Dirken nodded sincerely in response to Tais. "I'll keep them safe." If fighting got dangerous, 'getting them to safety' was the perfect mission for him. Dirk has no illusions about his courage or competence in battle.

He was a little nervous about the very distinct possibility that his elaborate ...

Jeeko wrote:Awesome cat! He must wuv you a lot.

I'll consider that next time he leaves a mouse stomach outside my door. (He eats every other part of the mouse.)

Dirken narrowed his eyes at the stupid nickname, knowing full well that nobody would notice or care. He'd risk his life for the chance of a long-term partnership with these people but he wasn't sure he could tolerate "Dirky" for much longer.

The gentleman in him, or at least the carefully acquired ...

Dirken nodded. Iarei's side was beginning to look strong -- maybe he shouldn't have betrayed them at all. Maybe he should have put all his eggs in one basket, pressed for their victory. No; that was just hindsight talking. Besides, if Jester hadn't gone missing, they probably wouldn't even have ...

Dirk followed.

He had a fair amount of first aid expertise (he could thank his resistance to the minor healing magic many of his type found in the right places to thank for that), but Iarei had her treatment well in hand, so he didn't try to help. That was a good way to end up with injuries of his ...

Dirk shrugged. "She's a bit tightly wound at the moment. Her kid's run off and we've lost one of our crew, making him a bit hard to find." He was going to have to tread carefully here. He wanted this man on their team, but he wanted him on his team -- if things turned sour with Iarei (a scenario ...

Dirken narrowed his eyes at Iarei's insults, but said nothing. There was no need to point out that Iarei had been robbed by both Jester and the boy without even any thugs to contend with. She lashed out when she lost control; he could live with that.

He debated whether to follow Iarei and Erryl or ...

Our cat caught a magpie larger than the cat and brought it to me. Alive. Unharmed. We let it go and it walked and flew fine.

I have no idea how he got it inside without hurting it, but apparently he doesn't respect my hunting prowess.

A polar bear shifter? Maybe we won't all get horribly murdered after all!

How are we doing the intro? Are we going for the classic, you barrel through in the middle of a hopeless fight and rescue everyone from the thugs? Or trying something different?

Dirk circled the block before rushing back to the inn. He didn't stop to count his newly acquired money.

Options were closing up fast, and the situation hadn't been nearly as profitable as he'd hoped. It had been too dangerous to push for decent terms. As he walked, he took mental stock of what ...

I used an old neglected twitter account and changed it so none of my actual real life friends would find out I'm such a nerd. >>

twitter name is Saruna_Rischett

Gawd, even my comic book geek friend gives me odd looks whenever I try to talk about writing and characters and rp. :(

Come on Saruna ...

Erryl wrote:I let my nightmares get to 8.

Friend me on facebook and you can confess your fears to me. I'm Mad Scientist, the one with Nikolai Technus (this guy http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/image ... xwidth=110 ) as a profile pic.

Woo, new addiction! I am once again a slave to my clock.

I loved Jester's early signs of insanity and think it'll come out well. (I also think it's awesome that the person in the least danger of magical corruption is the total jerk, and he probably won't realise what's going on for the entire thread.)

Gods save me from stupid people. Or smart people. It was hard to be sure. Either way, he'd been outsmarted by a Changers-cursed jester who had so far shown the presence of mind of rotting cheese. Or was she just playing dumb? Was she one of the thugs?

Yeah, send the injured entertainer in after ...