Katherine Kurtz and Scott MacMillan => Archived Chats => Chat Logs => 2005 Archive => Topic started by: Bynw on June 30, 2025, 08:43:58 PM
Title: KKChat -- 29 May 2005
Post by: Bynw on June 30, 2025, 08:43:58 PM
[14:57] *** KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations [14:58] *** KK sets mode: +q KK [14:58] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [14:58] <Shiral> Ta da! [14:58] <andi55> :) [14:58] <KK> Hi, guys. [14:58] <Shiral> Hi Katherine, we seem to be rather intimate this week [14:58] <KK> My, we're thin on the ground tonight. [14:58] <the_Bee> hiyas KK! Meet andi55 [14:58] * andi55 is suddenly feeling shy... [14:58] <KK> But of course, it is Memorial Day weekend for you guys. [14:58] <andi55> Hi there [14:59] <Shiral> They'd better hurry and come on it [14:59] <Shiral> in, rather [14:59] <Shiral> Yeah. People may have gone away for the long weekend [14:59] <KK> Hello, andi55. [14:59] <Shiral> BRB [14:59] <the_Bee> How is the house shaping up? [15:00] <KK> So, tell me about you, andi. [15:00] <KK> hi, bee. [15:00] <andi55> Um...well, for starters, I'm female. [15:00] <KK> It's coming along. We got the new ceiling back up in the corridor, and the master bath is about ready for tile and paint. [15:00] <andi55> I'm a college student in Michigan [15:00] <KK> A girl andi is good. :-) [15:00] <the_Bee> which college? [15:00] <Shiral> And back [15:01] <andi55> Grand Valley State...I'm finally going back after a 5-year hiatus :) :) [15:01] <KK> Good on ya! [15:01] <andi55> I'm studying psychology [15:01] <KK> It's never too late. [15:01] <the_Bee> good for you. what major? [15:01] <andi55> and I'm thinking of minoring in music [15:01] <Shiral> Do you play a particular instrument? [15:01] <andi55> I want to go into music therepy and work with people with autism [15:01] <KK> What were you doing in the intervening 5 years, to think you'd like to study psych? [15:01] <the_Bee> interesting combo. music and the mind [15:02] <KK> That is very cool. [15:02] <andi55> Nothing much, sadly... I was a psych student before I left school the first time, and just sort of ran out of money during the intervening time [15:02] <andi55> I'm a singer [15:02] <Shiral> Cool=o) [15:02] <the_Bee> cool! [15:03] <KK> That's how I ended up working for LAPD for 13 years; ran out of money after my first semester of grad school. [15:03] <andi55> my last 5 years were a lot of short, boring jobs followed by long stretches of relaxing but poor unemployment [15:03] <Shiral> You must have enjoyed the LAPD, Katherine. =o) [15:03] <andi55> I'm loving being back in school [15:03] <andi55> I bet the LAPD was fascinating [15:03] <KK> One of the great things about being a writer is that you can be a perpetual student! [15:03] <Shiral> Unemployment is a little hard on the finances, yes [15:04] <andi55> I'm still poor, but now I'm poor _and_ going into debt :p [15:04] <KK> I was a civilian employee, but yes, it was exciting. I was a tech writer. [15:04] <KK> Indebtedness in a good cause is tolerable. [15:04] <Shiral> Ah, but into debt in a good cause [15:04] <andi55> I totally agree [15:04] <KK> (Is there an echo in this room? We know one another too well, Shiral.) [15:05] <andi55> Going back to school is the best thing I've done with my life in years [15:05] <andi55> lol [15:05] <Shiral> We just keep saying the same things, KK <G> [15:05] <KK> It's one of the better presents one can give oneself. [15:05] <Shiral> Or having the same thoughts [15:05] <the_Bee> Evil minds think alike ;o) [15:05] <Shiral> heh heh heh..... [15:05] <KK> Of course. [15:05] <andi55> Or, great minds think alike.......and so do ours :) [15:06] <Shiral> Some days, I'm grateful that my mind functions at ALL [15:06] <KK> One of the good things about an academic break is that it helps focus the mind for what one really wants to