Heroica RPG - Heroica Hall

[Kenghis Ghan]

Spag slowly approached the chicken (that I'm sure was picturing him naked, swimming in gravy) with his club rasied high.

"Heeerree chicky-chicky!"

Fortunately, a passing mage with a ridiculously large staff accidentally tripped Spag over, sending him crashing head-first into the chickens' ownerss' table.

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU....."

He then saw the feathered fiend licking it's lips-um-beak, directly above him.

"Heheheh... um, nice Chicky?!"

[CMP]

Atramor swore loudly as the table collapsed under the fat talking pumpkin's weight, spilling his mead everywhere. McCafferey tilted her head at the thing.

"Mage, please, quit tripping these walking vegetables."

[Kenghis Ghan]

"Walking vegetable!?", Spag spluttered. "I'll have you know that I'm a walking fruit! The grumpkins refuse to be labelled as 'vegetables' any longer!" he remarked, as he dusted himself off.

"I'm not just any grumpkins either! I'm one that is about pound your poultry if you don't make it stop staring at me with those beady little eyes!"

This was an empty threat, of course - no grumpkin had everattacked a chicken and lived to tell the tale.

[CMP]

Atramor shot a venomous glare at the 'Grumpkin', throwing a kick in its general direction.

"Nobody threatens McCafferey, you hear me you damn vegetable? Nobody threatens my chicken!"

[Fred Daniel Yam]

"Goddamn! Vegetable or fruit, it doesn't matter as long as they taste good in soup.""Go make out with the vegetable patch." William refrained himself before going on anymore.

[Kenghis Ghan]

"Call me a vegetable one more time, just ooooonne more time..."

The grumpkins were a surprisingly proud race, despite their humorous and non-threatening appearance.

[CMP]

Atramor's kick didn't seem to affect the thick, orange-skinned Grumpkin.

"You have no business insulting McCafferey, so why not make like your second cousin and split?"

[Kenghis Ghan]

OOC: Sorry, when you said that Atramor kicked in Spag's general direction, I thought you meant he kicked the air near him as a threat, not actually physically kicked him, that's why I didn't mention him getting his ugly orange head kicked in. XD

"And you have no business insulting second-cousin Gourdon! (OOC: Gordon, Gourd? See what I did there? ) Anyway, that chicken of yours was gonna eat me! I could see the murderous glint in her eyes! Look, there it is again!"

Edited December 7, 2011 by Kenghis Ghan

[CMP]

Atramor glances up at McCafferey, who blinks blankly. He returns his glare to the Grumpkin.

"Just stay away from me, alright? I don't like vegetables coming in here and lying about my chicken. She'll only bite on command, or when she feels it's necessary. She doesn't even eat pumpkins."

Indeed, McCafferey strays away from the scene to enjoy some corn.

Hah, it's all right.

Edited December 7, 2011 by CallMePieOrDie

[Kenghis Ghan]

Spag took one last accusing glance at McCafferey as she went over to the corn (wherever it was), made a rude hand gesture known only to his fellow Grumpkins at her owner, and scuttled away to the other side of the bar. Spag had made a potential enemy already! It was a new record for him (and that's saying something, let me tell you)!

[Fred Daniel Yam]

"Way to go Atramor, way to go."

[K-Nut]

Althior came back into the hall, still smiling like an idiot. He sat down and waited for his new best friend, Alexis.

[Flare]

Spag took one last accusing glance at McCafferey as she went over to the corn (wherever it was), made a rude hand gesture known only to his fellow Grumpkins at her owner, and scuttled away to the other side of the bar. Spag had made a potential enemy already! It was a new record for him (and that's saying something, let me tell you)!

Benji notices that the talking vegetable is having difficulties with the other veterans, so he steps up to Spag to give him some advice.

"Hey man, just a little bit of advice, try to cool it a little, these guys are veteran warriors, and they expect to be respected. Try not to just insult people without reason. No one likes to be --"

Another new guy, a fellow with a point hat, bumps into him and trips Benji onto the ground with his staff.

Arthur: "Oh, I'm so sorry! Here... let me help you up..."

"Its OK, fellow."

-==IC: Arthur==-

Arthur looks up from a particularly interesting passage. "Hmm...this De'kra the shade...could he be the Shade I saw here earlier? I would very much like to get to know him. And Cinna the Dark...does anyone know if she still roams these parts, and on which quest(s) she intends to embark? Tell me, where is Cinna? For I much desire to speak with her."

"I heard you asking about Cinna and De'kra, and Quest #4. Well, Cinna is on a quest, as far as I know. She probably will be gone still for a little while."

"I was a member of Quest #4, and De'kra was one of my companions."

"Anyways, where do you come from? Your staff... is... uh, sweet, man. Yeah. Where'd you get that from?"

[Masked Builder]

Alexis walks into the hall after a good nights sleep. She wanders over to Althior's table, and sits down next to him. Alexis looks around and sees a new Hero in the hall with a weird head. She turns back to Althior. "What is life like where you come from?"

