it, Fyril. You two weren't gone that long. [01:06] * Fyril shrugs. "Well, we have to wait anyway. Maybe we can try again later tonight." [01:07] That's the idea. I'm going to at least wait until this afternoon. [01:07] I have to be back here by 8, though. [01:07] * Nebrinel nods. "Yeah. We'll just have to try later." [01:08] * Nebrinel looks irritated. Grr. [01:08] * Ada eyes Nebrinel. "Of course, Sei." [01:11] [END SESSION.]