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by **Molokidan** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 12:37 am

"You're a PRINCE?!" Molo shouted in surprise. "Why didn't you tell meee!" he said, yanking on Brandon's clothes. "This is so cool! I met a prince! And he liked my cooking!!"

by **Kotoki** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 1:12 am

Brandon meeped as he had his clothes pulled at. "It's not that great." he said, getting up from the stool and readjusting his harp over his shoulder. "In fact, I'd rather not be..."

Turning to Jak, he bowed politely. "Nevermind, then. I'm sure it wouldn't have been of any help. I'm sorry for bringing trouble into your inn. I'll be leaving now. Thank you very much, sir."

"I'd rather you take those posters down." said Kotoki to Devon, not really paying attention to the other conversation. "Publicity is one thing, but they might attract trouble..."

by **Jak Snide** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 10:02 am

Jak glared at the bard.

"Not so fast."

Despite the fact that he wanted the spoony bard out of the inn, he was also curious as to why he had searched out Kotoki. That, and he hadn't answered his questions.

"You still haven't answered my questions. And I think you owe it to me, considering I just saved you from those guards."

He was sounding irritated again, finding the tight lipped nature of Brandon extremely frustrating.

by **Molokidan** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 10:21 am

"Yeah! Don't leave!" Molo called out again. "Come on, even JAK likes you! You have to stay! You're one of us now!"

by **Jak Snide** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 10:54 am

Jak considered turning around and reducing the idiotic chef into a pile of charred bones. Fortunately for 'Dan, Kotoki's presence and his somewhat sedated bloodlust prevented him from doing so.

by **Kotoki** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 12:07 pm

Brandon nodded timidly and sat back down. "Well... I don't know how to answer your first question, but the second one is... I need to ask Miss Kotoki a question, so I can find this person."

by **RPGWWer ChronoCatfish** » Mon Jun 17, 2002 8:37 pm

"Your majesty." said Ashrem, bowing to Brandon.

Devon sighed. "You know, you should actually listen. He doesn't want to be a prince. You're not making it any easier by bowing and scraping. Besides" he continued, consulting his moral compass, "You don't want to go panderin' to authority figures. You'll never amount to anything that way."

"Little did I assume there was an anti-monarchist in our midst. There IS a ceratain amount of respect due to those born of royalty, thou knowest." said Ashrem.

"Antimonarchist, rebel, revoloutionary, it's all good." said Devon. He then looked over to Brandon. "You don't think you could, like, work that into some kind of ballad or something, could you?"

by **Kotoki** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:11 am

Kotoki just started to laugh, and Brandon looked mildly amused. "I... Don't actually write music, I just play it."

by **Molokidan** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 10:24 am

"Oooh!! Play us a song!!" Molo said impatiently. "Can you sing too??"

by **FF Fanatic 80** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:26 pm

As the group spoke with the recently revealed royal, Stephan was busy thinking to himself, once again.

Â¬.Â¬ So... this guy's royalty, eh? Hmm...

He looked over at Brandon, a evil smile appearing on his face.

...you know, he really SHOULD get home to speak with his partents...

>.> It would be the *right* thing to do, turn him over to his people...

XD ...and then he'd be out of the way, ehehehe...

Thinking of the blue man, Stephan looked over at him, then let out a deep sigh.

-_-;; 'Course, I know he'd never forgive me for doing that to anybody he's friends with...

......

;_; But dammit... I don't wanna lose him to the bishy bard... the Dark Knight sobbed to himself.

Meanwhile, oblivious to the other situation in Stephan's head, Midoku smiled at Molokidan's suggestion.

^_^ "I'd have to agree, Mr. Brandon, why not sing a song for us?" Midoku said, patting the bard on the shoulder, "I imagine it would help ease the tension after that skirmish a moment ago."

Looking over at Stephan, Midoku noticed one of the Dark Knight's eyebrows twitching ever so slightly.

o.o? Odd... I only see him do that when he's upset...?

