77 posts
Prince of Void
Played by William
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Post by goosedTracklete on May 19, 2016 22:24:26 GMT
You look down as a rather short boy your age wraps his arms around your waist. You settle your arms around his shoulder and feel a very strange thing in your chest. Is it the stirrings of this human disease called friendship? Or is it love? Probably not because you're straight, but hey, in SBURB anything can happen.
Let's be honest, it's probably the latent corruption being whisked away.
He pulls away and looks up at you, and you let go. "It's Will, right?" He asks. You realize he'd been talking to you this whole time.
"Oh, yeah. It's Will." You say. "Thanks. For the hug." And for helping me get out of that mess back in my session, you think.
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161 posts
Sage of Breath
Played by Nedben
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Post by telestialGrotto on May 19, 2016 22:26:44 GMT
The meh 5'9.5ish Julie remembers she has an inventory abstraction and acquires a drink of her own. Some rainbowy fluid in a red party cup happens into her hand.
"Aww, how sweet. I'm Julie. Julie Lamarck, native Sage of Breath and current Muse of Time. Nice to meet you."
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143 posts
Seer of Law
Played by Lucy
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Post by wizardlyluminary on May 19, 2016 22:39:25 GMT
You'd managed to get all the corruption hugged out of you by FC earlier, but more hugs still feel nice, if even just as reassurance that you really are back to normal. It's also a great way to express your relief that Will is okay. Even if you don't know him very well or have much personal attachment to him yet, you feel a sort of responsibility for his wellbeing after offering your session as an escape destination and becoming his new session leader, as well as feeling some kind of kinship with him over having just gone through horrorterror-related ordeals and needing hugs.
"It's no problem. If you need more, uh, don't be shy," you say, stepping back a little and smiling a bit shyly yourself. "I'm pretty sure everyone here will be happy to give hugs; after today, there isn't a single one of us who hasn't dealt with corruption."It figures, that you'd wind up in a session where everyone else had problems with corruption, only for you to end up being the one to get corrupted. "Oh, and, um, I'm Mica! In case you couldn't guess. Mica Warrick."
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44 posts
Dame of Mist
Played by Mara
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Post by whisperingAbyss on May 19, 2016 22:41:17 GMT
She didn't quite arrive with the fanfare she could have hoped for. No Maidly flash stepping into the place she needed to be, no cryptic plans to whisper under her breath or Doomed coplayers to make a show out of. Carry the corpse like one would a bride, throw it at the feet of the still living. Always a particularly dramatic and hilarious wake up call to the Alpha Session. Or at least Annalise liked to qualify it as gut-bustingly funny. Probably why she had not, in her fourteen sessions to date, ever rolled Time as an Aspect. Pssh. The Beat didn't know what it was missing out on. All of this.
'All of this', at any rate, wasn't exactly bad. Kinda bony, and every inch of exposed skin was filled in by all manner of foreboding yet somehow insanely cheap-looking tattoos. Shit was straight out of a toddler's first tattoo set. She trudged in, a bit more risque in presentation than Julie, having opted for the showy two piece. Whatever she had to actually show off in the first place. Not bad, not good. A resounding 'meh' from her audience, who sullenly watched her do things not related to dancing on her Knife's Edge like the boss that she was.
"Mortals." She enunciated carefully, lips set into a sour pout and hands on hips in a display of her inherent dominance of the gathering. She would totally have sneered down on them if she wasn't the shortest there. "I see our new coplayer has arrived, and without dooming us all. Yet."
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77 posts
Prince of Void
Played by William
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Post by goosedTracklete on May 19, 2016 22:45:27 GMT
You nod at Mica, and smile at Julie. "Good to meet you. So, where's the rest of you?" You ask, looking around. "Where's the creepy girl, and I heard there was a Troll?" You realize you're standing there in a hoodie on a beach so you pull it over your head and drop it on the ground.
You choke down the feeling of being uncomfortable shirtless, it's something that used to be worse before you started track, but you still feel uncomfortably skinny. You've been working on not letting it bother you for awhile now, so you're able to act like it's no big deal.
"Does everyone know we're meeting here?" Just as you say that, you turn and see a tattoo clad, incredibly pale girl walking up behind you in a two-piece that left very little to the imagination. You blink at her, not saying a word.
You turn, and fold your arms to match the snarky way she laid her hands on her bony hips. "Actually," you say slowly, "It appears I am the only non-mortal here as of now." You look down at her. "Are you always so dramatic about everything?" You look her up and down. "I will admit, those are some nice tattoos."
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143 posts
Seer of Law
Played by Lucy
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Post by wizardlyluminary on May 19, 2016 23:03:42 GMT
"They're not here yet, looks like. To be fair, this is a bit earlier than we agreed to meet," you reply. You blink and quickly look away out of mild embarrassment as Will pulls his hoodie off, glad that he'd still been wearing it when you hugged him. "I'm pretty sure they should know where to go."
As if summoned by the implied mention of her, WA chooses this time to appear, and you go visibly stiff. Ohhh boy, why did she have to get here before FC, or RT? Her manner of dress is, uh, wow, but it's not enough to override the extreme unease she fills you with, especially given her connection to the Others and your experiences earlier today. "Uh... Hi, WA."
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161 posts
Sage of Breath
Played by Nedben
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Post by telestialGrotto on May 19, 2016 23:13:18 GMT
"We are guaranteed eternity by the curse of our non-birth." Julie says sarcastically. "And it seems the whispering abyss is indeed adorned for it."
Then she smiles just for the hell of it, enjoying the show.
"I'm pretty sure it's in whatever contracts she's manipulating the Ring with that she act as dramatic as she wants."
