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Post by Andre on Jul 19, 2011 22:40:51 GMT -5
Tika brightens and immediately moves to the end of the bar in response to Udyr's gestures .. however she's in full view of Zane and Rin as she does so (basically Rin and Zane are free to notice this and join the conversation anyways if they feel like risking Udyr's wrath .. both of them might very well have kept an eye on Tika after all this - or not will leave it up to the players ) ..
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Post by blahness98 on Jul 20, 2011 0:33:30 GMT -5
Zane stays put and just watches. "See.. Look at that. Just give them a chance.. It is a holiday after all.."
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Post by darkalloy on Jul 20, 2011 3:49:46 GMT -5
"I have no problems with them, talking or hell even giving each other a kiss. However I draw the line at anything further that's all I was saying earlier."
Rin chuckles.
"Besides Tika's deadly with that Frying pan. Anyway you were speaking of some female you met."
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Post by Andre on Jul 20, 2011 8:05:10 GMT -5
" Hi " Tika says shyly to Udyr .. then seemingly at a loss for words looks down then back up again at Udyr smiling up at him.. Her eyes widen " By the gods you're so BIG !
" Are you.. having a Happy Year's Day ? " she asks tentatively .. she appears to have no idea that Udyr doesn't pay much attention to the silly city folk holidays to begin with..
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Post by blahness98 on Jul 20, 2011 8:46:54 GMT -5
Zane looks down at the end of the bar and smiles. Then he looks back at Rin. "Ok, so for your story. I was in the marketplace of Caergoth selling some of the animals meat and skins that I had collected. I heard a commotion and shouting coming my direction. So I turn towards the noise and what do I see? A girl no older than 18 or 19 being chased by a bunch of guards on the rooftops." Zane takes a sip of a regular ale. "Normally, the guards would win in this situation, but the strangest thing happened. The girl walked to the edge of the roof top, put her arms out and leaned backwards. Now, mind you, she was at least 30 feet up and a fall from there would hurt, but, as she was falling, she turned into a black cat, which landed on it's feet and simply walked away while the guards looked for the girl. I had heard rumors of the Blood Cat or whatever she was called, and I heard there was a reward, so I naturally began to follow the cat."
Zane pauses again, looking down the bar at Udyr and Tika before going on. "So I follow the cat to an alley about 3 minutes away from the market place and poof," Zane makes a poof motion with his hands, "there stands the girl. She looks right at me and knows I saw her change, and instead of booking it out of the area, she just looks at me. I look straight back at her. We do this for a minute or two before a pair of guards starts walking down the alley. Within seconds, the girl crossed the distance between us, wrapped her arms around my neck and started making out with me, right there in the alley. All the while, I could see her eyes tracking the guards. I saw the panic in her eyes as they came closer, so I just picked her up and carried her out of the area. Then the panic really came to her eyes, and something else. Don't know really for sure what it was, but she looked entirely uncomfortable. Anyways, all the guards did was yell out something about the inn being around the corner. Seemed like a good enough place to go. So there we went. She stopped kissing me once we were out of view of the guards, and squirmed out of my arms the moment we were out of sight. She then bought me lunch as a thank you for helping her and disappeared. Not much more to it than that. Nice girl though, if conflicted about what he had done. She seemed to be having a hard time dealing with what she was doing. Like a part of her wished that she didn'thave to but the other part knew it was her duty or something."
"That's the story.. Not too exciting, I know, just interesting.." Zane takes another drink from an ale before looking towards Udyr and Tika again.
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Post by darkalloy on Jul 20, 2011 9:14:35 GMT -5
Rin rubs his forehead.
"Her name wasn't Christania was it? That sounds like something she'd do, Get one of those trinkets from the mages and cuase all sorts of trouble for nobles."
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Post by blahness98 on Jul 20, 2011 11:02:19 GMT -5
"No, the name wasn't Christania.. I don't even know if the name I got was real. She said her name was 'Katheryn.' Not that I believe it. She said just call her Kat." Zane rolls his eyes. "It was obvious that she liked some of her nicknames."
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Post by darkalloy on Jul 20, 2011 11:59:41 GMT -5
"Still could be her... you might meet her if stick around me then you see if it's her."
