Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 21, 2006 11:36:44 GMT -5
The smile on Ue's face proved that she wasn't from Eastern Gate. All afternoon she had been wandering around the station, looking around and being stared at in return. So far, no one had approached her but Ue wasn't fazed. Not many had met a true Navarri and most species had a inborn fear of leeches, so she was used to people shying away once they saw Bi.
"Oh good, a apothecary!" Ue laughed as she walked into the store.
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ruhk
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Post by ruhk on Jun 21, 2006 18:38:41 GMT -5
“For the last time grandfather, I don’t want to stay in the store all day! There are bound to be tons of lovelies who are just waiting for me to offer them something!” As usual, Ruhk had been in the middle of having a hissy-fit, his wings still flapped rapidly to highlight his faux-frantic fit.
“Now now, look we already have a customer.” Azar kindly smiled at Ue and Bi before he disappeared into backroom they had set up. He might be used to his grandson’s temper, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t find it tiring.
In the blinkof an eye Ruhk had settled and had hopped over to the visitor. “Why hello dear! Navarri right? I haven’t had the chance to meet very many of your race, but you must be the cutest of them all.” Leave it to Ruhk to lay it on thick. “Now what can offer you to make that smile even brighter?”
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 21, 2006 19:46:05 GMT -5
"Hey! I don't make fun of your height so don't tease me about mine! Cute, little, bah!" Ue's tone was all in fun though. "And I don't need teeth whitener, I'd like some poison. Neuro-toxins if ya got any. Salty too please." She waltzed into the shop, gesturing at the hurriedly displayed wares. "Nothing sweet. Never did like sweet.
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ruhk
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Post by ruhk on Jun 21, 2006 19:56:18 GMT -5
Ruhk switched to his faux-pouty mode. Even the people who knew him had a hard time telling it was all an act, but it was usually a safe bet to say that he was never really pouting, just trying to get attention. “Aw, that cut me deep love, I never called you little.” Ruhk made his way to the backroom of the store, poisons weren’t something that was displayed on the sales floor, and for once he didn’t have any in one on his person. “Salty you say? Well I can lace one with Ter powder if you’d like, but you should already know that most neuro-toxins aren‘t sweet. Not unless they‘ve been adding things to them.”
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 21, 2006 20:06:42 GMT -5
"Drug Dealers always add things to'em. Make'em 'undetectable' they claim. Bah! Sweet plus salty does not equal neutral. If they ever tried their products they would know. Just make'em nasty!"
"Say," Ue friendly continued. "Its rare that people have heard of the Navarri, let alone recognize one before they see the leech. How'd ya know?"
Still chatting and not waiting for Ruhk to answer, let alone be it sight. "I must admit I don't recognize your species. Heard of ya I think, wings being popular fantasies among humans, but can't say I've really met ya."
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Post by ruhk on Jun 21, 2006 22:49:17 GMT -5
Ruhk grinned as he quickly poured a liquid into an empty jar he had gotten from the back room. Mixing in the Ter powder, Ruhk turned his smile back towards Ue. “My grandfather and I travel a lot. A couple stations back we did some business with a nice Navarri family, got a really good deal on some supplies.” With the last of the powder carefully mixed in, Ruhk corked the jar and held it out to Ue. “Tell me if it’s any good. As for me? I’ll give you a hint, in ages past we weren’t nearly so human looking. Had wings for arms, talons on our feet, and long tails. Any guesses?” As if it would help, Ruhk turned to give her a better look at his stubby wings.
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 22, 2006 10:56:25 GMT -5
"We Navarri are a fair and proud race," Ue sang dramatically swiping the jar from Ruhk's offered hand and raising the drink to the stars. "Eager to please and unafraid. Ya'll always make fair by us."
With a practiced movement, Ue opened the jar and took a swig. "Hmm, a little..." and her eyes glazed over. She stood rigid a moment before coughing and laughing. "Wow! Ha, now that's poison! I'm used to downing whole cases of junk before I get half that potency. Almost overwhelmed Bi ya did. My own fault though if it'd happen. How much for this and can ya make me a barrel?"
After another laugh, Ue simmered down and mused. "Ya saying that your race is descended from birds? Was sentience gained before or after ya began to anthropomorphize?" Chatty she may be, but Ue wasn't stupid.
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Post by ruhk on Jun 22, 2006 18:14:31 GMT -5
Ruhk grinned as he rolled out a barrel from the back of the store along with a small bag of the powder he had mixed into the smaller container. “Ter powder may be common and inexpensive, but neuro-toxins aren’t always as easy to come by. So it would cost around 30,000 for something this size. Are you alright with that?” Better to ask first before mixing the ‘drink’. Otherwise he’d be out not only a bag of Ter powder, but a barrel of toxins. As for the lack of flirting in his question, Ruhk was raised as a salesman first and fore-most. The flirting was extra.
