Seventh Heaven Bar - Main Room
Tifa's Seventh Heaven Bar has a campy feeling to it, primarily constructed of
dark wood with occasional items for decoration. Several worn tables grace the
area near the door, looking beaten up from years of patrons. The bar is more
well kept, stocked with a vast amount of alcoholic beverages and components for
mixed drinks. The room is just a tad dimly lit, feeling cozy and familiar at
the same time. Other areas of interest are the entrance to the kitchen, and a
porch with some comfy chairs. All in all, the Seventh Heaven is a nice tribute
to what someone can put together for a business if they try. A machine for a
game similar to pinball sits on the less used side of the room, sporting an
"Out of Order" sign. Most of the damage that was obvious only a little while
ago is now repaired with more permenant fixes, so the bar once again is back to
it's former self.
[Exits : (B)ack Room, (K)itchen, (U)pstairs, and (O)ut ]
[Players : Lina_Inverse, Lyrae, Amelia, Rouge, and Cloud ]
[Things : None ]
>Cloud asks, "(OOC) Crowd limit hit, Lyrae?"
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) Oh yah."
>Ryan walks inside. He seems to have had a bad night, being scraped up a bit.
Not that that's UNUSUAL for him, or anything.
>Ryan (OOC) straps Lyrae to the stool.
>Lyrae (OOC) meeps
>Lina glances over at Ryan..and winces. "Eh.. Don't tell me you ran into whoever
you were fighting again? o.-"
>Amelia exclaims, "Have you met Mr. Rouge here, Lina-san? He's Mr. Blue's
brother!"
>Rouge blinks at Ryan. "You mean he's like this often...? Ouch..."
>Lyrae walks stiffly and quickly over to the counter, gripping the neck of her
lute tightly as she step to the corner of the counter and flattens herself
there. "..."
>Ryan sweatdrops. "Nah..." Pause. "How is Eden doing?"
>Rouge kind of waves at Lina again; he's more concerned with Ryan looking like
he's been through a meat grinder.
>Ryan isn't THAT bad. Looks more like he fell down a flight of steps or
something. Just bruises.
>Lina shrugs her shoulders a bit. "She's perfectly fine.. An..er.. Old associate
of mine showed up and was kind enough to finish healing her for me." o O (Only
because he was in the mood to do so.. But what can I expect from Xelloss?)
>Cloud looks up at Ryan, greeting him with a tentative "Hello..." when he really
wants to say "What the hell happened to you?!"
>Let it out Cloud! Be a man!
>Ryan shakes his head, and mumbles some stuff best left unsaid. "Ran into some
freak wizard cultist guy last night... don't really have a clue what he was up
to, but he tried to kill me, so..."
>Amelia n.n;;; at Ryan.
>Hey, you think I look bad now, you shoulda seen me after I took Harken on
one-on-one unarmed n.n;
>Rouge blinks at Ryan, who is wearing red _and_ blue at the same time, and
almost shorts his brain out trying to reconcile this fact. Those wacky
heathens, don'tcha know...
>Lina just stares dubiously at Rouge. "I hope you've got more sense in your head
than that country bumpkin brother of yours." Is -she- calling someone else a
country bumpkin? My oh, my, forgetting her heritage. "I'm still trying to beat
it into his head that there are -gods- as well as goddesses, and.." She leans
down toward Rouge, both hands on the side of the table as she moves. "You're
not going to go around mouthing off about how women can't cast -real- magic,
are you?"
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck. "I woulda punched that joker's face in, except
some idiot decided to introduce a little friendly fire... nearly killed Eden."
>Rouge n.n; at Lina. "Of course not!"
>Rouge . o O ( Not when she mentioned that she fireballed someone, I'm not. )
>Lyrae sits tensely on her chair, remembering to breathe as she leans over and
puts her lute down. Crossing her arms in front of her, she leans back, pressing
her back against the wall, listening quietly..
>Lina (OOC) didn't mention that ICly o.o
>Let me guess. It hasn't sunk in to Rouge that Lina's a girl? Granted, not much
of a specimen of one, but...
>Lina (OOC) Giga Slave's the spoofer =.=
>Amelia (OOC) giggles... it's probably Cloud =.=
>Cloud says, "..." as he wordlessly indicates Ryan to pull up a chair and grab a
glass of whiskey.
>Ryan takes a seat at the bar with a sigh. (And before Lina @nukes the joint
c.c (OOC))
>Rouge isn't going to get a nosebleed.:(OOC) oops. Gomen, Lina. Got confused
with all the OOC stuff. n.n Oh, and he knows Lina's a girl, he just thinks
she's about, oh, thirteen.
>Amelia exclaims, "Saa, he seems to be much nicer than his brother!"
>Rouge (OOC) stupid raw telnet.
>Amelia (OOC) loves TinyFugue *.*
>Rouge blinks at Amelia. That's news to him, having never met his brother.
>Lina (OOC) still thinks KamehaGigaSlave would be cool c.c SSJ Lord of
Nightmares appears, "WHO WOKE ME FROM MY NAP! I'LL EAT YOUR SOUL FOR A SNACK!"
Lina quickly points toward her advasary.. ^^;;;
>Amelia would respond to that if she'd heard it, but as it is, she doesn't do
anything other than smile back to Lina.
>Rouge STILL isn't going to badmouth women right now. There are three of them in
here, and only one of him.
>Ryan runs his fingers through his hair. "Well... as long as Eden's okay, things
can't be too bad. But now I got two guys to beat up."
>Lyrae quietly says, ".....'"
>Lina is 15, thank you very much. c.c But anyhoo.. Smiles brightly and nods her
head, "Good, then I won't have to hurt you like I did him. ^_^" It suddenly
occurs to her that if she's teaching his brother magic.. Maybe she could get
money out of this sucker as well. c.c "Ano.. But, have you seen your brother
around? I'm supposed to be giving him magic lessons.."
>Amelia (OOC) oops. I just said I was 15. c.c;
>Lina (OOC) grins. "You are. n.n Lina's going on 16, you're a year younger. You
coulda just had a birthday"
>Cloud (OOC) stuffs Amelia's mouth full of cake before she goes "TOOH!" again.
>Rouge says, "Oh, so that's you? I heard a girl was teaching him... and I...
ah... I've never met him."
>Amelia...
>*coughchoke*TOOOH!
>Amelia blinks. "You've never met Mr. Blue? Not even your own brother?"
>Lina blinks in surprise. "You've never met your own brother? Why not?"
>Ryan sweatbeads. "So... what's up with you two?" ^^; Apparently this was
directed at Cloud and Lyrae.
>Cloud keeps silent, having already heard this story. He looks over to Ryan.
"What two guys?"
>Rouge shrugs to Lina. "Our professors sent us to different schools. I didn't
even know I had a brother until recently."
