Celebration Time!

Ohren finishes early with his construction for the day and comes to help Gaius set up for the party.
"Anyting I can do for ya monky?"

 Edric strides over to where the party is being set up. He makes directly for the keg without as much as a greeting to Gaius or Ohren. Sitting under the keg, he then opens the tap and takes a long swig, careful not to put his mouth on it. As he finishes his sip, he looks over towards the people already in attendence. "Hey guys."

Ohren puts his palm to his face. "well i tink i know whos gonna need help gettin home tonight. ello drinky."

"Ah, hey Oh. Yeah, if you could help me hang up those lanterns, that'd be very helpful." Gaius turns to see the town lawyer approach.
 
"Party should be starting soon, Edric. Just finishing setting up and waiting for the guests and entertainment to arrive."

Ohren starts setting up lanterns randomly. "uhh i tink dis should go dere an dat here, dis one goes dere." After finishing putting the lanterns up he turns back to Gaius, "Anyting else?"

 Rhadama approaches the party and gives her feathers one last nervous preen.
"Good evening , Gaius!"  she calls out to the monk and waves.

"That's all we need," says Gaius as he looks around at his now set-up party. "Thanks for your help!"
 
Gaius waves back to Rhadama. "Greetings Rhadama! It's good to see you this evening! Are you doing well?"

A short, slightly hunched, green figure makes her way through the trees toward the Shady Corner.  Her wild and messy hair has been done up with a decorative bone and she wears a shirt that looks like it was fashioned out of some kind of lizard hide. 
 
Using her staff as a walking stick, the goblin entered the party area. A real party! Who would have thought a goblin would be invited to a party with adventurers!  She was certainly moving up in the world.  "Rivka here!" she annouced.

"RIBKA!" Ohren shouts as he sees his little green friend. He picks her up and squeezes her. "I not tink you comed to da party. How you be?" Ohren rambles on talking about the spirits and parties and how the spirits should have been invited to the party.

The goblin gasps in surprise as Ohren squeezes her in a hug.  "Of course Rivka come!" she said, grinning, as the releases her.  "Rivka not miss the fun!"

"whats da fun?" Ohren asks. "I never been to a party fore, you teach me to party?'

Gaius smiles. "Hello Rivka! It's good to see you. And as for partying, the goal is just to enjoy yourself and relax for a while."

Ohren scratches his head. "i dont think you really want me do lax. what kinda stuffs you gots for eatins? all dat talk of eatin succabusses  last week made me wanna try some" Ohren smacks his lips and rubs his stomach.

Akon meanders up to the party, coming up along side Ohren and mumbling, "I wouldn't recommend it..."

"BACON!!!" Ohren shouts. "How you dekies like to party. Teach me to party"

Gaius chuckles and mumbles to himself, "I'm not sure you want to learn to party from an Uordeq..."
 
"Greetings Akon! Glad to see you here."

 Rhadama finally spots someone she recognizes.  She moves over to the litte group around Ohren.
"Hello there, Fancy.  Who are your friends?"
The Ixifar does a short doubletake.
"And pray, what happened to YOU?"

Akon pulls her hood up so that her red eyes alone peer from under the black folds, folding her arms. She leans against one of the posts, glancing behind her before she does so. "I am affraid I am no expert on 'partying.' Uordeq celebrations are...a bit different."
 
Akon looks up towards the voice as her name is called. "Ah, Lady Rhadama. Always a pleasure. It is relieving to see the face that first greated me without judgement in this town. And you remember that little demon problem? Yeah...well, I took care of it..and it left a few, marks..." Akon flicks her tail out slightly, allowing it to curl around the left leg of her leather pants. "As for the sorch marks..well, when the tavern burned down, I took a little stroll in there to make sure no one was trapped. The ale stock blew up in my face, and burned my robes and armor rather nicely. I'm working on an idea for flame retardant fabric...." Akon smirks slightly, a hint of jest in rising in her low tones.

"OH! de foods is here!" Ohren looks to Gaius. "How much chichen can we haves?"

Akon raises a finger, a bit of a light smile slowly coming to her eyes, as she looks over to Ohren. "Though....we are rather good at dancing, us Uordeq."

Ohren picks up Akon "DANCE DEKI DANCE! Show me how you dekies dance!"

Akon reaches down and lightly grabs only the pinky fingers of the Angori, and peals them upward to release his grip on her, finally letting them go once she is placed down. "Rule number one of Uordeq Dance Parties...Only kin can call them. I am sorry my horned brother, I cannot oblige your request. I would be breaking honored code and tradition."

