[ We find Some of Our Heroes taking a breather for lunch! Mmm, lunch. ] [ Normally, Our Heroes would maybe go for something tasty and filling right now. So when they are given unadorned rice and unflavored tofu instead, they may be disappointed. ] [ Alci is still off training with her god and mentor, Galahad. Every now and then you hear a loud clangor as their blades clash. ] [ Besides that, all of you are here. And all of you are very exhausted. In addition, Will has the look of a man who is hunted by demons. ] [ Session Start! ] * Kenji tears into his food like a man who's had all his manners systematically beaten out of him. * Tia eats heartily, as always. If she minds the blandness of the food, she doesn't show it. Then again, she's prone to eating anything from dirt to driftwood, so she probably doesn't mind the taste. * Patrick munches calmly after having almost drenched his food in hot sauce, even more than he normally enjoys. Either he doesn't like bland or his tastes have changed a bit. Patrick, you need to either put that stuff away, or move about a hundred feet -that- way. * WillS picks at his food very carefully, all the while looking around nervously at any moving object around him. When each item is ascertained to be safe, he immediately gorges it down as if he's afraid something bad is going to happen to his food if he leaves it alone for that split second. * Kenji gestures. I can taste it from here. * Seylin eats slowly, carefully lifting each bit to her mouth and chewing thoroughly. Her eyes seem a bit out of focus. * Ardweden has joined #canyonhome [ A squirrel approaches Will. ] * Patrick waits for Will to eat the squirrel. Not that strong. * WillS jumps onto his chair with his bowl of food hugged tightly against his chest while staring at the squirrel in fear. * Seylin blinks. It's... a squirrel. It is definitely that strong. ... You okay Will? * Tia blinks and looks up, her mouth stuffed full. Is it really a a squi..squirrel? Well, it looks like on. * WillS is swallowing down the food in his bowl in sonic speed right now. I have clearly gone insane. Will, the hand of Bahamut himself, is standing on a chair in deathly fear of a... squirrel. * WillS looks like he's ready to run away from the squirrel at any time right now, and replies very softly, "You never know..." [ "Well," says a low voice from behind Kenji. "He has just spent a week with the Loremaster. That can do things to a man." Behind Kenji, Togashi approaches. ] I'm sure I don't want to know what's beeing going on. My own training is quite enough for me. * Seylin nods. "Mine too." [ It's odd that he says that, because this is only your second day here for the rest of you. "Suffice to say, stronger men than Will here have been broken by her methods of instruction." He has a seat at an empty spot at the table. "Have you enjoyed your stay here, those of you who have stayed here?" ] * WillS keeps staring at the squirrel all the while muttering, "Cute creatures stealing my food...poisoning my water...eating my hair..." It has been most instructive. * Patrick nods. "Rather profound." [ Come to that, Will's head does look like it was recently shaved. ] Definitely interesting. * Tia swallows her mouthful of food. "I love it here! Gwyn is fun!" Um, Will, what happened to your hair? It got eaten. Eaten? Beware the wrath of wizards. * WillS shivers. "A birdapillar thingy." A what? * Tia can't help but giggle. it was clearly an unholy blend of a bird and a caterpillar. How such a thing came to be... it can only be true love. [ "Ah," says Togashi. "That would be the jub-jub bird. Dangerous creatures." ] * WillS nods. "Yeah. That's what Little Loremissy called it too." Who? [ "The Loremaster," supplies Togashi helpfully. ] [ "She is a great deal older than I, but insists on being treated as a child in many ways. It is... confounding." ] [ "Also, her tower contains races of creatures seen nowhere else, literally." He looks to Will. "You've probably already learned to avoid anything that burbles, yes?" ] * WillS nods. "Yes. Anything and ev..everything." [ Togashi nods. "Very good." ] [ "I apologize if the food is bland. The monks are feeling especially ascetic this season." ] I have never tasted rice so good. * WillS grabs more food into his bowl, all the while standing on his chair. And yes, he's still keeping an eye on the squirrel. Never in my entire life. [ The squirrel decides that Will isn't the sort of nuts he's looking for, and scampers off. ] [ Togashi nods. "The words of a hungry man." ] I have always been taught that Kenku were tricksters. * Patrick continues eating, observing but not talking. * WillS watches the squirrel scamper off away before slowly sitting back down in his chair. I did not quite comprehend that this extends to never actually waking up in the same place one went to sleep. How do they manage that? I don't KNOW. I will catch him. I don't even know where he -got- a river on top of a mountain. * Tia stuffs her face with food and is once again oblivious to conversation. Let alone how my bed ended up in it. That's incredibly impressive. [ Togashi hums. ] I will catch him. And then wring his secrets right out of his neck, likely. But I will catch him. [ "Good fortune in that, Kenji." Togashi doesn't sound like he thinks Kenji can swing it. ] * Patrick snickers. "You'll only catch him when you don't want to." Patrick, if you turn into some insane combination of a Scorpion and a Dragon, I'll have to kill one of us. * Kenji digs angrily into another bowl of rice. * Patrick throws the remainder of the rice in his bowl into his mouth whole. [ "If he manages that, the world may well be doomed," comments Togashi. ] I'll have NONE of that out of you, mister Dragon. -_- [ Togashi chuckles. ] I'm sure whatever happens will work out fine. ^_^ I know it will. I always win in the end. [ "Hmm," says Togashi. "I'll let your trainer know you said that." And he stands and walks off. ] * Seylin smiles slightly. "Oh dear." * Kenji snorts. Let him know that doom comes. I am a Lion, and I fear nothing. Not even thousand year old swordsmen who can move faster than the eye can see. * WillS ignores the conversation around him as he savors his first peaceful meal in a week. * Kenji grabs his cup of tea, drains it, then grabs the pot and drains that. Thirsty much? Ate too much rice. [ You now have no tea. ] ( drop no tea ) (You cannot drop no tea.) ( put no tea on floor ) (You look at the floor. There is no tea here.) (XD) [ This means anyone besides Kenji who becomes thirsty will have a problem. ] * Kenji falls asleep, nose in his bowl of no rice. Why do I suspect he's going to wake up in an interesting position? [ A smallish crow-man with several katana at his belt sidles by and throws Kenji over his shoulder before wandering off. ] [ And then there were three. ] Have fun. ^^ * WillS is once again on the top of his chair, staring at the crow-man suspiciously. * Seylin yawns. (cutely!) Tired Sey? * Seylin smiles sleepily at him. "Mmmm-hmm. It's been intense." [ A passing dragon monk sees Seylin yawn and drops what he was doing and begins composing poetry on the spot. ] [ And so they finished eating, and went back to their torture. I mean, training. ] [ Session End! ]