Called 12

[12/16/2017 10:32:17 PM] Kite: Right! Ry got seduced into Rose's cot, which is actually definitely not a cot. She has a full bedroom behind her office, albeit a small, functional-looking one with a couch and a kitchenette on one side. Ry knows her well enough to know she probably stays there more often than she should.

[12/16/2017 10:32:39 PM] Kite: Either way, eventually she shoos him out so she can get back to work. Does he head home, or elsewhere?

[12/16/2017 10:33:53 PM] Ry: He will go home for now.

[12/16/2017 10:34:54 PM] Kite: He heads home! It's a quick cab ride back, no big deal.

[12/16/2017 10:36:18 PM | Edited 10:42:53 PM] Kite: Upon opening the front door, though, he does in fact find Armand and Lizard in an embrace! ... at careful arm's length. He is evidently teaching her how to waltz. Faye is lying down on (and shedding blue fur all over) the couch.

[12/16/2017 10:44:54 PM] Ry: .... waltzing? I have never once waltzed.

[12/16/2017 10:44:59 PM] *** Ry eyes him. ***

[12/16/2017 10:46:24 PM] Kite: Armand: In America, no. In Europe, they are somewhat more old-fashioned. However, you will need to learn to lead as well as follow. It is somewhat more difficult to eavesdrop on dancing people, I find.

[12/16/2017 10:51:02 PM] *** Ry aura visions him. ***

[12/16/2017 10:51:08 PM] Ry: (( 6.))

[12/16/2017 10:52:50 PM] Kite: It's pretty much all blue and yellow now, with an occasional flicker of deep red. All pale, of course, because vampire.

[12/16/2017 10:54:42 PM] *** Ry eyes him even more, taking off his shades, cat eye all apparent. "Where's Tess and Mal, anyway?" ***

[12/16/2017 10:55:11 PM] Kite: Tess returns from the kitchen with a mug and waves.

[12/16/2017 10:55:27 PM] Kite: Liz: He said something about training downstairs.

[12/16/2017 10:55:50 PM] Kite: Armand: Miss Miller, if you will oblige? I am not very good at following. Old habits die hard, I am afraid.

[12/16/2017 10:55:58 PM] Kite: Tess: Oh, sure.

[12/16/2017 10:56:39 PM] Kite: She puts her mug down and follows to Lizard's lead. Tess is pretty obviously accustomed to this, but Lizard pretty obviously isn't.

[12/16/2017 10:56:56 PM] Kite: Armand, to Ry: I think we should talk, yes?

[12/16/2017 10:59:31 PM] Ry: Apparently.

[12/16/2017 10:59:35 PM] Kite: Tess: Just relax, Liz, you'll be fine.

Liz: But how am I supposed to know what direction to go?

[12/16/2017 11:01:04 PM] Kite: Tess: Just do what feels natural, it's my job to follow.

[12/16/2017 11:01:18 PM] Kite: Armand heads for the kitchen.

[12/16/2017 11:02:20 PM] *** Ry follows him. ***

[12/16/2017 11:03:28 PM] Kite: As soon as the door closes, he looks back at Ry. "I started with simple etiquette, but there are other things I could teach. Is everything on the table?"

[12/16/2017 11:03:45 PM] Ry: What do you have in mind?

[12/16/2017 11:04:28 PM] Kite: A shadow flickers over the brightly-lit kitchen and then subsides.

[12/16/2017 11:05:54 PM] Ry: Think she could learn?

[12/16/2017 11:06:19 PM] Kite: Armand: Possibly. It's... a little dangerous to know, however.

[12/16/2017 11:06:29 PM] Ry: Let's hold off on that, first.

[12/16/2017 11:06:51 PM] Kite: Armand: What else?

[12/16/2017 11:07:18 PM] Ry: LEt's stick to the more common disciplines first.

[12/16/2017 11:07:34 PM] Ry: Also, I need to ask. Are you going to be able to maintain? Professionally?

[12/16/2017 11:07:41 PM] Kite: Armand: What?

[12/16/2017 11:08:24 PM] Ry: ... we can all teach our disciplines. I can teach her Auspex. You know, how to see auras.

[12/16/2017 11:08:28 PM] *** Ry eyes him. ***

[12/16/2017 11:09:04 PM] Kite: Armand: ... ah. I did not think I was so very obvious.

