[Day: Saturday, June 4th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Yesterday, things went from bad to worse, as you met many many interesting people who all wanted to be better than you or kill you. But that's pretty typical, frankly.] [Today, you all go to the club room, where you find Dimitri, already there and talking to someone on the phone.] [Session Start!] * Peter walks over to Dimitri and waits for him to get off the phone. * Maria perches on a wall across the room from Dimitry, glaring at him. *glare* *glare* * Dimitri talks on the phone. "Da. So soon, though?" * Chie rolls her eyes in Dimitri's general direction and sits down. Nyet, I vill handle it. * Lazar is in his usual position, a bit off to the side of Peter's desk. For once, he didn't have some massive incision in his torso to heal. He does, however, seem to be holding a pamphlet. Ve vill be dere before long. Da. * Makoto slouches lazily into the club room in his "normal" shape, and in typical baggy black, white, and gray clothes, spinning his yo-yo and hanging out by the door as if ready to leave at a moment's notice. * Dimitri hangs up, and turns to regard Peter. * DeMenchi is now known as Demota * Chomei walks in and leans against the wall. Nothing different here, nope. * Rei wanders in. Quietly. Someone must have died. * Maria blinks at Lazar, and hops down and goes over to see what he's reading. * Maria looks up and waves to Rei while she's at it. * Makoto "psst"s at Rei when she enters the room. * Dimitri peers around the room, counting heads. * Lazar is reading what appears to be a information pamphlet for the university. * Rei blinks and looks over at Makoto. Hm. Thinking of enrolling, Laz? * Makoto sticks his tongue out at Rei and points at it. "Thanks for the alcohol wipe last night. Worked better than a breath mint." (Whoops, knew I was forgetting something. Haven't really had a chance to think about things.) * Rei laughs. * Chie looks over at Makoto and Rei and grins. You deserved it! Man, the look on your face. Anyone had a camera? No? Damn. * Makoto grins cheekily at Rei and gives her a quick wink before turning his attention to the head-counting Slav in the middle of the room. "He decided to show up today, huh?" Looks like. * Rei plunks on the floor by Makoto. * Chomei looks up. "What?" * Peter eyes Dimitri. "Have you come with a mission for us?" * Lazar turns to Maria. "Not really. Ran into large man on way here, accidentally knocked him down. When I help him up, he give me paper, ask me to think of joining sumo team. Odd man..." Hey, Chomei! Your hair's on fire! * Chie gets up and walks over to the others. * Dimitri looks at Peter expectantly. "Da. Ve haff one tonight." * Chomei feels the top of his hair. "No it isn't. But yours is." He points at Rei's hair. Oh no! Not again! * Rei pats at her hair. We also have a.. situation to report. * Chomei chuckles. * Chie pulls a water bottle out of her bag and hands it to Rei. Ow. Owowow. Damn imaginary flame. It hurts more than the real thing. Thanks! * Rei takes and has a sip, then hands the bottle back to Chie. Situation? You're welcome. Doesn't real water just make imaginary fire get hotter though? * Peter nods. Golem no do sumo. Wear loincloth, not diaper. *muttermutter* * Makoto peers down at Rei's hair, and then at Chie, and grins. He shakes his head once and looks back to Peter and Dmitri, spinning his yo-yo lazily all the while. * Chie takes the bottle and puts it back in her bag, then half-turns to Peter and Dimitri. * Maria chuckles. "You would make a good sumo, Laz. What with being the immovable object and all." We were given a.. hint, as it were, about a situation at Gifu Tower. We went there, and found a group of people using a Rosetta Stone to open a portal. * Maria giggles some more, and then goes and plunks down next to Rei. *plunk* Among those people was a man with the name "Mister E.", and Rei's brother, who has the cursed sword Ambition. A hint? I vas not informed of any mission since the previous one. * Rei sobers and watches Dimitri and Peter. It was delivered by a.. * Peter coughs. A talking Kirby doll. A talking vhat? Kirby doll. I still have it in my car. You know, round, pink puffy thing? Yeah, pink marshmellow, stars in pop videos. I don't know if it will talk any more though. A talking Kirby doll. It's a rather famous toy. Talking Kirby Dolls were also a major factor in the last Mystery Club. I know not of dis "Kirrby." * Chomei shakes his head. "What hole have you been hiding in man?" And I haf heard little of the previous groups who operated here. Yeah, Kirby's an international superstar. You must live in a hole in the ground. A hole deep deep in the ground, in the center of the Earth, where there's a huge furna- actually, that'd explain a lot, wouldn't it? * Dimitri turns to face Chomei. "Ve haff no time for toys in Siberia." Unfortunately, Kirby isn't human enough for me to copy. Otherwise I'd show you. Kirby no big in Eastern Europe. * Maria snickers. That's a shame... a real shame. Hey! Aren't you the one who always goes on about being prepped for whatever'll happen and stuff? How can't ya know about the last groups who operated here? * Chomei nods. "Rei does have a point." I only heard of him because of Transylvanian were-kirbies. I vas shipped out here rather suddenly. I haf not had the time to study. So what were ya doin' yesterday? * Makoto gives Lazar a level look. * Chie turns to Lazar. "You're kidding, right? ...you're not kidding." I refuse to believe that there are were-Kirbies. Dere vas no verk for the night, so I did not show. I left you a message. * Peter eyes Lazar. "You're making that one up. The closest that exist to that are the were-marshmellows." Am no kidding. Ate two of my friends. Were-Kirbies? ...the horror. * Makoto opens his mouth at the mention of were-marshmallows, then closes it again, and looks back to Dmitri. Did it spit them back out? You left a message? Did we get it? * Chomei looks at Lazar. "You have got to be kidding me." Spit out, yes. Bones. * Dimitri shrugs. "I do not know. If you showed up, you should haf." * Chie makes a face. "They defile the good name of Kirby." * Rei glares at Dimitri. * Maria glares at Drimitri, too. *glare* Where'd you leave this so-called message? * Dimitri is too Russian to notice the glares. No worry. My people killed them. Never saw again. * Dimitri points at the large desk at the far end of the room. "Here." * Chomei looks at Dimitri. He'd glare if he were more pissed off. So you're sayin' that I didn't show up. Is that what you're saying? Right? (Do we see anything resembling a message?) (If we did, I imagine Brett would have mentioned it.) Prof, did *you* see a message yesterday? The letter iz not dere, so I assumed you must haf gotten it. I didn't get any messages, except for the Kirby. And I swiped that from Maria anyway. I didn't get a message. Not even a voice-mail or a page. Then maybe it vas taken by whoever left dis... "Kirrby." No, I saw no sign on any message. Considering that we're dealing with people who can break into a museum and take out security, getting in here and switching the Kirby with the letter should't be a problem. * Dimitri waves a hand. "Details. Now, vhat exactly happened?" A 'Mr. E.'