121013-Ryspor-Jossik

 -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] began pestering gregariousTroubadour [GT] at 17:13 --

[05:27] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] approaches Jossik nervously, unsure of what to do about the hungover troll --

[05:28] GG: hey, ryspor

[05:28] GG: whαt's up?

[05:28] GT: ~Ah! Vm, nothing, really. Jvʃt wanted to make ʃvre yov hadn't died or anything, ahaha.~

[05:28] GG: nope, st-ll αl-ve. -'m pretty res-l-ent

[05:29] GG: how αre you?

[05:29] GT: ~A tad pvt ovt that everyone got to the impʃ firʃt.~

[05:29] GT: ~My tridentkind iʃn't jvʃt for ʃhow, yov know.~

[05:29] GG: αh well

[05:30] GG: - d-dnt exαctly do much, e-ther

[05:30] GT: ~No, I ʃvppoʃe not.~

[05:30] GT: ~Too bvʃy inveʃtigating the meaning of Wine and Debavchery, no?~

[05:31] GG: bluh, -'ve got one pαrt pretty thouroughly -nvest-gαted

[05:31] GG: -'m not keen on gett-ng too deep -nto thαt other one

[05:31] GT: ~Yov were warned againʃt imbibing too mvch, to be fair.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:31] GT: ~ʃtill, yov mvʃt not be having the time of yovr life right now.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:32] GG: yeαh, - feel l-ke someone -s h-tt-ng me over the heαd repeαtedly

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:32] GG: could you lower your vo-ce α b-t?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:32] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] draws in a sympathetic breath, then nods compliantly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:32] GT: ~ʃorry.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GT: ~iʃ thiʃ better?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GG: -ts cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GG: yeαh, lots

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GT: ~oh, good.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GG: thαnks

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:33] GT: ~not a problem.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:34] GG: so, whαt've you been up to?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:34] GT: ~not a whole lot, to be honeʃt. i did explore proʃpit for a ʃhort while, bvt ʃvffice it to ʃay that...didn't exactly go aʃ planned.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:34] GG: whαt hαppened?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:35] GT: ~baliʃh happened.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:35] GG: guh, thαt sounds sucky

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:35] GT: ~it waʃ, believe me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:35] GT: ~i'm jvʃt glad i'm not on hiʃ team.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:35] GG: whαt'd he do?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:36] GT: ~i had been going throvgh a bit of a rovgh patch recently, and he waʃ being rvde, ʃo i ʃnapped at him.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:36] GT: ~then he lavghed ʃo hard he cried.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:36] GT: ~at me, if that waʃn't clear.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:36] GG: Yeαh, be-ng rude -s sortα h-s th-ng, -sn't -t?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:37] GG: You've been go-n through α rough pαtch?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:37] GT: ~i didn't take the loʃʃ of my lvʃvʃ exceptionally well.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:37] GG: oh, you lost your lusus? thαt sucks. - lost m-ne too.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:38] GT: ~i'm ʃorry to hear that.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:38] GG: how'd your lusus d-e?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:38] GT: ~that'ʃ what botherʃ me; i don't know.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GT: ~he waʃ ovt of the hive when i entered.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] grimaces --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GG: yeαh, thαt hαppened to tlαloc too.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GT: ~who'ʃ tlaloc?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GG: my mo-rα-l

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GG: trolltec guy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:39] GT: ~ah, i ʃee.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GT: ~yov're ʃo lvcky to have a moirail with yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GG: yeαh, - αm

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GT: ~i've never really filled any qvadrantʃ myʃelf.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GG: ever thought αbout -t?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:40] GT: ~...once.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:41] GG: αnyone - know?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:46] GT: ~probably not, vnleʃʃ yov're into...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:46] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] mutters the next bit --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:47] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] blushes a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:47] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] arches an eyebrow --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:47] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks away nervously --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:47] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] opens his mouth, then closes it again --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:48] GG: dude, feel free to tell me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:48] GG: -'m the kn-ght of heαrt, αfter αll

