ChaRP! The Fated Fourth of July Party! July 4th and July 5th, 1PM EST to 4PM EST!

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Come one, come all.

We say it once and we'll say it again.

This is the most happening party.

Sure- The Christmas Party got ruined by a gremlin and a supernatural hunter

And The Field Trip had demonic sacrifices,

The Escape Room was a mess as well,

And a Leprechaun ruined St Patty's Day

And Jack ruined the Easter Holiday party.

But this one-

Fuck.

Who let that flag touch the ground?

Great- here come the spirit of !776.... Oh and Jack, lovely.

Guess we should have known better.


EVENT INFO.

Who: Everyone is invited. You can make character sheets if you want.

What:
You are someone who was invited to the party

When: July 4th, 1PM EST/12PM CST. This will end at 4PM EST.

Where: This RP will have a ChaRP room once it's ready.

HOW: This is a Action High Fantasy ChaRP with improvised GMing. That means you should interact with each other. There are definitely going to be moments where you can work together ( or against each other depending on who you plan to play). There will 100% be In game consequences.... so choose wisely, because I promise you one thing. This party will be a disaster.

If you need any ChaRP tips, this ChaRP will follow all the tips Diana gives. Otherwise have fun.​
 
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Oof! I'll likely be drunk as hell on the forth, so you can expect me to be passed out most of the fifth... I won't be up anywhere close to the start of this :'[
 
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Viaeny Aster Newcomb
Age:
15
Year: Freshman
Position: Reporter for her school newspaper
Reason for Coming: After an encounter with the spirit of a cursed book, she was given an invitation card as a clue on her quest for the Greatest! Story! Ever! ...the existence of real magic!
 
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Name:
Lliira Lockwood (of the Edinburgh Lockwoods)
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Bio:

Lliira's parents are obsessed with Success, both economic and social. So naturally it was a great disappointment when their daughter turned out to be, not a winsome debutante or even a hard-driving would-be executive, but a shy, bookish girl with a nervous stutter, whose taste in books centered on the occult, the arcane, and the strange. Her albinism was only an icing on her cake of...well, let's not say failure, that would affirm the negative, and the first step to Success is a positive mindset!

Unfortunately, no amount of positive affirmations could prevent the prep-school girls from eating Lliira alive. Nor could they prevent her from retreating ever further into her studies and meditations and...shall we say...unusual practices involving wands and candles and chalices and such? Spirituality--yes, we'll call it that, because her mother and father rarely had time to attempt to steer her toward more practical pursuits, and it wasn't as if an owl was going to show up with her invitation to Hogwarts.

The governesses she grew up with couldn't be bothered to help much in that regard. I suppose they might say they weren't paid well enough to truly raise Lliira to become someone who mattered, rather than leaving her to her own devices as long as she was never a behavior problem they had to deal with. Besides, it's not as if a governess could be a proper model of Success now, is it?

And so, while she got nearly perfect grades in school, she never managed to have any friends or be invited to any parties. Instead, as she entered her teens she began using her spare time to study dead languages of all things: Latin, Greek, ancient Egyptian, and Sumerian, so she could read peculiar old texts in the original. For a time, her parents didn't really know what to do except indulge her interests and hope it was just a phase she was going through, one she might perhaps grow out of as soon as she started to become interested in boys. Unfortunately, prep-school boys were at least as nasty to her as prep-school girls if not worse, so Lliira never developed any crushes.

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Her 16th birthday came and went with no signs of improvement. There was really only one thing her poor mother and father could think of to do: arrange for her to spend some time with her aunt Fiona in America, during the lead-up to Fiona's great New Year's Gala. Everyone who was anyone was going to be there, and surely there could be no one better than Miss Fiona Lockwood to prepare Lliira for her high society debut.

This turned out to be something of a disaster, but for some reason, no one wanted to talk to any of the society page reporters about events at the Gala, and at least Lliira received no blame. In fact, her life went back to something approaching normal, until her prep school arranged a field trip to explore the Paris Catacombs. Trapped underground by an earthquake, she was confronted by a mysterious cult leader who seemed to want to recruit her.

This terrifying encounter only strengthened Lliira's tendency to hide away and keep to herself. But Aunt Fiona has the perfect answer to her niece's self-isolation: a great big New York-style party for that happiest and most harmless of holidays--St. Patrick's Day! What could possibly go wrong?

Weeelll, it turns out that when the hosts happened to be showing off a stolen pot of gold from a Leprechaun, quite a bit! But then, things can also go right. For one thing, Lliira got to meet an actual Leprechaun, which isn't something that happens every day. Thanks to her familiarity with Celtic lore and the Fair Folk, she was able to prevent conflict between the Leprechaun and the party-goers from escalating.

Well, sort of. With help from Jaxob, Michael, and a handsome young man named Tholby, the party ended without any lasting harm. And, she received an invitation to their next big event, a fete for April Fool's Day and Easter. Aunt Fiona was delighted, so of course she could go.

The High Strangeness of the Campbells, April Fool's Day, and the celebration of springtime and fertility all in the same Easter basket...so she was not exactly surprised that it led to an encounter with Jack, a powerful and capricious trickster spirit. But thanks to quick, and rather violent action from a girl who, like Lliira herself, seemed fate-bound to these increasingly Fortean fetes, Jack was defeated for the time being.

Then Lliira received an invitation to a Fourth of July party that seemed certain to go off with a bang....

Personality:

Lliira is painfully shy, and very quiet. She even moves with an eerily silent grace, so that she seems to appear and disappear like a spirit. When not forced to wear a school uniform, she wears flowing gowns and hooded cloaks (the latter shield her from sunlight, which burns her easily). She has a soft voice with a Scottish accent. All together, it is as if she is an exchange student from Middle Earth.

She always has a book with her, usually some obscure arcane tome, like the Grimoire of Abramelin the Mage, a volume from the Vedas, or a copy of The Corpus Hermeticum or the Enuma Elish with interlinear translation. When she does not expect to encounter other teenagers who might maliciously take it from her, she also carries her journal, a leather-bound book containing mystic diagrams and writings in a cypher based on the Voynich script, along with blank pages remaining to be filled.


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Abilities:

Lliira has never told anyone that she can see auras, and feel the presence of magical currents such as ley lines and the delineation around a consecrated space.

Her spell-casting does not always work, but when it does, it results in a synchronicity that provides her what she hoped for, or perhaps something unexpected that turns out to be better in some way. On occasion, she has been able to cause people to not notice her for a time (a challenge, given her distinctive looks), or just leave her alone.

She can see nature spirits, but has had little opportunity to try to interact with them, since anyone seeing her talking to something they couldn't see would surely regard her as insane.

Her Tarot readings can sometimes warn her of trouble ahead, or provide useful insights into herself or others. However, they are always subject to interpretation, so she is not infallible.

From time to time, she may have a dream, vision, or flash of insight, though these are not things she can conjure at will. They too are subject to interpretation, and operate according to the alien logic of the supernatural, so they do not always provide straightforward guidance.
 


Name: Rosemarie Holtzer
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Occupation: High School Student

Personality: Rosemarie is overly confident, stubborn and sounds like she's always bored or annoyed by something. To say that she acts spoiled like a princess would not be wrong, actually. With her high standards and efforts to be the best, most responsible and organized at everything she does, Rosemarie's demeanor is incredibly nobility-like despite not being from a noble family at all. It also infuriates her when her efforts aren't acknowledged and the girl dislikes any displays of lack of discipline.
On social events, the Holtzer's daughter knows exactly how to carry herself with grace and manners, doing her best to be the most pleasant guest ever, paying the utmost attention to whatever is being said. Internally, Rosemarie really doesn't want to be there at all and wants no more than to go back home and finally play some games. These kind of events are boring.

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History

The day her father decided to try politics and won was Rosemarie's doomsday.

Robbed of her privacy at an early age, the young Holtzer was quickly thrown into the life of image keeping and paparazzi, coming to learn that once her cuteness factor of being a toddler was gone, the opposition would use her behavior to paint her father in a bad light. The daughter of the mayor couldn't be brash, the daughter of the mayor couldn't be mean or the news people would talk. On her accord and no one else's, Rosemarie took it upon herself to be an exemplary human being, a true princess out of fairytales. Gentle, helpful, the possessor of impeccable manners and grace. She had hoped that the act wouldn't last long, that the bad rumors would stop and everything could go back to normality soon, but that wasn't what happened.
Guilbert Holtzer was re-elected, kept climbing the political hierarchy and even when he wasn't actively a part of politics, had clearly become quite the influential man.

Now stuck on a cage of her own making, Rosemarie was forced to play along, acting on the role for long enough that her original personality started fading away, blending with this character she had constructed. The tomboyish toddler that had once been was overwritten into a charismatic, feminine and properly educated lady. The kind of queen bee that ruled the school by being the epitome of perfection and responsibility. Eventually said 'title' had begun going over her head, the new Rosemarie had high standards, was incredibly demanding and way too confident. But at the same time, nurtured big amounts of frustration and regret, giving birth to a volatile, explosive temper that was becoming harder and harder to keep in check.

