[You find yourself... in the lobby of a late 20th/early 21st century movie theater! You may be familiar with these things, or you may not. It's dark outside and there are tons, and tons, and I mean *tons* of people around; the line for tickets is moving quickly, but wraps around the lobby a couple times, and the lines for concessions move... uh, less quickly.] ( Sounds like Homestar Runner to me for some reason. ) [For anyone keeping track, it's Friday night. For anyone not, it's not. So there. A big sign proudly says Loews Cineplex Entertainment, and knowing the GMs, this is really gonna suck for you.] ( ...oh, dear, GOD. ) (::quickly checks to see if he has enough money to order a LARGE soda & popcorn::) ( Oh, dear, GOD. ) (Goddess have mercy.) (Yep, we're doomed.) ( No it isn't. At least one of us is carrying plastique and a detonator. ) ( Eeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiii. @_@ ) ( "Can I help you?" "Yes. Duck." *blamblamblamblam* ) (All that and we haven't even done anything yet? Man, that was quick.) [You're just inside the enterance! Go you! People are jostling past to get in and spend their hard-earned cash on some cheap thrills that, oddly, don't involve porn. Because they don't show that in this here theater.] [Nightmare- er, I mean, Session Start!] * Chie blinks. "The hell did I end up here? Oh, well. I've got a meeting to get to, so..." * Chie turns and tries to go out the doors. [A big burly guard steps in Chie's way... and I mean BIG.] * Chelsea blinks and looks around, not knowing how she came to be here. She shrugs and looks to see which movies are playing. * Chie blinks, then stares *waaaaaaaay* up at the guard, and waves. "Hi there. Would you mind stepping aside so I can get out of here?" * Gwen looks very confused. And very out of place. She's wearing something that looks more like a mideval tunic and clothings in earth tones. The sword, dagger, and whip might look more out of place, depending on your point of view. "Um... wow!" * BurlyGuard speaks in a low, gruff voice. "I'm sorry miss, but you cannot leave without a ticket-stub." * Asa is currently considering entering the line for Milk Duds, his favorite candy. Crossing his arms behind his head, he looks around. "Wow. Whatever was in that Harvey Wallbanger recipe of Mad Dog's... it's fucking AWESOME." * Ichi looks around confusidly, "When did I? ...Oh They must have found a way to get to the next world thingy! ...That's good....I wonder where everybody else is..." * Daegal looks around. "... the hell? Where the hell am I? This can't be New York... place is too clean. No homeless guys in the doorways." But I don't even want to see a movie! I just wandered in... funny, I don't even remember passing a theater, but, well... look, I have someplace important I need to be. So if you'll just excuse me... * Lisa_Koez is standing stock still in a gleaming BGC-style hardsuit, smaller than the standard, since she is small. Her faceplate's opaque, and two swords are crossed over her back. The suit's colored tastefully in black, red, and white. She does not appear to be moving. * Chie flashes her most brilliant smile at him. * Ichi wanders through the crowd looking for Shiho or Cara or Daphne. * BurlyGuard doesn't seem to notice and continues to block Chie's attempt at getting through. You must have a ticket stub to enter this area. ... and why the hell is there a robot standing here? * Asa is a tan, blonde, bishi male Lara Croft, complete with khakis, white tank top, and guns. * Chie sighs. "Fine. You want a ticket stub, I'll get you a goddamned ticket stub." She turns around to survey the lobby. ( Hopefully lacking the breasts. ) ( Well, that's where the 'male' thing comes in. ) * Gwen looks around. "Wonder where everyone is..." she eyes Lisa. "Wowie. Super-shiny. More than empire armor, even." She wanders over and peers. * Lisa_Koez slowly reaches up to unlatch her helmet - as she pulls it off, it reveals a black-haired caucasian with a california tan. Her eyes are very wide. ".... this is not the Pastrami Cradle." [Asa's line moves! Well, not really. If he looks over/around the people in front of him, he can see that the nacho cheese machine just exploded.] * Chie is a petite young woman, dressed in a black tank top and baggy black jeans, with BRIGHT RED hair. She's got a bunch of piercings in her left ear and a single silver hoop in her right. A large bag is slung over one shoulder. Right now, she looks very, very annoyed. * Chelsea is a gorgeous young lady in elegant if simple attire. For whatever reason, she has a sword slung at her side. * Ichi is a short and rather bishounen half Japanese teenager, he looks nearly as out of place as the robot in his leather armor...for some strange reason he's walking around with four swords. ( The machine will now no doubt spawn a random encounter. ) * Asa covers his eyes. "...woo! I am SO INEBRIATED. I'm hallucinating the smell of nasty movie theatre butter." He glances at the line in front of him. "You'd think I'd dream up a less crowded theatre. HEY YOU! WITH THE WALKER! MOVE IT!" Great, must be some sort of premiere tonight... buncha people in costume. Fine, whatever. Just gotta buy the ticket and then go. * Daegal is a tallish, lanky guy, somewhat muscular, with tannish skin and unruly curls of black hair. He's wearing a tank top and track pants, and has miscellaneous scars along his arms and neck. * Chie walks over to what looks like the shortest ticket line and gets in it. * Lisa_Koez looks, very likely, UP at Gwen. "Get the fuck away from me or I'll spit you on this e-tana." ) Do it! Do it! Do it! ) [The lady with the walker looks over at Asa and yells in a croaky voice, "Ah, shaddup!"] * Gwen blinks and quirks her head at Lisa. "Oh! You're... um... real?" She looks confused. "What's an e-tana?" * Chelsea shrugs and gets into line, intent on at least seeing if there's anything worth seeing before she turns the place into a cinder. [A Mexican employee is yelling at the employee trying to fix the nacho machine. The other employee yells back and continues to work at cleaning up the mess.] * Lisa_Koez draws one of the katanas. A strip of plasma wavers along its edge. "This. Now. Where am I?" ... if the others knocked me out and dumped me in the training room, there's gonna be some ass whuppings a-comin'... * Chie taps her foot. "Come on, come on... got a meeting to get to, world to save, all that. Let's go..." [There's only one ticket line! MWAHAHAHA! But nine registers working that one line.] [Soul rolls, everyone but Chie!] * Asa flips off the old woman. "Either get in the theatre or kick off, you old BAG." He looks around again and sighs. "Alright, dream people. You've got ten minutes to move it before I give up on you." * Gwen shrugs, and bounces in place. "I dunno. One minute I was on the ship and then... I was here." 2d6+1 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 6. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Asa (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Daegal (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Lisa_Koez (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 3. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Gwen (2d6) and gets 11. [Everyone who missed suddenly has the urge to see a movie! Wow, go advertisement.] ( Well, that was useful, as I was already hoping to see one. ) * Ichi gets into the line, maybe his friends will show up for the movie too! * Chie checks her watch. What time is it? [Even Gwen who really doesn't know what a movie is. But the end of that line has flashing lights.] [7:30 PM.] * Lisa_Koez mutters to herself "... I wonder if this is one of those in-between places, like in that damn bowl." She idly walks toward the line, moving gracefully in her armor. ... I swear, if I get attacked by a giant box of Goobers, someone's gettin' the ol' Testicular Claw... ah, hell. Might as well see a movie while I'm here. Not a chick flick, I hope. Dammit, I bet I'm gonna be late. Swell. Should probably call somebody and let 'em know. * Chie pulls out her cell phone and attempts to dial Rei. * Asa rubs his temples. "I hope the in-hallucination movie is decent. At least it's better than the naked dancing Dejikos from last time." * Gwen blinks, "Hey, wait, armored... aw, phooey." She humphs, and then spots the conveninent blinking lights, and wanders over. * Ichi looks up at the billboards and tries to decide what movie he wants to watch. "Uhm...that one looks good...and maybe that one..." ["Hello, this is Rei's answering machine for interdimensional calls. Please leave your message when the cock crows twice."] ( I dunno. Dejiko was kinda' hot... ) ["Cockle-doodle-doo! Times two."] ( ...what am I saying? ) ( I wish I knew. ) * Chelsea is still waiting to know what movies are playing. If they all feature Kirby, many people will die. (At least you didn't say Puchiko was hot...then I'd have to kill you) ( AMEN. ) "Rei? It's Chie. I'm gonna be late to the meeting tonight. I'm stuck in the movie theater from hell. No, please don't ask. I'll see you in a little while, okay? Try not to torture Chomei too much without me. Bye!" [None