? And Rei's brother? They, sadly, escaped. Through a portal to what they called "The Demon Realm." If he iz like her, perhaps ve should be very scared, nyet? But they left behind their Rosetta Stone. I still have that, too. * Dimitri actually makes an attempt to grin. * Dimitri looks over at Makoto. "Vhere?" Yeah, a Mr. E and his lame club and my brother who joined the lame club and might be under the control of Ambition which just so happens to be a sometimes-cursed sword that we kept at home because, as we all know, museum security SUCKS IT UP big time. He... actually didn't act anything like her. I think we should be more worried about Ambition. In my car. Want me to bring it up? Da. We should *definitely* be more worried about Ambition. * Maria blinks. Dimitri tried making a joke? No. There must be some other explanation. Ambition? Vhat is dat? Nah, Katsu never did act much like me. What, is he s'posed to or something? He's my bro, though, and I'm his sis. We're tight, yo. ... Or we were. * Rei sighs. * Makoto nods and pushes away from the wall. "'scuse me," he says to Rei, and Chie, and Maria, since he has to step over or around them to get out. * Chomei smacks his head. "Man, you really don't know anything." Ambition is a very powerful cursed sword, used by a previous MC member. * Rei scoots out of the way. * Chie moves out of Makoto's way and stares at Dimitri. "Yeah, weren't you listening when Rei just mentioned it?" It was sealed and supposedly exorcised by Eoi Taibushi, but it's not confirmed if the blade was cleaned. Judging from how Rei's brother was acting, we can assume it was not. I did not here. She speaks to fast, so I chose not to listen to all of her verds. * Maria facepalms. And you tell us we're lazy... So, ve are dealing vith a cursed swerd. * Chie looks at Peter. "Eoi-sensei never told me one way or another." * Rei eyes Dimitri and ponders going astral and tying his shoelaces together. Just what it did and could do. * Maria whispers to Rei. "Maybe you should've used *smaller* words, toom for this guy." Can it slice through stone? * Rei cackles. "Me Rei. Sword cursed. Ugh." I bet it can do more than that. Sure can! Oh, yeah. * Maria giggles. Vhat about dis portal? Vhat did you do vith it? According to a report "It can slice through steel like butter.". It closed. I stuffed it in my bag. Wanna see? And didn't open. ... oy gevult. * Makoto hurries down to his car, and retrieves both the Rosetta Stone and the Kirby plushie, both of which are stowed in a handy duffel bag, and after re- locking the car, brings them back up to the club room. He opens the bag to verify that the stone and Kirby are still there, and then puts them on a desk between Dmitri and Peter. "There they are." What, you got a hole in your pocket? * Maria whistles. "That's some sword." * Dimitri picks up the Kirby in one hand, and the stone in the other. ".... Vhich iz vhich?" * Chie facepalms. Uhh... the PINK one is Kirby. The soft, pink thing is Kirby. * Chomei facepalms. * Maria facepalms. The stone is the Rosetta Stone. It's a totally kickass sword. Mom could control it, I think, but even she's stopped using it. Oh. No! The pink one's the rock! Fluffy pink rock! And he accuses *us* of not paying attention. * Dimitri squeezes it, causing it to squeal "Hiiiiii!" Fluffy pink TALKING rock! * Maria snickers. * Makoto turns away from Dmitri and makes a silly face at Rei. What so odd about talking rock? * Rei makes a sillier face at Makoto. Vhen I vas a kid, ve did not haf such high-tech toys. That this one is fluffy and pink too? ... point. No fluffy pink golems. * Chie actually giggles at that. * Makoto slumps his shoulders and goes back to his original spot against the wall, near the women. ^_^ * Peter coughs. If.. we could get back on topic? * Maria eyes Makoto, then shrugs. * Makoto whispers, "I couldn't think of a sillier face than Rei's." Yes. Cursed sword. Demon realm. Baaaad things. Da. So, do you know vhere dey are now? Hey, prof. Maybe you should pull out a whiteboard so he could understand the situation better. * Maria snickers. I'm afraid we don't. Other then their own claim of going to a "Demon realm." Why, with my bat-tracking devi- DAMN. I need to make one of those! Wouldn't you have to put it on them first anyway, Rei? * Dimitri nods. "Hmm... Den dere is nothink ve can do vith dem. Ve haf more important matters to attend to." * Maria blinks at Rei. "Why'd you wanna track bats?" Well, duh. Just go down two the local K-Mart. I'm sure they have one. Nono! Like Batman! You know, Batman, who's kinda like Darkwing Duck, only not as cool. * Peter nods. "If you think so. What is more important?" * Makoto turns his attention back to Peter and Dmitri. Awright! The terror that flaps in the night! * Maria blinks at Rei. "Like who?" The what? * Chie is listening to Peter. Honest she is. * Rei blinks and looks at Dimitri. "Something's more important than getting my brother back?" she asks calmly. * Maria looks totally lost in this conversation. ;_; * Dimitri looks over at Rei. "How do you propose ve do dis thing?" * Chomei 's train of thought just got derailed. Ve haf no leads, da? I'm not sure yet. But you insinuated that there's something more important than getting my brother back. * Chie turns to Dimitri and just stares at him, eyes narrowed. 'Insinuated'? Von of your verds. Yes, we have no leads. And maybe there are more *immediate* concerns, but you said important. So. More important? I wouldn't say that was insinuating. I'd say that was a flat-out statement. I am 'insinuating' ve should focus our resources elsevhere, vhere it vill do some good. * Maria frowns. * Chomei nods. "I'm with Chie on that one." ( And so MC killed Dimitri, and plunged the world into an era of supernatural chaos and destruction. ) (I'm there. Who's with me?) (Let's do it!) (I'll exorcise his vengeful spirit after we're done.) ( Works for me. ) (What'll you put it into... A Jell-o mold?) (A plush Kirby, of course.) * Lazar is staying WAY the hell outta this. ( Poetic. I like it. ) (Come, Laz. Join the dark... err... light... err... tan side.) * Dimitri folds his arms and waits. (Grey, we're grey.) I vote that Dimitri is still struggling with his Japanese, and really - meant- to say "immediate" concerns. So, Dimitri, what are they? * Chie looks over at Makoto and nods. * Maria shrugs. * Peter coughs. I think we should worry more about what Dimitri has to say now. * Dimitri nods to Makoto. "Da. Ve haf some sort of monster to fight. A 'metallic demon'. So I vas told." Oh, great. The apocalypse thing. Great. It's the end of the world as we know it. Again! Yup, we're dead. I do not know vhat it iz, but the higher ups vant it dealt vith, ASAP. Hey, didn't we see that thing that night we sort of kind of dealt with the Kappa? .. They want us to fight a.. Metal Demon? Oh dear god. * Maria rubs her face. "Great. Is that all it is." * Chomei nods. "That's right. We're going to need some help desperately for this one." * Chie looks at Peter. "Prof? Didn't you say the best way to deal with it is to get the hell away?" Ve know vhere it iz. Ve should dispose ov it vhile it iz out ov the public's eye. As in space-craft so we can get off of this planet before it blows it up? * Makoto nods. "That's right, Dimitri. I nominate you for standing in front." * Chie eyes Dimitri. "You *did* bring the controls for the orbital laser, didn't you?" Dimitri, how on earth do you plan to defeat this creature? * Dimitri smiles at Makoto. "Good. I prefer it dat way." And us standing in back... WAY in back. * Dimitri pulls out a Chinese straight-sword, similar to Chie's, from his trenchcoat. "Vith dis. I haff been told it can veaken the