** Somewhere! Somewhere being Vanilla town. The players behind the characters are all recently broke, for whatever 'IRL' reason. So that's why they're at the contest for a free lifetime account! ( Noobs! ) ( Woo! Free MMORPG Lifetime Account! Be still my heart. ) ** Lucky they got in when they did; the admission was limited to around 20 or so. It's the generic Mixed Fantasy crowd. (Yes! -nya) (It will be mine! Nyohohohoho!) ( Actually query: are we there in the flesh, or is this in the gaming world? ) ( The latter. ) ** The Chocolate Building is at the center of the crowd, where the Admin will be announcing details in a little bit. But not yet! Start! ( Gotcha. ) * Atrim is a middling-tall generic anime-styled PC, male, wearing a longish cape over some generic fantasy clothing. His two most notable accessories are his black-iron staff with a sword-like spearhead on the bottom and a crescent pointing upwards at the top, and an amulet with a bluish gem made of the same material as the staff. A pixie with butterfly wings that looks like nothing so much as a crimson-haired naked barbie * Atrim is waiting in the crowd, a happy grin on his face as he looks over the others assembled. * NoraNeko is the flying cat with the human face in the crowed, her flight cycle looks a little odd with no forward motion, but that's video games for ya. * Mael slowly tries to push through the crowd, she isn't that rude about it, but isn't very social either. She's caucasian, dark brown medium length hair, and fairly attractive but with a fairly intense look. She doesn't carry any visible weapons or armour, and is simply dressed in the least remarkable of the standard clothing choices. ( Mael is wearing noob armor! ) * Atrim waves at the flying cat-with-the-human-face, and calls out, "Hey! Cool! I didn't know they'd enabled that race as playable yet!" * "Hear tell that this is a new admin running this." "Aye. But the foreteller foretold something bad." "That's stupid, l4m3r! You can't... err *cough* I mean... Ya'all can't trust those green-blooded NetGyps, ya hear?" ( Maybe I should've joined. It's fun to make comments :P ) * NoraNeko wings over to Atrim, "I was wondering when somebody was going to notice, they don't quite have all the bugs worked out yet though." er ...-nyo. * Mael stays quiet and waits. * Atrim zots the one who broke into leet, trapping him in a red glowing diamond energy field. *cough* Oh, so sorry. Allergy to leet. ^^; * There's a groan from someone else, followed by a facepalm. "Well, about the new Admin. Wonder who-" You can't blow them all up. They've got us out numbered. ** The small crowd cheers, now that the one speaking bad redneck has been shut up. *turning to Nora* Oh? What bugs? And, I can try. ^_^_v * Mael grins at the punishment of the leet guy, but doesn't comment. * NoraNeko stops flapping, folds her wings, and utterly fails to come back down to the ground. ** A little guy, all in green, not over two feet tall, tugs on Mael's leg. "Got any cash to spare for a newbie?" He wasn't in the crowd before... *snicker* Can't land, huh? Well, at least you've got a normal-height view, I suppose. Faer here *indicates the fairy on his staff* has Navi syndrome, in that she won't stop complaining when she has to walk. * Mael checks her wallet and then spins around. She eyes the new comer and he might feel a slight tugging at all of his clothes, nothing painful though. * EveryBodyWantsToRuleTheWorld is now known as JollyGreenMidget * Mael glances down. "Not at the moment, but perhaps if you checked your wallet, you'll find a good deal of mine, that you'll wish to return." * NoraNeko shakes her head and then extends her wings again before flying down and actualy landing, "Not quite. -Nyo. ...And then there's that. Which I think is a feature." ( Mael is one of those uber high levels that walks around in starting clothes pretending to be a noob. ) * JollyGreenMidget bidahs Mael. "You mean this?" *waves a pouch icon at Mael, out of reach. And then he jets.* ( It's fun to do that. But most games have some way of telling what lvl someone is.) ( Mael got pwned ;_; ) Heh. YEah, I've seen macros like that before. I think the redneck accent on some of the newer greenskin races is such a 'feature'. * Mael doesn't move she just tries to yank back on the pouch from where she's standing with enough force to hopefully spin the guy if he tries to hold on. ** Zonk! One pouch icon comes flying back! * NoraNeko nods and goes back into the air, "Nothing to see down there but feet. -Nyo." * JollyGreenMidget stumbles a little, but manages to bidah Mael again. And then he logs out. * Atrim raps on the stasis field, and nods toward Mael. "Interestng that they enabled PvP for this area. It will make things...fun...I think." * Mael nods and then shakes her pouch for a moment, aggrevated that it's empty. She then puts it away. "I suppose it shall." * NoraNeko looks down at her paws, "I'll need better weapons." I'm beginning to wonder if this guy's lateness is a test in and of itself. Only people bored or dedicated enough get to participate. Last one standing wins? ** A soft ring in the air signifies the arrival of the Admin; via the door of the Chocolate building opening and him stepping out. And what a him it is! Long, silver hair, that mask his eyes, in a classic bishounen stereotype. He's wearing silver robes, and generally looks Shiny and Pretty. * JollyGreenMidget is now known as Cephiro Oooooh. ( Hey! Weren't you a Lord of Light in the Realm? ) * Cephiro eyes the stasis grin, with a sardonic grin. "Well, now. See the fun's already started." ( Nope. *Nuearilzes Carter.