[12/16/2017 11:11:51 PM] Ry: You're not, terribly.

[12/16/2017 11:12:00 PM] Ry: I'm a perceptive guy.

[12/16/2017 11:13:42 PM] Kite: Armand: Clearly. ... she is very young.

[12/16/2017 11:14:22 PM] Ry: Yes.

[12/16/2017 11:15:39 PM] Ry: Very.

[12/16/2017 11:17:26 PM] Ry: You can stay professional, though, right?

[12/16/2017 11:18:19 PM] Kite: Armand: ... I don't know.

[12/16/2017 11:23:48 PM] Kite: Armand: I didn't think she'd be... like that.

[12/16/2017 11:23:58 PM] Ry: Like what?

[12/16/2017 11:24:20 PM] Kite: Armand: Funny. Clever. Talented. And rather sweet.

[12/16/2017 11:25:45 PM] Ry: She is all these things.

[12/16/2017 11:26:15 PM] Ry: And you're not saying that her doing... whatever she did the other night left no lasting effect?

[12/16/2017 11:27:29 PM] Kite: Armand: I've no idea. That's never been done to me before. They favor Dominate.

[12/16/2017 11:29:05 PM] Kite: Armand: ... I would prefer not to teach that.

[12/16/2017 11:30:54 PM] Ry: Okay. Fortitude? Potence? Celerity?

[12/16/2017 11:31:03 PM] Ry: I'm going to try and teach her Protean.

[12/16/2017 11:32:13 PM] Kite: Armand: Celerity, perhaps. She's already quick to learn the steps.

[12/16/2017 11:34:19 PM] Ry: Good.

[12/16/2017 11:35:00 PM] Kite: Armand: How much do you know of our history?

[12/16/2017 11:35:37 PM] Ry: A bit.

[12/16/2017 11:36:02 PM] Ry: Archaeology is a hobby of mine. Hell, I should be in the Ukraine on a dig right now.

[12/16/2017 11:36:50 PM] Kite: Armand: Many have forgotten the Salubri. Though they still survive, after a fashion, I believe.

[12/16/2017 11:41:12 PM] Ry: ... yes. What of them?

[12/16/2017 11:42:35 PM] Kite: Armand: They had a discipline as well. Much concerning healing and... positive things.

[12/16/2017 11:43:31 PM] Ry: ....Liz already has a big target on her back. I'd rather not make it larger by teaching her all the forbidden and obscure disciplines.

[12/16/2017 11:44:25 PM] Kite: Armand: I brought it up because it can be comforting in difficult times. And I don't know all the forbidden or obscure disciplines.

[12/16/2017 11:45:10 PM] Ry: Let's just stick to the prescribed syllabus for now.

[12/16/2017 11:45:44 PM] Kite: Armand: Celerity. Yes. ... I have also avoided telling her anything about the Sabbat. It could not possibly be my place to do so.

[12/16/2017 11:46:54 PM] Ry: How much you know about them? Gray has faith in you, and I trust her. But the question has occurred.

[12/16/2017 11:47:39 PM] Kite: Armand: Far too much, after a hundred years. What do you want to know?

[12/16/2017 11:48:03 PM] Ry: ... are you Lasombra? Or did you just eat one.

[12/16/2017 11:48:34 PM] Kite: Armand: I am Lasombra and I have eaten one.

[12/16/2017 11:48:51 PM] Kite: Armand: Several, in fact.

[12/16/2017 11:50:18 PM] Ry: .... interesting.

[12/16/2017 11:50:53 PM] Kite: Armand: It's hardly uncommon there. Fall out of favor and your name gets on the list of targets and eventually, someone will come for you.

[12/16/2017 11:58:51 PM] Ry: I think first she needs to learn about the Camarilla. Mention the sabbat, but no need to go into details just yet.

[12/16/2017 11:59:40 PM] Kite: Armand: I don't enjoy talking about it. But ask away. Everyone is always dying to ask.

[12/17/2017 12:00:30 AM] Ry: It's fine. I'll ask questions as they occur,but I'm not terribly worried about the sabbat at the moment.

[12/17/2017 12:00:52 AM] Kite: Armand: Just me?

[12/17/2017 12:02:13 AM] Ry: Just you.

[12/17/2017 12:02:30 AM | Removed 12:02:43 AM] Ry: This message has been removed.