demon's skin, allowing our attacks to penetrate it." I hope you're right. ... have anything to slow down demon? * Rei grumbles. "Thing doesn't have a *mind*." I had trust in SIU's scientists. * Dimitri nods to Lazar. * Dimitri pulls what looks like a seltzer water bottle out with his other hand. "For dat, ve haf dis." And what is 'dis'? And what the hell's that? Flower Dew? * Chomei looks at the bottled water. "So, are we going to make it burp?" I do not know. Fine. What do we do with it? Holy club soda? * Rei snerks. Chug it, duh. Spray it on the demon, ov course. Dimitri.. may I see that? Great. So we've got holy club soda and a possibly-magic sword versus a demon from Ancient Egypt. Yeah, now we're REALLY dead. Whose presence signifies the end of the world. * Dimitri hands Peter the bottle. "Da." I feel *so* much better now, don't you? Gee, couldn't go *too* wrong. Just stay behind me. Demon no get past Lazar. * Peter looks over the bottle. ( Welcome to Mystery Club, kiddo! ) (Wai! Norii-chan!) ( Hee! ) ( Woo! ) ( You told me the apocolypse wouldn't happen for another couple of months! Well, it did for us!) * Peter looks at Dimitri. "Okay. I need a couple of hours." What for, prof man? Got a super sekrit plan? Eh? For what, Prof? Oooh, sekrits! Ve do not haf dat long. Indeed I do. Spill! But not on my homework. Heh, let's hear it Prof. Oh, surely we could distract it for an hour or so until Professor comes to our rescue. Right. You go do that, Makoto. ^_^ And lead it on a merry chase through Tokyo? I don't think so. * Peter reaches into his bag and pulls out a crossbow bolt. It's rather thicker then a regular bolt. Yeah, Makoto. Have fun. This is a spring-loaded bolt. Upon imact, it launches whatever is inside of it onto or into the target, depending on their armor. * Makoto sniggers. Ooh. Crossbow Bolt of DOOM. Nice. Heeeey, cool. Can I have one? * Maria shrugs. "Works for me." I have some extras at home. I'll give you one once I get a chance, but I only have a few with me. * Chomei looks at it. "Ah, nice." Niftiness! Presents from the prof! ... Erm, what am I gonna do in all of this? I mean, if Prof's got the whole spray thing down and all... Kinda like air freshener. Only definitely not. Ve mustn'y be long. I think we should keep you as a second plan. If I should miss, it may depend on you to get the water onto the enemy. * Peter peers at Dimitri. "Give me fifteen minutes." Fine. Hey, prof. Think that thing would work in a normal bow? Meanvhile, someone could figure out vhere vhat's left of dis "Asahara buildink" iz. * Lazar slips on a pair of bracers in the meantime. "If fight demon, must be ready..." * Peter makes some room on the desk, and begins slowly filling his bolts with water. "I.. don't think so. Crossbow bolts are smaller then arrows." * Rei is on it in a flash. Computer in hand, typing away. True.. and they don't have the fletching either... * Chie looks at Dimitri. "You wouldn't happen to have a spare one of those swords, would you?" I do not. Did iz the von I vas given. Maaan, not Asahara again. Hasn't it gotten blown up enough already? You'd think it's Tokyo Tower or somethin'. I do not even know if dere are any more. * Maria blinks at Rei. "Eh?" Ah, well. What do you mean "Asahara -again-?" Yeah. Again? Yes, vhat do you mean, "again"? Inquiring minds want to know! Eh? What's up with Asahara? Well, yeah. Mystery Club's got a history with Asahara. My *dad*'s got a history with Asahara, really. People involved with that company sorta made him. Kinda. And there was the whole rainbow road to Heaven thing... here we go! * Rei presses a button. "Maps are printin' now." ThThe same building.. This bodes poorly. ( ... ) ... Right. (Are you sure Peter isn't Eoi?) * Chie blinks. "Okay, next time I see Eoi-sensei, he's gettin' a full interrogation as to what happened back then. ( *laughs* ) * Dimitri walks over to Rei and looks over her shoulder. * Maria shrugs. "Ooooo-kay." I could give ya the files. * Makoto shakes his head. I don't have a computer. That vould be good, yes. Vhen you haff time. For a second there I thought you said you could give her the fleas. * Rei moves the computer. "Do ya mind? No lookin' in the Box. You'll let loose a hundred and one rabid evil wombats." Well, there might be one somewhere in the back room, but Seki-kun handles all the bookkeeping stuff. Sure, sure. Printouts. * Dimitri moves away. "Bah. Fine, fine." * Rei is on her feet and running out the door to the printer. Computer in hand. I do not like dis delay. * Chomei looks at Rei. "Trade sekrits?" * Chie eyes Dimitri. "Better a little late than dead." * Rei calls from wherever she is, "Sekrit as can be, Chomei-kun!" The afterlife ain't bad, but I'm not in a hurry to get there. Ve don't know how long it vill be dere. Every second ve vait gives it a chance to escape into public. * Rei returns, maps in hand. "Ruins of Asahara, one night only! Get your tour pamphlets!" I do not vant to be responsible vhen it kills innocents. * Chie takes a map from Rei, ignoring Dimitri. * Peter has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) Give my pamphlet to Chomei. * Maria takes a map from Rei, and looks it over. I'd rather not any innocents get killed, whether I'm responsible or not. * Rei tosses a map to Chomei. * Chomei chuckles. "That would be bad." He catches the map in his left hand. * Makoto looks over at Chomei, "Soldier, I'm counting on you to navigate. If we end up underwater, it's on your head." * Maria giggles. * Chie shudders. "Can we stay away from the water? Please?" * Chomei nods. "Aye aye captian!" * Chomei salutes. [And serveral minutes pass and Peter finishes with the bolts.] * Makoto grins. ... water bad. Golems no swim well. Do ya even need to breathe, Lazar? * Peter loads a bolt into his more modern crossbow. ( They sink like rocks. ) * Maria blinks. "Do golems nee-- what Rei said." * Chie bites her lip, looks at Laz, and nods. ( Though if you get someone really, really strong, I suppose you could try to skip the golem across the sea of China... ) No need breathe, no. Very useful. Walking to Japan would have been hard if needed to breathe. Actually, didn't the Professor say that you got out here by walking along the bottom of the ocean? * Chie shudders again. * Chomei blinks. "You walked?" * Maria snickers. Yes. From Transylvania, across Russia, across ocean. Long walk. Let's just go, okay? * Chie leaves the room. Must've been some interesting scenery on that walk. We should be off. Da, ve should. * Chomei nods. "Let's get this thing..." * Maria frowns at Chie, shrugs, and heads out, too. * Dimitri heads on out. And awaaaaay we go! * Lazar follows the others out. * Makoto heads out to his car. * Rei is outta there. * Chomei heads out, map in hand. ( Let's do a scene change like in Scooby Doo! With the wacky swirls and spins! ) * Peter heads to the van. * Chie hops on her bike and heads out. (*does wacky swirls and spins*) * Maria hops onto Rei's bike. * Rei zooms! [Time: 10:30 p.m. MC arrives at the Asahara building. Or, what's left of it. The front entrence has been destroyed, as well as the entire east side of the building, and only three floors are left standing. You park in a lot across the street.] Well... shit. Check it out! I wonder how much of it's gonna blow up this time. Oh, this looks promising... * Maria blinks. "Wow." I mean, really, they never *needed* the ground floor, right? We're supposed to fight a thing that can do that? Huh? No. * Makoto