Session Start: Mon Jun 25 11:13:53 2001 *** Now talking in #Pureland *** Topic is '-=- Chapter 34: Wings That No Longer Beat | Location: South Point Lookout | Time: Djinn's Day, Evening | 1930 Luc -=-' *** Set by Storen on Sun Jun 24 22:35:03 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Ashton -ChanServ- Welcome to the new home of Secret of Mana: Seeds of Destruction. ^_^ ^^ Ey there. ^_^ *** Bahamut is now known as Rahne *** Ashton is now known as Chrys Who's gonna start? I would be so bold as to inflict that task upon you. ^^; Also.. there's a massive thunderstorm blowing through, so I could vanish at any point in time for no reason. ^^; *** Chriswizard (Chris@ACB56F92.ipt.aol.com) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +v Chriswizard G'day, Cw. ^^ No prob. ^^ If and when it happens, we'll simply pick up at a later date. ^_^ ^_^ Now hold on while I write a blurb ^^ LO alllllll :D Lude, yes? Or immediately when I get back on, provided I vanish as a result of some lame power-flicker. ^^; Ludeyes. ^^; ~~Ludeyes Start! ^^~~ *** Rahne changes topic to '-=- Chapter 34b: Another Winter | Location: South Point Lookout | Time: Djinn's Day, Evening | 1930 Luc -=-' >> Crickets chirp as a cool midnight breeze rushes over Rahne. The fortress is crammed with the supplies and citizens of Del Marr, and thus, it seems very hard to find any sort of total privacy... >> Something disturbs her from her fitful slumber as she sits up, looking around for the source.. * Rahne scans the room intently, pulling up the blankets to cover her bare shoulders from the chill air.. * >> You can't quite place it, but you think you hear something scratching up above, on the roof... * Rahne piques her ears as she slowly looks up, peering intently into the dark.. * >> The scratching continues, very methodical and intent, but it doesn't seem to be getting louder... >> There seems to be a quiet hum accompanying it, but you can't quite be sure.. * Rahne sighs, casting aside her blankets as she fumbles for her robe.. finding it and throwing it on haphazzardly, she makes her way out into the hallway, in search of a flight of stairs.. * << Only one z, rather. ^^; >> >> Rahne steps over a few slumbering men as she makes her way to the stairs, the humming and scratching getting very slightly louder as she approaches them.. * Rahne clasps her robe shut as she silently passes by the sleeping men.. no nighty-clad Rahne for them to sneak a peek at. * :P -Global- [NETWORK BROADCAST] Services (and the databases) have been moved to ayerie and are working - yay - and just as one last notice, Isarania will be going offline tomorrow for its move. (Please do not reply) >> The noise is defintely coming from the roof, and now that you can hear it clearly, it's quite annoying. * Rahne folds her ears back, grumbling, as she makes her way to the source of the noise.. * -_-; * Chrys comes into view as Rahne comes up the stairs. He stops moving and humming as he hears her coming, suddenly tense. His hair is hanging down limply, instead of his normal odd spiked 'do. He doesn't blink or move in the slightest, hoping that whoever it is will go back down and go back to sleep.. * Rahne has come too far to turn back now.. someone-- Chrys is gonna get it. Rahne adjusts her robe and belts it around herself, no nighty-clad Rahne for Chrys to sneak a peek at. * :P «ooc: Damn. ;) » * Chrys blinks and exhales, trying to hide the object in his hand as he sees who it is. "Um, hi." * Rahne peers into the shadows.. speaking quietly, but with an exasperated tone.. * Chrys? What are you doing? Do you have any idea what time it is? * Chrys sighs, looking up quietly, finally managing to stuff the item in his vest. "About midnight. And I'm working on something. I THOUGHT nobody would hear me up here. Guess I was wrong, huh..." * Rahne 's tail flicks underneath her robe, and she grimaces at the feeling of it's confinement.. adding to her already peachy-keen mood. * Of course I can hear.. I have ears the size of Pandora Castle.. :P Can't you do whatever you're doing somewhere else? Where do you expect me to go? Should I just jump off the side of the damn fortress, and go off into the wilderness to do it? 