[Day: Friday. Time: 8:00 PM] [MC has surprisingly had a nice, restful 3 days to catch up on schoolwork. Diligently, they kept coming to meeting each night, but nothing happened. Will tonight be any different? Probably, since I took the time to type this out.] (Forgot that it doesn't autolog on this puter. ;P) [SESSION START] (Wow. Three whole days without anyone trying to kill us. How refreshing. ^_^) *** Kirby is now known as Kimiko ( A whole three days? Amazing, the forces of evil must be on vacation. ) * Chelsea stretches. ( No, you ALWAYS give the good guys a chance to rest, so they don't know when you're going to strike hardest. ) ...geez, I'd been getting behind in Microbial. ( I'm assuming we all forgot Mei-Yin again? ) ( Yup ) * Shigeru sits on his usual chair, typing away. As usual. "Yeah. My grades've been slipping, too." ( (*^&@ing $&*^) ) * Eoi blinks at the strange girl in the club room. "Uh.. whozis?" Mei-Yin. Yeah, you forgot her. Yeah, she's in your notes. Look 'em up. I have notes? Wha? Oh, right. Well, I know Norii and Miyu do. * Norii looks up details she inscribed in her PDA. * Eoi looks for a piece of paper and a pen to write this down. Don't worry about me... It's not worth the trouble, really. [Norii finds her notes, but for some reason doesn't believe they relate to this girl.] * Shigeru glances up at Mei-Yin to see how she's doing. "Nah, you are." These aren't about her. * Shigeru sighs. Well darn. You seem to know her Shiggy, tell us about her. No, they are. You just can't relate the- oh, all right. ( Stupid disadvantage. Are we going to have to RP this out *every* week? ) Please... don't. ( Nah. Eventually you'll get used to it. ) * Shigeru pushes his glasses up his nose. "Everyone, this is Mei-Yin, who I have to reintroduce to you every day or so because you constantly forget who she is. She has a problem that makes her pretty much invisible to people, and I can remember her because I'm telepathic." He pauses to take a breath. "Okay?" (Back!) ... Fair enough. * Chelsea nods. ( Wai! Another fighter to keep you guys from getting dead. ) That's what these notes say... are you sure that's her? Positive. *** YonGon is now known as Hikaru (Where are we?) (MC room.) [Hikaru walks in, 5 minutes late] * Norii eyes Shigeru... then decides to trust him. * Hikaru enters the room. So, think something'll happen toni.. Hi Hikaru! [There's an unfamiliar girl there] * Shigeru waves at Hikaru. "This is Mei-Yin." He points at the girl. "You knew her, but forgot. Before you ask." Vicki here....who...oh, I do? * Chelsea chuckles. Yeah. Just... ignore me. And no, Vicki isn't here. She's never here anymore. * Hikaru scratches his head. "Then why don't I remember ever seeing her before?" * Shigeru blinks, then looks at Mei-Yin strangely. ~You're asking to be ignored?~ he thinks to her. ...ignoring you is hardly an option - we tend to be a suspicious bunch. Because she's got an uncontrollable power or curse or something that makes people forget. * Mei-Yin facepalms. ~I can't believe I just said that.~ Oh. *** DeadMdrc is now known as DedSllsMn Well, that explains it. Sucky power. * Shigeru snickers. ~Yeah, neither can I.~ I mean, you might be some sort of spy - that power would be incredibly useful. ( MC is full of silly screwed up people ^_^ ) That sounds unpleasant. Oh, come on Norii. Shiggy's standing up for her, and he can read minds. (Damn right it is. ^_^) So she probably doesn't mean to kill us all. Probably. Yeah... and I trust Shiggy. But it still bugs me. * Chelsea shrugs. If it'll make you feel better, keep trying to remember me. Maybe you'll discover something and I'll finally have some friends. [There's a knock on the door] Well... besides Shigeru. * Eoi answers the door. * Shigeru shakes his head sadly. Eeep! * Chelsea looks up. * Norii almost drops her PDA. * Hikaru blinks and goes to open the door. *** NovaSeaker has joined #BESM ( It's Nova! ) [A familiar robed man enters the room. "Sorry I'm late"] (Aaaah!) (Eh?) *** HeresAnotherKirby is now known as RobedMan ... It's Xelloss! * Shigeru blinks at the man. "Oh, you again." Hi Xelloss, whatcha doin' here? ...right. Where have you been? Coming to send us off on another mission to our horrible and very probably bloody deaths? ...Oh. Hi. How was your date? * Mei-Yin almost unconsciously reaches into her bag and turns on her tape recorder. Actually, I WAS going to ask Chelsea out again. * Shigeru sidewhispers to Mei-Yin, "And Eoi's the optomist." But now that you mention it, I also have one of those "bloody death" missions, too. Yeah... he's pretty upbeat. Well damn. He's also apparently right. *sigh* Wonderful. * Chelsea tries to roll her eyes discreetly, and aparently fails. See, I was talking with Nakamura a bit about your recent exploits. ... You were talking to Nakamura? Oh? Where is he, anyway? Where the hell IS he? I still haven't met this infamous teacher. Right now? Romania, I believe. ... Romania? And what is he up to? * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. That.... ... Is a secret ^_^ * Shigeru groans. What the heck... Bite me. * Eoi grones. * Chelsea scowls. Anyhow, he gave me a location to send you where you might find something on Quentin. That is, if you're interested. * Shigeru stiffens at this. "Quentin?" .. Quentin. Damn straight we're interested. Yeah. You know, the guy from the boat? ( Quentin? ) ( Bishi-boy! ) Ah ha. Sounds interesting. * Shigeru growls. "Yes, I know the guy from the boat." ( Ked is really, REALLY bad with names. ^^; ) ( White-haired bishonen who kicked Eoi a few times then left Horsey to die. ) ( the guy who would have kicked Andrew's ass in a 1 on 1 fight. ) Yup. That's him ^_^ * Mei-Yin sidles up beside Shigeru. What's so bad about this Quentin person? So, tell us. Where are we off to this time? Yeah. Quentin Nagawa. * RobedMan tells Eoi the address. "The lot's sectioned off, but you ought to be able to find a way in, I'm sure." * Shigeru glances at Mei-Yin. ~Aside from being a general asshole, he- aww, here.~ He types frantically into his laptop, then hands it to her, screen showing his research file. Hmm. I suppose it would be nice to find out what was up with all those S-units or whatever they were called. Well, I'll be off now. I'll tell Nakamura you said hello. * Mei-Yin reads through the file quickly. Oh, and Chelsea, maybe we can get together tomorrow? You tell him that. Tell him to give us a call once in a while too. You tell Nakamura to get his ass back here already. No, wait. Where's this information on him? Yeah. ( He told me the address. ) (Missed it. :P) ( Yup ) Sorry, robie. I have some stuff I need to catch up on. * RobedMan sighs. "Oh well. Some other time, then." * Shigeru adds to Mei-Yin, ~He killed Andrew, too. That's the person I left the note to near the top.~ * RobedMan turns about and leaves. ( He did? ) ~Well, no. Demons killed him. He just knocked him unconscious.~ ( Quentin didn't kill Andrew. Andrew killed himself :P ) (Yeah, my brain's fried. I remember us thinking that he died. :P) *** RobedMan is now known as Kirby ( I was sure a shitload of demons killed Andrew. ) (Like I said, my brain's fried. ^^) Well folks, shall we be off? I guess we should. Yeah... what train should we take? * Shigeru takes the laptop and shuts it down, then puts it away. * Chelsea shrugs. "Sure, no reason not to go. Other than to preserve our lives, of course." Train? I donno, I'm biking there. ( on what bike? ) ( On a bike, not a motorcycle I spent a Minor Item on. ) ( The one he bought :P ) Whatever. ( As poor Eoi can't quite afford another motorcycle, he'll have to go with what he can afford. ) * Shigeru stands. "I'm not biking." * Chelsea stands. "Nor am I." (Backinnasec.) Er... the train _is_ a lot faster... why would Eoi take a bicycle instead of the trains? [The door opens, and two familiar figures step in. "Neither are we!"] None of your damn bu.. *** Kirby is now known as Mei-Fang * Eoi blinks. Right, well, then we'll meet- *** HowAboutAThirdKirby is now known as Lei-Fang * Shigeru blinks. "You two again?" (Back) ...oh no. Oh, hello. * Chelsea blinks. * Mei-Fang grins. "That's right! The