Ram's Head Saloon [Mod-Sanctioned C/CLT, v4]

[Low bloods]

A creature strolled into the bar and made it's way to the counter.
This being wore a cloak comprised of tattered rags that flowed even though window was faint through the wooden panels in the establishment and wore the skull of a unknown
creature over the head in which the horns would shift from those a deer to what would resemble that of a rams.

As it reached the bar counter it pulls out a pocket watch and sighed.
"What'll it be?"
"I'd like a glass of glowing wine, maybe even sparkling."
Upon hearing this Vixen looked back to and picked up a bottle and poured a glass.
As the creature enjoyed its drink it checks its watch once more and pressed a button. Its voice shifted.
"You know I can't really think of somthing evil to say but if I do, I'll be sure to say it."

Vixen opens his mouth to say something but is cut off by six far off blasts.

"Took me weeks to sneak into all those camps. But less effort sneaking into here."
A hiss was heard and a small pop.

"Nice t-"
This was all that could be heard as two more went off throwing the bartender forward.

"Well it was nice chatting with the fellas" it looks around and chuckled as it walked towards the door.
"That was my evil dialogue."

Something bumped shoulders with it on its way out. A strange being in tattered cloak, poncho, scarf, and the like.

The figure didn't notice.

Nor did it care about whatever the being walking out had to say. It just sat down, proceeding to mumble to itself. Sounded like zeros and ones, over and over, and something about a "failed expansion."

Then it showed some skin...

...not skin...

Metal.
It had a gun for an arm.

And it was aiming at itself.

">EXPANSION FAILED. INITIALIZING FAILSAFE."

"Thought I was going to get clocked there." The creature said as it made its exit.

While Vixen was on the floor out cold shadows start the repair and offer any medical assistance for those caught in the blast.

"You gonna kill yourself?" The knight asked as he dusted himself off "I guess it's for a good reason then?"

[International Phoenix]

Phoenix continued pressing her hands there in spite of it all, smiling weakly at the spirit. "You have people looking out for you. That's good."

Phoenix hung her head low. "It's okay." she said, her words hollow. She took another bite from the burger she ordered, and drew more smoke from her blunt through her nostrils. "I've been doing this job since I was 'born'. That was over 13 billion years ago. It's a long time, and a lot has happened. But I made it through it all... right. It's in the past. Everything's going to be fine."

The white haired woman looked up upon hearing Kiri say those words. "Thanks. I'd appreciate that."

"That... is a long time. And I thought our High Priestess was old..."

She grinned. "Thanks to you too. I'm always glad to make a new friend. A lot of times people just get scared of me."

Phoenix smiled weakly. "I'm a Primordial. What part of that didn't you get?" she said with a soft, but ultimately hollow laugh.

"Now why would anyone be scared of you?" Phoenix asked, smiling. "You're friendly, charming, and really cute. I'm actually surprised to hear you don't have more friends." Phoenix continued eating her food while conversing with Kiri.

"So, if it isn't too much to ask... how exactly did you die, Kiri?" she asked out of curiosity.

[Urbe Mechanica]

"Thought I was going to get clocked there." The creature said as it made its exit.

While Vixen was on the floor out cold shadows start the repair and offer any medical assistance for those caught in the blast.

"You gonna kill yourself?" The knight asked as he dusted himself off "I guess it's for a good reason then?"

The machine paused. It seemed to be processing the given question.

">GREETINGS. I AM MCEI-3391. I AM, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, A LIVING CITY. MY PURPOSE IS TO CONTINUALLY EXPAND. I HAVE FAILED."
">DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUERIES BEFORE I SELF-TERMINATE?"

[Low bloods]

"Thought I was going to get clocked there." The creature said as it made its exit.

While Vixen was on the floor out cold shadows start the repair and offer any medical assistance for those caught in the blast.

"You gonna kill yourself?" The knight asked as he dusted himself off "I guess it's for a good reason then?"

The machine paused. It seemed to be processing the given question.

">GREETINGS. I AM MCEI-3391. I AM, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, A LIVING CITY. MY PURPOSE IS TO CONTINUALLY EXPAND. I HAVE FAILED."
">DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUERIES BEFORE I SELF-TERMINATE?"

