Hamogan (Tryll, 89 days left)

[Anastasia]

"I'm serious," Bubbles drains her drink and puts the glass aside, "Don't make us have to come and negotiate your freedom or lives. Now then, do you know anything else about the court?"

[Yuthirin]

"We got thrown out of court a lot! Even by tulani!" Calleigh sounds proud. "So we know what not to do! Probably!"

[Anastasia]

Bubbles slowly sighs, "Elena, is Afina available? I may need her help."

Elena pops in, still clad in winter furs. "I'll find out!" Then she's gone.

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh nods, "She's probably a good person to ask, because she's so courtly."

[Anastasia]

Bubbles gives you a look, gets up and brings the bottle back with her this time. She pours another shot glass worth and sips it, "If nothing else, she may be able to put it into a way you can better understand, or at worst she won't drink as much of my booze as someone bigger, hon.'

[Yuthirin]

"Booze is gross!" Calleigh makes a face, "It makes people's breath all smelly!"

[Anastasia]

"Do people routinely drink when dealing with you?" Bubbles asks, "Sugar, I'm just wondering."

Meanwhile Afina comes on in, seeing the scene around her. Bubbles is drinking and Calleigh talking.

[Yuthirin]

"Sometimes! Other times they throw things or yell! Sometimes, when we're really on our game, it's all three!"

[Ebiris]

"Hello Bubbles, Calleigh," Afina greets as she flutters in, going to give the nymph a quick kiss on the cheek before she glances at the bottle and glass. "Do you think you'll need to pour me one as well, then?"

[Anastasia]

Bubbles flashes you a smile and pours you a glass. "Dearie, Calleigh wants to Padisha of the Marid to help her. She thought the Padisha was a he and didn't understand the response that sort of insult would provoke. Apparently she makes a habit of being thrown out of courts, and celestial courts are much more forgiving than marid ones."

[Ebiris]

"The last time I saw the padisha was when she gatecrashed a party I was at. She brought along a devil spy she wanted me to interrogate for her and after I was done had me execute it with a soul-stealing trident in front of everyone," Afina says so Calleigh can have more of an idea about the sort of person the Padisha is. "She is absolutely not someone to trifle with."

Oddly enough she's a lot like the old version of Queen Ilsenine, so there's a sort of comfortable familiarity for Afina there.

[Yuthirin]

"Ohh. Okay. So like super not-nice. Not just, you know, stuffy." Calleigh nods. "We were hoping to get a sample of pure water from her. How would you suggest going about that?"

[Ebiris]

"Offer her something of equal value," Afina suggests the obvious. "She enjoys flattery and the unconventional, but she's quick to take offence to the overly unconventional. I gave her a gift of emeralds last time as I heard she was fond of them, and while she took it gladly she had some sharp words about being offered a gift of Earthen nature. So something like pearls or corals might be safer... or she might get offended because such things belong to her by default," she smiles thinly and drinks out of her glass. "Such are the problems in dealing with someone so mercurial and powerful."

[Yuthirin]

"Dang. We don't have anything to give away. Everything is being used to get ready for Lifasa, or toward the ritual. We might need to find another source." Calleigh ponders. "It's not like she's the only source of pure water, just the most likely."

[Anastasia]

"You must understand she is a creature of chaos, as are all the marid," Bubbles says, "But that does not mean she will tolerate insubordination or insults, lover girl."