1064/Russian Roulette Dinner!

Russian Roulette Dinner!
Date of Scene:	01 December 2014
Location:	Yu-Gi-Oh Earth
Synopsis:	Mokuba invites a number of people over for dinner. Specifically, Russian Roulette Dinner.
Cast of Characters:	Maya, 20, Mortimer Balman, 623, 626, 643

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Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     Mokuba Kaiba is, likely, a bit of a lonely person. Why else would he invite so many people over for dinner? He has sent out a bunch of random invitations over the broadband, hoping to have meals with various people. What is more, though? Mokuba is rich. Dinner! Hosted by a vice president of a corporation! This should be /incredibly/ fancy.

     The mansion itself is located in Japan, just outside of Domino City. There are a number of guards on the premise, but with the Elites arriving, they mostly welcome them in. The mansion itself is huge and mazelike. The group is guided to the dining room, where Mokuba is waiting.

     Mokuba just is casually there, standing around. He's not really a /cute/ ten year old. He has long and wild hair, pure black. He is kind of awkwardly built too. He's not /quite/ reaching puberty, but some of the awkward proportions from that age are already taking effect. His outfit is rather casual. Jeans, and a shirt with a black star on it, with the number 5 emblazoned over it.

     He just smiles, waving at people as they come in.

     "Hey! Come on, have a seat! This dinner is going to be /awesome/!"

     He was going to say 'To die for', but that would be obvious.

     Still, though. Nearby, there is a large round table. On it, what seems to be a rather modern looking Lazy Susan. Most of its surface is covered by a fancy metal cover, though. Some steam comes out from under. Obviously, this stuff is very freshly made.

     There are five seats around the table. Mokuba himself takes a spot, once everyone else arrives.

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Mortimer, leery of being invited to dinner by some strange kid he doesn't know but not wanting the little guy- who is probably lonely as hell given that his big brother seems to only take so much interest in his life at first glance, and his parents being dead- to feel left out of stuff, arrives in timely fashion with his Wartortle, Reder. "Now remember, behave yerself. It's just like when we were stupid rich back home." Reder grumbles, <Fine, I'll behave, but if /I/ have to behave, so do /you/.> "The hell is that supposed to mean?" <That means you don't get to waltz of with the maids.> "...Feh, bastard. Alright.. Fair's fair, I guess." And then they would make their way inside, no doubt led by a butler or some other form of staffly person.

     Like Mokuba, Mort is also dressed casually. Granted for him that means 'nice clean camo pants that have been neatly pressed, tennis shoes instead of combat boots, and no weapons.' Reder is of course, not dressed at all. Because he's a regular ol' non-morphic wartortle. And he's half-standing rather than sitting at the table, because he's short. "Try to use the silverware if you can." <Yeah yeah I know. Hi kid.> "Aye, evenin', young fella. Nice of you to invite us to dinner like this.. We appreciate it. Ain't that right, Reder?" <Aye, yea, we do.>

     They're gruff bastards but they're at least polite! And so far completely unsuspecting!

Kyra Hyral (626) has posed:
    Kyra gets a lot fewer dinner invitations than one might expect. So when the opportunity for an /extraversal/ dinner invitation arises, she's pretty quick to jump on it. Why, she'll even wear some nicer-looking shoes for it instead of her huge, jingly punk boots. The hoodie, however, stays being a pretty serious "part" of her. It also allows her to conceal weapons easier. When she arrives and actually sees the mansion she wonders if she should have dressed maybe a liiiiittle bit fancier...

    ...but instead decides to make up the excuse of 'on my world this IS fancy clothing' if questioned about it.

    "Wow." Kyra whistles as they stroll along, whoever owns this has some serious-" She spies Mokuba waiting for them and frowns, wondering why they let a little beast child into this place. Was he here for the dinner too? He's not dressed nearly as fancy enough to be-

    "...wait, you invited us?" She leans down, scrutenizing him, "Aren't you a little young to be inviting girls out to dinner?"

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    How bad can such a dinner invitation be anyway? This kid seems a bit weird however, and well... he seems a tad obsessed with games. But why not? Toph has nothing better to do today.

    Toph herself is dressed rather casually too, which means that she's arriving in her bending outfit, hues of green and yellow, and of course the clothes are somewhat dirtied with earth and sand. The mansion catches the blind girl's attention easily enough, and she enters. Coming from a rich family herself she knows enough of how lonely such lives can be, though she doesn't really pity Mokuba. Rather, she's curious.

