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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jun 3, 2013 21:16:54 GMT -8
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Jun 3, 2013 22:49:42 GMT -8
Seth walked into the strange mess of cubicles the kids were trying to deconstruct. Seth- "Hey guys, need some help?"
Kyle- "Man I don't know."
Brian- "Oh my god, a personal visit! You're so sweet!"
Kat- "I knew this was a good idea."
Bobby- "Uh... Yeah, actually. This cubicle wall has a snap-together assembly and it's gotta be lifted from both sides at the same time."
Seth- "Sure, I got out of the last big construction project 'cuz I was laid up, this'll be my penance."
He gave a hand to the kids as they rearranged and moved the cubicles. After a few difficult ones, they started to figure out the secrets of how the things were best disassembled, and it got easier. They were glad power wasn't an issue, because they accidentally expose wires a few times.
Brian and Seth were moving a conference table into a good spot where the dancer intended to use it as a bed. When finished, Brian threw his sleeping bag over the top, and gently rolled into place on it. He gestured for Seth to take a seat in an office chair nearby. Brian- "So, I imagine you're actually needed elsewhere about now..."
Seth- "Eh, probably. I really don't want to do more diplomacy though, it's for the boids. Are you sure this is going to be comfortable enough to sleep on?"
Brian- "Of course not, silly. I'll replace it soon. I just hope you're not going to get into trouble. Apparently, that can happen to presidents. Poor Jordan!"
Seth- "Man, no joke. Sometimes I just don't wanna deal with that kinda thing. Luckily I got a council to watch my back. I won't get in trouble anyway, I'm fostering good will and whatnot. Right?"
Brian- "The goodest." A little while later, he was moving more walls around for Kat and Kyle. They needed a little more help than he expected. Kyle didn't look that much smaller than Seth, but the most strenuous activity he'd ever done before the apocalypse was doing a shoegaze dance. Kyle- "Why *grnt* is this stuff made out of sheet metal?"
Kat- "So it'll make better barricade material downstairs! Oh yes."
Seth- "Yup these needed to be sturdy to better trap the salary men within..."
After they'd finished some hard work, Seth grabbed a plastic bag he'd brought in, and plopped straight onto the floor. He pulled out a few room temperature cans of Pepsi and passed them around to the kids. Seth- "Damn, when are we gonna train zombies to do this stuff for us already?"
Kat- "Hopefully never. That sounds disgusting."
Kyle- "Yeah... Hm... Is it weird I can't wait for winter to get here already?"
Seth- "Yeah I'm tired of being too damned hot all the time. We can just wear cool fur coats or something, big bonfires on the roof... Nice."
Kat- "Disgusting one moment and romantic the next - treacherous like the serpent." Kat heard someone calling for her. More El Corazon Kids had apparently come into the closer area of cubicles and started to help Brian and Bobby there. She excused herself, leaving Seth and Kyle alone. Kyle- "I'm not movin'... Hey."
Seth- "Oh yeah, I wanted to apologize about how stuff went down at the party. I didn't want things to go that way, but I'm glad you guys are the ones stayin' here. "
Kyle- "As opposed to the jesus people? That's nice to hear. I was gonna ask what you thought of all that shit."
Seth- "Well, obviously religious freedom is important and such, but it really annoys me when people get too concerned with other people's business. What do they care what other people believe? Then the magic thing... I don't know a thing about it, but nothing dangerous had happened with it, right? They're just tweakin' about 'evil' or what?"
Kyle- "Hell yes they were tweaking. Adult babies. I want to respect other religions, not out of genuine respect for the ideas, but out of respect for good people I've known that think it's a good thing. But damn Christianity is for babies. That's what I really wanna say."
Seth- "Heh, I'll make no official comment on that as president, but duly noted, my good man."
Seth- "Oh by the way, I'd love to learn more about magic sometime. I don't think I got the MP to do it myself, but I'd like to at least be able to talk about it without sounding like a jackass."
Kyle- "I met a stupid kid from 801 who'd tell you to take ether for that... Anyway, it's pretty easy when you get past the mumbo jumbo. The hard part is making stuff actually work without really knowing how it works in the first place. There's trial and error, chance, and I don't know what else."
Seth- "Huh. I see. So, mostly the magic that's been working is kinda indirect, right? Protection circles and stuff? Did they really work?"
Kyle- "Yeah. That's one thing. Sometimes it'll work and you won't know. It'll just happen. Other times, especially lately for me, I feel it when it works. Like a metallic taste in my brain. Hard to describe."
Seth- "Whoa, that's intense. Anna was tellin' me about this magic pentagram necklace she got, she was wearing it when this demon threw everyone around, and she was the only one left standing. We thought maybe it was just 'cause it was a pentagram, but the ones we made didn't do anything. It must be a real magic item! I wonder how we could make ones that worked?"
