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 Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:30 pm
*Recalculating....*Atomica Servo sighed. Her attempt to triangulate the position of the one remaining member of 'Atomica and the Rest....In Peace' was going slowly. Achingly slow. INSANEly slow. The Maul had terrible wi-fi, and that threw her GPS off.
Atomica didn't really care about the whole 'privacy' thing when it came to tracking down her band-mates. Machines always knew everything you were doing, all the time, after all. They just didn't bother broadcasting that information to meat-creatures.*Recalculating.....*"Argh! Why doesn't this Maul have GOOD wi-fi?! It's like they totally want you to be buying things instead of checking your grimblr account or something!" Atomica ranted, to nomonster in particular. It was at that exact moment that her Facial Recognition Softscare zeroed in on a surprising but familiar face. Data analysis showed that it was one a goblin, one of the ones she had seen hovering around Harry Herne the other day.
Seeing goblins at the maul wasn't really all that unusual, but scanning the goblin (whom her database informed her was named 'Gobbledygook') activated a memory engram from the past.A totally canonical flashback Harry showed Atomica his checklist of Groovy Things He Was Preparing for Woestock. On the list was the item 'Tendril Ghoul - Drums.'"Tendril ghoul?" Atomica asked, a bit suspicious. Whatever it was, she didn't want it to take away from her moment in the spotlight."Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah..." Harry nodded as he looked at the point on his own list as if he'd never seen it before. "This totally groovy chick I met the day before school started in the doomitory....what was her name?....I never forget a face, but she totally didn't have one...""Sally Slender." Atomica identified 'Tendril ghoul' in her databanks. "Does she play the drums?""How can she NOT play the drums?!" Harry answered, giving a knowing nod as if that solved everything. "ALL the drums!"....
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:54 pm
The odd beeping from her bag alerted Arillena that her iCoffin was being contacted again. Dressed in white and pink the Fae had just skipped into the Mall- Er... Maul?...Close enough- and stopped lightly before reading the new message. Again there were words she didn't understand. "Hm..." It sounded like some of the girls were already here though. Ari took a deep breath and followed the signs that she hoped would lead her to the theater.
"I hope someone is still there..." As she walked the Fae felt nervous until she spotted a familiar figure shaking her head at the Theater entrance. "Hello~ Um... It's... Hellene, if I am not mistaken?" The Changeling greeted somewhat timidly. "I was wondering who these alerts were coming from, I have not figured out how to connect names with numbers yet..." She curiously studied the screen of the technical device again. This was only her second time using it, just like the lingo of this new area the technology would be another thing for her to adapt too. "I was afraid I would be late... Are- are there others on their way?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:13 pm
Before...
A large goblin paced back and forth before a large giblet of goblins all dressed in black. Hurly Burly, a leader among the Toenail clan, had been ordered by Goobledygook to find Sally ALL The Arms and ask her to meet the young master. The Toenails had other ideas.
"The young master DEMANDS the presence of the ghoul called Sally ALL The Arms. We shall be brought before by choice and she shall be brought in chains! No one shall stop us! The Toenail clan will be granted a great boon if we ghoul-nap her! At last, the Toenails will have the lone farming right to the Fungus Forest!"
The assembled goblins sent up a cheer which was cut off abruptly as a mysterious portal opened behind Hurly Burly and sucked inside with a SLURP! The giblet of goblins all looked around before a random goblin stepped forward.
"Find ALL The Arms! The Fungus Forest shall be ours!"
The goblin slipped black masks and set out for the mall. Toenails sure loved fungus.
Now...
New Salem Maul was suddenly and stealthly infiltrated by black clad goblins in search of a certain ghoul from school.
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:09 pm
As Sally made her way into the Maul, she checked her iCoffin again, seeing the last message from Hellene. Since the movie was pushed back, it seemed like they would have to find something else to do. She looked up, trying to remember where the theater was. She'd only been here a couple times, but she didn't remember seeing it.
She scanned each shop she passed, trying to figure out if she was close or not. She didn't notice the goblins she passed that seemed to be watching her. No one usually watched her, so she didn't have that naturally weird feeling like your being watched.
"Maybe I'd have better luck just looking for Hellene." She said to herself, "At least I know what she looks like."