of them feature Kirby! Well, you think. Sometimes he works his way into the cast listing.] ( Nono. veeery different Dejiko. ) * Chie hangs up. "Hope she checks her messages." * Lisa_Koez actually takes the time to look around. "...movies? It's a movie theater!" She scans the titles. "... a very CLEAN movie theater." (Ohh, that one...It's been so long since I played) [A very, VERY clean movie theater. A penguin walks by with a broom and dustpan. "Wakwakwak" it says happily.] "Alright, this is irritating." He taps the person in line in front of him on the shoulder, and unless it's Andre the Giant, goes to deck him one as he turns around. * Gwen frowns at the standing still, and rocks from foot to foot. "This place is boring..." [Andre the Giant turns around!] (Score.) ( Bah, I have those fun gloves on. I punch him anyway! ) * Chelsea blinks at the penguin and wonders where she's gotten to this time. * Chie *eyes* the penguin. "Funny, I didn't think I got drunk recently." ( Rawk. ) * Daegal eyes the penguin, then blinks. "Andre the Giant? ... COOL!" [The penguin blinks up at Chie. It's wearing a nametag that says SPANKY on it. Yes, in all caps.] ( You're all in Ard's worst dream ever. ) Cute. ( Seems that way. ) Wak. I wonder if they shoved me in the bowl... hullo, penguin... Wak to you too. * Ichi tries to look around the side of the line. * Chelsea resists the urge to pet the cute penguin. * Spanky nods sagely and goes about cleaning up whatever popcorn's lying around. Okay. * Chie shoves her hands in her pockets and taps her foot impatiently. "C'mon, c'mon!" * Gwen wobbles back and forth in the line, and looks around, mumbling, "This place is almost as bright as that Fun-Fun place." [For some reason, Asa's line isn't moving, even though the other lines do. It's kinda like in Leisure Suit Larry 3, where- never mind.] * Lisa_Koez sheathes the e-tana, finally, and begins seriously pondering what movie to see. "Maybe I can catch one of those Red Hong Kong flicks..." * Asa mutters. "That does it." He pulls out his DE and fires into the air. "MOVE IT OR LOSE IT." ... ah, so this *is* New York. (Refresh my poor memory. What is a DE, exactly?) ( Desert Eagle. ) ( A Desert Eagle. Very large overcompensating handgun. ) ( .44 cal semiautomatic handgun. ) * Ichi puts a hand on the hilt of his katana as he whirls about trying to find what just exploded. "Wha?!" * Lisa_Koez quickly swivels over to look at Asa, drawing both her katanas as she does so. "Jesus fuck, Hippies! Here!" [Asa hears clicks. Lots of them. Wow, where'd all these guards come from?] * Chie whirls around as the guy pulls his gun. "Swell. Another gun nut." * Gwen jumps. "Gun! Ah... um... er..." she pats her chest. "Oh, good." * Asa looks around, raising an eyebrow. "Gentlemen, it's a dog-eat-dog illusionary world." [The ticket line moves like nothing happened. Three times around the theater and say "Magic!"] * Chelsea blinks at the sound of gunfire, and looks around. She doesn't see a massive slaughter going on, and so soon looses interest. * Chie watches the guards surround the guy. Good. Now maybe they can get on with things. She keeps one eye on the situation, though. * Lisa_Koez blinks... and resheathes her swords. "I have got to get SIG-ASP to give me a CAT scan after this." ( The worst thing you can do to someone who spends his day repressing the urge to plug random people simply for being stupid is put him in a situation where he thinks it's not real. ;) [Awareness roll for anyone who's not already pre-occupied.] * Gwen looks around nervously at everyone around here. "Stuck in all these people..." * Ichi looks around for Shiho again, "This isn't a good place either." 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Daegal (2d6-2) and gets 2. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Gwen (2d6) and gets 7. (*ponder* Am I preoccupied?) [Asa spots a sign! It says, "Greetings, citizen! Remember, when going to the movies, always buy your ticket first! Have a nice day! ^_^"] * Lisa_Koez picks up her helmet from where she'd dropped it and puts it back on. 2d6+1 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 10. 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 5. (Not really. Just roll awareness. ^_^) 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Lisa_Koez (2d6-2) and gets 2. ( What happened to the guards? ^_^ ) ( Hey, if they're gone, I don't have to kill them. Bonus. ) [Everyone who made it, you notice that there are hidden cameras almost all over the place, surveying every square inch of the lobby. Doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?] (They're still there, and still aiming at Asa. Trying to kill them would *probably* be a bad idea, as there's more of them than you. A lot more.] ( That's what makes it fun. ) * Lisa_Koez talks to herself, which also is piped out of a speaker. "Well, how cozy." * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. ( I'm getting to use all the fun tech I forgot to use in GCI. ^_^ ) * Daegal eyes the cameras. "No wonder it's so clean." * Spanky wanders through the guards, stops next to Asa, and cleans up a soda spill by his foot. * Chie doesn't seem to notice the cameras, as she's far too intent on getting the damn ticket so she can get the hell out of here and get to the club meeting. * Asa mutters, holstering the gun. "You guys are, like, the superego, right? S'what's keeping the Id in check? Something." * Gwen catches the funny boxes, and blinks. "Cameras? Here?" Her voice gets softer, and deeper, "Where the hell am I?" ( The device that the weird frog guy gave you. But you can still use System ID. ) * Ichi gives up looking for Shiho, and wanders out of the line and twards the gaurds. "They might come here too." * Spanky wanders off. * Lisa_Koez notes Gwen near her, and turns her head. "Just cameras. I mean, they're everywhere anyways, right? Why not in here, even if the place is really REALLY retro?" [The line moves! You've gone around the movie theater one (1) time!] * Asa twitches, resisting the urge to do something drastic. [The guards look at Asa, then holsters their weapons once she holsters hers. They then seem to vanish in mid-air.] (His!) (It's Asa. Can you really tell?) * Gwen 's head jerks up, and she looks at the woman in armor. "I'm not used to cameras, except... well." She peers. "Are you from the empire? Do they have shiny new suits?" * Ichi blinks as the gaurds vanish... "Maybe not..." ... okay, ol' Grover really needs to cut down on the crack. ( Hey, the only Girlyman here is Gideon.. and he's not here,s od amn. ) Hasn't been an empire since... damn, since forever. Suppose the last one was Japan... I wonder if the corps count as empires? O... kay. Now I'm hallucinating. Swell. And I thought the weirdness didn't start until *after* we got an assignment. Now it's following me around. * Chelsea doesn't seem bothered by the strangeness. Instead, she mutters something about being like old times. * Ichi gives into the call of the movie and gets back into the line. "They have to be here someplace...I'm here..." * Gwen makes a humming noise. "Somehting's wrooong here... see, where I come from, technology is kept away from us, mostly." She beams. "But that's OK! I don't use it anyway." * Asa sighs, clicks his heels and has a seat in midair Morrigan-style. "Oh, LORD, this is the most boring drunk halluncination ever." * Lisa_Koez freezes. "You're... uh... you're not a Hippie, are you?" * Gwen turns her head and looks at Lisa. "Hippie? Um... I have hips." She rocks her hips back and forth to demonstrate. [Ahead of you, someone stands on the counter with a megaphone and yells, "EIGHT AND TWO THIRDS OF A MILE FOR 7:45 IS SOLD OUT! AND SHOW US YOUR DAMN I.D FOR THE 8:00 ONE! NO, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE GOT WHITE HAIR AND WRINKLY SKIN AND GRANDKIDS!" Then it quiets down a little and is followed with, "Thank you!"] * Daegal mutters. "If I end up waiting on this line for a fucking Meg Ryan movie..." What backwater hellhole asteroid did you fall off of? I don't care *what* movie it is. I just want a ticket, and then I want to leave. [Some kids run under Asa, throwing popcorn at each other.] * Chelsea just hopes there's something artistically fulfilling playing. Although considering the crows... she taps the person in front of her on the shoulder, since she's decided to ask questions, now. * Ichi has no idea what that movie is...so he doesn' worry about his ID. (Am I the person in front of Chelsea?) [Chelsea taps Chie on the shoulder!] (Apparently I am. ^_^) Um... well, last I remember, we were on the Moon ship at Rock Lake... and then I'm here? (I idly wonder who's in front of me.) * Gwen rubs her head confusedly. * Chie turns around and looks at Chelsea. "Yeah?" (Yes...yes you are) Excuse me, but I seem to have gotten lost somehow. Where are we? [Gwen. Ichi's in front of her. Chelsea's in front of him. The cheese stands alone.] ... okay, c'mon guys. This is getting boring. Where's the supervillian in the sissy tights? (Then who's behind me?) (Mmmm... cheese.) * Asa crosses his legs and looks around, spying Lisa. "Hey, sweet. At least I'm imagining