legendary Twin Dragons of the Tsu Clan!" Uhm. H'lo. ... Oh hell. Not you again. Listen, if you want to fight can we take it outside? What the heck are you doing here? Or will you listen to the fact that we DIDN'T kill Quing? * Mei-Yin backs away toward the far wall, and her backpack. * Mei-Fang laughs to herself. "Fight? No, we don't intend to do that." * Shigeru breathes a sigh of relief. Oh, well, that's nice. ... * Hikaru folds his arms. "What do you want, then?" What exactly DO you plan to do then? * Chelsea frowns and mutters. "Legendary? You couldn't even be 20 years old." * Mei-Fang raises a hand to the sky, bringing it down to point at Eoi. "We're going to defeat all of the monsters before you!" ... You're going to get killed. ...uh, I wish you luck. Feel free. Go, go and get killed like idiots. * Chelsea blinks. "You are? How considerate." She grins. Nonsense. Our skill is supreme. Riiiight. You've got a good attack. * Mei-Yin pulls out her new camera and snaps a couple of pictures of the twins. * Mei-Fang runs off. "We'll beat you yet. Come on, Lei!" *** Mei-Fang is now known as Kirby Don't get yourselves- never mind. * Lei-Fang bows. "Uh... Nice to see you again." * Lei-Fang then runs off, tripping on the way. *** Lei-Fang is now known as Kirby2 * Chelsea waves. "See ya', Lei." ... Well, that was.. uh, interesting. I wish I'd had this for that first fight... I suppose I'll have to settle for the re-creation! * Shigeru snickers. * Hikaru scratches his head. "Weird." I wonder if they'd be willing to reenact it with you guys... * Kimiko suddenly realizes she's especially tired today and goes to sleep early :P *** Kimiko is now known as Kirby3 * Shigeru then glances at his watch. "Let's get going. I don't want to miss anything we can dig up on Quentin." Probably not. Alright, let's go to *location* I wonder if you'd like that camera shoved up your... nose. * Eoi walks outside, unchains his bike and bikes off. ... She won't snitch, Norii. ( Sorry, I'm just hostile today. ) It's not the snitching, it's the "recreating". Reenacting. Whatever. Let's just go. Uh, right. * Shigeru eyes Norii, then heads out. To the location! * Chelsea shrugs and goes to... THE LOCATION! ( The FUTU.. I mean The LOCATION! ) ( The location, already. ) (So, what's this location like? Is it... sugary?) [Time: 8:30 PM. And so they went. The "location", as it turns out, is a lot full of rubble, surrounded by a wall with a single entrence.] Look! Rubble! ...what are we supposed to find here? [There's a police banner around the gate.] * Norii facepalms. * Eoi locks his bike and looks curiously around. Hm. Can you like look up this address, Shiggy? Well, this bodes poorly. A crime scene? You suppose Bishi-boy blew this place up? * Shigeru blinks. "Sure." He sits in a relatively out of the way spot and hauls out his computer. * Mei-Yin starts walking toward the entrance. * Chelsea looks for any obvious signs as to what blew this place up. See if there's any public record of what happened here, what the place used to be? * Eoi heads towards the enterance as well, not seeing anything else useful to do. "Hmm. I wonder what on earth happened..." * Mei-Yin pulls out her camcorder and starts recording as she nears the building. * Shigeru doesn't look up from his typing. "I know." "Dairoba"... what's that mean? * Norii points at the gate. ... Uh, what? * Eoi looks curious at the gate. Hm? * Hikaru looks at the gate. The name of the building. The gate is labeled "Dairoba". * Mei-Yin raises the camera to take in the gate. * Shigeru nods as he peers at his screen. "That's the name of the building." That mean anything to anyone? Which means nothing to me. ^^; *** NovaSeaker is now known as Vicki * Hikaru shrugs. ( wha? ) *** Vicki is now known as NovaSeaker (*blink*) (Nova being stupid.) ( The horror, the horror. ) It was the site of a terrorist attack twenty years ago, according to this article. Bombs. President of the company was killed. ... What did the company do? * Shigeru frowns slightly. "But why the police would wall it off now..." He types some more. * Chelsea frowns. "Twenty years ago, and they haven't rebuilt? Not too odd, eh?" Twenty years ago... * Eoi wonders. * Mei-Yin holds the camcorder steady with one hand and digs out her tape recorder with the other. * Chelsea looks around for any police. [Chelsea sees none.] I don't get it. [And the gate is one of those parking type gates.] [You can hop it or duck under it easily] * Chelsea slips through the gate. * Norii looks around for meddling wonder twins. [Norii doesn't see them] Well, it wasn't actually a bombing after all. Fun cover story. * Mei-Yin turns on the tape recorder and speaks into it softly, but still audibly. "Twenty years ago this building was destroyed by a terrorist act. Check for other significant happenings twenty years ago, especially in relation to the Mystery Club." * Shigeru continues typing. Hmm? What was it? What's the story, Shig? I wish I could say that was a surprise. What was it a cover story for Shig? Don't know yet. The government doesn't know squat, either... well, the more easily accessible parts. * Norii blinks as she realizes what Chel just did. "Be careful in there!" "Definitely check for connection to Koine Kashiwagi, who is apparently the Kimiko who is stuck inside Eoi's head." I'll go too. * Mei-Yin steps up to the gate and slips inside. * Eoi slips inside the gate too. * Hikaru jogs up and easily hops over the gate. * Chelsea chuckles. "I am, thanks." * Norii is left standing beside Shiggy. * Shigeru glances up. "Don't go in there yet! I just got some info on this." [Inside the gate is a parking lot and lotsa rubble] "Also check that file Shigeru had to get the roster of the Mystery Club twenty years ago." * Chelsea looks around some, watching where she steps. * Mei-Yin looks around, swinging the camcorder around to record what she sees as she sees it. * Mei-Yin clicks the tape recorder off. So why is it taped off now? Hell if I know. But there's some old MC files on what happened here. Really? What do they say Oooooh. I'm looking now. Give me a sec. (How did Eoi hear that? Isn't he past the gate? :P ) (I'm guessing the gate isn't exactly soundproof. ^^;) ( I'm standing just inside the gate. I'm assuming it isn't that far away from Shiggy. ) * Mei-Yin starts exploring further around the parking lot, looking for anything mysterious or suspicious. [Mei Yin finds nothing in particular] * Shigeru stares at the screen, then nods shortly. "Okay. The deal is this:" * Mei-Yin walks back out the gate. * Eoi waits patiently to hear what Shiggy has to say Under this building, where the 'bombs' supposedly went off, was a lab. President Dairoba was using this to artificially create supernaturals. * Hikaru comes back, hopping the gate again. * Mei-Yin swings the camera around and zooms in on Shigeru. Uh-HUH. (It's THIS place?) Cute. ( Yep. ) ( I recognized the name as soon as he said it. ) ( I need to re-read MC sometime soon. ((_^; ) * Shigeru nods. "Yeah. There were a number of other things... developed here, like a substance that cancels non-supernatural powers." Artificially create supern... was it a Supernatural that destroyed this place? ...wow. I don't know. The file doesn't say, just that the building blew up. Huh? That doesn't make sense. Treasa was involved, though. If you remember her from our trip to Heaven. * Shigeru shrugs. * Chelsea nods. Yeah. Well, I don't, but of course I wasn't in Heaven. * Norii 's eye is caught by a small pile of rubble. Hey, what's that? H-h-heaven? What's what? ::looks:: *** Calligone has quit IRC (Quit: ) What's what? * Eoi looks Huh? * Norii climbs through the gate and investigates. Carefully. * Mei-Yin runs up and follows Norii through with the camera. * Shigeru closes his eyes. "Anyway, we don't even need to wonder why Quentin was here. He probably got a nice jump on his... research from this place." His eyes open, and he goes about turning off his computer, then putting it away. * Eoi frowns. [Norii points out some broken bits of rubble which are oddly "attached" to each other when they shouldn't be.] * Norii pokes at the suspicious