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Karkat - Library
I NEVER EVEN NOTICED THEM, Karkat said, glancing at the plaques. MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH TODAY'S THEME. OH, AND ANOTHER THING: EVERY DAY HAS SOME CRAPPY THEME ATTACHED TO IT. WHEN I GOT HERE, THE WHOLE CITY WAS SEPARATED INTO THREE LEVELS, AND I KEPT GETTING STUCK IN THE TRASHY ONE. THEN AFTER THAT, EVERYBODY TURNED INTO ANIMALS, WHICH WAS STUPID. THEN AFTER THAT, THERE WERE FUCKING ZOMBIES ALL OVER THE GODDAMN PLACE AND NO FOOD OR WATER. I DIED, LIKE, THREE TIMES. He leaned against the desk, feeling pretty proud of himself for knowing all that. YESTERDAY WAS A BREAK DAY, SO NOTHING HAPPENED, AND THEN TODAY, EVERYTHING IS UNDERWATER.
(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?
For the Horde!
Upon hearing Rachel's voice, Ben clambered down the mast and smiled up at her. "Hey Rachel!" Ben exclaimed. "I'm fine, don't you worry!" She asked him about the hero group. "Yeah, I found a bunch of people who are willing to join and I'm gonna try and see if I can't find more over the next few days! Let the posters sit out where people can see them and—" It was this moment when Ben noticed the discomfort in her voice and in her stance despite that. His enthusiastic smile faded. "Hey, Rachel, what's wrong?" he asked her gently.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Happy Box Hater
Lucas was not in the mood to have any more conversations so he just sat down on the sailboat that Ben and his followers had claimed. He wanted to ease his exhausted mind so he curled up to take a short nap while waiting for departure. If anyone wanted to talk to him currently he could be woken up easily enough.
edited 13th Sep '16 7:44:08 PM by pillowmantis
Why is a yam attacking me?
I just want to help!
Cole watched as Phil left, looking a little confused about it again, before Nails again mentioned looking for the ex-Ruckus and it just being them for the time being. "Oh...give me just a moment. I shouldn't bring him along, just in case. I'll be right back, I promise!"
Cole looked around a moment, before hurrying towards the others, catching sight of Sans and Caro, waving a hand while the other arm cradled the gerbil's ball carefully. "Sans, Caro...can you take him back to the library for me, and ask Miss Tairee to make sure he's safe? The militia men asked me if I could find the Ruckus man from before, and I said I could use my powers to help them, so I am going to do that."
He offered a bit of a smile, holding out the gerbil's ball for one of them to take. "Please be careful with him...now that he's safe, maybe I can help to keep more people safe too." He looked...somewhat pleased by this, in fact, glancing over his shoulder as though to make sure Nails hadn't snuck off without him. "I promise I will be careful...as long as you promise to be careful too?" He looked back to them, looking a bit more concerned now.
edited 13th Sep '16 7:49:03 PM by ColeMinor
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As he waited for Caro's explanation Sans saw Ben act strangely chipper and basically throw himself at the sailboat and begin acting like a captain or something. He was really hamming it up in a way that was indeed quite familiar to him and precisely because of that it started raising some questions
"that kid really doesn't look like he's ready to be a leader." he commented.
Before Caro could reply Cole came over asking them to take care of his pet since he had to go help the militia look for the ex Ruckus guy for some reason. Well, he was safe now and he figured the militia should be able to take care of him otherwise that would really make him question just how those people are even expecting to do their jobs if they can't keep one guy safe.
"well, ok then. the militia is right here and you had business with them anyway so who am i to stop you from doing your job?" he said, shrugging. He then took a look at the gerbil and then at Caro. "uh, you take care of this thing, the only pet i ever had was a rock."
edited 13th Sep '16 8:04:45 PM by FullMoon
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"Pleased to meet you, Mister Wander," Ara replied with a smile and a polite nodnote , "and you too, Miss Sylvia. My name is Ara Haan."
Ara's tea was ready at that point, so she calmly brought the cup to her lips and took a first sip. Even though it was a hot beverage, it was particularly refreshing both for her mind and body, which was evident by the satisfied sigh she let out. All problems, all distractions, all conflicts disappeared from her mind...
...for exactly seven seconds.
"Oh, that's right!" she exclaimed suddenly, turning her head towards Viola. "I wanted to speak with you about something, Miss Viola. If you don't mind, I mean."