* ) * Mael turns over and keeps her attention on Cephiro, as her money has already been stolen. She does keep an eye out for the return of the guy that stole her mone y though. ( * Carter blinks. "You do realize that's calibrated for an unmodified human neural system, and that my HDs store the relevant memories anyway, right? ) * Atrim leans on his staff, smiling amusedly. "Alright! Let's get this show on the road!" he stage-whispers. * Cephiro glances around. "Alright. This is how the contest goes. The winner is the one who can yell the loudest after ten minutes. No rules apply until then." He claps his hands, and reenters the building. Nyo? -Nyo. Argh. * Atrim blinks, and leaps into the air. * Atrim hovers over the crowd, almost lounging in the air, smirking and observing. "Well, then, let's see what happens..." * NoraNeko blinks at Atrim a few times, and then flies out of the crowd as fast as she can. ** After a moment of confusion, the expected fray ensues, and all but two of the other entrees are Ko'd within the first round. One is only spared because he's stuck in Attrim's diamond. * Mael dives out of the crowd as quickly as the killing begins, she begins accumulating a cloud of debris from the fallen around her as she moves. Hm...oops. *dispells the diamond* ** The other one standing... is the Jolly Green Midget. * Cephiro is now known as JollyGreenMidget Hee, hee. They missed me, they missed me. Hey, Mael. There's that guy who stole your cash! *points the spear-end of his staff at the guy* He did? * The one just freed starts with a slow drawl. "Okay. Who feels lucky, punks?" He's got a cowboy hat, and dual shotguns. Which are suddenly in his hand. He winks at Attrim. "Thanks for the save, buddy." I suppose if this is a PK area item theft goes too, kinda sucks though. * Mael smiles politely and nods to Atrim. "Thanks." She then looks back at the midget and yanks all of his non undergarment/pants material into the area with a great deal of force. 'Welcome, 'buddy'. *smirks* (into the air rather. And tries to at least) * JollyGreenMidget squeaks. "I didn't steal any-" *a small pile of viral bombs, several wallets, all of his non-undergarment clothes, and a 8-foot plastic cow replica come from him. He squeaks again, this time one of surprise.* Wow, I never would have guessed he had such a large beef with the server. Cow? Cow. Cow! -nyo! *rimshot* * NoraNeko flies down and snags the cow. * Mael collects a wallet that looks about the right size. She also collects the viral bombs, but keeps them at a slight distance with her field. * Mael then sends the clothes off into the air at a thirty degree angle with as much force as can muster, along with his non-cow possessions. "I think that will take a little more than ten minutes to retrieve. I'd start running now." ... my cow! My cow.-Nyo. Hey, 'buddy', every played shoot-the-leprechaun? * Atrim was talking to leet-cowboy. Session Time: Tue May 18 00:00:00 2004 * "Sounds like fun. Ya'all got a good idea dere." ( Calling for init! ) (We rolling in main channel or here?) d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (d6+5) and gets 7. 2d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8+8) and gets 23. ( Here. ) (Oh we do have a dicey. Didn't see him for some reason) d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (d6+8) and gets 13. (Oh, and besm style roll would be) d8+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (d8+8) and gets 16. (Take what you will. ( Uh... it's only one die. And...if Maels on d8, that's going to be interesting. ) ( Mael, Cowboy, Nora, JGM, Attrim. ) * Mael sits and accumulates her forcefield of debris. The occasional body joins the field, until it disappears via trash collecter or respawn. ( I have a +10 to init! I shouln't be 4TH! Damned dice. ) [End turn] * "Shoot the midget!" I'm not a midget! Are too! * Jex aims for JGM, but at the last minute, shifts his aim to Attrim. "Only cuz you'd do it first, l4m3r!" * Cowboy does that. (Atrim: She's a DXer, they roll 2dX for init. Which is why I also gave the lower roll for fairness sake.) ( I know. It's just the sheer stats she's got that's the kicker. Not complaining too much. AFter all, Attrim can -still- probably kick her tail. He's that broken. ) * Cowboy's also got good aim. Cuz Atty could use a ranged def roll. He's too quick of a shot for Attrim to react to the first shot, though. (crit?) ( Yup. ) * Atrim keeps smirking as he doesn't even try to