[Day: Saturday, June 18th. Time: 1:30 p.m.] [After a flight which felt like it took several hours but actually only two because you had to move the clocks back, KirbAir 121 arrived at Shanghai International Airport. That's the flight you guys are on, of course. You're juuuuust getting off the plane... now.] [Session Start] Ah, ground. Is good to see you. * Maria gets off the plane. ^_^ * Peter walks off the plane, having reclaimed his book from Rei. If he had to sing will remain a secret. (Aww. ;_;) * Makoto saunters out into the gate area, and immediately starts looking around for hot foreign wom--err... baggage claim. * Rei grins madly, following Peter off the plane and almost tripping on that last step. Did Peter sing? She knows. * Chomei walks off the plane, yawning and streaching. "So, did you figure out any evil plots?" [Makoto sees several.] * Maria does not look for baggage claim, as her backpack is all her luggage. * Chie is the last one off. She grins at Chomei. "Absolutely!" * Maria snickers. "Uh-oh. Does this mean we're all doomed?" * Chomei smirks. "Good. Wouldn't want that brilliant mind of yours to go to waste." Nah, Maria. You're not doomed. Just Chomei. Oh. Heeey, can I help doom him? * Lazar has no baggage. Just his pouch. Getting the hammer and chisel through customs was interesting. =P We're all doomed! But Chie isn't the reason for that, probably, and her evil plots are just icing. Lime icing. Baggage claim, baggage claim... * Rei looks for that. * Chie starts looking around for baggage claim, as she, well, has baggage to claim. * Chie smiles at Maria. "Sure thing. Let's conspire later." * Chomei starts lookin' for the area to claim baggage, so he can, well, claim it. * Maria forces herself to not look for baggage claim. Or through the pockets of all the nice wealthy airplane passengers. ( Further justification of Chomei's Wis score of 8. =P ) * Makoto smiles cheerfully and enjoys the scenery as he follows the signs to baggage claim. (Heh.) * Lazar follows along with the others. "I no am going to understand people here... like first time in Japan again." * Maria gawks just a bit, as this is her first time out of Tokyo. Not counting Smorfilia, which was lame. * Chomei walks along... "Hey, you're not the only one Lazar." [There's a sign that clearly says: "Baggage claim." in both Chinese and English.] S'okay, I can interpret for you guys. * Rei semi-skips after Makoto. "Been a while since I was in China. Hrm, airport food... nah. Better to get something later. But airplane food sucks, so I'm hungry." She weighs the pros and cons on her hands. I won't, either. Hrm. Two languages, I dunno which either is. (Remember, Airline food rocks everywhere else BUT America. ;p) * Chie spots the sign, in *two* languages she can read. "Ahh, here we go." (Airline food isn't as good as food out of the airline, though, even if it does rock. ;P) * Lazar mutters. "Everyone should speak Hungarian..." * Chomei looks at the sign. "It's all greek to me." Here we huh? Oh, I see. There's the little picograph of the luggage. No, actually, it's Chinese and English. Pay attention! No, Chomei. That's Chinese, and that's English. See? (True.) * Chie looks at Rei and grins. "Outta my head, Rei!" * Maria giggles. Well, that makes me just wanna go out and learn both. No, really. Nah, it's comfy and I get free lunches and get out of jail passes. Believe you me, those are handy. * Chomei looks at the sign. "So... the one with the symbols is Chinese, and the one that's really long is English?" * Peter quietly looks around. Damn. Now I'm going to have to start charging rent. ... Right. * Rei pouts. "Aww, no more free ride?" She keeps walking to the baggage claim. And I'll have to start charging for English lessons, too, since half you guys want to learn it. * Chie grins. * Makoto snickers quietly, as if he's only paying attention with, well, half of his attention. Because he is. Maybe I should just follow the symbols for Baggage Claim? Well, you could pay me back in recipes. * Lazar looks around. Lotsa people smaller than him. Whee! * Peter heads to the claim and grabs his bag of stuph when it shows up. Assuming it's not in Bangkok or Wyoming. (And yes, there *are* international symbols in airports for that reason. ^_^) * Maria smirks. "I'm sure I can find the money somewhere." ^_^ (Like that's a change. Lazar just went from Land Of The Short People to Other Land Of The Short People. ;P) (They're still probably mostly taller than me. ;p) ( *snerks* ) (Short to short.) ( Lazar's never been to China. How does he know what the average height is there? =P ) ( Poor Chie and Maria. They're short anywhere. ) * Chie spots her luggage and snags it. In addition to her usual bag, she's also got a duffel bag that most likely contains extra clothes. ( Not in Ireland, they're not. ) ( Makoto is "approximately average" everywhere! ) * Peter heads to the Rent-A-Car, assuming this place has one. Behold the power of credit. (Not... likely. 'Bout the tallest female I ran into in China was 5'3". I was a freakin' giant, yup.) * Chie checks to make sure everything's still there. Is there any reason why it wouldn't? ( Ard the Giant, superheroine for the masses. ) (Arungah!) ( Arwen the Giant! ) (*cracks up*) * Chomei grabs his bags as they come around. One of them is a navy-blue backpack, and the other is a small suitcase, probably with clothing and stuff his mom told him to pack and will never use. ( Yao Ming's mom is 6'4. =P ) [It does! Peter has his choice of "Rent-Car-Please", "Hurts Auto", or "Shifty-Eyed Third-Party Rentals"] ( Arwen smash! ) Oh! Oh! That one's mine! * Rei runs and yoinks her rainbow-striped duffel bag with a TOUCH ME AND DIE sticker on it in English, Chinese, and Japanese. [Some kid pokes the bag just to see what happens.] * Peter picks whichever has the biggest van! (The kid dies.) d3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d3) and gets 2. (Biggest van!) [Peter goes to Hurts Auto.] ( And, back in Japan, 2 baggage handlers are found dead of mysterious causes... ) * Makoto finally pays attention to the baggage carousel and waits for his luggage to come rolling 'round. It's a plain, dark gray duffel bag with a big patch sewn onto one side--the patch is a neon green smileyface with three eyes and two antennae. * Rei peers at the patch. "Coooooool." * Makoto grins and hefts the duffel bag onto his shoulder. "Thanks, cutie!" * Lazar eyes the baggage carousel, then shrugs. Golem's travel light... except for the 800 pounds of stone. * Chie slings her usual bag over her shoulder, then hefts the other bag. "Okay, where're we off to now?" * Rei blushes a little, then looks over to Chie. "Well, the prof probably went to rent-a-wreck, so we'd better follow and make sure he doesn't get into trouble without us." * Peter rents a very big van, because vans fit golems. * Chomei puts the backpack on his back, and carries the suitcase in his left hand. Hopefully, Peter have directions... * Maria nods. * Chie sighs. "I miss my bike already..." Then we can go defeat evil in the name of something or other. * Chomei chuckles. "I don't." Should have put in suitcase. I could carry. Aww, don't worry, Chie! I can steal you a new bike while we're here. ^_~ * Rei idly runs a hand over her midsection, then books it to the rental places. [A whole bunch of people give Maria a funny look at that.] Maria, we don't need to start an international incident while we're here. * Chie grins at Chomei. "You do. You just don't want to admit it." She then grins at Maria. "Nah, that's okay. I guess I can live without wheels for a while." I miss my car. * Maria pouts. "Awww. But international incidents are fun!" Yeah, they are. * Maria follows Rei to the rental place. o/` But I guess we should behave ourselves for now. * Makoto tags along, grinning lewdly at the girls in his own group for now. * Lazar follows the others. "Could probably no have carried car, Makoto. Sorry." Don't behave yourselves ~TOO~ much. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-4) and gets 7. * Chie looks at Makoto and winks. "Not a problem." [By the time you gather your stuff and get to the rental place, you discover that Peter has already rented a van.] * Peter rented a van! ^_^ Hey, Prof! Is this our Mystery Machine? ( Thou hast done well in renting the van! ) Your wha..? And if it is, can we paint flowers on it? Heya, Pete. This out wheels? * Makoto grins cheekily at Chie before nodding to Lazar. "You have a point, Rocky. Thanks for the thought though." ( our, even. ) No. No painting. I paid a security deposit for this, and it's already likly to get destroyed. I'd rather not have you increasing those chances. Anyway, I know where we are going, so shall we be off? ... please no call Rocky. I no is flying squirrel. * Rei snickers, but goes about pulling one of the doors open and hopping in. Yep! Let's go! * Peter hops into the driver's seat. * Lazar heads to the van. Okay! * Chomei shrugs and hops aboard! * Maria gets the passenger seat! Oh. Sure thing, Laz. * Chie hops in after Rei. * Makoto climbs into the back of the van and wedges himself between Chie and Rei. * Rei ruffles Makoto's hair when he gets there, then plunks her duffel bag onto his lap, followed by her backpack. * Lazar finds a seat where a sudden turn won't lead to the crushing death of team members. * Chie frowns briefly at Makoto, then scoots over. * Makoto is now buried in luggage. Mmf. There! More room for me. You should try it, Chie. I'm sure Makoto doesn't mind, and if he does, who cares? Mmf. * Maria giggles. Nah, it's okay. Can keep my own luggage. * Chomei manages to get his suitcase in the back of the trunk, and takes wherever isn't occuppied... which is probably shotgun. (Nope, Maria got that.) (Well, I didn't notice, so wherever there isn't a person.) (Probably in the very back, then.) Rei? Chie? Since I can't see anything behind all these bags, why don't you two just put my hands on your knees now so I don't have to fumble around blindly and cause an embarrassing moment. [The van is really nice. It's probably going to cost you a fortune :P] Because you'll cause an embarrassing moment anyhow. Because you'd enjoy that far too much. That too. * Chomei chuckles. "They got ya there." * Chie grins, even if Makoto can't see it. * Peter is thankful this is a buisness expense! * Makoto sighs gustily. I help you, Makoto. If hands slip, I gently put them back. In trunk. * Chie snerks. * Rei grins. * Chomei almost snorts when Lazar says that. ... Thank you for the offer, Lazar. I guess I'll be fine on my own, though. Good, good. Any way can help, just ask. * Rei blinks, then looks out the window. * Chomei is all the way in the back, where he can't hear anything the prof says. ^^; * Chie looks back at Lazar and Chomei. "You comfy back there, guys?" We have enough room, if that's what you're asking. More or less. * Lazar nods. "No make sharp turns, Peter. No want to crush Chomei by accident." * Chie peeks out the window. [Chie sees the city! It's kinda like Tokyo, except everything's in Chinese.] I don't want you to crush me by accident either. So, what am I missing? * Chie smiles. "Neat! Kinda like Tokyo, though. Dunno why I was expecting it to be really different, but I was." [Eventually, you get to a four-story building on the corner of a busy intersection that must be the HQ of the ICPO, because' that's what the letters above the door say.] City's a city's a city. Biggest changes you're going to see is if things go up or flat. * Chomei looks out the window. "So the ground isn't always cleaner on the other side." Ooo. Like the buildings here. Are we there yet? Don't make me possess the prof and turn this van around! Are we there yet? Well... are we? * Rei flings a rubber band back at Chomei. (Dangit Makoto!) * Peter parks the car. "We need to go to the top floor." I would stick my tongue out at you if doing so didn't mean I'd have to lick your backpack. But it's fruity. * Lazar looks out. "What this place?" * Rei grabs her backpack from Makoto's lap. * Maria grins. "I can do that. ...wait, do you mean the normal way?" * Chomei flings the rubber band back at Rei. * Rei ducks with the speed of- okay, she doesn't. She takes the rubber band in the back of the head. Yeah, the way the rest of us go up. * Makoto waits for Rei and Chie to move so he can set the bags down on the seats. * Rei gets out of the van already. Do we need to bring all of our stuff, Peter? * Chie can't move until Makoto gets up. ;p * Chomei waits for people to exit so he can get out too. * Makoto puts the other bags in Rei's seat and then disembarks! Huzzah! * Maria hops out of the van. "But the way the rest of you go up is so boring, Cho." Normal way. This is the SIU branch here. Ah, okay. * Chie gets out of the van after Makoto's out. Yeah, well, I'm sure if we could all climb the walls up we wouldn't *have* stairs. * Lazar nudges Chomei to get out. * Chomei gets out. ^^; * Chie is carrying both her bags. "Hey, prof? We need to take everything, or just what we normally carry on a mission?" * Lazar follows, carefully closing the doors behind him. We'll find out once we get up. All right. No forget to lock, Peter. * Makoto checks his pockets to make sure that all of the requisite items--most of which are yo-yos--are accounted for. Once he is satisfied with his inventory, he sidles up next to Rei and waits for the group to get movin'. * Peter locks! * Peter heads up. * Rei follows! * Makoto follows too! * Chie follows along. * Maria follows! * Chomei didn't bring his backpack out of the van. He follows? (... and so it was that the word "follow" appeared to everybody to be misspelled for the rest of the night. ) [And in you go! The lobby has a receptionists desk and a nice sign displaying the locations of the departments. The Special Investigations Unit is located on the top floor, last door on the left.] ( Meanwhile the van gets possessed and drives off with Chomei's backpack. ) ( Hah! ) (That's okay. I didn't have anything important in there anyways. ^_^) ( Dammit, Chomei. Now I'm going to have to exorcise it just so you can get your stupid luggage back.) * Peter goes! After going through the proper procedures and stuph. * Maria follows... er, more! [And so they journey all the way to that room, where they find a door with big Chinese characters across the front: "Supernatural Investigation Unit" and in smaller letters: "Eoi Tabushi and Shigeru Ueda"] ( Starring Eoi and Shiggy! Supernatural tapdance! ) ( Go Eoi! ) ( Whoo! ) (This bodes...) * Chie reads the sign, and grins at seeing Eoi's name. But she then frowns at seeing Shigeru's. (* Shigeru dances.) * Maria doesn't really recognize either name. So. * Lazar cant read Chinese. So. * Chomei scratches his head. ( Woo! ) * Peter knocks on the door. ( Shiggy can't dance. He's kidnapped. ) (Damn.) * Rei looks around. ( SHigeru has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you bad enough dudes to rescue the Shigster?" ) * Makoto can't read Chinese either. Huzzah. * Eoi answers the door. "Hi? You the pizza delivery guy?" * Chie grins madly. "Eoi-sensei!" * Rei pounces on Eoi. "Boo!" * Chomei can't read Chinese *or* English. So he's as clueless as ever. * Chie waves. * Lazar eyes the new guy. * Makoto looks Eoi-sensei over. (Eoi's worst nightmare has come true: Rei *and* Chie. Together. ^_~) * Maria idly waves to the strange man. * Chomei raises an eyebrow at Eoi. (What language did he say that in?) Hi. We're here to save the day an' stuff? * Eoi looks at the people. "Lotta people to be deliver.." He notices Rei and blinks. He then speaks in English. "Rei!" ( Eoi knows Chinese :P ) * Chie pushes through the group until she's next to Eoi and Rei. "Hey, what about your favorite student, huh?" She grins. ( Yeah, Chinese. And Eoi is a reasonably plain guy. He's wearing jeans and a T-shirt that reads "I (heart) Naginatas" and a trenchcoat. ) * Rei switches to English. "" ( "I didn't order short Japanese girls on my pizza..." ) ( That MUST be the title of this session! ) * Makoto grins a little after he's finished sizing Eoi up. He doesn't push himself forward or anything, seeing as how the guy's all crowded with girls and stuff. * Eoi grins and gives Rei a hug, leaving poor Peter to stare. "I guess you musta heard." * Chomei stands back. "I can't understand a thing he's saying." * Rei sobers, switching back to Japanese, "Yeah, I did. Um, this is the rest of the team. Chie probably wants to give you a hug, too." She backs off. I no can either. *golem grunt of wishing everyone would speak Hebrew* * Eoi grins and rubs Chie on the head. "How ya doin'? Finally decide to take up the Naginata?" * Chie gives Rei a quick smile of thanks before accepting the head rubbing and hugging Eoi as well. "Long time no see, Eoi-sensei. And, no, not yet." She grins at him. I couldn't either, but I can now. I wonder if there's some button we can press to make them switch to a different language. (The MC1 crew is very unassuming. Ooh, Eoi and Shigeru and Norii and Mei- Yin look so scary. ^^ Chelsea might be a different story.) * Chomei smirks. "You wanna look for it?" Aww. You're gona regret that when ya have to save the world. ( Ph34r m3. ) Then you're gonna come crawlin' to me and asking to borrow the Naginata. * Eoi nods sagely. * Makoto grins impishly. "There are ~so~ many ways to misunderstand that suggestion, Chomei. Thank you." * Peter boggles at Eoi. * Maria blinks at Eoi. ...nah. Nobody could REALLY be that dim. Suuure thing, Eoi-sensei. But if you've got the time, I wouldn't mind sparrin' for a bit. * Eoi intends to prove Maria wrong! * Lazar tilts his head. "Why everyone so worked up about Naginata?" Can't hurt to keep up my skills a bit. Maybe later Chie, we got a lot going on. [The phone rings!] I dunno. * Chie sobers. "Yeah, I know." * Eoi answers! (Go Eoi!) ( Wow, Eoi again for 3 seconds and I've already gotten back into the habit. I miss Eoi. ;-; ) * Chie watches Eoi get the phone and can't help but smile. Some