Had a pretty cool RP! Lots of shamans, and terrible soup that Takoda cooked.
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Also, the emergence of a possible new storyline, distinct from the Earthworks!
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Logging started on 01/05/2015 at 13:35:30.
14:19:02 Ugram is having a late-day snooze by the cart. He cannot be woken by any mortal means. Not yet.
14:25:59 Takoda | A very green smelling scent eminates from one of the huts, it's pretty strong.
14:27:07 Rannaz 's spirit-wolfy form sniffs the air. The sickly, diseased looking spirit wolf stands and turns, following the scent.
14:28:19 Takoda looks up from the pot in front of him to the wolf. He would stare at the wolf for a while before a "...can I help you?" comes from him.
14:29:09 Rannaz looks down at the pot, giving it a stare. "What is that?"
14:31:19 Takoda looks to the pot quickly and then to Rannaz, "It is a broth made from what I had to get rid of from my lab." Takoda seems a little hesitant. "Do you normally invite yourself into the houses of strangers?" Takoda seems a little confused.
14:32:26 Rannaz tilts her head a bit in ponderance. "Quite often, yes." The wolf would reply, before standing and moving closer to the pot. "Is it poisenous?"
14:34:07 Takoda looks over the wolf and shrugs to himself, "No, just carries a very strong taste. It does not have the spices that a normal broth would have, just herbs and twigs."
14:34:26 [Rannaz]: So, it is definatly and without a doubt not food?
14:35:01 Eta is making her way through Orgrimmar but stops as she hears a familiar voice. She looks up first, and then over to her right. She peers inside.
14:35:35 [Takoda]: Depends on what you call food, it is more like a flavored batch of hot water.
14:35:52 Takoda shrugs at the wolf, "Better than wasting everything."
14:36:07 [Rannaz]: I like food that is hot.
14:36:08 Rannaz nods.
14:36:15 [Rannaz]: Much better than cold, writhing food.
14:37:23 Takoda peers at Rannaz, "What do you eat that you would consider 'writhing'?" Takoda shakes his head, taking a moment to peer at the other tauren outside as he clears his throat. "Does not sound very healthy."
14:37:23 Eta turns to walk up the first few steps of the house, and places a hand on the side of the entrance, "I got tired of sitting around on those hills. It's interesting that I run into you again."
14:38:28 Rannaz nods her head to the left and right in a tempo-like fashion. "Fresh, fresh fish of the eight tentacled variety."
14:39:31 Takoda cocks his head at Eta, staring and surveying for bit with a confused expression before a wave of realization seems to take him over. "Interesting, yes!"
14:40:21 Eta eyes the spirit wolf before looking back up towards Takoda, "Am I intruding?"
14:40:50 Ugram blinks a couple of times, but remains asleep.
14:42:39 [Rannaz]: The beaks are the worst.
14:42:55 Takoda shakes his head, "It is not my home but I do not think the owner will mind." He motions to the empty area near the pot of broth, "We are on good terms." Takoda looks to Rannaz, "For eating?"
14:43:39 Tunkar lumbers the path in Orgrimmar. His axes clank and clang, one of them clearly not as well stowed as the others. But he appears to be carrying the extra weight in stride.
14:44:05 Eta leans forward a little more, causing the wood of the frame to creak, before entering and taking a seat inside of the house.
14:44:52 Ugram is still clearly asleep by the cart, which has a continually grumpy kodo attached to it.
14:45:02 Balgarn is walking down the road, heavy metallic footfalls heralding his arrival. He's only half-way watching where he's going, jotting down something on a parchment as he goes.
14:45:03 Rannaz nods her head slowly, and doesn't stop when she begins speaking. "Yes, for eating. They are hard, they cut the cums and stick between the teeth. I would not reccomend them."
14:45:47 Ugram murmurs something in old, Bleeding Hollow during this likely soon-ending nap.
14:46:04 [Takoda]: Well luckily I do not eat beaks.
14:46:10 [Rannaz]: Why not?
14:46:27 Eta looks into the air for half a minute with a transfixed visage. Suddenly, she snaps out of it and looks to Takoda, "Plainstrider?"
14:46:34 [Ugram]: <You threw the torch too short, you worthless, spineless ...>
14:47:14 Ugram coughs in his sleep. It seems to jolt him, but not so that he's awake - or aware of the orcs gathering on either side of him.
14:47:22 Tunkar proceeds farther down, the blades of his axes scraping against each other. His eyes focus around the city, his mouth formed in a scowl.
14:47:31 Takoda clears his throat, "I should make myself more clear, I do not -like- eating beaks at all."
14:47:36 Balgarn ends up rather walking into the nearby fencing, with a loud metallic clang. Not that he fell, but it does make him suddenly peer at it. "Mmh."
14:48:07 Ugram is now awake. Good job. His eyes roll open fairly laxly.
14:48:08 [Rannaz]: It is fortunate that I do not carry beaks in my possesion, then.
14:48:09 Eta | Blind-dance slithers out from his spot on Eta's staff, and perches on her right shoulder. He points his head in the air towards Rannaz, tongue flicking.
14:48:16 [Ugram]: Mmrh...
14:48:33 Tunkar peers at Balgarn, eyeing the Orc "You okay?"
14:48:36 Ugram peers at Balgarn. He also peers at the fencing he seems to be construed with.
14:49:22 Balgarn peers back down at the parchment in his hands. "No," he answers, rather quickly. "Worthless. Going to need to start again. Maybe something more..." He balls up the parchment in one gauntleted fist.
14:49:56 [Ugram]: ... A... Soldier who cannot predict that which is ... <yawn> totally in front of him...
14:50:10 Takoda watches the snake as it starts to move, his gaze fixated on it as he asks, "What brings you to Ogrimmar?" He says looking up from Blind-dance to Eta.
Rannaz stands up, turns about, and makes her way out of the house.
14:50:30 [Tunkar]: What doing?
14:51:08 Ugram looks around, still groggy, at the group which now has been complemented by a spirit wolf.
14:51:09 Eta looks at Takoda first, "I was in the area due to..." she transfers her gaze to Rannaz, "...my duties."
14:51:17 Balgarn snorts audibly, peering over his shoulder towards Zeth'ugram, then giving Tun'kar a brief glance. "Trying to write. Getting nowhere."
14:51:22 [Ugram]: ... Iskul'aka? About time you've arrived.
14:52:10 [Tunkar]: It not better write on table? Not that Tun'kar know how, but Tun'kar see other people write like that.
14:52:35 Eta | Blind-dance turns his attention to Takoda now that Rannaz has left, and nearly slides off Eta's shoulder. He moves his body up and down.
14:52:36 Takoda raises his eyebrow at the leaving Rannaz, he snorts and mini-shrugs to himself. "Do you mind me asking what those duties are?" Takoda sounds interested but still flat in tone.
14:53:00 [Balgarn]: No. I need to be moving...doing something. Or I might hit something. I'd rather not hit something right now.
14:53:32 [Eta]: One of the spirits I walk with requires an object hidden somewhere in the barrens. He is at unrest.
14:53:32 [Ugram]: ... Honorable writing is best done with stone.
14:53:55 Ugram eyes the spirit wolf as it conspicuously approaches him. "Are you ready to undertake your task?"
14:54:17 [Tunkar]: Hitting something good when angry. If can find thing to hit. Tun'kar hunt when need fight...and hungry.
14:54:39 [Eta]: So what are you doing here Takoda, so far from your tribe?
14:55:07 Ugram falls apart internally with each clause Tun'kar utters.
14:55:35 [Balgarn]: Trust me...I've hunted more than my fair share. Writing is calming. I need that now. ...if I could just focus.
14:56:21 [Ugram]: . . . Urhm.
14:56:28 [Rannaz]: "Urhm."
14:56:37 Takoda stirs the broth in front of him slowly before setting the stirring stick down and taking a slow seat to the ground. " I exaplained to you my relationship with the rest of the Skychaser tribe, right?" Takoda genuinely doesn't seem to know.
14:56:41 Ugram looks at maybe-Iskul'aka confusedly.
14:57:18 Rannaz sloooowly turns her head to the left, until she's staring down at Zeth'ugram.
14:57:33 [Tunkar]: If need something to hit, maybe fight Tun'kar? Tun'kar need get stronger. Tun'kar strongest Orc. Now Tun'kar need to be strongest.
14:57:41 Eta extends her arm in front of herself and allows Blind-Dance to crawl on it before he slips off and plops on the floor, "I recall you being uncertain about whether or not you'd gain the approval of your elders."
14:58:31 [Ugram]: You're not Iskul'aka. Reveal yourself, then - it's a matter of courtesy.
14:58:33 Ugram stares back.
14:58:42 [Rannaz]: I am Ran.
14:58:44 [Rannaz]: I run.
14:59:22 [Balgarn]: No. If I fight, I am to kill. I don't want to kill, not now. Best if I just keep writing.
14:59:27 [Ugram]: Hello Ran, who Runs.
14:59:36 [Rannaz]: Running is all I do.
14:59:39 Ugram looks at Ran-Who-Runs slightly incredulously, but he gives her a nod.
14:59:58 [Ugram]: Interesting.
15:00:09 [Rannaz]: Tell me, about you.
15:00:31 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar die once. Tun'kar die again one day. Not today. When Tun'kar finish what need do, then Tun'kar die.
15:01:06 [Ugram]: I am the elder of this valley. Zeth'ugram.
15:01:30 [Balgarn]: Hm. My advice is to finish what you need to do quickly, then. We don't always have a say on when the spirits claim us.
15:02:20 [Takoda]: I am not on great terms with most of my tribe seeing as I decided to stop learning about spirits and such when it was really needed and I already made progress.
15:02:42 [Rannaz]: I see.
15:02:55 [Rannaz]: What do you do, Zeth'ugram of this Valley?
15:03:08 Ziz uses his can to guide his steps tapping them against the metal. He observes the orcs for moments off to the side.
15:03:09 Tunkar nods, pointing to himself "Tun'kar. What name?"
15:03:42 Ziz looks at you.
15:03:44 [Ugram]: I am responsible for all of those who live here. I give what knowledge I can and ensure traditions are met.
15:03:44 Eta adjusts her arm to a vertical position to keep Blind-Dance from falling off, and tilts her head as she stares at him, "And yet it is the duty of every elder to guide its young, keep them from going astray."
15:04:02 Eta looks to Takoda again, "So what made them forsake their duties, truly?"
15:04:19 Ziz stops, blinking a few times seeing the etheral beast. "Uhm...There's a ghost next to you, buddy."
15:04:28 Balgarn grunts, tapping his quill against his armor idly. "Balgarn Bloodscribe. And before you ask, no, I don't write with the blood of my enemies, despite the name. ...usually."
15:04:54 [Rannaz]: Is there anythig I could assist with, then?
15:05:02 Balgarn grunts, "Blood makes terrible ink, anyway..."
15:05:07 Ugram looks at the goblin as if the goblin were an unwanted morsel of food. He looks back to Ran-who-Runs.
15:05:12 Ziz steps back startled, "Oh!"
15:05:35 [Ugram]: Perhaps there is. You are a shaman, then - shamans are always valued. Surely you have your own work, though?
15:06:01 Takoda looks to Eta with a disappointed expression, "Well, they tried. They tried really hard to keep me going the right way but I actively avoided it." He nods at Eta. "I told you about my practices in alchemy?"
15:06:17 [Rannaz]: The security and safety of my people are my primery concern.
15:06:32 Tunkar breaks his serious look and laughs "How get name? Tun'kar is Skullkeeper because take stupid human skulls."
15:06:37 Ziz adjusts his hat. "Hmm."
15:06:58 [Ugram]: As it is mine.
15:06:59 Eta suddenly loosens her position, and her demeanor changes just as quickly. She pulls the snake off her arm and sets him on the ground, letting out a grunt as she does, "I remember that." She grabs a bowl off one of the table and leans forward to scoop out -
15:07:02 Ziz knocks politely on the doorway.
