[ We find Some Of Our Heroes in the common room of the Flying Couches house on campus. It's midwinter break, a hiatus in schooling and some jobs that was created due to the large number of holy days around this time of year. In fact, Radiant Day, the day celebrating Bahamut leading the variuous sun-loving people into the sun-filled world, is just around the corner. ] [ But nevermind that. Right now, you four are all there, and you're bored. Surely, no good can come of this. ] [ Session start! ] * Vall lounges back in one of the couches, yawning. * Seylin is lying on her stomach, on a carpet close to one of the fireplaces, with her feet in the air. She's reading something and humming idly. * Seylin is also sucking on a red-and-white-striped mint candy of some sort. (Why not? ^_~) * Patrick is playing with some miscelaneous chemicals on a table to the side, where he has a small part of his alchemy set set up. [ Outside it's snowing. It does that sometimes in this part of the year, although the wind tends to be slow throughout winter, so that the cold isn't too biting. Whatever drops the snow on you doesn't manage to blot out the sun, either, since it's still bright and cheerful throughout the winter days. ] [ I'm the GM, see, so I can do that. ^_~ ] * HKenji throws open the door, steps inside, followed by a nice cold wind. * Vall gets up and starts pacing the room for a bit, occasionally looking out the window, before sitting on the couch again. [ Kenji succeeds his Perform: Dramatic Entrance roll. ] * Seylin looks up from her reading material and waves. "Hi, Kenji. Anything going on out there?" Good morning, everybody! * HKenji closes the door and brushes snow off his shoulders. There's snow, in case you haven't noticed. I noticed. ^_^ Mornin'... Anything else? * Patrick grins, then looks at Kenji. "Really? Wow, how did you figure that out?" ^_^ The freshmen and sophomores have built forts, and are demanding tolls from anybody who crosses the main courtyard. * Vall snickers at this. "What're they charging?" That depends on how much they like you. * Seylin raises an eyebrow, then grins. "Have they, now?" So how much did they charge *you*? (What are we, by the way? Juniors? Seniors?) I got away with gracing the sophomore fort with a poem. ( Prolly depends on the char. I can't imagine Tia being anything more than a freshman, but Kenji's prolly sophomore or junior.) ( Junior, at least. This IS my second time through school, after all. ) ( I'd like to think most of us are juniors ) ( True. ) (Probably a Jr. here, although I'm aged as a Sophmore. Go early schooling. ^_^) ( *heh* Vall's likely to have been held back for either petty larceny or low grades from not studying. ) * Seylin stands up and stretches. "I kinda want to see these forts for myself, and maybe partake in a little aerial dive-bombing run. Anybody wanna come with?" ^_^ Sounds like fun. * HKenji shrugs. "Be careful. Visibility is quite bad." * Seylin pulls another candy out of the pocket of her overtunic and tosses it to Kenji. "Good thing I have good eyesight, then. Here, try this! It's good!" All the better... for us. * Patrick throws a vial up in the air, then catches it. "Insta-snow, guarnteed to make snowballs fly twice as far without degrading the satisfying smack they deliver." ^_^ * HKenji frowns down at the candy. Patrick and I got some yesterday when we went Radiant Day shopping! ...Is this another one of your dreadfully spicy concoctions? I still haven't got the taste out my mouth from that... jerky. Oh, no. This is good! It's minty! Vall, you want one? Sure. ( Seylin's got *great* sight. So do all Outsiders, tho. ) * Seylin tosses another one to Vall. ( Is this mild peppermint or Curiously Strong? ) Yeah, it's good stuff. ^_^ (Mild.) (Seylin keeps the Curiously Strong in a metal tin. ^_~) ( Phew. I can just see you guys giving Kenji all the spicy stuff you can possibly find when you find out about his aversion to it. :P ) * Patrick takes a stick out of his jeans and