perma_banned: (hell no)
"The Deadly Sin of Greed", Undead Ban ([personal profile] perma_banned) wrote in [community profile] epidemiology2016-02-27 12:33 am

Back on Track

CHARACTERS: Ban, OPEN

DATE: Following the Oska reveal

WARNINGS: None known, yet!

SUMMARY: Choosing to make the worst of the situation he's been placed in, Ban opts to loiter around in public spaces--becoming an exceptional waste of space.


The Dining Hall

Of all priorities possessed by Ban, the inclination to drown himself and lose all sense was one that fell to an immensely important position in his mind. The moment he found the Dining Hall, he scooped up a bottle and popped it open with his thumb, making his way to the kitchen in a relaxed stride. There weren't any staff members at work to interrupt him as he shoved the door open--everything simply appeared on tables, at the ready, the moment someone presented themselves.

Ban wasn't particularly interested in being treated. He looked inside the kitchen, fishing through cabinets and freezers, pulling out what he needed with one hand, while the other funneled a particularly warm bottle of beer down his throat in sloppy, guzzling gestures of his throat. When he was done with that bottle, Ban flung it across the room--the resulting spray of glass covering an outer corner.

He began to lay out his ingredients, briefly puzzled as he turned from one counter to the other to find a plate of steak and mixed vegetables where he initially worked--right next to what he had laid out. Ban gingerly picked up the dish, walked it to an adjacent counter and set it down, before returning to where he had set his things down. He was feeling up for soup--something he could carry with him in a mug as he walked around. It would go well enough with more of that ale, at least.

He began preparing the meal, finding another dish in his way as he went from one station to the other. The next plate was simply a steaming platter of corn-on-the-cob and a side bowl of melted butter. Ban's brow twitched, his reddened face turning a bit pale as he moved it aside, placing it on the same counter as the steak. He resumed cooking.

Another bottle of ale appeared--in the way of Ban's hand as he reached for stock, a brow lifting to suit the surprise. He popped it open and nursed it while moving back to cooking. Again, there was a plate of food in his way. When he turned, looked away and looked back--there was something new for him to move. It continued on and on, to the point that Ban's hands were a blur of activity, new dishes appearing and lasting for a moment before he set them on the adjacent counter.

"Would you let the fuck up!?" Screaming on occasion, Ban blamed the kitchen for his irritation.

He became a haunting phantom, moving back and forth, too quick to be seen as he harried himself with the need to finish the soup. More ale got in his way, seeming to help in delaying him. It was a dirty thing, but Ban made headway. He finished the soup, lifting a ladle from the pot with one hand as dishes of other foods piled up around the stove. Dizzy, Ban found himself staring with some contempt at the soup, not quite feeling up to eating any at that time. He was already full of ale.

The Courtyard
A
The grounds had vastly improved since he last wandered them, looking much more the part of an actual castle's territory rather than a battered ruin. Throwing himself over a little stone divider, Ban sat with a bottle of ale, dizzily regarding people as the milled around. Most other recruits were interested in getting information from Oska, adjusting and making something for themselves. He was more interested in keeping away from possibility of making a meaningful impact on anything in the world. Answers be damned--questions and wants had never gotten anything but grief for Ban.

He could be found in the midst of his loitering, humming and drinking from what he snatched in the Dining Hall and when he wasn't peeling off ale bottle labels to stuff into his pockets, Ban was hurling empty bottles over peoples' heads like little missiles to cause a very dull and senseless sort of mischief.

A
Without any inclination to explore, Ban was left to drink himself to sleep. He didn't care where he sat--falling asleep by a courtyard wall as he had spent a large portion of the day. A rivulet of drool escaped the corner of his mouth, forming an unsightly dark trail leading down his chin--dripping onto his upper body. His hands were slack on his lap as he snored lightly, knocked out from his usual excess. At the very least, the sleep left him quiet--considerably less prone to tease and prod with the usual harrowing annoyance towards his comrades. His nap was probably a fine way to escape him.

Or, to make use of a risky moment to enact a petty sort of revenge.

(OOC: Just some open-ended prompts for the week! If you feel like a thread, I'm at [plurk.com profile] dannication! Date it and PM me if you'd like or just write a random prompt.)
grunehexe: (bad dog)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-02-27 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[There was an unconscious drunk sleeping in the middle of the courtyard.

