Day 44A: Girls Night Out

[Iron Dragoon]

Session Start: Thu Jan 22 12:03:38 2015
Session Ident: #dunes
* Now talking in #dunes
* Topic is 'Ithea(36)>Antenora(32)>Lief(27)>Hound of Gluttony=Muirfinn(16) '
* Set by Kotono on Thu Jan 15 20:04:43
<Kotono> ---
<Kotono> <Lucy> whether there exists an overall chaos theory which governs their behavior and predicts it to a degree. Would Miss Aria happen to know of similar research taking place here, or any items suitable for such study?"
<Kotono> > "A moment," Aria murmurs as you come to the end of the stair. A flat wall is here, a dead end. Aria touches the wall palm first, which causes it to slide aside. Another stairway is here, with more headspace so you can walk normally. "We're close to the spell pool."
<Kotono> <Lucy> "And thus, an awkward approach that serves as a choke point?"
<Kotono> > "Among other things," Aria replies as you go down. At the bottom is another dead end, albeit with a solid steel door barring the way. Aria takes a key out, unlocking the door. "You may want to put a black veil on, if you have one. The pool's bright."
<Kotono> <Lucy> It is a simple matter for Lucy to do so. Eager as she is to finally have access to one of the greatest marvels of arcane magic, it wouldn't do to ruin it by needing to grope around while walking blind.
<Kotono> Within is rainbow light. The center of the room is dominated with a pool of ever-churning waters. They glow with all the colors of the rainbow, shining intensely bright. Before you lies a spellpool! "Kneel before the pool and focus on it. You'll become aligned with it."
* Lucy does so, clasping her hands reverently and bowing her head before this miracle of arcane might!
<Kotono> It takes a few minutes. It's like slowly becoming attuned to a meditation mantra, letting it overtake her mind. But when it snaps into place - ah! Got it! A small silver brooch appears in Lucy's hand. She knows enough to know this is her link to the spell pool.
* Lucy pins it to her shirt with pride. There! That's what she had been missing but couldn't quite put her finger on!
<Kotono> "Well, that was fun." Aria rises, "Just remember to manage your spell pool obligations and spell debt."
<Lucy> "Certainly! My oh my~" Giddy with excitement, Lucy rises to her feet as well. "I think this calls for a celebration, Miss Aria. Perhaps you could take a longer break in your busy schedule and show me a good restaurant for it, just this once?"
<Kotono> "Ah." She smiles a little bit, "I suppose so. There is this one place..." OOC: Go to skip ahead just a bit?
<Lucy> OOC: Sure
<Kotono> A nice meal passes with Aria - along with a promise to see each other again soon. But ship life calls for now. On getting back and settling in, there's a knock on the door of her cabin.
<Lucy> "Yes?" Lucy asks, fixing up her hair. As her magic takes over to hold the hand mirror in front of her and another behind her, she heads for the door to greet her visitor.
<Kotono> It's Jetina. She's in a normal dress today instead of her heavy plate armor. "Hi Lucy. Can I come in?"
<Lucy> "Of course," Lucy agrees with a smile, her gaze lingering on Jetina's dress. "I really should do something about my wardrobe," she muses, stepping aside and letting the paladin in.
<Kotono> "You'd make my stepmother proud," Jetina mentions in passing, "She always thinks a woman needs more clothes."
<Lucy> "She's right, of course," Lucy says matter of factly. "Of course, both of us lack more than a simple change of clothing, so it fits even more so here."
<Kotono> "I don't need anything more than this," Jetina says, with a little smile, "I gave my life to Qupan. The causes of normal women are not my causes now. My gold goes to those who need it, or to bolster my own ability."
<Lucy> "And should this dress get torn and you end up flashing half the men in town, or reflect badly upon Qupan by making people think his acolytes are homeless people with no regard for proper personal hygiene, that is merely an unfortunate fact of life?" Lucy asks with a smile of her own.
<Kotono> "I do have two dresses and my armor. If I go through three without a chance to get a replacement?" A light shrug, "Perhaps Qupan wants me to flash half the town." She shakes her head with a wry smile, "If I can't rust Qupan to see me through that, I wouldn't be worthy."
<Lucy> Putting it like that is just tempting her to do something about it. Lucy makes a mental note to try and manufacture some sort of improbable wardrobe malfunction for Jetina. But not too soon. It wouldn't do for her to get suspicious. "I trust that Qupan wouldn't mind terribly if you helped me pick a few dresses, since having one for every occasion is quite important for socializing with others, in particular at official functions."
* Lucy shakes her head. "But you surely had more important things to discuss with me?"
<Kotono> "Nothing serious. I just wanted to talk," Jetina goes to take a seat on Lucy's bunk.
<Lucy> "It can get tedious on a ship unless one has something to research," Lucy commiserates. "And I just ran out of reading material, too. How unfortunate!"
<Kotono> "I am bored as well, yes," Jetina admits, "It's amazing how boring mere life seems after the thrill of battle."
