{ ZONE 4 } Sandy Claws' Workshop (Yellow Door) SEE PG 8!

[Marushii]

Meanwhile, above the group Israfel looked something like this:

Also above them (and rapidly descending) came Lizzy, whose accidentally well-timed jumped enabled her to land a rather nice drop-kick on the head of the Yellow Santa Scout.

"AIEEE! THAT HURT!" The yellow santa scout kicked Lizzy off its deer. Thankfully they were less than a foot off the ground, and Lizzy suffers no fall damage.

HP: 10

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OOC: The Rescue Reindeer are at 20 HP, not 24. My bad! *FIXES*

 

[Huni Pi]

((Tro HP: 17 - 4 - 6 = 7
Damage dealt: 6))

Petro did little more than shoot a glare at the reaper ghoul who had thrown the wreath. Everyone else had pretty much expressed his feelings (and far more eloquently, if he might add) so there was little point in adding his own two cents. That and suddenly feeling a blow from the scout practically made the Tikbalang see red with anger weren't it for the fact of Amrita's presence against him and if he hadn't spotted Lizzy and her well-timed arrival. Recalling the demoness was Amrita's friend, a grin broke across his face at the sight of the yellow scout getting kicked off the reindeer.

"Amrita, 'm gonna try to keep the scout occupied so Lizzy can get some distance between 'em. Y'gotta hold tight, okay?" He murmured to the undead ghoul he was still carrying while he hefted the snow cannon with the other arm. "Lizzy! Move!" He yelled, and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately, all this concentrated JOY surrounding them caused him to shift into his human form, throwing his balance off just as the cannon fired. He didn't just falter back, he was practically launched backwards into the dark walls, but instinctively angled Amrita away so he would take the full extent of the impact. Coupled with his already raw hand, and subsequently the soles of his feet, Petro seemed to be in bad shape but Jack damn if he was going to complain about it. "You okay?" he wheezed. Maybe he should take one of those pumpkin pills...  

[Enoh Love]

What was that stupid ghoul doing, attacking someone who helped them?! Sure they were reindeer, but they helped them. Nukpana did get a mildly curious look - why was he telling them that the robot scared her? The robot didn't scare her! What was he....oh. Luckily she understood, at least a little, before she said anything. Her mouth closed and she went back to rubbing her eyes, taking any excuse to try to clear them, even if it did make her look like a pathetically terrified little girl.

Which, to be honest, she kind of was.

The Reindeer couldn't - or rather didn't want to - help them anymore, thanks to that one ghoul. She understood why they wouldn't help them right now, since that one student had hurt them, but still...this just wasn't fair! The leftover tears from the terror the fire brought her kept coming; they didn't seem to want to stop! At least she was only sniffling with the occasional light cough now, as opposed to the wailing she'd done above.

The Santa Scout returned and the fight picked up again, and...Lizzy?! Lizzy! The Vetala had been about to call out to her friend when Tro readied to attack, making it more important to her to cling and try to stay out of the way than to get in the way and get hurt. Again.

Tro's shifting and attacking had her mentally reeling, and once the weapon's kickback was over, even in her distressed state she could tell that the Monster was a little less than okay. "I...I'm alright!" She managed to get out, wriggling until he put her down, or until she fell to her feet on her own.

Either way, she ended up on shaking legs on the ground. After a moment or two of trying to catch her balance and to build up her (albeit scarce) bravery, Amrita managed to lean over just long enough to pick up the nearest piece of rubble to throw at the Yellow Scout. There were no words to go along with her attack, but there was probably a very unspoken 'STUPID BULLY' implied there, as the rubble went flying to the scout.


(( Amrita's HP: 19 - 4 = 15
Damage to Scout: 8-6 = 2 ))  

[Dragain]

[Israfel looks epic.]

"Hey!" Lizzy yelled as she fell bottom first, landing on the ground with a 'thud' as she winced, glaring at the oddly-dressed figure on the reindeer, "That is no way to treat a ghoul!"

