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 [right][b]Interactions: [/b] Alizée [@Estylwen], Greenwood Coven (Naomi) [@Punished GN], Clancy [@Zombiedude101]
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[b]"How are you [i]friends[/i] with these people?"[/b] asked Alizée.

[color=goldenrod]“We’re drinking buddies,”[/color] said Sully, crouched down beside Jess as Kashmira helped her drink from the Chalice. 

Sully heaved a sigh of relief as Jess jumped up to her feet. He gave the Chalice a shake and wiped the rim of the cup so that it would be quote-unquote sanitized for the next person that got jumped. He gave Kashmira a nod as he unceremoniously dropped the Chalice back into his pack and stood up with a groan.  [color=goldenrod]“Good work, doctor.”[/color] 

Sully leaned his head down as Autumn came over so that she could more easily whisper to him. His brow knitted and he pursed his lips in a look of confusion as she attempted to explain what had happened to him, his head slowly nodding along as he failed to grasp the situation. The way Autumn phrased it made it sound like Ali had picked up Jess. Sully paused for a second as Jess offered to show him what had happened, mildly concerned he was about to just witness two of his friends hooking up. 

[color=goldenrod]“Fuck it, I’ve had my cootie shot,”[/color] said Sully, grasping Jess’s hand in a strong, meaty handshake that would make Schwarzenegger and Weather openly weep. 

Immediately the parking lot disappeared and was replaced with visions of a seedy strip club, a line of questioning that quickly grew sinister, and a sudden snatch and grab job that led to the confrontation in the parking lot and Jess getting hurt. As the Recollection ended Sully found that his vision had gone dark. Subconsciously, he had put his face in his palm. Alizée’s protest that the Greenwood Coven jumped her rang hollow considering she had attempted to snatch and grab their friend like she was a television set in a window display during a citywide riot. His hand slid down his face and covered his mouth as he frowned, trying to figure out a way to mend things between Ali in the others

Actually, it would be more honest to say that he was trying to figure out if he even should.  Ali, as with every other member of the Sycamore Tree Coven, always earned points in Sully’s book for being part of the team back in the day. However, a couple of brownie points did not come even close to moving the scale let alone tipping it when it was being weighed against an attempted kidnapping of one of his friends (or anyone, for that matter) with ill intent. However, before Sully even had a chance to fully process everything Ali had taken it upon herself to jump on the balance scale and launched what few points in her favor she had left into the stratosphere as she grabbed at Stormy. 

A smarter person might’ve thought that Alizée had been possessed for attempting to choke out Stormy because of a mild but correct criticism. Another person might’ve thought that she had gone insane. Sully didn’t think. He froze, momentarily stunned as Alizée attempted to play grab ass with Stormy, then he  charged. Even back in his football days he hadn’t been a fast man so he had no chance of making it to Stormy before Ali diverted. However, he was close to Naomi. He hooked to the left as the hands materialized behind her. 

[color=goldenrod]“Look out!”[/color]

Sully shoved Naomi out of the way. He tried to be gentle, but there was still a lot of force behind his push. The purple and smoky phantom hands would hit Sully instead of Naomi, slapping against his chest instead of Naomi’s throat. He wrapped his arms around the hands in a poorly thought out attempt to grapple them in a bear hug considering he’d just witnessed them de-materialize, but he wasn’t thinking about anything at the moment except protecting his friend. Sully grimaced as he immediately began to feel the Void sap his energy and finally realized how bad of an idea this really was, but he didn’t relent. His knees buckled, his teeth gnashed, and sweat dampened his forehead, but he continued his attempt to pin the hands to his body as Clancy called the two Covens out and attempted to brain Ali with a beer can. 

[color=goldenrod]"The kid's right. This is fucking stupid!"[/color] yelled Sully.