Sieglinde was making her way across the castle in her usual way- mincing, delicate steps on three-inch feet in a swaying of skirts, one hand held tight on the thick leather collar of the skull-faced canine she called her familiar. More like an aid dog, really, but. Let a little witch have some dignity.

While before she might have sniffed disdainfully and continued on to the library to return the books in her arms, (Magic of the Seventy Three Realms, Potion-making Traditions of the Swamp Witches, and others of the like overflowing in her arms)... that would have been before her possession. Before that day.

So she stopped. Pulled at Isengrim until the bizarre creature obliged and accompanied her towards the sleeping drunk, where she stood somewhat helplessly for a moment before frowning, putting all but one of the books down then straightening up as tall as she could-

In order to hit him on the top of the head with Herbal Tinctures & Balms of the Illian Sorceress.]
grunehexe: (phew)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-02-27 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thankfully for Ban, even if Sieglinde knew the right angle to hit him, she definitely didn't have the strength for it. Just hitting him with the book almost sent her toppling forward into him, and she had to pinwheel just to keep from doing so.

... Which was for the best, because she really didn't want to come into contact with any of that disgusting drool. Gross, Ban.]


Sieglinde Sullivan. The Green Witch, and Lord of Wolfsschlucht.

[She corrected him a bit haughtily- an emotion she hadn't intended to display, but. He was drunk before high noon, and really- why would you wish to intentionally dull your senses like that? How foolish.

It was quite bizarre to think that a man like this could say things that were actually comforting. Or, had been at the time.]
agrizzlysin: (guess what i just did)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-02-28 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Even after the ruined world around them was revealed to be a lie, King remains particularly unimpressed with ALASTAIR's hospitality. He's spent his time exploring every inch of Oska he can, and when he finally makes his way to a room, he decides he preferred the birch forest by the lake. The lack of windows leaves him feeling nostalgic and lacking in an exhausting way.

He doesn't like not being able to see outside. He doesn't like not being able to see Diane.

A lot has happened in the week since he woke up in an unknown dungeon, and it's finally catching up to him. All of it. King plops down on the provided bed face first, Chastiefol clutched tightly over his head. As he fades out of consciousness, he makes a promise to himself. He will do everything in his power to return to the other Sins.

But first: a nap.
]
grunehexe: (arms crossed)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-02-28 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[The problem with being twelve is, no matter how much you knew about potionmaking or magic or chemical warfare... adults just sort of looked like adults. And this one just seemed to have gotten a haircut since they last met-

It's hard to remember, that day. Most of it spent not in proper possession of her own body, the rest a blur. Not something she even wanted to remember.

Better to focus on the disgusting smear of drool on this man's face.]


You may call me Lord Sullivan.

[But now that she's got her balance back, and her book tight in her arms, and she knows he deserves a bit more than that.]

Just Sieglinde will do if you must.
grunehexe: (puff)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-02-29 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
["Sig".

Her cheeks puffed out slightly in indignation at the unwelcome nickname, trying to cross her arms but failing slightly since the book in her arms was so large in comparison to her body that she couldn't quite get her elbows around it properly.]


Sieglinde. At least say Sieg.

[She corrected his pronunciation with a huff, continuing to look... completely unimpressed with how he moved for even more drink when he was obviously already compromised.]

Here I thought I would do you a favor and wake you before you drowned in your own saliva-
boneafide: (pic#9883840)

Dining Hall

[personal profile] boneafide 2016-03-01 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Papyrus wasn't really sure what he wanted to eat when he headed down to the kitchen, but he figured he'd pick something out by the time he got down there. He expected would be a nice, clean, and maybe empty kitchen. What he didn't expect to see was the absolutely bizarre mess of broken things, plates of food, and booze spills everywhere. The whole kitchen smelled like delicious food and alcohol. And then he sees Ban. Everything makes sense.

"Wowie Ban," the skeleton states, stepping over a pile of now shattered glass or ceramic, wondering if maybe there's a nearby broom he can clean this up with. "You must really hate clean kitchens! And also things in one piece!"
agrizzlysin: (oh right i don't have one of those)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-03-02 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[No rest for the wicked as they say. Usually because of someone else who is also wicked.

