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Tweak says, "famous last words"

Jareth (goblin_king) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-03-22 20:29:00

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armand, arrival, caspian, cathal, cimorene, claudia, complete, day four, edward cullen, faith lehane, gabrielle, giselle, hermione granger, ianto jones, jack harkness, jareth, juniper golding, legolas greenleaf, mercy thompson, ned the piemaker, nymphadora tonks, olive snook, pandora, robin of locksley, rose tyler, sarah williams, schuldig, severus snape, tara maclay, the doctor, willow rosenberg, xena, yaten kou, yuna

Who: Jareth and everyone!
When: Day Four, evening
What: The King 'invites' everyone to his masque...
Where: Jareth's castle
Rating: Anywhere from G to R, I suppose
Status: Complete

It had been raining earlier in the day, but it had cleared up a short time ago. Jareth looked out the window of his massive ballroom, empty for now, and felt a little bit disoriented by the fact that the Labyrinth had just disappeared. Of course, he'd made it happen, but it had been a long time since he'd felt so exposed. But he couldn't very well have people needing to wander through the Labyrinth, could he? And the two who had been running it had been transported to the castle already, and he knew from the screams of rage that they were being dressed at this very moment.

The king smiled and turned away from the window, checking out his ballroom. It was quite spectacular, with a large orchestra pit, many snack tables, and, of course, lots of empty space for dancing. This, he figured, would be a night to remember. He snapped his fingers and peered into the crystal that appeared there, scrying on each and every person he'd brought to the Underground. Some, he knew wouldn't come on their own, and he sent crystals floating out to ensare them. Of course, some might just be strong enough to resist that pull, so he had goblins standing by to bring others in. Whether willing or not, everyone would be attending, he'd seen to that.

Dressed in his finery, with an evil looking mask in the guise of a leering demon, he walked over to his throne. Draping himself casually over it, he waited. People would be arriving anytime, now. He didn't fool himself for a moment that some wouldn't take this chance to attack him, which was why he wasn't precisely there. Anyone who tried to attack him, he knew, would find their useless effort wasted against what was no more than a projected image.

He gestured, and a goblin slave brought him a glass of wine. This, he was convinced, was going to be a night to remember.

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grangerdanger
2009-03-25 05:26 pm UTC (link)

She kept her attention on Caspian “Dead your not dead none of us are dead…. sixty-six? Really you don’t look sixty-six” looking at him he seemed to be around her age, was he a vampire? No that can’t be he was too warm and had color, she racked her brain for a explanation for this but came to solution that it was just something not found in her world.

Hermione could not help but join Tonks in her laughing, it seemed impossible not to join her, she could not resist something about Tonks made you want to laugh with her even if you don’t know what she’s laughing at. “Well I really don’t know it seems to be like a new world for us to live in, I’ve been exploring and have come across no boundaries so to speak besides the Labyrinth that’s usually keeps us from this castle…I’m sorry but I don’t know what Jareth wants with us…”

Hermione never got to finish her thought as all of a sodden there was this giant creature in the room, was this one of Yuna’s Aeons? She looked to find the Summoner beside this thing. She turned back to Tonks and Caspian “Umm guys I think something is up with Yuna, she just summoned a Aeon”

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tonks_please
2009-03-25 05:55 pm UTC (link)

Tonks gave Caspian the exact same open-mouthed look of disbelief. "You are not sixty six years old. You just aren't." There were potions that would keep people looking young, of course, and Tonks never had to age if she didn't want to, but she was rare, and those potions didn't make a old man look like a young, attractive one. Impossible.

"This place... it's even stranger than Mirage." She rested her hand on her stomach thoughtfully for a moment, and then turned her attention to her two conversational companions. "Jareth just wants us to entertain him, just like..."

