Mrs. Voidus

Agreed

"Let's have a tea party." Cried Dr. Funtimes, who excitedly bounced up and down. Saccharine grinned. "And so we shall. Oh, and you can keep Hari if you wish," she offered. "We have had fun but she seems to like you." Don't you my little bubbykins? Yes you do! Yes you do! "My dear, would you mind creating a table and chairs? I do so hate to sit on the floor." Dr. Funtimes looked thrilled and clapped her hands, undoubtedly surprised that her tea party was happening right now. She concentrated and between the two appeared a table with sturdy stone legs, and matching chairs with thick wooden seats and a table top. "Most impressive!" Saccharine praised, as she pulled her various tablecloths, doilies, cups, saucers, sugar, tea, cookies (all seven varieties) from her dress pockets and lay the table. "Think of all the bird cages and bunny huts you could create. You could make a bunny castle.... With carrot chandeliers!!" The tall woman seemed to become distracted in her excitable day dreaming for a moment before removing a collapseable billy from a back pocket, and set it over a tiny log. Then, hanging a small black kettle from the billy and filling it with water, Saccharine teleported from separate pouches Glycerine and Potassium Permanganate onto the log to create the exothermic reaction she knew would appear to be an epic's ability to create fire from nothing. You never know how that charade might come in handy. "Now then," Saccharine said cheerfully as she took a seat, gesturing for Dr. Funtimes to do the same. "Where do you find your inspiration?"

Twi, about to set up tea party, (but then it was pointed out that Funtimes might not have meant right this second). If she did, could I wright that Funtimes made a table and two chairs?

Sightline's is cool!

Hey guys, sorry for the confusing post with the magic trick... I thought it was only Nathan that talked about what Funtimes was doing (I don't know where I got that idea) but then I just re-read everything and realised I made a bit of a weird post. Sorry! So embarrassing. edit: Also, awesome post Twi! You write Dr. Funtimes so well!!! I was right there in the crazy haha

Saccharine smiled when Funtimes turned her head in attention. It Worked! "How did you know about that dirty meanieface's meanie hat?" Funtimes whispered. "I don't." Saccharine replied as she silently called back her cricket, who speedily hopped onto her finger. "This is Hari. She doesn't know him either, but Traveller did, and Hari heard him talking about it. I believe it was in a threat, which was followed by some bargaining. It seems your sweetie is as clever as you are when it comes to defending himself. Here," she said as she offered her pet to Funtimes. "I assure you she is harmless. Though for many of my other little friends I cannot say the same. This is not a threat you understand, I only wish to be friends. And I do not want to do any harm to your dear one either, as I hope you will say the same for mine." Saccharine smiled warmly and gestured with her free hand in her husbands direction. "I only want to be frank with you, in the hope that we can work together. I am a biochemist in need of a laboratory. I could plead with you now but that would be rather crass when we hardly know each other wouldn't it? So how about a cup of tea and some cookies? I have blueberry!"

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Saccharine was inwardly seething at her apparent failure to capture Funtimes' attention. She had thought that something showy and creative would have been enough to bring focus to her request. Like as not it would be phrased never so well as it had just been, and for it to have fallen on deaf ears was maddening. None the less, causing a scene now would weaken her bargaining power and as things stood it was uncertain how Lightwards - the supposed Emperor, would react to their arrival in the first place. Following Funtimes' gaze to the retreating pair of Aldo and the man only moments ago revealed to be Funtimes' boyfriend, Saccharine began to try to piece things together. Aldo had been in the building for no longer than any other member and yet he had taken it upon himself to whisk away a seemingly random member of the group and had taken no interest in the first or second in command. Mentally casting out to her pet cricket Hari, Saccharine attempted to act as though she had not said anything at all after her little magic trick. Hello my little lovelykins, mummy is sorry to use you again, but do as she commands and you can have all the fungi you want. Off hopped the little creature onto the underside of Aldo's rippling cape, dodging the sudden appearance of a heavy weight and immediately began transmitting the conversation of the two to Saccharine who turned towards a concerned but restrained Funtimes. "My dear," she began in her most matronly tone. "It can be hard can it not, when we want to trust our loved ones to protect themselves, but wish we could remove the need to trust them in the first place? No danger, no worry. Especially when they are in company unlike themselves." She hoped that this would grab the epics attention. "After all, we don't all wear fedora's that get hungry." There, she thought as she registered Hari move to the back of Aldo's shoe. That ought to get her thinking about how much I know, though it may sound just like gossip. How can I use what I know about "Traveller" without becoming a threat. I would so hate to lose a tea party member before she is even invited.