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:53 am
Arillena "I was afraid I would be late... Are- are there others on their way?"
Hellene smiled happily at her first Sistafiend for the night." Everyone is on their way here!" she said, " we're just having to come up with alternate time filling plans while we decide what to do before the movie starts. Since we're at the maul there is plenty to do." Hellene flew up a few feet and peered out at the shoppers." The other ghouls should be easy to spot. Sally has an amazing number of arm-like appendages and Layla has a spectacularly long tail and I'm still waiting for texts back from a few other ghouls. We're going to have such a fabulous time."
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:20 am
Harry Herne New Salem Maul was suddenly and stealthly infiltrated by black clad goblins in search of a certain ghoul from school.
"What was what?" The goblin asked, a bit nervously."I thought I scanned something in black darting around like...hm...never mind." Atomica dismissed it. It clearly had nothing to do with her current set of objectives:
1- Find Sally Slender and recruit her for Atomica and the R.I.P.
2- Locate Marceline LaGhede and tell her that A&tRIP were performing tomorrow at Woestock.
3- ???
4- PROFIT Perform at Woestock."Here we go! The boovie theater is right over-*SKRK*" Atomica's vocal node gave off an embarrassing squeal. Atomica looked a little shocked. "The boovie theater is -*SKRKKK*" Atomica looked around, and the cause of her slightly annoying vocal glitch became apparent...Sally Slender was wandering towards the theater herself. For some reason, she always seemed to cause a slight bit of static in Atomica's electronics array. That could be problematic if she agreed to be the band's drummer, Atomica suddenly realized.
Well, maybe they could set up the drum kit on the opposite side of the stage from Atomica or something. Atomica was sure Lin could come up with some way to fix that."SALLY!" Atomica shouted out, wanting to get the faceless ghoul's attention even though she was less than ten feet away. "SALLY, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF AN UNLIFETIME FOR YOU!"
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:44 pm
"Hellene!"The call directed the attention of the two ghouls across the court where they saw the lamia princess slithering in their direction, waving her arm in greeting with a hesitant smile.
She greeted Ari warmly by clasping her hands within her own briefly, then rested her claw on Hellene's shoulder."Oh dear, I'm not late, am I?" Layla wondered. "My iCoffin was ruined earlier and I had to rush back to the Embasssy to change!"Hellene asked, "Why did you have to run back to the Embassy?" at the same time Ari wondered aloud, "How did your iCoffin get ruined?""Oh..." Layla frowned and waved her hand. "I wasss here early for the premiere of 'Fast & Furriest 7 and thingsss got a little out of hand."She smiled as she adjusted her handbag over her shoulder then looked up at the expression on Hellene's face."What?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:43 pm
Dinner had gone off without a hitch -- well, if you ask Lin. Glen, although not the gremlin's biggest (no jokes now!) fan, was supportive and optimistic, and of course you'd be hard pressed to find a monster that Chase didn't try to get along with.
Since dessert apparently wasn't on the menu at Cracker Scarrel, for Draconia at least, Glen came up with the solution that perhaps a tasty treat from one of the maul's many kiosks would tickle 'his Drakie's' tastebuds better, to which the others readily agreed. Lin, still not overly thrilled about this whole 'double date' issue, was secretly glad that the little green nitwit had come up with a possible solution.
*stomp*
*Stomp!*
*STOMP!*
Eyes turned and watched from all over the first floor of the maul, while his three companions secretly stole glances up at the small gremlin in the BIG mecha suit that stomped across the floor, fracturing the tile into broken crevices. Chase had his arms full with Glen's Cracker Scarrel chopping bags, but still made room to hold his boo's hand. Lin could not help but notice this, and the gremlin also noticed that his own date seemed to be just a tad disheveled. An end result to a little malfunction with his suit -- just a little one mind you!
Okay so maybe the end of dinner hadn't gone so smoothly. But that's why pencils have erasers, right?
"Oo! Eye scream!" Glen pointed across the maul commiscary. "Eye scream is always the perfect after dinner treat!"
"Cha!" Chase agreed. "Plus I hear Casket an' Robbins got in a 132nd flavor too! Mystery Marble! Whooooa!"
"Whaddya say lass?" Lin asked Draconia hopefully. "Perhaps a little eye scream will make ya feel better."
