Pesterlogs - Ailsca and Arturo #1
[07:48] AR: While i apologise if i'm interrupting anything important, i need to ask how long you would believe it'd take for my cut to be adequately healed so i can return to my duties. While spending time alone in my Hive reading has been enjoyable for the past day or so, i'm growing a tad... Restless, with the lack of physical activity.
[07:53] HG: That really dependss on a number of factorss, I can't give you an exact time frame I'm afraid. How hass it been healing?
[07:53] HG: And no, you're not interrupting anything.
[07:57] AR: Good, i prefer it when my messages are the least hassling to take. But, with the topic at hand; I can't really comment, i've resigned myself to spending the better parts of my conscious existence sat comfortably in a chair. Other than brief moments of discomfort, and a sharp ache upon dragging myself from my seat, i've done little to aggravate it.
[08:02] HG: It'ss good to hear that you've been taking care of yoursself, but it'ss going to be a while longer before you're adequately healed. You sshould at leasst wait until that ssharp ache hass ssubssided. If you don't mind me assking, what are thesse dutiess you mentioned? What are you sso eager to return to?
[08:11] AR: While that's not quite the answer i was hoping for when i decided to ask, i suppose i'll remain here and allow myself more time to heal, though hopefully i'll be permitted to attend Zennar's "Dungeon Crawl" whenever he decides to round some of us together for it.
[08:11] AR: Oh, of course i don't mind, as long as you continue to agree to keeping them to yourself. While i don't believe "eager" is the correct word, it is important that i participate in the persistent gathering of knowledge. As you know, there are many alternate timelines that exist involving out session, Lapius, and i'm devoted to keeping ours as the prime, the "Alpha" timeline. That is my duty. To kee
[08:11] AR: p us on track.
[08:19] HG: That doess ssound like an important duty, sso why wouldn't you want the otherss to know about it? It sseemss a sshame not to get credit for it, and while I do agree to keep it to mysself, I have to assk for the reasson behind the ssecrecy.
[08:31] AR: A false, selfish reason would be that i simply don't desire to be pestered by the other members of our groups seeking knowledge as to how something may have turned out in a different set of circumstances. The true reason, however, would be what is involved. I bare witness to many timelines which go awry, both by individuals with intent, or merely by accident. Between all of them, even the smallest
[08:31] AR: of details can make the biggest of changes between them. Overall, from the most successful of timelines, or atleast the ones that didn't go heavily off course involved what i did being exposed only to those whom i trust with the information.
[08:31] AR: In addition, god forbid, an event does happen within our own timeline with the others knowing i most likely could have predicted the outcome of. It wouldn't take much for an emotionally fueled person to lose reason and truly doom us all by laying fault on me for "not preventing it".
[08:42] HG: That doess make ssensse. I'll keep it to mysself then. I'm not ssure what I did to gain your trusst, but I am grateful for it. Going back to ssomething you ssaid before, you mentioned that Zennar wass organizing a dungeon crawl. When or if that occurss, do you think you could make ssure I'm informed of it?
[08:47] AR: Simply put, you're a civilised, intellectual, rational Troll. If i was forced to entrust only one of the group, you'd be the shining choice for me. So, why wouldn't i have trust in you now? Hm? He didn't inform you? Strange, since it seemed like a mere last thought when he informed me of it.
[08:48] AR: Then again, i heard your last stint with Rabiem's dungeons left three of you with some wounds.
[08:52] HG: No, he didn't inform me. He did contact me recently, but only to assk me to play sschoolfeeder. Yess, woundss were ssusstained during the lasst dungeon, but that'ss actually the reasson why I would prefer to be there.
[08:55] AR: Schoolfeeder? I'm unsure whether that's a request for a task, or an actual game, still, i'll notify you, then. Or atleast, have Aethet notify you personally. A personal invitation would be far nicer than myself inviting you along.
[08:56] AR: Because you expect us to find ourselves in the fetal position, shredding a tear or two over a wound we'll receive? Which would probably be accurate from performance reports.
[08:57] AR: Still, if you do, you wouldn't mind playing it intelligently and having others make openings for you to do battle, would you? A healer is far more valuable unharmed.
[09:07] HG: Whether it'ss Zennar or yoursself doing the inviting, I'll thank you all the ssame. And though I wouldn't go as far as to expect the fetal possition/crying sscenario, you musst admit it never hurtss to be prepared. I would hardly allow mysself to be injured on purposse, but if you would really prefer for me to fight defenssively, that'ss ssomething I can do. You do raisse a good point there, afte
[09:07] HG: r all. And for your firsst question, it'ss not a game. Zennar ssomehow got the idea that it would be beneficial for ssomeone elsse to know the bassicss of how to treat ssomeone in casse of an emergency, sso he'ss assked me to teach him.