rubble. * Chelsea walks up to the rubble and considers it. * Shigeru stands, then peers through the gate at the others and the rubble. *** Kirby is now known as Mei-Fang * Hikaru looks through the gate. Whatcha looking at? * Eoi looks curious at the rubble. WAA! *** Kirby2 is now known as Lei-Fang * Mei-Yin stops a fair distance away and snaps a picture. [The twins show up behind Shig.] * Shigeru jumps. * Hikaru slowly turns around. * Mei-Fang looks around. "Well, where's the monsters?" * Shigeru looks over his shoulder. "Oh, hi." * Eoi stares at the twins. "No monsters here. Go away." um... Hello. We're looking at this supposed piece of rubble. Come stare with us. It is bliss. Oh, hey, why don't you pry this apart? There might be monsters underneath. * Norii steps back. Right. Where are they, really? How're we supposed to know? * Shigeru frowns slightly, and his eyes glaze over. Hey, I don't have the muscles to do this. You haven't even found them yet? And here I thought you were actually good at this sort of thing. * Mei-Yin backs up and pivots to turn the camera on Shigeru again, and jumps a bit when she sees the twins. * Chelsea rolls her eyes. We get along. But we don't know what's here. * Shigeru blinks, then climbs through the fence and walks towards the rubble for a better look. We just got a semi-anonymous tip. ( Geez, is anyone going to try something? ) Well, I didn't sense anyone other than us. So if anyone wants to actually uncover that thing, feel free. * Eoi sighs and gives the rubble a pull. * Lei-Fang walks towards the rubble. "Um... Maybe I can- waaah!" She trips and lands on a broken beam, slanted beam. The beam moves under her weight... and so does the rubble. [The rubble moves back, revealing stairs! Cue the Zelda music now :P] ... Talk about luck. ...of course. ((_O (*snicker*) Owww... * Hikaru blinks. (o/~) Why, thank you, Lei-Fang. ( She'll add that sound effect when she edits the film. ) * Shigeru grins at Lei-Fang. "Thanks." Um... Wha? Do you always find stuff by falling on it? * Lei-Fang gets up and looks. "Oh." Um, wha, indeed. * Chelsea grins. "Well, I guess we know who the brains of their operation is, now." * Shigeru snickers. * Chelsea looks into the stairwell/staircase. * Mei-Fang dashes past, nearly knocking Chelsea over. "I'm first! C'mon Lei!" Well, shall we head down? * Shigeru blinks. Okay. You first. Yah. * Lei-Fang gets up in a hurry and follows, tripping half way down the stairs. ... If you start screaming in pain, we'll know to be careful. Try not to die, 'k? Hey... who else wants to start a betting pool on how much time passes before they meet some awful fate? * Norii follows carefully, drawing her pistol as she climbs down. ... * Shigeru shakes his head and starts heading down the stairs (more slowly than the other two). "I'm not feeling that lucky, Chel." * Hikaru walks down the stairs. Awww, too bad. *** Mei-Fang is now known as Kirby * Eoi slowly follows the others. * Chelsea follows down the stairs. *** Lei-Fang is now known as Kirby2 * Mei-Yin follows along in the rear, getting this all on tape. [Once down a short flight of steps, MC sees a long corridor. It's certainly not rubble, especially considering the lights shining over head.] ...power's still on? Are you sure you couldn't sense anyone, Shig? * Shigeru glances up. "Looks like *someone* put work into restoring this place." Why, how odd. [Mei-Yin gets to the bottom of the stairs and is suddenly seeing static] * Shigeru concentrates. Um... * Eoi looks around curiously. 'Um'? My camera... It can't be broken already!!! * Mei-Yin looks ready to cry. * Hikaru looks at Mei. "What happened?" * Chelsea looks at Mei-Yin. "It better not be. I paid good money for that camera." My camera's picking up nothing but static now. Yaknow, you're ghoing to go through a *lot* of cameras if you follow us around. Nobody but us and the wonder cousins, Norii. Your camera broke? That stinks. [The corridor only goes one way, with a large door at the end] * Shigeru looks over at Mei. "Try going up the stairs and using it again." ... Uh, are you sure it's the camera? Maybe it's being jammed? * Mei-Yin brightens. It might have something to do.. * Mei-Yin runs back up the stairs a bit. ( It's being jammed! We're going to have to fight Revolver Ocelot! ) [The camera works once Mei's outside] ( Nah, we have to fight Lone Star. ) (BRB again. >_<) You're right, Shigeru! It's being jammed! ( Or Pizza the Hut! ) [The entrence also starts to close.] * Mei-Yin puts the camera away and runs back down while digging out a pad of paper and a pen. Mei! [Fortunately Mei manages not to get squished.] * Shigeru sighs. ... Well, that bodes even more poorly. ...there had better be a way to open that back up. * Eoi pulls out his Naginata. ...how do we get out? ...truly the path of the battlefield reporter is fraught with peril. Don't know. Let's find out. [As it happens, Norii spots a control panel on the wall] * Norii pokes a likely-looking control. (Back.) [The rubble opens up again :P] Good enough. * Norii closes it. Well. That solves that problem. Shall we continue forward? * Shigeru glances around, then nods. "Yeah. Let's go." * Chelsea shrugs. "Sure. Let's have a look around." That works. * Eoi starts down the corridor, keeping alert. Sure. We need to see the wonder twins meet their horrible fate. * Shigeru follows. * Chelsea mock-pouts. "And me without a tub of popcorn." ... * Shigeru rolls his eyes. You guys are twisted. Uh... is that camera watching us? * Mei-Yin looks around. Camera? Where? Camera? What camera? ... What camera? * Shigeru glances around. [Indeed, there's a camera mounted on the ceiling] Oh, fuck. That camera. *points* ... Well, I don't like that. Who's up for smashing it? ...wonderful. Go for it. I suppose I can give it a shot, if nobody else feels like it. Norii? Will it make a difference? They've probably seen us already. * Eoi sticks his tounge out at the camera, then takes the blunt end of his Naginata and smashes the lens. I dunno. Hikaru's right. * Shigeru stares at it a bit longer, then his eyes widen. "Yeah, they have." He starts cursing in a number of different languages. No, but it'll make me feel better. [The camera dies under Eoi's might. Sadly, Eoi gains no experience points from defeating it] ( Darn! ) Well. That solves that. So, they know we are coming. * Chelsea hums. "Of course, they probably saw the wonder twins come through first. That being the case, whoever works security here might be distracted at the moment." ( Experience points? What is this... 'Experience Points'? ) If we're lucky of course. Of course. Let's hurry then. * Shigeru whitens. "Not only that, they know *I'm* coming. Let's get this over with." * Chelsea frowns. "Yeah. Let's go." Shiggy can't sense anyone here. It's probably just, you know, automated. * Eoi continues forward, looking around for more cameras, switches or anything else suspicious. I can only scan so far, Norii. * Shigeru walks after Eoi, glancing around nice and paranoidly now. Or maybe they've figured out how to shield against it or something. They have electronic jamming, why not supernatural? True, but... * Chelsea moves forward, eyes peeled for gizmos that looke like they want to tattle on them. [Nothing, nope. Eoi makes it to the large door at the end of the hall without incident] ( We're walking, we're walking... ) [There's a pannel with buttons near the door. Obviously, it's an elevator :P] Well, I'm a born button pusher. * Shigeru thinks to the group, ~I could sense you guys, and Mei-Fang and Lei- Fang.~ Oh. That's true. * Eoi pushes whichever one of the buttons looks most like down. Did they go down the elevator? ~But nobody else? Swell.