* Everyone is in a balloon! A pink balloon. Which finally pop. And you're all there, and there's a teddy bear in a plain black room, with plain vanilla walls. (I'm ready to break ANYTHING you throw at me. :P) (I'm ready to get out of the way :P) (I'm ready to look mahvelous.) (I'm ready to kick ass. Or whatever.) (Three Girls and an Alien.) (Oh yeah. This is NOT gonna end well.) * The teddy bear waves! "Welcome to erm... something! Right! Vanilla Town!" ( No, it's not. =p ) * Taluun`tzo looks at the teddy bear hungrily. * Taki blinks..."I'm dreaming this arn't I?" * Chie waves back. "Hi there! My hallucinations just keep getting weirder and weirder, it seems." Nope! UIt's another one of those summoning the ultimate fighters from the cosmos to save all of existence type of things. * Taluun`tzo looks around at the room. "Are humans always this abrupt? I thought we were going to get our suits from the Cube." * Millie opens her eyes and looks around for a moment, fluttering her lashes. "Huh. Musta taken a wrong turn.." Uh-huh. Listen, I think you've got the wrong person here. And you're all good and just people, so you'll do it, right? Pwetty pwease? Oh...I think you wanted Satoshi, or Kyon, or Jin...or one of the others that's actualy good at fighting. * Millie looks at the bear and scratches her head. "Whatza cosmos?" * Taluun`tzo looks at the teddy bear like the bear's just plain nuts. "I'm good and just when I'm not being manipulated." He walks up to the bear and grabs it by the throat. "You working for the cube?" I'm more the get everybody away before we all get killed sort, sorry. Yeah. I'm not half-bad at ass-kicking, but you'd want somebody else from my group if you really wanna save the world. I jsut wanna get back home. * Teddy Bear flails around cutely! * Taluun`tzo for your information, is an 8 foot long lizard, very big, VERY large, and pretty damn strong too. "I am not hearing any answers." * Millie watches the bear for a bit and isn't taken in by its cuteness. "Look, give us a moment will ya?" * The teddy bear makes a show of panciking an being scared, then pops up on Tal's head. "Okay!" * Millie looks around, then blinks, then glares back at the teddy with a flame-bursting stare. "Alright..now wha'dja do with mah HORSE?" ...yeah. This has gotta be another one of those really freaky dreams. * Chie looks at Taki. "I like your hair." Was your horse an ultimate warrior? No? I THOUGHT NOW. *loom* Thanks, but it grows like this. * Taluun`tzo knocks the teddy off his head with his tail. "Get off of me." * Chie is a petite Japanese girl with (currently) bleached-blond short hair and blue green eyes. Her left ear sparkles with a rainbow of piercings, while she has a single silver hoop in her right. She's currently wearing a black tank top and jeans. Really? That's awesome! You're the second person I've met with blue hair. (Wait, I undershot his length by a LOT) Realy? Who else do you know who has it? A... friend of mine. Name's Chomei. You guys related or somethin'? * Millie is a very attractive woman with smooth skin with an exotic tan. Her hair is reddish-orange in color and cropped into two pigtails. She's wearing a cowboy garb with leather vest and hide-skin gloves. She also has a white 5-gallon hat on and a large green painted rifle slung over her back. And right now, she looks very angry. looms right back at the bear, looking up at him. "Listen you. I ain't doin' anythin' without mah horse!" * Taki shakes her head, "I don't think so, the rest of my family has black hair." * Taluun`tzo is a very large Sleythin, about 15 ft. long and 7 ft. high. He has 8 appandeges, and, hell, just look at the picture of a Sleythin. http://chamelaeon.sandwich.net/rpg/images/Statue.jpg He's a darker green than usual, and is wearing clothes (thank god). He's moist all over, as is his heavy clothing. * The teddy bear shrinks back. "Horse... horse... Um... I don't know anything about a horse?" Ah, well. Still cool, though. I really need to fix mine sometime; it's been the same color for way too long. * Chie looks briefly over at Millie. "If you were desperate enough, you could probably ride him." She points at Taluun. * Taluun`tzo pulls up his computer. "Horse? What is a horse?" Hmm, what about dark green? If he'd let you. * Taluun`tzo looks at Chie with a 'you got to be kidding' look. "You must be jesting." * Millie smirks slightly at the bear. It has daggers in it. "Yes ya do. She's all white with black spots and hooves. Ya can't miss 'er. An' if ya lost mah horse, I think I jus' have a pillow that needs stuffin'." * Chie turns back to Taki. "Hmmm... I'm thinkin' orange, actually." * Millie turns to Taluun and starts to give him a look like he's an idiot, but instead gives him a look like she's staring at a BIG FREAKIN' LIZARD. "Uh...hi." * Chie grins at Taluun. "That's why I added 'if he'd let you'. I kinda doubted you would." * Taki makes a show of thinking hard, "But it might be too close to what you've got now." Ya...ain't a Sallie, are ya? * Teddy Bear snaps his non-existent fingers. Horse! The very horse she described, in fact! "Is this the right one? I'm new at the cosmic gaurdian thing..." * Taki looks the lizard over, "You are officialy the strangest thing that either I've dreamed of or Meimi has made." * Taluun`tzo stands straight up, towering over 8 ft. tall and both his front appendages off the ground. "Sallie? No, my name is Taluun`tzo. Hello and may your water be clear." He bows his head slightly. Nah, s'different enough from this. And I could always put red streaks or somethin' in, too. * Teddy Bear blinks very very cutely. "Sallie? What's a sallie?" * Millie turns to see Pepper and hugs her around the mane. "Ooo, I missed ya." * Chie looks waaaaaaaaaaaay up at Taluun. "Uh. Hi there. Name's Chie." (Taluun is a good three feet taller than Chie and Taki. ^_~) * Millie blinks at Taluun. "...what'chu say 'bout my water?" * Taluun`tzo bows his head slightly at Chie too. (He's a big frickin' lizard) "Nice to meet you. May your water be clear." (Millie too) Uh, thanks. Same with yours. Um, oh, I do not suppose humans would understand the phrase completly. * Chie seems relatively unfazed that she's talking to an eight-foot lizardy-thing. * Taki looks up, and then a bit farther up, "And I'm Taki, the kni...No wait, this is a dream, it doesn't matter if I tell anybody HA!" I hope mah water's clear. I'd be pretty worried if it had muck swimmin' 'bout in it. Like somethin' in those slot-eyes territory. * Chie eyes Taki for a second. "Tell what? * Taki makes a sweaping bow, "I am Taki, the Knight of Cups, it's an honor to meet you." * Millie gives Taki an odd look. "Why would anyone make ya a knight of dinnerware?" * Taki stands up again and shoots Chie a mad grin. * Chie smiles back at the deluded girl with the nice hair. I am interested in the answer myself. It's a long long story, and I wish somebody would tell it to me. Ah...'kay. What's the day of cups? Or the noon of cups? What about who's the dawn of cups? * Millie tips her hat slightly and flicks it slightly, then puffs her cheek out at the teddy bear. "Quiet, fuzzy." * Chie turns to Millie. "So. We've all introduced ourselves, but how 'bout you?" * Teddy Bear blinks cutely, and poses even more cutely at Millie. "It's Batter, not Fuzzy!" * Millie clears her throat and tries again, flicking it up again and giving a sharp smirk. "The name's Millie Victoria Reinhart. Best riflewoman on the west side o' the Sallies...though...ah don't think the Sallies are here right now." No, no. There's two words in Engish that sound the same but arn't you've got which is a time of day, and which is spelled differently and used to mean a guy who rode around with a sword and fought other people like him. * Millie turns back to the teddy bear and puffs her cheeks out again. "Wouldja QUIT interruptin' me!??" * Batter dissapears to a place from Millie's sight! Which just happens to be sitting on top of her head. "So you fight other cups? How do ther cups fight back, and why do you fight cups?" * Millie clears her throat again and thumbs over her shoulder back at her rifle. "This is mah trusty gal, Greenpeace an' back there's Pepper." * Taluun`tzo slams his tail on the ground, making a nice *big* dent into it. His tail is now surrounded in a blue slightly armored shell. "What do we need to do?" ...you named your gun? No, most of the other cups I've met were nice...rather silly people, but nice. * Millie adjusts her hat and fumes, reaching behind her to the rifle trigger. There's a nice little click and the barrel turns in its sling to aim right over her hat at the bear. "Ya were sayin'?" And I think you want to move someplace else Mr. Bear, she looks mad. You gotta get some pheonix downs! Oh, hi Greenpeace! Nice to meet you! *shakes the guns barrel* * Batter moves to Taki's head! Phoenix whatnow? * Taki reaches up and picks up the bear and sets him on the ground, "What's this about a bird?" 