[12/17/2017 12:05:10 AM] Kite: Armand: I don't know what to tell you. Ask whatever  you like and I can answer but I don't know what you want me to say. I'm not going to lie.

[12/17/2017 12:05:39 AM] Ry: Good, don't. Just... know I'm watching you, is all. Your'e here to help teach her, that's all.

[12/17/2017 12:06:22 AM] Kite: Armand: I am doing my best to do so. I was a teacher once, a very long time ago.

[12/17/2017 12:11:55 AM] Kite: Armand: You aren't immune either, are you? You're her father. I don't need to see auras to see that.

[12/17/2017 12:13:08 AM] Ry: Basically, I suppose.

[12/17/2017 12:14:22 AM] Kite: Armand: Faster than you would have thought possible?

[12/17/2017 12:15:35 AM] Ry: I don't know about that. I have no basis for comparison there. Though you sound like Faye now.

[12/17/2017 12:16:55 AM] Kite: Armand: Her magic guard pet? Interesting. ... I don't know what to tell you. My intentions are... good if not I suppose entirely pure.

[12/17/2017 12:17:43 AM] Ry: It's fine. But if I am her father... you can understand me watching you like a hawk.

[12/17/2017 12:18:41 AM] Kite: Armand: It would probably be simplest to just kill me, honestly.

[12/17/2017 12:19:59 AM] Ry: Probably. I won't, though. Not yet.

[12/17/2017 12:20:19 AM] Ry: It would be simpler to kill Mal, too.

[12/17/2017 12:21:14 AM] Kite: Armand: Possibly. ... he may be able to teach her something useful as well, however. He moves like a swordsman. ... and you don't see that often anymore.

[12/17/2017 12:21:45 AM] Ry: I just mean, clearly I'm not going for simple here.

[12/17/2017 12:21:45 AM] Kite: Armand: ... and he at least seems the right age. And not... tainted.

[12/17/2017 12:22:28 AM] Kite: Armand: No.

[12/17/2017 12:33:52 AM] Ry: Just keep teaching her. Just teaching her. Don't forget that right now, in terms of experience and age? You're as old as I am. You're old enough to be her father.

[12/17/2017 12:34:45 AM] Kite: Armand: Older than that.

[12/17/2017 12:41:16 AM] Ry: Well, there you go.

[12/17/2017 12:42:50 AM] Ry: If, once she's got her feet under her, vampirically speaking, she feels like reciprocating in anyway, then that's up to her. But until then, it's the special hell if you cross any lines.

[12/17/2017 12:43:49 AM] Kite: Armand: "Why this is hell, nor am I out of it." I can't promise anything. Especially if she does ... that again.

[12/17/2017 12:45:19 AM] Ry: Get your head on straight, or I'll have Gray replace you  That's what it comes down to.

[12/17/2017 12:46:53 AM] Kite: Armand: Of course.

[12/17/2017 12:47:20 AM] *** Ry nods, done dealing with this for a moment, and returns to the living room. ***

[12/17/2017 12:47:52 AM] Kite: Lizard is doing pretty well at leading now! Tess is just chatting with her, mainly, which seems to have taken the nervousness down a bit.

[12/17/2017 12:51:30 AM] Kite: Lizard spots Ry and lets go of Tess to go over to him! "Did you find anything out? I've been learning all kinds of things."

[12/17/2017 12:51:50 AM] Ry: Like what?

[12/17/2017 12:53:30 AM] Kite: Lizard: Mostly proper etiquette for meetings and how all the officials for the clans fit in with all the officials for the Camarilla. And things about local government. And how it's all different in Europe and even from country to country or city to city there. I still don't think my head can hold it all but Armand said I'm doing fine. .... he might just be being nice.

[12/17/2017 12:55:18 AM] Ry: I'm sure you're doing fine. You're pretty smart.

[12/17/2017 12:55:50 AM] Kite: Lizard: It's going to be a lot to remember. I'm taking notes so that I can study later.

[12/17/2017 1:00:48 AM] Ry: He can teach you a lot. Definitely more about vampire etiquette then I know.

[12/17/2017 1:04:54 AM] Kite: Lizard: I think he figured out how to stop being scary.

[12/17/2017 1:05:32 AM] Ry: Most people stop being scary when you get to know them a bit.

[12/17/2017 1:15:59 AM] Kite: Lizard: He's kind. And ... I don't know why, but he seems sad.