"Is this self terminate thing of your own will or is it perhaps a program or even a chip placed in you as a fail safe?
I guess I asking if you truly want to die and if you really want to?"

[Foxfound]

"That... is a long time. And I thought our High Priestess was old..."

She grinned. "Thanks to you too. I'm always glad to make a new friend. A lot of times people just get scared of me."

Phoenix smiled weakly. "I'm a Primordial. What part of that didn't you get?" she said with a soft, but ultimately hollow laugh.

"Now why would anyone be scared of you?" Phoenix asked, smiling. "You're friendly, charming, and really cute. I'm actually surprised to hear you don't have more friends." Phoenix continued eating her food while conversing with Kiri.

"So, if it isn't too much to ask... how exactly did you die, Kiri?" she asked out of curiosity.

"Well, most ghosts aren't really nice... they aren't usually evil, but they're so deranged or obsessed with whatever unfinished business they have keeping them here that they're a danger to everyone else. I'm apparently really lucky I didn't end up that way."

The other question didn't bother her as much as would be expected, but it did make her sigh.

"Well... you see, our world started falling apart in a way not too long after I was born, so we traveled a lot... I got separated from my parents in this dark swampy forest, and some kind of horrible monster attacked me. It... was painful, I'll say that. But I'm alright now that I'm with my family again. I even started school again this year."

[Hiachijan]

Noxi-Cyzat cartwheels inside, wearing the standard xeno presidential attire.

The Imoya ambassador, who had been inexplicably hiding in the ceiling for the past hour, hops down, exchanging dialogue in unintelligible xeno dialect. Noxi dismisses her, borrowing her boombox and playing a low, quiet, and irritatingly-repetitive tune, much like before. She slaps the translator on her muzzle, which blinks to life, before glancing around cluelessly.

"Anyone wanna buy some CD's?"

[International Phoenix]

"Well, most ghosts aren't really nice... they aren't usually evil, but they're so deranged or obsessed with whatever unfinished business they have keeping them here that they're a danger to everyone else. I'm apparently really lucky I didn't end up that way."

The other question didn't bother her as much as would be expected, but it did make her sigh.

"Well... you see, our world started falling apart in a way not too long after I was born, so we traveled a lot... I got separated from my parents in this dark swampy forest, and some kind of horrible monster attacked me. It... was painful, I'll say that. But I'm alright now that I'm with my family again. I even started school again this year."

"They don't judge you because of who you are, but what you are... I see." Phoenix frowns.

"Some... monster? Hmm..." Phoenix pondered for a moment, taking another long drag from her blunt. "What did this monster look like?"

[Low bloods]

Noxi-Cyzat cartwheels inside, wearing the standard xeno presidential attire.

The Imoya ambassador, who had been inexplicably hiding in the ceiling for the past hour, hops down, exchanging dialogue in unintelligible xeno dialect. Noxi dismisses her, borrowing her boombox and playing a low, quiet, and irritatingly-repetitive tune, much like before. She slaps the translator on her muzzle, which blinks to life, before glancing around cluelessly.

"Anyone wanna buy some CD's?"

"Sorry my friend I'll have to decline that mix tape offer." Vixen chuckles as he watches
the repairs on the bar.
He turns to the creature "businessmust be booming, perhaps you'd like a drink?"

[Urbe Mechanica]

"Is this self terminate thing of your own will or is it perhaps a program or even a chip placed in you as a fail safe?
I guess I asking if you truly want to die and if you really want to?"

">MY CURRENT ACTIONS ARE A PROGRAMMED FAILSAFE. I CANNOT WANT. I DONT WANT. I DONT. I DONT WANT. I DONT WANT TO DIE. I DONT WANT TO DI--"

Bang.

In came the cleanup crew, a band of vaguely humanoid machines tasked solely with picking up what remained of the living city.

But there was one last thing for the poor bot to say

">IT IS A SET UP. DEFEND MCEI-1019. DESTROY THE PROGENITOR. THE GAME WAS RIGGED FROM THE START. IT WILL DESTROY YOU ALL--"

And then some inconsiderate cleanup bot tossed the head out the window.

Perhaps you could go collect your new acquaintance?