do--especially compared to unemployment or underemployment. [15:06] *** Debbie-VB has joined #Deryni_Destinations [15:06] <DeryniBot> Welcome Debbie-VB to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [15:06] <Shiral> Hi VB [15:06] <andi55> hi [15:06] <KK> Hello, Debbie! [15:07] <Debbie-VB> Hi all [15:07] <the_Bee> Question< KK: Do you know who was the last person to know the location of the Coroth Portals? And what kept him/her from passing on the information? [15:07] <the_Bee> hi debbie [15:07] <Shiral> I think some people go to college too soon, before they really KNOW what they want to study/do in life [15:07] <Shiral> But I wouldn't know ANYBODY like that. <G> [15:07] <KK> Dunno, Bee. I'll have to ask the characters. It probably happened during that long period when there was no Duke of Corwyn and the title was in abeyance awaiting a male heir. [15:07] <the_Bee> I'm still waiting to figure out what I want to do when I grow up [15:08] <andi55> Well, I can't wait to grow up......it'd be forever [15:08] <Shiral> There's gotta be a portal SOMEWHERE in Coroth, I'm sure [15:08] <Shiral> Put Briony and Kelric to work finding it. =o) [15:08] <KK> I'm sure there must be. One day, Morgan will have to find it. [15:08] <Shiral> Kids are great at that kind of thing [15:08] <KK> Yike, bad idea--two really talented Deryni kids turned loose on the world. [15:09] <Shiral> Ah, but would they be able to work it, or just find it? [15:09] <the_Bee> I wonder if Stevana knew, but died before telling her children [15:09] <Debbie-VB> "Mummy, this floor feels funny" [15:09] <andi55> lol [15:09] <KK> If they could find it, they could work it--providing they had the coordinates of another Portal somewhere. That might be the rub. [15:09] <Shiral> Why is the floor tingly, Daddy? [15:10] <Shiral> Just hope they show up in Rhemuth! [15:10] <the_Bee> "oops! kelric gone bye-bye!" [15:10] <KK> It isn't the sort of thing you'd entrust to a child before you were sure they were mature enough not to abuse it. [15:10] <Debbie-VB> true [15:11] <Shiral> Since real magical training starts at around puberty, would they be endangered if they found it while still prepubescent? [15:11] <the_Bee> but if Morgan doesn't know where it is, he can't warn them not to go near it [15:11] <Shiral> Poor Briony, having to try to explain to Daddy where Kelric went, when she's not sure herself! [15:12] <KK> I'm not sure they'd know they'd found it, while still pre-pubescent. [15:12] <Shiral> A good point. So they probably wouldn't know about the various portals in Rhemuth, either [15:13] <the_Bee> does the onset of puberty trigger any power-events for Deryni? [15:13] <andi55> Oooh...puberty is bad enough normally [15:13] <the_Bee> or just normal adolescent behavior? [15:13] <KK> They might have been taken through Portals, but they'd have been blocked while doing it, so they wouldn't have the knowledge of those Portals. [15:14] <KK> Puberty is the trigger for a lot of things. [15:14] *** Dov has joined #Deryni_Destinations [15:14] <DeryniBot> Welcome Dov to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [15:14] <Shiral> Hi Dov [15:14] <KK> hi, dov. [15:14] *** jp has joined #Deryni_Destinations [15:14] <DeryniBot> Welcome jp to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [15:14] <Debbie-VB> there is such a thing as normal adolescent behavior? [15:14] <Shiral> Brendan has at least knowledge of the Library portal, though [15:14] <jp> hi [15:14] <Shiral> Hi JP [15:14] *** Dov has quit IRC [15:15] <KK> True. [15:15] <Shiral> But then, Brendan is also on the verge of puberty [15:15] <KK> But he'd have been blocked. [15:15] <KK> Also true. [15:15] <Debbie-VB> but Brendan is not that far away now from legal adulthood [15:15] <KK> True again. [15:15] *** Dov has joined #Deryni_Destinations [15:15] <DeryniBot> Welcome Dov