Saccharine stepped gracefully from the shadow platform, and took in the Jurassic themed flora with awe. If Funtimes was responsible for this creation, then she could create anything, even things that haven't been seen by any human or epic before. Were these creations real copies of actual plants from the past or mere representations of approximations? I suppose either would be use full,she thought, as she discreetly pinched the tips off of several surrounding plants and tucked them away quietly. Keeping her distance, Saccharine watched her husband schmooze with Lightwards, and was impressed that after so much mental anguish and confusion Jeff had maintained his ability to take advantage of the situation. That was something that did not need her attention. There was however a need to meet Funtimes before anyone else got a chance to manipulate her. Perhaps manipulate is the wrong word, Saccharine thought, but impressing her is something that can't wait. Walking over to where Aldo had taken Funtime's attention, Saccharine joined the group as the magician kissed the multicoloured woman’s hand. “It would be a pleasure to make your acquaintance,” Aldo said. “Yes,” Saccharine interjected, “from what I have gathered, your whimsy miss Funtimes, is something a magician could make himself quite famous attempting to imitate. But perhaps our friend Aldo here would be better sticking to the classics.” Winking towards Aldo, to show no hard feelings, Saccharine leaned towards to impressively glittery woman and reached behind her ear. “For example,” she said as she teleported the brightest and largest flower from its stalk nearby into her hand and seemingly pulled it from behind Funtimes' ear. “You have created a magnificent playground my dear, and I happen to be a biochemist, who could turn your creations into the deadliest weapons imaginable, and provide you with the best samples of, shall we say, other powers with only your help. Perhaps we too could become better acquainted and come to some sort of arrangement.”

"Well then," Saccharine said with a brief smile. "Scotch, candy bar or tea, it makes no difference. It is a pleasure to make your aquaintance. And we are of course delighted to have you escort us to emperor Lightwards. Dear Apprentice, if it is a sweet tooth you have, I happen to have on me a selection of baked goods to try. Muffins, tarts, pie, doughnuts." As she was chatting away amiably she pulled out each specimen of pastry or dough and set them on individual doilies. Jumping suddenly, Saccharine held before her a large, rounded chocolate chip cookie which had at some point been pierced through with one of her hat pins. Tisking softly, she muttered under her breath, "who would do something like that, ruining a good biscuit. Why, sugar does not grow on trees, well it does grow, but that is not the point, waste is waste and I..." "ahem" came a pointed cough from Jeff. "You don't still make that caramel slice do you? The things I would do to taste such delicacy of your creation!" He reached over the table and took her hands in his. "Oh Jeffy!" she exclaimed, as a crimson blush flooded her cheeks. "Of all the things I wished you would say, and after all this time, you remind me so keenly of your good naturedness, and kindness, and sweet, sweet tooth! Of course I have caramel slice my Angel. Always, a fresh batch I make in case of meeting you." The two carried on in this way long enough that the atmosphere in the room became much lighter. The group - though some were possibly off put by such public affection - seemed to shift to a jovial and trusting one. Handing Jeff three large slices, Saccharine spoke to the group as a whole. "So, this wayward Warrior of Lightwards that you have lost. Was he important to the cause? One would hate to see us all penalised because of a run away." Pausing for a moment, Saccharine realised she may have caused offence. "I do not mean to suggest it was at the fault of either of you. Rather, it occurs to me that we ought to do something to counteract this little bit of bad news."

In the PP, Saccharine, Aldo and Cricket scene, I was going to go after you because Aldo was asked a question. But I think we are all keen to see the next stage commence if you know what I mean . So The next post I was going to do was really a wind up of the scene BUT as you are up next it would make more sence for you to send us on our merry way should you wish it. SO EXCITED!!!!

Hey Kobold, I hope you don't mind my writing two words for Aldo. If you do I will happily edit them out. It just felt weird to have things happen and no one say anything. Also, his being a magician, I thought he might genuinely be impressed at this new take on a levitation technique. But as I said, just thought I should double check.

