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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 22, 2015 14:30:59 GMT -8
Chloë-
"Wilhelm said his people wanted to go drop off their luggage first, so they'll join us in a bit."
  
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Chloë iss my new favorite person, you see I am Clovis and she iss Chloë.
Clovis and Chloë! Zuper cute! Chloë you get zhese flowers but I will hold
zhem for you."
Chloë-
"Thanks!"
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Post by Sir Milo Quartermass on Mar 22, 2015 14:36:41 GMT -8
Quinn huffed at August's commentary on his height. "A bit of decorum wouldn't kill you again, oh beloved uncle dearest."He turned his attention to the new members of the retinue. "Ah, yes, welcome. We'll be meeting with some of our colleagues upstairs. I can give them a ring to let them know we're coming and then August and I can escort everyone up?" |
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Mar 22, 2015 14:37:16 GMT -8
August grinned at Chloë and Clovis.
  "That is cute as a button."   "Shall we go up then y'all?" |
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 22, 2015 14:44:38 GMT -8
 
?-
"Fantastic."
Husky-
"Call zem as you will."
Schörnborn-
"Engelsdorff."
 
Engelsdorff-
"Schörnborn."
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Post by Sir Milo Quartermass on Mar 22, 2015 14:55:23 GMT -8
Quinn pulled out his phone and dialed Eli, starting to walk at a pace that was easily followed.  "Eli, lad? Guests are arriving. August and I are ferrying them up. Are you ready for us?" |
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 22, 2015 15:07:00 GMT -8
 
Janice-
"Eugh I hope this isn't gonna be a super boring business meeting."
Lucio-
"No, it'll probably be a super boring war meeting."
Anselm-
"I hope it's not a zuper long boring business."
Chloë removed her veil. 
Chloë-
"Oof! I should've done that when I was driving. Mourning sucks. Well, not just because the mourning. You know?"
Clovis-
"Ja, so ein tragisches Leben! Oh you are so traditionelle gotische Chloë, it's beautiful."
Chloë-
"Wow I don't know what you're talking about but it sounds pretty."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 22, 2015 15:11:31 GMT -8
 
Husky-
"Clovis is expressing his,
how you zay? Gothist style."
 
Schörnborn-
"Zat is close enough."
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Mar 22, 2015 15:12:33 GMT -8
  "Me too, we had to sit through one already yesterday..." "Chloë and Clover sitting in a tree..." |
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Mar 22, 2015 15:16:24 GMT -8
<<BEARBEITE SOME FIXES>> LATER ON... Chloë said she knew exactly what to tell Vitus to cheer him up and readied herself to go. Meanwhile, in unrelated events, August had called his closest compadres including Babette about the treacherous acts of Lloyd French and Karl Random. Babette and Ru decided they wanted to meet up with them, and Chloë was in, so...
They met halfway. August drove Tris and Cam to the Sunset Villa Apartments in the silver sportster, Chloë drove Babs and Ru to the same location in Wilhelm's big sedan, and the whole lot met in the parking lot...   
Babette- Chloë-
"..." "Hey August, guys..."
 
Cameron- Tristan-
"It's great to see you guys again." "Hulloooo!"
 
August-
"Hey Chloë. Ya way prettier than Shania or Tina..." Ru appeared, now wearing gloves and
looking somewhat fancy. A small mane of feathers was upon his shoulders,
and his suit was finely tailored to fit his slim frame. He almost
looked vampiric.  
Ru-
"Good evening everyone...Welcome."
His costume did look...familiar...somehow. "And how are you this fine night, Lady Chloe, Lord August, Cameron, Tristan?" He put on his best charming vampire voice. Was this acting? Probably. 
Chloë-
"Oh my gosh Ru you look sooooo dramatic, I love it!"
 
Chloë-
"Aw, thanks August but... what's wrong?" August's phone booped.
August-
"Everything. My heart has been beat like a woodpecker's tree. I'm awful Ru..."
August-
"Ya goth sex symbol."
August checked his phone.
 
August-
"Huh..."
 
Tristan-
Cameron- "Hey guys, we're OK I guass."
"Man, well, I guess August
already explained to you on the phone. Yeah. Some douche at
the Masher took a giant dump on our legacy, at the same time
as he was kissin' Lloyd's pucker over some total ripoff thing
he did."
Tristan-
Cameron- "This is too disgusting, Cameron."
"Too much metaphorical
poop for you?" "Yeapp."
Chloë-
"Oh no!! What? What did he say?
Oh August sweetie... I'm so sorry."
 
