From the shadows near the edge of the party, nearby Seiga, a wispy figure emerged, floating over towards the necromancer. Surprisingly, she was away from the undead girl that she kept constantly at her side, and she didn't look happy. It was Ghostfreak, trying to remain out of sight, but revealing himself out of the corner of Seiga's eye.
"What is this?" Ghostfreak asked in his raspy, quiet voice. "Your servant has... abandoned you? It must be so hard to get good help these days. You know... I can help you get a much better servant... if you help me in return...."
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither."Heeeeey, what's - what's up?" Rick pressed a drink into Seiga's hand as he made the rounds through the increasingly loud and chaotic party, accompanied by a bevy of people, aliens, and other things that didn't really fit into either of the above categories.
Rick stared at Seiga for a few moments, tilting his head and trying to fight through the usual haze of alcohol - made stronger by the night's events. "Wait. Y-y-y-you were at the last one, weren't you? Big *urp* rave on the beach? Drugged a... a... I dunno what the hell it was, alien of some kind..."
Rick trailed off as he spied the incorporeal form of Ghostfreak hovering over Seiga's shoulder, looking for all the world like the spectre of death in some medieval woodcutting. He sighed for a moment before rubbing one hand through his hair and over his bald spot, massaging his temples.
"Look - normally I'd probably kill you or whatever to get *urp* Ben off my back but I don't *urp* f-feel like putting up with that brand of shit right now, so do you want a drink or something?" he asked before reconsidering is offer. "D-do you drink? Like inhaling liquids with a mouth?"
edited 27th Apr '17 7:31:04 PM by Locoman
"i think so, didn't really get anywhere with it though, might wanna clear that out later," Sans replied to Curly.
Rex then gave him a summation of how his world was like. It... sounded pretty bad, for the most part. He didn't quite understand what "turning into monsters" entailed, but for all intents and purposes it sounded like everyone in the planet was a ticking time bomb except for Rex himself. That made the fact Rex went out of his way to help him instead of himself all the more surprising, but considering the kid seemed stress out maybe it would be better to talk about it later.
"huh... ok then," Sans said, just to show that he did actually listen to the explanation, "well, caro is waiting me outside so i'll see you guys there, maybe."
He then walked out again and saw that Morty and Caro were still in the same place, thankfully. At least Caro wasn't running laps around the library or something of that kind.
"'k i'm done," he told them as he approached, "ready to go to the cinema party?"
"Yes, I was at the last one," Seiga said, not sounding particularly happy to see him. "It was that large blue-grey thing, with the bladders on its horns. Whatever you'd call it. I haven't done anything here yet because I haven't seen any trouble to cause."
Hey, it was the truth.
Then, another blast from the past that is Day 10, Ben's Urgent Alien Exorcism Problem arrived. Seiga remembered that it had some kind of dumb name that she wasn't fond of saying, so that title became theirs.
Seiga narrowed her eyes at it, trying to decide what context was lying behind its words. "I'd ask if you've been following me, but that might be true, so it'll remain unanswered. If you want something from me, I want you to be concise with your request."
Having put as much effort into making it eyecatching and as interesting of a read as possible, she felt that it was good. Making people wonder "What the heck is her problem" should entice some people on the mystery alone, right?
And, while Yoshika was putting the legwork into making it, she talked to Ciri. "What do I do? Do you mean, like, powers? I'm stronger than eight of the strongest men, I can eat anything and convert it into energy, and I can't die unless my brain's destroyed. That's what Seiga said, anyway, I don't think I ever bothered to test that last one, really..."
...Actually, yeah, she had tested that one. Better to say that Seiga tested it, she really didn't get a choice in the matter. "Wait, no, I know that last one's true. But, what kind of books do you think we need? Books on sword fighting, or adoption or something?"
Cole blinked a few times at Ben, looking down at the comic book, then back at him. "I...Miss Tairee is going to let me stay here, and learn to read...and...I think I can stay like this while I do that? But...I...I don't know...what more is there to being a child than...not being looked at strangely, and being smaller and better liked?"
Festive streets - Boundless energy
"Don't know, just keep moving until it runs it's course, I guess!" Caro replied, as she still kept skipping about in roughly the same spot.
Sans then returned and asked if they were ready to go to the party, to which she said, "I think so! Maybe you should lead the way, so I don't end accidently moving too far away while like this ..."
After he presumably did so, rather than running and risking getting to far ahead, she tried to exert as much control as she could, skipping about, this time actually not just in place, instead.
