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RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - L'lani Tyata - 07-08-2014
(07-07-2014, 06:00 PM)Coatleque Wrote: Is there one item of particular import that anyone else carries with them often?"
Buttons almost fell out of her seat as she heard a question out of nowhere. it was nowhere right? Her ears lowered slightly as she stared into the recently emptied cup. Someone switch her tea? " Something special? Yep I've got something special." She pats the pouch at her hip and looks back up for a moment. " 's my spoon! Mister Scoopers.. Never thought I'd have a friend like him in the world but we've been through lots together. By the way.. He's seeking more intimate companionship.. If you happen to know a nice little tea spoon.. " Looking up with a bright smile as her ears perked up. " I've heard that strength is not a measure of how much you can handle before you break but that it's how much you can handle after you break.. Who or what gives you the strength you need to keep pushing no matter what is thrown at you? .. for me it's my Sisters.. Lissa and Kanaria, and Brother, Ossy "
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Warren Castille - 07-08-2014
Warren considered the question without looking towards the source. He began slowly and quietly.
"I have something. A favor, given to me by the one I took up the sword and shield for. I keep it tucked in my tabard when on duty. She wasn't exactly, uh, proficient with a needle and thread, but seeing those goofy hearts and flowers... Reminds me why I do what I do. Even if I do it badly, I suppose."
Bah. More brooding.
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Coatleque - 07-08-2014
(07-08-2014, 07:53 AM)Leilani Belle Wrote: Who or what gives you the strength you need to keep pushing no matter what is thrown at you?
Coatleque thinks for a moment before speaking up once more.
"There are but two things a man may look to for strength to weather any storm. The first being the uplifting words of friends, and the second their faith in the Twelve. I know now that whatever comes before me, Llymlaen shall guide my steps to the path Nymeia has foreseen. How I came to this faith is... another story."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Kellach Woods - 07-09-2014
Kellach wasn't looking at much of anyone. Unlike most of these patrons, he didn't know anyone here. Instead he stared off in the air, nodding and answering questions that fell into this collective whisper that the ambient air was generating.
(07-07-2014, 06:00 PM)Coatleque Wrote: Is there one item of particular import that anyone else carries with them often?"I don't really have anything like that. I guess I would say my axe because without it I can't really fight but it's not that important in a sense. Not like everyone else and their items. I kind of wish I'd brought something from home but I just didn't have much of anything that was truly mine. Everything went to my brother and I don't really intend on coming back either. It's time for me to strike out on my own instead of just being in his shadow."
(07-08-2014, 07:53 AM)Leilani Belle Wrote: Who or what gives you the strength you need to keep pushing no matter what is thrown at you?
"I don't know. I'm surrounded by good people... kind of? And I want to do right by them. I didn't think much of Eorzea when I first arrived here by boat but the longer I've been here I found I really like the place even with its ups and major downs. Including that girl that said I looked too girly for her when... well, I wasn't really interested in the first place."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Warren Castille - 07-22-2014
The paladin looks up, eying his company with no small regard.
"Let's say you were confronted by the Twelve tomorrow, and they tell you you've only got a week left before you have to leave this realm. In exchange, they let you dictate the terms of your passing. What do you do for that week, and how do you go?"
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Coatleque - 07-22-2014
The Knight leaned back against the wall with arms crossed, staring at her companion from across the room. Her mood slowly soured the longer she watched. It was as if somewhere (in another life perhaps) two ships were not just passing, but firing volleys at each other.
"I think perhaps this room needs more questions to consider, as the answers seem to have grown silent. We have broached the subject of love once before. So I ask to anyone: To what lengths would you go for it? Or if you prefer, is there an absolute limit to what you would do?"
(nom Meatloaf)
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Unnamed Mercenary - 07-22-2014
(07-22-2014, 05:47 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: The paladin looks up, eying his company with no small regard.
"Let's say you were confronted by the Twelve tomorrow, and they tell you you've only got a week left before you have to leave this realm. In exchange, they let you dictate the terms of your passing. What do you do for that week, and how do you go?"
He looked up from his drink. "I don't think I'd be going anywhere. Don't believe in your false eikons. They're no better than the beast-tribe's 'primals'. Granted, if enough people believe in something, they'll make it real. So if I believed, I'd want them to fill in the gaps of my life. find my family, get me back my memories. Let me live a little. Then I guess I'd go."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Warren Castille - 07-22-2014
(07-22-2014, 05:50 PM)Coatleque Wrote: The Knight leaned back against the wall with arms crossed, staring at her companion from across the room. Her mood slowly soured the longer she watched. It was as if somewhere (in another life perhaps) two ships were not just passing, but firing volleys at each other.
"I think perhaps this room needs more questions to consider, as the answers seem to have grown silent. We have broached the subject of love once before. So I ask to anyone: To what lengths would you go for it? Or if you prefer, is there an absolute limit to what you would do?"
(nom Meatloaf)
Warren keeps his gaze steady, looking up for the first time and meeting the question head-on.
