Session Start: Sun Aug 12 22:37:10 2007
Session Ident: #lunar-iog2
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* Storen changes topic to '-= Chapter 47.2: Mikel's in deep shit! Oh noes! | Location: Port Town Carribia | Pool: 0 MXP =- http://storen.rpgcafe.net/IoG/ =-'
* Storen sets mode: +m
<Storen> == interlude start ==
<Storen> The winds blow across the sandy beaches of Carribia, as the night sky that was once beautiful is increasingly overcast. The rain has not started yet, but it's only a matter of time before it comes. Midnight hour finds the inn crowd thinning out and retiring... meanwhile Niri and Trune play a game of cards, wondering where the couple has been for so long.
<Storen> In the distance is the hum of a familiar 'Stormrider' fast approaching the Surf n Turf building on the docks.
<Niri> ...Tempted to go to bed. But...I don't know, there was something weird going on when they left. Besides, I'm still coming down off that sugar buzz. Got any eights?
<Trune> Go fi--ah, speak of the devil. Hotshot's back.
* Niri snrks, looking up. "Is he still in one piece, or did the dragon lady gut him?
<Trune> Well, considering he had to drive his baby back to the hotel, he's probably at least in one piece.
* Mikel resists the urge to yawn as he drives the ATV back towards the building, still looking a bit disheveled from his previous... activities with Emili earlier in the night. Soon enough he pulls up, actually letting himself yawn now as he turns it off. "Might as well just load it on the Polaris tomorrow... or later today. What time is it, anyways?"
<Storen> Trune and Niri notice Emili looking very happy as she removes her tight hug from his back on the rear edge of the Stormrider's seat. The wind has definitely been whipping her silver hair around and looks similarly dishelveled, bits of sand stuck to her traveling cloak.
<Storen> [Emili] That was such a great ride! The wind made it even more fun. Who says a storm is all bad?
* Niri raises and eyebrow. "You guys are back late. I guess you had fun?"
* Niri looks very curious about what they've been doing...and possibly a bit suspicious.
* Trune also looks a little suspcious but keeps quiet, eyeing Mikel and Emili. He seems especially focused on the fact that Emili's seems to be rather sandy.
<Trune> «ooc: cloak, even. »
* Mikel hops off as well, grinning at Emili's question. "When it's caused by a crazy witch or something, I guess." He blinks as Niri speaks, quickly brushing off his clothes as he looks at the two. "You two were, uh, waiting all night for us? I thought that's what parents did."
* Tanan speaks up, sounding tired and bored. "They seemed to feel the need."
* Niri looks a bit huffy. "We wanted to know if you...had fun." She looks as if she wants to say more, but not with Emili around.
* Niri turns a bit pink. Perhaps she and Tanan argued about this earlier...
* Trune shrugs. He doesn't seem quite as huffy as Niri, but more curious, "Pretty much. Plus I kicked her ass in Go Fish."
<Trune> Go Fish isn't exactly a manly game, but it's way more awesome when you repeatedly win.
<Storen> The star dragon notices the pair and waves a little with a wider grin than usual. She noices Trune staring at some of the sand and she brushes it off the dark material quickly. "Ah.. hah... it was a little rough in spots. Mikel's such a showoff when driving."
<Tanan> It is basically the worst game ever invented. 
<Trune> I am in full agreement. But SHE insisted. Plus she promised me I could teach her poker next time. ....I think.
<Niri> Yeah, yeah, you can teach me poker next time. But uh...well. Hope you enjoyed yourselves. Kinda late though, and I guess we've all got a big day tomorrow, so now that you're back safely and all...
* Mikel coughs, shaking his head. "I don't remember you complaining much at the time." He gives Niri an odd look for a moment before speaking, though a bit of red starts to creep up in his face. "We had a blast, yeah... erm, you didn't have to stay up, you know."
* Niri remains silent, clearly unwilling to say more in front of Emili. ^^;
<Trune> Uh...
<Storen> [Emili] I'm sorry if we made you worried, Niri. But... well.. you can't rush a good time, right? :)
* Trune glances at Emili and then Niri to see her reaction.
<Trune> . o O ( Oh man, it's almost as if she's goading her. Nah...I have to be reading this wrong. She's too airheaded for that...right? )
* Mikel eventually frowns, looking at Niri. "Er... everything alright, Nir'?"
