Luceti Land!!

[lucetimods]

Who: luceti
What: Amusement Parking!
When: Today til the end of the month
Where: A veritable pleasure island, east of the Beach Fort.
Summary: An amusement park has popped up in Luceti. It's all over here.
Rating: F is for friends who do stuff together!

Just some notes here not in the mod post -
1) The weather will be bright and partly cloudy for the rest of the month on the beach side of things. A nice cool sea breeze will keep people from melting out there.
2) All the old Luceti Land rides are still available. However, feel free to make up your own attractions and rides as well.
3) Since this is around for two weeks, we may put up another mass log if this one gets too full. So keep an eye on that!
4) Don't forget to tag your character's name on to the log! If you don't have one yet, just let us know and we'll get you hooked up.

As way of explanation for all this, Bil will have written a message on the first page of the journals. It cannot be replied to, it simply states:

"My condolences for all the trouble. You were due for an experiment today, but I thought you might enjoy an amusement park instead. It seemed like the sort of thing the Great One would do."

Comments

[all7seas]

You don't....of course. You don't remember. Your penalty. Bugger. [He clears his throat.] Don't see why it's any of his business: they're over. She's told me.

[consultmybooks]

Thoroughly over. The last time I remember seeing him up until very recently was when he decided to lurk around over Thanksgiving.

[Take "very recently" as you will, Jack.]

[all7seas]

Seven years, she said.


...She's building a cage. [Jack is fully aware that Buffy is not exactly sharing everything with Giles, so his tone is a bit cautious when he reveals that. And it's not for the former Watcher's benefit, really; it's heartbreaking to see the gap between Buffy and the man she thinks of as a father. Being on the same page again as her former Watcher would help her, he thinks. And if Giles is such a master of lore and magic as he seems to be, his help on the Angelus side of things could only make it easier for Buffy.]

In case he goes all wonky and evil.

[consultmybooks]

Seven years, yes, that sounds about...

..."wonky and evil?"

[Giles is very familiar with how much damage Angel can and has done to them. It's his doing, in no small part, that this gap exists between them in the first place.

He shrugs, making a mental note to get some details out of Buffy when things settle down again. He knows that Angel has a soul, however, and knows very personally how much damage a vampire without one can do. It's not a hard leap to make, even with his missing memories.]

That's a good idea. A vampire from our world without a soul is the last thing we need, and a strong enough cage should be able to hold him.

Somehow...they need to ride together on the tunnel of love.

[all7seas]

Angelus. [Jack relaxes a little.] Still--he's her champion, for now. And the less I see of him, the better. I've never wanted to shoot anyone in the face more than I do him.

That would probably explain how Giles ends up in the Brooding Zone

[consultmybooks]

Is he? [Giles most decidedly doesn't relax.] Is that what she told you?

XD /is now too lazy for HTML

[all7seas]

"'He's a champion,'" Jack quotes in a relatively horrible mimic of Buffy's voice. Then his face falls. "But I'm her pirate, and I suppose that's what she wants in the end. God, I miss her. I---"

He stops, frozen: because somewhere there---on the edge of the crowd---the pirate has caught sight of long, honeycolored hair. A small figure. Buffy.

"FORMER WATCHER! THERE! BUFFY!" And he takes off running, frantically searching for another glimpse of her through the crowd.

[consultmybooks]

"W-What? Jack, what...?"

Right. First and foremost, if that is Buffy, Giles will have to make mention to her that Jack is clearly not up to their efforts in dealing without sleep. It's a thought that passes through his mind at a blur as he runs after Jack.

After this long? Well, what can you do but try? Maybe it is that easy.

[all7seas]

Well what's this? The blond figure got into a small boat leading into...The Tunnel of Love? (And Justice?) And who was that she was with?! Desperation and indignation war with the pirate as Jack makes it to the entrance of the ride and peers into the dark tunnel.

"In there," he informs the former Watcher. "I just saw her get into a tiny little boat and coast into this love tunnel." Without me hangs in the air after that statement.

The next boat in the ride comes drifting along and stops before their feet.

"I'm following her, Rupert. You'd best come along, just in case the kidnapping...just in case they've DONE something to her..."

[consultmybooks]

"Jack, wait!" Giles is gasping for breath as he catches up with Jack. "W-Wouldn't it make more sense to just wait at the end of the ride?!"

He's not even sure Buffy would come on to this type of ride. Especially not with Jack. But, but they might have done something to her, or messed with her mind...you never know, with the Malnosso.

"Y-You go in, or I'll go in, and, and one of us can wait at the end..."

[all7seas]

But Jack Sparrow was not listening; he had seen his Annie go into the tunnel? Then through the tunnel he would follow. Into the boat he clambered, frowning at the pink heart-shaped seats inside. What manner of devilry was this?

