[ We find Our Heroes in the Flying Couches home. What grand adventures await? Dunno, they haven't decided yet. ] [ But it's a brisk day outside, with, once more, the snow forts having been established in various spots about campus. They're even grander than last year, some of them even sporting features such as livery stables and chapels, not to mention multiple floors. ] [ Naturally, they are once more exacting tribute, and today you don't even have Seylin to cute your way past them tarrif-free. ] [ Let's see what you do. Session Start! ] * Tia gazes out a window, admiring the new and improved snow forts. * Patrick is *gasp* reading a book? Well, I guess there are times for everything. * Istvan walks past the lounge, in a soot-stained t-shirt and pants. He's soot- stained too. "... man, that dragonscale is tough to work with." * Tia looks up from polishing her axe. "Hiya, Isty!" * HKenji steps inside the common room and gently closes the door behind him, leaving his shoes outside, as is his strange custom. * Tia stands up as Kenji enters the room and bowls him over. * HKenji is bowled over, but retains enough presence of mind to call out, "Watch the furniture, Tia!" * Patrick laughs, and smirks at Istvan. "Well, it is dragon-hide, you know." * Tia wags her tail. "I did! I didn't knock anything over this time!" There's that. With your leather, though, it was just mostly dragonskin, with some scales for extra protection. This... this is carving up the scales to use as plates in the armor. And they don't wanna carve. Good, good. How about you make yourself a little smaller, so I don't have to strain my neck looking up at you. * HKenji grins. * Istvan rubs his neck. "S'almost like working with adamantine." Okay! ... on the bright side, when I'm done, I'm gonna have a damn tough set of armor. Heavier than the mithril I got now, but *much* stronger. Almost? * Tia pulls the ring from her pocket and quickly slips it on. * Istvan nods. "Almost. Ain't nothin' as hard as forging adamantine." * Patrick smirks. "Too bad we're using the horns for display, otherwise I could try making a bow out of them." * HKenji slams his eyes shut. [ Oh, boy. One second. ] * Istvan averts his eyes from Tia as he continues. He's a gentleman like that, doncha know. "If you want 'em, sure. I actually had a few other ideas for keepsakes... horns are a bit too big, so I'm making other plans." Why not make a bow from the horns? I'm told the Unicorn often used animal horns to make their bows. * Patrick smirks. "Exactly why I'd want to try it." [ Tia's stock footage runs, and then she's the other her! ] Heehee, I'm done! * HKenji opens his eyes and smiles warmly at Tia. "Much better." * Tia throws her arms around Kenji's neck. "Heehee." Still a bit on the... large side, but much better. * Tia grins. She ain't large, Kenji. You're just petite. I'm not petite. Yeah. No offense Kenji, but you're pretty small. ^_^ Just because you gaijin are all so damned overlarge. Sure you are. You're like those little candy bars. Fun sized. * Patrick chuckles. Overlarge? Am I overlarge? I thought I was just big-boned. ^_^ I'm overlarge! * Patrick keeps himself from commenting. It's like an entire world full of the Hida. Speaking of which... question for you guys. Hmm? What are Hida, Kenji? * Patrick smiles at Istvan. "Yeah?" They are the Shield of the Empire. They are large. Much like you, in fact. Large, more than a little brutish, but very, VERY good at what they do. Red dragon scale armor should give me pretty good protection against fire attacks... talked to someone over in the Draconic Studies department who said it should be just as good the protection I get from that ring I found. * Tia looks thoughful. "Am I brutish, Kenji? When you want to be, yes. Mostly you are just forgetful, however. Is that bad? Means that I don't need the ring. I'm tempted to sell it, 'cause I could fund my forging for a coupla years just on that... but the group found it, so I'd kinda feel guilty. So I think I wanna just pass it onto someone in the group. Sometimes, yes. I can usually avoid that fire stuff, so don't look at me. ^_^ * Tia glances over at Kenji. "What should I do to be better?" Tia's already tough to burn... and I think Kenji would duel me to the death if I gave her a ring... *smirks* * Patrick laughs. * HKenji reaches up and ruffles Tia's hair. "You should try hard. Which you already do. So don't worry about it." * HKenji quirks an eyebrow at Istvan. "Why would I kill you?" * Tia grins. "Well, okay!" She hugs Kenji. * HKenji looks ruffled. * Patrick smirks. "If you don't know, don't worry about it." ... if you don't get the joke, it ain't worth explaining. * Istvan rubs his forehead. "Anyway. Suggestions on who should get the ring?" * Tia shakes her head. * HKenji considers for a moment. I should. * Patrick puts his book down. "What's your reasoning?" ^_^ Tia is already protected against fire. Seylin is so incredibly fast that she can entirely avoid most fire attacks, as can you in many cases. Alcinoe is fully capable of protecting herself. Istvan is now protected by his armor. Will is also capable of protecting himself. That's what I thought. Works for me. ^_^ Ariake is, I believe, also capable of protecting herself. Plus, Pat and Ariake are prolly gonna be hanging back, away from where any fire attack might be centered... * Istvan hrms. "Makes sense." * Istvan looks left, looks right, takes the ring off, then kneels in front of Kenji. "Kenji... would