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Post by Myrdraxxis on May 20, 2013 20:28:24 GMT -5
"Riiiiiiight." Magnus said, looking away back to Perish and Fabio-Ridley's match. "Good luck with that." He sat for a moment...and then realized Trosdan was still staring at him. "Look pal, I've been hit on by hotter elves than you, and even if I actually had any appreciation for emotional attachments, I gotta tell ya, it still wouldn't happen."
He absently reached over and grabbed some more cake.
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Post by Damien on May 20, 2013 21:16:39 GMT -5
As he stared at Magnus's hunky manliness, Trosdan noticed a little bit of icing sitting at the corner of Magnus's mouth.
"You've got a little..." he began, but then stopped. He smiled slightly and reached forward. "Here, let me get it."
He wiped it off with his index finger and then licked it up. He then proceeded to smile seductively at Magnus, hoping to change his mind (as futile as he knew it would be).
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Post by Monika on May 20, 2013 21:44:55 GMT -5
At this point, Hioma decided to step in and do something about the chaos. She pulled out her Notebook of Fate! and wrote within its pages: "All of the birthday cake that the Dayman had summoned, as well as any of its remnants, completely disappeared!" Sure enough, once she punctuated that sentence, all of the undoubtedly delicious birthday cake vanished into thin air. Climbing into the seat next to Trosdan, she looked at him and spoke. "Love isn't something you can force, you know?" Choosing not to mention the reality warping nature of her Notebook that could force love between characters, she continued. "It is something that has to come naturally between two people. You will find it eventually, but I can assure you that it won't be with Magnus. Attempting to force it will end up in someone getting hurt." She nodded over toward Magnus; she hadn't been with their group for very long, but she had read quite a bit about him and knew what he was capable of.
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Post by Damien on May 20, 2013 21:55:12 GMT -5
Trosdan turned to Hioma. "I know love can't be forced. It's still fun to mess with people though. I do need to stop though." He lowered his gaze. "I do tend to overdo it with some people. Not sure why though..."
All of a sudden, Trosdan started to levitate a bit with his head slung back and his mouth agape. A spirit left his body and, in the most flamboyant and stereotypical gay/feminine voice, said, "TOODLES, BITCHES!"
Trosdan fell back into his seat and said, "well, that probably explains my behavior...or at least the level of it. I'm still gay, but that was probably why I was acting so...desperate..."
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Post by Mizagium on May 22, 2013 9:40:37 GMT -5
And Jeff just sat there through it all, not saying a word. He didn't resist any of the people/squid from eating the cake off of his face (even though it was definitely not his birthday) and didn't even blink when Trosdan's flirt-ghost fled. Once it appeared that it was over, he stood saliently and hugged Hioma, hard.
"Thank you," he said, with desperation in his voice.
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Meanwhile, Fabio-Ridley continued to battle Perish.
"HAhahaha," he laughed at her hair. "I don't know about it being coded in my blood, but now you certainly look fabulous. And be grateful, that hair will never fray, fall out, or grow. Once it reaches it's maximum length, it stops growing! If you cut it simply grow back to it's full length!"
To demonstrate, he grabbed a length of his own hair and sniped it off. In a few moments, it grew back to the length it was. "You see? Perfect hair forever!"
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Post by blazinvire on May 22, 2013 14:00:06 GMT -5
Perish had a glare that could peel paint right now, half directed at Fabio and the other at the blond extensions she now possessed. This kind of ruined her evil necromancer image now that she had such a friendly colour a part of her, instead of a hauntingly pale white with blood red eyes and a dark robe to give it all dramatic contrast. Now she sort of looked... abstract...?
"Ugh, I'll fix it later," Perish grumbled, knocking the lock of hair out of her way, interlacing her fingers and reversing the gesture with a stretch to crack all her fingers.
"Alright, let's reintroduce Mr. Bone Serpent and setup the Styxian Flow," Perish said, thrusting her hands toward another patch of symbols, causing them to glow and the area rumbled for a moment before a stream of bones burst from the symbol and quickly assembled a huge serpent of bone that shot forth.
Of course, like last time, Perish couldn't actually control it but Fabio was bigger than her and the serpent couldn't really properly damage her.
The craziest thing though, that whenever the serpent was about to crash into the walls, the symbols would light up again and reabsorb it, and symbols on the opposite side would light up and produce the bones, like the Necrolae Sanctum was an ocean for it to swim in.
"Seriously, this blond hair is just..." Perish still muttered absently and giving her now-exceptionally long hair a dirty look, swooping here and there to dodge the wild flailings of the bone serpent.
