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It's my party and I'll cry if I want to

Apr 09, 2010 00:06

WHO: Anyone!
WHAT: Welcome back party
WHEN: Thursday evening
WHERE: Frolicking Stoat
( Why was he holding her hand when he's supposed to be mine? )

bret mcclegnie, touya, gob bluth, cordy estwynde, cris gainfly

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Sorry for not tagging last night >.< Got busy and the internet was just not on my side at all weedyshyguy April 10 2010, 20:41:09 UTC

Bret chewed his lip. He figured it'd be a solid blow to Gob's ego if he questioned his involvement, but has much as he'd wondered if it was his or their fault, somehow it seemed like too much. It wasn't people within a close distance, necessarily, and as far as he could tell there was no way to prove it was wizardry and not the gods' intervention. Given what Sam had been saying, it seemed more likely it was the gods...

It was funny. Bret had blamed himself and felt bad about it and here Gob was, apparently pleased that he might've been the cause. Bret didn't really get Gob.

"It was...well, it was Jhelbor before Jhelbor was here," Bret said, shrugging. He wondered (in a far-away sort of way) as he glanced at the arm Gob still had over his shoulders, whether he was the sort of person Jemaine would get jealous of. Bret had never considered how randomly affectionate straight men could be without realizing. And really, this wasn't the first time Gob had hugged him and bought him a drink. Maybe Bret was the weird one for thinking about it at all.

He was getting off track. "You were trying to bring us back?"

Slowtagging happens. ^^ remove_alldoubt April 11 2010, 02:29:12 UTC

"Uh... Yeah. The guys were into it, y'know. Practice for focusing our efforts." Which, apparently, had paid off. Gob was still grinning away.

"So what'cha drinking there? Juice? There better be some vodka in that."

weedyshyguy April 11 2010, 02:55:54 UTC

Bret didn't like lying, but he liked alcohol even less. And there was no reason for Gob to buy him a drink he didn't want, either. "Yeah, a little." It was for the best.

He looked around the party, smiling at seeing so many worldwalkers in one place. It was nice to have this happen without there being a crisis or argument. He glanced back at Gob, a thought occurring. "Did anything weird happen while we were gone?"

remove_alldoubt April 11 2010, 03:12:59 UTC

Gob ordered a whiskey from Cordelia, winking, and tossing some coins her way. Not all of them landed on the bar top.

"Not really," he said, turning back to Bret with a wrinkle of his nose. "Except the lemons..." He settled on a stool, resting both forearms on the bar.

weedyshyguy April 11 2010, 03:59:41 UTC

Bret hummed thoughtfully. "So we just...popped back in time randomly." He scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, maybe it was you. Or me. Or the group of us." Because really, what had any of that accomplished? It was about as useful as being able to embed a coin in a tabletop...

But maybe-- "When we went back, the people who lived here were doing something to the tree. Do you think that could've had something to do with it?"

remove_alldoubt April 12 2010, 02:49:46 UTC

"What, you think it was actually them?" Gob's smile took a turn toward disbelief. "So then what brought you back?"

weedyshyguy April 12 2010, 03:10:19 UTC

"Er." Oops. "Well, maybe they did something then and the wizards did something now and it...connected?"

Bret cleared his throat in an effort to dispel the awkwardness he'd summoned by thinking aloud. "As far as I know, they weren't doing anything when we went back. So...it was probably you guys who did that." Maybe. There wasn't anything to prove it wasn't them.

remove_alldoubt April 12 2010, 04:30:09 UTC

"Yeah." Gob shrugged. He'd never really doubted that it had been him, anyway. Even though it had been a whole bunch of people who'd gone missing...

Eh, whatever. He (and the other wizards, yeah, them too) probably had something to do with it.

"Anyway, now that you're back we probably don't have to meet every day... Next week work for you?"

weedyshyguy April 12 2010, 04:46:13 UTC

"As long as I'm allowed to be in next week," Bret replied, managing to smile a little, "You never know anymore, man. We could skip a century without realizing. I hope not, but, you know."

He shifted awkwardly in his seat. "I'll try and be there." It occurred to him that if this was the gods, maybe joking around about the time shifting that dramatically would just prompt them to do it. He certainly hoped not.

"Other than trying to bring us back, did you guys do anything interesting while we were gone? Learn anything about the wizardry?" He supposed that was one upside to gathering them together. More test subjects.

And more catastrophic property damage, but experimenting was the only way to get them all to a point where they'd avoid doing that and instead do what they want.

remove_alldoubt April 13 2010, 00:09:21 UTC

"Aaah." That was a thoughtful-drawn-out sorta sound as well as a post-whiskey-swallowing sorta sound. "Well, we learned it's not always a good idea to try and turn animals into things. Y'know, instead of the other way around."

weedyshyguy April 13 2010, 00:40:29 UTC

Bret conjured up a few horrifying images before he visibly winced and asked, "What happened?" He wondered if maybe he didn't really want to know. But maybe he could think of something to keep whatever horrible thing it was from happening the next time they tried it.

Although there was also the question of why they were trying to turn animals into things in the first place. It rang of animal cruelty, really.

remove_alldoubt April 14 2010, 02:52:16 UTC

"Oh. Well. There was this rabbit? We were trying to turn it into money, but we ended up just, y'know, killing it. And there were the mice that all fused together and became an ear of corn. It was just kinda creepy."

After that quick and casual ramble, Gob took another drink. "I wouldn't eat that corn. Would you?"

weedyshyguy April 14 2010, 03:14:03 UTC

Bret's mouth fell open. "No. No I would not."

Which only begged the obvious question: "Did you?" He really really hoped not. At least they had apparently learned their lesson.

Bret shuddered. Those poor animals.

remove_alldoubt April 14 2010, 03:25:19 UTC

Gob looked... rather sheepish. "Mighta tried it," he mumbled before switching back to his regular voice. "I was too weirded out though. Couldn't finish."

weedyshyguy April 14 2010, 03:46:27 UTC

Bret looked away, trying to hide his instinctive shudder. "Yeah, definitely don't do that ever again." Although...it could solve any hunger issues and get infestations out of people's houses all at once. But it'd be so weird. He'd almost rather they just eat the mice.

He turned back, forcing a smile. "So, uh. Anything else happen? Any...um. Ladies?" He figured this was something Gob could talk about without being quite as creepy.

Maybe.

He hoped.

remove_alldoubt April 14 2010, 04:51:54 UTC

"Aah -- yeah -- no, not so much," Gob admitted grudgingly. With getting the Alliance together, and Bret going missing, and then there was... well. "Sad state of affairs, but... Demons were gettin' too weird on me, man. A threesome's nice when it's two chicks, but I mean, come on. I'm not lookin' for an extra pogo stick on the playground, know what I mean?"

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