I reined in the laughing just enough to actually talk. "Yeah, yeah, heh. I get it. You want a little privacy for your emotional intimacy. I just thought it was funny. I mean, come on. Everyone can see it."
So the pretentiously-named Rex was from somewhere where nanotechnology went horribly wrong. I filed that away for future meddling I mean reference.
Curly clarified that it'd only been 10 days since everything she told me about herself. "Wait, so then..." I counted in my head. 10 days, including 5 here..."Half of your memories are of here, aren't they? You've known me half your life, holy shit."
For practically being less than two weeks old she certainly seemed mature and independent like the young adult she looked like, but how much was she learning from this place, and what?
And like I said, I'd been there for half of it...what was I teaching her?
Unfortunately sans left before I could run my idea by him, and Rex was about to leave himself. And...apparently he was going to drag the day challenge along? It might cheer up Silanea, if it worked, which seemed to be the point.
"Wait."
I held up the pen I'd grabbed and twirled it.
"There's still one option worth considering."
i guess you can watch me shitpost i guessBen smirked. "Well. You get to play video games, and eat ice cream at three in the morning. There's nothing more like being a kid with no parents around than doing that stuff. It's the best. You can read if you want though," he replied to Cole.
Ghostfreak, upon being addressed by Rick, narrowed his eye at the scientist. "Drunken wretch," he replied with disdain. "If we were not disabled by this day's conditions, I would tear you limb from limb for associating with the Tennyson boy." He then turned back towards Seiga.
"You and I have goals that can both be met at once. You want a new assistant... and I want revenge on a particular thorn in my side. You help me get my vengeance on Tennyson... and I will let you have him as your new slave," Ghostfreak suggested, his voice becoming positively predatory.
edited 27th Apr '17 9:10:07 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither."So... that's a 'no' on the drinks? Alright then. Mozzarella stick?" Rick scooped one off a nearby finger food table and broke it in half to demonstrate the cheesy goodness inside.
"I'm not gonna lie, these are *urp* these are pretty damn awesome," noted Rick, as though oblivious to the fact that the conversation around him was rapidly turning into some alarmingly detailed plans about forced human servitude. "Mmm." He popped one half of the baked confection into his mouth and chewed vigorously. "God that hits the spot."
edited 27th Apr '17 9:15:20 PM by Locoman
Biting down into it as she pondered Ghostfreak's offer, she quickly decided that it was decent, but far too greasy for her tastes. It was getting some kinda oil all over her hand, and with no restroom in sight, it shall remain stained for eternity.
"So, I see two issues in your plan," Seiga said after swallowing the cheesy goodness. "One, at the moment, I can't do anything without a servant. Unless you're hoping I can find a shoe with a heel and impale him from above before he transforms, or I just stumble upon a pile of reagents for alchemy, I hope your plan of revenge doesn't involve killing him."
She took another small bite of the stick. "Secondly, to make a servant I need a dead person. Or, more accurately, someone who will stay dead, which is a rarity in this city. I don't think he fits either bill."
Ciri - Library
"I meant in the sense that I'd like to know what you do know about her, but that's helpful nonetheless," Ciri stated to Yoshika as the girl worked on her flyer."The extent of her abilities, if she has any other thralls, if she has a method of tracking you. If she is a human, humanoid, or another species altogether. Does she have weaknesses to metals or magics - silver, bronze, fire. Does killing her require any specific steps to be taken, or is she as mortal as anyone else? Things of that nature, and books with more details. We won't need a book for swordfighting, if you want to learn I can teach you myself."
Ghostfreak glared at Seiga, before looking back towards the library and thinking slightly. He thought back to the conversation he had with Ben back at the library, the pink-haired skeleton ghost that came to his defense....
"You need someone dead... and who stays dead. Come to think of it, I know someone who would be perfect for the role as your servant. There is a skeletal ghost who has been here for a few days. I encountered him at the Library. His name is Lewis Pepper. From what I have been able to gather, he is reliant on a soul jar to maintain his physical form. If you can attach one of your ofuda to his soul, you should take control of him handily," he explained.
"I help you subjugate Pepper... and you help me get revenge on Tennyson. Do we have a deal?" Ghostfreak asked, finally, looking at Seiga.
edited 27th Apr '17 9:50:41 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.Yoshika had to think about this for a moment, and she looked up from her poster project as she tried to remember. She talked about her pride and joy, her cute little jiangshi, all the time, but she was always quiet about herself.
"...I don't think she can track me, otherwise she would've done that a lot of other times in this City, and she doesn't have anyone else" she said to Ciri. "She's a Hermit, which is a kind of thing in Taoism, I guess. She doesn't eat, or sleep, but she can fly and she's immortal. Otherwise, she's just like a human. Her hairpin can open holes in solid things, and she knows magic, but she needs what she calls reagents to do it with..."
