[Day: Doomsday. Time: Any minute now.] Oh, maaaaaan, it's the end of the world, but no one KNOWS it! [After all the stuff that happened last session, MC finds itself standing on a circular yellow brick platform, with the cosmos all around. Strangely, there seems to be air, so their heads aren't 'sploding.] [Session Start] All those stock puts were a waste! I bet the market will even go up! ;_; [Incidently, Treasa was there, but now she's not.] ... Worry about your stocks when the world isn't ending Norii. * Shigeru is looking around. Where'd she go? * Chelsea glances around, sword and dagger still out. ...where'd she go? Donno. Off to do evil I bet. [Over on the otherside of the circle is what looks like a gold, door- sized picture frame. ] Wait, wait. Didn't she she just heal me or something? So, are we supposed to go through that? * Mei-Yin still hasn't let go of Shigeru. Yes, she did. She healed us all. [It doesn't seem to lead anywhere, though; the cosmos are right behind it.] Yeah. We asked her to wake ya up Shig. * Shigeru doesn't seem to eager to get Mei to let go of him. So why're you saying she's off to do evil, exactly? Possibly. Or something could wander through it any second now. Because she's trying to end the world. At least that's what she says. I am unsure whether to believe anyone, any more. * Sai walks over to the frame and pokes a hand through it. * Chelsea frowns. * Shigeru frowns. "Is that so. Then why... oh, never mind." ( Sai's hand goes into Space. It quickly freezes ) (Vacuum!) [Sai is sucked into the frame and vanishes!] * Chelsea blinks. ... ...dang. [The inside of the frame starts shining golden. ] ... That can't end well. No rest for the puzzled. You think that's our way out? Shall we? * Chelsea scowls. * Mei-Yin stands up, picking up Shigeru. * Norii gestures. * Mei-Yin blinks. Doesn't look like we ahve any other choice. * Mei-Yin looks down at Shigeru. "...aren't _you_ the one who's supposed to carry _me_ over the threshold?" * Eoi heads through the door. * Shigeru stands without trouble, then grins at Mei. "Maybe later. For now, though..." Might as well. * Chelsea heads through the frame. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask for that sword back. Just in case. * Mei-Yin nods. * Norii draws and follows. * Mei-Yin takes the wakizashi from her belt and hands it back to Shigeru. Seeya on the other side. * Mei-Yin jumps through. * Shigeru walks on in after her, wakizashi in hand. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6) and gets 6. [Everybody emerges in what looks like a European castle. It seems to be empty, except for a Kirby standing nearby.] * Eoi looks around, and peers at the Kirby. [Sai isn't around.] * Shigeru blinks at the Kirby. "For some reason, I'm not surprised." * Chelsea looks at the Kirby, shrugs, and approaches it. "Neither am I." * Shigeru looks around. Kirby! Where the hell is Sai? [Shig sees an empty castle! Actually, it's a castle town.] ...Sai? Where are you? * Sai is now known as Kirby-Sai * Shigeru scowls and concentrates. ...I'm right here. ( ... Oh dear sweet JESUS ON A HALFSHELL. ) ... You're a Kirby. * Eoi jumps. ...don't eat me! Right where? Did he eat you? * RDMgryphon has joined #besm ... This is ridiculous. OH, you have GOT to be kidding me. ( o_O ) * Chelsea steps back from the Kirby. "Oh my." What did you do, Sai? I have no idea. * Shigeru points at the Kirby. "That's Sai all right." ...I'd say you're cute, but you'd take it wrong. [You're standing in what looks like a market. there's a cobblestone road running from a gate in the outer wall to the moat before the castle. And incidently, the Kirby is 4 feet tall.] Well, I think he's cute. Sai, now is not the time to be a Kirby. * Mei-Yin gives Kirby-Sai a hug. The world is ending. This is not Kirby time. Be Kirby on your own time. ... So, what's it feel like to be Kirby? Sure, Eoi, like you can be a naginata on your own time. * Shigeru snickers. Yes, yes I can. * Eoi grins. It's