But the the high pitched shrieking started, and she gasped and instantly had her wand out of concealment. Of course she had it, she was never willingly without it. Her gaze swung around, dark eyes widening as she pointed her wand at... the biggest, strangest looking Inferi she'd ever seen. Or so it appeared to her. But... "I've never seen an Inferi look like that before..."

Before she could even choose a spell to fling at it, their host waved his hand and the thing was gone. A dark-haired warrior woman was standing confronting it, and Tonks had to grin as she recognized her. "Xena!"

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caspianseafarer
2009-03-26 10:49 pm UTC (link)

Caspian smiled and let them get their disbelief out of the way. "In my world, I would be a ghost, let me assure you. In the world of my friends, perhaps the same, I do not know. But here..." he held up his hands and looked at them thoughtfully. "I appear to be fairly normal." Oh and the age thing. "Aslan made me young again, for the final battle with one of my most loyal friends," he said with a rather impish smile. It hadn't been so much a battle as a whooping to some children that had deserved it. Flat of the blade and everything. "Regardless, I lived a full life, and I'm not arguing with anyone about the fact that I look like a young man again," he grinned.

When the monster appeared and people started screaming, Caspian reacted instinctively, pushing the women behind him, putting himself between them and the danger, and drawing his sword. But almost as soon as it left the scabbard, the creature was gone, and Caspian remained drawn, making sure that the danger had passed before he did anything. "Are you ladies alright?" he asked, as their well-being was his first concern. He turned around and looked them over, truly expecting to have had at least one of them faint away.

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grangerdanger
2009-03-27 12:03 am UTC (link)

Hermione drew her wand as well too be safe she had no time to think about what Caspian said about his age, she knew Yuna would not attack her or anyone she felt was not a threat but she wondered how Jareth would react to this monster and she was ready to help Yuna in a worse case scenario. “Tonks its ok Yuna would never ask that Aeon to attack us” she knew that Tonks would more then likely trust her even through this Aeon looked pretty big and nasty, she turned when Caspian pushed them behind him to see that his sword was drawn and he was ready to defend off this Aeon “Please its ok Caspian this monster would not cause us any harm, Yuna must feel threatened by Jareth that’s all she would not let it attack us” but after she spoke the words she noticed the Aeon was gone nowhere to be found

“Yes we are fine thanks but where did it go?” Hermione was puzzled by where this Aeon went, she moved around Caspian and looked around for Yuna first seeing her on the ground with someone on top of her, so what did Jareth do with that Aeon if Yuna never asked it to leave? She hoped Yuna was all right and with a second glance she noticed that was not just anyone on top of her it was Snape “What’s he doing?” She snorted and turned back to Caspian and Tonks “Thanks for defending us” she told Caspian just to give him a little sense if pride as she looked at Tonks with a smile and giggled both Tonks and her were very able to take care of themselves.

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tonks_please
2009-03-27 01:18 am UTC (link)

Though the danger had passed, the purple-haired witch kept her wand out. She wasn't the sort to take anything for granted, not when danger was involved. It had kept her alive through many dangerous situations, and she wasn't about to change now. Her dark eyes scanned the room, and without even realizing she did so, she stepped forward so she was standing beside Caspian, not behind him. She wasn't the type to cower behind anyone.

"I'm fine... Yuna? Who's Yuna? The big Inferi?" She was a little confused, having been more focused on Anima than its summoner. "You make some really bizarre friends, you know that, Hermione?" But the tone was affectionate, and she smiled at the other witch. She followed her eyes to see a tiny Asian girl under... Severus Snape? She gasped. "What's he doing to that poor girl?"

She turned back to Caspian, eying him up and down once more. Though she was very much in love, she couldn't help but notice he was very, very pretty. She shook her head slightly. "That's really bizarre, don't you think? Do you think Jareth made you young, or kept you that way, or just grabbed you from where you were when you left...?"

