"I can deal with danger" he says cheekily.
"exactly like that.... You do a poor job of taking advice for someone who requested it"
You may realize that Renkai is speaking in a tone that indicates you are mentally impaired
"relax, I was joking, live a little, humor does exist here right? or is the danger you speak of a 24/7 thing with no time for laughs?"
Renkai waits for someone else to shoot.
"uhhh some things shouldn't be joked about when I was giving real advice...."
Grinning at Aananda's laughter, Tryko'Sam seems thrilled to hear it. "I'm kidding really-- I'm not interested in being bad ass, mostly just interested in getting through my day and enjoying life while helping out. There's a lot of potential here, but, what's the primary purpose of the place? You folks making some kind of hit squads of magical talent?"
She sighed. "We always get that...is there some way to fix it? To make it obvious that we're not trying to create an army? At all....This place is just here to help kids with extraordinary abilities. A lot of whom have nowhere else to go. Because we used to be kids like that and a place like this would have meant the world to us. What they do with what they learned after they leave here is up to them. Maybe they will change the world, but it will be on their own terms and for their own reasons."
Melody plays a few common tunes as filler for a bit letting others have a chance to eat. nothing special and not anything she has created. most would recognize them and might even sing along.
a little bit later, once eating is slowing at least (never expected to be done where dragons are concerned)
Tami, the other day Dom and I had a talk. We share a lot and at times confide in each other and bear each other's burdens. Dom didn't go into details but there is something between you two that I have never seen in Dom before.
she smiles in approval, not that approval is needed. Dom told me to not get involved but, where Dom is concerned, I cant help myself. anyway, Im rambling again. I wrote this song for you
Mel takes a seat at the piano and performs this song for tam
:: Thats because of the Fungus, it heats everything near it, and since we are moving away from it... It feels colder, but due to the twin suns... its never cold on this planet except in the trenches::
::The water is getting colder.::
::Is that where the sentient life on this planet lives? In the trenches? Or just in the deep water? How do they deal with the cold? It's not like you can just put on a jacket underwater....:: she continued to look around curiously as she fired off question after question, trying to understand this strange new world.
He eases up slightly but still seems tense.
::I don't like it when you get like that. . . . It. . . . Scares me. . . .::
He 'sounds' slightly afraid and mostly ashamed of himself for being so.
Chara shrugs. "I was so little when I got sick, I don't remember what it was like to not be breakable."
"And I'd rather be happy instead of miserable."
"Hai." Midori nods, finishing up the last of the measurements. "Alright, Cha-tan, you can go play with Dara-san and Sun-san now. Of course you're welcome to stay here as well."
"Okay, see you later," Chara said cheerfully running off after the others. Sitting still was simply not in her nature and she'd rather risk getting hurt than miss out on fun.
Ehos held her tight the whole time, helping her to brush away the tears.
::I'll be diligent about reminding you then.:: he says and kisses her cheek gently. ::I think I have an answer to your question earlier though. It... it definitely hurts that I screwed things up with you, not just in general.:: he nuzzles her very gently, holding her hands.
He nods and picks up some of the books that Jaiye had practically torn from shelves. ::You're right. I know a little too. You don't travel the world for 15 years and not learn a few stories here and there. Maybe I can find something, if Ace is still busy.::
::Then I will continue to believe that this is worth fixing. But I'm not perfect either and sometimes I'll get hung up on stuff, maybe even stupid stuff. None of which changes the fact that I want to be with you.::
::Alright...research isn't really my thing, unless it's been illustrated, but I'll do what I can to help.::
:: I was just having pride in my abilities, he says that fire may be needed to get through some of the traps, I was saying I have that covered, but don't worry I would never hurt you::
"Well now, hmm. The idea was kinda spur-of-the-moment....
I've got to think how to make it fun for all of you. Give me a moment."
"relax, I was joking, live a little, humor does exist here right? or is the danger you speak of a 24/7 thing with no time for laughs?"
Renkai waits for someone else to shoot.
"uhhh some things shouldn't be joked about when I was giving real advice...."