THE SLORG!
"Mister Karkat, what have I told you about using profanities at loud volume while there are children present here?!" Miss Tairee said to Karkat in an annoyed tone, pointing over at Yoshika and Viola.note "Cease or I will evict you from the premises" she added sternly.
Then she glanced at John. "Is there anything I can help you with?" Miss Tairee asked him, her tone less but still a bit annoyed.
Thomas looked at Caro, then at Fried, and visibly recoiled. "Y- You have a pet dragon?! Are you mad!?" Thomas asked her in a slightly frantic voice, one hand already going into his cloak to reach for his wand.
Meanwhile, not seeming to realize that there was a problem, or at least didn't think it serious, Rachel ignored this and kept looking at Ben. "Nothing, just..." Rachel trailed off, unsure what to say.
"Hey, Rachel right?" Phil asked as he walked up, a bit rhetorically. "Good recon work by the way" he added.
With the cat suddenly out of the bag, at least presumably, Rachel's eyes widened for a moment, and then she sighed. "... I'm glad you found a way to help people in the city too" Rachel told Ben after a momentary pause.
Meanwhile, Nails waited patiently, still standing where Cole left him, though raised an eyebrow in slight confusion as Cole talked with Sans.
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"What's *urp* happening today is that I'm going underwater to take stuff," explained Rick to Gon as he casually reloaded his gun and took a quick shot from his flask. "...and I mean-" he stammered for a second as the alcohol started to really kick in "-I mean yeah, Morty, y-you wanna go up there? You wanna go back up to the surface w-with a three-hundred year old teEURGHNager and some South Korean lunatic a-a-and get eaten or blown to shit by pirates or whatever the hell's going to happen up there, because Miss Tairee hates us both?"
"W-well I mean when you put it like that-" Morty rubbed the back of his head and tried to think things over.
"I mean, I don't see *urp* you comin' up with any clever ideas here," pointed out Rick to the ice spirit as he started down the hallway, alert for any machines coming his way. "T-t-I-Morty's my camouflage here against any psionically active biotechnological entities, okay? I mean I know this stuff is harder than *urp* than making a snowman or-or nipping at noses or whatever you do back in your reality."
"Well Rick, I-I-if I'm j-just a, a, camouflauge to you then fine, okay? I-I'll go with Jack over here."
"Hoo boy, here we go again." Rick rolled his eyes and fired off a few shots at a steam-powered robot that was wheezing its way down a nearby corridor.
edited 13th Sep '16 8:43:03 PM by Locoman
I think I'm a sofa
Karkat - Library - Oh Yeah That's Still a Thing
WHAT, ARE YOU FUUUUUU... Karkat trailed off, lowering his head. Yeah, he wasn't gonna finish that sentence. note UH, THIS IS MY FRIEND JOHN. HE JUST GOT HERE, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES AGO, AND IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD TELL HIM A FEW THINGS TO GET HIM STARTED. After that, he waved John off and walked over to where Viola, Seiga, Yoshika, etc. were, along with two new people he hadn't seen before. One was a small, furry, orange alien, and the other was a big blue one. They seemed friendly enough, but just to be safe, he sat right next to Viola. HEY. SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?
For the Horde!
As soon as the guy from the militia approached Rachel and complimented her on a job well done, Ben's brow furrowed. He looked at the guy, then back at Rachel.
"....You're working with the Militia?" Ben asked. He sighed. "Whatever," he muttered. "You guys can choose to work for whoever you wanna work for, I guess," he muttered, leaning on the edge of the boat, his enthusiasm visibly sapped.
"Can we get going?" he asked the Militia, gazing lazily out to sea.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Just another guy
Viola I Library I Trying Something New
"Is that so? I'm happy for you, then," I answered to Plague Knight after he stated that everything he did was all worth it.
It was then that a certain loud troll stumbled into the table. Oh, dear. "Why, Karkat, we're simply having a tea party over here. Feel free to join us on our conversation, if you want,"
I then turned my attention to Ara. There was something that she wishes to speak of me? I wonder what it'll be about? I put on a smile. "Of course I won't mind, Ara. That's the entire purpose of this gathering, is it not? To freely talk among ourselves, all over a cup of tea."
