Wait, What did you say I did last night?

[Dracos]

Aug 19 19:49:29 <Kamvakua>   As most of the nights had been following their arrival in this city, it was a cold and windy night, enough to encourage folks to stay indoors, were not all the residents quite used to it.  Some folks though had much to celebrate, a geas resolved, a horrible soul rendering experience cleansed, a way off this icy village purchased, and not every one of the bars having been tested for good alcohol.  Kamvakua gave a knock over at Mari's do
Aug 19 19:49:29 <Kamvakua>   or, seeing if the wily rogue, if not others, would want to check out some of the remaining bars before their next trip into the icelands.
Aug 19 19:51:31 *   Mari opens it, looking as though she'd just rolled out of bed (probably sleeping off recent events). "Whaaat?" she yawns.
Aug 19 19:56:20 <Kamvakua>   "Oh, did I wake you?" Kamvakua blinked, never really taking Mari for an early sleeper.  "I was thinking it would be a nice chance to get out on the town following all of earlier today," It had been a long day though.  Still, there was much to celebrate with Mari no longer becoming an unspeakable crime against cute rogues and heaven.
Aug 19 19:57:14 <Mari>   "Yeah," Mari says, rubbing the fatigue out of her eyes. Then, with more force: "Yeah! I could really do with not remembering a few things right now."
Aug 19 20:00:51 <Kamvakua>   "Hopefully drinking normal drinks this time," Kamvakua managed a good natured smile.  "Is anyone else up?" Kamvakua wondered, it was fun bringing everyone to the bar...though it was also nice being alone a bit with Mari.
Aug 19 20:02:46 *   Mari trails after Kam. "I won't drink anything that I don't know what it does. Or that I can't get a reliable opinion of what it does."
Aug 19 20:03:32 *   Kamvakua briefly looks around to see if any others are about, "Gotten much of a chance to try out that nice new dress of yours?" He wondered.
Aug 19 20:05:17 <Mari>   "Oh, a little bit. I put it on when I went out asking questions about the ice queen. Just to ward off the cold, of course. It's pretty nice to have in a place like this."
Aug 19 20:08:19 <Knight>   Knight chooses this moment to blunder inside the inn, clad in an apron with hands covered in what appeared to be oil. A heavy wrench rests inside a pouch on the front of the apron. Her face is smeared with black.
Aug 19 20:10:11 <Kamvakua>   "Why not try it back on.  It'll protect you from the cold, right?  Better for these kind of nights, and you look nice in it." Kamvakua nodded, glancing down the stairs. "I think knight is back from her lessons."
Aug 19 20:12:16 <Mari>   "Oh, sure. Just for the cold, mind you." Mari disappears back into her room to change. Someone will probably have to help her lace the thing up, but she can at least awkwardly manage some of it on her own, probably.
Aug 19 20:14:04 *   Kamvakua smiles, heading downstairs to wait, "Welcome back knight, how is the training...and building going?"  A metal steed definitely seemed an odd thing to ride, but Knight was probably more than up to it.
Aug 19 20:15:40 <Knight>   Knight stares haggardly into Kamvakua's eyes, with tiny green orbs framed by the deepest black. "I never knew there were so many ways to screw things," she replies, grimacing. "It is nothing like field engineering. Even building a catapult pales in comparison."
Aug 19 20:18:19 <Kamvakua>   "Does that mean it will hold together?" Kamvakua knew nothing of such engineering feats.  "You might want to go rinse off, You've got charcoal everywhere."
Aug 19 20:20:58 <Knight>   "Oh, it seems to be functional," replies Knight. "I need to understand how to repair it... amongst other things." She clutches her head. "This isn't something I'm meant to be doing, so of course it will seem difficult. But, it is... peripherally related..." Shaking her head, she starts to stumble towards her room.
Aug 19 20:23:43 <Mari>   There is, of course, a Mari in Knight's shared room at present, wearing her new dress insofar as it presently covers her, though it would likely go disastrously askew as soon as she moved. "Oh, Knight, lace this damn thing up for me, will you? Wait, no, clean your hands off first? What have you been doing?"
Aug 19 20:26:29 <Knight>   "I have been training," replies Knight, rinsing off some dangerously greasy hands in a bucket of water (and leaving a cloying film over the top of the liquid.) "Are you going to a ball, Mari? Do you have an escort?"
Aug 19 20:28:14 <Mari>   "No, I'm just going to go out and, you know, mingle and stuff, and probably drink a little oh who am I kidding I don't even want to remember my name right now." She sighs. "But Kam suggested I go out in style and really, why not look nice?"
Aug 19 20:29:52 <Knight>   "It could bring you trouble from unwanted suitors...?"
Aug 19 20:31:27 <Mari>   "Well, I'll just have to find a desirable one to attach myself to first. As for the rest, well, I'll have bodyguards. I mean, you're coming too, right? Come on, after all we've been through lately and what we're planning to go out and do soon, everyone should take advantage of a chance to relax and celebrate."
Aug 19 20:33:56 <Knight>   "Eh? We have time for such things?" asks Knight, scrubbing her face with a towel before advancing on Mari's back. "Uh, I can be present if it is necessary. Previous attempts to, as they say, enjoy myself have always resulted in complications."
Aug 19 20:34:52 <Mari>   "There's always time for such things! What's the point in living if you can't take a break once in a while? And Knight, that just proves you need more practice at it!"
Aug 19 20:37:09 <Knight>   "Well.. maybe. We have so much we need to do, so additional distracts are most unwanted at this point," mumbles Knight, quickly knotting thick loops up Mari's back. "As long as nobody thinks you are slighting their royal name, or some such nonsense..."
Aug 19 20:40:07 *   Kamvakua leans back against the wall downstairs in the inn, wondering what was taking them so long.
Aug 19 20:40:31 <Mari>   "Hey, I'm not the one with a long record of insulting people out of my league." Mari waits 'til Knight's done, then nods and heads back out into the hall. "Now come on, we have some serious relaxation to get on with. You're coming and you're going to have a good time. Don't ask questions, just do it!" Mari returns to the main room, presumably with Knight in tow.
Aug 19 20:42:32 <Kamvakua>   "Hmm, what's this?  Coming along, Knight?" Kamvakua half heard Mari's rant as she came down.
Aug 19 20:42:55 <Knight>   "Uh, yes, Mari requires protection tonight."
Aug 19 20:44:33 <Mari>   "And Knight requires a tutor in the study of Cutting Loose and Mellowing Out. Everyone should help her. If she looks like she's going to break out into a fit of something boring, get her another drink immediately."