[09:14] AR: Of course, it's only logical that the player of most importance within a dungeon environment is the one that can treat wounds and potentially make the difference in life and death situations. Though, i take it you weren't too... "bothered" by having to combat undead Lusii?
[09:14] AR: He did present that idea to me, as well. It is a rather smart choice, perhaps prompted by the shame of failure as it concerned treating me. Afterall, he had to share in the mild humiliation of oversights and incorrect decisions. Even more so if we are to consider the fact it got worse, regardless of my own neglect of the wound.
[09:24] HG: Bothered by it? No. Although I would have preferred that the dungeon contain ssomething more ssanitary than the undead. And yess, I do ssee the logic behind the idea, though I sstill maintain that it would be eassier to jusst have me perform any treatment, rather than having me teach ssomeone elsse. But I'm hardly going to deny him the knowledge.
[09:30] AR: That makes you and Aethet. I would have believed someone would have been slightly bothered being presented with undead Custodians, but i suppose i may just be the only one fond of his. And your method of teaching would be? Shadowing seems like the best idea, atleast to remove most necessity for instruction since he'll witness it first hand. Though i'm unsure whether he's receptive to those kinds o
[09:30] AR: f lessons.
[09:39] HG: I'll admit there wassn't really much love between my lussuss and I, at mosst sshe wass a convienient method of disspossal. Anyway, that doess sseem like a good idea, if a little unreliable. For him to learn everything he needs to know usssing that method, it would require ssome of uss to be wounded in a variety of different wayss, and there'ss no guarantee that he could witness the treatment in or
[09:39] HG: der to learn it before whatever hypothetical emergency he may fear occurss.
[09:47] AR: What a shame, De-dad certainly wasn't the most ideal of maturing experiences, but he did have his charms past the ungodly screech. Perhaps i should have mourned him while i had the chance, now he's no longer something that shoves it's head over my shoulder to inspect what i'm doing. You can always branch of in explaination, considering the risk that would need to be taken to show a true example. S
[09:47] AR: liding in a "were x to have happened/been involved, you would alternate by doing y" atleast serves an example with an open explanation, and acknowledgement that there's other things required to happen were the circumstances different.
[09:56] HG: That'ss certainly one way of doing it. I'll be ssure to utilize that method, it doess ssound a lot ssimpler than finding a way to demonsstate every outcome, sso thank you. As for your lussuss, are you really unable to mourn him now? Though you sstill have hiss ssprite, don't you? How different could he be now?
[10:04] AR: Honestly, i sprited him out of convenience, since it was required for them game and he was the most suitable thing at the time. Otherwise once we entered the game i've not kept track of him. Besides, in the small period of time i was with his sprite, it simply felt uncomfortable. He's less the Lusus who raised me and more a product of the game that simply spawned various enemies with the same appe
[10:04] AR: arence.
[10:13] HG: I ssupposse that ansswerss my quesstion for the mosst part. I take it from your apparent ssurprisse that I wassn't bothered by the appearence of an undead verssion of my lussuss, that you would have been bothered by the ssame. Sso have the enemiess that sshare the appearence of your lussuss bothered you at all?
[10:22] AR: I wouldn't say it bothers me, per say. Were i to face the same situation i would take no issue or hesitation in putting him down. I simply have a small preferrence that they reflect Lusii i have no minor attachment to.
[10:35] HG: That'ss undersstandable. Doess that mean you actually pick and choosse the enemiess you fight?
[10:40] AR: No. If i have to deal with some enemies, i have to deal with them, regardless. However, in a group dungeon scenario like the one you had to dealt with? By all means grace me with the blessing to handle yours instead of my own.
[10:43] HG: If that'ss what you want, then you're welcome to do sso. I would think a different lussuss would be a better choicce than mine, though.
[10:46] AR: I can't say i'm not curious as to whether or not a novelty oversized snake would prove a challenge, or not. No offense intended, of course. But generically larger Lusii are portrayed as lumbering, and rather useless as it concerns posing a threat other than being there to capitalise on your own incompetence.
[10:52] HG: Then I'll leave her to you if there'ss ever another opportunity, although I'm fairly ssure there won't be. Nevertheless, I'll continue to keep my ssupply of antivenom sstocked, jusst in casse.
[10:57] AR: Of course, but, i can tell when a conversation is slowly coming to it's close. I'll save us the inevitable wind down to mere splatterings of anything remotely worthy of saying being put forward.
[10:57] AR: It's been a pleasure speaking with you, Ailsca. Perhaps we can do it again another time.
[10:58] -- adversariaRaptus [AR] gave up trolling healingGelsemium [HG] at 10:58 --