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Post by ColArana on Feb 6, 2018 23:35:02 GMT -5
Ranuen overheard Evan's voice coming from the pile of slime and stared down at it. He made a note to jump out of Swift's hands, just in case she wanted to grab Evan's slime instead. "That's.... Well... Unexpected..." He stated. I really gotta stop being surprised by stuff like this. He thought as he continued staring at the spectacle. "So.... You can... Do this now." He heard Ace ask about what happened to Patrick and let Evan answer without interrupting further. He supposed it made some sense, but still....
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Post by ThePopcornFairy on Feb 7, 2018 15:34:02 GMT -5
"Whoaaaaa, cool!" Not the least bit disturbed by the tiny blob's sudden display of sentience, Eric scooped up the slime and cheerfully mused, "Divide and conquer! Me likey, Evan, you little brainiac! Wait, do you technically have a brain anymore? Ah, who cares? Does this mean you can split yourself into an army of duplicates?! Heck, maybe Arti's right! Maybe you can fight this fight all by your multiple selves! Maybe-!"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Feb 9, 2018 20:41:36 GMT -5
"ERIC, SHUT UP," Evan barked, clearly stressed out and put off by the situation he had placed himself in. Since he was there, though, at least they had an easier means of doing something about it.
He turned to look up at Swift again, momentarily surprised that he could still see despite not making the effort to sculpt anything besides a mouth out of his slime. God, he had a lot of questions about his present form. His ability to transfer his awareness to this tiny mass was a gamble he initially wasn't even sure would pay off; who knew what else he could do that he wasn't yet aware of? But back on track... "Patrick caught me while I was sleeping. I-I tried to stay awake to watch him, I really did..."
"Yeah, tried for like a half hour," Carter mumbled.
"Shuddup. He'd frozen me by the time I woke up, then he teleported me to Crystal Lake, trapped me in the water beneath the ice and took off. I don't know where he is now, but I... can't move the rest of me."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Feb 9, 2018 20:55:46 GMT -5
"Crystal Lake..." Swift murmured, steely determination in her eyes as she snatched the blue blob with her boyfriend's voice out of Eric's hands, successfully masking how grossed out she was by the slimy sensation. She turned to her teammates. "I can handle getting Evan out of the ice if you wanna start the search for Patrick, Ace."
"Good idea." Ace nodded. "What about Nat and Elsa? Should I send them out too?"
"Let 'em know that Patrick has gone AWOL, sure, but honestly? I say we let them go talk to their catboy friend in the hospital first and foremost. The sooner we get some answers about the dust Patrick's infected with and whatever turned Evan to mush, the better."
"Okay, yeah, that's fair..." Ace mumbled, obviously carrying a lot on her mind. Finding Patrick on this massive island was one thing. Pacifying him again was another. And then there was the matter of that other thing she was planning on doing today...
Trying her best to mask her fears, Ace glanced at Swift again and asked, "I know we'll have to spread out to find Pat, but what about you? Are you really going after Evan alone? What if someone or something ambushes you up there?"
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Post by ColArana on Feb 10, 2018 5:11:19 GMT -5
Ranuen was hardly surprised to hear Eric get snapped at. This really wasn't the time for that sort of thing. It was pretty clear from Evan's tone that he was freaked out by the experience. Seems like he hadn't even been fully adapted to being a slime, and now this? ...Geeze. "He froze you?" Damnit, if only Ranuen had been around then, and not passed out inside, he might have been able to do something. "Did you hear anything before he did? ...Eh, nevermind. You've had a REALLY rough night. You just focus on getting back your body." He answered, correcting himself mid-sentence. This was probably NOT the time to grill Evan with questions, poor guy was probably more than a little overwhelmed. Swift could cover the important stuff if it came down to it.
"I don't know how much help I'll be in any of these operations, but I'll go with the flow. Feel free to assign me to whatever job you want. If Swift's worried about being ambushed, I can go with her and Evan to look for his body. I've got fire abilities, so I might be helpful in thawing him out if he's still frozen. Though I know Swift does as well, and from what I saw back in the temple, you can take care of yourself. So if you two want to take that one solo, I'll go to the hospital with everyone else. Or any other job you guys want me to take on." Ranuen decided. True, chatting people up in a hospital wasn't exactly his style. He preferred more adventurous problems to tackle, with more danger and threats, but if this dust problem kept growing, there'd be plenty of that, in good time.... Someone had to tell the others inside what had happened anyways, though Eric might be quicker at getting there than Ranuen.
