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

[Gren_Eckener]

"Oh heck, did someone knock over his grave?" frowned Mal. "That'd cross any ghost...he must need a new headstone. What's wha- oh, this? My tail!" he smiled, waving the spade in greeting. "It's sensitive, though, so don't play with it, okay?"

At the question of friendship, however, he licked his lips, thinking hard on the matter before nodding vigorously. "Yeah! Who's Giant?"  

[Layla Marsivi]

Layla looked at her. Nodding her head and smiled. "I'm hoping to learn further strength and control of my powers. My pyrokinetics and technopathic abilities. To find out why I can hear voices of technology and science." She said. Looking down. "The microwave is grumpy." She looked at Gren and smiled. Then looked at Zulma again. Nodding her head a bit. She bet Jeff would be a smart male. He was so kind to Mikila. Even if he had picked her up like she might turn into a snake or something.  

[Zero Nehoshi]

Mikila looked at him. "I dunno. He wasn't grumpy then he squirmy in pain. Turned all grumpy. Frowning all the time. He said someone disturbed his sleepy place." She said. "Headstone?" She said with a tilting of her head. Her gaze looking at the tail again. "A tail? That is cool!" She said. Clapping her hands together. Smiling as she waved to the spade tips. "Okay." She said with a smile. Looking at him curiously as he thought. "Zulma's friend. He made me sandwich. Jeff. He called me shrimp so I call him Giant." She said. Moving her arms up. "He is so tall." She said with a smile.  

[Amir Van Helsing]

Amir had nodded when addressed yet taken to merely observing. He was learning the people around him. Also keeping an eye on Jacoda who seemed to oddly be hitting it off with the intelligent young woman. They seemed to be having a spar with words. Strange thing to do with a pirate like Jacoda. He pulled his glasses off after shielding his eyes. moving the red scanner, messenger, multi tool device Jolly gave him that helped him a lot with his medical cleric field. Rubbing his yellow eyes that were like a yellowish gold and looked like liquid that shimmered in the light. He then put the red scanner in place and put his shades back on. He looked at Zulma and smiled. Looking at Layla. "Hello little sister." he said with a smile.  

[Zulma san]

Zulma had thanked Gren then taken upon making sure that everyone had drinks and food while still talking with Layla. She waved happily to Mal, it had been a while since she saw him.

She nodded at Layla, tilted her head slightly. "I think that maybe Sosol or Tyler might be able to help you more with that. The microwave?" she looked puzzled.

From the corner of her eye she couldn't help but spot Mikila showing how tall Jeff was and that was so adorable that she had to smile tenderly. As her eyes were turned back to the young woman she was talking with, she spotted Amir's eyes which had not truly noticed behind his shades. "You too have golden eyes." she said softly with a small smile.



Celine's smile brightened, both because of the new nickname and of the soft warmth that was growing in her body thanks to the rum. She liked drinking once in a while but she was not a very good drinker.
"Soooo I am a doll now? Is that an upgrade?" she teased him. "To new friends" she cheered back, hitting his glass in a soft tinting noise. She took a long sip, licking sofltly her lips afterwards. She liked the feeling of the burn down her throat.

She noticed that Amir's glass was empty. "Would you care for something else to drink Sir?" she asked, her cheeks now slightly flushed from the alcohol.



Lin could see that he was thinking, analyzing her words and instead of rushing into answering or questioning, she remained silent. Silence did not bother her at all, on the contrary, silence was something very important to her. The path of their discussion would probably appeared very slow or boring to someone else, but to her, this was the type of conversation she liked, a true discussion based upon the depth of one's mind.

"One can be blunt and polite at the same time. For example, if I say that I am not surprised if the US military told you that you were not truly human for it served their purpose in better...controlling you, this is a blunt statement but I am still polite and I mean no disrespect. One can forgive bluntness more easily than rudeness." she said calmly.

Her silver gaze passed upon his young features. She wondered a moment ho old he was. He looked no older than a teen but his experience and ways made him feel older and having lived at the Inn of peace for several months, she knew better than to trust physical appearances when it came to age. Her eyes looked down a moment, lips twitching ever so slightly. She then shook slowly her head.
"My choice of words might have been poor. When people say that they are 'interested in knowing more about you', there are often some ulterior, romantic motives. However this is not the case here, I merely stated that I wished to learn more about you as a human being. I am glad that you and I understood each other." she said with a little bow of the head.

