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Eustace ([personal profile] flamekthunder) wrote in [community profile] isleofavalon2021-09-02 11:15 am

sixth shot ⊗ open september log

🧙 WHO: Eustace and anyone
⚔️️ WHAT: various quests
🕒 WHEN: throughout September
🗺️ WHERE: various
⚠️ WARNINGS: none except for any potential violence that might happen in the combat oriented prompts

⊗ a: task - shear determination
[Shearing sheep...that takes him back and although it's been a while he heads over. Even if he can't, he can at least use his magic to try and help keep them calm. So for shearers, Eustace can assist some of the nervous sheep, quietly speaking to them and stroking their heads to keep them calm. And he'll also give some advice.]

You need to get all the way down to the skin and be quick about it, so don't hesitate. Be firm or it'll just come out jagged and you'll have to do it over. The faster you are the, less time they'll be like this and remain stressed.

And watch its right side—seems like it's more sensitive there. Could be a skin irritation, but we can treat it after it's been sheared.

[He'll call out any other such problematic spots a sheep might have. Sensitive leg, ticklish belly, don't be too rough, don't be too gentle—being able to hear and understand the sheep certainly has its benefits.]


⊗ b: task - cult classic
[If it's not one set of idiots it's another...

Having recovered from his injuries from last month, Eustace will take this as a prime opportunity to "warm up" and get back into it. Although there had been no deaths, it's clear the guy is being too reckless. Except with him sticking to the rooftops in the late evenings and around the places the incidents have occurred, it wouldn't be too unusual for him to be momentarily be mistaken. Especially when he's always wearing his own cloak.]


⊗ c: tdm - the fighting badass
[Zombies and undead... Well he's used to fighting them, but carrying back their remains? Not the most pleasant thing, but a job's a job and it's something he can do. He needs the exercise, anyway.

1. Combat. Although he'll plan on going solo, he won't helping anyone who is also dealing with the zombies. And wouldn't you know, lightning is fairly effective against them. Not wanting to push himself too, he's setting himself on a high point and sniping down the zombies, shooting lightning down immobilize and down them. Should he have someone that's more close combat, he'll be careful with his shots and let them finish it off.

2. Night watch. For the journey back, Eustace will be definitely guarded and alert on the captured remains. If camping out with someone, he'll secure the bags or boxes used to hold them and eye them warily.]


It would be better if there was some kind of sealing magic... Go ahead and sleep, I'll keep watch.



⊗ d: wildcard
[Considered the Take to the Skiesish prompts but he'd need some convincing to drink the vials. Should anyone want to take that up, I'll be game for any of the other prompts (flying, catching stars, giant bats). If interested in anything else not included here, just hit me up on [plurk.com profile] laenavesse or discord and we can work something out!]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-09-26 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't trip up while doing all those mental gymnastics, Eustace!

Tifa does the same, throwing back the entirety of her drink, but it takes her a moment to compose herself again. It's so sweet, but also very bitter, and sour at the same time, and it makes her face scrunch. Whoever is mixing these drinks could learn a thing or two about making them—it doesn't have to involve throwing in every single thing they've got behind the bar to make a cocktail... holy Shiva's tits.

Tifa rises from the booth and leans over the table, taking a look around. There's a woman in a cat costume who's wandering around near the other end of the room, at the back where there are less patrons. She looks bored and like she doesn't want to be there—the perfect target for her.]


I'll go grab all that off her. [Tifa gestures to the woman with a nod.] After that, you get the guards' attention and I'll see if I can find the back entrance. Got it?

[It's probably for the best. She may or may not realize it, but she's planning this out so that she and Eustace spend as little time near each other as possible, so this works out perfectly...]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-09-27 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[It's all she says before Tifa starts to wander off, slipping past the people on the dance floor to get to the other end. A few of the male strippers try to get her to stop, but she gently lets them down, waving them off with awkward apologies.

She'll disappear around a corner, following the girl, but there isn't much of a commotion after that. She manages to get pieces of the costume off of her with some work—namely, the drinks and the tray as well as the cat ears that she slips onto her head before she slides back out onto the dance floor.

Across the room, she tries to search for Eustace, to at least make eye contact and let her know that she's ready...]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-09-28 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's probably for the best that he stays... and also to keep an eye on things because they spiral out of control very quickly. People are throwing punches on the dance floor, women spitting in each other's faces, and the half-naked strippers are crawling down from the stage to help the guards break things up, while others are pulling on horns and tails and the like. What a strange sight.

Well, she has no time to waste. With one last "are you serious" look at Eustace, because when she meant a distraction, she didn't mean one at this magnitude, she turns around and starts to speedwalk her way around the perimeter, pushing and pulling on doors as she goes before she reaches the one that a guard had been standing at. It clicks, and... well, let's just say that the moment she passes through, she knows that this is where she needs to be.