* Niri frowns at Emili. "Well. I suppose you can't rush a good time. Anyway, I suppose you had...lots to do, lots of magic to learn..."
<Niri> Oh, yes, everything's...fine.
<Storen> Emili picks up on Niris' opening, sensing the tnesion. "Oh yes... yes. I was showing him how to master elemental projections. Mikel really impressed me..."
<Trune> I bet.
* Trune looks a bit more alert now. He clearly seems annoyed now, but most of it seems to be directed at Emili.
* Niri looks slightly less severe. "Ahh. Yeah, Mikel was really interested in that. There's a lot I don't understand about projection magic, either."
* Mikel glances at Emili, back at Niri, then at Emili again before nodding. He tries to keep his voice cheerful despite the tension. It doesn't exactly work as a bit of red remains in his face. "I just do what I'm good at, like I said! If it was something like fire I'd be hopeless."
<Storen> [Emili] There's time to show you some pointer when we're sailing tomorrow, if you like. You use Thunder too, am I right?
<Niri> Right, Thunder and Wind, mostly...
* Tanan chimes up again, sounding sincere and mostly unaffected by the awkwardness. "I'm glad you two had a good time. No churches to run into out on the beach, I'd assume."
* Niri can't help but cover a smile at that.
<Storen> Emili blinks, not understanding the in joke. "A.. a church?"
<Trune> Yeah. Mikel rammed into a church. 
* Mikel offers a glare in the general direction of Tanan. "You're so asking to be the anchor." With the change in topic he relaxes immensely though as some of the red fades. He straighents out his jacket some, shaking his head. "It's a loooong story."
<Tanan> ....might be peaceful underwater...
<Storen> Emili gives Mikel a prodding gaze. "If you've got some Goddess issues, you'd better come clean before our next ice cream date."
<Tanan> To be entirely fair, he was driving us back in a hurry to confront the prophetess. He.. drove our vehicle straight into the virtue cathedral. It was fairly impressive!
<Mikel> /Someone/ was also possibly rad poisoned.
<Niri> Except not really. Anyway, it WAS pretty cool.
<Trune> Tanan...did you just call what Mikel did impressive?
* Niri looks a bit surprised, too!
<Tanan> What? No. That the destiny survived.
<Trune> That's...the first time I heard you say anything positive about it.
<Tanan> I was impressed. Good engineering!
* Mikel grins at Emili, waving a hand. "Nah. Just we ended up going up a ramp. Over a wall. Then accidently into the cath- oh shut up, Tanan."
* Niri snrks.
<Niri> But...hm. Next ice cream date...?
<Storen> Emili laughs at the explaination. "Oh.. now I get it. I think I can see that happening. He didn't avoid a single sandbar... it was like flying!"
<Niri> ...I still haven't gotten to try out your new wheels, Mikel. :/
<Trune> I still haven't been allowed to drive, period. I'm not bitter.
<Storen> Emili then rubs Mikel's back a little bit, smiling and whispering more to him. "I hope I wasn't holding on too tightly, hotshot."
* Mikel scratches the back of his head. "If we hadn't warped straight to Takkar there would have been a chance. If there's time after we get back or maybe when we land after the expedition." He nods towards Trune. "You too." Then he goes as red as a tomato, stammering out a response to the dragon. "Ah uhm, not at all."
* Trune eyes Emili once again, some of that annoyed expression returning to his face.
<Niri> Hmmm. Mind if I ask you a couple questions before you go to bed, Mikel? Of course there's no reason to keep Emili up, I'm sure she's tired.
<Storen> Emili looks amused at Mikel's blush. "Mmm... well, actually I don't need to sleep much... but Mikel does. Please don't keep this fine young gentleman up too late, OK?"
<Niri> Oh no, I just wanted to ask him something really quick, about the magic lesson.
* Mikel frowns for a moment again, reaching to pat Emili's arm as he looks at her. "Pretty sure we're both tired, but I've got time to answer... or maybe I'm the tired one. Ehe." He nods towards Emili. "If you don't got a problem with it, sure."
<Storen> Emili nods and slides her hand off his back with a contented smile and heads inside. "Thanks for tonight, Mikel. This was the best vacation ever."
<Storen> With that she skips off leaving the trio tothemselves!
