Mecuniv:
Wait, I passed out? I don't remember that! All I was doing was telling you about how I heal fast, and you tried to pour sauce down my throat! Let me go already! This is very awkward!
~ Mecuniv struggled a bit and her eyes glowed a bright yellow. ~
Flint:
Don't try any of that crazy stuff Princess; you'll not like the results it'll bring.
~ Just then, a voice called out from behind. ~
???:
Flint, are you torturing visitors again? Let her go.
Flint [mumbling]:
Stupid Cauter, always ruining the fun...
Steel:
She got some magma spider's silk in her mouth, she went unconscious and a little delirious for a moment. I’ve got some of my sauce just in case.
Cauter:
~Sigh~ I come up here to get some dinner after a long days work and I find that there's more work to be done...
Flint:
Do we still get to use the sauce?
~ Flint continued to hold Mecuniv as tight as possible. ~
Cauter:
Yes, but we're not using the whole bottle. Before we do anything I’d like to introduce myself a little. I’m Cauter, I’m the one who has to glue every one around here back together so they can blow themselves up again and repeat the cycle... ~She sighed and began ranting to herself~ I hate my life...I could have dated more, gotten married, had kids, been a stay at home mom, or do something simple. Hell, I could have been a soldier, but no, I had to learn medicine because I wanted to help people. Back then there were more medics; after the attacks I was the only one left in Alpha Base who knew anything other than how to kill stuff or sand board or be a paranoid lunatic! NOW I have to glue up these idiots and the idiots they send to do idiotic errands, then I’ve got to worry about mishaps and stunts and other ridiculous things! And now visitors! Grrr! And on top of that, I have idiots hitting on me every hour on the hour. I get a couple every so often that asks me to kiss their boo-boos; they end up with a black eye and some
Aspirin. Some of them even get injured just to see me. I have to call them an idiot, glue them back together, ignore the passes and try not to kill them. It gets sooo tempting. Grrr! I hate my life and this job! ~She ran out of breath~ I need a vacation...
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[Current Characters]
[Flint and Steel - Top fire soldiers and current keepers of the base]
[Cauter - The alpha base's lead and only medical professional]
[Mecuniv – Banished princess from Xigon. Devoted follower of the Goddess Nengia, cursed by the Sun God, Palomar]
[Sky and Jet - Questionably competent air soldiers]
[Melody - A friendly young pixie with specialty in music and sound related magic]
[Jezebel - Self appointed head of the pixie group, powers and specialty unknown]
[Lo - Just behind rank of jezebel, powers and specialty unknown]
[Hawk - Dark and unpleasant pixie, powers and specialty unknown]
[Helena - Claims to be the most beautiful pixie ever spawned, rather full of herself and incredibly vain, specialty unknown]
[Maple and Rose - Twin pixies and inseparable, powers and specialty unknown] [Master Zephyr - Grand master of the element of air, relatively pleasant company]
[Libro - Master of knowledge, cursed to be bound in a magical book for eternity to obey jealous masters. Knows almost everything]
[Master Shadow - Master of space and the elements, supreme keeper of the balance, currently weakened and training Mecuniv’s hometown soldiers]
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[Plot]
Mecuniv has set off to find the phoenix and retrieve a feather in order for Master Shadow’s power to be replenished. Then the unnamed evil force can be destroyed by his awesome smite. (But as of right now, she and the pixies are trying to sneak into a meeting they weren't invited to, a meeting which was called to plan the next course of action...)
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Hawk:
~Shook her head while listening to the squabble~ And you call yourselves soldiers? Get over it; you're already giving me a headache...
Mecuniv:
I'll need a coffee too before we set out. Black please.
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Melody:
Uh, I don't think she plans on coming back Mecuniv, at least not before that meeting is over.
Hawk:
I don't fetch drinks for nobody either, I don't care who you are. I am not some errand pixie; I do as I want when I want, how I want, and I won't be given orders from nobody.