15:07:25 [Balgarn]: Ahem. Let's just say that I found out that blood makes a terrible ink the hard way. That, and death knight who is a scribe. It fit.
15:07:28 Eta - some soup for herself. She sips it rather uncautiously, "Are you as bad of an alchemist as you are a cook?"
15:07:50 [Rannaz]: Wonderfull.
15:08:18 [Ugram]: I must question your reason for offering help to an elder of a small valley such as this, though.
15:08:53 Eta | Blind-Dance seems unphased by being more or less tossed aside for a bowl of soup. He curls into a ball next to her leg.
15:09:08 [Rannaz]: Everything is connected. A small push can set forward a much larger object's motion.
15:09:41 Takoda looks to the door, "If you are wanting to come in, I am not stopping you." He looks to the broth and then to Eta, he smirks a bit. "It is not meant to be a professional dish. Just a way to use my old expired ingredients."
15:09:45 [Ugram]: Astute thinking. Well, then... Hrm.
15:09:59 Tunkar rubs his chin, then it clicks "Right...have dead eyes. It remind Tun'kar of ... Duh-rah-nee...eyes. So, what write about? Balgarn write story?"
15:09:59 Ugram begins to think.
15:11:28 Eta shrugs and then goes for a second bowl anyways, dipping it in and getting the tips of her fingers wet, even. Before taking a few more sips, she continues, "So why can't you let them know you're willing to step up to the plate and perform the duty assigne
15:11:29 [Ugram]: I oversee a commune focused on such things - augmenting the Horde in small but noticeable ways.
15:11:31 Rannaz stares blankly at you.
15:11:40 Eta - assigned to you."
15:11:42 [Rannaz]: Such as?
15:11:47 Balgarn looks down at the crumpled paper. "I often write down events to keep record, or make maps. And sometimes tell stories, yes. I...was attempting to write something to memorialize someone...dear to me. But no words do him justice."
15:12:34 [Ugram]: We have blacksmiths, an alchemist, a shaman aside from yourself. They apply their skills individually to aid the Horde from within, so to speak. Repairing things. Solving feuds.
15:13:18 [Rannaz]: Fueds between...whom?
15:13:34 [Ugram]: Any group. I've sent our shaman to deal with two bickering trolls.
15:13:46 Tunkar nods solemnly "Tun'kar try do something for someone Tun'kar love. It not do so good. But Tun'kar not give up. Tun'kar keep trying until it right."
15:13:54 [Rannaz]: What are they bickering about?
15:14:10 [Ugram]: I'm not sure. All I know is they demanded arbitration.
15:14:15 Takoda rubs the back of his neck, "I have not tried yet, I have sort of been stuck in a lull here."
15:14:33 Balgarn nods, peering down. "Yes, you're right. I'll keep at it...he'd have appreciated the gesture, I know."
15:16:50 [Ugram]: The one who'd approached me was ... Zandali has a way of warping the tongue. Mar'ta'bem'thwaze, I believe.
15:17:19 [Rannaz]: I have not met this Troll. I've not met many trolls, at all.
15:17:55 Eta pushes herself up out of a seated position but in doint so accidentally pushes against the empty bowl of soup. This causes the bowl to flip over and make a loud and hollow noise, disturbing the snake nestled against her leg.
15:18:02 Tunkar 's face contorts "En...enca...encou...that...that word that mean helping, right? Tun'kar hear before."
15:18:21 [Ugram]: I can imagine. I believe he is either a priest of a shaman. Either way, he consorts with spirits, and so it is important that his quarrel be solved so that he can continue his work.
15:18:34 [Eta]: You will remain in this lull until you get off your behind and do something about it. You lack discipline.
15:19:47 Takoda stares at Eta with a disappointed face, he opens his mouth to retort but just snaps it shut.
15:19:49 [Rannaz]: And the other?
15:20:00 [Ugram]: I do not know.
15:20:15 [Rannaz]: Oh dear.
15:20:18 [Balgarn]: ...mm, yes, in a way.
15:20:31 [Ugram]: I expect Iskul'aka to find out.
15:20:53 [Eta]: You may finish your soup. Those expired ingredients are expired, but they still shouldn't be wasted.
15:21:18 [Rannaz]: And who is that?
15:21:27 [Ugram]: Our shaman.
15:21:55 Tunkar grins proud "Good. Tun'kar want know more words. Then Tun'kar be smartest Orc too!"
15:22:10 Ugram blinks a couple of times at Tun'kar.
15:22:48 [Balgarn]: Hah! Well, there is never an end to things to learn. That quest would keep you busy for a long time.
15:23:04 Takoda looks to the soup, "Right, it should almost be done. Are you waiting on me?"
15:23:20 [Rannaz]: Interesting. Very, very interesting!
15:23:21 Rannaz nods.
15:23:24 [Eta]: I am waiting on that pot to empty. Invite others to help if you must.
15:23:28 [Ugram]: ... My thanks.
15:23:36 Ugram looks a little confused at this whole exchange, but nods firmly either way.
15:23:40 [Rannaz]: You are welcome.
15:23:44 Tunkar nods "When Tun'kar build city, Tun'kar make book place and put...books...in it! So smart people come to city too!"
15:23:49 Rannaz nods her head slowly, still staring at Ugram.
15:24:09 Eta stands still and sturdy, her eyes staring off - someplace else.
15:24:10 [Ugram]: How long are you here, and do you intend to consistently provide aid - or is this simply one step on a road for you?
15:24:15 [Balgarn]: Mm....hmm. You're wanting to build a whole city?
15:24:27 [Rannaz]: The road is long, and with many twists and turns.
15:25:16 Tunkar nods, enthusiastically "Tun'kar build city and name Tun'kalar after Tun'kar sister. Tun'kar sister best Orc that ever live, even better than warchief!"
15:25:27 Eta | Blind-Dance doesn't move his entire body, but he's interested in the droplets of soup that have spilled from the flipped-over bowl.
15:26:24 Balgarn smirks. "Well, building a city isn't an easy task. It takes a lot of work. And materials."
15:26:51 Takoda pushes himself off his butt with a grunt. He walks to the door, "If any of you standing around are hungry, there is soup in here!" Takoda yells at the group gathered outside.
15:26:52 [Ugram]: That doesn't quite clear my question.
15:27:01 [Ugram]: ... Takoda?
15:27:03 [Rannaz]: I cannot say with any degree of certainty.
15:27:17 [Ugram]: ... Very well. I would appreciate your help.
15:27:18 [Rannaz]: Any, any at all. At all.
15:27:36 Ugram looks up to Takoda.
15:28:26 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar learn hard way. Tun'kar try but not work. Tun'kar think long time, and Tun'kar maybe start with clan. City not easy start with.
15:28:30 [Takoda]: Should be hot for another hour or so, take your time.
15:28:44 Takoda looks back to Eta, "Is that good enough?"
15:28:45 Ugram calls to Takoda.
15:29:03 [Ugram]: You may be able to help Iskul'aka, Ran-who-Runs.
15:29:09 [Eta]: I will not move from this place until all of what you have used has been consumed.
15:29:20 [Rannaz]: Perhaps I can, shold I meet him or her.
15:29:36 Balgarn peers past Tun'kar for a moment, then back at the orc. "Seems they are offering soup. Go ahead, if you want any."
15:29:39 [Ugram]: Her. You should. She'll be around... Some time.
15:29:51 [Rannaz]: Which?
15:30:37 [Ugram]: I cannot be sure.
15:31:10 [Rannaz]: Oh dear.
15:31:19 [Rannaz]: We are all, so often unsure.
15:31:36 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar hungry, but Tun'kar not bring anything to offer for food. Tun'kar walk long way from..Da-sal-iss...De...Desolace?
15:31:42 [Ugram]: It is difficult to keep track of the tracks of so many, heh.
15:32:06 Takoda sighs impatiently. He looks back to the orcs all gathered, then to Eta and then back. He grumbles as he walks over.
15:32:17 [Balgarn]: I don't think they are asking for anything. You can at least ask.
15:32:18 [Rannaz]: Perhaps, make them wear bells.
15:32:30 [Ugram]: ... Hrmph.
15:32:33 Ugram chuckles quietly for a moment.
15:33:24 [Rannaz]: It could work.
15:33:50 [Takoda]: Are any of you hungry?
15:33:59 Takoda seems intimitated by those he talks to.
15:34:05 [Ugram]: It may, however, be the ultimate dishonor.
15:34:07 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar not like take food for nothing. Unless from Goblin. Goblin have too much, and greedy. And Tun'kar still pay! Just pay with small coin.
15:34:17 A sly smirk spreads across Tunkar's face.
15:34:29 [Ugram]: ... Tun'kar, the food is part of our hospitality.
15:34:33 Balgarn shrugs at Tun'kar, then looks towards Takoda. He grunts. "I don't eat."
15:34:47 Rannaz lays down, her paws folding.
15:34:48 Rannaz falls asleep. Zzzzzzz.
15:35:15 [Ugram]: ...
15:35:22 Tunkar looks confused a moment, then realizes the voice addressing him is -behind- Balgarn "..huh?"
15:35:33 Ugram looks at the sunken wolf.
15:35:33 Rannaz continues to stare.
15:36:06 Takoda frowns and makes his way back to the hut.
15:36:07 [Ugram]: ... Hrm. Well. We ought to see what they've made.
15:36:17 Ugram would slowly, sloooowly pick himself up.
15:36:27 Balgarn looks back towards Tun'kar. "Go on to the tauren, I think he wants people to eat."
15:36:28 [Rannaz]: I just got comfortable.
15:36:31 Rannaz stands back up.
15:36:40 [Tunkar]: What word elder say mean? Hos..ho-spit...
15:36:40 [Ugram]: ... Herh.
15:36:49 [Ugram]: ... Hospitality.
15:37:01 [Tunkar]: ..right. What mean?
15:37:09 [Ugram]: It's sharing with others what you have.
15:37:19 Ugram nods firmly, then ascends the accursed stairs.
15:37:23 [Tunkar]: Oh. Tun'kar understand.
15:37:28 You peer at Takoda searchingly.
15:37:38 Eta continues to stand still as a statue. Her stare is still someplace else. If one were to look into her eyes, they might assume she has completely shut off, but behind the blankness would be a glimmer of someone wanting to look at new company.
15:37:49 Takoda looks back as the orc comes up the stairs, "Sorry Elder." He moves out of the way.
15:38:00 [Ugram]: ... Ah. You've brought a lady-friend.
15:38:01 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar hope Balgarn find words.
15:38:11 Ugram walks in now that his way is unobstructed.
15:38:20 Eta | Blind-Dance gets his head stuck underneath the bowl and raises it up, now wearing it like a hat. Uncomfortably.
15:38:25 [Balgarn]: Thank you. I'm sure I will, it will just take time.
15:38:25 Rannaz closely follows Ugram.
15:38:25 Ugram | ... And plops down in his spot, snake or no snake.
15:38:34 Tunkar salutes Balgarn with respect.
15:38:38 Ugram would look at it, though. He frowns. He also looks at Eta!
15:38:49 [Ugram]: Greetings.
15:38:57 Eta | Blind-Dance is safe, to Eta's right hoof!
15:39:02 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar get soup. Lok'tar!
15:39:21 Balgarn bows his head, fist hitting his chest. "May your blade be true."
15:39:26 Takoda 's gaze swaps between watching Zeth and watching Eta. He seems a little uneasy.
15:39:37 Eta seems to' turn on' very quickly. She looks down at Ugram with an exhausted expression, "Hello."
15:39:51 Tunkar 's axes clank all the way to the house.
15:39:53 [Ugram]: A friend of my alchemist?
15:40:03 [Eta]: A guide.
15:40:13 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar can go in?
15:40:16 Tunkar peers at Takoda searchingly.
15:40:33 Takoda moves to the left, "Yes, take plenty of the soup too."
15:40:37 Balgarn looks back at the crumpled paper still gripped in his hand. He disposes of it, sighing before heading down towards the hut where the others are gathered, though just silently observing.