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caspianseafarer
2009-03-27 10:28 am UTC (link)

These women were brave, perhaps foolishly so, but he couldn't help admire them. He kept his sword drawn, but lowered the point a bit, now that the danger had passed. When that man jumped on the sorceress, he started forward a step, but it seemed that the dark haired man was making an attempt to protect her, instead of fight her, so he stopped. "He's shielding her," he answered to Tonk's question, shaking his head slightly. This was most assuredly an odd group.

"Grabbed me from where I was from," he said with a decided nod. "Aslan was the one that made me young, and it's my understanding that I would have remained that way when I reached His country. And whomever this Jareth is, his magic is not greater than the Lion's," he said confidently.

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grangerdanger
2009-03-27 11:03 pm UTC (link)

“That was no Inferi it was a Aeon and Yuna summoned it she’s the one Snape is on and he better not hurt her I swear to got I’ll do something VERY nasty to him if he does” Hermione did not like the fact he might have attacked her but stood her ground just incase she was wrong but gave dirty looks to his big hook like nose “I know I’m friends with you” she laughed giving Tonks a cheeky little smile.

Hermione gave Caspian a look over he was very handsome and she was just a curious as Tonks on his age thing and was glad she was the one to ask about it. “Lion? A lion made you young again?” she was confused by the fact in his world a lion might be able to do something like that but at the same time fascinated and also his story seemed familiar to her.

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tonks_please
2009-03-29 02:14 am UTC (link)

Tonks just shook her head. Now that Caspian pointed it out, she could see that Snape was protecting the small girl, not attacking her. Maybe she was just inclined to think badly of him. Well, forget the maybe. It was a fact, that she would tend to think the worst of Severus Snape most of the time. But the girl would be safe, and there were so many people around that even if Snape did go crazy, someone would stop him.

Tonks herself, however, was feeling as tired as she'd ever felt. She'd gotten some pretty intense news, still hadn't told her lover, and just wanted to sleep for a couple of years. So she turned to Hermione and her new friend Caspian with a yawn that was real, though slightly exaggerated.

"I'm gonna go back to my room, I think. I'll see you later, alright! Hermione, it was brilliant to see you. Caspian, nice to meet you. Goodnight!" With one more yawn, she turned, tripped, righted herself, waved over her shoulder and headed off towards the main doors out.

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caspianseafarer
2009-03-31 11:05 am UTC (link)

Caspian nodded to Hermione's question. "He's the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea, the sovereign of Narnia, and believe me, Lady Hermione, bringing me back to life and riding me of a few years of it is hardly one of his more impressive talents." He was getting slightly irritated with being contradicted, after all.

He bid goodnight to Tonks, and wondered whether or not he should escort her back to her room, to insure that she arrived safely, but before he could make the decision, she was gone.

Standing there a moment, Caspian looked around, and when a waltz started, he did the only thing he could think of to break the silence. He extended a hand to Hermione and smiled. "Would you care to dance, m'lady?"

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grangerdanger
2009-03-31 10:26 pm UTC (link)

“Narnia…Narnia as in The Chronicles Of Narnia?” Hermione just now realizing who Caspian was, she had read the entire series of books and loved them. In this world she met a Wicca witch, a Princess who claimed to have a relative from a fairy tale, was told she was from a book and now she’s meeting Prince Caspian, how come she never got it earlier? He was in fact talking about things that happened in the books now that she put two and two together “Wow Prince Caspian” she whispered astound, this place Jareth made seemed a little more bizarre now that she was the one recognizing fictional characters.

“Good night nice seeing you again” Hermione said waving goodbye to Tonks as she walked towards the exit. Alone with Caspian she never knew what to say really so stayed silent not wanting to say anything stupid about the books just like her Caspian would not know he was from a book so she never wanted to let him think she was crazy, just giving his a awkward little smile as she turned to face him.