Aug 19 20:47:42 *   Kamvakua stares a bit, eying Knight and Mari carefully for a while, quiet simply as he took that in.  "I don't think it works if Knight collapses from drinking too much before we get to the bar," He teased her. "But come on, and you should probably put back on a thick coat, as much as it doesn't feel that cold outside," He opened the door, stepping out into the chilly evening.
Aug 19 20:49:14 <Mari>   "Is anybody else coming? It's more fun going drinking with more people around? Where's that bum Nik, anyway? Or Yulia and Adail? Although I guess this kind of isn't their thing." Mari wanders out into the evening air.
Aug 19 20:49:28 <Mari>   OOC: kill that second question mark
Aug 19 20:50:42 <Kamvakua>   "I don't see them around, I think instead it's just the three of us," Kamvakua noted. "Or they might have gone out earlier ahead of us...Nikkolai had been spending a lot of time with the angel Calderiel."
Aug 19 20:53:22 <Knight>   Knight frowns. "Yes, that is true, isn' tit."
Aug 19 20:53:25 <Mari>   "Uh-huh. Speaking of out of his league...Anyway, where are we going? Probably shouldn't hit that bar Knight and I were at last time since, uh, we started a fight there. What else is around? I know there were a couple more. Maybe that place the slaad trashed is rebuilt now?"
Aug 19 20:53:26 <Knight>   *isn't it."
Aug 19 20:54:26 <Kamvakua>   "How about somewhere that hasn't seen us in the midst of disaster.  There was a nice place called the Frozen Spire up near the center of town," Kamvakua lead them there along the snowy paths.
Aug 19 20:55:39 <Kotono>   The trio heads downstairs and out. Amid the softly blowing snow you head to the Frozen Spire. The building is shaped like a miniature snow-mountain, covered in freshfallen snow and ice. A winding stair-path leads inside, where light spills out.
Aug 19 20:57:54 *   Mari takes the stairs inside. "Any place that doesn't know about us has an advantage on all the others, yeah."
Aug 19 20:58:22 <Knight>   "We may have developed some infamy," notes Knight. "This is not a large town..." She remains glad in her workman's outfit, with the wrench her only apparent weapon.
Aug 19 20:59:46 <Kotono>   Thus you head inside! All the 'tables' are mountain-cones, with little flats all over them for small caches of food or frozen drink. The chairs are carved of frozen steel, the waiters all dressed as mountaineers. A crowd of various mortals and travels eat and 'drink', a low din of chatter.
Aug 19 20:59:57 <Kamvakua>   "Knight, why are you still carrying your wrench?" Kamvakua eyed in surprise as he opened the door for the two ladies.
Aug 19 21:00:08 <Knight>   "I'm carrying my what?"
Aug 19 21:01:14 <Mari>   "If we break something this time, she can fix it?" Mari shrugs and takes an empty table, scanning the other patrons, looking for the bartender, anyone who might seem interesting. Or anything that looks worth eating or drinking.
Aug 19 21:01:32 <Kamvakua>   "That's what you called it earlier," He pointed at the metal handle still in her hand.
Aug 19 21:03:36 <Knight>   "Oh? Oh! I'm not properly dressed for this. And I forgot my sword... well, this thing will do, in fact," she notes, testing the weight in her palm.
Aug 19 21:03:40 <Kotono>   There is a barkeep. It looks like a frost giant that's only 12 feet tall, easily stepping over the bar to approach. He wears a kilt of ice and has icicles piecing his lips, arms and chest as colored decorations. "Hi-ho! More warmbodies in the Frozen Spire? What will you have?"
Aug 19 21:04:36 <Kamvakua>   "What's on tap tonight?" Kamvakua replied, moving to one of the open cones, waving the two ladies with him.
Aug 19 21:05:41 <Mari>   "Whaddya got?" Mari says, looking up at the man. "I figure I'll start with something light this time. Maaaaybe I'm just feeling fancy because of the dress, I dunno. What kind of wines are about?"
Aug 19 21:06:34 <Kotono>   "Icemourn 120 Triple, Calavero Rum, Dire Wolf Juice." A pause, "Wine, aren't you the pretty princess?" With a laugh at Mari, "Frostgrape, or if you really want to live, Bluch Vinyard."
Aug 19 21:08:09 <Kamvakua>   "An Icemourn for me.  Got any food?" Kamvakua smiled, leaning back.
Aug 19 21:08:21 <Knight>   "I wish to live," notes Knight.
Aug 19 21:08:38 <Mari>   "Okay, well, gimme one of those fancy ones to start out with. I'm just getting warmed up, alright? I'll move on the real goods in due time! Oh hey, I had a question, too, found some strange booze a little while back and want to know what I'm in for before trying it. I figure a bartender would know if anyone does."
Aug 19 21:10:38 <Kamvakua>   "Hey now, Knight, this place seems nice...what's with the dour tone?"
Aug 19 21:11:32 <Kotono>   "Give to me when I get back!" With that the small giant leaps back behind the bar! The ground rattles as he grabs a small bottle, a wine bottle and a pair of glasses. The small bottle is put before Kamvakua, "It'll stay liquid about 2 minutes after you open it, so don't linger."  He warns, then the other bottle, "This stays liquid, so go ahead. 10 gold for the both."
Aug 19 21:11:45 <Knight>   "I beg your pardon?" asks Knight, turning to Kamvakua. "I'm somewhat tired, but..."
Aug 19 21:12:13 <Mari>   "It's on me," Mari says to her friends. "I owe you guys, so don't argue!"
Aug 19 21:15:44 <Kamvakua>   "I'll have to argue, and encourage a bar fight," Kamvakua nodded, uncapping his small bottle and taking a gulp to start the evening off propers.
Aug 19 21:16:54 *   Mari puts ten gold coins down on the table, daring anyone to disagree!
Aug 19 21:18:08 <Kotono>   It's cold and strong ale. It's nothing that'll knock you out but it's not bad. Meanwhile the giant takes the coins, "So what are you three in Shivra for?"
Aug 19 21:18:24 <Knight>   "To leave it."
Aug 19 21:20:05 *   Mari pours a glass of wine for herself and Knight. "Well, I guess that's true, technically. Not to say we don't like it here! We kind of took the first portal we could find out of a nasty situation and wound up not far from here, now sort of passing through on the way to somewhere else."
Aug 19 21:20:20 <Kamvakua>   "Mmm, not bad.  A good ale," He smiled, placing the drained bottle on the little tablette on the side of the mountain-cone.
