The Antigrol Tide (IC)

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

“Ah. Well, it’s getting quite chilly and windy up here anyway, so I think it’s about time we came down,” Colmarr replies softly, adding in an playful but sheepish tone, “Though I might need a little help getting down from here, Magyar. You see in my haste to find Lissa, I kind of forgot that I don’t climb all that well...”

 

[jkason]

Magyar Rhineholdt, human rogue

“Ah. Well, it’s getting quite chilly and windy up here anyway, so I think it’s about time we came down,” Colmarr replies softly, adding in an playful but sheepish tone, “Though I might need a little help getting down from here, Magyar. You see in my haste to find Lissa, I kind of forgot that I don’t climb all that well...”

Mag smiles with a mixture of amusement and sympathy. "Certainly I'll help, Colmarr. It's hardly right to punish you for thinking of others before yourself."

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

“Good, thank you, Magyar,” Colmar replies, sounding quite relieved, before quietly asking Naomi, “Are you ready to return to the others yet, onia?”

 

[Mallak]

A little earlier...

Naomi's tears turn to sobs of anger, and she pounds Colmarr's chest with her little fists. "I hate them, I hate them, I hate them!" she cries. She chokes on her own tears and weeps, before sniffling and saying one last time, "I hate them..."

“Are you ready to return to the others yet, onia?”

Naomi shivers in the wind. The emotions of the day drag at her, and the crying has sapped her strength. She nods quietly, her slight frame shaking in the cool night air.

With Magyar's assistance, Colmarr manages to climb down out of the crow's nest without calamity. Naomi, too, manages to make it back to deck safely. She huddles close to the gnome's body, for warmth or protection. If the others look at her, she hides her face in his coat.

"Oh!" exclaims Eloise when the three alight from the rigging. "You have little...people. Were...were they with you earlier?"

 

[jkason]

Magyar Rhineholdt, human rogue

"Oh!" exclaims Eloise when the three alight from the rigging. "You have little...people. Were...were they with you earlier?"

Mag glances back to Eloise, who seems to have composed herself at least a little, and pours his charm into a big smile.

"I believe Colmarr and Lissa may have been with us when we met, but you were meeting me, after all, so it's easy to see how you might not notice the rest of my company." Here he adds a mischeivous wink.

"Colmarr, do you remember Eloise?"

 

[Mallak]

Eloise looks back to Colmarr and Naomi. "Oh. Oh! I'm terribly sorry! I must have been distracted. Mother says I can be a perfect air-head sometimes." She giggles nervously, glancing back toward the town with an apprehensive look. Her features suddenly light up as she turns back to Magyar. "Oh, surely you'll escort me home, Magyar!"

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

"I believe Colmarr and Lissa may have been with us when we met, but you were meeting me, after all, so it's easy to see how you might not notice the rest of my company." Here he adds a mischeivous wink.

"Colmarr, do you remember Eloise?"

Colmarr grins at Magayr’s comment, thinking he’s probably right from the looks he’s seen.

“I do Magyar, though we weren’t formally introduced, as I believe I spent my time speaking with Eloise’s mother.”

Eloise looks back to Colmarr and Naomi. "Oh. Oh! I'm terribly sorry! I must have been distracted. Mother says I can be a perfect air-head sometimes." She giggles nervously, glancing back toward the town with an apprehensive look. Her features suddenly light up as she turns back to Magyar. "Oh, surely you'll escort me home, Magyar!"

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much, Eloise, a lot of people miss us due to our smaller stature. As for escorting you home, we were about to head to the Three-Penny anyway... though I’m sure Magyar would be pleased to be your personal escort along the way. Won’t you Magyar?” he adds with a knowing smile.

Turning to Naomi, he says, “Come on onia, let’s go get you a cloak” before leading her to their cabin. Calling over his shoulder as they go, “We won’t be long...”

 

[Mallak]

Naomi yawns mightily as she and Colmarr head below decks. "Is it time to go to sleep now, oni?" she asks, wiping at her face with one hand. Her voice is very small and tired.

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

“Well, we were all going to go to the inn where Eloise works, onia, after we get a cloak for you, but if you’re too tired I could stay here with you and tell everyone else to go on without us,” Colmarr offers with a tinge of unhappiness in his voice, though he tries to cover it with his bardic skills, as he was looking forward to going there himself.

 

[Mallak]

"Oh, no,--" yawn "--I'd like to go to the inn."