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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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 Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:30 pm
"You still worry about things and mom is still putting you on forced vacation time because you can't quit. Remind me not to go down that road. I'll have both mom and Kaelin on my case and probably Savvy when she's old enough to learn to be in on the conversations where us men are badmouthed." Snickering at that but sure enough Kit was the winner here and he barely knew how to play. "Buy her something pretty and pretend that's where your steel went." Still devious though as he took to shuffling and dealing out cards.
Taking the drink he threw it back like he'd seen Zykariel do so many times, gagged a little and then gave a grin. "No cards for me, I'm done." Still smiling in his own joy, taking his steel and running more or less.
Reaching over her cuffed Zykariel in the back of the head. "Don't tell me to shut up. I tell you to shut up. But yes, compared to some I am the fun one." Blinking though as Kit decided to get out while it was good for him. "He's the smart one at this table."
Piper examined her drink for a moment, knowing exactly how strong Zahara's drinks were....and that she hadn't had one in years. "You mean I get to actually drink one of these again?" Because after that last one a few years ago and the whole incident that came form that, she had pretty much been cut off for all intensive purposes, permanently. Malik still let her have a little glass of wine from time to time but not like she used to drink.
"Why do you always twist peoples' words so they're the bad guys about everything and you never are. And why is it my fault that you want to be left alone most of the time and thus are frigid to people to make them go away. Why is it never rightfully your fault?" He liked to be her support system but she was just so damn wrong sometimes that it got under his skin and refused to go away.
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:22 pm
"You won't. That's like sevilin's compartmentalized head. it's something that you gain when you grow up as I did. high amounts of paranoia and the only way to get ahead is over someone's dead body. literally."
anteing up and taking up his cards.
"I probably will...but still. I've lost a pair of diamond earrings already I'm sure."
shuffling the cards in his hand.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:15 pm
"Like mom." It was a gesture of love and he knew it so he took it with a grin and chuckled at his little brother. "I have plenty of steel and I make more daily. I just consider myself graciously giving it to the man who gave me life and the man who gave my best friend life. And Malikhai, if you ever win a hand, to the man who has been like a brother to me my entire life and is the reason I can so graciously donate my steel."
"Isn't girl's night grand? You get alcohol, I get fun conversation, and a break from the menfolk."
Kaelin sniffed the drink and finally took a small sip before she grinned. "This is good." Thus taking a rather large gulp and then laughing. "This is really really good."
She laughed herself and clinked her glass against Piper's. "I think your daughter-in-law is going to be a lightweight when it comes to alcohol. Let's get her drunk and watch her play stumble and flirt all over her husband. Young ones are so cute when they're tipsy."
"I don't!" People wouldn't stop accusing her of things tonight, now would they? "Because I asked you to have sex with me one night and you said no. And if I can't even get you to sleep with me..." Shaking her head and dropping her head into her hands. 'What hope do I have for anyone else to want to?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:53 pm
"Oh good." Looking at his own cards and making moves in his head already. "Lucky for you, mom doesn't put diamonds at the top of her list." Though he did snicker snort at Zykariel. "You're stupid wealthy and never have to do a damn thing half the time anymore. You're hardly donating anything though."
"You could bring your own food with you when you visit, that would be great donating. I swear you eat more than me when you're over and the pantry is always wiped clean when you've left."
"Works for me." And all going well she wouldn't end up having a bad day like that last time. Thusly she drank her drink slow though she did give a smile over to Kaelin. "Come on, that's not fair to her yet. We can do that in a year. Kaelin don't drink that down fast or you're going to find yourself all passed out."
"You keep asking me! You asked me once and I told you yes and it was like pat on the head. THen you asked me again and I told you no because I don't want to just jump into bed with anybody. I've tried it and it's just not my thing. I'd like a little to go with that thanks very much!" But her own yelling dissolved into that hopelessness again and he lost his own yelling. "There are plenty of guys who would take one look at you and sleep with you. You just don't give them the chance. Believe me, I hear the whispers."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:19 pm
Throwing down one card and putting ten steel in the pot.
"Raise ten."
Chuckling lightly and shaking his head at sevilin.
"Kids are like that. Dhairiss is the big eater with ours...and still enjoys going places he shouldn't. one of these days I'm going to but a sticky trap in my vault and let him spend a night or two in there."
taking another drink.
"But if things work out with Savyrn, I'll keep him busy enough that he won't have the energy to get into those places."
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:42 pm
Mission accomplished. Malik was off the sex scent and Khai was safe. He glanced down at his cards then at the pot, shifted a few, and grinned. "Raise five." He quirked an eyebrow at his father and shook his head. "I go shopping at your house instead of the market. But I bring Mom wine so she lets me. Take it up with her, not me."
