[Mafia] Witch Trip

[Dookie]

June laughs to herself as she > Searches for edible, non-poison food

“Ah…my friends, family, and coworkers are probably wondering where I am right now. It'll be so great to be the world's next Ritchy Edwards.”

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Doubt they care, kid. Sorry to burst your damn bubble."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> Searches for edible, non-poison food (June)

You manage to capture a squirrel and kill it for its meat. You cook it over the fire and it's not that bad.

[Florien]

Harassment from an insecure ghost who probably is more than a little off-balance at just how much of an absolute debacle this situation is already aside, I would like to get to the point. Guy who's threatening to save us, tell us what you want this time first.

Reminds me of the time I took out the guild's emeritus archmage senior kind of. He didn't believe in the third layer vault relics being as good as we got. But yeah, a bunch of tries later, all I got was this apparently hereditary now eye problem if our younger's eyes are anything to go by, instead of dead.

Lukanios eats some of the doritos from earlier.

[PopcornPie]

"I just thought I'd male your final resting place a little nicer. I hate the sight of dead plants." Quinarva curled on the ground.

[noodlesnook]

"Please do!" Sinuhe says, looking up from the undergrowth. Even though he's covered in dead leaves, twigs, bud, and all the usual forest junk, the pizza appears to be untouched. Huh.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Let me look around here. Check out the surroundings. I know we have a lot to work with. Just trust me for now. We're about to get everything together.

To Qunarva

Yes, yes, revive what you want. If that gives you pleasure. But it will be a waste of time as they will die off after I kill you. I will be sure of that.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Xue gets up, calls Larson over, and begins searching the area.

> what kind of plant life is there? vines? ivy? is the wood dry?

[noodlesnook]

Seeing the others, the pizza delivery guy decides to scour his surroundings as well.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> what kind of plant life is there? vines? ivy? is the wood dry? (Xue)

As you browse around the forest, you see all these is. Plenty is alive. Lots of bushes, very leafy and old trees, lots of them have vines on them and surrounded by moss. There is plenty of ivy around the trunks. There are plenty of wildflowers around. All of it on leafy green grass. But most of what you see is dead. Quite a few dead trees, with a good number of them broken off and crashed into the ground. Lots of dead grass spots, plenty of dead flowers and herbs all spread out. There is plenty here that's both alive and dead. And as for the wood, most of it is dry. Except for anything that's fallen into the river or the lake here.

[noodlesnook]

> forage in the undergrowth

[Oggy123]

Elster rolls his eyes at Taira.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

> forage in the undergrowth (Sinuhe)

You have gather enough edible plants and berries to make yourself a nice salad.

[PopcornPie]

"I have a thought." Quinarva tossed some of her nuts into her mouth. "If you're about hating mortals for what they did to you, why don't you spare one of the mortals you trap and use them as a kind of puppet to attack the village that killed you? Sounds more satisfying to me than making all the campers kill each other."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Are you really this dense? This all happened over 300 years ago, they would all be dead by now. And may I remind you this is my home? I have personally decreed those who come into this forest will die. They chose to kill me out here and in retaliation, no one here will step foot here ever again.

Quinarva, I don't think it will do you any good to try and reason with a vengeful spirit like this one. You'd just be wasting your time.

[PopcornPie]

"You could find their souls, torment their descendants, all sorts of stuff. And hey, if my fate is sealed, I might as well talk about it."

[Florien]

Yeah, don't question the vengeful ghost's motives too much. They get really touchy when you poke holes in their dubious reasoning. They're still people, after all. Usually really petty, but people. What you're going to want to do is make them miserable. Just remember, there is nothing they can do to you that is worse than what can be done to you by another person.

Unless you've been tortured in the past, in which case uhh... yeah you're going to see right through that reassurance when you realize just how mentally ruinous torture can be.

Shit. Should we restart? I want to deliver that speech again but better.

Nah, we're here now. We'll play this one out. Then mayyybe we should say this is the last one and actually try to remember how old our youngest is in their time. Or just brute-force it.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

No... no... those foolish people think that finding me here and killing my physical body was enough to put an end to me for good. They were all convinced that they stopped the witch that resided in their town. No. This forest is a testament in how something like death cannot kill a witch permanently. My spirit will still live on. Still curse even without a physical form. Show those fools that I can never truly be eradicated.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Ugh, your fucking talking can't be eradicated. Why don't you shut the fuck up? Talking gets after 300 years, doesn't it?"

[PopcornPie]

"Youngest? I'm over 3,000 years old. You know, you shouldn't call her petty. Humans do these things to us creatures without a care. You should see how harpies get treated!"

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

It's at this moment when a ghost decides to rise from the ground and possess Larson and then proceeds to set Xue's body ablaze for several seconds. Xue can feel the sensation of being burned alive without any obvious damage to her body. After a moment, the Pokemon stops and the ghost leaves the animal.

I suggest you watch your tongue, woman. I have shielded you from suffering any permanent damage from the fire, but I can just as easily have your creature incinerate you.

[noodlesnook]

Sinuhe seems to have disappeared. Tsk, tsk. Typical.

[PopcornPie]

Quinarva winced at Xue's torching, instinctively retreating further into her side of the river.

[Florien]

Not talking to you. Talking about one of our hatchlings. I think she's... somewhere between three and eight. Congratulations on having time be neutral to you, by the way, deer-person, if you are not lying about your age. Do you need congratulations? If not, uhh... no congratulations then.

[PopcornPie]

"Oh, my name is Quinarva. You can hear me from here, right? Queen-are-vah!" The nymph cupped her hands to her mouth. "It's not that time is really neutral to me, I'm a Greek creature, we tend to be very long-lived if not completely immortal."

Yeah, the ship kinda sailed on that whole "I'm nor a nymph" thing, especially once her antlers broke off.