<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em>I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!</em></span><br/><br/>I had some spare time tonight, finally! So off we go to the races!<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=297939.msg14583548#msg14583548">Quote from: Muse on 23-12-2018, 05:20:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Chanti:  Narissa is fairly easy to get a along with, and not likely to challenge a random stranger or new acquaintance to a fight or to a sparring match.  Now a race on the other hand?  Narissa loves to skate.   The power only lasts a few minutes, but if Jolia were just feeling bouncy--either in a more pastoral area with hills and fences, or a reasonably friendly area of Sigil with some little stairwells and other obstacles you might see modern skateboards playing in--Narissa might very likely zip by, feet an inch or so off the ground, with a wave and  'watch this'.  :)  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I'm quite good with this. Presume they've got an off-and-on semi-teasing speed contest going any time they happen to agree that they're headed in the same direction?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=297939.msg14585725#msg14585725">Quote from: Thorne on 24-12-2018, 08:55:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">He's .. also pretty easy to challenge; he doesn't race, but a drinking contest, or a little 'friendly' arm-wrestling? Sure. He's not the most graceful of losers, but that's the risk you take, eh? On the other hand, someone who can beat him at either is someone he's likely to respect and remember.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Barik and Jolly have similar strength, but Barik definitely leads in constitution, so I'm going to suggest that they've had a number of long, drawn out arm-wrestling ties (and possibly wrestling as well, although Jolly's going to be harder to get off her feet as a quadruped than most, which gives her a bit of advantage), but he wins when it comes to staying on his feet at the bar. Jolly is entirely cheerful about his victory, and doesn't seem to give a damn about the fact that he's a tiefling. He's an entertaining drinking buddy and SOME DAY one of them is going to pull ahead in the arm wrestling, even if it ends up as 'best 56 out of 110' or whatever.<br/><br/>And in fact, without any other context, I think I'm going to blend both of those relationships into my opening post.