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Post by thundertail on Dec 2, 2007 19:22:49 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern
Clubber looked up from his empty bowl again and saw Mr. Achebe rushing out to his table, Bolo hot on his heels. He hurriedly told the Ankylosaur that he was simply getting his medallion back, and not to get upset like that! Clubber never really gets upset most of the time; and that hit on the head would seem like a light tap to a human by comparason. He really didn't care whether he got the medallion back or not; after all, it was fair payment for breakfast and room and board the other night.
"You really didn't have to do that, boss.", Clubber replied, not knowing what else to say. "That was downright nice. Thanks!"
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Korkoa
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Post by Korkoa on Dec 2, 2007 21:57:37 GMT -5
IC: I smiled crookedly at Clubber. "Conratulations Clubb!" I said before hiccuping. "'Scuze me. I think I'm getting drunk. I'll be back soon." I ran outside, looking for some water to dunk my head in.
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rusty
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Post by rusty on Dec 2, 2007 22:18:57 GMT -5
IC: Zola, Blackfish Tavern
Zola heard and saw Trevor burst through the doors to the kitchen, calling for her. He turned and saw her, bringing up her sordid past, and pulling out a gold necklace with jade inlaid.
Her eyes flashed fire, "How dare you come here, uninvited, unwanted, bring up my past, and offer this pretty thing? Can't you tell my love has moved on?" She thought of Isaiah with a slight blush, barely noticeable on her olive skin.
"And how dare you tell me you will take me back to Sauropolis? I am happy here, and this is my life!" She was fuming, she pushed him back roughly, "This is my home, Sauropolis has nothing for me! Can't you understand that? Can't you see? Are you so blinded by your love for me that you cannot see that you are unwanted, and that I am staying here. Wake up, Trevor."
She stormed from the kitchen and to the only place she could think of, Isaiah's table. The man had only heard her voice, but worried when her normally composed face was marred by the tears beginning to fall.
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Stouthorn
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Post by Stouthorn on Dec 3, 2007 15:56:59 GMT -5
IC: Trevor Roman, The Blackfish Tavern
The woman was obviously confused. Her love has moved on? He knew of people being fickle, but honestly...
The pendant sat in the middle of his palm. It suddenly felt much heavier. He sighed, and crammed it back into his pocket. With new resolve, he headed back out after her. Why was she being so difficult? ========= IC: Isaiah Achebe, The Blackfish Tavern
Isaiah chuckled and took a swig of his drink as he watched Korkoa scamper out of the tavern, more than a bit tipsy, weaving to and fro. He turned to Clubber: "Of course I had to, friend. It seemed to mean a lot to you." He smiled, clinked his glass against Clubber's bowl, and kept drinking.
Applejack leaned in close to him. "You left out the last leg of our journey."
"Well, no need to scare them, right now."
"They may not have signed on, if they knew."
"Exactly."
Applejack opened his mouth to object, but they were both surprised to see Zola storming back across the tavern towards their table. In hot pursuit, the Skybax Rider Isaiah had bumped into on the way back in.
"Wait!" the pilot shouted, "I know you don't mean that! Darling, wait!"
Isaiah stood. "Is this man bothering you, Zola?"
"No, I am not bothering her!" the pilot shouted, "And it is none of your business."
"You mess with my friend, it is my business."
"It's clear sir, that you don't know who you're dealing with." The pilot puffed out his chest. "I am Trevor Roman, skybax rider, and I will not be talked to as such by some...ruffian!"
Bolo sidled up to Isaiah's side. "This man bothering you, Zola?"
"Blast! I already said I'm not bothering her!" Trevor's face was bright red beneath his cold, blonde locks. "The lady and I have a romantic history, and she's being quite difficult."
Romantic history? Isaiah felt his heart drop, but he kept his jaw square and his eyes intense. "Maybe she just doesn't want to have anything to do with you, huh?"
"Well, I'll say, who are you to be butting in to my business? I have half a mind to -"
His remark was cut short by three Stygimoloch and a Pachycephalosaurus barging into the tavern, looking mean and snorting. Both Isaiah and Trevor looked stunned. Bolo hid behind his partner. The murmur in the bar quieted down, considerably, as all inside recognized these saurians as agents of Lady Crumplesnoot come to collect.
TAG: Everyone
OOC: More later...
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Post by thundertail on Dec 3, 2007 18:09:29 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern
Clubber smiled at his carniverous friend, then watched him leave the tavern on wobbly legs. Just then Mr. Achebe clinked his glass to his bowl in a toast; and Clubber bowed before tossing his medallion around his neck. It looked like things were quieting down around here after all! But not for long, so Clubber found out a few seconds later! A Skybax rider stormed out of the kitchen area and turned around to argue with the other barmaid, and they yelled so loudly it almost hurt Clubber's armored earslits! That would have been the end of that if it weren't for Mr. Achebe making comments to the rider; and the rider started to speak harshly to his boss like he did to the barmaid! Please! Don't start anything, Mr. Achebe!, Clubber begged silently. Clubber thought that the last time he was here, it was the happy hour; for it looked like this was truely the angry hour!
