[Day: Friday, July 2nd. Time: Late'o'Clock] [In the dead of night (not literally, tonight, but you never know with this game), a pink luxury chopper lands at the nearest convenient available chopper landing location, that being the airport. Off it come 5 members of MC2, 3 members of MC1 and the Fantastic Francine, whom you all know and love mostly because you came here in her chopper and she's going to make a vampirization-curing potion for you later, provided you can find Asanjya, who has the much needed Nectar of the Gods. Oh, and Victoria grabbed Ambition.] [Sound good? Good.] [MC2.exe. Translate!!] * Reizar gets off the chopper so he doesn't block the exit. He looks... worried. Yeah, worried's a good word for it. * Chisanjya hops off. Does she look worried? Hell yes. * Chelsea steps off the chopper. "So this is how the poor travel." * Choria gets off the chopper. He's got a determined on his face, and of course isn't that happy. * Mamei stays on the chopper. "Uhm... you guys go ahead." ( Apparently Karditsa is a town, not a city... Oh well. I guess sometime in the next 60 years, there was a big population boom there. ) * Lazie hops off the chopper, looking somewhat ashen. He's got Chie's bag in one hand, and a few folded-up sheets of paper in the other. * Shigeru steps off the chopper. He eyes Chelsea for a moment, then looks around. * Lazie walks over to Chelsea and speaks in Hungarian. ["Can you do me a favor?"] * Mamei fidgets, then hops off the chopper, muttering to herself. * Chisanjya takes a deep breath, then slowly lets it out. * Lazie holds out the folded sheets of paper to Chelsea, keeping a tightish grip against the winds from the chopper. {"In case this all gets fucked up, I wrote some stuff... in Hungarian. Hold onto it for me, and if things do go bad, read it to them."] * Shigeru looks at Lazie, then scans the area more thoughtfully, and ends up pointing ahead. "That way's my best guess." ( "Dear coworkers. IT'S YOUR FAULT I'M DEAD!!! Your buddy, Lazar" ) (He's such a sweetheart.) * Chelsea nods and makes the message disappear. ("Dear Lazar, It's your fault I don't have a body anymore. Hugs 'n kisses, Chie") * Eoi hops off the chopper. ( Nah. It's just blaming Dicey. =P ) About damn time, Eoi. * Chelsea grins. "He must've fallen asleep." I was just sle.. err, checking out Naginata. * Chisanjya snorts. "Uh-huh." [Francine evidently changes her mind and decides to stay on board.] * Shigeru rolls his eyes. "Sure. In your dreams." He starts walking in the direction he pointed. * Eoi follows afterwards. * Choria is a grumpy sourpuss and follows. * Chisanjya follows, too, staying towards the back of the group. * Lazie looks back at Francine. "Please be ready if we get Nectar back." ( How much time left, approximately? ) * Reizar walks along, too, looking around nervously. Hoo boy. * Chisanjya is gripping Asanjya's staff so tightly that her knuckles are white, although she's also got her spirit sword slung over her back in a makeshift holder. * Chelsea walks alongside Shigeru, glancing about casually. ( Like 15 hours ) * Reizar looks at Chisanjya. "It'll be okay." * Mamei follows in the rear and becomes inconspicuous. * Chisanjya does the deep inhalation/exhalation thing again before looking up at Rei. "Hope so." [Shig leads you out front of the airport.] ( Gimme sight rolls. ) Listen to Rei. She knows what she is talking about, even if she is giant and made of rock now. * Choria looks over at Chisanjya. "There's no hope about it. It *will* be okay." * Reizar grins, suddenly. "Of course I know what I'm talking about! Because I'm right! Aren't I right, Chomei?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6) and gets 4. * Chisanjya smiles. "Glad I've got you three here. Thanks." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 10. * Choria bluntly answers. "Yup." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it." And I say he's lame. How right is that? 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6-4) and gets 4. Not very. But it *is* right, because you just said so. There we go. See? So cheer up, because not only will you be okay, Chomei will be as lame as ever, and it will be good. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6) and gets 3. ( I made it! ) (U R SMRT!) ( :D ) * Chisanjya laughs. "Okay, okay. Not sure I agree with you about the lame bit, but the rest, yeah." ( My goodness. Just like old times. ) (You missed us, Chel! ;_;) ( I did! ;_; ) [Those who made it sport someone up ahead, though it be dark, so you don't make out much more than an outline.] * Reizar squints. "What's that?" Somebody up ahead. * Shigeru peers, then blinks. "Rei?" And then he looks at Lazar's body, and shakes his head. * Mamei scouts ahead, still being sneaky and, hopefully, unseen. * Eoi looks ahead. Asanjya? What's what? If she's in my daughter's body, then that'd be her. She is. Asanjya! * Asanjei walks out from the gloom. "Oh, good. You guys are here." * Reizar claps his hands over his mouth. And then he lets go and cheers. "You're okay!" Well, that was surprisingly easy. * Mamei gets up to Asanjei. False alarm. *remains sneaky* Which means the next part should be unusually hard, yes. Sorry. Crazy thing - Victoria snuck up and stole the Nectar! I noticed her sneaking away and I had to follow her, but I think she managed to avoid me. Well, that's great. * Lazie sighs. "Is good. Thought silly Rei cousin Chomei cousin Chelsea daughter Reidad something what have stupid cursed sword got you..." Aww, man. Do you have any idea where she is? She's got Ambition, too. It's this crazy cursed sword thing, like I told you about, got my brother. I think I told you about it? * Chisanjya sighs. "Dammit." Not that this is a surprise, but still. * Mamei hops up onto the nearest building and goes looking