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the displaced; mods (displacedmod) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-09-14 22:02:00

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!events, agent k, alex danvers, alice quinn, anakin skywalker, ben reilly / spider-man (94), bill weasley, bonnie bennett, cassie sandsmark / wonder girl, charlotte wells, cleo sertori, daisy johnson / quake (trn562), eleanor shellstrop, eliot waugh, eliot waugh (helladjacent), fen, finn / fn-2187 (cl), flash thompson / agent venom (trn123), fray, gideon, harry potter (au), holland vosijk, hope summers (616), illyana rasputina / magik (616), integra hellsing, jake peralta, james potter, jason mendoza, julia wicker, katniss everdeen (au), keith, leo valdez, lily luna potter, lucy wells, luke skywalker (canon), luna lovegood, mal oretsev, marceline abadeer, marian carlyle / rogue (1610), marina andrieski, mary crawley, matt holt, michael, nadia van dyne / wasp (616), neal cassidy (au), nico di angelo, noah czerny, padme amidala, peter parker / spider-man (mcu), petunia dursley (au), phèdre nó delaunay, quentin coldwater, rey (cl), rhy maresh, ron weasley, ronan lynch, sam winchester, seivarden vendaai, sif (mcu), steve rogers (au), sue storm / invisible woman (616), tony stark / iron man (904913), tony stark / iron man (mcu), torunn thorsdottir, victor frankenstein, waverly earp, zelda

Event: Unseelie Court Ball
WHO: The Displaced and a bunch of fairies.
WHEN: From midnight until 6am. Technically early Sunday morning.
WHERE: Another dimension
WHAT: The Unseelie Court invites you to a ball. (Make sure to tag your characters as you add them). Masks arrived shortly after the Abducted were taken the prior night.
TRIGGERS: TBD

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THE UNSEELIE COURT BALL

You wanted a ball. The Unseelie Court was more than happy to oblige.

FOR THE DETAILED DOCUMENT, CLICK HERE.

CODE BY TESSISAMESS

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Re: the trial takers.

ydidueatmyfries
2018-09-16 12:58 am UTC (link)

Apparently Marcy tried the pizza route already and it had not gone well. The fae who had been dancing with Maya was now standing to the side, Maya passed off to someone else, while Marcy continued to argue.

"What do you even want a human for anyway? You know you have to feed them? Where are they even supposed to go to the bathroom here? My offer was so much better."

But the fae shook their head and waited for a better offer.

"Ugh. Fine. Whatever." Marcy's arms were crossed as she did her best to think of something else. She'd started with pizza. Then an extra large pizza. Then ten extra large pizzas. All of her attempts at using pizza had been denied. She didn't think food was the route to go.

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Re: the trial takers.

believeinmagic
2018-09-16 01:02 am UTC (link)

Emma tried not to laugh. She really did, but she had to cover her mouth with her hand. Thankfully the mask disguised her eyes. It didn't help that she could hear Rumple's laughter again. Under her breath, she muttered, "Shut up."

After she was able to talk without chuckling, she tried to help Marcy. "Maybe try something else? Maybe jewels or gold or something enchanted?"

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Re: the trial takers.

neal
2018-09-16 01:07 am UTC (link)

Neal rolled his eyes but there was a partial smile. As ridiculous as he felt in the getup, and he certainly did, he didn't mind a laugh at his own expense when it came to Emma. Of course, with the music playing, he didn't quite catch what she muttered.

"Did asking him what he want not work? Can't imagine something simple and direct would," he commented as he looped his thumbs through two of the loops on his pantaloons or what have you. "You got anything that's not common to this universe? Maybe from Ooo? Might be why they singled you out."

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Re: the trial takers.

ydidueatmyfries
2018-09-16 01:25 am UTC (link)

“Just that it wasn’t good enough,” Marcy complained. Despite being just over a thousand years old, her immortality cursed her with the eternal attitude of a teenager. If he hadn’t turned down pizza, she would have offered the groceries she got from Ooo.

Her arms crossed over defensively. Treasure and cursed weapons were always Finn and Jake’s thing. They had more treasure and magical items than they really knew what to do with.