Aug 19 21:21:36 <Kotono>   "Oh, travelers. There's a lot going on here." The giant goes on, looming over all of you. "Slaad invasions, Inevitables, duels, gambling, exploding taverns - not this one, though!" Slapping his knee with laughter, "All sorts of things."
Aug 19 21:22:33 <Kamvakua>   "Good to have a place intact to get a drink," Kamvakua agreed.  "What's the most fun news in town?" He wondered. "Sounds like you have a lot of it."
Aug 19 21:22:51 *   Mari blinks as Kam downs his drink in one chug. "Watch it, or I'll start thinking I need to keep up with you drink for drink!" To the barman: "Oh. Yeah. Crazy times, huh? Yeah, hoping nothing like that happens here. We just want to relax before setting out again."
Aug 19 21:23:16 *   Mari takes a sip of her wine.
Aug 19 21:23:56 <Knight>   Knight coughs, politely. "And this sort of thing happens all the time?
Aug 19 21:24:42 <Kotono>   The wine is cold! Cooold! It turns your lips to a frosty iceberg, freezing your throat. It's good, a sweet-dry taste. "Heard some gnome's building a clockwork horse, like the Inevitables," Nodding, "I don't get it but I've heard about it. What's the point? You ask me, a good pegasus or stallion's far better."
Aug 19 21:25:56 <Kamvakua>   "I respect you, Mari.  I think, if anyone in our group could possibly keep up, it would be you," He leaned forward, eying her closely with a smile. "But a drinking match between you and I is unfair to say the least.  Let's just enjoy a good ale instead."
Aug 19 21:26:01 <Knight>   "Durability and customization," replies Knight.
Aug 19 21:27:11 *   Mari is feeling right at home with all things cold at the moment, thanks to the enchantment woven into her gown. "Well, yeah, Kam," Mari says in between working through her drink. "It just gives me something to aspire to."
Aug 19 21:28:30 <Kotono>   "Aspire, aspire! I hear that one a lot. There was this woman in here, crazy broad and her boyfriend." The giant babbles on cheerfully, "Aspire to revenge, those two. Then there was the white wyrm - that one wanted to aspire to being rich. Richer, probably! Then there was the courre - wanted to aspire to better magic."
Aug 19 21:29:31 <Mari>   "Uh, revenge against who?" Mari says, trying to conceal her unease. "Just so we know not to hang around whoever those people are, you know?"
Aug 19 21:30:54 <Kotono>   "Oh, this huckster who took them. It was some big fight," The giant waves his hand, "I missed it. They were going to...um..." Thinking, then snapping his fingers, "Right! They were going to the Deep Ethereal after this to find something. Related to it, I think."
Aug 19 21:31:53 <Mari>   "Yeah, I think I heard about that. It sounded like a fair fight to me! If they lost, it was probably their own fault."
Aug 19 21:32:37 <Kamvakua>   "It takes a strong heart to take a defeat as a lesson and not a reason to hate," Kamvakua mused, "Another if you would barkeep.  What's your name?"
Aug 19 21:33:57 <Kotono>   Another one is brought, "5 silver," he says after, putting to Kamvakua, "Proseus. Yeah, I heard it was a big fight. I've heard all the stories and it had a huge crowd, sounds like."
Aug 19 21:34:04 <Knight>   "Do you think so? I would say that most who suffer a total defeat would reassess their priorities."
Aug 19 21:35:17 <Mari>   "See, Knight, most people aren't as, uh, tactical as you are...When something bad happens to them, they want to hit someone else to make up for it." Mari finishes her glass, sighs.
Aug 19 21:37:23 <Kamvakua>   "Where I come from, it usually means you have to try harder.  But I don't find that many...any really share that around the planes."
Aug 19 21:38:44 <Kamvakua>   Kamvakua leaned back, "How is the wine?"
Aug 19 21:40:03 <Mari>   "Good stuff." Mari exhales breath like a freezing mist.
Aug 19 21:40:46 <Kotono>   "Like it?" The giant listens and nods, "You seem to have good taste! If you have money and good taste...how aboutsomethign from under the bar?"
Aug 19 21:41:00 <Mari>   "Ooh, tell me more!"
Aug 19 21:42:11 <Kamvakua>   "Mmm?" Kamvakua wondered, taking another gulp of the strong ale.
Aug 19 21:43:30 <Knight>   "Uh, will your beverages have any supernatural effects? Are they considered poisonous in prime worlds?"
Aug 19 21:44:59 <Kotono>   Rubbing his hands together, "There's a band of dwarves who live in Cold, deep in the glaciers. Once every decade they take pure frozen grain alcohol and mix it with diluted coldfire, white dragon's blood and a secret ingredient. It's the best, strongest cold booze money can buy here." At Knight's words he gives her a level look, "Poisonous! No! But the first question, that's the best part. After drinking you can control ice and snow for a short period of time."
Aug 19 21:47:25 <Kamvakua>   "Dwarven ales are some of the finest in the planes.  How much for a drink?" Kamvakua wondered.
Aug 19 21:47:41 <Mari>   "Yeah? How much can you control it, like, shape it with your hands, or call actual snowstorms, or..." Mari trails off, wondering at the possibilities.
Aug 19 21:47:53 <Knight>   "What if it's hot? Can you overwhelm the heat?"
Aug 19 21:49:22 <Kotono>   "All of that," Nodding happily to Mari, "If it's hot, it'll freeze all around it! The bottle can be yours for only 900 gold."
Aug 19 21:50:58 <Kamvakua>   "And a single drink?" Kamvakua wondered, not as excited about the possibilities as a good hardy drink.
Aug 19 21:51:41 <Mari>   "Hey, it's a whole bottle. You can spare some for us, right?" Mari bats her eyelashes at Kam.
Aug 19 21:52:39 <Kamvakua>   "A gentleman always has some for a lady," He smiled at her, putting down the money for it.
Aug 19 21:52:43 <Kotono>   "We only sell it by the bottle," The giant answers, shaking his head.
Aug 19 21:54:30 *   Mari finishes off another half-glass of wine, leaving her glass empty for the next round!
Aug 19 21:56:33 <Kotono>   The giant hops off, going behind the bar! He ducks down low, a plume of white mist erupting out around him! He fiddles under there for a time, coming out with a large white bottle. He wears thick woolen gloves now, entirely iced over. HE carries the bottle gently, placing it down on the table. It's corked, "You can pry the cork right out and pour glasses," he offers, collecting and counting the
Aug 19 21:56:33 <Kotono>   money. He smiles to them, "Enjoy!"