annoying. That's okay, let's go save the world. We don't have time to worry about minor things like Sai being turned into a Kirby. * Mei-Yin squeezes Kirby-Sai again. ... * Chelsea smirks. You're right. Let's go. ...so cute... I'm gonna kill Treasa for this. * Shigeru lightly thwaps Kirby across the back of the head. "Hands off my girl, Pinky." Don't bet on her. *_* * Mei-Yin lets go of Sai and takes Shigeru's arm. * Shigeru blinks and glances around. Three people, coming our way. * Eoi looks around. * Chelsea nods and glances around. * Kirby-Sai looks around. * Norii still has her guns out. * Mei-Yin lets go of Shigeru (SHOCK!) and draws her sword. [From between buildings emerge three people. The first is an older man with a greying beard. He wears robes and has a staff. The second is a tall blond girl in green. She's armed with a bow and has pointy ears. The fourth is a large-bellied knight in a blue tunic with chainmail, carrying a spear.] ( "fourth"? ) The older guy speaks. "Who goes there? Art thou the reinforcements?" (There is no three.) ( "One.. two.. FOUR!" "Three sir." "Three." ) ( Yeah. ) Reinforcements? We might be. That likely depends on who you are, sir. "Might be? Art thou or not? Speak, lest I carve thine tounge from thy mouth!" Uh.. we.. mightith... beith.. but whoart thou? Mayhaps. Who art thou, who doth need reinforcing? * Mei-Yin blinks. * Shigeru coughs. The oldman clenches a fist and holds it to his heart. "I am Lord Eckart, the leader of our Red Keep." He gestures to the others. "These are my loyal vassels: Elysse the elven archer and Lloyd the spearman." Then impede us not, Lord Eckart, for we art knights errant, in pursuit of a great evil. Aye. A veryth.. greath nastyevilthou. * Shigeru rolls his eyes. ~Hey, Eoi,~ he thinks to the priest. Shit, I can't speak this stuff. "So, thou ART the reinforcements, then? For a great evil is headed towards our Red Keep as we speak." * Kirby-Sai eyes the old man, and ponders eating him. * Chelsea nods sagely. "My companion speaks true." She gestures to Mei as she says this, lest they think she means Eoi. * Eoi blinks and peers at Shig. ( And incidently, he's speaking Japanese :P ) * Shigeru grins at Eoi. ~Do like I do and not even try. The girls can handle this.~ *whispered* I can't do this! Truly, if thou art in need, we shall render all help to thee which is within our power. Tell us, m'Lord, who it is that attacks thee? "I should hope! King Louis does not understand how important our keep is! He makes war with the Roan Kingdom in the north, whilst the Empire eyes our Keep greedily." * Kirby is now known as Eckart ( Heck, may as well :P ) The Empire itself is coming to attack. * Chelsea frowns. "The Empire, you say." King Louis refuses my request for aid, saying he needs his forces for the north!" It is only a small force they send... 500 strong. Then let us resolve this matter with all due haste. But compared to our meager forces... it is hopeless. Elysse, Lloyd and myself are the only troops here! Five hundred men are no match for us. Mei! Are you certain? Thank God! * Chelsea smirks as Mei says that. * Shigeru facepalms. * Norii facepalms. ... We're gonna die. Thou hast some master strategy in mind to ensure victory, then? Absolutely. * Kirby-Sai mutters to himself. * Chelsea frowns at that and looks at Mei. We do? Of course. We'll simply slaughter a few hundred, and the rest will run like the honorless dogs they are. They cannot hope to stand before us. ... Shigeru, she's your girlfriend, you talk sense into her. * Chelsea shakes her head sadly, but is smiling. I am not so certain. The Empire is sending a paltry force, true, but it is more than enough to simply overwhelm us. Mei, what the hell are you doing? Just equip all your troops with Naginatas. The Empire'll never stand a chance. * Shigeru looks over at Mei. ~What are you thinking? We can't just beat five hundred troops! ... Unless this is like that crazy game Loki stuck us in, but still!