15:40:38 Rannaz stares at the bowl, slowly drumming her claws against the stone floor.
15:40:45 [Eta]: Sorry to tell you, but he's no longer your alchemist. He's my shaman in training now.
15:40:54 [Ugram]: ... Is that so?
15:40:59 [Eta]: Yes.
15:41:08 Ugram raises an eyebrow at Takoda.
15:41:17 [Eta]: I will return him to you once he has learned what is required of him.
15:41:18 Tunkar peers at the ground uncertainly.
15:41:29 [Ugram]: Truly sudden.
15:41:51 Takoda 's jaw almost drops, "I thought you wanted something saying it was fine for you to train me first?"
15:41:53 Eta 's stare remains intense and assertive, "As life can be."
15:42:40 Eta looks to Takoda, "You will remain in your lull if I restrict myself."
15:42:46 Tunkar tries to ease his way onto the ground. A slight screech of metal is heard as he sits.
15:43:22 [Ugram]: ... I will say that I am interested, but Skychaser is oath-bound to his work for our group. I can be flexibile, but I would prefer if he were not spirited away without my knowing, so to speak.
15:44:10 [Eta]: That is precisely what he needs to be, in the most literal of senses. Spirited away.
15:44:32 [Ugram]: ... Ha.
15:44:42 Rannaz stares blankly at Tunkar.
15:44:54 Tunkar peers at Rannaz searchingly.
15:45:03 [Ugram]: I will allow it, but he must complete his work with the kodo before he is to leave.
15:45:09 Ugram states a simply ultimatum.
15:45:09 Ugram states a simply ultimatum.
15:46:01 Eta was serious, and her expression shows it, "He'll have to push himself hard, then. But I have a child, I know how to keep him from falling into exhaustion."
15:46:35 [Ugram]: Good.
15:46:51 [Eta]: And before he finishes his work with the kodo, this soup must be completely consumed.
15:46:58 Ugram looks at the sooouuuupp now, for the first time since he has entered the building.
15:47:12 [Ugram]: I am assuming your scaled companion isn't an escaped ingredient.
15:47:12 Takoda peers at Eta, "Do you mind if I ask why?"
15:47:20 Ugram chuckles with somewhat poor taste.
15:47:35 [Eta]: You are a Shu'halo, why must you need to ask why?
15:47:41 Tunkar notices the snake, keeping an eye on it.
15:48:36 Balgarn steps up to the entrance of the hut. He peers in, then leans to the side against the doorway.
15:48:40 Eta | Blind-Dance is slithering around with a bowl over his head. He may be blind, but his sense of smell is blocked by the strong, expired ingredients of what was once in the bowl. He bonks into Tun'kar's leg.
15:48:57 [Ugram]: You may enter, writer-on-parchment.
15:49:14 Ugram looks at the potential snake-tastrophe about to happen.
15:49:20 [Balgarn]: Is that my defining feature to you?
15:49:37 [Takoda]: Ah right. *ahem* It is a very green and healthy soup, taste is a little on the low end but it should help keep you focused and feeling... good.
15:49:46 [Ugram]: For now. Your image will expand in scale in time.
15:50:10 Tunkar peers at the snake, then picls it up, examiningly. He tries to be careful with the bowl and to set the snake on the other side of him.
15:50:12 [Eta]: In other words, it's not great. But eat up.
15:50:29 [Ugram]: I've had worse. Far, far worse.
15:50:43 Rannaz stares blankly at her surroundings.
15:50:49 [Rannaz]: I must go, swiftly.
15:50:52 [Rannaz]: I will be back, maybe.
15:50:57 Ugram would kind of shuffle over to a wall, grabbing a bowl of his own which would be strewn by said wall.
15:51:01 Rannaz scrambles up, and then bolts out the door!
15:51:01 [Ugram]: ... Hrm? Do be back.
15:51:16 You kneel down.
15:51:43 Eta clears her throat and addresses the Orcs, although she's eying Takoda, "For us Shu'halo, waste is anathema. Even if the ingredients are spoiled, food is food in a time of famine."
15:52:42 Ugram fills the bowl to the brim - he seems to submerge his fingers in the likely very hot liquid for a moment, his left eyelid fluttering as a result. But, he has soup now.
15:52:58 [Ugram]: Pragmatism is not isolated to your kind.
15:53:02 Ugram speaks simply.
15:53:25 [Eta]: As it shouldn't be.
15:53:29 [Ugram]: Mmh.
15:53:43 Ugram takes a big, unbridled sip. His eyes bug out. Just for a moment.
15:54:12 Eta returns to a muse, standing patiently, as if an hour of waiting for people to finish some soup were nothing to her.
15:54:56 [Ugram]: It's a unique brew.
15:55:13 Ugram just says that. He licks his lips just to ensure he missed nothing. He scoops another bowl-full.
15:55:32 Takoda stares off in the distance. "Unique is a good word for it."
15:55:40 Eta | Blind-Dance wouldn't mind having been picked up, and if the bowl were removed, he'd flick his tongue towards the person handling him.
15:56:06 [Balgarn]: I can...smell it from here. Which is a feat in itself.
15:56:34 [Ugram]: ... Right, do you need a bowl, Tun'kar? How do you have your soup?
15:56:45 Ugram looks at him manipulating the snake-bowl a little.
15:57:11 Tunkar peers at the soup. He would appear slightly hesitant, but nods "Tun'kar need bowl."
15:57:39 Ugram would then take another gulp of the stuff. Soup's not gonna bring him down. He nods at Tun'kar half way through this brave act, heading over to the wall and grabbing another bowl.
15:57:45 You kneel down.
15:57:51 [Ugram]: Anyone else?
15:58:05 Eta | Blind-Dance continues to move around, bowl bonking whatever he moves towards.
15:59:01 [Ugram]: I suppose not.
15:59:04 Balgarn remains silent, crossing his arms as he keeps leaning against the doorway.
15:59:20 Ugram hands it to Tun'kar! His arm is over the steaming soup.
15:59:23 [Takoda]: ...What else did you need me to do with the kodo?
15:59:44 [Ugram]: I want you to quantify how it reacted to the ... Medicine.
15:59:53 [Ugram]: And see if it's become more pliable and less bite-y.
16:00:31 Tunkar takes the bowl with a nod, dipping it in the soup. and drinking it with a slurp.
16:00:49 [Ugram]: What brings you here, warrior?
16:01:31 Eta | Blind-Dance is flickering his tail a little now, the scent of the soup overwhelming his senses and exhausting them. He's agitated, in other words.
16:01:52 Ugram looks down at snake-in-a-bowl.
16:02:08 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar want train in arena. Tun'kar maybe go east and see what there. Need get strong and start clan.
16:02:27 [Ugram]: ... Start a clan, hm?
16:02:31 Eta notices her snake's upsettance right away and demands, "Could you hand him to me?"
16:02:42 [Ugram]: Very well.
16:02:53 Ugram grabs the... The bowl? The snake? Who knows! He scoops it up, either way.
16:03:07 Ugram | With none too gentle a hand, but he won't squish the poor feller.
16:03:08 Tunkar nods "Clan first, then city. City of Tun'kalar! Gonna be best city."
16:03:14 Eta | Blind-Dance will bite anything that gets in front of his head!
16:03:33 Eta grabs Blind-Dance and allows him to bite into her finger, bowl falling to the floor and making a loud noise.
16:03:59 Ugram is probably bitten too, then. He doesn't seem to react much. Those hands are so calloused they're basically two big footballs.
16:04:20 [Ugram]: Well, you have your steps marked out.
16:04:39 Takoda watches the snake bite everyone, he has the same expression he had when trying to drug the kodo.
16:05:37 Eta looks down at her finger, which Blind-Dance still has his fangs sunk into, "He gets this way when he experiences too much. It is a good thing, and a bad thing." Blood trickles from her fur and onto the floor, but her expression remains blank.
16:05:58 [Ugram]: Exciteable thing. Could use some of Takoda's medicine... Ha.
16:06:17 Tunkar peers at the snake, then the blood. He shrugs, and takes some more soup.
16:06:54 Takoda looks over his shoulder, "I still do not know if it worked with the kodo."
16:07:06 [Eta]: I am more or less immune to any venom.
16:07:07 Ugram | The kodo is quietly splayed out.
16:07:15 [Ugram]: Oh, no, I meant the snake.
16:07:28 Ugram takes another big, big gulp of the soup. Die, soup.
16:08:02 [Eta]: He just needs something to bite into in a time like this. Snakes are very sensitive.
16:08:44 [Ugram]: I can't say I knew that. Looking at it, it seems unlikely.
16:09:45 [Eta]: Some kinds more than others. Much like us people, some bite more often.
16:10:12 [Ugram]: Mm. Interesting perspective.
16:10:16 Ugram | The soup is dwindling.
16:10:25 Tunkar finishes his soup, placing his bowl at his side.
16:10:26 [Ugram]: And, like the kodo outside, some bite all too much.
16:10:35 Ugram shoots it a knowing look, even though it can't possibly see him.
16:11:13 Eta looks towards the doorway, and almost through the two that are standing in it, "A misbehaving kodo?"
16:11:34 Ugram would take the final dregs of it, taking one for the team. He swallows it down like hard liquor more than anything else.
16:12:06 [Ugram]: ... Rrgh... Mm, yes. It's still tethered to the cart - can't be trusted. It's a spirited, ornery thing we'd acquired out of the kindness of an elder I am friends with.
16:12:29 Balgarn isn't even paying attention to the conversation anymore. He has a parchment out, pen moving as he jots things down on it.
16:13:15 [Eta]: It simply requires more restraint, from what I've heard.
16:13:33 [Takoda]: I made something to calm it down, I still do not know if it worked.
16:13:52 [Ugram]: Mm.
16:14:15 [Eta]: It needs another kodo or an owner with a strong arm constantly by its side.
16:14:32 Tunkar pushes himself up, slowly. The axes clang once again, and Tun'kar stumbles slightly once he gets to his feet.
16:14:45 [Ugram]: I'm not sure what is meant by a strong arm. I cannot beat a kodo, of course.
16:14:56 Ugram stands up too. He takes much longer than Tun'kar's already bloated motions.
16:15:35 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar thank for food. One day Tun'kar do something good in return.
16:15:46 [Eta]: Simply somebody who can hold it back, not beat it.
16:15:57 [Ugram]: You ought to look at it. I feel you've a keen way with such things, at least by your knowledge of serpents.
16:16:17 [Ugram]: You do not need to repay us, Tun'kar. Not a debt.
16:16:41 [Eta]: Very different creatures, but I have -
16:16:49 Eta stops herself short, "I could look at it, yes."
16:16:56 Tunkar stands at attention and salutes.
16:17:17 [Ugram]: Mm.
16:17:24 Ugram takes the initiative and starts walking outside.
16:17:27 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar go see arena. Lok'tar, friends.
16:17:34 [Ugram]: ... Oh. Very well.
16:17:43 Ugram looks at the two obstructions, now.
16:17:53 Balgarn wordlessly moves off closer to the edge of the steps. He's still writing.
16:17:55 Takoda snorts as he turns to get out of the way.
16:18:02 Ugram nods firmly.
16:18:08 Eta grabs the entire pot and drinks what's left out of it before leaving.
16:18:09 Ugram survived the stairs.
16:19:10 Ugram | There is a kodo, here! Still tied to the wagon, its limbs are somewhat endearingly splayed out in all cardinal directions, its head slumped down. Its eyes are lidded so that its mood cannot be immediately gauged.
16:19:54 Takoda watches from a distance.
16:20:00 Eta gives it one quick look and is quick to announce, "It's sick."
16:20:10 Balgarn heads down the rest of the steps. He leans against some crates while he continues his frantic scribbling.
16:20:11 [Ugram]: ... Uh ... Really?
16:20:15 Ugram looks bewildered.
16:20:30 Ugram | The kodo does nothing to deny or corroborate these claims. It just lays down.
