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2011-07-29, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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The specific cat? Why, it just so happens to be right over there. On that table. In one of the Shadowy Corners(TM). A small black kitten lazily sitting around, though it's black-eyed attention is focused on something small on the table, which it keeps batting around with its forepaws. What a cute wittle kitty.
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2011-07-29, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I would really prefer just being what I was before I was a vampire. An arcanist. Human and mephit, second generation, class two," Garrett takes a worried step away from Zee.
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2011-07-29, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Karaglen gives Zee a somewhat sympathetic smile, tinged by worry.
Worry for the city and her.
She successfully fails to glance murderously at the tendrils in her back.
"It's okay, Zee. I've got plenty of crackers here, to keep you up."
Where'd she get those crackers?
Who knows. Probably from a cracker dealer!
...who's over there in the corner, wearing a lot of dark clothing, with a hood over his face.
He appears to be busily haggling with an old woman with a cat, holding up part of his coat and trying to sell a peculiar brand of Saltines.
Maybe they're really tasty?"Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXXXVI
Yay for plenty of crackers!
Zee idly picks the object of her awakening up and begins nibbling on a corner.
They do seem unusually tasty...
When Gerritt replies Zee gives a rather disappointed frown. Aaww... She likes ferrets... "Sorry! I can't do that. Only what I offered. Or... well... I could make you exactly what you were before. But that would require using my full unhindered power which would basically doom the whole world and everyone in it."
Dooooom!
"So you can probably understand why I won't be doing that for you. But! On the off chance That Day comes I guess I could restore you provided you don't get devoured by some Star Spawn first."Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-07-29, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXXXVI
Kitty!
Cream is procured! Now for the hard part.
Approaching that cat in such a way as not to seem threatening.
This is hard because everything Darst does he does with an undertone of "And I'm willing to beat you unto death with your own arms if necessary."
So he approaches the cat, warm cream in hand, as non-menacingly as possible.
It might look a little like a jolly dwarf going to feed the cat.
Or it might look like a menacing individual pretending to be a jolly dwarf going to feed the cat.
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2011-07-29, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Right then. Do you anyone who COULD turn me back without ending the world?" Garrett asks hopefully.
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2011-07-29, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I can, if you'd like."
The voice offering this, comes from somewhere behind and to the right of Garrett, from a white-haired, middle-aged man in a traveler's cloak.
A yew bow is strung over his back and an unusual age is present in his eyes.
Not the sort of "I've been around since the dawn of time" age, but the "I've seen too much" age.
They're a bit sad.
Which goes rather counter to the cheerful smile he has stamped on his face.
Karaglen, meanwhile, drops her glass of water on the floor."Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 01:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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The water begins seeping between the cracks in the floor, as so many other drinks have before it.
Zee waves cheerfully at Xeni!
Yay!
"Yeah, he probably could! Welcome back Xeni! It's been a long time."
Indeed it has.
Oh so very long.
Not as long as, say, the Old Ones have been sleeping. Just a few years. Which is still a long time for the Nexus where everything seems to happen so fast and furiously.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-07-29, 01:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Any catch? Price? That sort of deal breaking BS?" Garrett asks.
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2011-07-29, 01:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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"The ring. Kind of looks like something I saw in a comic book once. Excuse me," Oscar says. He makes his way over to Zee. "I'm Oscar Urimbauer, and I'd like to offer my services."
Zee probably recognizes him as a bit of a regular lately, who drinks Powerlust Pinot and eats shadows. It's a good thing the shadows gradually grow back after he's done, or Trog's would be without Shadowy CornersTM by now. And that would be dreadful!My avatar! Isn't it just utterly diabolical? Ashen Lilies made it!
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2011-07-29, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Yes it has. Sorry to vanish on your folks, but it looks like you kept things together well enough. Good to see you again Zee."
The mage gives a little nod to the bartending terrorhorror before looking Garrett over.
"That depends. How old are you?"
Here "old" means "how long have you been a vampire?".
It shouldn't be particularly surprising that this would have an effect on the changing in question.
Plenty of diseases and curses get more challenging or easier to deal with, depending on how long they've had to fester.
Karaglen does a little swivel in her stool, staring at her adopted Uncle.
The little girl might be in shock of some form.