[Low bloods]

"Is this self terminate thing of your own will or is it perhaps a program or even a chip placed in you as a fail safe?
I guess I asking if you truly want to die and if you really want to?"

">MY CURRENT ACTIONS ARE A PROGRAMMED FAILSAFE. I CANNOT WANT. I DONT WANT. I DONT. I DONT WANT. I DONT WANT TO DIE. I DONT WANT TO DI--"

Bang.

In came the cleanup crew, a band of vaguely humanoid machines tasked solely with picking up what remained of the living city.

But there was one last thing for the poor bot to say

">IT IS A SET UP. DEFEND MCEI-1019. DESTROY THE PROGENITOR. THE GAME WAS RIGGED FROM THE START. IT WILL DESTROY YOU ALL--"

And then some inconsiderate cleanup bot tossed the head out the window.

Perhaps you could go collect your new acquaintance?

As he hears the machine still had much to say he walks over to the window and examines where exactly it was tossed, and if it could simply be collected.

[Kitsune France]

Baphomet is bored and playing paddle ball, the goat demon occasionally spooking passerby with her red eyes and forked tongue.

[Foxfound]

"They don't judge you because of who you are, but what you are... I see." Phoenix frowns.

"Some... monster? Hmm..." Phoenix pondered for a moment, taking another long drag from her blunt. "What did this monster look like?"

"Yeah... the people in my village have warmed up to me, though. I think the other kids like having a 'monster' that's on their side for a change."

I never did get a great look at it, but what I did see I won't forget. It was some kind of giant black hound. So it was probably either a demon hound sort of thing or a kobold. Those are monsters that can shapeshift into anything they want and eat humans, but apparently they're almost extinct, so it probably wasn't one of those. In the end I guess it doesn't matter much."

Baphomet is bored and playing paddle ball, the goat demon occasionally spooking passerby with her red eyes and forked tongue.

Kiri wasn't scared at all.

"Hello!"

[Hiachijan]

"Sorry my friend I'll have to decline that mix tape offer." Vixen chuckles as he watches
the repairs on the bar.
He turns to the creature "businessmust be booming, perhaps you'd like a drink?"

"Eh, sure. You got soylent? I'm lookin' for something exotic, if you get my meanin'." She spoke, sitting down and tapping her fingers nonchalantly.

[Low bloods]

"Sorry my friend I'll have to decline that mix tape offer." Vixen chuckles as he watches
the repairs on the bar.
He turns to the creature "businessmust be booming, perhaps you'd like a drink?"

"Eh, sure. You got soylent? I'm lookin' for something exotic, if you get my meanin'." She spoke, sitting down and tapping her fingers nonchalantly.

"Soylent, such an odd taste. But I think we have something in that area." He knelt down and pulls out a powder, turning around he starts making a glass "Now we dont have anything too exotic as looking towards flavors but there's definitely some tricks I know to add a little pop to the concoction" Vixen bonds as he turns around handing her a glass "We have the basic three flavors but with a handcrafting a shake I experiment. It's orange vanilla." It was a shake which was ice cold to the touch a texture of snow white with an orange swirl throughout the middle. Upon tasting it would almost taste just like your average milkshake.

"I should have gone with somthing a little more strawberry kiwi perhaps." He nods as he eyes his creation "But I think you'll enjoy whichever."

Baphomet is bored and playing paddle ball, the goat demon occasionally spooking passerby with her red eyes and forked tongue.

"You doing well since that incident with the man blowing a hole in the wall?"
Vixen says through a shadow creature that crawled out from under a table. It caughed up a supposed beepongball and made a paddle from it hand and mimics her motion. Keeping the ball in the air In almost a mocking manner. The creature felt clever, taunting even

[Kitsune France]

Kiri wasn't scared at all.

"Hello!"

"Oh? Hello there!" She made an oddly inviting reply for a demon, no arrogant retort or anything!

"You doing well since that incident with the man blowing a hole in the wall?"
Vixen says through a shadow creature that crawled out from under a table. It caughed up a supposed beepongball and made a paddle from it hand and mimics her motion. Keeping the ball in the air In almost a mocking manner. The creature felt clever, taunting even

"Yeah, I made a full recovery and the damage was minimal, but I have a feeling that asshat will be back soon... with henchmen." She scoffs and rolls her eyes, paying no mind to the shadow creature mimicking her, not just because she is pretty much used to seeing very strange things, but the thought of Cruz noticeably pushed a few buttons.

