[Cue Muzak!] (Is this an all-male party? No, wait, we have In`You.) [We open... in a nursery! An oversized nursery. With toys. Lotsa toys. Along with a TV, and some games, because this is an early twenty-first century nursery. And not one, but six cribs, big enough for each of you.] (Shrine maidens aren't usually male.) ( Ard's on a sugar high? ...oh, hell. ) (Doomed is us!) (Yay! DOOM!) ( Pretty much. ) (Oh well.) (Doomdoomdoomdoomdoomo/~) [Why are you the right size, you ask? Because you're three years old. Maybe you're four and just a late bloomer. In any case, you're all terribly cute. And, yes, some (one) of you might not look all that human, but none of you care, because the mind of a child is a wonderful thing. Really, because I said so.] [And before you ask, you feel like you belong there, so no crying about wanting to go home.] (... Man, Gwen being here would be a _trip_.) [Get describing, people. And play with the toys. There's a nerf ballzooka in the corner! Session Start.] * Victor is wearing a cute little to scale labcoat and has shaggy brown hair. He's playing with a 'Junior Dr. Frankenstein Lab' and currently is engineering a better monster. * Eric has greyish-blue eyes, currently hidden by a very small pair of glasses, and a long blond ponytail. He's wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers, and is currently playing with something that looks like a little toy computer. Occasionally he'll look up at the others, but mostly he seems to be interested in keeping to himself. * In`You is cute. She has weird purple eyes and straight black hair, and looks very asian, if anyone here knew what that was. She might as well be wearing a small yukata, or whatever Shrine Maiden types wear, but all chibi-sized. She is running around in circles gleefully. * Ichi is a cute little half Japanese, half american, who would look like should have little sparklies following him around... execpt that he's snoaring loudly and ruining the entire effect...there a several toy swords scattered around him. (Eric is not bishie, but has been mistaken for a girl once before because of the hair. Just for reference. ^_~) * Thalan is the first one to grab the nerf ballzooka, because he's like that and usually takes the big guns, although he can hardly carry them. He has soft orange fur, a feline nose, and of course, a tail that's begging to be pulled. He's disturbingly cute, and dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. His eyes are gren and slitted, and he looks around the nursery with bright, if not overly suspicious, eyes. His hair is black and a little long. * Thalan pumps the weapon, and unloads a volley on Ichy. (Roll attack! -2 for unsuspecting sucker!) * Kyle blinks. He's got black hair and eyes. Or maybe they're brown; they're that in-between shade where it's hard to tell. He's wearing jeans and a t-shirt, which is odd for his apparent age, and has a Perfectly Harmless Whiffle Sword. He's a really kute little tyke. * Victor for the record looks german and has brown eyes. ( Heeee. So cute. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Thalan pelts Ichi with nerf balls. * Thalan 'slips back into the shadows'. * In`You also has what must be huge, for her size, tatoos on her forehead and hands. ( Hahahaha ) (Stealthy like ninja roll! +2 because it's nice and sunny!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 6. (Yup.) [Thalan VANISHES like the ninja. Right when Ichi wakes up. He sees...] (Of the Sun, and characters for 'Sun' and 'Moon', respectively.) d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ardweden (d4) and gets 3. [Kyle!] * Eric gets bored with his toy computer and puts it aside. He stands up and starts looking around for books. Any kind of books. * In`You exclaims, "Whooosh!" and keeps running. * Ichi jumpes to his feet with a yelp "Wah! Help Kat-chan they're attacking!" * Ichi grabes one of his toy swords off the ground and charges at Kyle! * Kyle blinks. "Wha?" * Kyle hops up, taking on an adorable little guard stance! [Eric finds Bernstein Bears books, Ramona Quimby books, James and the Giant Peach, the Golden Books Seseme Street series, an Encyclopedia Brown set, and the Peanuts Encyclopedia.] ( What, no Where's Waldo? ) (That's a banned book.) [He'd need to look harder for that one.] (It got lost) ( Aw ) (Aaah, Ichi and Kyle roll init!) * Eric takes one of the Encyclopedia Brown books. Yes, despite the fact that he's four or so, he's perfectly capable of reading and enjoying them. ^_~ ( Man. I'd love to play this session, but I need to go to bed in about a half hour. ;_; ) 3d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (3d6+5) and gets 17. [Eric's a little genius. Isn't it adorable?] * Victor keeps playing with his toy. At the moment the monster he's working on has a robotic body with the head of a barbie. He puts it on the little platform in the playset and goes to find the igor doll. (Isn't he gonna eat nerf balls soon?) * Eric sits down again and pushes up his glasses, which seem to keep slipping down his nose. (o/~) 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyle (2d6+8) and gets 17. (... Those are the WEIRDEST init rolls I've ever seen.) * Thalan sneaks up and takes a position perfectly on the edge of one of the cribs. He takes careful aim, and fires a single shot at Eric. (Aww man, I don't get to use one of my shinies ;_;) (Perception roll, Eric! If Thalan total attacks, that's -2.) (Not only that, I'm aiming too.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-2) and gets 9. (Ack! I missed!) [Ichi and Kyle have simultanious init. Call it!] (So Ard, which of us goes first?) (heads?1?) d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ardweden (d2) and gets 1. * Victor finds the igor doll and lectures it. "No, I said I needed a brain, Malibu Barbie won't do, at very least I need a doctor Barbie." [Ichi goes first. ;P] * Eric keeps reading, oblivious to his soon-to-be-nerfed state. ( ;_; ) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-5) and gets 0. (Nerfed!) [Thalan beams Eric on the back of the head. He's been NERFiNATED!] Ow! * Thalan jumps into the crib right after that, so Eric don't know who done it. :P * In`You whooooshes. Right past Eric. Air whooshes as she passes. "Whooosh!" * Eric drops his book and puts a hand to the back of his head. "Okay, who did that?" [Eric sees In'You!] * Eric stands up and runs after In'You. "Did you do it?" * Ichi rushes twords Kyle and his sword arm blurs as swings three times as he approaches. 3 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (3 2d6-8) and gets -1 -2 -6. * Kyle attempts to defend himself! (Not against that crit...) (On the bright side, if you don't fall over I don't get to defend) (Roll defense twice. +2 for every one past the number of attacks. You know the drill.) (Dude, they're rubber swords. Of course he won't fall over. :P) 2 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyle (2 2d6-4) and gets 1 6. [Kyle defends the first two, but not the last, which thwaps his widdle chest!] * Victor doesn't pay attention to the fight and walks the Igor doll over to a cemetary playset. There's three head stones 'Criminally insane', 'Deranged beyond repair', and 'Believed he achieved cold fusion in a coke bottle'. He seems to be having trouble making the choice. ( ...and I love you too, Dice. _ ) Ha! Attacking people while they sleep is BAD! Ow! Meanie! I didn't do nuffin! You hit me! When I was sleep! (This is so cute. I'm going to die from all the cuteness, and it was my idea.) Did not! And you hit me when I was AWAKE! * In`You turns around, and says back at Eric. "What did I do?" Of course, looking back and running is bad, as any parent will tell you, and In'You runs right past/through/into Ichi/Kyle, if they're not paying attention. ( Hee. Do it more often. I wanna do this too. @_@ ) (Perception rolls, boys!) (HA count?) You hit me! In the head! It was mean! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love the smell of a crit in the morning." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyle (2d6-4) and gets 4. (Yes, but Ichi and Kyle only.) ( Made it, in spite of continued dicehate. ) (O.o;; that's the only way I could have made that) (Ooh, those boys) [Ichi and Kyle both spot In'You coming! Ichi manages to get lucky and step away, but Kyle not so much, as he gets bowled over by the little would- be priestess.] (...and I forgot the damn +1 to everything...still a crit) * Eric tries to skid to a halt so he doesn't add to the cute lil' pileup. Ow! Wah! No you're trying to hit me too! * In`You falls over in a tumbling tumble. * Victor tut tuts over the cemetary. "I've really got to get a better selection." He glancees over thoughtfully at the fighting group for a moment. "Maybe... naw, I'll stick with the criminally insane." * Kyle is tumbled. o_O (Body roll, Eric!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 11. (*snerk* No.) [Eric tries to skid to a halt, but ends up tripping right into them.] Whaaaa. Bad day. * In`You says, "Ack! Ow! Oh no, I'm sorry! I was running and--" In'You gets a back full of Eric! * Eric falls. "Ahh!" Ooof! * Thalan stashes his ballzooka away and jumps down to the group, flipping once in the jump. "Hey! What'reya doing?" ^_^ * In`You probably looks flattenedish. "Owie..." * Eric looks very embarassed, and tries to stand up. "Sorry!" 'm not breathin' good. * Ichi blinks and pretends to put his sword into a scabbard and attempts to look serious, "Justice has been served! Yay!" Has not! Juicetice? * Victor walks over to the lab playset. "Mastering the secrets of life itself. Third time today!" * Eric stands up, and then tries to help In`You up as well. "But, see, that's why you shouldn't hit people in the head. They'll come after you! Or something." Justice! * Ichi nods once. I saw it in a movie! * In`You is helped up, and accepts it. "People were hitting eachother? Aww, I missed it." [Right about now, the door opens! And in steps familiar purple sneakers, with green and purple kneesocks, up to the lady carrying a tray of milk and cookies... why, it's Nanny! She looks at the pileup and raises an eyebrow. "Now, what's this all about?" she asks in an amused tone.] Is that like juice? I'm thirsty. (*cracks up*) (#BESM Babies!) (Yes!) (One-Shot babies, we'll make your dreams come true o/~) * Victor is distracted from bringing his creation to life and goes for the cookies. * Ichi smiles up at Nanny, "It's Justice!" ( Nanny? ?_? ) But I didn't hit noone! (NANNY.) (It's muppet babies) * Eric blinks at In`You. "But didn't you hit me in the head?" ( Yeah, I remember Muppet Babies ) ( I just don't remember Nanny ) [She sets it down on the table for you kids. Coincidentally, said table's just the right height for you. None of this silly grown-up stuff.] * In`You shakes her head almost violently. "Nope! I was just running around. I didn't hit anyone! Well, except Kyle." (Nanny.) ["That's good, In'You." She pats her on the head.] Oh. Um. Sorry, then. About chasing you and stuff. You're okay, right? ( No recollection at all. ^^; ) ["Did you say sorry to Kyle?"] * Victor tears into the cookies while people are arguing. He has a rather impressive bite for a little kid. * In`You gets little swirlies with the many people talking at her. "Um.. okay, and yes!" * Eric looks satisfied and wanders over to grab a cookie. * Kyle nods and sits up. "Bweeh." * Thalan sniffs the air, and without even looking over... "Cookies!" ( Thalan oughta play with toy cars and planes. :P ) (Crash BOOM!) * In`You walks over to the cookies too, and eyes Eric and Kyle. "Are you both all OK?" * Eric taps Victor on the shoulder. "Scuse me... can I please get to the cookies?" * Ichi bows to Nanny, and then drops his sword and runs over to the table, "Yay Cookies!" (He likes playing sniper more. :P) * Victor starts on a second cookie. He balances it on his nose for a moment and then bites into it. He doesn't seem to notice Eric's tapping. [She sits down and starts reading a book, probably waiting for you all to finish your snack.] * Ichi trips about halfway there, falls on his face, and then scrables back to his feet. * Eric looks at In`You. "Hmm... yeah, I'm okay." He frowns and taps Victor again. * Kyle wanders over to the table. For great cookie! * In`You hrms, and eyes Eric and Kyle critically. * Victor looks back at Eric. "Vat is it?" Can I get a cookie? Please? * Thalan goes about getting cookies, taking one for him, two for him... Funny, nobody noticed it before, but he's wearing red gloves. * Ichi gets in line behind Eric. * Thalan jumps away with his stollen booty. ^_^ [The cookies are running out!] * Victor nods. "Jah, jah, go ahead." He then takes another cookie and moves out of the way. Thank you. * Eric takes a cookie and steps aside so that the others can get them. * Thalan sits down and eats the cookies and... laps the milk. Well, some things don't change. ( Kitty! ) ( Someone play with his tail! ) * Kyle enjoys a cookie. COOKIE. (I did say it begged to be pulled. :P) [Thalan has a cute little tail, yes. With no ribbon on it.] * Ichi takes a cookie, and then another cookie for his other hand...then he tries to figure out which one to eat first. * Eric munches cookie and eyes Thalan. * Victor sits on his haunches and bites into his third cookie. With his other hand he scratches behind his ear. * Thalan 's tail swishes back and forth as he eats cookies and laps milk. He looks very content with himself for having nobody notice him doing anything earlier. * In`You probably eventually gets to the cookies, as everyone else seems to have managed to get some. (Cat and dog. Oh dear.) (Yeah. This could be a problem. :P) (Hopefully. :P ) [When you're all full of cookies and milk - but not sleepy, because there was quite a bit of sugar in those, Nanny speaks up, "I need to go to the store today. Would you kids like to come with?"] Can we go to the library, too? [She smiles pleasantly. "Of course, Eric."] Oh! I wanna go to the arcade! Pleeeeeaaaaase! Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!...er ah...Please take us with you? * Eric smiles. Yay! ["Maybe, if we have time." She pauses, then eyes Thalan for a moment. "And if you're good."] ( He's Good! Chaotic Good! ) * Victor nods. "Ze store vill be fine. It is important to acquire ze supplies form ze terrified villagers." There's a distant roll of thunder as he says the last bit. ( Says so right on his character sheet! ) * In`You smikes through a mouth of cookie. "I can help with the store, Nanny!" (Yay for the dramatic weather!) * Eric runs and grabs his book, just so he has something to read along the way. He sings some sort of song as he's doing so. Surprisingly good voice for a four- year-old. * Thalan 's ears twitch at that. * Victor heels to Nanny. He does walk though, rather than moving on all fours. * Kyle has cookies and milk, and then gets in his crib to take a nap. Because Yu's a tired fuddy-duddy. (Aww. Night, Yu.) ( Nanight. ) (G'night Yu) [She nods. "You can each bring one toy. Not the ballzooka, Thalan."] * Thalan walks off and cleans himself. He comes back wearing a T shirt and jeans, under that a baby-sized flight suit. "Awwww..." * Kyle is now known as Yu-Mei ( *waves* 'Night, all. ^.