[Day: Monday, Oct. 23rd. Time: 11:30 p.m.] [You've just restored Kelsie Porter, teenage witch (ok, she's probably actually in her twenties), to her body. Hopefully now she can summon the soul of that dead guy you need to talk to to find a cure for your curse. Aight? Aight.] [You're in Kelsie's basement in her house near the cliffs, by the way.] [Session Start] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. [Kelsie is there! In the basement. For a crazy witch living isolated in the wilderness, she actually looks pretty normal. Albeit maybe a little hyperactive.] * Ashley is still building a small tower out of doll ears. He looks distracted. * Alys is holding a gun in one hand and a marker in the other. She keeps looking back and forth between them like she can't decide on something. [Kelsie stretches. "It's great to be back in my body. I never knew how much I'd miss it. Say, who are you guys, anyhow?"] ( Togo went to take William home, just so everyone remembers ) * Herman speaks! For the first time in over a session, because his player was busy. "We need your help, but our contact... uh, ran off." He jerks his thumb in the direction Togo went. "The guy with the glasses." * Ten is sitting on the stool where she put Kelsie's doll back together because Alys put her back there to pick up the marker of awesome! I'm Herman, though. Herman Jensen. I'm Ten! I'm Alys. Do you think Togo would mind if I drew on his gun? I really want to. * ChibiGriff_Khalil shakes his head and stands up slowly. "Someone who also misses his body. But if you must know, Khalil Bin Harith will do." [Kelsie smiles. "I'm Kelsie Porter! And, uh.... I dunno? But wow!" She leans down to stare at Ten. "You really are a doll!"] And Alys, *I* mind that you even have Togo's gun. How did you come about it? Yep! I'm so awesome like that! * Ashley pulls an ear out from the bottom of the tower, and grins as it collapses. "I'm Ashley." * ChibiGriff_Khalil then gets his full glance at Kelsie and then looks to the rest of the crew. "And who is this ?" * Herman glances at Ashley and the collapsing tower, and he shakes his head. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. [Kelsie looks at Ashley and blushes. "Uh... Wow, you sure are." She must realize it, too, because she quickly turns her eyes elsewhere, "S-So, why did you all c-come here?"] Like, she's Kelsie! She can summon people into dolls an they can do magic an stuff so she can get somebody who can fix your curses! * Alys turns towards Khalil. "He gave it to me. It's got stun bullets in it. What do you think, drawings or no drawings?" 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. I do not think he would appreciate it. (Are Ashley's illusions still working?) ( Just his glamour ) (Ooh, okay.) * Ten looks at Alys. "Like, you gotta make sure you unload it first!" * ChibiGriff_Khalil turns towards Ten and then looks a little hopeful at Kelsie. "Is this true? You can fix this?" [Kelsie peers at Khalil. "Hehee. Another talking doll. Fix what, cutie?"] * Alys sighs and pockets the marker. "I don't want Togo to get annoyed with me, so I'll just ask whenever he gets back." * ChibiGriff_Khalil stares at Kelsie and replies evenly and unblinkingly. "I am not a doll." He's supposed to be a guy, but he's all cursed an teeny an plush now! It's a long story. It involves snakes and stuff. ["Oh." Kelsie peers more closely at Khalil. "Are you sure...?" She glances at Ten. "Oh. Oh my, that is a problem."] Perfectly sure. Could you please not stare so close? * ChibiGriff_Khalil fidgets and backs away slightly when she peers at him. Yep! So, you're supposed to summon somebody to help us... an gimmie me a sec to call Togo so I can find out who! * Ashley pockets a few ears and turns to the group. "We're all cursed, love. THAT'S why we're here." Mine is obvious, but perhaps she needs a demonstration of what is wrong with the rest of us. * Herman snorts. "My demonstration is I can't *do* my bloody demonstration. Ashley, too." [She stands back up. "Oh." Kelsie then rests her head in her palm. "Hmm... But I have to know who to summon before I can do it."] Yes, but that is amazingly unhelpful. ( Togo knows! He's... a bit occupied at the moment, however. ) (So, just say he doesn't pick up his phone?) ( He wouldn't pick up his phone. His comm unit might work! ) (/me tries that then!) * Ten talks over the com units! ~Hey Togo? Are you in range? ~ * Togo grunts. ~Little busy right now... ~ ["Well, anyway, if I'm going to be doing some summoning, I'd better get ready for it." She grabs a doll and heads upstairs, saying, "Meet me in the summoning room, 'kay? That's the room on the second floor." Then she vanishes up there.] * ChibiGriff_Khalil blinks. "There is a summoning room?" ~ Kay, if you need backup let us know! And we need the name of the person we're supposed to get summoned ~ * Herman rubs at the back of his neck. "Probably the one with the barrier." * Ashley shrugs his shoulders. "Anything to bloody have this over with, right?" I believe I missed that. But yes. I am tired of being 2 feet tall. Bet we're going to be sent to gypsies. Ooh, I've never met gypsies! I don't think I have. Why would we be sent to gypsies? * Herman shrugs. "Just a hunch. My... dad said that it's our best shot." But I don't have any clothes for meeting gypsies! It is my knowledge that gypsies do not care for the color of your clothes so much as the color of your coin. Now *that's* bloody racist. * ChibiGriff_Khalil blinks at Herman. * Herman looks back at Khalil. "What?" N-nothing. I simply did not know you were so...passionate. But I don't have any real money either! Hey, did anyone else's mum threaten to sell them off to gypsies when they were little? And then Alex would always say that they would just send me back. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks about after Alys's statement, then looks back at her. "No?" * Herman sighs. "There, see? No. My mother didn't say she was gonna sell me." Nope! Ten, do you have a mum? ( My mom did! ) ( Both IC and OOC. ) Nope! Pfft. Gypsies told their sprots nightmare stories about me. Well, kinda. There's a woman who wrote some of my code. Does that count? Possibly. How many people worked on your code? (Your momma was a snowblower?) Probably all true, Ashley. Only mostly. I never ate one of their children. Seven! Not more than one, either. * Herman chuckles. Half? Well, he HAD been turned into a gingerbread cookie. He wasn't going to be a dancer anyhow, so why did he need those legs? ( :9 ) ...Was he tasty? Christ, Alys, I was joking. Human flesh tastes like nasty swill. I have it on good authority. Well, you said he'd been turned into gingerbread, I assume the person would taste like gingerbread. Can't hurt to ask. [Kelsie's voice comes from the stairs: "Hey are you guys coming or what?"] * Alys blinks. "Oh, right, I forgot. Ready to go, Ten?" * Ashley heads on up! Sure! But Togo's all buisy an stuff and didn't say who we're supposed to get! * ChibiGriff_Khalil walks towards the source of the voice, but follows someone so he doesn't get lost. ~Situation handled. On my way back. Guy's name was Rufus Giovanni. World's foremost expert on curses or something along those lines.~ * Alys picks Ten up and heads upstairs. Oh, we've got it now! Rufus Giovanni! [You meet Togo in the foyer! Woo! He's coming in from the front door.] * Ten waves at Togo. * Togo walks in, looking even surlier than usual. "We ready?" Kinda! We've gotta go to the summoning room! * Herman heads up. He waves for Togo to follow them. "C'mon." * Herman heads up to the room with the barrier from before! [The door is still there!] * Herman smiles to himself. He puts his hand on the handle and opens the thing. * Alys follows after Herman. [Mist wafts out of the room as Herman opens the door. Inside is a large square room, but because of the mist, you can't determine how large. A female voice that sounds suspiciously like Kelsie's says in a musical tone, "Enter...."] ( Sight checks, +4! ) 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 11. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 18. Oh, bloody mystical, wot? 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 11. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. * ChibiGriff_Khalil has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 14. * Herman squints a little, then walks in. "Have some sort of mist making machine going?" Maybe it's magical mist! Dry ice? * Herman rolls his eyes. Like he wouldn't know magical mist if he saw it. [The room apparently has stars painted on the ceiling, while the floor is lavender, a large white pentagram painted in the center. Kelsie's in the center of the pentagram, in a black robe and black pointed hat. There's a black cat near her, and a lawn gnome in front.] * Ashley stops and looks at the lawn gnome. "I've always enjoyed kitsch in my magic." * Alys walks in and grins. "Kitty! Hello, pretty kitty." * Togo !eyes the cat suspiciously as he enters. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 8. [Kelsie blushes. "W-well, most of the dolls I have on hand are female... This is the best I could come up with on such short notice...!"] [The cat mews.] * ChibiGriff_Khalil goes over to the bucket in the corner and peers at it, tapping the side with his finger. ( If your cat dies, can I have him? I know this necromancer...) [Kelsie waves her arms. "Hey! Don't touch that!"] Can I pet your cat? What's his name? Is he a he? [She glances at Alys. "Huh? Oh! Sparky."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil glances at Kelsie. "Don't touch what?" He taps it again. "This?" [Kelsie nods furiously at Khalil.] Oooh? What'd you find? Huh? Huh? What aren't we supposed to touch? ( Throw it at her and she'll melt! ) Can I pet him, will he bite me? ["Only if he doesn't like you."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil taps the bucket again. "Alys was right. Dry ice." * Alys walks over to Sparky, bends down, and starts petting him. "Wow, I'm on a roll of rightness today, huh?" Aww, magic smoke would have been cooler. * Herman laughs. [Kelsie blushes. She glares at Khalil. "S-so what?! You got a problem with dry ice? Huh?!"] Give her a break, will you? Keeping up a barrier all the time is hard enough work. [Kelsie nods at Herman. "Yeah."] Any bloody time we'd like to get around to summoning his great deadness, I'd be appreciative. * Herman grins at Kelsie. "Sorry about ruining the whole 'magic mist' thing, by the way." ["Speaking of which, I'll just go ahead and activate that." She speaks some arcane words. Oooo.] [She sighs. "Well, you did save my life, so I can't be too mad. It just totally ruins the mood, you know?"] ["Anyhow, who do you want me to summon?"] Rufus Giovanni. Expert on curses. ["Okay. I'll call him, then. Keep it down."] * Herman sets his pipe on the ground and folds his hands over it. * Alys continues petting the cat, though she moves around so she can watch at the same time. (ROOFIES) [She holds her hands out over the doll and closes her eyes. "Ohmmmmmmm.... Ohmmmmmm.... Paging Rufus Giovanni. Paging Rufus Giovanni..."