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The next morning the Villa is littered with bodies passed out from alcohol consumption, sex and partying. Bottles and fruit are everywhere. Lardy and Esmeralda(s) are sleeping on a couch while Dev and Elle are snuggling in a secluded area.

A few are still awake: Hrun, the Minotaur, Porn Queen, Cobalt Kid, the servant girls and Old Dutch, the Super-Cow are playing a game of strip poker. Cobie wears nothing but a Viking helmet and one boot; he's now drinking gin on the rocks.

*hic*

Okay, Dutch, this is udder nonsense. You can't have a royal flush again.

<Lardy awakes in the buff>

Whers's...baffroom?

<walks swayingly, stumbles, falls on poker table, smashing it>

Oop! Sorry...

Hrun laughs, and slapping Lardy heartily in the back, blows a loud blast on his hunting horn “to welcome the god of the Sun on this new day”

The noise echoes through Lardys hung-over head making his teeth sing in agonized harmony with the notes.

Here my friend, drink this and he passes a large mug of mead in Lardy’s hand together with a plate of fresh raw oysters.

“eat! Drink my friend, we must celebrate”

Lardy looked at the oysters and.....

...Cobalt got out of the way quickly!

"come Hrun, they are having a gladiatorial competition in the pool and I've signed us up as companions! We are battling the dreaded Amazonian sisters of Sappho and the stakes are high!"

Cobalt chugs the gin, bites into an orange slice (eating the skin and all) and heads off to battle!

Dev wakes up enough to look around.

Feels Elle snuggled up against him...

Work can wait.

He shuts his eyes again.

"come Hrun, they are having a gladiatorial competition in the pool and I've signed us up as companions! We are battling the dreaded Amazonian sisters of Sappho and the stakes are high!"............


Unfortunately Hrun was sometimes a bit slow to understand the subtle nuances of Cobalt’s comments and had in a bit of a mead induced fuzziness thought it was a real gladiatorial competition and had aimed his Ephibian War Stakes high indeed and had managed to skewer all four Amazonian Sisters through the shoulders in to the walls of the Villa.

“bah!” he said disappointedly and headed back to the bar, stopping only to absent mindedly rob Dev of his money purse as he lay in the arms of Morpheus.

“but...but...there were four of them.........we were going to...........I was about to...............they were........” stammered a disappointed Cobalt Kid.

Just then Porn Queen turned and said..................

<...something. She was so drunk by now that she was making little sense. Cobalt was cautious because it seemed to be turning the Minotaur on again.

Meanwhile, Cobalt set about healing all of the Amazons Hrun had skewered before they all ended up in jail.

Doing so, he used the scenario to get more intimate with them, naturally.>

Dev finally got up and dressed.

"Cobie, thank you for getting me to relax a little. Tell Elle when she wakes up that I'll talk to her later."

*As Cobalt Kid lies on a hammock with two girls listening to Calamity play a set of songs made famous by the Four Tops, Cobie looks backwards and sees a figure hovering over him. Trying to look stern, but unable to hide a half-smile, Lolita is there.*

*Ahem*. I trust you've...got this out of your system, now?

I've gathered all the materials we'll need and reconfirmed which of our...allies...will be joining us.

We should be ready to leave at a moment's notice.

*Band starts playing "Reach Out, I'll Be There".*

Must have been a fun night, or nights...wow, I love this song.

*Grabs a glass of wine and listens to Calamity.*

<wide smile>

Come and relax, Lolita. It's almost time now...and where we're going, there won't be much music.

<Surprisingly, Cobalt is now dead sober. He looks relaxed, almost melancholy, but there is a quiet determination in his voice.>

Remember this moment--it may get us through some dark moments in the weeks to come.

<ditches two girls and sits next to Lolita.>

Timberwolf walks in (after leaving a note for Kalla as to his location). For the first time in a long time, he does not have any weapons on him.

Grabs a drink and sits down.

"looks like I missed a hell of a party boss."

Yeah, <he smiles>, you sure did. If we all survive what's to come, there will be an even crazier one. But that's a big "if".

It'll give us something to laugh about once the loneliness of the road sets in. Nothing breaks the tension like a minotaur / porn queen story.

<sobering up somewhat> Hiya, Des...er, hey, Wolf.

<sits next to them>

"No hard feelings Lardy?"

<gives Lardy an incredulous look>

That was one of the most fun times we've had together in years. But I hope its okay. You falling off the wagon, I mean. This little quest we're going on will at least give you some time to get back on it.

<pats him on the back>

It was pretty fucking out of control, though, wasn't it?

<smiles at Lon> Nah. I was drunk and deserved to be clocked. I'm not gonna pretend that I think you and Kalla is a good idea, though.

Des, I dunno...an alcoholic falling off the wagon is never a good thing---and I AM an alcoholic, for sure.

"I can live with that. Since I don't really care about your opinion on the subject."

Grins.

Looks around.

"Is that my brothers jacket on that girl over there? What the hell..."

Yeah, Lon--pretty sure Dev got it ON last night!

"Yeah Lon. That's my jacket. I am allowed to have fun now and then." Dev says as he walks back in.

Sits down. "You guys are really doing this..."

(walks in)

Everyone needs to a release now and then, including your brother, Wolf.

Sorry about the 'leg humping' remark, last night, heat of the moment.

Um, er, hey, Temp.

Who Elle? Yeah, I totally encouraged Dev to loosen up a bit. Elle's a good kid, she works at my club.

By the way Lardy, where's Esmeralda? Bloody liberty, she was hot.

But you falling off the wagon--let's just say this Dark Oval trip, and long nights with no booze, limited food and detox by proxy will be good for you. Probably all of us.

"No worries." He says to Tempest with a crooked smile. "Probably shouldn't have called you a witch..."

<smiles>

The mistress of wind herself, at last.

<rises and reaches for her hand, kissing it.>

We haven't actually been formally introduced outside of battles in the skies and in the midst of some recent drunken shenanigans.

Cobalt Kid, at your service.

Dev looks at Tempest and smiles.

"Thanks for dropping her in my arms..."

Then to Cobie, "and thanks for all but smacking me upside the head to relax."