Lo:
Come on hawk, you can get coffee any time. We've got the chance to spy on a secret meeting, doesn't that sound cool?
Hawk:
...I'm not in the mood for cool. What I want is my...hot...morning...coffee. Which of those words do you not understand?
Melody:
We need your help...
Hawk:
Well it's a shame I won't be there in your time of need…
Jezebel:
You're being more self-centered than Helena right now, and that’s a difficult accomplishment...
Hawk:
Great, so can I just take whatever trophy it comes with, get the hell out of here and have my coffee?
Melody [to Mecuniv]:
Please help, she doesn’t seem to be listening to us or reason...
Hawk:
Hmmm, okay, tell you what...I'll help you with this now and you'll owe me two favors, deal?
Melody:
That’s not fair!
Hawk:
You’re right, better make it 3 favors. I don't delay my morning coffee- let alone skip it- for just anything.
Melody:
It's not like we'll ask you to do anything very hard, you barely have to do any thing!
Hawk:
I know what you want from me, and you know how much I need my morning coffee. I’ll only help if Mecuniv agrees to the deal...
Melody [to Mecuniv]:
~Sigh~ Just give her what she wants; we don't have time to argue with her....
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Hawk:
Well if there are no more questions, then allow me to present to you- ~ Opened some large, brownish metal saloon-like doors~ -‘The Copper Catalyst,’ in all it's glory.
~ Inside was a tavern similar to an old western saloon, with a few exceptions. The room is several times larger, and the patrons aren't dressed like cowboys. The furnishings are all made of metal (mostly bronze and copper, very well polished, shiny and mirror like), the kegs are the size of a small truck, and instead of spittoons there are open flames. There's also a large magma Jacuzzi in the back right corner. To the left of the door is the bar, its tender cleaning a 5 quart mug. From the waist up, she's a well-shaped young woman with black hair worn in a braided ponytail to her lower back. Upon closer inspection, her other half is serpentine. Coiled beneath her is an estimated 15 feet of sleek, jet black scales, almost as well polished as the metal around the room. There are other unusual qualities as well, such as her neon green slit pupil eyes, long fangs, and forked tongue. Her nails are painted black and sharpened as if meant to cut glass - or rend flesh. ~
Hawk:
VENOM! Long time no see!
~ The bar tender, Venom, looked to Hawk with a grin. ~
Venom:
Hawk! How long has it been - 5...6...7 centuries? I've lost count. It's a shame you haven't come by in so long...
Hawk:
Well, it's not easy going to and from the surface and here you know...
Venom:
True. So what brings you back here?
Hawk:
Business in some form...
Venom:
This have something to do with that worthless imp?
Hawk:
No, not this time. And I thought we agreed not to talk about that vermin…
Venom:
Sorry, I can't remember every thing if it's not practiced often...so are they with you?
~ Venom gestures to Mecuniv and the other Pixies. ~
Hawk:
It's more like I’m with them really, but yeah...
~ Maple began staring wide eyed at a stool. ~
Venom:
What's her damage…?
Hawk:
~Shrugs~ Not sure, she's Maple...
Venom [to Maple]:
Hey! ~Snaps her fingers~ Wake up! You need something?
Maple:
Everything in here is…shiny. So shiny... ~Starts rubbing bar stool~
Venom:
Yeeaahh...So how long have you been hanging around this group?
Hawk:
Too long. They made me skip my coffee, think you got something that can compensate?
~ Venom flashed a toothy grin, her expression understanding. ~
Venom:
Of course I do, what kind of a place would I be running if I didn't?
~ Venom pulled out a 2 gallon flagon filled with a black syrupy liquid out from under the bar and slammed it down in front of Hawk. ~
Venom:
How do you want it?
Hawk:
I’ll take the small one with a triple shot of nightshade - and light it.
Venom:
Sure you can still handle such heavy drinking?
Hawk:
Since when were you my mother? I can take what ever you throw at me, now mix the drink.
Venom:
I just don't want there to be any problems...