Honestly, she had about three feet of white hair beforehand, another three on the end just made things ridiculous.
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Post by Mizagium on May 22, 2013 14:22:49 GMT -5
"Maybe this is a sign!" Zelmon shouted from the stands. "Perhaps this new look is a sign for you to give up your evil ways and join the side of love!"
"Oh shut it," Xeltyr retorted. "You're not going to be one of those annoying guys who preaches something he just converted to, are you?"
"...Perhaps."
Fabio-Ridley was too busy laughing to notice the Bone Serpent crash into him. They would have careened into the farthest wall, but thanks to Perish thinking with Portals, they just kept on going, falling forever. In that infinite fall. During the inifi-fall, Fabio-Ridley went all Gandalf vs. the Balrog on the Bone Serpent, striking out with claws and Diamondum blasts.
"Why can't I kill this thing?" He shouted while driving his codpiece into the Bone Serpent's form, only to have it slip between the loose association of bones. While trying to struggle free, he somehow became entangled in the serpent, which resulted in him looking like he was wearing the Bone Serpent as an exoskeleton.
"Halp?"
Jeff was still hugging Hioma.
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Post by blazinvire on May 22, 2013 14:51:20 GMT -5
"Wha... that wasn't supposed to..." Perish trailed off, staring at the Fabio in the bone serpent battlesuit fly through the Sanctum. Her head jerked back and forth as she attempted to keep an eye on them as they zipped about here and there on the whims of the bone serpent -whose movements were entirely dictated by random choice- and eventually she got a little dizzy right before suddenly having to dive dramatically out of the way as the Fabio-Train nearly crashed into her.
Though because the ridiculousness was kind of demanded at this point, the bone serpent's 'purely random' movements started unerringly chasing Perish 90% of the time.
"Running on entropy my ass!" Perish fumed, zooming around in spirals and zigzags with the serpent nearly perfectly mimicking her in pursuit, right before she suddenly spun around and thrust both her hands forth, two symbols on the wall lit up and a veritable stream of spirits, shadow and bone blasted out in an incoherent river, twisting together and smashing into the Fabio-Serpent.
At this point she wasn't sure if she was trying to kill Fabio or her own serpent more, but hitting both probably fixed that dilemma.
For good measure she swept her hands and dozens more symbols opened up around the previous two, further widening the Styxian Flow until most of the arena was flooded -though it was quick to drain away back through the Sanctum.
"Alright, is the serpent dead? -Wait, I mean Fabio," Perish said, shaking her head quickly to interrupt herself, watching closely as the Styx's 'water' drained away.
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Post by Calefrun on May 22, 2013 18:14:32 GMT -5
The Illusive Squid approached his nemesis, who was still embracing the seemingly underage girl that was dressed like a cheerleader. Without saying anything, he joined in the hug from behind Jeff, making the hug into a Jeff sandwich. Casting his gaze onto the necromancer in the ring he quietly said, "You know, Lobster... I always have been partial to blondes."
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Post by Sariel of Tevet on May 22, 2013 18:40:22 GMT -5
The Dayman saw the dazzling display of true love on the bleachers next to him, which stole his attention from the fight. Jeff, Hioma, and The Illusive Squid were all hugging quite magnificently. Inspired, The Dayman stood up behind the hug sandwich, and reach into his infinity belt with a look of solidarity and accomplishment. He had waited his entire life for an opportunity like this. From his belt he produced a boombox and a mix tape. He carefully placed the tape into the stereo, pressed play, and lifted it over his head triumphantly as Peter Gabriel's hit song "In Your Eyes" filled the arena.
"I have no idea who this Peter Gabriel fellow is and where he hails from, but only royalty can produce music this beautiful. It would have been quite worthy of my own weddin..."
He fell to his knees, boombox still lifted over his head, and began to sob again. And with a masculine cry of anguish, his voice bellowed.
"DIANE!"
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Post by Damien on May 22, 2013 20:26:19 GMT -5
Trosdan turned to the Dayman as he sat on his knees, sobbing in the most royal and much-better-than-you manner than he thought was possible, and said, in a quiet voice, "There, there..." He wasn't really sure what to say, so he chose to say that.
He then looked over to the Jeff sandwich in progress. If that ghost were still possessing me, he thought, I would probably go over there and make things really awkward for Jeff. Alas, I am free of that cursed spirit, so I will not.
He stood up and walked towards the edge of the seating area to get a closer look at the combatants, one of which he may possibly have to fight later if he won his quickly approaching fight.