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:48] GT: ~right. vm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:48] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] takes a deep breath --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:48] GT: ~iʃaidtabletoproleplaying~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GG: oh, l-ke dungeons αnd drαgons?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GT: ~...yeʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GG: -'ve αlwααys wαnted to plαy someth-ng l-ke thαt!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GT: ~really?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GG: But - never hαd enough fr-ends

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] brightens up a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GG: -t αlwαys seemed l-ke -t would be reαlly cool!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:49] GG: work-ng together to tell α story, y'know?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:50] GT: ~i alwayʃ enjoyed the interaction of the chracterʃ, myʃelf.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:50] GT: ~creating thiʃ whole other perʃona to wrap yovrʃelf in.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:50] GT: ~it waʃ nice, if incredibly riʃky.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:50] GG: yeαh, - used to do thαt -n my v-deogαmes

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:50] GG: espec-αlly skyr-m

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:51] GG: but - could never f-nd αnyone to plαy w-th...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:51] GT: ~i heard abovt ʃkyrim, i think...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:51] GT: ~waʃ it any fvn?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:51] GG: yeαh, -t wαs α blαst

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:51] GG: but -t wαs s-ngleplαyer, so - wαs αlwαys plαy-ng by myself

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:52] GT: ~do yov ʃtill have the grvbʃ? we covld ʃet ʃomething vp.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:52] GG: yeαh, - cαptchαlogued -t before - left!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:52] GG: we could plαy when we get some free t-me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:53] GT: ~that might be nice.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:53] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] jossik produces the grubs from his captchalogue and grins --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:53] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] grins a little in return --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:53] GG: hey, αnd mαybe you could show me one of your tαbletop gαmes?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:54] GT: ~why not? the world haʃ ended, after all.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:54] GT: ~i'm aʃʃvming yov're a fantaʃy adventvre type? moʃt are.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:56] GG: yeαh, but - αlso l-ke α b-t of good sc-f- from t-me to t-me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:58] GT: ~well, i do recall having the rvlebookʃ for dnd hidden away ʃomewhere in my hive. perhapʃ we covld go back to LOLWAT after all thiʃ dieʃ down.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:58] GG: Yeαh, - would love thαt!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:58] GT: ~we covld invite the otherʃ aʃ well! It wovld be a Team Jvʃtice RP Extraordinaire!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:58] GG: dude yes

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:58] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] raises his voice in excitement --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:59] GG: th-s -s def-n-tely α th-ng thαt needs to hαppen

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:59] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] raises his hand for a high five --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:59] GG: (( fuck afk again lol ))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[05:59] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] returns it --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:00] GG: αlso, could you pleαse try to keep your vo-ce down?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:00] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] blushes --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GT: ~ʃorry.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GG: s'okαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GG: not your fαult

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GT: ~it'll be good to play withovt having to wear thoʃe ʃtifling earʃ all the time, thovgh!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] raises an eyebrow --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GG: eαrs?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:01] GT: ~at laʃt, gvndar reavvʃ ʃhall ride again - ah.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:02] GT: ~well.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:02] GT: ~yov ʃee.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:02] GT: ~my co-playerʃ may not have known i waʃ a ʃeadweller.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:03] GG: you hαd to h-de your seαdweller-ness from your coplαyers?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:03] GT: ~it'ʃ jvʃt that moʃt of them were lowbloodʃ and, well, that doeʃn't really make for inʃtant bondʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:04] GG: αh, well

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:04] GG: doesnt reαlly mαtter now thαt there's only, whαt, 12 trolls left -n the un-verse?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:04] GT: ~very trve.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:05] GG: so, other thαn tαbletop rpgs, whαt other k-ndα stuff do you l-ke?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:05] GT: ~well, i enjoy collecting little tidbitʃ of eʃoteric knowledge from time to time.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GT: ~yov wovld not believe the ʃize of my library.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GG: Thαt's pretty cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GT: ~alʃo i have an alarming amovnt of coffee mvgʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GT: ~i don't really know why i collect them, or collected them, i ʃvppoʃe.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GG: You know whαt's we-rd? - hαve never once hαd coffe