'Phoenix' is a ship, is it not? * Millie blinks, then immediately dismisses the bear as clinically insane and talks to the more sane people..like the girl with bleached-hair. "Yeah, I named her. What of it?" Just kinda odd. Not too many people I know name their weapons. * Millie looks over her shoulder and hugs the barrel to her cheek. "She's a good girl, aren'tcha Greenpeace? Aren'tcha?" Well, past Vanilla town, there's a cosmic pheonix over the Mountainy Mountains. You gotta get some down from it so we can save 42! Without 42, then everything goes away. And I won't be cute anymore! ;_;" ...I'd say you're weird, but I had a spirit possessing my sword for a while, so I *did* get in the habit of talking to my weapon. Anyhow. * Taki blinks...and stares hard at the bear. * Chie *eyes* the bear. "Uh-huh." * Millie doesn't seem to notice the comment...she's too busy nuzzling her rifle. * Taki then shouts at the sky "Meimi? Can you hear me? This has gotten way to silly to be beliveable, just give it up now!" * Batter sniffs. "You don't believe me?" * Millie looks over at the bear and blinks. "Huh?" I believe that my subconscious has officially begun scaring me. What do you say we beat the stuffing out of this bear until he tells us how to get back *really*. I'm sure there's a bodyslide bowl around here somewhere. * Millie smirks. "I like your style...uh...uh..." She seems to be faltering over what exactly to call Taluun, so just settles for his name. "Taluun." * Chie pulls her sword out. "I'm for it." I am a Sleythin. Raight. * Batter takes a deep breath. "Yougottaconvincethecosmicpheonixtogiveyousomeofitsdownandgetitbackheresowecans ave42before42passesawayandrealityceasestoexist!" * Chie covers her ears. "Ow." Before the other guys get to it, anyways. *blink, look cute, blink* * Taluun`tzo activates his entire suit, the blue armor 'forming' around his body. He *LOOMS* over the bear. "Tell us what we want to know. NOW." Okay...reality going a way is usualy a bad thing, but in this case... * Millie draws her rifle and points it straight at the bear. "Sure...yer sayin' this is reality?" Okay. I've found that if we play along with the hallucinations, they usually go a- * Chie is, for once, shocked speechless by the sight of an eight-foot tall lizardy thing in blue armor. ...they don't usually do *that*. * Millie watches Taluun and drops her barrel slightly, jaw dropping a bit. "Uh, that works." Not really. More like the control room for it. ^_^; * Taki fails to act shocked, none of this is happening anyway. And uh... I'm not good enough to send you back. Yet. 42 is, though! 42's my boss! ( Yeah. It's all in my head. Your head? It's my hallucination! No, you're the hallucination!) ( Humans are so silly>) So, yer sayin' basically we don't need ya at all, raight? Where is 42? * Millie raises the rifle barrel again. Not really! As I'm quite useless to get it myself, so I needed to summon help. * Chie smiles. It's not a nice smile. "Oh, good." * Millie smirks slightly. "Jus' what I wanted to hear." She aims near the bear's feet and fires off a shot. 42's right over- Eek! Hold on, there's one thing I want to explain to him. * Taluun`tzo grins happily, his SHARP teeth showing as the mask falls into his face. (Sorry, Taki. Your pacifism has been overruled.) (Yeah. If that gunshot doesn't kill him...) * Taki teleports onto Batter's head, "This, is quite rude, and won't help you make friends, please try to remember that in you next life." (She just aimed it near the floor at his feet, not actually hitting him..yet. ^^;) I do not think he believes in reincarnation. And if he does... But I thought people liked having a cute walking talking teddy bear standing on their heads... ;_; * Millie reslings her rifle and mounts Pepper. "Let's jus' get outta here..." Oh, don't get me started on reincarnation. Only up to the age of seven or so. * Taki steps to the side. Anyhow. Onward. An' if I hear one more peep outta ya, "Batter", remember that your name's a main ingrediant in pancakes. * Chie snerks. * Taluun`tzo shakes his head. "Does any body need a lift? It would be easier if I carried one of you if you cannot move quickly." And waffles. Tang waffles. * Taki grins, "I'll have to try that sometime." * Batter sniffs. Cutely. * Millie snaps the reigns and rides out the door. I believe it is used in many other things too. Err, yeah. If you don't mind, Taluun, I think we'd probably better move fast. * Millie moves fast. Because she's on a horse. * Taki nods," I can't go very far like...Hey! Wait up!" * Outside is Vanilla Town! There's a bunch of plain ole empty vanilla colored buildings, and a vanilla wall around it! * Taluun`tzo lets Chie and Taki 'mount' him. * Chie situates herself comfortably. "You're not my motorcycle, but you're a pretty damn cool method of transport. Thanks." * Taki tries to figure out how to climb the lizard and give up and simply teleports onto his back. * And of in the distant sky, there's what you would swear is a shiny black ball with sharp pointy teeth chewing on bits of the sky. * Millie slows down enough to get a good look at the town. * Vanilla town is very very plain. In fact, every building is identical. And empty, sans Da Group. And Batter, who elected to stay inside. * Millie blinks at the thing eating the sky. "...Okay. An' I thought the walkin' cacti were weird enough..." That is very strange. * Chie stares at it, too. "This place gets weirder by the minute..." What can I say, Meimi has a strange sence of humor. Who's Meimi? Meimi? * Millie facepalms and slowly draws her fingers down her face. "Alright. I don't know 'bout you girls, but I wanna get outta this place before mah head explodes." This craizy girl I know, she makes illiusions, although she doensn't usualy drag normal people into them...maybe you're all Arcana. An'...uh...whatever ya are. I wholeheartedly agree. If it's not exploding already. And what's an Arcana? * Millie blinks at Taluun. "No offense." * Gate is a standard double door. Well, minus the fact that one of the doors was blasted off and is lying several feet away, and the other is slightly ajar. My race is Sleythin. None taken. Ya do look kinda like a sallie...butcha ain't red. Ya don't spit fire, do ya? * There's a giant waterslide leading from it. A loooong ways down. And in that direction, you can see what can only be the Mountainy Mountains. Uhm...I wish Katie was here...she's good at explaining things. There's this deck of cards, called the Tarot, and I'm, and maybe all of you are incarnations of thoes cards...and you get nifty powers and stuff, but right now everybodies fighting everybody else for some reason. Some of the suits let you. * Chie eyes the waterslide and swallows. "Do... do we have to go down there?" * Millie turns to Taki and rubs her chin. "Huh...interestin'. Ain't none of 'em who call a falcon are there?" ...I wish I could teleport that far. * Taluun`tzo looks. How far *is* it? Maybe, I know one who can see through an owls eyes. * Chie would be a bit more interested in what Taki's saying if she weren't so distracted by the *water*. Huh. I think Mikky might be able ta do that...I'll hafta ask him. If I had deck I could test and find out wich ones you are. * You can't see the end of