>Cloud says, "Nothing."
>Lyrae stays quiet. She hit her crowd tolerance limit, and isn't inclined to say
much of anything. Besides, Cloud's in conversation with him right now.
>Rouge makes a kind of helpless gesture at Amelia. Not his fault he never met
his brother. ^^;
>Lina sweatdrops and quickly shuts her mouth before she starts speaking anymore
like Amelia. c.c; (No, I will NOT start spouting about Justice! Ugh..) "Ah.
Well anyway, yes, I'm the one teaching him magic." She suddenly remembers
something else that happened last night and she turns to Amelia with starry
eyes, grabbing the younger girl's hands up in hers. "Oh, Amelia! Guess what? I
met a guy last night and he actually -likes- me!" *_*
>Ryan elaborates in true Ryan fashion (that means, rambling rather
incoherently). "Well, see, I was headed here last night, then what happens, I
run right into the middle of a fight! It was this looney cultist guy, that
giant cat thingy, and that other guy... the one with the fan? And a girl was
there too. Anyway, this cultist guy, he starts throwing chi blasts and stuff..."
>Rouge . o O ( Why wouldn't a guy like her before? She seems nice enough... )
>Rouge attempts to listen to both conversations at once.
>Amelia blinkblinks at Lina... "Eh? He actually likes you?"
>Yet again the small chest jokes must be brought up. And you haven't seen her
angry c.c
>Amelia *.* "Hooray! Everyone else who said that was just trying to swindle
money out of you, weren't they?"
>Blue has arrived.
>Rouge looks up, takes one look at Blue, makes a small kindof noise like' eek'
and promptly vanishes with a slight 'pop.'
>Ryan continues, "Anyway, after he blasts the giant cat, I decide to join in and
go to town on that cultist guy. Seemed like a freak anyway, I mean, he didn't
even shout out the names of his chi attacks! What's up with THAT!? This goes
rather well, until that guy with the fan did the area blast... and Eden was
just walking through... she got caught in the wash!"
>Lyrae glances up as the number of people in the room increases o O ( ..why me? )
Amelia blinks at ROuge.
>Lina nodnods emphaticaly. "Yeah! He was eve--.." She blushes a bit and sets her
jaw in a tight line as she glowers at Amelia. =.= "Eh.. Not quite. You know I
-did- get marrried once.." Okay, so Gourry sort of talked her into it, and the
guy offered her money and it wasn't a -real- marriage..but.. "Yes, he liked me.
Even though I have such a small chest." She pats her chest for emphasis, not
noticing Blue just arrived.
>Because we care, Lyrae?
>Amelia says, "... ano..."
>Cloud blinks at the *poofing*Rouge in the midst of listening to Ryan's story.
>Amelia frowns slightly...
>Rouge has left.
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles
>Ryan would've noticed the *poofing* Rouge, but he's rambling
>Amelia asks, "... but wasn't it because he had a spell on him and we were the
only ones who could break it?"
>Lyrae would've ...not noticed anyway.
>Amelia calmly doesn't notice Rouge either. Yet.
>Lina grits her teeth some more. "Well.. Yes.. But he said he wanted to marry me
for real when he saw me in my dress!" Why on earth she's using THAT for an
argument.. Oh well.
>Blue blinks, frowning a moment at the empty spot that held Rouge a moment ago.
Then, dismissing the occurrence, he shrugs and deposits himself at a table not
far from the one Rouge just disappeared from.
>Amelia (OOC) GIGGLES...
>Amelia exclaims, "... oh... that's right!"
>Cloud frowns, wondering why Rouge blinked, listening with half an ear (*sorta)
to Ryan.
>Amelia says, "TOOOH! So you're getting married too, Lina-san?" She seems
terribly excited about all this...
>Blue . o O ( I pity her husband.... )
>Lyrae crosses her ankles, hugging her lute to her chest, listening to the
girl-talk between Amelia and Lina for the moment.
>Ryan raps his fingers on the bar. "At that point, I did the only thing I could
do, get Eden out of the crisis area. Luckily she-" he points over his shoulder
at Lina "-was able to help."
>Lina facefaults and nearly pratfalls as well. "No! I just -met- the guy...oh
nevermind."
>Cloud hmmms? as he looks towards Lina. Oh good. That explains the fireballs.
>Echartea has arrived.
>Echartea pads into the bar quietly.....
>Blue, disinterested with the current conversation, puts his glasses on and
opens the book he borrowed from Derek yesterday. o O ( ...Here. This was the
place... )
>Amelia doesn't even notice that Blue's retaken Rouge's seat. She turns over to
him, smiling, "Mr. Rouge, don't you think that's great?! Miss Lina has a
suitor!"
>Lyrae starts to fidgets, just slightly, closing her eyes and rubbing her
temples tensely.
>Cloud blinks at Amelia's comment, then looks towards where she's looking.
>Lina blushes even more and claps a hand over Amelia's mouth. "Let's just forget
I said anything, shall we? I said he liked me, I didn't say he was a suitor,
nor did I say I had any interested in marrying anyone. okay Amelia? c_c;"
>Amelia blinkies. "Oh, I love those glasses, they make you look much more
intelligent!"
>Blue remarks absently, "Hmmm. Maybe it will keep her out of trouble..." He
turns a page, not having *really* heard half of Amelia's question.
>Echartea blinks..
>Amelia nods like a scolded dog to Lina, still muffled o_o;
>Ryan is apparently finished with his story. I recommend nodding and smiling.
>No, can't do that. How about running and screaming?
>Blue is nodding and smiling. But it's at something in the book. Does that
count, Ryan?
>And in retrospect, I hate you all.
>Lina sweatdrops and releases Amelia. She just doesn't want to have Ryouga (the
guy she was talking about) come in and hear Amelia talk like that. Or Gourry
come in and hear it for that matter. He was acting odd last night, getting
upset at Ryouga for no reason.. (Except maybe that he was checking out Lina) c.c
>Oh, you know you like abuse.
>You were asking for it--look how you're dressed! O_O
>Cloud nods at Ryan absentmindedly. Smiling? Cloud? Schaa, right.
>Ryan taptaps the bar. "Anyway... if you see a mad cultist guy, feel free to
whup his ass."
>Amelia n.n;
>Amelia narrows her eyes at Ryan slightly.
>Amelia . o O ( Vulgarity is a mark of the devil! O_O )
>Echartea shakes his head, and pads over to the bar..leaning his staff against
it. He chirps delphinically, as he sits down.
>Ryan is evil. Eeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvviiiiiiiillllllllll!
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles
>Cloud simply shakes his head, studying Blue. Yep, that has to be Blue. Just
look how studious he is.
