Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 8:57:47 PM)
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Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 8:59:00 PM)
*The everbright is looking positively carnivale-y tonight, Streamers and shiny bits. All of it, however, is period to the time her mortal mask was originally built*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 8:59:18 PM)
Azu, drove her car closer to the boat today than usual, carrying several beads around her head and a box in her hands, looking quite weighted down. Nameless meanwhile is content to lay on top of the car lazing, as he rarely goes aboard with her these days. Azu'd call out to the ship. "Permission ta board?"
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 8:59:48 PM)
*Everbright herself drops the gangplank to allow Azu to board. Octavian is nowhere to be seen*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:02:21 PM)
She'd move aboard, heading to the board room to set down the box, holding period correct lanterns of varied colors. She took the beads off and eyed for a place to put them. "Evening Everbright, everything's well I hope?" The eshuess sounded at least to be in a fairly plesant mood.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:03:02 PM)
*The console flickers slightly* I am festive.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:04:36 PM)
"Good, the party tomorrow should be a lot of fun, thanks for helping us to host it." She said, hanging some golden colored beads from one of her light posts and winding it around. "Happy Mardi Gras."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:05:48 PM)
*a pause, then a question* What is Mardi Gras? Term is present in memory, but definition was damaged sector.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:07:17 PM)
"Mardi Gras is another term for Carnival. It's a series of parties before the Catholic observation of Lent. The idea being letting go for a while and relaxing before bunkering down to more serioiusness, being that for lent you give up something that you care about for 40 days." The Eshu seemed happy to explain, finding another light post, green beads being hung this time.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:08:08 PM)
Humans are strange. Why not just indulge a little all the time, rather then a lot, then not?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:10:47 PM)
"Well, sometimes people get themselves a little distracted with work and responcibilities...so they need to set aside times for festivities. I don't follow lent meself but I have a great respect for the ideal of it. If ye give up something ye care about for a long time, it makes ye appreciate it dat much more when you have it again." She fell in and out of her accent very slightly, not really seeming to be thinking about it. Once she had those beads settled, the next post got some royal purple beads. She held her arm with all the beads close to her, as if putting it against her helped her distribute the weight.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:12:01 PM)
...Still strange, friend Azu.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:13:00 PM)
"Well, I guess, but you need a little oddness in the world or it would be dreadfully dull." She still sounded rather cheered, continuing to decorate as she discussed with the Everbright.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:13:46 PM)
Is this truth? *asks the console*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:14:23 PM)
"I believe so. But ye have to form your own opinion Everbright."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:14:35 PM)
*a pause, then* Why?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:15:15 PM)
"Makes you you, if ye only ever listen to other people ye can't muchly be yourself."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:15:39 PM)
...Even a ship?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:17:01 PM)
"Anything, ye ave yer own spirit, things ye like or dislike. Same as everything in the world. Ye might be shaped a bit differently, but you're still Everbright and I'm still Azu." As if that was just the way things were.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:18:21 PM)
*a pause, a screen flicker, then* The Captain says you speak truth.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:19:46 PM)
She chuckled. "Well he gets things right sometimes." Amused and considering the cabin for any possible final touches though she'd made it much more festive first before she moved outside. "He be about somewhere then?"
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:21:00 PM)
The Captain is in the reactor room. Do you wish for a pathlight?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:22:13 PM)
"If you don't mind." She nodded.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:22:50 PM)
*A series of faint blue lights flicker to life to lead the way deep into the ship*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:23:51 PM)
She'd be pausing here and there to add beads, but eventually she'd make her way down, relieved of about half her current armful of beading.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:25:01 PM)
*There's a final door, with a warning pictogram and all. It's not hot as one might expect, but it is damnably humid here*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:25:30 PM)
She'd carefully push through the door to peak her head inside.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:29:23 PM)
*steam billows around her, not hot strangely...so it's more water vapor then steam, really...Octavian is there, on his back under a strange looking chamber of some kind, glowing a vivid blue similar to the color of those cylinders in Octavian's arm*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:30:52 PM)
She'd watch curiously, she'd been doing better in her studies lately. (clockwork mechanics 1 rawr! *Flexes*) leaning on the door a moment.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:33:34 PM)
*He sighs, and drags himself out from under the chamber, rubbing his face and sitting up to peer at it*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:34:15 PM)
"What's wrong?" Curioiusly as she steps a bit further inside, switching the arm holding the beads with a rush of quiet noise from the movement of all of them.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:35:36 PM)
The efficiency of the reactor is way down. But I can't find any damage.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:35:59 PM)
"May I look?"
