(@Quartz) The King in Yellow: Later.
(@Marine) The King in Yellow: Yes, what matters is that you won't get in trouble if said trouble is expected to stem from Einar. Who are you and why you're here, though, is another thing entirely. I'm not imploring to share, but I'm interested as hell.
Bruce may find Akhen
(@Bruce) Akhen: ~downs his tequila, then morphs his right hand into a big fuzzy catpaw and face-paws with it, making his speech muffled~ I am on the precipice of being exiled from the society to which I've devoted all of my life.
Slightly drunk despite his actual mass as a sphinx and thus not thinking twice of his action, he puts an hieroglyphic sandstone cartouche next to Bruce, expecting him to be able to read it.
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(@Bruce) Akhen: ~raises his head and looks at Bruce, then at the cartouche, then at Bruce again... and takes the cartouche back~ ... I apologize for my incompetence.
He sighs and, as another tequila is brought to him, continues.
(@Bruce) Akhen: The elders of my world are wise and just, yet demanding as well. Which is perfectly reasonable given the way sphinx reproduce as a species - there are about 50 sphinx ever in existence, and 10 of those are immortal elders, almost-omniscient and aeons-old. Other forty sphinx are expected to be useful to the society. I am a scout, a bookhound that is supposed to deliver knowledge that is not yet possessed. So far I've failed to unearth any sufficient lore, and they demand answer.
Akhen head-desks, his ears getting pinned as close to his mane as physically possible.
(@Bruce) Akhen: Anything concerning civilizations that exist only due to bizzare historical coincidences that cannot be predicted by rational political analysis. For instance, our tenth elder Sekh-Pa-Nephrek-...Nephren-...Nekhren-... ah, ankh it. Our last elder has received his position after bringing back a tale of King Arthur becoming immortal and creating United States of Britain in XXIII century Anno Domini in one singularity. I need examples of information pertaining to this area, lest I am to be condemned for eternal wanders without name and honorifics.
(@Bruce) Akhen: ... ~drops the shot glass~ ...What? Like, you are implying that... After Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc and... Though Entente in XX Anno Domini... Hm... That's... peculiar.
He raises up, his golden eyes shining as if he wasn't drinking at all. The lust for knowledge overshadows the craving for alcohol.
(@Bruce) Akhen: ... Care to elaborate on that topic?
(@Quartz) The King in Yellow: The specifics of Rama's equipment are discussed and greatly elaborated upon. I advise that as a read.
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Bruce: It's my nation's parent nation.. New London, Ontario, NAU. Personal union several centuries back that kinda stuck.
-Shows his shoulder patch
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(@Bruce) The King in Yellow: Hehe, I'll remember that, fuzzball... but later. Because, jokes aside, this Marine has just piqued my interest by mentioning someone I came to rely upon and dislike not seeing around.
(@Marine) The King in Yellow: Kerberos, chainsword, strong Slaaneshite-related PTSD, possible traces of synthetic fox android geneseed on power armor.