Day 2: Evening

[wizardseason]

Evening: 5:00pm - Midnight

[ IRL Timeframe: April 14th - April 22nd, 2019 ]

Unfortunately for everyone, the second day's events are far less rewarding than the first day's. Now that things are starting to get real, there are consequences for what's taken place. Both monsters caused a bit of damage and a mess with their departure, but the locals on the island are trying to stay positive. Sometimes things just get messy, they've dealt with this for forty years it's fine.

But the heroes are sure to have a lot on their mind. Injuries mean it's less of a game and more likely to sink in as real. How will your hero cope tonight? The Princess and her two knights are due for a rendezvous with the Protector and, on the other hand, there are some evil-allured knights due for some private time with the Wizard. What will come of that?

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The Weather

• Still.
• 61°F / 16°C
• An eerie calm has fallen over the island.

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Prompts:

• 05:00pm Clean-up Crews: Both Bamborough and Craydon were left with big neon-green splashes of blood that aren't going to just wash off. Numerous locals in both areas are hard at work cleaning up after the second monsters, scrubbing at buildings and assessing the damage to the island. In Bamborough, the locals are hard at work trying to salvage the damage to the boardwalk or put up caution tape around the destroyed areas. Is your hero lending a hand in all this? Is someone else helping? Bond over picking up the pieces, but hey... it could be worse, right?


• 5:30pm, Craydon: Despite being largely untouched by the monster's arrival, the citizens of Craydon have dropped by the train station to check in on the heroes. Anyone in the area will be given a small care package of items and offered a free coupon for any restaurant in the area. Will your hero go alone and run into someone who was craving the same food they were, or will they team up with their fellow heroes to drop by a restaurant together? Everyone needs to unwind, after all!


• 5:30pm, Bamborough: Despite the boardwalk damage, the Bamborough oceanfront diner is offering 'monster margaritas' tonight. They're set up as an open-air bar tonight, doors and windows open to let in the cool sea air. Every hero gets their first monster margarita free if they can stomach the bright green color, and they've got deep fried bar foods for half off. Come in, indulge, have a drink to get your mind off of the events of the day, heroes!


• 5:30pm, Far Haven: The Far Haven clinic has advertised that its doors are open to any hero injured, or just in need of a check-up, for the rest of the evening. They want to check in on all the heroes and make sure they're okay. Did your hero come alone and run into someone here? Or did they come together to get stitched up? Or maybe they just need to be reassured that everything will be okay.


• 8:30pm, 9:05pm, 9:40pm, Train station(s): As always, Social media is incredibly quick to report Wizard appearances. At 8:00pm they report that the Wizard is waiting for the train in Bamborough station. She does, in fact, board the train at 8:30pm and they start theorizing where her destination is. Social media points out that her train will be arriving in Craydon at 9:05pm, then it will get to Far Haven by 9:40pm. If a hero tries to find her when the train arrives back in the Bamborough station at 10:15pm, though, the train will be empty. Where will your hero find her? Bamborough between 8 and 8:30pm? On the train in Craydon at 9:05pm? Or when she disembarks in Far Haven at 9:40pm?

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Procedure:

Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around.

Comments

[zafika]

Luckily the faux-defenciveness does come across as faux-defenciveness, meaning Zafika doesn't have to be concerned about stepping over a line somewhere in here again, they really don't want that to happen and further turn this to a disaster.

Now, Garrot helping them deal with being jumpy and reacting poorly to being startled as a part of his job? That's fine, better than him trying to do it out of feeling bad for having gotten mad at them. "Well, being jumpy doesn't excuse attacking an ally, so... I definitely need to work on that reflex." And then there's that word. 'Friends'. They could have killed him if they hadn't gone for petrifying instead of stabbing, and Garrot's still calling them his friend? Zafika really can't follow at all what he's thinking. "But, I really appreciate the help. Thank you. I'll uh... keep these glasses on for that bit though to avoid accidents... and you might want to grab some protective gear first few times at least..."

[daddykong]

"And you will work on it, Zafika." Garrot sounds warm and kind, though the word will has about as much cut as a military knife. He sees a problem, and they're going to fix it. Together. "We'll both be fine, I mean I'll just use my guys..." He snaps his fingers, and there's a little puff of golden-bronze smoke. Nothing happens, no Garrots appear, but it doesn't seem hard for him to use.

"They ignore some pain, and they tap out when it's too much, so they'll be fine." He chuckles to himself for a moment, and then he leans in a few inches, sliding back into concern. Accidents are a scary thing, given the topic! "I won't do anything in crowds," because the scene caused in private was bad enough, "and there'll be at least two of me whenever I try to startle you, so if something goes wrong I can keep everything... calm." He nods, acknowledging that he's just as responsible for whatever happens as they are.

"Is... is all that okay with you?" If Garrot's going to trigger a trained assassin's twitchy reflexes, he's going to make sure that Zafika's okay with whatever he's gonna try. Plus, this could be a great way to work on training his power!

[zafika]

"Of course I will. I don't want to hurt anyone innocent, never mind the Princess and the other Knights... and, well... if I don't have to go back to jail after this, all the more reason to get rid of this habit, right?" Zafika tries not to sound hopeful, but, after few days of freedom, they can't help but to wish and hope they'll get to keep the said freedom.

Their hands twitch, just a little, when Garrot snaps his fingers, but they relax again when there's only a puff of golden-bronze smokes, but no extra Garrots. They really don't want to freak out twice because of a surprise clone, once was bad enough. Still, they listen to Garrot's explanation, relieved that the clones tap out on their own apparently, and that he won't do anything in public. Not that they'd let him, honestly.

"Yeah... yeah I think that'll be fine." For the sake of this plan they'll temporarily forget what Garrot's clone had said about breaking their neck, that'd make letting him touch them to spook them a lot harder. "I'll, try to avoid any extra mishaps. Meaning, I'm going to leave my, equipment, far, far from myself for this, well, I guess you could call this training..."

[daddykong]

"It's absolutely training." His tone takes a bit of playful deadpan with that remark. If Zafika wants to call it training, then that's their choice and he'll absolutely run with it! "I mean, that's why we're setting the rules this time, right?" No, they're setting the rules because they just had a disastrous mishap and don't want to repeat it, Garrot. But he's at least trying to keep things positive and upbeat? Harder to do with a subject like this. "You'll be fine, I promise."

But then he starts to lean forward just a little, still keeping his distance as he rests his elbows on his legs and cradles his head in his hands. "You know, this was supposed to be dinner. You wanna... take a breather, eat something?" Garrot just nods towards that paella for a second. "I mean, I know I'm pretty hungry."

[zafika]

The playful deadpan tone earns Garrot a very quiet chuckle from Zafika, oh look they can still at least appreciate his humour if nothing else. "Yeah, yeah I guess so.. rules and safety precautions are required for this at least." They absolutely don't want to actually hurt Garrot, after all. "And... thank you. Again."

They just get to thank Garrot, when he brings the attention back to the food waiting on the table next to the couch, and oh, right. This was supposed to be a dinner. Huh. Now that they're reminded of that, have they even eaten anything today? Probably not, unless energy bars count from the morning's training. Better not admit that out loud though. "Oh, yeah, sounds good." And they are curious to try that paella.