Just as she was about to give the figure a piece of her mind, however, she heard a familiar voice calling her name followed by 'move'. Knowing that someone she knew was in this same hole as her made her smile uncontrollably, taking the anger from being kicked away. Still, she found herself leaping to the side instinctively just as something went flying past her face, hitting the oddly-dressed figure. When she landed, Lizzy immediately turned towards where the projectile came from and ran towards that direction, a wide smile still plastered to her face, "Moha- I mean, Petro? Petro is that you?"

Could Amrita be here too? What about Christof and everyone else? Did they split up? A hundred questions flashed in her mind as she chewed on her lower lip nervously, her smile fading a little; hopefully everyone was fine.

As something else whizzed past her, missing her by an inch, she heard another voice that brought back her initial smile. As two familiar figures came into view, Lizzy couldn't help but frolic till she was standing directly in front of Petro, staring up at both the boil and the Undead ghoul he was carrying, "Amrita! Petro! Oh, I'm so glad to see both of you again!"  

[Marushii]

"NononoNOOOOOO!" The yellow santa scout wailed, dropping the pointed candy canes and flinching back and off the reindeer as the final attack connected. In slow motion the elf fell, hands grasping at the sky far above them. It was so far away. So... far...

The elf shattered into sparks of pure JOY, vanishing. Did Christmastown work just like Halloweentown, where JOY would reform them again later? Or did that last flashy feat burn the elf out?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

Either way, it was gone now, and the students could rejoice.

At least until the yellow machine began to make odd clicking sounds.

Click

Click

Click

BAMF

A shower of peppermint mounts erupts from the machine! Hazel, Sammy,Nuk, Shehk, Israfel, Lucien, Tahki, Julian, Tro, Amrita, and Lizzy all receive 9 peppermint points each!

There was, however, unfinished business. For one, there was the Yellow Santa Scout's mount who was looking rather unsure of itself.


HP: 6

In addition, the three members of the Rescue Reindeer were also still hanging around, arguing amongst themselves as to what to do next.

HP: 20

One of them didn't look too good, either.

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OOC:
And the Yellow Santa Scout has been defeated! But what will your next move be? More people may enter this room, however with the Yellow scout defeated, there doesn't seem to be much left to do.

Or is there? What'cha guys gonna do with the reindeer? While you may outnumber them, upsetting them further might be a bad idea. But it might be more Fun of the Dwarf Fortress variety. I'm sure that one of them might even be grateful if you paid attention to what one of them currently needs...

also, HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3

 

[Huni Pi]

((Yaaaay Amrita!!! 8DDDD And Israfel looks majestic *w*))

Petro took the Vetala's wriggling to mean she wanted down, which he obliged her with a "Good to hear," and a nod. He leaned back against the wall, using the cannon as a makeshift crutch while he tried to find his bearings. He turned towards the direction of the spider demoness' voice, gave her a small smile (which he wasn't sure if she could see in the darkness) and called out, "Yeah, Lizzy, 's me! Amrita's here too!"

Speaking of Amrita, he gave out a whoop of laughter when her last attack defeated the scout! Clapping the small ghoul's shoulder in a congratulatory manner (albeit none too gently). The peppermints that fell from the eruption he hastily shoved into the backpack, now battleworn and scuffed and looked like it had seen better days. It was then he realized they still had to deal with the reindeer-mount and the remaining rescue reindeer. They seemed to be arguing and it oddly reminded Petro of his clan back home. And unfortunately, he also remembered those kinds of arguments ended up in a brawl. And while Tro liked brawling with his relatives, well, they were his relatives. These reindeer were strangers.

So. What to do now? He glanced up at the hole's entrance, recalling how the exit was inaccessible, then glancing to their darkened surroundings. Idly his fingers scratched at the walls, feeling them crumble ever so slightly and his head tilted at that. "'Scuze, Mr. Reindeer, Sir? Any of you got a deck of cards?"

Petro, is this really the time to be playing Go Fish?  

[Enoh Love]

Amrita just stared.

And stared.

And stared some more.

