Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:18:45 PM)
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Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:18:57 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:19:29 PM)
*Evening. Soft music played in the living room - it was something vaguely Asian. Craig was.... doing something very unusual in there...*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:20:57 PM)
*It was like a light show in Craig's hands as he was trying something out for the first time... Like he was holding a living little spark in his hands.*

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:21:03 PM)
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Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:21:39 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:22:29 PM)
*Craig is sitting in the living room in a black silk Haori and a pair of hakama pants after his work out. He's holding *something* odd in his hands, like a little living spark of light it seems... soft music played down there, and Craig looked very focused on whatever he was doing.*

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:23:20 PM)
*Enter strange right yawning softly as she came from her office pulling the door closed behind her, in a way of saying shop is closed up now damn it. Dressed in yellow hello kitty shirt and a pair of jeans her hair pulled up into a pony tail giving her a slightly more edgy look. A soft frown working on her lips as she crossed the house in bare feet, stopping in the living room when she saw Craig, leaning against the entry way.* You remember the first time we met time stood still. *She said with a playful voice* Who can say that sort of shit?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:24:33 PM)
She steps down the steps in old, thin jeans and a worn-out brown t-shirt that might have had a logo on it in the distant past. She leans against the door frame leading into the living room and waves at the two of them, then yawns.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:24:52 PM)
*He looked up, snapped his hand closed, and the light was gone* not many people, but it did stand still didn' tit, and then those two sadistic, bent little monkey Nephandus twins tried to KEEEL us.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:25:02 PM)
Evening Janelle.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:26:17 PM)
Tarra bops up and knocks on the door.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:26:41 PM)
Hey now I was trying to be romantic...maybe I was not going to mention how you wanted to strangle me and then you threw me out of a glass window...*she said with a laugh in her voice heading on over once the light was out in his hand. I didn't bother you did I? *She looked up at pointed to Janelle* It was her fault.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:27:34 PM)
"I was my fault." She agrees, and shakes a fist at the air. "Damn it..."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:28:28 PM)
*Craig blinked, got up to go get the door* No, you didn't bother me, and I didn't want to strangle you or throw you out a plate glass window, I told you to follow me. I didn't know you were going to do it for the rest of our lives is all, and I couldn't be happier you took me at face fvalue. *he winked at Kay, the opened the door.* Tarrrrra! Come en.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:29:35 PM)
Hey Craig, Kay, Janelle. The earth is flat and here am

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:30:25 PM)
Flat it is. *He stepped aside and closed the door after Tarra* i fail to see how it was your fault Janelle, unless you were orchestrating the antics and Nephandi in Seattle washington somehow. How go the gymnastics lessons?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:30:33 PM)
"More people! And I need tea. Does anyone else want some? Or maybe soda." She narrows her eyes in thought, then rolls off the door frame to wander into the kitchen.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:30:56 PM)
"Great!" She shouts from the kitchen. "The coach is good!"

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:31:42 PM)
"Nephandi? Someone saw my mom?

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:32:11 PM)
No, no, he twins...

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:32:29 PM)
Tea is good Janelle. I will take some. *He smiled* I am in a very good mood...

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:32:44 PM)
"Oh. Those two. Werent' they someone's spawn first?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:33:05 PM)
Yeah. Don't get me started on HER either. The words don't convey.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:35:21 PM)
*he settled onto the couch* how is everyone?

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:35:55 PM)
"I'm Ok. I'm Ok."

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:37:39 PM)
"got me all sad thinking about Seattlethat's all. and talking acorns.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:37:52 PM)
*Kay got silent for a little bit, she was not talking but she was seen with her fingers on her I phone tapping away. Looking very intently at the screen, with a set of gray eyes, this must be very serious business she was handling here. That was until she got the notion that Craig was sitting on the couch. Then like a it was just natural she was suddenly seen beside Craig on the couch like she had always been there doing the same thing tap tap tap*

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:38:13 PM)
"I had it figured out. Kay was the wizard, I was the Scarecrow, Craig was the cowardly lion, Josh was the tin man, and Xander was dorothy."

