[Day: Wednsday, May 31st. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Yesterday, you spent the night fighting a not-quite-spirit of a tiger. Today, everyone's at the clubroom! Naomi's not there yet, so you're just chillin'.] [Session Start] * Peter is (gasp) reading a book. * Chie idly leans back in a chair, twirling a silver chain around her fingers. "So, Maria. How are you feelin' now?" * Lazar is seated against a wall, Indian-style, staring off into space. * Makoto has managed to keep his yo-yo spinning while balanced on a cat's cradle made by its own string. * Rei comes dancing into the clubroom. She's not all that graceful about it, but she sure is enthusiastic. She's also singing, in English, probably along to whatever it is that's plugged into her ears. Clothing shows high chance of causing blindness today. * Chomei is leaning back in a chair this time, staring at the ceiling. * Maria is perched on a desk. "...Not too bad, actually. It's just a dull ache, now." S'good. I was... kinda a little worried, actually. But I shouldn't have been, huh? * Chie grins. * Maria chuckles. Yo, Makoto! * Chomei looks at Rei, and quickly gains a facination with the light fixtures. * Makoto looks up from the yo-yo and grins at Chie. How'd things go yesterday with the were-panther? * Rei twirls, nearly falling into a desk. " o/~" * Lazar stands slowly. "Little one is tough. Take more than thieves to keep down, eh?" ( *blink* Were-panther? ) Pretty well. We caught it, anyway. Nao-chan is very... talented. ( Rei sings a song that's more than 50 years old :P ) * ChamInnaHaute is now known as Chamelaeon How about you guys? Did you do well? * Chie watches Rei out of the corner of her eye and laughs. Somehow she has the feeling that no furniture is safe when Rei's around. (You should have noticed by now that Rei tends towards songs that are more than fifty years old. ^^) * Maria smirks at Lazar. "'Xactly." Kinda-sorta. We managed to get rid of the spirit, but we ran into a few compications. Angry kitty. Some thieves beat us there, Maria got slashed - obviously she's better now - but they got away. * Rei keeps hopping around and singing, maybe oblivious, maybe not. The girl has no shame. * Makoto looks interested. "Somebody beat you there? How many of them were there?" Yeah... I don't know, all I know is they're gonna get their asses kicked next time we meet them... If we meet them again. Two of 'em, I think. I didn't see them. * Maria mutters. "Still don't know what they took. " We might wanna let Naomi know. If nothin' else, maybe regular standard Interpol's lookin' for 'em. * Rei twirls again, falling into a chair. She puts a hand to one of her ears, maybe turning the device off, and starts ripping into her backpack. * Maria hops off her chosen desk and walks over to look over Peter's shoulder, just in case he's reading something in a language she can read. * Rei pulls out a folded catsuit type outfit. Some of you would recognize it as Maria's... and it actually seems to have been folded with a considerable amount of care. "Hey, Maria! I couldn't fix the tear in your suit, but all the circuitry checks out just fine. Nothing's broken." Too bad I couldn't, though. Never did learn how to sew. Maybe I should do that. ^^ Heh. I can't sew, either. My talents lie elsewhere. * Makoto grins crookedly at Rei's antics and pulls his fingers quickly apart. The yo-yo goes whirling around his hands in a dizzying series of circular swoops until at last it is fully extended on its now-untangle string. * Maria chuckles and walks over to pick up her suit. "I guess I'll have to take it to a tailor or something, then." Heh, did you say sew? That we did. You got mad needle skills, Chomei? * Chie winks at him. * Maria looks at Chomei. "You can sew?" * Chomei thinks for a little. "I know a few tricks, yes. Let me see what the problem is." Ooh, you can sew! Can you cook, too? A little, but you probably wouldn't want to taste it. * Maria unfolds the suit (Sorry Rei) and shows Chomei the two big gashes where she was carved open last mission. [About now, Naomi walks in, yawning. She's got a newspaper tucked under one arm. "Yo."] * Kirby is now known as Naomi Hey, boss. Then I'll cook! We can have a big party, Iron Chef Rei style! Hi Naomi! Yo, Naomi. Hey, Nao-chan. "Iron Chef Rei." This I've *got* to see. I can contribute my time-tested recipe for instant ramen. * Chomei waves his hand without looking over. "Hi Naomi." * Lazar runs a finger over his ribcage, and hrms. You have any problems on that last case? * Rei pulls out a small beanbag plush and stands, holding it under her chin like a microphone. Her voice deepens. "Today's ingredient is... Tang." Yeah, I could probably fix this. ...'Tang'? Don't dis Tang. It's good stuff. Ooh, Tang. Beverage of the gods... if the gods wanted a sugar high, that is. Go Chomei! I knew you weren't completely hopeless! Alright. But what *is* it? * Makoto chuckles and spins his yo-yo as he listens to the others. * Lazar mutters. "All gone... odd." And sugar highs are *good* things. Powdered sugar and orange-taste. * Rei grins at Maria. "You shall see," she says, almost ominously. Then she turns to Naomi. "Um, yes. We did have trouble, actually." ....uh? ( Rei! I forbid that stuff for a REASON! If you want orange, I'll make you some orange juice! ) * Chie turns back to Naomi. "Yeah, there was a complication." ( But Mooooooom... ;_;) * Naomi frowns. "Mm... Something involving an African spear?" You heard, huh? ( ~Damn astral bodies won't take Tang just falls through...