trans_9 | CEEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES~

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CEEEEEELEBRATE GOOD TIMES~

Several buildings in the City had been completely destroyed during Aang's rampage, but a few had survived relatively unscathed. It had only taken Kang two days to repair the Drunken Dragon; he'd done so by himself, not even waiting for his leg to heal up a bit first.

Usually, he didn't bother lighting any candles or using the fireplace in the tavern unless it was a period when the artificial sun had set. He could see perfectly fine in the dim light. For the celebration, though, he'd thrown the windows open wide, scrounged up every candle he could find, and started up a fire, knowing that human vision wasn't as good as his own. The tables surrounding the stage had been cleaned, as well as the tankards, and the door was propped open. The bozak had even wrestled two of the 60-gallon barrels from the back room into a corner of the main room for easier access, one of cactus juice and one of ale. If more was needed, he was sure he could get someone to help bring out another.

Tess had commandeered the kitchen to make her food, bringing in her own equipment. Kang had been slightly afraid at first that she was going to burn the place down, but nothing had happened yet. She seemed to know what she was doing, even if she'd given him a few scares.

The sunlight glistened on the old sword blade teeth and dinnerplate eyes of the comical-looking wooden dragon grinning above the entrance. Come in, relax, have a drink and a bite to eat!

[OOC note: Both drinks are alcoholic, and the cactus juice has twice the kick of the ale. :D;]

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"Completely Kaylee's. I made the mistake of telling her I'd never danced before, and she decided I needed to learn how to waltz," Kang shook his head. "I'll never really have occasion to. Not like I'm ever going to be attending any of the Palanthian or Solamnic balls."

"Pala...what?" Jamie says confusedly. Neither of those two names are familiar to him, judging by his reaction. After a moment, he shakes his head, deciding not to worry about it. If Kang wants to give the explanation, that's his choice. Jamie's happy to talk about dances right now.

"Well, ye never know. Someone might throw a ball or something in the Sensoriums sometime and then you'll know a dance, aye? Although, I should probably warn ye, I taught her a reel." Which she was very enthusiastic about, if Jamie remembers correctly. "She may want to teach ye that as well."

Kang shrugged, "A city from home." It didn't really matter anymore, since it was gone.

"You have a point. And thanks for the warning; I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to try a reel," he laughed. "I'm really not a dancer."

"It's not hard, really." Jamie chuckles a little. "I'm afraid I'm not quite up for dancing yet, so I canna offer to distract her if she gets it into her head to try and teach ye." His leg's feeling a lot better, but there's more than one reason he decided to use that second chair.

"So better safe than sorry, aye?"

"She wouldn't force me to if I really didn't want to do it," Kang took a seat, glancing down at Jamie's leg. "What happened to it?"

Jamie's lips press together for a moment before he says, "The Nightmare King, mostly. Originally I got caught in one of those waking dreams that we were having before he completely woke up, aye? I was on a glacier, and there was a wee bit of an avalanche. I didna completely get out of the way."

There's a momentary pause before he admits, "And then there may have been a fight or two." His eyes flick to Kang's wings, studying them for a moment, and he says, "I'd say something similar happened to ye, if I had to guess."

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Kang nodded, listening, and when Jamie looked at his wings, he extended the injured one slightly to better show the bandage. "Yeah, there were a few fights. First time I ever got shot with a gun, and I really don't want to repeat the experience. Last time I ever hitch a ride on a tank."

Jamie can understand not wanting to be shot with a gun. "Aye," he says fervently. "I've been shot myself. I don't care for it at all. Although why didna ye..." He tilts his head, considering Kang's size. He might not have fit in the tank, come to think of it. "Never mind."

There's something about that statement that seems interesting, and it doesn't take long for Jamie to figure out what it is. "I take it ye don't have guns in your world then? Or was it just that ye were verra lucky in that regard?"

Laughing, Kang pulled his wing back in, "Wouldn't have fit inside the damn thing, and it would have been bad for everyone inside if I could, if I ended up getting killed."

He pointed at the sword on his left hip, "Nope. We're a bit behind, technology wise. Billy compared it to the middle ages on Earth."

Jamie supposes a rather large corpse in a smaller space would be a bit of an inconvenience, now that he thinks about it, and he nods in agreement.

The sword gets an admiring glance. "I wouldna say that's behind, really. Ye can do plenty with a good blade in the right circumstances. Technology can get verra confusing, if ye ask me." Swords, at least, he understands.

"I'm used to a claymore myself, but that's a fine looking sword ye have there."

The problem was, there wouldn't be a corpse left behind due to the resulting explosion.

"I know, and I'm actually planning on teaching some of the civilians on the ship how to use one. Guns run out of bullets, after all. I have a battle-axe, too, but I left that in my quarters for the night. I only have my sword and dagger on me because I don't like walking around unarmed; you never know when you'll need to defend yourself," Kang leaned forward slightly, beginning to unbuckle the sword from his belt. "Want a closer look? It's a flamberge."

He saw no reason to distrust Jamie, and he was a little inebriated.

