[Day: Sunday, June 19th. Time: 2:15 p.m.] [After visiting the tomb of Shi Huang Di, you guys decided you needed to research more before tying the Rosetta stone on the strange glyphs there. So you went to a cybercafe in Xi'an, despite the fact that Shig and Rei have sattelite connections anyhow. Must be the need for atmosphere.] [Anyhow, you're all standing outside of the cafe, bored out of your mind while Shig, Peter and Eoi do research, and Rei takes a break.] [Session Start] * Chie sips from some sort of hideously overpriced iced mocha drink thing. She glances over at Chomei. "So, feelin' psychic yet?" * Chomei is standing outside the coffee shop with a cup of the brown liquid in his hand. He takes a sip. "Nope. How about you?" * Maria sips a drink she got inside. Prolly Mr.Dr. Pepsprite, or something. Nothin'. I think we have to give it some time. * Chie grins. * Maria rolls her eyes. * Chomei smirks. "Or if I am, I'm not feeling any of you giving off signals." * Makoto is in the middle of complaining to Lazar, though he's spinning his yo- yo as calmly as you please during the monologue. "--believe that I missed that temple! And the glowing stone and everything. I always pick the worst times to get... to go and... do... other things." [Chomei gains the ability to see through time!... Wait, that's just the caffine kickin' in.] * Maria is immediately next to Makoto. "Other things, hm?" * Lazar doesn't drink, since, y'know, he has no opening in the back of his mouth. "Was no that great. Think of place with lots of me, but no moving and no as cuddly." * Chie takes another sip, then puts a hand to her head. "Ow." Gwah! Maria, you know it really creeps out when you just appear like that. * Chomei sips some more and shakes his head. "Woah, cafeine kicking in." * Chie rubs her head. "Not latent telepathic abilities. Ice cream headache." * Maria blinks. "It does?" * Makoto looks back at Lazar. "Lots of you... no moving... no cuddly... Disney World Tokyo?" No, no. Less expensive. And more educational. ...I hope. And no silly people dressed like were-mouse. * Chie laughs. "Were-mice? I'm not surprised, but still..." * Makoto nods and answers Maria without turning his head. "Yeah, it does. Because I know you're not really invisible, but you can sneak around as well as if you were anyway." * Maria makes a face. "Ew. Why' anyone dress like a rat?" * Lazar mutters darkly. "I from Transylvania. How I supposed to know it costume? No need to ban me from place..." * Makoto grins at Lazar. "Still, I kind of wish I'd gone." * Chomei shrugs. "You really didn't miss that much." Yeah. You'da prolly liked it. But where were you? * Chomei drinks some more brown stuff. Although we might end up going back. And yeah. Guy in costume only had bit of concussion... *grumblegrumble* * Chie looks over at Makoto but says nothing. She takes another sip of her drink, headache gone as quickly as it came. * Makoto waves his left hand dismissively. His right is still spinning the yo- yo. "Oh, just around town. Meeting people. People who speak a little bit of Japanese or German, anyway. I kind of lost track of time, so I didn't make it back soon enough to meet up with the rest of you." * Maria eyes Makoto. "...riiiiiight." * Chomei narrows his eyes at Makoto. "... Right." * Chie raises an eyebrow. "Why do I get the impression that most of these people were attractive and female?" Because they prolly were. * Makoto smiles cheekily at Chie and Maria, completely unabashed. "Complete coincidence, I assure you both." Uh-huh. Well, your business is your business. * Chie shrugs. * Maria glares painful kung-fu death at Makoto. _ But. I don't think Rei would be so sanguine about it if she knew. * Maria nodnodnods. * Chomei nods slowly. * Maria sips some Mr.Dr.Pepsprite. * Makoto grabs the yo-yo. It stops spinning. He gives Chie a flat look, and extends it to Maria and Chomei. "Maybe. What's it to you guys, anyway? What goes on between Rei and me is our business." * Lazar cheerfully LOOMS over Makoto. "I sure Makoto never go behind Rei back. Right Makoto?" *LOOMLOOM* * Chie eyes Makoto back. "Just don't want to see her gettin' unnecessarily hurt. She's been through enough lately." * Maria grins. "Sure. But if our friend's feelings are hurt by you, I'm sure you won't be sruprised if we do something about it, right?" * Makoto relents, though probably more because of Lazar than anybody else. "I'm not gonna hurt Rei." * Chie smiles. Good. Glad we're all on the same page. * Maria nods, apparently mollified. "Okay." ^_^ * Lazar patpats Makoto. "See? I knew he good guy." *biggrinLOOM* * Chie sips again. * Makoto shifts, vaguely uncomfortable. He seems to have lost interest in the yo-yo for now. * Chomei leans back against the wall. He mumbles something under his breath that's really impossible to figure out. * Maria pats Makoto on the back. "Hey, don't worry 'bout it, right? Want some... whatever the hell this is?" She eyes the can of soda with it's mysterious chinese labeling. ... anyone have idea what they looking for in there? * Chomei shrugs. * Makoto clears his throat. "Sure, I'll take some of that. Thanks, Maria." * Rei bursts outside. "Air! There's air out here!" * Maria looks to see if any non-supernatural-division-folk are around, and when she sees none, says "I think they're looking for where the portal leads. Or something.' * Chie blinks. "There wasn't any in there?" * Makoto turns and grins at Rei. "You sound almost surprised about that." I thought there was. * Ked has joined #besm * Maria hands the soda to Mako. "Oh, heya, Rei!... there's no air in there? Doesn't that make it hard to breathe?" * Chomei glances over at Rei. Yeah, I am. I thought my vacuuming minions woulda sucked it all up by now with their not-so-super-sekrit powers. Just goes to show you should never trust a squirrel to do a humanoid's job. * Makoto takes a swig from the soda, careful not to get his mouth all over the can in case Maria wants another drink later. * Chomei finishes the cup of coffee. "Guess not." * Maria blinks at Rei in utter confusion. Please say they almost done. * Lazar paces. Patience is not his strongest point. Man, it's been how long now? Three hours? Hey, we managed to kill some time wandering, at least. * Chie finishes her drink and throws it out. Yeah, that's true. * Chomei throws his drink out too. I dunno. I almost feel like seeing s'more of the city. There's not much to see... unless you like tall buildings. [Gimme a perception roll +2] 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+2) and gets 6. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 4. * Rei grins madly. "They almost done." She pauses. "Well, that's my lie for the day! How about yours?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 2. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 10. [Everyone who made it looks through the window and sees a laptop sitting on a table, with no Shig, Peter or Eoi anywhere near it.] * Rei blinks. Blinks again. Rushes into the building. Uhh... guys? Did they all just have to... yeah. * Chie follows Rei in. * Maria blinks. "Eh?" She follows Rei and Chie. * Chomei frowns. "Yeah... where are they?" He walks into the building. * Lazar looks in. "... I thought only women go to bathroom in groups..." *follows the others* * Chomei chuckles. Okay, before we all start panicking, could one of you guys go check the men's bathroom? Mm? * Rei goes to the laptop and has a look at what's on the screen. * Lazar heads for... THE BATHROOM! ( Like THE FUTURE, but not as clean. ) [Rei gets sucked into the laptop!] ... (Whoo!) Holy shit! ... That explains it. What the hell was that? * Makoto follows the others inside, at the end of the line of course. Thus he does not actually see Rei get sucked into a computer. Hey, where'd Rei go? Rei just... she just... I don't know. Computers don't do that. * Chomei scratches his head. Don't do what? Suck people into them. * Chie tries to sense if there's some sort of spirit inhabiting the laptop. That was different.. I've never seen one do that before. Wow. Who'd it suck... wait... Rei? * Lazar comes back. "They no in bathroo- where Rei?" [Chie doesn't sense a spirit in the laptop.] * Chie shakes her head. "It's not possessed or anything." * Chomei checks the wires to the laptop. Is it using its satellite hookup? ( I dunno. Ask Shig :P ) Rei got sucked into the laptop. No, really. (Okay. Is it hooked up to the wall?) ... why all computers we use turn out to be evil? * Demotafk has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) I hate technology. I dunno, but I'm having second thoughts about getting one. * Makoto shrugs and looks at the culprit laptop. Well. So do we go in after them? ...sure. * Chomei shrugs. "I... guess so." Unless have better idea, yes. * Makoto walks up to the computer and peers at the screen. I wonder what they found... I wonder if the opening's permanent? [Makoto gets sucked into the laptop.] Ohshi-- * Maria reaches into her backpack and pulls out some thin rope. "Okay. Next person going in, take one end of this." Unless one of you guys wants to stay out- Makoto! Dammit! I'll do it. I'm the lightest one. You can pull me out easiest if it comes to that. ... this why I stick with abacus. You good at tying knots, Maria? Lazar, hold the other end, will ya'? You make a better anchor than lil' ol me. * Lazar takes hold of the other end of the rope. "Tie around waist." * Maria grins. "That I am." Okay. Tie it really securely around my waist, like Laz said. * Maria ties the rope around Chie's waist in some obscure and sturdy-looking knot. * Chomei frowns. "You sure you want to do this?" Rei and Eoi-sensei are in there. If we don't, how're we gonna get 'em out? * Chomei nods. "Right. We don't have much of a choice." * Chie takes a deep breath. "So. Here goes. Laz, hold on tight." (Notice: They did not mention Peter or Makoto.) ( This was not lost on me. ) (Huhwha?) * Lazar wraps his end around one wrist, then grabs hold with both hands. "Okay." (Or Shig. And it's not like Chie doesn't care about them... but she cares most about Rei and Eoi.) (True.) * Chie looks at the laptop screen. 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-8) and gets -6, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I wish I got to hand out more of these, really." [Chie gets sucked into the laptop. Lazar holds firmly onto the rope the whole time as he's dragged in after her.] (Oops.) ... ... Right. Well, crap. ( D'oh! ) In we go, I guess. ( Hah! ) * Chomei sighs. "Yup." ( So, Chomei. Wanna go out for pizza? Sure.) ( *cracks up* ) (*cracks up*) ( Oh, sure, hook up once I get sucked into some other dimension. See if I care.) ( Okay. ^_^ ) ( It was all part of my secret plan to get rid of my rival. What? Nothin'. Do you like pepperoni?) ( *snickers* ) (*cracks up so much it hurts* I'm going to kill you Arwen!) Eh. Here goes... somethin'. (Nah. You're too giggly. ^^) * Maria reads the screen! ( I at end of my rope here... *WHAP* ) [Maria gets sucked into the laptop!] (*shrugs.* Well don't it suck to be them.) ( Ha! They all fell for it! And they think I'm the clueless one.) * Chomei looks at the screen. (Sorry. No evil PC today... I think.) (It is so an evil personal computer.) * Chomei reads the screen? (Yes there is. We're getting sucked into it... oh, you meant the other kind of PC. ;p) (Chomei's too lame. He's been rejected.) (* Chomei spends the next hour arguing with it in l33t to let everybody go.) ( *cracks up* ) [Chomei reads the following words before getting sucked into the laptop: "Victory: Defeat Dong Zhuo. Defeat: Yuan Shao defeated." Then he winds up in a snowy mountain pass along with everyone else (excluding Eoi, Peter and Shig).] (Aaaah!) (NOOOOOOO!!) (I was wondering when this was going to happen...) [There's also a bunch of soldiers in red Chinese armor ^_-] (So was I, actually.) ...the hell? That's what I was about to say. * Maria looks around. "Snow?" * Chomei blinks as he looks around. "Weird. Glad I'm wearing a jacket." Took the words right out of my TAIL IS FREEZING OFF DAMNIT! [And background music starts playing. The red guys start marching forwards.] * Chie shivers. "Does anybody know what the HELL is going on here?" * Chie rubs her arms. Tank tops were not meant for this kind of weather. ...no? Nope. Don't look at me. Who're the tin cans coming toward us? [Actually, it's not that cold.] * Maria gets up. She shivers a little, but actually doesn't seem to mind the cold much. Baybe because she's already wearing a jacket. ( Maybe, even. ) ... well that no work so well. What the heck is going on? * Chomei shrugs. "I have no idea." * Chie yanks her jacket out of her bag and puts it on. * Rei hugs her arms anyway. Not that cold still isn't suited for summer clothes. She looks up at the victory conditions. "Okay. Think, Rei. Got sucked into a laptop- we're playing a game! We have to beat the game." What, like I should know? Gimme my rope back, Chie. Oh, yeah. [The red guys march right past you, not even noticing you. Makoto sort of slides out of the way to make room for one as he passes.] * Chie unties the rope from around her waist and tosses it to Maria. Guess that plan failed. * Chomei smirks. "So we have to play their game?" ... we sucked into game? How we win? Game? What kind of game? ... and why was people doing research playing game, anyway? This isn't gonna be like that Raze thing, is it? Because I *really* don't wanna get shot again. Hell if I know. * Rei pulls out her laptop and turns it on out of curiosity. "Defeat Dong Zhuo. So... there's some guy named Dong Zhou that we have to beat up. And there's some other guy... Yuan Shao? We have to protect him." Beat some guy named Dong Zhuo. And we have to protect some guy called Yuan Shao. * Makoto exhales when the soldier passes him. There may be some hope for you yet, Gothy. So! Split up, gang? [Someone shouts from somewhere, "This is a just battle, to punishs the traitors that ravage this land." The voice is in English.] Maybe they were taking a break, Laz. * Demotafk is now known as Demota Okay. So where are these people? Wha? Rei, what did that voice just say? And who're the traitors? [He shouts again. "All forces, march toward Hu Lao gate!"] * Chomei shrugs. He summons Rownal. "Got me." Hu Lao gate? Where's that? Rei, do you have a map or something on your laptop? * Chie draws her sword. Hey, she fits right in here, weapon-wise. [A different man yells: "We shall head forward, towards Hu Lao gate!"] * Maria catches the end, wraps the rope up loosely and stuffs it back in her pack. ...okay. So how do we do