16:20:45 [Eta]: Most likely - I've only seen kodo do that when exhausted, although it could be its personality.
16:21:13 [Ugram]: I feel it may just be dejected. It nearly ran all the way here from Razor Hill in its fury, and now it is corralled. It bites, by the way.
16:21:23 Ugram says that last part as a warning rather than interesting trivia.
16:21:57 [Eta]: How long have you had him?
16:22:45 [Ugram]: Two weeks.
16:23:24 [Eta]: That's enough time for concern. Do you know any of its past in detail?
16:24:02 [Ugram]: I'm afraid not. It was a kind gift from another elder. It was in a large, open pen in Razor Hill, so I can't imagine it was mistreated.
16:24:14 [Ugram]: It was furious and ornery from the moment we'd set eyes on it, though.
16:25:39 [Eta]: If a kodo is not trained at an early age its personality can develop that way.
16:26:01 Eta tilts her head, "Still, the way its legs are, it really does seem exhausted."
16:26:47 [Ugram]: It started doing that after a week of being here. I'm sure being tied to one place has caused its spirit to diminish, but I can hardly let it free and tear half the valley up.
16:26:55 Ugram grunts at the problem.
16:28:02 [Eta]: You need a kodo herder - they might be able to dedicate the time to train it and replenish its spirit. It's their job, after all.
16:28:32 [Ugram]: I thought about a thing, but I wasn't sure it was necessary. I feel there is still hope for Takoda's medicine.
16:29:21 [Eta]: A long term problem cannot be solved with such a short-termed solution.
16:29:46 [Takoda]: Our problem right now is getting it to move.
16:29:58 [Takoda]: That is why I made the medicine for it.
16:30:18 [Ugram]: That, and to calm it down. It looks calm now, but...
16:30:31 [Ugram]: Well, it nearly took Skychaser's arm off.
16:31:05 Eta turns all the way around, suddenly exchanging her attention to Takoda, "See what that can do, but seek a herder. There are many benefits there - a trainer, a traveller, and some fellow kodo for it to recognize and feel the need to keep up."
16:32:10 Eta | Blind-Dance finally pulls his fangs out of Eta's finger, and wraps himself around it and other fingers.
16:32:14 Takoda nods slowly in return. "Right."
16:32:16 [Ugram]: Well, if you aren't simply saying this to pry Takoda away from me, then I will have to put credence to it.
16:32:20 Ugram hrms to himself.
16:33:45 Eta squints her eyelids, still looking at Takoda, "No, he needs to stick around and see if this works before he can dedicate his attention to studies - attention is essential."
16:34:09 [Ugram]: Mmh. Good. Takoda, come closer.
16:34:54 Takoda inches closer after a slow unsure nod.
16:35:16 [Ugram]: Does it look like it's changed?
16:35:16 [Ugram]: Does it look like it's changed?
16:36:26 [Takoda]: It looks like it was when you first had me water it.
16:36:45 [Ugram]: ... Which makes me feel like it hasn't been all too affected. Hrm.
16:36:50 Ugram takes a couple steps forward.
16:37:12 Ugram | The kodo points its eye at him, still half-shuttered.
16:37:21 [Takoda]: I always have the stronger dose, maybe I should have done that one first.
16:37:48 [Ugram]: No, it made sense to do it in this order.
16:38:45 [Eta]: I will return shortly, but I must get the one in my hands fed.
16:38:58 [Ugram]: Right. Return soon.
16:39:36 Eta gives Takoda a serious expression, "Medicate carefully." She then turns and heads off.
16:39:45 Ugram | Kodo makes a grumbly noise. Not sure whether it's from its stomach or its throat.
16:40:20 Takoda watches Eta leave and shakes his head to himsef.
16:40:48 [Ugram]: You were convinced surprisingly easily, Takoda.
16:41:39 Takoda turns to Zeth, "Convinced to do what?"
16:41:50 [Ugram]: To follow that shaman.
16:43:29 Takoda chuckles to himself, "I actually had to convince her to train me, I did not expect her to show up and claim me as hers however." He looks to the back of Zeth's head. "Sorry about that Elder."
16:44:29 [Ugram]: I do have grounds to be irritated with how this was handled, but I can't pretend I'm not curious as to your path, now - which is why I will allow it.
16:46:37 Takoda grunts, "Thank you, If you do need anything urgently, I can try to come straight back."
16:47:02 [Ugram]: I doubt I'll interrupt such important training like that. Hrm.
16:47:45 [Ugram]: Well, when she returns, you two will work with this kodo. You may leave when it's capable of taking me from one place to another without endangering our lives. Herm.
16:48:24 Takoda snorts and nods in acknowledgement. "So did the medicine work?"
16:48:37 [Ugram]: I can't tell. It might just be dejected. I was hoping you'd know.
16:50:10 Takoda once again inches closer and closer to the kodo, He uses his staff as a brace the closer he gets.
16:51:22 Ugram | The kodo raises its head.
16:52:06 Takoda flinches a bit, he takes a step back but keeps his eye on the kodo. "Hmm." He surveys the mighty beast.
16:53:01 Ugram | It looks subdued at the moment. Although, as he approaches and jitters about, its eyes open properly.
16:55:05 Takoda sucks in a breath, "I honestly cannot tell, it might have already worn off." Takoda very very hesitantly holds out his hand and inches torwards the Kodo.
16:55:25 Ugram | The kodo opens its jaw widely and gives out a very big yawn.
16:55:40 Ugram | Though its eyes are centered on poor Takoodle.
16:56:39 Takoda breathes sharp and heavy, "It has not tried to bite me yet." He murmurs in the direction of Zeth'ugram. "Maybe it is still in its system."
16:57:01 [Ugram]: Can only hope.
16:57:17 Ugram | It shifts its legs around, as if trying to get up.
16:58:22 Takoda gets ready to fall on his back and crawl away should it try to attack. "Good kodo, good kodo." He murmurs in a sort of calm voice, it sounds more scared than anything.
16:59:12 Ugram | It moves a forward motion towards him, but stops short just after starting.
16:59:22 [Ugram]: ... Hrm. Well... See what you can do with it.
16:59:38 Ugram turns, making a bee-line for the literary DK.
17:01:21 Balgarn peeeeers up, blinking.
17:01:23 Takoda looks over to Zeth leaving and sighs, He continues advancing very slowly on the kodo.
17:01:57 Ugram | The kodo makes a low, resonating growl.
17:02:56 Ugram peers at the writer by his house!
17:03:19 Balgarn taps his pen against the parchment. "...dabu?"
17:04:12 [Ugram]: Do you not carve?
17:05:20 [Balgarn]: Tablets are bulky and difficult to carry about in numbers. When I first joined the army, I had to keep record while we were on the move. Paper is better for that.
17:05:55 [Ugram]: Yes, the paper is better for things that only have fleeting value.
17:05:59 Takoda stops his advancing for a second at the growl, he sneers and then pushes on. His hand about 3 feet from the kodo's face. "I swear I will poison the next thing I give you if you bite me." He murmurs to himself.
17:06:42 [Balgarn]: Parchment can keep if treated well. If there is something that needs to be held onto longer than I expect to exist, I can always transfer it to stone.
17:07:55 Ugram | The kodo lunges forward - no more than a couple of feet, since its legs are still uselessly poised - and growls, louder.
17:08:15 Ugram cringes slightly at the sound behind him, but goes back to the matter at hand.
17:08:45 [Ugram]: Perhaps. At my age, I do not have time for such things.
17:09:09 [Balgarn]: Time is, unfortunately, something I have more of than I would like.
17:09:44 [Ugram]: Hrm.
17:10:02 Ugram sniffs coarsely.
17:11:31 Takoda withdraws his hand, He stares wide-eyed at the kodo mouth a couple feet away from him. "You are up then." Takoda quickly backpedals a couple feet away from the kodo before going through his satchel and retrieving a concoction, he shakes it as he watches.
17:11:33 Balgarn peers back down at his writing, "One say I will be destroyed. Hopefully not before my work is done."
17:12:01 [Ugram]: ... Mm. A respectable goal.
17:12:10 Ugram looks back to make sure Takoda isn't half-way into a kodo's stomach.
17:12:27 Ugram | The kodo continues to growl, but sets its head back down, staring at him from below.
17:13:00 Takoda returns the growl with his own little frustrated "grr" as he shakes the concoction a bit harder.
17:13:32 Balgarn is too busy reading to notice the elder turned away. "I hope so. I pray the spirits see it so when the time comes. I am...uncertain what will happen to me after."
17:14:47 [Ugram]: A worthless question that we all inevitably ponder for too long.
17:15:00 Ugram | Kodo simmers quietly.
17:15:29 [Balgarn]: Mm...if it inspires redemption and a desire to do good, I do not think it so worthless.
17:15:45 [Ugram]: In that case, yes.
17:16:52 Takoda would use his open hand to take his staff and try to pull the kodo's water bowl torwards him.
17:17:24 Balgarn peers up then back down. "Animal trouble?"
17:17:27 Ugram | It works! The water bowl is captured.
17:17:29 [Ugram]: ... Mm.
17:19:43 Takoda leans down, his eyes are locked with the kodo as he does so. Takoda would dump the contents of the vial into the bowl and stir it in with the water by shaking the water bowl. (Shaken not Stirred.) He sets it down on the ground and pushes it back with staf
17:19:53 [Balgarn]: My mate is...was, a worg trainer. A very different kind of beast, though. Afraid I can offer little, most animals do not react well to me until they are acclimated.
17:21:21 [Ugram]: I did not expect you to assist.
17:21:42 [Balgarn]: I can lament my inability regardless.
17:21:48 Ugram | The kodo allows this to happen. It stares at the water - impossible to track suspicion on such an ancient-seeming visage.
17:21:51 [Ugram]: ... Mm.
17:22:14 [Ugram]: At a point, it becomes useless, though. You just do what you can.
17:23:20 Takoda watches the kodo, waiting for it to drink. He watches intensely as if that would make it drink faster.
17:23:53 Ugram | It doesn't drink. It stares at him, as if his existence is an affront.
17:24:37 [Balgarn]: Of course. Too many hours wasted on laments and agonizing over what is or isn't. Mm.
17:25:07 [Ugram]: Right.
17:25:12 Ugram frowns, watching Takoda.
17:26:26 Takoda stares back, still intense as ever.
17:27:21 Ugram | The staring match begins. Sadly, the kodo has the home advantage, it seems.
17:27:58 Balgarn peers up, then back down. "He should probably stop staring at it. Most animals just see that as a challenge."
17:28:48 [Ugram]: ... He'll learn.
17:29:07 Takoda keeps his eyes locked with the kodo as he reaches for some pine nettles in his satchel. He's methodical in the way he pops them in his mouth and chews slowly.
17:29:53 [Balgarn]: ...are you certain?
17:29:56 Ugram | The kodo has superior eyelids. It won't lose. It does snort heftily, though.
17:30:13 [Ugram]: Yes.
17:31:49 Takoda returns the snort, "You are bound to get thirsty eventually."
17:32:20 Ugram | It snorts louder, spraying a fine mist at Takoda.
17:32:22 Ugram frowns.
17:34:30 Takoda wipes the spittle off his face, He chews his pine nettles louder. Takoda murmurs something about using its eye juice for ingredients once it's dead.
17:35:04 [Balgarn]: He...does know that kodos are adapted for dry climates, yes? And thus can go a very long time between drinks?
17:35:32 Ugram shakes his head. "I can't watch this. If you intend to stay here, pledge that you'll save him if he ends up partially between its jaws."
17:36:24 [Balgarn]: Very well, I'll rescue him if the kodo tries to eat him.
17:36:50 [Ugram]: Right. I have to find that shaman, anyway.
17:36:59 [Ugram]: Takoda! I'm leaving for now.
17:37:34 [Takoda]: I will be here.
17:37:40 [Takoda]: Waiting.
17:37:52 [Ugram]: ... Right... Right... Uh --- ... Mm.
