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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 3/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
The man in blue suddenly slaps the cards in his hand onto the table and declares, "Ha! Take that, Aren! I win another round!"
With a look of smug satisfaction, he continues, "Read 'em and weep!" |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 4/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
Zarik gets up form his seat and starts dismissively sliding the area of table space in front of him before walking over to Neris as she struggles to hold their son. Putting his hand on the boy's head, ignoring the bursts of flame the two of them are putting off, he says, "Calm down, bud. Give your mom a break, and your uncle some time to breathe. He only just got back!"
Turning his attention to the elf, he says, "Though, I am curious about anything that might be happening wherever you were." |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 5/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
"That's all well and good, Aren." Zarik responds, "But you know how she is. Independent to a fault. It's something of a family failing. You know that." He motions to Reyn in Neris' lap, visibly annoyed, but behaving.
"She's not exactly wont to asking for help." He adds as he turns his gaze to his dozing sister, putting on an air to lightly mock her, "'It's my duty, and my duty alone.'" shaking his head and returning to his own snarky deadpan, "Even if it threatens to kill her." Turning his attention back to Bel, he says, "Either you ignored my request for news of home, or there's nothing to report. I'd say 'no news is good news,' but you know how conniving the dragons have been lately. Trying to subvert their way into just about anything. I know they've gotten their claws into Ada even deeper since We left, and they keep trying to slip their way into Twem. Who's to say they won't try to weasel into Copley?" |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 6/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
Raising an eyebrow at Bel's account, Zarik says, "If they went as far as to fuse for an attack, then that means they were aware that you weren't just some random passerby. They don't exactly resort to firepower like that for shmucks or merchants." Looking over his sister's mate, he continues, "Sure, you're a wizard of no small repute. None of us here are exactly unknown. But surely the profile of one specific elf would fade from even the most astute dragon's mind. Unless they're constantly reminded of - or on the lookout for - our band of... uh..." he hesitates and scans the room before continuing, "heroes?" A look of mild discomfort at the word crosses his face for a moment after saying it.
Shaking his head to clear his mind briefly, he continues, "Regardless. Surely the home of the elves hold some kind of importance that a thunder of dragons hellbent on world domination would be after. Maybe some kind of magic ring, or a set of them. I don't know!" His attention then turns to Aren's suggestion, "How can you be so sure that we can even harness the massive fucking orb of magic below us. Cai can hardly contain it as she is, and she's far and away the most powerful mage of literally anyone I know. Granted, I don't know as many mages as you guys, but the ones I do know are but tiny blips compared to a veritable supernova." |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 7/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
With a shrug to Bel, Zarik says dryly, "Whatever the ring's - or rings' - power, I'm sure they're precious to someone."
Noticing the change in his wife, he goes over to her and places a hand on her shoulder. She shudders slightly at his touch, to which his jovial tone hardens and a look of concern crosses his face, knowing exactly what's wrong. 'I could have sworn she was over that,' he thinks to himself, 'but there was no way of knowing that she'd react like that after so long.' He drags a nearby chair over and sits next to Neris, pulling her close to console her. |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 8/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
Zarik nods as he gently pats Neris's head.
"Aren's got the right of it. We've had a good period of peace this past century or so since I less than kindly gave terms of engagement. They don't mess with us, we don't mess with them. If we break those terms, then we risk waging war." He says, matter-of-factly, "I know you tend to stay out of Twem, so you're not exactly keen on our current events, but since the jungle is nestled in a valley between the territories that are more or less happy to defend us, we've not exactly kept up on military power. And if aggression is coming from us, then the nations that are more or less neutral will side with the Reach. We have to look into this solution elsewhere." |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 9/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
Zarik lets Neris go as soon as he feels her pushing against him to allow her to move freely.
Listening to her concerns, he says, "No. It's fine." He places a hand on her head and strokes her hair as he speaks, "You've never had the longest attention span for things outside of your duty to the harpies. You're right to worry about that and not this." Turning his attention back to Bel, he says, "Yeah. Sure. The five of us are one-man armies. But you're always out doing your own thing, Cai is always here, Neris is busy being demigoddess queen, and Aren and I are always in the workshop. The valley is fairly large and is populated with easily two thousand of our harpies. Sure, some of them know how to use weapons for hunting, but none are particularly well trained for actual combat." Heaving a sigh, he continues, "We more or less rely on Dawn Peak to keep Twilight Reach in check, which has basically meant the birds have gotten complacent. Sylvie and Reyn have the training they do specifically because i demanded it. They're powerful, but mostly off of their innate powers, and leave plenty to be desired in some aspects. "As for Twem, itself, you were never explicitly told to stay away. Is that really why you're never there? You think we don't want you around? When did we give that impression?" A quizzical look crosses the man's face. |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 5 Posts: 10/10 EXP: 451 Next: 78 Since: 06-05-24 From: Aeriani Last post: 97 days Last view: 97 days |
"To be fair," Zarik begins, "You're never around in Twem. I can understand how someone might think you think you feel unwelcomed." with a shrug, he continues, "For the most part, the dragons stay away from us. Either out of fear of me or the other thunders that would rush to our defense." |
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