"I guess we don't know each other entirely yet, huh? That's a great thing, keeps us from being boring." He says as the music slows. "And it wouldn't have been a fight, it would have been a 'don't get hit by Arielle'. It would take some powerful enchantments to make me fight you." He whispers the last part softly, barely loud enough to be heard over the song.
She looked up at him, into his eyes, and smiled.
"I always knew you were the one for me," she said thoughtfully, "but I think I'm finally starting to see all the reasons why."
She laughed, and spun away, dancing around him for a moment before returning to his arms.
She laughed, and spun away, dancing around him for a moment before returning to his arms.
... to be thrown into the air and caught gently on her way down. He spins her quickly, whipping her out to one side before pulling her back in and dipping her one last time before the music ends.
"It's better to know without seeing. Come on, I think we've shown off enough. You want to get something to eat before or after we go through all the reunions?"
"After spending a month standing around without eating? What do you think?" she asked, laughing.
"I'm starving."
"I just thought I'd ask." He says with a shrug. "While you're eating, I'm off to find some shoes that don't feel like they're filled with silver needles."
"You know, there is such a thing as comfortable dancing shoes. Clearly somebody did you wrong in the shopping department," she said grinning as she sat herself down at a table.
"Go ahead. Find some relief for your poor paws. Meanwhile I'll be here eating my way through the menu," she added with a wink.
She waved over a waitress and placed an obscenely large order and was soon happily making up for a month's fast.
Rune sniffs around the plate, as if trying to find something.Taron wiggles a finger at the lupine from the heaves.
"Tsk tsk. You didn't think I'd give you the steak sauce with the steak, did you?" He holds up a bottle of very good Agarthian steak sauce. "You get the rest of the treat when you do the trick."
"Or perhaps you have thumbs now and need a fork?"
Looks down at paws, then looks back at Taron, his head tilted quizzically.
The goblin watches Rune and Kiba with disdain. "Too many dogs..." he mutters. "Place going to pot."
Looks down at paws, then looks back at Taron, his head tilted quizzically.
"It was a joke, Rune." Taron says as he covers the steak in the sauce. "Go ahead and gorge yourself. I'm just going to relax now, it's like a vacation here after all."
Shows up suddenly looking much worse for wear and stumbles over to the bar.
"I want a very large drink that is also very strong. Please."
Shows up suddenly looking much worse for wear and stumbles over to the bar.
"I want a very large drink that is also very strong. Please."
A large glass is placed in front of Ephebe by a dark gray, clawed hand.
"And here I thought you couldn't get drunk." Kamenwati says from behind the bar.
Shows up suddenly looking much worse for wear and stumbles over to the bar.
"I want a very large drink that is also very strong. Please."
A large glass is placed in front of Ephebe by a dark gray, clawed hand.
"And here I thought you couldn't get drunk." Kamenwati says from behind the bar.
"Well, I'm bloody well going to try!"
She shuddered. "Three years, Kam! Three years of living the same two months over and over and over and over....and all for my bratty little brother who doesn't appreciate it in the slightest. Don't get me wrong, I love Jimmy and all, but after dealing with horrible alternate Jiminy I'm not feeling very charitable towards him at the moment."
"Forgive me if I'm missing something, but why help alternate realty versions of your family? Like you said, no one's going to remember."
"Forgive me if I'm missing something, but why help alternate realty versions of your family? Like you said, no one's going to remember."
"Because if I hadn't there wouldn't be a this reality version. You of all people should be grateful," she added with a grin, "since one of my interferences resulted in Taron. He doesn't even exist in any of the other realities."
She downed her drink in one large gulp and motioned for another.
"Look, it's horrible work and I'm a little bit sick of being the fix-it person I'll admit, but there wasn't any other way to get rid of that time demon. And now that it's done I'm hoping that I can maybe, I don't know, have a life. Of my own."
"Now there's a grin! Okay, so I've got you to thank for roommate-minus-the-room-part, but don't you think one of your other versions could take over for a while?" He passes her another drink, sliding it along the bar with a bit more style than is necessary for the 5 or 6 inches between them.
She grimaces and stares down at the counter.
