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The Guardian of Sabra La Tau (sabra_la_ophis) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-04-17 13:32:00

Entry tags:

!days 230-239, ash & pikachu, nishi jouichirou, roy mustang, wanijima kaito, yamamoto takeshi, {haruki}, {mindy macready}, {{{aeon clock}}}, ~guardian, ~shadow

Who: Ophiuchus
Where: The dorms
When: Day 232, evening
What: Ranking changes... and a mission

[For many Ophiuchus who have been used to such changes occurring terribly early in the morning, if not in one's sleep if they are not favored by Horn, probably for the first time feel the earth shake, the rasp of scales, and a black shimmer engulf your clothing, changing them as you stand.

Caduceus has taken the finery and luxuries of this round, with Uraeus following extremely closely. Uroboros places last by only a point.

Outside of the unusual time of a rankings change, there's something of an anticipatory air hanging heavy.]

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	[Area 6] sabra_la_ophis 2011-04-17 08:51 pm UTC (link)
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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-17 11:05 pm UTC (link)

[The buildings on this block are quite a bit better preserved than the rest. Two in particular were made of a rich, glossy stone. One appears to have been a store of some sort, an enormous window now stands open without glass, showing counters and cases beyond.

The other is quite a bit more closed, and unlike most structures you've seen, a door, metal and finely worked with filigree, stands closed.]

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	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-17 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	[approaches the store-like building first, cautiously holding the lantern in through the window to see if he can tell whether anything's lurking inside or not] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] sabra_la_ophis 2011-04-17 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	[The shadows stretch long under the flickering lamplight. It seems quiet and still...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-17 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	. . . [heads in carefully to examine the cases, gun drawn and lantern held high] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-17 11:22 pm UTC (link)

[The moment you pass the threshold, you are taken by an overwhelming hunger. Your stomach twists and pinches, rumbling its discontent, and your mouth fills with your own saliva just as suddenly.

The small shop has polished counters stretching the length of the display room. Small stands sit, meant for holding breads and a few silver cake holders still stand on the ends... amazingly untarnished.

A door stands in the back of the room, covered by a gauzy veil.]

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	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-17 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	[ffff resists the urge to clutch at his stomach, tightening his grip on his gun instead. Approaches the doorway, nudging the veil aside with the muzzle of his gun] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-17 11:28 pm UTC (link)

[An incredible smell of baking cake comes from behind the curtains.]

[The room in the back is missing what furniture it once boasted of... the only thing left is an enormous baker's oven sitting closed. The smell is so powerful here and you can almost imagine biting into a moist pastry, the sweet decadence on your tongue... Right now, something anything to sate the hunger...

The oven sits cold, the door closed only by a locking latch. A metal rack sits to the side of it, empty of what fuel it used to store.]

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	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-17 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	[Queen if this is the thing you are after you suck so much forever. Glancing around desperately for anything that looks edible. If there's really nothing present, he'll open the oven up to check it too :\|] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] sabra_la_ophis 2011-04-17 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	[Strangely, the baking racks seem to be missing. The inside of the oven is enormous and filled with ash and fragments of wood. Meant to bake several batches at once, you cannot touch the back wall even reaching in at your furthest. Hunger rips at your stomach again, and your hands tremble with a sort of urgency. Something is in there, you know it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-17 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	[Curses, holstering his gun and setting the lantern carefully at the mouth of the oven. He starts to reach in, pauses . . . and raises one hand to bite down on, growling something that sounds a bit like "fucking willpower" around it. Only then does he reach into the oven, feeling through the ash and even going so far as climbing in so he can reach to the back] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-18 12:17 am UTC (link)

[Your hands run through the ash, tinder and soot. You feel dizzy and uncomfortably warm as you do so though your eyes TELL you that the oven is cold and without fire. Your vision swims and as you get deeper, you push aside ... what appears to be a human femur.

Beneath it is a small disc, embossed with a smiling row of triangular teeth. It's like lightening jolts through your system when you touch it.]

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	Re: [Area 6] flipsnshit 2011-04-18 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Hey, Thorn! Is it in there? Are you OK? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-18 01:09 am UTC (link)
	[Makes an attempt at calling back to her, but it's muffled as hell with the combination of being in an oven and also biting down on his own hand \o/ It really sounds little better than an incoherent yell. . . . grabs for the femur to try using it to drag/nudge the disc closer to the oven's opening] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-18 01:12 am UTC (link)

[It moves slowly and unevenly. But with a little maneuvering it clinks against the metal side of the oven.

The feeling from it is powerful... and enticing. There's something nudging you to stop biting and bite harder all at the same time, to run from the oven and lay down in it.

As it gets close to the edge, Swallowtail can start feeling an irrational tug on her mind and emotions...]

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	Re: [Area 6] flipsnshit 2011-04-18 01:14 am UTC (link)
	[creeeeepy as fuck. Stares at the thing.] Uh. That it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] sabra_la_iudex 2011-04-18 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-18 01:24 am UTC (link)
	[Takes his hand from his mouth so he can start to remove his jacket. He hasn't broken the skin, but daaaamn that's gonna bruise later. His tone's clipped when he speaks] Don't touch it. I'll get it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] flipsnshit 2011-04-18 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Jesus! Yeah, fine. That is seriously freaky as fuck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-18 01:38 am UTC (link)
	[uses the jacket to pick the disc up /o/] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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sabra_la_ophis
2011-04-18 01:50 am UTC (link)

[The cloth was certainly a good idea. Because even with that barrier, the rush goes straight to your head. Muted and foreign you can tell its there, you know what it is.

But it doesn't HELP knowing that right now, you could be back at the dorms. A still sizzling rare steak in front of you, juices running onto the plate as you make the first cut. The bowl of cake flavored ice cream sitting to the side by the spoons, a little of the tan cream melting along the side...

It doesn't help the tear of hunger through your gut, twisting sharply, painfully.]

[On the other hand, Swallowtail feels something let go in the back of her mind. A pressing doubt drifts away like it was never there in the first place. It wasn't all that pleasant to wonder about anyway, was it?]

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	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-18 02:01 am UTC (link)
	[hrrrk—braces himself heavily on the lip of the oven, crossing an arm over his stomach. He doesn't let go of the disc though . . . even knowing he could be at the dorms now . . . there's no reason he can't carry this fucking thing all the way back with him.] We're going back. NOW. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] flipsnshit 2011-04-18 02:41 am UTC (link)
	[what- . . . huh . . . :T] Back where? Back to the bird? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Area 6] hips_dont_lie 2011-04-18 02:48 am UTC (link)
	To the dorms. I want some fucking ice cream. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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