Session Start: Sat Mar 16 22:01:23 2002 *** Amy changes topic to 'Grandia: New Horizons | Chapter 21.1: Feray and Mikari Lude | Location: Toroli Pass, evening, June 29 | Session Start' ==Session Start== Night finds the little group setting up camp in a sheltered area of the pass. After a quick dinner, they settle back to relax a bit before bed, some to talk, some to gaze at the night sky. * Feray sits away from the group, rifling through her pack for something in the shadows of the firelight. She finds what she's looking for and begins to mix the herbs into the heated water to make the tea Jima's husband suggested for her.. ... (m) If this makes my hair fall out, I am so going to bend him into a pretzel. * Mikari walks in out of the shadows surrounding the perimeter of the camp, carrying some dry branches for the fire. She stops to put down the wood axe next to her tent, not bothering to leave anything else in there. She is accustomed to being outdoors at night. * Feray stares into her cup, not really even noticing Mikari. She watches the herbs fade into nothingness against the heat and wonders idly at the irony of that. * Mikari walks up to the fire and tosses a few branches on it, then sets the rest down beside it. She eyes Feray idly before her presence is acknowledged. "Tellin' th'future with yer tea there? Mebbe you c'n replace Jalanda as our residen' know-it-all." ^_~ * Feray blinks and looks surprised, her grim look replaced quickly by her normal easy grin. "Yeah, right, because I really want that bad voodoo on my head!" * Feray reaches down to pat the ground beside here. "Have a seat, girl. Don't just stand there." * Mikari smiles wryly at Feray's response, raising one eyebrow slightly. She sits down on a log in turn. * Feray's grin dies down slightly and she takes her first sip of the tea....and promptly spits it out. ...ggguuhh. That's HORRIBLE. * Mikari grins a little. ^^; "Where'd ya get that stuff, an'way? 'Thought Mitsuo'd be able t'make tea good enough to 'least swallow." * Feray wrinkles her nose and forces herself to sip some of it and keep it down this time. She scowls at the cup accusingly. "Jima's husband gave it to me...he's a healer....though I think maybe he gave me herbs that would make me want to hang myself, judging by the taste of this." Mmnugh. Healing herbs. 'Know about that; nasty stuff. 6*Mikari frowns a little, thoughtfully, obviously wondering why Feray would need them...* * Feray mutters and sighs, tilting her head back and holding her nostrils closed with her fingers to block the taste as she hurriedly downs the rest of the tea in one gulp. * Feray 's eyes water and she drops the cup in her pack, her voice a little higher than normal. "Ooohhh yeah...burny goodness....gah..." * Mikari grimaces a little to watch her do it, as the smell gives as much clue as one would need to the taste of the contents, and it seems to resemble the smell of hot pitch. ...Uh...Feray?... r'you hurt? Hurt? Well, not right now. Though by the itching of my skin, I may be hurting soon enough. * Feray sighs and scratches lightly at her tattoo, turning to gaze at Mikari in tired amusement.. * Mikari frowns a bit, seeming to grasp the potential information Feray might be hiding. She pulls out her canteen and takes a small sip of the alcoholic drink inside, but this time it seems more like she wants something to occupy her mouth so she doesn't have to talk, momentarily. Ooh. Is that what I think it is? Can I have a bit? Promise I'm not contagious ^_- * Mikari snorts a little and grins. "Heh, sure is. Go ahead. 'Long as it doesn't drown out th'tea, I guess..." * Mikari stands up and passes it over to Feray. Ah, the tea won't work anyway, I don't think. There's no cure for the slow, creeping death that looms over me. ^_- * Feray winks and takes a healthy slug of the drink, feeling it burn happily on the way down. Oohhh yeah...that's the stuff...anyway, it was more to appease Erel... Oh. ^^; You talk like someone who's got some disease. Er, I didn't know... * Feray laughs and waggles a finger at Mikari. "You've been around the world, right?" * Mikari snorts cynically. " 'Bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, I've been around, an' I can name about a hundred things 'at can kill ya slowly..." Misty Forest. A spider by the name of the Reaper's Scourage... * Feray turns her wrist over and taps the two moderate sized purple marks on her arm. * Mikari pauses to listen, then nods in acknowledgement. "....Ah. Those." ...Well, I guess with what I know I'm s'posed to tell you how lucky ya are to be alive /now/... Oh, tell me about it. For some reason I pulled through after getting attacked and have been living alright since....save for the attacks I've started getting.. * Mikari sighs tiredly. "Yeah, and I bet knowing it don't help much. Hasn't happened t'me often, but I know pretty damn well what being poisoned's like." * Feray grins wryly and offers Mikari's canteen back. "Anyway, I'm just living my life out right now. I hope I can get back home before.....well. I mean, I don't wanna ruin this time with you guys by..." * Feray shakes her head. * Mikari awkwardly lets out an uncharacteristically sad smile... So yeah....I'm not pregnant