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POISON JOKE - WARNING: NAKED CADE!

((WARNING: At some point during a thread here, Cade will touch the poison joke flower. It will make all of the clothes Cade is wearing or puts on turn invisible, though only to the eyes of all adult characters other than Cade! So, while Cade, children, drones, etc. will all see him as normal, any adult character will see him as naked.))

A. The Flower Shop
[Cade has returned to the flower shop with a box of delicious pastries to try and make amends for his behavior the other day. While he is there, he will spot a strange blue flower that somehow managed to get into one of the bouquets...]

B. John Doe Park
[Cade is now under the curse of the poison joke, but completely unaware of it, walking about apparently naked to the eyes of all adult characters. He decides that since he is not getting to do much adventuring here in Mayfield, he better keep in shape! So, Cade heads over to the park to do some stretches and warmups first. He can be seen doing standing hamstring stretches, hip adductor stretches, jumping jacks, etc.

C. Around Mayfield
[Cade, still oblivious to the Poison Joke, can be seen jogging around town, really working up a sweat. He may smile and wave at you as he goes by.]

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Hajime. My name is pronounced Hajime.

[And hey, looks like Cade's not quite as dumb as Hajime thought...but he hasn't failed to pick up on the fact that Cade might not necessarily know if he were telling the truth about a great many things. He'll play it straight for the moment.]

When you first encountered me, you were under the impression that I was some sort of cultist.

[Cade looks surprised]

"Hahjeemay! It is you!
Oh crap, sorry about slicing your leg open..."

[Hajime dismissively looks down at the wound on his leg, which is still dripping green onto the grass. The cut itself doesn't really bother him, but that leg still feels somewhat cold.]

I've had worse...and it wasn't like you could have known, anyway.

...I'm just more concerned about the strange cold feeling that came with that cut.

[Cade looks a bit sheepish.]

"Sorry about that. Frostbrand was originally forged for the Fey Lord of Winter and absorbed a good deal of his power. It tends to freeze up flesh and blood. Which is great when you use it on an enemy...

I'd pour some luke warm water over that, if I were you..."

Edited 2012-04-23 03:04 (UTC)

[This day's just getting better and better...]

I don't suppose you'd happen to have any of that handy, would you?

[He pauses.]

And I'd put on some pants if I were you. I was under the impression humans generally didn't react favorably to public nudity.

[He's certainly not reacting favorably to it, anyway.]

[Cade looks at him confused.]
"Why do you keep going on about my pants? I'm wearing pants! Are you sure that curse isn't messing with you?"

Edited 2012-04-23 04:33 (UTC)

[There's really no way of getting through to Cade that he's in the nude, is there? And given the way that sword did its whole vanishing and reappearing thing, Hajime's not at all sure what's going on with him.]

Uh, yeah, about that curse...

[He's limping back over to the trees now, where he'll use his wrist blade to cut a rather leafy branch off of one.]

Here, hold this in front of yourself. It's...

[He quickly checks to see what kind of tree it is. He's just making this up as he goes...]

...oak. That'll stop you from catching the curse in the event any of my blood got on you. You need to hold it in front of yourself like this.

[And oddly enough, warding off this curse involves holding a freshly-cut tree branch in front of oneself, as though to cover one's modesty. ~~Perhaps Hajime acquired the curse after streaking in front of a very modest old Gypsy woman.~~]

[Oh boy Hajime, you are such a pal! Cade happily complies and it seems to work.]

"Well thanks, Hahjeemay! You're a real pal! Is there anything I can do to help you with your curse? I'm willing to stick by you through thick and thin until we figure this out!"

[Okay, Cade is at least partially covered now. Close enough. Hajime shakes his head.]

You could say I've been looking for a cure for a while. I'm not sure there is one except time. I'll probably just have to head back home and try to contain myself in the basement once again until I've got myself under control again.

[Now Hajime tries to leave--with the "this is the best I can do" tree branch in place and his leg starting to throb, he's about ready to leave Cade to his own devices. Being that he is a firm subscriber to the "Just Walk it Off" school of wound care and is used to healing at Undead speeds when in this form, he's thrown by the fact that much of this transformation has been cosmetic. Sure, he still has Joker's thick hide and green blood, but that's about it. As he tries to walk away, his wounded leg buckles under him, and he can't help but let out a monster growl of pain. He picks himself up rather quickly, at least. Showing weakness of any sort is not his favorite thing ever.]

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