"Relax, he's one of those folks who deals with everything, especially real danger, with humor...it's more effective than you might think," Keme drawled as he watched the match.
Mel's song choice for Tami goes over considerably less well as Tami ends up crying uncontrollably by the end of it. Raelle puts an arm around her and pats her back as she sobs.
"Iff na like I wa to eef him," she tried to speak through the tears, but it was mostly unintelligible.
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"I prefer sarcasm...and humor."
Mel stops and hops off stage.
she starts to approach but does not come to close fearful it will upset her more.
look, I ... I think its time we find a way to change things. I wanted to inspire that change, I guess the song was a wrong one, but... I ...
Mel is at a loss of what to say.
I'm sorry... and she leaves and goes to the recording studio room, sitting there in the dark contemplating what to do.
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"I prefer sarcasm...and humor."
"Two things that go together like beer and cigars," he quipped.
"I'm gonna go talk to Mel now, see if I can smooth things over a little...you might want to offer Tami some of the cookie dough ice cream...I think she needs it now," Ginni said to Vai before heading after Melody into the recording studio.
She sits down next to her. "So, the thing is, you don't know Tami's mom," she said without preamble. "And you haven't been here long enough to see Tami go into 'robot mode' when she's been home recently or has to deal with anyone from her home. Like everything about her that makes her the person we all know and love just shuts off leaving nothing but a shell with perfect manners. And the thing is, that's how her mom wants her to be all the time. She's had like a century of being trained to be that and a little over a year of just being a normal girl and even that turned out to be a secret matchmaking project. She lives in fear of her mom rescinding their previous agreement about Tami spending three years at school once she finds out that her scheme didn't work. I know you mean well. I know you didn't hurt her on purpose. But you have to understand, this is tearing her apart."
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"I prefer sarcasm...and humor.""Two things that go together like beer and cigars," he quipped.
"who's up now?" Renkai asks while popping the cap of the beer, with a knife nobody had seen him draw....
Renkai's stance indicates he is playing more out of boredom than any desire to win
She sits down next to her. "So, the thing is, you don't know Tami's mom," she said without preamble. "And you haven't been here long enough to see Tami go into 'robot mode' when she's been home recently or has to deal with anyone from her home. Like everything about her that makes her the person we all know and love just shuts off leaving nothing but a shell with perfect manners. And the thing is, that's how her mom wants her to be all the time. She's had like a century of being trained to be that and a little over a year of just being a normal girl and even that turned out to be a secret matchmaking project. She lives in fear of her mom rescinding their previous agreement about Tami spending three years at school once she finds out that her scheme didn't work. I know you mean well. I know you didn't hurt her on purpose. But you have to understand, this is tearing her apart."
Mel was sitting in the dark when Ginni came in
I never meant to hurt anyone. but it hurts more than just her. I want to find a way to make a change. My mom always told me that nothing can stop you when you fight for love, it will aways find a way.
Dom loves Tami, more than I have ever seen him love anyone, and tami loves him. and ... well I love them both.
she looks to Ginni There has to be a way. somthing or someone has to change. please tell me, is that so wrong? or is it just the dreams of a foolish girl.
"I want to see them happy as much as you do, Mel, but we're not gonna get there by making Tami miserable. That's not the area to be focusing on putting pressure. She's under enough already. We need a way to convince her mom to sign off on this. Much more difficult."
:: Thats because of the Fungus, it heats everything near it, and since we are moving away from it... It feels colder, but due to the twin suns... its never cold on this planet except in the trenches::
::The water is getting colder.::
::Is that where the sentient life on this planet lives? In the trenches? Or just in the deep water? How do they deal with the cold? It's not like you can just put on a jacket underwater....:: she continued to look around curiously as she fired off question after question, trying to understand this strange new world.
