Cross'd Roads OOC 25

Spectacularly unhelpful post, sorry; my boys have got nothing much to respond to and I don't want to interrupt either of the convos with something else, because they're both interesting. :D

Heh heh, Kim is curious. X)

And I'm kinda swamped.

The monk (who, by the way, isn't Weft - in case that wasn't obvious) is going to wander around until he finds someone to talk to.

So herewith permission for anyone with a character around (Jaina, Serpy - maybe Sylvie, Jelly or Grey&Kim, though he's likely to look around indoors first) to react on the assumption he's come over to say hi.

He's a young male humanoid and looks as described in the linked post. His voice is something like Weft's, except more youthful and without the constant tense, whiny tone. He's even better than Weft at speaking common without an accent. He smiles a lot and seems friendly and eager to be helpful.

Oops @ me: I should say "speaking common in a beautifully comprehensible but identifiably Offwhite City (religious class) accent", actually, since their training emphasises aesthetics and they consider their own mode of speech the prettiest. ;)

Gah. First of May sure brings up things here. O_o I think I know now what that famous student life is.

Hmm... Sylvie or Kim: who wants the pleasure of the monk's conversation?

Give it to Kim; I have more than enough problems with Sylvie over at Random Encounter...

Oh, re: telepathy (gods...) - the monk's species is nigh on unreadable to Shaded telepathy (quite painful, Suitov assures me), but I'm reacting on the assumption that Kim can read him like any other humanoid. If you want me to change it, let me know.

"Crumbs" means roughly "oh wow!" - a very mild and slightly antiquated word to express surprise or impressedness.

It's equivalent to "jeepers" but without the religious etymology. (As far as I know. 'Cause the monksies don't take other people's gods in vain.)

I assume Kim can read him like a normal one, too. X)

In other news, the first of May has finally... wait, it hasn't. Well, all the happenings for first of May have happened and I'm not that busy anymore. :D

Yes. He doesn't feel like a humanoid in the Shade sense and he's very different from Earth humints too, but he has a mammalian brain and doesn't have any particular psi defences.

(An unspecified amount of) Time Has Passed.

I intend the goblins either to be shared or to be written by someone who isn't me (though with the permission for anyone to write them in the context of "Barkeep, another lamb juice").

Ye Shrike that was long. *blinks* Didn't seem that way while we were writing it...

Ah well, more catfight for your buck.

Meh, or something.

Out of curiosity: With all the fire-affinity, do hellhounds have noticeable higher body temperature than you'd expect from a dog, too?

They have the same body temperature you'd expect from a dog, whether they're in the snow (cold; steaming breath) or in a warm room (warm; given to sprawling). If it's just stepped out of a fire, touching it will burn you.

That only applies to surface temperature.

Their core temperature is always the same; they're completely heat- (and cold-)resistant within the range of temperatures you'd find on the surface of an Earthlike planet, and also those you'd find inside an erupting volcano.

I've been meaning to update Bazzle's profile, actually, because AFAICR some of what I have doesn't make sense. For example, he's super-vulnerable to all magic - it's just that the fire's most noticeable.

Or... oh bugger, did I decide on the opposite thing in the end? Curses!! I can find arguments for both sides!

Note to self: rack memory later.

Yeah, sorry, I have remembered again what I decided last time I reworked the species. Basaltine is heatproof and his core temperature rises with the rest of him when in fire, volcano etc.

His core temp doesn't dip below ~38 C unless he's hypothermic, although like other hellhounds he can in fact survive being frozen and thawed again.

This makes no difference to my first answer about apparent skin temperature.

OK, self. Suitov's talking to Jaina, which we guess will have to happen off-camera, and Weft's being left to stew.

Must not bring in another...

...oh bugger.

By the way, that can be the same road upon which Basaltine is 'dead' if convenient. There's a four-way crossroads in the middle of the Cross'd Roads.

edit: I get bored. I build.

Two questions, Snog. Do you want to give them language barriers? And do you want people doing the "you look familiar" jig yet, or shall I stop him from mentioning it? *g*