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GT: ~gaʃp.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:06] GT: ~Really?!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:07] GG: Yeαh, -t wαs k-ndα super expens-ve to get αnyth-ng out where - l-ved, so - never bothered

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:07] GT: ~We need to fix thiʃ at once, Joʃʃik!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:07] GT: ~Yov have not LIVED vntil yov have taʃted the bitter liqvor of the cacao.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] GT: ~Alʃo, I've heard it'ʃ a good hangover cvre.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] GG: Sh-t, let's do th-s

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] GG: you hαve αny on you?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] GT: ~let me ʃee...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:08] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] rifles through his sylladex for a moment --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:09] GT: ~ooh, yov're in lvck: i brovght my troll ʃvmatran blend.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:09] GG: got αnyth-ng to brew -t w-th?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:09] GT: ~hmm.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:09] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] thinks --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:09] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] comes up with absolutely nothing! --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:10] GT: ~no.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:10] GG: well, sh-t.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:10] GT: ~perhapʃ we can aʃk one of the bvllʃ?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:10] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] walks over to one of the nearby bulls that has not fled the scene in panic --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GG: dude wα-t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GG: they m-ght be -nsulted by us wαnt-ng someth-ng thαt -snt w-ne

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] comes back looking slightly mortified, but carrying a small handheld brewer by the tips of his fingers --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GT: ~ʃhovld...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GG: Wα-t, ser-ously?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GG: why d-d they hαve thαt even

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:11] GT: ~ʃhovld i be worried abovt the fact that the bvl winked at me a little when he gave it to me?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:12] GT: ((*bull))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:12] GG: well

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:12] GG: one αsked me jo-n h-m -n the dungeon α wh-le αgo

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:12] GG: - th-nk -ts just α normαl th-ng for them

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:12] GT: ~i ʃvppoʃe it iʃ the land of wine and debavchery...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] GG: yeαh, -t would mαke sense for them to be α b-t fl-rty

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] GT: ~anyway, all we need now iʃ to whip ovt the coffee, and - ~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] pauses --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] GG: whαt's wrong?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] facepalms --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] GT: ~it'ʃ my blaʃted modvʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:13] GT: ~do yov have any water on yov, perchance?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:14] GG: whαt's wrong w-th your modus?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:14] GG: let me check my syllαdex.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:16] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] begins looking through his modus --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:18] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] taps his sylladex and a huge, videogame style chest appears in front of him. He bigns rifling through it --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:18] GG: Ok, let me see...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:19] GG: Ah-hα!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:19] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] pulls out a bottle of water holding it above his head while videogame victory music plays. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:19] GG: here you go.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:19] GT: ~excellent!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:20] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] shakes a small dark brown pill out of a pill bottle that appears in thin air, then pops out of existence again --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:20] GG: whoα, whαt modus -s thαt?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:21] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] pours a little water over the pill, which expands into a bag of coffee grounds --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:21] GT: ~jvʃt add water.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:21] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] grimaces slightly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:21] GG: huh, cool.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:21] GG: αnd now we cαn use the wαter to mαke the coffee!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:22] GT: ~well, firʃt we need ʃomething to heat it vp with.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:23] GG: you hαve the brewer, r-ght?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:23] GT: ~oh, right, ʃilly me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:23] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] turns to the small brewer and fiddles with it for a moment, before turning back --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:23] GT: ~and now we wait!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:24] GG: ok cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:24] GG: so, we never αctuαlly tαlked αbout thαt quαdrαnt th-ng, d-d we?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:24] GT: ~oh yeʃ, that.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:25] GT: ~ʃhe waʃ the DM of ovr little grovp.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:26] GG: D-d she...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:26] GG: you know.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:26] GT: ~i'm...not qvite ʃvre what yov're implying.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:26] GG: d-d she mαke -t -n?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:27] GT: ~make it...in?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:27] GG: d-d she mαke -t -n the gαme?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:27] GG: l-ke, -nto th-s gαme>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:28] GT: ~oh! no.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:28] GG: Whαt d-d you th-nk - meαnt?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:29] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] blushes again --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:29] GT: ~nothing important, ahaha, haha!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:29] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] blushes in return --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:30] GG: oh, you thought - meαnt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:30] GG: hαhα, no, thαt -s not whαt - wαs tαlk-ng αbout

