Session Start: Fri Aug 16 02:05:52 2002 *** Erellisae changes topic to 'Grandia: New Horizons | Chapter 39.3: Play Me A Mereny (or: Erellisae Meets Her Inquisitive Little Clone) Erel & Feray | Location: Cereshanti Town Square, July 20, midday |' >> LUDE START AND STUFF >> Erellisae, lacking the physical strength to help out in restoring the village and repairing broken walls, was put to the task of looking after the village children, currently playing with Spud as she watches from a nearby bench. She's changed her clothing to what she evidently feels is a more adventuress-like set, and is staring off into the distance in a rather distracted manner. * Erellisae sighs faintly, watching as Spud darts out of the way of the children's attempt to tag it /again/. The game can't help but look rather unfair when 'it' can fly. * Erellisae unhooks the medallion from around her neck, spinning it on it's cord idly as she stares past it. * Mereny suddenly comes running up, launching herself onto the bench next to Erellisae and peering across at the spinning talisman. "...wassat?" * Erellisae blinks out of her daze. "Huh...? Oh! Mereny! Don't scare me like that. ^^; It's a medallion. I've got to take care of it. It's special." * Mereny eyes the medallion carefully with the critical eye of a discerning eight-year-old. "... it doesn't /look/ very special." * Feray 's voice is audible in the distance and it sounds like she's swearing and laughing with some other people, probably other men helping to reconstruct some of the houses... * Erellisae sweatdrops faintly, tapping the girl on the nose lightly to much cross-eyedness on Mereny's part. "Well, it is. It's very important to me." * Mereny peers at the medallion, then asks the inevitable. "Whhhhhhhhy?" * Erellisae eyes the girl for a moment, before grinning wanly. "Well, it belongs to... uh... my family. I have to return it to them, find them with it." * Feray idly staggers past, looking a bit exhausted but happy enough. Her tan is a bit darker now and she's got a rather large slab of stone foundation across her shoulders. It seems to be a little too heavy, even for her. But she's trying. She utters a dark growl, scattering some of the kids playing tag as she attempts to weave through them. ^^; Ooooohhh... c'n I lookit? :D * Mereny grasps for the medallion. * Erellisae blinks, then hands it over, waving a finger. "Alright, but take good care of it." ... ... jeez, sis. Big enough hunk of rock? Need a hand? ^^; * Mereny yays and takes the medallion, examining the cord and peering through the central hole of the medallion curiously. * Feray grunts something inaudible as she staggers around the kids (who didn't move, despite the growl)...and promptly deposits the big stone on the ground with a 'thump' next to Erel's bench. Careful not to squish the brat, of course. ....n'I'mgood. * Erellisae eyes the rather large chunk of rock suspiciously. "... I think it'd make a good scenic chair." * Mereny starts spinning the medallion around her finger on the loop of cord, seeing how fast she can go. :D * Feray takes a few deep breaths and wipes her sweaty forehead with the back of her hand, grunting again. She eyes the brat for a moment before eyeing Erel once again. "How're you doin', littlebit? These mites giving you trouble?" * Erellisae glances across at the young girl, and holds out a hand. The medallion's spin stops with a 'thwap' as she catches it and loops it back around her neck. "Nope! Spud's the best Hide-and-Seek player you've ever seen." ^^ * Mereny blinks, and pouts. "Aww... He's not fair! He always goes up in the trees where the boys won't go!" * Feray blinks and looks amusedly at Mereny before crouching down to gaze up at Erel, winking. "Well now....the boys won't go into the trees? What kinda men is this village making, anyway?" * Erellisae waves a finger, grinning faintly. "Ones who're only eight years old, and for whom following an automaton to the top of an oak is kind of dangerous." ^^; * Mereny pouts, crossing her arms in a sulk. "Hmph! Getting to the top of the tree's easy. I did that a year ago!" She sticks her tongue out at Erellisae. "So nya." I believe we've got you