"There shouldn't be a limit. If it's true love, you'd be prepared to sacrifice anything. If they're worth everything, they're worth everything."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Roen - 07-22-2014
The raven-haired Highlander bard had fallen silent for a long time, simply enjoying her glass of wine as she resumed her seat, precariously balanced on the railing of the Quicksand. She had heard that lalafells had once perched in this very spot, and overlooking some of those gathered in the tavern, she could see why. She had happily listened as the chattered continued, wondering why everyone was sporting such a loose tongue that echoed their deepest thoughts. She had only taken part because it was fun, she had no such compunction. At least until the two that posed the most recent questions met each other's gaze. She took note with an arched brow.
"Love and death. Within a breath of each other. Mm." She hummed. "One ponders one's end..." her green eyes sought out the broody Mister No-fun who had asked. "And the other ponders what cost one is willing to pay for love." She glanced to the redhead.
She smirked. "Perhaps one answer applies to both. "I wish to face death with no regrets. No second thoughts. No what-ifs. I would spend that last week doing everything and anything I ever wanted to do. There shall be no man I would wonder what his lips felt like, no sweet delicacy I would not try, and no music I would not dance to." She leaned against the railing with one hand, her belled bracelets jingling. "I would ask to die in my bed, well fed, well loved, and in the arms of a handsome man that adored me."
"No regrets, Miss Somber and Mister Serious." She raised her glass. "Love is a forbidden joy, meant to bring ye to yer knees, risk all that matters, and still bring ye heartbreak in the end. And yet, and yet it is still worth it all." Her eyes drift back to the brooding man with a slow nod. "Everything." She drained her glass of the last drop of the dark wine. "Or so the bards say when we sing of it."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Kellach Woods - 07-22-2014
The unknown adventurer flipped back his locks. They'd slipped in front of his face, and they were starting to poke into his eyes. The questions, once more, arrived, and he was still forced to answer.
"If I had a week? Aye... That is hard to answer. I don't believe I'm old enough to even contemplate my own mortality. Even with the profession I've chosen to have, I don't think about how I might die. I think about how I might be victorious..."
He takes a sip of tea, somehow a cup had been slipped under his fingers. He had no recollection of such a thing.
"Yes. I think I'll go with that. I'd go out swinging, in the midst of battle, and my request would only be that this sacrifice of mine wouldn't be in vain. Although I suppose I am vain for requesting that..." he let his sentence drawl out with a nervous laugh before continuing with the other question.
* * *
"Love? My... Is everyone on Eorzea concerned with grand matters? How far would I go for it? I'd like to say, to the death, but it'd be irresponsible of me to die before even tasting the fruits of love. Maybe my resolve isn't steeled enough for it?"
He took another sip of the tea.
* * *
He nodded to himself, before a simple thought escaped his lips : "What place in Eorzea means the most to you?"
"Me, it'd have to be the sight of Limsa Lominsa from the Rhotano Sea, right after the sun has set, and the stars shine on, illuminating both sea and land. That is when I understood the majesty of this continent, and one of the reasons why so many are attracted to it."
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - C'kayah Polaali - 07-23-2014
"Love and death together", the Miqo'te purred, looking up from his reverie and sipping his drink. "Two questions that I fully support.
"Let's start with love, shall we? There is no limit to the distance I would go for love", he said, looking towards Kage for a brief moment. "There are some who've said they would go so far as to face death for it, but I think that's too simplistic. I've faced worse. To save those I love, I've allowed them to believe that I betrayed them - I've willingly given up their love for me. If that does not make me Menphina's beloved, I don't know what does."
He smirked, gazing around the room, his green eyes flashing. "Now death. Death is a more interesting question. I've been in the presence of Thal before, yet here I am. Is there a reason for that? Whatever task he set for me, I'd like to complete it before I go, and then", his smile widened, "I'd like to die in the arms of a woman I loved. Thal and Menphina have ever warred for me, so why not let the end of my life reflect that?"
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Kage - 07-23-2014
Kage's eyes flickered, his eyes dull with pain before the emotions passed over his eyes. He glanced around the room saying, "I would have said 'anything' and 'everything' for love but..."
He shook his head. "I don't have the resolve for it. I can't see the world burn for my love but I'll give my life to see to it that my loved ones live while I deal with the fires."
He sighed thinking of it. "I would like to die in service to the Jewel. Not in some underhanded scheme of machinations or politics but... outright service. I would take the week to get my affairs in order. Make sure that -no one- could take my home from those who use it, the ones I love. Make sure that everything I have will be of use to them, my loved ones."
Kage gave a shaky breath. "Perhaps... one more day to serve the Sultana once more. And then... then I hope that I would be able to die as I serve, alongside the ones I love... Ser Mcbeef and my oath-brothers and sisters." He glanced down at his hands.
RE: Truth Serum! Questionbox sort of thing. - Coatleque - 07-23-2014
(07-22-2014, 05:47 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: "Let's say you were confronted by the Twelve tomorrow, and they tell you you've only got a week left before you have to leave this realm. In exchange, they let you dictate the terms of your passing. What do you do for that week, and how do you go?"
"I would leave this place. I would return to Rothlyt Sound, to the place of my birth. I wish to gaze upon the shores of Gyn Abania one last time without threat of Imperial oppression. And there would I die alone, where I should have perished so many years ago."