Chloë-
"...Did he say anything about me?"
Babette wrinkled her nose at Cameron's description. Its symbolism was crude but apt!
Babette-
"Don't be too upset, Darlings. It's the Masher, after all. That paper is not known for its journalistic integrity. It's really not "known,* period."
 
Ru-
"So sorry to hear that, August. It is a shame that some use tragedy to capitalize on themselves."
He puts a gloved hand against his chest delicately, and leans forward a little. 
Ru-
"Thank you, dear Chloe, and you, August... I thought my role might use a little bit of getting into character now.."
" Now, what are we to do, gentleman and gentle-ladies?"
August-
"It is in the basement film industry, Babs. Sorry Chloë, that Random guy is a tosser. There was nothing. He only liked Ru. I ain't never been this mad before. I totally went ape shit... but without the shit. I'll try not to get everyone down though. We're gonna prank their arses tomorrow."
Tristan-
Cameron- "Oh yeah. All the pranks."
"It just raises the question
how? I don't know how pranksters do it. Everything
I can think of kinda sucks. How about you, Ru?"
Chloë-
"Oh no!! How mean! ...oh my gosh, who would do that?
Writing about dead people... what a horrible guy."
Chloë-
"Ugh! I can't... *sigh*
Hey um, Babette... I thought we could
go up and see Vitus... Maybe we can
let the boys plan the prank?"
Babette-
"I'd like that, Chloë. Vitus has a calming personality, like waves crashing onshore. Waves that are unlikely to kill you. Plus, There's really no need to prank. Did you read this review?"
She lifted her phone and pretended to skim its blank screen. 
Babette-
"According to one basement journalist, Chloë's acting is sublime and the tragic death of one August from Antearctos has deprived the world of a visionary."
Ru-
"I admit, I am not sure I am up for a prank...What kind of prank are you considering? I've usually...um...been the one pranked."
He looked a little embarrassed at that statement, losing all of his vampire mystique.
Ru perked up a little at the idea of going to see Vitus, though he wasn't sure how the man was doing...Maybe he should do that instead? But it sounded like the two ladies had set on going already.
He waited to see what the others said, but was pretty sure his prank ideas would be pretty lame. And was that even true?
"I would be willing to help if you thought I could... I would not mind visiting Vitus either...I feel bad about everything..."
August-
"Thanks for trying Babs but me minds made up. Pranksters gotta prank."
August-
"Yeah sorry. I ain't in the cheering mood. I don't wanna make the guy feel even more janky. Honestly I don't know Vitus too well so it ain't real smart. I'll wait until we're both feeling more sociable. You do what ya gotta do, Ru."
August booped back on his phone, his eyebrow creasing slightly. 
Tristan-
Cameron- "Vitus was cool guy at that one party."
"It's OK Ru. We'll come up
with something everyone can do. Like, maybe you can just post
sheisty comments on the article? Something like that, for starters."
Chloë-
"Hmm you can come too Ru, if you want to.
He seems pretty shy though, so maybe just
the girls would be better. I'm not sure."
 
Chloë-
"Oh my goshhh this is like, so emotional right now.
Can everyone hug? Is that too babyish?"
Anyone who looked semi-ready for a hug was getting one.
August was ready to hug anyone who came too close.
August-
"He was Jack's daddy wasn't he?"
 
August-
"Hugging ya friends is never babyish, Chloë. Ya know we love ya."
  