[Flipz]

Another new guy, a fellow with a point hat, bumps into him and trips Benji onto the ground with his staff.

Arthur: "Oh, I'm so sorry! Here... let me help you up..."

"Its OK, fellow."

"I heard you asking about Cinna and De'kra, and Quest #4. Well, Cinna is on a quest, as far as I know. She probably will be gone still for a little while."

"I was a member of Quest #4, and De'kra was one of my companions."

"Anyways, where do you come from? Your staff... is... uh, sweet, man. Yeah. Where'd you get that from?"

-==IC:Arthur==-

"I acquired it on my travels here," Arthur replied. "I traded in my Diamond Sword from home for it in the Kalma Marshlands, when I made a stop there on my journey to Heroica. They don't normally come equipped with the gemstones, but the store's owner pursued me for nearly a mile and insisted that I take the opal as well. I can't understand why, his son, from whom I purchased the staff, didn't seem that shifty, I m sure he gave me a good deal. Anyway, this staff can actually store different gems and rotate through them when I twist this knob here," he said, demonstrating. The opal retracted into the top chamber of the staff and was replaced by a blank spot, obviously intended to fit an additional gemstone. Arthur switches the staff back to normal. "It even has an indicator in the handle that tells me what kind of gem, if any, is equipped. No fumbling around in my pack looking for gemstones for me, no sir!" He paused for a moment. "The young man in the store told me legends of staves like this one that could poison from a distance, or put folks in a trance, or bind them with invisible magic ropes, or even transform them into snakes. However, I don't know if he was honestly telling the truth, or if he was trying to make this staff seem better than it was by associating it with local myths. Since I don't know their myths anyway, it had no effect on me, heh heh!"

[Kenghis Ghan]

Sapg pulls Benji asside for a moment so that Aramor won't hear.

"You don't understand!" he whispered frantically. "My Uncle was eaten by a chicken, and that guys' chicken looks EXACTLY THE FRIGGIN' SAME AS THAT ONE!"

Everyone in the hall stops what they're doing and looks at Spag for a moment, who had obviously raised his voice at the last part.

"I just... I just didn't wanna end up like him..." he squeaked, trying the cute, innocent act he'd been working on, just in case he got into any trouble. Goodness knows if it'll work or not, though. I mean, who ever heard of a cute jack-o-lantern?!

[Fred Daniel Yam]

Sapg pulls Benji asside for a moment so that Aramor won't hear.

"You don't understand!" he whispered frantically. "My Uncle was eaten by a chicken, and that guys' chicken looks EXACTLY THE FRIGGIN' SAME AS THAT ONE!"

Everyone in the hall stops what they're doing and looks at Spag for a moment, who had obviously raised his voice at the last part.

"I just... I just didn't wanna end up like him..." he squeaked, trying the cute, innocent act he'd been working on, just in case he got into any trouble. Goodness knows if it'll work or not, though. I mean, who ever heard of a cute jack-o-lantern?!

"You're a bit loud."

[CMP]

Atramor rolled his eyes at the vegetabe.

"Chickens have a tendency to look similar, you know."

He waves a picture of a chicken farm in his face for effect.

[K-Nut]

He looked up at Alexis yet again, "Well, we lived on the countryside, so not much ever happened. It was calm, peaceful, A nice place to live. How about you? What's home like?"

[Flipz]

-==IC: Arthur==-

Arthur notices the tensions heating up between Spag and Atramor. He prepares to cool things down with his Ice magic in case it comes to an actual fight. Imagine if some sadistic QM deity put those two on a Quest together... Arthur tries to decide if he should remain prepared for a fight or if he should go speak to the flirting couple further down the bar. He had heard rumors of a plague of love, and perhaps it was worth investigating...someone might even give him a reward for putting a stop to it!

[Masked Builder]

"Home. Let's see..... Well, the homes always had trees and other organic elements integrated into the architecture. It was quite most days allowing for everyone to do what they wanted." She sighed as she though of home.

[K-Nut]

"Home. Let's see..... Well, the homes always had trees and other organic elements integrated into the architecture. It was quite most days allowing for everyone to do what they wanted." She sighed as she though of home.

Althior realized that Alexis missed her home deeply. He grabbed her hand. "Don't worry, I'll make sure you get home soon if you'd like." He smiled, "Your home seems to be very different from mine, you could do anything you wanted, while I was kept like a dog, doing everything my grandfather told me to. I never had a real childhood." He sighed as well.

[Masked Builder]

Alexis smiles lovingly back at Althior. "I think I'll stay here this year. Maybe we could go together next year." She smiles. "It seems like you were quite a rebel."

[K-Nut]

He blushes, "What do you expect from me when I'm in solitary confinement? I'd like that." He gave her a loving smile as well, "Sometimes I find myself thinking of Lilian a lot, wondering how she's doing," He glances to the sky, "I sometimes wonder what they're doing too." He's obviously referring to his late parents. "They had an untimely death, but my grandfather handled it nicely. I find myself thinking of them a lot too. Maybe it's just the season."

[Masked Builder]

She laughs. "What was Lilian like?"