~ * Shigeru shrugs and concentrates. I don't see anywhere else to go. They're too far away, or something's blocking me. ...joy. [The doors open, revealing a large freight elevator.] Uh, Shiggy. If they have more of those.. Shiggy-clones here.. could they block you? * Norii shrugs and gets on. * Eoi steps into the elevator, looking carefully around. If they're more powerful than I am, yeah. * Shigeru steps in. Push the button, Frank. * Hikaru gets on the elevator. [Eoi spots... A control panel!] * Eoi looks at the control panel, and presses the button for the lowest floor. * Mei-Yin gets on the elevator and goes to a back corner. [There's only one floor there :P] [Elevator go down the hole!] * Chelsea gets in the elevator. got on the elevator. Honest. [Very slowly. The elevator seems like it's crawling its way down] * Shigeru looks around nervously. o/~ La, la la... o/~ * Eoi hums an elevator tune. * Chelsea winces and covers her ears. [Eventually it reaches the bottom of the shaft, opening into a large room, with many test tubes on the walls. Some have... things... in them] ... * Shigeru steps out... and stares. Ooooh! Things! Well, this is nice. * Chelsea gets out of the elevator, looks around, and frowns. * Eoi steps out and stares around nervously. * Mei-Yin goes wide-eyed. (Thigs? What sort of ...things?) * Hikaru boggles. ... Why don't I sense anything... * Mei-Yin pulls out her camera and prays for it to be working again. [Some of the things look vaguely humanoid] Blocked. This place... [Mei's camera does not work] * Shigeru concentrates. [Shig senses nothing] * Shigeru shakes his head. * Mei-Yin puts the camera away. ... This is.. weird... * Chelsea looks for any notes, consoles, whatever, that might have information on what these things are. My telepathy's blocked. Hikaru, can you transform? Hmm. * Norii examines the lab with her mad Biology skillz. * Hikaru attempts to shift forms. [Hikaru succeeds in his attempt] * Hikaru shrugs. I can't sense anything... * Eoi looks curiously around the place. * Chelsea frowns. [MC is on a long catwalk.] * Shigeru nods at Hikaru. * Mei-Yin steps up beside Shigeru. (Is there a table or other flat surface nearby?) [It leads to a single door in the distance, or there's stairs on the side] Okay. Let's... let's keep going. Strange place. ( Only the floor ) ( Dear god. We're in Resident Evil: Survivor. These are Mr. X units! ) Didn't you say something about supressing non-supernatural powers? Hold on a second. I want to try something. * Shigeru nods. "Yeah, that might be what this is," he whispers back. * Eoi moves slowly forward, heading for the door.. What the hell is a "non-supernatural" power, anyway? * Chelsea pulls out a dagger and sets it on the floor. Good question. A power without supernatural origins. I'm not quite sure what it means, but I think.. any power that isn't a supernatural racial characteristic. Eoi's right. My magic isn't working. * Shigeru blinks. "Wait... non-supernatural..." The tiniest hint of a smile appears on his face. "Might be what you're looking for, Mei." That makes no sense at all. Basicly, Hikaru's powers are not blocked because they are part of his supernatural heratige. My sensing powers are learned, and are not natural. * Chelsea picks her dagger up the old fashioned way and re-conceals it. Basiclly, if it isn't a power all of your race has, you ain't usin' it. * Chelsea nods. "Although... Shigeru, you can still sense us psionically, right?" You mean... No, I can't. That means, unless you are a supernatural Mei, we should remember you in here. That makes no sense at all. * Shigeru grins at Mei. "Yeah." But hey, nothing about this does. [Nobody has forgotten Mei yet, but that doesn't mean anything :P ] So. Whoever made this... could make it so I could be remembered? * Mei-Yin gets all starry eyed. Maybe. In theory, yeah. I wouldn't count on any help. But we might find something for you here. That is possible. [MC finally makes it to the door at the end of the catwalk.] * Chelsea looks for obvious ways to open the door. * Eoi carefully opens the door. If he can. * Hikaru looks around. [Chelsea spies a mysterious door handle] [Eoi pulls the handle, and the door opens!] * Mei-Yin scribbles furiously on her paper. [Behind it is a corridor, with a bunch of doors every now and then. ] ... Well, this is.. uh.. Great. More doors. Yeah. * Chelsea walks into the corridor, and looks around for any more cameras. You walk through a maze of non-twisty passages, all alike... [MC vaguely hears people talking in the second door on the left. Males, so not the twins] * Hikaru stops. [Chelsea spies one. For what it's worth] * Shigeru eyes the door and steps away. * Chelsea shrugs, and whispers "Camera, if anyone cares." * Shigeru shakes his head. he signs. * Chelsea walks up next to the door and tries to listen in on the conversation. * Eoi nods and tries to hear what the folks are saying. (To one side of the door, that is.) * Eoi moves close to the door to do that. * Shigeru stares at the door a little longer, then moves to listen as well. * Norii does not. * Hikaru just waits. * Mei-Yin pulls out her tape recorder, turns it on, and aims the directional mic at the conversation. [The conversation is too muffled to hear through the door] * Chelsea frowns. * Shigeru moves away and glances at Chelsea, signing, * Chelsea shakes her head. * Eoi frowns. ... * Mei-Yin looks strangely at Norii and Shigeru. * Shigeru considers. * Hikaru whispers to Mei. "They know sign language. Picked it up from a guy who used to be in the club." Ah. * Norii nods, and edges down the hallway. [Mei-Fang and Lei-Fang emerge from the door behind you.] * Chelsea signs *** Kirby is now known as Mei-Fang ... *** Kirby2 is now known as Lei-Fang * Shigeru glances at the girls and puts a finger to his lips. * Eoi makes HUSHING motions at Mei and Lei Hey! Spot any monsters ye---huh? * Chelsea sighs. ... * Shigeru whispers, "Quiet. There's people in that room." He jerks his thumb at said room. * Mei-Fang blinks. "Monsters?" * Norii listens at the next door down. ... * Hikaru shakes his head. [Norii heard nothing.] * Shigeru shrugs. "Don't think so," he says quietly. * Eoi shakes his head. "Donno. Don't get us all killed, aiight?" * Chelsea shakes her head. I wouldn't do that. * Shigeru nods at Norii. * Mei-Fang moves forwards and opens the door. "Because my skill is supreme!" * Shigeru facepalms. ...fuck. ... You idiot. * Hikaru glares. * Chelsea sighs, and lets one hand stray to her sword. * Mei-Yin writes that down. that was great. [Inside the room is a small office-like area. The people can be heard better now, but are talking behind an enclosed room. ] * Eoi makes HUSHING motions at the girl and tries to hear what the nice folks are saying. ( So what do we hear them say? ) [MC recognizes one of the voices as Quentin's] * Shigeru steps in, looking for a computer. Then he recognizes Quentin and his eyes go wide. (Ah ha.) [Quentin: "-Don't care about that. This place is closing."] *** Minaku has joined #besm [Other man: "But we're so close! I've almost managed to correct the defects Dairoba couldn't! Another incident like that won't happen again! I swear!"] *** Minaku has left #besm * Shigeru signs with shaky hands, [Quentin: "That 'incident' caused a mass murder. You know how easily that might have been linked to us?"] [Quentin: "I do NOT need to deal with covering up rampaging psychos."] * Eoi carefully closes the door. [Other man: "She was the last, I swear! This new batch..."] [Quentin: "...What is this?"] *** DemoShop has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) (Ah. We've found the makers of our psycho.) [Other man: "What?"] * Shigeru involuntarily takes a step back. [Quentin: "The monitor... Intruders?!"] * Norii tenses... * Chelsea draws her sword as quietly as she can. * Eoi quickly gets ready. * Shigeru goes completely white. [Other man: "Yes. I'm planning to let the new ones take care of them."] < New ones? That bodes poorly> [Quentin: "You idiot! Don't you realize? 'He' is with them!"] [Other man: "He? You don't mean..."] ( 'He'? We're in Xenogears now? :P ) * Chelsea frowns. [Eoi suddenly trips!] Wa! ( Augh! ) ( What the hell just happened? ) [Quentin: "... They're here. Damn."] ( ... Why am I getting all the fall for this one! ((_; ) [Eoi looks down and sees two hands reaching up from the floor, holding his legs] Shit. * Chelsea blinks. * Hikaru turns around. * Mei-Yin blinks twice. [Other man: "Don't worry! I'll take care of them."] * Eoi tries to pull them off his legs. [Combat time] What? What is THAT? d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+7) and gets 8. [Roll init ] d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (d6+3) and gets 7. 