CH. 7: Voyage of the Bullring

[HorizonsDream]

"You have a lot of conversational pieces in here," Jocelyn points out. "You have that egg, and is that a head of a minotaur?" she asks curiously.

[JadedDM]

"From one of our first adventures," Terra says, a small smile of nostalgia on her face. "Beastly thing, it was. Incredibly well-endowed, though."

"Terra, really," Sierra objects.

"What? It wasn't like it wore any clothes to cover it up. Everyone could see. Pity you didn't take that as a trophy instead. Now that would have been a real conversation starter!"

[HorizonsDream]

Jocelyn starts laughing at the two sisters. "Yeah, that would have been a conversation starter, all right!" she said cheerfully. Honestly, she was starting to like these two. "Care now though, you might make some of my friends blush."

[Nuke]

"I am ready, and hungry now. Let's go." Val says to Arei. "Thanks for getting me away."

[JadedDM]

"We're not much for decorum and etiquette here," Sierra says.

"That's probably why we don't get too many invites to fancy balls and feasts with nobles anymore," Terra mentions.

"No, the reason for that is probably because last time you slept with that baron's son," Sierra points out.

"I felt like everyone kind of blew that out of proportion."

"It was his wedding night!" Sierra argues.

[Breila]

Ouragana watches the exchange between the sisters, her head moving there and back. A smile makes her mouth twitch. "You seem to have a knack for enjoying yourselves" she observes.

[Jenara]

"My pleasure." Offering Val her hand she leads her up to the Captains quarters. "Hello again." She smiles, showing her blade is no longer on her belt.

[HorizonsDream]

"I guess he didn't really love the girl he was marrying," Jocelyn says, giggling lightly.

[JadedDM]

Vincent nods and lets Areilon and Val enter, where Jocelyn and Ouragana have already joined Sierra and Terra.

"Ah, and here the remainder of our guests arrive. Just in time, too; dinner should be here in a moment," Sierra says.

"Life is short," Terra says to Ouragana. "Even for dwarves. Might as well enjoy it, right?" To Jocelyn, she adds, "Eh, nobles never marry for love. Just power and prestige. Really, that girl should have thanked me. I taught that baron's son quite a few moves. Their sex life is all the better for it, I'm sure."

[Jenara]

"Life is as short as you make it." Arei grins, "Human?" She asks, "Humans are quite interesting, and eager."

[HorizonsDream]

"Eager?" Jocelyn asks as she glances over to Arei. "You make us sound like some experiment."

[Jenara]

"My experience has led me to enjoy humans, both as companions and as lovers. In fact all of my lovers have been human.. more or less." She says with a wink. "And thank you for inviting us captain, we are most honored, both with the invitation and to be on your wonderful vessel."

[Breila]

"Indeed yes, this is a wonderful vessel, and I am very honored to help in navigating it" Ouragana says with enthusiasm.

[JadedDM]

Terra shrugs. "Humans are alright. Not the best, but not the worst. Dwarves have way more stamina; they can last hours, but they tend to be really boring, too. Never heard of any position but the one, most of them. Gnomes tend to be pretty creative; but elves? So fragile. Bruise easily and can never last long."

"Why are we even talking about this?" Sierra mutters with the resignation of one who had endured such discussion before.

"In terms of pure stamina, though, I've never met anyone who could beat a vampire, though," Terra adds.

"Oh, Gonto, not this again."

"In fact, that's the story behind that urn over there," Terra continues unabated. "One of the former Greymantles."

The door opens and Killia steps inside, pushing a small cart with several covered dishes on it. She nods to the captain, who nods back, and then starts pouring glasses of wine for everyone in the room and placing them on the table.

[Jenara]

"Vampire?" Arei asks with an upturned eyebrow, "I have never had the chance to encounter an elven male."