The waltz started and Hermione listened to it for a second enjoying the rhythm when Caspian asked for a dance “Yes I would like that” she smiled reached out her hand and let him take it and lead the way to the dance floor. She had wanted to dance all night and was very glad Caspian asked, it was hard for her to believe that she was dancing with Prince Caspian since he was a little crush of hers reading the books and here she was dancing with him it felt more like a dream then real life as she followed the handsome Prince in the waltz “Thanks this is nice, your pretty good” She said turning a light shade of red.

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caspianseafarer
2009-03-31 10:54 pm UTC (link)

"The chronicles of Narnia?" Caspian repeated, his face rife with confusion. "The fact that you've heard of my homeland is hopeful, I suppose, but what do you mean 'chronicles'?" He smiled a little when she called him by the title he hadn't carried in almost fifty years. "Not for a long time, m'lady," he said with a shake of his head. "But please, none of the preamble. It's just Caspian," he insisted, just as he always had with his friends.

Taking her hand, he tucked it in the crook of his elbow as he lead the way out to the dance floor. He was quite an accomplished dancer, and lead well, so Hermione's relative inexperience didn't seem to matter in the slightest as they sailed around the floor. "I've done a turn or two in my day," he grinned, and reached his hand up from the small of her back to brush the backs of his fingers over the blush. "A lovely shade on you, m'lady," he praised, mostly just to see her do it again. He was a little wicked like that.

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grangerdanger
2009-04-01 11:47 pm UTC (link)

“I read it in a book” Hermione said it was not a lie because they where books she just never wanted to go into detail right now, maybe later when he got use to his new home she would explain how he comes from a book just like her. “Fine just Caspian then” She nodded.

Dancing seemed flawless with Caspian just the way they moved across the floor made it seem to be a second nature when clearly Hermione knew she had little dance experience. “I’ll say you have you’re the best partner I had” the prince made Victor Krum look like he had two left feet and during the dance classes with Professor McGonagall Harry proved he actually did have two left feet then their was Ron she giggled at the thought of him dancing with Professor McGonagall. “Thanks” Caspian got what he wanted with his touch and compliment she stayed that shade or maybe even went a bit redder and her giggle must have added even more worth to it for him.

They twirled a few more times before the song ended “Thanks that was very nice” she smiled at him “Perhaps maybe we should get something to drink?” she suggested now feeling a bit parched but she could also go for another dance it never really mattered “Or maybe another dance first?” she offered as the next song started.

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caspianseafarer
2009-04-02 10:23 am UTC (link)

Caspian smiled at her praise and tried to not think of the last ball he'd attended. It had been a great many years earlier, and he'd been escorting his wife. Dancing like this with Hermione made a little pang go off in his chest, thinking of his great queen. But, she had died many years ago, and so it was mostly with fond memories that he thought of her.

"A drink would be just fine," he smiled, offering his arm and then leading her over to the tables. He retrieved two glasses of champagne and passed one to Hermione with a smile. "So tell me of the place you come from?" he requested, offering his free arm again and leading her out to one of the balconies, to keep the girl from having to shout over the music.

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grangerdanger
2009-04-06 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Hermione took Caspian’s arm and let him lead her to the tables were the champagne was and took the glass he offered her, after a sip she took his arm again and was off towards the balcony and once out their she looked out over the edge for a few seconds gathering her thoughts and turned around to him. “Well I come from a small town near London were my parents are dentists and I attend a school for wizards and witches called Hogwarts in Scotland where I take a train to from London every September, In my world wizards and witches live in secret from non-magical people and the our world is in the middle of a war now with the most powerful dark wizard named Voldemort.”

She paused to let him take in the information and take a sip of her champagne “My friend Harry Potter is the chosen one that is said to defeat him once and for all and we were on our way to try when I was taken to this land” she finished with a sigh thinking of all her friends back home and wondering how their doing. Caspian would not understand what certain things were without further expiation but she just waited for him to ask. “How about yourself? please tell me about your homeland” she already knew a great deal about him and Narnia but never wanted to be rude.

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