some fun hardware." [Daegal's in back, behind Lisa. And Asa is sitting in the air, not even in line. ^^] ( I am so in line! ) (You are?) ( Are not! ) We're in some sort of movie theater. Wait... you don't know how you got here, either? (No!) ( I was in line from the very start. ^_^ ) * Lisa_Koez puts her hand behind her head. "Moon? There are lakes on the moon? When the hell did that happen?" * Daegal pokepokes Lisa in the shoulder. "Hey, you Iron Man's cousin or somethin'?" (Wrong line! You're in concessions line.) * Gwen shakes her head. "No, no, not the Moon. Our ship is called the moon. The something Moon. I can't remember, that's Bob's job." She smiles as if embarassed. ( Oh, right. Isn't that inside, though? Shouldn't I have a ticket? ^_^ ) * Lisa_Koez just about punches Daegal square in the face before she halts her fist. "... who?" (Not in this theater. ~_^) * Gwen meeps. ( Or, at the very least, milk duds? ) Iron Man. Guy in a big metal suit. Fights evil'n stuff. (You don't, 'cause the line isn't moving. Tickets and concessions are done in the same place. ^^;) * Ichi turns around and blinks at the power armor behind him in line, "This...is a very strange world..." (In that you can do one first or the otehr first. Yeah.) Never heard of the guy. ( Then I'm in line, so there. ;_; ) * Gwen finds herself looking at Ichi, and says loudly with a wide smile. "Hello! This place is very strange!" * Chelsea frowns at Chie. "Erm. No, I don't. I thought you would; usually it's only me and a few friends in things like this." But guys in big metal suits come a credit a gross, so. * Ichi nods, "Uhm...didn't I just say that?" Ah, okay... * Gwen nods. "Yep! And I agree." She nods to emphasize the point. (Nod nod nod nod nodnodnodnodnodnodnod.) Heh. Sounds like me and my friends, actually. But, yeah... I had some time before the meeting, so I decided to wander around for a bit... but y'know, I honestly don't remember even being *near* a theater. [Asa mysteriously appears in the box office line! Behind Daegal, who's behind Lisa, who's behind Gwen, who's behind Ichi, who's behind Chelsea, who's behind Chie!] ... question. You got any freakin' idea how you got here? * Chelsea shrugs. "I know I wasn't near a movie theater. There aren't any where I live, sadly. Although I plan to change that." None at all. But shit like this is apparently par for the course in somethin' the SI.. uh... the techs called a bodyslide. You do much instant interplanetary travel? * Asa starts humming the theme to the old Wonder Woman TV show and bopping around a foot or so off the ground. "Man, what a great sim this is gonna make. Heh heh heh." Nah. I usually just take a cab. Ahh...right...Uhm...have you a girl with a bow and brown hair...or one with blond hair and a sketch book? They tend to get worried when I get lost...or one blond one with...well her chest isn't as big as it was and she doesn't worry...but I'd like to find her. [Asa plots simhell. This bodes poorly for GCI.] * Chie peers past Chelsea for a second and looks at the other occupants. "Y'know, I'm beginning to thing that this isn't an ordinary theater, and I didn (Keep in mind Maggie's gonna KILL YOU.) 't just stumble in here. (I HATE apostrophes. HATE.) (They hate you back.) * Gwen ums. "Bow and brown hair... sketch book... I've only seen the shiny armor woman." She thumbs at Lisa helpfully. (and think, not thing. That was a *bad* sentence.) * Lisa_Koez kind of waves idly. * Gwen adds quickly, "Well, and you, but you're not a girl." Oh...Thanks. * Ichi nods. * Chelsea shrugs. "I'd assumed it wasn't, actually. But if it has anything worth seeing, I may as well take in a show. My buisness can run itself for a while." * Lisa_Koez puts her hand on her hip. Her suit thrums a little. She grumbles. * Gwen pulls out her dagger, and looks at it. It's a very weird dagger. Looks like a big solid drop of water with a hilt, and a little shield on it. Fair enough. Generally, if stuff's not botherin' me, I won't bother it. Sadly, it almost always *is* bothering me. * Ichi blinks at the dagger, "How did you make it like that?" [The line moves some more! Two times around the movie theater, and you're close now! Incidentally, Saki's in front of Chie. No, she doesn't know how she got there, either, but she did feel this uncontrollable urge to buy a ticket.] * Asa steps back onto the ground and looks around. "Hmmm. I wonder if I've still got one of those on me..." He digs through his jacket. * Gwen says, "I dunno! I got it from a dead guy... but he didn't care." * Chelsea nods sagely. "Such is life, I've found." She scowls. "And everything there is seems to have set out to bother me, at some point." * Gwen gestures idly with it. Oh. * Lisa_Koez leans out of line and looks up and down it at the fucking crazy people. "Yanno, it didn't take this long last time.." * Asa doesn't find what he's looking for, and leans out to look at Lisa. "I TRIED to speed things up, but apparently the armed goons are against the Machiavellian approach." * Saki blinks a few times and looks around... "Now what?" Heh, really? Sounds scarily familiar. * Chie grins. * Ichi draws an inch or two of his katana, the blade is blood red and looks very very sharp, "I sometimes make things so I was wondering, but if you don't know that's allright." ...eh? Oh, the gun thing. No, I didn't mean the line. But it is taking a while, innit? * Asa shrugs. "If you mean me sobering up and realizing you're all chunks of either a historical or sci-fi flick/book I've seen/read recently? Yeah, but I'm sort of thin, so I can dig it." "AHA! Found it!" He produces a chihuahua from inside his coat. It barks. * Gwen looks at Ichi's sword, and pouts. "That one's so much cooler than mine. But can it do this!" She waves her hand, and someone's pop cup explodes, and the water/pop floats above the dagger. * Lisa_Koez audibly blinks. Wow, nothing I've made can do that! * Daegal eyes Gwen. "You can control water? What are you, a Superfriend?" [A customer looks sad as his cup explodes. "Hey, you're buying me another one!"] * Gwen nods, and pouts. "I wish I could make things like that... but I can only make really simple swords." She pats the sword she has, and the water ball wobbles in the air.. * Asa scritches the dog behind the ears. "I figure, you're all phantoms, really. So if the movie's good, using this sucker to get in won't be a big deal." I'm not sure on the phantom thing. Last I knew I was real. * Ichi nods and puts his katana away, "My first ones were simple too...and I made a lot of mistakes...I even managed to turn one of them into lead...I still don't know how..." * The customer walks back to the concessions stand with his (now destroyed) cup "Damn kids." (And their puppy, too.) (Gwen's 22. @_@) * Asa raises an eyebrow. The dog barks again. "You sure? Nice exo, by the way. Where'd you pick it up?" * Gwen looks confused. "How'd you turn a sword into lead? You make swords by hitting them." * Ichi nods "My teacher thinks I grabed a bar of lead instead of an iron one when I smelting...I can't remember doing it, but..." You smelt it, you dealt it. "From what I saw right before this I'm not sure of much." She looks down at her suit. "You like it? It's almost standard ATC issue, faster, stronger, flight mods. I got it modded when I made Captain." * Ichi turns and blinks confusedly at Daegal "Wha?" * Gwen hmphs. "You had to. Nobody turns iron into lead, silly." She juggles the ball of water/soda. Not very impressive. ... Holy crap. I've found the only person on the planet that don't know that joke. * Asa frowns. "Well, damn. Alright, boy, back you go. We'll save you for if the bathroom line is long." THe dog barks as he stows it back in his coat. Somehow. "Well, it's a little blockier than I'd build, but it does the job, looks like." He gives Lisa's suit the Eye. * Saki yawns and taps her foot. "What the hell's the delay here?" I didn't build the damn thing. And this is literally the smallest you can make the damn suits. Well, the smallest they tell us they can make 'em. [The line moves! You're close. Very close. The poor workers are running around and greeting and occassionally yelling at people as they cycle through.] * Chelsea smirks at Chie. "Well. since it seems we're going to be here a while, we may as well introduce one another, yes?" * Asa waves his hand dismissively. "That means you can probably halve the size, really. R&D types lie all the time." * Ichi blinks at Daegal again and then shakes his head. Sure. Chie Matsuda. * Gwen bounces the ball up and down. "This is the best dagger ever. I love water." She glees. * Chie extends a hand. (Also, I wanna know how you'd get SuperStrength two into something that formfitting.) ( By being a fucking genius. ) * Chelsea nods, accepts the hand, and shakes. "Chelsea Taltos. Pleased to meet you." Shit, don't I know it. ( Some of us aren't bound by the laws of physics ^_- ) * Ichi nods at Gwen, "It looks that way." (Right, always the flaw in ATC tech. Reality.) * Chie blinks as she returns the handshake. "Huh. What a weird coincidence." * Daegal rubs his temples as he eyes Gwen. "If I get attacked by freakin' Aquaman..." [You get to the end of the line! Go you! Before you all know it, you're ushered to one of the registers, which is manned by a latino teenager with a stud in his left ear. His nametag says "JOSE".] Nothing, I've found, is a coincidence. But, what makes you say this is? ( *spittake* ) NEXT IN LINE PLEASE! * Gwen stretches the water to make a wall of soda/water two inches from Ichi's face... and makes faces at him through it. Oh, just that I've actually heard of someone else named Chelsea Taltos, and it's not exactly a common name around here. * Lisa_Koez looks back to Asa. "By the way, who the fuck are you?" * Jose looks at his screen. "Alright, what movie would you like to see tonight?" * Ichi smiles back at Gwen through the water. * Asa gives a little wave. "Asa Morganstern, SUPER genius." * Chelsea shrugs. "I'm the only me there is, as far as I know. Which is good." * Jose looks at the people holding up the line. "NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!!!" "Oh, and it seems we're up." [Hey, he's looking at you.] (That's Saki isn't it?) * Gwen chuckles, and lets the water go back into a ball. ( Me? ;_; ) ( I thought it was Chie? ?