I prepared some of the more 'exotic' tea that one of the party goers chose earlier into my cup and decidedly took a sip at it. Hmm, not bad. Bumpkin berry something, was it? "Now, what is it you want to talk about?"
edited 13th Sep '16 9:09:29 PM by JustSomeGuy732
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
Tired of givin' up the ghost
Welp. There he went. Didn't even answer. He faintly wondered if John was from some comic he'd tried and failed to get into (what was it called again?), and then remembered what he'd been told about the multiversal bleeding effect* .
What did his world look like to other worlds? Now that was a mystery worthy of solving.
Everyone seemed to have collectively decided that they too were going to the library. He began toward one of the boats (he'd seen enough of the sub) before Sophie brought up that they should look for Jack and check up on him.
Shit. Right. The 300-year-old spirit had died for the second time in his life, hadn't he? It couldn't have a pleasant experience, and from what Lewis knew about the respawn (this thought happened to coincide with the unfortunate disappearance of a certain unconscious man) he was probably back in those tunnels underwater as jittery and terrified as he was when the two of them and Curly had originally reunited. That just wouldn't do.
Still, he'd told little Lucas he'd accompany him to the library, and he wasn't keen on going back on his word, certainly not to a child.
"He didn't much like being underwater. You're right, we can't leave him there. But I agreed to something first..."
Curly suggested asking Cole about finding Jack. Looking over, the empath seemed to already be getting ready to leave and do something with Nails. Well, guess that idea was out.
Someone gave a shout of exasperation that by the sound of it indicated another newcomer. Two in such a short time? Wow.
"Hello...?" he said, turning in that general direction.
edited 13th Sep '16 9:06:31 PM by MsAmiClassified
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Balcony - Fired up
Sans once again tried to get her talking about what had the storyteller god had asked her and Zelda to do to in order to grant their request to save his world, but once again, a few things prevented her from talking about it. It was not something that she should like to share in such a public setting, in anycase. She should make sure to bring it up herself when she had the chance.
Cole came over before she could respond and said that he would be helping the militia to track down the ex-Ruckus member from earlier. He also asked them to take care of the gerbil for now and make sure he was safe at the library.
Sans readily agreeded, but then said something rather peculiar. " ... You have a pet rock? But how does that ... " She shook her head, figuring it was better not to dwell on that for now. She reached and the took the ball where the gerbil was contained, smiling as she then said to Cole, "Alright then. I'll make sure this little guy is well taken of, don't worry. So take care and I guess we will see each other later then."
Ben continued his excited reaction to sucessfully assembling his group. It was inspiring and it made her glad to see him happy, though given Sans reaction, she did have to wonder what other people might think
Things then took a sour turn when Thomas reacted quite badly to Fried's presence. She should have figured that there would be people with bad experiences with dragons, or ones that hailed from places where they could be far more dangerous and uncontrolable. She hoped she could sort this out before it ended badly.
While keeping a tight grip on the ball containing the gerbil on one hand, she protectively raised another in front of Fried, saying, "Look, from the way you're reacting, I'll guess that dragons can't be tamed where you come from. But you have to take in account that, since we all seem to come from so many different realities, it might not be like with all of the them. Such is the case here. I was born in a place where taming dragons and using them as summons is not an uncommon ocurrance. I can assure you that Fried here is a very loyal companion who is usually really friendly."
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Though, this friend seemed entirely human. If it weren't for the odd pajamas he was wearing, he might almost pass for a normal civilian. It wasn't this "Dave" fellow, and Seiga doubted it was "Rose" either, so there must've been even more to the story that Karkat had left out in his lengthy monologue earlier.
Now, considering that if there was one event that she knew Karkat would instantly ruin it would be a tea party, she was very tempted to just have Yoshika act as a bouncer. However, that would certainly leave a bad impression of herself on this newcomer, wouldn't it? She'd have to see John he acted anything like his cantankerous grey friend before outright blowing him off.
"Ah, Karkat...what a surprise. We're holding a tea party, a terribly dainty human custom. The idea is to sit around and drink heated water with dried plants used as an additive, while discussing nothing in particular." If that wasn't the least appealing description for a tea party she had heard of, she must've not listened to enough people. "You're welcome to join, but I'm not sure if it would be fun for you."
Yoshika, quick on the trigger, got her master's game in record time. She let out a long, exaggerated yawn, and said, "Seiigaaa, I wanna go swimming. This is boring." Seiga patted her head, mostly for a job well done, and said, "If you want to go read or something, you're welcome, but you're not swimming just yet." Yoshika then sort of blundered her performance by swiping at the air with a closed fist, and saying "Aww, darn!" in the least believable way possible.