40d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (40d6) and gets 139. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+6) and gets 9. ( Wow, that's some init, Norii. ) ( Oops, wrong game. ) d6.7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (d6.7) and gets 4. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Hikaru (d6+8) and gets 14. ... d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (d6+7) and gets 12. ( PING ) (Pong?) ( He's compiling the results. ) [Hikaru, Norii/Lei-Fang, Thingamajig, Chelsea/Mei-Fang, Shigeru, Eoi, Mei-Yin] *** Kirby3 is now known as Creature [Hikaru's turn] * Hikaru claws at the creature. [Hikaru slashes the creature, managing to avoid cutting Eoi.] [Norii's turn] * Norii aims in the general direction of the creature, but holds her action. [Lei's turn] * Lei-Fang rushes at the hand still holding Eoi's other foot, but winds up tripping, her sword sliding across the room. Oof! [Creature's turn] * Creature drags Eoi INTO the floor. *** DemoShop has joined #BESM WAA! Not AGAIN! * Hikaru blinks. * Chelsea blinks. ( ...it's like fighting dwarven vampires. ) * Creature emerges a few seconds later fully, appearing as a metalic-looking woman. Eoi comes with her, looking worn. * Shigeru stares at the woman. [Chelsea's turn] * Norii shoots, when she can. [Norii hits the demon, the bullet sinking into it's form] ( Dem just came online. ) ( I'm aware of that. ) ... Ow. [It's Chelsea's turn, ayup ] Ow? Plase tell me that shot didn't hurt you, Eoi? No. Just lots of pain from being dragged under there. * Chelsea attacks the woman, trying to cut at her neck. "In that case..." [Chelsea's sword cuts her head clean off. It doesn't appear to stop her.] [Mei-Fang's turn] ...ick. I was afraid of that. * Chelsea sighs. "How rude. You're supposed to die when I do that." * Mei-Fang flings a wave of fire at the woman. "Here's how it's done!" ( Recca Shinen! ) * DemoShop (finishes scrollup. @_@ ) *** DemoShop is now known as Demota [The woman is set ablaze by Mei's attack. She's still going, however] [Shiggy's turn] (She can use her powers in here? c.c) * Shigeru stares blankly at the woman for a moment, then moves to Lei-Fang's sword and tries to slide it back to her. ( Wagh! ) ( I forgot about that. Sorry X.x ) [Ok, Mei tries to do that, and it doesn't work] (Just say she has a cleverly concealed napalm thrower. ^_^) (*snicker* Boom!) [The sword is on the other side of the room. Shig can't reach it this turn] [Eoi's turn] * Eoi stabs at the creature. "Die!" [The creature forms a shield out of her arm, deflecting the attack] [Mei-Yin's turn] * Mei-Yin scribbles out a quick sketch in the middle of recording the most significant events in the fight. *** Creature is now known as Quentin ( Er... ) *** Quentin is now known as Creature ( I'm gonna need more windows @_@ ) (... I feel very sorry for you, Brett. ) (Me too. ;_;) *** Quentin has joined #besm ( For HIM? What about us? ) ( We only have to manage one window at a time. ) (What ND said.) ( True ) (Multiple windows is very very hard ) ( People never understand until they try to run three or four NPCs at a time in their own game. ) * Quentin runs out of the room, along with a lanky-looking doctor (who is oddly, NOT bishonen), heading for a door on the other side of the room. At the same time, a large, thickly muscled man with arms that reach down to his legs comes out after, breaking the door frame (as he was too large to fit). He's followed by a short little guy with slanted eyes and claws. ( Did you get all that? @_@ ) ( Yes. ) (Yeah.) (Uhuh.) ( So they are all in the room with us now? ) ( Yep. ) ( This bodes, poorly. ) (They are? Eep.) [New init: Short Guy, Hikaru, Quentin, Norii/Lei-Fang, Creature, Chelsea, Doctor/Mei-Fang, Shig, Big Guy, Eoi, Mei-Yin @_@] (I've got a bad feeling!) [Short Guy's turn] ( Mommy. ) [The lanky doctor guy points at the group. "Get them!". And he does, starting with Eoi] ( Geez. Lots of fighters. @_@ ( And us without our powers. Most of us, anyway. ) [Eoi manages to avoid him as he zips right past, breaking the sound barrier] (I'm even more useless than usual! ^_^_v) ( Join the fun! Well, it's probably too late for that. ) ( And Shig's on the other side of the room :P ) ( same here. ) ( Wah! He's faster than Hikaru! ) [Hikaru's turn] ( This dude is hella fast ) * Hikaru fires energy claws at Quentin. [Hikaru's claws fly past, barely missing.] [Quentin's turn] * Quentin stops in front of Shigeru. "Well, if it isn't the one who got away." * Shigeru stares at Quentin. "Got away?" * Quentin kicks him once in the stomach. "I'll deal with you later, S." He then flees out the door. ( And thus, there was one less NPC to deal with ) *** Quentin is now known as Doctor ( And it was Good ) * Shigeru grimaces and doubles over with pain. ( Yes. Very ) [Norii's turn] * Chelsea grimaces. "Shig!" *** blargh has joined #besm Shig! * Norii ponders her options momentarily, then plugs the (not flaming) headless shiny woman-thing. I'm... I'm okay. [Norii's bullet connects solidly, disappearing into the woman's form] [Lei-Fang's turn] * Lei-Fang runs forth. "Waaah! I gotta get my sword!" *** DedSllsMn has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [The Metalwoman's turn] *** Creature is now known as Metalwoman * Metalwoman leaps into the air above Eoi, turning into an anvil. She then falls on him with a resounding thud] ... [Chelsea's turn] ( O_O ) O_o ( ... Why am I getting beaten so bad? ((_;. And JESUS can Eoi take some punishment. Anvils, being beaten into the literal FLOOR.. ) * Mei-Yin writes that down! ... I'm really in quite a lot of pain right now. ( Because you have the most combat skills o/~ ) An anvil, I can't believe it turned into an anvil... * Shigeru nods. "Too many cartoons," he says distantly. * Chelsea takes out a throwing knife and throws it at the big guy. [Chelsea's knife strikes him in his massive chest. It does draw blood, not that he seems to care] [Doctor's turn] * Doctor runs out after Quentin! *** Doctor is now known as Speedy [Mei-Fang's turn] * Mei-Fang rushes at the crazy speedster, attacking with a jumping spinning roundhouse. But the little guy zips away in a blur before she can connect. [Shiggy's turn] * Shigeru slides Lei's weapon to her this time. [Big Guy's turn] [The Big Guy eveidently did notice Chelsea's knife after all, as he screams into the air (you can see he has a forked tongue), and stomps towards her. He grabs hold of her by her head.] [Eoi's turn] * Eoi stabs at the Big Guy. [Eoi hits. As with before, he makes no acknowledgement of pain.] [Mei-Yin's turn] * Mei-Yin continues writing her chronicle of the battle, with interspersed sketches of the big guy, quentin, and the speedy guy. ( Not the metal woma? ) ( +n? ) ( I did her earlier. ) Can't you do something to help! [Short Guy's turn] ( and Eoi on the ground with stars circling his head and an anvil nearby. ) * Speedy happy-rushes Hikaru, clawing him across the back. [Hikaru's turn] * Hikaru fires his energy claws at Speedy Gonzalez here. [Hikaru returns the favor, slashing Speedy as he tries and fails to get away.] [Norii's turn] * Norii continues to concentrate on anvil-girl over there. ( Blam ) [Norii misses that time, unfortunately.] [Lei-Fang's turn] ( You know, Norii had hit with about the last twelve or so shots... ^^_v ) * Lei-Fang bends down to grab her sword, and accidently trips, almost managing to impail herself (yes, with the sword flat on the ground.)] ( ... Stupid bracket. ) ( Lei-Fang is like Red Mage! ) ( Heh ) ( Run! Run for your lives! ) [Metalwoman's turn] (Wow. Legendary klutzyness.) (Run, heros, run!) * Metalwoman decides to start considering Norii as a threat. Her hand forms into a likeness of Norii's pistol, which then fires at her. Luckly, Norii managed to dodge out of the way. [Chelsea's turn] ( "I love the smell of cordite... you know, that sulfury smell..." ) ( Miyu takes 5 damage for overusing that ref. ) * Chelsea tries to get out of the grip of the Big Guy. ( Demota, imitate