out numbered, littlebit. I think I like this littlelittlebit more than the others. ^_- * Erellisae blinks, then eyes Mereny. "... littlelittlebi--... oh, no. She is, isn't she?" * Mereny blinks between the two adults, looking confused and suspicious. ^^; * Feray grins wickedly and reaches out to poke Mereny in the side with her tattooed hand. "There's always one in a bunch..." * Mereny bats at the hand, then sticks her tongue out at Feray. * Erellisae giggles slightly. "Right. Next she'll be asking us to take her with us on an adventure." Oh, yeah, definitely. ^_- * Mereny 's eyes light up. "You will? Really?!" :D * Feray blinks and grimaces at that. ... * Feray arches an eyebrow wryly at Erellisae. "You field this one, scantily clad mage woman." * Erellisae stutters slightly, and starts to quickly divert the girl. "Uhm... maybe once you're a bit older, alright? Now, c'mon, the boys are losing without you. Aren't you gonna prove you're better than them?" * Feray stands and knuckles her left bicep, feeling the shooting pains through her arm. She grimaces to herself... * Mereny blinks across at the game, then cries out. "Aah! You dummies! Jeez, do I have to help you with everything?" She scrambles to her feet and starts to run back toward the group, aiming a tackle at the little droid. * Erellisae turns to Feray with a relieved sigh. "... that wasn't the best thing to say, was it?" ^^; * Erellisae blinks and examines Feray closer as she grimaces. "Hey... you okay?" Huh? Oh yeah. Just get pains sometime, you know, from...anyway. ^^; How're you holding up? You didn't answer my question. ^_- * Erellisae spins the medallion on her finger in the exact same way Meredy just did, although a little slower to ensure it doesn't fling into the distance. "I'm... doing okay. Got my new intrepid adventurer clothes, we made the big fish guy happy, and I've been surrounded by cute little ragamuffins all day." ^^; * Feray utters a soft snort of amusement, turning to regard said pains in the ass. She arches an eyebrow slowly, shaking her head. "Uh...huh." * Erellisae sighs, sparking magic between her fingers slightly. "You wouldn't /believe/ how much they like sparkly lights." ^^; * Feray scuffs her foot on the stone block for a moment and then flops down on the bench beside Erel, tiredly groaning in relief. "Ooh...sitting down is definitely good...and hey, at least you know you can take a job as a brat-watcher after all this..." * Erellisae raises an eyebrow, leaning back to watch the sky. "I'm not too sure... fighting monsters and blowing stuff up doesn't faze me, but look after kids for three hours and I'm pooped." ^^; Hrmph...we've all been having a rough time lately...poor Nate is sore in places he didn't knew he had... ^_- You getting enough rest? * Feray 's voice turns faintly concerned, though there's her normally hidden accent that masks it pretty well. Or it would, if Erel didn't know her so well. * Erellisae watches Feray silently for a moment, smiling faintly. "Enough rest... I think so. I'm awake, aren't I?" ^^; * Erellisae 's smile slowly fades. "'m just worried about what comes next, I guess..>" Ah. The whole going west thing? * Erellisae nods with a surprisingly low chuckle. "Bingo. I've got a direction and a distance now, and even a handy game of Follow-The-Liete to get me there... but convincing everyone else might get tough. And convincing me's gonna be hardest of all." ^^; Well, we don't neccesarily NEED everyone else with us, do we? * Erellisae blinks, and opens and shuts her mouth slightly for a while, evidently not thinking of that. "... uh... well... we've only got one boat... and after all, we've a job to do too..." ^^;; * Feray wags a finger. "We do. But frankly, that doesn't mean we can't help you out either. And if they're going to be so stupid as to -not-, then there's nothing saying we can't rush off and do it ourselves and meet up with them elsewhere." After all... tracking master, here. * Feray reclines further on the bench, going far back enough so she has to look up at Erel, squinting faintly in the sunshine.. * Erellisae glances down at Feray, obviously wrestling with her thoughts. "Well... I... guess, yeah. It's