::Most of the sentient species choose to. but only one of them actually must, because their internal pressure is so high... and most of the races have adapted to dealing with the cold... of course when I say cold... around 70 degrees? approxamately... :: Sheess is very knowledgeable about most of her questions and seems pleased to be able to help sate her curiousity
::. . . . I know. . . . It's just. . . . . This is the one thing I'm really afraid of. . . . and I know it's one of the things your good at and I don't want to tell you that you can't and I. . . . I just. . . . .::
He looks down consistently, knowing he can't look you in the eyes.
"I want to see them happy as much as you do, Mel, but we're not gonna get there by making Tami miserable. That's not the area to be focusing on putting pressure. She's under enough already. We need a way to convince her mom to sign off on this. Much more difficult."
I guess your right, I chose the wrong song, the wrong time, the wrong everything, I messed up everything tonight. maybe I shouldn't have come.
Mel starts to head out a back door to leave the Sim room (unless stopped)
she leaves somthing that looks like a remote control with a single button on it.
"Would finding the anti fertility charm also lead us to finding this demon??"
Your commune replies with, "Yes."
"Would it be wise to go forward with my sugesstion to use myself and Ginni as bait?"
Your commune replies with, "No."
"Is this demon protected via a patron of some sort?"
Your commune replies with, "Unsure."
She sighed. "We always get that...is there some way to fix it? To make it obvious that we're not trying to create an army? At all....This place is just here to help kids with extraordinary abilities. A lot of whom have nowhere else to go. Because we used to be kids like that and a place like this would have meant the world to us. What they do with what they learned after they leave here is up to them. Maybe they will change the world, but it will be on their own terms and for their own reasons."
"Well, you can't exactly ignore the plain fact, so far as my observations are concerned-- everyone's aggressive. When something popped up, apparently teams of super powerful kids are sent out to manage it? If someone on the outside were to look in, without digging further, there'd be suspicions. But, that's unimportant. Doesn't seem as if there's much of a threat outside of the school, students perhaps hurting one another in fits of emotions. What's the school's primary goals with all these kids? Just the safe harbor and place to learn you've mentioned? If that's the case, that's definitely a massive altruistic gesture. How do you folks manage the resource cost? Something's gotta pay for the lights, right?" It'd be clear he's mulling over some thoughts while asking as well.
Glancing over to the food for a moment, Tryko'Sam considers getting a snack, but changes his mind, looking back at Aanandareavekki.
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"I prefer sarcasm...and humor.""Two things that go together like beer and cigars," he quipped.
"Damn right."
Dom wondered the grounds trying to figure out everything that had happened today. This whole week had been strange. It has been full of all sorts of craziness. Shrugging his shoulders he dropped his head back.
His eyes now looking upward caught the sight of a... Angel? "Oh great just what I needed." He murmurs to himself. "An angel to be thinking since were kin I would be will thing to take upon some quest of it." He sighed not trying to hide himself away. "Maybe it will just ignore me. NO cause then I would be annoyed that it ignored me. I have really got to give these angels a bit of credit. It's not like there bad people, they're just heartless parents." He whispers to no one in particular.
"I want to see them happy as much as you do, Mel, but we're not gonna get there by making Tami miserable. That's not the area to be focusing on putting pressure. She's under enough already. We need a way to convince her mom to sign off on this. Much more difficult."I guess your right, I chose the wrong song, the wrong time, the wrong everything, I messed up everything tonight. maybe I shouldn't have come.
Mel starts to head out a back door to leave the Sim room (unless stopped)
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"Mel, wait! You don't need to leave. Yeah, you messed up. You didn't understand the situation and you made a bad call. So go tell Tami that. She's not the type who holds a grudge. And the longer you let this go, the more awkward the apology is gonna be. We all mess up sometimes."
"Well, you can't exactly ignore the plain fact, so far as my observations are concerned-- everyone's aggressive. When something popped up, apparently teams of super powerful kids are sent out to manage it? If someone on the outside were to look in, without digging further, there'd be suspicions. But, that's unimportant. Doesn't seem as if there's much of a threat outside of the school, students perhaps hurting one another in fits of emotions. What's the school's primary goals with all these kids? Just the safe harbor and place to learn you've mentioned? If that's the case, that's definitely a massive altruistic gesture. How do you folks manage the resource cost? Something's gotta pay for the lights, right?" It'd be clear he's mulling over some thoughts while asking as well.