“And if you didn’t know what I am from my hint, then I’m not going to waste our precious time together with my race’s history. I’m a full-blooded Avige, none of that half-human crap so many pull.” It may be harsh, but he had a certain amount of pride tied with his heritage considering the majority of his race had merged with humans and had lost their wings all together.
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 23, 2006 9:11:44 GMT -5
Ue inhaled through her teeth at the price. "30k is a bit steep friend," she started bartering. "I could get some perfectly good toxin of similar quantity for 20k. Not as fine as yours of course, but a girl's got to eat."
To give Ruhk time to decide Ue retouched the race issue. "No offense meant. My race can't expand their bloodline's outside of Navarri so I can't really sympathize, but I love to learn more. Are pure Aviges then full-winged." Her tone was honest and curious, it was easy to tell that she truly meant no insult.
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Post by ruhk on Jun 23, 2006 15:19:45 GMT -5
"No no, my race lost our full wings long ago. It's what happens when the sky gets too full and the land becomes easy to live on. I mean, I did just say I'm pure-blood, so it's not like you can get any more Avige then me or grandfather." He really didn’t mean to sound so pompous, it just kind of came out that way.
“As for my goods,” back to salesman mode “I can’t afford to go that low love, even for you. 25,000 is my final offer, and I’m only going down that far cause you’re cute.”
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 23, 2006 15:33:05 GMT -5
"That's not what I... Der, I'm sorry. I keep accidentally insulting ya. My brothers always said I should pay more attention. 25k? Fair. Here." Ue pulled a yellow ID card from a chain bag. "If ya want to mix it later ya can. I'll stop by this evening with my trolley."
"I'm real sorry. Listen, ya ever need anything delivered, anywhere, I'm your gal. Give ya a discount since I seem to keep saying the wrong thing."
Despite her faux pas, Ue remained curious. "So full-blooded Aviges have those cute small wings. And half-bloods... don't? Do half-bloods keep that cool feathery hair." Ue rubbed her own bald head, laughing.
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Post by ruhk on Jun 23, 2006 15:44:05 GMT -5
Ruhk grinned and swiped her card on the card reader located on one of the counters not filled with herbs and cures of some sort. “No worries love, no offense taken. I’ll have your drink ready in only an hour or two, though shouldn’t take me that long.” Ruhk rolled the barrel towards the back of the store before moving back towards where Ue and Bi were standing. “Most half-bloods, or any diluted Avige look just like humans. They usually just keep the ability to speak in our native tongue, but that’s about it. So I guess the only way to tell if you have Avige blood in you is to see if you can properly speak the dialect.”
Moving back towards the barrel, he began to mix the toxin before he continued talking. “But what about Navarri? You can’t mix at all?”
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 23, 2006 16:24:42 GMT -5
"Well, actually we're not sure. Ya know the feeling you get when ya like someone? Well, ours is augmented by a sexless leech. It kinda has an opinion of its own. It keeps pretty quite about Navarri, but they don't care for other aliens. Can't get really attached when a voice inside your head is whining and willing ya in a different direction yeah?" Ue gestured about emphatically.
"But our species just recently took to space. Only six or so generations, so I might be wrong. What 'bout ya? How long have the Avige's been in this endless sky?" Ue smiled.
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Post by ruhk on Jun 23, 2006 16:30:28 GMT -5
Ruhk poured more powder into the barrel, mixing it in almost painfully slowly. He would rather make it a perfect blend and take his time then dump it all in and end up with clumps. “Not much longer then your race, we had to wait until our wings became more obsolete and didn’t grow as large. Wings make us kind of restless, like we gotta use them, just got to get out… but you really can’t have creatures flying around in such small spaces.”
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Ue & Bi
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Post by Ue & Bi on Jun 24, 2006 10:56:04 GMT -5
Ue cringed at "small spaces." "Yeah, I hear that. My brother, well he's clear over 8 feet tall ya know? Once nailed his head so hard that he was knocked out. Even his leech was stunned! We had to carry'im back to the ship. Was funny as hell... I mean. Yeah, it was funny."
"Humans, despite all their talk about tolerance, only think 'bout themselves." Ue was thinking back to her previous encounter with Mirror. "Now I'm not saying I'm perfect. I end up insulting half the people I meet, but I'm trying to learn! How am I supposed to learn about different species and their customs if each time I mess up they get all defensive!"
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