"Oh." She stopped for a moment and wiped her mouth, then set the drink down. "Khai would be very upset with me if I did that."
"You're just no fun, Piper. I wouldn't have let her pass out, just get a little dangerous and fun. Malikhai probably would have appreciated it." Shaking her head and taking the drink from Kaelin and pouring some into her own glass to refresh it. "It's alright, Kae. You can drink the rest. Just do it slow so it doesn't all go to your head at once."
"I asked you because I didn't have a good experience with that moron you told me not to sleep with and I thought you could make it better. But you wanted nothing to do with me after that." Shaking her head and brushing her hands over her arms in comfort. "Because last time I did he just wanted to get closer to Lyssie. Do you know how much that hurts?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:03 pm
Sevilin traded in a few cards, adding in his own steel to the pile. Eh, wasn't looking good this time. "Then your mother gets drunk and it's my problem, I see how this works. I'm changing the locks."
"You know he only does it because he can. He would lose interest in it if you made it easy for him and didn't care if he got in there or not. Raise five." Though there went talk of his sister's name again and there were still some concerns there. "He already practically spends all his time with her. What's going to change to make him less thief inclinded?"
"It's not my fault I'm not as much fun as I used to be. I blame the men for that. Yes, men can be blamed for most everything in life. If they're smart, they'll buy you something pretty or do something for you to make it up to you."
"That's why I said don't try with him. You just didn't listen to me. It's not that I didn't want nothing to do with you, I just don't like one night stands. It's not my thing." She was being difficult again and it really gave him a headache. "Why the hell are you so preoccupied with Lyssie? She's practically the village slut. Do you want to be the village slut?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:14 pm
"Because she's going to have full permission to hijack his sight whenever she wants. that should curb his trying to get into places if he knows in an instant he can go blind at her whim."
grinning lightly and putting in the required steel.
"an animal will be fine...but a person will improve her stamina, and her control. it's harder to take or manipulate things from a more intelligent or at least more aware mind of what your doing. it's a win win situation. Dhairiss gets a good reason not to get into things he shouldn't, my daughter gets a practice target all the time."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:28 pm
"You used to like her drunk. It made her more manageable." Giving a snicker at that and tossing another ten onto the pile. "Raise ten." He was rather intrigued to know that Malik was trying something with Savryn seeing as he usually wanted nothing to do with his blind daughter. It was none of his business, however, so he refused to say anything. "So she can see now?"
"I blame the men for the few bulges I have on my body these days, too." Shaking her head and patting Kaelin on the shoulder. "You'll learn to master your husband just like we have both of ours wrapped around our fingers and at our beck and calls. We don't tell them they are because it simply upsets them. But Khai is on the right track since he doesn't' want to upset you and would do just about anything for you. It'll take some practice, but you'll get there."
She paused for a moment and then snapped her fingers. "Piper! You'll never guess who was in my sex chest earlier."
They were just chock full of advice, weren't they? Kaelin was more focused on thinking about her husband and how she was going to convince him that sex was a good idea. The way Zahara and Piper talked about it, it seemed to be a good idea. She had to wonder why Faate wanted nothing to do with it though. "Sex chest?"
"Did you really think I'd only sleep with you once and then toss you to the side? I wouldn't use you like that, Mykorian. The only way I wouldn't sleep with you again is if we both felt it was too awkward or something like that." She didn't quite know how to respond to his anger, but her fists clenched and she stood up. "Don't talk about my sister like that. No, I don't. And I don't know why...I've just never felt as pretty or outgoing or sexually secure as she is. I have my runes and my brain and my father and that's about it. She's a carbon copy of my mother and men seem to like that. Enough of them have tried to seduce my mom away from Daddy over the years. I know it's silly..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:15 am
Aella followed, slower than Onyx because she had left her staff behind, but still without much difficulty. She bent, uncorked the bottle and dribbled out a small amount. She waited a moment for the acid to start to hiss and bubble, then poured a ring around what she'd already done.
The acid in the middle would melt away first, giving them a handle to grab the large chunk before it fell into the room and they lost the element of surprise.
"Ruff him up good." She thought for a moment. "But don't kill him."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:09 am
"Now she's just whiny when she's drunk. I prefer the sober now." Of course he'd be dead if that got out but if anyone at the table knew what was good for them, it wouldn't leave the table at all. However he surveyed his cards before setting down his hand. "Fold." Raising an eyebrow over Savryn though. She usually only came up with more negative subject strolls. "She can tap into her magic without instant disaster?"