    Upon arriving in the dining room Toph does sniff the air, though she can't help but snort a bit at Kyra's words to Mokuba. "I doubt he's like Lute, if that's what you're worried about." Mokuba himself earns a nod from Toph, not seemingly worried about this place or what might happen. Then again, when does the confident earthbender ever worry?

Maya has posed:
Maya is curious about what's up here but was willing to accept the invite why not she needed to get out and meet more people, right? Maya was dressed casually but nice as she followr Kyra in and she's just looking about at the place it's quite impressive really.

"This really is something isn't it?"

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    "Why Kyra...so judgemental." says a ALL too familar voice to her.

    Helena says, as if she just APPEARED there, walking to flank the girl and looking at the young boy that invited them. She smiles, though perhaps the smile of a shark. "Well, thank you, for your KIND inventation! I am looking forward to try new food in these new worlds. I am Helena Celba, assistant to Souji Murasame, heir to the Murasame Zaibatsu." She says, with a small bow.

    There is at least ONE other person she knows...but the earthbender is new, so is the other gent. Tonight, she is wearing her tight leather outfit...tonight was casual.

    "Forgive the manners of my young friend here..."

Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     Mokuba nods to Mortimer and Reder. These two are big enough of a figure that he was ready for them, and not stressed out by the fact they're non-human. He just smiles at the two, "Yeah, don't worry about it. The more, the merrier! Plus, part of success in the Multiverse is /really/ getting to know people, learning who everyone is! And a nice dinner helps with that!"

     To Kyra, he just chuckles, and cockily shrugs his shoulders a bit, motioning with his hands sort of around the mansion. "Well, yeah. This is one of my homes. Why shouldn't I invite people to dinner on occasion? I'm like /really/ rich."

     He winks.

     ...is he vaguely flirting with her?

     He doesn't bother waving or nodding to Toph. He knows she's blind after all, from conversations. He does speak to her, though, "Yeah, I'm not like that Lute jerk. I mean, games are more interesting than girls anyways."

     But, with everyone gathered at the table, Mokuba smiles. He pulls the lid off the Lazy Susan, revealing the plater. It is laid out like a roulette wheel, and the foods on it are as follows: An ice cream sundae, a hamburger and soda, pancakes, spaghetti and meatballs, flan, chicken nuggets and fries, a bento made for kids, curry, pork katsudon, pepporoni pizza, Rice Crispy Treats, and finally, a peanut butter and Jelly Sandwhich.

     "SO! The rules. We will take turns spinning. And, once it spins, all of us eat whatever lands in front of us! And, we eat it all! Clear the plate /clean/."

     And a bright smile on Mokuba's face. "And, there is a prize in one of the plates, too! So you may be lucky and find the prize in your meal!"

     And with that, Mokuba makes a spin. As it spins, he looks a bit fidgety, and excited. Yeah, he is /really/ into games. But, eventually, the wheel stops, and the food lands in front of everyone. In front of Mokuba, he gets the sandwhich. He starts to happily dig into it, savoring every bit of it. He watches the others as they eat too, seemingly curious how they'll like it.

     In front of Toph, she gets the hamburger. Mortimer gets the spaghetti, Maya the flan, Helena the Bento, Kyra the Curry, and Reder gets the pork katsudon. Time to eat!

Maya has posed:
Maya gets the boy is young for the most part he might not be at that age and she ponders for a moment wondeirng about the game she seems amused but she's in a good mood and she nods for a moment.

"Don't get me started on Lute, please don't. I known too many of him."

Did she imply there have been others? Yes, yes she has.

"Humm quite a bit of moneys' gone into this I admit."

Most of Maya's money was in a bank or hidden away somewhere. Maya pauses at the flan she knows what this is but man it's been forever since she thought about it and she moves to dig into the food.

"This is an intereing wy to have dinner really."

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    Okay, more new people here. Toph listens intently as Helena speaks up. While she can't see the smile on her face, she doesn't miss the tone of her voice. And well, she hasn't heard her voice on the Union bands before...

    Strangely enough, Toph doesn't really act as if she's blind, and she's walking without a cane. And when they are asked to take a seat, she doesn't stumble nor hesitate as she reaches out to pull the chair back and sit down. "If you were like Lute, you'd probably get the ladies to wear bikinis or something and have them wrestle in jello or something," Toph mutters. Yup, her opinion of Lute is pretty low. Though what kind of game can he make of food like this anyway?