~ I heard that, young lady!) (Rei's home life must be so fun. ;p) Oh, is that what got stolen? I should have checked. Was busy working on Maria's suit, though. * Naomi unrolls the newspaper and puts it in front of Chie. "Who didn't?" On the front page is article about an African spear that was stolen from Skygarden last night. * Maria looks over at Naomi. "Oh, so that's what they took." * Chomei turns to face Naomi. "A spear?" We just missed 'em. Kinda. Maria and Rei ran into them, Maria got slashed by the one guy, the rest of us came in after they left. * Chie frowns slightly. * Rei fidgets, actually looking uncomfortable. "I could have stopped them, but I didn't." ( Gah. Gotta idle for a minute. ) * Maria waves dismissively at Rei. "Don't worry about it." [The article claims that the spear was left on the steps of the American Embassey. The Embassey did not know that the spear was stolen from Skygarden, but someone there recognized it as belonging to a tribe that once lived in Nigeria.] We get them. Feed them to wolves or other hungry creatures. (Not Nigeria!) Sounds good to me, Laz. Works for me. (They're upset about the clear cutting.) [Not long after, the tribe was contacted, mentioning how the spear was considered sacred and it was stolen from them. Skygarden protests that the artifact was dilevered by an archaelogist and rightfully belongs to the museum.] * Chie raises an eyebrow. "Now *that's* interesting..." ( Damn that Indiana Jones! ) [So the museum and the tribe aren't too happy with each other right now. In the meantime, the man who gave the spear to the museum is currently being sought for questioning.] Hm? What is, Chie? ( And it's Nigeria, because that's one of the few African nations I know about :P ) Apparently, the African tribe that used to have this spear claims it was stolen from them. It happens very often though. You know, like acheologists who took artifacts from ancient cities and stuff. * Naomi nods. And, of course, the museum says that it was given to them, legit. Yeah? That's not too uncommon, actually. A good number of archaeologists are little more than glorified grave robbers. Huh. So they're making a big fuss. What I don't understand is why the thieves did this. * Chie nods. "Yep. I hate seeing people get screwed over like that." Honestly, I think this thing will blow over in a little bit. Do we need to get involved any further? Well, thieves not good samata-... smatara-... nice people. I'm kinda curious, too. No, it's not our problem anymore. It never really was in the first place. , Lazar. They could have something going like, uhm, whatsisface. Ah, that it. Thank you. What is our problem is those thieves though, right? Hey, Lazar! Robin Hood was a nice person! He was also mostly fictional, but still. Nice person! Maybe. If they show up again, we might need to do something. * Chie taps her finger on the table. "S'possible they could strike again." ... who? But they really didn't seem like the type to do... charity work. Robin Hood. Take from the rich, give to the poor, kick butt with a bow, get sucked up by leeches. * Maria nods at Rei. "Yeah, that one." I remember all that but the leeches part. * Naomi nods to Rei, "Yes, he was mostly fictional, except for a brief period in the mid 1400s... But that's not important.] The leeches part was how he died. Bloodletting. Aaanyway. ^^ Ah. Similar story among my people, but different name. * Makoto lets his yo-yo sleep at the bottom of its string. "And do what? Steal another cultural artifact from a museum and give it away for no apparent reason?" Did you have leeches in that one, too? * Chomei looks up. "Oh yeah, that's right. They were really into that kind of wierd medicine." No leeches. Angry vampyre lord. Same thing, right? ... in way, yes. Heh. * Maria shakes her head. "Don't buy it." Are there any vampire lords that are -not- angry? * Rei makes fangs with her fingers. "Blah, blah!" Or angsty, for that matter. Vampires and leeches, while sharing the similar characteristic of blood drinking, are not at all similar. * Chomei looks at Rei. "I bet you do that with fries too, right?" Some not angry. Some calm. Yes! Fries and ketchup. Mmm, Heinz ketchup. It's amazing what you can do with that stuff. I had ketchup as my theme ingredient once. * Makoto grins at Peter. "Such as, vampires don't live in swamps?" (Ketchup! EVIL!) * Makoto gives Lazar a thoughtful look, and nods once before turning his attention back to the yo-yo. (What's the difference between Katchup and Katsup?) At any rate, there's another assignment for you tonight. * Lazar scowls slightly. "Vampyres not to be taken lightly. Evil, vicious creatues. Kill many of my people." Well, 'least the thieves didn't really see us. They saw Maria pretty well. * Chie turns to Naomi. "Yeah? What're we doing tonight?" Yeah, but she was in her stealth suit, Chomei. * Maria grimaces. * Naomi looks to Peter. "Ever hear of Kappa?" You have a point. And Rei was invisible, 'less one of them was like me. And I highly doubt that. Of course I have. (Aww, no. Somebody's gonna die. ;p) (Time for Chomei to die!) (Time for a main char to die?) ( I vote for Makoto. ) ( Not Kappa. ;_; ) ( o/" Villians in the half shell! Turtle power! o/" ) (Bwahaha!) (Why me? :( ) (Hang on. Quing used a Chinese sword, right? That means I'm gonna get it. Damn. ;p) ( Hey! I don' wanna die! ) ( You've got the sign saying "Enterprise Security Officer" on you, Chomei. =P ) (Dangit! I knew I should have gotten the red uniform...) (But at least I'm not an extra.) (Maria has no last name! (She shall be the first to die!) 