12-08-2013, 05:07 PM
((At the fountain in the Golden Court, some days after Date at Pearl Lane…))
***
Ulanan Ulan walks the way she always walks: tiny feet stomping against the floor in what could be confused with a march.
Antimony Jhanhi sits with her ears swooped back towards the fountain and an unfocused look in her eyes. She doesn't immediately notice the lalafell's approach.
Ulanan Ulan invades the Miqo'te's field of view by standing in front of her. Her next action is to smile.
Antimony Jhanhi blinks, looks over Ulanan's head for a second, and then down at the lalafell. There's a pause and then she smiles back, "Still enjoying your visit?"
Ulanan Ulan: You could say so. How is your current task going?
Antimony Jhanhi blinks and then clears her throat, straightening her posture a bit. "Oh, since the first meeting, they've been very accommodating. I was only taking a small break."
Ulanan Ulan: You should take care around those people. I do not think they are very attached to the law. But I'm sure you noticed that already.
Antimony Jhanhi twitches one ear as though it had an itch.
Antimony Jhanhi: Don't worry overmuch. I've got caution enough when dealing with these kinds of cases. It will be fine.
Ulanan Ulan: I won't, then. There was something I wanted to ask of you. A favor, if you do not mind.
Antimony Jhanhi tilts her head slightly to one side, "I'm just sorry I had to leave you on your own after.... ah? What is it? Anything, of course."
Ulanan Ulan: First, I must apologize, because this will probably ruin your evening. Do you remember that woman, K'ailia? The one that keeps thinking you are her teacher?
Antimony Jhanhi 's mouth twitches at one corner as her ears drop a couple inches. "I do."
Ulanan Ulan: I spoke with her recently. She told me she won't stop bothering you unless you directly tell her so.
Ulanan Ulan: So, I'd like to ask you to do that the next time you see her.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns and looks off to one side. Her tail curls indecisively against the stone behind her.
Antimony Jhanhi: That... would probably be for the best, I suppose.
Ulanan Ulan: It doesn't take a genius to note that you are not comfortable around her. Apparently, this is not enough for her. So you will need to take a more direct approach.
Antimony Jhanhi weaves her fingers together in her lap and presses her lips into a thin line. When she speaks, it's distracted, "She's a... good girl. I know she means..." She pauses and then shakes her head, turning back to Ulanan with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I'm sorry I've left my defense to you so often. It's not fair."
Ulanan Ulan smiles at you.
Ulanan Ulan: Don't be sorry. I'm not entirely sure that she's the good girl you think she is. But if you are right, she will leave you alone.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns down at her hands.
Antimony Jhanhi: I think you underestimate... well, no matter.
Elder Megiddo tosses a coin into the water, and mutters, "I wish for good luck in gambling tonight."
Ulanan Ulan: I assure you: I will not underestimate her. But!
Antimony Jhanhi blinks at the lalafell.
Ulanan Ulan claps her hands together. "Let's speak of something nicer." She looks to a side and blinks at the man with the pumpkin mask. It's a bit late for being dressed like that.
Elder Megiddo notices Ulanan looking at him and waves.
Ulanan Ulan: I assure you: I will not underestimate her. But!
Antimony Jhanhi blinks at the lalafell.
Ulanan Ulan claps her hands together. "Let's speak of something nicer." She looks to a side and blinks at the man with the pumpkin mask, dressed all in white. It's a bit late for being dressed like that.
Elder Megiddo notices Ulanan looking at him and waves.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns in confusion and turns her head to follow Ulanan's gaze. The form is terrifyingly familiar.
Antimony Jhanhi: ... A demon! It followed us!?
Ulanan Ulan: Wha-? No! It's not a demon. It's a costumed man.
Antimony Jhanhi bristles and startles from the bench, tail bushed out behind her, ears pressed back.
Elder Megiddo laughs, "Everyone tends to follow you, don't they, Antimony?" And, removing the mask, "That's just your kind of luck."
Ulanan Ulan is frustrated with Elder Megiddo.
Ulanan Ulan: It's a bit late for celebrating All Saints' Wake!
Antimony Jhanhi stares at Megiddo with a mix of confusion and fear for several more seconds, before it becomes only confusion. And then annoyance.
Antimony Jhanhi: What are you doing in that... that shroud of evil!
Elder Megiddo: Is it late? I must've lost a day or two. And Antimony, you know me. The shroud of evil's not too far from my normal face, is it?
