[Day: Wednsday, June 8th. Time: 9:30 p.m.] [Yesterday you talked a lot, as usual. Then everyone but Peter went to the new Asahara building and parked in the lot across from it, only to find head-eating demons for parking attendants. You defeat the demons. Yay! You're on the top level of the parking garage.] [Session Start] * SpiritRei sits on her double's head, singing something about coconuts. * Reikoto bobs her head along with the tune, and sings along under her breath. * Chomei cracks his knuckles. * Lazar has shifted into golem form, and is checking the chunks of his chest that are missing. "Is odd to see no blood..." * Chie pulls a cloth out of her bag and starts wiping off her sword. She keeps looking towards the entrance to the top level of the garage. ( Gah! Filthy double alongs! Ah, well. Better luck next sentence. ) ( GAH. x_x ) ( ::de-idles:: Sorry, spilled Dr. Pepper on my sketchpad. ^_^;;; ) * SpiritRei breaks her song. ~Where's the prof? We've been waiting for... a while, and I really don't wanna deal with any more demonic parking attendants. Do ya think those were the only ones?~ (GAH. @_@) (Meep. ^^;) (Glad I'm not the only one who spilled soda.) ( Just a soda-spillin' kind of night. ) I don't know. I hope so, and I really hope he gets here soon. * Reikoto shrugs. "Should we try calling him again? One more time?" (I hope I don't need to get another keyboard...) * Maria pops her knuckles, then her back, then her knees. She does some stretches. [It crosses your mind that nobody told him to meet at the top level of the parking garage.] ~We could. He probably wouldn't mind that much, and it would be better for our sanity. Whatever's left of it, anyway. I'm kinda fond of- hey, nobody told him where to meet us!~ Oh, yeah. Well, someone tell him where to meet us. Since he didn't come with us, he could be anywhere in here. Great. * Reikoto reaches for her cellphone, and dials the Professor. * Chie finishes cleaning her sword and stows it back in her bag. She sets the bag down and does a few stretches of her own. * Maria takes a few punches at the air, frowns, and does more stretches. * Lazar runs a finger along one of the scratches, frowning. Hey, Professor! It's me, Rei. We're all having a party on the top floor of the parking deck here and we thought you'd like to join us! * Chie stops stretching and sighs impatiently. "Hate waiting." * Maria giggles. I think all of us do. Great! See you soon, Professor! * Maria takes a few more punches at the air, a few kicks, and nods in satisfaction. * Reikoto speaks to the others before terminating the call, though for all she knows, Peter's already shut the phone off on his end. "He says he'll be here soon, and that we should play a quick game of Hangman while we wait." * SpiritRei pulls on her double's ear. ~You are not Rei! Don't confuse the poor guy!~ * Maria walks over to Lazar and looks at his scratches. She turns and eyes Rei. "'Hangman'?" * Lazar shakes his head, and resumes his human illusion. * Chomei shrugs. Ehh, I'm for it. Anybody got a pen and some paper? (How do you play hangman with Japanese characters?) Well, actually he didn't say that. But I figure I'm on a roll fooling everybody tonight, I'd better keep it up. ( "Hiragana." ) ...right, of course. I knew that, really. ( "Are there any 'Shi'?" :P ) * Maria looks up at Lazar and frowns confusedly. * Chie sighs again. * Maria shrugs. * SpiritRei goes back to singing quietly about coconuts. She glances around nervously. * Lazar adjusts his demon bracers again, for lack of anything else to do. [A familiar van drives onto the top lot.] Finally. * Reikoto twiddles her thumbs, for lack of a laptop or a yo-yo or anything else that would occupy her hands and give her some way to channel nervous energy. She brightens when the van shows up. Hey, it's the mystery machine. Good. Ah. There is van. Prof! ( Is there an entrance to the building on this floor? ) ~Prof! Are we glad to see you. Will be glad to see you. After you get out of the van. Get out of the van! I'm getting antsy here, and BOX needs major saving!~ [No. It's the top floor.] * Peter steps out of the van. "What on earth is going on?" * Reikoto nods in agreement with the real Rei. "Yeah! What I said!" * SpiritRei zooms up to Peter and looks him up and down. ~About time you got here! What were you doing, bowling? And you didn't even invite me! Shame on you.~ * Maria waves to Peter. * Chomei waves to the prof. Hey, prof. Good to see you. Now where the heck were you?! No way he was bowling. Observe the keen but confused expression, the shoulders slightly slumped in nervous anticipation. It's quite obvious that he was--what were you doing anyway, Prof? Bowling? I was.. err.. caught in traffic. * Chie puts a hand to her forehead. Bowling for meter maids, close enough. Let's go! Where exactly are we going? Whoa, whoa, whoa wait... yeah, that was my question. ~To save BOX. I already told you. Get with the program. Channel three, page twenty-six.~ Are we just gonna waltz in the front door? ~We got attacked by demonic parking attendants and you weren't even here to tell us what their secret weakness was!~ (Kevin's replacing his keyboard.) * Reikoto points dramatically in the direction of the building. "To the belly of the whale! Only it's not a whale, it's a trap set by the bad guys. But it has a belly, and that's where we're going! So we can save BOX!" * Maria shrugs. "Is there a back door?" (I'm not sure. Did anybody bring a copy of the floorplans? Or does anybody remember what they looked like?) ( I'd remember them. Brett? ) ( Yeah, we looked over them in detail, and Makoto should still have a hardcopy of the relevant stuff. ) [There are two entrences: Main and a loading dock. There's also a fire escape.] Normally I'd take a window, but I love you all so much I just couldn't bear to leave you behind. * Chie mutters. "Suuure you do." ... plus splitting up bad. * Maria said that in a nice, blandly sarcastic way, of course. ^_^ Yeah. We're *not* splitting up. That's pretty much ended in disaster every time. * SpiritRei floats over to Peter and 'whispers' in his ear. Just to Peter: ~Hey, Prof. You ever read up on what Asahara did concerning Project S? Nod if you did.