FE 11a

[11/12/2017 3:21:34 PM] Quill: Soooooo.  You and Answorn and Murr go to your room!

[11/12/2017 3:22:26 PM] \*\*\* Kite gestures politely to the chair at the desk so that Answorn can sit down. \*\*\*

[11/12/2017 3:25:37 PM] Quill: He sits down!  Murr looks at him pointedly, eyeing the toy.

[11/12/2017 3:28:21 PM] Kite: Have you faked your death before?

[11/12/2017 3:28:41 PM] Quill: Answorn:  No.  But I have plans.

[11/12/2017 3:30:54 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Doesn't everyone?

[11/12/2017 3:32:56 PM] Kite: What kind of plans?

[11/12/2017 3:34:40 PM] Quill: Answorn:  For faking your death.  This was my Plan D.

[11/12/2017 3:34:55 PM] Kite: ... I have never planned to fake my death, no.

[11/12/2017 3:35:14 PM] Quill: Answorn:  ...oh.  Well, you never know.

[11/12/2017 3:36:46 PM] Kite: ... what were plans A, B and C?

[11/12/2017 3:38:30 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Plan C is being killed with ice magic.

[11/12/2017 3:40:13 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Plan B is a train accident.

[11/12/2017 3:42:22 PM] Kite: You have multiple plans for faking your death.

[11/12/2017 3:45:08 PM] Quill: Answorn:  ... what do you do when you're bored to occupy your mind?

[11/12/2017 3:46:03 PM] Kite: I compose.

[11/12/2017 3:46:20 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Oh!  Well, it's the same ort of thing, then.

[11/12/2017 3:46:45 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Do you play an instrument?  I know most Song Paladins sing.

[11/12/2017 3:47:35 PM] Kite: I do not play, but I do sing.

[11/12/2017 3:51:08 PM] Quill: Answorn nods and starts bouncing the cat toy again.

[11/12/2017 3:51:26 PM] Kite: Do you?

[11/12/2017 3:51:52 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I play the violin.  Knowing how music works can be useful.

[11/12/2017 4:00:05 PM] Kite: And enjoyable?

[11/12/2017 4:00:33 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Oh, yes.

[11/12/2017 4:03:50 PM] \*\*\* Kite smiles. \*\*\*

[11/12/2017 4:04:01 PM] Kite: Even the detective knows the Song.

[11/12/2017 4:04:29 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Is that so surprising?

[11/12/2017 4:06:32 PM] Quill: Murr bops the feather toy.

[11/12/2017 4:07:08 PM] Kite: Often, I am told, people in your profession do not know how to ... switch off.

[11/12/2017 4:07:45 PM | Edited 4:08:04 PM] Quill: Answorn:  ... it is true.  I've seen great minds broken because they just couldn't.... stop.

[11/12/2017 4:12:26 PM] Kite: Yours appears to be intact.

[11/12/2017 4:12:53 PM] Quill: Answorn:  So far, so good.

[11/12/2017 4:16:18 PM] Quill: He smiles, a little.  "The Institute has regulations about down-time, and a limit to how many cases you can you take on."

[11/12/2017 4:17:51 PM] Quill: Murr flips over playfully so he can properly play by batting the feather with all six paws.

[11/12/2017 4:18:20 PM] Kite: Regulations you obey?

[11/12/2017 4:18:36 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I've had no reason not to.

[11/12/2017 4:19:29 PM] Kite: No?

[11/12/2017 4:19:44 PM] Quill: Answorn:  .... what do you mean?

[11/12/2017 4:20:48 PM] Kite: I'm trying to decide whether to believe you.

[11/12/2017 4:21:16 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Why wouldn't you?  Unless you just don't trust the Institute.

[11/12/2017 4:24:07 PM] Kite: The Institute has an excellent reputation.

[11/12/2017 4:24:31 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Then you don't trust me.

[11/12/2017 4:24:54 PM] Kite: I am somewhat unsure whether to trust you.

[11/12/2017 4:31:32 PM] Quill: Answorn:   .... that's fair, I am withholding a lot of information.  Your friends don't seem to like me.

[11/12/2017 4:36:08 PM] Kite: Uncertain as to why not. You seem perfectly personable?

[11/12/2017 4:36:46 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I'm withholding magical artifacts they feel are theirs.

[11/12/2017 4:38:46 PM] Kite: They are not theirs.

[11/12/2017 4:39:00 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Not mine, either.  But dangerous.

[11/12/2017 4:39:04 PM] Kite: Yes.

[11/12/2017 4:39:15 PM] Kite: ... I have seen the results of using such artifacts, and they have not.

[11/12/2017 4:39:27 PM] Kite: Not beyond the "key."

[11/12/2017 4:43:25 PM] Quill: Answorn:  There seems to be a lot of interest in that one.

[11/12/2017 4:45:54 PM] Kite: I am fairly interested in its destruction. It does not seem to be an object people should come into contact with.

[11/12/2017 4:51:00 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I can only imagine what it was \*made\* for.

[11/12/2017 4:52:49 PM] Kite: Nothing good.

[11/12/2017 5:22:11 PM] Quill: Answorn:  No.  So why don't you trust me?

[11/12/2017 5:22:58 PM] Kite: I don't know you well enough to judge.

