[Warning, incoming game. Warning, incoming game.] [Date: Friday, Ramuh 27th, 1360. Time: Afternoon to Evening] [After a good deal of preparing for the upcoming adventures, the heroes are all ready (and probably overeager) to get out into the world. Today is the annual party when the town celebrates the day before the caravan leaves and bids the caravaners the best of wishes. Just about everyone is outside near the main crystal at the center of town , and the festivities are about to begin.] [Or have begun, in some cases. Aaaaaanyways, the Council is currently on a stage set up near the crystal so everyone may see them as Cid (and the rest of them, but mostly Cid) speaks to the crowds and to the caravaners. Yes, I'll be fastforwarding through a good portion of his speech.] [The caravaners are in the crowds along with everyone else. There are also a few other caravaners in the square for this as well - the Tipa caravan arrived the day before to pick up Ann Hol, so they're staying to party too. There's food, space to dance, intermingling, and plenty of other things to do to keep you guys busy. If you have a question on it, just ask.] [But first, Cid's gotta do his speech. Session Start!] * Leran is sitting somewhere convenient, expecting an interminable speech. His leg is jiggling a little, and his arms are crossed. He's staring dead at the stage. * Kupel is chatting with a few people, and having drinks. She watches for opportunities to get at the other caravangoers to talk to them about stowing away. (Subtle like a moogle-sized brick, chica.) * Nikki is next to Leran! Big surprise. She's dressed as she always is, duster and all. A smile's on her face, and she's also looking to the stage. ( Wha? ) * Xanithern 's sitting in a corner looking like he really doesn't want to be here. His helmet visor is cocked down a little low and his hands are folded neatly in his lap as he waits for this facade to be over (tip: never give away your plans where the other players can hear 'em, because someone might confuse IC and OOC info) * Harmony is sitting somewhere next to the wall and fidgetting as she tries not to meet anyone's eyes. * Mona is standing next to a 6 foot tall clavat in some way too damn shiny armor. She's not talking anymore, obviously, because of our good friend Cid, but she was not a second ago. She's decked out as per normal, no surprises here. ( Um... but people knew already ) ( The players, I mean ) (And yes, we did. But being so single-minded about a secret is a sure- fire way to blow it. ~_^) ( Um... okay... ) (Oh, the clavat is also blonde and pretty.) * Cid clears his throat. "Hello, and welcome to the 1360 annual departure festival! It has always been a great thing to see, and I've been proud to do it for so many years (and hopefully many more to come). You all know why they go out on these caravans, but beyond the myrr they collect, there are many other valuable lessons as well! For example..." * Leran mutters under his breath. "Here we go..." He shoots a glance at Nikki and rolls his eyes for effect. * Nikki snickers, then looks at Cid. "Wow," she stage whispers. "Parentheses this early." [After about fifty minutes of Cid explaining life's lessons and how they pertain to clockwork, mealworms, and a host of other obscure or meaningless things that may or may not have ANYTHING to do with what he's talking about, as well as very much parenthetical usage...] * Nikki sits there, eyes glazed, and maybe dozing off. * Leran still has his arms crossed, and his head keeps drooping onto his chest, and snapping back up. * Kupel is now on her third Liltian Mead, with a few other emptied drinks standing nearby as she tries to drown out Cid's droning (Cid drives kids to drinking!) * Harmony eats an orange. * Mona looks up at shinyMan and says, "Please tell me it's not like this everywhere." It is my pleasure to send a warm greeting to the Tipa caravan, who is also with us here today for this joyous occassion! I'm sure you can find them among you (if you search long enough), so I'll continue without pointing them out. First, I'd like to mention the names of those who will be going on the carvan this year. Dorn Ahlatt, Ne Rina Arata, Harmony Lenora, Leran Hasgord, Mona Masahcarey, Nicole Diodorus, Sai Link Green, and Xanithern Rylxis! * Leran snaps his head up, then shakes it violently for a few seconds. He looks dazed and disoriented, but the glum look returns when he realizes Cid is still going on, only moderately improved when his name is called. * Nikki twitches, then blinks a couple times, her eyes clearing. * Harmony looks up as her name is mentioned. * The crowd in general is acting in a very similar manner, as is a good portion of the council. Everywhere? Like what? * Kupel bobs her pompom slowly in her tedium While you already have a person selected to tend to the journal, it is important you also have people tending to other aspects of the caravan. Through teamwork, you can easily overcome these obstacles. So, I entrust you to select a leader for yourselves by the time you return here. * Leran whispers over. "This can't go on much longer..." * Mona idly nods at