[Soothing Waters] Oh Me Oh My... (Dra-Seven/Closed)

[Jokor]

Jokor was slowly losing control of his temper already but when seven told Jaelyn he begged him not to tell the knights he just snapped, and if looks could kill there wouldn't be enough left of the feminine seven to put in a casket. “Begged!? Now you know this little piece of shit is just talking out of his arse!” jokor exploded, drawing the attention of a few people in the vicinity. He didn't give a damn about it though and just continued yelling. The soft spoken question of the other female close by was completely ignored, though it was hard to tell for the others if it was intentional or was just to caught up in his anger to take notice of her question. “I would never beg to anybody, especially not for this vagick who looks as if I can break his bones just by sneezing in his general direction!” He turned his glare to jaelyn next, though it quicky changed into a softer expression as he did so. “And why the petch are you thrusting him over me anyway? You barely know him, he completely refuses to explain anything about that symenestra race he is from and hasn't done anything that makes him worthy of any petching thrust at all!” Jokor grit his teeth in frustration and just continued to stare at both of them, not even bothering to try masking his hostility towards seven. Unbeknownst to him he just had yelled across the entire bath that seven was a symenestra and there was undoubtedly somebody there who knew what those where, maybe even about their more unsavory habits. “Or do you just thrust him because he has got a pretty face.” Jokor asked, a scowl forming on his face at the prospect. “Well I don't know half about honor and the rest of that stuff but I know that won't make you a good and noble knight.” Jokor said in a mocking voice, his anger finally having overridden most of his common sense.

[Seven Xu]

“Viratassa.” The word was murmured under a breath as Seven shifted the soap over one shoulder. It was, as far as he knew, the same word in Symenos as it was in Common—but he could not be sure. He stole another glance at the retreating spiderkin before Jaelyn drew him back with her answer to his question.

“A squire?” Seven’s voice fell short of incredulous and he scrambled to cover it with a grin. “That must be exciting. Please, tell me—”A sudden outburst caught Seven’s voice in his tightening throat. Several heads craned in their direction, and the cacophonous drone of Soothing Waters turned to hushed silence as the sputtering rogue ousted not only Seven, but the young woman not far from his side as Symenestra. The scum of Kalea; women snatchers, introverted monsters.

“Shut up,” the hiss was drowned out by the man’s continued frustration. Then, Jokor’s anger turned on Jaelyn. Narrowed garnets bore down on the man as he drifted between them; a bold move, indeed. “There’s no need to go off on her because you have a problem with me.” Seven’s grip loosened on the soap and it drifted to the bottom of the pool, forgotten. A set of white fingers snapped out of the water to press hot against Jokor’s chest. The halfblood pushed all apprehensiveness to the back of his mind in favor of defending the poor woman that did little more than hear both sides of their stories, and gave the rogue a light push. The supposed spiderkin’s bold move gained a few distant gasps.

Seven’s cheeks had turned pink with rage, and the next breath he drew was ragged. Pretty face, indeed. “Be a man and apologize to the lady.”

[Asara Willow]

Asara squirmed uncomfortably. The half-blood's whispered reply had stirred some faint memory, some whisper about the merit of blood spoken past the pale lips of another spider-kin. Her body tensed at the anger throbbing in the thief's voice and, if she could have turned invisible, she would have. As it was, her only course of action to disappear immediately was to slip under the water, grow gills and fins, and swim away into hiding. Of course, a sudden snort of laughter erupted from her at the thief's words of breaking the pale man's bones by sneezing in his direction. It brought an amusing image to her mind.

"If you'd be nice about it, may I'd explain," she hissed at the ignorant human who seemed to be pretending as though she didn't exist. Stupid little cow. But then, he began yelling about Symenestra and she withdrew from him even further. She didn't want anyone to look at the male at her side, then look at her, and see some racial connection between their pale skin, hair, and dark nails. It was the same connection she had caught on to as soon as she saw the male. She didn't want the same reactions she had received in her first encounter with a human. She was one who didn't flee aggressive humans if they came at her. She fought, and she bit. Always. If she couldn't, she didn't know what she'd do.

"You don't need to be so offensive," she said to the angry human. His defensiveness could be a sign of lying, but Asara was hardly a learned student of psychology so she wouldn't have known. She kept a safe distance from the two men. While the half could be a bit stronger than her, she was much more brittle than any human. She looked to the human woman. As far as Asara was concerned, this was her fault. Put a strong woman in a bath with two men and there was a pissing contest to see who could earn her affections. "Why don't you do something, human? This is your fight." She said coolly.


OOCSorry for the delay. I am not sure if I am staying here. I do want to, but I've spent the last little while considering my options.

[Chevalier]

Seven

LORE

• Jokor's Temper
• Remaining Calm in the Face of Rage

EXPERIENCE

Skill	XP Earned
Rhetoric	3
Seduction	1
Observation	2

Jaelyn

LORE

• Centering Attention

EXPERIENCE

Skill	XP Earned
Rhetoric	5

Jokor

LORE

• Questioning Directly

EXPERIENCE

Skill	XP Earned
Rhetoric	3
Intimidation	2

Storyteller Notes

Awkward situations indeed. Jaelyn got Rhetoric for participating in general conversation, Jokor got his Rhetoric for beginning to participate in general conversation until Seven ticked him off upon which it began turning into Intimidation, and Seven got Rhetoric with a mixture of Seduction for (intentionally or not) being the charming guy he is. Observation is there for spending the first bit watching the comings and goings intently waiting for someone. That should be it, any questions let me know!