locks his car after Chomei gets out. Ah, okay. Has it been like this for a while? It was already blowed up. Um... twice. Or was that three times? Whatever. Nah, I think it was already like that. Nobody bought it and rebuilt it after that? * Chomei has already gotten out. Who'd want to? It's a Den of EVIL, and the police still haven't figured out what exactly happened to it. Either time. Would you try and rebuild something that had already blown up three times? Perhaps they believe it's cursed. * Lazar exits from the poor, poor van. "I hope floors still strong." Yeah, it's like building a castle in a swamp. Perhaps dat iz vhy the demon iz here. * Makoto wrinkles his nose. "That's not really very encouraging." It sinks! Meh. Perhaps it *is*. * Peter has his his crossbow out. "Shall we go?" * Chie draws her sword. "Yeah." ( People said I was daft to built a castle in the swamp... ) * Dimitri nods. "Da." He heads for the building. And then I built it again, and that sunk into the swamp. And then I built another one, and it caught on fire, and *then* sunk into the swamp. * Chomei summons his bow. "Let's" * Maria pulls on her fightin' gloves. But the third one stayed! Fourth. Yeah. ^_^ * Lazar grasps his medallion, badda bing badda boom, golem. With funky bracers. * Chomei counts on his fingers. "But... yeah." * Maria blinks at Rei. "Eh?" * Makoto readies his heavy yo-yo, for all the good it'll do. * Rei looks around. "Place for me to nap?" ( Rei sees a phone booth! ) (*runs in, changes* I'm SUPAA REI!) ( "... this looks like a job for SuperRei!" ) ( A phone booth! I wonder how many Reis we can cram into it? ) * Makoto unlocks his car again. Help yourself, Rei! * Rei grins at Makoto and scoots into the car. "Mmm, nice. Can I keep it?" * Dimitri waits at the edge of the street for the others. ... Ah... maybe later. Rock! I get Makoto's car, I get Makoto's car o/~ * Makoto grins and locks it again behind her. * Rei wipes the manic grin off her face and calms down, closing her eyes. * Lazar looks around. Anything large and blunt an industrious golem could use to hit stuff with? * Rei is now known as SpiritRei * Maria pops her shoulders and stretches some. [Lazar sees several piles of rubble he can get something from.] * SpiritRei zips through the car and over to sit on Peter's head. ~Yo, prof! Still got the spray bottle?~ * Demota is now known as DemoSleep * Peter nods, and holds the bottle and remaining water into the air. "Here you are." * Lazar wanders over to the piles of rubble, and looks for something suitable. ~Don't want it yet. I kinda like the ability to go through stuff without dropping whatever I'm carrying. Just makin' sure for later.~ So we pretty much hold it off until you guys hit it with that bolt/seltzer? * Peter nods. [Lazar has his choice of: a) big concrete rock, b) old pipe, or c) jagged I-beam] What about the sword? Does that need to hit it first? (I-beam, I-beam!) (Yes! Go I-beam!) * Lazar hefts the I-beam. "... this will do." I do not think so, but it vould be easier if ve vaited until it slowed. * Chie eyes Lazar's choice of weapon. "Niiiiiiiice." (Not is it only a normal I-beam... it's {JAGGED}) * Chie nods at Dimitri. * Maria looks over at the I-beam and whistles. "Wow, nice." * Chomei takes a look at the I-beam. "Big enough there?" * Dimitri heads for the entrence. When he gets halfway across the street, he suddenly staggers and holds his head. "Daaaah!" If this no work, could hit it with van. * Chie blinks. "Wha?" Please don't. * Dimitri takes a few steps back, scowling. * Chomei looks at Dimitri. "I think Russian boy has a prob..." * Chie concentrates, sensing for spirits. * Maria blinks at Dimitri. "What's wrong, Dim?" * SpiritRei zips after Dimitri. ~Hey, Russian Man, you okay? Y'look like me yesterday.~ * Makoto perks up. "What's wrong?" * Peter walks over to Dimitri. "What's wrong?" I do not know. Hey, what's up? * Dimitri tries to move forwards, but fails. * SpiritRei frowns a little and tries to go through where Dimitri's failing. ... It vould seem I cannot enter. [Rei gets through, no prob.] ~Why the hell not? I skipped through just fine. Hey, Chie, test this out!~ It's not a spirit. * Chie walks up to where Dimitri is standing. * Chie attempts to go through. * Chomei looks for anything odd. "I don't see anything..." [Chie goes right through.] Anything odd anyways. My turn! * Maria heads across the street. * Makoto follows Chie. * Peter peers. "This.. is not good." [Maria and Makoto go through.] * SpiritRei snaps her fingers, not that anyone can see (or hear) her. ~I got it!~ ... It vould seem to be just me. * Peter tries going through. * Lazar follows. What is it, Rei? Dimitri, try putting down the sword. ~It's just you 'cause you didn't see the demon the first time.~ * Chomei sighs and walks accross. "Hey, Chie... think you should use that sword. Unless you have it already." [Peter goes through.] [Lazar, too.] ~You weren't there. The demon doesn't wanna talk to you. Talk? You think it wants to talk? * Maria frowns. * Dimitri puts down the sword. Yeah, check if it's the sword or if it's you. Try walking through. * Dimitri tries to go through, but meets with the same results. ~Talk, fight, whatever.~ Nyet. Dis is no good. * Chie holds out her hand. "Guess you'd better give it to me, then." * Peter frowls. "Okay." Okay... ( Frowls? ) * Dimitri picks up the sword and waits for Chie to come get it. * Chie walks over to Dimitri and takes the sword. (And then when Chie gets close enough, Dimitri STABS her!) (Stabbie stabbie!) ( Vould I do dat? ) We'll do our best from here Dimitri. (Yes.) (Dammit, I knew I didn't like him for a reason. And you would.) (thinks... yes, yes you would.) * Dimitri nods. "Da. I am dependink on you." ( And so MC kills Dimitri, and the world plunges... nevermind. ) * Chie puts her own sword away, and does a few quick motions with this one. "Nice balance." ~Ha! You depending on us. We No talking spirit either. I vill vait for you here. I can see how that'd be a bonus. * Dimitri heads back to the parking lot. Yeah. This one's nice and quiet. Maybe I'll keep it. * Makoto spins his yo-yo lazily. Shall we? Yep. Onward. Yes. Let's go. * Peter heads forward. * Maria heads on in! * Lazar takes point, I-beam on his shoulder. * SpiritRei goes. Onward! * Makoto brings up the rear, as any good doppelganger would. * Chomei follows the big golem, making sure to keep clear of his {JAGGED} I- beam. [They walk towards what was once the lobby, there's no doors, as the front of the room was destroyed years ago.] ( I-beams ownzor. ) (I need to get one.) [A raven swoops low towards Makoto and pecks at his head! ^^] ~Whooo, the files weren't kiddin'.~ Dammit! * Makoto swats at the raven. Not now! * Chomei watches the raven. "Friend of yours?" Makoto, what is *with* you and those birds? [Makoto shoos the raven off :P] * Maria goes sneaky. ~Cool! Is his name Jacob? Can we keep him? Aww, you scared it away.~ Eh, it's a long story. Remind me to tell it later. Ravens and dopplegangers are comonly seen together. Got it. Ravens are also signs of death. [There are elevators behind the desk, but they're not working now.] * Makoto nods at Peter's explanations. Both of them. ~You really know how to spoil a mood, prof.