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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:14 am
At thankfully a decent hour in the afternoon (one o'clock pm), a text arrived from Julie to exactly three unfortunate female trainees. OOC Paged trainees should arrive at Julie's room (211) with further orders
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:28 am
Cass had been wrapping up lunch between work and training when her phone had gone off, making her nearly drop her tray in a made fervor to pull that thing out of her pocket. Normally, a message on her phone was from Caelius telling her that if she didn't immediately teleport to some obscure location within 30 seconds they were all going to die.
Or at least, that's what their missions always seemed like, so she'd gotten into the habit of pulling out her phone as soon as it started making noise. She thanked the nice woman in the kitchen on her way out, making mad dash as she checked her phone. Towards where? She wasn't sure for a moment, looking at her message and seeing that it was from Julie and not Caelius. Well, at least she knew she wasn't going to die for a stupid reason now.
Or so she thought, she just didn't know.
However, the 'BIG EMERGENCY' got her attention and the mist trainee made a point to at least walk-fast-than-usual to get to Julie's room..... or rather, she had to stop once to ask someone if they knew where that was, and then made her way there. Not quite at a run, but a jog quick enough to have her slightly winded (She didn't take herself out anymore! Oh, she was so happy!) when she entered the room.
And now she knew why she wore her civvies so much less than she usually did. These random messages. (Then again, she hadn't been woken at four in the morning, so she couldn't complain).
"Sorry for the wait, I got here as quick as I could" without teleporting. She couldn't teleport yet. That happened after she got an awesome coat like Caelius. Then she'd be able to teleport.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:30 am
Ariane got the message.
Ariane smirked - and maybe farted.
Ariane got to Julie's room quickly like a boss.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:26 pm
Candace had been enjoying lunch when she got the text from Julie and had at first been rather hesitant to even check it. Lately nothing good ever came of a text. Nothing. Psycho horsemen, missions to trap things and not get to keep them despite their hard work, near-death experiences, soupy corpses..yeah. No. She didn't want to check this text. She did not. She would not. She would delete it from her phone and pretend she never even received it; crazier s**t had happened it was totally plausible.
Candace...just check the text. Candace sighed. Fine, fine. She flipped open the phone and chugged what was left of her drink before actually reading the message. Huge...emergency mission? From Julie? Well, she liked Julie well enough. Why not. She'd trust her.
Tossing out what was left of her lunch she headed out of the cafeteria and back to the dorms. Go see Julie, huh? Okay. She did hurry as much as she could, but it still seemed she was the last to arrive. Candace may have gotten distracted admiring the new Christmas decorations and staring at them with the delight of a child. Christmaaaaaas~! Eeeeee!
"Oh, hey guys." She was pleasantly surprised to see Cass and Ariane. Though she was wary around Ariane ever since their spar., unsure of if she was angry or something. "Julie call you two as well? I wonder what this emergency is..." She shrugged as she walked into the room after Cass, looking around. Huh. This room was bigger than her own...
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:57 pm
Julie's room was indeed much larger than the trainee's rather modest barracks, with a small kitchen - the sink full of dishes covered in a thin layer of black grime - what looked like a private bathroom, and a rather generous helping of a bedroom. And scattered on every single doorway, other than Christmas lights that were not even plugged in was a generous helping of mistletoe. Long story short, there was mistletoe everywhere.
"Trainees!" Julie was in the process of unwinding packages and packages of tinsel as she looked at the Candace, Ariane, and then Cass and beamed like a one-thousand watt angel tree ornament. "I am glad you got my emergency mission, sit down, sit down. I made hot chocolate for you three!"
In the center of the 'den' on a coffee table were three lukewarm mugs of hot chocolate, however there were no visible chairs or couches or anything else other than a coffee table in sight. One would also hope, they were indeed hot chocolate: it was hard to tell because there were strange clusters of discoloured brown and white congealing at the top of each drink. The Moon Hunter took a second more to seat herself as well on floor as well. "Sorry I called you on such short notice, I trust you three girls will be perfect for my most covert mission." She frowned, trying once again to fix those stray strands of untidy hair falling all over her face. "You see, every year, this year we call the winter holidays, I have been unsuccessful in finding my true love. This year, I can feel it in my bones, I am destined for true love."