"Hey, will ye be teaching them axes, too?" Jamie seems quite keen on the idea, judging by his sudden interest. He tries not to seem too eager as he adds, "It might not be a bad idea, showing them how to use more than one type of weapon, aye?"

He pats the sheath at his waist that contains his own knife. Kang, apparently, isn't the only one that likes to have an extra weapon available for when the need arises.

"And I wouldna mind taking a closer look, no," he adds agreeably. He's just going to have to be careful when he does - that's a long blade, especially considering that it's sized for the Draconian and not the much smaller Scotsman.

"I wasn't aware anyone else on the ship used axes. If anyone wants to, sure, but they should be alright with hand-to-hand, knives, swords and guns. Ronon and I, we're going to be covering quite a few things," Kang laughed, quirking an eyebrow ridge. "You seem interested. Got any previous experience?"

He handed the sword over, still in its sheathe, and leaned back in his seat.

Jamie clears his throat and admits, "Ah, not as such, no." How hard could it be, though? Swing it over your head like you would the claymore and then attack. Simple. "But if ye decide that it should be covered in your lessons," he adds hopefully, "I'd think there would be some other people that might have a wee bit of interest in learning. Besides myself, that is."

He takes the flamberge when it's offered. Even still in its sheath, he can tell that he wouldn't be able to easily wield it. It's best not to even try - although he does pull it partway from the sheath so he can take a look at the blade. "Verra nice," he murmurs appreciatively, turning it slightly so he can get a better view.

Re-sheathing the sword, he hands it back to Kang. "Whoever forged that did a fine job. Thank ye for letting me take a look."

Oh no. There's more to it than just swinging it around. "I'll make sure to mention it, see how many I might be dealing with. I should warn you right now, though, it'll be harsh training. Injuries will happen," Kang grinned.

Taking the flamberge back, he buckled it onto his belt and patted the hilt fondly, "It's done me well the past thirty years or so."

"As long as ye don't drop half a glacier on me, I think I can stand a few wee cuts and bruises," Jamie comments dryly. Although if he does get injured, he'll make sure it's promptly looked at. He really doesn't want an angry Katara swooping down on him again. Once was plenty.

"So, ye mentioned someone named Ronon before. I don't think I've met him. Is he another..." Jamie breaks off, realizing he doesn't know what Kang is. "Another like ye?"

"Good," Kang leaned back in his seat. At Jamie's question, he paused, and then shook his head, "No, he's a human, like you. I'm currently the only draconian on the crew, and as far as I know, the only one from my world. No humans or elves have drawn weapons on me yet." His tone was casual, as if it were completely normal for that to happen.

"Well, Stacy does tend to get a wee bit upset when that happens. I think most people try not to get into fights here because of that. And it's no like we don't wind up fighting things a lot anyway. Ye weren't awake for the zombies, were ye?"

Kang shrugged, "Even so, I doubt they'd be able to stop themselves. We have a reputation. And... I heard about that. I wasn't awake, no."

"It's good ye weren't. But, between that and what we just went through, it does seem like there's a lot of fighting, aye?"

He's not really understanding, though, why humans or elves would try and kill Kang out of hand, unless... "Is it because that ye look different? Or...ye said a reputation?"

"Figures. I can't ever catch a break," Kang muttered a few curses in Nerakese.

"Draconians didn't have the best of starts on Krynn. We were created from dragon eggs to be soldiers in a war, and we weren't on the, ah, 'good' side. War's over now, and I was working for coexistence, but it's - it was - going to take a long time for attitudes to change."

Jamie, catching that 'was', nods. "It's hard to think of all of that being gone, isn't it?" Normally, he'd say that they'd figure out a way to get everyone's universes back. But in Kang's case...

"Well, have ye found anyone here on Stacy so far that's thought like that?"

"Honestly, I don't really care that much about some of the other nations and races. The thing that bothers me most is that the nation I worked so hard on is gone, and it'd barely begun. Not to mention everyone I personally cared about," Kang's wings rustled. "My mate and hatchlings, the other girls, my old regiment..."

He shook his head, "No. But no one on this ship has had family killed, or worse, by draconians."

"I don't think your loved ones are gone." Jamie says, sounding quite convinced this is the case. "They're probably here, just not awake yet." He knows it's small comfort, but he offers it out, anyway.

However, he's pretty sure he doesn't want to find out what Kang means by 'worse', so he simply adds, "And until we can figure out how to defeat the Ohm and restore our universes, at least ye don't have to worry about someone attacking ye because ye are a Draconian." There may be the occasional person who isn't familiar with non-humans who might try, but Jamie doesn't say that part out loud.

Kang looked down at the table, smiling to himself, "They probably are. I tell that to myself every day, but until I see them with my own eyes, the worry won't go away. I keep myself busy to keep my mind off of it."

No, Jamie doesn't want to find out, and he won't be told unless he were to ask specifically. Barely holding in a growl, his wings rustled. "We will defeat the Ohm. And at this point, I'd welcome an attack, simply because it'd mean that I wasn't alone. Anyone from Krynn with a lick of sense would stop once I told them who I was."

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