~ Well, yeah, I knew the second. Didn't know the first, though. That's reassuring. Really. Okay. So you're a Raven magnet? Yeah, you could say that. They expect dinner to turn up wherever I go. Shh. Hunting very bad demon. Right. * Makoto sulks at the back of the group, now. ( Be vewy, vewy qwiet! ) [The demon's not on the first floor. Clearly, since the first floor is mostly the lobby and a few officies.] Okay. Down or up? Down. * Maria looks for some stairs, since the elevators aren't working. ~Down'd be where the Dairoba Project took place. Demon prolly likes it more.~ [Maria finds them! :P] ( No. The Dairoba Project took place in the Dairoba building :P ) What's the Dairoba Project? Or is that a long story for another time? Project? Like with scissors and construction paper? * Lazar heads for the stairs. * Chomei follows the big man. * Maria heads down the stairs! Sneakily. One of these days, we're all going to have to get together and just spend a good long time swapping stories. * Chie heads downstairs behind the others. ~Long long long long *long* story about a guy who wanted to create artificial supernaturals.~ * Makoto nods and follows the group downstairs. [And down they go! The basement is very dark, and FULL of rubble.] We'll discuss it later. ~Heeey, toasty! Anyone got a light?~ * Chomei puts on a pair of goggles. Why do they always want to be where it's dark? * Maria pulls out some goggles, too. She puts them on. Prof, don't you have a flashlight? * Peter pulls out his flashlight. Indeed. I need to get one. Next time I go shopping. * Peter flicks it on. * Chomei looks at the flashlight. "Industrial strength. Not bad." ~I've got one. It's on my person. Next time, I'll just give it to somebody.~ * Chie nods. "Yeah, since your person doesn't usually come along." [The basement is apparently a room full of rubble. You've got no idea what could possibly have been here in the past, or how the layout was, or anything. Apparently, the basement got his almost as badly as building itself.] * Maria smirks. * Makoto chuckles quietly at that. ( Everyone give me a visuel check at +3, except Maria and Chomei, who are at +1 ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6+1) and gets 8. ( Made it. ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 9. (Aye, made it too.) 2d6+3 (Anything count?) * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6+3) and gets 10. ( HA! no. ) (Aww, one short! ;_;) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6+3) and gets 8. ( Heightened awareness and hightened senses: sight ) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+1) and gets 12. (Oh, no way.) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+3) and gets 8. ( Nope ) ( No for me, too. ) * Peter makes a "stop" motion with his hand. I see it. * Peter takes aim. * Chie whispers. "Where?" * Maria stops. * Chomei stops, and takes aim as well. ~Great.~ * Lazar readies his I-beam. * SpiritRei peers. ~Where?~ * Makoto stops when people in front of him stop. * Chie goes into a ready stance, even if she can't see anything. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-5) and gets 2. ( me fires! ) [Peter hits what looks like a pile of scrap metal. Then it howls, and you can see it is indeed the metal demon when it rises to its feet. Roll init ^^] d6+6 d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 11. * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 12. ( Wow! ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 9. ( O_O ) * Brett kicks Dicesuke in the head. ( Ked ROFLs. ) [Maria, Chomei, Makoto, Lazar, Demon, Chie, Peter, Rei] [Maria's turn] * Maria drops into a ready stance, not wanting to hit the demon thing 'til Chie softens it up with that sword. (Holding action.) [Chomei's turn] * Chomei continues to take aim, but doesn't do anything until Chie smacks it one good. (Aiming) [Makoto's turn] * Makoto is at the back of the group, in the dark, with a wooden yo-yo. He stays alert, in case anybody needs him to drag a body out of the way. (Holding.) [Lazar's turn] * Lazar eyes the others, then tries to whack the demon with the I-beam, hoping to keep it from attacking the group. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( Made it ) [The demon zips out of the way of the I-Beam as Lazar swings!] [Demon's turn] * Kirby is now known as Demon ( Forgot something. ) * Demon retaliates, clawing quickfast at Lazar. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Made it ) [Lazar moves out of the way pretty quick for a rock :P] [Chie's turn] * Chie leaps forward and slashes at the demon, since almost everyone's waiting on her. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 0. ( Woo! ) (Thank you Dicey!) (All right!) ( Hehe. Watch it dodge. ) [Chie hits the demon, and... the blade of her sword shatters.] [Peter's turn] ( O_o ... or that. ) * Chie eyes the sword. "Oh, shit!" * Maria balks. (Um... shit?) ( 'Shit' works, yeah. ) ~God damn stupid lame sucky ass intelligence SIU idiots!~ Well, I hope it did what it was supposed to. * Chomei doesn't pay attention to the shattering sword. ( Light come forth!) * Peter quickly loads a new crossbow bolt aims, and fires. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Peter hits the demon, the bolt making a small explosion on impact. The demon seems injured, but not as terribly as you might've expected.] [Rei's turn] * SpiritRei yoinks the bottle from the professor and zooms straight at the demon, trying to spray water directly on it. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6) and gets 6. (Made it!) ( Yay! ) [Rei squirts the demon. It's a shiny demon now.] (H2O, H2O!) ~Ooh, fizzy polish. That didn't do shit, did it?~ [Maria's turn] (Or is it OHO, OHO... I forget...) (HOH!) * Maria dashes up to the demon and swipes her left fist at it. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 3. [Maria gets a good punch in, but the creature's body is steel, so her fist kinda smarts.] [Chomei's turn] * Maria curses. "Sure doesn't feel weakened." * Chomei concentrates on the deamon's movements, while a strange energy materializes in his bow. (End turn.) (Gah, Demon.) [Makoto's turn] * Makoto tries to get a good look at what's going on, and his eyes get wide. "Shit! Dimitri!" Without another word, he turns and bolts up the stairs and out toward the parking lot. [Lazar's turn] ~Makoto? Hey, Makoto!~ * Maria scowls. What was that about? * Lazar tries to whack the demon again with his I-beam o' DOOM! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( Made it ) ~I think he- maybe it's... Dimitri's prolly bein' attacked. Divide and conquer, y'know? Maybe we don't even have the right demon.~ [Lazar gets a good whack in, but not better than before.] [Demon's turn] ~Or maybe... Jesus fuck, Makoto's going out there *alone*?~ ( Couldn't be worse than before, 'cause I didn't hit last time. =P ) I'll follow 'im! I can't hurt this thing anyway! * Demon moves incredibly quickly, clawing twice. * Demon attacks.... d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Demon (d5) and gets 3. [Chomei, and...] ~He's right! Shit, I think he's right!~ d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Demon (d4) and gets 3. [Lazar] I'm on it! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 2. ( Ya both need rolls. ) ( Made it. ) * Maria RUNS out. FAST. ... it no seem any slower.. ~The sword's a fake, and the water's probably just club soda!~ What? A trap... * Demon dashes around the room, it slashes at Lazar, but he dodges. Then it attacks Chomei, who gets a nasty gash in his stomach. [Chie's turn] ~Think about it! That sword shouldn'tve broke. If Maria went and smacked it and didn't break her *hand*, there's no fucking way an ordinary sword shoulda broke, much less somethin' made to get *through* steel.