>Amelia blinkblinks over at Echartea. Funny, she didn't notice him at -all-
yesterday. *blinkblink*
>Ryan, showing his remarkable tact, asks out of the blue, "So, Cloud, how'd your
dinner with Tifa go?" n.n
>Amelia mumbles under her breath, but mostly to Lina who's right beside her,
"Sugoooooi.... I've never seen anyone like that before..."
>Echartea leans against the bar....
>Urge to flee .. rising..
>Lina hrms? At Amelia then follows her glance. "Oh.. You never did get to meet
any of the fish men, did you?"
>Echartea sighs
>Ryan hmms. "Really? Shame." . o O ( Sheesh. )
>Amelia blinkblinks.
>Amelia exclaims, "... oh... but they were different!"
>Blue turns a page, reaching up to straighten his glasses absently. Ah, good.
Quiet. Better for reading.
>Amelia screams, "TOOOH!" all of a sudden!
>Amelia holds her fork aloft and plunges it into...
>... her chicken.
>Ryan ker-blinks. And sweatdrops. For effect.
>Amelia munches on her chicken meal happily. n.n
>Lina's eyes go wide.. O_O (My lord! The girl's finally learning how to eat
correctly! I've taught her well!)
>Ryan . o O ( ... Tooh? )
>Cloud waits for any more smartassed comments from Ryan, eyes narrowing.
>Amelia (OOC) ^5's Lina!!
>Lina (OOC) nearly gave Gourry a stump for a hand last night when he tried
stealing her food ^_^
>Lyrae opens her eyes at the 'tooh' and blinks towards Amelia. o O ( Looks like
she's enjoying her meal. o.o; )
>Ryan was distracted from his smartassing by that little show c.c
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles
>Blue raises his eyes to look over the top rim of his glasses at Amelia. o O (
....She's named like Emilia; but she acts like Alkaiser. Dear Goddess. )
>Amelia eats her meal more princess-like, glancing around at the others
cluelessly. c.c
>Echartea blinks
>Lina's stomach gurgles loudly and she sweatdrops, blushing from embarassment.
She hasn't had her triple delux order everything on the menu meal since last
night ^^;
>Quick, everyone, take cover!
>Lyrae closes her eyes again, withdrawing back into her little corner. Her
nice..safe corner. Until the stomach gurgle, where she opens her eyes and
glances around for the monster that just wandered in o.o;
>Ryan nearly leaps out of his chair. Where's the roaring dragon!? O.O
>Lyrae (OOC) sobs, I'm not working the grill! Honest! Really! Believe me! ..HEY!
>Lina (OOC) cackles and could always go for the 'nameless waiter' routine n.n
>Ryan (OOC) Nah, much more fun to torment poor Lyrae n.n
>Lyrae (OOC) grins, "Nah s'okay, I'll live ^.- ..gee thanks Ryan :D"
>Cloud nearly falls over, having darted the chair backwards in an attempt to get
up and face down the evil beast that growled.
>Lina really looks embarassed now as she rubs her stomach with one hand, and the
back of her neck with the other. "Eh.. Ano, gomen nasai." ^^;;
>Amelia cowers under the table in fear @_@
>Ryan sweatdrops again. Getting to be a habit. "Eheh..." n.n; o.o;
>Amelia snags her plate from the tabletop and swipes it back under the table
with her o.o
>Blue refrains from grimacing. One does not make any outward sign of disapproval
about one's professors. Even if they *are* short, chestless women with
appetites like a dinosaur.
>Blue (OOC) runs.
>Lyrae's attention moves towards Cloud and Ryan. *sweatbeads* She then looks
towards Lina, as that seems to have been the source of the growl, "Ah..would
you like something to eat?" Why does she suddenly have a bad feeling..
>Lots of munchings and crunchings! Lots of lickings and slurpings!
>Sounds like my last date o.=
>Lina smiles evily. "Sure!" See, she already knows what she wants. "Gimme every
kind of seafood you have, double order of each. ^_^"
>ewww..
>Who was it THIS time, Ryan?
>Ryan hears Lina's comment. Pauses a moment. Glances at Echartea. Laughs for no
real reason.
>Amelia (OOC) LOL
>Well at least Lyrae now knows why she was getting a bad feeling over the
question. Still, at least it takes her mind off the crowd in the bar, as she
hops off her stool, nods to Lina and gratefully retreats into the kitchen. With
a person who's stomach snarls like that, it's best not to keep her waiting,
therefore she ransacks the pantry for seafood, quickly cooking up the meals in
question. She'll be in there for a few more minutes yet.
>Noonsa!!!
>Echartea looks at Ryan, and mrphs.
>Amelia (OOC) Hold on... Echartea's a dolphin. o.o; He eats fish too.
>Cloud whispers, "Cloud LOL. x.x" to you.
>Ryan coughs to himself.
>Amelia n.n;
>Echartea (OOC) bows.
>Echartea (OOC) Thank you
>Ryan . o O ( Wonder if I should offer him some tuna? o.= )
>Echartea just sits at the bar.
>Ryan turns towards the kitchen door. Wonder if Lyrae'd need a help carrying all
that?
>After several more minutes of various cooking noises follow Lyrae's entrance
into the kitchen, the door is bumped up as the girl backs out of the room, her
cheeks a bit flush from the heat, and only barely managing to balance six
platters on her arms; three platters per arm. And she'd -love- help carrying
the stuff out, though she can't see Ryan's glance, walking backwards and all.
>Cloud has been standing in kind of a fascinated horror at Lina. Monstrous
appetite, even more monstrous gurgle.
>Cloud shakes his head, covering his reaction by walking over to Blue. As if
he's intended to go there the whole time. Right?
>Ryan stands up, walking over to Lyrae. "Want some help?"
>Lina grins voraciously at the plates coming her way. Oh yes, she's happy. n_n
>Blue, oblivious to Cloud's approach, turns another page. He's about
three-quarters through the book, now.
>Lyrae huffs slightly under the weight of the platters of food, taking one
careful step after the other, praying she doesn't bump into anythi-whoops; her
path is obstructed by Ryan as she bumps into him. "Eep!" she wobbles a little
bit, carefully keeping balance on the plate, but doesn't turn for fear of
knocking them down. "Yes, /please/!" She manages to squeak out.
>Cloud asks, "Blue...?"
>Ryan snatches a good 75% of the platters from Lyrae. "Yoink!" Juggling the 3
tons of seafood (figuratively and literally), he hauls them over to Lina
>Amelia's still eating her meal under the table. She bumps accidentally up
against Blue's leg...
>Blue glances up at Cloud, blinks owlishly as though shaking himself back into
-this- world, and removes his glasses. "Hmmm?"
>Echartea blinks
>Echartea marps....shaking his head softly....
>Lyrae sweatdrops, left with two of the platters as she follows Ryan to the
table. She eyes the small space available and drags over one of the other empty
tables; well she actually hooks the table leg with her foot and more or less
shuffled over to Lina's table, putting the plate down and adjusting the tables
so they're pushed together.
