<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/gs1FVoC.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Kashi Acatrinei (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=347305.msg16352420#msg16352420)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Expedition Camp - Mess Tent<br/><strong>Warnings:</strong><br/><strong>Open/Closed:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Direct Interaction Tags:</strong>Amelie Van Alt<br/><strong>Mentioned Tags:</strong><br/><strong>Actions Taken:</strong>Conversing<br/><hr/><br/>Though Amelie's retort was on the abrasive side, kashi paid it no mind and let Amelie carry on. Kashi even had the courtesy of pausing her meal whenever Amelie spoke, displaying that, all things considered, she did have some tableside manners.<br/><br/>Offered a hand, Kashi put down her piece of bread, quickly brushed any crumbs off her digits, and returned the gesture.<strong>"Kashi - No formalities or houses."</strong><br/><br/>It didn't take much time to get a half-decent read of the berserker before her. Since she'd introduced her house and title, it was obvious that she wasn't just nobody, though having her name sold first, the importance of her affiliation was not that important, not to her anyway. fair enough, and probably wise, titled or not, rich or poor, equal in their final resting place. Titles gave no authority to speak of amongst those brave - Or foolhardy enough - to go on these expeditions.<br/><br/>Kashi's smile broadened, hearing the stranger compliment her outfit. Though she'd largely cut ties with her family, and by extension clan, she still did feel an ounce of pride in her rags. It was still hand-woven by her and her mother, and the jewelry - If not valuable, then at least well-crafted, by one of their own. Even with the lapis-stones that adorned the pyrite pieces accounted for, Kashi doubted it'd come close to covering the amount of work that had been put into the outfit of the berserker before her, but she wore it with pride nonetheless.<br/><br/><strong>"It's appreciated - The compliments rarely come until they start to come off."</strong>What followed - A sly smirk as she went in for a healthy sip of her drink - Was enough of an implication, that it happened frequently enough. She wasn't ashamed of that, for what it was worth. Her mantra as a whole was to live indulgently, so she wasn't going to be ashamed of losing her clothes in the presence of another, though she'd heard rumors of nobles being lethally afraid of it. Not that the one before her struck her as the type. Quite the contrary - Had she worn cheaper gear, she wouldn't have expected Amelie to bear a title at all.<br/><br/>If it was intentional or not, Kashi couldn't tell, though she suspected it had been more of a slip. Her elbows planted themselves on the tabletop as she leaned in, her curiosity out to bite her.<strong>"Didn't answer my question though."</strong>The coy smile on her lips, it looked like she was most keen on just drilling at someone more fancy than herself.<strong>"If you can afford armor like that, you can afford to not risk ending up in a casket, so what's the big appeal? In it for the sport? Adrenaline? Romance?"</strong>