All of a sudden Bolo stood at his friend's side; and Clubber was thinking of doing the same. The rider backed off slightly, and Clubber thought that would be the end of it; but all of a sudden a small army of smaller, spiked saurians stormed into the tavern, pausing as they saw Clubber's boss standing there. This group of thugs looked the kind able to start and finish a fight without a problem, and Clubber figured he could splatter at least three of them with his tail in a split second if worse came to worst.
He stood up in the middle of the tavern and got himslf ready...
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Post by rusty on Dec 4, 2007 0:47:54 GMT -5
IC: Zola, Blackfish Tavern
Zola stormed to Isaiah's side, angry, upset, everything! She was glad when Isaiah stood up and argued with her persuiant, even though she couldn't get a word in edge-wise!
Just as things were heating up, the four saurians burst in, obviously disturbing both Isaiah and Trevor, and she couldn't help but jump and squeak slightly at the sudden intrusion.
They all waited, everyone in the tavern, they all felt like they were holding their breaths and waiting for someone to make the first move.
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Post by thundertail on Dec 4, 2007 6:12:58 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern.
Clubber didn't want to start anything, but knew if something didn't happen soon, there was going to be a fight! Desperate, he looked around, then up at these small but formidable creatures helplessly. He felt the weight of the amulet aroud his neck, and suddenly had an idea!
"Bolo...", he mumbled in Ankylosaur. "Could you translate for me?", the Protoceratops looked at him, unsure. "Trust me!"
Then Clubber looked at the other saurians sternly and said in Ankylosaur: "How dare you come in here and disturb us!", he bellowed haughtily. "It seems one can't discuss business anywhere around here!", he looked at Mr.Achebe and continued.
"My friend and I are discussing an Archaeological expedition, and need not be disturbed!", these others were growing confused by the minute, and so were the rest of the patrons. Good! "Do you know who I am? I am Sir Clubber the wise, from the Waterfall City Archaeological guild! Do you know what the penalty is for hindering us?", one was about to protest, but Clubber cut him to the quick.
"I care not of the business you have with Mr. Achebe!", Clubber began to turn away. "Now away! Bother us no more!"...
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Stouthorn
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Post by Stouthorn on Dec 4, 2007 11:16:42 GMT -5
IC: Isaiah Achebe, The Blackfish Tavern
Bolo was translating before he even had a chance to say "No." Force of habit. As he went on, however, his voice became shakier and shakier. What was going on? What did he think he was doing? Well...no choice but to finish the message, now.
Isaiah understood the gist of what was happening: Clubber was standing up to the pachycephalosaur toughs. Not good. He hissed warnings out of the side of his mouth at him, but to no avail.
The pachycephalosaurs were taken aback at first, and hesitated. Then, one of the stygimolochs muttered something to the pachycephalosaur in the lead, and the group started to howl with their equivelant of laughter. The pachycephalosaur began to speak, and Bolo dutifully translated. "He says, 'My friend Fiddledee here saw you in this yesterday morning begging for food. You're no one of import, turtle, and even if you were this is not a place where anyone would care. Shut your mouth, or we'll crack your shell."
He turned to Isaiah and continued, "'Mr. Achebe, I believe you know why we're here. You owe a considerable amount to our employer."
Suddenly, the saurian turned on the skybax rider. "'Trevor! What a wonderful coincidence this is. While we're here collecting from this person, here, you can pay us, too."
"I owe you nothing!" Trevor shouted.
"'Oh,'" the pachycephalosaur said, "'Lady Crumplesnoot's ledgers say differently, I'm afraid.'"
"A skybax rider has no business with low lives like yourselves except to show them their place!"
Isaiah rolled his eyes, and the saurians again roared with laughter. "'Fine,'" the lead saurian said, "'We'll deal with you shortly. Mr. Achebe, the goods you owe, please.'"
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Korkoa
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Post by Korkoa on Dec 4, 2007 17:57:35 GMT -5
IC: I had heard everything from outside. Now was the time to make my entrance. I ran at the Pachycephalosaur, leaping over him at the last second, and landing in front of Isaiah. I growled at the collectors savagely. Drunk or not, you don't mess with an Achillobator.
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Post by thundertail on Dec 4, 2007 18:13:23 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern.
Clubber bellowed laughter at the reply, though inside he was shaking all over! He had to think up something quick or these ruffians would get the upper hand! He thought of his childhood days of beating the others in fights, and suddenly another thought came to him.
"Of course you are aware of the practice of wearing a disguise!", Clubber replied. "I was in search of Mr. Achebe myself, and gathering information of his whereabouts discreetly. I thought it wise to do it that way, for I heard there were personages of low caliber that would use the fact of my own whereabouts to thier own advantage."
"And as per your last comment, you boor." Clubber put in. "I am no stranger to fist-a-cuffs!... If you insist, that would suit me fine!...", he saw in the corner of his eye one of the barmaids begin to rush out to stop things.
He turned back to the boneheads again and added: "Only we should take this outside so we do not spoil this fine establishment. Then you can prove your mettle like the beast of the field you obviousely are!", he winked at his antagonist, who he saw was puffing air in anger.
