[You arrive at the address. Sitting on a hill is what was once a beautiful mansion. But it appears to have been abandoned for some years now; it's rundown, and the windows are broken.] [No sooner does Peter park the van and step out than a Kirby plushie with a miniature mallet falls on his head, knocking him out cold.] [Session Start!] * Rei skids to a halt and eyes Peter. "He's gotta stop doing that. All those concussions are gonna get to his brain." * Chie pulls up a minute later. She'd been driving slightly slower than usual so as to not upset her passenger... *too* much, that is. ;p * Chomei opens his eyes as they stop. "Are we there yet?" Yep, we're here. And that wasn't so bad now, was it? * Maria hops off of Rei's bike and looks around. "Yeah, we're here, Cho." ... Peter really need to buy helmet. * Chomei gets off and walks a little dizzy-like. "Sure, not bad at all." He takes a seat on the ground. * Chie pulls her helmet off, vaults off her bike, and helps Chomei up. * Maria walks over to Chomei, grins. "Aww, is Chie's driving too fast for poor widdle Chomei?" My driving is *not* that bad. You're faking it. * Chie grins at him. * Maria giggles. * Chomei is helped up. "So what if I am?" He grins. * Rei runs over to Peter and tries tugging him back into the van. Emphasis on try, because she fails. * Chomei looks over to Peter. "Not again." Well, we'll just keep trying until we get it right, then. * Chie holds her hand out for the spare helmet. * Chomei nods. "Oh, right." He takes off the helmet and hands it to Chie. * Lazar hefts Peter up with one hand and places him gently in the back of the van. * Maria walks over to Rei and Peter. "Here, lemme help." * Chie looks over at Peter. "Oh, man. Prof's really gotta quit that." No kiddin'. * Chie accepts the helmet and puts it away. "So. What's the plan for this?" She motions to the mansion. * Rei whews and wipes imaginary sweat off her brow. "'Kay, I need to spend something like the next fourty years in the gym and then maybe yeah." Yeah, it's gonna give him major brain pain someday. * Chamelaeon has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * Lazar grins. "You do what you do, little one. I do lifting." What, we need a plan? Well, we have several options. Plans are for... well, not us. I guess. [The mansion sits ahead, the front door cracked slightly. None of the lights are on. Assuming they even still work.] I mean, really. If we make a plan here, won't it get chucked out the door the second we step inside? There's the plan where we totally ignore the guy. There's the plan where we pretend none of us can speak Japanese, and yell at him in our foreign language of choice. Or, there's the plan where we all go and kick his ass. I am so not going astral. So not going astral. That is, presuming he's not a ghost. Which I'm beginning to suspect he is. There's one problem with that. I don't know another language. In which case, I exorcise his ass back to the afterlife. Uhm, Chie, I only speak Japanese. Although I could pretend to be mute. We go in, do what needs to be done. If spirit, Chie handle. If no... *grin* Then you get to be our translator, Chomei! You too, Maria! Dude, you've gotta learn another language! At least sign! Then you can curse people silently. Not like you can't anyways, but it gives you more options! * Chomei cracks his knuckles. "I couldn't agree more Lazar." I'll have to remember that. I think he no fall for language thing. There time for be subtle. This no time. * Chie concentrates. Does she sense anything? I think he's saying we need to kick his ass all the way to Hell and back. * Maria grins. For some reason, I like that plan. Bah. Yer all a buncha violent barbarians. But loveable violent barbarians, which is why I think- hey, Chie, are you pickin' anything up on radar? * Chie opens her eyes. "Holy *shit*, that's a lot of spirits." Gotta be at *least* seven of 'em. It's nothin' like Gifu Tower, but I wasn't expecting this. Wow. So we got the 999 ghosts in the haunted mansion, but there's room for a thousand? * Rei giggles. "And it's gonna be YOU!" she points at Chomei. * Chie grins over at Chomei. "I'm not plannin' on being number 1000." * Maria giggles. Who, me? Spirits. No like spirits. No can hit. And if you die, Chomei, I will *never* let you hear the end of it. * Chie winks at him. * Chomei grins. "I won't let you hear the end of it either. Someone would have to tell my parents." * Chie blinks a few times and looks a little sad. ...right. * Chie shakes her head. "Okay, people, what are we doin' here?" Go in. What else is there to do? Hey, nobody die. I take punishment for group, remember? * Chomei pats Chie on the back. "But what are we saying. No one's gonna get wasted here, not if we play smart anyways. What's the plan?" Front door? * Chie smiles at Chomei. It's a rare genuine smile, not a borderline-manic grin like usual. Hm. Want me to take a look around? Inside or out? * Rei dances and sings, "Front door front door front door o/~" * Lazar mutters under his breath. "Good thing I no more human. Would need insulin..." Don't know if you'd be able to see much, Maria, although knowing the layout might be a help. I don't think it's a good idea to go in without Chie. I really, really don't. I feel it in the tips of my hair. No split up. Always end bad. * Maria frowns. Laz has a good point. * Rei blinks suddenly. * Maria shrugs off whatever she was frowning about. "I could tell you the layout from here, probably." * Rei sits down, right where she is, and yanks the Iron Waffle out of her backpack. * Rei typetypetypes. Good move, Rei. * Maria blinks. "What're you looking up?" Stupid me. What kind of intelligence system am I if I can't even get the trap we're walkin' into? My guess is floor plans. Either that or the nearest IHOP. Woot! IHOP! Oh. Hm. Oooh, IHOP. Haven't been there in ages. Wanna go after we finish here? Would you be able to find death certificates, Rei? Huh? Oh, sure, it'd just take a little hacking. * Rei types a bit more. Alright. Maybe we should see if this guy's still alive. * Maria grins. "And if not, Chie can just exorcise the whole place." * Chie stretches. "Yay. My soul's gonna get a workout tonight." Chie's got soul, Chie's got rhythm, Chie's got the bluuuuuuuues o/~ * Chomei raises an eyebrow. "Right..." * Maria smirks. * Chie grins. "Hey, it can't be any worse than that one training exercise Eoi- sensei made me go on..." Oh yeah? Did it involve a naginata and a pickle? * Rei hits a key. Crazy guy died ten years ago due to a killer headache. How'd you guess? Well, the naginata part was easy, though... Killer headache. Must've exploded a vein in his head or somethin'. Drat. If he's dead, we can't kill him. But I will take *great* pleasure in sending his spirit to the afterlife. ... how odd. Seem like such a