The Sereni-Tree and New Arrivals
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Thursday, January 26, 2006 06:13
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Originally posted by Jazaf:
'There you are. I've been looking for you Deuce.'
Deuce looks up from her training, sweat beading her forehead, and manages a smile.
'Hiya, Sensei!'
'Just thought you should know, Soul is alive again. It got everyone in all manner of hysterics.'
He watches Deuce resume her training and notes that she has improved very well.
'Here, instead of training out here jump into the pool and use the water's resistance to help get a more effective training session.'
Deuce smiled. "Soul is back? That's great news, Sensei. And good advice about the water. I'll take a dip and a quick shower, then I'll join you all."
As Jazaf left her alone in the water park, Deuce slumped down to the deck, exhausted. She had gotten there just in time. She remembered what happened just a bit earlier:
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Deuce woke up and rolled over. Her head felt like daggers were piercing it. She shivered, and became aware that she was very cold.
“Where am I?”
Even her own soft voice was too loud. She winced.
“Gorram hangover,” she whispered.
Without opening her eyes, she patted the grassy ground on either side of her for her weapons.
“Grass?”
Deuce sat up, and forced her eyes to open and focus. She seemed to be sitting outside, perhaps in a park. She was naked. A pond was nearby. Deuce ran her fingers through her short red hair, unsuccessfully willing the headache to stop. She had a dim, hazy memory of…
“Skinny-dipping? Did we… really do that? Uh, we? Right, I came here with… somebody… Wow, that must have been some party we had for Soul! Got hammered well and good.”
Deuce got to her feet and started to stagger around, occasionally tripping over a discarded bottle. Before long, she came to a tree. It was impaled with one of her katanas. The bark seemed to have been hacked away by the weapon, and the wood was vaguely chopped and carved into…
“Is that supposed to be a face? Hmmph! How drunk was I?”
With some effort Deuce managed to wrench her katana out of the tree. With a frown, she examined its dulled edge. What would her Sensei say? That blade’s scabbard was lying nearby on the ground. Her second blade was next to it, still in its own scabbard.
“Now, if I could only find some clothes!”
Carrying her two katanas, Deuce wandered around for a while. Then she heard some kind of low growling or moaning sound and made her way toward it, not entirely sure what she would find. As she pushed the last shrub out of her way, she discovered Frederick the Dinosaur calmly chewing on her clothes like a cow chewing its cud.
“GORRAMIT!” she shouted, forgetting her hangover. She dropped both of her katanas and grabbed her head, to better endure the agony. When the latest wave of pain passed, Deuce ran up to grab what was in Frederick’s mouth.
“That’s my favorite top, you stupid lizard!”
Frederick ignored Deuce, easily winning the tug of war with her clothes. Frustrated, Deuce kicked him as hard as she could. Frederick made no sign of noticing, and moved to grab a nearby fern in his mouth. He started chewing that.
“Gorram stupid lizard!”
Deuce fell to the ground, and tried to think. She was in the “This Land” park, on top of the Serenitree’s north wing. The seven brides had taken up one whole level of the south wing as their quarters. How was she going to be able to get to the other side of the ship without any clothes, and without passing through a public or restricted area?
“Can’t.”
Deuce took up her sharp katana and cut down a few ferns to cover herself with.
“The water park is close, though. I got a locker there with some sweats. Worth a try. Maybe I can sneak there.”
Bride2
Duece's luck doesn't hold for long. She had barely traveled twenty meters when a voice damaged her calm.
SR: This might work better than fern fronds.
A stranger leaned against a ajacent wall. A rain pocho hung from the tip of his l
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Hey Kelly. Please come join the game. The more the merrier!
I'm taking a few people on the tour later on, if you'd like to come along to pick out a room.
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com
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Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
Ath's eyes widen just a bit before he opens his mouth to speak.
*Just as Ath is about to speak, he is interrupted by PR, who walks into the room with a pinata.
He looks back at KoL and gives her a crooked smile.*
"You wanna try it?"
