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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
Mee
She doesn't reply. Well, not with words. She smiles, and holds her hands up, palms facing upwards, her fingers curled into claws. Her teeth, as her smile shows, are all pointed. Much like someone went through with a file and made sure all of them were spikey. The Claw Hands show that her fingernails are actually a lot closer to talons than nails.
Timeline 1
Mr. Ritz frowns a little. Uh-huh. Um... Okay, we'll you can keep those. Er, what's your name by the way? I'm guessing her here to gamble, and not peruse of my more... He moves closer and whispers. Illegal services... He chuckles a little before speaking again to her, adjusting his cigar with his one arm. I imagine you'd be interested in trying our selection of drinks, guaranteed to be stronger than anything you'll find in Trog's. He thinks to himself, I don't even know what's in 'em... Heh. They're all suckers.
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Originally Posted by
Zefir
Piano man and his Boss
The tall man nods and leaves the woman with the otber half dragon. The half purple dragon might notice that the black half dragon, well may not be a natural halfdragon. Maybe a dragon in halfdragon form? Either way the black one seems to follow each order of the tall human man. Strange isn t it?
As the tall man arrives at the door, he knocks once and enteres immediately. If the door is closed, the door might break open if its wooden or glass. Seems like the tall man got into bad mood.
"Let s talk about business." He sais after he got into the office.
Mr. Ritz sits in his lobby office and looks over the pair. He lights a cigarette before slowly speaking. I'm Mr. Ritz. What do ya want, huh? I'm a busy man.
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Originally Posted by
Asha'man
"I am Serph, Sir and Madam Betty." Serph bows with a flourish to both Betty and Ritz.
"As for my qualifications, I have these to offer."
Serph opens himself to the One Power and uses Saidin to make weave a
Mirror of Mists. With this he folds light and sound. Now there are five of Serph though only one is real.
"With this I can speak to various customers at once." He gives an example by having his four clones speak different words at the same time.
"Though they are illusions I can also make them serve customers." With a weave of air in the illusions they can now interact with solid objects. To demonstrate the illusions pick up any possible minor object in the office area and place it back neatly.
"I am also a great listener, some customers like people to listen to their problems while drinking at the bar. I can also keep my ears shut for those who prefer their conversations private." With that he dispels his weaves, gives his best smile and bows with a flourish to Betty and Ritz. He hopes his presentation will land him the job as he needs it being jobless at the moment.
Timeline 2? Whatever. Gordon, and Serph
Mr. Ritz breathes in a little, and looks generally pleased. He's respectful, talented, and useful! Perfect. Marciano breathes in one more time, apparently he's having trouble breathing? That wound from that psychotic assassin HALOite hurt a lot.. So far you're perfect, absolutely perfect. But, can ya mix drinks well? Here... Make me a... Rob Roy Cocktail, with two maraschino cherries... Sweet, not dry. the ingredients are in the casino, follow me.
He'll start walking, and will in fact run into Gordon and his friend! Hey, you two... What are you asking about for? I heard you wanted something a bit... Harder to find. I'm Mister Ritz, this man besides me is Serph. Welcome to The Ritzzz. We have stuff 'ere that the other taverns around won't even use. Heh. So, if you'll come with me you can... view our special selections. Serph, follow. He leads the way to the bar in the casino. Once he's there, the group will see the big flashing lights of the bar, and notice a particularly bored looking NPC. He sees them coming and cleans the wood in front of him. Welcome!
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Originally Posted by
Kris on a Stick
[Office]
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Not your finest hour, Marcy.
See,, when you come right down to it, Kal's a pretty easy going guy. Beat him up, toss him around, insult him, he'll only toss a few insults back and maaaaaaybe secretly try and murder you a little bit later. Kill him and ruin his favorite hat? He'll just storm around, vow vengeance on the perpetrator and then get distracted by banging Moffs and forget about the whole deal. You can even kidnap Butler! He'll only go one some zany, half-baked home invasion dressed as characters from a hit BBC Sci Fi TV series. Then you had to go and be rude to Decker. And that's a very good way to lower your life expectancy in the presence of Kal.
