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sythyryMirrored from Sythyry.
I tried to do the right thing by my friends.
By means both ruthless and dictatorial, I compelled all the crew of the Strayway to attend me in the Grand Dining Hall after breakfast. And by “all” I did not mean “all save Windigar, who, as the pilot, is not strictly crew”. Neither did I mean “all save Mellilot, who is busy with the washing-up.” Admittedly, I did mean “all save Nangbang, who can take care of himself”, but Nangbang was there with his daughter anyhow. I tried to mean “all save Vae, who does not need to hear it”, but Vae was curious, so she was there too.
Me: “As I’m sure everyone knows by now, Zascalle and Thiane had some bad reasons for some of the things they did.”
Inconnu: “What? Like trying to steal all your money? A bad idea? I’ll abandon my plans therefor straightaway!”
Me: “Yes. I am none too keen on those plans. But she had some other reasons for things she did, and, much as I’d like to, I can’t say that they were bad reasons.”
Phaniet: “There’s no good reason for sleeping with a Cani!”
Este: “Garoof, but you don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about. I do it all the time, and hasn’t made me go crazy, or even gloot glorf glorf gloppsies.”
Quendry: “Are you choofing me for funny noises? Bonga-ponga zoid freng! Tartwit under the goppers! Sheeng, sheeng, sheeng! Bloop-boop-poop-poptaloop!“
Arfaen: “That’s enough, dear. Sythyry’s trying to talk.”
Me: “I am, indeed. And what I am trying to talk about is, this has been an unduly dangerous trip.”
Inconnu: “What? It has? Arfaen’s cooking isn’t that dangerous!”
Phaniet: “Zie’s talking about the moral hazard. Now that zie’s started sleeping with zir clients, there’s not a one of us safe from getting that rare and envied seventh tick on their traff tally!”
Inconnu: “Oh! Oh! Endanger me, Sythyry, endanger me!”
Me: “Your job title is ‘assistant’, Phaniet, but you’re working too much on the first syllable just now.”
Inconnu: “She should cease and desistant!”
Grinwipey: “Get to the point already, featherbrains. I gotta get back to my needlepoint!”
Me: “Right. Sky pirates. Teleportation effects. Blackmailer on board. Stowaways on board marrying the captain’s daughter. Half-wrecked ship. Helpful nendrai buying engagement presents. It has been very dangerous, and I haven’t been able to protect all of you from all of it all the time.”
Vae: (cries quietly and bloodily.)
Me: “I’m sorry, old friend. You’ve succeeded at controlling yourself in situations I was sure you could not have done, and I am proud of you for that. And they are not all your doing, and you saved us as often as you endangered us. I must speak clearly to everyone — if they let me — and that will not always be nice to you. You should go elsewhere, and I will speak with you privately afterwards.”
Vae: “Not, not, I have done wickedly, I will listen and be punished some more, and maybe in time the wickedly will be punished to the corners of my spirit.”
Me: “As you wish, Vae. Anyways — I can’t really promise that the voyage will continue any less dangerous than it has been so far. I have done what I could do to make it safe, but that is not enough. So, none of you have to stay with me — except for Windigar and Vaisessasilmin. Anyone who wants to leave, I will send home to Vheshrame where it is safe … or somewhere safe anyhow, for the non-Vheshramites of you.”
I folded my wings, anticipating a frenzied rush off Strayway.
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Date: 2010-07-19 12:31 pm (UTC)Arfaen, on the other hand, should probably be sent if she doesn't go herself, if only for Quendry's sake. There are family issues back in Vheshrame, but I think they're better than pirates or reasonably-well-behaved-nendrai in terms of actual danger.
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Date: 2010-07-19 03:55 pm (UTC)Maybe even worse than getting killed and not brought back I think it's the sort of thing that warps your spirit even in your future lives.
Maybe not as bad as getting killed and brought back merged with a Locador angel though.
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Date: 2010-07-19 12:38 pm (UTC)Oh really Sythyrs if they were going to leave they wouldn't've come it's not like they didn't know you were a doom-magnet bringing a nendrai when they started. Besides so far you haven't gotten anyone permanently killed and only one person catastrophically maimed which is better than most magical catastrophes go or so Naefar tells me.
And prolly better than the average rate of bad things happening to traff people in Eigrach.
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Date: 2010-07-19 12:44 pm (UTC)One boggles at the translation for this one. ;)
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Date: 2010-07-23 11:44 am (UTC)confused...
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Date: 2010-07-19 03:45 pm (UTC)This made me laugh quite a bit.
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Date: 2010-07-19 01:10 pm (UTC)Are nendrai out in the wild that unhappy?
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Date: 2010-07-19 03:34 pm (UTC)Though I agree with Terrana. Arfaen and Quendry should probably be taken to Oora Thrassen, given a stipend and told they'll be picked up on the way back up. This will protect Quendry from helpful Vae and unhelpful skypirates as well as familial Doom.
