Getting Grimm

[Carthrat]

[21:07] <@Kotono> After the party ambles out of the church of ice, Knight finds Yulia lingering back. She's not on anyone's shoulder, but fluttering along on her own.
[21:10] <Knight> Knight seethes with a palpable frustration; she lingers behind herself, gritting her teeth. "That... man!" she mutters. "I do not understand it one bit."
[21:11] <@Kotono> Yulia sends the slightest glance at Knight, but doesn't reply. She flutters along, lost in her own thoughts.
[21:13] <Knight> "One would think we were his tormentors, dragging him back unwillingly to life," she complains, glancing at Yulia. "I swear it, next time, I will heed his wishes."
[21:15] <@Kotono> Yulia glances at Knight a second time, "He's an idiot," Yulia says in a voice that sags with tiredness, "Completely insane! Who does something like that!?"
[21:17] <Knight> "It is either someone with a death wish, or utterly lacking in sense. I would suppose the former would imply the latter, but..." She starts to walk back towards their improptu lodgings. "It defies easy comment. You could not stop him from acting so rashly? I keep thinking, we must have words on proper conduct, or some such."
[21:20] <@Kotono> "Nope. It's not like I can stop any of you." Yulia flutters, giving Knight a long, deep, penetrating gaze. "Hey listen, let's go insult an archmage! No, let's go get poor Yulia coin counted with a creepy shopkeeper! No, let's go to the Abyss! No, let's go happily insane! La la la la la!" She smiles happily at the last, starting to break into sing-song.
[21:24] <Knight> "Yulia... how long has it been since you last slept?" asks Knight, peering at the fairy. "There are certainly elements of.. futility.. and inanity in our journies, but..."
[21:27] <@Kotono> Yulia hops onto Knight's forehead, giggling. She hangs from Knight's bangs, upside down and staring into her eyes. "Silly, I don't have to sleep! It's a good thing too, since I have to keep learning! Just a simple cure light wounds isn't enough! I'm going to have to be the best healer ever to keep up with you guys!" Yulia starts to whistle a jaunty tune.
[21:28] <Knight> "Well, perhaps you should. Quiet aside from the physical necessity, it's a good thing to take a rest in times of great stress." Knight rubs her head. "At least, I think so. Even for an outsider, surely there is a need for... leisurely activity, from time to time?"
[21:29] <@Kotono> "Let's play a game then!" Yulia smiles, "Close your eyes, Knight!"
[21:30] <Knight> "Um, alright." Knight obliges to the courre's request! The world goes dark...
[21:31] <@Kotono> roll 3d4+3
[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d4+3 and gets 13." [3d4=3, 4, 3]
[21:32] <@Kotono> Pain explodes in Knight's head! Something slams into her forehead, blood flaring out! As her eyes fly open and she stumbles backwards, she sees Yulia still hanging in place. Blood splatters all over her, as she smiles like a saint. "Don't worry, the game is that Yulia practices her healing on you! Bleeding is just part of the game!" Golden light gathers in one tiny hand, "Here I go!"
[21:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+7 and gets 12." [1d8=5]
[21:32] <@Kotono> The wound seals away, the pain fading into the dimmest of dull aches.
[21:40] <Knight> Knight lets out a brief shout of alarm when the bolts hit her, and swipes the air in front of her in an effort to catch the deluded fairy. "Have you entirely lost your mind?! Callousness to one side, we have already taken sufficient wounds today that any surgeon would be well-practiced after dealing with them!"
[21:42] <@Kotono> "Maybe?" Yulia hops atop Knight's head with easy dexterity, "Listen, listen! I promised myself I'd help you guys do okay! You were so dashing and fun when we met!" She glomps onto the top of Knight's head, "So if thinks go insane I'll just go insane too! People die out here and the Abyss happens! Kamvakua goes boom! Nikkolai shatters! Mari's turning into a yugoloth! But it's okay, I'll get good enough to fix all of it!"
[21:42] <@Kotono> But it's okay, I'll get good enough to fix all of it!"
[21:43] <@Kotono> *things, not thinks
[21:48] <Knight> "I cannot abide that style of thinking. Is this the chaos in your soul, losing it's fetters?" replies Knight, starting to quicken her pace. "You are still able to realise your mind is unsound. That is good. Insanity is not something to be embraced. In a world such as this, the chaotic may be legion, but it is those who keep a determined mind and iron will who truly thrive."
[21:50] <@Kotono> "Boring!" Yulia carols, "Now you sound like one of those gearheads!" Curling up atop's Knight's head, "But I have own iron will, and I'm going to make sure all of you live no matter what! You aren't going to shatter, I'm not going to be happy if I have to put you back together like Nikkolai one day!" Her voice drawls out into a cheery song, "Got it?"
[21:53] <Knight> "My body is a hardy one, but should it perish, it is not so easily reconstituted. In any case, if you continue to act in such a fashion, Yulia, I shall speak with the others on escorting you back to Arborea," replies Knight, pursing her lips. "I did believe that taking along a child to locales such as the Abyss could not be healthy, regardless of your talents."
[21:55] <@Kotono> "Nope! I'm along for the ride. I'm gonna make sure all of you make it through!" Yulia insists, a little narrowing of her eyes, "Okay? Okay!" She flutters up and off, "I'm going to go practice magic now!:
[21:59] <Knight> "Do not do anything foolish! There is no need to keep up with our exploits! Leave the populance untouched!" yells Knight, quite aware of the futility of trying to catch Yulia before she wanders off. If she repeats the method she chose on Knight...