He moves like smoke, or maybe mirrors, dashing faster than the eye can turn in its socket to follow. Light seems to... shift around him, almost removing him from the world, before he reappears with startling force at his destination point. Not at an exit, as Grandmaster Shui'yan or Felandria might have expected, but at Marciano's throat, attempting to grab it with his left hand and slam him into the wall of his office, holding him off the ground. He resembles something human less than he did before. His eyes, previously just bright orange, now alight from within with orange fire, leaking from the corners with flame and wisps of orange smoke. His fingers, if they are in contact with Marcy's skin, feel unnaturally hot. Over time unbearably hot, and his skin may begin to smoke and sizzle a little as his flesh begins to slowly cook from the contact.
If this is all successful, than with his right hand he will attempt to deliberately draw a small knife and press it to Marcy's cheek, perhaps hard enough to draw blood.
"And now, Mr. Ritz." He says coldly, dropping the Scottish accent for the one he had more recently begun to call his own.
"Now let us discuss the matter of your tongue, and just why I should let you keep it."
Timeline- Whatever, lost track. Seperate timeline from the rest
Mr. Ritz breathes in, kinda bored. He seems to have a breathing problem of sorts, judging by the way he wheezes as he breathes. Oh, You. You silly, silly people. Now, you tell me, sir... Why the hell would you target me? What did I do to you? Huh? My tongue, why? 'Cause if ya harm me, it'll be against the law, and I know a few bounty hunters who would be interested in collecting a bounty on your ugly heads, eh? He doesn't appear to bleed, nor does his skin bubble... Odd. He seems very comfortable. Okey-dokey. Now, ugly... get off of me, or I'll have these two cut your private bits off and feed 'em to your friend over there. Ew... :smallyuk: He appears to not be offering any resistance of course. He merely presses his arm to his side, some form of submission I guess.
In reality, there's a button located in his arm. (Marcy's a machine). It's been pressed to record all conversation and then play it all live on the intercom in his gang's hideaway. He speaks. Now I'm going to ask you to step away from me, or you will find yourself with a few extra holes. At this, the twelve hired casino goons begin heading to the office, running with their weapons. The several bouncers don't know what's going on yet, but will soon.
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Originally Posted by
happyturtle
((I suggest moving the rules on gambling to the OP for future reference. :smallsmile:))
Office
Of course, on the one hand, none of us knows whether Kal's attack on Marciano even succeeded. So this sequence of posts might have to be retconned out.
On the other hand, since the posts exist, I'll go ahead and write a response, knowing that the dark arts of retconjuration might be needed.
"Jane Smith" sees a ninja moving towards Kal and a Godling floating towards him. Feet are faster than floating, but well-oiled wheels are faster than both. She takes off at high speed, arms flailing, and attempts to tackle the Grandmaster. Even if he dodges her, it should slow him down to keep him from reaching Kal this round.
As for Felandria, she may or may not be aware (if that's an ability her half-god status gives her) that two of the people in the room are unholy devils, and a third is full of angelic holy goodness. No prizes for guessing who that is. :smalltongue:
Craps Table
Winning is extremely unlikely?
Willow looks around the casino, and sees a great lack of people celebrating any jackpots. She decides to go for a simple Pass Line bet, which is almost 50/50 odds. After losing five rolls in a row, she hands the dice to Arthur.
"Methinks our host is cheating us. Do you see anyone else winning? I don't."
Well, at exactly the time she says that, a man besides hem wins a jackpot on the Pass Line bet! Almost as if to mock her. How strange. This man begins hollering happily as he realizes he's won 5,000 dollars.
In reality, several men in the casino are paid by Mr. Ritz to act like they win, and to give the money back at the end of the day for a good salary and free drinks. They are 12 men and women on his payroll to act like winners, and they just watched one of them win. So, it will look like the casino is actually fair, and the PC's are just unlucky.
Mr. Ritz made it possible for a real customer to win though, just extremely hard to.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
The tall man looks at him, his eyes narrow as he hears his words again. It's less then a minute that they talked about the piano man and even thought he didn't mention his name, at last he should remember him. His anger is reflekted not only by his face, but aslo by the scales on is skin as they seem to grow sharper for a moment. It needs a moment to cool down, even though his voice can barly hide his anger.
