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Gullara

2012-08-21, 08:22 AM

:smile: Please read as far as the double lines before posting in this thread :smile:

The Good League of Good is a Nexus organization devoted to the redemption of evildoers and the care and support of those in need. If you are looking to smite evil, please check out HALO or WATCHTOWER.

If you are brand new to ffrp, please come to the Nexus OOC thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240899) and introduce yourself. We all want to meet you! :smallsmile:

A Brief History of GLoG:
You know what this OP needs? A brief history of GLoG. Which would have to be written by one of the few people who were around from the beginning. Any volunteers?

Our Redemption Program:
Individuals who come in search of redemption should be interviewed by a member to see how their needs can be best met, and then assigned to a mentor who will assist them. Graduation from the redemption program will occur when both the redemee and his/her mentor agree that they have made sufficient progress.

Other Charitable Activities:
In addition to the redemption of evildoers, the organization performs other good works such as caring for distressed individuals in need, housing and feeding evacuees from the city during disasters, and healing sick and injured people in GLoG's infirmary - renowned as the most advanced place of healing in the Nexus.

Attention villains:
Conflict is great! It's the heart of any story, and there isn't much to roleplay without it. However, as a player to player courtesy, please check in with the players who are active at any given time before launching an attack. Not everyone wants to roleplay combat scenes, and sometimes there are other things going on (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html) that players don't want to interrupt for a random fight. Either a PM/IM to players, a short post in thread to say ((Mind if I introduce a villain here?)) or a longer post in the OOC thread if it's a larger plot is appreciated.

Also, please don't plan any villainy that will result in destroying the base or having the same effect (poisoning the lake, burning down the forest, etc.) without the consent of the majority of the players who would be affected.

Base Defences:
There is a perimeter of cactus plants to encourage anyone on foot to enter by one of the main entrance points.

((If any of your characters add more defences, please PM them to the person who made this thread so they can be added.))

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If you're a newbie, and you've read this far, you should know enough to join in the fun.
Everything beyond this point is Bonus Material.

Members/Residents:
Please PM the creator of the OP to be added to the list when you bring a character into the thread with the intention of redeeming or of having them reside here on a regular basis. IC, we'll assume there's a sign in log somewhere. :smalltongue:

Our IC leadership council:
Andreas Emeral (played by Zefir)
Brand Applehill (played by happyturtle)
Ironbeard (npc, can be played by anyone)
Quinn (played by The Bushranger)
Pathfinder (Wolfbane)
Reelshka (played by Morty)
Runner (played by KerfuffleMach2)
Shrike (played by The Bushranger)
Zamira (played by horngeek)

The leadership council exists so that any one member can make important decisions affecting all of GLoG. Basically, when someone shows up and says 'I need to speak to the person in charge', any one of the leadership council can handle it.

Redeemees:
{TABLE=head]Character|Player|Species|Gender|Class|Why they're here|Being helped by|Cabin
Ally|FireFox|Human|Female|Thief|B&E|??|
Jack Empty|Murkus|??|Male|Wizard|Murderer etc|??|
Julie Fiske|Slii Arhem|Succubus|Female|Telepath|Murder/Evil Addiction|Sophie & Kate|Rowan
Lausel|Beans|Catgirl|Female|??|Cursed from birth|Sophie|
Mercury|ThirdEmperor|??|Male|Criminal|??|
Lume|Dimonite|Raytoran/Light being|Male|??|Killed, tortured, destroyed souls|Brand|Ash
Olivia|VampireRot|Human|Female|??|Vampire who craves blood|Dr Burnett, Sophie|
Reinholdt|Reinholdt|Enhanced cat|Male|Treasure-hunter|Genocidal mass-murderer|Tony|Elm
Tobias Druid (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8666933#post8666933)|FireFox|Huma n|Male|Druid|War criminal|Quinn?|Infirmary
Valaira|The Alexandrian|Deathhand|Female|Reaper|Mass-Devourer; Partial Viceduchess|Zero|Maple
Zero|DoomitP|??|Male|??||Sophie|
[/table]

Members/Residents:
{table=head]Name|Player|Species|Gender|Class|Cabin
Adrian Rein (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8666933#post8666933)|Murkus|Human | male| Doctor|
Andreas Emeral|Zefir|Human| Male |Lantern|
Annabelle (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12123786&postcount=603)|Darklord Bright|Ghoul|Female|Helper!|
Brand Applehill|Happyturtle|Halfling|Male|Cook|Poplar
Butler (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9284428#post9284428)|Reinholdt|Ca tboy|Male|Butler|Cherry
Cacame|Earl of Purple|Elf|Male|Ex-slave|
Crae (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10036223&postcount=328)|Rae Artemi| Half-Angel|Male|Crazy Clone|Denim
Friend|Keveak|Mortal Ex-Fae|Male|Fencer|
Emily|Lix Lorn|Human|Female|Realmswalker |Denim
Eric|Harnel|Elf/Wolf|Male|??|Rowan
Jazirian (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8626166&postcount=8)|Kid Kris|Gold Dragon|Male|Rogue|
Jones, Krystal|KerfuffleMach2|Mutant| Female|Infirmary Assistant||
Kate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11345768&postcount=471)|Lost Deep|Human |Female |Nerd/Geek|
Marley, Ebenezer (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11824622&postcount=552)|ThePhantom|Human| Male| Ex-Conman|
Marty|singingnoodle|Human|Male||
Nishtar|Earl of Purple|Elf|Male|Ex-slave|
Pansy Applehill|Happyturtle|Halfling|Female|Cook|Poplar
Pathfinder|Wolfbane|Wolfen| Male |Shaman|Forest Hut
Quinn Druid (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8629463&postcount=26)|The Bushranger|Human|Female| Healer/Champion of Neirian|Infirmary
Rae (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9544406&postcount=223)|Rae Artemi|Half-Angel| Male| Blue Lantern|Denim
Reelshka Trollfinger (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9845191&postcount=277)|Morty|Goblin |Female |Architect| Mushroom
Renetta Oronar (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11281363&postcount=461)|Gulaghar|Elf|Female||Forest Hut
Runner|KerfuffleMach2|Autobot|Male|||
Sattael|Earl of Purple|Elf|Male|Ex-slave|
Shrike (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8629529&postcount=28)|The Bushranger|Human| Female|Solar Exalted|
Sophie Mouchabiere (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10522437&postcount=400)|Morty|Human |Female|Imbued Hunter| Maple
Taurus Russkij|The Bushranger|Human/Drow/Brass Dragon|Male|Gardener|
Vidalia|Lex-Kat|Human/Plant|Female/Onion|Special Needs :smallwink:|Cherry
Waterstrider|Wolfbane|Wolfen|Male|Hunter|Forest Hut
Zamira|horngeek|Human|Female|Lunar Exalted|
[/table]

Ghosts:
{table=head]Ghost|Player|Notes
Lady Anastasia Miranda Ophelia Stuart|Happyturtle|Former royal courtesan
Bloody Gentleman|Hyozo|
Heather|Happyturtle|Drowned teenage girl
Irene|Reinholdt|Nymph
Ironbeard|NPC|A dwarven gentleman rake
Jase|Happyturtle|Teenage boy
Palon|Hyozo|Teenage Prankster, seems to enjoy tormenting Charity
Lady Phoenix|ThePhantom|The lady in the faded red dress
Nurse Piper|NPC|Former camp nurse, thinks of the GLoG infirmary as her domain
[/table]

Children:
{table=head]Name|Player|Species|Gender|Class|Cabin
Abigail Hayashi|horngeek|Human| Female|Cyborg Magical Girl|
Brinika Sneergrim (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10140502&postcount=347)|Morty|Goblin|Female||Mushroom
Dag|Happyturtle|Skydragon|Male|||
Flamecrest|Gulaghar|Welfen|Female|Baby|Forest Hut
Hadrian|Firefox|Human|Male|Baby|Infirmary
Holly/Chione|Hyozo|human|Female|Magical Girl||
Jamie Druid/Mikani (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8629493&postcount=27)|The Bushranger|Human|Female|Magical Druid Princess|Infirmary
Keo|Lost Deep|Catperson|Female|Feral|Outdoors
Lily Applehill|Happyturtle|Halfling|Female|Imaginist|Po plar
Natalie|Earl of Purple|Human|Female|||
Prism|Slii Arhem|Succubus/Starspawn|Female|Baby|Rowan
Saera|Rae Artemi|Half-Angel |Female|Wizard-in-training|Denim
Salix|Gulaghar|Dryad |Female|||Off-Site
Sarah|Murkus|human?|Female|Mage/Object||
Scylla|Harnel|Succubus/Starspawn|Female|Baby|Rowan
Tito Applehill|Happyturtle|Halfling|Male|Cook|Poplar
[/table]

Description of the new GLoG setting:
(map to come maybe?)
After the original GLoG building was destroyed by an army of catpeople, the survivors took out a mortgage and purchased Phoenix Lake Campground. Facilities include the main lodge house, a bathhouse with separate male and female sections, a stable (one horse present, a chestnut mare named Fancy owned by Dr Burnett), various picnic shelters, and a few scattered cabins. It's set in the foothills of the Acro mountains, and mainly surrounded by woods. There are many hiking trails nearby leading to mountaintop vistas, waterfalls, seacoves, and various other locations, both within this thread, and in the Outside thread. The campground is also within easy walking distance of the city of Inside, though there is also a Riftline station just outside the campground for those who prefer to take the train or who have farther to go.

At the lake, there is a small dock with a little shed nearby where a few canoes and paddleboats are stored. The swimming area has a GIANT slide and a rope swing. Because GIANT slides and rope swings are awesome. :smallbiggrin: There is a sandy volleyball court not far from the slide, a playground under the trees, set back from the lake somewhat, and a set of horseshoe pits.

Having been built on a Generic Ancient Burial Ground, Phoenix Lake Campground is haunted by various ghosts. They are generally harmless, and for the most part glad to have some company, though pranks and hijinks may occur. Ghosts can be NPC'd by anyone unless they are listed as PCs in the Member/Resident list. They tend to speak in Gray, and mostly appear for comic purposes, but this is by no means a requirement.

Reference images:
Main lodge:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/img_1464.jpg

GIANT slide:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/historical_4.jpg

The lake:
http://www.campgreenville.org/myimages/img_1545.jpg

Buildings:
Main Lodge: This large building contains an industrial kitchen with a cafeteria style serving area, and an open space that was once used as the dining hall. The space is warmed by a massive fireplace. Bunk beds are lined up on one end of the hall, opposite the kitchen, and a few comfy chairs and sofas are beginning to appear around the fireplace as they are procured. The building itself is made of stone.

Bathhouse: This building is divided into the men's and women's bathhouses, with entrances at either end. It has shower stalls, a line of sinks, and toilet stalls in each.

Cabins: Individuals can have their own room within a cabin, but they are unlikely to have a full cabin to themselves unless they come equipped with a family. Some of the cabins have been rebuilt, so may have more space than the 4 room cabins the campground came with, and a few cabins have had private bathrooms installed. All cabins are named after trees, and players are free to invent further details about their own cabins.

Main Lodge - Willow
Infirmary - Cedar

Cabin 1 - Oak
Cabin 2 - Sycamore
Cabin 3 - Redwood
Cabin 4 - Maple
Cabin 5 - Apple - Visitor's Cabin
Cabin 6 - Cherry
Cabin 7 - Chestnut
Cabin 8 - Birch
Cabin 9 - Dogwood
Cabin 10 - Elm - full
Cabin 11 - Denim - family cabin
Cabin 12 - Rowan - family cabin
Cabin 13 - Poplar - family cabin
Cabin 14 - Forest Hut - family cabin
Cabin 15 - Sapling - nursery

Cabin 5 - Apple is reserved for visitors who do not want to stay at the lodge. They are requested to check in at the main lodge, where any member can give them permission to stay for a few days. Longer than that, and unless they are in need, they would be requested to either join or move to their own place or one of the local inns.

New cabins can be added as the needed. Here is a list of unused tree names:

Linden, Larch, Ash, Pine, Magnolia, Olive, Fir, Spruce, Holly, Cottonwood, Cypress, Hemlock, Teak, Ebony, Pear, Fig, Date, Mahogany, Palm, Lime, Acadia, Gumbo Limbo…
Workshop: A well built cabin designed by Reelshka, containing nothing at present but the Mainframe installation. It is locked. Drones fly in and out of a small entrance that opens for them when they send an encrypted signal.

Infirmary: If no PC is present in the Infirmary, patients are tended to by Nurse Piper, a ghost NPC who haunts the infirmary. Despite being a ghost, she is solid enough when managing anything to do with nursing. She has a tyrannical bedside manner, but will always put the welfare of her patients first. She is able to generally stabilize patients and do general nursing care, but cannot provide magical healing or any type of advanced medicine that would normally be performed by a doctor.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6329/tek4e2334667092b0915050.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/33956942)

PC healers include:
Quinn (The Bushranger) - doctor and paladin
Tobias (Firefox) - druid healer
Dr Adrian Rein (Murkus) - doctor

(PM the keeper of the OP if you want your character to be added to this list)

Infirmary Description
The outside of the infirmary looks just like all the rest of the buildings. Nothing distinguishes it at all.

But inside, everything is white, with silver highlighting. Even though it doesn't seem possible, when looking from outside, sunlight filters inside. Giving the place a warm feeling with natural light.

A soft, soothing music filters through the whole building and voices can barely be heard saying words of healing and comfort, like: "You are going to be okay." "We'll take care of you." "You are dear to us." and so on.

Each room is walled off for a limited amount of privacy, because the pixies know that humans seem to need this. Strange. But it is limited. There are no doors.

Kinda looks like this:
______________________________________
|___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___|
|__/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/|
|__________________________________---|
|_\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\_|
|__\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\___\|

Except the angles are more severe, so that people on the other side of the hall can't see into anyone's room. Only someone intentionally looking in, can see you.

There is also a small living area in the back for the Druid family.

About the Drones Mk 2:
In other news, the drones are back at GLoG (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10099372#post10099372). Drones are NPCs who can be played by anyone, within the guidelines below:

Their Primary Function is member safety.
They no longer have teleport beams or alignment scanners.
They do have stun beams, little arms, and the ability to record what's going on around them.
They follow orders, unless those orders conflict with their Primary Function.
There are only 4-5 in operation at any one time.
They can be destroyed, but if so, they'll be restored from backup.
A few have been supplied with medical programming, and thus can be godmodded for infirmary duties.
They often have weird personality quirks and are prone to malfunctioning.
Statement: They speak in DarkOrange FixedSys
The only named drone (so far) is Caretaker, who is a private drone charged with protecting Brinika and controlled by Morty.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/GLoGDrone.png

There was some discussion about whether or not the time of the drones has passed, but since they are still sometimes used for mostly comic purposes, and since Brinika's personal drone is onscreen a lot, it seems right to keep a few around.

