Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:42:19 PM)
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Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:43:28 PM)
She knockso n the door
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 12:44:20 PM)
She opens the door a bit, "Hello?" And then she opens it wide, "Oh hi you."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:46:03 PM)
"Hey, there. How are you?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 12:46:50 PM)
"Good." She leans on the door frame, "You can come in and everything. You're part of the group, right?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:47:26 PM)
"Of course I am." she chuckles. "One of the founders. I wanted to ask you what spooked you about Xander the other night." of course, she waits on that until she's inside.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 12:49:08 PM)
She closes the door behind Tarra after she comes inside, "The way he was reacting wasn't natural. I like to deal with people, not spooks."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:49:43 PM)
"He knew as little about you as you did about him. And so that doesn't surprise me. I was hoping I could answer any questions you might have about him."
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:53:41 PM)
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People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:53:44 PM)
(ghosting)
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:53:46 PM)
(wb)
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:53:52 PM)
(did you get my post?0
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:53:55 PM)
(Nope!)
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:54:01 PM)
(And thx.)
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:54:31 PM)
"He knew as little about you as you did about him. And so that doesnt surprise me. I as hoping i could answer any questions you might have about him.'
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:55:48 PM)
"I don't have any questions about him." She shrugs widely as she walks over to a sofa to sit. "We know that he's a good target for the city, and you were there for a bit of that conversation here. No one had warned him yet."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:56:26 PM)
"he knows that. Trust me, he knows that. He's..." she looks for the word. "He doesn't see it that way. And it's hard to change minds sometimes."
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:56:55 PM)
"What do you mean?" She pats the sofa next to her for Tarra to sit.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:57:59 PM)
"He sees the Avalon as an equal threat to what he's doing, and doesn't see the difference between them. He doesn't have the whole underground concept down yet. "
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 12:58:49 PM)
She narrows her eyes for a bit to think, then shakes her head, "I have no idea what you mean."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 12:59:15 PM)
"He doesn't work below the radar. I don't think he knows how." she tries to simplify it
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:00:02 PM)
"Okay, you're saying words in phrases as if I... maybe could you give me an example, and maybe sit down? You're making me nervous."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:00:37 PM)
"Janelle? Why am I making you nervous?" she sits down, now concerned.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:01:26 PM)
"Xander is a businessman. A big, open businessman. He doesn't have the luxury of doing small operations like Craig does. Craig owns a small business that can slip under the techie radar because it's small. Xander's busiess is huge. It's much harder to make covert. Am I still speaking greek here? should I stop?"
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:03:25 PM)
"No, that makes more sense. Thanks." She shrugs at Tarra, "Well, you weren't sitting even after I asked, and that confused me. Sorry about that."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:04:02 PM)
"It's alright. Sometimes I get wrapped up in what my mouth is doing, and have to re-connect the head to the rest of my body. That and I'm hung over rght now."
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:05:03 PM)
"So you see yourself as mostly your head? Like, you're all mental and less body?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:05:21 PM)
"Yes."
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:06:36 PM)
She pokes her arm curiously with a finger, "Testing..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:06:55 PM)
"did not compute." she laughs
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:07:32 PM)
She grins, "Ever think about trying some sports or going for... brisk walks or something? Getting the blood flowing helps the brain!"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:07:55 PM)
She smirks. "I run 3 miles a day. I just tend to still let my mind do one thing and my body do anther."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:08:03 PM)
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Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:08:10 PM)
(bye skin!)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:08:31 PM)
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Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:08:55 PM)
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Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:08:58 PM)
(Thanks!)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:09:37 PM)
"So you zone out? Oh... that's good then." She smiles and nods. "I don't really like things like that though."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:11:29 PM)
"No, you're an akashic. You're that whole mind/body/zen thing, which is totally cool.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:12:07 PM)
"It's really misunderstood, though. That's what happens when something becomes popular. Like Harry Potter!"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:12:17 PM)
"Explain that."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:12:48 PM)
"People start liking Harry Potter, so they start liking magic spells with wands, but then they learn it's hard work, so then they stop. Something like that."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:12:57 PM)
"Ahh. I gotcha now."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:13:25 PM)
"It's the same with the Akashic lifestyle. It really fits the lifestyle of the athlete though, all that practice and discipline."