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Post by Monika on May 22, 2013 22:32:42 GMT -5
"While I truly appreciate the love," Hioma muttered, her voice muffled by the combined hugging of Jeff and the Illusive Squid. "You two are crushing me. Please...Get...OFF!" Perhaps responding to Hioma's anguish, the Pen of Love! began to glow and summoned the trademark shell of pink ribbons to encase her. When the ribbons faded away, Sailor Eros stood in their stead (dressed in her typical Sailor uniform), and she effortlessly tossed both the Illusive Squid and Jeff away from her onto opposite ends of the bleachers.
"Clearly, my work is not done!" Eros cried, looking at Jeff and the Illusive Squid shamefully. "I am disappointed! I have not even found a match for you two yet! Fret not, my lovelorn companions! I'll find you someone you can hug all day! Watch, Zelmon! This is how Love begins!" Without bothering to explain her plan, she gracefully backflipped all the way to the top of the steel cage in which the match was taking place.
"Leon!" she shouted.
Peering up from within the cage, Leon stared at her confusedly for a moment before replying "Yes?"
"In the name of Love, I have a proposition for you!"
"Uh-huh. And just what is that?" Leon mentally dismissed the idea; he was rather fond of the battle as it was and wasn't looking for any silly "proposition".
"You let Perish win this match..." she began.
"Uh...what? That's not exactly how it works, Sailor. You see, there are-"
Shaking her head, Eros interrupted him. "And in exchange, all she has to do is hug Jeffrey and the Illusive Squid. I would make this proposition for Fabio-Ridley, but he is already betrothed to Rachel!"
Perhaps even more puzzled than before, Leon considered this for a moment. He had been itching for a fight, and he certainly had gotten one. One that was drawing to a close rather quickly. Perish's spell seemed to be wearing off, and Fabio-Ridley was being smacked around with some manner of dark magic, all the while entwined with a bone serpent. Leon was pretty sure he'd be calling the match in favor of Perish in a matter of seconds anyway, and the more he thought about it, the fonder he grew of the idea.
"A sinister, probably loveless necromancer," he grinned, "who has to claim victory by hugging two others." Scratching his thin thoughtfully, Leon nodded his agreement. "Very well, Sailor Eros. You're on!" He warped back to his lifeguard tower and then teleported Jeffrey and the Illusive Squid into the cage.
"Attention, viewers!" he announced. "There has been a slight change in plans! As you all see, Round 3 is coming to a close, so we're going to spice things up a bit! If Perish can give a genuine-" he emphasized the word, not wanting any fake hugs in his tournament. "-hug to both Jeff and the Illusive Squid-" A glowing magical circle appeared over either of them, designating them as the hug targets. "-then she wins the match. Otherwise, this round goes to Fabio-Ridley!"
The audience, many of whom were still overcome with emotion from the last match, all clapped in agreement, eager to see another display of love.
"Glad you all like the idea as much as I do!" Leon laughed. "And to make sure that no one misses it..." With a snap of his fingers, several massive Jumbotron television screens appeared throughout the arena, all prepared to broadcast the rest of the "fight". "Televisions everywhere! And I'll be recording it, too!" A video camera appeared in front of Leon and started to record. "People all across Esteros, and perhaps even the other directionally-named countries, will see what occurs here! So, what say you, Perish? Will you hug the two to win the match?"
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Post by Myrdraxxis on May 22, 2013 23:41:06 GMT -5
"Hey, Magnus where are you going?" Leske said, noticing that his boss had gotten up and was heading away from the bleachers.
"I'm going to go find a nice place to bunker down for when Perish murders everyone in a moment." Magnus replied. Leske opened his mouth to respond, then closed it and silently followed his master, followed by Ash and Desmond.
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Post by Sariel of Tevet on May 22, 2013 23:51:12 GMT -5
The Dayman heard Magnus get up and leave, and thought it was a good idea.
"I think that's a good idea, one worthy of royalty in fact!"
He pressed a tiny red button on the side of the boombox (which had finally finished with Peter Gabriel) and stepped back. The boombox opened up and spread itself out, rising up to match the height and testicular stature of The Dayman, and formed itself to his body. He was now encased in a suit of boombox armor, complete with antenna, tape deck, concert laser lights, and a carbon fiber near indestructible body plating.
He stood up to present the audience with his glory and bellowed, "Here I am Perish! Rock me like a hurricane if you dare!", and then promptly gave a royal air guitar solo.
