NPF Avatars: Because They All Hate Me

[Toastburner B]

Toastburner heard steps behind him, and noticed that Darth SS had followed Raiden as well.

Oh dear Creator! TB muttered to himself. I was probably safer following Rhiya.

Still...it was far too late to change tunnels now. Raiden and Darth were good fighters, and as long as they decided to kill baddies, Toastburner figured he would be relatively safe.

(OOC: For those of you wondering why some people are posting in color, you may want to check you the Discussion Thread)

[mauve]

Mauve looked her party over critically. A dragon. A thunder god. A sith lord. Herself.

She was the most pathetic-looking member of the group, she noted with a wry smile. She was the Barbie doll among GI Joes. But at least she'd be pretty safe in this party.

Well, unless Raiden went into a God's Rage and killed them all. Or unless Toastburner sneezed. Or unless Darth got pissed off and shot her. Or unless Raiden got wet. Or unless Mauve did something incredibly stupid and killed herself. But y'know, other than that...

[Bailey]

"So what do you guys do again? I pull stuff out of my bag. It's usually useful, but there are a few annoying things that pop up. And if I'm going to be in the front, I think I'll need a shield of some sort."

Ilgivan began rummaging through his bag, pulling items out and leaving them by the side.

A ribbon.

A knife that would not cut anything except wood, which it would slice right through as though the wood were butter.

An odd beeping device which rolled down the tunnel and out of sight.

A large shield was pulled out, and Newb slung it to his back where he could swing it around to the front again quickly.

[mammothtank]

Having spent the past few minutes re-sorting his inventory, mammothtank had no clue who had taken which path. "Crap. Guess I'll have to just pick one." He looked down one tunnel, then another, then the last, each as dark and forbidding as the other two. Scratching his head, he made his decision on a whim. "Umm... left it is! Okay then," he announced to no one in particular before charging down the left path.

MT skidded to a stop after finally catching up with the team, which appeared to consist of Newb, Inbred, Ecurt, and OmniShadow. As he looked around at them, he noticed something on the ground next to Newb. "Hey, is that a Ribbon? As in, the kind of Ribbon that prevents status ailments?" He picked it up. "Can I have it?"

[Bailey]

"Go ahead, I'm not using it. Take the knife too if you want."

[Inbred Chocobo]

Inbred noticed Omnishadow coming down. He remembered that the sword he held happened to be Omnishadow's, and decided to toss him his blade. "Here, catch." He shouted at Omnishadow and tossed the blade. As he tossed it, he felt the black fire on his hand try to keep his hand shut, though it was easily broken. IC glanced at his arm for a second, then decided not to worry about it. "So guys, are we going to keep talking, or head down?"

[The Wizard Who Did It]

The Wizard waited by the tunnel entrances to see what would go in each pathway. Mauve and Riaden went in the same way. This caused a conflict.

Obviously, you should follow them. Why, the Pink Killer is down that way? But Raiden is also dwon that way. A God. What is up with you guys and Goddom? Didn't you listen to Mammothtank and Raiden, it's more trouble than it's worth. True, but it also the answer to our problem. Being a God doesn't solve everything. It will solve this. Your problem isn't invincibility, but self-control. H- Guys, can you stop arguing? Just follow the God. And the Mauve Sorceress is down that way. Why would I want to go to probable doom? You don't even know if she's stil holding a grudge! I would like to ensure my survival. Being hurt by her can't be worse than the Punishment, can it? No... it can't.

Funny how sometimes when one asks a question that implies the answer, giving that answer can sometimes be more devastating than any other. He was expecting me to think... to be speechless. Now he will shut up for a while. The Wizard decided that he might as well follow the guide, and he took the center path.

[mammothtank]

"Thanks! I needed a replacement for my headband..." He quickly tied the Ribbon around his head. Though he looked patently ridiculous wearing a big red bow in his hair, MT didn't mind; its magical protection was all that mattered. He also pocketed the odd knife Newb handed to him.
"Yeah, moving on sounds like a good idea; the sooner we know whether or not this is the right path, the sooner we know how to advance. Some better light would help, though. Hey!" Struck by a sudden thought, MT rummaged through his item bag and pulled out a strange-looking axe. In the dim light, it seemed to cast a bright glow over a radius of about ten feet. "Whoever decides to take the lead can have this Light Axe," he offered.

[OmniShadow]

When he caught up with the group h noted the void blade in Inbreds hand, and while he wanted it back right away he kept his desire for the blade down for a while while he tried to figure out the black flame around Inbreds hand and why he could hold it at all. But when Inbred noticed him he tossed him the blade, although something about the fire emveloped his hand felt like it did not want it. 'Weird... Never heard about anything like this' He thought as he grabed the blades hilt as it came at him, the moment the sword was in his hands he seemed to fully come back into existance as his body took a fully humanoid shape. "Thank you for carrying it for me while I was gone, and if I happen to disappear again you are of course free to use it until I need it again." He said as he bowed for Inbred. Then he put the sword back within his mantle/coat (Something of both I think) and looked at MT with his ribbon on. "You know, people can assume things if you wear something like that. And keep that axe away from me..." He added as he gestured towards the axe in MT's hands.

[Bailey]

Newb began rummaging through his bag again, and pulled out a shard of reverse wood. He reached into the bag trying to pull out matches and ended up with a water bottle.

"Good. It's working. Here, take this. See if it lets you handle being near the axe."

Newb handed the shard of reverse wood to OmniShadow.

Reverse wood would reverse things, but the exact results were difficult to predict. Hopefully this would change OmniShadow's element from dark to light, allowing him to handle the presence of the light axe, or perhaps even causing him to shine brilliantly himself.