Archives

GLoG 82: So Many Babies! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13356580#post13356580) 7June12
GLoG 81: Ghostbusters! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240393) 20Apr12
GLoG LXXX: Continuation of a New Era! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=233890) 23Feb12
GLoG 79: So Lonely. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229577) 20Jan12
Good League of Good 78: Druids of Mass Destruction and other bioweapons (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224941) 06Dec11
Good League of Good LXXVII: Earth Vampires DON'T Sparkle! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219897) 22Oct11
GLoG 76: Now with a Decipherable OP! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215507) 15Sep11
GLoG 75: Gazebos Gone Wild (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210265) 05Aug11
GLoG LXXIV: Back to the Numerals! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206628) 09Jul11
GloG 73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203491) 16Jun11
GLoG 72 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199966) 20May11
GLoG 71: Redemption Equals Free Housing! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195960) 19Apr11
GLoG 70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194177) 07Apr11
GLoG 69 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191551) 19Mar11
GLoG 68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189891) 06Mar11
GLoG 67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187067) 11Feb11
GloG 66: Coupon Redemption (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184561) 23Jan11
GloG 65 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10122311#post10122311) 08Jan11
GLoG 64: Campsites, not Chessboards! (http://tinyurl.com/36v5yf2) 26Dec10
GLoG LXIII: Roman Numerals are back! (http://tinyurl.com/34r84po) 09Dec10
GLoG 62: Come for the paddleboats. Stay for the hawt shirtless catboy! (http://tinyurl.com/3xl5bym) 19Nov10
GLoG 61: Now with 100% More goblins (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174011) 31Oct10
GLoG 60 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172330) 18Oct10
GLoG LIX: Now with Trees! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171051) 07Oct10
GLoG LVIII: Shaken, but not baked (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166295) 30Aug10
GLoG LVII: Princess Power Trio Plus Protective Parents (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162251) 31Jul10
GLoG LVI: I had a joke but I forgot it (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158433) 02Jul10
GLoG LV: Witty Title And/Or Song Reference (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155622) 10Jun10
GLoG LIV: Sleeping with the Lights On (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150343) 26Apr10
GLoG LIII: These are the Days of our Lives. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147198) 30Mar10
GLoG LII: Home of the Next Generation (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144489) 07Mar10
GLoG 51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140882) 05Feb10
GLoG 50: Rife with new Life. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139052) 20Jan10
GLoG 49: Who Ya Gonna Call? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137536) 07Jan10
GLoG 48: From the Ashes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135587) 19Dec09

♫♪♫♪♪♫♫♪♫♪♪♫♫

GLoG XLVII: Nothing can stop us. Well, except that. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132715) 24Nov09
GLoG XLVI: With a Maraschino Cherry On Top. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130806) 06Nov09
GLoG XLV: The winds of change be darned! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7157132#post7157132) 20Oct09
GLoG 44: Continuity has no place here! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7083539#post7083539) 09Oct09
GLoG 43: Behave yourself, Dani! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126397) 27Sep09
GLoG XLII: Yes, curtains still get dropped here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6941877#post6941877) 17Sep09
GLoG XLI: When you're smiling, the world plots against you. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6846909#post6846909) 02Sep09
GLoG 40: Now one year old! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122892) 27Aug09
GLoG 39: And there was much rejoicing. (Yay!) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122072) 20Aug09
GLoG 38: Pay No Attention to the Computer's Paranoid Ramblings (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6705222) 12Aug09
GLoG 37: Dysfunction Junction (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6633791#post6633791) 02Aug09
GLoG XXXVI: Curse You, Dramatic Irony! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119462) 26Jul09
GLoG XXXV: There shall be happiness!!! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6534057#post6534057) 20Jul09
GLoG XXXIV: It gets worse! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6474253#post6474253) 11Jul09
GLoG XXXIII: Do you think you can handle it? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117222) 04Jul09
GLoG XXXII:The Loved and the Lost (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6374234#post6374234) 27Jun09
GLoG 31: To live defeated and inglorious is to die daily (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115398) 19Jun09
GLoG 30: Defying Biology Since 2008! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114665) 13Jun09
GLoG 29: Under New Management (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114159) 09Jun09
GLoG 28: The People's Republic of Magtok (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113550) 04Jun09
GLoG 27: Pay No Attention to the Thead Behind the Curtain! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113096) 31May09
GLoG 26: Now With 100% More Things Trying to Nom You! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112530) 25May09
GLoG XXV (that's 25!): Mapped out and everythin'! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6119687#post6119687) 20May09
GLoG XXIV: This Ain't No House of Cards (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6077066#post6077066) 08May09
GLoG XXIII: With malice towards none. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110243) 27Apr09
GLoG XXII: Ahhhhhh!!!! They're after us!! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5984825#post5984825) 12Apr09
GLoG 21/XX1: Half of Life, the Universe, and Everything. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5928981#post5928981) 28Mar09
GLoG 20/XX: Twenty Times the Awesome (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5841981#post5841981) 03Mar09
GLoG 19: For those who can't make it over the rainbow (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104568) 13Feb09
GLoG 18: It's A Brand New Day (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5718680#post5718680) 31Jan09
GLoG XVII: SMITE CONTINUITY! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102962) 23Jan09
GLoG XVI: Built out of 100% recycled babies. That's why we're good. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5627357#post5627357) 12Jan09
GLoG XV: Beware the Ides of GLoG. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5583710) 03Jan09
GLoG XIV: Where Bad Puns Go To Die. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5556061#post5556061) 29Dec08
GLoG XIII: Bring It On, Omnipotent Beings! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5515315#post5515315) 21Dec08
GLoG 12: [Insert Unique and Witty Title Here] (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5424241#post5424241) 06Dec08
GLoG XI: We Failed Our "Witty Title Check" (DC 3). (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97041) 23Nov08
GLoG X: More Like Good League Of... Of... Crazy (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95462) 03Nov08
GLoG IX: Death is no longer cheap (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5148912#post5148912) 22Oct08
GLoG VIII: Thread of Exalted Deeds (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5118364#post5118364) 17Oct08
GLoG VII: Now Vampire Free! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93071) 07Oct08
GLoG VI: Thread of One Thousand Plots (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92304) 29Sep08
GLoG V: Where Everyone's a Hero (In Their Own Way) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91447) 20/09/2008
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Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 08:40 AM

Grounds

Lying on the ground near the lake is a marsh goblin. She has rather large ears, with feathery gills growing from her head behind them. Her skin is pale green and lightly scaled, whilst her hair is a darker shade of green. Her eyes are closed, and she's wearing a short dress of woven pondweed. Her bare feet have long toes, each connected to the others by a web of skin. She's lying on her back, with her hands behind her head, and is rather young; late teens, or the equivalent.

((Now, with the new thread, I will respond to this.))

Copi walks past the marsh goblin and stops. She uses her psychic senses to determine if she has a mind; that is, that she is alive. If so, she's probably just taking a nap.

FireFox

2012-08-21, 01:21 PM

[Infirmary]

Hi Jamie! Brinika chirps when she enters, then looks down at Hadrian, grinning widely. Hi little cousin! Of course, she's not that much bigger than he is.

[Infirmary]

"In that case, I'll consider my options," Quinn says, not batting an eye.
...she's becoming far too comfortable with this gallows humour thing. Clearly something must be done before she turns into She-Tobias. :smalleek: :smalltongue:

Jamie's counting on him not knowing what they are. After all, if he doesn't recognise them, he can't counter them, right?
"We were about to play Castle Wars," Jamie says with a giggle to Brinika as she goes to ruffle Hadrian's hair fondly. "Whats up?"

Hadrian smiles at Brinika, pausing his construction to look at her curiously.

Toby chuckles and leans in to kiss his wife.

Morty

2012-08-21, 01:24 PM

[Infirmary]

Brinika grins.
"I came to visit baby Hadrian! And can I play with you?"
As she asks that, she reaches out to the baby with her hand.

Earl of Purple

2012-08-21, 02:35 PM

Jamie's Garden

Natalie will nod, ready to go.

Oddball will lean against Jamie's head and close his eyes.

Grounds

The marsh goblin is indeed alive with a mind in her head. Before Copi starts moving again, she opens her eyes and looks around. "Oh, hello. I haven't seen you around before; are you a visitor, or have you recently signed up?" The marsh goblin seems quite cheerful and moves closer to the lake's waters.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 02:45 PM

Grounds

"I visit on occasion, but I am considering getting a room here." Copi is apparently artificial, you can see the seams in her skin at her joints, and is wearing a long pale green labcoat-like dress. Her hair is dark green, but her eyes are bright blue... and they're downright creepy from the wrong angle.

Earl of Purple

2012-08-21, 03:07 PM

Grounds

"Really? Well, I get lonely sometimes, so if you don't need to breathe and don't mind getting wet, you could move in with me. I'd live in one of the cabins, but... I don't how I could help and I don't want to scrounge." Plus she needs to keep her skin moist, and a subaquatic burrow helps with that.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 03:22 PM

Grounds

"Thank you kindly for the offer, but I feel I would prefer a normal room; it would be one of the few normal things about me." Plus, while she doesn't need to breath as much as a normal human she still needs to breathe.

"Pardon me for asking, but what are you? I have never seen something quite like you before."

Earl of Purple

2012-08-21, 03:45 PM

Grounds

"I'm a Marsh Goblin. I think I'm the only one here; I could be wrong, but if so we aren't that common. There's lots of different types of goblin where I'm from, like most of the First and Second Races." Myrim smiles; her teeth are clearly predatory, being sharp and pointed, but they are also piscivorous, being needle-like and angled slightly backwards.

FireFox

2012-08-21, 03:48 PM

[Infirmary]

The child grabs Brinika's hand with his own little one.

[Med Lab]

A plotclone of Toby walks in and looks around.

Morty

2012-08-21, 03:56 PM

[Med Lab]

Assuming this is the right timeline, Wenomir's there, in his full gear.
"Oh, Tobias. Is everything ready?"

Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 04:00 PM

Grounds

Copi nods, understandingly. "Interesting. I haven't seen anything like you before, but that's likely because I haven't been looking in the right places. Even the docks of inside seem to be a bit crowded to appeal to amphibious people... now I can't help but wonder if there's an aquatic city out that that I'm unaware of."

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 04:00 PM

[Med Lab]

Reinholdt kitty is there, no doubt shedding on a lab table to contaminate samples or something.

But he's just sitting quietly, staring at Wenomir and now Tobias.

Earl of Purple

2012-08-21, 04:17 PM

Grounds

"There's probably an aquatic city, yes, but I wouldn't want to live there. I'm amphibious, not fully aquatic, not fully terrestrial. I like it here, and it's safe." Myrim smiles, though it sounds as though there's a tale behind why GLoG is safe for her.

happyturtle

2012-08-21, 04:19 PM

Outdoors

Missy Halifax and Jefferies Hellstomper arrive from the city on the Riftline and walk towards the camp. Jefferies, who has spent very little time outside an urban environment, is staring at all the wildlife with big eyes. One of her hands is holding Missy's, while another clutches at a very worn and dirty beargon plushie.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9829/tek5033f9f37ebc62923028.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/50530324) http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/760/tek5033f86f305e28757409.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/50530249)

((Interaction open to anyone, but my posting may be slow due to migraine))

FireFox

2012-08-21, 04:29 PM

Med Lab

The stage is set, the orchestra is tuning. The audience has taken their seats, the lights have dimmed. The Druid poses theatrically. And now here we are, waiting in the wings, eager to play our parts.

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 04:40 PM

Med Lab

"Shakespeare called. He said he most desperately wants you to play Yorick in his upcoming number." Reinholdt responds, deadpan.

Outdoors

*blows dust out of fur*
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq276/Reinholdt9000/Avatars/ButlerGaiaworking.png

"Hello ma'ams. Welcome to GLoG ma'ams. How may we help you today ma'ams?" :smallsmile:
Butler's there to greet them! Or rather saw them coming and went out to greet them. As should be expected.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 04:41 PM

Grounds

"I can understand that perfectly." Copi turns to leave, giving a small wave. "Perhaps I will see you around."

Morty

2012-08-21, 04:49 PM

[Med Lab]

"I'm not much of an actor, so I'll just punch people and hope it looks natural," Wenomir says in a slightly tired voice.

Earl of Purple

2012-08-21, 04:51 PM

Grounds

"OK then. If you need me, or want to chat, I'm always near the lake. Or at least, I haven't not been near the lake since I arrived, and my burrow is underneath the island. By the way, my name's Myrim, what's yours?" Myrim will wave back.

happyturtle

2012-08-21, 04:52 PM

Outdoors

Jefferies looks at the cat ears, then the cat tail. "Are you a human? Why do you have four ears, oh neber mind, dats just tektek." :smallconfused:

Lost_Deep

2012-08-21, 04:56 PM

Grounds

"Copi." and with that, she will saunter off. Perhaps she will meet more people before the day is through.

FireFox

2012-08-21, 04:59 PM

Med Lab

Tell him I'm holding out for Pericles. Toby retorts to Rein, then sobers up as he studies Wenomir. All right. Everything is prepared. Are you both ready?

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 04:59 PM

Outdoors

I blame you. :smalltongue:

"No ma'am. I'm a catperson ma'am. What about you ma'am?" Butler asks. He doesn't do silly things and presume to know someone's species. Not since so many look so similar at times.

Medlab

"Ready." Reinholdt replies.

happyturtle

2012-08-21, 05:31 PM

Outdoors

If tektek has suitable hair for Butler that covers the human ears, I haven't found it. Unless he wants to grow his hair out.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1958/tek50340a718337a1396031.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/50531051)

"I is a orc and Missy is a human but her great grandfather was a elf. Dat why her ears is pointy." Jefferies says. "I neber met a catperson before, but I has friends dat are human and orc and drow and goblin..." she counts off all the races of people she's met, either at Remnant or at school. "Oh! I forgotted to say, 'Hello, my name is Jefferies. What is your name?'! I is supposed to say dat firs when I meeted new peoples."

Missy is letting Jefferies handle the conversation for now. It's not easy - she wants to jump in and help. But it's important for Jefferies to learn to socialize with other people, and as long as she's handling it without losing her temper, Missy will let her lead.

Morty

2012-08-21, 05:33 PM

[Med Lab]

"I'm ready," Wenomir says with a nod.

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 05:45 PM

Outdoors

Not unless he takes up surfing.

"It's alright ma'am. I'm Butler B. Butler ma'ams. Nice to meet you ma'ams." Butler says giving a bow.

"And now you've met a catperson ma'am." :smallsmile:
Butler's on a list now! This makes him happy.

The Bushranger

2012-08-21, 05:52 PM

Jamie's Garden

Jamie smiles, clapping her hands.
"Well, let's go!"
...and she'll go to lead the New Little Girl Squad to Inside, and th Needle and Thread!

[Infirmary]

Quinn returns Tobias' kiss happily, pulling back with a sigh - which she then covers with a wink. "Go forth, and grump no more."

Jamie, meanwhile, smiles brightly at Hadrian and Brinika. "Of course you can play with us!"

happyturtle

2012-08-21, 05:55 PM

Outdoors

"Missy told me der is a lake here, wif a giant slide! And dat I can learn to swim here!" Jefferies says. "Oh wait, I is supposed to say 'It is very nice to meet you, Mr Butler.'" She is pleased with herself for remembering, and grins widely, showing her tusks.

Morty

2012-08-21, 05:58 PM

[Infirmary]

While Brinika isn't much bigger than Hadrian overall, her hand is probably larger than his, since goblins have disproportionally large hands.
"Tee hee. He's so cute," the tiny goblin gushes. "What about I help him build his stuff?"