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Post by Mizagium on May 22, 2013 23:55:04 GMT -5
Alarmed, Jeff waved his arms frantically. "Woah. WHOA! Whoa whoa whoa whoa. No no no no no no no no noooooo. Perish, I do not endorse this rule change at all. No that that means I don't want you to hug me--I mean, I don't, but not like this. I mean...not there's ever a time when I would--Not like that I just---" he looked around frantically. "Why won't anyone stop me from talking?"
Bone-Serpent Suit Fabio-Ridley was still alive, but barely. He looked about, confused. "Wait, what happened? Did I lose yet?"
Zelmon cheered. "Wonderful, Sailor Eros! A truly amazing display of the power of love for all to see!"
Xeltyr blinked. "Interesting. I've never witnessed a mass murder before. Magnus, does your bunker have remote viewing capabilities?" He thought a moment. "And popcorn?"
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Post by Myrdraxxis on May 23, 2013 0:04:15 GMT -5
"It's also got massage-recliner chairs!" Magnus called over his shoulder as he then proceeded to rip open a whole in space-time. On the other side was a rather comfortable-looking room filled with all the aforementioned amenities.
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Post by Calefrun on May 23, 2013 0:05:25 GMT -5
The Squid looked at Eros, then Leon. "Wat."
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Post by Sariel of Tevet on May 23, 2013 0:06:38 GMT -5
"Ooo! Popcorn! The most royal of all treats. I was craving popcorn before I accidentally pulled out birthday cake for Jeff."
On the promises of popcorn, The Dayman waddled clumsily to the bunker.
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Post by Damien on May 23, 2013 0:31:17 GMT -5
Trosdan quickly but quietly followed Magnus to get away from the possible carnage that was about to ensue. "I certainly hope that Jeff will be alright," he said. "I was starting to like him...in a completely Platonic way, mind you...not that he's not good-looking, it's just...GODS DAMN IT! WHY IS NO ONE STOPPING ME FROM TALKING?!."
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Post by blazinvire on May 23, 2013 0:35:10 GMT -5
Perish had been in the middle of fixing up another glamorously dangerous spell in preparation in case Fabio decided an explosive re-entrance to the fight was in order, even managing to keep her concentration with the Dayman's changing of the awesome music into something she might've stabbed someone for changing it to.
All in all it was looking to be at the very least an enjoyable little bout of spellslinging, but of course things couldn't possibly go the way she wanted them to.
The moment she heard the change in terms of combat, most of her fiery combat luster, her cloak of menacing evil and power sort of just fell off in shock. Perish just stared off into space for a moment, floating there with eyes widened to the limits, praying to her theoretical gods that she had just hallucinated for a moment or something, but she knew better to hope for such things by now.
"...WHAT!?" Perish finally yelled out explosively, her fiery, evil, powerful aura returned and she spun about to glare at Leon.
She was going to win this match anyway, surely! What the hell was with this last second change? She was about ready to tear her fabulous hair out in pure, concentrated frustration.
"I don't even want these goddamn rings, or even whatever our main quest was before we horribly sidetracked, I'm a NECROMANCER YOU FUCKS!" Perish fumed, flying about madly in circles as her rage just built and built, wishing to punch something horribly but clearly she was a caster hence that wouldn't achieve much.
There was no way in hell she'd give out hugs, but she wasn't about to lose because of some stupid new ruling either.
She stopped mid-air for a moment and shook violently with rage, balling up her fists and all the symbols she wrote all over the place immediately started glowing furiously like she was about to conjure something terrible and enormous.
"I. WILL. KILL. YOU. ALL!" Perish seethed out, somehow her voice traveling much farther than it should have and carried a very demonic, incredibly evil tone to it.
Her shadowy aura doubled in size and intensity, and she went to ball up a little further to build more power when she suddenly stopped with an expression that looked like a flash of insight had hit her.
The fiery aura folded down and poofed out as she gave her robe a flick and she easily floated to the ground and went to walk over to Jeff first. Though the symbols were still glowing and shadows streamed over to her bit by bit, each one taking place about her like forming pieces of a puzzle.
a couple of steps later as she closed in on Jeff, she was soon wearing a very large robe consisting of burning shadows and spirits screaming at the edge of hearing, and there was quite a lot of obsidian blades jutting out everywhere, like scythes looking to slice anything that got too close. A set of them for each finger, along her arms, collar, and she waved a hand over her face for good measure, its effects not immediately noticeable but...
"Huuug?" Perish offered to Jeff with a maddened, evil grin, revealing a pair of formidable vampire-style fangs.
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