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[onblackwings]

[ This lady's looking a little different, for anyone that's spoken with her before. Not any older, but there's a sort of crooked quality to her nose, like it'd been broken and healed some time ago. She's lounging in the Initiative apartments, looking like she's recently made friends with a superiority complex. ]

I want to speak to those of you who have seen a war before. Not the skirmishes that the Initiative sends us on here, but actual war.

And failing that, I'll take anyone that knows magic — and can teach it. That part is important. Don't waste my time if all you can do is cast it.

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[whatsupcroc]

What about it, Jazz?

[solitaire]

If you're gonna be picky, y'might want ta define "actual."

[onblackwings]

[ stare....... ]

"Jazz"?

[ what is this nonsense ]

[onblackwings]

War between two sides, continual and bloody battles, glorious deaths... that sort of thing.

[whatsupcroc]

Fun music and also what I'm calling you at the moment. Ever heard any jazz?

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[indirection]

I've certainly seen war. I'm not so sure I can teach you my magic, I'm afraid.

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[governorkang]

[It's not all that uncommon for Kang to only occasionally see his roommates. By now he's pretty sure Lord Prestor is gone, and he's quite thankful for it; he was just starting to think that maybe Onyx had gone home as well. He still has a few spells to teach her, and she had made it clear that she wanted to learn all of them. So, when he enters their quarters that night, he stops when he sees her on the couch.]

I haven't seen you in a while, Onyx.

[...she looks different.]

[solitaire]

A common definition, then.

What exactly do you want ta hear 'bout?

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[dragonlordbight]

[ Bight's expression and tone are a slight bit grimmer than usual though not by much. ]

I have witnessed and taken part in three major wars and many other conflicts, major and minor throughout the years.

[ He leaves the magic side of things untouched for now, that he would have to get a better idea of the individual in question. ]

[heirwithouthope]

Perhaps first you should tell us why you want to hear such stories.

[onblackwings]

What about me inspires you to think of — [ ugh ] Fun music?

[onblackwings]

Anything you can tell me. What wars have you fought in?

[onblackwings]

Leave it, then. There have to be enough others around here who can.

Tell me about the war you've seen. Who did you fight against?

[onblackwings]

[ She glances over, blinks, and... oh, right, the draconian. She'd almost forgotten that she'd lived with him. She doesn't smile, but she does at least turn to more fully face him. ]

I've been on Krynn. [ a little wryly: ] Growing out of that name.

[ seriously, jeez, when was the last time she heard that? Not since it graced the lips of a dead man. ]

[onblackwings]

[ it takes her a second, but she places the face. The metallic dragon that she'd met last time she was here. There's a little curl of a smile in this answer. ]

Which wars?

[onblackwings]

I'm curious. Why else would anyone ask?

[solitaire]

I didn't say that I had.

But I've heard tell a some.

[onblackwings]

[ she suddenly looks a lot less impressed :| ]

Secondhand stories would be better than nothing.

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[ladyspitfire]

Is there something specific you wish to know about a war we've been in?

[solitaire]

Apologies, madame, but I'm not much a fighter. _{( Also a bad liar. But whatever. )}

But it's still a pretty open question. You want ta know the best way I seen someone die, or the proper strategy ta win, or what?

[whatsupcroc]

You should listen to jazz sometime. I think you'll figure it out on your own!

( It's a bastardization of Jasmine no there is nothing to figure but -- )

Still asking your original questions, or should I be digging into the media library?

[onblackwings]

No, not yet. I just want to hear whatever stories you can tell me.

[onblackwings]

[ she considers it, and... ]

Both, I think.

[onblackwings]

I'll pass. I'll leave music to the elves.

I am. Have you been in a war? [ she looks a little skeptical. ]

[solitaire]

_{( Holds up one finger: )} Bein' blown up from the inside's a pretty tough way ta go.

_{( And a second finger: )} Don't play your hand until the last possible moment.