Dinner with Maloker ((group thread))

[slayers_desire]

Some may consider that all the 'Big Guns' that April has called together is overkill … but not really, not when it comes to the fact that many great minds are needed to find a way to prevent The Three (Discord, Disharmony and Cacophony) from their evil plans.

And the Big Guns are needed... when they have no idea where to start looking for The Three.

When other Keys (such as Dawn Summers) are being drained of their existence.

When the clock is still ticking on Lorne... and his battle with his disease.

Invitations were extended to Clark Kent/Superman; Harry Dresden; Sheriff Bigby Wolf; Edward Elric; Cipher Nine; and of course Spike, Angel, Buffy, Willow and Wes.

April is waiting in the planning room, for each person to arrive, going through some books as she does. For many... this will be a familiar encounter, as they had to come to fight together before. But there will be some new faces. And new ideas.

((forgot a posting order. Since multiple characters, Kat/Ael/ me))

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[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Probably wouldn't work," Harry muses. "Musical instruments are tricky. You gotta know how they work and what they look like on the inside, and stuff."

"Anyway," Clark says, "we should head out, before we lose our shot."

[slayers_desire]

"Besides, we want a specific demon, not just to summon someone who might not be helpful to our situation." April stands, taking Clark's arm in hers.

"I can cast you a magical portal for you all," Wes offered.

[fmalchemist160]

"Good idea," Ed says, getting to his feet along with Cipher Nine. "Thanks, Wes."

[thepizzalord]

Harry's good with portals too, but if Wes has better coordinates than he does, he doesn't mind taking a backseat. "Fire away."

[slayers_desire]

Wes quickly casts the spell, which will take them to Kenya. "Spike, Lorne and I will stay back here. Cover our home base." He tells them.

"It is night..." April tells them, even before stepping into the darkness that awaits in Africa.

[nonvillainouscipher]

"Not a problem for me," Cipher Nine says quietly as he steps through. Chiss have excellent night-vision, and can even see into the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Unless it's a magically induced darkness, he should be able to see just fine. Ed's going to have to adjust a bit, though.

((I only recently discovered the seeing-in-infrared thing from one of the Star Wars RPG sourcebooks >.>))

[big_bad_sheriff]

Bigby has no trouble seeing in the dark either, although he wishes he was in his proper form, not this blunt-claws human shape. He sniffs a little as they arrive. "Not gonna be many people up this time of night."

[slayers_desire]

April also can see in the dark, once she calls upon her vampiric abilities. She opens her voices around her. "There is a village nearby. Aboriginals."

[fmalchemist160]

"So are we just going to ask to borrow a digeridoo or something?" Ed asks, while he takes a moment to let his eyes adjust.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark shrugs and starts heading in the direction April indicated. "Why not? We can at least talk to them."

[slayers_desire]

"Remember Ed, we want the Demon you saw in the vision. A digeridoo would summon freely, without us choosing who we want." April takes his hand too. She still feels weak. And right now, being in vampire form, so soon after a bloodlust and no blood to be had -- it is hard for her to concentrate.

The Aboriginal village is small. There is about a dozen people. Mostly woman and children. "Find the male. The priest. He will only speak to a male."

[fmalchemist160]

Ed reflexively squeezes April's hand and follows. At April's suggestion he looks around the group gathered, then quips dryly as he scans the crowd for anyone who might look priest-esque, "Well, we've definitely got the 'male' thing covered."

[thepizzalord]

Clark tries to stick close to April, slightly protective of her. He can feel her hunger, and he wishes they had time to do something about it.

Harry waves at the natives. "Hey folks! How's it going?"

[slayers_desire]

The Aboriginals... scatter at Harry's greeting. But it does seem to get the desired result. For a tall, lanky man with skeleton tattoos on his face, comes forward. "English? Yes?"

[fmalchemist160]

"And here I thought the language barrier might be a problem," Ed mutters under his breath. "Yep. English. We're looking for someone. Maybe you can help us?"

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark is not entirely impressed with Harry's... diplomatic skills. But it did get them a result, so he lets it slide for now.

[slayers_desire]

One of the tattoos on the man's face glows slightly, as he listens to Ed. It glows again when he speaks. "Who do you seek?"

[fmalchemist160]

Ed frowns as he considers his wording. "A young... uh, Glarghk Guhl Kashmas’nik demon boy." He stumbles over the pronunciation several times. "I don't know his name, just what he looks like."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"We're not looking to hurt him," Clark adds, just in case. "We think he might know about something we need."

[slayers_desire]

"They are our protectors, The Guhl," The Priest responds. "We respect them. And honor them."

"Their children are sacred."

[fmalchemist160]

Ed bites his lip for a moment before a resolved expression crosses his face. "This one is being bullied," he says, hoping it'll help them identify the boy, since it might narrow the field of possibilities. "Maybe we can help him with that too."

[big_bad_sheriff]

"Do we gotta do some kinda... ritual to meet one of their kids?" Bigby asks with a frown. He sure hopes not.

[slayers_desire]

"Very astute. Yes. You do." The priest reaches into his pouch (the only thing he is wearing) and pulls out a long stinger.

"This poison will guide you to the child you seek. Be warned, you will hallucinate. Be warned, only the child and his stinger will cure you."

[fmalchemist160]

"Awesome, extra motivation," Ed notes, with just a hint of sarcasm in his voice, stretching out his left arm for the priest and pulling up his coat sleeve. Cipher Nine does the same with his right, tugging off one of his gloves and pushing the sleeve of his uniform up.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark pauses awkwardly. He's pretty sure he's not going to be affected by the stinger, unless it's magic.