Week 1, Saturday Afterparty

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[ OKAY, SO... some of you might have just heard a loud THUNK from the backyard, so feel free to follow Goro (who very quickly runs out there, right around the time thunk is heard) to the backyard.

He kind of just... stops before going all the way out there.

And stares.

For anyone looking around him or over his shoulder, you're going to be treated to the sight of two very large shrimp (WE'RE TALKING... FIFTY POUNDS, EACH, MAYBE, IDK) out there, along with several bags of various other kinds of seafood (i.e. some crab, a lobster, probably some various kinds of fish, who knows). ]

I'm starting to suspect that this house simply gets eager when it comes to seafood, in particular...

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[merirut]

[I guess he's obligated to tag in because slaying giant shrimp is a gbf tradition for end of month Fridays!? Not that he's here for this silliness at all, but it's hard to miss considering the noise.]

What the hell...? Who summoned such creatures here?!

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[ He looks over....... ]

They are pretty huge... [ cough ] It was... an accident.

[merirut]

[Looks at shrimp, looks at Akechi. He may be judging a lil, but when isn't he in all honesty.]

...How did you manage to call these things here by accident? [he missed the start of giant crab and giant octopus adventures, so currently his running theory is that Akechi has the ability to summon giant crustaceans]

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[ Just answering in a light tone-- ]

Seems I failed to mention that I'm able to summon any sea creature I want, at the cost of never knowing the size~

[ This is... a joke, kinda, since anyone can do this, here.....

... but he isn't making that clear yet. ]

[merirut]

[He's seen some weirdass abilities before so this is actually believable, how can this be, why are you doing this to him Akechi--

judges ability gently]

...What a fickle ability. And one I'm not sure has much practical use besides making food, at that.

[houndumb]

[Nora's walked in late, so he's also just kind of blinking at all the seafood and the... really big shrimp... granted after a moment his expression shifts from completely blank to kind of intrigued and peckish -- his stomach is already rumbling after that whole round of games and then spending WAY too long as a frog and unable to really feed himself the usual course of meals needed to keep a teenage demon going throughout the day.

So first of all he manages to walk into Sandalphon while staring, and then sort of just goes around him to stare -- second of all he just kind of shrugs because what the fuck even after today's clusterfuck.]

Ha! Wasn't me. I ain't responsible for any of the giant food around here. Mostly.

[Mostly.]

[merirut]

[Wow Nora, watch where you're going because that could hurt...! Okay no, he's wearing armor so aside from getting pushed slightly, it doesn't do much but he does send along a sharp glare that pretty much implies something along the lines of 'watch your step'.

But the giant shrimp is apparently too mesmerizing, so he'll let it go without further comment this time. Besides, there's other things to comment on!!]

Hmph, I know it wasn't you. I've seen the extent of your-- [record scratch] Wait. What do you mean by 'mostly'?

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[Honestly and conversely and ridiculously he probably would have yelled at Sandalphon for being in the way instead of acknowledging that he can't watch where he's going when there's oversized food on the horizon, because he really can't -- but good thing both of them are distracted by said oversized food at this point, so they've skipped that step.

Nora gives a perfunctory sharp glance back, but that's normal at this point with him and various people here, kind of like greeting a way-too-early morning with no food or rhyme or reason. Or coffee, because coffee is the worst.

Anyway there's a dismissive shrug.]

I mean mostly, obviously. I made a few suggestions about eatin' seafood and not seafood and the House did its own thing, how was I supposed to know we'd get this crazy shit?

[Seriously he didn't even aim for the damn octopus.]

1/2

[merirut]

[Blessed be the holy shrimp gods of yore for stopping these two from beginning yet another argument. Truly, miracles abound in this place (and giant sea life).

He responds to that glare with another glare-- okay fine maybe not. But no, why is this place and everyone in it just like this??]

...This is idiotic. So you're saying that if I asked for a giant squid, one would--

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[merirut]

[...There's a splashing noise in the pool.]

.........

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That's exactly what I'm sayin', 'cause the House is just like that--

[And so are all of them, they are at least partially to blame, but once again eldritch(??) seafood manages to head off the argument as Nora perks up at the sound of the splash nearby. There's a blink. Another blink and then he gives a crowing laugh and spins right around to go check out the pool. There's not especially far to go because the whole entire squid doesn't precisely fit in the pool, and there's just water everywhere...

A couple giant tentacles slap down nearby on the grass and Nora jumps back a little because the last time he ran facefirst into a tentacle it Did Not End Well?? Anyway.]

Hahaha, guess you were hungry?

[Yeah, he's just laughing at Sandy now.]

[merirut]

[As Nora revels at the sight of giant squid, Sandalphon feels a sudden urge to drag a hand down his face, although he manages to rein it in. This is too ludicrous for him to respond, he doesn't know what's going on, what the hell is this place--

Ugh.]

...I'm eliminating it. And we'll speak no more of this incident.

[There's a baleful glare at the giant squid before a large, purple sword manifests beside him, tip aimed in the direction of the pool.]

[houndumb]

[In some ways this place truly is hell, in other ways it's just an excellent banquet for a hungry dog who's currently investigating a giant squid curiously even as it starts curling tentacles around the nearest lawn objects -- the trampoline looks like it might be in danger of sinking into the pool at this point. The umbrella got dragged halfway across the place, too... F.

It's basically like some sort of ocean monster movie come to life, but without the ship and with extra Nora snickering and then trying to play tug-of-lawn-ornament-war with a squid.]

Yeah, yeah, you can hurry up and make some skewers out of it all ya want-- [he sounds like he's kind of looking forward to this even as he scoots a little out of the way while still koalaed onto the trampoline] --but you know everybody in the backyard and the house windows and stuff saw it, right.

[Good luck with that one, Sandy.]

[merirut]

[Yeah, this is pretty problematic hm. While there's no rule against property damage or even giant squid induced property damage, it still seems like a bad idea to let it put its tentacles around everything. Who knows, it might be hostile and use them as projectiles!!

So the first order of business is probably freeing the trampoline (and Nora).]

S-silence. And don't let go of that contraption.

[Because here goes the sword, shooting over to cleave through that squid tentacle in one swift movement. On the plus side, the trampoline is free and there's probably enough squid tentacle for a couple days of calamari, but on the other... the squid may be flailing around now. Just a little.]