[WoT Adventure] Turn 2 - Back at the Inn

[Tay-Dor]

Nobly Catching Up

[OOC: sorry for the long post, but so many things to respond to.]

"Thank you Yuri, that was very tactful, more tactful then I would have been at least. Lord Tomas, you seem to be under the mistaken assumption that a lady of House Shiawase is afraid of her own shadow, or that I was asking your permission. I do not know how Tairen Ladies act, nor do I care. Do not again imply that a borderlander is afraid, or we will learn who is afraid, and of what. Besides, looking at our track record, you should beg us to come with you to get you out of whatever trouble you land in."

"Who said anything about being afraid, Lady Shiawase. Walking into danger is no place for a Lady of such esteemed linniage, no matter what realm they might hail from." I put on a charming smile. "I merely wished to protect you from having to exhaust yourselves on what most likely will be a fruitless search. Tramping about in the heat and dust will do nothing for your Lady's apparel." I stroke my pointed beard. "Much better if you were to remain in town where you might take refuge from the day's heat in cool shade."

"Since you cannot, I am more then sure that Ashrem and Yuri can give Sirsei and myself the miniscule amount of protection we need. Right Ashrem?" She says twirling her fingers through his hair giving him her most charming smile.

"So, you would hamper their own abilities with your presense. They would not be able to fight at peak performance if burdened by the honorable duty of protecting your valuable lives."

Jain turns to Tomas, " I know we all don't know one another very well, but the ladies are as capable of defending themselves as any one here, if not more so. If we're to work together we'll need to trust one another, and please try to refrain from throwing out orders, we're not in Tear."

Lord Tomas simply laughs and replies, "It is well we are not in Tear, or I might be forced to do something for the effrontery you have committed by speaking so. I shall let it go this time." The nerve of the commoner...the presumptiveness of him. He should be flogged. These northerners know nothing of their proper places. It is rather infuriating to have to deal with them.

Jain then turns back to Shalimar, "As for you, i'm sure Tomas was just tring to be polite, not every women in the world has your powers and experiance. I don't care if you're a full fledged Aes Sedai or the Queen of Shienar, you need to get off your high horse as much as Tomas. We're in Caemlyn, and most of us are just simple folk, so if you can please not be so prickly, it will make this easier on everyone involved."

"Aes Sedai?" Light...let it not be so... Lord Tomas looks at the "girls" again, face a little pale. Light...these Northerners are fools...to let these witches travel about freely. Lord Tomas marshals his will and firms up his resolve. Fire is not comming from their eyes. They aren't 20 feet tall. They are just women. Light, don't let them use the power on me!

She throws Tomas a glance, "I can see that you were trying to be diplomatic, though your aim was misguided. Sometimes, it's the thought that counts. You should work on that. I expect more... thought behind the words of a nobleman."

"Learn your place, girl." Lord Tomas angrily replies. "I'll not be taking lip from some common Domani girl. No matter if you have pretty eyes, they will only get you so far."

Lord Tomas looks at the others, "Now, lets get this over with."

[OOC: Maybe not the best actions for the Noble, but the women are tricksy...]

 

[Enforcer]

If the bloody Tairen doesn't shut his flaming mouth, I'll bloody well punch him in his Light-forsaken nose! Does he encourage trouble and bellyaches?!? Light, a man doesn't argue with women like these, just to keep his teeth from hurting!

Yuri, seeing the situation dissolve like snow in the Waste, puts an arm around Tomas, and pulls him off to a corner of the room as quickly as possible.

"Excuse us for a moment, please."

Once alone (assuming Tomas didn't try to resist ), Yuri looks him straight in the eyes and begins to explain the error of his ways:

"This. Is. Not. Tear. Your. Title. Means. Little. Here. Especially with the women from the Tower. I imagine that that "girl" could tie you up like a blacksmith's puzzle...especially since the Accepted haven't sworn the three oaths. You know women are headstrong, but any Tower-trained girl makes normal women seem like loyal dogs. You are not helping us by insinuating that they are weak. If I were you, I'd apologize, and shut your mouth for the rest of the day. If it will help appease your honor, you can strike me across the face for my words...I'll permit it for the sake of keeping us together--all of us have our own talents, and we'll likely need them."

