[Day? Time?] ( I always want to make the Lain ref when you say that, but I can never remember how it goes. ^^ ) [In the middle of doomsday central, MC went through something I'd rather forget. They rescued Kaene and stepped through an archway, only to find...] ( Present Day.. Present Time. ) ( Present Day. Present Time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! ) ( Thank you. ^_~ ) (Haw!) [... They're back on that first yellow-brick circle, surrounded by space. The arch they came through is now covered with a purple slate. A little Chibi-Kaene is panted on the front, holding a Chibi-Key to the Universe and giving a V-sign.] (I'm rather fond of Time: 199X. Though now it'd be 200X.) ( Too bad I've only seen the first wp. ;_; ) ( Ep, even. ) [On the other side of the circle is another picture-frame arch. It's empty; you can see the cosmos right through it.] [Session Start] ...wha? ...we're back where we started? * Sai eyes the arch. "I am so not going through that first." We're going in circles. Yeah. We probably have to do this for all the hostages. * Chelsea frowns. * Shigeru looks up at the first picture. "Cute." Hostages? Y'know, in the crystals. ...so what, we've got to go through this other door now? Well then, let's go. Yes. Shall we get going? Probably. ...I'll go first. * Shigeru shakes his head. "Actually, I don't. And we should." * Mei-Yin runs across the circle and jumps through. * Shigeru walks in after Mei. * Eoi walks in after Shiggy. * Chelsea walks in. * Sai heads in at the back of the group. [The group lands in a pile on the porch of a house in the suburbs. Mei and Norii are not there; instead, Tenchi is holding a Kirby plushie. ] * Mei-Yin blinks. * Sai blinks. * Mei-Yin is now known as Tenchi * Chelsea blinks. * Tenchi looks down at the plushie. Uh... * Shigeru blinks and looks at the Tenchi. And the plushie. ...why do I have a Kirby plushie? [This plushie is not 4 ft. tall. Nor is it moving. ...oh, you're kidding me. Is that you, Mei-Yin? ] Don't ask me. Those damn things seem to be everywhere, these days. .... Who else would I be? Well, you don't look like you. * Chelsea blinks. And keeps herself from laughing. On the outside, anyway. * Shigeru 's eyes glaze for a moment, then he nods. "The plushie's Norii." ...that had BETTER not be an insult, buster. * Tenchi GLARES at Sai. * Eoi on the other hand, does not keep from laughing. You're, uh...a guy now. Um. You don't look like you, Mei. ...I'm WHAT?! * Tenchi looks down at himself. You're a man. A male. * Eoi cracks up. * Shigeru blinks, then turns and makes a beeline for the house. * Tenchi runs over and grabs Eoi by the lapels, or passable area of his shirt. "Eoi! You gotta trade me bodies!" [Shig gets there in no time. Because, y'know, he's standing on the porch.] Gah! Getoffa me! I would if I could! I don't think Shigeru's into yaoi! YOu gotta help me! * Shigeru tries to open the door. * Chelsea chuckles. [The door is locked.] * Chelsea looks Mei over. "Well, it could be worse. You could be in Eoi's old body." You never know. Ask him. * Shigeru pounds on the door. ~Hey, Mom! Let me in!~ ... Hey. At least you're still human. * Eoi seems to be enjoying this. You... you... ARRRRRGH! I can't even hit you! * Chelsea seems to be trying to look like she isn't enjoying this as much as she is. [The door is opened by Shig's mother, who immediately smiles and hugs him. "Shigeru, honey! You came to see me!"] * PacingKirby is now known as Ayane * Eoi stares. ... Uh. Shigeru.. this is your house? * Sai watches Shigeru and Ayane. * Shigeru oofs, then hugs back. "Hi Mom." * Tenchi sits down on the porch steps and cries. * Ayane immediately hugs Chelsea, too. "And you brought your new wife!" ... * Sai blinks. "Oh hell." * Chelsea blinks. * Tenchi stops crying in a hurry. ...WHAT?! What? Nonono! She's not my wife or anything! * Tenchi stands up, turns around, and gives Shigeru the GLARE OF DEATH. Ah, er, why, hello!, Ms. Ueda. YOU'RE ALREADY MARRIED?! * Ayane blinks, then laughs. "Of course she is! I was at the wedding!" * Ayane points. "See, you're both still wearing your wedding rings." Uh, Mei-Yin, I think you're misunderstanding. They're trying to mess with our heads. * Chelsea glances at her hands. ... [Chelsea and Shig do, in fact, have rings on.] * Tenchi doesn't seem to be paying any attention to Sai. * Eoi is just snickering. * Tenchi stalks up behind Shigeru. * Shigeru takes a step back and narrows his eyes. "There wasn't any wedding, Mom. And..." He notices the ring. "Oh shit." SHIGERU... So, how's my granddaughter? They make such a cute couple. YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER?! * Shigeru yelps and looks over at Tenchi. "What?" * Eoi hears that and doubles over with laughter. * RDMgryphon has quit IRC (Quit: What is the airspeedvelocity of an unDaeden infoline? ) * Sai realizes Mei-Yin is ignoring him, and backs as far as he can away from Shigeru without getting off the porch. * Tenchi grabs Shigeru by the lapels and slams him against the wall. "YOU'RE ALREADY MARRIED WITH A CHILD?!" Fuck no! How can I have a daughter when I'm a vir- you know don't- ow! * Chelsea facepalms. * Shigeru puts his hands to Mei's wrists and tries to get her to let go. DON'T YOU LIE TO ME! I'm glad this amuses you so much, Eoi. _ * Ayane wags a finger at Tenchi. "Mind your manners, young man. * Eoi taptaps Tenchi-Meiyin. "Uh. He's not lying. Wait till you're the one who gets screwed over. ( Yeah, you'll love that ^^ ) I'm not lying! THEN WHY ARE YOU WEARING RINGS? Because they're married! He's wearing a ring the same reason that you're a guy now, dammit! Because this is a twisted parody of reality? Because it's the universe playing silly games with your mind. * RDMgryphon has joined #besm Because... I don't know why! But this isn't my house, either! Let go, damnit! ... This is Treasa's world, remember! * Tenchi lets go. Of course not! ... I moved here after the wedding, remember? You wanted a bigger house for the baby. It must have been a lovely wedding. Where was the honeymoon? * Shigeru slides down the wall and runs a hand (yes, the one with the ring on it) through his hair. * Tenchi runs away, off the porch, away from this house. * Chelsea eyes the ring. "Come to think of it, I don't think Shig could afford a rock like this, anyway." I lent him the money. And it looks like your little friend is running away. Was he an ex, Chelsea? * Sai looks at Shigeru, then at Mei-Yin, and waddles after Mei-Yin as quickly as his stubby feet can take him. * Shigeru blinks and scrambles to his feet. "Mei, get back here!" He runs after her. Oh yes. Quite jealous, too. I think he and Shigeru still have issues to work out between each other. You see, he loves Shigeru. ... Oh. * Chelsea watches Shig run off and nods to herself. She then elbows Eoi in the ribs. ( Bwahahaha! ) ( I can't stop laughing. ) Well, I'm afraid he was doomed to be disappointed, then. (*laughs*) Oh, you never know. Shigeru and Mei-Yin were dating for a while. * Ayane calls after Shig. "Shigeru, don't be long! I'm making smiley-faced pancakes!" * Tenchi eventually stops running and sits down, crying. ( Ok.... I think we need two channels here. ) * Chelsea eyes Eoi. What? It's the truth. ( Mei and Shig, joing #BrokenHearts ) * Chelsea rolls her eyes. "Of course it is." ( What about me? I'm gonna reach her eventually, right? ^^; ) * Eoi grins at Chel. "So, what's it like to be a mother?" * Chelsea waves her hand at Eoi. "*Shut Up*, Eoi." ( Er...Brett? Am I gonna get there? ) ( Huh? *reads up ) Yeah, go ahead. * Eoi blinks. * Chelsea smirks. * Eoi blinks again and appears to try to talk. So, Ayane. Do we have anything to drink around here? * Eoi glares at Chelsea. * Chelsea beams at Eoi. ^_^ Of course! Come in, won't you? I'm making smiley-faced pancakes! Why, thank you. Come along, Eoi, let us not be rude. * Ayane opens the door for them. * Chelsea nods her thanks and heads in. * Eoi idly follows after Chelsea, signing bad words at her back. * Chelsea looks around once inside. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 5. [It's a very normal looking house.] * Chelsea frowns, then shrugs. How cozy. * Eoi taps Chelsea. * Chelsea turns. "Yes, Eoi?" * Eoi points to his mouth, and makes a "unzipping" motion. * Ayane goes over to the stove. "Just make yourselves comfortable, dears." ( * Eoi points to his mouth, and makes a "unzipping" motion. <=== .... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ) * Chelsea shrugs. "If you think you can behave, then of course." She waves her hand again. What the hell was that? A spell, of course. Any other questions? Why didn't you ever use that on Sai when he was angsting? Or Byakko. * Ayane hums and makes smiley-faced pancakes. * Chelsea shrugs. "Byakko would've resisted the effect, and Sai was too easy to simply ignore." She frowns. "Although if he gets to bad in the future, you need but ask." ( +o ) * Ayane comes in with a tray. "So! Who wants a pancake?" ( Hey! ;_; ) * Chelsea smiles graciously. "I'd love one, thank you." I'll take one Shigmom. * Ayane scoops one onto a plate and gives it to Chelsea. She repeats the process for Eoi. * Chelsea picks and nibbles at the pancake. [The pancake is tasty and ultra refreshing.] * Chelsea partakes more fully of the pancake, then. * Eoi munches on the SmileCake. [Eoi's pancake screams as he munches on it.] ... Uh. Is it supposed to do that? * Ayane blinks. "Oh dear. You got a dud." * Eoi stops munching of course. .. A dud? How the heck is a pancake a dud? * Ayane takes the plate from Eoi and dumps the pancake in the trash. She scoops another one out for Eoi. It wasn't cooked right. ... Uh.. okay. ( I shouldn't be having so much fun with this... but I am ^^ ) How interesting. Try that one instead. * Eoi pokes the pancake. [No response.] * Eoi takes a small nibble. * Chelsea finishes her pancake. "That was delicious, Ayane. Thank you." ^_^ [You two, make a mind roll.] ( Any mods? ) [Perception] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 9. ( Gah. Barely missed. ;_; ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6) and gets 4. ( Made it. ) * Eoi blinks and stands up. Uh.. Chel. There's something coming. Something unfriendly? * Chelsea sets her plate aside and stands up. Oh dear. No idea. Just.. something. * Chelsea frowns. Perhaps we should prepare a welcome in case it is. [Abraham Lincoln arrives in a cloud of dust. "Mmmm! Smiley-faced Pancakes!"] ... * Chelsea shrugs. * Abraham has joined #besm ... Why yes, Mr. President, I made them this morning! Would you care for one? * Eoi facepalms. Don't mind if I do! Thank you kindly, ma'am. Good day, Mr. President. How delightful of you to drop in. (...) * Abraham bows, sweeping his tophat. Good day, Mrs. Ueda. Where's your charming husband? ( Brett... you are strange. ) * Abraham helps himself to a pancake. * Chelsea frowns. Husband? There is a Shigdad? (... He's going to kill you all with an axe, isn't he? ) ( Nothing so pleasant. ) Oh, I meant the lovely young Chelsea Ueda, of course. A..hah. * Abraham blinks as his Mickey Mouse watch shouts. "Time for work, Mr. P!" * Eoi really wishes he found this odd. Ah. An excellent question, actually. Perhaps I should check up on my dear husband. Oh dear. I must be going. Feel free to drop by da house later. Come along, Eoi. Unless you want more pancakes. * Abraham puts his hat on the floor and hops into it. [Abe sinks into the hat. An arm reaches up from inside and pulls the hat in after him.] * Eoi follows after Chel. "Maybe he and Mei-Yin went off to make out. .. oh wait, she's a he now." My son would never run off with another man. Don't make me silence you again, Eoi. * Chelsea heads out in search of Shig. Yoush. ( Roll 2d6, Chel ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 4. ( Oh, nevermind. ) ( ?_? ) [Chel bumps into her husband not far from the house.] * Tenchi returns to the house, holding Shigeru's hand and whistling happily. ^_^ * Sai trails behind them, looking disgruntled. [Or "Da House", since the White House happens to be around the corner. Odd nobody noticed that before.] Looks like Shigmom was wrong. * Chelsea eyes Mei and frowns. "Well, boys. Did you work out your differences?" Yep. ^_^ You could say that. Yeesh. See if I ever try to help you guys out again. * Shigeru rolls his eyes. "You've got less tact than me, Sai. That takes talent." You can't have him, Chelsea. You'll have to settle for a god. ^_^ So, what do you plan to do if Mei is stuck like this forever? Oh, woe is me. * Shigeru shrugs. "Find some way around it." Hey. I can't help it if I'm completely defective. I'm honestly trying to help. Well. That was interesting. Now what? ...and being a marshmallow doesn't help things. Now we figure out how to get out of here. ^_^ [Big Ben is to your right. You somehow missed it.] Now we look for a way out. Or it could present itself to us. That'd be nice, too. * Tenchi looks around for Tokyo Tower. [Homer Simpson pops out of the clock face. "At the tone, the time will be Doh!"] ["DOH! DOH! DOH! DOH! DOH!"] If we can find Tokyo Tower, the way out might be there. [He goes back inside.] * Shigeru ponders grabbing one of Norii's guns and shooting Homer, but she's plushified. ... * Sai blinks. Well. That was surreal. Why do we always get stuck in the lands of obscure 90's pop culture? Quite. That was obscure? More or less than me being married to you, Chel? * Shigeru looks for the tower, too. [Meanwhile, a man in a suit comes up to you all.] * Ayane is now known as Man * Chelsea smirks. "Hm. Not sure." * Tenchi clutches Shigeru's arm protectively. * Tenchi eyes Chelsea. * Man speaks in an English accent, "Goodday, Chaps. I can get you out, if you desire." * Chelsea ignores Tenchi. Really. What about my mom? * Tenchi shakes her head a little, as if to clear it. That'd be lovely, thanks. Er... aren't we supposed to be looking for Treasa? Yup. Do you think she'd be here? Uh, this guy was saying something about getting us out. Yes, he was, and I said that'd be fine. Yeah, but isn't Treasa in here? Or is the in another here? Hm? Oh, yes, it's quite simple, really. Or... ARGH, I don't know what I mean! And no, there are no vampires here. The Slayer would have told me if there were. ( ... ) * Shigeru blinks. "Slayer? ... No, I don't want to know. You were saying?" * Chelsea nods to Man. "Whenever you're ready, sir." * Tenchi blinks. ...the Slayer? Like, the crazy mage girl and the dumb swordsman? ...which Slayer? Lina, or Buffy, or the rock band? Oh, yes. It's quite simple, really. All you have to do is find partners of the opposite gender and kiss each other. Then you'll both be transported out of here. * Tenchi sputters. * Shigeru stares at the man. "That makes no sense." No. No, I don't believe it does. ( Damn you, Brett. I dreamed this. And I dreamed telling you I dreamed this and.... fuuuuuuck. @_@ ) ( ND> Join the club. ) But Shigeru and I already kissed! And you're the same gender. Nothing happened! But you're both men, you see. ...oh yeah. No way! I'm not kissing anybody but Shigeru! ...does this mean I have to kiss Shigeru's mom? Or do I kiss the plushie? * Chelsea shrugs. * Chelsea turns to Shigeru. "Well. Ready to go?" Fuck, do kirbies even HAVE a gender? * Man shrugs. "Then you'll be stuck here. And yes, you might want to kiss Shigeru's mom if you don't want her to be stuck here." * Shigeru blinks at the man again, as if trying to clear his head. ... * Tenchi gets between Chelsea. "OH no you don't!" The plushie will leave when the rest of you do. ( Between Chel and Shigeur, I mean. ) You know, this place really isn't so bad. I could grow to like it. ( Agh. Spelling demons. ) * Shigeru puts his hand to his forehead. "This is so messed up." You just noticed that? [A woman comes up to Eoi.] No, but it's really hitting me right about now. You are _NOT_ kissing my Shigeru! [She looks very stern, but when she speaks, all he hears is a trombone making noises.] * Sai eyes the new arrival. * Shigeru grimaces. [Then she leaves.] ... You were saying? What the hell? Could be worse. Please, Mei. If Shig wants to leave this 'place', he'll have to kiss someone. * Chamelaeon is now known as ChamPhone He can kiss... Eoi! Eoi's really a guy! He won't try to steal Shigeru away! ... * Shigeru looks mildly ill at that prospect. Hey. Man in the suit. Can the kiss just be on the cheek, or something? * Eoi looks mildy.. curse you Shigeru. (Ha!) ( Bwahahaha! ) Of course not! It must be on the lips. Wouldn't be as interesting if it were otherwise, now would it? (For some reason, I'm reminded of when Norii went and kissed Eoi, Calvin, and Chelsea.) * Sai shrugs, as only a kirby can shrug. "Worth a try." * Sai heads towards the house. [A random pie hits Eoi in the face!] * Chelsea shrugs. "Alright, Mei. You win." She grabs Mei-Yin and kisses her... him... whatever. ( You beat me to it! ) @_@ How terrible. Shigeru's girlfriend stole his wife. ( Bwahahaha! ) * Eoi tries to clean the pie off his face. * Shigeru watches them