you take my ring?" *SMIRK* * Patrick grins evilly. Only if you let me shave your head the hard way. Well, okay, if you don't want the ring... *stands up; starts to put the ring back on* * Tia blinks at Istvan and looks confused. * HKenji rolls his eyes. Just because I do not know all of your strange customs does not mean that I cannot tell when I am being made fun of. I don't get it... Aw, that wasn't making fun of you... the comments about your height were making fun of you. That was just a general joke. * Patrick chuckles. "You don't need to." I'm not certain what the joke was, either. * Istvan hands Kenji the ring. "Here ya go, man." * HKenji takes the ring and slips it onto his left little finger, then flexes his fingers. "...this will take some getting used to. It will throw off my balance." * Istvan grins. "In many cultures, it's common, when proposing marraige, to give a ring. Usually while on one knee." I see. * Patrick grins. "Yup." Oh. ... so when are you gonna pick out a dress? * Patrick keeps smiling. * Istvan DUCKS. * Tia blinks. Tia already has a dress. * Tia grins. "I'm wearing it!" ... forget it. Kenji needs to pick out a dress. Over the head. ^_^ (Ha!) (And where the hell did Ard come from?) (Go me, I managed to get channels mixed up.) (This is where I get goofed with OOC channels. :P) * Istvan mutters something in Dwarvish, then stares at the random person passing by. See? She got the joke! * Patrick shrugs and goes back to reading his book. * Ardweden passes by and gets pelted by snowballs. * HKenji frowns out the window and mutters, "Bards." Bards? Where? Outside. * HKenji frowns. ... mmm. Guess I just have to find a buyer for my mithral armor, then. Why? Don't need it anymore. Got the dragon scale full plate, and my old armor as backup. Hey, I'm sure there's someone else in this house that could use it. ^_^ Don't need three sets of armor, really. * HKenji shrugs. "Then give it to me. I'll put it to good use somehow." ...I don't see any bards. Is that a bard? If anything, I'm pretty positive Will could. * Tia points out the window. That was a bard, yes. Do try not to attract her attention. Yeah. They're all spoony. ^_^ * Tia suddenly ducks under the window. "She saw me!" ... thing is, it's not like it's pure party property. I put almost five thousand out of my own pocket getting the magic on it upgraded. I see. * Istvan rubs his neck. "Not sure what to do. Don't wanna be a greedy bastard... ain't like I'm in this for the money. But..." Selling it wouldn't be the wisest course of action. You know how greedy some of those merchants are. ^_^ How much did you spend upgrading it? Like I said. About five thousand, in materials and fees to a mage. * Patrick looks over it and whistles. "That thing's at least ten thousand un- enchanted. And it was already magiced up when we first got it." * HKenji shrugs and begins pulling pouch after pouch after pouch from his sleeves, setting them gently on the coffee table. Asked around a bit... I could probably get about eleven thousand or so for it. * Patrick smirks. "It's worth more than that, easily." Oh, it's worth more'n that. But that's what it'd sell for. Wow, Kenji. How do you keep so much in your sleeve? * HKenji finishes pulling pouches from his sleeve and frowns, then pulls three vials from his sleeves and gently sets those down, too. If that is not sufficient, I will see that you are compensated in the future. * Patrick grins. "Magic." Nonsense. This particular kimono was a gift from the Duck clan. ...Duck clan? Yes. They are renowned guards against assassination, for they are always armed, no matter how harmless they may appear. They need not see a threat coming to defend against it. I wish I could do that. So it's a robe of holding. Nice. ^_^ * HKenji looks at Istvan expectantly. * Istvan mentally tabulates the stuff on the table. "Seems to come to about what I spent. I wasn't aware that your people liked fighting in heavy armor." I'm sure he's got somethin' else in mind. ^_^ We recognize the necessity on occasion. * Istvan shrugs. "Gimme a sec." * Istvan jogs off to his room, and returns with a rather shiny set of mihtral full plate a minute or so later.. * Tia admires the shininess of the armor. Did you make that, Istvan? No, we found it in the cave with your axe, remember? Oh, oh yeah! I just did some repairs on it, and helped with the forging aspect of the magical upgrade. * Tia picks up her axe...and stumbles a little, not realizing that it would be so much heavier for her in this form. Oof. * HKenji swiftly packs the armor away. * Istvan hands the armor to Kenji. "A fair deal. I get back what I spent out of my own money, and you get some spiffy new armor." I'm afraid I've already had a set reforged into proper armor. I'm not entirely sure what I'll do with this set, but I'm sure I will find some use for it. If nothing else, you could prolly lend it out to someone until you find a use for it. * HKenji nods. It will be put to work for the benefit of our little group here. [ Little? ] ( Compared to his clan? Yes. ) * Patrick smirks. * Istvan nods. "Now... what to do with this money... hmm. I'll figure something out." * Tia grins. "Radiant Day presents!" Could do that. ^_^ Already forging presents for you guys... keepsakes of our battle. * Tia grins. "I can't wait!" I am afraid I must take my leave. I have business and classes to attend to. Wait for me, Kenji! [ And so Kenji and Tia walked off into the sunset. Session End! ]