calm person. * Chie snickers. Yeah, so... Annoying too. * Rei snickers. "That's that, then. As if he didn't have G-H-O-S-T stamped all over him already." Anyway, I'll be your tour guide to the Haunted Mansion of Legal Horrors tonight. * Chie ponders. "Tactical question, guys." Shoot. Hmm? Should I go in, wards-a-blazin' or should we wait and see what happens? If we wait, he'll probably just start calling us again. How? Our phones aren't even on. Dude! This guy put a gym on the third floor! What a hazel nut. I'm not keeping my phone off forever, thanks. That might not stop a ghost, especially when we're so near his place of residence. Go in with wards ready, I think. Not use right away, but ready. Both valid points. So, let's-- yeah. * Chie nods, rummages in her bag, and comes up with a medallion (with a chain) and a flashlight. "Okay. I'm ready." * Maria shrugs. "I'll get the door for you." * Maria heads for the door! * Rei pulls a flashlight out of her bag. "Maria, catch!" ... Or not. * Chomei summons his bow. Right behind you guys. * Rei gets up, backpack on shoulders and waffle in one hand, flashlight in the other. * Maria blinks back at Rei. "What? Oh, right. Toss it here!" * Chie follows Rei and Maria. * Rei tosses! And misses. @_@ * Lazar follows along. 2d6 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6) and gets 7. * Chomei slips on some goggles. "Let's rock." He follows. * Maria skitters and manages to catch the flashlight anyway. * Rei giggles and walks with her not-as-trusty-as-BOX-but-still-quite-trusty- Iron-Waffle. * Maria walks to the door again, putting one door on the handle. "Say when, Chie." * Chie concentrates. * Lazar slips on a pair of bracers. "No know if these help against spirits, but good against undead..." Somewhere to your right, Maria. A fair distance off. Go for it. (inside, that is) * Maria opens the door! * Demotafk is now known as Demota * Rei checks her computer. * Maria glides into the house and glances around. [Inside, you see right behind the door, a large staircase that leads up. Left and right lead to different rooms. And when Maria opens the door, a bucket full or tartar sauce falls off the door and onto her head. Something inside laughs.] * Rei glances up and snickers. "Wow, they gotcha good." Oh, great. They're *these* kind of ghosts. * Rei points to the right. "Living room that way." * Chomei looks. "Tartar sauce?" ... They should have used Mustard, that would have been funny. Chomei, fifth rule of pranking: don't give 'em ideas. * Maria eyes Chomei, then slops some of the tartar sauce from her hair into his. Great idea, Chomei! Instead of hair dye, I'll use mustard on you! ...or Maria can just do that. Either way. See? Now look what you've done! You're doomed, boy. * Chie grins. [An inflatable cow is suddenly pushed down the stairs!] MOOOOOOOOO! * Maria walks off to a corner, wary of more pranks, and then shakes some of the tartar sauce out. * Chomei is tartared. "Well... at least I can wash the tartar out." * Chie eyes the cow. "Cute. Can I keep it?" I think it'd look great in my living room, don't you? [The cow shouts "MOOOO!" at Chie.] * Chomei gets the excess sauce out of his hair. "... Right." * Chie mooos back at it. [The cow tries to eat Chie! Make a defense roll.] ... bad cow! 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. * Maria takes the last of the tartar sauce she managed to get out of her hair and puts it down the back of Chomei's shirt, this time. [Chie gets bitten by a cow. It feels like being bitten with rubber.] Hey! Stupid cow! All right, I'm gonna make inflatable hamburgers outta you! * Chomei glares at Maria. "Okay, you got me once, but that was uncalled for." [The cow "Moo"s around Chie's arm.] * Chie yanks her sword out and stabs at the cow. * Chomei tries to get the tartar sauce out from his shirt. * Maria sticks her tongue out at Chomei. 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 6. Don't you know you shouldn't try to eat people who can slice you to itty bitty bacon steaks? [The cow pops and flies around the room. More laughter can be heard echoing.] I really, really, really *hate* these kinds of spirits. Did I mention that? ... okay, now this just odd. [The cow lands with a sputter on the bannister of the stairs.] So, Chie. I don't suppose you can exorcise the whole place from here? [From the kitchen, someone screams "Pie!" and throws a cream pie at Lazar, who needs a defense roll ^_^] * Chomei glances around, trying to see where the next prank comes from. * Rei runs over and grabs the deflated cow, putting the head over hers like a hood. Now she's a Rei in cow's clothing. * Chie ponders. 2d6 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6) and gets 6. * Maria blinks at Rei, and shrugs. (Nope.) * Chie shakes her head. "Nope, don't think so. I can really only exorcise one spirit at a time. I could put up some wards and try and trap them, but that's about it." [Splut.] (Snowball fight!) Trapping sounds good. [Lazar gets hit with a pie. Pity, it looked tasty ;_;] Okay. First off, shut the door. (What kind, Bannana cream?) * Maria kicks the door shut without turning around. ... never been hit by pie before. * Chie walks over to it and slaps a ward on. She chants for a few seconds, the ward glows briefly, and it's stuck to the door. First time for everything, Laz. I've never shampooed with tartar before, either. And I never had anyone shove that fish sauce down my shirt either. 'Xactly. And I've never had an inflatable cow try and eat me before, either. And did that spirit voice just come from *outside*? * Maria walks over to Lazar and wipes some of the pie off with a finger, tasting it. [Someone shouts "Spoon!" and chucks a spoon at Maria.] 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Maria catches the spoon. [The same voice shouts. "Potato salad!" Everyone make a ranged defense roll at +1] 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 8. 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6+1) and gets 12. 2d6-1 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 6. ( er... no. ) (Ha! No.) (Made it.) 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6+1) and gets 6. ( AtomBot hates us all. ) (Nope.) (What do you expect, he's the A-Bomb.) 