"Awww..." Ohren gets a sad and hurt look on his face. "Dis party no fun. Can we have a deki and angori dance party" Ohren starts stomping around and dancing in a savage and violent manner. "ORRAAAHHH GGGUUUURRAAAAHHH !!"

 Chataya walks up and grins. "Another Uordeq dance party? Where's Rasiri when I need him? He dances the best." 

Akon goes back to leaning all Fonze like on her post. "Last I checked, he is no longer a valid participant of said dance parties."

 Chataya looks confused a moment. "Oh yes! You Uordeq change your race often around here. I'd forgotten. Oh well." She shrugs, and heads over to the keg to fill up a mug.

"Dis no fun wif out da drums" Ohren stops his jumping and stomping and growling. "So wheres da foods and da drinks and da musics and every ting"

Gaius returns from filling his mug with ale. "Ummm... well, the drink's here. That's the important thing. Still waiting on the entertainment... don't know what's keeping them."
 
Gaius takes a long drink from his mug and looks into it, looking a bit disappointed. "Gone already," he says and heads back to get a refill.

Akon goes to open her mouth to speak to Gaius...but closes it just as fast as he downs his drink and turns to go get more. "Ermm..." She waits for him to return. "Where did you get this ale anyway?"

Gaius strolls back over after filling his drink. "I... uh... ordered it from a nearby town, just for this party. A bit unrelated, but I think I've been drinking more lately. " He takes another big sip.
 
"That reminds me, I had presents for everyone who came to the party... I just need to go get them..."

"Presents? Interesting..." She says, pulling out her own flask from her side and sipping from it. "You know Gaius..I hear rumor that there is a bottle of wine in the bowls of the monastery that his been aging since before the shattering. Is that why you are so obsessed with clearing it out?" Akon smirks, taking another sip from her flask wryly.

Gaius laughs. "No, I just heard that rumor recently myself. Though it would be very interesting if it turned out to be true..." Gaius stares a little off into the distance, as if daydreaming.

Ohren runs off to his hut for a few minutes. he returns carrying 5 large buckets, two clubs and two thin metal disks. He sets them up on the stage stands in front of them. "I GOTS YOUR MUSICS RIGHT HERE MONKY!" Ohren starts bashing on the buckets and disks creating a very fast and powerful beat. "DIS IS DA SPIRIT BEAT MY CHAMMAN LEADER TAUGHT ME!"
 

"Suuuuuure." Akon jibes, sloshing her drink around a bit before taking another sip, opening grinning.

 Rhadama smiles at the boisterous Angori.  "I know my friend Marduk has some fancy drums, but I don't know if he's coming to this party or not.  He tends to get rather caught up in his  studies and lose track of time."
The Ixifar lays a gentle hand on Akon's arm as she moves past on her way to the refreshment table.  "I am glad to hear you got on top of your demon problem, Fancy, but I think the after-effects may prove to be a great burden of their own.  You will need to be exceptionally strong in the days to come.  I hope you will find strength in the truth of the Prime."
 
 

Akon offers a gentle and respectful nod towards Rhadama as she passes, only afterwards letting a mild look of disgust flit across her face at mention of the Prime as she stares down at her flask. But the look passes just as quickly as the looks up again, her tail flicking slightly around her feet.

After looking around under the tables, Gaius shouts. "Found them!" Gaius approaches the group with a basketful of necklaces made out of amber.

"One for everyone," he says and begins to hand them to the guests, as he sort of bounces around to the beat Ohren is making.
 
(OOG: You'll actually get the item to use in play at some point in the future.)

Ohren stops drumming for a short while to graciously accepting the gift of amber. "tank you monky!" He looks at his drums. the buckets are cracking and the disks are dented. "Dese wont last much longer" Ohren resumes drumming like a mad man and starts chanting with the beats.

Akon takes one of the necklaces, holding the gem in her palm and rubbing a thumb over it as she gazes at the shape and color. "Thank you kindly, Gaius." She nods as he passes by.

  Binx slowly makes her way out of the trees, cloak masking her face and bow draped over her shoulders. She makes her way to the gathering, standing towards the outskirts of the group with the awkwardness of a newcomer. Lowering her hood, she takes in the festivities.

 Rhadama takes the offered neckace.  "Thank you Gaius, this is very pretty."
She winds the chain and charm into the feathers on her head.
 

"You are all quite welcome!" Gaius skips over to Binx as he sees her approach. "Take a necklace! Come and have some fun with us!"