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-6) and gets -3. ( I've already missed a session, though. The audience has less attachment to Makoto! ) ( Oh, crap! Rei's right! ;_; ) * Naomi nods to Peter. "Good, then you can fill them in on the specifics. The details of the mission are simple enough: a number of kappa have inhabited a koi pond at a dojo not far from here, and you need to clear them out." Kappa are powerful water demons. Well, as long as they have water inside their bowl-shaped head. They're rather stupid, and have a fondness for cucumbers. Can't we just ask them to go? What number? Cucumbers? * Peter nods at Naomi. "How many?" I'm told a family. That probably means anywhere from 4 to 8. Looks like we're goin' grocery shopping again. Did it really work last time? Grocery shopping, I mean. * Chomei thinks. "How would we get the drink outta their head?" Getting them to bow is the most common way. Mmm, not really, since we had to go after the fish. Hold them upside down and shake? Use a straw! * Maria raises an eyebrow. Just *how* powerful are they? ( Bilge pump. ) Very. Never fought one, personally. More likely then not, fighting them straight on will kill you. * Chie frowns. Right, so fight dirty. Well. That's reassuring. Or better yet, don't fight at all. * Makoto smirks. So we get the water outta their heads, and whatever we do, we *don't* attack them. I like that idea. Knock them over from distance, maybe? * Chomei looks at Lazar. "You mean by throwing a really big rock?" Have we got anything that powerful? I'll be going with you this time, but only to watch. I dunno if I'm strong enough to knock them over, normally or astrally. How big are they? * Chie turns to Peter. "I mean, these things are pretty solid, right?" How about you get a bucket and scoop the water out of their head? * Makoto studies his yo-yo thoughfully as it spins. ( Aren't you glad I kept the data for these guys? :P ) Yeah, or one of those little plastic beach shovels. They are rather difficult to knock over. Big rock, column, large pipe, something. * Chie eyes Lazar. "*You* probably could, Laz, but I kinda doubt the rest of us could." Exactly. Get them into group, I throw, they fall. There was a report of one being hit with a motorcycle and not being knocked over. How about one of you gets behind the Kappa and the rest of us pus- wait, no, that wouldn't work. ... or they not fall. * Chie snaps her fingers. "Oh, darn, there goes that plan." * Makoto blinks at Peter. "Wow, that's pretty solid." Well, my bike would probably prefer being intact anyway. *I'd* prefer it being intact. ( A motorcycle with a priest with Naginata riding it in fact. ) (... Hey, good idea!) (I have no naginata.) They're about 4'5, except for the family leaders. They are far larger. (Naginata's rule?) I could probably knock down one... not eight, though. Maybe we could rent a backhoe and drain the pool. Keep the rest distracted with cucumbers? * Kirby has joined #besm ( I told you.. ) Draining the pool would only make them attack in force. * Makoto looks a bit downcast. "Oh." ... cucumber on string, with tripwire? Will a tripwire be enough though? If it's a chain. Or do we need something like... steel cable. If we get really strong wire. If you can trip them, it would work. Maybe once or twice if we were lucky. * Rei pouts. "I still say we use a straw. Or a sumpump! I can levitate one and pump their brain- I mean, water out!" We could hide the wire, and Lazar could pull it tight at the last minute. But that probably wouldn't take them all out. The thing I would be woried about is what would be at the other end? * Maria blinks at Rei and shakes her head. A building. ... Right. * Makoto grins. After that... marbles? They'd probably crush the marbles, Lazar. * Makoto frowns thoughfully. Hey! * Zereth has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) ... right. Marbles won't work if it's on something like grass or loose gravel. How about oil or something else slippery? * Peter coughs. ( Home Alone 3: Lost in Japan! ) Like I said, that would work once or twice. These things are not very bright, but they can learn. How about a truck? Maybe we could get them into one of those dump trucks with a hydraulic lifter, and then tip them out. One plan will not work more then once or twice. * Chie blinks at Makoto. "Where would we get a truck?" * Chomei shrugs. * Zereth has joined #besm * Makoto grins slyly. "I bet I could... rent us one." * Lazar eyes Peter. "So what your plan?" * Chomei shakes his head. "This is hurting my head too much. Do you have a plan Peter?" At the moment, I don't have one. Oh. That's good. * Chie exhales frustratedly. "Can't think of anything, either." Most Kappa legends describe a person against one or two Kappa at most. There are very few reportings on an entire family being defeated. And we're *not* splitting up again. The most recent one involved said motorcycle. They managed to win, but nothing without a death and much injury. * Chomei thinks. "Maybe if we get a really big mallet..." Well... what attracts a Kappa to a spot? Maybe we could just get them to go to a lake they like better? I like that idea. Are kappa really evil creatures, prof, or is this pest extremination, kinda like rats? They're not evil, and in fact are rather docile. Attack them or anger them however, and they become violent. * Peter peers at Makoto. "Waters. that's about it." How about we just move the Dojo? * Naomi nods. "Sounds like a plan." ... Kappas need water in head, or any liquid? Move the dojo? Yeah, the problem is the dojo is right next to the pond, right? Just get a new one and move there. Or make 'em a new pond. If the kappa are really docile, then they aren't bothering anything. It must be water. * Makoto spins the yo-yo again and gives Peter a thoughtful look. "So, they're not that smart and they like cucumbers. They live in water, and they're usually docile. They sound like cows. Big, angry wet cows, that can kill people and withstand high-speed collissions. Nevermind." * Maria chuckles. * Chie grins. They're slightly smarter then cows. However, that about sums it up. So they're big, stupid, strong, and rectangular with bowls on their heads? * Lazar