- Haggling with Hades
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- >Listen Delora-
- >It's Aurora
- >Whatever, so here's the deal. I know you're dealing with a lot of supernatural crap. Ghosts and demonic puppets and whatever that are usually hiding behind some veneer of normality. So I'm going to cut you in on the deal of the century. I'm going to give you one of my eyes.
- >Your...eye?
- >Well, not MY eye, I'd be a mook to give that up. No, no, no. I'll give you -this- eye, plucked from the still warm corpses of the norn sisters. It'll let you see the strings of life that tie together everyone and everything. Credit card numbers, zodiac signs, blood types, names, addresses....and it'll let you cut those threads short. All I ask for in return is a little quid pro qou, hammurabi style. Your eye for my eye.
- >I don't know...
- >Look, I don't have time for this, ok? Going once...going twice...
- Mulan in Wonderland
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- >Mulan: You know Manly urges...
- >Aurora: Mulan, who are you talking to?
- Alice: Oranges and Lemons say the bells of Saint Clemens.
- >Mulan: Don't worry, Mushu. I got this.
- >Aurora: Mushu? What about that crazy girl?
- Alice: You owe me five farthings say the bells of Saint Martins.
- >Mulan: Ha, what a drag. Come on, Ling! Let's get the old sing-a-long started.
- >Aurora: Are you feeling alright?
- Alice: When I grow rich say the bells of Shoreditch
- >Mulan: For a long time we've been marching off to battle
- >>In our thund'ring herd we feel a lot like cattle
- >Aurora: I really think you should sit down for a moment. Let me see your eyes.
- Alice: When will that be, say the bells of Saint Stepheny.
- >Mulan: Like the pounding beat our aching feet aren't easy to ignore
- >>Hey, think of instead a girl worth fighting for
- >Aurora: Huh?
- Alice: I don't know, say the great bell of bow.
- >Mulan: That's what I said:
- >>A girl worth fighting for.
- >Aurora: ...
- Alice: Here's a candle to light you to bed, and here's a chopper to chop off your head.
- >Mulan (drawing her sword and turning on Aurora): Shan Yu! I won't let you hurt this innocent girl!
- Alice: Chop, chop, chop.
- Aurora, Mulan and Jim share Horror Stories
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- >Jim: ...So the poor sod falls overboard, leaving his innards on me deck.
- >Briar: These stories are simply vile.
- >Jim: Wait until she tells you the cannonball story.
- >Briar: Do I want to know?
- >Mulan: I've got something even better than that.
- >Mulan puts her and on Briar's shoulder.
- >Mulan: Tell him, in as much detail as you can, how you feed.
- >Briar: Very well *ahem* as you can imagine it begins with the fangs.
- >Jim: Naturally.
- >Briar: And it's important to pierce as many veins as you can, either on the neck, wrist, or any other place where a large amount of blood flows; I have to bite deep, either until I feel the skin on the rest of my teeth, or their bone on my fangs.
- >Jim: Okay! Cannonball story!
- >Briar: From there I begin to drink of the blood from the wound.
- >Jim: ...So...You drink blood...Down your throat...?
- >Briar: Of course. Now, sometimes a wound will not provide enough sustenance, but to bite many times is wasteful, since my mouth can only be in a single place at any one time. So, I reinsert my fangs into the wounds I made before.
- >Jim: Which...Go to the bone...?
- >Briar: Absolutely! And yes, from there, in the instance I might hit a bone, either their wrist or collarbone for example, I begin to almost chew. That is, I move my jaw to aggravate the wound, and begin the flow of blood again. Captain Hawkins, are you OK?
- >Jim: I...Just a little seasick.
- No One Sucks at First Impressions Like Gaston
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- >Once again my reputation precedes me. It has gotten to the point where even the beauties of the Orient seek me out to witness my heroics and test my prowess in the bedroom.
- >I beg your pardon?
- >No need to play coy with me, dragonlady. I know why you're here. Truth be told you are a fair bit above my cut-off date, but Gaston has been known to make exceptions.
- *he corners her against a tree and moves in close. Then he notices a dagger at his crotch and freezes. Mulan smiles.*
- >Speaking of cutting off... keep your distance or it'll be "No one hits those high notes like Gaston."
- >Duly noted.