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Jeni: Like, I’m inboxing you.
Crysania: Please don’t, I’m not THAT small.
Jeni stares at Crysania blankly.
Crysania: Sometimes you need subtitles.
Jeni: Like, I LOVE foreign films, especially Shing-Jea Young Love Movies.
Jeni sighs wistfully.
Crysania: Movies?
Jeni: Nevermind. So like the old guy asked me to tell you that he wants to see you urgently.
Crysania: Thanks.
Jeni: Like, no problem.
Crysania leaves her Tall Tower of High Sorcery, walks past Wiki, past the Quinharjar, on to White Base, and to the Fortress of the Arrow.
Henchman 1: Hail Crysania!
Several henchman can be heard echoing.
Not long after the echo-chain Balreth emerged from the front of the tower with Angel.
Balreth: So what takes you away from the systematic annihilation of all that you see?
Crysania: What about your Pre-Searing days?
Angel giggles.
Balreth: I’ll come in again. What brings you here?
Crysania: You.
Balreth: Oh?
Crysania: You summoned me.
Balreth: No, I didn’t.
Crysania: Oh. Wrong old guy.
Balreth growls.
Angel laughs.
Crysania: …Later!
Balreth turns to Angel: Somehow this is your fault.
Angel keeps laughing, and sings a happy song as they re-enter the fortress.
Crysania goes back the way she came to see Dandd.
Dandd: Took you long enough.
Crysania mentions the wrong old guy story, Dandd laughs.
Dandd: You should visit the Temple of Indecision soon.
Crysania: Oh?
Dandd: Yeah, they’re having trouble making a decision.
Crysania: Truth in advertising.
Dandd: Indeed. Salah, Lalandra, and Volusja all seem to be fighting for spot one and two in the Corvus Clan.
Crysania: And you want me to play favorites?
Dandd: Well…perhaps our fearless Guild Leader should settle this dispute.
Crysania: Nah. This is an internal matter for their clan.
Dandd glares at Crysania.
Crysania, weakly: Mahalo?
Dandd shakes his head.
Crysania sighs: Fine.
Crysania found Jeni and asked her to summon the guild for a meeting in the common area.
The bulk of the guild assembled for a rare meeting, there was buzz amongst the quin. This hasn’t happened since they entered the mists!
Crysania quieted everyone down, standing up near the dye trader so all could see her.
Crysania: Hoolequin! The time is nearing for us to recover my body!
There were many cheers from all clans.
Dandd smiled, ‘everyone is uplifted when she is confident.’ He thought to himself.
Crysania: The Quinharjar are making good progress, but in truth they are just a distraction.
There were a few gasps here and there.
Crysania: I’m putting together a team to infiltrate and recover relatively unnoticed. I will be leading this team.
Stabbith throws her fist in the air: Alright!
Crysania: …you’re not on the team.
Stabbith takes a step back, betrayed.
Crysania: The Team will be as follows: Me
Much nodding in approval.
Crysania: Tahlkora.
More nodding.
Crysania: Dunkoro
Even more nodding.
Crysania: Ogden
Some in the crowd kept nodding, others were surprised.
Crysania: Balreth
Balreth Roars.
Crysania: Gwen
Stabbith shoots gwen a dirty look.
Crysania: Salah Ad Quin
Salah twirls victoriously.
Lalandra steps forward with pride…
Crysania: and Grace.
There were visibly stunned faces in the crowd. Grace moved over to stand with Salah, the Black and Pink combination was kind of cute.
Lalandra storms off to White Base, growling furiously.
Crysania: The available guild officers will assist Grace in training and equipment immediately. I will be chief instructor, I expect Heroes to be available upon call.
Many shouts of agreement echoed from the back of the crowd.
Grace twirls with Salah, both victorious.
Crysania: That is all, thank you for coming. Quin or Quit!
The bulk of the crowd return: Quin or Quit!
Dandd approaches Crysania: Not the way I would have settled that dispute.
Crysania: It’s not for me to decide.
Dandd nods sarcastically: Keep telling yourself that.