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks down a bit at the rebuke. He might actually be embarrassed a bit. * Ten pets the cat too because she's so right there. [The cat looks happy.] ["Rufus Giovanni, please come to the lawn gnome at the old house near Bawdsey village."] * Ashley quirks an eyebrow and mutters something to Herman,. [The gnome speaks! "Erm... yes? I was kind of busy, you know." He has a Romani accent.] [Kelsie puts her hands on her hips. "Oh, come on! We both know you were dead."] ["Well... yes," the gnome admits.] * Herman snickers and turns, responding quietly to Ashley. ["So, why'd you call me back?"] Sir Byron Chamberlain sends his regards, sir. Sorry to call you back, but it's rather urgent. I suppose the afterlife is a busy time. ["Ahh, Byron! So the old goat's still kicking, eh? What do you young'uns need, now?"] We've been cursed. Rather nastily. High ranking church official was working with... I guess you could call them an evil cult, and when we killed him in a fight, he cursed us. Denied us 'that which was most important to us', or something like that. So our magician can't do magic, I can't fire a gun without it breaking, our illusionist can't... illuse? You get the idea. ["Ahhh... Well, my specialty always has been curses. From my boyhood days, to the day my tribe was slaughtered in Romania, to the day I joined HESO... erm, excuse me." He pauses. "Sounds like you got hit with a death curse."] That would make sense. He died. We got cursed. ["Ohhh, that's a nasty curse, all right. But lucky for you, it's fixable. The easiest way -- you know, the one that doesn't involve you to give up body parts or the like -- the easiest way is to brew a potion."] [Kelsie claps her hands together. "Ooh! Hey! I'm good at potions!"] Awesome! What goes in it? Huh? [The lawn gnome continues. "Erm, yes, well, the ingredients for this particular potion could be difficult to find, though....." He starts reciting a list. Some of it can be found in the local drug store, some of it you've never heard of.] * Ten copies the whole thing into long term storage. ["But the really hard one will be this: You'll need some Nightshade. Rare stuff, that."] * Herman hrms. He listens, nodding. ["Goes for hundreds of thousands on the black market. Fortunately, I used to have a small store of it."] What's the bad news? ["Well, I've been dead for several years. If I recall correctly, I left my reagents with my colleague, Dr. Peterson."] ["I don't know if he's used any or not in the past seventeen years. You shouldn't need more than one mushroom, though."] Better hope he's got it, then, 'cause it's a pain in the ass to get. Awww, no magical ebay we can just order them from? ["He lives in Ipswitch, though you're more likely to find him at his private lab than his home. If he's still got it, that is."] No, more like it's fucking rare. [Kelsie blinks. "Hey, that's not far from here! You're lucky."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil lets out a deep sigh. "More running around, it would seem." But then we get you all fixed after the fetch quests! So it's all cool. [The gnome hmphs. "Well, you didn't expect me to be able to cure you with no reagents and no body, did you?"] It's more than we had before we got here. Thank you for your help, Mr. Giovanni. If we're not going home right now, I might want to call Alex and let him know I'm gonna be out late. He's been kind of twitchy lately. Wait, wait. Do you know where in Ipswitch he is? Or his phone number? * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Ten. "Our *life* has been little but a giant fetch quest." ["He has a private lab. I think it's at..." He gives an address. "And no, I don't know his phone number. I've been dead a long time, you know."] * Ten looks at Khalil. "But without the gee ess es bee at the end. We shoud complain!" [Kelsie says, "Anyway, I can make the potion for you! I'll get on that, and you guys go get the ingredients. 'Kay?"] * ChibiGriff_Khalil just stares at Ten. * Ten looks at the gnome. "Kaay. Sorry." ["It's fine. But if you don't mind, I'll be going back, now."] Again, thank you. * ChibiGriff_Khalil then turns to Kelsie. "We shall do the best we can. I, um, I still apologize about commenting on the bucket. I did not mean offense..." [The gnome doesn't shrug, because he can't. But he does say, "Don't mention it."] * Herman nods. "Thanks." [Kelsie can shrug, though. "Well, just don't do it again."] * Herman sighs and relaxes, though it didn't look like he tensed up, particulary. All right, we can get everything but the nightshade, no problem. Yay! I'm gonna send a email to Lukas! When's it gonna be ready? Since we already know, would it really mat-- *catches Kelsie's eye for a moment and looks down* It will not happen again. Uh, when we get the nightshade, I think. ["Well, I can get started on it now, with what I have at home, but obviously I'll need the rest of the stuff before I can finish it. Especially the Nightshade."] (Lukas gets email! Lucas can't divulge if he has email or not without revealing state secrets.) [Kelsie grins widely, then pokes Khalil in the stomach. "Okay! Now we're even."] Look. I got most of this stuff at my place, and the rest I can get from the drugstore. I'll get on that while someone else gets the nightshade? * ChibiGriff_Khalil oofs at the poke and looks at her. "H-hey! Wait!" Uh, kay. Like how long after we get the nightshade stuff? And return with it. Right! That too! ["Shouldn't be long. I just have to drop it in and stir it up."] Kaay. I hope he's done an stuff. Otherwise we'll haveta put it in a bottle for him! * Alys stands up and stretches. "Can I use the phone, please?" Right. Then we should go get it. *rubs a finger over his watch* ... tomorrow, since it's after midnight, and I doubt this person would appreciate us coming calling this late. Oh, that works out, then. [Kelsie nods to Alys. "Sure, there's one at the bottom of the stairs."] * Ten composes an email to Lukas with a brief explanation and a map of how to get here. "Oh, we gonna get a hotel room or something? An can somebody take me to a window please?" No, I'm okay, thank you anyway. [Kelsie offers: "You can all stay here if you like. Um, except I only have one bed... and one sofa..."] Ohh, I guess I have to call after all. Be right back! * Alys