17:37:58 Ugram walks off, distinctly worried.
14:19:02 Ugram is having a late-day snooze by the cart. He cannot be woken by any mortal means. Not yet.
14:25:59 Takoda | A very green smelling scent eminates from one of the huts, it's pretty strong.
14:27:07 Rannaz 's spirit-wolfy form sniffs the air. The sickly, diseased looking spirit wolf stands and turns, following the scent.
14:28:19 Takoda looks up from the pot in front of him to the wolf. He would stare at the wolf for a while before a "...can I help you?" comes from him.
14:29:09 Rannaz looks down at the pot, giving it a stare. "What is that?"
14:31:19 Takoda looks to the pot quickly and then to Rannaz, "It is a broth made from what I had to get rid of from my lab." Takoda seems a little hesitant. "Do you normally invite yourself into the houses of strangers?" Takoda seems a little confused.
14:32:26 Rannaz tilts her head a bit in ponderance. "Quite often, yes." The wolf would reply, before standing and moving closer to the pot. "Is it poisenous?"
14:34:07 Takoda looks over the wolf and shrugs to himself, "No, just carries a very strong taste. It does not have the spices that a normal broth would have, just herbs and twigs."
14:34:26 [Rannaz]: So, it is definatly and without a doubt not food?
14:35:01 Eta is making her way through Orgrimmar but stops as she hears a familiar voice. She looks up first, and then over to her right. She peers inside.
14:35:35 [Takoda]: Depends on what you call food, it is more like a flavored batch of hot water.
14:35:52 Takoda shrugs at the wolf, "Better than wasting everything."
14:36:07 [Rannaz]: I like food that is hot.
14:36:08 Rannaz nods.
14:36:15 [Rannaz]: Much better than cold, writhing food.
14:37:23 Takoda peers at Rannaz, "What do you eat that you would consider 'writhing'?" Takoda shakes his head, taking a moment to peer at the other tauren outside as he clears his throat. "Does not sound very healthy."
14:37:23 Eta turns to walk up the first few steps of the house, and places a hand on the side of the entrance, "I got tired of sitting around on those hills. It's interesting that I run into you again."
14:38:28 Rannaz nods her head to the left and right in a tempo-like fashion. "Fresh, fresh fish of the eight tentacled variety."
14:39:31 Takoda cocks his head at Eta, staring and surveying for bit with a confused expression before a wave of realization seems to take him over. "Interesting, yes!"
14:40:21 Eta eyes the spirit wolf before looking back up towards Takoda, "Am I intruding?"
14:40:50 Ugram blinks a couple of times, but remains asleep.
14:42:39 [Rannaz]: The beaks are the worst.
14:42:55 Takoda shakes his head, "It is not my home but I do not think the owner will mind." He motions to the empty area near the pot of broth, "We are on good terms." Takoda looks to Rannaz, "For eating?"
14:43:39 Tunkar lumbers the path in Orgrimmar. His axes clank and clang, one of them clearly not as well stowed as the others. But he appears to be carrying the extra weight in stride.
14:44:05 Eta leans forward a little more, causing the wood of the frame to creak, before entering and taking a seat inside of the house.
14:44:52 Ugram is still clearly asleep by the cart, which has a continually grumpy kodo attached to it.
14:45:02 Balgarn is walking down the road, heavy metallic footfalls heralding his arrival. He's only half-way watching where he's going, jotting down something on a parchment as he goes.
14:45:03 Rannaz nods her head slowly, and doesn't stop when she begins speaking. "Yes, for eating. They are hard, they cut the cums and stick between the teeth. I would not reccomend them."
14:45:47 Ugram murmurs something in old, Bleeding Hollow during this likely soon-ending nap.
14:46:04 [Takoda]: Well luckily I do not eat beaks.
14:46:10 [Rannaz]: Why not?
14:46:27 Eta looks into the air for half a minute with a transfixed visage. Suddenly, she snaps out of it and looks to Takoda, "Plainstrider?"
14:46:34 [Ugram]: <You threw the torch too short, you worthless, spineless ...>
14:47:14 Ugram coughs in his sleep. It seems to jolt him, but not so that he's awake - or aware of the orcs gathering on either side of him.
14:47:22 Tunkar proceeds farther down, the blades of his axes scraping against each other. His eyes focus around the city, his mouth formed in a scowl.
14:47:31 Takoda clears his throat, "I should make myself more clear, I do not -like- eating beaks at all."
14:47:36 Balgarn ends up rather walking into the nearby fencing, with a loud metallic clang. Not that he fell, but it does make him suddenly peer at it. "Mmh."
14:48:07 Ugram is now awake. Good job. His eyes roll open fairly laxly.
14:48:08 [Rannaz]: It is fortunate that I do not carry beaks in my possesion, then.
14:48:09 Eta | Blind-dance slithers out from his spot on Eta's staff, and perches on her right shoulder. He points his head in the air towards Rannaz, tongue flicking.
14:48:16 [Ugram]: Mmrh...
14:48:33 Tunkar peers at Balgarn, eyeing the Orc "You okay?"
14:48:36 Ugram peers at Balgarn. He also peers at the fencing he seems to be construed with.
14:49:22 Balgarn peers back down at the parchment in his hands. "No," he answers, rather quickly. "Worthless. Going to need to start again. Maybe something more..." He balls up the parchment in one gauntleted fist.
14:49:56 [Ugram]: ... A... Soldier who cannot predict that which is ... <yawn> totally in front of him...
14:50:10 Takoda watches the snake as it starts to move, his gaze fixated on it as he asks, "What brings you to Ogrimmar?" He says looking up from Blind-dance to Eta.
Rannaz stands up, turns about, and makes her way out of the house.
14:50:30 [Tunkar]: What doing?
14:51:08 Ugram looks around, still groggy, at the group which now has been complemented by a spirit wolf.
14:51:09 Eta looks at Takoda first, "I was in the area due to..." she transfers her gaze to Rannaz, "...my duties."
14:51:17 Balgarn snorts audibly, peering over his shoulder towards Zeth'ugram, then giving Tun'kar a brief glance. "Trying to write. Getting nowhere."
14:51:22 [Ugram]: ... Iskul'aka? About time you've arrived.
14:52:10 [Tunkar]: It not better write on table? Not that Tun'kar know how, but Tun'kar see other people write like that.
14:52:35 Eta | Blind-dance turns his attention to Takoda now that Rannaz has left, and nearly slides off Eta's shoulder. He moves his body up and down.
14:52:36 Takoda raises his eyebrow at the leaving Rannaz, he snorts and mini-shrugs to himself. "Do you mind me asking what those duties are?" Takoda sounds interested but still flat in tone.
14:53:00 [Balgarn]: No. I need to be moving...doing something. Or I might hit something. I'd rather not hit something right now.
14:53:32 [Eta]: One of the spirits I walk with requires an object hidden somewhere in the barrens. He is at unrest.
14:53:32 [Ugram]: ... Honorable writing is best done with stone.
14:53:55 Ugram eyes the spirit wolf as it conspicuously approaches him. "Are you ready to undertake your task?"
14:54:17 [Tunkar]: Hitting something good when angry. If can find thing to hit. Tun'kar hunt when need fight...and hungry.
14:54:39 [Eta]: So what are you doing here Takoda, so far from your tribe?
14:55:07 Ugram falls apart internally with each clause Tun'kar utters.
14:55:35 [Balgarn]: Trust me...I've hunted more than my fair share. Writing is calming. I need that now. ...if I could just focus.
14:56:21 [Ugram]: . . . Urhm.
14:56:28 [Rannaz]: "Urhm."
14:56:37 Takoda stirs the broth in front of him slowly before setting the stirring stick down and taking a slow seat to the ground. " I exaplained to you my relationship with the rest of the Skychaser tribe, right?" Takoda genuinely doesn't seem to know.
14:56:41 Ugram looks at maybe-Iskul'aka confusedly.
14:57:18 Rannaz sloooowly turns her head to the left, until she's staring down at Zeth'ugram.
14:57:33 [Tunkar]: If need something to hit, maybe fight Tun'kar? Tun'kar need get stronger. Tun'kar strongest Orc. Now Tun'kar need to be strongest.
14:57:41 Eta extends her arm in front of herself and allows Blind-Dance to crawl on it before he slips off and plops on the floor, "I recall you being uncertain about whether or not you'd gain the approval of your elders."
14:58:31 [Ugram]: You're not Iskul'aka. Reveal yourself, then - it's a matter of courtesy.
14:58:33 Ugram stares back.
14:58:42 [Rannaz]: I am Ran.
14:58:44 [Rannaz]: I run.
14:59:22 [Balgarn]: No. If I fight, I am to kill. I don't want to kill, not now. Best if I just keep writing.
14:59:27 [Ugram]: Hello Ran, who Runs.
14:59:36 [Rannaz]: Running is all I do.
14:59:39 Ugram looks at Ran-Who-Runs slightly incredulously, but he gives her a nod.
14:59:58 [Ugram]: Interesting.
15:00:09 [Rannaz]: Tell me, about you.
15:00:31 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar die once. Tun'kar die again one day. Not today. When Tun'kar finish what need do, then Tun'kar die.
15:01:06 [Ugram]: I am the elder of this valley. Zeth'ugram.
15:01:30 [Balgarn]: Hm. My advice is to finish what you need to do quickly, then. We don't always have a say on when the spirits claim us.
15:02:20 [Takoda]: I am not on great terms with most of my tribe seeing as I decided to stop learning about spirits and such when it was really needed and I already made progress.
15:02:42 [Rannaz]: I see.
15:02:55 [Rannaz]: What do you do, Zeth'ugram of this Valley?
15:03:08 Ziz uses his can to guide his steps tapping them against the metal. He observes the orcs for moments off to the side.
15:03:09 Tunkar nods, pointing to himself "Tun'kar. What name?"
15:03:42 Ziz looks at you.
15:03:44 [Ugram]: I am responsible for all of those who live here. I give what knowledge I can and ensure traditions are met.
15:03:44 Eta adjusts her arm to a vertical position to keep Blind-Dance from falling off, and tilts her head as she stares at him, "And yet it is the duty of every elder to guide its young, keep them from going astray."
15:04:02 Eta looks to Takoda again, "So what made them forsake their duties, truly?"
15:04:19 Ziz stops, blinking a few times seeing the etheral beast. "Uhm...There's a ghost next to you, buddy."
15:04:28 Balgarn grunts, tapping his quill against his armor idly. "Balgarn Bloodscribe. And before you ask, no, I don't write with the blood of my enemies, despite the name. ...usually."
15:04:54 [Rannaz]: Is there anythig I could assist with, then?
15:05:02 Balgarn grunts, "Blood makes terrible ink, anyway..."
15:05:07 Ugram looks at the goblin as if the goblin were an unwanted morsel of food. He looks back to Ran-who-Runs.
15:05:12 Ziz steps back startled, "Oh!"
15:05:35 [Ugram]: Perhaps there is. You are a shaman, then - shamans are always valued. Surely you have your own work, though?
15:06:01 Takoda looks to Eta with a disappointed expression, "Well, they tried. They tried really hard to keep me going the right way but I actively avoided it." He nods at Eta. "I told you about my practices in alchemy?"
15:06:17 [Rannaz]: The security and safety of my people are my primery concern.
15:06:32 Tunkar breaks his serious look and laughs "How get name? Tun'kar is Skullkeeper because take stupid human skulls."
15:06:37 Ziz adjusts his hat. "Hmm."
15:06:58 [Ugram]: As it is mine.
15:06:59 Eta suddenly loosens her position, and her demeanor changes just as quickly. She pulls the snake off her arm and sets him on the ground, letting out a grunt as she does, "I remember that." She grabs a bowl off one of the table and leans forward to scoop out -
15:07:02 Ziz knocks politely on the doorway.
15:07:25 [Balgarn]: Ahem. Let's just say that I found out that blood makes a terrible ink the hard way. That, and death knight who is a scribe. It fit.