They could see Ferelan and Ochirion, so they would not be without familiar faces. And you could easily keep in touch with him and arfaen to make sure everything is okay.
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Date: 2010-07-19 04:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-19 09:12 pm (UTC)And it's me. I improve on what others who have come before have done, that is my way.
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Date: 2010-07-20 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-19 08:59 pm (UTC)Omg... Sythry Voyage, the Musical... it should be done!
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Date: 2010-07-20 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-20 12:14 am (UTC)I get in situations both comedical and tragical,
Although with other species I am often found canoodling,
My love-life is disastrous because of Bard's dread doodling!
more GS
Date: 2010-07-20 01:29 am (UTC)I understand positions, both the simple and non-sensical
About the actions of my crew I'm teeming with a lot o' news
with many cheerful facts for all the readers to amuse
with many cheerful facts for all the readers to amuse
with many cheerful facts for all the readers to amuse
with many cheerful facts for all the monsters to amuse
Re: more GS
Date: 2010-07-20 01:40 am (UTC)MORE.
OF.
THIS!!!!!!
Re: more GS
Date: 2010-07-20 01:40 am (UTC)(which I posted before I realized who wrote the next piece of it...)
Re: more GS
Date: 2010-07-20 02:08 am (UTC)I know enchantment and magic analitical
In short, in matters herbador, corpador and duridor
I am the very model of a modern lizard-magical
In short, in matters herbador, corpador and duridor
I am the very model of a modern lizard-magical
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Date: 2010-07-20 02:09 am (UTC)Sythyry: I am the Captain of the Stryaway;
ALL: And a right good captain, too!
Sythyry: You're very, very good,
And be it understood,
I command a right good crew,
ALL: We're very, very good,
And be it understood,
Shi commands a right good crew.
Sythyry: Though enchanting all day long,
I'm more know for Castle Wrong,
In far off Veshrame Mene;
And though the city's puritanical
My tastes are quite Orrenical
And I never snog other Zi-ri!
ALL: What, never?
Sythyry (paniced): No, never!
ALL: What, never?
Sythyry (sighing): Hardly ever!
ALL: Shi hardly ever snogs Zi-ri!
Then raise your glass and cheer hooray,
For the hardy Captain of the Straway!
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:46 pm (UTC)I wouldn't be surprised to see a new LJ Group form after this for WT musicals. Oh yes, and I would recommend "7+12_Players" or perhaps "Wrongfolk_Minstrels" for a name. :3
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-20 01:44 am (UTC)Grinwipey was, I believe, Heavily Encouraged to leave town.
Hops, I think it was, was in a similar if not quite so dire situation.
Arfaen probably doesn't want Quendry back in his father's household until he's had a bit more chance to mature as a Cani.
Jyondre and Yerenthax seem most welcome within Eigrach and, for the time being, within your doom radius.
And all this is without the consideration that any trip up-branch might be eventful, and even if not, the time they're there and you're not, some of them who benefit from your protection might not benefit from it as greatly. To paraphrase what you said about Lithia - the household of the mighty Zi Ri wizard enjoys certain protections due that status; the household of the wizard who might be back in a few years... might have less. And any other place you could send the most at-risk people is liable to have similar difficulties, without even the familiarity of your name in that place...
Anyway. I await the next installment, telling, I hope, of the response!
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Date: 2010-07-20 02:46 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:39 pm (UTC)Nothing against either needlepoint or real men, but they don't mix often around here.
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Date: 2010-07-20 07:59 pm (UTC)Sythyry just looks perplexed. "Our best prime warrior wears pink; that's Yerenthax."
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Date: 2010-07-21 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-22 12:56 am (UTC)To be sure, males of our species are generally larger than females, so they're often better suited to such things. But modern technology is lessening that divide by rendering brute strength less important.
...Which does make me wonder if, apart from the shortage of Durudor, guns would even work on the Tree. Conceptually, at least. The most important thing is, of course, the powder charge - the ability to set off a controlled explosion and use it to impart force on the projectile. (My main concern being that Airador - the substance, not the magic as actively invoked - might not work in any way that allows air pressure as we know it to impart motion to that degree.) But given that there IS a shortage of Durudor(relative to our world), and not many other materials could properly handle the relevant stresses, it would be an impracticality to say the least even if the concept works there.
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Date: 2010-07-23 11:50 am (UTC)If Quendry grows up on the Strayway, then he'll think THAT is NORMAL! Which, since such tolerance clearly ISN'T normal and (all right-thinking folks think it) shouldn't be, it would be BAD for him to grow up there.
Or any children.
(Alle notes that she usually either walked away from this sort of rampant *-ist speech, or (in some cases literally) rolled up her sleeves and waded in to the fracas, sometimes at full volume. Be that as it may, it is, perhaps, a more valid argument on the Tree, where the Gods can be a bit pushier about *their* version of how things must work.)