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Drink Them Both Together

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:37 pm
by Saruna
Availability: Open
Posting Speed: Me and Zina have this pact where sometimes we post every day and sometimes we post once a year. But we'll aim for standard.

Characters Involved: Vexako and Cat

Thread starting date: 122PW, Fall

Location: The coast of Mandinia, near a colorful tropical city.

Summary: Ko and Cat had met aboard a cursed vessel. It shipwrecked on a lump in the middle of the ocean, which turned out to be Kraken. After they lit a fire and caused the creature to dive, they were rescued by the mysterious and inhuman Sea Peoples, who traded favors with them. In exchange for the magical fate they carried, they were released upon shore. Unbeknownst to either of them, the curses which had been lifted have been replaced by new curses. As they journey to get the fuck out of dodge, they discover they might not be able to do so until they're able to cure their new maladies.

Other Notes: Voodoo, hoodoo? You do! Creepy magic, monsters, a people who are adverse to magic, corruption, ridiculousness, and a clear divide between rich and poor set in the tropics of Mandinia.

Mandatory Listening
More musical inspiration
Imagine a chase scene set to this I mean seriously

This thread is set after Seemingly Pointless Meandering

Re: Drink Them Both Together

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:38 pm
by Saruna
(06:03:51) (zina): ahoy fellow sea people graduate
(06:03:56) Saruna: african city yayyy
(06:03:57) Saruna: hahaha
(06:04:32) Saruna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=​GC_mV1IpjWA
(06:05:20) Katona: I'm dancing now.
(06:05:25) Saruna: I was thinking Tamazgha or Mandinia
(06:06:50) (zina): man, how did he get that statue down there through that hole.
(06:07:04) (zina): I like Mandinia
(06:07:19) (zina): Tamazgha if it's less developed
(06:07:36) (zina): sounds like a shanty town
(06:07:50) Saruna: probably mandinia is
(06:07:53) Saruna: less
(06:08:22) Saruna: there's trade all through the mediterranean so the more south ones would have less money and shit
(06:08:41) Katona: And there's more monsters and stuff south too.
(06:08:44) Katona: Not fun times.
(06:08:54) Saruna: and I've been running with the idea that the south coast has a lot of magical warp and yeah, monsters and shit thanks to the great scar
(06:09:19) (zina): that would make sense
(06:09:42) (zina): I'd imagine that like you were telling what's his face it's also more tropical than earth
(06:10:12) Saruna: closer to the equator, yeah, all that water
(06:10:34) (zina): there are deserts in northern Sehtkhantos to due rainshadowing from the mountains but not much in South Eyropa/north africa
(06:12:14) Saruna: they'd be very small though with the rain coming in from the east
(06:12:16) (zina): so when the sea people rescued them and they got curse exchanges, who did that? One sea person or the whole lot together?
(06:12:29) Saruna: oh, hmm
(06:12:51) Saruna: I was gonna say one but the whole lot sounds more fun
(06:12:56) Saruna: and maybe also slightly ominous
(06:13:50) (zina): and do we know what happened to shann?
(06:14:01) Saruna: no
(06:14:02) (zina): and the other people I guess
(06:14:13) Saruna: that way if meesh ever wants to write him she can put him wherever
(06:14:22) Katona: (whispers) Btw Niamh is my friend who likes the pretana fae.
(06:14:35) Saruna: I was likening it to sort of ... almost like a dream
(06:14:54) Saruna: they can kind of remember what happened when the sea people took them, but it's all fuzzy and confused and their memories contradict each other
(06:14:59) (zina): so maybe just after the curse exchange the Sea People plunked them close to Mandinia together and they're like "wat"
(06:15:00) Saruna: and also, welcome Niamh!
(06:15:06) (zina): that works
(06:15:16) Saruna: yeah
(06:15:28) Niamh: hehe, thanks. XD
(06:15:37) (zina): that makes less work since we don't have to imply a bunch of junk that wasn't played out