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:38:27 PM)
She nods sagely.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:39:08 PM)
She walks back in to lean on the door frame, to listen, while the tea was steeping.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:39:34 PM)
Hot mess is so fucking Dorthy it is not even funny. Damn right I am the wizard all your wishes and shit in a emerald city are belong to me bitches. *She said with out even looking up from the screen her mouth moving and the expression that but she was fixated on that damn little gadget*

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:39:46 PM)
She grins. "I knew I had that pegged."

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:40:06 PM)
"maybe I'm actually the witch. I don't know."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:40:08 PM)
Xander as Dorothy... seriously? *he laughed aloud* Awesome. I can do cowardly lion if I get to see X in a dress.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:40:14 PM)
"I envy those flying monkeys..."

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:40:41 PM)
"Would you rahter be the tin man, Craig?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:41:41 PM)
Naw, I think the Lion is a perfect juxtaposition for me. It works out.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:41:57 PM)
Although I think Kay should be a foul mouthed good witch of the west.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:42:12 PM)
And we can cast Nick and the Pee chair as the wicked witch.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:42:21 PM)
"That can happen. Maybe jareth is a better dorothy. But I liked the idea of..." she about spits her tea out laughing

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:43:07 PM)
She dips back into the kitchen to check the tea with a soft smile.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:43:30 PM)
HOly shit that is even better can you imagine me flying around in a damn glass bubble in prink dress and shit like waving wands ? Follow the mother fucking yellow brick road...While I ride around in my corrospondance bubble.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:43:32 PM)
"Long live the pee chair."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:43:33 PM)
*Craig smiled* I'm good like that.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:43:56 PM)
"It's better than Xander in a dress."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:44:23 PM)
*He kissed Kay's cheek* Guys. I have managed to get... well, I've achieved what the Hermetics would call adept level ability with the sphere of Prime magick. (I.e. Prime 3.)

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:45:06 PM)
"Really. That's beautiful, too. Better than the skirted Xander."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:45:35 PM)
Xander in a dress would still make me smile and giggle a lot.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:46:34 PM)
She brings in two mugs of tea and passes one to Craig, then took a seat on the floor to watch them all gently.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:47:19 PM)
"I don't know. His legs would clog the drain when he shaved them...."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:47:49 PM)
*he took the mug and bowed his head* Gan sa ham ni da, Janelle.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:48:18 PM)
"Shay shay." She says softly, then blows on her tea.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:49:00 PM)
*She leans up against his kiss and just kinda staied there for a moment, her tounge moving to the corner of her mouth just slightly looking like she was inthralled at whatever was on the screen. Her eyes slightly bigger than normal tap tap tap*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:49:27 PM)
*He looked over* What have you got going on...

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:52:23 PM)
Its called angry Kays. I ripped off the code for angry birds...made my own version. *She leaned her iphone done to show him, instead of launching birds she laughed diffrent colored Hello Kitty faces at the obsicals and released what looked to be Craig's with huge anime heads, instead of killing evil piggies.* See when I free the CA...with the HK...I collect a heart. I am almost beat my high score.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:52:41 PM)
I got bored in class today...

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:52:55 PM)
*he blinked... then ROARED laugher at the room...*

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 9:53:28 PM)
"That.. Is. Awesome."

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 9:56:26 PM)
Its how I entertain myself when no one else is looking as you know shit I would like to do would get me kicked out of class again. I am on the third strike or some shit...apparently one of my professors didn't like my use of DP to explain a technique of…never mind…

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:56:32 PM)
*Craig got up and set his tea down* Okay. janelle. Question. Do you intend to find a cabal in new Orleans or remain solitairy? This is not a test, just a question...