^ ) ( Wish I'd have thought of that. ;_; ) (g'night) ('night Yu.) (Night Yu.) ( Night Yu. ) (Trust me, Dem, I came up with it in a moment of insanity.) * Ichi runs around and picks up one sword after another, but finaly decides to keep the red painted one... * In`You doesn't get any toys. She does get paper and markers, though. ( I mean thought of just playing, then having the character go take a nap when I had to go to sleep. ) * Eric tucks his book under his arm. "Okay, I'm ready." ( Instead of waiting until the next time this thing runs. ;_; ) * Victor goes to grab a tiny little chemistry set. ( It'll run again sometime, right? ;_; ) Oh, wait! I'm ready let's go! * Eric puts down the book, then runs and grabs the little toy computer again. "Okay, *now* I'm ready." Can get more books at the library. * Thalan comes back with a cute little black backpack on his back. "I'm ready!" ^_^ [She chuckles. "Okay! Time to go to the mall." And she leads you kids to the car!] * Victor plays with the set while he walks and makes a little bubbling solution. [Blipzoom! Running Victor chasing Thalan screen wipe!] (Cute!) * Yu-Mei has quit IRC (Quit: Beware. Nanny is really one of Nyarlathotep's 1001 vile evil forms! ...no, really. Honest. ) [You find yourselves in the store! There's big racks of clothes around you. Nanny seems to be talking with a grownup about something something blah blah boring.] * Eric pushes buttons on his toy computer. It says something about "the cow goes moooooooo." (The Calc goes....moo.) (Hahaha!) (*laughs*) * Thalan looks around and taps on a pocket calculator he brought along. 2+2=4. * In`You is drawing funny symbols on hers, although sometimes there are words on them. Words like 'meanie' and 'bad' and 'clean' and stuff. ( I'ma gonna sleepy now. z.z ) (Night, Demo.) ( Naniiight ) (Night Dem.) ('night Dem.) * Ichi stands around looking vacant and bishi. * Demota is now known as DemoSleep * Thalan is very clean. ^_^ [Time passes...] * Eric wanders over to Thalan. "Um... can I look at your calculator? You can borrow this." He holds up the toy computer. * Victor wonders around for a bit before settling in the shoe section. He absentmindedly gnaws on a pair of slippers while he works on getting both a bubbling and a foaming solution. [Talan does not have a TI-96, or even a scientific calculator. Just one of those pocket calculators with the big buttons.] * Thalan possessively holds his calculator. "I don't want that though." (Well, yeah.) * Eric looks a little disappointed. "Oh, okay." He wanders off. * Ichi stops collecting dust and follows Victor, perhaps he will lead to...Adventure...or at least the next thought. * Eric wanders to In`You. "What are you drawing?" [Victor works on bringing his mouth to a nice lather.] [More time passes!] * Thalan puts his calculator away and climbs up one of the racks using his claws, trying to get a good view of his domain. (Thalan, gimme a climbing roll. Acrobatics.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-2) and gets 5. * In`You turns to Eric. "I'm drawin'... uh... wards. Grandma calls 'em wards." (Yuppers.) * In`You shows Eric one. It really doesn't look like a ward at all. Just a lot of scribbling. She tried, though! Are those some kind of picture? Could I draw some, too? I like drawing. [Thalan is on the top of a pants rack! Levis, to be precise.] (Perception roll, Thalan.) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-8) and gets 1. (I'm assuming it's sight, sound, or smell. ^^;) [Thalan sees clothes, and shoes, and some signs. And that must be the section with the girly stuff and perfume.] [He sees no Nanny.] * Ichi watches Victor chew the shoes and wonders if perhaps they are evil shoes. * Victor notices Ichi walk up. "Do you come to watch my experaments?" As he speaks the slipper falls down and knocks over his set. "Das is no good." He says sadly. * Thalan jumps down, using his claws to simultaniously shred the clothing and slow his fall. " I can't see Nanny! Uhm....maybe? What'cha doin? * In`You gives Eric a slip of paper. "I guess. You have to be careful, though. Wards are a reponsabiwity." [Thalan ruins clothes, but he's cute and little, so it must be okay!] I'll be careful! * Eric sits down next to In`You, borrows a marker, and starts drawing. *Riiip* * Victor looks over at Thalan's direction. "Nanny is missing? I vill find." * Thalan runs quickly and quietly and stealthily over to the rest of the group. "She's not here, I looked." A ahm..it's a...er...it's a...Quest! That's it! * Victor starts crawling on all fours to where he last saw Nanny. Halfway there he transforms into a cute little wolf pup and starts sniffing around the area. [There's fanfare when Ichi says that.] * In`You turns to Ichi, holding a handful of wards. "What?" * Eric draws a landscape! Well, a big yellow sun, and some trees, and some more trees, and some other plants. He likes plants. * Thalan looks around, sniffing and listening carefully as well. We must...Find Nanny! [Victor transforms into a wolf! And when he does that, he finds himself on a grassy field, with a path!] * Ichi points dramaticly at...a shoe rack. (And so do the rest of you.) [Ichi points at a mountain with a sheer cliff.] * Thalan ocassionally goes on all fours to sniff, but quickly returns to bipedal position. His tail is looking *really* cute. * Eric looks up from his drawing. "Huh? Um, how'd we get here? Weren't we just in a store?" (And pullable.) No, we're in a jungle! Yes! [Trees grow out of the grassy area, and it becomes a lot more humid.] This isn't a jungle, silly! Not enough trees! ...oh, okay, now it is. [You hear tropical birds and insects! But not mosquitos.] I told you it was a jungle. * Victor stays quadrapedal and tries to pick up Nanny's scent. * Eric hops up and walks over to one of the trees. "Excuse me, Mr. Tree, but have you seen Nanny?" * In`You looks around. "Aaah! Trees everywhere. I can't see the sky." * Victor looks very cute as he sniff and only looks vaguely rabid. * Thalan checks his datapad and runs his findings through it. "She has to be somewhere around here." * Ichi nodnods. [The tree blinks at Eric. "Nanny? Hmmm," it says in a slow voice. "What is a Nanny?"] (You guys are catching on fast. Excellent.) (Hooom!) * Thalan tries to pick up Nannie's trail. [Thalan's datapad shows lots of fancy designs on a graph.] Nanny! She's, um, really tall! And nice, and stuff. She gives us cookies, and she's going to take us to the library later! * Ichi stands watch for viciouse jungle inhabitants like...monkies...and snakes...and penguins! * In`You looks around nervously, and starts edging over to Eric, who isn't being active and randomly moving. (No, he's just talking to the tree. And the tree's talking back.) [The tree chuckles. "Slow down, little one. What does she look like?"] [A penguin jumps out in front of Ichi. "WAK!"] Um. Purple shoes. Green and purple socks. * Ichi falls over, "Ah! Penguin!" * Victor growls a bit as Thalan comes looking for the trail. "Go back to your inferior technology. You're throwing off ze scent." [The penguin wak's again and waddles off.] You're throwing off the scent you puppy. ["Hmmmmm. I think I saw her come through here. But, oh oh, where she was going is much too dangerous."] * Thalan jumps up into the trees and starts jumping from branch to branch. * Ichi pushes himself to his feet, "Yay! I win!" * Eric looks sad. "Really? Do you think she'll come back?" ["I don't know. Nobody's ever come back from the Forbidden Temple of Za'Ha'Dum before."] * Victor barks up at Thalan. "Yes, run like a scared little kitty. For it is I that will find nanny." (Good lord, the tree is a Vorlon. :P ) That sounds scary! (Yaaah!) ["Oh, it is scary. Very scary."] (The Vorlons would never admit to not knowing something. :P) * Thalan keeps his speed up with the werewolf in the trees. He's also following some invisible path up there. * In`You grabs Eric's arm. "I don't like scary places, Eric. I don't have enough wards." * Eric starts when In`You grabs his arm. "I don't, either. Scary places don't have enough trees. Or books." * Thalan ... isn't there? (They're so cute!) (Thalan, Victor, perception checks) (HA or scent count?) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-8) and gets -1. (Yesh.) (o.o) But if Nanny went there, how are we going to get home without her? I don't know. * In`You holds her armful of papers. 2d6-10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6-10) and gets -5. (Uh, we kicked the perception's ass.) We might have to go after her, then. We're going to have to be brave, In`You. Very brave. [Victor and Thalan both realize they're leaving everyone else behind. Go them.] (Yeah...) * Victor turns around to slowly trot back to the group. [The tree nods. "Hmm. Yes. Maybe if you're brave enough..."] * Thalan swings around in the trees and hops back to the general locale of the others. He stays hidden in the trees, though. * In`You pouts. "I can't be brave during the day. It's not fair." * Ichi valiantly protects the talking people from...nothing! [The sun sets!] Wah! It's all dark now! [It's dark now. Anyone got a flashlight?] Can you be brave now? * Ichi blinks "Where'd everybody go?" * In`You 's eyes literally gleam. "You bet!" Okay. Um. Do you have a light? * Victor paws at a little light that's on his colllar. May not have been there a minute ago, but it's certainly a light source now. * Ichi raises his sword above his head and it catches on Fire! he then looks for something to make a toarch out of before it goes out. * Victor rejoins the group casting a nice pool of light in front of him and looking scary but in a silly campfire way. * Thalan looks around. His eyes have that night-sheen that most cats do. He stays in the trees. [Ichi finds a broken off branch. That should work, right?] * In`You ums, and shakes her head. "Nope, not me." She turns back to the people who have light. "But they do." * Victor wags his tail. "Vere are ve going?" Okay, then we'll follow them. * Ichi thinks that one through...fire+wood= uh...yay! Toarch! Thank you, Mr. Tree! (OOC) Scrolls up and reads some and LAUGHS! "Muppet Babies! Oh yeah, this is cool!" * Ichi picks it up with his other hand and lights it on his sword. (OOC) I am definately remembering this idea if I ever run a group! (Thanks. ^_^) * In`You walks over to the light. A perceptive child might notice that she's an inch taller and her sun on her forehead is a moon now. (OOC) Interestingly, my alternate chat name if Scott is taken is Scooter. (HA. That's awesome. Wanna put parens around your comments like this?) (It's what we're used to. ^^) (Please keep OOC comment in parens, though. ^^; It confuses me when you do (OOC).) * Victor whimpers slight at the sight of the tourch. "You are not going to storm the castle with ze peasants and ze tourches are you?" [The tree waves. "You're welcome! Good luck!"] * Ichi totaly fails to notice the changes in In'You. * Thalan notices the changes all right. * Eric blinks at In`You. "Did you get taller?" * In`You grins. "Yeah! I'm braver and taller and if anything gets in my way I'm gonna hit it!" She holds up her wards gleefully. Huh? * Ichi brings his toarch over so he can see what everybody is talking about. Yay! Then you can be brave and I'll be right behind you. But I'll try to be brave too. [In'You has real wards now, yes. Not just drawings of ones.] ( And now they're in a make-believe jungle, right? Cool. ) (It was Ichi and Thalan's faults. ^^) (Hee!) * In`You says, "Okay!" She turns back to everyone. "Eric found out that Granny went to... the temple of Zadoom." (Thalan likes jungles. He feels at home there. Then again, he also feels at home in the city...) * Victor seems satisfied at the lack of a peasant army following Ichi with more tourches, thankfully not too many of those in the jungle. (Mwhahahahehehahackcaughwheeze) Yeah. It's a scary place. But we have to find Nanny! [You walk, and then see an old, cracked sign! There's an arrow. "This way to the Temple of Za'Ha'Dum", it says, never mind that you can't read. There's an arrow. "Beware the flying monkeys."] * Thalan isn't there. o/~ * Ichi points dramaticly...back the way they came..."To Zadoom!" Uh, actually... it's that way. * Eric points at the sign. [The arrow points opposite the way Ichi's pointing.] * Ichi turns around and points even more dramaticly with his sword this time, "To Zadoom!!" * Thalan hops down from a tree in the right direction and in front of the rest of the group. "You're slower than ever." ^_^ * Victor takes the lead and casts light in front of him. "Ve vill save her, no matter ze price." There's another roll of thunder and a distant flash of lightning as he says that. [Ichi looks dramatic! With speed lines, and a crashing tsunami background!] * Eric jumps when Thalan hops down, and then again when Victor gets the dramatic weather effects. (Odd, I never actualy got around to buying that ability :P) * Thalan 's ears twitch, as does his tail. (It's a given in the world of Make Believe.) (True) (But Victor has actually bought it. ^_^ ) * In`You eyes Thalan, pouts and responds, "We're not slow!" * Thalan appeared in a puff of smoke then? [As you walk down the jungle path, you hear a screech from above! Screeeeeech!] * Ichi looks up. * Eric lets out a startled little cry and ducks. * Victor looks up aiming his collar light into the follage above. He barks at the sound. * In`You looks up too. "What are they?" * Thalan looks up. He quickly takes to one of the denser trees. [Ichi, defense roll! Ranged.] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6-1) and gets 3. (on the dot) [Ichi barely manages to avoid an apple. It's a tasty apple, but probably bruised now.] * Thalan sniffs the air and quiets down so the monkies won't find him... until it's too late. Wah! People are throwing things at me again! [The figure above (you can barely see it, but it has wings) whirls around and starts flying back!] * Eric frowns. "People shouldn't throw apples. It's a waste of good stuff." * In`You nods, and shakes her wards at the flying things. "Yeah! Don't waste good food!" [It drops something big on you now! Ranged defense roll again. Eric, Ichi, In'You, and Victor.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Your logic is faulty, your intelligence is doubtful, and your sumo is insufficient." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6-1) and gets 10. (Owwie.) (oww) (You want my DR?) (failed by one) (Insufficent your sumo is.