Elder Megiddo walks around the fountain towards the pair.
Antimony Jhanhi gestures vehemently at the pumpkin head with its ghoulish grin, "Don't come near with that thing! You'll need to burn it to rid yourself of... of whatever you've caught!"
Ulanan Ulan frowns at the Duskwight.
Elder Megiddo looks at the mask in his hands. "It's a gourd with a face on it. A happy face. It's a happy gourd."
Antimony Jhanhi: It's a beacon for death is what it is! Put it away!
Antimony Jhanhi wrings her hands a bit, looking over Megiddo with flustered concern from a distance.
Ulanan Ulan: I'm afraid Antimony does not approve the traditions of that celebration.
Antimony Jhanhi: You've carried it for how long now? Augh! I'll... You'll need some kind of warding, an offering when you burn the nasty thing...
Antimony Jhanhi frowns and seems to be plotting something out as she speaks.
Ulanan Ulan: It's only a toy. A carved pumpkin. Nobody has brought voidsent for wearing that.
Antimony Jhanhi: And not for a lack of trying, it seems!
Antimony Jhanhi throws her hands up in the air.
Elder Megiddo hefts the mask and tosses it away, "My own clan has their own beliefs regarding these things. Would it help if I said that I'd taken certain precautions?"
Antimony Jhanhi frowns narrowly at the pumpkin as it rolls away. "No precaution is precaution enough, save to steer clear of it entirely."
Ulanan Ulan: You'd think the authorities would have made quite a clamor if costumes brought voidsent to feast on the population!
Ulanan Ulan is visibly annoyed.
Antimony Jhanhi: And don't just leave it here, where any other unsuspecting victim could...
Antimony Jhanhi makes as though to follow the pumpkin, but stops herself short and in clear conflict.
Elder Megiddo: Now, it's not all about summoning voidsent. Antimony's fears may be grounded. Perhaps we are summoning darkness into our hearts by wearing such things, hm?
Ulanan Ulan moves towards the mask, throwing a glare in Megiddo's direction. "And do we summon light into our hearts by setting our heads on fire?"
Antimony Jhanhi: Ill actions bring ill thoughts and a source of darker things still.
Antimony Jhanhi nods firmly, stubbornly.
Elder Megiddo smiles at Ulanan, "Maybe we do."
Antimony Jhanhi blinks and frowns at Ulanan and looks a little hurt, "There's no need to make fun."
Ulanan Ulan picks up the mask. She holds it in one hand and, in the other, her scepter. She presses her lips together, eyes placed on Antimony. Then there's a spark. Magical fire spreads over the mask, consuming it. She drops it just a moment before the combustion reaches her hand.
Elder Megiddo looks saddened, "That was my only mask."
Antimony Jhanhi furrows her brow, working her jaw as though she wants to say more. "You need to... ah." She huffs and looks stiffly away. "At least it's something..."
Ulanan Ulan shrugs at you.
Ulanan Ulan: You said to burn it.
Elder Megiddo turns from Ulanan and walks towards Antimony, "If you don't mind, I don't understand why your beliefs should trump my own. As the Elder and spiritual leader of my clan, I feel quite confident handling omens and dark images."
Antimony Jhanhi frowns up at Megiddo. "Trump...? There's nothing to... That's just how it is!"
Ulanan Ulan: How do you know?
Antimony Jhanhi: How do I... well, through experience.
Antimony Jhanhi turns her frown on Ulanan.
Ulanan Ulan places the hands on her hips and tilts her head.
Elder Megiddo leans forward to look at Antimony, "You may be interested to know that the tattoos on my face serve to deliberately summon such things as you fear. I've worn them my whole life. It is something my clan does."
Antimony Jhanhi swivels her head back around to Megiddo and blinks up at him a bit wide-eyed. "That.. Ah..."
Ulanan Ulan looks disapprovingly at Megiddo. "I think you have scared her enough."
Elder Megiddo: I apologize. I'll leave her with that and mind my own business for the evening. Such business that it is. Goodbye.
Elder Megiddo turns and exits swiftly.
Ulanan Ulan: Safe travels.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns at a vague spot on the ground, then looks up, opening her mouth as though to say something after Megiddo, then just frowns again down at the ground.
Antimony Jhanhi: I should... return to Captain Lamandau's office.
Ulanan Ulan nods to you.
Ulanan Ulan: I'll be at the Quicksand, if you need me.
Antimony Jhanhi smiles briefly at Ulanan and then just starts off, looking distracted.
