[WORLD ONE | DING DONG THE FISH IS DEAD]

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Who: Coven members and the Palai
Where: Celebrating the Uvi going boom-boom
When: Day 67
Open/Closed: Open to All
OOC Note:

The initial setting information found here should be utilized for threads here.

There's no official OOC account for the Palai people. You're free to roleplay their actions and reactions on your own, as in depth as you want -- asking questions, hand-waved interactions, becoming best friends. The new world is your oyster!

For decades, the Palai have had to deal with the threat of the Uvi invading their homes, killing their families and returning 30 days later. After the coven found their way to Aimintas, the Palai found that the threat wasn't so...threatening. After the last attack, with many more Palai lost as compared to previous Uvi instances, some Palai had lost hope. Now, after seeing their nemesis blown to bits and falling out of the ocean, their faith in safety is restored. While the Uvi are still committed (by and large) to learning more about barriers and other forms of safety, the time for focusing on serious things has passed. It will return, but tonight? They celebrate. Unlike their last, shrimpy festival, this party has a lot more going for it. The Palai have had time to process the events and prepare themselves for a grand celebration. The Palai know how to party, but you ain't seen nothin' like this. A ▢ As a birthday tradition, the Palai give the birthday lizard a special concoction. It contains Elto energy and a combination of found herbs that can easily be located in Aimintas. When these herbs are combined with the Elto energy, they create a sort of...hallucinogenic experience. It's supposed to feel extremely relaxing and give the Palai pleasant visions, but in human bodies it's essentially just getting high. There are vials of these being passed around like candy, so don't worry about anyone running out. B ▢ Despite the adults getting lit, there are obviously a lot of baby Palai on the lose. Responsible coven members who have their own babies will have the ability to let them run wild and play with their lizardy cousins. If you want to spend time with your baby, the nursery caretakers have platters of crackers with mushy foods adorning them -- these are essentially candy to a tiny Palai. They may also be tempted by other foods present at the festivities, but you can avoid them getting a tummy ache if you have a watchful eye. C ▢ Speaking of food, there certainly is a lot of it. There are large grills being heated by the newly found bone structures. These hold shrimp and fish, grilled vegetable skewers and other foods. Instead of the Palai doing the serving, the coven members and other Palai are instead encouraged to utilize their own raw ingredients (which includes several large sharks, dolphins, etc.) in whatever fashion they choose. It's essentially a "build-your-own-kabob" station with no limits. D ▢ Because the party is lasting on into the night, some Elto have decided to light the marketplace with some of the bone structures they found by powering them and inserting them into small cloth bags that they then magically levitate around. While they provide a powerful light source that can increase the party's longevity, they're also floating live wires. Bump into one of these and you'll get a nasty shock! This is doubly concerning since Palai babies are fascinated by following these floating "toys." E ▢ The Palai, feeling more familial and supportive of their ideals than ever, haven't let go of the whole family/romance pushing on the coven. Their newest attempt is a bit of a prank (probably due to high Palais) who have taken magic bone structures and tied thick strings to the spines that poke out of them. At the end of these strings are loops that they're quickly slipping around the wrists of coven members they find. You may find that you're suddenly magically connected to someone -- or two other people if you're lucky enough -- by a magical thread that's VERY hard to slip out of or break. F ▢ Wildcard Part 1: Other previous party prompts can also be considered here, from the rolls that make magic go haywire to the aged liquor that causes a bit more than a headache. G ▢ Wildcard Part 2: Any prompt you like!

Comments

[teratias]

C. SHRIMP. HEAVEN. NOW.
In truth, Waver wasn't sure about the turn of events. Sure, the Uvi were gone, but there were a lot of unanswered questions remaining as far as he was concerned. Where did the Uvi originally come from? Sure, the Palai had figured out some very good use for the structures, but could that be trouble down the road? What would become of their dead with this kind of power?

Most importantly: were there other groups of Uvi out there?

All of these were questions that gnawed on Waver's mind as he made his way through the festival. The Palai had outdid themselves, but the one thing Waver was intent on (in no small part because who knew what the food situation on the hub would be) was eating his fill. The kabob station in particular had his attention, and Waver was soon walking away with an ungodly pile of shrimp paired with an equally alarming pile of fish next to each other with no care for say, anything like vegetable on there.

"Hm," he said to himself, looking around for a table. This wasn't the kind of plate one could eat on the go. Everything would just fall off.

E is for Entwined!
He probably overdid it on the protein, in retrospect. Waver was moving around the festival slower than before, having overeaten and then some. He was not proud of himself, and he was not proud of the fact his capabilities seemed duller.

No small surprise that Waver did not feel a loop slip around his wrist. When he did, Waver's first reaction was to flail wildly, and his second was to yank on the string, hard, furious.

"What the hell is this?!" he demanded, like the string was going to give him an explanation. "Come on, we just had a big fight don't tell me this is some weird Uvi sneak attack!"

[hydrostorm]

The Uvi? Kiddo, this is all the creepy lizard people's doing.

