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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:03 pm
Well, that clinched it. At least Christof was still moving. As quickly as possible back to Riley's booth, of course. Barth was left with a soggy clown, a surprisingly active sloth demon, and whatever was left of his booth patrons. He caught the fish eye, rolling it around between his claws. The air was hazy with smoke.
Two explosions. One in front of him, one beside him. He could do Rocket Science, and he could guess which objects had exploded.
The exterior of the eyeball was tough, but he managed to pierce it between two claws.
"Yes," he said to Kashi, and actually got up. "Enjoy the couch. I'll be right back. Christof."
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:08 pm
He could already feel a burning in his hand, but the Igor pressed forward, and sometimes a bit diagonally for a moment before staggering backwards and pressing forward once more. No matter how much he tugged, the knife seemed to be stuck.
At least it didn't look like a very stormy night. Being hit by lightening on top of it all wouldn't have made for a good night.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:15 pm
Ren, after getting his delightful picture from Claire, was mostly just derping around Barth and Mandy's booth now. It was a comfortable place to be, after all, so he had spent the past while lounging around on the couch.
At least until the explosion. And suddenly there were fish guts everywhere.
...Ren wasn't entirely certain what had just happened.
"Er," he said, reaching a hand up to wipe a gob of slime from the side of his face and fling it to the floor. A feather flittered from one of his wings and floated lightly to the ground. "Well, this certainly is, uh...interesting."
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:19 pm
Kashi's ears drooped and he could only bring himself to nod as the demon moved passed him. He sat back down on the couch and looked around at all that was left of the booth. In only a few minutes it seemed everything had gone so wrong. Kashi sighed and lifted a Barth plush off the ground, adjusted it's coat and dusted off it's hair.
"See how nicely you clean up?" He smiled at the plush for a moment then sighed again and tossed it beside him on the couch before leaning back and sinking into the soft furniture.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:26 pm
 Pickles was soaked. But the good news was that his face painting stand was totally fine.And he was happy to oblige Owl.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:42 pm
Owl didn't bother sitting down. She just stayed where she was, as close as possible. She also thought that Pickles was super funny and was very tempted to press his nose.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:58 pm
While he was ignored on the floor, Jeremy had time to calm down. Breathing returned to normal and, after a shrieking bout of getting his lost cover back, he fought to make it as shallow as possible. It was hard to do, considering everything that had happened! After what seemed like an eternity, Deana pulled herself slowly to her feet, swaying honestly for a moment before actually slouching on her own accord, without being yelled at to do so.
"You were right, Bartholomew." 'She' said low. "This is...too much. I will not be enrolling." She assured the 'other' Sloth Demon slowly, taking a moment to pick off some remaining fish guts with a great deal of disdain. "Ever."
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:15 pm
 Ta-daaaaa~! Boy, it sure was hard face painting when you only had a little bit of face to work with!
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:18 pm
"Very wise," Barth said to Deana, tone clipped. Christof had not stopped. Barth was slow, but he would get there eventually. "I'll be right back."
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:58 pm
Colette had a short-lived mission. She went from Barth's booth to Christof's, left there completely demoralized to the wishing well for a very good reason, stopped at Count Chocula's abandoned booth for some much needed moments alone, and ended up right back at home base. Total number of goatees given? Two -- technically three with one left at Count Chocula's, but no one was actually there to take it. It was an ultimate failure.
The Grim Reaper was still dressed in her Barth outfit as she strolled up to the booth; however, she lacked the goatee this time and looked like nothing more than a girl who had stolen bits of his clothes. She did have an abnormally large Count Chocula button pinned to her chest though, and three Count Chocula plushies accompanied the slightly abused Christof one taking a ride in her cauldron-styled basket of goatees. The new plan was to comfortably sulk around the booth where considerably less denizens of Halloween Town wouldn't be able to see her and find her funny-looking like Christof had, but that went out of the window as she saw the booth.
