[Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXI

[Rae Artemi]

A corporeal projection appears beside Ermine.

Well, Ferret, I'm going to leave my body where it is so that I can catch him by surprise when he undeadtimes. Also, where are my platinums?

[VampireRot]

"First, me name'sh Ermine, not fur'it. Ye ain't loopy anymore, so ye stop callin' me dat."

Ermine takes another swig.

"And I really don' know what platinumsh yer talkin' bout."

[Lix Lorn]

Emily/Emiria splits into two, the clone deadtiming in the same position to keep her guard position, the other sitting down with her drink.

[Rae Artemi]

Oh, the craziness hadn't caught up with the projection yet when it started calling you Ferret, Ferret. And you know exactly what platinums I'm talking about. Remember, the ones I bet on me losing by knockout?

[VampireRot]

"Nope. Ain't 'memberin' nuthin' like dat. Yer pretty loopy, ya know dat?"

Ermine puts on a face of innocent confusion. Which is rather easy when you have a snout instead of an expressive hooman face.

[Rae Artemi]

I can tell when people are lying, you know. I also have upwards of twenty knives on my person, two swords, and an ocarina.

[VampireRot]

"Dat'sh great. I gotsh a hat. Ye wouldn't hurt'a gal wit jusht a hat on, would'ja?"

Ermine gestures to her hat. Which is the only thing the ermine has other than the bottle o' grog.

[Rae Artemi]

Yeah, a hat that contains a shotgun and a scimitar, at the very least. Look, I just want my platinums back, I won't ask for any more, but I won't stop asking until I get them.

[VampireRot]

Ermine takes the hat off her head and shows the inside. It looks like a normal hat, no weapons. The ermine pokes a clawed hand at the inside to show that it is a regular hat.

"Yea... M' flat broke, and ain' got no weaponsh neider. Ye shure he 'aven't been drinkin?"

After saying this, Ermine takes another swig and takes an unsteady step back.

[Morty]

Wenomir arrives, shoots the brawl a disapproving glare - he's all for a good barfight, but superpowers and weapons kill the whole idea - and sits by the bar.
Dorotha is still stuck in Kevin and Crissy's deadtime.

[Rae Artemi]

Alright, I didn't want to have to do this, but...

A projection appears behind Emiria and leans in to whisper in her ear.

You may want to cover your ears for this bit, Miss.

Two projections appear beside the main Len projection, and all three put their ocarinas to their mouths. The left plays the highest note it can as loud as it can, the one on the right does the same with a low note, and the Len in the middle plays a disjaunted, random, off key tune. It really is quite a horrible combination.

[Lix Lorn]

She does so, reflexively covering them with her hands.

[VampireRot]

"Do wha'?"

Ermine raises an eyebrow at Len. And then gets a look of horror on her face once he starts playing. Still holding the hat, she holds her ears down.

"SHTOP THA' RUDDY PLAYIN'! Yer tha worsht I've evar 'eard, and I've shailed wit' many a tone-deaf pirate in me daysh!"

[Rae Artemi]

Another projection appears behind Ermine.

You know what you have to do to get me to stop, Ferret.

[Morty]

When Wenomir hears the horrid, painful tune, it results in a metal tankard being thrown at the head of the nearest projection with considerable precision, followed by a string of curses.

[VampireRot]

"Ya! Blow yer bloody 'ead off!"

Ermine reaches into her hat and pulls out a musket. It is noticeably not the shotgun from earlier. She points at the Len on the left and pulls the trigger.

[Rae Artemi]

It flies through, and all three projections go incorporeal.


That's not gonna work, Ferret.

((And, unfortunately, I have to deadtime for a while.))

[ThirdEmperor]

Totally deadtimed. Riv says, rapidly leaning backwards to headbut Emily while parry Len's strike.

[Morty]

Stupid cheater, says Wenomir rather loudly.

[VampireRot]

"Ye ain't bloody playin' no more, so it sheemsh to 'ave worked fine."

Ermine reaches into the hat to pull out a lead ball to load the musket with, and then puts the weapon back inside the headware's magic compartment. And takes another swig.

"Ahhsh... Dat'sh sum doog rum..."

[Lix Lorn]

Emily/Emiria clicks back into action, swiping down her daiklaive and leaning back to avoid his headbutt. In theory, her attack should remove at least one of his hands.

[ThirdEmperor]

Without even blinkig he adjust his pose slightly, blocking the blow with his free hand! The blade hits his hand with a sickening thud and stops dead, black ooze pouring from his hand.

[Lix Lorn]

She scowls, flipping backwards as her sword vanishes Elsewhere. She then draws a huge cannon, pointing it at him. Energy pours into it-and then a blast of concussive force launches at him.

[Project_Mayhem]

Remember Raz has attempted to spatially entagle Riv ...

[The Bushranger]

Val, meanwhile, is struck by the bullets...or rather, her personal shield is.

As she flicks a switch on the side of her plasma pistol, a light turns from red to green, and she fires, twice, at Riv.

BLAM!
BLAM!

It's now set to kill.

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Crissy, meanwhile, undeadtimes, and finally noticing the fight ongoing, edges her chair closer to a window.

[ThirdEmperor]

Riv slams into the wall as the ray hits him, then disappears in a flash of light. Then bullets start raining from the ceiling. The whole ceiling.

[Lix Lorn]

With another burst of essence, Emiria/Emily starts dodging at impossible speed, avoiding them all.

...Perfect Defence!

[VampireRot]

"Ah! Oh #$^%#%^ IN A %$^@$^ WITH SHOME $#^$^!!!"

Ermine yells a string of random characters and leaps off the table to hide underneath it. I mean, bullets from the ceiling? How does a time gun do that?

[Morty]

Wenomir shakes his head. I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who still uses fists in barfights... he says to noone in particular.
Dorotha, meanwhile, sighs and moves away from the fight as well.

[The Bushranger]

Val just grins painfully as the bullets plink off her shield, applying a compress to her leg injury.

Tossing an additional sheild to Captain Tobias that should, if it sticks to him, activate when he undeadtimes.

...and waits.

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"Why do people have to get into fights? Why can't they just admit defeat once in awhile?" Crissy asks worriedly.