Hawk:
The only problem is that I still have cognitive thought. Now fix that.
~ Venom produced 3 ounces of a dark purple mush, poured it into the flagon, and then proceeded to light it on fire with her finger. The combustion caused a bright flash and a strong bitter sweet smell. Hawk quickly grabbed the handle and poured it down as fast as gravity would allow. ~
Venom:
The rest of you are welcome to order what you'd like too - on the house. Any friend of Hawk's is a friend of mine. So tell me, what's your poisssson? ~Toothy grin~
~ Mecuniv looked around the bar for a moment, her eyes lingering on the furniture and Jacuzzi for a second more before looking back to Venom. She tried not to think too much on the joke of the bar tender, even though this certainly looked the place to kill someone. She wondered if anyone would even look up from their antics long enough notice. Trying not to look too uneasy, she smiled at the serpent women. ~
Mecuniv:
My name's Mecuniv and I am a bit curious as to what Hawk just felt safe to swallow...
~ She half-turned to Maple, and let out a sigh. ~
Mecuniv:
Please Maple; we need you to focus...
Venom:
It's mostly herbs, and it's not so much a drink as it is a medicine. It's a very potent stimulant designed to keep the mind conscious so that the body can take in more alcohol...
Jezebel:
Well that must be pretty good for business, if they can drink more, they can pay more...
Venom:
Ideally yes, but...it's not quite a perfected concoction...
Lo:
How so, the side effects?
Venom:
No, there are no side effects. Actually, it increases health almost ten fold…if you can endure it.
Lo:
I don't follow; it doesn't smell like it could cause sickness.
Venom:
It doesn't, it's an all or nothing. You either get its health benefits…or...I lose a customer....
Hawk:
She won't say it out right, it's bad for business. I haven't yet met a better alchemist than Venom, so she know what she's doing.
Helena:
Just tell us what you just drank! For all we know it could have been poisoned...
Venom:
That would be a pretty redundant action, like flicking a match into a volcano...
Helena:
YOU MEAN IT IS POISON!
~ Venom quickly grabbed Helena from the air, holding her mouth shut with one hand and attempted to ‘Shhh’ her, but instead made a light hissing noise with her tongue. ~
Venom:
Don't go shouting that out...you'll ruin my business.
~ Helena nodded and Venom released her. ~
Hawk:
It's a very strong one too; you need to build up an immunity to it slowly to take it in large doses. But even in small amounts, it's deadlier than most regular poisons. It stays in the system for years and it spreads pretty quickly. It's similar to bile, so it aids digestion, kills off pretty much any disease and bacteria too. Alcohol thins it slowly, if I don't drink enough, it'll stay in my system and every liquid I secrete for the next 10 years will be like rat poison. Now, let me drink and stop questioning things that you don't understand!
~ Venom produced a larger mug filled with a citrus-smelling clear liquid. ~
Venom:
So do you want some thing? I can mix pretty much any thing. ~ She looked at Maple, still admiring the stool ~ Can some one make her stop feeling up my bar stool? It's kinda creepy...
Random Bar Guy [slurring]:
I thInk it'z kinDa hawt...can I have a Piece of thAt?
~ Maple stopped. ~
Maple:
Um...no... ~ She hid behind Mecuniv. ~
Helena:
OOH OOH! I'M GAME! I'm better than she is any way...
Bar Guy:
MakeZ no difffrance to mE... ~ He passed out and knocked over a table. ~
Jezebel:
Well, sucks to be you. The one offer you get and he passes out...
Helena:
So what? I can still make some use of him. Rose, if you help me turn him over I'll share...
Rose:
YAY!
~ Venom threw tranquilizer darts at the both of them. ~
Venom:
There's no date rape in my bar, not on my watch...
Hawk:
Though he did give consent prior to passing out...
Venom:
Well, I needed to practice my accuracy any way. They'll be fine in a few minutes...
Hawk:
Damn, I thought you used the long lasting stuff...
