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 Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:22 am
Fish's smile grew with every article of clothing they came across only to falter at the scream. It returned quickly enough when he saw the source of the outburst, coupled with a chuckle he covered by clearing his throat. These essences certainly had personality. He only glanced at the revelers directly for a second or two before turning his head, grin still in place.
"If it is, maybe we could clear everyone out before we search?" He didn't want to end up accidentally grabbing... never mind.
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 1:53 pm
It was most definitely where the compass was pointing. In the clearing where the merrymakers danced and played there was more clothing strewn about - socks here, underwear there, bra in a tree, so on and so forth. Other than that and the people, there were signs of a picnic that had happened (or was still happening, technically). A couple picnic blankets had been thrown down haphazardly in the middle of the clearing and looking as if they had been trampled over a few times. Backpacks were nearby to said blankets as was one picnic basket, knocked over and spilling its contents out onto the ground for the ants to have a go at. Even from where the team stood it was clear the drunken revelers had packed for a day-trip; their food included fruits, sandwiches, chips and the like while their somehow still-standing cooler was probably packed with soda, waters, and perhaps one too many beers.
Looking at the compass, the needle inside pointed straight on toward the group. Seems as though Fisher had the right idea of things. Of course, maybe that was easier said than done. Soon enough one of the naked men in the group spotted the newcomers and bellowed drunkenly for the lot of them to join in. His waving, flailing, and whooping was only added to by the rest of his friends who seemed to be just as keen to keep this party going for as long as possible.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 7:22 am
Lazarus's face blushed a bright red at the sight before his eyes. He was kind of expecting it due to the trail of clothing that led them here, but not to this extent or with so many people! He was expecting most of them to be in their underwear still or something.
A hanging underwear brushed against the top of his head as he approached Henry to check the compass again, letting out a soft disgusted noise as he ducked lower. The compass is pointing at the drunken people. "It's... probably not on them?" Since the partying people are barely wearing anything. "Their stuff then?" Red eyes turn to look at the pile of items strewn about, trying his best to avert his eyes from the naked-ness of it all, this is going to be a nightmare... "Perhaps, the reason why they are drunk??" It doesn't look like they brought enough beer to get this drunk, judging from the empty bottles and cans littered around.
Then the naked people started to notice them. Lazarus could only stare as the huge man that's built like a lumberjack approached him and took his arm. The Valsaros could only turned to look at the rest of his team mates with this expression on his face that seems to say help me.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 9:02 am
Henry could only shrug at Laz's suggestion, doing much the same to avert his eyes from the scene. "Could be... or it just happens to be unrelated--" That wasn't likely; sure, people acted a fool like this on their own time but it was still very strange.
With raised brows, the nurse watched as the burly man approached and took Laz by the arm and could only stare dumbly. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, glancing between the man and Lazarus. "S-sir...?" he fumbled.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:05 pm
It took a bit of self control to not burst into giggles at the sight, especially combined with the helpless look on poor Lazarus' face.
"Why don't you go on back, sir," she said somewhat awkwardly as she edged over to Laz and gently tried to pry the man's hand away from him. "We'll come over in just a minute?" She had to bite her lip to keep from laughing as she gingerly gave the man a pat on the shoulder.
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:56 am
Still smiling a little, though trying valiantly to tamp it down, Fisher stepped slightly beyond Laz and his new friend, looking over the partiers again. He had been attempting to be polite, but it seemed they really didn't mind the gawking. He couldn't see anything weird—beyond the obvious—but maybe they knew what had caused all of this without knowing they knew.
"Yeah, we'll be right over. Can you, like, get everything ready for us?" It was a long shot, but if they'd eaten some of the essence or something, maybe the group would just offer the rest up without a fuss.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:29 am
The drunk man's grip did not loosen even at the polite suggestions of Lazarus' teammates. He did stop, at the very least, blinking at them with bloodshot eyes before another grin slowly spread across his face. He swayed dangerously on the spot, hiccuped, and found his voice.
"NO NO!" His words echoed over the clearing and his breath stank of hard liquor. "YOU GOTTA COME NOW GUYS! THERE'S...THERE'S A PARTY AN' YOU'RE ALL INVITED!!!" Then he proceeded to tug Laz further on. "WE GOT PLENTY'AH...AH...DRINKS!!!!" He spied the cooler and tipsily went to it, prying the top open. Of course said cooler was on its side so all that served to do was spill ice, water, and refreshing contents onto the ground, but the drunkard was hardly deterred. He grabbed the first thing he got his hands on and waved an upside down can of soda in everyone's faces.
"DRINKS! PLENTY OF'EM! HELP YOURSELVES!"
That last bray of the word 'drinks' served to set the rest of the party off, hoots and hollers joining in over the music. Laz's tether turned to look at his companions and returned the hooting, waving his - and Laz's - arm in the process.