this? ... this confusing. Someone tell me who needs be hit. I dunno. That'd be handy, but- hey, lookit that! I guess I do. Okay. [A third one calls, "We shall march north, to Hu Lao gate!"] You do? Great! Please enlighten us. [A fourth yells, "We shall head south, straight for Hu Lao gate!"] And will someone please tell me what the hell those people are saying?! ( Oh dear god nooooooo! ) ( And so began the Battle of Hu Lao's Hoop. ) [And a fifth says, "Ha! Your overconfidence shall be your downfall. Archers, stand ready! Shoot all enemies down!"] * Rei jumps up, taking to the air and having a look around. "Forces are dividing... uh, according to the map, probably our forces, 'cause Dong Zhuo's behind the gates." (Yeah, but we're in DW4! It's improved. We have better graphics.) (We get to kill Lu Bu!) (Or maybe not.) ...I think we might want to go to "Hu Lao Gaetu." Whatever that means. Oh. So Dong Zhuo's at Hu Lao Gate? * Makoto squints up at Rei, shading his eyes with an open hand. The doppelganger is still confused, cutie. Please tell him what to do. Behind Hu Lao Gate, anyway. And since we gotta take him out or probably die because that's what characters who lose do, here's the plan. I guess so. If we are, lead the way Rei. * Chie listens. Plans are good, especially plans that end in them not dying. * Rei falls down to the ground and holds the computer for most people to see. "We gotta protect this guy." She points in the eastern section of the map. "And we gotta stop this guy." She points at a blip in the western section. * Lazar palms his pendant, and his human illusion fades. He then listens attentively. * Maria ponders. "If Makoto can find this guy we're supposed to protect, he could be a decoy!" Yeah, there's an idea. ( "I'm Hu Lao!" "No, I'm Hu Lao!" ) * Rei nods. "Okay, so I suggest we split into two groups. One goes east with Makoto, and the other goes west to bust down gates and burn cities and generally kick ass." Bust down gates? Sound like job for golem. *golemgrin* West sounds fun to me. * Chomei smirks. "Okay. I'll go with Laz." Should we split up three and three, or should our usual team of ass- kickers stay together? Oh, okay. What am I going to do in the east? Hrm. * Chomei hmmms... [Words flash across Rei's mini-computer screen: "Sun Jian's forces' moral is dropping!"] Rei, how hard would it be for the enemy to get past us? * Rei loosk at the map again. "Well, I can lead you straight to him, Makoto. I've got the map. As for the rest of you, you just need to follow the horde of people streaming west. They're a pretty good indication you should go that way." I dunno. It's us against an army, but if the game expects you to be alone against an army... So, westward ho for me, then? Or do you and Makoto want somebody to tag along? ( You're not alone. You got your own army :P ) * Maria grins. "You guys have fun. And Rei, signal me if you need backup and I'll come runnin'." * Rei considers. "Go west, Chie! For gold and glory!" You got it! (Like they ever do any good!) * Rei grins at Maria and nods. * Makoto nods at Rei. "Should I go as myself, or incognito, or what?" * Chie grins and raises her sword. "Let's go, guys! Oh, and Rei... be careful, okay?" Yourself 'till we see this guy. Then you can be him! That'll be a hoot. And yeah, we'll be super careful. Woo! Gold! *_* * Chomei looks back at the other two. "Watch yourself you two. Can't have you getting hurt out here, ya know." * Chie nods. "Please do. You too, Makoto." Let's go. Be safe, little ones. * Maria heads for the army! * Chomei starts following the hordes of people going west. * Makoto grins and salutes sharply. "Aye aye!" [The words flash again: "Sun Jian's force is in danger!" This is followed by a shout: "We will not last!"] * Lazar follows Maria. "Always wanted to say this... CHARGE!" * Rei points at the blip on the map. "Go there first!" What? Got it, Rei! This way, guys! * Chie points in the direction of the blip. * Chomei nods. "Let's go!" (MC2^2! ^_^) [After a short run, you come accross your opponents: They look identical to the guys in red, except their clothes are purple-ish. They're armed with swords, spears, or pikes.] (What are we, the black army? ;p) (Yup!) (We shall crush them with our ANGST!) ( We're the orange army. The Forces of Tang! ) (And me without a good AoE attack. ;_;) [There's a guy in a helmet, riding around on a white horse and slashing at the purple guys with a sword. There's also letters floating above his head, saying "Sun Jian" in English.] (This is DW. Every attack's AoE.) (Oh yeah. ^_^) * Chie points at the horseman. "That's Sun Jian. I think we're supposed to help him out." ( This is MC :P ) (MC in DW! ;P) Okay. Help guy on horse. Hurt purple people. Got it. Attack now? * Maria grins. "Right!" she chirps. How far away is Sun Jian? [Not far.] * Chomei steadies his feet. "Gotcha." He pulls Rownal's string back and fires at the mass of purple people. * Chie goes into a ready stance. * Lazar charges! * Maria runs over to nearer him, then. Go, Destroyer Escort Girl! (Do we just jump in?) (I dunno. I just shot at them, though.) ( ...I dunno. Brett? Should we roll init, or just assume we kick their asses? ;) ) ( Roll init once, and we'll use that the rest of the game. ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 11. [Maria, Chomei, Lazar, Chie.] ( All the mooks go last ) ( How many mooks? ) ( I won't call turns until you get to an officer. Just go in order. ) ( There's about 20. ) * Maria dives into the mass of troops and commences to mass clobbering! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 2. [Maria kills (or maybe just KO's) 8 of the enemy troops. Amusingly, her attacks fail to connect with any of the red troops swarming the area.] * Chie whistles. "Niiiiiice." I think I might enjoy this game. Woah. Since when could she do that? Wait... if she can do that? * Chomei fires an energy bolt at the horde of troops. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 2. * Maria pops her knuckles through her gloves. She seems to be enjoying herself. [Chomei's arrow goes through four of the guys.] * Chomei grins. ( Go to it, Lazar ) * Lazar continues his charge, trying to run right through the purple guys with a clothesline. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Lazar runs through them, all right. Literally. Five of them fall over. One of them leaves behind a meat bun! It's spinning slowly and floating in the air. Must be to keep it off the dirty ground.] * Maria grins and dives for the meat bun. Food! * Lazar eyes the meat bun. "... that no usually happen." * Chie grins at her friends' success, then jumps in with an attack of her own. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 6. Watch out! It could be a were-meatbun! [Chie only manages to kill two of the guys.] [The remaining three all attack Chie. Gimme a defense roll, Chie] * Chie pouts. "Aww. How 'come you guys get to kick more ass than I do? Ack!" No, not were-bun. But may no be very sanitary... 