Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 9:59:55 PM)
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:01:36 PM)
Azu paused near the boat but didn't walk on yet, looking her over before raising her voice. "Permission to board Captain Octavian?" A bit of extra stress on the name. Nameless was with her but laid down near the entrance to the boat.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:02:43 PM)
*Octavian is perched in the rigging again. Well, that's what it looks like to the mortals. Fae eyes will see him hanging near one of the upright rotors, working on the blade with a hammer. He peers over when he hears the voice, calling out* Granted, Miss Azu. Welcome aboard!
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:04:57 PM)
She nodded, walking on board. Nameless stayed off the ship laying down, not following the eshuess so closely now. Though her wounds had all but healed, only the smallest bruise remained and she wasn't even covering it with make up anymore.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:06:02 PM)
What's going on? *he asks as he flops to sitting on the edge of the engine housing, feet dangling, absolutely fearless*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:07:00 PM)
"Hmm? Nothing, I came buy to raid your junk, did you forget already old man?" Smiling a bit.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:08:29 PM)
Oh. Right. See, I forget everything if I don't put it on my phone. *and a half second later he jumps. Well, for a heart stopping moment it looks like that. Really, he slides quickly down a line hanging off the housing, rope hissing through his hand before landing with a thump on the deck*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:11:14 PM)
She frowns a moment, starting before she noticed he was fine and relaxing, covering it well enough after a moment.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:13:26 PM)
*He grins at her, pats her hip affectionately, and heads towards the conference room, calling out* Hey nameless, we're going inside. I've got some food for you, if you're interested.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:14:00 PM)
Nameless flattened his ears at Octavian and stayed put. Azu rolled her eyes. "He's angry."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:14:25 PM)
Yeah. He needs to relax. I'm not going to hurt you.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:15:05 PM)
"Well, he's a bit overprotective at times." Azu explained with a shrug.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:16:07 PM)
She was following after him, moving a bit easier than she had been. It was likely her legs were somehow injured in the assault as well given how smoothly she was moving now compared to the last week or so. But she didn't like to complain.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:16:58 PM)
I can dig it. Still. It's not like being pissed at me is gonna keep you safe. *He leads her through the room, to the rear, where the stairs Serendipity had bounced down...then down those*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:17:37 PM)
She followed along. "Well, it's a bit complex I suppose." She shrugged, uncertain as to how to explain the chimera.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:20:23 PM)
No worries. He'll realize eventually I'm not a real threat. *Said as he quietly unlocks a heavy wooden door, and steps into the rearmost room of the ship. His personal cabin. It is spotlessly neat, impeccably organized. A smallish bed built into a wall, shelves on all the walls (stuffed entirely with books. So, so many books) A kind of bench against the rear wall..which is entirely windows, and has an amazing view of the water and docks behind them, and a table, obviously designed for entertaining guests*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:21:55 PM)
She'd follow along, grinning a bit at the books and then the view, a bit surprised it seemed.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:22:19 PM)
What? *he asks as he moves towards the bench and the rear window*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:23:09 PM)
"I've never seen a man so organized." She replied honestly, following him. "No offence."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:25:01 PM)
It's drilled into you in the navy. And...my dad was navy through and through...so i'm doubly bad *the middle section of bench flips open to reveal storage, which he motions to* Here, personal stash.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:26:09 PM)
She sat on the floor to look through it, bending down at the knees and folding her legs under her, very lady like as she considers things. "Thank you Captain Octavian." Again she stressed the name just a little.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:27:44 PM)
*He moves to the table, returning to her side a moment later with coffee, which is set down near her, before he sits himself on the bench to sip his own cup. The storage space is full of neat little wodden containers full of metal odds and ends*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:29:42 PM)
She'd inspect things for a while, not noticing the coffee at all at first. Picking herself out a small spring and a cog before finally seeming to realize the coffee was there, likely the smell of it finally drew her attention. A smile appeared before she set down the spring and cog and picked up the cup to take a sip. "Thank you again."
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:30:36 PM)
The size of the spring is tiny where the cog is fairly large...it was a strange combination of choice.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:30:39 PM)
Of course. *he says with a grin, holding out his hand, in which is a small wooden box, well carved with scrollwork* Here. Keep your booty in here.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:32:37 PM)
She'd loose one hand from the coffee to accept the box carefully as he was already holding it out. "I feel guilty using your things as is, you don't need to give me something to carry them with."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:33:08 PM)
I'm not using it. I make tons of these things, to pass time on voyages.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:34:16 PM)
She nodded a little, opening the box to carefully put in the things she'd picked out. "Seems I should look up more ways to express gratitude, I'm thanking you so often."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:35:03 PM)
There's really no need to thank me.I'm just doing what I'm supposed to.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:35:35 PM)
"Supposed to?" She asked, sipping her coffee and browsing again.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:36:04 PM)
Fostering the arts. Teaching and helping a newly minted crafter.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:38:49 PM)
"Logical I suppose. Though I'm not completely new to everything, just some things." She pondered for a while, taking a few more tiny cogs and other small pieces in her search, none of them really seemed as if they went together though.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:40:52 PM)
Technicality. What are you planning then, missy? *asked as he peers at her collection*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:41:46 PM)
She grinned at him, that mischievous glint in her dark eyes. "It's a surprise of course."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:43:36 PM)
Ahh. If it puts an eye out, I will be most cross.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:44:32 PM)
"I certainly hope not." She stated with a single negative shake of her head, closing up the box he gave her and sipping her coffee again, eyes drifting about the room, reading titles on books.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:46:51 PM)
*He leans back against the glass, sipping his coffee* You can loot my shelves if you want. I've read almost all of them.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:48:13 PM)
That earned him another grin, the eshuess, shifting back to her feet gracefully, box in one hand, coffee in the other, looking at the books more closely. "I have a lot to do as is, though the offer is quite tempting, perhaps a rain check?"
