{ACRO!!} Good League of Good LIV: Sleeping with the Lights On

[McBish]

No, just glad to be somewhere new, hoping it is better then where I have been.

She says finishing her folding it is a small horse that she sets on the table she is sitting on.

[horngeek]

Brianna smiles. "Well, my name's Brianna Corcoran."

[The Bushranger]

[Infirmary]

Quinn blinks, tries to clear her mind, then focuses on Claire, trying to make her feel sleepy....very very sleepy....!

...if that doesn't work, she'll go for the fallback of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch.

[McBish]

I'm Haley... Just Haley. It's nice to meet you. You are a fighter right? She says looking at the spear again.

[horngeek]

"Fighter and a healer. I'm the resident doctor, actually."

[lord pringle]

[Infirmary]

Quinn blinks, tries to clear her mind, then focuses on Claire, trying to make her feel sleepy....very very sleepy....!

...if that doesn't work, she'll go for the fallback of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch.

after the vulcan nerve pinch Gaaahk! Claire screams as she goes down. stupid frail mages.

[McBish]

I wouldn't have guessed that. It looks like a very fancy spear.

[horngeek]

Brianna smiles. "It's the Spear of Lugh, actually. He gave it to me, through my mother."

[McBish]

Lugh, who is that? Sounds important.

[horngeek]

"He's one of the Tuatha de Dannan... the gods of ancient Ireland. So's my mother, Brigid."

[McBish]

Haley's eyes go wide. Oh wow, that sounds important. She says scooting back a bit more.

[horngeek]

Brianna smiles. "Well, I try to use it well."

[McBish]

I'm sure you do.

She says standing up and starting to walk away.

[horngeek]

"Do you need any help?"

[The Bushranger]

after the vulcan nerve pinch Gaaahk! Claire screams as she goes down. stupid frail mages.

And Quinn catches her in her arms as she collapses!
Quickly going to move Claire to one of the medbeds.

[McBish]

Haley stops and thinks about that for a few seconds then shakes her head. Not right now. And continues to walk away from the camp.

[horngeek]

Brianna nods, and starts heading to her cabin.

[lord pringle]

And Quinn catches her in her arms as she collapses!
Quickly going to move Claire to one of the medbeds.

unfortunately the magic that Claire cast is still in effect so, still grass and still weak Quinn.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn tries casting a divine spell of her own, to counteract and dispell the wild magic!

[lord pringle]

Quinn tries casting a divine spell of her own, to counteract and dispell the wild magic!

only the constitution drain is dispelled.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn sighs, shakes her head, and tries rolling the medbed outside the infirmary door so that the grass will actually have somewhere to go. And also tries waking Claire up.

[lord pringle]

Quinn sighs, shakes her head, and tries rolling the medbed outside the infirmary door so that the grass will actually have somewhere to go. And also tries waking Claire up.

Claire wakes up lemme sleep domine and rolls over with a groan

[The Bushranger]

Quinn raises an eyebrow, wondering who 'Domine' is, and checks to see if the grass has stopped growing.

If it has, she lets Claire sleep. :smalltongue:
Otherwise, though, she tries to wake her up again, gently shaking her shoulder.

[lord pringle]

Quinn raises an eyebrow, wondering who 'Domine' is, and checks to see if the grass has stopped growing.

If it has, she lets Claire sleep. :smalltongue:
Otherwise, though, she tries to wake her up again, gently shaking her shoulder.

grass has stopped growing. Claire, the natural weedwacker will kill it... in the morning
perfect time for deadtime.

[The Bushranger]

And Quinn will roll Claire's bed back inside so that she can rest, before going back to her work!

And idly wondering what Jamie's up to, only to be mentally reassured that she's with her friends and everything's fine.:smallamused::smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Brianna is currently snoozing outside.

[lord pringle]

Claire is awake weedwhacking the infirmary.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn is, at the moment, asleep on her desk with her head in her arms, brown hair sprawled over said desk.

[lord pringle]

Quinn is, at the moment, asleep on her desk with her head in her arms, brown hair sprawled over said desk.

Claire walks up to Quinn holding a flower and waits for her to get up.

[Earl of Purple]

Natalie, a green-eyed girl with long black hair aged between seven and nine is here. She's wearing a denim dress, and carrying a teddybear. She is sitting next to a black-haired man wearing a posh suit and sunglasses. The two of them are talking about flowers, and how pretty certain types are.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Lyrak appears in the middle of the GLoG campground and heads for the main lodge, looking for someone who seems to be in charge.

[horngeek]

Daisuke! Daisuke's in charge. :smalltongue:

He's currently coming out of the Main Lodge.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Lyrak goes up to Daisuke. "Hello. Are you in charge of this place?"

[horngeek]

Daisuke nods. "My name's Daisuke Hayashi, and yes, I'm the President."

[Lord Iames Osari]

"I've heard that GLoG does work with redeeming people," Lyrak says.

[horngeek]

Daisuke nods. "Yeah, we do."

[Lord Iames Osari]

"Then maybe you can help me. A few years ago, I redeemed a very beautiful woman, and in the process fell in love with her. Now we're married, but she's sliding back into her old ways, and the way our relationship's changed is making it hard for me to pull her back toward good. I'm hoping GLoG might be able to help."

[horngeek]

Daisuke nods. "I'll see what we can do. Can you give me some more info?"

[Lord Iames Osari]

"What sort of info?"

[horngeek]

"Her personality, stuff like that. But I'll see who's willing to help. All right?"

[Lord Iames Osari]

"Thank you. Her personality... she has a temper and enjoys luxury, attention, and power. She was badly abused as a child."

[horngeek]

Daisuke sighs. "All right. I'll see what I can do..."

[Lord Iames Osari]

"Thank you. You can find us at the Temple of Iames in the city."