Aug 19 21:58:51 <Kamvakua>   "Thank you, shall we all share a glass now, and save the rest for later adventures?" Kamvakua smiled at the two lovely ladies.
Aug 19 22:00:03 <Mari>   "Oh, now works. Enough of the light stuff, let's move onto the main course." Mari holds her glass out to Kam for him to pour. Hey, he's playing the gentleman tonight, isn't he? In the meantime: "So, Proseus, you know about all kinds of drinks? A while back I wound up with a flask of something called Aostian brandy...Never heard of it before and I, uh, had a bad experience with drinking strange things I just sort of find. Any idea what goes into this stuff?"
Aug 19 22:00:25 <Knight>   "Uh, alright," replies Knight, fumbling for the glass. "A cold drink for a cold land, huh."
Aug 19 22:00:35 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+15
Aug 19 22:00:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 29." [1d20=14]
Aug 19 22:01:58 <Kotono>   Snapping his fingers, "Aostian is a vinyard in Ysgard. The story goes that after one too many hits to the head, a lillend warrioress there took a valley for her own and started a distillery. It stands out because of the pure water used, from the fjords of Ysgard, fed by the constant valor and bravery of the land."
Aug 19 22:03:55 *   Kamvakua gets a glass from Proseus and carefully uncaps the bottle, making sure not to spill any as he filled a glass worth for each of them,popping the cap back on afterward to preserve it.  He lifted it, "To life and adventure," He raised a glass to the two.
Aug 19 22:03:56 <Mari>   "Ysgard, huh? So it's probably pretty safe to drink...I mean, it's a little crazy there, with all that fighting? But this sounds okay. I guess I'll have to give it a shot some time."
Aug 19 22:04:22 <Mari>   "Yeah, all that stuff!" Mari echoes, raising her glass.
Aug 19 22:06:02 <Knight>   "To us," suggests knight, raising her own.
Aug 19 22:06:15 <Kamvakua>   "And many more shared drinks," He smiled gently clicking the glasses and taking a drink.  "To us~."
Aug 19 22:06:30 *   Mari drinks as well.
Aug 19 22:08:46 <Kotono>   It goes down COLD. As in, you are frozen! It's like swallowing the very essence of cold in overwhelming alcholic form! Your throat springs with ice, your veins rushing with liberations of frost! It hits you like a herd of charging celestial bison, hard, cold and strong!
Aug 19 22:10:19 <Knight>   Knight exhales sharply, and there is a distinctive crushing sound as she clutches an arm around her stomach!
Aug 19 22:11:35 <Mari>   "Waugh--WHOA!" Mari gasps for breath, free hand pounding her chest in shock. "Wow, I--you weren't kidding! This is the good stuff. WOW."
Aug 19 22:12:06 <Kamvakua>   "You have a fine bar, Proseus," Kamvakua gave almost a silly grin, savoring the powerful sensation.
Aug 19 22:16:10 <Kamvakua>   "KNight, are you okay?" Kamvakua noticed after a few moments that she was still clutching her stomach.  It was delicious and did have a strong kick, but not that strong...he thought anyway.
Aug 19 22:16:23 <Kotono>   Slowly you can see each of your eyes frosting over. Your vision doesn't dim, but your eyeball turn to crystalline spheres of transparent ice! Your breath is like tiny gales of white dragon's breath! It spreads throughout your body, the cold numbing everything in it's overwhelming grasp.
Aug 19 22:16:33 <Kotono>   Proseus just grins ear to ear, "It's strong, I told you!"
Aug 19 22:19:03 <Knight>   "I have suffered through worse things," replies Knight, gritting her teeth. "Although it feels.. brittle."
Aug 19 22:20:16 *   Mari shakes and shivers all over. "Yeah. Yeah, you did," she says, still struggling a little with breathing amidst the effects of the drink. "Yeah, I know, Knight. Like I'm made out of ice now! Hey, that's right..." Remembering what they were told about the drink, Mari decides to test its properties, trying to will a whirl of snowflakes into existence around her hand.
Aug 19 22:20:46 <Kamvakua>   "Dwarven ales might be a bit strong for how often you drink," Kamvakua shrugged.  "It is," He could taste it on his breath still, the delicious scent brushing along his nostrils as the white fog left his lips.
Aug 19 22:22:32 <Kotono>   A whirl of snowflakes appears around Mari's hand! They obey her every command!
Aug 19 22:23:17 *   Mari waves her hand around, watching the miniature snowstorm trail after it. This is profoundly engaging entertainment given her state of mild inebriation.
Aug 19 22:24:02 <Knight>   "I have made a point of not drinking things that can kill me," complains Knight, dropping her glass back on the bar. "Are you suggesting I should endeavour to do so?
Aug 19 22:24:54 <Kamvakua>   "Now you're a proper queen of ice," Kamvakua grinned, laughing a bit at the sight
Aug 19 22:26:37 <Kotono>   "You want something that strong," Proseus eyes Knight, coming back over. "I have something really strong if you want to try that."
Aug 19 22:27:07 <Mari>   "That's right! You should all start calling me Your Majesty now!" Mari laughs. "Knight, well, things that don't kill make you stronger or something--oh hey, what?"
Aug 19 22:27:25 <Kamvakua>   "Not at all," He laughed.  "But that you can't keep up with us lightly, isn't that right, your majesty?" He laughed, teasing Mari back.
Aug 19 22:29:03 <Mari>   "That's right! Knight'll never keep up with us if she doesn't learn to deal with a hangover once in a while! Queen Mari decrees everyone should drink more!" Pausing, Mari concentrates enough to form a little crown on her head, made from icicles. "You guys should try this too, it's fun!"
Aug 19 22:29:38 <Kotono>   "It's made by a group of self punishing monks," He goes back behind the bar, bringing out an old, dirty but sealed brown bottle. It's wide mouthed, and in his other hand he carries a long spoon. "Try a few mouthfuls of this. If you know what proof is, this is about 250 proof. I bet adventurers like you can handle it, though!" Meanwhile Mari makes a lovely crown.
Aug 19 22:30:55 <Knight>   "I'll pass," replies Knight, as her face begins to turn a light shade of blue. She seems about to say more, but clutches at her throat for a moment, before exhaling a rocky shard of crystalline ice.
Aug 19 22:31:27 *   Mari adjusts her crown, making sure it sits straight. "Ooh, really? That sounds like a wager!"
Aug 19 22:32:12 <Kamvakua>   He focused, a snowy beard appearing briefly along his mottled chin, and then forming into a crown mimicking Mari.  "250...?  Isn't that a solid brick of alcohol?" Kamvakua had listened to dwarves discuss the finer making of lager.  Usually amidst good drinking, but he was pretty sure that didn't happen.
