Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 4, 2014 2:10:40 GMT
"No siblings, huh." He thought silently. He knew the feeling. "Dye?" He mouthed to himself as the girl turned to the pile of trash stuffs. "Dying your hair?" He had heard the term used before but didn't have any real idea what it was. It had something to do with changing its color, right? "Uh, no. At least, I don't think so." He replied, lifting his hands to his head and ruffling the semi-long hair then outstretching his arms to her to show none of the color had rubbed off.
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 4, 2014 2:25:36 GMT
Zona could tell he was confused by the word 'dye', "Ya know, like to put some kind of jelly color thing on your hair, let it sit then get it washed off and have a different hair color. But since you don't really now the word you obviously don't." Zona said hoping her bad explanation of dying hair worked for the boy, "So ya new around here?" Zona asked as she finished organizing her things, new wood planks in one pile, big tools in another, smaller ones next to it.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 4, 2014 2:45:59 GMT
Jasper listened intently to the girl's explanation of the word dye. It sounded both unconventional and disgusting. "Why would anyone put jelly in their hair?" He whispered in a voice of disgust, visibly shuttering at the thought of it. He heard her ask if he was new to town. "Yes...no...kinda..." He answered her, confusing himself in the process, "I've been in town for a couple days now."
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 4, 2014 3:08:11 GMT
"Then that's new buddy. Unless you've been around here for a few months then you new, especially if you just got here a few days ago." Zona said as she bent down a picked up the saw again, but this time along with a large, long, and thick piece of wood, "So what brings you around here?" She asked as she walked over to the sad house and held the thick wood up against the wall, "this should work." she thought to herself as she took the tool and began to saw next to the wood. Final it was a straight cut... well straighter, a little wobbly but it still looked like a line.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 4, 2014 3:37:29 GMT
Jasper stood watching the blue-haired girl move around the alley. He walked over to the wall with her, wondering if he could, or for that matter, should, do anything to help. "I'm a street performer." He said beaming brightly, proud of the fact. "I juggle. I really wanna join CAEsEL, so I came here." He spread his arms wide, gesturing to all of Lodan. He stopped; wait, did she want to know why he was here, as in HERE, in this alley. "I heard the noise going on so I decided to investigate." He pronounced the last word improperly as if it was almost impossible.
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 4, 2014 11:50:22 GMT
"Ah so your a juggler." Zona said not really caring about the second response, "What made ya go into that?" Though she didn't really care as to why she enjoyed the company of someone else, especially one that talked. Once one side of the door was cut out she moved the wood plank over, to about the distance of a real door, slightly larger though, and once again began to cut. The first cut was nice, clean, and smooth, but after a few more the wall began to creak, and make very odd sounds, ones she was used to but to others may be odd or weird. She obviously thought nothing f the noises and continued to cut.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 5, 2014 1:36:49 GMT
"Yep! Best in Lodan if you ask me. Jasper began ecstatically, he loved talking about juggling, he loved talking about himself juggling. "It kinda just came to me one day. I had been living out on the streets for a while, and I was getting hungry. But I didn't wanna steal. Cuz, see, the orphanage I grew up in, the lady who owned it, we called her Mama, she didn't like two kinds of people: liars and thieves. An' even though she wasn't there, I knew it'd upset her. So I was just sittin' there when someone throws a bottle my way. An', without really thinkin', I reach out and catch it. And so I think to myself..." He had began to bounce on the balls of his feet now - lost in his nostalgic memories - and with every passing word he had got faster and faster, forgetting about proper pronunciation completely; talking about this experience specifically had that effect on him. The sudden creaking noise brought him back from his joyous daydreaming. Involuntarily, he took a few steps back. "And..." He paused, taking a moment to remember his place in the story. "And so I start thinking to myself. Wow! I just caught that, I wonder what else I can do. So I go around and collect a few more bottles and then I kinda just...toss one up, and then another, then another, until I got two or three of 'em in the air. And I kinda just catch two of those too. One in my right hand, and the other in the left. But the last one is still in the air, fallin'. So what do I do? I throw the one in my left hand back up and catch the falling one and it kinda just goes on like that for a while." He give lighthearted shrug, the noise still replaying in his head. He had heard something like that once before, he had been playing with a little steam-powered toy. It did not end pretty. He thought for a second. "Could she be like me?"
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 5, 2014 2:59:54 GMT
Zona listened as the boy talked about his pasted and how he came to be a juggler, along with some other things she really didn't need to know, but they could be handy later. As the boy continued to talk Zona continued to cut, this time the line on the side of the wall was much straighter, "This is turning out good." Zona thought to her self as she moved the board above the two vertical cuts, connecting them together with the wood. Once more she began to cut into the wall, this time the noise that came with it was an ungodly screech. Unsure of the noise Zona removed the board and began sawing with both her hands on the tool, thinking the noise came from the tool bending or doing something it wasn't supposed to.
