Start of #Odal buffer: Thu Jun 18 18:13:59 2009 [15:09:17] * Now talking in #Odal [16:21:02] [Session Start] [16:21:42] * Eilenia suddenly appears out of thin air in front of Paera. She's smiling. Eilenia waves. [16:22:51] * Paera jumps, gasping. "Don't DO that!" [16:23:13] * Eilenia tilts her head. "Why not?" [16:23:58] You scared the hell out of me. [16:24:55] * Eilenia looks at Paera more closely. "You don't look any different." [16:25:43] * Paera shakes her head, sighing. "It's a figure of speech. So...what do you want?" [16:26:11] What are you doing all the way over here? Everyone's having fun and feasting. [16:28:26] Well, um, I guess big celebrations aren't really my thing. [16:28:47] We spent all those months looking for that food. We should at least enjoy it a little. [16:29:18] If the crowd's too large, we could go somewhere else after taking some. [16:34:20] But, I _am_ enjoying myself. [16:36:30] * Eilenia thinks a bit. "I suppose there's nothing wrong with that." [16:37:41] This celebration isn't what I was expecting. Though I suppose it's silly of me to expect to see something like the Court of the Stars in a place like this [16:39:08] * Paera shrugs. "Yeah, I guess it wouldn't really compare to that?" [16:39:29] Are there celebrations like this often? [16:40:52] Not really. What with the trouble the village was in, this is a pretty big deal. [16:42:11] * Eilenia nods. "It's good that everyone is happy." [16:42:35] I suppose I'd be hasty to try to compare anyhting to the Court of Stars. I've heard about it, but I've never had an invitation myself. [16:43:26] Well, that makes two of us, I guess. [16:44:19] Someday, though, I want to see. Perhaps if we earn the favor of one of the Archfey, you will too. [16:44:21] * Eilenia smiles. [16:47:05] * Paera laughs a bit. "Honestly, I wouldn't mind that. It'd be interesting to see the stuff that you talk about all the time. [16:48:18] Oh, absolutely. [16:49:31] It is wonderful to see. Though not always wonderful to be seen. [16:51:10] Wonderful to be seen? [16:51:57] The Fomorians. I mentioned them before. [16:52:18] Terrible terrible creatures. [16:53:29] Oh, right. Well, I guess no place can be perfect. [16:55:49] Imagine a deformed purple giant. And one of its eyes is swollen and distorted and unnatural. [16:56:43] You know how the Feywild is a reflection of the World? Fomorians are reflections of the Titans. [16:57:19] If that eye catches you, a terrible fate awaits you. [16:58:13] And that's...uh...normal, in the Feywild? [16:58:48] Oh, no. [16:59:25] Normally, life is just great. When the Tower on the Border Between Night and Day is in the Feywild, it's reasonably safe. [17:00:21] But pray that the Fomorians don't decide to take our territory that day. [17:01:52] * Paera shivers slightly. [17:02:31] For the most part, everything home is like here, but more alive. [17:03:04] I don't know if that makes sense to you. [17:05:55] It does, sort of. I can't quite imagine what it means, exactly, but I can sort of picture it. A little. [17:11:28] Perhaps later, you can see what I mean. You've seen humans and eladrin. Imagine if everything were like that. Though a few things here are missing. [17:11:38] I don't believe I"ve seen a single sprite since traveling here. [17:16:36] I don't think I've ever seen one, so I wouldn't really know what to look for. [17:17:20] I guess we've probably got stuff here that you don't have an equivalent of either. Like, uh... [17:17:29] * Paera thinks for a moment. "...beds?" [17:21:28] Not quite. There are other purposes a bed can be put to. But our lives do not revolve around them as much. [17:24:29] * Paera reddens slightly, then snickers. "Yeah, good point." [17:25:27] Other allied people also have the need to sleep. Gnomes, for example. [17:28:22] So, tell me about you and your world. [17:30:14] * Paera blinks. "Um. Well, sure, I guess. Where to start, though..." [17:32:53] Don't feel pressured to tell me of your people. I'm sure it's a terrible and senseless tragedy, like what happened to my own. [17:33:54] * Paera blinks. "My, uh, people?" [17:34:32] The Tieflings. [17:35:22] Oh! [17:36:44] Of course, you look nothing like your mother. I assume you were not raised by your own. [17:36:53] Well, really, I don't know much more about that than you do. I've lived here all my life. I was just a baby when they found me and Melandre took me in. [17:39:00] And it never really mattered to me. Technically I'm a Tiefling, but I've really always thought of myself as human. Melandre's my mother, even if she didn't give birth to me. [17:39:02] * Paera shrugs. [17:39:47] So tell me of the humans. [17:45:32] Hm. You know, I've never really thought about trying to explain humans. That's a tough one. [17:45:36] * Paera frowns, thinking. [17:51:05] * Paera laughs sheepishly. "I've got nothing." [17:52:16] * Eilenia smiles. [17:52:29] Very well. Perhaps we'll find the answer someday. [17:54:43] Yeah, maybe. I dunno, I'd say it's hard to explain what you are because for all your life that's just the way you and everyone else is, but you seem to be able to have a go at it. Maybe I just suck at explaining things. [17:55:41] Oh, no, I think you've made a very interesting point. [17:55:58] You can't describe humans because you haven't spent much time around things that aren't human. [17:59:38] Yeah. Well, I'm just starting to see the world, so...ask me again in a few months? [18:00:03] Of course. [18:01:09] What do you suppose will happen now? [18:03:38] I don't really know. When we got started, I figured this was just going to be this not so long trip, find food food for the village, and everything goes back to normal. But now we've got this crazy Eye thing, and after everything that's happened, the world just doesn't look the same as it used to. I guess we keep doing what we've been doing, just with a new goal. [18:04:16] * Eilenia nods. [18:04:36] Perhaps our next trip will be faster. Teleportation circles mean we can get to... well, a number of places [18:09:15] Yeah, that's true. But, I think this is a lot bigger than supplies to last the winter, and even that got way bigger than we expected. We've only even got a vague idea where to start this time. [18:10:33] Defintiely. The idea of a god out for us doesn't fill me with confidence. [18:11:04] We'll make it through this. [18:12:26] I'm going to get some more food. I'll visit again soon! [18:12:30] * Eilenia vanishes. [18:12:34] [Session End] End of #Odal buffer Thu Jun 18 18:13:59 2009