[horngeek]

Daisuke nods. "I'll send whoever volunteers around there, then."

[Lord Iames Osari]

Lyrak teleports away again.

[McBish]

Sophia climbs out of the lake after having a nice long relaxing swim.

[Earl of Purple]

Natalie, the seven, eight or nine year old girl wearing a denim dress with long black hair and green eyes is wandering around. She's carrying a teddybear, and on her back is a red rucksack.

Harry, the man wearing a tailored suit and sunglasses is eating some pot noodles in the main cabin's kitchen-area. He has black hair, but his eyes are hidden behind the sunglasses.

[ThePhantom]

Marley is outside, carrying a large pot.

He walks over to a spot off the walkways, and puts the pot down.

[Earl of Purple]

Marley will be approached by Natalie, the black-haired, green-eyed girl of under ten holding a teddybear and wearing a denim dress and a red rucksack. "Excuse me, do you know where I could find some swimming costumes? And what are you doing with that pot?" She seems to be a perfectly ordinary human child, unless Marley has some kind of supernatural sense.

[ThePhantom]

Nope, no special senses. Marley is wearing his faded, worn, green oversized coat, and is trying to start a small fire.

"Nope, and I'm trying out a recipe for a potion. There we go."

The fire is lit.

[Earl of Purple]

"What kind of potion? Will it turn me into a toad?" Natalie seems oddly excited by the latter prospect. Possibly a child thing.

[ThePhantom]

"Nope, a very powerful dispell potion."

Marley takes out a small box from his coat.

"Would you mind getting me some water from the lake?"

[Earl of Purple]

"OK!" The enthusiastic under-ten takes the box and skips towards the lake, carrying the teddybear under one arm.

After a while, she will return with a very full box of water. "My name's Natalie, and this is Mr. Fluffy. Who're you?" Mr. Fluffy is the teddybear.

[ThePhantom]

Marley takes the box and pours it into the pot.

"My name is Marley. So when did you get here?"

He takes out a few flowers, and a small vial, and adds them into the pot.

[Earl of Purple]

"Oh, er, last month, I think. I'm not sure; I've had too much fun. What about you?" Natalie is watching the ingrediants go in attentively, taking note of the recipe and the order, as well.

[ThePhantom]

What was in the vial, is some water.

"A while. Before the old base was exploded."

He takes out a page, and a bit of red fur. He reads the page, while putting the fur into the pot.

"Let's see, still need the gem, and then comes the really hard part."

[Earl of Purple]

"Oooh, pretty fur. What's it from?" Natalie seems genuinely interested. No chance of her trying to memorise the recipe for future use, surely? I mean, she's not a demon. Oh, wait, yes she is.

[ThePhantom]

"A fox. There's a number of them around here, so its easy to find. You won't happen to have a gem on you, would you?"

Marley puts the page back inside his coat.

[Earl of Purple]

"Does onyx count?" Why does a girl aged between seven and nine have such a large lump of onyx in her rucksack? It's not in her rucksack now, it's in her hand, but still.

She stole a load from a museum and had too much for it all to be sewn into her robe as decoration.

[ThePhantom]

"I think so. You mind handing me that?"

Gordon's cane hops over by him.

[Earl of Purple]

The cane gets a fleeting glance, but Natalie quickly decides that this potion may be more useful. The rounder's ball-sized lump of onyx is handed over. Onyx is a rock, so therefore should be heavy.

[ThePhantom]

Well, Marley may be weak, but not that weak. He puts it into the pot.

"Thank you again. Now, I wonder if you could help me one more time?"

He takes out a lid and puts its on the pot.

[Earl of Purple]

"Sure. What is it you would have me do?" Her eloquence and vocabulary, plus the way she forms her sentances, may be slightly odd. Natalie (or Nephrim) hasn't spent so long out of the Abyss for several centuries, and carries some habits with her.

[ThePhantom]

Well, with all the chaos of the nexus, there's all kind of different ways of talking.

"The only thing that I don't have for this potion is some lava, but I don't know of any place that I would dare go to get some."

Marley ties the lid onto the pot.

[Earl of Purple]

"I heard there was an eruption recently, not too far from here. Dad might know more. I'll just go get him." Natalie skips off to find her father.

After a short period of time, she arrives back with a man wearing a posh suit and sunglasses, hiding his eyes. There's definately a familial resemblance; the hair's the same colour, as is the general shape of the face.

[ThePhantom]

Marley ties the pot to his back.

"So, you would be Natalie's father. I'm Marley."

He picks up his cane, and with his other hand offers to shake hands.

[Earl of Purple]

"I'm Harry. Pleased to meet you. Now, Natalie told me you were looking for lava? I think I can help. Follow me to my car." Harry and Natalie then turn and head towards a silver hatchback parked near the entrance. It has five seats, and Natalie gets in the back. Unless, of course, Marley does not follow.

[ThePhantom]

"Thank you very much."

Marley follows the pair of them, and gets in the car.

[Earl of Purple]

Harry starts the car, and drives off towards AMEN. Should be plenty of lava there.

[ThePhantom]

And off they go.

(You post first)

[Earl of Purple]

A silver hatchback pulls up and a black-haired green-eyed child in a denim dress and a man in a posh suit and sunglasses get out.

((Deadtime))

[lord pringle]

Claire's in the infirmary looking for quinn

[The Bushranger]

And Quinn is busy doing paperwork again at the moment, although she looks up and smiles at hearing Claire's entrance.

[lord pringle]

Claire stares at Quinn and says So who is-s-s-s-s your b-b-b-b-boy fr-r-r-r-reind?

[The Bushranger]

Quinn smiles, and grabs a coffeemug from the coffeemaker on her desk, pouring two cups, and motioning for Claire to take a seat.

