[ We find The Majority Of Our Heros gathered in the common room of the Flying Couches home. Most of them are studying for finals, because that's what people do when finals are close. Alci is outside, giving Istvan some lessons. Kenji is probably watching the two of them. ] [ Session Start! ] * Tia is on her back in a pile of cushions, reading her monster book as before. Her brow is furrowed in concentration. * Patrick whistles as he messes around with his lab. Alchemy final. And he's the only non-caster of the bunch. Go figure. * Seylin is curled up on a non-flying couch with a book on her lap. * Max floats in through the door, and waves nervously. "Hi, everyone." * Tia glances over and waves absently. "Hiya, Max." * Seylin waves to Max. "Good morning!" (Or afternoon, if it's afternoon.) * Will sits on a chair in the corner with a textbook in his hands. Of course, he only understands half of what he's reading. Hey, wazzuuuuup? * Tia returns to frowning at her book. [ It is afternoon, yes. Sorry, should've said that sooner. ] * Will gives Max a quick glance as he comes into the room. "Hi Max" [ [ The book frowns back at Tia. ] * Patrick grins. "You know what you get when you mix a tanglefoot bag with a thunderstone?" * Tia looks up at Patrick. "Umm...a thunderfoot bag? Tanglestone bag?" I'm not sure, but it's probably not very good. * Max sweatdropps. A big mess. * Patrick smiles. "Actually, it's really amusing. Who wants to see?" Me! Me! Um... Let me hide behind Tia first. * Tia flips over with surprising agility and is instantly next to Patrick. ...never mind. I wanna see! * Patrick takes the bag and puts a couple rocks inside. He shakes it vigorously for a few seconds, then looks for a good corner to throw it to where it won't get too much stuff dirty. * Tia hops from foot to foot. I wanna throw it! I wanna throw it! Okay, okay! Over there. * Patrick points to an empty corner of the room set aside for expirements like this. * Will stands up and moves to get a better look at this 'experiment'. * Max goes to the far corner. The ceiling of the far corner. And hides behind his Book. * Seylin doesn't move. She trusts Patrick. Silly girl. ^_~ * Tia takes the bag from Patrick, grins widely, and hurls it full force into the corner. "Heehee!" [The bag explodes in a deafening explosion. The alchemical properties of the tanglefoot bag mixed with the thunderstones inside, making a strange sticky and crystiline, yet flexible, substance. After the initial expansion (of which it covers a good five or so feet, covering it in webs of this sticky goo), the thunderous sounds stop.] * Seylin eeps and belatedly covers her ears. * Tia has fallen back on her rump, a look of complete surprise on her open-mouthed face. * Will winces as he covers his ears as quickly as possible. * Patrick smartly covered his ears. * Tia blinks a few times. "Ow. I can't hear." * Max peers out from behind his Book. "Told you." * HKenji comes running down the stairs, bare chested, hand on the hilt of his katana. "What in all the pits of hell happened?" Patrick! Couldn't you have told us to cover our ears first? * Tia can barely hear Kenji, though she turns and waves sheepishly. * Max hides behind his Book again when Kenji comes in. * Patrick cracks up. "Hey Kenji, whazzup?" Now, that's not the best part of it. Notice how it looks really weird now? It'll only last for an minute, but if you hit it with something... * Seylin uncovers her ears. "This isn't going to involve more explosions, is it?" * Tia cups a hand over her ear. "What?" * Patrick takes a rock, a mundane rock, and hurls it at the substance. The rock gets imbedded in it, but with every motion the substance makes, it causes more very loud cracking noises. * Seylin covers her ears again. "Ow, ow, ow. Is this something you're trying for your alchemy final?" Yeah. They're gonna love it. ^_^ ...Patrick, keep it in your lab, please? J-just be greatful you're not stuck in it. Every motion...that noise. But Tia wanted to play with it. * HKenji eyes Tia. [After the minute is up, the substance crystalizes completly and shatters, falling to the floor.] * Patrick snerks. "It's not her fault though. I just conducted a simple expirement, and that's all I needed. Doing that downstairs is way too loud, not enough soft surfaces to dampen the sound. ^_^; " * Tia seems oblivious and obviously doesn't really hear much. Are you done with it, Patrick, or do you need the residue? * Will takes his hand away from his ears now. He still seems a bit disoriented as he tries to listen to what Pat is saying. Nope, have fun. ^_^ * Tia shakes her head vigorously. "My ears!" * Patrick goes back to his workstation up here. Nasty nasty stuff. * Seylin sighs softly