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Post by DataNinja on Feb 24, 2019 1:44:54 GMT
Donovan
"Oh, yes..." the hissing chortle comes from the snake, "How many times do you think I've heard threads like that? Really, they've never paid off for the person making them."
"The smart thing to do," Ayne says, matter-of-factly, "would be to just leave. Eventually, you'll just run into a point," she clacks her claws at this, "where you'll end up dead if you keep trying. Things like that may work elsewhere, but here is an entirely different story."
They don't pursue Donovan as he moves back down the corridor, though.
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"Depending on where she is... she could be with them, in which case it would be immediate, or she could be elsewhere, in which case, who knows." The lizard sinuously shrugs. "Given the opportunity, collecting your companion might be a good idea. At the very least to stop him from going off and doing something stupid. I'll go off and see if I can arrange something, and you just make sure to come back here before too long, okay? That sound good?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2019 12:00:56 GMT
Mica nods her agreement to the lizard and toddles back towards the entrance of the temple. She hoped Donovan's talk with the frog wasn't still going. Hearing him be so caustic was almost painful to her. She resolved to chew on him later until he hugged her.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 24, 2019 16:32:42 GMT
Donovan
Making his way back to the entrance to the Temple, the frog seems to have finally moved on. There's nobody else on the way, but it's not long before he hears somebody approaching. Thankfully, it turns out to be just Mica. He realizes, too, that she seems to smell really good for some reason.
Mica
It doesn't take long to get back to the entrance, the passages not as confusing now that she's traversed them once before. Getting back to the entrance, she comes upon Donovan. It seems as if the frog - nor anyone else - is not anywhere to be seen.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 24, 2019 16:52:08 GMT
"Hey, I'm glad you're ok" He just realized how truly worried he had been about her. She seemed fine, better even with this intoxicating scent about her. Meanwhile he was scorched and his petals a little wilted from the attacks.
"I met the leader of this place. He's a dick and wants me dead" For saying something so grave, he tries to be as nonchalant as possible "But I think I know how they do things now. We just need to have them fight me in front of some other high ranking poison types. They'll 'kill' me and then I'll come back. It'll make a fool of them and I can take their spot. I think that's how it works."
"How about you? Are you hurt? You don't look hurt. Did you not find anyone?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2019 16:57:45 GMT
"I met a really nice smelling pink and purple lizard who told me we either have to kill or really embarrass Anye and that someone called the twins protects the plate and nobody is allowed anywheres near it on punishment of death. Oh..." Mica put one of Donovan's blossoms in her big mouth, which was damp, there was a soft sizzle. When she let go she gave him an apologetic look. "You were smoking a little."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 24, 2019 20:52:25 GMT
He nodded, blushing a little as Mica put him out. "So it seems like my plan will work then." He winces a little bit at the idea "It's gonna suck though. Turns out fire really hurts when you're a plant."
Looking around Mica he raised where an eyebrow would be "Where is the lizard you met? If we can get an audience into here, we can do a pretty good job at embarrassing the Drapion. I'm not sure what to do about these 'Twins' though"
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2019 22:04:17 GMT
"Apparently if we make Anye look bad, the lizard will get her spot and have enough clout to get us the plate, I've explained everything to her already. Now that I'm here, you also don't have to worry about anymore fire." She puffed her chest out proudly. "Just stay close to me! She wanted to see us before we went too, it's this way." Mica bounded back towards the little place she had met Niara's family.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 24, 2019 22:15:12 GMT
"The lizard?" a recognizable voice comes from the third tunnel. It's the toxicroak. "You mean Niara? She's already got a spot. She's a favour-broker in here. Lots of people owe her... for one reason or another. Ayne's pretty much the only one in some spot of power who's managed to get out unscathed. It's why she wants her replaced. I was the latest trying to get that spot, but... well, I'm sure you saw how that worked out."
"I see that you managed to encounter her and get out alive," he nods at Donovan. "Guess that means that there's something to you, after all. Weren't all just bluster. If you're trying to take her out... and can do it before word of my failure spreads too far... well, seems like there's a worse lot in life than to throw in with this."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 24, 2019 22:19:54 GMT
"I'm glad someone in here is actually smart enough to realize that" Donovan says to the frog "She's just so stubborn, it's really quite annoying."