...it's decaf. :smalltongue:

"Have you met Tobias yet? He is...well, my fiancé, actually. And also, I suppose you could say he's also a personal redemption project of mine."

If she looks around, Claire might also notice a picture on the wall; one of a rather androgynous, pink-haired young...man, it seems?...who's smiling in a slightly shy fahion. And the picture being signed with a "Q".

[lord pringle]

Quinn smiles, and grabs a coffeemug from the coffeemaker on her desk, pouring two cups, and motioning for Claire to take a seat.

...it's decaf. :smalltongue:

"Have you met Tobias yet? He is...well, my fiancé, actually. And also, I suppose you could say he's also a personal redemption project of mine."

If she looks around, Claire might also notice a picture on the wall; one of a rather androgynous, pink-haired young...man, it seems?...who's smiling in a slightly shy fahion. And the picture being signed with a "Q".

Do you know where he is?

[The Bushranger]

"At the moment? I think he's off being all druid-y." Quinn giggles a little.

((His player is grounded until, I believe, the end of the month. :smallfrown:))

[lord pringle]

"At the moment? I think he's off being all druid-y." Quinn giggles a little.

((His player is grounded until, I believe, the end of the month. :smallfrown:))

((how sad:smallfrown:))
Claire puts on a fake smile and says oh a fellow druid.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn, who needs more ranks in sense motive, nods and smiles back. "Yeah, he is. I'm sure you'd get along well!"

[lord pringle]

Quinn, who needs more ranks in sense motive, nods and smiles back. "Yeah, he is. I'm sure you'd get along well!"

claire says um w-w-will you see if m-m-m-my healing potion w-w-w-works? by the way It isn't a healing potion. it's a love potion.

[The Bushranger]

Oh dear. :smalltongue:

Quinn smiles. "I'd love to, but I don't have anybody injured at the moment. I can keep it until somebody is though?"

[ApeofLight]

Garth is outside practicing with his great sword.

[lord pringle]

Oh dear. :smalltongue:

Quinn smiles. "I'd love to, but I don't have anybody injured at the moment. I can keep it until somebody is though?"

You can try it your self for any um side effects.

[ApeofLight]

Uh-oh! Looks like while Garth was practicing he tripped over a rock and cuts himself with his great sword. Luckily it isn't too bad but it's still bleeding pretty well. " Agh, gosh dang it. "

[The Bushranger]

You can try it your self for any um side effects.

[Infirmary]

Quinn chuckles a bit. "I guess I could, yeah..."

Or for epic luls, Garth just might possibly could get it. :smalltongue:

[ApeofLight]

:smalltongue:

Well Garth does walk into the infirmary a nice little gash on his arm. Oh and blood, there's plenty of blood.

[Earl of Purple]

Natalie is outside, holding a bottle carefully in her hands. She is a girl aged between 7 and 9, with long black hair currently in a ponytail and green eyes, wearing a denim dress.

Harry is inside, drinking a hot chocolate and looking for some toffees. He's wearing a posh, tailored suit and black sunglasses that completely conceal his eyes. His hair is black, like Natalie's.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn looks up as she hears Garth enter, and her eyes go a bit wide. "Oh, dear. What happened? Over here, now." And she points at a medbed.

[ApeofLight]

Garth does as told. " Well I was practicing my sword fighting and accidentally tripped and cut myself. " He says somewhat embarrassed at the whole thing.

[lord pringle]

oh d-d-d-dear! I'll h-h-h-heal you s-s-s-sir

[The Bushranger]

Quinn was already picking up the potion!
But pauses. And smiles encouragingly at Claire.
"He's all yours, dear."
She thinks this would be a good confidence boost for her...

[lord pringle]

Claire tries to touch and heal Garth and it'll work unless Garth thinks otherwise.

[ApeofLight]

Garth smiles at her as his arm is all healed up. " Ah, thanks. "

[lord pringle]

your w-w-w-welcome s-s-s-sir.

[ApeofLight]

" If you don't mind me asking, what's that? " He says pointing to the bottle Quinn picked up or was picking up.

[Je dit Viola]

A blond woman with curly hair which reaches past her shoulders, walks up through the grounds.

She has a crystaline necklace around her neck, and looks fairly human. (She has a demonic feel about her, though.)

Helykaan bends down, and picks a wildflower, bringing it to her face and smelling it.

[Earl of Purple]

Helykaan may meet the other demons wandering around individually.

First, there's Natalie, the girl aged between seven and nine carrying a bottle delicately in her hands. Natalie is wearing a denim dress and a rucksack with a teddy-bear sticking out of the main pocket. Her long black hair is in a ponytail and her eyes are green.

****

There's also Harry, a man wearing a tailored suit and sunglasses to hide his eyes. Harry has black hair, and he's eating some fudge from a packet in his pocket.

[Je dit Viola]

If you of a preference about which one she runs into, then you should definitely chooose.

Until you decide (or if you don't want to choose), Helen walks closer towards the lake, now with three flowers in her hand, all different colors.

Edit:

Something cropped up; I must deadtime.
Bye!
Maybe later.

[horngeek]

The Exalted arrive back here! Or at least, Meidani, Zamira and Caros do, with Shrike being carried by Zamira.

[FireFox]

Toby has recently been looking all over the grounds for his daughter, but comes running over when he sees Shrike being carried in. What happened to her?

[horngeek]

"Immaculates."

Which is about as much of an answer as Tobias is going to get from Zamira, as she makes a beeline to the infirmary.

...partially because horngeek doesn't want to RP what will probably happen when Tobias sees Jamie, who's with Abigail a short distance behind them.

...except she's with one of my characters anyway... ><

[The Bushranger]

Heehee.