"To be fair, you may blindfold me; and it will not matter if you go one on one or all of you at once.", then added. "I will try not to hurt any of you too badly."
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Stouthorn
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Post by Stouthorn on Dec 4, 2007 19:07:05 GMT -5
IC: Isaiah Achebe, The Blackfish Tavern
"'Oh no,'" the pachycephalosaur continued, "'no need for a fight, my hotheaded friend.'" He ducked as a dromeosaur leapt over his head. "'Now Isaiah, is all this really necessary? All I want is for you to give us what you owe, but it seems your,'" Bolo growled as he translated it, "'savage friends here are looking to fight. That's not very Dinotopian, now, is it? Who are these dolts, anyway?"
Isaiah had to agree, to an extent. Clubber and Korkoa were being a little hotheaded, kind of jumping the gun, but...well, he'd hired them for their eagerness, hadn't he? "Look," Isaiah said to the domeheaded cretin, "I'm going to get it to her. Tell your boss she'll get it. I mean...I'll give it to her personally, next time I'm in town, I promise, I'll have the cash..." He thought longingly of the money he'd brought down, expecting to pay off Crumplesnoot, but had used for Clubber's medallion. No matter. He had shrugged these guys off, before.
"'Well, then, there's a problem...'" the saurian went on, making an exaggerated show of disappointment. "'We came here to get our pay, and we're not leaving without it. I guess we're all stuck here, then, until someone comes up with a solution.'"
"Just go," Isaiah said, "tell your boss I'll have the money. Nobody here wants trouble."
"'If you didn't want trouble,'" the saurian said as he got right up in Isaiah's face. His breath smelled like pincecones, "you would have brought the money to pay me. Do we have to give you some bruises to remind you why you should pay the Lady on time?" He snorted hard, the breath from the saurian's nostrils catching a few of Isaiah's dreadlocks.
Fighting dinosaurs was a tricky proposition for a human, mostly because most saurians were better equipped for violence. Claws, armor...in the present case, domed skulls and spines were the obvious problems. But there were others: stronger bones, tougher skin, duller sense of pain, etc. Nonetheless, there were ways to go about it. Given the crowds Isaiah consorted with, he knew those ways.
And so, after a swift movement brought a chair crashing down on the lead pachycephalosaur's head, he weaved to his left and punched one of the stygimoloch's square in the throat. The other saurians circled around towards the rest of the party, while the pachycephalosaur shook its head clear.
TAG: Anyone.
OOC: As you can't godmod, you can mention your own moves, but not whether the attacks connect or not. That's up to my posts. Have fun.
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Post by thundertail on Dec 4, 2007 20:01:50 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern.
OCC: Let the games begin (Grrr!)!~
These creatures were evidentally not as civilized as his low estimates first thought, for the quartet Stymogloch and thier Pachy leader began to rush Mr. Achebe and those at his table! Things moved so swiftly after his threat, but it wasn't they who started it. Mr. Achebe all of a sudden hammered the lead bonehead with his chair, then everything moved as a blur!
One of the boneheads came for Clubber, but he swung his tail around in an arc right for him.
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Stouthorn
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Post by Stouthorn on Dec 4, 2007 20:37:59 GMT -5
Location: Fray at the Blackfish Tavern
The stygimoloch Isaiah punched gasped and reeled, and he went for the next one, grabbing its tail. It swung it's head around in the style of a flank butt and caught Isaiah in the torso. The blow would have been bad enough were it not for the stygimoloch's head spines, which almost caused him to black out. Nonetheless, he held on to consciousness, and stumbled back into the fight.
Bolo gripped the stygi who hit Isaiah's leg with his sharp beak, and dragged him to the ground, enduring sharp kicks to his face and frill. Finally, a blow to his jaw caused him to release the creature who stood, his ankle close to collapse, and lunged at Korkoa.
The pachycephalosaur had shaken his daze, by now, and brought his head crashing sideways into the side of the table, splitting it, causing the two warriors to scatter, roll, and come back swinging. Clubber's tail had connected, and the stygi that had come at him went sailing over the bar. The pachy rounded on the loudmouthed ankylosaur, however. He lowered he head, and charged.
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Post by thundertail on Dec 4, 2007 21:03:49 GMT -5
IC: Clubber, Blackfish tavern
Clubber didn't know if he connected with the bonehead or not because another one headbutted him from behind! Clubber awkwardly sidestepped into this one and fell onto the table he had been using, splintering it with a loud crash - and his assailant too, he hoped!
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Post by SilvanoshiS on Dec 4, 2007 22:19:00 GMT -5
Julius had been sitting in the back corner, as far away from the crowd of people as possible. So many new people, and a new ward to boot, it had been a lot to think about. It seemed a fight had broken out not far from hit table, and in an effort to shield anyone sitting with him he swung his massive tail at the fight hoping to drive it farther from him. Secretly though, he swung wide, hoping to draw more people into the fight with a wild swing because this seemed like a terrible, but fun idea.
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