Before any of the three trainees could even digest what just happened, the Moon Hunter stood straight up, rather suddenly, almost sending the coffee table flying. "This is where your mission lies, I spent time and effort, even research trying to find three suitable girls okay. You are going to go out there, and fine me my true love." A pause. "A man okay, but not just any man, he must be suave, he must be charming and most of all -"and here, she pointed to the mistletoe (one of them) above -"we must kiss romantically a kiss of true love."
Awkward. Silence.
Before anyone could even think of protesting, Julie handed them each three bags of - were those Joy Cookies in there? "Use these, use whatever means necessary to find me three gentlemen - one from each person of course - you'll need to interview them because I don't do jerkward Division Leaders WHO THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE EVEN WITH REINDEER HEADBANDS OR NOT!" She composed herself somewhat and gave a more stable sort of smile. "Anyway, go out there! Find me my true love and I will reward you greatly. I figure with at least three choices one of them will be right."
Wait how was this a mission again- before anyone could ask she had already forced a bag of joy cookies for each trainee and escorted them out the door, closing the door with a small slam, most likely in favour of more preparations.MISSION TIME - Julie is asking each of the trainees to go out there, and find/lure/drag/force the most eligible bachelor for her - It is also important to interview or at least coerce the person to her room, either through use of their own personal abilities or through other more sneaky means (see Joy cookies). - Basically all three trainees who want to get promoted need to find one 'eligible bachelor' (though hey, they don't need to know!), rp/interview/coerce them, and then drag them back to this thread to be interviewed again for their rightful position as Julie's true love. - Whenever any of the trainees have managed to grab someone, they can exit out of the interview/ PRP thread with the person, and come back to this thread with them in tow. - PLEASE RP A REACTION POST AND EXIT OUT OF THIS THREAD before progressing to PRPs.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:47 pm
Dear god, this room was just.. festive all over, now wasn't it? Still, there was something slightly..unnerving..about how much enthusiasm she was suddenly hit with by Julie and her...radiance. Cass could have probably mimicked it for Marcus, however. (Cass was very good at finding her an eligible bachelor, but he wasn't eligible for this anymore)
Still, she sat on the floor along with Julie without a thought about the floor not being a proper seat, taking up one of the mugs of hot chocolate and sipping on it thoughtfully while Julie explained what it was she wanted out of them. It took about three seconds for Cass to nearly dump the entire thing of hot chocolate (if that's what it was) down her front, nearly spittaking the drink onto the table. She did well to just pass off the incident with a 'clumsy me' and awkwardly wringing out her scarf.
She was going bachelor hunting.
She had a boyfriend and she was going bachelor hunting.
Still, her description immediately put one person into mind....and then immediately put them right out of her mind when she said no to division leaders. She mumbled a small 'Guess the doc won't cut it then' to herself, seeming to not actually be disappointed by this, however. But before she could question anything about the mission, she had a bag of cookies shoved into her hands and then she was out the door.
Out in the hall, Cass made a face, looking to her two 'partners' in this mission.
"This isn't going to end well." she noted. Suave, charming, and romantic kiss of true love. Frankly, that probably meant she wanted to steal Marcus from her. Cass might have internally hissed at the notion of it, but clutched the cookies to her chest..then noted her shirt.
"I think I'm gonna need to change before I tackle this, but good luck you two....and to whoever you bring back with you..." she added, sighing deeply as she headed off to work on cleaning up the hot chocolate disaster she had spilled all over herself.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:29 pm
...This was the origin of Christmas. Clearly, this room right here, was there Christmas was made. This was where--oh my god she needs to wash her dishes. She noticed the mistletoe and casually side-stepped away from her fellow trainees. How did Julie have this much energy? If they put her in a hamster ball on a treadmill could she power the entire island by herself? It was terribly tempting to find out.
"Ah, okay. Sure." Sit where? It was nice of her to make hot chocolate! It'd been awhile since she had a good cup of it. Candace stepped up to the coffee table to pick one up, only to stop when she saw the...state of the hot chocolate. A subtle glance was cast toward the dishes she could see in Julie's sink and she tried not to grimace. Please let that white stuff be milk and she just didn't mix it well. Please. She watched Cass take a sip of one of the suspicious looking cocoa, trying not to look completely repulsed. Well, she didn't look sick but...Candace just...would not take the risk. Let Julie distract them away from drinking. The woman sat down on the floor instead of actually taking a drink, looking interested. A covert mission, huh?