Bored, she flashsteps into the air a few feet and airsteps back down just out of Breathy impatience she hadn't shed, not willing to waste the energy on sharkflight when a party is coming.
"Hah, still got that trick in me."
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44 posts
Dame of Mist
Played by Mara
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Post by whisperingAbyss on May 19, 2016 23:27:56 GMT
Annalise watches Julie's antics with an overt glare. Harlot. The attention grabbing was reserved for only one person at that party, and it wasn't the one in the foppish little one piece. The only One Piece that was acceptable was the one with 500 volumes.
"Please. God tiering is hardly a measure of immortality. It is a temporary boon, as temporary and fleeting as all other things of mortality." So obvious. Annalise sneered at Will's attempt to parody her. Smiled smugly when he offered her recompense in the form of compliment. "They are, aren't they? Tribute to my power and achievements, permanently scarring my mortal vessel. Ever vanishing into the sands of time as well, but by the time this body is dead I shall be beyond such lame means of survival." She flipped her lengthy blonde hair with a practiced roll of her neck. Glanced at Mica. The boy looked ever uneasy. Ever scrumptious. Her eyes looked him over, predatory, then settled back into their sockets in to continue to carry her ever dour and pretentious airs.
"Hello. Is that all you've got to say? Not going to blame me for somehow causing you to flirt with the Glog'oht?" She tisked at the mere idea, one of the innumerable computers somehow hidden on her despite her lack of clothes rung. Multitasking, of course, in deference to her awesome skills.
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77 posts
Prince of Void
Played by William
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Post by goosedTracklete on May 19, 2016 23:33:50 GMT
"Hahahhahahha. Hahahahahahha." You lean over, resting your hands on your knees. "Hahahhahaha. Oh my god. HAHAHAHAHAHA!" You gasp for breath. "Holy shit." You sigh loudly, wiping a tear from your eye. You crossed your arms, amused.
"Wow. Anyways, i'm William, the Outer Prince, at your service." You offer a courtesy and come up smiling. You're in a really light mood, surrounded by new friends in skimpy clothes on a sunny beach. You get the feeling things will be okay.
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112 posts
Page of Void
Played by Ben
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Post by alphanumeric on May 19, 2016 23:39:15 GMT
Upon the arrival of Annalise in her bathing suit, Ben promptly realized that he was not in his. After stepping into the nearest fridge for a quick change, he stepped back out in a pair of gold trunks and a swim shirt that didn't do much to disguise his scrawny chest. He caught the eye of Mica, and began walking over, but not before grabbing an extra drink.
"You look like you need one of these," he said, holding the bottle out to him. "Don't let Annalise get to you, she's just being herself."
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161 posts
Sage of Breath
Played by Nedben
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Post by telestialGrotto on May 19, 2016 23:57:08 GMT
Julie shrugs, finishing her drink. With a flashstep slightly into the air she sets the empty cup on Mica's head as a joke, and then returns back to she was, seemingly not having moved at all unless someone had actually been looking in her general direction at the moment and noticed her doing that. Servant of the Demimonde Goddess she was, being a harlot coupled with much unnecessary showiness was a mindless second habit of hers.
"Well, this'll be fun."
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143 posts
Seer of Law
Played by Lucy
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Post by wizardlyluminary on May 20, 2016 0:04:54 GMT
You catch sight of WA looking you over and your eyes go wide, a shiver rolling down your spine. People don't usually look at you that way, and when they do, it's usually kind of exciting; this is just terrifying. AN's sudden appearance by your side makes you jump, but you quickly shake your head and try to recover. "Um, thank you," you say, accepting the bottle. You haven't had anything to drink but voidshakes today, so this is pretty welcome; you pop it open and take a sip. It tastes a little... strange, but maybe it's just because of the voidy aftertaste in your mouth.
As you move your head, you feel something fall off of it, and look around in confusion to see a cup on the ground. ...What? Are you going crazy now?
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77 posts
Prince of Void
Played by William
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Post by goosedTracklete on May 20, 2016 0:07:17 GMT
You stand there, arms still folded. The conversation interjected with random bouts of messaging eachother on the forums was starting to get awkward. You stand there for awhile before walking over to the fridge that was jutting out of the ground like a monolith.
"Got any booze here?" You asked to no one in particular.
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112 posts
Page of Void
Played by Ben
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Post by alphanumeric on May 20, 2016 0:12:35 GMT
Ben hears Will ask whether or not there is "any booze here". "I'm not sure," you respond, "There are probably some in the fridges, I cant really tell the difference though."
He proceeds to rummage through the nearest fridge, and tosses a bottle of green liquid to Will. "Here, this might be some"
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44 posts
Dame of Mist
Played by Mara
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Post by whisperingAbyss on May 20, 2016 0:15:11 GMT
Why are all of the boys in this session so skinny, so under-cooked? You can go for it, of course, but you like to have meal options. You shrug off Mica, turn away while Julie and Ben are frolicking around him and being so vapid as to be social. Back to Will. you regard him with a noble, haughty laugh of your own. His lasts longer though. It's kind of impressive. Kind of scary. Not like you can ever be frightened by the actions of mortals, you deal with more existential terrors than this during your toilet breaks. You also offer a curtsy in turn, but it is a brief one, and you don't exactly have a skirt to flare. You could mime one out but that strikes you as stupid looking.
As opposed to everything else you're doing.
"Indeed, you are at my service. Outer Prince, is your ARC still at peak capacity from your previous session?" You see the time for the adult drinks has come. From your occult sylladex, retreived with the proper tracing of a sigil of power in air, you produce your favored drink, dripping with what looks like ichor. It's actually virgin corruption. You only go for the real shit when you're kicking back and twisting your tongue over the broodfesters. It's like keeping your drink in a paper bag. Public decency and all, as little as you care for that concept.
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