It's been a very long time, for her. A good portion of her life.
A dazed little smile, something of excitement."Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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The cat probably wouldn't care if the dwarf was charging with an axe while screaming war cries. The little kitten seems too engrossed with it's current play-toy to notice the dwarf. Which is a regularly sized black spider with a particularly large abdomen adorned with an hour-glass shaped red mark.
The cat is torturing the poor spider, and has already pulled off two of its legs with its tiny claws. The arachnid is scrambling to get away from the fuzzy little feline, but it bats the spider back or snags it with its claws every time it might get off the table.
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2011-07-29, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-29, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Probably safe to say you're fairly saturated then. Probably eaten a few folks, too."
Xeni manages to remain un-judgemental, continuing to look the fellow over.
"Well, if it's your average vampirism I can purge that out of you. You probably won't thank me, when you're alive again. It's an unpleasant transition, for a week or so.
If it's some sort of god-curse, well. You'll never thank me, but I can get rid of that too."
That one really hurts to be cured of. Extracting divine will seems to have that sort of effect.
Meanwhile, Karaglen has decided to stop existing in her seat and start existing adhered to Xeni's waist, wrapping him in a rather tight hug.
She even forgot her sword.
"Oof. Hey kiddo..."
He lifts her up off the ground, for a proper hug,before setting her down again.
"Let me take care of this and then we can catch up, okay?"
The girl gives a little beaming nod, understanding the obligations of duty and for now just happy to see he's alive."Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 02:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I've managed to live off of conjured blood substitutes. You just need the right ingredients to make it indistinguishable from human blood. Less disgusting, too," Garrett quickly explains, shuddering at the mere THOUGHT of eating a PERSON.
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2011-07-29, 02:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Xeni rumples Kara's hair a bit before looking back up to Garrett.
Kind of looks at him funny for a second.
"Yeah, you're definitely not an old one then. You haven't been torturing your body on that stuff long enough to get sick yet.
Usually a reason it has to be human blood, as opposed to 'blood-like substance'."
But he shrugs. Not his place to judge a fledgling vampire for hoping to cling to morality. However futile it usually is.
"I'm not really going to ask for payment, but if you'd like to buy me a drink, I wouldn't be opposed to it.
You want your cure the sooner the better, I assume?""Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 02:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-29, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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"The Order pays well, I can definitely afford to get you a drink if it means I get cured sooner rather than later. I need to get back to work finding Adele," Garrett sounds excited that his choices have possibly made things easier.
The sooner we can help her, the better!
Can't I just kill ONE person first? PLEEEEEASE?
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2011-07-29, 02:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Unfortunately, THAT CAT hoards his play-things, and quickly brings and traps the spider close when the cream is put in front of it. The little kitten peers suspiciously at the saucer.
"Mow."
Usually it would happily lap such an offering up, but the Stars are almost Right, and it's intelligence and malevolence is growing. The kitten bends over and daintily grabs one of the Black Widow's legs with it's tiny teeth, before gently dropping the spider into the saucer of cream. And then poking at it with a single claw, pushing the arachnid under the surface of the liquid. It holds the poor tortured things under for a couple of seconds before allowing it back up, then immediately dunks it again.
This seems to please the cat.
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2011-07-29, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXXXVI
You go dwarf!
Feed that kitty some cream! Hopefully you won't get killed in the attempt. That would be really tragic.
Zee is approached by the light demon! He might notice her leeeeeaning over the bar to snatch the sword Kara left behind. But as soon as he draws near she quickly stands upright and smiles cheerfully.
"Hiya Oscar! Services would be great! There's lots of stuff that needs to be done and there's no way I can do it all myself!"
Partly because she's physically unable to do a lot of these things herself. She can't directly oppose her own purpose in that fashion. She can, however, recruit others to do it for her.
"How comfortable are you with combat?" she inquires of the light demon. "Because that'll have a pretty big impact on the kind of mission I can give you."Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-07-29, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I'm fine with it, but my player finds it annoying. I thought your player knew that about her. "
"I can do it if necessary, but I've never had any real combat training," Oscar says. Though hanging out with Slythynia as long as he did, I'm sure he picked up a few things. "I can bring light to the shadows though."My avatar! Isn't it just utterly diabolical? Ashen Lilies made it!
