(PRP) Dark Rites of Summer

[Circe]

"Motleys can be a dangerous thing, especially when they get along," the serene smile on her blue lips didn't match the cold tone of her voice. And Yamiyo was doing a great job as a distraction. "Nothing like having someone to wash, ahem, watch yer back right? Nice ta have an Amazon army."

"If yer willing ta go in piece and mean this Hold no harm, it'd be bad form fer 762 rifle rounds ta go through yer skulls," which wasn't what she was carrying on her at the time. Intentional too. "Bad business too. Are ya seeking ta invoke sacred hospitality right now? What are ya cooking?"

Old fashioned but she recalled that in the Bay some folks still swore by it. They'd not break it at least, but whatever. She could put a burst of 12 gauge into either of them if they tried something, Coco could cane them, and Yamiyo could, uh, look sexy? And blue? Wait, was Circe going narcissist?

[Yamiyo Lillich]

Her eyes going towards Goff, kindly smiling at him and giving him a friendly wink just being at ease hoping that calmness would be met with calmness.

Looking towards the Queen and then the wasp, lightly blushing as her eyes did so before looking at both the two strangers.
"Sadly we still have a bit of moving to do and I do not work well when I eat to heavy food I am afraid as you can see I am rather small and do not really eat much to begin with. I would find it quite thrilling to hear your tales and keep company though if either of these two would like to stay and eat and not hurry on along." True she also feared the old tale of taking food from others and what that could result in but she had eaten breakfast as well and she did prefer to plan her meals and exercise very carefully to keep her current weight as well.

Waiting to see if they would stay or move, being ready to follow the Queen and the wasp in their decisions and to see how they would work together in figuring out who lead this expedition.

[Coco]

"Just so you two fuckers know," Coco said with her best glower, "I'm not buying any of your bullshit."

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-07-17 18:10:35	Coco rolls 3 to rawr, be intimidating (pres, no penalty) (10 Again)	4, 5, 1	failure

It probably wasn't worth anything. She probably looked as intimidating as a thin young woman who needed a cane could be, but compared to those two, that likely wasn't much.

Whatever.

She tried.

[Yumyumcrow]

James Turner watches on. Goff is in the process of regaining his poise and is still holding his defensive position. Charming is up to something - or gearing up for something. From his vantage point, the Whisperwisp can see the Fairest shift and move gently in their position and its not all movement related to preparing a meal. He can't make out what Charming is doing, however.

"I am willing to share with you a simple pledge if you feel threatened," Charming said calmly, still eyeballing Circe.

"This is a vegetable stew made from Goblin fruit. Nothing fancy. Nothing dangerous I assure you. Roots and leaves to fill the stomach. A dash of snapdragon's droppings for some extra heat. Apples and pears (from the human world) because I found that give the stew some extra body and balance, oddly enough. Salt. Pepper. And my secret ingredient."

Charming smiled. The smile remained fixed and brittle on his face as Coco and Yamiyo Lillich refused with varying degrees of politeness.

Goff scowled at Coco.

[James Turner]

He'd have to give up his position, sneak closer and possibly reveal himself to get a better look. It wasn't his eyes it was the pot that was blocking Charming's movements, those hands cleverly hidden behind it. Was he spiking the stew or was he getting a weapon ready?


Watching Goff on the other hand, cursing his luck that this was the one time Yamiyo didn't try and hit on someone and wondered if Coco's presence was the cause of that. Noting to observe that behavior later and chart it.


Words slipping from his lips to the Summer Monarch once more. He'd warn them all if he could but it wasn't in his nature to broadcast it wasn't what he'd been made to do.

Whisper to Circe

"Charmings hands weren't idle, not all of that was meal prep. He's up to something, be on guard."

[Circe]

Circe lets out a giggle to mask her nodding at the warning from the boy of her group, playing the dumb blonde for all she was worth. Circe's eyes were wide and her ears bent toward Charming. She knew to expect trouble and still had a hand on her big gun. She lowered her free hand but still gesticulated with it as she talked. She could quick draw from a holster with ease, so semi-ready shotgun? Null sheen chum.

Giggling, "Ironic wouldn't ya boys say? The Summer is the most sociable!" She then lets out a put upon sigh, "Reminds me of the crowns meeting where I had ta restrain the other three from attacking each other. Ha ha, I know right?" She looks at Goff, "That is really weird right? Sorry if they're being rude. Ya want some tequila ta make up fer it?"