    So... spin the wheel and eat the food? It all sounds rather simple. Toph arches an eyebrow. "What kind of prize is this?" The last time she entered an eating contest she didn't feel too good, but then again, that was some pretty spicy chili. She doesn't miss how giddy Mokuba seems, but she remains quiet until the wheel stops spinning, and she reaches a hand out to pick up the plate in front of her... and she sniffs at it first before she grins. "All right!" And she doesn't hesitate to take a bite of the burger, chewing it carefully. Like most teenagers she is fond of junk food, and hey, anything with meat in it.

Kyra Hyral (626) has posed:
    Kyra straightens as Mokuba responds, lifting an eyebrow at the kid. Her face slowly transitions into a 'not sure if serious' sort of look at the winking. "Are you..." she starts, only getting a little bit more confused at the reference to this "Lute" guy that Mokuba and Toph are aware of but based on context Kyra reasons that he must be much worse than George of the Jungle here.

    Kyra takes a seat next to Mortimer and finds herself a little dismayed when Helena sits down right next to her. Honestly, she was expecting that outcome but to have it actually happen still makes this so much more awkward. "Games? What do you mean by games?" Her green eyes fall upon the fancy lazy susan in the middle of the table baring the various foods. "You know, you're also pretty young to be one of those weirdo eccentric rich people too." She remarks, apparently not having too much problem with the idea of an eating game. It's food, right? Food that might have foreign objects in it, based on his words.

    Tasked with consuming curry, Kyra has no trouble with that. She does eat kind of slow in case there are solid objects (gold coins maybe?!?!) hidden in the bowl.

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Mortimer scratches his fiery head a bit. "Well.. Yeah, sure, seems fair, I suppose. And uh, nice to meet you folks too! Mortimer Balman, CPA. This here's my little buddy Reder." Reder lifts a paw and gives it a short wave, <Yo.> "Gotta say this is a nifty way of doin' things young man, but I think I like it.. Oooh, pasta. What did they call this.. Spaghet? No, spaghet/ti/. That was it.. ..Prize?" A curious lifting of one brow. Strange young man, but the food looks and smells good, so he digs right in. "Mmm.. Oouh, this is /good/. Parmesan and high quality beef, with a nice /rich/ sauce.." Reder wriggles his claws a bit, <Katsudon! Man I haven't had this in at least four or five centuries.>

     Though they try to be polite about it, neither of the poke-folk can resist eating, like.. Well. Marines. That means fast- not messily, not with a lot of rude behavioral patterns or with a lot of cussing, just /fast/. Food is quickly shoveled into the mouth, ground to sawdust with razor sharp teeth, and then swallowed. It's a habit. <Aw man a /pork/ katsudon too. I like this kid, Sarge. He's alright.>

     They'll finish their respective plates off in maybe two minutes, tops. Reder will even lick his bowl clean. :9 yum.

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    Helena gets a small Bento box...now isn't /this/ interesting! Helena is also given something traditional to eat this with. It takes her a few moments to figure this out, but after a few moments has mastered...or at least got the jest of chopsticks.

    She eats, taking a moment to savor the food...it is not that different from what she is used to, a bit Levitani for her, but...well, she did have to occasionally go eat with Shelly. It brings back memories of the last fling...and it brings a smile to her face.

    She looks over at Kyra's food, "I think you tried making that once." She says, remembering...

    Remembering...

    Coughing she looks towards the VP, "So, MISTER Kaiba, what is it that your organization does? You have to escuse me, I am somewhat new to the Multiverse." she says looking towards Toph. Helena is also an inch closer to Kyra.

    "Now that doesn't sound SO bad...truly, perhaps you should try to have a bit of fun sometimes." She says, with a wink that is no doubt lost. "Of course, you have to keep a tight leash on people like Lute...maybe I should have some PERSONAL TIME with him." You can litterally hear jaws.

Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     Mokuba speaks to Helena, but for some reason, he isn't looking directly at her. He's looking at Reder and Maya, more than anyone else. But, still despite not looking at her directly, he still answers.

     "Kaiba Corp was once a military company, but we switched to gaming. We're our world's number one supplier of games and gaming related goods. That's part of why we're having dinner this way."

     And, after everyone clears their plates... Mokuba laughs. Loudly.

     "Looks like a couple of people have already found the prize!"