[12/17/2017 1:30:09 AM] Kite: Lizard: He's kind. And... I don't know why, but he seems sad.

[12/17/2017 1:30:41 AM] Ry: Well. That's a vampire thing. We tend to get old and cranky and melancholy.

[12/17/2017 1:31:01 AM] Kite: Lizard: I was afraid it was because I... did whatever it was I did.

[12/17/2017 1:36:51 AM] Kite: Lizard: It wears off, doesn't it?

[12/17/2017 1:42:00 AM] Ry: I think it will. But you definitely left an impression.

[12/17/2017 1:42:34 AM] Ry: You know how when you have a really vivid dream, it leaves an impression? Even if you can't remember the details?

[12/17/2017 1:42:37 AM] Ry: It's like that.

[12/17/2017 1:42:59 AM] Kite: Lizard: I need to learn how to not do that again.

[12/17/2017 1:43:30 AM] Ry: Well, I think we're going to start teaching you disciplines.

[12/17/2017 1:44:18 AM] Kite: Lizard: I don't want to hurt people like that. I think it counts as hurting them, doesn't it?

[12/17/2017 1:45:14 AM] Ry: Maybe a little. But it's more like mace, less like a gun.

[12/17/2017 1:45:28 AM] Ry: There's other powers, too, though. Strength, speed, toughness.

[12/17/2017 1:46:41 AM] Kite: Lizard: Like Tess, right?

[12/17/2017 1:46:50 AM] *** Ry nods. ***

[12/17/2017 1:47:02 AM] Kite: Lizard: I dropped a pencil under the fridge and she lifted it up so that I could get it out.

[12/17/2017 1:47:30 AM] Ry: And I'm going to see if I can teach you Auspex. How to see things, and through things.

[12/17/2017 1:47:51 AM] Ry: Also Protean. That's shapeshifting, because, let's face it, being a bird is great.

[12/17/2017 1:48:20 AM] Kite: Lizard: I want to learn everything.

[12/17/2017 1:51:55 AM] *** Ry grins. ***

[12/17/2017 1:52:18 AM] Kite: Lizard: And the dancing was fun.

[12/17/2017 1:57:02 AM] Ry: Never danced before?

[12/17/2017 1:58:55 AM] Kite: Lizard: I think I did, but not like that. Not the old-fashioned kind.

[12/17/2017 2:07:09 AM] Ry: .... you kids today.

[12/17/2017 2:07:19 AM] *** Ry chuckles and shakes his head at Tess. ***

[12/17/2017 2:09:25 AM] Kite: Tess: I know, right? I bet she's never quadrilled.

[12/17/2017 2:11:28 AM] *** Ry holds a hand out to Tess! ***

[12/17/2017 2:11:33 AM | Edited 2:11:38 AM] Ry: Can I have this dance?

[12/17/2017 2:12:21 AM] Kite: Tess takes his hand!

[12/17/2017 2:12:28 AM] Kite: And they dance!

[4:16:02 PM] Kite: Tess was dancing with Ry! After a while she makes Lizard cut in and take her place.

[4:19:16 PM] Ry: Ry dances with Liz for a bit!

[4:20:18 PM] Kite: She's pretty glad to do it! Then Tess grabs her again so that she can get some leading practice. Lizard does catch on pretty quickly.

[4:23:47 PM] *** Ry is going to go check on Mal. ***

[4:25:34 PM] Kite: He's in his little bedroom downstairs, shirtless and sweaty, boxing the shit out of an improvised practice dummy made mostly of pillows.

[4:27:17 PM] *** Ry watches for a moment. ***

[4:28:46 PM] Kite: He's definitely stronger than he looks, but he's also pretty fast--probably that would be his biggest advantage in a given fight.

[4:30:33 PM] Ry: So you're not going anywhere, are you?

[4:30:57 PM] Kite: Mal: Where would I go?

[4:31:20 PM] Ry: I just mean... you're not going to try running if I unlock the doors.

[4:32:21 PM] Kite: Mal: I didn't know they weren't unlocked before. I don't even know how I'd find food here, all your vegetation looks weird and I don't know what animals are stupid enough to eat.

[4:34:30 PM] Ry: Seriously, I have to ask. What was your plan?

[4:35:23 PM] Kite: Mal: ... promise not to yell at me when the words don't translate?

[4:35:47 PM] Ry: I promise.

