Day 19B: Below Decks

[Iron Dragoon]

Session Start: Tue Nov 11 12:44:55 2014
Session Ident: #evildunes
* Now talking in #evildunes
* Topic is 'Lucy(29)>Moore(26)>Veren(24)>Pepo(21)>Ship(4) '
* Set by Kotono on Wed Nov 05 12:32:24
<Kotono> ----------
<Kotono> The return to the galley is uneventful. Bolethon and Jetina is there, the latter patting her lap for Pepo. "What was it?" she asks.
<Lucy> "A dragon had relations with the captain's dog's mother."
<Kotono> "Pffft!" Jetina's water is spat out in a spray, followed by a storm of coughs. Unfortunately, she's right opposite Bolethan, who takes a napkin and cleans his face off. "There is wisdom in a simple saying: Dragons sleep with anything."
* Lucy nods solemnly. "He speaks the truth."
<Pepo> Thankfully Pepo didn't immediately climb on her lap, and waits until the coughing has subsided before reclaiming his place there and acting the good therapy cat.
<Kotono> Petting follows. "Sorry," Jetina says with a bow of her head. "But seriously?"
<Lucy> "So it seems. I was neither there at the event nor have any inclination of scrying about it," Lucy tells her apologetically.
* Lucy then realizes that she has a perfect chance to ask a question she's been wondering about for a while. "So in all the generations, has anyone been able to determine any of the light's properties? Or found reliable ways to push its effects back?"
<Pepo> 'Has anyone found what's at the bottom of it?' Pepo asks, his own curiosity piqued.
<Kotono> "Well..." Jetina pauses, "There is something I know, but I'm not supposed to tell it to anyone who isn't part of the family." Shaking her head, "If I tell you this, all debts between us are settled."
<Lucy> "Fair enough," Lucy agrees, as new debts can be accrued easily in the future.
<Pepo> roll 1d20+14 really or is she just saying that to skip out on her obligation? (sense motive)
* Hatbot --> "Pepo rolls 1d20+14 really or is she just saying that to skip out on her obligation? (sense motive) and gets 31." 12 [1d20=17]
<Kotono> Lucy can tell she's deadly serious.
<Kotono> OOC: Er, Pepo. Duuur.
<Pepo> 'I suppose I'm interested,' Pepo allows, 'But I hope it's good.'
<Kotono> "One of my ancestors was a gifted mage, Zamah Jerara. He studied the light and developed a spell to control it," she says, "He cast it and it's said he went into the light and returned intact.  He refused to talk of it, destroyed copies of the spell and only said it wasn't his purpose. He died soon after, he was ancient when he perfected the spell so that may or may not be related."
<Lucy> "Did he destroy any and all of his research notes leading to the development of that spell? And keep no accounts of his journey?"
<Kotono> "It's said he did," Jetina says, wavering a hand back and forth, "But that was four generations ago. We haven't produced a mage anywhere like that since then. Zamah had no children, only his siblings did, and none of them got that sort of gift at magic."
<Pepo> 'A pity,' Pepo says, his curiosity unsated.
<Lucy> 'Do you think it is similar to your ability?' Lucy thinks to Pepo.
<Lucy> "While knowledge that something is possible often helps advance research into that matter, I was really hoping for more," Lucy admits out loud, sounding a bit disappointed. "How come this is a family secret?"
<Pepo> 'I do not know,' Pepo admits. 'Perhaps a more powerful variant. Or perhaps it was a light mage technique.'
<Kotono> Here Jetina merely smiles, "How many people have sought the mysteries of the glow? Thousands and thousands. You're hardly the first. If it's known that someone succeeded, our home, our possessions and everything would be besieged by those who sought any scraps of it."
<Lucy> "We went a bit past a hundred feet into the light," Lucy muses. "And obviously returned. How far did Mister Zamah get, as a simple comparison?"
<Kotono> "Deeper, for certain," Jetina says with some thought. "It's said he was gone for a good time."
<Lucy> "Perhaps we could cooperate on this matter?" Lucy proposes. "I might offer a fresh perspective on his notes, or even help you discover anything your ancestor might have hidden away."
<Kotono> "You'd have to convince my grandfather," Jetina says, "He's the current head of the family. He'd make that decision."
<Lucy> "It sounds fair," Lucy muses. "And should be surmountable, with your assistance."
<Kotono> Jetina doesn't say anything to that, as Bolethon looks up, "Green tears in the wind."
* Lucy takes another peek outside.
<Kotono> As Lucy does so, she sees Veren and Kamhoff being all prepared. Meanwhile, Moore enters the galley. OOC: Go ahead, Moore.
<Moore> Moore flies in! "Hey, everyone, we have a ship coming in. You may want to come up top to see it, in case of... well, I guess we think they might be hostile."
<Pepo> Pepo once more jumps off Jetina's lap and hurries onto the deck!
<Lucy> "Of course," Lucy agrees, once more casting Shield to keep herself properly safe as she follows.
<Kotono> OOC: #dunes you two.