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6+1) and gets 8. [A bowl of potato salad flies overhead, spilling its contents over everyone but Chomei, who managed to see it coming.] * Maria scowls. * Rei gets potato salad all over herself and her computer. * Chie brushes potato salad off her. "Okay, that's *it*!" * Chomei runs to close the kitchen door. * Chie pulls out another ward and heads off to the kitchen. That's it! This means war! * Maria nodnods. ( Well, at least everyone's been hit by now :P ) * Chomei decides to keep his mouth shut this time. Last time it ended with sauce in his hair/shirt. ... I no know whether to be angry or just confused. Angry works. I'd say... pissed. * Chie shoves the door open and walks into the kitchen. "Yoo-hoo, spirit! C'mere, and *get your ass kicked*!" [Chomei shuts the door. From upstairs, disco music starts playing.] (Chie is pissed.) ( o/~ If you're angry and you know it, clench your fist! o/~ ) * Rei perks. "At least they've got taste." * Maria lists. "...they do?" * Chomei don't hear jack from upstairs. And that's probably a good thing. * Rei wipes potato salad from her face, humming along to the disco music. [Chie opens the door that Chomei just shut and heads in :P] * Chomei shrugs and follows Chie. * Lazar follows Chie in. "Stone no get dirty. Use me as shield." * Chie tries to figure out where the spirit is. * Maria follows in. * Rei eyes the kitchen. "I ain't goin' in there. Me and flying knives don't agree." [Inside the kitchen is... a giant plate of gooey red jello with arms! It picks up a plate of spaghetti as you enter. Roll init ^^. And Rei too, because a stuffed donkey comes down the stairs and tries to bite her leg :P] d6+7 * Atom rolls for Chie (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Maria (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Atom rolls for Rei (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+8 * Atom rolls for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 12. [Maria, Chomei, Rei, Jello, Lazar Chie, Donkey.] [Maria's turn!] * RDMgryphon has quit IRC (Quit: Sure, the pointy bit goes in the other guy. ) * Maria scowls at the jello monster - nobody should have to fight more than one in their lifetime, honestly - and runs forward, reaching under it's plate and trying to tip it over. 2d6+2 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6+2) and gets 12. ( ... that's a 'no'. ) [Maria does not tip Mr.Jello over.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei scowls as he fires a shot at the plate of jell-O. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Made it.) [Chomei sends an arrow into the jello] [Rei's turn!] * Rei hops around and tries to jump on the donkey biting at her leg. "Eat sneaker, evil fluff being!" ( And so that you know, the jello makes no move to defend itself. ) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6) and gets 6. [Rei knocks the stuffing out of the donkey. Literally.] [Jello's turn!] d4 * Atom rolls for Brett (d4) and gets 1. [The jello chucks the plate of spaghetti at Chie, shouting "Spaghetti!"] 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 8. [Chie gets hit by spaghetti. Not to mention the plate.] Ow! Fucking stupid spirits! I hate them! [The jellow picks up a bag of flour next.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar shakes his head, and tosses an overhand right at the plate. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Lazar punches through the jellow and smashes the plate. He finds, though, that it's rather difficult to get his hand out of the jello.] [Chie's turn!] ... well this unexpected. * Chie takes a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself, then stretches out the hand that's holding the ward and starts chanting. A white light gathers in her hand. (attempting exorcism) 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. ( At least it's not burning :P ) (My thoughts exactly.) (Success?) [A light surrounds the jello! It's visably weakened, but not gone!] [Maria's turn!] * Maria cups her hand and takes a swipe at the jello, trying to scoop a chunk out. 2d6-5 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 3. ( HA! Your attempt to give me crappy rolls is thwarted this time, AtomBot! ) (With a -5, you can't get a crappy roll...) (Somehow, "Sadame" is just the *wrong* background music for fighting jello. ;p) [Maria manages to push a bit of the jello out, but not as much as she'd like, 'cause her hand gets stuck.] (I'm listening to Era right now.) [Chomei's turn!] ( Sure you can. A crit is a crit is a crit, no matter the modifier. ;P ) * Chomei takes a shot at the Jell-O again, trying to hit a spot where Maria's fist isn't. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Made it.) [Chomei hits the jello! It fizzes then starts to flatten out on the ground, becoming black and gooey. Maria and Lazar are free, albeit with sticky hands.] * Chie exhales loudly. "One down." ... eight to go? Oy. Only six. There were seven of 'em to start. So let's go. * Chomei frowns. "It's going to be one of those nights, isn't it?" Oh, yeah. * Lazar nods. "Ah, that much better." * Chie shoves the ward back and draws her sword again. "Might as well try and hit the things if they're gonna go corporeal." * Maria wipes her hands off on... something. * Chie concentrates of finding the next one. (Chomei's shirt. ;p) ( ...naaah. ^_^ ) ... this advantage to being golem. No dirty clothes, and can get clean with hose. To the living room, guys. Right. * Chomei nods and heads... To the living room! * Rei is back in the foyer, waffle in hand. She's covered in deflated cow, potato salad, and donkey stuffing, and grooving to victory music only she can hear. * Maria heads to the living room! * Maria blinks at Rei. * Chie emerges from the kitchen, covered in spaghetti. [In the living room is a familiar face.] [He's short and cartoony, with a black mustache, red hat and shirt, and blue overalls.] * Kirby is now known as Mario Its-a me, Mario! * Rei grooves after them. "Yeah! I kick ass! Asses asses!" She grins maniacally. "Mama mia, it's a-Mario!" ... house haunted by Italians? * Chomei blinks. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Chie (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+8 * Atom rolls for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 11. I was never good at those games. d6+7 d6+6 * Atom rolls for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 10. * Atom rolls for Rei (d6+6) and gets 11. Games? d6+7 * Atom rolls for Maria (d6+7) and gets 10. It's who? [Chomei, Rei, Maria, Mario, Lazar, Chie] Video games, Laz. I think they're up to Mario 17 now. [Chomei's turn] ( Mario lost popularity when Kirby gained fame :P ) ... ah. Video games. Heard of, but never play. Too busy trying to no get eaten. * Chomei levels his bow and fires. "Hey, Youra gonna be hurtin'" 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. Probably a good thing, Laz. (Yeah, that's a hit.) [The arrow goes through Mario!] Cute, Cho. Well shit. [Rei's turn] Cowabunga! * Rei runruns and tries to jump on Mario's head. (*cracks up*) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6) and gets 7. (Aww! ;_;) (So perfect. ^_^) (Boing, Boing, Boing!) ( *cracks up* ) [Rei does not manage to jump on Mario's head.] [Maria's turn!] Maria! Get the hat! The hat is his sekrit weakness! (/me cracks up!) Except it's not so sekrit anymore 'cause I just spilled the weakness, but who cares! * Maria blinks, shrugs, and tries to jump onto the top of Mario's head! ( *is STILL cracking up* ) ( Unarmed attack roll, or Body roll? ) ( Attack ) ( Or acrobatics roll? ) ( Mmm... ) 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6+1) and gets 8. ( Good point. Body - acro, then ) 2d6-4 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 6. ( Made it! XD ) ( HA! You can't just hand me a 10 and get away with it, Atom! ) [Maria would have jumped right on Mario's head! ... but she goes through him.] Uh, guys... I think this is my department. * Maria lands and stumbles. o_O * Maria pouts. "Some weakness." Aww, man! How lame. How come he gets to jump on goombas but we don't? I guess he's not technically a goomba, but still! * Mario yells "Mario!" and jumps on Rei's head! Rei needs a defense roll at +2! 