Babette-
"EMBRACE ME ;O;"
Babette better get it out of her system. Vitus didn't strike her as somebody who'd enjoy a hug.
Ru- (To August)
"That does make me feel better...I'd be happy to do whatever you thought was ok, as long as it doesn't put anyone in danger. I know you're really mad, August, but I'm not sure I can pull off a "revenge storyline" Ru would happily hug Chloe, though gingerly.
Her cheery demeanor did mirror her master's, in an odd way. They were a good match, without being very much alike. Except maybe in interest in old fashioned clothes.
Ru-
"I would like to wish him well, but if you think he'd be upset...you know him best, and I'd be happy to help out Lord Director August with his plans.."
Ru didn't seem super hurt, but he was considering his options. He was ok with the whole writing a parody article critique deal, but even supernatural toilet-papering seemed beyond his capabilities. 
Tristan-
Cameron- "Aww, such the good frands."
"Yeah..."
Cameron practiced his Glennish reserve and Tristan didn't feel
like part of the clique yet, at least not to deserving of hugs extent.
Chloë hugged everyone in turn, even Cameron and Tristan, careful not to mush her face into anyone's chest too hard, lest she leave a sad smear of eye makeup. It felt to most like getting hit in the torso by a passionate sparrow.[/i]
Chloë-
"I know you guys will work this out.
Let's meet up again after this, I can help with anything,
I could be look out? I did that one time at a slumber party
when these girls egged someone's house but I felt too guilty
and told my dad and he was really disappointed and I didn't
do that ever again...
But um... yeah." August saw Tristan looking awkward and gave him a big hug. As far as he was concerned Tristan was deep into the clique.  
August-
"Ya too cute, Chloë. Ya hired!"
August-
"We ain't gonna do anything too bad taste, Ru. Don't ya worry none."
Babette looked upon the Tristan+
Chloë and Tristan+Auggie hugs with envy, but she decided that the moment
was too emotionally fraught to be a sneaky playa. Another time, maybe.
If they survived the night. She really hoped they did.
Babette-
"I do have a question that only an older vampire can answer. If Vitus seems willing, I'll ask him. Huh. Do you know where he is? This ... this place isn't like Greyburn's underground maze, I hope. Just think: Leo may still be wandering its endless corridors ..."
Ru-
"She hasn't come back?.. I hope she isn't lost... Um...well... I guess I'll stay here and help with the planning. Bring Vitus some nice cheer for me, will you?"
Ru turned back to August. "... As long as it isn't the duct tape car trap thing... I got caught on my neighbor's lawn with the toilet paper in my hand last time... Uh.... well, we are super powered now... You could always make him feel like he saw a ghost... Maybe that's too dangerous though." If he wasn't wearing gloves, he might bite his nails, but he kept a tense expression. 
Tristan-
Cameron- "Thank you guys! We'll see you laters."
"Yeah hm... There's two targets,
and they may require different kinda tactics. Whaddya do with Lloyd?
With Random? We don't know nothin' about that guy except he's a hater."
 
Chloë-
"You guys are so sweet, how could anyone be mean to you?
They'll totally regret this when our new movie
comes out and stupid Lloyd will die of a stupid broken heart!"
Chloë-
"Sorry, that was kind of mean huh. Ugh." She took Babette's hand with a cold, lace gloved one.
Chloë-
"It's easy to find, are you ready?"
Ru-
"I don't know why anyone would pluck wounds as fresh as a post-mortem production... It is a certain kind of cruelty. And who couldn't love Babette and Chloe's performances? And you were all but the heart of the production, August!"
 
His voice became impassioned again. Maybe the secret was to make him feel like he was acting all the time... 
Babette-
"I am ready - good luck, pranksters. Remember to film any juicy moments for posterity."
Lo she doth leave the bros to their pranks. Babette hoped the Masher crumbled beneath August's wrath for its poor taste.
<<LINK TO NEW THREAD HERE>>
August-
"Yeah, I reckon we hit Random at the Masher office. Like an embarrassing public message or something. I dunno. Then Lloyd... Well Lloyd is special. I wanna stop him copying me ideas but I dunno. Pretty hard. Anselm said something about trash. I dunno but I reckon he might have a cool idea. Maybe we could like black rim all his cameras y'all?"
Tristan-
Cameron- "Trashes, yeah, put this guy in the dampster."
"Heh, why not? Oh, August...
You think we can pull this off in the day? And get an
invite to the offices even? You know something I don't?"
Ru-
"Random sounds like a trash man...We could always fill his office with garbage if you wanted to make his day really crummy. Couldn't we do that through a window? "
".. Lloyd, well, he'd stop copying you if he thought he was being haunted. We DO have powers beyond his ken now. He doesn't even have to see us, he just has to feel creeped out. There's no way to prove we're alive either, even if he knows it's us."
He started to sound braver as he considered his options. And that was one that would stop MOST sane people from being copycats and talking smack...
 
