===> KLESSA: EAT THE CANDY Klessa Svetos awoke to a feeling of dread. Not the usual dread that comes with inhabiting a frozen tundra on the fringes of a civilization primarly populated with lunatics and sociopaths; no, something a bit more lingering and existential, as if, for some reason, today in particular was going to be an especially meaningful day. To her left, the tricephalic polar bear, Klessa's beloved lusus, released a grunt of displeasure as he pulled his limbs closer together, and turned over to the other side. Hmmm, maybe he was feeling it too. Yet in spite of the overarching sense of doom, Klessa could not place her finger on just what it was. The hive felt colder than usual. She'd have to look into that. After pulling herself out of her recoopercoon, and landing feet first onto the icy floor of her respiteblock, the cerulean blooded troll caught sight of her husktop, laying open on her desk as she left it before going to sleep, lights flashing with a notification that one of her messages was relayed and a response was ready for her to open. But that would have to wait; for now she had to get to the task of running through each of the daily hive maintence chores. Not particualrly fun, but it was absolutely necessary if she wanted to avoid the natural culling of being frozen by the harsh winds of the Alternian North. Racing up to a higher level of her hive, Klessa opened up a closet and retrieved her winter gear. A woolen coat, a pair of light blocking goggles, spiked boots, a hat and some gloves. This should be more than enough to keep her safe outside, the goggles were especially useful. During this season, the sun was out 24 hours, the already deadly light magnified by reflection off of the shining snow. A single ray like that could blind a troll in less than a second, so the goggles were a nice help in keeping her eyes healthy and functioning. While rummaging through her pockets, Klessa pulled out something...unusual. Candy, sweet confections of sugar and flavoring, renouned for their soperific effects, much like the drink called Faygo, favored by the clowns of the purple blood, the burst of sugar in this treat is something like a drug, inhibiting one's judgement. It is very much unlike Klessa to have this on her person, in fact, she had absolutely no idea how this even ended up in her hive at all. It's very chaotic existance is mildly offensive to you. Best to toss it into the incinerator. Pulling back the iron gate of her incinerator, she was not met with a roaring heat but silence. Of course, the heater is out again. No wonder why the hive is so cold. Unfortunately, there is no where to buy new parts for your heater. But, as inventive as you are, you happen to have a contact in the south who can aid you with this dilemma. You had been talking to her earlier over the Trollian chat client, and it looks like she's the one who responded to you earlier. -- septentrionalBoyar [SB] began trolling crystalWisecracker [CW] at 21:04 -- [09:11] CW: You there comra:De? [09:11] SB: вuт of couяse [09:11] SB: I need a favoя fяom you, dяoog [09:12] CW: Give me the :Dirt my frien:D [09:13] SB: my heaтing uniт is вяoken again [09:13] SB: I need you тo send me oveя some sтeel and some coal [09:13] SB: pяovided you have some [09:13] CW: Coal I got apleanty [09:14] SB: Khoяosho! [09:14] CW: :Dang mountain is rife with the stuff [09:14] CW: steel...I'll have to :Do some :Digging aroun:D for [09:14] SB: no pяoвlem [09:15] SB: I appяeciтaтe you skяiking and soвяiaтing тhis sтuff foя me [09:15] SB: if тheяe's anyтhing you need me тo fix, feel fяee тo send iт oveя [09:16] CW: hol:D on, let me :Dig through my stuff, I feel like...something aroun:D here was buste:D [09:18] SB: Enough вuissiness тalk; I am cuяious dяoog. Hoш aяe тhings in тhe souтh going? [09:18] SB: I've