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 Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:49 am
Chel | 15/25 | CONSEQUENCES
The name struck more than a few chords with Chel. Great, so now not only had she failed, she'd also been approached with a living embodiment of the consequences. Some poor guy had lost his friend because of her.
"N- ... uh Nah, s'not," she said, stumbling over the first part of the sentence but trying to recover by the end. Did she tell him, or not? No, it wouldn't make him feel any better to know there might have been a chance. "You had a shitty thing happen t'you. S'only natural that s**t's on yer brain. You want a hug? I give pretty good hugs, man."
She tentatively offered a very slow arm to put around his shoulder for a hug. If he moved away or rejected it, she would immediately stop, but it was a gesture he was free to lean into if he wanted the hug.
Regardless of the end result, Jack's voice broke through the moment. "M'fine," Chel told him, refusing the drink. She still wasn't inclined to partake in anything from this place; didn't trust it.seussi not sure if connor joined but if he did~
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:52 am
algernon mercer || 25/25 || rejoining whatever the fck this is Alg looked deeply distracted when he emerged from the same doorway he'd left through. The council deliberations, if you could even call it that, were ended. He had carefully boxed and cordoned off the emotional tie that made discussing murder unacceptable. He'd already weighed it and measured it as logically as he could, and while it had been a close decision they had come out on top. He wouldn't have minded seeing the Spinel Lady gone but there was something too eager about the Eldritch Gentleman and he didn't exactly want to give the Burning Man anything he wanted after the stunts he'd pulled with Jeremiah up until this point. The reality was that someone would die, and he'd just discussed it as reasonably as choosing the proper meal for a future dinner party. Alg, of course, was nothing if not reasonable. He glanced up to the sound of fighting and his instincts as a teacher kicked in. The Professor's voice rose to a cutting, demanding yell, "WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?" azuredreams walk away for 5 minutes... kuropeco i will defend or heal next turn if need be.. didnt want to enter with an action roll anyone else standing there there's people around you're not all getting quotes
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kuropeco rolled 1 20-sided dice:
20
Total: 20 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:56 am
Nathaniel Parrish - 15 / 25 - whoops
Nathaniel considered this for a moment, his leg still throbbing; a dull ache that reminded him he was not a fighter and never had been for a reason. "I suppose resigned is a good word," he said, one shoulder rising and falling in a shrug that conveyed as much. "It is what it is."
He had a moment of recognizing Lily's voice somewhere close by; sharp and calm, yet with an edge to it that he thought might be wariness or maybe irritation, he couldn't tell. Nathaniel's attention was dragged forcefully back to Corr, because Corr's fingers were suddenly digging into his throat, and his hands flew up automatically, wrapping them around the man's wrist in an attempt at yanking them off.
For a few seconds and for the first time since setting foot in the ball, terror - ice cold, staggeringly real terror - chased its way through Nathaniel's veins, chilling him from head to foot. He was in over his head, and the abrupt lack of air made his head spin, a half strangled sound escaping.
And then Corr's hands were gone and Nathaniel let out a rasping gasp, his own hand flying up to massage his neck, staggering a little at the sudden release. He straightened, wincing slightly, and reached for Corr, doing nothing but threading his fingers in the front of his shirt - or shirt-like cloths, really; there wasn't much of it.
He heard Algernon's voice, and knew he should be better, and yet -
"Your definition of entertaining - " Nathaniel's voice was somewhat hoarse. " - leaves a lot to be desired, Corruption."
Then he swung his knee up as hard as he could towards Corr's stomach.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:14 pm
Mynn: 10/25, enjoying a delicious cocktail Though he had been liberated from his prison by an unknown ally, Mynn had refused further healing from all who had asked, the persistent ache that remained in his bones thanks to Autumn's lightning a reminder that he couldn't talk his way out of everything. Despite his injuries, the fetch was back in his Rabbit skin and looked particularly put together as he entered the hall and swept over to the drinks, perching a glass of pale, gradating liquor in his fingers. He had heard deliberations were almost over, and he wanted to be one of the first to hear the results.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:45 pm
jeremiah mercer || 22/27 || so going to end u but first corr There are words on the tip of his tongue, several of them and none of them nice. Jeremiah has shifted to that cold anger, his chill near radiating at this point. Yet Nathaniel was in trouble and glowing eyes look to Lace. The look she gets is murderous. Especially when she calls him Jerbear. "You and I will be talking later." Yet by the way he says talking he might as well be saying he wants her ended. Algie's reappearance sends a jolt of something but it's nothing at the moment because Jeremiah is moving and Corr is his target.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:53 pm
[20/25 | LEILA]: ??? watLeila squinted cautiously at the fight unfolding, and stood. "Wait, are we supposed to be beating s**t up? No one told me we're supposed to be beating s**t up."