Once again she looked at him with attention. While her irises were cool like a blade, his amber eyes were reflecting at time the sun, at time the hues of fire, yet, there was no warmth in his eyes. She nodded slowly. "If you decided to protect her beyond your duties and mission, then she was probably more than a comrade, maybe a friend?" she offered softly.

She did not say anything about his realization, simply almost smiled at him. Yes he was human, he might have been engineered to be stronger and more efficient in battle, but his mind was human.
After a long silence, she answered calmly.
"Yes I make tea. I am a tea master. If you like tea, then it will be my pleasure to make you some one day."  

[Layla Marsivi]

Layla looked at her. Smiling a bit as she sipped at her drink. "I think so. They are nice. I've seen Azana and Sosol. Tyler briefly when got here." She said in a soft voice. Blinking and flushed in embarressment. "Yeah. Amir said there is strange abilities that pop up now and then. Technowhisperer is what he called it. Says it is sort of like rumored pet whisperers. More closer to ghost whisperers. Only instead of ghosts or animals it is the...technology or science things." She said. Playing with her stuff tiger. "I know it is a strange and unusual thing. It is kind of scary too."

(yay! post in before head to store)  

[Amir Van Helsing]

Amir looked to Mikila and a smile cracked at his lips. He looked to Zulma and smiled a bit. "Yes. They are somewhat different even from dark elves, drow, or shadow realm elves. Dark yellow is the normal color whereas mine are gold as you said." He rubbed the back of his head. "I normally don't take the shades off in the light. My eyes are sensitive to the light of the overworld and sunlight is painful and horrible." He chuckled a bit and looked to Layla. "Unique powers do not mean they are strange. Just unique Layla." he said. Looking to Celine. "No thank you. I should stick to one drink." He said with a chuckle.  

[TimeKeys]

Jacoda chuckled as they clinked glasses. Taking a swig of the rum. He still wanted the damn bottle not this cup at a time. He gritted his teeth and just dealt with it.
“Aye...doll be ye own nickname.”
He said with a smile. A dashing smile flashing white teeth. He took care of himself unlike most pirates. He blinked a bit. New friends? Eh? Seeing how she seemed to be getting he doubted she’d remember him in the morrow. If she did it be surprising. He looked to the door. Taking a drink.
“You want to meet barbie? I won’t let her eat you doll. Besides she more into eating guys anyway.”
He said with a smirk.
“New friends eh? I could see that.”
He said with a chuckle.

Kenos was quiet as he waited for her to speak and respond. Looking at her and then instinctively scanned the area for signs of danger or issues. Finding none his gaze focused back on Lin. He liked this type of conversation as well. Without a never ending fountain of talking, loud exclaimations, random spazzing, and no silence. Lilliana seemed to have no off button at times. Even with how he was “programmed” it at times triggered the “glitching” and resulted in his feeling briefly annoyance and aggitation. Not that it was overly expressive on his features...more in how he spoke.

He listened to her example. Her explaination helped him understand that there was a way to be him without being rude or seeming to have no tact. His eyes allowed one to almost see mental gears again as he thought over this statement. “Yes. That makes sense. They did not like when control was lost. They tried to erase Lilliana from my mind. Something about…” he held a hand to his head trying to force the thoughts to not blur so much. “...attachment and her effecting my functionality as a soldier.” He said without any expression but there was a brief flickering twitch of pain in his lips before expressionless regained dominance on his face.

He lowered his hand. He pondered again the phrase she said. Looking at Lin. “I understand now. I must learn how to be polite instead of with no tact. If I can learn this than I do not have to change the way I talk more than learning to be polite even when saying something bluntly.” He stated. Nodding his head but his expression and tone stayed neutral. He just had to memorize and dissect and analyze Lin’s example until he understood how the context could be applied to other statements. A to do for later on.

He listened to her as she spoke. Pondering over if she had misphrased it. In his mind he could not see or recollect any misphrasing of commentary. He nodded his head. “We are of understanding Lin-san. I do not see or understand where a misphrasing of commentary occured.” He said sincerely. He looked at her. “The second is how I meant it as well.” However, a slight shifting when she stated the words ulterior romantic meaning showed discomfort and unknown disliking of that genre of commentary. Shaking his head. “Not...romantic interest.” He said in agreement. Slight discomfort flickered into his tone then it was gone and neutral machine like was back.