Jamie, seeing her dad present, tries to dart off to hide behind a bush or something, for the purpose of pretending she was hiding there all along... :smalltongue:


Shrike is still smiling slightly as Zamira carries her!
Quinn looks up in surprise as people come into the Infirmary.
"...oh, dear. What happened?!"

[FireFox]

Sorry HG, but Toby is going to expect some leadership from Daisuke about this... Because I don't really want to RP him trying to kill Anshu if nobody else does anything.

Toby doesn't see Jamie at first, because he's turning around and running after Zamira, a bit miffed that didn't let him, the experienced battlefield medic, take a look at Shrike first. Then, when he sees Quinn's got it handled, again, he looks around in time to catch Jamie duck behind a bush.

[horngeek]

{{>.< Can I retroactively do that 'transfer to triumvirate leadership'? I was looking for an IC reason...}}

Brianna looks over, but lets Quinn take care of it!

[The Bushranger]

Jamie, seeing that she's been seen, pops out from behind the bush and runs torwards Tobias, going to hug his legs!

"Oh, daddy, we went into town and there was a fight and we saw somebody get killed..."

She even has her story ready. :smalltongue:

---

Quinn quickly sets up an IV drip and healing for Shrike.


((and, it might be noted, one of our potential triumvirate is on hiatus. :smallfrown:))

[Lord Iames Osari]

Anshu, Cerise, and Nimai arrive behind Abigail and Jamie.

[horngeek]

{{... :smallsigh:

What's Tobias going to want done?}}

[FireFox]

((Well, Daisuke knows that Tobias told Anshu he couldn't use his daughter as bait, and Anshu went ahead and did it anyways... so so long as Daisuke does anything, be it yelling at Anshu or throwing him off the grounds or whatever, Toby won't want to take it into his own hands. Nothing big like fighting or anything.))

Tobias looks at Jamie, then up at Anshu. Jamie, what happened?

[The Bushranger]

"There were these bad people who were attacking people and these other people attacked them back to defend them and they had to kill the bad people and I saw it all..."
Jamie sniffles.
At least that part of the story is completely genuine...

[horngeek]

{{I can deal with that.}}

Abigail sighs.

Zamira simply watches, worried still, but a little less concerned now that Shrike looks out of the danger zone.

[FireFox]

It's okay Jamie, don't worry... Toby continues looking at Anshu, waiting for him to explain his involvement in all this.

[Lord Iames Osari]

((Of course, there's no guarantee that Tobias will find out, is there?))

"It was my fault," Nimai says. "We were out walking and Jamie and I got ahead of the others and we accidentally ran right into the fight."

Anshu picks up from there, "As soon as we realized what was going on, we got the girls back behind us and started to protect them. Your daughter wasn't even scratched, although she did get sick to her stomach afterwards. Battle is a gruesome business, and not something many young girls are prepared for."

[FireFox]

((No, but Toby has been lying and manipulating for twenty some years, so there's no guarantee he won't, either.))

Uhuh. He raises an eyebrow. And what, exactly, were all of you people doing? He looks around at the girls, at the mercenary, and at the several adult exalteds. And, more importantly: what were you doing near my daughter? He looks back at Anshu.

[Lord Iames Osari]

((What mercenary? :smallconfused:))

"I invited Jamie to come with us," Nimai answers for her father.

"We were exploring the city, looking at shops and such. An outing for family and friends," Cerise explains.

[FireFox]

((Also one of the adult exalteds. When Toby knew Shrike, she was a hardcore mercenary who would fight anything for enough gold. He once hired her to use a scrying artifact that would only work if the user was heartless. Toby's point is that there were a lot of very strong fighters out for a walk.))

Uhuh, but I could have sworn I wanted you nowhere near my daughter. Something to do with you attacking me, I think... He scowls at Anshu, knowing something's up.
Does anybody, especially the kids, have ruined clothes or sweatstains, or smell like they were in a fight?

[horngeek]

...no, actually. Abigail's back to civilian clothing. I think Nimai is too. And I know Jamie is. :smalltongue:

[Lord Iames Osari]

Nimai is indeed back in her civvies.

The adults, on the other hand, do look like they've been fighting. Which supports the story they gave Toby. "And as I told you, that was a form of temporary insanity."

[FireFox]

Yes, which happened because I wouldn't let you use my daughter as bait. Toby feels he should be reminded of that as often as possible. And, as I told you, you really should stay away from my family. Just because you think you have a really good excuse, doesn't mean you can ignore my rules. He doesn't sound terribly angry, and seems to accept what they say until he can talk to Jamie about it. And then he deadtimes, to wait for BR to have one of his characters chip in, and because his player is exhausted.

[Earl of Purple]

The group at the entrance are being watched by a girl of seven to nine with long black hair in a ponytail and green eyes. She is wearing a denim dress and a rucksack, and carrying a teddybear. She looks concerned and curious about the group, but everybody seems busy so she won't approach just yet.

[horngeek]

Zamira is still as Shrike's bedside, waiting for her to wake up...

Meidani is nearby, but giving the pair some room.

Abigail is still watching the fight between Toby and Anshu.

[The Bushranger]

Jamie is indeed in perfectly normal clothes, and holds tight to Tobias, although she does nod, quickly, in response to Anshu and Cerise's tale-spinning.

---

Shrike, meanwhile, stirs on the bed, murmuring in her sleep...

[horngeek]

Zamira sits up, alert in case Shrike is waking up...

[The Bushranger]

Zamira might hear Shrike murmuring something about "Voice", before her eyes finally flicker open, and she looks around, weakly, looking almost confused.

[horngeek]

Zamira looks at her. "Shrike, thank Luna you're awake..."

She smiles.

[The Bushranger]

Shrike's eyes dart to Zamira, and for a moment she seems to study her, before relaxing. A little. "...Z? Are we...are you alright? What happened?"

