[RP] The Inn of Peace - IoP (Open to all)

[Azana Brown]

"Oh?" Azana tilted her head. "You and Orrin, then...? Or is it still Nirro...?"

"Oh, no, you don't...!" Marilyn jumped him back. She was not letting a supposed beginner, let alone a demon, beat her at checkers.

Tyler took it back from her, by now quite used to the sensation that came with implanting the orb. It sat beneath his skin, a vaguely green glow. "This one in particular grants a bit of ice magic." He took up his half-emptied glass of water. "Blizzard." A chill settled around him, the water freezing solid as the glass frosted.

"I had a lot of practice," Violet answered. "I have a bookcase or two full of nothing but drawings...."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"Orrin, Nirro, same person. But yes, of course! Who else?"

He pouted, jumping one of hers.

Remy watched, amused.  

[Astra_Senpai]

Honey sat up, "Jus' tu'ked away? Why no' on disp'ay, Lo'e? Wor' li'e t'is shou'd no' be squr'eled away in the dar'."

Kiran's tufts bristled, he wheezed. What in the world? He looked around trying to figure out where that'd come from. He pulled out his inhaler, shook it and took a pull. Rubbing his cheek, he sighed finding the white glove coming away red. When had he gotten paint on him?

The materia gone! And it had sunk into his skin! Kyou gaped, carefully taking the glass and looking it over. It was certainly frozen through! The bandaged shoulder went limp, golden eye slowly closed. Kyou cheered, "What fun!"  

[Azana Brown]

"Good question," Orrin grinned softly, walking downstairs. "It's always a delight to see you so cheerful."

Marilyn slid another piece forward, blocking off a potential jump. "You're not bad, for a beginner."

Sosol hummed in thought, looking over the intel file that Azana had read through. It looked like a right mess...

Tyler heard a wheeze, glancing to Kiran. He had almost forgotten...but even a small trick like that causing a reaction? He really needed to have a chat with the author. "Sorry," he apologized quickly, removing the materia and pocketing it once mroe. "I might be able to help with that..."

"...not all of it is worth showing," Violet frowned, looking down at her portrait of Honey. "It may be skilled...but it's ugly."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"It's always a delight to see you at all~!" cheered Charlotte, giving Orrin a hug. "Good morning! Lookit the sun!"

"Felix is teaching me. He doesn't just let me win, but he's really patient, and points out good places...I'm not very smart with human things, but he's helping me a lot. That's what I'm here for, y'see...I got curious about humans." he said, moving a different piece.

Remy waited. Soon.  

[Astra_Senpai]

Kiran smiled kindly to Tyler, exhaling the taken medicine and having to take another pull. His long ears drooped as if to apologize, a hand resting over his heart. Ah this hurt, he flushed- and was embarrassing.

Kyou watched quietly, not worried, only watching.

Honey chirped, her chair on two legs, "All t' goo' ar'ists a 'ard on t'emsel'es. I don' ge' it. So'e of the bes' stu'f is nigh'mare ma'erial."  

[Azana Brown]

Violet set the paper down, heading for the stairs. "...you can judge for yourself." She had full intention of bringing down some of her darker books. If she wanted any of it, she could keep it.

"I love the sun," Orrin smiled, hugging her. "I'm sorry I haven't been around much...that should change now."

Tyler scooted his chair a little, looking to Kiran. "I've got a device that might be able to stop those attacks...it cancels out magic within a small range around the body. With you, it may function as a sort of hypoallergenic filter." With all the magic that usually took place in the Inn, it would be hard to keep from doing anything in his presence.

"Curious about us...?" Marilyn asked, playing a little more defensively. "I thought you guys got out a bit more often...all that talk about temptation everywhere and all."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"What's keptcha, pickles?" she smiled up, beaming. "Business?"

"We take shifts...I haven't been out of Hell since 1600." he said, making a move. "I work in reformations right now. Punishing the damned."  

[Astra_Senpai]

Honey wobbled her chair, leaning in the other direction and watching. Was she supposed to follow? She started to get off her chair but her foot slipped bouncing her chin off the counter, teeth clacking together. Honey seethed and let loose a series of less than lady like words.

