AoP 14 Jaden and Saiph

1. == 8:39 PM] ArCi: == Ok, if both of you are staying outside, we'll do outside here.
2. == [8:40 PM] Saiph: == So! Hi, kids. I'm Saiph. This is Jaden.
3. == [8:40 PM] ArCi: == The kids shuffles around kind of anxiously.
4. == [8:40 PM] Jaden: == *looks to the kids and his Hardened expression drops, and he tries to put on a more reassuring look for hte kids*
5. == [8:41 PM] Saiph: == *sits cross-legged at the base of the hut's leg. "You guys hungry?"* (edited)
6. == [8:42 PM] ArCi: == Some of them look around. One little boy and girl nod at you.
7. == [8:43 PM] Saiph: == *hands out some goodberries. "These are like a whole meal. And they taste like candy. One of my dads used to make goodberries that tasted like broccoli. I was obviously not going to follow in his footsteps."*
8. == [8:44 PM] ArCi: == Rob: "...what do you even get out of this. Why save the hag?"
9. == [8:44 PM] Jaden: == We arent saving the Hag, we are saving the kids
10. == [8:44 PM] Saiph: == The point was to get the children back, hunter.
11. == [8:44 PM] ArCi: == The two kids take the berries.
12. == [8:44 PM] Saiph: == *pops one into his own mouth. "See? Pretty good, right?"*
13. == [8:44 PM] Jaden: == *looks over at Saiph "Dads. as in Plural?"*
14. == [8:45 PM] Saiph: == Mmmhmm.
15. == [8:45 PM] Jaden: == *nods, and keeps an eye on the Hunter*
16. == [8:45 PM] Saiph: == Polycules are pretty common back home.
17. == [8:45 PM] ArCi: == Ulluk: "Kids are safe. Zora's healed. We're alive. We're doing good, Ubbet."
18. == [8:46 PM] Saiph: == Even among the nobility.
19. == [8:46 PM] Jaden: == Guess so
20. == [8:46 PM] ArCi: == Rob: "...you're interesting folk...don't think I like it."
21. == [8:46 PM] Saiph: == *shrugs. "Don't know that I care a whole lot."*
22. == [8:47 PM] Saiph: == *offers goodberries to the hunters too.*
23. == [8:47 PM] Jaden: == I'm not entirely happy with all this either, but its not my call. Regardless, we got the kids out safe, your friend is cured of her Curse. I see this is a win in my books
24. == 8:47 PM] Jaden: == *looks a bit less tense now, though his eyes keep darting back to the house*
25. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == Fighting the fey is like trying to punch a stream.
26. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == I've done it.
27. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == It's pointless.
28. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == This is how you fight the fey.
29. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == Deals. Courtesy.
30. == [8:48 PM] Saiph: == Getting what you want at the lowest cost to yourself.
31. == [8:49 PM] Saiph: == .... I mean I've punched streams before, not that I've fought the fey before.
32. == [8:49 PM] Jaden: == ......I don't like the idea that she gets to continue on somewhere else doing this
33. == [8:49 PM] Saiph: == Even if you killed her, she would.
34. == [8:49 PM] Jaden: == Its better to at least try to fight the "Stream" then let it do what it wants and wash you away
35. == [8:49 PM] Saiph: == Right now, somewhere on your world, some evil Prime is doing some evil shit.
36. == [8:50 PM] Saiph: == He's killing people and they aren't coming back at the end of the day.
37. == [8:50 PM] Jaden: == We aren't solving the problem, we are just making it go somewhere else
38. == [8:51 PM] Saiph: == Even if you killed her, there would be another Baba Yaga.
39. == [8:51 PM] Jaden: == But not for a while!
40. == [8:51 PM] ArCi: == Jaden, Rob's hand comes into view with a small popper stick like kids play with. He's holding it out to you.
41. == [8:52 PM] Jaden: == Whats that?
