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[eagleofautozam]

[ With those few final touches Eagle helps the older gentleman maneuver the rather large cake into the freezer. At least it was probably a cake. It was a little difficult to make out any clear details from this distance.

Just as the freezer door shuts that is when the marshmallow army attacks. The small globs of white fluff have the advantage of surprise but unfortunately for them a weakness to laser swords. They find many of their number toasted in the first few moments of battle until they unleash their greatest weapon of all… powdered sugar!

The crippling powder obscures the camera’s view and chokes the lungs of anyone unlucky enough to be in it’s sugary maelstrom. ]


[OOC: Point and laugh as Eagle is defeated by sweets or help take back the Candy Shoppe? ^,^ ]

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[blackshadow]

[ ...Tyr doesn't know what's going on right now, but he can't see Eagle and that disturbs him. ]

Do you need help over there?

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[eagleofautozam]

[A marshmallow leaps in front of the camera brandishing a toothpick as if it were a saber... ]

BLAUG!

[It shouts a challenge at the screen before rejoining the battle. ]

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[blackshadow]

[ ...

No, really what did he just watch? He calls out again, more loudly: ]

Eagle!

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[eagleofautozam]

[After a bit of light coughing a hand emerges from the powdered sugar cloud to grab the device. What a sight the poor guy makes, covered from head to toe in white powder like that.]

I suppose... this is the City's way of telling me there is a curse today.

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[blackshadow]

[ Your hair is whiter than usual, Eagle. Seeing Eagle again, he just sighs. ]

It looks like it... How are you?

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[eagleofautozam]

Things have been...

[There is a crash from behind. It sounds like a clatter of pans hitting the floor. ]

... better.

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[blackshadow]

...I bet.

I guess there's no easy way to deal with the situation now?

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[eagleofautozam]

We could start a campfire?

[Marshmallows are weak to campfires, right? Ok no, maybe not. ]

If I could just get them out of the shoppe there would be fewer things they could throw at us.

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[blackshadow]

I don't know about that... Can you trap them under a bowl? Then put something on top of that...

[negativegate]

[Rita suddenly finds the idea of sweets attacking really disturbing.]

W-what the hell's going on there?! Hey, Eagle!

[eagleofautozam]

[There's your nightmare fuel for a while. ]

Rita?

[The marshmallow sergeant can be heard barking orders to his troops in the background. Unfortunately what ever he is trying to say is in totally incomprehensible marshmallow-ese. ]

I think it's some kind of revolution? The um...

[He can't believe he is saying this. ]

...marshmallows have taken over the kitchen.

[negativegate]

[Terrifying...Not that it'll stop her from having a sweet tooth!

Rita just stares in utter disbelief, then smacks her forehead in exasperation.]

You're under attack by your ingredients.

[eagleofautozam]

It is strange, isn't it? They always looked so innocent.

[Why so weird city, why so weird. ]

[negativegate]

It's more than strange! It's...it's totally ridiculous!

[So, so weird. But City curses as usual...]

Anyway, are you sure those things aren't overrunning you?

[eagleofautozam]

They do seem to have the advantage for now. We were caught totally off guard by that attack. But, I imagine I can come up with some way to change the tide of battle.

[Oh geez, a chance to use his battle skills. He is loving this more than he should. ]

[negativegate]

Ugh, this whole thing just sounds stupid...

[Really, Eagle, enjoying a fight against marshmallows?! Rita facepalms again.]

Just threaten to melt them all if they don't cut it out!

[eagleofautozam]

[It's a war, with food! How fun! ]

I wonder how well marshmallows respond to threats.

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[the_dawnster]

Dawn has been a regular customer of the sweet shop since arriving in the City (this time). In fact, she even took Buffy by there for some comfort food when Pyro, an apparent boyfriend of hers, had left the City. So today is no different.

Unable to deny the scent of baked goods, she opens the door just in time to see the attack and reaches in her bag to take out her stake. Like marshmallows could be staked like a vampire could.

