AFTER JULES MOST RECENT NETWORK EXPLOSION

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

This is Zaknafein Do'Urden, and I am speaking in regards to a recent alarm called by the lurkglider Jules. He acted as I had instructed and as he should have in the event of encountering drow. The danger my kind pose is not not a threat to be taken lightly.

That said... there is no danger to be found here. The drow in question is in fact, my son, Drizzt. He is, perhaps, the only drow who has ever existed who is honestly and truly...

-=he seems to be struggling for a word=-

Kind.

-=another hesitation, though this one more contemplative=-

If I may ask, I am hoping to find a proper shelter for the two of us, or a way to create one. I cared little when I was alone, but with him here now the lack is unacceptable.

-=he's a father, he can't help it. he's actually feeling a bit more like himself so the last thing he says sounds rather amused=-

As well as a means to a bath. It appears my son has become some form of beast in my absence.

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[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt listens quietly at first, smiling. Smiling more as his father speaks of him, and as his father asks for shelter. All of that is replaced by a look of horror at the mentioning of being a beast. He will not argue that he in fact could use a bath, and that one indeed sounds wonderful, but Drizzt does not want his reputation to be "smelly elf ranger"!

He sounds more like a teenager, like the actual young elf that he truly is, than he has in many years with a simple, indignant protest, spoken in Drow:]

Father! Must you introduce me as a 'beast'?

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

I did no such thing.

-=he says with a faint smirk. technically he's always speaking Drow, regardless of who he's speaking to=-

I introduced you as kind.

[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt looks at him for a very long moment, looking quite thoroughly annoyed, and then he just gives a world-weary sigh as he gives in.]

It has been several tendays since I have seen much more than saltwater....

[Because one cannot bathe in what little stores of freshwater that the Captain shared with Drizzt for drinking since he preferred it vastly over the stores of other drink on the ship.]

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

I am certain you will feel much more comfortable when you are clean.

-=he reaches out, hesitating a moment, but then brushes at the white powder caked on Drizzt's face=-

This is salt?

[failgoyle]

...so I didn't screw all that up and we all just got lucky?

[naturaltwohands]

You certainly made it easier for me to find my father.

[Someone sounds amused.]

My apologies for startling you earlier.

[He's being generous. You ran away screaming. It's not the first time for Drizzt, though.

... Also he's going to pretend the whole smell portion of this fiasco has not happened. BECAUSE REALLY]

[failgoyle]

That's okay...it's not like startling me is all that hard to do...

...and I'm glad you found your dad, at least!

[naturaltwohands]

[Drizzt has gathered as much by now, but he is too diplomatic to say such.]

There is no ending to my joy of being reunited with my father, thank you.

[A pause.]

"Dad"?

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

No, you did the right thing. The chances had seemed so impossible that I did not consider that it could be anyone I knew, let alone my son.

[failgoyle]

Okay, so if I see another one of you guys...am I still supposed to scream about it?

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

Yes,

Yell even louder if you encounter a female.

[amourtician]

[ Jay just barely stifles a giggle. ]

Oh, come on, darling! Beast? Really? At least I bet yours doesn't hoard poisonous plants in his bedroom—

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

He may. It has been quite some time since I have seen him last.

[amourtician]

[ All that comes across the psychic link is a shrill giggle. ]

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

-=he's just going to smirk=-

Apparently he has been taken in by dwarves and a giant cat. I would say 'Beast' is fairly appropriate.

[naturaltwohands]

My father exaggerates greatly. There is simply no way to get oneself clean on the open sea without fresh water. Even our impeccably dressed Captain smells. There is simply no escaping it.

[And a pause and a chuckle.]

... If only my bedroom could grow plants. I am afraid it is inside of a mountain, and I have not seen it in six years. One can only hope it has not been buried under dust in my absence.

[But you know having a plant does sound kind of nice. Drizzt misses them on the open water.]

[amourtician]

... but you're at sea, darling. Surely you could wash in the sea?

[ Can you tell he's a landlubber. ]

[naturaltwohands]

[Oh yeah, Drizzt can tell now.]

Bathing in salt water will not rid you of salt, and is not good for the skin, so I have heard. It also contains the occasional shark.

[amadine]

I can't offer lodgings, but if your son's the source of the ungodly reek that tattooed idiot so kindly shared with the rest of us, I'll gladly offer the use of my apartment for the length of a bath.

Give me an approximate size, and I'll even leave fresh clothing.

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

Any help you are willing to offer would be much appreciated. He claims to have been doing something called sailing? In which there is an apparent lack of means for self care.

-=he finds the whole concept rather distasteful to be honest, but he is not going to judge. or at least try very hard not to. for a while at least=-

[amadine]

It's a manner of travel by water. And it can get unpleasant if the weather's turned cruel, or the supplymaster plans poorly.

Look for the door marked with the...well, they're little more than overlapping circles at the moment. I'll leave it open for you. Let me know when you're done.

[naturaltwohands]

[This is embarrassing but Drizzt is going to shove through it. While it is awkward to be using someone's home for the bath, it's best to get it over with.]

Thank you. There is simply not enough fresh water to afford the luxury of the bath on a ship; what is there is for drinking or cooking only. I believe Zaknafein is quite frankly horrified by this, and it will take many tendays to comprehend the truth. [Drizzt, you're a brat.]

I am about the approximate height and weight of many human women, slender in the shoulders with muscles built for speed and agility, not strength. I will of course return the clothing once I am properly able to. If it is not too impertinent to ask, is there a cloak that I may borrow as well, or at least, something with a hood? I am more used to the surface's light than my father, but sometimes it still bothers my eyes.

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[neverfeltthatway]

There are always extra rooms available in Leonardo's workshop.

[He's... not really going to touch the rest of that.]

[hiding_honor_in_darkness]

That is the door all the images point to?

-=forget the rest, he's confused at why there is now an image in his head=-

How is it that I can see you?

-=if 'see' is even the right word for it=-

[neverfeltthatway]

That's the one.

Ah - there are skills you can learn, to better use the telepathic network. The ability to look back on previous posts on the network, the ability to stream what you see or hear to the network, the ability to project your image when you're speaking, even the ability to share memories - all these and much more. I've been teaching myself about the network for nigh on three years now - and image projection is a fairly simply skill, as these things go.