"GOT FOOD TOO! HERE AN' THERE AN' THERE AN'..." He pointed at each spot on the ground where food was left, spilled, or just plain abandoned until now, jerking Lazarus here and there as he did so. "AN'...AN'...OVER THERE!!!" He pointed at the group who had now mostly returned to frolicking around the largest picnic blanket of them all. The food there was largely trampled by now but the team would still be able to see some surviving fruits, sandwiches, and surprisingly unopened beverages.
Upon pointing over to the spot the drunk man seemed to realize he was still over here rather than being back over there. Without releasing the Valsaros, he started his way over again.
"C'MON C'MON C'MON!!!" He was in quite the hurry too.
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:09 am
Lazarus felt like a rag doll as he was been dragged around. He really didn't have a chance to grab any of the offered drinks at all. At least he got a chance to get a closer look at the things that were strewn about, to see if anything in the mess might be a potential fel essence, even if just briefly. The drunk man's iron grip on his arm and his booming voice is highly distracting and irritating.
In between being dragged around, he motioned to the rest of his team to start searching. Everyone is too drunk to really pay attention to them or realize what's going on.
"Let me gooooooo---" His voice faltered as he was dragged off again, now towards the larger gathering. To be honest, his grip was really starting to hurt his arm. Lazarus was strong himself, but at the same time he don't want to exert too much strength in case he offend or enrage the drunken man. Things might turn from worse to worst. So... he had no choice.
"Hey. HEY!!!" When he had a chance as the man paused, he gripped his chin with his free hand and turned the man's face to look at him, getting his attention. When their eyes locked, he soften his gaze ever so slightly, triggering his persuasion ability. "Let go of my arm." In this drunken state, there shouldn't be much resistance.
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:42 am
"No, thank you, sir--" Henry said, finally finding his voice again. Softly, he grabbed Laz's free arm -- that is, before the Valsaros was dragged here and there. He looked back toward the other streakers, brows knit as he looked back down toward the compass in his hand; it was still pointing directly at the people.
Glancing to Nell and Fisher, Henry took a step towards the group, still looking at the compass. Whatever was causing this, he wanted to end it -- fast.
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:53 pm
Nell flinched slightly at the man's rather enthusiastic response, holding her hands up placatingly and backing up a few steps. She gave Laz an apologetic look and a shrug as she followed after them, glancing over at the compass to see if it would point to anywhere specific in the group. This was definitely not a place she felt like lingering around for too long.
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:37 am
Hm. Being brought closer hadn't revealed a thing. As far as he could tell, all of the group's food and drink, whether untouched or smeared into the dirt, seemed perfectly average. So what was causing this? It was too random for him to believe these people had just wound up here on their own.
After a brief glance at the Raevan to make sure he was holding his own, Fisher followed Laz's silent directive and began searching the area.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:16 am
The drunk man blinked blearily at Laz when he activated that particular power, once, twice, then a third time before the words finally hit home through the haze clouding his brain.
"Oh ok." He released the Valsaros and stood on the spot, teetering for a moment before completing his wander back over to his group. Now a little closer to the merrymakers, they could all smell even stronger alcohol. The compass continued to point at the group of people, unwavering and uncaring of the fact that everyone had some kind of inner qualm with the situation they now found themselves in. They would have to go toward or actually join in with these people in order to find out what was causing the revelry.
((Generate a number between 1 and 10. You need an 8 for the Essence to make itself known. Continue to roll until someone rolls an 8 but please then wait for the GM to make a post!))
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kyoupi generated a random number between
1 and 10 ...
10!
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:26 am
When the iron grip was released from his arm, Lazarus lets out a sigh of relief. His body visibly relaxed from it's previously tense state. He watched quietly as the naked man returned to join the rest of the group without bothering him anymore.
He took a moment to compose himself from the ordeal, glancing back at his team mates approaching his direction. It didn't need a detective to know what is going on. "So whatever it is, it's there huh?" He motioned towards the group of drunken hippies. Warily, he approached the nudists, although his eyes were looking more at the people than for the fel essence, for any sudden, unwanted movements.
The increased pungency of the alcohol smell did not elude him though, as he scrunched his nose. "You think that alcohol smell might be related to the fel essence?" The only type of alcohol he could see around the merrymakers were cans of beer. However, that smell... smell more like wine than beer.
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DystopicRhythm generated a random number between
1 and 10 ...
3!
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:07 am
"Seems like it," Henry responded, keeping an eye on the man walking away -- part of him wasn't sure he wouldn't come back. "Still pointing directly at them, so I guess we've gotta make a move..."
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Subobo generated a random number between
1 and 10 ...
9!
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:47 am
"We'll know when we see it, right? " Nell cautiously edged her way around a cluster of partiers, looking back with a small grimace. Well, at least they knew they were in the right area, she guessed.
She hoped it would be obvious at least. It was a pity there wasn't a flashing neon sign pointing to it, if nothing else it would have added to the ambiance.
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