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

Obi-Wan Kenobi || The Wars & The Stars

[followedbyfools]

III. - 8th Wonder

He was still getting used to this thing that was the Force but ... wasn't. He could feel it, just the same, but he couldn't use it nearly as well. Which was why he'd gone out into the jungle to train, and come to find himself at the border where it abutted another piece of Corroded land ... and the dark magic still lingered. A few creeping vines had encroached on a tree from a nearby stone wall, and ... well ...

There may or may not be a Jedi hanging upside down by his ankles, a copious amount of vines around his legs, with his saber on the ground and out of reach. He's got one hand outstretched, his eyes closed, and is not really paying much attention to anyone or anything which might be approaching - or so it would seem.


IV. Pin It On Them

Obi's been conversing with the smugglers for a little while about some engine parts, hoping to help restore one of the jungle's steamships to something that will feel a bit less like it'll shake apart the moment he goes farther than the bazaar. He knows he's being swindled, but there's an easy enough fix for that.

"You know, I think I might take that converter after all," he says, as though he's convinced, and waves his hand a little, dismissively. "You shouldn't need to ask more than ten munny for it."

The smuggler glares. "I told you thirty. Clean the pond scum out yer ears."

Interesting. His brow creases ever so slightly and he strokes his moustache, then tries again. "Yes, but you shouldn't need more than ten."

"I don't care what you think I need, either pay the thirty, or scram."

He doesn't really want to betray the fact that he's only got twenty, but he's not sure his little boat will make it back without the part, and for the first time in years, the Force is not actually with him. At least, not in the way he was hoping it to be. So he tries a different tack, and taps you gently on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but may I borrow you for an outside opinion?"


V. Battle Mesa Gate

The Spark may not quite be the Force, but he's getting enough of a handle on it, and his lightsaber still works. Obi-Wan is working on pushing some troops back from the shoreline, swinging the weapon in wide, humming swaths, the heat of the blade making streaks of glass out of the sand where it touches the riverbank. Any enterprising Apprentices might be able to use them as impromptu weapons or obstacles if they need to. He's on the lookout for any royalty who might be able to purify the Corroded, since he really doesn't want to have to strike any down unless he has to.... but in looking for them, he leaves himself open, and a few other creatures close him in a circle.

He turns, noting the new arrivals to the battle, and gives them a grim smile. "Well, I've had worse odds..."

III

[abys_keeper]

Oh! A dead thing! Keeper can't really hear his song because of the noise of the Land, but he scoots up to see him. Don't mind him Obi Wan, it's just a twelve foot jellymer wrapped in a bubble of water inspecting you.

After a moment, Keeper will wriggle a tendril free and poke Obi Wan on the nose to taste him but also to deliver a tiny sting.

"Hellooooo..." said in a near whisper.

[followedbyfools]

He winces at his concentration being disturbed, but reaches up to grab that tendril gently, in the exact instant Keeper makes contact.

"I was trying to concentrate," he says in an even, quiet tone. "But since you're here - hello." He opens his eyes and smiles, just a touch. "I don't suppose you'd mind passing me that, would you?"

[abys_keeper]

"AHHH!" He's been grabbed! Oh no! Will he be eaten? Should he sting him? The lights flicker uncertainly under his skin. "I'm not tasty." But pass him something. It's a trade. Right? Aby taught him about trades. You give someone something and they give you something back.

"If you let me go and don't eat me" a pause "ever. And I will give you your thing."

III - Because I could NOT resist (Of course I have very few HAPPY icons for him...>.<)

[nosmallfry]

"Somehow I suspect if it were me in this position, I'd never hear the end of it, Master," Anikin said, his lips twitching up in amusement as he looked up at the dangling Obi Wan. "But then you're usually so much more capable at keeping your weapon at hand than I am." Yes, he was having far too much fun with this.

and of course you had to pick this one XD

[followedbyfools]

"Anakin, I know full well I'm not about to hear the end of this either." Obi-Wan raised his eyebrows without even opening his eyes. It was disconcerting that his Padawan had been able to approach without being felt ... the Force acted so oddly here that he felt as though he'd almost lost a limb or a sense. He could only imagine how frustrating it must be to Ani, who felt it so much more strongly.

"It's not so much an inability to keep it at hand as a sudden difficulty in picking it up. If you wouldn't mind?"

Of course!

[nosmallfry]

"You cannot simply use the Force then, Master?" He knew the answer. The lack was almost as strong as the lack of Padmé in this place. So he had to take small pleasures where he could. And fir the first time since arriving he could almost convince himself that he was home, that it would be alright after all.

IV

[mal_contented]

Mal had been watching, amused. She had been out this way on patrol, and had stopped when she saw this little scene. So when he tapped her and asked for her help, she just grinned. "Sure. In my opinion you're both really bad at negotiating. But you're worse than he is," nodding to the smuggler as the he.

