Character Meet and Greet: Winter Wonderful!

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i.Main Street

Main Street has settled in for January, but there are still Christmas Decorations here and there to liven things up a little bit. Feel free to shop, mingle with the locals or explore the castle grounds.

Though after hours there are still some shadows that venture into the streets. Not everything here is as peaceful as it seems, and it’s best to defeat the corroded trespassers before they cause trouble.

ii. Cookie Overload

Do you like free cookies? Of course! Everyone does. After the Christmas Rush, there are plenty to go around, available only after the sun goes down to any hungry passerby. There are cookies of all styles and flavors. But watch out for the dreader sriracha cookie. It will make you breathe fire in three flavors and gives a bit of heartburn after, but the aftertaste will leave you craving more.


iii. The Eighth Wonder of the World
Now that the jungle has been purified, Apprentices can wander through to explore all the things the jungle has to offer. Take a (still somewhat shambly) riverboat and explore the river, or come to chat and trade with the villagers. (Shrunken heads, two for one special!) But beware. Even though the jungle is purified, it’s not a safe place. In this kingdom of animals, someone is always hungry.


iv. Pin It On Them
Some smugglers are hanging around the outskirts of New Orleans, selling dubious looking items from even more dubious looking bags. Do you buy from them? Haggle? Steal? (not recommended) Or quietly try to alert any sort of authority (good luck) The choice is yours.


v. Battle Mesa Gate
While the jungle may be purified, many other Kingdoms are still seething with corrosion. Erstwhile Apprentices will find such corrosion on the banks of the Rivers of America, right where the jungle river joins in. Fight corroded creatures on the shore and in the water and be careful, they are stronger than they look and cleverer than they seem.

Comments

[followedbyfools]

Those lights are beautiful, Obi-Wan remarks, though with the creature's fixation on eating, he realizes he's speaking to a dyed-in-the-wool predator.

"I don't think you're to my tastes, so no worries there. But what's to stop you from making a meal of me once I'm free, friend?"

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[im_a_hugger]

Scorpia considered that for a moment. "So it's kind of like a party?", she said. The 'eating too much food' part fit, anyway. "Because I totally know what those are. I've even been to one!" Well, two if one counted Princess Prom, but that doubled as a mission. And she... kind of blew it up.

That's okay! You can always play a *little* fast + loose on TDMs. :3

[beancounter]

Fenton tilted his head to the side, a look of confusion momentarily crossing his face. "I'm afraid I don't know what the 'Force' is, but if it's any sort of magic you have back home, you won't have it here. Arriving in the Kingdoms sort of... negates any powers you had before."

Blinking at the sudden blade of light, he stepped back as the man neatly cut the vine and dropped back down to his feet. Wow. He made that look so effortless! Smiling back, Fenton offered his hand towards the man. "Fenton Crackshell's the name, and that was really cool! What is that ... light sword thing?" It was high-tech, whatever it was... That much was immediately obvious to him.

[rathersophistical]

She doesn't bat an eye at his appearance. Please, she's attended many events with animals who wore clothes, walked on their hind legs, and talked. How was this any different?

His first question, on the other hand, gets a sharp gasp and a stern look. "What a rude question. One never eats one's dining companions and certainly never the individual who invited one."

Sorry, she's too offended by the first question to answer the second.

<3

[followedbyfools]

"That may be true, my friend, but what you call a 'Spark' here is very similar to the Force, in that it is connected to everything here that lives and breathes, and binds us all together. In that respect, they may not be exactly the same, but they're close cousins. It's why I wanted to come out here and practice: to see how far my usual talents would get me, and find any handicaps before they became problematic." Obi-Wan spoke calmly and patiently, as any teacher would, and took Fenton's offered greeting. "I'm Obi-Wan. And that ... is a lightsaber, the traditional weapon of a Jedi Knight. Once we become students of the Force, each Jedi creates their own saber as a rite of passage."

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[im_a_hugger]

OK, even Scorpia's admittedly unusual experience, random tentacles sneaking up from underneath tables to snag food qualified as weird.

