RE: Cloudsea - The Chronicle of Alice Van Vaugen
07-05-2017, 09:17 AM
wiltingMyosotis Wrote:" . . . "
Alice Wrote:no that was me asking, that's not-
Qhen Wrote:"?"
Lordlyhour Wrote:" . . . "
Alice Wrote:okay thats
typeandkey Wrote:" . . . "
Alice Wrote:wait-
Zephyr Nepres Wrote:" . . . "
Qhen Wrote:"Alice-?"
Alice Wrote:"Qhen, please stay with me, in my house and you can sleep here and read my books and I'll cook and we can hang out, and I don't mean you have to sleep here, I have a bed, I mean another bed, I think there is like three beds in this place, and when I'm done with my weird obsessive need to seek closure by searching the island we can go on adventures but I mean I could just leave here for the foreseeable future but I can't really ask you to do THAT and I mean what if there isn't a way off this island except that airship I haven't gotten to check the airship docks, maybe all the ships are gone- I don't know If I could build one and-"
Qhen reached over sloooowwwlly and put a hand on Alice's mouth.
Qhen Wrote:"You're- Ah... You're freaking out again, Alice. And you're kinda freaking me out. I'll ask the crew if they saw anything at the airship docks, and if the answer is no, I'll let you know that first and you can reconsider things then, okay? For now, the answer is yes. I think I can stand to just settle down and keep an eye on your library while you go and obsessively search the town for clues about what happened."
Alice Wrote:". . ."
Qhen Wrote:"... Anything else?"
Alice Wrote:"I almost shot you through the chest with an anti-armor shell because I was afraid you were an 8 foot tall werewolf made of metal and bone and I almost could have killed you if the voices hadn't convinced me to try and take you captive first."
Qhen Wrote:"I... appreciate your honesty. Have you considered non-lethal rounds?"
Alice Wrote:"Honestly? If I can, I would like to find a better weapon. This thing is basically an emergency sidearm. It's a flare gun that fires artillery shells."
Qhen Wrote:"Mmm. Well, I am going to head outside, and call the airship. I'll be back in a little bit. Alright?"
Alice opened her mouth to say something, but just closed it again and nodded. Qhen patted her on the shoulder- Ow. Her shoulder still hurt. Or Qhen is just too strong. She's not sure which. They took their flare out with them, and after a couple of minutes, Alice heard a whistle and pop of a flare outside. The amount of light shined suggested that Qhen decided to jog away a bit before lighting it up. She looked at the bowls. Dishes. She can do dishes while she waits.
Alice Wrote:". . . That went well, I think, what do you think?"
Somewhere, in the back of her head, Alice heard herself laughing.