That's when she met MMO RPGs. Not having tried a game yet for deeming it too barbaric and a waste of time, Rosemarie had bought a PC game in curiosity. The ad for the game, claiming the experience to be like living as a different person had caught her interest. It was love at first sight and exactly what she needed. In the world of the game, the girl had been free to act as she wanted, using the experience to unwind and release all of the pent-up destructive energy she had been building up! Killing things was fun! Completing quests gave her a sense of accomplishment that her life had long been drained of.

To say that she was hooked would be an understatement.

From there on, Rosemarie would go on to try all sorts of similar games, hopping from a title to the next one the moment the experience got any dull to her. The thrill and the excitement were a must!
With her father now taking the role of Senator, Rosemarie is more than never living a double life: The perfect example of a daughter to the outside world and an unstoppable, insatiable, impulsive player in the gaming world.

Recent Happenings: Having to attend to the Campbell's Christmas party as a stand-in for her very busy dad, Rosemarie found herself making quick acquaintances with the host's son, Jaxob who turns out was just as bored over having to attend as she was. Unfortunately, their conversation in the kitchen and far from any adults so they could act as themselves got interrupted when the lights in the house all went out, plunging the whole group into darkness, enough for somebody to murder the event's host.

Failing to understand that Jaxob had two dads and one them had just been killed in front of them, Rosemarie was mostly unaffected by the events at the start, playing detective with the invitations and guest list but otherwise not making huge progress on the investigations as both the remaining dad and son turned to be extremely unhelpful on the matter. Tensions rose as the murders continued happening, the young lady eventually hitting her limit as it seemed that all of them had just as much risk as being the next-
Or so she had thought as the culprit announced he was letting the survivors escape and everyone that was supposed to be dead had already been dealt with. Such, not good but acceptable news were them subverted by a member of their own group deciding that none of them could make it alive, which was wrongly interpreted as him having been an accomplice the entire time and not just a complete of a nut-job.

Things proceeded to get even weirder as Jaxob somehow bent the laws of well, everything and had the dead pin the crazy man down, to which Rosemarie responded with a knife to his chest in desperation for remaining alive. Then everything went back to normal, no one was dead and she was left wondering whether it had actually happened or maybe she had been playing too many games and hallucinated the whole thing. One thing was certain though, maybe she should start carrying a weapon with herself from now on, just in case she needed to defend herself again.

The historical tunnel trip turned to be similarly a disaster, with Jaxob messing with things and causing it to collapse, to apparently being against some cultists, stopping Ricky from killing somebody and more having to run away because the tunnel was rumbling and falling apart again. Having to be rescued by the murdered of all people was the last thing that Rosemarie wanted to be indebted with, but here we are. There's something definitely up with the people, she is pretty sure of it, but what was still to be determined. Jaxob was weird, but she'd be lying with she said it was a super bad kind of weird, aaaand the thrill was kinda fun too. Talking about fun, an escape room! Now we're talking, it was going to truly be like a game come to life!! This time she is already anticipating everything going wrong though as this seems to be the pattern in the making...

Kyaaa~! It's here! She loves iiit! It's so similar to the ones she has in game! It's a bit on the heavier side though... Oh well, you can't feel the actual weight of weapons through VR, but still eeeee, so excited! Weirdly excited, she should definitely tone it down a tad, tehe~ Mary bought just one of them for now though, for testing purposes, and to not make the expense too suspicious on her family's budget. Aaah, but it's already soooo worth it!! Something definitely told her that she shouldn't be looking forward to needing it this much, though...
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Names: Nolan Adkins [喜び (Yorokobi)]

Aliases: Nol, Nolly, Nolley, Ad, Kin, Kinny [Kobi, Kobey]

Gender: Male

Ages: Sixteen [600+]

Species: Menreiki

Profession: Circus Clown

Description: Nolan looks like a blonde, 4' 8'' tall teenager, with blue eyes and an infantile and frail-looking physique that would prompt anyone to think that he's slightly younger than he actually is, or was. That, however, is nothing but a spirit-like projection. His true body consists solely of an Okame Noh mask, that he'll always be 'wearing'. When it is not being worn side-ways on his head, it is guaranteed to be tied on his back and hidden away by clothing.



Nolan Adkins had been born prematurely with a weak, fragile health. As if that wasn't bad enough, in the early years of his life, a strong respiratory disease had harmed his lungs to the point that little Nolan had acquired an incurable Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and needed to be constantly plugged to life support to live.

Ever since he was 4, a hospital room had become his world. All he had ever know were from books his parents brought him occasionally, souvenirs from trips, the radio and hospital crew conversations. He never had the opportunity to attend school and make friends but, several relatives came from very far away to visit him every month. They looked happy, they smiled but somewhere deep inside the boy knew they were hurting. That by being there, in such a condition he was hurting them, keeping his loved ones from moving on. At the same time, though he was able to read about the world and look at pictures, it would also bring him immense pain to not be able to see them in person.

At his sixteenth birthday, the teenager had decided that it was enough. Arguing and discussing ensued as Nolan begged at his family to please pull the plug on him. This was not a life worth living and the effort others kept making to pretend everything was fine... It hurt to see them put on happy faces when they were, in fact, miserable and worried. Both he and his relatives needed to move on. Eventually, they obliged, granting him a last wish of singing at his passing instead of crying. His favorite Christmas carol echoed through the hospital halls that afternoon and he felt loved as his short life slipped away without the help of the machines.

But it was not the end.

One of the souvenirs Nolan had received in life was an odd oriental mask, bought from an old man that had been clearing his attic, and hung on the room above the bed. Yorokobi as it called itself, was an Okame mask once used in actual Noh theatre performances, before being stored away in a chest for hundreds of years, forgotten. Longing the warmth of the stage-life again, year after year after year, it had eventually gained a conscience of its own. From the wall in the hospital room, it had watched the boy's struggle attentively, instantly noticing the similarities of both their situations. Nolan, a human with a flawed body, trapped in between 4 walls to guarantee his survival, and it, the Menreiki dreaming about a life in the outside world that it without a physical form, a way to disguise itself would never be allowed to have... Two tragic beings, stuck in a position they despised.

Maybe that's why when the human had begun to leave the physical realm into the spiritual one, Yorokobi had decided to intervene. A soul calling for another, thinking that this kind of ending was rather... dull. The boy deserved more than that, especially after those lonely nights, feeling like a burden, wondering why he was still there. The wishes of one and the other would overlap, mix, merge. Two became one.

After Nolan's passing, all of his belongings got given and sold away because they were too painful to see. After passing by a couple of hands and storage boxes, the mask had ended up in the display of an antique/souvenir shop where for the first time, unwatched and in an ample space it could roam and begin making sense of the world around him. With no memories from before, Nolan would fiddle with objects and books around the store having to re-learn a lot of things. As such, those were often found moved out of place, or just slightly skewed from their initial positions in the morning, which the owner started attributing to themselves forgetting they had done such thing.

Then one day they left, ready to explore the world outside the store where an unconscious longing for performing would lead Nolan to a travelling circus. Nowadays, it is his home, both a way to satiate the stage-life itch and a ticket to see the world, including all of the wonderful things on it.

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Recent Happenings: Sneaking on a New Years party that he wasn't truly invited for, but so deeply wanted to experience, --because let's be honest who even knows anything about him? Or pretty much everyone in the circus, like come oooon!--, Nolan had a great time going all over the place and looking at everything that was so new and yet also oddly familiar to the duo. Eventually backtracking, remembering that people were supposed to leave gifts by a table, the excitable blonde had taken a while to consider what to give up, leaving a diabolo set and some candy for the hostess before being off on his merry way again, believing that to be an adequate gift because hey, it was one of his favorite objects to fiddle with!

His stop by the fireplace, where they had promptly sat down close to admire it, turned out to be way too nostalgic and pleasant, in turn making the whole of the party just as happiness-inducing as Yorokobi's power had been triggered unknowingly. Such a mishap had ended up calling unnecessary attention to the duo, with Lliira, Fiona Lockwood's niece, apparently being sensitive to magic and realizing something was amiss. Unfortunately, before the pair could find a place private enough for explanations, things were definitely getting weirder than normal. A confirmation from the girl that this wasn't how the parties usually went had Nolan wondering what in the world was actually happening, never coming to learn that 'Billy Dean' was actually a ghost, for the entirety of the event.

The boy's protectiveness of Lliira who didn't seem all that comfortable with her so-called uncle, had him stepping in front of her and raising his pocket horn, playing it in tune with the piano and combating some of the ghost's trippy influence on the party-goers with Kobey's own calming aura. Those that wanted to leave at that point, could do so, with the musical performances keeping the other distracted enough... in between other things. Despite the weirdness, it ended up being a rather fun party at the end and though Nolan never had the chance to say much to Lliira, he at least made sure to tell her goodbye and hoped they'd eventually run into each other again. Maybe then he will be able to explain things to her.

Departing again at the start of the New Year, the travelling circus troupe took off for a Europe tour, the first destination being, you guessed it, France! It had been a while since the duo had performed in the country, Nolan very excited about exploring at night-time again, but a tad upset of having to leave his new friend all the way back in America because of the job... It was such a brief interaction, but such an interesting one too! He'd certainly miss it. It seems there's something new to do in Paris this time though! Something about a tunnel people found? It sounds fun, Nolan is definitely looking forward to that! Yaaay exploration~!!
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Personality: Nolan Adkins despite having died at age 16, acts just as a 10-year-old kid would. Due to not knowing much about the world, he is very curious about everyone and everything, often making LOTS of questions to others, that might find such a disruptive habit annoying. He loves nature and sightseeing, even the simplest things like a park or a fountain are enough to wow him. No matter how bad the present might seem, Nolan considers the gift of life precious and special. Living by itself is the greatest joy of the universe.