'Sthat what you want? * Rahne sighs, her ears sliding from their angry back-state to a more tired droop.. * Isn't there just some other room somewhere? Maybe not above someone else's room, perchance? * Chrys sighs. "All of 'em are filled with people. This place wasn't meant to hold all of that city." * Rahne closes her eyes.. * Okay, I understand... I'm sorry to have intruded. * Rahne turns and begins making her way down the stairs.. * * Chrys shakes his head, speaking quietly. "Wait up a second, Rahne..." * Rahne looks back.. * Yes, Master Chrys..? * Chrys places a hand on his forehead. "Look, Rahne. First of all, if you want to, I won't stop you...but don't feel you have to call me that. You don't." Secondly, if you want me to stop, I might as well consider it finished... I was almost done with what I could do anyways... ..It's just what comes naturally. If it offends you, I really will stop with the title business. * Chrys pulls it out of his vest again and looks at it briefly as he talks. "It doesn't offend me...I just feel like you think I'm a better person than I am." As for.. whatever it was you were.. doing.. don't let me stop you. It seemed pretty important to you, whatever it was.. Most everyone is a better person than they think they are, Master Chrys. Nah... it's...well, yeah, I guess it was important...but.. * Chrys sighs and looks Rahne in the eyes. "You promise you won't get upset at me for this?" If it was important, then you should continue. * Rahne shakes her head.. * I'm a Sage, I guess. I'm supposed to be understanding. I'll not be upset. * Chrys stands up and walks over to Rahne, placing the object in her hands. "I wanted to give it to you after all this was over with, but I just feel bad keeping it from you... I know it's not perfect, but..." * Rahne blinks and examines the item, turning it over in her hands.. * >> It's a small wooden figurine of...Cody...? It looks fairly well done, with quite a bit of detail... * Chrys slowly takes his previous spot sitting against the wall. "I figured...if you couldn't have Cody with you like you want him, you should at least have him close to you all the time... Maybe it'd make you feel better..." Oh.. oh.. Chrys.. ..this is.. is ..beautiful.. * Rahne smiles, her wagging tail batting at the inside of her robe.. * ..Thank you, very much. You're very sweet, and strong.. I'm sorry about being so grouchy.. * Chrys smiles weakly. "It's okay... It was just something I thought I should do... and it was only natural to be grouchy...after all, my working on it woke you up..." ..but I hadn't known.. I hadn't meant to be so snippity.. Rahne, it's okay... you couldn't've known, and I should've picked somewhere else to work on it... But as you'd said.. it's rather crowded.. this place was never designed to hold so many.. Yeah, but... like I said, I could've worked on it out there... maybe by the shore... It's cold though.. it's cold even in here.. I can understand why anyone would prefer to be indoors here. I can handle the cold, Rahne... I've had to live on the streets for seven years, I know how to adapt... Cold is much different, Master Chrys.. it's not something one really adapts to. Compared to home, winters in the south are very mild. But this.. this is cold even for me, probably even for Mister Roric whose far, far more rugged than I. * Chrys closes his eyes and shakes his head. "I don't think you quite understand how I'd adapt, but...never mind..." ..The fortress of resolve in one's mind cannot protect against everything, Master Chrys.. I wish it could, honestly and truely. * Chrys opens an eye, arching his eyebrow. "It can't protect me, but it can protect everyone else." *** Retrieving #Pureland info... -> [Rahne] PING [Rahne PING reply]: 2secs No.. by sealing oneself in, you are not protecting the world from a monster. You are only inflicting upon it a callous beast. You had told me much the same once.. not to be like that, not to follow the path that you had taken, for that is as it was. * Chrys blinks. "I...I did say that, didn't I?" * Rahne nods. * Indeed. Though my reproduction is not entirely word-for-word. ^^; Rahne... I'm... I'm sorry about before... Don't be.. You did as you thought you had to do. Not I, nor anyone, holds that against you. Sure...plenty of people do. Cody probably hates me, Rhiana thinks I'm an overreacting twit... .oO(And you...well...) You musn't blame yourself.. or them. Though perhaps we aren't guided by the fate I was so