"S we talked BEFOR. I got another person for your CASION. If your mind isn't blown away by your cigarette."
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Timeline 1
Mr. Ritz frowns a little. Uh-huh. Um... Okay, we'll you can keep those. Er, what's your name by the way? I'm guessing her here to gamble, and not peruse of my more... He moves closer and whispers. Illegal services... He chuckles a little before speaking again to her, adjusting his cigar with his one arm. I imagine you'd be interested in trying our selection of drinks, guaranteed to be stronger than anything you'll find in Trog's. He thinks to himself, I don't even know what's in 'em... Heh. They're all suckers.
"You know," she says, pursing her lips slightly, "you probably shouldn't go around telling people that just walked in that you offer illegal services. That could get you in trouble if I were, say, an under cover agent of some kind. But no, I'm just here for those tables that are appearing to give people money. Tell me, if one were to win, could those be exchanged for, saaaay, gold?" She asks, smiling slightly evilly.
She also totally ignores him asking for her name.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
Zefir
The tall man looks at him, his eyes narrow as he hears his words again. It's less then a minute that they talked about the piano man and even thought he didn't mention his name, at last he should remember him. His anger is reflekted not only by his face, but aslo by the scales on is skin as they seem to grow sharper for a moment. It needs a moment to cool down, even though his voice can barly hide his anger.
"S we talked BEFOR. I got another person for your CASION. If your mind isn't blown away by your cigarette."
Marciano is a busy guy, I suppose. He seems to have something on his mind. Or a lot of things. Eh? Oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot to think about right now, and am a little bit busy, as you can see... Not blown away, but a good cigarette is a man's best friends. Screw dogs. Whatcha need, sir?
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Originally Posted by
Mee
"You know," she says, pursing her lips slightly, "you probably shouldn't go around telling people that just walked in that you offer illegal services. That could get you in trouble if I were, say, an under cover agent of some kind. But no, I'm just here for those tables that are appearing to give people money. Tell me, if one were to win, could those be exchanged for, saaaay, gold?" She asks, smiling slightly evilly.
She also totally ignores him asking for her name.
He just rolls his eyes. **** the coppers. With their fancy little copper buttons and goofy suits. Coming from a man in a bright orange zoot suit... Besides, I have... Plans for this place. Soon anybody who is anybody will be walking through my doors, and there's always room for one more. Always. My nice little house of sin already makes me good money, heh. Well, undercover agents? I treat 'em like anyone else. They piss me off, I break their legs. Exchange gold for my pills?
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Timeline- Whatever, lost track. Seperate timeline from the rest
Mr. Ritz breathes in, kinda bored. He seems to have a breathing problem of sorts, judging by the way he wheezes as he breathes. Oh, You. You silly, silly people. Now, you tell me, sir... Why the hell would you target me? What did I do to you? Huh? My tongue, why? 'Cause if ya harm me, it'll be against the law, and I know a few bounty hunters who would be interested in collecting a bounty on your ugly heads, eh? He doesn't appear to bleed, nor does his skin bubble... Odd. He seems very comfortable. Okey-dokey. Now, ugly... get off of me, or I'll have these two cut your private bits off and feed 'em to your friend over there. Ew... :smallyuk: He appears to not be offering any resistance of course. He merely presses his arm to his side, some form of submission I guess.
In reality, there's a button located in his arm. (Marcy's a machine). It's been pressed to record all conversation and then play it all live on the intercom in his gang's hideaway. He speaks. Now I'm going to ask you to step away from me, or you will find yourself with a few extra holes. At this, the twelve hired casino goons begin heading to the office, running with their weapons. The several bouncers don't know what's going on yet, but will soon.
[Office Timeline]
"Is that so, you piece of trash?"
He spins, and attempts to toss Marcy at Felandria's feet, who he gives a considering eye. Not afraid. Just considering. Estimating his chances. He sneers.
"Marcy and Butler are under your protection? Well that's just great, because Butler and Decker are under mine. And I'm not about to let this mortal slime..." he points the knife at Marcy,
"...insult her."
