[2026/08/25 14:20] Sapphire: it appears that the next scene, presuming regular alternation, should be on the Cato side of the war, after Syra somehow managed to drag a protesting Pyra to bed chambers while calling everyone *else* a fag?
[2026/08/25 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me blinks
[2026/08/25 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: I... what? When did I do -that-?
[2026/08/25 14:21] Sapphire: end of http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025arm/20260707.html ?
[2026/08/25 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: that last comment was to Pythag
[2026/08/25 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: why would I call anyone -else- that
[2026/08/25 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: insanity has logic, you know :-)
[2026/08/25 14:23] Sapphire: hmmmmm
[2026/08/25 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me snickers
[2026/08/25 14:25] Sapphire: and i think it would be mecha as Arthur Berns, yes? about to be presented with a chalenge
[2026/08/25 14:25] Sapphire: id Mecha is up for that?
[2026/08/25 14:26] Mecha: This one can try
[2026/08/25 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Arthur burns what?
[2026/08/25 14:26] Mecha: Considering most of the art stuff was being grumpy and then being quiet
[2026/08/25 14:26] Mecha: Arthur berns the cook for Pyras side
[2026/08/25 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: damn
[2026/08/25 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: if anyone was going to incinerated on that side, I thought I'd be doing it
[2026/08/25 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: did we all get collectively drunk?
[2026/08/25 14:32] Mecha: Nope. No drinking for this one until Sunday
[2026/08/25 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: and then, it's blood?
[2026/08/25 14:33] Sapphire: ack
[2026/08/25 14:33] Mecha: then it is something called a beesting. Half honey wine, half hard cider
[2026/08/25 14:33] Sapphire: ok, so...
[2026/08/25 14:34] Sapphire: table?
[2026/08/25 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: table
[2026/08/25 14:35] Sapphire: indeed
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: Previously : http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025arm/20260707.html
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: -- ☿ -- ♣ -- ☿ --
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: So , not quite last time, but the one before that.
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: Syra had made her way to the obsidian castle, carrying Pythagora to a back room through an odd mix of demanding it, being on the same team, and being scary enough she has not yet been challenged on it.
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: Two questions then:
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: - to Arthur, Cato is quietly inquiring what options your supplies have for lulling a mage into a more pliable or less guarded posture.
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sapphire: - to Syra, where has your Fire Kite been getting off to in all this?
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: flying about hunting bugs, probably
[2026/08/25 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: which is the most use she's been so far
[2026/08/25 14:40] Sapphire: Hmmmmm
[2026/08/25 14:41] Sapphire: is there an impression you'd like to send or receive from your mutual familiar link?
[2026/08/25 14:41] Mecha: Arthur looks at Cato."apologies sir there is not enough alcohol in the land
[2026/08/25 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me ponders this carefully
[2026/08/25 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: for now? no
[2026/08/25 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: actually yes
[2026/08/25 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: a rat, dead, but unburnt
[2026/08/25 14:43] Sapphire: A request?! She goes about hunting for a rat.
[2026/08/25 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: excellent
[2026/08/25 14:45] Sapphire: Cato, meanwhile, nods solemnly. "Hmmm. So it may be. If you *do* come up with something it would be good to know." He pauses, then adds. "Or, at the very least, something to ease Pyra's pain while I arrange for a healing ring."
[2026/08/25 14:47] Mecha: Arthur nods."I will get right on it." He says before moving to the kitchen to begin cooking.
[2026/08/25 14:50] Sapphire: Syra, after a few moments, the medico presents himself, flanked by a couple of soliders, their faces generally pale. "Respected Magi," he begins with a foriegn sort of accent, holding a heavy black bag close. "I am told, and somewhat see, that the two of you are injured."
[2026/08/25 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Better get treating Fag here."
[2026/08/25 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: "What's wrong with the sell swords? They look like they seen ghosts."
[2026/08/25 14:54] Sapphire: "Stop," Pyra hisses through her teeth. "Calling me that." Meanwhile, the sellswords work to stand up straighter, one stepping forwards, about to speak when the Medico starts up, "I am Dimitry. It will be very hard for me to treat our Respected Mage while she is being held like this, flag on the couch please?"
