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 Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:15 am
The Food Court!The smell of peppermint and ginger fill the air around the various Christmastival food stalls. Most of them are alright, but apparently a few of the Christmas food vendors forgot that JOY is bad for Halloween folk. That or they're trying to poison you! Tee-hee! Merry Christmastival! All sorts of Halloweenies are wandering around, testing the various treats and drinks offered. This is a good place to both mingle and see how much JOY you can consume before dissipating due to severe tummy ache and minor acts of holiday terrorism. The OOC Optional Prompt! Roll for Food Poisoning! - Roll 1d6 to determine how much JOY is in the food you're eating! - 1 being negligible! 6 being somewhat like a small, minty-fresh animal clawing its way out of your stomach!
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:46 pm
This was all quite strange. Even though most of the stalls very closely resembled the ones he had seen at Spirit Week and the Floresctival, and even though West had been to Christmas Town more times than he cared to admit, seeing the people of that town smiling and serving food and not trying to attack him made the boil a bit apprehensive.
It didn't help at all that he was finally starting to realize just what had been making him so... happy these past few weeks. JOY. A buildup of the feeling was really the only thing that made any sense. Not that he was trying to fight it now that he knew.
He cast a wary glance at a nearby plate of spookies, then shifted his gaze toward Levi. "What's all this, y'think? Apologies for tryin' t'kill us so many times?" He grinned and chuckled, mostly to himself. When he had heard rumors of some sort of theme park in town, it sounded too interesting to pass up. Some day soon he would be graduating. Hopefully. It would be good to see what went on outside of Amityville, even if it involved mysteriously appearing food stalls. The Christmas Town/Halloween rivalry had never seemed like more than a bit of fun compared to everything else he'd seen. What could go wrong?
"Y'want anythin'?" he asked, picking up some sort of minty-smelling cake ball covered in icing and promptly but subtly dropping it into the snow behind him.
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:20 pm
Crunch crunch crunch...
The bottoms of Levi's boots mashed against the snow with every step audibly. Somehow the sound gave the ghoul a certain bounce to her step, ears picking up on the resulting crunch that was like music to her ears right now. Why she enjoyed it, she couldn't begin to try and explain nor remove the smile from her face as she heard it. Maybe they're thinkin'bit more inta their strategies on'us n' playin' nice while waitin' fer tha'kill. Levi tried to keep her face rather still while glancing to her side at West; she failed. A small puff of hot air escaping her lips, Levi then began to cackle. KEKEKE~
Nah, if they'd wanted us dead, woulda fed us them things in our sleep 're somethin'. Made sure none'a us were left ta'fight back. Then 'gain, not all critters 'round 'ere sleep, eh? This was when she stopped to think, glancing to her side at the goods lined up along a stall front. Through the crunching of snow, West's voice and surrounding stall-keepers shuffling, a thunk! of something dropping to the ground behind the boil caused Levi's right ear to twitch. Tilting her head to see their tails intertwined, she saw a tiny hole made in the snow. Suspiciously staring up at West, Levi crouched down to flick away at the cold white fluff to retrieve the fallen object.
What's this? It's got color everywhere. Green with sprinkles of various tones of red, blue, yellow and more green over a frosty white icing coat. Turning it over, the tatzel rolled back up and sniffed the thing, immediately crinkling her nose at the invading odor. Wonder if'it came from'a critter. No, she'd seen this thing before. That familiar lightbulb in her tatzel head went off as her head turned in the direction of that stall again. There the rest of them were, sitting in a dish covered by a glass dome in a small pyramid and topped with a yellow star candy. Finally putting things together, Levi sighed. Shame ta'waste somethin' even if'it ain't yer fancy though, boil. Her fingers inched closer to her mouth with the less-than-appetizing ball. It was like her Ma always said: some folks weren't as lucky as they were to have ample crops for making everything they needed. Food and supplies were a gift. Gifts deserved their respect.
Only, in this case, Levi visibly hesitated. Letting me take the bullet for you, West? It wasn't like the blend of scents you'd find anywhere around town usually. The smell of peppermint sweetness made her sort of queasy in a way that might have her bringing the ball back up moments after intake.
She looked at West, expecting him to do something before she had to remedy this situation herself.
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:11 pm
Growing up in a house full of amenities and food hadn't exactly made West wasteful, but he didn't often think about whether or not there were hungry creatures somewhere who might have actually appreciated a smelly ball of gut-twisting dessert either.
"Y'dont have to... eat it r'nothin'..." He looked faintly ill himself as he reached to take it back from Levi. "We could jus' leave it 'ere, right?" He hadn't thought she would even see him throwing the thing away, and if she did, he certainly hadn't imagined she would eat it herself rather than waste it. West lifted the glass cover and dropped the ball back with the rest of its unappetizingly cakey friends. It was a bit... damper than the rest now, and a small clod of dirt clung to one of its sides, but there was little chance anyone around here would notice. "Right where it was." He rolled his eyes about halfway around, shaking his head and smirking as he continued on. "Issit really that bad? Wastin' somethin' so small that no one wants anyway?" West's tail shifted its grip as he squinted at the booths ahead. Where was the meat in this place?