for Victoria. I remember the bit about your brother, yeah... who are they? * Asanjei points to Eoi and Shig. Rei's dad and my teacher. Yeah! You can probably tell which is which. I'm obviously Rei's father. * Asanjei peers. "I do believe I can." * Chisanjya snickers. * Chelsea nods to the newcomer. "Charmed." Naginata. Naginatas, yay. ... and that confirm that stupid cursed sword have nectar. *mutters* * Chisanjya laughs even harder at Shigeru's comment. * Eoi blinks and rubs his head for a second. "Well, good news. I know where she is." * Asanjei frowns. "So... this Ambition... what, exactly, is it, other than a sword that screws with your head?" * Shigeru deadpans, "The Naginata says that if Victoria... ah, Chelsea. How much is your daughter like you? If I remember right, people with a flair for the dramatic..." * Chisanjya turns. "You get a vision, Eoi-sensei? Oh, dammit, ruined the joke." She is more cheerful, less lethal. It likes to kill everyone closest to its host? * Eoi motions to Chelsea. "Her daughter and El Swordo of Suck are in some temple. Looks rebuilt kinda recently. Saw the word "Apollo." Apollo. That's a god, right? I'm afraid that less lethal part likely went. A temple of Apollo? Hrm. I suppose we are close, although I keep encouraging her to rebel against me. Rebellion won't work until you don't want it. * Shigeru reaches for his computer, but Reizar's got him beat, already typing away. Apollo Apollo. Don't tell me we stepped into a war between rival gods. It can cut through golem like cursed sword through golem, Asanjya. Is very powerful. It would be par for the course. * Shigeru lets his daughter do the work. * Asanjei nods absently, then slyly looks over at Chelsea. "Why, hello, Chelsea. Didn't notice you there." Typical, isn't it? * Chelsea smiles at Asanjya. "Of course you didn't. I hope you don't fear associating with me without a pentagram about my feet?" * Reizar points dramatically. "That way!" As long as we're not signing away bits of my soul tonight, I don't. * Reizar lumbers 'that way'. * Chisanjya follows that way. * Shigeru raises an eyebrow at Chelsea and Asanjya. "You'll have to tell me that story sometime." He walks after his daughter. * Eoi goes thataway. * Asanjei walks along, mostly beside Reizar. * Chelsea smirks. "I wouldn't dream of it." And follows that-way. * Mamei comes back empty-handed and follows the others, still silent and unseen. * Choria follows. * Lazie walks, pulling the demon-killing sword out of Chie's bag as he does. ( Oh my >.> ) * Chisanjya looks over at herself. "Hey, Laz? Might wanna ix-nay on the obvious weapons for the moment." [You walk!] If it comes to a fight, you can get it out of there fast enough. Trust me. As long as we're passing out tips, stick to the Gripping Ring tonight, Chie. I don't know how well my spells work on actual demons. Gotcha. ... why? It cursed sword. It no going think we there for milk and cookies. * Chelsea draws a small, obsidian dagger with a heavily jeweled hilt and kirby pommel from... somewhere. Laz. Put the sword away. *looks over at Chelsea* Okay. You know what? Never mind. * Lazie eyes Chie, then looks over at Chelsea, then nods. "It going to come down to fight. Always come down to fight." [You get to the temple! It's a small, long, narrow structure overlooking the lake. It consists of a single room surrounded by collumns.] * Shigeru closes his eyes and sighs, then opens them. "With any luck, we can weaken her enough for Eoi to perform an exorcism on the sword." You'll help with that, Laz. Yeah, that worked so well before. Ooh, it's like a long, small, narrow deathtrap! I wonder if she put the blowguns with darts in, and the fire pits, and the closing spiked rooms. A good plan. It would avoid much bother. THis time, we break the sword into tiny pieces and send those pieces into space. (BOTHERBOTHERBOTHER!) How about the sun? Someone might collect all the pieces in space. I like that plan. Can it be broken? (So MC 5 gets to deal with dozens of possesed space invaders, good call :P) * Asanjei starts floating. (Eh, we'll be dead or evil by then, so we won't care. :P) If this work, and I cured, and get back in right body... after kill Dracula, we put in ton safe, fill with wards, and I carry to deepest part of ocean. Nah, Ocean to is too easy to get to. I would offer to hide it in Hell, but that's been done before. ( See how well it worked? :) ) I walk from Russia to Japan, Eoi. Very deep ocean. Many deep, deep places to hide. Could you *please* stop talking about that?! * Eoi laughs. "Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it." Also, I would advise you all to go ahead and draw your weapons. Victoria is a very capable and very resilient foe, and as she is possessed by Ambition, she will likely come out swinging, as it were. * Choria pulls out his bow. "Well, if we're going to be obvious about it." * Lazie looks over at Chie. "... sorry, Chie. Forget." * Chisanjya lets out a ragged breath. "S'okay." She swaps Asanjya's staff for her sword. * Shigeru frowns in concentration, and his eyes flicker dark for a moment, then he shakes his head. "Your daughter also has a slippery mind, Chelsea. She's in there." * Reizar fidgets. "So... we're going in? Of course we're going in." She does? I am bursting with pride I assure you. When don't we go in? It's an obvious trap. Perhaps we should merely open the doors for her. Be careful, Rei. Stupid cursed sword cut through golem skin like normal person skin. We could try to starve her out, if she weren't a demon. But she is. * Asanjei rubs her chin. "Christian Rock music, perhaps? Psychological warfare? Would that even work?" * Reizar eyes said doors. "Think she'll come running out to say hi if we do?" * Chisanjya moves to the back of the group. "Asanjya? Think I should