kiss and says dryly, "I guess I'll need to run off with someone else, then." * Sai stops, and looks back, smirking. "If it'll make you feel better, Eoi, you can kiss me. I know how much you like Kirby." [Meanwhile, Chelsea and Tenchi vanish with a big cloud that spells "Poof!"] [Eoi succeeds. It was cherry pie, if you care.] * Eoi eyes Sai. * Sai smiles innocently. I'm not kissing my mom on the lips. Get going, Sai. [Sai smiles like.... Kirby!] I'm not kissing Shigeru. Right, right. You are aware you just told your friend to go kiss your mom, right Shig? * Sai heads to the house, looking for Ayane, grinning the whole time. * Abraham is now known as Ayane * Ayane is at the stove, making more pancakes. Hey. Mrs. Ueda. He's a Kirby. And how else are we gonna get her out of here? Why, Hello, Kirby! Care for a pancake? Oh, that's okay. * Sai lets out a sigh. "I'm REALLY sorry about this." * Sai flies up to Ayane's face level and kisses her on the lips. Oh, that's ok. I make them every Cherry Da-mmp? [They vanish in much the same way Chel and Tenchi did.] * Shigeru concentrates. "They're gone." So. Uh. Now what? ( You know damn well what. ^_^ ) Why, there's only one thing left to do, of course! * Shigeru gives Eoi a sidways look, then grimaces. Right. Shigeru goes and finds some random girl and kisses her, and I kiss you. ( Mwahahah. ) * Shigeru snerks. * Man pulls out an umbrella. "Afraid not, chaps. I've a game to catch." He is lifted into the air and flies off. Well, that got rid of him. [The umbrella says "Barry Robins" on the top.] * Shigeru watches the man fly off. He looks over at Eoi and frowns. ( But Eoi's so cute! ;_; ) This shouldn't be so damn hard. We could still go find some other random people. [A slinkee slinks over. "I'd be happy to assist, if you'd like."] * Man is now known as Slinkee ( ...Barry Robins? ) * Shigeru glances at the Slinky. "Do tell." ( Male Mary Poppins, if you didn't catch it :P ) No. * Eoi peers at the Slinky. "Please do tell?" I just said I'd be happy to assist. I never said I'd DO it. * Slinkee slinks off. "Sheesh, tourists." That made no sense. ( Actually, I had a image of Barry Bonds hitting a baseball with his umbrella. =P ) ( Get on with it! ) ( Oh? Ok, that'll work. ) (You're telling Shigeru and Eoi to kiss each other. This is no easy task.) ( *sends a variety of sea creatures to sing 'Kiss the Girl' for Shigeru* ) [A passing TV shows Barry Robins in a baseball stadium, hitting a football with his umbrella.] ( It's like taking off a band-aid. Just do it quick and get it over with, and it'll hurt less. ;P ) (Too bad you guys aren't there to give them advice. ;P) [The TV says, "And Barry hits a Hawaiian Vaction Resort run! The crowd goes contemplative!"] ( Yes, it is. ;P ) ( Hmmmm. ) * Shigeru ignores the television and grumbles, "We've got a world to save." ( ... ) ( I'm afk a bit. Hopefully this'll be done by the time I get back :P ) ( "Eoi and Shigeru stood there for days, eventually dying of thirst while they tried to work up the guts." ) (Watch us.) ( Back. ) So.. uh.. If you want, I can *look* like a girl for you. Don't see what difference it'll make. None really. ^_^; Ditto. Let's just get this over with. * Shigeru steps over to Eoi and, hopefully before he can react, gives him a *very* quick peck on the lips. [Poof. They all wind up floating in this tunnel that looks like hyper space. There's an archway. In front of that are a smiley face and a meanbun.] ( meatbun ) * Shigeru wipes at his mouth. "Bleh." * Tenchi smiles. * Eoi quickly wipes his mouth. "Ick." * Sai gives Shigeru a sheepish look. "I'm really, really sorry." [Ayane is not there, I should note.] [And Kirby-Norii is sucked into the archway.] * Chelsea nods appreciatively. * Sai keeps looking around nervously for Ayane. ( Have I changed back? ) * Shigeru looks around. "'Salright. We've all teased Eoi. Where the hell's my mom?" ( Nope ) * Tenchi lunges forward and hugs Shigeru. * Shigeru urks, then hugs back. No idea. Hm. Another archway. Shall we? * Tenchi looks over at Eoi. "You go kiss Chelsea now, to balance things out." I can't help but be slightly relieved at this. [I should note that the smiley face looks like a medal.] Then we can go through the next door. * Chelsea goes and takes a look at the smiley face. The meat bun is next. :9 Hah. No, see, I don't want Chelsea to stab me Well let's go through, then. See? Eoi's getting smarter. [The meatbun looks tasty. The smiley... well... y'know.] Are you SURE you don't want to kiss Chelsea? * Sai walks through the arch. Might want to grab that stuff before we do. She's a pretty good kisser. You're missing out. * Tenchi drags Shigeru towards the arch. * Shigeru snickers and is pulled. * Chelsea picks up the medal and stuffs it in her pocket. "Why, thank you, Mei- Yin." * Eoi shrugs and grabs the med.. ..ok, the meatbun then. [The medal instantly disappears, and chelsea feels stronger. The meatbun does not vanish, though.] If I wasn't sure she'd use the opportunity to steal Shigeru away, I'd have him take lessons. * Tenchi pulls Shigeru through the arch. * Chelsea smirks. "You weren't half bad y-- hm." * Shigeru goes through the arch! * Eoi heads through the arch. * Chelsea heads through the arch, too. [Through the arch is a platform essentially the same as the one Kaene was on. Ayane's in the crystal this time.] Shigeru, get ready to catch her. -__ ( -_- ) * Tenchi draws her sword. Sure. * Shigeru does that. * Sai eyes Ayane nervously. * Tenchi swings mightily at the crystal holding Shig's mom. [The crystal shatters, and Shigs mom slumps in his arms.] * Tenchi sheathes her sword smoothly. * Shigeru holds on and waits for her to come to. * Ayane blinks a few times. "Shigeru? I had the strangest dream." Me too. * Ayane looks around the 'room'. Her eyes stop on Chelsea, and she smiles a bit. * Sai edges behind Eoi. * Tenchi scoots closer to Shigeru, protectively. * Shigeru helps his mom to her feet. [Meanwhile, a shiny pannel appears under Ayane.] * Eoi idly watches. We should get going. Yeah. * Ayane nods. "I barely remember what happened. But you shouldn't stay here." * Shigeru pulls his mom off the panel and eyes it. * Sai mumbles "notkirbyjustashrub" repeatedly as he hides. [It's similar to the one in Kaene's room.] ( *snerks* ) Let's go. * Shigeru breathes out a sigh. "Right. You'll be okay here, Mom?" * Tenchi takes Shigeru's arm and tugs gently. Yes. And I need to stay here. Good luck. * Shigeru lets himself be tugged. "Okay. We'll do our best." Thanks. ^_^ Don't worry. We won't let the world end today. Maybe next week, but not today. * Tenchi makes like a tree and leaves, with Shigeru. * Sai leaves the room as quickly as he possibly can. * Chelsea nods to Ayane and heads out. [Kirby looks so cute when he runs ^^] ( ...Kirby looks good over a pit... I'm hungry. ;_; ) ( /me devours Sonny, gaining the Donut ability. ) ( Kawaii! Running Kirby! ) * Eoi follows. ( The Doughnut ability is useless, as it's only filled with lard! ;P ) [They come back in the starting room. The portal they come out of is covered like the one across, with a Chibi-Ayane holding a tray of smiley-faced pancakes. There's a new, empty arch to the left.] Shall we? * Eoi heads through the arch without a word. * Sai heads through the new arch without stopping. * Shigeru walks on through. * Tenchi jumps through after Shigeru. * Chelsea heads through the new arch. [Everyone lands in a heap! Except Eoi. Instead, there's a big Chinese guy with a long beard holding a naginata-ish weapon in one hand, and a Kirby plushie in the other. You appear to be standing on the deck of a ship.] * Shigeru oofs. * Tenchi looks down at Shigeru. * Tenchi glomps Shigeru while he has the opportunity. * Shigeru sweatdrops. * Eoi is now known as GuanYu * Sai eyes the Chinese guy. Eoi, I presume? Gah. Where are we now? ( ... ) Eoi, get off of... hm. That's odd. Usually Eoi lands on me when we fall through dimensions. ... No, duh? Who else would I be. ( You gave him a Glaive? ) * Tenchi looks down past Shigeru at Chelsea. ( I gave him Guan Yu's funky 80 kilogram weapon :P ) Well, you're a guy again. * GuanYu looks at his weapon. Where the fuck is my Naginata? Yeah, the bearded guy's Eoi. * Shigeru tries to get up now. * Tenchi rolls to the side, pulling Shigeru over on top of him instead, letting Chelsea go. * Sai smirks. "I liked you better as a girl." * Shigeru gaks. "Mei, now isn't exactly the time..." * Chelsea looks at Eoi, and laughs into her hand. ^_^ [Eoi's beard falls to his knees. Did I mention that?] (Ohohohoho?) If you say so, Shigeru. * Tenchi lets go of Shigeru. I'm not kidding. Where the hell is my naginata. * Shigeru gets up, then helps Mei/Tenchi to his feet. ( No, not yet. ) * Tenchi eyes GuanYu. ...This is what Eoi looks like? I like him better as a girl. * Sai snickers to himself. No, that's not what he looks like. * Chelsea stands up. "No, he normally looks much less interesting." * GuanYu stares. ".. No, this is not what I look like. Now where the fuck is my Naginata?" [A man walks out from a cabin on the ship. He has spikey hair, a headband, and a really big sword. He's not wearing a shirt, but has a bunch of tatoos. He speaks in Chinese: "Hey, Shu people! Are you almost ready to fight?"] * Shigeru concentrates, sending a mental picture of how Eoi's *supposed* to look to Mei. ~That's what he should look like.