~ There *is* a fire escape. I might be able to open that for us wihtout setting the alarm off. ... fire escape no support golem weight. ...true. The loading docks would, but no idea if they're crowded right now or not. (I hope this works...) * Peter nods. (Your keyboard? It does.) (Our plans? They're another story entirely. ;p) ( We have plane? ^_~ ) ( Plans, even. *punches the typo demon* ) (The plane, boss, the plane! ;p) ( A plane? Then why'd we bother driving? ) ( _ ) Try loading dock, then. If no work... then we figure something out. And if we go in the front, there's probably security guards and a receptionist and all kinds of fun people like that. * SpiritRei continues, just to Peter: ~Cool. And you know that my dad was in Project S, right? That's why Makoto's posing as me. I'd be *really* upset if they got me, and I really don't need to tell you why, since you're so smart and stuff. Just to cut down the confusion.~ Although it isn't like they're *not* expecting us... If that doesn't work, we'll have to just have to take the front door. Which will, of course, be a trap, but at least we'll know that when we walk into it. * Chomei nods. * Reikoto shuffles toward the stairs down with discretion so balatant that she might as well be running and carrying a neon sign that says "Hurry up, you guys!" ~Gah! Wait for meeeeee!~ * SpiritRei zooms after Makoto. Okay, okay, *Rei*, we're going. * Chomei follows as if he was carrying a- well, you don't need to hear that again. * Peter nods, but still has a headache. He follows the others. * Chie follows, of course. We don't have all day. Let's get to it. * Lazar follows. * Maria heads after 'Rei'. * Reikoto leads the merry band of adventurers downstairs, and then stops at the bottom. Makoto's memory is for people, not places and maps. "Which way?" Or we could just go right into the trap and not waste time trying to get around it. Crash the party? ( ... you know, when I think of Project S, I think of Pretty Sammy. ) ( ... ) ( Heh. ) Well, of course! They're probably not even playing Twister anyway, the heathens. But which way are we going to go to do that? Front door or back door? ( Nobody else thought of it? ) [And downstairs they go! When they get to the first floor, they find a teenager leaning against the wall. He's got long black hair and pierced ears, and wearing jeans, a black jean jacket, and a red shirt.] ( A red shirt. He's dead. ) ~Hey, maybe we don't need to crash the party, after all. They're probably bringing it to us.~ I mean, we have to know that beca--oh. Front is the obvious choice. If they wanna be obvious in their attempt to trap us, we might as well be obvious in our response. * Peter pulls out his crossbow. "Is this someone you know?" * Reikoto looks the teen up and down. * Chomei smirks. "Yeah, let's do it that way." * Chie eyes the guy. * Maria glances over to the other guy and raises an eyebrow. [I should remind you that outside, the street is fairly populated.] * Teen looks up slowly. "I've been waiting for you." ( Of course. And we're talking about our Unreal 2060 match coming up tonight. ) Isn't that cute. ~Checkit out, guys, we're the guests of honor.~ * Lazar eyes the Teen warily. * Maria smirks at Rei's comment. ( Outside? Where are we? What time is it? ) * Reikoto backs up a little and looks for signs of pointy teeth. You've been waiting for us? Hey, that's the nicest news I've heard all day. * Teen stands up straight and nods. "Yeah." Have we won a prize? Is it tasty? ( We're at the bottom of a parking deck outside the Asahara building, a bit before 10pm. ) No. I just wanted to find a pizza parlor. Know of any? * Chomei scratches his head. "You know where any are Chie?" * Chie thinks. "Sorry, I'm not terribly familiar with this area." Well, yeah! But not in this part of town. None? I know of many pizza parlors. Around here, of course. Hey, it was worth a shot. Yeah. I know some, just not around here. I'm sure there are some, though. Sorry. * Reikoto looks out toward the street, just in case there's a pizza parlor in sight. * Chie shrugs. * Maria points. "There's one four blocks down thataway." [No pizza place in sight.] * Teen looks 'thataway'. Cool. Thanks. * Teen heads off! * Teen is now known as Kirby No prob. Take care. * Reikoto sighs. * Lazar waves. * Maria waits for him to get out of earshot. "Am I the only one who thought that was entirely too easy?" * Chie lets out a breath she didn't even realize she'd been holding. "Well, that was interesting. Have to keep that in mind. Maybe it'll still be open after we're done here." * Chomei shrugs. "Nope." * Reikoto mutters under her breath. "Yaknow, it's bad when we start to think - everybody- is out to get us." Or he could be running off to tell his superiors we've arrived. Either way. Could be. Either way, we need to go in there. * Chomei points at the building. Only one way to know. Yes. So. Loading docks? Right. They may have just been warned, as if it'd make a difference. * Reikoto perks up, trying to be Rei again. ~Why would somebody be waiting for us just to find a pizza parlor? How weird. Almost as weird as green wormy things growing out of feet, but definitely not as gross.~ Loading docks? This way. Unless someone wants to take the front instead. Docks? Sounds like a plan. Hm. And yeah, it's weird. * Maria heads for the docks, unless someone objects. * Chie follows. She has no objections. * Lazar nods, and heads for the docks. "Old saying in Transylvania. Wierd is okay, as long as it no trying to bite you." * Chomei falls in line. He's not objecting today. * Peter follows along. What if it's trying to kill you? Then no okay, of course. [The 'docks' for lack of a better term, have a single truck parked outside a closed shutter. There's a smaller door near that, probably locked.] * Reikoto follows too, by the way. Yeah. (Anyone around?) * Maria walks over to the smaller door, listening for any noise on the other side and keeping an eye out for people. * SpiritRei floats along. ~Maria can probably pick that lock,~ she says conversationally. ~She kicks lock butt.~ * Maria grins. * Chie stays back, hopefully out of sight. Her right hand is clenched, though she isn't aware that she's doing it. ( make a hearing check, Maria, at +4 ) * Chomei glances around. * Reikoto hangs back and looks around. "Does she kick -all- lock butt? Or just the ones that get in her way?" [Chomei sees nobody. Pedestrians are all out front.] * Peter is being rather quiet. If no can pick lock, I can get door... ~The ones that get in her way, 'course. Down with the locks!~ Hopefully that won't be necessary. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 6. ( Made it. ^_^ ) * Maria pulls out a stethoscope and puts the listening end to the door. * Chie watches Maria and murmurs, "Clever..." when Maria pulls out the stethoscope. * Maria nods and puts that away. She pulls out a set of lockpicks while looking the door over for any indication of electronic security - alarms, sensors, keypads, whatever. ( Electronics (security check), Maria! ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 6. ( Made it. ) [Maria notices a fairly simplistic alarm on the door, probably programmed from a panel on the inside.] ( * Rocky does too. "Wow! Daphne's so drunk that I'M seeing double." ) ( *snicker* ) * SpiritRei watches, paying careful attention to that alarm. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets -1. [Maria unlocks the door quite easily.] * Maria picks the lock, and opens the door eeeeeever so slightly. She pulls some gizmo out of her backpack and reaches it into the slight crack. * Peter looks impressed. * Lazar mutters. "Like my method better..." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 1. * Chomei looks on. [Maria takes out the alarm, too, ya lucky raccoons.] ~Your method's messier and louder and would get people kicking our butts faster- nice technique, Maria.~ (Raccoons!) * Reikoto watches, clearly very interested. She whispers at Lazar, though. "Her method is a little more quiet though. Which is good right now because we're using our inside voices." * Chie waits for Maria to give some sort of all-clear signal before moving. Thanks. What? * Maria opens the door more, peeking inside. * SpiritRei zips on in, looking for any security that needs disabling. * Lazar nods, and whispers. "Point. But my method funner." * Reikoto smiles at Lazar's remark, but otherwise waits for the signal to move forward. * Maria grins. "I dunno, Laz. I *love* my method." ( Do I see anyone? ) [Inside is a short hallway with only two doors. One goes right, to the loading bay, one goes left into the building. And no, Maria, you don't :P] * Maria opens the door fully and motions everyone in with a nod of her head. * Chomei quietly follows. * Chie murmurs, "Okay, here we go," and quickly goes inside. * Lazar follows along. *whisper* "That because you no can punch through door." *grin* * Peter follows. * Maria giggles. * Reikoto creeps along with the others. * Maria moves along without a sound, even in her heavy boots. * SpiritRei goes to check out the door to the building. [Rei sees that the door leads to the corner of a hallway (going straight and right). And a camera in the corner!] ~Camera in the corner!~ * SpiritRei zips up to take a better look at the camera. She can see it, but it can't see her! ~Want me to disable it?~ * Maria stops and motions for everyone else to do the same. * Chie says quietly, "Aww, crap. Maria, can you disable tha?" (that, even) * Reikoto freezes in her tracks. * Lazar makes like a statue. Not hard. * Chomei stops. Probably. Rei might be able to do that, too. Rei? Even better. ~Sure thing, not-quite-boss-but-definitely-sneakier.~ * SpiritRei cracks her astral knuckles and gets to disabling the camera. * Peter stops. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-5) and gets 2. (It's outta there!) * Maria chuckles. "Right. This way I don't have to run around in my ecm suit." [Rei fix0rs the camera.] ( Heh. ) ~Feh. That thing could use more stuff. Like potato peelers. I'm tempted to have it send Kirby Adventures to the camera guys, but I didn't bring the tape. Coast clear!~ * SpiritRei goes back to floating ahead. ( But we wanted it broken. Curse you Rei. ) * ChAnime is now known as Chamelaeon (Haw!) * Maria keeps on silently. * Lazar unstatues, and follows. * Chie follows, also very quietly. * Reikoto starts moving again, just like everybody else. * Chomei follows. * Maria eyes the door then. Stupid player with no memory. [The door is not locked! No alarm either.] * Reikoto stops again, when the group gets close to the door. * SpiritRei sticks her head through the door. * Maria just opens the door and keeps going, then. (What I really love about astral projection: sticking your head through doors.) (Definitely an advantage. ;p) (I thought it was sticking your head through walls.) (Yeah, but sometimes walls are annoyingly thick.) *walkwalk* * Chie follows along, unconsciously clenching and unclenching her right hand. * Rowyn has joined #besm * ChanServ sets mode: +o Rowyn * Maria keeps going, looking about as relaxed as she's been in days. * Peter follows. * Chomei continues. * Reikoto follows, too. [Around a corner, they come across one guard with a flashlight. He's already down the hall and not coming your way.] ~I'll check and make sure he's not coming back, okay? Be right back.~ * SpiritRei zips after the guard. * Maria nods. * Chie bites her lip. Kicking ass is one thing, all this sneaking arounnd is something else entirely * Reikoto pulls the folded-up plans from a pocket and peers at them, trying to figure out where in the building she's standing. * Chomei is following along, trying to keep his cool. * Lazar stands stock still, arms at his sides. [She's standing in the bottom left corner of the hall that loops from the main lobby.] * SpiritRei zips back. ~Circle patrol. Get going now, and you shouldn't run across him again.~ ( Whoo! Thanks, GM! XD ) * Maria nods and grins. She gets going. * Chie follows along, that she does. * Lazar gets going then, following Maria. * Peter gets going, and follows the scary ghost girl's advice. * Chomei follows along. * SpiritRei is scary! RAGH! * Reikoto puts the plans away, and also gets going. ( She is? ) ( Um... again, where are you going? ) (Towards the main lobby, I'd assume.) ( Keep this up and you'll just wind up where you started, 'cause it circles :P ) * Reikoto stops after a few steps, and pulls out the plans again. She whispers, "Hey, guys... this hall is a loop, you know. Like the cereal with the toucan on the box." ( Main lobby works. If we're gonna walk into a trap, we may as well get the jump on it. ;P ) * Maria frowns, trying to remember the plans. Are there any doors leading to, say, the main lobby? * Chie whispers back. "So... should we look for some stairs or something?" Well let's get off somewhere. [There are no doors leading to the main lobby, because the hall opens up there. It's... empty! Except for a camera over the receptionist's desk, and another one pointed at the front door.] ~Camera disablin' time. Back in a flash. I'll be quick as I can.