15:07:28 Eta - some soup for herself. She sips it rather uncautiously, "Are you as bad of an alchemist as you are a cook?"
15:07:50 [Rannaz]: Wonderfull.
15:08:18 [Ugram]: I must question your reason for offering help to an elder of a small valley such as this, though.
15:08:53 Eta | Blind-Dance seems unphased by being more or less tossed aside for a bowl of soup. He curls into a ball next to her leg.
15:09:08 [Rannaz]: Everything is connected. A small push can set forward a much larger object's motion.
15:09:41 Takoda looks to the door, "If you are wanting to come in, I am not stopping you." He looks to the broth and then to Eta, he smirks a bit. "It is not meant to be a professional dish. Just a way to use my old expired ingredients."
15:09:45 [Ugram]: Astute thinking. Well, then... Hrm.
15:09:59 Tunkar rubs his chin, then it clicks "Right...have dead eyes. It remind Tun'kar of ... Duh-rah-nee...eyes. So, what write about? Balgarn write story?"
15:09:59 Ugram begins to think.
15:11:28 Eta shrugs and then goes for a second bowl anyways, dipping it in and getting the tips of her fingers wet, even. Before taking a few more sips, she continues, "So why can't you let them know you're willing to step up to the plate and perform the duty assigne
15:11:29 [Ugram]: I oversee a commune focused on such things - augmenting the Horde in small but noticeable ways.
15:11:31 Rannaz stares blankly at you.
15:11:40 Eta - assigned to you."
15:11:42 [Rannaz]: Such as?
15:11:47 Balgarn looks down at the crumpled paper. "I often write down events to keep record, or make maps. And sometimes tell stories, yes. I...was attempting to write something to memorialize someone...dear to me. But no words do him justice."
15:12:34 [Ugram]: We have blacksmiths, an alchemist, a shaman aside from yourself. They apply their skills individually to aid the Horde from within, so to speak. Repairing things. Solving feuds.
15:13:18 [Rannaz]: Fueds between...whom?
15:13:34 [Ugram]: Any group. I've sent our shaman to deal with two bickering trolls.
15:13:46 Tunkar nods solemnly "Tun'kar try do something for someone Tun'kar love. It not do so good. But Tun'kar not give up. Tun'kar keep trying until it right."
15:13:54 [Rannaz]: What are they bickering about?
15:14:10 [Ugram]: I'm not sure. All I know is they demanded arbitration.
15:14:15 Takoda rubs the back of his neck, "I have not tried yet, I have sort of been stuck in a lull here."
15:14:33 Balgarn nods, peering down. "Yes, you're right. I'll keep at it...he'd have appreciated the gesture, I know."
15:16:50 [Ugram]: The one who'd approached me was ... Zandali has a way of warping the tongue. Mar'ta'bem'thwaze, I believe.
15:17:19 [Rannaz]: I have not met this Troll. I've not met many trolls, at all.
15:17:55 Eta pushes herself up out of a seated position but in doint so accidentally pushes against the empty bowl of soup. This causes the bowl to flip over and make a loud and hollow noise, disturbing the snake nestled against her leg.
15:18:02 Tunkar 's face contorts "En...enca...encou...that...that word that mean helping, right? Tun'kar hear before."
15:18:21 [Ugram]: I can imagine. I believe he is either a priest of a shaman. Either way, he consorts with spirits, and so it is important that his quarrel be solved so that he can continue his work.
15:18:34 [Eta]: You will remain in this lull until you get off your behind and do something about it. You lack discipline.
15:19:47 Takoda stares at Eta with a disappointed face, he opens his mouth to retort but just snaps it shut.
15:19:49 [Rannaz]: And the other?
15:20:00 [Ugram]: I do not know.
15:20:15 [Rannaz]: Oh dear.
15:20:18 [Balgarn]: ...mm, yes, in a way.
15:20:31 [Ugram]: I expect Iskul'aka to find out.
15:20:53 [Eta]: You may finish your soup. Those expired ingredients are expired, but they still shouldn't be wasted.
15:21:18 [Rannaz]: And who is that?
15:21:27 [Ugram]: Our shaman.
15:21:55 Tunkar grins proud "Good. Tun'kar want know more words. Then Tun'kar be smartest Orc too!"
15:22:10 Ugram blinks a couple of times at Tun'kar.
15:22:48 [Balgarn]: Hah! Well, there is never an end to things to learn. That quest would keep you busy for a long time.
15:23:04 Takoda looks to the soup, "Right, it should almost be done. Are you waiting on me?"
15:23:20 [Rannaz]: Interesting. Very, very interesting!
15:23:21 Rannaz nods.
15:23:24 [Eta]: I am waiting on that pot to empty. Invite others to help if you must.
15:23:28 [Ugram]: ... My thanks.
15:23:36 Ugram looks a little confused at this whole exchange, but nods firmly either way.
15:23:40 [Rannaz]: You are welcome.
15:23:44 Tunkar nods "When Tun'kar build city, Tun'kar make book place and put...books...in it! So smart people come to city too!"
15:23:49 Rannaz nods her head slowly, still staring at Ugram.
15:24:09 Eta stands still and sturdy, her eyes staring off - someplace else.
15:24:10 [Ugram]: How long are you here, and do you intend to consistently provide aid - or is this simply one step on a road for you?
15:24:15 [Balgarn]: Mm....hmm. You're wanting to build a whole city?
15:24:27 [Rannaz]: The road is long, and with many twists and turns.
15:25:16 Tunkar nods, enthusiastically "Tun'kar build city and name Tun'kalar after Tun'kar sister. Tun'kar sister best Orc that ever live, even better than warchief!"
15:25:27 Eta | Blind-Dance doesn't move his entire body, but he's interested in the droplets of soup that have spilled from the flipped-over bowl.
15:26:24 Balgarn smirks. "Well, building a city isn't an easy task. It takes a lot of work. And materials."
15:26:51 Takoda pushes himself off his butt with a grunt. He walks to the door, "If any of you standing around are hungry, there is soup in here!" Takoda yells at the group gathered outside.
15:26:52 [Ugram]: That doesn't quite clear my question.
15:27:01 [Ugram]: ... Takoda?
15:27:03 [Rannaz]: I cannot say with any degree of certainty.
15:27:17 [Ugram]: ... Very well. I would appreciate your help.
15:27:18 [Rannaz]: Any, any at all. At all.
15:27:36 Ugram looks up to Takoda.
15:28:26 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar learn hard way. Tun'kar try but not work. Tun'kar think long time, and Tun'kar maybe start with clan. City not easy start with.
15:28:30 [Takoda]: Should be hot for another hour or so, take your time.
15:28:44 Takoda looks back to Eta, "Is that good enough?"
15:28:45 Ugram calls to Takoda.
15:29:03 [Ugram]: You may be able to help Iskul'aka, Ran-who-Runs.
15:29:09 [Eta]: I will not move from this place until all of what you have used has been consumed.
15:29:20 [Rannaz]: Perhaps I can, shold I meet him or her.
15:29:36 Balgarn peers past Tun'kar for a moment, then back at the orc. "Seems they are offering soup. Go ahead, if you want any."
15:29:39 [Ugram]: Her. You should. She'll be around... Some time.
15:29:51 [Rannaz]: Which?
15:30:37 [Ugram]: I cannot be sure.
15:31:10 [Rannaz]: Oh dear.
15:31:19 [Rannaz]: We are all, so often unsure.
15:31:36 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar hungry, but Tun'kar not bring anything to offer for food. Tun'kar walk long way from..Da-sal-iss...De...Desolace?
15:31:42 [Ugram]: It is difficult to keep track of the tracks of so many, heh.
15:32:06 Takoda sighs impatiently. He looks back to the orcs all gathered, then to Eta and then back. He grumbles as he walks over.
15:32:17 [Balgarn]: I don't think they are asking for anything. You can at least ask.
15:32:18 [Rannaz]: Perhaps, make them wear bells.
15:32:30 [Ugram]: ... Hrmph.
15:32:33 Ugram chuckles quietly for a moment.
15:33:24 [Rannaz]: It could work.
15:33:50 [Takoda]: Are any of you hungry?
15:33:59 Takoda seems intimitated by those he talks to.
15:34:05 [Ugram]: It may, however, be the ultimate dishonor.
15:34:07 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar not like take food for nothing. Unless from Goblin. Goblin have too much, and greedy. And Tun'kar still pay! Just pay with small coin.
15:34:17 A sly smirk spreads across Tunkar's face.
15:34:29 [Ugram]: ... Tun'kar, the food is part of our hospitality.
15:34:33 Balgarn shrugs at Tun'kar, then looks towards Takoda. He grunts. "I don't eat."
15:34:47 Rannaz lays down, her paws folding.
15:34:48 Rannaz falls asleep. Zzzzzzz.
15:35:15 [Ugram]: ...
15:35:22 Tunkar looks confused a moment, then realizes the voice addressing him is -behind- Balgarn "..huh?"
15:35:33 Ugram looks at the sunken wolf.
15:35:33 Rannaz continues to stare.
15:36:06 Takoda frowns and makes his way back to the hut.
15:36:07 [Ugram]: ... Hrm. Well. We ought to see what they've made.
15:36:17 Ugram would slowly, sloooowly pick himself up.
15:36:27 Balgarn looks back towards Tun'kar. "Go on to the tauren, I think he wants people to eat."
15:36:28 [Rannaz]: I just got comfortable.
15:36:31 Rannaz stands back up.
15:36:40 [Tunkar]: What word elder say mean? Hos..ho-spit...
15:36:40 [Ugram]: ... Herh.
15:36:49 [Ugram]: ... Hospitality.
15:37:01 [Tunkar]: ..right. What mean?
15:37:09 [Ugram]: It's sharing with others what you have.
15:37:19 Ugram nods firmly, then ascends the accursed stairs.
15:37:23 [Tunkar]: Oh. Tun'kar understand.
15:37:28 You peer at Takoda searchingly.
15:37:38 Eta continues to stand still as a statue. Her stare is still someplace else. If one were to look into her eyes, they might assume she has completely shut off, but behind the blankness would be a glimmer of someone wanting to look at new company.
15:37:49 Takoda looks back as the orc comes up the stairs, "Sorry Elder." He moves out of the way.
15:38:00 [Ugram]: ... Ah. You've brought a lady-friend.
15:38:01 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar hope Balgarn find words.
15:38:11 Ugram walks in now that his way is unobstructed.
15:38:20 Eta | Blind-Dance gets his head stuck underneath the bowl and raises it up, now wearing it like a hat. Uncomfortably.
15:38:25 [Balgarn]: Thank you. I'm sure I will, it will just take time.
15:38:25 Rannaz closely follows Ugram.
15:38:25 Ugram | ... And plops down in his spot, snake or no snake.
15:38:34 Tunkar salutes Balgarn with respect.
15:38:38 Ugram would look at it, though. He frowns. He also looks at Eta!
15:38:49 [Ugram]: Greetings.
15:38:57 Eta | Blind-Dance is safe, to Eta's right hoof!
15:39:02 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar get soup. Lok'tar!
15:39:21 Balgarn bows his head, fist hitting his chest. "May your blade be true."
15:39:26 Takoda 's gaze swaps between watching Zeth and watching Eta. He seems a little uneasy.
15:39:37 Eta seems to' turn on' very quickly. She looks down at Ugram with an exhausted expression, "Hello."
15:39:51 Tunkar 's axes clank all the way to the house.
15:39:53 [Ugram]: A friend of my alchemist?
15:40:03 [Eta]: A guide.
15:40:13 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar can go in?
15:40:16 Tunkar peers at Takoda searchingly.
15:40:33 Takoda moves to the left, "Yes, take plenty of the soup too."
15:40:37 Balgarn looks back at the crumpled paper still gripped in his hand. He disposes of it, sighing before heading down towards the hut where the others are gathered, though just silently observing.
15:40:38 Rannaz stares at the bowl, slowly drumming her claws against the stone floor.