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Maria finds she has to eat the meatbun as soon as she touches it. And it's tasty! "Life recovery +10" appears over her head. In English.] [Meanwhile, the guards all slash Chie with their swords. They feel like papercuts.] * Maria grins. "Hey, that was good." (Who's turn now?) I think that was a healing item, Maria. And, hmm. That didn't hurt. If only real life worked this way... ( Maria's ) ( It did hurt. Just not much :P ) (Ehh, she's ignoring it, then. ;p) Eh. I'll kick their butts anyway. * Maria goes and does so! She doesn't make it as fancy this time, tho, sicne there's less butt to kick, overall. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets -3, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I wish I got to hand out more of these, really." ( ...wow. ) (They fall down!) [Maria defeats the rest of the guards all at once. In fact, she kicks them into another division approaching you, and wipes them out, too.] * Chie blinks. "Wow... that was *great*, Maria!" (Maria had lightning element!) * Maria blinks. "...hey, cool. That doesn't normally happen." Nice! ... nice kick, little one. * Maria grins and gives a v-vor-victoly! ^_^_v Woo! So, what next? [Two different looking guys come up: One in full armor, one with a beard and a turban on his head. They both have spears. On has "Li Meng" in Western- alphabet above his head, while the other is "Guo Si".] Hey, let's go kick more ass. I'm sure there're more of these guys around. [Maria's turn] * Chie points at the armored guy. "Li Meng." * Chie then points at the turban guy. "Guo Si." (What color are those guys wearing?) ( Purple ) Do we kick their butts? Wait, purple. So, yeah. If the whole color-coding thing holds up... yeah. (Are they on horses? Black horses?) * Maria leaps for Li Meng and kicks for his face! (Called shot.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 1. Only two, so much be higher rank... ( Nope ) Yup. Yeah. They have names. [Maria kicks the guy. He flies backwards and tumbles a few times, then gets up.] [Chomei's turn!] And apparently they don't go down as easily. Drat. Wow. He's a lot tougher than the others. Didn't know names were so handy. ( They don't apply to real-world physics, either :P ) * Chomei trains his bow on the other guy. His bow cackles with electricity as he fires a lightning arrow at the guy Maria didn't kick. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 7. * Chie looks up above her head. "We don't have our names up there. Then again, if we did, people'd probably come gunnin' for us." Wouldn't they be scared of us, tho? I mean, we have names. We must be tough. [The guy is struck with the arrow, and a lightning bolt comes down from the sky. He falls over, but just for a second, then gets back up. He runs at Maria and swings his spear.] * Chomei grins. "That's a first." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. But... shouldn't he be down? [Maria moves out of the way of the attack in time.] Well, he isn't. So just hit 'im again! [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar runs up to Li Meng and tries to push him to the ground and then jump up and down on him a few times. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Lazar succeeds marvelously. Li Meng's body vanishes, and Lazar finds himself shouting "I defeat officer!"] (Charge attack!) (In english?) [Yes!] * Chie laughs. "Way to go, Laz!" * Chomei blinks. "What did you just say?" [There's a sword where Li Meng's body vanished.] ... what I just say? * Maria giggles. "cool!" [And... Chie's turn!] * Lazar touches the sword curiously. "What this?" * Chie gets a running start and leaps at Guo Si. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Rei's voice comes from out of nowhere. "Good for you!"] [Chie slashes the man, who falls over with a scream. His body vanishes, too, and Chie shouts (in English!) "Enemy officer defeated!"] * Chie powerposes after her unexpected outburst. * Lazar eyes the sword... * Maria giggles. [Someone else shouts, "We musn't fall behind!"] Ooo, sword! * Chomei runs forward. "Heh, what was that?" [Where Guo Si fell is another sword.] * Maria pounceswordgrabs. * Chomei looks at the items with suspicion. He touches one of the swords. Oh, I just had the sudden urge to say that I defeated an enemy officer. In English. And, hey! * Lazar shrugs, and grabs the sword in front of him. No fair taking my prize. * Chie sighs. "Really, guys." [The swords vanish, and words appear over Maria's and Chie's heads "Attack +1!"] But... it's shiny. ;_; [Up ahead, a gate opens.] * Lazar noogies Maria lightly. "That no was nice." Well, guess we'll just have to go defeat some more. Come on! * Chomei looks up and blinks. "Well, okay. No taking the prizes. Let's go!" * Chie heads towards the gate. Gate! Erk! Sorry, Laz. * Lazar charges for the gate, grinning. * Chomei runs torwards the gate. * Maria charges full speed for the gate. And her full speed is really full of speed. ( Ok, Maria, Chomei and Lazar, roll init. ) d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 10. (What about me?) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 8. [Chomei and Lazar get the "Attack +1!"] [And Rei and some other guy reach you.] * Maria pouts. "No shinies for me." * Chomei blinks. "Oh well. You guys want the next ones?" * Maria blinks at Rei and grins. "Hey, Rei! Come kick ass with us! There's plenty to go around!" * Rei waves cheerily. "Hi guys! No, not kick ass, just cause mass CONFUSION!" So give us a second and we'll see if this works. C'mon, Makoto. Confusion is good! Izzat Makoto, or the guy he was supposed to... ah. [From out of nowhere, a battering ram appears and starts rolling away from you, into the fog.] * Chie grins madly. * Makoto is Chinese, and has got a beard and mustache, and a yellow tee-shirt. He seems vaguely depressed. * Rei runs over to the closest group of enemy mooks. ... so we charge now? Yay for confusion and ass-kicking! Aww, but ass kicking... wha? [A familiar voice yells, "Break down the gates with the Ram. Protect the Ram while it heads for Hu Lao gate!"] Confusion? You just caused that with me! Guys! We've got a battering ram to protect! Let's go! Uhm... right. * Lazar follows Rei. "Who needs ram?" Sure! * Chomei runs forward to protect the ram. * Maria runs over to the ram and hops on top of it! Ram surfing! * Makoto follows Rei. I hope this works... * Chie follows along, keeping an eye out for the enemy. [A bunch of guys in red armor come to help you! As you run, a large, 30- ft high wall appears, with a gate that's at least 15 feet high.] [Two enemy units (10 people total) appear and run for the ram as it parks itself in front of the gate and begins ramming it. By itself.] ( And Rei and Makoto, roll init ) * Rei starts flying. People are less likely to hit her with pointy things if she's out of reach. "Wow, I gotta get me one of those, too! It'd be better with a tree hat." d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 12. * Chie blinks. "That's different." (Hehe.) * Maria hops off the ram and jumps into one of the crowds of enemies! [Rei finds she can only fly so high.] Hey, who put the sky so close to the ground? * Chomei chuckles. Bah. Ram made of wood. Golem made of stone. And JUSTICE! [New order: Makoto, Maria, Chomei, Rei, Lazar, Chie] * Makoto looks up, and sees nothing out of the ordinary. "Probably the game designers. I don't think there were any flying military units in the ancient Chinese military." (... golem has a beak?) (My thoughts exactly.) There weren't self-serving battering rams, either. Or fruit loops. ( Beak? Huh? ) (Lazar sticks to magnet!) (*laughs*) ( o/` Rabbit's made of iron, golem has a beak! o/` ) [Makoto's turn] (Right claw north! Left claw south! ...or is it the other way around.) * Makoto pulls out his yo-yo as he approaches some of the purple-armored soldiers. "Hey! Pay attention to meee! I'm Juan Shin, or somebody like that!" * Chie laughs. Yuan Shao! Right! Him! Yuan Shao! Get it right! ( "I'm Juan Toomany!" ) * Chomei blinks. "... Right." * Makoto prepares to clobber the first baddies who get near him... IF they notice him. [Sadly, the soldiers ignore Makoto's cry as they run for the ram.] [Maria!] (Shouldn't their guard be broken by Makoto's cry?) (Only if he'd gotten the name right. ;p) ( ... Y'know... I didn't think of that. ) * Maria mass-clobbers! For fun and justice! ( They were out of range :P ) * Makoto slouches in disappointment. "Rei, I don't think this is working." (I was wondering the same thing. Oh dear.