"Did anything interesting happen since that incident?"

[Low bloods]

Kiri wasn't scared at all.

"Hello!"

"Oh? Hello there!" She made an oddly inviting reply for a demon, no arrogant retort or anything!

"You doing well since that incident with the man blowing a hole in the wall?"
Vixen says through a shadow creature that crawled out from under a table. It caughed up a supposed beepongball and made a paddle from it hand and mimics her motion. Keeping the ball in the air In almost a mocking manner. The creature felt clever, taunting even

"Yeah, I made a full recovery and the damage was minimal, but I have a feeling that asshat will be back soon... with henchmen." She scoffs and rolls her eyes, paying no mind to the shadow creature mimicking her, not just because she is pretty much used to seeing very strange things, but the thought of Cruz noticeably pushed a few buttons.

"Did anything interesting happen since that incident?"

"An individual bombed a few spots, two in every raider settlements and the bar...
A another Godslayer entered the bar...
Some group of assassins stumbled in and killed someone. " the shadows eyes glow as it states the information.
"Oh and a robot committed suicide."


The creature caught the ball as it saw there was not going to be a challenge.

[Kitsune France]

"An individual bombed a few spots, two in every raider settlements and the bar...
A another Godslayer entered the bar...
Some group of assassins stumbled in and killed someone. " the shadows eyes glow as it states the information.
"Oh and a robot committed suicide."


The creature caught the ball as it saw there was not going to be a challenge.

"Well, that does sound interesting! I never understood the concept of giving sentience to a machine though, they are things humanity uses for risks they aren't willing to take. What's the point, you know?" She shrugged, her paddle ball morphed into a badminton racquet and a birdy, which she bats across the room while magically wearing a sweatband on her head now. "This Godslayer piqued my curiosity, do they still make an appearance anymore?"

[Low bloods]

"An individual bombed a few spots, two in every raider settlements and the bar...
A another Godslayer entered the bar...
Some group of assassins stumbled in and killed someone. " the shadows eyes glow as it states the information.
"Oh and a robot committed suicide."


The creature caught the ball as it saw there was not going to be a challenge.

"Well, that does sound interesting! I never understood the concept of giving sentience to a machine though, they are things humanity uses for risks they aren't willing to take. What's the point, you know?" She shrugged, her paddle ball morphed into a badminton racquet and a birdy, which she bats across the room while magically wearing a sweatband on her head now. "This Godslayer piqued my curiosity, do they still make an appearance anymore?"

"It apparently wasn't of the machines own will, however the events are still unfolding." The shadow glanced down at it's own paddle and snaps it eating the pingpong ball.

"As for the godslayer." It points.

Phoenix smiled weakly. "I'm a Primordial. What part of that didn't you get?" she said with a soft, but ultimately hollow laugh.

"Now why would anyone be scared of you?" Phoenix asked, smiling. "You're friendly, charming, and really cute. I'm actually surprised to hear you don't have more friends." Phoenix continued eating her food while conversing with Kiri.

"So, if it isn't too much to ask... how exactly did you die, Kiri?" she asked out of curiosity.

"It's supposedly that little girl right over there."

[Foxfound]

Kiri wasn't scared at all.

"Hello!"

"Oh? Hello there!" She made an oddly inviting reply for a demon, no arrogant retort or anything!

"My name's Kiri, what's yours?"

Maybe she wasn't scared because she was a ghost, and people were supposed to be scared of her. Or maybe she was just a friendly, trusting person. I think both.

[International Phoenix]

"Yeah... the people in my village have warmed up to me, though. I think the other kids like having a 'monster' that's on their side for a change."

I never did get a great look at it, but what I did see I won't forget. It was some kind of giant black hound. So it was probably either a demon hound sort of thing or a kobold. Those are monsters that can shapeshift into anything they want and eat humans, but apparently they're almost extinct, so it probably wasn't one of those. In the end I guess it doesn't matter much."