Grinning now, Kal sheathes his knife, straightening his policewoman costume as he walks slowly towards Felandria.
"Now, we came to get Butler away from danger, and that's just exactly what we're going to do. And you're going to let us go, peacefully, or we'll see just how 'what you're truly capable of' measures up to the rest of us, Scion of Zeus."
His grins slips an inch wider.
"Personally? I'm thinking the blood of the gods drips as well as any other."
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
He just rolls his eyes. **** the coppers. With their fancy little copper buttons and goofy suits. Coming from a man in a bright orange zoot suit... Besides, I have... Plans for this place. Soon anybody who is anybody will be walking through my doors, and there's always room for one more. Always. My nice little house of sin already makes me good money, heh. Well, undercover agents? I treat 'em like anyone else. They piss me off, I break their legs. Exchange gold for my pills?
"Fair enough." Is all she says to all of it, besides the last sentence.
"You know, whatever it is you use to count your winnings over there. I'm assuming they're a chip of some kind? Usually get turned into cash when you leave.
I'm wondering if they could get changed to gold instead?"
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
Mee
"Fair enough." Is all she says to all of it, besides the last sentence.
"You know, whatever it is you use to count your winnings over there. I'm assuming they're a chip of some kind? Usually get turned into cash when you leave.
I'm wondering if they could get changed to gold instead?"
...We use chips, yes. Why? I suppose I could change them into gold. It would take a lot of effort, but yea. Why? You a fan of the shining gold chunks? And... You're awfully cocky. You experienced?
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
...We use chips, yes. Why? I suppose I could change them into gold. It would take a lot of effort, but yea. Why? You a fan of the shining gold chunks? And... You're awfully cocky. You experienced?
"Nope! Never played in my life!" She admits with a smile. "I just . . . yeah. Like shinies. How hard can it be to win, anyway?"
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
Mee
"Nope! Never played in my life!" She admits with a smile. "I just . . . yeah. Like shinies. How hard can it be to win, anyway?"
Marciano just grins a little. Ahah. Well, it depends on the game ya play. You like shinies, do you? Well... We have other forms of entertainment..
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Marciano just grins a little. Ahah. Well, it depends on the game ya play. You like shinies, do you? Well... We have other forms of entertainment..
"Nope! Gotta get me some shinies!" With that, unless he stops her, she'll just head over to the poker tables!
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Marciano is a busy guy, I suppose. He seems to have something on his mind. Or a lot of things. Eh? Oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot to think about right now, and am a little bit busy, as you can see... Not blown away, but a good cigarette is a man's best friends. Screw dogs. Whatcha need, sir?
"Actually I see you smoking in a closed room." The tall man can't see what is in his mind, well at least if he doesn't try.
"As we talked on the wall and just a few moments befor, this woman right next to me might be useful for your casiono. Either as waitres or in your past 24 show."
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Timeline 2? Whatever. Gordon, and Serph
Mr. Ritz breathes in a little, and looks generally pleased. He's respectful, talented, and useful! Perfect. Marciano breathes in one more time, apparently he's having trouble breathing? That wound from that psychotic assassin HALOite hurt a lot.. So far you're perfect, absolutely perfect. But, can ya mix drinks well? Here... Make me a... Rob Roy Cocktail, with two maraschino cherries... Sweet, not dry. the ingredients are in the casino, follow me.
He'll start walking, and will in fact run into Gordon and his friend! Hey, you two... What are you asking about for? I heard you wanted something a bit... Harder to find. I'm Mister Ritz, this man besides me is Serph. Welcome to The Ritzzz. We have stuff 'ere that the other taverns around won't even use. Heh. So, if you'll come with me you can... view our special selections. Serph, follow. He leads the way to the bar in the casino. Once he's there, the group will see the big flashing lights of the bar, and notice a particularly bored looking NPC. He sees them coming and cleans the wood in front of him. Welcome!