or anything.. ;) * Mikari can't help but snicker a little bit. ^^ She tosses another branch on the fire. "Well..." * Feray arches an eyebrow saucily at Mikari. "Well?" Y'know, among the many things that can kill ya, explorin' also uncovers plenty of new medicine. If yer lucky, this li'l expedition might be whatcha need to uncover it. Maybe. I'm not getting my hopes up. ^^; Hell, seems like you guys may get me killed before the poison does. ;) * Mikari grins. "Eh, well, I always thought it'd be th'more fun way t'go out..." * Feray snorts softly. "Oh right, because I'd prefer to get the flesh eaten off my bones by angry merpeople..." ;) Well... better'n biting it 'cause of some underhanded poison wine... * Mikari grimaces. ..I tell ya, that's alcohol abuse. * Feray laughs and shakes her head. "Waste of a good ale." ;) * Mikari wrinkles her nose and laughs. Eh, alright, s'not just cuz of wasted booze. ^_~ Well, 'guess I'm just a lit'l to dramatic for m'own good, eh? Better than being boring anyday, girl. ^_- Hopefully none of us will bite it on this crazy quest... * Mikari nods again, the conversation now in familiar territory. * Feray mumbles. "Though I don't think some people would echo that particular sentiment..." * Mikari cocks her head, curious. "What? Who wants who t'croak? Damned if it's me, long as nobody's involved in puttin' a knife to m'throat..." Ah. Just thinking about the whole conflict with Cassidy that Nate has. ^^; Sometimes I think he wishes we weren't around so he could strangle her. Literally. * Mikari blinks. Damn, 'knew he was pretty intense under that exterior, but still... He really, really can't let go of what she did.. I can't blame him...but... * Mikari fails to think of something to say and just shakes her head. * Feray rubs the bridge of her nose with her hand tiredly.. "Man, for such a cheery group, we're kind of screwed up, aren't we? I bet Erel is secretly a mass murderer..." * Mikari snorts with a half-hearted smile. "Eh, she can be, if you're on th'wrong side. Fort'nately I think we got th'better half." Well, yeah, aside from her almost killing me earlier, I'd say you're right! Ha... ^^ Well, can't blame her, really. She's just like a lit'l kid s'mtimes. * Feray snorts. "A little kid who likes to run with knives, maybe." * Mikari grins and wordlessly unsheathes her dagger. She twirls it around in her fingers once, then holds it out to point at Feray's pair of sheathed knives at her hip. ;) Runs in th'family, 'guess... So t'speak. * Feray arches an eyebrow in amusement at Mikari. "Would you be the daddy or would I?" Hm, I guess I am, cuz I'm nobody's damn housewife. ^_- Urggh.... this conversation took a wrong turn somewhere.. I'm not quite sure where.. ;) * Mikari laughs. Aww, fine then. Dylan's the father. Okay, now I know that was a wrong turn! O_o * Mikari grins mischieviously. * Feray pauses for a moment before shaking her head and yawning softly. "Alright, enough mental trauma...it's time for my nappy poo....dying people need sleep too." ;) * Feray winks and grins in a rather morbid way. * Mikari nods quietly, not quite phased this time. "Eh, wait, before you go..." ...mmm? * Feray blinks, perking a lupine ear outwards in curiousity.. ...Y'know, I haven't played a good drinking game since I left Garist. It's sad. ^_- Drinking game, hmm? ^_- Alright....a true Lainian can't turn down the chance to taste a fine ale. ^_- What'cha got and what're the stakes? ^_- * Feray flops down again, grinning widely now. Heh, take your pick. ^_- Hey, d'ya know 8th Man Out? S'kinda like Forkers... but with less splittin'. Alright, you're on. Let's use the stronger stuff you have. And it's like this...if you pass out before me, you have to trade outfits with me for tomorrow. ^_- * Feray waits for Mikari's terms. ;) * Mikari chokes, then snickers. "Ah-haaa, you're goin' for the whole nine yards, eh? Well..." Mikari crosses her arms and begins to search for devious thoughts. * Feray leisurely waits, a confident look on her face. "Hurry up, these clothes are drafty and cold! Yours look nice and warm." ;) * Mikari snorts. "Oh, so that's yer motive. ^_- Hell, I'll bet there're better people t'play for clothes with. But anyway...if I win, hmm, how 'bout.......you switch clothes with Erellisae." ^_~ How're you gonna wrestle her down to get her to do that? ^_- That's a point, but knowin' Erel she's got a whole wardrobe jammed in that pack'a hers. Wanna roll? ^_- * Mikari produces a pair of dice with alternating red and black dots, and diamonds, cups, or crosses depending on the side. Aw, no, I trust you, "sugardaddy". ;) You can roll first. ^_- Heh, fine then; red's lead. An' gettin' too drunk to understan' the rules counts as forfeit, 'course! * Mikari grins and shakes the dice violently, throwing them out onto the makeshift log table between them, coming up Red Cup of Sixes and Lone Black Diamond. and thus the games began... The night wears on and the alcohol runs low, leaving Mikari and Feray to their inebriated entertainment. ^_^ ==Session End== *** Amy changes topic to 'Grandia: New Horizons | Chapter 21.1: Feray and Mikari Lude | Location: Toroli Pass, evening, June 29 | Session End' Session Close: Sun Mar 17 00:14:29 2002