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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:12 pm
Who's that there? - You're all poisoned. -please see the last Keppit post in week one for backstory. ^^ - Keppit (( Sorry ... was tending the flatsale. ^_^ )) Luna was lounging in her room as only Luna could do. She had a book open on her lap but she wasn't really reading it. Instead she was just thumbing through it, looking at all the pictures. It was a particularly good book for pictures. "I... am... so... bored." She mumbled the words to herself. She really did hate these long boat trips.... nothing exciting ever happened. Moofuls ((*Salutes*)) Banda led the way down into the ship and to Luna's room, which he had found earlier in the voyage. At the door her paused, glancing back over his should to make sure Mauli was still with him, then knocked loudly a few times. "Luna? Are you in there?" Mnara Mauli flitted around behind Banda, still focused on his feet. Left heel, right heel, left heel... Stop. She glanced over his shoulder, tilting her head at the door. She hadn't gotten to this room yet... Oh well. She'd end up here sooner or later. Keppit Luna startled for a moment, before realizing that it was Banda outside the door. She stood slowly, making her way over... she opened the door and raised her eyebrows at the two of them. Truth be told she was pretty desperate for some company, but she was trying hard not to seem so. "Hi. Come in." She let the door fall open so that they could come into the cabin if they so desired. The place was moderatly large, and actually very clean for this particular ship's standards. "Whatcha need?" Moofuls "Hi," he managed in reply, smiling sheepishly and letting his hand fall when the door opened. Stepping inside the room, he nodded back towards Mauli, and explained. "Mauli and I found, ah...someone? Well, I'll let her explain. It's her prize." Mnara "I have a prize?" Mauli's eyes lit up, but then dimmed as she realized it was only some information. "Oh. Oh yeah. Um..." Damn information! Talk is cheap!
"Well, Banda and I were walking around the gun deck, and we saw Brick's cabin door open... And then some strange SM that neither of us know came walking out with a bag over her shoulder. She shut and locked the door, went to the Galley, then rubbed a rag over some plates and left. We figured Brick would wanna know." Tugging her hat off, she ran one hand through her hair, looking sheepish. "And, uh, that's it." Keppit Luna sat upright vicisously. "An Sm, or an Islander? And left to where? When? Just now?" She paused a moment and rubbed her hands over her face. "Could you tell what she was rubbing on the plates?" this was bad. Moofuls "An SM, not an Islander," Banda offered, glancing to Mauli for confirmation. "She left through the back of the Galley and looked like she was going further below deck... So wherever that goes. We didn't follow. And, ah, we couldn't make out what was rubbed on the plates. It was hard to see from where we were, and we didn't want to go in a let her know we'd seen her." Mnara "Yeah, definitely SM. Her tail was thin, like ours." She swished her tail for effect, then was quiet as Banda kept explaining. After he had finished, she continued.
"It looked like she was pretty focused on what she was doing. Well, with the plates, anyways. I accidentally hit my head against the window, and she didn't seem to notice. Banda figured we should come see you first, since, well, since Brick doesn't like us and prolly wouldn't believe us."
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:20 pm
Who's that there? - You're all poisoned. *continued* -please see the last Keppit post in week one for backstory. ^^ - Keppit Luna shrugged. "Brick doesn't like me right now either... but I haven't been very nice to him, so.... yeah. He doesn't like you two because... well... you're not Islanders. " She shrugged again as if that explained everything. "If I go to Brick right now and tell him that there's a rogue Sm on the ship, sneaking into his quarters, and doing something wierd to the plates, then he might jsut hurt me." She didn't really mean it. Deep down in her heart she knew that Brick would never hurt anyone who didn't really deserve it. "We'll ask Vayle." It was a decision made suddenly and confidently. Luna turned and thunked her fist against the wall several times. "VAYLE! COME HERE PLEASE!" It was but a moment later that Vayle appeared in the doorway with a less than pleasant look on her features. She still had on her robe like garments, but they no longer covered her face and entire body. In fact they were draped more dress like, revealing Vayle's jet black hair, long and pulled back into a ponytail. Her features were strong and well defined... and she didn't look happy. "What Luna... What..." Luna just smiled at her. "We've got a mystery. Banda and Mauli have seen a stowaway. An Sm from the mainland. And she did something to the plates in the Galley... we need to know what." Vayle smiled a knowing smile, bowed slightly, turned and left, leaving Luna still sitting on the bed smiling at the other two. Moofuls "...She creeps me out," Banda admitted quietly once Vayle had gone. Clearing his throat, he glanced to Luna. "So, what happens now?" Mnara Mauli just stared as Vayle entered and left, and then turned slowly towards Banda and Luna.