dodge. Since the bullets just pass straight through him without effect. "Ah-- ahh--- ahhhhh----" he begins a sneeze that conveniently won't end until his turn! ( Nora! ) (/me kinda wishes he would've joined now. Bacon man in a scene like that woulda been...interesting ;) ( Bacon man? ) ( Roy, from SAB) * Mael glances at Atrim with a slight look of worry and then smiles. She stays quietly behind her barrier though. ( Oh, right! ) * NoraNeko 's new cow seems to have vanished into inventory space, and one of the feathers on her right wing seems to have come loose and is now slow drifting twords the ground. * JollyGreenMidget glances around, then shakes his fist at Mael. "I'll get you for this, if it's the last thing I do!" And logs out. ( Attrim! ) AH-CHOOO! *with that giant, theatrical sneeze, the spear-tip lets loose an energy blast at the cowboy!* 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Cowboy tips his hat, twirls his shotguns, and completely fails to get out of the way. Gzzzznk. He's twitching on the ground now, KO'd! ( Anyone doing anything else combaty to each other? ) ( Not yet) Sorry, that pesky allergy again. What have we learned, class? (leet is bad for you!) ** A '3' appears above Cowboys head. * Mael doesn't reply directly to that, she just looks where the midget was. "Suppose I'll kill him next time. He doesn't seem to get the point." ( Nora! ) ( Is a number over someone's head a standard thing in this MMORPG, or is that unusual? ) ( Standard thing. FFT 'time to revive' countdown. ) ( Don't revive em fast enough, they're Ded. ) ( 'kay. ) * NoraNeko grins at Atrim and a feather from her left wing detaches and then starts streaking twords him, meanwhile the feather she lost last round does the same. 2 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2 2d6-3) and gets 7 8. Hey, Faer, why don't you see if cowboy has any goodies? --eep! (That's a hit and another hit.) Nyaha! (Pitty they'll probibly go right through him.) * Mael watches the new fight with some interest. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6) and gets 11. (/me grins when his .hack soundtrack comes up.) * Atrim tries to dodge, and fails miserably. However, he seems to have forgotten that he was still incorporeal, as they whiz straight through him. "Oh, right. Forgot I'd done that." ^_^ (Heh) Curses, foiled again. -Nyo! ( Attrim! ) That wasn't very nice. [Illorum.] *gestures as he incants the spell, and grows until his feet touch the ground. He's now about 20' tall* =o_o= * Mael looks at Atrim and blinks. "My, quite the tall one." ( Mael! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8) and gets 7. * Atrim grins. It looks happy and scary at the same time, with so large a person. "I'm just big-boned." * Mael stays behind her now quite full debris shield. All the equipment is moving around quite fast, looks nigh impossible to get through in this condition and like it'd hurt to try. [Hold] ( As I don't want to have combat take forever, lemme know when you're all done with combaty stuff so I can collapse init. ) ( Nora! ) ** The '3' changes to a '2', above the cowboy. * NoraNeko gets a desperate grin and launches another feather at the gigantic Atrim, he gets to dodge three of them this round! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6-3) and gets 4. (er) 3 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (3 2d6-3) and gets 2 3 -1. (eat CRIT!) * Atrim eats crit, and likes it! Seeing as, though he's now a giant, he's still an incorporeal giant. ( Figures Dicey would pass out crits when they're useless. ) * NoraNeko grumbles as two of her feathers burn out and crash to the ground. ( Attrim! ) ( Or Atrim. One of the two. ) * Atrim coughs, a bit deeper-voiced (not to mention more booming) in this larger form, and asks, "Are we done yet?" Uhm...There's another go-round on that last one.-nyo. ^^; *giant sweatdrops are humorous, ye~e~ess...* ( Okay to collapse init? ) I'd rather not burn up EP blasting at the two of you. So if we can call it a draw? I guess it's going to be a laughing contest. (yeah) (Yeah) ( I'll third that 'yeah' ) * NoraNeko folds her wings...and then unfolds them to fly back to the ground. * Mael stays quiet, she lowers her field and wanders over looking at the bodies of the defeated. ** The feather makes it's next pass, then crashes right into the KO'd form of the cowboy. Which kicks from KO to fading out. * Atrim shrinks back down to regular size, and calls to his fairy, "Hey, Faer, find any neat loot on that leet-jerk?" * Atrim descends to the ground to join the other two. * JollyGreenMidget is now known as Cephiro * Cephiro peeks his head out. "Oh, there's still three left." Yep! We decided taht killing each otehr wouldn't be profitable. Right? *looks to the two lovely ladies with him--unless Segev misread and Mael is a guy* ** There's no loot! The EQ apparentley sticks with them, even in death, unless it's stolen from em. * Atrim shrugs when Faer reports this to him. "Oh, well." Just doesn't work. * Cephiro