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2011-07-29, 02:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Xeni gestures over to the bar and begins moving that way himself.
Karaglen scurries on ahead, flopping into her stool, with the hopes that Xeni will move to a close by one.
He does.
Zee's brief opportunity to snatch the sword appears to have been lost again.
Drat!
"Try looking into some divination services, for your friend.
Anyway. A Kobold Chianti for me, I think..."
Meanwhile, the mage continues to be sizing Garrett up.
"Neck bite?""Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 02:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-29, 02:43 PM (ISO 8601)AdrestusGuest in the Playground
Re: [Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXXXVI
The tavern door is pushed open and through it emerges a sandwich board holding a guitar. The board crosses the bar, amid muffled "scuse me ma'am." and "sorry, mister" coming from deep inside the board. Arriving in the corner, the board reveals itself to be a scrawny, middle aged man in battered old city slicker threads. He sets down the board and makes a b-line for the bar.
The board introduces him as Sammy Hicks, blues singer extrordinaire.
He settles down at the bar, orders his drink and sets about tuning his guitar.
"G'd Ev'nin' all, just let me git set up, and yeah, i do requests."
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2011-07-29, 02:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-07-29, 02:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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THAT CAT purrs in acceptance of the pets. Seeing the dwarf as a worshiper, it decides to lap up some of the cream. And the spider, which it happily eats.
Once the kitten has drunk its fill, it'll try to hop onto the dwarf's lap and settle itself down. Which it attempts to do rather permanently, if its suddenly unsheathed claws trying to dig into the dwarf's skin and clothes for no reason at all are any indication.Last edited by VampireRot; 2011-07-29 at 02:52 PM.
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2011-07-29, 02:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh yes. That's certainly a real bite, as opposed to a little nip.
Adele's benefactor would be quite pleased, if he was here to observe the handiwork.
But he's not.
Xeni is.
"Alright. I can fix this,but you don't quite have normal vampirism, I think I should mention. It looks like it's mostly that and little...something else."
Something Abyssal. That would be the handiwork of Mr. Faust, a little signature left behind to monitor Adele's progress.
Doesn't have much of an effect, on a technical level, but it's there.
"I'd get that drink first. And then a room upstairs.""Fear and creativity are conjoined twins."
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2011-07-29, 02:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Nexus] Trog's Tavern CCXXXVI
Heh... Sammich board. It will be provided with any drinks desired! Especially on account of being rather silly.
Aaaand... Zee did indeed miss the chance to snag the sword. Maybe Xeni will be able to talk Kara into getting rid of the evil thing. Aw well... Have to see to giving the light demon some instructions instead!
"Okay... light to darkness. That could come in really handy," it most certainly could! Zee ponders a for a few moments, sticking her tongue out of the corner of her mouth a bit because everyone knows that helps people think. "Oh! I know! Alright, first of all I need you to understand that you'll have to follow the instructions you're give exactly. If you don't then bad things will happen."
Like fights!
Horrible horrible fights.
"Go to the slums and find a burned out cathedral called Saint Barnabas'. Inside you'll find a large three-stemmed candle holder with one only candle burning, the one in the middle. Snuff it, then light the other two. Turn around and you'll find a woman praying at one of the pews. Kneel down next to her and whisper, 'All the darkness in the world can not extinguish a single flame.' She'll tell you what you need to do next."Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2011-07-29, 03:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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[QUOTE=Chaotic Bob;11523742]Oh yes. That's certainly a real bite, as opposed to a little nip.
Adele's benefactor would be quite pleased, if he was here to observe the handiwork.
But he's not.
Xeni is.
"Alright. I can fix this,but you don't quite have normal vampirism, I think I should mention. It looks like it's mostly that and little...something else."
Something Abyssal. That would be the handiwork of Mr. Faust, a little signature left behind to monitor Adele's progress.
Doesn't have much of an
"What do you mean, something else?" Garrett panics at this. What if this condition becomes permanent? Or removes his powers?
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2011-07-29, 03:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Sure sure," Oscar says as he heads out. He hopes he gets a bottle of Pinot Powerlust on the house for this.
My avatar! Isn't it just utterly diabolical? Ashen Lilies made it!
"Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair."
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