bites off a portion. ^_^ * Vall tastes his. "Not strong enough for my tastes, Sey, but good." Hmm, really? * HKenji pops the mint into his mouth and sucks. * Patrick throws Vall one of his sticks. "Try some of this then." Oh, I've got the stronger stuff, too, but it's in my room and I'm feeling too lazy to go up and get it. ^_~ Hmm. That's pretty good. * Patrick smiles. ( I foresee lots of fun with prestidigitation ) * Vall tries the piece Pat throws. So, you guys ready to brave the elements? * Vall grabs his heavy cloak (which happens to be white). "Ready." (It's strong. Very strong.) * HKenji leaves the hood of his sturdy brown cloak down. "Brave? It's just snow." I was exaggerating for dramatic purposes. ^_^ * Seylin grabs her gray cloak off of a peg near the door and slips into it, making sure her wings go through the slits properly. * Patrick laughs as he puts a jacket on. "Sure, let's have some fun." ^_^ You bringing some extra of that insta-snow, Patrick? Why would you need MORE snow? You can never have too much snow in a snowball fight. It's *special* snow. ^_~ * Patrick pulls open his jacket, which is a literal armory of the stuff. "It's better than normal snow. And also more easily available." ^_^ [ They're obviously insane. ] (Well, yes, but that should go without saying. ;p) ( Prestidigitation or Mage Hand ... rapid-fire snowballs? ) (Really? ^_^) ( Careful picking a fight. Some of those guys might have the Storm of Throws feat. ) * Seylin giggles and opens the door. "Let's go! (Doesn't Rapid Shot apply to thrown weapons as well? ^_^) * Vall packs a Shield scroll, just in case. (it does) (Gwarharhar.) ( But only if you've got Quickdraw. ) ( Not snowballs. You've gotta have the Warrior of White Powder p-class for that. ) * HKenji heads out into the snow, heedless of the cold and snow. * Patrick heads outside as well, not caring of the elements in the least. * Vall heads outside, following the others and looking around for the forts. [ Kenji braves the elements! Out past a pair of cliffs that partially cut off your area - the West Dorms - from the main campus, you can indeed see some surprisingly mighty snow forts. Apparently some of the dwarven students got involved, and dwarves, as is well known, don't built anything half-assed. ] * Patrick grins. "So, how much Alchemist's fire does it take to melt a snow fort?" ^_^ Let's try a more subtle route, first. ( Dude. That's just mean, ruining their harmless fun like that. ;_; ) Leave the poor forts alone. * Seylin hums happily. "Aww, not yet." It's the least you can do, after what they made the Headmistress do. * Seylin giggles. "What's that?" * HKenji shudders. "You don't want to know." Yes, we do Sure we do! ^_^ Com'on, you know you want to tell us. ^_^ No. No, I'm not going to say it, and you can't make me. It's too horrible. * Seylin suddenly has a snowball in her hand. "Can't make you, huh?" ^_^ * Patrick looks thru his miscellaneous vials. "I'm sure I have some truth syrum somewhere in here..." ^_^ ... C'mon, Kenji. Spill! ^_^ * HKenji looks back and forth between Patrick and Seylin hesitantly. * HKenji turns tail and RUNS! After him! Aaaahh! * Seylin takes to the air. * Vall laughs, and takes off after Kenji * Patrick takes off after Kenji, using his Insta-Snow to make a couple snowballs without stopping the chase. * Vall casts True strike as he's gathering up a snowball, and pelts Kenji in the back of the head with it Sey, catch! * Patrick throws up a pair of vials at her. * HKenji runs straight towards the freshman snow fort! * Seylin swoops down and catches the vials, throwing the snowball she had at Kenji while she's at it. [ The snowball flies true! But Kardos wanders along and gets hit instead. Which happens a lot, around campus. ] Thanks! Yipe! (Kardos?) Ow. * HKenji diveslides under/through a massive snowdrift and comes out the other side running. * Seylin creates a couple new snowballs from the vials and flies after Kenji. ( Kardos. Char of mine. One of the many