"M-my name is Kalisuel, please you have to hide me!" The elf seems to get more panicky as the voices get closer.
"What wrong?" Thunk says still holding his axe, darting his eyes between the elf and the rest of the room to keep an eye out for more tentacle spewing pigtail seeking portals.
"Get behind us, Kalisuel!" Vivian decides, giddy at the thought of getting to be a mighty hero. After all, aiding ladies in distress was what mighty heroes did, right? Right.
Hmmm. You dont seem to be on the list of test subjects, so therefore you must work here! Are you an assistant? An intern? I am looking to apply for a job here as a Mad Scientist so you should be able to direct me to Human and Non-Human Resourses?
Hide you? Whatever for? Well you could stand in the spot directly behind me... You should be perfectly safe there!
She looks at Joseph in confusion, "What? No! I'm Trying to get away from the orcs and stuff coming after me! I don't have any idea why you'd think that I work here!"
Taking Vivian up on his offer, she hides behind the skald with surprising effectiveness.
Thunk moves aside as she runs past, still gripping his axe. He turns to where the elf came from, waiting for anything, half expecting nothing, half expecting extreme terror
After Lulu has finished color coding all the statues she notices that everyone is getting ready for visitors.
Pix, go see what's coming. Pix flies off to try and spy on whatever it is that is approaching.
The noise of Kalisuel's pursuers gets louder as the seconds tick by.
Veegal, patient as the scribbled on statues, waits in a stably relaxed position. Almost eerily still. You might not see him breathe. Did he just? Nope, that was probably a breeze moving his fur.
Pix flies back to Lulu. she flutters all about in front of her. making all sorts of musical notes.
Lulu looks and watches Pix. I wonder what he saw?
Pix hovers and does a tiny facepalm. she then flies releasing a trail of colorful sparkles. she flies in the shape of "4"
Lulu watches still Ok, so there is a figure skater doing circles on the stone floor?
Before Pix can once again apply his palm to his forehead, four hollering, scrawny looking orcs.
"ELF GIRL COME WITH US!" yells the first one.
"MOMMA ELF WANT ELF GIRL BACK!" screams a second.
"I LIKE PIE!" hollers a third that is promptly swatted upside the head by the fourth.
"NO PIE! ELF!" shouts the fourth.
"Oh! I LIKE ELF!" the third one says.
"WAIT-A-MINUTE!" the first one roars. Looking over the party before scratching his head. "Where be elf girl?"
Lulu quickly starts to think Hmmmmm....Hmmmm
Using the oversized sword she used to poke Joseph she stabs the ground and there is an eruption of colors and there is suddenly a Pie in front of the Orcs
There is no elf here only Pie, so take it and go.
"Oooo! PIE!" Orc number three exclaims, before orcs two and four slap him upside the head.
"What pie is this?" asks the first orc as he eyes it hungrily.
"You right. No elf. We take pie!" the first orc says before grabbing the pie and leading the others out. For the next few minutes you can hear them chanting "PIE! PIE! PIE!" over and over again.
After the last echoes of "PIE!" fade, Kalisuel comes from behind Vivian with a sigh of relief.
"Thank you. I don't know how I could ever repay you for that, but thank you!" she says as she rings her hands nervously.
pie? There's pie? Where's the pie? I do hope it is rasberry.
Joseph begins searching around franticaly for the pie.
Where's the pie guys? I can't find the PIE!
Wait, did those orcs take it? I say we hunt them down and slaughter them, scattering their innards to the winds... all in the name of reclaiming the PIE! WHOS WITH ME??
It seems like a rather bloodthirsty response for the otherwise weak looking scientist...
Vivian can't help but laugh as the orcs' voices fade into the distance. "That was spectacular!" he grins, smoothing out his whiskers, his bushy silver tail flicking from side to side not unlike a dog's wagging. "You certainly fooled those knuckle-heads!" Still grinning, he turns to Kalisuel, bowing flamboyantly and tucking his rapier away. "Vivian Vitimus, at your service, m'lady!" he announces, clasping the elf's hand. "And as you may have bnoticed, we've found ourselves in a spot of trouble - namely, we all appear to have been imprisoned with no more than the clothes on our backs. Less, actually, as we had to find these," he corrects, glancing down at his tunic and furs. If a fox-man feels strange about wearing fox-furs, he doesn't show it.
He then proceeds to ignore Joseph, as ignoring a person in dramatic throes was far funnier than paying attention to them.
Lulu turns around so her back id to everyone, then ther eis a rainbow flash of light and color around her.
Lulu turns around and hands a rasberry pie to Joseph. Sorry, the first one was taken, ut I had another. she says with a smile.
Pix simply responds with yet a third face-palm.
going to the elf girl. Lulu seems to be examining her intently. she has quite the curious look on her face.
she starts to gentyly poke the elf on the cheek. are you an elf?
"Pleased to met you Sir Vitimus. I'm Kalisuel, and you don't have to call me 'm'lady.'" she says with a curtsy. Taking a cue from the fox-man and ignoring Joseph's antics for the time being.
Or at least that was her plan until Lulu started examining her, causing her already dark cheeks to darken even more.
"S-sort of, I guess." Kali says timidly, obviously scared to say too much.
"Pleased to met you Sir Vitimus. I'm Kalisuel, and you don't have to call me 'm'lady.'" she says with a curtsy. Taking a cue from the fox-man and ignoring Joseph's antics for the time being.
Or at least that was her plan until Lulu started examining her, causing her already dark cheeks to darken even more.
"S-sort of, I guess." Kali says timidly, obviously scared to say too much.