     Yes, it seems that Reder and Maya have ingested poison. The poison seems to be focused on putting them to sleep or knocking them unconcious. It's hard to tell if this may or may not be deadly though. And so Mokuba simply smiles, laughing still.

     "RUSSIAN ROULETTE DINNER! Let's see who MAKES IT OUT ALIVE!"

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Reder is just kicking back, picking his teeth with a claw, when the poison kicks in and makes him fall to the floor unconscious. "Reder? ....Reder?" Prize.. Roulette. /Poison/. What the hell? You can almost see anger-veins popping out of Mortimer's forehead as he realizes what's happened, even through his fur. "...Son I hope for yer sake you've got an antidote of some sort for this, cause if not I'm gonna /glaze/ your backside." He stands up and glowers down at Mokuba, looming and casting quite the long shadow- mostly thanks to that fire spouting from his head. Which has gotten a lot hotter now that he's in a foul mood.

     Gingerly picking up the wartortle and tensing his muscles a moment, he takes a deep breath.. And exhales a cloud of foul-smelling smoke. "Fine, boy. You want to play a game? We'll play a game." He leans over with a sneer, "I'm going to /rip this place to the foundations/ to find your little antidote. And you'd best hope you can outrun me, before one of us finds it. Because if you can't? You're going home to big brother with an arse as red as my mane is right now."

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    Helena stands, realizing this was a game...granted, a game that normally would be...FUN for her to play...well, watch OTHERS play with her as the sole person uneffected by poison. However...two things make this a problem. First, NOBODY makes her look like a fool...second...she looks at Kyra.

    Her hands move, flinging daggers across the table, they are expertly aimed to not hit Mokuba, but aiming to litterally pin him to his chair. Kelena moves, aiming to sit on the table right infront of him. She is smiling, but her eyes are not kind...she is starting right at the boy, and her hand glows with a sort of anti-light...it just hurts being near it.

    "So you like games, little boy...so do I." her voice is sweet, but there is something about it...

    "Lets start with twenty questions...give me a question I don't like...and I'll touch you...and you /won't/ like it."

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    Man, that was one tasty burger. Toph finishes it after a few minutes, obviously hungry. And she doesn't seem too concerned with table manners, even burping once she is done with drinking the soda that came with the burger. Though the moment Mokuba starts laughing, she can't help but blink, arching an eyebrow. "... what are you talking about?" But once the facts are given, her eyes widen, and she slams her hands down onto the table as she pushes herself up. And her voice is rather squeaky indeed as she lets out a startled, "WHAT?!" Russian roulette?! "... you LITTLE...!"

    The blind girl raises her right hand and points directly at Mokuba where he sits, not looking pleased at all. "Either you give us an explanation at this very moment, or I swear I will /whoop/ your scrawny little ass into submission!" Yes, Toph isn't very diplomatic in these kinds of situations. "Besides, what if we refuse to play further? Ever consider that in this stupid little game of yours?"

    It's too bad that the floor is made out of wood, but then again... there is metal here. But what about Maya? Is she okay? Reder she doesn't know, but...

Maya has posed:
Maya is pausing at this point enjoying ht foos she tilts her head.

"Yes it went from making money off death to making money off enterainment. No one can take what your brother did away. He's not making his forune of human misery...."

Maya does not seem to be looking si good she looks at he boy with a look on her face.

Maya's not looking good right now she spits out her curent bite of flan not that it will do much good. Still the idea to have less of the toxin in her system ws a good one right she's been posoned before, there'sd some very nasty creatures on her world like the local spiders. She doe showver seem to be struggling form whatever was in her food. She makes a rather strangled noise too as she start to collpse to the table.

Kyra Hyral (626) has posed:
    "I guess I didn't get the prize..." Kyra murmurs as she examines her empty bowl. "Pretty good though-oh yeah, I made curry once."

    FLASHBACK SMASH CUT

    A building. Fire explodes from one of the windows. A person breathing fire jumps out of the window.

    END FLASHBACK SMASH CUT

    "It turned out pretty alright." Kyra nods.

    Suddenly people start falling over and Mokuba starts cackling, revealing that some of the food has been poisoned, felling both Maya and the weird little kappa-looking monster. "Aw shit, you are way too young to be one of those crazy eccentric /murderous/ rich people, brat!" Kyra stands up and unzips the front of her hoodie, revealing her chemist gear underneath. She starts picking through vials. "Helena." she says, her voice crisp. "The vice president needs to tell us the nature of whatever was in those dishes."

Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     Mokuba is actually not that surprised how mad everyone is being. And so he smiles, looking at the group. Yeah, time to make /sure/ they play the game. The way it is meant to be played.

     "...You guys do realize, we guided you through the mansion for a reason? It's basically a maze. You'd have a /lot/ of trouble finding the way out. And I've given orders. If they see anyone leave the game, then they destroy the antidote!"

     Mokuba smiles, "So, wouldn't it be best to just test your luck? Heck, I'll make it easier and tell you guys the odds. There are five poisoned meals, and six of us! So even for me, there is a one in four chance, now, of me getting the poisoned meal. And if I get poisoned, I'll have my guys give you the antidote immediately. Deal?"

     He smiles, "I'm in control here. Not you guys. But. Who wants to spin next? Or do you want to trust /me/ to do it?"

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Mortimer does not look.. Even /remotely/ amused. In fact he looks even less amused than he did before, which is shocking because he wasn't amused at all to begin with! This threatens to create a paradox which could destabilize local space time.. Except it doesn't because that would be plain ridiculous now wouldn't it? Silliness aside, after listening to Mokuba's suggestions, offers, and boasting, the look of non-amusement fades.

     Mortimer now looks /very much/ amused. So much so that a smile forms on his face.

     "...You're.. In control, eh? Well then.. I guess I'd better get looking, hadn't I!" He turns his head to one of the walls, and opens his mouth. From the depths of his stomach comes an awfully hot gout of bright, piping hot flames. Now of course it does take prolonged exposure to actually IGNITE wood- flash heating a section and converting it from a solid into plasma will of course destroy it, but it won't actually /ignite/ everything around it- so Mortimer has, in effect, simply smashed a hole into the wall with his breath. "C'mon Reder. Oop!" He pauses long enough to go and help Maya up, throwing one of her arms over his shoulder so he can carry her. "Can't forget this dear girl can we now. Time to start looking! Who wants to help me SEARCH?"

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    Oh, Toph does /not/ look pleased. Especially not when she hears and feels a thump vibrate through the table as Maya collapses on the table. Her look sours, and she narrows her eyes. "What kind of poison is it?" Are people in trouble? "And is there enough of the antidote for everybody who is poisoned?" Though she would without a doubt focus on getting the antidote to the other Unionites. With the major questions asked though, there's still one left...

    Without further word, the blind girl rises to her feet and walks over to Mokuba where he sits... and she reaches out to place a hand on his shoulder. "Do you know which meals are poisoned or not?" she asks.

    And then Mortimer seems to get the not so genius idea of actually risking Maya's safety. Her right hand remains on Mokuba's shoulder, and she points at Mortimer next. "Put her down, dunderhead! We don't know what kind of poison this is, or if this little brat is hiding anything from us! She's Union, and I say you put her down until we get more answers!" she demands. Damnit, this situation was already bad enough.

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    Helena smiles as the little shit boot claims to be in control.

    Helena's hand snaps out, aiming to grab the boy by his neck...she doesn't IMMEDIATALY squeeze, and she doesn't actually care WHAT she grabs...she just needs to touch something, and hold it.

    Helena's hand litterally feels deathly cold, every second she holds him, he can feel life...litteral life slip from him, and she looks better.

    "This is litterally the lowest setting my power has, little boy. You are not in control, the moment you brought me here is the moment you LOST control." Even as Mort starts destroying things, "Also him. But right now, I am the one with the key to your life. And see...I don't appreciate you thinking MY life is worthy of YOUR amusement...I am a weapon to be held by powers far beyond your narrow little mind...far beyond that of you or your brothers." She says, acidly.

    "Nor will I tolerate you putting in danger one of the few people in the multiverse I care for.." She says, tightening her grip.

    "The cure...because I am a necromancer...I can get the answers I seek...rather you are alive or not...that matters little to me." She says, her mouth making a smile. "So what...OR WHERE is the antidote?"

Maya has posed:
Maya is not able to do much as someone move sto pick her up she's dimbly aware of it as she's hefted up and over someone's shoulder, her hair kinda just tgoes sagging, there is a dib half delious thought, card. Fate card she can hear Toph yelling at someone to put her down, and she's not able to do much more than that.

Kyra Hyral (626) has posed:
    "Why don't they just shoot us if they see us leaving the game...?" Kyra wonders out loud, not engaging in the acts of intimidation or violence being done by the others here. Everyone else has that pretty well in hand!