that populate campus as NPCs. ) ( 'k ) * HKenji dodges under the freshman fort umbrella of defensive fire. Ha! You'll never catch me now! We'll see about that! We will! * Seylin looks for a safe path through the defensive fire. [ Kenji is almost to the forts! And Seyling suddenly encounters anti-air fire. ] * Patrick throws a pair of snowballs to take Kenji down. Yipes! * Seylin dodges, or at least tries to. Pull back, Seylin! * HKenji turns around just in time to see the snowballs coming and catches them in a flourish of his cloak! * Seylin pulls back and throws one of her snowballs in the direction of the freshman fort. [ Kenji looks badass while Seylin is driven away. ] Yah! Curses! Foiled again! Foil- dangit, Vall, that was my line! ^_^ * Patrick shakes his fist at Kenji. "You will tell us!" He's grinning evily. Yeah, you can't hide forever, Kenji! Don't make me melt that fort, Kenji! You know I can do it! Yeah? I've got about fifty freshmen that say you better not! Try me! * Seylin hovers near Vall and Patrick and looks for a good way to get past the snowballs. * Patrick hmmms... * Patrick looks at the ground. How deep is the snow? [ Five of the freshmen go starry-eyed upon seeing Seylin. They must belong to her fanclub. ] * Vall hands Seylin his Shield scroll. "Can you use this?" * Seylin waves at them. "Hi! You wouldn't mind letting me through, would you?" She smiles brilliantly. Stand firm, freshmen! Your duty is to hold this fort! Awww, it's not gonna hurt anybody. Except maybe you, Kenji. ^_~ Yeah, really. ^_^ You'll never take me alive! * Seylin looks at the scroll. "Hey, yeah! Thanks, Vall!" No problem. And we'd *really* hate to see such a nice fort melted down... tsk tsk tsk. * Patrick smiles. Patrick, can I have another vial? [ The five babble on for a while, before four of them are put down in a brief exchange of snowballs. The last one says "Uhm... you can get through free? But only you." The other two must pay tribute! ] Don't make us make you keep that a promise. (that was to Kenji) * Seylin smiles at the freshmen again. "Gosh, thanks!" ^_^ * Seylin hands it back to Vall. "Looks like you might be needing this more than me after all. But thanks." Any time. * Vall looks at the frosh. "What tribute?" Paaaa~trick. Vial? * Seylin holds out her hand for it. [ "One gold! Hey, we gotta pay for books somehow, right?" ] * Patrick grins and hands her one. Betrayed! * Seylin grins back and takes off towards where Kenji is hiding! One gold? That's not much. Here. Et tu, froshe? * Vall flips him a gold coin, then takes off after Kenji Hey, I got somethin' better than gold. * Seylin concocts a couple of snowballs while she's heading after Kenji. * HKenji runs towards the freshman wall. [ "Sorry, Kenji. We loved your poem! But she's Seylin! I mean, I got a poster of her on my-- wait, you didn't hear me say that." ] * Patrick throws the group one vial of Insta-snow. "Pour it out at your own risk." ~_^ * HKenji stops near the bottom of the wall and waits for Seylin. Should've known not to expect loyalty from a frosh, Kenji! * Patrick chases after Kenji. * HKenji waits until Seylin is is at JUST the right range. By the way, Seylin, when did you pose for a poster? [ Who says she posed for it? ] * HKenji jumps halfway up the wall, reaches out with one foot, and kicks off the wall, sending him rocketing towards Seylin. * Seylin stops short of being just in the right range and starts to take aim, then is distracted by Vall's questions. "Huh? Poster?" HAH! An opening! * HKenji lands with one foot on Seylin's head and uses her as a platform to jump to the top of the wall. * Patrick says quitely as he runs past the man who said poster. "And I'll see *you* later." * HKenji waves at patrick and jumps down off the other side of the wall. ^_^_v What are you- wah! * Seylin is forced downward and lands with a little less than her usual grace, rubbing her head. "Aww, man!" [ Kenji makes a getaway! Consider yourselves thwarted. ] * Seylin pouts, then