Serph follows Mr. Ritz and co. into to the bar area. As he arrives in the bar area he looks around for the ingredients for a Rob Roy Cocktail with two maraschino cherries. If the ingredients are within sight he will get to work right away. If not he will kindly ask the NPC then get to work on the order. As someone who weaves air, water, wind, earth and spirit into complex weaves Serph was able to learn how to mix drinks, with flair, fairly easily. After making the drink as specified, sweet not dry, he gracefully serves it to Mr. Ritz.
"Is there anything else you would like sir?" Serph asks.
(Having never been to a bar I don't know how a bartender actually works. thus I can't elaborate more on what he did. I just gave the justification on how my character knows how to mix drinks pretty well.)
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
[Office]
With all the talk you made of not double posting in a round, you coulda waited until I posted.
Not that I think it'll change much either way.
Butler, for one, is absolutely terrified. Of super ninja multi-move guy, of Mean Marcy, of Felandria, but mostly of Kal. This is the second time something like this has happened. Why is it that all his friends seem to be turning into throat grabbing, life threatening, killer psychos?
Well it's far too much. He does something he doesn't normally try to do in these situations. He tries to slip away unnoticed and leave before anyone realizes he's gone. If these people want to fight, the best he can do is not let it be over him for any reason.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
Kris on a Stick
[Office Timeline]
"Is that so, you piece of trash?"
He spins, and attempts to toss Marcy at Felandria's feet, who he gives a considering eye. Not afraid. Just considering. Estimating his chances. He sneers.
"Marcy and Butler are under your protection? Well that's just great, because Butler and Decker are under mine. And I'm not about to let this mortal slime..." he points the knife at Marcy,
"...insult her."
Grinning now, Kal sheathes his knife, straightening his policewoman costume as he walks slowly towards Felandria.
"Now, we came to get Butler away from danger, and that's just exactly what we're going to do. And you're going to let us go, peacefully, or we'll see just how 'what you're truly capable of' measures up to the rest of us, Scion of Zeus."
His grins slips an inch wider.
"Personally? I'm thinking the blood of the gods drips as well as any other."
Grandmaster Shui'yan frowns, and steps carefully between Kal and as many of the others (not including Kal's friends) as he can.
"I believe what we have here is a genuine misunderstanding. Butler is in no danger from us, or at least as far as I know. There could be something I'm not being told. However, from our perspective, you came in here, smashed a door, lied about your credentials and threatened Mr Ritz with grievous bodily harm. There is fault on both sides, and both sides are partially to blame. However, if we all just stop threatening and talk for at least a little, I am sure we can come to a peaceful resolution. I do not wish to cause harm."
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
happyturtle
((I suggest moving the rules on gambling to the OP for future reference. :smallsmile:))
Office
Of course, on the one hand, none of us knows whether Kal's attack on Marciano even succeeded. So this sequence of posts might have to be retconned out.
On the other hand, since the posts exist, I'll go ahead and write a response, knowing that the dark arts of retconjuration might be needed.
"Jane Smith" sees a ninja moving towards Kal and a Godling floating towards him. Feet are faster than floating, but well-oiled wheels are faster than both. She takes off at high speed, arms flailing, and attempts to tackle the Grandmaster. Even if he dodges her, it should slow him down to keep him from reaching Kal this round.
As for Felandria, she may or may not be aware (if that's an ability her half-god status gives her) that two of the people in the room are unholy devils, and a third is full of angelic holy goodness. No prizes for guessing who that is. :smalltongue:
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Originally Posted by
GrandDM
As she wheels towards the old ninja, he leaps into the air, flips over her, grabbing her as he's at the height of his arc, then using the combined downward momentum and raw ninja strength to throw her away and hopefully keep her out of the fight for a little bit. However, he deliberately throws her in such a way that she won't get badly hurt. He's nice like that.
Continue as above, except about a second later.
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Originally Posted by
Felandria
(Felandria is fully aware that Kal and Decker are devils and as for Butler, well, obviously.
It is taking every ounce of her willpower not to hurt anyone right now, she is using her Intimidate to its fullest capacity, which is severe, to cease all violence and have a rational discussion.
But if anyone hurts anyone, she will retaliate.)
You shall not harm Ritz.
Ritz and Butler are under my protection, those who threaten them will be dealt with.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
Upon those last words, the sounds of a powerful lightning storm can be heard from outside.
