[Nexus] The Nest/Karyana's Forest (And Additional Locales) V:

[Beans]

[AP]

Merkana grins.

"That's pretty useful... Have you ever had, or considered getting, combat training?"

[Meetup]

Talina grins back, and goes to kiss the Gaunt girl, if she can do so without stopping snuggling Sherry.

[T's]

"Thanks, Pass... With you and Kara helping out, we should be able to make some pretty cool stuff."

[Warehouse]

And L'lanyaea starts packing up clothes, sheets, blankets, and similar items.

[AP]
She shakes her head.
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[Meetup]
Jen snuggles back.
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[T's]
Who is Kara?
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[Warehouse]
She soon has quite a few books packed.
((Going on phonetime now.))

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]
She shakes her head.
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[Meetup]
Jen snuggles back.
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[T's]
Who is Kara?
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[Warehouse]
She soon has quite a few books packed.
((Going on phonetime now.))

[AP]

Merkana smiles.

"You might want to look into it, then... I think you'd be good at it."

[Meetup]

"So, how have you been doing Sherry?"

[T's]

Talnissa smiles.

"She's my girlfriend."

[Warehouse]

At which point L'lanyaea has pretty much all of what she's been packing done, and goes to help Carciza with the books.

[Beans]

[AP]
She nods, considering it.
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[Meetup]
"I've been good!" She grins.
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[T's]
Pass nods.
Ah. I have heard of them.
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[Warehouse]
She smiles, packing the books in hyperspace bags.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

Merkana smiles, and goes to sit down next to Xyta, letting her think about it.

[Meetup]

Talina grins back, nestling closer to the elf.

"Good... What is it you do, anyway?"

[T's]

She blinks, looking a bit surprised.

"That's an odd way to put it..."

[Warehouse]

The summoner smiles as well, and, despite the rather large number of books, they should be done fairly quickly.

[Beans]

[AP]
It certainly sounds interesting.
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[Meetup]
Sherry explains her job and stuff.
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[T's]
Is it?
I admit that my understanding of such relationships is limited.
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[Warehouse]
They are soon finished!

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

"Then I'll find a teacher for you, unless you'd prefer to learn from me."

[Meetup]

"It sounds nice... Do you have to be at work tomorrow?"

[T's]

Talnissa nods.

"It makes them sound like a specific class of people, like, say, engineers, rather than any woman one is in a relationship with but not married to."

[Warehouse]

At which point, as there's not really any way they're going to be able to carry furniture and everything else at the same time, L'lanyaea tries to teleport them back to their room in HALO.

[Beans]

[AP]
I would like you to teach me, actually.
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[Meetup]
She shakes her head, giggling.
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[T's]
I see.
I suspect that the relationship you refer to is significantly greater than, for example, the working cordiality between ourselves.
The word "girlfriend", while composed of "girl" and "friend", seems perhaps misleading without prior knowledge of such relationships; my psyche is feminine and my physicality is female, and we may in fact be considered friends of a kind, yet it would be wrong to refer to me as your "girlfriend".
WORDS!
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[Warehouse]
Teleport!

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

Merkana grins.

"Thanks! Let me know when you get some time, then."

[Meetup]

"Good," Talina says, grinning, and going to kiss her.

[T's]

Talnissa nods again.

"It is a bit confusing, in some ways. It relies a lot on the listener having knowledge of human culture to get context from, and then my explanation relied on you knowing the meaning of a specific phrase that differs from most of the possible meanings of the words that make it up. But you seem to have gotten the idea fairly well anyway."

[Beans]

[AP]
She nods, purring.
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[Meetup]
She kisses back enthusiastically.
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[T's]
Pass nods, then does something she has either not done yet or done very rarely, depending on which memory of mine is right: she smiles.
It is a slight smile, but it's there.
Yes.
I hope for the most fortunate outcome for you and your girlfriend.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

After a moment, Merkana, somewhat hesitantly, not being sure how Xyta will react, reaches out to pet the catgirl.

[Meetup]

Talina is rather enthusiastic as well, and has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

[T's]

Talnissa smiles as well, and goes to hug her.

"Thanks, Pass."

[Beans]

[AP]
Xyta nuzzles her head against her hand, purring.
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[Meetup]
Sherry decides it's time to head for the bedroom, taking Karyana's hand and trying to get to the floor and walk there!
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[T's]
Pass seems to think for a moment before reciprocating.
You are most welcome.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]
More pets!

Merkana seems to be quite happy with this arrangement, apparently finding it rather relaxing to pet Xyta.

Velendri, meanwhile, is looking around to see what's up with Aseti.

[Meetup]

Talina seems to be quite happy to go with her, provided that Jen and Nycca come with them.

