[IC] The Room

[Overlord Thraka]

*Mergoux has gotten careless and allows herself to pass out in a booth. She's drunk an amount of booze that would have killed an ordinary human, but between her Norsic and Elven ancestry she's far more resistant to alcohol. She slumps over onto the seat of the booth, splayed out and completely smashed.*

*Xan watches the forest through the windows for a bit before standing up and walking to the kitchen. She nods to Jillian and Lecter then gasps as she sees Taboo's corpse.*
Xan: Taboo! Why she be here!?
*She notices the pool of blood*
Xan: She be dead...?
*She prods Taboo's foot with her own and when she gets no response she looks visibly relieved.*

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter shakes his head*
Lecter: Tainted? No. Not anymore than I always have been. You need a more... physical approach to corrupt someone like me. What it means is that Be'lak isn't done here, or that Devils are trying to make more moves in the Human World. Gods know how many enemies I've made in my time.
*Lecter nods to Xan*
Lecter: Was going to execute her before the attack. Must've bled to death while everyone was busy.

[Vulkan 707]

*Sasha frowns at Lecter, and sighs.*
Sasha: More problems then...
*She sighs at the dead taboo, thinking that she deserved a swifter death.*
Sasha: Yes Xan. She is dead.

*Jillian leans against the wall, and lights up a cigarette.*
*She nods to Xan, and listens to the group.*

[Overlord Thraka]

*Xan nods, her jaw trembling slightly and her face covered with an expression of fury.*
Xan: Good. Burn her.
*She's trembling with anger as she resists the urge to take out her resentment on her former master's body.*
Xan: She suffer?
*She looks around the kitchen in general for an answer to her question.*

*Jilial takes the stone in ruined hands and shudders in pain as she runs a bloodied finger across it. The blood seems to be absorbed into the stone and the image flickers.*
Jilial: Show me... the Lord of Magicks...
*The stone shimmers and an image fades into existence on the polished surface. The image is of a extremely tall, extremely thin man who seems to be wearing a mask of some kind. He's sitting in an armchair with a cola in one hand and a tome propped open on his lap. The book must weigh almost as much as Elewynn does with it's sheer size, and the cola can compared to the being's hand is tiny*
Jilial: Thoth?...
*The being looks up, and the mask's eyes blink. It's not a mask after all, the man has the head of a Ibis*
Thoth: ...Do I know you?
*He peers short sightedly at her for several seconds*
Jilial: I am Jilial the Thunder Serpent, formerly known as Iris the Rainbow Goddess, formerly known as Aphrodite the Goddess of Love.
*Thoth nods*
Thoth: Ahhhhh, I see. The change then? Very well, why have you called me? You know as well as I that the change cannot be reversed.
*Jilial shakes her head*
Jilial: No... Horus... I need you... to... to...
*She breaks down in tears as Thoth stares blankly at her*
Thoth: Yes? What is it? What has the boy done now?
*Jilial shakes her head and passes the stone to Elewynn. Thoth stares blankly at her, one foot tapping impatiently*
Thoth: You, Elf, what is going on? Please explain at once.

[Vulkan 707]

*Sasha and Jillian both frown at Xan, because both believe in a swift death for their eneimes instead of a slow agonized death.*
Sasha: She bleed to death, so yes I would say she suffered.
Jillian: Are you satisfied with that?
*Jillian, as always, keeps her face placid as she asks the question.*

*John wakes up on the bar stool, and goes back to drinking another bottle of whiskey.*
*Seems to focus on that, uncaring of his surroundings.*

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter shrugs stiffly, and goes back to cleaning*
Lecter: Doesn't change anything. I'm still hunting Be'lak, and he will die.

*Elewynn frowns at Thoth*
Elewynn: He's... gone. I don't know exactly how, I wasn't there for it. But she wants burial rights for him.

[Overlord Thraka]

*Xan snarls and nods*
Xan: She be much Evilbeast. She like... hurting other people... We be her slaves, when we not do something right, she hurt us...
*She pulls up her baggy fur garments to show her belly, which like Mergoux's has several long claw marks etched into it*
Xan: She worse than her brother sometimes... and he badbeast... She deserve to suffer! Not be goodbeast, deserving of quickdeath!

*Thoth sighs and looks mournful*
Thoth: Ah... that is... unfortunate... I shall be there presently.
*He stands up and runs his hands over his pinstripe suit, turning it into a form black suit. He then steps out of sight of the scrying stone's view and a shadow looms over Elewynn from behind. Thoth's voice comes from behind her in a sorrowful tone*
Thoth: How unfortunate... He had much of his life left to him.
*He towers over her, hands clasped behind his back as he peers over at Horus's body*

[PrinceAlexus]

*Dr heads out and heads out to the kitchen looking for some food noticing thr group gathered about and taboos body, still ruined kitchen and thr various strange folk*

Any food left intact since the place got blown up?

*starts sifting a cupboard finding most of the items wither burnt. Broken or missing large chunks*

Umm... I'm newer here but should we not bury her, cremate, something?

...

*Major heads out in bulky power Armour and begins to head to the door intent on finding his crashed aircraft *

I will check the wreckage DR. Their seems to be ghouls nearby.
Maybe if I move the radiation core it will less draw the feral here.

Anyone know of a village or town supplies may be procured?

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter just listens in on the conversation, but makes himself content with cleaning the kitchen*
Lecter: Don't know about any villages. We're on our own out here.