    Instead, she chases after Mortimer. "Hold the hell up and let me examine their vitals, damnit! I'm a white mage, I know what I'm doing!" Circling around Mortimer, she manages to get to where Maya is dangling and grabs her hand so she can check on her pulse. "...hmm, kind of slow."

    Manuvering about the angry Mortimer again, she reaches up on her tiptoes to Maya's face, pulling open the eyelids of one eye. Her other hand brings her phone (clearly a fancy Ramuha smartphone) to bare, shining a light into the eye to get it to dialate (or not!). She doesn't attempt to check the vitals of the wartortle because Reker isn't remotely Hume.

    "Ask him if it's all the same kind of poison too! I know he said 'antidote' but you can't be too careful with psychotic eccentric rich kids!"

Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     As Mokuba is grabbed, and has his life drained? He is a /bit/ freaked out. Mostly because of two reasons. One, he has felt the wrath of magic before. And two: He is just a normal little kid, physically speaking. He is /not/ a great combatant.

     "OKAY OKAY! Here, have the antidote! JEEZ! It's not even a really dangerous poison, it should just be putting you guys to sleep. Honestly, do you think I would risk my life over basically /nothing/? Seriously!"

     He takes a vial of antidote from his pocket. If the victims are examined, it will in fact reveal that it's just a /really really/ deep sleep. It's not a normal sleep, of course, due to the poison. But still, non-fatal.

     And, an annoyed glance at Mortimer.

     "And you're gonna pay for that hole in the wall!"

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    Okay, she already doesn't like this lady. And while she doesn't exactly share Mokuba's amusement with this messed up game... what the fuck is up with people trying to make their situation even worse? Damn, Helena might not care about the people who are already poisoned, but damn!

    "You aren't in control either, grandma!" Toph snaps with clear annoyance. "Now you're just sounding like a cheesy villain from a B movie! Let go of him so we can get some answers already!"

    Luckily Kyra is another voice of reason, and Toph takes a deep breath. Good, so she isn't the only one who thinks that these people are overreacting here. "It sounds like their heart rates are okay and steady..."

    But it does seem like the crazy intimidation works, and Toph sighs and pulls her hand back, throwing both her arms up in the air as she shakes her head. "Seriously, you two are acting crazier than the kid who poisoned our dinner... way to go, dunderheads!" At least Maya will be okay.

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    Helena takes the vial, and hands it off to Kyra.

    "All you, dear." She says, with a wink, but...she is not QUITE done. She moves, pulling a blade and draws closer towards Mokuba.

    "Oh no, I am afraid that wasn't enough...not NEARLY enough." She says, grinning.

    She does not look to Toph, "I got us the cure, did I not? Perhaps the words you are looking for is 'thank you'." She says, looking at Mokuba with murder.

    "After all, this wasn't a game you were in any danger in. YOU had a vial of the antidote, YOU weren't going to fall asleep..." She says, getting closer.

    "Come here little boy, I want to give you a token of my affection." PS this might be the part where you run very fast.

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Mortimer is just about to take off when the others, reasonably, stop him. And start fussing at him to think. This makes him /visibly/ calm down- largely because it is potentially the lives of people he knows and cares about or at least likes- namely Reder and Maya- that are at risk. "...I apologize. You're right. I should not have done that. Here, by all means. Sorry." And then gently puts Maya back down. Reder is put into his chair. "I didn't know you were a mage. I do now though, so I'll not make the same mistake in the.. Future.." He pauses as Mokuba not only gives over the antidote, but actually has the gall to act like he's done nothing wrong.

     Taking several deep breaths, he looks at Toph. "Even if it's 'just a harmless little sedative', we didn't know that. He put this poison into /my friend/- a friend I've had since he was a tiny Squirtle pup. You'll have to forgive me if this degree of inhospitable behavior brings out my less.. Civilized sorts of emotions. Like this one." He clenches a fist, and with that fist puts ANOTHER hole into Mokuba's lovely mansion walls. "You want payment, boy? Here's your payment- I will /politely/ take my Pokemon and go home, WITHOUT bending you over my knee and beating your bare arse till you can't FEEL it anymore."

Maya has posed:
Maya is not really aware of the events going aorudn her as she's put back down upon the chair, she's set down again and is still unaware of it all. Well for the most part she's however not in pain thankfully and she's clearly still alive at the very least.

