Bender 7 - Event! It's a bird, it's a plane!

[heartstar_blues]

[[Location:  IN YOUR YARD!]]

[It's about that time again.  This time with a new twist!  The Captain is sober!

The Captain just had a regain!  Though it wasn't any power he remembers having.  He is as light as a feather!  And he floats at the slightest breeze or nudge!  The fact is, when the regain hit him a slight breeze went by and away went The

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[passes_out]

[He was having a conversation with Calleo who just appeared in his kitchen by some strange force and just happens to look over his shoulder through his kitchen widow. He shakes his head and blinks, having a whiskey in one hand, putting the glass down to see who was....fluttering in the breeze with his clothes.]

What on....

[He steps on the porch and notices that nothing seemed out of the ordinary except for this stranger.]

What are you doing?

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[The Captain was holding onto the clothes line. Another breeze and his feet went out from under him and were dangling in the air floating. He looked panicked!]

Oh ☠☠☠☠ I need help. I keep floating off!

☠☠☠☠ do you have like a brick or something?

[passes_out]

[With a start, he went right into his tool shed and grabbed rope and the two cinder blocks he uses to hold up his car when he changes the tires.]

I'll be right there!

[He ran, as quickly as he could with all that weight, toward the stranger and tied the rope to the blocks then around the stranger.]

What is going on around here? Everyone seems to be reacting strangely.

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[By the time he came back, The Captain had his eyes closed. Knuckles white as his grip on the rope was as tight as he could make it. He was whispering to himself.]

Oh please, oh please, oh ☠☠☠☠, oh please.

[When he felt the man tying him down he looked both surprised and infinitely relieved.]

Oh thank ☠☠☠☠ christ man....

[passes_out]

[With a sigh of relief, he looks at the stranger.]

I'm Ichabod Crane and you seem to have landed yourself in my backyard.

What happened? Everyone thus far is acting or reacting oddly to certain items.

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I don't know. First I get a strange piece of mail and the paper goes blank. Next thing I know I'm tumbling down the ☠☠☠☠ sidewalk like a leaf.

I'm The Captain by the way.

[passes_out]

I've received a package but I haven't opened it yet. After the taxes coming in the mail, I'm almost afraid to.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Captain.

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Probably smart... those things are ☠☠☠☠ annoying. I didn't even do the taxes for my house...

I bet that ☠☠☠☠ little kid did this to me.

[Shakes his head. Tied down for now and just lets go floating where he is. When the breeze dies down his feet touch the ground.]

I'm normally a super hero but this place ☠☠☠☠ that over.

[passes_out]

[If it wasn't for the fact that Ichabod was fairly open minded, that cursing would have grated on his nerves.]

I see. I highly doubt that any child would do something like this on such a grand a scale. It appears that the items that were returned have been hexed in some way. Perhaps these events are caused by some outside force that we are unable to foresee.

Would you like a drink since you are now tied to my yard? I would call you an unwanted guest under any other circumstance though I'll make an exception this time.

[He gives a friendly smile and waits for an answer.]

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This kid does taxes and is supposedly a robot or something...

[The Captain perks up though suddenly.]

Really? I could use a ☠☠☠☠ drink. As stiff as you make them... Thanks!

[passes_out]

[He laughs jovially.]

I would not make them any other way.

[He opens the screen door and into the kitchen. The sound of glass is heard and a bottle being opened.]

What do you do here in Mayfield?

[He's just striking up some friendly conversation since he can't do much else other than wait with Captain for the effects to wear off. He emerges with two double shot glasses with whiskey, handing one to Captain.]

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[He liked this guy already. Grinning like a fiend and drinking it like an alcoholic.]

Oh me?

[He knew this one, he just found out about his job recently and his non drone wife just forced him to go.]

I'm a cashier at the grocery store... it's ☠☠☠☠ brutal.

[passes_out]

[He takes a drink for his glass and swallows it with a sour look, not from the drink but from the words.]

Hm, pity that men with talent and skill are reduced in such horrid ways to break our spirits. I have been placed behind a desk with no hope of finishing the mountain of paperwork that greets me each day.

[He sets the bottle of whiskey down and grabs a lawn chair, slowly taking his seat.]

Huh, to think that I was once a constable now reduced by paperwork.

[He chuckles sadly with a shake of his head.]

The only good thing I have to look forward to is coming home to hear about the strange things going on. Those stories are never dull.

[He laughs.]

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[He'd nod in agreement about crushing spirits with these jobs. Though would look confused a moment as he mentioned his prior job.]

You used to be a what?

[Though about the rest...]

I've seen some weird ☠☠☠☠ back home. I could tell you tons of stories... this isn't so strange. I am just not used to being on the receiving side of the worse of it...

[passes_out]

[He waves his hand dismissively.]

I believe the modern term is a police officer. Though I hardly believe that matters now. I'm barred from trying anything without drawing suspicion of Grady. I'm sure that we both have stories to share.

I'm curious, what made the mayor think that we would want such ill things?

[He reaches for the whiskey bottle to refresh Captain's glass.]

If he's trying to keep our favor, this is hardly the way to do it.

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[Police Officer he got, Grady as well.]

I just heard of Grady not that long ago. Have yet to run into the guy.

[Lucky for The Captain. He'd eagerly let his new found companion refill it and again drink it down smooth.]

I had an idea of who was behind this. But I'm starting to think I was wrong... even they at least like to brag when they pull something off. So you meet this Mayor yet?