"Waaaait. Wait a minute? Snap dragon? The, no I think scrap dragon explodes, snap is, hmm." Circe tries to recall the name though she probably had it wrong. Plus being sociable, "Uuuuh, what color is that? It might be the gob fruit that gave me diarrhea. No offense Charming but I don't have constipation ta clear up."

[Yamiyo Lillich]

Her eyes being kept on Goff, warmly smiling towards him, fixing a bit with her hair every now and then not wanting to get to close or do to much instead deciding to do her best to seem rather shy.

Speaking in a soft tone.
"Perhaps we should be on our way if there was nothing else to be discussed here?" Looking towards her two companions before slowly taking a single small step backwards, this discussion didn't seem to lead anywhere and she doubted that they would get much more out of this unless they wanted to either get physical nor did she really know if there was anything else they needed from them true if she had suspected that they held any information they needed she might be able to charm it out of them but for now she could not think of anything like that.

[Coco]

"What are you looking at, ya little bitch," Coco snarled at Goff, deciding to just lean into the role she'd already fallen into. Besides, at this point, she wanted to provoke them. They were shady as fuck, and even if the most she did was inconvenience their day, she felt obligated to do it.

"I'm not the one packing around a 20 pound mallet to distract from what's between my legs, now, am I? And to make worse, you're a fucking vegetarian. Does meat hurt your wittle feewings? Or does it just remind you too much of what you'll never get to have, instead?"

Coco followed up her taunts with a lewd gesture, just to be sure she really drove her point home.

She couldn't wait to see what happened.

[Yumyumcrow]

Charming was up to something. He was also laughing helplessly at Circe quip.

"What do you have against Snap Dragon Droppings? Harmless and healthy! But it won't clear you out! Don't tell me you people refuse to partake of the bounty of the Hedge! Why! Thats just criminal!"

The Fairest was half joking, but his efforts were in vain.

Never goad an Ogre... Unless you are Coco Tascionni...

Goff's scowl grew more fierce, despite his snap frozen Winter mantle. His eyes flashed. So did the sharp array of teeth in his mouth.

"Bitch? Watch your mouth, insect!"

The Onyx Ogre didn't get to say much more before the Wasp followed up with her rude gestures. Goff's mouth went slack. The bony ridges that passed for his eyebrows rose. His posture completely shifted to pure aggression.

Charming was calling Goff's name now, the Fairest's expression melting from wry humour to outright concern, if not panic. Charming moved: a succession of graceful and perfect movements as he seemingly rolled from his seated position and flowed around the fire to stand at the Ogre's side. He was still speaking: calming words; words to remind the Ogre of their quest; a hand on a shoulder here; the other attempting to lower Goff's heavy maul from its aggressive posture.

Charming shot Coco a pinched look of calculating malice.

In the fracas, Yamiyo Lillich slipped back into the mists.

Booking notes:-

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-07-22 05:40:14	Charming to be sneaky with food rolls 7 to Wits + Larceny + spec (10 Again)	2, 6, 9, 1, 2, 10, 9, 6	3 successes

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-07-22 05:50:43	Charming to be dexy calming! rolls 8 to Dexterity + Empathy (10 Again, WillPower)	10, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 6, 1, 4, 2	4 successes

[James Turner]

James was a lookout and unlike the others he had nothing to be distracted by. Eyes sharp, ears trained this was literally what he’d been remade for. Charming was good, much better than James was but likely not as good as the two thieves with him. His eyes on the other hand were there to catch thieves like that.

He resisted the urge to tsk, tsk, tsk to himself, desperately wanting to but he pushed that instinct back down. Who he told what he saw changed the nature of the reaction; if he told Coco he bet things would escalate to violence quickly and If he told Circe she’d likely draw her gun and threaten before shooting. These were changelings and he didn’t want them injured if it could be avoided and more importantly he NEEDED to know why they were here and what they were after.

Whisper to Circe

“Tsk,tsk,tsk.” Ok, he couldn’t avoid it completely. “Charming has very idle hands, he dosed the food with something.”

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-07-22 11:24:15	James Turner rolls 6 to Perception (Wits + Comp) (10 Again)	7, 10, 4, 7, 10, 9, 3, 6	3 successes

John won the tie, I’ll be vague with me response but if I’m out of line please feel free to correct me and specify!