There are barred doors on the other end, with a stairwell leading down, not to mention the cages that are hanging around this so-called office. This must be where the woman does her business... and pleasure? Well, anyway. She has to use magic to freeze and kick the door off its hinges, and down she goes into the pitch black, following what she assumes is the flickering of candlelight at the bottom.

And oh boy, what does she find? Her face twists with disgust, but she reassures those knights that are awake and look up at her with pleading eyes that she's here to get them out, and that she doesn't work for the owner.

Eustace's phone will buzz after several minutes with a text from Tifa.]


I found them. They're all handcuffed and chained to the walls, and in cages... Think you can keep the distraction going a little longer?

[This is going to take a while.]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-09-30 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[It really is a shame that Tifa wasn't there to see all of it, but she can hear a bit of commotion coming from upstairs, mostly in the form of muffled shouting and the banging of what she can only assume are bodies hitting the floor, and not to dance. But she has no time to wonder just what kind of a distraction he's created because these knights are calling to her, reminding her that they only have so much time before the Queen suspects something and comes down to check on them.

So, she gets to work freezing the metal, as quick as she can but careful enough that she doesn't accidentally give any of them frostbite. It's a small sacrifice to make, they tell her, but if she can avoid anyone getting hurt in the process, then she'll take it. Still, it'll be a while before she can free them all, and some of them are fine with keeping the chains on their hands in favour of getting out quicker, but at last, with all of them in tow, she leads the way back up out of the weird dungeon and into the club proper.]


Get out of here. We can take care of the rest.

[Some of them tell her that they'd rather stay behind to help, but she refuses, shooing them to the door while she still can, while all eyes are on Eustace.

... Speaking of ...

Where is he?

The fighting and shouting has stopped and instead, an audience has formed around the main stage, including the Queen who seems to be enamoured with whatever the show is. Well, good. It's a decent opening to get the knights out, and so with one last shoo out the door, Tifa turns back around to look for her "partner in crime." Much to the chagrin of the people lining up to watch, she forces her way to the front, only to find—

"Waste of my time, next."

She stumbles past the few men in leather at the front and when she stands upright, she finds herself face to face with him, a whip in his hands and... did he remove some of his clothes!?]


Eustace!?

[Shiva's frostbitten tits, what is going on here???

The crowd starts to cheer, whistle, and whoop at her, with some of the men and women checking her out from behind. One of them pushes her forward again and she catches herself just short of toppling right into Eustace.]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-09-30 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Where in the world did he get that whip!? She has SO MANY QUESTIONS...

Tifa's eyes are flitting about, but she remains perfectly still, leaning over him while the audience goes absolutely dead silent, all of them holding onto their cheers and waiting to see what the "Ice King" will do next. Will this be the one that woos him!? She exchanges a glance with him, as if to tell him: fine, but he has a lot of explaining to do later, she moves her eyes to the back of the crowd, where she tries to watch past them to see if the Knights had made their escape. Some of them are still remaining, watching the show instead of leaving, but she can't bring attention to them.

So, instead, she turns her gaze back to Eustace.

And perhaps it's the alcohol buzz finally kicking in, but she's suddenly feeling a little light-headed and dizzy. It could be that she can smell the alcohol in his breath when it tickles her skin, or how he smells like the woods—cedarwood and oak with a hint of citrus and jasmine... She finds herself parting her lips in a quiet sigh, her red eyes meeting his uncovered blue one, and it sends a shiver shooting up her spine.

Yeah, she really needs to stop drinking the alcohol here.

Finally, she speaks, shaking off the thoughts and immediately breaking their eye contact.]


I think I'm right on time.

[What's the plan here...!? She can't stay like this forever!]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-01 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[The gasp is the last thing Tifa hears when she's tugged. Her face lands only inches away from his, her body hovering over him in the chair, hands on his shoulders to catch herself from falling any further. If he's listening to her pulse still, he'll hear it quicken as she finds herself staring down at him. Does she need to keep playing along, or do they have a plan...?

For a while, the entire room seems to come to a complete stop, and it feels like an eternity while the silence lingers, everyone, including her, holding their breaths. Even with the music thumping, Tifa swears she can hear his breathing, and his heartbeat over it all.]


A cat's always gonna look for a way out.

[She would have come up with that quip sooner, if she weren't somehow almost out of breath. And that's when the crowd "ooo's" at them, the men clapping and egging them on.

Well, not for long because a man about double their size with horns stomps up onto the stage and shoves his way past those that are waiting in line, and towers over them. His red eyes fix on Tifa, but she freezes, remaining on top of Eustace, her lips coming close to his ear so that she can whisper.]


A guard?

[Maybe now's the time to drop the act?]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-01 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tifa remains still a moment longer, the scent of his hair drawing her in, and she turns her face toward it with a sudden urge to bury it in there... An urge only made real from the strange way he'd stared into her eyes...

