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[[Pools of Doom > Shadow Chateau > Pools of Doom]]

Isi, at first had been irritated that he wasn't able to send the doctor splashing into the shivering water, but when he realized that other people didn't get it off the bat too, then he felt better. For a while, there was a pessimistic voice that was tickling his ear, blaming it on his...Well, now Isi knew that it wasn't the case. With the gathering crowd, Isi began to feel a little nervous, standing off to the side while the ranks around the pools thickened and swelled. Eventually, when he had been standing near to Natsuki, sulking, he had been cut off from her by a wall of other people and raevans. Oh well, he didn't need to be there. He had given it his best shot and perhaps he'd return when it was alright for him to try again. For now...Well, he had to go investigate the window he had cracked and tell Aphi what he had done. Slowing slipping away from the crowd, happy that all their attention was focused on the sea-farthy doctor, Isi reteated into the house.

As he passed through the doorway, and rounded the corner to the area of the home now labeled as the Shadow Chateau, Isi found himself face to face with the dead grinning mask of the Red Death himself, framed in a rotting tattered wreath of 'blood stained' cloth.

Eiry, disguised by the costume (and now very happy that he had not let Isi see the costume in its entirety earlier), couldn't help himself but grin a wide mischievous Cheshire smile. He had seen the door creak open and heard the familiar four sets of 'footsteps' of his guardian. Without thinking, Eiry stretched his throat in the most hideous growl he could manage and he whipped round the corner, arms hanging high and fingers twitching grotesquely like squashed spiders. "RAAAUGH!!" he howled and with the push of his ethereal wings, he passed through Isi like a ghost and vanished into the throngs of the backyard.

With only 0.3 seconds to think, Isi hardly had the time to breathe in before he felt his face contort into a gasp of terror and he released a dreadful cry of startled fright. "AAGH!" He felt his hands slip forward and out of his forearm grips and before he knew what had happened or who had scared him, Isi was back-flat on the floor. His breaths came in and out like waves and he reached up to feel his forehead, as if trying to scramble everything into sense. It only took him 3 seconds to realize who had pulled the trick.

"Eirdirsceol!" he growled in a half-shout, still crumpled on the floor. This was the fourth time since Alex's Halloween present that Eiry had scared him like this and Isi couldn't help but feel embarrassed, having fallen to the same trick for the fourth time in a row.

Cackling contently to himself, Eiry called back in a sing-song voice (which was very creepy and made a snakelike shiver crawl up Isi's spine), "Aphi wanted to know where you were! He's on the couch!" What fun! He thought, it was executed marvelously! Eiry hadn't seen the pupil of Isi's eyes widen so fast before!

A guilty gut feeling tensed up in Isi's stomach as he tried to regain his composure. Had Aphi found out about the cracked window before he got the chance to tell him? Isi hoped he didn't, because if so, then the young boy would have no way to rectify himself if he did. As he thought about this, Isi realized how much he was shaking and he scowled in embarrassment.

[[Pools of Doom // Pools of Doom]]

Despite it being chilly out there, Tsu was now sweating buckets. Roux had been WAY too close to hitting the target for his comfort. Not to mention that the line had been way long of customers trying to dunk him. He couldn't tell if he was disliked this much... or were they just trying to dunk the good doctors in general.

Next was... KYOU?! Wait... wasn't Kyou the whole reason he was up here in the first place?!? What's going on here?? Still, a perfectly good time to heckle him.

"Are you sure you can manage to hit the target?" Tsu chuckled "It's a miracle you can move under all that equipment in the first place."

Turning to Natsuki, who brought the spoils of his wager, Tsu grinned. "Aye. Ye have permission to board me dinghy. Jes' stay off me plank." Tsu said with his pirish charm "Wouldn't want a lovely lass being sent to Davy Jones' locker too early." Tsu imagined on a boat, the ladder where Natsuki was standing would have to be the poop deck. There wasn't much else he remembered about a ship after all.

Zave looked down and realized he wasn't really dressed like anything except himself. "Will I be kicked out? Tsu didn't tell me where we were going, just dragged me along." For once he looked a little worried. This was a place he could meet some of the other raevans for the first time. Not to mention he wanted to get to know Lazarus a little more.

Looking around at the backyard, Zave mused a bit. "It looked like fun trying to dunk Tsu. I'm sure you'd want to try again... but I don't know if I should." He pondered aloud. "I haven't really checked out anything else. What do you suggest?" He looked at the other raevan, partly to hear wisdom from someone else, but also out of a curiosity to find out what the other was interested in.

(( Pools of doom / Pools of doom ))

Kyou was smart to stand a small distance away from Roux when it was his turn to dunk. As judging from the icey Raevan's ego, some dramatic temperature changes are bound to happen. And he was right. Though Kyou was about 2 metres away from Roux, he could still feel the chill Roux made as he left the front lines. Kyou hugged his arms as he walked right into the invisible cloud of cold air. But thankfully the temperature is swiftly returning to normal.

"Don't worry about me, worry about yourself first. If none of us hit you soon, you might be sitting up there all night." Kyou chuckled. "So how's the condition up there, are you warming up to the seat yet?" he laughed gleefully. Rubbing the ball to warm up his hands a little, he looked at Tsu playfully for a little before focusing on the target. Steadying himself on the ground with his legs, he pitched the ball the best he could.