runs out of the room. I don't sleep! (Ashley likes this plan!) I, um, do not take up much. Well, I normally would do, but... * Ashley yawns. "I'll take the sofa. Those who complain can sleep with me." He grins. I can sleep on the floor somewhere. Plus, I've got sleeping bags and futons in this coat. * Herman shrugs. "Floor's fine." He glances at Ashley. [Kelsie blushes.] * Ten looks at Kelsie. "Hey, like, do you have a computer?" [Kelsie shakes her head. "Nope! I have a TV, though, if you want to watch something."] Nah! That's okay. Thanks! * Togo heads out towards the stairs, muttering. "Wonder if I can pull a mattress outta this thing..." [Zhoop! The moon falls and the sun hops into the sky! Ashley managed to fix his car to last long enough to get you to Ipswich before it died again. D'oh. Luckily, you're not far from the building where Mr. Peterson has his lab.] [Time: 12:30 p.m.] * Herman got the ingredients earlier that morning! So he is with you all! Hooray! ( Herman could have even gotten a ride back with Lukas ) (I lost track of what the hell is happening.) (Whichever way he wants to run it!) * Herman is with Lukas, which means Lukas caught the gay. (I think not!) (Denial.) (Just because you're holding on to my stomach and leaning against my back means nothing.) * Ten is not wearing the same clothes two days in a row AHAHAH! During the night while all the air breathers were sleeping, she snuck back down to the basement and made herself a new dress! True it's not nearly as dark or frilly as the things she usually has, but you have to work with what you've got. (Ten is not wearing any clothes at all. ) (We aren't IMPLYING ANYTHING with this activity. Rather, it is outright stated.) (I am nothing if not lacking in innuendo.) (EEK!) (mmm, single entendre.) (PENIS. I CLEARLY MEAN PENIS) (Don't mix up the two conversations, now.) * Ashley is there! He's unchanged, and unwashed, but doesn't look it. Or smell it. * ChibiGriff_Khalil is there. He smells like a chibi. (Isn't 'there' broken down a bit from the lab?) * Alys is still wearing the same clothes, but her hair is now in ponytails held in place by multiple colorful rubber bands. She smells like oranges. [A few blocks.] * Togo changed clothes. Into the same clothes. Except clean. [You meet up!] * Lukas was at the place, yeah! He has a pair of bandages on the middle and index fingers of his right hand. "You all look like a million pounds." Sweet of you to say so! What's up with your hand? * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Herman. "You said these were some kind of mushroom?" A million pounds of shite, perhaps. * Lukas gestures idly. "Rogue tool." * Herman yawns. "Yeah." He rubs at his face. "Why?" * Ashley blinks. "Stone. Gods, Togo, you're bloody corrupting my use of the Queen's measures." How...smelly are they? Uh... probably depends on if they've been preserved, but it'd have to have been dried at this point. * Ten is cute and silent and motionless because she's just a dolly being held by Alys or Lukas depending on if she's been handed over yet. So very, is my guess. * Lukas then stretches and yawns slightly after answering. Then he says, "Can I have Ten back now, or am I going to have to wait for my birthday, Alys?" * Togo salutes Ashley crisply. "All part of my mission across the pond." Oh, right! You may have your doll of beauty and awesomeness back. * Alys hands Ten over. ... oh. That reminds me. Can I have my pistol back? ~ I am so awesome! ~ * Lukas takes Ten in his non-bandaged hand and brings her up a bit to whisper something in her ear. * Alys reaches into her pocket and hands Togo the gun. "I will rely on my shin- kicking skills from now on, thanks. Look, I didn't draw on it!" * ChibiGriff_Khalil nods. "I was just wondering how well I could track them. Although if it smells as much as you say, we may not even need my beak." * Herman stretches, pipe behind his back, and starts walking to wherever it is they need to go. [It doesn't take long before you find Peterson labs, a building on the corner of an intersection.] * Togo puts the gun away... then double takes at Alys' statement. "That's an authentic 1873 Colt Peacemaker. It's been in my family for five generations. If you'd drawn on it, I'd probably be honor-bound to... I dunno. At least noogie you repeatedly." * Lukas follows along, looking at the lab for a moment once they get there. "... yeah." [Through the glass door, you can see a small frontal area with a desk, and a door that leads back. That door is slightly open.] A fate worse than death! Only if you like death. Me, not so much. Are we going in to collect the last of the Colonel's secret ingredients or what? ~ Like, you gonna ring the bell or what? ~ [Suddenly a man screams from the back of the shop, "Oh God, please stop!"] ~ That's not cool! ~ * Alys starts running in toward the screaming. "Do we have the weirdest luck, or what?" * Lukas groans and slips out his dart gun. "None of this is ever cool." * Ashley doesn't run. No sense in running to be useless. * Herman mutters something in Anglo-Saxon and starts with the walking very quickly in and pushing the slightly open door more open. ~ The puzzle box Togo gave me was cool! And the box factory was cool, even if you didn't tell me when we got there! ~ * Togo pulls out his sack of doorknobs, and goes in to help the guy. * ChibiGriff_Khalil goes after them as quickly as he can. But seeing as how it'll be difficult for him to fight, he doesn't rush. He does try to sniff around to get the heads up though. (Is there anyone around with a huge rack who looks like they'll put out? I might as well spend some time doing something worthwhile.) ( Wait, you're going to do what with a small pastry full of seeds?) (Okay, or a huge penis. That'll work too.) [Through the door in the back is a small