not like we can't find them again...", she giggles faintly, "...besides, spirits know we create enough havos to be obvious wherever we go." * Feray winks a little. "Exactly. But frankly, I don't think it'll come to that. I mean....these people have to see how important this is. There's nothing more important than identity and history to a person." So surely there won't be too much trouble convincing them, right? * Erellisae nods faintly, resting her head on her hands. "Yeah... Mitsuo'll agree, so'll Nate... I expect Jalanda will say something cryptic then say we were going there anyway..." * Feray utters a soft snicker at that but nods in agreement...she reaches out with a boot tip to nudge Erel's bared knee. "And really, it doesn't matter whether or not you wanna go. You're going. Even if I hafta carry you there and row the boat the same time." * Erellisae blinks, and sweatdrops. "Well... uh... I guess that solves convincing myself to go, too." ^^; Exactly! See how easy it is with me around? ^_- * Erellisae giggles, just a little nervously. "... I'm kinda scared... but I know I'm going to go anyways. I'm too curious about it not to." ^^; * Feray nods a bit, losing some of her playful look and sitting up. "I know. And there ain't much to be said to help with being scared...but it's understandable...and it's not as if you'll be alone for it, right? Your boyfriend will be there!" * Feray says that last bit with just a -little- playfulness ;) * Erellisae stiffens, blushing slightly, then turns slowly to eye Feray, shaking her head. "... man... I should've never let that slip..." ^_~ Hah! No, but really....we'll be there. You know that. It's just....it's important. So I'm glad you're going, even though you're scared. You have my full support. * Erellisae smiles wanly, then hugs Feray's arm slightly. "Thanks... I'll need it, I'm sure..." * Feray winces faintly but nods, the grin flitting back into place. "Oh sure. Then there's Mitsuo's support, which you'll definitely need....lotsa cuddles.." * Erellisae colours slightly, giggling just faintly. "Of course, I'll be forced to accept because of his supportive nature. Not cuz I really like the cuddles at all." ^_~ * Feray smirks a little and nudges Erellisae a little before leaning back again... "Oh, of course not. I'm sure his nature is reaaaaaaaal supportive since this new ruffley fun outfit of yours..." ^_- * Erellisae looks... amusingly uncertain of herself, her ears drooping. "He, uh, hasn't seen it yet... I have no idea on fashion. Did I do good?" ^^; * Feray arches an eyebrow and utters an amused sigh. "Yeah, littlebit. It's fine. I was kinda hoping you'd cave and try the loincloth look, though..." * Erellisae blinks, her eyes wandering into the realm of imagination. "... uhm... I... dunno if it'd suit me so well..." ^^; Pfft. We could get you a nice belt! For your knives. And to make up for your hips. ^_- * Erellisae blinks and hmphs, crossing her arms and looking faintly disbelievingly at Feray. "Hey! C'mon, I'm only 16 here!" ^^;; * Feray utters a low growl, that sounds faintly questioning (in a 'what, is that weird?' kinda way) and faintly amused once again. "Was wearing 'em at 16 myself." * Erellisae wags a finger, grinning faintly. "Well, that's different. You're not tiny. I'd be dragging mine along the ground." ^_~ * Feray blinks repeatedly and looks -insecure-. "Wait, are you saying I'm fat?" ^^; * Erellisae blinks twice, and muffles a few loud giggles, her shoulders quivering. "/What/?! Jeez, sis! No! I mean I'm about, what, a good foot and a half shorter than you?" * Feray actually blushes just a bit and then nods, her grin returning. "Sorry. Thought you might be implying that I'm losing my wonderful good looks in my old age." * Erellisae blinks twice, then shakes her head in slight wonderment. "... wow. I... wasn't expecting that. ^^; But no, silly. Of course you're not." :D * Feray wags a finger and winks, straightening again. Her playfulness fades as she winces again. "Urf. I suppose I should go back to lifting heavy objects while the men watch in amazement." * Erellisae eyes the large rock worriedly. "Just be careful, okay? The way