( fjord's perma-catchall )

[halforc]

▶ WHO: fjord & various
▶ WHAT: perma-catchall, 2020-21 | NEINHAUS catch-all
▶ WHEN: comment headers
▶ WHERE: comment headers
▶ WARNINGS: smut, tba.

 

 

 

 

tag AC; oct, nov, dec, jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep

fjord stone, critical role, hexadin,

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[halforc]

Just a second, couple more steps ...

[ His hands fall away and he steps to one side. ]

Okay, you can look!

[ Ticket To Ride! blares out in neon over the arcade doorway, more mechanical lights glittering within as a fairground atmosphere grips the whole place. Claw machines, penny-pushers, ball-games, they and more are crammed into the artificial world of the arcade. ]

[devilstongue]

[ Molly's eyes open and at first he stares confusedly at the colorful surroundings, the carpet and the neon sign - but then that ruby gaze turn into full moons as it sinks in where they were. ]

It's a fair...

[ A strange, mechanic fair, but definitely a fair. Molly's both excited and smitten - Fjord thought of this? For them to enjoy?

Grinning, the tiefling bops the hexadin on the shoulder playfully. ]

Come on then, pick a game and I'll beat you in it!

[halforc]

[ Grinning widely, he smacks him back on the arm and heads inside. ]

Like hell you're beating me today!

[ The first machine that catches his eye is a big one with double controllers and bright buttons, a 2D fighting match. Perfect. Credits are being spent on good things today! ]

I'm going to pulverise you, Tealeaf.

[ He's picking the tiger-headed fighter!! ]

[devilstongue]

[ He's never seen any games like these, more used to trebuchet, shooting targets and knocking over cans. He's spent some time here, though, and it's a little less surprising every day to see random incomprehensible things.

Molly takes one of the controllers, trying to figure out how it worked. The game has a brief tutorial, thankfully, and then he looks at the people on the screen. They all look like some kind of human aside from the tabaxi Fjord circled, so Molly picks an angry-looking guy with weird pointy hair. ]

We'll see about that!

[ It is TIME to BUTTONSMASH!!! ]

[halforc]

[ BUTTONSMASHING!! He paid zero attention to the tutorial and bangs on every button until he figures out how to do two things, jump and ... ]

Ohoho! Eldritch Blast, bitch!

[ That's basically what the figure is doing. Cue Fjord firing as many as possible as he leaps madly around the screen. It's probably fortunate he can only fire three in reality and has the dexterity of a rock, if that would be the result. ]

[devilstongue]

[ Molly at least looked at buttons at the tutorial, even if the text didn't stay long enough, so his attempts starts at trying to follow those... but quickly evolves into just smacking buttons as well. ]

Bite me!

[ Why needs dexterity when you have Blink? This really did seem like a Fjord, which makes sense. His own character seems to be a monk with all the punching and kicking he's doing, and takes a lot of damage from the tabaxi before Molly figures out how to jump and avoid some.

Then KO appears on the screen and the tiefling isn't even sure who won. ]

[halforc]

Ah, shit.

[ It looks like Molly won, all that avoiding let him stay alive longer. The tickets that spurt out of the machine do so on the tiefling's side. ]

Keep those! If we collect enough we can exchange them for prizes.

[ Where next? Hmmm ... so many games! ]

[devilstongue]

Hah!

[ Molly teases, making a fistpump and then grabbing his tickets. He didn't see any fellow carnies anywhere, so it made sense that prizes would be given out some other way.

He looks around excitedly, and then grabs on to Fjord's sleeve and points him towards a strange game with balls. It seemed more like something they could do! ]

It looks like we're supposed to roll the ball and then it bounces into one of the rings depending on how hard or stylish the rolling was.

[halforc]

Of course you find the balls game.

[ Elbowing him on the way over, he takes up a spot and pays for their turns. The game isn't hard and he's overconfident, which makes it appropriate when his hand slips as he pushes the ball (12 dex roll, sob) and it barely rocks forward only to roll right back. ]

... I'm warming up.

[devilstongue]

Suuure you are.

[ Molly says with a wink, nodding to Fjord to continue with the other nine balls. Skeeball was the closest to the ball-on-bottles game the tiefling could see, and he's very much enjoying watching his date give it a try.

His date! ]

[halforc]

[ With his second roll (even worse, a nat 1) he manages to aim the ball right outside the game and hit the wall behind, wincing at the bang! ]

Okay, okay ... Calmly does it.

