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[right][code] Cracker Island - Cracker Town - Cracker Town Bar - Cracker Town Drink Table - Cracker Town Conversations[/code]

[code]INTERACTIONS[/code] PRA, [@Punished GN] Stormy[@Blizz] Luca, Bianca [@FernStone] [/right]

Lynn chuckled a little at Meifeng. Was she spiraling out of control?  Lila?  Lila spiraling out of control in the middle of a festival?  Never.  It was not possible.  Lila knew that despite her sudden feathered nature she was still in control, not the maiden, not her emotions, she was.  Meifeng was wrong, so so so wrong in her assessment, as was the other maid.  How could they think she was spiraling?  She just sprouted feathers and had literal claws poke through the top of her fingers.  That happens.  That literally happened.  That literally just happened and it was one of the most painful experiences in her life.   Despite that plethora of evidence that she was spiraling, Lila was fine.  

Thankfully her confidence and bravado paid off as Meifeng agreed to have her healed and did not drag her off to the drunk monster tank.  Lila was awesome at this lying thing.  Should she lie more about how she felt to others?  She’d need to drink like Lynn to do so and she knew her liver would never hold up to the rigorous training routine needed to drink that much.  She could only manage this night filled with happy lies and suffer for it tomorrow.  A night of happy lies wouldn’t be the worst though, and Lila looked to the PRA agent who healed her as the healing was finished and her arms returned to normal.  

[color=DA70D6]“Thanks Dr. Strangelove,”[/color] Lila said with a warmth that only the alcohol could bring out, she turned her attention back to Meifeng and was finally able to look her in the eyes without worry, [color=DA70D6]“she won’t get under my skin again.  I hadn’t seen her in a decade and thought she might’ve changed.  She did, but for the worse,”[/color] Lila shrugged, [color=DA70D6]“and I will be fine, I don’t need any more help than what my friends can do, and-”[/color] Lynn’s voice cut out when she saw the first petal fall before her eyes.  She watched in wonder before she heard Luca utter a name she hadn’t heard in nearly ten years and it caused her heart to skip a beat and her breath to be stolen from her.  Her eyes slowly and carefully followed Luca’s before she finally spotted the man and gasped.  She could not meet Ken again with hair that smelled like beer, that would be a disaster of a colossal magnitude.  Yet she knew it was too late to take a shower, get clean, or get sober so she needed to be on her best behavior in case he decided to join their group for a drink.  Lila pulled herself up to proper posture, her back straight and her chin up, and she crossed her hands over her lap as she brought her attention back to Meifeng.  

[color=DA70D6]“-and I am sure we can find help from unexpected places if the need arises.”[/color]
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Lynn smiled as the possible future played out in front of her.  Thankfully it was one of the better ones, and the one that she had hoped would happen.  There was a small chance that the PRA would have been in a worse mood and taken Lila’s display of power as a threat and dragged her off to god-knows-where.  In this reality, the one they were living now, they should be able to make it to the ferry without much worry from the 8th street, without much threat of Lila turning into a bird on them, and with Luca and Jasper keeping themselves well within the personal space of each other.  This was the good future, and Lynn took another drink as she leaned back into her chair.  She caught a pedal as it fell right on time, and her smile only grew.  She was truly better at this seer business when she was at this perfect stage of being drunk.  The possible future was easier to navigate, the correct path was much more clear, and she was much more confident in her predictions.  She knew that as long as Emily did not do something as stupid as stealing the chalice from Sully the fair would continue without much else happening to her friends here, and the coven as a whole.

[color=F08080]“You say that Meifeng but my magic is much more potent with alcohol involved,”[/color] Lynn joked to try and pull attention away from Lila, [color=F08080]“The possible future is a bitch to navigate but when I drink a little it’s like I have a GPS.  Maybe that’s why the oracle of Delphi was high as a kite all the time.”[/color]  Lynn smiled as she shifted her focus to Lila.  Lynn looked at her smile, her posture, and the way she spoke.  Lynn would need to sober her up a bit before the after-party.  She shifted her focus to Stormy and she hoped that he’d join them for a bit, if for no other reason than to ensure that the two monsters remained as caged as possible.  She did enjoy hanging out with the diplomat though, and she hoped they could catch up without the threat of a murder happening.  She then shifted her focus to Jasper.  Lynn knew that he had driven there, and he would be able to take them to Luca’s nice and easy.  She would need to convince him to stop at the local market again to pick up more refreshments, drinks that were not alcoholic, and snacks if the movie night was to be a success.  When the tall PRA agent mentioned escorting them to the docks.