throws a snowball at Vall. This is for distracting me! * Vall dodges it. "Sorry." [ The snowball actually hits, since it's a touch attack after all. ] * Seylin takes to the air again, hoping to possibly get over the wall and reach Kenji that way. * Vall wipes the snow off... [ Since the wall is only 10 or 20 feet high (hey, even that's really something when you're working with snow), Seylin can easily fly over it. ] Oh, Kenjiiiiii? I'm coming for you! ^_^ Next time, little hyoomon... Dangit! * Seylin looks for where Kenji might have taken shelter. * HKenji is running off campus! * Seylin yells over her shoulder to the guys. "He's really going far!" * Vall looks around. "Well, we can always... Patrick, I've got the nastiest idea. It involves waiting for him, though." He has to return some time, right? Maaaaybe. * HKenji is heading for... dun dun dun... the MALL! Where's he going, Sey? He's heading for the mall! * Patrick grins. "Peeeerfect." * Patrick gets over the wall slowly and starts to track Kenji at full speed. "Com'on Vall! Can't lose his tracks!" * Vall runs out the door of the fort and around it to where Kenji landed. [ The mall is located near campus! And it isn't an indoor mall like in modern Earth cities. It's more a large collection of shops running along three parallel streets for about five blocks. Open-air, although lots of banners and second-floor balconies run accross here and there. * Seylin flies to the mall! * Vall runs to the mall [ Kenji reaches the mall first, but only because I'm assuming Seylin waits up for the others. Immediately on his left is a pizzaria. Mmm, pizza. Immediately on his right is a place run by a mage who created a magical device that produces adorable stuffed animals from the appropriate raw materials. ] ( Guido's Pizza Pit? ) * HKenji dodges into the stuffed animal store. * Patrick points at the stuffed animal store and nods. * Seylin lands next to Vall and Patrick. "Yep, he's in there." * Vall looks around. "I need some pepperoni," is all he says as he walks into the pizza place. He's there for a moment, then comes out with two long sticks of unsliced pepperoni. What'cha gonna do with that? You don't want to know. Are you sure? * Patrick grins. "Oh, I know." * Vall gives Sey a wink. "Yes, I'm sure." 'Cause, y'know, last time someone said "You don't want to know," we ended up chasing him into a mall. [ The kindly old wizard beams at Kenji as he enters. "Hello! Come to buy a gift for ye girlfriend?" ] And where are we now? Waiting for him to come out. * HKenji grins. "Something like that. Happen to have a beholder with realistic floating action?" [ You're at the aforementioned intersection. Across the way are a bookseller and a coffee store. ] [ The wizard looks thoughtful. "I could make one, sure. You sure you don't want something cuter? Beholders are awfully ugly." ] * Vall gives the one pepperoni stick a twist, as if sizing it up. * HKenji thinks for a moment. Okay, well, I'm gonna get a hot chocolate while we're waiting. * Seylin walks over to the coffee shop. [ The coffee shop is not populated by goths, punks, or people who think they're philosophers, although there are a few people here reading and enjoying the quietness of the patio area. ] * Vall paces the area, looking across the streets at the shop signs as he waits for Kenji to come out * Patrick surveys the area, smiling. ^_^ * Seylin gets her hot chocolate and walks back to the guys. She takes a sip. "Any sign of him yet?" Not yet Nope. ^_^ * HKenji leans in and whispers to the wizard. [ The wizard nods. "Oh, her? Sure. Made one a' those before."] I'm not surprised. [ The wizard does things with the control surface of his machine, and out pop two positively adorable plushies. They clearly have high Charisma scores. ] * Seylin sips again. "Wonder what he's doing in there..." [ "That'll be 24 gold, please." ] * HKenji reaches into his sleeve, withdraws a heap of gold and puts it down without counting it. (and once again, Kenji