and goes back to studying. * Max floats over to the mess, and pulls out a bit of string and a small board. After a moment, the mess starts sweeping itself up and carrying itself to a proper trash receptical. "Fortunately, the stuff's completely inert when you're done with it." Another advantage, yes. Excellent for stopping people who are running away. If you've got an arm for it, that is. * Tia gets up off her rump and goes back to her pile of cushions, still shaking her head to clear it. (Tia's hearing should come back in a couple minutes.) * HKenji sighs. So, Kenji, have fun last night? ^_^ * HKenji blinks. "Excuse me?" Pretty much, did ya sleep well? Quite. * Tia seems to recover after a while, and she sighs in relief. How much of that... substance have you prepared? * Max floats over to Tia. "How goes the monster studying?" It's brand new stuff, still expiremental, but I can try making a few batches of it. Why? It could be useful. * Tia points to the page she's on as she grins at Max. "I'm on page 104!" Great! What's the monster on it do? Um, it eats trash and smells bad, but it's cute! * Tia grins and points at the picture of the otyugh. * Will gets back to his seat and starts reading again as his hearing returns. Right! ...well, cute is a matter of opinion... ^^; But look at its cute, stumpy legs! It's like a three-legged puppy! * Max giggles. "I suppose you have a point." * HKenji shakes his head. "In any case, you may wish to make several batches of the stuff, Patrick." * HKenji turns abruptly and heads back upstairs. * Tia wags her tail. "I want one for my birthday!" * Patrick snickers. I suppose you wouldn't have to worry about your waste disposal for the house anymore...but they're hard to tame. At least, I think they are. Does it say in your book? * Tia scratches her head. "Umm...I don't remember!" * Seylin looks over. "What is it?" * Tia shows Seylin the otyugh illustration. Think the headmistress'll let me keep one in my room? Um... probably not, Tia. Sorry! * Tia 's tail thumps cheerfully against the floor. "Maybe I could convince her to let me! I'm really good with animals!" You could try asking, but I still think she'll end up saying no. * Tia nods. "I'll ask her next time I see her!" * Seylin laughs. I'm sure it'd smell less bad if I made it take lots of baths. Right, Max? You might impress her more if you knew more about it. If you don't remember, read up on training them. ...I think there was a section of Dungeon Ecology that dealt with domesticated ones. Do you have that book? * Tia shakes her head. And it probably woulnd't be happy if it was clean. ...I'll try to remember to bring my copy of the book over next time I come, if you want. Thanks, Max! * Tia wags her tail furiously. ^_^; * Tia flips over to the next page. "Kitty!" Hm? * Seylin laughs again. "Oh?" * Tia turns the book to show Max and Seylin the black panther with tentacles coming out of its shoulders. Uh. That's... different. It's so cute! Hm. *reads the heading* Displacer Beast, huh? * Tia nods. "Kitty!" What's it do, Tia? * Patrick snerks. "Much rather'd have a Blink Dog." Blink Dog? * Tia reads up on the displacer beats. "Um...it eats meat." Check page... Was it 28? * Tia flips through her book. "Another puppy!" Monsters is my favorite class! Think I can get an A? If you study hard, I'm sure! Gotta keep at it, and make sure you know as much as possible about all of them, though. ^_^ * Tia grins. "I'm studying real hard! Promise." It's hard to tell the difference between so many kinds of puppies and kitties, though. I'm sure you'll get it, Tia. ^^ * Tia flips between the dire tiger and the displacer beast. "See? They look real similar..." Well, you need to pay attention to differences rather than similarities. The displacer beast has more legs, see? * Tia squints at the picture. "Oh! He has six!" * Seylin peers out the window briefly at Alcinoe and Istvan. * Tia wags her tail gratefully. "Thanks, Max." * Will moves closer to Tia and Max to listen in on the monster discussion. He can't help it. Monsters being described by Tia is so much more interesting than remedial magic 201. Also remember that Displacer Beasts and Blink Dogs are natural enemies. Kind of like cats and dogs. ^_^ * Tia scratches her head thoughtfully again. "Aw, does that mean I can't have both?" It'd be pretty messy. * Tia nods. "You're probably right." If you have both, you'll really need to train them well. Probably best to raise them from babies. * Tia nods. "I'd like to do that!" * HKenji is now known as NinjaDebugger * NinjaDebugger is now known as HKenji Where can I find baby displacer kitties and blink doggies? I'm not sure. Does your book say where to find their lairs? Go check. * Tia