He noticed her eyes. They looked like the steel of his katana. He blinked as if just noticing the katana Lilliana was absent. His hand moved to it. Looking down and a slight frown went on his features. “It must have been destroyed in the explosion. For some reason...the loss of that katana has me...perplexedly feeling...discontent? Unhappy?” He said without much emotion aside from a flickering of sadness. Then it was gone. Looking at her as she spoke again. His hands moving back to his lap.

He looked at her. “Yes. Friend. That is the word I heard her use. Very early on during the mission. She started trying to call me that. It was a forbidden taboo word. The US military was unhappy hearing her call me that. I never acknowledged it until near when they erased many thoughts because they were unsatisfactory and unnecessary to the mission.” He stated without expression or emotion once more. Looking at Lin as she said things again. Silently listening and thinking over what she was saying.

Studying and analyzing her slight twitching of the mouth. Then mentally pushed it aside as unimportant. He tried to find connection to the term tea master. Looking up. “A fellow soldier spoke fondly of tea masters. He stated that they were great and talented with making tea well. He seemed to hold them in high regard.” He stated. “I am…” He started to analyze and study his feeling and trying to understand it. “...happy and content? to meet one.” He said. Looking up at her and twitched against his lips. “Yes. Thank you Lin-san. When I am in need of liquid substances Iwould enjoy trying your tea.” he said with a respectful tone and twinge of true happy that soon fizzled out.

Even when he felt it or showed glitchings they faded fast and never went more than calm levels. He fell silent and thought over things. He began thinking and trying to comprehend his new knowledge. Looking at Lin and the biggest thing he understood he needed to learrn was to train or study and learn to be polite even when being blunt.  

[Zulma san]

Zulma had to admit it felt a little strange having someone whose eyes were so closed to her own but she did not say anything.
She smiled at Layla. "Lord Amir is right Layla. Everyone here is unique in a way. Do not trouble yourself. "
Then she leaned slightly towards the teen. "Does that mean that the microwave needs to be cleaned?" she asked with a hint of gently teasing in her voice.

The young brunette had a pout in Amir's direction. "You are no fun, such a shame, you are quite a good looking fellow..." she winked at him before looking back at the pirate.

Celine grinned. "My own? Hmmmm now I feel special..." she raised a teasing eyebrow. She chuckled at his joke about Barbie leaning towards man rather than woman.
She was started to float nicely and the few barriers she usually put between herself and newly met strangers were slowly collapsing. Putting the rum away, her own glass still half full in hand, she walked back to Jacoda's side and hooked her free arm around his.
" Let's go meet little Barbie! I am sure you will protect me if I need to, won't you?" she playfully said, her lips almost brushing his cheek. "Onward?" she asked, smirking, starting walking towards the front door.

When she spotted Celine becoming more 'physical' with the pirate, Zulma's eyes narrowed slightly. She looked at the young nurse and the man with her as they found their way outside. Yet she remained silent. Her eyes looking around the room, meeting Lin and Kenos in the most involved discussion she had ever seen Lin in, which was quite unique. She had a soft, almost nostalgic smile as she stared back at the counter in front of her.


Lin let the soldier gather his thoughts and draw his own conclusion. In front of his obvious distaste (someone else would have probably not even noticed but to Lin it made no doubt about his 'feelings' for the word 'romantic') when she spoke of romance, she was relieved and also she decided to keep for herself that there was a possibility that his attachment to Liliana was beyond simple friendship.

When he spoke of weapon, this was a subject of which she knew nothing. After a moment of thinking, she said. "Zulma-san carries a katana, maybe she can help you with your lost blade."

Although she did not smile, her entire face seemed to soften when he made efforts in expressing his feelings and showing that he was grateful to meet a tea master. "I will be at your service when you need a cup of tea." said the Asian woman with a very respectful and humble bow. Tea was not a matter of joke for the woman, it was something very important, ingrained in her since childhood.

As she straightened back up, a lock of raven hair slid from her up-do, she felt it against her cheek and immediately with a graceful motion, she put it back in place. Then she remained silent, as if lost in thoughts.  

[Layla Marsivi]

Layla blinked a bit as she heard them talk about Amir's eyes. She didn't recall ever seeing Amir's eyes. She looked at her and smiled a bit. That made her happy to know. "Alright." She said softly. "I don't know. It was grumping about being shut to hard." She said softly. "Though it could just be its perception. I haven't ever heard anyone shut the microwave where you could hear it." She looked at her. "I'm quite sure it would have said if it needed cleaning." She said with a small laugh.  