[2026/08/25 14:54] Sapphire: flat*
[2026/08/25 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Make me, Fag."
[2026/08/25 14:54] Sapphire: Arthur, what are you preparing and do you have a specific cooking skills?
[2026/08/25 14:55] Sapphire: rolling Pyra's brave as a stress die
[2026/08/25 14:55] D10: Sapphire rolls 7
[2026/08/25 14:55] Mecha: Making pot brownies... Kidding."Right now Arthur is just looking through recipe books, see if anything might work
[2026/08/25 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra to the mercenary stepping forwards. "You got something to say, boyo? Last one to say something went away blubbering for mercy and screaming in pain."
[2026/08/25 14:56] Sapphire: books are quite expensive in this era, so much of it is likely against your memory. go ahead and roll... intellect + your cooking skill
[2026/08/25 14:57] D10: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/08/25 14:57] Mecha: 14
[2026/08/25 14:59] Sapphire: Berns, you actually *do* have a bit of turkish hashish, a small amount that's hard to replace but might actuall work here. You also have a range of mints and basils to work with as well, if you instead sought to produce something so savory to get hot headed minds to ponder a pleasant meal instead
[2026/08/25 15:00] Sapphire: "Fine," Pyra hisses, pulling her hands together to attempt the casting of a spell between her hands, starting an incantation: "Circle-
[2026/08/25 15:00] Mecha: As tempted as Arthur is to use the Hashish here he's gonna go with the mints and basils. baked into a proper stew... with some turkey for the triptophan
[2026/08/25 15:00] Sapphire: Do you seek to interuppt?
[2026/08/25 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra watches Fag with an amused smirk
[2026/08/25 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nope.
[2026/08/25 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Although, I -should- warn Fag that allies don't attack each other, I guess.
[2026/08/25 15:02] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/08/25 15:03] Sapphire: "-ling winds of protection" she completes, forming a whirling torrent of wind around herself and trying to push Syra backwards against a wall while trying to wriggle free of being carried, incidentally causing the soldiers and medico to stumble back as well.
[2026/08/25 15:03] Sapphire: Arthur, you can hear not very far away an unearthly whirl of air and whsiles
[2026/08/25 15:04] Mecha: Arthur follows the sound, grumbling about interrupting his work
[2026/08/25 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do I roll to see if I can keep supporting Fag? I don't want to drop her on her injured leg, after all.
[2026/08/25 15:05] Sapphire: it appears to be a stress roll of
[2026/08/25 15:05] Sapphire: a Size stress roll of 9+
[2026/08/25 15:05] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/08/25 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, I tried.
[2026/08/25 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do I add Defence?
[2026/08/25 15:06] Sapphire: She does indeed fall to one knee, favoring the injured side, having gotten a wand into one hand from her sleeve
[2026/08/25 15:07] Sapphire: defense doesn't apply as its not actually an attack per say... it pushes you back without dealing damage
[2026/08/25 15:07] Sapphire: medico...
[2026/08/25 15:07] D10: Sapphire rolls 6
[2026/08/25 15:07] Sapphire: soliders
[2026/08/25 15:07] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/08/25 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: That'll hurt.
[2026/08/25 15:07] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/08/25 15:07] Sapphire: The other three in the room are blown back as well
[2026/08/25 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me glares at Fag, trying to figure if this is an attack, or not
[2026/08/25 15:09] Sapphire: "Since you clearly can't respect anyone who can't defeat you in combat..." She's clearly *pissed* even as she's breathing hard, and setting one hand on the floor, wand loosely aimed at Syra.
[2026/08/25 15:10] Mecha: Arthur walks to the door."EH! what's going on?"
[2026/08/25 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra starts laughing
[2026/08/25 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "So, you're attacking your ally, now?"
[2026/08/25 15:12] Sapphire: Pyra does pause at that, holding the wind spell up. Arthur, you can see the injured former apprentice in the middle of the room with a wand and active spell going, while the guest pyromancer (and the medico) are all pushed back.
[2026/08/25 15:12] Mecha: From off in the distance Sarahs voice can be heard by someone close to where Sarah is."God damn it Syra."
[2026/08/25 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is Making Friends and Influencing People.