KoL looks at him dubiously. "What do you do?"
"You whack a paper-mache animal with a bat to try get at the candy inside."
"Sounds...interesting. I'll give it a try", says Kelly.
*Ath walks with her to the common room where he kindly blindfolds her and watches as she hits the pinata.*
"That was fun!", says Kelly once her turn is done.
*Ath smiles then frowns as Mai breaks the pinata, but candy doesn't fall out.*
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Hey Kelly. Please come join the game. The more the merrier!
I'm taking a few people on the tour later on, if you'd like to come along to pick out a room.
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com]
"I'd love to play! Er, how do you play? We only play "Kiss the Orc" where I'm from....
And thanks, I would love the tour! Any chance I could take a shower and find some new clothes? My dress is slightly filthy after spending days in the dungeon of a pirate ship!"
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I love my Captain
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*Rackham stands from the table and wobbles slighty. He extends a hand to the table top to steady himself. He gazes around at all the activity and realizes that he is now the lone pirate in the room. Being the lone pirate isn't fun, being an alone pirate ...even less. he wonders over to the crowd as the pinata bursts open and listens as PR explains.*
Well, your mum gave ya the talk eh? She's a good woman, keep an eye on her, keep her safe.
*Jack bends down and picks up a couple of the treats from the pinata. "It's better to have a gun and not need it, than need a gun and not have it." He continues to look around for something to amuse himself with. When he overhears.....*
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Right now, I have to concentrate on beating the pants off of PR at twister! You guys wanna play?
"Pants off twister" is always the most fun, eh?
oh, an arcade?......Anyone wanna play?....
*Jack wonders towards the arcade and finds something that just might keep him occupied/distracted...Funhouse Pinball. Presses Start.*
Ah Rudy!
ummmm....Marillion
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To KOL, You've never played before? Ah, ok here's what you do.
First we lay out the mat which has 4 rows of different colored circles in blue,green,yellow, and red.
Someone takes a spin and annoucnes what the first move will be. For example: Right foot yellow and everyone places their right foot on to a yellow circle and then there is another spin and so on.
As the game progresses everyone gets "twisted" up in each other until one by one people begin to fall. The the last player standing wins!
*looks for a volunteer to spin the spinny thing while kelly is off changing.
Ath, you playing?
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"Pants off twister" is always the most fun, eh?
Of course! Why is there some other way to play the game?
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com
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Hey, did I mention that these were...magic condoms?? 
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue." 
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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Elsewhere on the ship a wind begins to blow.
Plants start to sway and leaves skitter across the floor.
The wind surges knocking plants and tools about the room.
Thunder cracks the air as lightning begins to strike the ground preparing the way.
The power flickers and goes out, so that only the lightning strikes illuminate the room.
And then just as quickly as it all began, everything stops and the room calms.
The power returns allowing the lights to come on and in the epicenter of the aftermath sits a man clothed in black.
*Looks up and grins*
*Moves swiftly from the room to the vastness that is the Sereni-Tree with it's many places to hide and far from prying eyes.*
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magic? well thats uh very interesting. what exactly do you mean by magic?
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
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TheManInBlack wrote:
Elsewhere on the ship a wind begins to blow.
Plants start to sway and leaves skitter across the floor.
The wind surges knocking plants and tools about the room.
Thunder cracks the air as lightning begins to strike the ground preparing the way.
The power flickers and goes out, so that only the lightning strikes illuminate the room.
And then just as quickly as it all began, everything stops and the room calms.
The power returns allowing the lights to come on and in the epicenter of the aftermath sits a man clothed in black.
*Looks up and grins*
*Moves swiftly from the room to the vastness that is the Sereni-Tree with it's many places to hide and far from prying eyes.*
* TheRealMe checks the readings downloaded into his com-link. He frowns, and presses a control surface on the device. *
Grey? This is Me. There's been some kind of disturbance in the Infirmary. Indications seem to point to a hull breach, or at least a short in the electrical systems. Can you check it out, please? or send Jet or Needle or a couple of the DRDs?
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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