2d6+2 * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 9. (Uh... no. ;P) A... What? * Mario bounces off Rei's head and heads for Maria, who needs a defense roll at +1! 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6+1) and gets 13. (Ouch.) (That's gonna hurt.) * Mario bounces off Maria's head and heads for Chomei, who needs a defense roll (no mod) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6) and gets 8. ( ....Jesus Christ, AtomBot! But that wasn't the defence roll, fortunately. ) (Ouch... Stupid mario!) * Mario bounces off Chomei's head and heads for Lazar, who needs a defense roll at -1! 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 4. (Made it) 2d6+1 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6+1) and gets 11. [Lazar steps out of the way, and Mario lands without bouncing off Chie.] ( *kicks AtomBot repeatedly* ) [Lazar's turn!] * Chomei rubs his head. * Rei stumbles and falls. "Whoo." I mean, uh, moo. Just a cow. Move along. * Lazar hangs back a bit, letting Chie do her thing before he goes wading in. [Holding action] * Maria rubs her head. "Owieowieowie." [Chie's turn!] * Chie points her sword at Mario and starts chanting. The light makes a neat sparkly effect off the blade of her sword. (exorcism, natch) 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 2. (Err, scratch that.) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 4. * Chie blinks. "Oh, of course." She points her sword at the N128 system near the TV. "*That's* it." * Chie swings at the game system! 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Chie hits it, and Mario shrinks!] * Rei blinks as Chie swings for the system. "Noooooooo!" * Maria blinks. [Chomei's turn!] Sorry, Rei, but it's for a good cause. * Rei reaches out in slow motion. ...the hell? * Rei falls over again, because reaching in slow motion while balanced on one arm is really tough. * Chomei blinks. "Well, it works, don't it?" He fires a shot at the N128. ( And Rei's head hurts, too. ) 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 8. (Made it. Eat that Abot!) (Well, yes, that's why she's lying on the floor. Covered with deflated cow. ;P) [Chomei shoots the system. Mario shrugs. Then he jumps in the air, and falls through the floor.] ... * Chie sighs. "One more gone. I can't believe I missed what it really was at first." Did that make sense to anyone else? I'm letting this get to me too much. * Rei lies on her stomach and sulks. What WAS that? Mario? A possessed game system. Go figure. Playing with a possessed game system could have been so fun, though. * Chie concentrates. "Hey, wait... there's only four left. Rei, did you get one?" Huh? Oh, yeah, I kicked the stuffing out of that ass. Yup. Go me. I rule. * Maria walks over and patpats Rei on the head. "There, there. I can go steal you a new one. That doesn't have a ghost in it." * Rei sniffs. "But I want one with a ghost in it. Please? Pretty please? I've been good!" Well, good. Almost halfway done. And Rei... no. Just... no. I *will* exorcise it if you bring it near me. * Maria snickers. "Well, Maybe Chie can help with that." Come on! Imagine the nifty tricks you could do with haunted circuitry! ( Kinda sucks, 'cause if Mario had gotten Lazar, Chie, and hit someone else again, he'd have gotten a 1-up ) (*snerk*) (*giggles*) ( Haw! ) * Chie concentrates. Next spirit? (Bwarharharhar!) (I was kind of picturing Mario repeatedly bouncing on Lazar's head to no effect, while Lazar just stood there looking confused. =P) Two more spirits on the next floor, guys. Will they all be this... annoying? Right. * Rei sits up and wipes potato salad from the display screen on the waffle. I hope not, but I'm guessing yes. [Disco music wafts down from above.] Bedrooms and bathrooms. We'll probably hafta fight our way through toothpaste and down pillows while listening to DISCO! * Rei hops up and powerposes. Could be worse. They could be playing... no, I won't say it. They'll start playing it. * Rei grins at Chie. "Rule number five. Oh yeah." ... I starting to miss fighting zombies. You said there was a Gym on the third floor? That's probably where the music is comming from. There's two on the next floor. I'm guessing the last two are on the third floor. These guys are good. I kinda wish they weren't ghosts. Coulda compared notes. And yeah, there's a gym on the third floor. Eleven to one a spirit's in there. * Maria nods. I could try talking to them for you, Rei, but I don't think they're interested in that. ( 'Course there is. That's where all the weapons are. ) Well, we're not getting anywhere standing around. So far, all they've done is laugh at us. Well, I laugh back! Ha HA! * Maria heads up! Looking for more pranks, of course. * Chomei follows Maria up the stairs. * Rei adjusts her cow cover and walks after them. * Chie heads up the stairs. [On the second floor, you can see both spirits quite clearly. One is an older man in a tuxedo, with a cane and a tophat. The other has long sideburns and is wearing a kilt. The Scotsman is yelling, "Tomato!"] [The Englishman shakes his cane. "Tomahto!"] "Tomato!" "Tomahto!" "Tomato, ya bloody Brit!" Let's call the whole thing off! "Tomahto, you scruffy Scot!" ... ... Right. [They look in your direction.] * Chie blinks. "What? Somebody had to say it." Onion. "Oh, maybe they can settle this." "Yes, You agree. Tomahto, correct?" "I'm tellin' ya, it's tomato!" "Tomahto!" "Tomato!" Potato! * Chie looks from one spirit to the other, then finally gives up and starts laughing. * Chomei shrugs. "Potahto?" [The Scotsman grins. The Englishman harumphs. "Potahto, young lady."] Potato, damnit! ... I think best way to settle this is way we use back in old country. Fistfight. Winner is right. * Rei stomps her foot and glares at Chomei. * Chomei grins and chuckles. I be referee. Sound good? * Chie looks at Rei and Chomei and grins. "Hey, don't you guys start, too." Start what? * Chomei smiles innocently. * Rei whistles. [The Scotsman shakes his head. "Nahr. We use bagpipes!" He pulls out some bagpipes and... makes an awful racket.] * Chie opens her mouth. She then shuts it and blinks. "He got me... he actually got me." * Chie grins. * Maria looks pained and covers her ears. * Rei tilts her head. "A little higher, if you would." * Chomei covers his ears. Even he can hear this. ... well, that one way to settle dispute. [The Englishman doesn't seem to mind. He just adjusts his monacle. "It's Tomahto, I'll have you know."] [The Scotsman stops playing. "Tomato!"] "Tomahto!" "Tomato!" Maybe we should just leave these guys to their... ahh, fascinating discussion and head on up? [They bicker.] 