Saccharine listened to Aldo's appraisal of Lightwards with only dwindling levels of suspicion. It was, after all a relatively short time from Calamity's known existence to now and much had happened in that time. "Very well," she said. "You may escort us to your leader. But first, would any one like some tea?" Reaching into another secreted pocket in her dress Saccharine pulled free a small tin container and several smaller packets of powdered milk, cubes of sugar, and tea spoons then looked about her for some sort of table. There then passed a minute of what would have been uncomfortable silence were she the kind of person to notice it, before a small, round table and four chairs came gliding from the front of the house seemingly of their own volition where upon they stopped before her and rested on the ground as a swarm of ants fled from beneath them. "Neat trick," Aldo said as Saccharine removed a large, folded piece of lace from her bosom and swept it over the table before setting down cups and saucers which she took from various folds and crevices in her outfit. "Darling?" She said, pulling out a chair for her husband. Impact waited for the signal from her sister. One wink meant count to ten, and a long blink after this meant go. MV was seated across the busy street at a cafe beside the Crown and Angler pub where the bald bartender had unceremoniously yelled at them to get out. The twins were identical, and therefore had no chance of getting a drink because one of them looked older. Their blonde hair and blue eyes would have made them targets for many men who at another time might have bought a drink for them - blonde identical twins did not go without often, even at nineteen - but today there were even fewer patrons than yesterday and it was only 10am. MV lowered her book from under her nose and winked, then nodded in the direction of the blue Nissan Micra parked on the curb next to the dumpster impact was crouching behind. Eight... Nine... TEN! Impact thought as she leapt out and pushed the stationary vehicle so that it began to speedily cruise along the road and down hill toward the river. MV wasted no time after the first screams began to arise from the crowd. She slipped toward the back of the growing crowd and through the doors into the empty bar. Sticking low to the ground, MV glared briefly towards the bar whereupon two mostly full pints flew towards her. She snatched them quickly before they hit the ground and hastily snuck out the way she came. Impact was waiting out of sight beside the doors and together they toasted their success to the sound of a great splash and one citizen's outraged wailing. "Well done old chap!" Said Impact. "Yes, Tally ho and pip pip," replied MV who shortly after jumped in surprise as a strong hand slapped firmly onto her shoulder from behind.

Hi guys, I am back . Ready to play and have a crack at bringing in Impact. Let's keep the madness alive!

Hi guys, I'm going to be away for a few days, so I won't be posting but Voidus will be on my behalf, with my full consent. I'll miss you guys! Thanks for being so welcoming, I have had so much fun so far

Lightwards... Lightwards... I don't know this person. One would expect the opposite to be true were he really the ruler of a town. Jeff began whispering under his breath, "Resurrection epic. Calls himself the Emperor of Light. Has a horde of dinosaur zombies and lives in a flying museum." Right, Saccharine thought, and I am supposed to believe that there was no damage done here. "This, Lightwards..." She said, "declares himself the leader of this place. And yet I have never heard of him. This does not exactly give one much confidence in the man." Walking towards the back of the room she collected the two pins she had thrown earlier and wiped them carefully on her dress before threading them into her sleeve. "As for my powers, I will let you believe what you will, but I will not join or fight anyone until I know what we can get out of it. Does he have some sort of laboratory facilities? What currency does he use? Where would we live if we join? And if we fight... Well the questions in that field depends on what you suggest to do with my Jeffy." "And be warned," she said. "There are very few right answers."

Saccharine pulled away from her husband with a grin that spit her face in an almost un-pretty way. I just can't believe it! She thought as she let her hands run over his face and through his beard. "I find myself being the least enlightened of us all," said this man Aldo. "However... would anyone care to explain what is happening in this room?" Only partially embarrassed at her display of public affection, Saccharine turned to face both epics and removed her hat - it wouldn't do to be impolite . Her hair fell, knotted and tangled to her waist, and released a soft aroma of lavender and jasmine from the tiny flowers that had dried there and seemingly become part of her mane. Taking Jeff's hand Saccharine introduced herself. "I am this man's wife. I have spent the last nine months searching for him after I lost track of his movements. We were victims of an epic attack you see, and I thought it was some sort of revenge move against me as I had recently gained my own powers and had some rather unfortunate accidents with some test... uh subjects." The magician looking fellow and his female companion looked at each other with an uncomfortable expression. "Yes, well, I didn't want to bring any more attention to our work, and I couldn't have my dear one getting hurt because of me so, so I ran. But then I couldn't live without him so I changed my mind and tried to find him." Saccharine nodded curtly as if to say that was as sufficient an explanation as she was going to give. She looked to the deranged looking man beside her and shook her head in sadness. "You have confused him. You were going to hurt him. I am an epic and I don't think you want to find out exactly what kind. So I am afraid I will have to intervene here, unless you will let us leave?" Bewildered, the offending pair said nothing in the moments after this bizarrely calmly delivered ultimatum. Saccharine smiled politely and returned her hat to her head and curtsied. "Good day to you," she said and stepped in the direction of the door. It's not too late. She thought. Just to be safe. Just exit slowly.