Aug 19 22:32:30 <Knight>   Knight blinks. "A wager? We are able to bet?"
Aug 19 22:33:17 <Kotono>   Proseus shrugs and then smiles, "Tell you what then. I'll bet each of you that you can't manage 3 spoonfuls of this without passing out. Say, 100 gold each?"
Aug 19 22:34:08 <Kamvakua>   "...I don't know if I feel fair about taking your money so easily," Kamvakua mused at that.  "Three spoonfuls?"
Aug 19 22:34:12 <Mari>   "If that's what it takes to get you to try new things, Knight, why not?" Mari sculpts some coins out of ice--with her face on one side and a little tornado on the other. "Oh, real money. WELL. You know I can't turn down that kind of challenge! You're on!"
Aug 19 22:35:11 <Kotono>   "Three, I'll draw them out," He says, "The fair princess spoke up first, so why doesn't she try first?" He pops the bottle open, digging in! The spoon withdraws a heavy load of what looks like normal ice. It reeks of booze immediately, assaulting your nostrils with a burning passion.
Aug 19 22:35:15 <Knight>   "I have had drinks before, you know," replies Knight, sounding rather petulant. "A hundred gold isn't enough to excite me... I will see how you do, Mari."
Aug 19 22:37:38 <Mari>   "Okay! I'm sure I--whoooa." Mari cuts off, the overpowering reek of alcohol seeming to cut through the ice flowing her through her for a moment. "Alright, well, here we go. No one can ever accuse Queen Mari of backing down from a challenge!" Mari leans forward, takes the spoon in her mouth and swallows its contents.
Aug 19 22:39:22 <Kotono>   Mari swallows it down! It hits her like Ogremoch decided to polymorph into frozen liquor and slide down her throat! WHAM! It's strooooong! Immediately Proseus goes and brings up another spoonful, "Number 2!"
Aug 19 22:40:56 <Kamvakua>   "So compared to drinking pure evil, how does it rate?" Kamvakua had a fair bit of faith in Mari's drinking after what he'd seen so far on the trip.
Aug 19 22:41:35 *   Mari pounds the mountain-table before her. "Ohhhh gods," she gasps. "I fell off a cliff once, itskindalikethat," she says, breath hoarse as she goes in for round 2.
Aug 19 22:43:20 <Kotono>   The second one goes down smoother. After all, the trail has been blazed. It's like casting fireball in Fire - it's just making things even stronger! Mari feels like she floats out of her body for a few seconds, before her focus returns! "Number 3!" He goes for a third scoop, presenting to to Mari!
Aug 19 22:45:04 <Mari>   "Nothing can stop Queen Mari now!" Mari insists, wheeling a little in her seat. "She's flyyying through the sky on a magical trampoline dragon and she's not gonna stop!" Round 3 goes down the hatch.
Aug 19 22:45:50 <Kamvakua>   "I think she's going to fly back to the inn, whether or not she means to."
Aug 19 22:46:20 <Kotono>   The third one goes down! Mari feels her sight become rainbows! Her feet are flying away, her head is full of joy! OOC: Make a fort save?
Aug 19 22:46:38 <Mari>   roll 1d20+8
Aug 19 22:46:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
Aug 19 22:46:56 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Aug 19 22:46:57 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 69." [1d100=69]
Aug 19 22:48:01 <Kotono>   Mari wobbles, she wiggles her vision swims! But...but...she's not passing out! She thinks. Woooaaaaah...!
Aug 19 22:49:48 <Mari>   "I--you can't tell Queen Mari what to do!" Mari points at Kam...wherever he is. There seems to be five of him all of a sudden. "She can fly wherever she wants! See?!" She stands up, staggering in the attempt.
Aug 19 22:51:00 <Kamvakua>   "I know you can, your majesty, but why don't you sit a bit, and let us take care of you," Kamvakua asked in a soft tone, assuming by her voice she was solidly hammered.
Aug 19 22:51:24 <Knight>   "That doesn't seem too difficult," opines Knight, glancing at Mari. "I will raise her wager tenfold and take this bet."
Aug 19 22:51:34 <Kotono>   Proseus sighs dramatically! "Oh, adventurers!" He throws his hands up, "You win." He goes back to the bar, bringing back a big bag of coins. "You win the bet. So...who's next?" He looks to the other two, "If the Princess can win the bet, then you two can win it without trying!"
Aug 19 22:51:54 <Kotono>   A moment, "Well, if you want to play for serious stakes, I have to raise the gamble, too," he says, "Four spoonfuls."
Aug 19 22:52:10 <Mari>   "Well, a queen SHOULD be pampered!" she says, spinning in place trying to find her seat, failing, and stumbling over onto Kam's lap.
Aug 19 22:53:46 <Kamvakua>   "Hey now, Knight, the man's being a good fellow, why should we take him for such an amount?" Kamvakua gently stroked Mari's hair, holding her steady and somewhat upright in his lap, careful at least if she decided to vacate her stomach that she wouldn't be landing in it.
Aug 19 22:54:03 <Knight>   "If you want to raise the difficulty as well as the bet, then the payoff percentile should also be increased," points out Knight.
Aug 19 22:54:53 <Kotono>   "That's what we're doing. 1000 for 4 spoonfuls. I see an increase on both sides," The barkeep says.
Aug 19 22:56:22 <Mari>   Mari snuggles up against Kam, looking up at the face looming so very, very far above her. "You're really big. Did I ever tell you that? Queen Mari reigns over the giants!"
Aug 19 22:56:51 <Knight>   Knight sighs. "That isn't quite it, but I suppose it will suffice," she notes, glancing at Mari. "Let's see..."
Aug 19 22:57:41 <Kotono>   "She does," Proseus says, as he gets a spoonful. "Ready to start?"
Aug 19 22:58:19 <Kamvakua>   "Oh, you do indeed, your majesty" He gently wrapped an arm around her waist, steadying her up against his broad warm chest, letting Knight drink in peace.  "Giants, Goliaths, and many others."  He teased the happy drunk.
Aug 19 22:58:24 <Knight>   Knight inclines her head. "Either way, this night will soon be done with."
Aug 19 23:00:26 <Kotono>   The first spoonful goes down! It's like blazing hot drunkenness, hitting her harder than a pissed off slaad! But it hits her, as a second spoonful is prepared!
Aug 19 23:01:58 <Knight>   Bread. If there was a big loaf of bread in her throat, this would be a breeze, and if she wasn't tired out from working all day, it would be even easier. But a bet is a bet! Knight slugs down a second shot.