Revolver Ocelot again and I stab you in the face. ) ( Sorry. ;_; ) ( Transformation into mechanically complex and chemically active objects?!?! Wooooow. O_o; ) [Chelsea stuggles, but fails to break free] (At least he's not talking about slamming bullets into chambers. :P ) ( Yeah. How 'bout that? ) ( Yes, that is a REALLY impressive skill ((_@ ) Mmfl bllx. ( And same to you Chelsea. ) [Mei-Fang's turn] ( THat's because I hate that part of the quote. BUt I think the thing about cordite is neat ) ( Really just a spike thrower, probably. ) * Mei-Fang smacks Speedy with a paper fan. "Haha! Take that, and witness my power!" (Or it could just be magic, which means you shouldn't bother trying to figure it out. ^_~) [Shig's turn] * Shigeru snarls and concentrates. ( Oh shit. Shiggy's pissed. ) [Big Guy's turn] * Shigeru winces, then shakes his head. "God damnit!" [The Big Guy lifts Chelsea up off the ground by her head and shakes her back and forth.] [Eoi's turn] * Eoi stabs at the Big Guy's head. [The Big Guy's head tilts, and Eoi narrowly misses.] [Mei-Yin's turn] * Mei-Yin looks around, still frantically scribbling notes. [Short Guy's turn] Jeez, girl, do something useful! * Speedy dives for Eoi! ( This is going to hurt. ((_; ) * Speedy slashes Eoi's side, and keeps going. [Hikaru's turn] *** sculley has joined #BESM ( oh, Hikaru... DO SOMETHING! ) * Hikaru claws the short one. "You're fighting ME!" ( That works. ) [Hikaru's claws shred into the short guy, drawing a good deal of blood] [Norii's turn] * Hikaru grins savagely. * Norii shoots. The. Damn. Metalwoman. Again. [The metalwoman briefly falls into a puddle as the bullet comes near] [Lei-Fang's turn] * Lei-Fang has her sword back, and charges over in an attempt to hit the big guy's back. Then she trips. At least she keeps hold of the weapon this time, though.] [Metalwoman's turn] *** sculley has quit IRC (Quit: ) (Wow, how many levels of spectacular failure does Lei have? :P ) *** Greg has joined #BESM * Metalwoman turns into a ball of metal gook, and hops over at Norii. Luckily, Norii avoids it. [Chelsea's turn] * Chelsea tries to get out again. [Chelsea kicks and struggles, but fails to release herself] [Mei-Fang's turn] ( Waugh. Gotta afk a sec. ) ( K. Sorry about that. ) * Mei-Fang delivers a flying kick a'la Bruce Lee on the speedy guy. As she connects, there's a loud cracking sound, and he falls, his neck twisted further than it should normally go. [Shig's turn] Hah! My skill is second to none! * Hikaru glares at Mei-Fang. "Get your own monster." * Shigeru glances around, trying to think of something to do other than stand there. (Holding action, I guess) Didn't I tell you? I'm going to prove myself the best! [Big Guy's turn] *** Speedy is now known as BigGuy * BigGuy is done swinging Chelsea around, and tosses her at the pesky little man trying to poke him with a pointy stick. ( ... ((_@ ) ( Dear god. Mei-Fang is a Dragonball Z character. ) ( Heh. ) ( It's Meijita! ) ( Of course, if this is DBZ, that guy will get back up and twist his head back. Then kick her around ) ( He doesn't have a big stylized M on his forehead, does he? ) [Chelsea collides into Eoi's head, knocking them both out.] * Shigeru blinks. "Shit!" ( Ah, nutbunnies. ) [Mei-Yin's turn] ( It's in the rules :P ) * Mei-Yin drops her paper and pen. * Mei-Yin runs up and tries to drag Chelsea out of the way. [Hikaru's turn] ( Well damn. ) * Shigeru takes Mei's cue and does the same for Eoi. (Using my action now, I think) ( Hey! What about me? ((_;. .. Thanks Shiggy! ) (Eh, gotta do somethin'. :P I guess.) ( Shiggy and Mei will be MC's official Henchmen! Their job is to carry around loot, bodies, etc. And test traps! ) ( But neither of us has a gigantic nose... ) ( 5 ) ( 4 ) (Oops.) ( Pay attention, already. ) * Hikaru fires energy claws at the big guy. ( ND: True. ) ( Mei's nose suddenly grows 4 ft. :P ) (Sorry, missed seeing my name somehow. ) ( O_O ) ( Alrighty! Everyone make Mei-Yin carry all your gold! ) [The claws form big gashes in the man's side. Not that he seems to care.] ... [Norii's turn] Some help over here, please? * Norii shoots the flying ball of nasty sentient shapechanger. You two fight that metal thing. This one is MINE. [Norii's bullet is way off target, and bounces around the room a few times. Fortunately, it doesn't hit anyone] * Shigeru glances at Norii with worry. [Lei-Fang's turn] * Mei-Fang runs over. "I'll get it!" ( ... ) * Lei-Fang does that, rather. * Lei-Fang trips right before she gets there, and falls on the glob, splattering it everywhere. @_@ Waaaah! *gloop* ( o_o; ) ...ew. [Mei-Fang's turn] Yes! That's one more for us! Eeeeeew! * Hikaru snorts. "You call that defeating it?" * Mei-Fang rushes the big guy, delivering a solid kick into his abdomen. He doesn't notice, of course. What works works. Are you sure it's down? [Shig's turn] * Shigeru checks Eoi's pulse. [Eoi's not dead!] [Mei-Yin's turn] (Always comforting to know. ;P) * Mei-Yin checks on Chelsea's health. [Chelsea's not dead either, although her neck's probably going to hurt like hell when she wakes up] [Hikaru's turn] * Hikaru snarls, and fires more energy claws at big guy. [The claws strike into the man, increasing the gash in his side. He's still coming] [Norii's turn] * Norii aims and tries to put a bullet through the big guy's face. [Norii succeeds, and the big guy finally falls over.] *** BigGuy is now known as Kirby Yosh! * Hikaru turns and smirks at Mei-Fang. * Shigeru breathes a sigh of relief. Aww... Well, we still beat ya. * Shigeru frowns. This isn't a contest. It's hardly a competition. You took out one by accident, and one that I softened up, wimps. How's Eoi and Chel? Hikaru, shut up. They're alive. * Mei-Fang smirks. "You're just mad because I got the kill. * Norii goes over and examines them. * Lei-Fang tries cleaning the goop off her clothes. "Ewww..." * Hikaru shrugs. "Believe what you want." * Norii tries to wake them up, carefully. [Norii succeeds. Woot] I... I'd try to make them more comfortable... but there's not much to work with. Be careful, Chel, your neck probably needs a brace or something. Ow. Anyway, stay out of our way. You have no idea what you're getting into. * Mei-Yin picks up her paper and pencil and goes into the office. I'm... really in quite a lot of pain. Hmph. I should be telling YOU that. * Shigeru glances around, then follows Mei-Yin in. Let's check out the office. * Chelsea rouses, and winces. "Sweet Jesus, my neck hurts. Yeah, that prolly couldn't hurt, Norii." [Inside the office is a desk that looks like it was cleaned out in a hurry, and some monitors, obviously the cameras.] * Hikaru follows Shigeru and Mei-Yin. * Mei-Yin looks for a computer. Although...hm. * Norii searches for interesting... stuff. * Shigeru does the same as Mei-Yin, naturally. :P [Suddenly a voice booms from the loudspeakers. It's Quentin's.] *** Metalwoman is now known as Quentin Hello, S-type, and whoever the hell the rest of you are. ( lemme guess - "This base will self destruct in two minutes"? ) (Don't give it away!) Sorry to have to ruin your fun, but this base needs to be eliminated, and you with it. ( ... ) * Quentin says. ( I'm an N-type and proud of it! ) ( Damn you GM! ) ... This bodes. Poorly. Let's get the hell OUT of here! You have three minutes left to live. Enjoy the rest of your lives! * Eoi stries his best to stand ( -s ) * Norii runs for the elevator. *** RDMgryphon has quit IRC (Quit: restart and such ;_; ) [Eoi struggles to his feet.] * Hikaru runs. Very quickly. * Mei-Yin goes to help Chelsea to her feet. * Shigeru glares at the speakers, then flicks them off. "Let's get moving." [Norii runs outside to find parts of the catwalk destroyed] Dammit! Need help, Chel? Yes, please. * Chelsea tries to get up, accepting any help offered. Shit! * Shigeru moves to help Chelsea, too. "We've got to get out of here." ( Where can I/we go? ) ... This is bad... ( Down the corridor, out the door Quentin went, into another room. ) S-Self Destruct? (Quick, everyone look for an entrance to the trash compactor!) * Norii tries that direction. ( Which direction? ) Another way, then. ( That's escaping