"They can't. They're dead. All of them. After I first started to interfere, the time demon did the same. The only thing worse is the five or six she took and made into...you know, other Jimmy wasn't really so bad compared to other me, and if you'd ever met other-Jimmy you'd know exactly how depraved that makes other-me. You ever see a little girl with pigtails and purple eyes holding a headless doll and smiling, run like hell. Better yet, teleport. To somewhere intensely holy. It might help."
She downs her second drink as quickly as the first. She frowns.
"How does anyone ever get drunk on this stuff? It's like water."
"Ah, sorry about that. Grab another me(there's got to be a celestial one somewhen) and I'll help out. There's no reason you have to do this alone."
"And it is water. If you can get drunk, I don't think you are in the mood to be a fun drunk."
"I was also wondering how long it would take you to notice."
She blinked at him for a moment, startled. Then she grinned.
"Brat."
"And thanks."
"Don't worry about it. Your family, and much better family than what I had for the better part of a decade."
"Go tell Taron how much more boring it would be not to help you and he'll join in too."
"Don't worry about it. You're family, and much better family than what I had for the better part of a decade."
"Go tell Taron how much more boring it would be not to help you and he'll join in too."
"Do you actually think that would work?" she asked doubtfully.
"Well, I don't suppose it can hurt to try."
"I'm glad he's got you now, Kam. I wasn't sure about you at first, but I think you make a good addition to the family. And I'm glad to have you for a brother-in-law."
"It's worked before, trust me. How do you think I got him to go to the concert and later become a part of the band?" Is Kam's simple reply.
"And what do you mean you didn't 'know' about me? You practically broke ribs with that hug!"
"It's worked before, trust me. How do you think I got him to go to the concert and later become a part of the band?" Is Kam's simple reply.
"And what do you mean you didn't 'know' about me? You practically broke ribs with that hug!"
"I said at first, Kamenwati," she said, eyes twinkling with mischief. "Clearly you haven't quite adjusted to having a time traveling sister yet."
"I'm not used to having sibling period." Kam says with a sly wink. "Why don't you go dance? The boyfriend of the whirlwind you met last time went all out to apologize for some prank. Seems to have got everyone they ever knew together for a reunion of sorts."
"The bartender left me in charge after he met a nymph. Haven't seen the guy since."
Alaina walks out, accompanied by Acme as a metallic bodyguard.
"Well, good to see the party hasn't ended."
"I said at first, Kamenwati," she said, eyes twinkling with mischief. "Clearly you haven't quite adjusted to having a time traveling sister yet.""It's worked before, trust me. How do you think I got him to go to the concert and later become a part of the band?" Is Kam's simple reply.
"And what do you mean you didn't 'know' about me? You practically broke ribs with that hug!"
Garble's eye twitches. "STOP!" the goblin suddenly shouts. "Damn goblin ears! One more word on time travel, I try club travel at own skull!"
Grumbling, the goblin turns back to his drink. "Now the head hurts. Humans."
Calm down, if I wasn't one of the original Time Storm Troopers, I wouldn't be here either. What causes a Time Storm, no clue, when one will hit, even less. I just hired on to chase them and document what happens, that's why i have this containment satchel with a piece of one, with the one of my crew that would fit in there with it. You can't just pull SPAM and Hawaiian shirts and dreidles and candies and weapons from nowhere.
You look like you'd fit, you can try it if you want, Pedro won't mind, much, just don't startle him, its a good way to get shot in the leg.
Garble's eye twitches again. "Need..take walk." The goblin gets up stiffly and leaves the club.
Looks down at paws, then looks back at Taron, his head tilted quizzically."It was a joke, Rune." Taron says as he covers the steak in the sauce. "Go ahead and gorge yourself. I'm just going to relax now, it's like a vacation here after all."
After Taron plops back down to relax by the pool, Rune sniffs the newly marinated steak, tilts his head slightly, and then licks off the sauce. That done, he (literally) wolfs down the steak, licks his chops (and the plate) clean, then grabs the plate and makes his way over to the bar. He coldnoses Ephebe.
She squealed as the cold nose touched her hand.
"Oh, it's you, Rune. Your nose is like ice. Dad here or you just checking up on us?"