Wait. What. True love? Candace refrained from saying she'd have a little more luck if she wasn't a slob but...well...Julie was nice enough. Maybe if they helped her out. A little makeup, some hair brushing...do her dishes...
"Aw, Julie. That's a shame. Why look for love during Christmas and not in February around Valentine's Day, though?" It wasn't unreasonable but maybe that would be a better idea. Wait. Waitwaitait. Was Julie going with this where she thought she was going with this? Candace just stared, jumping back away from the table as Julie nearly flipped it over. s**t! s**t! THE DRINKS! She scrambled to keep the two left from slipping everywhere, looking panicked until it was all settled again. What the hell, Julie!?
Finally Julie revealed their 'mission' and Candace's eyes widened. They were going to find Julie's true love. What the hell. They barely knew her how were they supposed to--suave? Charming? A dark blush dusted Candace's cheek as one man in particular shoved himself to the forefront of Candace's thoughts. No. Not him. She was a selfish little thing. The bag was taken, opened and peered into. Oooh cookies.
Oh thank god. No division...leaders...
"Oh my god, Julie." Candace was trying really hard not to laugh. "Are they seriously wearing reindeer headbands?" Oh god. Oh god. She had to see this. AHAHA. Oh god! She had to! ********! Ahahaaaaa! Right after this mission she had to go see if either of those bastards had a headband on! Candace was grinning. "Sure, sure. See you in a bit, Jules." Candace was chuckling as she stood up. "We'll find your soulmate, dear." She was curious what this reward was! Giving Julie a wave and then looking around the room one more time, Candace walked out. She had a mental list of all the 'eligible' bachelors she knew. It was now just a matter of picking one.
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:58 am
She was honestly a little more than just surprised at the mission, and Ariane had started to pride herself on having a short 'things that can genuinely surprise me' list... She had expected something totally different, especially since it sounded so freaking important over the phone that she thought that it would be some sort of a life-or-death situation. She refused to touch the hot chocolate that had been offered to her, since it looked rather disgusting, although she did sit down when asked to.
"Sounds easy enough," She muttered to herself; she could easily think of many- five- four- two... Eligible, single men who would not make poor Julie a *****, a creep, a desperado or all of the above. Whelp.
At least they didn't have to involve the division leaders in this... Not that either men were on her 'eligible' list to begin with.
Joy cookies? They were given joy cookies? Ariane liked this Julie woman more already! After all, while those cookies were readily available, a giant bag had just been offered to her for free! And for a devious purpose! At the back of her head, she could hear Kintama's chuckling; at least he was enjoying himself with this mission.
"See you~" She managed a brief wave with her free hand, since her other hand was holding onto the bag of joy cookies, before the door was closed on them. She hummed happily, turning to face the two other trainees with her, flashing each of them a grin, "Interesting mission, I have to say... And yes, good luck..." They would all probably need it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:06 pm
[[And then Cass came back...]] There was something about matchmaking that was just not meant for the young hunter. Yes, she had her own boy, and that had been purely by accident...but why had Julie thought she was capable of finding someone for her? It was a though that had struck her while walking with Bix, and Cass had half a mind to regret every decision she'd made in her life as she actually walked through the buildings to the one she'd left Julie, Candace, and Ariane in to bring Bix to what was possibly his doom. Either that, or it'd somehow be a match made in heaven which would have been really strange, she'd admit. Which might have been the only reason why she hadn't completely derailed the idea.
Besides, that would have been unfair to Bix when he'd been so willing to help. Or maybe he'd just heard 'girl' and sort of..spaced it out from there. She didn't actually know about that at all.
Never the less, she didn't hesitate when she came back to the familiar door, knocking on it lightly. Should she have just opened it and shoved Bix in before running away screaming? It was an option. After a moment, she just shrugged and opened the door, poking her head in.
"Heeelloooo? How's your decorating coming?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:51 pm
[[ Bix follows Cass biggrin ]]
Bix was walking with Cass and unusually the two of them didn't do much speaking on the way to their destination. Most days there was a healthy amount of banter, video game talk or playful beatings when they hung out but the task ahead seemed important to Cass and though it seemed pretty weird for her to be concerned, he didn't question it. Why was matching another girl such a grave matter?