15:40:45 [Eta]: Sorry to tell you, but he's no longer your alchemist. He's my shaman in training now.
15:40:54 [Ugram]: ... Is that so?
15:40:59 [Eta]: Yes.
15:41:08 Ugram raises an eyebrow at Takoda.
15:41:17 [Eta]: I will return him to you once he has learned what is required of him.
15:41:18 Tunkar peers at the ground uncertainly.
15:41:29 [Ugram]: Truly sudden.
15:41:51 Takoda 's jaw almost drops, "I thought you wanted something saying it was fine for you to train me first?"
15:41:53 Eta 's stare remains intense and assertive, "As life can be."
15:42:40 Eta looks to Takoda, "You will remain in your lull if I restrict myself."
15:42:46 Tunkar tries to ease his way onto the ground. A slight screech of metal is heard as he sits.
15:43:22 [Ugram]: ... I will say that I am interested, but Skychaser is oath-bound to his work for our group. I can be flexibile, but I would prefer if he were not spirited away without my knowing, so to speak.
15:44:10 [Eta]: That is precisely what he needs to be, in the most literal of senses. Spirited away.
15:44:32 [Ugram]: ... Ha.
15:44:42 Rannaz stares blankly at Tunkar.
15:44:54 Tunkar peers at Rannaz searchingly.
15:45:03 [Ugram]: I will allow it, but he must complete his work with the kodo before he is to leave.
15:45:09 Ugram states a simply ultimatum.
15:45:09 Ugram states a simply ultimatum.
15:46:01 Eta was serious, and her expression shows it, "He'll have to push himself hard, then. But I have a child, I know how to keep him from falling into exhaustion."
15:46:35 [Ugram]: Good.
15:46:51 [Eta]: And before he finishes his work with the kodo, this soup must be completely consumed.
15:46:58 Ugram looks at the sooouuuupp now, for the first time since he has entered the building.
15:47:12 [Ugram]: I am assuming your scaled companion isn't an escaped ingredient.
15:47:12 Takoda peers at Eta, "Do you mind if I ask why?"
15:47:20 Ugram chuckles with somewhat poor taste.
15:47:35 [Eta]: You are a Shu'halo, why must you need to ask why?
15:47:41 Tunkar notices the snake, keeping an eye on it.
15:48:36 Balgarn steps up to the entrance of the hut. He peers in, then leans to the side against the doorway.
15:48:40 Eta | Blind-Dance is slithering around with a bowl over his head. He may be blind, but his sense of smell is blocked by the strong, expired ingredients of what was once in the bowl. He bonks into Tun'kar's leg.
15:48:57 [Ugram]: You may enter, writer-on-parchment.
15:49:14 Ugram looks at the potential snake-tastrophe about to happen.
15:49:20 [Balgarn]: Is that my defining feature to you?
15:49:37 [Takoda]: Ah right. *ahem* It is a very green and healthy soup, taste is a little on the low end but it should help keep you focused and feeling... good.
15:49:46 [Ugram]: For now. Your image will expand in scale in time.
15:50:10 Tunkar peers at the snake, then picls it up, examiningly. He tries to be careful with the bowl and to set the snake on the other side of him.
15:50:12 [Eta]: In other words, it's not great. But eat up.
15:50:29 [Ugram]: I've had worse. Far, far worse.
15:50:43 Rannaz stares blankly at her surroundings.
15:50:49 [Rannaz]: I must go, swiftly.
15:50:52 [Rannaz]: I will be back, maybe.
15:50:57 Ugram would kind of shuffle over to a wall, grabbing a bowl of his own which would be strewn by said wall.
15:51:01 Rannaz scrambles up, and then bolts out the door!
15:51:01 [Ugram]: ... Hrm? Do be back.
15:51:16 You kneel down.
15:51:43 Eta clears her throat and addresses the Orcs, although she's eying Takoda, "For us Shu'halo, waste is anathema. Even if the ingredients are spoiled, food is food in a time of famine."
15:52:42 Ugram fills the bowl to the brim - he seems to submerge his fingers in the likely very hot liquid for a moment, his left eyelid fluttering as a result. But, he has soup now.
15:52:58 [Ugram]: Pragmatism is not isolated to your kind.
15:53:02 Ugram speaks simply.
15:53:25 [Eta]: As it shouldn't be.
15:53:29 [Ugram]: Mmh.
15:53:43 Ugram takes a big, unbridled sip. His eyes bug out. Just for a moment.
15:54:12 Eta returns to a muse, standing patiently, as if an hour of waiting for people to finish some soup were nothing to her.
15:54:56 [Ugram]: It's a unique brew.
15:55:13 Ugram just says that. He licks his lips just to ensure he missed nothing. He scoops another bowl-full.
15:55:32 Takoda stares off in the distance. "Unique is a good word for it."
15:55:40 Eta | Blind-Dance wouldn't mind having been picked up, and if the bowl were removed, he'd flick his tongue towards the person handling him.
15:56:06 [Balgarn]: I can...smell it from here. Which is a feat in itself.
15:56:34 [Ugram]: ... Right, do you need a bowl, Tun'kar? How do you have your soup?
15:56:45 Ugram looks at him manipulating the snake-bowl a little.
15:57:11 Tunkar peers at the soup. He would appear slightly hesitant, but nods "Tun'kar need bowl."
15:57:39 Ugram would then take another gulp of the stuff. Soup's not gonna bring him down. He nods at Tun'kar half way through this brave act, heading over to the wall and grabbing another bowl.
15:57:45 You kneel down.
15:57:51 [Ugram]: Anyone else?
15:58:05 Eta | Blind-Dance continues to move around, bowl bonking whatever he moves towards.
15:59:01 [Ugram]: I suppose not.
15:59:04 Balgarn remains silent, crossing his arms as he keeps leaning against the doorway.
15:59:20 Ugram hands it to Tun'kar! His arm is over the steaming soup.
15:59:23 [Takoda]: ...What else did you need me to do with the kodo?
15:59:44 [Ugram]: I want you to quantify how it reacted to the ... Medicine.
15:59:53 [Ugram]: And see if it's become more pliable and less bite-y.
16:00:31 Tunkar takes the bowl with a nod, dipping it in the soup. and drinking it with a slurp.
16:00:49 [Ugram]: What brings you here, warrior?
16:01:31 Eta | Blind-Dance is flickering his tail a little now, the scent of the soup overwhelming his senses and exhausting them. He's agitated, in other words.
16:01:52 Ugram looks down at snake-in-a-bowl.
16:02:08 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar want train in arena. Tun'kar maybe go east and see what there. Need get strong and start clan.
16:02:27 [Ugram]: ... Start a clan, hm?
16:02:31 Eta notices her snake's upsettance right away and demands, "Could you hand him to me?"
16:02:42 [Ugram]: Very well.
16:02:53 Ugram grabs the... The bowl? The snake? Who knows! He scoops it up, either way.
16:03:07 Ugram | With none too gentle a hand, but he won't squish the poor feller.
16:03:08 Tunkar nods "Clan first, then city. City of Tun'kalar! Gonna be best city."
16:03:14 Eta | Blind-Dance will bite anything that gets in front of his head!
16:03:33 Eta grabs Blind-Dance and allows him to bite into her finger, bowl falling to the floor and making a loud noise.
16:03:59 Ugram is probably bitten too, then. He doesn't seem to react much. Those hands are so calloused they're basically two big footballs.
16:04:20 [Ugram]: Well, you have your steps marked out.
16:04:39 Takoda watches the snake bite everyone, he has the same expression he had when trying to drug the kodo.
16:05:37 Eta looks down at her finger, which Blind-Dance still has his fangs sunk into, "He gets this way when he experiences too much. It is a good thing, and a bad thing." Blood trickles from her fur and onto the floor, but her expression remains blank.
16:05:58 [Ugram]: Exciteable thing. Could use some of Takoda's medicine... Ha.
16:06:17 Tunkar peers at the snake, then the blood. He shrugs, and takes some more soup.
16:06:54 Takoda looks over his shoulder, "I still do not know if it worked with the kodo."
16:07:06 [Eta]: I am more or less immune to any venom.
16:07:07 Ugram | The kodo is quietly splayed out.
16:07:15 [Ugram]: Oh, no, I meant the snake.
16:07:28 Ugram takes another big, big gulp of the soup. Die, soup.
16:08:02 [Eta]: He just needs something to bite into in a time like this. Snakes are very sensitive.
16:08:44 [Ugram]: I can't say I knew that. Looking at it, it seems unlikely.
16:09:45 [Eta]: Some kinds more than others. Much like us people, some bite more often.
16:10:12 [Ugram]: Mm. Interesting perspective.
16:10:16 Ugram | The soup is dwindling.
16:10:25 Tunkar finishes his soup, placing his bowl at his side.
16:10:26 [Ugram]: And, like the kodo outside, some bite all too much.
16:10:35 Ugram shoots it a knowing look, even though it can't possibly see him.
16:11:13 Eta looks towards the doorway, and almost through the two that are standing in it, "A misbehaving kodo?"
16:11:34 Ugram would take the final dregs of it, taking one for the team. He swallows it down like hard liquor more than anything else.
16:12:06 [Ugram]: ... Rrgh... Mm, yes. It's still tethered to the cart - can't be trusted. It's a spirited, ornery thing we'd acquired out of the kindness of an elder I am friends with.
16:12:29 Balgarn isn't even paying attention to the conversation anymore. He has a parchment out, pen moving as he jots things down on it.
16:13:15 [Eta]: It simply requires more restraint, from what I've heard.
16:13:33 [Takoda]: I made something to calm it down, I still do not know if it worked.
16:13:52 [Ugram]: Mm.
16:14:15 [Eta]: It needs another kodo or an owner with a strong arm constantly by its side.
16:14:32 Tunkar pushes himself up, slowly. The axes clang once again, and Tun'kar stumbles slightly once he gets to his feet.
16:14:45 [Ugram]: I'm not sure what is meant by a strong arm. I cannot beat a kodo, of course.
16:14:56 Ugram stands up too. He takes much longer than Tun'kar's already bloated motions.
16:15:35 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar thank for food. One day Tun'kar do something good in return.
16:15:46 [Eta]: Simply somebody who can hold it back, not beat it.
16:15:57 [Ugram]: You ought to look at it. I feel you've a keen way with such things, at least by your knowledge of serpents.
16:16:17 [Ugram]: You do not need to repay us, Tun'kar. Not a debt.
16:16:41 [Eta]: Very different creatures, but I have -
16:16:49 Eta stops herself short, "I could look at it, yes."
16:16:56 Tunkar stands at attention and salutes.
16:17:17 [Ugram]: Mm.
16:17:24 Ugram takes the initiative and starts walking outside.
16:17:27 [Tunkar]: Tun'kar go see arena. Lok'tar, friends.
16:17:34 [Ugram]: ... Oh. Very well.
16:17:43 Ugram looks at the two obstructions, now.
16:17:53 Balgarn wordlessly moves off closer to the edge of the steps. He's still writing.
16:17:55 Takoda snorts as he turns to get out of the way.
16:18:02 Ugram nods firmly.
16:18:08 Eta grabs the entire pot and drinks what's left out of it before leaving.
16:18:09 Ugram survived the stairs.
16:19:10 Ugram | There is a kodo, here! Still tied to the wagon, its limbs are somewhat endearingly splayed out in all cardinal directions, its head slumped down. Its eyes are lidded so that its mood cannot be immediately gauged.
16:19:54 Takoda watches from a distance.
16:20:00 Eta gives it one quick look and is quick to announce, "It's sick."
16:20:10 Balgarn heads down the rest of the steps. He leans against some crates while he continues his frantic scribbling.
16:20:11 [Ugram]: ... Uh ... Really?
16:20:15 Ugram looks bewildered.
16:20:30 Ugram | The kodo does nothing to deny or corroborate these claims. It just lays down.
16:20:45 [Eta]: Most likely - I've only seen kodo do that when exhausted, although it could be its personality.