it. It's obscured by clouds. But there's 40 feet visible before the clouds. * Chie swallows again, and clutches Taluun a bit more tightly. * Millie snorts. "I've said it before, I'll say it again. Magic's jus' somethin' for people who don't know how ta shoot proper." * Taki shrugs, "I've never tried, guns are illeagal where I come from." I've been on the receiving end of one too many shots. Guns don't like me. * Millie blinks at Taki. "Yer...kiddin' raight?" Ain't a Hoshimoto are ya? I have, well, I guess it is not a gun, is it. It is more of a cannon. Nope, never heard of the place, I'm from a island country called Japan. Never hearda THAT either...though...ya look kinda like a Shomuran. Is that like red Japan? I heard they were getting invaded by bugs last. You too.. ...No...I don't think I've ever heard it called Red before. Yeah, I'm from Japan. Tokyo, if you wanna get more specific. * Taki blinks, "So am I!" And we've never been invaded by bugs. That I know of. Supernatural horrors, maybe, but no bugs yet. Well, we ain't gettin' there by sittin' 'round yappin'. Ya okay carryin' two? Pepper can carry the weight if ya wanna balance it. * Chie looks over at Taki. "Yeah? Well, Tokyo's a big place, but once we get back, we'll have to look each other up sometime." I'm fine. I could lift 20 times their weight, if I needed to. * Taki nods, "Want my cell number?" Sure! * Millie whistles slightly. "Somethin' tells me yer a handy..uh..lizard ta have around." * Chie seems very grateful for the distraction, and pulls out her cell phone. * Taluun`tzo smiles slightly, and a whispy sound comes from his gills. "Sleythin." * Taki digs out her phone as well, and then calls up her number, "Sorry, I've only had this thing for a week or so." * Millie grins slightly. "Well see if ya can keep up with Pepper, Talu." She hyah's and breaks off full speed towards the falls. ( I don't care that the universe might be doomed! I'm perfectly willing to sit here and chat all day if it means I don't ahve to go down the water!) Hold on tight! Wha? Oh no... Hold on? Wait I'm still! * Taluun`tzo starts to move really fast, jumping if he needs to. * Chie shoves her cell phone back and clutches Taluun as tight as she can. * Taki doesn't even get the chance to put her phone away, and just holds onto whatever she can. * Chie closes her eyes, too. She is not on the back of a huge lizard thing, about to go down into the *water*. No, she's not. * Wheeee! You go down the toob. It's nice and sloshy and wet. And then you can't see much else once you hit the clouds. * Taki plots things she's going to do to Meimi when this is all over...and screams on the way down too. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Chie keeps her eyes closed, although she's screaming someting and tears are flowing down her face. * Taki tries to say mustn'ttelportgongtofastmustntteleport, but it comes out as an incohearent scream. * There's the strong feeling of static electricity, like the air is charged for a t-storm, but that passes just as soon as you pass through the cloud. Then about 30 more feet, and there's a big swimming pool. Nice bronze handles along the stairs, and towels on the end to convenienetly dry yourself off with. But it's also a big pool. and you're spit out square in the middle. * Taluun`tzo goes down, full body encased in armor and lovin' every minute of it! ( that's all of it then. ) (How deep is the pool?) * Chie screams and flails. "Getmeoutgetmeoutgetme*out*gonnagetme!" * Chie can't swim. * Taki crawls down Taluun's back and grabs Chie, "Hold on!" ( ranges from 20 feet to 1 foot. You landed in the 18 foot section. ) (You're *trying* to traumatize Chie, aren't you?) * Taluun`tzo lands and is just like a fish in water. His suit dissolves into him, and he swims up to surface with the ladies on his back. * Taki teleports onto the ground by edge, with Chie. ( Not on purpose! Coincedence, I swear. ^_^; ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 7. (dr) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 4. * Millie 's eyes widen. "Oh shait!" She pulls the reigns on Pepper as she goes down. "Calm down, girl, calm down!" * Taluun`tzo quickly gets the girls onto the edge, then goes back to push Pepper up out of the water as well. * Chie kneels by the edge of the pool, covering her head, gasping and sobbing and shaking. (Uhm...) (Um? ^^; I don't know what ANY of these rolls are for, really.) (Actually, Taki teleported us off once we hit the water.) (Oh, okay. Well, in that case...) (Taki rolled to teleport the edge of the pool, and I think Millie did a riding check) (Actually, it was an Animal Training check. ^^ Pepper's actually staying pretty calm." * Taluun`tzo notices that nobody's on his back to get off. He swims alongside Millie. "You have your steed under control?" it's going to get me... it's going to take me too... * Taki flops over, "Somebody is going to get beaten up for this...I just don't know who yet." * Hey! There's a girl dressed in a skimpy bikini at the exit here. She's got a pretty necklace on, and pretty blue eyes. * Millie coughs and leads Pepper out along the bottom as fast as possible, scowling. "That bear is gonna be stuffin' for this." * She looks bored, too, leaning against the exit. * Millie hugs her horse around the neck. "Are ya alright?" * Taluun`tzo is having a great time in the water, btw. (Quiet, lizard-boy. ;p) * Millie blinks and looks down at her blouse that's soaked through. She looks around to sure no other guys are around. Taluun doesn't count because he probably wouldn't find her attractive unless she were green and had a lot more legs. ...this isn't fun any more. I want to go *home*. Back to my friends and... everyone. * Millie wrings out her blouse and looks idly at Chie. "It was fun in the first place?" * Chie is speaking in a much quieter, more subdued tone. Not that you'd really have much to compare it too. * Taki sits up, "If I knew where we were I'd offer to take you there." Ack! It better not have water-logged mah gun! * Chie sniffles one last time and looks up at Taki. "Thank you." * Millie quickly unstraps her rifle and checks to make sure it's in proper working order. Don't worry about it, just wait a bit and I'll get you a towel, that at least I can do. * Chie nods and hugs her knees. * Millie walks over to Chie. "Ya doin' okay?" * Taki pushes herself to her feet and walks over to where the towls are and picks up five or so. * Girl watches the group. But still looks bored. ...yeah. I think. I can't swim, and the water... I don't like water. * Taluun`tzo swims straight up and out of the water, his body and clothing *completly* drenched. "You don't breathe underwater do you?" No. Humans can't breathe in water. * Chie looks very sad now. * Taki brings them back, and silently wraps one around Chie's shoulders. Well...if it makes ya feel any better, I ain't likin' this any either... * Chie smiles at Taki, then attempts to dry herself off. * Chie! Soul Roll! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 4. (Made.) This place... Is too odd. I need to get back as soon as possible, the team needs me to break into that fortification so they can get their suits. * Taki gives Chie a lopsided grin and holds a towl out to Millie. * Millie takes the towel and gives a faint grin and tips her hat up as she takes off her soaked hat and dries off her hair. * Girl actually looks not-bored now. She shoves herself off from her spot on the fence, and starts walking torwards Da Group. * Millie! Soul Roll! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 6. (You dare give Millie a Soul Roll? Ha!) * Taki looks up at Taluun, "You're going to need more towls than I can carry, sorry." (Made just fine ^^) * Chie dries her hair off now, taking a few deep breaths and trying to compose herself. * Taki drops all but one of the towls and gets to work on her own hair. * Millie finishes off her pigtails. She actually seems to glisten with the water too. * Taluun`tzo shakes his head. "I am supposed to be wet. Constant moisture keeps my skin from cracking." 