Player Plot: Friday the 13th, Part II

[topgun_textiles]

Who: CLOSED to those joining the hunt!
When: Friday, July 13th
Where: Camp Ira Lake
What: Event for the Friday the 13th Player Plot! It's time to find and stop the Killer of Ira Lake?!
Warnings/Notes: Mentions of gore, a whole lot of terrible 80's references. Going with a loose tagging order for threads, followed by a tag from the Killer/Bosses/NPCs for each round.




It was an easy ride that morning, and the mood was relatively upbeat. With the weather as nice as it could be for the area, it was almost like they took an early camping trip. Moods turned quiet when they filed into the camp site itself, the distinct laughter and chatter of children gone. The campers were sent home just the previous day, picked up by their parents and told to return the next week if all goes well. Perhaps, in that, it's something of a relief for the group set on hunting down the Killer: No children would find themselves under the blade tonight.

The group then meets the oddly-named counselors who volunteered to stay, all moogles: Mogjon, Mogmarsha, Mogbrian, Mogstacy and Moglucas. A line of fuzzballs, all with an uncharacteristic courage in deciding to stay and help the group learn the lay of the land and perhaps get a head start on their search.

Comments

[chefbayardee]

Terra might recognize Hunk as that weirdo he ran into when they arrived. Or that weirdo who threw himself into an electric fence back in Sparks Golsaucia. But Hunk? He recognizes Terra, for sure. And the Paladin arguing with a tiny little Moogle like this is... more than a little funny. That said, the bickering was doing a number on poor Hunk's nerves.

"He's not gonna be alone, you know. We tend to take care of each other." Even when people do stupid things, as Hunk learned. They don't have to all be friends to still care. "But do you really want to distract him from whatever ends up happening? Someone could get hurt!" Like Terra. Or the moogle. Or a counselor. Or Hunk. The list goes on.

[wheretheresawill]

Oh hey, it's that guy who almost got himself electrocuted and also doesn't know how stars work! "That's what I was -"

"Someone could get hurt anyway, kupo, and that someone is him!" Mogila looks worried enough that her fur is standing up. "What if he does something dumb, KUPO? I heard that when he was in Sparks Golsaucia, someone ran into a barrier on purpose, kupo, and I think it gave him ideas."

Now it's Teresa's turn to look mortified, for more reasons than one.

[chefbayardee]

"There was a bomb puppet on my back." Hunk pouts, and glares at the moogle. "It short-circuited the bomb, knocked out the puppet, and let this guy take care of the moogle." His eyes dart back and forth for a moment, and then the pout intensifies.

"I was fine! There was food magic and a Protect spell and I've climbed an electric fence before!" He's trying to justify the reckless behavior, and saying that it worked doesn't get him very far.

[wheretheresawill]

"See? It worked out fine! I would have done the same!" Terra is absolutely willing to switch to supporting Hunk's actions. Besides, he would have done the same, if he'd thought of it in time.

"That's what I'm afraid of, kupo." Mogila's little face is frowning darkly. "Someone has to make sure you don't get yourself hurt, kupo." And it's clearly not going to be Hunk.

[chefbayardee]

"And we have healers for that. Trained healers. With asterisks and enough combat training." He just levels an eyebrow at the moogle. She's seriously gonna get in the way. "We had a healer then, and that was why I did it. Because he was good at his job."

Sure, he didn't know Takeshi at all until after, so the competence was just luck but... details. "Whether you like it or not, we trust each other. We have to, otherwise we get in each others' way, and people do get hurt."