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

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[creepyoldguy]

Beetlejuice, being a slightly different type of demon than some of the others who had arrived previously, was probably not all that tasty, seeing as he was dead, and had questionable personal hygiene.

The first shock to the back of his neck got a startled curse.

The second time, he whipped around trying to bite whatever the hell it was that kept stinging him.

[abys_keeper]

"Ow!" He got bit! Something was eating him! In a panic, Keeper sent a jolt of electricity to whatever horrible thing had him in its jaws.

[creepyoldguy]

"OW!"

The demon spat out whatever the heck it was, and glared daggers.

"Knock it off, Sparky."

[abys_keeper]

He whipped his tentacle back to him. Then peeked up above the water cautiously to see what it was. A human. Maybe. He'd tasted very spicy for a human. And like mud.

"I'm not Sparky, I'm Keeper." He frowned. "You bit me. I'm not tasty. I would poison you if you tried to eat me."

[creepyoldguy]

"You bit me first, Sparky." Beetlejuice enjoyed nicknames. And he was a little on the angry side about being stung. His hair turned red ever-so-slightly at the tips.

"You taste like gas station sushi," which may or may not have been an agreement about the not tasty comment. "Poison doesn't do much to me, since I'm already dead."

[abys_keeper]

"I didn't bite, I tasted." He hadn't used his teeth at all. He squorted out of the water a bit to get a better look. A casing of water came with him wrapping all around him. Eventually he was hovering above the water a bit and looking down at the human. "You're not dead. You're skin is still on and nothing is chewing on your insides."

[creepyoldguy]

"Alright, then. I just tasted you as well. Fair is fair."

He huffed, crossing his arms, looking up at the creature before him.

"I'm a demon not a zombie. And trust me. No pulse. Very dead."

[abys_keeper]

He thought about this. "It's a trade." But a painful one. He squorts around to look at the dee mon from all angles. He doesn't know what a dee mon or zom bee are. Except one of them makes honey. "How can you be alive if you're dead? The dead don't hurt."

[creepyoldguy]

"I'm not alive, I'm just existing."

Short of an exorcism, Beetlejuice felt fairly confident he'd be fine. Though, that was probably what his mom would have in mind whenever and wherever she reformed....

"What about you, what the hell are you?"

[abys_keeper]

"I am the keeper of Aby's precious memories, from the crushing deep where the only light is from the lantern lady and the eyes of the ghost fish. Where the bloom rises and the current is gentle and the whales go to sing their last songs. I remember those that fall and those that come and I taste anything the sea has to offer."

A brilliant colorful feathered bird takes that moment to land on the railing of the boat.

"Beautiful." Keeper jots it with a tendril then pulls in the suddenly limp creature and stuffs it in his bell. "Tastes a bit odd though."

[creepyoldguy]

"So. I should call you....Steve?"

The demon watched Keeper eat the bird. "Maybe someone poisoned it?" Beetlejuice suggested brightly.

[abys_keeper]

"I'm Keeper." He thought. "No, I don't taste anything like that. Maybe it's the soft scales." Whatever they're called. "Fins?" He tilted his head. "Scales?"

[creepyoldguy]

“Feathers. Not the most appealing foodstuff.”