<Lucy> "That, and it is a tiny ship moored at a port," Lucy points out. "Really, what am I doing here?" Deeming her hair sufficiently lovely, she banishes the mirrors to a dresser. "We should go out. Right this instant. A whole city is there, just waiting for us!"
<Kotono> "A good idea," Jetina gets up, "Where to?"
<Lucy> "Dancing! Of course, we'll first have to pick something suitable but that shouldn't take long. Oh, and I suppose I shouldn't carry anything too magical or expensive along, just enough platinum to cover the costs."
<Kotono> OOC: Good to skip along to the city, or do you need to specify your wardrobe choice?
<Lucy> OOC: Let's just assume I buy a bunch and ship the rest to the ship so I have plenty later on
<Kotono> OOC: Okay. More coming.
<Kotono> Shopping goes. Later on the two search about, looking for some dancing. Soon enough the two find a dance hall - the sound of lively music can be heard from outside. A line of people are there to go in, with a burly brown skinned humanoid letting people in only slowly, and turning away most.
<Lucy> Wearing a sunny demeanor and brand new shoes made for dancing, Lucy approaches the bouncer!
<Kotono> Jetina follows. The bouncer's eyes are a pale blue and he looks both over a moment...OOC: Charisma check, Lucy. +2 bonus since succubus.
<Lucy> roll 1d20+13
<Serith> Lucy roll for Serith < 18 > 12 [d20=5]
<Kotono> The bouncer whistles and nods, "Damn. Come on in, ladies," he offers.
<Lucy> "Thanks!" Lucy chirps, pulling on Jetina's hand as she skips inside.
<Kotono> On and in the two go. Inside is well lite and has a solid wood floor. Perfect for dancing, Lucy thinks. People are dancing to the tune all about, right now a fairly energetic jig sort of thing.
<Lucy> "A good part of forgetting your memory is surely about experiencing all the good things in life all over again for the first time!" Lucy exclaims, deciding that this is one of them. She hasn't really done this before, but it's not about following some act. She just needs to have fun, and so she drags Jetina with her further in to the center!
<Kotono> "We can - ack!" Jetina gets that much out before she's taken along for the ride. OOC: Any ranks in dancing or anything like that?
<Lucy> OOC: I actually have perform/act! And decent acrobatics and bluff. But no, just insanely high charisma.
<Kotono> OOC: Charisma check, +2 bonus.
<Lucy> roll 1d20+13
<Serith> Lucy roll for Serith < 33 > 12 [d20=20]
<Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Jetina doesn't really have anything relevant, unfortunately.
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > 12 [d20=17]
<Kotono> The two take to the floor, and for Lucy? It's like she's always been here. Jetina manages to at least keep up, but Lucy sweeps the floor! Jigs? Easy. Waltzes? Mastered. Fast dances, slow dances, short dances, long dances. A half hour of dancing and she's dominating the floor. Soon all eyes are on the two, watching as they go on and on.
* Lucy can't help but preen at the attention. Oh, how she longed for it during that long month on the ship! And that the eyes are on her means that there is time for one more dance, and then she needs to stop for drinks.
<Kotono> Jetina just works it, the two getting claps and cheers as they go about that last dance. OOC: This is your thing, so feel free to do something impressive here as you please.
<Lucy> The music cooperates, as things often do when Lucy truly sets her mind on something. It probably won't be all that exciting with two girls dancing, she muses, but you just can't have everything in life. The music demands that the dance starts with an embrace, and Lucy complies. Loose but firm, and poised before all else. Her left hand reaches for the ceiling, outstretched, while the right wraps
<Lucy> around Jetina -- she had been following Lucy's lead admirably all along, and Lucy wouldn't steer her wrong now. It settles on her back, just below the shoulder blades, and practically invites her to play along or look terribly awkward. And then, maintaining the proper posture and with the eyes of everyone upon them, Lucy leads Jetina in a tango with a confidence she often feels but rarely shows
<Lucy> to others!
<Kotono> On the two go - claps in time with the music, all eyes on the two. Jetina manages to keep pace and keeps the dance up, the world seeming like it's all focused on Lucy. On and on it goes as the grande finale draws near!
<Lucy> Elegance, confidence, basic steps and elaborate deviations at the right moments when she needs to inject some flare; Lucy does it all, so long as it doesn't require too much physical strength. She can't quite hold Jetina up, but what she can do is set things up so that it looks as if she had, by timing things perfectly and guiding Jetina along. And as the music alerts Lucy to the end, she finishes
<Lucy> it with a dip, letting one of Jetina's legs stretch across the floor. An awkward position for balance, but one that would look impressive for everyone that stopped to admire them, and she only needs to hold it shortly before straightening up. Nothing to it, with her natural talent!
<Kotono> Got it! The cheers are overwhelming as the two finish, a cascade to bathe them in praise and adoration! Jetina's smiling and waves a little, handling it well. "Thank you," she murmurs to all.
<Lucy> With a satisfied flush, Lucy heads to get that drink.
Session Close: Thu Jan 22 17:55:25 2015