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:32 am
Atta boil. The coils of Levi's tail adjusted to accommodate the smaller tail's movements, getting comfortable in its hold. Satisfied with West's intervention and relieved that she didn't need to ingest the peppermint ball, the tatzel puffed out another breath of hot air.
So long as some critter's lookin' ta'eat it. Ma always said ya' shouldn't never take nothin' fer granted no matter what. It ain't much, but it's 'nuff. Same as why there ain't no reason fer not fightin' a critter just cause they ain't so big 're tough lookin'. If they're lookin' fer a roughin', then a roughin' they should git. Brushing her fingers against her coat to be rid of some remaining icing, Levi raised her hand to then dust off a few flecks of white from West's horns as well. What would'ja think if they'd dun gone n' threw'way some floresce bone puddin'? Frankly, the thought of such a travesty made the white-haired ghoul's ears fray downwards momentarily, eyes staring directly into West's to ensure he knew what a loss that would be. Realizing perhaps she cared just a little too much about certain foodstuffs, the tatzel purposefully pried her eyes away to restate her point and continue her crunching in the snow. It'sa waste ta'somebody. Just don't want yew 're me doin' tha'wastin'.
Sniffing at the air, her tail gripped just a bit more firmly before returning to its regular hold. Everythin'ere smells like that place. Like- what was his name? Raising one brow at West, her mind fought to flip through her memory, trying to locate that name. Yer friend thar. I remember last time we had tha'snow, we went lookin' fer 'im. Yew said he smelled like peppermint. Didn't know could be so strong till I saw tha'place maself. N' now it's 'ere 'gain.
Levi looked about the stalls again as if expecting to see a face she'd recognize without reason. Think he's 'round'gain too?
Whether it was her walk down memory lane, thinking of how she'd spent her time with the wrath demon or the invading Joy lurking about her system, Levi picked up a small clump of snow and tossed it carelessly at West's abdomen. Ain't so bad when they ain't invadin'. Least it means I get ta'whip yew with'these. West covered in snow by chance was nowhere near as enjoyable as when he was covered by it purposefully with that millisecond expression of surprise mixed with distaste before retaliation was eminent.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:24 am
"Hmmm," he replied. No tossing away food in the future then, at least not within sight of Levi. He just hoped he enjoyed the sorts of meals her kin prepared when he vis...i...ted...
West stopped in his tracks, eyes slightly wider than usual, as he mulled over this thought that had sprung to mind so easily. Surrounded by tatzelwurms. Eating their food. Huge tatzels that would probably mistake him for a bit of steak. He almost asked if there were any pumpkin patches or infirmaries back home, but he kept walking instead, his pause barely noticeable at all. Even if there weren't, it didn't worry him that much. It would be fun to see her home town regardless, and if anyone chewed him to death, he would surely reappear somewhere.
"That'd be a damn shame," he said as she cast her baleful fish-induced stare at him, his grin and tone completely undermining the sincerity of his words. "I won't let anyone throw out the puddin'." He snorted, ducking his head to hide his amusement.
They continued on, the tables suddenly turned as West tried to suppress his immediate attentiveness in the face of any mention of the minty ninja. He hadn't heard nor seen a single trace of Jingleberry since he and three of his classmates had chased him out of Halloween under the guise of an exam, an act West still kind of regretted. "Yeah," he said. "I remember it almost always smellin' like this th' first time we ended up in Christmas. Even in th' mountains. Burns yer nose," he continued, scrunching his. "Anyway. His name's Jingleberry." He still thought it was a very strange name, but all those elves and yetis and drunken trees probably thought his was just as odd. "Not sure where he is anymore, but no. He's prob'ly not showin' up." The demon's desire to call the ninja his mentor had faded in recent months, largely because he didn't think he'd ever see Jingleberry again. He shrugged.
"Dunno why we end up mixin' with 'em so much." He was already well aware that their school just attracted weirdness. West turned his attention away from the ghoul, wondering if there was actually any possibility of these vendors springing up and attacking them, when she did so instead. "Hey!" he said, brushing at his coat with a grin. "Y'wanna fight? 'Cause I'll fight right now!" A nearby elf twittered anxiously and held its hands up to its mouth. "Or mebbe over there," West amended, pointing at a clearing nearby that seemed made for such pursuits.
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:53 pm
Well if yer askin', I don't mind answerin'! Yeah. Exactly.
Levi's tone was playful but sharp, keeping attention on the boil in case he decided that one of those elves would make for a better projectile than the snowballs. Looked like the wrath demon would be avoiding that possibility for the time being though. Motioning to the clearing, Levi's tail unwound from West's to lay behind him. Ready to bolt over there first, the end of her tail dug into the snow, picking up enough cold stuff to shake down onto his feet as if to bury him right there before they'd even begun.
Her body seemed to turn in the direction of the field, but her eyes remained on West. N' what'll ya'do if'I win? On your mark...
[exit]
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