* Niri smiles to Emili...almost as if calling a truce. She raises an eyebrow at her familiarity with Mikel, but she doesn't say anything. As soon as Emili is gone, she heads over to Mikel.
<Niri> Hey, uh...Mikel? I guess maybe I owe you a bit of an apology.
* Mikel gives Emili a smile. "Anytime, Emili. Good night." Once she's gone he looks at Niri, frowning for a moment. "...Maybe. Did I miss something at some point between you and Emili? If you're gonna apologize for just spying... eh."
* Trune sighs as Emili leaves, going to pick up the cards left over from the unfinished Go Fish game. He lets Niri speak, keeping quiet.
<Niri> Well. I mean, we were spying because...well, I admit I was poking fun at you because I thought it was really hilarious. But I didn't want to get in the way of you having an innocent good time, really. It's just...I also kinda don't...didn't...trust Emili.
<Niri> Something about her strikes me as off, and I was kind of worried about her intentions, taking you off to the beach or wherever it was. But it sounds like nothing happened, and she really doesn't mean any harm.
* Trune stops collecting cards for a moment, giving Niri an incredulous look.
* Mikel raises an eyebrow. "You... probably owe her an apology then, to be honest." He coughs as the beach and nothing is mentioned, turning red once again. "Ah, uh, right. I'm pretty sure harm isn't on her to do list with us. Why'd you think that?"
<Tanan> Unless you're intending to rip holes in reality, I think you can trust her.
<Mikel> I'll leave that to Pandora, thankyouverymuch.
<Niri> Right. I guess I'll apologize to her later. I...don't know. There's something about her that bugs me. Maybe it's that she acts even ditzier than me. I don't know.
* Niri makes a face.
<Trune> She admits it!
<Niri> Bah.
* Niri thwaps Trune lightly on the arm
* Trune chuckles and ows, "Well, you did!"
<Tanan> She's much happier now than she was. She radiates it. Was all tense and turned inward before. I think their little social did them both some good. At least once you're done teasing Mikel, anyway.
<Trune> It takes quite a woman to admit she's a ditz.
<Niri> Hmm, was she? Maybe that's why she bothered me. Although now she's being irritating, in a different way! Huh. Go figure. But it was very gentlemanly of Mikel to cheer her up, I suppose.
<Niri> Even if they WERE out till almost dawn.
<Trune> Yeah uh...very gentlemanly.
<Tanan> ...says the person who stayed awake the whole time.
<Trune> Say uh...what was with all the sand on her cloak? You two run the bike into the ground or something? Hope you weren't rough with her.
* Trune smiles just slightly at this.
* Mikel blinks for a couple of moments before shaking his head. "Ah... There's, uh, more to her to just the ditz. Trust me." And then he's as red as a tomato, though he nods in agreement with Tanan. "You're right.." Then he just goes even redder and gives Trune a Look.
<Niri> ...I was concerned, Tanan! I told you that! Hmph.
<Niri> Thought maybe he crashed the bike.
<Niri> Or Emili disemboweled him or something! Or accidentally knocked him out while flailing over the ice cream.
<Trune> (w) Bet that's not all he crashed.
* Niri doesn't seem to hear this. "Anywayyyy. I'm glad you had fun. And I'm sorry I spied, but at least I got some ice cream out of it too."
<Tanan> Pah. Disembowled him? She's one of the seekers, and a guardian. 
<Trune> You should have seen her eat. A whole banana split. She utterly downed it. Think she probably would have had another if I let her.
<Niri> Hey, I can't explain why she bugs me!
* Niri elbows Trune.
<Niri> I paid for my own ice cream, thank you very much.
<Trune> Don't elbow me! I'm impressed! I don't even think you exhaled!
<Niri> At least I didn't go all orgasmic over it like Emili did!
<Tanan> Don't be too hard on her, Trune. She's eating for t-... Ahem. She needs to take in more calories because of me.
* Trune bursts out laughing, "Oh god I hope not!"
* Niri blinkblinks. "Gah, Tanan! Choice of wording!"
<Trune> «ooc: er, goddess, spirit. there is no god anymore! ;) »
* Mikel is so red it's promptly at least vaguely unhealthy at this point. "Ah, uh, um. Disemboweled? Hardly... and there's no way I could have crashed. Not with her there." He's half stammering as he says this, of course.
* Niri looks at him oddly. "Uh...did I say something wrong? You're awfully red."