~ * Chomei winces as he gets smacked. "Oh, you're gonna get it for that one." Fall back! I cover retreat! You mean this was a setup? Fuck this, I'm outta here. I'm gonna kill that bastard! * Chie runs! [Peter's turn] Fucking bastard... Retreat! * Peter retreats! ( Fall back! RUN AWAY! ) ( Run awaaaay! ) ( Keep running! ) [Rei's turn] ~I'm outta here. Move it, guys!~ * SpiritRei does as stated, seltzer in hand. [The demon doesn't follow as you flee up the stairs.] [You all return to the parking lot. There, you find Makoto, who must've got there just an instant before. The left rear window of his car was shattered and the door is wide open. Rei's body is lying halfway out of the car on the pavement.] * Maria gapes. Damn it! * SpiritRei screams and zooms straight to her body. ~Ohshitohshitohshit!~ * Peter rushes towards Rei. No fucking way... * Makoto rushes to help Rei up, since he's not sure how well she's doing. * Maria is acrosss the street in a flash and next to Rei's body. * Chomei blink blinks. "That's... Oh my god..." * SpiritRei is now known as Rei * Maria checks for a pulse. * Chomei looks around for any sign of the Russan thug. He's gone. [Rei's not dead!] His car's gone. * Rei opens her eyes. [Or even seemingly injured, for that matter.] Rei! Are you okay? That bastard. [And no, no Dimitri here.] I. I feel... * Lazar curses. "Father always say never trust Russian." * Makoto sighs heavily when Rei wakes up. "You feel how?" * Maria helps Rei up. * Rei takes a deep breath. "I feel okay, really. I mean, freaked, but okay. What the fuck? He didn't kill me. It was the perfect time to kill me, right?" Something is going on. Yeah, but what? * Chomei nods. "Something smells, and I don't mean that basement." * Makoto grits his teeth. "I think he's working with that thing downstairs." Stinks like were-skunk. I'm going back to find out. We didn't walk into that deathtrap *too* easily, now did we? We're not dead, are we? * Rei gets shakily to her feet and goes to pick up the bottle of seltzer. "Prof, you're gonna wanna do a check on this. See what it's made of, right? You can do that, right?" * Chomei winces as he says that. Nah, we're not. I'd know. No, we're not. But still. No, but we *would* be dead. Or you would be. I'm not dead. If he wanted to kill us, why'm I not dead? Maybe think demon kill us? Makoto came out just in time..? I dunno. Maybe Makoto-- right. * Makoto closes his eyes for a moment, and as he does his body seems to grow, and his face to twist like damp clay being shaped by invisible fingers. When he's finished, he looks just like Dimitri. * Maria blinks at Makoto. "...nice trick." * Rei looks over at Makoto, then stares. "What- what're you doin', Makoto?" * Chie blinks. "Makoto?" * Chomei blinks as he looks at Makoto. "Man, that's freaky. You gonna try getting some answers?" Maybe the demon knows somefink. * Lazar steps in front of Makoto. "You no going down there." * Maria snickers at the accent. Heh, even got the accent., You're good. Makoto.. it's a major risk. Are you sure? * Makoto looks down a little at Lazar, which is a new experience. Yer gonna talk to the demon? I'll go with you. That thing means business... I am sure. Nobody can follow, except maybe Rei. It vill expect somesink. Cool beans. I wanna know what's up. * Maria frowns. Okay, but at the first sign of anything, get the hell out of there. * Rei looks around, still obviously freaked. "Um. Someone doesn't mind watching me this time, right?" I'll guard you. * Chie draws her sword. "I'll guard you." ... I guard. * Chomei nods. "We'll guard ya." Maybe they can communicate with each other? And so the demon was able to warn Dim-boy when Makoto started to run out? * Lazar steps aside. "You no get hurt, Makoto, or I whack you with I-Beam." O- okay. Thanks. I guess I'm stayin' in the van this time, huh? And I'll watch you, Rei. * Rei smiles weakly. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 5. * Maria gives Rei a thumbs-up. ... No. No way! No fucking way! * Maria blinks. I vill be careful. Remember, ven ve first got to ze clubroom, he vas talking on his phone? I suspect ze demon does not have such a sing. Bevare of ozers. What's wrong? Eh? Eh? * Chomei blinks. "What's wrong?" What is it? * Rei runs to Makoto's car and starts searching it. No way, you can't be gone! Vat is wrong, Rei? ...the stone? Her box? * Rei is near tears. "He took Box! The motherfucking bastard son of a bitch took BOX!" .. Of course. [The stone and the Kirby are gone, too. :P] What's so special about the box? ( GRAH! ) He wasn't after you. He was after the information. ...uhm... shit? He got *everything*, didn't he? * Maria scowls. Butbutbut... that's... * Chomei thinks. "Yup, that's everything." * Maria grins. "We'll just have to steal it back." * Makoto nods. Yeah, we will. Next time we meet... Lazar will smash him. * Rei slumps into a chair. "Damn it!" She smacks her hand against the door, then rubs at it. "Ow." * Peter closes his eyes. "A trick. The most obvious trick in the book." And we fell for it. Fuck. I vill do zis first. Rei? vould you like to stay behind? I did not... anticipate zis. * Maria scowls. "We sure did." We rip off his head and use it for hood ornament. Sounds like a plan, Laz. Yeah. I was thinking more of on a pike, but hood ornament works too. I worry about Naomi. ... Yeah, she was smacked by that thing. Yeah. Anybody got a phone number for her or something? We should try to contact the head office. This is a situation. * Rei looks to see if he took her cell phone, too. * Chomei pulls out his cell phone. "Need this?" [Dimitri did not, in fact, take Rei's cell.] ( But that woulda been funny if he took everything, huh? :P] ) * Makoto vaits a little vile longer. ( Heh. ) * Rei starts thumbing through the programmed numbers. * Chomei puts his phone back. * Maria starts pacing. * Rei finds it and tosses it to Peter. "Just hit dial." * Peter whips out his cell phone and speeddials a contact at the main office. I've got my own, thanks. ( /me ponders how to do this. ) * Chomei sits down, pulls out his cell phone and stares at it... * Rei watches her phone clatter to the ground. "Nice catch, prof!" ( BRB! X_x ) * Rei gets up and walks over, picking it up again. * Chie walks a short distance from the group and starts practicing sword forms in a (mostly futile) effort to calm herself down. Imagining that Dimitri's on the receiving end is a big help, though. * Rei considers, then looks over at Makoto. "Heeey, Wannabe Russian! Y'know what would *really* make me feel better?" * Makoto raises an eyebrow. * Lazar grumbles, and kills time bending the I-beam into new and interesting shapes. Vat? I want to dye your hair pink. Vat, -now-? YES, now! Well, that or punch you in the face a few times. Peter Roivas here. We have a situation. ... I punch might be more convincing, if I go downstairs. ( I punch => A punch ) Oh, so I can punch you in the face? Really? * Maria snickers at Rei. Yes. Me too! I wanna punch too! * Lazar twists the beam into a crude Star of David. "I no punch. Bad idea." Thank you. Da. But if you knock me unconscious, I vill haf a hard time maintaining zis irritating disguise. * Chomei puts his cell phone away. "What's this about punching something?" * Maria giggles. Dude. I couldn't knock out a housecat. * Rei pouts. "They bite." * Peter gives the voice a quick but directly overview of the situation, including the fact that Naomi may be missing, there may be a spy, and the fact that a computer containing a ton of important info was stolen. Nyet. But Maria could. We're gonna punch Dimitri- er, Makoto in the face. So we can feel better. 