People OOC (Feb 28, 2011 1:13:35 PM)
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Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:15:13 PM)
"I understand. there's a lot of practice and discipline that goes into my order, too. I get up every morning and the first two hours I spend in ritual and study. And that's ust the beginning."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:15:34 PM)
"Oh, what kind of ritual?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:16:05 PM)
hermetic casting rituals, protectin and the whatnot.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:16:43 PM)
"I have a background with the Wu Lung, kind of, and they do a lot of rituals too. Could I help with some of yours, sometime?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:18:24 PM)
She pauses. "I'll think about that. I don' tknow how much of them i can really spil. Order secrets and all."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:19:12 PM)
"Well, if I can help, then your rituals will become stronger, right? It's a tradeoff."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:21:04 PM)
"Sometimes. hermetic rituals.." she pauses. "They're very different. but some, sure. I'll find ones you can help me with.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:21:27 PM)
"Tarra, do you know who the Wu Lung are?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:21:33 PM)
"I've heard of them."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:21:42 PM)
She grns, her ignorance not something she's ashamed of.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:21:46 PM)
"But know? no.'
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:22:50 PM)
She perks up, excited, "'What have you heard of them? I'm curious. All my knowledge is a couple hundred years old."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:24:43 PM)
"that they existed. Craig hs mentioned them a few times, but he has never goe into details."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:25:10 PM)
"Oh, so you've just heard the name, or...?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:25:40 PM)
"just heard the name, and know that there's some sorcery associated with it"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:27:05 PM)
"Oh, okay. Well, I don't know much, but they used to be their own group, not associated with the Akashics at all. For example, they didn't practice Do."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:27:17 PM)
She listens now. "What is Do?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:28:06 PM)
"It's the martial art that Akashics practice. It lets us throw a punch and use magic at the same time."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:28:20 PM)
"That's really pretty cool. Sort of like the hermetic power language."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:30:43 PM)
"Yes, except better because it's punching at the same time. So the spell hurts the enemy, and the punch too, at the same time."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:32:27 PM)
"that's..." she pauses. "Ok, as much as I would love to give you some elitist line..that's sexy."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:33:21 PM)
"I know, right?" She grins and bounces excitedly. "Bu the Wu Lung didn't practice Do. They would rather just do the same thing, but with pure magic, or spirits, or whatever."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:33:42 PM)
"Spirits." she comments, looking away. "I'm terrible with spirits.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:35:30 PM)
"Well..." She looks at her curiously, "What take do you have on spirits? Should they rule us or we rule them?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:35:43 PM)
"I think we shold work together in our own realms."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:35:45 PM)
she shrugs.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:37:02 PM)
"Oh yeah?" She leans back into the sofa with a smug grin. "I read you loud and clear."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:38:34 PM)
"You agree or disagree."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:39:19 PM)
"I don't know what you meant, because what you said could mean ANYthing! So basically you just didn't want to answer, or haven't thought much about it."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:44:21 PM)
"No...it means that I think that people and spirits live in different realms for a reason. and I don't think that we should mess with each other without caution and respect."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:45:27 PM)
"So the spirits are your equals?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:45:55 PM)
"Only in the realms that we possess. The spirit realm is theirs, this is ours. I honestly don't like spirits much. Can we change the subject?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:46:14 PM)
((sorry. I as a player HATE spirit))
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:46:50 PM)
( ^_^! )
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:47:19 PM)
"Yep, we sure can." She agrees with a smile, "What's your favorite bit of reality, then?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:49:18 PM)
"I like Ars Essentiae...Forces.'