<Trune> Don't sweat it Tanan. She knows I'm kidding. Mostly.
<Mikel> Nothing! Nothing
<Mikel> Don't worry about it.
<Trune> He says while stammering.
<Mikel> You stay out of this.
* Niri blinks at both of them.
<Niri> Er.
<Niri> Nothing DID happen, right?
<Niri> I mean, of course it couldn't. It was a cute date, maybe she even likes you! She certainly acts like she does.
* Mikel reaches up to rub his forehead, face still beet red. "Maybe... just maybe, yeah.. ehe..."
<Trune> Careful, Niri. He's gonna blow.
<Niri> But after all, you've only known her about a day, and all.
<Niri> Huh? What do you mean?
* Mikel murmurs something under his breath.
<Trune> Well, look at him. C'mon, Mik'. Might as well come clean. You're a bad, bad liar. 
<Trune> It's getting painful to watch. You're making ME hurt.
Session Time: Mon Aug 13 00:00:00 2007
<Mikel> Yet you people think I'm a spy.
<Tanan> Not a good one!
* Mikel is pretty obviously trying to shift the topic as his face remains red.
<Niri> ...Oh dear. She really is serious about you, isn't she?
* Niri scowls. "So all the flirting in the ice cream parlor, she really meant all that, huh? She moves awfully fast!"
* Mikel doesn't manage a response to that, finding himself a seat and just taking it.
<Tanan> Some people do. If they're happy, is there any harm?
<Mikel> S'not... exactly, uh, just, erm, her. 
* Niri frowns, unable to exactly explain what she finds wrong with the picture. "I...well. It's easier to hurt people if you move too quickly."
* Niri sighs.
<Trune> What she said. I dunno whether to be kind of impressed or disturbed, Mik'.
<Tanan> Well, proper foreplay is key, yes, si- oh. Oh, I see.
<Tanan> <<kill that! /o\>>
<Niri> I guess...it's none of my business exactly what happened. It's just...well.
* Niri sighs and shakes her head. "I kinda thought better of you than that, Mikel."
<Niri> By the way, you owe me 20 silver.
<Niri> I'm going to bed.
* Mikel blinks a couple of times, lifting his head and looking at Niri. The embarassment's gone now as he frowns. "What exactly is that supposed to mean?"
* Trune sighs and puts a hand on his forehead.
<Niri> It means that someone got used tonight, Mikel. It's not really my business who and I don't think I care anymore.
<Niri> Anyway, you know what you think is right and wrong, so I doubt my opinion on the matter should mean anything anyway. It's just my opinion. Don't worry about it.
* Tanan makes a tch-ing noise. "She was genuinely happy, Nirika. That's not the kind of thing someone like her can hide from someon- something like me."
* Mikel gets to his feet, staring for a couple of moments. "Hard to 'not worry about it' if you put it like that, Nirika. No one got used, I can tell you that much at least. Like Tanan said... she's... well, been alone the entire time. She might be the Star Dragon and all, but she's still a person under all that."
* Niri turns around and stares at Mikel for a moment, then looks at the ground.
<Niri> ...I'm sorry.
<Niri> I guess I should be glad you cheered her up.
<Niri> ...And I suppose you're right, Tanan.
* Trune finishes cleaning up the cards, stuffing them into his bag. He's been quiet for a very good reason.
* Mikel lets out a sigh. "Don't worry about it... we might have, uh, moved a bit fast... but I can't say I regret it, really." Hints of red creep back in his face as he takes a seat again.
<Niri> Right. Well. Glad you had a good time.
<Niri> Good night guys.
<Trune> Night, Niri.
* Niri heads inside the inn.
<Trune> Right, uh...well then!
* Mikel frowns. "'night..." Once she's inside he glances at Trune, raising an eyebrow. "..Yeah, quite. Though I sorta wish Tanan had stayed." He lets out a sigh as he leans back in the seat. "You're not gonna lecture me about it, right?"
<Mikel> Also, man, I'm going to get you back. Like you wouldn't believe.
<Trune> I tried not to be an ass about it, but you couldn't keep it in forever. Best to let her know now then to have it come back to bite you in a worse way later.
<Mikel> I'm... pretty sure divulging everything isn't exactly, uh, polite.
* Mikel is red again of course, but not stammering as much.
