In reply to Iskander (msg # 75):

A pale pink octogonal pastry appears in Iskander's hand,
smelling faintly of roses.
Behind you, as you proceed, the orc hooligans tip over the craftsman's stall, who shouts out a word in anger.
[Private to Chou-Zhen Mou; Ales Konstantin; Iskander: you feel a rush of magical energy from that direction. Thaumatology rolls!]

The orcs'armor falls off of them, and their clothing comes apart at the seams, leaving the four of them standing naked
around the goblin.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:57, Mon 16 May 2016.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 81):

No sooner than Iskander received his cake and thanked his benefactor, that he sensed a magical energy and witnessed a humorous sight! OOC: thaumatology success- rolled a 12, skill 12
"
ما يحدث هنا ! ؟
ma yahduth huna ! ?"

"You can ogle naked orcs when your time is your own. For now you serve Sakemoko and must forgo naked orkflesh." Jin urged the others to continue their trip to complete the fucking mission.

With a glance over his shoulder, Chou-Zhen smiles (not a completely pleasant expression), and without breaking stride, gives his whip a sharp crack at nothing in particular.

[Private to GM: 19:14, Today: Chou-Zhen Mou rolled 13 using 3d6.  Thaumatology (knife sharpener's stall).
19:17, Today: Chou-Zhen Mou rolled 10 using 3d6.  Whip, to crack for show.]

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 84):

ما هو مع كل ديكس اليوم ؟
ma hu mae kl dikis alyawm ? " Iskander laughed as he kept moving, satisfied at the poetic justice.

"Hey Iskander," Jin said. "I get that you want to be the guy who makes a running commentary of snide remarks, but are you doing it in a language nobody speaks because you don't want us to know that you don't got nothing interesting to say, or is it because you don't realize that muttering to yourself in a language nobody else understands makes you look like an asshole?"
This message was last edited by the player at 23:40, Mon 16 May 2016.

In reply to Jin (msg # 86):

"I said, "what's with all the dicks today?" If i were a superstitious man, i'd say it was some sort of omen!"
This message was last edited by the player at 23:58, Mon 16 May 2016.

"Yeah, so if you want to communicate, communicate in a way that people understand. If you're just making noise to amuse yourself, then just babble on in your bleep-blorp-bloop tongue, it's fine."

In reply to Jin (msg # 88):

"¿Qué hay de todas las pollas hoy?" "heh heh..."

Airis continues to look around and ignores the 2 men who are arguing.

In reply to Airis Moonshadow (msg # 90):

Iskander broke the cake and ate as he walked. Indeed the rose flavor was a bit cloying, something that would be helped with the addition of almonds, perhaps. The next time, he would have to ask for marigold, specifically. Pistachio was a winner. Apricot or plum sounded nice, as well. If he ever opened a tea house, he would have to ask the celestial if she would be interested in a partnership.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:40, Tue 17 May 2016.

In reply to Iskander (msg # 91):

The spot of sunlight that marks the divinity's presense swings closer to the stall as the orcs grab their sundered
gear. The stall slowly lifts from the ground, and rights
itself, as if someone unseen were aiding the goblin in
lifting it. Alternatively, it could look as though the goblin
were lifting it by himself.

[Private to Ales Konstantin; Chou-Zhen Mou: it would appear   that the goblin critically succeeded in casting Undo]

Jin sighs and folds his arms. "Not much we can do but wait while the spirit does whatever it does."

In reply to Jin (msg # 93):

"Alright! way to go, Kho! That'll teach those man-swine a lesson in humility!"

In reply to Jin (msg # 93):

"Alright! way to go, Kho! that'll teach those man-swine a lesson in humility!"

"Iskander." Jin spoke quietly. "I want you to watch this and consider the nature of inhuman spirits and morality. Whatever form they take. This thing is no more human than an elemental. Only difference is that you want to fuck it."

"But consider, you fucking paragon of virtue. Every second we drag ass is one more moment that efretti gets to run around and murder entire families. How many people do you think it can kill in the time it takes us to sit here and scratch our balls while we wait for this spirit to jerk off over insignificant and dirt-common marketplace crime? How many babies will the efret eat in the time it takes to help Joe Fucking Nobody goblin with his Pointless Shit stall?"