    From around the corner of the damaged tavern Marduk trudges up pulling a lil red wagon.  He has streamers attached to the point of his hat that are flying in the breeze. 
 
    When he reaches the main crowd, he tips the wagon on its side spilling out several drums, shakers, tamberines, beach balls, streamers, and pointed party hats.
 
    He kicks the beach balls into the crowd to get them started and offers everyone a party hat.
 
  Marduk then uprights one of the drums and starts to go-to -town   by kickin it with a tasty grooooove.
 
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Party hats?! Excellent. Akon takes one, a brightness coming to her eyes as she lowers her hood and promptly places one on her head quite proudly. "You know, I think Glimmer was going to have me wear hats to improve my public image or something. Make me look more, homely?" She looks over to Ohren. "What do you think?" She says, adjusting the hat.

Gaius grabs one of the hats as he skips by Marduk, still handing out necklaces. He stops to slip on the hat and then kick a ball towards Akon. "Hey Akon! Incoming!"

Ohren's drums begin to crack and splinter and the beats start to slow down. One by one the drums break and crumble. Ohren tired and sweaty, walks back up to everyone. "No more drums." His shoulders slump forward and he frowns sadly.

Taklinn walks into the party and greets those he meets with a nod and grunt as he passes by them.  Upon seeing the barrel of ale, he smiles, but says under his breath "No use in depleting the available stores, I'll leave more fer everyone else."  He pulls out his flask and begins to drink from it.  After several minutes of taking long pulls from the flask, he starts bobbing his head to one side with the beat of the drum and appears almost at ease in the gathering of partygoers.  He sees the necklaces everyone has and the basket and asks "What in Githal's ass are those?"

 Katri followed the sound of voices from near by to the festivities. Her hood is down, but her thick, striped mask still sits across the lower half of her face. She arches one eyebrow in what could be amusement at the sight of Marduk kicking beach balls and passing out hats. An amused twinkle is seen in her eyes as she begins to sway slightly with the beat of the drums.

Ohren looks at Akon, "da hat assents your horns. i likes it." He smiles a little bit and puts on the biggest hat he can find

Akon moves the necklace to sit in her hand with the flask, and flicks at the ball with two fingers, sending it well on it's way upward. "Just how much have you drunk already, Gaius....." She asks as the monk skips by...
 
She looks back over to Ohren and smiles. "Why thank you...I must say the idea of hats are really growing on me."

Ohren tilts his head to the side pondering. "i jus hope you doesnt cover dem horns, we horned peoples is proud and you should be too"

"Just a couple!" Gaius yells back as he goes by, handing out his necklaces to the newcomers. "Taklinn, Katri! It's good to see you both! The necklaces are just a little favor I thought the town could use. Besides, they look nice."

 Katri nods, eyes still twinkling in amusement. "Thank you, Gaius. They do look rather nice." Katri gave a low laugh as she took the necklace offered to her and sliding it on next to her black hand necklace.

 Rhadama moves over to Marduk and grabs a drum and a hat.  She perches the latter on her feathers, where it joins the necklace and dangles upside down, caught by one string.  She sits down next to the gnome and joins in with his drumming beat.

 Katri finally pulls down her mask, a large grin on her face, and calls out, "Ladi Nivarian! Binx! I believe it is time for an Uordeq Dance Party!" Katri lets out a laugh and begins dancing about and jumping up and down in time with the drums.

Glimmer enters shortly behind Taklinn and squeels in delight at the sigh of all her friends.  "Hello hello hello all my dears!  Taklinn, do be a dear and fetch me a shiny necklace!  I do so love the shiny things."  Glimmer pulls her flask from her puch and sets about passing out cookies and nuts to the party members.

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Gaius stops skipping around for a moment to watch the Uordeq Dance Party. "Ah, more entertainment!" He smiles, evidently pleased with the obvious success of the party.

Akon wastes not a second at the sound of the call. It had come, and she must answer! She drops her flask and necklace in poof to the ground, and begins foot stepping and arm lassoing in circles, working it.

In the spirit of the party, Ohren jumps in and starts dancing with the Uordeqs. He jumps and stomps and growls animalistically with the beat of the drum. His dance seems to have bearish qualities to it

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 As Katri calls the dance, Binx smiles and with a chuckle removes her cloak and drapes it over an unnoccupied chair. She makes her way into the group, shimmying her hips to the drum beat and raising her arms.

"Haoungah Haoungah Haoungah!" Ohren starts shouting. "AOH! AOH!"