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:49:38 PM)
"Me too! How do you like yours?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:49:50 PM)
"How?" she seems confused at the question
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:50:05 PM)
"Ive been...lost most of this conversation...but now I'm really confused."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:51:04 PM)
"Do you like it flashy? Subtle? Direct? Indirect? What do you do with it?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:51:43 PM)
"Oooh. Paradigma." She smiles. "I'm a subtle girl. I understand physics, mathematics, the ebb and flow of energy so I can manipulate it with will and numbers."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:53:28 PM)
She grins, "Neat. Can you show me? We can go into Craig's dojo to play."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:53:35 PM)
"I can show you here and now."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:53:45 PM)
she pulls out her calculator, starts doing a few things and the lights turn off.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:54:18 PM)
It's really dark in there, since there are no windows. "Um. Hot?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:54:40 PM)
The lights come back on.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:55:14 PM)
"That's what I like to do. Mess with existing currents instead of farting fireballs."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:56:09 PM)
She blinks at the brightness. "Oh, that's useful. Really subtle... nice calculator." She points at it. "So is that rigged to reality somehow?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:56:56 PM)
"No, but the equations I have programmed in are basic ones for an electrical current, and some circut work. I'm an electrical engineer. So really, by my will that was done. The calculator just helps me focus."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 1:57:59 PM)
"So you will things to happen?" She asks curiously.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 1:59:51 PM)
"We all do. We understand the basics of the elements around us, and we bring them into being with our Will. the unofficiall motto of the order? The Word is I Am. We bring things into being with their names, their signs, the high occult.. in my case, I'm nerdy and just use math. but usually I utter names. Forces..I just understand to the point that I don't have to."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:00:52 PM)
"Oh... really... well that's good. It's similar with us, I think." She says offhand, then smiles, "So what else do you know?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:01:04 PM)
She shrugs. "What do you know?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:01:43 PM)
"I know Forces and Life, mostly."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:02:21 PM)
"Prime, Forces, Entropy, Mind, Time."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:02:35 PM)
"Wow, you're really... experienced..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:04:48 PM)
"Not really. Craig si stronger than I am, by a long shot.'
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:05:39 PM)
"Oh, I know, but still. Maybe we can make a group ritual for protection, or something. Then it'd be really powerful."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:05:55 PM)
"Are you Surer you're not in the Order?" she laughs
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:06:05 PM)
(afk a sec)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:07:00 PM)
She grins, "Yeah... I'm sure, but do some reading on the Shi Ren and the Wu Lung, and you'd know where I was coming from."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:10:03 PM)
"Then...help me do the reading. Help me to understand yours more.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:10:49 PM)
"I have nothing to read!" She laughs, "I just have my old lives, and that's it."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:11:08 PM)
"So you believe in reincarnation?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:12:50 PM)
"Um, yep." She nods slowly, "I've been reincarnated." And she nods slowly again, "Twice, and I have most of their memories. Shared avatar, you know..." She says apologetically.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:13:02 PM)
"Who do you share an avatar with?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:14:45 PM)
"Oh, just some old people that I probably shouldn't say. It could get me or their families in trouble."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:15:09 PM)
"Understand, I really do." She doesn't press it further. "I just think it's remarkable, because it's not something you hear of that often."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:15:50 PM)
"I know. It's a unique thing, and it's my main advantage, I think."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:19:11 PM)
.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:19:27 PM)
"How is it your advantage?" she takes off her shoes, getting comfortable.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:21:37 PM)
She takes off her shoes as well, sliding them to the floor as well, doing the same. "Well, I've lived a lifetime or two already, so I know a lot of things. I also have the memories of two people to train me always available, instead of having to rely on other people or physical things like books."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:22:57 PM)
"that's a good thing, really. not eeryone has that resource."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:23:51 PM)
"I think so too. The other big thing is that I have these memories because my avatar is so strong."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:24:20 PM)
*she nod* my avatar is also strong, and i don't have any memories.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:24:34 PM)
"Is it a Pattern avatar type?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:05 PM)
"I...honestly have never thoght about it."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:27 PM)
"Maybe you should ask it."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:27 PM)
"I think so though."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:37 PM)
"I don't ask it...we communicate through different ways."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:45 PM)
She smiles, "How do you talk?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:26:59 PM)
"you're asking too personal of questoins." She looks uncomfortable.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:27:36 PM)
She frowns slightly, "Sorry, I thought we'd gotten to that point."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:28:09 PM)
"Look, I know you're Crag's friend, and you're in my cabal. but I'm still getting to know you. nd what you're asing me...these are questions I barely know the answer to."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:28:47 PM)
"But that's why I'm asking them." She leans forward toward her. "Everyone should know these things. I'm trying to help..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:31:20 PM)
She closes off somewhat, still a shy and a private person.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:31:46 PM)
She leans back, tucking her knees into her chest and hugging them with her arms.