[Corwin]

[20:54] <@Kotono> Jetina's a bit flushed as well, getting a drink of water. "I had no idea you could dance like that!" She says that after a long drink.
[20:55] <Lucy> "Me neither~" Lucy giggles, saluting Jetina with her wine glass before sipping from it. "What did I say about the beauty of rediscovering fun things?"
[20:57] <@Kotono> "It must be interesting for someone like you," Jetina smiles, "I wonder what else you know but don't know?"
[20:59] <Lucy> "Who knows? I'm immortal, and a wizard! Is there really anything I can't do, if I wanted to?"
[21:01] <@Kotono> This gets Jetina to chuckle warmly, "You tell me, Lucy."
[21:03] * Lucy scoffs, batting at Jetina playfully. "Thinking about what you can't do is boring! How about we watch a play next time? Or participate in one? I think it'll be plenty fun."
[21:04] <@Kotono> "Sure," Finishing her water, "Next time sounds good. Did you want to head back now?"
[21:06] <Lucy> "Maybe-- oh, how about you? What did you do back home for fun? We can see about finding something like that here."
[21:07] <@Kotono> "I rode a lot. Plays are popular," Jetina gets up, starting to go."Recitals and dances are always a hit, as is embroidery, though I never had the talent for it." She smiles wistfully, "A Jerara isn't really required to learn it, so it hardly mattered."
[21:08] <Lucy> "It sounds like it would take too much time from research," Lucy agrees, following along. "I doubt I really ever bothered with it. Riding, though... yes, that would be fun! And come to think of it, did you look into flying enchantments for your armor yet?"
[21:11] <@Kotono> "Too expensive," Jetina says, "I flew on a griffon before and I got terribly flight-sick." Here she frowns, "I've avoided flight since then." Outside it's back to light and coolness, the warmth of the interior fading as a cool breeze blows through the streets.
[21:13] <Lucy> "As an intermediary measure, how about something to make it lighter?" Lucy muses, keeping an eye out for thieves and other miscreants. Considering how many go after Veren there must be a presence of them around. "Either through magic or by having mithril armor fitted to you?"
[21:20] <@Kotono> "Maybe," Jetina says, "I've thought about it, but..." She taps her armor, "This armor's been in the family. I'm expected to keep it."
[21:22] <Lucy> "Haven't you seen those ancient weapons a family keeps on a mantle, in a place of honor?" Lucy asks her. "Treating such a family heirloom properly does not mean you have to wear it to every battle." She skips a head and twirls before Jetina. "Look at me! Do I wear a wizard's robe? I could! But once I get one from this city, I don't think I'll risk damaging it by taking it to a place of undead!"

[Iron Dragoon]

Session Start: Mon Jan 26 13:22:32 2015
Session Ident: #dunes
* Now talking in #dunes
* Topic is 'Ithea(36)>Antenora(32)>Lief(27)>Hound of Gluttony=Muirfinn(16) '
* Set by Kotono on Thu Jan 15 20:04:43
<Kotono> "Well, the point of this is to keep me alive," Jetina says with a bit of amusement, "Qupan knows it's saved my life before. The point of it is to wear it into danger."
<Lucy> "So what's the problem with getting something that does it better and keeping the old one? It's not like I'm telling you to sell it!"
<Kotono> "Well, I'm not supposed to accumulate those sort of things," Jetina says, "Besides, it's family honor to wear this." You go through the various and varied crowds, as Jetina goes on, "One day my child will wear this."
<Lucy> "Enchantment's the way to go, then," Lucy says with a nod. "Unless you melt it down and reforge with mithril, anyway. I'm doing something like that with the sword we found, actually. I don't know what sort of girl I was before, but I don't really like this whole thing with huge weapons. Maybe it was camouflage?" She looks at Jetina sideways. "What do you think? Did I do it so people would think
<Lucy> I actually fight with them and underestimate me?"
<Kotono> This draws a shrug, "I honestly don't know," she admits, "You don't look the part of a warrior except for that axe."
<Lucy> "Maybe I was just trying a new look? Or maybe new magic? I know it's not just a regular axe! But you wouldn't tell just by looking at it. Past me must have had a lot of fun, designing that~"
<Kotono> "Or using it," Jetina observes as you see the boat ahead, "I wonder how Veren likes his new pet," she asks idly, as you head towards home.
<Lucy> "I'm sure I didn't have too much fun with that beyond taking satisfaction in a job well done," Lucy says primly. "I don't actually enjoy the unfortunate necessity of cutting down people too stupid to-- what? A new pet?"
<Kotono> "You didn't know? An electric lizard," Jetina says, "It glows in the dark with electricity."
<Lucy> "I don't really pay attention to pets, and experience has taught me that they tend to be disgusting or distasteful in some way." Lucy mulls over this revelation for a few moments, before shrugging. "Electricity? I'll probably be fine, but tell me if it tries to stalk you. I'll summon something to keep you safe."
<Kotono> "Lizards aren't any problem," Jetina says, "I'm sure it'll be fine."
<Lucy> "My faith in Veren's common sense is lower, but what the hell? It's just an animal."
<Kotono> Thus the two head to the ship...OOC: Lemme pause you while #terror finishes up.
Session Close: Mon Jan 26 14:24:43 2015