[RP] The Inn of Peace - IoP (Open to all)

[Gren_Eckener]

"Oh, well, that's not the kind of problem I'm talking about. See he's not an entire mind of his own: he's a fragment of a mind, encompassing all things joyful and energetic, hence the name 'Hyper'. That being the case, sharing headspace with him means he'll instinctively try melding in. Not on purpose, of course...kind of like scabbing, in a way. So, as long as you're not drooling rainbows, floating, or babbling incoherently, just mind your ticker, all right?"  

[Azana Brown]

"Um, 'kay..." Max nodded, a little lost. Hyper was a fragment...a missing piece. Curiosity asked of what, but she supposed it wasn't important right now. She was okay. Tyler was okay. For now, everything was okay.

"I don't plan on doin' that again 'til I know exactly how," she said at last, smiling again. "So, um, how's things been here?"

"From my perspective, lovely," Orrin answered. "Things seem to be settling, and fall is fast approaching."

Azana's expression dimmed a little. "Time goes fast...it's almost the Equinox already..."

"Not necessarily a bad thing. It's cider season, and hot tea is back in my sights," Sosol smiled, trying to take the emphasis off the obvious weight on her mind. Fall meant Halloween, but they still had a whole month! They couldn't live in anticipation of it; whatever was going to happen would happen. And they'd stand up to it, like always. Together.

"We'll have to hurry the plans," Violet pulled out a case of colored pencils and began to work on details. "I doubt Victoria's store can fit the whole flash mob inside, and people will have trouble if it's too cold..."  

[Gren_Eckener]

Charlotte pointed at Orrin, grinning. "He's gotten better at being levelled up, and I've been helping Adam harvest. It's a lot of fun, picking by hand. We sing songs, and it makes the work delightfully easy."

"Well, I figured on the street outside, not indoors...too much of a risk to break something, imposition of her space." he hummed, eying her page. "How about...street performers?"  

[Azana Brown]

"It comes with excellent perks," Orrin grinned, pulling out his favorite teacup and balancing it effortlessly on his fingertip. "I've been tempted to test this new gift..."

"That could be interesting," Sosol chimed in, a teapot hovering over and filling it out of habit. "What did you have in mind?"

"Oh, are there any apples?" Azana asked, suddenly interested in the harvest. "I haven't picked apples in forever..." It was one of the nicer things about fall, and something to take her mind off the inevitable October nights.

"Did I hear right?" A slightly disheveled Max hopped over to Violet and Gren. "Street performers? Flash mobs...? How dare you hold out on me?!"

"You were incapacitated!" Violet huffed in reply. "We just thought we'd get a head start...well, Honey has to play there. Victoria loves her music..." Violet was already working on a flier for the party. It had to be colorful, a little busy but without blocking the main purpose...  

[Gren_Eckener]

"Oh yeah, there are apples!" Charlotte laughed. "Wanna help us make cider with them, too? That's a project for tomorrow."

"Well, if you're up for it..." grinned Gren, looking to the paper. "Your help would be a treat."
 

[Azana Brown]

"All aboard the hype train!!" Max hollered as she bounded off upstairs for her computer. Oh, how she had missed her setup! Smartphones were lovely but so limited!

"I will happily squeeze out some apples," Azana cupped her fist in her other hand, delightful plans in mind.

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He wasn't sure how long it had been since the whole incident, between long periods of sleep punctuated by nightmares and the continuing work on his suspended project. However, it was now finished and clumsily accompanied him toward the stairs to the main room. "Your stabilizers will need to be better calibrated...but you're not doing bad for your first long walk..."

Downstairs, all the tables and chairs were delicately arranged around the room. Upon them, under them, and between them were mismatched cards of all sorts. Trading cards (some of them unknowingly rare and valuable), playing cards of all varieties, the occasional tarot card or business card, stacked and balanced in artful architecture. At its epicenter, a well-dressed and silky-haired man sitting cross-legged on the floor like a child on Saturday morning.  

[Gren_Eckener]

Malachai and a few chibis watched Orrin, rapt in attention at his works, the demon foregoing the luxury of breath for this spectacle. He waved to Tyler, barely looking up.

Magical.  

[Azana Brown]

Tyler paused at the bottom of the stairs, almost daring not to move and unsettle the structure. He looked up the stairs at his creation, the automaton unsteadily descending the stairs. It wasn't terribly tall, but Tyler wasn't sure he could stop it if it stumbled.

Wow...how long did it take him to do this? He marveled, momentarily forgetting the bot before it made terra firma.



Orrin gingerly placed a last card at the top of the newest tower, impossibly standing straight on end in perfect balance. "Now that's just cheating...oh, I'm not in anyone's way, I hope."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"No, no..." Malachai murmured, fascinated. "That's incredible! On the edge, too? is it even, um, can you even fall at all? Like, off of ladders."

The chibis, Fee and Zippo, trotted over to JIM-BO to inspect him. Fee hissed, fluffing his tail in warning of being washed.  

[Azana Brown]

JIM-BO's camera lowered to the chibis, not yet accustomed to its new height.



"I haven't tried," Orrin considered for a moment. "I assume gravity would still work on me...shall we find a ladder? Now I'm curious."

"Only man I'd know who'd try to fall off a ladder," Tyler muttered to himself, watching his upgrade interact with the chibis. It still wasn't exactly steady on its feet...Orrin's work was in danger.  

[Gren_Eckener]

Zippo sniffed JIM-BO, noting that he wasn't supposed to eat this one.

Fee paused, then whuffled the robot. "Yuu gat legs."

Malachai grinned. "Yeah! Let's get a ladder! Or, um, at least off the table!"  

[Azana Brown]

"The table...?" Orrin looked over sadly at the cards with a sigh. "Ah, well...it's not like I don't have time to build it again." He lightly bumped the edge of the table...and none of them fell. "Oh, come on..."

Then they did. Orrin blinked, shrugged, then scooped the ruins into his pocket for safekeeping. "Okay...off a table...I've never thrown myself off a table before..."

Tyler shook his head, watching all the same. Ridiculous as it was, it was more data on this mysterious protogod's new form.  

[Gren_Eckener]

Mal helped gather cards. "I'll try pushing you, to start off." he grinned, offering a handful of cards. "If that doesn't work, then it's on you, right?"

Zippo chirped, hopping onto the bot's head. "Gimi raido!"  

[Azana Brown]

"Alright," Orrin nodded, sweeping away the rest of the cards and taking position on top of the table. "New thing every day, it seems..."

JIM-BO initially began defensive sequences, arms waving in an attempt to dislodge the chibi, but the chibi voice registered.

It began unsteadily walking around the floor in a small circle, attempting to avoid the card city.

Tyler was about to remove the chibi himself, but this was an excellent walk test for JIM-BO. Best to begin data capture.  

[Gren_Eckener]

Malachai geared up, cracking his fingers in a swift clench of his claws, and gave Orrin a shove toward the couch.

Zippo warbled atop his new steed, sitting on the bot's head, claws switching happily. "Kiichiin!"