“The Lunatic Bass?” Marcy offered. When the fae shook their head Marcy protested. “Come on! I had to sell the Tree House to get that! What’s the matter with you!”

She was starting to get frustrated. Marcy thought of Maja, The Sky Witch, and what she’d wanted. But that item was long gone and Marcy wasn’t sure she had anything like it to offer.

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Re: the trial takers.

neal
2018-09-16 02:00 am UTC (link)

He watched the exchange between the two, casting an occasional side glance toward Emma, before he shook his head. He stepped forward, reaching out to take Marcy's arm, "Give us a sec," he said, in the direction of the Fae Marcy had been talking to. Then he gave her a gentle tug, nudging his head back and looked eyes with Emma so she might follow too.

Once there was some distance, he spoke to Marcline, quietly. "You got to sell it, Marceline. Don't just offer something wihtout an explanation. Give them a story. Make it worth their while, yeah?"

That didn't mean it needed to be true, as far as Neal was concerned.

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Re: the trial takers.

believeinmagic
2018-09-16 02:15 am UTC (link)

"He's right. You have to sell it. It doesn't matter if the story you give them in bullshit either. Talk about why it's the coolest bass in all the land. Where it came from originally. How old it is. Why you would hate to part with." Emma grinned. "Especially why you hate to part with it. You're offering him something that he clearly doesn't think you care about at all. So pick something — maybe something else since the bass is kind of a waste — and really sell it and how much it breaks your heart to part with it."

And if that doesn't work, dearie? Emma's jaw clenched at that. Her fingers were no longer sparking (or maybe they never had), but it was there, right below the skin, the urge to just blast the hell out of all these fairies.

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Re: the trial takers.

ydidueatmyfries
2018-09-16 02:28 am UTC (link)

Marceline sighed. She was good at games, but usually they involved the truth just from a different perspective. It wasn't that hard. People mistook Marceline for evil all the time and sometimes it was fun to play with those expectations until they knew better.

She didn't have that right now.

"Okay, I'll try to sell them a story."

Marceline turned around and went back to the fairy. She did have the coolest bass in all the land. She had the axe bass. And she even followed their advice: "Listen, I don't want to part with this..."

And the truth of it was, she didn't want to part with the axe bass. Every word about it was true. That it was a weapon that been handed down the family for Eons, that her father had left it behind when he'd been summoned to ~~bother~~ protect her after the Mushroom War, that she had converted it to a bass just to piss him off. That it was one of the most important things she had left in her thousand years of living and that she would trade it to get Maya back.

When the fairy shook its head again, Marcy lost it. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU CREEP?" Flames burst from the eyes of the mask and her screech was as pleasant as the skittering feet of a thousand roaches.

Still she had to offer him something even better.

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neal
2018-09-16 02:49 am UTC (link)

"That's a one of a kind axe, centuries old, and you'd rather keep a some random person instead? There's over six billion others just like her. That's the only one. Kind of feels like a bad call on your part." This was spoken not to Marceline, but past her, in the direction of the faerie she'd been trying to convey the value of her axe to. He didn't know if speaking up was going to make things better or worse but he figured if anything, it'd help to sell Marceline's pitch home. Even if he was downplaying the importance of the individual she was trying to save in a way that he didn't actually believe.

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	Re: the trial takers. believeinmagic 2018-09-16 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"That thing came from the Nightosphere. Do you know how hard it is to get there? There are over seven billion people on Earth. You can take hundreds of us. We're worthless in any market!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: the trial takers. ydidueatmyfries 2018-09-16 02:57 am UTC (link)
	I don't appreciate liars, said the fae. Even Marcy felt a slight shiver of something, though she did not know what. It was enough to calm her down just enough to look between Neal and Emma. It was just so unfair. "I don't know what to offer," she told them. She could lose. Marcy would fight every single fairy at the ball before she allowed herself to lose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: the trial takers.

neal
2018-09-16 03:02 am UTC (link)

Being called a liar didn't phase Neal. It was who he had to be to survive for decades. In normal instances, he'd have given a shrug or a smart comment, but he didn't in this instance. Not when he was in a place where he didn't know the rules of operation yet. Instead, he looked to Marceline and drew in a breath.

