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<blockquote data-quote="Rolzup" data-source="post: 2826825" data-attributes="member: 10105"><p><strong>Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part II, "Lovers and Other Strangers"</strong></p><p></p><p><Aboard MCSDF Windsprint, 4th night out of St. Tarte's, just off the isle of Petit Soir></p><p></p><p>The warm ocean air is punctuated by the sound of Joachim Driftwood and Delphine Laxshmi St. Sous fighting, their voices rising above the rhythmic roll of the waves against hull and the rhythmic rolling of an entirely different sort rising then abruptly stopping from the crew quarters below decks. The sea moves on, priestesses give succor to sailors, and everywhere a kind of love is in the air.</p><p></p><p>"We should elope!"</p><p></p><p>"We can't! Think of your father!"</p><p></p><p>"Tell me what you saw in my father's house!"</p><p></p><p>"It was nothing."</p><p></p><p>"Don't lie to me!"</p><p></p><p>"Then don't ask me that question again."</p><p></p><p>"Then it's awful..."</p><p></p><p>"I had to leave. I needed...."</p><p></p><p>"What do you mean 'Had to leave'? You were impressed into the navy! Were you planning to run off before you were kidnapped?!"</p><p></p><p>"No, no, Delphine, I needed some time away to think. To do good works and pray...."</p><p></p><p>"Praying! It's always praying with you!"</p><p></p><p>"For f--k's sake Delphine, what do you expect? I'm a priest."</p><p></p><p>"For f--k's sake? Have you been hanging around with those girls from the Shrine? They're shameless and consort with sailors!"</p><p></p><p>__________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Rackhir and Mallus find themselves listening to the lovers spat on deck, both leaning against the starboard rail. Mallus says, " Care for a gin and rosewater? I find a few in rapid successions dull the sound of the quarreling and catting about,"</p><p></p><p>"Thank you," replies Rackhir. "Can I ask you something?"</p><p></p><p>"Funny how clearly we can here them, it's like they're using megaphones. And yes, they really are in love."</p><p></p><p>"That's not what I was going to ask. What did Joachim see?"</p><p></p><p>"Oh. When I Know a person's love, it's as if I'm looking out through their eyes. I get a rush of images, oddly enough, often accompanied by lush string arrangements; anyway, it's all a blur. There's no context."</p><p></p><p>"You're evading the question," presses Rackhir.</p><p></p><p>"And you're rather observant. I suppose that helps with the archery...."</p><p></p><p>The ronin's silent, steely gaze speaks volumes comprised solely of threats.</p><p></p><p>"Not to mince, and perhaps then sugar, words, what I saw scared the f--k out of me," says Mallus quietly. "I may socialize with Gate Mages and powerful Alchemists, but the truth is, I don't like magic. It frightens me. " </p><p></p><p>"You did see something."</p><p></p><p>"I...Joachim was standing in a basement kitchen looking out a window at carriage wheels, flowers; it was Delphine's family estate. Two well-dressed men were wrestling a third, a servant, into the back of a black carriage. There was the sound of clinking glasses. The men pushed the servant in and then a face appears in the carriage window...no, right through the carriage wall. It had slyly beckoning eyes and curves like sharp angles, impossible-looking. All feminine malevolence and then blackness....umm...because Joachim closed his eyes."</p><p></p><p>"Despite how... <em>wrong</em> she looked, I fear a man could lose an eternity tracing those sharp curves. Or a woman. I suspect she wouldn't discriminate."</p><p></p><p>Mallus takes another mouthful of gin. "That's what I saw. That and Joachim's hand writing reams of f-----g awful love poems."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rolzup, post: 2826825, member: 10105"] [b]Interlude: Ship of Fools, Part II, "Lovers and Other Strangers"[/b] <Aboard MCSDF Windsprint, 4th night out of St. Tarte's, just off the isle of Petit Soir> The warm ocean air is punctuated by the sound of Joachim Driftwood and Delphine Laxshmi St. Sous fighting, their voices rising above the rhythmic roll of the waves against hull and the rhythmic rolling of an entirely different sort rising then abruptly stopping from the crew quarters below decks. The sea moves on, priestesses give succor to sailors, and everywhere a kind of love is in the air. "We should elope!" "We can't! Think of your father!" "Tell me what you saw in my father's house!" "It was nothing." "Don't lie to me!" "Then don't ask me that question again." "Then it's awful..." "I had to leave. I needed...." "What do you mean 'Had to leave'? You were impressed into the navy! Were you planning to run off before you were kidnapped?!" "No, no, Delphine, I needed some time away to think. To do good works and pray...." "Praying! It's always praying with you!" "For f--k's sake Delphine, what do you expect? I'm a priest." "For f--k's sake? Have you been hanging around with those girls from the Shrine? They're shameless and consort with sailors!" __________________________________________________________________________ Rackhir and Mallus find themselves listening to the lovers spat on deck, both leaning against the starboard rail. Mallus says, " Care for a gin and rosewater? I find a few in rapid successions dull the sound of the quarreling and catting about," "Thank you," replies Rackhir. "Can I ask you something?" "Funny how clearly we can here them, it's like they're using megaphones. And yes, they really are in love." "That's not what I was going to ask. What did Joachim see?" "Oh. When I Know a person's love, it's as if I'm looking out through their eyes. I get a rush of images, oddly enough, often accompanied by lush string arrangements; anyway, it's all a blur. There's no context." "You're evading the question," presses Rackhir. "And you're rather observant. I suppose that helps with the archery...." The ronin's silent, steely gaze speaks volumes comprised solely of threats. "Not to mince, and perhaps then sugar, words, what I saw scared the f--k out of me," says Mallus quietly. "I may socialize with Gate Mages and powerful Alchemists, but the truth is, I don't like magic. It frightens me. " "You did see something." "I...Joachim was standing in a basement kitchen looking out a window at carriage wheels, flowers; it was Delphine's family estate. Two well-dressed men were wrestling a third, a servant, into the back of a black carriage. There was the sound of clinking glasses. The men pushed the servant in and then a face appears in the carriage window...no, right through the carriage wall. It had slyly beckoning eyes and curves like sharp angles, impossible-looking. All feminine malevolence and then blackness....umm...because Joachim closed his eyes." "Despite how... [i]wrong[/i] she looked, I fear a man could lose an eternity tracing those sharp curves. Or a woman. I suspect she wouldn't discriminate." Mallus takes another mouthful of gin. "That's what I saw. That and Joachim's hand writing reams of f-----g awful love poems." [/QUOTE]
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