071514katesami

 -- abyssalArrow [AA] began pestering arcaneArtisan [AA] at 15:17 --

 [03:17] AA: Kate, having finally found Sami, quickly walks up to her. "Are you ready?"

 [03:18] AA: "...ready?"

 [03:18] AA: "Oh! Oh, Katie! After everything that just happened, I forgot about our plans..."

 [03:18] AA: "Libby took me to see the Horrorterrors, and they said they could bring Beau back! So I sort of....made a deal with them."

 [03:19] AA: Kate pauses. "... 'A deal'?"

 [03:19] AA: She cocks an eyebrow.

 [03:20] AA: "Uh....yeah. They get to make me go grimdark one time when they really need it, when Libby or the session are in danger."

 [03:21] AA: "On the surface that doesn't sound so bad, but... I think you of all people should be aware how dangerous that may turn out to be."

 [03:21] AA: Sami sighs. "Yeah."

 [03:21] AA: Kate sighs.

 [03:22] AA: She hangs her head for a minute as though thinking, then says in a quiet voice. "...I'm worried I did a bad thing, Katie."

 [03:22] AA: "What's done is done, and it should have been done regardless. We aren't doomed, so it was meant to be."

 [03:22] AA: "Just keep that in mind."

 [03:22] AA: Kate pats Sami on the shoulder.

 [03:22] AA: "But Libby told me that they always exploit loopholes, and I didn't even stop to think about what the loopholes were!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:23] AA: "What if it hurts her, Katie?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:23] AA: "Beau joining us?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:23] AA: "I had myself convinced I was doing it for her but now....I thik I was being really selfish and stupid."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:24] AA: "Where are they getting this... 'new Beau' from?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:24] AA: "A doomed timeline?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:24] AA: Sami sighs. "No. They said something about dream bubbles."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:25] AA: "But I think it's something LIKE a doomed timeline. They did say that most, but not all, of her memories would be the same."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:25] AA: "I have no idea what that is, but I have a sneaking suspicion that if anything is capable of moving living things between mediums they shouldn't be passing through unharmed, it is them."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:25] AA: "Don't worry about that too much, Sami."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:27] AA: Sami nods. "Am I....betraying the memory of *MY* Beau by letting them bring in another Beau?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:28] AA: "That's a philosophical question I am not prepared to answer."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:28] AA: "Though... come to think of it, I think she would appreciate it."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:29] AA: "You might run into problems if you ever encounter the 'Alpha' Beau again, though, for whatever reason."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:30] AA: "She would....'appreciate' it?" Sami looks confused.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:33] AA: "Sure. You miss her so much even in such a short span that you'd go to such lengths to see her again."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:34] AA: Sami takes this in, but isn't totally mollified.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:35] AA: "Do you think she would've done something like this? If it were me?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:36] AA: "I don't think she would have taken this avenue, but I'm sure she would have done something similar. She's a chess player. She'd bring her queen back by sacrificing a pawn somehow."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:37] AA: Sami nods.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:38] AA: "Well....if she would've done something like this....I guess I don't feel so bad."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:38] AA: Kate smiles.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:38] AA: "I still want her body though.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:38] AA: "So we still need to make a trip down there."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:38] AA: Sami nods. "Yeah. Alpha Beau is still our Beau."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:39] AA: "She deserves to be a statue."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:39] AA: "With wings."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:39] AA: "Do you think I need to be a better witch? So we can find the ashes even after they're scattered?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:40] AA: "Practice my control of Breath and god tier? I've got to admit, I'm sort of....terrified of the idea of killing myself. But if it's for Beau....Alpha Beau, I mean..."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:41] AA: "Honestly, I bet I could do it without you, but I'd appreciate your assistance either way." Kate grins, and tilts her head in a 'You up to the challgenge' kind of way.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:41] AA: "Okay. I'll do whatever I can."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:42] AA: "Whenever you're ready. We have time on our side, so we can take as much of it as we want, I think. I'll try to have her mounted within the following few months."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:44] AA: "All right. Do I need to bring anything?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:44] AA: "Just your powers."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:44] AA: "And probably clothes if you want."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:44] AA: "Well I don't intend to go naked."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:45] AA: Kate winks. "I know, Sami."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:45] AA: "Okay, let's find Ryspor and ask him when he'll be ready."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:45] AA: "Let's." Kate smiles. "Soon we'll have not one, but two Beaus!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:46] AA: Sami thinks about that for a second and looks troubled, but nods and makes to go.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:48] AA: Kate looks genuinely happy and falls in step with Sami.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:51] AA: After searching for a good while, Kate stops.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:52] AA: "I think I just realized where he probably is, and I don't really want to go there."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:53] AA: "Huh? Where?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:53] AA: "...With Libby."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:53] AA: Kate looks sideways.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:53] AA: "Oh." She thinks for a second. "OH!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:53] AA: "Really?"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:54] AA: "I, for one, don't want to interrupt them."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:54] AA: "I thought they were Troll Besties or something."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:54] AA: "Well, yes. That's what I mean."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:54] AA: "Oh."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:54] AA: "Troll besties get pretty intimate, as I understand it."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:55] AA: "But I don't really want to catch the heat for walking in on them."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:55] AA: "Wow. I didn't know it was like that. Man....I was thinking of being Null's Moirail. I had no idea I would be signing myself up for that."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:55] AA: Kate shrugs.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:55] AA: "It might have been fun."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:55] AA: "Yeah, I'd rather avoid Libby if I can, too. She really doesn't like me, and I'd rather not give her any reason to like me less."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:56] AA: "It would've hurt Beau!"

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:56] AA: "Don't get me wrong, I loved Null, just....I didn't love her THAT way."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:56] AA: "I thought Libby liked me for a while, but then she didn't, and now I just feel terrible for her on multiple levels. I don't know when I'll be able to talk to her, but I absolutely don't want to interrupt her when she's with Ryspor."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:57] AA: "Agreed."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:57] AA: "Let's give them some time. If one of us runs into Ryspor when he's coming up for air, we can ask him then."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:58] AA: "Sounds good, I'll ping you."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:58] AA: "Okay. Good luck, Katie."

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [03:58] AA: "See you around, Sami." Kate smiles and departs.