hrms. "Back in Transylvania, was lake infested with were-carp. Very bad. Killed carp by dumping chemicals into water that no like water. Carp need water, and die." * Naomi tells everyone where the dojo is, of course. (Snakefish?) ...were-carp? If they are out of the water, they are not aggressive unless provoked. Bother their water however, or even go near it, and they will attack. * Chie eyes Lazar. "D'you have were-*everything* in Transylvania, Laz?" Sounds like it. * Makoto blinks at Lazar. "So, you're saying we could find some way to dump some other liquid on all of them that would push the water out of their heads? * Rei hums as she ticks things off on her fingers. "Hey! I got it!" I don't think the dojo's owner would like his pond contaminated, either. And besides, they can survive on land for a little while. Even I know that. No were-squirrels. That just silly. * Makoto snickers. Actually, that's just it, Makoto. Let's get something heavier than water and dump it in their heads. I wonder if Tang qualifies. * Maria smirks. ( That's what YOU think ^_^ ) Nono. Rei invisible. Lure out of pond, she drop chemicals into head bowls, no more water. * Rei nodnods. ^^ Until they resubmerge. Maybe. This, on the other hand, could provoke them into a mass attack. No more water, no more strong, I smash. Which would kill us. But then what? THey don't just fall down dead when they have no water in their heads, do they? Which is bad. No. They are just very weak without water. And I'd prefer not to be mass attacked. * Naomi nods to Peter. "I don't want them rampaging through Tokyo. Keep them in the dojo grounds if at all possible." Ah. See? Very weak. ( Don't be like MC1 and run down the entire block with one following you :P ) Use something like... Mercury? If one kappa's under attack, how quickly will the other come and help it? But how would it get solid once it's inside it's head... 'Cause if we could lure 'em out a few at a time and dispatch 'em, that'd be easier than trying to take on the whole flock at once. Hey! We could -freeze- them! Sulfur? ( Hey, that woulda worked, damn you! ) * Makoto falls into a contemplative silence as he tries to figure out how to freeze a pond in the middle of spring. That what they use... sulfur. Sulfur no like water. *Big* reaction. It's probably easier to do it one at a time. If something goes wrong, you might be able to fight it in combat, if it's all of you against just one kappa. Huh. Yeah, but how long do we have for each one? * Peter thinks. I don't wanna start in on one of 'em and have the other seven pop up. They don't know if one of their own is in trouble. * Rei twirls some hair around one finger. They could be watching, though. We wanna lure whichever it is out of sight. * Chomei scratches his head. Cucumber on string? They stay underwater most of the time. It would be rather easy to lure them out one at a time. (Now, how do you pull those Icebones in the BR groop in LGuk...) (Speak English, Chomei. ^_~) (Monk! I need a monk!) ... that work. Lure into dojo, Rei drop sulfur into head bowl, rest of us stomp. And we stomp stomp stomp for just- er, pest control! I don't think the dojo's residents would be to thrilled with that. Are there woods nearby or something? Maybe we could just lure it under a tree branch. (FD Pull! Right! We need a monk or a SK. Necro's have way too few HP. How many of you did I loose? ^^;) (too, even) (*raises hand* I'm lost.) The dojo's courtyard is quite large. It'd make for an ideal place to fight them. (EQ) (Ahh.) * Chie shrugs. "Works for me." (Shaddup and ranger gate. Why feign death when you can do the real thing?) (Point. *Ranger Gates*) ( I fear you both. ) (/me shows up at his bind point with no weapons, no armor, and far less exp. "Dangit, it never works right.") Okay, let's get moving. The dojo's owner will be away while we're at work, so there's no need to worry about innocents getting involved, but keep in mind you're fighting on someone else's property; try not to damage it too much. Right. Let us buy cucumbers. Many cucumbers. Heh. Alright. * Lazar grins. "Is not property damage part of job?" * Chie mock-pouts. "Aww. No property damage? You're no fun." * Chomei grins. "I like the way you think Lazar." And baking soda, because I don't think they carry sulfur at any convenience store near here. Who wants to pick up the groceries this time? ^_^ * RDMgryphon has joined #besm ... we at college. They teach chemistry. Have sulfur. ( Fuck. Gotta idle again. ) * Naomi nods. "True enough." Groceries? Heh. One of you guys with a car should go. I don't think I can fit all that many cucumbers in my bike's storage space. Do they have pickels too? I'll take my car, then. ( Note: Sulfur + water will produce sulfuric acid. This could be fuuuuuun. =P ) ( c.c ) So I'm cleaning out the store's cucumbers, and leave it to you guys to get the sulfur. Is there anything else I should get while I'm there? (This is when I wish I were a long-range fighter.) ( Ditto here. ) Tang. * Chie looks at Rei and grins. "Some Tang'd be nice. The beverage of champions." And pixie sticks. * Rei nodnods. Definetly Tang... no pixie sticks here though. Okay, Tang and... other powdered sugar products. If we run out of sulfur I guess we can use that. I'll meet you guys at the dojo then. 