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:36:28 PM)
*He motions to the reactor with one hand * G'head. Don't touch anything though
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:37:09 PM)
She'd set her beads outside for now and then come back in, carefully sliding under to look curiously, it was probably a bit beyond her skill but she knew very basic things to look for.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:37:39 PM)
*There's no obvious cracks, loose bolts, leaks or any other visible type of damage*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:38:40 PM)
"Hmm, too complex to cast an omen on...do you feel anything wrong in particular Everbright?" Why not ask the source after all.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:40:28 PM)
No, friend Azu *Comes her voice from a small grille in the wall, near the door* But there is a lower level of power available then previous.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:40:54 PM)
She nodded and carefully got back out, shaking her head.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:41:37 PM)
*Octavian is leaning against the door frame, arms crossed* Any insight, beautiful?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:42:36 PM)
As she climbed free, being she's in a shirt and jeans today, Oct would have noticed a rather brilliant series of blues on her belly, some sort of tattoo. But then when she sat up her shirt fell back into place. It looked like a scaled tail curled around her belly button, she shook her head negatively. "No, you're more the master at this sort of thing."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:44:36 PM)
*He's not exactly shy about looking her over, and so he does* Hardly a master at this. I've never had to play ship's engineer. We had a Nocker couple who more or less lived down here.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:45:41 PM)
"Well, I just figured out how to put a clock together without forgetting parts, so I'd say in comparison you're winning there." She pushed herself back up, dusting off.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:47:15 PM)
*he waggles a hand* Maybe. So what's this I hear about you trying to seduce my ship to the dark side?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 9:48:18 PM)
That got her to laugh. "I just told her the truth, which you agreed with as I understand it."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:49:05 PM)
Of course. It's the truth after all. Even my delusional ass knows that.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:52:16 PM)
(reboooootiiiiing)
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 9:52:17 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:00:13 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:08:31 PM)
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Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:08:34 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:08:36 PM)
(wibbles! Sorry on the hesitation when you left, kiddo spilled my coke on the floor...was cleaning before it set in too much.) "Then nothing to be concerned with. It's good for Everbright to form her own opinions." Azu walked back over so he could go back to searching if he wanted. She actually seemed to be in one of the best moods he'd personally seen her in, apparently nothing kept the eshuess down for a very long time.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:09:37 PM)
*he nods, motions with his head towards the stairs up* Truth spoken aloud. Come on, I'm gonna drive myself nuts if I stay down here poking around
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:10:41 PM)
She'd nod and gather back up her beads, continuing to decorate once she'd reached an area of the ship people might be.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:12:56 PM)
*He quietly locks the door to that room before following her up, stopping to make tea for both of them before joining her, offering her a cup of tea* Here. So what did you bring?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:14:37 PM)
"Just small lanterns and lots of beads. You can't have a party related to Mardi Gras in New Orleans without beads." She'd accept the tea,having waned her current armfull of beads greatly. "Thank you."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:16:07 PM)
Yeah. I got a ton.*motioning towards the deck*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:16:33 PM)
She'd look around again, though she'd looked when she first walked on, not at great length.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:17:10 PM)
*he grins a bit* Stashed in boxes to keep it neat, of course.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:17:44 PM)
She chuckled and dropped one of the strings of beads around his head. "There, might make you more festive."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:18:36 PM)
*he just peers down at it* Never did understand the joy people got from a necklace worth a quarter.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:19:59 PM)
"It's the idea. You're wishing someone well when you give them the beads, hoping they have a good time and good fortune." She grinned some at him with golden beads. "Oh, that reminds me, I have the coat you left with Savi last night in the car with more beads and the like."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:20:25 PM)
Oh. I was wondering where I left that.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:21:31 PM)
"I'll bring it on when I grab more decorations." She sipped her tea, relaxed, plesant.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:22:32 PM)
Thank you. *it should be noted he's entirely without coat now. And just doesn't seem to notice. He flops to sitting, and sips his tea*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:23:31 PM)
She stands another moment, eyes distant, before realizing he's sat down and joins him. "She's sounding much better."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:24:13 PM)
Yeah. It's....a relief.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:25:11 PM)
"I'm glad to hear it." Azu agreed, tracing the side of a board with a finger after depositing the few strings of beads she had left in her lap, smiling fondly at the ship. Possibly even a part she worked on given how much she lingers around lately.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:27:22 PM)
Not much left to do, really. Get her cloak up and running. Reality field. Skillbanks. Then some improvements like armoring her hull. But , basically, she's repaired.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:28:13 PM)
"Jes. I'll miss having a reason to come linger around enjoying the view." She teased, sipping her tea. "But is good she's recovering so well."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 24, 2011 10:29:04 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:49:54 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 10:59:59 PM)
(wibbles again! reposting last post) "Jes, I'll miss having a reason to come linger around enjoying the view." She teased, sipping her tea. "But is good she's recovering so well."
Azu Ongokos (Feb 24, 2011 11:00:11 PM)
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