"They want something in exchange for someone who's likely got people who care for her here." He didn't know Maya but everyone had someone. "If she was someone you cared about, would there be anything else you could offer? If it was one of your friends?" A beat. "Or Bae?"

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Re: the trial takers.

believeinmagic
2018-09-16 03:13 am UTC (link)

Even though she couldn't see him, she could hear his voice in her head. Oh yes, that's your number one play, isn't it? Until it's not. Until you'd rather kill your true love instead. Emma's jaw tightened.

How many times had she sacrificed herself? For Neal, for Hook, for Regina, for her parents. She'd done it for anyone in Storybrooke who had ever taken her in and shown her kindness. It always trumped everything else.

"Sacrifice yourself." Emma drew in a breath. She knew that would likely hit a nerve with Neal. She'd done just that in his world one too many times and died. "It's what I'd do."

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Re: the trial takers.

ydidueatmyfries
2018-09-16 03:21 am UTC (link)

Marcy almost didn’t get it. Neal’s words felt true. Marcy didn’t know Maya and she wasn’t always the most compassionate person when it came to people she didn’t know. Apathy that came from being as old as she was, maybe.

But when the words ‘friends’ and ‘Bae’ were entered into the equation, Emma’s advice made perfect sense. She hated Tumbleweed, maybe this would be more interesting, and it wasn’t like Bae and her—

“Take me instead,” Marcy said.

And with that Maya was released and Marcy was gone.

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	Re: the trial takers. believeinmagic 2018-09-16 03:35 am UTC (link)
	She knew as soon as she said it that it would work. She just didn't expect it to work so fast. There was no time for goodbyes or to tell her they'd find a way to get her back. Emma grabbed Neal's hand. "We have to find her. There has to be a way to — Baelfire. We have to find Baelfire." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: the trial takers.

neal
2018-09-16 03:46 am UTC (link)

Watching her disappear, only a moment after the words had been spoken, made Neal feel like ice water had been thrown upon him. Somewhere along the way, Marceline had demanded a place in his heart and even though he was staring at where she'd just been with wide eyes, the sudden need to retrieve her from now being under their captivity was there. His eyes began to narrow and he was just about to step forward, choice words of anger ready to be unleashed, when Emma grabbed his hand.

He glanced over his shoulder to look at her. "We do need to find her," he agreed. As for Baelfire, he hesitated. "You wanting to tell him or have him help?" Emma had magic and she might have a solution in mind that Neal wouldn't think of on his own. Maybe she was thinking of something that needed Bae's assistance.

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Re: the trial takers.

believeinmagic
2018-09-16 03:51 am UTC (link)

"We have to tell him. We can't hide this from him, and we shouldn't. I'll take responsibility." Neal might have started that line, but Emma voiced it. She knew how impulsive Marceline was; she should have known.

Meanwhile, Rumplestiltskin whispered in her ear, "How many times have you ruined Baelfire's life now? I've lost count." Emma swatted at where he should have been, knowing damn well he wouldn't be there.

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Re: the trial takers.

neal
2018-09-16 04:11 am UTC (link)

"I'm not suggesting we hide it from him. I'm suggesting we might not have time." The invitation's had said that it was from midnight til dawn. How long did they have left? Finding Baelfire was going to waste away potential precious moments.

And what would Baelfire be more unforgiving of? Not knowing immediately or Marceline being gone forever? He brought his brows together at the movement. "What's going on?"

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	Re: the trial takers. believeinmagic 2018-09-16 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Emma stopped, willing herself not to tell him and coming up short. "I think they turned me back into the Dark One. He's here, trying to tell me things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: the trial takers. neal 2018-09-16 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Neal's jaw set behind the mask and he gave a queeze to her hand that had grabbed his moments prior. He took a moment to keep from the immediate emotional reaction. "Remind Papa he is not welcome," he said, tone heated but only out of a hatred that had been cemented in the wake of Neal's resurrection. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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