~ * Chelsea looks around. About how defensible is this place? And Elysse reported that their famed hero Gendry rides amongst them. His magic weapon is fearsome to behold. Magic weapon? [The wall is thick, but that doesn't mean it can't be breached.] (I knew Eoi was gonna say that. :P) I no naught but tails. ( tales :P ) ( You're psychic. OF course you did. ) (No, you're predictable.) ( Hey. ((_; ) Well then, the plan is simple. We shall challenge this hero to single combat. And should he refuse to accept? Once he is dispached, the others shall see the error of their ways and flee like the honorless dogs they are. Refuse? We run like cowardly little girls? ...why would he refuse? Because he can just slaughter us? Eoi. We have nowhere to run *to*. Why would he accept? Because he doesn't need to fight, when he can simply slaughter us, maybe? * Chelsea chuckles to herself. Donno. Can't Kirby here inhale the whole army or somethin'? There is no honor in slaughtering people and sacrificing the lives of your troops. ... We must not loose the Red Keep! Without it, the Empire can pass unhindered into our kingdom, and we have not the troops to defeat them! He will accept. * Kirby-Sai gives Eoi a dirty look. And if he does not accept, we shall simply have to cut our way through his troops to him. Are you mad? They are fivehundred strong! Mei. 500 of them. 5 of us. 100 to one odds. * Chelsea frowns and ponders. Of course. We outnumber them. Mei, you are impossible. Five to five hundred. ... Mei, go take basic math, ok? This goes beyond crazy. * Eckart nods to Norii. "Thou art correct." Without a plan, we are doomed. Do you people have a better idea? If you do, I welcome your input. Set some traps. Not yet, but simply blustering is stupid. We barely know the situation. You know, boulders and.. fire and stuff.. they always do it in games. * Kirby-Sai scowls as only a Kirby can. "Don't ask me. I'm a fucking marshmallow." Get over yourself, Kai. And yeah, traps. (Kirby + Sai = Kai.) ...are there no others here at all who can fight? (God, I'm turning into Eoi.) ( Hah. ) * Kirby-Sai glares at Shigeru. Kai! I love it. There is none here at all! The king took our troops, and the peasants fled when they heard the news! ... Do you happen to have.. like, explosives or anything? * Shigeru blinks. "Wait, what did I just say? Oh, hell!" He turns and points at Eoi. "This is all your fault!" * Chelsea shrugs. "Dost thou have a map of the area?" My fault? How is this my fault? * Kirby-Sai glares at Eoi, too. "I wonder if I can absorb your powers." I beg your pardon? Eck...splo...sivs? ...don't try. You'd have to swallow him. A map? Certainly. But there's not much use to that. I can describe our location well enough; we have plains to the east, forrest to the west and south, and a narrow pass between mountains to the west. The Empire's forces will come from the east. * Chelsea frowns and nods. "How narrow?" Maybe we can like.. dig pits or somethin'.. Have to dig an awful lot of them. fifty men can walk side by side through it. Oh, for some Uzis. But to use that would be to abandon the Keep! ... Uh.. sorry for asking, but.. don't we have a Apocolpyse to stop? * Shigeru rubs his temples. "Yes." Lloyd speaks up. "Duh.... Fighting out of the walls is bad." ...and how do we get there from here? So.. why are we .. bothin'? * Chelsea shakes her head sadly. I think we need to see this through. But.. end of the world.. y'know? * Kirby-Sai grumbles. * Eoi shurgs. "Oh, whatdahell. Let's help 'em out." Okay, Eoi. What are you going to do to save it? * Norii nods. I'm hoping this is how we save it. Sirs and ma'ams, please! We have not long! ... I'm not much of a tactical thinker. I'll leave this up to you guys. Just tell me what to hit. Lloyd speaks. "Duh... Hitting stuff good!" ... That's right, Lloyd. You just hit what you're told to hit, and we'll take care of figuring out what to hit. Thank you, Lloyd. "Duh... Ok!" * Chelsea rubs the bridge of her nose. ... * Mei-Yin slumps. ...what're we