[horngeek]

"You got hit by that Immaculate, but you took her out. We're back at GLoG, me and Meidani carried you back. Cerise healed you enough that you survived...

We won. They won't be around anymore."

[The Bushranger]

"Good."
Shrike, still very weak, reaches up to try and squeeze Zamira's hand.
"I...don't remember much."

[horngeek]

Zamira squeezes back, gently. "...I was scared that you'd die."

[The Bushranger]

"Takes a lot more than just tearing me apart to kill me," Shrike jokes weakly, smiling a little. "I don't plan on dyin' again anytime soon."

[horngeek]

Zamira smiles. "Neither do I."

[The Bushranger]

"Good. Hopefully more of the memories will come back with time, too..." Shrike, still holding Zamira's hand, wrinkles her brow a little. "They're...kinda scrambled...and can I have a drink, lover mine?"

[horngeek]

Zamira goes to get a drink!

"How much of your memories are scrambled?"

[The Bushranger]

"I...don't really know. I can remember what I remembered before...well, about our last Exaltation...but my current life, the more recent things are, the more scrambled they get. I seem to be remembering more already though." She tries to smile reassuringly.

[horngeek]

Zamira brings a glass of water over! "Well, I'll just have to help you regain them."

[The Bushranger]

"Sounds like a plan."
Shrike chuckles softly, and drinks the water, as Quinn hurries over to check over her paitent.

[horngeek]

"Yeah...

Shrike... do you still remember what we were going to ask Meidani about?"

[The Bushranger]

Shrike, turning away from being reassured by Quinn, wrinkes her brow in thought...then shakes her head. "No...not really?"

[horngeek]

"Oh. Ummm..."

Zamira's deciding whether to remind Shrike about the issue of marriage or wait for her to remember. :smalltongue:

[The Bushranger]

:smalltongue:

Shrike thinks for a moment, then blushes. "Oh. I remember now..."

[horngeek]

"Do you still want to ask her about it?"

Zamira tries to hold Shrike's hand.

[The Bushranger]

Shrike nods, squeezing Zamira's hand, then looks at Meidani, as Quinn checks on her paperwork. "M? There's somethin' we wanna ask you."

[horngeek]

Zamira smiles, as Meidani comes over! "Yes, Zamira, Shrike?"

[The Bushranger]

"Well...we were wondering, if you could peform a marriage ceremony..."
The big, bad mercenary blushes. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Meidani grins. "I'd be happy to. When do you want to do it?"

[The Bushranger]

Quinn looks up, smiles, and applauds. "Congratulations!"

Shrike looks at Zamira with a 'you choose' expression. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Zamira looks at Shrike. "Hmmm... maybe a couple of months? I don't want to wait too long..."

[The Bushranger]

Shrike nods. "How about...early August?"
The fourth wall might or might not groan.

[horngeek]

The fourth wall has given up by now. :smalltongue:

Zamira nods. "All right. Early August, then!"

Meidani nods. "You'd better start drawing up the invitations, then."

And hiring security. Like Sam. :smallamused:

[ApeofLight]

Garth is outside swinging his huge sword around again. Looks like he's fighting invisible enemies or something like that.

[The Bushranger]

Indeed. :smallbiggrin:

"Thank you, Meidani." Shrike smiles, squeezes Zamira's hand again...and then yawns...

[horngeek]

Zamira chuckles. "You need some rest, Shrike?"

[The Bushranger]

Shrike nods. "I still feel really weak. And maybe I'll remember more later, too."

[horngeek]

"All right."

Zamira turns into her fox form, then jumps onto the bed next to Shrike.

[The Bushranger]

Shrike smiles and goes to scritch Zamira's ears, as she settles back on the bed and closes her eyes.

[horngeek]

Zamira curls up next to Shrike, and probably drifts off to sleep next to her!

[FireFox]

Well, Tobias pats Jamie on the head and has no choice but to accept the story. Something doesn't seem right about it, but he thinks he is just a little biased against Anshu. Okay, fine. But in the future, tell me before you take my daughter out anywhere.

[The Bushranger]

Jamie looks a bit better after having her head patted, and she looks up at her father with a broad, happy smile, her worries forgotten!

[Je dit Viola]

By the Lakeside, with some flowers in her hand

Helen, who would appear to be a perfectly normal blond woman with curly hair, if not for that faint demonic scent around her, lets her feet rest in the water of the lake.

Her two matching ivory, gold, and turquoise scabbards lay on the sand next to her, with the longsword and the rapier in their sheaths. Her dagger, and her two black Riddik Claw daggers also lie in the sand.

The woman seems to be enjoying this relaxing day. (Even though it snowed where her player lives, despite it being almost summer)

[ApeofLight]

((Woah... same here... although snow is almost gone now.))

Helen may see Garth practicing his swordsmanship near the lake. A greatsword being swung at great speeds flashes the sunlight to anyone that looks over just at the right time.

[Je dit Viola]

Helykaan watches Garth practicing, a little amused.

Not her style of fighting, of course, but it looks like it works.

She lies back, turning her head so she can watch him swing the large sword.

((Except, deadtime for ~15 minutes))

[ApeofLight]

Garth does one more large sweeping slash and stays for a second in his finishing stance. He then drops down to a knee and seems to be having a violent coughing fit.

[Je dit Viola]

Lakeside

Is he okay? she wonders, bolting up and running towards him, asking the same question. "Are you alright?"

Her crystalline necklace, as she runs, instead of refracting light, seems to create light.

(Unfortunately...she left her weapons back where she was sitting)

[Earl of Purple]

Near the entrance way, is a young girl. She is between seven and nine, with long black hair tied into a ponytail and green eyes. In her hands is a teddybear, and she is wearing a denim dress and a red rucksack.