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:50:21 PM)
Of course. *he motions to a small section of books, mostly hard-backed ones, with no dust jackets* If you want some of the naval stories, those are the books to kidnap.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:51:27 PM)
She would consider those specifically after the gesture. "Perhaps one...you are a bad influence Captain Octavian."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:53:07 PM)
I know. I'm horrible. I am a horrible, horrible man.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:53:36 PM)
She chuckled. "Not quite that horrible."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:54:31 PM)
Just kinda horrible then?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:55:08 PM)
She shook her head. "I do not think you are horrible Captain Octavian, just sometimes infectious."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 10:56:49 PM)
Isn't that a bad thing? *asked as he rises, stretches, and moves to open one of the panels of the window to let some fresh air in*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 10:59:11 PM)
"I suppose it depends on perspective." She set down the box to carefully pick out one of the books he'd recommended, whichever one appeared to have the most wear. Using the same care as she set it down next to the box. Sipping the coffee on occassion appreciatively.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:00:40 PM)
*The books are, by and large, much older then the others on the shelves. Most seeming to be from the fifties, sixties and seventies*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:01:21 PM)
She'd make note, but didn't seem to find that odd really.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:02:38 PM)
Find the one you're gonna steal? *he asks, sounding amused*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:03:01 PM)
She nodded toward it on the table. "Yes."
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Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:06:48 PM)
(random mage!)
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:06:58 PM)
Ahh. That was the present I got on my fourth birthday.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:07:36 PM)
She cants her head curiously. "If you'd prefer I can take something else?"
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:09:14 PM)
No. I've already read it.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:10:22 PM)
"Well, I figured that..." She smiled a bit. "But thank you, I'll take care with it."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:11:16 PM)
*he nods, grins* My father got me one of those books a year, starting that year. I was done reading every one within a week of getting it.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:12:20 PM)
"Was he as us" Then adding after a moment. "Kithain I mean."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:13:35 PM)
Nope. Hard to imagine a more banal man, actually.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:14:18 PM)
That got her to frown just a bit. "I'm sorry."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:16:47 PM)
*he pauses a moment, then shakes his head* No. I doubt he's really all that banal. He was just very disciplined and stoic. For all I know, he was secretly an artist. I'd have never known however.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:18:42 PM)
She nodded, listening, but didn't pry, watching the sidhe quietly. Likely there were lots of thoughts and questions she kept to herself a large portion of the time.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:20:01 PM)
Penny for your thoughts? *he asks, peering over at her for a moment*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:20:44 PM)
She thought a long moment before commenting. "It just sounds as if it would have been a difficult way to live."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:22:56 PM)
It was what I knew. He was fair, at least, if strict and stubborn, If I worked my ass off, He was happy. It got me through school. It got me into the Naval Academy.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:24:21 PM)
She nodded, sipping her coffee. "Balance I suppose."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:26:08 PM)
Something like that. Besides, I'm far from the only kid to grow up with a cold, distant father. At least I -saw- mine. Knew he at least cared about me enough to push.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:28:59 PM)
She nodded. "My gran did that, it helped that she was a Kithain...she used to tell me I was a difficult child. Though things were always busy."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:30:20 PM)
He raised me like he wanted to, though. Ended up with an over achiever, an officer in the Navy he loved so much.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:31:25 PM)
She smiled some at that. "I don't think I'd of done well in that sort on enviornment."
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:32:45 PM)
I did what I had to do to survive and thrive. It made me what I am today. Maybe even kept me sane through the shit that pre-empted my changeover.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:33:17 PM)
She raised a brow curiously, sipping her coffee.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:33:40 PM)
*He motions to his face, the scars*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:35:11 PM)
She didn't press, watching him thoughtfully a moment before setting down her coffee and moving closer, hesitating a moment before giving him a hug.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:35:41 PM)
(minus one of those moments)
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:38:43 PM)
*He snickers, but keeps her pinned in the hug for a couple of heartbeats, just enjoying the rare contact* Thank you, miss Azu.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:39:41 PM)
"Are you laughing at me?" Frowning when she pulled back to look at him.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:40:21 PM)
No. I'm touched, honestly, by your concern. But this is an old pain. One I slept through, mostly.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:43:27 PM)
She watched him seriously a moment before nodding, pushing a strand of hair back from his face, likely without having thought about the motion.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:44:18 PM)
It could have been a lot worse. I still have both eyes. My hand still works. Mostly. Only missing a bit of a finger.Even my ear survived.
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:46:57 PM)
She watched him, curious, but again didn't press, studying his face a moment before seeming to realize her proximity and backing a step politely. "My apologies." Though she didn't seem bothered by his scars other than concern.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:53:33 PM)
For what, exactly? *he asks after a moment of more or less staring at her*
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:53:55 PM)
"I shouldn't act so informally."
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:54:08 PM)
As if it were obvious.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:55:35 PM)
If it bothers me, I'll tell you, alright?
Azu Ongokos (Feb 9, 2011 11:56:10 PM)
That earned him a curious glance but she nodded.
Octavian Vanderaa (Feb 9, 2011 11:56:47 PM)
Come on, you haven't realized how little I care for formality most of the time?