Da Setup: The three PC's have been hired as bouncers for the 'Go For Broke' Hotel. Not for the main line, though. They're the bouncers for the back entrance, which has a short list of people on it. It's the Guest Entrance, go figger. The event they're bouncing for is a big party of some sorts, it certainly sounds lively in there. But they're outside, so nyah. (...either would have been interesting for that.) Noones arrived yet, so start off! Oh, almost forgot- they need to verify that they are who they say they are, and that they're on the list, and there's some information for each entry to aid to that end. Start whenever! (We been at the place for a while or just arriving or does it matter?) ( Dosen't matter. ) * Arry stands by the door, wrapped in her ragged cloak. She's young and rather scrawny, but pretty cute. She's got short flaxen hair and bright red eyes. * Keika leans against the wall next the door, with her arms folded under her breasts. She's wearing a snug fitting outfit in blue and black and has light blue hair. Can't forget the blindfold, or that she showed up with a mechanical raven on one shoulder and a scyth resting on the other. * Keika has since leand the scyth next to her, and the bird has pearched over the door frame. * Arry is wearing loose pants and a tanktop, as well as brown boots and a blue sash about the waist. The end of a large scar can just barely be seen on her chest. She's got a crossbow at her side. * Arry is also a kid, couldn't be more than 14 years old. Why this place hired her is anyone's guess. * Lurika skates down the alleyway full speed, towards the other two! A girl in her late teens, she has blond hair with red-dyed tips to it, one green eye, one purple eye, and a bandage across her nose. She's wearing a T-shirt with an "I <3" and a picture of a cute panda on it. Jeans into boots that snap out rollerblades, trenchcoat, you get the deal. * DaBoid watches Lurkia come shooting down the alley. * Lurika skiiiiiiids to a stop in front of them, making a screeching noise as she approaches them and snaps her hand up in a salute underneath her floppy locks. "Sergeant Lurika, reporting for duty, SAH!" ( Lurkia, did she evolve from a Hydralia? ) I regret to inform you, that unless our companion for the night has engaged in some rather life changing surgery...there are no sirs here. ( http://besm.sandwich.net/MC2/Ali-arry.jpg <- itsa me! ) * Lurika looks at her curiously, hmming. "You sure? Lurika could check." I am sure of myself, and I do not care if her tastes run that way or not. * Arry stares at Lurika. "Like, you try anything and you'll totally be sorry!" * Lurika blinkblinks at Arry. "Um...okay." She doesn't try anything. And that means, well, anything. (holding her breath levels of not anything?) (Yes) * Arry nods. "Good!" * Keika listens for a moment, "I belive that you will regret not breathing more than anything she could do to you." * Lurika doesn't respond. She starts to turn purple. * Lurika looks at Keika, then snaps her head back to position. She did something. Eeek! Hey, you did something! You so totally did something there. Fer sure. And so she'll be sorry she lived...such a sad fate. * Lurika lets out the breath. "Awww...Lurika'll make it up to you!" She snaps her palms together in a pleading position. "Promise!" 'Kay! So what's this I hear about a job bouncing people around? We gotta, like, keep people from goin' in if they're not on the list, or some stuff. They give us a list, we keep anybody who's not on the list out, they give us money. Very simple. The first name on the list is an 'Allsbane'. There's a warning on this one, don't piss him off. Identifying traits, lack of humor, strong, can adjust reality as he likes, wears a lot of black. ( Pfft. Is that all? ) (That's at least three Chomei!) What if they're on another list/ (Notes that Keika dresses like a two an a half >_>) Keika> Doesn't matter. But maybe they meant to put them on THIS list but they accidently put them on ANOTHER list or maybe some runners switched the lists entirely and then blew up their entire main CPU! Or maybe some diiiiiiabolical fiend made a false list just to get us all here...what then??" * BlackhairedKid ... like everything near him is subject to change on a moments notice. * Lurika finally takes a breath after saying all that. It is not our fault. * Arry nods. Totally not our fault. * Lurika thrusts her finger into the air triumphantly. "I -LIKE- that response!" She takes position Good! Now, like, here comes someone. * DaBoid looks up the alley. * BlackhairedKid stops in front of the three, and looks at them wordlessly. He somehow manages to look down on them likes he's better than them- you couljd swear the small hill he's standing on wasn't at that altitude before, it was flat like the rest of the ground. * Lurika swivels around and points. "Person!" * Keika