~ * Reikoto whispers again. "I don't know. Let me see if there's any way up or down that isn't in the lobby. Unless we're going -to- the lobby." * SpiritRei goes to do that. ( *IS* there any way up or down that we can get to from the looping hallway? ) * Lazar keeps an eye out for the guard. [There are, in fact, stairs going down. There's also elevators.] * SpiritRei blinks. ~Second thought, never mind. None of them are watching us.~ * SpiritRei goes to take a look at that desk. * Reikoto whispers again. "Okay, here we go. We can take stairs or elevators, if we go up that way a bit." She points in what she hopes is the right direction, based on what she's reading from the map. * Chie waits for Rei to get back, since she's the only one who actually *knows* when Rei's there or not. *whisper* If elevator can hold golem... * SpiritRei lights up. ~Computer!~ Right, stairs it is. Let's wait for Rei before making any decisions, guys. Oh, she's not here any more? If that guard comes around again before she gets back, I guess it won't make a difference. ( Let's wait for the guard to come back :P ) Although somebody should watch for that guard... * SpiritRei starts doing that creepy typing thing. We could go hide on the stairs. I think we should hide in the stairwell, or somewhere. That'll work. * Chomei nods. * Lazar heads for the stairs, then. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Chie heads in the direction Makoto indicated. Quietly, of course. * Maria heads for the stairs and makes herself diffcult to notice. * Chomei starts trekin' in that direction... quietly. * Chie says quietly, "Maria, check for cameras." * Reikoto creeps along, too. * Maria checks for cameras! [There's a camera over the door in the stairs.] * Lazar turns to Maria. *whisper* "Need lift to camera?" ( Can I get to it without being in it's field of view? ) ( Nope. 'S why it's over the stairs :P ) * Maria grins at Lazar. "Thanks, but I can do it." * Peter watches. * Reikoto edges over to Peter and whispers to him. "So, we're about to get trapped between a guard and a camera, and who knows what madness will follow that. To think, you almost missed this. Any thoughts, Prof?" * SpiritRei 'runs' over. ~Need a hand with that? Secretary's computer is useless. I'll just have to try a different one.~ None that could work. Sure, Rei. Thanks. Works for me. * Chomei nods. * SpiritRei floats on up and tries to disable the camera. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-5) and gets 1. (And each time, I pray for no critfail. @_@) ( Hooray for Rei! ) ( Go Rei Go! ) (You mean like Shig?) [Rei fixes it good.] (Shig's hacking rolls were a nightmare. :P) ( Shig was hacking important stuff :P ) * SpiritRei gives a thumbs up, though only Chie can see it. ~Done and done. Stairway clear!~ Alright. (Game breaking stuff. ;P) * Maria heads for the stairway! * Chomei goes for... THE STAIRWAY! * Reikoto avaunts to the stairway! But quietly. (THE STAIRWAY!) * Chie follows along, giving Rei a thumbs up in return. * Peter follows. ( Disco Inferno just came up on WinAmp. Does that bode anything, I wonder? ) (Chomei'll show you how to burn!) * Lazar follows. [Downstairs, through the ever so small square window on the door, they see a long hallway with six doors on either side. In the middle is a guard station with two guards, who are chatting about somethin'.] ~Aww, hell. They can't make things eas- I wonder if they have security cameras watching the rooms to the sides.~ (Well, I'm listenin' to Paradise City right now.) * Maria grins. A challenge. *whisper* Is we going up or down? * Reikoto quickly checks her plans in an attempt to get some idea of what's behind each door. Anything disctinct about these rooms, from a blueprint perspective? ( I'm listening to the Deus Ex escape from UNATCO theme. ^_~ ) *whisper* Maria is the stealth expert. ( Gah! Chomei and I are listening to each other's Reitheme! ) (Okay, Chomei thinks Makoto's going to do something, and Makoto thinks Chomei's going to do something. ;p) [Nope. They look to be all identical storage rooms. Except for the elevators and bathrooms.] ~Be riiiight back.~ ( Do the stairs go down any further? ) ( Nope ) * SpiritRei floats on into the guard station. Are there any monitors these guards are supposed to be watching? ( Nope. ) * Maria frowns. * SpiritRei goes to do it the hard way, then: poking her head into each of the doors. Chie can see what she's doing. [There are two guys who sit at a desk and complain to each other how boring their jobs are.] (*laughs*) (It's gonna get a bit more interesting now, I bet.) ( Oh yeah. ^_^ ) * Chie could see what Rei's doing, except she's probably not standing right in front of the window. That's most likely Maria's position? ( Yup. ) * Chie whispers to the group at large, "Somebody *is* watching our backs, right?" Someone is now. * Chomei starts watching the other direction. Good. * SpiritRei blinks, then zips into the fourth door on the left. * Maria whispers, "We could try the direct approach, if Rei could keep them from hitting the alarm button." Hey, think Rei could disable the alarm button? If she can find it, I'll bet she could. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6+2) and gets 7. *whisper* ... I think I could freeze them from pushing button. * SpiritRei zips back. ~Ow. Ow. Owowowowoowow.~ Ow? She just might be able to... Rei? What ow? Are you okay? Oh, sure, I could kill them too. But I don't want to be called a murdere- What? Hey, what happened? ~Ow! Stupid field thingie don't know what it is that hurt! I don't like getting hurt. I guess when they say authorized personnel, they- were expecting me?~ .. This isn't good. This is the opposite of good Prof. No kill. Scare. ~Five'll getcha ten BOX is in there.~ No, it's not. I don't suppose that we can just avoid that place altogether? ...Nope, didn't think so. ~And those guards? They're bored. Poor guys.~ Five will get me ten of -what-? It's a bet. ~Ten of spades!~ Oh, we could make their lives so *very* interesting... I'm up for it. ... let me. Clear path to door. ~One sec. I'll disable the alarm.~ Not the bet, though. Rei, if you can disable the alarm button, we can take them out no problem. Right. ^_^ ( must... type... faster. ) * SpiritRei calls from the guard table, ~On it!~ She goes about disabling the alarm button. * Chie grins at Chomei. "Somehow, I'm not surprised that you aren't the gambling type." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-4) and gets 6. * Reikoto grins cheerfully at the air where she guesses the real Rei to be and backs away from the door. As per usual, she--well, usual for Makoto--wasn't paying much attention to the actual plans. (Okay, I've grinned at Chomei. I feel better now. ;p) ( Hee! ) * Chomei smiles back. "What gives you that idea?" * Lazar steps back from the door, drops the illusion, and gets into a three- point stance. You seem reluctant to take risks in certain situations. But we can work on that. Anyway. * Chie doesn't draw her sword, but she goes into a ready stance. Wow, an actual straight answer, I'll have to remember that. [The guards shout "What the hell?!" Simultaneously. One gets up and draws his gun while the other pounds the not-working button.] ( Roll init ^^ ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 10. ~Oops. They're confused. I'm... not exactly sorry, since it's my fault, anyway! HA!~ d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (d6+6) and gets 12. * Maria shakes her head, but is grinning. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reikoto (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 14. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 10. ( And the guards are far enough away so it'll take a round to get to them before you can use melee attacks. ) (Okay. We get nice inits against possibly incompetent guards. :P) ( But one has a gun, and all I can do is cower. And not even very well! ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 8. ( /me laughs ) [Chomei, Rei, Makoto, Lazar, Maria, Chie, Guard1, Peter, Guard2] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei stays back, waiting for Lazar to charge through the door. (Hold action.) [Rei's turn] * SpiritRei spins, tweaking the first guy on the nose and tossing nothing underhanded at him. ~They've got guns and stunners,~ she calls. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-1) and gets 11, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Looks like your thread just got cut. Sorry." (... OW. My brain just split.) [Makoto's turn!] ( ...Bad Dice! No bot treat for you! ) * Reikoto stays in the corner of the stairwell, completely out of sight of any guards. She watches the stairs leading upward, so she can scream bloody murder if anybody comes down behind the group. * Chie mutters. "Guns. Oh, *fantastic*. Why didn't I think about the goddamn guns?" [Lazar's turn] ( and why didn't you? What else are guards going to have? @_@ ) * SpiritRei slumps through the desk. ~Mooooommy? I don't feel so good. No! I don't want a doggy biscuit! I want cookies!~ Lazar? I hope you're bulletproff. ( Swords! ) ( Billy clubs! ) * SpiritRei flails, and whatever paper was on the desk goes flying. ( Rolled-up magazines! ) (I don't know. I just didn't think about it. Probably because I was trying to *avoid* thinking about the whole situation. ;p) ( This is bad. ) Rei... doesn't sound too good... * Maria frowns. Well shit. Hey, Laz? You can do this one your way. * Lazar stomps up to the door, tries to rip it off its moorings, then steps into the room and tries to chuck it at the guards. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-4) and gets 3. (okay, made body roll...) [Lazar succeeds in the ripping the door off part.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 3. (W00t) (Lazar may fail rolls, but he's badass.) [And Lazar clunks both guards with the door, which puts them right out.] (Bwahaha!) ( SWEET! ) (That is *entirely* too funny.) * Chie blinks. "Well, that went... it went." * Maria grins. "Go, Laz." * Lazar nods and steps aside, letting the others into the room. ( Next time, you won't be so lucky. I suggest that you invest in Thrown Weapons, specialized in either Impromptu Weaponry or Doors. :P ) Awesome, Laz. * Chomei blinks as well. "Nicely done." * Chie hurries in. "Rei? Rei!" She looks around for her. * Maria claps Laz on the shoulder, even though she has to jump to do it. * SpiritRei stays there, half in the desk and half out. She looks at Chie with glazed eyes. ~I'm a doughnut,~ she says, matter-of-factly. * Reikoto looks over at Chie. "What, it's over already? What about Waterloo?" ~A glazed doughnut!~ * Maria rushes down the hall. ~With raisins.~ Rei? What's wrong? ( What kind? ...Never mind. ) .. What on earth is going on? ( ...but you don't put raisins in doughnuts. ;_; ) * Maria frowns. "Chie? Did you see where she went before this happened?" It sounds like she's on an acid trip... not like I'd know or anything. Sometimes blunt is good... is little one okay? (Rei makes tang waffles. Shaddup. :P) No, you were in front of me, so I didn't see anything. * Reikoto realizes that the stairwell is being quickly vacated. She hurries after everybody else, glancing at the guards pinned under a door. It *could* be that field thing she was talking about... ~What? Is there something wrong with being a doughnut? You got a problem with doughnuts? I'll kick your ass, Mr. Spork!~ Hey, what happened to... ah... me? ( ... ;_; ) * Maria frowns more. "Damn." Then she smirks. "Next time tell me to get out of the way." Rei, snap out of it! * SpiritRei shakes her finger at Chie as she floats up and out of the table. 'Scuze me, donut. We're looking for a box? * Chie turns to Maria briefly. "Next time, yeah." ~A box! Perhaps I can assist you in this box looking for thing. Yes. But only if you get Mr. Spork to say he's sorry.~ ~He hurt my feelings.~ * SpiritRei pouts. * Chomei scratches his head. ... I believe Rei has lost what remains of her mind. Aww. I'm sure he meant nothing by it. Isn't that right, Mr. Spork? * Chie turns her head, as if she's listening to something, then nods. "He says he's sorry." ~HEY! Be nice to Rei. Who's Rei?~ * Reikoto looks over at Peter with a worried frown. You are. * Chie puts a hand to her forehead. "Oh, *shit.*" Something like this happened to her before, when we met Francine. This.. is not good at all. This is so very massively ungood. And Makoto, that was because of that stone. * Lazar frowns. This is... well, I don't know what it is. I think sometimes her mind accidentally messes with itself. This is reason to hurry so Rei can get back to body. Must be loads of fun. * Chie bites her lip. "I wonder... if I tried using one of my wards, maybe it would shock her back to herself... but maybe not... and it would definitely hurt her." And I don't *want* to hurt her. Not again. That's the last thing we try, if at all. So, uhm. ...Prof? Don't suppose you have a degree in psycgiatry or somehing? I think maybe you shouldn't, Chie. Last time, Rei went back to being herself after a while. I think. * SpiritRei giggles. ~Okay! I accept your apology. I'm really good at accepting apologies.