Near the lake shore is a man with black hair. He's wearing a posh tailored suit and sunglasses that hide his eyes. He's currently sitting in a deck chair reading a leaflet. Or at least, he looks like he's reading it; due to the sunglasses he could be looking at anything or even be asleep in a sitting-up position, as unlikely as that may be.

[ApeofLight]

Lakeside

Is he okay? she wonders, bolting up and running towards him, asking the same question. "Are you alright?"

Her crystalline necklace, as she runs, instead of refracting light, seems to create light.

(Unfortunately...she left her weapons back where she was sitting)

Garth holds up his hand coughing roughly a few more times. " Fine *cough* I'm fine *cough* " He says finally clearing whatever it was making him cough, probably.

((Deadtime:smallyuk:))

[Je dit Viola]

Lakeshoresidebeach

"Oh, that's good," she says, sighing with relief.

((Bye!))

After Garth deadtimes, she goes back to pick up her five weapons and put them wherever she puts them. Longsword in scabbard on her back, rapier in scabbard on her hip, throwing dagger hidden somewhere up the back of her shirt, Riddik Claw daggers (serrated slashing daggers with a unique grip) attatched to her bottoms, at about knee level. She waves at the sunglassed man as she passes.

[Earl of Purple]

The sunglasses-man waves back, semi-absentmindedly. Helen may sense his demonic nature, although it is hidden as the demon itself is hiding inside the man's brain. The leaflet has a two-tailed scorpion on it, but other wise seems to be somewhat religious.

[Je dit Viola]

"What are you reading?" she asks him, wondering what scorpions have to do with whatever he's reading.

Probably a guide on how to tame giant scorpions.

Helen, able to tell like speci, is obviously able to sense that he has dealings with demons, or something close enough, and should be able to feel some of the emotions he experiences as they talk.

[Earl of Purple]

"Religious leaflet. Here, have a look." The demonically possessed man hands Helen the leaflet.


Are you bored of your life?

Do you want wealth?
How about power?
Or maybe eternal youth?

For more information, contact the nearest figure bearing the mark of the two-tailed scorpion, like the one here. These people may be found in most pubs and possibly street corners.After that last sentance is the two-tailed scorpion symbol. There's more pages, but it's all very similar to this one here.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Well, Tobias pats Jamie on the head and has no choice but to accept the story. Something doesn't seem right about it, but he thinks he is just a little biased against Anshu. Okay, fine. But in the future, tell me before you take my daughter out anywhere.

"Oh! We should go check on Maralah!" Nimai pulls on her parent's hands. "Come on, Jamie!"

Anshu gives Tobias a questioning look.

[Je dit Viola]

"Huh." She pages through the leaflet, reading the ones that seem to catch her attention.

"Probably vampires. Seems to be mostly a load of junk, though." Mostly, because most people who make those kinds of promises never hold to them. Or they're too much like her mother - too powerful for their own good.

[Earl of Purple]

"Really? Seemed more like a demon cult to me. But if you're sure that it's vampires, I won't argue." The man's eyebrows raise. They can be seen over the top of his sunglasses, but his eyes are hidden to those unable to see through sunglasses' lenses.


Natalie, the girl in the denim dress with the teddy bear tags along with Nimai and/or Jamie. More because she's lonely and bored than anything else.

[Je dit Viola]

Lakeside

"Well, it's just a guess," admits Helykaan. "It could be demons or scam artists."

She shrugs, trying to show that it doesn't matter to her. Although, she would prefer it to not be demons, because, for every other one she meets, there's that much higher chance that she'll be recognized by someone who wants to bring her back.

[Earl of Purple]

"Yes, it could be scam artists trying to trick people into worshipping a false god to take all of their money. More than likely, in fact, as the symbol they use is, as far as I'm aware, the sign of a Demon Lord with no priests, and who has had none such for quite a while since the world the majority lived was destroyed." This information may be pleasing for Helen to hear, it may also however be the opposite. "My name's Harry, by the way. What's yours?"

[Je dit Viola]

"Uh-huh." She nods, taking in the information, but not letting how it affects her be known.

"I'm Helen," says the blond woman with a warm smile. "Pleased to meet you."

[Earl of Purple]

"Helen? That's a pretty name. A pretty name for a pretty lady." Harry smiles. He's relatively handsome; Requiem once commented him upon his appearance, anyway.

[Je dit Viola]

"Thank you," she says smiling. She brings her hand up to her crystalline necklace, and holds it briefly. Possibly out of guilt.

"So I haven't seen you around before," she says, assuming I remember correctly. "Of course, that might be because I was away on business."

[Earl of Purple]

I don't think they've met. "Oh? And what business is it that you do, Milady?" Now, he's definately complimenting her with the 'milady'. He also notes the possibly-guilty necklace fingering. "I haven't been here long, and all I can do is look after my daughter the best I can."

[Je dit Viola]

"A friend of mine had gotten kidnapped," she explains. That's business enough, she thinks.

"So who's your daughter?" she asks, so that Helen will be able to recognize her should they meet. By her tone of voice, Harry will be able to tell that Helen sounds interested. Mainly because, even though she's been alive for nearly seven millenia, Helen doesn't even know the names of any of the children she had.

[Earl of Purple]

"Natalie. She's eight, with hair like mine and green eyes, like her mother. She tends to wear denim dresses, and travels everywhere with a teddybear named Mr. Fuzzy, or Mr. Fluffy. I'm not too sure; I think it changes every so often to confuse me." Natalie also registers as 'angel, fallen', so she's quite easy to find in that way, too. Of course, Harry lacks his full demonic abilities whilst confined to a host, but he can assimilate himself into humanoid society much better in one; he therefore has no idea that Helen is a succubus because he lacks his unnatural olfactory abilities.

[Je dit Viola]

Which, Fallen Angel will likely only smell like 'angel' or 'demon', depending on how long it has been fallen.