start prepping a spell?" Yeah, I get it, Lazar. Like weak mushy human flesh to normal sword. Victoria might like it, and Ambition would not care. * Reizar goes to, well, open the doors! Sure. * Lazie mutters. "Sorry I give damn..." No... hold on till you see her. You'll waste energy otherwise. Okay. [You open the door! Inside, the room is basically a long, wide hallway lined with columns. At the end of the hallway is the statue of Apollo. And sitting at the statue's base is Victoria. She's in her typical getup, her right hand resting on the familiar katana. And in her left, she tosses and catches the Buddha o' Nectar.] * AtLeastOneKirby is now known as Victoria ( I thought we had the Buddha, but it was empty? ) * Chelsea rolls her shoulders, and says "Hello, Victoria. Do come out?" ( Actually, last time it was a gourd. I totally forgot about the Buddha ) ( Either way... ) * Victoria must have swapped Buddhas when you weren't looking! * Reizar waves, kinda-cheerfully. It's a little weird, Lazar waving kinda-cheerfully at Victoria who's holding Ambition, but hey. * Victoria tosses. Toss. "Why bother? Do you really want to fight me?" Well, yes. Actually, if just want to give nectar and apologize, that okay too. That sword just isn't any good. I could get you a nice Naginata instead. * Chelsea fingers the hilt of the rapier at her hip. "You could, of course, surrender the nectar, give up the sword, and we could all go get ice cream. But how likely is that?" * Victoria stops tossing the Buddha, and rises to her feet. "Heh. You have no idea, do you? There's no point in trying to talk to her. I'm in control." Give her back! What a pitty. Victoria's much more intelligent than you, I'm sure. She would accept my offer. Who can turn down ice cream and pie? * Shigeru shakes his head. * Asanjei floats, quietly, but paying attention. Since when, I wonder, does Ambition trade banter? * Victoria laughs. "And give up this body?" She raises her sword a bit; it's covered in a thick, dark purple mist. "The power in this one is beyond anything I've ever experienced." She looks at Shig. "Far greater than I thought you were." Ambition always struck me as the talkitive type. I'm hurt. * Shigeru nods. "Yeah, he is. It's because he knows he's beaten. Again." * Chelsea waves dismissively. "Bah. It is only my daughter. Would you not like something better?" * Victoria laughs aloud. Always so confident. They always are. Until they start dying. Oh yes, that reminds me, Mr. Ueda. How's your son? * Reizar fumes. * Shigeru glares at Victoria. "Recovering. Sorry you didn't manage to get them to kill him, aren't you?" * Chelsea shrugs. "You seem insistent on making bad decisions, sword. So be it." ( I tried my be- oh, wait. Not supposed to say that. >_> ) * Victoria smirks. "Even the battles I lost, it wasn't a total waste. It never is. How about your wife? I hear her mental stability isn't so great. And that poor woman at the emperor's tomb." She shakes her head. (Chie'd be thrown through a wall, and Chie might resent that.) (Chie would resent that!) And you say I'm the one who's beaten. Oh, I'm gonna hurt you special for that one, you stupid non- Naginata. * Asanjei nudges Chisanjya and nods. Are you? Will you cripple this body, too? No, I was talking about you, not Victoria. You *are* the one in control, aren't you? * Chisanjya makes sure she's out of sight of Victoria and starts chanting softly. * Victoria smiles. "Oh? I wonder about that. Apparently, she feels some of you would certainly like to." * Chelsea yawns and stretches. "Are we quite done? Unless you have some intention of surrendering, I should like to hurry to the part where I destroy you." * Choria shrugs. I assume that is because you are whispering evil things into her ear. Y'know, like all good supervillians do. * Victoria shrugs. "Okay. I'll just smash this container first." ... how about no? * Shigeru draws his mostly-hidden wakizashi. Still hasn't seen much use, ever, but it was well-kept. "Why are you holding it, exactly? Since you're in a gloating mood." Because you need it. Don't you? I wasn't aware you were doing us any favors. * Chelsea blinks, looking honestly amazed. "So that's your plan? To lure us here and fight us? My, but you ARE stupid, aren't you?" Hah! I don't care about fighting you. It's a cursed sword. It doesn't have any brains, just swordness. Or something. Now I'm sounding like Eoi. * Chisanjya steps out, points at Victoria, and chants Gripping Ring. I only took this because I knew how important it was to you. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6) and gets 10. ... wow, that dumb plan. Like he care about saving *me*. ( Roll init peoples ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 So.. you took it to be a bitch? d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (d6+7) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+7 d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjei (d6+6) and gets 7. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (d6+8) and gets 13. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (d6+7) and gets 11. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+7) and gets 8. (Hey, Eoi! We really are backup! ;P) ( Yikes ) [Order: Victoria, Chelsea, Chisanjya, Mamei, Choria, Lazie, Reizar, Eoi, Shigeru, Asanjei] ( My head hurts x.x ) (Well, I think we know who dicy is rooting for :P) * Victoria smiles. "And so we start. Oh well, I was looking forwards to trying this out." She doesn't move at all, but all of a sudden, a tidal wave builds from the ground behind her. It passes over her head, moving through the temple (and towards you!) very swiftly. ( And that's a ranged def at +1 from all of ya. ) ( With the additional +2? ) ( Yep ) ( Cept for the original MCers ) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6+1) and gets 7. 