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Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Timeline- Whatever, lost track. Seperate timeline from the rest
Mr. Ritz breathes in, kinda bored. He seems to have a breathing problem of sorts, judging by the way he wheezes as he breathes. Oh, You. You silly, silly people. Now, you tell me, sir... Why the hell would you target me? What did I do to you? Huh? My tongue, why? 'Cause if ya harm me, it'll be against the law, and I know a few bounty hunters who would be interested in collecting a bounty on your ugly heads, eh? He doesn't appear to bleed, nor does his skin bubble... Odd. He seems very comfortable. Okey-dokey. Now, ugly... get off of me, or I'll have these two cut your private bits off and feed 'em to your friend over there. Ew... :smallyuk: He appears to not be offering any resistance of course. He merely presses his arm to his side, some form of submission I guess.
In reality, there's a button located in his arm. (Marcy's a machine). It's been pressed to record all conversation and then play it all live on the intercom in his gang's hideaway. He speaks. Now I'm going to ask you to step away from me, or you will find yourself with a few extra holes. At this, the twelve hired casino goons begin heading to the office, running with their weapons. The several bouncers don't know what's going on yet, but will soon.
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Originally Posted by
Kris on a Stick
[Office Timeline]
"Is that so, you piece of trash?"
He spins, and attempts to toss Marcy at Felandria's feet, who he gives a considering eye. Not afraid. Just considering. Estimating his chances. He sneers.
"Marcy and Butler are under your protection? Well that's just great, because Butler and Decker are under mine. And I'm not about to let this mortal slime..." he points the knife at Marcy,
"...insult her."
Grinning now, Kal sheathes his knife, straightening his policewoman costume as he walks slowly towards Felandria.
"Now, we came to get Butler away from danger, and that's just exactly what we're going to do. And you're going to let us go, peacefully, or we'll see just how 'what you're truly capable of' measures up to the rest of us, Scion of Zeus."
His grins slips an inch wider.
"Personally? I'm thinking the blood of the gods drips as well as any other."
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Originally Posted by
Reinholdt
[Office]
With all the talk you made of not double posting in a round, you coulda waited until I posted.
Not that I think it'll change much either way.
Butler, for one, is absolutely terrified. Of super ninja multi-move guy, of Mean Marcy, of Felandria, but mostly of Kal. This is the second time something like this has happened. Why is it that all his friends seem to be turning into throat grabbing, life threatening, killer psychos?
Well it's far too much. He does something he doesn't normally try to do in these situations. He tries to slip away unnoticed and leave before anyone realizes he's gone. If these people want to fight, the best he can do is not let it be over him for any reason.
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Originally Posted by
GrandDM
Grandmaster Shui'yan frowns, and steps carefully between Kal and as many of the others (not including Kal's friends) as he can.
"I believe what we have here is a genuine misunderstanding. Butler is in no danger from us, or at least as far as I know. There could be something I'm not being told. However, from our perspective, you came in here, smashed a door, lied about your credentials and threatened Mr Ritz with grievous bodily harm. There is fault on both sides, and both sides are partially to blame. However, if we all just stop threatening and talk for at least a little, I am sure we can come to a peaceful resolution. I do not wish to cause harm."
Posting order: Felandria, Hatter, Kris, Reinholdt, GDM, HT
(I know this isn't the posting order as it started, but this is the order everyone has posted in the last round, so can we stick to this from here on?)
(Also, I guess the Grandmaster didn't decide to throw Decker? Because if he did, he can't take any further actions until that attempt is resolved, and he's already now calmly stepping in the middle and trying to mediate. I think it's easiest to muddle out the posts above if we assume that there isn't a grappling match between a devil swanmay and a ninja dude going on in the middle of the office. :smalltongue:)
Decker skates over near Butler and points a finger at the Grandmaster, Felandria, and Mr Ritz in turn.
"Butler is my soulmate. Don't tell me he was never in danger. He was frightened. He is frightened." She flings a handful of gold pieces on the floor. "That should cover a new door. Now tell your bouncers to stand aside before you need a new wall as well." :smallfurious: "We're LEAVING."