'Cause it's that or I dye his hair pink. Or I get drunk. Yup. In fact, I could knock out many housecats. Not that I would. ^_^ ( Oh, and that little Apocolypse thing. ) * Chomei thinks. "Okay, so who gets to hit him first?" * Chie stops practicing, wipes her forehead, and walks over. "What are you guys doing?" Ooh, me! Mememe! It's my idea. We're gonna punch Dimitri-Wannabe in the face! Zis vas not vat I had in mind ven I took zis shape, remember. Okay. That's good to hear. You could say you got in a fight! Why? Makoto didn't do anything to deserve that, did he? * Rei pouts. "But... but it'll make me feel better." Yeah, but it'll still make us all feel better. * Maria takes off her gloves. No reason to make it *too* bad for poor Makoto. I planned on saying zat, da. And he doesn't want his hair dyed. He doesn't? No! * Chie pulls a package out of her bag. "And after I went to all the trouble of bringing this?" * Rei sulks. "But I'd probably turn his hair yellow or something instead of pink." Nyet. Compromises disguise. Unless ve haf all decided zat ze demon downstairs knows nosink. * Maria grins. Very bad. And this computer.. the girl who owned it is something of a hacker. It could have some serious information on it. She's the daughter of Shigeru Udea, who I'm sure you know. * Chie holds out a box of Sudden Dye, the Screaming Pink variety. ... how about if all punch me? * Maria grins more. * Rei takes a look at the box. "Chie, you *rock*!" You're my hero! You know that, right? * Chie grins. "Awww." * Chomei looks at that stuff. "Hey, isn't that supposed to be labeled under the 'use at your own risk' section?" I am even more glad I chose ze punchink. Yep! But I've been using this stuff for a while, and my hair hasn't fallen out yet! * Peter places a hand over the speaker on the phone. Rei, how much information did you have on that computer? Hm? How much information. Did you have information about SIU on there? All the Mystery Club files up to now. Even from before SIU took over. Names and addresses and e-mails of mine, relatives, and the like. Damnation! * Peter uncovers the speaker. A lot of stuff I'm *not* supposed to have. Because, y'know, it's not my fault the system doesn't always work. And I was curious. Man, this just keeps getting better. Ooh, this is massively ungood. * Maria goes back to pacing. Pacepacepace. Well... Could Dimitri access them anyways? Lots of information. Older Mystery Club files including the names and adresses of releatives. That includes Shigeru. This is bad. * Makoto snickers bitterly, more like Makoto than Dimitri. Maybe I will punch you after all, Makoto. No offense. None taken. She has lots of information she shouldn't have. I dunno. Depends on how good he is. Mom or Dad could break through my 'puter no sweat, but I do have lotsa security on the thing. It's my baby, after all. He also has a Rosetta Stone and a kirby plushie used to give information. Remember it is more zan just Dimitri. * Chomei cracks his knuckles. "That guy is SO dead when we run into him next." Zactly. * Chie holds up her sword. "Yep. Stab first, ask questions later." I figured this was important information. Should we make it our priority to get that back? Yes. Yes, he is. (Why do I feel like Black Mage?) * Rei sighs and sits back in the busted car. "Poor Box. It didn't do anything to deserve this. And damn, if they go through by brute force, it'll never be the same." Understood. Any other instructions? Maybe we can find where he's staying. Then we don't have to wait for him to run into us again. Understood. I'll call again tommorow or if any new information comes up. Goodbye. Then we go through Dimitri by brute force, little one. See what secrets he contains. * Peter hangs up. Vell, Peter? Laz, I like your attitude. We are in very deep trouble. Vat now? This is news? Spill. * Chomei nods. Okay, what happened? Our top priority is to recover or destroy your computer. At all costs. * Maria nods. "I can recover it, if we know where it is." What about Katsu? * Peter looks over at Rei. Alright, search for clues? We need to get Rei a replacement in the meantime. Rei, I'm sorry.. but this is more important right now. What he has could topple Interpol. I can build one. I've got a night, some old puter parts lyin' around. He also has the Rosetta Stone. Damn damn damn. Maybe he'll be stupid and connect to the 'net. Then he'd be a helluva lot easier to track. And the... Kriby? Well, I guess that's kind of important. Rei, try calling your dad, he's a hacker, right? While they already may be warning him, advise your father and anyone else who's names you had in there that they may be in danger. So's Mom. And lotsa other people at Interpol. I bet they've already got people tryin' to find it. He might be called in, 'cause... yeah. Wonder if I should try contacting Eoi-sensei, or if they've already called him, too? If they let Dad know, then he'll know, too. True. In case you were wondering, Naomi is fine. She's reported in. None of ya got a connection, right? She is! Good! I insist zat ze demon knows somesink of zis. I can try to find some clue to Dimitri's vereabouts through it. I know novone related to interpol who is not here, except Naomi, so I cannot be of much help in varning your friends. Well, that's at least one good thing... Makoto, do it. Be careful however. * Makoto nods. And.. so you know.. * Maria hops up and perches on Makoto's car. I'm goin' with ya. If you get stuck, someone's gotta pull your ass outta the fire. Dimitri Romanov... Da? I don't believe I know anyone in Interpool... He worked for SIU until 5 years ago. He died during a mission in Sibera. Zen how...? ... Well, he's looking *awfully* good for a dead guy. ( err. died during a mission and was buried in sibera. ) Nightchikins. WHY didn't we catch that earlier? ... clone. Zombie. Doppelganger. Magic. Who knows? This is probably not Dimitri then. (ACK! Damn. Sorry. ^_^;) ( *kicks Cham* ^_~ ) * Peter eyes the strange man who comes in and yells "nightchikins." * Rei pulls her feet into the car and tries to go into a trance. She takes a bit longer than usual to do it, though. [A random citizen walks by and shouts "NIGHTCHIKINS!" at you.] ( Hehe. ^_^ ) (We love you, Wombat!) (;_;) [He must be insane. Then he leaves. Got it?] ( Got it. ) (Aye.) * Chie just *eyes* him, then turns back to Rei. * Maria eyes the guy, then shrugs. * Rei closes her eyes and steadies her breathing. * Rei is now known as SpiritRei ~Okay, let's rock 'n' roll.~ Vish me... us... luck, da? Rei, Makoto, be careful. Anything goes wrong, get the hell out of there. * SpiritRei flashes Chie an almost-cocky grin. ~When're we not careful?