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 Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:23 pm
Sajhiri headed into the kitchen to work on the evening offerings for dinner.
Averno launched from her shoulder to land on the bartop, and arched a brow at Sunil. "I see. Well it is truly a pity then, that you weren't here last night. There was a most disagreeable and violent cretin in here. He threatened my life...even grabbed me by the hair. And there was no one here to toss him out."
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:28 pm
Sunil raised an eyebrow at Averno.
"Ah. I am sorry I wasn't here to put a stop to that. You have rather pretty hair."
Sunil scowled while she said it. Hair like that would be nice, but it would make fighting impossible. Useless really.
"I don't suppose you did anything to him to provoke this attack?"
Sunil wondered idly if she knew the feien who had attacked Averno. She actually knew a couple different candidates.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:33 pm
Averno blushed slightly at the compliment to her hair. "Thank you, but I'd have gladly traded it for the ability to fight that lout off last night. He asked me if I knew anyone, and when he clarified Feien, I mentioned that I'd only been out of my bloom a few hours. He called me useless...only he used a much more vulgar term for it, and when I noted that if I was useless for not knowing any Feien so soon after my emergence, what did that make him if he required a new Feien's knowledge of others? He grabbed my hair then and made his threats, saying I should never test his temper. Apparently he expected complete acceptance of his insults." She frowned sharply. "So I introduced his lap to my steaming cup of tea."
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:35 pm
Temper? That did sound like someone she knew. But was not actually supposed to know. She played it cool.
"It sounds like you did alright then. I don't suppose you could describe this... cretin to me? Then I can be on the look out for him in the future."
Tea, not a bad idea. Improvising, Sunil liked.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:42 pm
Averno nods her head. "Yes, he had dark skin, very dark, and his markings, hair, and wings were yellow and red, quite bright in hue. His eyes were gold I think, and his wings were insectoid, not like yours or mine. He was a youth rather than an adult as well."
The girl toys with one of her curls absently, as she thinks back on the experience. For effect she puts on a bit of a shudder. "He spoke very crudely as well."
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:46 pm
Crap, it was Calico. Sunil hoped they actually were never here at the same time. It was possible he wouldn't know not to admit he knew her.
"Doesn't ring a bell, but I don't know many of the juveniles."
Sunil thought for a moment and eyed Averno. Hanging out at a tavern was a good way to keep a finger on the pulse of feien society. She might be useful.
"I hope he isn't the only experience with a feien you've had so far. Most of them are very nice."
She couldn't help grimacing as she spoke. Making friends was not really her strong suit.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:49 pm
Averno shook her head. "I'm afraid it was just him, and another Feien who seemed to think awful highly of himself. He left before the violence began though. This was the first time I came back since, and only because Sajhiri let me bring Maleficent along. I told that disagreeable fellow if he touched me without my permission again, I'd feed him to her as a snack."
She tucked a ringlet behind her ear and folded her arms over her chest. "I'm hoping that the others will be much more pleasant than those two. You are certainly a step towards restoring my faith in Feien-kind."
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:54 pm
Sunil couldn't help but snort. Restoring her faith. If only she had a clue what Sunil did with her spare time. So cute and innocent some of these feien were.
"That actually is rather amusing to hear someone say. Most people who know me either dislike me or distrust me. I even have a few people who would probably like to kill me."
Sunil shrugged and smiled at Averno.
"It looks pretty empty in here, so I'm gonna head out. I'll be around later."
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:58 pm
Averno affected a surprised look at Sunil's admission, then she nodded her head. "Take care..." she murmured pleasantly, before she flitted into the kitchens to seek out Sajhiri.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:02 am
Sajhiri made her way into the tavern, the afternoon sun slanting through the windows to cast crosshatched patterns of light across the wooden floor. She immediately moved to put a pot of coffee on to brew, straightening the mugs and other items behind the bar fussily.
Averno launched off her shoulder as she began her organizations and alighted on the top of Guiness beer tap sticking up above the bar proper. She watched her bond for a while and shook her head. The woman really needed to learn that menial tasks were what minions were for. She sat crosslegged on her perch and gazed around the nearly empty room, frowning. "At this rate, you'll go right out of business, Sajhiri..." She murmured.
Sajhiri chuckled. "Nonsense. I don't have to pay for rent or the property or anything. I bring in enough for the employees, and it's not meant to be making me a profit, just to give everyone a safe place to meet."
Averno snorted at the very idea that the tavern was safe. But as she hadn't told Sajhiri about her encounter with the red and yellow Feien, she didn't speak on it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:59 pm
Silva stared up at the tavern sign, chewing on his toothpick a little as he contemplated going in. The debt was paid when she gave him a gift... in his mind that meant Ruya was finished with this so-called relationship. Besides, she had tried to stone him just the night before.
So with a mental shrug he walked through the door, heading for the feien area of the bar and making himself comfortable at his usual table. It was just a matter of time...
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:41 pm
Sajhiri smiled as Silva entered, and she poured him a cherry phosphate in a Feien-sized mug. "Well hello again! I don't believe I've caught your name yet, but I think I met you earlier when Ice brought you in here as a bloom?"
Averno looked over from her spot on the beer tap and arched a brow at seeing Silva entering. She mustered her most saddened expression and looked away.
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:47 pm
"She did, did she? What'd she tell you about me back then?" He asked, looking around. He wouldn't tell her his name, either. He paused at the sight of Averno's sad look, smirking slightly. New approach, huh? Not bad.
"What's the problem, princess? Get turned down too many times?"
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:58 pm
Sajhiri chuckled, "Oh she was quite excited about having a Feien bloom, quite proud of you." She moved to organize the chairs at the tables.
Averno shots a scathing glance at Silva. "Not unless you consider being violently assaulted as being 'turned down'." She looked away from Silva again and over at Sajhiri's bustling absently.
Finally her bond finished her fussing. "Averno we have to head back to the tower for a while. We can come back later, maybe..." Sajhiri held a hand out for the little Feien and Averno climbed into it forlornly. The human woman waved merrily to the nameless Feien boy and carried her charge out.
((Sorry... time to head home))
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