5 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (5 2d6) and gets 5 6 4 8 6. * Taluun`tzo stands there. He's a big lizard. Yup. Nothing much more to say here. I'd be fine with it too but mah horse doesn't take too well to it... * Chie stands up, looking away from the pool. "Right. Sorry about that, guys. I... well, yeah. Let's get on with it." Hey! Lady! Yeah? Are you one of the Great Warriors? * Millie looks at the Girl. "Which one?" * Chie snorts. "I wouldn't be surprised if I turned out to be one." What are you speaking about? * Girl grins happily. "If any of you are, that's good enough!" Great warriors. Right. Sorry, I never did get into pre-destiny. Oh... Man. That sucks. I didn't think anyone else would be here. So are you a third party? I don't believe in destiny, either, but I just wanna get out of here. * Taki doesn't go over to the girl, or do much else, hair drying must be very important to her or something. How do we get out? Great...what the? I'm jus' a rifle woman. An' I mean...I'm gonna be great an' all, but they'll know me for a lot more than jus' bein' a warrior..anywho, the word warrior sounds kinda hokey if ya ask me anyway. Uh... Jerz? Jay? Uh... I'm not that good with names. But he said that once we keep the Great Warriors away from the pretty bird, we can go back! Uh-huh. ...raight. So yer trapped here too? Only until um... whatsis... someone dies from old age, or an ice cream headache, or something. 42? Uh... Yeah! That's it! Interesting. And you just heard that if this 42 thing kicks it, you'll go back. Nothing about, oh, the end of the universe or somethin' like that? The end of the universe? Oh, yeah! I get a pet pony, all the pet ponies I want, if I help with that! * Taluun`tzo eyes the girl. The armor forms around him in an instant, but he stays back. * Chie resists the urge to hit something. "And it never occurred to you that if the universe ends, there will be no ponies?" Say.... *she looks at Chie suspiciously* How do you know about that? Because there will be no universe? Or anything at all? * Millie blinks twice and puts a finger up to comment. "Uh...if the whole thing kinda ends...yeah, what she said." And of course there will be ponies! Because ... um... He said I could make a new part of it the way I want! An'...y'know... * Millie grins nastily. "That water thingie almost killed MAH pony over there...an' ah'm not havin' a good day...so move! So. Basically, you're going to destroy all of creation because you want ponies. Right. It is hypothosized by many philosophers that at the end of the universe all will cease to exist, and any and all semblence of space and time will be warped beyond all recogonicition. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-2) and gets 9. (Just made by soul.) (Not by anything else though, depending on what you're counting) But I get to make my own part of it. *nods self-assuredly* So of course there'll be... ponies... *blink blink* I mean... Uh... * Millie keeps steady gaze with the girl, not altering her nasty expression. (I love intimidation ^_^) But... You gotta understand... * She keeps talking, but she's growing fainter and fainter. And slowly backing up. * Millie steps forward as the girl backs up, matching her pace. (The thing you have to keep in mind about intimidation is the situation. I'm sure Taluun gets a bonus even though he has no skill in it by the sheer fact he's a BIG FRICKIN' LIZARD!) (She's going to destroy the universe for ponies. I don't think she's right in the head. ;p) (Right ^_^) (Ya think? :P) (Just maybe) ( Monsters don't get bonuses vs airhead magical girls. Especially insane ones. ^_~ ) (And Millie should get a bonus because she's REALLY PISSED!) (Well, they don't get a bonus to defend against plasma cannons either. :P) * Millie loses any trace of a smirk and says in a voice of daggers. "So ya gonna move aside, or ain'cha?" * Girl nods dejectedly. "I'm never gonna get a pony..." Maybe I should *make* her move aside. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+1) and gets 9. * Taki fails to do anything useful. (You failed your being useful roll? ) * Taluun`tzo hasn't had to make a roll all session. He's too good for the dice! (You're too sexy for these dice. *hides*) (Damn straight!) * Girl goes to sulk in a corner. Poor her. (* turns out 'Too Sexy') * Millie ignores the poor girl. She whistles for Pepper to come up and leads her by the reigns to walk past. * Chie grins at Millie. "Nice job." * Taki slowly puts the towl down. * Taluun`tzo walks past, making nice big thumps with each of his steps. Big lizard. Heavy lizard. Good lizard. * Millie looks at Chie and immediately loses the expression with a smirk. "What can I say? I've gotta knack." ( Lazar Lizard. ) (Taluun vs. Lazar. I'd pay to see that.) (That'd be interesting.) * Taki then turns and begins to walk slowly twords the girl, she has a very unpleasant grin on her face. * Chie stuffs her hands in her pockets and follows along behind Taluun. Away from the water. Yay! (And behind the soaking wet lizard.) (That's his problem. ;p) I...would like...to...have a......word with you. (He likes being soaking wet. :P) * Girl looks up slowly at Taki. What...did you do...to the towls? And how much longer...is this going to last? * Chie turns around to look at Taki. "Hey, what's wrong?" * Girl brightens up! "Paralyzing trap! I thought it was a good idea, since the Great Warriors would probably get wet coming down here..." * Taluun`tzo eyes the girl. Okay, that's it. All in favor of maiming, say aye? Aye! Aye! Uh...do we hafta stop at maimin'? * Millie gets a wicked grin to her face. No, no. I don't think we have to stop. Leave ...something for me. * Millie unslings her rifle and checks the barrel before snapping it close, grinning wider. "Good." * Taluun`tzo shrugs and makes a nice *big* dent in the ground with his tail. "How about I hold, you punch." ( Satoshi? Don't piss your girlfriend off. Noted.) * Girl blinks. It hasn't quite registered what's in store for her yet. * Chie draws her sword and smiles. "Yes." * Taluun`tzo activates his Force Field, a mostly smooth, transparent, hexagonal field shimmering around his suit. * Millie raises the rifle, putting the stock of it to her cheek, pointing it right at the girl's head. "Move...com'on...I just DARE ya." * Chie whispers a few words, and her sword starts glowing with a silver light. "Yeah." * The girl most decidedly does -not- move. An expression very similar to that of a deer cuaght in headlights is on her face. * Taluun`tzo charges forward in an instant, and tries to grab her to pin her down. * She faints as the big lizard charges. So she should be pretty easy to grab. Awww, damn. She fainted. * Taluun`tzo blinks and grabs her. "Pathetic." S'no fun when they can't fight back. * Chie sighs, and lets the light die out. I wonder how high I can throw a human... ...I vote we leave her at the top of this damn slide... * Millie lets out a faint sigh and drops the barrel. "Well, it's no fun now.." * Millie smirks at Taki. "...wrapped in all those "nice" towels" * Taluun`tzo lets his force field down as well. "Top of the slide it is. In towels." Yes. I *like* the way you all think. * Taki breaths a sigh of releaf and streaches, "Right you you get to carry her, I'm not touching them again." ( Oi. You're all sadistic. X_x ) Who said we'd carry her. I bet I could get her to the top with a good toss. I thought you said it wasn't fun to pick on them when the can't move? I did not say that. Nah...it's jus' not fun ta SHOOT them It's not fun to *attack* when they can't defend themselves. But this is different. Get the towels, I will prime her for launch. * Chie grins. "Aye aye, captain!" * Millie salutes and goes to get the towels. ...Which part of "Not touching them did you miss?" Huh..didn't affect me none. You don't think the spell's worn off now that she's unconscious? If it is, even better...when she wakes up it'll be active again... * Taluun`tzo pauses. "Perhaps I should simply throw her as-is? Knowing her, she will fall into her own trap. Might have been a poision or something, she was still awake when