noт lefт тhe noятh foя a шhile iт feels [09:19] SB: I feaя I'll soon fall ouт of тhe loop so тo speak [09:23] CW: Oh you know this an:D that [09:23] CW: stuff :Down below is what is always is [09:24] CW: Plutus is still a shy little thing [09:25] CW: Forti:D still about as pleasent as san:Dy-shorts [09:26] CW: Oh, I :Di:D recently come across a vien of howlite an:D will be make a necklace for Irevir [09:26] SB: Pluтus seems тo вe тhe only chelovek тhaт ponies each slovo тhaт I govoяeeт; even if he's тoo poogly тo chaт шiтh me [09:26] SB: Ah! Iяeviя's going тo вe geттing a loт of gifтs iт seems [09:27] SB: I'm sending heя some pishcha fяom aяound heяe [09:31] CW: Oh, ah um.... that is nice.... [09:32] CW: have i ever...ah...talke:D with you [09:32] CW: about my feelings for irevir? [09:33] SB: I don'т вelive you have [09:35] CW: oh silt, Hmmm...how :Do I say this [09:35] CW: I... [09:35] CW: may... sort of... [09:35] CW: feel flushe:D for them [09:36] SB: ah Bog [09:36] SB: you'яe noт going тo sтaят тalking all lyuвlyu aяe you? [09:36] CW: noooooooooooo [09:36] CW: probably not [09:36] SB: doвяo [09:37] SB: none тhe less, I hope iт all шoяks ouт [09:37] SB: if you need some advice oя someone тo тalk тo шell... [09:37] SB: I'm a вiт oddy-knocky ouт heяe, so I may noт вe тhe вesт [09:37] SB: вuт hey i'll тяy! [09:38] CW: Thanks SB, you are the a real gem [09:39] SB: вlyaт, I jusт тo slooshy and deal ouт some sovieт шhen тhey come тo me [09:40] SB: keep eveяyтhing all nice and oяdeяly you knoш [09:43] CW: Its nice to get some or:Derly support [09:43] CW: the pair of us are about the only two reasonably or:Derly trolls in this circle of frien:Ds [09:44] CW: oh, the coal is alrea:Dy on its way, per the normal metho:D. [09:45] SB: Khoяosho! [09:45] SB: Da, iт seems like шe'яe тhe only dva шiтh ouя gulliveя's all тhe шay scяeшed on [09:45] SB: I шondeя if iт шill eveя яeally come in handy [09:45] SB: seems like you have тo вe a liттle insane тo suяvive aяound heяe [09:47] CW: well :Depen:Ds on your :Definaition of insane [09:48] CW: if you an:D I are the only ones not like everyone else [09:48] CW: maybe we are the most insane [09:48] CW: thus most useful an:D likely to survive? [09:48] SB: Thaт's a тhoughт xaxaxa [09:52] SB: яeminds me of a saying шe have heяe in тhe noятh [09:52] SB: Бу́дет и на на́шей у́лице пра́здник. [09:52] SB: means someтhing like Theяe'll вe a holiday in ouя sтяeeт тoo [09:53] CW: Hmmm, thats an abnormally warm sentament for the northern trolls [09:53] CW: I like it [09:54] SB: xaxaxa, шe may live in тhe cold, вuт тhaт cold jusт makes us appяeciaтe тhe шaяmтh a liтle moяe! [09:55] CW: that makes sense [09:55] CW: wish I coul:D say the same about me, :Darkness an:D light [09:56] SB: mayвe you should come up noятh; iт's daяk mosт eveяy day heяe [09:56] CW: stupi:D mutant eyes... [09:56] SB: if you don'т mind a couple monтhs шheяe тhe sun neveя seтs [09:57] CW: Not to :Different than living un:Dergroun:D [09:57] CW: but not sure how comfertable I woul:D be in the col:D [09:57] CW: much less on the tun:Dra [09:57] CW: I may get tire:D of being coope:D up un:Dergroun:D now an:D then [09:58] CW: but I :Do love my conection to the stone an:D :Dirt [09:58] CW: not sure how a layer of ice woul:D effect that [09:59] CW: But I shoul:D :Definatly fin:D time to visit, since its like one of the only places I coul:D go without my goggles for an exten:De:D perio:D [10:00] SB: Iт шould вe doвяo тo have someone aяound шho isn'т ouт тo fighт me oveя food [10:00] SB: oя jusт anyone foя a visiт яeally [10:02] CW: If only my tra:Dtional psionics were as rock soli:D as my geo-kentics, then traveling to you woul:Dn't be so rough [10:04] SB: if only [10:05] SB: anyшay dяoog, I вeттeя geт тo яepaiяing my heaтeя lesт I тuяn inтo an ice sculpтuяe [10:05] SB: do svedanya!