~ ... We need to find a way to get Rei out of here. In this condition, she would be prime catchings, as it were. * Maria nods. How do you catch something that isn't there though? ~Oh, wait. So I'm Rei. Rei the doughnut! Happy doughnuts!~ * Reikoto realizes belatedly that she's been so worried that she forgot who she was--or at least, who she's supposed to be right now. She falls quiet, not particularly up to the task of filling the role of somebody who now thinks she's a pastry. (*laughs*) Rei... donuts need Box, right? ~Only in a dozen! Me and my doughnut- ow!~ * SpiritRei winces and grabs at her head. Rei? ( Get a baker's dozen. It costs more. ) ~... Did I just seriously think I was a doughnut? I didn't try to eat myself, did I? That would kinda suck.~ Maybe it's wearing off? ...yeah. * SpiritRei looks herself over. ~Hrm, no bite marks.~ * Chie lets out a sigh of relief. "Welcome back, Rei." What happened? Yeah, I don't think she's completly crazy anymore... You okay again, little one? ~Hey, I didn't go anywhere! Just took a short vacation.~ Uh-huh. ~Well, I kinda tried to make someone go a little bonkers, and it sorta backfired. I should stop doing that. Backfiring, I mean. Bad for the soul.~ * Reikoto remains quiet, and worried, and scans the doors absently. [Rei2 does not see any guards... yet] Bad Karama you mean? Well, guards out. Any idea where is Box? Yes. Yes it is. But we're glad you're okay. So, what now? ~Totally bad karma. I think it's revenge for the time I dumped wet ramen into somebody's backpack. Not that they didn't deserve it, 'course.~ * Maria looks around. "Where was that thing you couldn't get into?" ~Oh! This way.~ Lead the way Chie. * SpiritRei zips over to the fourth door on the left and checks it for any alarms. * Chie follows Rei to the fourth door on the left, and waits for the all clear. * Maria follows Chie over and looks the door over. * Lazar resumes his human illusion, and waits by the entrance for the stairs, looking out for anything. * Reikoto shuffles along, though she seems to be trying to look everywhere at once. * Chomei follows Chie, waiting for someone to give the word. [It's a very door-like door. It's not locked.] [It makes a better door than a window.] ~Gonna disable the camera inside. I'll call when it's clear.~ * Reikoto is drawn back to the present. * SpiritRei goes to do that. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 5. ( /me rubs his head. Ohdear. ) * Peter follows smore. * Lazar guards the door'n stuff. * Maria waits for Rei's go-ahead. ~Camera disabled!~ * Maria nods and opens the door, looking inside. * Chie follows right behind, alert as she can be. * SpiritRei floats next to the other door in the room, which Brett will no doubt describe. * Chomei follows behind Chie looking for anything that would be odd. [There's a thick steel door with "Authorized Personel only" there, as well as a a cardkey mechanism to the side.] * Maria walks up to the cardkey thingie and pulls something out of her backpack. ( It explodes! You take 100 damage! ... no, not really. But it could if I wanted, because this is MC :P ) * SpiritRei points at the door. ~THAT stupid door. I couldn't go through it. Sucks to be me. Yup.~ (It could explode, turning us all into our Fun on Popstar characters.) ( Nah. Not so early. ) (What'd Rei be?) * Reikoto enters the room and walks up beside Maria, looking at the door. * Chie figures it's worth a try, so she concentrates and tries to sense if there's anything spiritually odd about the door. ( Waddle Doo. ) (Woot!) (And Makoto still needs one, too.) (Hrmm... Makoto can be Kabu!) * Peter stands there, cuz he's not magical. * Chie shrugs. "Nah, didn't think that'd work." Hm. ~Probably have to do it the old fashioned way.~ What's the word? I don't sense anything, but it's not really the type of thing I can sense. * SpiritRei takes a look at the card key swiper thing. * Maria holds the doodad up. "Rei, wanna do the honors?" ~Lettin' me have the fun? I'm honored!~ I'd do it, but this one's tricky and I'm pretty sure you're better with electronics. * SpiritRei nods, not that Maria can see it, and goes about cracking the swiper. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 4. [Yay! The door opens!. Behind is an elevator!] * SpiritRei hesitantly tries to put her hand through the doorway. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6+2) and gets 11. ~Ow!~ Ow? The field thing? * SpiritRei scowls. ~Damnit. Whatever it is is still up. Yup.~ * Maria puts the doodad away. (You're just unlucky today, aren't you?) Interesting. ~Either I come back in my body, or I just- I don't know.~ * SpiritRei sounds mildly panicky now. * Reikoto suddenly and without preamble steps through the doorway and into the elevator. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reikoto (2d6+2) and gets 11. * Lazar is still by the door from the stairs. [Rei2 does not get through.] * Reikoto hops back. * Maria frowns and tries. What is that, an anti-Rei field? Ow! * Chomei raises an eyebrow. ~Makoto? Don't tell me this thing isn't just stopping astral projection.~ It sure as waffles stopped -me-! Sure as.. waffles? Hey, Rei, you have the map, right? Where's this thing go? Maybe it is designed to stop Rei. * Lazar peeks into the room. "What problem? 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6+2) and gets 11. Rei can't get through. Either of them. ~Makoto's got the map. He can take a look. I bet this isn't your standard service elevator, though.~ [Maria does not get through.] * Maria jumps back and lets out a little squeal of hurt. * Peter trys to get through. "This is very curious." * Reikoto produces the folded-up map, and unfolds it. ... door not playing nice? ( so... anyone have a soul of 11? :P ) * SpiritRei peers over Makoto's shoulder. Okay, does this thing not like anybody? (Not me!) ( Very no. ) [Peter goes through.] * Maria frowns and tries to figure out what's causing that awful sensation. * Chomei shrugs. "I'll try" Prof? You got through? * Chomei takes a step into the elevator. * SpiritRei looks up. ~Looks like he did. Go Prof! Go Prof! It's your birthday! Shake your booty!