This boy loves talking and it's an open book when it comes to private or personal questions. It is incredibly easy to befriend him, yet equally easy to make him hate someone. A tiny flicker or cruelty and evil intent are all it takes for the little clown to start avoiding, or outright fearing, someone.

He also seems to own quite an enormous reserve of energy, being one to bounce this and that way, quickly changing subjects or tasks and engaging in interactions with different people. Nolan loves exploring the circus in his free time, visiting others in their rooms and such just to make casual conversation. If allowed, he would be ecstatic to visit the town in a bit of a tour. Not needing food or feeling physical tiredness anymore helps this a lot.

Nolan deeply enjoys performing. He's longed to return to the stage for centuries and being in front of a crowd fills him with both excitement and a nostalgic feeling of similarity. He was literally created for this!! How could he not love it? The boy also truly dislikes seeing people sad and will try everything in his power to make them feel better. He also considers himself a good judge of emotions given that well, he is the representation of one after all. However, he also believes in anything that is said to him, being one to assume everyone is nice until proven the opposite. He'll often get used and tricked in return, yet, the childish and bright personality hardly wavers.

Being one of a submissive disposition, Nolan has no strength to stand up for himself, alone. That is something that gets worse when added to his constant insecurity about his choices, given that he is never truly 100% sure of a decision he made and will apologize too much to someone if he feels like he has wronged them... What happens with a certain frequency since he is too honest and can sound harsh without meaning it at times.


--Skills--

Making puns;
Balloon animals;

Unicycle riding;
Incredibly light-weight;
Some super basic juggling;
Average pocket trumpet playing;

--Belongings--

Pocket trumpet;
Multiple juggling balls;
A rubber chicken called 'Frida';
A package of colorful thin balloons;
A seemingly endless assortment of candy;
Other tricksy party knick-knacks, including a kendama and a yo-yo.

--Magic--

Joyful inspiration:
Like its name (and similar to the entity it portrays), Yorokobi can inspire pleasant sensations of happiness, tranquillity and peace to the people around it. The effects depend on the person, to more empathic individuals being prone to receive stronger feelings, but in general, it makes an audience more acceptive of sillier performances and helps angry or stressed individuals to calm down a lot faster. Those sensitive to magic will be able to see a light-yellow mist seemingly leaving the teen's location, whereas normal people won't see a thing change and simply feel happier. It is normally activated on will, during a performance, but an excess of good feelings and intentions has been known to trigger it as well.

Into the shell: Nolan may choose to retract his spirit-like form back into the Noh mask. It's a state where he's left in a sort of standby mode, able to only listen to its surroundings. It's very useful for hiding when whoever he's hiding from doesn't know anything about his true nature and makes it so that Nolan doesn't need much space for himself. In fact, he could live contently inside an items closet for as long as it is not too tight.

Pain immunity: Given that his true form is solely the mask he wears, the spirit-like projection can be stabbed, burnt and everything you have a right to and it will not bleed, nor react to the damage. If anything, akin to a ghost, physical objects he's not actively interacting with will simply go through his shape. If the mask is scratched or broken, however, the opposite then applies. Breaking said vessel in half will surely erase his existence from the earthly plane, forcibly expelling Yorokobi into the spirit realm.

Additional Notes: It is unknown whether the soul residing in the mask (that calls itself Yorokobi, Joy in Japanese) and the soul of the diseased Nolan have merged into a single entity or whether the Youkai had connected with the struggle of the perpetually hospitalized teen so deeply it confused itself. Whichever the truth is, it has undoubtedly taken the identity of Nolan Adkins to itself, truly believing to be, in fact, the teenager. As such, he may use 'we', talk about Kobi in the third person or use the normal first-person, depending on the context or situation. Physical or ability matters are Yorokobi's and emotional or mental matters are attributed to Nolan.

Has the interesting habit of describing emotions and happenings with the usage of Japanese onomatopoeia, as if their meanings were common sense, which they are not.


I'll update the recent happenings later, just wanted to fix all the broken code XD
 
Oof! I'll likely be drunk as hell on the forth, so you can expect me to be passed out most of the fifth... I won't be up anywhere close to the start of this :'[
Well good news for you, it was reschedule to the fourth
 
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Name: Jack
Age: Unknown.
Species: Holiday trickster figure
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Name: Thoby White
Relationships: Ricky's younger brother who was forced to this party.... and Jaxob adores. He's also a sarcastic bastard.
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Name: Jaxob Campbell

Age: 17

Species: Doppelganger

Personality: Jaxob has the personality of most teenage boys who have fathers who has a lot of power,a bit of a rebel and not afraid to cause some trouble. He is also a nice kid who enjoys going places, but he also hates surprises. He also tends to pick up the personality ( and sometimes) abilities of people around him.

History: Jaxob was a "gift" to his fathers, being "borrn" as a baby to be their "son" and has grown up for the past sixteen years thinking he was normal. ( I mean, don't most kids look exactly their two parents perfectly combined as teens? Nothing weird here)

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Name: Dr. Michael "Mickey" Campbell

Age: 27

Extra: He's the man hosting the party. He and his husband are currently on a relationship break.....might have something to do with being cheated on.


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Name: Rafael Benjamin ( RB) Star
 
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Name:
Mandu Sohn
손만두

Age:
Unknown

Gender:
Male

Race:
Fallen Luck God/Entity/Thing
(Oriental Magpie)

Personality:
After “The Fall”, he became a magpie and it hasn’t been the greatest experience. He was still intelligent, at first, but after a few centuries, that quickly wore off and his intelligence is now no better than a chicken’s. It is rumored that three steps is all it would take for him to forget your name.

These days, he has become rather obnoxious and loud. If one were to give exclamation points a sound, the sound would be Mandu. He used to be rather quiet and is capable of creating many sounds but after hanging out with murder of crows, he has since lost his melodic chirp and now screeches loudly whenever he has something to say. It can get rather annoying fast. It isn’t unusual to find him with his beak stuck in something or tied shut ever so conveniently.

Aside from being dumb, annoying, and loud, he loves praise and food. His attention span is short but who doesn’t like being called a pretty bird? By the way, that slice of bread on the ground dropped by a frantic schoolgirl with terrible decision making skills on her way to school? His. All his. Any food (or shiny) dropped on the ground is his. Even if he asks you if it’s yours, it’s his.


And he will ask. He doesn’t lack manners. Not at all. Your opinion simply doesn’t matter to him, not one bit.

Abilities:
Luck

Passive ability. Comes and goes as it likes. It only shows itself when it comes to dodging and gambling. Games of chance are often in his favor. Doesn’t really protect him or make impossible things possible. Things like probability are just on his side.

There’s a strong chance of those around him having bad luck, however. It is almost as if he sucks out all the good luck around him and leaves others with less. Things like pianos or planes falling from the sky wont happen. The shoelaces of those around him may come undone and trip them more often or they may never win a game. It is limited to those within a 5ft range though and doesn’t affect them once they leave that range.

Backstory:
Was an immortal entity that governed luck
at some point. Ran into chaos one day and is now just a normal bird with an unnaturally long lifespan for the most part. Used to be rather intelligent until he met a pack of crows that helped him bird. Stole an invitation feom a human one day and came for the food he assumed would be there.
 
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    The house that always threw parties for the holiday was alive with the sound of music. It was dressed in patriotic colors and a flag blew in the breee. It seemed like everything was going nicely.... for now.
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    Yesterday at 11:00 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira nervously approached the house. She was nervous for two reasons: One, she would be seeing Tholby again. The last time she'd seen him, the Trickster had made him into a prize for her to rescue in a sick game; for her to 'claim her boy.' He hadn't seemed to take it badly. They'd even exchanged numbers and talked about books via text. But...trying to relate to a boy was so confusing she couldn't sort her own feelings out, much less his. Maybe he'll have a girlfriend or something and... She shook her head to drive that thought away. Standing at the door now, she had to face the second reason. Something strange, and possibly very dangerous was about to happen. It...always did around Tholby, Jaxob, and this family, even on the other side of the planet in Paris.


    Yesterday at 11:14 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny stepped off her hoverboard and picked it up. Checking the address against what was written on her invitation, she looked up at the house. Whoooaaaah! The girl standing at the door was a magical figure if anyone was. She wore a flowing light-pink gown and matching hooded cloak that wafted gently in the breeze. Her skin was marble-white; she could have stepped right out of Lord of the Rings. "Uh, hi!" she said, approaching the girl, who startled and turned to her with sapphire blue eyes wide. "Sorry--didn't mean to scare you. My name's Viaeny Newcomb. Do you know anything about magic? Sorry, that came out weird." But the surprise-turned-to-caution look on the girl's face said she did. "I...had this really weird experience a little while ago, and it...kinda led to an invitation to a 4th of July party here. And I was told that...that I might be able to learn about magic, real magic." The girl's eyes went to her fedora, and to the press pass for the school newspaper she kept tucked into her hatband. "You...w-won't get a s-s-st-story here," the girl said.