<.<? Maybe 'Dan is simply getting on his nerves again, *sigh*, although in a few cases, I can understand his feelings.

^_^ Hopefully, a nice song will cheer him up. the blue wizard though, After all, he is fond of written verse... perhaps he'll enjoy this as well....

by **starmanomega** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:38 pm

Star fidgeted in his stool. A prince? Jeebus, this place is packed! Fights, royalty...
He beamed swung his legs childishly, eager to hear Brandon play, one of the things he could never get the hang of.

by **Kotoki** » Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:06 pm

Brandon nodded shyly and took his harp from his shoulder, running his hands once across the strings to make sure they were tuned.

"Cold blows the wind to my true love, and gently falls the rain..." he sang quietly, startign to play. "I never had but one true love, and in Greenwood they lie slain..."

by **Jak Snide** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 10:43 am

As Brandon sang, Jak walked over to Kotoki, leaning towards her and whispering in her ear.

"So, what do you make of this guy?"

by **Kotoki** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:01 am

Kotoki thought for a moment. "I like him."she whispered back. "He's... I dunno, kind of like a little brother or something. Do you think we should keep him?"

by **Jak Snide** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:11 am

Fighting off his surprise, Jak fought to keep his voice low.

"Whadaya mean, "keep him!?" We bring him in here, and ten minutes later we have three armoured guards bursting in after him."

He glanced over his shoulder, remembering something.

"Oh yeah," he said, speaking loudly enough for all to hear. "What do we do with him?"

He pointed at the man Brandon had clocked around the head with his harp, who was still on the inn floor.

by **Kotoki** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:57 pm

Kotoki shrugged. "I guess somebody should go drag him outside... He'll come around." She look around. "Anybody up to it?"

"Other than the guards," she whispered back to Jak, "he's a good person and he needs a job. Besides, don't you think a bard would be good for business?"

Meanwhile, Brandon finished the song and bowed slightly nervously.

by **Jak Snide** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 3:22 pm

Jak opened his mouth to reply, then remembered his thoughts about this matter from before.

"...Okay. But if he brings any more trouble to our door..."

He let his words trail off, leaving out any threat that may have followed.

by **Kotoki** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 3:34 pm

Kotoki nodded cheerfully. "We'll have to find some way to get them to stop coming after him, though..."

by **Jak Snide** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 3:46 pm

Jak shrugged once.

"Well, we could just kill them all." He stated plainly. "Works for me."

by **RPGWWer ChronoCatfish** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 8:36 pm

A mere amateur. However, couldst I somehow turn the peformance to more palatable fare... Ashrem thought.
"Your majesty, if I might make a suggestion?" Ashrem said. "Perhaps thou mightst view mine own selection of ballads that I wrote."

"How many of them recount your 'heroic' deeds?" Devon asked.

"Eight." said Ashrem coldly.

"Hm." Then Devon appeared to figure something out. "Hey, d'you think you could write a ballad about me?"

"Were I to even consider it, thou wouldst simply attain a rank among the fallen, in one of my pieces."

"Oh." said Devon. "Hey, wait! If you write that I died in a ballad, it won't be true. 'cause I'm not dead, you know."

"In part due to my self-control." said Ashrem irritably.

by **FF Fanatic 80** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 9:18 pm

Midoku slowly opened his eyes, having closed them earlier to listen to the song. He raised his arms, clapping softly for the gifted musician and singer.

^_^ "That was quite a wonderful song, Mr. Brandon." Midoku smiled to the bard, "Somewhat sad... but full of hope as well..."

>.>? "Don't you agree, Stephan?" Midoku asked the Dark Knight, turning over to look. Stephan, however, did not appear to hear him. He had his head tilted toward the table, eyes shut.

o.o? "...Stephan?" Midoku repeated.