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 06:09 PM

Outdoors

"Well thank you for remembering ma'am. You might make an excellent butler yourself some day ma'am!" Remembering stuff can be very important.

"We do have those things ma'ams. They're this way ma'ams. Do you need towels or swimsuits or floaties ma'ams?" Butler asks, turning to lead the way to the lake and lake house.

happyturtle

2012-08-21, 06:12 PM

Reinholdt

2012-08-21, 06:17 PM

Lex-Kat

2012-08-21, 07:12 PM

{Tree}

"Quite nice to meet you, Vidalia."
Bill delicately takes Vidalia's hand between his thumb and palm while he shakes it. Otherwise he would have cut her up with his extremely sharp claws! And that's never good.
"Er, yes, I am, I guess.":smallconfused:
What a weird question/observation! It sounded like Vidalia was talking to a baby, or an animal.

And Bill's voice sounds like Bane's from Dark Knight Rises, in case you were wondering.

Strange. I thought it was more a comment on how much bigger he is, than she. :smallconfused: :smallsmile:

Vidalia looks back to Nurse Lucy. Anything in particular bring you to GLoG? Need help, want to join our redemption program, looking for love in all the wrong places? I can help you with all but one of those. she winks back to the big guy.

McBish

2012-08-21, 08:44 PM

[Outside Infirmary]

Yuki wanders of from Alysha a little bit to lay down in the grass looking up at the sky. She works hard to try and remember anything about herself.

KerfuffleMach2

2012-08-21, 09:43 PM

DoomITP

2012-08-21, 10:33 PM

The unnatural darkness eventually swirls away, spilling out of the cabin and away to...somewhere. The ascetic emptiness of Zero's room is laid out for all to see. There's only a bed here now. There remains nothing else.

Upon the walls blood has been smeared. Hundreds of intricate symbols line the walls, imparting to the room an almost haunting atmosphere. There's a summoning circle here. A sigil there.

Valaira redecorated.

And she won't let go of Zero if she can help it. She won't let him disappear again.

"Do you promise to stay with me forever?"

Zero makes note of the symbols for later research but then looks back down at Valaria.

I promise.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-21, 11:16 PM

[Maple Cabin]

(('S all good, bro.))

"O-okay then. I... I missed you. We should probably head to bed or grab something to eat so we can both talk to..."

"Whoever runs the redemption program here in the morning."

Ironically, Valaira knows little to nothing about the redemption program at GLoG, even though she is a part of it. Nobody's ever sought her out to check in on her or anything. Nobody but Zero. But he's supposedly here for redemption just like she is! This program isn't doing her any good, so she should probably educate herself on how she should, theoretically, proceed out of her depression.

Valaria attempts to affectionately nip at Zero's shirt.

"It feels good to finally have you back. You make me feel safe. Safe from myself."

DoomITP

2012-08-22, 09:27 AM

I missed you. I ended up stuck in a particularly bad place.

He says as looks down at Valaria, trying to hide his concern over the symbols that she has painted all over the room.

Mina Kobold

2012-08-22, 09:57 AM

{Tree}

Strange. I thought it was more a comment on how much bigger he is, than she. :smallconfused: :smallsmile:

Vidalia looks back to Nurse Lucy. Anything in particular bring you to GLoG? Need help, want to join our redemption program, looking for love in all the wrong places? I can help you with all but one of those. she winks back to the big guy.

Lucy takes a moment to word a response, recounting the events taht brought them to GLoG.

"For me, I wished to see the organisation based on goodness. It has been a depressing time since I awoke in these lands. I am afraid I might have dragged poor Bill along a bit."

The Alexandrian

2012-08-22, 02:04 PM

[Maple Cabin]

Investigating the bloody stains would unveil little about their purpose. Scarce are markings that aren't of Valaira's own design. And these lines and curves react to being watched. The angles are not fixed. The squiggly lines writhe. The arrows jut out of the image like walls of spears waiting to impale passers-by. The channeling foci constantly warp into altogether dissimilar stains without rhyme or reason. And they're more complex than the most advanced circuity in most of the Nexus.

The raw power of any magic cast while in this room should triple or quadruple with these marks in place. Worst of all, the blood was collected from sapient beings. :smalleek:

Whatever Valaira's been up to recently hasn't been pacifistic.

"Do you want to talk about it? Talking might make you feel better?"

Valaira offers, attempting to drown herself in Zero's scent. By the looks of the room and her, it'd stand to reason that she's lost all of her clothing. Every single scrap of it.

"And if talking doesn't do the trick, I've an ace up my sleeve that I've been saving for a rainy day! Wanna see it?"

Morty

2012-08-22, 02:12 PM

Outdoors >> To the Lake

"I not going to be a butler. I going to be a soldier like Daddy and Missy," Jefferies says.

"Thank you, Butler. We have swimsuits and towels, but floaties are probably a good idea." Missy says.

Lakeside

"I'll be right back ma'ams." Butler says, heading into the lakehouse to get some floaties. Ample opportunity for random other visitors to meet them, though admittedly he is going to be back next post.

Sophie spots Missy and an... orcish girl? At least she thinks the child is an orc. The non-human species in the Nexus can be confusing at times for someone used only to humans and supernatural almost-humans.
She approaches them, Nicholas the cat following suit.

happyturtle

2012-08-22, 02:42 PM

Lakeside

"I'll be right back ma'ams." Butler says, heading into the lakehouse to get some floaties. Ample opportunity for random other visitors to meet them, though admittedly he is going to be back next post.

Sophie spots Missy and an... orcish girl? At least she thinks the child is an orc. The non-human species in the Nexus can be confusing at times for someone used only to humans and supernatural almost-humans.
She approaches them, Nicholas the cat following suit.

Missy just finished pulling off Jefferies' top to reveal her suit underneath, when Sophie arrives. "Oh, hi Sophie. This is Jefferies. Jefferies, this is Ms Mouchabiere." :smallsmile:

Jefferies looks up at Sophie and Nicholas. "Is you a catperson wif you cat on the outside?" O_o

Morty

2012-08-22, 03:07 PM

[Lakeside]

"Hello, Missy. And hello Jefferies," Sophie says with a warm smile before Jefferies prestents her "catperson with a cat on the outside" theory.
"Um, no. I'm a human. And this is my cat Nicholas."
The red-furred Siberian cat walks over closer to the soldier and the little orc.

happyturtle

2012-08-22, 03:21 PM

Lakeside

"I knowed humans, and I knowed cats, but I neber knowed a catperson before today, when I meeted Mr Butler. So den I thought maybe you was a catperson too. I'm an orc!" She crouches down to pet Nicholas - possibly a bit rougher than the cat would like. "I used to think cats were for food."

"She was orphaned 6 months ago," Missy says quietly to Sophie.

Morty

2012-08-22, 03:32 PM

[Lakeside]

Nicholas shrinks a bit from Jefferies, but doesn't run away. Rough pets are still pets.

Sophie nods slowly in acknowledgement. "Some people do eat cats. But here we prefer them as pets. I got him just a few days ago. Isn't he great?" she adds with a smile.

The Bushranger

2012-08-22, 04:04 PM

[Infirmary]

Alysha smiles when she sees that Quinn is here. She remembers Quinn. She likes her.

Seems like Quinn is busy with Tobias at the moment. Alysha will politely wait at the door for her. Keyblade still in hand.

Quinn plotclones herself when somebody gets noticed!

And Alysha gets a wave and a smile from the paladin/telepath. "Hello there! Can I help with anything?"

Jamie (also plotcloned) grins and waves at her friend!

Reinholdt

2012-08-22, 04:09 PM

[Lakeside]

"Here you are ma'ams." Butler says as he returns, floaties in hand, offering them.

"Oh hi Sophie ma'am." Butler then peeeeeeers at the cat. It's getting more ear pets than he is! No fair!

Though having pets around isn't unusual so he doesn't say anything.

happyturtle

2012-08-22, 04:18 PM

Lakeside

More of "entire body being mashed down" pets. Besides, Jefferies can't reach Butler's ears.

"I yike him. But does he fight? Gorgutz lives with us and he yikes to fight wif me. But him's not a cat, him's a dog. Hi Mr Butler! Is you going to go swimming too?"

"Thank you, Butler," Missy says. If the floaties aren't already blown up, she'll take them and start up on that. If they are, then she'll skip that step and get right to removing her outer clothes and putting them in her bag.

Morty

2012-08-22, 04:31 PM

[Lakeside]

"Hi Butler," Sophie says with a smile before turning back to Jefferies. "I don't think he fights. Dogs like to fight more than cats. And I think he's a little too small to fight," she says.
Nicholas seems to have gotten used to Jefferies' pets by now.

Reinholdt

2012-08-22, 04:36 PM

[Lakeside]

Butler probably doesn't want to be mashed down.

"I can go swimming if you want me to ma'am." He offers Jefferies.

The floaties will be blown up since it took several posts for Butler to return.

happyturtle

2012-08-22, 04:51 PM

Lakeside

Jefferies immediately forgets all about poor Nicholas in the excitement of learning to swim. She jumps up and finishes undressing. "Will you come too, Miss Mooshy Bear?" :smallbiggrin:

Morty

2012-08-22, 05:01 PM

[Lakeside]

Sophie nods with a smile.
"Sure. Just let me get my swimsuit." With that, she heads to her cabin. She should be back next post.
Nicholas stays on the lakeshore and meows. Pay attention to him, silly two-legs!

Reinholdt

2012-08-22, 05:17 PM

[Lakeside]

"I'll be right back ma'ams." Butler says, going to change his shorts for other shorts. More appropriate for swimming in shorts anyways.

KerfuffleMach2

2012-08-22, 08:43 PM

Quinn plotclones herself when somebody gets noticed!

And Alysha gets a wave and a smile from the paladin/telepath. "Hello there! Can I help with anything?"

Jamie (also plotcloned) grins and waves at her friend!

Alysha smiles and waves at both of them. Hey guys. I found a girl that seems to have some kind of memory issues, and I thought somebody here might be able to help. Alysha turns to where Yuki was standing, and finds her further down the hall. She'll call out to her.

Hey, Yuki. This is Quinn and her daughter Jamie. Quinn runs the infirmary here, and might be able to help you.

McBish

2012-08-22, 10:35 PM

Infirmary

Yuki spins around and walks over with a smile on her face.

"Hello Quinn, I'm Yuki.

Yuki is dressed in a simple white robe that falls down to her just above her ankles. Quinn may have noticed the washed but still slightly visible blood stains on the back of it.

happyturtle

2012-08-22, 10:43 PM

Morty

2012-08-23, 07:16 AM

[Lakeside]

Sophie returns after a while, wearing a one-piece swimsuit. She slips into the water and waits for Jefferies and Missy to do the same.
Nicholas stretches lazily on the shore. He's not going to enter water, obviously.

happyturtle

2012-08-23, 08:38 AM

Lakeside

After HT spends far too much time determining that tektek does not have swim suits for little girls without breasts, she decides to just describe the suits: Jefferies is wearing a pink one piece suit, having picked that up as her current favourite colour from her best friend Lottie. She was very disappointed that she couldn't find a girl's suit with any of her favourite shooter game characters on it. :smallfrown:

Missy is wearing a red sporty looking suit, the type a lifeguard might wear. It reveals that the swirly tattoos on her face continue down onto her torso, arms, and upper legs. It also shows the top of the scar from her heart surgery that runs along her breastbone.

Jefferies still wants to do the Giant Slide first, but not enough to tantrum and risk Time Out. So she steps into the water with Missy instead.

"Heehee! It's squishy in my toes!" Jefferies says. "Oooh! I see a fishy!" She tries to catch the fish with her hands, but the fish gets away. "Der is grass growing in the water, Missy!"

DoomITP

2012-08-23, 11:30 AM

Mindfreak

2012-08-23, 05:27 PM

{Tree}

Strange. I thought it was more a comment on how much bigger he is, than she. :smallconfused: :smallsmile:

Vidalia looks back to Nurse Lucy. Anything in particular bring you to GLoG? Need help, want to join our redemption program, looking for love in all the wrong places? I can help you with all but one of those. she winks back to the big guy.
Tree
Bill wasn't going to touch that wink with a ten-foot pole :smalltongue:
"Actually I'm just here to offer my medical knowledge and for the more scientific pursuits. I couldn't really find anywhere else I'd rather be."
Since Bill is good, doesn't want to join Halo because he doesn't want to kill anyone(though HALO is...different I hear), and WATCH just wasn't his style.

Lex-Kat

2012-08-23, 06:03 PM

Reinholdt

2012-08-23, 06:22 PM

Lakeside

By the time Butler and Sophie return, Missy has laid out their towels on the beach and is carefully putting the floaties on Jefferies arms. It's a little tricky because of the little orc's claws, but they're kept filed down a bit anyway to avoid any injuries to Gorgutz.

"I wanna go on the Big Slide!" Jefferies says!

"Let's get in the water first and practice swimming before we do the slide."

[Lakeside]

Sophie returns after a while, wearing a one-piece swimsuit. She slips into the water and waits for Jefferies and Missy to do the same.
Nicholas stretches lazily on the shore. He's not going to enter water, obviously.

Lakeside

After HT spends far too much time determining that tektek does not have swim suits for little girls without breasts, she decides to just describe the suits: Jefferies is wearing a pink one piece suit, having picked that up as her current favourite colour from her best friend Lottie. She was very disappointed that she couldn't find a girl's suit with any of her favourite shooter game characters on it. :smallfrown:

Missy is wearing a red sporty looking suit, the type a lifeguard might wear. It reveals that the swirly tattoos on her face continue down onto her torso, arms, and upper legs. It also shows the top of the scar from her heart surgery that runs along her breastbone.

Jefferies still wants to do the Giant Slide first, but not enough to tantrum and risk Time Out. So she steps into the water with Missy instead.

"Heehee! It's squishy in my toes!" Jefferies says. "Oooh! I see a fishy!" She tries to catch the fish with her hands, but the fish gets away. "Der is grass growing in the water, Missy!"

Butler returns in swimshorts that look... well a lot like his regular shorts really. Go figure.

He'll go ahead and climb in the water, moving forward til it comes up to almost his nose. By and large cause he saw that fish and is following it... @.@

The Alexandrian

2012-08-23, 07:29 PM

[Maple Cabin]

"The ace up my sleeve? Why, it's a jar of bottled joy and a picnic dinner, of course!"

Valaira smiles! Boy, it's an inviting smile! She's celebrating Zero's return already! She feels like dancing! Or singing! Or doing something fun with him!

"There's the silver necklace too, but I'll present that to you next week sometime or maybe tonight in a hour or two. Pivots on how things work out and all."

Ooo! A necklace! Gifts of jewelry equal steady relationships! Boyfriend-girlfriend soon to be engaged relationships!

Valaira is going to live out her life with Zero without any regrets from this point on!

DoomITP

2012-08-23, 08:53 PM

Bottled joy? Either way, it sounds great.

Zero says, equally happy. There isn't much for him to worry about anymore, he's back with Valaria, there doesn't seem to be anyone after him and hopefully they will manage to stay happy.