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 9:57:36 PM)
*He looked back to kaydence* no, no, I want to hear this...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 9:59:14 PM)
"I'd like to find a cabal, but I don't want to be in one that doesn't do anything though. Mostly, I want to do things and set up a life." She says thoughtfully. "So, if the cabal means I can't have a life, then I guess I won't be in that one. I guess it depends on the type of cabal. What kind of cabal do you have?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:00:13 PM)
*He pointed around the room* See this? This is about the cabal now. Plus Gabe when he's in town and Mercedes and isabel. Mercy and Isabel are both Linear though... consors if you will.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:00:14 PM)
"We have lives."

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:00:32 PM)
"Gabe...can be the scarecrow...and I can be the witch!"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:01:05 PM)
*He thought.* Gabe can be one of the Munchkins.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:01:35 PM)
"Or the dog."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:01:38 PM)
"Isabel's kind of boring too. We were talking over coffee and water one day, and neither of us could think of something to talk about. It was kinda awk. ward." She says with narrowed eyes. "But she's nice."

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:01:41 PM)
*She just shook her head with a smirk at Craig, like she was not going to say a word. Finally she got the social cue that maybe she should pay attention to the others and stop fucking with her phone. Pressing the button on the top she slid her phone in to the back pocket of her jeans*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:03:37 PM)
*craig shrugged* Isabel is a cop, she's a good person, but she is silent and observant, not outward. She's one of us because she's a good person, not because she's one of the cool kids. I'd like to think we rexcognize a person's character mostly..

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:04:28 PM)
I think she is a 30 year old virgin too.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:04:45 PM)
"Tragic."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:04:46 PM)
"Very likely." She agrees with a overly brght smile with Kaydence.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:05:42 PM)
She may be that. *He thought* I'm not going to recruit you Janelle, if you want in, you may ask and you are welcome to do so. The Flat Earth Society is about taking care of each other and our world mostly, about change, but we are not a rigid or draconian cabal, and never have been.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:05:56 PM)
"we wouldn't survive if we were."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:06:51 PM)
"I don't know if I'd have a use, though. Anything I can do everyone here can do better. I was looking for a mentor to learn things from, and that's still what I'm after."

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:07:27 PM)
What he didn't tell you though if you want to join have to put up with me for 24 hours...just you...me and whatever I want to play with at the time. Its kinda a mental endurance test...

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:08:20 PM)
*He nodded* We're not looking for people who have some special talent or use. What we want is people who are neither narrow minded nor greedy. Our goal isn't to be some "Fix everything" cabal... but rather a group of equals.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:09:16 PM)
She smiles again at Kaydence, "Somehow I survive." Then she looks at Craig curiously, "Why are you bringing this up now? Maybe we can talk about it after you're done teaching me things, okay?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:10:10 PM)
*He shook his head* I'm bringing it up so as to ensure you know what the score is. Nothing more, nothing less. This is who and what we are. At some point you'll know what I have to teach you, and when you do, you'll have a choice to make.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:11:34 PM)
*He hiked a thumb at Kay* And be wary, she has some veyr oddddd things in her game repertoire.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:12:09 PM)
Hell the only reason I got in is because I was fucking some guy in the cabal already. Yeah its like super exculsive and shit. *She nodded to Craig as if to agree* I really do.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:12:26 PM)
"No rush, right?" She shrugs widely, then grins at Kay again, "He thinks you're dangerous. I think he's right."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:12:29 PM)
Sex is not prerequisit.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:12:41 PM)
"Depends. I think mr. pee chair neds some action."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:13:16 PM)
*He laughed* no. No rush. Like I said, I'm bringing it up now, nothing more. *he laughed at Tarra* Action? You think he could get it up paralyzed from the waist down?

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:13:38 PM)
"He might have a talented tongue." she shrugs.

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:13:42 PM)
What!? Craig you -lied- to me! You said I could not be in your super secret club unless I was polisihing your knob. That is such bullshit! I am packing my shit and going back to daddy's house!