Glancing over to the food for a moment, Tryko'Sam considers getting a snack, but changes his mind, looking back at Aanandareavekki.
She shrugged. "This world was originally built by my ancestors as a refuge for themselves and their allies. All of them that were left as well as everything that they could salvage after the destruction of Ianthe...er, that was their original homeworld, anyways they all came here. And we're earth dragons, so, you know, that's a lot of mineral wealth, especially when you take into account the draconic tendency towards hoarding....it doesn't always have to be money that we hoard...my mom hoards historical artifacts...arguably I could be described as hoarding machines....but that's beside the point. Some imperial assassins snuck in with the legitimate refugees and...well, the other races are shorter-lived....and it took a shockingly short time for the Hunters to convince them that all dragons were dangerous and ferocious beasts who must be hunted. My ancestors isolationist tendencies didn't help since they weren't around to prove the rumors wrong until the whole thing had gained too much traction. Over the centuries they hunted them all down...killed them all. My mom...she tracked down all those hoards and brought them here. That's how we're paying for the school. With the money from the hoards of the dragons who were murdered."
"And you're right, there is a kind of martial focus right now. It started as wanting to teach them how to defend themselves out there. Because there will always be people who don't understand. But...the Empire is coming. It's only a matter of time before they find us, and ...it would be wrong not to at least teach them how to defend themselves. Not that it's likely to do much good against planet-killing weapons like they've used in the past....taking those out is my job. And if I succeed it's likely that we'll be facing a full invasion. So yeah...that's the big threat. Most people don't even know about it."
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She shrugged. "This world was originally built by my ancestors as a refuge for themselves and their allies. All of them that were left as well as everything that they could salvage after the destruction of Ianthe...er, that was their original homeworld, anyways they all came here. And we're earth dragons, so, you know, that's a lot of mineral wealth, especially when you take into account the draconic tendency towards hoarding....it doesn't always have to be money that we hoard...my mom hoards historical artifacts...arguably I could be described as hoarding machines....but that's beside the point. Some imperial assassins snuck in with the legitimate refugees and...well, the other races are shorter-lived....and it took a shockingly short time for the Hunters to convince them that all dragons were dangerous and ferocious beasts who must be hunted. My ancestors isolationist tendencies didn't help since they weren't around to prove the rumors wrong until the whole thing had gained too much traction. Over the centuries they hunted them all down...killed them all....
"So what's the one thing this Empire fears the most?" He asks casually, sitting in the chair with arms folded on his chest, while occasionally doodling on the table with a finger tip before putting the hand back to his chest tucked into arm pits.
"Defense only works so long-- not that I'm suggesting hitting back, but, a small potent team? Could do wonders."
"Mel, wait! You don't need to leave. Yeah, you messed up. You didn't understand the situation and you made a bad call. So go tell Tami that. She's not the type who holds a grudge. And the longer you let this go, the more awkward the apology is gonna be. We all mess up sometimes."
Mel stops.
All my life that i can remember I ran away from my problems especially when I cause the problem, luckily Dom was always there to bring me back. I guess its time to stop running away.
Mel wipes her eyes trying to hide her tears.
will you go with me? I really don't want to do this alone.
trying to cheer herself up a bit she tries to jokingly quip I could just remove the bad memory, right?
"Would using Ehos and Jaiye as bait be a good idea?"
"Is there some grander plot afoot, beyond just ruining Ehos and Jaiye's relationship?"
"So what's the one thing this Empire fears the most?" He asks casually, sitting in the chair with arms folded on his chest, while occasionally doodling on the table with a finger tip before putting the hand back to his chest tucked into arm pits.
"Defense only works so long-- not that I'm suggesting hitting back, but, a small potent team? Could do wonders."
"Losing control I would imagine."
She rubbed the bridge of her nose and tried to keep the pained expression off her face.
