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 Nov 9, 2014 14:46:39 GMT
Open to All (Zona K. Naokes and Clancy Fuchs cordially invited) A tantalizing plume of steam rose from the brightly colored pasta dish, fleshy curls of whole shrimp decorated the lengthy strands of angel hair along with a few vibrant green herbs and graded white cheeses. A basket of fluffy toasted brown dinner rolls sat in the center of the table just a few inches away from the plate. A glass of crimson-black liquid, which could be assumed to be wine, resided opposite of the breadbasket. A hand reached down and gripped a shining silver fork and rose a hefty amount of glorious pasta to its owner's mouth. But, no matter how much he wished it at that moment, it was not Jasper's hand. Instead his hands, well one working hand, had been plastered onto the see-through curtain wall, as had been his face. He moaned before he stuck out his tongue and semi-consciously began lapping at the dusty glass like a dog. He was famished. It had been two days since he had last eaten, and his life as a street performer had made him weak to the pains of hunger. And worst of all he was filthy! More filthy than usually. His radiant hair was matted and greasy, and his skin had been covered in a thick layer of dirt, turning him an awkward grey color. Compared to earlier this week, he had gone from Lodan's Cleanest Hobo to the King of the Flies. Without both his arms, he couldn't just climb a tree and spend the night there, so he had to innovate. Behind grimy dumpsters in grimy alleyways in the grimiest parts of town were his best options at the time. Nor could perform his amazing feats of juggling magnificence, his main source of income. At the current moment, his life could get no worse.
"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 Iacomus Lerwick on Nov 9, 2014 16:07:20 GMT
"That does look appetizing, doesn't it?" a sickening chuckle followed Iacomus' words as he walked next to the boy and joined him in his window-watching. He had in his hands a jar of fingernails, and on his face his typical smirk. The organ vender chuckled in amusement as the boy licked the glass, but his yellow eyes looked down at him in pity. Iacomus put his arm around the boy's shoulders and, although a little repulsed by his rancid stench, spoke to him anyway. "Would you be so willing to allow me to buy a meal for you?" He knew that in most cases, people like this would not let go of their pride and would refuse offers such as this, but Iacomus' motive was not purely to assist the boy. He had shapely arms, a nice tongue, and who knows what his wonders his innards might hold? If he could some how get him to trust him, maybe he could take him to some alley way and check to see how much value he could hold. Maybe he could even get him to come to his shop. That way there would be no evidence left behind in public to rot.
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Nov 9, 2014 16:39:02 GMT
Zona walked about, with a bit of a limp, around the streets, with no house to go to Zona just walks about the streets. With her leg not working the way she wanted and several sets of bones in her shoulder and chest still shattered Zona wasn't able to steal food the way she used to. The pain always tried to overwhelm her, but she was still able to steal an apple or two here and there, still not enough to feed her and keep her strong, hunger was always with her.
She forgot why she was walking around here, why she was torturing herself with all the different smells of food. As she looked around at all the different windows she noticed two familiar faces, one belonging to the old man, and the other belonging to a blue haired boy. Zona could tell from a far that Jasper wasn't in the greatest condition, and she couldn't help feel a little bad, it was her fault he couldn't do his street job now. But right now she knew something was up, Iaco wouldn't normally get that close to someone that dirty... he wanted something and she knew it. Walking up to the two she stood next to Jasper, "Well, well, well, if it ain' the old man. I see you've met my friend here." Zona said with a smirk, as she turned to Jasper a bit, "So how have you been?" She asks hoping to hear good news.
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 22:29:10 GMT
Jasper attempted to think the options over; it was obviously a terrible idea to accept food from strangers, both common sense and Mama had told him that. Without turning away from the glass wall, Jasper lifted his head sharply, the beginnings of a nod, but stopped at the sound of a familiar voice. Rather than dropping his head down to finalize his accepting gesture, he craned his neck awkwardly to look at her and smiled. "Oh, hi, Zona." He said in a feeble tone though it did nothing to affect his joyful, childish demeanor, "I'm fine, a l'il hungry I guess. I was just talking to this nice man here. He offered to buy me something to eat. Do you wanna come?" Jasper paused, it would be rude to invite her without checking with his host first. He turned toward the dark suited man still smiling, "Could she, sir? Please?"
"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 Iacomus Lerwick on Nov 9, 2014 23:49:26 GMT
"Why, of course she can." Iacomus said, though he was slightly peeved at the boy's proposition. "How nice to see you again, Zona." He turned to the tattooed girl and gave her a glare of loathing through smiling lips. "Now..." putting his bony hands, one on each of the heads of the blue-haired people he stood between, he put a pleasant but untruthful smile on his face. " Would you like to eat here, or elsewhere? Nothing too expensive, however. I do have a pocketbook to keep track of, you know."