~ 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+1) and gets 8. Interesting. [Chomei doesn't get through.] I think I know what this is. Guess I should try, too. * Chie takes a step towards the elevator. [Chie goes right through.] Alright. What is it, and how can we make it stop? I remember reading about a device designed to stop Supernatural creatures. ~What? Spill, what is it?~ * Chomei backs off. * Lazar steps back to the entrance to the room, to keep an eye out for approachers. Yeah. Enlighten us, Prof. I'm... I'm in. How about that? ~But I'm not a creature! I'm a human, like you and me! And me! Yeah!~ ... Right, Supernatural, in this case, did include psychic powers. Oh. It was actually around your father's time Rei. Same here. And so's Cho, inhe? I guess I'm strange enough. * Chie laughs. "Not compared to me. ... then I no get through. Right. So it doesn't like us cool people. Hey! Well, that leaves only Prof and Chie. * Maria giggles. Is there any other way to get where this goes? This however, is different. It is more like a spirit ward. Right. So how do we get past it? ~More like a spirit ward? Can Chie disarm it, or something?~ Yeah, can I? I.. do not know, but I don't think so. ( What do you MEAN it doesn't work like cameras and computers? ;_;) Well, damn. I was giving more of an example of how it works, not what it is. Smash it? We'd have to find where it's coming from before we can smash. Indeed. Well, is there an anti-supernatural button in there or something to smash? ~If it's like a spirit ward, can Chie sense where it's coming from? Or is that just a stupid idea?~ Great. And lemme guess, it's prolly coming from within? I've already tried sensing. Got nothing. * Lazar shrugs. "That you guys job. I just big guy what hits stuff." *small grin* Unless the people who created it are idiots, then yes, I would assume so. Could try again, though... now that we have an idea of what it is. * SpiritRei blinks. ~Gonna try something. ~Which way does the elevator go? Up or down?~ * Chie looks at the buttons. [Down, of course!] Down. Down. * SpiritRei tries floating through the floor. [Rei gets halfway, then stops :P] ~ Nope, that won't work.~ * Chie sighs. "Somehow, I'm not surprised." * Maria frowns. Maybe something at guards station? * SpiritRei jumps up, pulling herself from in the floor, and sulks. ~Y'guys might have to keep going without us. It doesn't make sense, though, why'd Chie get through and not Chomei?~ We could go on ahead, but that is very likly to lead to a trap. Yeah, Chomei. Why didn't you get through? ( Actually, it leads to a teaparty. ) * Chomei shrugs. "I don't get it either." Chie's powers are priestly in nature. ( Meanwhile, everyone else gets to fight the 250 reinforcements. ) This, as near as I can tell, blocks magical or supernatural powers. Maybe it's his bow? Chomei shoots arrows that blaze with an eldritch light, guys. He's a wizard in denial. * Lazar gets curious, and tries to reach his hand in. * Chie snerks. "Hard to think of me as a priestess, isn't it?" * Maria snickers. * Chomei chuckles. " That it is. So what about me? I don't shoot eldritch stuff. No, which I find curious. ~You climb walls! Like Spider-Man! Don't hurt me!~ * Chomei looks at Reikoto. "I highly doubt I'm a wizard." A wizard is a loose term. * Maria pouts and huffs. "I am *not* Spider-Man!" Of course not. For starters, you're not a man. Unless you've been hiding something from us. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 10. * Chie grins. * Reikoto sticks her tongue out at Chomei. "Yeah. Listen to what Prof says, 'cause he's smarter than you. WIZARD." (HA. No.) [Lazar doesn't get through.] Ow. * Lazar pulls his hand back. ~Guys? Guys, guys.~ * Chomei eyes Reikoto. "Maybe I should make you go through that thing wether you want to or not." Yeah, Rei? I'm pretty sure I'm not a man. And before anyone says anything, this does not make me Spider-Woman. ~We've gotta decide what to do. Like, now. Because it's pretty obvious over half the group can't get through this thing.~ ~And, really, we've been disabling cameras as we go, but that doesn't mean they won't notice they're disabled eventually. And where they're disabled.~ It goes down, right? Lazar, think you can make a hole? So, sooner or later, somebody's gonna come looking, if nothing else... ~There was something stopping me from sinking through the floor. Yup.~ We need spoons! If Chie and the Prof can find what's doing this without being noticed, then the rest of us can come back them up. * Lazar nods. "But how get back up then?" The situation is, without our core group of battle-ready fighters, we could be walking into a trap with no way out. And I really don't like that. ~If you an' Chie think you can get in there and stop whatever's making this stupid field, Prof, I think that's our best bet.~ * Chomei nods. "Good point. Prof, think that device can be deactivated from the elevator?" I very much doubt it. That'd be way too easy. I guess I'll check the desk for a 'deactivate magic field' button, or something. Tie up guards while there. I help. Sure. * Maria pulls out her trusty rope. * Maria heads for the desk! * Lazar follows. * SpiritRei folds her legs in the air and thinks. ( Meanwhile. What're the guards wearing? ) * Chie thinks. "You know..." * Chomei leans against the wall. These guys could be using some pretty damned advanced technology. I wouldn't put it past them. On the other hand... they might have just put a ward somewhere on the elevator. And on the ceiling below us. And if that's the case, then I *should* be able to sense where it is. So... * Reikoto checks the plans again. Does the floor below show up anywhere? * Chie closes her eyes and concentrates. ( What floor below? ) (Thought so. ;p) (Heh.) (*snicker*) ( Well, the elevator has to go down somewhere, doesn't-- oh. You mean no. Cheeky monkey. ) ~Chie, you've got a phone, right? Can you use it?~ * Lazar pokes his head back in. "Rei? You try walls, or floor out here?" * SpiritRei floats over there and tries sinking through the floor. * Lazar goes back to helping Maria. * Chie does not hear Rei's question, as she's still trying to pinpoint that ward. * Chie opens her eyes back up. "Dammit. Still can't find anything." I just said "Ward" as an example. ( No, they just built the elevator, and forgot the floor. :P ) Hrmm... If it's not a ward, think it can be shorted out? The "ward" in this case is technological, and probably not an actual spirit ward. * Chie frowns. "I guess. I mean, they could have very well stuck one on the outside of the elevator, or underneath, and it'd be nigh impossible to get at." * SpiritRei pulls herself from halfway in the floor. ~It's a no go.