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:14:32 PM)
*She jumped up off the couch and stormed off in the direction of her office, oh boy she looked pissed as hell. But really she was making a detour to the kitchen to get herself something to drink. She just needed a dramatic exit*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:14:44 PM)
"I thought it was something like that. Shame!" She shakes a finger at Craig, then laughs and leans back on the floor, "It's a nice city"

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:16:52 PM)
"Is Craig really only nob sized?" she follows after Kay.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:16:53 PM)
*Craig sighed* Busted. Now she's going to go home and be with her baby sister. Woe is me. *He chuckled*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:17:49 PM)
(phone!)

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:18:52 PM)
*She was in the kitchen alright, poking her head around the corner to look at Craig.* Honstly I think, it was a boy. I forget. I mean its just a sibling not like anyone asked me. *Then she disapeared again, pushing some buttons on what looked to be a way over done single cup coffee maker*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:20:07 PM)
*he laughed* Doesn't even know. *He glanced back to janelle.* What is the begining and the end of all?

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:24:14 PM)
(( There is a scene I have been needing to get done for three days I gotta log off kay for a bit))

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:24:51 PM)
I gotta go do a DNS attack...*She got her coffee then headed to her office and shut the door*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:25:01 PM)
(..==KK)

Kaydence Phillips (Feb 23, 2011 10:25:07 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:25:22 PM)
Denial of Service? Just like that? Wow.

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:28:44 PM)
She smiles as she listens to them.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:33:14 PM)
(Waiting on Janelle since TPO is on da phone...)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:36:18 PM)
So Tarra. What's news? Anything new?

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:38:04 PM)
"Nothing new. For a city infested with techies...'m surprisingly not afraid."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:40:06 PM)
(back!)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:40:12 PM)
She perks up, "Techies?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:40:17 PM)
(welcome back)

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:40:28 PM)
(wb)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:40:51 PM)
No. No techies are not the begining and the end of all. Maybe they're the begining and the end of toruble here in New Orleans... but think macroversally. What, in all of existance, is our begning and our end.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:41:43 PM)
"The avatar, duh." She says with a shrug. "It was begun at the beginning, and it ends at the end."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:44:20 PM)
All things pass away, only the soul lives forever, passing from one vessel to the next in an endless Wheel of Dhrama. What does this mean for us in today's world though?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:45:03 PM)
"That it's just a phase?"

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:46:38 PM)
(alright, need to log for a bit)

Tarra Shapiro (Feb 23, 2011 10:46:42 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:46:55 PM)
It could be, but alas, I doubt it. The way of harmony is now the way of destruction... the wheel has a long way to turn before our world is in balance again...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:48:19 PM)
"What does that even mean...?" She asks with a frown, then looks away, "You know, the buddha sat down in front of his disciplines once to teach them about enlightenment, and he held a lotus flower in his hand. Do you know this story?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:49:18 PM)
*He nodded* I have heard versions of it. *He settled down - in the lotus position of course.*

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:49:35 PM)
But do tell me. It would do well to contemplate it for a moment or two.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:50:43 PM)
"Well, the buddha studied the lotus flower very carefully. He studied each petal and each pistol and... everything. And yet the disciples were still waiting to be taught. That's the end of the story."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:53:13 PM)
*he nodded* And what does it *mean*?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:54:38 PM)
"I don't think this is the sort of thing that has one meaning, but it has a lesson about how to learn."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:56:47 PM)
*He pointed to her* Exactly. Dharma, the wheel... how do you learn about it? how do you learn about our avatar, our past, our future, the turn of the wheel and the *phase* it is in? The only way is through contemplation and one-ness with the universe.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:57:39 PM)
have you ever delved into the Akashic Record at all?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 10:58:12 PM)
"Of course. I'm at that level." She nods.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 10:59:57 PM)
*He smiled* Then you know. So what do I mean by "the wheel has a long way to go before it is back in balance."? Well, I mean tthat I think our world is very much out of whack right now, it's just... wrong... and it's not going to self right itself any time soon... it has a long way to go before it's right again.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:01:03 PM)
"What does that mean for us?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:02:54 PM)
*He sighed* That we've a great task set before us. One we likely won't see finished before we are dead, if ever. What is the Akashic's greatest success?