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:31:57 PM)
"fine, tell me about You then."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:32:13 PM)
"What do you want to know?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:32:26 PM)
'Everything you just asked me." her voice sounds small.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:33:14 PM)
"Well, my Avatar is a pattern avatar, so it talks to me using the memories of the people that I remember, because that makes sense. It's just teaching me things that they used to know."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:33:25 PM)
*she nods*
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:34:21 PM)
"And I have a place in my head where I can go to train that's not in the real world, where they exist as giant mountain-like things standing in the far distance, way higher than the mountains, staring at nothing."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:36:55 PM)
She smiles, listening. This is the sort of thing she envies.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:37:38 PM)
"And... lets see. I ran away from the school I went to because of bullying in my final year."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:39:15 PM)
"high school?"
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:40:21 PM)
"Yep."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:41:03 PM)
"that sounds hard. I hated high school...my avatar...drives me to learn the set thing in the world. by learning the sciences, the things that have patterns to them, it helps me see the unstrtructured things, and see the way that they operate as well.
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:43:09 PM)
"So you're really into the pattern spheres eh?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:43:32 PM)
'"They're the easiest to learn while I get more intuitive. I know that eventually I'll have to take a leap of faith."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:44:02 PM)
"Faith? Where's faith come into this?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:45:55 PM)
She smiles. "Faith is part of me, it's who I am. I was raised very, very religious. The patterend things...you can see how they work. But the unstructured? to use those takes faith in yourself, and in those things."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:46:02 PM)
(true faith, for the record)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:46:41 PM)
"So... what level of faith are we talking about?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:47:02 PM)
"I believe. I don't shove it down anyone's throat, but I was raised Orthodox."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:49:31 PM)
"So not very religious then..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:49:36 PM)
"But...I truly beleive it. And it comes into my work, my magic, my life....everything."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:50:01 PM)
"No.." she laughs. "Well...yes and no. You'd have to have met my ex-fiance. You'd understand. But I do truly believe in god."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:50:30 PM)
she looks down, deep emotinos in her voice. she swallows them down. "Are you really blind? I don't think so, but I wonder."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:52:58 PM)
"What should I be seeing, though?"
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 2:54:20 PM)
"colors, textures, how pretty you are, the way someone's face changes when they lie."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 2:55:11 PM)
"I don't really see that kind of thing well..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 3:00:36 PM)
"I see. I'm sorry..no one just usually questionsn me so directly. It made me nervous."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 3:03:14 PM)
She laughs,"Sorry abot that..."
Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 3:03:35 PM)
"it's Ok. I wondered about you and Xander, because he's my fiance. I wouldn't be with him if he wasn't trustworthy."
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 3:04:16 PM)
(phone, one sec)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 3:13:38 PM)
(Sorry, I gotta go to work.)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 3:13:43 PM)
(Next time?)
Janelle Timberland (Feb 28, 2011 3:15:13 PM)
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Tarra Shapiro (Feb 28, 2011 3:20:08 PM)
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