~ ( Hehe. Well, if I can't find the floor below us on the map, then it must not exist! ) But, all things considered, I'm leaning towards the technological explanation. * SpiritRei zips over to Chie and points dramatically at her and Peter. ~You guys! Are our last, best hope of rescuing BOX! So go do it! And, uh, smash whatever's making the field so we can go in, too. Wow, I sound like Lazar.~ * Chie looks at Peter. "Prof? What do you think?" * Peter frowns. "I believe.. we are without a choice." Yeah! Be heroes! The kind that emerge from big explosions without a scratch or scorch mark on 'em! That's... what I was afraid of. ~Woot! No scratches for you! Scratch Be Gone!~ * Maria takes off the guards' uniform shirts before tying them up. * Reikoto pats her pockets. * Chomei scratches his head. "Dammit." I know I have some car wax in here somewhere... * Maria takes the shirts into the room with her and sets them aside, in case they need them. * Chomei puts his hand up to the elevator again, in another test of the field's potency. * Chie eyes the shirts. "Think we should disguise ourselves... nah. Anything that sees me is gonna *know* I don't belong there." ~Do you really? What're you doin' carrying around car wax? Duct tape is much more important.~ ( That's it! Guard uniforms counteract the anti-supernatural ward! Hurry, Maria, change into those clothes! ) (*smacks Makoto* Down boy.) * Maria blinks and gets an idea. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+1) and gets 13, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?" (HAHAhahaha.... no.) Prof, you said the field was prolly technological? (*facepalms*) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 11. (Dice! You are really gonna get it!) ( .. 11, 11, 11, 11, Crit, 11, 11, 11, crit... ) * SpiritRei goes back to sitting in the air, flexing her fingers and thinking. [Chomei pushes and *almost* makes it. He ignores the pain because he's sure that with just a bit more, he can make it. But it becomes too much to bear, and he withdraws.] I'm rather sure it is technological. ~I'd say let me at it and it'll wish it never emerged from the stone age, but hey, I can't go in.~ * Maria rolls up her sleeve and pulls out a glove that's part of her ecmsuit. She puts it on and reaches into the field just a bit. * Chie watches Chomei with concern. "Chomei... don't." * SpiritRei blinks at Chomei. ~Dude, don't kill yourself over it. It's just an EVIL ZAPPING FIELD. No big deal.~ 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Death is temporary, only failure is forever. You may have just done both." ( ... ) (...) ( ... ) ( .. FUCK YOU DICESUKE. ) Maybe it only hurts on the outside. Maybe... if I just get a good running start I can jump through to the inside and everything will be fine. * Chomei winces as he withdraws. ( Dang, Dicey. ) ( Okay. There is definitely something wront with Dicesuke. ) * Peter thinks. * Chie shakes her head. "Makoto, not you, either." ~Okay, but if it turns out backlashing and you go flying backwards, I'm gonna have a helluva time dragging your ass home!~ 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 9. * Reikoto glares at the invisible field. Or would, if she could see it. * Chomei looks at his hand. "Charging in is the last thing you want to do." * Chie looks at Chomei's hand, too. Does it look hurt? * Peter blinks for a second, looks at a panel below where the buttons are. He flips out a swiss army knife and uses it to open the panel. Oh, alright. But I'd like to state for the record that I'm very unhappy with this forcefield thingy. Noted. We all are. ~You're unhappy? I'm super plus unhappy. Times ten! It's the forcefield of lame!~ * Lazar stays silent, keeping an eye out for backup. * Chomei scowls. "Ultra lame to the tenth sub ten." * Peter reaches in and pulls two pieces of paper out. ( Chie, maybe you should pay more attention to what Peter's doing than how Chomei's feeling? ;p) * Reikoto makes a face. "That sounds mathematical." Just a bunch of numbers. ( Screw you! He's hurt. ;_;) ( Damn illogical PC. ;p) ~Heeey, whatcha doin' there, Prof?~ Try it now. * Reikoto steps into the elevator. * Chie looks over at Peter. "You found them?" * Maria sighs. "So much for that." So I just hurt myself over nothing? * Chie lets out a sigh of relief. "Well. That was... anticlimactic." Okay... But what did you do, Prof? [As Rei2 tries to get onto the elevator, one of the wards flares up, stopping him.] * Chomei chuckles. "At least we didn't have to blow something up." * Maria puts the ecm piece back. * Peter rips up the pieces of paper. * Chie looks at Chomei. "Yes. Which is why you shouldn't do stuff like that." Ow! Hm. Try it now. Or not... * Reikoto hops back again. [Rei2 gets on without a problem :P] * Maria blinks. * Maria gets on the elevator. ^_^ * SpiritRei cheers. ~Three cheers for the prof! And boo for paper things! It's the electronics age, get with the program!~ * Chie snickers. "Paper wards." ... umm, does it say weight limit on elevator? * SpiritRei floats on in. * Chomei eyes the elevator. He walks into it after Maria gets in. * Chie pulls out one of her medallions. "Now *this* is a ward." * Chie tucks it away and hops on the elevator after Chomei. I doubt this elevator is inspected Lazar. Get on, and what happens, happens. Yeah, we're going down anyways. * SpiritRei cracks up. * Lazar shrugs, and gets in the elevator. ( (How big is the elevator?) Stupid zappy thing. I think it damaged my spleen. I demand a lawyer! I'll sue them for everything they own! [The elevator holds, but boy is it cramped in here.] * Chomei unsummons his bow before Lazar gets in. ~And their pants! Damn pants!~ * Chie eyes Makoto. "If you were around yesterday, you wouldn't be saying that." She grins. * SpiritRei doesn't seem to care, for some reason. * Lazar makes sure to stand by the door, so anything shot/thrown in would hit him. Yeah! * Maria gets on the ceiling to make more space for everyone else. * Reikoto peers at Chie. "Why not? ... Maybe that's a story for later?" It is. Definitely. * Chie positions herself closely to Chomei. ^_^ Less talk. More push button. * SpiritRei pushes the button. :P [And the elevator goes down.] [Session End]