[11/12/2017 5:23:16 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I'm trusting you, though.

[11/12/2017 5:23:58 PM] Kite: I am a knight of the Song. I would suppose trusting me is somewhat simpler.

[11/12/2017 5:33:25 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Imean your whole group.

[11/12/2017 5:34:31 PM] Kite: Ah. ... I have decided to take them on faith.

[11/12/2017 5:35:00 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Me too.

[11/12/2017 5:36:17 PM] Kite: Why?

[11/12/2017 5:38:27 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Why am I trusting your group?

[11/12/2017 5:38:33 PM] Kite: Yes.

[11/12/2017 5:46:16 PM | Edited 5:46:23 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I know you have nothing to do with the Dusk Lily.  In fact, it was you finding an artifact months ago that provided me some major clues to the investigation.

[11/12/2017 5:48:28 PM] Kite: ... me, or the group?

[11/12/2017 5:49:05 PM] Quill: Answorn:  You found that artifact.  And none of you have anything to do with the Dusk Lily.

[11/12/2017 5:49:53 PM] Kite: Yes. and I believe that is correct.

[11/12/2017 5:57:22 PM] Quill: Answorn:  That said.  I think the Dusk Lily has contacts in the Quester's Guild.

[11/12/2017 5:57:47 PM] Kite: ... any that we know?

[11/12/2017 5:59:10 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I don't know who it is.

[11/12/2017 5:59:33 PM] Quill: Answorn:  But your group is new.

[11/12/2017 6:00:57 PM] Kite: Yes. ... I like them.

[11/12/2017 6:10:22 PM] Quill: Answorn:  They seem rather interesting.

[11/12/2017 6:11:55 PM] Kite: Engaging.

[11/12/2017 6:12:21 PM] Quill: Answorn:  How has being an adventurer treated you?

[11/12/2017 6:13:02 PM] Kite: Well thus far. We have become associated with some intriguing people.

[11/12/2017 6:14:46 PM] Quill: Answorn:   I heard you met the Countess Varia.

[11/12/2017 6:15:29 PM] Kite: Yes. And you, and I suppose Carrick is interesting in his way.

[11/12/2017 6:23:13 PM] Quill: He snorts a bit at that.

[11/12/2017 6:23:40 PM] Kite: And of course there is Murr.

[11/12/2017 6:23:58 PM] Quill: Answorn:  He seems like a very nice cat.

[11/12/2017 6:24:56 PM] Kite: Alo and Canto and Irwin. Glyph.

[11/12/2017 6:25:23 PM] Kite: Murr is a good cat.

[11/12/2017 6:26:59 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I've only heard stories about Glyph.

[11/12/2017 6:27:10 PM] Kite: He is extremely eccentric.

[11/12/2017 6:48:18 PM] Quill: Answorn:  He has served as a consultant for the Institute in the past.  He is... a bit scattered, but very knowledgeable in his particular fields.

[11/12/2017 6:49:30 PM] Kite: Turning people into rats and leaving them in the basement?

[11/12/2017 6:51:17 PM] Kite: Renting cats and not checking on their welfare?

[11/12/2017 6:52:34 PM] Quill: Answorn laughs.  "He knows a lot about magic, and not much else  was apparently retained."

[11/12/2017 6:54:45 PM] Kite: Yes. Perhaps he should have an assistant.

[11/12/2017 6:55:06 PM] Quill: Answorn:  He's had a few.  There's a high turnover rate.

[11/12/2017 6:56:26 PM] Kite: Have any survived in their original shape?

[11/12/2017 7:32:47 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Most have quit.  The others were.... not irrecoverable.

[11/12/2017 7:33:16 PM] Kite: ... "not irrecoverable?"

[11/12/2017 7:34:45 PM] Quill: Answorns:  A couple of transmogrifactions.  One plane shift.

[11/12/2017 7:38:06 PM] Kite: To where?

[11/12/2017 7:39:48 PM] Quill: Answorn:  Arcadia.  So.... not bad, by any means, but a bit of a pain to get back where he belongs, as I understand.

[11/12/2017 7:42:04 PM] Kite: Yes.

[11/12/2017 7:53:42 PM] Quill: Answorn  swings the cat toy up and Murr shoots a tentacle up, ripping it from his hand triumphantly!

[11/12/2017 7:53:59 PM] Kite: Good cat.

[11/12/2017 7:54:09 PM] \*\*\* Kite cuddles Murr a bit and takes the cat toy back! \*\*\*

[11/12/2017 8:05:47 PM] Kite: You can stay here if you like. I will sleep on the chair. ... it leans back when you pull a lever on the side.

[11/12/2017 8:08:36 PM] Quill: It's all right.

[11/12/2017 8:09:09 PM] Quill: Answorn:  I needn't take up that much room.

[11/12/2017 8:09:39 PM] Quill: He stands up and becomes a cat!  Just a housecat, grey tabby, and hops back up onto the chair.

[11/12/2017 8:10:00 PM] Kite: ...  you make a very pretty cat.

[11/12/2017 8:10:59 PM] Quill: He does not say anything!

[11/12/2017 8:12:12 PM] \*\*\* Kite turns the light out, takes her outer layer of clothes off, and gets into bed. Or at least as much of the bed as Murr is permitting her tonight. \*\*\*