King jolts up when his door comes down, still holding Chastiefol around his head like a giant helmet. That dark form, silhouetted by the light in the hall, is devastatingly familiar. King instantly knows who's at his door and why. With resources once again available, of course Ban would get blindingly, searingly drunk, and drunken Ban has always had the worst kind of radar: a finding-people-who-want-nothing-to-do-with-drunkards radar. The ornery fairy glares a no doubt familiar glare, but his Chastiefol helmet ruins the effect a bit. Not only does it highlight the bags under his eyes but it's also just kind of silly.
]

What, did my door creak at you wrong?
grunehexe: (admission)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-03-04 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[What was she bothering with him for? Did he really want her to actually say it out loud? That he had been the one to free her from possession, something that potentially saved her life? That as crass and dislikable as she'd found him, he'd still taken the time to give her words of something like comfort?

It seemed unworthy of reflection to him, not not to her, and she found it insulting he seemed to have either forgotten or be egotistical enough to wish her thank him again.

So she didn't even answer it, instead tightening her grip on her book.]


Not my line- the Green Witch is supposed to heal people.

[Not to create a poison to kill thousands like she had, something that makes the line ring slightly false.]
boneafide: (32)

[personal profile] boneafide 2016-03-04 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello! Have you seen- ah, there!"

A broom! Just what he was looking for. Papyrus goes to the corner of the kitchen where a small kitchen broom sits and picks it up, beginning to sweep up the little shards of broken bottles.

"What did you make?" The skeleton asks, keeping up pleasant conversation and hoping he wasn't bothering the other too much. He didn't seem like he really wanted company, last time they spoke.
terrormine: erry time (>zaveid opening his mouth)

courtyard

[personal profile] terrormine 2016-03-04 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Normally, Edna wouldn't spare a single glance to anyone keeping quiet and minding their own business. Whether it be a philosopher pondering about the metaphysical meaning to various matters, a romantic daydreaming of impossible ideals, or a hobo napping by a wall, those who aren't openly disruptive can do whatever they want.

But then, the smell hit her. Whether it gives credit to the quality of air in Oska or not, the stench of alcohol is strong and deeply unpleasant. So she walks up to the figure and stops a few feet away from the offending source, and after giving the unimpressive sight one flat glance, brings her folded umbrella down onto the earth with a soft tap.

The ground lightly rumbles for a few short seconds. Whatever she did, the wall's suddenly grown out a half-sphere like protrusion. Comparable to a sink but upside down, it now effectively covers the sleeping man's head like a rocky helmet. It's far from enough to choke him and he certainly shouldn't have any trouble ducking his head out, but it sure would start getting stuffy in there soon enough.

...Not that Edna plans to stick around, though she does spend a few more moments scowling at her handiwork. It's not a super effective way to stop the smell and she's fully aware, but it's what she can do considering the amount of effort she was willing to spend. ...Hm. Maybe she SHOULD have just stuffed his mouth with earth, after all.

In any case. With the source at least somewhat controlled, she reopens her umbrella over her shoulder, and begins to saunter away.
agrizzlysin: (fuck your fucking fuckface)

[personal profile] agrizzlysin 2016-03-05 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Only Ban can ruin something wonderful just by doing it himself.

That silhouette in front of his door goes dark, and for just a second, King is left blind as his eyes readjust. He sees the glint of Ban's shameless smirk just in time for the taller man to slump on top of him. He flails the moment he realizes what's happening, desperately holding up Ban's weight with Chastiefol as he kicks wildly.
]

So go find your own bed! This one's taken, idiot!
boneafide: (pic#9793349)

[personal profile] boneafide 2016-03-05 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"And even a chef can burn soup sometimes!" Like he has.

Papyrus sweeps up all the little broken pieces, putting them into a dustpan, and into the trash bin. There! ... well. There's still all that liquid. It's going to be even less easy to find a mop, though. He can come back to do that though. For now...

"Ban," he speaks up, focus no longer torn between cleaning and the other. It'll be obvious Ban is trying to avoid looking at him if he keeps cleaning the counter at this point. "...if I... did something wrong, please let me know."
grunehexe: (troublesome)

[personal profile] grunehexe 2016-03-05 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's better than what most people think.

["Not knowing", anyway. Sieglinde hadn't encountered the prejudice she'd heard horror stories of growing up as a child- but she'd grown up on the proof of the witch trials: the iron maiden outside the manor, the gallows in the square. The stories of her ancestors.

Even if those had ended up lies, the fear of the persecution of witches had been her life for... as long as she could remember.]


A witch is no more likely to be good or evil than a human is, anyway.

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