"Hahaha!" Lazarus chuckled amusedly. "If Kyou or Natsuki haven't kicked you out yet, just chill and hang around." he said, feeling a little bit more relaxed. He looked at the empty line behind Kyou, it does look very tempting to give it a go again. But he probably want to heal his wounded pride for now.

"I'm sure you're not interested with the food in the kitchen." Lazarus said, "So maybe we could check out that odd 'Contortionist' game in the living room." he suggested, purely out of curiosity.

((Pools of Doom))

"I'm not so keen on the dragging sailors to their demise," Natsuki smiled, turning away from him slightly, and making herself comfortable on the ladder. Feeling a chill in the air from Roux, she rubbed her arms, trying to keep herself warm. If the night kept dropping in temperature, she'd need to get her jacket out of her car or spend the night indoors. However, she liked being perched by Tsu's side, on the safe, non-collapsible portion of the game. Goose bumps popped up despite her best efforts. "I'm more of the roll around on the wet sand and watch the sunset with a nice bottle of rum variety. The sort with dangerous curves, but genuine, tender words."

Looking up at the sky, she took a chance to appreciate the stars. Hopefully, she'd find a star to wish upon. It was a clear and beautiful night. The cafe manager played with her braid as she looked into the water. "How be the waters, Doc?" Her smile softened at his mention of having a lass and some rum, looks like she'd be there a while, for who was she to jump ship when she was having so much fun?

((Shadow Chateau))

"Someone is in his element," Alex remarked dryly as she watched Eiry float through the walls, trailed by mischevious cackling. "Hey, Isi, you hangin' in there?" The woman in red walked over towards the boy, offering a hand, her other one still supporting Munchies on her chest. She didn't think her motion was insulting, as she would have at least offered hand to anyone else if knocked over; it's not like she was trying to pick him up herself, despite the fact that she likely could. Her lips were curved into a warm smile, unable to stop from complimenting the boy for his costume, "You look fantastic, sir. Quite spot on." Being Italian herself, she felt she had some say in such matters!

Alex tilted her head to the side, eyeing the youth thoughtfully. "Say Isi, where's that brother of yours? I haven't seen any of you for a while, thought it'd be nice to say Hi, since this is kinda your house and all." She grinned playfully, wondering what Aphismet would dress as. Would he find a costume that was timid, something he could hide behind? Or would his more assured nature show in something more open and fun? Somehow, she wasn't quite surprised by Isi's costume, and found it suiting; in fact, in some way or another, everyone seemed dressed in a way suited for their inner most personality. Her grin faded into a wry smile, considering all the familiar faces she'd seen thus far. How quaint.

((Junk Shack))

Ah yes, it was good to be inside again since it’d gotten so cold outside. And besides, large crowds weren’t really for her, but she knew they were inevitable. Ebony rubbed at her arms some more as goosebumps had developed and the catgirl wondered what there was to drink that’d warm her up more. A certain tinge of pinkish green caught in the corner of her eye, a young Gwee came into view sort of hovering and sniffing about the kitchen. With all the powers of deduction that she possessed, ”Well aren’t you just the cutest little thing. Looking for something deary? Maybe something to eat?”

((Monster Mash))

Zanen was awkwardly swaying to the beat of the music, when another person slipped in. The newcomer seemed to be cosplaying as Lulu from Final Fantasy X--one of Zanen's favorite games of all time--though she never had the chance to play it. Glad to have an excuse to stop trying to dance along with Namini and Josh, she stopped moving and smoothed out the creases in her dark black dress. Oh gods, she hoped that "Lulu" hadn't seen her pitiful attempt at dancing. Pasting something that appeared like a sheepish smile on her face, the vampiress purposely strode over to the girl, subconsciously nodding along to the back beat of the current song.

"Hello!" she grinned cheerfully, showing off her fake fangs. "You have a beautiful costume and...uhh..." Zanen trailed off lamely as her natural shyness began to show, "...yeah."

Self-consciously brushing her long hair out her eyes, Zanen suddenly remembered that she hadn't introduced herself yet--the mistake she made with Namini. If there was one thing the vampiress prided herself on, it was that she was quite a fast learner. She clenched one of her hands into a fist, feeling the coolness of her palms--too cold as always. Her mother always proclaimed that Zanen's blood circulation was never that good. Oh well, at least they weren't sweaty. Gingerly, the Asian girl offered "Lulu" an outstretched hand.

"Oh, and by the way, my name is Zanen. And might I be so bold as to inquire for your name?"

[[Pools of Doom]]

Niksia took to the stand, so to speak, ready to take her turn at pitching the pirate doctor Tsu into the tank. She planted her winged white staff into the ground next to her, it leaned drunkenly but stayed fairly firmly in place.

Her hair was bothering her though, the dye had been a mistake. The unruly mass didn't feel right and she suspected it was going to get in the way of her throws. The headdress was used to tie it back loosely, making Niksia look a little less angelic.

'Ok, everyone please duck. I feel guilty already.'

She grabbed a ball from the pile and curled her arm back, tossing it with surprising strength...