He looked at Iskander. "You know I don't care about those deaths, you dumb punk. Their lives are as meaningless as their deaths. I don't care about their suffering. But I do care about Sakemoko's orders. Anything that makes our job harder is evil to me. So you encouraging a fucking Sanctimony Elemental you want to bang is you making our job harder because you don't have self control. And the longer it takes us to get back, the longer it takes Furawa to figure this shit out, the longer the Efretti gets to fuck around setting innocent losers on fire.

"Grow up. You want to fuck this thing, fucking ask it. But do it on your own goddamn time, because we're on a fucking mission, and I will skin you alive if you make the mission more difficult, understand?"
This message was last edited by the player at 20:30, Tue 17 May 2016.

In reply to Jin (msg # 95):

Unabashed, Iskander looked at Jin and spoke: "And this is how you speak to friends? You should be ashamed of yourself..making such lewd suggestions. The Demon isn't free yet... If haste is what you require, then you're barking up the wrong tree, dog. Or are you afraid to take such a tone with her...? Have some respect!"
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 21:10, Tue 17 May 2016.

In reply to Iskander (msg # 96):

"We're dealing with things far more powerful than ourselves."

Jin looks astonished for a moment. "Are you serious? Iskander, I'm a career criminal enforcer and you're a worthless mercenary. Please tell me you're joking. Lewdness?"

"What kind of fucked up views of women and sex are you running around with? Do I need to take you to a whorehouse after this? Have the women there teach you that women are just people to stand alongside, not placed on a pedestal, that fucking is just fucking?"

He gestured vaguely around themselves.

"I can do that, Iskander, and have the whores make a man out of you, but the entity we escort is not human. Not mortal. Not driven by what makes a person a person. Do not treat it like you would a human woman, whatever that means. Spirits are fundamentally alien to our understanding. Do not get involved more than you have to... leave that to priests and shamans.

"You are right that they are more powerful than we are. But so is Sakemoko. So is a master swordsman who is training you. So is an army. All of these things are more powerful, but we still must live in a world with them."
This message was last edited by the player at 21:35, Tue 17 May 2016.

In reply to Jin (msg # 98):

Iskander spoke good naturedly: "As proud as I am of my manhood, forsooth! I cannot measure up to priapus, sterculius, and Gods knows how many other divinities. It's just not everyday I run into the likes of her, you know? Like minded as we are, she could be a great ally, not just to me, but to all of us. As far as that offer to carouse, I've always wanted to, but i've always been too serious, and focused to enjoy such things. When we have time, maybe i'll take you up on that offer, friend. First, I want to improve my strength. I will be working out, as you suggested earlier, in my free time."

Jin waved a hand. "Iskander, it sounds like your personal problems run a lot deeper than a simple carouse can solve. In fact, it sounds like you've missed out on the basics of what it is to be human. Have you never known love? Loss? Sex? Fought your old man and lost? And won? These are basic human things, Iskander."

"You say that you've been to serious for them. But I counter. I say that until you understand what it means to be human on a very basic level, that you can never truly master yourself. So your seriousness is the very thing standing in the way of perfecting whatever it is you want.

"You've wasted your life, and all it's made you is a weirdo."

In reply to Jin (msg # 100):

Iskander laughed. "Jin..I'm a reform pirate, I know all about "humanity".. It's left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. I Brush often with the supernatural,it follows me, and it's not always good. I've learned to know a boon, when I see one, my friend.."

In reply to Iskander (msg # 101):

"And..I make allies were I can find them."
This message was last edited by the player at 22:17, Tue 17 May 2016.

"What kind of reformed pirate doesn't know anything about sex or women?"

"Jin, what makes you think he knows nothing?  Perhaps he simply prefers not to share his knowledge with you.  If you want to abuse someone over their presumed innocence, shouldn't it be myself, who you can see by looking will never know a woman without paying for it?  Iskander is here because he chose your side on the docks, and then chose to follow through with what he had unwittingly joined.  I am here because, like you, I was hired by the daimyo.

"You think that anyone who can't kill without thought as you do is weak.  Consider the strength it takes to have the power to kill, and the motivation, and still to refrain because it would be wrong to do so.  Not because of consequences, but because of a sense of right and wrong that extends beyond who fills your purse."