100513KateKikate

 -- graciousTerminator [GT] began pestering abyssalArrow [AA] at 23:17 --

 GT: { I find my mouse drifting over to your chumhandle more and more frequently whether or not I want it to }

 AA: I was hoping you would contact me.

 GT: { }

 GT: { Really? Why might that be? }

 AA: I was hoping to ask you a bit about the game my friends and I are about to play.

 AA: Perhaps even more pertinently, why we 8 and only we 8 were selected to play it.

 GT: { How that brings back memories }

 GT: { The confusion we eXperienced when we began our session of the game }

 GT: { It was so silly }

 GT: { Painful to reflect upon }

 AA: Why did the developers chose your group? Did you ever figure that out?

 GT: { No }

 GT: { I don't think anyone wanted to figure that out }

 GT: { A note written in your own blood isn't eXactly the friendliest invitation }

 AA: Oh my.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { You humans have it so easy }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { A mere email sufficed for your session }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: The fact that our games are so different troubles me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: How many players did you have?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Twelve }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Why do we have eight?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { That's beyond me }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Though know this }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { The forces behind the initiation of the troll and human sessions are ones not to be reckoned with }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I can feel it }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Do you know what they are?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { No }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { But }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Our invitations were covered with significant amounts of barnacles }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Suggesting that they spent time in a body of water }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Perplexing. If only we could meet in person. This is all so confusing.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Well }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Troll oceans must seem quite peculiar to you humans }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Not at all. Most of our planet is ocean.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Well }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { There are a select few members of our kind that can breathe underwater }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { The high-bloods }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Wow.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Also the rulers and head of our society }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Accompanied by certain... creatures lurking in the depths }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { You would probably appreciate them given your fondness for taXidermy }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Sounds quite oppressive.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: And impressive.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I have never been diving to find creatures of the deep.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Really? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Would you want to? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I am unsure. I would need to modify my crossbow to work well underwater and have sufficient diving gear.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: And I'm a tad worried that the creatures that live down there would... Overpower me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Well if your sea creatures are anything like ours that is a reasonable complaint }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: You trolls interest me.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I could say the same about you humans }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Or human, rather }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I've had some unpleasant human-troll interactions recounted to me }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { And witnessed some first-hand }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I don't want to push my luck just yet by talking to another }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: So that's why you haven't talked to any others.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Well, I'm alright with keeping you to myself.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { AG would call me a stiff }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Any chumhandles I should avoid? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Hard to say, but chessAficionado would probably have a nice conversation with you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Well it's an elegant chumhandle }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Couldn't be too bad }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: She would have a civil conversation with you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I'll keep her in mind then }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { You wouldn't believe how underrated civility is in troll society }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I am sorry to hear that.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Thanks }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { How are humans about that sort of thing? }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Generally pretty good.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Well CA is on now }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Give it a shot.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Will do }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Kikate, before you go, I have a question.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Of course }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: What do you think the likelihood of our two groups meeting is?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I think it's fairly likely }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Good.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I believe this is all happening for a reason }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: I look forward to this time.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> AA: Good to talk to you.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { I do too }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> GT: { Thanks, you too }

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(100,100,100);">-- graciousTerminator  <span style="color:rgb(40,73,135);">[GT] <span style="color:rgb(100,100,100);"> ceased pestering abyssalArrow  <span style="color:rgb(0,85,0);">[AA] <span style="color:rgb(100,100,100);"> at 23:44 --

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