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[Pistol Annie #1 NPC]

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Lanette Lane
Female ♟ Pansexual ♟ Pacifism
Tags: Leo, Caleb, cute bunny

-----Lanette's friendly smile widened further when Caleb approached with a small bunny. It was positively adorable, with round dark eyes and the cutest little ears. As the beast-summoner handed it over to Leo, Lanette reached out with her free hand and stroked the creature with her fingers. Its fur felt soft and warm.
-----"See - we all have each other's backs here," Lanette assured Leo, continuing to stroke the rabbit. She just couldn't stop petting it.
-----Over to the side, she noticed Apollo approaching Jennifer and Gavotte. Never mind, not everyone was friends here. Putting the two fire-manipulators together seemed a little dangerous - Lanette would have to keep an eye on them. Thank goodness for her pacifying powers.

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Gavotte Lane
Male ♫ Heterosexual ♫ Hydrokinesis
Tags: Jennifer, Caleb, Apollo

-----The blue-eyed young man let out a soft chuckle at Jennifer's reply. Though he preferred quiet company, Gavotte enjoyed hearing the sound of his friend's voice, strong and distinctly feminine. Sometimes he wondered if Jen would be a good singer. Of course, he'd dismiss the thought almost as soon as it flitted into his mind. The fiery blonde might just set something on fire at the very thought of singing.
-----Gavotte paused with slightly furrowed brows to consider her next question. A vague idea for a light show began to swim in his mind, but his roommate gave his two cents first. Gavotte hadn't even noticed him there. The water manipulator turned and smiled at Caleb, grateful for the suggestion.
-----"I love that idea." To show he did, Gavotte brought his fingers together and condensed his blob of water into a pillar. Before he could shape it into a nice fountain, however, a certain troublemaker addressed him. Apollo reeked of cigarette smoke to Gavotte's sharp senses.
-----Gavotte regarded fire-boy with a momentarily emotionless look, but it softened into a polite smile. "Some fun would be nice. Caleb here suggested I make a fountain with my water - and I have another idea. Lighting up the fountain from different angles with fire could make a nice light show." He turned so he was addressing both fire manipulators. "Both of you could help with that if you'd like."

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Ardai Fairchild
Male ➹ Heterosexual ➹ Invisibility
Tags: Apollo, open

-----Ardai's mischievous grin widened as fiery light began to flicker in his friend's palms. However, Apollo promptly started a conversation with Gavotte. Also known as the most boring killjoy out of every dude here. His personality was like an eighty-year-old, and his sense of humor was even worse. He was just way too serious.
-----Of course, Gavotte was being a goody-two-shoes as usual, making suggestions for light shows. Ardai tuned out his stifling, overly polite voice and scanned the rest of the room. The cool guy Caleb was helping everyone get prepared, making suggestions to all different people. Forget Gavotte, good ol' Caleb was the real 'team dad' around here. That water manipulator could be the team grandfather.
-----As for Ardai's own abilities, a disappearing act could be fun. He wanted something more, though, something that involved real action. It had to be absolutely fabulous. As he stood there, thinking for once, the beginnings of an idea began to form in his caveman brain. A familiar scheming smile crept onto his face, one anyone would recognize.
-----Yes, yes, he had a fabulous entrance idea. All he needed was a partner in crime to attempt his murder.

[`sappho]

ａｐｈｒｏｄｉｔｅ ｔｈｏｒｎｅ — ♚
female - pansexual - snake charmer - tagged; everyone

xxxwhile everyone else was either arguing with each other or plotting how to break down the door, aphrodite was practicing her power. she reached her arm out, clenched her fist and then opened it, a small snake appearing in her palm. she covered it with her other hand and make it grow bigger and bigger until it could no longer fit in her hand. the snake slithered up her arm and onto her shoulders. honestly, she didn't know how her power could help break down a door. i mean, her snakes could defiantly pick a lock, but that wasn't very interesting. the girl stayed off to the side and decided she would just let everyone else argue this out and take her part in whatever they planned out.

[marimo.]