Lulu looks a little more confused, Then why did you paint your skin? are you ashamed of being an elf? that's is nothing to be ashamed of. I can fix it if you accidenditally used permemant ink. what color would prefer to use? I like green myself
suddenly she realizes it with the orcs, wait a sec, you painted yourself to hide from the orcs right? well its ok, you can trust us and take the paint off now
i seems that Lulu has never seen nor heard of a drow
"B-b-b-but I didn't paint my skin. I was b-born this way." Kali protests as she backs away from the little woman with no concept of personal space.
Yup, she ain't that bright sometimes.
After Joseph has finished stuffing his pie in his mouth, with rassberry all over his face, he joins in the conversation.
She didnt paint her face there Lulu. She is a dark elf, a subspecies of elf and also known as a Drow. This specimen seems to be a fair bit more shy and timid then the norm for their race.
Really, you guys. Didnt you learn ANY of this in school?
Vivian puffs out his chest slightly when Kalisuel addresses him as "Sir", pleased that he's already well on his way to being recognized as a Mighty Hero, at least in these parts. Though "Sir" wasn't exactly a fitting title for a mighty berserker, it was a title, and that was what mattered.
"A drow, you say?" he asks Joseph, before turning his attention back to the girl, his whiskers twitching. "'Sun-starved'? Mr. Bonkers, she's a person, not a specimen." He shakes his head, shrugging apologetically at Kali.
"At any rate, it seems we're all in this 'under-home' together, so we may as well try to leave together. What say we all?"
Hmmm. You may be right there Mr. Kitsune. While I have no intention of leaving this place until i find human resourses and file my complaint, having a body or two interposed between me and other potentially harmful specimens as well as the brawn of an orc half-breed for any menial mundane tasks would prove beneficial. Now. Since i am the obvious superior inteligence here, its only natural that i take lead.
Well specimens, follow me!
Joseph then heads straight sideways directly towards one of the walls, muttering something.
Hmmm. I was sure there was a door somewhere here...
Thunk watches the exchange happen, keeping the axe ready as the confrontation with the orcs continue. When they take the bait of the pie, he lessens the grip of his axe and listens to the others converse. After Joseph beckons everyone to follow, thunk reaches a sudden realization. "Where pie for us?"
Narrowing his canine eyes at Joseph, Vivian ruffles his whiskers, ears twitching in annoyance. Huffing slightly, he resolves to ignore the strange little man for now.
"The pie is a lie, Mr. Thunk," he explains regretfully. "An illusion, little more."
"I think there's a hallway behind an illusion there." Kali says pointing to the area between two of the statues. "Why not run straight at it?" She smiles sweetly at the Mad Scientist.
Ah! That must be where it is! Well lets get going! Ehehehehehe!!
~~~CRASH!!!~~~
Ow... My cranium seems to have suffered an immediate ceasation of momentum...
Hey Thrunk! I seem insuficent enough to get through the door. Your a stronger lad. Why dont you run through the door?
Kalisuel watches Joseph smack into the wall, then try to get Thunk to do it.
"Is he always like this?" She asks Vivian and Lulu.
Vivian shrugs at Kalisuel, glancing down at Lulu. "We've known him little longer than you, m'lady," he sighs. "But if you ask me, he seems to have Lamashtu's blessing."
Veegal, unable to contribute order or reason to the actions of his compatriots, has continued to stay still. Extremely still. The coming and going of the enemy Orcs did not budge him, nor does Joseph's repeated attempts to give himself further brain-damage. He has reached an almost meditative state of denial in accordance to his situation, but upon the mention of the Mother of Monsters he snaps out of his funk.
Even though it was a simple joke, the mention of such evil is enough to illicit a response. Mostly a response to get out of here. But first he'd have to get everyone's attention...
Who seems to be the most reasonable here? The fox? Eh, it's worth a try...
Veegal flips his dagger around, grabbing it by the guard, and taps the Vivian on the shoulder with the pommel. Should this get the kitsune's attention, he will point towards the other end of the room, past the statues, as if to say, "Shouldn't we go there?"
Seeing the strange monkey-man pulling a knife, Kalisuel almost grabs Vivian to pull him out of harm's way and does suck in air to scream a warning, but then she sees that he's using the pommel to get Vivian's attention, and lets out a sigh instead.
"I think he's trying to tell us something, but why doesn't he talk, or just tap you on the shoulder instead of giving me a fright like that."
Lulu can't seem to do much more than giggle at each attempt, sometimes the urge to egg him on to try agin is near overwhelming.
but in frustration Pix stops Joseph from the continued wall beatings.
He's funny. Oh by the way, I never went to school how would I even know these things.
lulu walks over to the section of wall that is supposed to be an illusion
- (include a +2 for being told)
when she approaches she takes the short sword she is using as a walking staff and poke the illusion. then carefully touches it with her hand.
Vivian raises an eyebrow at Veegal's gestures, trying to decipher them and not having much luck. "Do you see something?" he asks finally, not really knowing what else it could mean.
To Kalisuel, he shrugs. "I haven't heard him say a word since we all met up. As for why he didn't simply tap my shoulder, I'm at a loss there, as well." He peers curiously at Veegal, whiskers twitching. "Can you even speak?" he asks.
"How did you all meet anyway?" Kalisuel asks.
"Cold and naked," Vivian answers truthfully. "Not long before you find us. We appear to have all been imprisoned here."
Veegal shakes his head and resigns himself to listening.
Well, I guess it's story time for everyone... except me.
"Oh. I see," Kalisuel says.
She looks back the way she came from.
"I guess we should get going. There's a place with a bunch of tunnels branching off back the way I came. It was only by the Black Butterfly's grace I found all of you!" she says with a smile.