Gaius skips over to Glimmer. "Hello Glimmer! Oooo, are those nuts? Can I have some? I do love your nuts. Oh, have you gotten a shiny necklace yet?" he asks, grabbing a handful of nuts and offering her a shiny necklace in return.

Glimmer snatches the necklace and eyes it up and down.  "I do so love the shinies.  And you can have all the nuts you'd like."  Glimmer begins dancing her way to Taklinn, flask and nuts in hand.

Mid lasso, Akon spots Glimmer and calls over to her, not stopping the grove that her very blood called for her obey! "Oi, Glimmer, what do you think? Yes? No?" She says, pointing to her hat, rotating her head to keep her eyes on the fae as she twists in place.

 After a minute or two, Katri stops dancing, still smiling. She approaches Akon, pulling a small, clear bottle from her bag as she goes. She stops in near the older woman as she unstoppers the bottle and takes a sip of the bright green, milky liquid inside. "Good evening Lady Nivarian. You look rather festive."

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Ohren starts jumping over to Akon. "YOU DANCE NOW! YOU SAID YOU CANT DO IT BUT IS DANCE TIME!" Ohren grabs Akon and starts making her jump with him.

 From the edge of the group a hearty voice bellows,  "Ach!  Ye call that dancin?  That's nothin'.  Holly, cousin, get in there and show them Hoots some REAL dancin'!"

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Akon utterly stops dancing, staring Ohren down. "You just threw off my groove...." She says almost incredulously. "My groove! Bah!" She then looks over at the dwarves mildly, and stoops to bend down her necklace and flask once more.

Gaius casually strolls over to refill his mug of ale. He then takes a seat near the table and sips from his cup while he watches everyone dance.
 
He watches Ohren bounce Akon up and down and laughs. "Ah, just how I like my Uordeq... shaken, not stirred."

Ohren goes to head but the ball and accidently pops it on his horns. He picks it up and spins it over his head still dancing

From the corner where the previous voice bellowed, a new voice can be heard saying "Aye, Mo-Rag.  They's not dancin'.  They's embarassin' the Lords of the Sacred Feetsie they is.  Gimmie a song and I'll get er done."

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Vidrir hears the festivities and walk over to investigate carrying with him a bottle of Gin. Seeing the demon dancing in the crowd he takes a swig and growls walking directly towards her and stopping right in front of her.
 
"Why don't you go click your heels three times and go back to the pit abomination." Vidrir says as he spits on the ground in front of her.

 Morzoth wals through the door with a huge boar overtop his shoulders. "sorry im late i was late ive benn hunting this thing all day for this very event." He plops it down on the table and pulls out a knife now who wants a peice befor these humies cook it.

Chataya, still drinking, grins at the dancing Uordeqs and grabs a party hat and a necklace. Staggering a little, she walks up to the big shaman. "Care to dance?" she asks with a hiccough.

 Katri, still standing by Akon, stares down the rude newcomer with venom, but says nothing, watching the warlock's reaction.

Ohren, having missed the ixifar, slumps over in shame. He starts sulking over to the Kegs. Fills up a bucket with ale and starts downing it. He chugs two buckets and takes his third to a table to sip and watch the people

Akon stops all she is doing, and takes a silent moment to stare at the man before her. She folds her arms and looks at him levely with her red eyes, staring right into his own hues. All humor is lost in her face, and nothing about her moves save for a flick of her tail. "You know what? This man....needs a party hat!' She smirks, and promptly resumes dancing.

 Morag spots the handsome (and NEW) dwarf on her way to request the drummers to change their tune and she makes a beeline for him.
"Why HELLO there," she coos huskily.  "I don't think we've been introduced.  I'm Morag Rockbiter and I think I may have a song for you."

Gaius stands up excitedly upon seeing the new arrivals and knocks over his stool in the process.  He hurries over to Vidrir. "Hello there! Let's relax. We're just trying to have a good time. Have a drink? Oh, would you like an amber necklace?" Gaius holds out a necklace towards him.
 
Almost before Vidrir can respond, Gaius spins around too see Morzoth. "Hey Morzoth! Have a necklace? Have something to drink?"

Glimmer looks at Akon with a befuzzld appearance and says "Well I am personally fond of hats.  It's quite loverlies.  It covers up your hornieness quite well."  Glimmer giggles and offers Akon a sip from her flask.  "Have some, it'll make you feel light as a feather.  Or a rock.  Depending on how you handle it."
 

Ohren looks over to Morty. "you gots any liber left?"

