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 Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:50 pm
Thankfully, Astra had been spared from seeing much of the Joyous sight that was the jack in the box. But she wa snot spared from the singing. Even she found it horrid, the sheer happiness coming from it enough to make her cover her ears.
"Ahh, make it stop!" she said landing on the ground and continuing to cover her ears until the thing was defeated, when she was able to hear normally again. "Yay, it stopped!" thankfully the green dragon looking thing had defeated it.
A loud shout caught her attention then, and she turned to see the drunk guy was now celebrating his victory. Loudly.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:51 pm
Finally the blasted toy's singing had stopped. Jericho almost would prefer Isra's wailing over it. Almost. At the thought of carrying around the Jack's head, he shuddered as well. That wasn't a face he wanted staring at him for the rest of their journey here.
"Yeah.. let's not do that. I'm sure there will be other opportunities though. Seeing how many of the damned things there are and all."
A part of him had to wonder now, since the whole lot had been traveling for awhile here, there was bound to have been something that spotted them that perhaps didn't attack on sight. Would it alert Sandy Claws of the intruders?
"Come on, let's try to hurry. I get the feeling that the longer we take, the greater the chance that these JOY things will get the heads up that we're heading to th--" he cringed at the Siren's screech once more.
"WILL YOU KEEP IT DOWN ALREADY!?" he ended up booming out of frustration.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:55 pm
Riley was still sporting the headache from this morning, but she was doing a bang up job of forcing the throbbing pain down. The scream that Israfel whooped out, followed by Jericho's response, however.. well that just went straight through her skull and opened up everything. It bounced, and came back out as feedback - but she had the decency to keep that particular thought to herself. It may have seeped out just slightly to Jericho, if only because she had been looking at him when it happened, but otherwise.. Riley grabbed her head and held in the brunt of it in, eyes crossing and then closing.
She couldn't really say anything, or do anything - keeping it in without crumbling to the ground took every ounce of her energy. It didn't help that she'd been holding in all of the hangover headache this entire time - it felt like a dam of pain had just broken loose. Her head dropped against Jericho's neck while she recovered, buried in red scales with her head between her hands.
Talk about a hangover.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:56 pm
Oh they definitely heard him. Definitely. A small snicker could be heard from the doll, soon stopping to congratulate Cyr on her victory. "Way to go Cyr!" Mei chirped, before quickly ducking out of the way, as Cyr tossed the chuck in the box at Merope. Looking from one to the other, careful to keep out of the way of any other projectile objects, she watched the two bicker a little more.
Totally unprepared for what was to come, Mei winced as she heard the Jack awful screech from the boil, Israfel. It was enough for her porcyln skin to crack a little more. "Arrg! Dammit! Yes! Let go! Now!." His voice was bad for her skin..
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:03 am
How the hell did the siren get so drunk so fast? "You know, in many societies it's considered a display of strength to hold one's liquor," it informed Israfel in the wake of Jericho's roar.
Then it glanced at Riley, just in time to see her droop into the dragon's neck. "Stai bene, Riley? Are you ill?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:03 am
Jericho's eyes twitched as he heard a rather unpleasant sound ring into his mind. The noise could have only come from Riley, unless there happened to be some weird toy around here that could do that sort of thing. What a horrible thing that would be to deal with.
Glancing behind, he could see and feel her more or less doubled over on his backside. She must have had quite the headache.
"Are you alright there?" he asked with a frown.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:05 am
Merope began to move before he stopped. Where was his wreath? Ah! There it was! The dragon moved to where Cyr had put it down and picked it up, carrying it in his mouth. That is, until he set it back down again in order to say, "I think we should stick to the path. As much as I'd like to stay near the water, this route doesn't seem too bad." The wreath was then picked up again. As much as he would like to toss it around his neck, the fact that his neck was long and his arms were VERY short made taking the wreath off again difficult unless he had assistance, and considering how sudden that last attack was...
He couldn't help but to glance around again, before picking up the pace. "ah hink," he said around the wreath to Mei and Cyr, "We ahd hehher hoove hon. Huichly."
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:09 am
"Really? Hopefully those students are alright." Alcie really wasn't too surprised and she had considered taking that road. Though, if Hellma said that it was not a good idea then it probably wasn't a good idea and she kind of just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. It would suck to get knocked out and have to start back over at the beginning. "Don't worry about it Junko! I'm happy to help even though I wish that I could do more." Frowning as she glanced at Junko's wrapped feet, Alcie knew that must have been uncomfortable.
Glancing at Israfel once again, Alcie couldn't help but chuckle because even though Israfel's singing was terrible, he was too funny. It was a nice relief of tension. Hearing one of the boils yell at Israfel, Alcie wasn't sure if she should try and placate Israfel or just let them work it out...