>Cloud says, "... you didn't notice your brother here"
>Cloud asks, "?"
>Ryan . o O ( Ye gods, this food probably weighs more then SHE does! )
>Lina just waits there with a predatory expression.. Better watch your hands
when you put the plates down folks. *_*
>Blue asks, "He left about the time I arrived--didn't he?"
>Lyrae notices the look and backs away warily as she put the plates down o.o;;;
>Ryan sets the platters down. And he's not watching his hands. c.c
>Cloud nods quietly. "..."
>Poor Ryan n.n
>Blue shrugs slightly. "I didn't see him. But I knew he was here."
>Butz has arrived.
>Ryan, reduced to comic relief, yet again -.-
>Isn't that as it -should- be....?
>Lyrae hooks the back of Ryan's shirt and yanks him backwards before Lina adds
his hands to her menu.
>Ryan erps at he gets grabbed. "...?" O.o
>This is also known as 'natural selection'.
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles
>But... but... I'm too COOL to be comic relief! ;.;
>Lyrae mumbles, "I've seen that look before; you could lose a hand that way
o.o;" to Ryan.
>Lyrae mumbles, "..... ..... that ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... a hand
..... ..... ..... .. o;" to Ryan.
>Yeah, yeah, you keep thinkin' that, Ryan...
>Cloud rubs his head. "You can sense each other?"
>Ryan blinks, glancing at Lyrae, then back at the human black hole (no escape
from the maw, you see) o.o;
>Amelia clanks her plate, having finished, and looks out for Lina. Good, she's
seated. o.o
>Lyrae gives Ryan a 'trust me' look, and clasps her hands behind her back.
>Amelia crawls out from under the table, and sets the plate on the bar by Lyrae,
smiling weakly nn;
>Butz is comic relief on occasions, just stick one of Ryan's fantasies into his
head and the poor kid drop to the floor from a heartattack. He strolls over to
a remote table and sets himself down. o.o
>Blue says, "Apparently. I realized the moment I set foot inside that he was
here. Then he gated out. Sloppily, I might add."
>Ryan gives Lyrae a thumbs up, and goes looking for a pillbox to hide in n.n;
o.o;
>Lyrae grins meekly, then pikus at Amelia and takes the empty plate, returning
to the kitchen to wash it.
>Echartea sighs
>Echartea scratches his beaktip
>Amelia n.n;
>Amelia was hoping to talk to Lina for a bit, but there's little if any chance
of that NOW... so she ambles cheerfully up to Echartea. "Hello!"
>Echartea blinks, and looks at Amelia
>Echartea seems startled.... . o O (My...someone greeted me..I'm lucky today)
>Cloud rubs his neck. "If he knew... ... okay." He sighs. "We were talking when
you came."
>Echartea clicks quietly, "G'day."
>Blue asks, "Oh? What's he like?"
>Cloud says, "... relaxed."
>Ryan returns to his seat at the bar, escaping Lina with all appendages intact,
thankfully.
>Lina just starts stuffing seafood into her mouth Mmmming! every few bites. She
loves seafood *_* Needless to say, she soon cleans off several plates and
stacks them in a pile to one side.
>Amelia smiles up at Echartea. "Nice to meet you, I'm Amelia..."
>Echartea smiles slightly. . o O (And this is the first one...to say it's nice
to meet me.) He nods. "A pleasure, Amelia. I'm called Echartea..."
>Relaxed unless a girl is near him you mean.
>That's true.
>Lyrae, go stand by Blue. Let's see if this works.
><.<
>Hey!
>Blue frowns faintly. "Relaxed?" Sorry; that word's not IN Blue's vocabulary.
"What do you mean?"
>Cloud rubs his neck. "He seemed less concerned with studying, and more with...
interactions."
>Cloud says, "(OOC) Why do I feel like pot, kettle, black here? x.x"
>Lyrae (OOC) *grins*
>Amelia exclaims, "Echartea? That's a nice name!"
>Echartea shrugs..
>Echartea clicks quietly, "Well..most don't think so..but I like it"
>Echartea smiles delphinically
>Blue says, "Truly? That's a pity. What else?" Feel lucky, Cloud. This is the
most interest Blue's displayed in anything not written on paper in quite a
while.
>THAT's an adverb you don't see often
>Amelia smiles. "Oh, that's wonderful! I know lots of people that don't like
their names... they change them so people don't know."
>Amelia says, "I think the guy was named Alkaiser or something... he never told
people his real name..."
>Echartea shrugs. "That's not common where I come from. Once your day of
naming has passed, that's your name" HE smiles slightly. "Eh?"
>Echartea hmms
>Cloud rubs his head. "... we discussed mystics."
>Amelia scratches her head... "Maybe it was someone else... but no one knows his
real name anyways, so... I guess it doesn't matter, ne? nn; "
>Echartea shrugs. "Suppose not. I guess that makes sense.."
>Blue glances at Amelia, dismayed. SHE knows Alkaiser? Help. It's a match made
in hell. However, he leans forward and addresses Cloud again. "Go on, please."
>Ryan scratches the side of his head. He was going to do something when he came
in here, but got distracted. What was it? Oh yeah! Drink!
>Cloud takes a seat, sort-of-hearing Amelia totally mangle the Alkaiser tale for
the most part but not really thinking it significant. "... I was curious
because, well, I know some mystics."
>Lyrae was in the kitchen washing up dishes; she steps back out and eyes the
leaning tower of plates by Lina, and goes to wash those as well. Course she is
still tending herself.
>Lina has finished her meal by now, and is smiling contentedly just watching
Amelia and listening to everything else going on. She gives Lyrae a gracious
smile, "You're a great cook!" ^_^
>Blue nods. "They're rare outside of Facinaturu, but they do get out from time
to time. I've met several."
>Echartea stretches his tail flukes, and rubs the back of his neck
>Amelia's heard the name, in any case.
>Amelia smiles weakly at Echartea...
>Lyrae gathers up the plates and blinks at Lina, smiling in appreciation at the
compliment, "Arigatou." n.n "Would you like anything to drink?"
>Ryan asks, apparently of Lyrae (who's serving), "Hey, can I have a beer?"
>Cloud's eyes almost lights up with interest. The best impression of that is the
slowly raised eyebrow. "Oh? Like who?"
>Amelia says, "So where are you from...?"
>Lyrae calls over her shoulder to Ryan, "Hai! In a sec .."
>Echartea smiles in return towards Amelia, before sighing sadly.
>Amelia glances over to Lina for a bit, smiling... . o O ( Oh, good, she's
done.... )
>Echartea clicks quietly, "....a place....very...very far from here.."
>Echartea clicks quietly, "Called Oceanis."
>Amelia n.n; at Echartea. "Oh, me too!"