~ In order to look less interesting, he'd have to be hideously ugly. * Ayane is now known as TatooedGuy ...oooh, he's cute. *_* Hey! * Tenchi hugs Shigeru. "Not as cute as you." I'm not kidding. Has anyone seen my Naginata? * Sai blinks at Gan Ning. "What'd you say?" * Shigeru grumbles, but hugs back. * TatooedGuy is now known as GanNing * Tenchi smiles happy as Shigeru grumbles. ^_^ * GanNing takes a few steps forwards. "We're approaching the warship of Dong Zhuo now." He points. (Oh dear. What a place to fall in.) ( Aw no. ) ( Crap. ) Anybody have any idea what this guy's saying? * Shigeru blinks. "Dong Zhuo... Dong Zhu- aww, not *again*." When Wu and Shu join with Cao Cao's and Yuan Shao's forces, we shall destroy them easily!" You understand him, Shigeru? * Chelsea chuckles. He says we're about to fight in a battle, Sai. ...oh no. Not again. * GanNing is pointing, for those who can't understand him. Battle? Who the hell are we fighting? Dong Zhuo, apparently. * Shigeru turns to Sai. "No, but I caught the name. Remember when we were in that twisted game of Loki's?" ...again? Didn't we beat him already? Yeah, I remember that game. Wonderful. * Chelsea smirks. "Yes. Which means that if he knows what's good for him, he'll surrender at the sight of us." * Shigeru snickers. I need my Naginata back.. ;-; Good to know that Treasa's so unoriginal, she's got to copy other gods for ideas. * Tenchi grins evilly. "We will engage in glorious battle, and slay many men like the dogs they are." < Of course it will. Do you know where they are now? > * Tenchi said that in Chinese. <> * GanNing laughs. He points. "Over there, as I said. On the warship." * Chelsea grins. I'm not slaying many people until I get my Naginata. ...did I just hear him say Lu Bu? Oh joy. * GanNing grins at Mei. ( Is anyone going to look where he's pointing? ) * Chelsea shrugs. "Well, then, Sai. Who's this 'Lu Bu'?" * Sai looks where he's pointing. * Chelsea looks where he's pointing while she says it. * GuanYu continues to mourn his Naginata. Lu BU is a colossal badass. I think. I've never been very good at wargames. Badass warrior. Legendary, even. He was in the other game, but they told us not to fight him. Colossal. Like, King Authur. Like Musashi. [Chelsea sees a frickin' steel airship in the distance, firing lasers at specs that are probably smaller airships.] Yeah. Not very bright, though. ...this could perhaps be more difficult. ( unpause ) (Someone paste what I missed to me? ^^;) * Sai blinks. "Wait, we're flying? The hell?" Don't care if we're flying. Want my Naginata. Bu Hu will fall like any anyone else. It's the death star over there that I'm worried about for now. We can't do anything about your Saftey Nagi, Eoi. Now be quiet and get ready to kill people. Oh hush. I saw how you acted when we tried to take away your sword. < How wonderful. > * Sai gives Eoi an annoyed look. "Deal with it." * GuanYu eyes this weapon he has. "How am I supposed to fight with this?" Hit people with it. Duh. Pretend it's a naginata. * GuanYu grumbles something about everyone liking Mei-Yin's sword after it tried to kill us, but nobody gives a damn about his poor innoncent Naginata. It looks kinda like a naginata. Can't you improvise a little? * GuanYu fails to speak Chinese. The sooner we get done with this, Eoi, the sooner you get your naginata back. ( Pity for Eoi :P ) Oh, and he says Tedashi Tabushi went in ahead of us. I don't suppose that name rings any bells? (No. :P) * Shigeru blinks. * GuanYu blinks. "Grandpa?" ... ...grandpa? ...your grandpa is here? We've got to go rescue him. ...shit. [The ship is approaching closer. Now that you realize it, theres more ships flying alongside you. And as you get closer, you see many more ships flying around the monsterous gargantuan like a swarm of insects.] * Tenchi draws her shining blade forth from its saya. Come on, can't this thing go faster? * GanNing turns around and whistles. Some DW3 privates run up with small backpacks. * Tenchi blinks. * Tenchi takes one? * GuanYu eyes the backpack. Because he doesn't speak freaking Chinese. Put them on, guys. Sure. I think they're parachutes. * Shigeru takes one and puts it on. Don't need one. * Chelsea takes one. <"How does it work?"> Man, I hope those videogames help with this. ^_^; Doubt it would fit me like this, anyway. * Tenchi sheathes his sword and puts the backpack on. ( "/> ) YOu can FLY, Sai. You're Kirby. * GuanYu puts one on. I know that. That's why I said I didn't need it. * Sonny is now known as Sonny|Sleep * Chelsea nods. "They're parachutes. This cord operates it. Let's go." [The ship draws closer at a surprising speed.] * Tenchi nods and gets ready to jump. * Chelsea puts her backpack on. * Sai gets ready. * GanNing leads everyone to the railing. * Shigeru looks over the edge and is thankful he's not afraid of heights. * Tenchi takes Shigeru's hand in hers... er... his... er... whatever. * GanNing waits until the ship gets overhead, then shouts. * GuanYu gulps. * Tenchi jumps for the other ship, pulling Shigeru after her. * Sai hops off, flapping his arms/flippers/wings/whatever to slow his descent. ( Why bother? Kirby'd just bounce when he hit the bottom :P ) ( Don't forget to inhale large puffs of air. ) * Shigeru falls! * Chelsea jumps off! * GuanYu hops. * GanNing laughs as he watches you fall, then waves to his crew. ( Sai doesn't like to take chances, unless he's feeling particularly suicidal at the moment. :P ) * Chelsea uses the parachute at the appropriate time, too. * Shigeru pulls the cord when he thinks the time is right, yup. [You land on the deck. There's one bay door that's open. There don't seem to be any guards, so maybe they haven't noticed you yet.] * GuanYu uses Parachute so he doesn't die. * Chelsea takes off her pack and draws rapier and dagger. * GuanYu looks at this piece of crap that thinks it's a naginata. How am I supposed to fight with this? * Shigeru removes the parachute. "Like you fight with anything else." Hey, at least you're still humanoid. Suck it up. You hit people really really hard with it, of course. * Tenchi pulls the parachute off as she lands. Sorry Sai. That's your job. C'mon, let us find my grandpa. Hit them with the heavy end, Eoi. * Sai makes an obscene gesture at Eoi. It's just like a naginata, but blunt. ( Sai has no hands! ) ( Or.. fingers. Just stubs. He can't make obscene gestures. ((_^ ) * Shigeru hrms. ( It's the thought that counts. :P ) But it's.. blunt and.. not a nagina.. Come on. Let's go. * Sai rolls his eyes. Eoi? You go first. * GuanYu removes the parachutes and looks for his grandfather. ~There's a large group of people in there - about twenty in the immediate area. Nobody's paying any attention to us just yet.