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 1. Just kick their asses. Oh, come *on*. How lame. We worked so hard, too. At least you're cuter normally. [Maria takes down 9 of the enemies. The one poor soul left changes his target from the ram to her.] [Chomei!] * Maria sticks her tongue out at the remaining warrior. * Chomei aims at the group that hasn't been smacked around and shoots an energy bolt at them. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 5. [He doesn't seem to care. And Chomei takes down 5 of those guys.] [Rei!] * Rei zips by the group of five and makes funny faces, then yells, "Your moves are lame like Chomei!" in an effort to distract them. (English or Japanese? Or Chinese?) * Chie cracks up. (Japanese.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 6. Hey! I resent that remark! You resemble that remark, and so much more! [The entire group stumbles.] * Maria giggles! [Lazar's turn!] ... Hey, cool. It's my powerful vocal cords. * Rei clears her throat. * Chomei blinks. "Wow. Man, these guys are weaker than I thought." But you strike fear into the heart of our enemies! Or at least distraction. ( The enemy facefaults! ) * Rei cackles. * Makoto is visibly impressed. * Lazar walks up to the group that Chomei attacked and sweeps a double-axehandle blow across their formation. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Lazar knocks all out.] [Chie! Take down that last guy!] * Chie sighs. "Honestly, guys. You're stealing all my fun!" * Chie runs up to the one remaining guy and does a neat forward thrust-type thing with her sword. * Maria stands aside. "Last one's all yours, Chie." ^_~ 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Chie finishes him off.] [The ram hits the gate a few more times and it explodes. Your commander shouts "Forward! Take Dong Zhuo's head!"] * Rei grooves a victory dance. ... Wow. Forward! * Chomei blinks. "Impressive stuff." Cool! Let's keep going! * Chie motions with her sword and CHARGES! It's just like that virtual reality stuff, only less reality. A lot less reality. I wonder why we don't have little life bars... * Chomei charges in! * Lazar continues ahead. "CHARGE AGAIN!" * Maria jumps over the wall. Why take the gate? [The troops march forwards, but suddenly stop in front of a vicious- looking man on a red horse. They look at him terrified. "I-is that who I think it is?"] * Rei starts charging, then stops when she sees guy on horse. ['Cause Maria can't jump over the wall for some reason.] [The soldiers cry: "It's Lu Bu! Lu Bu's come to destroy us!"] ... that must be big guy. No, this is a different guy. [The guy on the horse casually strikes a soldier down without effort.] * Maria blinks, pouts, and runs through the gate. Hey, wow. Someone who can fight for a change! We're looking for Dong Zhuo. Apparently that's Lu Bu... and I think he might give us a real fight. Bring it on. [Lu Bu is electrified with some kind of aura.] * Chomei levels his bow at Lu Bu and fires at the first opportunity. * Rei looks a the map. "We gotta get through him to reach Dong Zhuo. Uh, this is gonna be kinda ugly. Hey, what's that aura? If we knock him out and he faints, can I keep it?" * Maria runleapkicks at LuBu! Sure thing, Rei. Unlike *other* people, I don't steal my friends' treasure. (Duel!) [As Maria runs at Lu Bu, everyone suddenly disappears except for her and him.] * Chie sticks her tongue out in Chomei's direction. [Lu Bu poses! "You dare face the mighty Lu Bu?"] * Chie then turns back and blinks. "Uh... where'd they go?" ( And everyone means you guys, too. ) (Can we still talk? ^^) * Maria doesn't seem to care much. "Sure! Why not? (Yeah. Don't you know anything? ;p) ( Yes, but you can't seem to find your bodies. ) Kick his ass! Hey, where am I? Why can I only see Maria and Lu Bu? I'm DISEMBODI- oh wait, it's not that traumatic. Uh, guys? Where are we? I'm... not seein' myself here. [Suddenly, Maria finds herself surrounded in a makeshift ring with only Lu Bu!] ( Roll init, Maria ^^ ) Yeah. I can't see myself either. Oh. This must be a cutscene or something. And where'd the boxing ring come from? d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 8. Oh boy... FMV! FMV! Like in a movie. * Chomei laughs. [You also notice a timer at one end of the ring.] [Order: Lu Bu, Maria.] [Lu Bu runs up to Maria and stabs at her! Maria, melee defense at +2!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 7. I would like to state for the record that this is really weird. Noted. Agreed. I'll write it down soon as I have hands. [Lu Bu spears Maria through the stomach, then pulls the spear out and slashes a few times at her while she's still in the air. Then he brings the weapon down overhead, slamming her into the ground.] Well, no. But I will write it down. At some point. On the record, because someone should make- shit! I don't mean make shit, I mean shit, that hurt! Shit! ... no like this. If he hurt little one bad, I shove spear up ass, then I shove horse up ass. * Chie winces, not that anyone can see it or anything. "Aww, shit!" We just said that! [Maria's turn!] * Chie ignores that. "C'mon Maria! Kick his ass! We know you can do it!" ... Wow. Take him down! That looked painful. * Lazar shouts something in Hungarian. Were Peter here, he'd know it translates into one of Hungary's better curses, "A horse's dick up your ass!" Can Maria tag out? * Maria glares at Lu Bu, and goes to to do him what she did to all those masses of troops! Or try, anyway. How's she gonna tag us? 