things'll never change. ( Eoi ownz. ) * Rei wanders further into the office, looking around, and eventually has a seat at her dad's desk. She picks up one of his pencils and idly plays with it. ( Eoi does ownzorz.) ( But where am I? ;_; ) (You're 3\/1|L!) * Peter looks confuzzled and walks over to Rei. "I.. is this the man we're supposed to meet? He sounded much more normal in the report." ( What, again? ) (It's hard to break a bad habit, right? :P) Yeah, that's Eoi Tabushi. My dad's partner, and pretty much half of the China branch. What, you expect people who work in this field to be normal? You're not even normal. ( You're not evil so much as you are stricken with plotdevicitis. ) ( Mei-Yin? Nah. She's not evil anymore. She passed it on to her kids. ) * Chie laughs. "Prof, you gotta understand somethin'. If he taught *me*, how on earth did you expet him to be normal?" ( Phew. ) ( That's what kids are for, yaknow. Gotta pass the torch sometime. ) * Peter shakes his head. "Amazing." ( Hah! ) * Chomei smirks. "I guess you can't be normal in this business, can you?" (Katsu did the job admirably, but he's done with it now, so maybe Mitsuji or Rei will pick it up.) Ya got the right number. Whozis? (Though she doesn't really count. Mitsuji it is!) * Maria giggles at it all. How can she not? Hey, I normal. Except for being made of stone and stuff. I don't know what you people are talking about. I'm as normal as... something very ordinary that you wouldn't notice until it was gone, taking everything you ever loved and never coming back. That's not normal Makoto. Oh. Otherwise the world would have a much higher suicide rate. * Peter resists the urge to break down and sob. * Chie eyes Makoto briefly, then turns to Chomei. "Always the cheerful one, aren't you?" So, uhm.... now what? * Eoi nods, despite the fact the person on the phone can't see him. "Kinda hard to forget. I'll be glad to come. Mind if I bring some backup?" Yeah, you know me. Now we wait for silly pointy stick man to finish on phone. * Chomei smirks. * Chie grins. "We have to work on that." * Makoto considers Chomei's statement seriously, and seems to be on the point of saying something dreadful before glancing at Peter. He remains silent. * Chie looks at Lazar. "You insultin' my sensei?" She grins. * Rei throws the pencil at Lazar. Maybe it'll get him in the eye. * Lazar gets hit with a pencil in the eye. Alas, he HAS no eyes. "Ow." * Maria whistles innocently. Sho thing. Need anything else? Watchit Rei, you might put someone's eye out with that. No insult. Just no know name. Eoi Tabushi. It's been mentioned more than once. Yeah, haven't you been payin' attention when I talked about him? Oy Tabushi? That odd name... * Peter watches Eoi curiously, wondering who he could talking to. I know Oy Vey, Oy Gevult, Yoy Yeashdanim... *grin* ( "Yeah, that was The Evil on the phone..." ) * Makoto snickers. S'okay. 'least you're not tryin' to kill us anymore. No, Laz. E-o-i. Well, we better hurry then. * Maria blinks. Aw, I liked Oi. ... I no know Japanese writing system, Chie. But I get. * Chomei snickers. "Got Naginata?" Watch it, Chomei, or he'll try to convert you to it. * Chie winks. See ya. Sorry, I'm already down the path of the bow. * Eoi hangs up. What's up? * Chie turns back to Eoi. "Yeah. What's goin' on?" Well, looks like you folks arrived just in time. You havn't met any mysterious cloaked guys who told you to come here or somethin' have you? Naw, probably now.. * Peter looks at Eoi. "Indeed. Please explain." * Chomei turns his attention to Eoi. Uhm... don't think so? * Makoto probably wouldn't have noticed any cloaked guys unless they were actually attractive women, though he does not point this out. Well, uh.. an old.. I guess ally is the word.. called up. Karia, she's a smorfy. They're weird. Anyway, she gave me the address of the folk who are holding Shiggy hostage. * Rei blinks. She blinks again. * Peter raises his eyebrows upon hearing the name. Uh... Kaira? Kaira Hoshino? Her? * Rei stands, gesturing with her hands. "About this tall, purple hair?" Yeah, her. You probably heard about her from your dad or some.. Uh.. yeah, I think so. It's been a while. So we go and beat them up, then save Rei father? Why, you met her? * Maria facepalms. "Oh, dear." Well, we kinda met her. And she's kinda a vampire now. And my biological mom. And I kinda got a tail. * Rei pulls the tail from behind her and points at it. "See?" * Chie stares at Eoi. "You guys were *allies*? 'Cause she hates us. Well, most of us. And... yeah." Anyway, we gotta hurry because these guys are planning to trade Shiggy, and since we never got the Mystery Club card game out, that ain't a good thin.. what the HELL? * Chomei frowns. * Eoi boggles! * Peter is glad to see someone else boggling once. (*snerk*) (*laughs*) You never... nevermind. Aw man. Mei-Yin is gonna gut Shiggy. And I swear last time I saw you, you didn't have a tail. Uh... yeah. There's a *lot* of stuff that's happened to us that we should probably catch you up on. This is gonna be a problem? * Makoto nods. "It came with Rei's new body," he explains mildly. * Chomei waits a few seconds. "We don't have any time to talk people. Let's get going already." Naw. Mei-Yin probably guts Shiggy once every day or so. No biggy. I didn't! Really! But then I died and a new body was made for me and it has a tail, which is the one I have now, but it's toxic, but Ms. Sugiyama was nice and cooked up some enzymes for me to fix it more or less. Temporarily." Yeah. But what's this about saving Rei's old papa? ... huh? Toxic? Fix? Anyway, the address is (Insert Address Here)... Sugiyama? Damn, you're really gettin' together a collection here, aintcha? Uh.. yes. Anyway, we.. really should hurry. (Heh! Insert Address Here. Heh.) * Chomei eyes Makoto. "Get in car first, then we talk." Gotta catch 'em all. Past present and future. Save Dad now. * Peter rubs his head and wonders if anyone takes their job seriously. * Rei rushes out the door. * Makoto follows Rei in a hurry. Right. C'mon, guys, Eoi-sensei. * Chomei doesn't waste time in heading down the stairs. ...right. * Lazar follows, after lightly whapping Chomei. "That my line." * Chie heads out. * Peter heads out. Wow, people actually do stuff in this one.. * Eoi heads for his motorcycle! (And Maria took Chomei's line. ;p) * Chomei smirks on the way down. "Well you weren't saying it." * Maria heads for van! And again gets shotgun. XD (No, no. You forgot the double-space.) Right, right... *gets in the van* * Chie gives Eoi's motorcycle a jealous glance before hopping in the van. * Chomei gets in the van. * Peter drives off! * Makoto gets in the van as well. It's vanalicious. (And your 'r' needs to be capatalized.) * Peter drives off once everyone is in. * Eoi guns the 'cycle and drives off. Man, if he didn't look older, you'd swear this was the same Eoi. ( But he does, so now you're certain he's an imposter. After all, this one is male. ) ( * Makoto climbs in the window of a moving van. "Professor, you drove over my foot!" ) ( /me stabs the GM. ) ( Oh did I? So sorry. (Damn, almost got him) ) ( Hah! ) (*cracks up*) ( I *told* you to get going earlier!) Hey, Rei. What you saying about you and toxic and fix? * Chomei leans back. ( We pausing? Because if so, I wanna go grab a soda. ) * Rei looks down at her hands. "Remember when the winged freak guy made me hurt all over? That's because there's toxins in my blood." * Chie blinks and stares at Rei. And lady at building... Norri help fix? Interesting.. [And so you drive to the address, which is conveniently located ten miles outside of Shanghai. It also happens to be an abandoned Buddhist temple which isn't hard to find because it's in the middle of nowhere Or at least a small forest.] * Maria turns back to face Rei. "Toxins? In your blood? As in, replacing themselves and everything?" Yeah. She said that the level it's at would kill a human, but since I'm half Smorfy, I can handle it. But there's something in my genetic code that can trigger more. [Time: 3:00 p.m.] * Eoi pulls up and hits the breaks, and so does Peter. That's no good. * Chomei hmmms... "That's unhealthy, to say the least." * Eoi hops off the bike and pulls out -The Naginata- ... so we can beat stupid winged guy into little stupid bits now? * Chie frowns severely. "That's terrible." * Peter hops out of the car and wonders where on Earth Eoi hid that oddly phallic object. Lazar, I'm liking the way you're thinking. Anyway, she gave me some enzymes that'll get my liver to concentrate on only metabolizing the toxins, so I can live through it if it's injected fast enough. So things should be cool now. * Rei opens the door and gets out of the van. As long as Rei's safe, then, yeah. Wingboy's ours. Right. * Makoto gets out of the van after Rei has disembarked. Good. I rip off his wings and beat him with them. * Chie leaves her luggage bag in the car and takes her regular bag. Nah. You get his legs, Laz, an' I'll get his arms. ...and wings. I