***
Ulanan Ulan walks the way she always walks: tiny feet stomping against the floor in what could be confused with a march.
Antimony Jhanhi sits with her ears swooped back towards the fountain and an unfocused look in her eyes. She doesn't immediately notice the lalafell's approach.
Ulanan Ulan invades the Miqo'te's field of view by standing in front of her. Her next action is to smile.
Antimony Jhanhi blinks, looks over Ulanan's head for a second, and then down at the lalafell. There's a pause and then she smiles back, "Still enjoying your visit?"
Ulanan Ulan: You could say so. How is your current task going?
Antimony Jhanhi blinks and then clears her throat, straightening her posture a bit. "Oh, since the first meeting, they've been very accommodating. I was only taking a small break."
Ulanan Ulan: You should take care around those people. I do not think they are very attached to the law. But I'm sure you noticed that already.
Antimony Jhanhi twitches one ear as though it had an itch.
Antimony Jhanhi: Don't worry overmuch. I've got caution enough when dealing with these kinds of cases. It will be fine.
Ulanan Ulan: I won't, then. There was something I wanted to ask of you. A favor, if you do not mind.
Antimony Jhanhi tilts her head slightly to one side, "I'm just sorry I had to leave you on your own after.... ah? What is it? Anything, of course."
Ulanan Ulan: First, I must apologize, because this will probably ruin your evening. Do you remember that woman, K'ailia? The one that keeps thinking you are her teacher?
Antimony Jhanhi 's mouth twitches at one corner as her ears drop a couple inches. "I do."
Ulanan Ulan: I spoke with her recently. She told me she won't stop bothering you unless you directly tell her so.
Ulanan Ulan: So, I'd like to ask you to do that the next time you see her.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns and looks off to one side. Her tail curls indecisively against the stone behind her.
Antimony Jhanhi: That... would probably be for the best, I suppose.
Ulanan Ulan: It doesn't take a genius to note that you are not comfortable around her. Apparently, this is not enough for her. So you will need to take a more direct approach.
Antimony Jhanhi weaves her fingers together in her lap and presses her lips into a thin line. When she speaks, it's distracted, "She's a... good girl. I know she means..." She pauses and then shakes her head, turning back to Ulanan with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I'm sorry I've left my defense to you so often. It's not fair."
Ulanan Ulan smiles at you.
Ulanan Ulan: Don't be sorry. I'm not entirely sure that she's the good girl you think she is. But if you are right, she will leave you alone.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns down at her hands.
Antimony Jhanhi: I think you underestimate... well, no matter.
Elder Megiddo tosses a coin into the water, and mutters, "I wish for good luck in gambling tonight."
Ulanan Ulan: I assure you: I will not underestimate her. But!
Antimony Jhanhi blinks at the lalafell.
Ulanan Ulan claps her hands together. "Let's speak of something nicer." She looks to a side and blinks at the man with the pumpkin mask. It's a bit late for being dressed like that.
Elder Megiddo notices Ulanan looking at him and waves.
Ulanan Ulan: I assure you: I will not underestimate her. But!
Antimony Jhanhi blinks at the lalafell.
Ulanan Ulan claps her hands together. "Let's speak of something nicer." She looks to a side and blinks at the man with the pumpkin mask, dressed all in white. It's a bit late for being dressed like that.
Elder Megiddo notices Ulanan looking at him and waves.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns in confusion and turns her head to follow Ulanan's gaze. The form is terrifyingly familiar.
Antimony Jhanhi: ... A demon! It followed us!?
Ulanan Ulan: Wha-? No! It's not a demon. It's a costumed man.
Antimony Jhanhi bristles and startles from the bench, tail bushed out behind her, ears pressed back.
Elder Megiddo laughs, "Everyone tends to follow you, don't they, Antimony?" And, removing the mask, "That's just your kind of luck."
Ulanan Ulan is frustrated with Elder Megiddo.
Ulanan Ulan: It's a bit late for celebrating All Saints' Wake!
Antimony Jhanhi stares at Megiddo with a mix of confusion and fear for several more seconds, before it becomes only confusion. And then annoyance.
Antimony Jhanhi: What are you doing in that... that shroud of evil!
Elder Megiddo: Is it late? I must've lost a day or two. And Antimony, you know me. The shroud of evil's not too far from my normal face, is it?
Elder Megiddo walks around the fountain towards the pair.
