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Post by gantzgun74 on Apr 11, 2017 23:50:46 GMT -5
Alex had jumped a bit at the sudden sound and turned to look at Cat, whom looked a bit ticked at the fact that Rio had just been.... HEALED apparently while she was still stuck in her current form... Hmmm, well, according to Rainflower her transformation should be an easy fix... Maybe Rio can fix that up while-...
OH RIGHT.
"Okay, handling all of this quickly; Rio, Rainflower told me that a simple transmutation spell should transform Cat back into her true form." He shrugs at the look. "But getting back on topic here, we need a way to find a way to spread this cure as far as we possibly can, maybe across the whole island so we can cover any Aflutterflies that may have already spread out further then Void City." He nods quickly and looks around. "Which is why I thought this would be a good meeting place. This many items all in one place, we could gather ingredients if you need some for a spell or a potion or the like... Do you need anything to get this cure airborn?"
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Post by DMis on Apr 12, 2017 20:55:07 GMT -5
Yang nodded and accepted the sunglasses back. She went to shuffle around in her pack. "Also I have Cat's clothing. And Rainflower isn't all that terrible if you actually try talking with them," Yang noted. "Hence why we have the cure, a repellant to send them back to Rainflower, and whatever Rainflower gave Alex."
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Apr 12, 2017 21:15:56 GMT -5
"Well, that's what we had intended to do in the first place..." Rio awkwardly murmured, staring down at Cat. "As for spreading the cure, I... I'd have to think about that. Off the top of my head, I can't recall if there are any specific spells to covert that small amount of liquid into-"
He shot a hard frown at the jittery bullfrox at his feet. "Okay, you're agitated. Let's just do this." He gratefully accepted Cat's clothes from Yang and made his way towards the nearest changing room. "Be back in a moment."
Evan nodded as Rio and Cat departed, then turned back to Alex and Yang and offered, "We've been through this plenty of times. Back home, our strategy was to evaporate the cure and spread it across the city through wind machines and portals and such." He rubbed his head, looking away with a hint of shame. "At least... I'm pretty sure that's what we did. I... kinda was a part of the swarm the first time this hap-"
He then did a double-take and raised an eyebrow at the duo. "Wait, Rainflower gave you something else?"
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Apr 12, 2017 21:47:27 GMT -5
Soon enough, Cat had taken to yanking on Rio's pant leg and incessantly ribbit-barking until he finally conceded. This along with the sight of her usual attire prompted a triumphant grin out of her. She then happily bounced after Rio as the two made their way towards an appropriate venue for her to FINALLY be turned back to normal.
Swift, meanwhile, took a moment to ponder their options. Rio could probably spread the cure around, but what was the best way to do so? Fog and wind? Maybe rain? Aether did say that she was going to make some rain clouds to slow the aflutterflies down. Maybe they could use that to their advantage WAIT RAINFLOWER DID WHAT?!
The hanyo's ears shot up as she closed in on Alex and Yang, eyes blazing and voice stern. "Whatever it is that Rainflower gave you, BURN IT. DESTROY IT AND DUMP WHATEVER REMAINS IN THE FARTHEST REACHES OF THE VOID, BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT LITTLE MANIAC MAKES THAT CAN'T BE USED TO CLEAN UP THEIR OWN MESS IS TROUBLE."
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Post by gantzgun74 on Apr 12, 2017 23:09:07 GMT -5
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Alex scratched the side of his head. "While I'm inclined to agree, given I've MET Rainflower for myself and I've gotten the chance to know what she's like at times.... I don't think I'll be doing that." Swift's rage BUILT UP MORE. "Not really because I don't think it's a good idea for practical reasons, but more-over because I don't think it's a good idea for more emotional reasons. Rainflower gave me that particular item because I was neighborly to her, or at the very least didn't explode when she tried to fly down my wind pipe."
................. That got him a NUMBER of looks. "That aside, we can approach that particular issue if it ever BECOMES an issue. For now, let's focus on the more IMMEDIATE problem." He thinks about this. "I noted the rainy weather outside... The forecast didn't call for rain today... Was it because of the city being on fire-?"
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Post by DMis on Apr 12, 2017 23:28:22 GMT -5
Yang glared at Swift. She remained quiet as Alex spoke though her fist was clenched.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Apr 12, 2017 23:44:29 GMT -5
Evan raised an eyebrow, then his hands in defense. "Hey now, she kinda has a point. Like I said, we've dealt with Rainflower a number of times in the past, so we have a fair amount of experience with their 'gifts,' all of which have led to mishaps ranging from inconvenient to outright horrifying." He blinked a few times. "Also, Rainflower is a girl? Never really figured out what exactly-"
He cut himself off with a facepalm. FOCUS.
"Rain. Yeah. Friend of ours is conjuring rain to put out the fire and weigh down the aflutterflies' wings. Think that'll be helpful or hindering?"
Right about then, Rio marched back onto the scene, surrounded by a similar blue barrier as Evan and Swift, ready now more than ever to get to the bottom of this jam. And marching alongside him?
