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 Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:42 pm
"Bad business," Enzo replied sharply to Ace, once again fiddling with his equipment before pulling out a large, ancient looking set of headphones to listen to the feed. "Seen it before. A whole sky's worth of birdy ripped through those horseman lands, man. Did you guys hear those voices too? It aint just bad weather. Don't worry, though- if this thing works, we got it all on tape." He grinned, tapping the microphone. What anxiety the boil managed to hide behind enthusiasm for ratings was expressed by the worried low thrum wailing from The Boss, who's sound-hole eyes could be seen glowing wide and terrified as the upright bass wheeled his way crookedly toward them through the mist. "It'll help if you guys explain what you're seein', thing aint got eyes." He tapped the broadcast device before looking between the two of them. "It aint live, I'll edit it later." Someone desperately needed to introduce the kid to video. The Reaper took comfort in the old-fashioned. It was amazing the gnomes had explained the digital record button at all. "If there's something out there, and it destroys the place, we'll have an up-close account! Someone'll pay top dollar for sommin' like that."
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:47 pm
Meanwhile, Gene was huddled near the scraps of her booth holding her knees to her chest and shaking. She had no clue what just happened, but...she didn't like it one bit. It reminded her of a nightmare she'd had months ago.
If anyone listened, they would hear gentle sobs.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:51 pm
"What are you going on about? I can't even see anything past my nose!" she squinted at the boil. Maybe she was blind or something. But one thing was for sure, she could her someone softly crying? It was almost haunting, with the fog and all, "WHO'S THERE?!" Bea shouted towards the sobbing.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:54 pm
"Seen it before?? Wha-" Ace looked up at the sky. "I... that happened at the horsemen place? I feel like I-" The greed demon likely passed out. He recalled the devastation to the island but not what happened next- he'd just blacked out after that. Looked like Enzo was prepared for this and Ace did everything he could to not panic any further. "I..... I er... things talking and fog and.. noise and I feel kinda-"
Urp. Ace held it in. He held it in the best he could.
Gulp. "Whe... belh.. where is Bea going-?" he frantically watched the ghoul turn away.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:57 pm
So let me level with you.
Rikki is crying and Danny has no clue why. He's clinging to her so tightly that he's almost hurting her, and fighting back sobs.
Amphi is clinging to her hand, holding on to Xiu and tugging her another way.
Roch and Shun are barking commands and formations.
Gene is crying within her peripheral.
Danny absolutely shut down. A tiny, "I ... I ..." Everyone needed to stop. She was going to start crying too. Jack. JACK. She snapped. "Bea- can you go get Ge- oh, she did. Amphi, it'll be okay, you don't have to hold my hand. Rikki, I love you, and I'm right here. Please hold on just a little while longer, we're gonna get out of here. Roch, GIVE ME A SECOND." Meltdown. Danny was not mamma material.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:58 pm
Her nose wrinkled slightly when he pulled.. something out of the trash bin. It might have been something edible, once upon a time. Now, it looked like toxic waste. Yeah, don't keep that Bul. Get rid of that, quick. Chewing on her lower lip, she gave a hesitant nod, taking a seat upon the bin. "Though, you should really come out of there too."
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:59 pm
Gene started sobbing a little louder. "I-it's Gene." Another sob, and a hiccup. "Wh-what's hap-p-pening?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:01 am
As cautious as his steps were, Thackery didn't manage to avoid backing into the boil behind him. He yelped, startled, eyes darting from one place to another, confused and tangled in his thoughts again. "A ti...but...I'm a dog," he clarified, the metaphor completely lost on him. "And I do want help, but...um." He remembered what happened to Red. And Riley. And Jericho. Attacked by other students until they were just...gone. "I don't know. I want there to be something you can do but..." He trailed off again with another apologetic look to Xiu. He wasn't smart enough to figure out a way to fix it so they could help. If Malodore couldn't, he knew there was no possibility that he had the answer. "You might kill him. And he might not come back. Please." The odds weren't very good. Riley managed to survive, somehow, but Red and Jericho were both gone. Even if he did come back...what if he didn't remember him? What if he wasn't the same? He couldn't let it happen in the first place.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:03 am
"The fog's too thick to see anythin," Enzo reported into the microphone, confirming Bea's observation, "But we can hear just fine. To note: Fog bad for visual, good for audio. Unless them voices is in our heads but we'll find that out later won't we?" He let the rat sitting on his cap hold the one headphone over his ear as he adjusted levels again. Mutterings from the other groups huddling nearby... an annoying background noise of sobs, interference from The Boss... if he had a better microphone maybe he could hear something more... As Ace barely kept it together, Enzo glanced up and over in the direction Bea had shouted. "HEY! Oh for cryin' out loud, it's just some Dumb Dora panicking-" with a huff, he pulled away from his friends to investigate. What came at Gene through the fog was a sudden microphone shoved at her followed by a lot of freckles and round nose, "Can you explain what you're experiencin' right now?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:06 am
"....hm.." Bul narrowed his eyes on the thing he'd just thrown away. Maybe that would've actually been kinda tasty."
