"I am Quacky Chan of the Chan clan. But, you may call me Quacky. Pleased to meet you. The one called Jenna is my friend. I felt a calling to be with her. Now you are my friend as well. This is very embarrassing for me to say, but I haven't eaten today. This is not the reason why I approached the one called Jenna, but I would like to know if you have any grapes?"
"Pleased to meet you, Quacky. Let me check my rations for you." Meiara goes into her ration bag and searches for grapes and pulls out a cluster of violet grapes. "They're purple seedless grapes, I hope that's okay with you, Quacky."
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"Seedless you say?"Quacky said. "Today is indeed my lucky day. Thank you." Quacky Chan of the Chan clan plucks one with his beak carefully and begins to eat the grape. "Delithious!"he said, grateful and appreciative. After eating one or two more, Jenna places him on top of the coach. Sticking his leg up way in the air, he begins cleaning himself with his beak on his underside, then slowly and carefully making his way to all of his feathers.
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Talaak takes 5 psychic damage from proximity to the duck.
Talaak glances over at the others who are crowded around a duck, "Why do you seek to reject the fruits of your past lives by associating yourself with lesser beings? The advancement of the soul is such a powerful thing, but you seem to take it for granted."
"Everything I do, I do for the Path. Nothing is wrong when done to advance a soul to the ultimate goal, but to associate with lesser beings for... pleasure? That is time wasted when you could be contemplating how to better serve the il-altas."
"Who is to say that being in our presence does not help these souls along their path? Regardless, I doubt that interacting with nature will cause us to stray from the Path or makes us any less their servants. In fact, I find it to be the opposite. The il-altas gave me power to interact with nature and speak with animals. I don't believe that they did so with the intention that I would keep the creatures that I share a world with at arms' length."
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"I would not presume to say that my mere presence is worth anything to the il-altas, and it would not be straying, per se, to speak with lesser beings, but to what purpose? Surely you are not discussing the Path with this duck."
"Not at this moment, but I can if I choose to do so. And if, as you say, speaking with Quackie does not cause us to stray from the Path, then there is no harm in doing so and no reason to not engage in a bit of pleasant conversation with a cute creature."
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"Perhaps. Do you have no better things to do than fixate on what myself and Jenna are doing?" There is a slightly amused look in Meiara's eyes as she says this.
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Quacky Chan of the Chan clan quacked once in agreement, as if he was following the conversation and getting very bored with all the spirtual retorhic from the angry one. Jenna gave Quacky an amused sidelong glance, rolled her eyes in agreement, and smiled softly.
Vusgaar finally looks up from jotting down a rough draft of his report, adjusts his reading glasses, and eyes the disagreeing at length trio. "...." Then with little more than a soft shake of the head, he goes back to writing his report, and being as taciturn as ever.
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"So," Demetrios starts, loud enough to grab the attention of the rest of the group to cease the duck disagreement. "Vusgaar, you're hard at work with the report it seems. What have you got down so far? Perhaps we can all assist you in some way? If you would like the help of course."
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"Oh yes, the report." Meiara's gaze shifts to the ground for a moment, the only indication that the woman feels embarrassed over the argument. "I'll be willing to give any information that might help your report. Perhaps letting them know that the smaller shadow creature is capable of draining strength upon contact might help identify what those creatures were."
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After the incident with...Quacky Chan of the Chan Clan, you five finish your journey and arrive back at Dar Myan within the week. After being escorted to a meeting room like the one you received your orders in, a Chosen with light blue eyes and dark hair comes in, bowing to you. "I am Liliana, a Chosen of Eidolon Shiharan's court. She has asked me to serve as your debriefer for your mission."
"I am Quacky Chan of the Chan clan. But, you may call me Quacky. Pleased to meet you. The one called Jenna is my friend. I felt a calling to be with her. Now you are my friend as well. This is very embarrassing for me to say, but I haven't eaten today. This is not the reason why I approached the one called Jenna, but I would like to know if you have any grapes?"