Cid and replies, "Caravan sending offs. Like an attempt to send everyone into a long, deep sleep..." ( Ooh! Pick me! Pick me! XD ) * Nikki whispers back, "Want to bet?" Oh, Roland's not this bad. ... usually. * Leran sighs. "You know I don't take longshot bets, Nikki. Well, not any more." Aww. * Nikki pouts. * Mona chuckles and replies, "You mean yes, then, mister polite." I believe you all know well the trust we place in you, and that you carry the future of Sanriem on your shoulders. We are all depending on you. With that, Let's begin the celebration! * Kupel CHEERS. * Nikki cheers, too. The speech is over, and she didn't lose a bet! * The crowd reads Cid like an open book and starts partying. Yay! * Leran cheers. He didn't win one, but he's happy anyhow. * Mona turns to Shinydood and says with a hint of sarcasm, "Not that politeness isn't a great thing, Enzo, but really, if he's a windbag, you can tell me. I won't let anyone else find out." * Leran stands up and streeeeeetches. "Well, Nikki, there's only one thing to do now." [Among obvious notables in the crowd are Selik, Ezen Dar, your families, Shinydood (now known as Enzo) who is talking to Mona, Ann Hol, a cream-colored moogle wearing a single bow behind her ear...] * Nikki looks up at Leran. That's a long way up, and she ends up tilting her head back. "What's that, Leran?" Stuff ourselves silly, that's what. Where's the food? * Nikki hops to her feet. "This way!" And she heads for the food, weaving through crowd to get there. * Xanithern looks back down after the ceremony and burries his face in a book. * Kupel flies over the crowd and surveys the food selection * Leran follows right on Nikki's heels, possibly literally from time to time. [A surprisingly talkative yuke who is discussing with Yarksetnik about a few things, an angry lilty who's trying to pick a fight with one of the town members, a yuke who's just leaining against a wall and reading a book that's NOT Xanithern, and a clavat with a shield on his back and a very simple, yet commanding look to him. Oh, and the council members too, who are either on the stage or in with the crowd.] [Oh, and another lilty who's absolutely pwnzing the dunk tank (you know, with the balls and the target). Yes, there's a dunking booth.] (DUNK THE GWESUS.) [It's one of Cid's more... unique creations.] [There's food! Lotsa food! You gonna stuff yourselves silly? 'cuz you can!] * Kupel stuffs herself silly! (Too late! You were already silly.) * Leran descends on the presumed buffet like a veritable horde of locusts. He builds up two plates on each arm like a deranged waiter, and grins at Nikki. * Nikki snickers. She grabs a plate and some food for herself. "Wow, this looks good. I hope it's worth that speech." Um, no, he doesn't ramble like that. Not about whatever Cid was saying anyways. * Mona sighs. "I guess that just means Cid is unique. Aren't we a lucky town." Uh-huh. * Ann Hol comes walking around and spots Mona and Enzo. "Awww, that's so cute. I can't believe Cid's such a blabbermouth, can you?" It's funny... he said so much, but I can't remember a word of it... * Mona chuckles and smiles slightly at the two of them. "I can, but I've lived here forever. I was just about to tell my poor cousin that this was a party and he should go find you." * Leran looks around for a spot to sit and eat. He glances back at Nikki. "Any preferences?" Oh did you? *an evil glimmer appears in her eyes* "Come on Enzo, let's go have some fun. Nice meeting you, Mona." She grabs his arm and pulls him away. * Nikki scans the area. "Eh... not really. Wherever we go, we're gonna have people to talk to." * Enzo responds as he's pulled away. "Goodby Mona, I will talk to you later." He manages to spit out just before Ann Hol pulls him out of sight. Well, as ... somebody says, anyway, food before talking. So they'll have to wait. * Mona waves slightly and watches him go off and then shakes her head, saying, to herself, "Aunt Talia told me, but I really didn't believe it..." * Leran starts threading his way through the crowd to a table that's got a few spots open. * Nikki rolls her eyes. "As you say, anyway." She follows the wake of the Leran over to the table. * There's an open table. Table table table. * Xanithern flips a page on his book, seemingly uninterested in the food. * Mona heads over to a nearby barrel and hops on top of it, to get a better view of the people. * Harmony gets up and wanders over to the food table, where she procures an apple. * Leran plops down his Food, sits in front of it, and looks around. "Mona's all by her lonesome. Wonder where Blondie got to. Xanithern's got his nose in a book. Again. Harmony's out there somewhere, but I can't see here from here... wait, there she is at the food table." He peers. "Don't see anybody else." * Leran smiles. "Good! Nobody to interrupt." He dives into the food. Literally, to an extent. * Nikki has a seat. "Maybe Dorn decided to be antisocial and Ne Rina got- yeah. * Nikki starts on a bunch of grapes! Mmm, grapes. * Mona taps her foot on the barrel for a second as she scans around, with a frown on her face. She mutters, "Stupid