to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [15:16] <the_Bee> rehi Dov. Hi jp [15:16] <Shiral> So I'm guessing Brendan may not have to take on Marley the minute he turns fourteen? [15:16] <Shiral> Rehi Dov [15:16] <jp> seems rather quiet in here [15:16] <andi55> seems to be a small crowd tonight [15:16] <Shiral> It's certainly intimate, this week [15:16] <Dov> hi bad connection here [15:16] <KK> In practice, I suspect that practical adulthood comes more around the age of 18, and knighthood, even though in law a 14-year-old is of age. [15:17] <Shiral> And since Brendan has a capable regent in his mother, he'll probably wait until 18? [15:17] *** Dov has quit IRC (User has been mind-ripped) [15:17] <Debbie-VB> I'm fairly sure that he's getting Duking lessons from alaric [15:17] * the_Bee leads her swarm up peer's wazoo, stinging all the way [15:17] <KK> Brendan will have had a regency council involved in the day-to-day running of Marley, with Morgan overseing it. [15:18] <Shiral> Oh, I would think Morgan is also teaching him things about statecraft, yes [15:18] <KK> When Brendan comes of age, he'll be nominal head of his council, but in practical terms, he'd be a fool to insist on really running things until at least the age of 18. [15:18] <Debbie-VB> actually those should be earling lessons. Brendan's not a duke [15:18] <Shiral> And he doesn't appear to be a fool [15:18] <KK> True. [15:18] <andi55> I can't imagine anyone would _want_ that much responsibility that young, anyway [15:19] <KK> Conall would have wanted it--but that was a major character flaw. [15:19] * jp note to self: must put up family tree's by computer so I instantly know who is being discussed [15:19] <Debbie-VB> I'm sure Kelson didn't. Or Brion [15:19] <Shiral> Conall had a bit of a "Me" complex [15:19] * andi55 nods [15:19] <the_Bee> Conall was never forced to grow up like Kelson and Dughal [15:19] <KK> Actually, he wanted the privileges, but not the responsibilities. [15:20] <Shiral> He just saw that Kelson got to do the kinds of things HE wanted to do, and didn't realize how hard it really is to be King [15:20] <andi55> that sounds sort of close to a "typical" adolescent, I guess *g* [15:20] <KK> Yep. [15:20] <Debbie-VB> I can see conall's reign as being closer to Imre's [15:20] <Shiral> Thank goodness his little brothers seem to be much more reasonable young men [15:20] <the_Bee> I sometiomes think conall went wrong out of boredom. He was a squire, but he didn't seem to spend much time squiring [15:21] <Shiral> I can't picture Conall happily polishing anybody else's boots! [15:21] <the_Bee> He had a good brain and not enough to do with it [15:21] <KK> I don't know that he would have been as capricious as Imre, but he would have been self-indulgent, I'm sure. [15:22] <the_Bee> and once Rory became a squire, Conall became pretty much superfluous [15:22] <KK> Yep, don't know how he managed to slip under Nigel's radar. [15:22] <Shiral> As an administrator, he might have done an okay job. Especially as he gained age and experience. But he probably would have been pretty rowdy in private life [15:22] <jp> KK, I believe you have a son. Was he going through adolesence when you wrote about Conall's little foray into kingship? [15:22] <Shiral> Nigel was busily helping Kelson be King at age 14, and his attention to Conall probably suffered thereby [15:23] <KK> Let's see, when was that? Cameron went through a really rough patch around 1990-95.... [15:23] <Shiral> Quest came out in 1986 [15:24] <KK> So I should have known what to expect.... [15:24] <KK> Cameron was only 12 then. [15:24] <the_Bee> known about Cameron via Conall, or vice versa? ;o) [15:25] <jp> just wondering about the whole art imitating life thing........ [15:25] <andi55> I guess you can just be grateful that Cameron wasn't developing Deryni abilities :) [15:25] <KK> amen! [15:25] <Shiral> ANd that Cameron never put Scott in a Coma [15:25] <KK> There were some pretty turbulent times. [15:25] <Debbie-VB> but the three of you survived it [15:25] <KK> Yep. [15:26] <KK> And we're all best of friends now. [15:26] <Shiral> Most excellent [15:26] * jp would that make him Comaron? [15:26] * andi55 groans [15:26] <andi55> bleh [15:26] <Shiral> Not a bad future character name, though <G> [15:26] * Debbie-VB blows a raspberry at jp [15:26] <the_Bee> Mom was 11 when her father remarried. I bet she was a handful during adolescence [15:26] * KK groans too [15:27] <jp> sorry [15:27] <Shiral> Kelson never really got a chance to rebel [15:27] <Shiral> Unless there were episodes before Brion's death we don't know about???? [15:27] <the_Bee> 10, not 11 [15:27] <KK> It must be difficult for a lot of step-sons/mothers/fathers/etc. [15:28] <Debbie-VB> maybe we'll find out in the third book of the childe cycle [15:28] <KK> Oh, there were certainly episodes--but I think Kelson adored his father. Probably had a harder time with Mom. [15:28] <Shiral> Really? <EG> [15:28] <KK> She tended to over-coddle him, even before Brion died. [15:28] <Shiral> But then, she probably had a harder time with him, too [15:29] <KK> Probably. [15:29] <Shiral> Maybe she did him a favor by spending three years in a convent [15:29] <Shiral> In terms of day to day stress [15:29] *** TheCatWhisperer has joined #Deryni_Destinations [15:29] <DeryniBot> Welcome TheCatWhisperer to the worlds of Katherine Kurtz! [15:30] <jp> hi cat [15:30] <andi55> It seemed to mellow her out, at least a little bit [15:30] <the_Bee> hi cw [15:30] <Shiral> Hi CW [15:30] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, everyone [15:30] <Debbie-VB> Jehena only really began to mellow after she accepted that she too was Deryni [15:31] <Shiral> And when she met Barret [15:31] <Debbie-VB> and even then she backslid a lot at first [15:31] <andi55> true [15:31] <andi55> but I imagine the years in the convent gave a lot of thinking time [15:32] <KK> Barrett was very good for her. I wish she'd met him sooner. [15:32] <TheCatWhisperer> hi, kk :) [15:32] <KK> Hi, cw. [15:32] <Shiral> The Convent seemed to mess her up, or maybe she was only messing herself up [15:33] <KK> The convent probably reinforced what she'd been taught as a child. [15:33] <andi55> hmmm...there is that [15:33] <the_Bee> I wish she'd met Warin de Grey. not for romantic purposes, but because he would have understood what she was going through [15:33] <jp> and a well placed Deryni sympathiser at the convent could have done some groundwork for her change of heart? [15:33] <Shiral> She had to get herself through the Veil before she could meet Barrett, though. [15:33] <KK> True. But by then, she knew what she was. [15:34] <KK> Mother Judiana would have been good for her. [15:34] <Shiral> Her priest seems to have a more progressive attitude towards her Deryniness than Jehana does herself, though [15:34] <Shiral> Pre-Barrett, anyway [15:34] <andi55> shiral: the Veil? Am I forgetting something from the book, or is this something else? [15:34] <Shiral> In King Kelson's Bride, Andi [15:34] * andi55 has a memory like a sieve when it comes to plots [15:34] <KK> He's one in a long succession; amazing he got through the selection process. [15:34] <andi55> I get to read books for the first time every few years, tho [15:34] <andi55> :) [15:35] <the_Bee> a library portal disguised as a garderobe [15:35] <Shiral> Kelson has an antechamber to the regular ROyal library where he keeps his "Deryniana"collection [15:35] <KK> It's the same room where, years before, Camber's kin set up a Portal. [15:35] <Debbie-VB> There is a veil which only allows those of the kings blood to pass and those who have been attuned to it [15:35] <Shiral> Must have been Jehana's subconsious that picked