Zar paused, all motion freezing over and his posture stiffening as Barth launched into a helpful but entirely awful list. He'd been aware of Calder, and aware of Christof, but he had no idea at all about the associated complexities. He was equally oblivious that Barth was engaged and had no idea he was in potentially mortal danger thanks to aforementioned Igor. He felt suddenly extremely small and extremely stupid, it was all things that he should have known and researched before getting involved.
No. It was all the things that shouldn't have mattered, that shouldn't matter at all.
But it did. There was a web of complicated commitments and crowded hierarchical claims set upon the other demon, there was nothing simple, there were a lot of people who wanted a piece of him and all of them, every last one was there long before he was. He was young and stupid, and he had already managed to lose everything he had ever possessed. Bad decisions, so many bad decisions in such a short time.
He didn't understand the implications of knowing Barth's name either, he wasn't cunning or devious enough to see the potential of being able to summon another individual whenever you felt like it. He had only ever used it accidentally caught up in the throes of his nature or with best intentions.
And yet he listened, because this wasn't really marriage, it was just a moment in a dream, in a game. It didn't matter, it couldn't hurt him, it shouldn't hurt him. He was what he was and what he was existed to be used. And he disagreed, he disagreed with all of that black dark instinct that Barth was useless to any extent of the imagination, he was his element right down to his core and wore Sloth like a grand mantle. It was not dependence, it was more than that, some beautiful manipulation which depended on the good inherent in many creatures and their own selfish desire to feel worth something.
And it had ensnared him surer than the thorns. He wanted to feel like he was worth something, needed by someone. But he was not. Not when there were so many other trapped creatures already willingly stranding themselves in this metaphorical tar pit.
And the mention of feelings struck him like raw primal fear, and he realised he hadn't moved, hadn't breathed, had done nothing but stare the whole time and he consciously spurred himself to motion.
"It is fine." he said. He didn't want to hear, he didn't want to know, he didn't want - he didn't know what he wanted, no he did. He wanted not to care.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:09 pm
Phoenix returned the gesture and lunged to give him a big, wet raspberry on one cheek. Above them the celebratory fanfare exploded along sparkling hearts and ribbons congratulating them.
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My character's username: Phoenix My character's level: 19 (exp: 75/100) Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character:
Tall and curvy with a proud bearing, Phoenix strides about in red and black Gryphon armour like it was designed just to swirl dramatically about her and emphasize how freaking majestic she is. From the name, to the cockscomb of a faux hawk, to vivid orange-red eyes, Phoenix's appearance announces: I bring the fire.
"Yippee," k1ng said, with no real enthusiasm, eye-balling the sort of angry-looking ring on his finger. "We're husband and wife and s**t." He leaned forward to blow a raspberry right back at her on her cheek, and whispered, "Where's my ********' sandwich?"
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My character's username: k1ng My character's level: 17 Character's HP: 30 Current Guild: < Eat Me > Small IC description of character: k1ng is arguably the angriest Dormouse the game has ever seen. At barely five feet tall, he is among the shortest as well. Two comically large ears sit on the side of his head, and above his eyebrows are a pair of pink demonic horns. Behind him are a pair of white wings, because he clearly can't make up his mind. About anything.
Anyway, don't stand in fire, and he won't start screeching angrily.
"Right here, honey," Phoenix reached into her cleavage and shoved the remains of the boob cake into his face, laughing and pleased.
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My character's username: Phoenix My character's level: 20 (exp: 75/100) Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character:
Tall and curvy with a proud bearing, Phoenix strides about in red and black Gryphon armour like it was designed just to swirl dramatically about her and emphasize how freaking majestic she is. From the name, to the cockscomb of a faux hawk, to vivid orange-red eyes, Phoenix's appearance announces: I bring the fire.
"Yeah, but, would you eat anything that came out of that box?" He shook the beans teasingly, and then dropped them in the teapot along with all of his other items. He watched, this time - everything within was swirling with rainbows, and sure enough, rainbow colored smoke popped out of the teapot. He tried to catch it with both of his hands, and then he ate that.
Delicious!
Tipping the teapot once it was done, he saw the little rainbow swirled ring drop to the table, and picked it up. "This time, I will marry you in technicolor." He informed Mimsy solemnly, slipping the ring on her finger.
"Mimsy, you've always been the key to my to Wonderland. I promise to do my very best to always make sure the door is open for you."
Nothing Yet
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:59 pm
Nod sighed.
"It is my feeling that we are both at risk of betrayal or death. But any risks between us have already been taken. For now, what's left, those risks outside, I need your help in. And wherever possible, will offer my protection, or wealth, or intellect, whatever is required to preserve you. If I...neglect you, or am slow to love, I'd ask...things with me, need a great deal of patience. In spite of that, and of this all being a very strange dream, and very strange circumstances,"
Nod took Defile's hand.