~ ... ( It's not blunt :P ) * Tenchi draws her sword forth. "Let's make them notice us, then." * Chelsea nods and casts her shield spell. ( It's just bigger. ) * Sai casts his barrier spell as well. ( It's a long pole with a curved blade on the end; not so different from a naginata. ) [It's very windy out here.] * GuanYu walks around, lookin' for his grandpa. * Shigeru heads in after Eoi. * Sai waddles along with the rest of the group, scowling and looking for something to blast. * Tenchi walks in beside Shigeru. [Lasers are firing back and forth from this ship and the smaller ones. Meanwhile, you go through the big doors. They lead to an empty hanger, with a door at the end.] * Chelsea heads after Eoi, looking around idly. * GuanYu heads for the door. * Shigeru does the same. * Tenchi defers to GuanYu's leadership, since he's the ancient chinese general here. * Sai keeps following. [The door leads to a long hallway, with several arches that go to rooms. Shouts are coming from all directions, along the lines of "My god, there's so many of them!" and "We're doomed!"] * Chelsea grins. Gosh, and they don't even know us. * Sai yawns widely. * Shigeru snickers. ( Tenchi makes a good decision. Guan Yu has something like 85 in charisma, and Tenchi just causes women to hate each other.] ) ( ^_^_v ) [The rooms are generic: Empty barracks, not so empty sickbays... some lead to laser cannons. That's where most of the crew seems to be.] ( Too bad he's got Mei-Yin's sword, instead of his own. :P ) * GuanYu continues searching for his grandfather. ( No Tenchi-ken for me. ;_; ) * Chelsea continues following. [There's a sign that directs you to the bridge ^^] * GuanYu heads towards the bridge. Maybe grandpa is there. ( Assuming you don't want to attack random people ) We should probably head for the bridge, glorious leader. Maybe we should take out some of these cannons while we're here. (No, that's fine. ^_~) * Tenchi follows the glorious Charisma 85 leader. Remember the game? Take out the leader, and everyone else goes running. * Shigeru keeps going. Yeah... but Lu Bu... Yeah, but I'm in a destructive mood today. We'll worry about him if he tries to stop us. You're also a creme puff. Or a marshmallow. [A few halls and a flight of steps later, you get to a door that says "Bridge" above it] I haven't figured out which. ( Suck in Lu Bu and copy his ability. :P ) I still have my magic. Fluff or no fluff. * GuanYu goes through the door. * Chelsea follows through the door. ( Wow. I'm exausted. ) * Shigeru sighs and walks after them. * Sai continues to follow. * Tenchi walks beside Shigeru, as always. [As Eoi opens the door, you see five people: Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu way in the front, and the old man in Chinese robes with a naginata. There's also two privates who decided to rush Lu Bu. He cuts them down easily just as you look in.] Oh shit. [Dong Zhuo sees you and scream "Reinforcements! Lu Bu, destroy them!" He runs off to a side door.] [The old man (who's Eoi's grandfather, if you hadn't realized) chases after him. "You won't get away, fiend!"] * Tenchi raises her sword, which glows bright white. * Slinkee is now known as Lu Grandfather! * GuanYu tries to catch up to his grandfather. Well, if it isn't the dumbass of the three kingdoms. * Lu hefts his crescent halberd and bars Eoi's path. "You'll never get by me, Guan Yu!" * Lu is now known as LuBu ( roll init ) I'm not Guan Yu. Let me by bastard! d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GuanYu (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+6) and gets 9. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tenchi (d6+9) and gets 12. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (d6+8) and gets 10. [Lu Bu, Tenchi, Sai, Chelsea, Shigeru, Guan Yu] [Lu Bu's turn] * LuBu roars and swings at Guan Yu! [And Guan Yu needs a melee def roll at +2] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GuanYu (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Made it. ) ( Incidently, all of this guy's moves have a +2 to defend. 'Cause he's so friggin powerful :P ) [Guan Yu blocks Lu Bu's attack, but undaunted, he tries again!] ( 'Nother +2 roll, Eoi ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GuanYu (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( Nope. ) * LuBu catches Guan Yu that time in the side, and snarls sadistically. [Tenchi's turn] LU BU! This sword of mine glows with an awesome power. Its burning grip is telling me to defeat you! Here I go! Shining... SWORD! * Tenchi charges Lu Bu, her shining sword swinging wildly. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tenchi (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Shigeru does not comment. * LuBu grunts and pulls his halberd up to catch the slash in time. [Sai's turn] * Sai raises his uh...flippers and points them at Lu Bu. "Hey moron! Over here! SOUL BURST!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( Curse you, Dicey. ) [Sai's blast goes... over there.] [Chelsea's turn] Stupid puffball. * Chelsea attacks Lu Bu! 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-6) and gets 1. * Sai smirks. "That was a warning shot, big guy." [Chelsea gets the first hit, stabbing Lu Bu in his gut. He roars, more in anger than in pain.] [Shig's turn] * Shigeru concentrates on Lu Bu, and his eyes flicker. ~Sanity Drain.~ 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 0. * ChamPhone is now known as Chamelaeon (Nightchikins.) (Nightwombat.) ( Gatling Chikin. ) * Chamelaeon has quit IRC (Quit: Sometimes I would pay for just one twist of fate in my direction. ) * LuBu stares at Shiggy like an idiot. (That's because he is one!) * Shigeru grins. ( Erm, that's probably it for that fight, folks. ) * Chelsea smirks. "Nice." * Shigeru walks over to LuBu and waves his hand in front of his face. * Sai blinks. "You melt his brain or something?" ... ...that was no fun at all. You could say that. Not that he had much of one, to begin with. We're supposed to engage in glorious battle. Fine with me. * GuanYu heads after his grandfather. Heh. I even wasted a perfectly good attack shout. You can engage in glorious battle with Treasa later. * Shigeru snickers. * Tenchi pouts. Let's go kick Dong Zhuo's ass. Again. * Chelsea smirks. Fine. * Shigeru grabs Tenchi by the arm and tugs him after Guan Yu. "C'mon." [Shig suddenly shouts. "I defeated an officer!"] * Tenchi EYES Shigeru. * Sai looks at Shigeru, and bursts out laughing. "I'm not the one saying that for once!" * Chelsea eyes Lu Bu and her hand twitches. Then she shrugs and heads after the others. And people say I'M crazy. * Shigeru facepalms. I did *not* mean to say that. * Sai ambles after the rest of the group. * Tenchi grabs Shigeru's arm and pulls him off after the rest of the group. [From somewhere, someone else (Xiahou Yuan, for any DW3 fans) responds. "We're falling behind! Let's go!"] ( Yay! Fatboy! One of them, at least. ) [MC follows Dong Zhuo and Tedashi! The door leads to a small, short hallway to an elevator.] ( Be glad I didn't use Xu Zhu :P ) ( I am. He'd probably try to eat me. :P ) * Shigeru walks over to the elevator and pushes the button. * Sai waits for the elevator. [The elevator comes up with amazing speed.] * Chelsea gets on the elevator. * Shigeru gets in! ( This gonna go on much longer? I'm running out of steam. ) * Tenchi follows Shigeru. ( Not much ) * Sai enters the elevator. * GuanYu continues forward. [The elevator goes down a good deal of floors, and really fast. Any faster, and your feet would probably leave the floor.] * Tenchi grabs onto Shigeru for support. * Shigeru braces against the wall. [It opens at another short hallway that ends in a pit. Tedashi is just in front of the pit, leaning against the wall. He looks injured."] * LuBu is now known as Tedashi * GanNing is now known as DongZhuo * Tenchi steps out and pulls Shigeru out with her. * Sai walks out of the elevator. * Shigeru gets out of the elevator. * GuanYu kneels next to Tedashi. "Grandfather? What happened?" Guan... No, Eoi. He caught me unprepared. I'll be fine, but he's preparing to escape. Let's get him! * Shigeru looks over at Dong Zhuo. "Can't have that." * Tedashi lifts his weapon to Eoi. "Here. Take my naginata." * Tenchi eyes Shigeru. "And don't you steal the whole fight for yourself, mister!" ( Dong ain't there :P ) Where is he? (Oh, for some reason I thought he was. ^^;) Are you sure you're gonna be ok Grandpa? Well. Let's fond Zhuo. * Tedashi nods. "Yes. Just get him for me." ( You want to fondle Dong Zhuo? ) He's preparing to escape by chopper below. ( ...find, even. ) ( ^_^ ) * GuanYu drops the pieces of crap and takes the Naginata. "You got it. You stay here. We'll be right back." Eoi, after you jump, throw the naginata into the cockpit. ( And while I'm at it... *sticks daggers in Sai's eyes* ) ( x.x ) * GuanYu blinks. "Uh. Okay." Come on guys, we gotta stop him! [Incidently, the pit looks pretty deep.] Yes. You've only got one shot. Good luck. * Shigeru looks down the pit and whistles. "Yup." ...so we jump down this pit? ...looks deep. Guess so. * Sai hops down. S'what he said. You first, Eoi. * Tenchi shrugs. * GuanYu hops down and waits to see a cockpit to throw a naginata into. When in China. * Tenchi jumps down. * Shigeru shrugs and jumps in after 'em. * Chelsea hops down. [The chopper comes into view below.] [Eoi falls first, because he's heaver than all of ya.] * GuanYu looks for the cockpit, aims and tosses. * Sai aims his flippers at the chopper, in case Eoi misses. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GuanYu (2d6) and gets 7. ( Made it. ) [Eoi tosses the naginata into the cockpit, shouting "Your number's up, monster!" Dong Zhuo can be heard screaming as the chopper starts to explode.] [Everyone falls through the floor, landing in one of those funky tunnels.] ( I am suddenly reminded of Time Crisis 2. ) [There's a Smiley-with shades, and a meat bun in front of the arch.] ( ... It's Bionic Commando Demota. ) ( You ARE the weakest link. GOODBYE. ) ( ^^ ) * Shigeru blinks at the smiley and meatbun. * GuanYu grabs the smiley with shades this time. He's already got a meatbun. ( A scene like that is too good to pass up ^_^ ) Come up. Let's go through the arch. My grandfather should be through there. * Tenchi grabs the meatbun. * GuanYu goes through the arch. * Tenchi follows Eoi through the arch. The smiley vanishes, and Guan Yu feels stronger! ( .... oh yeah. x.x ) * Shigeru stretches, walking on through. * Sai follows them. * Chelsea walks through the arch. ( Bleh. They weren't kidding when they said Paxil causes drowsiness. Can't think. @_@ ) * Tenchi scarfs the meatbun down. [Tenchi is replaced by Mei-Yin. Meanwhile, you get to one of those familiar rooms with a green floor and Tedashi in the crystal.] ... * Shigeru blinks. "Mei, you're normal!" Hey...does anyone have that other meatbun still? * GuanYu blinks and notices how Mei returns. He quickly pulls his meat-bun out and munches it. ... O_O (Bwaha!) * Sai slumps. * Tenchi is now known as Mei-Yin Fuck. ( Chelsea took the meatbun, I think. ) [And Guan Yu is replaced by Kimiko.] ( No, I did. ) * GuanYu is now known as Eoi * Mei-Yin tackles Shigeru and lays a deep kiss on him. Damn. Oh well, better then nothing. [He has his weapon back, though. ] Did you get a meatbun from the first place, too? * Chelsea chuckles. * Eoi SMASHES the crystal holding his grandfather. * Sai looks desparate. Sorry, Sai. * Shigeru stumbles backwards, but returns the kiss. [The crystal shatters, and Tedashi slumps to the floor.] * Sai slumps even more. * Tedashi quickly pulls himself into a sitting position, traditional Japanese- style. * Eoi catches his grandfather. * Eoi doesn't. Grandpa, are you ok? It's all right, Eoi, I will be fine. [A panel appears under him, as well.] * Eoi quickly pulls his grandpa off the panel, just in case. "I'm really glad to hear that. Are you sure you're ok?" * Tedashi nods. "I already know most of the details. You mustn't waste any time." * Sai runs back into the first room and looks around in desparation for another meatbun. ( Poor Sai. ) (No kidding.) * Sai searches near the Kaene door. * Mei-Yin still hasn't come up for breath. [Nothing there.] [Mei starts to suffocate. So does Shig :P] * Sai grimaces, and aims his flippers at the door. "SOUL BURST!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 8. * Mei-Yin finally comes up for air. [Sai impressively misses the door.] * Shigeru comes up for air. ~Much better the second time around,~ he thinks to Mei. * Chelsea shakes her head sadly. * Sai snarls and tries again. "SOUL BURST!" ^_^ 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 9. FUCK!! ( Bwahahaha! ) [Sai wastes his energy c.c] ( Bwahahahahahaha. ) Nice shootin' tex. * Sai sets himself up for another try. "SOUL BURST!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 3. Eoi? Get the door. Burn in hell, Eoi. [Unsurprisingly, there's another archway there now. And Sai hits the door, but has no effect.] (You just had to say that, didn't you?) ( Well, yeah. ) * Sai tries to pull the door open. We'll get one after the next world, Sai. The door looks pretty closed. Why don't we go through the archway? [It's more like a slate than a door, and doesn't come open. Works for me. ] Dammit, I want my fucking meatbun! * Chelsea heads through the archway. Tra la la. That's Kirby, alright. Always hungry. * Mei-Yin giggles. * Shigeru shakes his head and takes Mei's hand. He heads on through the archway. And in the next world, you'll need it for someone else! * Eoi heads through the archway. * Mei-Yin pulls Shigeru through the arch. Well, live as a Kirby then. ( And now I'm more awake. Weird. ) ( Woo! ) If I get stuck as Kirby, my first act will be to eat you, Eoi. ( Personally, I think Eoi shoulda stayed as Guan Yu :P ) That's a promise. ( Anyhow, end here, or do one more? ) ( Keep going, if we can. ) (I'm up for continuing. ^^) ( One more works. XD ) ( Find a replacement meatbun! ) * Sai goes through the arch. ( I'm up for another, but Ked might feel kinda left out. ) ( Let's do one more I guess. ) ( Up to you guys. I'm not going to finish this without him, after all. ) ( I guess we'll keep going. But I'm afk for a sec for a drink. ) ( Everyone here? ) (I am. ^^) ( Yep. ) ( You bet. ) ( Yeah. ) ( We walk in the dark places mundanes fear to tread. We stand on the campus, and no supernatural may harm the students. We live for the world, we die for the world. We are the Mystery Club. Heaven help who stands in our way. ) ( That's for the anime. And the manga. And the movies. And the books. ) (*snicker*) * RDMgryphon has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) ( /me waits for Chel. Since she's kinda... y'know, important for this one. ) ( Uhoh, Chel's turn. ) (I've still avoid- er, I didn't say nothin'. ^^) ( Back. c.c ) ( ok... ) (Er...what're we waiting for?) ( ^^; ) [Everyone lands in a heap in this large room, next to a circular table. Chelsea is not present. Instead theres a woman in a red leotard and cape, pink tights, a W-shaped hairband, and godawful curly red hair. She's holding a Kirby plushie.] * Sai blinks. * Shigeru sweatdrops. * Chelsea is now known as Scarlet_Witch * Mei-Yin sweatdrops. * Sai looks at Chelsea in desperation. "Can we please split the meatbun when we get out of this one?" Well, Chel. At least you got to keep your gender. * Scarlet_Witch eyes the Kirby plushy in her hand. "Uhg. Not another one." ...yeah. I don't know how men deal with that equipment. it's damnably uncomfortable. * Scarlet_Witch blinks at Shigeru? "What do you..." She looks down at herself. "...oh." Love the outfit Chel. It just screams... well, it screams something.\ Yes, it does scream. In agony. * Sai continues to look at Chelsea with pleading eyes. It screams "80's superheroine." * Shigeru snickers. We don't need Armageddon. This outfit is disaster enough. So what're we supposed to do here? Donno. Chelsea? Please?! Since my brother was one of the captives, I assume we save him. >From some super-villain, no doubt. ...great. * Sai continues to stare at Chelsea, cartoony tears in his eyes. Villian? Like who? * Scarlet_Witch eyes Sai. "We'll see." Sai, leave Chel alone. You're just stuck as Kirby, she's stuck as a fashion disaster from hell. FUCK YOU EOI! She's at least human! I don't know. Someone out to destroy or enslave the world, no doubt. Guys, leave Sai alone. * Sai flops to the ground, and weeps silently. [There's a beep from over near a large number of monitors and high-tech gadgetry near the wall.] * Scarlet_Witch sighs. "Sai will get the next meat bun. I can stand to suffer like this a little longer." Sure, he's an ass, but that's no reason to leave him as a creme puff. * Shigeru sighs and walks over to the monitors. * Sai looks at Chelsea with wide eyes. "Thank you! I can't begin to thank you enough!" * Sai pulls himself to his, er, feet. ... Well geez. * Scarlet_Witch walks over to the monitors, too. [The monitors beep. Shig sees a button that looks more important than all the other buttons.] * Sai peers up at the monitors. * Shigeru shrugs and presses that button. [A man with an eyepatch, smoking a cigar, appears on the screen.] * Tedashi is now known as Man ( Big Boss! No, wait, wrong world. ) ( ...falcon one? I forget his name. Birdman's contact. ) Avengers! We need your help immediately! Yes, Colonel Fury? * Man is now known as Nick ( Oh, wrong eyepatched guy with a cigar. ) ...Avengers? Who? ...oh great. What is it? Avengers? Oh, I know about them. * Shigeru rubs at the back of his head. Another American thing? S.H.I.E.L.D. has gathered a number of disturbing reports from Symkaria! It seems there is a robotic-destroyer causing mayhem! He's demanded to speak to you! And in person, no less! Okay, forget it. I'm not gonna even bother asking. Just...smile and nod. Good plan. You must leave at once! The fate of Symakria rests