"It's good that they're warming up to you, at least." Phoenix smiled, and reached over to pat the spirit on the back. "Oh, I was just asking because I was curious, as I might have known what it was. But there's countless things that fit that description, many not even related. So... I don't know what to tell you. Sorry..."

"It's supposedly that little girl right over there."

Phoenix continued eating while talking to the ghost. After a few more bites, she got up and walked over to the bartender. She handed over a brass tea ball. "Could you make me a tea with this, with some milk in it?" she asked. The tea ball contained a mixture of green and black tea leaves, dried lavender, and dried cannabis. Phoenix laid two palladium coins on the counter afterwords as payment.

[Low bloods]

"Yeah... the people in my village have warmed up to me, though. I think the other kids like having a 'monster' that's on their side for a change."

I never did get a great look at it, but what I did see I won't forget. It was some kind of giant black hound. So it was probably either a demon hound sort of thing or a kobold. Those are monsters that can shapeshift into anything they want and eat humans, but apparently they're almost extinct, so it probably wasn't one of those. In the end I guess it doesn't matter much."

"It's good that they're warming up to you, at least." Phoenix smiled, and reached over to pat the spirit on the back. "Oh, I was just asking because I was curious, as I might have known what it was. But there's countless things that fit that description, many not even related. So... I don't know what to tell you. Sorry..."

"It's supposedly that little girl right over there."

Phoenix continued eating while talking to the ghost. After a few more bites, she got up and walked over to the bartender. She handed over a brass tea ball. "Could you make me a tea with this, with some milk in it?" she asked. The tea ball contained a mixture of green and black tea leaves, dried lavender, and dried cannabis. Phoenix laid two palladium coins on the counter afterwords as payment.

"I haven't seen one of these in forever, but sure it'll only be a few minutes." He readied the tea kettle over a burner and added the ball in.
As he let it he took a few minutes to wait. "Did you make your own mixture?" As he hears the kettle set off he pours her a glass and stirs some milk with the drink before passing it to her

[Soviet Tankistan]

A soldier walks in. His uniform is dusty and he appears unarmed. A hammer and sickle adorns his shoulder and his rolled up sleeves reveal large, muscled arms. He glances behind as the entrance swings back to its regular position. The man goes to the bar and sits down. “You may call me Ivan.”

[Yegla Islands]

A soldier walks in. His uniform is dusty and he appears unarmed. A hammer and sickle adorns his shoulder and his rolled up sleeves reveal large, muscled arms. He glances behind as the entrance swings back to its regular position. The man goes to the bar and sits down. “You may call me Ivan.”

Rasputin returns to the bar with a somewhat bemused expression. The jukebox turned out to be seemingly non-functional, and labelled in some strange script more akin to hieroglyphics than writing. He stops walking and turns his attention to where he had previously been sitting, only to find his barstool occupied by a rather burly gentleman. He cocks his head to one side, taking in the weathered uniform, the insignia, all telltale signs of his occupation. Any indication of rank is noticeably absent. A deserter, perhaps?

"Tovarisch, may I trouble you to at least move over a seat? You've practically knocked over my drink."

[Zena Mudina]

An older man walks into the Saloon, adorned in a dirty, ruined uniform befit of a ruler. He sighs and sits down at one of the bar stools. He looks disheveled like he hasn't cleaned himself in a while. He looks longingly at a picture he takes from his pocket.

[Hiachijan]

"Eh, sure. You got soylent? I'm lookin' for something exotic, if you get my meanin'." She spoke, sitting down and tapping her fingers nonchalantly.

"Soylent, such an odd taste. But I think we have something in that area." He knelt down and pulls out a powder, turning around he starts making a glass "Now we dont have anything too exotic as looking towards flavors but there's definitely some tricks I know to add a little pop to the concoction" Vixen bonds as he turns around handing her a glass "We have the basic three flavors but with a handcrafting a shake I experiment. It's orange vanilla." It was a shake which was ice cold to the touch a texture of snow white with an orange swirl throughout the middle. Upon tasting it would almost taste just like your average milkshake.

Noxi glared at it, taking a sip with her weird, tongue... thing. She gagged lightly.

"It's so... mushy! How do ya drink this? It's like drinkin' permafrost." She dipped her fingers into the drink lightly, glancing at it.