lab room, complete with tables, beakers, a microscope or two, vials, Bunsen burners... all the cool stuff. A blonde twenty-something man in a white coat cowers in a corner, whimpering. ] * Lukas asks confusedly, just before the brackets, "What? Which box factory? Christ, Ten, don't distract me when life is on the line." [Standing over him is another man. He's fairly tall and well-built, though not muscular. You can tell, because the only clothes he has are a turban and a Speedo, thus helping to fulfill the demand for more male fanservice. He's not that pretty, though. His eyes are beady and his nose is big. ANYHOW, he says, "No need to cry, Dr. Peterson. Asahara will make good use of that philosopher's stone. And now, I'll just take the Nightshade, hmm? I know that will fetch a good price..."] [The man covers his eyes. "Fine, take it! But for the love of God, put some clothes on!"] (So he has a huge cock. I bet he doesn't put out. >_<) ( Dammit, Al! This is what happens when you mess with the Philosophers Stone! Ugly half-naked turban-wearing men come to kill you! ) [The tall man puts his hands on his hips. "What's wrong? This is easy to move in, and... hmm?" He turns, noticing you.] (I still think Full metal Botanist is funnier.) ( It is. ) [His voice is kind of seedy.] (Aww, nuts. He noticed us before I could brain him with my pipe.) * Alys starts giggling. * ChibiGriff_Khalil stops when he notices the scene. He may or may not be scarred for life now. ~ Get this man some pants! ~ You're Asahara? Good. You're under arrest. ... I'm all for Speedos, but Jesus Christ. [He turns to fully face you. "Ahh! Herman! We meet at last, my long lost brother."] * Lukas smirks. "Hey, at least he's not a bear." They do turbans a grave injustice. ... suddenly, Herman, I am incredibly glad I never asked if you had a brother with whom I might shag. * Herman raises an eyebrow. "What?" * Alys giggles harder. [His face looks blank for a moment. "Erm, hang on. I mean..." His eyes cross. "... Togo, my long lost brother. At last, we meet."] ~ Togo and Herman are brothers? ~ Ten quid on crazy, Ten. If he starts, I *know* I do not have a brother. For the love of fuck. Can we just proceed to the Nair bath? Or bleach? I could use a shot. Or a pint. * Alys is outright laughing by now. "Can I be your long-lost brother next? Come on, don't leave me out!" * Lukas side-glances at Alys. "Niece, is there an announcement you have to make?" ... please tell me he doesn't look like me. [He waves his hand in dismissal. "Well, what ever."] ["Though I have found truth / It seems I am filled with sorrow / I cannot believe... Erm, hm... I messed up my haiku."] * Alys wipes away a few tears as she finishes laughing, though she's still grinning. "Oh man, that's funny. But seriously, please put on some clothes." [He rubs his chin. "Hang on, I'll come up with a good one."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil turns to someone nearby and points at the man. "This is supposed to be a threat, yesno?" * Lukas sighs slightly and says, "Sorry, everyone else here would really rather just leave." Then he brings up his stun-dart pistol. "Thanks." Shot! ["Nah, I can do better than that. By the way, I voted for you, you know," he says to Khalil.] ( Lukas can roll, then init! ) (My hero! *swoon*) Fucking finally. We have how many guns between us, and it takes twelve seconds of an eyeful of hairy package before someone has the bloody presence of mind to shoot! 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. [Lukas misses! Roll init!] 2d8+7 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 22. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 15. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 28. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for RowynSleepyn (2d8+14) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 23. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 22. [Alys, Khalil, Herman, Togo, Fanserviceman, Ten, Ashley, Lukas] [Alys!] * Alys is still grinning as she runs up to him, turns to the side, and kicks out at the second creepy guy in as many days. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. [Alys misses! Khalil!] * ChibiGriff_Khalil immediately tries to avoid the man and go after the nightshade while Speedo-turban man is distracted. It also doubles with the effect of him not having to deal with him. Two birds with one stone! [Khalil doesn't get there in one round, though. That and the Nightshade is next to the cowering lab guy.] [Herman!] * Herman runs up to Speedo guy, following Alys' lead, and swings his pipe rather like a bat. Hey, he's got a bigger target than a regulation baseball. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. [Herman misses! Togo!] ... why does nobody surrender when I say 'you're under arrest'? Do I need a badge? *runs over to the guy and tries to brain him with A SACK OF DOORKNOBS* 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. Like a badge would fucking matter! [And Togo misses, too!] (Note to self: Dicy likes hairy guys without clothes.) [Fanservice man girates his hips. A tiny yellow bird lifts up his turban, screams "COOKOO!", and tosses a giant egg at Lukas! Lukas, ranged def roll!] (o_O) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. [The egg collides with Lukas, causing him to stagger back! What's more, the yolk inside is very itchy. +2 to actions!] [Ten!] 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. [Ten avoids eggage. Erm, somehow.] [It's her turn!] * Ten gets dropped on the ground and avoids the egging, pity there isn't actually anything she can do right now so she stays right there. [Ashley!] [This guy's trying to steal your position as token male fan service, Ashley! What do you do? What DO you do?] [(Though actually, he probably doesn't have much to worry about...)] * Ashley does nothing. Sucks to have no skillsets. (Hm. Who would I do if I had to?) [We're back to Lukas! He's covered in itchy egg yolk.] * Lukas staggers and goes, "What the--oh, seriously, this is stupid." He almost futilely shoots back. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. [Stupid though it is, it still causes Lukas to miss.] [Alys!] * Alys turns forward again and kicks upward. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. [Alys kicks him! He doubles over, perhaps more elaborately than seems necessary. But hell, does any of this make sense?] [Khalil!] * ChibiGriff_Khalil ignores the whole scene and tries to get past him to get to the nightshade. If he ignores it, it doesn't really exist, right? (Shroom fumes causing hallucinations? We could all be sitting around really high right now!) [Khalil makes it there! But the guy in the lab coat pushes him away before he could get it. "Hey! God, third time today someone's tried to rob me..."] [Herman!] (You mean we aren't?) * Herman frowns and slams his pipe into the doubled over guy, barring dice hate. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 0. * ChibiGriff_Khalil stops and backs away from the man in the coat. "Wait. We are not trying to rob you." ( At least we aren't fighting Hard Gay ) [Herman sure does! He nearly collapses to the ground at that. "Ow."] [Togo!] * Togo tries again to hit the guy with the SACK OF DOORKNOBS. "Seriously. I was a cop. When I shouted 'you're under arrest' back then, people occasionally stopped. Now? Nothing." 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 11. [But Togo misses!] [The man straightens up and looks at Herman. Then... he poses! Herman, gimme a soul roll!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. [Herman is unaffected!] [Ten!] ... The hell are you trying to do, seduce me? ~ Hit him again! Or put some pants on him or something! ~ ["Perish the thought. I'm a man. A manly man."] [Ashley!] Oh, please. If you were a real man, you'd be able to coordinate colors. [Lukas!] * Lukas has still got darts in the clip, and seems still willing to use them! Pop! 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. [He mumbles, "Mommy..." Then collapses.] [Pants do not generate on him when he goes down, though.] Fucking right. * Herman lowers his pipe and turns to the doctor so he doesn't have to look at the half-naked moron. "You can stop cowering now." * Lukas spits and uses his gun to wipe off some of the goo. "Ugh, god, anyone got a towel?" ~ Eww. ~ I should practice kicking more often, that was -fun-. * Togo quickly handcuffs the man, shackles his legs, then throws a tarp over him before throwing Volt a towel. [The doctor stands up. For the friend of a guy who's been dead 17 years, he looks awfully young. He's decently handsome, blond, and wears glasses. "I wasn't COWERING. Not really..."] 'Course. And you're actually twenty. Really. ["But... but.... My God, he's got no pants! My eyes are scarred for eternity."] It is understandable. I would be cowering if he pointed... that at me as well. We were referred here by an old friend of yours. Rufus Giovanni? * ChibiGriff_Khalil backs a little away from the good doctor still. * Lukas sets Ten aside, via the towel, then uses it for wiping. ["Hmm? Doesn't ring a bell."] Are you Dr. Peterson? * Ten is so on the floor due to having wiggled free to avoid the egging. ["Otto Peterson, at your service. I'd offer to shake, but, um... you're kind of creepy."] [He looks down at Khalil, then corrects himself. "Very creepy."] Oh hey, am I creepy too? I don't think anyone's ever called me creepy before. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks up at the doctor. "And the one before us was not?" [He shrugs. "Well, I've had my fill of weirdoes for one day. First some guy comes in and steals the philosopher's stone, then that... that guy," he points at the fallen fanserviceman, "wants the Nightshade..."] Rufus Giovanni owned this shop until his death 15-20 years back. He passed it along to his partner, Dr. Peterson. Is that you, or was there a previous Dr. Peterson? ["Hmm... Maybe that's my dad. He used to own this place, before he retired. I took over for him."] ... right. We need that nightshade to cure a curse. Does that sound like a fair deal for keeping creepy naked guy from violating you in some suitably scarring way? ["Er...."] [He looks down at the guy, then nods quickly. "Yeah, okay."] Thank God. (I can't believe that worked.) (Neither can I.) ( "Can... I get violated -and- give it to you?" ) ["Just... take him with you when you leave, okay?"] Good. I'm going to call some friends at Scotland Yard to pick this guy up. If he starts to stir under than tarp, hit him repeatedly with the largest blunt object you can find. ["Ugh."] Just think of all the eyes you'll be saving, Mr. Peterson. [He shudders involuntarily.] * Togo pulls out his cell phone and calls up Captain Rickman. [He picks up a jar from the shelf. "Here. There's not much left, but feel free to use it."] * Herman takes the jar with his one free hand. "Thanks." ["Yeah, sure."] * ChibiGriff_Khalil takes a deep breath and nods. He's definitely avoiding Captain Underpants. [Who isn't?] * Togo puts a hand over the phone. "Remember: Large. Blunt. Repeatedly." *goes back to talking* [Shoop! You go back to Kelsie's with ingredients in hand! Something goes wrong with Ashley's car on the way there again, but eh. Happens.] [Either way, you're back at her place! It's not so dark and forbodding during the day, you notice.] * Lukas doesn't care about Ashley's car! He's got his Yamaha. * Ten goes with Lukas! * Alys goes up to the front door first and knocks. "We're back, let us in!" [Kelsie opens the door! She's wearing the robe and the witch hat again. "Hey! Welcome back! I started the potion with what I have here... you got the rest of the stuff?"] Yep! * Herman climbs off the bike and walks up to Kelsie. "Yup. Hold this, okay?" He hands her the pipe while he pulls his backpack off and opens it. ["Great!" She takes a hold of the pipe.] (She turns into a toad.) * Herman removes a small jar and trades that for the pipe. I think that's enough. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks around and heads on in. He almost looks disappointed at the lack of foreboding... [She takes that, too. "I hope so! Come in, come in." She heads back in, practically skipping. "Wow, it's been so long since I made a potion."] This is...good, right? * Herman walks in. * Alys walks in as well and look around for the cat. [Kelsie actually heads through the house to the back door, and outside again. "Oh, yeah, yeah," She reassures Khalil. Hey it's good for her.] * Lukas steps off and idly comments, to mid air, "'Nice to meet you, miss.' 'You too!' Oy." * Ashley walks beside Lukas. "At this point I'm bloody glad she's not sky clad. Can we get the fuck on with this?" She's kinda flaky, but she's still awesome and gonna fix everything! [Out back, Kelsie has a large cauldron cooking over a wood fire. She opens the jar and dumps the nightshade in, then stirs it, all the while humming to herself. Sounds like a pop song from a relatively recent band. Sparky is lying on a windowsill, apparently asleep.] * Lukas says, "Yeah, you all probably want to, uh, get back to bein' good and weird." You have much confidence in us. * Alys leaves Sparky alone and goes over to the cauldron. "Hey, cool." [Kelsie grins. "It's really been too long. I spend too long on making dolls, these days."] But, we're awesome! You can't deny that! ["This should be ready in abooooout five minutes."] So this is like a good change of pace, yesno? [Five minutes pass, and an egg timer goes off. Kelsie nods to herself. "There! Ready!" She vanishes into the kitchen, returning with several coffee mugs, and ladles some of the brew into them.] [She passes them out! "Here you go! Umm..." She looks at Ten. "Do you drink?" And at Lukas, "Hey, who are you?"] [The brew is a kind of tannish-green color, and bubbling. Mmmmm.....] He's with us. Like, I could once, but like, that was somebody else's body an stuff. Something wicked this way comes, hey? * Lukas chuckles slightly and says, "Invisible partner, so to speak. At least, when they let me be." * Ashley tosses it back. ["Oh. Okay!"] * Togo takes the mug, sniffs, winces, and downs it. [It tastes like sludge. And you make XP faces when you drink it.] * Lukas glances to Ten and then back to the chick. "So, uh, does she actually have to metabolize the stuff, or what?" * Alys drinks it as fast as she can without, you know, choking. * Herman shrugs to himself and takes it. He eyes the brew. "Here goes nothing." And he quaffs some before making that XP face and then drinking the rest anyway. ["I dunno! I hope not. She'd have a problem if she did."] Like, maybe just put it inside would work? * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at the stuff. It's probably a bad thing that he has a sensitive nose right now, isn't it? (Just putting it) [It honestly tastes like you just scooped some mud out of the ground and drank that. Yuck.] [Oh yeah, it stinks horrible. Kelsie doesn't seem to mind, though.] * Togo reels back after he drinks it. "... maybe dunk her in it, like Achilles?" ["Maybe! Try that?"] Ewww! Isn't there some other way? That's all gross looking. [The good news is, it seems to have worked! And by seems to, I mean did, btecause you get your abilities back! Woo!] * Herman finishes and gags. "That was fucking awful." * Lukas shakes his head and says, "Do it, Ten. I'll just ungunk you." [Kelsie pouts. "Hey, you didn't tell me to make it look nice and taste good."] * Lukas drinks his own, finally. * Ashley immediately is clothed in a bardic outfit. Woo. * Ten flails. "Ewwww! You'd better! Real fast!" ["I thought about putting some sugar into it to make it taste better, but then I figured you don't want to run the risk of turning into muskrats."] Real real real real real real times infinity fast! * RowynSleepyn is now known as ChibiGriff_Khalil * ChibiGriff_Khalil finally takes a sip of it, trying to plug his nose at the same time. [Khalil unchibifies!] Oh, good! I guess this means I can go buy new weaponry now. I shall miss you, my poor snakey chain thingies! I hope you didn't get eaten by anything, you'd probably cause indigestion! * Griff_Khalil looks at his talons and sucks in a deep breath, preening his feathers. "I never thought it would be good to see these again." [Kelsie snickers, even though she probably has no idea what Alys is talking about.] * Togo pulls out his silenced SMG, and walks a few yards away from the group before firing it at some poor grass. "I can shoot again, just in time for Halloween." * Herman wipes at his mouth, then puts the mug down. He holds out his hand and says, "Lumen." A small sun appears over it - not particularly blinding with the already present sunlight - and Herman outright smiles. Oh hey, Kelsie, can I have your phone number? We should definitely keep in touch, you're awesome. * Griff_Khalil looks at Alys for a moment oddly. Although there's not really many other looks reserved for Alys. [Kelsie stares at Herman. "Oh wow! You can do magic! You didn't tell me that! ... did you?" She turns to Alice. "Okay, sure! You can stop by anytime, too. I really am a good cook, even if it doesn't show in my potions."] Great! Nah, I didn't tell you, 'cause I couldn't at the time. * Herman waves that same hand, and the sun winks out. * Lukas leans back and doesn't... seem to care. * Griff_Khalil unfurls his wings and looks them over for any flaws. (Angst if you do, angst if you don't.) * Ashley looks down, smiles, and leaves! Hooray for Ashley. (Disappears?) * Togo puts away his SMG, and walks back to the group. "That reminds me..." *pulls out a card* "... if you ever decide to go official, or run into some more trouble, call this number. I owe ya one." * Ten looks at Lukas's cup of goop. "Ewwwwww." * Togo gives that card to Kelsie. ["Oh. Okay. 