in your hands! No! the fate of the world! * Scarlet_Witch gasps. "Me? But why?" I do not know! Whatever plan he has, though, I'm sure you will prevail! * Scarlet_Witch nods like a demure woman trying to be brave. "Of course!" Yeah, yeah. Avengers Assemble and let's go kick some ass. * Shigeru snickers. * Sai sweatdrops. Avengers out. ... * Scarlet_Witch looks for the button that turns the damn thing off. Woohoo! We get to be superheroes! [Wanda sees a big shiny button that looks more important than the others.] * Scarlet_Witch pushes it! [The machine shuts off. Suddenly, MC is in a jet, in midflight. A mysterious voice speaks.] Joy. I'm not wearing spandex. * DongZhuo is now known as Voice That was quick. ( MC Assemble! ) * Scarlet_Witch frowns. And so, our brave heroes boarded a Quinjet and took off for the European nation, Symkaria! * Scarlet_Witch shrugs. "Well. At least it won't be a long trip." Right. Remind me to avoid american comic books. Little do they know that the robotic villian is none other than Ultron- 27! Yes, he has returned to take revenge yet again! If only our heroes knew the trap they walked into! How will they survive? Read on, true believer! Someone shut the narrator up. ...thanks for the heads up, narrarator. Not while he's telling us what's up, no. [Suddenly, they're in Symkaria!] Our heroes arrive in Symkaria! * Shigeru facepalms. Okay, so who's this Ultron-27? Is he powerful? ... * Sai blinks. ...hell if I know. [The place looks like a warzone.] Well, he has skin made of a fictional, unbreakable metal. Oh, fun. Yes! Ultron's skin is composed of adamantium, an indestructable metal! * Shigeru whistles. * Sai sweatdrops again. He's also very very strong and fast and so forth. How will the Avengers win this? Read on, true believer! * Scarlet_Witch frowns. Riiight. Hm. And I guess if he's a robot, Shigeru can't effect him... Probably not. * Mei-Yin fingers her sword. If I had a connection to his brain, I damn well could. Unbreakable, indeed. We'll see if he's REALLY unbreakable. Well, yeah, but I doubt he's hooked up to the internet. Mind you, the Avengers have beaten this foe multiple times before, even when he had the same indestructable form! (ish #16-18 -- Stan) But this new cast is very different! Are they as resourceful? Can they match the power of the mighty Thor? And will they discover the deep, dark secret behind Ultron's return? You'll find out in a few pages, true believer! ( I'm having fun with this :P ) ( Yes, you are. ) ( I never would have guessed. :P ) * Eoi sighs. "Someone tell me when the magic voice teleports us to the damn Ultra-99." * Scarlet_Witch looks around to see if she has an Avengers communicard on her. Little did they know, Ultron was watching them ever since they got here! Well, we'll see how he handles magic. [A robotic man jumps out from behind a hill. "Hahahahaha!"] * Nick is now known as Ultron-27 Don't look now, but Ultron's apparently watching us. No doubt waiting to... yes, there we go. * Sai eyes the robot. * Mei-Yin draws her sword and drops into an attacking stance. .. Spooky. Yeah, I'm.. uh.. scared. I've been waiting for you, fools! You and me, robot. Let's see whose metal is tougher. * Sai mutters his barrier spell. * Shigeru looks over at Ultron. "Give me a break." * Scarlet_Witch dracks her casting dagger and sword, and briefly looks surprised that she still has them. She casts her shield spell anyway, tho. But Ultron's secret was about to be unleashed! That's lucky. Ultron, huh. I wish we had Ultraman with us, or something. Let me guess. Ultron is not Ultron, but actually Dr. Evil in a secret Ultron suit. Shigeru, I am your father! Hahahahaha! ... ... ... ... No, my dad's a demon. You're a robot. Difference. And there you have it, true believers! I was a demon, true! * Shigeru sweatdrops. Well, fine. If you're a demon, we've got to kill you. But at the hands of my defeat, I rerouted my memories into this robotic brain! * Sai looks up at the sky. "Hey, narrarator, you're making this up as you go along, aren't you." * Shigeru grins. "Really now. Can I take a look?" Now, I am revived! With supreme powers! That's nice. What if you rust? Silence! It is time to destroy you! * Mei-Yin charges for Ultron, sword swinging mightily for the center of his metal chest. Ah. Well, that clears up everything. ( May as well roll init ) Aww, just when we've got a family reunion? d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+6 d6+9 d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+6) and gets 7. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (d6+9) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Scarlet_Witch (d6+8) and gets 14. [Chelsea, Eoi, Sai, Ultron, Mei-Yin, Shig] [Chelsea's turn!] * Scarlet_Witch waves her dagger at Ultron. "My Magic Attack." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Scarlet_Witch (2d6-4) and gets 1. And so the Scarlet Witch threw the first blow, but to no avail! It harmlessly bounced off Ultron's adamantium shell! Hahahahaha! Your puny spells can never hurt me! [Eoi's turn] * Scarlet_Witch shrugs. "Not that it matters, but try not to kill him, Eoi." Kill? You cannot even scratch me! * Eoi rushes forward, his Naginata shining with energy. He slashes at the demon with the cry "Ultimate Naginata Technique! EOI BLADE!" 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets 2. I could never get that lucky three times Chel. Like hell you couldn't. And even Eoi's attack, which can pierce even the thickest steel, is useless against Ultron's invincible skin! Fools! That will work no better! I am sick and tired of you killing my relatives when *I* have sworn to do so. Let's try something different then. [Sai's turn] * Sai aims his flippers at Ultron. "DRAIN!" A sickly yellow beam fires at Ultron. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( But misses. ) Unfortunately for our pink puffy friend, his attack missed! ...hey, I resent that. Hahahahaha! How can you hope to defeate me if you cannot even hit me? [Ulty's turn] * Ultron-27 glares at Sai, and red beams fire from his eyes. "Let me show you how it is done, humans!" ( ...Ulty? You made me think Ultros for a second, there. ^^; ) ( Sai needs a def roll ) (Ulty-kun!) [ Mazinger? We're fighting Mazinger? ] ( Gah. Wrong letter. ) ( Sorry. ((_^; ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Fight! For everlasting love and peace!" (And the marshmallow does not get toasted!) ( Yet. ) (Quiet, you.) * Sai hops effortlessly out of the way. "You were saying?" [Kirby swifyly hops over the blast; it flies past and burns a hole in a hill behind him] [Mei's turn] * Mei-Yin FINALLY completes her charge, thrusting her sword for Ulty's... er... chest sorta thing. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-2) and gets 5. And even Mei-Yin's sharp blade was deflected! Even though she had a direct hit! Shit! Damn. How the heck do we hurt this thing? You'll never stop me with such petty tactics! [Shiggy's turn] Sai! Try sucking him up! Laser eyebeams, huh? ...uh, I guess I can try that. But if he's considered a 'boss', I don't think it'll work. * Shigeru pushes a palm towards the bot. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 1. [There's a bright flash for a minute, and Ultron grabs his eyes.] Curses, I cannot see! But it will help you not! Though Shigeru did succeed in blinding the robotic rogue, Ultron would not be stopped so easily! * Retrieving #besm info... [Chel's turn] ...okay, who makes a robot that can have it's visual sensors overloaded like that? * Scarlet_Witch frowns and waves her dagger a little more carefully than usual. "My Magic Attack." (Called shot for Ultron's big grinning mouth) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Scarlet_Witch (2d6) and gets 7. ( Made it! Barely. c.c ) The kind that shows up in comics, I guess. Guess so. Chelsea's aim was dead on, but even a precise shot like that did nothing! Are our heroes doomed? * Shigeru blinks. ~You know, I'm tempted to try to take control of the narrator.~ ~Just rewrite the damn thing so we win.~ Hey! If he's a demon transferred to an electronic media, can he be excorcised? * Scarlet_Witch chuckles. ~...hey, good idea.~ Worth a try. And Eoi was just about to get that chance! [Eoi's turn] * Eoi holds his Naginata in front of him and gives it a go! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-4) and gets 2. ( Yep. ) Sadly, even Eoi's exciting exorcism could not affect Ultron. Shit. [Sai's turn] Well, let's give this a try. * Sai faces Ultron, opens his mouth wide, and inhales. (Do I roll anything, or not? ) ( Nope ) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Scarlet_Witch (2d6-5) and gets 0. And yes, even Kirby could not inhale Ultron. * Sai closes his mouth. Dammit. Foolish pink thing! My body is much too heavy for you to ever affect it that way! [Ultron's turn] * Ultron-27 is blind, but fires randomly! Fortunately for our heroes, Ultron was unable to hit them with his wild shots! [Mei's turn] Is this where the heroes make a tactical withdrawal? * Mei-Yin growls and goes all Invisible Woman, trying to get behind Ultron as she does so. Mei certainly seems to be doing just that! Of course, Ultron is blind and can't see her anyhow! But that's okay! I may have an idea. [Shigeru's turn] Go on. * Shigeru holds his action while he listens to Chelsea. * Scarlet_Witch taps her head and nods at Shig. * Sai frowns and watches Ultron. ~What? You can just think it, y'know.~ [Chel's turn] ~Ah. I'd forgotten. Anyay...~ ~The only past defeat of Ultron I can remember that we have even a passing chance of pulling off is one where he attempted to drain the mind of someone who had been hypnotized to think only of the preservation of life.~ Chelsea may be on to something! Meanwhile, let's see how Eoi is faring! ~Perhaps you can brainwash one of us. Or we can just trick him into draining Eoi's brain.~ ~The preservation of life?~ [Eoi's turn] Uh... ~Yes. The thought was so contrary to his being that he tore himself apart. Metaphorically.~ * Eoi points behind Ultron. "Look behind you!" * Shigeru considers and relates the news to the others. ~Chelsea's got an idea: Ultron can drain minds. If we get someone to think of nothing but the preservation of life, he'll shut down. The problem is this: either someone actually thinks that way, which is doubtful, or I make them think that way.~ I don't know what the narrarator's talking about, but I think you should go for it. ~Oh.~ Eoi's plan might have worked, but he'd forgotten that Ultron is blinded! [Sai's turn] * Sai holds his action. ~I dunno how you can pull that off...~ ~Well...~ ~But there's nothing I can do to this guy.~ * Shigeru glances at Chelsea. ~I s'pose I could use Ms. Scarlet over there as the guinea pig. The bot called for *her*, after all. But it's asking for an obscene amount of trust.~ [Ultron's turn] * Ultron-27 fires more random blasts. "I'll find you yet!" ~Well, we have time, at least.~ Luckily for the avengers, Ultron failed to find them this time! But could they defeat him before his sight returned? ( /me waves out. I'm terribly sleepy. z.z ) [Mei's turn] ~I wish I had some mega-destructive spell, but no such luck.~ (Night Dem.) ( Night ) ~ Fine with me. You'd better put me back the way you found me afterwards.~ * Demota is now known as DemoSleep ~Doesn't matter. He's invincible.~ * Shigeru snerks. ~Of course, Chel.~ This guy drains brains? ... If he's my dad, I guess it's not too surprising. * Mei-Yin walks walks back around right in front of Ulty, dropping her invisible woman act, not that it really mattered. "Okay, ulty. You wanna try draining brains? Come get some." ~Bah. No such thing as completely invincible. Didn't they kill that superman guy, once?~ * Shigeru blinks. "Mei?" ...Mei-Yin, what're you -doing-?! * Mei-Yin braces herself for assault, both physical and mental. What's going to happen? I can hardly wait! * Shigeru stares for a moment, then shakes his head. "No, I know what she's doing." [Shig's turn] Mei, no! We can't let him get our hands on our minds! ...this's nuts. * Shigeru closes his eyes and concentrates. ~Mei, let me through. I'm going to give you an edge.~ * Mei-Yin opens a Shigeru-shaped hole in her walls. ( "Fusion HA!" ) ( that'd be priceless. ) * Shigeru grins to himself and steps through. ~I'm going to essentially hypnotize you. All you're going to think about is the preservation of life, understand? I'll set things back to normal immediately afterwards.~ ~...I trust you.~ ( You bet, since the amount of damage you'd take would be something even Lu Bu couldn't survive :P ) * Shigeru breathes out a sigh. ~Thanks. That means a lot.~ Kami-sama...let this work. ~I know. ^_^~ * Shigeru sets about gently (*very* gently) tweaking Mei's mind into thinking about only the preservation of life (not to say that she forgets to breathe or something >.>). He keeps careful track of what he did and how to change it back as he goes about this. [Chel's turn] * Scarlet_Witch watches and waits. (Holding action.) [Eoi's turn] Quick! Turn around! There is a giant metal eating monster behind you! [Sai's turn] * Sai continues to watch. (that's all.) [Ultron's turn] * Ultron-27 spins around and grabs Mei-Yin by the head. "So, you want to see my mind draining power! You have no knowledge that I require, but I shall do it if only to show my power! * Ultron-27 drains Mei's mind. Wait, something is wrong! What is going on? * Ultron-27 grimaces as his body starts to deform. "This....! This thought is...! AAAAArgh! * Ultron-27 turns into a pile of scrap metal. ... Hm. Or maybe it wasn't metaphorical. Ah well. What a dumbass. Well. That was wacky. * Shigeru nods to himself and does just as he said he would, putting Mei's mind just as it was. And so the world was saved, thanks to Earth's Mightiest Heroes! [Zoom! You're in a floating hyper tunnel with a meatbun and a smiley face with a smirk ] * Scarlet_Witch goes and gets the smiley face. * Sai eyes the meatbun. "Chelsea. Are you sure about this?" (You guys always grab the smiley faces. ;P) ( She beat me to it. ) [The smiley doesn't seem to want to go with Wanda, oddly enough.] Sure I'm sure. I'll get the next one. Or something. * Sai smiles. "Thank you." * Mei-Yin blinks. * Sai picks up the meat bun and eats it. * Scarlet_Witch shrugs and looks around. "Who wants the smiley face?" Mei, try taking the smiley. * Mei-Yin goes forward to the medal and tries to take it. [Sai turns into Sai.] [The smiley vanishes, and Mei feels more powerful.] * Scarlet_Witch hands the medal to Mei. * Sai sighs in relief, and looks himself over. "It's...so good to be me again." * Mei-Yin sighs. * Mei-Yin walks over to Shigeru and gives him a warm hug. * Eoi blinks and reaches into his pack. He comes out with a meatbun and hands it to Chel. "Hey. Try this." I owe you big, Chelsea. Yes, you do. * Sai blinks at Eoi. * Shigeru grins and hugs her back. d3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (d3) and gets 3. * Scarlet_Witch accepts the meatbun and takes a bit. * Sai stays very still as he watches Eoi hand the meatbun to Chelsea. "I hope that's the real thing..." (Bite, even.) There's an archway, by the way.[ [And Chelsea gets gypped. She turns into her self, but is still wearing the outfit. ] * Sai blinks. * Mei-Yin pulls Shigeru through the archway. Better than nothin'. Nice clothes, by the way. * Shigeru is pulled! Maybe you should eat the whole thing. * Scarlet_Witch scowls. * Scarlet_Witch is now known as Chelsea * Chelsea scowls, rather. * Chelsea finishes the meatbun. [Unfortunatly, all the rest of the meatbun does is taste good.] Well. It's better then nothing. * Eoi quickly goes through the arch. * Sai exhales, and heads through the arch. At the very least, I owe you new clothes. Or something. * Chelsea stalks through the arch. [Same diamond shaped floor, this one green. Julian is in the crystal.] Chelsea, would you do the honors? Of course. * Ultron-27 is now known as Julian ( We're almost done I hope. Atom is tired. ) Who do we have left, anyway? * Chelsea walks up to the crystal and hits it with her sword. ( So is Brett. No Samurai movie for him, tonight ;_; ) That...Kimiko person, right? [The crystal shatters, and Julian slumps to the floor. A panel appears beneath him.] * Shigeru shrugs. * Chelsea sheathes her weapons and moves Julian off the panel. I don't think you want to do that. Hm? Someone needs to stay here to keep the thing active, and since I can barely stand, that means me. Ah. So that's what they're for. Then let's go free the last of the people. * Shigeru nods. * Chelsea moves Julian back onto the panel. Yeah. And figure out how to turn Norii back. How do you forcefeed a plushie? Good question. Maybe she'll turn back once we free everyone. * Shigeru tugs Mei to the next arch. "Nice seeing you again, Julian." * Julian nods. * Mei-Yin walks through with Shigeru. * Sai walks after Shigeru and Mei-Yin. * Eoi walks through. You take care, brother. * Chelsea heads into the arch. [Session End]