There was a memory that crossed her mind, something that only was important because Seiga said to never mention it without permission...
She snapped her fingers. "Oh! Yeah. She also is really sensitive about her dead husband." Yoshika looked back down and continued to color in the lettering on this nice poster. "I know that there's a book with her in it, or two even. Jack took one out recently to show me."
Though, a thought came to mind. He'd answer positively, of course, but how he phrased his response would color her feelings about him.
"I must say that ghosts, whatever form or name they take, aren't the trustworthy type. Why would I, someone who kills them for fun and profit, trust one like you?"
"I'll do the best that I can; I promise!" Sandy Claws said to North, his expression serious as he made a sort of salute with his fist to his chest.
Meanwhile, the Miss Tairee with Rex paused for a moment. "... 'Miss' is just my honorific, yes. My first name is Sekreh" Miss Tairee told Rex, with slight hesitation. She then glanced at Curly when the robot returned, and mentioned, "another message for you, miss." With no evident movement, because one of the other Miss Tairee copies had handled the typing this time, a note again appeared in front of Curly. It read:
Yes, I provided the turrets you are referring to. Everything in the city, aside from you inhabitants and whatever is directly provided by Miss Tairee, was made by me.
And yes, I do have a name you could comprehend, but I will not be revealing it yet.
Beneath that was again a multi-dimensional scribble; even with her robotic memory, Curly couldn't even be sure it was the same scribble as before, given how incomprehensible it was to her mind. It seemed to take up about the same amount of space on the paper, but that was it as far as Curly could tell.
When Rex then yelled over for Sandy Claws to come with them, the skeleton glanced over. "Alright, just give me a minute first!" Sandy Claws called out in response, then looked back at the mirror. "It's time for me to be off; these presents can't deliver themselves!" the skeleton told the guardians, then stepped aside to directly face the children again.
"Here kids, have some presents from Sandy Claws! Merry Christmas, ho ho ho!" Sandy Claws went on, handing the children various presents. Tommy set down the mirror on a nearby couch with the face towards the area the kids were at, so the guardians could still see what was going on.
While that had been going on, Melanie had started up her video call. Some young woman about the same age with a slightly darker complexion and nearly shaved brunette hair appeared on the screen, and looked very surprised. "Mel! Where have you been, girl!?" Stacy asked, alarmed.
"Stacy, listen: The jedi leaps down the well" Melanie said, her tone serious.
"What?" Stacy muttered.
"The jedi leaps down the well!" Melanie insisted.
"Oh... Oh geez you're serious. So that's why you've been gone the last few days" Stacy said, her expression going grave.
"The what?" Sandy Claws asked, glancing back at Melanie.
"It's our code phrase" Melanie answered him simply, then looked back at the phone.
"So what's the dig, Mel? Time travel? Secret government project?" Stacy questioned.
"Kidnapped to another universe. Good news is I'll be back in about a couple weeks at the latest, and it's impossible to die here, so I'll be fine. You can hold down the fort for me until then, right? Bad news is I can only get one call every five days" Melanie explained to her friend.
"Yeah yeah, your mom's been going nuts. Good thing you called me; I don't think she would have believed you" Stacy responded.
"I thought so. Oh, and Stacy it gets better; so turns out, every book and movie and video game and stuff we know? They're all real universes! Check it out!" Melanie informed her friend excitedly, and turned the phone screen towards Sandy Claws and Jack's mirror.
"Whoa! Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas! And those guys from that Guardians movie!" Stacy just about screamed, equally excited.
"What, I-... Never mind, hello" Sandy Claws muttered, and waved a hand in response to Stacy. "Alright, I'm coming along!" the skeleton then hollered as he easily stepped over furniture to go meet up with Rex and the others.
Elsewhere in the lobby, the Miss Tairee speaking to Phoenix and Maya motioned to the central desks. "I am Miss Tairee" that Miss Tairee answered simply, pointing out her nameplate on one desk, next to the sign about additional plot details being available.
The Miss Tairee currently sitting at the central desk took the prototype poster that Yoshika had made and looked it over while responding to Ciri. "There aren't really any information boards in the city; not ones for just everyone and anyone, at any rate. I could pass the information along to the two news reporters, but it would be up to them if they wanted to spread the word on it. Alternatively you could ask them yourselves; their reporter was even here not long ago..." that Miss Tairee said, pausing for a moment as she and a few of her other copies glanced around in search of the little fairy. "Ah, there she is" the librarian then added, turning and pointing after another of her had spotted Little Spiderbee.