doesn't move, "So it is. Name?" * BlackhairedKid looks at Keika. He dosen't blink! But he dosen't say anything, either. Halt! He who would cross the Door of Death must answer ME these questions 3, ere the other side he see." * Keika doesn't look back, it's very hard to do that when blindfolded. Like, what's your name? Do you have a name? You should. You totally should. Fer sure. Well..answer we at least. Excuse the children, first night on the job. (<- is in her late twenties) * Lurika thinks to herself outloud. "We three be thee. Hmmm.." I am ender of worlds, realities conciousness and power unlimited given form. I need no name. You do if you want us to check and see if you're on... THE LIST. * Arry blinks and puts a finger to her chin. "Hm? But, like, I can do that, and I got a name." Yeah, me too. ...Then why are you bothering with the door? * Arry beams. "I'm, like, Arry!" ... I can redefine THE LIST, or even make it so it never existed. THE LIST is meaningless compared to me, let me pass. Mmm...an excellent point. Brilliant deduction! * Lurika gives Keika a gold star. Or would if she had one. Even so, we need to check and see if your name's on it. Or else we get in trouble. Then why not, like, put your name on the list, or something? It would be a simple task for one such as yourself. Fer sure. Totally. * BlackhairedKid whips a hand through the air dramatically, a sudden gust of wind blowing his cape behind him. "I am Allsbane, and this system, too, shall cease to exist." A backdrop of solar systems fading out, one by one, appears behind him, two glowing black eyes glowing brightly blackly behind -that-. Lurika> ...well that wasn't so hard. You're on the list. Go ahead. * Lurika steps aside. ...One of you open the door for him. * Arry gestures at the door, which opens itself. "'Kay! You can totally go in now." * Lurika blinks at Arry. And stares. * BlackhairedKid waits. Patiently, impatiently, who knows? But its dramatically, because the cape's still going as he waits for the door to open, and he wastes no time in strutting through once it's open. * Lurika keeps staring at Arry. * DaBoid looks down and whistles faintly. I think he's impressed. * Arry blinks at Lurika. "Like, what's up?" * Lurika whispers to Keika. "I think she's an alien." * Keika speaks in her normal, and fairly flat tone of voice, "I think she's telekenitic, which while not ruling out her being an alien, would explaine how she opend the door, and is going to close it again." Next name on the list is one 'Crono'. There's a picture, identifying features is spiky red hair, has a sword. It's handy. Do you use it to turn the TV on when you lose the remote? * Arry blinks. "Like, what's a telekinetic?" * DaBoid flaps down and looks at the picture for a moment and then retakes it's perch. The ability to move things simply by thinking about it. Now close the door, it may save us some trouble. * Arry nods. "And, like, a TV? Is that tasty?" Oh! Right. * Arry gestures at the door again, closing it. ...no. Who'd eat a TV? Um... I dunno! * Lurika stares at Arry, then edges closer and stares at her from there. * Lurika nods to herself, inches away under her chin. "Yup. Alien." What's an 'alien'? Someone from somewhere else, although I belive she means the varaity that comes from the stars. * Lurika points at Arry, shaking her finger. "She's so alien she doesn't even know what an alien is!" Oh, that's just silly. People can't come from stars. Yes...from ooouter spaaaaaace. Does Lurika need tinfoil? Totally weird. I know! That's what I thought! A red swirly portal opens up with a 'wheeeept' sound. It stays open for ~30 seconds or so without anything happening. Keika> ...This is new. * Lurika swivels around on the portal and holds out her hand. "Halt, Friend Portal! State your business!" Go poke it or something. Jex> The portal dosen't state it's business! Or do much of anything. * Lurika pouts. * DaBoid inspects the portal, tilting it's head from side to side and chirping to itself. *** EveryBodyWantsToRuleTheWorld is now known as SpikyRedHairGuy * Lurika looks around to Arry then Keika. "I say if it doesn't leave in a few seconds, we chase it off. Bounce it or something." With what? * SpikyRedHairGuy steps out of it, nodding to someone on the other side. He's got spiky red hair, has a sword, and if you don't know what he looks like, SHAME ON YOU. * Lurika digs into her trenchcoat and holds up a metallic looking...thing with a circular body and 4 spider-like legs extruding from it. She holds it up triumphantly. "WIth this!" * DaBoid looks at the Spikey Red Headded guy! (He must be part of some insidious plot to dig a tunnel under a road and rob a bank!) The portal closes behind him! It's gone. Name? ... A... metal bug? That's so totally weird. Rank and serial number! Cereal number? * Lurika grins at Arry a tad