>Amelia says, "I mean, it's far."
>Echartea clicks quietly, "....a place I cannot return to"
>Lina shakes her head. Why get something to drink after she's already eaten? "no
thanks. ^_^"
>Amelia saddens... "Oh? Why not...?"
>Echartea clicks quietly, "....the..Vortex I was knocked through cannot be
reopened"
>Lyrae nods and steps back into the kitchen, setting the plates down to wash
later. While she's in the kitchen, she gets Ryan's beer and steps back into the
bar, setting the drink in front of him before quickly and happily, retreating
to the solitude of the kitchen once more, to wash the mountain of plate. What
fun.
>Ryan says, "Thanks Lyrae." Of course, if he was REALLY thankful he'd offer to
help wash dishes, but...
>Blue says, "I didn't speak with him for long, but I'm told the doctor below
Koorong is a mystic; that was the impression I got from him. I, myself,
travelled with a mystic by the name of Silence for some time."
>Amelia exclaims, "... oh... how sad!"
>Lyrae nods at Ryan cheerily. She's happy to wash the dishes herself at the
moment; maybe by the time she's done, the crowd will have thinned out some <.<
>Echartea sighs quietly, and nods. "Thus, I am seperated from my
world........not pleasant, in the least. It has not been easy here...I've
already seen some of the ....'human hospitality' I didn't enjoy being
attacked, and I don't enjoy fighting."
>Cloud quietly nods. "... Any others?" He's hoping he mentions Asellus.
>Amelia says, "Attacked? How cruel! You must be very sad..." She frowns,
showing her true sympathy...
>Blue frowns a moment in thought, but shakes his head. "I heard mention of a
mystic called Time Lord, but I never met him, myself."
>Dr. Who! *.*
>Verily, it is so. Unfortunately, he has no TARDIS. But he's got a REALLY cool
realm.
>Lyrae (OOC) grins :)
>Ryan rubs his chin . o O ( Hrmm... well, maybe he head to Orlando, Sea
World'd pay a small fortune to have him on staff. )
>Cloud rubs his neck. "Is that the mystic from Fascinaturu?"
>Echartea smiles weakly. "I've always been sad...at least, since I arrived. I'm
just now learning how to keep it weakened. My eyes would be steel grey all the
time, otherwise."
>Echartea (OOC) oyveys...
>Ryan is not one for tact, nope. Hey, at least he didn't say it this time 9.9
>Lina (OOC) thinks she'll just log off since she's busy c.c
>Lina_Inverse heads out the front door.
>Blue shrugs. "I don't know much about Facinaturu. They don't let much get out;
and mystic magic is opposed to realm magic, so we can't practice it. If the
University doesn't think something is worthwhile, then we never hear much about
it, as a general rule."
>( Cloud rubbing his neck, Ryan his chin...they must be...'signalling' each
other. h.- )
>Ryan (OOC) Uh oh, the secret's out!
>Lyrae (OOC) o.o
>Butz (OOC) snickers. x.x
>Amelia (OOC) shoot. x.x;
>Blue (OOC) ROTFL.
>Amelia pikus at Lina leaving. o.o;;
>Cloud says, "(OOC) .............."
>Cloud says, "(OOC) Ryan? Get the henshin buruchaa. x.x"
>Ryan (OOC) ............ o.o
>Cloud says, "(OOC) NOW! O.O"
>Lyrae (OOC) o.o
>Ryan (OOC) meeps o.o and pulls out a pager
>Echartea (OOC) Oy. Ummm???
>Blue (OOC) RUNS. Nooooo!
>Cloud says, "(OOC) Put the buruchaa on the spoofer! o_o"
>Ryan (OOC) does so, and runs like hell o.o
>Cloud (OOC) pushes a button on her buruchaa. >.<
>Amelia u.u
>Amelia says, "Well, it was certainly nice meeting you, Mr. Echartea... I should
probably be going now...."
>Echartea sighs, and nods.
>Echartea clicks quietly, "Okay....be safe."
>Cloud looks back at Blue, after a moment of thought. "What are the mystics from
Fascinaturu normally like?"
>Amelia smiles and nods. "Of course!"
>Amelia wavewaves to Lyrae, Cloud, and who she still thinks is Rouge!
>Cloud blinks, and waves at Amelia.
>Lyrae waves :)
>Ryan looks up from his drink, nodding to Amelia
>Amelia waves to Ryan too! n.n;
>Amelia heads out the front door.
>Blue admits, "Hard to say. They're terribly secretive--and as you might expect,
I didn't get much information out of Silence on the matter. I've gathered they
consider themselves above humans; not many associate with them. They tend to
keep to themselves."
>Cloud nods, thinking about the two from the shrine. Those two certainly were
hardly welcoming.
>Echartea sighs
>Cloud says, "... I see." He tilts his head. "And how are your studies going?"
>Blue closes the book enough to tap a fingernail against its cover. "This book
Derek loaned me is fascinating; I don't know who gave it to him, but they knew
their literature. Some of the ideas go far out on a limb, but the author has
some good points. Have a seat here, and I'll show you..." He begins leafing
through the pages, and points. "Here...."
>Cloud inches his chair closer to look.
>Ryan glances over towards Blue and Cloud. Hrmm, can't spy on the book from
here. So, Ryan walks over n.n
>Blue nods to Ryan, perfectly willing to lecture to an audience of two. He
explains excitedly, "This chapter here talks about a race called
'espers'...they sound more like mystics to me than anything else, but some of
the mechanics of the magic involved is more technical than anything we've got
to date on mystics. If the parallel is accurate, we could learn an amazing
amount without having to deal with Facinaturu...."
>Cloud rubs his head, trying to decide whether to tell Blue about Asellus.
>Ryan stands right over Blue's shoulder. Where'd he come from? And isn't THAT
rude!
>Ryan . o O ( Mystics? Where've I heard that before...? )
>Cloud says, "... I don't recall any Espers."
>Blue turns the page to display a detailed diagram of magicite. "Here you can
see wher the author diagrammed the weave that threads through this
stuff--rather like the materia you showed me, Cloud; I'd like to see it again,
and compare it to this--and into the bearer. It's something like picking up a
gift, but the stone serves as some sort of aid in the learning of spells. Does
your materia work in the same manner?"
>Cloud shakes his head. "... you mean learning spells to memory? No."
>Ryan rubs his chin as he studies the book. He has no talent with magic, but
that won't stop him from trying to learn. And you've definately caught his
attention.
>Echartea perks.
>Echartea mutters quietly, "So the humans have magic now..this is good.."
>Ryan . o O ( maybe some of this magicite stuff will let me throw real
fireballs... *_* )
>Butz's eye turns to regard Blue and his companions at the mention of 'Espers'.
Silently, but somewhat intently.
