primrosella | Quest 132

Well, let's see. The good news is, I managed to make it as far as the Library, unscathed, before realizing what the curse was all about today. The, er, bad news is...well. Here I am, and there's a curse. And it's monsters again.

Is that what it's going to be for the rest of October, then? One ridiculous curse and then one of monsters? It rather has been going every-other, hasn't it--first the fire-starting, then that ridiculous bear, then the eating other people, then everyone growing beards, and now this. Monsters. Turning people into monsters and setting them on each other.

That's two monster curses now, I think, isn't it? The last one and now this one. Which means there ought to be one more coming, still; bad things in threes and all that. Or at least, that's how it would work if the City were Daventry, which it's not, but some things are the same no matter where you go, I suppose.

It's eerie how it all seems to fit with that theory Cain mentioned yesterday. If the monsters in the forest and the underground were once citizens here, and somehow they were turned into monsters, and the only remaining bit of who they were are names on the stones in the graveyard--it's a story befitting October, I think. But I still hope it isn't true. Perhaps it's scariest because it might very well be true.

Mm. And speaking of City legends, it's about time for Peg-Fist Jack and the ghostly crew of the Wandering Hangman to start roaming the City again, isn't it? It's coming up on Halloween, after all--only eleven more days, now. It's not so very long at all. ~~And I haven't lost my bet yet, either.~~

Still, I'll be all right for the rest of the day, I think. There are worse places to wait out a curse than a Library, anyway. And I do have my bow with me, just in case trouble should decide to find me in here. Perhaps in a little while I'll see if things haven't settled down enough for me to make my way to the Blue Light...and if they haven't, then I'll stay here until midnight, and that's quite all right, too.

[OOC: So right about this time last year, Rosella and ~~Rabi~~ Lavi invented a Halloween legend about a pirate named Peg-Fist Jack, his first mate Leonard the Barnacle, and the ghostly crew of the Wandering Hangman--which is what she's referencing here. It's entirely made-up and has no factual basis to it whatsoever, but hey, every Halloween needs a ghostly pirate legend or two, right? She certainly thinks so.

Also, yes, she's stranded in the Library today, if anyone wants to visit her.]

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I'll see if I can't track it down for you, Todd. After all, I'm here in the Library anyway; I might as well make some use of it in the meantime.

Oh? Are you feeling particularly ghostly and piratey, then?

[OOC: She kept copies of the diary clues from last year, so if you actually want 'em, I can E-mail them over to you and pretend she wrote them out for Todd. And also SOB TODD I SEE YOU THERE WHAT DEAL ARE YOU MAKING WITH THE DEITIES NOW?]

Well, that would be great if you did find it.

I don't think it would really suit me, though.

[OOC: Ahahah yes. He's quite sure that she's making this all up but he's kind of delighted by it anyway. XDD Aaaaaaand yeah. He's trying to go for the same old deal. >.>]

Then I'll give it my very best effort.

Oh, I don't know, you might make a fine Leonard the Barnacle to Neil's Peg-Fist Jack. You're about as inseparable as those two scalawags were, anyway!

[OOC: Hahaha, she fails so hard at lying and she knows it but she's loving this. ♥]

Oh, I'm sure you'll find it. I think the ghost of Peg-Fist Jack might help you; I bet he wants his rightful infamy.

Well, that might be something to think about. It would certainly help the cause, anyway.

[OOC: Todd can totally get into completely fabricating some ludicrous folklore for the City. ♥ XDD]

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Pirate ghosts do tend to do things like that, don't they? Just so long as I don't go looking for his treasure--I'll bet he wouldn't like it at all if I disturbed that!

Ask him and see what he says. He wouldn't get to wear a crown, I know, but he'd get a dashing hat instead.

[OOC: YESSS. THE MORE LUDICROUS THE BETTER.]

Well, no, I don't think he'd like if we went after his treasure. But I think most pirate ghosts do like being notorious.

I'll ask him. I mean, isn't a crown just a type of dashing hat anyway?

[OOC: I love this forever. LIVEN UP THE CITY~~]

It was a very fine treasure, too. Jewels and things, fit for a queen. ...Or so I've heard.

Why, I certainly think so. Surely that'll be enough to convince Neil, too.

[OOC: I was secretly hoping y'all Dead Poets would take this and run with it, actually~]

I don't doubt it. I think it's best to leave the treasure alone, though, unless we really want to anger him.

I'm pretty sure we can convince him. If not to wear the costume, then to at least help spread the legend.

[OOC: Ahahahahahah and so you may consider it officially ran with~]

Oh, and to say nothing of the fury of his arch-nemesis, LeBlanc. I'm sure he wouldn't be very happy if we went disturbing the treasure, either.

Then by all means, let's give it a try.

[OOC: Hahahahaha ILU. ♥]

Arch-nemesis?

Now him we really have to find out more about. This calls for some extensive research into City folklore.

[OOC: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥]

He's very mysterious, LeBlanc. And very cunning, too, but that's most all I know about him. He was the captain of the guard at the Palace when Peg-Fist Jack and his crew raided it.

But of course, there must be more on him somewhere around here. Someone so famous and so dashing certainly couldn't go unnoticed by the City's archivists!

Well, I'm sure he must be if he's Peg-Fist Jack's nemesis. He'd have to be cunning to keep up with him.

I'm sure he couldn't have. Um-- does the City have archivists?

Oh, yes. Terribly cunning, indeed. He even set ambushes for them, the poor scalawags.

Er. Well...I suppose someone had to look after all the books in the Library at some time or another, didn't they? And someone must've written them, too, so...perhaps we don't now, but I suppose it's likely we once did?

Of course... there must have been. Maybe long ago, it was just another normal world, but-- something shifted. Maybe something happened to the natives, so the Deities started to bring us in... hmm.

Anyway. I'm sure we must be able to find something if we investigate thoroughly.

Very, very thoroughly. I'm sure Peg-Fist Jack would approve!

[OOC: E-mail will be heading your way shortly~]

Pirate's hats are pretty cool...

And you could have a peg for a fist, even!

I'm not quite sure how I'd manage that part.

Well, you can't very well be Peg-Fist Jack without a peg for a fist! Then you'd just be "Jack", and that wouldn't do at all.

No, I suppose not, though I'd still be a pirate. So who'd dare to question me?

[ooc; RACCOON WOUNDS]

Oh, I don't know. Your arch-rival, perhaps?

But my arch-rival would hassle me, peg or no peg. And would be quickly dispatched to Davy Jones' locker.

My, you are getting the hang of this pirate business rather quickly. I wonder if I shouldn't be a little more cautious around you, lest you turn out to be too much dread pirate for me to handle.

Quest 132

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/threadjacks mercilessly

WELCOME TO THE SHENANIGANS

SHENANIGANS EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE IN MY RACCOON WOUNDS

RACCOON WOUNDS? O.o

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Hahaha, Family Guy, I should've known

i am predictable

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