time fer celebratin'

[Bones]

<enters the tavern wearin an eye patch, followed by a few members of =DMY= in pirate getup>

"harr! 'tis a fine morn this day fer reformed scoundrels such as us t'be celebratin!"

"wench! get me hearties here some grog. never you mind it bein so early, this day is a day reserved fer drinkin and celebratin!"

<looks around>

"Sword Swamp, interestin' place. But today I'd like t' rechristen it as such the Cutlass Swamp in 'membrence of.. well, of future events ta come I s'pose. "

<raises eye patch and looks out the window through eyeless sockets>

"I swear ye could be droppin anchor in this here swamp, what with water so high me britches be soiled!"

"..but a fine establishment it be fer a pirate lookin fer somethin not so err, landlocked."

<fellow DMY members raise wooden swords and shout out like the scurvy dogs they once were>

"harr!!"

"well i'll have me a seat in this here tavern wit me mateys liz'rd skinner and rob zombie and drink till me head rolls off."

harr! Happy TLAP day! :twisted: :/ :/

 

[Cyren]

TLAP Matey!

Time for an old barnacle, but a good barnacle...

Have ye seen the new pirate movie?

It be rated Arrrrrrrr...

 

[Trephine]

Trephine enters wearing a black silk eyepatch. She's carrying a satchel slung over one shoulder with a bandolier for company.

She steps over to Bones as the one she adores and kisses him on the bony lips, pressing two further kisses on his cheek. She says "Adore."

She takes the cup of blood from Dewm and drinks it before he can take a sip and cuts two deep channels on his thigh with an envenomed dagger, bleeding freely. "Abhor." Then she gives him back the cup as well with a happy smile. She thinks this should make him thrilled.

She takes a Voodoo doll of Lady China from her satchel and takes one pin out, then puts two in on her face, drawing out a smile. "Malevolent."

She steps over to Cyren and tells her two things, whispering them in her ear with solemn ceremony. "Benevolent."

She runs back over to Bones, pulls a severed arm hook and peg leg from her satchel and gives them to him.

She shouts "TAG! You're it!"

 

[LadyChina]

*wiping the back of a dirt smeared hand over a sweat beaded forehead, an "X" was placed upon a parchment map. It marked the exact spot that she'd just finished camoflauging with the skill of years of covert tricks and treats. Just for fun, she added "Here There Be Dragons", when she knew very well that they were actually a league or two to the west. Such was her life, truths seen through a crystal shard, broken and deceptively multiplied.*

*walking through the deepest part of the swamp, she occassionally had to grasp the vines of the hanging Noose Plant, named for its nasty habit of snaring the unwary and tightening around them until the fade to black was permenant. In time, and not without a few close calls, some scratches, and a moment or two spent picking up toads and carressing their warts, only to drop them with a "Not mine!" - the road to the Sword Swamp tavern was reached.*

*With the map tucked deeply into a pocket of her black velvet cloak, soaked and green with algae at the bottom, she entered the tavern to find what appeared to be a celebration. A celebration??

Dewm was playing the squeezebox rather poorly, Cyren was singing some ditty about a pirate named Buck who liked to (EDITED) in the muck, a skeletal fellow was river dancing, and doing a damn fine job, while a cloak covered figure appeared to be stealing the silver from behind the bar.

"Arrrrr, I be usin' me deadlights and what does I spy? Tis a piratey party sure as plague flies. We'll raise our mizzen masts, and shiver some timbers, an' a turn on the rack will show who's limber. Walkin' the plank is always good fun, and then we'll drink grog 'til the day be done!"

*she knew that parrot on Mourninglory's shoulder was for something more than mimicry. DRAT! A missed piratey opportunity. Oh well.*

 

[Cyren]

Cyren reaches out her arms to Lady China in welcome.

She shakes her head and complains "I think Trephine just licked my ear, that's a bit disturbing, but only a bit, considering where we are."

She wraps a kerchief around her head and thinks quick. "Woo hoo! Time to go get some rum. Yo ho ho and a bottle of!"

 

[Dewm]

*looks at the two cuts in his leg* Well holy $hit! It's like a never ending supply, I drink the stuff and it comes out here. Beats the hell out of eating, vomiting, then eating the vomit :twisted: *holds the glass under his leg and fills the glass up again* JackPot! Oh crap I almost forgot TLAP day, puts a patch on below his waist and over one of his "evil jewels" :twisted: Now I "swing" like a pirate :twisted: :twisted:

 

[Puppy]

<puppy smells blood and sees a black ball>

His FAVORITE things!!

run, run, RUN, JUMP, JUMP AGAIN, grabbed the black ball! PULL! huh, stuck! Pull HARDER!

<puppy ignores Dewm's yells, puppy is ALWAYS being talked at loudly, he's not DEAF, all the humans must be, poor humans>

Claws digging at the floor, neck jerking, back, Back, BAAAACK! OH! Lost it! Almost HIS!

<dewm clutches his lower level eyepatch, moaning at the pain of a nasty lesson in rubberband energy>

OH! howling! puppy can howl! He can HOWL all NIGHT!