 Katri chuckled softly, and shook her head. She looks at the hat her mentor is wearing and laughs, dancing once again as she speaks. "Lady Nivarian, I do love the hat. Where ever did you get it?"

 With two raw Boar legs in hand Morzoth walks over to Ohren  and hands him one. "To the construction of the angori village."
 

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"OOORRAAAHHH" Ohren shouts drunkenly. He grabs the Boar leg and starts tearing into it viciously. Ohren takes a swig from his bucket-o-ale and puts a hand on Morzoth's shoulder. "Tank you bruder. We have worked hard for dis, is time for relaxing"

Holly approaches the new dwarf in the room and says "You should have a go with Morag.  She's a lovely lass with a voice that'll kill baby Urodeq's with one sweet melody.  Yall best get to dancin!"

Tregard rushes into the party behind the the two  dwarf bards. He appears disheveled and out of breath. "Woot! Time to party!"

Akon nods to Glimmer. "I thought you might approve....what's this?" She takes the offered flask from Glimmer and gives it a light sniff, blinking slightly. "Immortals..." She smirks with mischief in her eyes. "Too friendship..." She raises the flask in a toast before taking a stout drink. "Woo!" She says, blinking slightly, her eyes watering ever so slightly at the strong liquid. "Mmn.....that's...something." She says, smirking again. "And thank you, I rather like hats." She says looking over to Katri, smiling as she offers the flask back to Glimmer. "See how many people you can set on their arse with that, eh?" She chuckles. "And tell Taklinn that if he feels like taking an Uordeq up on a drink, I accept. Let's see how can shoot it straight eh? I believe I know dwarven culture well enough to know his blood won't let him turn my offer down." She gives Glimmer a smirk.

"Hey hey Tregard!" Gaius rushes over to meet the latest addition to the party. "Have a necklace? We've been having a GREAT time so far."

In all the commotion...a few dark figures lumber up to the outskirts of the party...
 
Three zombies with dumb blank stares stand motionless amoung the  jumping and dancing not knowing if they are being attacked or are not being seen.
 
Suddenly a beach ball bounces off one of the zombies head and knocks it down...

Taklinn takes a necklace and puts it around his neck.  He strolls over to Glimmer, careful to keep the Angori between him and the dwarves accosting Vidrir.  "Seems it was a good turnout eh.  Nice hat Sheriff; anything that will hide the horns is a good wardrobe choice" he says with what seems to be genuine humour.  "I spoke with yer deputy the other day, and I trust the investigation goes well.  But tonight is not about business or politics.  Tonight is fer celebration."

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 Katri looks at Akon with an eyebrow raised and a smirk. "I sense a death match coming on. I'll give 20 gold to the last one still able to stand after that much alcohol!"

Finishes the last of his third bucket and puts it on his head. He wanders around the party bumping into people. He stumbles and slurs his words as he talks to the people of jastrey. "hergg ablerga shergma. habbadumaruba"

 "Gaius i brought a boar and no necklace here put one on me horns" Morzoth grabs a bucket and and fills it with ale  and gets to drinking. looking around and noticing the hat on akon. " gees looks like i really need to catch up"

Two of the zombie look down at the knocked down zombie as he tries to get up but gets tangled up in the streamers....

"Aye it is....so Taklinn, how about a bit of friendly competition eh? Drink for drink?" Akon smirks, grinning at the dwarf to match the genuine humor he shared.

 Morag is distracted from the handsome dwarf by the puetrifying stench of zombies.
"Yech," she spits.  "I hates them smelly things.  And I know only one way to get rid of them.  Cousin, battle formation!" she cries, grabbing a spare drum and stomping her feet.

Gaius tosses a necklace to Morzoth, causing it to land on one of his horns. "Party's going well! Even better turnout than I expected!"
 
Gaius spins around again. "Did someone say drinking contest? I'm tempted... but I'm afraid I may be at a bit of a disadvantage right now."

Ohren walks up to one of the zombies and puts his arm around it. He starts mumbling to it about drinking and parties and Uordeq dance parties

 Katri chuckles and stands by as the drinking competition gains new participants. She settles back to watch.

 Morzoth walks over to Ohren and grabs him by the hand and kicks the zombie down.

The zombie, dumbfounded, reaches his other hand around to grab Ohren and just before he can throttle him....  a party guest hands the zombie a mug....the zombie stops his lunge and looks blankly at the mug

"Heeeyyy. morby, das mafriens. wher you takin me?" Ohren follows unable to resist by himself.