[T's]

Talnissa is silent for a moment, smiling, and making no move to let go of Pass, unless the golem seems to want her to.

"Do you have a place to stay?"

[Beans]

[AP]
Aseti is probably being adorable somewhere.
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[Meetup]
Jen comes; Nycca seems to have been snatched up by some of the other girls already.
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[T's]
She shakes her head.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

Velendri grins, looking a bit amused, and heads over to her.

"Hey, Aseti. How are you liking the party?"


[Meetup]

That'll work too. She'd have preferred Nycca be there too, but if the bat-fey is having fun elsewhere, she's more than willing to settle for just Jen and Sherry.

And, once they get into the bedroom and the door is closed, the elf likely finds herself being disrobed by the grinning sorceress.

[T's]

"In that case, would you like to stay here with me and Kara?"

[Beans]

[AP]
It's great! She grins, trotting over.
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[Meetup]
Sherry disrobes herself with Talina's aid, while Jen follows suit.
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[T's]
She nods.
Yes, thank you. Your offer is very kind.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

"Good! I'm glad you're enjoying yourself," the Flamedancer replies, grinning back, and going to hug her. "Is there anything you need?"

[Meetup]

Talina goes to kiss her again, hands wandering quite a bit.

[T's]

"You're welcome. It's not like we don't have the space... And thank you."

[Beans]

[AP]
She giggles and hugs back, shaking her head.
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[Meetup]
She kisses back, reaching for the curtain.
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[T's]
She nods.
You are welcome.

[Lady Serpentine]

((Sorry for the delay, there are computer issues (as in someone else is setting up a computer and I keep getting drafted to help ).))

[AP]

"Even ear scritches?", Velendri teases, laughing.

[Meetup]

A long, and quite fun, if probably somewhat tiring, curtain is dawn, then.

[T's]

"Do you have any preferences for which bedroom you stay in, or any kind of special requirements for it?"

[Beans]

[AP]
Aseti suddenly needs a billion of those!
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[Meetup]
Whee!
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[T's]
I have no real preferences in that area; you may choose as you will where to place me.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

Then she'll get around that many. Or possibly more.

[Meetup]

When it lifts, Talina is probably panting somewhat, and snuggled up to Jen, with Sherry on top of her.

"Mm... That was fun. I'm glad I decided to invite you over tonight..."

[T's]

Talnissa goes to stand, and show Pass to her room, then.

Assuming she follows, she'll find it's rather nice, with a wardrobe, a couple of dressers, a large bed, with a couple of blankets and several pillows on it, and an attached bathroom.

[Beans]

[AP]
And thus she is content.
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[Meetup]
Sherry giggles in agreement.
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[T's]
She smiles in gratitude.
Thank you very much.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

And likely becomes even more so when Velendri adds in belly rubs.

[Meetup]

"If you'd like, I can extend the invitation to whenever you're free..."

[T's]

"You're very welcome," the undead robot replies, smiling back. "Is there anything else I can get for you"

[Beans]

[AP]
All but the "be really happy" portions of her brain shut down.
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[Meetup]
She nods, giggling.
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[T's]
No thank you.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

And likely stay off for a while, though Velendri does eventually take a break, and shift to simply snuggling the coyote girl.

[Meetup]

"Consider it done, then," Talina says, grinning, and nuzzling Sherry's neck softly.

[T's]

"Alright."

And, with that, Talnissa turns to go.

[Beans]

[AP]
She smiles and snugs.
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[Meetup]
She falls asleep.
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[T's]
She watches her go, then sits on the bed.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

"Where are you from?"

[Meetup]

As does Talina. Unless Jen is still awake, that is.

[T's]

Eventually, unless something happens before then, sounds, likely produced by two people, as Talnissa seems to be talking to someone, can be heard from the direction of the kitchen.

[Beans]

[AP]
I don't really remember...
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[Meetup]
Jen is asleep too.
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[T's]
Pass listens if she can.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

"Oh. I'm sorry... Why is that?"

[Meetup]

In that case, so is Talina. Though she'll wake up after a few hours, or possibly before that if something strange happens, as she took a nap before they came, and thus isn't terribly tired.

[T's]

The exact words are probably drowned out by the juicer that's going, but it depends on how good Pass's hearing is.

[Beans]

[AP]
She shrugs.
Dunno. It doesn't bother me much though.
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[Meetup]
The other girls still sleep.
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[T's]
She probably doesn't hear, then.

[Lady Serpentine]

[AP]

"Hm... You used to be a slave, right? That would mean there are records where you were bought, probably... If you wanted to find out, I'm sure Karyana could figure out a way to look you up."

[Meetup]

Talina smiles, and goes to untangle herself from them.

[T's]

And now things wait on BR, most likely.