hmms, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Well, I guess I'll have to carry through on the contest, then." * Cephiro glances at the three. "Any of you gonna kill each other in the next eight minutes?" What, you were expecting only one person left standing -to- yell? What fun would that be? *cough*[illorum]*cough* * NoraNeko bats at Atrim's ankle and misses, "Still doesn't work." * Mael looks thoughtful. "Well, at the moment, it would appear he ::gestures towards Atrim:: shall win, given his ability to grow larger." Well, yeah. I'm doing some research on the game, particuarly on mass combat. * OmegaDarklight has quit IRC (Quit: A witty comment? Oh no, perish the thought. ) * NoraNeko turns so she can look at Mael, "No, he wins 'cause I can't HIT him." Hehe. And you're too small to hit. And she's got a nasty debris field. 'sides, I'd hate to see her TK my clothes. Faer'd never let me live it down. * NoraNeko gives a very catlike grin * Mael grins slightly. "So, are we all to yell at once, or seperately?" Okay, let's just do it now. Loudest yell wins, snap to it. Keep in mind that I can be bribed with *winks at Mael* numbers of cute players out of game. Hmph. Very well... *voice booms out, echoing as from a distant mountain shortly after the initial outgoing sonic wave* YAAAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH HH! ( Body/Soul average, with Performing arts/singing/speaking/yelling type stuff applying. For da Yell. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6) and gets 10. ( * adds a -4 to that for a total of 6. ) * Mael raises an eyebrow at the number thing. Then as Atrim unleashes his might Yah! She takes the time to walk behind him, and launch a viral bomb in a metal container to the origin of his yell, where she releases it. * NoraNeko covers her ears with her paws, "Owowowowowo" ( *snicker* ) ( I fear what this will do to me... ) * Mael then also covers her ears. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8-5) and gets 0. (Thrown (imp) work?) ( O_O ) (*boom*) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6+2) and gets 9. ** See Attrim yell! See Attrim big! See Attrim as Attrim as his EQ fritzes. * Mael frowns a little. "I believe I owe him an apology upon is return." * Atrim coughs violently, suddenly looking much frailer than usual, and falls to his knees, a vacant look on his face. * NoraNeko watches the fireworks, "oooh, awww." * Cephiro hmms again, thoughtfully. "Hm. I'll have to amend 'no illegal items' to the rules next time. Oh well, it's good." * Mael looks. "Oh, you survived." She then tries to sweep the gas away as best she can. Obviously she's done enough. * Atrim just stares vacantly at Mael. * Brett has quit IRC (Quit: ) * Mael blinks. "I'll take him to a cleric after this. If it isn't a contest service. Shall I go next?" * Cephiro shrugs. "Sure." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8-4) and gets 5. * NoraNeko nods her head. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8) and gets 8. * Mael yells, it's fairly loud, but not quite earsplitting. She looks a tad embarrassed and closes her mouth. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6) and gets 11. * Cephiro nods to himself, looking a bit distant. Then he turns to Nora. "Your turn." * Mael smiles slightly as Nora gets ready to scream and a flag from the area wraps itself around her mouth, trying gag her. * Cephiro claps once. "Well, so much for that." * NoraNeko blinks and rolls onto her back, and scratches at her face with her claws. Mmmrphm! -nyo. * Mael then takes out the remaining viral bombs. "I took these off a small goblin I'll turn them in now. And is the contest over, may I release her?" * Cephiro points at Attrim. "You cheat," *points at Nora* "you got suckered," *points at Mael* "And you used an illegal item. You're all disqualified!" * Atrim does not reply, or even react. (What no attack roll to get herself out?) * Mael frowns, but still turns over the remaining illegal items. She releases the gag on NoraNeko. ( That was the contested bod roll that you massivelty failed. =p ) (true) * Cephiro stops, and hmms. "You know... I feel kinda of bad." * NoraNeko rips the flag off and runs at Mael. * Mael quickly raises a wall to block off Nora, she doesn't try to hurt her. "Listen first." * Atrim is rather unassuming, now, a diminished non-expressive figure sort-of kneeling in the dust. * NoraNeko jumps into the air in an attempt to go over the wall, "Lifetime account! Die!" ( Acro/jumps! ) * Mael tries to build a full shell. "You're disqualified at present, but he's being sympathetic. Listen to him." (she can fly :P) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6) and gets 7. ( Oh, yeah. That too. =p ) (Full including up. :P) (Oh, fly about jumps. ^_~) (and she made it anyway :P) ( Bod to get through before it's up, then. =p ) (do you see that seven? That's her body. :P) ( Currently 6 above Atrims. ^_^ ) ( *Atrim's ) ** Mael has one angry-looking flying cat- inside the wall she just raised. That can't be good for Mael, no, no. ( Er, 5 over. Sorry. ) * Cephiro snaps his fingers. "Restore." And points at Attrim. "Get up already, will you?" * NoraNeko launches a feather missile as the wall comes together behind her! "Die! -nyo!