got a bone to pick with that guy... Be sure you leave me a good shot, or two, or three at him. ... or just punch in face. That always work. Hm. Don't worry Rei, we'll keep you safe. And I'll take whatever's left. * Chomei hops out of the van. * Eoi is still in shock from technobabble. * Lazar follows Chomei, palming his pendant. Instant golem. * Chie stands on her tiptoes and waves a hand in Eoi's face. "Eoi-sensei? We're here." This is the place, Mr. Tabushi? * Eoi pokes Peter. "I'm Eoi. Not Mr. Eoi. And yeah, she said this is the place. You got a plan?" * Chomei gestures with his hand, and Rownal materializes in his left hand. ... we do subtle or no subtle? What do we know about this place? * Eoi grins at Lazar. "Fan of not subtle myself." Uh.. N.. not much I'm afraid. * Lazar grins in a golemy fashion. * Makoto reaches into one of his pockets and produces a combat yo-yo. He looks about as ready as he'll ever be, though that's not necessarily saying much. Well, we could always go by our old tactic. Bust our way in and hit things until we find Shigeru. ... How about I charge through front door, everyone follow, and hit anything that move that no Rei father. * Eoi points at Lazar. "I like him." ... Right. That sounds like a good way to die in a hurry. * Maria shrugs. "Well, you could hit things as a distraction while I do the finding?" * Chie raises an eyebrow at Eoi. "You weren't the tactician in the old days, were you, Eoi-sensei?" * Lazar eyes Eoi. "I like way you think." *turns to Chie* "He good sensei. Listen close." Ah.. no, I don't think that's a good idea. Maria, can you see any back ways in? * Rei sighs. "I could... I could go astral and take a look?" She knows what looks that'll get her. "Never mind." [The temple has a coutyard surrounded by a wall, then the main building is after that.] * Chie grins at Lazar. "Gotta take a few things with a grain of salt, Laz." * Chie draws her sword. * Peter frowns. Well... if we knew who were dealing with I could probably manage some recon. I don't like this.. but we don't have much time. Rei, can you pull up blueprints on this place? On it, but I bet it'll look all temple-y. * Rei pulls BOX out of her backpack and gets to work. Hey, temple-y is good. Good and predictable. But seeing as how we're all bristling with firepower, I think Lazar and Eoi-sensei have the best plan. * Eoi grins at Rei. "Now that looks familar." * Maria gives the place a quick glance. Any nonstandard points of entrance clear from here? * Rei sticks her tongue out at Eoi, then goes back to typing. [The wall only has one entrence, not that Maria couldn't climb over it.] In fact... anybody mind if I shift for this one? No. Not at all. Go for it, Makoto. Just don't take the form of anyone I know. * Makoto closes his eyes, and then opens one to look at Chomei. Oh, alright. Shift? What, is he a superhero or something? He gonna turn into Kirbyman? Watch and see, Eoi-sensei. It's pretty cool. * Peter idly watches Makoto curiously. You don't want to know how he does it Eoi... although I could probably tell you. You want me to go in and have a look around, guys? Yes, if you can, but be cautious. * Lazar hmms. Apparently, changing into a big stone guy isn't enough to catch Eoi's attention. =P Get out at the first sign of trouble. (Well, neither is the light going from Chomei's hand and turning into a bow.) Yeah. Be real careful, Maria. Be stealthy. Like thing what be very stealthy. * Makoto closes the eye again and shifts. His body grows swiftly, and his skin seems to melt away around him as if not large enough to hold the form. In a matter of moments a muscular, seven-foot tall European with a buzzed haircut is standing where Makoto was, almost as if he'd hatched out of the doppelgangers skin. Huh. Neat. ... hey, no fair. You too tall. * Chomei chuckles. "Nice." * Chie stares *waaaaay* up at the new Makoto. "Impressive." (Makoto is now two feet taller than Chie. ;p) * Makoto cracks his knuckles, and then his neck. "I'm trying to be intimidating. Is useful psychological advantage, ja?" * Chomei glances up at Makoto. "I've never seen one of your kind in such a... large form before." * Makoto smiles. * Peter nods. " We don't have a lot of time." If big angry golem no intimidate, then you will. * Maria blinks at Makoto. "Nice." She shrugs and waves. "Anywhoo. Off I go." * Chie looks at Chomei. "That implies... never mind. We've got important business to take care of." * Maria infiltrates! STEALTHY LIKE NINJA! ( And if Makoto doesn't scare 'em, I will. Grr!) * Makoto grins at Chomei, and then nods to Lazar. "Doesn't hurt to have backup." That we do. Let's get going. And if you knocked out, can hit bad guys with you. Much more effective than normal form. * Chomei stiffles a snicker. * Makoto chuckles deeply. "Fair enough." * Rei stops typing and looks up. She jumps. " Ack! Geez, Makoto! * Makoto smiles fondly down at Rei. "What? Don't like tall people?" * Rei crosses her eyes. "You look like you're about to kick my ass. I don't like having my ass kicked, even though it happens a lot more often than- anyway, got the blueprints. As expected, it's very temple-y." * Peter walks over and looks. "Hm." * Rei looks around. "But I guess you already sent Maria in, huh?" * Rei hands the computer over to Peter along with a friendly, "Touch the wrong key and die." You say that a lot. Are you going astral Rei? * Chie looks at the blueprints as well, making sure not to touch any keys. "Yeah. Pretty standard temple stuff." I mean it! Don't doubt the world of the Rei! * Eoi walks over and looks too, despite the fact he can't tell anyway. "Wow. That's a.. very templey temple." I'll take your word for it. * Rei looks at Chomei. "Well... I would've. Already. But you guys get so nervous when I go astral nowadays, and I did kinda die while in astral form, so..." I have to admit, I have the urge to put Rei on a shoulder now. Cool! * Eoi looks at Rei. "You whatnow?" I died. I already mentioned that. I think. No, I'm sure I already mentioned it. * Chie nods. "She did, Eoi-sensei." Man, you can't go doin' that. Your mom'd get pissed, and lord knows we can't afford that. * Makoto picks Rei up and sits her on his shoulder, holding on to her lightly so she doesn't fall off. * Rei sighs. "You don't know the half of- aieeee!" * Peter hands the BOX back to Rei. "Sadly, I can't see anything useful." * Rei hangs on for dear life. (He hands it *up* to Rei. ~_^) Okay... we need to get Maria back here now. * Rei takes BOX. "Yeah, like I was gonna say, blueprints probably weren't gonna help." Is somethin' wrong, Chomei? I don't feel anything... * Makoto suggests in a dry voice. "You want down now, Rei?" I don't feel anything wrong. I just want to know if she found anything. ^^; Huh? Oh, no. I'm good. I can almost see my house from here! But we need to get in there soon. Like, yesterday soon. * Makoto chuckles again, and then sobers. Man, this waiting around sucks. True. C'mon, who's up for just bustin' in? * Chomei nods. "That's why we need her back here..." Now see here, we can't just go running in to an obvious trap. We have to wait for Maria to return. I am, but Maria'll kill you in your sleep. * Chie bites her lip, torn between being cautious and going into action. (Atom's arguing with himself. ~_^) ( Atom rules. ) ( Hush. Brain hurts. No worky right. ) * Rei keeps her sights on the temple. Aww, who doesn't try to kill me in my sleep. * Chomei taps his foot impatiently and checks his watch. And man, you're stuffy Petey. .. Petey. Yes, quite. * Peter wonders if shooting Eoi with a crossbow would be out of line. ... but we always go running into obvious trap. ( Hah! ) Unless there's a way around it. (It'd be more effective than hitting him over the head. ;P) You too, huh? 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-6) and gets 0. Is always obvious trap. I wonder why bad guys no just use neon signs. ... Hey, Rei. Think you could build something like a 'Maria cam' so we could see what she sees? * Eoi yawns and twirls Naginata. Oh, sure. Easy. * Chie blinks. "Hey, that's a really good idea." .. Indeed it is. ( Just remind her to turn it off after the missions, so Makoto can't get at the tapes. ) Also thinking that getting some sort of microphone and earpiece deal would be good for us. Man, if we had one of those a while ago, nobody woulda gotten captured. (Heh.) ( Dammit! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Makoto keeps one hand up to support Rei and spins his yo-yo idly with the other. Now his hands are so big that the heavy combat yo-yo looks like a regular toy in comparison. * Chie taps her foot idly. * Rei fidgets. "C'mon, Maria." ( Ain't recon fun? :P ) * Eoi looks at his watch, custom made so the hands are Naginatas. How about we give 'er five more minutes? ... ( Obsess much, Eoi-sensei? ;p) * Chomei streaches. "Sounds like a plan." * Lazar stretches his neck and shoulders, out of habit more than anything else. * Peter shakes his head and pitys Shigeru. * Maria is suddenly right behind Eoi. "Heard two people inside, both guys." * Eoi jumps. "Woah! Don't do that." Maria's back! Where were they? Two people.. both male. Did you find another way in? Were the voices familiar at all? And what were they sayin'? Inside? * Chomei doesn't seem affected at all. "Huh? Oh, Maria's back." * Rei hands the computer down to Maria. "Where on the blueprint?" Er, uhm? * Maria takes the computer and looks at the blueprint. Hm. * Makoto grunts. "If we knew who they were waiting for, I might be able to get Rei's dad away from them before the mayhem begins." No, they weren't familiar, and no, no back entrances. Stupid boring temple architecture. [Maria points to the right side of the temple.] Here. They were right about here. I can probably break through wall of temple, if it no too sturdy. Is better than front door. Sounds fun to me. Element of surprise? I'm all for it. * Eoi pokes Peter and points to Rei. "Unless I missed somethin', she can't fight. Keep an eye on her out here where ya won't get in the way." * Maria rubs her face. Hey! * Chomei nods. "Sounds good." * Chomei glances over at Eoi. "I don't think you have to worry about Rei too much." * Rei hops down from Makoto's shoulder, floating easily to the ground. She glares at Eoi. "That's my dad in there!" * Lazar nods. "Go through gate quiet, head to right side of temple, then I do my thi- wild golems no keep Rei from coming in, Eoi." * Makoto blinks at Rei. "Oh yeah. Forgot you could fly." I.. uh.. think Rei has a point. She does. Yeah, Eoi-sensei. We'll protect her, but she's gotta go in. * Maria nods sagely. * Eoi shrugs. "I had ta say it, didn't I? Else I'm a crappy guardian kinda guy." * Chomei checks his watch. "We've wasted too much time already. Let's go." * Lazar walks over to the gate. Does if have a lock or anything? * Chomei follows Lazar. * Rei rolls her eyes and thwaps Eoi. [There is no gate. It's just an archway.] * Eoi grins at Rei. "Don'tcha go getting killed again. This isn't that FPS you're so good at. Donno why you like that thing anyway, no Naginatas." ( Ah. ) * Maria trots in alongside Lazar. Frontline, yo. * Chie pats Eoi on the arm. "S'okay, Eoi-sensei. We know." * Peter draws his crossbow and heads after them. Some of them have Naginatas. * Eoi follows along and grins at Rei. "Man, more and more like your parents every day." * Lazar heads semi-quickly over to the area of the temple Maria pointed to. * Chomei stays behind the big golem. * Rei grumbles and follows along. * Chie puts a hand to her head briefly. "Aiee. Shoulda guessed." * Chie shakes it, as if to clear it, and concentrates on following the others. * Makoto stays near the back of the group out of habit, even though he's a massive, massive man. Uh, Eoi-sensei? You feelin' what I'm feelin'? [You're in the coutyard! The main hall is ahead, empty!] You betcha. What're you feeling? * Lazar heads for the right side of the temple, waiting for Maria to point out where to do the dramatic entrance thing. Spirits. Lots of 'em. But pretty passive so far. * Rei pales. She looks around. * Chomei closes his eyes and stops walking briefly. He the catches up with the group. * Chie hangs back next to Rei and gives her shoulder a squeeze. * Maria puts her ear to the wall and listens, trying to pinpoint the location of those present. * Chomei frowns. "Spirits? This might not end well." Might? * Rei smiles hesitantly at Chie. Man, you're still new at this, aintcha? This never ends well. 1d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (1d4) and gets 4. This stuff ALWAYS bodes poorly. * Chomei looks over at Eoi. "... Right." (Yay, catchphrases! ;p) * Maria give Eoi a 'shush' gesture. ( Maria! Hearing +4! ) * Chie shrugs and speaks softly. "So far, they're just hangin' out. It's an old temple. You get spirits in a place like this." ( Aww. None for any of us? ;-; ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6+2) and gets 6. ( She's the one with her ear to the wall. =P ) ( Dead on. ) (Let's see... that'd be a +8 for Cho.) * Rei speaks quietly. "Yeah, but..." She bites her lip. * Chie says softly, "You've got me and Eoi-sensei here. We'll take care of things for you." * Chomei speaks softly, but forcefully to Eoi. "You think we don't know that? You're gonna get killed if you don't think you'll live." * Eoi pats Rei. "Dontcha worry. It'll be fine." * Lazar waits for Maria's signal... * Eoi grins at Chomei and says softly. "Man, if that were true, I'd be dead 300 times over. Shiggy more." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 10. ( ...I hate you, Dicesuke. ) * Rei rubs at her left arm and looks to the right, waiting for Maria. (He's right. Eoi's the optomistic one.) * Maria steps back frowning. She makes a gesture at a stretch of wall and gives Lazar a thumbs-up and then a so-so wave. * Lazar looks back at the others, and speaks quietly. "Follow once I in." Gotcha big fellow. * Chie nods and goes into a ready position. * Makoto nods and waits, his yo-yo at the ready. * Chomei gets ready and nods. * Maria pulls on her smiting gloves. * Lazar takes a few steps back, sets himself, and tries to charge through the middle of the section Maria pointed to. (Yay! Smiting!) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-4) and gets 2. (Nice Lazar-shaped hole there.) (That wall is goin' DOWN!) ( Woohoo! XD ) ( And the walls came a'tumblin' down... o/~ ) ( o/~ ) [Lazar not leaves a good size hole in the wall, but knocks over the bookcase behind it. Four guys in the room look over at the lot of you in confusion. Two are standing by the doors with rifles. One of the ones in the center has a sword, and the other is unarmed. Roll init at +2 bonus for surprise ^^] d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+9) and gets 11. d6+10 d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+10) and gets 16. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+9) and gets 11. d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+9) and gets 10. (Me first! XD) ( Dang, Chomei... ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+6) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+7) and gets 10. ( Err. Reverse those. ) (Did you remember +2 init atom?) (You get bonus.) (You get +2 on top of it, Atom. ^^;) ( So, Eoi 12 and Petey 10? ) d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+9) and gets 14. (Yeah.) [And the guys themselves are all wearing black. The two with the rifles have ripped-black jean jackets and black jeans, the one with the sword is wearing black martial arts clothes, the unarmed one has a black suit. And they all have yellow headbands.] ( First in, and near last to go. ;_; ) ( body +2 to get around Lazar ^^ ) ( That's it. I'm getting rid of all the black in my wardrobe. ) (Dammit, they're really trying to give those of us who wear all black a bad name. Wait, I'm wearing blue today. Never mind. ;p) ( Do I even have any black in my wardrobe?) (At least they have decent fashion sense before they die.) [Chomei, Maria, Chie, Eoi, Makoto, Lazar, Peter, Thug1, Rei, Thug2, Thug3, Thug4] [Chomei's turn!] (Do I have to roll body +2 to get around Lazar?) (And why's Eoi in the back?) [Yes, or attack +2 to fire around him] * Chomei waits for Lazar to move so he can get a clear shot at one of the thugs. (Hold action until after Laz's turn.) [Maria's turn!] ( Can I just go around Lazar with my mad speed? Without wasting my whole turn, of course. ) ( Er, okay. What's the roll? Normal? ) ( Body +2 - acrobatics (flexibility) ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 3. [And Maria squeezes by Lazar.] (Hey, Kung Fu Fighting just came up on WinAmp. A good sign. ^_^) (Um... I just got "Another One Bites the Dust." Is that bad? ^^;) * Maria glances around and leaps at one of the rifle-weilding goons, trying to knock his gun from his hands. ( I got Invicible. ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 7. ( Yes. Dust contains things like dead skin cells, flies' eyes, moth wings, and other yucky stuff ) ( I got... "Married to a Frenchman." ) (...I wonder about you, Makoto.) ( ... I just got Lazar's theme. ) ( Hey, it's a fun song. ) [Maria mistimes her attack just a bit.] [Chie's turn] * Chie waits until she can get a clear shot past Lazar as well. (holding action until after Chomei's delayed turn) [Makoto's turn!] (And now, "Disco Inferno." WinAmp scares me now. ;p) (^_^_v) (Burn baby burn! Disco inferno!) (And now I just got "Trigger Happy.") ( I got REN-Final Attack. ) * Makoto spins his yo-yo and tries to squeeze past Lazar. He's not nearly as graceful as Maria. Especially not in this body... 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6+2) and gets 10. (The Legend of Zelda - NiN. ... What?) [Makoto sure doesn't. He gets stuck.] [Eoi's turn!] * Makoto will just have to wait for the golem to get out of the way. Oomph. * Eoi tries to go past large Golemman. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Eoi gets past :P] (Go kick ass Eoi!) * Eoi decides to jab one of the nice gunpeople in the face with the butt of his naginata. 