Aug 19 23:02:44 <Kotono>   The second one is like Asmodeus and Demogorgon are boxing with her as the punching bag! It slams into her so hard that it's like her entire bloodstream turns to booze! He goes for a third spoonful, "Number 3!" He calls cheerfully!
Aug 19 23:03:37 <Knight>   Knight can only hope that the reason she called up that particular metaphor was due to a broad imagination rather than an unfortunate memory, and she downs another spoonful without hesitation.
Aug 19 23:04:28 <Mari>   "Go, Knight!" Mari cheers. "That spoon's not better than you! Tell it who's boss!"
Aug 19 23:04:40 <Kotono>   The third one  is transcendant. It's as if she's died and her (unexistant) soul is flying first class to the Elemental Plane of Drunk! But a fourth is coming, waiting for Knight!
Aug 19 23:05:22 <Kamvakua>   "Isn't that you?" He teased her, "It seems she's managing all four," Kamvakua noted to the doubtless disappointed barkeep.
Aug 19 23:05:57 <Knight>   "We're going to take on the world, as planned, Mari. A drink will not stop us now, even this devil-liquour," she replies, ramming the last spoonful down. "Because! A knight never falters!"
Aug 19 23:06:31 <Mari>   "Right, that is me! I'm the boss of, of everyone else, but Knight can be the boss of spoons, and other knights, and people that bother her."
Aug 19 23:07:16 <Kotono>   OOC: Make a fort save, Knight?
Aug 19 23:07:40 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13
Aug 19 23:07:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
Aug 19 23:07:50 <Kamvakua>   "How generous," Kamvakua kept making sure her majesty remained upright in her throne without jostling her too much.  Given how she wavered and swayed with every word it wasn't quite letting her just stay put.
Aug 19 23:08:34 <Mari>   Mari is indeed doing her fair share of wiggling about as she pumps one fist in the air to encourage Knight.
Aug 19 23:08:41 <Kotono>   Knight's vision swims! The tides of booze overwhelm her, but yet she stays coherent! The barkeep watches for about ten seconds, thenshakes his head. He goes and comes back with a big sack full of clinking coins, "You're something else," he can't help but grin, then at last turns to Kamvakua. "At this rate you can probably win money without even feeling tipsy. All of you are something else!"
Aug 19 23:09:53 <Knight>   Knight pounds her fist into her claw. "Mari! I won! We won! We're winners!"
Aug 19 23:10:25 <Kamvakua>   "You've probably never met a goliath before, but I could give you a run for your money in drinking, even with your experience," He grinned.  "Good show, Knight, I'm sure her majesty approves.  Are you sure you want to go another round?" He wondered, feeling bad about how they were effectively making more than they'd spent at this point with such a good natured bartender.
Aug 19 23:11:02 <Mari>   "Yeah! Knight always trip--trump--Knight always wins!"
Aug 19 23:11:05 <Kotono>   "I'm a giant of my word," He says, "How about just the first wager, 3 for 100?"
Aug 19 23:13:00 <Kamvakua>   "Alright, I can't walk away from that.  Though I think I've already had the best drink in the house," He nodded, waiting for him to get out a spoonful.
Aug 19 23:14:21 <Kotono>   The first spoonful is presented! It's a strong, stiff thing to Kamvakua, barreling down his throat like a warrior's rampage! A second spoonful is prepared, "Ready for the second?" Meanwhile he smiles to the other two, "If Kamvakua wins, I'll give the three of you a house special on the house to celebrate."
Aug 19 23:15:03 <Mari>   "Ooooooh, what's that?" Mari croons.
Aug 19 23:15:30 <Kamvakua>   Kamvakua grinned, a slight cough leaving his lips as his blue eyes were wide, "Not bad," He nodded, taking the second and slurping it down.
Aug 19 23:15:51 <Kotono>   "You'll find out when Kamvakua wins," The second one is even stronger, like a raging goliath slamming pure alcohol down his throat! A third is prepared, "Ready for the final?"
Aug 19 23:16:25 <Kamvakua>   "It's got a kick, ...and a punch," He nodded, finishing the third with the same vigor as before.
Aug 19 23:17:24 <Knight>   "You must not lose, Kamvakua. Because you are the strongest."
Aug 19 23:17:50 <Kotono>   OOC: Fort, Kam.
Aug 19 23:18:40 <Mari>   "Yeah! You have to win, Kam, or Queen Mari will be disappointed! Off with his head" She gestures dramatically.
Aug 19 23:18:48 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+19
Aug 19 23:18:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+19 and gets 31." [1d20=12]
Aug 19 23:19:26 <Kotono>   Kamvakua takes the potent punch! Despite it's best inebirating effects, he endures! After a few seconds Proseus grins and shakes his head, coming back with the money! "Now then, hold on while I get you three house specials!"
Aug 19 23:20:02 <Kamvakua>   "Mmm, sure you can handle another drink, Queen Mari?" He stroked her hair, seemingly taking it the easiest.  No real surprise there.
Aug 19 23:20:48 <Mari>   "Of course! I have to set a good example for my subjects," Mari says with a prim nod (or as close to one as she can get in her present condition).
Aug 19 23:21:30 <Kamvakua>   "Hah," He gave her a good hug at that. "Of course you do.  The Queen has first pick!"
Aug 19 23:22:24 <Knight>   "You are going to crush her! Mari! You are being squeezed! Squeezed like a grape! Oh, Mari..."
Aug 19 23:22:33 <Kotono>   The giant hurries off, coming back with three glasses carved of ice. Each one has a fizzy brown liquid in them. They're slotted into the peak-table, "Each of you go ahead and drink this?"
Aug 19 23:25:54 <Mari>   "What is--whoa--" Mari has to pause a moment to catch her breath after Kam's embrace. "Careful! Don't crush your queen! She should treated delicately--most of the time..." Mari swings her legs to one side, hops off Kam and steps to an unclaimed drink. Which she downs without hesitation.
Aug 19 23:27:02 <Kamvakua>   "Oh, alright," He grinned at her as she drained it, not at all taking her as a particularly delicate and frail maiden.  He lifted his cup.  "Share one with us barkeep, you've shown us a good enough time so far."  He encouraged the giant to poor himself one.
Aug 19 23:27:12 <Knight>   "I feel something is amiss," says Knight, suddenly.
Aug 19 23:28:01 <Kotono>   It tastes like whisky slightly diluted with something more palatable. It's pretty good and cold, mostly slushy ice and harder chunks of full ice. Proseus looks to Knight askance, "Perhaps your drinks are churning your stomach?"