it started to wear off. * Chie sighs. "Okay, fine. Taluun? Toss 'er." * Millie chuckles slightly. "Ya got a point there." * Taluun`tzo gets a good grip with her in his hind legs. He *flips* forward, using the leverage to propel her as much as his 4 levels of super strength and 9 body will let him. (Do you *really* want me to roll for that?) ( Is there a point? ) (Not really. Unless you put a +15 modifier on it or something.) * The girl, as expected, goes flying off through the clouds that block visiblity upwards. It dosen't help her much that she was lightwieght. That is that. Continue? (She leaves a little ting of light too) * Chie watches her fly out of sight. "Nice form. And, yeah. Let's go." I give it a 9, and I don't want to stick around here. * Millie puts her hand by her brim and whistles. "Ya know...ah think I'm startin' ta like ya, Talu." * Taluun`tzo smiles. "Most of you humans do. I wish it was the same back in the city though." * The 'Loading' message flashes for a second. And there's now a floating metal pad, circular, about 12 feet in diameter. It has a soft hum to it, and off in the distance, you see the Mountainy Mountains. * Millie leads Pepper onto the Pad (TM). * Taluun`tzo gets onto the pad, and hopes to god it doesn't fall. Shall we? * Chie hops onto the pad. Can't be much worse than the last one. * There's a shiny black ball with sharp teeth that's eating the sky underneath, as well. It's eating rather sloppily and loudly. * Taki gets on. * Chie eyes the ball. "It's like some sick, twisted reflection of Kirby." * Millie looks down at the thing. "What do ya think would happen if I jus' shot it from up here?" Kirby? I like the way you think as well. Hmm, it gets annoied and tries to eat us too? Kirby. Big, pink, marshmallowy thing. Ungodly popular. But you should know that, right? * The Pad (TM) starts up a little after everyone's on. And floats along merrily, merrily, along the sky. * Taluun`tzo puts his hands out, and a high-tech small cannon melds out of his suit. "Shall we?" * Awareness checks! Sight shtuff applies! Kirby...Kirby...Wait I think I saw something like that on the TV a few weeks ago. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying about me." Yeah. On TV, in the movies... everywhere. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 4. (...ahehehe...) (We are clueless!) (I am aware!) (But I thought you were Taluun, not Chomei. ;p) (I'm not) (Really. If I rolled anything lower than a 10, I would have made it.) * Millie grins and unslings her rifle, pointing downward. "Worth a try. Less the rest of ya still object." (How far away is the thing?) (I may or may not object once I find out what making that roll did. ^_~) * Everyone who made it sees flying things off in the distance. That are obviously coming in your direction. Uh, guys? Stuff comin' this way! * Chie points. * Taki forgets about the pink thing for now and looks where Chie is pointing. * Taluun`tzo pulls up his sensors. How many and how fast? * Millie looks up and hmms. "Well...guess it's good I got her out anyhow." She side- glances to Taluun. "Shall we?" * The SBBwST is about a mile down. * Taluun`tzo smiles. "Let us." Aww, you guys are gonna have all the fun, aren't you? * Millie draws up her rifle and points at the bogies. "Yer welcome ta catch any we miss or can't damage enough." Him, If you don't mind, I'm going to duck. * And sensors say that there's 7 birds. And going as fast as Flight 3 will get them there. Two minutes, approx. * Taluun`tzo aims his cannon at the birds. "We have seven of them incomming. Closing in 2 minutes." * Taluun`tzo braces himself, lowers his force field, and lets off a pair of shots! * Chie goes into a ready stance, sword drawn. "Got it." * Taki tries to hind the horse. * 'tack rolls! d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (d6+7) and gets 13. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6+4) and gets 9. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6+4) and gets 8. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 3. * The one bird deftly does a twirl and avoids the blast. Nyah. =p * Millie steadies her sight. Even though the gun looks heavy, the barrel doesn't falter a fraction of an inch. "Just tell me when they're close 'nuff." How close is close enough? * Taluun`tzo fires off another pair of shots. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6+4) and gets 11. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6+4) and gets 8. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 6. * The same bird that did such a nice dodge before kinda.. disintegrates. They are in range! * Init! * Taki watches the birds, "remind me not to get you mad." (And I already rolled init up there) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (d6+8) and gets 9. (I'm a slow leezard!) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 10. ( Yeah. I'm using that roll. ^_^; ) (Good ^_^) d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (d6+5) and gets 8. * Millie! Chie! Taki! Tal! The Birds! * Millie sees her shot and calls out to Tal. "Got it." She cracks off her shot at the boid she was aiming at. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-5) and gets 3. (We have a hit. A most palpable hit) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 3. * The Boid elevates a little bit. The shot goes right underneath it. So close! * Chie! * Millie scowls and cracks open her barrel, rolling two bullets inbetween her fingers. "They never make it easy." (How far are they now?) ( Medium ) (Okay. What's the penalty for firing beyond normal range?) (You'd probably have a +4 penalty.) ( Yeah. +4. ) * Chie eyes the birds. "Kinda far, but... gotta try." She whispers, and her sword glows silver. She then swings it in the direction of the birds. "Spirit Stream!" The light flies forward, and... 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+2) and gets 8. (Misses. But barely.) (Cho would have made that.) ( ACV's of 8 are scary. ) (Quiet, you. ;p) (Yes they are. I've just noticed, you haven't had one of my chars who *doesn't* have an ACV of 8.) * Taki! (Suddenly, Taki knows how to cast 'Fireball!') * Taki hides behind Taluun and the horse, "I hope I get an attack someday...I'd never actualy use it...but it'd be nice to know it's there." (Total Deff) (*laughs*) ( Hee! ) * Tal! (Hah!) * Taluun`tzo stands his ground and fires off another pair of shots! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 8. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 1. (Made both.) (And they're at the same bird.) 2 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2 2d6-3) and gets 6 4. * Tal manages to shoot the same bird twice before it incinerates! Wow! * And the birds are getting closer.... * Millie! * Millie somehow jams both bullets into her rifle before snapping up be barrel. "If any of the rest of ya can get to 'em now, now's the time." (Reload) I'm tryin'! * G-go! Go Chie go! * Chie goes through the motions again. "Spirit Stream!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 4. * Another bird drops, falling into a slow, uncontrolled dive. Gotcha! * Taki! Good shot! Thanks! Uhm...Good shooting everybody! (more duck and cover) * Talbad. Er, just Tal. (<.<) * Taluun`tzo let's his cannon absorb into his armor, and instead lashes out with one of his arms, trying to grab one of the birds in the nanite-tendril that extends forward from it. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-1) and gets 4. (Made it.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" (... CURSE YOU DICESUKE!) (No, you didn't. ;p) (Ow) * The bird catches the net in it's feet. It's got a dice firm grip on it. And pulls! (Do you want to do an opposed roll? <.