'Kay! And it's potato. Need Irishman. Then be full joke. * Chomei uncovers his ears and shrugs. "Potahto." Potato. Potahto. Potato. French fries and ketchup. C'mon, you guys. * Chie heads for the third floor, chuckling. * Chomei looks at Rei. "Fried chikin!" * Rei runs after, yelling, "Catsup!" * Chomei heads up after Chie. * Lazar follows Chie. "Why nobody use zombies anymore? Zombies slow, stupid, can hit in face..." [The Englishman and the Scotsman block the way. "Now see here! You mustn't leave before we settle this!"] * Rei blinks. "Why not?" * Chie sighs. "Look, can't we all be reasonable here? We'll come back." * Maria follows, then stops. (Chie is asking people to be reasonable. The world is ending. ;p) "It is impolite. And we are being reasonable! It's tomahto, you agree?" ( Reasonable? In a MC2 game? You're kidding. ) Hey guys, they want us to settle this, right? * Chie nods. "'Course she don't. It's tomato and you know it!" Great, it's Tomatoe. Done. Let's go. ... actually, in Hebrew, word is "agvaniyah". * Maria blinks at Chomei. [They keep blocking the way. "Absurd! And that's Ahgvahniyah."] (What's Chinese for tomato? Anyone know?) ( ... No @_@ ) (Drat, Mom's sleeping!) ... you know Hebrew? * Maria facepalms. "I need to get a linguistics book or something." "I know how to pronounce tomahto when I hear it!" I know what you mean. "You do not! It's tomato!" * Rei grins and makes the sign for tomato. "There. All done!" * Maria paces. [They continue to bicker.] * Chomei thinks. "Hey, Rei. Think you can bring up a dictionary on that... waffle?" Why? * Rei does it anyway. And is Paradicsom in Hungarian. "Pahrahdicsom." ( Parahdis.. right. ) ... urge to noogie... rising... * Rei pulls up the dictionary. "Tomato. Long A." Go for it, Laz. * Rei blinks. No, wait, there's also the alternate pronounciation. Looks like they're both right. * Chomei facepalms. "So much for that idea." "You see? It's tomato, like I said!" ... "Rubbish! It's tomahto!" * Maria walks over to Chie. "Make the bad people go away, Chie." * Lazar puts his hand through a wall. "You go away, or I pop you like tomato. Or tomahto." * Chie swings her sword and takes a chunk out of the stair railing. "I *said*, let's call the whole thing off. You're both right. Go bother someone else." * Chomei sits down on the stairs. "This is getting boring." "I'd be happy too, as soon as he admits it's tomahto!" "Nevah! Tomato! Tomato, I tell yeh!" (Yay for property damage! *high-fives Lazar*) ... * Maria reaches out and tries to honk the nose of one of the bickering spirits. [Maria finds that it's like trying to reach through a wall] * Chie starts chanting. The light gathers around her sword. * Maria blinks. * Maria gets out of the way of whatever Chie's about to do, on the off-chance it'd hurt her. [They don't notice. They're busy arguing.] * Chomei gets up and backs away from Chie a little. * Chie points it at the Englishman. "Tomato. Have fun in the afterlife." (exorcism) 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. [The Englishman argues up until he vanishes.] [The Scotsman shakes his fist at the spot the Englishman was at. "Yeh see that? Tomato! Ha!"] [Then he vanishes too.] I should've done that to start with. Thank you. Woulda made things a lot easier. * Maria heads on up, continuing to be wary. Okay, *now* we go upstairs. ... Japanese ghosts is screwed up. ( They weren't Japanese c.c ) Those were so not Japanese ghosts. Those were not Japanese. Nope. One was British, one was Scottish. Please don't ask me what they were doing here. Yes, but they in Japan. No get ghosts like that back home. Yeah, you get Were-carp instead. I think I'd almost prefer the were-carp. Almost. ... What do you do, fry 'em and serve them with tartar sauce and potato salad? * Lazar nods. "Is more dangerous, but much less annoying." * Rei heads up the stairs after them. [Upstairs is a young female ghost with a rapier, apparently pretending she can fence.] (It's lil' Chelsea!) * Chomei follows along with the rest. * Lazar follows along. (Aww, how cute. ^_^) Which way is the... oh. This the last one, Chie? [In the gym, of course. Which has flashy lights and disco music.] Nope. One more besides this one. I think we can all guess who *that* is. * Rei grins madly. "Now this is cool." ( Nah. Lil' Chelsea would've hidden within the darkness and thrown sharp things into our eyes from there. ;P ) * Chomei scowles. * Chie dances along to the music. * Rei does, too! Burn, baby, burn! Wow. This sure is... loud. * Maria watches Rei and Chie gyrate. "Er... is this the result of posession?" Hardly. Nahh, it's just good music. * Chie grins. * Maria smirks. "I dunno. It sure *looks* like they're in pain." Besides, I need to relax a little. I'm really tense right now. Unless one of you guys gives backrubs... * Chie looks over at Chomei and grins. * Chomei makes a mental note. ... music? This? Where is violins? * Chie dances better than she sings. That ain't sayin' much. * Maria frowns. ... so, about ghost with sword... [The ghost either hasn't noticed you, or isn't doing anything about you.] * Chie keeps an eye on the ghost while she's dancing. Maybe this one will just want to challenge them to a dancing contest. ( Ghost ghost revolution! ) (Let's G-G-R!) [A spotlight appears above Chie, Rei, and Lazar!] * Chie looks up at the spotlight. "Awesome!" * Rei looks up. "I wanna be a star!" she yells, making a bad echoing effect as she does. [Then a scoreboard lights up. Rei and Chie, make dancing rolls :P] * Maria blinks. (Dammit. *Now* is when I need Satoshi. ;p) (Bwahaha!) 