She defeated it?! She was pretty sure she was the last one to attack. But she'd...she'd only thrown a piece of debris at it! Something else must have happened. There was no way she was the one to finish it off! Not a one! Her teary eye was wide in surprise, only to squeeze shut with a not-so-muffled 'OOF!' when Tro clapped her shoulder. Ouch, that hurt! But if Petro was reacting like that, then she...she must have defeated it! Pride was starting to ebb away at the terror from the fire. Sadly, it also made her more or less gain some tunnelvision towards the situation; she'd completely forgotten about calling out to Lizzy, and just assumed she already had.

Still, they all looked pretty wore for wear, didn't they? She was still okay, but the one deer didn't look so good. Amrita looked down at her little bell, something that had miraculously stayed with her the entire time. It was a thing made of JOY, right? It should be able to heal them as well, right? Taking a deep breath, the little girl shuffled forward towards the deer, walking slow out of fear...and maybe a little bit out of the rigor that was trying to take over her poor FEAR-lacking borrowed limbs.

"T-thank you for helping us...I...I hope this helps you!" She told the Reindeer in a timid, small little voice while ringing her bell for them, thanking them belatedly for containing the fire and not letting them crash to their deaths.

She made a terrible Halloweentown creature, clearly.  

[Miliardo Kason]

SO UN-FAIR Israfel got a deer mount after she had tried taming one in christmas town and it could not be denied that Sammy was totally 'jelly' of the monster boy. Still in the moment she was distracted by his luck and awesome deer riding skills the yellow scout was slain. Vanishing in a cloud of joy. Peppermint candy rained suddenly from the busted device in the corner and everything finally seemed to calm down.

Walking towards the three reindeer she fished about in her pocket pulling out one pumpkin pill[ and a peppermint. "Hey, I don't know what might happen, but this orange pill is able to heal us in our world, it's probably made of FEAR, so I don't know how it might effect you guys, you can try taking it." She paused looking at the peppermint, "And this, I dun know, maybe in your world it can heal like a pumpkin pill since it's probably full of joy? Take either one of them if you want too."  

[demon_pachabel]

Shehk sort of slumped in the snow tiredly at Nukpana's side. Good jacking Jackdom of jacking Jack. She was tired. She was ready to go home even. However, it seemed that her first priority was to go to do as Amrita had;

Heal the Rescue Rangers. Amrita probably had had it covered to begin with, but none the less, she hoped the effort would count.

"You guys.." she pointed at the four.....five? Four.... Rescue Reindeer. "Are pretty OK in my book. I'm sorry that she" she pointed at Hazel, "Is an idiot. Because you guys sooooo didn't deserve that bullshit." Shehk sighed before getting up and leaning against the Skinwalker a little for support. Clearly, she would not live down how often she was in his arms/next to him/with him/kissedhim/etc... on this trip.

Sadly.

"Okay guys, I have three more uses for my bell. Who around here needs healing?...Besides me?" she inquired tiredly. She might as well have spread that love around to everybody... if she could get another good ringing of her bell.  

[Chobi_Chocobo]

HP: 21

Before Tahki could even react to the events that had unfolded she was pelted by peppermint points. Happily the gryphon gathers the peppermint points in the sack around her neck to store for later.

The deer seem to still be some what upset but they haven't attacked yet. They seem safe enough after all.  

[Reeshie Hack]

Julian hadn't taken the hit from the yellow clad elf very well. He'd been tossed into a nearby wall and could only watch as his friends and classmates finally defeated the thing. Thank Jack finally!
The shaken, bruised, and battered owl hopped up after a moment and slowly made his way back to the others in a series of hops and flapping, not taking himself off the ground but not walking either.

He stopped when he got to Sammy and Amrita and Shehk. That rather seemed like the right thing to do. Try and make amends with the deer. Still, he stayed for the most part behind the trio of undead. He was sick of fighting at the moment and the reindeer were rather intimidating to his size when he was this close.

At least he didn't look threatening. More fluffy and just a bit pitiful.

Julian's HP :: 8  

[Huni Pi]

Hearing the undead ghoul's offer to heal, Petro kept silent even if he could use a bit of health right about now. Instead, he took out a pumpkin pill, made note of the last one nestled amongst the peppermints, then popped the first pill into his mouth. The FEAR contained within the pill quickly got to work, and he could feel the skin on his raw hand and the soles of his feet heal. He clenched and unclenched his hand, feet pawing at the ground to test if he had, indeed, recovered. He grinned when he found yes, he was back at full health. Spotting the small owl hopping towards the group, Tro thought it best to stay relatively near Amrita and Lizzy.  