~ Good luck you two... and if things look bad at all, get the hell out of there. * Maria fidgets, then hops back off the car and starts back to pacing. "Damndamndamn." * Makoto nods again and heads back to the building, then moves confidently downstairs. * SpiritRei zips after him. Dead Russian. Worse than normal Russian. Dammit. I feel like such a fucking moron. The feeling is mutual. * Maria scowls. "Same here. Shit, I fell right into that like a complete amateur." I should have checked his backround. I'm sorry. * Chie sighs. "S'okay, prof. I don't think any of us even considered that somebody would be coming after us this quick." [A flashlight floats out of Makoto's car, towards the building.] Good luck Rei. * Maria waves dismissively. "We all had something we coulda' or shoulda' done. It's not your fault." Not entirely, anyway. ... things much easier in Transylvania. Bad guys all had fangs, fur, glowed... ( "So soon?" :P ) And all came out in the full moon, right? All came out every night. Full moon just made easier to see. * Chomei chuckles and winces. "I should have known." * Peter waits. * Chie looks at her sword. "I could use a good round of monster-slaying right now. Or *something* slaying. Or maybe I'll just go home and drink 'til I pass out." ... drink would be good, yes. Lazar, you can't get drunk, or even taste it. It's the thought that counts, prof. I know. Have memories, though. Oh, right. * Maria paces more. "Some Dimitri-bashing would suit me just fine." ( A random zombie attacks! :P ) (*stabs the random zombie*) Hey, Prof. You seem to know the people in Interpool pretty well... Might my parents have worked for them at one point? I.. don't know. What were their names? ( No, but your sister did. ) * Lazar hmms. "Well, I know my parents no work for Interpool." Eizo and Asami Tochikura. I'm pretty sure mine couldn't have. * Peter thinks. * Maria just shrugs. I don't think so. Not all hunters work for the SIU of course. Hunters? * Chomei nods. "That's what I thought. Just wondering." [Dimitri comes out of the building.] * Makoto emerges from the ruined building, saying something like... "More vipes vould not be amiss." ... you kiss demon? * Chie tenses up, even if she's fairly certain that it's really Makoto. * SpiritRei cracks up, her laughter bursting into everyone's heads. * Chomei eyes Makoto. "What's up?" * Chie then relaxes, as she realizes what he said. Here, let me get some. Nyet. You did hurt it, but very little. * Maria jumps as the laughter hits her. On edge? Naaah. * SpiritRei vanishes! * SpiritRei is now known as Rei * Chomei relaxes as well... Rei laughing that hard can't mean a bad thing. Anybody who vants to hit me, do it now. I vill change back soon. Did you learn anything? Da. * Rei opens her eyes. "Cool!" She jumps to her feet, runs at Makoto, and slugs him in the jaw. ( Cham comes by, shouts "Chikins!" and punches Makoto :P ) ( Damn you, Cham! ) * Chie digs around in her bag. "No thanks, Makoto. I'm savin' it for the real thing. Have an alchol wipe instead." She holds one up. * Chomei cracks his knuckles... the decides not to hit the man. "Not now, I don't wanna hurt ya." * Makoto staggers just a bit when Rei slugs him, then shakes it off. He takes one of the wipes from Chie. Thank you... * Rei rubs at her hand. "Owie." * Maria shrugs. "Learn anything?" * Makoto closes his eyes lightly, his body shrinking and his features seeming to melt from his face until they're back to normal. Yes. * Makoto opens his eyes again. Spill. What's the deal? The demon's name is Blight. Cute. You guys barely scratched it. Well, now we know how to address its birthday cards. And dammit. The important thing is, it works for, or maybe with, some guy who reminds me of a bat. What? Need bigger I-Beam. * Maria blinks. Nono, there's another important thing. * Chomei nods. "Here comes the twist, right?" Sounds like all of 'em answer to some guy named Mr. Lau. * Makoto nods. Oh yeah, and the bat guy can smell my astral form. Lau? Yeah. Lau. Dimitri, the bat kid, Blight, all of em. Share a headquarters and everything. Huh. Lau. Doesn't ring any bells. * Peter thinks. I couldn't find out where that was without giving myself away. * Maria grins. "Then we have a name." What about Mr. E and crew? I'd look it up, but... Lau? No mention of them. * Rei looks pointedly at the car. Damn. That would've been convenient. Hmph. This is .. bad. I would reccomend we head back to the clubroom. ( Plus, I'm tired. ((_@ ) Right. Yeah. * Rei sighs. "Box. Damn. I'm so gonna get drunk tonight." She heads for her cycle. * Makoto turns to get in his car, and seems to see for the first time that the window is smashed open. * Maria frowns. "I think we need to start looking right now." I'll join you, Rei. Me too. * Chomei looks at his shirt... "Gotta make a new shirt..." Rei, I think you might want to hold off. It's not safe to not have full control of your sense at the moment. Not at the moment. Later moments. Oh, yeah... and Chomei? This bat guy shops at the same place you do. For clothing, anyway. Then I'll get drunk and pass out and wake up sober and make my 'puter 'cause there'll be nothing better to do. How'd you find *that* out? ... then can track, no? ... he just does. * Chomei raises his eyebrow. "All black? But I don't normally shop for my clothes..." Really? Where do they come from, then? Er... 's not just that. Um, I make them. Ah. Really? Cool! Well.. can you teleport in a flash of darkness? Except the jacket of course. Like... the absence of light, only more obvious? Do you design your own stuff, or do you just make ordinary clothes? * Rei points at Chomei's glove. "That's not standard issue, is it? The guy had one, too." * Chomei thinks. "Nope, I don't think so." Because this guy did that. Maybe it's your evil twin from another dimension! Damn those evil twins. * Chomei looks at his left hand... "Hrmm, maybe..." And not a mirror dimension, 'cause then he'd have a glove on his right hand. So... Rei's brother, Chomei's evil twin... who's next? Anyway, his hair was different. And his nose. And he had funky wings. And he teleported. And the demon followed him and talked to him and stuff. Evil golem made of cheese? No, I don't have an evil twin. Tasty. And I so need to go forget about what they did to my car. You only *think* you don't have an evil twin. We could fry him and make the world's biggest mozzerella stick. * Peter sighs. "I think we should take the rest of the night off, and agree to meet back at the room tommorow. Everyone is too upset to get any work done." * Makoto nods sadly. * Maria frowns and heads over to Rei. * Chomei grins. "Yeah, I need some rest anyways." * Rei sighs. I'm going looking for him now. The sooner we find him the better. We don't need to give him time to go through Rei's computer. Maria.. fine. Oh, Chie, I normally make ordinary clothes, but I suppose I could try making something new. If you find him, call me right away. Y'sure, Maria? * Chie looks at Chomei. "Cause we were thinking about expanding the shop to have some clothes as well as jewelry, but we haven't found anybody for that yet." I hope ya find him... Don't kill him without us. * Maria nods at Peter, then at Rei. "Yeah." She smirks. "You wanna come, Rei?" I would offer to come too, but golem no built for stealth. I mean, I'd go with ya, but I need to build a... nah. I hafta build a replacement 'puter. Heh, I'd like to have a normal job for a change. * Maria nods. "Alright." Be safe, little one. No be dumb. I've never really designed clothes, but I suppose I could give it a try. * Chie pulls a business card out of her pocket and hands it to Chomei. "Heh. I guess the shop is my normal job. But give us a call sometime, or stop by." * Maria grins. "I won't be." And good luck, Maria. ( Designer clothes spun from pure darkness! It's the new fad! ) * Chomei takes the card. "You bet I will. * Chie grins at Chomei. "Cool!" G'luck Maria. And if you find him sleeping in an alley somewhere, dye his hair for me, will ya? [Session End]