    Yesterday at 11:26 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would arrive not too long after Lliira and the one that was asking strange questions. How in God's name did all of these parties seem to attract the weirdest people? He wasn't sure and he definitely didn't want to ask it a loud. Besides, it was probably better to get Lliira away from this girl. " Nah, most of these parties are pretty boring. Besides, there isn't such a thing as that." Lying was super easy for him.


    Yesterday at 11:36 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "But you're not laughing at me or calling me crazy," Viaeny said. "So that means you know something. You can be an anonymous source. This isn't just a 'story,' it's the greatest discovery in the history of humankind!" The girl reached out a delicate hand and gently touched her shoulder. "If...if th-there was r-r-real muh-magic--" That's when Tholby showed up, and Lliira's voice decided to stop cooperating. Viaeny made note of the girl's blush and sudden tension. She checked out the boy and turned back to her with a lopsided grin. "Yes...b-boring. You...s-should go..go home." Viaeny laughed. "Nope, not boring at all. I've met two interesting people already. Hi, I'm Viaeny," she said to Tholby, extending a hand.


    Yesterday at 11:40 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby looked over at her hand. " Well, it was nice to meet you, Viaenty- we'll see you-"


    Yesterday at 11:54 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby never got to finish his sentence as there was a chill in the air. " Oh, my third favorite holiday is here. The fourth of July. It seems that almost everyone who can make it is here. We're just missing-" At that exact moment, RB would arrive. "Now this is everyone. Do you like games? Magical games where you learn about magic. Oh forgiv my manners, I'm Jack."


    Yesterday at 11:56 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira willed herself to relax and focus, opening herself up to see the girl's aura. She got an impression of bright inquisitiveness, strong will and determination. Stifling a sigh, she was almost sure the girl would not be persuaded to leave. Tholby was in the midst of trying again, when she felt a chill down to her bones. Too late.


    Yesterday at 12:12 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would arrive, having gotten a text from Simon to meet him here. He looked up and just sighed. It looked and felt like a trap, which was a terrible thing to realize. " So..... uhhh- if we say no, will you go away?"


    Yesterday at 12:21 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    "No."


    Yesterday at 12:21 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny wasn't going to be run off that easy! The very fact that they wanted to do so meant there was probably some fire behind the smoke. Then she felt a chill, and some weird guy...whom she hadn't exactly seen arrive...introduced himself as 'Jack.' Well that's not creepy at all... she thought. I have a baaaad feeling about this. But...somebody's gotta find out the truth! By the looks on their faces, the couple weren't just creeped out by Jack; they knew him. "Oh, hey RB," she said to the quarterback.


    Yesterday at 12:23 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira bit her lip. The girl who'd saved them last time wasn't here, and so far neither was Jaxob. It seemed that the only way to defeat Jack was sudden, intense physical violence. That...just wasn't Lliira's strong suit. "Wuh...what do you want?" she asked Jack.


    Yesterday at 12:26 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look over at Lllira. " I already said what I wanted. I want to play a fun and magical game with you all. It's quite sad that kids these days have such poor listening skills. I sswear, I think you all are too absorbed in your phones."


    Yesterday at 12:39 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    As if to make Jack's point hillariously evident, RB was sending Simon a bunch of pictures, texts and memes. " Hey Viaeny. You haven't seen SImon around, have you?"


    Yesterday at 12:40 PM

  • Monbon:
    "GAME?!" Mandu cried out, dropping his invitation. He had arrived just in time to hear something about a game. Swooping in with the grace of a drunk goose, he slammed right into the door without warning and fell right onto the porch. "FOOD FOOD CAW CAW!!" Using small words so humans wouldn't think much of it, Mandu silently praised himself for chancing upon an invite to free food. If games were included, that was even better!
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    Yesterday at 12:47 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "No," Viaeny said. "So, how are things going for you two?" she asked. Once the rumors about their *ahem* locker room incident that had been flying around the school turned out to be validated, she'd had some worry that the boys might start catching trouble from bullies, and perhaps in RB's case, the rest of the football team. Suddenly, a magpie crash-landed like an albatross and started talking. That wasn't as strange as it might have seemed; she'd seen videos from a woman who kept a raven named Fable that was able to talk in an uncanny mimicry of her voice. "There'll be Chex mix and whatnot in there, won't there?" she said. "Would anybody mind if I brought some out to our feathered friend?"


    Yesterday at 12:56 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira looked over at the bird, and felt a moment of concern. There was something about its aura...but somehow, her eyes kept wanting to slide away, not notice...as if the aura didn't want to be seen. Perhaps it was Jack's first stunt. "No...I mean...what d-do you want...to p-play the, the game for? she asked Jack.


    Yesterday at 12:58 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look over at her. " Ahh- that is a much better question to ask. I've already done the whole missing person gag and I never repeat a trick twice. It gets old and stale. So, for the personalized prize selection today, we have a trip to the wonderful party unbothered by me, we also have a book of learning magic for dummies and last but not least, a buffet full of wondeful food."


    Yesterday at 1:01 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would look over at her. " You know, it's been going really well. The football team wasn't the happiest at first, but you know, Simon's friend Jack and his crew pretty much straightened them out really fast. It's been going really well."


    Yesterday at 1:02 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would turn to Viaeny. " Dunno, but no, the party can't be entered"


    Yesterday at 1:03 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jaxob would wonder outside and mostly ignore Jack, putting some Chex mix outside and then going back in to sulk.


    Yesterday at 1:04 PM

  • Monbon:
    The girl with the hat suddenly seemed like a goddess to him. He shall be served food and play a game? What could be better? Flapping his wings, he flew right up and perched on her shoulder. "CHOSEN ONE CHOSEN ONE SQUAWK!!" In his excitement he did not noticed the other girl's gaze. In fact, he sat in a daze until he heard any word related to food. "BUFFET BUFFET LETS PLAY!" He was eager to earn food. With his luck, he had utmost confidence that he'd be victorious. He wasn't sure what was taking the humans so long but upon noticing someone deliver him chex mix, he hopped off the girl's shoulder and began pecking at the treat, breaking larger pieces up so it'd be easier to eat. It wasn't a burger but it would do.


    Yesterday at 1:08 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "This Jack?" Viaeny said, hiking a thumb at Jack. She laughed when the bird landed on her shoulder and called her the 'Chosen One.' It seemed to be a very smart bird, but then corvids were known for their intelligence. Unfortunately, somebody beat her to becoming the Provider of Food, and the magpie flew down to get at the Chex Mix the other guy had offered. Don't get distracted from the story! she reminded herself. "So...lemme get this straight: you're offering me a book about how to learn real magic, and them access to the party without you bugging them, if we play your 'game' and win?" she asked Jack. This would have been quite laughable if: 1) She hadn't experienced honest-to-goodness teleportation and encounter with a paranormal being just a few days ago, and 2) everyone else wasn't (to judge by their expressions) taking the guy seriously.


    Yesterday at 1:19 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " Oh, I like your spirit when it comes down to everything that is happening, so I know exactly what type of game I want to play with you all. A good old fashioned..... " Jack smiles maliciously. "Fear game."


    Yesterday at 1:23 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Noooooo, Lliira thought. She was inclined to just keep her mouth shut; The Only Way To Win is Not to Play. But the other girl was intrigued at a minimum, and seemed like she might be inclined to jump in with both feet. Then Jack announced his intentions. Can you just run away now? she thought, as if the other girl could hear her...as if she could escape now if she tried. Problem was, she didn't look inclined to flee. Instead, she put her hoverboard down and fetched a GoPro out of her satchel. She powered it up and hung it around her neck, then started up a small handheld mic/recorder. But Jack still hadn't answered her question. "I meant...w-what are, are you pl-playing for? Why?"


    Yesterday at 1:30 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " I"m playing because I like to have fun and mess with people. I'm playing because what fun is going to a boring party where nothing happens. I'm playing for the love of all that is fun and trickery.


    Yesterday at 1:34 PM

  • Monbon:
    It didn't take him long to finish the chex mix. Once he finished, he hopped back onto hat girl's shoulder and waited for more offerings. "LETS PLAY LETS PLAY!!" He encouraged with a high pitched screech. Mandu had never once heard about a fear game but was willing to give anything a shot for more food.


    Yesterday at 1:46 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look at him and smile with a cheshire grin. " Oh, we will play, but it does take some time to set up."


    Yesterday at 1:48 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Well hello there," Viaeny said when the bird returned. "Oh wait..." she muttered, searching the interior pockets of her satchel and came up with a chewy chocolate chip granola bar. She opened it, picked off a bite-sized piece, and put it in the flat of her hand to offer to the bird.


    Yesterday at 1:55 PM

  • Monbon:
    Mandu visibly deflated. Weren't human parties usually more active? It really rustled his feathers that he couldn't pig out then and there. Thankfully he had chosen right and his new friend pulled out a snack just for him. With small hops, he made his way down to perch on her arm instead and savored the treat offered to him. "DELICIOUS!"


    Yesterday at 2:04 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Everything would go dark. "Well, i'm happy with the choice that you made my dear friends. it looks like the game will begin..... soon."