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 8. (No way.) [Victor leaps aside in time, but In'You is caught in the net! Eric and Ichi try to run, bump into each other, and get thoroughly tangled in it, too.] * In`You says, "Hey!" Ahh! We're caught! Help! Waaa~WHUHMP~aaaaa! Owwwie... * Victor bites at the net and tries to claw it open. [As Eric and Ichi struggle, they get more tangled. Haw haw haw.] Wah! [Victor roll attack against the net of DOOM!] Somebody help! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6-4) and gets 4. I'm stuck! (hit by two) [Victor claws In'You out of the net.] * Thalan looks up at whatever dropped the net. * In`You hops out of the net, and shakes her first at the sky. "Alright, you! No more nice In'You!" [The creature shrieks something that sounds more like laughter, wings around, and dives at Victor! Defense!] (What do you think is the best way to introduce people to roleplaying?) (Hmm. In what sense?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm down with that. You know me." (That's a make. ^^ ) ("Dungeons & Dragons? I don't play many computer games.") (Ard...what are you feeding Dicy, and can you do it again for Arcana?) [Victor jumps to the side as it dives down, hopping onto its back and driving it into the ground. "Ow! Ow! I'm sorreeeeee!" it screeches.] Let us out! Please? (Oh dear. Hrm.) (I'm feeding him the apples of despair I rain upon you.) * Ichi tries to nod, "Want Out!" ( In other words, people who know nothing of the genre. How to show them what it is. ) * In`You smacks it on the head with a ward previously marked "Meanie!" (Scott: I guess the best way to start is explain what it is.) (And emphasize that it's fun. ... A lot.) (How do I best explain it?) (Depending on your audience, anything from acting to pretend to writing a story.) * Thalan jumps down from the trees near Ichi and Eric, proceeding to cut them loose with his claws. (Hmm. Audience is a buncha freshman (college) guys and girls sitting around talking.) ["I was just having fun!" On better look, it probably is actually a flying monkey. It has feathered wings, and a beak, and looks like it was taken straight out of Pirates of Darkwater. It's about as big as you guys.] (Monkey Bird!) (Having been unable to find fellow roleplayers at college, I shall have to make my own group. ) (Do de do...) (*nods*) * Victor plops back to human form and lab coat and all and sits on the creature. "Silly thing, you can not hope to match my superior brain. Yours is doubtless deranged or believes in cold fussion." (Monkey...BIRD!) [It oofs. "Ow!"] That's fusion. * Victor growls. * In`You grins. "That's what you get for being mean!" * Eric climbs out of the net, and tries to help Ichi out. "Thank you!" he yells to Thalan. * Thalan retracts his claws, and grins a toothy grin. "You're welcome." * Ichi manages to get himself even more tangled before giving up and letting Eric free him. (You know, it's a good thing this isn't a real sort of place...toarches + net traps = teh BAD) * Victor turns down the monkeybid. "Fun time iz over for you. Now you take us to Nanny." * NinjaDebugger has joined #BESM * ChanServ sets mode: +o NinjaDebugger (hi Boss :P) [He wails. "But I don't know where she is! Please, please let me go!"] ( Scheisse. I'm too late to catch Schneeb. ) (Heya, ND. OST in session.) (Yes. ;_;) * Thalan checks the ground's soil. He runs it thru his fingers, seemingly looking for or at something. * Thalan 's tail twitches left and right, begging to be pulled. * In`You hmphs. "You're staying there for being mean." ( Did anybody bother telling Schneeb about the possibility of EW2 returning? ) ( I've got approval, provided I move the start time back an hour. ) (He brought it up with me.) [He pouts. "I'm really, really sorry! Maybe I can give you something if you let me go?"] ( Question 2: Is there a Yu in the house? ) (Sleepin'.) (Whee! The return of EW!) ( Damn. ) (No.) What'll you give us, and will you not throw stuff on us anymore? * Ichi thanks Eric for helping him out. ["Uh huh. And I'll give you..." He pauses, maybe for dramatic effect. "A key."] * Thalan 's ears twitch in turn for the dramatic effect. A key for what? A Key! ["To get through the temple! That's where you're going, right?"] Um, yeah. ...Is that where Nanny is? ["I don't know!"] That's where Mr. Tree said she was! * Victor sticks his hand out to take the key. "Zat will suffice. Be glad that today we feel merciful." Thunder puts emphasis on today. Well, probably. [He tries to sit up, but can't. "Uh... you're squishing me."[ Then yes! * Victor stands. "Oh, sorry." He then scratches behind his ear again. * Thalan walks up. His suit blends in with the surroundings as he walks up right behind the monkey stealthily so it won't notice. [The monkeybird sits up and reaches into his pocket, then pulls out a stone piece with weird writing on it. "Here!"] That's a funny-looking key. [It changes to look more like the house keys you guys steal from Nanny sometimes.] * Victor snatches the keys. "Vith this, ve can unlock ze zecrets of life itself. Or more important unlock ze nanny!" Weird... but it looks more like a key now. (You mean like the ones *I* steal from her all the time?) (I'm trying not to single you out!) (Yeah, I don't steal keys. Just books.) (And I give them back.) (You faild miserably. :P) Good enough for me! (... You give stuff back?) (Ichi couldn't steal something if it fell in his pockets :P) (Victor uses the doggy door. :P ) (Yeah, 'cause it's mean to keep books where people can't read them. They should be shared!) [He grins and waves. "Aheh. Yeah. I'll just be going now!" He jumps up and flaps his wings, then is off!] * Victor crawls on all fours towards the temple, and then remembers he's in human form and starts walking again. * In`You walks! And drags Eric along. Wah! * Eric is dragged. * Thalan hops from tree to tree torwards the temple, keeping a close eye out for traps. To the Temple of Zadoom! * Ichi follows somebody who's going there. * Awaymancer is now known as Sleepmancer [You go! Ahead of you is the Temple of Za'Ha'Dum! With a really, really, *really* big staircase leading up to the enterance. It looks like one of those big ol' step pyramids, or something.] ...that's a lot of steps. It's going to take forever to get there. * Thalan flip-twists down and lands on the first step. "Yeah. How should we climb it?" Carefully? (Perception rolls!) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-8) and gets -2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 4. 2d6-10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6-10) and gets -4. (Sooo close!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 10. (assuming scent counts. Just 4 otherwise ) (Dice continues his habit of hatred.) (Heh.) (ooh, wait human form. Just 0 ) [Everyone but Ichi and In'You notice a keyhole next to the stairs!] Oh! Put the key in there! * Eric points to the keyhole. In where? At the top? * Victor does so. And waits for a flash of lightning to turn it. [There's a DRAMATIC flash of lightning!] * Eric jumps. "Why does it keep doing that?" * Victor turns the key now that the right moment has come. * Thalan hisses. [And then an ominous roll of thunder, just to make Eric jump again.] * Eric jumps again. "I wish it would stop!" [The stairs start to move! Up.] * Victor grins. "It is neceessary for ze true science." Wow, they thought of everything o.o * Thalan is on the steps. "See you at the top!" ...cool! It's an escalator! Nah. It's an ancient moving staircase. Duh. * Eric sticks his tongue out at Thalan and climbs on. * In`You gets on the steps too. "It's a good thing we beat up that monkey." * Victor gets on and switched back to wolf form to race Thalan up. This time the wolf keeps wearing a cute little labcoat. * Ichi nods, "It would have been a long walk." [Yay, esca- uh, ancient stairway races!] * Ichi watches everybody else start to move up and then remember to get on too. * Thalan waves down at the silly people. [Victor's gaining on Thalan, and gaining on him fast!] * Eric does not race. He'll get there soon enough. * Thalan sees this and vanishes. [And Eric is wise beyond his years.] (^_^_v) * Victor tries to catch Thalan's scent and keeps racing his invisible opponent. (Gimme body rolls, you animals. -2 for each level of speed.