The redecoration Valaria has done concerns him though. He refuses to believe that Valaria would ever harm someone innocent as a result of what she had said to Quinn when she first arrived. He decides that he will ask Quinn or maybe Sophie about it later.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-23, 09:19 PM

[Maple Cabin]

Valaira would object! Nobody is innocent! Except maybe babies. And even then, only some babies are innocent. Every now and again you get an evil baby genius thing that tries to take over the world. Those babies aren't sinless! They're lightweight, teensy, teething terrors!

Oh, and Val certainly didn't bury the bones in ziplock baggies in the walls of the cabin or anything, so don't go poking around in there! Search the forest or the sky or the lake! Zero would find zippo in the walls!

>.< Yessir. There are no bodies in the walls!

...

Moving on, there is a suit of powered armor in the bathroom. The door is shut and locked at this time, but it is there all the same.

"Bottled joy! You take a sip of it and it makes you joyous! I don't know how they manufacture it, but it works wonders!"

It might also be an anti-depressant! Erm...
It is an anti-depressant. And it is impossible to get your hands on without underworld connections.

Morty

2012-08-24, 02:51 AM

[Lakeside]

Sophie chuckles and swims up to Missy.
"Looks like this is her first time in a real lake," she says.

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 02:58 AM

Lake

"I doubt she's ever left the city before," Missy says. For now, Jefferies is exploring what she can see in the shallow part of the water, not going more than waist deep. She wants to go deeper and learn to swim, but she also wants to see the neat stuff on the bottom, and going deeper makes that harder!

Whether Butler can catch the fish is up to his player. It is a perfectly mundane fish.

Morty

2012-08-24, 03:04 AM

[Lakeside]

"Mhm," Sophie murmurs with a nod. "So, that friend of yours who's her father - who's he?"

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 03:12 AM

Lake

"A fellow soldier named Jyarl. He pulled her out of the burning tenement building and decided to keep her instead of sending her to an orphanage." She laughs as Jefferies spots another fish and makes a missed grab at it. "They've been good for each other." There is enough of fondness in her voice to betray how good a 'friend' Missy is to him.

FireFox

2012-08-24, 10:18 AM

Med Lab

Toby teleports Reinholdt and Wenomir to the Serious Plots thread!

[Infirmary]

While Brinika isn't much bigger than Hadrian overall, her hand is probably larger than his, since goblins have disproportionally large hands.
"Tee hee. He's so cute," the tiny goblin gushes. "What about I help him build his stuff?"

Toby looks at Hadrian's towers and Jamie's siege engines and makes a mental note to teach his son about Vauban. Then he leaves to rejoin continuity or to be available if anyone else needs him.

Hadrian has no objection to Brinika helping him!

Reinholdt

2012-08-24, 03:47 PM

Lake

Actually catch the fish? Butler's a catperson, not a beargon. It's like being at an aquarium is all.

After a little while Butler returns to Jefferies to see if she's having any better luck.

Morty

2012-08-24, 04:23 PM

[Lake]

Sophie smiles, half-warmly, half-knowingly. A "friend" indeed.
That's really good to hear. It's great when happy families get together this way. I used to be a social worker and I loved to see it back then too.

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 04:51 PM

Lake

Missy bites her lip. "We're dealing with social workers now... they're deciding right now whether to finalize the adoption. We're kind of on tenterhooks waiting for the answer."

Jefferies points down in the water. "Look, Mr Butler! Der is GRASS growing in de WATER! And fishies swimming in de grass!" O_O

Reinholdt

2012-08-24, 04:57 PM

Lake

"Well yes ma'am. Water makes grass grow, right ma'am? So it's a lot easier for grass to just grow underwater ma'am. So there's a lot of grass there cause it's easier for them ma'am." It's a wonder why grass even bothers with growing outside of water!

Morty

2012-08-24, 05:01 PM

[Lake]

Sophie's eyes narrow a little as she floats idly in the water.
"Ah, yes. Bureaucracy. We can't work without it, but it does get in the way sometimes... are there any particular obstacles?

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 05:10 PM

Lake

"One of them thinks she'd be better off in an orc family. There were also some concerns about Jyarl's past. He came from a universe that makes the Nexus look peaceful, and he brought some... unpleasant behaviour with him. He's changed a lot though." Missy says. " Besides, Jefferies adores him. If she were taken away from him, I think it would shatter her."

"Oooh! Dat smart! Are all catpersons smart like you?" Jefferies asks.

Reinholdt

2012-08-24, 05:19 PM

Lake

Butler smiles.
"Oh no ma'am. Most of them are smarter than me ma'am. And then there's even more smarter people like Decker and KR ma'am. They really help when I don't understand things ma'am." Butler explains.

Morty

2012-08-24, 05:22 PM

[Lake]

Hrm. It is unfortunate when racists end up as social workers, isn't it? I'd love to help, but I'm not sure if there's anything I can do," Sophie says. She's never met Jyarl, of course, but Missy seems honest when she says he's a good father for Jefferies. And she is good at reading people, after all.

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 05:43 PM

Lake

"I is going to school to get smarter. I dun unnerstand reading, but I yike to do numbers. I yike to do fighting better than school stuff though." Jefferies says. She's starting to walk deeper into the water, letting it get to chest height. No more watching the lake bottom!

"It's a three person panel, and one of them, a goblin, seems to be on our side. The third person could swing either way." Missy says. She's watching Jefferies carefully, of course, ready to use her cybernetic speed to get to her quickly if anything goes amiss. At Sophie's offer to help, Missy gives a sad smile. "I think it's mostly out of our hands now. Jefferies and I might come back here, the day the decision is due. It seems a good place to wait it out. Since there's so much for her to see and do, she won't be as aware how nervous I am." It also makes a good place to have a getaway car, packed with everything the three of them would need to start over somewhere else, away from the city of Inside.

Reinholdt

2012-08-24, 05:44 PM

Lake

"Reading's hard for me too ma'am." Butler says, watching her carefully. She is here to learn how to swim after all.

"Why would you like fighting though, ma'am? Fighting hurts people ma'am."
Butler doesn't like hurting people!

happyturtle

2012-08-24, 06:09 PM

Lake

"Cause I is gonna be a soldier when I get big, just like Daddy and Missy. I's gonna fight mean people who try to burn orcs for being **** greenies."

"Jefferies..." Missy says with a bit of a warning tone in her voice.

"Sowwy, Missy!" Jefferies calls out. She says to Butler, "I's not sposed to say dat word. Not till I is a soldier for real. Is a grownup word." She nods sagely.

Reinholdt

2012-08-24, 10:21 PM

Lake

Butler gasps. GASPS!
...
"What's greenies mean?" :smallconfused:
Weirdest adult word he's ever heard.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 12:52 AM

Lake

"It means people wif green skin like me. Assept mean people who says it, dey tink we is monsters. But we isn't! Orcs is people too!" :smallmad: Jefferies takes a defiant step and is suddenly in water over her head!

Flail! The floaties are keeping her head above water, but she's definitely unsure what to do next, and she's a little bit scared. No, no, Jefferies isn't scared. It's Master Chief, her beargon plushie sitting on the towel onshore, that's really scared. *nodnod* So since she's clearly not really scared, then she isn't going to cry out or ask for help or anything - especially right after she just asserted her personhood!

In her flailing and kicking, her hands push against the water enough to propel her a bit towards Butler. :smalleek::smallbiggrin: "I's swimming!"

Morty

2012-08-25, 07:18 AM

[Lake]

"Good luck to all of you, then. And you're welcome to stay here, of course." She's curious as to whether when Missy says "we" she means that she'll be the other adoptive parernt, but decides it'd be indiscreet to ask. She can't help but chuckle when Jefferies gets excited.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 08:02 AM

Lake

Missy wants to adopt Jefferies more than anything, but she's scared to ask. She's had one child taken from her. To lose another would be more than she could bear.

"Good for you, Slugger!" Missy cheers. There's time enough to teach her actual swimming. Let her get used to the water first. My lifeguard friend would tell me that this is not the correct way to teach children how to swim, but Missy isn't a lifeguard.

"Does dis mean I can use the Big Slide now?" Jefferies asks.

"Keep practising a little while first," Missy says. Then to Sophie again. "Thank you. I feel like I'm the one asking all the favours. Is there anything I can do to help you? Or GLoG? Do you get enough support from Remnant?" It's been a while since Remnant has had to dump a load of refugees on GLoG, but Missy's aware that it could happen again at any time.

Reinholdt

2012-08-25, 08:27 AM

Lake

"Good job ma'am." :smallbiggrin:
Butler gives her some sincere applause.

"I can show you the best way to float if you want ma'am." Butler offers. Presuming an affirmation, he'll move just a bit further in so he has to move his hands and feet in a steady motion as an example to keep afloat.

Morty

2012-08-25, 08:36 AM

Lake

"I think we're self-sufficient here at GLoG. But I'll keep that in mind if I or the organization ever need anything." As she speaks, Sophie joins Butler's applause. She does love children and likes Jefferies already.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 09:07 AM

Lake

Is he dogcatpaddling or floating horizontally? Either way, Jefferies will do her best to mimic him. "Dis is fun. I wished der was a lake at Remnant." Kind of hard to do with a flying base. "How does you go fast? I wanna learn to swim fast!"

"Jyarl said the first morning after he brought her home, he woke up to find her eating the dog's food - not just eating it, but feasting on it, as if she'd lucked out. And she kept expecting him to hit her. Not in a fearful way, just that she thought it was how things would be. It's really a blessing that she doesn't remember any specific details of her life before." Missy says.

Reinholdt

2012-08-25, 09:16 AM

Lake

Catpaddling, hence having to move arms and legs.

"Well swimming fast can be done in a few ways ma'am, but you gotta learn how to just plain swim first ma'am." Butler says. "But I hear wearing a red swimsuit helps you swim faster ma'am."

Butler will wait to see if she has the basics of staying afloat down first before moving on to the next part.

Morty

2012-08-25, 09:35 AM

[Lake]

Sophie is silent for a while. Just the way things are... yes, she's seen it before.
"Yes, I suppose it is a blessing. She seems really happy now. Things like that remind me there's a point to all this."

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 10:09 AM

Lake

Jefferies is horror struck. "Oh no! I only has a pink suit!" :smalleek:

"We're just lucky she got out at all." And here Missy relates the story of the tenement fire, with details not spelled out explicitly just in case Jefferies accidentally hears a bit, though it's not likely at all between the distance, the low voices on one end, and the splashing and normal voices on the other.

Brief details for anyone who wasn't following the thread at the time: Human supremacists torched a tenement house, then stood around with guns shooting people who tried to run. There weren't many survivors. In the Stories thread, the story "Futility" tells about Captain Jefferies, the firefighter who died rescuing the little orc.

Morty

2012-08-25, 11:06 AM

[Lake]

Sophie scowls when as she listens to Missy's story.
"It was them who did it? I ran into those maniacs once. But I expect Remnant has files on this."

Reinholdt

2012-08-25, 11:17 AM

Lake

"Well, pink is kind of like light red ma'am." Butler says. It sort of counts?

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 11:37 AM

Lake

"Oh! So I can go a little bit fast now and lots fast if I get a red suit?" Jefferies asks.

"Mhm. The same group that killed a Magtok while he was proposing to his girlfriend," Missy says. "The problem we have is that most of them aren't doing anything criminal, including the new leader. At least not where we can catch them."

Reinholdt

2012-08-25, 11:41 AM

Lake

"Yes ma'am." Butler affirms with a nod. This makes all the sense.

Morty

2012-08-25, 12:13 PM

[Lake]

"Unfortunately, being a specieist scumbag isn't a crime," Sophie says. "It seems there's nothing anyone can do, other than watch them in case they try something violent again."

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 01:06 PM

Lake

"Yay!" She's sure Missy will buy her a red suit if she asks nicely and doesn't say any more bad words today! :smallbiggrin:

More swimming happens, and eventually Missy decides that Jefferies can go on the Big Slide. "Sophie, can you and Butler wait at the bottom? I'll go down the slide with Jefferies."

Morty

2012-08-25, 01:15 PM

[Lake]

"Of course. Good luck!" Sophie says with a wave to Jefferies.

Reinholdt

2012-08-25, 01:18 PM

[Lake]

"Certainly ma'am." Butler says, swimming over to the appropriate spot. "Whenever you're ready ma'ams!" I think Jefferies has been ready for a while...

The Bushranger

2012-08-25, 01:59 PM

[Infirmary]

Alysha smiles and waves at both of them. Hey guys. I found a girl that seems to have some kind of memory issues, and I thought somebody here might be able to help. Alysha turns to where Yuki was standing, and finds her further down the hall. She'll call out to her.

Hey, Yuki. This is Quinn and her daughter Jamie. Quinn runs the infirmary here, and might be able to help you.

Infirmary

Yuki spins around and walks over with a smile on her face.

"Hello Quinn, I'm Yuki.

Yuki is dressed in a simple white robe that falls down to her just above her ankles. Quinn may have noticed the washed but still slightly visible blood stains on the back of it.

Quinn nods to Yuki, and her eyes widen a bit as she notes the stains. "It's good to meet you. Are you hurt?" the paladin/telepath asks, gently trying to steer Yuki torwards one of the medical beds.

Jamie, meanwhile, waves to Alysha to to come join her, Hadrian and Brinika!

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 02:20 PM

Lake

Jefferies is out of the water in a flash!

Or maybe not a flash. She doesn't seem to have acquired Red Suit Level swimming speed - or any swimming speed - yet. But once she splashes her way back to where her feet touch the bottom, she's running as fast as she can!

She climbs a few rungs of the ladder before Missy gets there, and as Missy does not want to use the few minutes of super-speed she can safely do without her power armour in catching up, she just bellows out for Jefferies to wait. Which Jefferies does, quivering in excitement.

Finally they climb up the ladder together, and sit at the top with Jefferies in Missy's lap. Jefferies looks down the loooong length of the slide. "I think dis might be a little scary for Master Chief."

"I bet. But not scary for you, right? Because you're strong and brave." Missy coaxes, knowing that Jefferies would far more regret backing out now than she would going for it.

"Dat's right! I is brave!" Jefferies says.

Missy takes that as her signal to push off.

"WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

"WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

McBish

2012-08-25, 03:40 PM

[Infirmary]

Quinn will find that Yuki does pretty much anything asked of her, so steering her towards the hospital beds is no problem.

"I was, but Alysha healed me. I am feeling much better now."

Morty

2012-08-25, 03:49 PM

[Lake]

Sophie watches with some amusement as Jefferies and Missy slide down.

The Bushranger

2012-08-25, 03:56 PM

[Infirmary]

"Ah, that's good to hear. I hope you won't mind if I take a look myself though? A second opinion is always good to have," Quinn says with a warm smile.

McBish

2012-08-25, 04:03 PM

[Infirmary]

"Of course. I appreciate your help."

Quinn seems pretty nice and Alysha seems to trust her so Yuki figures she must a good person. Of course Yuki is pretty trusting in general.

