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 Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:30 pm
It was the strangest thing. Almost everyone was looking around with wide, transfixed expressions as they whispered to their friends. It wasn't hard to figure out when you were the odd man out especially if you were used to it. When he noticed everyone looking around, the kelpie looked around to where people were staring. Empty spots in the crowd, up at a corner of the ceiling, and then next to the table, he followed different gazes and saw nothing in return.
Confused, he refilled his cup, wondering what everyone was talking about, and drinking his punch, slid a little closer to the group. Ears twitching, he listened in and frowned, brow furrowing in though. Elephants? Pink? What were these people talking about?
The only people who weren't talking about bright animals was Nuk and Shehk, and looking over, he wished he'd been talking about Elephants instead with the others. The girl was laying on the man's chest, her expression looking a mix of helpless and sleepy, while Nuk looked - well, like the same old, ego-puffed monster he always looked like. As far as he had seen, Shehk was nothing but ga-ga over this boy, and he couldn't just see why. Maybe she....and he had to pause at this hard-to-swallow idea ...maybe she really did love him.
He choked a bit on his punch and shook his head. Girls were weird.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:06 pm
Riley slowly put the cup back down on the table, immediately regretting her choice to 'drink' at this party. There were elephants. Little, pink, pink for Jack's sake, elephants. Just floating like balloons. Everywhere.
She'd been poisoned. Who dared to try such a terrible trick at a gathering this mundane? She had to know, so she could congratulate them on a job well done.
It seemed the elephants were causing quite a stir, but only for some of the students. She was at the same time glad, and angry, that she was one of the ones who could see them. While the idea of being the one tricked made her muscles clench, she knew she also felt better knowing what was going on, rather than just thinking all the little kiddies ranting about elephants were going mad.
Without much thought as to who was nearby, she reached out with a long, curved grip, and placed it on the shoulder of the nearest person by the table. This person happened to be Calder. She quickly surmised that he was among the few that was not reacting to the pink elephants, and worked on that.
A thought was whispered quietly into his mind, as it was the way she communicated, and she steadied her glowing white gaze on him as it floated through his mind.
You look confused. Perhaps I can help?
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:15 pm
Vaith had never had the pleasure (or unfortunate experience?) of meeting a drunken female.. quite like this. But on the bright side, she wasn't a foul drunk. Quite the opposite in fact, she was one the pleasanter side of the scale. It was the inside that counted. In this case, the literal sense couldn't be applies, considering the state of her.. body.
"I-- I drank the punch. It really packs a punch, doesn't it?" He was sort of at a loss of words, his hand taking the reversed hand in his own. His biggest question was how it had gotten reversed-- somewhere on the list, there was the "why" question. "Amrita." He repeated, confirming her name. "I'm Vaith." He introduced himself, about to leave it at that, until the noise dragon flew out from his hood. It screeched, pecking Vaith in anger for the lack of introductions between the dragon and the female.
"And that's my familiar." He left it at that, one hand trying to catch the speedy familiar, finally gripping it by the tail. Much like a bird being held by the tail, struggle ensued before Vaith's hand released it, red from scratches and bites.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:25 pm
That hiccupping was absolutely adorable! Junko giggled and lifted Luce enough to nuzzle her cheek against the top of the puppy's head, looking up to the boil again. "It's very nice to finally meet you, Malodore. And Luce." She smiled down to the puppy until Malodore asked about the elephants. Wait...he...didn't understand? Junko blinked and just stared at him, unsure or what to say. He couldn't see them?! She looked away to watch them floating and bouncing around the room, watching and listening as several other students spoke of them and even interacted with them. They could all see them, but why couldn't he?
"You sound crazier than a bat in a belfry, Junko." She piped up to which Junko pouted again and did her best to ignore Her. So rude! She wasn't crazy! Everyone else could see it, why couldn't Malodore?
"There's...giant pink elephants all over the place." Junko said slowly, her brow furrowed with worry; were they all crazy? "You don't see them?" But he just had to!
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:10 pm
Of course. Of course she actually had to reach up and feel around her head to see if there was some strange and sparkly crown on her head. But there was nothin'. LW coughed. "Uh, yessum. And of course I'll help." Somehow. The she-wolf just made sure to follow Iggy and was relieved when she momentarily sat down in a chair.
Then she just blinked. And blinked again. She really did try to see the 'flower', but it wasn't working.
"...."
Tail twitching in amusement, LW reached out to take the 'flower'. "Thank you." Just a little bit awkward. And by Jack she needed to talk to that one boil and see what exactly he'd done to the punch. This was like the ultimate prank and no one even realized it! Just brilliant!
"What are the elephants doin' now?" She asked Iggy, just slightly curious.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:49 pm
"Well, those two are dancing and that one is floating and there is one trying to eat some of the snacks. The one behind you has all the flowers!" Igneous didn't stop to wonder why she could see them and LW couldn't.
"They are all over the place, you know," she said in a not quite whisper. "I still think it is the pink that makes them fly. They don't have wings - it has to be the pink!"
Obviously, the flying was something that Iggy had some issues about.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:00 pm
"I..." Malodore wiped at its lenses with one sleeve, then peered around with exaggerated care. "No...?"
It tried to say it as gently as possible, but it was slowly dawning on the plague doctor that a lot of the people in here were acting oddly. Almost as if they were intoxicated, somehow....