"Will you?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:13 pm
"Oh." She paused, unsure of how to reply. "Thanks?" Her lips were set into a small frown, but she still seemed uncomfortable with the compliment. "Yours is...interesting." A clever disguise for disgusting. Before she could continue awkwardly with the conversation, the mouse pushed them toward the next table. It was with some relief she reached for the Hatter.
chirigami
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:26 pm
When she released his hand he snorted softly. Why did his dream pick now to turn into a nightmare? On a rub over his forehead he glanced to her as she pulled her pocketcard out. Going with the ushering of the dormouse he went ahead, looking at the large box with a heart-shaped latch.
FEED YOUR SOUL, the sign read and he blinked at it. Well. Why not it couldn't go as bad as it was with Rosy at the moment so he tried it. unlatching the box to look inside. When his pocketcard buzzed he ignored it for the moment in favor of picking out an item, though as he put his hand into the box one picked him. The small minipet brush, it reminded him of someone close very instantly.
After taking the brush he stepped back for Rosy to pick and held the brush tightly as he read over the message. There was nowhere to run now so he simply shut the pocketcard after reading the four letter overused word over and over at least six times. On a glance over DW he sighed, yep, ghouls were trouble. But this was just a dream right...so.
Leaning up as she looked into the box he whispered to her, "ok, then be my ghoulfriend but for now focus on being my bride, I want my loot..."
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My character's username:FlukeFiend My character's level: 27 Character's HP: 40 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: A silver haired, male white rabbit Herald with pale blue eyes.
DreamWatcher blinks for a moment, then looks away from him. She wasn't sure if he was teasing her again, or actually being serious for once. Instead of saying anything, she just nods to FlukeFiend before she eyes the rather large box. Picking into it, she glance towards the brush he grab which only made her laugh.
She knew why, it was a minipet brush.
Red eyes turn back towards the box, just looking over the different items within it. She wasn't even sure which one to choose. Her hand slipping into the box, brushing a couple items. At first, she wanted the pocketwatch...
Then her fingers brush a rather rough stone that was cold to the touch.
Slipping her fingers around it, she looks it over before glancing back to Flukefiend. It fit him perfectly, rough and cold on the outside, but on the inside, she wasn't sure.
Dropping it into her basket before she stands.
Turning, she place her hand on her hips before she sticks her tongue at him.
"Okay I think I got everything...Ready to see what rings we will get?"
Like normal, she didn't wait.
She slips over to the table, and there she waits for him.
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My character's username: DreamWatcher My character's level: 22 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: The Tea Party Small IC description of character: Petite, tan skin and red eyes, DreamWatcher wears blue and black Cheshire Cat armor. She has long curly red hair that flows down her back at the moment. She very bubbly and very easy to amuse. But watch out for her claws, they are rather sharp.
After having nailed the bats, he decided to explore more with teddy. Apparently the other area was going to be revealed soon. There was one part neither of them had explored so it seemed like the best moment to go and see it.
The large teacups stacked on one another were rather charming. "Do you think they get worried about them falling?" Of course they wouldn't fall. The whole thing was stuck in a game world where nothing like that could occur. Unless it was scripted.
Stepping through door, Boi was shocked to see a tiny NPC mouse scurrying around. Instantly she turned to them both, rushing over as quick as possible and began to babble shrilly. It was hard to understand exactly what she was saying, but then it... It clicked. Marriage?
Stunned, Boi looked to Teddy, his cheeks flushed darkly, "W-wait a minute d-did we just get eng-gaged?" Not that he'd uh, mind, per say, but what the heck would Teddy do or feel about this?
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My character's username: BoiisonFIYAH My character's level: 35 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Teddomination, BoiisonFiyah Current Guild: Raiders of the Lost Arc Location: Small IC description of character: A tall, thin guy with orange-blonde hair in a pony, two large brown wings, in the red and orange Rabbit outfit with gray fluff.
Zar stayed still and careful, his mind racing, hunting for any catch, any loophole in the other man's words, because as demons that was their very trade and lifeblood, it was what was expected. Anything that seemed too good to be true in life always was and he had found it out time and time again, relentlessly burned by optimism. And yet here and now, no matter how he tried he couldn't find anything sinister and couldn't make himself truly believe that it was there hidden out of sight. He wanted to have faith - and what a word that was for a demon to entertain - because it was what he needed to stay sane, and because he was trapped regardless of his better judgement.
If Barth's words were a contract they were one which asked nothing of him that he didn't already give willingly. A situation where there was nothing to lose and in the daring, everything to gain.
And as far as patience went, the Incubus had the infinite patience of someone who - before a chance run-in - had nothing to live for. He was hard wired down to the core of his fear to need another individual, be it prey, be it a master or be it something more than both. He was a slave to his nature and that nature leaned towards Barth who was the pacing he needed, the slow long term goals he needed, and the future he needed.
Walking away now would be walking back into that place he had been in, the place where non existence and permanent dissipation had looked like purest bliss, like the only goal worth having. And he would never go back. He had forever or never. He would cast his heart at the feet of this beautiful, terrible creature and would no longer care what happened to it, anything that happened to him was better than nothing at all.
And because he needed him.
"I will." he said, and meant it.
