Jerry Greystar (Chris1234)- Private Thread

[TristenC]

[Ooc: Merrick is there at the moment, but he doesn't live at the inn. He spent last night there to be with Jerry at her insistence]

Merrick politely averts his eyes at Mira's state of dress and murmurs Umm... would you like a coat or... maybe I should wait downstairs while you ladies speak? He seems almost taken aback by the offer of reward. Oh, no, that's not necessary. I just wanted to help. You were in trouble, any decent man would have done the same. Besides, the reward was for something else that I had no part in...

[Chris1234]

{OOC: Hadn't thought about sleeping attire - happy for either one of his shirts or some hting picked up from a stall or shop while on tour of the town}

[TristenC]

[Ooc: no worries, she can have his shirt on. He has robes on now anyway, he'll just be without a shirt beneath them]

[Chris1234]

Righto. TY. She has pretty legs. The shirt makes them look soooo long.

[Jenara]

"Merrick I insist, please take the Money, give it to a good cause, but take it. Please?" She shrugs off the offer of a coat, "Merrick I'm fine, we are adults here. I showed off more on stage." Giggling she shakes her head.

(I never stated what her Night shirt is made of, lets assume its cotton, so not too revealing)

[TristenC]

[Ooc: he's more embarrassed because of the type of garment than for any current exposure.]

He flushes again, accepting the coin. Oh.. well... thank you.

[Chris1234]

"Come on in. Please, sit. Be at home," invites Jerry. "Can I get you anything?"

[Jenara]

"I'm still bouncing from the show." She giggles her hands crossed over her chest as she realises Jerry isn't alone, "We obtained a reward for stoppingJaconos, you two weren't there but we wouldn't have escaped alive without you, so I have made a choice, Elsa agrees.." Opening the pouch she places forty gold on a nearby table. "Twenty Gold Each. A thank you for your help." Clutching the pouch she takes a seat on the bed, her red hair flowing around her shoulders.

"You are trying to figure this place out correct?" She asks in a measured tone, crossing her pale legs her arms folded over her chest. "The Wolves, the dislike of Magic, I think I have an idea, but its just that, an idea."

(She already did... Lol)

"No I'm alright, well.at least i think I am. You can't tell with this place can you? Have the dreams started yet?" She asks relaxing a little patting the bed beside her.

[Chris1234]

Jerry sits right next to Mira without a second's hesitation, leg inadvertently touching leg, neither deliberate nor avoided.
"Oh, thank you. That is soo welcome," she says, pointing with her chin at the coinage. "I need to get a new spell book, and every bit helps. I'm planning to study book making or paperwmaking, so that should help reduce the costs. I could do something like that for you sometime, maybe?"

She leans forward, clutching her hands, her body straining against the shirt. After a deep breath, she sits up again and looks Mira in the eyes, "But you're right, I am trying to figure this place out. I know of lycanthropes, of which wolves are one type. Where I come from they can only be harmed by magic or silver, but I don't know if that holds true here. Each Crystal Sphere, althiugh similar, may have it's own reality; its own rules. I don't know if the dislike of magic stems from that; a hidden but dominant lycantrope society; merely a speculation. I often see things to be other than as they are; making the simple more complicated. I have had bad dreams; nightmares. But they seem to be manipulations of what was already within rather than imposed from without. The esteem to which music is held here and its understated predominance is completely new to me. I have no theories on that." Jerry pauses for breath. "There, I have bared my thoughts to you. I would welcome the return in kind."

She glanced at Merrick, looking to see if he was upset or put out by her bald statements of his world.

[Jenara]

"I well.. we all felt we wouldn't have been here without you both. Its only fair." Saying nothing about the leg she nods her head in understanding, "I find spells to be less.. shall we say easy to come by, and as you've seen my notations are quite different, but a new spell book might be useful in the future." Leaning back a little she nods again.

"They don't exist in my world, its one of the reasons I know I am not 'Home', I know quite a few tales and I've never heard of them. All I know is that i know on the subject is what I have been told, by the Gypsies here, and the Book.." Seeing Jerrys eyes light up on the subject she leans in.

"The book appears to be a History written as a Tale, it has songs in places and Narrative in others. It tells how the people were attacked by the Wolves and the other creatures, treated like Cattle.. So they were driven to small villages that became Towns.. Towns like this one. People stayed behind the walls, and the Wolves attacked from inside.. They walk the streets. No one mentions it, because you never mention the Dragon in the Castle... You know its there, but calling attention to it worries people too much." She looks at Merrick, Patting the bed near her.

"And Magic... Well the Gypsies... well they have Magic, and they don't stay behind the Walls.. That scares people, I assume they think that Magic is bad because its not... Normal.. Have you seen any Clerics? They were gone for a long time at home, they left when Merricks People left, so I know what its like to be without such things. But these people have nothing." Resting her hand on Jerry's leg she pauses.

"Here, Music... I have a theory, I think it Soothes them, it calms them, the whole culture is built around it. Apprentices training to be Masters carry on the ritual, they keep the Wolves from the door.." She looks off a moment.

[Chris1234]

"What is it? Have you just thought of something?" Jerry asks, enchanted by the Bard's Tale.

[TristenC]

Merrick sits nervously next to the Bard at her insistence. He seems to grow more uneasy as the conversation goes on, so whether it is for the topic or the intimate quarters one could not say.

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If Jen agrees to fully relate the book information you can read the Book of Legends entry in the party knowledge thread.

[Jenara]

(OOC; That's the plan, what she was trying to relate...)

"Its just something.. Merrick, do you remember the lines about the 'Swords of shining light?' And the 'Mismatched band' ? Its hard not to see how we fit in there, if you get my meaning." She is somewhat obviuous to Merricks reaction, her mind racing with the ideas from the book..

[Chris1234]

{OOC: Awesome writing. Thrilling & quite captivating. I'd say on par with Tolkien}

Jerry leans forwards to look at Merrick, resting her hand on Mira's back. She looks at her lover quizzically.

[TristenC]

Well, from what Mira has told me, Krynn still exists! It takes a moment before he gathers himself enough to recall Jerry has no background reference for that statement. Sorry. Being from Sithicus, this would seem impossible. Hundreds of years past my people lived on the world of Krynn... there was a great disaster of global proportions. The old-ones say that one man had the chance to save us, a man sworn to the cause of good and righteousness; legendary for his deeds... but selfishness and his own personal desire distracted him... and our world was doomed... For decades our people toiled in darkness, unsure how we few had survived in a forest not unlike our own home... but thw land was twisted... The stars of our gods scattered and weakened... save for the constellation of the evil dragon queen... he falls silent for a time, staring hauntedly into space, lost to what he was saying.



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Ooc: kind of you to say about the writing, but that might be a bit much. Buttering up the dm, eh?