Crysania: It’s not my clan.
Dandd: True, but look at Lalandra’s reaction to not being picked.
Crysania: Grace and Salah will form the most badass front row the Quin have ever had.
Dandd: I’m not arguing, I’m just saying Lalandra feels knocked down a peg.
Crysania: Not my clan.
Dandd grins: Now we’re just talking in circles.
Crysania grins back.
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Lalandra quickly tries to find Spike, and try to get an honest opinion.
Lalandra growls at Spike: I was rejected? The F#$%? What does grace have that I don’t .
Spike: A pink skirt.
Lalandra growls again: Fine, what do I have that she doesn’t?
Spike: Necrolepsy.
Lalandra growls yet again and storms off to find Stabbith.
Lalandra growls at Stabbith: What do I have to do to make the team?
Stabbith: Be a mesmer.
Lalandra perks up, switches secondaries and cheers!
Stabbith: Good, Shared Burden with a high Fast Casting will come in handy. Lalandra: Oh…that kind of Mesmer…F$&@ you.
Lalandra storms off to find Dandd.
Lalandra: Ok Dandd, why?
Dandd: Listen to the following questions. If you can answer yes to any of them we will talk.
Lalandra: Ok.
Dandd: Can you provide command, control, and damage like Crysania?
Lalandra: No.
Dandd: Protect and interrupt like Tahlkora?
Lalandra growls: No, can we skip the monks?
Dandd: Sure. Can you spread Searing Flames like Balreth?
Lalandra: Well… Corpselighter…not really Searing Flames though…
Dandd shakes his head: Can you slow and interrupt like Gwen ?
Lalandra: No.
Dandd: Can you tank and strip conditions like Salah?
Lalandra pouts: No.
Dandd: Or grace?
Lalandra pouts again: No, but why two?
Dandd: Crysania has decided that a two-Quin front, two-Quin mid, and a four-Quin back is the best formation for the team. Do you doubt her judgment?
Lalandra: No… I don’t want to be discarded though.
Dandd: Then don’t be. If Crysania is right, then Grace will be Salah’s new partner. Why don’t you go help Grace, to ease frustrations on Salah s part and to ensure Crysania doesn’t have to do all the training herself.
Lalandra: What about Balreth ?
Dandd: The red dot chaser?
Lalandra slumps: Atleast he’s still COTH! The F@#$? Only Four Staffs to Blaze?
Dandd, pretending to be innocent: Oh?
Lalandra: Shove it. You know Crysania and Gwen use Caster Spears.
Dandd: A spear is a staff with a pointy end.
Lalandra grumbles.
Dandd: Besides, you are an accomplished necro anyway.
Lalandra sighs: Yeah, I get it. I’ll go.
Jeni walks in wearing her Charr-Pelt Gloves.
Dandd: Cold?
Jeni: Like, not anymore! I LOVE these Gloves. Gwen better come back safe.
Lalandra sighs sadly to herself, then leaves.
In the meantime the common area has a crowd around Volusja, with Salah in the front row.
Volusja: …and here is my next impersonation: Lalandra! “oh look, someone with a life bar. /death”
Spike jumps in: I am Olias! “look someone died! /death”
The crowd roars in laughter.
Lalandra shouts from behind the group: This cabal armor isn’t just for show!
Volusja and Salah leap to attention and dive into the white base portal!
Lalandra : I’m a Legendary Cartographer, I know where you sleep!
Crysania: Oh no, a Spiteful Spirit approaches!
Lalandra: You stay out of this!
Crysania grins: Or what?
Lalandra pauses awkwardly: Or I will pout at you?
The crowd roars in laughter again.
Crysania: Come on, Corvus Matriarch, are you going to let those two get away?
Lalandra snaps back to the moment: F$%@ No!
Crysania: So go!
Lalandra nods and dashes for white base, half the crowd following.
Crysania just shakes her head, and mutters to herself: Just another day in Quinland.
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Episode 47
13 Apr 2011
Notes: Full references to be added soon.
References: Guild History
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