_? ) That we are. Well, let's not wait any longer. Sorry, but I'm gonna have to run after this. Got someplace I need to get to. (Saki's in front! Then Chie, then Chelsea, then... oh, you know.) (Saki's ahead of me.) ( Ah ha. ) Lisa Koez, All-Earth kendo champion seven years running. Jesus. When we hit reality go apply to ATC. Tell them someone recommended you for a fox-hunt. You'd fit right the fuck in. * Saki walks up to the guy. "Uh, yeah. One ticket." * Chie looks at the movie listings briefly. What's available? * Gwen pouts. "Aww. I never get to talk to people who appreciate weapon stuff really well." Of course. But we're after... no, that couldn't be. Not another one. * Jose is at the far end register, also known as register 9. He picks up the phone just as you arrive at his register, and says faster than any of you can make out. "Hello, thank you for calling Loews Entertainment, how may I help you?" * Asa raises an eyebrow. "I've got a job. I, uh... work for International Exports. Doing the usual. Building giant mainframes, tuning superweapons, etc." Another what? * Ichi turns around and looks at the billboard again. Uhm...what were you going to see? * Saki sighs. "How annoying." * Gwen says, "I dunno. I felt like looking at the lights, and then I was trapped." She pouts again. * Chelsea nods at Saki. "I've known someone who looked like her. Several, actually. They seem to crop up all over the place, and they usually have foul tempers." If you like suits you can't get better'n ATC> * Jose rattles off some showtimes and does a quick farewell, then hangs up the phone. He looks at the first person in line. "Hello, welcome to Loews Cineplex Entertainment. What movie would you like to see tonight?" Huh. Well, guess tonight's just full of odd things like that. I don't know. What's playin'? * Daegal shakes his head. "Poor theater workers. One day they'll snap and kill everyone with that evil butter crap. Hope someone takes pictures." * Asa hehs. "Never heard of 'em, frankly, but hey. I'm sure there's some whackjob Star Trek superstring physics theory for why we're here. If I'm ever in your cross-dimensional potentiality I'll try to remember the name." So it'd seem. I'm assuming you don't know what's playing here, either? * Chie narrows her eyes and looks at Saki. "Actually, she looks kinda like someone I know, too, but not identical. And, no, I don't. Shouldn't there be a sign or a list or something?" * Lisa_Koez twitches her pinky, and her swords disappear from her back. In theory. Or at least advertisements. * Saki eyes Chie. "You better know me. I'm gonna be your boss in twenty years." * Gwen hmphs, and looks around for a suitable water/soda ball target. * Chie stares evenly back at Saki. "Actually, you sorta look like my boss. Of sorts." * Lisa_Koez taps her foot. * Saki eyes Jose. "Well?" * Ichi continues to read the billboards. * Saki does a lot of eyeing c.c * Jose sighs and taps at his register thing. "8 and 2/3rds mile; Lord of the Fries: The Twin Doughnuts; Arry-hay Otter-pay and the Hallway of Knowledge; Start Trek and the Lost Ark; and L33bo & R$ch." * Chelsea rests her head in her hands, as though she suddenly had a headache. * Chie turns back to Chelsea. "They're doin' a pretty lousy job of advertising. Oh, well. The only money they're getting out of me is one ticket's worth. Need asprin?" Aspirin would be good, yes. * Asa mutters. "Man, why can't this go back to being a hallucination? I'm all trigger-twitchy now." A good fight would be welcome, yeah. [Awareness Checks!] 2d6+1 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 12. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Gwen (2d6) and gets 10. 2d6-4 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Saki (2d6-4) and gets 3. * Chie rummages in her bag. If Chelsea happens to look in, she might catch a glimpse of a few unusual things - a Chinese sword, for one. And some medallions with strange carvings on them. 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Lisa_Koez (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Daegal (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 4. 2d6-2 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. 2d6 * DiceMcDicebot rolls for Asa (2d6) and gets 7. Nice sword. * Chie fishes the asprin bottle out and blinks at Chelsea. "Wha? Oh, thanks. Here you go." She hands it over. [Everyone who made it notices a gold ring with an orange stone on Jose's right index finger that borders on tacky. Ichi notices a kernel of popcorn next to his feet, then the penguin sweeping up the kernel.] ( The most funnest defect EVAR. ) (He's also got Spect Succ too) * Ichi watches Spanky clean up. * Gwen giggles, and drops the soda on the penguin. * Chelsea frowns at the ring. * Lisa_Koez eyes the ring idly. ( *thinks, then DIES LAUGHING* ) * Spanky WAKS!, glares evil penguin death and Gwen, then waddles off. Probably to wash up. * Zegon doesn't notice. "So, what movie would you like to see?" (Jose said that.) * Asa raises an eyebrow. "Wow. It's so 1980's. It's like a museum." * Saki pays just enough attention to the ring to not care. "Whatever, man." * Chelsea shrugs, deciding to dismiss it as terrible fashion sense. (A shame I didn't make that roll. I would definitely have a few things to say about a weird ring.) * Gwen puts the dagger away, and bounces back and forth on her feet. ( *snickers uncontrollably* I'm far too amused by it. ) ( Good lord, I wouldn't make anything like that no matter *how* much somebody paid me.) * Chelsea mutters something about rings that couldn't co-ordinate with anything no matter what. That wasn't a nice thing to do to that poor penguin. * Jose clears his throat yet again. "What would you like to see?" * Asa waves a hand. "Of course, I REALLY pissed off that one group of cadets with the Duck Tales sim. They're all, 'What's with the ducks?', and I'm, like, 'Don't you watch the classics?'" * Chie looks at Chelsea. "Did you just mention rings?" * Gwen says, "It's just a penguin and dirty water. I don't know why people would drink dirty water anyway." She makes a face. * Saki shrugs. "I really don't care." She points to a random movie. "That one." * Chelsea points at Jose's ring, ignoring the fact that doing so is rude. "Right there. Feast your eyes and feel them become ill." * Jose nods. "What time? We have it showing every hour on the hour... and a show's just starting now too." * Lisa_Koez reaches up to pinch the bridge of her nose but is blocked by her faceplate. "I wish I could figure out what this is supposed to be besides antique... eh?" * Chie looks at the ring. "Good lord. I wouldn't make anything like that no matter *how* much somebody paid me." (Thank you, Chelsea. ^_^) Uhm...dosen't somebody have to care about the penguin? * Saki runs her hand through her hair and says irritatedly. "Now's fine." * Ichi scratches his head. Sure! The penguin. He looked like a happy sane penguin, I'm sure he's fine. * Gwen beams. ... if this takes any longer, maybe I'll see Nightmare on Elm Street Seventy-Five. * Jose punches it up. "Cash, charge, or other?" Oh...right...I guess it's Okay then. ( Man, Gwen, I'm going to shoot you by the end of this if it kills me. ) Whatever. (Shrug. She's given up on dealing with it rationally.) * Jose looks at Saki. "You're the one paying." (Although Gwen's hold on 'rational' is pretty weak...) Fine. Cash, I guess. Alright, $8.25 please. * Gwen rocks back and forth. * Asa stretches. "Man, it's too cold for this shorts stuff. Smartsuit! Gimmie something a little warmer, please." His clothes poof into a parka and snowpants. * Saki hands the man $8.25, muttering, "Better be a damn good movie." ... $8.25? Must not be New York... movies are a freakin' arm and a leg. ( Man, I never used the smartsuit enough in GCI. ) Wait... what the hell currency is this? * Jose takes the money. "Exact change, okay." He puts it in the drawer, the tickets pop up and he saddles them with about thirty pages of advertisement. "Enjoy your movie." He