<Trune> ...er, huh? Didn't you just make out with her?
* Mikel blinks for a moment before going right back to extremely red. "Ah, uhm, yeah. Pretty sure she wouldn't want to hear all about it."
* Trune stares at Mikel's face for a while, and slowly his mouth opens and he looks gawk-eyed at Mikel, "...You ...so didn't! Did you?"
* Tanan (~Nehn@dynamic-acs-24-239-125-230.zoominternet.net) Quit (Quit: )
* Mikel glances away, still bright red. "Seriously, and you people think I'm a spy. Lying isn't my forte."
* Niri is now known as Amy
<Trune> Oh wow....oh WOW. Okay what just...I don't know....what hte hell...I mean...holy crap you...that's...you...wow!
<Mikel> Try sentences, Trune. I hear they work great for talking.
<Trune> With a DRAGON? How? You had five hours! 
<Mikel> ...you missed the whole 'still a person' thing, didn't you?
* Mikel buries his face in his hands. He isn't stammering or anything, but he's still that can't be healthy shade of red.
<Trune> You're like...a hero among men or something. Holy shit! 
* Mikel lifts his head, peering at Trune for a couple of moments. "...and apparently an anathema to the fairer gender in some cases, hm?"
* Trune shrugs, "Not many men can claim what you just did, my friend."
* Mikel leans back in his seat again. "Maybe... but I'm not exactly gonna, uh, brag about it or anything. We're both happy, and even Tanan saw it did some good." He glances up towards the sky, expression going wistful for a moment. "Didn't expect it or anything, of course..."
* Trune 's expression goes serious, "Seriously though, Niri did have a point. Be careful. I uh...speak from experience kind of."
* Mikel gives Trune a flat look. "This goes back to your warning about older women, doesn't it?"
<Trune> Yeah. Yeah it does.
<Mikel> Was the situation even vaguely the same beyond that? Besides the whole dragon deal.
* Trune sighs, suddenly looking very bitter, "If you mean we ever did anything, no. But she utterly played me for a fool."
* Mikel nods. "Somehow... I doubt that's gonna happen here. Call it a hunch, I guess." He mulls for a moment. "I won't push for details though, but thanks."
<Trune> Heh, surprised you'd thank me. I actually feel kinda bad ratting you out. If I knew you went that far, I would have stayed quiet no matter how akward it got.
<Trune> I just figured you two kissed a bit and that was that.
* Mikel waves a hand. "Someone would have pushed and I'd have cracked, likely. Just as long as, like, Ryllan doesn't find out I won't complain much more..." He spares a glance towards the inn. "...though I'm a bit surprised about how Niri reacted."
<Mikel> ...among other things.
<Trune> You mean you don't know?
<Mikel> ...er, know what?
<Trune> I dunno. Niri...well, she wears her emtions on her sleeve. I'm not sure how she feels on you or not, but it's obvious she really thinks a lot of you.
<Mikel> Up until this, anyways.
* Mikel frowns for a moment. "...You don't mean..."
<Trune> I don't know. I honestly don't. She does care for you. Whether that's romantic or not I have no idea.
<Mikel> I... uh, don't think it's romantic. She helped pay for the date, for Goddess's sake.
<Trune> It probably wasn't. She may not be aware of it though.
<Mikel> That'd make this even more convulted.
* Trune sritches his head, "What I'm TRYING to get at is she's kind of...innocent? She gets hurt easy. Maybe she's pissed you went so fast. Maybe it's deeper. Just...be carefu with her, okay?"
* Mikel rubs his forehead. "Maybe... and you don't have to tell me twice about that." He sighs again, mulling. "It /was/ a bit fast... but like I said, I don't regret it, seeing how happy she is now. It, uh, didn't exactly depress me or anything either."
<Trune> If you're happy with Emili, I don't hold that against you. Just be careful around Niri. I've seen you flirt with her, and you can't have both. Well, you can try....I just would seriously not recommend it.
<Mikel> Don't have to tell me that twice. Though..
* Mikel smirks a bit. "Have you settled the issue between Venus and Pluto yet?"
<Trune> Pssh. Can't use that with me anymore. You. Dragon.
* Mikel frowns. "If you start about that in front of everyone you're gonna be /swimming/ to Europe."
<Trune> There IS no issue, anyway. I'm probably the strangest guy in all the world not to mack out with hot superhuman babes, but I see them as equals. Not as...well...