    Yesterday at 2:26 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Time seems to pass differently when waiting for a fear game. It was a strange thing, but it was indeed true.


    Today at 11:03 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    How do you win a 'fear game?' Lliira thought. By not being afraid, or by giving him enough fear that he gets his kicks and moves on? "Are...are you alright?" she asked Tholby. He hadn't asked for any of this, yet he was being dragged into it.


    Today at 11:13 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    How do you win a 'fear game?' Viaeny thought. He said he likes to mess with people...not kill them, right? So now what? I dunno...learn what I can... "So...do you do real magic?" she asked Lliira. If she doesn't, she should! "I...there is a b-book, called 'Real Magic,' by De-Dean Radin. You--you should read that." Viaeny nodded. "Real Magic by Dean Radin, got it."


    Today at 11:21 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    All was quiet for a moment. " Yeah, I'm doing okay, this is hardly the worst thing that I have been through and somehow I doubt it will be the last. Though, I have to wonder. A fear game can be interpreted in two ways. One is that he is going to try and scare us, but it will be akin to horror tricks."


    Today at 11:24 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would silently muse for a moment. " The other kind of implies he might do like a worse fear thing."


    Today at 11:25 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " Wouldn't you like to know?" Jack asked, his voice carrying now. It was evident now that theyy were in a room with two doors.


    Today at 11:26 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "'A w-worse fear thing?'" Lliira said. "Whoa!" Viaeny said. "OK, teleportation again. "I'm not the only one seeing this, right?" she said, using her phone to record a pan of the room they were in. "So it's a Door #1, Door #2 thing?"


    Today at 11:37 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby stared for a moment. " It could also be a thing where the doors are both traps and we need to look around the room again for something else. Like, we don't have even the basic idea what is behind these doors."


    Today at 11:42 AM

  • Monbon:
    Mandu was stunned by the sudden change. Humans doing magic tricks? How rare! He hadn't seen such things in so long, he almost forgot magic existed in this world. The two doors sparked his curious nature. With a buffet on the horizon, the impatient magpie hopped excitedly on his partner's shoulder. "DOOR NUMBER 2! DOOR NUMBER 2!" He cried out, putting his vote in. Was this a voting thing? He wasn't sure but he wanted to see what was beyond it.


    Today at 11:46 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "OK...yeah, so like D&D?" Viaeny said. "OK, let's do this," she said, giving another piece of granola bar to the bird, then turning her attention to searching the room for any items, secret doors, or, well, traps.


    Today at 11:50 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny blinked in surprise when the bird shouted for 'Door Number 2.' She didn't have much experience with talking birds, but didn't they have to hear the same thing over and over before they got it? "Wow, you are such a smart bird! Do you have a home?"


    Today at 11:54 AM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    The room was strangely barren, minus two plaques on the doors. Door #1 read " I'm the right door.." Door #2 read: "The other door is lying."


    Today at 11:54 AM

  • Mglo:
    Simon briefly pinched the bridge of his nose letting his glasses slip back down afterwards. He had only just arrived in one place and suddenly he was now in another. What kind of party mechanics were these? With his hands slipping into his pockets and his tongue moving the metal around in his mouth he started actually paying attention to the conversation. "I'm totally lost but whatever," he eventually whispered.


    Today at 11:56 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Oh, Hi Simon," Viaeny said. She hadn't seen him arrive, but then between being teleported into a Mystery Room and her crazy new feathered friend, she'd been pretty distracted. Lliira let out a little sigh of relief when the other boy, apparently 'Simon,' turned up. When the boy Viaeny called 'RB' asked about him, she'd been worried that he might turn out to be tied up in a chair somewhere or suspended over a pit of spikes on a burning rope or something.


    Today at 11:59 AM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "OK, so Two Doors riddle? One door always tells the truth and one door always lies?" Viaeny said.


    Today at 12:00 PM

  • Mglo:
    "Hello Viaeny. It does seem that way, hopefully you're much better at riddles than I am" he replied, this time remembering her name. After their last detention adventure he'd made a point of it. Simon turned to RB then and bumped his shoulder with his, "what's this? Your ideas about dates are pretty odd my dude."


    Today at 12:06 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would awkwardly smile, happy to see his boyfriend. " Trust me, most of us are pretty. " RB raised an incredibly smile. " Wait, you were the one who asked me here?" He half-asked, half-said, holding up a phone and showing it to Simon.


    Today at 12:07 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would nod. " That does seem to be the case, though, I have to wonder. I think it is door #2. I think we are dealing with a word play here. The 1st door, the one on the left says it's the right door. Not the correct door or the door we should go through. The Right one. Which is indeed a lie which means door #2 is telling the truth


    Today at 12:08 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny smiled. She decided the two guys were cute together, and apparently not taking a lot of flak. "Are these plaques interactive?" she said, stepping up to one. "Can I ask you a question?" she said to the plaque on the 'right' door.


    Today at 12:12 PM

  • Monbon:
    "HOME? WHO NEEDS HOME WHEN THERE IS FOOD?" Mandu squawked and continued placing his bet on door #2, pointing towards it with his wing. It had to be the correct answer. He was seldom wrong and ever determined to get to that buffet.


    Today at 12:12 PM

  • Mglo:
    "Was I? Damn," the corner of his mouth betrayed the hidden smile. "How am I supposed to look good in front of you now? I think the bird has got me beat... maybe you should even be jealous of it?" Jokes aside, Simon did think the bird was unnaturally clever from what he'd seen, and the other one explaining their thinking for why door 2 was the right choice had also been quite convincing.


    Today at 12:16 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would awkwardly smile. " Hey, I already know how remarkably clever you are, I don't need you to figure out any puzzles from a bunch of doors made by a crazy guy who shares a name with one of our friends to prove it."


    Today at 12:18 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " The plaques DON"T TALK."


    Today at 12:18 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    It would become obvious a few seconds later that there was a speaker in the room for Jack to talk with the group.


    Today at 12:31 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny tried to manipulate the plaque, to see if it was firmly attached to the door, or if it might fold up, open, or otherwise conceal any hidden messages.


    Today at 12:34 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    The plaque was bolted to the wall next to the door. There were no hidden messages on it.


    Today at 12:36 PM

  • Mglo:
    "Why are people named 'Jack' always so troublesome," Simon shook his head. Despite their friend Jack being so helpful with the sudden reveal of RB's and his relationship, Jack was still a troublesome fellow in many ways. But to the compliments RB had given him, Simon replied silently by merely taking hold of his hand. "A couple of you made a good case for door number 2. This Jack guy can't be too troublesome can he? If we get the wrong door I mean."


    Today at 12:39 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny pondered Tholby's solution for a moment. "OK, but...that door," she said, pointing to the 'Right' door, "is on our left, but it's on it's own right," she said, demonstrating by turning around to face them with her back to the door. "My right hand is now on your left."


    Today at 12:43 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby paused for a bit and then stopped. "Maybe we might be focusing on the wrong thing then. Jack did say this was a game, and if I know anything about most games, like this, there's something off about it."


    Today at 12:48 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    When Viaeny would turn around, she would notice that behind them suddenly was a mirror.


    Today at 12:49 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    In the mirror, the doors had no reflection


    Today at 12:55 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Whoa!" Viaeny said, "That wasn't there before..." She approached the mirror and waved at her image. "Wait--" she looked over her shoulder, then back at the mirror. "So...if the mirror reflects me but not the doors, is it a clue to flip and choose Door #2 after all?"


    Today at 12:57 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Does it m-mean anything?" Lliira said. "He's a t-trickster. He can ch-change which door is the r--correct one at any time."


    Today at 12:58 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would take a second to consider something. " He did say this was a fear game. Is anyone here scared of being trapped in small spaces with no exits?"


    Today at 12:59 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon frowned at the conversation. Fear game? Trickster? This had not been the answer he'd wanted to hear. He sighed, this was going to be a long day wasn't it? "Well, now it makes sense why the room is so barren. No place to chill."


    Today at 1:04 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "So what if we go meta and open both doors at the same time?" Viaeny asked. "If something bad comes out of one, we just run through the other?"


    Today at 1:08 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " Oh no, you foiled my evil deeds. I never considered-" The doors would disappear as he said that. " " Yeah, I definitely considered that option. Now you just ruined all the fun. I got to scrap everythin-" The floor would start to open up under their feet to reveal a giant pool in the center.


    Today at 1:11 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon's grip tightened around RB's hand at the sight of the giant pool while his feet quickly backed away from it. "I liked the door game better," he said without wanting to mention he didn't know how to swim.


    Today at 1:15 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would see the look on his boyfriend's face as well as the grip tightening. He had taken note over the months that they rarely went places with deep water. " I did too, hey, if it makes you feel better, I can carry you," he replied, gesturing for him to hop on his back.


    Today at 1:19 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Wha--" Viaeny quickly backed up to the mirror to try and stay out of the pool. "OK, how does this work?" she said to Lliira. "How much of this is physical and how much is just in our heads?" "I don't know," Lliira said. "My magic...doesn't w-work like this!"