[2026/08/25 15:14] Mecha: *Asss Mecha has just figured it out.*
[2026/08/25 15:16] Mecha: Arthur looks around the room, shakes his head and just goes back to the kitchen."If you aint dead there will be stew and dessert coming up."
[2026/08/25 15:17] Sapphire: Her experssion is one of adrenaline and calculation, frown strained and with eyes bright. "If you're my ally. Then no. But I don't really know that you are. You clearly hate me and have for years." She glances to Arthur. "But I can adult enough to break bread with an uncomfortable ally if you'll deign to use my name."
[2026/08/25 15:18] Sapphire: ( oh, that Syra has been calling the wand user 'bundle of sticks' this whole time? )
[2026/08/25 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra tuts. "Fag, fag, fag... I didn't kill you earlier. We agreed to be allies. I've done nothing but tale care of you since. I've not cast spells at -you-, even as you threaten -me-. What more does an ally do? You silly goose."
[2026/08/25 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: ( you what what? )
[2026/08/25 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Nothing so amusing, sadly. pyFAGoras.)
[2026/08/25 15:24] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/08/25 15:27] Sapphire: Her frown hardens. "You're worse than a tytalus about this, you know? You'd have fit in well with them." She does release concentration on the wind spell for now, glancing to the solders. "A spat between magi should be.... held with more decorum than this. More ceremony. I'll meet you at the supper table once Dymitry has seen to my wounds. But... some things should be private between a woman and her doctor, no?"
[2026/08/25 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra arches an eyebrow. "I said where my ally goes, I go."
[2026/08/25 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra rises slow, dusting herself off, before approaching Fag again, taking her time.
[2026/08/25 15:29] Sapphire: It is at this time that your fire kite returns, carrying a massive, still scrabbling rat by the neck, flapping up to Syra for attention.
[2026/08/25 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me really needs to explain a few things to Sonja y Ddraig Goch Fach, but, this is not the time.
[2026/08/25 15:32] Sapphire: Demytry moves up, "Respected Mage, I do not mean to offend but-" Pyra interrupts "This better not be an extended ploy to see under my robes. Is it?"
[2026/08/25 15:32] Sapphire: She directs that a Syra
[2026/08/25 15:32] Sapphire: at*
[2026/08/25 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Well, damn. You figured it out, at last." *leans in quick to steal a kiss*
[2026/08/25 15:33] Sapphire: Arthur, your stew is coming along well, hopefully very calming if you can get people to actually sit down and eat it
[2026/08/25 15:34] Sapphire: .....Syra, roll Presence + Charm against.... 9 to do that at a speed that both lands and doesn't set Pyra off
[2026/08/25 15:34] Mecha: While it is cooking I work on making a dessert, most likely a pie
[2026/08/25 15:34] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/08/25 15:34] Sapphire: .......
[2026/08/25 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...do I need to figure...
[2026/08/25 15:34] Sapphire: stress die
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: what die?
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: so it rolls doubles...
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: a d10 again
[2026/08/25 15:35] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: no
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: no no no
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's a D10!
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: don't quad on the charm roll
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: oh no
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: again???
[2026/08/25 15:35] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, 16...
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: plus your charm skill
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sapphire: and your presence
[2026/08/25 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, 1
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: 16.
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: or is it 32?
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sapphire: you have negative presence?
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: 0.
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sapphire: you're right, 8 quad is 32 plus the skill
[2026/08/25 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: 32.
[2026/08/25 15:37] Mecha: *Snerk*
[2026/08/25 15:38] Sapphire: Pythagora's brain goes into a full stop crash when Syra *kisses* her at the height of thinking she's been about to die for the past... multiple hours... holds still long enough to be kissed and then passes out, falling onto the nearest couch.
[2026/08/25 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "....well, fuck...." *helps her lay* "Fix her up, Doc."
[2026/08/25 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Now, let's see... no no no, I said a HAT not a fucking rat...." *takes the rat from Sonja y Ddraig Goch Fach, with a wink and a riffle to her head*
[2026/08/25 15:41] Sapphire: The medico and soldiers are speechless for a good quarter minute before Dymitry sees a problem that he knows how to deal with. "Right away, Respected Mage," and moves to start arranging her straight and ordering the soliders to get the materials for splints and setting a broken bone. He seems about ready to try to ask Syra to leave, but then decides he is not so suicidal as to order a hotheaded pyromancer around.