Wait, I passed out? I don't remember that! All I was doing was telling you about how I heal fast, and you tried to pour sauce down my throat! Let me go already! This is very awkward!
~ Mecuniv struggled a bit and her eyes glowed a bright yellow. ~
Flint:
Don't try any of that crazy stuff Princess; you'll not like the results it'll bring.
~ Just then, a voice called out from behind. ~
???:
Flint, are you torturing visitors again? Let her go.
Flint [mumbling]:
Stupid Cauter, always ruining the fun...
Steel:
She got some magma spider's silk in her mouth, she went unconscious and a little delirious for a moment. I’ve got some of my sauce just in case.
Cauter:
~Sigh~ I come up here to get some dinner after a long days work and I find that there's more work to be done...
Flint:
Do we still get to use the sauce?
~ Flint continued to hold Mecuniv as tight as possible. ~
Cauter:
Yes, but we're not using the whole bottle. Before we do anything I’d like to introduce myself a little. I’m Cauter, I’m the one who has to glue every one around here back together so they can blow themselves up again and repeat the cycle... ~She sighed and began ranting to herself~ I hate my life...I could have dated more, gotten married, had kids, been a stay at home mom, or do something simple. Hell, I could have been a soldier, but no, I had to learn medicine because I wanted to help people. Back then there were more medics; after the attacks I was the only one left in Alpha Base who knew anything other than how to kill stuff or sand board or be a paranoid lunatic! NOW I have to glue up these idiots and the idiots they send to do idiotic errands, then I’ve got to worry about mishaps and stunts and other ridiculous things! And now visitors! Grrr! And on top of that, I have idiots hitting on me every hour on the hour. I get a couple every so often that asks me to kiss their boo-boos; they end up with a black eye and some
Aspirin. Some of them even get injured just to see me. I have to call them an idiot, glue them back together, ignore the passes and try not to kill them. It gets sooo tempting. Grrr! I hate my life and this job! ~She ran out of breath~ I need a vacation...
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[Current Characters]
[Flint and Steel - Top fire soldiers and current keepers of the base]
[Cauter - The alpha base's lead and only medical professional]
[Mecuniv – Banished princess from Xigon. Devoted follower of the Goddess Nengia, cursed by the Sun God, Palomar]
[Sky and Jet - Questionably competent air soldiers]
[Melody - A friendly young pixie with specialty in music and sound related magic]
[Jezebel - Self appointed head of the pixie group, powers and specialty unknown]
[Lo - Just behind rank of jezebel, powers and specialty unknown]
[Hawk - Dark and unpleasant pixie, powers and specialty unknown]
[Helena - Claims to be the most beautiful pixie ever spawned, rather full of herself and incredibly vain, specialty unknown]
[Maple and Rose - Twin pixies and inseparable, powers and specialty unknown] [Master Zephyr - Grand master of the element of air, relatively pleasant company]
[Libro - Master of knowledge, cursed to be bound in a magical book for eternity to obey jealous masters. Knows almost everything]
[Master Shadow - Master of space and the elements, supreme keeper of the balance, currently weakened and training Mecuniv’s hometown soldiers]
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[Plot]
Mecuniv has set off to find the phoenix and retrieve a feather in order for Master Shadow’s power to be replenished. Then the unnamed evil force can be destroyed by his awesome smite. (But as of right now, she and the pixies are trying to sneak into a meeting they weren't invited to, a meeting which was called to plan the next course of action...)
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Hawk:
~Shook her head while listening to the squabble~ And you call yourselves soldiers? Get over it; you're already giving me a headache...
Mecuniv:
I'll need a coffee too before we set out. Black please.
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Melody:
Uh, I don't think she plans on coming back Mecuniv, at least not before that meeting is over.
Hawk:
I don't fetch drinks for nobody either, I don't care who you are. I am not some errand pixie; I do as I want when I want, how I want, and I won't be given orders from nobody.