antisocial selkie." * Nikki takes off a grape, tosses it in the air, and catches it in her mouth. "Okay, Leran. Your turn!" * Nikki removes a grape and tosses it in the air. If Leran doesn't react, it's on his head. * Mona hops off the barrel and heads over to the food. "And he wonders why I seem to know people." * Leran snatches it out of the air, managing to not get it in his eye but instead in his mouth. * Harmony eats an apple. * Nikki claps her hands. "Very good!" She sounds rather like she's complimenting a puppy. (Yes, it's the amazing Leran and Nikki show!) (I've trained him well.) * Leran works out an "'m gonna throw a knife at you next" between bites. But instead of a knife he lobs a bun at her head. * Nikki yelps and brings up her hands to catch it, but instead it bounces off and lands on her lap. "Aww." * Leran gives a few sarcastic claps. * Nikki picks up the bun and smacks Leran with it. * Leran doesn't even give her the satisfaction of pausing in his chewing. * Mona grabs herself some carrots and meaty things from the food table. She glances over at Harmony and mms, saying at her, "Why are you eating an apple?' ("Because I like apples.") (But she DOESN'T.) * Nikki sets the bun on the table and goes back to eating. (Or she's a liar.) * Harmony blinks at Mona. "Huh?" She looks at the half-eaten apple in her hand. "... Oh... Um.... I don't know." * Mona says with a tone of slight disbelief. "Harmony, it's food... It's not hard to pick up food you like." S-sorry. * The lilty at the dunking booth makes her way over and grabs a huge tray of food. Bouncing it on her head as she throws things on to it, she walks over to the table and looks at you while traybouncing. "Hey, can I sit here?" * Leran looks up, briefly, then nods and shoves more food into his maw. * Mona glances at the lilty breezing by, but seems to be focusing on Harmony as she gestures at the table. "Go ahead. Pick something." * The lilty bounces the tray onto the table and jups into the seat, shoveling food into her mouth. * Kupel flies over to find... hm. Mona and Harmony! * Harmony blinks a few times. She picks up a slice of cheese and looks at Mona as though she's not sure she can eat it without permission. * Mona looks at Harmony for a second in confusion, before saying, "... do you like cheese?" * Leran sets to work on plate number three, sneaking a glance up at the lilty. He makes a look of mild admiration at the food she's putting away, then goes back to his own. Um... I think so...? I mean yes. Oh. Well, then, enjoy. * Kupel waves to Mona nad Harmony. Evening, kupo! * Harmony says, "Thank you." Before she takes a bite. She has permission to enjoy it! XD * She is actually rather tall, especially for a female pure lilty. Which means she probably weighs a ton, and eats like one as well. * Harmony looks at Kupel with the cheese in her mouth. * Mona shakes her head slightly and looks at Kupel. "Hey, Kupel." * Harmony eats it. "Um... Hello." * Kupel bobs her pompom in greetings. * The yuke that was speaking with Yarksetnik approaches Xanithern. "Xanithern?" Nice night, mmm? * Harmony nods. Oh, yes. * Nikki looks up from her food and smiles at the lilty. "Hi." Sky looks so clear, kupo * Leran comes up for air between plates three and four. He whoofs. "Man, this is pretty decent stuff." * The lilty talks back to Nikki, with her mouth full. "Mrflfm." * Mona chuckles. "After the past week or so, that's a miracle of its own." She then chews on a carrot. * Nikki giggles. "Yeah. I'm Nikki." It is? * Leran waves at the Lilty, hand holding a piece of ham. * Xanithern doesn't glance up from his book...or rather maybe he does, but his book is still interposed between him and the Yuke. * Kupel nods. * The lilty blinks at Leran. She swallows and giggles as well. "I'm Layla. Who's your boyfriend?" * Nikki snickers. "He's not my boyfriend." But he can catch grapes in his mouth. Oh. Really? Let me see! * Mona sighs. "The rain, Harmony. It's been raining." She glances over at Yarksey, who is now left alone, "I'll talk to you both later. I have something I need to ask someone." Um... Okay. * The yuke sits down next to Xanithern. "One of the council members said you do research. What kind of research do you do?" Okay, watch. * Kupel nods. * Layla watches intently. * Nikki pops off another grape. "Leran! Incoming at twelve o' clock!" And up it goes. * Mona nods slightly and heads over to Yarksy, eating a little on the way. * Leran swallows quickly, and barely catches the grape with a lean that has him falling out of his chair. But he comes up chewing, with a smirk on his face. That's really good! Enzo's still working on doing that. * Xanithern raises the book up higher, blocking his face. The title says Ars Arcanum on the cover. Whether it's to show off some of what he researches or to hide himself from the yuke is anyone's guess. * Kupel looks at Harmony, who is left alone. Can you catch three from one throw? Enzo? Oh, hm. Think you can do it, Leran? Say, Harmony... * Leran rights his chair and sits down. "Doubt it, but I can try." (You do know that Ars Arcanum is a focus attack, right?) (No :P) (It can be a book