Arlie_B when they've stepped away from the group. "I was about a month or so from death, not too long from here."

Dionysus "We're never more than a moment from it, Arlie. You know that."

Arlie_B "Not like this. I mouthed off to some Fate creatures that took Arsul's hand, and they reversed my age."

Dionysus She looks at you, "Is that why your'e young again?"

Arlie_B "I got to age 5 before we found a way around the curse."

Arlie_B "Yes."

Arlie_B "I think,"

Dionysus She listens

Arlie_B "We're walking into a hell hole. Just as bad as the Morags. I'm glad I got to see you before we go kick ass."

Dionysus She looks about, then sighs, "I'm glad to see you again, too. It's rough fighting a war, running an empire, and remembering which ships I can raid. I may have the body of a young woman, but my mind's still in its 50s."

Arlie_B "I know what you mean... Gods I was a fool at 30."

Dionysus She laughs, "Weren't we all?"

Arlie_B "Merian, I love you, and we don't get much time to talk. I want kids."

Dionysus She stops in her tracks, "After this war, and your concerts... If you come rule with me."

Arlie_B "I can make that deal. If Aurelia can do it, so can you. I've seen her get in a fist fight with a dragon, but you're still the strongest woman I know."

Dionysus She laughs, "Arlie, I can't fist fight a dragon /now/. But I can stare one down." She grins

• Arlie_B laughs and steps in to kiss her.

Dionysus She kisses back

Dionysus Then slaps your behind, and mutters, "Mosquito."

• Arlie_B laughs and wipes her neck. "Flies."

Arlie_B "If we're going to make this empire, we need to do it right. Tell Sue you want to talk with him."

Dionysus Merian sighs, "You tell him to talk to me when you all get back. If I leave my men there with yours, my men will do something stupid."

Arlie_B "He can travel anywhere now, and they have ships on the moon that can fly, and he's build us ships that move as fast on water as the airship in the sky."

Dionysus She looks at you, "I'll talk to him, Arlie."

Arlie_B (sorry, already had that typed)

Arlie_B replace that above her comment.

Dionysus That works

Arlie_B "Let's get back. Any messages you want me to carry to the Gods while I'm out?"

Dionysus "Tell 'em to stick it."

Arlie_B s/out/about/

Dionysus she grins

Arlie_B "Ha!"

Arlie_B they start walking back, I can't see a game of grab-ass not developing.

Dionysus She enjoys it.

Arlie_B right before we join the group, "See you soon, you ball and chain."

Dionysus "I'll miss you, you halfwitted bastard."

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• Arlie_B needs to do research on the Toy, assuming it returns, we can do that in off time though.

Dionysus What information does he look for?

Arlie_B history of the Toy, favorite jokes, capabilities

Arlie_B and, specifically, the Blue wombat joke.

Dionysus You never find the Blue Wombat Joke

Dionysus Its favorite jokes seem to vary by user, actually, from the works you read

Dionysus It can do anything funny, and its sense of humor shifts slightly every once in a while, but every user says it often goes too far.

Arlie_B how does it pick/unpick users?

Dionysus It doesn't, however, often kill. Even its most gruesome acts usually involve comical harm

Dionysus It reacts to lots of things: celebration races, people who are funny in general, dispositions, wild magic, the unfortunate, people who it perceives as useful to the cause of comedy...

Dionysus Straight men or clowns are good with it.

Dionysus Its history is storied, largely fictional, and completely untrustworthy. It is known to have been involved in the end of First Shem's armies of good, though. The Bronccour supposedly loved it.