I just want to help!
Cole offered another happy smile. "Thank you both! Rest when you get to the library, I think you both need a break."
That having been said, the spirit turned to run back to rejoin Nails, offering him a bit of a hesitant smile. "Thank you for letting me do that. If we get into danger I don't want him to get hurt. He's just a little thing and he doesn't understand what this world is he's in. I...will need to take off my amulet to listen for people. Will you be able to hold it for me?"
I think I'm a sofa
Karkat - Library - this bitch
Karkat nodded in acknowledgment at Viola's offer, then turned to Seiga, who was explaining tea parties to him. I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THOSE, ACTUALLY. he told her. THEY CAN'T BE THAT BAD, RIGHT? AND I'VE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO EXCEPT GO LOOK FOR A GIANT UNDERWATER MONSTER RESEMBLING A SEA DWELLER'S LUSUS AND OFFERING MY ROTTED SHELL OF A BODY TO IT LIKE SOME SORT OF FUCKED-UP SACRIFICE TO THE GODS. WHERE CAN I GET A CUP? He looked over the table, looking for something to drink.
(holds pool noodle threateningly) Do you want to know what we do to artists?
feeling blue
Cole was... oddly chipper as well. Maybe the solution to all his problems was just giving him a pet, who'd have guessed. Well except for the fact he spent all of five minutes with it before handing it over to someone else to take care of.
Speaking of pets, it looked like one of the newcomers took issue with Fried and seemed like he was ready to attack him. Caro objected, of course, and tried to explain that things weren't exactly how they worked in that dude's world. She seemed to be handling the situation well but now that Fried was taken into the picture a thought came across his mind.
"hey, caro, you have two pets now and i was wondering... since fried is a dragon, does that mean he eats stuff like..." he glanced at the gerbil she was holding, "... rodents?"
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"He seems to be heading somewhere else," Sophie responded concerning asking Cole about his... experience with death. Lewis appeared to have the same idea, given that he looked at the hatted teen and turned away soon afterward. "Maybe we can ask Miss Tairee if there's any way to look for Jack."
With that said, Sophie headed to one of the sailboats; said boat happened to be occupied by the blonde woman and the boisterous, brown-haired boy. "Hello," she said to them, her hand going up in a* wave. "This boat is going to the Library, right?"
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Jack raised a finger in the air as Rick started speaking. This guy was something else for sure, and he really wasn't in the mood to deal with a drunk old man. "Ok, first off, trust me when I say the surface is far safer than down here. That's experience talking. And second, Tairee hates you?" The spirit started smirking, eyebrows raised sarcastically. "I'm shocked. You seem like such a great guy."
He'd have to ask about the kid, Morty, apparently being part of that as well. He figured it was just Rick trying to sway the poor guy.
Then a bunch of technical nonsense came out of the old man's mouth, and before Jack could ask what the heck he even meant, he mocked what Jack did back home. His eyes narrowed, and his nose flared for a second, before it smoothed out into another grin. "Oh, I'm sorry. I suppose not all of us can go around dragging kids into dangerous situation and stealing stuff." The winter spirit punctuated his words his sarcastic gestures and body language. "Guess I'll just stick to making snowmen, nipping at noses and protecting the children of the world; While you're down here doing some clearly important stuff. Try not to get shot, old man."
With that, Jack turned and made to head off the direction Rick had originally come from. He glanced at Morty as he come up beside him, jerking his head down the hallway and sending him a curious look. "You coming?"
I think I can...
Library
John looked at Miss Tairee, and waved at her. "hi," he greeted. "sorry about karkat. he's usually cranky like that. but i was wondering if you could tell me more about this place. maybe something to do with the themes." He looked at the plaques. "so this place is atlantis now, right?"
edited 14th Sep '16 4:08:16 AM by NagisaStick
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THE SLORG!
Phil lowered his eyebrows and looked at Ben. "Jeez, what's his problem..? Wait a minute, Ben? As in..." Phil trailed off in thought as he recalled something. "Oh, great" he then stated with complete sarcasm, before adding more sincerely, "fuck this, I'm going on another boat."
As Phil clambered out to do just that, Rachel let out a passing objection of, "hey!" but couldn't seem to think of anything to follow that up with, and sighed sadly again before looking to Sophie. "Yes, we're going to the library. By all means, come along" Rachel told her.