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Apr 13, 2017 0:05:43 GMT -5
Swift noticed Yang's fist out of the corner of her eye, responding to this with little more than a deadpan frown, as if silently asking "Really?" She then folded her arms and stated, "Not sure what you're expecting to get outta this. Rainflower thinks everyone is their friend. Even me, regardless of how many times I've threatened to mount their wings on the wall." She sighed. "But hey, it's yours to do with as you want, I guess, but when you find tentacles where your legs used to be, don't say I didn't warn ya."
"WHOOOOOOOO!!!" Well, not really marching so much as charging headlong into the group, sliding along the floor, swiping her discarded flyswatter and leaping into the air. Whatever you want to call it, though, it was clear that the upright, fully-clothed, barrier-covered, coyote-weasel-robin anthro was thrilled to be back in action.
With nary a word to the others, Cat charged down the isle and into the electronics department. Almost immediately, music started blaring and various machines started clanging, attracting nearby aflutterflies in the process.
"Pop pop it's showtime!"
"SHOWTIME!"
"Showtime!"
"SHOWTIME!"
"Guess who's back again! Oh they don't know?!"
"GO ON TELL 'EM!"
"Oh they don't know?!"
"GO ON TELL 'EM!"
"I bet they know as soon as we walk in!"
"SHOWIN' UP!"
"Wearing Cuban links!"
"YEAH!"
"Designer minks!"
"YEAH!"
"Inglewood's finest shoes!"
"WHOOP WHOOP!"
"Don't look too hard, might hurt yourself!"
"KNOWN TO GIVE THE COLOR RED THE BLUES!"
When Cat suddenly acknowledged her impromptu backup singers, she scowled at the nearest aflutterfly and promptly introduced it to Goldenhand. Then she got right back to work on... whatever she was doing.
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Post by gantzgun74 on Apr 16, 2017 17:53:45 GMT -5
Alex placed a hand on Yang's shoulder with the intent to calm her before she could do something she might regret. After all, Swift was frustrated and suspicious for very good reason. Heck, even he had his suspicions about Rainflower's parting gift... but... "Like I said, we'll worry about that if it when it becomes an issue. Let's focus on one problem at a time. The longer we laze about the more likely the Afflutterflies are leaking into other worlds in spite of whatever defense other parties are putting up as we speak."
Letting out a sight he let his mind wander. "Anyway, concerning the cure, we need to spread this over a wide area if we want it to have any effect... Maybe the fact that one of your friends can cause Torrential rain could work to our advantage.... Rio, do you have any spell that can spread the cure out into a rain cloud? Maybe turn the cloud into liquidized cure."
The bunch could hear music in the background. It sounded suspiciously like 'Singing in the Rain'.
"Whatever the answer we need it and we need it NOW."
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Post by DMis on Apr 16, 2017 18:24:22 GMT -5
"I'll just go see if Cat needs any help..." the brawler offered before going to try to find the anthro.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Apr 16, 2017 19:17:42 GMT -5
"I do have knowledge of a fog spell. Fairly simple one, too," Rio replied. "But the vapor it produces is summoned from an elemental plane of water and expelled from the caster's form. I'm not sure how to combine that with a preexisting outside substance."
"Like I said," Evan offered, "we would just evaporate it and spread it around via wind and portals. Never tried mixing it with Aether's rainclouds, oddly enough, but I'm sure the same principles would apply, and some void portals could be useful if need be."
"Could work..." Rio mulled over his options, pausing to cast a deadpan frown at the commotion occurring a few isles down. "I just wish she'd be more willing to collaborate with us before charging off to do her technological gobbledygook."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Apr 16, 2017 19:31:03 GMT -5
"Hey, if I know Cat, and I do, she's had this whole mess figured out from square one," Swift chuckled. "But however we wanna go about this, whether it be mixing it with your fog or Aether's rain or whatever the frig, as long as we can get that cure in the air, it doesn't matter how thin it spreads or how brief contact with it is. It'll work."
When Yang approached Cat's makeshift workplace, she found the early stage of a mismatched contraption built from slapped-together pieces of a wet/dry vacuum cleaner, dozens of tubes, various mixers, a... lawn mower (maybe?), a particularly large fan, and God knows what else. Cat had momentarily vanished, but she soon walked back into the store via the outside entrance, straining to push a... Port-a-John in with her. "Hey Yang! Mind lending a hand with this?!"
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Post by gantzgun74 on Apr 29, 2017 3:15:08 GMT -5
Alex held up his hands simplistically, looking them over as void energy charged through them. Yang would be preoccupied at least, but now he had his own business to think up. "If you need portals then look no further then myself. My void portals could spread all throughout Dimensional Island."
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Post by DMis on May 10, 2017 15:05:41 GMT -5
Yang looked over the parts. "Where do you need me?" she asked. It was kinda obvious she was still the odd man-er well- woman out and could barely make any contributions to the other group and it was starting to get to her. "Also... wouldn't a motorcycle motor work more efficiently than that of an array of blenders?"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on May 10, 2017 15:23:58 GMT -5
"Well then..." Rio mused. "Once we figure out how to evaporate this potion, I suppose wind, rain and portals would be sufficient in spreading it around."
"Done wonders for us in the past," Evan chimed. "Other than that, just have to figure out what Cat's cooking up over there and how it factors into the plan."
Rio nodded and watched Cat work from a distance. He hoped she knew what she was doing, because he had his doubts that the elements alone would spread the potion a significant distance.
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