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6-3) and gets 4. (I'd ask for init after this, but there's only two of us in here :P) * Mael tries to send the feather missle back at NoraNeko once it detaches from her. ( TK roll get! ) * Atrim shakes his head and rises to his feet, dusting off the knees of his trousers. "Ick, sorry, don't know -what- came over me. What's this about cheating, now? You didn't specify -how- we had to yell." ^_^ 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8-4) and gets 4. (Make by 3) * Cephiro seems oblivous to Mael and Nora. "Oh, did I say cheating? I meant ... cheating, that * Cephiro seems oblivous to Mael and Nora. "Oh, did I say cheating? I meant ... cheating, that's right." (Do I get to contest a mind roll and fail before I fail my deff? :P) ( Sure! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6) and gets 4. Bah. You said "no rules" other than yelling the loudest. No indication of -how- we were to do it. *adopts a seated position...despite not having a chair in evidence* (Failure #1!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6) and gets 6. (...woah...I got out of the way.) Quit arguing with yourself. I'm trying to think of something to make me not feel so bad about summarilly denying you the prize. Okay. ^_^ * Mael holds the feather in the air and warily eyes Nora. "Please." * NoraNeko eeps and franticaly rolls out the path of her own missile, she rights herself as it and it's newly launched twin head back twords the origional target. * Atrim gets up and walks over to the (half-litteral) catfight. Yes, and walks into the whirling wall of debris, unscathed. "What's this about, then?" (or just the new one as things may be.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for NoraNeko (2d6-3) and gets 4. (made by 4) * Cephiro blinks, as if just now noticing the fight. ( That the slow or fast one? ) * Mael concentrates on rebuiling her wall hopefully in time to block the feather, and it is much closer and avoiding Nora. "I make no further effort to attack her." (fast) ( Def roll, ranged or TKuse applying. ) Well, don't let me interrupt. Now, where'd I put the popcorn...? (Going with tkuse) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8-4) and gets 0. (Works. Also works if it is a poweruse (forcefield) roll.) (so the field takes 38?) (Making by 7 for tk by 6 for forcefield) (It'd be knocked down a level) (Wait.) (No, it'd take it just fine. :P) (Forcefields, not broken at all. ::whistles::) ** Feather hits debris and that's that. It's chewed up by the debris, the momentary point of damage nigh-instantly recovered. ( Of course not. That's why Atrim has them! ) * NoraNeko settles back on the ground and pouts, "Can't hit nobody." * Mael looks at Nora and focuses on keeping her shield up. She's got a definate undercurrent of anger in her gestures, or tone if the game can do that. "I believe he has spoken of rewarding us. If you wish to settle this after, so be it." Ah, I know. * Mael looks back to Cephiro. (oh, emphasis was on *us*) * Cephiro rummages around in his pockets. Rummage, rummage. ... still rummaging. "That's odd. Thought for sure I had it with..." Hm? *watches Cephiro* * Cephiro thinks for a moment more, then laughs heartily. "Well that's quite a trick. That little green character managed to steal the prize from me, before I managed to give it ou!" * NoraNeko blinks...and then starts to grin. * Mael blinks, then blinks again. "Is it reproducable?" I'd like to say yes. But..... no. ...*gets the most evil grin you've seen him yet produce on his face* Can we have permission to...extract...it from him? So, what did it look like? Sure! I was about to go ask you to do so, and save me the effort of doing it. Us admins aren't allowed to interfere, and all. * NoraNeko 's grin continues to widen, it hasn't quite reached Ceshire cat size yet, but she's working on it. * Mael eyes Nora's grin for a moment and keeps her shield up. * Mael waits for an answer to her question, just in case it's the cow. :P Besides, this'll be fun to watch. It's a J crossed on another, blue and green. * Mael nods. "May it be split between us?" * NoraNeko 's grin fades, "Aww, where'd he get the cow then?" * Mael smirks slightly at Nora's comment. That is also an unknown. The cow was a surpise to me, too. * Mael snickers. He's kinda slippery. Masks his logons and logoffs. He's online now, I'll block his logoff access for a bit. Tsk, tsk, and some accuse me of cheating. Well, shall we go find the little green theif? ^__^ And... ask him about the cow, will you? I'm curious about that myself. * Mael nods. "And if we retrieve it, do we all win?" ( And...is anyone else ready to call it a night, and continue this later? ) * Cephiro shrugs. "Whoever ends up with it gets it. If he's good enough to keep it, he can have it." (I'm good for another two hours at least and feeling awake for the first time today ^^;) Bah.