>Blue says, "Then the materia s required to cast a spell, despite the length of
time you've studied it? That's interesting. Just a moment..." He produces a pen
and notepad for a moment, along with those reading glasses, and begins jotting
down notes as he goes on. "So, back to the magicite--it's a bit different. If
you see this perpendicular weave here--" He gestures to a line which looks just
like ninety other lines on the page "--you can understand easily why the bearer
of this has the formula ingrained, in a way, on his mind."
>Cloud nods in that "I have no idea what you're talking about, but go ahead and
keep going, it sounds interesting anyway" way.
>Ryan doesn't have a clue, actually. He specialized in tomb robbing, not
kabbalistic lore o.o;
>Cloud (OOC) waves... going home now. n.n
>Cloud (OOC) x.x I just wanna get OUT of here . TGIF. n.n
>Blue gives Cloud a faintly dissatisfied glance--feh, can't understand, and it's
being explained so *plainly*... He continues, however. "I'd like to do a
comparison sketch of your materia; I wonder if it could be altered to perform
the same function...? Well. And here, *this* weave represents what's left of
the Esper's life force."
>Cloud nods quietly, reaching up for his sword. What the heck, that might be
more useful.
>Cloud says, "(OOC) Say, how DOES Cloud sit down with that sword on his back
anyway? o.O"
>Ryan (OOC) carefully
>Blue asks, "(OOC) Tall barstools?"
>Bah-dum-bum *clash*
>Cloud draws his sword, removes the materia (Restore) and hands it to Blue,
pausing as something gets thru to him. "Esper's life force?"
>Butz (OOC) says, "So -that's- why Tifa has to keep patching those holes in the
floor."
>Echartea (OOC) Hehe.
>Blue accepts the materia as he nods to Cloud. "Correct. Magicite is formed when
an esper dies--it's here, on this page." He flips to it easily. What did he do,
memorize the book? "The inherent magic of their race apparently condenses upon
death and crystallizes."
>Cloud asks, "... I'd never heard of them. You say Derek found this?"
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck . o O ( .... )
>Blue says, "Had it given to him, he said." He turns a page in his own notebook,
and raises the materia to the light, studying it.
>Cloud nods quietly, standing up. "In any case... I've got to be going."
>Butz squints at Blue now. Yes, he'll have a word with this Derek person.
>Ryan glances at Cloud, and nods.
>Blue nods absently to Cloud, his attention now focused on the materia, which he
studies over the rim of his glasses in alternation with short, precise strokes
of ink on the paper of his notebook.
>Blue (OOC) studies that sentence, and thinks, in retrospect, that a verb or two
is missing. Ah, well.
>Cloud has disconnected.
>Echartea sighs, and shakes his head
>Echartea taps his staff twice against the ground, and is warped to Lake Acamier.
>Echartea has left.
>Ryan points at one of the diagrams in Blue's book. "What's this?"
>Zelgadis has arrived.
>Zelgadis arrives, with Corona following behind.
>Ryan is reading over Blue's shoulder.
>Lyrae is just stepping out of the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.
>Elmdor has arrived.
>Elmdor steps inside... smiling a bit to himself. n.n
>Janus has arrived.
>Ryan is reading over Blue's shoulder, apparently. It's the same book from
yesterday.
>Zelgadis says, "Hello, Elmdor... Can We talk to you about our wedding?"
indicating the glowing woman on his arm.
>Lyrae is tending at the bar, drying her hands quietly.
>Janus pushes the doorway open slowly as he makes his way into the bar. Waving.
^_^
>Elmdor blinks a bit.. looking over at Zelgadis and Corona. He then smiles and
nods, "Ah... sure." ^_^
>Butz sits in his remote seat, staring down at the table idly. Every so often
casting a subtle glance at Blue.
>Zelgadis asks, "We need to know When is the soonest you could perform the
wedding?"
>Ryan glances at Elmdor, then Janus, as they enter . o O ( What's Janus so
cheery about? )
>Corona looks around at the crowd.
>Janus has been quite cheerful latly, Ryan. Spooky, ain't it? ^_-
>Very o.o
>Blue blinks and finally seems to notice Ryan's question. "Hmm? It's the weave
around the materia. Look--this one in the corner is a sketch of the magicite.
See how they compare?"
>Corona kisses Zel. :)
>Zelgadis smiles at Corona, and returns the kiss.
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck, his attention removed from the text a moment
. o O ( Maybe Janus is on drugs or something... ) As Blue responds, he looks
back to the book. "Compare? O... Oh yeah." . o O ( ... Huh? )
>Ryan . o O ( He does have a point, though... there are similarities in
structure o.= )
>Janus would definately look like he was on something by skipping in, if he were
another of his players chars, but hey... hes Janus, so he can't. He just walks
in normaly, smiling all the way..And, he then approaches Lyrae, holding
something behind him..."Hrmmm..Lyrae... I have an early Christmas present that
you may enjoy." ^_^
>Blue gives Ryan a brief smile. At least he's *trying*. He indicates two more
or less identical lines on the diagrams. "If the materia could be altered, to
look more like *this*, it would be possible to spellcast without using the
stones, once enough time had passed."
>Lyrae would vocalize a greeting to her brother, when she sees him, but her
attention is more or less occupied at the moment. Occupied by the crowd that
is. o O ( I ..really really -really- dislike crowds. ) She blinks, bringing
dark green eyes up from the speculation of the counter towards her brother's
face, raising a thin eyebrow in question. o O ( Present? )
>Echartea has arrived.
>Ryan hrmms a moment. "But... where is this structure from? I've seen materia
before, and I didn't see designs like this..."
>Echartea pads into the bar quietly, and pads up to the bar itself, sitting at
it, and leaning his staff against it. "G'day everyone"
>Echartea turns back to the bar, and leans his elbows on it, resting his beaktip
in his hands, his tail curling down under his stool.
>Blue says, "I'm working on that part." He turns the materia over in his hands.
"It might have something to do with the shape of the crystal and the way it
refracts the power..."
>Elmdor has left.
>Echartea yawns.
>Mizuki has arrived.
>Mizuki slowly moves inside, her cold eyes scanning the room.
>Ryan rubs his chin. "Possibly... mybe I can talk Cloud into letting me put one
under an Scanning Tunneling Microscope..." He looks up at the ceiling in
thought.
>Janus tugs what is behind himself, and places them across the counter in front
of himself as he looks right at his sister. Remember the plans, and papers of
the device from before, Lyrae? Well, these are them. "I still plan to work on
it... However, I plan to make sure there is a way back before using it... I
know you miss home, so I thought I would try to work on this for you.. But,
since this is our home now, and we all have friends here... We can easily go
there for a vacation, to a resort perhaps, with all of your friends for a few
days, and then come back... So, do you like your christmas present?"
>Lyrae is still tending the bar in silence. La de dah.