Malodore swiveled to give the punchbowl a highly suspicious look as Luce hiccuped again.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:15 pm
Junko looked a bit dismayed by this news, not because Malodore needed to see them but now she felt like she was talking crazy! She frowned a little, a deep blush spreading onto her cheeks as she pet the hiccupping puppy in an effort to comfort herself. Why could only some of them see the elephants? Just watching it seemed not everyone could, Malodore included. Was there something all of them had in common?
"I wonder why I can see them but you can't." Junko murmured almost sadly, sighing a little. Not fair. She didn't want to look crazy when she wasn't crazy!
"Because you are crazy." She commented idly. Junko pouted.
"I'm not crazy, Mistress." Stupid..mouth...thing.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:45 pm
At this point in time it was probably better to say who honestly could NOT see the pink elephants? For anyone who even drank even a sip of that nasty punch, the Pink Elephant Mafia seemed to have taken a hold of them, showing them things, many things, great things. Some multiplied, and some exploded, others melded together to create strange eight-footed monstrosities. They were everywhere. They were out for revenge. And for anyone who knew better than to drink that nasty stuff, at least they wouldn't end up with endless nightmares of pink elephants plaguing their dreams for the next week.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:58 pm
Rain was not pleased. Not one bit. The party was going along so well until these pink elephants started showing up. Seriously, where did they come from? She dropped the ground and readied for a pounce, claws out. She would show them she meant business. Letting out a sharp howl, she took a giant leap through the air and came crashing down on one of the elephants.. or at least that's what she had tried to do. Instead, she rolled into the floor as if the elephant wasn't there and didn't come to a stop until she hit the wall.
But.. it was. It was right there. It's still there. They are everywhere. They are.. changing, growing, taking over. RUINING THEIR PARTY! If she didn't feel so lightheaded? Was it the punch or the wall? She would have to wait until the dizziness passed before she pounced again.
"So.. much... pink," she whimpered. "How do we get rid of them?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:58 pm
Luce rolled over in Junko's arms... and stiffened.
The next minute, she'd squirmed free of the ghoul's grasp and landed on the floor, hackles raised high, barking her most strenuous alert bark between some of the nastiest growls ever to emerge from such a small pup.
"... Luce? Tresorina, quello che รจ?" Malodore stooped down and tried to scoop her up, but Luce scrambled away, still barking and growling.
Yep. Something was in the punch.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:06 pm
Still flung over Israfel's back, Lucien could be heard yelling, "Poke the pink elephants!" before bursting into spurts of laughter as he swung his arm around at the elephant visionaries trying to catch them and poke them both at the same time. He pouted after a moment and finally decided to flop his arms over the siren and wrap them loosely around the siren's neck, finger ready to poke if an elephant made a move and appeared close enough to his reach!
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:12 pm
Junko jumped a bit and watched as Rain went sailing through an elephant. Wait, through an elephant? Was that what happened? Junko wasn't quite sure. She didn't have much time to really contemplate on it because suddenly Luce was trying to get free of her hugging, carefully letting the puppy jump onto the floor and watching as she got defensive and angry. Wh-what? So she could see them too? But why couldn't Malodore?! Hey...wait...! Luce drank the punch, didn't she? They all did!
"Did...someone do something to the punch?" Junko asked no one in particular, glancing back at it. An elephant trotted by merrily until it suddenly exploded into more elephants. Junko gasped and put her hands over her mouth, looking to see a few others combine into one super elephant. What was going on?!
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:34 pm
"I think so," Malodore said dryly in response to Junko's question. That would explain why its cwn annwn was currently flailing around after thin air with her jaws open, snapping at nothing. "You are all displaying symptoms of intoxication. Interesting that you all appear to be seeing the same thing..."
There was no way it was going to try any of that punch.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:35 pm
If anyone had questioned whether or not Nuk's grin could have broadened any more than it had been two seconds ago, they couldn't now. The skinwalker looked positively pleased as he watched Shehk take the cup, making the most hilarious faces before taking six shots before her ears became plastered to her head, her guilty expression nearly making him laugh harder. (But not at her.) Still, it was only until she swooned, put her head on his shoulder and began mumbling (adorably) at him as she clung to his arm that he quit laughing, his grin wider than ever.
Yeah, this was a great party. Although he wasn't sure if he should be happy she'd never kissed anyone else, or stung that she basically just said she wasn't sure if he was a good kisser.
...
Oh well, she was clinging to him, he could live with that.
Lifting his free hand, the skinwalker looked around for a moment before trying to wave down Lucien, who seemed to be higher than a kite and had possibly forgotten that he'd just won a silver pumpkin seed. (Then again, who WASN'T higher than a kite right now? Save Kasumi, of course -- apparently SHE was SANE now. Wtf.)
"Hey, ghost-boy, get back here and get your pumpkin see..."
And that's when he stopped. Because it was at that exact moment that his eyes began to blur... kind of. It was more like a pink fog had descended into the room and was beginning to focus before his eyes, until suddenly there were a million pink elephants swaying back and forth around the room. The skinwalker blinked slowly, as if it might have somehow been a trick of the light.
Then, he promptly turned towards the rest of the group, still holding the half-limp Pricolici.
"Alright, who spiked the punch with acid?" Nuk half-shouted, making a face and promptly moving both himself and Shehk out of the way as one paraded them, his own eyes narrowing to stare at those beady black ones. This was a stone's throw away from being a very bad trip.
"I hate acid trips."Quote: OOC: Congrats to APPEAL for winning the silver pumpkin seed!
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