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Post by blahness98 on Jul 20, 2011 13:09:40 GMT -5
"Hell Rin, I don't even know if the person I saw was even a girl. The way she changed forms, who is to say it was actually a male made to look like a girl with magic? I got the impression that she could be whatever she wanted at any time." Zane looks around. "Of course, I really hope it was a female otherwise that would be just weird."
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Post by darkalloy on Jul 20, 2011 13:23:03 GMT -5
"Oh there are these neat little magic trinkets that can change you into things like cats anybody can use them. So chances are she was female...mind you she could have really been a male elf with fruit in his shirt."
Rin sticks his tongue out at Zane.
"Besides you enjoyed it so why do you care?"
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Post by pirateking on Jul 20, 2011 18:34:39 GMT -5
Udyr, overcome by a feeling of awkwardness, replies to Tika, "Oh... Hi... what? Years Day?"
Udyr quickly looks around at all the people, realizing that is why everyone was at the Inn so late.
"A busy night... Will you be... busy all night?" Udyr asks, awkwardness in his voice.
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Post by blahness98 on Jul 20, 2011 23:28:16 GMT -5
"Didn't enjoy it. Just made me remember someone I wish I could see. That's all..." Zane then moves his head, pointing over to Tika and Udyr. "Would you look at that.."
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Post by Andre on Jul 21, 2011 9:29:43 GMT -5
" Wellll... " Tika's smile becomes less shy and a little more impish.. " People will probably be here late into the night since it's New Year's Day but eventually they'll all go home, maybe three or four o' clock in the morning..
" Would you like to .. stay.. maybe.. talk afterwards?" Tika looks down as she says this her voice shy once again " If you don't want to stay that long it's ok , I understand, I wouldn't want to impose on you " she adds quickly looking awkward ...
(DM note - it just turned 12 midnight the official "start" of the new year, year 351 AC - so it's "December 1st" to use the "real world" name for the month .. the first FG game session took place on "November 1st" of the year 351 AC , the "actual" start time of the campaign, the "present time" ... and Udyr and Zane and Draug and Forman all joined Serinda and Rin at one point or another in that month of "November" as well , late in that month )
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Post by pirateking on Jul 21, 2011 19:51:21 GMT -5
(do you mean january 1st?)
Udyr looks down at the bar, then around at all the people, thinnking to himself.
He looks back to Tika, "I'll stay."
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Post by Andre on Jul 22, 2011 16:01:41 GMT -5
(god damn it January 1st yes , thank you Udyr - damn typo's ! ) Three more hours go by before the last patron winds their way out ( making it 3 in the morning) , belching and drunkenly calling out Happy Year's Day to everyone... Tika reaches for a rag to start cleaning - the temporary hired help to assist Otik during this time of the year stops her with a smile, encouraging her to "take a break" , not having missed her interaction with Udyr previously in the night - Tika wasn't exactly circumspect about it. A short plump balding white haired man (Zane and Rin would recognize the man as Otik ) assists in cleaning up darting several worried and concerned looks Tika's way that she completely ignores as she talks with Udyr in quiet tones after serving the big man and herself two glasses of Otik's finest spiced ale. The two sit and talk, Tika in quiet tones , looking down shyly most of the time, looking up into Udyr's eyes then looking back down again. (I'll leave it up to Zane and Rin if they stick around for this part or take off - I'm guessing Rin would stay around to "babysit" Tika though I could be wrong , not sure what Zane's going to do - no one tries to kick Zane out given he's a friend of Rin's so no worries there ) Tika's story is an interesting one .. she's the daughter of an Alleran Waylan (whose last name she's still kept as her own ) , apparently a mage of some minor talent who specialized in creating moving images of sound that were not real - illusions. He used his abilities to make coin as a travelling entertainer, married one of Otik's barmaids - Otik being the bald man shooting worried glances their way, the owner of the Inn of the Last Home - then ran out on her... the barmaid, not a terribly responsible woman to begin with, found herself unable to care for Tika - Otik stepped in adopting Tika at fourteen years old even after he'd caught her stealing from him in order to avoid starving (apparently she'd lived her life as a desperate thief struggling for survival once her mother abandoned Tika as well ) .. " Listen to me, talking about myself and going on and on " Tika looks embarassed " I don't want you to think I'm conceited or self-absorbed.. you're just... easy to talk to." Udyr has been called many things in the past by the precious few he's associated with - "easy to talk to" hasn't been one of them. " So.. what about you? " Tika asks softly looking up at Udyr. " I've told you my story - what's yours? "
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