*Finnick has headed off to find Elewynn, wondering why she's taking so long*

*Elewynn isn't afraid of Thoth, despite his size, as Finnick has shown her more horrifying things than what seems to be an overly tall mage. She is slightly cautious, however, but doesn't show it*
Elewynn: I never had the chance to meet him. He was... like this when I arrived.
*The Elf avoids saying 'dead' for Jilial's sake*

[Vulkan 707]

Jillian: I see.
*She gestures to some cupboards for the doctor.*
Jillian: Some canned food in there, we will have to make do with those for the time being.

*Sasha nods.*
Sasha: I didn't see any villages when I was stranded in the forest, so I do believe we may be alone out here. And have no fear Lecter, we will kill this Bel'ak.

[Overlord Thraka]

*Thoth nods simply*
Thoth: I see. Please excuse me.
*He walks stiffly over to Jilial and kneels down next to her. He presses one hand to the side of her head.*
Thoth: Rest.
*Jilial's eyes cross and she passes out. Thoth takes her ruined hands in his own and they glow for a moment. When he takes his hands away Jilial's are fully healed. He walks over to Horus's body and snaps his fingers. The blood is wiped away, the clothing repaired and the body prepped in seconds, as if done by a professional mortician. He turns to Elewynn and bows his head*
Thoth: I would think this man would have made friends, or at least allies here. If you know of any, would you mind gathering them? He should have a more... populated funeral... He is worthy of more...
*For a moment Thoth sounds sad, and very, very old. *

[PrinceAlexus]

*Dr*
long as it does not set off a gieger counter its gonna have to do then. Least the blast did not damage the power systems.

*starts chucking away a few cans that got disolved partly or holed by shrapnal and kitchen looking vauguely useable with several peoples work over the day or so. *

does this place ever get a moments peace?

*Major nods before locking down a power armored helmet and checking a plasma rifle going slightly more modulated*
a pitty, even a more less advanced settlement might be able to trade for basics like meat or bread. maybe even steel if they had some technology.

il handle the ghouls. my armours designed to take radiation from the nuclear core.

*starts marching out heavy footed by weight of armour to outside door and heading to the crashed vertibird*

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter nods*
Lecter: Sure as Hell don't have another way around it.

*Elewynn frowns*
Elewynn: I never met him. I haven't the slightest clue who would call him a friend.

*Finnick steps outside and whistles at Thoth and Elewynn*
Finnick: There you are. I didn't even need to help, some tall guy blew it up before I could even start a fire. Not that fire would do much, it had metal on it. But you get the point.

[Overlord Thraka]

*Thoth sighs and frowns, thinking thoughtfully*
Thoth: Hm. Very well... I shall return shortly.
*The next time Elewynn blinks Thoth has vanishes before her eyes re-open*
*He appears suddenly in the kitchen causing Xan to very nearly jump out of her skin*
Thoth: Excuse me, would any of you here happen to call Horus, an ally or friend?
*His hands are clasped politely behind his back and he peers shortsighetedly around*

[Vulkan 707]

*Sasha frowns at the newcomer, and grabs her hit of her sword but relaxes slightly at what Thoth said.*
Sasha: I would call him a ally, why do you ask?

*Jillian shakes her head, not really interested in the teleporting Taheen, and decides to go outside for a smoke.*

*John probably passed out again from drinking.*

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter doesn't flinch at Thoth's appearance, but smells the air when he arrives. The Devil Hunter is relieved that he isn't a Devil, but still doesn't trust him*
Lecter: He died fighting against Otherworlders. I didn't get to know him very well, but he was an ally at the very least.

[Overlord Thraka]

*Thoth nods gravely to both Lecter and Sasha*
Thoth: I am here to prform his funeral, and found attendance.... lacking. I believe Iris would appreciate a few additional mourners, to show that her lover did not die unknown. I would of course call upon his own personal friends, but alas I know them not, and Iris is in no condition to be asked for the names of those he would know.
*He stands stiff and straight backed, only swiveling his head to look at them both.*

[PrinceAlexus]

*Dr looks up keeping a hand under her coat not trusting him*

I'm afraid I did not know them much bar in passing.
Sorry for her. But they went out on his final mission not long after I arrived.

*starts stacking up the decent canned and preserved food tifily of what's left frowning slightly *

We have ernough... But more is never exactly a bad idea in food and ammo.

...

*Major heads to his crashed aircraft and readies rifle expecting ghouls *

[Sgt Vandingo]

*Zeta eventually meets up with Beatrix and Eustace, who are waiting at the edges of a decently sized body of water with a freshly constructed raft, with Vaseraga's body on it. She nods to both of the others, before taking her position beside Beatrix while Eustace pushes the raft into the water. The raft floats out towards the centre of the lake, while the trio stand in a solemn silence, reflecting on Vaseraga and the man-thing he was. Still in silence, Eustace loads a specific bullet into his rifle, then fires straight at the raft. It sits idle for a moment, before the raft bursts into flames, completely covering it and Vaseraga's body. The trio watch for a moment longer, before finally, the raft breaks in two, and both it and Vaseraga's burnt, and very damaged body float down to the bottom of the lake. Still without speaking a single word, the trio turn back, and start heading towards the Room again.*

[2BlackJack1]

*Lecter nods*
Lecter: I'll attend. A chance to bury a comrade isn't common.
*He draws another cigarette and lights it, before brushing himself off*
Lecter: When is it? Immediately?