2d6 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 6. * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6) and gets 6. [Rei and Chie's scores quickly go into negatives, while Lazar's stays a nice steady 0. The guy who does the voicing from DDR shouts "You have no skill!"] ... I do *too* have skill! You just don't appreciate it! * Chie keeps on dancin', oh yeah. * Maria snickers, despite herself. ... golem no built for dancing. * Chomei looks at the board, then back at the dancers. He facepalms. Step aside, Laz. Lemme try. ^_^ [Chie's score continues to decrease :P] So I don't have skill? So what! This is fun! * Chie sings. ~~ * Lazar does so. "I strong, but have quickness of thing which is no quick." Voice: "You are unblievably bad!" Sez you. I'm havin' fun, and that's all that matters! No way am I doing that. * Chie grins madly. * Maria nods at Lazar. "True. Although your stomping'd prolly get a good bass to it." * Chomei backs away from the dancers. * Maria gets into the spotlight Lazar left and dances! ( Dancing roll, Maria ^^ ) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6) and gets 6. ( Woo! ) (Fighter like swords?) [Maria's score goes up. The voice shouts: "It's about time!"] * Rei sings, too, "" * Maria grooves. "Hey, this *is* fun." ~~ [The current song ends. The voice says, "Ok, you did good enough. On to the competition!"] * Lazar just shakes his head. "Bet Dracula no have dance floor trap in his castle... so silly." o/~ [Another spotlight appears at the far corner of the gym, between you and the ghost. Standing in it is...] * Mario is now known as LuBu ( Sure he does. He does the Transylvanian Twist! ) ( Yes, and I do Monster Mash.) [The voice shouts: "Dance the night away!" And the scoreboard (now with Lu Bu's score) is reset.] ( Everyone make dancing rolls ^_^ ) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 11. (Hoo. Yeah. I said that my dancing wasn't much better than my singing, and I meant it. ;p) 2d6 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6) and gets 8. * Chomei sighs. "The things I do for my job..." ( Made it! ...barely. ) 2d6+2 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 5. 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chomei (2d6) and gets 2. 2d6 * Atom rolls for Rei (2d6) and gets 10. (... made it.) (Umm... Crit success) ( ...Lazar made a dance roll? ) ( *Chomei* made a dance roll? ) (Chomei kicks ass!) * Chie dances. Well, *she'd* call it dancing. The *entire* rest of the world, possibly including Rei, would call it something else entirely. * Maria dances! And does alright. * Rei dances! The same sort of dance that has her falling into random furniture. Woo hoo! [Chomei gets down wit' it, and between himself, Lazar and Maria, they manage to make up for Chie and Rei's blunders. Lu Bu dances, too!] * Chie watches Chomei. She's impressed. And distracted. And manages to smack her hand into the wall. "Ow. Dammit." * Rei falls into Chie. "Hey, that was my wall to run into!" * Lazar has no idea what he's doing. @_@ [By the end of the song, you've earned more points than Lu Bu. The voice shouts: "Eh... Good enough."] * ChamAFK is now known as Chamelaeon * Chie falls over, with Rei on top of her. "Owww... sorry." [The music stops, the lights come on, and Lu Bu and the girl ghost vanish.] * Rei floops and gets potato salad on Chie in the process. ... we no speak of this again. Agreed. ( Shame Peter wasn't around :P ) Right. (Peter dancing! Haw!) ( Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little.) Wow, Chomei, you were really good! Like, a dancing god! Gettin' down with his bad self, yo! * Rei climbs off Chie and straightens her cow cover. ( And people better tell me when you get crits, 'cause I'm liable to miss :P ) Golem infused with power of God, not power of Funk. * Chie wipes potato salad off herself and stands up. "Yeah, Chomei. You were fantastic!" Bah. Are you sure you don't do this on a regular basis? You've just gotta jump! Into the funk"! No, I was just lucky. * Maria grins at Chomei. "Yeah, you were great." ... if I jump, I likely crash through floor. Maybe you'll land on Mario. * Chie regards Chomei. "Mmm. Next time I go clubbing, you're coming with me. Oh yes." She rubs her hands together. ... last ghost? Okay, as long as there's no dancing involved. * Chie grins at him. "I won't dance." * Chomei smiles back. "Neither will I." * Chie continues to grin. "We'll see." She then concentrates. "Okay, last ghost, last ghost... huh?" She blinks. * Maria eyes Chie and Chomei, then frowns. Why dance when go clubbing? All you need it whack people with club. ( Oh, and for those of you who don't know what Lu Bu looks like: http://www.kongming.net/images/portraits/dw3portraits/lubu.jpg ) It's in the... basement. ( Get to know him; you'll be seeing him again, I'm sure :P ) I didn't know this place had a basement, to be honest. (He has elf slippers!) (And antanne!) * Rei checks the waffle. If no have basement, Lazar make basement. *grin* Nope, there's a basement. Wine cellar. Oh dear. Drunken ghost? But he PAID for that wine! I'm sure he'd never drink it! ... Right. Mmm, good wine... miss good wine. I PAID for the wine! PAID for it! How DARE you take my wine! Uh huh. * Rei rants as she heads down the stairs. "And get rid of this ghost! I PAID you to do it!" That's it; I don't leave here without some wine. There's three buzzwords. * Lazar mutters. "He pay for hitting my fist with his ribs." That's four. * Maria follows Rei. If you don't, I'll SUE! * Chie grins and rubs her hands together. "C'mon, let's kick ass. It's what we've been waiting for all night." Five it is! I'll sue your PANTS off! * Chomei follows. Umm... Pants isn't a buzzword. But sue is! six! Your pants are currently covered in potato salad, Rei. Do you think he'd want them? I PAID those lawyers! PAID them! They'll sue you and your little dog, too! EEEHEHEHEHEHE! ( I is king of no pants! ... ) * Chomei counts. Nine. ( *cracks up* ) (*cracks up*) (*grins*) (*giggles*) * Rei cackles until she breaks into a coughing fit, then nods. "Moo." ( Lord, why couldn't he be the king of yes pants? ) To basement then? * Chie grooves as she starts walking downstairs. * Chomei heads to... The basement! * Maria continues on to... THE BASEMENT! ~~ That's where we're goin'. I'm so gonna raid the music collection 'fore we leave. * Lazar follows again. (/me grooves to CT trial music on the piano.) * Kirby2 has joined #besm [They get to the basement. It was once a wine cellar, but all the wine looks to have been cleared out for a pentagram and (at the end of the room) an altar. A young girl ghost floats over the pentagram, watching a skeletal figure in a tattered business suit pace back and forth.] It's SKELETOR! * LuBu is now known as skeleton A bag of bones? * Kirby2 is now known as ghost ( They have a piano-only of that? *_* ) * Chie waves. "Hi there! You ordered an ass-kicking?" * skeleton looks up and stomps over. "It's about time you got here!" (CT trial music. Want it? ^^) (Remix of it. It's 8 min long. ^^) (It's good!) (VERY good.) ( Yes! XD ) Right. You look a little thin, sir. Are you sure you're alright? * skeleton waves at the ghost. "What I ordered, and PAID for, is for you to get rid of that ghost!" Will do. But there's something else we need to take care of first. One. * Chie starts chanting. No, you'll do it now. * skeleton gestures at Chie, sending a wave of darkness at her. * Chie points her sword at the skeleton, white light shining and- 2d6 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6) and gets 4. 