Friend or Foe 3.0

[Srgntcuddles]

When Romei sat next to Reno he scooted over, a bit nervous. He saw her pick up a small doll that looked like one of Rigor's design. He was about to say something when it latched onto his face. "SWEET GOOGLY MOOGLY!!" He almost jumped out of his skin as he scrambled to his feet. He frantically looked around for something to pry it off, but by then it had devoured Romei. "Nooo! You ate 'er! Er...'im, you ate 'im!" As he freaked out a needle came from no where and pierced the doll through it's heart. "Ah! What the hell?! Some Naruto **** right 'ere!" Reno ran over, picked up the doll and start flailing it around. "Spit 'im out! You little cretin!" He then started choking it and shaking wildly. "Spit it out! Rawr!"

[Brooklyn K. Grey]

        Mordecai said nothing, merely focusing on the door as the redneck southern drawl continued its angry tirade. He sighed, gripping the knives tighter. He was hoping he could find someone he actually knew from back home, but apparently "it" had brought another stranger. Knowing there was no other option, he let the sentiment take control and kick down the door, lunging forward to put the blades at the carotid artery and jugular vein. It was amusing in a dark, twisted way. The sentiment was using his anatomy knowledge in combat.

         "Listen. To. Me. I'm not here to kill you, but if you keeping raising hell I will do it!" He growled, staring at the bear that was a good foot or so taller than him. But they had figured such, he and the sentiment, so when they had rushed in, he buried the blades as deep into the skin and muscle he dared without actually severing the two major blood suppliers, leaving two tiny streams of blood to mingle with the stranger's fur.
         "Lets talk this out as civilized people. Who are you, and where are you from?"

          He kept his muscles tense in case the bear tried anything, but he hoped to God he didn't. One twitch on the bear's account, and the blades would sink too deep. Then there would be nothing in his power to save him, and no information Mordecai could glimmer from the slightly familiar ursine. Why was he so familiar looking...?

[Darkwood Strange]

As soon as the wolf lion put the knives in me, I was angry. I listened carefully to the words he said and something in them said "You move you die." I didnt want to die so i stayed still. "How the hell are we supposed to talk like civilized people with these dag burn knives in my neck. Your hurtin me and making me mad, two things that are not bright ideas to do. Please, GET THE HELL OFF ME!"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono raised an eyebrow at her, and pointed at the two gold on the counter she probably put down without realizing before walking off. He followed her directions, though 'two vendors down' could mean either direction. However, his first attempt was spot-on as he spotted the meat vendor, and casually walked up to him, apparently not having to wait in line as he seemed to know what the next person in line wanted before they even spoke, but that stopped when he saw Chrono...

"Armel sent me, I-I'm his new apprentice...I think" he said with indescision as he wasn't sure if it was just a side-job, or a real apprenticeship.

"A-anyway, how much will it cost?"

[Goblin Cat 😸]

After a moment of silence from the doll, it suddenly jerked back to life in the rabbit's grip, "AUGH OH GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" It's arms snaked around the rabbit's, grabbing his wrists and jerking backward to make room for breath, but immediately, the doll noticed that it didn't need to breathe... Which, didn't really change her actions as she struggled to get free, "RENO, augh, crap! Chill out!" Her voice seemed to come from the doll, but the doll's face didn't move, the "mouth" was merely a line of stitches meant to imitate one. "It's Mortis!"

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The panther turned and let his sharp golden eyes rest on the reptile. His brow seemed to raise as he spoke of his brother. "Ah, it'll be three gold for Armel." Although the panther was obviously of no relation to the bear, he was just as big as Armel himself. He reached behind the counter and pulled out a choice cut, wrapped up, fresh and somewhat bloody. "Armel told me he'd be here to pick it up, but if he sent you with his pouch, he must trust you a great deal," the panther said, pointing to the pouch in the dragon's hand. "Though, I'm surprised.. You seem a bit scrawnier than the ones he picks." He shook his head, laughing, "No matter." With that, he dropped the choice cut into the dragon's hands taking the gold in its place. "Now off with you, Armel gets awry when he's hungry."

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The vixen's day went fairly well. She managed to get a new apprentice for herself, who seemed to be strange, but nonetheless helpful as she showed him how the shop operated. She was very specific with telling him how to clean up.. Clean up because she wasn't up to trusting him to bake her goods yet. She was the only one who cooked as far as she was concerned until the apprentice began to shine in his cleaning.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno once again nearly jumped out of his skin when the doll spoke. He fell on his butt dropping Mortis when it said his name, then it said "It was Mortis". "W-What?! Ho-Wh- HUH?! You...Ate Romei...And-You...Mortis? My Mortis? Or uhm...The one I know? Oh man...Thi- WAIT YOUR GOING TO EAT ME TOO AREN'T YA?!" He scrambled to his feet and tried to find something to defend himself with.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono's ego caused him to be at least somewhat frustrated at being called 'scrawny', but he also noticed this body seemed to be dormant for awhile as it was indeed too scrawny for the amount of strength he should be possessing. Probably a step-brother... but I won't ask he thought as he ran off with the bread, meat, and pouch all the way back to the in, partially making a scene as he carelessly colides into some people before ending up at the inn.

