Part One of Three: SEARCH PARTIES // HOSTAGES - Pre-battle prep

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[You've all searched long and hard to get here--a strange manor surrounded by thick forests and right near the mountains that encompass Paradisa's castle. It's old-looking and you can't quite place the architecture...and it has an oddly empty feel to it. It certainly doesn't look like the place where a guts-eating monster would be dwelling, nor where she'd kidnap and torture people. But appearances can certainly be deceiving...

Now that everyone involved knows where she is, it's time to converge and figure out a battle plan.]


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Hostages
Faildown (Allen & Dick exclusive)
Search parties
   Team 1 on route (groups can threadhop between themselves if you want them to run into each other. LITERALLY TAG ANYWHERE DIS JUST BE A GUIDELINE)
   Team 2 on route
   Team 3 on route
   Team 4 on route
   Air Support on route
   Misc. People involved who have no be officially placed in a team on route (Those in search parties are free to tag here & run into/pick these people up)
   Help via Castle
Everyone converges (you can comment here at any time!)
   Tim arrives with an important message!
   A rendezvous has been set!

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Comments

Kiddie patrol.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[Leads any number of small girls thisaway. The ballroom got big and empty, and the bitties get antsy.] --- Perfect. Let's make sandwiches.

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

[Puddleglum will glance up from where he's slicing up salmon steaks to be smoked. The kitchen itself is already pretty smokey, since he's been at it for awhile and it's one of the most surefire ways to make sure it won't go bad on the trip to meet up with the returning heroes/survivors]

[he'll give the little ones a considering glance] I suppose that would be helpful... though they'd best be careful. Running around in a place like this, their liable to end up with worse than scraped knees, seeing as they're bound to get in the way of something hot or sharp.

[he's not really as disapproving as he seems. Feel free to ignore his gloom and doom]

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Not if you watch your hands, Beanpole. Hell, you're already working at above head-level for the vast majority of the kitchen right now. [Grabs bread, tosses things to the center table.]

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

It's not my hands I'm worried about... though accidents happen. All these ridiculous devices around here, you never know. Really, what's wrong with a simple device to get the job done? No need for all these fancy settings and gadgets.

[he's still frowning at the bunch as they gather around the center table but, as Roy begins to gather sandwich making supplies, Puddle will quietly set a bowl of berries down within arms' reach for the girls to snack on before going back to his cooking]

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[... Sees u thar. Li'l smirk.] S'matter, trouble with the toaster?

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

[eyebrow arch] The what now?

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Metal box on the table, all the fancy settings and gadgets. Or is it the blender? Couldn't tell what you were moaning about.

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

This whole kitchen is a mess of gadgets. Give me a good, reliable campfire any day.

....and I wasn't moaning.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

True 'nuff, but they make for less work. Yeah, you were.

Need a hand?

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

Until some fool tries to use them improperly and sets the whole place on fire. What's the one that people seem so keen on destroying? The... microwave?

[hesitates] I suppose so. Assuming we can find a way to get this out to the survivors, I can probably use all the hands I can get. Of course, with everyone rushing out like a pack of fools into the fray, I wouldn't be surprised if we're stuck with all this back here at the castle. Probably spoil before it'll be of any use.

[but he's still cooking away]

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Probably. Y'know, I'm sensing a pattern here. [Passes the lemon juice.]

But I was asking if you wanted a hand with the machinery. I'm not heading anywhere without this crew.

[respecto-wiggle.livejournal.com]

[on it goes, the liquid sizzling as it hits the meat, before he flipped the steaks]

[sideways look at Roy before he nods] A little help wouldn't be amiss. Speed the process up, at least, whatever good that'll do.

[motioning to the foodstuffs he's got laid out on the counter] I'm just prepping all of this to make the journey. No guarantees it'll make it or there'll be anyone to eat it if it does, but no point in letting that stop us, right?

[another flip of the steaks and he glances back at the girls] And you said something about sandwiches?