from a prison Chel. ) *** Kirby has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Eoi follows after Norii, as fast as he can. (Oh, right. Damn. ::think:: Uh, escape pod? ^_^) * Shigeru runs out the door Quentin went. (I think that's where Norii's going.) * Mei-Yin helps Chelsea along behind Shigeru. * Hikaru runs to the door Quentin took. * Chelsea moves along as best she can. *** RDMgryphon has joined #besm ( So what do I see? ) [MC goes out the door Quentin went. It's a corridor with a single door at the end. Quentin apparently made sure to block it off on his way out.] ... Shit. ( Without knowing where you went? I can't tell you :P ) ( "Block it off?" How? ) (What's in the way?) ( Lotsa rubble ) (A lot a lot, I take it.) ( probly shot the ceiling a time or four. ) ( As in, he blew up the walls and/or ceiling ) SHIT! ( Any other routes? ) *** Quentin is now known as Nakamura Out through the room with the catwalk? * Nakamura runs in from the other door. "This way." ... * Eoi blinks. (NAKAMURA! ) * Shigeru turns and blinks. "Who the hell are you?" [...] Hurry! * Chelsea turns and blinks blearily. Mr. Nakamura? The HELL? Right! * Nakamura runs out the door. Come on! * Hikaru runs after Nakamura * Norii runs after him. * Eoi follows after the Desu Ex Teacher. * Mei-Fang follows, dragging Lei so she can't trip. *That's* Nakamura? Oh, hell. * Chelsea runs after Nakamura and the others. * Mei-Yin follows quickly helping Chelsea along. * Shigeru runs after him. I'm going to love this explanation, I just know it. And thanks, Mei- Yin. The fuck are you doing here?!? Good question! No problem. * Nakamura leads the group back through the first corridor, around two turns, to an elevator. Apparently, Quentin didn't get to this one. I help where I can. I'll explain later! Just don't go running off again... * Eoi looks for the up button and presses it! ...for once, I won't object too strenuously. Is everyone in? (I'd hope so. :P) [Eoi pushes the button once everyone's in, and the elevator goes up. Much faster than the other one. ] [The elevator surfaces in space 33 F of the parking area] * Shigeru blinks. ...ooookay? * Nakamura runs for the gate as soon as the elevator gets there. Let's get out of here! * Hikaru runs after Nakamura. * Mei-Fang follows, dragging Lei. * Mei-Yin runs alongside Chelsea. * Chelsea runs, too. ( We're running, we're running... ) * Shigeru nods and runs after him. * Eoi runs, me runs! [As MC makes it out the gate, there's a loud *thoom*. Some rubble is lifted, but for the most part, the explosion is surpressed] Watch the pretty rubble bounce... [Time: 10:00 PM. MC is outside the remains of the Dairoba building] My cure... Like they would have given it to you... Nyaha! That was exciting. * Shigeru sits on the ground with a sigh. "Damn." Don't worry, Mei-Yin. We can probably steal it from another of their facilities, if we get up the guts for it. ... That can't be the only place they do research. * Mei-Fang points. "Listen, Mystery Club! We shall continue to surpass you! Mark my words." Yeah, whatever. Go away, Mei-Fang. * Mei-Fang runs off, with Lei-Fang (who trips, of course). * Eoi turns to Nakamura. "What the HELL is going on?" * Mei-Yin marks those words. You go right ahead and do that. *** Mei-Fang has quit IRC (Quit: ) *** Lei-Fang has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Mei-Yin marks them right down on that same pad of paper. ...idiots. Ahem. Yes, what the HELL is GOING ON!?!? I, for one, am very glad that I was not just killed by something so cliche' as a self-destructing base. Ah... Nostalgia. I'm just glad that I wasn't killed. Of course, you wouldn't remember it. Yes, quite. Let us not be distracted from Mr. Nakamura's explanation. I'm also glad that Shigeru wasn't killed. * Mei-Yin grabs hold of Shigeru's arm. * Shigeru stares at the building blankly for a moment, then turns to regard Nakamura. ( Don't suppose Miyu can pop in anytime? ;_; ) ( Nope. ) * Chelsea hums and rubs her neck. What the hell is going on? How did you get back here from Romania? Who's robe-boy. * Shigeru blinks. Loudest thought, Mei? * Hikaru looks at Nakamura. * Norii grins as she realizes they have Shiggy to use against Nakamura now. * Nakamura smirks, his back towards the group. * Shigeru glances at Mei-Yin and laughs weakly. ( Oi. Loudest thought does NOT go in /msg. ) * Norii frowns suspiciously. ( Gah. ) ~ ::feeling of relief:: and racing visions of Mystery Club: The Movie. * Shigeru snaps his head up to look at Nakamura. His eyes unfocus. * Chelsea glances at Shigeru and grins. * Eoi looks at Nakamura. "Well?" *dryly* Naka-sensei? *** Greg has quit IRC (Quit: SWScript v3.0 has arrived. The Force is strong with this one... http://www.outer-rim.net/swscript/ ) Give the man time to breathe, guys. -sensei? * Shigeru clears his eyes and rubs his forehead. ~Couldn't get through,~ he thinks to everyone but Nakamura. * Nakamura turns towards the group, a glint in his eye. "Do you know what pieces are the most useful in a game of Chess?" Pawns? ... And that would explain why. ...pawns? Precisely. ...Treasa? * Chelsea frowns. But... you sacrifice pawns... * Nakamura laughs, and shifts forms, revealing that she is indeed Treasa. "I'm impressed, Hikaru." ... *** Nakamura is now known as treasa *** treasa is now known as Treasa ( Who? ) * Chelsea shakes her head. Wait for it, Mei. Who's this? I didn't think you'd figure it out so soon. ( One of the major 'villians' from MC. ) So.. we've just been pawns to you? * Shigeru gets to his feet. * Eoi glares. * Hikaru smiles slightly at Treasa. * Treasa half turns away from the group. "Do you want to know a secret?" If I say yes, will you tell us? * Mei-Yin reaches into her bag and clicks on her tape recorder. Why not? * Treasa turns back. "Life, and Death... They're nothing more than games." To you, maybe. * Shigeru steps forward, his eyes flashing. "You're fond of that metaphor, aren't you?" * Treasa spreads her arms. "That's all this is. One large game." ... Sure, it's a game. But which game? So. This is all a game to you. But what are the stakes? The stakes? Well, I suppose to you, the stakes are human lives. But to me? It's merely a challenge against him. ... Him who? *** RDMgryphon has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) So.. we've all been pawns.. in a game? * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "Him?" Who.. is him? Which "Him" would that be? I can't tell you that. It's part of the game. But you'll find out in due time. After all, nobody expects the pawns to defeat the king. Not Quentin, I guess. ... Why us, Treasa? No. Quentin is merely... an interference. Why you?... Let me tell you all about it. You see, about twenty years ago, I was in another game. A game to end all games. There's that number again. * Treasa gestures to the Dairoba remains. "This was the final playing ground." ... Who won? * Shigeru taps the computer case at his side. "The Dairoba Incident." The Light won. The bringers of good. * Treasa smirks. "Or should I say... Mystery Club?" * Shigeru nods. Unfortunately, while I started out as a neutral player, I wound up on the Dark side. The losers. Too bad for you. But unlike them, I still had another token; another chance to be a winner. ... and which side are you on this time? Better still, I had the power to influence the game as I pleased. Her own. And what do you mean, another token? ( His? ) Why... The Light side. The winners. Mystery Club. ( Her. ) ( Treasa is female, and a foreigner. ) * Shigeru nods slowly. "Why you could walk into Heaven without spontaneously combusting, I suppose." * Treasa looks at Hikaru. "A mere metaphore." For what, though? ( Wha? She's that woman? ) Indeed. I have that power and so much more. ( Yup ) ( Oh, Not Kaene. ) (The one that got Dom to change the death sentence.) ( The one who intervened and saved Shig. You weren't there for it ) ( I'm missing something here. ) ( That would explain it. ) See, I created my own Heaven. But it was boring; I always won every game. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. I needed a new challenge. And then I discovered *he* survived as well. Survived, huh. What's more, he had powerful allies. But he doesn't realize the usefulness of pawns. 