Arielle sighs with contentment as she polishes off the last dish on the crowded table, and looks around for Canis.
Irv calls in to his bag, hand me up my horn will ya.
Then begins stalikng the waitress nearest his own age before setting out on the dance floor,
She squealed as the cold nose touched her hand.
"Oh, it's you, Rune. Your nose is like ice. Dad here or you just checking up on us?"
Rune hops up and places his front legs on the barstool next to Ephebe, putting down the (now clean) plate he was gingerly carrying in his jaws. He then looks at her and wags his tail briefly.
Rune hops up and places his front legs on the barstool next to Ephebe, putting down the (now clean) plate he was gingerly carrying in his jaws. He then looks at her and wags his tail briefly.She squealed as the cold nose touched her hand.
"Oh, it's you, Rune. Your nose is like ice. Dad here or you just checking up on us?"
She laughs. "Is this your way of telling me that you're still hungry?"
She laughs. "Is this your way of telling me that you're still hungry?"Rune hops up and places his front legs on the barstool next to Ephebe, putting down the (now clean) plate he was gingerly carrying in his jaws. He then looks at her and wags his tail briefly.She squealed as the cold nose touched her hand.
"Oh, it's you, Rune. Your nose is like ice. Dad here or you just checking up on us?"
[Puppy-Dog Eyes] :)
She shakes her head in amusement, and picks up the plate.
"Okay, I'll get you another steak."
She walks away for a minute and comes back with a sauce drenched steak that she sets down in front of Rune.
"I didn't cook it much, but I'm afraid it got a bit scorched. Cooking isn't my strong suit. I gave you extra sauce to try and make up for it," she said apologetically.
She shakes her head in amusement, and picks up the plate.
"Okay, I'll get you another steak."
She walks away for a minute and comes back with a sauce drenched steak that she sets down in front of Rune.
"I didn't cook it much, but I'm afraid it got a bit scorched. Cooking isn't my strong suit. I gave you extra sauce to try and make up for it," she said apologetically.
[Sniff]
Rune tilts his head at Ephebe, then gives her an appreciative lick on the chin before polishing off the new steak, his tail wagging.
"Hey," she said flagging down Danae, "you seen Canis around? The only wolf I see is definitely a wolf, not a werewolf."
Looks around.
"I don't see him right this second, but I'll keep an eye out for you, 'kay? And I'll just take a few of these dishes while I'm at it..."
"Hey," she said flagging down Danae, "you seen Canis around? The only wolf I see is definitely a wolf, not a werewolf."
[Ears swivel around]
"Don't tell me you've misplaced your boyfriend again," she teased.
Arielle stuck her tongue out at the other girl briefly.
"Alright, alright, you owed me one for the dress incident. Although I already apologized, and I thought we already agreed that was your brother's fault?"
"Wow, aren't you little miss sensitive today."
"This is Rune. He belongs to my dad. And you seem to have piqued his curiosity."
Rune gets down from barstool and sits on his haunches next to Ephebe, eyeing the other woman that smells like rain.
"ummm....Hi, Rune," she says, uncertainly, not really sure just how intelligent of a wolf he was.
"ummm....Hi, Rune," she says, uncertainly, not really sure just how intelligent of a wolf he was.
Rune gives a tentative wag of his tail, still sniffing the air in her general direction. He looks at Ephebe, then gets up and goes over to Arielle. As he does, her otherworldly senses start to pick up the subtle planar energies that someone of her heavenly ancestry could detect.
While he is fairly large for a wolf, his manner is more curious and... thoughtful(?) than threatening as he meets her gaze, then sniffs her hand.
"Oh! You're from elysium? That's where my mom is from. Or maybe one of the other good aligned planes..."
"Oh! You're from elysium? That's where my mom is from. Or maybe one of the other good aligned planes..."
He gives an affirming bark, and his tail starts to lazily wag. :)
"Oh! You're from elysium? That's where my mom is from. Or maybe one of the other good aligned planes..."He gives an affirming bark, and his tail starts to lazily wag. :)
"I went to visit once with my family. It seemed like a really nice place, but I think I'm a little too much trouble to live there," she added with a grin.