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:16 am
She could tell her friends were asking about her, but she wasn't ready to respond. She wasn't ready to do much of anything, for at least a minute. When all she could feel was a dull ringing and she could finally open her eyes, she realized they were lined with wetness. Oooh, that stung like hell. She flipped over, letting her back slam into her dragon, and sliding down to sit on the ground.
Uhhhhhh, she groaned, before rubbing her temples. I'll be all right. I've just been holding in a lot since this morning. It all hit me at once. Her response was whispered, as if she was scared her own inner mental voice could trigger another headache. She reached up and brushed her hands callously over her eyes to remove the offending wetness, and then finally opened them. They cringed, but then blinked open fully to look up at Malodore. Her voice projected to both querying friends, however.
I'm learning important life lessons here, you know. She tapped her temple and tried to sound teasing. It came out weak.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:21 am
Realizing he had caused Riley pain, Israfel stopped his victory whoops. He didn't want her hurt because of him jack it all! Bending down, the siren did what he thought best.
He gave Riley a hug.
"I sorry." He whispered. "I'll be good. Promiz." A pinky was held out but the question remained.
Would she take it?
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:23 am
"Ah... I see," Malodore said quietly, with a little bit more sympathy than it had offered to Israfel. Not much, but a little.
And then the siren surprised him, coming back over and actually apologizing? ... Huh. The plague doctor's estimation of Israfel went up, just a bit. "You don't even need that to see the pink elephants, you know. Save it for when you truly need it."
Maybe that tack would work?
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:25 am
Why the students went that way was a mystery to them all. Were they drawn in by the idea of it being shorter? Did they not believe the warnings? Crazy. All of them. And possibly suicidal. When told not to worry Junko blinked and stared at Alcie like she was completely insane, and not in a good way. Don't worry? But no! She was a burden! She had to repay them for their kindness she just did! Especially because they were demons, right? They were demons. She had to repay favors from demons. That was how it worked, right?
Not that she cared what race her friends were, but other people did and other people had witnessed it.
Junko blinked, spotting Riley sitting on the ground and looking...well...looking like hell. Was she alright? Malodore was there too! "Is Riley okay? Did she get attacked?" Junko asked when they were close enough, frowning with concern.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:28 am
Ah - Junko! Malodore recognized her; so did Luce, as the pup trotted up to her happily, nosing at the edges of the girl's kimono sleeves, begging for pets. "She is... not wounded, no. Just... ah..."
Hm. Discretion was the better part of valor...?
"Indisposed."
Nice.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:34 am
Shehk had paced around the ball that was just out of her reach a few more times for effect before the Pricolici had forced herself to part from it, running to keep up with her group and nearly skidding to a halt into the back of Israfel's legs. Fortunately, she'd kept herself from becoming a furry wolf-like mount for someone. She did, however, look up at their newest addition with a curious look, ears erect.
Ohae, asian-monster-girlie. The Pricolici barked, wagging her tail ever so slightly, before pausing, looking to the mindflayer with a small frown. Should she have not been barking? It probably wasn't the most pleasant sounding noise she -could- have been making for sure. Since it was bark bark bark. But none the less it was her communication in this body and really...to an extent she was pondering if she'd be better suited to just shut up and find some new toy (alas, it wouldn't be that -beautiful- looking ball) to play with.
Decimate.
Whatever it was she was doing in canine form with the toys she could romp joyously with.
Toooyysssss.
Man, all she needed now was a squirrel or six and she would have been happy as anything.
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:42 am
By the time Israfel was bending down to hug her, she'd found enough strength to steel herself out of any further pain. Pushing it all back down, she now just felt embarrassed, and his hug made her roll her eyes in amusement.
Okay, okay. She murmured with a soft tease, taking his pinky with hers and curling her longer finger all the way around so that it managed to touch her own hand. Now help me up so I don't look like a complete idiot in front of everyone. She didn't truly need much help, but she did feel like sitting there too long would attract an unwanted crowd. So she took Israfel's arm, and used it to stand back up. She blinked, keeping her eyes closed for just a moment, before standing up straight and composed.
She had been right - there came Junko, checking to see what had happened. And at her feet, Shehk looked up at her innocently. If she'd sat there like a helpless dolt any longer, she was sure others would come calling. Before she could respond to the girl, however, Malodore so graciously tried to save her dignity.
She took a pause, looking at Malodore affectionately, before placing a more blunt response to Junko and those around her.
What our gentle Malodore is too well-mannered to say is, I'm having a hangover. A terrible one, at that. Don't ever drink, Junko. It hurts in the end.
She pinched Israfel's cheeks softly, giving him a soft chuckle. You're going to have yet another bad morning. You know that. She teased.
And a private thought was sent directly to Malodore, without needing to look at it. Thank you for the attempt at indiscretion. I appreciate it. Had I not known Junko, I would not have wanted them to know. Her cheeks stained with just a bare touch of color. Giving the knowledge of her drunken escapade to a stranger would have been embarrassing indeed. She was glad someone as intelligent as Malodore was looking out for her.
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