dementedly. "It's my pet Spider!" * DaBoid hops down so it can get a better look at the spider. * Arry turns her attention to the guy. "So, like, who are you?" Right! We need a lame...I mean a name! To determine if you're on.... THE LIST! ... * SpikyRedHairGuy blinks once at Arry. .... * Arry blinks back. ..... * Lurika searches through her trenchcoat and pulls out a pad of paper and pen. "Write it?" * SpikyRedHairGuy nods gratefully at Lurika, accepting the pen&paper. * DaBoid watches the writting! * SpikyRedHairGuy writes 'Select a name', followed by 'Crono_' on it, then hands it back to Lurika. SpikyRedHairGuy> ... ( Oh yeah, the _ is blinking. ) * Lurika takes the paper, looks at it, then passes it to Arry. Hmmmm.... ( /me changes his name to Alf. ) * DaBoid lands on Arrys shoulder so he can look at the paper. Um, like... Aren't we waiting for a Crono? Not a Crono_. ( And Chrono Trigger had 5 letter names ^^ ) Yeah. I'm not sure. That blinking thing throws it off. ... ( Bah. ) Buuut...when it blinks off, it's the right name...that's half write, isn't it? (right even. They sound the same so you wouldn't know!) * Arry strains under the boid's weight. "Like ow! Hey, get this thing off me! It's totally heavy!" * DaBoid caws and takes flight again. I dunno... It totally says Crono. We can't just let in people who might be Chrono or Cronno or stuff. Well...if he said it though, we totally wouldn't know the difference anyhow. I mean...I don't even know -how- to pronounce "blinking thing" * SpikyRedHairGuy sweatdrops. Yeah... * Keika does not so much as flinch as it lands on her shoulder, "He looks like his picture, he has the rightish name, send him in." Like, do you have, y'know, ID or somethin'? Umm... Maybe they just heard the name wrong and forgot to put the blinking thing on THE LIST. Okay, but it's totally your fault if we get in trouble. * Arry causes the door to open. Right. * Lurika gets out of the way...fast...she starts skating up the side of the alley and past Crono_ Ack. Warn me! * SpikyRedHairGuy nods thankfully at Arry, and steps through. * Arry causes the door to close once he goes through. ...I wonder if they will give us her share if she does not return. * Lurika looks back at Arry with her hair falling sideways..which would be downward to the rest. She pouts. That'd be cool. Totally cool. It would not. Hey, you're, like, the one who's leaving. Then get back over here. * Lurika is still there, just halfway down the alley. She's stopped. * Lurika skates back. There's some commotion from inside- it's followed by a crack of thunder outside, several of them, and the light levels dims for the duration of it. It snaps back to normal, and there's a dead silence from inside. ...Somebody must have stepped on Allbain's cape. * Lurika looks at them, from one to the other. "Allsbane? Allsbane." Yes, however his name is pronounced. * Arry nods. "That was, like, totally his name. With the s." Next on the list is a Richard T'ron. Identifying features, geek, has a megaphone that's inseperable from him. There's a picture of a pale-skinned man with a hideous fashion sense, tall, with glasses. ( Don't look at him the wrong way, or he'll keel over dead. ) (How'd HE'd get invited to this party?) ( It's a trap. ) * DaBoid flies over to look at the next picture, and circles in the alley instead of landing this time. * Lurika skates over next to whoever's holding the list and her hair droops down. She's still on the side of the wall. "Richie's invited?" (at this point I'd assume Arry, that or it's magical appearing on the wall) You know him? ( I'll take it, sure :P ) (Sure. ^_^) Cool, you'll, like, totally be able to tell who he is. I don't know if I want to...he's kinda..um...not good at parties. Huh? I've known people like that. * GuyInGoggles skates up to the regular line- he skates in place there for a moment, and looks around. He's tall, wearing biker goggles, leather jacket, and kneepads. Looks about 20. He catches sight of the guest entrance, then skates over there, stopping a few feet in front of them. * DaBoid looks down at at the guy. * Arry looks up at the guy. Name? * GuyInGoggles waves. "Hey. Names Richard, pleased to meetcha." * Keika doesn't look at Lurika, "This him?" * Arry peers. "Like, he totally doesn't have a megaphone. ... megaphone? *scrathes his head for a moment* ... oh, that. I left that hideous thing behind. * Lurika peers at Richard, looking him well up and down. * Arry peers too. "Like, what's your last name?" It's so not the Richard she knows. * GuyInGoggles visibly winces. "T'ron." * Lurika watches the wince carefully. She'd know that wince! Annnnnnd.... Like, what's up with the shoes with wheels? Its a wince that says 'God I hate that name.' Must be popular around here. * GuyInGoggles flips the skateboard into his hands. "Faster than walking." Ummm... Ah! Like, can you prooooove you're, y'know, you? ...can't be Richard. * GuyInGoggles grins amusedly. "Any other questions you want to... hm. How can I prove I'm me? 