[ 03: May 10th, 2 AM | Video ] (Now with the right date!)

[lezard_valeth]

[The feed begins, the angle revealing the front of a shop with a sign reading Yesterday's Magic. The view is perfect... deliberately so, the light of the moon casting a silvered light against the cobble, wood and metal, a fog (dust from the desert?) hanging in the air. A pair of figures are moving quickly from off-camera, approaching the front of the shop and inspecting it before setting down a sack.]

--face when she found it? She just about shit!

Sshh! Help me get this set up. I can't see a thing in this crap.

[The two figures hunch down and get to work, crowding around the sack. But as the fog began to build, the two begin muttering their frustrations. It's getting harder to see, and since when was there fog like this in a desert? But there's a flash of light, a brief wisp of fire, and something rising presumably from the ground in front of the shop; a slender figure wrapped in a black cloak with the hood drawn, too tall to be human. The moment they notice, the two immediately spring back.]

Thou hast summoned me...

What the hell's that thing!?

But thou hast offered an insufficient blood sacrifice... a curse upon thee for thy insult! [The voice that comes from the figure is deep and distorted.]

'Sacrifice'? 'Curse'!?

Oh... oh god... the chickens, dude! I think it called some shit up!

So send it back or something!

HOW, dumbass!?

A curse upon your eyes and of those you hold dear! May insects crawl and feast behind your eyelids! May your ears be forever filled with the buzz of their wings! Let it be but a temporary repentance until the agony grows too strong to bear... and I will come to ensure a blood debt repaid!

[The pair seems unsure of what to do, frozen in place, until from the sleeves of the cloak grow long, twisted fingers as the figure draws in closer and reaches for them. The distorted voice rises in a strange language, words in a rolling staccato that grew louder and louder as the two decide they don't wish to be cursed and scatter, screaming, with the figure hot on their trail. Listeners familiar with Old Norse might recognize a recitation of the Lord's Prayer and little more. For a full minute there is nothing but the foggy storefront, and shouting in the air that faded off into the distance.]

Really, now? Pathetic...

[But then the ghoul returns, stopping to chuckle. When the hood was pulled back, a bespectacled human face is revealed, grinning like a devil as a small mouthpiece was pulled away from his lips. As the figure has to all but clutch his stomach as he doubles over laughing, the video ends.]


[ooc: Red font is, of course, this jerk.]

Comments

[video | pre-abduction]

[amorini]

[Honestly, considering some of the ways the Guests have been handling all the natives and their indiscretions, this is actually very clever, as far as Cupid is concerned.]

...that was sweet of you to do.

[video]

[lezard_valeth]

Is it? Ah, she will be quite angry with me when she finds out!

[video]

[amorini]

It is!

[A confused blink.]

Really? Why?

[video]

[lezard_valeth]

My Lady is a stubborn one, you see.

Nevertheless, I've accomplished what I needed.

[video]

[amorini]

Stubborn how?

And hey, it was a better thing to do than just beating people up. They'll probably think twice before trying anything like that again.

[video]

[lezard_valeth]

[And in his best impression of a Texas twang:]

I never asked for help, least of all from you!

[video]

[amorini]

...oh. One of those, huh?


Well, she probably won't admit it, but she'll probably think it's sweet too.

[voice | before knowing anyone's missing]

[want_the_world]

Points for style.

[Mello sounds more amused than impressed, but he's both.]

[voice]

[lezard_valeth]

Well, I do try~

[voice]

[want_the_world]

Did you know they'd be coming back, or was it a lucky guess?

[voice]

[lezard_valeth]

To leave such a scene with no supernatural intent... they wished to incite a reaction, and received the gratification they sought.

There was no doubt that they would begin a streak for as long as they successfully terrorized their target.

[...Only half luck. There's a difference!]

[voice]

[want_the_world]

[Mello understands the difference.]

It's too bad that tactic isn't more widely applicable. I suspect the assholes who attacked the Agency think they've made their point, and most will never be identified.

[voice]

[lezard_valeth]

'Tis unfortunate. No video at all?

[voice]

[want_the_world]

Very little. They destroyed most of the cameras.

video; same applies as above (aka before abduction plot stuff)

[entreats]

[ .. That sign-- Lily's store..? It takes a while to watch the entire thing, but then she seems to get what's going on here. So it's like that, huh.. ]

I can't believe they actually fell for that. [ But despite the deadpan, she's a little relieved. She doesn't want people to do worse things to her friend's shop. ]

video

[lezard_valeth]

I'm just as surprised as you.

[entreats]

It seems that for all that they've done around this place so far, they aren't particularly intelligent.

[Not Here]

[vintage_magic]

[For now, Lily is oblivious to what’s been going on outside her shop in the middle of the night. Probably a good thing because if she ever found out what Lezard did and that he broadcast it over the network, there would certainly be more bickering!]

[Not Here]

[lezard_valeth]

[Of course, of course. Rest well, beloved... he is so very eager for another stubborn battle of wits! Warms the blood and sharpens the mind, certainly.]

[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ She's grinning and shaking her head, making sure to clap her hands in front of the screen. Behind her you can see a wall and a couch; she's obviously suffering a bout of insomnia in the living room. ]

Hopefully they won't be thinking any delinquent thoughts for a long time after this. Bravo.

[Audio]

[mieru_mienai]

[After seeing the video, it takes Yuugi some time to decide he wants to respond, but he does eventually click the mic on his communicator.]

Thanks for doing that.

[Normally he's not one for deception but in this case, at least the man in glasses managed to avoid an actual fight. And hopefully those other two won't be back any time soon. Yuugi has totally committed their voices, mannerisms, and what he saw of their faces to memory just in case.]