Just as Zona was about an inch or so away from connecting the two ends together with the horizontal cut she was making the ungodly noise came again, but this time louder and a bit more metallic sounding too. Suddenly the entire house began to shake, as though an earth quake was happening, seconds after that a large boom or crashing sound added to the screeching, it seemed to have come from inside the house. Things just seemed to go from bad to worse, because after that another sound and much more violent shaking happened, just when it seemed to calm down the door Zona had been cutting flew of and smacked her head on, sending her flying to the other end of the ally only to be stopped by a brick wall. Not only did the door go flying but parts of the tin roof were shot up into the air, the walls that made this a house began to fall apart, some flying outward and hitting walls others just falling hard to the ground. It had seemed as though a boom or some kind of explosive device had gone off, but there was no ticking or any real explosion that happened, but the outcome either way was the same. Everything was destroyed.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 7, 2014 4:49:33 GMT
Jasper heard the screeching along with Zona, unlike her, however, he took note of it and moved a few extra steps back. He was taken by surprise when the building started rumbling, and when it 'exploded' he was caught totally off-guard. In an attempt to get away from the wooden shrapnel he dived but it was just too late. A splinter flew pass giving him a paper-thin cut on his cheek, right below his left eye - if it hadn't been covered by his forearms it could have ended terribly. Another, much larger, piece shot into his shoulder embedding itself slightly above his collarbone. The combined force of both his jump along the impact of the stake now residing in his shoulder sent him back along with Zona. Pain exploded from his impaled arm as it slammed into the stone wall of the other building. He laid there for a moment, heaving in his breath slowly. She just blew up a house that proved it but he was stilled compelled to ask. He turned his head towards her and began. "Are you like me?" He asked as his tousled hair finally settled. "Are you an Anderswelter?" The question hung there between them not with the air of pain, fear, or anger that one would expect, but enthusiastic, child-like curiosity.
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 7, 2014 16:31:25 GMT
Zona hit the brick wall, and she hit it hard, hard enough that her shoulder was shattered and several ribs broken. The impact from the brick wall had shattered the 'door' she was making, pieces of it were everywhere, one large piece in her thigh other smaller ones scattered around and on her body, bigger pieces in her shoulders and sides. The pieces of wood that didn't impale her lay across her body, in a daze she sat up a bit and swiped them off. She heard the blue haired boy say something but it was fuzzy and hard to hear, "Wha..." It registered a bit later what he said, about her being an ander. What were she to tell him... if she said yes another would know what she was, is she said no her secret would be safe, but he would be on the look out. Why did she have to do that, why couldn't she be happy with the hole in her wall.
Zona slowly stood up, talking her time and being careful not to make any of the wood go deeper. She carefully pulled out the larger piece from her leg, taking her red bandana from the other leg and tied it around the wound, she then stood there for a moment, not looking at the boy, or her destroyed house, just looking at the ground. "Yes..." She said in a voice just loud enough for him to hear her, she then slowly took her jacket off to reveal the tattoos on her back. The intertwined with the ones on her shoulder and side, a mess of curved lined, red and black, that somehow made the shape of wings.
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 7, 2014 22:22:18 GMT
Jasper watched curiously as the girl wiped herself off, stood, and remove the wood in here leg in a manner which seemed, to him, non-nonchalant. He wondered just how many of these kinds of situations she had been through. The pair waited in total silence for a few moments. He noticed her face from his vantage point on the ground as he had made no attempt to stand, she looked...conflicted. For a moment he felt bad about asking her, but change his mind almost instantly as she parted her lips to speak. Her reply had been quiet, so quite that Jasper had almost missed it, but he listened intently to the one word answer. He was almost speechless when she turned and exposed her tattoos to him. A wide, fun-loving smile found its way onto his face. "That's wonderful!" He shouted happily. It was a beautiful thing, finally meeting someone like him - well not exactly like him but it was still a great experience. Temporarily forgetting about his arm he attempted to use the wall behind him as a push-off so he could stand. It did not go as expected and his joyous mood deflated instantly. A fiery pain, like nothing he had ever experienced before, ripped through his left arm causing him to scream loud enough for his voice to crack. He panicked, thoughts racing feverishly through his skull. "What do I do, what do I do!?" He shouted in his head. "Do I take it out!? No, that would be bad! Would it? She did it! No, I'm not her. It would definitely bad. This is worse than that time I feel out of that tree. Wait, that's my left arm! Oh no! Not my left arm! I wont be able to juggle for weeks! Maybe, maybe that girl knows what to do! Maybe! I hope so! Please, know what to do!" He looked towards the blue-haired girl pathetically, tears streaming down his face. He reach out a hand - his right one - for her assistance. "C-Could y-y-you help-p-p m-m-me!? P-P-P-Please." he practically sobbed, absolutely mortified at doing so. "Or t-t-t-take m-m-me t-t-t-to a d-d-doc-tor." He was beginning to feel light-headed; if something didn't happen soon he was going to blackout.