'fraid I can't." You could take off your goggles. Then we totally can't let you in. Kthxbye! * Lurika shakes her head. "Can't be Richard." * GuyInGoggles slides the goggles to the top of his head, revealing purple eyes. "... not gonna let me in, huh?" Noooope... Fer sure. * Keika pushes herself off of the wall, and heifts her scyth, "That is the way things work around here." * GuyInGoggles shrugs, and 'pfffffts'. "Well, it was worth a try. Gotta wonder why a guy like that got into -this- party." I dunno! * GuyInGoggles looks at Arry. "You sure you can't say you didn't see me go in? If you're okay with the idea, just shake on it." * GuyInGoggles extends a hand- there's the tip of a $100 bill sticking out just past the sleeve No way! Totally can't. * Lurika looks at the guy. "Nope...but here's a consolation prize!" She hands him the Spider(TM) * GuyInGoggles blinks at the Spider, and shrugs. "So much for that. Oh well, I'll just have to find another way in..." He drops the skateboard, looks around, and skates off, following the wall. * Arry watches him go. "WHAT-evah." * Lurika grins and she takes out a ring, slipping it on her finger. "Bang.." She flicks the ring. Spider goes Booom as he gets far enough away. * Arry eeks. "Like, what was that?!" Spider. * Lurika nods knowingly. * Keika flinches and tries to cover her ears, it doesn't work too well since she's holding a pole arm," Gah! Don't DO THAT!" Spiders totally don't do that! This one does. BOoom! * Lurika waves her arms in a boom motion. Like, you totally better get rid of those. They could explode! * Keika lowers her arms, "No she should get rid of them because they're going to take the repairs for the alley out of her, and probibly our paychecks as well." Well, that too. They won't explode unless I tell them to! * Keika walks back to the door and puts her scyth back down, "Then don't tell them to." And he was far enough away! You told them to? Like, you can't just blow people up like that! At least not for just being annoying. There's more commotion, this time from the normal line- three SD people, all in a line, go flying into the atmosphere. * Arry nods * DaBoid watches the flying peoples get smaller for a moment and then goes back to watching the alley. I can't? He asked for it! You can't. He totally did not! Lurika pouts. "He took the spider! Plus he wasn't on the list. We're not responsible for things that happen to people off the list." So blowing him up was pointless. Another guy wanders you're way- he's wearing a sleeveless black trenchcoat, with a neon-green t-shirt with a smily face on under it, and zebra- striped bellbottom pants with actual BELLS. He's wearing thick glasses, has pale skin, and is tall, and also has a megaphone held in one hand. Lurika> Hey, it made him learn a lesson! What lesson? He's DEAD! He can't learn anything. * Lurika turns towards the new guy and points. "THAT'S Richard." Perhaps in his next life. * Richard has a huuuuge grin on his face, like he just won a million dollars- it flickers for a moment when he sees Lurika. * DaBoid squawks and tries to hide behind it's owners head. ...There are actual moments when I am thankful I cannot see.... this is one of them. Ew. ... what!? You're just jealous because I was invited and you're not. Yeah, but you're, like, totally weird. No, no I am not. * Lurika smiles at Richard. "Hiiii Richie!" Thanks! I'll take that as a compliment, from the pirate chick and the blindfolded girl who kidnapped the pirate chicks bird. ... and Lurika, too. * Arry tilts her head. "That's soooooooo not my birdie." But I am also a pirate, so it all works out in the end. What am I? Chopped liver? Because if I were, I'd really smell. * Richard blinkblinks at Lurika. "... you're beyond words. But besides that, you're -here-. Why are you -here-?" So you, like, kidnapped your own bird? * Lurika beams proudly. "Lurika's Bouncy!" ( Lurika will change her name to Yvonne when she grows up. ) It has happened a few times. (Yvonne totaly doesn't blow enough things up to be Lurika.) ( They're sisters. ) ( She got blowed up instead :P ) ( Yep!) ( But they're both bouncy ) * Richard dosen't advance. "... is it safe? You're not gonna try and blow me up or sic your bird on me or slice me up and fail if I go through that" *points at the door behind them* "door?" We won't fail. I dunno... She blows people up. Totally blows them up. Boom. But since you're on the list we won't try. * Richard merely grins widely. "Great." * Arry nods. "Just, like, don't accept any weird-looking metal spiders. They go boom." * Richard adjusts his glasses- the light glints off of them. "Open the door for me, will you please?" * Arry does! * Keika gets out of Richard's