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:03:08 PM)
Awakening a being, right?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:03:28 PM)
"Depends. In what way are you using the word success?"

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:05:20 PM)
Triumph. Personal achievement. As an individual... THink on it this way... there's over 6 billion people on the planet now... we've an impossible goal to awaken all of them and bring them to enlightenment... but could we maybe do so for a few? A handful whom could take that forward to others?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:07:01 PM)
"I think that's very political, but I don't know if that's the end goal. I think the end is freeing people from their cyclic natures and from suffering. That's what Buddhism says in any case, but I'm pulling this from old memories."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:08:49 PM)
*He nodded* But *how* do you get people away from that? by awakening them... or at the very least enlightening them. You and I differ on minor points, but we seem to agree on the big ones. The point is, if I can cut to the chase, bypass the goals you can never achieve and - as the buddhists would say - fix the things you have the ability to fix. or, we don't bite off more than we can chre.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:08:54 PM)
*Chew*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:10:23 PM)
"Maybe this is one of those things where it's better to be taught like the buddha with the lotus flower."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:10:38 PM)
(What's his Enigmas rank?)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:11:24 PM)
(oh gosh, lemme look it up...)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:11:29 PM)
(I think 2.)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:11:35 PM)
(Same as hers.)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:12:24 PM)
(nope, 1 but I put in for 2. My bad.)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:13:06 PM)
It's not so much teaching a thing as taking that great big picture... we won't fix 500 years of technocratic meddling and control in a short time... we just have to keep being wise about it all.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:14:49 PM)
"Can you give a practical example of being wise?" She's teasing him.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:15:37 PM)
*He smiled* You carry a great deal of that old wisdom with you. I am impressed. You will be a wise and powerful warrior, Janelle, and are already further along than I was when I was your age. here's a practical example: I have a friend who may be alive, or dead, who is in the hospital, but I suspect it is a trap. What do I do?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:16:26 PM)
"There isn't a right decision, just a moral one." She points out.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:19:07 PM)
This is true, moral imprative. But now we get to the wisdom part. If I know I must do something, because I feel it is the right thing to do - then I must prepare for the possible outcomes. Wise was knowing as much as i could about where I was going before I left, and that was what kept me alive in that instance, because it was a trap. It was intelligent, and yes, wise, because to not go when I was not sure could also have meant leaving my friend to a horrible fate, condemning him to the cycle of pain again...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:21:32 PM)
"That's very smart. You know, I was smart once, but you grow out of it when you get older." She says very quietly. "But those aren't really the choices. That's prudence, and a virtue and very good, but the choice is something greater than that. The choice is about whether going to your friend's side is something that you want to do, as a person, in this lifetime that you've been given, whether or not it's a trap."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:22:13 PM)
(We're going to teach you Enigmas 2!)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:22:47 PM)
*He nodded* But it is a matter of wisdom, it is a choice, but it's unwise to not help those who we can touch, and who we have a real chance of furthering on the path, and in doing so to grow ourselves.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:26:55 PM)
"There are a lot of kinds of choices. There are smart choices, crafty choices, insolant choices... but we can't say that they're all wise, or at least to the same degree. But there's no way I can convince you of this myself, because I'm just sitting here talking to you. It's something you have to learn on your own when you travel, or when you have to make a choice like what you just described. I wonder if, when you're sitting on your deathbed and thinking about all the time that you put into investigating the place that might be a trap, and thinking about how if you'd gone sooner your friend might still be alive, if you'd still think it was wise. Definitely smart! But was it wise..."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:28:42 PM)
*he nodded* I belive it was. Because I didn't spend more time than I had to learning the place, or seeking out the traps, before I went. In the end I sprang the trap, my friend was never there, and no one died... but I feel I did the right thing, and was doing the wise thing to try and help another awakened.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:29:42 PM)
"If that's all that mattered, you'd be right." She says slowly and carefully, her voice getting softer and more hesitent.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:31:20 PM)
Of course that's not true, no man lives in a vacuum, but at the time it was what mattered that I could *see*. Ultimately we both may ascend some day and to the eyes of an oracle the things we concerned ourselves with may seem as paltry and unimportant as ants... or the things we thought beneath our notice might suddenly prove monumental in weight.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:32:35 PM)
"Even then, there's you, and there's your friend, and there's the path that you've decided to walk long ago." She looks at him questioningly.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:34:32 PM)
*He nodded* We are not bound to the path for eternity. God no. Plenty of times Gilgul has ended THAT....