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets 1. (Woo! Mad Naginata skillz! ^_^) ( 301 0wn20r2 j00. ) [Eoi smashes him so hard that he nearly collapses on the spot. But doesn't quite.] (The Naginata lives!) [Now, Lazar's turn] * Lazar continues his charge, trying to plow into the uninjured gunmen and drive him into the ground. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 4. [And Lazar succeeds. The man does not look too healthy after that.] [But he's still moving.] [Chomei] * Chomei rushes in behind Lazar, and seeing that the gun-people are getting rushed butt-good, fires an ice arrow at the sword-guy. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. [In a fancy lack of martial-artist prowress, the man avoids the arrow by yelling "Eek!" and ducking frantically.] [Chie's turn!] * Chomei curses. "Lucky bastard." ( How am I lucky? I'm being *shot at*! ) * Chie runs at the sword guy and swings at him with the flat of her blade. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. [He's too busy ducking the ice arrow to worry about Chie, and thus gets smacked. But he's ok!] [Peter's turn] * Peter shoots whoever looks least injured. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-3) and gets 4. ( The guy with the sword (who looks like the martial artist), or the unarmed guy? ) ( martial artist. ) [Peter shoots the guy with the sword, and he drops. *thunk*] [Rei's turn!] * Rei sets her sights on the unarmed guy. "Congratulations, you just won a new car!" She throws a buncha nothing at him. "Or not." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 10. [Not.] [Thug2's turn!] [The thug puts his arms together and thrusts both palms outwards at the lot of you. "You flaming idiots! Behold the miracles of the New Way of Peace!"] ( .. Dynasty Warriors? ) ( Everyone give me a body roll, -1 bonus ^^ ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-1) and gets 9. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-1) and gets 7. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-1) and gets 5. ( Yellow headbands :P ) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 6. (Yellow turban rebellion! And I made that.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 6. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-1) and gets 6. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 10. (So this is the Yellow Headband Rebellion. ;P) [Rei, Chie and Peter see really big rocks appear above them, then fall. They get trapped beneath them. Everyone else sees Rei, Chie, and Peter fall over for some unknown reason.] (...) * Chie falls over. "Oww! What the hell?!" What the hell? Ow! Hey! Shit, stupid chunks of stone, I'd kick your ass if you had an ass to kick! Get this damn stupid thing off me! What on Earth? [Thug3's turn!] ... hey, I have ass! And what I do? Huh. He must be the black mage that casts the spells that makes the peoples fall over. ...the hell? (*cracks up* *cracks up again*) [The thug staggers to his feet and fires, not caring at whom.] d10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d10) and gets 8. ( ...*cracks up ) [His shot goes completely wild and doesn't hit anyone.] * Makoto blinks. "I'm really confused..." [Thug4's turn!] [This thug's in slightly better condition, and fires at Lazar, who needs a def roll] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 7. [The bullet hits Lazar, doing little more than scratching him.] [A bunch of spirits appear! Four, in fact. They're slightly faded yellow cloths around their heads. Three of them have spears and are dressed in ancient, common yellow clothes. The fourth has a moustache and yellow robes. He yells, "In the spirit of the Way of Peace, I, Zhang Bao, will eleminate the infidels!"] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 8. I.. did not expect this. ( WinAmp just gave me a techno remix of Sephiroth's Theme when the ghosts appeared. I'm scared! ) ... spirits. Hate spirits. No can hit. Sure ya can! I can't. ...I think. [New order: Chomei, Maria, Spiritgoon1, Chie, Makoto, Eoi, Spiritgoon2, Lazar, Peter, Spiritgoon3, Rei, Zhang Bao, Thug2, Thug3, Thug4] [Chomei's turn!] Aww, dammit! Spirits? Looks like. Unless you can usually see through people. Then hit what can hit, and leave spirits to people what can hit them! Yeah, I can feel 'em. Somebody get me outta here! Works for me. If these spirits kick my ass, tho, I'm blaming.... Eoi! Yeah, he works. Outta where? I'm stuck under a freakin' rock! Duh! * Chomei curses and tries to get Chie out from under the invisible rock, which probably won't work but it's worth a shot. Stay calm.. I can't hit those things... 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+2) and gets 9. And while you're at it- no, never mind. I'm probably safer under the rock. ...no, you're not? Chomei, what're you doing? [Chomei fails to save Chie!] Yes, I am. You think I'm trying to lie down on the job? [Maria's turn!] See? Chomei believes me... even if he couldn't move the rock. Take care of the gunmen. Geeze... I can't figure this out. ...right. * Maria sighs and goes to kick one of the gunmen in the face! 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 0. [Down he goes.] All I know is we need someone to take out the spirites, and I can't do that. [The first spiritgoon uses his spiritual spear to spear Maria! Or try to. Defend, Maria!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 1. [Maria gets skewered! Oh, the humanity! Whoever thought we'd see a Maria-kabob so soon? The horror! The... Oh, wait, she dodges.] (*snerk*) (Hehe.) [Chie's turn] ( Hah! ) ( Heehee. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 5. ( *Maria eyes Brett. _ ) [Chie suddenly realizes... there's no rock there.] * Chie blinks. "It's gone. Okay..." * Chie stands up. There never *was* a rock there... Now let's go kill some spirits... Again. * Chie concentrates on one of the spirits that hasn't attacked yet and starts chanting. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 2. What do you mean there's no rock here! I mean, it's not a normal rock, or I'd probably be screaming in rib-crushing pain and agony, but... [He vanishes.] [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto finally rushes into--and through--the handily created empty space where Lazar used to be. He spins his yo-yo rapidly and lashes out at the man with the yellow headband whose crazy gestures made Rei and Peter and Chie fall down for no apparent reason. * DemoGTA is now known as Demota 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Makoto clocks him one, and is rewarded with the man rubbing his head and saying. "Ow!"] [Eoi's turn!] * Eoi is surrounded by a glowing exorcism circle. The circle soaks into his weapon, which begins to glow. He rushes foward and SLASHES at one of the spiritmen. "EOI ULTIMATE NAGINATA TECHNIQUE! Exorcism Blade!" 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets -1. * Chie stares. "...I have *got* to learn how to do that. And here I thought Spirit Stream was impressive." [That spirit is... what's a good word? How about.... ERADICATED.] [Lazar's turn!] (Nah, the word is... DELETED!) ...Wow. ( BALEETED! ) ( MATT! :P ) I told you Chie, learn the power of the Naginata. I gotta learn how to do that... You never showed me *that*. Because you never embraced the Naginata. Maybe I would've embraced it if I knew... never mind. I'm not getting into this now. Only one who is truely one with the Naginata can release it's full potential... and yes, talk later, fight now. * Lazar tries to grab the remaining gunman and chuck him into the unarmed guy. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love the smell of a crit in the morning." [Lazar chucks the two corporeal guys into each other, and they stop moving.] [Peter's turn!] * Peter attempts to get out from under the rock. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 8. [Peter doesn't escape the rock!] [The next spirit randomly attacks...] d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d8) and gets 4. * Makoto blinks as the man in front of him is whipped suddenly out of range at the hearty application of a flying thug to the chest. [Maria! Maria needs to defend!] ( Remind me to not piss Lazar off.) ( What, the fishing pole incident wasn't enough?) ( Apparently not.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Maria doesn't get skewered again.] [Rei's turn] ( Say it with us, Rei! I disbelieve in boulders! I disbelieve in boulders! ) Okay, the boulders aren't there. Boulders aren't there. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Fight! For everlasting love and peace!" [No boulders there, doc] ( I disbelieve the illusion! ...wow, it worked! ) * Chie looks over at Rei. "Hey, you're right. They're not." ( Holy crap. Where are these when we NEED them Dice? ) (*cracks up*) (Heh.) * Rei gets to her feet. She blinks and dusts herself off. "Wow. Who woulda thunk." [Zhang Bao's turn!] [Zhang Bao summons a rain storm. Inside.] 