She shouts into the back from the front door. "Eagle!! It's Dawn!"

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[eagleofautozam]

It was difficult to see anything through the billowing sugar cloud but a few shadows in the doorway. Still her voice was recognizable enough.

"Dawn be careful!"

Eagle wasn't even sure what was attacking yet the surprise ambush had been so well timed that he had barely managed even a glance at the marshmallow army before their 'smoke screen' descended to cover their attack. And these marshmallows came heavily armed with toothpick 'swords' and bon bon spoon catapults.

The mellow sergeant was quick to assess this new threat and order his troops to aim three of their frosting canons straight at the incoming human reinforcements. He gave the order to fire and three different flavors of frosting shot across the room straight at Dawn. If she wasn't careful she might become covered in sweet sticky frosting.

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[the_dawnster]

Difficult to see anything, that's what this mess did. It made maneuvering and seeing anything difficult. But the moment Dawn heard Eagle shout from the back, she tried to pay attention, her gaze swerving this way and that.

It was just in the nick of time when she dove behind one display case to avoid getting splashed with frosting. "Ohmigod this is so wrong. Yumminess should not be attacking like this."

She gets her stake out of her bag and lifts herself up to peek over the counter. "Eagle? Are you okay? How do we fight these things??"

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[eagleofautozam]

Eagle managed to make his way over to the counter. Normally he would be helping people check out their purchases here but today it became a barricade against a very strange army.

"They are only marshmallows, we should be able to dunk them in chocolate so they can can't move or melt them..."

Melting them was probably the best option. Of course using fire might do more damage to the shop.

"Maybe we could use water?"

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[the_dawnster]

She's relived when she sees Eagle coming toward her. And she shows that in the way she flings her arms around him in a brief hug, glad that he's okay. She leans back quickly though, watching him through wide eyes. “Oh I used to make a mini game of making mini marshmallow bonfires from the bigger bonfire when we'd go to the beach. Fire would be bad cause... mini bonfires.”

At that moment one of the marshmallows makes it over the counter. And Dawn's first reflex is to stab it with the wooden stake, which she does. Pleased with the dead marshmallow result, she glances excitedly to Eagle. “Okay, as awesome as that was I don't think I could get all stabbity on all the marshmallows. I think I'm voting for chocolate dunkage?”

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[eagleofautozam]

Eagle was glad to see her too. It meant those marshmallows hadn't been able to capture or harm Dawn when she arrived. Thought really for all their bluster and attacks they hadn't been doing very much damage. It was more like a food fight gone terribly awry.

"Yes, I doubt we could handle several dozen mini bonfires in this shop."

Even if the sprinkles went off to suppress the flames the entire place would end up getting soaked.

"There should be some melted chocolate in the kitchen. The Chef usually keeps a double boiler going in there..."

Yikes! He hadn't even noticed that marshmallow sneaking up from behind. It was a lucky thing Dawn had been there to stab the little bugger.

"That was a good shot. Thank you, Dawn."

Eagle smiled as much at her saving the day there as what she actually said. There were a few too many to stabbity them all.
This whole event was so strange. Maybe a strange solution would work.

"As I was saying we could get the molten chocolate and use water guns to shoot the marshmallows either until they are frozen inside the chocolate or until they give up."

And what do you know, he just happens to have a few water guns set aside for just such an occasion. Phht, yeah right. As if this could have been planned for. Who knows why those water guns were here.

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[the_dawnster]

Dawn looks wide-eyed at the water guns. Because this had just become super cool, okay? Who doesn't love playing with water guns, even during marshmallow-pocalypse?

"Are they already filled with hot chocolate or do we need to get to the kitchen and fill them up?"

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[eagleofautozam]

"These two..."

Eagle takes one of the weapons and hands it to Dawn.

"... are already filled with chocolate but if we need refills we will have to fight our way into the kitchen to do that."

Then he took a moment to inspect his own weapon. Primed, filled with chocolate and ready to fire.

"Are you ready?"