 Tregard races to  the center of the party. "Ladies!" He yells to the bards. "Give me  dada dada on the drums"  Tregard takes a deep breath and begins to chant
 
It's close to midnight
something evil's lurkin' from the dark
under moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it(CHARM)
You start to freeze
As terror looks you right between your eyes
You're paralyzed

 Morzoth hands Ohren another mug and then downs the last of his own bucket "Lets go watch the humies get drunk"

"Drunkity dinkity drunky pinkies..." Ohren chugs the mug currently in his hands. "Dis stufss. i neber hadded this afore." he stumbles with morzoth over to the competition.

 Morag steps up to support Tregard's funky beat.  She glares out at the zombies and sways from side to side.

The last standing zombie walks up and stares at Tregard...  his movements seem familiar

The rhythm of the drums and the moaning of the zombies run electric up the gnome's spine. He jumps on a table and sings
 
'Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
And no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it's killer(CHARM)
Thriller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer
Thriller tonight, yeah

 Morzoth walks over to Akon "never in all me years did i think after meeting you would i see you with that on you head"

The rather tipsy Akon now staggers forward confidantly, and stands shoulder ot shoulder with the undead fellow. She snaps her fingers twice with a bit of a shimmie.....stepping forward, stepping forward....hunching down, getting a wicked grin on her face as she steps towards the dwarves.

Ohren follows along with Morzoth. Seeing Akon, he starts poking at her forehead. "HHEAAAAYYY wheere deems horns beed? Weh is prod peepuls wif horns"

 Tregard begins to dance as the last zombie stares at him. He beckons the undead to dance.
 
You hear the door slam
And realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand
And wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes
And hope that this is just imagination
Girl, but all the while
You hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're outta time

Gaius slams down the mug as he finishes his last drink. "HA!" he shouts. "I am... a... drunken MASTER!"

the other two zombies make it off the ground, covered in streamers and join there friend...staring at Akon
 

 Katri gives a short, genuine laugh as the last round of the contest ends. She walks to each of the winners, giving them their gold. Once that is done, she grins and begins to dance along with Akon to the music and toward the dwarves.

Ohren's eyes roll to the back of his head and he falls over backwards where he stood. He flops onto the ground and just lays there groaning and mumbling

Binx finally notices the zombies, having been too wrapped up in her dancing to see them earlier. Since the others seemed to be handling things well enough she doesn't think much of the situation. Once she realizes that Morzoth is one of the people destracting the undead however, she decides to make her way over.

Claw to the left, claw to the left. Claw to the right, right, right, right!

jhe zombies...thinking this is a strange fight begin following Akon and Tregards movements
 
snaps there fingers twice with a bit of a shimmie.....stepping forward, stepping forward....hunching down, getting a wicked grin on there face as they step towards the dwarves

 Tregard struts up and down the table doing pelvic thrusts and grabbing his crotch.  He notices the 2 urodeq and brings it up a notch. 
'Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
There ain't no second chance
to count the thing with the forty eyes, girl
(Thriller)
(Thriller night)
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer

 Katri mimics Akons movements in sync. <claw to the left, left. claw to the right, right, right, right> She gives a smirk and a low chuckle.

 Morzoth watching the undaed while drinking his Newly filled bucket starts to stomp his foot to the beet of the drums.

The zombies continue the fight
 
<claw to the left, left. >  misses everyone
 
claw to the right, right, right, right> missses everyone again
 

 Morag grits her teeth, but continues to hum a counterpoint while drumming with Tregarde.   'I hope I'm not going to have to take my axe to these stinky things,' she thinks to herself.

Gaius sits and watches, amazed at the power the music seems to hold over the zombies.
 
"How much did I drink?"

"Mortals having a good time with a demon usually ends up with someone losing a soul or lots of blood and generally it's not the demon." Vidrir says to Gaius.Vidrir takes the amber necklace with a nod and follows the demon ignoring all else.
 
"What did the Fiends promise you in exchange for being an Imps cumbucket?!" Vidrir shouts above the music

Ohren Suddelnly Sits up and yells "ZOMBIE!" before falling back over and crawling on is belly over to the dancing zombies and people.  

 Tregard slows his moments and shuffles over to the zombie, mouth hanging wide open.  He mumbles, drool dripping on the floor
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life

Akon jumps forward, and shimmies! Jumps forward and shimmies!

The zombie begin showing wear in the very mobile fight and pieces of them begin to fall off...
 