[Brooklyn K. Grey]

         Mordecai stared at the bear, knowing that trusting him wasn't necessarily the best option he could have. But he also knew that if worst came to worst, he was also in a better position to escape and wound. Not ideal, but better than instant death. So reluctantly he pulled the knives out of the bear, ripping a part of his shirt underneath the robe to crudely patch the puncture that was bleeding.
       
         "Okay then, lets start with the basics. My name is Mordecai."

         The wolf-lion spoke as he wiped the tips of the knives off on the tattered remains of his ripped shirt, before stowing them away in the robe pocket.

         "And I am searching for others. Others who woke up here without a clue." The hybrid then stepped back to lean against the wall adjacent to the door frame, awaiting a response from the highly agitated bear. He knew it may not have been the best start, but when faced with uncertainty, you had to put yourself as top priority, or you could end up dead.

[Darkwood Strange]

"A pleasure to meet you Mordecai." I said, my voice saturated with sarcasm, "My name is Cody Laster but seein' as how I woke up like this, you can call me Dov." I stood there with my arms crossed trying to exude as much power as i could without showing how bad my neck hurt. "Now you little pain in my neck, would you mind tellin' me what you mean by "Woke up here with out a clue" and why I went to bed as a normal man and then woke up with more hair than my sixty year old grand-pa?"

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"I'm not eating anyo--" she stopped realizing how stuff her face was. It was an odd feeling as if she had no mouth, but somehow she was still able to speak because she could hear her voice. "Anyone." She finished saying, her voice drifting off, a little in surprise. She looked down to see that she had large oversized sleeves for hands... And she felt much shorter when she looked to Reno. "What the hell, I was just Romei.. Now I'm Mortis.. What is going on here..?" She shook her head, the doll shaking its head in response. "I hope this isn't a continuing trend, I'd like to be just in ONE BODY... Getting to this one as unintentional as it was is scary as hell." She felt her sleeves groping her face; she had two button eyes. Instead of being the anthro chameleon she was before, here she was as a small stuffed one.

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When the dragon entered the inn, there was that same otter barkeep attending to the customers at the bar. The otter cocked his head curiously when he noticed the familiar face of the dragon. I could swear Armel took that boy in.. And he has Armel's usual meal in his hand.. Where on earth is he going? he thought as he wiped down the counter.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono stood there for a moment looking for Armel and then hit tha back of his hand against his forhead and groaning. "Of course, the blacksmith!!" he almost yelled before bolting out of the inn and looked around for the blacksmith, not realizing how close he was to where he earlier met the Romei-like character. Would be nice if there was some post in the center of town pointing to 'Blacksmith', but all thats here is a fountain...

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno just kept staring at Mortis, not saying anything. He wanted to make sure she didn't eat him too. "Oh man...This realm sucks...I get mugged, my friends get eaten and now I'm going to get eaten! Why is this 'appenin' to me?! What did I do? Seriously messed up...Just gotta make sure she doesn't want seconds...Or maybe I would be considered dessert?" "Don't eat me as dessert! I'll go straight to your thighs! I'm probably really sweet! I mean- Crunchy! Or uhm...Chewy!" "I bet she's drooling, even I would eat me!" After that he curled into a ball, atleast that way he'd be eaten in one bite.

[Brooklyn K. Grey]

            Mordecai physically grimaced at the bear's vocabulary and linguistic skill, but continued to hold steady against the wall. He really had no honest answer to why they were here. Or why them specifically. So he answered with a nonchalant shrug, and leaned forward, shifting his weight to his feet.
 
            "I see you're plenty capable of making it on your own, tough guy. So I think I'll be heading back to the others. Sayonara."

            The hybrid hesitated only for a single second, doubting his recognition of the name and appearance, before padding out of the old, dilapidated inn they all seemed to have spawned from. Maybe the ursine would follow, or maybe not. It wasn't Mordecai's decision. The wolf-lion walked slowly, giving the bear enough time to catch up if need be, but cautiously wound his way through the alleys in a roundabout fashion to try and lose anyone else that could be following.

[Darkwood Strange]

I just sat there for a second. "So what now?" I figured that my only chance for getting home just walked out that door, so i followed. "Hey mordecai" i shouted before i stepped foot out of the old inn and jumped back. "Well butter my backside and call me a damned biscuit, is everyone here a animal or have i just gone completely nuts?" i exclaimed, for i had walked out to what seemed to be a ancient street of were-beings. "Aw hell. Where did that guy go? MORDICAI!?"

[Goblin Cat 😸]

The chameleon doll chuckled at Reno. "Look, Cuddles, it's me.. Mortis." The doll pointed at herself. "Remember? From the forums?" It was hard to keep from laughing at how he was acting. This body was also odd, going from something organic to something inanimate, with sleeve hands. She herself was even perplexed when she looked down the sleeves to see nothing was there, yet, it still retained the shape of limbs being in the long sleeves. It also felt weird not being able to move her face, but she supposed she would get used to it. She was really thrown off with this world.. Still.

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Armel, at his shop, walked back to the back rooms of his shop where he could cook his things. Like most the shops, there was a kitchen with one wooden table for you to eat off of. He found another stool digging around in his storage and set up the table as nicely as he could. His stomach rumbled as he did so, wondering where on earth his apprentice would be by now. "Serves me fer helpin' a reptile," he grunted, "He's probably run off with that small chunk o' change I trusted 'im with.. Surely not all o' 'em are th' same."