[x_Nata_x]

Nuk had been struggling with his shape for the entire time the rest of them had been being useful, quietly resisting the very persuasive urge to just let his body tear itself limb from limb like it was threatening to do. Hells bells, the pain of resisting alone was excruciating, like a normal person trying to reset bones over and over because they kept snapping repeatedly as soon as you fixed them. His arms and shoulders especially weren't cooperating, his right shoulder dislocating itself every few seconds, contorting to unnatural angles. The bones of his spine were changing shape as well, at one point slicing through the skin of his back like spines, and it had been at this point that he might have cried out in pain, although he didn't really recall very clearly. Needless to say the skinwalker hadn't been much help. Jacking JOY.

It was only after the yellow ranger had been thoroughly defeated that Nuk's body began to relax again, the boil thoroughly exhausted by this point. They all were, he imagined. As he opened his eyes, (finally,) he could see the other students popping the pumpkin pills and ringing their bells in an attempt to help both themselves and the other reindeer, who seemed a little weary as well. So they really were good after all. He'd have to remember to thank them. .... someday. In private. Where no one could hear him. And when Shehk didn't need him for support. Or something.

Still, for some reason, Nuk couldn't take his eyes off the reindeer the yellow ranger had used as a mount, glowing amber eyes narrowing a little maliciously. Making sure Shehk could stand on her own, (she looked a little woozy... he placed his other pumpkin pill firmly in her fist,) the skinwalker slowly stalked towards the other reindeer, grabbing it firmly by the shoulder. For a second it looked like he might choke the thing, one of Nuk's eyes twitching a bit as he squeezed his hand a little tighter. Instead, however, he clapped it on the shoulder very a little awkwardly, clearing his throat to try to subside the gravelly tone to his voice.

"... you are a good person... and people say nice things about you."*

He wasn't sure why he'd said it, but it sounded like a nice, reassuring thing to say. He was sure he'd heard it somewhere before. All the better, really -- last time he'd tried to 'cheer something up' he'd ended up making a pinata cry tears of blood. What he hadn't remembered was that he had heard the comment before... in a joke. Clearly he'd forgotten the punchline.



*You should watch the whole episode, but you can listen to the specific part at 4:45  

[Appeal]

Lucien had heard Israfel yell something about the yellow scout hurting him as he took the damage from the attack, a little woozy and generally not feeling very great. He tried to stay on his two feet as he stared at the yellow scout. He had just about enough of that yellow scout and was all too happy to see it exploded into sparks of JOY, which in this one instance was something the air spirit was happy to see.

There was another matter in general that the poor, confused air spirit had to deal with and that was: reindeer. One reindeer had stolen his wings and he'd never forgive it until he got them back, but these reindeer had helped him when he had no wings and was falling terrified from the floor. They hadn't even hurt him after one of his fellow students had attacked them. He didn't know how to feel about them, but he wasn't one to attack first, ask questions later. If they attacked, he'd defend himself just like he did getting here but at the moment they were not a threat to the air spirit. During his debate about reindeer, he tried not to stare, but the air elemental found himself looking at his bird even more than usual as he was mounted on a reindeer. Lucien couldn't only stare in disbelief, and admiration for his friend. How did Israfel ever tame a reindeer? Lucien would never know, but he was sure the skill would come in handy.

He looked around finally, and noticed a lot of his fellow students weren't in great shape. No one had been injured fatality, but many were limping and holding themselves: Lucien included. So when Shehk asked if anyone needed healing, Lucien had a small debate with himself. He was pretty injured from holding his injuries from the whole journey to Christmas Town, but he didn't want Israfel to worry about him. On the other hand, Lucien vaguely recalled Israfel announcing something that would suggest he already realized he was hurt.

The facade was up, and Lucien stumbled over to Shehk. He didn't say it loud, but loud enough that at his distance she would be able to hear him, "I could use assistance miss, if you'd be so kind." After a good look over at the Pricolici, he added, "And yourself."

HP: 11-4=7