Lo:
Come on hawk, you can get coffee any time. We've got the chance to spy on a secret meeting, doesn't that sound cool?
Hawk:
...I'm not in the mood for cool. What I want is my...hot...morning...coffee. Which of those words do you not understand?
Melody:
We need your help...
Hawk:
Well it's a shame I won't be there in your time of need…
Jezebel:
You're being more self-centered than Helena right now, and that’s a difficult accomplishment...
Hawk:
Great, so can I just take whatever trophy it comes with, get the hell out of here and have my coffee?
Melody [to Mecuniv]:
Please help, she doesn’t seem to be listening to us or reason...
Hawk:
Hmmm, okay, tell you what...I'll help you with this now and you'll owe me two favors, deal?
Melody:
That’s not fair!
Hawk:
You’re right, better make it 3 favors. I don't delay my morning coffee- let alone skip it- for just anything.
Melody:
It's not like we'll ask you to do anything very hard, you barely have to do any thing!
Hawk:
I know what you want from me, and you know how much I need my morning coffee. I’ll only help if Mecuniv agrees to the deal...
Melody [to Mecuniv]:
~Sigh~ Just give her what she wants; we don't have time to argue with her....
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Hawk:
Well if there are no more questions, then allow me to present to you- ~ Opened some large, brownish metal saloon-like doors~ -‘The Copper Catalyst,’ in all it's glory.
~ Inside was a tavern similar to an old western saloon, with a few exceptions. The room is several times larger, and the patrons aren't dressed like cowboys. The furnishings are all made of metal (mostly bronze and copper, very well polished, shiny and mirror like), the kegs are the size of a small truck, and instead of spittoons there are open flames. There's also a large magma Jacuzzi in the back right corner. To the left of the door is the bar, its tender cleaning a 5 quart mug. From the waist up, she's a well-shaped young woman with black hair worn in a braided ponytail to her lower back. Upon closer inspection, her other half is serpentine. Coiled beneath her is an estimated 15 feet of sleek, jet black scales, almost as well polished as the metal around the room. There are other unusual qualities as well, such as her neon green slit pupil eyes, long fangs, and forked tongue. Her nails are painted black and sharpened as if meant to cut glass - or rend flesh. ~
Hawk:
VENOM! Long time no see!
~ The bar tender, Venom, looked to Hawk with a grin. ~
Venom:
Hawk! How long has it been - 5...6...7 centuries? I've lost count. It's a shame you haven't come by in so long...
Hawk:
Well, it's not easy going to and from the surface and here you know...
Venom:
True. So what brings you back here?
Hawk:
Business in some form...
Venom:
This have something to do with that worthless imp?
Hawk:
No, not this time. And I thought we agreed not to talk about that vermin…
Venom:
Sorry, I can't remember every thing if it's not practiced often...so are they with you?
~ Venom gestures to Mecuniv and the other Pixies. ~
Hawk:
It's more like I’m with them really, but yeah...
~ Maple began staring wide eyed at a stool. ~
Venom:
What's her damage…?
Hawk:
~Shrugs~ Not sure, she's Maple...
Venom [to Maple]:
Hey! ~Snaps her fingers~ Wake up! You need something?
Maple:
Everything in here is…shiny. So shiny... ~Starts rubbing bar stool~
Venom:
Yeeaahh...So how long have you been hanging around this group?
Hawk:
Too long. They made me skip my coffee, think you got something that can compensate?
~ Venom flashed a toothy grin, her expression understanding. ~
Venom:
Of course I do, what kind of a place would I be running if I didn't?
~ Venom pulled out a 2 gallon flagon filled with a black syrupy liquid out from under the bar and slammed it down in front of Hawk. ~
Venom:
How do you want it?
Hawk:
I’ll take the small one with a triple shot of nightshade - and light it.
Venom:
Sure you can still handle such heavy drinking?
Hawk:
Since when were you my mother? I can take what ever you throw at me, now mix the drink.
Venom:
I just don't want there to be any problems...