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 6. (Made by 2.) (Make by 4) [Victor beats Thalan to the top!] [Everyone else comes up before long.] * Victor waits til he smells Thalan gets to the top and then barks at him "Voof voof!" (Hee. ^_^) (*grabs more sugar*) (*cackles*) * Thalan 's scent never gets there until it's right behind Victor. "Meou." * In`You eyes the animals, and awws. "They're so cute when they're not being mean or silly." * Victor growls but his tail his wagging. * Ichi scratches the back of his head, "They arn't cute when they're silly?" So, we made it up. Now what? * Thalan smiles. His tail is moving back and forth and still begging to be yanked. [It is the ENTERANCE TO THE FORBIDDEN TEMPLE OF ZA'HA'DUM. Any bets on what's in there?] (Fish. I bet fish.) [The enterance is dark. And scary. And there's a tiki head up above, with a penguin nearby, because I want it there.] * Eric sighs. "We have to go in, don't we?" (Nanny!) * Thalan dashes forward, seemingly vanishing behind various fixtures. We have to save Nanny! (Who has light sources?) * Sleepmancer has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) Yes! For Nanny! (Don't need'em.) (Not me.) (Sadly, In'You loses them during Dark Metamorphasis, but also doesn't need them.) (I may or may not still have toarch) (*smacks the cat* ;P) * Victor rushes foreward in big leaps and bounds. He has his collar light on. (Ichi has the everburning torch. It's all good.) Wah, wait up! (Fire!) We shouldn't split up! * Ichi waits for Eric. * Victor has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * Victor has joined #besm * Darkheart has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) (Peer and Ping are the final bosses?) * In`You grabs Eric. "They never listen! Come on, you!" Wah! * In`You drags. * Eric is grabbed and dragged. Again. * Thalan keeps a sharp eye out for traps. Stupid traps. * Ichi follows Eric. [You're pulled into the dark, forbidden temple! It looks like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. Thalan, perception check, touch, +4!] * Victor seems to be heedless of traps and worries only for speed. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6) and gets 7. * Darkheart has joined #BESM (Still made it.) (You sick skillmonkey.) (What? :P) (Ard: Indiana Jones? So we're in the furnace room? :P) [Thalan lightly steps and feels that one of the stones is a little higher than the others. Before he puts all the pressure on it.] (Do de do o/~) (Thanks for the idea!) * Thalan doesn't put pressure on it, duh. * Victor ignores the scaredy cat and keeps leaping ahead past where Thalan is standing. [Victor doesn't care, and so puts all his weight on another one! A huge jet of flame BURSTS up before him!] * Thalan works at disarming said trap. ^_^ * In`You continues walking, with the dragged one. She's humming happily. (Roll it. Erm... I'm not sure what it would be. Artisan? Oh, burglary.) * Victor backs off and whimpers for a moment. (Either Mechanics, or Burglurary.) (Burgle!) Yipe! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 1. * Eric continues to be dragged, and doesn't seem terribly happy. "In`You, slow down! I can walk!" (It's been burgled.) [Thalan disarms it.] Oh. Right. [How, the GM has no clue.] * In`You slows down and lets go of Eric's arm. "Sorry. Maybe I'm a little too brave." * Thalan knows. ^_^ (Mad cat burgler skillzors :P) (Literally?) (Literally.) * Thalan keeps going! And he DOES care about trappxorz. No, no, it's okay. You should be brave. And so should I. * Ichi continues to hold up the rear. But I can walk on my own, really. [The flame in front of Victor dies down. In fact, that's the one that's blocking the path.] * Thalan hops on Victor, using him as a springboard to launch him further. * Victor wags his tail and starts jumping foreward again, trying to move faster than the traps. * In`You nods. "Okay. Then keep up!" She goes back to walking. Aren't the animals nice to clear out all the traps for them? Okay! [Thalan and Victor go on Suicide Run, activating/avoiding trap after trap. Tick tick WOOSH, tick tick WOOSH.] * Eric walks next to In`You now. Very nice of them, I hope they don't get hurt. (Perception rolls, animals. No senses apply.) * Thalan speaks from down the hall. Is his hearing that good? "We're fine. ^_^" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-4) and gets 5. (Aw yeah.) (Just hit it) (Made by 3.) [Victor and Thalan notice an axe coming down, but they each step to one side before it gets 'em! A little close for comfort.] [Meanwhile, Ichi, Eric, and In'You are facing the suicide run. Whatcha gonna do?] * Victor yipes but keeps moving. Hopefully there aren't any silver axes waiting for him. Um. Do we have to go through there? [Down comes another axe, right in front of Victor! ... Is that silver on the edge?] Uhm, I hope not. * In`You looks around carefully, because she can, with her amazingly good eeys. * Thalan moves like ninja! He grabs the axe on its backswing and uses it to launch him further forward, tumbling on the landing. * Victor whimpers and stops. (Acrobatics, Thalan! Tumbling!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 4. (And then a perception roll, touch.) (Aww yeah.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-4) and gets 0. (That too.) (Christ. Overpowered much?) * Victor switches back to human form and stands up on the axe looking over the remaining sucide run. (Last I saw Victor he was 90 point dX char >.>) [Thalan executes the move beautifully - uh, no pun intended, and stops right in front of a pit. He feels that the stone panel below him is a little too high, and is starting to depress. * Thalan takes his foot off of the panel! [Good kitty.] Maybe if we go really slowly and carefully... [Victor sees Thalan, who is right in front of the pit. There's some stone, then another pit after that, then a corridor. That must be the end.] We won't wait all day! * Ichi nodnods, "I can't run that fast." * In`You looked around, and she must not have saw anything. Okay, we're coming! * Eric lets Ichi go ahead this time, since he has the torch, and the other light sources are at the other end of the passageway. (Perception checks, Eric, Ichi, In'You.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 12. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 9. (Critfail x.x) * Victor reaches into his coat to see if he can find his cyborg Barbie from earlier. (No.) (Yep.) (I have a light source?) * Thalan is smiling very happily. "That was fun!" ^_^ (Source. Sources. Whichever. ;p) [Ichi nearly gets barbequed more than one, and In'You almost gets her pretty hair chopped off. But Eric manages to pull them back in time.] You guys have to be careful! [Victor finds the cyborg barbie! Its eyes light up!] Huh? Why? * In`You frowns. "I AM being careful!" * Ichi nod, "Fire is BAD!" * Eric looks at Thalan. "Not talking to you. Talking to them!" * Victor puts it down in front of him and lets it test walk the the towards Thalan while he stays a safe distance behind. (that weird bit should have been 'lets it walk towards Thalan' * In`You tries walking again. Carefully. With darkvision. It's a shame she's dumb as a brick. [The barbie walks slowly towards Thalan, hands in front of it. Like a cute little barbie zombie!] * Thalan looks at zombiebarbie and smiles. "Scared?" [It scans the area with laser green eyes, then starts making a path. Left, forward, forward, right, forward, left, forward, forward, end.] * Victor grins as he walks exactly behind it. "Not scared, smart." He directs the remainder of the group to follow the path it makes. (Which is probably hard, as the rest of the group apparently can't see the switches in the ground. ^_^;) (Give me a break here.) Yeah, sure. It looks to me like you're chiken! * Eric tries to follow the path. (Heh.) [Eric does! He doesn't get skewered!] * Victor switches back to wolf form to light up the path. He growls as he does so. * Ichi tries to follow Eric following the path. * In`You will too! * Thalan goes into a handstand. "Only if we could walk on the ceiling. Pups unlike kitties, are loyal. Ve try to make sure ze rest are safe. They'll be fine. ^_^ [You all LIVE! That's a plus.] [There's a dark, spooky corridor ahead of you.] (Yay! Not dead!) We keep going, I guess? * Thalan nods as he continues! Hide & Hop is the name of the game. Untill we find Nanny! We cannot go back! (Nightchikins.) ('night Cham.) (Night, Cham.) (GOODBYE.) (Night) (Night!) * Chamelaeon has quit IRC (Quit: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOG ) * Victor pats the cyborg on the head while before he trots forward. "Good barbie, you have earned your freedom. Try not to terrorize ze villagers too much." [You walk into the corridor! What's that? A strange, musty smell? Kind of like... old paper.] [The barbie nods.] * Thalan cringes his nose. "This place reeks!" * Eric blinks. "Hey, I'm gonna go check this out!" * Ichi snifs, "What's so bad about it?" * Victor sniffs and grins. "Ve have now entered ze domain of Eric I belive." Books! *_* * In`You looks around. "Books? Aww, phooey." [You run in! And... Eric guessed it! BOOKS! All over the place, to the ceiling, with old-fashioned ladders to get to the higher ones.] Oooh! *_* Wow...every book in the entire world must be in here! * Eric runs for one of the ladders. Uh-huh. ^_^ [The ladder doesn't run away, because Eric has higher init.] (*snerk*) * Eric starts climbing, scanning the titles as he goes. "I haven't read that one yet... or that one!" (The forces of Justice will allways triumph!) Oh, *that* one looks interesting! * Eric reaches out to grab a particularly large volume. * Thalan doesn't bother with the ladder and climbs up to one of the shelves, taking a book and jumping down once he has it. He looks inside and tries to read it. * Victor switches back to human form and starts browsing. * Ichi wanders off to see if there's anything like, "Dick and Jane find Nanny." * In`You rubs her head. "We'll never find Nanny in a book. [The book Thalan opens yawns.] * Eric snatches his book and climbs back down the ladder, then proceeds to sit on the rungs and open it. * Victor looks for a copy of "On puppy and uber-puppy." * Thalan looks at the book strangely. "Do we have talking books now? I prefer talking computers more..." [Eric's book looks perfectly normal.] * Eric starts reading. In`You's most likely going to have to drag him off again. ;p [The one Thalan opened says, "No, no. Just a HUNGRY BOOK!" It has teeth! Literally!] * Thalan freaks out and backflips, kicking the book away. Oh my! * Victor runs at the book and tries to bite it, not realizing he's in the wrong form for that action. [It tumbles in the air, but hovers and makes a dive at In'You!] * Eric is totally oblivious to all this, since he's reading. * Thalan 's fur is standing on-end. * Ichi still hasn't found the book he's looking for, and wanders back down another shelf. * In`You tries to smack it with a ward. "Bad book!" (Roll it!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 9. (Mmm. So incompetent. Nope.) * Thalan , of course, had the accompanying 'Reaaah!' to go with his action. (Eh? Oh, no. Give me melee attack to smack the ward on the thing. -2 for you, I think?) * MeowtheGreat has joined #BESM (If you say so, then that's made, barely. ^^;) (Now give me a soul roll. -3.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6-3) and gets 4. (Sheesh. Give her the 4 on what she needs a 7 to pass. >.>) (Made it.) [In'You slaps the ward on the book! It howls as a white circle appears on the ground, a beam of light shooting up... and then thuds to the floor, just an ordinary book.] * Eric keeps on reading. Silly boy. * In`You holds up wards in victory! "I did it! Yay!" * Ichi claps his hands for In`You! (Anyone paying attention to the outside word: read, not Eric, perception check.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 6. (Senses?) * Victor has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 7. (Nope.) (No senses apply.) (Notta chance) (Aw, hell, I'm gonna make it unless I crit-fail anyways.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-4) and gets 1. [Thalan realizes there are no doors out besides the one they came in!] [The GM realizes Victor fell off the face of the world, but he's sure to come back.] (You just can't keep the undead down) ( *updates LJ* ) * Thalan blinks and looks around. "There only exit is the way we came in. It's a dead-end." Then where's Nanny? Somewhere else? * Victor has joined #besm (hurrah for sourdough. ^_^) (re) (Welcome back.) (thanks) Must be. We need to find Nanny before it's too late! * Victor looks around. "Must be a book we need to pull to open a secret passage." (Wait, we still in library? ^^;) (Yes.) (Yeah.) (Yay!) (yeah) * Ichi shrugs and tips the book nearist to him. * Thalan looks around for a book. He's hunting high and low... o/~ * Eric looks up. "This is a really cool story, guys! All about some kids who go into a library and find a secret passge hidden behind a sliding bookcase!" (A good book.) Where and what is the book they pull? Lemme read some more. * Eric goes back to his book, atlthough he appears to be speed-reading this time. * Victor looks for a book with a name like. "The path to nanny or How to hide a secret lab." * Thalan is, of course, pulling any book he finds. Which is a lot. (Eric, give me... oh... Mind - Cultural Arts (Lit) ^_^) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-3) and gets 1. * Ichi looks around for bookshelf marked entrance. * In`You isn't looking at all, but she does eye Thalan. "You're making a big mess!" So? * Victor nods. "Kittens are agents of entropy and chaos." [Thalan makes a huge mess.] * Eric looks up again. "Try the third bookshelf on the right! Look for a book that looks different from all the others!" [The poor books. ;_;] * Thalan does so! * Victor tries to do so faster. * Thalan tries to do so even faster! [Init rolls!] [... Animals.] * Ichi counts bookshelfs "One...two... And be careful with the books! d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+9 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (d6+9) and gets 