A Game of Thorns

[mikangirl]

Who: Residents of House 6 and anyone who wants to find an excuse to be involved 8|a
What: Inconvenient Fairy Tale Side Effect #19
When: 5th September
Where: House 6
Summary: On day three of The Sleeping Navigator, the thorns finally arrive. Hope the house occupants didn't want to leave any time soon...
Rating: PG for swearing and violence against plant life?



[So thorns aren't really meant to grow that fast, right? It takes all of fifteen seconds for them to surge from the grass surrounds and wrap the house with a thick and impenetrable wall of spiky death.

...well, spiky inconvenience, anyway. Watch out, because they might make a few attempts to sneak into the house, too, and that could really mess with the paintwork. Violence against thorns is encouraged, but be careful: try cutting the main wall down and they'll spring back twice as thick a moment later, and those thorns are painful.

Meanwhile, Nami's dreaming of the best mikan cocktail ever made served up on top of her own personal mountain of gold. What's that? Wake up, now? Please.]

((Whether you're a resident of house 6, a visitor at house 6, or just passing by and want to take pictures, this log is open to you. |D))

Comments

[ledbythewind]

[Except that as it turns out, Ling isn't the only royalty on the premises at the moment. Blame Law for that (or thank him, depending on how you see things). Richard too is making his way in and towards Nami's room and... oh. Law hadn't mentioned that they'd already found themselves a prince.]

It looks like Nami is more popular than I'd realized.

[markofthebrave]

[Somewhat startled, Katara's gaze shot over to the door - again, the thorns were behaving, so strange - and even though their current positions are probably quite innocent, Katara takes a step away from Ling anyway.]

Oh - Richard!

[avaricious]

[Ling deflates a little as he sees Richard. He doesn't know this guy, but he looks pretty fabulous. And older.]

Well she did come highly recommended. What are you doing here?

[ledbythewind]

[Richard gives a smile and a nod of greeting to Katara before turning his attention back to Ling.]

I suspect the same thing you're doing here. Let me guess: answering the call for a prince?

[markofthebrave]

[Maybe she's off the hook here?

Is she happy about this or disappointed?]

Yes, exactly! Why don't we all go towards the living room before the thorns stop behaving.

[avaricious]

Agreed. If my kiss doesn't work, you can have the second try. After all, I did get here first. So as a prince of Xing, I'll do my duty in kissing her.

[He DOES have a deal after all.]

[explaining]

[The thorns curl away from the doorway and Guy pokes his head in, looking a little lost.]

Uh- am I supposed to be in here? The thorns kind of...moved.

[markofthebrave]

[...]

Guy?

[She really needs to start paying more attention to the journals again. She hadn't even known you were back!]

[ledbythewind]

... they let you in?

[Cue Richard just sort of pausing and staring, because it most definitely was not that easy for him.]

[avaricious]

It seems the thorns grew tired of being so easily defeated.

[... yeah, Ling is missing the point there. He has no idea who the hell this guy is.]

[explaining]

I just came over to help. I heard the thorns were overtaking the house and- well. Are they supposed to move?

[He looks between all of them, and offers Katara a smile. He'll greet her properly later.]

Is Nami still here? Is she okay?

[ledbythewind]

They didn't move for me-- Law had to cut through them to get me in. How strange...

[He also thinks he remembers that part of the story too, but since he's not 100% certain, he won't say anything just yet.]

[markofthebrave]

[Meanwhile, Katara's busy remembering That One Love Experiment and a conversation with Buffy about blood and magic and kisses.

...she shakes her head.]

Well - if they let you in, then maybe you'll be able to help. [She flicked her gaze towards the window.] The thorns haven't gone away, so let's go in and see how Nami's doing.

[Unless you guys think we should all wait here to see who else is going to line up to kiss Nami?]

[avaricious]

[Wait, wait, wait. This isn't going according to plan. Ling doesn't say anything, but he's looking a little bit put out. What happened to him being the hero?]

[explaining]

[If it makes Ling feel any better, Guy has no idea what he's doing here.]

Uh- okay, yeah, let's check on her. [Putting that katana away then, and let's go check on the lady.]

[ledbythewind]

[Lead the way, guys; Richard will just follow, since he doesn't know where in the house she is.]

[mikangirl]

[Meanwhile, Nami has been laid out on the couch and looks surprisingly content and comfortable despite the presence of an IV. These are the best dreams she's had since arriving in Luceti.]

[markofthebrave]

[Katara moves to check the IV and Nami's other vitals. They're confident, professional movements.]

No change here.

[So... who wants to go first?]

[avaricious]

[... Comatose people are kind of gross. She doesn't exactly look attractive lying there like that. And nobody told him Nami was ginger. :|

Well. HE STEPS UP.]

Leave this to me.

[The others are free to object. He's pretty grim faced about this suddenly.]

[ledbythewind]

You're welcome to go ahead, but are you sure you'll be able to outrun Sanji?

[It's... hard to tell whether Richard is joking or being completely serious right now. Knowing Sanji, there's a good chance he's not joking.]

[markofthebrave]

[Speaking of Sanji, Katara glances around to try to spot him.]

Sanji will understand...

[SHE DOESN'T SOUND CONVINCED HERE.]

[avaricious]

Is he dangerous?

[Ling seems pretty unconcerned. He's, well, confident in his abilities. And the fact that he isn't exactly easy to hurt these days.]

[explaining]

Wait, uh- What exactly's going on? What's it matter where Sanji is?

[Because Guy is getting kind of weirded out. Nami's there sleeping, and they're just...hovering around her. It's kind of creepy.]

[ledbythewind]

That's one way of putting it.

[... oh, looks like no one explained things to this newcomer, whose name is apparently Guy according to Katara. Well, not like this situation can get any more awkward.]

Apparently the Malnosso decided that it would be entertaining to turn Nami into the heroine of a particular fairytale. According to that story, the only way to awaken her is through a kiss from a prince.

[That should make the Sanji part self-explanatory.]

[explaining]

...ah.

[That- okay. Pretty fuckin' creepy -making out with girls in comas is their idea of a fun time then- but Nami would understand the practicality of it. Probably. Maybe.

After she charged for it.]

Yeah, I get why it'd be bad for Sanji to see this.