He tilted his head, not quite going entirely back to the more poison focused personality from before, but a definite shift from how he was around just Mica "I won't be able to kill her, so we'll just have to ruin her reputation. Does proving she can't even defeat a Roselia like myself do anything to show her as a failure?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2019 22:53:39 GMT
"Niara's probably got it all figured out, she seems really smart and she has a daughter that is a Roselia just like you. Come on, come on!" Mica continues to bounce onward, heedless of sudden interrupting frogs or Donovan's strange sudden desire to be abused. "From what I can tell they aren't used to a straight fight around here, but I doubt two on one proves anything."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 24, 2019 23:34:09 GMT
"You'd have to establish yourself as laughably weak beforehand, at least to others," the frog says, as they walk. "To make it so that her backing down would be an embarrassment in and of itself. The problem with that, of course, is that nobody here is taken at face value. So, just saying that you're weak, and then winning, that wouldn't fly. People would know that something's up. They'd probably step in, too. You'd have to make sure that it would be seen as an embarrassment to her to have people step in to help." He shakes his head. "This would be a lot easier if you were willing to kill her. In that case, it'd be might only. You'd just need to kill her before any peons could step in."
He looks at the two. "Are you sure you'd not just be willing to end her? Rocks especially aren't something common around here, and you," he addresses Mica, "are very blatantly an outsider because of that. People would be a lot less likely to respect your victory over her than they would his."
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Post by Robot on Feb 24, 2019 23:56:38 GMT
"Killing people isn't how I do things. It never will be either." Mica paused and considered the floor a moment, before a big grin spread on her face. "If we wait for word to get out that you messed up, then lost to you in front of an audience, then beat Ayne, it would be a huge deal, right?"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 24, 2019 23:59:53 GMT
Donovan started laughing at Micas idea. IT was so ridiculous that it just might work. And it kept him from having to admit that it wasn't that he wasn't WILLING to kill her, it was that he wasn't ABLE to.
"Mica, that's genius. It also makes him look good and makes it simpler for him to take her place. Much better than my idea. I was just going to let her kill me and then come back from it."
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 25, 2019 0:23:51 GMT
"That... could work," he says, considering. "But, it would have to be a very convincing performance. And... ugh, I'd much rather do things before word got out. But, it's probably too late for that anyways, I suppose..."
"I... don't understand you, though," he says to Donovan. "If you can come back from dying, why didn't you just keep attacking her until you took her down?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 25, 2019 17:09:42 GMT
"I'm... not very good at lying." Mica admitted, frowning. She didn't seem abashed about the statement, it was definitely a good thing. It just didn't help right then.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 26, 2019 5:39:51 GMT
"I could make it pretty convincing yeah, but Mica makes a good point. She's a bit too earnest for something like that"
"To answer your question though, it's a real hassle to die" Donovan gestures towards the entrance with his flowers as he speaks "It hurts and then I get sent outside and have to come back. She might have enough time to prepare before I could attack again. And my normal tricks don't really work here like they do against most other types"
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 26, 2019 6:21:18 GMT
"That's... hmmm..." The frog frowns. "And you probably couldn't defeat her on your own, could you?" he asks Donovan. "Given you otherwise would have. I don't know where we could manage to wrangle up some weak-seeming people who would be eager to go along with this, and still able to put on a good show. And I wouldn't imagine either of you would either, unless you have some others that you could just pop out and grab?" He shakes his head. "This is a conundrum..."
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Post by Robot on Feb 26, 2019 9:42:38 GMT
"Niara's daughters seemed keen on helping.". Mica piped up, leaning to one side. " We'd owe her a favor though probably... That might be something we want to hash out first so she doesn't get upset."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 27, 2019 6:29:38 GMT
Donovan nodded "Yeah, we should go meet with her first then. We can plan from there"
He didn't want to say anything but he was terrified right now. Not because of the fight that was coming, or anything like that. But because he didn't know how time was flowing outside. Was it going normally? More slowly? Or was he going to miss another 6 months in an instant. What if someone died while he was gone? What if something happened to his parents? He pushed down the thoughts and wordlessly followed after Mica
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 27, 2019 7:03:29 GMT
Mica and her sense of direction lead the group back to Niara's den. The Salazzle is nowhere to be seen, but the Salandit, Roselia, and Ekans are, mostly napping it looks like. Though the Salandit's got one eye occasionally fluttering open to peer at the entrance, and bolts up when people enter.
"Oh, my, you've brought extra company. Been busy, I see," she teases Mica.
The Roselia brushes herself off, daintily gets up, and then looks over Donovan, before walking away with no comment. He's not able to judge what she's thinking, but he is aware that the pleasant smell that was on Mica is a lot stronger here.
"So... what bringssss you here with even more in tow?" the Ekans asks, lazily.
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