"You're not the first to think of that idea...the last misguided attempt set off a chain of events that resulted in the deaths of millions of innocents. Not what the person intended, but nevertheless that doesn't bring back any of those people...and it has crippled the Resistance considerably."
Mel stops.
All my life that i can remember I ran away from my problems especially when I cause the problem, luckily Dom was always there to bring me back. I guess its time to stop running away.
Mel wipes her eyes trying to hide her tears.
will you go with me? I really don't want to do this alone.
trying to cheer herself up a bit she tries to jokingly quip I could just remove the bad memory, right?
Ginni put an arm around her. "Of course I'll go with you. You're my friend. So is Tami. I want to get this smoothed over as quickly as possible."
"And let's save that for the big problems, 'kay?" she said shaking her head.
"Would using Ehos and Jaiye as bait be a good idea?"
"Is there some grander plot afoot, beyond just ruining Ehos and Jaiye's relationship?"
The responses are as follows, "No. Always, such is life. Why else the journey?"
Mel comes back out with Ginni and goes over to Tami waiting till she is ready and/or willing to talk
mel is trying to be empathetic to her feelings.
leaning over to Ginni maybe I should have brought more ice cream?
waiting a few moments
oh well she's busy..later then..
prompting Ginni to grab Mel and turn her back around.
"Losing control I would imagine."
She rubbed the bridge of her nose and tried to keep the pained expression off her face.
"You're not the first to think of that idea...the last misguided attempt set off a chain of events that resulted in the deaths of millions of innocents. Not what the person intended, but nevertheless that doesn't bring back any of those people...and it has crippled the Resistance considerably."
A furrow of his brow and Tryko'Sam considers Aanandareavekki for a few moments. "Millions? Just how big of an Empire are we talking about here? Talk about a horror show. Is information on this situation readily available in a public library? I should read up or something."
"fair enough we all got our secrets, so how long you been here? got any advice for us new guys?"Few days... And don't be cocky, some of the people....are rather dangerous...." Renkai says while waiting for the next shooter
"Yep a place full of, demons, devils, saints and sinners and of couse dem Drogons what's been playing splash in the wee lack there, I no wont ta get on the bad side of one of them, I tell ye"
Carl gos up and pots the 7 ball off his number ball then misses the next shot, a simple shot.
"Great wazzark balls!"
Carl cusses, a green light come winks on his arm braces, Carl looks at it
"Blithering rats fug!"
Another light comes on, Carl closes his eyes takes a number of deep breaths then walks away from the table standing to one side.
Mel comes back out with Ginni and goes over to Tami waiting till she is ready and/or willing to talk
mel is trying to be empathetic to her feelings.
leaning over to Ginni maybe I should have brought more ice cream?
waiting a few moments
oh well she's busy..later then..
prompting Ginni to grab Mel and turn her back around.
"Tami, Mel has something she wants to say to you," Ginni said, keeping a grip on Melody to keep her from running off.
"Tami, Mel has something she wants to say to you," Ginni said, keeping a grip on Melody to keep her from running off.Mel comes back out with Ginni and goes over to Tami waiting till she is ready and/or willing to talk
mel is trying to be empathetic to her feelings.
leaning over to Ginni maybe I should have brought more ice cream?
waiting a few moments
oh well she's busy..later then..
prompting Ginni to grab Mel and turn her back around.
Tami looked up, pulling a handkerchief out of her pocket to wipe her eyes. Morrivan handed her a glass of water and she took a sip in order to calm down. Her eyes were puffy and her nose had turned red from crying.
"I'm listening," she said hoarsely.
A furrow of his brow and Tryko'Sam considers Aanandareavekki for a few moments. "Millions? Just how big of an Empire are we talking about here? Talk about a horror show. Is information on this situation readily available in a public library? I should read up or something."
"There is only one library on this planet that has that information...luckily for you it happens to be the school's library. Actually it has every book ever written, even ones that have been destroyed. I don't entirely understand. The librarian mutters about things like L-space. But it works. Anyways, you can find a lot of information there. The hardest part is sorting through it all."