<) * Taluun`tzo stays calm and pulls back! * While the other 3 keep on going. Bod roll! (...uh...) () (Super Strength and Awkward Size apply?) ( Yup. >_< ) 2d6-17 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-17) and gets -11. (Made it. :P) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6) and gets 6. (Holy...) (...yeah...) (-17? Minus *SEVENTEEN*?) (I'd call that a made roll.) * ... unfortunately, it get's there before the rest of it's freinds. And smashes into Tal's chest. (-4 for each SS. And -1 for each level of Awkward Size. Yes, that is the way it works. ^_^;) (Congratulations. You just won the Largest Bonus Ever award. And I don't think anyone's going to beat you.) (And I thought -12 was bad.) (Actually, I thought Awkward size gives a penalty to the opposer. ^^;) (I could drop him from Low orbit) (Penalty bonus... If it's a penalty, then I had a -15. I think I still won. ^^;) (And I think that took my turn. Next?) (The birds finally get to do stuff maybe... :P) ( His counter grapple was part of his init. The rest kept on trucking, and it's all Melee now. ) * Millie! * Millie aims at the birds closing in on her. Melee, schmeelee..who needs it. She pulls the trigger at about pointblank range. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-3) and gets 4. (Yessir!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 4. * The bird ... dosen't make it. And crashes into The Pad(TM), and bounces off. * Chie! Try and dodge THAT! * Chie doesn't seem to care that the birds are practically in her face, either, and makes her sword glow again. "Spirit Stream!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Made.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 4. (...) (The dice like giving Jex 7's.) (...but Dicey's obsession with the number 4 is in our favor, so, hey.) (I'm not going to argue) * Chie's target follows a repeat performance. It does manage to squack before it bounces, though. * Taki! (Come on, just whack them..you KNOW you want to) (How many of these suckers are left?) (One, I think.) (Pummel it Taki! You need a kill count!) ( 1 incoming, and the one stuck in Tal's chest. ) (... In?) ( Or on. ^_^; ) (The suit is big, but it's not THAT big.) * Taki tries to kick Tal's brid off him, and mabe even the pad. ( It smashed into you. It hasn't recovered from it just yet. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets 2. (Aww, and I was going to throw the bird into the other one.) (I'll note that this is now using melee/unarmed defense now. ^_^;) (now. Redundant, ain't it?) * Bird dosen't get a def roll, being stunned from the OVER 12 difference. (What? Grabbing onto it was NOT a smart move.) ( Taki, do whatever you're gonna. ^_^ ) (She kicked it off of me.) (Taki or Taluun?) (Ahh....::points up a little bit::) ( Ah. ^_^; ) * Bird is kicked off! It bounces, and slides to the edge, and eeeevvver so slowly, tips over and falls. (Fear my 12 points of damage!) * Tal! * Taluun`tzo swings around, and presuming the other bird is in melee and in range, tries to smack it with an upwards tail-strike! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 1. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6) and gets 5. (Aw yeah. He's at +1 to defend.) ( Still wouldn't of made it. ) (*WHAM!* "I didn't know birds could go that high.") * What Chie said! * Chie drops her stance. "I think we got all of them. Nice work, guys." * Birds: 0. Da Party: 1. (So, how much is left? Because it's getting kinda late on my end. ^^;) * Taluun`tzo lands after his... flip? "That's that. Now, what do you say we waste that thing?" ( Not a lot more. ) (A two parter? But this a One shot! It's happened before) * Chie looks down at the thing. "I'm not sure I can reach it." * The pad happily chugs along. Thanks, I'm glad I was able to help. * Taluun`tzo checks his suit. "That was a mighty kick you landed." * Millie reloads another bullet into her rifle, looking down at the thing. (How many meters in a mile? ^^;) * The SBBwST below catches a couple of the falling birds, chomping them with the rest of the sky. * Taki tugs on her braid, "Yeah, well...usualy I don't..." ( Uh... Not sure. ^_^; ) (Should do all measurements in metric then ;P Hold on) (1609.344 according to my calculator) * Millie hmms. "It's a bit far...but worth a shot." * Chie looks down again. "Yeah. I don't even think I could project the energy that far." * Millie points down at the thing with her barrel. "I'm tired of this place anyhow." * Taluun`tzo looks down. "That's a pretty long shot. But I think I can hit it." * Taluun`tzo aims his plasma cannon down at the thing. (Can we shoot?) * Millie takes some time to aim, judging the distance as best she can. * Taluun`tzo aims too, using his computer and graphic imaging to assist. ( Sure! ) * Taluun`tzo shoots! * Taki watches. * Millie fires off her shot just before, smirking as it goes off. * Chie watches too, because pure spirit energy can only reach so far. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-1) and gets 5. * Taluun`tzo hopes the focused plasma stays coherent long enough... (That's a make) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 9. (Oh, wait. Add another -1 from aiming.) (So that's a hit.) * The shots don't do a Damned Thing to it. It dosen't even seem to notice. ... (Are we still moving?) That was odd. ( Yeah. But not enough to disrupt aim. ) * Millie scowls. "Well, so much for that." (Doesn't matter to someone with Steady Hand. o/~) I guess we wait until it's done moving... Yeah. Guess we have to go through the whole stupid thing with the phoenix and the whatnot. Stupid walnut. Whatnot, Laz... er, Taluun. Not walnut. On the bright side the trip back is going to be a lot quicker. If it only showed its teeth up here, I'd shoot the thing right in the mouth...except it's ALL mouth..nevermind. * The Pad(TM) reaches the Mountiny Mountains! They're very mountainy. But not very mutiny. * Millie blinks at Chie, then points down at it. "Actually, it DOES look like a walnut." Anybody got a set of huge nutcrackers? * Chie tilts her head and stares down at it. "Hmm. Yeah, from this angle, it kinda does." I told you it was a walnut. * Taluun`tzo gets off. (And how much longer do we have?) * Millie smirks slightly at Taki. "A rifle butt between the legs usually works." * Chie snickers. * Millie leads Pepper off to the Mountains. ( Unless it takes exzcessively long, probably only about 1/2 hour. ) How would that hurt? * Taki looks down, "It's a bit big for that." * Chie hops off the pad. "Difference between human anatomy and Sleythin." * Millie smirks slightly. "Well, maybe not for you, but most humans ain't wearin' 2 tons-a metal on their bodies." * There's a red glow visible up at the top. * Taluun`tzo gets off. "It is more around fifty, um, 'pounds'." Whatever. * Taki looks at the light, "Firebird anybody....I wonder if it can roast the nut." * Chie eyes the glow. "Oh, good. That must be what we're lookin' for. Let's get up there so we can go home. Or wake up. Or whatever." Now whatd'ya think that we gotta head up there... * Millie mounts Pepper. * Taluun`tzo shrugs and keeps on keeps on movin'! Whatever. Ladies, care to climb aboard? * Millie rides into the sunset! Or towards the red glow. Whichever. Sure thing. Thanks. If you would be so kind. * Chie climbs up on Taluun's back again, and off they go! Well, after Taki's on, too. (Taluun gets more chicks than Chomei. This... is to be expected. :P) * Taki climbs on too this time. (::snickers::) (Not only that, but one of them *is* Chomei's chick. ;p) (Yup!) * Taluun`tzo runs/bounces/whatevers to the glow! * Top is a short travel! The red glow is getting rather warm the closer you get to it. And just over the crest that finally exposes it for all to see.... ( Hey, Chomei, it's been fun and all, but I've found someone else. What? His name's Taluun. He's a giant, multi-limbed lizard. What? You really need to invest in a hearing aid.) (Wow...that's an increadable I've never seen another like it!) () * There's a big pheonix! In a black energy cage. And a Good Looking guy dressed in black. With generic Flowing Black Robes and such. * Chie mutters. "Oh, god. Attack of the Cliches." * Millie mutters under her breath. "I hope HE doesn't want a pony too.." ( Don't mutter just yet. XD ) Is it a human custom to have a man who has female features at the end of every major event? It could be worse...it could be the King of Wands... About these 'arcana'. What would I