August-
"No. But ya can hire people right? I dunno. We could put something there for him to find later too. At night. Do ya need a invitation for an office? Ain't it a public place? Shootfire... "
 
August-
"I like ya thinking Ru! YA A PRANK GENIUS!"
Cameron-
"Hm... I wonder if anyone is there right now? Still pretty early in the
night. We could call to say we're a client, wanna come in and work up
an ad with them, get the invite. I dunno about you guys, I'd prefer to
go in there able to use powers and not be messed up."
Tristan-
Cameron- "Oh yeah, make his office a dampster?"
"I like it."
Ru-
"That's a good plan Cameron! I like it."
He didn't have a cell phone, but August sure did, and who would ever believe it was a dead man...But maybe it was best not to use one of their cell phones lest this prompt a police investigation to uncover a vampire den or something like that.
"We can use a pay phone... It wouldn't be too suspicious."
  
August-
"Bombaroo, baby! It's a date y'all. WITH revenge! He trashes me film we trash his office. It's poetic. I'm down like a dog with a bone yo!"
Tristan-
Cameron- "Oh yeah, I can't not wait!"
"That's a good idea with the
pay phone, but damn, those are getting hard to find these days."
Ru-
"It looks like we will have our revenge this night."
Maybe a revenge plot WAS back on the menu.
"I know one near a bus stop...It's close..ish..."
August-
"Hmmm... I have his SocialLink page here."
August-
"Oooh! I got it y'all. He's working late tomorrow on some art review. We've got the buster!"
Cameron-
"Oh yeah, hm. Maybe we get the invite tonight, get our shit together,
and get him while he's working late like you said... Hm. First thing
we'll try to call 'em, then maybe we go shopping?"
Ru put a hand on August's shoulder. It was very un-Ru.
Ru-
"What do we need to buy? I have some funds still, and we are not much different from the night denizens that are ordinarily out."
He stood straighter than usual, maybe more authoritatively, though August was still taller by far.
August-
"Alright team! We have our mission."
August-
"Yeah! Shopping for what, Cam?"
Cameron-
"First we gotta plan exactly what we wanna do. Duct tape home boy
to a chair while we jank up the place? Draw silly stuff on his face with
like, permanent marker so he'll be stuck with it for a while? What
kinda garbage we gonna hit him up with? Stuff like that."
Tristan-
"Oh yeah, August you should do your
monkey styles all on over the place!"
Ru-
"Monkey, I like that... I am not sure if we should duct tape him, but perhaps, we could use vampiric seduction powers to make him walk into a closet or a similar thing while we transfer trash. If that fails, I suppose tape would do."
This prank was starting to sound a bit meaner and more kidnappy than he had been aiming for, but hopefully they could avoid a hostage situation. "Or we could lock him out of his office when he went to use facilities or maybe investigate a noise and come in through the window. I can walk on walls now so that is not a problem." August nodded enthusiastically.
August-
"ALL of it Cam! All of it. Like my ma said if ya ain't gonna go the whole hog then ya might as well spare the piglet. "
August-
"Yeah! That was pretty fun past the anger. Monkey styles are totally bombaroo!"
 
Ru-
"I'd prefer the less-kidnappy options, if possible... I'm pretty sure I could just lure him out, and he wouldn't be able to get back in... "
Remember never to make Lord Director August really really mad....  
Cameron-
"Oh yeah, Ru, didja know? That's literal monkey style. August figured
out how to change shapes."
Tristan-
"I been this vampire guy longer
than you guys, but I still can't do that."
Ru-
"Wait, ACTUALLY A MONKEY? That would be an awesome prank on it's own. Run around as a monkey and sling...well... Ok don't do that, that's a little unsanitary but you could really ruin his day on your own...."
He was now completely out of whatever suave persona he adopted again. 
August-
"Shootfire, it was kinda embarrassin', honestly. But if
I'm doin' it on purpose, I bet it'll be a bushel of fun."
Tristan-
"How can a monkey not
be just super funs?
It is a monkey."
Ru-
"Well, it's something I can't do yet, and that's for sure, but it's just fantastic. Maybe one day, I'll be able to become a wolf...But will it be a blond wolf? I hope it's black like the hair in my heart! That...that didn't come out right..."
He seems contemplative.
"What do you have to do to transform?"
August-
"Welp, I ain't gonna lie to ya. I had ta be mad as a jumped-up wombear."
Tristan-
Cameron- "But you know, a cute kinda mad."
"I think I heard someone say, like,
you have to be real mad or real scared. I hope learning isn't too rough."
Ru-
"Um...Why don't you make me really mad...I already know what would make me scared...."
He stands in front of the others, waiting for them to tell him something shocking that would prompt... A TRANSFORMATION. 
August-
"That Lloyd made a movie about two lady vampires
and we ain't even been dead A MONTH!"
 