eager to believe in, we are all, in a way, very much the victims of circumstance, and little else. * Chrys sighs, looking at the ground. Yeah... * Chrys looks up. "Sorry I tried to kill myself to prove a point..." I don't think Cody hates you.. Miss Rhiana, well, she might be a little put off.. but perhaps in time, maybe circumstance shall be kinder. * Chrys nods quietly. But even if it's not, that doesn't mean she hates you. Nor does it mean there's any blame to be laid at all. It's just the way things are. * Rahne shakes her head.. * Don't apologize.. you knew as well as I did that you were never in any real danger.. You're very artful to that end; skilled at what you do. * Chrys raises his eyebrow. "Skilled? Not really..." It doesn't take much skill to be a common thief. I'd say it takes more to be one of the Sages.... A lot more.. As I'd said.. most people are better than they would have themselves believe... You're more of an.. an.. uncommon thief, I guess. I'm not sure how to put it. ^^; But you're far from common, you have traits and motivations that are all your own. Different from those who would claim to share the same profession.. * Chrys looks at Rahne, smiling slightly. "Thanks." * Rahne smiles back, tail swishing underneath her robe a bit. * * Chrys takes a good look at Rahne and faces towards the floor again, blushing lightly. "...You know, you look good in that robe." ^^; * Rahne blushes.. * I.. I was only in it because I was in a hurry to get up here yell at someone, who turned out to be you, and get back to bed. ^^; Also because it's a bit warmer than what's underneath. ^^;; Sorry that you had to come out here, again... * Rahne smiles. * Don't be. I suspect that in the end, it may have been for the best, my cold feet or no. I should have brought slippers. ^^;; * Chrys chuckles. "Yeah..." Anyways, Rahne... you should get back to sleep... I probably won't be tired for another few hours or so, but you need your rest... ^^ * Rahne nods. * Before my toes go completely numb, I think I shall act on that advice. ^^; * Chrys smiles. "Thanks for not hating me, Rahne. Night." * Rahne runs over, giving Chrys a quick hug, nuzzling a velvety ear against his cheek. * Thanks again.. ^^ * Rahne quickly scampers off, eager to get back under the covers she still hopes are warm. * ^^; * Chrys blushes and blinks, unable to speak until Rahne's gone. "You're... welcome..." >> And so the night continues on, with Rahne quickly getting back to sleep, and Chrys left to think about what just transpired... ~~Lude End~~ Viola! ^_^ *** Chrys is now known as Ashton *** Rahne is now known as Bahamut Ta dah ^_^ * Bahamut thinks that went rather well. * ^_^ Very well. Rahne took the better of the two reactions I had planned. ^^ I expected she'd either love it or think Chrys was mocking her. ^^ Well, I can say that she'll go back to sleep hugging it. ^^; I think Chrys has done her a huge favor. ^^ That's what he set out to do. ^^ Just so long as Rahne cheers up like she did in the lude, he'll be a lot happier. ^^ Tough to say how she'll be. But at least she'll be happier when she's alone. ^^ And that works. ^^ That it does. :) You did good, too. Chrys doesn't hate himself as much any more. ^_^ And for that, Rahne is glad. She likes to help as best she can, she takes a measure of solace in that. ^^ ^^ All in all, this was a much better lude than what happened on the ship ;) Far and away so, yes. ^_^ ^__________^ Angsty! :D Actually, no. ;) Far from it. ^^; ^_^ Well!It was!Kinda! angst1 (ängkst) n. A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression. er, ignore the 1. ;) There was no anxiety, apprehension, or depression there, Chrys. ;) Er, Chris. God, me turn into Storen. Heh. ^^; Anyways, good lude. Baha, you rock. ^_^ As do you. :) ^^ Thanks. I had this planned for a while. ^^ That's what Chrys was whittling away on when Hasim jumped out of the crate. ^^ Heh! ^^; Well, I can safely say that Rahne really likes it. ^_^ That goes without saying. ^^ *** Ashton is now known as AshAway *** Chriswizard (Chris@ACB56F92.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Quit: ) *** Chriswizard (Cwizard59@ACB64C63.ipt.aol.com) has joined #pureland *** ChanServ sets mode: +v Chriswizard ^_^ *** Bahamut (bahamut@brndas12-p14.mts.net) has left #Pureland Session Close: Mon Jun 25 13:54:07 2001