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Post by ThePopcornFairy on Feb 10, 2018 20:24:20 GMT -5
"Ooh, I'll go with ya, Swift!" Eric leaped to his feet and excitedly pulled a familiar case out from behind his back. "I can hang onto that little handful of Evan while you thaw out the rest of him! And if anyone tries to take a swing at us in the meantime, I can hit him with one of these li'l gemmers and help him fend 'em off!"
He pumped a fist and grinned at everyone standing around him. "We got us a plan?! Yeah! Good! BREAK!" Then he charged off in a random direction, ready for action, blissfully unaware of the fact that he was running southward.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Feb 11, 2018 15:01:24 GMT -5
"Eric! Wrong way!" Evan shouted, then sighed and turned back to Swift. "Beyond having an extra hand to fish me out, I honestly doubt you'll need that kind of backup. Carter said that Nat said that the wyrms don't seem to like the cold, so there's a chance you won't run into any once you get here. I-If you do want to bring someone along, though, I think I'd go with the guy with fire magic."
He quivered a little in a suppressed shiver. The cold never bothered Evan before, but being frozen like this... it hurt.
"Whatever you do... please hurry..."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Feb 11, 2018 15:21:47 GMT -5
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea." Swift sternly looked up as Eric rejoined the group. "Eric, you focus on helping Ace find Patrick, okay? Ranuen, if it's cool with you, you and I can go after Evan and spread out from there."
"If you guys are joining the search party immediately after you thaw Evan out, maybe you oughta take some of those gems with you," Ace suggested.
"Right." Swift promptly offered Ranuen her free hand, then stood back up and started marching towards the apartment. "I'm gonna bundle up and leave Nat that note."
"I'll head to the city. See if Patrick's causing any trouble there."
"You do that. We'll see you on the other side, Ace."
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Post by ColArana on Feb 11, 2018 21:52:41 GMT -5
Ranuen glanced up at Swift and nodded in agreement. "Of course it's cool with me. Glad to help." He stated excitedly, as he jumped into Swift's hand, watching Eric's reaction as well with a certain bemusement. The fact that Eric was running the wrong direction initially lost on him. Hey, directions didn't matter much to Ranuen either. It was easy enough to get lost at his size, and major landmarks kind of didn't work well for him. Giving him the directions "Walk North until you hit X Street" would be like telling someone else "Walk north until you reach country Y." He was still amused enough when Evan called Eric out on charging off in the wrong direction though.
Going on an adventure again! Back-to-back adventures were a luxury Ranuen didn't get to enjoy often so he was hyped. True, it was a serious problem. And his excitement didn't mean he wasn't taking it seriously. But still! Also, he was making new friends who had managed to avoid squashing him yet. That was another good thing.
He noticed Evan shiver, and frowned. "You holding up okay man? Can you feel everything going on with your main body?" He asked, uncertainly, with a concerned expression.
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Post by ThePopcornFairy on Feb 12, 2018 20:55:34 GMT -5
"Oh, no problem, Swizzle," Eric chimed, shooting her a salute, the bold gesture lessened somewhat when he chopped himself in the eye in the process, not that this seemed to bother him any. "We'll find Pat splickity-lit! Don't you worry about that!"
As they headed back inside to prepare for their respective treks, Eric reached into the case and started plucking out one of each of the six different gems. "Still, might as well take some of these. Ya never know. And while you're at it, try out some new colors! Let me know what they do!"
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Feb 13, 2018 22:44:29 GMT -5
Evan warily eyed (so to speak) the gems that Eric was grabbing out of the case. He wasn't sure what good they would do when most of his body was frozen, nor was he anymore excited by the prospect of experimenting with the gems than he was last night, but he supposed he appreciated the gesture at the very least.
He cast a glance at Ranuen, then shriveled inwards slightly. "Yes... It... It hurts..."
As far as Evan was concerned, the sooner they got the burden of his rescue out of the way, the better. He hated being a detour like this, let alone a damsel in distress... but the major threat was still looming over all of them. Not only were they wasting precious time saving him, but clearly the force behind this invasion and Patrick's infection recognized him as a threat.
They had to get back in this fight soon. He had to get back in this fight soon. Now more than ever, Evan was convinced that he was the key to these creatures' destruction. That the fate of the island rested in his slimy hands.
He didn't have to be proud of that fact, though.
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