<claw to the left, left. claw to the right, right, right, right> lose an arm
 
<claw to the left, left. claw to the right, right, right, right>  lose an ear

 <jumps forward and shimmies, jumps forward and shimmies> Katri still moves in sync with her mentor and the music.

"AMAGAD! srainin zombehpartses" Ohren is getting hit with the falling pieces of zombie ans the fall appart.

with a major dance jump...  the sound of bones cracking can be heard as the zombies have pushed there bodies past there due date.
 
they collapse into a heap of broken bones and scraps of cloths...
 

 Tregard nudges the zombie and shows how to boogie. He dips down claps his hands and slides slidess. the bard groans as he raises his shoulders and looks to the left
 
They're out to get you
There's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you
Unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time
For you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night
I'll save you from the terror on the screen

<Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
<sip...sip>

< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
<Chug.....Sip... Sip....fall down>

< gets back up>

< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
<sip .....sip>

< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....tek ka tek ka....>

 Morzoth grabs Ohren by the ankle and pulls him back " you dont be wantin any of that me me friend"

"Well... I am... impressed." Gaius blinks, to make sure he isn't just imagining things as he watches the zombies fall apart while dancing.

 Morag grins and speeds up the beat as the icky zombies fall apart at her feet,



Satisfied with a job well done she retreats to the ale keg and draws a frosty mug to refresh herself.

Akon now plays the part, giving the creepy claw pose towards Tregard!

"AHHH! deys attackin mees! Heeeellppps!" Ohren rolls around in the body parts with his eyes closed thrashing and yelling

 Katri stops dancing and laughs and Akon takes the claw pose toward Tregard. Still moving with the music, she watches her the warlock do her thing.

 Tregard laughs as the  warlock approaches. He stomps his foot.  once .twice. thrice. He looks left and walks Left right left and turns.  He shuffles forward with small steps. right left right left. and  walks bak right left right left.
 That this is thriller
Thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul would ever dare try
(Thriller)
(Thriller night)
So let me hold you tight
And share a
killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight

Being so wrapped up in her dancing, Binx didn't notice the zombies right off. When she finally did she didn't think much of the situation, the other's seemed to be handling it well enough. When she realizes that Morzoth is one of the ones dIstracting the undead, however, she heads over.

Marduk step out with thTregard and follows his lead...
stomps his foot. once .twice. thrice. He looks left and walks Left right left and turns. He shuffles forward with small steps. right left right left. and walks bak right left right left.
 
 

Akon breaks into snickers, hardly able to take herself serriously anymore, grinning from ear to ear with that slight light to her eyes that only strong drink can bring. She chuckles towards the scene, glancing at her friends around her, sharing a laugh with Katri and chuckling at Ohren."I tink that you are alright my freend." Akon falls deep back into her heavy Uordeq tongue. "They 'ave fallen to ze power ov our dance!" She snickers, half staggering half falling back into step with the other dancers.

 Morzoth looks over to Binx ah well i didnt see you when i cam in "where be that brother of mine and how are you on the joyess occasion"
 

 Katri has finished off her bottle of Absinthe and had begun on a rather sizable flask of whiskey. She laughs at her drunken mentor. Though Katri is not quite drunk, there is enough alcohol in her system to pronounce her accent a bit more and to keep a smirk on her pale face. Taking a swallow from the flask she closes it back up, and decides to fall into step once more with Akon. Some one had to catch her when her drunken self fell. "Lady Nivarian, you siem to haff drank quite a bit more than you normally vould. Are you enjoying yourself?"

Seeing his gnome friend no longer needs a backup dancer...
 
marduk heads back to the drums...
 
<Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip...sip>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< CHUG.... hick...hick...hick>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....tek ka tek ka....>

< throw streamers into the crowd>

 The gnome sways  and does a rockaway.  He puts his left foot out and then stomps the right one next to it.  He claps his hands over his head and laughs. He  begins shuffles again as his song comes to an end. 
 
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell

Marduk concentrates as he drums and raises up into the air a few feet...  (levitate)
 
<Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip>
<kicks ball back into the crowd>
 
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip...sip>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< CHUG.... hick...hick...hick>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....tek ka tek ka....>

< throw streamers into the crowd>

Akon then is sneaky and fades away into the shadows, waiting for the finish.