[ He manages to get the ball close enough to the lowest hoop but it doesn't go in (3, wow) and he gives the game an aloof look with hands planted on his hips. ]

Maybe this is rigged?

[devilstongue]

[ Molly laughs as the ball flies off, and snorts at the next miss. It looks like Fjord was kind of making some progress, though? (He's kind of expecting him to hit someone with at least one ball.) ]

It's quite possibly rigged, carnies do it all the time. However, I see nothing that could be rigged on it. It looks like you're just bad.

[halforc]

Well, help yourself to some balls, Mollymauk.

[ With a sassy tap from his device, he pays for Molly's turn and spreads his hands in a challenge. ]

Feel free to show me how it's done.

[devilstongue]

Oh, you know it!

[ He kisses Fjord on the cheek and then grabs his first balls - and then goes over to grab the actual ball to play. Measuring a bit, he rolls the ball (dex 12) and it almost makes the way to the bump for it to bounce, but was too slow.

Molly hmms at that and grabs his next ball, using more force this time. (5??) It bounces pretty well, but doesn't hit any of the rings. ]

Ah, fuck.

[ He has some balls left, so he goes for another, taking a moment to steady himself before he rolls it forward (NAT 20!). This time it's just enough speed and a perfect bounce, sending it right into the 100-labeled ring and making the machine ding happily. ]

HAH!

[halforc]

Holding back, I see.

[ He collects the tickets spurting out when that top score is achieved, handing them over with a stolen kiss of his own. Mwah. ]

Where next, overachiever?

[devilstongue]

Gotta make my lover look at least a little good!

[ Molly teases, giving Fjord a wink. Then he looks over the arcade again and sees someone dancing(?) on a strange mat on the floor in front of a screen. There's two extra ones near them, so of course Molly will head over to the DDR game. If balls and fighting were fun, surely dancing would be as well!

Especially since it looked like the other person was moving at extreme speed before getting their score and leaving. ]

[halforc]

[ Charming jerk! Fjord follows Molly as the tiefling investigates, eyes widening at the dancefloor game. ]

Are we supposed to go that fast?

[ He's gonna die. ]

[devilstongue]

I don't know...? It might start slow.

[ He gets on the little platform thing, looking at the plate-things on the floor curiously. Molly steps on one, and it lights up. ]

Oh, look!

[ Molly grins, excited and pointing to the one next to him. ]

Come on!

[halforc]

[ He trots up to tap-tap experimentally too, wondering how it runs without candles beneath the floor ... Wizard stuff, probably. Fjord activates his screen and it screeches music choices that have him blinking widely, swiping through.

He picks beginner mode, because skeeball was a lesson learned. ]

Okay, I think mine's ready.

[devilstongue]

[ Molly's tail flicks as the music turns on, and he looks over the machine curiously. He can't read the music choices or the level, so he just picks the same as Fjord. ]

Alright! Let's do this!

[ Grinning, he presses his foot down to start. ]

[halforc]

[ Fjord goes for it. He hurries up and it isn't too hard with his long legs (14 dex!) but it takes a lot of effort and he's puffing halfway through when he glances over to see how Molly's doing. ]

[devilstongue]

[ Molly's happily hopping around, tail swishing and horn jewelry clinking. With a natural 19 for 22, he's not having much of an issue at all as he tries to follow the steps. It's not perfect at all because he doesn't quite know what he's doing, but he's excited and beaming at the screen - and then sneaking an eye to Fjord with a chuckle. ]

Come on!

[halforc]

I'm doing it, I'm doing it!

[ It's good fun, exhausting though it becomes (12, 8 con roll +4) in the second half. He leans forward on the handlebar to catch his breath and watches as Molly dances around on the spot, a smile on his face at the sight of him enjoying himself. His own score starts to go down but he points to Molly's. ]

Go for it, Molly, you're doing great! Don't stop!

[devilstongue]

[ Molly keeps going, less graceful this time but his con is holding up at 14 and his dex at 16. He's laughing, messing up a bit here and there but just enjoying all of it.

When it starts going seriously fast he can only keep up for a few more steps before he gives up and just dances with the music. It makes his point go down a bit more, but it doesn't matter. He still gets a heap of tickets and a good workout.

Flopping over the handlebar, Molly groans with a big smile. ]

That was crazy!

[halforc]

Yeaaah! Woo! Look at all those tickets!

[ Laughing as he cheers on Molly's victory, he steps down to let on some bystanders and collects the pitiful two tickets from his own machine, gathering up all of them to stuff into his hoodie pockets.

He offers him a hand down. ]

Now you have to let me choose a game.