too!) (Guess so. :P) * Nikki removes three grapes and holds them in one hand. "Okay. Ready?" (If you don't like it, make up something magicky sounding!) * Leran nods. * Nikki tosses. "Go!" Huh? * Mona proceeds uninterrupted to Yarksy! Who hopefully has not picked up another crazy person to talk to. Excited about the caravan? Umm... I g-guess so. Ars Archanum? I'm not familiar with that work. Have you ever read Encarpium Arcanus? * Leran grabs one, catches another literally by the skin, and the third drops right in his eye. "Nrrt!" Aww, nuts. * Xanithern lowers the book just enough to eye the bothersome Yuke. * Layla snickers. "Keep trying! I'm sure you'll get it eventually." * Kupel nods. "I really didn't think you'd be the type to sign up for something like this, kupo... I have to admit, I didn't think you the adventurous type" * Leran chews grape and rubs at his eye. "Yeah, nuts." He looks over at Layla. "Why're you here?" * The yuke really does seem interested in a conversation, and apparently knows what he's talking about too. He's surprisingly talkative for a Yuke, though. Oh. * Mona reaches an unoccupied Yarksetnik! * Xanithern raises the book again and goes back to his reading. * The yuke hmpfs. "Fine." He gets up and his magicite glimmers for a second in the light as he stalks off into the crowd. ( Xani failed to get free magicite ; ; ) * Kupel lowers her voice. "Say... you wouldn't mind if I say, snuck along, would you? It's not like moogles usually get into caravans the normal way anyway... besides, I'm cute and cuddly. * Mona looks up at Yarksetnik, saying in... not the most cordial of tones, but it seems like she's trying, "Hello, Miss Czretzinger." (Yes, but are you cool and comfortable?) * Yarkestnik turns to Mona and speaks from all directions at once. "Yes Mona Masahcarey?" * Xanithern lowers his book and rolls his eyes. Melodrama.. Do I have to have a reason to be at a party? * Layla points at the dunktank. "That's one of them. That thing ROCKS!" * Nikki looks over to the dunktank. "Hmmmm." That does look like fun. * Leran eyes Nikki. "Oh, no," he says, through a cupcake. * Harmony blinks. "Sneak and cute and.... huh?" * Mona turns her arm to show her blue magicite and says to her, "While I think everyone recieved a gift... I most likely have you to thank for this one personally." * Nikki looks over at Leran and beams. "You always say I throw like a girl." Unless it's just to make me miserable. Then I bet you're an ace. We should find out. * Leran sighs. "Lemme finish my pie." I could throw the pie at you, too! (I need to get Nikki an honorary whip.) Yes, I sent that to you. I see a fine blue mage in you, and I know your trying to master the art. (Wh-crack!) (Yeah, baby.) * Leran crams it into his mouth, whole. He stands up, chewing, and rolls his eyes. * Layla looks at Nikki, shrugs, and then beans Leran in the face with a cream pie. Cream-first, of course. * Leran ... blinks. Wh- heeeeey, that wasn't nice. Now he *needs* to get washed off. * Kupel waves a paw at Melody. "That fine with ya, kupo?" (Harmony. Heh.) Better get started getting him clean! * Leran grabs someone else's pie, off another table, and throws it back. ( >.> ) * Mona looks at Yarksetnik with a slight headtilt and nods a little. "I have to wonder who... ah, charged the materia for you." Um... I g-guess so... * Nikki watches, then deadpans, "My food fight sense is tingling." * Layla gets hit in the face. "Oh, you're going down!" She picks up a WATERMELLON and chucks it at Leran. * Nikki scrambles a little out of the way and starts grabbing ammo. Er, defense ammo. Sure! (We love you, Little Lilty that Could.) * Kupel smiles. "Great, kupo!" * Leran blocks with crossed arms, but is still knocked over. He pops back up to his feet, and grins. "It's on now!" Grabbing food from random tables as he goes, he ducks behind a table and starts arcing food in the general direction of Layla. And Nikki. Who charged it? Why would you ask that? What? Hey! I didn't do- * Nikki gets smacked in the face with a muffin. A muffin with drizzly cherry. "Oh, you're going down." * Mona smiles slightly. "Because they had to get Question Marks from somewhere. Or something." ( perfect way to kick off a caravan.. with a food fight. ;) ) * Layla ducks behind the table and takes food up, chucking things over as well. She's actually throwing the food with surprising speed, as if she's done this before. Lots before. * Nikki wipes cherry dribble off her cheek and forehead with the back of her hand, smearing it a little, and picks a baked gourd potato up off a plate (they're big!) and chucks it at Leran. She's no crazy lilty, but every bit helps! * The food fight grows, as more people get involved. It's mostly the younger kids; you even have some adults and, in particular, moogles joining in. * Kupel watches the foodfight from afar, and glances at Harmony. * Leran is getting pelted with food, but so are the people he's hiding behind. He's laughing maniacally as he launches barrage after barrage of carrots at the two females. * Xanithern looks up a little more at the foodfight. For a second. Then he sees who's