Father Ambros. [15:36] <andi55> ah...right. It's coming back to me :) [15:36] <KK> A Eureka moment, but on a rheostat rather than a switch. [15:36] <KK> ;-) [15:36] <Shiral> <G> [15:36] <the_Bee> or a Rhemuthstat [15:36] * andi55 apparently needs "fan" lessons :) [15:36] <Shiral> Unless Arilan had anything to do with it... [15:37] * KK groans [15:37] <jp> my turn to groan [15:37] <KK> Actually, that's quite good, Bee. [15:37] * andi55 seconds the groan...or thirds..... [15:37] * Shiral fourths the groan [15:37] <TheCatWhisperer> lol! [15:37] <KK> I suspect that Arilan might have nudged things along. [15:37] * Debbie-VB makes the groan unanimous [15:37] <Shiral> He's quite good at the subtle nudge, by now [15:38] <jp> nudged, pushed more like [15:38] <KK> His main weapon, especially in the early days. [15:38] <the_Bee> Didn't Azim do some nudging? [15:38] <KK> He wouldn't have had much opportunity re picking a chaplain for the queen. [15:38] <Shiral> It's too bad he couldn't do more to straighten out Jehana in the early days. But then, he couldn't afford to betray himself [15:39] <jp> "nudge,nudge,wink,wink, say no more" [15:39] <KK> Yes, and Morgan and Duncan both chastise him for that, once they discover what he is. [15:39] <the_Bee> How does Jehana's brother feel about being Deryni? [15:39] <KK> We don't know. [15:40] <Shiral> At least not yet. [15:40] <the_Bee> I was disappointed we didn't meet Ryor in KKB [15:40] <the_Bee> Ryol too [15:40] <Debbie-VB> I doubt that anyone could have chastized Denis as much as he chastized himself [15:41] <TheCatWhisperer> Hear, hear! [15:41] <Shiral> Might have made Brion's life a little easier if Jehana had been less edgy [15:41] <Shiral> Or a lot easier [15:41] <KK> No, and he's had to live with himself all these years. Couldn't even unburden himself in confession. [15:42] <TheCatWhisperer> A redhead not be edgy! Surely you jest! :-) [15:43] <KK> Aie, it's no reflection on the company, but I am being innundated by waves of the sleepies. It's been a long day, guys. [15:43] <Shiral> Tee, hee [15:43] <Shiral> Before you go, how is Oswald doing, Katherine? [15:43] <jp> I can relate to that [15:43] <KK> So I'm going to have to wind down for the night. [15:43] <the_Bee> tummyrubs to the kitties [15:43] <Debbie-VB> in that case. go to bed!!!!! [15:44] <KK> Oswald is doing just fine; goes back for x-rays on Friday, and hopefully will be allowed a bit more activity. He's going stir-crazy. [15:44] <jp> don't forget the imbibe creative juice before bed [15:44] <KK> I'm working on it! [15:44] <Shiral> Where can a person buy Creative Juice, JP? I want some! [15:44] <Debbie-VB> Have a great week katherine, and sleep sweet [15:44] <the_Bee> have a good week, KK [15:44] <Shiral> I'm glad Oswald is on the mend [15:44] <andi55> goodnight, KK. Nice to meet you :) [15:44] <KK> Talk at ya next week. [15:45] <TheCatWhisperer> Good night, KK [15:45] <jp> Creative juice.com [15:45] <Shiral> Have a good week in all respects, especially literary respects =o) [15:45] <KK> Take care, all. And send good woodgies to Susan Werner, who has to have gall stones removed on Tuesday--laparoscopic, so it won't be difficult, but still. [15:45] * TheCatWhisperer sends healing woodgies to Oswald [15:45] <Shiral> Well no wonder I wasn't having any luck at 7/11 then [15:46] <KK> And extra woodgies for Sedina as well. [15:46] <Debbie-VB> BTW, for the record, I've got a copy of the new codex reserved [15:46] <jp> or [15:46] <Shiral> Oh, definitely [15:46] * andi55 nods [15:46] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles. [15:46] * TheCatWhisperer sends woodgies to all in need of them [15:46] <Shiral> Susan should hopefully be on the mend soon after her surgery [15:46] <Shiral> Bye, KK [15:46] <jp> bye [15:46] <andi55> bye [15:46] <the_Bee> goodnight kk [15:46] *** KK has quit IRC