"What the Jack happened here?!" No comfortable sulking for her. Fish guts, milk, flipped tables: the booth was just a huge mess, and no one was around. She didn't see Barth, Mandy, West, or Claire. Wasn't West supposed to be around to make sure nothing like this happened?! Colette looked at all the present visitors, suspicious of each. Especially the ones that weren't around when she left. Booths didn't end up this way on their own, and she wanted an answer.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:45 am
He'll be right back? Well, fine. Actually, now was probably a good time to get going while the going was good! Sadly, there were two things stopping him; One, there was a hatted thing somehow clinging to both legs now and Two, there was a suspiciously normal-looking person asking what the jack happened. The 'Sloth Demoness' regarded this new person for a while...Yup, a Cosplayer. That was the best way to sum up this new one, since there was really nothing out of the ordinary about this one.
"Insanity." Came a simple reply, punctuated by a half-hearted shrug. "Have fun picking up, tell Bartholomew that I said goodbye, and that I hope to meet him again soon." Just so he could throttle the creature himself. Though truth be told, Jeremy-Deana would rather find a way to end Quasimodo.
Still covered in fish guts and being clung to by a hat, 'Deana' started to move off, heading towards the booths to try and get some other things before the golem wore out.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:26 am
Action, action, action! Drama and bustling everywhere, and the smell of varying qualities of foodstuffs and smoke? Knives and fish guts were strewn about and the booth that Simone had decided to approach first seemed to have definitely seen finer days what with being flipped over and all. She sniffed and waved a hand through the air in front of her face to help dispel the offending smells. Glancing around, the demoness couldn't pinpoint if anyone in particular was guilty of the mess or where the owners of the booth were exactly.
"That's an excellent question. What did happen here?"
A muffled squish sound emerged from under her boot causing Simone pull a face of distinct horror. "Ah, Bloody Mary..." She glanced down, lifting her left foot from a sizable pile of fishy entrails. "Yummy...." She groaned, wiping her sole uselessly on the floor. At least they weren't her best or favorite boots. Then it would have been a serious tragedy.
She looked to Colette. "The campaign for the presidency couldn't be getting this heated, could it?"
Where was Barth? He'd be able to explain what in the hell happened before she decided to saunter over. Lust sighed and withdrew a hair tie from somewhere in her bra and held it between her lips as she pulled her hair up into a loose bun.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:55 am
Barth returned to the booth.
The sofa and ground still bore he smoky scars of the explosion, and the table was upside down. Evil, black looking thorns had crawled up to constrict several of the table legs. He glared at them.
It wasn't unsalvagable. He just needed the table to be set upright, and the fish guts to be scraped off the couch. But the thought of doing any lifting himself...
"Colette!" he said, relieved. He looked about as bad as the couch. "You're back. Thank hell. ...And Simone! Haven't seen you since Krumm. This whole thing has gone straight to Christmas."
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:00 pm
Simone dropped her hands from fussing with her hair, several long twisty strands falling free of her attempt to get her locks away from the debris that was littering the area. "Barth, hey..." She said with an easy, if slightly embarrassed smile. "I've been around, if busy with a little of this and a little of that."
She looked over the carnage of the booth. "You aren't kidding." She murmured before looking back to the Sloth demon with vaguely furrowed brows. "You okay? I mean, what in the name of Jack happened here? Would you like to borrow my handkerchief? You look like you could stand to use it," She said with an little wave of her hands to show no offense was meant before dipping her index and middle fingers into her shirt to withdraw the neatly folded square of pristine white fabric from the convenience of her bra. If beyond saving, it wasn't a loss. She had a handful more back in her dorm. She grabbed a corner and shook it open before offering it Barth's way. "Don't worry about ruining it. It could always be washed or tossed if it is beyond help." Lust smiled a warm, helpful, if slightly quirked smile.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:03 pm
"Sabotage," he growled, polite courtesy and veiled accusations dropped.
He tried, unsuccessfully, not to stare as Simone offered him her handkerchief, and in lieu of the not staring settled for a polite "...Please," accepting the cloth and beginning slow and careful process of clearing his face of gore. "Mandy and West have gone off to change, I assume. By the time I got back the Festival would be over. I don't suppose either of you have any thematic ideas regarding explosive marks and fish intestines."
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