[OPEN ] ► Central Commons - Bar | Just Chilling

[hartless_cowboy]

WHO| Lindsey and OPEN
WHAT| Lindsey spends some time people watching and drinking
WHEN| Three days post Arena 4
WHERE| Central Commons in the Training Center
WARNINGS/NOTES| None for now

Three days now and Lindsey was still sore over losing the silly competition. True that he hadn't paid it much mind when he was first told about it, also true that he never thought that he was going to make it so far to the end, but to lose it after being made to kill his own brother and be one of the last few remaining seemed a poor way to end it.

With a gin and tonic in hand, Lindsey paid the serving avox no mind as he watched people come and go from the open cocktail bar. Maybe tomorrow he'll venture out into the city.

Comments

[hartless_cowboy]

"When you're trying to be unique, those are exactly what you need." He grinned and gave her horns and nice long look. "In my case, I guess my uniqueness is having family here. That's not such a common thing for tributes, so yeah, I'm in luck, but that's nothing compared to your extra appendages."

[tailforbrains]

Neeshka wrinkled her nose at him. "You know how weird it is having these be something good?" she said, half-laughing. "I kind of love it. Maybe that's another reason I don't mind this place so much. Nobody wants to burn me at the stake. Well, you know, except in the arena, and even then, they don't really go so much for burning, you know?"

Just other crazy stuff.

[hartless_cowboy]

"That's always a plus. I remembered the stories the clean up crew used to come up with whenever there's an exposure incident." People wanted to believe what was in their comfort zone and seeing creatures with horn and tails weren't too comforting. "It's hilarious what people will accept rather than think they saw something that isn't human."

[tailforbrains]

"People aren't used to having non-humans around where you're from?" Neeshka asked curiously, leaning her elbows on the bartop and propping her chin up no her hands. "They're kind of used to it, in Neverwinter. There's plenty of elves and dwarves and such about. There's even a kobold merchant, and people are just kind of used to it."

[hartless_cowboy]

"Different worlds," Lindsey pointed out. "Or different dimensions more likely. A lot of our demons come from openings of Hellmouths, although there's always the special brand of crazy that witches and warlocks like to open up."

[tailforbrains]

"Hellmouths. Huh. Well, we've got different planes on Faerun, but not hellmouths into them," Neeshka commented. "It takes magic to move things or people between planes, but you can do it anywhere, I think... but your world is mostly humans, then, huh? Like here?" Sounded like a pretty rotten world, then. She'd be out of luck there, unlike how she was here, if people didn't like weird stuff. "At least you guys know about demons, though. Or some of you."

[hartless_cowboy]

"We've got those too, planes. And magic, oh, lots of that too." Nodding, Lindsey pointed to the window that showed the Capitol beyond the training tower. "Supposedly, this is the future of my world. Or something like that... there's suspiciously little history around." He shrugged, and added a moment later, "Oh, and magic doesn't work here either."

[tailforbrains]

"Yeah, I figured that part out," Neeshka grumbled, making a face. "There's one whole spell I can do, and it doesn't work here. So I guess whatever future this is of your world, they took the magic out of it somehow. I heard that sort of thing could be possible, if gods or something got involved. Or really powerful wizards." There'd been a question about it in a library that her boss had, had to answer. Stupid puzzles; should've just been a nice lock to pick.

[hartless_cowboy]

"It can," Lindsey agreed, "But I never read up much on it. It didn't pertain to me, at least, not back then when I had the resources." He didn't think there would be a day when magic would vanish. It would take a lot, except possibly, it had, just that. Or he was in an alternate universe to the one he came from, it was really too hard to tell. "I guess it's just too bad now."

[tailforbrains]

"Seriously too bad. Life without magic just isn't as interesting." She paused, considered, then added, "Easier, though. I'd rather fight somebody with an axe than somebody with a sleep spell handy." Because more than once she'd been laid out flat for a whole battle from some stupid sleep spell. She hated that.

[hartless_cowboy]

"Yeah, for us. Though... comin back from the dead and being put together when you've gone the way of Humpty Dumpty... that's magic." No matter what they said, technology couldn't regenerate people like that. "So, it might be more of a lockdown than a actual removal." Then he made an obvious shrug with his shoulders. "Or I can be completely wrong."