2 2d20 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (2 2d20) and gets 27 8. ( [ZHANG BAO used RAIN DANCE. It started raining.] ) (*snerk*) [Eoi needs a ranged defense.] ( *cracks up* ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Eoi avoids the lightning that struck the spot he was just standing in.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chie blinks. "Yow! Nice dodge, Eoi-sensei!" [You're all getting wet!] Man, when those guys arn't kung-fu fighting, they strike like lightning. ... * Rei snickers. ... well, at least I getting clean. * Eoi grins. "I missed doing this. Forgot how boring Interpol is sometimes." (Eoi does that all the time. ;P) Hey, spirit guy! Can maybe summon some soap and a sponge? * Chomei eyes the ghost. "Chie, think you can exorcise that sucker? I got a surprise lined up for him." He smirks and... (Holds his action until after Chie goes.) [Maria's turn!] You got it! * Maria frowns and gets wet. "I hate spirits." [Chie's turn] Not all of them, I hope. * Chie concentrates on Zhang Bao and starts chanting. ( Every last one! ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 3. (;_;) [Zhang Bao begins to be exorcised!] [Chomei's turn.] Nah. You're cool, Rei. You don't make it rain on me. * Chomei lines up a shot as his bow cackles with electricity. "Ya like lightning, eh? Here, have a taste of it then." He fires an arrow at him, the lightning cackling behind it. (That's at Zhang Bao.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Chomei strikes Zhang Bao, who crackles with electricity.] [Makoto's turn] * Chie would congratulate Chomei, except she's just a bit busy with the exorcism. ( She would not :P ) (Well, she'd at least cheer or something. ;p) * Makoto spins around and slings his yo-yo fast and wide in a horizontal arc at the hopefully tangible-enough-to-smite spectre that Chomei just blasted. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Makoto smites him and he falls over backwards. He reaches one hand towards Maria and gasps. "... With my last ounce of strength... I curse you. You will endure this rainstorm... for ten more minutes!" Then he vanishes. The storm shrinks to a tiny little cloud that hovers over Maria's head and keeps raining on her.] [Eoi's turn!] ( *cackles* ) ... dang. Maria, come stand on my head. I no clean yet. (*snerk*) * Chie stops chanting and lets out a breath. "Nice work, guys. And, uh... sorry, Maria. My umbrella's in the van." * Maria scowls as mightily as her cute lil' face lets her. "..I really... REALLY hate spirits. Other than Rei." * Eoi goes for the last spirit with another EXORCISM SLASH! 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets 2. ( ~I resemble that remark!~) [Eoi makes it 'splode.] I get a Get Out Of Spirit Hate Free pass! Very nice. Can someone help me from this rock? And also find Shigeru? * Chomei nods. "Maria, think you can find Shig? " * Makoto snaps his yo-yo up and walks over to Peter to help him up. * Rei runs her hand through her wet hair as her tail flicks water off of it. She walks into the room, looking around. "Just disbelieve it, prof. It's not really there." ( up up up! ) Sure. I hope they mind me getting water all over the place, too. * Maria looks at the door the two goons with guns were guarding. * Peter attempts to disbelieve. [Makoto manages to help Peter up once Peter realizes there's no rock there.] * Rei points at the door. "Thataway?" There you go, Professor. You okay? * Peter stands up. "Quite. Let's find Shigeru. Thank you Makoto." * Lazar follows Maria. Yeah. Thataway. Hang on Shiggy. We're comin'. * Peter follows! * Chie keeps her sword out as she follows whoever. * Makoto nods and follows the others. * Chomei follows the other peoples. * Rei gets moving. Nobody kidnaps her family and gets away with it. Except for, you know, when they do. [And through the door is a hall, which leads to another door, behind which is Shig.] * Maria glares at Shig through a rainstorm. "You'd better be Rei's dad." Hey, Shig. * Chomei eyes Shig. "That's him, right?" * Eoi goes up to Shig and pokes him. "You okay partner?" * Lazar goes to free Shigeru from whatever restraints are holding him. Ueda-san? * Peter watches curiously. ( Lazar is not tearing off Shig's clothes, I hope c.c ) * Makoto stands beside Peter, his massive arms folded across his chest, and watches as well. * Chie hangs back just in case. (Er... what condition is Shigeru in?) ( He looks harried but physically fine. ) Nightchikins, all. * Eoi pokes Shigeru again. "Don't make me get the dancing Kirby out." (gyah, sorry.) (*eyes Cham*) You okay, Rei father? (Too much Benadryl.) [Oh no! Another guy wearing a yellow headband bursts in and yells "Nightchikins, all!"] * Chomei shoots him with an ice arrow. (*snerks*) [He gets frozeded] (Chamsicle! But we love you anyway, Cham. ^_^) There. * Shigeru rubs at his forehead, then the hand goes through his hair. He sure doesn't look like a specially-designed weapon: he looks Peter and Eoi's age, with short, messy brown hair, a t-shirt, and jeans. "Please, Eoi. Anything but the dancing Kirby." He rubs at his wrists, where the handcuffs were broken, and blinks. Yer daughter brought her friends and some stuffy guy to help save you. Make sure to say thanks. Glad to see yer okay Shiggy. * Chomei chuckles. * Chie lets out a deep breath. * Peter against resists the urge to shoot Eoi. * Shigeru scans the group, violet eyes looking past each one of you. "... Rei? You're okay?" * Maria waves at Shigeru. "Hi, Reidad." (Thoughts, people. And keep 'em comin', because I'm like that. ^^) Hello, Mr. Ueda. * Lazar waves. * Peter nods at Shigeru. "Hello Mr. Ueda." * Rei finally peeks past everybody and she absolutely squeals. "DAD!" Runrunpouncetackle Shigeru falls to the floor with an oof. ( I bet Kirby could take Gan Ning in a fight... ) * Chie grins. * Peter smiles. * Lazar takes a step back, grinning. "Hi, Rei-father." * Chomei snickers. Yeah, Rei. I'm happy to see you too. Ow. Ribs cracking. Get off already! Hi, Rei's dad. Oh. I should change back now that the bad guys are gone. * Maria swats idly at the raincloud. * Rei laughs, getting off and helping her father to his feet. Her tail twitches. Shigeru stares. * Chomei puts his left hand up and his bow dematerializes the same way it got there. ... That's not a tail. Is it? Tell me that it's not a tail. * Eoi grins. "I see you noticed Rei's new addition. Man, remember when kids just got tattoos?" I resemble that remark, Eoi-sensei! * Maria facepalms. Eoi, if you are in any way responsible for this, I'll kill you myself. * Chie grins madly. * Chomei leans against a convient wall. Why do you thinK I said it Chie? ^_^ * Chie sticks her tongue out at him. ... It's not a tail? Okay, it is a tail, but I didn't pick it out and it really is kinda cool and you're okay and alive and yay! Nope, 'fraid I'm not this time. Besides, you'd have to get past your wife to do it. ( *blink* When'd Shigeru get his sight back? @_@ ) And I think she's stab me too much. ( A long time ago, Dem. :P ) ( Bwargh. ) (He got it back, then lost it, then got it back again.) ( ... hm. Remind me to ask you for the full story sometime. ) * Chomei shrugs. "What's so dangerous about her?" * Makoto closes his eyes briefly and shifts. His facial features melt away like so much wet clay and his body dwindles until he's back to his normal, lean, black-haired self. We'll talk later, Rei. Want to introduce me to- huh. A shapeshifter? * Maria watches Makoto. "That's still weird. In a cool way, tho." * Lazar is still in his golem form. Hasn't thought to change back yet, apparently. A doppleganger actually. Aww. * Makoto bows to Shigeru in a very old fashioned way. "Pleased to meet you." * Rei tries to look disappointed, but fails miserably. She's grinning. Ecstatically grinning. I'm Peter Roivas, we've talked on the phone before. Nice to finally meet you in person. * Shigeru nods. * Chie bows politely to Shigeru, but she can't stop grinning. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Ueda. I'm Chie Matsuda. I'm Eoi's student. He's probably mentioned me. The stubborn one who refuses to learn the Way of the Naginata." Ya better make sure to thank Kaira, she's the one who told us where you were. * Lazar waves. "I is Lazar Thau, from Transylvania." * Maria waves. "Maria. Say, you know a good place to eat around here?" Oh, Transylvania. Ever see a ware-toothfairy? * Rei eyes Lazar, and Shigeru looks from his daughter to the golem. Five, actually. (Oh, god. Eoi's going to be Lazar's new favorite person now. ^_~) Neat. I remember when they had us check out one of them. Man, there were teeth everywhere. ... ... * Maria twitches. * Chomei looks up at Shigeru. "Chomei Tochikura." I know. Took ten warriors and three dentists to finish off group. ( Bah. You need a better intro Chomei. With posing. ) (What can I say? He's laame. ^_^) * Makoto looks worriedly from Shigeru to Lazar and back. * Shigeru peers at Lazar for a moment, then nods. His eyes flicker dark for a brief moment. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 4. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 10. * Eoi looks curiously at Shig. "Shig-o? What's up?" [Lazar gets tossed through the nearest wall.] Woah! * Makoto blinks, again. What on Earth? * Chie blinks, then says quietly, "...oh." * Chomei winces as Lazar lands. "I'm thinking... yeah. Katsu?" * Maria jumps and clings to the ceiling. "WHAT THE HELL?" * Lazar gets up, growling. He is NOT HAPPY. "Who do that?!" * Lazar stomps back into the room. Woah, Katsu? What's Katsu got ta do wi.. * Rei blinks, then backs up hurriedly. * Eoi blinks at looks at Rei. "Rei, what's Rocky got ta do with Katsu? Is he the one..?" * Shigeru looks evenly at Lazar. ~I did.~ * Maria bites her lip, suddenly feeling that she really wants to be somewhere that isn't here. .. This isn't good. * Rei swallows, then nods at Eoi. * Chomei closes his eyes and takes a few deep breaths. * Makoto moves over to Lazar and whispers: "Lazar, Mr. Ueda knows about... uhm... Katsu. Everything Rei knows about what happened, I'd guess. I think you should apologize. A lot, if possible." * Chie puts her sword away and looks at Rei and Eoi. * Eoi nods and for once looks serious. "Okay." * Lazar growls. "Listen. I sorry for how bad Katsu hurt. But he KILL Rei, nearly kill Maria. Needed to stop before escaped or hurt other little one. I apologize for how bad I hurt, but I *NO* apologize for trying to protect little ones." And before you throw me through wall again, ask youself how you son got evil cursed sword in first place. * Chie winces. * Shigeru 'speaks' calmly, his voice echoing in everyone's mind. ~That sword was controlling him, and Katsu was as much a victim as, if not more than, everyone else. You crippled him, and he was lucky. Those injuries should have killed him.~ * Chomei continues to lean against the wall. He's paying close attention to the conversation, though. Wasn't Katty. Was the sword. You just hurt a poor innocent kid. I take blame for my part in what happened. But if you had stored sword safely, or destroyed it, he never would have BEEN posessed. He- he was just putting it away. Really! It was in his kendo bag, and... HEY! It was stored safely. Shigeru would never be that careless. * Maria skitters 'cross the cieling and out the door. He know it evil cursed sword, right? Why he even touch? How it even get into bag? * Chomei walks calmly over to Lazar. "I think you should apologize before he gets any angrier. And by that, I mean NOW." He doesn't know! Nobody knows! * Chie looks at the floor. So you're blaming someone else for kicking him in the crotch? If I had evil cursed sword, I lock it in huge safe and protect with enough wards to choke all spirits in Transylvania! Lazar. You're not helping. * Makoto takes a movement now to move AWAY from Chomei and Lazar. Damage control is one thing. Standing next to the target of a tactical nuclear strike is something else entirely. Fine. Your funeral. What do you think we fucking *did*? * Chomei walks away from Lazar. What do you THINK they did? I put some of those wards on myself. * Shigeru waves for Rei to keep quiet, and she folds her arms angrily. * Lazar whirls on Eoi. "NO! You no listening? I take full blame for using too much force. I messed up. BAD. But no try to put all blame on me. I no be you scapegoat." ( Chomei and Makoto... two of the most loyal souls you'll ever meet. ;P ) (Hey, Chomei has an idea as to what Laz's dealing with. And he does NOT like it.) You want throw me through more walls? Destroy my soul? Do it. You be doing me favor, free me from living hell. Lazar... Lazar, if you wanted someone to kill you, you should have just asked us. But I really *doubt* that would be what you want. * Chie just *stares* at Chomei. * Peter frowns. I been dead for two years. TWO YEARS! Everyone I ever knew dead. My soul is trapped in this... abomination. No can feel, no can ever get close to other people. All can do is hunt down people what slaughtered village. And once do? I either crumble to dust, or forced to walk earth for rest of time trapped in this body. * Lazar kneels down. "I doing best I can, but it obviously no is enough. Do whatever you want. I no care anymore." * Shigeru rolls his eyes. ~For crying out loud.~ "Get up." * Lazar gets up. * Peter walks over to Lazar. "Lazar.. You don't mean that.. come on, stand up." I'm sure there is a way to reverse the golem process. Rei got a new body, didn't she? Maybe we can do something for you. I mean every word, Peter. Only thing that keeps me going is trying to keep little ones safe, and hunting down people what killed village. * Lazar shakes his head. "My body dead two years. My soul tied to golem form. Is golem or nothing." * Rei stays quiet. She's looking from her father to Eoi to Lazar. * Chomei stands, unmoving. "Lazar? You're trying to do something. Feeling bad about yourself is not going to help." * Eoi simply watches. Man, you gotta be more optomistic. I'm sure they can find you a way to get a new body, and once they do I'll come and deck you in the face. So make sure you get that body. * Lazar eyes Eoi. "What I have be optomistic for?" Because you're in Mystery Club. That's why. * Chie looks at Eoi and starts laughing, although there seems to be a tinge of hysteria to it. * Makoto grunts at that, but says nothing. I think the proper term is soul transference. That was a harsh trying horrible difficult time where I was stuck in a girl's body and Shiggy kept getting kidnapped, but it was also some of the best times I've ever had. You'd be surprised, things have a way of working out. * Chie stops. "You WHAT?" ( Bah. He enjoyed every second of it :P ) * Makoto grins at Eoi. Eoi-sensei, you did *not* tell me about that! * Chomei blinks a few times at that statement. * Shigeru smiles faintly at Eoi's words. "Long story." He walks up to Lazar, not the least bit fazed by the golem. And anyway, I owe you a punch in the nose, and I can't do that when you're stone. * Chomei clears out his ears. "Did I just hear that right?" * Eoi rubs the back of his head and grins sheepishly at Chie. "It's a long story." * Lazar shakes his head. "Being like this only way I can keep going. Lets me go all out, no worry about self. Because what matter?" I'm gonna have to hear that one. Man, you're worse then Calvin. * Lazar palms his pendant, regaining his human illusion. Maybe if Calvin were stone, he would have lived through that. Former member? Another long story. ( A tiny chibi-Eoi and Shigeru hold up a banner. [Read Mystery Club to find out!] ) * Shigeru turns his full attention to Lazar and says, in all seriousness, "Trust me, Lazar Thau. If I wanted you broken, dead, destroyed... you would be. Part of me is telling me to do it, anyway." (Aww, so cute!) ( ...damn you, now I want to draw that. ;.; ) (So do it! ^^) ( No! Too much in the 'in' pile already. ;_; ) (Aww. ;_;) Lazar, if we can restore Rei to a new body, I'm sure there is a way to restore you to one as well. As much as I hate to say it, Eoi is right. * Lazar eyes Shigeru. "No can take back what did to Katsu. Can promise I do everything I can to make sure anyone what try to hurt Rei be eating own spleen. I know. * Lazar shakes his head. "Kabbalist magiks is unlike any other... is no that simple, Peter." * Peter eyes Lazar. "I'm more then aware of that. We'll find a way." Blah, blah, blah. You keep giving reasons why you can't. Stop that. Almost as annoying as me, isn't he? * Lazar ignores Eoi. If you don't believe, ain't nothing going to happen. If I didn't believe in Big Naginata, the world might have been destroyed. Naw, nobody is as annoying as you. ^_^ * Shigeru looks Lazar over once more, and his eyes flicker. "Thanks. I work hard to keep that title." He walks around the golem and out the door. ( The angst is strong in this one. ) * Chie puts a hand to her forehead and groans. "Not the Naginata *again*, Eoi- sensei." * Chomei smirks. "No asking for death, Laz, otherwise it'll come and get ya." You'd do well to remember that story Chie. You can pass it down to your grandchildren. * Rei breathes out a long sigh, and makes an icky face, then hurries after her father. And I better go make sure Shiggy doesn't get kidnapped again. See ya folks. And the same thing holds true for everything else. If you ask for it, it just might happen. If you never ask, it will never happen. * Eoi heads after Shig. * Chie smirks at Eoi. "What grandchildren?" * Lazar chuckles. "Is too late. Already found me once. Have my cel phone number." Hey, no fair leaving! * Makoto stretches. "Well, that was touching. I need some fresh air." He ambles out of the room. * Chie runs out after Eoi-sensei. "There's a lot I need to talk to you about!" * Shigeru calls from down wherever he is, "Save me, Eoi! I'm a damsel in distress!" * Chomei shakes his head. "Let's get out of here." * Chomei walks outta da room! Ugliest damsel I've ever seen. [Session End @_@]