    Today at 1:22 PM

  • Monbon:
    No exits? Was this room like a large cage? Mandu didn't like the thought. They'd spent so much time just staring at two doors. If he had hands, he'd have already opened it. When the buffet god spoke up again, the doors disappeared. With the doors gone, so went his chances of eating. "SPOIL SPORT! SPOIL SPORT!" Mandu cursed Viaeny and flapped away towards the speaker, choosing to hang onto it rather than get soaked in the pool.


    Today at 1:26 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon glared as a knee jerk reaction but soon his features softened. He didn't like appearing weak. A big part of why RB and him had worked out so well was how their personalities meshed, but he had to agree, especially in this moment, that the QT was just built a whole lot stronger. Physically. "Whatever works," he eventually gave in, "just don't let me drown. What kind of game is this anyway? What's the point of it?"


    Today at 1:29 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby paused for a beat, considering this new information. " We don't remember coming here, so it's probably all in,-unless...." He trailed off.


    Today at 1:29 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB considered for a moment. " That's a great question. He kept saying " he was bored and liked games" but this feels less like a game and more like a cruel child who is just playing with his toys. Though, how does he know what we are doing?"


    Today at 1:31 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Well," Viaeny said, if this is some kinda telepathic we're-in-his-mind kinda thing, then he'd know automatically, right? And if he can make doors appear and disappear physically, then knowing what we're doing is probably easy by comparison." Even so, she started looking around, in case there was something like a hidden camera. He was talking to them through a speaker, after all.


    Today at 1:37 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    There was no camera in the room.


    Today at 1:38 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " You'll never figure out my secrets and get your prize," he taunted.


    Today at 1:38 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon's mind was telling him the answer might be at the bottom of the pool, probably because that thought was the most terrifying to him. What if, like RB said, this was a kid in a bathtub situation and all of them the floating toys. Maybe they just needed to pull the plug. Was he going to say this out loud though? "Maybe there's a clue underwater... if the pool's not too deep," he succeeded in not letting his voice tremble.


    Today at 1:49 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    What do I do? Lliira thought. In her previous dealings with "Jack" in his various guises, she'd more or less been able to talk her way out of trouble. But both times, it had been a sudden ambush and a clout on the head by someone else that had actually dealt with Jack. She got out her phone and texted Tholby: Where is Jaxob? Can you text him? Maybe he can help us like he did before?


    Today at 1:51 PM

  • Monbon:
    "DONT WANT SECRETS! WANT FOOD!!!" Mandu was getting tired. He was promised games and food and got neither so far. The very unhappy bird pecked at the speaker, trying to peck it to death and relieve his frustration. He had no way of diving into the pool and playing this next game. If that was the game.


    Today at 1:51 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB looked over at him. " Yeah, but also we don't know what kind of water that. What if it's like ' Make you ten years older' when you dive in water?" He asked. RB was visbly frustrated and punched the mirror. " Hey, NO PUNCHiNG the Mirror. It Hey dont break the speaker either, it''s fragile."


    Today at 1:52 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would text back ' I don't think that will work. But I think we need to break the mirror or the speaker. He seems to be getting upset whenever we get close or do something that would break the game'.


    Today at 1:52 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny tried to look into the pool to guage its depth. "Huh? Yeah, I don't want to be ten years older. Or ten years younger for that matter."


    Today at 1:54 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira nodded, and crab-walked around the room to get to the mirror. "Off--offer your bird...a treat for a, a piece of that s-speaker," Viaeny looked over at the mysterious, pale girl. She seemed to have a plan, so... "Oh, birdie? Sorry I don't know your name. But if you'll get me the diaph..." Birds probably don't understand speaker parts, she thought. "Get me a piece of that speaker, I'll give you this," she said, fumbling with her phone so she could tear off another piece of granola bar.


    Today at 1:58 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon held his breath at the thought of a mass of water being more terrifying than it already was. He swallowed and took a deep breath, "yeah let's not go near the water then. I don't mind that."


    Today at 1:59 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    With the other girl on board, Lliira braced herself and tried to elbow-bash the mirror. No effect. So she grabbed the fist of her elbowing arm and tried again using all of her strength.


    Today at 2:00 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " Hey, that's cheating." The water would start to rise up a little bit.


    Today at 2:02 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would look at Simon. "" Hey, you got anything sharp that we could use to help them break the mirror?"


    Today at 2:03 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would ram it with his side, and a small chunk would break off and plop into the water. The mirror looked like it had been broken for ten years,.


    Today at 2:03 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    My crystal, Lliira thought, reaching into her small handbag to retrieve a smoky quartz crystal she used for scrying. She palmed it and made a fist with its sharper end protruding between her fingers, then punched the mirror as hard as she could.


    Today at 2:08 PM

  • Monbon:
    "I AM THE GREAT MANDU!" He cried, his voice booming with pride. They only further encouraged to destroy the speaker and the offering of the granola bar made him ever more eager to tear it apart. With renewed strength and a snack on the line, he aimed for the more wobbly parts that he'd already loosened. After working at it for a bit, he finally managed to tear the protective layer off and pull off the part he was told to grab. With it lodged snugly in his beak, he swooped down and offered it to Viaeny.


    Today at 2:09 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny used her fingers to take it and offer Mandu the promised goodie. "The Great Mandu, huh?" she said. "Sounds like a name for a magician. But you're a very smart and very pretty bird." She couldn't think of anything she had that would be good for bashing mirrors. She had a digital camera in her satchel, but that wasy waaaaaaaay to expensive to use as a club.


    Today at 2:13 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon dug into his pockets and pulled out a pocket knife, "dunno how sharp it is anymore, but one of the things in there ought to be useful."


    Today at 2:21 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "You can use it to pry the mirror from where he broke that piece out," Viaeny said. "It doesn't have to be super sharp."


    Today at 2:22 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    With the group’s combined efforts of using all the different objects and some of them just ramming themselves into the mirror, it would shatter and Jack would be behind it


    Today at 2:29 PM

  • Monbon:
    Mandu brightened at the sudden praise. He indeed was a pretty bird. The prettiest. Having done his part, he would snack away quietly, gulping down the granola as happily as a bird could. Unless the person behind the mirror had food, he may as well have not existed in the birds one track mind.


    Today at 2:32 PM

  • Mglo:
    "What the ffu-" Simon stared at the unexpected view the shattered mirror revealed.


    Today at 2:34 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny was a little startled to see the mystery man there, and by the looks of things so was Lliira. "So...gotcha?" Viaeny said. "Do we win?"


    Today at 2:37 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " NO< YOU DON"t WIN. YOU ALL TRIED TO FUCKING CHEAT>"


    Today at 2:39 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "But you said this was a fear game, not a fair game," Viaeny protested, "and you straight-up said you were a 'trickster' so it's pretty obvious you were going to cheat. So that means we won fair and square!"


    Today at 2:41 PM

  • Mglo:
    "Can you get rid of the pool, Jack? Since this game is ruined and all," Simon casually suggested.


    Today at 2:44 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack stared at Simon and pressed a button. " No, I don't think I will. " The pool water started to rapidly raise fastly approaching where they were standing. " Cheaters don't deserve prizes, they deserve consquences."


    Today at 2:45 PM

  • Mglo:
    "What like drowning your players? Don't you think that's a bit of a steep punishment? How's that any fun for you?" Simon attempted to poke at Jack's sense of fun hoping he might change his mind, but it was hard to think when the water all too quickly reached up to their knees.


    Today at 2:50 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "You never even gave us any rules, you big jerk," Viaeny said. "For all we knew, you wanted us to break the meta. That's what I thought, anyway." She shrank away from the water, but then it rose to her knees and...well, it wasn't changing her age, so there was that.


    Today at 2:57 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack leaned casually over at Simon. " It's fine for me because I still get to use the effects of the water on you for the ten minutes it was going to work, then you could have won your prize. But no, you just had to break everything. You were supposed to face whatever you were afraid- but since none of you fucking want to do, I'm going to just go with the universal fear of aging that most teens have, finish that up and maybe then, I'll give you your prize. Oh yeah, the effect doesn't work until you fully subemerge."


    Today at 2:59 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira gasped as the water touched her, then continued to rise to her knees. What if my dress... she thought, then gulped nervously. She hadn't planned on going swimming, and she was pretty sure the diaphanous fabric of her dress would turn translucent when it got wet. Her underthings were pretty much the same color as her skin, and not at all ornamental, but still! Tholby was there!


    Today at 3:05 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack stared for a moment and just carefully magicked her into a dress that could withstand water. " I'm terrible, not a monster."


    Today at 3:08 PM

  • Monbon:
    Could he even age? Mandu wasn't sure. He'd been in this form for so long, he was certain that'd never change. "DROWN FOR FOOD?" Mandu weighed out the pros and cons after finishing his snack and chose to go for it. Hopping off Viaeny, he hopped to the edge and dunked his head into the water. Did that count?


    Today at 3:11 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    So...face our fears? Viaeny thought. She put her phone in her satchel and held it out to Simon. "Could you hold this please, and keep it out of the water?" Her camera was water-resistant; one of the reasons it was so expensive. But her phone wasn't. She unwrapped the rest of the granola bar. "Here," she said, holding it out to Mandu. "You get the rest of this. But if I don't come back up alive, peck out his eyeballs!" While she waited for Mandu to come get the rest of his treat, she unbuckled her belt and un-snapped the snap of her cargo shorts. If she was going to age 10 years or something, she had to leave a little room for physical expansion. Then she noticed Mandu had his head underwater. "I'm going to see if there's a drain or a clue or something. She plugged her nose with one hand, held the granola bar high with the other, to hopefully keep it mostly dry, then jumped in.