Strangled by emotion it was hard to ask anything of Barth in return. The Incubus normally produced complex contractual terms as effortlessly as breathing, but here as much as he wanted to ensnare the other demon, to have and hold him, keep him in his claws, twisted up in his coils, he did not feel strong enough or competitive enough to begin to try.
He passed the ring in his free hand to his tail and took a slow steadying breath.
It didn't matter that this situation was ridiculous, it didn't matter that this wasn't binding, that they probably had no fear present at all, he still steeled himself and went on. "If I was to ask anything - and I dare not in an official capacity ask anything at all - it would simply be the admittedly morbid request that - if some day I become superfluous - I am removed permanently. Assassinated. Concluded. Ended. Rather than sent away."
Because he would never go back.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:00 pm
After having cleaned up from wife #3's idea of a honeymoon, Phoenix found herself back at the giant teacups. Fighting all that candy and those cookies had made her hungry, and she wasn't near lost enough to find the tavern. Pursing her lips she decided that, yes, another wedding would be about right, and she knew just who to call.
< TO Divinity: hey you still wanna get married come by the tea party place and the giant teacups >
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My character's username: Phoenix My character's level: 20 (exp: 75/100) Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character:
Tall and curvy with a proud bearing, Phoenix strides about in red and black Gryphon armour like it was designed just to swirl dramatically about her and emphasize how freaking majestic she is. From the name, to the cockscomb of a faux hawk, to vivid orange-red eyes, Phoenix's appearance announces: I bring the fire.
It didn't take long for Divinity to show up, he had already explored much of the oversized tea party on his solitary rounds and was an oversized stone's throw from the stack of teacups when he received Phoenix's message. The familiarity with ridiculous landmarks prompted him to consider the fact that it was simpler to adjust to the absurdity of this game world than it was to adjust to the real world - the island - outside.
When he arrived he was still weighting up the merits of even bothering to seek an escape at all.
Phoenix was his reminder why he still did.
She got a warm fond smile as he approached, wearing his artificial body much more comfortably now, all gentle tail and emotive wings. He blushed a little and shuffled his feet.
"Can't say I'm used to being proposed to, game or not." And it was a lie. "But I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather kill time with." While at the same time it was not.
He ran his hand through his blonde hair and looked back to her, all tentative hopefulness. "Lets do this then?"
<> My character's username: Divinity My character's level: 12 Character's HP: 30 Current party: -- Current Guild: -- Location: Tulgey Wood Small IC description of character: Tall, extremely pale and slender with delicate features, long slender wings and light clothing. Character journal:[x]
lizbot
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:28 pm
He eyed her pick for a moment but stayed silent. Following after the ghoul as normal he rested by the table as well and gave a glance to the mouse. Going with what was in front of him he placed his item into the toy teapot on the table in front of them, one at a time? He guessed and then shut the lid to the teapot. Almost immediately, the stupid thing whistles, indicating it was done he assumed, so he tipped it over and poured the ring out into the teapot.
Staring at the swirled ring with tiny minipet accents he smirked. It looked fit to Rosy and so he waited for her to make the other before placing the ring he made on her finger. "There...looks good huh?" Grinning he patted her hand then stole a kiss to the top.
At the exact moment that the rings are placed everything lost its marbles, or to him it did. With one glance to the dormouse he knew it was time to go. So on a nudge to Rosy he pulled her away.
[exit with Rosy] +1 (OR MORE) SPOUSE(S). For each SPOUSE you gain, you get this ability And the other stuff too, I guess: +1 level + 1 loot card you can redeem HERE
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My character's username:FlukeFiend My character's level: 27 Character's HP: 40 Current party: Current Guild: Location: Small IC description of character: A silver haired, male white rabbit Herald with pale blue eyes.
Watching FlukeFiend, she rest her head against his forearm before she eyes the ring. Honestly, it was perfect for her. Smiling, she turns to place the rose cake, the cheshire, then the stone into the teapot. Closing, she was surprised that in a matter of seconds it started to whistle.
Holding her hand out, the ring falls into her hand. It was a silver ringband, that was wrapped with a pearl like the strips of a Cheshire tail. In the dead center was a polished crystal rock in a light blue. Bringing it to her lips, she press a kiss to the rock before she slips it onto his finger "Just like yours." she wanted to talk to him, but she thought best to not. Instead she just watched as he kissed the ring on her finger.
A small yelp escapes her as she heard the commotion around her.
At the nudge, she laughs as she allows FlukeFiend to take her out of there.
{Exit with FlukeFiend}
+1 (OR MORE) SPOUSE(S). For each SPOUSE you gain, you get this ability And the other stuff too, I guess: +1 level + 1 loot card you can redeem HERE ((Can't do, due to hitting limit for the day.))
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My character's username: DreamWatcher My character's level: 23 Character's HP: 30 Current party: Current Guild: Location: The Tea Party Small IC description of character: Petite, tan skin and red eyes, DreamWatcher wears blue and black Cheshire Cat armor. She has long curly red hair that flows down her back at the moment. She very bubbly and very easy to amuse. But watch out for her claws, they are rather sharp.
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