Her arm was pointed over towards where Rex was; specifically the back of a couch that Little Spiderbee was using to hide, peeking around the side of. "... I think she might be a little busy though" the Miss Tairee sitting at the desk mentioned.
As Plague Knight got to the food setup tables, he'd find that the plates and cups and utensils prepared were all paper or plastic; the big catering pans, which had the open flame burners built in underneath each of them, were metal, but they were all currently covered with lids and contained meat. Chuck glanced over at Plague Knight and seemed startled. "Whoa, whoa! What are you doing?!" Chuck asked, hurrying over.
Thankfully, Connor had followed Plague Knight out, and quickly explained to Chuck, "he's helping us with Silanea. Can we empty one of these pans to use?"
"What? I mean, I guess if we empty one of them out onto plates and then rinse it out" Chuck responded, though seemed confused.
"Good. Come on, let's hurry" Connor responded, and got to work quickly. They picked one that contained meatballs, as those were fairly easy to empty out onto plates. Chuck carried the pan just outside while Connor went to the replicators to get a large jug of boiling water, which he then carried out to help Chuck with rinsing the pan.
Meanwhile, at the replicators, a square paper cup, much like one that would contain popcorn, appeared with a pair of small deer antlers in it. But when Plague Knight then keyed in sal ammoniac, the machine bleeped in protest; an error message appeared explaining that base ingredients were not available from the machine. It then listed a few suggested dishes which apparently contained sal ammoniac, which had bizarre and somewhat nonsensical alien names.
edited 27th Apr '17 11:58:05 PM by FirockFinion
You are reading this.The girls listened to Jack's explanation, nodding every now and then recognizing his claims were most likely valid. However, something he said seemed to be off, and it caused all girls to glance at each other for a few moments before they focused back on Jack with very serious looks on their faces. Even Elesis, who until then had been relatively calm, was frowning a little.
"Ara claims that she does know what a date is," Eve pointed out. "And that you told her about it."
"Jack... I don't know for sure whether you're lying or not, but what I can tell is that Ara doesn't fully know what she's getting dragged into. If you did explain it to her, you should talk to her and tell her anything you may have omitted. And the sooner you do it, the better."
Not too far away, Ara had given up on her struggle to find the source of the noises within the phone, and was currently looking around looking slightly frustrated.
"Come on, you can talk to those girls while we're walking to the cinema, Jack" Rex said, walking near to where the guardian was, which was also close to where Ara was struggling with modern technology "...uh, your phone is ringing"
Tairee revealed her first name, Sekreh, but Rex just heard it as 'secret' because he was a bit busy trying to finally kick off the double date
"'Secret'?" he chuckled "What kind of name is that? No offense, but it just sounds lame"
Meanwhile, Lewis proposed another alternative to fix Silanea's problems. Another challenge. Well, Rex wasn't about to start one while he was already busy with the date but at least asking the Writer and making Silanea aware of it might cheer her up even more than a fake(r) Santa would. Hell, would she even know what Christmas was?
Rex took the pen from Lewis and quickly walked to the desks to write down his request.
"That's because you misheard it," I deadpanned Rexwards, having not forgotten he was a moron. "If you heard it correctly you'd get a terrible pun.
"Also tell us what it says when you get an answer," I added, giving up the pen without hesitation.
i guess you can watch me shitpost i guess"Aww, c'mon, it'll be fun!" Ben exclaimed. "We should go out, get a big tub of ice cream, a couple bowls and spoons, ask Miss Tairee for a giant screen TV and a video game console and just go to town!" Ben explained. Cole asked what video games were.
"Uh, video games are games you play on a TV. A TV is... never mind, I'll show you when we get to that point, what do you say?" he asked the child.
Ghostfreak tilted his head slightly, but nodded. "I am no ghost, as you yourself pointed out," he told her. "Also, what would I be able to do to you? Even if I were to turn on you and kill you, you would simply come back to life. And surely a witch as skilled as yourself would be able to shrug off any enchantments I were to throw your way. There is no point in squandering this opportunity with petty backstabbing. Besides, punishing the impudent spirit who dared stand up to me in the Library is just as appealing to me as finding a new servant is to you."