"I think I love that woman." She murmured. After a few blinks, she paused, scratching at her ear. "No, wait.... No, no I don't." And then she grinned, shoving her hat back onto her head. Leaning forward, she pressed her fingertips together, looking pleased. "Yeah, what does happen now? We just wait? Ooh, let's talk while we wait! What do you think the creepy SM stowaway put on the plates? Poison? Special seeds that'll grow inside our intestines and take over our bodies? Boogers? Some hair? I hope it's the seeds." Keppit Luna just stared at Mauli with an unbelieveing look... then she slowly tilted her head towards Banda, not taking her eyes off Mauli until the very last second... "That's because Vayle IS creepy. She's also very good at spy stuff... what's it called.... Espi-o-naje." She nodded with a grin on her face, before turing back to Mauli... "remind me never to accept food from you... or anything else for that matter." It was said in jest... but there was some truth to it. Vayle strode back into the room. "It's poison. Slow acting in very small doses. My guess is that whoever the stowaway is, she's been poisoning the plates for the whole week now. It'd take about two weeks for the poison to do whatever the poison's supposed to do... which is convienient." She smiled wickedly. "Since it takes about two weeks to get to Origin. Quite clever really." Luna sighed. Moofuls "Love her all you want, Mauli, you're as creepy as she is," he drawled, making a face at the list of imagined possibilities. "Espionage," Banda affirmed with a nod towards Luna. As Vayle made her report, Banda visably paled, and started towards the door even before she had finished speaking. "Poison?! Why would she want to poison us? It wouldn't have any greater effect on Delia, would it? She's so small..." Mnara Mauli beamed at the attention. But then, as Vayle spoke, her eyes widened and her grin left her face. She really was poisoning everyone! Oh, this was not good....
"Why would someone want to poison us?" Swallowing, she stared at the floor. "I mean, it's not like how Brick hates us... It's not against just one type of person... Everyone on this ship uses those plates." Keppit "True" Vayle stated it simply and factfully. And as for smaller people... no. I believe it depends more on how much you eat. We still don't know what the poison is supposed to do, although there are two crew members who aren't feeling well... my guess at the cause of such illness would be obvious at this point I believe." She nodded. "We have to tell Brick. He's got to know." However Luna still wasn't sure that she wanted to talk to Brick... she still felt bad for what she'd done. But before Luna had a chance to make up her mind, it was made for her... and Brick popped his head into the doorway. "Tell Brick what?" He, also, looked less than pleased. "Um.... " Luna stammered. Brick just stood a crossed him arms. "One might almost suspect a mutiny..." But it was obvious from his tone of voice that he expected no such thing. Moofuls "Good." Sighing, Banda paused just inside of the door, but still seemed about ready to run out and check on Delia at a moment's notice. "But who's going to tell--" He paused as Brick interrupted from the doorway and remained silent even afterwards, glancing around the room as if willing someone else to speak. However, hardly a moment later, he turned back towards Brick and cleared his throat. "There's a stowaway on the ship. A SM, not an islander, and she's been poisoning people by rubbing poison on the plates. Mauli and I saw her leave your room and followed her." Mnara "We thought you should know." Mauli added, without lifting her gaze from the floor. "I'm pretty sure that's not mutiny, at least by anyone in this room."((woo shortness. XD)) Keppit Brick Blanched... not that either Sm in the room could see... but the man turned as white as a sheet... "Vayle..." but he held up a hand as the woman confirmed the statements with a nod. He turned his gaze to Luna... "And you thought you might not tell me?" "I never said that!" Luna was suddenly abrasive. "LUNA!" Then he visibly made himself calm down... "Luna I know you... You're my little sister for all intents and purposes... don't lie to me." He turned to the Sms in the room and asked very calmly and very nicely, "Male or Female, anthro or not, what colour hair and which way..." Moofuls "She was going to tell you," Banda retorted, frowning. He, unlike Mauli, had no qualms about meeting Brick's eyes...even if the Islander was a good deal taller than him. "Female, and not anthro. Turquoise-y green, gray and silver stripes. She left out of the back of the Galley, so wherever that goes..." Mnara Mauli kept silent, still staring at the floor. It wasn't that she was afraid to look up into Brick's eyes - It was more that she was slowly realizing that this whole situation might not make Brick like SMs any more than he already did. After all, an SM was the one who was poisoning the whole crew...