involved. He shakes his head and goes back to his book. It could have come from any number of places. After all, that magicite came from Squenix. * Nikki yelps, scrambling under a table. * Mona glances over at the food fight and sighs. "Well, it was a curiosity. I didn't know you were tracking me so diligently." * Harmony glances at the food fight. Then she glances at a raspberry pie on the table. She hesitantly reaches for it, but changes her mind. * The cream colored moogle (with a bow!) gathers up some food and starts throwing them from her elevated position. Like grapes and oranges and apples! * Kupel smiles and giggles a bit. * Leran trips over a chair leg as he launches a pastry of some sort, and the new trajectory sends it straight towards Mona. (Give in, Harmony! GIVE IN!) (Come on. FOOD FIGHT!) * Cid just shakes his head. EVERY YEAR something like this happens. * Mona , being the attentive nerd she is, brings up her robe's arm and blocks the pastry, getting, er, pastry. On her sleeve. (Spoilsport.) (She was looking, Mister Trajectory.) I don't track you diligently. * Mona looks at Leran with a thin-lipped frown. "I think I find that comforting. Will you excuse me?" * Yarksetnik hands Mona a pineapple. "Of course." * Cid shoots Yarksetnik a glare. Yark is, well, Yarky. * Mona palms it. "Thank you." You know, Harmony, it's the last big festival here for a while, kupo. Why not just let yourself go wild, kupo? * Harmony blinks. "Um.. Um... But..." * Mona tosses the pinapple good and hard towards Leran. (SELKIES GONE WILD!) * Um, yeah. About that? The food fight has at least a hundred people participating in it now. And it's growing by the moment. If the council's actions mean anything, it's that they know the fight will ONLY end when there's no more food left to throw. * Kupel smiles. "It'll be fun!" * Leran takes the pineapple in the arm, shouts "BOMBARDMENT!" and dives under a table, winding up next to Nikki. "Hi." * Nikki smiles cheerfully at Leran. "Hi!" And she stuffs a turkey in his face. ( and by the looks of it, they provided a LOT of food. ) (Ooooh yeah.) ( ... I'm afraid to enter this at this moment. ) (Coward.) * Layla starts machinegunning cupcakes at random participants. ( Wuss ) (Panzy.) ( The moment he shows up, carrots shall be mentioned. ) ( I just know it. ) (So?) ( they already have been. you're late ) * Leran counters with a fish. "My plan to avoid the dunk tank worked!" * Mona then gets hit by something random from the side. She wipes it off her face with her sleeve. "I was hoping to actually eat today." She eats the meaty portion of her meal. * Kupel offers Harmony a nice little moogle drink with a paper pompom sticking out. * Nikki eyes Leran, then looks above the table, bringing down a bowl of punch. Yes, a BOWL of PUNCH. Which she proceeds to dump on her best friend. "Really." * A stray steak comes sailing through the air at Harmony. * Leran is dripping. And mad. "Yes. Since you're my friend, you've got a two second head start. Run." * Xanithern reads his book through the whole bombardment. Occassionally he lifts the cover so he can stop errant fruit and vegetables. Okay! * Nikki scrambles out from under the table and flees through the barrage of vegetables, meat, fruit and who knows what else. And runs right into Sai Link. "Hi!" She ducks behind him. (Slip on a banana peel into Mona's awaiting arms!) ( get pegged with food. Sounds easy ) (Darn. I wanted to catch him in my waiting arms.) (Too slow!) * Leran stands up suddenly, bowling over the table. He grabs a rack of ribs and throws them at Nikki, but since she's behind Sai Link, he gets hit smack in the face. With ribs. (Unfair!) (Harmony needs to get hit with the steak.) Hey! No fair hiding. (Mona has a quip to make. ;_;) (She does.) I'm not hiding! I'm strategically considering my position! * Sai_Link does not look pleased. He -was- silently debating how to slip out as quietly as he slipped in, but now he's tasty. * Layla pops up from behind the table and throws cantaloupe slices at Leran, boomerang style. "Gotcha!" You mean hiding! * Nikki peeks around Sai Link. "But it woooorked." She reaches up and pats him on the shoulder. "You've been great, Sai Link." ... * Nikki wipes some sauce off Sai's cheek and pops it into her mouth. "And now you're honey-marinated!" * Leran blocks the cantaloupe with his arm, grabbing some kind of pasta dish and arcing it over Sai Link's head. Then he dives for cover again. * Nikki scrams. * Nikki ran, but she still gets splashed with pasta. * Sai_Link ducks, and scrams the opposite way of Nikki. He's faster. * Mona finishes up her meat and is left with a plateful of carrots. Oh come ON! I shoulda stayed home... * Leran pops up and heaves a roast pig towards Layla, then ducks back again. * Mona's robe is also covered in food junk. * Sai_Link yells out to Nikki, "What happened to the celebration!?" * Layla pulls out her spear and, swinging the blunt end baseball style, hits the pig back at Leran's position! * Nikki ducks under another table and calls back, "This *is* the celebration!" * Mona hears Sai's voice and grins, winging a handful of carrots at Sai