"Well, maybe just a small cone." Draconia agreed hesitantly. Lin was trying so hard. It would be a shame to be a party pooper and spoil his attempts.
"Atta girl!" Lin piped up. "My treat!"
"Say, thanks!"
"Yeah! Mighty gnarly of you!"
Ooookayyyyy! Not exactly what Lin meant, but hey. One does what on has to make the best of an awkward stitchuation!
They headed for the door to Casket & Robbins, when Lin paused and blinked. He looked into the crowd but it had to have been a mistake. Gryff doesn't come to the maul. Not for himself, anyway. Had to be all that pancake playing tricks on him.
Yeah. That must be it.
*stomp*
*Stomp!*
*STOMP!*
"I got the door!" Lin declared before either Glen or Chase could reach it, and with a grasp of his mecha hand -- the door to Casket and Robbins came right off the frame! Lin blinked at it, then gave Draconia his best 'watermelon grin' before gently setting the door aside by the hedges.
"After you!"
Draconia passed in first, with Chase blinking at her wide eyed.
"Little guy doesn't know his own strength!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:59 am
A vampire standing behind the ice scream case whispered to his plant-monster coworker.
"Hey Seymore, lookit. Another gremlin in a mecha suit."
"Why are Fridays always when the weirdos come out of the woodwork? First all those 'Fast and the Furrious' nuts and now this."
The plant monster, Seymore Roots, shambled over to the counter.
"Welcome to Casket-Robbins, home of 131 flavors of hexcitement." The plant monster twirled a frond with as little energy as he could muster. "Can I interest you in a clawffle cone surprise?"
"Ooh! Ooh! We want THAT!" Glen pointed up at the menu board. Draconia gasped.
"Glen! We just ate a sizeable dinner! Are you sure you want-"
Chase's eyes lit up as he saw what Glen was pointing at.
"Could we? I-I mean....I never dreamed of attempting to try it....but inside of me there's always been that tiny spark of hope..."
"C'mon, Drakie!" Glen pleaded, with a wibble in his eyes. "You know it's true...ever since you walked by your first Casket-Robbins, you always wondered, you always wanted to see it with your own eyes in real unlife...."
"I...it's true..." Draconia relented, hesitantly. "I don't think there's any monster that NEVER dared to imagine what it would be like to sit down in front of THAT...."
She looked up at the menu board. Lin's steampunk mecha suit clumped up next to her after having scarefully replaced the door back on/near its hinges.
"So, have we all decided what we're gettin'?!"
"YES!" All three answered in unison and pointed at the menu board. "THAT!!!!!!!!!!"
*vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
The head area of Lin's mecha suit tilted up so he could see what they were all pointing at. As he gazed, the reflection from the lit menu board danced across the glass of his suit.
His ears drooped, quivering ever so slightly. Lin stepped forward to the counter.
"I guess we'll take the Gutbuster Supreme. Is...is it really one scoop of EVERY flavour?" He asked, looking almost woefully at Seymore Roots. Seymore nodded.
"Yes. With whipped scream, fleanuts, eight bananas, and a cherry on top."
"Oh, it sounds simply divine!" Draconia hexclaimed. Lin stuck out his chin and gritted his teeth.
"Then, yes! That's what we'll have! Casket-Robbins retail slave!"
"My name is Seymore." Seymore pointed at his nametag with a frond.
"GIVE US ONE GUTBUSTER SUPREME AND DON'T SKIMP ON THE CHERRY!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:16 am
Atomica Servo "SALLY, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF AN UNLIFETIME FOR YOU!" Sally heard her name called and glanced over. She tilted her head "Atomica?" she wondered as she walked over to her. What opportunity could she have been talking about? The mystery of it definitely peeked Sally's interest. "What is it?" she asked her once she was close enough.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:27 pm
Arillena smiled glad she remembered this Snake-like girl from The adventure at Luna High.
"Embassy?"Ari blinked. Did something happen here earlier? She wondered if it had anything to do with the reason the movie was delayed... Oh well. The changeling smiled a bit and shuffled one of her feet back and forth. She'd never gone and put herself in a social situation such as this before. The energy she felt on her way here seemed to falter a bit as she fiddled with her scarf. I'll be okay. Everyone is really nice~ There's no need to start freaking out now.