Thomas didn't really relax after that explanation, but he did stop reaching for his wand. "It's impossible where I'm from, in fact. Plenty a great witch and wizard got burned alive, eaten, or worse figuring that out. Dragons are cunning creatures that cannot be tamed, but most of all are extremely dangerous" Thomas explained to Caro, still sparing the occasional paranoid glance towards Fried.
Phil convened with the other militia members, who had finally gotten around to the still alive and bound Ruckus member. After a quick conversation, they dragged the man to the square submarine and tossed him in, then Phil and a couple of the other men got in and sealed the hatch. Besides Nails, this left only Fastanook and one other man, who took command of the other small sailboat and offered to take up any stragglers that wouldn't fit in Rachel's boat.
Nails meanwhile, gave Cole a nod. "Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Nails asked Cole rhetorically, and would take the amulet once Cole offered it; regardless, he led Cole over to the small, yellow submarine and climbed in, taking a quick and slightly nervous review of the controls in front of him. "... We let the guy off at a surface structure, and with any luck he's still there, so we shouldn't need to dive" the militia member thought out loud, and with that self reassurance, started to get the sub moving, just sticking to the surface and treating it like a normal boat.
Once everybody interested was on board, the two sailboats headed off together in another direction to seek the library. The larger, square submarine dived underneath the water and went out of sight.
Those listening to the militia's channel would hear one of the militia men reporting that they had a Ruckus member in custody and were asking Wells where to take him; an underwater location a bit off from their ship construction dock was settled on. Nails then got on his own walkie talkie and reported, "I've got the mind reading kid with me, and we're looking for the former Ruckus guy. We'll be on our way too, shortly."
"One more curse word and you're out mister Karkat! I'm serious!" Miss Tairee angrily not-quite-yelled towards the tea party, then looked at John.
"Not any version of Atlantis that I'm familiar with. There's certainly plenty of water, but that's about it. On the surface it's styled after a swashbuckling adventure, while down below it's an increasingly decrepit Ayn Rand style dystopia" Miss Tairee told John, with a somewhat dismissive shrug of just her left arm. "Is there anything else sir?" she then asked.
edited 14th Sep '16 4:57:39 AM by FirockFinion
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Gon, not getting Rick at all...
"Whatever." Gon sighed when he slapped the breech of the shotgun back. "I'll go with you, even if it means that I'll have to get used to your antics."
"Besides," He added. "I might be able to find some answers and some stuff that I need. And I'm not South Korean. I'm an American."
Into Oblivion
Balcony
People, people, people. There were too many people. Why they all felt the need to descend upon her like hyenas to a fresh kill...well, okay, it probably had something to do with the shouting. Whoops. Did hyenas even kill, or were they scavengers? She hadn't paid much attention in school when she was six.
She shook off those thoughts and took a deep breath, resisting the urge to run away. "I am Mirai Kuriyama...I have no idea where I am...and I am scared out of my mind."
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I just want to help!
Cole's eyes went green for a second as he removed the amulet, but it seemed as though the transition between removing it and putting it back on was something he was starting to get used to, as the glow went back out relatively quickly. He looked around the small sub as they went, grimacing slightly. "Why would they make something this small? It seems...bad. Though I've never seen most of these things before..."
He looked at the controls that Nails was using, before turning his head slightly, looking around as though to sight what they were looking for. "We...we don't need to look for that man from before. I...if I had been able to see into his mind instead of only his face, I would never have attacked him. He has no trace of the Ruckus left inside him."
Still, Cole closed his eyes, lowering his head a little, and started to search outwards through the city, trying to pin down the man's mind, seeking out fears of the Ruckus, of himself, of the militia, or anything that might give him an idea on where to zero in.
"If we're gonna take you in, it seems only right we take him in too. You did help us out, after all" Nails said, as Phil fished out the two remaining daggers and handed them over. Then Phil started heading over towards Rachel's boat.
"Small change in seating arrangement; I'm coming with you now" Phil called out to Rachel as he approached.
Rachel seemed only a little surprised, and let out a quick, "okay with me." Then she added to Rex, "as long as there's still room in the boat, anybody is free to come along."
"There's not much room in the sub, so it'll be only you and me for now. Just tell me where to go to find Frederick" Nails explained to Cole, and started heading back towards the small vessel again.
edited 13th Sep '16 7:03:41 PM by FirockFinion
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