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! AAAHHHHHROOOOOOO!

 

[Cyren]

Cyren watches the wounds from Dewm's thigh sprout funny toxic rivulets along his skin and wonders when he's going to die from this.

But he seems like he's having so much fun.

"Heads up, Matey."

 

[Bones]

<Bones prepares to down a tankard of rum as Trephine approaches. A moment before he raises it she surprises the skeleton with a kiss, no two.. now three. What, how can this be? How is it his natural aversion to such things is tempered now by this peculiar creature. A hand reaches up and touches where her lips laid upon his bone. The tankard had fallen to the floor.>

"Unnatural.." <his mind, whereever that may lie, refuses the kiss a moment too late, repulsed now by the idea.>

[Liz'rd]: "ssso you be havin a sssspessshial interessst, bonessss"

"Bah, perish the thought. Flesh disgusts me. Back to drinkin!"

<raises another tankard and draws from it, watching Trephine drink something as well.. and then.. a blast of liquid bursts from every open orifice in his skeletal face as the girl drives a short blade down twice into Dewm's legs>

"Argh!!..now that there be cruel... n' unusual punishment! hahaha..erm.. wait.." <a bit inebriated, Bones enjoys the sight but the way of the Order begins to pull him back. Liz'rd, on the other hand, abandons responsibility in his celebratory mood, and swiftly moves across the floor and extends a long tongue, catching a few drops of blood dripping from newly cut wounds>

<Bones stands up> "Liz'rd! The code!"

[Liz'rd] "isss only membersss of chaosssss, massster"

<Bones, sobering slightly> "Chaos or not, the rules remain. We must make a good example for others to follow. We must show this guild as strong and unflinching. "

<Liz'rd sulks. Bones looks to Zombie and finds he has begun gnawing on bits of flesh still attached to the hook Trephine has left for me.>

"Damn you both, a day of celebrating is no excuse to revert back to old ways. And of all places, here.. HERE, in the taverns where we bring cheer, humor, entertainment, not this! You both will be before the counsel for disciplinary hearings tomorrow"

<Bones stops and looks around at watchful eyes, and realizes he must do something quick. To the center floor he moves, and raises his voice>

"Avast, ye mateys!! I be lookin fer sumthin, I bet ye scurvy mateys might know where ta look" <bends over and exposes tailbone> "Harr! Anyone seen me booty?!"

<Liz'rd and Zombie laugh like drunken fools in support>

"Wait! What does this remind you of?" <removes two leg bones, lays them in X formation on a black cloth, then removes skull and places it over the bones>

One fool cries out "the pirate flag!! gar", another cries out "lame".

<Regardless of reception, Bones continues on for a few more bits, then hands the stage over to Liz'rd and Zombie The two get up and begin a Three Stooges act - slightly modified for Two and with a bit more violence - as evidenced by the use of one of Zombie's limbs to beat him senseless. Once the audience's attention is shifted, Bones turns to Trephine and talks quietly to her>

"Young one, Chaos is not the way of our Order, but my request of you, strange as it is, seems to have been fulfilled" <takes a moment to remember Dewm's amusement with the blood spurting from his own flesh> "hahaha, what a twisted place this is. Its been a riot watching the wild antics unfold. Now, curiousity has gotten the better of me. I've been tagged. What, I ask, is the next move in this game?"

 

[Trephine]

Trephine smiles at Bones and shakes her head like he's trying to trick her and she won't fall for it.

"I'm not done yet, you told me I had to go to Evil Way. I don't even have to TRY to be good yet! You don't really WANT me to try, do you!"

She lifts the edges of her cloak like she's a bat and she runs out of the tavern saying "WhooooOOOOOOOooooooooooo!"

 

[Bones]

"Peculiar"

<..after a night of partying and drinking, the =DMY= group trudges out of Cutlass.. erm no, Sword Swamp, stumbling and falling a number of times into the muck, the rum still weighing heavy upon them. After a number of hours of searching for a way out of the swamp, stomachs begin to growl.>

[BobZombie] "Braaiiinnnss... braiiinnss"

"Quit your whining. We'll pick up breakfast the instant we are out of this blasted swamp."

<Just then a Noose plant wraps itself around Bone's head and pulls at it. A scream is heard as a skull goes flying into the air. Moments later a headless skeleton is found searching the swamp for its head. Zombie swings at the plant but is pulled up into a tree, the plant wrapped around the very arms he meant to defend himself with. Liz'rd skillfully climbs up the tree and approaches the Noose plant with sword drawn, and notices Zombie has begun gnawing at the flesh of his own arms trying to free himself.>

[Liz'rd]: "ssstupid ssszzombie, hold your appetite"


...Needless to say, the group finally manages to make its way out of the swamp... a long.. long.. time later.

 

[Dewm]

*pokes his finger in and out of the wound in his leg* Squishy! :twisted: *connects a tube from his leg to his mouth and starts to drink the blood like a milkshake, pausing every couple of seconds to spit out the pieces of muscle that get stuck in his teeth* :twisted: *Throws puppy one of Arboc's jewels he ripped from Arboc over in Evil way, tosses the other to LC*