On a ceramic plain...Mike tries to befriend her spine by waving her head around and yelling in a friendly manner!
[Spine perception roll: ?]
The spine seems to look in her direction, but then lifts off the ground and begins to fly in circles!
At the site of a scary-crow battle...Timothy tries to yell after silly old Citizen Lou!
"No! No no no! You comes back here dis instant!"He impotently stamps his foot in empty air!
"You's captive, an' should be really acting like one! Now!" [Citizen Lou reaction roll: 3-
1]
"GO TO THE BURNING PITS, SLAVEMASTER! GO THERE AND DIE!"[Escape roll: 3]
He keeps running, still following the road! Fortunately, he's not out of sight yet!
Timothy looks at his frankly miserably terrible allies!
"Youse going to does somethin', or just be stannin' around there like vegetables?!"[Fred recovery roll: 3]
Fred rolls over to his other side and moans in pain!
"Oh, gods, what did I ever do to deserve something like that! Apart from all the violence and hatred, you know."He begins to slowly get up!
[Tom recovery roll: 1]
Tom, meanwhile, has completely disappeared in the tangled bushes! In fact, it seems that he might have just plain disappeared entirely!
Jim, meanwhile, stands around and looks somewhat stupidly at Timothy!
[Jim idea roll: 2]
There is a dim look of realization in his eyes as he suddenly looks around, then goes to hide behind a tree!
Fred finally gets to his feet and turns to Timothy! He speaks in a very pained voice!
"So, what's going on?""Mista Lou's escaping!""Oh."Fred begins to run after Citizen Lou!
[Fred pursuit roll: 1]
He takes a step, then drops to the ground once again, clutching his straw crotch!
"GOOD GODS, THE PAIN! You know, I think I might need medical attention for this. Like, right now."[Citizen Lou escape roll: 3]
As Fred complains, Citizen Lou disappears around a bend! He's probably still following the road, but good luck catching up to him now!
So now Timothy is left with two scary-crows, what with one having disappeared mysteriously and another having escaped not-so-mysteriously.
Inside the mind of a maniac...James tries to challenge the Poet!
"If you're a poet, then how come I've never heard you compose a single poem?"~POEMS ARE SUCH AN ARCHAIC FORM OF EXPRESSION. MY POETRY IS ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT.~"Poets have to write poems. It's the law."[Poet reaction roll: 6]
~HM. PERHAPS YOU ARE CORRECT, THEN. FROM THIS DAY ON, I SHALL BE THE POET NO MORE! NOW I SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE ARTISTE! THAT'S A VAGUE WORD THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN ANYTHING, RIGHT?~