    Today at 3:15 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    For once there was no drain or bottom in sight, but once Mandu and Viaeny submerged themselves, they would disappear from the room completely. They would find themselves in a hedge maze.


    Today at 3:17 PM

  • Mglo:
    Ten minutes of aging, whichever way, didn't sound as bad as having to be fully submerged in water. Simon watched the water level rise over his legs after taking Viaeny's satchel. "I got it," he said semi-confidently. Once the water gets past my stomach, I'm gonna look very weak, he thought to himself.


    Today at 3:18 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would take notice that Viaeny and Mandu would disappear once subemerged in water. " I think we actually might need to go into the water to get to the next trick."


    Today at 3:21 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon frowned at RB and clenched his jaw, "fuck." He took in a few deep breaths and then wrapped his arm around RB's waist. "Ok, shit. Alright, uh, together?"


    Today at 3:24 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira looked down in surprise at the dress Jack had magicked her into. It was dark, heavy fabric, like a Victorian swimsuit. I'm terrible, not a monster, she thought, hoping that was true. She gasped in surprise when Viaeny and the bird vanished. So the water's a portal then? She nodded as RB reached the same conclusion. But then she noticed, in Simon's expression, but even more so in the spiky protrusions of his aura, that he was much more directly afraid--perhaps of the water itself rather than Jack's magical hijinks. She eased her way over to him. "Just close your eyes, plug your nose, and take a deep breath. You'll be through the water and somewhere else as soon as you're all the way under." She gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder to reassure him.


    Today at 3:25 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Weird, Lliira thought. Once she had put her focus on his fears, and forgotten her own, her stammer had vanished. She looked to Tholby. "A-are you OK?"


    Today at 3:26 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would look at Simon. "We always do everything together and I have no intention of leaving you beyond." He would submerge both of them as the other girl also went down


    Today at 3:27 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby was last to go down, giving Jack a glare before he did. "I- I think so." His voice would crack as he said this. " It looks like we're in a hedge maze." He would stroke his face, feeling facial hair where none was before. " Looks like he wasn't lying about the aging water part."


    Today at 3:29 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Uh...this is weird..." Viaeny said, suddenly finding herself in the body of an adult woman instead of a scrawny teenager. "Are we...gonna be stuck like this?" Ten years of my life gone! Lliira thought. But...but at least...Aunt Fiona will believe me and not...think I'm some impostor or something... The older lady had plenty of weirdness going on at her own home, not the least of which was the ghost of a hippy dude from her younger days. She closed her eyes and took a couple deep breaths, trying to restore her equanimity.


    Today at 3:37 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon was holding on to RB for dear life still, even after appearing in the hedge maze. Slowly he softened his grip and took deep breaths in. Once he felt a bit more composed he looked at RB and gasped. "Wow, uh niiiice," with all the stress about diving into water, he'd almost forgotten about the aging part of Jack's punishment.


    Today at 3:41 PM

  • Monbon:
    Mandu looked himself over after crossing. He was already a very old bird. Though he felt sore, he didn't really notice anything else off. Looking around, he noted that he was in a maze of some sort rather than a pool. Though he didn't mind the change in scenery, he saw no buffet. "WHERES THE FOOD?!"


    Today at 3:43 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB could immediately tell that Jack wasn't lying about the aging thing. Well, it was a bit more evident to him without even seeing he also had a beard. He was built more akin to a actual professional NFL QB than a high school one. " Thanks, hey, it's almos like we are getting a life preview."


    Today at 3:45 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " At the end of the maze. I hate that some of you are enjoying this."


    Today at 3:45 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny tilted her head quizzically at the way the boys seemed to be taking the whole aging thing in stride. Then recollection came. "Oh wait--he said ten minutes, right?" She headed over to Simon. "Thanks," she said, taking her satchel back. She hooked its strap over her shoulder, then dug inside to make sure the immersion had been too brief for the water to get inside, then fetched out her compact mirror. "Huh. So this is grownup me." She gave her reflection a smile. I can see this face on the news, she thought. "Guess we're gonna turn out alright. So! Center of the maze!" Mandu hadn't grabbed her granola bar, so she pulled another piece off. "Treats for aerial reconnaissance!"


    Today at 3:52 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon held back a chuckle, lest Jack get any ideas, instead he just squeezed RB a bit before regrettably letting his arms slide off. "Right, let's start walking through this maze. I would usually check to see if the hedge is easy to push through, but now we know how Jack feels about pushing game boundaries."


    Today at 3:56 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    "Thanks for the reminder." Jack turn on the electricity overhead, making it so they could go no higher than halfway up the hedge.


    Today at 3:56 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would look over at Simon. " Hey, wait, I want to get a good mental picture of you before we go find our way out of this maze."


    Today at 3:58 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Yikes! Nevermind, treats for staying on my arm, or my shoulder," Viaeny said to the bird. "How about a real picture?" she said, digging out her camera.


    Today at 3:58 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would consider this for a moment. " You know, I kind of like the idea of a real picture when it comes to this mess. "


    Today at 4:02 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon definitely wanted a picture of this, plus he was also kind of curious about what he looked. There was no facial hair on him and his hair was in a neat haircut unlike his usual messy waves. The piercings were all still there, and he still had his lean physique so he figured he probably didn't look too different. Though based on RB's reaction maybe he did. "Viaeny is usually the real MVP of these situations isn't she?"


    Today at 4:06 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would offer a sweet smile back. " She really is. If our relationship ever gets far enough, I defintely want her to do like engagement or wedding photos for us. You don't look too different, but that doesn't mean you aren't just a little hotter as an adult,"


    Today at 4:10 PM

  • Monbon:
    Mandu was about to take off, but the plan was thwarted before he could do so. Though he would have tried and failed had Viaeny told him to try anyway, he was just as happy not to and chose to perch on her shoulder for now. Truthfully, he wasn't sure if they'd ever get out of the maze without him. They couldn't even pick a door earlier, how will they pick a direction?


    Today at 4:12 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny laughed. "Well, this is only the second time I've been in a situation like this, so 'usually' might be premature?" she said, blushing a little. "We'd better get this done quick, since we have a maze to solve." Once Mandu came for his treat, she readied the camera. "OK, in 3...2...1," she said, then took their picture. "How 'bout a shot of the whole gang?" With careful haste, she put the camera back in the bag and came out with her phone and a selfie stick. "Come on come on, everybody close, arms around each other," she said as she waved everyone together, eyes twinkling with mischief at Tholby and Lliira.


    Today at 4:14 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby just let loose a sigh. " I don't think she''s going to let us say no, let's do it anyway."


    Today at 4:16 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " You're all so sickingly sweet. Could you just do the maze already? I want you to finish it before the effects wear off and you already wasted half of the time with just talking and picture."


    Today at 4:18 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira nodded, blushing. Best to get the picture overwith before Jack got mad. She felt a jolt, then warmth surge through her when she snugged up to Tholby for the picture. "OK...got it, let's go!" Viaeny said, in full 'the game is afoot!' mode as she headed into the maze. She switched the phone to record video, using the selfie stick to get good angles while being extra careful to keep it away from Jack's electrical field.


    Today at 4:21 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "You guys are going to be such cute couples ten years from now!" Viaeny said.


    Today at 4:23 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " I mean realistically- most couples don't last-" RB and Tholby both shot Jack's voice a nasty glance. He shut up promptly.


    Today at 4:25 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would pick Simon up, mostly due to the fact that he was in the mood to show off and also because his boyfriend looked kind of shaken and tired.


    Today at 4:25 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " This maze feels very straight forward."


    Today at 4:25 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby was right, the maze had no choices, just a straight line and a single turn every once in a while.


    Today at 4:26 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Okaay...sooo...why go to the trouble to use electricity to keep Mandu the Great...hmmm, maybe Mandu the Magnificent for the alliteration?...from checking out the maze, when it's not really a maze?" She turned to Lliira. "You're the magic expert, right? I get the feeling that 'follow the garden path' would be bad, but if we try to push through the hedge or something, would he zap us?" "I...I don't k-know. He's...identified him, himself as a-a Leprec-chaun, and as, as Loki's son. So...straight...straightf-forward isn't his way."


    Today at 4:37 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "So, somewhere between Bugs Bunny and Freddy Krueger, or maybe like that 'Trickster' guy on Supernatural?" Viaeny said.


    Today at 4:39 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would stroke his facial hair and muse for a moment. " But the other thing to consider is that he is very much a frequent liar. He tends to find a way to twist things so they work out for him or that he has some enjoyment out of everything that happens. I'm pretty sure he was outside the party as opposed to within it because there is some sort of magical barrier preventing hiim from entering the building. But yes, this seems wrong, actually it feels like he's just walking us in circles until the 'be an adult for ten minute timer' runs out.


    Today at 4:47 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira nodded, though she hadn't watched Supernatural. She tried to peer through one of the hedge walls, but it proved too thick to see what was on the other side.