-Nyo. He's north of Umbrella Town. Have fun! (I'm still awake. Time estimate?) * Mael nods, has a very determined look, and keeps her shield up. ( One short chase, and most likely a game of snatch the hot potato to see who gets it? An hour more, maybe. ) Let's go! *dashes off* * Cephiro is now known as EBWTRTW * NoraNeko flies after Atrim as fast as she can go, "Mine!" * Mael then grabs the nearest available metal grate and uses it as a platform, standing on it as she flies to the North of Umbrella town, at about 10 kph (no flight, just TK), she's doubtless lagging behind the other two. * Mael could run faster, but might get tired before she got there. (Nora's pulling 75 kph ^_^) ** Luckily, due to convenient loading times, and a bit of selective lag... (Cephiro's probably to blame for that part. Just a feeling.) ... you all end up there with a minute of each other. ( Atrim's only running at normal speed...well, gliding, but since his flight is all due to incorp... ) This thing is supposed to be faster than this. What gives? * Mael catches up and keeps mum. She looks slightly amused though. You keep lag-porting back to us. On a dial-up? ** Umbrella Town is a little behind you. But there's just a bunch of mooks there, so who cares about them. There's a largish tree ahead of you, with a 3 foot door at the base of it. 'Shnog' is written above it. There's even a 'He is here' arrow incsonpicously pointng at the tree. That's probably Cephiro's fault, the arrow. Nah, parents got DSL a few years back...maybe somebody's packeting or something, it sucks... * NoraNeko points at the arrow, "Gonna take it out on him." * Mael nods and flies the rest of the way there before landing. She makes sure her shield is at full once she does. Bittorrent? *nods* Good idea. ^__^ *runs up, jumps through the tree, and pokes his head out of the trunk so he can look down at the jolly green midget...and enjoy whatever the other two do to him* ** The door does look pretty.... small. Midget sized, you might say. ( Strike that, missed the door part of the descrip ) * Atrim looks like he's leaning against the tree...but his shoulder's not quite touching it. So, do we knock? " " * Mael shrugs and looks over the tree. ** It's a tree! A house-tree. Not one of the ones with windows, though. * Atrim smirks at Mael. "Ladies first." * NoraNeko walks up to the door that's several sizes too large for her and would pound on it, but she can't so she just scratches. * EBWTRTW is now known as JollyGreenMidget There's noone here! Go away! Out of curiosity, how'd you get the cow? There's no one out here! We're just telemarketers on your phone line! * NoraNeko opens her mouth, but gets run over by Mael. The cow? NOT TELLING! And, uh. There's noone here anyways! So you're just wasting your breath! * NoraNeko pulls the cow back out of her inventory and puts it a few meters from the door, "I wonder how well it blows up." H... hey! You leave the cow out of this! * Atrim steps into the tree, and looks around for the way down/in/whatever. * NoraNeko turns to the door, "My cow, and I can blow it up if I want too. I haven't managed to hit anything all day." * Mael wretches open the door, but doesn't rip it off it's hinges. "I'm sorry, we weren't quite hearing you clearly." (its) (or she tries to, and not with physical strength obviously. :P0) ** The tree has the one entrance. The door! ... well, not anymore. There's just a gaping hole in the base of the tree, if you call a three foot hole gaping. * Atrim looks around for our green friend. * JollyGreenMidget is right behind where the door was. He eyeboggles. "Hey!" Hello! I paid with well earned money for this house, and you go abotu wrecking it like... like... like it's a monster! S'what you get for getting one in a PK area. * Mael lands the door about three meters from the house. "Its easily repaired." (It's) * Atrim points the crescent end of the staff at the JGM. It flares. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Atrim smirks as that glowing reddish 3D diamond appears around the JGM. "Hello again." * JollyGreenMidget dosen't say hi back, because he's stuck. ( So much for the chase. ) * Mael kneels and through intermittent small gaps she allows in her shield tries to look inside the house from a meter away from JGM. Sooo...how do we get the J's from him now? * Atrim reaches in and starts searching his pockets. "Very carefully." ( searchy searchy checks, at a +3! ) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Atrim (2d6+3) and gets 7. * NoraNeko sits up, "I'll leave that to the people who have hands." * Mael watches the search. Hm...can't seem to find it... May I try? * NoraNeko extends a wing twords the door, "Be my guest." *shrug* Go ahead. * Mael steps up, she lets her debris field settle around her first so she can have a clear view, but keeps all the items close so she can raise it quickly. * Mael then checks if her power can reach through the shield, just ruffling JGM's clothes first. ** Ruffle, ruffle. * Atrim steps back, idly holding his staff at an angle. * Mael starts working on search, removing outer bags and articles of clothing trying to take them out of the field, and then one at a time removing the objects they hold. (dunno if I can take them out of the field) ( Yeah, you can. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8) and gets 12. * NoraNeko watches Mael search for a bit, and the watches some flowers and then climbs the tree. * Mael isn't finding anything, though she keeps looking systematically. Quite willing to re-search if it comes to it, going through all the potentially concealing items oncece again. ( The field's effect more-or-less holds its captive in the center, weightless and without apparent restraint...he just can't move out of it/be moved out of it. ) * JollyGreenMidget has restocked since, becuase he has a few more of those viral bombs on him. There's a green wand on him, too. * Mael collects the green wand but doesn't touch it. She also surrounds the viral bombs in a piece of debris and crushes them to scrap. Hey, can I see that? *indicates the wand* * Mael glances it over. "Probably an illegal item. We should take it back to Cephiro first to check." * Mael keeps searching. * NoraNeko jumps out of the tree and spreads her wings inches from the ground, "Find it yet?" * Mael shakes her head. No harm in finding out what it does... Promise me that you shall never use it, directly or indirectly, against me and I will let you experiment. And please do so from a safe distance away from us. Yes! 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8+3) and gets 9. * Mael searches again, but to no avail. Oh well, she thorough, she keeps trying. Maybe we turn him upside down and shake? *shrug* Wasn't planning on experimenting on you. So sure. And, yes, lets. Unless he wants to be forthcoming? ^____^ ... * Mael keeps searching as the wand floats over to Atrim. In the end, it is probably only a matter of time. Are you done yet? Nope, don't have the prize yet! * Atrim takes the wand and hands it to Faer. "Nope! Tell us where the thing you took from Cephiro is, and then we'll be done. Maybe." How do you even know I have it on me? For all you know, I probably stashed it in a safe spot. Then you'd best give over, hadn't you? Or you'll be out one character for quite some time. ^______^ Ooh! Test the wand on him-nyo! * Mael looks to Atrim. "Perhaps move him out of the door first, he may have it in his house. ** The arrow that said 'He's here' before, bobs and points at JGM. 'It's on him.' it says now. * Mael laughs. * Mael then keeps searching. ( More searchy searchies! ) 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mael (2d8+3) and gets 5, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "o/~I love you... you love me... o/~" Nice idea, M'lady Cat. ...and he seems to have it on him, so that's easy enough. *pokedies at the JGM with the spear-end of his staff...not enough to kill, but enough to be painful* ( ... ) (Anodder Krit!) ( so perfectly placed. ) ( Dicey does have a good sense of timing...when he chooses to exercise it. ) Quit poking me! * Mael then blinks. "Huh. There seems to be some hidden pockets here. Nora, you may wish to look away." Well, you -do- look like an orc. Gamergeek! Like -you- need a lifetime account. * NoraNeko holds up a paw and extends her claws one at a time, "Shall I open them?" I bet all you do is hang around spawn points and PK people. * Atrim quirks an eyebrow at Mael. "Look who's talking. You started the quote- exchange. I don't steal from admins. And if I spent all my time PKing, I'd never level up." ;P * Atrim 's speach was directed at JGM, despite the eyebrow quirk at Mael. * Mael then pulls JGM's various clothes short of underware but does take pants this time. Not to mention and gloves, socks and boots. She takes each, rips a bit, and doubtless lint and such falls out. She then tosses each item into her debris pile when done. Except for the jacket... PK gets boring. Gotta keep some of them around. * JollyGreenMidget squeaks. Even his underwear is green. She rips that into three pieces and looks surprised when nothing comes out. "I think it's in here. I say each of take a piece, go back to town, and get the help of a thief to open it up, cause it's beyond my abilities. Awww. * Mael wraps a shoelace around JGM's neck. "I'd advice not bothering us in the future." Hm? Why not just shred it? I'll... I'll get you for this! * NoraNeko checks the arrow to see what it's pointing at. Might damage the item, or it might be a magic portal, or something. Not if I delete your account...I wonder if I could just take your account if I don't get the lifetime one... * Mael tosses the other two a piece of the jacket each then gets flying back to town after rebuilding her debris shield. "Kill him if you want, not my style." Hey, wait up, Mael. * Mael floats a little and waits. "Yes?" * NoraNeko leaps into the air to catch a bit of the jacket, and then flys back to her cow before putting both of them into