represent? Sadly, Taluun, it looks like it's gettin' to be that way. * Millie turns to Talu and shakes her head. "Please don't associate our gender with THAT." I dunno, maybe the Chariot, he's supposed to be huge and strong...and immortal...So maybe not you. You arn't dealing drugs in your spare time are you? (*snerk*) (Yeah, Taki. He's Chariot, and we're going to have to fight him in a few sessions.) ( Does sniffing plasma fumes count?) * The Tall Good Looking Guy in Black is holding one hand steadily at the pheonix, as well. Drugs? No, we have no drugs in the City of Solitude. We use nanites to repair any problems with our anatomy. (We're so dead.) (You would be. I don't know if you could even *touch* Taluun when he's in his armor...) Ahh, right, nevermind. You must be something else then. (Ard and I decided that Chie's Eight of Wands. I'm not sure what it is with me and Wands.) (How's it hold up under orbital reentry...or being buried deep in the earths crust?) * Taluun`tzo looks at big black guy. "Pardon me sir, but why are you extending your hand in the direction of the bird?" (Now we just need to figure out Millie. Except she doesn't have any powers) (Orbital reentry it could probably do. Burried under the earth, eh... *maybe*.) (...okay, Zeg. If you didn't mean that as a pun, I have a real good way of twisting things ^_^;) * Chie nearly laughs. Leave it to Taluun to actually try and be logical about evil cliched villains. * TGLGiB turns his head slowly in Tal's general direction. "Go away. Or die." (I see the pun now, and NO, it wasn't intended. :P) Sorry, but we don't intend to do either. * Millie raises an eyebrow. "Not much for conversation is he?" * Taluun`tzo activates his fancy-smazy force field. "Apparently not." * Taki just grins, "Actualy I plan to do both eventualy, but I need the bird first." * Millie wraps one of the reigns around her arm as she unslings her rifle. "Aw well, didn't think it was quite over yet anyhow." * TGLGiB laughs. Now that he does that, youcan see some distinctly skeletal features about him. But he still looks Damned Good. "If neither, then face the wrath of THE LICH BISHOUNEN!" *more evil laughing ensues.* ...good freakin' grief. Can you get even *more* like something out of a bad fantasy novel? * Taluun`tzo assumes a defensive stance. "Bishounen? Is that some kind of food?" * Millie pales a bit and Pepper takes a step back. "What...the hell..." ...I take that back...I'd rather face the King...he's got more style. That airhead didn't do to well, did she? She's probably still in orbit. * Millie 's eyes are wide and she doesn't say a word. She's still backing Pepper up. * Chie smirks. "Yep." Maybe she'll come down near a pony. (*snickers*) Leave me to do all the work then... Aww, you don't have to go to all that trouble. Just leave now, and we'll take care of things. * LB's other hand glows with dark black evil energy. "I think not." * Init! * Millie mutters under her breath. "...a skelington...it jus' HAD ta be a skellington..." Yes, of course. You do not need to be here. *inadvertently tries the jedi mind trick* d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (d6+8) and gets 11. 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6+7) and gets 17. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 12. ( Grr. ) (2d6 Jex?) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (d6+7) and gets 9. (shoulda brought the idiot...oh well) (the idiot?) (Ichi) (Ahh.) (You had a beef character you could have br- Perfect!) You say a hard object to between the legs hurts, correct? (And yes, that bishi will be singing *very* high pitched soon.) (....I LIKE Taluun a lot more now.) I'm not sure if it mattes with this one, but it's certainly worth tryin'. * Chie grins. Moreso to the men than the women, but yes. (matters) * Taki gives the evil bishi an evil grin. * LB gives Taki just as evil a grin back. "You're first." * Taluun`tzo grins. But you can't see that. (Analytical sensors picking anything up?) ( And after you're done here, I'd like to introduce you to this guy, Tenjirou...) I'd allways wondered how I'd die. (::falls over laughing::) ( Sounds like a kind of cake...) ( Besides him being evil undead, and pheonix nearby caged with same evil baclk undead energy, not really. ) Nobody's gonna die here. 'Cept maybe Cliche-boy there. (Oh, wait I AM first ^^;) Hmph. I'll have you know I put a lot of effort into mainting my great looks even after my ascension to a Lich. (No, I'm first.) * Chie! Oh, yeah. I bet all the girls love it. I have no desire to be another ugly lich. * Chie snorts. (::scolls up a bit farther:: ...beige Otaku needs sleep badly) * Chie then whispers, her sword starts glowing, and she fires another Spirit Stream off at the lich. Humans are so odd in their obsession with appearance. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 9. (I... missed. I never miss.) ( You're fighting a Bishounen. You miss. ) (Mister Dicy would dissagre with you) (That's the first time *ever* that I've missed with that attack under normal circumstances. It's been dodged, but I've never missed.) (Yeah. And Chomei's missed a total of 5 times. Ever.) (It was only one point from a crit) Pitiful. (All his other shots that miss are dodges.) (And, as MC2 has proved, Chie doesn't really care much about looks. She appreciates them somewhat, but she's not obsessed. ;p) (proven, rather) (I think it's Taki's turn, right?) (yeah) ( Yeah. ) (Millie's not obsessed, she just looks damned good ^_^;) (Same could be said for Key) (Taluun, well... You're not his type. Literally. :P) * Taki tries to teleport to side of the lich, close enough that she can hit him next turn, but staying out of shooters way. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Chie, Taki, Tal, Millie, LB. Before I forget again. Taki! Ah. * Taki teleports exactly where she wants to! * Tal! * Taluun`tzo charges forward and sweeps around his tail, which will most likely trip him in the very hard hit. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Made it. :P) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." (Oh, wait. I'm rolling -3. My bad. Still made it.) (... Dicesuke hates me, doesn't he?) (...) (Yeah) ( Seems so. ) (Yes.) (That or he realy realy likes Jex) (Oh well, I get one more attack, I think. Unless he's gonna throw another str test at me.) * The Lich Bishounen merely hops over the charging lizard. And helps him recover from the charge with a well placed kick that knocks him to the ground. (Hop over 7 feet. I'd like to see that. :P) ( You just did. =p ) (I get my second attack?) ( At a +1, due to being kicked to ground. ) * Taluun`tzo rolls with the hit, but gets to his feet and jumps after him again, this time just trying to hit him *really damn hard* with his bulk. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-2) and gets 9. (...) (... AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!) (...) (Has Taluun ever actually been in combat in ATC?) (Nope.) (Then maybe you should keep it that way. ^^;) * LB silently snickers. "You're as bad as the other one. And you're supposed to stop me?" (he did pretty well against the birds) (Well, the thing is, I'd like to see that kick go through his 45 FF *and* 30 armor. <.<) (He's the tank. He takes hits. LOTS of hits.) Yeah, well, everybody has bad days. Yours is coming. * Millie! * Millie gets off Pepper and darts around the rock formation of the mountain. She huddles against the rock with her back to the stone, her rifle looped in her elbow. Her hands are shaking and she's muttering something to herself as she hides. * Taluun`tzo rolls from his miss and mutters something in Sleythin under his breath. * LB laughs evilly. "My turn. And I'll keep my promise girl, you shall be first." 2 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2 2d6-4) and gets 7 -2. (Ranged, melee?) * LB tosses two black balls of evil undead energy at Taki! They blow up, too. Two ranged def rolls! (Not that it matters for that crit >.>) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets 7. (And Taki probibly dies) ( ...37, + 37x2. Yeah, that's a good guess. ) (Yep, and know she knows.) * Taki screams briefly as the balls hit her, and then falls forward onto her face. Taki! Shit! Taluun, Millie, let's waste this bastard! Who's next? And don't be afraid to volunteer, I'll kill you all eventually! * Taluun`tzo reads the analytic sensors. "The, um... SoB is going down!" * Chie! Noone will interfere with me destroying this existence and making it again in my own image! * Chie yells. "Spirit Stream!" I am sorry, but the universe disagrees with you on a principle level. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Maybe you should consider sacrificing some barnyard animals?" (AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!) (God ferblagin dammit!) ( * cracks up. ) (At this point...) (We die, universe ends. Oh well. It was a nice universe while it lasted.) (Hit me Chie! I can soak the hit! Really!) * LB, in a disply of Utter Coolness, quickly forms a glove of black energy around his free hand, and knocks the blast right back at Chie. (Do I get to try and dodge?) ( Dicey must have a thing for Bishounen. ) ( And yeah. ) (You should.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Whew!) (Wanted to see Chie get a crit success and knock it right back) (With the sword a-la Master Sword?) * LB laughs maniacally. He does do a lot of that, eh? (Spirit energy ball! ;p) * Tal! * Chie ducks under her own attack. "Dammit! *That* wasn't supposed to happen." * Taluun`tzo charges forward again, energy building up in his tail. "See you in the afterlife!" He swings upwards, trying to hit Bishi in the gimmies with a charged tail strike. (Called Shot) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-1) and gets 3. (+1 to defend, btw.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-2) and gets 8. * You're fairly sure his eyes bulged out when that hit... * .... and he's still standing. But that looks like it took a *lot* out of him. * Millie! * Millie doesn't seem to hear Chie. She pulls her hat down over her head and closes her eyes tight. "Pull outta it, Millie...com'on.." * Taluun`tzo lands from the flip, still looking at the bishi, force field up and ready to defend. "Not so tough, are you?" * LB tries to mouth some words. And tries some more. And evenutally manages to squeak. If... I go... you all will go with me. Shoot it! ( Been there, Done that, bought the t-shirt) ( Technically, my soul isn't in my body at the moment in MC2...) * LB points both hands at the black energy net holding the pheonix. It flares with a lot of energy, and starts digging into the ground, and the pheonix, expanding. (Our turns?) * In between inits rounds, dirt and dust and rocks and stuff start flying into the air! It's pretty thick. * Chie! (Wow. Going for the whole DBZ effect, aren't you? When should I start grunting?) (Taluun has no hair to turn blond though) ( Heh. ) (You could change his crest blond. :P) * Chie decides that maybe it's best to forego Spirit Stream this time, and just leaps at LB this time. (Chanbara Master) (And I'll note that Chie's hair is blond at the moment.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. (She's trunks as a girl!) (Okay, that's just wrong. Forget I said that. :P) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 3. * LB does a fancy spin, his Generic Black Robes flaring out about him as he does so. Oh yeah, he effortlessly evades the attack, too. (Argh. Hopefully this is *not* indicative of what's going to happen when I'm back in action in MC2. -_-;) * Chie lands, off-balance. "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" ( Chie's luck is Kirby-Elemental. And thusly weakened in non Kirby-elemental games. ) (*snerk*) (But we've got dark kirby right out there!) ( Exactly. ) * Tal! * Taluun`tzo turns around and tries to horse-kick what's-his-name into the stratosphere. (Not a called shot) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-3) and gets 1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-3) and gets 0. * And LB shows off once again, backflipping away before the kick hits. * Taluun`tzo springs off of his forward limbs, trying to bodyslam the backflipping bishi. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taluun`tzo (2d6-3) and gets 1. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6-1) and gets 4. * And to no avail. He stops backflipping, having dodged again, and lands on his feet. I spit on you, bug. * LB does just that. * Taluun`tzo smirks. "Your vitals are falling, human." * LB reaches out one hand, and one of the tendrils from the expanding net forms itself into a rigid strand, and he guides it to slam down on Tal. (*whistles) * Body roll! With acro shtuff. (Wait, don't I get a turn?) (I'd hope so.) ( Argh. ) (Hold off on him trying to hit me, okay?) (I'm the dead one, not her) * GM retcon that! But will repeat that pending Millie's action. >_> * Millie slowly rises and opens her eyes just enough to notice the general vicinity of where the undead freak is. Her rifle shakes a bit and she closes her eyes just as she pulls the trigger. (Assuming he lives.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-1) and gets 5. (Only if he dodges a wild shot.) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jex (2d6+2) and gets 6. (Well, he's hurting pretty hard for defenses now.) * LB hisses. But dosen't look at the hole just under his shoulder. (Should I roll now?) * LB reaches out one hand, to try and 'grab' one of the tendrils. But falls over face first. (What tendrils?) (From the energy net) (Ah, okay.) ( from the net. which is EBIL. ) * Millie lets out a deep breath and falters forward, using her rifle like a crutch. It seems like the only thing holding her upright right now. * Whee! The net dissipates! And the Lich Bishounen shifts to a wireframe version of himself, the ground starts shaking wildly, and slowly dissapears into the ground. * Taluun`tzo walks up to the guy, grabs him by the collar, picks him up a good seven feet, then smashes his face *really* good into the ground. * Taki lies face down in pool of her own blood. * Chie walks over to the phoenix. "Okay. You're supposed to be the ressurection thing, right? Heal her." She points at Taki. * Taluun`tzo glances over to Takin and pulls out a nanonic med-kit, then looks at da bird. * The pheonix blinks at Chie, and stares into her eyes. Presently, it nods. It just...HAD ta be a skellington... (Nanites fix peope from neg 60? I need to get me some of thoes) * It looks pretty hurt, which is all the more evident when it spreads its wings, and looks up. And then, we go home. All of us. I don't ever want to see this place again. (Nope, they don't.) * Taluun`tzo frowns and puts the kit away. "She's dead. You say the bird has special healing properties?" According to legend, yes. * It takes off into the air, flares brightly, and explodes! Lots and lots ands lots of feathers float to the ground. * Chie grabs the feathers and dumps some on Taki. "Okay, do your thing." * And then it falls to the ground, what's left of it, and catches on fire, burning brightly. * Millie staggers forward. "Is that...thing gone now?" Yeah. It's gone. I can't pick it up on sensors. (First conjunction!) And the phoenix is... resurrecting itself, looks like. * Millie smirks very weakly at Chie. "See? We all have our sore spots.." ( It was BOSS EXPLOSION. Whenever something dies like that, it's always utterly cmplete, final, and irreversable. ) * Taki groans and curls into whimpering ball, "Owwwwww." * Chie smiles back. "Yeah. But we made it through, didn't we?" * Taluun`tzo produces a whisping sound, as his headpiece on his suit melds away. "Yes we did." * Chie kneels down next to Taki. "Hey, Taluun, can you take care of her now?" Oh, of course. I hope these work. It is designed for human use, but it hasn't been tested yet... * Taluun`tzo pulls out the nanonic medkit and administers one dose to Taki, letting the little silver nanites do there thing! (All good? We done?) ( Unless you want me to do a nice neat 'The End' thingie. ) ( Otherwise I'm perfectly content to let it go here. z_z ) (Yeah. I think we won. It's good.) [END!]