 As the last verse past his lips, Tregard's voice booms out of the party.  He hunches over  and points his fingers at the partygoers
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
for no mere mortal can resist

 And with the last line, he throws his head back and begins to cackle

<Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip...sip>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< Chug.....Sip... Sip....falls down>
< levitates back up>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....>
< sip .....sip>
< Dooom...Tek... tek. tek tek tek....Dooom tek ka....tek ka tek ka....>

 Katri stops dancing, her low, dark chuckle accompanying Tregard's. She opens and takes another drink of her flask when the cackling and chuckling is done.

 Binx snickers a bit at Morzoth's question. "Your brother is sleeping quite soundly, I decided not to wake him." She points to the necklace tangled in his horns. "Where'd that come from?"

From out of no where, a deep voice joins in the cackle, echoing along the trees....and then breaking into a snicker as Akon steps out of the shadows, joining the crowd again.

 Katri, after yet another deep drink from her flask, walked over to Akon, showing signs of becoming mildy into the stage of tipsy, though she still seems to be aware. "Vell, my lady, there are thinks I vish to discuss vith you tomorrow. But, as thinks stand, I belief eet is time for me to retire to Bett, before I become too drunk to make eet there." She dips her head to Akon, accent thickened by the amount of alcohol in her system.

 The zombies and the song have taken there toll on  the little gnome and he falls to the ground exhausted. "I did it, " he mumbles. "I did it all by myself. Without Skipslip. Without fairy poo." Tregard belches and blacks out.

 Morzoth walks over to Akon. "Well me lady looks as if this party is coming to an end". throws the Boar left on the table on his shoulder. then grabs Ohren by the ankle. "care to join me and binx here back at the angori side of town for som roasted swine."

"Aye, Katri...and..." She goes to reach for Katri's flask. "Ye can leafve that here, no?" She smirks, looking to Morzoth with her party hat a bit askew. "And I vould much enjoy theese inveetashion."

 "My Lady, eef you belief you kann handle vhat's left in here, " Katri began with some Uordeqi slipping into her speech, taking a final and very large swallow of the whiskey (OOG: think good moonshine whiskey. 150 proof), "Dann, you kann be mein guest." The shorter female held the flask out to her old friend.

Several days after Blisdon's complete recovery his limp is still somewhat visible as he walks into the middle of the party, Watching the citizens of the town dance and enjoy themselves. He can still see the beast wearing an ill fitting hat and her uordeq pet as they stare down axe wielding dwarf.  
 
His ears are particularly sensitive to hearing the words "I M P   C U M B U C K E T" and he is quick to act accordingly. 
 
 
Grabbing a trusty horn he quickly runs into the crowd and creates an impossibly loud and drawn out bellow of his horn. To the untrained ear the horn noise makes a sound that is sounds something like a loud buzzing noise.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Akon takes the flask, rising with a bit of a bounce, her own flask and the necklace in hand to join the Angori. "Vell, I shall be off vith you. Goodnoight, Katri. Umbrae tui contigetae." (Shadows protect you) she says, in a parting blessing towards her fellow Uordeq before following Morzoth away from what's left of the party. As she departs, Akon then catches glimpse of the dwarf, and the horn he carries. Though very much plastered, the long tested advisor hadn't lost her eye..or her wits. She listens to the sound as the horn echos, smirking to herself. "How interesting.....a fine way...to draw a crowd..." She says, almost to herself, as she walks away behind Morzoth.

 Katri smiles, "Goodnight Lady Nivarian. Umbrae tui contigetae." After returning the blessing, she gave a short bow and began the walk back to her cabin, leaving the party.

Blisdon carefully spends his moments in which he gathers his next breath as the creatues stunned mouth manages to stay clamped shut, however as his bulging and furious  eyes stay fixed to the demon and observe her carefully. waiting for every time the beast opens it's mouth before the noble shaman makes certain that the horn is screaming into the open air at it's loudest  so that he may hopefully be immune to the sickly sweet taint the words that it croaks from it's throat be spread to the minds of the innocent.
 
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 Between the hour and the noise, Binx decides it is time to retire for the night. She retrieves her cloak and bow from the chair where she had placed them before heading off into the woods.

    Tired, sore, and maybe a lil bit tipsy....  Marduk gathers his drums onto the wagon and begins to help clean up. 
 
   Bottles, party hats, candy wrappers, beachballs, streamers.....and 3 dead "dead" zombies....  
 
   Marduk also finds a lost and found item.......     one white glove....  covered in sequins...                      Mmmmm....    for the owner of the other glove.....   finding this one would be a "thriller"  :)

Gaius looks around at the chaos he's caused and smiles. "I knew we could all get along for a little while."
 
He then begins to help Marduk clean up all the items scattered about.