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Post by Chiefy on Jun 28, 2017 12:10:49 GMT
Valatrak shrugged. "I dunno. I don't think our Author is the type to beat people up. In real life, anyway..."
"You know, I heard they were making a sadistic author club in the cabin," Shadow said. "We should make an abused characters club here. Just for all those people out there being tortured."
"Why do we put up with these authors again?" Valatrak asked.
(Because it's the only way you exist.)
"Oh, shut up," Valatrak muttered.
Not that he could really argue, but.
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Post by joyrachsis6 on Jun 29, 2017 20:04:57 GMT
"Um...hey guys...who is that?" Elaine queried, smacking Camryn's shoulder and pointing into a dark corner. "Why does that guy have horns?"
"Elaine, it's not nice to--whoa," Camryn gaped, "she's totally right." The entire sextet looked around, only now seeming to realize that they weren't truly the only occupants of the room.
"What the hell...actually, what from hell is he?" Drew questioned, narrowing his eyes at one of the newcomers.
(They're inhabitants of other stories. You just haven't met them yet.)
"Hold up..." Mattathias muttered, "was that just the two of you idiots super-broadcasting your thoughts or something, or did everybody hear that voice?"
(Oh, don't worry, everyone can hear me. Well, all of you, anyways. I'm not sure about the others, but...)
Jendrome sighed, glaring at the author, who she assumed was somewhere above her. "Great-now we're all going insane."
(You're not going insane...yet...jury's still out on that. Luckily I'm not so insane as to go and castrate a character.)
"Oh, but the organ-eating parasites, that's not going too far?"
(Hey, I had to improvise there-what could I put into water that was poisoned by the moon?)
"For the record, then...your improvising sucks."
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Post by Athaia on Jun 29, 2017 20:49:52 GMT
Burke grinned at Valatrak. "I think the kids like you."
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Post by hollyash85 on Jun 29, 2017 21:16:03 GMT
Crystal did not want to be here. There were plenty of things she should be taking care of and sitting around this strange place was nowhere on the list. They were in the middle of a mission after all when they had been plopped here.
(quit your sulking and hang out here for awhile, I'll get you back to the action as soon as I can. It won't kill you to relax a little.)
Crystal shot a dirty look towards the ceiling then followed the rest of her team in. They pulled a couple of tables together, deposited their oxygen masks in the middle of the table and sat down.
"Well if we are going to be here awhile, we might as well enjoy yourselves. I'll get the first round," Grady walked up to the bar and flagged down the bartender. "I pitcher of your best beer and five glasses."
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Post by Athaia on Jun 29, 2017 21:38:15 GMT
"Oh look, Sea World has come to town," Burke murmured and signaled for another beer. "I thought I heard the pit-a-pat of webbed feet, but I was kinda hoping I had imagined it."
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Post by hollyash85 on Jun 29, 2017 21:55:19 GMT
Grady set the pitcher and glass back on the bar and turned to the man at the bar next him. "It does kind of smell like a zoo in here, but I assure you it isn't coming from my team."
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Post by Athaia on Jun 29, 2017 22:01:32 GMT
Burke sniffed. "Nah, it smells of old fish and stale piss. Must be the old schoner you parked outside the door."
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Post by Chiefy on Jun 29, 2017 22:04:29 GMT
"Hey, horns?" Valatrak patted the top of his head. "Nope, just hair. Look, we ain't all red-skinned devils from hell, alright? Gosh. Sure, some of us are, but not everyone..."
(The red eyes do tend to be a tad distracting. You should've worn sunglasses.)
Valatrak scowled. He turned his attention to the group with oxygen masks as they walked in. More military guys...oh, fun.
"Okay, let's just get something straight here. We..." he gestured to himself and Shadow. "We came here for a drink, not a fucking costume party. Now that we've gotten it sorted, where're y'all from?"
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Post by hollyash85 on Jun 30, 2017 0:29:17 GMT
Crystal saw Grady's muscles tense as he talked to someone at the bar. She had seen him get in enough bar fights to know it was time to step in. "Do we have a problem here?" She fixed her gaze first on Grady then on the other two, making a point to ignore the fact that one of them had red eyes.
"Nothing I can't handle," Grady said.
"Jim we've only just go here and you're picking fights with some stranger," she whispered.
"He started it."
"And I'm going to finish it." She grabbed poured two glasses of beer from Grady's pitcher and turned back to the other two men. "These are on us," she handed them the drinks. "Look we don't want any trouble. We're the combat team on the mega submarine Journey from the planet Neophia. We just got pulled out of mission where we were trying to restore oxygen to an underwater farming colony, so you'll have to forgive him for being a little one edge."