<Trune> Pssh. Don't worry. I may be an ass but I know when to shut up.
<Mikel> Good. Ryllan would probably kill me after I tossed you overboard anyways.
<Trune> Noted. 
<Trune> But we are calling you hotshot. You can't stop us.
* Mikel groans. "You guys suck at being spies, too. She noticed you too."
<Mikel> << you two* >>
<Trune> Well, I'm not shocked since Niri kept on LAUGHING.
<Mikel> I distinctly remember two people laughing.
<Trune> Well, that's after she kept laughing then kicked me.
<Trune> Course, it was accidental, but the girl flails everywhere. Zophar better look out. We'll just get her laughing. Dude's totally dead.
* Etir is now known as Etirfk
* Mikel snickers. "If he wasn't already slated to die, anyways. I'll have to pay her back once I get some change at least, though."
<Trune> Eh, I don't think she cares all that much.
<Mikel> A peace gesture, or something.
<Trune> Hmm..now that you put it that way, I guess.
* Mikel shrugs. "It's the least I could do, I guess. Not sure what else... and well, what she said didn't exactly just sting a little."
<Trune> That's why you gotta be careful with her. She gets hurt easily.
* Mikel sighs. "No kidding... maybe Tanan can help. He doesn't seem to be seriously disappointed or anything."
<Trune> That's if you can get Tanan alone.
* Mikel frowns. "...Yeah, true. Harder when he's armor, dammit."
<Trune> Try to think of something totally mundane that needs privacy. Then uh...bring this up.
<Trune> He'll probably keep it secret.
<Mikel> I have to talk to him about projection magic a bit anyways, I think. Though Emili /did/ help with that as well.
<Trune> You can probably fudge it.
* Mikel shakes his head. "Maybe. No good at lying if she presses, of course." Another glance towards the inn. "Hopefully she didn't offend Emili or anything... she was a bit worried about that before, we, uh, went ahead."
<Trune> Emili doesn't seem the type that'll get offended easily, from what I've seen.
<Mikel> Thank the goddess for small favors.
* Trune stretches and yawns, "Anyway, think I'm gonna hit the sack. We've got a long day ahead of us, and I need some sleep."
<Trune> I'll grill you on details later. Yanno, when you have a chance to breathe and all. ;)
* Mikel groans. "Maybe I should just head up to her room to end the day on a good note."
<Trune> Who's room?
* Mikel shakes his head as he hauls himself to his feet. "Nevermind. G'night, Trune."
<Trune> You know I'm kidding. Mostly. Night.
<Mikel> Yeah, mostly.
* Mikel waves a bit before heading towards the inn.
* Trune waves back, picking himself up and heading inside as well.
<Mikel> >> And so the young heroes retire for the night. For better or worse, only time can tell though.
<Mikel> >> End because I say so. Sucker.
<Trune> TAH DAH
<Trune> I get bonus xp for ratting Mikel out
* Mikel sets mode: -m
<Trune> <3
<Mikel> You totally do not
<Trune> I know I totally don't but I WISH
Session Close: Mon Aug 13 01:37:51 2007

Session Start: Mon Aug 13 03:48:08 2007
* Ryllan walks down the hall the other way, probably heading towards his own room.  As he catches sight of Niri, he raises his hand in greeting, "Headin' to bed, Niri?  Guess Mikel finally made it back, then."
* Niri nods, but she has a bit of a scowl on her face. "Yeah...surprisingly."
<Ryllan> "Surprisingly?"  Ryllan looks more than a little perplexed, "What, did you expect her to eat him or something?"
<Niri> Um. ^^; Well, not exactly. I guess I...haven't really trusted her, but maybe it's just that I don't like her for some reason. Anyway, I'm surprised he bothered to come back at all, is what I mean. He was having enough fun.
* Ryllan stops, turning to lean against the hallway wall, looking sidelong at Niri, "What do you mean?"
<Niri> I'm sure precisely what happened, and I know it's none of my business, but Mikel and Emili...got more than a little "friendly" on their date.
<Niri> << not sure >>
* Ryllan closes his eyes and lets out a short sigh, "That idiot."  He shakes his head, "Well, they're both adults.  It's not our call what they do or don't."
<Niri> I know. That's why I just got back from...apologizing to Emili. For being rude to her.