Cameron-
"Dang, bro." Tristan-
"That is still rilly messed up."
Cameron-
"Oh yeah. The Masher dude was real weird about you, said you
had sexual mastery or something? Kinda creepy? U mad bro?"
 
Ru-
"Well, um...that is a little creepy, I assume he means the vampire is sexual, and that is poor taste to have two female vampires in one story at once, and not nearly so artistic but... It doesn't really make me mad, it's just disappointing and a little weird."
He shakes his head.
"I don't think I have it in me. Maybe next time the Crowboys arrive..."
August-
"Heck, ya don't have it in ya? I kinda wish I didn't have it in me.
I wonder sometimes if havin' ta... take donations, if it ain't makin'
me... somethin'."
Tristan-
Cameron- "Aww, I'm sorry. You're a cool guy too."
"Big time. Hell, you can turn
into a bad-ass monkey. Anyway, as soon as the ladies get back, let's get over
to that phone booth and get this mission under way."
Ru-
"Right... Well, being a monkey is really cool! Besides you can climb up anything you wanted to and go wherever you'd like! Even if I was a wolf I'd...bite better and maybe run fast? But probably not climb everywhere and go into windows and stuff."
He seemed to agree to wait for the ladies to return. "Let's see if we can't get some plan together...August is project leader..." And so Ru helped conspire with the boys.
Cameron-
"That's right... lead on."
August-
"Heck, alright then... We gotta have duct tape, 'cause ya need that for
all kinds of situations. An' big garbage bags. Gotta think, what kinda
smell would stay in the office for months, but come out of our wash
quick-like?"
Ru-
"Rotten milk. Anything liquid is a nightmare to get out of carpets."
How did he even know this? 
August-
"We're makin' a shoppin' list for tomorra night! Good one, Ru."
<<BABETTE RETURNS>>
Tristan-
Cameron- "It's rilly fun."
"Hey, where's Chlo? We gotta jet."
Ru-
"The plan is to fill his office with garbage, and then run around as a monkey and make a mess...Beyond that, we are hopefully not duct-taping him to the ceiling or chairs... I want to just lock him out of his office and access through the window. We're all super fast and distraction would be easy."
"How is Vitus?"
Babette-
"Vitus is ... well ... physically more sound than I'd feared. But he seems deeply troubled. Who could blame him? Chloe will be down in a moment. She just had a private question."
Monkeys and garbage - certainly ... creative!
Babette-
"I had an idea, you know. We build a well outside his office. A stone well, shallow and eerie. When he is alone, I will disrobe and hide in the well. Wait until he steps outside. Wait until it's dark. And then? I will climb from the well, with a look of rage upon my face, and point at him. Like this."
 
Ru-
"I'm not sure if we can build a well. Maybe a cardboard box... That would be a good prank for our second target... Maybe not this one. I could lure him out into the hallway pretty easily so we can lock him out and prank his room though!"
He had to admit, that WOULD help augment their ghost ideas.
"That does sound like a promising start to our prank for Lloyd...We were thinking of ideas but having us all as ghosts was my idea... I mean, we can really creep him out with our powers."
August-
"That's fun and all, but we're lookin' at what
we can get done by early tomorrow night."
Tristan-
"So crazzy fun."
They had a point-monkey garbage was quick and efficient.
Babette-
"Maybe we can do the well thing as an experimental film project. You ... want to get in on that, Tristan? Could be fun. Sitting in a well. Together. Where is Chloe?"
She checked a watch she didn't have.
Ru-
"We ideally want Lloyd to feel scared of our spirits and never do something like make money off our deaths again. We need to think of a good way to do that. Maybe we could just cover ourselves in flour and use Shadow Skills..."
Would that be TRUTH AND JUSTICE IN A WELL? That would be a big well.
"This will hopefully be quick and easy, and a little less psychological..."
Tristan-
"Oh yeah, nakkid well times."
August-
"Yeah... Maybe we can do something kinda like that...
Something spooky for Lloyd. Garbage for Randy Rando."
Chloë emerged from the elevator. Her eyes were glassy and her eye makeup was gooped up a bit under her eyes. 
Chloë-
"Hey guys, how's um, how is your plan going?"
August-
"Why just as pretty as pie..."
Soon the revenge crew was away for a night of preparation
and chicanery. Vitus was once more the only vampire in the
entire hotel...
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