Toph Beifong (20) has posed:
    At Helena's words she snorts. "I stand by my assessment, granny. Do you hunt squirrel frogs with tanks as well?" But when she threatens Mokuba, Toph's expression turns rather serious as she reaches out with a hand, sensing the metal in the blade... and as Toph yanks her hand upwards, so does the blade, right up to the ceiling. "Cut the crud already and leave! This brat might have acted like a piece of shit, but that doesn't give you the right to do worse than he was doing, SHEESH!"

    And then Mortimer seems to have a few words. "Maya is in the Union too, don't you DARE insinuate that I don't care for her safety! I was trying to figure out if they were in danger or not, but nooo... you two dunderheads didn't have all the facts before you decided to act!"

    While she doesn't approve of this snooze roulette, there's no reason to go all trigger happy about it either. And Mokuba didn't intend to hurt them, so it's not like he deserves to be threatened either.

Seto Kaiba (623) has posed:
     At this point? Mokuba is kind of scared shitless. He is a normal human, more or less. And he isn't as tough as his big brother. So, there really /isn't/ mch other choice for him right now.

     He runs away, shouting, "SECURITY! Escort these people out of here safely, okay?!"

     Yeaaah, Seto is going to be very dissapointed at this moment of cowardice.

Kyra Hyral (626) has posed:
    Wordlessly, Kyra rifles through her bandoliers and pulls out a syringe. Opening the vial, she draws from the antidote and fills the syringe, working her way back around to the now prone Maya. Taking ahold of her wrist again, she picks out a vein and injects the entire resevoir into the currently KOed woman.

    Kyra tosses the now-used syringe on the table and gets out another one. "I'm kind of curious what this little kid would have done to a room of sleeping people." Kyra says idily. "Hey tone it down, Helena, that's a little TOO creepy when you do it at a kid."

    Now back to the wartortle. Kyra frowns a little and takes one of Reder's stubby little arms, feeling around it for any sense of a vein. "...uh...wow...okay, let's see...yeah, you know what..." Kyra decides to forgo the syringe entirely and carefully pries the pokemon's mouth open to pour the rest of the vial down Reder's throat.

Mortimer Balman has posed:
     Mortimer's anger is momentarily blanked out by Toph's puzzling as hell statement. Okay maybe he overreacted a bit, but that's solely because of hindsight. It could have been a deadly poison for all they knew until Mokuba said otherwise- he did say the food was to DIE for, after all. "...The fuck are you even talking about?.. Whatever." He'd watch as Kyra calmly gave Reder the rest of the formula. "You won't find a vein like that. Wartortles his age usually have skin too thick to just find one unless you know where it is beforehand- benefit as much as a hindrance. If it's just a sedative then he should wake up fine later.. If not, I know some good docs and a skilled shaman, I'll take'im to see them." He'd wait for Kyra to finish before picking Reder back up. "C'mon buddy, let's get you home.." Reder just kinda snores, though. <More soup'n...> "Thank you, miss." He bows his head to Kyra, then starts walking for the exit.

Helena Celba (643) has posed:
    The blade does NOT move up, it infact stays right in her grip. She does not detect the attempt to bend the non-ferrous metal, without anyway for it to be detected as the floor is made of wood. Helena smiles, however, Mokuba seems to be afraid, very afraid...and this...

    This is enough. Overall, it is something SHE would have done if the situation was different, so her actual anger isn't so much actually being angry, but instead of placing down a hiarchy of who is in control.

    However, Kyra knows how to talk to Helena, and she puts the knife back where she drew it from, and also takes the knives she threw earlier and shealthes them. She walks towards Kyra, so she can get her dose of antitoxin, "The mean was really shitty too." She says towards Mokuba, "Also, if you want to do this thing again...little boy, you have to do it much more crafty...FIRST you have to actually not use any poison...just SAY there was a poison, and that only you can craft it...second, you have them do embarrasing things for your amusement to get the antidote, but never tell them who is actually poisoned, and let their minds screw with them..."

    "And lastly, break it to them when you are safe." She finishes and moves to escort Kyra away once she's done.

Maya has posed:
The counter agent starts to take effect and Maya's vitals would be improving, she stat to come too very groggy looking as hse moves to hold her head and shake it a little bit.

"Ugg, the food it's ... posioned."

She's a bit late on tha tbut it's clear she's comming too an alive.