genessia | 05th Bark | In which Toby gets shot

Who: Toby Allaway (

truesmiles), Clayton Young (

filchedfruit)
What: Bounty: Arched
Where: Everglade

[Toby will not claim that this is a good plan, or even a smart plan but it is his plan and he’s sticking with it. His fists are shoved into the pockets of his leather jacket, his usual calm mask pulled over his features. He has the easy part of the plan.

Clay is his scout; the location was picked by him with only a handful of places for the archer to shot. He’s also Toby’s back up in case the poison really does prove to be too much. Joruk is the look out, remaining out of sight with his own weapon ready and his eyes on the lookout for the shooter. Fai is their backup, in case the shooter decides to attack from a magical or unusual angle.

It isn’t a horrible plan. Toby doesn’t know what kind of poison the archer is using or if it will kill him; it’s just a gamble. He hasn’t told their little rag-tag team this but while he’s resistant to poisons he isn’t completely immune to them.

His eyes cast up towards the sky watching the movement of the sun as the seconds tick by. As long as everyone remains out of sight this will work though it’s hard to say]

[ooc: I hand-waved everyone talking about the plan and meeting Joruk. I assume it happens in some bar or something where Toby is talking to Clay about it and Fai gets involved because it’s Everglade and Joruk overhears and they all know more or less the idiocy of Toby’s plan but are going along with it anyway. Feel free to tag him after the fact too, to tell him how much of an idiot he is. If this isn’t okay please let me know!!! I improvised some >.< Also Toby will get shot in the next tag; I wanted to give everyone time to set up their thoughts/what they are doing. I don’t see this being a long thread.]

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[Hindsight is an amazing thing.

In hindsight, his idea had been a stupid one. Yes, it worked but it came at a cost. The poison running through his system is meant to kill most victims, Toby is lucky because he isn’t most victims. His body is slowly repelling the poison but it’s coming at a cost. He’s beginning to feel feverish though he’s stubbornly pushing past the achy feeling in his joints.

He just needs to find a place to sleep: rest, reboot and he’ll be fine.

Anyone who comes across him will hear a steady stream of curse words whispered under his breath. He isn’t looking to go home and get yelled at so he might find a place to sleep in an alleyway or wherever looks comfortable.]

[ooc: feel free to find him wherever between Genessia and Everglade.]

Closed to Cas: Backdated slightly.

[He is an idiot. This is a fact that he’s very aware of though he’s never made strides to fix it. School has never been his strong suit and even now he got dreary at the idea of reading a book. His idiocy doesn’t excuse his behavior the night before.

Toby doesn’t know how to say sorry. He isn’t the sort of person who talks a lot and when he does speak he feels as if his words don’t carry the weight that others do. He foregoes the awkward stumbling over words and decides to do something that he knows, something he’s very familiar with.

He’s standing in the kitchen with a few things set up on the counter. He works as if he’s lived in a kitchen his whole life, frying potatoes and chopping up vegetables and meats. Anyone watching him might comment that it doesn’t look like Toby at all. There is a slight up curl to his lips, not his usual smirk but a smile as he works. Alluring smells begin to drift through the kitchen and he hopes that is enough to call his roommate from her hiding place.]

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Why?

[For a werewolf that just sounds stupid.]

[He frowns. It's a question far more complicated than Toby probably realizes.]

When I was young, I was taught to believe our surface cousins chased us below the earth because they disagreed with our methods. Now...I know not what to believe.

Surface cousins?

[Toby can't really follow with Drizzt leaving things out.]

[He nods.]

Moon elves. They live on the surface.

You have names for everything except a rabbit.

[His tone is humorless but it's obvious he's just changing the subject. He doesn't completely understand what Drizzt is explaining and thinking about it is hurting his head.]

It's done.

We don't have creatures such as this in the Underdark.

[He continues to speak as he pulls the rabbit from it's spit and places it on a bit of touch leather before bringing it over to Toby.]

Some humans are dark of skin. There are dwarves, also. The moon elves are much like my own race. We stand of a height, are of a build, but their skin is...as yours.

[Toby reaches for the bunny as Drizzt moves to his side. He realizes somewhere in the back of his mind that he should have manners but it doesn't click in his head.]

Yeah? How many have fur?

[Toby doesn't related himself to the color of his skin but to his blood which isn't human.]

Elves? None. Gnolls have fur.

[He looks over to him.]

They are a beast tribe...dog-like.

[Toby grunts at that.]

You have a lot of races I've never seen.

[It sounds like one of Kevin's books.]

[He nods.]

I believe that can be said for many people here.

[Toby grunts and then eats his fill of a rabbit. He's not a complete jerk and leaves enough for Drizzt. He's still hungry but at least he's rested and ready to go.

Time to head home.]

Yeah, [Toby doesn't really care what races people are.] Thanks. [The single word is spoken awkwardly.]

I need to head home.

[Drizzt inclines his head in response. He isn't precisely accustomed to gratitude, but he can accept it.]

You are most welcome. Should you require anything, I can often be found here, or near.

[Toby shrugs in response and turns to go. He can talk, as Drizzt has seen but he prefers to use words sparingly. He showed gratitude which is more than he’d do in most cases but he’s learning, very slowly, to open up.]

05th Bark | In which Toby gets shot

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