overpays) [ The old wizard is delighted by Kenji's charity. ] * Vall slips around by the wizard's door, and tries to listen in * Patrick tries to listen in as well, but not nearly as obviously as Vall. (I got elven ears... I can stand there and listen without my ear against the wall) * Seylin drinks hot chocolate and seems unconcerned. (I misread that at first as "eleven ears." ;p) ( Stupid elves. You'd think the fuckers were half bat. ) ( This one is. ;) [ Doesn't say so on his sheet. ] (har har... he's got drow blood in him, doesn't he? ;) * HKenji grabs the plushies and walks boldly out the door, which hits the eavesdropping Vall in the face. [ Kenji emerges! In his hands are a pair of unbelievably adorable Seylin plushies. ] ... * Vall raises an eyebrow * Seylin giggles. "Oh, that's me, isn't it? Those are so cute!" * Patrick chuckles. "They are. Although why you got those is beyond me, Kenji." :P Unless... * Patrick whistles idly. * Seylin seems utterly undisturbed that apparently plushies of her get made fairly often. * HKenji shrugs and sends one mock-flying over to Seylin. * Seylin catches it. * Vall waits a moment... * Vall uses Mage Hand to lift the other out of Kenji's grasp, and have it fly around, buzzing him. * HKenji frowns. * HKenji scoops up a handful of snow, forms it into a ball in an instant, and sends it flying at Vall's face. * Seylin sets hers on her shoulder and walks over to Patrick. "Look! Isn't it cute?" [ The plushies float naturally, their plush little wings flapping as they do so. They are, as mentioned, quite cute. ] [ I'm going to have to draw one of them. ] Quite. ^_^ * Patrick keeps his eyes on Kenji, though. ^_^ (You are!) * Vall ducks, and has it buzz Kenji again * Seylin makes hers wave its arms. She seems utterly charmed by it, and isn't really paying much attention to Kenji. * HKenji snatches the plushie out of the air and slips it into his sleeve, out of Vall's reach. * HKenji pulls out a cup of tea and sips delicately. * Patrick cracks his neck. "So, Vall, you have that pepperoni?" * Seylin finishes her hot chocolate. "Can I keep it, Kenji?" That's why I bought it for you. ^_^ You did? Aww, that's so sweet! ^_^ Thank you! * HKenji bows deeply. * Vall steps forward, and offers Kenji a large stick of what looks like that mint candy Seylin was munching on. "Here. Peace offering." * Seylin hugs it. Several people nearby probably go into sugar shock. * HKenji marvels to himself. .oO(It's so much easier to give gifts in these lands.) [ Across town, someone has a diabetic episode. Might be related to Seylin hugging a Seylin plushie. ] [ Meanwhile, you four are in a mall. Who knows what could happen now? ] * Vall fixes Patrick with a Look[tm] Hey, I'm hungry. ^_^ * Vall offhandedly tosses Patrick one of the pepperoni sticks, then. (Waiting for Kenji to accept the large peppermint stick as the peace offering) * Patrick shrugs. "Good enough." * Patrick bites into the stick and eats away. * HKenji blinks and opens his mouth, then hesistates. * Seylin decides to go window-shopping. * HKenji shakes his head and grabs the peppermint stick. Enjoy. * Vall turns and joins Seylin with window-shopping. * HKenji slips the pepperoni^H^H^Hmint into his sleeve. (does Kenji have a portable hole in his sleeve?) ( Sore wa... ) ( ...himitsu desu! ) (that... is a secret.) (/slay Kenji*) * Seylin oohs as she peeks in the window of a dress shop. "They've still got this one! Ohh, but I'd have to get it altered to fit my wings, and that'd probably cost too much. I don't know. What do you guys think?" ( Seriously, dude, if you want to know, ASK. ) ( it don't matter... ) * Vall looks at the dress. "A lower-backed dress would accomodate the wings a lot better, I'd think." It'd be a good dress to go to the formal in, though. Yeah, true. But I like the color of this one best. * Patrick shrugs and follows, smiling. "Meh, you can tailor it easily enough. ^_^ * Seylin points at the one she's currently admiring, which is a deep, rich green. It