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:37:52 PM)
"And that path has idealogy, and that wisdom as well. A person that sees himself as a warrior could take that same amount of time that you spent investigating and train himself, and then rescue his friend despite the trap. An implusive-type might barge in immediately and take everyone by surprise. Those are kinds of wisdom too. They're not being particular smart, but in the long term people can look at them and see a lesson in their success."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:38:03 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:39:14 PM)
*He nodded* The point wasn't so much how I went, but *why* I went, the how a facet of that.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:39:47 PM)
She nods at that, glad that he understands -- and also more than a bit relieved.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:40:29 PM)
(hey, he's not dense! he's not Asian but he's not DENSE!) *He grinned* You're going to do just fine. I suspect in time you will surpass me handily.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:41:25 PM)
She smiles softly, "I have an unfair advantage with this kind of thing. You've still got to teach me that spinny... twisty... technique of whatevers. We barely even started to practice it last time."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:42:47 PM)
I showed you. *He grinned* now you just need to practice the basics and learn to apply them to whatever weapon comes toward you. You will master it in time, and we will practice it.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:44:22 PM)
"Good, because I really need the practice. If gymnastics is the yang, I need some more yin, or I'll only be just the best gymnist in the world, instead of the best gymnist slash Akashic in the world." She pokes him with a toe.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:45:24 PM)
*He smiled* you're already learning. *he reached out slow, finger tips assuming the classic rigidity of a martial arts posture*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:46:58 PM)
She assumes a crane pose without standing up; just the arms, jokingly. "Why do you tense up? It's such a tell."

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:50:02 PM)
*He laughed* Because when I'm in motion it happens much faster. Crane. you know tai Chi Chuan?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:52:30 PM)
"I've never had to learn it. The Wu Lung don't learn Do and just use magic, and the Shi Ren are twirly and throwy." She pushes up with her legs to stand, then spins in place, "Heeya. Rolling hands." And she draws her feet close together, slightly bent at the knee, and her hands are held out in front of her, open and waiting to receive. There is an energy about her as that says, 'ready'.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:53:09 PM)
(and there is the tingle of magic.)

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:54:00 PM)
*He smiled, leaned back, and did a kip-up, exploding off the floor to standing in an instant* Rolling hands, I have never been taught this. Show me. *he took up his stance, which was very Shao Lin like...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:55:08 PM)
"This is a technique that's very easy, taught to very beginners. It, uh, takes the first rank of Forces, and that's it, and it's always coincidental." She gestures for him to attack.

Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:56:09 PM)
*She might not have felt the tingle, because his own magick was limited to perception, to sensing what was going on as much as her own... and he made a strike...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 23, 2011 11:56:23 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 23, 2011 11:57:06 PM)
(3 sux on forces to sense what's happening, he got 4 sux to strike, but he's going to pull the blow short of connecting with anything but her hand and not do damage of course.)