'Cause pawns can become queens, is that what you mean? Indeed. That's what you'll become. My queens. * Norii would rather imagine Shiggy as a knight, thank you. But how many pieces do you sacrifice to make a pawn a queen? * Shigeru fingers the zipper to his case. Everything is going just as I have planned. ( No, I'll become _Shigeru's_ queen! ) (I feel pretty!) Everything.. is going how you planned? Naturally. You planned for Calvin and Quing to die? A minor setback. ( Call me 'queen'! OOOOHOHOHO!) I doubt anyone could have planned Quing's demise. You planned for that bastard to attack my Grandfather? You planned for Kimiko to get stuck in my head? Hardly. That "bastard" is one of his. So...'He' is Byakko's master? * Shigeru glances down at his case, then looks up at Treasa. "How long have you been watching us?" * Chelsea nods. As for Koine, or Kimiko, as you call her... She's not done yet. From the very beginning. Longer than any of you can remember. Since our births? Before then? Let's not get too metaphysical here. You picked us all..? * Chelsea gets to her feet. "A mysterious student shows up, studies under Mirumoto, and takes control of the Mystery Club when he dies." It works so well, don't you think? What about Vicki's father? Is he one of 'his' as well? Beautifully. You're Nakamura, then? ... Well then, if you're Nakamura.. Are you Xelloss too? That man? Another one who seeks to interfere... possibly a third player. And isn't it obvious? The man called Nakamura never existed. So what now? Do we go off and fight your little war for you? Or is it more mystery, more blind thrashing about for us? * Hikaru nods... ... A wild card. But why would he send us here then...? Why, a little of both, Norii. Of course. What about the others? Miyu and Kaira.. Vicki.. Was Leiu one of your pawns? Or did you get rid of him because he didn't fit into your plan? Lieu was unusable. And Vicki was damaged. ... ... Damaged? How is Vicki damaged. Tell me. * Shigeru glances at Hikaru. ~Don't attack her.~ Kaira was certainly an outside factor. But then, I use all of my new pieces to my advantage. That's how I win. Tell me! * Hikaru trembles. Miyu's possesion? Was that part of your plans too? Did you ever intend to cure her? Or did Xelloss do that on his own? That's another piece of the puzzle, Hikaru. ( Thanks GM! ) ( Blargh ) * Treasa says that. * Hikaru glares at her. * Norii nods sagely. Miyu's possession? Another factor I had to deal with. I'd say it went well. It gave me the excuse I needed to see who you functioned on your own. And you all performed marvelously. Well? You gave her the means to kill herself. Was there another way? Well, I suppose I'm flattered. So what am I? A pawn? An outside influence? ... Marvelously? Calvin and Andrew died. That doesn't sound to Marvelous to us. Are you responsible for other things? Mei-Yin's affliction! Is that your fault too? You? You're another new player. Andrew is hardly her fault. * Shigeru closes his eyes. "Tell me, Treasa. Did you adjust events before we joined the club?" I'm a... player? A particularly useless one, I must say, but I'll use you yet. Not all of them, no. But some. * Chelsea sighs and shakes her head. * Shigeru opens his eyes and puts his hand on Mei-Yin's shoulder. "Which ones?" The supernaturals you fought were not my own, you can be sure. Cal... well, that depends. And she'll never tell us. I merely used them to test you. Obviously, I set up the whole excursion into the book of Pandemonia. I even told you as much. ... And I made sure an angel would be there for you when you broke into "Nakamura"'s apartment. Can't have this go public yet. It would cause another annoyance, forcing me to skip several turns. Yah. All very slick. * Chelsea shakes her head again, but she's smiling this time. ... So everything we've done up to now.. has been part of a big game? So what are you going to tell us that will keep us interested in helping you? * Treasa laughs out loud. * Hikaru scowls. Why, because you no longer have a choice, Norii. I was afraid it would be that. ... We don't have a choice? Precisely. What do you suppose would happen if you left now? ... We'd die. You've made far too many enemies. You can't turn back. Quentin would kill me, or control me. So? Why else would I tell you this, if I thought it would make you useless? There are probably four of five groups that want our heads. And the police... well. * Hikaru 's scowl deepens. "We could just be disagreeable bastards and let ourselves get killed." You could... But you need more than that to motivate us. .. but you have spares, don't you? But it's not just YOUR lives that are at stake. Oh, I can always get more pawns. Even if we died, you'd just lose a turn and start over from go, wouldn't you? That's no concern. Yes, let's go over that part a little more. Whose lives, exactly? A good player has a strategy for every situation. ...there's always motivation for heroes. there's always a reason to go on. Because if evil wins, then everybody loses. * Treasa grins. "Well spoken." At any rate, that's all the questions for now. Mei is right. And Treasa knows it. I don't know about anyone else, but I couldn't give up knowing it would let evil win. * Norii shrugs. I'll be seeing you again soon. * Treasa fades from existance. ... *** Treasa is now known as Kirby A moment, ple... damn. ( Anyone wanna go visit Miyu? ;_; ) The other side is evil... I won't argue that. But - ...bleah. Is it wrong to feel really screwed over here? * Shigeru glares at Treasa until she vanishes, then sighs and seems to deflate in on himself. "Damn it all." Hmm? Maybe a little. I really do feel flattered. * Hikaru growls a little. "...bitch." I can't believe this. Pawns in a game. Our friend's deaths.. just glitches in her tactics. What the hell does she mean, damaged. * Mei-Yin grabs Shigeru in a desperate hug and starts crying. Did Vicky ever seem "all there" to you? * Shigeru blinks, then hugs Mei-Yin. ... ... So we're pawns in the middle of a battle between Light and Darkness. Treasa and.. whoever Him is. * Hikaru gives Norii a deathglare. "No less than you do." * Shigeru thinks to her, ~I'm sorry, Mei. I didn't want you caught up in this.~ Eh. This is exciting. When she was playing at being Nakamura, this all was totally inscrutable. Now I have a sense of our place. And yes, I know I'm a little kooky. But I'm here, aren't I? Where is she? I don't like this. I joined.. or rather, I thought I joined this club to help people. I don't like the fact that everything we've been through has been part of a game. ... Could Vicki be dead? We have helped people. i'm just a pawn, a useless pawn, but i'll show her. I'll help, even if nobody sees it. ...I just called her place. She's not dead. ,,, We have helped people. But we've also been pawns. * Shigeru nods. ~You will, Mei. We both will. But not because of her.~ So? You didn't realize there was something bigger afoot? Of course we've been used. I knew there was something bigger going on.. but this is more then I expected. ( ^_^_v ) * Norii puts her gun away, and starts for the train station. Anyone for some pizza? * Shigeru lets out a short bark of laughter. "Everything's more than expected, Eoi." ...no. Sure. There's always time for pizza. * Chelsea chuckles. "Pizza sounds fine." * Chelsea realises that she's still holding her sword, and sheaths it. Nothing weird this time, I promise. Pizza on me, in fact. * Hikaru stalks off, changing back as he goes. I've got research to do tonight. Gonna look stuff up on... everything. If there's anything else to find. I... food. I can cook. Just finished a battle against an evil demon from hell? Go get some pizza. Found out you're a pawn in the middle of a game? Pizza time. Mei, you wanna help? ( Visit miyu! ;_; ) ) Ask her to help! ) ( Never! ) Yes. Yes, I do. (Mwahaha!) You and me both, Shig. Pizza and computers. Two great things that go great together. Now we need some Dr Pepsi. Yeah. ( Shall I end it? ) ( Sure thing. ) ( Call it, Brett. ) (Sure, I guess. ^_^) [Session End.]