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 7, 2014 22:57:08 GMT
Zona stood there a moment until she heard him speak, "Wonderful? What the- Hes actually glad that im an ander?!?!" Zona thought to herself as she turned towards him. She saw he was going to try to stand but he was going to use his impaled arm, unless he was one for pain that was the most moronic thing to do, then again she took out a piece of wood from her leg and acted as though it was nothing, "Wai-" She started but was cut off with his scream. She ran... or limped over to him, pain shooting up her leg which she ignored he need more help than her. She wasn't a medical expert but she knew from her own experience that the piece of wood in his arm needed to come out, she would do it herself but it looked as though the boy was going to pass out any minute. "The only thing I can do is pull it out and wrap it, but other than that you need to go to a doctor." She thought of one... he didn't like her much though...
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Sept 7, 2014 23:54:02 GMT
Jasper watched the girl through glassy eyes, she was nothing but a smear of colors now. His vision had blurred faster than he had expected and the constant whooshing of blood rushing through his ears was not helping his hearing. She was saying something about pulling the wood out. He began to bob his head about naively. Just as his eyes began to roll back in their sockets, a memory hit him. It was something he had read once, something about impalement and NOT removing the object. With his last bit of strength he gave his head one hard shake "no," hoping she would understand. He then closed his eyes and slumped unconscious on the wall.True fact: You do NOT ever want to remove an impaled object from wherever it is lodged in if you do not have the proper tools and skill. You could end up ruining the nerves that way and making it completely useless, but for the sake of RP value do whatever.
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Sept 8, 2014 3:27:04 GMT
"Ok." Zona replied to the now unconscious blue haired boy. She needed to take him to a doctor and the only one she could think of hated her. Quickly she stood up ran over to the now rubble pile that used to be her house and rummaged around quickly for something, upon finding it she shoved it in her pocket and ran back over to the boy. Pain shot though her leg with every step and it felt as though it was on fire when she carefully picked the boy up, making sure not to hit his shoulder. She then began to make her way though the street towards Dr. Flitloch.
By the time she reached his place of business the bandana she had around her leg was soaked with blood and was now running down her leg, not only that but the wound from the boys arm wasn't much better. As she used her good foot to open the door she cringed having to put all her weight and the weight of the boy in it, "Help! I Need Help!!" She called as she walked in, Dr. Flitloch quickly came around the corner, and stopped in the door way. "Please, help him!" Zona said as she looked up at the man. Pausing a moment before walking over to her he though if he should really help her, "Why should I help you?" He asked as he walked closer to the two of them, carefully looking at the wound in the boys shoulder, "Every time I see you something had gone horribly wrong and you never pay, someone else always pays for you. Now please leave my place of business, your making a mess of my floors." He said as he turned around an began to walk away.
Zona stood there staring at him, she knew this would happen, "I can pay! I have money!" She shouted at him as she carefully shifted the boys weight so she could retrieve the money he grabbed earlier from her pocket, "I only have enough for one, so please... Help him." Zona said as she held the money in one hand and the boy in the other. Dr. Flitloch turned back around and looked at the two of them, he couldn't let the boy just die here, that would be bad for his business, "Bring him back here." He said as he walked through the door way into another room. A small smile came across Zonas face as she brought him in the back room, where Dr. Flitloch was waiting.
to steph- thanks for letting me use Dr. Flitloch and if there is something you don't like about what I did tell me and ill change it
to ander- if you want you can time skip to after Dr. Flitloch fixed you up and when you wake up
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Nov 9, 2014 13:08:16 GMT
Jasper's return to consciousness was an unpleasant one accompanied with grogginess, pain, and the smallest bit of memory loss, but at least he was alive and his arm was...better; as the doctor had instructed him, he would have to wear a sling for the next few weeks which mean no juggling and no climbing, which, by extension, translated to no food and no home. That was not pleasant news but he thanked the doctor either way, he had fixed him up. And he would have to thank Zona too. Later...eventually...
"You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, and while I might not be as ignorant as I seem, I intend to live in bliss for as long as I can." -Jasper, All in the Family Note: I enjoy quoting myself
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