Hawk:
The only problem is that I still have cognitive thought. Now fix that.
~ Venom produced 3 ounces of a dark purple mush, poured it into the flagon, and then proceeded to light it on fire with her finger. The combustion caused a bright flash and a strong bitter sweet smell. Hawk quickly grabbed the handle and poured it down as fast as gravity would allow. ~
Venom:
The rest of you are welcome to order what you'd like too - on the house. Any friend of Hawk's is a friend of mine. So tell me, what's your poisssson? ~Toothy grin~
~ Mecuniv looked around the bar for a moment, her eyes lingering on the furniture and Jacuzzi for a second more before looking back to Venom. She tried not to think too much on the joke of the bar tender, even though this certainly looked the place to kill someone. She wondered if anyone would even look up from their antics long enough notice. Trying not to look too uneasy, she smiled at the serpent women. ~
Mecuniv:
My name's Mecuniv and I am a bit curious as to what Hawk just felt safe to swallow...
~ She half-turned to Maple, and let out a sigh. ~
Mecuniv:
Please Maple; we need you to focus...
Venom:
It's mostly herbs, and it's not so much a drink as it is a medicine. It's a very potent stimulant designed to keep the mind conscious so that the body can take in more alcohol...
Jezebel:
Well that must be pretty good for business, if they can drink more, they can pay more...
Venom:
Ideally yes, but...it's not quite a perfected concoction...
Lo:
How so, the side effects?
Venom:
No, there are no side effects. Actually, it increases health almost ten fold…if you can endure it.
Lo:
I don't follow; it doesn't smell like it could cause sickness.
Venom:
It doesn't, it's an all or nothing. You either get its health benefits…or...I lose a customer....
Hawk:
She won't say it out right, it's bad for business. I haven't yet met a better alchemist than Venom, so she know what she's doing.
Helena:
Just tell us what you just drank! For all we know it could have been poisoned...
Venom:
That would be a pretty redundant action, like flicking a match into a volcano...
Helena:
YOU MEAN IT IS POISON!
~ Venom quickly grabbed Helena from the air, holding her mouth shut with one hand and attempted to ‘Shhh’ her, but instead made a light hissing noise with her tongue. ~
Venom:
Don't go shouting that out...you'll ruin my business.
~ Helena nodded and Venom released her. ~
Hawk:
It's a very strong one too; you need to build up an immunity to it slowly to take it in large doses. But even in small amounts, it's deadlier than most regular poisons. It stays in the system for years and it spreads pretty quickly. It's similar to bile, so it aids digestion, kills off pretty much any disease and bacteria too. Alcohol thins it slowly, if I don't drink enough, it'll stay in my system and every liquid I secrete for the next 10 years will be like rat poison. Now, let me drink and stop questioning things that you don't understand!
~ Venom produced a larger mug filled with a citrus-smelling clear liquid. ~
Venom:
So do you want some thing? I can mix pretty much any thing. ~ She looked at Maple, still admiring the stool ~ Can some one make her stop feeling up my bar stool? It's kinda creepy...
Random Bar Guy [slurring]:
I thInk it'z kinDa hawt...can I have a Piece of thAt?
~ Maple stopped. ~
Maple:
Um...no... ~ She hid behind Mecuniv. ~
Helena:
OOH OOH! I'M GAME! I'm better than she is any way...
Bar Guy:
MakeZ no difffrance to mE... ~ He passed out and knocked over a table. ~
Jezebel:
Well, sucks to be you. The one offer you get and he passes out...
Helena:
So what? I can still make some use of him. Rose, if you help me turn him over I'll share...
Rose:
YAY!
~ Venom threw tranquilizer darts at the both of them. ~
Venom:
There's no date rape in my bar, not on my watch...
Hawk:
Though he did give consent prior to passing out...
Venom:
Well, I needed to practice my accuracy any way. They'll be fine in a few minutes...
Hawk:
Damn, I thought you used the long lasting stuff...