Ghostfreak snickered slightly. "And if Ben were to suffer along the way..."
edited 28th Apr '17 3:37:10 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither."Pretty much, in some ways I guess this city is more like home than "home" is" Curly told Lewis before she nodded at one of the Taries, took the floating note, and noticed Rex's writing and asked cautiously "Rex, what exactly did you just ask for?"
edited 28th Apr '17 4:59:06 PM by BlitzTrain
Sans nodded and did as Caro instructed, leading the way forward. Not like there was much of a point to leading, at the end of the day all they were doing was walk in a random direction and hope they got lucky. Still, Sans glanced at Caro skipping as she followed after him and couldn't help but chuckle.
"it's kinda cute how different you get when given an energy boost, you actually act like a kid, even if it's a kid who had a little too much sugar." He chuckled some more before looking ahead again. "you're really well-behaved, even when you're actually really excited, i kinda wonder if that's just how you are, or how you've been taught to act. if i had to make a guess, i'd say you're afraid of drawing too much attention to yourself by letting your excitement really show."
Shinji Ikari | At a Buffet, Unknown City | You were (not) waiting (aka what happens when you miss a post and you end up waiting because of that)
The mohawk person—the one who had greeted him with a thumbs up and a smile—introduced himself as Crash Bandicoot. He left for a moment to get some fruits to eat, during which the man who had been silent for most of the exchange introduced himself simply as Jack before asking their names. The other one—the one who had been insulted accidentally earlier—Digger, answered and held out her hand. He...wasn't sure why she did that. He didn't know what to do so he didn't do anything. Kamina agreed with his question then ended up answering Jack's. At the mention of his name, Shinji just nodded for comfirmation though he still was a bit uncomfortable on strangers calling him by his first name but he figured that it was because of everyone being from different...worlds. That thought was still something he didn't fully comprehend but that was the same with EVA.
"Nice to meet you all," he said with a slight smile that was hidden behind his mask.
Then they went inside to eat. While Digger had gotten some mushrooms and fruits, Kamina stacked up lots of meat, steak if he remembered correctly. Shinji eyed all the food offered. It was odd that no one seemed to mind...but when he looked at the pile where Kamina got the steaks, he blinked. It didn't look like he had taken from that pile. Did it just...resupply itself? Deciding he didn't want to ask, he looked for some food he was familiar with as...there were some strange choices. One even looked like it was still alive, tencacles and all.
It took him a bit to find something he wanted. There were so many choices and it didn't help that he wasn't used to using a spoon and fork, which made him nervous about eating with the others. But he had decided to not run away, hadn't he? So he as best as he could, he got some rice and some fish with some vegetables since they were first things he found that looked familiar. With his experience in cooking, he had managed to arrange it that it looked presentable before he went to the table where the brother were seated, sitting at Simon's unoccupied side.
His hunger overcoming him, after taking off his mask and putting it on his lap, he started to eat, though it was noticeable that he wasn't used to using a spoon and fork.
"You said you had a dream... That dream... Make it come true! ... If anyone can, it's you!" - N (shortened) Oh, and I'm a girl.

"Look, right now I'm not in the mood for jokes, ok?" Rex told Tairee, still feeling uneasy about Silanea's past and his own mistake screwing her over.
Sans was genuinely curious about Rex's past and wanted to know about him but the teenager wasn't in the best of moods so he just recited what he had already explained several times already.
"Well, here are the cliff-notes: Five years ago an accident happened and nanites spread all over the world. Nanites are unstable and they turn people monsters, we call them EVOs. I work for Providence and we fight those monsters. I knock them out and cure them because I'm the only one that can. That's pretty much it"
Meanwhile, Tairee started excusing herself about the pizza incident of the first day by pointing out that she had to cover every alternative but the question about dating seemed to have surprised her a bit. She looked collected as always but there was a hint of embarrassment on her face. It didn't take long for Rex to figure out that the 'academic sense' she was talking about meant she probably knew as much as him about dating.
"I can't believe it. I guess the 'Miss' in your name it's not just for the sake of a pun. What's your first name anyway?"
Lewis seemed to be ok with his amnesia but whatever he was talking about could wait for him laughing his ass off about Rex setting up a date for Ara and Jack. Seeing that questioning that would eventually make him bring up the challenge, Rex decided to step in.
"You don't need to call attention to that, please"
The discussion between Sans and Curly about Silanea's homeworld was interesting to Rex because he could learn what had happened to the snake-woman but seeing it was getting late and that the transition would probably catch them halfway through the date, Rex thought it was smarter to head to the cinema once and for all instead.
"Come on, we should get going. I'd rather not do this during a day where the floor is lava or something" after saying that, Rex decided to call out the skeleton... the one with the santa suit "Sandy, I'm going to need your help. There is someone in the cinema that needs to be cheered up"