your eyes lit up at being able to help's the only reason I'm not tying you to a bed to rest up... well... that and you'd break the rope..." :/ And I'd use it to hang you upside down from a tree. ^_- I'll be alright. I get my day of rest soon enough. ^_- * Erellisae giggles with a nod. "Who knows how far we'll be travelling in the Alent's Light... and then how long I'll take firing off more questions to Liete once we find this thing." ^^; That too. You sure you're okay? I can stay a bit if you want...brats aren't my specialty...but if you need some help.. * Feray eyes the children with faint disdain. * Erellisae smiles wanly, grinning faintly. "I'll be fine. They help keep my mind off things, and besides," she adds with a teasing air, "I'm sure they want to /climb/ the tree rather than, say, get thrown up there." ^_~ * Feray pauses and regards Erel wryly. "Not thrown....'gently tossed'. Really." * Erellisae grins, then stretches with a lazy yawn. "Ugh... they're managing to tire me out... I thought that was impossible..." ^^; She smiles, nonetheless. "But... yeah. I'll be okay, I'm just a little out of it from everything that's happened. Give me a day, a big meal, and a lot of rest and I'll be happy and shiny again." ^^; Alright...but I'll be keeping an eye on you...after all, I believe I owe you for all the pampering you did for me after I die--err, while I got better. * Erellisae smiles, looking up at Feray. "What /else/ was I gonna do? But... thanks. 's good to know." ^^ * Feray reaches down abruptly, grabs the stone and hefts it. You can see the muscles beneath her flesh stand out and twitch violently with the strain. She settles the stone uneasily on her shoulders and utters a harsh breath. "Rrgh. F'my b'rthday I wan' a b'krub." * Erellisae /blinks/, and goes into a panicked rush. "... waitwaitwaitwait! When's your birthday?! I didn't miss it, did I?!" Hhnnh? *wavers a bit, her skin flushing with the effort* A'gust 14th. * Erellisae blinks, and pauses as she does mental calculations in her head, quickly renewing the panicked speech. "... aaah! That's less than a month! Jeez, you never told me! Okay, present, present, present... uhm...uhmuhmuhm... okay, backrub. Must talk to Nathan." o_@ * Feray grunts a little. "W's kidd'n. D...don' you dare." * Dylan walks in, bandana keeping sweat from his eyes, which widen seeing Feray's load.. * Erellisae flails. ^^; "But I have to get you /something/! I gotta think of somethin' soon!" Ermm. Let me help you with that... * Feray squints tiredly at Dylan and grunts something that sounds like 'if you can'. She turns her gaze back to Erel as she shifts near Dylan, attempting to hand him the stone. "You can...hold my hand...for the thing I've got planned." * Dylan tries the heft the stone, grunts with effort, then shakes his head in shame.. Ah.. deepest apologies... are you okay with that.... ? ^^;;;; * Erellisae blinks. "The... the thing you have plan--ack!" Erellisae is suddenly snapped out of her panic by Mereny and the other kids clustering around her, clamouring for attention. o_@ * Feray utters a weak laugh and nods her head towards the construction site. "G'wan ahead. I'm...f'ne. The others...n'd yer help more.." * Mereny steps forward, proudly holding an indignantly-beeping Spud. I cort 'im! >D * Dylan swallows nervously and dashes off for more manly (and hence easier) work.. * Erellisae blinks and sweatdrops. "Erm... very good, Mereny." ^^; She turns, blinking at Feray. "What've you got planne--ack!" * Mereny tugs hard on Erellisae's sleeve and again shows the trophy of a captured Spud. ^_^ * Feray begins to tremble. ^^; * Erellisae sweatdrops and waves a hand. "Ack! I'll ask later! Just get going get going before you hurt yourself!!" ^^;; Nnhhuhhn. B'carefuh, sis. Ta...talk more l'ter. ^^; * Feray nods just faintly and utters a determined growl, shifting her weight forth, stumbling on towards the site. ^^; * Erellisae smiles wanly as she follows Feray's leaving, then turns back to where Mereny is excitedly hopping up and down, sighing and trying to stave off the urge to Shh! them all and be done with it. ^^; >> LUDE END THINGY Session Close: Fri Aug 16 04:17:41 2002