"She had a sack, too. That's where she pulled the poison rag from." That was all she added. Keppit Brick made a noise that was almost a growl, but it wasn't directed at anyone in particular... in fact, he meant it for himself. "Arrrrgaaugghhh! How could I have been so stupid!" He turned and stepped outside the door looking around for a second, unsure what to do. "The Crew quarters... that's what's on the lower deck." And then he was off, fairly bounding down the ladders and stairs that led to the second lowest deck. ...Luna followed...
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:23 pm
Who's that there? - You're all poisoned. *continued* -please see the last Keppit post in week one for backstory. ^^ - Moofuls Brick was off and Luna with him, and Banda glanced back towards Mauli, forcing a grin. "...Think he hates us any less?" Without waiting for a reply, he hurried out of the room after the pair. Mnara Mauli only grunted in response, but when she finally lifted her head and found the room empty, save for Vayle, she blinked.
"....hey!" And she was off, trailing behind the group, her former thoughtful mood lost in the thrill of the chase. "Damn, I should've brought my sword!" Keppit Not only was Brick agile and fast, he knew this ship better than he knew any other place in the world. It seemed only a split second later to him that he threw open the doors to the crew quarters and looked around the room furiously. There were three Crewmen in here... the two that had recently fallen ill, and a third who was flipping through a postcard book. The latter looked up at Brick entered the room, but then went right back to reading. Luna crashed into the back of the tall captain as he stood in the doorway. He didn't seem bothered by it, but instead moved Luna quickly out of the way and stepped across the hall to the storage half of the deck and threw open that door as well. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a white skull ducking down behind a crate... ... Bingo. Both the best and worst thing about a ship, was the lack of places to go. Brick strode into the room, thrust his arm behind the crate and hauled a slender green Skull Monkey out from behind it. She was hissing and growling and trying to bite him, but Brick was quick. In a matter of seconds he had her held in his arms so that she could barely move. His face must have said that he was ready to do something terrible because Luna called out... "BRICK! Brick don't hurt her... We don't know what the poison does..." The second part of the sentance was more of an after thought. He turned on Mauli and Banda... "Do you know this Iago?" Moofuls Banda came to a sudden stop only inches behind Luna, and quickly took a step back, away from her, very nearly running into Mauli in the process. His eyes settled briefly on the strange SM, and he shook his head before taking another small step away. "I've never seen her before, no..." Mnara "That's her, that's the one." Mauli said, recoiling as Banda nearly fell on her. She leaned over, looking around Banda at the squirming SM in Brick's arms. "Neither of us know her." Keppit "Well you'd better hope not." He wiggled the struggling Sm around until he could grab at her skull with one hand. He pulled back on her ears so everyone could see the front of her face... "You see the grease paint on her skull? you know what that means?" The SKull monkey had two lines draw on her skull in paint... they intersected with her eye sockets at 90 degree vertical angles... Luna nodded her head slowly... "She's a revver." Moofuls "A revver?" Banda raised a brow, peeking around Luna to glance from the stranger to Brick and back. "What's a revver? Who are you?" he asked, directing his second question to the female SM. Mnara "Revver?" Mauli echoed Banda's question, tilting her head. "That sounds kinda cool, actually." Keppit Brick's face took on a look of complete surprise at Mauli... "You really don't know her do you..." No one who actually knew what a Revver was would think it cool to be one... at least Brick didn't think so. "Revvers are a band of Skull Monkeys, your kind... sworn to kill Originers, and take revenge for what we did to you all those years ago." Luna shook her head almost frantically at Banda... "We didn't do anything bad, it's not as bad as it sounds... we didn't mean it anyway... We just... we didn't want to die." The green Skull Monkey in Brick's arms suddenly pipped up. "Didn't mean it!?! You LIARS! You're taught lies and you grow up believeing lies! Then you spread those lies! We have no homeland thanks to you Island Scum!" Moofuls Banda very quickly lost track of exactly what was going on, glancing to each skullmonkey in turn as he or she spoke, only to shake his head and turn away. Pulling off his headphones, he quickly paced the length of the hallway to settle his mind, and replaced his headphones over his ears as he returned to the group. "Could someone...start from the beginning? What did the islanders do, why were you going to die if we didn't leave? And I don't want some biased story, I want straight facts, so don't try and make one side look better or worse. And could we please get out of this room and somewhere where it smells a bit better?" Mnara Mauli just gaped at each person as they spoke. She was totally and utterly confused. But one thing stuck with her.