pores through the text. Not really. * Tia bounces to her paws. "Who could I ask?" Uh, one word about that. Don't. * Tia 's ears droop. "Huh? Why not?" They *really* don't like it if their young are taken from them. Would you be? * Patrick grins. * Tia thinks for a moment. "I don't have any." What if someone took Mr. Axe away? that's why you adopt them...I know some people who have done just that. ^^; No one would want to take Mr. Axe! If you can find one that needs adoption. Very difficult. * Tia nods. "Maybe someone'd let me adopt one!" * Tia wags her tail. Usually easiest when you find a den under attack by displacer beasts. Or adopt them from people who already have some. * Tia nods eagerly. "I want one!" * Patrick finishes with something and finds his way, mysteriously or not, next to Seylin. With ice cream. :9 * Seylin puts her book down and looks at Patrick. "Oooh, can I have some? Please?" * Patrick gives her a spoon and lets her eat out of the bowl. "I don't see why not." ^_^ Yay! * Seylin has a spoonful. She chews thoughtfully. "Mmm, this is different. There's little caramel and chocolate bits in it!" Yeah, Max suggested it. I finished it up today. ^_^ * Seylin looks over at Max and smiles. "Great idea!" * Patrick eats some and leans back. "So what've you been reading up on, Sey?" Huh? * Max looks over. "What's a great idea?" The ice cream! Check out the freezer. Theres still some left. ^_6 ^_^ Oh? Cool! Thanks. *floats over, and serves himself a bowl* Hey, this is good! What should we call it, though? Hey! Can I try some too? * Patrick chuckles. * Tia takes out a piece of parchment and writes out, "Tia's Wishlist: Displasor kity, blink dogy." Looks like a moose walked through it. * Seylin shows the cover of her book to Patrick. "It's an overview of the various planes." * Patrick smirks. "Still reading on that, huh? What've you found out?" ^_^ Lots of interesting things. Patrick? Can Will have some? * Max is holding the scoop and the box, ready to scoop out the last of it if Pat says yes. Yeah, yeah, go for it! * Max scoops out the last of it into another bowl! And then takes it over to Will. * Tia adds a sentence to the paper, "Pleez tel Tia if you no were to find displasor kitys or blink dogys. Thank you!" She posts it on the hall bulletin board and comes back with a grin. * Will smiles broadly as he takes the bowl from Max. "Thanks Max." You're welcome. *eats more of his own* * Will starts digging into the ice cream. Yum. :p~ * Seylin steals more ice cream. Yay! * Patrick eats ice cream. Cute! What kind of interesting things? ^_^ What lives where, how you can get back and forth... things like that. Anythin' you'd care to share with me? ^_^ You can borrow it after I'm done. ^_~ Nah, just trying to get some notes out of you, that's all. ~_^ * Patrick isn't even taking that class, anyways. But you aren't even in the class! That doesn't mean I can't steal notes! * Seylin sticks her tongue out at him. "You're just trying to get out of reading it." Wouldn't you? ~_^ No, I think it's interesting. Um. She's reading it, isn't she? Exactly! * Patrick snickers. "Well, you're not reading it now." He eats s'more ice cream. That's because I'm talking to you, silly. * Seylin steals another spoonful of ice cream. Oh, now who's the silly one? You. ;p * Tia goes back to her pile of pillows, flops back onto her back, and resumes studying. * Patrick takes another spoonful before Seylin grabs another one. "Are you suuuuuure about that?" Yep! * Will takes his bowl to wash in the kitchen. "Thanks Pat. That ice cream was great!" Glad you approve! What should it be named, though? * Will returns from the kitchen and flops down on a sofa. "I thought you are the one good at naming things, Pat." Pfft, yeah, but I thought some of you'd have some input. * Patrick glances out the window at the fighting figures for a moment, then back at Seylin. Hmm? Alci and Istvan're training pretty hard. Yep. You think we should offer moral support? ~_^ I think they're doing just fine. Okay... You think we should go outside just for the heck of it then? ^_^ If you want. I'm gonna let them be. * Tia jumps back to her feet. "I'm gonna go talk to my prof and see if he knows where to find displacer kitties!" * Seylin laughs. "Okay, Tia. Good luck!" * Tia waves to everyone, tucks her book under her arm, and makes for the Monsters building. "Bye!" * Patrick snickers and bites some more ice cream, and then hands Seylin the rest of it. ^_^ Thanks! * Seylin eats happily. Wai, ice cream! ^_^ I'm going to go home. I need to do a bit of studying, myself. Thanks for the, um Ice Cream. Bye, guys. * Max floats off! See ya Max. ^_^ Bye, Max! Bye Max. [ And so they studied some more. Session End! ]