2d6+3 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6+3) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6+1) and gets 4. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-3) and gets 1. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-1) and gets 3. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6+3) and gets 8. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjei (2d6+1) and gets 6. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6+3) and gets 11. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-2) and gets 4. [The tidal wave bursts through the door and hits hard, sending most of you to the ground some fair distance away from the temple. Eoi, Shigeru, Chelsea, and Chisanjya manage to dive away from the door in time to avoid it.] [Chelsea's turn!] * Chisanjya SCREAMS! "Don't let it get me! Please!" ( Oh yes, you're all wet now. And you people with a phobia of water are scared out of your minds. ) * Reizar yelps and gets shoved, flying into the ground. He lands hard, but scrambles back to his feet. "Chie, it's okay! It's over!" * Asanjei goes flying! * Mamei lies on the ground curled into a ball. Sure, this is a good development. * Choria goes flying too! No, it's not! I'm gonna drown! I always knew it was gonna come for me one day! * Chelsea waves her dagger at the body of her daughter and says something arcane, sending a bolt of white force at her. Chie! Relax, calm down, it's okay It was a temporary thing! You can't drown if water doesn't keep coming or unless you stick your head in a bucket of the stuff and decide to start breathing. Maria, you... aww, shit. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-4) and gets 3. * Lazie sputters, gets up, eyes Chie and Maria, then concentrates back at Victoria. It'll come again! Snap the hell out of it, Chie! * Victoria is struck on the shoulder by the bolt, but she moves no more than if she had been shoulder-brushed. "Oh no. That was just a small display of the power I now possess. Next time, it will be much greater." Chie, I won't let it get you, okay? ( So! Can we roll anything to, I dunno, conqer our fear? ) [Chisanjya's turn!] * Shigeru grimaces slightly and sends to Chie and Maria, ~It's in your heads. Try to relax. I know that's empty, but you have to.~ ( Ohh... Soul rolls. ) * Chisanjya is breathing heavily, and really, *really* looks like she wants to bolt. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6) and gets 9. (Nope! Still scared witless!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Fight! For everlasting love and peace!" (So, Chie... keep jabbering away?) (Someone drug her.) [Chie is still scared senseless! But Mamei realizes (for the moment, at least) that getting stabby would be worse.] * Chisanjya starts backing up. "It took Mom and Dad, and now it's coming back for me!" She's almost hyperventilating now. [Mamei's turn!] * Mamei gets back to her feet, still shaking; she draws Rownal back, and fights for everlasting love and peace! *twang* (Called shot for her sword-arm) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6) and gets 5. * Victoria is struck with the arrow, but she doesn't drop her sword. Again, not much reaction. [Choria's turn!] * Choria gets up and sprints to Chisanjya. "Snap *out* of it. It doesn't matter if it killed your parents. It's not going to kill you, and it's not comming for you either. Water's not even alive for crying out loud." * Choria keeps an eye on Victoria while talking. (total defense) [Lazie's turn!] * Lazie scowls, moving back towards the fight while still keeping some distance. "Let's see if this work..." *concentrates; tries that Exorcism thing* 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Victoria is surrounded in a pillar of light! But she swings her sword once, cutting through said pillar, and it vanished. "That's not going to work. My master was well prepared for something like that." [Reizar's turn!] You're master? What, are you talking about yourself in third person now or something? * Mamei blinks. "It killed her parents?" ... okay, that no work. * Reizar looks around for something to throw that a) isn't a person and b) isn't a priceless artifiact. [Rei finds a rock!] (Is it a... big rock?) ( Big enough ) * Reizar lumbers over, grabs the big rock, and chucks it at Victoria. "Sorry, Victoria! But sword... oh... you'll know when we get you back." 2d6* Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6) and gets 9. (It's okay, I missed anyway! Go go modifiers.) ( I could be beaten by a sponge! And not even an evil sponge! ) [Gloomp! The rock sails into the lake.] [Eoi's turn!] (That's Haruko, Lazar. ;p) (I know how we can solve this problem! All we need to do is get Asanjya to fly around the earth in my body very very fast...) Hm. Maybe ready for that.. but for this? (*snerk*) ( So fast that her face burns off? ) (I was hoping more for the Superman effect, really.) * Eoi poses and is surrounded by a glowing white light, which sinks into his naginata, so now the Naginata is glowing with exorcism energy. "Ultimate Naginata Technique! Exorcism Cut!" 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets 3. (Eoi is now in melee range!) [That certainly works a lot better. Victoria reels backwards and skids to a halt inside the temple. She's surrounded by another light, but again, she just cuts through it.] [Shiggypoo's turn!] * Shigeru fixes his gaze on the buddha for a moment, then grimaces. His eyes flicker, turning black for a moment. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Victoria seems a little slower now (though not substantially), but she keeps coming. [Asanjei's turn!] * Asanjei doesn't even bother to get up from where she landed but pops up all ghostily. * Asanjei is now known as GhostAsanjei (You killed Asanjei!) * GhostAsanjei flies back in, if she's got the time. [Victoria's turn!] * Victoria smiles. Outside, the lake suddenly arches at you. As it gets part way, it starts freezing, sending small shards of ice at you. ( Another ranged def, +1 ) 2d6+3 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6+3) and gets 11. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6+1) and gets 7. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6+1) and gets 7. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-1) and gets 7. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-3) and gets 1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6-3) and gets 0. ( Oops. Make that a 6. =P ) [The ice spikes are avoided by Chelsea, Choria... And possibly Mamei and Eoi, but we don't know yet.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6) and gets 10. [Not by Mamei] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Chisanjya is still paying attention to Victoria (and possibly Chomei, although she's given no sign that she might have heard what he said) and therefore does not even see the icicles coming. She gets stabbed in the back by one and staggers slightly, crying out in pain. Maybe this'll snap her out of it. Maybe not. [Chelsea's turn!] * Choria winces. "Com'on Chie... You're not going to let a little water get to you, are ya?" * Lazie gets hit with an icicle or two, but grits Chie's teeth and ignores it. Got more important puncture wounds to worry about. * Chelsea waves her dagger and mutters something, and the air around her shimmers. [Chisanjya's turn] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6) and gets 10. [Mamei's turn!] * Chisanjya shakes her head and keeps backing up. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." * Reizar reaches down and yanks a nasty piece of ice out of his leg. He stares at it for a second, then drops it to the ground. ( Unless that was one hell of a piece of ice, it wouldn't have even scratched Lazar. >_>;; ) (Brett sez it was one hell of a piece of ice. ;P) * Mamei aims another shot at Victoria's sword-arm! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6) and gets 6. [Mamei is on target, but Victoria's arm kinda... liquifies, for a sec, just long enough for the arrow to pass through.] [Choria's turn!] ( But it's ice. Ice, by it's very nature, cannot pierce stone. It defies the laws of physics. ;_; ) ...cheater! ( But this is MC, so it works. ) * Choria looks over at Victoria and backs up with Chie. "Chie, I know you're more stubborn than this. Just face it. Remember, the gates of hell got nothin' on us." He smirks. (total defense) [Lazie's turn!] ( If it's hell or high water, I'll take hell!) ... okay, exorcism no work. Let's try this. *concentrates for a moment, holding the sword out in front of him; tries Chie's Spirit Stream thingee* 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6) and gets 8. (Aww.) ( ... missed. By 1. ) [Lazar makes a nice hole in the temple wall.] [Reizar's turn!] ... damn. * Reizar grabs another big rock, heaves, and chucks! "Round two! Pleasehitpleasehit." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6) and gets 5. * Victoria is hit with a rock. She takes a few steps back, then tosses it to the ground. [Eoi's turn!] Wahoo, I hit! Who's the wo-man... oh, she's still standing. * Eoi looks back at Chie and curses.. and runs over to Chieanjya. "C'mon Chie, snap out of it!" [Shigorama's turn!] (Wahoo, let's do the Shigorama!) * Shigeru grimaces and tries to make sure his limbs are working even as his eyes go from violet to black again. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 4. [That might've done something.] [Asanjei's turn!] * GhostAsanjei zooms in and tries to just heft Victoria right into thr air. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GhostAsanjei (2d6) and gets 4. [Victoria is suddenly lifted into the air by ghostly fingers. But she's still in the temple.] ( [/subtle hint] ) * Victoria escapes, however, like water through Asanjei's fingers. Literally, in this case. She reforms when she collects on the ground. ( Gimme hearing checks ) ( Why am I sensing a theme here? =P ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6) and gets 5. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love you. Do you love me too? Y_ N_" 2d6 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GhostAsanjei (2d6) and gets 11. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6+2) and gets 8. [Ye what make it heareth a sound nearby. Shig is absolutely certain that it is not a lump of Swiss cheese in a blender would make.] ( Not the sound. Although it's probably not a lump of Swiss cheese in a blender, either. ) * Chisanjya tilts her head. "W-what's that?" ( Everyone gimme a soul roll, -2 bonus. Except for Shig, for some reason. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6-2) and gets 2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( I don't! My soul is weak. ) ( It is. You poor girl. ) ( I don't want your pity. ) ( Yes you do. ) (*laughs) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GhostAsanjei (2d6-2) and gets 9. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-2) and gets 7. (Eoi got soul!) (Eoi likes to rock 'n' roll!) ( Why are you all obsessed with Eoi's booty? ) (Who said anything about his booty?) ( You did. In the subtext. ) ( You're the one who brought it up, Lazie. Is there something you want to tell us? ) ( Shut up, Chelsea. ) ( Yes. I want to have HAWT PSEUDOYAOI LUVLUV with Eoi. ) (SOMEONE SCRUB MY BRAIN WITH STEEL WOOL.) [It seems that some distance not far from you, there's suddenly a man. The first thing you notice about him is his intimidating aura. (whoever missed their soul roll is very afraid of him) ] (Augh, my BRAIN.) ( In Chie's body! MWAHAHAHA! ) (You're going to need a different body for that >_>) ( Bah. It'll be like the Crying Game, but not. ) ( *mental flosses* ) (Sometimes it's hard to be a golem. o/~) * Mamei is once again scared out of her mind! Just one of those days. * Choria isn't! [He looks to be in his late 40s, and stands about 7.5 feet tall. His hair is long and white, and he has a thick white mustache. His skin is deathly pale, and his eyes are red. The tips of fangs protrude over his lower lip. He's wearing medievalish clothing: a black tunic and pants, and a red cape.] * Chisanjya is too busy trying not to be scared of the water to be scared of the man. * Kirby has joined #besm * Kirby is now known as ScaryGuy ... oy. * Reizar turns his attention from Victoria long enough to see the guy and go, "Awww, shiiiiit I hope that isn't who I think it might be." * Victoria looks over to the man, and grins. "Master." * Shigeru blinks. He looks at the man, then Victoria, then scowls. Bah. Another vampire with pretentions. Is there any without? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Death is temporary, only failure is forever. You may have just done both." Oh, perfect. Is EVERYONE work for Dracula? ( Did Shigeru take a special defect: Only gts criticals or something? ( You critfail your scowl roll! Your lips fall off. ) Wow, the world really is going to hell. (Apparently. Well, can't DR it 'cause this is MC, so! Let's see if I die or not.) * Chisanjya finally snaps out of it. "Dear gods, what *now*?" ~Oh, man...~ Dracula. In undead, rotting, diseased flesh. And nice cape. Ah, you vould know me. A pleasure. * Chelsea twirls her finger. "See how impressed I am." * ScaryGuy is now known as Dracula .. Wow. I expected the actual Dracula to be less.. I donno, generic. * Shigeru 's eyes flash dark, and he *stares* at the man, before... screaming and falling to the ground, tangling his fingers in his hair. Yeah, tell me about it. No kidding- Mr. Ueda?! Wouldn't you- Dad! * Choria curses.* Reizar runs over to him. "Dad! Dad, are you- okay, you're not okay, um-" He reaches down to touch him, then draws away, and generally looks completely unsure as to what to possibly do. * Lazie mutters in Hungarian. "... mind read Dracula. Wonderful fucking idea." * Chelsea draws her sword, now, a black rapier wreathed in black flame. ( Sorry, but I thought you were getting a tad too free with that there telepathy. We're under Ravenloft rules now. ^_^ ) Master. When I heard you were revived, I made my way closer and closer to your home, from the farthest corners of the earth. Oh, stop groveling, you foolish sword. In the body you posess you can kill him in a heartbeat and set yourself up on top. * Dracula speaks with a neat Hungarian accent, not unlike Lazar. "Yes. My associate made it clear. It haf taken much time, but I belief our plan is almost ready." It called airplane, stupid sword. Could have just bought ticket. * Shigeru curls up, still screaming. His eyes are open and violet, but they don't seem to actually see anything. * Eoi kneels next to Shigeru. "Shigeru! Shigeru, come on, snap out of it!" ~Man, none of this gets any easier, does it?~ * Choria looks over at Shiggy, then back at Dracula. "Nope." [All of a sudden, there's a light flash on the opposite side of you guys and Dracula. An left standing there, is another famaliar figure.] Yeah, yeah, evil master plan. * Reizar frets. "Eoi, can you do any- *now* what?" Everyone and their cat has one nowadays. Huh? ~...oh, SHIT.~ * Reizar looks up and blinks. "Oh, hi Lucifer." He goes back to watching his father. Ah, here he is now. ... I repeat. Oy. * Choria shrugs and lets the NPCs play their game. ...did we miss the "Welcome, Great Evils" sign posted outside? * Chelsea rolls her eyes. "Oh, and are you playing puppet to this undead too, Lucifer?" * Shigeru focuses long enough to kind of see Eoi. ~Don't touch... hurts.~ It's in everyone's head, not just his. * Lazie looks up at the sky. "Hello? Apollo? Maybe want do something about big evil guys in you temple?" * Lucifer nods to Dracula, before addressing you (since you're dying for the attention). "Is it really such a surprise? If the two of us combine our powers, not even God himself can stop us." Hmph. That tough old boot. C'mon Shig, snap out of it. Nonsense. Sir Lucifer is mine old friend. * Eoi stands up and glows with white energy. (Trying an exorcism on Shiggy) * GhostAsanjei is beating herself in the forehead, not that anyone can see it. ~NEVER do a deal without a signed contract! NEVER do a deal without a signed contract! Why the hell don't I ever pay attention to my history?~ [It works, but there's nothing to exorcise] Oh, no. You performed marvelously for me. With that metal demon out of our way, there's little more left to hinder us." * Lazie keeps on looking up. "Apollo? Maybe bring Zeus, Ares, all other gods along for fight?" * Shigeru peters his scream out to a whimper, but doesn't get up. Everyone is likely grateful for less noise. All that remains now is to stablize Sir Lucifer's position on the mortal plane, and... Oh, blah blah blah, shut up. * Lucifer looks sharply at Victoria, then addresses Dracula. "Friend, you will have to do something about keeping the mouths of your subordinates silent." * Reizar frets some more. "Dad? Dad? You'll be okay, right? It's only temporary..." She looks up and blinks at the evil guys. "Aww, man." Evil Plan #9. Bring ultimate evil to Earth. Man, can't you do anything new? Of course they can't, Eoi. It's all been *done*. Vhat? It is vhat you vould vant us to do. * Lazie ignores the banter, and actually concentrates on what the big evil people are *saying*. But seriously, I am *so* ashamed of the state of evil these days. It makes me wish to weep openly. I don't know. Make an evil plan to take over the moon and turn it into a giant sun-blocking orbital fortress or something. At least that would be interesting. Since when? Guys, did we ask for ultimate evil to be brought to Earth? I don't think we did. * Choria idly steps back while the people are talking and snags the Necter. * Dracula turns to Eoi. "I was thought to have been destroyed for good, many years ago. But they vere wrong. As long as the desire for evil exists in the hearts of men, I vill always return." Of course you will. * Lazie feels the need to chime in, at this point... "You killed by sissy Belmonts with whips. I thought you want stay dead because embarassed." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6+2) and gets 6. Don't you get tired of it? .. Isn't that something a video game boss said? * Shigeru digs his hand into the ground and grimaces, forcing himself to his knees. He's still not looking at anything, but his voice is 'heard', if wavering: ~Probably Fernandez, or something.~ (It is, I think. FF4?) Nevertheless, they die, and I live again. ( Circle of the Moon :P ) But... whips? How you die from whip? You could strangle him... no, nope. Vampires don't breathe. Never mind. * Reizar looks down at his father and smiles a little. Enough of this small talk. Count, don't forget your promise. * Choria hides the necter on his person, not like any of you notice with all the talk, and keeps listening after that. Never got that... you Dracula. How whip stop you? Relax, friend. I always treat my allies fairly. You vill return, and we vill rule the world in darkness. * Dracula pointedly ignores Lazar * Lucifer nods. "See that you do." And he teleports out. And what with hiding meat in stones in you castle? You get munchies? Blah, blah, blah. Man, Lucifer is kinda dumb if he doesn't see that you are going to betray him. Please. If anyone will do the betraying, it's Lucifer. * Dracula chuckles. "No, I am a man of my word. Ve are friends." * Shigeru snickers, a little. ~I see a betting pool in the future.~ Kinda his modus operandi, y'know? And come on, he is called The Prince of Lies. I'm sure he already has a betrayal worked out for you too. And if he betrays me... Vell, it vould be interesting to see who vould vin in a fight, no?" * Lazie eyes Dracula, and hesitates a bit before taking a step foward. "You destroy village, right?" He would. You got beaten by a whip. Vhich? There so many, no can keep track. (For me, it was only Tuesday.) (That is an awesome line.) Hunters. In Transylvania. Ones what help Belmots kill you repeatedly. With sissy whips. * Dracula shrugs. "Perhaps. I no remember little details." Two years ago. You no remember having goons destroy whole village of evil hunters in you own backyard? * Eoi leans down to Shigeru and whispers. "Is it me, or is Dracula.. kinda doofy?" * Dracula shakes his head. "Two years ago? I maybe do vhen bored one day. But, enough talk. I've much to do." He turns to Victoria. "I send you on ahead, yes?" * Chelsea speaks in Eoi's ear. "He's doofy." * Victoria nods. Dracula gestures, and she vanishes in a dark ball of... uh... darkness. * Victoria is now known as NotVictoria ... bastard. * Shigeru rolls his eyes. ~The bad ball of doofiness, too. Sorry about your daughter, Chel.~ My son vas from my second vife, yes, but he vas not a bastard. ~Don't be sorry to me. Be sorry for him.~ My dear Count, it seems you have absconded with my daughter. I'm afriad I will have to kill you for that. So, let me get this straight. Your son's a hunk of metal? ... when get back into right body, I come back to Transylvania. Then make you wish I was Belmont with sissy whip. * Dracula grins, revealing his fangs more fully. "You are velcome to try." Then he's taken off guard at Reizar. "Vhat? No! I mean my other son. The vone I disowned for killing me a few times." So, you have another son that is a hunk of metal? Okay. Because otherwise, geez, your poor wife. Giving birth to a sword *can't* be fun. Pft, is that all? Man, what a shitty father. Oh. I guess that's a disownable offense. But if it was after he killed you a few times, he must've cashed in on the inheritance pretty good. Very well. Come, Eoi, let us give battle. ~I wish I knew what the hell was going on.~ * Eoi stands up. "Sounds good to me, Chel." Hell *is* going on, Asanjya. * Chelsea walks up to Dracula and stabs him. * Shigeru picks up his sword and pushes himself to his feet. ( Gimme an attack roll. ) * Mamei continues cowering in fear because that's what she rolled. 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-7) and gets -5, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." (...dude.) (Suck that Dracula.) ( I don't suppose your sword is made of wood? ) (*snerk*) (It's crit night here at MC2) ( EAT IT, BITCH. ) ( Meanwhile, I expend my 8 EP for My Divine Animosity. ) * Dracula is stabbed. Right through the heart. Would've been an instant death if he were alive. (I swear, this session's practically called "Nosell This." On both sides.) * Lazie pulls a stake and a cross out of Chie's bag. * Dracula is then wracked by the spell. He flies back, rolls across the ground for a bit, and lies still. ( I'd certainly hope it does. ) * Shigeru blinks. Where's some damn sunlight... Or fire. * Dracula then gets up, grinning. "Vell. My turn!" He gestures, and a wave of darkness covers the area. (Soul rolls, +3!) * Eoi rushes forward at the prone Dracula and goes for his head with an Eoi Blade, hoping to remove it. And then, GARLIC! .. but first, a soul roll 2d6+3 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-1) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Choria (2d6+3) and gets 9. 2d6+3 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Reizar (2d6+3) and gets 13. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6+3) and gets 9. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chisanjya (2d6+3) and gets 8. 2d6+3 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazie (2d6+3) and gets 6. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-1) and gets 7. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mamei (2d6+3) and gets 9. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for GhostAsanjei (2d6+3) and gets 8. (MC1: We Have Mind Shield.) (Not that it's my fault or anything. >.>) (You MC1 people are so totally beating us in our own game. ;p) (Yeah. ;p) ( Well, of course. *preen* ) (Yeah. <_<) ( We quit. You guys take over.) (If you're so badass lease me one of your spells.) (Chel's the one with the spells.) (I know.) ( Man. This is gonna be weird. ) [All the MC1ers made it. Aiya. The rest of you are wracked with an intense pain unlike anything you've ever felt before, and lose consciousness.] ( I'll be happy to teach. You just need the CP for it. ) ( And being that you're the main characters, I don't have to go over what happens to the MC1 group, so FF time! ) (Whoo! Let's watch the MC1 crew take out draccy.) * Reizar screams! And blacks out, thankfully. Or unthankfully, depending on how you look at it. * Choria blacks out? Okay. * Chisanjya falls down! And considering what she's been through in the past, it must hurt. A lot. * Lazie goes thud. * GhostAsanjei ... how the hell does that work? I'm already unconscious. (<_<) [Time: 9:00 a.m.] [Y'all wake up in a villa! Or the Greek equvilent.] * Reizar wakes up! "Ow! Ow ow ow... hey, I felt pain! Cool! Damn." * GhostAsanjei wakes up. "Ugh." * GhostAsanjei is now known as Asanjei * Lazie wakes up... and checks Chie's watch. What time? Dad! Where's Dad? Where... hey, where am I? Asanjya? Oog. Ooooog. Owmyhead. * Choria wakes up too, holding his head. "Geeze, someone get the number of that train?" * Chisanjya slowly sits up, clutching her head. "Ow. Ow. And dare I mention it, ow." I don't know where the hell we are, or where they are. Or what the hell happened, to boot. I think it was DRAC-ULA. I do know I need an aspirin. Got me too, geeze... [The sun is out! There's a sun! And none of the MC1ers are around.] * Lazie sticks his hand into the sunlight tentatively. * Reizar blinks a few times, then lumbers to his feet and heads out to look around. "Dad? Yoohoo, Dad! Francine? Somebody to tell us where we are, exactly?" * Choria gets up. Can he get up? [You're in a large room with a balcony overlooking the ocean. It's a bedroom with a single bed, and you're all in it.] ( Even Reizar? Big bed. =P ) ( Ah, we've accidently wandered into a MC porn. ) (Really big bed.) [Whatever Dracula did you you before doesn't seem to have left any lasting feeling, but the wounds you got from Victoria are physical, so they do.] (We all knew it was going to happen. That's what happens when you body swap.) * Choria gets up then ASAP. "Hey, Chie. You okay?" * Lazie continues to have his hand in the sunlight... is that a good sign? Only time (and GM) will tell! No? I totally freaked out back there and I did *nothing*. I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry I'm such a wuss. You were telling me to keep going, and I just couldn't. [Lazie does not burn up and die.] * Choria shrugs. "It's okay. You met with it head on, at least." ... well, that good sign. *feels his neck for the two puncture wounds* * Reizar looks around for some sort of sign from God (or maybe just a door to this silly room). "Oh, it's okay. At least you're not afraid of slugs." He shivers. "Ugh, slugs." * Mamei rolls over. "I wanna sleep for a few weeks. Tell the bad men to go 'way." ( Wounds are still there. ) * Choria pulls out the necter, assuming he still has it. "And I managed to grab this, too." No, I backed away screaming. * Asanjei stretches tentatively. "It's the past. It's gone, done with. We've got to .... okay, we've got to get that potion made." * Reizar looks back. Chomei! SCORE! * Chisanjya looks at Chomei and blinks. Then blinks again. Then jumps out of bed to hug him/her. "You got it! You got it! Chomei, I *love* you!" You so lost about fifty lameness points today. That's awesome! Well, I did already, but... [Presently, the door to the room is opened.] * Choria smirks. "Hey, when big men talk, you don't listen." * Asanjei whips around to face the door. ... you no get any more noogies. * Lazie turns to the door. [In walks a pretty young woman with neck-length silver hair. She's wearing a green robe, and has white feathery wings and a halo. She also carries a six-foot-long giant key. It's a wonder she can get it through the door.] * Chisanjya hugs, being careful *not* to do anything to the nectar. Good to hear that. Now let's hope we can use this thing. * NotVictoria is now known as Angel * Reizar stares at her for a moment. "You're... no way." I hope she's not what she looks like. * Angel nods. "I was afraid I was going to be too late." * Chisanjya looks over at the new entry. "Wait. Angel. That can't be... too late?" * Choria looks behind him (as he's facing the rest of the crew.) "What's going on?" Huh? What's she look like? You very nearly died. * Reizar squeals. "You're Kaene! I heard all about you! But Dad never said anything about you having wings. Did you get promoted? This is so cool!" () Ge- An angel, hmm? Very nearly. Okay. That's far, *far* better than the alternative. * Asanjei sighs. "I knew it." ... angels? There no angels in Judaism... no Greek gods or Hell in Judiasm either... oy. Face it, Lazar. There isn't only one right way. I think we've figured that out by now. * Angel blinks at Rei. "Um... Yes, ten years ago, I became a full time angel... although I'm only a trainee." She shakes her head. "Nevermind, I think we have a lot to talk about, and not much time to do it in." [And here ends the session.]