Tales of the Grey Coast (IC)

[PhoenixAsh]

Jenna grins at Quork’s antics, watching the pair of ravens divide up the starfruit with shining amusement evident in her eyes.

She takes in Caramip’s question and wrinkles her nose, “Well. If you ladies and gentlemen will forgive me using a crude example, what does a prostitute do when men lose the desire to pay for sex? She doesn’t worry about it, I’d gamble! She worries about what will happen to her when she gets old. Or when she gets a disease, or whether she’ll get beaten and incapacitated, or otherwise find her usefulness in her line of work at an end.

Same way with a soldier. There’ll always be wars and there will always be a need for soldiers to fight them. It's just a matter of being able to keep fighting,” she concludes with a firm nod.

“But… ah, maybe you meant my own personal battles? There’s a reason I’m a soldier not a philosopher,” she smiles, abashed. “That’s a fine question I don’t have a great answer to yet. I’d say I’m still fit and healthy, so there’s a reputable job out there for me, sure enough. I just haven’t decided how to go about getting it yet.”

 

[s@squ@tch]

Hedowin, Wizard 3

"What you both don't fully understand is -- all of these planes are kept together by some centralized energy or force. You will notice that they all spin on some sort of axis around our own plane, much like a great wheel."

He motions to various slices of starfruit which have not been pilfered by various ravens.

"Something is keeping them in alignment and preventing them from disapating. I have been told that various planes either promote or hinder arcane energy, but the constant fact is that they are present everywhere. So the only common thread between all of these planes is the existance of arcane energies. This renders it quite obvious to even the simple neophyte that without arcane energies in the cosmos, it would fall apart."

To demonstrate his point, he stabs the 9 Hells and the Twin Paradises with his dagger and puts them on a slice of bread.

"One of the most important studies one can partake in, obviously, is the pursuit of mastery of arcane energy."

Hedowin is so consumed with the planar display on the table, that he doesn't even notice Felix and Caramip talking to the warrior-woman. He keeps on mulling over various geometries and synergies of the starfruit slices on the table.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Ah!" Caramip says gleefully to Hedowin as he explains the theory of planar construction. "Have you heard of the theory of the Mighty String? It is said that the Great Cat once romped amongst the planes, as they lay scattered amongst the cosmos. He dragged with him a ball of yarn, and it began to unravel. As he played and cavorted, the string began to wrap around the planes, and when he finally slept in the center, all the planes were then bound like they are now. By magic yarn." Caramip says this in all seriousness, nodding solemnly before turning back to Jenna.

"So, the army has no need for a young and healthy warrior? Or you have no need of them? What do you want to do now? Perhaps study wizardry? Or have we managed to scare you off already?"

 

[kinem]

Herb is in no real hurry to meet Issek, who is as likely as not still cleaning up, so he wanders over to a fruit vendor and purchases a couple of pears and a bag of mixed nuts for a snack.

He looks for a table and notices a group of strangers with a towering bird's nest resting on the bench beside them. He wanders closer and is suprised to note that the 'nest' is actually a halfling woman's hair.

As he approaches he picks up some of the strangers' conversation - " ...suit of mastery of arcane energy" - "... magic yarn. So, the army has no need for a young and healthy warrior? Or you have no need of them? What do you want to do now? Perhaps study wizardry? Or have we managed to scare you off already?"

Study wizardry? Interested, Herb decides to try to meet these strangers, some of whom may be masters of magic thread.

He approaches the table and says "Good morning. I couldn't help but overhear. While I am but a merchant, I too am interested in studying wizardry." It's obvious that he's carrying food, as well.

 

[PhoenixAsh]

"Oh, I have no need of the army! All that drilling and no control over your life, who needs that?" Jenna answers immediately.

I do, actually. But to answer otherwise - I don't want to have to explain that yet.

She's grateful for the interruption of the merchant, "This is the table for that! I've already learned the cosmos is bound up between magic, string and fruit, how's that for a lesson?" She laughs and shakes her head, "But study wizardry? No, not me. Nothing you've said either Caramip - I like your Mighty String theory a lot! I've read my share of textbooks on magic, enough to know I'm no scholar - I'm a lady of action. I've always learned best by trying - something that let's me do that would suit me. I'm open to suggestions," she smiles with a slight shrug.