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Post by Chiefy on Jun 30, 2017 0:49:27 GMT
Valatrak took his beer with a mock salute. "Now we're talking. So, combat team, hey? I command an elite combat team. Assault teams, we call 'em. Name's Valatrak. This here'll be Shadow. My CO, this one. Technically anyways. You?"
Shadow gave a brief nod and salute but didn't speak.
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Post by Jendora on Jun 30, 2017 6:55:45 GMT
Yusuke walked in just as the fight was being broken up. "Ah, damn, I missed all the fun." He had stopped by this new bar for a drink after work and he had definitely not expected to run into a crew like this. Talk about strange! Yusuke had seen many weird people that frequented the bars in Japan, but this group...they were way different. It didn't faze Yusuke though. A fight with them would be no different than a fight with Kuwabara; Yusuke knew he'd still win.
(Little cocky, aren't we, Yusuke?)
"Piss off, stupid voice! I have every right to be cocky. I could kick all their asses...with my eyes closed!"
(If only you'd put that much effort into your family. Keiko worries about you constantly.)
"Keiko's fine. What could she be worried about? I provide for her and the kids. Isn't that enough?"
(What do you think, Yusuke? Also, I personally apologize for Yusuke's behavior. He swears...a lot.)
"Oh, go the hell away!"
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Post by Athaia on Jun 30, 2017 7:54:13 GMT
"Pete, why don't you go and see what you can do with the juke box." Virdon's hand was suddenly around Burke's arm and he was - not too gently - turned away from the bar. Apparently the old man wasn't nearly as drunk as he should've been after all those beers.
Burke shrugged and snatched the offered glass from the sailors. "Good thing mom saved your ass, huh?" he whispered to the blond guy as he passed him, and grinned when the other tensed. Well, yeah, too bad the fun had ended before they even had a chance. Perhaps next time. He sauntered over to the old juke box and studied the selection.
"Barry White? Barry fucking White? You gotta be kidding me!"
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Post by Chiefy on Jun 30, 2017 10:08:08 GMT
Valatrak perked up instantly when he heard the newcomer. "Did someone say they could kick everyone's ass with their eyes closed?" His grin widened. "I'll bet on that, buddy! Hah, kicking everyone's ass...that's my job if I can be bothered."
"Valatrak, no." Shadow's hand gripped his shoulder, hard enough for him to get the warning but not so much that it hurt. The half-demon relaxed and turned away again with a scowl.
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Post by hollyash85 on Jun 30, 2017 11:19:48 GMT
Crystal returned to her table. While she had managed to stop the fight, the ego in the room was getting thick.
"Are you alright, you seem tense," Justin said as he handed her a beer.
"Yeah, I'm just not so sure about this place." Crystal studied each of her potential opponents, looking for weaknesses. At least they would have numbers on their side if something happened.
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Post by Jendora on Jun 30, 2017 18:46:18 GMT
Yusuke smirked as he stared at the glass of beer he had ordered. "Ass Kicking was my best subject in school, along with Lunch, Sleeping, and Skipping Gym. So, hey, Valatrak, was it? I can understand if your bodyguard doesn't want you to fight me."
(*sighs* "Yusuke, you'll never change.")
Two women appear. One carries a harp and has scrolls of music notes in an open pack on her back. There is nothing overly special or significant about the second. "We are Jendora's Plot Muses," the woman with the harp and scrolls introduces, "I am Melody. I inspire Jendora's story plots through song. This is Dream. Like her name suggests, she gives Jendora plot ideas through dreams."
"Having trouble with Yusuke, again?" Dream asked Jendora.
("Always. He's always picking fights. He hasn't changed at all since middle school, it seems.")
"Girl, I feel for you," Dream consoled the Author. "He always acts up whenever your Character Muse is out 'people watching'."
("Yeah. You get used to the chaos, though. It's no worse than some of my substitute teaching days.")
A boy in a private school outfit walks into the Cafe. He has a huge smile on his face and one hand locked on a bag resting on his left shoulder. "Oh, wow! Look at all these people! Yukio would love this place!"
("Excuse me for a moment, Melody and Dream.")
The boy continues to flit around the Cafe, taking in all these people that he's never seen before.
("Rin! This is not your story! You're not in my Camp story. Go back to True Cross Academy before Yukio gets upset!")
"Aww...but I want to stay!" Rin whined slightly. "I didn't get to meet everyone yet..."
("You're only 16. You're not even old enough to drink.")
"So...? I'm not ready to go back to the Academy yet!"
("See what I have to put up with? Where are my Character and Fanfiction Muses when I need them?")
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