sometimes you can't make it

[modforged]

Who: Alexstrasza, Krasus/Korialstrasz, and the Redsworn
What: Successful retreat into the Ruby Sanctum
Where: Ruby Sanctum
When: After a long, grueling battle near the borders of Suramar
Warnings: Please PM the mods if any warnings are needed

[The Ruby Sanctum is a flurry of activity. This becomes clear within two seconds of stepping through the portal. The wounded are guided over to a grassy clearing surrounded by saplings and adolescent trees, bade to lay down and receive healing from other dragonkin. Some of the trees are years old, while a few look to have shot up recently. If you watch, vines engulf one fallen warrior; the body sinks into the ground, and a tiny sapling appears in its place.

Despite the war going on outside, the sanctum is less of a cavern and more like a self-contained dimension. Ample sunlight drifts down through scarlet leaves, which are occasionally home to the crimson scales of a whelpling. There is life everywhere: insects on twigs, birds chirping overhead, flowers at your feet. Dragon eggs lay nestled in the nooks and crannies offered by the tranquil forest. There is a decently-sized spring filled with fresh, pure water, as well as some small rocky outcroppings to sleep in. It's warm and comfortable enough to rest out in the open, too.

The cloaked and ever-mysterious Krasus stands watching the dispersing redsworn, his back against the massive oak in the center of the sanctum.

Occasionally, one may glimpse a beautiful red-haired woman with copper skin winding through the copse.]

[ooc: Mingle log for redsworn!]

Comments

[misterbrief]

[He doesn't really say anything more, instead he reaches down and takes some of this mystery meat and sticks it right in his mouth.

And chews.

And chews some more.

The face he makes is twisted, and could be interpreted in several different ways, as he's done this on purpose just so Zelos can wonder what he thought of it.

Maybe it's bad. Maybe it's good. Up for Zelos to decide.]

[wilder]

[He watches that chewing, and the twisting of the face. Man, it's really hard to tell but he's willing to take a guess]

...No good?

[misterbrief]

[It's not that bad, but he'll never tell poor Zelos that!]

Tell me. Have you ever eaten the remains of a rotten corpse before?

[Oh no did you use diseased bear Zelos]

[wilder]

Uh....no?

Have you?

I'M SO SORRY FOR THIS TAG LOL

[misterbrief]

It reminds me of my visit to a planet filled with the bodies of of the residents, all massacred. And there was absolutely no food to be had, so we had to eat the inhabitants.

[Ok no he's half lying, it was a fresh corpse because he'd just killed them.]

[He takes another bite.]

Yes, it tastes like that.

NEVER BE SORRY

[wilder]

What? Seriously? - Ew! That's so uncool!

[Totally so! Except wait-]

Wait, what would it mean if I said I've had worse tasting stuff?!

[IS RAINE'S COOKING SERIOUSLY WORSE TASTING THAN ROTTING CORPSES??]

OK I WON'T LOL

[misterbrief]

[If Vegeta had tasted Raine's cooking before he left Luceti, he coulda told Zelos, but alas...]

Hah. You've had worse than this slop? Do tell. [Totally going to roll with this anyway.]

[wilder]

[he shakes his head a little at the memory] It was a woman I traveled with one. Beautiful, crazy intelligent...

But her cooking? Let's just say it was so bad that by the time we parted ways, I was an expert at treating food poisoning.

[misterbrief]

[Oh, that sounded awful. If Vegeta ever finds out who Zelos is talking about, that'll be interesting.]

I believe that begs the question of why you even let her touch a pot and pan. Were you insane? [Food poisoning is no joke. Especially if it's so bad that a Saiyan gets sick from it.]

[wilder]

Hey it's not like we didn't try to stop her! But sometimes it was just...impossible to prevent!

[His shoulders slump and if it's possible on the redhead, he seems just a twinge paler just thinking about it] The first time was the worst. I thought I was actually gonna die terribly.

[misterbrief]

Pity. [He takes yet another bite of his 'bear'. And by bite it's the rest of it and he's picking up more, eating that too.]

Well, don't think you're too far off, I bet everyone's who's eaten this today will most likely get sick. I do believe I just saw a worm in mine. [He says it REALLY LOUD too just so everyone can hear.]

[wilder]

[Annoyance crosses his face for a moment because bitch his cooking isn't that bad! He almost wants to say something- but man he knows better than to feed trolls. So he swallows it back, instead just giving an apathetic look]

So...does that mean you'll be cooking from now on?

[misterbrief]

[Despite his criticism, Vegeta keeps eating. And eating. And eating. Man, he's making it about halfway through Zelos's stock, at this rate it's going to be completely gone if someone doesn't stop him.]

I can make pancakes and only from the box. If you've got any pancake mix, I'll consider it.

[Hah no you don't want him to cook he'll ruin everything. But he's not as bad as Raine.]

[wilder]

[He's...nothing that. Dear god, he's getting flashbacks to his roommate in Exsilium that could eat enough for ten people. He was about to point it out too- but Vegeta said something that really confuses him and he blinks]

- Wait. Pancakes come in boxes?

[guess who has never seen bisquick before!]

[misterbrief]

[He raises his eyebrow.]

Yes, why wouldn't they? Almost everything comes in a box, or a can, or powder if you really want to eat something disgusting.

[wilder]

Nothing comes in boxes or cans where I'm from. I mean, flour's a powder but...

[No such thing as a magical pancake box! ]

[misterbrief]

Aren't you lucky then. [No seriously, he thinks Zelos is lucky because that shit from the box is gross]

Your body won't be a plastic preservative when you die. [He glances over Zelos.] Probably for the best.

[He just might of called Zelos ugly. Even though he's not.]

[wilder]

[Wow rude Vegeta you're just asking for spit in your food. He shrugs]

I dunno about that. I mean, I already died once and yet I seem pretty freshly preserved, no?

[misterbrief]

[He deserves his food to spit in tbqh]

[He points a finger.]

That just means someone upstairs likes you a little more than others. If you got to keep your body, all that tells me is that you're one of those do-gooder types. [JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HE KNOWS CUZ SHOUNEN]

[wilder]

A do-gooder type? [SO MANY SHONENS. He snorts at that. Yeah, he really doesn't see himself as that at all]

[But rather than get into his self-esteem issues, he decides to go with a more annoying answer]

Nah, it's probably more I'm just too good-looking! The universe thought it was a shame to let such a handsome face rot!

[misterbrief]

...

[He cannot believe that just what did he really just go there]

Please. I've seen intergalactic toads more attractive than you. [Or he just doesn't check out guys.]

[wilder]

[he so did, and he just smiiiles]

You know, jealous denial? Really makes anyone look ugly.

[misterbrief]

[He grins wickedly back at Zelos.]

Yes, I can see that. It's done awful things for your skin tone, I see. It's made you look quite sickly, you might want to see a doctor about that.

[wilder]

[Sorry Vegeta, but you used too many insults for him to just go along with it]

Now now, we know that's not true. It's very clear to me now what all these insults are about.

Which because I'm a great guy? I'll let you down easy.

You're not my type. Sorry.

[misterbrief]

[He pulls this awful, twisted, disgusted face.]

How repulsive! How dare you even begin to imply that! I'm married, I'll have you know! To a woman.

[NO HOMO]