[ guess who is attached to you now, waver. spoilers: it's your favorite person ever. she gives her wrist that is decidedly fastened to his the most unimpressed stare ever. ]

[teratias]

[GODDAMNIT.

Well okay, it isn't Velvet 1.0 so, could be worse. But still.

Goddamnit.]

Ugh. I thought they had given this up after the speed dating thing...

[hydrostorm]

Geez, don't remind me of that...

[ that was a nightmare. ]

Talk about your meddlesome matchmakers.

[ says the witch. ]

[teratias]

No, you first!

[hydrostorm]

A lady doesn't kiss and tell.

[ a belligerent wink! ]

Anyway, I'm not that interested. I'd rather figure out how to fix this little bump in the road.

[ she gives a yank on her wrist. ]

[teratias]

Well I didn't even have that happen so there's nothing to t-- don't yank!

[Waver manages to keep his balance in spite of things, but his arms flail wildly, nearly whacking into her.]

It'd probably be easier to examine the wire work first and how these closures were made.

[hydrostorm]

[ you're quite the trip, kid. quite the trip. ]

Annnnnd how lucky were we at achieving that during speed-dating?

Alas, we'll just have to let this run its course and be stuck for the night as star-crossed lovers.

[teratias]

[He's going to ignore that. Entirely.]

Don't be ridiculous, there's probably a way out.

[Waver pauses, holding up his own wrist to examine the string. He tugs it, only to be rebuffed.]

We just need to figure out the right kind of magic to undo it. Brute force probably will be useless.

e.

[deem]

[Waver can yank all he wants but 9S very likely weighs twice what he does and for all that effort he barely budges.

Just give him a moment to process this.

And then bury his face in his gloved hands]

Not again...

[Stop trying to pair him with humans seriously]

[teratias]

[Meanwhile, Waver has yanked and ended up flat on his ass, so his primary goal is to pick himself up and not look like too much of a fool. He starts to dust his rear ff before hearing 9S's voice and...

...worse people to be stuck with, Waver supposes.]

They're really insistent, aren't they?

[deem]

[Worse people to be stuck with indeed. Once 9S is finished with his frustration at being caught off-guard more than once by these lizard folk when sneaking around's what a Scanner survives on, he offers Waver a hand to help.

The one that's not stuck to him already, anyhow]

I can't believe how determined they are.

[His tone's a little rueful for that. Seriously, of all the priorities to have]

[teratias]

[Waver takes the hand gratefully, before letting out the kind of sigh that should be made by someone much, much older than his 19 year old self.]

At this point, I think I can. It's just annoying now.

[deem]

They could really use some hobbies...ones that aren't centered around us.

[He's not even sure what kind of criteria the Palai are even using to decide who ought to be locked up with whom here. Is the only requisite that they've interacted?

It's the sort of thing he finds himself really wondering about]

[teratias]

...I don't think that's going to happen.

[They're special, special lizards.]

But I do think we can assume we won't be here for much longer.

[deem]

Because Qri finally said what she wants, you mean?

[Though that word us used loosely. She didn't so much say it as jolt it through his mind, and he expects it must be true of others.

While he's speaking, he levels his free hand over their wrists, bending his focus on the device holding them together amber light bounds between his palm and the restraint for several moments...

Before it simply drops off. Finally, something is hackable]

Geez, you'd think they'd stop trying with me.

[teratias]

Yeah. I mean, we know what we're after for once which...is nice, if not a little creepy. It took this much of a run around to find what she wanted, like all of our actions were calculated to wreck the Uvi.

[Waver stands back, letting him work. He is thinking of something, clearly.]

I know. But I don't think there is going to be any stopping until we're gone

C. WAVER PLEASE WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS

[sealeted]

Need a hand?

[Hakuno half-stands at her table, waving him over. She, too, has an impressive amount of food laid out for herself, though not quite as much as him. And far more balanced, nutritionally speaking.]

[teratias]

[Waver goes a little red, because no one needs to see him pig out but...

ah hell, it's Hakuno. The fact that that's his reaction says an awful lot.]

Yeah, if you don't mind. I don't want to try and stand and eat all of this.

[sealeted]

Definitely not. It tastes too good to waste.

[Hey, for a self-conscious teen that's like three tiers of trust and solidarity conquered.]

Here, let me just rearrange a few things...

[...and there—plenty of room for his one-man buffet.]

[teratias]

Exactly. And it isn't like we can fish back on the hub.

[Ugh, more boars. Waver sits himself down eagerly, and okay. He's not going to eat like a pig, but he's really, really tempted to.]

Thanks. If you run out, you can grab off my plate till it's empty.

[sealeted]

Thanks, but I'm always careful not to over-eat. I had...

[She shivers.]

A really bad experience once.

[teratias]

...Okay, ignore my previous offer then.

[No one in their mind will ask about that while actually eating.]

[sealeted]

It's the thought that counts?

[Probably.]

Well, either way, it's all good. You're going to enjoy this, I think.

[teratias]

I thought I'd be sick of shrimp at this point, but apparently not.

[Speaking of, he's going to start chowing down on a few shrimp.]

I suspect we'll be leaving soon, if this is the end of the Uvi at all.