 

[dscrank]

Pedron gets impatient

Pedron stifles a yawn. It was fun for a while, but this arguing is starting to get old. He looks at Ash, "If we slip out now, we can probably check out the scene of last night's fight and be back here before the rest of them notice. Light, they might even notice we left and come themselves."

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

Ashrem nodded at Pedron's suggestion and reluctantly took Sersei's arm. He tossed the cool rag aside and started for the door. Well here I go with a pretty woman a my side to go fight trollocs. A woman who can bloody channel!. Still, the way I feel I'm glad for the extra support.

As they walked out, he scanned the crowds for any sign of Shalimar.

 

[Valkys]

Sirsei stops at Tomas's reply. She turns around as Yuri leads him away. She follows them to the corner of the room as her anger threatens to overwhelm her. Shalimar's anger is like a spark, quick to ignite and usually easy to put out. Sirsei's anger is like a raging thunderstorm, slow to build and impossible to stop until it has spent itself.

She hears what Yuri tells Tomas and nods grimly in agreement. She walks up to Tomas, her willowy frame putting her on equal footing with him, so that she can look him in the eye without looking up or down. "I am a Domani," she says with pride and anger at Tomas, "not some simpering Tairen twit of a common girl you can order about at your whim. If you have any sense at all in that pretty little head of yours, you'll learn some respect for myself and Shalimar and all of those like us."

She leans in then, putting her mouth next to his ear so that only he can hear her next words, "Do you know what I can do to you with the One Power? Think of all your worst nightmares. Then double them. If you keep this up, I might be willing to experiment on you. And I'd never have to lay a finger on your person. Remember the trolloc. Wouldn't it be awful to burn to death?"

She steps back, "I am only an Accepted. I haven't sworn any oaths, yet. If I break the oaths, I may never be Aes Sedai, but some things... some things might be worth the price. Do I make myself clear, Lord Tomas?" she asks. She clears her throat, still looking him in the eye, "Are we ready to put this behind us now?"

 

[dscrank]

Pedron steps out of the inn, glad to be away from the squall going on in there. Granted, he is going to hunt Trollocs, which isn't exactly the sort of thing to put a man's mind at ease. Still, in the broad daylight, in a populated area, there shouldn't be too much risk. He hoped.

And if I really do find any Trollocs, I'm coming back to town and getting the guards, Logain or no Logain. He pauses a moment to see who, besides Ashrem, will be joining this little expedition, but he doesn't wait long.

 

[Enforcer]

She hears what Yuri tells Tomas and nods grimly in agreement.

[ooc: no you don't, I took him to a corner for a reason. Dave? Listen check?]

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Jain Hadlin

Jain from his postition just outside, leaning on the wall rubbing his jaw.

"Pedron, Master Bayle, are we waiting for the others or pressing on without them?"

Well i can honestly say i've never been so insulted in my life, the slap while painful isn't really a bother, But to call me a....THING. Never has someone been that faol, espacially not someone like Shalimar that i've know for years. I didn't think i was being insulting, a little harsh maybe, but sometimes thats what it takes to make a person see how they've been acting........I don't know maybe i was being a bloody @$$. After what Shalimar said though, i don't know if i'd exept an apology from her, let alone offer her one. I think i'll just give it some time, mull it over and decide when i'm not so upset. I think for the time being i'd better hold my tongue and not say much to anyone, it will be safer that way.

Jain looks torn between flying into a rage or throwing up, but whether they leave now or wait for everyone he still goes along.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

[OOC: Is Sersei still with me? If she is, the three of us (Ash, Pedron, & Sersei) go ahead and walk outside onto the porch and look for Shalimar.]

On the porch Ashrem spots Jain leaning against the wall. He nods to him, "We're going to give them a minute or so, and if they don't come on, we'll go without them. No use waiting all day. If there is time, I'd like to get a look at this Logain fellow."

Why? To see what I could be? With a shiver not born of a fever he pushed the thought from his mind.

 

[drothgery]

[ooc: no you don't, I took him to a corner for a reason. Dave? Listen check?]

<Okay, write a quick program to roll a d20, as I've got no dice at the office. Sirsei has no ranks in Listen, so it's just a Wisdom check. But she made it.>