way, but doesn't open the door, that's Arry's job. * Richard walks through, grinning wider and wider as he does so. * Lurika looks at Richard go in. "Oh, he already knows that." * Arry closes the door after. The last person on the list... isn't a person. It's 'A penguin with a bloody hatchet.' Identifying features- it's a penguin, wak. * Keika attempts to dislodge her bird, but it isn't having any of it. A prison wagon pulls up next to the alley. It parks. * Arry grins at the next one. "How cute!!" * Keika frowns slightly and the bird hops out onto her shoulder and then flies so it can see the list, "... a penguin?" That's, like, SO cool! * Lurika looks at the list. "A penguin! Woo! He looks huggable!" Fer sure. There's the sound of doors opening, and heavy boots running against the pavement, weapons cocking, and yelling from the direction of the parked police vehicle. Perhaps if it put the axe down first. But that adds character! It adds lost limbs. There's more hustle and bustle, doors slamming, and a few spurts of automatic rifle fire, and constant yelling. Seems they're unloading a prisoner. * Arry tilts her head. "You, like, can't really add lost stuff." It totally should be 'it subtracts limbs'. Perhaps. They'll grow back. Like a lizard! * Arry nods. I am not a lizard, when I loose things they do not grow back. Oh. Well, maybe you should ask the lizard how he does it. Well, um... like, I'm not a lizard, and I do. * Lurika nodnods. I am also not you, nor do I speak lizard. Doesn't everybody? All it is is hissing. I don't speak lizard. Why? Are you calling me a lizard? That's so totally uncool. Oh, and eye blinks. Gotta learn the eye blinks. A group of figures finally comes into view- a straightjacketed penguin, that's holding a bloody hatchet in it's beak, being escorted by two military guys with rifles and body armor. Um...I think just he's on the list...I don't think they're on the list. * Lurika points to the penguin. ...Now I understand why they allowed that Richard in. To finish him off? So it would seem. * Arry grins. "But, like, he is cute!" One of the guards salutes. "No intention of going in, ma'am. I don't want to be here when it all goes down, but the penguin gets released here and only here. Orders traight from the top." Wak, wak. Arry? The door. * Arry nods. "'Kay!" She opens the door. * Lurika gets out of the way. She readies another Spider just in case. The blast of music and sound dosen't speed up their approach at all. * Penguin waddles forward- as you get closer you can see there's a zipper in the back of the straightjacket, which has a lock on it. * Keika stands aside. One of the guards steps forward, hesitantly lowering his aim from the penguin to step forward with a pad of paper, and fishes out a pen. "Sign this please, any of you will do." It's real tiny print, looks like a prisoner transfer form. * Penguin waddles in place, looking curiously at the guard with the paper. "Waaaaak." Lurika? Wak wak wak waaaaaak! * Lurika looks at the paper. "Yes?" Ooo, sign. The guard holds the pen out to her. "Sign here, please." He points at the relevant spot on the paper. Yes. Sure. Like, you can be the signer. * Lurika skates over to the paper and spins in place in front of it, snatching the pen on the 180. * Lurika signs "Luri-Luri!" With a heart and a smiley face. The guard looks it over, cracks a grin, then nods. "Thank you, ma'am." He steps back, and walks to behind the penguin, fishing a key out. The other guard continues tracking the penguin with his rifle. * Penguin is excited! As evidenced by the cheerful "Wak!" and the head bobbing. * Lurika is excited too! And has bombs. * Keika might be excited nobody can tell because there arn't any empathes in this game. The guard unlocks the zipper, and pulls it down. The straightjacket falls down, and the gaurds retreat, not letting their gunsifghts off of it until they're safely around the corner. * Arry is not an empath ; ; * Penguin switches the hatchet to one of its fin. Nevermind it dosen't have any fingers to hold it, it waves it in the air truimphantly. "Wak, wakwak, waaaak!" Inside then? Yes, I very much think he's gonna "wak" * Penguin nodnods at Keika, then waddles in through the door. ...That was anticlimatic. * Penguin is obviously looking forward to something. It's a cheery waddle. Arry waves to the penguin. "Like, enjoy the party!" * Lurika smiles at Keika. "Wait for it." True. I hope somebody survives to pay us. * Penguin peeks back out, waving with one fin as it closes the door. "Wak." And about five minutes later, the screaming starts. The end + closing lines! Like, told you he'd be cute. * Keika shrugs, "And I was so looking forward to getting another paycheck." What do you mean? We totally better get paid. We let in everyone who was on the list! Then I hope that the people who are to pay us are not in there.