"You... You hate us... But we were the ones that were persecuted?" As she spoke, she raised one hand, pointing at Brick. "You can't stand the sight of us, but your kind were the ones hurting us? Hah! And to think, all this time, us SMs were helping raise a new generation of SMOs back home!" Keppit Brick looked hurt. "It's not like that..." "You're the reason they're dying of the Smog." Vayle spoke the words from behind everyone. "You two" She looked at Mauli and Banda "Aren't going to get the full story from Luna or Brick, simply becuase they don't know the whole story... you have to ask the committie... " Vayle turned and started back down the hallway. "And Banda's right... this deck smells bad." Luns sighed. "Brick why don't we go back to my quarters. You can tie her up and I'll tell banda and Mauli what I know." Moofuls "How can we be the reason they're dying if we didn't have the smog until you brought it?" Banda snapped, though he didn't seem to expect a reply. Indeed, as he started after Vayle, he pulled his headphones down to rest around his neck, which clearly meant he wasn't going to hear or say anything further until they reached Luna's room and could get a straight answer. Mnara Mauli wasn't sure whether to growl or laugh at Brick, so she settled for an icy glare. After a few moments of glaring, she headed off after Banda and Vayle, hands jammed deep down in her pockets. No wonder these revver types were so against the SMOs...
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:15 pm
With Vayle's help, Brice had heard what was going on. She had been poisened along with the rest of the ship! She was inshock for an entire silent hour as she walked around aimlessly through the ship. Until she realized that there could be another Revver on the ship that could try to go for a direct attack, so naturally she fled to her room and jumped into her chest that her and Mauli had cleaned that she had yet to put her stuff in, barley noticing Nell.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:42 pm
Nell found herself perplexed by Brice's actions... and couldn't think of anything to say other than... "You.. um... you ok Brice?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:48 pm
Brice poked out one of her ears to make sure it was just Nell in the room then poked her skull out of the chest, looking from side to side. "There's an evilness about the ship..." She gave Nell a brief and dramatized version of what she had heard..
"And... I can feel myself getting sick.. Bleeding on the inside! Poisened!" To push her point she fake-fainted into the bottom of the chest, closing the lid.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:02 pm
Nell almost smiled, but then fought it down. Instead she calmly got up and walked herself over to the trunk. She lifted the lid and peered down at the still breathing Brice. "Brice, love... come out of there. I'll give you a check up to see if you're dying."
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:15 pm
Brice opened up one eye at Nell and then slid out slowly, slinking to the floor. "There's no use... I'm dieing.. I've eaten off of the plates that were dunked in poison!"
She frumped on her bed and looked up at Nell, faking a little cough. She wasn't a drama queen, this was just how she coped with things instead of completly going crazy. She knew that if she faked it, then it wasn't real.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:19 pm
Nell smiled at her and sat down next to her. She felt Brice's pulse and then looked at her pawpads... "Well, madam.... Your pulse is a little slow, and your paw pad's are fine. I think you're gonna be ok. We've all eaten off the plates, so whatever happens someone will figure it out." She nodded but realized that she wasn't sure what she'd just said. "you said Vayle knows about the poison... did she seem worried about it?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:25 pm
Sam and Sage Where confused about everything that has happened, they didn't know if they would live or not
"I wonder if we'll be ok"
"We better be or mom will kill you"
"She wouldn't have to if we do die"
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:29 pm
Brice shrugged a little and nodded, releaved to hear that she was not dead yet.
"Sorta... She said that it was really slow acting... I swear I'm not going to eat until I'm off this ship" As if given a cue, her empty stomach growled. She was on her way to the kitchen when Vayle grabbed her.
"Oooh! Mabey I got a picture of the stowaway on my camera when I did some traveling down where I wasn't supposed to when Mauli and I were cleaning..." She had indeed taken very unwanted and uncomplimenting pictures of every crew member on the ship and every SM and SMO accept for Brick and Luna.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:36 pm
Sage and Sam followed a familiar voice, It was Brice.
"Hey" Sage said with Panic in her voice as she knows that she had been poinsoned. She thought to her self"I knew I shouldn't have had so many servings of fruit salad"
Sam Jumped next to Brice"I'm scawed" (Sometimes she talks funny)
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:39 pm
Nell nodded at Brice... "I'm sure that Vayle and Brick will check all the food... we'll be able to eat again no worries.... "
Then she smiled at Sage and Sam as they entered... "It's ok you guys... I'm sure we're not going to die or anything. I'm sure Brick's got everything under control."
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:43 pm
Sage put her paw on her head and nodded"Hopefully he does have it under control"
Sam continued to sit next to Brice. "Do you think we will be ok?"
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