((OOC: Why have 12 (or any) npc bouncers, when you have 2 PC bouncers right here, doing a perfectly good job? It's no fun for them if their jobs get done by faceless goons. :smallconfused:))
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Felandria really, really wants to hurt Kal after his comments, but she senses Butler's fear and calms down.
She manages to regain her composure and powers down.
If Butler wishes to leave, that is his decision, I would prefer he stayed so I could scritch his ear some more, but the fact of the matter is, you can claim whatever you wish, but we are not holding him captive, you appear to be the ones attempting a kidnapping.
Now, if Butler confirms your story, and wishes to leave with you, he is free to, but if he does not, then I will deal with you personally.
She turns to see Butler heading towards the exit.
Butler, please don't be afraid of me, I would never allow you to be harmed, but please tell me, are they telling the truth?
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Lobby Office
Marciano actually says nothing. No speech. He's simply grinning as the extra goons head on their way, listening to footsteps approaching.
OOC: How does Kal know Mr. Ritz is Marcy?! Marciano specifically changed his face and made himself taller to not be recognized.
The extra goons and such are there in case the two hired bouncers are outmatched. Marciano's gotten paranoid since his destruction.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
((Slip of the tongue. Assume he said Mr. Ritz.))
Kal watches. He has no idea that Butler is scared of him at the moment, so he's expecting this to be rather straightforward.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Office Lobby
It's hard to mentally switch character names like that, particularly established ones. I know I mistakenly wrote Marcy earlier. Just with descriptive text.
Shame. Here I was hoping Butler would sneak away and they'd all argue about it for the next five rounds before realizing he was gone. Hard to do when people skate over to you and you get addressed directly. Drats.
"Y-yes ma'am. Decker's telling the tr-truth ma'am."
Hopefully with particular emphasis on the leaving part. Butler wants that to be the truth most of all.
He leans closer to Decker to whisper to her, holding her arm a bit. Tiny, tiny whisper, complete with nervous glance at Kal.
"C-can we go without him ma'am?"
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Grandmaster Shui'yan sighs, and steps back. "I apologise. I regret that I was misinformed, and I will attempt to find other employment, now that I have seen what sort of thing goes on here... especially the less legal ventures. I shall have to have a talk with the man who recommended this place to me. Again, I apologise. Allow me to at least partially redress the balance.
He passes a rolled parchment over.
"Should you ever need aid, open that and read it out. It will summon me."
He turns to Mr. Ritz.
"I retract my application for employment. Now that I am under no obligation to you, I am free to say that you are the worst scumbag I have ever met, and that I have no idea what possessed me to ever come here."
The Grandmaster leaves.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Office
(You didn't say who you were handing the parchment to, GDM, but I'm assuming Kal, since that's who the Grandmaster was mostly interacting with. Is that correct?)
"Jane Smith" almost thinks Butler is talking about Mr Ritz, but then she catches the tiny glance at Kal. Which is followed by Jane giving a rather large and obvious glance at Kal. :smallconfused:
"Yes. Of course, Butler." Decker says, and tries to usher him into the TARDIS. She glances over her shoulder at Kal and mouths "I'll be back." :smallfrown:
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
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Originally Posted by
happyturtle
Office
(You didn't say who you were handing the parchment to, GDM, but I'm assuming Kal, since that's who the Grandmaster was mostly interacting with. Is that correct?)
"Jane Smith" almost thinks Butler is talking about Mr Ritz, but then she catches the tiny glance at Kal. Which is followed by Jane giving a rather large and obvious glance at Kal. :smallconfused:
"Yes. Of course, Butler." Decker says, and tries to usher him into the TARDIS. She glances over her shoulder at Kal and mouths "I'll be back." :smallfrown:
((Whoops, sorry. I'm assuming Kal, Butler and "Jane Smith"/Decker are all part of one group; if so, then yes, if not, one to Kal and one to "Jane Smith"))
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Lobby Office
Good. They're gone. Now that Marciano is safe, he speaks. Fel, duck. At that exact moment, 12 special tommy guns firing 900 bullets a minute begin blasting through the lobby into the office. Marciano is hiding behind his desk, cowering. Plus his metal skin should protect him. At least he'll be able to survive. Felandria might get shot. It depends on how good she is at dodging. Hopefully the others will escape through the Tardis.