Arys Slate // 18 // Female // Straight // Behind stage // Tags:Eris, Caleb
Arys shrugged. "I mean, I could, and I would, but everyone else is really enthusiastic about it and I'm sure they want to break down the door. Plus, I'm almost sure Councillor Watson planned it this way. I didn't want the Marking Day to be so close to a full moon." She glances past Eris as she hears Caleb's comment. "Pretty sure Apollo just wants to steal the show, Caleb. You'd have to talk to him, since clearly, he runs this place and is so unimaginative he can't think of a better entrance other than what was suggested." She raises her voice so both Caleb and Apollo can hear her and grins. "But if you can somehow convince him otherwise, I'm up for it!"

[mmarionette]

ERIS MANES
location: behind stage
tag(s): arys, everyone

"i mean, to be fair, they might have chosen a full moon day just so you can too participate in showing off your full powers," eris suggested, "like, i don't think they had anything specific in mind... - i mean, maybe the fire thing - but otherwise it's up to us, and, so that everyone, which includes you, has equal chances, they chose, hold and behold, a day of a full moon for today.". as she was talking, eris hadn't noticed that arys attention had already gone elsewhere, so when she stopped, she was a bit disappointed to see that arys had already moved on. "oooor whatever," eris uttered a little sulkily.

having missed what caleb had said due to her short monologue, eris was a little confused about what arys was shouted reply was about, so she just stood there, trying to figure out the context for what was said, before shrugging and deciding to move on. she allowed her eyes to move onward, looking for someone else to talk into some trouble or plot something with. of course, she could probably do something on her own, but, considering that her powers weren't really that splendor, entirely lacking in the flashiness department, she doubted that she would be much help on her own... so, yea, teamwork seemed to be the only logical conclusion for her in this task. she noted aphrodite standing on her own off to the side, but, seeing as she was already invested in her snake thing, eris decided against plotting with her this time around.

[jellyphants]

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location; behind stage tags; all, open

emma positively bounced on the dusty crate she was perched on, full of colourful energy. since reading the note she had kicked some things and yelled in excitement for a while before being persuaded to sit down and shut up. "i'm gonna knock their socks off! maybe jump on some faces, run across some shoes.." she muttered as she leaned back slightly, suddenly calling up- "hey guys! what's the most utterly terrifying creature you can think of?"
without waiting for an answer, she dropped onto the floor as a large, hairy red-kneed tarantula, which scuttled back on top of the crate and waved it's forearms rapidly in a circular motion, pedipalps twitching as she swayed on her 48 leg joints, suddenly running off to see how much chaos she could cause in the short period of time between now and the show emma sped off, skittering between legs and crates- time to see who was afraid of spiders.

[hellb0und]

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NAME. jennifer dire ` ABILITY. fire manipulation ` TAG(S). gav, caleb, apollo `
xxxxxxxx𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅.

xxxxxxxxThe fire manipulator was slightly annoyed when Caleb decided to intrude upon their conversation, even if he was only making a suggestion. She much preferred it was just the two of them, but right now, that wasn't possible. Before she could deliver a sharp reply, he was gone. Off to express his opinion elsewhere where it wasn't asked for. Gavotte was polite, as usual, and immediately began trying his hand at the idea. She watched silently as his nimble fingers worked their way around, reforming the liquid.
xxxxxxxxShe could smell Apollo before she saw him, reeking of cigarettes. The smell caused her to scrunch her nose in distaste. Sure enough, he lay his two cents down pretty quickly, and Jen was having none of it. She opened her mouth to speak but stopped when Gavotte replied. Although this time, she wouldn't just let her kind counterpart take care of the situation. "What do you care what he does? Doesn't affect you, now does it? I suggest you step the hell away before I fry you to a damn crisp." Her fire laced between her fingers that were balled into tightly woven fists, hissing and flickering. "Quit sticking your nose where it doesn't belong," she added swiftly, her words dripping with venom. Now she had positioned herself in front of Gavotte, standing so that she was facing Apollo directly. Snarling.

[fifty blessings]

xxxxxxxxxxxcujo y.
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Standing in the back of the crowd due to being rather slow with his walking, he could barely make out the note on the door but as he stepped a little closer as people began to conversate he could make it out a little better. Something about making an being allowed to make an entrance with abilities, which was something he wasn't exactly capable of. He shook his head a little before making a soft clicking noise with his tongue as he listened to the conversations of other people. As he mentally noted the comment about the curtains not being fireproof he had to hold back a little bit of a snicker. Seems like the entrance would have to be made by someone with a bit more fire power than himself. (Badumtss.)