Bix was a man afterall and 75% of the reason he was going was because Cass mentioned a single girl. Yes.. he did blank out mostly everything after that except the 'tricked out room' part. This part of the dorm building was unfamiliar to him so he still had no idea who he was going to meet. Visions of Clarice still danced, unbidden, in the back of his mind.
The albino hunter followed closely behind Cass as she peeked into the dorm but the cool, calm and collected attitude he'd had up until now started to sink down into his shoes as his face started to heat up and his brain spun through a lot of very self-conscious thinking. Most of it was 'what if she thinks i'm a hideous pale monster?'
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:55 pm
"Noooo I'm not done decorating my Christmas tree yet!" Wailed a voice from the other side. There was the sound of a few thumps, an audible and loud crash, of what sounded like thousands of pieces of glass - or perhaps more appropriately, glass ornaments - shattering - before there was another shout. "Let me just put on my festive gear, give me a second!"
Two minutes and another few crashes later, punctuated by words like "Let me just clean this up" and "Oh my god I forgot the hot chocolate again", the door finally creaked open. A reindeer head poked out, an honest to god plush reindeer head, complete with glowing nose, and a full bodied rendeer suit that read over the belly 'Fly Home To Love' with a giant heart where the bellybutton might have been.
"C-come in!" Said the muffled voice from behind the reindeer costume. "Please, have some something to drink, so nice of you two to join us. Cassandra, can you get some more marshmallows for the hot chocolate? They're in the fridge."
Before Bix could think of escaping, one plush reindeer 'hoof' grabbed the poor candidate by the arm and literally dragged them towards the coffee table, forcing them to sit down. "Sit down, sit down, let us begin our love interview" Julie didn't wait for him to figure out what the ******** was happening. "First question, Candidate Number One: what is your favourite thing about Christmas?"iloveyouDIE Bix must answer all of Julie's questions before he can excuse himself from the room and the 'interview' Demon_Pachabel - Cassandra must search in Julie's fridge for "Marshmallows". The fridge however, is.... in a varied state of decay. She must roll a 100-sided dice, though she has unlimited tries, please take note of the HP subtraction value per try (match your roll to the value below, and make sure to RP out the response) - If Cass's HP reaches zero, she is PASSED OUT . 1- 30: Cass picks out... a bag. It doesn't look bag, and it smells like bananas, but wait, since when did bananas move and fly around?! OH GOD THE FRUIT FLIES THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. - 10 HP 31 - 60: Cass manages to grab a suspicious container, well there is no knowing what it is unless she opens it. A foul smell comes out from the container, nearly making her pass out. -10 HP 61 - 90: Cass manages to pull out some leftover dinner turkey. However, it just turns out to be a leftover dinner turkey minipet and as it dissolves it tries to take a bite out of Cass's leg. -10 HP 91 - 100 Cass manages to get the marshmallows! All is okay!
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demon_pachabel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
25
Total: 25 (1-100)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:04 pm
Cass winced at what sounded like disaster striking in Julie's ro- Oh dear sweet god.
She wanted that costume. There was distinct jealousy in Cass's expression when she saw the older hunter dressed up like a reindeer. Oh good lord, she really wanted that. Yes, it was tacky as hell, but the first words out of her mouth were; "My god, where did you get that? Where can I get one??" Between drinking what was possibly hot chocolate that would make her regret her life later and possibly food poisoning.
Next mission she hope got assigned was 'clean the ******** out of this place'. Because it could use it. Cass would have probably taken that one in an instant if this one hadn't been...going as well as it seemed to be. Still, she shot Bix a look of 'Good luck' before she looked to the fridge...and everything related to the fridge..and made a rather horrified face as she went about navigating it to see if she could find what she was looking for.
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Why did Julie keep marshmallows in the fridge?
Pulling out the first bag she saw, she looked at it for a moment...before that horrified look came back over her face. "DEAR SWEET JESUS." Cass suddenly blurted from her position at the fridge as she was descended upon by ALL THE FRUITFLIES OH MYGODTHEY"REVERYYWHEREHELP.
Then coughing. Clearly Cass had just gotten some extra protein for the day. Oh gross!