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:30] GG: hey, look, the coffees done!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:30] GT: ~ʃo it iʃ!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:31] GG: Let's do th-s, then!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:31] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] grabs the bottle again and pulls out 2 coffee mugs with garish colors and weird mottos --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:31] GG: oh, n-ce mugs

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:31] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] fills each up equally with dark black liquid --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:31] GT: ~thank yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:33] GG: (( alright, give it to me ))

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:33] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] hands one over --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:33] GG: thαnk you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:34] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] takes a tentative sip. His eyes widen. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:34] GG: wow.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:34] GT: ~be warned, it'ʃ an acqvired taʃte.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:34] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] takes a large gulp --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:34] GG: th-s -s αmαz-ng!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:35] GT: ~I know, right?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:35] GG: holy sh-t, - shouldve tr-ed th-s eαrl-er

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:35] GT: ~haha.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:35] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] raises his mug for a quick toast --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:36] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] raises his in return, grinning foolishly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:36] GT: ~to coffee and roleplaying, perhapʃ?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:36] GG: coffe αnd roleplαy-ng!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:36] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] grins and takes another gulp --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:37] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] wipes his mouth and sighs contentedly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:38] GG: so, esoter-c knowledge, huh? whαt does thαt even meαn?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:38] GT: ~baʃically any odd fact that catcheʃ my fancy.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:38] GG: l-ke whαt?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:38] GT: ~did yov know that the technical plvral for octopvʃ iʃ octopodeʃ?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GG: - thought -t wαs octop-

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GT: ~or eight-legged vnderwater beaked conʃtrictor, ʃorry~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GT: ~oh good, yov know highblood terminology.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GG: αh, -'ve never reαlly cαred αbout h-ghblood terms vs lowblood terms

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:39] GG: -t αll meαns the sαme th-ng, so who cαres,r-ght?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:40] GT: ~indeed.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:40] GG: So, whαt else you got?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:40] GT: ~in termʃ of factʃ, or...?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:41] GG: just αnyth-ng, reαlly. -'m reαlly enjoy-ng tαlk-ng to you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:41] GT: ~really?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:41] GG: yeαh, you're α pretty cool guy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:42] GT: ~thank yov!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:42] GG: no problem

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:42] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] offers a warm smile --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:44] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] fidgets in the awkward silence --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:44] GT: ~ʃo!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:44] GT: ~hobbieʃ!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:44] GG: yes!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:45] GG: m-ne, -m αssum-ng?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:45] GT: ~if yov feel like it, certainly.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:46] GG: well, - meαn, we αlreαdy pretty much covered yours, so

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:46] GG: -f you wαnnα keep go-ng, -'m f-ne!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:46] GT: ~oh, well, i didn't mean to intrvde, bvt i do have one other major intereʃt.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:46] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:47] GT: ~i tend to ramble abovt the ʃvbject, thovgh.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:47] GT: ~it ʃcareʃ people away more often than not.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:47] GG: now - s-mply must know.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:49] GT: ~oh, mvʃt yov?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:49] GG: oh, - must, - must