hands them to Saki. "NEXT I IN LINE PLEASE! Well, that's my cue. Would love to stay and chat for a while, but I gotta run. [That's Chie, for those of you keeping track at home.] Uhm...Dollars? ...I don't think I have any anymore... ::starts digging through his backpack:: * Chie fishes a business card out of her pocket and hands it to Chelsea. "Here. Feel free to stop by sometime." Hello, welcome to Loews, what move would you like to see today? * Saki walks into the theatre, mumbling, "I bet." She pulls the ticket out of the ads and dumps the rest in the trash. * Chelsea walks up with Chie. "If you're not staying, allow me to pay for your ticket. Least I could do." [Everyone's currency has been converted to dollars! Because, uh, the GMs head will explode if you try to handle currency exchange.] * Chelsea accepts the buisness card, too. ^_^_v * Gwen frowns. "Wait, money? I don't have any money." Oh, hey, thanks. That's really nice of you. * Chie smiles. * Gwen pouts. "We never have any money." Two for... hm. What movies are currently showing? * Ichi blinks at the bottom of his bag..."I guess I do." I don't know, let's find out, shall we? * Jose looks up at the BIG board of movies showing up behind him. * Asa says, muffled by parka: "Stupid suit. How about something Ivy League, smartass?" He gets a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt reading "WOTSANATTA U", and sighs. "Good enough." Yes, let's. ( a big board with 4 movies :P ) * Ichi pulls out $19.82 and a half a penny. * Lisa_Koez unlatches one of her gauntlets and looks at the desk for a thumbscanner. * Gwen looks at Ichi, and beams. "Is that money? Can I have some? Please?" [The board reads, from top to bottom "8 and 2/3rds mile; Lord of the Fries: The Twin Doughnuts; Arry-hay Otter-pay and the Hallway of Knowledge; Start Trek and the Lost Ark; and L33bo & R$ch." There are other movies, but they're all sold out. All the shows have times at varrying intervals, but all have a show that's starting very soon.] * Chelsea looks at the choices. "...well. Were any of them written for a target audience other than hormornal teenagers?" Uhm...I guess so...It's not like they let my buy anything anyway... * Chie snickers. "Probably not. I'll let you pick, though, since you're the one who's staying." * Gwen bounces. "Yay! Thank you!" ^__^ * Ichi gives Gwen $10.01.5 "You're welcome?" * Gwen nods. "I am welcome." * Gwen rubs the side of her head, and mutters, "And out of it, besides." * Jose looks at Chelsea impatiently. ... okay, I coulda *made* my own movie at this point... Uh...right...any ideas on what movie to see? * Gwen shakes her head. "I dunno. What's a movie?" * Chelsea looks at Jose impatiently. "Well?" (Um, Yu? Big board?) Uhm...you sit in a big dark room and uhm...on one of the walls...it's like a play but realy big? * Ichi scratches his head again. ( She asked Jose a question, Daeg. ;P ) Well, how would I know? I never get to see them. I would guess Start Trek and the Lost Ark wouldn't be for that. Pretty much all the stuff that you'd want to see is sold out. ...right. ( You wouldn't happen to know anyone named Chomei, would you?) (D'oh. Going blind. s'why I just ordered new glasses. =P)\ * Chelsea sighs. "Two for Star Trek and the Lost Ark, please." She hands the man her shiny platinum card. (Who?) A play? On the walls? How do the actors act? ( S'what I thought. ;p) * Lisa_Koez looks back at Asa. "You seem to know history. What the fuck did they use for money back in olden days?" Uhm....it's just pictures of the actors on the wall...but they move and talk and stuff. * Chelsea shrugs to herself. "It couldn't be worse than the Jackie- chan/Kirby movie. Nothing could. Nothing at all." * Jose takes it and swipes it. He hands Chelsea a reciept. * Asa blinks. "Depends on where you were. Everyone here's speaking English, so my guess is Mexico. Peso, I think." ( What about the Kirby/Squall/Fighter movie? ) Jackie Chan. And Kirby. Good lord, that's... I don't really want to think too hard about that. ( That's the one I meant, actually. ) (U HISTORYIN: BAD) ( My historyin: Comedic effect. ) ( It was a big hit in the past. I figure Chie, living in the past, would know all about it :P ) * Jose hands Chelsea a pen as well. "Can I please have your signiture here, here, here, and here." (Sorry, it's too far in the future of the past for Chie to know about. ;p) Yes. And you never want to see it, either. Hopefully you come from a world with a low amount of Kirby. ( It's only 20 years old :P ) Oh, no. We've got Kirby *everywhere.* Shit. All I've got is my thumb. I'm so very sorry. * Gwen blinks. "Oh. Weird... um... pictures on the wall? How is it like a play?" It's okay. We deal. * Asa checks his pockets. "Hey, money!" He peers at it. "Dollars, looks like. I gotcha covered. Not sure you're gonna fit in the stadium seating wearing that, though." (Yes. Exactly. It'd have to be 40 years old at least for Chie to really have any interest in it. ;p) You let me handle that. (Shot down!) Thanks for the cover. * Chelsea signs there, there, there, and there. "There you are. I suggest not trying to eat it." * Chelsea takes the reciept, her card, and waits for the tickets. Uhhm...It's Ahh... * Asa shrugs. "No sweat. You're pretty decent for a cross-dimensional armor jock. You'd think with all our science we could give the things pockets, though." * Jose takes it and puts it in a seperate compartment. He hands Chelsea the tickets and a ton of ads. "Enjoy your show. NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!!" They uhm ...take lots of pictures of a play and then show them realy fast so it looks like they move? Is that how it went? * Chelsea turns, tosses the ads back into Jose's booth, and walks off to the side. * Chie follows Chelsea over. "Wow. Killed a lot of trees there." * Jose takes the ads and sorts them, putting them on the pile of ads he has. * Ichi scratches his head and doesn't notice Jose...thinking is HARD ;_; NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!! I'm not really all that big on the armor. But it's use it or die nowadays. I prefer fighting where I can get scratched, anyways. Amen to that. * Gwen pokes Ichi. "He's yelling at you." Trees make for a resilient population; they'll grow back. [Who all's heading to the ticket taker?] S'true. Just not many of them around where I live. Huh? Oh! Sorry! ::runs up to Jose:: ( Me @_@ ) (I'm guessing Chelsea, Saki and I.) * Asa hehs. "You sound like a couple people I know. Really insane, suicidal types." * Chelsea hands Chie her ticket. "Here you are. And there are plenty where I live, but the trees there are best avoided. They tend to get hungry at all the wrong times." * Jose looks at Ichi. "Hello, welcome to Loew's Cineplex Entertainment. What movie would you like to see today?" * Lisa_Koez shrugs. "It's a leftover from training in kendo. I don't feel like it's a workout unless I end up with a bruise or a cut." I'd...uhm...Ahh... ::points at a movie that's sold out:: that one? * Chie takes the ticket. "Thanks again, and I'll keep that in mind." She seems fairly unfazed. * Jose shakes his head. "I'm sorry, but that's sold out." [The three college-age girls approach the ticket taker! She's a petite girl with short, purple and platinum hair and lily-white skin. Oh, and she just kicked a middle-aged guy in the nuts. "No sneaking in!" she yells at him as he crumples to the floor in agony. "I only put up with that crap when I worked for the dollar theater!"] * Chelsea nods. "Of course. See you again, perhaps, Chie." * Asa shakes his head. "A female kendoist. God, you're an otaku's wet dream." ( I'm not college-age. c.c ) Yeah. Nice meetin' you, Chelsea. Thanks! (You're close enough. :P) My parent's fault. Oh...uhm...What about that one? ::points at Star Treck:: ( She's a mere high-schooler. Bah! ) Start Trek? Sure. You want the earliest show? ( You're just jealous 'cause I'm more beautiful than you :P ) Yes? Alright, that'll be $8.25. * Ichi gives Jose a pile of ones and a quarter. ( News to me. ^_^ ) ( No it's not. I told you in MC1, too :P ) [As you get closer, you notice her nametag: "TYLER". And the black (dress!) steel-toed combat boots. And the tackyish blue ring on her right index finger.] ( *cackle* ) * Chie eyes the girl. Boots, cool. Hair, aweseome. Ring... well, two out of three ain't bad. * Tyler eyes Chelsea and Saki, then smiles. Kind of. "Welcome to Loews, what-" She notices Chie. "Hey, nice hair!" ( I think you got her hair wrong, though. -_^ ) * Jose takes them and counts them out. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." He hands Ichi the extra dollar back. "Your change." He punches the ticket order in and hands Ichi the ticket along with his new ads and stuff. "Enjoy your show." ( No, I mean it's news that I'm jealous. Foolish mortal. ;P ) (Nah, I asked Kristen, she said make it purple. Er, this time.) ( Ha! ) Thankyou. ( That too ) * Chie grins. "Thanks. Yours is pretty darned awesome! What'd you use for it?" NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!!!! * Chelsea hands TYLER her ticket. * Ichi steps to the side. * Gwen bounces up to Jose. * Tyler takes Chelsea's ticket while still talking to Chie. "Manic Panic. How about you?" She looks about ready to tear the ticket, then blinks and hands it back to Chelsea. "Er... you don't have anything from concessions." * Jose looks at Gwen. "Hello, welcome to Loew's Cineplex Entertainment. What movie would you like to see today?" * Saki taps her foot. I prefer Sudden Dye myself. Doesn't last as long, but the colors are a bit more vibrant. I'll have to try yours sometime, though. * Chelsea rolls her eyes. "I only eat the souls of the damned, girl. Now, tear the ticket so I can go see the movie." * Gwen looks at the list, and says, "The one with the Ark in it." She shoves all her money at him. ("She was what we called a Suicide Blonde... dyed by her own hand.") * Lisa_Koez slips her gauntlet back on. She looks back at Asa. "You know, for as long as I've worked with techs, you're the least offensive yet. Even with the chihuahuas." Yeah, sure you do. Some people would argue that that souls of the damned are the secret ingredient of the artificial butter flavoring. ( *stabstabstabs Jesse* ) I can't let you in without food or drink. Company policy. * Jose takes it, gives her the appropriate amount of change, and gives her the ticket with ads. "Enjoy your show. NEXT IN LINE PLEASE!" That policy is lame. * Lisa_Koez steps a little to the side to let whoever's behind her around. (Shoulda brought Taki...oh well) Trust me, you can. * Gwen grabs all her stuff and walks away. "A ticket... now what?" Follow the people who were in front of you. * Tyler shrugs. "I don't make it, just dish it out." She notices someone walking by her and kicks him in the nuts. "You like that, huh? You'll like it more if you try it again!" Uhm...now we go find the room they're showing the movie in. Oh. * Daegal steps up. "One for the Star Treck movie." [From the concessions stand you can see a somewhat short Korean teenager yell. "It is the souls of the damned dammit!"] I'm sure you could let it slide this once, of course. For health reasons. * Jose nods. "One, Start Treck, earliest show, 8.25 please." * Tyler yells back, "Ah, shaddup, Eui-Tae! Like you ever did actual testing on it!" * Saki shoves her hands into her leather jacket's pockets and waits to see how this plays out. * Chie watches Tyler and grins. She's got the sneaking suspicion that arguing with her would be a lot like arguing with herself. She taps Chelsea on the arm. "C'mon, Chelsea. I'm late enough, so a little more isn't going to kill me. I'll pay this time." * Daegal hands Tyler a ten. "Things usually this bad 'round here?" * Chelsea sighs. "No, I will. I have a feeling this will cost someone an arm and a leg." [The kid goes back to his register and 'dealing' with customers.] * Chelsea runs a hand through her hair and rolls her shoulders. * Gwen hrms. "Well, I guess we go that way... that's where all those other people went." She wanders that way. * Tyler idly kicks at the crumpled not-corpse on the ground as they leave. * Ichi follows Gwen. (Daegal: Did you mean to give that to Jose?) (YES. x_x) (Need new glasses. =P) * Gwen looks at Tyler. "Hiya! Can I get to the movie?" She holds her ticket forward helpfully. * Chelsea walks over to the concession stand served by Eui-Tae. Is there a line? * Jose takes the ten. "Nah, we just had four blockbuster movies premier tonight." He gives Daegal a single, three quarters, and a ticket with no ads. "Enjoy your show and have a nice evening." NEXT IN LINE PLEASE! * Tyler shakes her head. "Not without food or drink, sorry. But you got the ticket part right. One out of two isn't bad; some idiots like him," she kicks at the guy again, and he whimpers, "forget." (Does everyone have a ticket now?) Uhm...I've only got a dollar and some change left though.... * Gwen adds, "And I have no money at all! We keep trying to get some, but the islands keep running away." (Asa and I at least are still ticketless.) * Daegal pats Jose on the shoulder as he walks past. "Good luck, man." (Well, Jose is waiting.) * Jose nods back at Daegal "You too." * Chie follows Chelsea over to the concession stand. "Yay, soda and the souls of the damned." * Chelsea chuckles. "I'll be the judge of that." * Daegal walks up to the theater, eyeing the bodies on the floor. "Nutkicks. Nice form." *grin* * Tyler smirks. "I try. Sorry, can't go in without food or drink. This has to be the... what? Fiftieth time I've said it today." ( Technically, Chelsea's demon-race doesn't eat souls :P ) * Gwen looks back at Daegel. "Do you have any money? We don't, and they won't let us in. Food and drink and stuff." * Ichi nods sadly. (Waits on Asa, who is apparently burnt or dead.) ( Shh. This is semi-OOC; I get to make the jokes I want. :P ) (Actually, if it really *were* the souls of the damned, I'd probably be sensing something. ;p) ( True. ) [Chie senses EVIL coming from... er, the artificial butter flavoring? And the nacho cheese machines.] ... well damn. Ah well, I was thirsty anyhow. *eyes Ichi and Gwen* ... aw, stop it with the puppy dog eyes. I'll buy ya some goobers or somethin'. * Gwen actually turns on the puppy dog eyes. "Thank you!" [Daegal called Ichi and Gwen goobers!] NEXT IN LINE PLEASE! Thankyou very much, is there some way that I can repay you? (Not exactly. ^_^;) * Chie blinks and mutters. "Aw, hell. I am *not* exorcising a snack machine." Well, paying me back would help. (And if Asa's gone MIA, just go in front of her.) * Daegal walks over to the concession stand. (Him. Whatever.) (Whatever.) (I can't. ^_^; He's paying.) * Saki goes over to the concession stand, still wondering why she's here in the first place. ( Then steal his wallet! ;) ) * Ichi follows daegal to the stand, "I've got a few things that I could trade...but I don't have anymore money." [You guys get in one of the lines! It moves. Like in- oh wait, I did that joke already.] * Gwen follows. "Me neither. I don't even really know where I am. Low's Ciniplex Entertainment?" Eh, don't worry about it. It'll be my good deed for the day that doesn't involve beating the crap outta some mook. (It's the place that drives you mad!...and if anybody gets that reff I will be frightened) Well, if it's a good deed it works for me. * Ichi nods. "Thankyou again." * Eui-Tae waves his arms ineffectually. "OVER HERE!! OPEN REGISTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAND!" [The line you're in vanishes as everyone makes a mad dash to the other side.] * Lisa_Koez taps her foot while waiting for Asa to snap out of whatever. [Oops. My bad. Nobody goes!] (Sorry, forgot my crowd behavior for a moment. ^^) * Chie taps Chelsea on the arm. "C'mon, it looks like that guy's open." * Chelsea nods and steps up to Eui-Tae's register. * Daegal jogs over to the new line. "One large soda, a large popcorn, two things of Goobers, and a large seltzer." (Speedy. @_@) * Ichi comes running after Daegal. * Gwen follows Daegal, because he's her way in. "What are Goobers, anyway?" Chocolate-covered something or others. * Saki heads over to the other line, on account of nobody else is moving anyhow. Uhm...little sugar things? I'm not sure... (Hold on while Ard does some description.) * Jose handles other customers while Asa and Lisa_Koez can't seem to make up their minds on where to go. [Manning the register in back is a short, kinda wimpy- looking Korean teenager with one of them rings on his right finger: white, this one. Next to him, mixing popcorn, is a big, cute German teenager with blond hair and blue eyes (of course) who looks rather like he bench presses... something really heavy. He has a green ring. The Korean's tag says "EUI-TAE" and the German's says "ZIEGFRIED".] * Chie arches an eyebrow and mutters. "Okay, tacky rings are apparently part of the uniform here. These poor, poor people." * Eui-Tae shakes his head. "I'm sorry, we don't have Goobers here. Would you like Skittles or M&M's instead?" * Chelsea nods. "It is trully sad." Ziegfried, get me a Super Combo and Seltzer. * Daegal turns to Gwen and Ishi. "CHocolate or fruit-flavored thingees?" * Lisa_Koez snags Asa's wallet, lifts him over one shoulder, and walks up to Jose. ...It's been forever since I've had chocolate... * Ziegfried starts shoveling popcorn into the bucket and puts a large drink on the soda fountain. "Drink?" Two fer something involving space, guns, swords, whatever. Chocolate it is. Two M&Ms. Pepsi if ya got. * Chie eyes the cute German guy appreciatively. Okay, so there was an advantage to coming over here. Nope, Coke products. ... bah. Coke, then. * Chelsea looks the German guy over some, too. Non-shabby, this. * Lisa_Koez tilts her head and smiles behind the helmet, chirping cheerily, "First date." ( Since when did Chie eye cute guys? :P ) * Gwen says, "I never get chocolate. That whole money thing again." * Jose looks at Lisa_Koez. "Swords, guns, space? Start Trek it is. $16.5 please." He says that without even typing it into the register. ( Since now. Shush. ;P ) (Since she's bored and none of them are trying to kill her. How many cute guys have we met that weren't? ;p) * Lisa_Koez hands over the requisite amount of dough. * Eui-Tae yells at Zeigfried "2 M&M's too!" ( 4, I