is a good color. Accents your eyes beautifully. * Seylin beams. "You think so?" I know so. Aww, thanks! ^_^ * Vall looks at the pricetag of the dress... Perhaps we can find a dress in the same color, and more accomodating. It's strange... nobody's asked me to the formal yet. I thought somebody would by now, but every time I talk to someone likely, they look next to me with this really odd expression and then leave. Patrick, you're always there with me. Do you have any idea why they'd do something like that? * HKenji grins. * Vall hides a grin. ( Damn it, not when I'm drinking. ) (^_^_v) * Patrick shrugs and grins. "No idea." ^_^ (*heheheh* Oh, well. Yeah, Vall, let's go check! * Seylin heads into the dress shop! * Vall shrugs, and follows. * HKenji stays outside with Patrick. Still don't want to talk? ^_^ [ The dress shop is run by someone fashionable. They gaze Seylin's way as she enters. "Greetings." ] * HKenji shrugs. "They held the headmistress ransom. Made her cancel classes for a week. You need to make your move, you're running out of time." Hi! I was wondering if you had any dresses a similar color to the green one in the window that might be a bit more accomodating for my wings. * Vall looks around, and his eyes come to rest on a flowing low-back dress. "Perhaps this one, if you have it in a rich green?" * Patrick nods. "She's too innocent right now. Any move I make would be awkward, and you know it." He grins. ...you can't accompany her to a formal event because she's too innocent? That makes no sense whatsoever. [ "I could make one, but it would take time. I could perhaps let out the back on..." The fashionable storekeeper begins circling Seyling warily, muttering fashion-related mumbo jumbo to herself and pulling out a measuring tape. ] * Patrick smiles. "To you, maybe." * Seylin cooperates and stands still. Takes effort for her. * Vall watches the display, completely at ease despite this being a man in a women's fashion store. ( Of course he's at ease. He's an elf. They're all women. ) [ Seylin is measured! *dramatic music* ] (I attribute it to the Cha 18 ... or Cha 22 if he has his Rod of Splendor) ( He's an elf. ) ( A very elfy elf. ) (I am not a treehugger! ;) (Why do you think Patrick didn't care? :P) ( You hippie treefucker. ) [ Dude. He's not just elf, he's *flamingly* elf. ] (*cracks up*) (Hehe.) It doesn't make sense to you, either. You're making flimsy justifications to hide your fear. (careful... one of my other characters is a stripper. I could bring her in.) ( No, you couldn't. c.c ) (...now that was something I probably didn't need to know. ;p) Perhaps. Or maybe there's always been something there that you can't see. ^_^ * Seylin waits for the measuring to finish. Don't try to pull the Scorpion bit with me, Patrick. You know I don't know what you mean by that. * Patrick smiles. "Enlighten me." * Vall heads over to Seylin. "I think whatever comes out will look beautiful on you, Seylin. Would you like to go to the formal with me in it?" No. Ask her, or risk losing your opportunity. You can't scare ME off, after all. [ The measuring concludes. "I could let out the dress in the window to fit you rather easily, actually. Since the feathers wouldn't interfere with the dress, only the, erm, wingbone, I guess. I don't know what to call it." ] * Seylin looks over at Vall and blinks. "Really? You want me to go with you?" * Patrick shrugs. "True enough. Maybe the time has come." Yes. * Seylin smiles. "Sure! I'd be happy to!" It's a date, then. ... You know, it just occured to me that I have nothing to wear to it. * Seylin looks at the dressmaker. "Wingbone works, for lack of a better word. And that'd be great!" * Seylin then looks at Vall. "Well, we're in a good place to go shopping." I'm sure we could find something. * Patrick whistles. "Vall's a bold man, espically for an elf." Looks like I won't need to steal your chance, after all. That we are. I'm thinking of getting something that doesn't scream 'elfy treehugger', like