Aug 19 23:29:02 <Mari>   "Oooh," Mari breathes. "This is good! I'll take yours if you're sick, Knight," Mari blunders over in Knight's direction to follow up on her offer!
Aug 19 23:29:31 <Knight>   "Ah. Uh. Maybe. Uh, Mari, okay, then, will you, um, it's really cold."
Aug 19 23:30:16 <Mari>   "Sure!" Never needing any further encouragement to drink more, Mari grabs Knight's glass and chugs it, practically stepping all over the other woman in the process.
Aug 19 23:31:12 <Knight>   "I must not fight any duels this time," mumbles Knight. "Not this time. Not this time."
Aug 19 23:32:15 <Kotono>   Knight is frozen but soft, as most women here are. As you drink and savor it further, Proseus smiles. "This has been fun...so I'll tell you what. I have something even better that you'd like," Keeping his voice low, "A one of a kind drink, it's made from the blood of Auril, a Goddess of Cold! It's the finest drink known to any frozen liquor connissuer!"
Aug 19 23:32:56 <Kamvakua>   "That would probably be for a best...there's nobody to fight here," Kamvakua's voice was a bit too cheerful as he downed his easily enough, keeping an eye on Mari to make sure she didn't fall and hurt herself, though knight seemed a soft enough landing place for now.  "Well...  I don't know, that is tempting, how much?" He didn't think the giant was this generous.
Aug 19 23:33:10 <Mari>   "Yeah! Bring it on! Queen Mari demands liquid refridgement!"
Aug 19 23:33:38 <Knight>   "You stole the blood of a goddess?" asks Knight, blinking. "Doesn't she want it back?"
Aug 19 23:34:07 <Kotono>   "1,500 gold," He answers after a split-second, "I didn't, but a brave hero did! Oh, a hero that goes by the name of Sandalphon."
Aug 19 23:35:11 <Kamvakua>   "Hmmm... for a bottle or a cup?" Kamvakua wouldn't want to leave his lovely drinking partners out.
Aug 19 23:35:43 <Mari>   "I have to have it!" Mari says. "Only the best for Queen Mari, no matter the cost!"
Aug 19 23:36:04 <Kotono>   "The bottle." He smiles and goes back, coming back with a fancy green bottle. It's half iced over, placed down on the table.
Aug 19 23:36:45 <Kamvakua>   "Just a glass each for now.  Such a fine thing should be savored," Kamvakua pushed back the gold they'd won so far, and a little more beside.
Aug 19 23:36:55 <Knight>   "Won't this make us vampires?" blurts out Knight.
Aug 19 23:37:24 <Kotono>   The booze is taken, the barkeep smiling winsomely once he has the gold, "Of course not! Don't you eat blood residue in meat, or when you bite your lip?"
Aug 19 23:37:32 *   Mari stumbles back to her seat. "No way, Knight. We're still alive!"
Aug 19 23:38:09 <Knight>   "But meat comes from animals. Auril is a person. Well, a god, but gods are people too, aren't they?" asks Knight, glancing at Mari and blinking with big green eyes. "Is it really okay?"
Aug 19 23:39:00 <Mari>   "You don't have to drink it--there'll be more for me!"
Aug 19 23:40:15 <Kamvakua>   "Then we should thank her for her bounty before the drink," Kamvakua nodded a little, perhaps a bit more drunk than he put on as he poured a small glass for Mari, and the same for himself, capping it for later.  It never hurt to have truly fine wine.  He gave it a slight whiff to smell.
Aug 19 23:40:25 <Knight>   "No, no, if I'm paying for it, I should have some," mumbles Knight. "We paid for it already, didn't we? You should consult me first, you know!" she mutters, pouring a glass for herself.
Aug 19 23:41:21 <Kotono>   It's bluish and smells like cold winter mornings.
Aug 19 23:41:32 <Kotono>   "Enjoy," Proseus says agreeably, meandering off now.
Aug 19 23:42:08 *   Kamvakua lifts it in a light cheers, "To many fond memories," He sipped it down.
Aug 19 23:42:22 <Mari>   "Today we drink like GODS," Mari proclaims, before tossing back her glass.
Aug 19 23:42:42 <Knight>   "Maybe if I drink the blood of a goddess, I can take one on later. The sky's the limit, isn't it?" asks Knight, throwing back her own.
Aug 19 23:44:05 <Kotono>   It's strong...goes down smooth...mmm....OOC: Fort all, -10.
Aug 19 23:44:14 <Knight>   roll 1d20+3 this was a good idea
Aug 19 23:44:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+3 this was a good idea and gets 22." [1d20=19]
Aug 19 23:44:21 <Mari>   roll 1d20+8-10 oh god what have we done
Aug 19 23:44:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+8-10 oh god what have we done and gets 14." [1d20=16]
Aug 19 23:45:18 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+9+1 (KoS)
Aug 19 23:45:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+9+1 (KoS) and gets 25." [1d20=15]
Aug 19 23:46:58 <Kotono>   It's not really passing out. You think Mari does, but Knight and Kamvakua endure...you sort of remember singing...it's like fading, one drink too many into a chasm of joy. On tabletops, singing. Then...amid the blackness of un-memory there are images of stumbling int he streets. Hugging, touching, laughing...it's all a haze. What isn't a haze is THROBBING HEADACHE. It's what awakens you, in the
Aug 19 23:46:58 <Kotono>   hellish, tormenting cry of, "Hey, listen! Hey, listen all of you! Wake up!"
Aug 19 23:47:47 <Kamvakua>   "I'm not asleep," Kamvakua unconsciously swatted at the voice with a bare hand, definitely not really awake.
Aug 19 23:48:20 <Mari>   "Don' wanna," Mari grumbles, eyes still closed, swatting lazily at the terrible voice floating above her.
Aug 19 23:48:25 <Knight>   "Ghk! Why you!" growls Knight, ineffectually slugging the floor next to Kamvakua's head. "My payments!"
Aug 19 23:49:15 <Kotono>   The voice has no compassion, no give! Each carol makes your heads throb! Meanwhile your stomachs feel like pure acid, tingling the back of your throats. Lots. "Hey listen!" The hell-beast is Yulia. "Don't make me magic missile all of you! Get up!"
Aug 19 23:49:52 <Kamvakua>   "it's too early for this," He pushed up, stumbling to a sitting position, blurrly looking out.
Aug 19 23:50:09 <Knight>   "What.. what time is it? I need to go to work..." mutters Knight, climbing to her knees.
