UUU: "A Request for the Captain"

Cast: Kiera (TC) and Zain (Mappy)

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Support Points Earned: 2

[10:26 PM] TastyChicken12: === Start RP === Kiera was busy enjoying lunch in a restaurant at Wizard's Point. She didn't bother drinking in this town, given that the last thing she needed was to anger the wrong sort of mage over something stupid. While not the most heroic or experienced fighter, Kiera was seasoned enough at combat to know that mages were her greatest weakness. And they were everywhere here.

[10:35 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain enters the restaurant while Kiera is dining, and quickly is able to spot her sitting a table by her lonesome. He paced over and sat himself down on the other side of the booth without an invitation, "Hey, Kiera, I've been meaning to ask you something."

[10:56 PM] TastyChicken12: Kiera puts down her sandwich and swallows her bite of food whole, not really expecting company (especially from the leader of the group). "Sure, Boss, watcha-" She hiccups. "-need?"

[11:06 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: As a waitress walks by, Zain motions her over, "Get me a drink, yeah?" They nod and scurry off to get it, as per usual. This isn't normally the type of question he'd ask, but something about Kiera's origins, at least from what he knew, interested him. He never really knew much about this, despite how seemingly close to home it was. "Tell me about growing up as a Beorc in Ramalia."

[11:28 PM] TastyChicken12: Kiera blinks a few times at the question, not quite understanding for a second, until she remembered that Beorc and Laguz were largely separated from one another. "Well... I sort of liked it. We weren't really all that wealthy, come to think of it. I've gotten to see some of the world since I came to the Pack, and ain't nowhere's like Ramalia. I guess Rettati was... what's the term they use? 'Less developed'? Somethin'? But yeah, I didn't meet a Laguz 'till I came here."

[11:50 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "So that's how isolated it is, huh? Malika said they were basically two different places before... But that's more than I expected." The waitress came back with the drink. Zain nodded to her in thanks and took a sip from the mug. "You learn Pallo at least? It's the Ramalia tradition."(edited)

July 21, 2018

[12:10 AM] TastyChicken12: "The ol' language? No... I dunno it. Can't speak it or read it. Can't read or write in the new language, but Seed's been helping out!... you... uh, saw that I can't read."

[12:18 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain sipped from the glass again before responding, "Have you improved since before? I remember you were readin' those kid books in the library." He leaned back in the booth a bit and placed the cup back down.

[12:34 AM] TastyChicken12: "Sorta. Seed taught me the other day. Awful good teacher he is. I reckon I know.. most of the letters. Maybe," she hesitates.

[12:44 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain leans forward and reaches for something. He takes an old-looking handkerchief from the end of the table and, using his sharp claw-like nails, makes a 'Z' with a clear tear in the fabric. He flips it around so it can face Kiera, "What's this?" He sips from the mug.

[12:47 AM] TastyChicken12: Kiera blinks a few times at the question. "That's a letter, but I ca- can't remember what its name is."

[12:50 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "What's it sound like?" Zain leans back down in the booth after previously having sat up to reach the handkerchief. The booth is kind of uncomfortable because he has to move his tail so it does hit the back wall.

[12:51 AM] TastyChicken12: "Yeah, nothin's ringing the bell. It ain't a letter I see a lot," she says with a shrug as she takes a bite into her sandwich.

[12:56 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Uh-huh. What's my name?" The Laguz turned the handkerchief back around to face him, then opened it up on the table. The four-fold made it have 4 rips that look like 'Z's. (Probably shouldn't have done that.) He crumpled up the handkerchief.

[12:57 AM] TastyChicken12: "Zain," she says.

[1:00 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "The first letter of that is the same as the one I just ruined that cloth by making," he finished the drink and placed the cup on the table somewhat heavily, making a bit of a noise by doing so. It loosened him up a bit but he isn't really anywhere close to being drunk or tipsy, "It's a Z."

[1:01 AM] TastyChicken12: "Alrighty, then," she says. "Thanks for, uh, helpin' out with that," Kiera says with a warm smile. "Say, Boss? There's, there's been something I've been not... sayin' for a bit to ya that I reckon I need to tell you."

[9:54 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain's ears perked, "Yeah?" He was also waiting for the waitress to come back.

[9:58 AM] TastyChicken12: Kiera had started to admit this to other members of the Pack, but for some reason, she suddenly had chills down her spine about admitting it to Zain. Perhaps it was his status as the captain. "... So, about where my pay is being sent to. I've been sending it back home. It ain't just for my parents, as I admitted, it's... I have a son. A little'un. And I'm only eighteen," she said with a faint amount of blush noticeable.

[10:43 AM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Don't you think you should have said that on the paperwork or in the job interview?" Zain asked Kiera, keeping mostly a straight face. He didn't pay much mind to anything after the word 'son.'

[10:52 AM] TastyChicken12: She swallows. "I thought you wouldn't want me here if I said that."

[12:28 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "...Where is he now, then? You didn't just abandon him, did you?" Zain made a stern face. The waitress came back and he motioned for a refill for his drink.

[12:52 PM] TastyChicken12: Kiera's eyes widened and filled with fire as she begins to cringe. "N-no! He's with my parents, Boss! I wouldn't dare... leave Casey alone!"

[10:33 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Good," Zain replied as the stern face dissolved into a more neutral one, "And yer sending some of your money to them, yeah?"

[10:37 PM] TastyChicken12: She breathed out and calmed down a bit. "Yeah, I am. It's a huge reason I'm here at all; there ain't nothin' much left home to do. The drought's left all the crops to dry out, and so many people've taken to becomin' soldiers for pay. I ain't alone at all. My parents can't do their jobs, either, so they need my money that I send back. I'm just am hopin' we get help from the Queen soon..."

[11:52 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "..." Zain took the glass as the waitress passed by once again, "Is it... really that bad in the Beorc villages?" He drank from it and thought to himself, (Malika can't allow something like that to go unattended to, can she?)

[11:55 PM] TastyChicken12: Kiera shrugs with a crooked frown and a lowered brow. "I dunno. I reckon the rest of the North ain't doin' to well with the drought. Wonder if the rest of the country's got it as rough as we do with the lack of rain."(edited)

July 26, 2018

[3:37 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "Er, around the capital it's fine," Zain responded, contemplating whether or not he cared enough to bring up the topic to Malika next time he's home.

[3:43 PM] TastyChicken12: Kiera nods, "At least parts of the country still are in okay shape! Makes me happy to hear, 'cause the local tribe leaders are prolly askin' for help from the other regions as we talk."

July 27, 2018

[10:22 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: "...Yeah. I think I'll bring it up with her," Zain's face seemed slightly guilty as he takes another drink, "She never gets notified, and I'm her right-hand man, and I can't let it stay that way."

July 28, 2018

[8:47 PM] TastyChicken12: "Alright! Awesome! Thaaaaanks!" she says with a big grin on her face while she closes her eyes.

July 29, 2018

[6:40 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain nodded before finishing off the glass. He stood up from the booth and went in front of the table, "I'll see you around, Kiera."

[6:46 PM] TastyChicken12: "I'll see ya, too, Boss!" Kiera says with a wave.

[6:48 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: Zain turned around and made his way out of the bar, still thinking a bit about the poor conditions of Ramalia. He has to do something eventually.

[6:48 PM] Mappy | Best Dog: ===End RP===