    Today at 4:48 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " NO CHEATING!" Lliira and everyone else would be splashed with water. " Ten more minutes of adulthood for all of you


    Today at 4:49 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Wait, how would you know..." Viaeny said, then thought better of it. "So you're a magic expert too? Heh, you two will be great together!" she said, rewarded by another blush from Lliira. "So, what should we do? Try to push through a hedge? Go back? See if we can set the hedge on fire with that elec--" she was interrupted by the splash of water and Jack's shout. Okaaaayyy, messing with the electricity is out! "You say that, but is that really what you want? People who just march around obediently following the rules are soooooo booooriiing, am I right?"


    Today at 4:57 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would appear in front of them. " No, this is not what I want, but nobody ever respects me or my games. So here we are in a boring maze, making boring choices and be boring." Jack would fix his hair for a moment. " But nobody thinks I'll play fair."


    Today at 5:03 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Well...you said you like to mess with people, so that kinda leaves us expecting to be messed with," Viaeny said. "'I'm playing for aaaalll that is fun, and trickery!'" she said, doing a waltz-and-twirl as she did so. "That was you, at the start of this whole thing, right? So what I thought is that you'd want us to cheat creatively, and that would be the way to actually respect your game. I mean, you can do all this?" she said, gesturing around at the maze. "Respect, bro, I'm totally all-in!"


    Today at 5:12 PM

  • Mglo:
    At the moment Simon had no complaints. Walking with his arms around future looking RB was more of a reward than a punishment. And it was most definitely not boring. If only they could do more, but well, definitely not in this company. "Uh, your feelings are valid Jack. Thank you for sharing with us how you feel... I didn't want to be stuck in a flooding pool either but there I was. I'm still kind of freaked out by that."


    Today at 5:12 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack looked over at her. " There is a different with being a trickster and being an asshole. I like doing things that are fun and different that challenge people, but like, one where they learn things. tricks are no fun if the person who does it, go out of their way to find every little way to break your little trick. It would be fine if you did it once, but you did it so often that it felt like more disrespect than respect. But yes, I can do all of this and so much more. Changing my appearance and just learning about other people is the thing that I love to do most," he replied, moving his hand and shifting through forms. Tholby and Lliira would recgonize the current form and the Leprechaun form that he had been in. Viaeny would recgonize a different form as would RB and Simon as the detention teacher who let them do things. He would move his hand and briefly look like Simon's friend Jack before going back to his normal form. " Yeah, I know, Simon. I know."


    Today at 5:20 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira kept her silence. She'd had a lot more dealings with assholes than Tricksters, so it was all too easy to expect the former from Jack rather than the latter. But he didn't actually hurt anybody last time, not permanently, she thought. The other girl in their group seemed to be positively enjoying this whole adventure. But then there were more than a few flickers of Trickster archetype in her aura.


    Today at 5:29 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon had no words. His whole perception of Jack was changing. Mr. Reynolds was whatever, things didn't really change after that but to know Jack had been uh ally Jack all along? "I don't know how to feel," he whispered to RB.


    Today at 5:31 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Not gonna lie, that is super cool!" Viaeny said when she saw Jack go through his shape-changes. "Well OK then, let's go," she said, looping an arm through Jack's, and getting a quick selfie with him before rotating the phone around to face forward. "We're off to see the Wizard!" making to pull him along in a Wizard of Oz-style skip.


    Today at 5:31 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "You're welcome, by the way," Viaeny added. "That last one was the 'Jack' that set the footballers straight about RB and Simon, right?" she said, deducing that from the look of surprised recognition on the boys' faces.


    Today at 5:34 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    RB would consider for a moment. "I'm not sure- because our Jack did a lot of good things for us, but now we have to contend with the fact that he is also the person who is here now. There has to be a reason he did what he did for everything that has happened now."


    Today at 5:35 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look over at him. " I usually have people who are afraid of my powers, so seeing that is cool is something good. It was nothing to set the football players straight. Just showed them some of their worse fears and they were so easy to get to listen." He paused for a beat and moved his hands. The aging effect would wear off.


    Today at 5:37 PM

  • Monbon:
    There was so much going on, Mandu's attention span couldn't keep up. This jack person was rather unnerving to say the least. After the fellow's little speech bit he no longer felt sore. Was it this fellow who caused that? How peculiar. Not one for sappy conversation, the bird snacked on whatever was left of the granola bar pieces Viaeny had offered him and dazed off. If there was no buffet, it seemed it'd be best to find food and treasure elsewhere once given the opportunity.


    Today at 5:42 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira gasped as she felt the sudden effect of shifting back to her younger self. She looked to Tholby. He seemed to know more about Jack than she did, as well as having things like magical barriers around his house. Did he trust what Jack was saying?


    Today at 5:44 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Wha--hehe," Viaeny said, switching her selfie-stick to the hand still crooked through Jack's arm so she could button the top button of her shorts, now that she didn't have to worry about the Hulk Pants Problem. "So, uh...you still wanna go to the center of the maze?" she said to Jack.


    Today at 5:46 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby considered what he was saying. " I think he is telling the truth about most of the things and honestly, considering what we know about him and how he has been acting, he seems to be incredibly lonely about everything .


    Today at 5:48 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look over at her for a moment, considering how to answer that question. He would wave his hand. " You've been in the center of the maze the whole time. I was just having you walk in circles." All the things he promised were there.


    Today at 5:49 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    " Also, time has worked a little differently here, so you kind of sort of missed the whole party. From what I heard, they were dealing with 1776 ghosts because somebody knocked the flag on the ground."


    Today at 5:51 PM

  • Mglo:
    Simon's dark hair feel over his eyes now he was back to his age and the more he thought about it, metal clinking with the inside of his teeth as he did, the more it didn't really change how he felt about the Jack he knew. "Good thing the name's the same, I don't think I could get used to calling you anything else knowing you're the same person. Actually, makes so much sense now why you skip so much school but still manage to pass every class."


    Today at 5:52 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny laughed. "Plot twist! OK, that was a good one!" She looked over at the prizes, but she paused, and turned back to Jack. "Are you still going to be Mr. Reynolds? Or the other Jack? Like, so I could see you again if you want? I guess maybe it would look less weird if you took the other-Jack form when we hang out. But...maybe we could be friends?"


    Today at 5:58 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would look at her. " Ehhh- I feel like Michael Path might be mad if I stayed as Mr.Reynolds as would any of the other forms. I can definitely stay as the younger Jack because it's still me. Honestly, I've been projecting an older form for a while at this party. Yeah, we could be friends."


    Today at 6:00 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Awesome!" Viaeny said, raising her arms in a triumphant 'IT'S GOOOOOOOOD' gesture. She gave Jack a quick hug, then picked up the book on magic. "I'm...gonna need to be more careful with this than I am," she said, then turned to Lliira. "Maybe you could help? And...maybe we could be friends too? I haven't seen you at school though." "I...go to a different school," Lliira replied, a haunted expression on her face. "Well, you still live here in New York, right? And maybe you could get a transfer or something?" Viaeny said. "I don't think I'm the only person here who'd like to get to see you at school," she said, flicking her eyes to Tholby.


    Today at 6:11 PM

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    For once Tholby would be the one who would awkardly blush at the suggestion. " I mean, it would be nice to have classes and stuff, but just to have some friends and stuff, it does seem a little excessive."


    Today at 6:19 PM

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Lliira blushed again, but then her expression turned thoughtful. Mother and father would be furious, but maybe Aunt Fiona will let me, she thought. "I...I hate m-my school," she said softly. If I told her...I might actually have friends... "What...what s-school d-do you go to?"


    58 minutes ago

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Tholby would gesture over to the shirt that RB Had been wearing this whole time. It was one for Fort Hamilton High School.


    37 minutes ago

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "It's Fort Hamilton High School," Viaeny said, then smirked when Tholby pointed out the obvious. "Do you think your parents would be OK with it?" "No...but they're in Sc-Scotland, and I'm staying w-with my g-great-aunt. She...she will be in favor, I...I think." "Cool! Let's exchange numbers," Viaeny said, before going back to hook arms with Jack again. "If she exhausts all the mundane options first, would you be OK with giving her a hand, or maybe showing me how?" she said, hefting the book.


    35 minutes ago

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would smile at all of them. " Yeah, I think i can teach you how to do those things."


    23 minutes ago

  • Zarko Straadi:
    "Team Trickster for the wiiiiiiiiiiiin!" Viaeny said excitedly. "Well this was definitely better than a bunch of ghosts all pissy 'cause somebody knocked over a flag!"


    19 minutes ago

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    "Wait, there is one more thing I want to do for us." He would raise his hands and release fireworks into the sky.


    15 minutes ago

  • Zarko Straadi:
    Viaeny laughed. "There's gonna be a whole lot of people wondering where that epic fireworks display came from!"


    13 minutes ago

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    "It's the Fourth of July in NY. There are tons of people who are releasing fireworks display come from all directions. Mine are just quieter than others since I don't like scaring the animals."


    10 minutes ago

  • LuckycoolHawk9:
    Jack would dispel the illusions around them. He would let them go home... happy to make friends and took a second to look at the Labor Day invite on the ground and for once, he just let it fly away.
 

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