16:21:13 [Ugram]: I feel it may just be dejected. It nearly ran all the way here from Razor Hill in its fury, and now it is corralled. It bites, by the way.
16:21:23 Ugram says that last part as a warning rather than interesting trivia.
16:21:57 [Eta]: How long have you had him?
16:22:45 [Ugram]: Two weeks.
16:23:24 [Eta]: That's enough time for concern. Do you know any of its past in detail?
16:24:02 [Ugram]: I'm afraid not. It was a kind gift from another elder. It was in a large, open pen in Razor Hill, so I can't imagine it was mistreated.
16:24:14 [Ugram]: It was furious and ornery from the moment we'd set eyes on it, though.
16:25:39 [Eta]: If a kodo is not trained at an early age its personality can develop that way.
16:26:01 Eta tilts her head, "Still, the way its legs are, it really does seem exhausted."
16:26:47 [Ugram]: It started doing that after a week of being here. I'm sure being tied to one place has caused its spirit to diminish, but I can hardly let it free and tear half the valley up.
16:26:55 Ugram grunts at the problem.
16:28:02 [Eta]: You need a kodo herder - they might be able to dedicate the time to train it and replenish its spirit. It's their job, after all.
16:28:32 [Ugram]: I thought about a thing, but I wasn't sure it was necessary. I feel there is still hope for Takoda's medicine.
16:29:21 [Eta]: A long term problem cannot be solved with such a short-termed solution.
16:29:46 [Takoda]: Our problem right now is getting it to move.
16:29:58 [Takoda]: That is why I made the medicine for it.
16:30:18 [Ugram]: That, and to calm it down. It looks calm now, but...
16:30:31 [Ugram]: Well, it nearly took Skychaser's arm off.
16:31:05 Eta turns all the way around, suddenly exchanging her attention to Takoda, "See what that can do, but seek a herder. There are many benefits there - a trainer, a traveller, and some fellow kodo for it to recognize and feel the need to keep up."
16:32:10 Eta | Blind-Dance finally pulls his fangs out of Eta's finger, and wraps himself around it and other fingers.
16:32:14 Takoda nods slowly in return. "Right."
16:32:16 [Ugram]: Well, if you aren't simply saying this to pry Takoda away from me, then I will have to put credence to it.
16:32:20 Ugram hrms to himself.
16:33:45 Eta squints her eyelids, still looking at Takoda, "No, he needs to stick around and see if this works before he can dedicate his attention to studies - attention is essential."
16:34:09 [Ugram]: Mmh. Good. Takoda, come closer.
16:34:54 Takoda inches closer after a slow unsure nod.
16:35:16 [Ugram]: Does it look like it's changed?
16:35:16 [Ugram]: Does it look like it's changed?
16:36:26 [Takoda]: It looks like it was when you first had me water it.
16:36:45 [Ugram]: ... Which makes me feel like it hasn't been all too affected. Hrm.
16:36:50 Ugram takes a couple steps forward.
16:37:12 Ugram | The kodo points its eye at him, still half-shuttered.
16:37:21 [Takoda]: I always have the stronger dose, maybe I should have done that one first.
16:37:48 [Ugram]: No, it made sense to do it in this order.
16:38:45 [Eta]: I will return shortly, but I must get the one in my hands fed.
16:38:58 [Ugram]: Right. Return soon.
16:39:36 Eta gives Takoda a serious expression, "Medicate carefully." She then turns and heads off.
16:39:45 Ugram | Kodo makes a grumbly noise. Not sure whether it's from its stomach or its throat.
16:40:20 Takoda watches Eta leave and shakes his head to himsef.
16:40:48 [Ugram]: You were convinced surprisingly easily, Takoda.
16:41:39 Takoda turns to Zeth, "Convinced to do what?"
16:41:50 [Ugram]: To follow that shaman.
16:43:29 Takoda chuckles to himself, "I actually had to convince her to train me, I did not expect her to show up and claim me as hers however." He looks to the back of Zeth's head. "Sorry about that Elder."
16:44:29 [Ugram]: I do have grounds to be irritated with how this was handled, but I can't pretend I'm not curious as to your path, now - which is why I will allow it.
16:46:37 Takoda grunts, "Thank you, If you do need anything urgently, I can try to come straight back."
16:47:02 [Ugram]: I doubt I'll interrupt such important training like that. Hrm.
16:47:45 [Ugram]: Well, when she returns, you two will work with this kodo. You may leave when it's capable of taking me from one place to another without endangering our lives. Herm.
16:48:24 Takoda snorts and nods in acknowledgement. "So did the medicine work?"
16:48:37 [Ugram]: I can't tell. It might just be dejected. I was hoping you'd know.
16:50:10 Takoda once again inches closer and closer to the kodo, He uses his staff as a brace the closer he gets.
16:51:22 Ugram | The kodo raises its head.
16:52:06 Takoda flinches a bit, he takes a step back but keeps his eye on the kodo. "Hmm." He surveys the mighty beast.
16:53:01 Ugram | It looks subdued at the moment. Although, as he approaches and jitters about, its eyes open properly.
16:55:05 Takoda sucks in a breath, "I honestly cannot tell, it might have already worn off." Takoda very very hesitantly holds out his hand and inches torwards the Kodo.
16:55:25 Ugram | The kodo opens its jaw widely and gives out a very big yawn.
16:55:40 Ugram | Though its eyes are centered on poor Takoodle.
16:56:39 Takoda breathes sharp and heavy, "It has not tried to bite me yet." He murmurs in the direction of Zeth'ugram. "Maybe it is still in its system."
16:57:01 [Ugram]: Can only hope.
16:57:17 Ugram | It shifts its legs around, as if trying to get up.
16:58:22 Takoda gets ready to fall on his back and crawl away should it try to attack. "Good kodo, good kodo." He murmurs in a sort of calm voice, it sounds more scared than anything.
16:59:12 Ugram | It moves a forward motion towards him, but stops short just after starting.
16:59:22 [Ugram]: ... Hrm. Well... See what you can do with it.
16:59:38 Ugram turns, making a bee-line for the literary DK.
17:01:21 Balgarn peeeeers up, blinking.
17:01:23 Takoda looks over to Zeth leaving and sighs, He continues advancing very slowly on the kodo.
17:01:57 Ugram | The kodo makes a low, resonating growl.
17:02:56 Ugram peers at the writer by his house!
17:03:19 Balgarn taps his pen against the parchment. "...dabu?"
17:04:12 [Ugram]: Do you not carve?
17:05:20 [Balgarn]: Tablets are bulky and difficult to carry about in numbers. When I first joined the army, I had to keep record while we were on the move. Paper is better for that.
17:05:55 [Ugram]: Yes, the paper is better for things that only have fleeting value.
17:05:59 Takoda stops his advancing for a second at the growl, he sneers and then pushes on. His hand about 3 feet from the kodo's face. "I swear I will poison the next thing I give you if you bite me." He murmurs to himself.
17:06:42 [Balgarn]: Parchment can keep if treated well. If there is something that needs to be held onto longer than I expect to exist, I can always transfer it to stone.
17:07:55 Ugram | The kodo lunges forward - no more than a couple of feet, since its legs are still uselessly poised - and growls, louder.
17:08:15 Ugram cringes slightly at the sound behind him, but goes back to the matter at hand.
17:08:45 [Ugram]: Perhaps. At my age, I do not have time for such things.
17:09:09 [Balgarn]: Time is, unfortunately, something I have more of than I would like.
17:09:44 [Ugram]: Hrm.
17:10:02 Ugram sniffs coarsely.
17:11:31 Takoda withdraws his hand, He stares wide-eyed at the kodo mouth a couple feet away from him. "You are up then." Takoda quickly backpedals a couple feet away from the kodo before going through his satchel and retrieving a concoction, he shakes it as he watches.
17:11:33 Balgarn peers back down at his writing, "One say I will be destroyed. Hopefully not before my work is done."
17:12:01 [Ugram]: ... Mm. A respectable goal.
17:12:10 Ugram looks back to make sure Takoda isn't half-way into a kodo's stomach.
17:12:27 Ugram | The kodo continues to growl, but sets its head back down, staring at him from below.
17:13:00 Takoda returns the growl with his own little frustrated "grr" as he shakes the concoction a bit harder.
17:13:32 Balgarn is too busy reading to notice the elder turned away. "I hope so. I pray the spirits see it so when the time comes. I am...uncertain what will happen to me after."
17:14:47 [Ugram]: A worthless question that we all inevitably ponder for too long.
17:15:00 Ugram | Kodo simmers quietly.
17:15:29 [Balgarn]: Mm...if it inspires redemption and a desire to do good, I do not think it so worthless.
17:15:45 [Ugram]: In that case, yes.
17:16:52 Takoda would use his open hand to take his staff and try to pull the kodo's water bowl torwards him.
17:17:24 Balgarn peers up then back down. "Animal trouble?"
17:17:27 Ugram | It works! The water bowl is captured.
17:17:29 [Ugram]: ... Mm.
17:19:43 Takoda leans down, his eyes are locked with the kodo as he does so. Takoda would dump the contents of the vial into the bowl and stir it in with the water by shaking the water bowl. (Shaken not Stirred.) He sets it down on the ground and pushes it back with staf
17:19:53 [Balgarn]: My mate is...was, a worg trainer. A very different kind of beast, though. Afraid I can offer little, most animals do not react well to me until they are acclimated.
17:21:21 [Ugram]: I did not expect you to assist.
17:21:42 [Balgarn]: I can lament my inability regardless.
17:21:48 Ugram | The kodo allows this to happen. It stares at the water - impossible to track suspicion on such an ancient-seeming visage.
17:21:51 [Ugram]: ... Mm.
17:22:14 [Ugram]: At a point, it becomes useless, though. You just do what you can.
17:23:20 Takoda watches the kodo, waiting for it to drink. He watches intensely as if that would make it drink faster.
17:23:53 Ugram | It doesn't drink. It stares at him, as if his existence is an affront.
17:24:37 [Balgarn]: Of course. Too many hours wasted on laments and agonizing over what is or isn't. Mm.
17:25:07 [Ugram]: Right.
17:25:12 Ugram frowns, watching Takoda.
17:26:26 Takoda stares back, still intense as ever.
17:27:21 Ugram | The staring match begins. Sadly, the kodo has the home advantage, it seems.
17:27:58 Balgarn peers up, then back down. "He should probably stop staring at it. Most animals just see that as a challenge."
17:28:48 [Ugram]: ... He'll learn.
17:29:07 Takoda keeps his eyes locked with the kodo as he reaches for some pine nettles in his satchel. He's methodical in the way he pops them in his mouth and chews slowly.
17:29:53 [Balgarn]: ...are you certain?
17:29:56 Ugram | The kodo has superior eyelids. It won't lose. It does snort heftily, though.
17:30:13 [Ugram]: Yes.
17:31:49 Takoda returns the snort, "You are bound to get thirsty eventually."
17:32:20 Ugram | It snorts louder, spraying a fine mist at Takoda.
17:32:22 Ugram frowns.
17:34:30 Takoda wipes the spittle off his face, He chews his pine nettles louder. Takoda murmurs something about using its eye juice for ingredients once it's dead.
17:35:04 [Balgarn]: He...does know that kodos are adapted for dry climates, yes? And thus can go a very long time between drinks?
17:35:32 Ugram shakes his head. "I can't watch this. If you intend to stay here, pledge that you'll save him if he ends up partially between its jaws."
17:36:24 [Balgarn]: Very well, I'll rescue him if the kodo tries to eat him.
17:36:50 [Ugram]: Right. I have to find that shaman, anyway.
17:36:59 [Ugram]: Takoda! I'm leaving for now.
17:37:34 [Takoda]: I will be here.
17:37:40 [Takoda]: Waiting.
17:37:52 [Ugram]: ... Right... Right... Uh --- ... Mm.
17:37:58 Ugram walks off, distinctly worried.
Also, the emergence of a possible new storyline, distinct from the Earthworks!
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