my adopted parents wear. It's okay. Doesn't bother me in the least unless he tries something. * Seylin nods. "Sounds like a good idea." ( After all, there are no trees where I'm from. We hug stalagmites instead. ) (heheh... he was a kid when he escaped the underdark, remember?) (And we hugged giant mushrooms instead) * Vall looks at the height difference between them. "But I am not wearing the spiked heels this time." He delivers this line with a grin and a chuckle. ( Shroomhugger. HAR. ) * Seylin looks down at Vall and giggles. "Oops, yeah. I think I'll forego heels this time, too." * Vall turns to the storekeeper. "I'll cover the price of her dress." Oh, no, you don't have to do that! I've been saving for this, so I can pay for it! "Are you sure? Fifteen hundred gold is a hefty sum." * Patrick calmly walks into the shop. "It is you know." He smiles. Yeah. I really can't let you do that. It's way too generous. No, it's expected, where I'm from. * Seylin shakes her head. "Well, I'm from here, and here we pay for our own things. It's only fair, really, since you want to get something for yourself, right?" Well, we can compromise.... go half, then? You're not going to let me pay for this whole thing by myself, are you? As a friend, I'm saying you don't have to. It'd feel wrong for me to not help you out in this way. Well... how about twenty-five/seventy-five, then? Deal. Okay! [ The storeowner has become bored, since you aren't talking about fashion. ] * Patrick smirks. Oh, Vall, may I have a word with you? * Vall shells out his 400 gp for his share. One moment, Patrick. * Seylin pays for the rest. Excuse me, Seylin. * Seylin nods. "Sure!" * Vall heads outside... * Patrick heads outside too. He's smiling. [ "There will be a small charge after the alteration is completed, of course. Ten or twenty more gold, nothing more - there isn't much work involved." ] * HKenji waves the shopkeeper away. * Seylin nods. "That shouldn't be a problem." Seylin, we must talk. * Seylin blinks at Kenji. "Huh? About what?" You wanted to talk, Patrick? Nothing at all. * HKenji leads Seylin AWAY from Vall and Patrick. * Seylin is led. * Patrick smiles and talks to Vall quietly so Seylin and Kenji don't pick it up. [ Vall and Pat are together and alone, now. Too bad tumbleweeds are currently out of season. ] (Okay, we're gone. Talk. ^_^) You got guts to do this. Just warning you right now, you try something funny, and not only will Seylin kick your ass, I'll give you a fate worse than death. Capiche? ^_^ Would I try 'something funny'? We're going as friends, that's all. Since no one has actually asked her yet, especially the one who seriously wants to but won't. * Patrick smiles. "Well, I'm glad you have your priorities sorted then. There are others that have their minds in another place." ^_^ I can see where you'd be concerned. You'd make her a good life- partner. ... Why *haven't* you asked her? (and a giant snowball rolls quietly past....) * Patrick just smiles. "Trust me, I have my reasons." Don't wait too long, man, she may outlive you. We should get back before they get suspicious. She will. As will most of you, actually. ^_^ And what makes you think they're not suspicious already? ^_^ Point. * HKenji comes ambling back in this direction. * Patrick smiles at Kenji. "Done talking?" ^_^ * HKenji shrugs. "I'm still alive, so I suppose not." * Seylin follows Kenji at a short distance, tucking something into one fo the pockets of her tunic. [ So. You're all here! There's restaurants nearby, and the GM's getting sleeepy. ] * Seylin reaches the others. "All this running around and stuff has made me hungry. Wanna get some food before we go looking for other things?" * Patrick grins. "Sure." ^_^ If we can find anything edible. Don't worry, I'm sure we can find something that's to your tastes. I'm sure we can. There is Guido's Pizza Pit, across from the plushie store. I hear he has a special today... a white pizza that is low on spices. [ End session. z.z ]