silently. Oh, come on! You're kidding me! ... you're not kidding me. Hah! You think you can take me! Bring it on! * Leran unsheathes his greatsword and whacks the pig back with the flat side. * Layla promptly gets pelted with assorted fruits, vegetables, and other foods from other participants. * She does have enough sense to put her spear out and catch the pig on it, though. (Pig's head on a stick?) (Pig's head on a stick.) (GET PELTED, SAI.) * Sai_Link does not notice the carrots until it's too late. He pulls one of the ones that managed to lodge in his hair out. * Harmony politely and timidly excuses herself and zips away from Kupel and everyone else. * Layla cackles and starts wading through people, swinging her pig on a stick wildly and smacking people with it lightly. * Sai_Link dives under a table, and immediately starts scanning the crowd for whoever threw the carrots. "Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh." * Leran finds the fish and lays about himself with it, laughing like a maniac. He's got pie and god knows what all in his hair, and it's sticking out like he's been electrocuted. It's actually kind of intimidating except that it's pie. * Kupel pouts, then goes to find... hm... the other group! (... other group?) [Sai Link notices Mona trying to look innocent and blend in, and fail absolutely MISERABLY.] (We're all totally split up.) * Mona has indeed tries to not be spotted, actually using Enzo for cover briefly... ha ha, yeah right. [There is no other group. It's just a giant food fight.] * Enzo is, unfortunately for Mona, not there to be hid behind. (Stupid Enzo!) * Mona gets spotted and smiles weakly at Sai at range, then waves. * Sai_Link points at Mona with one accusing hand, his eyes narrowing slightly. * Mona shrugs helplessly, then wings most of the rest of her carrots at him. ( oooh ) * Sai_Link slides out of cover, and grabs a plateful of eggs- they fall off when he uses the plate for a shield, though. * Nikki spots Mona and starts flinging piles of peas at her. (This is just great. I love it.) ( haha ) * Sai_Link, lacking eggs, starts boomeranging pancakes at Mona. The extra-syrupy one falls apart in midair, though. * Leran flings the fish at Layla, hops up on a table, and just stands there laughing. * The moogle with a bow finds Kupel and smiles. She (yes, you can tell it's a she) smiles and pulls out a bottle of seltzer, spraying Kupel all over with it. * Mona gets more pea junk on her robe and ignores it, but who can ignore a sticky pancake? Not Mona! * Layla gets fished. She takes the pig off the spear and throws it at Leran's legs. * Kupel offers Mona a nice watermelon. * Sai_Link grins widely. ... then breaks into a run when he spots the watermelon. Here you are, kupo! So where's my backup!? * Nikki spots the wide open Leran and just pelts him with everything she can find. Including roast rabite. * Mona looks up at Kupel for a second and shakes her head. "What's a nice moogle like you doing down here instead of up THERE?" She takes the watermelon and tracks Sai before winging the watermelon at him! Let's hope nobody's in the way. (Hey Kupel, you're getting sprayed with Seltzer.) Waah! * Kupel is sprayed! @.@ * Leran is pelted by many many people, but manages to dodge the pig. By falling off the table. He picks up the roast rabite and bites a chunk out of it, grinning. * The moogle with a bow laughs at Kupel's plight and flies off into the food frenzy. * Kupel tosses over a pudding at the other moogle * Mona gets some of the wet sprayback from Kupel, due to proximity. She runs her hand through her hair, which is now syruped and watered. * Sai_Link takes a moment to grab Nikki by the shoulders, and set her in the watermelons path. He flashes a V over Nikki's shoulder. Thanks for not moving! (... Oh, poor Nikki.) * The moogle with a bow gets pegged in the face with pudding. * Nikki stares at the incoming watermelon. * Nikki ducks. Well, it wouldn't be fair for the other moogles, kupo. I fly better when I've had a few! (Friends don't let friends drink and fly.) (Who gets hit! I want hittage of people!) * Sai_Link sidesteps the impact- but still gets watermelon bits all over him when it hits. * Nikki does, too. "Ugh." She looks up at Mona, then eyes Sai Link. * Layla creeps up behind Leran and apple pies him in the face, twisting it around for maximum effect. * Sai_Link waggles a finger at Nikki. "You did it first." * Mona laughs and yells at both of them. "There! By Shiva, PANCAKES? You're horrible. At least carrots are dry!" * Leran leans out from behind a table and lets Sai Link have it with a smallish duck in the face. Thankfully, he missed the watermelon. Then he is apple pied! * Sai_Link yells back- over Nikki, poor Nikki- "YOU KNOW I HATE CARROTS!" * Sai Link gets a carrot in his mouth for all his troubles and yelling. ... * Mona grins and says to herself, "Ask and ye shall recieve." * Leran wipes pie off his face, stooges-style, and frowns. "Didn't we do pie already?" * Nikki just covers her ears. She's also covered with watermelon. (... how much food is there LEFT?) * Sai_Link spits out the carrot, and headbutts the