gonna do, guys? I suck at military games. * Chelsea looks at Mei and nods. * Mei-Yin grabs Shigeru in a big hug and tries to keep from crying. Um. What art the walls of the pass composed of? * Shigeru pats Mei on the back as he considers. "I'd rig something up, now that I can see, but it doesn't matter since we don't have the right tech level." Why, stone, of course! We don't have anything to bring them down. And besides, I think the keep is the important goal here, right? Of course. But is it solid stone, or is there much loose rock we could push into the pass to narrow it at all? ( The technology here is not good enough. Mei-Yin, will you help me raise the tech level? How could I refuse your request? We will help too! Tech level increased by 12. Mei-Yin gains 54 fame. ) (Rock!) What does it matter. They're not comin' that way. ( Sweet! ) If we had the manpower, perhaps... * Chelsea frowns. You wouldn't happen to have a dragon's tooth around, would you? That's a lot of pushing for a gap that wide. A...? No, I don't believe so. Let's get inside the keep, we can figure out what to do then. * Chelsea nods. * Norii takes a closer look at the keep. Very well. [It's a castletown. You're in the town part :P] Seige engines? As in, do you have any? Engines? I take that as a no. You know... ballista, catapult, stuff like that. We have seige towers, but I don't see what use they'll be. We're trying to hold them out, not break in. Oh. Yes, we have three catapults. Do you have a smithy in town? Or anyplace that would have lots of chain and small chunks of metal? * Eckart nods. "We do, but the smith left with the rest of the townspeople. Do we have time for heavy-duty ammo forging? We don't need the smith. We just need chain and random chunks of metal. There's no shortage of arms, to be sure. I don't want to throw the smith at the enemy, that's for sure. * Shigeru snickers. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. Chelsea, you're the westerner, what's it called. The stuff they used to clear the defenders off the walls. Eh. They probably have ammo for the cats already. I believe you refer to a Grapeshot. Yeah, that's the stuff. * Chelsea smirks. I figure, we've all taken at least two or three physics courses, we oughta be able to figure the proper firing angles and such. * Chelsea nods. * Eoi decides to poke Kai. * Kirby-Sai is poked, and gives Eoi an annoyed look. "What." Excuse me, Eck, you do have ammo for the catapults already, right? Just wondering how Kirby feels. [A voice speaks! "All of this planning is in vain!"] Kirby wishes he was dead right now. * Norii looks around. * Shigeru blinks and turns to the voice. * Chelsea looks for the source of the voice. "Oh, well. That's certainly a relief." Yes, we... That voice! Gendry? He's here already?! * Eoi peers at the voice. [The voice speaks again. You can't tell where it's coming from. "They refer to me as Gendry here, yes."] Then come out and face us. [Mei-Yin's sword unsheaths itself and floats overhead. "That I shall, but not as Gendry! As Ambition!"] The fuck? ...oh, dear. Oh, dear. ...FUCK! ... Zuh? [From the smithy on the other side of town, bits and pieces of metal gather, until they form a dark suit of armor. The armor grasps the blade.] * DasGermanKirby is now known as Ambition * Shigeru raises his sword defensively. "Who the hell is Gendry, Eckart?" * Chelsea takes up a defensive stance, facing the sword as much as she can. She raises her shield. Uh... What the FUCK is going on? Gendry is the Empire's mightiest warrior. You. You were DEAD. ... ...NO! But to think he has such sorcery at his command. You only WISH! Why won't you FUCKING leave me alone!? You can never destroy Ambition, fool! ( I'm just imagining Kirby saying that line in the Kirby voice and laughing. ) ( Haw! ) No, but I can contain you! ( Dem, go to hell. ) ( It is funny. ) ( Well, I'm glad you're all amused by it. ) ( It's cracking me up. ) Th.. this is the guy that was controlling Mei-Yin, wasn't it? Nobody controls me. Yes. Or at least some aspect of him. NOBODY. Hmph. It was so easy, too! ( Fuck this shit. ) * Kirby-Sai is now known as Yonjuuni ( ... ) * Shigeru growls. "Yeah, he is." He takes a few steps forward. "That's enough for me. I'm sick of this." His eyes flicker, and he holds his palm towards the armor. [Sai Winks out of existance. Everyone roll init.] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 6. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+6) and gets 12. * Brett sets mode: +o Mei-Yin d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (d6+8) and gets 13. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (d6+8) and gets 13. * Eoi has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) ( oop. ) ( Pause ) ( Pause is good. Idle a sec. ) * Eoi has joined #BESM ( unpause ) ( Sorry. ) (It's fine. ^_^) [The armor is suddenly thrown back, but lands on its feet.] [Norii, Chelsea, Shigeru, Mei-Yin, Ambition, Eoi] * Chelsea frowns. ( What was the armor thrown back by? ) ( Whatever it was, you didn't see ^^ ) ( And the NPC's aren't fighting? ) ( Oh, and your goons go after Eoi. For all the good they'll do. ) ( Ah. ) ( .. goons? ) * Norii edges away from the armor and unloads with both pistols. ( What'd I miss? ) 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (2 2d6-2) and gets 3 5. ( Nothing. Init roll, is all. ) ( He means the locals. ) ( Our three friends. ) [Norii plugs the armor, twice!] [Chelsea's turn] * Chelsea attacks the open elbow joints of the armor, perhaps hoping to take the arm off, or at least damage it. ( Called shot, yo. ) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-5) and gets 1. [Chelsea does, in fact, take the arm off, though not the sword arm.] * Zereth has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) ( Eh. Good enough. ^_^ ) [Shig's turn] * Zereth has joined #besm * Shigeru scowls, and his eyes flicker again. "Go down, damn you." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Shig's blast slams into the armor. It's legs fall off!] [Strangely, it floats in the air.] [Mei's turn] * Mei-Yin rushes forward, trying to take her sword back from the armor. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-1) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-1) and gets 9. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-1) and gets 5. ( Damn! ) ( Nothing. ) ( I'm all outta luck. ) [The armor laughs as Mei futily tries to retrieve her weapon.] [Ambitions' turn] You're MINE! I think not. You don't think at all! * Ambition slices at Mei. "I'll have you instead!" ( No defense, I full attacked. ) * Ambition cuts into Mei. * Mei-Yin screams, but not in pain, more like rage. Mei! [Eoi's turn] * Chelsea scowls. * Eoi rushes forward, glowing with a golden glow. He slashes, not at the armor, but at the sword itself. "ULTIMATE NAGINATA TECHNIQUE! EOI BLADE!" 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-5) and gets 3. ( Made it. ) [Eoi hits! There's a shriek that sounds inhuman.] [The world starts melting.] Hah! Didn't like that, did you? No! This isn't possible! I was so close! * Norii eyes the world. * Mei-Yin is still concentrating on getting her sword back. * Chelsea blinks. "Good move, Eoi." ( I'm sorry for what I said, everyone. I don't want to wreck the game, I just lost my temper. ) A little more... Why did it have to be like this? Why?! AAAAaaaagh! You're MINE. ( pause a sec. ) You're not going to control anyone, anymore. ( ok... unpause. Wait for desc. ) [You're standing in the cosmos again, on a red brick platform in the shape of a square. Mei's sword is on the ground. In the center is the bishonen girl, floating in a blue crystal.] ( And we have our girl in a crystal. ) ( The game is complete. ) * Mei-Yin grabs her sword up from the ground and slams it home into its saya. MINE. * Shigeru walks over to the crytal and taps at it. He peers at the girl. ( Woohoo! ) Mei, put down the sword, okay? It's.. well, nasty. Come on. Put it