Kyle- "Here's how: Take a magic system you know. Try to follow all the principles of it, while doing the different thing you're trying to achieve. Like, I take for the necklace, I try to advise a jeweller on how to make something that fits all my ritual knowledge. I supervise while they craft it, chant and try different stuff out. Then, if I didn't get the cool feeling, we test it out to see if it works.
That's how I'd try to do it, anyhow."
Seth- "Huh. Hey Kyle, would you like to be on our council? We could really use someone who knows about this kind of thing."
Kyle- "Richie was telling me you have a guy. Gnat? Something like that? Anyway, maybe you'd like Jordan better. That guy's more corporate and I swear, he figured out how to do some magic better than me."
Seth- "Jordan'll probably be on it anyway, that Nat guy is hard to get more than five words out of, and our best magician is an incomprehensible old man. I like that you cut the bullshit out, and make it easy to understand even for dummies like me. Also, it'd be nice to have a kid on the council to represent y'all. But, if you don't want to, that's okay."
Kyle- "Yeah, I probably won't do that. But I'll help with magic stuff. If we put everything you guys know with everything we know and figure out how to do a bunch of different stuff... We could be, like, bad-ass black knights. Make the monsters just wanna run away and quit."
Seth- "Oh man that'd be awesome! If a bunch of internet dweebs can figure this out, I bet we can. Monsters better watch out."
Kyle- "Is this my home now, man?"
Seth- "Yeah, as long as you want it to be your home."
Kyle- "Cool. So, this being my home, I'd like to say something about this whole subject, y'know, kicking ass on shitty monsters and stuff."
Seth- "Go for it, man."
Kyle- "Hail Satan."
Seth- "Word."
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Jun 10, 2013 21:22:54 GMT -8
After Seth and Kyle left this place, Alex appeared! He still considered the GH region to be community property. Hence, this disruptive behavior happened:"MICAH! Mi. Cah. I need you. MICAH?! I know you're heeeere." He started poking around the cubicle remains ...
On this day, Sir Alex ventured into the labyrinth, risking life and sanity to find Sir Micah the Flighty among its enigmatic, half-assembled passages ...
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jun 11, 2013 3:19:17 GMT -8
He kept passing familiar people - a Lilla here, a Brian there, a whoever that guy was there. A feral Kat sprang upon him, with a hugging maneuver, then released him into cubespace. Kat- "Aw yes! Alex, did you lose your homeboy?"
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Jun 11, 2013 18:29:16 GMT -8
"Kat! Micah is MISSING, and he's the most important component of my dangerous secret mission tonight!!! Where's a chef when you need one? See, the paranormal investigation secret society and compassionate magics coven will be interpreting a powerful book, if Agent Basil pulls through. Without snacks, everyone's gonna have really low blood sugar." He surveyed the efforts to make 3rd floor 320 cozier. Alex crossed his arms.
"No fair. Why can't you guys live in 403? First Casey, Sarah, and Briar move here, and now you're joining them? No fair! No. Fair. My building's the original enclave, you know. It got murals!"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jun 11, 2013 19:14:42 GMT -8
Kat- "Aww! I'm sorry. But hey, if 320 is a-rockin', don't bother knockin'! I imagine a shy guy like Micah is somewhere else. It's kinda busy here right now, huh?" Most of the cubes were already disassembled, and people were trying to figure out how to make the walls that they wanted to keep less ugly.
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Jun 11, 2013 19:35:16 GMT -8
"Ah, you're probably right. I just figured that he'd chill with Brian. That's what I'd do, in Micah's place. Yup. I'd also eat more protein and put on some weight. Well, okee dokee. The search continues. Hey, if you guys need origami to brighten the room, I have about ninety post-it note swans in my apartment. OH, I also have a fake tattoo now." He pulled up his sleeve and flashed the fire wing sword Latin banner Sharpie tattoo.
"Jackson made it. So cool. Do you have any real ones?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jun 11, 2013 20:20:07 GMT -8
Kat- "Sweeeet... Not yet, but it won't be long! Bring the cranes, baby!" She was looking just a bit distracted by the hustle and bustle.
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Jun 11, 2013 21:37:31 GMT -8
"Get a cat tattoo!" Alex was so clever.
"Hmm. Maybe he's with Nora. They're bee eff eff. Yeeeah. Bet-cha he's doing unsocial things with her. Oh, those fun foreign shy people! See you at supper!" He gave Kat a one-armed hug, which is Alex's version of the hover-hand, and left. Little did he know that homeboy was a few stories above his head, being un-unsocial with Tyrone, Kaito, and the hero of 403, Sir Pug the Hand Taker.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jun 11, 2013 22:08:11 GMT -8
Kat- "Rock on, Alexei!" She returned the hug, kissed him on the cheek and watched him leave. Because hey-o.
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