Antimony Jhanhi gestures vehemently at the pumpkin head with its ghoulish grin, "Don't come near with that thing! You'll need to burn it to rid yourself of... of whatever you've caught!"
Ulanan Ulan frowns at the Duskwight.
Elder Megiddo looks at the mask in his hands. "It's a gourd with a face on it. A happy face. It's a happy gourd."
Antimony Jhanhi: It's a beacon for death is what it is! Put it away!
Antimony Jhanhi wrings her hands a bit, looking over Megiddo with flustered concern from a distance.
Ulanan Ulan: I'm afraid Antimony does not approve the traditions of that celebration.
Antimony Jhanhi: You've carried it for how long now? Augh! I'll... You'll need some kind of warding, an offering when you burn the nasty thing...
Antimony Jhanhi frowns and seems to be plotting something out as she speaks.
Ulanan Ulan: It's only a toy. A carved pumpkin. Nobody has brought voidsent for wearing that.
Antimony Jhanhi: And not for a lack of trying, it seems!
Antimony Jhanhi throws her hands up in the air.
Elder Megiddo hefts the mask and tosses it away, "My own clan has their own beliefs regarding these things. Would it help if I said that I'd taken certain precautions?"
Antimony Jhanhi frowns narrowly at the pumpkin as it rolls away. "No precaution is precaution enough, save to steer clear of it entirely."
Ulanan Ulan: You'd think the authorities would have made quite a clamor if costumes brought voidsent to feast on the population!
Ulanan Ulan is visibly annoyed.
Antimony Jhanhi: And don't just leave it here, where any other unsuspecting victim could...
Antimony Jhanhi makes as though to follow the pumpkin, but stops herself short and in clear conflict.
Elder Megiddo: Now, it's not all about summoning voidsent. Antimony's fears may be grounded. Perhaps we are summoning darkness into our hearts by wearing such things, hm?
Ulanan Ulan moves towards the mask, throwing a glare in Megiddo's direction. "And do we summon light into our hearts by setting our heads on fire?"
Antimony Jhanhi: Ill actions bring ill thoughts and a source of darker things still.
Antimony Jhanhi nods firmly, stubbornly.
Elder Megiddo smiles at Ulanan, "Maybe we do."
Antimony Jhanhi blinks and frowns at Ulanan and looks a little hurt, "There's no need to make fun."
Ulanan Ulan picks up the mask. She holds it in one hand and, in the other, her scepter. She presses her lips together, eyes placed on Antimony. Then there's a spark. Magical fire spreads over the mask, consuming it. She drops it just a moment before the combustion reaches her hand.
Elder Megiddo looks saddened, "That was my only mask."
Antimony Jhanhi furrows her brow, working her jaw as though she wants to say more. "You need to... ah." She huffs and looks stiffly away. "At least it's something..."
Ulanan Ulan shrugs at you.
Ulanan Ulan: You said to burn it.
Elder Megiddo turns from Ulanan and walks towards Antimony, "If you don't mind, I don't understand why your beliefs should trump my own. As the Elder and spiritual leader of my clan, I feel quite confident handling omens and dark images."
Antimony Jhanhi frowns up at Megiddo. "Trump...? There's nothing to... That's just how it is!"
Ulanan Ulan: How do you know?
Antimony Jhanhi: How do I... well, through experience.
Antimony Jhanhi turns her frown on Ulanan.
Ulanan Ulan places the hands on her hips and tilts her head.
Elder Megiddo leans forward to look at Antimony, "You may be interested to know that the tattoos on my face serve to deliberately summon such things as you fear. I've worn them my whole life. It is something my clan does."
Antimony Jhanhi swivels her head back around to Megiddo and blinks up at him a bit wide-eyed. "That.. Ah..."
Ulanan Ulan looks disapprovingly at Megiddo. "I think you have scared her enough."
Elder Megiddo: I apologize. I'll leave her with that and mind my own business for the evening. Such business that it is. Goodbye.
Elder Megiddo turns and exits swiftly.
Ulanan Ulan: Safe travels.
Antimony Jhanhi frowns at a vague spot on the ground, then looks up, opening her mouth as though to say something after Megiddo, then just frowns again down at the ground.
Antimony Jhanhi: I should... return to Captain Lamandau's office.
Ulanan Ulan nods to you.
Ulanan Ulan: I'll be at the Quicksand, if you need me.
Antimony Jhanhi smiles briefly at Ulanan and then just starts off, looking distracted.