Old Fezziwig
Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin.
Kieran sighs. "Oh, hell..."
Lady Shatterstone
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*Kyna resist the urge to say anything, though she rather frustrated with the Lizardman. She lets out a deep sigh and keeps her eyes front.*
"Of all the simple minded creatures.... Why HIM!?! she mutters under her breath. She clinchs and unclinchs her fist to help keep her composure.
"Of all the simple minded creatures.... Why HIM!?! she mutters under her breath. She clinchs and unclinchs her fist to help keep her composure.
Sephiroth no Miko
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Sighing inwardly to herself, Sssakkariah goes back to her meditation and tries to ignore the wet crunching noises of the lizardman feeding. Sasskasa had given the creature a quick death after all, though perhaps in a most disagreeable manner... but that was hardly unexpected. Sweeping these thoughts from her mind for the moment, she reaches deep into herself for a reservoir of focus that she can draw upon in the battles to come.
After regaining her pisonic focus, she turns her mind back towards the Sasskasa, remembering the looks of horror and disgust from her fellow party members at his savage behavior. Sasskasa is only alienating himself from everyone with his behavior but he's too stubborn or proud to change... and why should he? Our opinions mean little or nothing to him. We're just a bunch of strangers thrown together on some quest-- perhaps it is time to try to extend a hand to him instead of trying to scold him for everything he does? She still remembered when she was first trying to make her way off Zangala all the antipathy and disgust she had encountered-- and still do, sometimes-- just because she was yuan-ti and people had preconceived notions of what all yuan-ti were like. Well, okay, so maybe Sasskasa acted exactly like a typical lizardman but it didn't mean he might not be worth getting to know better (maybe)... and she would never find out if she merely sat around waiting for him to initiate things. Except what in Sagadix's name were lizardfolk interested in other than eating and fighting?
After Sasskasa is done with his "breakfast", Sssakkariah steels herself against his brusque manner and approaches him in a nonconfrontational manner, and tries to engage him in the one thing she had always thought was frankly impressive about his appearance. Pointing at the various tattoos adorning his scales, she says, "Thessse are wonderfully ssstriking... do your people have a long tradition of tattooing?"
After regaining her pisonic focus, she turns her mind back towards the Sasskasa, remembering the looks of horror and disgust from her fellow party members at his savage behavior. Sasskasa is only alienating himself from everyone with his behavior but he's too stubborn or proud to change... and why should he? Our opinions mean little or nothing to him. We're just a bunch of strangers thrown together on some quest-- perhaps it is time to try to extend a hand to him instead of trying to scold him for everything he does? She still remembered when she was first trying to make her way off Zangala all the antipathy and disgust she had encountered-- and still do, sometimes-- just because she was yuan-ti and people had preconceived notions of what all yuan-ti were like. Well, okay, so maybe Sasskasa acted exactly like a typical lizardman but it didn't mean he might not be worth getting to know better (maybe)... and she would never find out if she merely sat around waiting for him to initiate things. Except what in Sagadix's name were lizardfolk interested in other than eating and fighting?
After Sasskasa is done with his "breakfast", Sssakkariah steels herself against his brusque manner and approaches him in a nonconfrontational manner, and tries to engage him in the one thing she had always thought was frankly impressive about his appearance. Pointing at the various tattoos adorning his scales, she says, "Thessse are wonderfully ssstriking... do your people have a long tradition of tattooing?"
Old Fezziwig
Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin.
Kieran perks up as Sssakkariah begins a conversation, watching carefully, curious to see how things work out. The bard liked (was "respected" a better word?) the lizardman, against his better judgement (Kieran had always been flattered when people liked his music, which naturally influenced his opinions of them in slight ways), but feared the repercussions of his behavior.
Old Fezziwig
Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin.
Kieran continues to listen, waiting to see where the yuan-ti decides to bring the conversation.
Lady Shatterstone
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* With the surprised responce from the Sasskasa, Kyna glances over her shoulder with a smile. She contiunes to listent o those around her while watching the apporaching island.*
Sssakkariah has the right idea. Right now we are nothing more then a group of strangers, we may need to bond in order to survive; to find something in each other worth saving. she thinks to herself.
Sssakkariah has the right idea. Right now we are nothing more then a group of strangers, we may need to bond in order to survive; to find something in each other worth saving. she thinks to herself.
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Sephiroth no Miko
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Heartened by the fact that Sasskasa had not snapped back at her in anger or irritation, Sssakkariah forges on and nods, "I thought that might have been the cassse... I have met sssome of your people back in my homeland and many of them bore markingsss and desssignsss sssomewhat sssimilar to yoursss. I have alwaysss been curiousss about the tattoosss other racesss bear sssince we have a long tradition of tattooing ourssselves alssso, but my people... ssstrongly dissscouraged me from learning more." She did not think it prudent to air what the yuan-ti thought of other races, and lizardmen in particular, and in any case, it had no bearing on the conversation. She shrugs, "But I am not among my people any longer, and I would be very glad to hear what traditionsss you hold. Do your tattoosss tell of your great deedssss? Or totemsss you revere?" She gestures towards some of the animal-shaped ones inked across his torso.
"That was rather... messy," Anja says quietly, seeing for herself the consequences of the lizardman's anger first hand, and not wanting to draw too much attention to herself, lest she suffer the same fate.
Mother Anja never had troubles like this, even the most hardened guardsman respected her. Did she ever fear for her life? I don't remember her doing so. I must show a brave face, Anja never showed fear... Zek thinks to himself.
*Anja, however, makes a mental note to put flowers in the lizardman's bedroll at the earliest opportunity, and to draw a teddy bear on his forehead some night when he was sleeping.*
Mother Anja never had troubles like this, even the most hardened guardsman respected her. Did she ever fear for her life? I don't remember her doing so. I must show a brave face, Anja never showed fear... Zek thinks to himself.
*Anja, however, makes a mental note to put flowers in the lizardman's bedroll at the earliest opportunity, and to draw a teddy bear on his forehead some night when he was sleeping.*
Ashy
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Sephiroth no Miko said:
Tentatively, Sasskasa answers, pointing to the line of linked animals across his chest. "Thessse ssspeak of the dominance of my tribe over all the other animalsss of the world. My people are a ssstrong and proud people, the chossssen of the ssspirits of the land and the ssssea-" at this he points to the mosaic pictogram of the crocodile with the sun in its mouth and the moon in its coiled tail, -asss well as the sssky." With this, he then points to the tattoo of the large vulture on his right pectoral muscle He pauses and then continues, puffing his chest out, "My people are masssstersss of both the land and the ssssea, but we are ssservantsss and ssstudents of the sssskies, though we do not fear itsss creaturesss. We fear nothing."
He pauses for a moment and looks over the folks in the boat with him. He begins to speak again, but then seems to stop himself and falls completely silent, his eyes finally resting upon Sssakkariah. In his eyes, you think you see pride, or perhaps, happiness (perhaps both)...
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