"I'll be sure to say 'hi' to her, should I meet her," promises the woman Helen.

Tired of standing up, she sits down on the nearby grass. "It's a nice day. Makes me want to go swimming."

[Earl of Purple]

How about 4,000 years banishment, after 200 years of unnoticed corruption (which doesn't quite count as Fallen, because had her side won she'd still be an angel) with just 800 years as a fully-functioning angel (there was a civil war at the time; these things happen)?

"I won't stop you, but I can't swim very well. Hence why I'm sitting here reading instead of splashing around." The man smiles. It seems genuine, but without seeing his eyes it is hard to tell.

((Deadtime, unfortunately))

[Je dit Viola]

That's good enough.

"Okay." She stands up, "I'll just go get my swimsuit." One piece, of course, because two piece swimsuits don't cover the scars from torture.

Natalie and Helen have pretty much opposite backstories. Except Helen was tortured instead of banished.

Anyway, this seems like a good time to deadtime.

Bye!

[horngeek]

Zamira may start waking up, if Shrike is!

[The Bushranger]

"Oh! We should go check on Maralah!" Nimai pulls on her parent's hands. "Come on, Jamie!"

Anshu gives Tobias a questioning look.

Jamie nods, and bounces once, twice...
...third time high enough to give Toby a kiss on the cheek!
Before hurrying over to join Nimai. "Yes, let's!"


Quinn is doing paperwork in the Infirmary.

Shrike is still asleep at the moment, although she's holding Zamira's hand tight.

[horngeek]

Or her paw, since she's a fox at the moment. :smalltongue:

Zamira wakes, and waits for Shrike to wake as well!

[Lord Iames Osari]

And so Nimai leads Jamie and her parents to the Infirmary. Abigail is welcome too.

[horngeek]

Abigail comes! :smallbiggrin:

[The Bushranger]

Shrike starts to wake up, stretching, and yawning. :smalltongue:


Jamie tries to grab Nimai's hand in one hand and Abigail's in the other as they head to the Infirmary!

Quinn looks to have dozed off at her desk. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Zamira hops off the bed, and turns back to her human form! "Sleep well?"

[The Bushranger]

"Well enough. I still feel...weak, though."
Shrike frowns. She doesn't like being weak.

[horngeek]

Zamira smiles. "It'll pass soon."

[Lord Iames Osari]

[Infirmary]

The crowd arrives at the Infirmary, and pause for a moment in case Nurse Piper tries to stop them from going in.

[The Bushranger]

Jamie looks around nervously as she tries to sneak up on Maralah's bed!


Shrike just nods, and sighs. "Hate not bein' able to protect you though."

[horngeek]

Zamira chuckles. "It's all right. What about all the times I've got you a bit tied up?"

[The Bushranger]

"S'different. Then, I choose to be helpless. It's not...like this." Shrike waves her hand down over her bed-ridden self.

[horngeek]

Zamira nods. "I knoe what you mean. You are recovering, though."

[The Bushranger]

Shrike nods, smiling a little. "Not as fast as I'd like though." She has to chuckle.

[horngeek]

Shrike nods, smiling a little. "Not as fast as I'd like though." She has to chuckle.

"When are you going to be able to get out of bed?"

[McBish]

A sneaky figure sneaks around the camp, he wears a old cloak covering up most of his short body.

[Lord Iames Osari]

Seeing that Nurse Piper isn't around, Nimai and her parents follow Jamie.

Slowly, Maralah opens her eyes and looks at them. "What are you doing here? Where am I?"

[The Bushranger]

"Um, hi. I'm Jamie, this is Nimai, and Abigail. You got hurt and so you're in the infirmary at GLoG where my mommy fixed up up!" Jamie declares with a smile.

---

"Hopefully tomorrow," Shrike says with a smile. "Remind me not to go attacking anybody anytime soon though."

---

A junco lands on the roof, and peers around.

[horngeek]

Zamira chuckles. "Keep you in the cabin to stop you?"

[McBish]

Hm... a tasty bird. The cloaked man pulls out a blow gun and takes aim trying to shoot the bird with a poisoned dart that will paralyze the bird.

[The Bushranger]

"Maybe." Shrike grins back at Zamira.

---

"SEEP!"
Tom does a backflip in the air as the blowgun dart zips past!
And returns fire, with his frosty breath weapon.
...it's a Rebo-ised cone of cold type thing.

[horngeek]

Zamira grins. "But, until then, you're under Quinn's care, it seems."

[McBish]

The man dives aside, a flash of a lizard like tail can be seen. Ah it is Fred the lizard man.

Hm, a devil bird, should be nice and tasty. He reloads his blow gun and fires again, if he misses he starts to run into the woods.

[The Bushranger]

"So it seems." Shrike grins back. "As long as she doesn't try and stick me full of needles."

---

Tom loses a couple of wing feathers, shrieks, and flees in the direction of HALO!

...about time the stupid familiar went to find his mistress.

[McBish]

Sad day for Fred, guess he will have to go kill something else to eat tonight.

[Lord Iames Osari]

"Um, hi. I'm Jamie, this is Nimai, and Abigail. You got hurt and so you're in the infirmary at GLoG where my mommy fixed up up!" Jamie declares with a smile.

"Why?" she asks, eying Anshu with hostility.

"Because Nimai told us about how you felt. I'm sorry for what I've done, and now that you're here, now that you're real, I'll do what I can to make it up to you." Anshu walks over and - after a moment's hesitation - gives her a hug.

[The Bushranger]

Jamie smiles more, not sure why Anshu is hugging Maralah, but figuring it's a Good Thing. "And we want to be your friends and help you!" she quickly adds.

[horngeek]

"So it seems." Shrike grins back. "As long as she doesn't try and stick me full of needles."

