RP Chapter 7: Of Want and War

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Mahsa looked between the two men at their exchange, it was hard to tell if they were close or they were not, but she had to hold in a chuckle at the term jarhead. To her, it was another funny sounding Trade word that she could not grasp, but she did understand what a jar was.

"I think Alistair's head is quite beautiful." She smiled and stroked his cheek.

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The men both stiffled another chuckle and Alistair leaned into Mahsa. "Thank you, sweet heart." He said, planting a kiss on her forehead. "You are very beautiful. More radiant than a star going supernova." He replied, with a soft smile.

Huey turned back to Aaki to allow the love birds a modicum of privacy. "So, my friend, tell me more about you. What was it like where you grew up?" He asked her with a pleasant smile on his lips.

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"Well," Aaki began, "I am an Eyr Ranr. We take to the skies by day and night. We're descended from old Saali aircraft pilots. But those are from older times. So I had one very good friend, Keppy, and we would skyboard—Mahsa knows what I'm talking about. It's a sport. Oh, Huey, you might like it!" She let him respond with any questions or remarks of his own.

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Huey smiled and nodded. "It's sounds like a beautiful place." He remarked. "We have airbike races back home. I'm guessing it is somewhat similar... I'd like to try skyboarding though." He said, his smile turning into a grin. "It actually sounds like a lot of fun."

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"That's a shame, Alistair." Mahsa decided to tease him a little. "Than means you can't look when I take my clothes off, wouldn't want you to go blind" She giggled softly and stuck her tongue out to let him know she was picking with him.

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Alistair laughed at the teasing. "That so? Well I'm just gonna have to upgrade this eye then. Filter out all that excess radiance and sass." He shot back tapping the temple near his prosthetic eye.

His hand that was wrapped around her waist began to tickle her side, forcing her to either lean into the tickling or lean into him to get away from it.

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Aaki said, "There's no special attribute to Iromakuanhe that give us the ability to be able to do it, so it's definitely something you can try. There is a retailer for sky boards near my office, maybe you've seen it, so I can only guess it happens in certain parts of even this city Kyope."

She leaned back as the hookah, drinks, and even a large decorated plate of oyster-like foods to eat with the hands that they were told was on the house. Aaki looked about at the hookah and began to stoke the coals a bit that were on the top of the hookah setup.

She then watched as the waiters left and leaned in to Huey, "To some there is no better relationship to have than a personal one. Diplomatic ones can come second to that in some Iromakuanhe belief systems. And sometimes a culture permits it to be the religion of the Dreamers that guides their relations. For me, it is a bit of all of those things, though. Perhaps why I make a good speaker of the people. Not to be confused with Speaker of the House," Aaki said with a wink to Mahsa who would get the joke with her understanding of Iroma politics. She looked back to Huey who she had, as she spoke, moved away from. She made sure she everyone had a handle on the hookah nearest them and she made a cheers motion with her hand and spoke out again.

"May our ancestors enjoy awakening to see what we've become!"