inventory. * Atrim leaves green-boy in the stasis field as he gestures for Nora to follow and runs to catch up to Mael. "You know, since we don't know which of us has the prize, two of us are screwed." * JollyGreenMidget is left! Boo hoo. ;_; Wouldn't it be more...equitable...to agree to start a new account that we all could access? We could just keep our own characters on it. Then, if any of us later buy accounts, we can split the cost for two amongst us three and..." * NoraNeko checks the arrow again. * Mael nods. "This is true, well, one can keep the wand, and one can keep anything else in his house I suppose." ** The arrow went inert after it made JGM eat his words about it not being on him. Hm, speaking of the wand... Faer? *Faer points it at the JGM, and tries to activate it* * NoraNeko grumbles and wings it back to the other two. * Mael floats a bit farther away. * JollyGreenMidget turns.... more green. Then into a completely green frog. * JollyGreenMidget is now known as JollyGreenMidgetFrog * JollyGreenMidgetFrog ribbits, still stuck. * Atrim laughs. "Marvellous!" * NoraNeko would fall out of the air laughing, but that hasn't been implmented yet, so she just laughs in the air. Ahem. Anyway. So, do you two agree to my proposal? It would lead to some minor inconveniance, in that we would have to agree as to who could log on, when, but... That's a reasonable idea. May I think about it on the way? Certainly. I would ask that you restrain yourself to our pace, though. ^_^ Gimmie a sec to check the backlog. Alrighty. * Atrim starts walking to the nearest town, at a normalish pace. He's whistling "The World" as he does it. * Mael flies along at a resonable pace. ( cues that. ) * NoraNeko follows behind Atrim, "Uhm...I kinda like to play a little every day, but when I do changes on what homework I've got so...sharing would be kinda tough." * Mael nods and sighs. "It was a interesting idea, but if it doesn't work.." Hm. We could exchange chat clients, so we can have a more flexible schedual... * Mael makes her way to that nice town. SUre, it'll take some compromise, but surely it's better than nothing. Unless, of course, you can afford to keep your account even if it's not free. - _- ^_^ ** Umbrella town! Now that the fact that it's filled with mooks is irrevalent, since that parts over with. * Mael makes sure it's a non-TK part of town to get the jacket checked over. It'd be nice to be able to spend my allowance on something else. You know, maybe we should just get Ceph to find it in these pieces for us, rather than finding a random character 'round here...it might get stolen again. ** You are now in a non PK zone, as you enter the town. ...or not. Ne'er mind. * JollyGreenMidgetFrog is now known as Cephiro You called? * Cephiro walks out from ... somewhere, waving at Attrim. Hi! -nyo We think we've got it, but we arn't sure! Ah, -there- you are, Cephi old chap! We found it...we just don't know where it is! * Mael waves and grins. "I got the item. So is it mine a lifetime account now?" (drop the 'it') So, ladies...do we have a deal? It'll be harder to make it after we know for sure who's got it...and I'd hate to devolve into PKing so lovely a pair of ladies. * NoraNeko blinks at Mael, "you didn't?" * Cephiro grins. "Don't know, don't know, and got it! We have a WINNAH!" *points at Mael* * NoraNeko holds a paw to her forehead, "She did." Indeed. *grin turns feral* Then, I applaud you on your duplicity, Mademoiselle. I hope you enjoy your gaming experiance. }:) * Mael smiles and tosses her bag of gold to Nora. "That and the wand are poor compensation, but I try." ( Now... how to end this. ) * NoraNeko gets gold, "If this cow doesn't do anything special...I'm going to hit you with it after you get out of here." * Mael smiles at Atrim and bows. "If I find a way to consider your proposal for the time I don't use, I'd be amenable, you seem a good sport." ( In blood, death, and tears. ) * Cephiro holds out a hand to Mael. "May I see it, please?" * Atrim chuckles. Apparently, he's practiced this particular evil laugh, because his is good - nice and chilling. "That would be...most generous of you." * Mael does whatever check she can to make sure it's actually Cephiro first. And then holds the item up. Well, you want me to activate it, don't you? * Cephiro is Cephiro. Noone but an admin could have as bishi of an apperance as he does. * Mael nods and hands it over. "Certainly, thank you." * Atrim tries, though! * NoraNeko just looks cute. * Mael doesn't seem too creeped by Atrim's word. But you can be damn sure she's making a mental note to make some money and buy weapons that work on insubstantials. * Cephiro looks it over, holds it on his hand, then slaps it on Mael's forehead. It glow, then dissolves. "Thank you for playing, and enjoy your gaming expereince! Farewell, and good night, Mael!" * Cephiro bows, and with a flourish, dissapears. * Atrim bows, cackles, and logs out. * Mael smiles and bows. "Thank you Cephiro." She then smirks slightly before walking off. ** Sessionend!