An quick inspection of her should revel that she has a few tenders spots on her ribs and a bump on her head. Oh and it looks like she until recently had a pair of wings on her back that have been violently ripped or cut off.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-25, 07:42 PM

From the Main Entrance, Justin Mine strolls right on in. He's enjoying himself, with full intent to get where he's going eventually, but he finds himself enjoying the nature. He's, literally, stopping to smell the flowers. Seems for once he's enjoying time off rather than looking for some new mission or quest or whatever. He's free to talk to just about anybody.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 08:15 PM

There are Applehills around that he could encounter. Or if he goes by the lake, he'll see Sophie, Butler, Jefferies, and Missy all swimming in the lake.

Lake

*SPLASH*

The force from the slide is enough to send Jefferies and Missy underwater, arm floaties and all, but Missy keeps her arm around Jefferies' waist and swims back up with her quickly. The water is very deep near the slide. Luckily the mermaid isn't attacking today.

Jefferies is all spluttering and flailing. Missy forgot to make sure she'd actually gotten her head underwater during the practice swim, so Jefferies was unprepared for this. As soon as she recovers, she shouts, "Let's go again!" :biggrin:

KerfuffleMach2

2012-08-25, 08:17 PM

[Infirmary]

After making sure that Yuki is set with Quinn, Alysha will join Jamie and friends.

Hey Jamie! What's up? Jamie might notice a distinct lacking of Alysha's usual black hoodie.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-25, 08:30 PM

Entrance

The Applehills are just the halflings he wanted to see actually. Justin makes his ambly way from the entrance to the Main Cabin to see if anyone from that family of cooking geniuses is around to chat.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 09:13 PM

Main Cabin

For fun, lets put all four Applehills in the cabin!

Pansy is in her halfling sized rocking chair, knitting. Lily is sitting nearby, playing with her Wolfen dolls. Brand is at the table kneading bread.

Tito is the first to notice him. "Hi Justin," he says with a smile. He's peeling potatoes. Once he speaks, the others all look up and greet him as well. :smallsmile:

OrchestraHc

2012-08-25, 09:34 PM

Main Cabin

"Hey you guys, it's been a bit." Justin says to the whole family at once. "How's it going? Anything interesting happen since the wedding?"

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 09:50 PM

Main Cabin

"I miss Waterstrider," Lily says. "And Renetta and Flamecrest. I wanted to go with them." :smallfrown:

Tito rolls his eyes and mouths the word "Stupid!" where his parents can't see, but Justin might.

"It's been quiet, and rather lovely," Brand says.

I just realized, the rescued slaves have not been posted for since their arrival. Have they assimilated? We'll never know unless we poke Earl and Alex!

OrchestraHc

2012-08-25, 10:36 PM

Main Cabin

((Definitely should do that later.))
Justin gives Tito a bit of a look. C'mon Tito, that's hardly worth an insult. "I'm sorry Lily. Grownups do really grownup things on Honeymoons. You probably would have been bored most of the time anyway." He (attemptedly) swipes a peeled potato from the (presumed) pile before taking a seat at the table. "Quiet is good to hear. Rare, even." He says before taking an absentminded munch out of the raw spud.

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 11:02 PM

Main Cabin

"Quiet is very good," Pansy agrees. The potato is swiped!

"But I wanted to meet his triiiiibe!" Lily whines. "I could have watched Flamecrest for them while they did grownup things."

"You know, Justin, there's actual food in the kitchen." Brand says.

"Yeah, there's applesauce and pasties and cold mutton and all sorts," Tito offers.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-25, 11:28 PM

Main Cabin

"Going to the kitchen would interrupt the conversation," Justin says, followed by a smile and a munch, "And I'd hate to be rude. Besides, my definition of food has never been what you might call strict. I've only discovered good food since I met you guys. And don't worry Lily, I'm sure you'll meet them someday. When they come back, a few might even come back with them. They might even bring back another baby."

happyturtle

2012-08-25, 11:49 PM

Main Cabin

Lily goes O_O

Then =D

"A new little welfen cub? They will? Oh Flamecrest will be so happy to have a baby brother or sister! I hope she has a little brother, then it'll be just like me and Tito, only backwards! Mommy! I need a new welfen doll to be the new cub!" :smallbiggrin:

"Oh dear, Justin, now you've done it," Brand says, with a rueful chuckle. "You planted a seed, and it's already growing."

"Lily, honey, they might have a baby. That doesn't mean they will. You never know when a baby will come. Sometimes it takes a long time." Pansy says.

"I wish we would get another baby," she says. "Its been soooo long since I first wished!"

"I'd like another brother or sister," Tito says quietly, looking intently down at the potato he's peeling as he speaks. Brand and Pansy meet each other's eyes with an expression that conveys affection, amusement, and sadness all at once. They don't plan on having any more children, or at least not for some time. They have their two children in existence to focus on, and they know how demanding a new baby can be. If it made either child feel neglected, it might make the old trauma resurface.

"Just because you ate bad before is no excuse to eat poorly now," Brand says, to change the subject. "Come now, Pansy can make you a sandwich in two shakes. I'd do it myself, but..." he raises his hands, covered in flour and bits of bread dough.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-26, 12:32 AM

Main Cabin

"So that's where you got those dolls." He knew those probably weren't something you buy from Mallside.

The look between Pansy and brand doesn't say all that to Justin, but it says more than enough. Kids are not an option at the moment and Brand wants to change the subject.

"I wouldn't say bad. More like sixteen years of hydroponic and bland and only one year of actual 'bad'," he says placing the "bad" in air quotes. "And I don't want to waste your time on a sandwich. I could make my own sandwich, theoretically." He hasn't had access to actual bread or cheese before, but the general steps are universal, right? Bread, cheese, meat, condiment, bread.

happyturtle

2012-08-26, 01:25 AM

Main Cabin

Before Justin has finished speaking, Pansy has gotten out of her chair, stopped to step on tiptoe and pat Justin on the cheek, and then headed to the kitchen.

"Daddy's sandwiches are better than Mommy's, but hers are better than anyone else's except Daddy's," Tito says.

"It won't be the best though," Lily says. "She won't caramelize the onions and do the mushroom gravy, because that takes longer."

"There's some gravy left over from..."

"Nuh-uh. I had it with second breakfast." Lily said. "Sorry Justin. If I'd known you were coming, I'd have saved it for you." :smallfrown:

"Don't worry, Leelee. I'll do up some onions special for Justin sometime."

"You do really good caramelized onions," Lily says to Tito.

"Do you swim, Justin? The weather's been perfect."

Reinholdt

2012-08-26, 01:35 AM

Lake

Butler scared the mermaid off, lest she get eaten.
*nod nod*

"Very good ma'am." Butler says, reference Jefferies recovery. He'll watch them go down the slide however many times they end up going. Lots I presume, if Jefferies has her way.

happyturtle

2012-08-26, 01:47 AM

Lake

Three more times with Missy, then she wants Butler and then Sophie to slide with her. Then she's ready to try it by herself. Then...

... suffice it to say, she'll probably be going as long as three adults, all three of whom are in excellent physical fitness, are able to keep up with her.

She'll sleep very soundly tonight.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-26, 02:07 AM

happyturtle

2012-08-26, 02:16 AM

Main Cabin

"It's the funny thing about you humans," Tito says. "You don't eat enough."

"Yeah," Lily chimes in. "Second breakfast comes after breakfast."

"Then there's elevenses. Luncheon. Afternoon Tea. Dinner. And Supper."

"And pudding."

"But pudding isn't separate. It goes with afternoon tea, dinner, and supper."

"And sometimes second breakfast."

"Mhm. Oooh, do you know if there are any lemons at the Market, Justin? We couldn't find them last time."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-26, 02:44 AM

[Main Cabin]

"I don't go food shopping that often, but I'd be happy to help you look," Justin says as he processes this new food information. "Okay, so: Are you talking about pudding like the snack in the plastic cup," he says imitating the removal of the wrapper, "aren't Dinner and Supper the same thing, and are you just making up elevenses to mess with me?"

Mina Kobold

2012-08-26, 05:18 AM

{Tree}

Oh. Well, I found your nurse here by our infirmary. And we have a MedLab that way. she points toward the MedLab. If you go to the MedLab, you'll be looking for Tobias. Beware of the mini-dinos there. The pink one bites, and the green one with a shell spits.

If you go back to the infirmary, you'll want to talk to Quinn. I suggest the MedLab, actually. Tobias is more stable. Vidalia nods her head.

Lucy listens carefully to Vidalia's explanation, chiming in when the vine-person finishes.

"I am in need of employment myself, actually. I would believe an infirmary a good choice for seeking it, but I am unsure of what a Medlab is. I presume it has to do with Medicinal sciences, but I could be mistaken"

happyturtle

2012-08-26, 05:56 AM

Main Cabin

The children look mystified. Brand disgusted. "Pudding simply means 'dessert'. But what you call 'pudding', I would call penance. It's vile. Truly vile. But there really are 7 meals in a day. I'm not sure anyone but us eats at them all."

"Not even the Wolfen do," Lily says. "They go and kill a deer and eat a whole bunch without even cooking it, then have a long nap, and don't eat again the rest of the day, except maybe a snack. That's the worst part about when I become a Wolfen. I don't want to eat raw meat."

"You're not going to become a Wolfen!" Tito snaps at his sister. They'd been getting on so well up until now too. "You're a halfling. You have to stay a halfling."

"Renetta didn't stay an elf!" Lily retorts.

Pansy to the rescue! The sandwich, she returns with, though lacking in onion gravy, has three kinds of cold meat, two kinds of cheese, lettuce, mayo, pickles, tomatoes, yellow peppers, red onions, and black olives. And of course it's served on a homemade bun that was baked only yesterday and is absolutely massive. "I'm sorry the bread is a day old. We haven't finished the baking today," she says. She also sets a bowl of cherries down on the table, and the kids come along and start eating it. "Slow down, you two. Save some for Justin."

"And me!" Brand says. He's finished the kneading, and puts the bread back in the bowl, covers it, and sets it on a shelf near the fireplace for rising. "I just have to wash my hands." As he walks past, Pansy holds up a cherry for him to catch in his mouth.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-26, 10:31 AM

Main Cabin

Justin takes his experimental bite into his sandwich. "I tekk it beck," he says, mouth half full. He swallows and finishes what he was about to say, "I can't make a sandwich. If this is what a sandwich is, I couldn't possibly make one. And please don't apologize, Pansy. It's not like I was expected."

His mind wanders on the transformation as he eats. "Why wouldn't you want to stay a halfling Lily? You're pretty great from what I've seen."

Morty

2012-08-26, 10:33 AM

Lex-Kat

2012-08-26, 11:57 AM

Near a Tree}

Lucy listens carefully to Vidalia's explanation, chiming in when the vine-person finishes.

"I am in need of employment myself, actually. I would believe an infirmary a good choice for seeking it, but I am unsure of what a Medlab is. I presume it has to do with Medicinal sciences, but I could be mistaken"

Vidalia nods. I believe you are correct.

Reinholdt

2012-08-26, 12:15 PM

Lake

Butler will be happy to slide with Jeffries, though it can be rough on his tail. Stupid slides not taking tails into account.

When all is said and done, Butler will wish them well and hope they come back again.

happyturtle

2012-08-26, 12:27 PM

Lake!

Jefferies will suggest they go down on Butler's belly then, of course!

Eventually, exhausted, the swimming party reaches shore. If anyone else would like to meet Jefferies or Missy, interaction is open.

Main Cabin

"That's not the best sandwich. The best one is with the onion gravy, and with the bacon drippings brushed on the bread instead of mayonnaise," Tito says.

"I want to be a Wolfen so I can marry Pathfinder when I grow up! Or maybe another Wolfen, if Pathfinder marries Reelshka first, but I wanted to marry Pathfinder before she did." There is a pout here. Epic grade pout!

DoomITP

2012-08-26, 04:45 PM

Morty

2012-08-26, 06:24 PM

OrchestraHc

2012-08-26, 06:40 PM

Main Cabin

"That's not the best sandwich. The best one is with the onion gravy, and with the bacon drippings brushed on the bread instead of mayonnaise," Tito says.

"I want to be a Wolfen so I can marry Pathfinder when I grow up! Or maybe another Wolfen, if Pathfinder marries Reelshka first, but I wanted to marry Pathfinder before she did." There is a pout here. Epic grade pout!

Main Cabin

Justin and his player have gained a knew appreciation for sandwiches today. He answers Lily between bites of the second best sandwich. There's a clever puppy love pun he could make, but his player isn't smart enough to think of one. "But when you grow up, Pathfinder will be even more grown up. Do you have to marry a Wolfen?"

Hattish Thing

2012-08-26, 06:43 PM

Outside Camp

A very strange looking man in a pair of jeans and a ragged blue shirt. He has light blue eyes, and a shy smile. He seems lost, like a tourist in a strange new place.

happyturtle

2012-08-27, 02:54 PM

[Lake!]

"So, how do you like it here?" Sophie asks Jefferies once everyone is back on the shore. Nicholas walks around the party warily.
They're all wet. So they can get water on him. This isn't good. =x

"Dis so fun! I want to come here ebry day!" Jefferies says.

Main Cabin

Justin and his player have gained a knew appreciation for sandwiches today. He answers Lily between bites of the second best sandwich. There's a clever puppy love pun he could make, but his player isn't smart enough to think of one. "But when you grow up, Pathfinder will be even more grown up. Do you have to marry a Wolfen?"

"I want to marry a Wolfen!" Lily says. "So I have to!" This makes perfect sense.

Mindfreak

2012-08-27, 02:58 PM

Near a Tree}

Vidalia nods. I believe you are correct.
Tree
Bill thinks.
"I do not know which one I'd be better suited for..."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-27, 08:02 PM

"I want to marry a Wolfen!" Lily says. "So I have to!" This makes perfect sense.

Main Cabin

"Yeah, but-" Wait! Justin, you are about to enter an argument with a seven year old about love. Does this seem wise? Justin wisely takes a bite into his sandwich rather than continue that sentence. "So, bacon drippings? Like the grease from the pan?"

happyturtle

2012-08-27, 08:05 PM

Main Cabin

"Oh yes... you never want to waste the drippings!" Tito says. "Never ever, no matter what meat it comes from. That's where all the flavour is."

"Don't forget the bones. There's a lot of flavour there too," Lily says. "I've seen Pathfinder break the bones and suck out the marrow."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-27, 08:37 PM

Main Cabin

"Didn't know about the drippings, but I knew about the bones," Justin says, slowly nearing the end of the second best sandwich. "Not the marrow thing, but that you can make soup from the bones." Pretty easy way to get something flavorful back in the wastes. Though desperation occasionally lead to five times reboiled bones. "Did your parents teach you all this, or did you just pick it up?" To Justin, these kids are incredibly knowledgeable about cooking.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-27, 10:40 PM

Uh... Valaria, where did you get that bottled joy?

Zero asks as he realizes what the bottled joy really was.

[Maple Cabin]

"Nuh-uh! I can't blab about that! Loose lips sink ships, you know what I mean? And this is one ship that doesn't need to be sunk! So sorry, but I can't bring you up to speed on this!"

"I don't break promises. I keep secrets! But you know what?"

"I could be persuaded otherwise. For you. By you."

Valaria replies, leaning in close to Zero. She's already dropped him a clue about where she bought the bottled joy, though she was very cagey in doing so.