[4:37:20 PM] Kite: Mal: It's been forever since there were any Greensingers. We thought there wouldn't be any more.

[4:38:36 PM] Kite: Mal: Which as far as we were concerned? Good. Greensingers are powerful in and of themselves but they can also draw power from other places. The land, sometimes. Wells. Leylines..

[4:39:24 PM] Kite: Mal: There are stories where they drain hundreds of miles around them dry. No magic, no life, nothing.

[4:41:30 PM] Kite: Mal: Then they worked out that there are certain ways you can... uhm. Leverage? what they drain to greater effect. By using a catalyst.

[4:49:06 PM] Kite: Mal: ... a lever? I don't know, the word isn't really right.

[4:49:52 PM] Ry: Who did, the Greensingers?

[4:49:59 PM] Kite: Mal: No, everybody else.

[4:50:21 PM] Kite: Mal: I mean, the Greensingers leverage what they drain.

[4:50:59 PM] Kite: Mal: But it was everybody else who set up a system to make the catalysts, mostly so that the next Greensinger who went crazy wouldn't kill us all.

[4:51:23 PM] Ry: And the Greensinger would only drain what they wanted them to drain.

[4:54:06 PM] Kite: Mal: Yeah, mostly because it would be easier and result in more power anyway.

[4:54:15 PM] Kite: Mal: So yeah, that's why I'm here.

[4:55:44 PM] Ry: .... wait, I feel like we skipped a few lines. You came to bring back a Greensinger?

[4:56:01 PM] Kite: Mal: No, I came to see if she was going to be awful.

[4:56:42 PM] Kite: Mal: If she was okay, I figured I'd see if I could help her get home. If she turned out to be bad, well. They can be killed if you catch them before they get really powerful.

[5:07:10 PM] Ry: .... and now?

[5:08:17 PM] Kite: Mal: She seems okay, I guess. I mean, she looks like a normal person most of the time. You can use a catalyst a lot of different ways--you don't have to just drain it.

[5:08:42 PM] Ry: Do you have this catalyst?

[5:09:38 PM] Kite: Mal rolls his eyes and goes back to punching the pillow. "Good one."

[5:10:27 PM] Ry: I don't know anything about this stuff, remember? What is a catalyst?

[5:11:53 PM] Kite: Mal shakes his head. "I am the catalyst. Well, a catalyst. There are a bunch of us back in the summerlands."

[5:14:02 PM] Ry: Interesting.

[5:14:09 PM] Ry: So how do you do your thing?

[5:14:45 PM] Kite: Mal: Me? I don't do anything. You're thinking like I'm a person again. It's more like I'm cordwood and she's a torch.

[5:19:04 PM] Ry: .... weird.

[5:19:25 PM] Ry: Okay. So if you did bring her back to where your'e from. What would happen?

[5:21:27 PM] Kite: Mal: Whatever she wants, probably. She could probably just take over, or leave it the way it is and go live in the woods, or use her power to extend the land. Or just live there. She could either burn me and the other catalysts out or leave us alone entirely or there are stories where it's more symbiotic, too. Basically there's no way to know until it's too late.

[5:28:21 PM] Ry: What did you think might happen. Or hope migh thappen.

[5:29:26 PM] Kite: Mal: I kind of hoped she'd go off and be a hermit.

[5:31:01 PM] Ry: So were you *sent*? Or did you come on your own?

[5:31:59 PM] Kite: Mal: Came on my own. I had to escape to do it.

[5:33:32 PM] Ry: Escape from whom?

[5:34:48 PM] Kite: Mal: Keepers. ... basically our jailors, but up until she showed up, they didn't actually care what we did or where we went. Now they do, of course.

[5:35:24 PM] Ry: How many catalysts like you are there?

[5:36:04 PM] Kite: Mal: Thirteen. As we get used up, more will turn up.

[5:36:44 PM] Ry: ... will more be coming?

[5:36:56 PM] Kite: Mal: I doubt it. They probably tightened security up after I got out.

[5:37:26 PM] Ry: ... why don't the Keepers want the Catalysts out?

[5:37:56 PM] Kite: Mal: Because we'll run away, obviously. It's not like we want to be turned into a husk.

[5:40:51 PM] Kite: Mal: ... well, I don't, anyway.

[5:43:34 PM] Ry: But they know a Greensinger has... emerged or surfaced or whatever.

[5:44:10 PM] Kite: Mal: Yeah.