Oh no, oh no, oh no! Saccharine thought, one of them saw me. The explosion had surprised her to say the least, and had nearly caused her hat to fall off. But which of the epics was behind it? It could have been some technological design from the lab, and hearing the rumours of her husband's powers as she had, the event fit that it was no power. None the less the suddenness of it all had caught her off guard and blown her cover. I'll just have to confront them. She thought. But who is leading who here? Best to do some more scouting. Sending her thoughts out to the few remaining rats who had scurried away in fright, Saccharine was shocked to have her commands bounced back at her. Does this mean it was one of the other two who called the creatures? But no, that did not make sense. Both had commented on the annoyance of the vermin and their surprise at the rat's being there at all. Then there is another epic here. Not wanting to lose sight of the group - and especially the two who had entered the dilapidated house a few minutes ago, Saccharine thought to call to her birds again. But using them more than once in a day seemed cruel, and she had already been seen. There's nothing else for it then, she decided as she stepped out of the shadows and approached the woman standing guard by the door. "Good morning," Saccharine hailed. "Wont you let me inside?" The woman raced inside the building and slammed the door shut, abandoning her watch to, in all likely hood, warn those inside. Or rather, warn the other man. This is too dangerous for Jeffy, it could be trap! I have to do something. Saccharine took hold of the door handle and teleported the lock clean out of its fitting. With a soft metallic clunk it hit the ground and the wooden door was easily pushed open. Scanning the rooms frantically as she walked, she soon came across a scene which made her heart freeze. There, clear as day was Jeff, drowsy and confused on the couch with the other man standing abruptly from his stool to the side. "Poison!" Saccharine shrieked accusingly as she ran to her husbands side and, swiftly lifting her hand to her hat removed two fine hair pins and flung them at the tan skinned man.

If Saccharine had any money, you would already be out of stock

It was earlier in the morning than many of the mages were used to - experience with passive aggressive reward hand overs had shown this. But Nynn had waited long enough after her morning hunting trip to return to the college in Kvatch. She had always drawn looks as she walked the halls and dormitories of any college in Tamriel, but being an Orc in these places had their advantages. For one thing, the mages assumed that discretion was part of the any dealings undertaken, due to the rarity of others of her race dabbling in the arcane arts. This lead to the second advantage in that it was much easier to drive a higher price and to assume the same no-questions-asked attitude to the occasional artefact that didn't appear when expected. Some clients though, those on the elderly side (or middle aged for Dunmer) never offered Nynn the opportunity to short change them. This was not because of any lack in communication or work, but rather because of the unexpected upside to briefings. Nynn had learned that those mages had knowledge of the land and how it used to be far better than the younger acolytes. And this was the kind of information she had gotten involved with the wizarding folk to begin with - despite what her hold thought. Arriving at the top floor at the slightly ajar oaken door with carvings of the "Withering of Delodiil" legend, Nynn knocked twice and pushed through. The room was colder than she had expected with the high winds blowing through a space where a window should have been and the minuscule remnants of a fire from the night before left carelessly to smoulder into nothing well before dawn. "Magister?" Nynn whispered. "Eh? What? Huh? Why is it so blasted cold in here?" "I Imagine it has something to do with the - pardon the pun - ink on you face." "Hmmm, yes, well. Why are you here? Brandy?" "Magister, I like your style but it is very early." "Oh" he said, pulling some papers together and walking over to his velvet slippers. "Well then, tea it is." Velth ushered Nynn toward an old but very plush looking arm chair as he asked, "no sugar? So then, young warrior. What fascinating recovery have you made for me this time?"

If you are going to do a time skip this could be a good time for me to jump in and sort of give us a chance to head on out?

Does this mean Saccharine is predictable already? Well we'll have to do something nothing about that

Well I suppose its quite limited based on the size of the animals. For example 5 or 6 sparrows, a swarm of ants, 2 or 3 snakes,but not a bear. So nothing larger than... say, a Christmas pudding? Edit: Telepathy is how it works. Simple, but effective.

I was thinking of meeting up with you guys as you leave the college as that is where my character has just handed in a quest. Then just join in there really. Thanks for the spoiler note sorry about that

Gliding softly from one house corner to the other, Saccharine crept speedily down the darkened alley way to the glazed window of a recently abandoned building and gracefully swept a spider web from her hair. Her dishevelled appearance and stained lace sleeves did nothing for her attempts to regain calm. He has to be here! She thought desperately. All my interviewing leads to Portland, and the mice have all squeaked the same thing - "Portland, Portland, Portland." "Fly my angels," she whispered to the circling sparrows above her. "Scout this block and return to me." The birds swooped up over the next house's dilapidated tiled roof and away as Saccharine lifted her skirt up a fraction of an inch and moved on. Wasting no time, she continued on her frantic search, careless of the increasing number of strands that had fallen from her bun beneath today's sun hat. There! She thought, as beyond the end of the alley and across the next street stood two men and a woman - all seemingly epics, beside a white Jeep. The woman and one of the men were no one she recognised, but there talking to them was the un-mistakable beard attached to her husband. Jeff! Saccharine began weeping softly and took the dishevelled handkerchief from beside her potpourri, sugar cubes, and needle set in her side pocket to wipe her tears away. She slowly crept closer towards the group, not wanting to leave the shadows just yet - lest she be fooled as as she was with that illusion epic who had wanted to take advantage of her. If he had lived, he would never touch a morsel of food again. So I suppose he didn't live after all, she thought, if he never ate since then. Smiling, Saccharine greeted her feathery blue friends as they sung happily to her. "Yes my darlings! Isn't it wonderful!"