down. * Mei-Yin GLARES at Shigeru. He's lucky he can't see it. ( Uh, can't he? ) [She looks like she's asleep.] * Chelsea goes and looks at the crystal. "Hm." Eoi, I am NOT giving up my sword, dammit. I WILL master it. (I can so!) (But I'm not paying attention.) Until you try to stab Shigeru in the head or something. Put the damn sword down! Any thoughts from her, Shig? She's sleeping. And she's our ticket out of here. * Sai eyes Mei-Yin's sword nervously. "You can't master that sword. It's impossible. Even if he -is- weakened." I WILL master it. * Mei-Yin gets that mule-stubborn look on her face. You're going to master putting it the hell down. Ah, our ticket. That's lucky. * Sai looks away. "It's ruined too many lives already. I thought he was dead for good, but..." * Shigeru nods and turns. "Better give it up, Eoi. There's no arguing with her when she's like that." Even though I agree with him, y'know. That sword's bad news, cursed or not. I'm not. That sword is bad news. We can't risk it doing that again.l Better to get rid of it now. ...well, I have to wonder how real that all was. (I'm still Kirby, right?) * Chamelaeon has quit IRC (Quit: Next thing you know I'll have green hair, a coconut bra and a monkey! ) ( Yeah ) ( Hiiiiiiiiiiii! ) I mean, it kinda dissolved too easily. Not risking it. Good point. That was too weak for Ambition. It's not your choice to make. I don't CARE. It's NOT WORTH THE RISK. * Shigeru folds his arms and watches the conversation. The novelty still isn't lost on him. Mei, I really think that you should think about getting a different sword. After we survive all this. When this is all over, maybe. But for now, it's all I've got, and I WILL master it. If you guys are done... * Chelsea looks over the crystal again, then starts actually listening to the conversation. We can risk it Mei. Kaene's sort of stuck in a crystal. What if it gets control over you again? You could kill us. * Mei-Yin laughs. * Norii blinks. * Eoi peers at Shig for a second. "So, why don't we bust it open?" That's Kaene? I can't hit Chelsea when I TRY. Even _with_ this sword. I'm USELESS! Without it, I'm even MORE useless! That's the idea, but *I'm* not going to bust it open. Whatever telekinetic powers I've got are too uncontrolled. And Mei, you were *never* useless. You can turn invisible almost! YOU'RE NOT FUCKING USELESS. * Chelsea frowns sadly for a moment, then takes it off her face. * Mei-Yin turns, drawing Ambition forth as she does so, and hacks at the fucking crystal already. * Sai looks at Mei-Yin. "When the sword is awake, you're stronger than any of us. Too strong. If Eoi hadn't been able to cast Ambition out last time...we might've been forced to kill you." * Eoi sighs. We're doomed. * Chelsea steps aside as Mei does that. [The crystal shatters with just one blow. Kaene falls to the ground and starts coughing.] YOU SEE! I TOLD YOU I CAN'T EVEN HIT HER WHEN I TRY! Guys, I really don't think... * Mei-Yin slams Ambition back into its saya and turns her back on Eoi. Mei, you're not a fighter. * Chelsea kneels next to Kaene. "Are you alright? Considering everything." Deal with it. Drop the damned sword, if you want I'll give you Naginata lessions. You don't need that cursed piece of shit. [a shiny pannel appears under Kaene. Also, there's another picture frame leading to the cosmos on one end of the room.] * Eckart is now known as Kaene I'm *koff* fine. Just a bit *kofkof*... I want to be a fighter, damn it! * Shigeru turns to Kaene. "Get ahold of yourself before you start talking, okay?" I want to protect Shigeru, and I can't! (/me misparses as "I want to be Fighter" ) And get yourself killed? And make Shigeru sad? Eoi, she's right just this once. * Kaene struggles into a sitting position, and gradually her coughing ceases. * Sai watches this Kaene person. Do you remember anything? * Shigeru sighs and turns back to the conversation. He walks over to Mei and puts a hand on her shoulder. I'm not letting her keep that damn sword.