Zamira chuckles. "Aw... do you want me to hold your hand if she does?"

[horngeek]

Zamira chuckles. "Aw... do you want me to hold your hand if she does?"

This. :smalltongue:

----

Also, Caros is drawing something on a piece of paper outside.

[The Bushranger]

"Pwease save me from the scawy needle lady?" Shrike says in a reasonable imitation of Dani's voice, then laughs.

[horngeek]

Zamira breaks down into hopeless giggling at this. "You sounded just like your sister, then.

Your sister employing what I'm reasonably certain is a variation of Puppy-Dog Prana."

[The Bushranger]

And Zamira gets a tongue stuck out at her for that observation. :smalltongue:

((and, I must be off for awhile))

[horngeek]

And Zamira deadtimes along with Shrike!

...which I use as an oppitunity to go to bed. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Caros is still scribbling in a notebook, outside.

[Earl of Purple]

Caros may feel he's being watched. Should he look around, he'll see a girl, maybe seven, maybe nine, with long black hair and green eyes. She's wearing a denim dress and a red rucksack. In her hands is a slightly battered teddybear that has repair stitches down its belly.

[horngeek]

Caros smiles, and waves at the girl.

[Earl of Purple]

The girl waves back and approaches. "Where you one of those grown-ups who came back with Abigail and her friends not so long ago? You seem familiar. My name is Natalie, by the way. What's yours?" As she introduces herself, Natalie curtsies in an old-fashioned way; it's quite strange with her modern clothing.

[horngeek]

Caros nods. "Yeah, I am. My name's Caros. It's nice to meet you."

He continues scribbling down in the book.

[Earl of Purple]

"What happened? Abigail and the girls she was with seemed unhappy." Natalie tries also to get a glimpse of what Caros is writting. If the language is Creation-specific, she's unlikely to understand it, however.

[horngeek]

It is- Old Tongue, to be specific. "They went into combat. It's not a pleasant experience to do that for the first time."

Caros doesn't count it as combat if no one gets killed. :smalltongue:

[Earl of Purple]

"My dad has tickets to a funfair. Would that cheer them up, do you think?" Natalie tries to guess what it says. Since I think Old Tongue uses a pictographic alphabet, this should be quite hard as word recognition (guessing what a word means due to knowledge of a similar language) is harder.

[horngeek]

Yes. Especially as the Old Tongue is encrypted. :smalltongue:

Caros looks at her. "Yeah, that might help a bit."

[Earl of Purple]

"Oh, good. What language is that, by the way?" Natalie hasn't given up on trying to read it yet. She does know another pictographic writing system, but unfortunately Abyssal Eyewriting is unlikely to help.

[horngeek]

"It's Old Tongue."

Caros closes the book, and looks up at Natalie.

[Earl of Purple]

Natalie is of average height for a girl aged between seven and nine, and her hair is up in a ponytail. "Could you teach me some? Or at least how to read and write it? It looks interesting." If Caros can sense supernatural presences, then Natalie is definately one. Relatively powerful, too; maybe not capable of physically slugging it out with an Exalted, but possibly mentally or supernaturally similar.

[horngeek]

"Ah... it's quite a complex language..."

[Earl of Purple]

"So's Celestial. I can speak that quite well. Dad's always telling me I can pick languages up quickly." Celestial is also her native tongue, so I don't think it counts.

If you don't want to teach her it, that OK by me.

[horngeek]

"Also, I don't really have the time myself to teach you another language."

[Earl of Purple]

"Oh. OK, I understand. Grown-ups are always busy." The last sentance doesn't seem to be a complaint, just an observation. "Do you know where Abigail and her friends are? I'd like to meet them."

[horngeek]

"They're in the infirmary at the moment..."

[Earl of Purple]

"OK, thank you Caros. I'll see you later." Natalie skips off to the infirmary, forgetting completely to introduce Mr. Fluffy!

[lord pringle]

Claire starts running to the infirmary with her "healing" potion.

[The Bushranger]

[Infirmary]


Jamie smiles more, not sure why Anshu is hugging Maralah, but figuring it's a Good Thing. "And we want to be your friends and help you!" she quickly adds.


Quinn is also still dozing at the desk.


And Shrike, looking rather better, is also asleep.

[horngeek]

Zamira is snoozing in a chair next to her mate!

[The Bushranger]

Well, Shrike isn't going to wake up first, it seems. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

Zamira wakes up, and looks at Shrike, smiling.

[The Bushranger]

Shrike has a blissful expression on her face, as she starts to come awake, herself, returning Zamira's smile.

[horngeek]

Zamira grins. "Feeling better?"

[The Bushranger]

"Much." Shrike nods, sitting up and stretching a bit. "Still a little like jelly inside though."

[horngeek]

"Well, I'll have to remember not to be too tough on you, then..."

Zamira smirks.

[The Bushranger]

Shrike chuckles, and goes to swing her legs off the bed, glancing in the direction of the snoozing Quinn. "Shall we leave before the medicine woman notices I'm up?"

[horngeek]

Zamira nods. "Leave her a note, at least?"

[The Bushranger]

Shrike, nods, and grabs a nearby sheet of paper and pen, and starts writing.

...in Old Realm, and the Receding Horizon Cipher.

[horngeek]

Zamira chuckles. "Oh, that's just cruel."

[The Bushranger]

Shrike pauses, then chuckles.
"It is, isn't it?"
Grinning, she finishes it.

Zamira might get the impression she'd actually just started instinctively writing that way, not realising it until pointed out, then taking the cover. :smalltongue:

[horngeek]

"...you're remembering a lot more of your past life, then?"

[The Bushranger]

"...yeah. Well, I'm not sure more of it, just...sometimes as if the memories were fresher," Shrike admits.

((Gotta run, back later))