[Zulma san]

Zulma smiled then chuckled slightly. "I'll try to be careful with its door then." she had to admit that the concept of having the appliances have demands and souls and voices was quite puzzling, but again the Inn was full of unique people with the most amazing abilities.

"Is there anything that I could help you with? Anything non-power related that is...Did you get a room? Do you have a change of clothe?" she asked the young woman.  

[Zero Nehoshi]

Mikila blinked as she looked around. She'd fallen asleep. She thinks she ended up on a couch. She climbed down wherever she was. She wondered if Giant was in again. He'd left grumpy faced. She scrambled over the clothing the gypsy woman put her in. -THUD- She whined and got watery eyed as she pushed herself up. Sniffling as she had an ouchie on her right knee and her cheeks. She tried to keep it quiet so she didn't wake anyone.  

[Layla Marsivi]

Layla giggled as Zulma spoke. "It will like that. I still think it is just its perception. Hopefully it won't talk again. It is unnerving hearing things others can't. I don't want people to think I'm crazy. And I don't know if I should answer it back or pretend I don't hear it." She said softly. Looking up at her. "The voices here are more lively...maybe it is due to residual energy that people let off?" She said in a puzzled way. "Ari said that when we have abilities residual energy or excess is safely let out. Usually in those more experienced with their abilities. So if that is right maybe that is why the science and technology here is more loud and lively than other places?" She said it in a question as she was unsure. She looked at her. "Amir helped me get a room. He said you wouldn't mind as it was unoccupied." She blushed. "Only have this and another dress. Plus the bloody clothes I had on that first day I got here." She looked at the woman. "I like you Zulma. You are very nice."  

[Amir Van Helsing]

Amir chuckled a bit as he watched Celine and Jacoda. Looked a bit to him like Jacoda was slightly wrapped around Celine's little finger. Best part seemed to be he didn't even know it. He looked to Celine. "A clear mind is always better than a drunk mind when one has those who are foe amongst them." He said simply. Smiling a bit. "Besides your gentleman friend seems rather enraptured with you." He said politely responding to the woman's comment. He looked at Zulma. "Do you need any supplies for the inn?"  

[TimeKeys]

Jacoda looked at her and smirked.
"You can keep up with me in verbal banter doll...even when I go in circles. That deserves your own nickname."
He said with a chuckle. Drinking more of his rum. Chuckling a bit as she looked a bit toasted. That bit of drink got her drunk already? Then again she was a landlubber. She probably didn't drink overly much if she was seemingly drunk already. He started laughing at little Barbie. That was never a term he'd use for barbie since she began growing up. She being the run back then.
"Hahahahahahaha Little Barbie? That is fresh doll. Barbie hasn't been little since she started growing from runt to adult. You'll see doll."
He said blinking as she linked arms with him. Smirking a bit and turned. Placing a quick kiss to her cheek then brushed his lips over hers when he could feel Zulma was watching. Grabbing his mug he downed the remaining rum and set it down. He smirked a bit as he let the young woman walk him out of the bar.
(exit)

Kenos looked around then back at Lin. Blinking a bit. Tilting his head. Thinking over what she said. His mind processing and thinking on this. Unless Zulma found his katana because it flew away from him there was no way to replace that one. That katana was given to him by Lilliana during her testing to see if he was capable of protecting her. He shook his head after a moment. "It can not be replaced. Unless it was sent away from me by the explosion there is no hope for the lost blade. In which case may the spirit of the blade rest in peace." He said. Bowing his head a moment. Then lifted it again. His face solemn for a moment before returning to expressionless.

Many Asian and Japanese, along with other oriental countries, had cultures which believed that blades gained or awakened to spirits within them...so to many outside of the Oriental cultures that may have been a strange commentary he made. Probably not to Lin though.

He looked at her. "Thank you Lin-san." He said with a return bow filled with both respect and gratitude at her words. He then sat up. Blinking as the lock fell to her face. Studying it but made no commentary. It was merely put away in his mind somewhere. He stayed silent as well. Thinking over their conversation. He was in his own way grateful to have had the honor and opportunity to meet Lin-san. Yet he wondered on just how far in time he had been thrown forwards. Seeing as Gaia was apparently Earth then it had to be a great many years. Unless he was thrown backwards? No that made no sense.