42. == [8:52 PM] Saiph: == You're looking at this the wrong way. The Fey play roles. When tey play those roles, those roles become who they are.
43. == [8:52 PM] ArCi: == Rob: "If you need us. Just you. You've got a good head on your shoulders, and we're always looking for new faces in the group."
44. == [8:53 PM] Jaden: == *pockets it*
45. == [8:54 PM] Saiph: == *eyes the exchange, then shakes his head and turns his attention back to the kids, then he starts using Druidcraft to make a dirt castle in the ground before him.*
46. == [8:55 PM] Jaden: == *looks away from all of them, then says to Saiph "If any of these kids were dead, she would be too."*
47. == [8:55 PM] ArCi: == Rob and the other two walk off.
48. == [8:56 PM] Saiph: == Yeah, that would have fixed everything.
49. == [8:56 PM] Jaden: == *looks like he is about to yell, then sees the kids, and just turns away, hands in fists*
50. == [8:57 PM] Saiph: == Jaden, can I ask a question?
51. == 8:57 PM] Jaden: == *says without looking back "Shoot"*
52. == [8:58 PM] Saiph: == Remember, shortly after we first met, we were fishing, and those fish-men attacked?
53. == [8:58 PM] Jaden: == Yeah?
54. == [9:01 PM] Saiph: == They were people, you know. They had families. Schools, clutches, whatever. People would miss them when they didn't come back. I mean, they attacked us, we defended ourselves, I don't regret it. Hell, I would have eaten them if the cook didn't get squicked out by it. But they were still people, and they're gone now because of us.
55. == [9:03 PM] Saiph: == Killing doesn't fix things. It creates an absence in the world. Sometimes it's necessary. Sometimes vengeance is awesome. But it's never without consequence.
56. == [9:04 PM] Jaden: == .......She scared me, did you know that?
57. == [9:05 PM] Saiph: == We're not talking about Baba Yaga, are we?
58. == [9:05 PM] Jaden: == *he shakes his head no*
59. == [9:05 PM] Saiph: == Did we scare you? Me and Lenna.
60. == [9:06 PM] Jaden: == .............Not nearly as much
61. == [9:06 PM] Saiph: == Because you guys just fought a whole demon war thing, yeah?
62. == [9:06 PM] Jaden: == *Nods, still not looking at him*
63. == [9:06 PM] Saiph: == Did she scare you less as you got to know her?
64. == [9:07 PM] Jaden: == She still Unsettled me
65. == [9:08 PM] Saiph: == I mean, her color sense alone was designed to unsettle. But you were getting to know her as a person. Not a thing. Not a symbol of the war. That's a good thing, Jaden.
66. == [9:08 PM] Jaden: == She made it pretty clear she wasn't a willing participant. Its different
67. == [9:09 PM] Saiph: == Doesnt matter. You didn't drive her away. And beating up a befuddled but powerful old fey isn't gonna bring her back.
68. == [9:09 PM] Jaden: == ......Can i ask you a question?
69. == [9:10 PM] Saiph: == Sure.
70. == [9:10 PM] Saiph: == *is decorating the sandcastle with flowers now.*
71. == [9:10 PM] Saiph: == *is trying to get the kids interested.*
72. == [9:10 PM] Jaden: == You and Olenna, you really DID just come here, to the Material plane by accident right?
73. == [9:11 PM] Saiph: == I don't know if it was an accident. It's not just a detour... we're... diminished here. I think it was intentional. Lenna isn't sure.
74. == [9:11 PM] Jaden: == But you didn't come here as some kind of Attack is what i mean?
75. == [9:11 PM] Saiph: == Not on your plane, no.
76. == [9:11 PM] Jaden: == ......Ok
77. == [9:12 PM] Jaden: == *turns around, "You kids wanna see a magic trick?"*
78. == [9:13 PM] ArCi: == ((I'm gonna say, at this point, Olenna and Coppy exit.))
79. == [9:14 PM] Jaden: == ((Ok))