A hand slides around to grip the back of his neck, fingers curling so that they slide up into his hair, nails scratching lightly while she prepares herself, a breath of laughter tickling his ears as she smiles against them. She's playing it up now that the guard is right on them, buying herself half a second before she feels a giant hand on her back.]


You don't?

[Of course she can. What a silly question!

With one last squeeze of her hand on his shoulder, there's suddenly movement. He'll feel all of her weight coming down on him before she propels her body upward, feet coming up behind her into a somersaulting kick, with the ends of her heels colliding with the guard's chin. The crowd gasps and there are screams coming from all around her as someone of them run while others leap right back into the brawl that Eustace had started and ended earlier, but their main focus is on the guard, and the many that are coming to his aid.

She lands behind Eustace's chair and shoves it forward, hoping that he'll know what to do next...!]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-01 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[One of the guards (maybe? It's hard to tell in the middle of this breakout of chaos) takes advantage of the momentary blindness that hits Eustace and tries to reach for him, to grab any part of him he can reach, but his efforts won't take him very far. With Tifa behind, she's able to spot him as he's coming, and closing her eyes against the light, she manages to rush in and drop a roundhouse kick to the man's face, and it sends him keeling over backwards onto the light stand, crushing it. Sparks fly out from it and then their part of the stage goes dim.

Another one of the guards tries to grab her instead to throw her into the pile of both guards and patrons that's forming on the stage, but she knocks him back into others and topples them all over like bowling pins. Strike!

With them out of the way, Tifa whips around to check on Eustace—]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-01 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I got that.

[She gives herself a moment to frown at him before she ducks out of the way, allowing what's left of the fight to continue. It's already started to die down with most of the guards focused on the others brawling, so she has the chance to grab him away from the mess. They need to find somewhere to get their bearings. The entrance is all the way at the other end, and Eustace... he's...

Tifa had hoped he followed her off the stage, but she stops dead in her tracks when they come across another group of guards and patrons, all fighting but turning to look at them when they rush down the stairs. What she says is playful, but her tone remains sharp as ever.]


Hello boys...

[Okay, they gotta clear them out somehow...!]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-02 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She'd feel better about it if she knew what was coming, but she can take a guess with that short warning she got. When he takes her hand, she braces herself, and then she feels her feet lift off the ground. In one swift whirling motion, the two of them manage to take out four, maybe five, of the people surrounding them, successfully knocking them into each other and toppling them over to the floor into one massive pile.

And when she's standing again, Tifa pauses to look around them, hands on her hips.]


Nicely done. Little more warning next time, though.

[It's all she says before she's turning on her heel and rushing away without a second glance back at Eustace.]

Come on.

[She leads the way further into the back, where she found some private rooms they can use to heal up before they even think about making a break for the door. She swings the door open to one and promptly shuts it without a word about what she saw inside, and proceeds further down the hall past the others to the very last one. Thankfully, this one is empty. Inside is a couch, some chairs, a stereo system, a box of Ifrit knows what's inside but from what she can see with a cursory glance, there are some feathers and a whip, several mirrors, some chains on the walls... Not to mention the many other things scattered about that one might find in a VIP room at a stripclub.

Best to just not think about what might have happened in here before this whole mess.

The best thing about this room, however, is that the room is completely soundproof, so it's a good reprieve from the loud thumping of the music. The lighting in the room is a mix of dull white and a deep red, and she can't spot a light switch on any of the curtain-lined walls... It's probably better this way, with Eustace's eye. Speaking of which...]


Your eye. Are you okay?
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-02 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Why does he think they're in here!? Don't get any ideas...!]

I don't doubt the exit'll be blocked off, likely by guards.

[She grabs him by the wrist and urges him—no, practically forces him—to take a seat on the couch.]

If we're going to get out of here in one piece, I want to make sure you can cover my ass too.

[That, and she could use a moment to regain her composure. After all that—everything she just saw in the basement, and the way that guard had almost grabbed her before they made a move against him... It's been a lot, and she hasn't had the chance to formulate a decent exit strategy... and make a call to the authorities with the hopes that they'll get here before the two of them are rediscovered.]

Most of the knights got out before everything broke out, but don't think we'll be so lucky...

[Finally, Tifa takes a seat, but doesn't look at him. Instead, she simply motions for him to move his hair aside.]
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[personal profile] starshower 2021-10-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She will look at him, but there's still a flicker of avoidance in her gaze, never letting it linger for too long. Instead, Tifa focuses on his eye, reaching out to push his hair aside herself to examine it, realizing only now that this is the first time she's seen him with his hair back—with both eyes completely visible. It's striking in a way, and she hovers with her fingers combed through his fringe, getting a good look at him and the marks that are just barely detectable in the dark red lighting of the room before she allows his hair to fall back into place.

Well, she did look at him, but...

Tifa rises to her feet for a moment and there's a loud tearing noise as she rips around the entire length of her dress until she's left with a long strip of cloth in hand.]


Here. This should work until you get home.

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