She casts a kittenish smile upon Zero. Edging nearer and nearer to him, she parts her lips and whispers one sly sentence more.

"And don't act like you don't know what I want from you."

Mina Kobold

2012-08-28, 12:17 AM

Tree
Bill thinks.
"I do not know which one I'd be better suited for..."

[Tree]

Lucy nods in agreement.

"I do not either, perhaps touring the options would be in order?"

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 08:12 AM

Morty

2012-08-28, 08:22 AM

"Dis so fun! I want to come here ebry day!" Jefferies says.

"And we'll be happy to have you here," Sophie says. "Well, it's been fun but I have some work to do. See you," she says before picking up her things - and Nicholas - and heading back to Maple Cabin.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 11:48 AM

Main Cabin

"As soon as they could sit up, I had them on the kitchen table while we worked," Pansy says. "Some of it was deliberately taught, but most of it they just picked up on their own."

"Tito is a better cook than me," Lily says.

"That's cause you don't pay attention."

"Mhm," Lily agrees. "I forget and stuff gets burnt. Oooh! We should teach Justin to cook! Then he can cook stuff for the girl he likes and get a girlfriend!"

Main Cabin

Justin did not expect Lily to say anything like that, especially following the reasonable "teach [him] to cook" idea. "Haha! What, you assume I don't have a girlfriend?" he asks, leaning forward with an obviously not angry expression. "I don't, but whatever. That's actually a great idea Lily. Sounds fun. The cooking, I mean."

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 11:54 AM

Main Cabin

"Because if you had a girlfriend, you would have let me meet her!" Lily says. Logic! "Do you like human girls like you? Oooh, if she's human, she won't know how to cook either! We can teach both of you together!"

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 12:59 PM

Main Cabin

He also would have brought her to the wedding. "I like human girls, but there were only humans where I'm from." not technically true, but he's not getting into that in now. "And wouldn't the lessons be to impress her? How can I impress her if she's as good as me?"

DoomITP

2012-08-28, 01:55 PM

[Maple Cabin]

"Nuh-uh! I can't blab about that! Loose lips sink ships, you know what I mean? And this is one ship that doesn't need to be sunk! So sorry, but I can't bring you up to speed on this!"

"I don't break promises. I keep secrets! But you know what?"

"I could be persuaded otherwise. For you. By you."

Valaria replies, leaning in close to Zero. She's already dropped him a clue about where she bought the bottled joy, though she was very cagey in doing so.

She casts a kittenish smile upon Zero. Edging nearer and nearer to him, she parts her lips and whispers one sly sentence more.

"And don't act like you don't know what I want from you."

Zero will attempt to kiss Valaria.

I only ask because that sort of thing tends to involve not following through on the whole redemption thing.

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 04:07 PM

Main Cabin

"You always come early and get sneaky-peaky lessons!" Lily says. "Then she'll fall in love with you so much, and we'll make another wedding feast just like Waterstrider's, only better because Tito made something last week with almonds and pears that was really yummy and he didn't know how to make it then. And if we can get lemons for lemon meringue pie, it will be even better!"

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 04:28 PM

Main Cabin

"You clearly have this all thought out," Justin concedes. Lily is clearly some sort of romantic genius. "It's all sort of moot, though, 'cause, I don't have any girls I like right now." A kink in an otherwise flawless plan.

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 04:40 PM

Main Cabin

"But there are girls here you can meet! Lots of them!" Lily says.

The Bushranger

2012-08-28, 05:11 PM

((Sorry for the delay. Muse packed up on me for a few days. >.<))

[Infirmary]

"Of course. I appreciate your help."

Quinn seems pretty nice and Alysha seems to trust her so Yuki figures she must a good person. Of course Yuki is pretty trusting in general.

An quick inspection of her should revel that she has a few tenders spots on her ribs and a bump on her head. Oh and it looks like she until recently had a pair of wings on her back that have been violently ripped or cut off.

Quinn frowns, appling a Lay On Hands to the bumps and lumps...then frowns more.
"Do you have any idea who did this to you?"

===

[Infirmary]

After making sure that Yuki is set with Quinn, Alysha will join Jamie and friends.

Hey Jamie! What's up? Jamie might notice a distinct lacking of Alysha's usual black hoodie.

"Not much. I've got a little brother now though!" Jamie grins. "What happened to your hoodie?"

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 05:46 PM

Main Cabin

"Really? Little girls your age or grown up girls?" Justin asks.

McBish

2012-08-28, 05:57 PM

[Infirmary]

Yuki frowns and shakes her head.

"I don't even remember it happening. I just remember walking through the woods."

Even waking up on the ground was a bit blurry. Frustrated her hands curl up into fists and she looks down at the ground.

Lex-Kat

2012-08-28, 06:14 PM

[Tree]

Bill thinks.
"I do not know which one I'd be better suited for..."

Lucy nods in agreement.

"I do not either, perhaps touring the options would be in order?"

A... tour? You want me to give you a tour? Hmmm.... Vidalia makes as if thinking about it. I mean... I could. Don't get me wrong. How's fifteen gold sound?

Hattish Thing

2012-08-28, 06:19 PM

Marty's Cabin

The rather shy young man finally pops out of his cabin. He hadn't really gone out much since his surgery and the discovery of more of those strange cuts across his wrist. Marty shyly walks out into the sunlight and heads over to the old picnic spot he had, overlooking the water.

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 07:00 PM

Main Cabin

"Really? Little girls your age or grown up girls?" Justin asks.

"Both," Lily says. "Grown-up girls are... um... " she realizes most of the grownup girl are coupled up already. "... there's Sophie! And, um... Kate! But don't go out on a date with Vidalia. She's mean."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 07:22 PM

Main Cabin

"Sophie and Kate, but Vidalia is mean. Got it." Justin sort of expected it. He knew she probably wouldn't have a list of girls his age. "Maybe I will ask one of them out, but let's put romantic plans on hold for a bit."

happyturtle

2012-08-28, 07:39 PM

Main Cabin

Lily pouts. "That's no fun!"

Brand laughs. "Don't worry, punkin. Justin will find someone when he's ready. Do you need another sandwich?" He asks Justin.

"Can I have a sandwich?" Lily asks.

"You can go and make your own. You've been playing all morning," Pansy says. "And since Tito is working, you can make one for him too."

Lily starts to whine, but when she sees Tito perk up, she realizes that making two sandwiches really is the better end of the deal compared to peeling potatoes for an hour and slinks off to the kitchen.

KerfuffleMach2

2012-08-28, 08:25 PM

[Infirmary - Jamie]

Alysha's eyes widen and her mouth forms one of the largest smiles she's had to date. She gives a squeal of glee and jumps in place.

Obviously, she excited about this new development.

A little brother? That's awesome! What's his name? How old is he? Is he here? Can I see him?

At the question, Alysha seems confused for a brief moment. She looks down at herself, thinks, then snaps her fingers as she remembers.

That's right! I rented a room in Trog's so Yuki could take a shower and I could try to wash her clothes, which didn't work out that well, and I must have left my hoodie there!

OrchestraHc

2012-08-28, 08:37 PM

Main Cabin

"No, that one was plenty, and delicious. Thank you, both," Justin thanks Brand for asking and Pansy for making it. "That got a little sidetracked by Lily's love bug, but learning to cook isn't a bad idea. Would one of you be willing teach me?"

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 02:29 AM

Main Cabin

All three halflings in the room answer at once - variants of 'Yes, of course'. "You can stop by any time. One of us is almost always in the kitchen," Brand says. Then after some consideration. "Did you ever find a place to stay? You know you're always welcome here."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 06:43 AM

Main Cabin

"Thank you. And yeah, I found a half-decent place in Inside. It's not a traditional home, but it has what I need. I just cleaned it up, actually."

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 07:03 AM

Main Cabin

"Oh that's wonderful!" Pansy says. "Do you need any help getting set up? Is your larder stocked?"

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 07:32 AM

Main Cabin

"Not unless one of you knows how to fix a floor buffer," Justin jokes. He stops for a second to guess the definition of larder. Larder, fat, grease. Stocked. Food stores, maybe? "I don't need much of a larder. It's just me, and I eat day by day anyway."

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 07:50 AM

Mindfreak

2012-08-29, 08:30 AM

[Tree]

A... tour? You want me to give you a tour? Hmmm.... Vidalia makes as if thinking about it. I mean... I could. Don't get me wrong. How's fifteen gold sound?
Tree
"Hmm...I dunno. How does no sound?"
"I'm not going to pay for a tour, I'd rather walk around and figure things out on my own."

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 09:51 AM

Main Cabin

"Until Lily finds you a girlfriend," Brand quips. "It's always good to have some food stores, in case there's a storm or something that keeps you from getting out. But I'm afraid I've never heard of a floor buffer. Is that like a mop? If you need cleaning up done, I've got a pair of little monkeys here who will do good work and take ice cream in wages."

"Sure! We can help out," Tito says. "It has to be the good ice cream though, with the nuts and bananas and stuff."

Main Cabin

"I've got an emergency stash for if I can't get food," Justin says patting his ever present yet seldom remembered dufflebag. Aside from the bags of various objects, treasure, and cash, he's got more than enough candy, chips and soda to last him. "A floor buffer is sort of like a mop, don't worry about it. I could use some helping hands, though. Does Dana's Place count as the good stuff?"

Mina Kobold

2012-08-29, 11:30 AM

[Tree]
A... tour? You want me to give you a tour? Hmmm.... Vidalia makes as if thinking about it. I mean... I could. Don't get me wrong. How's fifteen gold sound?

Lucy quickly shakes her head in response, clarifying with an apologetic tone.

"My apologies, my vernacular is much improper for these times. I was referring to the act of exploration, not to guided tours."

Smiling, again apologetic, Lucy's eyes brighten in realisation. Quizzically, the living-impaired nurse continues.

"The local coin is named Gold? Great heights, I did not even think of that. Luck be with me that I could pay at the Tavern with Dollars."

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 12:29 PM

Main Cabin

"I've got an emergency stash for if I can't get food," Justin says patting his ever present yet seldom remembered dufflebag. Aside from the bags of various objects, treasure, and cash, he's got more than enough candy, chips and soda to last him. "A floor buffer is sort of like a mop, don't worry about it. I could use some helping hands, though. Does Dana's Place count as the good stuff?"

"Yes!" Tito says enthusiastically. "I love Dana's!"

"Just name the day and time. I can bring them by whenever you like," Brand says.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 01:30 PM

Main Cabin

"Day after tomorrow, sometime I won't make them miss too many meals." It's so much easier on the three meal system. "We'll see what we can get done, and then Dana's. Heh. It might involve ice cream, but I feel a little bad making plans behind Lily's back."

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 01:32 PM

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 02:02 PM

Main Cabin

"Don't worry, I'll pack meals for them. We can't expect you to feed our brood," Pansy says.

Lily returns with the sandwiches for her and her brother. "Plans for what behind my back?"

Tito takes a huge bite out of his sandwich and talks with his mouth full. "We're going to help Justin clean his new place and then he's going to take us to Dana's!"

Lily jumps up and down and claps. "Yay!"

Elsewhere

A plot clone of Brand is looking for Reelshka.

Morty

2012-08-29, 02:13 PM

[Mushroom Cellar]

Brand can find Reelshka there, sitting inside and scribbling something on her notepad.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 02:13 PM

Zero will attempt to kiss Valaria.

I only ask because that sort of thing tends to involve not following through on the whole redemption thing.

[Maple Cabin]

Valaira is kissed! Valaira is pleased about being kissed! And afterward Valaira is, last but not least, unresponsive. Totally unresponsive.

Valaira? Valaaaaira? Yoo-hoo? Anybody home? Yep! She's out of it! O-u-t out! Wait! She's trying to say something!

"So... We kissed. I'll answer your question and..."

"Then we're supposed to...kiss again? Wait..."

Valaria flips through a book on relationships that has materialized out of thin air and skims through a passage or two.

"..."

"Really? Huh! I wouldn't have guessed that!"

"Anywaaay, I purchased it from this guy at the docks. It doesn't do anything bad to the body, so we decided not to take the guy's suppliers down."

"That good enough? If that's good enough, the book says we need to kiss again now."

Valaira holds the book aloft, pointing to a section highlighted in yellow written about prolonged dating and reuniting after a long period of time.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 02:20 PM

Rowan Cabin

A half gold dragon walks up to Rowan cabin and knocks on the door. The residents of the house don't know any gold dragons... or rather they didn't until about midnight last night when Kate was turned into one. Kate is here to see Julie and unwind after waking up a half-dragon and then hunting down the thing that did it and vaporizing it with a laser.

Copi is off somewhere else right now. Not sure where.

Rowan Cabin

Julie opens the door, having been expecting Kate to show up, and half expecting some kind of Nexus weirdness to have followed her, but nothing this bad.

The glowing hair still gives it away as Kate though, and the fashion sense, "Right, so you're the chosen one of an ancient race of flying lizardpeople and must avenge them of their curse of undeath, somehow?" Her first guess, while horribly outlandish, is completely in line with what she knows about Kate's life so far. This has just gotten to the point of lunacy now.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 02:26 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Nope, while I was sleeping last night a Kami, some kind of spirit, manifested after drawing energy from all the madness that has happened to me and turned me into a half-dragon and my roommate into a Grig. On a completely unrelated angle, I have been notified that I'm a high priestess."

Now the question is, does this make more or less sense than what Julie guessed?

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 02:34 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Well if it's unrelated then I suppose it's okay. Come on in Kate, I've got something for you that is exactly related to this crap." She heads straight for her bedroom, stopping for nothing along the way and expecting Kate to follow her.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 02:40 PM

DoomITP

2012-08-29, 02:45 PM

Zero raises his eye brows at the book but attempts to kiss Valaria anyway.

I really missed you.

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 03:15 PM

[Mushroom Cellar]

Brand can find Reelshka there, sitting inside and scribbling something on her notepad.

"Knock knock. Are you free?" Brand asks.

Morty

2012-08-29, 03:23 PM

[Mushroom Cabin]

Reelshka looks up. "Oh. Hello, Brand. Yes, I'm free. Are you here about my proposal?"

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 03:32 PM

Mushroom Cabin

"I am, yes. I've decided to accept it," Brand says.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 03:35 PM

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 03:38 PM

Rowan Cabin

Julie will probably notice (or suspect) that Kate is wearing clothes changed to allow a tail and wings. Which implies that she got her hands on these somehow?

In any case, Kate follows with some confusion. She's not sure what Julie would have that fits the situation so well, but she isn't the sort to say that things are connected when they aren't.

Rowan Cabin

Julie fishes around in a large steamer trunk she pulls out from the depths of her closet for a while, remaining silent and leaving Kate to her confusion. After finally sifting through all the scarves and bottles of contraband liquor, she hauls out a jar with a glowing purple wisp of smokey light inside.

"Here we are Kate, this is a poe. It is to a soul what tofu is to meat, almost literally. Vegetarian succubi came up with them, and started making them out of crushed asphodel seeds. The main point is that it acts and functions as a real soul for complicated, finnicky things that require souls as fuel, so I traded off for one with an old acquaintance when I thought of what was happening to you in your everyday life. To put it bluntly Kate, your life is only getting weirder fast, and you're in serious danger of breaking in a way that can't be fixed properly. You need a break, and I want to give you one." And Julie stops talking for a moment, and casts her hands out at Kate.