-_- ...so dear to me... and yet, so far away... the Dark Knight suddenly started muttering, in the same manner as Brandon's song, only with different words:

...the hands of fate... keep us apart...
...perhaps we were not meant to be, and yet...
...I long to hold you once more, and feel the beat of your heart...

o.o "Um, Stephan..." Midoku stammered, poking the Dark Knight's shoulder, "the song's over."

0_0;;;;;;;;;

"....urk....uh...." **0_o** Stephan faultered.

GODDAMMIT!! Why the @$#@ did he have to go and sing something THAT @#$#ing good?!?!? >.<+++ the Dark Knight grumbled to himself, mentally bumping Brandon up a few spots on his hitlist.

<.<;;; *sigh*... I don't see why he is so embarrased... Midoku thought to himself, patting Stephan on the back to calm him down, What is wrong with liking written verse? At least it allows him to speak without using @#$@ or @$@# on occasion. V.V;;;

by **Kotoki** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:48 am

Brandon blinked at Asherem. "If you can show me the songs, I'd be able to play them..." he started mildly.

by **Jak Snide** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 12:55 pm

Jak, desperate to stop the bardic duo before one of them launching into another moronic verse, whispered to Kotoki in a rather hurried manner.

"Anyway, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it. So just offer him the job, right?"

by **Molokidan** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 3:23 pm

"Mwah! Speaking of burning, I think we have a big problem here! Well, actually, it's me with the problem!" Everyone turned around and realized why Molo had been so quietly for the last 2 minutes, something he had failed to do in many a situation. He was currently swatting at a large fire on the stove with a wooden spoon, which also proceeded to catch on fire and burn his hands.

"OW! OW! OW! Waaah!" he shouted, trying to pick up a can of water, but failing to do so because of his fiery hands.

by **Kotoki** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:53 pm

Kotoki blinked at Dan and the fire, jumping over and standing in front of the stove. She closed her eyes and chucked a low-pressure stream of water at the fire, putting it out and splashing Dan's hands.

"Don't do that again, okay?" she asked cheerfully, sitting back down as if nothing had happened. "You could burn the inn down, you know."

by **FF Fanatic 80** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 7:00 pm

Unfotunately for Kotoki, as well as everyone else in the Inn at that moment, Midoku was already halfway though casting an enchantment to 'help' Dan. Being in a panicked state, the blue wizard barely had enough rational thought to piece together a plan to stop the raging fire.

O_O;;; Fire bad...

<_<;;; Water wet...

^_^;;; Water put out fire!!!

-_- Midoku was in the process of casting a spell to put out the flames, a spell he knew would produce enough liquid to douse the flames.

Unfortunately, Stephan knew that said spell would also completely flood the inn.

O_O;;;; "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!!!" The Dark Knight shouted, jumping onto the nearby table as Midoku's eyes flashed open.

"AQUA RAKE!!!" The blue wizard cried, producing a massive tidal wave of water...

Edited by: FF Fanatic 80 

at: 6/20/02 11:01:04 pm

by **Jak Snide** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 7:19 pm

"F*CK!" Jak managed to cry before a wave of water hit him, slamming him into the wall off the inn.

by **Kotoki** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 8:25 pm

Kotoki and Brandon, both managing to scream, were likewise slammed into the walls. "Goddammit!" yelled the innkeeper. "This always has to happen to me, doesn't it...!"

by **Molokidan** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 8:57 pm

"Ehe. . .thanks Midoku-chan!" The now soaked Molo said happily, giving the spellcaster a nice wet hug.

by **KraKeN** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 4:05 pm

Kraken was slammed into the walls along with he rest of the inn by the torrent of water. This had two effects one to sober him up and another to release a fountain of gold as his pouch emptied into he air....

"My money, watch it psycho!" he shouted at the mage who had appeared to be the cause of this problem. He then proceeded to desperately scoop up all his money.

by **starmanomega** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 4:41 pm

Star, just to be different, was slammed against the wall and winded. As the water subsided, he gasped heavily, as he steadied himself on the floor.
He was drenched like a rat, recently pissed on by a rugby team. His voice rose an octave in surprise.

