Trust Excercize - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
Participants
Date
29/8/2012
Log
Meniatz greets Aritea warmly and leads hir into the apartment. "Did you find your way here okay? I know the streets can be a bit confusing...and a little dangerous."
Aritea chuckles and nods. "I'm an habitual explorer. I've found my way in and out of almost everywhere within this city," sie answers, smiling warmly, "and I didn't run into anything too bothersome on the way here."
"Oh, I'm glad. I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself if anything happened to you. So...would you like some coffee or something? I think I have some biscottis somewhere around here, too." Meniatz says as sie looks about the small kitchen area.
"I don't usually have coffee, but sure," sie agrees, trotting along behind the huge wyvern, "I don't think I've had biscottis before."
Meniatz makes a pot of coffee and puts out a small plate of biscottis. "They are these tasty italian cookies that are hard and are great for dipping into your coffee or hot chocolate or tea - any warm beverage, really. I got the chocolate-covered ones because...well, I could probably eat my own bodyweight in chocolate, heh heh." Sie laughs nervously as sie pours two mugs of black bean-based beverage. "Oh, would you like milk, or half-and-half? Any sugar?" Sie asks hir guest accomodatingly.
Aritea smiles happily at how solicitous hir large friend is being, hir nose working slowly to take in the aromas of the coffee and biscottis. "They smell good," sie agrees, "I have a weakness for sweets, myself." Sie watches as Meniatz pours the mugs and at hir question, sie nods and says, "Milk and sugar, if I may."
Meniatz puts four spoonfuls of sugar into Aritea's coffee and three into hir own. Sie squirts some of hir milk into a small serving jug, which sie begins pouring into both cups of coffee. "I'll just leave this bowl of sugar here. Feel free to add more if you'd like and if you need more milk, just ask, and I'll be happy to get you some." Sie says cheerfully as sie dips a biscotti into hir drink, stirs it a bit and then bites into it with a satisfying crunch.
Aritea blinks in surprise upon watching hir host squirt some of hir own milk into a jug for use in the coffee, then sie laughs. "I didn't expect you do use your own milk," sie remarks, "I guess that's something to get used to in this new world, hmm?" Sie picks up hir coffee and takes a sip. "Mmm...good," sie says, giving Meniatz a happy nod, "Thank you." Sie then picks up a biscotti and gives dips it into hir coffee, stirring it about a bit.
Meniatz chuckles softly "Yeah, I just have so much of it, that I have to either dump it down the drain, or find a use for it. I've actually been thinking about selling my milk to make a little extra cash. It's tasty and nutritious, but I'm not sure if people would still be...hesitant to try another sentient creature's breast milk."
Aritea giggles, lifting hir hands to hir own more moderate bust. "I'm glad I don't have that problem...I'd be too embarrassed to make use of it. It is good, though, and these days I don't think that nearly as many people would have an issue with it. I mean, I'm pretty certain that it's gonna have to be cowfolks that most 'normal' milk comes from anymore, anyway. I haven't hardly seen any more or less normal animals in months."
Meniatz giggles as sie finishes hir coffee. "Well, I sure do hope most cow people don't end up growing wings, too, or else my Wyvern airline and/or courier service idea might be in real trouble. Don't get me wrong, I love doing science, but I have a child to think of now, and I'll do almost anything that could help me make a little extra cash to improve her life." Sie pauses for a moment "And I like to fly, so any job where I can do it for a living would be great!"
Aritea gives a toothy grin, nodding in agreement to the sentiment of doing whatever it takes for hir child. "I'd always wanted to take up hang gliding back Before," sie remarks, "Hadn't really considered that now I could have my own set of wings. Probably takes a while to learn how to fly, though, doesn't it?"
Meniatz stretches out hir wings a bit and looks at them. "Yeah. Flying is...alot more like falling with the intention of not hitting the ground when you first start, but after a bit of practice, it's really fun. You really get to see the world from a new perspective."
Aritea nods in agreement. "That's part of why I headed into the mountains when the plague broke out. I could see trouble coming from a long ways off. Of course, I wasn't the only one with that idea. What'd you do when it all happened? I don't think you said yesterday. If you don't want to talk about it, I fully understand. Had a guy that'd been transformed into some sort of orc or something come through the Sierras a handful of months after it and he was still kinda shellshocked from having been within a couple dozen miles of Las Vegas."
Aritea adds in, "And sorry that I keep jumping around between subjects. Doctors were always saying I had ADD while growing up, so I tend to bounce between subjects a lot."
Meniatz begins cleaning out hir cup in the sink. "Well, I did some work for Zephyr Inc. in the beginning. When funding for my projects ran low, I started using myself and some of my interns as test subjects. Eventually, I was subjected to a psych evaluation where I was informed that Zephyr Inc.'s insurance would no longer cover damages incurred by a " Sie starts making air quotes after putting down the glass " 'high-functioning sociopath,' so, officially, they let me go, but off the record, they allowed me to continue my experiments as an 'outside consultant' so that they wouldn't be liable for anything I did. Unfortunately, that meant that I could no longer live in the Zephyr dorms, so I moved into the living museum for a while, where I studied the blue sphinx population for so long, I pretty much became one. After that, I continued my research abroad, got turned into some interesting things, and...now I'm a wyvern!" Sie says cheerfully.
Aritea giggles. "A big, sexy wyvern!" sie agrees with a laugh, "So you worked with Zephyr back Before. I hadn't even heard of Zephyr Inc before their rescue team stumbled upon me and the other folks out in the mountains. I do owe them for some help, and for making certain that they have an aide and commo station set up back in the Sierras for the families that stayed, but I don't really consider myself beholden to Zephyr. I'll work with them happily enough, though, as long as they don't start getting shady. They seem to be honestly trying to help." Sie sets down hir nearly empty coffee cup, long feline tail slowly twitching behind hir.
Meniatz puffs out hir chest a little bit. "Well, this big, sexy wyvern is currently working for Angus. She may not pay quite as well as Zephyr did, but I have much more creative freedom with my experiments now. You may have noticed this..." Sie points to hir tail, which is a dark black, with gold tiger-like stripes, a sharp contrast to the bright green of the rest of hir body. "It may look and feel like my tail, but it is actually a synthetic organism I created in my spare time. Right now, it seems to be acting as a sort of living garment. To be honest, it was an...unexpected application for it, but one which I am quite happy with, all things considered." Sie starts twirling a spoon in hir claw. "So...are you...um...ready?" Sie asked shyly.