Aug 19 23:50:20 <Mari>   "Owwwww, stop yelling already!" Mari says, yelling a bit herself as she curls up into a ball on the...floor, bed, wherever she is.
Aug 19 23:53:46 <Kotono>   Mari lies against a bed, sitting on the floor like a dropped doll. Her stomach screams at her, telling her that it wants to review it's contents on the floor as soon as possible. Knight lies facedown on the bed. Her hair is done up with a dozen different ribbons of various color. Her overalls are tossed into a corner, wearing her breastplate, greaves and nothing else. Kamvakua lies sprawled out on the ground before the bed. His head aches like the mountains after a titan cleaves them, his vision blurry. Written in red across his forehead is STRONGEST. In one hand is a longspear. Kamvakua's pretty sure he's never seen it before in his life.
Aug 19 23:55:23 *   Mari looks around. "Whose--owwwwwwwie, dammit dammit...whose room are we in?"
Aug 19 23:56:28 <Kamvakua>   "Quiet," Kamvakua simply sought the silence.  The silence that was not a mountain collapsing upon his aching head, the long spear clattering to the floor as his hand loosened up, the ridiculous moniker showing as he turned to face them blurrily.
Aug 19 23:56:34 <Kotono>   Yulia floats near the ceiling, arms crossed as she flutters down to Mari's head(OW!) and paces, "Mari's," She answers, "I've never seen anyone get so drunk!"
Aug 19 23:58:20 <Knight>   "I- I am never doing this again!" pronounces Knight, rapidly rushing about to throw on some clothes before bolting out of the room.
Aug 19 23:58:27 <Mari>   "Ahh!" Mari flinches back from the approaching hell-beast. "Yeah, well, I--uh, you guys." Mari looks from Knight to Kam, back and forth. "Kam, you, uh, you've got red on you." She points to his forehead.
Aug 19 23:58:50 <Kotono>   OOC: Make a fort save, Knight?
Aug 20 00:00:00 <Kotono>   "Yeah," Yulia says, "Um, something happened with the town patrol and...I didn't really get the story, but there was this barkeep who helped you home and said he took care of it."
Aug 20 00:00:13 <Kamvakua>   "It was quite the hefty shots..." Kam slapped his head...and regretted it for the next five minutes as he stood there wondering which god specifically he had angered.
Aug 20 00:02:17 <Mari>   "We didn't kill anyone, did we?" Mari asks, hopefully, climbing to her knees and hoping her stomach doesn't fall through the floor.
Aug 20 00:02:26 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13
Aug 20 00:02:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
Aug 20 00:04:44 <Kotono>   In this state, running is...difficult. Knight makes it to the doorway before her stomach decides to violently eject itself in a frozen gush of misery. "I don't think so," Yulia says, "I think?...uh oh." Yulia flutters over to Knight, intoning a simple healing spell that makes the pain dim down a slight bit. "What happened?
Aug 20 00:05:53 <Mari>   "We had fun." Mari attempts standing. "Right, guys? I'm pretty sure that sounds right..."
Aug 20 00:06:48 <Knight>   "Fun? That is 'fun'? We spent all of our winnings on poison! There was probably not blood in that at all!" shrieks Knight, struggling mightily to pull on some pants.
Aug 20 00:07:38 <Kotono>   A herculean task, but one Knight manages! Once that's done, "Well, I knew a bard that said the less you remember about the past night, the more fun it was?" Yulia says, voice still entirely too loud. "Um, you guys all claimed Kamvakua's new spear is magic?"
Aug 20 00:08:20 <Kamvakua>   "Screeching as a harpy is not necessary," Kamvakua placidly complained, staying sitting on the floor himself.  He was in no rush.  The mountain would hit him again if he got up, he was sure of that.  "And we did have fun...I remember some of it.  At least up until the dancing on the tables."
Aug 20 00:08:48 *   Mari stumbles away from Knight, keeping a good distance from that mess on the floor. "Ewww, now we need to call the manager to clean this place up. Way to go, Knight." Mari stands up, breathes slowly, tries taking a step. "Wait, what about the new spear? Wait, what new spear?"
Aug 20 00:09:16 <Knight>   "Not necessary? You are talking to me about what is necessary, now? Yesterday was unecessary! I am going, and we will never speak of this! Never!" replies Knight, once she assembles a tolerable outfit.
Aug 20 00:09:35 <Kotono>   Yulia points to the longspear Kamvakua dropped. It's obviously well made, a darkwood haft and a shiny metal tip. It's carved to look like a wing on the edge, a razor sharp wing.
Aug 20 00:09:58 <Kotono>   "Um Knight?" Yulia says,
Aug 20 00:10:27 <Knight>   "What? what is it?"
Aug 20 00:11:00 <Mari>   "Most fun things aren't really necessary!" Mari shouts back, while taking a look at the spear. "So, um, where did that thing come from? Any ideas?"
Aug 20 00:11:39 <Kotono>   "You said to remind you that Moon said she's waiting past the third star in the sky." Yulia shuffles in the air, "I want to tell you before I forget."
Aug 20 00:12:15 <Kotono>   Mari shoulting introduces all sorts of lovely sensations into your head. Like boulders crashing together, cymbals smashing your brain into a tiny cube, that sort of thing. "I don't really know. You said it was magic for sure, though."
Aug 20 00:12:48 <Knight>   "I told you she told me that? Oh..."
Aug 20 00:13:33 *   Mari winces at her own racket, closing her eyes, rubbing her forehead. "What does that even mean? There aren't stars here 'cause there's no night."
Aug 20 00:13:57 <Kotono>   "I don't know, but Knight was really worked up about it," Yulia says, "So hey listen, you got all that, right?"
Aug 20 00:15:30 <Knight>   "Uh, yes. Thank you. There must be more! If I wasn't drunk.. oh, hells, maybe it was because I was drunk, I don't know. It must refer to a.. a.. a constellation, or a specific plane, or I don't even know."
Aug 20 00:16:26 <Kotono>   "Good." Yulia pauses a moment, "...the three of you don't still want to all marry me, do you?" she asks, a little hesitant.
Aug 20 00:16:46 <Mari>   "...Huh?"
Aug 20 00:17:24 <Kotono>   "Oh nothing!" Yulia quickly waves it away, "I'm going to go let you three clean yourselves up!" With that Yulia flies right off.
Aug 20 00:17:43 <Knight>   "Marriage? I'm not trying to build a new family, you know..."
Aug 20 00:19:27 <Mari>   "Right, whatever...I need a bath," Mari grumbles as the little courre flies away. "Oh hells, it feels like something died in my stomach."