"The hell was that!" he wheezed squeakily.

by **RPGWWer ChronoCatfish** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 8:47 pm

Devon excecuted a quick jump out the window. Ashrem, hearing the imminent spell, had merely placed his scrolls back in their case and muttered a minor incatation to stay dry. However, he was still flattened against the wall by the torrent. He then continued talking to Brandon.
"As I was saying, your majesty, I've composed several..."
Devon, however, had in fact had a good quantity of the water poured on him from the window. This did not prevent him from attempting to surreptitiously grab some of Kraken's gold from the ground.

by **Kotoki** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 4:32 pm

Brandon nodded, wringing out his hair, and attempted to keep listening to Ashrem.

Kotoki sighed and run upstairs. Coming back down, she grinned at the world in general. "Well, at least the rooms are okay. Excuse me, I'd better go change into something dry..."

"You're coming too," she said, grabbing Brandon by the ear. "I think I have some stuff that would fit you, and if I don't you can just borrow something of Jak's."

He blinked. "Why...?"

Kotoki dragged him upstairs. "You're working for me now! It would be very bad for business if you caught a cold and died."

by **RPGWWer ChronoCatfish** » Sat Jun 22, 2002 5:51 pm

"This is because of the magic." said Devon knowledgeably, still surreptitiously grabbing Krak's money from the ground. "Rots the brain, I've heard."

by **Jak Snide** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 9:54 am

Jak would have given Midoku a berating for his absolute idiocy for using a huge spell to solve a small problem, and then blast Devon into oblivion. However, his clothes had been wrecked again, and so he skulked off upstairs, muttering and cursing all the way.

by **Molokidan** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 12:26 pm

"Well. . .that went ok!!" Molo said, hopping back over the bar, watching Kotoki and Brandon move downstairs and Jak migrate upstairs once again. Most of the remaining drenched bystanders stood in shock, the others shrugging and starting their conversations once again.

"Just another day at the bar. . ." Molo smiled, whistling and starting the next load of dishes.

by **starmanomega** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 1:30 pm

Star coughed heavily, and took of his coat. Even underneath, he was soaking wet. He scowled, but at least they were only his traveling clothes. He picked up his upended stool at sat down again.

by **FF Fanatic 80** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 1:39 pm

The spells effects finally subsiding, Midoku lowered his arms, taking a few deep breaths as he opened his eyes. A few seconds afterwards, those deep breaths turned into gasps, as he saw his now-completely damp surroundings and fellow patrons.

O_o;;; OHMYGODSWHATDIDIDOWHATWASITHINKINGEVERYONE'SGONNAKILLMEFORTHISEEEEP!!! the blue wizard thought, pulling his hat down further than usual over his face, shaking a bit. Within moments, however, a certain soggy Dark Knight was off of his table and by the Blue Wizard's side.

>.>; "Er... look, it's Ok..." Stephan said, try to ease Midoku's fears by placing a hand on his shoulder, "I know you were just trying to help out...

He looked over at the other equally soaked patrons, a snarl on his face...

o\/o "...and I'm sure there's no one else here who's mad at you..."

...shooting them a look that essentially said 'touch him and DIE'.

e\/e+++ "...is there...? *GROWL*"

Edited by: FF Fanatic 80 

at: 6/23/02 5:40:11 pm

by **Kotoki** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 1:24 am

Several minutes later, Kotoki and Brandon came back down the stairs quite a bit dryer than before. The bard was wearing a shirt and pants that were rather obviously much too big for him. Both were carrying stacks of fluffy towels.

"Here," started Kotoki, handing one out to everyone in the bar and motioning for Brandon to do the same. "Anyone who wears armor... I think we have some polish in the back. Sorry for the inconvenience!"

Brandon, tugging at a rolled up sleve, followed suit.

by **KraKeN** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:20 am

"Oi!", said Kraken and Devon found a hand crossbow at his face, "put the money down, NOW!"

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