think. ) * Ziegfried gathers the items very quickly and places them on the counter. "With or without?" * Gwen bounces between her feet. "Candy, candy... I never get candy." She seems pleased at the idea. * Ichi blinks at Gwen. * Ziegfried is holding the popcorn bag under the Artificial topping machine. Without. I like my colon without a giant greasy cork shoved down into it, thanks. * Jose takes it and gives her the tickets with ads. "Enjoy your show." (and Ichi is saved from getting killed by the fake butter incarnation of Amy :P) * Ziegfried fills up the bag faster than you thought humanly possible. "Here ya go." Thanks. How much? (TOO MUCH!) * Lisa_Koez takes her tickets and ads, idly incinerating the ads with a small laser. She automatically walks over to the concessions stand line. The marvels of 2064 life. Would you like anything else with that? Funnel Cake? Curly Fries? [Lisa gets in line at the end! With Asa over her shoulder! How cute.] ( In every generation, a woman is born. Amy, the Ichi Slayer. ) ( They were born to be a couple. ) Unless you got some borscht, I'm done. * Lisa_Koez readjusts Asa. "Maybe you're NOT that different from all the other techs." * Eui-Tae looks at his menu. "Actually... Do you want some? It's pretty good, Ziegfried agrees." Ja. ... sure. A medium borscht. Got that Zieg? * Gwen looks back at the shiny woman. "Wonder where she picked up the cutie." She chuckles. "Ah well." * Ziegfried runs into the kitchen and yells "VEDIUM BRATWURST!" I don't know. [A female voice yells back, "VEDI- I mean, MEDIUM BRATWURST!"] ... no, not bratwurst! Borscht! Beet stew from the mother country! * Ziegfried looks at Daegal. "Vy didn't you tell me in ze virstplace, ja?" * Gwen asks Ichi, "Why don't they call it beef stew?" * Lisa_Koez hums. "Just like my real first date... I always regretted he got uppity and I had to clock him with my bokken." * Ziegfried runs into the kitchen and yells "Vedium Borscht!" Better. *grin* [The voice yells back, "BRAT AND BORSCHT!"] Uhm...maybe borscht means beef stew in some other language? NO VRAT! Beet. Not beef. Oh. I see now. Oh, sorry. ["BRAT CANCELLED! MAKE UP YOUR MIND!" This is followed by cursing in some undefinable language and various things going clank.] Okay, Medium Borscht, two M&M's, a super combo, and a seltzer. That comes out to... $20.63. Cash or charge? ( ...whoa. Nice connection blinkout. ._. ) Cash. *pulls out a 20 and a single* (It's okay, Lisa has you!) (Litereally. Aaahahaha.) ( I think I'm gonna bow out, actually. ^_^ I'm starting to lose my ability to focus. o_o ) * Chelsea waits in line. She has this ride at her theme park, too. (Night Asa. Don't slip on the soda spill on your way out. ^^) * Eui-Tae takes them and gives Daegal $.37 "37 cents is your change, you can pick up your Borc- Borg- Well, however you say it at that end of the concessions stand. NEXT IN LINE!" * Asa gives Lisa a great night out on the town. Or is pulled back to his own dimension. Or sobers up. Something. * Lisa_Koez strangely keeps his wallet. [Asa vanishes! But Lisa keeps his money, so it's all good.] * Chelsea steps up to Eui-Tae. "Right. I heard you saying something about the souls of the damned?" * Lisa_Koez blinks as Asa vanishes. "Awww, damn. He was kinda cute." * Saki rubs her eyes. Get them to hold that on mine, please. I don't want to have to exorcise my snack. * Eui-Tae looks at the topping machine and the nacho-cheese machines, then looks shifty-eyed at Chelsea. "Classified information, but, I'm sure there's some in the cheese and topping machines." * Ichi misses the disapearance of the floating guy. * Daegal moves to the end, hands Ichi and Gwen their M&Ms, and hands them a Seltzer. "A thing of chocolates for each of ya, and some seltzer. Two straws, even." * Chie nods. "Thought so." * Ziegfried smacks Eui-Tae on the back of the head. "Zat's classivied!" [The straws bob happily in the seltzer!] * Gwen glees, rips them open, and stops. "Oh, wait. I have to have it to get in. Phooey." She pouts. * Chelsea nods at Chie, then turns back to Eui-Tae. "Oh, but I'd like to sample your souls of the damned. I'm somewhat of an expert on the subject." Uhm...thanks? So, can I interest you in a super combo? Don't worry about it. I'll be around to collect your first born in a few years. * Ichi takes his M&Ms and the soda, and then nearly drops them, "I er Ahh!" * Gwen giggles. "You can't collect my first born. I don't know where I am." * Eui-Tae nods, but doesn't say anything more about it. He says to Chelsea in Chinese. So, what'll it be? * Chie looks up and finally notices the cameras. She answers in the same language. * Daegal grins. "Oh I don't know about that..." *cackles* * Gwen shakes her head. "Do you know where Rock Lake is? " * Chelsea nods and says. "Hm. Something buttery, something chocolatey, and something caffeinated. And you, Chie?" ... no, but if you hum a few bars... Chocolate and caffeine would be lovely, thank you. Sure you don't want me to pay for mine? * Ichi shakes his head, "No, but we might wind up there some day." * Gwen shakes her head. "I just hope I get to go back. They'll never get anywhere without my help." She beams. "They can't cook very well." Buttery, chocolatey, and caffeinated? Okay, that's a super combo with Coke plus a Nestle Crunch. Zieg, get to it! * Eui-Tae points at his screen. * Ziegfried runs around getting the requested items. * Lisa_Koez half-snoozes. Ahh. * Spanky nearly runs into Lisa as she snoozes. "Wak! Wak wak wak!" * Chelsea says quietly to Eui, in Chinese, "" And you want... chocolate and caffiene? Are you sure I can't interest you in a super-combo? * Lisa_Koez accidentally punches Spanky. Pity she's got SS2. * Eui-Tae smirks. * Spanky goes flying. First penguin ever! "WAAAAAAAAAK!" it cries as it goes straight into and... er, through a Spider-Man wallscroll. * Chie answers, in Chinese. * Eui-Tae looks at Zeig and shows him a thumbs down while nodding. * Gwen swivels her head, and points at the penguin. "Well, the penguin looks OK. See... er..." She watches it fly across the room with a frown. "That's not in empire armor." ... damn. Stupid battle reflexes. Zieg, get another Large Coke and some butterfingers too. ... oh, the ASPCA's gonna have your ass for that. It probably had insurance. Why are people picking on the penguin? * Ziegfried does that, and almost drenches the popcorn in topping oil. I hope. * Ziegfried places all the items on the counter. Man, he can carry a lot. * Chie idly watches the penguin fly. "Funny, I always thought they were flightless." You'd be surprised what can fly, these days. * Spanky comes waddling out, looking rather dizzy. "Wakwak. Wak. wak." It falls over. * Gwen says, "Beats me!" < I'm sure it is. And always keep your eyes open; there are more conspiracies out there and even you know. > * Eui-Tae looks over the stuff. "A large coke, super combo, butterfinger, and crunch" [The customer standing behind Lisa starts chanting, "Eui- Tae's a dork-head! Eui-Tae couldn't tell a conspiracy if it bit him on the face!"] * Chie smirks at Eui-Tae. * Lisa_Koez wisely ducks. Battle instincts rock. $18.48 please. * Gwen pouts. "All these people getting to hit stuff, and I can't even eat my candy." * Eui-Tae shakes the fist at the customer . [She yells back, shaking her fist in a similar manner, ""] Hm. Could I get another butterfinger instead of a crunch? (And that was in Korean, by the way. ~_^) * Eui-Tae looks. "Sure." * Eui-Tae exchanges the items. It works a lot smoother if they didn't buy the stuff yet. Uhm...we could go in...and then we could eat...I think. * Chelsea hands Eui her card again. * Eui-Tae takes it and swipes it. He's getting frazzled by the young Korean behind you. Well, we're waiting on the food for... um... him. * Chelsea smirks. [She sticks her tongue out at him. ""] * Gwen points at Daegal. "Because I don't know anyone's names." * Eui-Tae hands Chelsea the reciept and a pen. "Sign here please." I got my food. And I'm Daegal. [Daegal still hasn't gotten his kitchen item yet. Speaking of which, here it comes! A pretty, middle-eastern teenager with straight black hair tied back in a ponytail and violet eyes plunks it down on the counter in front of him. Her nametag reads "FATIMA", and yes, she has one of those rings: red.] Oh, sorry....My name is Ichi Aoyoma. It's a pleasure to know you. [She snorts. ""] * Gwen says, "I'm Gwen!" She pauses for a second, then adds, "Jones! Gwen Jones." She points at Fatima. "Food!" Mmm, borscht. *chugs the borscht* * Fatima eyes Daegal. "Reciept, sir?" * Ichi nods. * Chelsea does so, and takes her card back. "And please, keep whatever advertisements you may wish to hand out." * Eui-Tae notices he didn't give Daegal his reciept. "Fatima, over here!" Oh, we only do that in box. * Daegal finishes chugging the borscht. "Good borscht." * Fatima blinks, then runs over and takes the reciept. Then smacks Eui- Tae upside the head, causing the person behind Lisa to crack up. "Stop forgetting!" * Eui-Tae takes it. "Dammit, why do you have to hit so hard?" * Gwen rubs her forehead. "You sure ate that fast. I don't know I'd want to cook for you. I'd always be