[followedbyfools]

The smuggler laughed at Mal's comment, which made Obi-Wan's moustache bristle ever so slightly in discontent. "So you think thirty munny is a fair price for a part that looks like a sarlaac teethed on it, then, young lady?"

[mal_contented]

"I think that if you want to pay less money, no matter what it is actually worth, you need to find something they value even more than money, and offer that." She leaned close to the smuggler with a very Isle smirk. "Like say, getting out of this with their lives..." And she might be palming something expensive looking - comparatively - while playing the intimidation card.

III

[beancounter]

"Ahh, hello there. Were you trying to get this?"

If Obi-Wan opened his eyes, he'd see an anthropomorphic duck looking up at him with a partly-confused, partly-amused look, holding his lightsaber up to him. Fenton had no idea what the thing WAS, but it was obviously foreign to this land, and had probably fallen out of this guy's pocket.

/just realized he won't have it in-game but eh, you live, you TDM, you learn

[followedbyfools]

"Ah! Yes. Usually, I'm able to call it to me, but ... my connection to the Force is far more weak here." He accepted the saber and thumbed the power on, drawing the blade out with its customary thrum before cutting himself down and somersaulting effortlessly to the ground to land on his feet, turning the blade back off as he did so.

"Thank you very much." He put the saber back in its place at his hip and offered a grateful smile, completely undeterred by the fact that he was speaking to a duck in a suit jacket.

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.

III

[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]

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.

[im_a_hugger]

"Alright, just hang on a second," Scorpia said, apparently without realizing the pun she'd just made. With one claw she carefully took hold of the back of Obi-Wan's shirt so that he wouldn't just fall on his head when his legs were freed, and with the other she reached up and began snipping away the vines that had trapped him.

"So you're a sorcerer back in your world too?", she said as she worked. "I guess being able to use magic must feel pretty normal to you, huh?"

III

[serpentinthegarden]

It was just as well the stranger's eyes were closed. He might have heard the snickering demon approach but he wouldn't have seen the ever so smug sneer.

"Practising to be a bat?"

[followedbyfools]

"Yes, I'm afraid I've not quite got the hang of it," the Jedi retorted, still not opening his eyes. He did smile a bit, though, completely willing to see the humor in the situation.

[serpentinthegarden]

"Wings might help."

Crowley suggested as he paced around the base of the tree trying to work out the situation. It seemed a simple vine wrapped around the legs deal to him much like the man had stepped into a hunting snare.

He leaned back against the tree trunk and gave those vines a good warning glare.

"Can you reach the branch over your head?"

IV

[petite_ancient_one]

Well the bazaar was definitely different from the shops found in town. Very much on the more shady side of business, but it was good to know there was such a place. It could come in handy some day.

Amren was walking by when a human male tapped her on the shoulder. It was weird having some many people approach her so casually without fear. Not necessarily a bad thing. It could be nice every now and then.

She arches a brow at him. "What is it that you want my opinion on?"

[followedbyfools]

Fear was not something he did dealings with on the worst of days, let alone something ordinary like this. It was far too dangerous an emotion. He smiled graciously. "My friend and I are having a difference of opinion, and I hoped you might help to settle it. How much would you say this part of his is worth?"

"Brand new, it is," the smuggler insisted of the clearly beaten and worn piece in his hands.

[petite_ancient_one]

Amren knew absolutely nothing about mechanics, but she caught on quick on what the Human male was trying to do. And it was clear that the smuggler was trying to rip him off.

She crossed her arms and gave the smuggler a doubtful look. "That piece of junk? I wouldn't pay half a munny for that."

She turned back to the Obi-Wan and pointed back over her shoulder. "I saw a vendor about twenty stalls down selling actual brand new ones for less then ten munny." That was a lie, but the smuggler didn't know that. Hopefully the Human male will realize though.

Eighth Wonder

[the_child]

A little one was out for a walk when he saw the odd sight of a figure hanging upside down. He tilted his head, making a small curious sound.

[followedbyfools]

Obi-Wan opened his eyes, then squinted at the sight before him. Even upside down, there was no mistaking the tiny green creature. He'd only ever met two like him, and both on the Council.

"Hello, little friend," he said softly. "I don't suppose you could pass me that." He pointed to his neglected saber. "Very, ah ... very carefully, mind you."

[the_child]

He blinked very slowly, processing the instructions. 'That' could mean any number of things, after all. Mando had most often used it in the context of 'spit that out' or 'leave that alone.' Of course he'd also heard others referring to him as a 'that.' It was all very confusing.

He looked around, blinking as he surveyed the ground nearby. There was a particularly appealing rock only a few steps away. Perhaps that's what the strange person meant. He toddled over and picked it up, holding it up for inspection.