Three things should happen in sequence. Kate should feel a tight squeezing on her skin as Julie's telekinesis holds her in place for just an instant. There should be a brief moment of disorientation. And Kate should find herself in a body she may no longer recognize.

That being the body she was born with, or at least as close to it as Julie's memory can possibly manage with the aid of Nathan's memory enhancing tech. The poe in the jar Julie is holding is gone, and Kate's eyes, legs, skin, hair, and just about everything should be back to normal.

Morty

2012-08-29, 03:41 PM

Mushroom Cabin

"I am, yes. I've decided to accept it," Brand says.

Reelshka smiles brightly.
"I'm really glad to hear it. You'll make a great Councilor. Is there anything you want to know about your new position?"

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 03:44 PM

Mushroom Cabin

Councillor training montage?

I can't think of anything he'd ask, but I'm sure he can. The fact that he and Pansy jumped in and started working for the camp from the time they arrived probably means he has fewer questions than most would in his position.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 03:45 PM

Rowan Cabin

what
the
even
new
clothes
hair
history
body
scales
bones
skin
eyes
.-.

Kate finds herself in front of the nearest mirror, having little to no clue what just happened and with a look on her face that looks like she doesn't quite know whether to react to this with elation or a total mental breakdown.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 04:00 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Kate, you're now in possession of a second body, completely separate from your first. I did this for Eric using his stupid powerful far abilities when he still had them, and he did the same for me, but it's possible to do it just psionics if you have something to shape. Since I don't leave a 50kg bag of meat and blood lying around, I used souls back when I was pulling underworld duty. Your other body and everything in it is still there, it's just taking a break in stasis, floating around with you. I can switch you back when you want, or I can give you a crash course on switching yourself if you have the time. Copi is proof positive that you have some talent for psionics somewhere in your head." Julie decides explaining everything as clearly as possible is the best bet. She knows that operating on a policy of "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission" has gotten her in trouble before, but she'd hope that giving Kate a reprieve from the insanity that is her life won't be such a case.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 04:16 PM

Rowan Cabin

"I need to sit down."

Kate will then go into the living room and flop (not sit, oddly) onto the couch. She will then stay there for a minute moving her arms occasionally to be more comfortable while her mind busily goes about not completely unhinging.

Or maybe her mind is turning off for a bit for the first relaxation it's had in far too long, what with all the madness.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 04:24 PM

Rowan Cabin

After a few minutes, Julie comes out of her room, sans soul jar, with a trashy romance novel. She sits and thumbs open to a page to give herself something to read and mock while she lets Kate adjust physically and mentally. She's expecting it to take a long while, so she doesn't want to put any more pressure on Kate while it's happening.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 04:30 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate takes several minutes before getting up, and it looks kind of like someone getting up from a power nap as opposed to someone who just flopped on the couch seeking snugly and simple temporary stress relief.

"Julie... first of all, thank you. I mean... thank you. But please, please, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE warn me if you're ever going to do that again. For a half a second my mind was convinced that the insanity that I've been living for the last year and a bit had all been temporary insanity that I had just woken up from and that my life was a lie and I was either about to wake from the wierdest dream EVER or come to my senses in a padded room."

...ooh...

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 04:37 PM

Rowan Cabin

Julie looks up from her smut, looking at Kate intently, "If I'd told you the whole story in the first place and left it up to you, was there even a chance you'd say yes and let someone else change you even further, even if it was back to the way things were?" She didn't really think so, but she's been wrong enough times in the past to admit to her screwups in the present.

"If so, then I'm sorry. I could just see you... coming apart at the seams I guess, and I felt it was time for a little mending and patching here and there. Maybe it shouldn't have been for me to decide."

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 04:50 PM

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 04:51 PM

Main Cabin

"Don't worry, I'll pack meals for them. We can't expect you to feed our brood," Pansy says.

Lily returns with the sandwiches for her and her brother. "Plans for what behind my back?"

Tito takes a huge bite out of his sandwich and talks with his mouth full. "We're going to help Justin clean his new place and then he's going to take us to Dana's!"

Lily jumps up and down and claps. "Yay!"

Main Cabin

"Yeah, but before I accidentally mislead you, my place is really big," He doesn't want them to hate him for not letting them know. "My room is fine, but what I need help with is this big single main room. Also, it's not exactly a house."

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 05:07 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Yeah, yeah, I understand that. And... you know, I might have. I mean, just the other night I let a god give me dream help. I can feel myself coming apart at the seams, too... or coming apart and then coming back together in a way that makes less sense but is somehow more stable. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like a... you know, relatively normal person, and then just the right thing happens and I'm on top of a wall crying to myself after almost kicking in someone's ribs."

Wait, what?

"It all boils down to some kind of identity crisis, I think, but I don't know what to make of the crisis itself."

Rowan Cabin

"Well take some time and figure it out. Be Kate Kyland, or be Kate Dragonfeywarriorpriestess Kyland, or just relax. Figure out where you want to go, who you want to be, and what you want to do, then damn well do it. You've been pulled apart by so many crazy people that I've had to play spot the difference every time you showed up to my door and... I guess I was getting tired of it. I just want you to have a chance to say no, and get a hold on your life before the Nexus makes you its queen of the odd once and for all."

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 05:15 PM

Rowan Cabin

"As I said, I appreciate it. I really do. Do you know how many times I've said to myself, "I kind of wish I could switch between normal mode and power mode at will"? Fifteen. At least. Don't ask why I'm counting."

"But really, I won't get much use out of it in the immediate future because my wardrobe was mercifully altered by my god so I could actually wear clothes, as opposed to having to fake it until I managed to get someone to make me a few sets of dragon clothes. It's a pity, really."

Sometimes Reality just likes to make Kate's blessings bite her. It's not even my fault. Yet.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 05:29 PM

Rowan Cabin

Julie snaps closed her book with a flat, unimpressed look, "Kate, you do know who you're talking to, right? I didn't end up scrambling your brains and making you forget who I am? Do you honestly think I would go to the trouble of acquiring a tofu soul and wouldn't think that maybe those legs or crazy third arm of yours wouldn't throw off your measurements?" Julie makes a point of snapping her fingers and an open wardrobe fireports into the living room, facing the coffee table so that they can both look into it.

"I also baked my first coffee cake to celebrate the occasion. Want to try some?" She says as if she didn't just gift Kate a massive oak wardrobe full of clothes perfectly tailored to her new form. Clothes that are exactly what she knows Kate wears. Shirts, both long sleeve and short, in breezy cotton and heavier wool and all in sensible, non-flamboyant colours. And each and every gods-damned one of them has a stripe that contrasts perfectly with its main colour. Normally cut pants, flat shoes without any heels or embellishment. It's almost painfully plain in Julie's opinion, but it's what she knows for a fact Kate likes.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 05:41 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate is... impressed. Just, wow. Kate gives a little bit of applause to tide her over until she finds her voice.

"Sure, some coffee cake would be nice. While we're at it, I can tell you about something that I think you should hear."

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 05:45 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Go ahead and shoot. I'll just be a second with the cake." Julie heads for the attached kitchenette while motioning for Kate to talk as much as she wants.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 06:29 PM

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 07:24 PM

Main Cabin

"Yeah, but before I accidentally mislead you, my place is really big," He doesn't want them to hate him for not letting them know. "My room is fine, but what I need help with is this big single main room. Also, it's not exactly a house."

"Oooh! It's a castle isn't it? A big castle with a moat and roses!" Lily conjectures.

"Don't worry, Justin. If we don't get it done in one day, at least itll be a start," Brand says.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 07:36 PM

Main Cabin

"Thank you, I've managed to get the surface level of badness up, but everything below that is sort of ground in." Justin tells Brand. "And not exactly, Lily. Where I live... probably counts as the exact opposite of a castle," he answers between laughs, "Do any of you know what bowling is?"

Gullara

2012-08-29, 07:45 PM

Front entrance

A day or two after the current scene that Copi is at GLoG but not actually in the scene right now, Copi walks up to GLoG leading a Kitsune named Kitty.

Yes, that sentence does make sense.

[Front Entrance]

Kitty (http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx135/oots12321/Kitty4.png) looks around with interest. "A campground, huh? That's pretty cool. You said they run a charity out of here?" She's looking around for the place that'd be most likely to have food...

happyturtle

2012-08-29, 07:48 PM

Main Cabin

"Lawn bowls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls)? With balls and a jack?" Tito asks. :smallconfused: How could anyone live on a bowling green?

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 07:52 PM

Front Entrance

"They have housing and food for people who need it. I'm not a member, personally, but I am familiar with some of the members, and it's better than living on the streets of inside. There's the main cabin; that's where the kitchen is."

She points at the structure and starts toward it, but is ready to move faster if Kitty starts rushing.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 07:52 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Okay, so you know how I said that I was a priestess? The god in question is named Cosiellio, and he's done me a lot of favors so I want to help him a bit back. He's a new god, to the point that I'm his high priestess and only priesthood member that he's ever had. And only that because apparently it defaults to their first real follower ever."

Rowan Cabin

Julie stops on her way back with the cake, looking dumbstruck.

A moment passes, then two. Then... "Kate, are you Witnessing for this guy?" Julie breaks out into miniature hysterics.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-29, 08:00 PM

Main Cabin

"There's no jacks or lawns in this bowling so, probably not?" Justin answers, yet says it like a question. "It's an indoor game. You roll a ball down a wooden lane and knock over pins. Long story short, I live in a hall for playing that game." He has yet to mention that it was abandoned, but he has to release the info slowly. He actually cares what this family thinks of him, for some reason.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 08:00 PM

Rowan Cabin

Kate shrugs. She tries to smile along with the situation, but it's all too awkward for her to do a non-awkward smile. "Yeah, guilty as charged. He has done a lot to help me, though, like when I woke up this morning I not only had a draconic body but some dragon in my mind. He was not only kind enough to fix that but re-make my wardrobe for my new body type, and gave Sophie clothes now that she's a grig. He did say that he expected me to spread it around a bit in exchange, and honestly he deserves it." While she normally wouldn't be talking about this, she is honest and thinks Cos deserves better than what he has.

Gullara

2012-08-29, 08:10 PM

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 08:13 PM

Rowan Cabin

The giggles take a while to subside as Julie sets a piece of cake in front of Kate and sits down opposite her, "Yes, well, he might be a great guy and all, but my body is on indefinite loan from Hades as you might remember, so I'm afraid I'd be hurting his feelings if I started kneeling down and blowing up the ego of any other god. Wouldn't mind meeting your heavenly squeeze of course, but I'm a one deity chick from here on out." She sets down a fork on the edge of the plate and picks up her own slice, sinking her fork into it to break up the conversation.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 08:20 PM

Zero raises his eye brows at the book but attempts to kiss Valaria anyway.

I really missed you.

[Maple Cabin]

"I really missed you too! And I missed food! And I missed the sunlight! And I missed happiness! But you're back now! So none of that even matters anymore!"

Valaira declares, her innocent eyes sweeping the room in a state of confusion.

"So, uh, it says right here that the next thing we need to do is locate some curtains to pull. Trouble is, I torched all of your curtains a long time ago..."

"So... What do we do now?"

Valaira attempts to pass Zero her book entitled "Nexus Relationships". She needed relationship advice! What can I say? :smalltongue:

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 08:22 PM

[Front Entrance => Main Cabin]

"Great. I hope they have something I can grab quick." Kitty says. She doesn't rush though, despite the gnawing in her stomach. No, it's not even proper hunger at this point. She just needs to eat.

"They should. I know that if it's empty there is basically a guarantee of other problems, mainly a whole family of halflings going missing."

Yes, she says it with a straight face.

Rowan Cabin

Kate nods. "Perfectly understandable, but please don't joke about me having a squeeze... it's been the other way around twice now." That was so awkward. Both times. She will eat some of the coffee cake, and she rather likes coffee cake so unless it's bad coffee cake she will enjoy it. "Anyway, you said that you could teach me how to switch bodies myself? I would appreciate that."

DoomITP

2012-08-29, 08:26 PM

The curtain isn't a literal curtain in that sense though it is visible and tangible when you need it to be. A curtain can be found just about anywhere.

Zero says as he thinks of a way to explain it.

It's a decency barrier that most anyone in the Nexus can use at will.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 08:33 PM

Rowan Cabin

The coffee cake is average, but nothing risky. Julie followed a simple recipe exactly and got out what she put into it. It is blueberry flavored though, so it's not completely bereft of taste.

Julie chuckles nervously when the topic of switching back and forth comes up, "Well, there's a few parts to that. I have to show you, mentally, what it feels like to go from one body to another, so you can reach for that feeling and try to trigger it yourself. Without a guide, someone not in tune with their own mind doesn't even notice the trigger. Then, once you're sure you have it, I have to put you under a sort of stress test to incentivize your doing it on your own quickly. That part can be unpleasant."

Gullara

2012-08-29, 08:35 PM

[Front Entrance => Main Cabin]

Kitty wonders what exactly Coni means by that, but she's too close to getting food to get into that now. So, the two step inside the building, presumably being met with the sight of Justin and the halflings.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-29, 08:54 PM

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 09:33 PM

[Maple Cabin]

"Oh..."

"So..."

"Curtains are an at will power? ... But I don't wanna use an at will power! I haven't slept in weeks! Zero, can we just go to bed and try this again tomorrow? Please? Pretty please? I'm sleepy!"

Valaira yawns, strolls up a wall, and falls down onto Zero's bed.

"We have a blanket but..."

"I sorta cried on it and it needs to be washed so we're going to have to cuddle unless you want to freeze to death. And stuff."

And freezing to death is unhealthy! So... Cuddle guaranteed! :smallbiggrin:

Gullara

2012-08-29, 09:34 PM

[Main Cabin]

Oh, looks like they're going right through then. Kitty gives Justin and the halflings a little wave before she heads into the kitchen behind Copi. Time to get some food.

DoomITP

2012-08-29, 09:36 PM

Zero will lay down too and cuddle initiated! :smalltongue:

Good night.

There will be a few moments where Zero wonders how he should deal with tomorrow but it isn't long before he falls asleep.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 09:58 PM

[Maple Cabin]

Zero should deal with tomorrow like he deals with any other day. He should sock it in the face!

And purchase some clothes for Valaira. That's probably important too. :smalltongue:

"Sweet dreams, Zero."

Valaira whispers into Zero's ear. And in less than three seconds, she is fast asleep!

Unless Zero has a bad case of insomnia or a night-terror, morning cometh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RM7cQCC4sU)!

Valaira will probably awaken whenever Zero does.

And the powered suit of armor in the bathroom will have vanished without a trace!

Those hellish bloody symbols survive the night, though! :smallbiggrin::smalltongue:

Slii Arhem

2012-08-29, 09:59 PM

Rowan Cabin

"Hmm, okay. That makes sense, even if the last bit seems a little unnecessary for everyday use. Well, on second thought it helps ensure that you can do it consistently." She finishes her cake. "Nice cake. So, we start by you switching me a couple times so that I know what I'm trying to do?"