'Cause I never met another person who could do magic before. That's neat." She glances up as Ashley leaves, and pouts. "The hot guy is gone."] [Then she blushes. "Um... That's not what I meant!"] * Herman shrugs. "He is hot. But it's not natural, if you're wondering." ["It's not?"] * Herman shakes his head. No worries, I had trouble even looking at him without getting all weird when I first met him. By the way, everyone has the rest of today and tonight off, barring something insane going down. I'll handle anything minor that comes up. Get some sleep. ["Oh. That's disappointing."] And yeah, we can compare notes sometime if you want. My focus is pretty different from yours, but... Hooray! * Ten sticks her entire head in the mug. (Damn you, Herman) (Your fault for leaving. ;P) [Ten gets wet. That stuff clings like mud, too.] ["Sure! I'm still kind of new at this whole thing."] Really? What'd you learn from? * Griff_Khalil looks over from underneath his wing at Kelsie. "We all have to start somewhere. Um..." * Ten pulls her head back out. ~EW! I'M COVERED IN MUCK AND I CAN'T SEE! GET IT OFF!! ~ (I'd like to go to bed. I did, in fact, intimate I'm not up for staying awake until 2 AM chatting nicely with someone Ashley detests.) ["Well, I just sorta started experimenting, you know? And then when I found out I could do stuff, I bought some books on it... Some of them were useless though... But anyhow, I just kinda adlib it."] (Volt, my external appearance is down 85%, I need to be cleaned.) (I'm not your lesbait.) (Ashley: And this would change what Herman said how? ;P) (Meh.) * Herman winces. ( You can leave. We can end this whenever, too. ) * Lukas groans and reuses the towel from before. "God, Ten, did you have to be dumb?" Wipe wipe wipe! HA ha ha. Makes me wonder why we're in one piece. You've gotta have a lot of talent if you can get away with that. ~ It's not my fault I can't drink! ~ [She pouts again. "Well, just maybe I do! Hmph."] Only because you don't want to go through the trouble. * Lukas finishes wiping Ten off. * Herman holds up his free hand. "Not knocking it, okay?" He leans his pipe against his leg and reaches into his jacket. "Anyway, if you do want to compare notes or whatever, I can give you my number. Your place or mine; I can get here in about a minute." ["Okay."] * Alys holds out a pen. "Here, write your number on my arm." [Kelsie snickers and does that. Her writing is rather bad, though. Like chicken scratches.] * Herman scribbles his number as he mutters, "Coming up with how to do something like that on your own - pretty bloody impressive, really." He tears off the sheet and hands it over. [She grins. "Thanks."] [Lukas's watch moves.] * Griff_Khalil nods to Kelsie. "He would know. Believe me." * Herman grins back. "Anyway. Give me a call." ["Okay!"] There are other magicians out there. You'll at least want a heads up on who they are and how to handle them, 'cause you're gonna get well known. * Lukas doesn't seem to give it much thought. Too much weirdness. [She blushes. "R-really? Me?"] Pipe Guy, could you please stop flirting with the wrong gender and cast a portal out? Sorry Kelsie, but I really want to head home. * Herman snerks. "You think *anyone* can summon spirits without formal training? Yeah. Assuming you don't get yourself killed, but that's part of why I'm offering to help." ["Oh. Okay! Thanks for dropping by. I don't get a lot of visitors up here."] * Lukas chuckles deeply to himself. "Was about to say." I think I could drop you off if you are in a rush. Oh, for Christ's sake. Not only am I gay, I'm bloody engaged. I have to make this as *wrong as I can*, okay? ... I need a drink. Several, maybe. No, I can walk the rest of the way if we could just please be back at the office. * Lukas smirks and stands up a bit. "You're certainly getting into the lifestyle. Soon you'll have affairs as far as the eye can see." Beat, then he scoops up Ten. "We're off, I think. Got things to discuss." [Kelsie blinks. "You're gay? Really?" She leans next to Alys and whispers, "Are all the men in your group gay or not as attractive as they seem?"] (Yes. They are. Time to go.) (Hey!) (Bwaha.) I have no eyes. Just in case you get any ideas. * Ten wave. "Byeeeeeeeeee! Thanks! " It's a really sad state of affairs, isn't it? (I'll have you know I am not gay. And I don't turn into a furry.) (Poor Lukas.) [Kelsie smiles at Togo. "Yeah, I saw that before. But I don't mind."] (And have a level of attractive. So screw you, lady! >_<) * Herman snickers and turns and walks to the back door without correcting the gay part. It's contagious, after all. Thanks for your help, Kelsie. (Alys doesn't think of Lukas that way, they're family. :o) (Sou ka.) (Obviously you're one of the gay ones. ;p) * Griff_Khalil just sighs and walks out. Let them squabble. (Anyone riding with Ashley?) * Herman starts inscribing runes on her door as he whispers in Anglo-Saxon. They glow green as he does so. Old school! * Togo smirks. "Points for you, kid. Thanks again." *heads out* * Griff_Khalil stoops to get out of the doorway and flies off. ["Sure! And thanks for not letting my spirit vanish into nothingness while a soon-to-be crazy lady took over my body with her too-devoted boyfriend."] * Lukas pauses in his leaving for a moment, then continues. (Khalil isn't gay. And Herman's not turning him that way either.) * Alys waits for the portal, then heads through it. [You go home! Session End! Everyone gets a CP!]