[The scene opens the night of the last session.  The group has camped, and the
tent has proven to be all that the merchant said it would be.  It was quite
difficult to put up, but Shiho managed it in the end, and though short, it is
sturdy and relatively spacious.  Daphne is currently on watch, and has been for
about an hour.  The watch so far has been interminably boring, even with the
company of Al Cohol.]
[Mini Session Start]
* Rocky waddles over to Daphne.
* Daphne has a sip of nectar, and hums to herself.
* A small, gnatlike insect buzzes out of the darkness and lands on Daphne's arm.
* Daphne eyes the insect and seems to be deciding wheather to swat it.
* The insect bites Daphne.
* Daphne makes up her mind and swats the insect.
* The insect is swatted.
* The insect gets back up and flies unsteadily away.
<Daphne> Hunh.
* Daphne looks around for other insects and spots Rocky instead. "Oh. Hey,
Rocko."
* Rocky waves. "Hey. How's watch goin'?"
<Daphne> So far I've successfully repelled an assault by a small biting insect.
I can't tell you how proud I am.
<Rocky> Big mosquitos, here.
* Daphne chuckles at that and has another sip of nectar.
<Daphne> Yup.
* Rocky scratches between his ears. "So, uhh... You've probably guessed I wanted
to talk to you about something."
<Daphne> That was one of two possibilities, yeah.
* Rocky blinks. "What's the other?"
* Daphne chuckles. "That you just came out to enjoy my delightful company." She
shakes her head as if to clear it. "Anyway. Go ahead."
<Rocky> Well...
<Rocky> I want you to start caring about how much money you spend.
* Daphne raises her eyebrows. "Oh?"
<Rocky> Yeah.  You never know, we might get to a world (like Dragonlance :P)
where your money isn't worth as much as it is here, and we'll need all we can
get.
<Daphne> True enough. Hell, we might even get to a world where coin money is a
quaint novelty.
<Rocky> Well... You know, that last guy was a real thief, and not to be
insulting or anything, but judging fro mthe way he was laughing when we went in
there, you got ripped off bigtime.
* Daphne nods. "He prolly thinks so, yeah. And he might be right."
* Rocky blinks. "But if you knew he was doing it to you, why'd you let him get
away with it?"
<Daphne> Something I read in a magazine.
<Rocky> Maga... whatzit?
* Suddenly information comes pouring into Rocky's brain, about exactly what a
magazine is.
<Daphne> It's, uhm, like a book. Although they come in series published once a
month, or once a week, or somesuch.
<Rocky> Oh. That thing.
<Daphne> Yeah, those.
<Rocky> So... What'd it say?
<Daphne> Anyway, this one was about modern sciecne, or whatever y'wanna call it.
There was a small article in it on someone at a chemical company trying to
synthesize spider silk.
<Rocky> Ok...
<Daphne> I thought it was a pretty stupid thing to do, myself.
<Daphne> I mean, why would anyone want to make a sticky web, right?
* Rocky thinks. "Hmm... Well... Maybe... No... Wait.... Hmm... I dunno."
<Rocky> So they could catch bugs?
<Daphne> Turns out, spider silk has the highest tensile strength of any
substance known to man. 'Least, any substance back home. Tubby back there sold
me a rope made of the stuff, and at a guess we could probably hoist all of our
pet birds here with it.
<Rocky> Hmm...
* Daphne has another sip of nectar. "I probably still payed too much, but it
seemed like something that might be handy to have."
<Rocky> But what about all the other stuff he overcharged you for?
<Daphne> Huh? Oh. Guilty as charged there, I guess. I mean, it's a nice tent and
all, and the food ain't bad, but prolly not worth two silvers.
<Daphne> And for the record, I *know* I payed too much for the liquor.
* Rocky nods. "See? You've got be more careful."
* Daphne shrugs. "I guess." She grins. "Or I could just never buy anything
without Shiho there to fool the guy into accepting less money than what it's
worth."
<Rocky> What if she gets plushied?
<Daphne> A point.
<Rocky> If that happens, someone's got to look out for this, and since you're
holding some of the group's money, you're a prime choice.
<Daphne> Hm. I suppose.
* Daphne has another sip. "Out of curiosity, how long have you been able to
talk?"
<Rocky> Mm... I picked it up somewhere.
<Rocky> I always could've written if I wanted your attention, though.
<Daphne> Heh. Alright.
<Daphne> Hmmm.
* Daphne looks around. "So. Now that Shiho's not around, you want some nectar?"
^_^
<Rocky> I better not.  Can't drink while adventuring.
<Daphne> If you say so.
<Daphne> More for me, then. ^_^
<Rocky> But, now that we've talked about money... Can I have some?
* Rocky grins.
* Daphne chuckles. "Depends. What'd you buy with it?"
<Rocky> Nothin'.
<Rocky> Just wanna hold it.
* Daphne eyes Rocky. "You're not tryin' to pull a fast one on me, are you?"
She's grinning as she says it, tho.
<Rocky> Nah. I want it 'cause it's shiny.
* Rocky grins wider.
<Daphne> Uh-huh.
* Daphne reaches into her pocket and pulls out a copper piece. "What the hell.
Knock yourself out."
<Rocky> Yay!
* Daphne hands it to Rocky.
* Rocky stares at it greedily.
[Mini Session End]