[5:45:14 PM] Ry: What are they likely to do about it?

[5:45:30 PM] Kite: Mal: Wait and hope she doesn't show up.

[5:45:52 PM] Kite: Mal: Some royalty might send assassins.

[5:52:43 PM] *** Ry sighs. ***

[5:53:06 PM] Ry: All right. I'll see about getting you some proper weapons. If we're stuck with you, we might as well make use of you.

[5:54:11 PM] Kite: Mal: I'd really like my swords back. They do train us to fight in case that's what the Greensingers end up wanting. Other stuff, too--music, entertainment. Whatever you want a tool for. I told you I wasn't a prince.

[5:56:01 PM] Ry: Yes, yes. Sorry about that. I'll see what I can do. especially if we might have to deal with assassins.

[5:57:00 PM] Kite: Mal: She can probably just do that... whatever it was she did. Even the creepy guy is on her side now.

[5:57:49 PM] Ry: Yeah, but we shouldn't count on that.

[5:58:15 PM] Ry: Look, do you want to help or not? I should warn you that faerie blood is a huge commodity among my community.

[5:58:22 PM] Kite: Mal: A huge what?

[5:58:30 PM] Ry: VAluable.

[5:59:32 PM] Kite: Mal: Now my blood is valuable too? Great. Now instead of one incomprehensibly powerful Greensinger wanting to ash me, everybody does.

[6:00:42 PM] Ry: Just warning you. I don't see the appeal, but fae blood does weird things to us. Some find it addictive.

[6:02:05 PM] Kite: Mal: ... you're serious, aren't you?

[6:02:31 PM] Ry: Yes.

[6:02:43 PM] Kite: Mal: Why didn't I just hang myself, again?

[6:04:47 PM] Kite: Mal: Oh, right, because Taregas did and after that they wouldn't let us have sheets anymore.

[6:06:15 PM] Ry: That's pretty grim.

[6:07:11 PM] Kite: Mal: It's not my fault she's an apocalypse in the shape of a person. ... maybe she'll just stay a person.

[6:09:11 PM] Ry: She is a person.

[6:10:43 PM] Kite: Mal: She could be a good one. Make the forests grow, expand the land, kick out some of the assholes.

[6:30:37 PM] Ry: she gets to choose what she does.

[6:31:04 PM] Kite: Mal: Obviously. It's not like I'm going to be able to stop her, she could ash me without even thinking about it.

[6:33:49 PM] Kite: Mal: Especially since I couldn't help her with anything. She's got no reason to care if she does, now.

[6:34:28 PM] Ry: What do you mean?

[6:35:11 PM] Kite: Mal: Well, when I came here I expected to help rescue her or something. Or else kill her. But she doesn't need rescuing, so I don't have anything I can do for her in exchange for letting me live.

[6:35:40 PM] Ry: Well, you can help her.

[6:36:05 PM] Kite: Mal: With what?

[6:36:29 PM] Ry: Protecting her. Being her friend. Whatever.

[6:36:45 PM] Ry: Don't  put her on a pedestal. Treat her like a person, not a Greensinger.

[6:37:47 PM] Kite: Mal: That's easy for you to say, you're not in danger of suddenly evaporating the next time she feels like rearranging a mountain.

[6:38:35 PM] Ry: If half of what you've said is accurate, I actually am.

[6:39:07 PM] Kite: Mal: True, but you weren't made for that express purpose. Or destined for it, or whatever.

[6:42:27 PM] Kite: Mal: I don't have a ton of skills, either. I wasn't even the best fighter. Definitely not the best singer.

[6:42:58 PM] Ry: You can still help.

[6:43:30 PM] Kite: Mal: Sure. What does she want, someone to do her hair or tie her shoes?

[6:43:44 PM] *** Ry rolls his eyes. ***

[6:43:52 PM] Ry: Fine, sit down here and wallow.

[6:44:16 PM] *** Ry leaves the room! ***

[6:44:16 PM] Kite: Mal: I'm not wallowing, I'm trying not to fall out of shape. I'm not that great at hand-to-hand and you took away my weapons.

[6:50:08 PM] Ry: I'll see about getting your weapons back, I said that already.

[6:50:31 PM] Kite: Mal: Thanks. I'd feel better. ... and be a lot less useless in a fight.

[7:02:13 PM] Kite: (Ry can go wherever he wants, btw.)