NEWS

[IC] New Beginnings

  • 1545 Replies
  • 187996 Views

HydroRaven

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2537
« Reply #180 on: <02-02-13/2123:27> »
"Guts, blood and fat? Nothing I never ate before" thinks Clementine. She takes another hearty spoonful of the stew and eats it gingerly. Blackeagle was right: it was all about calorie count and Clem was low in that department. As they say, "hunger is the best spice" and this meal tasted mighty good to Clem.

"I have no idea who would have a grudge against me, but I can assure you they managed to piss me off" answers Clementine to the old man's question. "What I find strange is why would they go through all the trouble of bringing us out here instead of just taking care of us. The more I think about it, the more this looks like an experiment or an audition than revenge for something."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, Twiggy" continues Clementine between two spoonfuls, turning over to look at Heron, "but if someone had used magic to get us out there, which looks like a plausible option, wouldn't there be a scent or something left? I think some mojo man once told me that. Or at least something to that effect..."
« Last Edit: <02-02-13/2128:37> by HydroRaven »
Self thought
Speech
Matrix

Necrogigas

  • *
  • Ace Runner
  • ****
  • Posts: 1477
« Reply #181 on: <02-02-13/2211:17> »
O'Connor stared at his bowl of stew suspiciously, he decided to wait a bit and see if the others suffer any kind of debilitation before eating himself. He simply shrugged at the geezer's question, "I've never been outside Seattle before all this an' all my enemies would've just put a bullet in my head. As far as we know, there's no connection between any of us either." While he waited to see if the stew was drugged or not, O'Connor cut himself a Tarzan-style loincloth.
« Last Edit: <02-03-13/0037:27> by Necrogigas »
"Speech" *Thought* <Matrix> ~Astral~

Characters

Thvor

  • *
  • Omae
  • ***
  • Posts: 990
« Reply #182 on: <02-02-13/2234:17> »
As the second spirit glided towards them over the trees, Sam's first thought was that it was probably easy to make one spirit look like any other. But his second thought was that he was tired, hungry, and didn't really give a damn at this point. Turning towards the canine spirit, he said, "Ok, whatever. Either you're telling the truth, in which case you can take me to somewhere I can eat and rest, or someone's going through a hell of a lot of trouble to make eight people very cranky and paranoid. If whoever you're working for had wanted us dead, none of us would've woken up this morning." Sam sighed and heaved the sack back onto his shoulder. "Alright, Fido. Take me to your master, or whatever. I'll follow."
Colors: Speech Thoughts Matrix Astral

Like sci-fi/fantasy? Check out my wife's books!

Novocrane

  • *
  • Ace Runner
  • ****
  • Posts: 2225
« Reply #183 on: <02-02-13/2339:16> »
After picking at some of the less unappetising parts of a meal that would have given pause if served up next to a troll rump, but not actually eating anything, Ikari stepped over to the hide. Thinking on how he could best craft something out of barghest skin, he did his best at cutting out a pair of shorts, with barghest cord holding the legs & waist together. The slit down each side didn't exactly turn out modest.

"I wouldn't call myself an expert on what magic won't hide, but covering our scent should be easy enough when we move on. The only option I know won't be pleasant, though.

Not that the day had turned up a winning hand to this point, but who needed that rubbed in?

RHat

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 6317
« Reply #184 on: <02-02-13/2350:20> »
"And I guess that's seconded.  Away we go, then?"
"Speech"
Thoughts
Matrix <<Text>> "Speech"
Spirits and Sprites

HydroRaven

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2537
« Reply #185 on: <02-02-13/2357:00> »
"Not your stink" replies Clementine, "I mean a magical smell. I've been told there is such a thing as a magical smell and that there were people that could sniff those things out. Like bloodhounds."
Self thought
Speech
Matrix

Crossbow

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2881
« Reply #186 on: <02-03-13/0015:41> »
The coyote turns and lopes off into the trees, his bouncing gait remarkble only in the fact that his paws never quite touch the ground.

At the campsite, Blackeagle is almost chuckling into the last bits of his stew, "Experiment, huh?  Trying to see how fast naked cityfolk can die in the mountains?  You seen too many bad horror trids tusker, and what would you be auditioning for, 'Seattle's Next Top Porn Idol'?"

There is more than a little touch of crazy that creeps into his laughter as he tells his jokes, but you sense no heat behind his jabs.  Rough manners from being alone most of the time certainly, but no ill will.  He calms down as he finishes his coffee.

"You are talking about a magical trace, and you are right, you all got the whiff of elf magic on you, that's why I keep asking who you pissed off in the Tir.  The border to fantasyland is closer to here than that pissant squat, Yakima." the Amerind says, pointing to the south.
« Last Edit: <02-03-13/0039:55> by Crossbow »

HydroRaven

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2537
« Reply #187 on: <02-03-13/0034:18> »
"Elf magic?" wondered Clementine. She continued eating her stew in silence, pondering about that. "Who do I know has any connection to Tir Tairngire? And who has a grudge against me?" Clementine's mind was full of unanswered questions, which kept her busy and silent for quite some time, paying little attention to the rest of the group...
Self thought
Speech
Matrix

Gorean

  • *
  • Guest
« Reply #188 on: <02-03-13/0338:10> »
Turning from the pelt, Heron strolls over to sit down near the food, helping himself to a bowl.

So does anyone know which day it is then?

Novocrane

  • *
  • Ace Runner
  • ****
  • Posts: 2225
« Reply #189 on: <02-03-13/0408:23> »
"You smell lovely, too, barghest-breath." Ikari replied with a smile.

"Do you happen to know any more about that elf magic, Blackeagle?"

farothel

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 3859
« Reply #190 on: <02-03-13/0658:06> »
"Let's follow coyote then," Sammy said, but privately she wondered.  From what little she knew about these things, coyote was considered a trickster in the native American legends, although not as malignant as for instance Loki had been in the Norse mythology.  But it was like her comrades had said, if they wanted the group dead, there was not much they would be able to do about it, and one direction was just as good as the next.  So she followed.
"Magic can turn a frog into a prince. Science can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with." Terry Pratchett
"I will not yield to evil, unless she's cute"

irisheathen

  • *
  • Omae
  • ***
  • Posts: 339
  • "There is enough time to sleep when you're dead."
« Reply #191 on: <02-03-13/1341:46> »
Johnny followed the behind the group A spirit of man that looks like a beast, what kind of man are we off to meet?
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
-H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Speech
Thoughts
Matrix Speech
Matrix <<Text>>

Crossbow

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2881
« Reply #192 on: <02-03-13/1851:40> »
"Not really, haven't had much call to bother them, and they don't bother me, I am just passing on information." 

The coyote spirit walks in to the clearing and Blackeagle waves the newcomers in and starts dishing up more stew and coffee.  "So none of you folks know each other, is that it?" he says once all are settled.
« Last Edit: <02-03-13/2044:04> by Crossbow »

RHat

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 6317
« Reply #193 on: <02-03-13/2132:09> »
Fionn walked into the clearing, his focus a bit divided as the beam from his lighthouse construct swept across the people assembled there.

"So, would I be right in assuming ye're the one who called forth the spirit that lead us here?"
"Speech"
Thoughts
Matrix <<Text>> "Speech"
Spirits and Sprites

Crossbow

  • *
  • Prime Runner
  • *****
  • Posts: 2881
« Reply #194 on: <02-03-13/2142:30> »
Blackeagle looks at Fionn oddly, then at the coyote lying next to him.  The coyote looks up at the Amerind and then both look at Fionn, "Never seen him before in my life." both say at the same time.