(Sorry others, not feeling good, Asha'Man, your character is being hired, um... Skip me? I'll be back as soon as I can be doing things here and not accidentally insult someone. Oh, how wonderful love is. :smallannoyed:)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
Lobby Office
Good. They're gone. Now that Marciano is safe, he speaks. Fel, duck. At that exact moment, 12 special tommy guns firing 900 bullets a minute begin blasting through the lobby into the office. Marciano is hiding behind his desk, cowering. Plus his metal skin should protect him. At least he'll be able to survive. Felandria might get shot. It depends on how good she is at dodging. Hopefully the others will escape through the Tardis.
(Sorry others, not feeling good, Asha'Man, your character is being hired, um... Skip me? I'll be back as soon as I can be doing things here and not accidentally insult someone. Oh, how wonderful love is. :smallannoyed:)
Felandria does not duck.
Instead, she gets smaller.
A lot smaller.
Once she is pixie size, she sprouts a pair of wings and flies under the desk.
She tugs on Mr. Ritz's sleeve.
Are you okay, sir?
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[Office]
...
Well that solves that problem of Butler not being willing to get into the TARDIS with Kal. A few seconds after Kal accepted a peaceful resolution and was making preparations to leave willingly, and with no further violence, roughly all of the bullets hit him in the head and exit out the other side, killing him.
He falls to the ground.
Marcy now has a very dead tiefling dressed in a policewoman outfit lying in his office, leaking blood all over the floor through the multiple holes in his head and upper body. Won't that be a bitch to clean up.
See, Kal, this is why peaceful resolutions never pay off. :smallfrown:
Stab the ****ers in the throat and deal with the consequences afterwards. At least that way, when you inevitably get shot in the face, at least you deserved it.
At least he doesn't have to get a new hat this time.
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Craps Table
At the instant there is a sound of gunfire, Willow grabs Arthur and drops them both to the ground, likely with him already grabbing her with the same idea.
"Okay, okay... next time, you can pick the date. I admit it. I dun screwed up." :smallsigh:
Office
((Waiting for Reinholdt and GDM))
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Office
Hmm... I'm admittedly slightly confused on the timing, because the 'good they're gone' thing seems to indicate the goons are unwittingly bursting in and firing pointlessly because they don't know better. But the 'hopefully they will escape' indicates maybe not as gone as I thought? Clarification would be appreciated. And I do hope you feel better Hatter.
Either way, based on prior intentions, I'm pretty sure Butler isn't a target and will respect that. So I am going to say Decker got him on the Tardis before any shooting started.
Since I'm not sure the rules on being able to hear things outside a Tardis from the inside, I'm not sure if Butler freaks at the loud sounding gun fire and tries to find someplace to hide. And gun fire is quite loud, especially something firing that fast. In fact, now that I think about it, I'm surprised Reinholdt isn't partially deaf.*
*Random unrelated statement.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
happyturtle
Office
((Waiting for Reinholdt and GDM))
((Shui'yan walked out. I'm not in this scene any more.))
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Office >> Tardis
Luckily for Butler, he doesn't hear the bullets from inside the Tardis. But Jane Smith, looking over her shoulder, sees them. The look of evil fury she gives Mr Ritz might give him nightmares, if he is the type of man to get nightmares.
The Tardis thrums and hums and disappears.
Inside the Tardis
"Hey Butler. Where do you want to go?" Decker asks Butler cheerfully, as if she didn't just see her second favourite person gunned down.
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Re: {Nexus}: The Ritzzz Casino & Club
Quote:
Originally Posted by
The Mad Hatter
(Sorry others, not feeling good, Asha'Man, your character is being hired, um... Skip me? I'll be back as soon as I can be doing things here and not accidentally insult someone. Oh, how wonderful love is. :smallannoyed:)
Having been hired Serph starts working at the bar. He'll interact with the drinkers everynow and then if they feel talkative otherwise he'll just serve drinks using himself and his four other illusion clones.