Mizuki
The recognizable garb of a Shinto Priestess adorns the body of this rather
odd woman, Rashoujin Mizuki. Her white blouse trails over the standard,
multi-folded crimson skirt and edging, traditional in fashion and
meticulously worn. A crimson headband stretches widely across her pale
forehead, standing out against her very long, straight black hair, and
matched by the red and yellow ribbon lacing on her billowing sleeves.
Seldom are her supple fingers not gripping the sacral gohei she carries.
All of this seems natural enough.
What strikes you as strange isn't the costume of the woman, but the
expression she wears on her thin, porcelain hued face. She seems totally
devoid of feeling, most of the time, though the alternative may surprise
you. The very perceptive may notice that her eyes are somehow haunted...
and not in misery, but in a kind of... demented sadism? No... surely this
is your imagination. A simple, self-pleased little smile comes to her
almost colorless lips as she notices your visual perusal of her. The smile
of a priestess... or something more?
Carrying:
[OOC RP note! Long, but please read!], Midgaard City Map, and Gohei
>Echartea tailwaves to Mizuki....recognizing her from earlier.
>Blue glances away from the materia at Ryan, raising an eyebrow. "Under what?"
>Mizuki doesn't have any response to the wave, she simply moves to a chair and
settles there in silence.
>Ryan elaborates, "A scanning tunneling microscope. It uses magnetic forces to
examine atomic relationships. Costs a fortune, though."
>Lyrae blinks, her attention snapping from his face to the plans, green eyes
widening o.o O.O and a HUGE smile breaks out across her face *.* :D She
*nodnodnodnodnods* enthusiastically n.n
>Zelgadis snugs Corona a little, smiling as he does so.
>Cloud has connected.
>Blue says, "Mmm. I doubt it would pick up the power I'm sketching; machines
can't pick up magical energy."
>Lyrae quietly says, "(OOC) Nope. Not yet anyway :)"
>Ryan keeps rubbing his chin. "It depends on the magic energy... from what I
hear, aura magic is a pain to detect mechanicaly, but other types are possible,
especially magic items."
>Mizuki very slowly glances over to Blue. . o O (Magical energy, hm?)
>Echartea hmms
>Blue asks, "Aura magic...? I'm not familiar with the type by that name. Can you
elaborate?"
>Echartea rubs the back of his neck...looking around the room slowly..
>Ryan rubs the back of his neck, squinting in thought. "It uses the aura of the
body to cast spells, gives good control but it's taxing. Dunno the details,
ain't my specialty."
>Cloud steps back into the bar quietly, the only thing betraying him the tinkle
of the little bell set above the door.
>Janus smiles at his sister afterwards, and chuckles lightly then. "I thought
you would like it... However, I can't say how long it will take. But... If I
have some help, I'm sure it would only take a month or two. However, I'm sure
it'll be nice to see home one way or another, and show it off to your friends.
^_-"
>Blue frowns faintly. "It sounds a bit like mind magic, but not precisely."
>Lyrae glances up skittishly at the *tinkle* noise, and nods in greeting to
Cloud as she reclaims her seat behind the bar. She eyes Janus and sweatbeads
lightly. o O ( ..riiiiight. )
>Ryan shakes his head. "No, no, it does physical stuff too. It just doesn't use
ambient energy directly. Or something like that."
>Blue says, "Do you know any instructors of aura magic in the area.... I beg
your pardon. What -is- your name?" Ryan has become interesting enough to rate
an introduction.
>Mizuki watches Lyrae in silence.
>Echartea sighs...muttering something about Temporal Energy.
>Ryan hears Janus and Lyrae, but doesn't pay much attention to them; he's
focused on something else now.
>Echartea . o O ( Okay....humans have more of an understanding of Magic than I
had thought. )
>Ryan frowns. "Maybe Seance, or Dr. Diggers... no, wait, they're both in
Atlanta. Hmm? Ryan."
>Janus smiles at his sister nevertheless, as he adds, "Besides, you could use
the vacation.. Though, the time it would take, is if I didn't start working on
it awhile ago. Which, I did once I received them, so I have deceiphered alot
of the information. I'd say, one month... one and a half at worst. So, you'll
have a nice christmas after all. ^_-"
>Blue says, "Where is Atlanta?" You can almost see him making travel plans.
>Ryan says, "Georgia. USA."
>Lyrae doesn't particularly notice anyone's attention on her - at the moment.
Her nod to Janus in acknowledgement of the information is barely visible, her
hands clasped tightly as she filters out the various voices physically, and the
various presences mentally.
>Blue's faint frown deepens a bit. "Do you have a map of the area?"
>Cloud quietly takes a seat near Blue/Ryan, assuming they're in the same place
as when he left.
>Ryan shakes his head. "Not on me, but I can get one off the internet."
>Ryan is, yes.
>Mizuki continues to watch Lyrae. The girl seems subdued. That merits some
serious interest.
>Janus's ears perk up slightly at Ryan's conversation afterwards, and he gains a
soft smile at that. "Or, less... One moment." He then moves away from Lyrae
after, and walks on towards Ryan. He never knew Ryan was infact from the same
world.
>Oooh. You need a new hobby Mizuki. Really there're lots more things of interest
than someone tucked in silence behind the bar. Honest. :)
>Echartea sighs..
>Ryan may not be, but his canon world is so bizarre it isn't much different from
this 9.9
>Blue says, "I'd appreciate it; thank you." He turns his gaze back to the
materia, and resumes his sketching of lines only he apparently sees.
>Mizuki (OOC) spares a grin for the spoofer. It's blood sacrifice bingo, and I'm
going for a free square.
>Lyrae (OOC) meep
>Lyrae remains her subdued self, sitting behind the counter with her eyes
closed, not quite meditating, but close enough for it.
>Corona has left.
>Cloud greets Blue with a "What are you doing?" as he sits and nods towarrds
Ryan.
>Ryan turns to look at Cloud. "Hmm? Just talking about materia."
>Blue answers Cloud with a nod toward his materia and his sketch of it, which is
surrounded by the odd-looking lines radiating from it. Looks sort of like
abstract art, or one of those new-age aura drawings.
>Cloud nods, looking at Blue. "Does he know about what materia is made of?" he
asks Ryan, assuming Blue is too distracted.
>Zelgadis has disconnected.
>Ryan shrugs at Cloud. Ryan doesn't know what it's made from either.
>Mizuki lays her gohei across her lap.
>Lyrae slowly opens one eye to see if the crowd's thinned any. Wah. No such
luck. She glances around briefly, long enough for anyone quick enough to grab
her attention to get the chance to have a drink or something to eat.
>Janus sits at the table with Ryan....just smiling...not saying a word. Janus'
player decided to freek out Ryan for a bit first, yes. ^_^
>Blue is, indeed, apparently a bit distracted.