HP: 30/40
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demon_pachabel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
9
Total: 9 (1-100)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:08 pm
Okay, she might have held onto the banana death-bag of flying doom for too long, as it didn't seem like the situation over there was improving at all. Ever. She made a horrific wheezing noise as she swatted her arms around, throwing the bag of banana-death-flying across the room, some of the flies accompanying it as it...she didn't even want to know where it landed, but there was a distinct 'splat' sound that came with it and Cass would have leaned over the sink to wretch if that wasn't so horrible too.
Oh god, she took back what she'd said about maybe being on cleaning duty. She'd let someone else tackle that task. In a HAZMAT suit. Wasn't there a hunter who had one? Oh, she'd definitely try to pin that mission on him, she determined.
He'd not die immediately.
All Cass's nose and lungs could feel was buurrrnniinnngggggggg, whyyyyyyyy.
HP: 20/40
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demon_pachabel rolled 1 100-sided dice:
96
Total: 96 (1-100)
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:13 pm
After the incident with the fruit flies was over, and Cassandra had figured out how to make her lungs function again without the extra protein in 'em, she again looked to the fridge, took a deep breath to steel her courage, and dived into it.
Not literally, however, but.. enough. She held her breath while looking through things, pausing once to pull herself out of it and gasp for air that was..relatively cleaner than the disaster zone she was herding herself into, before she again entered the Mines of Moria. It was just too much for her. Oh god, she was going to die looking through a putrid fridge for marshmallows. Going to die over Marshmallows and Julie's love life. For a moment, the thought 'Tell Marcus I loved him...' passed through her head as she started to believe all hope was lost and she would never escape this mission with her life when she saw them.
There they were, the Holy Grail to her group of Monty Python. They were almost beautiful to her as they were. So...beautiful....
Cass had to wedge the bag out from underneath a container of what she was certain was the incarnation of 'Pandora's Box' in the human world - in that opening it would kill everybody and unleash horrors upon the world- scrunching up her face as she navigated her arm between something-resembling-meat and another bag of questionable origin, possibly containing a dead baby.
She slammed the fridge door behind her and leaned against it, gasping for air and looking at the bag she held in her hand. Definitely marshmallows. If not, they were convincingly posing as them and she would accept that.
"I have returned....from the gates of Zuul." she panted, almost relieved, before she stepped away from the fridge, perhaps more....rushed..than she should have been about it, and went to sit with Julie and her 'Bachelor' of interview.
"Got 'em." she said, holding the bag up, swatting another fruit fly off of her arm, and then smiling.
HP: 20/40
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:32 am
((AND THEN CANDACE RETURNED WITH A HAPPY HARRISON FORD)) Candace was pleased. She was sure she had the best candidate of all of them, though she was fairly biased. Sure his wardrobe was terrible but perhaps he and Julie could bond over...things..like that. She just hoped Julie's room didn't scare him off. Clean your goddamn room, Julie. Atropos chuckled at Candace's thoughts and she could almost feel the weapon's smile. Touchy, touchy. I never took you for a germaphobe. Candace sighed, shaking her head. I'm not just...well...you saw that room! Augh! How could she live in that kind of place?! The door was apparently already open when she and Harrison arrived, peeking in and looking to find someone already sitting at the table with...a reindeer. "Oh! Hey, Bix~." Not a bad choice, Cass. He was a little strange but hey, no big. She dragged Harrison in as she looked around, noting the broken glass everywhere. Goddamn, Julie. Seriously? Wait. Where was Julie? That reigndeer is talking. Wait. What. "...Ohmygod." Candace held her breath so she wouldn't burst into uncontrollable laughter. Hearing Atropos' screeching laughter in her head, however, made that so difficult. She was almost glad the weapon lacked lungs or she would be suffocating, but at the same time that meant...Atropos didn't need to stop for air. Her shoulders shook as a hand flew to her mouth and she pursed her lips, an obnoxious snort nearly being her downfall. Oh god. Oh god why. Why do you test her like this. BAHAHAHA! "I have returned...from the gates of Zuul." Oh s**t it just kept getting worse! She snorted again and cleared her throat, tugging Harrison gently by the arm until he was far enough into the room that escape would be difficult. No seriously. Don't leave her alone or she'll die from laughter. Or possibly food poisoning.
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