"Um..." She wasn't sure what to say or do now. "I-I have never been here before..." Ari timidly admitted for lack of something relevant to add. "So I am- sorry if I cannot keep up with the conversation at times..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:53 am
Skinny Sally "What is it?" she asked her once she was close enough.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:36 pm
Two groups of Toenail goblinjas gathered in the shadows. There had be a vicious argument over who the target. Burly Hurly and his cronies say a ghoul with ALL the arms knew that was their target. A second group, led by a shirt goblin named Wee Wee All The Way Home(his parents did not like him), sensed that Arillena was a Fae. Why would the Young Master want anyone who was not Fae? They resolved to grab them both.
Casket Force Arillena dropped several mushroom shaped smoke bombs to cover their ghoulnapping. Unfortunately for them, the bombs were weak and the smoke cleared quickly. Two goblinjas could be seen pulling Ari by her arms.
Casket Force Sally dropped the stealth routine as soon as their heard Atomic'as spiel. Throwing mushrooms pelted Atomica, Sally, and Goobledygook as the goblinjas closed. Several goblins began smacking Atomica and Goobledygook with "swords" made from mushrooms. It was quite irritating.
"GRAB ALL THE ARMS!"
Burly Hurly and his crew grabbed at every Sally arm they could reach.
"FOR THE YOUNG MASTER!"
Gobbledygook cringed under his annoying beatdown.
"OH NO! TOENAILS!"
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:00 am
"WHAT the HEX?!" Atomica shouted in protest as mushrooms of various sizes bounced off her her shiny chrome body. "Throwing food in the maul? That is SO RUDE.""We are under a most viscous, terrible attack by the Toenail Ninja clans of the Northern Goblin Village, Ms. Atomica!" Gobbledygook cringed behind her, shaking, not really with fear, but with great annoyance. He totally had this in hand before the strike force attacks! "The combined forces of not one, but TWO goblin warrior teams of the greatest skill are assaulting us!"Atomica looked at the two small groups of goblins, pelting a bunch of ghoul monsters with mushrooms, littering all over, and trying in vain to drag off Arillena and Sally.
They were not meeting with much success."THESE are the greatest warriors in all of goblin-dom?" Atomica asked, incredulously."Ms. Atomica, I thank you very much to please show the proper respect to the goblin war machine! Our lord and master Harry Herne has commanded them to bring him...well, he commanded them to bring him Sally All-the-Arms. I don't know why they're trying to bring him the glamourized Fae ghoul as well. There may have been some communication wires crossed.""Why didn't Harry just send them a hext on their iCoffins if he wanted to see them? LOGIC ERROR.""Er." Gobbledygook paused to rub a mushroom out of his eye. "I don't think Master Harry has quite perfected his mastry of the electronic communications device-""OH. MY. GHOUL." Atomica cut Gobbledygook off as she came to a realization. "HE IS TOTALLY TRYING TO SNIPE AWAY MY NEW DRUMMER, ISN'T HE!!!!!"
Atomica turned to the invading goblin forces and turned her voice box up to eleven."YOU CAN'T HAVE HER! SHE'S TOTALLY MINE!....I MEAN, MY BAND'S! SALLY IS MY BAND'S NEW DRUMMER AND YOU ARE TOTALLY FORBITTEN TO KIDNAP HER!""What about the fae-ghoul?!" One goblin yelled. "Can we kidnap her?"Atomica mused on this. She turned to Arillena."Say, can you sing or play any instruments?"
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:35 am
Sally didn't have much time to really process what happened after Atomica's request. All the hands grabbing at her arms sent fear through her. She tried to step back out of this dimension, to get a better view of what was happening. Once she saw the goblins, she came back out of curiosity. "What is going on?" Sally wonder aloud. She tilted her head as they were still trying to grab her, despite Atomica arguing. Atomica Servo "YOU CAN'T HAVE HER! SHE'S TOTALLY MINE!....I MEAN, MY BAND'S! SALLY IS MY BAND'S NEW DRUMMER AND YOU ARE TOTALLY FORBITTEN TO KIDNAP HER!" Taking advantage of their distraction, Sally quickly retracted all her spare appendages back into her back, leaving only her arms and legs. She moved back over to Atomica's side, since she seemed to have things under control.
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