[color=F08080]“Maybe next time,”[/color] Lynn said in mention of the after-party snub, [color=F08080]“and as long as Emily doesn’t do something stupid in the toga line we should be fine,”[/color] Lynn paused as she took another swig of her drink [color=F08080]“like what’s the chance she would do something stupid again tonight?”[/color]  Lynn blinked a few times before she answered her question.  Emily would do something that stupid.  Lynn slipped into the possible future and remained there for a second before she came back and frowned.  [color=F08080]“One second,”[/color] Lynn paused as she returned to the possible future, coming back a few seconds later.  [color=F08080]“The chance is rather high,”[/color] Lynn groaned as she leaned back into her chair.  [color=F08080]“What the fuck is her problem?”[/color]

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[color=98FB98]”Her problem is she was never loved as a child and has decided to make it all of our problem,”[/color] Jasper said with a straight face.  His eyes caught the pedals and Luca mentioned it was the man, the myth, the legend himself Ken.  A smile fell over his face at the thought of being reunited with the man who could summon the salamander priestesses.  Jasper knew that he had changed much over the past ten years, and he wondered how his idol had changed as well. He wondered how the PRA would react to seeing a brazen use of magical power in a public space in front of them.  Hopefully, Lynn’s cryptic warning about Emily would be enough to draw their ire elsewhere.   [color=98FB98]”Ken, my man,”[/color] Jasper shouted as he turned his attention fully to him and waved him down,,  [color=98FB98]”come join us!”[/color]

Jasper did not wait for Ken to respond, instead, he turned his attention towards Stormy.  [color=98FB98]“Hey, you going to join us?  It has been ages since I saw you, not including the brief time at the church.  You free to come have a drink and catch up?”[/color] Jasper smiled gently as he finished the thought.  His time with the coven had been a whirlwind of emotions and situations that made him regret ever showing back up.  However, this was what he missed the most.  The people, like Luca, Lynn, Lila, and Stormy, and the calm after the storm.  After the Snake would ravage the town in the night, he enjoyed the time he spent with these people in the mornings.  Jasper hoped that Stormy would come with them for this reason, and to help Luca and Lila get a break from the monsters.   [color=98FB98]”There is an issue you could help with as well,,”[/color] Jasper whispered to Stormy specifically.  This was it.  He is in Stormy’s aura and thus Skelly would not be able to use it’s magic on them, and he would be able to tell someone that they were being haunted, and then someone could do something about it.  This was his moment to shine, this was his moment to free Luca of one curse, and this was his moment to be the protector he always wanted to be.  [color=98FB98]“Luca and I are being bored to death by someone here and I think a change of scenery is in order…..FUCK.”[/color]  Jasper threw his hands up in the air as he looked over to Luca, shook his head in defeat, and back to Stormy.  Jasper had a defeated look in his eyes, a defeated look that hid a sea of boiling rage that he wanted to share.  

Jasper shook the thought of Skelly from his mind, the mention of Emily being the worst resurfaced to replace it.  Jasper wondered what stupid action she would be taking that might threaten their return home.   [color=98FB98]”Lynn, what is a toga conga line, and what shitty thing will Emily be doing?”[/color]

[color=F08080]“Sully is passing out Toga’s, and they are in a conga line passing my one true love back and forth,”[/color] Lynn responded with a warm smile as the thought of the chalice filled her mind, [color=F08080]“and Emily might steal it,”[/color] Lynn said crypticly.  She knew that her coven would understand the reference, and she hoped that the PRA would be none the wiser.

Lila and Jasper looked at each other and then back to Lynn.  Lila knew right away what that meant, and if Emily was making a move on the chalice.  Jasper, meanwhile, had a dumbfounded expression on his face as the gears tried to turn, not realizing what Lynn meant for a moment.  A second later his eyes shot wide, darting from a drink cup back to Lynn as he realized what she meant.  Jasper looked to Lila, and the two met their eyes again.  The trio then all looked towards Luca.  They knew that they could not pull Luca into a possible fight, and they knew that if Lila showed up it would escalate it into a situation that the PRA would not be very happy about.  Jasper looked to Lila and shook his head no, and Lila did the same in return.

[color=98FB98]”Luca, do you need help walking to the ferry?  I think we should get out of here.”[/color]

[color=F08080]“Bianca, it has been a pleasure catching up with you again.  You all should go check in with Emily, she is right over there,"[/color] Lynn pointed towards where she expected Emily to be.  [color=F08080]“Or don't.  Things might get heated though when the toga conga line catches up with her."[/color]  As Lynn finished her sentence she downed the rest of her drink and flashed Bianca a smile.  She stood up and walked over to where Lila was and helped her out of her seat.  The two waited for Luca and Jasper, and hopefully Stormy, and began to keep their heads on a swivel for any possible start to a possible fight.  Lila meanwhile stopped her search as she spotted Ken once more, her smile grew with drunken intensity as it lingered.  She simply waved him down once more, offering him a place within the group and a night filled with possible adventures.  [color=DA70D6]“What do you say, Stormy,”[/color] Lila shifted her eyes to the side and looked at the coven's protector, [color=DA70D6]“You joining us?”[/color]