"There's no time, former Watcher! What if her companion intends her some harm in this tunnel?! What if she's been shifted by their foul contrivances?!"

Then he drew his pistol and trained it on the Watcher. "I followed you into your pit. You'll follow me into the Tunnel of Love and Justice, because she needs you, damn it. She's needed you, you cold distant bastard. IN."

[consultmybooks]

Holy sweet mother of God, Jack is pointing a gun at him. Giles' hands reflexively go into the air, eyes going wide with shock.

Right. First possibly opportunity, knock the crazy pirate unconscious and leave him somewhere where he can't hurt anyone. Until then? In the boat the former Watcher goes.

"You're barking."

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[all7seas]

With a foreboding kathunk the small, intimate, rose-colored little craft dropped into the slow-flowing river of love and the curving walls closed around them. Jack found the seating to be uncomfortably...close. He tried scrunching himself into the corner of the boat but that was rather difficult considering the bar that insisted on trying to close itself over their knees.

"Not barking. Highly rational." Highly rational and sleep-and-food-deprived. And desperate. His many rings clinked against the metal of the safety bar as he wrapped cold fingers around it and determinedly stared at the tunnel ahead. "Now. How do we make this thing go faster? We need it to go fast and catch up with her after all the time you wasted waffling."

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[all7seas]

"......What on earth is that music?"

[consultmybooks]

Giles, for his part, is sitting with his head in one hand, having surrendered to the inevitable. Yes, if he really, honestly tried, he could probably lift the bar. On the other hand, if he tries, Jack might point a gun at him again.

"We don't make it go faster. And Jack, for your sake, you had best start praying that that really is Buffy in the boat ahead of us. She is the only thing in any world right now that will stop me from beating the stuffing out of you when we finally get out of here."

The music draws nothing more than a grim, bitter, slightly hysteric laugh.

[all7seas]

The gun isn't loaded, of course. Who brings a loaded pistol to a carnival?

It strikes Jack then that he and Rupert Giles are cruising at the speed of a long, luxurious makeout session through a faintly-pink-neon-glow tunnel in a heart-shaped boat. The entrance to the ride is falling far behind them.

"One of us should've waited at the end of the ride," he said in a faint, rather strangled voice.

Meanwhile, a new song begins piping thinly through the ride's sound system and a flight of gauzy cupids swing overhead as they enter a new part of the ride; this features animatronic people singing along with the female vocalist.

A very tiny, strangled "help" finds its way out of Jack's mouth before he is stunned into silence at the implications of the situation.

[consultmybooks]

A half mad, sleep deprived, hallucinating pirate, that's who.

"The only help I'm prepared to offer is a face so unrecognizably mangled that no one will recognize you when this nightmare finally ends."

Congratulations, Jack. Giles officially loathes you more now than he did as a vampire. His voice is a growl as he keeps his eyes determinedly closed and tries desperately to ignore the music and the soft, rosy light filtering in past his eyelids.

"Bloody pirate."

[all7seas]

Clearly the answer to this problem was to talk about Manly Things. Big, hard, strong, fierce things. Like

"Anchors," the bloody pirate hurriedly supplied, keeping his eyes forward, fingers biting into that metal bar as though somehow he could give their boat speed just by throttling it. "Erm. Do you have one, yet? Foooooor the boat?"

[consultmybooks]

Jack really wants to talk about big, hard, strong, manly things? Here and now of all times? What the hell is wrong with this pirate?

"No, we don't have an anchor." His voice is tight as he tries not to focus on how quickly he could throttle the man currently attempting to throttle their death trap of a boat. "Don't have a sail yet, either. Or rope. I was given to understand that a great deal of rope is required."

[all7seas]

"Aye. Rope. Lots of--" And the music changes again. One of the animatronic dolls seems to be leering directly at Jack, and the pirate unconsciously shifts closer to the center of the boat. And to Giles.

"I think his eyes are following me."

[consultmybooks]

Giles shoves Jack. Hard. It might not do much good, but there's a point to be made, damn it.

"Probably is. They seem to be able to do quite a lot with technology, here."

Not that he's looking. At anything.

[all7seas]

"Ouch! Right! Sorry!" The shove lands the pirate hard against the side of the boat. He hadn't ANY intention of getting too close for comfort, except everything here was too close for comfort. They were, after all, in a tunnel.

"This boat? Far too slow. I vote that you get out and push."

[consultmybooks]

"As the hostage and innocent victim for the evening, I refuse. I'm not adding manual labor and possibly attack by droids to the list of troubles you've brought on for me."

[all7seas]

"Droids....you think they'd attack us in here? Seems so..." He searches for the word. "Safe" is not the word.

"...Narrow."

[consultmybooks]

"Just narrow enough for them to block off all avenues of escape. Yes, I think they would attack us in here if we disrupted proceedings. And I don't fancy getting locked in that infernal time out zone when I wanted to be back at the village."