* Niri grumbles.
<Ryllan> Is that what's got you riled up, Niri?
* Lucca (~lucca@staff.lunarnet.org) Quit (Quit: Quote #252 <Jupiter> Wah, my script gave Lucca herpes! ;_; <Ashton> <Radien> I know how to temporarily fix it... <Sotek> WHAT <Lucca> How? <Ashton> ...Too easy. <Lucca> The world wants to know.)
<Niri> I guess. Though I'm not sure I can exactly explain why it bothers me so much.
<Niri> I got a bit of a scolding from Tanan about it.
* Ryllan shrugs, "It's never fun to see someone you care about doing things that probably aren't all that smart."
<Niri> Right. I know...Mikel said she was very, very lonely, and now she's so happy. And Tanan said if it makes them happy, what's wrong with it? But...I keep feeling like it's wrong, and someone's going to get used or hurt.
<Niri> And, well...Mikel's my friend, but this makes things pretty awkward. You know?
* Ryllan nods, "I do know.  And you're probably right that someone's going to get hurt.  But that's the way of things.  Most relationships don't last.  If they all did, well, then you might as well just get married to the first guy you think is cute."
<Ryllan> Don't get me wrong, that doesn't make it any smarter to leap headfirst into a relationship like that... But, heartbreak never killed anyone.
<Niri> ...Maybe that's why I'm upset. Heartbreak may not kill, but it does hurt. And I don't want to see a friend get hurt.
<Ryllan> Maybe.
* Niri frowns.
<Niri> Ryllan, do you think I'm being judgmental and selfish?
<Ryllan> Everyone makes judgements, Niri.  As for selfish... I'd say that depends on what you /do/ about those judgements.
* Niri nods
<Niri> Well. I already made everyone angry at me.
<Niri> I think I'm just going to keep my thoughts to myself from now on, and let them do what they want.
<Ryllan> You can - and should, share your thoughts with your friends.  Part of being a good friend is trying to help eachother.  But in the end, it's a very sacred right to screw up your own life for yourself.  You probably just need to find that balance between doing nothing and trying to put shackles on people.
* Niri quirks a faint smile for some reason. She shrugs. "Yeah, I guess you're right. And...well, just maybe I'm projecting onto others. I...well. I guess I feel...lonely."
* Ryllan looks up and down the hall for a moment, then raises an eyebrow, "Because of Tanan?"  His voice is quiet, interested.
* Storen is now known as Storen-afk
* Niri blushes slightly. "...Maybe. Yeah."
* Ryllan nods, "It must be hard on you."  He shakes his head, "I can hardly imagine.  I can promise you this, though... Eventually, it won't be as hard."
<Niri> Why? Because I'll get used to it?
<Ryllan> Pretty much.  Eventually, just as we all're getting used to sharing space with eachother, you'll get used to being tied to Tanan.  And eventually, either we beat Zophar and Tanan gets to figure out what he wants to do with himself, or you'll eventually find someone else you care for.  It happens.
* Niri stares off into space for a moment, the blush still on her face...obviously considering something. Then she shakes her head with a sigh. "I guess you're right. One way or another."
<Niri> Well. It's awfully late...I suppose I should get to bed.
<Ryllan> Good night, then.  Feel free to wake me if you need anything.  Or even just if you feel like you need to talk more.
* Niri smiles. "Thanks, Ryllan. I really do appreciate it." She laughs a little. "I think you're the only one who ever gets to see me when I'm being angsty and depressed."
* Ryllan grins, "It /is/ a little different than the face you usually wear."
<Niri> Yeah, you're just lucky you didn't see me after I downed a banana split this evening.
* Niri waves and heads back down the hall. "Good night, Ryllan. I'm going to get scolded a bit more by Tanan, probably, and then go to sleep. See you in the morning."
<Ryllan> Sleep well.
* Ryllan turns down the hall to his own room with a soft chuckle and another shake of his head.
<Niri> ==Lude End!==
<Niri> There, that was reasonably short.
<Zack> Indeed.
* Ryllan is now known as DooM_GazE
<DooM_GazE> By the way, you're WELCOME Mikel.  And here you thought he was going to be a disaster for you.
<DooM_GazE> (Mikel is still dumbstuff.)
Session Close: Mon Aug 13 04:58:09 2007