"Pleased to meet you, Quacky. Let me check my rations for you." Meiara goes into her ration bag and searches for grapes and pulls out a cluster of violet grapes. "They're purple seedless grapes, I hope that's okay with you, Quacky."
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"Seedless you say?" Quacky said. "Today is indeed my lucky day. Thank you." Quacky Chan of the Chan clan plucks one with his beak carefully and begins to eat the grape. "Delithious!" he said, grateful and appreciative. After eating one or two more, Jenna places him on top of the coach. Sticking his leg up way in the air, he begins cleaning himself with his beak on his underside, then slowly and carefully making his way to all of his feathers.
Talaak takes 5 psychic damage from proximity to the duck.Talaak glances over at the others who are crowded around a duck, "Why do you seek to reject the fruits of your past lives by associating yourself with lesser beings? The advancement of the soul is such a powerful thing, but you seem to take it for granted."
"Because the duck is cute, Talaak. Allow yourself to enjoy being in the presence of a cute animal."
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"We were about to ask the same thing about you, Talaak." Jenna said, smiling, without missing a beat.
"Everything I do, I do for the Path. Nothing is wrong when done to advance a soul to the ultimate goal, but to associate with lesser beings for... pleasure? That is time wasted when you could be contemplating how to better serve the il-altas."
"Who is to say that being in our presence does not help these souls along their path? Regardless, I doubt that interacting with nature will cause us to stray from the Path or makes us any less their servants. In fact, I find it to be the opposite. The il-altas gave me power to interact with nature and speak with animals. I don't believe that they did so with the intention that I would keep the creatures that I share a world with at arms' length."
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"I would not presume to say that my mere presence is worth anything to the il-altas, and it would not be straying, per se, to speak with lesser beings, but to what purpose? Surely you are not discussing the Path with this duck."
"Not at this moment, but I can if I choose to do so. And if, as you say, speaking with Quackie does not cause us to stray from the Path, then there is no harm in doing so and no reason to not engage in a bit of pleasant conversation with a cute creature."
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"Perhaps, but the time is still wasted. Surely there are better things that you could do."
"Perhaps. Do you have no better things to do than fixate on what myself and Jenna are doing?" There is a slightly amused look in Meiara's eyes as she says this.
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Quacky Chan of the Chan clan quacked once in agreement, as if he was following the conversation and getting very bored with all the spirtual retorhic from the angry one. Jenna gave Quacky an amused sidelong glance, rolled her eyes in agreement, and smiled softly.
"I am merely trying to understand why you do what you do. Now that I know there is no purpose, I should attend to my own business."
Jenna gives Meiara a wink. Oh, the power of friendship. Right Quacky Chan of the Chan clan?
Vusgaar finally looks up from jotting down a rough draft of his report, adjusts his reading glasses, and eyes the disagreeing at length trio. "...." Then with little more than a soft shake of the head, he goes back to writing his report, and being as taciturn as ever.
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Meiara smiles and winks back at Jenna.
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"So," Demetrios starts, loud enough to grab the attention of the rest of the group to cease the duck disagreement. "Vusgaar, you're hard at work with the report it seems. What have you got down so far? Perhaps we can all assist you in some way? If you would like the help of course."
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
"Oh yes, the report." Meiara's gaze shifts to the ground for a moment, the only indication that the woman feels embarrassed over the argument. "I'll be willing to give any information that might help your report. Perhaps letting them know that the smaller shadow creature is capable of draining strength upon contact might help identify what those creatures were."
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After the incident with...Quacky Chan of the Chan Clan, you five finish your journey and arrive back at Dar Myan within the week. After being escorted to a meeting room like the one you received your orders in, a Chosen with light blue eyes and dark hair comes in, bowing to you. "I am Liliana, a Chosen of Eidolon Shiharan's court. She has asked me to serve as your debriefer for your mission."
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