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Chie sidesteps. "Ha! I think *not*! ( Init. Init. Must have init. ) d6+7 * Atom rolls for Chie (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+8 * Atom rolls for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 10. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+7 * Atom rolls for Maria (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Atom rolls for Rei (d6+6) and gets 8. [Maria, Skeleton, Chie, Chomei, Lazar, Ghost, Rei] [Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps and kicks at the skeleton's head! 2d6-5 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 1. [Maria kicks it in the head, but doesn't knock the head off.] [Skeleton's turn] * Ked has quit IRC (Quit: ) * skeleton stamps his foot. "How DARE you!" He gestures at Maria, muttering something, and sends a black wave of darkness shaped like a skull towards her. She needs a ranged defense roll at +1 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Oof. ) [Maria is hit. The blast seems to suck the life out of her, and she slumps a bit on her feet.] * Maria winces and wobbles. [Chie's turn!] * Chie chants again, white light gathering about her hands. She points at the skeleton. 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. [The skeleton is surrounded in white light. He screams, but sounds more angry than in pain.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chie whispers. "Yes!" * Chomei stays a bit behind Chie and levels his bow at the guy. The runes on his bow begin to glow as an energy forms inside it. (End turn) [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar growls. "Hungarian consulate sends regards." *lunges at skeleton with a double axe-handle to the torso* 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Made it.) [Lazar pounds the skeleton. There's an audiable crack, but the bones don't shatter like they should have.] [Rei's turn!] * Rei runs around the guy and to the altar, picking up the ancient book she finds there. [Ghost's turn!] * ghost floats over to Chie and tries to whack her with a ghostly mallet. "Leave my daddy alone!" ( Chie needs a def roll against melee (hammers) ) 2d6-2 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Chie gets hit, which breaks her concentration.] Ow! Little brat! We're trying to *help* you, dammit! [Maria stands there and breathes. :P] * Chie sighs as the light goes out. [Skeleton's turn!] * Maria stands there, dazed, seeming somewhere between disinterested and asleep. (Just call him Skeletor. You know you want to.) * skeleton reaches a skeletal hand towards Lazar. "Liar! There's no such thing!" ( Lazar needs an unarmed defense against grabs ) 2d6-1 * Atom rolls for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 6. (Nope.) * skeleton picks up Lazar (yes, picks him up) by the neck and starts flooding dark energy into him. ( I am Skeletor, overlord of evil! And I PAID you to get rid of that ghost! ) [Chie's turn!] (*snerk*) (Bwahahaha! Leave them alone! * Chie chants and points, white light streaming from her hands. Then do your damn job, like I PAID you to do! 2d6-3 * Atom rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Atom is now known as Atom[Sleep] * Lazar grunts. "That... that best you can do?" [Chie surrounds the skeleton in the light. He grunts, but keeps his grip on Lazar.] [Chomei's turn!] This... Ends... Now! * Chomei fires his bow at the Skeleton. The arrow is a piercing black, with a purple trail behind it. 2d6-4 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Chomei (2d6-4) and gets -2. (fires up appropriate music) (Um... Crit success.) (That's a crit!) (Chomei wins. Fatality.) ( Woo! ) [Uhhh... Yeah. The skeleton is kind of obliterated.] (How does one "kind of" obliterate something?) [Lazar's turn!] * ghost shrieks. "Daddy!" * Chie lets out a breath as the skeleton disappears, along with the light. * Maria snaps out of whatever she was in. * Lazar lands on his feet, a bit disorioented, and lashes out with a backhand on the ghost. 2d6-2 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 5. Wh-where'd he? ...Dammit! * Chomei gasps as he relaxes from his stance. "Wow... they weren't kidding when they said this takes it out of you." (Made it) [Lazar's fist passes right through the ghost.] [Rei's turn] * Rei glances up at the ghost girl, almost sadly. "Sorry, kid." She starts flipping through the book, looking for a way to easily stop the insanity. Not her insanity, mind. [As Rei flips through the book, she finds it disintegrates. It was pretty old.] [Ghost's turn.] Aww, roasted eggshells! * ghost floats towards Chomei and swings her mallet sideways. "You!Brng my daddy back!" ( Chomei needs a melee defense roll ) 2d6 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Chomei (2d6) and gets 8. (I just got smacked, didn't I?) [Chomei gets smacked.] [Maria's turn] * Chie yells. "Guys, behind me!" * Maria shrugs and gets behind Chie. She doesn't have any problem with the little ghostie. [Chie's turn] Kid, I really hope where you end up *isn't* with your dad. * Chie starts chanting. 2d6-3 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Ouch. No happy light for Chie.] * Chie blinks as the light utterly fails to form. "What the?" [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei tries his best to fend the ghost off. * Rei runs behind Chie! [Ghost's turn] * Lazar reluctantly steps behind Chie. (But that doesn't matter... I go behind you, the ghost does too.) * ghost goes right for Chomei, swinging her mallet angrily. 2d6-2 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Luckily, Chomei manages to avoid that one.] [Chie!] Hurry up with that Chie. * Chie starts chanting again. 