'Kay. Maria, you wanna ride with me? We'll take the scenic route at sixty! Heh. Sure we will. But yeah, let's go. Hey, Pete... mind if I ride in the Mystery machine again? * Chie sniffles. "Awww, you guys don't love me anymore!" Not a problem. We get sulfur from lab, Peter? * Makoto slips out to his car (and off to the grocery store!) * Peter nods at Lazar. "I believe we shall." I might as well go with you guys... nothing else to do here. Aww, you know that's not true, Chie. I'll make it up to you with a Tang party after. That work? ^^ I'll meet you guys there. I suppose I can forgive you... but just this once. * Chie grins. * Naomi heads out the door. [ Gotta FF Brett?] Whoo! Chie's forgiveness is worth more than a twenty ounce container of pixie sticks! * Maria chuckles. ( I got 1-10, plus the offshoots. Why? ) Should hope so. ( /me thwaps Brett. ) ( I'm tired. That was supposed to be "Gonna." ) (Hey, you've got the Japanese 2 and 3? Cool!) (^_~) [One hour later (9:00), they arrive at the dojo! It's a big place, and looking in through the front gate, you see Naomi wasn't kidding about its size.] ( Err... ) ( The courtyard's size, I mean c.c ) * Maria raises an eyebrow and starts looking around at the place. * Chie eyes the dojo. "Impressive." Very. * Chomei looks at the massiveness of the dojo. "Not too shabby." * Rei screeches in with a yahooie surprisingly like Goofy's, then blinks at the dojo. "Whoo, posh." * Naomi is, in fact, sitting on the steps to the dojo when you all get there. * Maria now raises an eyebrow and looks around. * Makoto pulls up in his gray car. Moments after the engine shuts off, a raven lands on the vehicle's roof. Makoto gives it an accusing glance and joins the others. "I've got a trunk full of cuc... wow. Nice dojo." Definitely beats my apartment. Then again, most broom closets beat my apartment. Heh, same here. [Basically, the wall surrounds a square area. The building occupies the northeast corner.] Oh, and Rei? They didn't have "pixie stix," so I got you some Pocky. Nice. * Maria takes notes with her eyes. * Lazar steps out of the van, much to the van's relief. Pocky? Eh, okay. I'll make do with what I have, I guess. Thanks, Makoto. ^_^ * Makoto nods and hands over a few slender boxes. No problem. * Rei takes them and puts them in her backpack. * Lazar walks over to Makoto's car. "Need me to carry cucumbers?" * Naomi stands up and walks to you all, pointing at the corner of the house. "The pond's around the side, back there." * Peter calmly gets out his crossbow. Okay. Who wishes to do the luring? And I would like to state for the record that there are seven thousand yen worth of cucumbers in my trunk, so... yes, Lazar, that would be nice. That's... a lot of cucumbers. * Maria rolls her shoulders and stretches some. Wow. Guess we don't have to worry about running out. * Makoto reaches into a pocket and withdraws a plain gray keychain. With a press of a button the trunk opens up. Yeah... where'd you put the Sulpher prof? * Lazar waits for Makoto to open the trunk, and grabs the cucumbers. "Someone have string or like?" It's in the van. * Rei boggles. "Wow. That's a lotta cucumbers. If we've got any left over, can I use those for my theme ingredient?" I do if nobody else does. * Chomei realizes the stupidity of his question. "... Right." * Makoto grins and nods to Rei. "Go right ahead. But... ingredient for -what?-" Her 'Iron Chef' thing... I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it definetly has to do with cooking. Iron Chef Rei cucumber special!~ * Rei points at Chomei, ever so dramatically. "I challenge you!" * Maria facepalms. * Chomei sighs. "I guess I'll find out sooner or later, but let's get our job done first, 'kay?" Need me to lug anything? Yes. Maybe use turtles. * Makoto gives Rei a long, blank look, and then smiles brightly at Chomei. "Yes, let's." Alright. So, who's doing the luring with the cucumbers? * Chomei shrugs. I can do it! Just gimme the where. ^^ * Rei considers. "Though I can't really carry a whole lotta cucumbers or anything." Right, use the girl who can't get hurt by those things. * Lazar shakes his head at Rei. "No, you need to hold sulfur." * Maria chuckles. "Right." Well, we're gonna put them on strings. Just because we have lots of cucumbers doesn't mean we should waste them, anyway. You can come back for more, or... oh, Lazar's right. Who's fastest among us? I'm pretty sure I am. Not I. * Maria smirks. Who looks most like cucumber? I'm pretty fast, but... Maria's probably faster. I can run pretty well, but I dunno about fastest. As long as you don't get pounded into the ground. How fast do these things run? I'm pretty fast, too, but I'm willing to bet Maria can beat me with one foot tied behind her back. Anyway, I'd rather watch her run, than run myself. And they're probably pretty slow out of water. * Chomei nods in agreement. I'm faster in astral form, but I dunno how fast that is compared to Maria. 'Cause she's, y'know, Speedy Mouse and stuff. ( One foot tied... wow, that's a funny image. ) They are very swift runners. (*Maria hops past Chie on one foot. See, told 'ya.) * Maria snickers at Rei. "I'm a mouse?" Yeah! Like the one in that one cartoon with the cat and the cheese and the anvil and dynamite! * Chie blinks. "They are? Well, good thing I'm not the expert." What, Tom & Jerry? ... I not very fast. No, Laz. But that's okay. We need you for the smashing! * Makoto pats Lazar's arm. "It's okay. You don't need to be." * Chie grins. Can smash stuff. * Lazar makes a knuckle-cracking motion. Again, lacking knuckles, all it produces is a grinding sound. ( No, Worker and Parasite. Tome and Jerry was cancelled years ago :P ) Smash is good. Smash is very good. But right now, let's tie a few cucumbers on strings and get to work. * Rei snickers. * Maria grins. We're goin' fishin' for Kappa! (Itchy and Scratchy?) Are they good eatin'? ( pause. For Yu, this time. ) Dunno. Rei? New theme ingredient? I think we should talk to the residents of the building first. They'd probably have the best idea as to where in the lake the kappa are, and besides, they really should know we're here and stuff. ( Back soon! I promise! x_x ) * Rei grins. "Tonight I dine on kappa soup!" ( Damn you, Ard. Beat me to it. ;_; ) (Victoly!) * DeMenchi is now known as Demota (NNNNNOOOOOO!!! Bad TMNT reference!) (Shush and bask in the glory of early '90's cartoons.) ( ... ) (Okay. /me goes back to watching Planeteers.) (Yep. Resistance is futile. 