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:49] GT: ~well, if yov mvʃt...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GT: ~I ʃimply ADORE meowbeaʃtʃ!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GG: meowbeαsts?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GT: ~They're jvʃt ʃo~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GT: ~MAJEʃTIC~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GT: ~The way they rvn acroʃʃ the Alternian plainʃ, the wind rvffling throvgh their fvr!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:50] GG: -'ve never αctuαlly seen one -n reαl l-fe

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GT: ~Their ʃociety iʃ remarkably ʃimilar to trollʃociety, did yov know?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GG: reαlly?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GG: how so>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GT: ~It'ʃ not a coincidence that ʃo many trollʃ have feline lvʃii.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GG: wαs your lusus α meowbeαst?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:51] GT: ~My lvʃvʃ waʃ the BEʃT kind of meowbeaʃt.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:52] GT: ~He waʃ an Alternian ʃphinx.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:52] GG: whoα, n-ce

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:52] GG: wα-t, you're α seαdweller. Why d-d you hαve α lαnddwell-ng lusus?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:52] GT: ~No one knowʃ where they came from, and they pop vp in all ʃortʃ of ancient literatvre!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:52] GT: ~It'ʃ ʃo exciting to be able to not only obʃerve one vp cloʃe, bvt to be PARENTED by one!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:53] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] is lost in reminiscing --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:53] GG: thαt sounds reαlly cool!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:53] GG: Ryspor?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:53] GG: LOWAD to ryspor, αre you there?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:53] GT: ~Of covrʃe, he covld be annoyingly cryptic at timeʃ, bvt then, what are ʃphinxeʃ known for bvt their exemplary riddling talentʃ?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:54] GT: ~And they can FLY!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:54] GT: ~Their wingʃpan iʃ bigger than any known bird!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:54] GG: wow, you do k-ndα rαmble αbout th-s

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:54] GT: ~Then again, it haʃ to be, to ʃvpport them in the air.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:54] GG: not, l-ke, -n α bαd wαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:55] GT: ~They alʃo have remarkably troll-like faceʃ, which iʃ how they can commvnicate verbally vnlike other lvʃii.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:55] GG: ...ryspor?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:56] GT: ~They're incredibly ʃmart, and have remarkable langvage talent.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:56] GG: Ryspor dude

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:57] GG: Ryspor you αre ser-ously rαmbl-ng here

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:57] GT: ~The Troll Greek writer Aeʃchy Yilvʃʃ wrote abovt Oedipʃ' encovnter with a ʃphinx on hiʃ jovrney.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:57] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] flicks ryspors horn --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:57] GG: dude

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:57] GT: ~Perʃonally, I alwayʃ fovnd it to be a tad vnaccvrate. I mean, my lvʃvʃ never attempted to eat me if I failed to anʃwer one of hiʃ - OW!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:58] GG: you were k-ndα lost -n the lususphere

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:58] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] rubs his horn sulkily --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:58] GG: sry αbout the horn, hαd to pull you bαck to eαrth somehow

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:58] GT: ~that didn't mean yov had to flick me, thovgh.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:59] GG: - tr-ed tαlk-ng to you, but you d-dnt go for -t

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:59] GT: ~eʃpecially on my hornʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[06:59] GG: sry, but -'m pretty sure thαt -f - d-dnt stop you, you wouldnt ever stop

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:00] GT: ~...ahaha, yeʃ, well, i did warn yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:00] GG: -t's cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:00] GT: ~perhapʃ we'd better move off the ʃvbject.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:00] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] instantly grimaces at the thought --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:01] GG: yeαh, thαt mαy be for the best

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:01] GG: hey, we cool?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:01] GT: ~we are, for lack of a better word, cool.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:02] GG: cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:04] GT: ~oh, i'd better go retvrn the coffee grinder to that bvll.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:05] GG: ok cool

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:05] GG: tαlk to you lαter, mαn

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:05] GT: ~it waʃ nice talking with yov aʃ well!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:05] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] waves goodbye --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[07:05] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] grins and waves back --