Main Cabin

Copi will simply try to slip past the group there and into the kitchen. No point messing with them, everyone has their own problems.

Rowan Cabin

"Thank you. It'll start with me switching you, but the stress test is the more important part. If you want to switch into "powered" mode, you're probably going to be in trouble. Besides, doing a stress test the first time puts some urgency to it that, without it, means you might never get it down because you can't focus or your brain is being lazy." Because let's face it, the brain does exactly as much work as it feels it can get away with. If it thought you grew gills and no longer needed your lungs, it'd shut them down just so it didn't have to concentrate on them.

But lazy brains aside, Julie steadies herself when she gets to this next part, "When I learned this from my brother, my aversion was pain. When I taught it to Eric, I tried embarrassing him. I learned some things from that, and where not to go, but I want your word that once we start this you're going to see it through to the end. I felt horrible putting Eric through what I did to get him to learn even though some good came out of it, and I'd feel worse if I did it to you and it was all for nothing."

DoomITP

2012-08-29, 10:03 PM

Zero stands up and stretches before he starts looking around the room.

First things first. Take these for now.

He says as he reaches into his own bag beneath his bed and opens it, revealing some of his own clothes.

Go on ahead and get changed up. I'll work on dealing with the walls.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 10:37 PM

[Maple Cabin]

"Good morning, sunshine."

Valaira yawns and stretches, dismissing the sun's petition that she open her eyes. She kicks her legs over the brink of the bed and plunges off of it, landing crouched on all fours.

Only now does she unseal her eyelids and behold the beauty of the world laid bear before her blessed eyes.

She sniffs at Zero's clothes, drawing in his scent. The scent comforted her. With a blissful smile, she dons some of Zero's clothing, items selected seemingly at random.

"I wouldn't touch those if I was you!"

Valaira twitters, raising her voice not in worship of any god but in a caution unto Zero!

"They sting! Some of them. And I'm not kidding around when I say they sting. They've hooks and barbs for a reason! But all they do is channel magic and summon demons, so they're not that bad! Not bothersome enough to warrant their destruction! That'd take some effort. And some water. And a sponge. And dispel magic. Lots of dispel magic."

DoomITP

2012-08-29, 11:04 PM

Trust me, unless you wanna get kicked out of here these things need to go. I can deal with it. I'm just gonna need to eat pretty badly afterwards, this is a lot of work.

Zero says, frowning at the symbols in his concentration. Then the blue sparks that sometimes appear around his hands flare to life and show that he is ready to work. He decides to deal with the magical aspects of them and therefore starts working towards dispelling the magic.

The Alexandrian

2012-08-29, 11:44 PM

[Maple Cabin]

"Why would they kick me out? There's nothing wrong with blood rituals! There's only something wrong with blood rituals if the person donating the blood is slain in the process! And I don't do that! If I have need of that type of blood I buy it by the barrel from hell. They have so much of it that they don't know where to stow it all down there, and a flood would be icky!"

"If anything, these markings have the power to resurrect people and heal the dying. GLoG would be grateful to have a set of these in the infirmary! With them, you can cure just about anything."

"Even death itself!"

Valaira elaborates and proudly nods, stepping between Zero and her project, attempting to rest her hands on his shoulders and distract him from his special edition janitorial round of jeopardy. If he proceeds with his dispelling of magics in spite of her intervention, he'll find most of the symbols easily dispelled, what with his magic being probably boosted to x4.

The drawings are disturbing and somewhat evil, but they have the potential to do the world some good! Isn't that what GLoG is all about?

DoomITP

2012-08-30, 12:07 AM

Zero looks at the symbols for a few moments more before sighing and allowing the energy around his hands to recede. As long as Valaria's intentions are good, Zero reasons, there shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Fine. Why don't we go get something to eat?

As much as Zero is reassured by Valaria's intentions he is still worried for her and intends to try to talk to either Quinn or Sophie about it as soon as he can.

happyturtle

2012-08-30, 12:33 AM

OrchestraHc

2012-08-30, 07:19 AM

Main Cabin

At least Justin has got the kids on his side. "Sure, I can teach you how to play afterwards."

happyturtle

2012-08-30, 07:26 AM

Main Cabin

Just imagine how much you could get done if you recruited all the GLoG kiddies...

Brand makes more specific arrangement and gets directions to the place. Is there anything else that needs to be covered in this scene? I'm okay for it to keep going or not, whichever you prefer. :smallsmile:

Kitchen

Copi and Kitty will find ample amounts of food. Sandwich fixings are sitting out from where Lily didn't put her work away, and her step stool is dragged up by the counter. There's also the giant fridge, the blood fridge (clearly marked), and the big pantry.

OrchestraHc

2012-08-30, 08:12 AM

Main Cabin

Brand gets the appointment and directions. I'd like to continue, but not quite sure what to continue with. If you have any ideas, please, otherwise, I'd be happy to just say he enjoys the company for a while longer.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 08:33 AM

Rowan Cabin

"Thank you. It'll start with me switching you, but the stress test is the more important part. If you want to switch into "powered" mode, you're probably going to be in trouble. Besides, doing a stress test the first time puts some urgency to it that, without it, means you might never get it down because you can't focus or your brain is being lazy." Because let's face it, the brain does exactly as much work as it feels it can get away with. If it thought you grew gills and no longer needed your lungs, it'd shut them down just so it didn't have to concentrate on them.

But lazy brains aside, Julie steadies herself when she gets to this next part, "When I learned this from my brother, my aversion was pain. When I taught it to Eric, I tried embarrassing him. I learned some things from that, and where not to go, but I want your word that once we start this you're going to see it through to the end. I felt horrible putting Eric through what I did to get him to learn even though some good came out of it, and I'd feel worse if I did it to you and it was all for nothing."

Kate listens to what Julie has to say, thinking about it. It's not going to be nice, of course, and if she's going to do it she's going to have to stick with it.

Kate knows what she'll say, but she doesn't want to say it until she's sure of it. After a bit of thinking and deciding in her mind on a decision she knows she'll make (rationalization isn't always a bad thing), she nods and says, "I'll see it through to the end. No point starting something if you don't intend to finish it, and that's more true with this than most things. You don't get any kind of reward until the very end."

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 08:49 AM

Rowan Cabin

"Alright then, we'll start with the switching, and I'll do it as many times as you think is necessary before we move on to the unpleasant part. You can tell me, during this part at least, if you need to take a break and reflect on things. Once you're sure you have a hold on the feeling, you can tell me to start on the next."

Julie raises a hand towards Kate as she takes one last bite of her cake chewing slowly, swallowing, and breathing out before going to work.

Kate will feel herself slide without moving, back into a form that by now is more familiar. It starts with her legs losing all sensation from the shins down, and her wings are suddenly against the back of the couch she's flopped on, as if they were always there. It seems to fold in on her from all of her extremities at once, like a soap bubble that she was floating in popping, and covering her in liquid weird.

And then Julie works in reverse, and it's just as odd. No pressure on her back from wings and tail, no HUD going haywire for moments as it adjusts to no longer being in stasis, and no more subtle air currents making her antennae twitch.

And then again, back and forth, slowly back and forth, until Kate signals her to stop for whatever reason.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 08:57 AM

Rowan Cabin

The wings, the tail, the antennae, the HUD... ignore them. Is it so hard? After the first few times, it just becomes repetitive. Background noise. From here, it's like daydreaming. Ignoring the world to look into your mind. There is something else to this, there has to be. A light switch, a binary, or perhaps some trigger or catalyst, something that makes the change.

There, was that it? Or was it-

"Stop for a minute, and then start again."

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 09:01 AM

Rowan Cabin

Julie nods, complying with Kate's request. After roughly a minute of no body-switching, she raises the hand and begins the process again.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 09:05 AM

Rowan Cabin

1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2

Suddenly, Kate switches an extra time, so that instead of switching with a pause in between she switches once immediately after the other in a rather disorienting effect. If Julie doesn't catch it, she may very well switch three times in a row.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 09:11 AM

Rowan Cabin

Julie stops immediately after the double-switch, frowning a bit, "I think you just had a brain fart there. Either you were doing something right, or slipped up and stumbled across the right feel accidentally."

The Alexandrian

2012-08-30, 09:43 AM

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 10:09 AM

[Main Cabin]

Oh, looks like they're going right through then. Kitty gives Justin and the halflings a little wave before she heads into the kitchen behind Copi. Time to get some food.

((Sorry!))

Copi will lead her into the kitchen, and open the pantry. It's well-stocked, and there is also a fridge nearbye which is probably what the meat is in.

Rowan Cabin

"I don't know. There was so much going on, and I was trying to look for a pattern in the patterns or something? I knew that one of them had to be it, but not which one. I'm not sure what I did."

Kate takes several deep breaths. She hadn't noticed that her heart was beating faster...

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 10:22 AM

Rowan Cabin

"Want to keep going, take a break, or move on to the next step? You obviously did something right, even if it was a fluke, which is more than happens with most on their first experience with psionics. I wouldn't even have stayed on this step for this long with anyone else, but since I'm trying to teach someone with no background how to do one very specific thing, I'm willing to be patient." In fact with Eric, who had some prior experience on his own, she only switched him twice before launching into the rest of it, as foolhardy as that was.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 10:30 AM

DoomITP

2012-08-30, 10:33 AM

[Maple Cabin]

Hooray! The mission was a complete success! Valaira's magic amplification system wasn't obliterated or modified or reconfigured! If the condition that the magical circuitry remains == 1 then casting magic in this warded room will be infinitely easier than casting it elsewhere. More often than not...

"Okay!"

Clarissa yips, tapping a finger against her chin thoughtfully, her unoccupied hand cupping the elbow of the tapper. Hmm! Where should they go to consume breakfast?

"Let's go to a restaurant! And then I'll spend the rest of the day buying clothes and furniture while you take care of whatever it is you want to take care of!"

That or they could just stop by the Main Cabin.

And do we want to rp them nomming breakfast or no?

Sure let the nomming commence! :smalltongue:

Zero shrugs.

If you want to go somewhere else to eat that's fine with me.

Though there is a line of thought in Zero's head that suggests it would be best for him to stay in the campsite so that he is around to explain the lovely symbols that now decorate the walls. Regardless of what Valaria's intentions were, they still don't look very pleasant.

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 10:49 AM

Rowan Cabin

Hmm...

"Yeah, let's go onto the next step. I did it myself, and I can't help but feel that if I try to force it again I'll overthink it." Kate stands up, and closes her eyes to steel herself for a moment. Part of her wonders what Julie is going to do to supply stress, but she does her best to not think about it. Thinking about it will only make it worse, most likely.

Rowan Cabin

Right... "Alright then." Julie takes a moment to put Kate in the new body first, which she knows is going to act the most logically to what she does, since the original body has lots of conflicting magic going on at once.

"To put it simply, I'm going to make you uncomfortable in your own body by any means necessary, and the incentive is that what I do isn't going to go away until a week of you wearing your new body has passed, cumulatively. The longer you take figuring it out, the worse the coming week or more will be. I want to be sure that you can do this at will, and at the drop of a hat by the time I'm done with you, so when you next say "I'm ready" I'll begin, and you can start trying your hardest to change forms. If you can get to the point where you can change back three times in a row after I've forced you back into this body, I'll call it quits." Julie seems very serious about this. From here on out, she's not acting as Kate's friend, but a strict teacher that hands out punishments for failure and little recognition for success.

Gullara

2012-08-30, 10:50 AM

Copi will lead her into the kitchen, and open the pantry. It's well-stocked, and there is also a fridge nearbye which is probably what the meat is in.

[Main Cabin]

*gestures up to Happy's post where the kitchen was described* :smalltongue:

Kitty goes right over to where the sandwich ingredients are sitting out and grabs a hunk of cheese and meat. That quickly gets stuffed into her mouth, followed by a few other morsels. She then goes to peer over Copi's shoulders at the contents of the pantry.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 11:06 AM

Rowan Cabin

Kate takes a couple of deep breaths.

Make her uncomfortable in this body? This is her body, more or less, and it's the one that she should be the one she the most comfortable in.

...but it's been so long since she's been in it, she isn't. She has to get re-acquainted with her body anyway (TOES ARE WEIRD) so even if she's slightly off for a week it won't be too odd. Hopefully.

Besides, it's kind of like hard exercise. It's not fun, and you know it's not fun, and it'll hurt in the morning, and one way or the other you get better.

Okay, she's probably lost the muscle mass she put on in weight training during that one semester of high school, but being able to curl more than just the bar by the end of the semester felt pretty cool.

Anyway...

"Okay, ready."

Main Cabin

Presumably the pantry is full of pantry stuff, so bread and the like, but no meat or cheese. "What do you want? Are you feeling any better yet?"

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 11:24 AM

Rowan Cabin

Not quite I'm Ready, but Julie took it as her cue to start. Not surprisingly she aims for Kate's most obvious button and hammers it furiously, knowing exactly what is going to make Kate uncomfortable with herself.

Her sexuality.

And so unless something is done about it, Kate is going to feel her body begin to reshape itself slowly and obviously into something completely unfamiliar. Face structure refining and becoming more sophisticated, lips plumping and reddening and cheeks flushing with blood. The effect is moving down to the shoulders and arms, slimming and making them willowy and lithe. It's not going to be long before it reaches the chest and beyond that, but Julie is working at a measured pace, individually sculpting each part in the most skin-tinglingly obvious way, so it hasn't reached there yet. Her hair does shimmer and flop down in front of one eye though, becoming a deep fiery red in the process.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 11:31 AM

Rowan Cabin

CRUD CRUD CRUD stop panicking!

Kate doesn't think about it, instead trying to remember what it felt like to change... it felt like a lot of things, but there was one specific thing and Kate knows that she can get it.

She's not going to get it before Julie gets to her chest, though...

Slii Arhem

2012-08-30, 11:39 AM

Rowan Cabin

Then grow, grow, and grow some more it will. Kate is going to find her shirt becoming very uncomfortable very quickly, as Julie is basing the new measurements off of her own not unimpressive size. The only saving grace for the garment's structural stability may be the holes in the back for the wings, which might allow it to stretch a bit more than normal.

And from there of course, Julie has to move down to the waist to make it properly trim, flat, and toned. Merely average won't do anymore, Kate is well on her way to a body that screams to be showed off in a bikini. Next on the chopping block are the hips, but Julie hasn't reached them yet.

Lost_Deep

2012-08-30, 11:45 AM

Rowan Cabin

Don't think about it try to change I know I'm changing but get it to change right.

There was something, a thing, inside her... maybe? That doesn't seem quite right. Was it inside her, or outside her, in a new and unexpected way?

Externally, Kate's eyes are shut tight and she is obviously alternating between slowly tightening up and forcing herself to relax so she can think straight.

Gullara

2012-08-30, 11:54 AM

Main Cabin

Presumably the pantry is full of pantry stuff, so bread and the like, but no meat or cheese. "What do you want? Are you feeling any better yet?"

[Main Cabin]

"Nope, and just give me anything." Kitty reaches out to grab a couple slices of bread and eat it plain. Her stomach, already full of the not insignificant amount of meat she ate earlier, protests. She doesn't pay it any mind, though. A stronger urge is driving her.