'n stuff.) ( Hey, they're reviving the cartoon TMNT, y'know. ) (They are? Those *heretics*!) ( Yes, it'll be on the Fox Box with Kirby. ;P ) ( Nah. Kirby got his own channel years ago. ) (You know, they revived Speed Racer on Nickelodean.) ( I thought that it was a dubbing of a series that was made years ago? Around 97? ) Start now? * Rei pouts. I've already told you that I've told the owner to stay away for the night, Rei. * Naomi nods to Lazar. Huh? Oh, sorry. ^^; Okay. And by the way, have you chosen a commander yet? Well, no time's as good as the current. * Chomei summons his bow. "I don't think so..." * Makoto reaches into a pocket and withdraws his heavy combat yo-yo. A wha-- oh, right. Burn bridge when come to it. I'm not sure. Have we? * Maria pulls on a pair of gloves. "I'm pretty sure we haven't." * Chie pulls her sword out of her bag. "Nope, haven't really had a chance to think about it yet." No, we have not yet. * Naomi frowns. "See that you do pretty soon. I'm leaving Friday morning; I need to know before then." * Rei shakes her head. "Can the commander be somebody in an advisory roll? Or a bookworm who likes to talk to fish, maybe?" * Naomi shrugs. "It can be anyone, as long as I have someone to forward the missions to." ( Well that bodes well. WinAmp just went to 'Successful Mission'. =P ) * Rei makes a v for victory. "Gotcha!" (Successful mission for who?) Give it some thought. In the meantime, you've got kappa to fight. That we do. * Peter idly adjusts his glasses. (We'll be dreading... I mean, looking forward to that.) So, we'll just cover the others on this side of the yard, will we? We just have to get one all alone, then we can isolate and... get rid of it. Remember, they are harmless without the water. Want me to check out where they're located? ^^ So get them away from the H20? * Jukor has quit IRC (Quit: ) (Gah, H2O) Well, that's what the cucumbers are for. * Maria nods. (HOH! HOH! Not H2O! ) * Naomi shrugs. "Just look from a distance. They won't bother you if you don't get close enough." * Maria nods. Shall I go take a look then? ( o/" Billy was a chemist, but Billy is no more. 'Cause what he thought was H2O was H2SO4. o/" ) (Ouch, that's bad.) ( ...*cracks up* ) ( ... ) * Rei scratches at her cheek and nods. (Sadly, we are about to create H2SO4. I take it none of us has the Chemistry skill?) (Hell no!) (I'm not a chemist, but I play one on TV!) ( Where's Norii when we need her? ) ( Hehe. ) (I'm no chemist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. ;) ) * Peter doesn't talk much. Notice that? * Makoto spins his yo-yo in anticipation. ( ...out of my head, Chomei. ) (No, it's comfy here.) ( ;_; ) ( Are we in the compound yet? ) * Maria goes to look, then! *sneaksneaksneak* * Chomei streatches a little. * Peter sneaks and peers. * Rei doesn't sneak. She sits and waits, humming to herself. [You're in the compound. There's a pretty house and a large courtyard. Maria finds the pond next to the house in the SE corner of the compound. In the darkness, she can make out one kappa swimming around.] * Jukor has joined #besm [On the surface, that is...] * Makoto has heard quite enough about the kappa, and figures he'll see one up close soon enough. He stays put. * Maria tries on her IR goggles to see if they can tell her anything more. * Lazar places the cucumbers down softly. [Maria sees four more kappa at the bottom of the pond. Or perhaps three, one of which is really big.] * Maria frowns and heads back to let the others in on it. * Rei resists the urge to sing out loud and pulls out pocky instead. :9 * Chomei watches as Maria approaches. "What's up?" Hi Maria! Want some?1 * Rei holds out a stick of pocky to her. * MarkPoa has joined #besm (Hola Mark. ^^) Hey, could I have one? (What flavor is it?) (Hola, Arwen-chan. ^^) Cucumbers? No thanks. I saw five, or four if one of 'ems really big. * Lazar frowns, and concentrates on the pond in the distance. As he does, he fiddles with his pendant. Cue shimmering, reveal golem. No gashes are apparent on his chest. * Rei shrugs and munches. Prof said the leader's big. * Naomi eyes the Pocky. * Rei blinks at Naomi, then offers a fresh stick to her. ^^ ( I'm having the same problem as Maria. ((_^; ) So that's probably the leader... How are we gonna seperate them? * Naomi takes it ^^ Pete said they're pretty stupid, right? Shouldn't be too hard. * Rei grins. Just don't offer them so many cucumbers at once that they all come running. * Naomi munches on the Pocky. Yes. The leader is very large. Maybe twice the size, maybe more. The reports vary. Question! Answer? Like plan. Throw cucumber on string. Kappa follow. We hide, when get close, Rei add sulfur, then we attack. If we take out the leader, what happens to the rest of the kappa? Do they stay, or do they run, or do they mob us and tell us we suck? I'm.. not sure. More likly then not, they would mob us. (That's Rei right there.) If all they do is tell us we suck, that's not so bad. I bet they kill us, then tell us we suck. * Chie frowns. "Ooh. Mob bad." But Maria, my fragile self esteem would be completely shattered by those mean ol' kappa! Unless I started it. Then it's good. Better than zombies. Kill, then suck out brains. But mob of angry kappa is definitely bad. Can they do anything other than hit helluva hard? * Maria has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) They run very fast. Very, very fast. * Maria has joined #besm ( ...the hell? ) Question! Now, can anyone make a cucumber run really fast? Answer? Ooh, Chomei-kun, we're on the same wavelength! Have some choco on a stick./ Uhm... I can try? * Rei tosses a stick of pocky at Chomei. Throw. Then pull string. * Chomei catches the pocky in his right hand and eats it. "Mmmm... chocolicious." That works. * Chie pouts. They really don't love her, as they are giving her no chocolate! ( Poor chie! ) ( Yeah, sucks to be- err... poor Chie) ... someone tie string? Golem fingers not meant for delicate moving. Yeah, sure. * Chie takes the cucumber and the string and ties a very nice secure knot. Sure, LAz. * Chie does delicate work all the time, so tying strings around cucumbers is not a problem for her! ;p Do we have enough for a few extras? I could keep them in my backpack in case they catch the first one. 