busy." * Lisa_Koez is standing now, but slightly to the side. Because it's supposed to get the point across! I can't cook at all so don't look at me. * Fatima sniffs and heads back into the kitchen, somehow looking good despite the crappy conditions she must work in. * Chelsea looks at Eui-Tae. "Is there anything else you must do before I go?" * Eui-Tae hands Fatima the reciept. "Okay, okay. Now get in there, I know there's at least five orders that need to be done." * Lisa_Koez idly thumbs through Asa's wallet as hshe waits.. and her eyes bulge. "Damn." If you think I'm bad, you should see my friend Eric... he's like a freakin' vaccum cleaner with legs. * Chie watches Fatima and Eui-Tae, and wonders if smacking over the head as a method of delivering clues would work for her. * Eui-Tae looks at Chelsea. "Enjoy your show, and have a nice day." * Gwen hmphs. "Vacuum cleaners don't taste a lot. Let's go to the movie so I can eat my candy!" She blinks, and adds, "And watch it too, I guess." * Eui-Tae looks at the various items on the counter. Yup, all the stuff's there. * Chelsea smiles at Eui. "I'll certainly try." She heads over to confront Tyler again. NEXT IN LINE! * Chie takes her stuff and follows Chelsea, grinning madly along the way. Uhm...we've got tickets...and food...and was there anything else we needed? * Lisa_Koez approaches the counter, helmet on, but she's grinning anyways. "One. Child-size. Popcorn." Nope! * Eui-Tae glares at Lisa. "Can I interest you in a super combo today?" No, I'm of a mood to be contrary. Then we can go? So, what did you say? ( This... bodes poorly. ) A child-size popcorn. * Daegal heads over to the theater again. "This do?" * Eui-Tae motions slowly with his left hand to Ziegfried. (Lisa's doomed.) *click* I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you right. * Ichi holds up his ticket and M&Ms for Tyler. (She's also used to the hard sell.) * Eui-Tae has a gun... Where'd that come from? * Gwen nods, and waves her M&Ms and ticket. * Tyler is there, waiting for you guys. Bring it, punk. * Lisa_Koez looks at the gun and pauses. "You've GOT to be kidding me." * Chie looks back towards the concession stand briefly and notices the showdown. "Oh, yay. This could be interesting." * Ziegfried is standing behind Lisa_Koez. "I suggest you do vat ze little man vants." (She's wearing _HARD SUIT ARMOR_.) * Tyler is about to take Daegal's ticket, when she blinks. And grins, looking around Daegal. "Oh, this is going to be good." * Chelsea brings the ruckus to Tyler. "So, girl. Can you take our tickets now, or is there something else we must do first?" (RDM steals some of Daegals popcorn and settles in to watch the showdown) Nah. But there's something even better than a show going on. You heard me. Childsize. Popcorn. ... cripes, I just can't get into a goddamn movie lately. * Gwen waves her stuff. "Take the ticket so I can eat my candy!" * Tyler points around the line. "Check it out. Someone's trying to order a childsize from Eui and Zieg." * Ichi obediantly watches, "What's wrong with childsize?" * Eui-Tae smirks. "You think I'm actually going to try and dent that with this?" He pushes a button on the weapon and it starts charging up with a strange white glow. * Tyler blinks, then shrugs and takes the ticket, tearing it. She hands the stub back to Gwen. "Fine. Enjoy your show." I really think you should do vat he sayz. * Gwen shovels the M&Ms away, and looks back at the shiny armor lady. But I'm telling you this is better than any old movie. *chew scarf gnaw* * Chie is torn between giving Tyler her ticket and getting the hell out of here, and watching what's going on. * Chelsea shrugs tries some popcorn, while she's at it. "If you say so." Munch. * Lisa_Koez reaches back into apparent nothingness, her hand wrapping around something. "What's so wrong with a childsize?" ... or I could watch the ridiculous brawl. Only fifty cents more and you can get twice as much popcorn. (Eui-Tae said that.) * Chelsea blinks as she chews the popcorn, and swallows. "My word. This really is topped with the souls of the damned." She has a few more kernels. "Cut-rate souls, but still." [Everyone in the theater seems to have stopped once Lisa said, "Childsize popcorn".] But I don't WANT the popcorn. I'm going to THROW IT AWAY when I get in the theater. * Ziegfried looks at the glowing thing in her hand. "Zat vouldn't be vize." * Gwen blinks at Chelsea. "Souls of the dammned? That doesn't seem very likely to be eating. How do you keep them fresh or cook them? I don't think that's very reasonable." Then get a funnel cake! Sheesh. I don't want a funnel cake EITHER. * Eui-Tae looks at the food items. "I'm sure there's something that you do want." * Eui-Tae keeps an eye on her and his finger on the trigger, however. * Chie takes a sip of soda and watches the confrontation. Heck, they've probably already left without her. Might as well stick around for a bit. Oh, souls keep for an eternety, truse me. And cooking them can be accomplished in a variety of amusing ways. * Lisa_Koez puts all the money in Asa's wallet on the counter. It's several hundred dollars. "Yes. I want a childsize popcorn, for this much money." * Gwen huhs. "I dunno. I'm a good chef, but I have no idea how I'd cook a soul. You can't even hold them." She acts like she's trying to grab something in the air. ...I suppose you could put them into something and then cook that.. * Eui-Tae looks at the hundereds of dollars. "Deal." He pockets the money the popcorn wouldn't cost. "Zeig, get her the popcorn." He smirks. * Fatima calls from inside the kitchen, "I hope you're sharing that!" Yeah, just keep it down. (Hah!) * Eui-Tae hides his weapon and goes back to his normal self. Holding them is simple when you know how. * Ziegfried smiles back and takes care of the popcorn. "Enjoy your show." (Eui-Tae is in for a great deal of pain when that security tape gets reviewed) * Lisa_Koez takes the hardwon popcorn and walks back towards Tyler. * Gwen makes huh noises. (What, you don't think he *can't* edit that stuff? ~_^) * Chie would applaud, but her hands are full of junk food. * Chelsea smirks. "Nice." (Because he's down there, and the people watching the tape are...elsewhere) I don't think I can do that. Karmilla would probably steal them anyway. * Gwen makes a face. [Everyone awws at the lack of confrontation.] * Tyler zones out for a moment. * Chelsea turns back to Tyler. "Now. Here is my ticket. Let me into my movie or you'll end up topping the popcorn. Don't think I can't make it happen." * Tyler blinks, then grins madly. "Sure." She cheerfully tears it. "Theater ten up the stairs. Enjoy your show!" * Chie mutters. "So. We have ticket, we have food. Now is the time when I finally get into the goddamned theater and then slip out a side door." * Daegal taptaps Tyler on the shoulder. "Hey, if you're ever in Red Hook, look up a judo sensei named Yamasaki. He can teach you the secret of the mighty Testicular Claw, which no man can stand before." * Gwen sighs. "Guess it's time to watch the pictures." She walks into the theater area! Ooh. Magical. * Chie hands Tyler her ticket. * Ichi hands Tyler his ticket. * Lisa_Koez hands Tyler her ticket. * Eui-Tae twitches slightly. "" * Daegal hands Tyler his ticket. * Tyler grins at Daegal. "I've found no man can stand to steel-toed combat boots." She tears more tickets. That works too. *grin* * Ichi takes his ticket half. * Chie looks down at her sneakers. "I need to invest in a pair of those." She then, presumably, walks into the theater. * Tyler whistles. "Another victory for capitalism. o/~" * Chelsea heads for said theater after getting her ticket ticketed, also sad at the lack of confrontation. * Eui-Tae shouts. "Capitalism this!" He flings a rubber-band at Tyler. * Lisa_Koez heads to the theater, tossing the popcorn into a trash can on the way. She's whistling. * Tyler ducks, pulls out a rubber band, and flings one back. * Eui-Tae dodges to the side, pulls out two more, and flings them both back. * Chie tucks the chocolate into her bag, then takes another sip of soda. She waves to Chelsea. "Now, I think, is when I vacate these premises. Again, thanks a lot, and nice meeting you. See ya!" * Gwen pouts. "I want to hit some stuff. There's not enough stuff to hit around here." * Chelsea waves to Chie. "Good luck on your endeavors, Chie. And beware the naginata." * Chie laughs. "Oh, trust me, I've dealt with that enough already." * Ichi kneels downand picks up discarded rubberband, "What about these?" * Tyler catches one and winces. "Damnit!" She snaps a pen out and slingshots it at Eui. * Tyler then kicks some guy in the nuts. He must've been trying to sneak in. * Gwen puts her left hand on her whip. "I meant something more damaging." * Eui-Tae takes it in the face. He gets up with a blue dot on his forehead. "Well take this!" He slings a small cup of topping at Tyler. * Tyler dodges that and it lands on Spanky. It waks irritably. Uhm...you could wait for the next person to try sneaking past? * Gwen hrms. "That's a great idea, but I don't think the girl would want me taking away her fun." [Session on Maybe Hold, Maybe End.]