Kiran exhaled once again, able to breathe now. He sighed softly, looking to Tyler- still clearly embarrassed, "I-if i-it r-r-r-runs off of m-mag-gic i-itel-lf I c-c-can-n-n-not..." He was nervous at the sudden attention.  

[Azana Brown]

"And I thought I was old-fashioned," she chuckled, jumping the piece he just moved. "Sounds like an interesting job, though...thankfully, I will not meet you at work."

"A bit of that, and a bit of rest. It has been some time since I let the other loose like that. People are a little better about following the Order these days...history makes an excellent teacher." Orrin pecked her head. "Wait...pickles? Should I ask?"

Violet came back down after a few minutes, an armful of four sketchbooks. Two of the covers had identical symbols, while the other two shared another one. "I label them...to remind myself what's inside. Here."

"That would defeat the point, wouldn't it?" Tyler smirked, a familiar glint in his eye. "It emits something known as catapsi...it disrupts magic and psychic wavelengths, effectively giving you a bubble of strict non-metaphysical space. Unfortunately, its bi-directional, so you would be unable to do any sort of magical or psychic work."  

[Gren_Eckener]

He pouted at the jump, trying another move. "Nope! Probably not! Lucky you!"

"Trying out nicknames; I think I'll junk that one..." she smiled yet, wiggling a little. "Were they proud or just kind of annoyed?"
"You okay, Honey?"  

[Astra_Senpai]

"F-f-for-rg-g-giv-ve m-me...i-it soun-nds t-to g-g-good t-to b-be t-tr-true. ," he politely apologized. Above all he was a cautious man, things such as he was offering were certainly not free. His left ear twitched, the scientist was being honest- that much he could tell- the gleam in his eye was mischief to Kiran.

Honey winced, working her jaw as she accepted the books. Ohhh that had smarted. Tasting a bit of blood she hummed, wonderful. That'd been horrible. BUT the books were a delight. "Jus' ba' lu'k. So'et'in's ble'din' bu' I don' know wha'. Eh. C'est la vive." Chair on all four legs, she rested them all on her lap and opened one. She only touched the edges of the paper, didn't run her hands across but each page she looked at took her a deal of time. She gave a small coo of approval at almost every image.  

[Azana Brown]

Marilyn glanced at him before turning her attention back down to the board. "We call it Grace," she answered, moving a piece.

"A bit of both...they were pleased to see me enforce the Order, but annoyed that I was as lenient as I was. Their scope is too narrow, in my opinion; things turned out exactly as they needed to. Speaking of which..." He dug into his pocket, pulling out an ash-dusted rosary. "Would you like to do the honors of returning this? It looks nice with the hat, but it does not belong among the Lost."

Violet, notably, did not look over Honey's shoulder. The book she held contained images of a demonic nature...glimpses of the horrors that could be found in Kasdeya's cult at its peak. Every scene spoke of pain, despair, and madness, overlayed with the occasional smug satisfaction of the dominatrix demoness herself.

The other ones, she had to design the symbol herself, since she wasn't exactly sure what she had drawn. Those were more meant for Remy's eyes, if there truly was similarities between the works.

"It's alright," Tyler shrugged. "My genius does that sometimes. Let me tell you what...I'll order a spare copy in to try out. If it works, great. If it doesn't, what have we lost?" Honestly, he was eager to see how it would work with Kiran. It didn't run on magic, so the experiment would be relatively harmless, except for the potential allergic reaction to a magical stimulus. That was what the inhaler was for, as a backup plan.

"If you feel the desperate need to pay me for it, you can name the price. It just seems like a good idea for everyone involved."

Azana chuckled. "Is this a research proposal or a sales pitch?" She joked, looking at Tyler. She'd have to have a talk with him at some point...perhaps when they weren't so incredibly busy.  

[Gren_Eckener]

"Grace?" he asked, looking up. "Is it nice?"

"Ooooh, yessir~" she nodded, taking the necklace and trotting over to Marilyn, avoiding Remy, which earned her a thankful nod. "Here! You lost this!"