'Kay. One cucumber onna string. Good luck. Be very careful. And we have all the cucumbers in the world. Or at least greater Tokyo. * Chomei looks to Maria. "Good idea." * Makoto looks at the heavy paper bag near Lazar. * Rei tosses Chie a stick of pocky. "Good girl! You can tie knots!" ;P Yeah, I think we have plenty of cucumbers. * Chie catches. Woo! That's it! * Rei powerposes. "My destined role is... the SUPERVISOR!" * Chie munches happily. Ahh, she has chocolate. Her night is complete. ^_^ We need cover. No work if Kappa can see us. Sorry, Rei. That's my job. * Maria ties extras. * Rei deflates. * Maria gets Chie to help, too. Damn, Naomi. You hog all the fun. * Chie helps Maria tie some more. Maybe if she's good, she'll get more chocolate! ^_~ * Naomi grins and gives Rei a V-sign ^^ * Lazar looks around. Anyplace to hide behind? ( There's a few bushes and trees. Or you could just hide around the corner of the house. ) * Lazar points to the corner of the house. "There. Hide there... Rei, need to be making with spirit?" * Makoto conscientiously moves the remaining cucumbers into the trunk of his car, which is very well designed and should not allow any Ode d'Cucumber out into the air. Spirit to be making with. Body needs place to stay. Ooohm. * Rei stands and walks, zombie-like, into the house. * Maria snickers. * Rei runs into the door. "Ow! Oh yeah." She tries opening it. ( Lucky for Makoto, or his car wouldn be in trouble :P ) * Chie chuckles a little. [The door is locked! * Chomei snickers as she runs into the door. ] * Lazar picks up one of the cucumbers in his right hand, and wraps the end of the string around his wrist. ( ^_^ ) You might have to go sit in the van again, Rei. * Rei pouts. "Oh, poo. Those people are so paranoid." * Demota is now known as DemoX-Com The van's gettin' old, man! I need a change of scenery to not look at! What's wrong? Makoto's car? ... Okay. ^_^ * Rei runs for Makoto's car! Yeah, you could sit in my car. How about Makoto's car? It's very grey. ( Some passers by see a seemingly dead girl in Makoto's car. Oh dear @_@ ) (Not dead! Asleep!) ( Pining for the fjords! ) ( Yeah? Not when they start poking her with stuff :P ) ( Fjords! ) * Makoto presses a button on his keychain, so that the rear doors unlock for Rei. The front doors, which would give her easy access to the driver's seat, remain mysteriously locked. The van would be safest, as it's re.. well, I doubt I can stop you anyway. (Trust me, if people are close enough to see the car, they'll hear something from inside the courtyard. ;p) * Naomi laughs and whispers to Peter. "I see you're learning." (We'd have bigger problems in that instance.) (Trust me, Makoto my dear, all I need to do is go astral to get access to your car. ^^) * Maria loads up on stringed cucumbers, stuffing all but one into her backpack and zipping it tight. * Rei gets in the car lies down in the backseat, folding her arms behind her head. She closes her eyes and calms her breathing. ( Makoto realizes this, but hey... might as well not make it EASY. And anyway, he's Makoto. He's pretty used to unlocking the back doors of the car for women. ) (*coughs*) * Rei is now known as SpiritRei * Chie tilts her head, looking like she's listening intently to something. ( Sure he is. ) * SpiritRei seperates from her physical body and runs back to the group. ~Doom! The Kappa Apocalypse is near!~ * Chomei looks to Chie. "What's up?" It is? Well, damn. Peter? Give sulfur to Rei... * Chie speaks to thin air. "Well, stuff like this generally isn't fair. And *what* advice?" * Makoto tilts his head as he walks back to the group. "Who're you talking to, Chie?" (Note that she's *not* talking to Rei.) * Chomei looks at Chie "Who are you talking to?" * Chie doesn't appear to hear Chomei. * Maria blinks at Chie. Uhm... no, nevermind. * SpiritRei blinks at Chie, then floats around her a bit, looking for whoever she's talking to. Oh, wait... you're that guy Peter was talking about earlier, aren't you? * Chomei blinks. "... Right." * Chie holds up her sword. "Yep. Sensei kept trying to get me to switch to a naginata. I'm glad to see somebody appreciates good weaponry." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 8. ( Quick idle to switch loads. Continue communint with spirits. =P ) Your sensei is invisible? * Makoto is clearly confused. ~I don't think she's talking to her sensei.~ * SpiritRei tilts her head and sits on air, watching Chie curiously. Oh. Hmm. Who.. are you talking to? * Chie blinks then shakes her sword. "Oh no. No. You've gotta be freakin' kidding me!" * Chie shakes the sword harder. "Get out! Out! Now!" * Maria blinks. * Chomei blinks. Isn't blinking fun? Like *hell* you are. Let me just get my wards... * Makoto glances at Peter. "Any ideas about -that-, Professor?" * Maria backs away from Ms. Shakesword. * Chomei steadily and slowly backs away from Chie. Uh.. Something tells me we have a bigger problem than Kappas. I do believe.. some spirit is trying to inhabit her sword. * Peter thinks. * SpiritRei eyes the sword, then zooms over next to Chie and grabs the sword from her side and pulls, too. ...eh? * Chie fishes a ward, this one with a chain, out of her bag. "Don't make me use this!" Do.. you know who's ghost it is? Because I'm not this "Quing" person? Good lord. Did you say Quing? Uhm? ( Hah! Knew it. ) * Makoto looks back at Chie. "I'm not sure she's paying us enough attention to tell us, Profess--huh?" Who's Quing? * SpiritRei blinks. ~Wait, Quing? That sounds familiar.