incoming duck. * Mona starts moving again, using her robe as shielding for most of the splashy stuff. Not apple yet. (This is, like, food for thousands of people.) (I'm just letting you guys have fun. But, yes. There really IS enough food for thousands of people.) * Sai_Link replenishes his ammo supply, and starts chucking apples and biscuits at Mona and Leran. * Layla jumps over the incomming food! * Leran grabs a chair and blocks, snagging a waffle and tossing it discus-style at Layla, and a few more at whoever else is near! Like Nikki. * Sai_Link stuffs a biscuit in Nikkis hair, and rubs it in, for good measure. * Mona gets appled and seems immensely displeased by it. * Layla takes a waffle to the gut and lands all syrupy. * Sai_Link then JETS. * Nikki is already kinda prone. And watermelon covered. Now she has a biscuit in her hair, along with waffle sticking to her. * Layla spots Sai's jet and winds up, chucking an orange at incredible speed at Sai's back. (heheh... glad I decided to lurk. This is worth paying money for.) * Mona joins Layla's throw attempt with a thrown banana at Sai as well. ( I so want to use the Selkie FA with food. Damned magicite requirement. ) (Lilty Tagteam!) * Sai_Link gets oranged! He ducks, and picks it up to chuck back behind him, only to have the banana bounce off his head. Yes! Bonk. * Leran pops up from behind a table, grabs a bushel of rutebagas, and ducks back down again. * Sai_Link eyes the Litlies, then tosses the orange into the air, pulling out one of his shortswords and slicing it two on the way down. He catches the halves, and wings them back at Layla and Mona. * Nikki gets to her feet. She edges out of food fight proper, scanning the area. And picking biscuit out of her hair. * Layla shows off her badass by smacking the first one down with her spear, hitting another incoming projectile with its, but, then picking up a baguette and throwing it at Sai Link, javelin style! * Sai_Link isn't done with the sword- he slides it under a plate of barbecued fish, tosses that up, then catches it and tosses the whole plate at Layla. * Mona uses the horribly messsy robe to block, muttering, "At least they're cheap." * Layla gets pegged with fish. "Always the fish." * Leran pops up and heaves a rutebaga at Layla, then Sai Link, then Mona, then Nikki, then one for each moogle. ( was that swordfish, by any chance? ) * Sai_Link moves just to the side of the baguette with a hop, resheathing the sword. * The moogle with a ribbon dodges easily and casts a water spell over Leran's head. Can you say wet Leran? * Mona gets spattered with something random and sighs, before getting rutebegaed by surprise in the head. She looks over at Leran, frowns more, and lobs a turkey leg at him. * Nikki ducks under the rutebega, scrambling along the outskirts of the fight to a food table. She holds her hands before her, one above another, and anyone paying close attention (not that anyone is) notices a very bright pinpont of red light beneath one sleeve. * Sai_Link gets rutebega'd! He glances around for a bowl of something, and spots a large bowl of soup. He picks it up, and charges Leran. * Leran is already wet, now just less sticky. He knocks the turkey leg away, though. * Layla gets smacked in the side with a rutebega. She lobs the rest of the turkey at Leran. * Leran takes the turkey in the side. He's pretty much laughing continually now, though he readies himself to block Sai Link. * Mona grins over at Layla, who is clearly close, and picks up a pie, glancing over at Sai for a second before saying, "Can't say I've met you before. Mona Masahcarey." * Nikki lets the fire swirl around her wrist and arm, then down to cover the other one, and she shoots it forward, creating a portal in the air. Her eyes gleam as she grins. "Okay, Charlie! Time to come out and play." (Leran's winding down. Especially now that The Evil is here.) (The Evil?) * Sai_Link is already running, so it's a running leap when he jumps up, and attacks with the soup bowl from above. He overturns it, and drops it right over Leran. (Charlie.) * Layla takes a watermellon and chucks it at Mona's feat, making a nice sticky explosion. She smiles as she gets hit with some soup. "I'm Layla." (Mwehe.) (At least it's not Carbuncle.) (CARBUNCLE LOVES YOU.) * Mona shies back from the watermelon and nods. "Tipa?" ( CARBUNCLE LIKES GREEN. ) (CARBUNCLE is the MORE EVIL.) Yup! * Leran is souped! But he can nail Sai right in the face with a chocolate cake! * Mona look over at Sai again and lobs the pie at him, before looking back at Layla. "I'm Enzo's cousin. Tipa's a nice place." Thanks. * Sai_Link lands not on his feet! Chocolate cake does that. He doesn't get pied, because he's still on the ground when it sails by. * Layla picks up a bowl of punch and hurls its contents over the general area. * Layla laughs. "Sanriem's really nice too!" * Mona chuckles and picks up a bunch of fruit which she scatters Sai's way, before getting dunked. "Well, it's not always like this. Then again, Tipa isn't either. Stayed there for a winter 4 years back..." she wipes punch off of herself, "...and am really wishing I