Sarky
Drunken master
Manna:
The captain, clearly a Water aspected Dragon Blood, gives you an appreciative nod at the comment. "Aye, my girl's a tough one, a mix of beauty and bloody-minded stubborn thundering bitch. Bit like her Scarlet counterpart." He laughs.
Azure Sky:
Whatever Kana and Chao just drank, it's probably not poison, the Dragon-Blood is drinking it too. He pours out another three glasses.
Kana, Chao:
After Azure walks in and this new fellow compliments his ship, Captain Takeo's voice lowers and he become's a tad more evasive.
"Hmm, that's a tall order, I'm sure you'll appreciate. Well, incense isn't hard to come by, especially in The Neck, we got a whole lotta gods being worshipped around here. But the other items, well, you'd be talking a lot of time and even more money to find a seller who'd part with them. The Realm does most of the mining out here and they don't really like to share. I doubt my credentials as an ex-Lookshyan would convince any of them to just fork over their loot." A mischievous grin threatens to split his face in two as he casually taps a little rhythm on the hilt of his weapon. A black jade wavecleaver daiklave you could have sworn blind he wasn't carrying earlier. Must have been well-concealed by his flappy open shirt. Or were you just paying more attention to the well-muscled tattooed chest..?
Chao:
Ooh, that stuff's got a bite to it, but that hardly explains why Kana went all...
The Headmistress looks up from her notes with a frown. If it were any other mortal student, you reflect, she'd be looking surprised. That makes you feel proud, sort of. Most Dragon-Blooded teachers pay next to no attention to the hundreds of faceless mortals that pass through their classes. Headmistresses even less so. But, one way or another, you got this one's attention.
"So, Miss... Lingshen. I'm still not quite sure as to how to view these reports. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Headmistress, I would like to commend Master Shosuu for his quick thinking, but may I humbly suggest that he be allowed to carry a weapon in case it happens again? It would have saved a lot of the other kids' projects if he didn't have to beat up an elemental with them."
She frowns. "Duly noted. But there shouldn't have been an elemental there in the first place. When interrogated it told us it was answering your summons. Spirit lore is an advanced class, and you are not due to start it until next year. So how..?" she leaves the question hanging.
"Headmistress, I read ahead. My family libraries have a lot of information on the subject, and I was getting bored with the regular classes..."
"Hence your tendancy to disrupt those classes?"
"Yes, headmistress. So I decided to see if I could find a way around needing essence to affect a spirit."
She gives you a blank look.
"So in woodcraft class I tried making a simple resonator (I read about it in Ledaal Catala's Elementals and Their Summoning in my uncle's home last summer) for a wood spirit."
Well, maybe her look is more deadpan, actually.
"And, er, sneaked it into an Immaculate prayer service for blessing."
The Headmistress's mouth twitches at one side.
"And... Um... powered it with a ritually prepared lemon I stole from the kitchens."
At this point the Headmistress has a bit of a coughing fit. You are asked to leave. Almost as soon as the door closes, you can hear the Headmistress explode into uncontrolled laughter. You're still not sure if you're in serious trouble or not, but by the Dragons, that was FUN!
The captain, clearly a Water aspected Dragon Blood, gives you an appreciative nod at the comment. "Aye, my girl's a tough one, a mix of beauty and bloody-minded stubborn thundering bitch. Bit like her Scarlet counterpart." He laughs.
Azure Sky:
Whatever Kana and Chao just drank, it's probably not poison, the Dragon-Blood is drinking it too. He pours out another three glasses.
Kana, Chao:
After Azure walks in and this new fellow compliments his ship, Captain Takeo's voice lowers and he become's a tad more evasive.
"Hmm, that's a tall order, I'm sure you'll appreciate. Well, incense isn't hard to come by, especially in The Neck, we got a whole lotta gods being worshipped around here. But the other items, well, you'd be talking a lot of time and even more money to find a seller who'd part with them. The Realm does most of the mining out here and they don't really like to share. I doubt my credentials as an ex-Lookshyan would convince any of them to just fork over their loot." A mischievous grin threatens to split his face in two as he casually taps a little rhythm on the hilt of his weapon. A black jade wavecleaver daiklave you could have sworn blind he wasn't carrying earlier. Must have been well-concealed by his flappy open shirt. Or were you just paying more attention to the well-muscled tattooed chest..?
Chao:
Ooh, that stuff's got a bite to it, but that hardly explains why Kana went all...
The Headmistress looks up from her notes with a frown. If it were any other mortal student, you reflect, she'd be looking surprised. That makes you feel proud, sort of. Most Dragon-Blooded teachers pay next to no attention to the hundreds of faceless mortals that pass through their classes. Headmistresses even less so. But, one way or another, you got this one's attention.
"So, Miss... Lingshen. I'm still not quite sure as to how to view these reports. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Headmistress, I would like to commend Master Shosuu for his quick thinking, but may I humbly suggest that he be allowed to carry a weapon in case it happens again? It would have saved a lot of the other kids' projects if he didn't have to beat up an elemental with them."
She frowns. "Duly noted. But there shouldn't have been an elemental there in the first place. When interrogated it told us it was answering your summons. Spirit lore is an advanced class, and you are not due to start it until next year. So how..?" she leaves the question hanging.
"Headmistress, I read ahead. My family libraries have a lot of information on the subject, and I was getting bored with the regular classes..."
"Hence your tendancy to disrupt those classes?"
"Yes, headmistress. So I decided to see if I could find a way around needing essence to affect a spirit."
She gives you a blank look.
"So in woodcraft class I tried making a simple resonator (I read about it in Ledaal Catala's Elementals and Their Summoning in my uncle's home last summer) for a wood spirit."
Well, maybe her look is more deadpan, actually.
"And, er, sneaked it into an Immaculate prayer service for blessing."
The Headmistress's mouth twitches at one side.
"And... Um... powered it with a ritually prepared lemon I stole from the kitchens."
At this point the Headmistress has a bit of a coughing fit. You are asked to leave. Almost as soon as the door closes, you can hear the Headmistress explode into uncontrolled laughter. You're still not sure if you're in serious trouble or not, but by the Dragons, that was FUN!