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 7. Ya got me. [Maria doesn't even hit Lu Bu.] Dammit! [Lu Bu slashes at Maria in retalliation!] ( Another roll, +2 ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 9. ( What the hell is with the +2, anyway? He's got a spear, it can't be spreading or something. :P ) (He's Lu Bu. Do you need to ask?) [Lu Bu brings his halbard across Maria's gut, then moves in and hits her with the bottom, sending her up into the air. She lands on the ground with a thud.] ( Aura of Really Dang Strong :P ) [Maria's turn!] * Maria gets to her feet again, amazingly. She glares at Lu Bu, and then kicks right for his spear. Literally, not figuratively. ( 'Sides, the way Lu Bu swings the thing, it practically is spreading ^^; ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 5. (Brett's right about that. But you can always jump. ;p) [Lu Bu catches Maria's foot on the end of his spear!] [He taunts her instead. "Why do you even try?"] [Then a gong sounds, and everyone comes back.] * Maria taunts back. "Anyone ever tell you your mom dresses you funny?" * Rei dances. "I have feet again!" * Chie runs over to Maria as soon as she can. "Hey, you okay?" [Maria finds she's not injured anymore! And Lu Bu is riding his horse a short distance away.] No? We're back! And... Maria, maybe somebody else should try. Somebody other than me. ...wait, yes I am. Why am I okay? * Makoto eyes Lu Bu. I go. It looks like the fight didn't happen because you lost. * Rei flies through the gate. "Hey, ugly! I got an Ueda special for ya!" * Chomei aims his bow at Lu Bu. He draws the string and fires. * Lazar marches towards Lu Bu. * Chie lets out a sigh of relief. "Good. And, yeah, Laz. I think you need to... dammit, guys!" ...what? Well dammit, someone needs to tell him his mom dresses him funny! 'Cause she DOES! [Lu Bu swings at Rei as she passes through the gate.] 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 10. (Oh, hell no.) He probably has squires to dress him, or something. Ah... Maria... it looks like they're not dueling any more. Maybe we should help. [Ouch. Rei gets swatted out of the sky.] [Maria's turn!] Rei! Shit! Rei! * Rei shrieks as she crashes into a wall. * Maria leaps at Lu Bu again, kicking for his face this time. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets -1. * Makoto cringes when Rei gets swatted. ( Called shot to disarm. And TAKE THAT, BU HU. ) [Maria kicks him, and he falls off his horse! He sommersaults off his horse and lands on his feet. And no, you can't disarm his face. Sorry Maria.] * Lazar eyes Rei's crash, and GROWLS. (Aww, but he didn't need it.) [Chomei's turn!] ( Damn! ;_; ) ( Lu Bu is king of NO FACE! ) ( *cracks up* ) * Chomei winces as Rei is swatted, but keeps his sight on Lu Bu as his bow cakcles with electricity. He fires a lightning arrow at Lu Bu. ( * Lu Bu has lost face! -1 morale! ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Chomei shoots Lu Bu, getting the lightning effect again. But Lu Bu gets back up shortly.] [Rei's turn!] * Rei gets to her feet and winces. She pulls one hand back and throws a buncha nothing at Lu Bu. "No sanity for you!" 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 7. * Chie is glad to see Rei back on her feet. "Get 'em, Rei!" [Lu Bu suddenly makes an "oof!" sound, spins 300 degrees, and looks down at the floor as little birdies fly around his head.] [Makoto's turn!] * Chie grins. "Awright!" Nice Rei! * Maria grins. * Rei grins and gives a thumbs up with one hand, though she still isn't looking so hot. * Makoto is, in fact, not at all picky about his targets. He rushes the dazed Lu Bu and lashes low with his yo-yo, trying to tangle up the guys legs and knock him down. This world's physics don't seem to favor letting people fall over, but you never know... 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Makoto's right. His yo-yo passes through Lu Bu's legs. There's a smacking sound, but Lu Bu seems to pay it as much regard as Chie did to those troops from before.] [Lazar's turn!] * Makoto makes sure to shuffle the slightest bit to one side, so that Lazar won't run him over if the golem charges. * Lazar lumbers over to Lu Bu, tries to stomp down on his foot to hold him in place, then tosses off a right hook-left cross-right uppercut combo. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Lazar finds that while he can stomp down on Lu Bu's foot easily enough, he can't hold him in place. His punches connect, causing Lu Bu to fly back through the air, but he somersaults and lands on his feet.] [Chie's turn!] * Lazar does the Golem Grunt of Why Is He Still Standing? * Chie whispers a few words, and her sword glows with a silver light. She then takes a step forward and swings in Lu Bu's direction. "Spirit Stream!" The light flies off the blade, and... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 3. [The blast collides with Lu Bu, who takes it with an "Ugh!" But stays standing.] [The red guys with you run up to Lu Bu and attack! Some hit, some don't, none seem to do any real damage.] Still going? Damn. Oh, did you catch that, Chomei? [The commander's voice reaches you. "Attack Dong Zhuo! Forget about Lu Bu!"] I caught all of it. We have more important things to worry about, though. Yeah. We're being ordered to move on. [Lu Bu wipes out the mooks with one swing.] ... they want us to ignore him? No make sense... * Makoto looks around for this "Dung Joe" person. They don't want us killed, I think. Fine, fine, take all the fun out of it. Ignore what? * Rei checks her map. "Dong Zhuo's ahead, past Lu Bu." * Chomei smirks. "I think we can take this guy." [Makoto sees four directions to go: Forward, back, or up the stairs on either side of the backside of the gate.] Rei? We stayin' here or movin' on? If we take him out and protect this gate, we've got Yuan Shao covered. [Lu Bu busies himself with smacking more mooks.] Uhm... split up? That never work well! * Chomei snaps his fingers. "I got an idea." He starts heading up the right stairs. [A guy with a naginata-like weapon and an extremely long beard runs past, for Lu Bu. The name over his head reads "Guan Yu"] True. Rei says that the bad guy is ahead. We should find him. And here comes the cavalry, looks like. Rei? Whic- Chomei! Bad Chomei! (I'm a baaaad boy.) * Rei grins at Chomei. "No, he's got the right idea." [Atop the gate, Chomei sees a single urn.] * Rei peers at the map. "Well, shit. We barely scratched him. That's it! We ignore him and take out Dong Zhuo! * Chomei blinks. He looks inside the urn. What about this Guan Yu guy? Who? Bu Bu? [Chomei sees a deep pit of blackness.] Yeah, Bu Bu the Friendly Ghost. Get down here, Chomei! So which way? Yeah. Coming! [Guan Yu is fighting Lu Bu. He must be on your side, because his name is in blue letters.] * Rei checks the map again, then points straight ahead. * Chomei kicks the urn over before he leaves. [The urn shatters! There's three bottles tied together left in its wake, floating in the air and spinning.] ... * Chomei grabs it and runs. * Lazar heads straight ahead, then! * Makoto goes straight, too! Get moving or your ass is grass, archer boy! * Rei goes! On my way! [Chomei finds he drinks it as soon as he grabs it. "EP +10!" appears over his head.] * Chomei runs down the stairs! * Chie waits for Chomei to catch up, then runs after the others. ( Oh god, you're stuck in DW again? ) * Maria hops over Lu bu and heads in the direction Rei pointed! (Yes, but we upgraded to DW4!) Where to? We need find Darn Shoe! Dong Zhuo! Right. Lead the way! Gesundheit, little one! Dung Zoo! Right! * Chie laughs and keeps running. "Never mind." [Everyone suddenly vanishes again, except for Lazar and a woman in a silk dress. She poses with her twin maces and asks, "Can you survive my dance of death?"] * Chomei runs after Chie. Uh. Again? ( Yes? ) ... Bwahahaha! Oh wait. I'm disembodied again. [The letters over her name read: "Diao Chan"] What's up now? Lazar's gonna duel Diao Chan! Well, if he says yeah. She looks kinda wimpy. Yeah. And what's with the dress? Hey, wow. Is this what it's always like, Rei? Lazar, say yes already! No kidding. That's gotta be the least practical fighting outfit I've ever seen. You don't got a lotta time here! Yeah, really. Diao-chan? Say yes Laz! ... you have bad dialogue. Yes, I survive. Hey, that's a preeetty dress. *_* Dunno why she'd fight in it. [Lazar finds himself facing Diao Chan in the same wooden ring Maria was in earlier.] ( Roll init, Lazar ^^ ) ... Right. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 10. [Lazar goes first] I still say we coulda taken that Lu Bu guy. Go, Laz! Kick 'er ass! * Lazar walks up to Diao Chan and tries to headbutt her. "Go away. We busy." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Maria cheers! "Go Laz Go!" [Lazar succeeds. Diao Chan staggers back, then swings her maces at Lazar.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 6. [Lazar gets hit twice. Surprisingly, it rather hurts.] C'mon, Laz! You can do it! She hit you! Are you gonna take that? * Lazar winces, then advances again, grabbing for Diao Chan's head and trying to repeatedly slam her face into his chest. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Lazar barely manages to succeed, but he does, and she screams and falls over, gasping "Freed... from the chaos."] Man, sucks to be her. Can we keep her dress? [Everyone comes back, and Lazar shouts, "I defeat officer!" There's a shield where Diao Chan was.] ... Have I already said something about this being weird? Yes. But you can say it again. Aww, but chaos is fun! Especially when we're the ones causing it! [Someone else shouts, "Impressive!"] Sure!... aww, just a lousy shield. Thank you. This is weird. * Lazar grabs the shield. "How odd." * Rei giggles. ["Defense +1!" Appears over Lazar's head.] ... what it say over head? Yeah. What's up with that? Your defense improved by one. [Up ahead, another gate opens, revealing a city up ahead.] Let's go! * Rei goes! * Chomei nods and runs into the city! Woohoo! * Maria runs into the city! ... what that mea- okay, defend better. CHARGE YET AGAIN! *charge* * Chie goes. Woo! [A really mean-sounding voice shouts, "At this point, I have no need of Luo Yang! Burn the city, and keep the invaders out!" The city catches fire as 10 soldiers rush at you, and 5 archers stand back and fire at you.] [Makoto!] ( Mm.... 6 player DW4... ) (That'd be so nifty.) (Archers goin' DOWN!) * Makoto leaps forward and lay about the 10 soldiers with his yo-yo, aiming specifically for unarmored spots. (Called shot to avoid the armor) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-2) and gets 8. (Our archer can kick their archers' asses!) (Why bother?) [Makoto actually misses the soldiers.] [Maria's turn!] ( Because Makoto is having trouble understanding the physics of this stupid game. ) (The only thing that can beat an archer is another archer.) (Or a person with a sharp pointy implement...) ( Or Gan Ning ) (Which we have one each of, so...) [Chomei's turn] * Chomei aims at the archers and fires an energy bolt at them. [Now that you've entered the city, the music changes.] Hey, music change. There was music? Go figure. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Chomei shoots through 4 of the archers. They seem weaker than the normal soldiers.] [Maria] * Maria jumps into the crowd of mooks and starts swinging! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Maria beats the air up.] [Rei's turn] * Rei cracks her knuckles and makes a throwing motion at the mass of mooks. "One possibly mass confusion special, coming up!" 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 5. [Three of the mooks do 300 degree turns and look down at the floor as birdies spin around their heads.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar steps foward and throws a double punch into the crowd of mooks. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 1. [Lazar punches through 7 mooks!] [Chie's turn!] Nice. ^_^ * Chie charges in and swings at the remaining mooks. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. [Chie defeats the rest of the mooks. Only the archer is left. He shoots at Chomei!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 3. (Made by 3) [Chomei dodges the arrow.] [Makoto!] * Makoto covers the rest of the distance and just whacks a stupid archer. He swings harder than is strictly necessary, because he's getting frustrated. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-3) and gets 4. [Makoto knocks him out.] [A bunch of arrows appear where he was standing!] Go us! And we go this way! ... huh. * Makoto grabs the arrows. Right! * Rei takes to the air and zips forward. * Chie charges! * Makoto follows everybody! * Chomei chrages forward! [Makoto finds he now has ten arrows. "Arrows +10" appears over his head.] (Unless Makoto can't grab the arrows. ^_^;) ( Yeah! Arrows! ) * Lazar follows. (He also suddenly has a bow!) (Watch it, Makoto. You're turning into Chomei. ;p) (Hey, I like bows!) ( Nooooooo! ) [You run forwards, coming to a small gate. Two people try to stop you: One looks like that armored guy from before, now riding a black horse. His name is Li Jue. The other looks like a scholar, wearing a funny hat and carrying a sword. He's Jia Xu.] [Makoto!] [Meanwhile, the commander shouts "Here is where I show my authority!"] * Makoto holds back, out of range of the swordsmen. He's getting the hang of this game, and he'd rather not close distance unless he's guaranteed to finish somebody off. ( I knew I forgot something ^^; ) (You forgot to have him burn the city!) [The guy on the horse rides up and tries to spear...] d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets 1. ( No, he burned the city. ) (Ah, okay.) [Li Jue swings his spear at Chie!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Chie gets smacked with the spear. It hurts significantly more than the normal troops' attacks.] [Maria's turn!] (Which still doesn't say much.) Ow! Chie! Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. Gonna pay him back good for that, though. * Maria leaps up to kick the guy on horseback on the side of his head! ( "As soon as it's my turn!" :P ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 2. (Yes. ;p) ( Called shot to dismount. ;) ) [Maria kicks him off the horse!] [He lands flat on the ground, and gets up after a sec.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei takes aim at the guy. A wind picks up around his bow as a white arrow materializes in it. He fires the arrow with unerring accuracy at Li Jue. 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-7) and gets 0. * Chie blinks. "Hey, that's new, isn't it?" Yup. Just mastered it yesterday. [The arrow accurately hits Li Jue, sending him flying through the air. He manages to somersault and land on his feet, though.] [Rei's turn!] * Rei grins and Mind Twists Jia Xu. "Watch the birdie!" 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 4. [Jia Xu's sword makes a "clang!" sound as he blocks nothing.] ... What the hell? Okay, this game's weird, but nothing should be- uh- no? * Rei pouts. * Chomei blinks. "How do you block that?" [Jia Xu points at Rei with a hand and shouts, "Ha!" a hadoken-like projectile flies from his palm towards Lazar!