weren't half Clavat right now. Ugh, the hair." * Sai_Link handvaults to his feet, and takes a moment to reorient himself- then breaks into a run, completely avoiding the fruit. * Leran looks like he's winding down. He's mostly out of breath and just covered in crap. Totally soaking, as well. Augh, stand still and get pelted! * Sai_Link runs by another table, swiping a bunch of chicken-legs, one held in between each finger. * Charlie comes out to play all right! The little fire dragon appears and bites down on some food after flambeing it to a very fine crisp. What, stay stiill and let you hit me? As if * Mona starts just throwing everything that was on that table at Sai. * Sai_Link wings to chicken legs at Mona, then skids to a halt and changing directions, dodging frantically. * Nikki rubs Charlie on the head. "Hey, little guy. Look, I want you to do a favor for me." She starts murmuring to the dragon, pointing out various people in the crowd. Why, it's everyone who hit her with food. * Layla runs a finger down her very food-covered clothing and tastes it. "You make good food here, too." (I didn't hit you!) (Liar. Watermelon.) (Not my fault!) * Leran rights a chair and plops down in it. He's smiling like a ninny. (Sai's fault! Bite him twice!) * Sai_Link bats the apples, chicken, basically everything he can back at Mona with the chicken legs. What he doesn't knock back, he gets hit with. * Mona tries to shield herself with the robes and fails, getting fruit on her front and face as well. Finally, she responds, "Well, now it's sorta a big mush. You like mush?" * Sai_Link wings the last of the chicken he's wielding at Mona, once she relaxes her assault. * Sai_Link takes a bite out of the last one before he wings it, though. * Mona sidesteps it and glares. * Charlie finishes what he's eating and zips around. A few seconds later he's HIGH above the food fighting area and dropping 'flaming' pears (yes, pears that look on fire) on all in the vicinity. Not even Sai evades the dragon's wrath. After Charlie's done with the task, he flies over to Nikki and bites into more of the burnt-to-a-crisp pig. * Leran dives under another table to avoid the pear. "Augh! NIKKI!" * Nikki rubs Charlie's head and hands him pork morsel. She waves to everyone else. "Well, it's been fun! But I'm gonna die if you get me. Bye!" * Sai_Link looks vaguely annoyed- and up. * Layla gets pegged. "Yes, mushed is good, but geeze!" * Nikki releases Charlie up into the air and SCRAMS. * Mona also gets pegged. "Nnh! Damnation, what did I do?" * Charlie flies up into the air and vanishes in a portal of fire. * Xanithern gets a pear on the head/helmet and looks up. He sighs and closes the book and finally eyes the scene. * Sai_Link hops up onto a table, selects a nicely balanced egg, and sights Nikki. "Have one for the road!" * Layla looks exausted. "That was fun. Lots of fun." * Sai_Link chucks the egg at Nikki, then hops back into the crowd. * Leran RUNS out from under the table and vanishes out of the scene in chase of Nikki. [The food's starting to run low now, as the council starts to survey the battlegrounds. Any of you want to get them dirty with food? Huh?] ( PELT CID! ) ( ... Gwesus. ) * Nikki dodges the egg. She sticks her tongue out at Sai Link, then notices Leran chasing her and somehow runs faster. ( He deserves eggs and tomatoes for that speech. ) * Mona chuckles slightly, then looks over at her mom through her messed hair. "Fun enough, I guess. " You'd better be ready to leave tomorrow. * Sai_Link kicks up a plate of tomatoes, and makes sure one each heads towards Gwesus and Ran Dom. Inconspicuously, as he sneaks behind someone the moment they leave his hand. * Gwesus snaps Gugnir to her hand and hurls it through the tomato and right in front of where Sai Link moved. "I saw that Sai Link. I'd better see you ready tomorrow too." * Sai_Link whistles, and looks around innocently. * Ran Dom smacks the tomato with his paddle, making a nice red splotch in front of it. * Mona chuckles a little and says to herself, "Ancient Masahcarey secret." She looks over at Layla, then everyone else, then says, "It was fun. I'm sure I'll see you out there." * Sai_Link eyes the lack of tomatoes on Council members he dislikes. "Well, that didn't go so well." * Mona then picks up a pie and walks over to Gwesus, holding it at her side. "Mom?" * Gwesus snaps her hand and Gugnir leaps back to it. "And when I say that, I do mean it." * Gwesus looks up at Mona. "Yes?" * Mona smushes the pie in her face. Or tries. Who knows. She's Gwesus. * Gwesus does indeed get pied. She doesn't seem unprepared, though, and pies Mona right back. That's some fancy slight-of-hand going. * Mona smiles at her. "Have a good six months." * Gwesus smiles and wipes her face with a towel. "Make us proud for the good of the caravan." * Mona grabs the towel from her mom and wipes herself off. "We'll try." * Sai_Link laughs to himself, then grabs an empty plate and starts gathering up food! To eat! There's no carrots there. * Xanithern sighs and wipes pear off his helmet, walking away. There is no try. You either succeed or you don't. [Session End!]