2d6-3 * Atom[Sleep] rolls for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Chie watches the light form. [This time Chie gets is, and the ghost just cries. "I want my daddy back!"] [Then she's gone.] * Chie sighs. "I'm sorry." Maybe mine'll look out for you. * Chomei sighs. "Not much we could do. Her dad was a psycho." * Rei waves her hand where the spirit was. "Sometimes, our job just sucks, y'know?" ... and mine, too. Is easier fighting vampyres. No guilt. * Chomei looks at Lazar. "Oh yeah, you're I don't know how old." * Maria sighs. Nineteen. Hrmm... Then why would, well, nevermind. * Chie blinks. "You're... you're younger than I am?" * Maria blinks. "You're that young?" * Rei turns and eyes the others. "He *was* human, you know. Is. Just a human stuck in a rock." * Rei heads upstairs, cow still over her head and waffle in hand. Well, I've never said I was mature for my age. * Lazar nods at Rei. "Was seventeen when became golem." * Chomei heads upstairs. "This is getting too depressing for me. To the IHOP?" Hey, Chomei... * Chomei turns back. "Yeah?" What was that thing you did? That made the skeleton disappear. What kind of arrow was that? * Chomei smiles. "Family secret." * Chie smiles back. "Okay, fair enough." * Chomei continues back up. * Maria looks up at Lazar, blinks. * Maria heads upstairs with the others. * Chie turns back to Lazar. She looks like she wants to ask him something, but can't. * Lazar follows up the stairs. * Chie blinks a few times, then looks back at where the ghost girl was. "Hey, Mom, Dad? If you see her, keep an eye out for her, okay?" * Chomei turns his cell back on. Does it ring? [No] (Good.) * Maria frowns. * Rei returns to the carnage of the foyer and flips on her cell. She checks her watch. [Time: 12:30] * Chie finally gets up the steps. * Maria blnks. * Rei cheers. "Time to open the present of certain doom!" * Maria reaches into her pocket and pulls out the envelope. Oh, spirits. I'm beat. And covered in food. And... oh yeah. That. Yay. Who wants to do the honors? * Chie raises her hand. Might as well. Right. Here you are. * Maria hands her the envelope! * Chie takes the envelope and concentrates on it for a minute. Does she sense anything odd? [Chie does not sense any spirits possessing the envelope :P] (Tiiiiired. Typing skills at +4.) * Chie shrugs and opens the envelope! [Inside is a note!] * Chie takes the note out and starts reading it out loud. [The note says "Rei! Save me!" It gives an address, informs you to come tomorrow, and is signed by Box.] Rei? Is your computer that intelligent? * Rei blinks. "Gimme that!" She yoinks the note from Chie and looks it over. * Chie sighs. "Yay, another trap to walk into!" * Maria blinks. Much as I'd like to say I installed an AI on Box, no. Computers by themselves aren't smart. ( Hoo! That's what you think! ^_^ ) Yeah, there's been a lot of those lately. Want me to scope the place out tonight? * Chie sits. (Without an AI, might I add. ^^) Well, unless Box is haunted. That'd be kinda cool, really, as long as it's still Box. Yeah. Hrm. * Rei flips open the Iron Waffle and looks up the address. Just hope that, if trap, it involve people I can hit. Maybe wussy vampyre. No kill vampyre in while. I'm with you there, Laz. I'm drained. I just want to get some sleep... Or some waffles. That was worse than *any* of Eoi-sensei's training sessions. Tang waffles to save the day o/~ Sleep good. Waffles good. Clean clothing also good. * Maria frowns. * Rei blinks. "Now *this* is interesting." Oh? What's up, Rei? The address on this note is a corporate building downtown. Owned by Asahara. Not them *again.* By who? * Chomei shrugs. "What is Asahara?" The ruined building where we fought the metal demon? That was Ashahara's too, wasn't it? Where it all started. Oh yeah. ( Technically, it started with the Kappas :P ) Oh, glee. (Actually, it started with the tigerfish. ;p) (But that was where *everything* started. ;p) I still owe that thing one. * Rei blinks, then giggles. "Man, they're so silly about it." She giggles some more. "Why ruin your own property?" * Chie grins at Chomei. "Just hit it with one of your family secrets." * Chomei smiles back. * Maria shakes her head. Or truck. That works too. * Chie laughs. "Yeah." Want to hit it with truck. See it shrug *that* off. What kind? Semi? We need to contact Makoto, too. What do you want to bet that he tried to call us when we had all our phones off? Probably. * Chie smirks. "Wonder if skelepsycho called him, too?" * Maria chuckles. * Rei studies the note a little longer. I'm goin'. I think we might need two Reis for the price of one. Or tank. Don't know if I can lift tank, but want hit thing with one. Oh, I'll be there. What kind of person would I be if I let my best friend walk into a trap without me? * Chie pushes herself back up. * Maria chuckles. "What she said. I'll be there too." ( A sensible one :P ) (Sensible? Chie? *snort*) * Chomei nods. "We're all in this together. Count me in." * Rei grins at Chie. "Well, it didn't specify 'alone'. Knowin' these guys, though... they went and funded and researched the project that made my dad. Seven to one they maybe want me, too." Me too. No let little ones have all the fun. Everybody wants a Rei of their very own, but we're the only lucky people who have one. * Chie grins. * Rei giggles. * Maria giggles. "Lucky us." Bah. No soul destroying here! They'd be really damn disappointed. I'd say we should set up a trap of our own, but... um. Well, maybe I can come up with some stuff tonight. * Rei yawns. * Maria blinks. "No what?" Never mind. Forget I said anythin'. Soul, what? Er, right. ...Anyway, I'll ask again; you want me to check the place out tonight so we can go in tomorrow with an idea of what we're up against? Just find me old car to hit people with. Nobody take computer from little one while I here and get away with it. Only if you can do it without getting caught. * Rei shrugs. "I'll get floorplans. And I've gotta teach Makoto how to drive like me in twenty-four hours." She nods to herself. Then again, since when have you been caught. ^^ * Maria grins. "'Xactly." She ruffles Chomei's hair. * Chomei smiles as Tartar sauce gets on Maria's hand. "Thanks Maria." * Chie blinks. "Makoto? ...oh! Decoy?" And it's not just floorplans. I might be able to find out how many people - eh? Oh, hey, it's not like I'm not already coated in the slop. * Chomei looks at Maria. "Point." * Maria grins at Chomei. "So, yeah." So, where to? * Rei winks at Chie. "Bingo was his name-o." * Chie nods. "Yeah, he'll go for it." * Chie looks over at Chomei. "IHoP?" * Chie looks down at herself. "Although we might want to clean off first?" * Chomei nods. "IHoP." Hey, I think I make a great fashion statement! I don't see what your problem is. * Rei preens. "As always." (Note that Chomei is the only one who wasn't hit by the potato salad.) * Chie blinks at Chomei. "I'm covered in various foodstuffs?" I have to pass. Need to meditate, recover for tomorrow. (Yes, but he has tartar sauce all over him. And I got potato salad *and* spaghetti.) * Maria looks Rei over. Cow, potato salad, donkey stuffing. "Right." (Heh. Oh, and it's only in his shirt and on his hair.) * Rei grins. "Right!" * Chie nods at Laz. "Thanks, Laz. Take care, and we'll see you tomorrow." Alright Laz... Think Peter's up by now? Anyway, I'm gonna go to sleep and pay a nocturnal visit to Makoto that doesn't involve hot and wild sex. * Chie blinks at Rei. Then she cracks up. * Maria stares blankly at Rei. Don't you mean hot and wild monkey sex? * Rei eyes Chomei. "You callin' me a monkey?" * Chomei grins. "Maaaybe." [Session end. This ends now.]