:CCCCCCCCC
It took every ounce of strength not to try and eat it after Mei clearly looked at it in at least mild disgust. How would he ever kiss her lips again if he did? "Well... okay.. fine... but Im going back in if I want!" Slowly the smelly half beast crawled out of his shelter.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:09 am
No way in HELL was Ace gonna let anyone get too far away from arms' grasp. If he needed to use someone else as a mount he would. No questions asked.
Thinking about it now, Enzo was really being resourceful with the chaos around them. For a moment he felt a twinge of pride in recruiting the reaper. Clearly, it didn't matter what the situation was he was on his feet. Gene however, looked as upset as Ace did.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:10 am
"WHA?" Bea stormed her way over to Enzo who was now by Gene, realizing it was her after she had quietly announced it. "Get that mic out of her face! She doesn't need that!" shoving him out of the way, though her shouting is probably not helping. "It's okay Gene, it's Bea. I'm here with you." Trying to comfort the ghoul by petting her long hair, even though it was actually comforting her at the same time. She squinted over at Ace and tried to wave him over. Maybe a group huddle would make things feel better. Though she wasn't really inviting Enzo for is inconsiderate way of trying to get the scoop.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:13 am
Enzo, let me educate you. When in the wild, if you approach a panicked animal with a big object, they will not cower. They will rip your face off.
Gene was a panicked animal...doppelganger. Whatever.
Point being, best watch your face.
"..." A huff of hot breath, and suddenly there were two sets of different claws lurching at Enzo. "I'm experiencing the grueling process of not running you through right now." Voice laced in red, deep and growling like a dragon. Were those horns?
And then nothing. Back to normal. Under control. Bea had shoved him out of the way.
"Bea...what happened. What were those...things. Why does this feel familiar?" She put an arm awkwardly around her fellow ghost, allowing her hair to be stroked. "Is Danny okay?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:19 am
Considering how Shun's fiance was a canine herself, he was kind of able to get what Thackery was trying to get at when he mentioned that he was a dog. Loyal. Likely unwilling to leave the side of someone who was obviously important to him. However, his eye soon narrowed as he continued to speak. The more Thack spoke, the more he was lead to believe that his suspicions may be true. He was there for Red and Riley, after all. "As it stands, there aren't really any ways to help him," he said to the lightning dragon. "If what happens... that you seem to be implying... would you really want to leave him in that state? More likely than not he'd try to destroy everything and everyone around.. including you."Riley attacked Malodore indiscriminately, after all. This situation was a little different, however. He went against Riley out of respect for the mindflayer, feeling that she would not have wished to remained in such a state. Not to mention she was endangering himself as well as Mitsu and a couple others he cared for. This student was a stranger to him. If he was left alone.. what would happen? Apart from those in the immediate area being in danger. Would he wander over to the dorms? His lycan was blissfully unaware of everything happening here right now.
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:26 am
Was he considering eating that? "Bul..I will make you something else back at the dorms after. Something that isn't way overdue its expiration date and covered in slime." If she had to take that compost away from him, she would.
Thankfully, he decided against it and even agreed to come out of his little shelter, for the moment. "Alright, alright. Deal." If anything, though, she would need to talk him into taking a shower later. A long one.
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