[ You're all sitting under the treehome in the little clearing in the Dark Forboding Woods. Adamom is currently busy baking a new cookie to put a dragon to sleep with, leaving you three free to try to figure out just what the hell is going on, anyway. Session Start! ] * Ada sits. She doesn't look happy. ... so what the hell is going on, anyway? * Sei is sitting, as well. He's looking happier, with all the books to peer at. We're going to fix your curse. Ah. Okay. *pauses* ... how? * Ada shrugs. "I haven't asked yet." Ah. * Ethan pauses, trying to figure out the best way to phrase his next question. "So... that's really your mom?" ( *Ada hits Ethan for 1d20 damage. ) ( I said he was *trying* to figure out the best way to phrase it. Not that he *had* figured out the best way. =P ) * Ada stares at him for a moment, then looks down at her hands. "Maybe. Probably." ... so that's a good thing, right? Reunion and such? * Ada picks at a fingernail. "I don't know." * Sei nods, looking up from the books. * Ethan nods slowly. "Because you're happy to finally meet her, but angry that she let you go in the first place, even if it wasn't really her choice, right?" * Ada is silent for a while, then says, "I'm sure she had some kind of choice." Hmm... Well, she said it was a god that made her do it, right? s'hard to disobey a god... Nah. It's hard to disobey a god and survive. * Ada shrugs. * Ethan furrows his brow. "Then again, god or no, anyone that tried to separate me from someone I cared about... I'd kick the crap outta 'em." ( Now that's my kind of man. *_*) Or you'd try. * Ada shifts, looking out a window, now. Yeah... I dunno, though. Never faced down a god before, so I don't know what I'd actually do. But... hell. * Ethan rubs his forehead. s'real complicated... and there ain't nothin' I can hit to make it less so. * Sei nods. * Ada sighs. "Yeah." ... I can offer a donut, though. *holds out donut* * Ada waves the doughnut away. "I think I'll pass." * Ethan shrugs, and offers it to Sei instead. "Anything you want, food-wise?" * Sei takes the donut. "Thanks." I find that food helps me take my mind off of stuff. That and doin' katas. But I don't think the katas would work as well for ya. So food. Yeah. Want any? * Ada looks back over at Ethan with a confused expression before she wipes it from her face. "I'm not hungry." * Ethan blinks. "... okay." * Ethan stands up, walks over to a wall, whacks his head against it a few times, then sits back down. ( This is one of those katas he mentioned. It's called, "The Idiot Drives Nails". ) * Ada eyes him. Sorry. I'm tryin' ta cheer ya up, but I'm treatin' it like you just lost an earring, not like somethin' as serious as it is. * Ethan shakes his head, grinning somewhat sadly. "Gimme a big slobberin' guy with a sword, and I'm cool as can be. But stuff like this... I turn into a gibbering moron." * Ada smiles faintly. Very faintly. "I'm sure we can find someone with a sword." ( *Combaticus strolls up. "You rang?" ) * Ethan grins, a real one this time. "And then I'll kick their butt, and everything'll be all right again." * Ada chuckles. "Of course, Ethan." Hmm... World would be so much easier if every problem could be solved by finding the right sword-wielding goober and poundin' the crap out of him. * Ada nods. But don't worry, Ada! Despite the fact that I can't beat the hell out of every problem that comes our way, I'm sure that there's no quandry that a solution cannot be found for if you, Sei and I put our minds, fists, and spleens together! * Sei eyes Ethan. * Ada shakes her head. "I appreciate the sentiment, Ethan. I really do." She gets to her feet. "I'm... going to go for a walk." Is it safe around here? No. ( Enjoy your walk! But beware the jabberwock. ) * Ethan is, for once, reasonably quick on the uptake. "Alone, I assume?" That's the idea. * Sei nods. Okay... but if you stumble across anything more threatening than an angry squirrel, call for help, okay? * Ada nods, then heads out. For the walk! It can't be too dangerous, right? [ Just as Ada thinks that, there's a collection of roars and screeches from various parts of the forest. ] * Ada mentally shrugs. Go figure. [ Ada manages to not be mauled by the time she's vanished into the woods. This leaves the cool guys sitting here. ] ... I'm no good at this stuff, Sei. * Sei sighs. "Who is?" I mean, before this, Ada showed emotion 'bout as often as I showed maturity. Now I'm seein' a whole new side of her... and hell, I'd barely started to figure out how to handle the first side. * Sei nods. "I don't intend for this to sound sarcastic, or anything like that...but that sounds familiar." Once we figure out what's going on here, things will probably calm down. Least I'm startin' ta figure out what makes Ada tick... a little. Before, she was a mystery wrapped in an enigma hidden inside... somethin' else that means the same thing as enigma. * Ethan shakes his head. "Now, she's just a mystery wrapped in an enigma." ... and only partially hidden inside somthin' that means the same thing as enigma. *grins* * Sei eyes Ethan. ... what? Interesting way of putting it. * Ethan shrugs. "You're the language guy. I'm just a human with a pointy stick." * Sei grins. Whacha readin'? I'm not actually sure. I'm comparing it to some languages I do know, but it'll take a while. ... so you're readin' something in a language you don't know, in the hopes of figuring out if it's anything like a language you do know? * Ethan chuckles. "I was about to say that was kinda ridiculous, but then I remembered I spend an hour every morning beating up the air. So, when ya get right down to it... what *is* ridiculous, anyway?" * Sei grins. "Either nothing or everything, some would say. I'm not sure." If it is like a language I know, but has bits that resemble a different one that I know about, it might be possible to figure out something new about history. For example, that two cultures had contact during a particular time period. ... and that's good, right? * Sei nods. "The more we know about history and language, the more lost knowledge we can find. There are tons of old books that no one can read, and they're probably useful." Like how in the hell a Great Weapon ended up in the human lands? * Sei nods. "That sort of thing." * Ethan scratches his head. "Still have no idea how this thing ended up in my family's vault." Hmm... I do know why it *stayed* in the vault, though... *grins* * Sei nods. "Large men with sharp things?" The curse. * Sei grins. "Ah, that too." If my ancestors were anything like my parents, the prospect of turning into a miniature version of themselves wouldn't have been too attractive. * Sei nods. Large men with sharp things wouldn't be a worry, anyway. We Swordbreakers LIVE to fight large men with sharp things! * Sei grins. "A good point." s'what comes naturally to me. And it's a hell of a lot easier than wading through the emotions of others. * Sei nods. "Being in one's own little world really has its good points." But...not always. * Ethan nods. "Gets lonely when you're in your own world." * Sei nods. * Ethan chuckles. "Hell, gets lonely in this world." Hmm... Ain't no fun to be alone in the middle of a couple hundred people. * Sei nods. "Army life isn't much fun that way..." 'specially when all your friends just 'happen' to be transferred to other areas in an effort to improve your military discipline. Ugh... Exactly. Another reason why I ain't itching to visit home. * Sei nods. * Ethan shakes his head. "Enough about my problems, though. Ada's take priority right now." Yes. I'm still confused as to what all is going on, but... Best I can figure out, some god or other made Ada's mom give her away, and then gave Ada to Xivilai to raise. * Sei nods. "That's what I thought." Since Xivilai doesn't exactly seem like the loving mother type, Ada's anger's more'n understandable. Come to think of it, I should look up those names... * Sei starts paging through his book. Good. Figure out which god it is so I can go'n kick his ass or somethin', [ Session end! ...FOR NOW. MWAHAHAHAHAHA! ]