(06:15:43) Saruna: exactly
(06:15:56) Saruna: maybe a little like a classic alien abduction
(06:16:00) Saruna: it's weird and no one wants to talk about it
(06:16:15) (zina): Cat does not know his curse exchange; he will have to discover it because the sea people said it in riddles.
(06:17:14) Saruna: I'm thinking for Ko he finds out the hard way that his was exchanged
(06:17:31) Saruna: he knows the one was removed
(06:17:37) Saruna: I really like the idea of riddles
(06:18:34) (zina): funnn
(06:18:45) Saruna: yisss
(06:19:12) (zina): so where should we start them. Waking up or further along
(06:19:22) Saruna: so are we going with shitty villages or do we want a colorful african city?
(06:19:45) (zina): colorful makes sense if it's semi-tropics
(06:19:53) (zina): but also lots of poor people
(06:20:01) Saruna: let's start with shortly after ko's meltdown after waking up
(06:20:11) Saruna: big gap between rich and poor?
(06:20:44) (zina): sure, and probably not many rich.
(06:21:29) Saruna: if we put them south, we can make finding a witch doctor difficult -- they can be similar to marn where they hate magic because of the warp nearby screwing with everything and making their lives hell
(06:22:00) (zina): works for me
(06:23:36) Saruna: what shall we call the thread?
(06:23:59) (zina): you're better with that than me... uuuuhm
(06:24:27) Saruna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=​aA9OqUuA6a0
(06:24:32) Saruna: tempted to rip lyrics from there
(06:24:39) (zina): love that song
(06:24:51) (zina): aw it's not the real music video
(06:24:54) (zina): the real one is super weird
(06:25:01) Saruna: there's a music video?!
(06:25:06) (zina): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=​Tbgv8PkO9eo
(06:25:13) Saruna: Ain't There Nothing I Can Take
(06:25:16) Saruna: ?
(06:25:53) (zina): sure
(06:25:59) (zina): my idea was 100% more boring
(06:26:37) Saruna: That or Drink Them Both Up
(06:26:55) Saruna: or Call Me in the Morning
(06:27:40) (zina): first is most fitting, second has a better ring
(06:28:06) Saruna: I picture everything being slightly ridiculous to the point it's like 'is this really happening? fuck my life'
(06:28:33) Saruna: we also have Drink Them Both Together
(06:28:36) Saruna: and Drink Them Both Down
(06:28:49) Saruna: or maybe even Then You'll Feel Better
(06:29:33) Saruna: Drink Them Both Together; Then You'll Feel Better
(06:29:37) (zina): I like Drink Them Both Together
(06:29:40) (zina): or that
(06:30:13) Saruna: it feels too long
(06:30:23) Saruna: Drink Them Both Together
(06:30:54) Saruna: open or closed?
(06:31:16) (zina): oh open definitely
(06:31:32) (zina): some newbie wants to explore creepy magic with us, that's cool
(06:31:41) (zina): except for Niamh
(06:31:47) Saruna: heheh
(06:31:51) (zina): she's the worst
(06:33:15) Niamh: Pfft.
(06:33:22) Niamh: How did you work me out so quickly?
(06:33:40) (zina): I know who you are YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME
(06:34:06) Niamh: Wouldn't dream of it. ;)
(06:36:19) Porter: [AFK]_Ximeno has been logged out (Timeout).
(06:36:36) (zina): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=​qAVt1iRpvlc
(06:36:52) Saruna: one of us one of us
(06:37:22) Saruna: ahahaha
(06:37:27) Saruna: we should have monsters that sound like that
(06:37:35) Saruna: like they're all terrified and then it makes noises like that
(06:37:44) Saruna: and i's like 'oh for fuck's sake COME ON'

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(06:40:32) Saruna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=​RX0K9rBqxLY that one looks like it's going to start murdering people
(06:40:39) Saruna: we need to have cute jungle animals that kill people
(06:40:49) Saruna: like the rabbit in that one monty python movie
(06:40:59) (zina): hahaha

Re: Drink Them Both Together

Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:16 pm
by Saruna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mand%C3%A9_peoples

basis for the name 'mandinia' per james