>( Janus is secretly in love with Ryan o.o )
>Janus (OOC) KILLS the spoofer. >.<
>...... o.o
>Ryan (OOC) But... Janus honey! ;.;
>Lyrae (OOC) *laughs*
>Cloud looks over at Blue, tapping the table in an attempt to get his attention.
"... Blue? Have I told you what materia is?"
>Janus (OOC) O.O;;;; at Ryan. *BOLTS*
>Ryan is getting freaked out by Janus, yes. This homocidal introvert, being a
nice guy and smiling? o.O
>Lyrae (OOC) cheers Ryan and hands him the trophy.
>Oooo...Janus too? My, Ryan sure is collecting. ^_^;
>Janus (OOC) TRAITOR! O.O
>Janus (OOC) O.O, even.
>Lyrae (OOC) giggles at the spoof
>Blue glances up at Cloud again. "Hmmm? You haven't; please, do." He's so
utterly absorbed in this study of his that he has tuned out Janus, Lyrae, and
the others in the bar.
>Janus (OOC) Ryan gets around. X.x
>Lyrae hasn't said anything in any case. She does something similiar, being that
if no one does snag her attention for a request, she then closes her eyes again
and screens out everything in the room herself, mentally rehearsing.
>Janus just...smiles at first, then he turns his attention towarrds Ryan, "I
assume you are from Earth as well then, Ryan?"
>Ryan blinks as Janus addresses him. "Hmm? Where else would I be from?"
>Cloud tilts his head, eyeing Janus oddly, before turning back to Blue. "Materia
is the consolidated form of mystic energy on this planet..."
>Blue says, "Mystic energy? It's not reading as anything like that," he
contradicts.
>Mizuki suddenly looks to the door, and smiles rather wickedly, as if something
just occured to her. She leaves at once.
>Mizuki heads out the front door.
>Cloud says, "... mako energy, if you prefer."
>Blue asks, "Mako....?"
>Janus chuckles, leaning back in his seat, "Well, you could of been from
anywhere, for all I knew.. Ironic I never knew this though for how long I
have known you for. However, did you hear anything of the conversation I was
having with my sister?"
>Ryan steps away from Blue; he seems busy with Cloud anyway. To Janus, "A bit..."
>Janus smirks, as he eyes Ryan afterwards.."Then, I nominate you to help me out
with a new gateway project.. And, to be a guniea pig. I'll let you know when
we actually start work." He then stands up, not giving Ryan enough time to say
no, as he walks back towards Lyrae.
>Ryan ker-blinks. "Eh? Wah? GUINEA PIG!?" O.O >.<
>Lyrae heard that much, and levels a rather disapproving look at her brother.
>Janus chuckles, and leans over the counter as he whispers to Lyrae.
>Lyrae doesn't look the least bit amused.
>Cloud rubs his neck. "Mako energy is what this world runs on. Condensed mako
energy can store spells..."
>Lyrae mumbles, "*never* ..... about ..... things .. ..... the .....
..... you could do ..... give him the opportunity ..... decline .."
to Janus.
>Ryan has half a mind to twist Janus' head off here and now. Hmm, might want to
duck Jan, he's lurching towards you >.<
>Cloud looks towards Ryan, blinking. Guinea pig? He looks towards Janus.
"..........."
>Janus mumbles, "..... worry .. ..... .. ..... If ..... ..... not to
later on .. ..... won't ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .. ..... was
just ..... him .. .. ..... do that sort of thing ..... the .....
.. .. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... his ..... .." to Lyrae.
>Ryan taps Janus on the shoulder >.<
>Blue follows Cloud's glance to Janus briefly, but Cloud's really caught his
attention now. "....I see. Go on."
>Lyrae chooses not to respond to that for the moment. She still hasn't even come
close to cracking a smile, as she looks over at Ryan.
>Cloud stands up, looking at Blue. "Hold on a minute..." He's going to go over
there to see if he can calm Ryan down.
>Janus, then notices the look at him, and he looks on over towards Ryan
afterwards. He sweatdrops after. "Eh? Odd.. I'm assuming you can't tell if
I'm joking, huh? Besides, all I really needed was some help on the project.
Don't worry though... If you choose to help out, you'll be fine."
>Ryan is calm. Really! REAL calm! Let me just rearrange Janus' face first,
and... hmm? "Well, if you need TECHNICAL help, I'm in." Hmmph.
>Blue frowns impatiently, but nods and watches Cloud.
>Lyrae mimics Cloud, watching Ryan, then Janus. "....."
>Janus laughs, and nods, "Calm down a little though, okay? I think you all are
under a bit too much stress recently... However, a vacation will be in order
soon enough, thankfully." ^_-
>Ryan hmms, rubbing his chin. "I wouldn't mind heading back to the retreat
sometime."
>Cloud approaches Ryan, listening.
>Lyrae quietly says, "..."
>Lyrae pikus. Hm.... a passing glance at best.
>Janus nods slowly afterwards, "I think we all do. I took a bit of a retreat on
this world earlier myself... Done me wonders at least. I'm sure it'll do
everyone else the same. So, once I get the parts, I'll ask you for the help of
course."
>Cloud taptaps Ryan. "... Retreat?"
>Lyrae quietly says, "....."
>Ryan glances over his shoulder at Cloud. "Yeah, it's an alternate dimension.
Wind, sun, and surf. Great vacation spot."
>Lyrae blinks at a thought, and glances towards the stairs.
>Blue interjects, "Vacation?"
>Ryan nods. "Ayup. A little hard to get to, though."
>Lyrae gets to her feet and excuses herself near-mutely, heading towards the
stairs.
>Blue looks a bit mystified, but makes no other comment. He's not ABOUT to admit
he doesn't know what 'vacation' means.
>Echartea sighs
>Echartea turns, and vanishes
>Echartea has left.
>Cloud rubs his head. "... who's going on the retreat?"
>Blue finishes his sketch, and stands, setting the pen down and removing his
glasses to rub the bridge of his nose. He offers the materia back to Cloud.
"I've got enough to work with, for the time being; I need to check my sources
before I move any farther. And I want to finish this." He gestures to Derek's
book.
>Ryan blinks. "Hmm? No, I was just mentioning that as a good vacation spot." n.n
>Cloud takes the materia back later from Blue after he's done walking back from
wherever Ryan is.
>Ryan is in... the twilight zone *.* Actually, he's at the bar c.c
>Lyrae slips away from the counter, after her quiet excuse me, and scurries up
the stairs.
>Blue will even go over *to* Cloud to give him the materia back. Such courtesy.
n.n;
>Lyrae has left.
>Ryan taps the bar. "Anyway... I have to call my broker before the market
closes. Be back a little later, barring extenuating circumstances." He winks,
and heads for the door.
>o
You leave 7th heaven destined again for the chaos of the city.
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