Oogie Boogie bossfight thread

[face_in_the_moon]

When they all come through the door, it's dark, at first; but there are some colourful lights in the middle distance, and a deep voice humming a jazzy tune. There is rumbling, and creaking, and a deep chuckle in the distance. Right ahead of them, there is something like a narrow metal tunnel leading very gently downwards. At the end of it, Enzo is waiting for Dani to bring the others.

Beyond him, there is the sound of jazz music and clanking; something groans in the echoing, cavernous space, but you can't tell if it's a person, or some long-suffering, rickety machinery.  The darkened space beyond Enzo seems to be -- a casino?

There's a roulette wheel in the middle of the room, there are blackjack cards as decoration, and there are -- chains? A casino dungeon, then, inhabited by a living potato sack which is walking around the roulette wheel, humming with dark, sadistic cheer. And the chains contain a certain jolly old man with a white beard, in his underwear, on a sloping poker table, head down.

He probably needs rescuing soon.


[[OOC: This works like an EP -- please tag in separately/in the teams you came with, and kick potato sack ass, so everybody gets to defeat Oogie Boogie in Millitime. Remember, the key to defeating him lies in pulling out his thread!]]

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[skeleton_king]

"You need to release him, Oogie." Jack says, as various people start encircling Oogie. "This one is not for you."

[face_in_the_moon]

"But I have him now," the prancing potato sack declares.

[skeleton_king]

"And how..." Jack asks, walking slowly up to him. "Do you intend to proceed?"
"Because you'll find it hard indeed,
To survive these people here,
Who hold this gentleman quite dear."

[face_in_the_moon]

"But he's so much fun!" Oogie Boogie says, yanking on a chain.

[father_chris]

Well this is embarrassing, being in his pants.

Not least uncomfortable. Doesn't this creature know about his bloomin' back? Let alone his need to have something other than his own snow and candy canes to eat for the last few weeks.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy, whose nose has stopped bleeding but has some blood down the front of his shirt, attempts to sneak in to rescue Chris during the commotion.

[girlwithout]

Rikki - who so far has only sustained a superficial cut on the cheek and still has most of her supplies intact, albeit stuffed into the pockets of her coat, slips up beside Guppy to help him sneak Chris out of the way during the commotion.

[guppy_sandhu]

"See if you can unlock this chain." Guppy whispers to her.

[a1enzo]

Enzo catches hold of Dani's shoulder and grabs a kiss for luck as they head into the fray (and the fraying might be literal, given the nature of the enemy). "Welcome back. Let's get this party started!"

[face_in_the_moon]

"Oho!"

The walking potato sack notices them, and turns towards them.

[ami_imperfect]

Dani grins and nods before turning her attention to said walking potato sack.

"You picked the wrong Santa and the wrong transdimensional bar to mess with, Sack Boy!"

[a1enzo]

Enzo fires a bolt—no net, nothing fancy, just a good old-fashioned pointy object—at one of the corners which pass for Oogie Boogie's legs, hoping to tear or puncture the cloth, before darting in with his sword swinging.

[clayforthedevil]

Whoever this lumpy sack-fellow is, it has the man Bahorel had been suspected of kidnapping. (Which whole affair is very nearly insulting. Bahorel can get in his own trouble.)

Still, it's Milliways. There may be a Simple Misunderstanding That Can Be Easily Solved By Talking,here. He puts his hands to his mouth and shouts. "Hello, Potato-Sack! Is this a private party, or are we all invited?"

He's rather hoping it won't be solved by talking.

[face_in_the_moon]

No, the large potato sack quickly turns towards Bahorel, and cheerfully waves, then claps his sacky, lumpy hands.

"Welcome, newcomer!" he declares, in a deep, melodic rumble. "Enter my humble dungeon and have fun."

He rubs his hands, smirking widely. Some colourful bugs crawl out of his mouth.

[clayforthedevil]

Is the sack-man full of bugs? Spitting bugs? A sack full of bugs? Interesting.

"You're too modest! It's a most impressive dungeon." It is; the thing has original taste, at least. And Bahorel has his coat off and almost-casually draped over one arm as he strolls, like any late party arrival,to almost-reaching distance and holds out his free hand. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Monsieur--?"

[face_in_the_moon]

"I'm the Oogie-Boogie Man, and the pleasure is all mine!" the walking potato sack declares, taking Bahorel's hand with a sack-edge that wiggles inside, and then swinging him around, as if in mockery of a dance.

[mindofathief]

Before running in, Duster prepares his Thief Tools. Since the land of Halloween is supposed to be one that reveres fear, he's pretty sure the Scary Mask won't do any good. For now, he takes out his Siren Beetle, which makes a high-pitched annoying sound when activated. If it works, Oogie Boogie will try to cover his ears (or whatever he uses to hear) and buy everyone some time.

He dashes in, running in the matter he learned over his life to make up for his limp, then turns on the Beetle once in range.

[face_in_the_moon]

Oogie Boogie simply turns towards Duster and tries to hit the thing out of his hands.

[mindofathief]

That...

Duster stands there for a second in shock. No one ever was able to hit his hand in just the right way to knock out one of his tools, even if the Siren Beetle didn't work. But searching for it will have to wait; the monster is still there.

He tosses a smoke bomb in Oogie's direction before backing off.

[face_in_the_moon]

The monster begins to cough.

[skeleton_king]

As the fabric of Oogie begins to tear, just a little, Jack jumps forward.

He grabs hold of a thread, and he pulls.


Like knitting without a needle, the creature falls apart before him, scattering bugs in every direction.

[ooc: This is the bit you link to at the end folks <3]

[face_in_the_moon]

In the end, there is only an empty potato sack, and a lot of colourful bugs.

Was there ever a creature?

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko is not, it really ought to be said, much for Christmas. She doesn't really celebrate it, but since when has that stopped anyone wanting to make things right? Noriko is definitely about that.

The look on her face pretty much says it all when she sees the casino decor, and her hands begin to crackle, her eyes to glow when she steps through and faces...a sack. An oddly animated sack, sure, but still. "What the hell are you supposed to even be?"

[face_in_the_moon]

"I am the Oogie Boogie Man..." he says, smirking, humming a few bars of jazzy music before continuing, "... and I welcome you to my den of vice, little Miss Sparkly!"

[electro_kinetic]

"Oh, god, it's cocky too," she mutters, taking a swipe at the sack--it's kind of hard to tell which end's going to take damage, but she figures the face ought to work.