As he makes his way to the side of the room, he continues watching and listening, wiping his nose on his sleeve as he drifts off a little in thought. Hopefully, he wouldn't have to deal with injuries due to someone being reckless, especially since the note had said nobody in the audience was allowed to get hurt and the curtains have been warned about. If anyone burns down those curtains, they'll surely get a rather large lecture from him. Honestly, he was already agitated enough with the smell of cigarettes.

[comeonspiderman]

Apollo Torres ♦ Pan ♦ Fire Manipulation
Location: Back Stage ♦ Tags: Jen, Gavotte, Open
Apollo visibly prickled at the idea Gavotte put forth. "Light show?!" Before he could express his thorough distaste with the idea, Jen stepped between the two of them. She was shouting at him in a way that made him wonder what she thought he'd ever done to her. Sure she didn't have as much control over her power as he did, but they still had the same ability and that alone made him think she had the skills to be at least on par with him. Which was saying something with the rest of these clowns. He'd made it a point to not comment on her ability the way he did with the others because of that small commonality. "Who are you to decide what affects me?" He glared down at her. Apollo ignored her snarls and turned partially. "Forget it. If yall want to sit in here and wait for the Councilors to come get us, then wait." He shifted his glare to meet Gavotte's eyes before turning back to the door. "I'll bust the door down myself." Stomping up to the door, he lit his palms with white hot fire.

[hellb0und]

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NAME. jennifer dire ` ABILITY. fire manipulation ` TAG(S). gav, apollo `
xxxxxxxx𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅.

xxxxxxxx"And who are you to go stomping around making degrading comments about other's simply to fulfill your pathetic ego?" Jen snapped, watching as he trudged away after one last comment. "Narcissistic prick," she hissed, looking back over at Gavotte. Before even turning around to face him once again, she knew he was going to have "the look." The situation was a common occurance, whether it be Jen defending herself or him. She never defended anyone else, well, other then perhaps Lanette. She could just let Gavotte take care of himself, and she usually did, but when it came to verbal or physical fights suddenly whatever problem they had with him became her's as well. Usually, anyway. She didn't care if he disliked her telling the guy off. Growling and placing her arms back over her chest.

[SKksks hopefully I didn't control Gav. If I did, let me know and I'll edit it!]

[passione]

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male ● eighteen ● telekinesis ● backstage ● tagged - apollo


as much as he hated intervening, naevys hated apollo’s guts far more. there were conversations about monsters and beasts from the sidelines, but the main attraction was certainly the two fire manipulators staring daggers at each other, gavotte cast aside. naevys took notice of cujo who excused himself wordlessly, and aphrodite who was doing whatever the hell she wanted to with her snakes. he didn’t want to have to take action, but seeing as apollo was ready to make his entrance, naevys didn’t give himself any choice.

there had to be some way to channel the pent up anger within him right now without punching someone in the face. the councillors were indeed waiting outside and the last thing naevys wanted to do was receive punishment over physical assault on marking day.

he maneuvered his way through the crowd to face apollo, stationing himself between that douchebag and jen. while naevys had his height, apollo was still well built and could easily pack a punch. oh well. naevys had already moved so far on impulse alone. turning back now would make him a coward. plus, it’s not like he was provoking anyone— he just wanted to get the ceremony going.

“jen’s right,” naevys noted. he could feel his power rushing through him. with the golden glow of a xyrcan’s will, naevys’ eyes lock on the door. “now move over, cowboy. i’m not giving you the satisfaction of burning the curtains down.”

with the flick of a wrist, the door flies off its hinges and crashes onto the stage. naevys kept his eyes off of gavotte and on the now empty door frame, almost afraid to see his fellow recruit’s reaction to the minor outburst. he hoped there wouldn’t be disappointment lingering in those ocean eyes, as that would tear naevys’ tough facade down right then and there. and he couldn’t afford that right now.

naevys lowered his hand and glared at apollo. “you’ve fueled your ego enough for one day.”