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:57 pm
Lace: ??/??, OMF Lace hisses through her teeth at Nathaniel, at Corr, at the whole disaster. "If you're still at this when Mother comes out, Corr, she'll have your hide--" Speak of the devil, and she shall appear. Melany: ??/??, cheesed off now Melany stops at the edge of the dias, flanked by the Sorrowful One. She looks over the budding fight, and it-- stops.Midair, mid-punch, mid-fall, it doesn't matter where the combatants are or what they're doing, the action ceases immediately. No one can move, not even their eyes, except to breathe and blink. "I think, next time," says Melany, softly, "we shan't invite human guests at all." Lace--not a combatant, and therefore free to move and speak--turns to her mother. "I told them to stop," she says. "I did!" "I know, my darling," says Melany. She casts a gimlet eye over the group. "If I release you, will you all behave?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:53 pm
jeremiah mercer || 22/27 || r u srs He doesn't even get two steps, not before Lace is speaking and then Melany is there and- Really. Really. Not that he won't behave, because he will. Grace and manners are there, it was why he had only spoken with Lace and not out and out attacked, but Jeremiah just does not want to see Nathaniel hurt and Corr- Well. He's on the list with Lace. Still. Manners. Not that he doesn't want to teach Corr and Lace a few. iloveyouDIE will be coming to see u shortly
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:31 pm
[ Corr | | 20/25 | | +3 to attack ] : aw mom :C
Corr smiles nastily at Jeremiah and Nathaniel, even though the Madam has suddenly appeared and oh, she's angry.
He is immediately slack when Melany appears and causes a stop to the entire room. Not that he can be anything but. Corr waits patiently, unperturbed by the sudden halt of action.
His eyes slide to Melany, obedient.
Yes ma'am.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:27 pm
Nathaniel Parrish - 15 / 25 - frozen popsicle
He says nothing in response to the intervention - clearly he can't move or speak, which makes answering her question impossible under the circumstances and somewhat counterproductive, Nathaniel thinks. His hands are frozen where they're clenched in Corr's shirt, his knee almost to his stomach, and Nathaniel thinks ruefully that his chance to defend himself is all but gone now.
What a pity.
But he'll abide by her rules as he can, because there's nothing else he can do, and - as Corr has already said - he is just a useless mouse of a human. Jeremiah is there, and so is Algernon, and both of them are so much more capable than he is, anyway.
Besides, he'd really rather go home in one piece, and since the chances of that are already slim, Nathaniel would rather not make them any slimmer.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:20 pm
Melany doesn't seem to do anything but the spell lapses anyway, freeing Jeremiah, Corr, and Nathaniel. "It is time for the tithe," she says, her eyes flinty. "The Council has selected Adoelle Nashua as our offering to the cage." She seems displeased by this, but the rules are clear: she is trapped by tradition into allowing Adoelle to martyr herself, breaking the cage instead of strengthening it. "So it has been willed, so it shall be: if our human companions will proceed upstairs. Our children will stay here. Algernon Mercer, remain here, with me."
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:02 pm
Zac Bantock - 25/25 - coming to terms with the word 'Martyr' and seeing it in the Tithe as well. As soon as he’s freed Zac lets out a breath that had been intended as a reply for Eve. An apology, an admission… But it catches in his throat to hear the tithe. He wishes he wasn’t so sure the Tithe meant death. He wondered what Sunny would think… what she would say. He glances back to Eve, trying to quell whatever ire rose in the back of his throat at being frozen in place and taunted. “Y…yes I’m sorry, I was very distracted. Are you alright?” He says offering her a wan smile. “How have you fared in…. in all of this?”
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:25 pm
Lily Babineaux: 25/25 - Strategic retreating Lily wanted to be cool and come back at the not-Thorne with some witty retort, like 'Not as big of a lie as when I said I was having fun earlier' or 'Your mom is a lie', but watching Nathaniel sock him right in the gut was enough to catch any remark she might have made in her throat. Well, he's dead, she thought, remembering how fast, how lethal not-Thorne had been earlier, He's dead and you brought him to his grave. You're a horrible date.Lily was preparing herself to enter the fray, claws bared and ready to shift, when everything just came to a screeching halt. Even though she wasn't one of the combatants, Lily froze the moment the Spinel Lady enter the room, feeling the chill of her disdain as a shiver down her spine. She waited until the others slumped into movement again, then moved towards Nathaniel, trying to will her heartbeat to calm. She knelt beside him, holding out a hand to help him up. "C'mon," she said darkly, trying not to look at the woman in white. "We probably don't want to see what happens next."
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:26 pm
jeremiah mercer || 22/27 || no. no. no. When he can move again, Jeremiah moves to Algie and curls his fingers into the other's hand. It would be Adoelle, it would be- The fact Algie was having to stay down- Even with most of his face hidden behind his mask, his expression had shifted to something cool and neutral to hide what was beneath. There is little at this point that makes him want to leave Algie. (All he can think of is the vision Sunny showed Algie not so long ago.)He stands for the time being with the other, words thick on his tongue.
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:57 pm
Shun Kuroda 25/25
As the fight was escalating, Shun was getting ready to step in and interfere in some way, but the council had returned. Melany stopped the fight before too long. Warily, he regarded the group, nodding once as it was announced that Adoelle will be the tithe. Algernon had succeeded then.
The next bit, however, had him pause. Why was he to remain? He furrowed his brow, trying to think of the implications of that, then reluctantly made his way on up.
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