Now, a sensible person might have been more cautious about potential tentacle creatures under the table, but the words 'sensible' and 'Scorpia' were rarely used in conjunction with each other. So upon seeing the tentacle slip back under the table, her response was to lift up the edge of the tablecloth and peek curiously underneath it.

Oops?

[rathersophistical]

Mary didn't immediately notice that she was being watched. She was rather distracted, after all. But the movement through the glass did catch her eye, changing her focus from looking at the glass to looking through it. It was then that she noticed the bearded gentleman looking at her. He was very clearly acknowledging her and it would be very impolite to ignore him. She gave him a smile and inclined her head slightly. It also seemed very impolite to conduct a conversation silently through glass, especially when greeting a potential new friend for the first time.

Turning on her heel, she strode to the door of the shop and pulled it open. Having no inclination to look over the wares therein, she walked right over to the stranger and nodded again. "Good evening."

[enchantressofore]

"... I am not used to this place, either."

She sighed, rubbing the back of her neck as she looked away from Scorpia. She felt kind-of bad now, if only because this woman was apparently distressed where she didn't need to be. Adela knew she wasn't worth the fuss...

"I... I am more worried that I may have offended by staring. I have never seen a lot of the types of people here before, you being no exception to that. But I promise you that you have not wronged me in any way, all right?"

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[trashylittlesecret]

Richie's just finished up a shift busking in front of the Penny Arcade, telling jokes and testing his new material on the patrons as they wander home with their arms full of cheap prizes from the token counter. One of them had gifted him with a cheap plastic ring and he'd tucked it into the open buttonhole at the collar of his dress shirt. When she spoke up, he turned and grinned.

"Lookin' for the night life, huh? There isn't much, but the Red Wagon's got a hell of a bartender."

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[im_a_hugger]

Scorpia had heard a commotion in the bushes. She wasn't entirely sure what she expected to find when she investigated it, but an upside-down bearded man reaching for some sort of tube-shaped gadget with his eyes closed wasn't it. She just sort of watched for a moment, wondering if the man realized that his gadget was well out of his reach.

When nothing happened after that moment, she spoke up. "So... are you alright there?", she asked. "Did you need some help getting down, or maybe getting your... little metal tube thing?"

[followedbyfools]

"Good evening," he echoed with a note of pleasant surprise. He hadn't expected her to come in - usually when people connected through a shop window in that sort of fashion, the other person just went on their way. "I hope I'm not keeping you from anything at this hour."

[followedbyfools]

It became clear after a moment that the Force was really not with him - or at least, not as much as he'd like - and Obi-Wan let his hand drop down to hang beside him.

"Help would be much appreciated, thank you. It appears my powers aren't what they used to be, here. Normally I'd be able to call my saber right into my hand."

He flashes her a rueful, slightly embarrassed smile, not bothered in the least by her imposing appearance.

[abys_keeper]

He frowns. Pouts. "If something says no, I'm not allowed to eat it." A pause and then: "Can I eat you later?"

[abys_keeper]

...."Why not?" That didn't make much sense to him. "Eating is involved anyway." He pokes a tendril out and tastes what's in the cup and then yelps and pulls it back. "It bit me!" How could it!

[abys_keeper]

"AHH!" Caught! Witness a twelve foot jellymer in a bubble of water frantically try to scud out from under the table. It doesn't quite work and he crashes into the other side of it, sending cookies flying everywhere.

"Don't eat me!"

[beancounter]

Fenton perked up and smiled at being called 'friend', if even casually. It was always nice meeting such friendly people like this. He listened then nodded. "Well... sounds like the Mirror really knew what it was doing when it called you, then. If you're already familiar with this whole type of magic and everything." He shook the man's hand, then his eyes widened. "Oh, wow! Nice to meet you, Obi-Wan. You're a real life knight? But... where's your armor? Or do you not wear that until you're about to go into battle?" He pointed at the lightsaber on Obi-Wan's hip. "You MADE that? You must be very technically skilled. That looks like a really complicated piece of technology." He paused, frowning faintly, scratching the back of his head. The guy had said he was a knight, and the robes he was dressed in looked like something centuries old... but the saber was WAY beyond any tech he was familiar with (and his own suit was pretty high tech, for his time at least). It was an incongruity that befuddled Fenton, but he wasn't sure how to put it to words, or how to ask about it. Maybe that's just the way his world was...?