"Or make him resent someone." Shrugging though, as they both knew how Dhairiss could get. Knowing him as soon as he got used to it he'd be using it to his advantage to test himself further, trying to break into things while blind. "She can't see all the time. It's a necromantic spell deal thing. However, Mr. Ambitious forgets that she had to learn such things first before excelling in them."
"Khai is his father's son. No matter how rough the outside, there is a gooey center to be had if you just dig deep enough." She almost dropped her drink though at Zahara's outburst of odd excitement. "It's a box that Zahara keeps her little drugs and such in for when Sevilin is being an idiot." Taking a sip of her drink before indulging Zahara. "Faate or Kit?"
"I don't know, you don't give these kinds of things chances. I'm just speaking in general that I don't like one night stands. Even reapeating ones are kinda not my thing as it turns into some weird affair thing. We're friends so it would probably be different but that's not the point right now."
Crossing his arms. "I'm only telling you the truth because that's how she acts and you're crooked. You harp on her but you don't want anyone talking bad about her except for you. But who cares what you're like compared to her and she's stupid for trying to have your mother's reputation and leftovers anyway."
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:32 pm
"apparently so. blindness makes her more in tune to magical forces and energy within, I guess. she has a much firmer grasp on it then some care to admit."
Throwing in five more steel.
"Raise five. And he can resent me if he wants. the only person that even has an inkling of what myself and piper went through is you, and he simply refuses to acknowledge that at all."
before pointed looking at his son.
"I know she'll have to learn. she already knows how it works. not it's a matter of tapping into her natural power and using it. to do that, she'll need to learn more, to harness it better. and since she's shown an interest in the past, she'll study necromancy till she's well versed enough to use her new ability to see as much as she'd like. After that, if she'd like to try something else then that's fine."
A grin at Aella.
"I can do that. want to maim him for life though or just beat him into submission?"
purring lightly to her and his tail coiling lightly around her ankle.
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:10 pm
"I should so tell her that." He was kind of amused that his father was folding and he tossed another ten in. "See your five and raise five more." He was rather intrigued to know that they were teaching such a young elf necromancy and he glanced between Malikhai and his father carefully. "Sounds like it's a family undertaking. How does Aunt Piper feel about it?"
"I see his gooey side more than I see his rough and tumble outer side. He thought his rougher side would scare me away." Shaking her head at that one.
"Men are stupid." But she was eager to share her news and gave a shake of her head. "Neither. It was Zykariel, and he was standing there with his father."
"So...if I'm hearing you right, you would sleep with me but only if I were willing to be in a relationship of some sorts that wasn't friends with you?" Shaking her head. "She's my baby sister. I feel protective of her. Not to mention, she 's the only one I've got. I know she's made a lot of mistakes and done some really, really foolish things but she's just trying to figure out who she is and do what she believes she should. She's also a shameless attention whore."
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:22 pm
“Necromancy…that’s amusingly ironic I would say.” Chuckling and leaning back in his chair as he watched the others pit against each other. “Not surprising that she would be a quick learner on that though. She’s already started to focus her senses and she’s probably learned to feel the magics in and around her and others. Feels like a steadied stream of air snaking about, if I say so myself." Cuffing at Zykariel again, "Do and you'll be doing your own shopping."
“That’s mostly because I used to send him off when things got bad. He’s like those damn butterflies that he loves so much. A horrid wind will blow them right off course, into something, and crush their wings. I like his spirit and feel better not to crush it. If he has wanderlust like you think it probably accounts for him being moody as well because he won’t go anywhere to make himself feel better.”
Calculating his own cards before a sigh, “Fold. How do you classify anything she’s done as an interest in that particular brand of magic. Creepy fluke maybe. Speaking of that, don’t make her all creepy. The little dead draithix is creepy enough.” He shrugged to Zykariel's question, "She didn't protest much."
"Most men think that and yes they are stupid. That's why they need us around, to keep them from killing themselves from their stupid." But still staring at Zahara. "Why is this exciting?"
"Not exactly that either. It's complicated." Always making things hard this woman was. "And yet you let her put you down and make you feel as bad as you do. What a loving gesture to return to you for all your years of defense."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:57 pm
"Because she has on more then one occasion ventured down to thier study area to listen to them. Or look for me maybe. she knows already the feel of bone to say the least. She has a natural affinity for the lines of life and death, or health and sickness. as she's proven several times with your mother."
A shrug.
"Piper understands what I'm trying to accomplish. other then that it's my daughters choice if she wants to expand her knowledge in that area."
Putting in the five steel and gauging his cards a moment...and tossing in five more.
"Five more. lets see how rich your blood runs."
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