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Post by Digi on May 6, 2018 19:18:26 GMT -5
Kai looks as if he's about to say something, but Tai reminds him that he has the passports.
Kai sighs, rolling his eyes. "Fine. We're here to pick her up. Sadly."
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Post by Vitsheep on May 7, 2018 0:01:41 GMT -5
Kai
"Very good, sir." The attendant taps a few buttons on a small bracelet. "She'll be waiting for you in the office."
You make your way back to the office. When you step in, you see Natsumi sitting in a small chair against the wall. She has a few surprisingly faded scars. She's staring down at her hand as she flexes her reattached fingers. She's so intently focused she doesn't even notice when you first come in.
The attendant at the front desk smiles warmly. "Hello, sirs. Here to pick up Ms. Natsumi, correct? Sign here, please." She presents a small clipboard. It says they're releasing her to you.
Natsumi looks up when she hears this. She forces a tiny smile.
JMAKATY
You arrive at the circus. A friendly attendant greets you at a fancy turnstile. A barbed-wire fence and another wall of armed guards surround the facility. "Hello, sir. Are you here as a customer? Or dropping off a bounty? Oh! Sorry, but no outside food or drink is allowed." She doesn't bat an eye at the cannibalism.
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Post by empireoffire on May 7, 2018 0:13:33 GMT -5
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) steps away for about ten minutes to finish his meal before approaching the attendant again. Looking past him, he expected to see typical mainstream circus stuff. What he saw was not at all mainstream circus stuff. He asks the attendant what this place is.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 7, 2018 20:50:15 GMT -5
JMAKATY
"This is The Dark Circus, where criminals face their punishment! And we fund the process with your 'contributions,' as well as the fees we collect from people placing bounties. Speaking of which, if you want to try your hand at bounty hunting, the board's posted up there..." the attendant gestures to the top of the thread.
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Post by empireoffire on May 7, 2018 21:48:30 GMT -5
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) walks over to the board the attendant pointed over to. Picking a name at random, he returns to the attendant, claiming that he is a master sorcerer who turned Princess Lily into a dog. Specifically, the dog next to him, and she is sedated into obedience through his fabulous secret magic drugs (they're not actually drugs because that would be mainstream, but Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) was doing a bluff, see?). He asks where he can go to turn her in ask he gives the attendant a sample of said drug.
Thomas Yorkshire (A.K.A. Jeffery Magnum) wagged it's tail and lit the joint. It ironically sat and looked around, minding its own business.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 8, 2018 15:40:02 GMT -5
JMAKATY
"Interesting strategy, but I can't question results. I need to make a call about this particular bounty. Meanwhile, you can turn her in over... uh... Whoa. Huh. What was I saying...? Oh... Uh... Yeah. Over... uh... Over there?" She points towards where those two kids went. "...Whoa." Then stops to stare at her hand.
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Post by Digi on May 8, 2018 16:06:49 GMT -5
Kai relictantly signs while Tai glates daggers at him. As soon as they're released Tai rushes to Natty's side.
"Natsumi... I'm so fucking sorry. I won't let this piece of shit pull any more stunts like this."
Kai rolls his eyes and smiles carefree as they walk through the park.
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Post by empireoffire on May 8, 2018 18:01:57 GMT -5
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) does as told. Thomas Yorkshire (A.K.A. Jeffery Magnum) follows behind, only pausing to mark its territory on a wooden post.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 8, 2018 20:52:01 GMT -5
JMAKATY, Kai
The two of you pass each other. Natsumi seems uncomfortable, especially with the dog-creature.
JMAKATY
You go inside. You find another of those attendants waiting inside, along with several armed guards in all different races, barriers, turrets...
"Hello!" the attendant says. "You're delivering... sorry, the front desk's memo was a bit... slurred. Don't worry, though. She's being taken care of. This is supposed to be Princess Lily?" She eyes Thomas Yorkshire (AKA Jeffery Magnum) suspiciously. "Can you revert her to her normal form for confirmation?"
Kai
You head out of the office, back out of the park. Natsumi's limping and a bit woozy. You notice one of the attendants at the front gate being dragged away by another pair. Another of the near-identical women takes her place. "I apologize for the delay. Are you here to visit the park? Tickets are only 10G each!"
Natsumi shrugs off Tai's apology. "Let it go, Tai. I'll do whatever Master asks of me. So long as he continues to love me... If... If he ordered it, I would let him strap me back to the horrid machine without hesitation! S-so... Master... Will you praise me? Just a bit? M-maybe even... N-nevermind, I don't want to be too needy..."
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Post by empireoffire on May 9, 2018 17:36:33 GMT -5
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) says that he didn't think his plan through, as he does not actually know how to manually revert a transformed person, and time is the only cure now. He then states that he does, however, know a way for her to see the dog's true form, as he gives her a lit sample of his fabulous secret magic not-drugs.
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thonas Yorkshire) ordered "Lily" to sit still in front of the nice lady (and the barrel of a turret) instead of walking around the room. The dog sat down. Good dog.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 10, 2018 0:31:57 GMT -5
JMAKATY
The woman very politely refuses to take the not-drugs. "Thank you, but I could get in a lot of trouble for taking something like this during my shift. Unfortunately, we can't mark a contract as complete without confirming the identity. We can restore her with our own technology, or we could simply test the DNA. Alternatively, we could contact the one who posted the bounty to confirm, Mr...?"
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Post by empireoffire on May 10, 2018 0:36:52 GMT -5
Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) gives his name as Meffery Jagnum (A.K.A. Bob) while gladly offering to hand over "Lily" for restoration with their technology.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 10, 2018 11:09:28 GMT -5
JMAKATY
You hand over the dog. She passes it over to one of the more robotic-looking guards and they take it off to the back. They come back a few moments later. "Yeah... I don't know whether you just made some mistake, but this isn't Princess Lily."
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Post by empireoffire on May 10, 2018 11:48:06 GMT -5
Caught red-handed, Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) commences Plan B, pointing at one of the guards. Thomas Yorkshire (A.K.A. Jeffery Magnum) (A.K.A. Not Lily) joins Jeffery Magnum (A.K.A. Thomas Yorkshire) (A.K.A. Not Meffery Jagnum (A.K.A. Bob)) in bolting out of the tent and back toward the graveyard. The laser from the gods smiting the guards and everyone else except the lady burst into flames.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 11, 2018 23:19:42 GMT -5
JMAKATY
As soon as you start attacking, they start attacking back. With so many enemies around, JMAKATY isn't able to point at everyone fast enough.
Back to Under the Bridge again and also the Graveyard.
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