 

[Phoenix8008]

"I'm with you Jenna," Roxanne says, "I've no use for magic much either. Um...I mean, no more than the one trick I already know, and that's only usefull for fighting with anyway, so it's nothing really. No secrets of the universe contained or revealed by it. Not really impressive at all, really." She stammers as her cheeks grow redder. To cover her sudden silence, she takes a huge bite out of her pear and starts chewing it up...slowly...hoping that the conversation will move on past her. Stupid, stupid, stupid! she thinks to herself. If you can't keep your trap shut then you'll just have to quit talking to people from now on, huh!

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

He approaches the table and says "Good morning. I couldn't help but overhear. While I am but a merchant, I too am interested in studying wizardry." It's obvious that he's carrying food, as well.

"Splendid! The more the merrier!" she exclaims with a sweep of her hand, welcoming him to the table. "So, what types of magic are you seeking to learn? And particular school of study? It seems Felix here is a summoner extraordinaire, if one has the will to learn his path. I am an elementalist, working with the fundemental building blocks of the world and Hedowyn here... Hedowyn... What do you do anyways? I got sidetracked sometime around Bytopia."

"I'm with you Jenna," Roxanne says, "I've no use for magic much either. Um...I mean, no more than the one trick I already know, and that's only usefull for fighting with anyway, so it's nothing really. No secrets of the universe contained or revealed by it. Not really impressive at all, really." She stammers as her cheeks grow redder. To cover her sudden silence, she takes a huge bite out of her pear and starts chewing it up...slowly...hoping that the conversation will move on past her.

"Really? What trick? Do show, do tell, I rather want to see! Here, I'll go first..." Caramip asks kindly, stretching out a finger to point at Roxanne's pear, which promptly turns purple and now tastes like strawberries. She points at it again and it goes back to normal. Perhaps the girl would be comforted knowing that there were no strangers to power at this table

 

[Phoenix8008]

"Really? What trick? Do show, do tell, I rather want to see! Here, I'll go first..." Caramip asks kindly, stretching out a finger to point at Roxanne's pear, which promptly turns purple and now tastes like strawberries. She points at it again and it goes back to normal. Perhaps the girl would be comforted knowing that there were no strangers to power at this table.

Finishing chewing and realizing she is going to have to answer, Roxanne swallows then speaks quietly. "No, really. It's nothing but a simple trick to make a temporary weapon to fight with. And I prefer to save it for when I need it, not squander it in needless displays." She says in a low voice that she hopes will bring an end to the questioning.

 

[PhoenixAsh]

Jenna smiles at Roxanne as she agrees with her point, then her expression falls into a somewhat confused, blank look as the conversation evolves around Roxanne's 'trick'.

"Why is that anyways? I mean, why does magic only work once.. or a few times a day for some people? Is it something to do with the cosmos, or the rise and fall of the sun, or just resting? I mean, I've read about it, but nothing I've read has ever really explained that well," she looks between the three magic scholars sitting at the table.

Poor Roxanne, she looks so uncomfortable. I brought her into this, I hope no one pushes her on it. But what is she talking about? A summoned weapon? I haven't heard of a magical trick like that. She's making that up. Maybe... no.

She gently touches Roxanne's arm and her smile is equally gentle, "How do you like the pear?"

 

[kinem]

"Splendid! The more the merrier!" she exclaims with a sweep of her hand, welcoming him to the table. "So, what types of magic are you seeking to learn? And particular school of study? It seems Felix here is a summoner extraordinaire, if one has the will to learn his path. I am an elementalist, working with the fundemental building blocks of the world and Hedowyn here... Hedowyn... What do you do anyways? I got sidetracked sometime around Bytopia."

"Thank you" Herb replies, and finds a seat on the crowded bench. "I haven't really thought about choosing a type of magic. Illusions have always fascinated me, but it's all interesting, really ... do you teach it?"

I am clearly missing something about the girl with the pear ... so much to learn.