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Nov 16, 2014 18:07:34 GMT
"Here." Jasper replied without a hint of hesitation in his voice. He was far to hungry to walk anywhere else. He remained blissfully ignorant of Zona and Iacomus's hostility as he trudged over to and tugged open the restaurant's glass door. The hostess, who was clearly disgusted, stood rigid and gave Jasper a deathglare that could scare away any shadow beast. "Can I help you?" she asked as her distaste corrupted even her speech. "In a moment." Jasper said making his way to one of the plush, and not to mention spotless, waiting couches. What little energy he had went to making his way inside and now he was feeling lightheaded. "Oh, please, no. I really insist that..." the woman said in a borderline shout before throwing out her arms in a stop gesture. But her efforts were futile and Jasper plopped into the white furniture in a seemly careless manner. "Yes?" he huffed innocently. "Nothing." she responded before shaking her head.
"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 Nov 16, 2014 22:23:30 GMT
"I'm fine with whatever, its really up to you two." Zona said not really caring, just wanting to get in and get out before who knows what would happen. As she followed Jasper in the restaurant she couldn't help but smile as she watched the woman try to stop the boy from sitting on the couch. As Zona wondered if the woman would kick them out or ask if they wanted to be seated she walked over to the couch Jasper was on and ended up sitting on the arm of 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 Nov 28, 2014 16:15:58 GMT
The hostess continued to shake her head as Zona walked in and took her own seat next to Jasper. See opened her eyes and was delighted to see the older looking of the two blue-haired customers. "Oh, wonderful. Ma'am will you be paying for you and your..." she paused and attempted to piece together Jasper and Zona's relationship, "Brother, this afternoon?" the words came out as individual questions in themselves. Jasper's eyes shot to the woman, "She's not my sister." "Your mother then?" the hostess continued, her plastic smile twitching slightly as Jasper spoke. At that inquiry Jasper let out a chorus hearty laughter. He may have been starved but that couldn't stop him from enjoying a good joke, even if it wasn't intentional. As he finished his joyful cry he wiped a tear from his eye and looked to the woman seriously, though his eyes still smiled. "I am most likely older than this young lady at my side." He gestured to Zona. "And no, she will not be paying for us. Our buyer is right out that door."
"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 Nov 28, 2014 16:33:54 GMT
"Ha!!" Zona laughed as the woman said Jasper was her brother, and that she was older than him, "Very funny, but I'm not his mother, never had a brother, I'm only 19, and I don't have money." Zona said as she crossed her arms over her chest, and looked at the boy next to her. As she looked at his face she notice, besides the similar hair color, they had nothing in common. She turned back around to the woman with a small smirk on her face, "We are all just friends going out to eat."
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 Iacomus Lerwick on Nov 29, 2014 16:02:51 GMT
Iacomus walked in after the two and chuckled at the lady's reaction to their presence. "I do apologize, truly," He said, even though he obviously found this quite amusing. "I am in charge of the expenses this afternoon. A table for three would be much appreciated, mam." A grin spread from cheek to cheek on his thin face as he waited for a response.
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Nov 30, 2014 21:56:06 GMT
The hostess turned here attention towards the dark suited man and glared at him with eyes filled with both disgust and relief - as if she was trying to say "I shun you for having such acquaintances but thank you for taking them away from me!" "Right this way." she answered along with a swift gesture to her side before walking the trio to a vibrant red leather booth conveniently placed as far away from the other patrons as possible. "One moment. A server will be right with you." And with that see took no delay in leaving the table. "Thank you." Jasper called to her back as she walked away; he turned to Iacomus, "And thank you, Mister..." he left the word hanging, the man had not yet mentioned his name.
"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 Iacomus Lerwick on Dec 1, 2014 19:30:37 GMT
"Iacomus. Iacomus Lerwick, but you can call me whatever you like!" He said with a wink as he nimbly took a seat, hiding his subtle disdain for the way the waitress had looked at him with a pleasant grin. "Have I already caught your name, sir?" The organ-vender asked the boy, trying to come off as friendly as possible.
Post by Jasper "Anders" Pickett on Dec 29, 2014 18:49:10 GMT
"I'm Anders." Jasper replied with an uppity, childlike chirp before offering out his had for a handshake, "And I guess you already know Zona, huh." he nodded towards the blue-haired girl.First Lodan post using my brand-new touchscreen laptop, whooo!
"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 Dec 31, 2014 2:48:54 GMT
"Ya he knows me." Zona said with a smile as she walked over to the tall older man, "We got some history together!" Zona smirked as she threw her arm up and around the mans shoulders, acting as though he were her 'best buddy in the whole wide world'. "Now," She began, "Lets start lookin' at this menu, I'm starvin'!" And with that she grabbed the menu and began to look at all the marvelous food that could be ordered.
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 Iacomus Lerwick on Jan 7, 2015 2:46:56 GMT
Some history indeed. Keeping the same phony expression in an attempt to convey a pleasant attitude, Iacomus opened a menu himself and skimmed the entrees as he waited for the other two to choose something. His bottom eyelid twitched a little as he saw the pricing of the meals, but it was not a good place for turning back. Not to mention that he was positive that he could get double what he might be paying for dinner if he were able to get his hands on the boy's innards.
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