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 8. [Lazar gets hit with the projectile and drops right to the ground.] Laz! Laz?!? [Lazar's turn!] I okay. Just knock me down... ow. Laz? * Chie shakes her head. "This is getting weirder by the second..." * Makoto winces sympathetically when Laz falls. * Lazar gets up, stomps towards Jia Xu, and tries to pick him, turn him upside down, and repeatedly slam him head-first into the ground. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Lazar does just that. Jia Xu gets up after a few seconds on the ground.] [Chie's turn!] * Chie gets a running start again and leaps at Li Jue. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Li Jue spins and falls, screaming. His body vanishes, leaving a box. Chie shouts "Enemy officer defeated!" in English!"] Gotcha! * Chie touches the box. ["Get item!" appears over Chie's head.] [Jia Xu starts to run away!] Hey, get 'im! Ooh. What'd I win? Hey, get back here! [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto chases the fleeing enemy and tries to swat him one with the yo-yo. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-3) and gets 2. ( If I can get close enough, anyway. Yo-yos have a bit of range. ) [Makoto swats him. Jia Xu cries out and disappears, leaving behind another box. Makoto shouts, "I defeated an officer!"] Whoo! [Someone replies, "Good job!"] * Chomei is beginning to sweat, but he's still smiling. "Whoo!" All right! [That mean voice from before shouts, "Grr... Retreat for now!"] * Maria grabs the box! Let's chase down this Dong Zhuo guy! * Makoto beams proudly, for no reason at all, and grabs for the box. Let's go get this Dong Zhuo... out of my head, Chomei! ( Makoto and Maria, init rolls ) But I'm not in your head! Grab the box and go! Hey, maybe the caffeine's finally working! * Rei zooms towards Dong Zhuo. Hey, you already got one! * Chomei starts running after Dong Zhuo! d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 13. * Chie runs after Rei and Chomei. Who this Dong Zhou guy? I though we after Damn Shoe... *runs* d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 8. Maybe it is! * Chie grins. [Maria zips past Makoto and snags the prize. "Get ITEM!" appears over her head (and it shoulda been in caps like that for the last one, too. I forgot it does that ^^;)] (Just be glad I'm not running for them.) Hee! [Up ahead, a man in a turban, riding a horse, confronts you with a buncha troops. His name is Fan Chou.] Man, *another* one? This guy isn't Dong Zhou, either. * Maria eyes the guy. "You can't have my box, either!" * Rei looks at the map. Where is he Rei? If we stop now, we'll never get Dong Zhuo. Keep moving! * Rei flies to the left a bit, then keeps going. Got it! * Chie veers left and keeps running. * Chomei keeps running for Dong Zhuo. * Makoto tries to get around this guy, too. * Lazar follows. * Maria jumps over Fan Mail and runs for Dong Zhuo! [Fan Chou tries to chase you, but an incredibly handsome man with long hair and a curved sword dashes through the gate and jumps, knocking Fan Chou off his horse. Above his head is "Zhou Yu"] (Ah, Zhou Yu the prettyboy.) * Chie turns back and yells. "Thanks! Hey, you're kinda cute!" She grins, then turns back and keeps running. * Chomei keeps running, ignoring the bishi with a sword. [After a bit of running, you come across a large man on a horse. He's got a thick beard, a wicked sneer, bad teeth, and a jagged curved blade. He's heading for a gate.] * Maria sparkleeyes at Zhou, but decides to go kick ass instead. [Above his head is "Dong Zhuo"!] Is that him? Here's the one we want! Let's go kick ass! Dong Zhuo! I kick! Finally. [Makoto's turn!] Knock him off his horse! I'll try! * Makoto charges the mounted guy, because there doesn't really seem to be any other effective tactic, and tries to knock him off of the horse. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Makoto knocks him right off!] [Maria's turn!] Nice job, Makoto! * Maria tries to kick the sword out of DZ's hand! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 0. Thanks! [Maria kicks the sword, causing Dong Zhuo to stumble, but he doesn't let go. Or maybe he can't.] Nice! [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei fires a ice arrow at Dong Zhuo. "You're not going anywhere!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Dong Zhuo is frozen in a chunk of ice!] Awesome! [Rei's turn!] ...cool. * Maria giggles. Bad pun, Maria. * Chie grins. * Rei hangs back and doesn't do much. Or anything, really. "Really bad pun. Go hit him or something for me! I'd probably just freeze myself." * Chomei wipes his brow as he grins. "Yeah... I think I'm gonna need to take a break after this though." [Lazar's turn!] Like something that gets frozen solid in blocks of ice. ( Laz? ) * Lazar ponders how exactly to attack this guy... Just hit him! * Lazar shrugs, runs at the guy, and goes for a kick to the little Dong. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 3. (You like doing that far too much, Laz.) [Lazar uses his trademark move against the guy. He doesn't respond much. Prolly 'cause he's frozen in a block of ice.] [Chie's turn!] ( It's only the second time. And I'm running low on attack ideas. ^_^; ) (You're running low on attack ideas? Every time I want a new attack, I gotta spend EP/CP on it.) * Chie whispers, and her sword glows with silver light. "Spirit Stream!" She slashes in Dong Zhuo's direction, and the energy flies forward... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 5. (You have fifty jillion types of arrows, Chomei. No complaining from you. ;p) (Aww... why not?) (Because I'll beat you up!) (You'll do that anyways, Ard.) (Oh yeah.) [The blast hits Dong Zhou, who falls over, crying "No! My power!... My... ambition..." Then Chie shouts, "Enemy officer defeated!"] * Rei giggles. * Chie runs towards where he fell, hoping to get whatever he's going to drop before anyone else does. * Chomei smiles. "Too bad I didn't get to shout that. Might help me learn Engrish." My turn! Can I have one? Maybe not. [A big sign appears, saying "Allied Forces Victorious!" Everyone poses!] * Rei poses! * Chomei poses? * Chie poses! * Makoto poses! Yeah! Sure! Rei hasn't gotten one! ^_^ * Rei kicks Chomei in the shin. POSE, damn you! * Maria poses! ^_^_v * Chomei poses! XD Okay, fine. It's only fair. ^_^ Nah, I don't think he dropped anything. So we're posing 'cause we won. [You're then taken to a room with a big map that shows a replay of what you did :P] Yeah. And you know how important fairness is to us thieves. * Chie laughs. * Lazar poses. "... I feel good, but silly." * Chomei chuckles, then sits down. * Rei watches it go. Whoo! Look at her and Makoto run around ineffectively! * Makoto snickers. ... so where missing people? [Then the map disappears, and Chie's and Maria's boxes open. Chie's contains a brownish scroll, while Maria's contains a a horned helmet.] I dunno Laz. * Rei blinks, then looks around. "... Well, damn." * Chie takes the scroll. "Um, yay?" Maria got a magic helmet. Now all she needs is a spear. * Maria picks up the helmet. "Hm." She tries it on for the hell of it. Is it shiny? Spear? Yeah, where are Eoi-sensei and Rei's dad and the prof? A ~horned~ spear would be even better. [Then suddenly, you all (including Peter, Eoi and Shig) get spat out into a room with two guys, one of which asks the obvious question: "What the hell?!"] [Session End]