[2026/08/25 15:42] Sapphire: Sonja y Draigh Goch Fach coos under the pets and then moves up to cling to the pyromancers robes. The rat of course tries to flee.
[2026/08/25 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me SCREAMS at the top of her lungs. "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! IT FUCKING BIT ME! FUCKING BLOODY BASTARD RAT!" *FLINGS it at the nearest soldier and doubles over, arm pressed to her stomach, covering her hand and screaming every epithet under the sun. "BLOODY FUCKING RABID WHORE OF A RAT CUNT! THAT HURT!"
[2026/08/25 15:45] Sapphire: Sonja flaps and flies on wards to try and catch that rat again and make it stop squirming, while the soldier screams and tries to bat the rat away.
[2026/08/25 15:45] Sapphire: Dimitry, for his part, keeps his head down on attending to his first patient with the demeanor of one who's been through worse.
[2026/08/25 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra straightens up again. "I'm fine, it's but a flesh wound. You look after Pythagoras, I'll deal with this." *rummages about in the medics' bag, what we got here, bandages, needle, thread, willowbark, scalpel, that sort of thing?
[2026/08/25 15:49] Sapphire: Also several bottles of pungent fluids, some of them seeming like they might be distilled alcohol, another seeming to be boiled rose water, in little fired ceramic bottles with corks.
[2026/08/25 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: interesting
[2026/08/25 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra takes out a bunch of stuff, fashions a bandage around her fingertip, drops the rest of the stuff in the bag, takes a look at the boiled rose water before returning it to the bag, putting a needle, a length of bandage and a scalpel in her pocket. She still has a sprained ankle to deal with, and that's starting to throb.
[2026/08/25 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra pats her shoulder. "Sonjya y Ddraig Goch Fach, good girl, come to Mommy."
[2026/08/25 15:52] Mecha: Arthur comes out as it suddenly got quiet."All right, who died. need to know how many bowls to put out."
[2026/08/25 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "I'm not sure about Pythagoras."
[2026/08/25 15:55] Sapphire: "Pythagoras is alive. I'm working fast before she wakes up too much" Dimitry says, even as there is about to be a *very* unpleasant sound of two half fibula being forcibly reset against each other and then splinted back into place. That gets Pythagora back awake again with a scream of pain.
[2026/08/25 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra (winces)
[2026/08/25 15:56] Sapphire: By this point Cato is actually making it back, "Is she ready for the wound binding?" "She is, Venerable Mage." "Very good," he then moves up to work healing magic over her leg. If you were particularly stilled at Creo Corpus you might even be able to recognize it.
[2026/08/25 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cr 12?
[2026/08/25 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: although Co is 0
[2026/08/25 15:58] Sapphire: that might be enough, roll a d10 on that
[2026/08/25 15:58] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/08/25 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/08/25 15:59] Sapphire: go ahead
[2026/08/25 15:59] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/08/25 16:01] Sapphire: It appears to be a fairly classic Bind Wounds spell, allowing full and unrestricted use of the limb until the next sunset or sunrise, but preventing the wound from actually *healing* during that time. Given that a bone break like that would need easily a season to properly heal, this is a combat capable patch job.
[2026/08/25 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: interesting.
[2026/08/25 16:04] Sapphire: ( *checks time* )
[2026/08/25 16:04] Sapphire: Pick up from mealtime... or rather, seeing Seneca's side attempt to actually interrupt Cato's side
[2026/08/25 16:04] Sapphire: next time?
[2026/08/25 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: I guess so
[2026/08/25 16:06] Mecha: /me can not help but laugh at all of this
[2026/08/25 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: O.o
[2026/08/25 16:08] Sapphire: -- ☿ -- ♣ -- ☿ --
[2026/08/25 16:08] Mecha: /me smiles sweetly
[2026/08/25 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me has 'em right where she wants 'em
[2026/08/25 16:08] Sapphire: dazed and confused?
[2026/08/25 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm
[2026/08/25 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well... it's 1AM I think so... laters, taters!
[2026/08/25 16:09] Sapphire: later saytrs