"Ahh... sorry if this sounds weird, but... what's your world like? That has knights and all, but also high-tech laser swords?"

[om_nom_namur]

Lord a the Sea...

[Namur mutters under his breath.]

Friends with a bottom rotted jelly. Shit.

[He sighs.]

What the hell. Sure. Why not?

[Maybe he's got a rule about not trying to eat his friends.

Then again, he's a jelly. He probably considers the shit he eats his very best friends for filling his belly and giving him life. There's a logic to that, after all...

And he just agreed to it.

Damn it.]

So since we's friends y' gotta dish all 'bout yerself now, aye? Cuz I don't know shit 'boutcha an' that ain't right.

[im_a_hugger]

"You didn't offend me," Scorpia assured her. "I do kind of stick out around here; it's actually sort of weird for me that most everyone here is the same species. Or looks like it, anyway."

"I'm just glad I didn't hurt you; I've been really trying to make a good impression here, but it's.... not going so well." Main Street just wasn't built for people her size, especially ones with tails.

"Anyway... maybe we should just start over?", she asked. "So... hi; I'm Scorpia, and I'm from Etheria."

[nosmallfry]

"You are right, of course, Master. It is better to practice the new things here while we have moments of calm. And you are right about connections as well. Perhaps this would be a good time then, to practice with these... mirror connections?"

What is the point of being like a brother if you cannot sometimes be a brat?

[rathersophistical]

Oh. He's behaving much like a child experiencing the world for the first time. That makes things quite different. Her demeanor instantly changes to that of a firm teacher. She gestures to the seat across from her.

"Sit down. And don't slouch." Folding her hands on the table in front of her, she explains. "In polite society one does not eat anyone. There are specific animals fit for consumption and one needn't speak to them at all. Meat can and should be purchased at a proper shop or dining establishment and prepared by a skilled cook or chef." Satisfied with that explanation, she moves on to the tea. "It did not bite you. Tea is hot water in which tea leaves have been steeped to draw out their flavors and aromas. It is also a term for a light meal typically including small sandwiches or pastries. In this case." She gestures, "cookies. Hardly a proper tea, but one does what one can."

She smiled kindly, "Do you understand?"

[mal_contented]

She rolled her eyes and leaned back, tossing the part she paled in one hand. "Now this, for example, looks important. Maybe you'd like to buy it back? Say... forty?"

[rathersophistical]

Come now, how was she going to become acquainted with the others who lived there if she didn't engage them in proper conversation?

She smiled, "Oh no, not at all, thank you. I was simply familiarizing myself with the town. If you're otherwise occupied I won't keep you, but I felt a proper greeting was more appropriate than a wave through a shop front window."

[im_a_hugger]

"Whoah, hey! Easy there!", Scorpia said attempting to make a placating gesture, though it might not look quite as calming when done with claws. "Not going to eat you! Just... calm down, OK?"

What was she even looking at anyway? The nearest sort of being she'd ever seen to this was certain people from Salineas, but even that was only a vague resemblance. Figuring out what he was could wait though, until he'd stopped freaking out.

[abys_keeper]

He is still trying to figure out the sitting down part. The chair is very small and he is very big and his bell doesn't bend that way. So instead he perches over the chair which is not very tasty so he moves it out of the way and tries to sit as best he can on the ground.

"Dead food is disgusting. It's not tasty at all." Aby ate dead food. Other mers did too. He hated it. "Though cookies are good. I don't know if that's dead or if it was even alive." He tendriled one up and began to munch it. "I don't like tea."

He considers the question. "A little..."

And he watches her. "I guess that means I can't eat you then." Which is a disappointment. "You look really delicious." Munch munch the cookie.

[abys_keeper]

"Crab!" He yelps again and squeezes out, scooting into the air as much he can which isn't much as he stares at her. Startled lights flicker over his skin. He grabs his tendrils and holds them out of her reach.

"Shoo." And then, suspiciously. "You're not?" He was a tasty meal to a big crab like that.