~ * Chomei shrugs. Whoever it is, he has no clue. ( Dammit! ONE goddamn dryer working... out of SIX. ) Remember the story I told you earlier? About the person who died fighting the kappa? The man who died was named Quing. * Makoto looks wide-eyed at Chie again. That would mean... oh shit. ~Quing's out to haunt us! Aaaah!~ Of course I won't! I'm not stupid! That's a good way to get myself killed... which is what happened to you, "Quing," isn't it? ~See? See! He's haunting Chie! Now if I were a real ghost I'd kick him in the shin and tell him he's being silly, but I'm not, so I'll just sit here and say, "AAAAAAAH!"~ * Chie points the sword at no one in particular. And you, lady. Would you kindly get the hell out?! * Maria facepalms. * Naomi raises an eyebrow. "Problem, I take it?" If she doesn't stop this soon, should I tie her up? I'm not stupid like your dead friend there, okay? ... I feel kind of silly. Big stone man standing around, holding cucumber. You and me both Lazar, you and me both. ~Yes, but you are holding the cucumber... of JUSTICE! Or pest control.~ Fine. We'll kill the kappa, then I'm getting you out. And you, Quing... you deserve some rest, if you've been hanging around here all this time. ~He was bored.~ Right. Well, if you want some help, I'll gladly send you. * Chie shakes her head, and looks at the others, who are all staring at her as if she's gone crazy. ( Hehe. ) ...you probably want to know what just happened, don't you? ~Well... duh.~ * Makoto nods slowly. Yes, I think that would be nice. * Sonny is now known as Sonny|SAMTHEMAN|Sleep Hokay. Well, there were two spirits here. A guy named Quing, who supposedly died fighting kappa. I'm guessin' that's the person the prof was talking about earlier. Yeah, and the other one? Her name's Nea. She must've been a friend of his. And she POSSESSED MY SWORD! * Chie waves the sword angrily. ~I could look that up in the MC database, but that can wait 'till later, if it's not really important. It'd be interesting, though. Why would someone stick around kappa, even if they- she huh?~ And my wards aren't working! Hmm... And I so do *not* need a possessed weapon! Possessed? What does that do? * Lazar grumbles. "Nothing worse than talking weapon." * Chie yells at the sword. "No I do not! Shut up!" ... Right. How about a talking hand? (Mr. Hand!) * Maria blinks. Talking hand only bad if have teeth to match. * Maria rubs her forehead. "Well, this is new." Biting hands very bad. ~That'd be worse. Or talking feet! They'd whine all the time. Ooh, you're riding on me again, oooh I hurt, why don't you sit down, oooh, you really suck and I have a wart take care of it NOW!~ I could think of many things worse then a talking weapon actually.. In fact, there is a story.. * Makoto looks from one person to another, to another, just listening. ( Poor Rei.... She's doomed to have talking feet now. ) * Maria snickers. ( "I don't wanna astral project" * Rei arrives astrally. Without feet. ) This is just too weird. Much too weird. Yeah. Eoi-sensei mentioned it. Somebody he knew got a hold of one and... yeah. Bad things happened. * Charles has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) Alright, so how do we get it out? ~Eoi... sensei?~ (I have Quing's spirit in my sword. We're going to fight kappa. I'm gonna die. Might as well reveal who taught me exorcism. Besides, the naginata thing earlier was a dead giveaway. ;p) * SpiritRei giggles, and it echoes in everyone's head. Yeah, Rei. You know him? (Err, not Quing's spirit. The spirit that Quing had in *his* sword.) ~He's Daddy's partner in crime!~ Oh, dear. ( Eoi was always wondering when his plot arc would come, not realizing it came after the game ended ^^ ) ( Hah! ) Your *dad* knows him? Hey, wait a sec... your bike... that's his, isn't it? ~Was, yup! I got it from him. Old, beat up thing. Now it's old, but not as beat up. Runs better than ever, too. Rei the wonder greasemonkey strikes again!~ * Makoto turns on Naomi. "Is this some kind of -family- business?" Heh. We gotta swap stories later, Rei. * Naomi chuckles to Makoto. "You could say that." ~Naginatas rule!~ * SpiritRei falls into gales of laughter. Eoi Tabushi, a.k.a. "The Naginata". I believe he works in the China branch. ... can we just hit things now? * Chie looks over at Naomi. "Eoi-sensei's the one who got me into this, so, yes, we can blame him." Along with Rei's father.... um.... Well, Rei's father. (The Naginata! BWAHAHA!) (/me cracks up) ( *cracks up* ) * Makoto shakes his head in disbelief. * Naomi nods to Lazar. "But enough about that, you've got kappa to dispose of." ~Shigeru Ueda. Dad always sucked at coming up with cool nicknames.~ ( returns. ) * Maria shakes her head. "Wow. And it gets weirder." (Oh, Atom. You missed it. ^^) Wow... man, some family business. ( Read up, Atom! ) ( I read up. I was amused. ) ( ^_^ ) ( Sorry, I'm just kinda.. outa it. ) * Makoto spins his yo-yo again. * Lazar shakes his head. "So much different from old country..." I think I should've gone with a naginata. It probably wouldn't be *possessed* right now! ~I still think he should've gone with Telepathic Tang, but noooo...~ Okay, so now we can get down to business? ( Meaning I should really end this soon ^^; ) ( That was my cue: I think I'm about ready for this session to end. ) Yeah, let's waste some Kappa. [Session End]