12. [Thalan gets to the books first! Which one is it?] (The one that looks different?) * Thalan pulls the one that looks different! [The bookshelf groans - not literally, this time, and starts to move aside. Meanwhile, behind him, Thalan hears, "Now what is this!" in a high- pitched, angry voice.] (Is that Nanny? ) (No.) Uh-oh. It's the librarian lady! And she doesn't sound happy! That don't sound nun good. Thalan, you shouldn't have made such a mess! I agree! Oh no! The books were in the way! * Victor nods and grins a bit. [The Angry Librarian (shut up, Kevin) folds her arms. She's all ghosty white and transparant. "That was very bad of you to do."] (HAhahahahaha!) (... EQ ripoff. :P) (Shaddup! I had to!) (Don't blame ya. ~_^) (Aw, wouldn't the Diskworld one fit in better?) (Oook!) * In`You shakes her wards at her, ignoring all the relevant issues but one. "Where's Nanny?!" * Thalan clamers off and vanishes like ninja. ["I'm not telling you anything until you put the books back where you found them!"] * Ichi keeps his sword where it is for now, "What have you done with her?" [The Angry Librarian grabs Thalan by the back of his shirt before he can get far.] Wah! ;_; [How do grown ups always do that?] (I really don't know.) [She puts him back where the pile is. "Back. Where you found them."] * Victor watches and snickers. * Eric finishes reading his book, then climbs back up the ladder to return it. * Thalan pouts and starts putting them away. He's... surprisingly fast at categorizing them. (Roll me mind. With the lit bonus thing.) * In`You doesn't help, because she didn't do anything wrong! (Me or Thalan?) [Eric puts the book back, and it sighs happily! He gets a gold star!] (Thalan.) (Linguistics wouldn't help, would it?) * Ichi wanders back to the one book he tipped over and puts it back. (Nope!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6) and gets 10. (... Curses!) [Thalan gets confused.] * Eric gets a gold star! Yay! He smiles, then climbs back down and walks over to Thalan. "Here, I'll help." [He can't remember quite where he put this... maybe he put it there... no...] I hate seeing books all disorganized like this. [The Angry Librarian folds her arms and watches sternly.] * Thalan frowns and stomps angrily. "Durnit!" * Eric starts sorting books. Roll, or no? * Victor keeps snickering and somehow gives the impression of having his tail wag without actually having one. (Roll it. ^^) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-3) and gets 8. (Mwaha.) (...My favorite bit of SC2 battle music just came on o.o) [Thalan such a big mess that even Eric has a hard time putting them all in order. But he does. The Librarian smiles, and she doesn't seem so mean anymore. "Well, that's much better."] (^ made) * Thalan looks up, waiting for the instant the librarian turns her attention somewhere else... * Eric looks happy, too. "Yes, much better!" ["Anyway, who are you looking for? Nanny? What does she look like?"] Um, yes. She's tall. Very tall. Purple shoes, purple and green socks. * Ichi comes back from getting lost putting his book back rightside up and nods. ["Oh, I think she came through! She should be just down that corridor. Just go that way. And don't fall down the pit."] * Eric nods, torn between going to find Nanny and staying here with all the books. Yay, books. *_* * Thalan runs off and vanishes like ninja. He'll catch up eventually. [The Calm Librarian points down the way the sekrit passage goes.] * Victor starts running that way before dropping to all fours and switching to a species more appropriate to that means of locomotion. * Ichi bows and thanks the Librarian for her directions, and then looses his balance trying to stand back up. * In`You grabs Eric's arm to make the decision for him, for she is decisive. "Nanny's waiting!" (Good plan!) Wah! Okay! * Eric is dragged. Again. [And Eric is dragged! DRAGDRAGDRAG.] (Excellent.) (It's such a cute mental image. ^_^) * Ichi recovers and chases after! [You enter a passage, which quickly turns into a very big hallway. All with nifty pictures. Maybe some of you would recognize them as hieroglyphics, but I doubt you could pronounce it.] (The angry looking shrinemaiden dragging along the normal looking bookish kid?) (Yes. ^^) (It is!) (... So cute!) (Hiogif!) (Aww.) * Victor slows down a bit and glances at the pretty pictures as he trots forward. * Thalan pops out of nowhere. "It's, um... Hiogri-, Higole-, Heirphi-... Higofix!" * Eric tries to look at the hier... hiro... pictures as he's dragged along. * Ichi looks at the pretty pictures and the walls. (Even Eric has trouble with that word. ^_~) [Victor sees people, building this temple! With different rooms. Everyone, give me stealthy like ninja rolls.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-5) and gets 3. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 4. (Awww, yeah. By 6) (make by two) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 6. (Uh. Er. No?) (I think I made that) (Now, gimme perception rolls. Hearing.) 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-8) and gets -2. (Wait, natural 3...I think I crited that) (By 10.) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 11. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 10. (failed that one though) (nope, unless HA counts, ,than make exactly) (HA always applies, IIRC.) (Did not make either.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6) and gets 4. (Hey, I made one!) (I forgot to add HA, actually, but I still wouldn't have made it.) [You all walk along, looking at the pretty pictures, some of which involve penguins. Thalan hears something being shifted out of place back where Eric and In'You are, and then In'You, Thalan, and Victor all hear something... rumbling behind them?] (Boulder time!) (Oh dear.) ( Night, peeps. I'll probably be on tomorrow night, around ten or eleven. ) (Night, ND.) (Night ND. Sleep well.) (Bai ND) ('night ND.) * Thalan looks quickly behind him. Boulder?" * Victor glances back, hoping that it's not a boulder made of silver. [A boulder is barreling down towards you! AAAAH! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!] * NinjaDebugger has quit IRC (Quit: If I leave here tomorrow, will you still remember me? ) [... It's made of rock.] * Thalan runs! * Eric hears rumbling, then sees everyone else running and decides that it's probably a good idea. * Eric runs! * In`You runs too! Slowly. (Times like this make me wish I had Perfect Stroke and a the air pressure thing! FLEE) * Victor moves pretty quickly, but holds back a bit to see who is running slowest. * Eric drags In`You this time. * Ichi makes with the running after the others pass him. (Body roll it.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 10. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6) and gets 4. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 8. (Can I get a Hell Yeah?) (exactly) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 9. (DR) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6+1) and gets 4. (Yosha!) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6+2) and gets 5. (Nope.) [Ichi RUNS LIKE THE WIND, even faster than Thalan, and manages to reach the edge first. Edge? Aigh, it's a pit!] [Fortunately, he manages to stop. Thalan, you're barreling down on Ichi! Body roll (acrobatics) to stop!] * Thalan judges the distance. Can he jump it? [Or dodge.] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 4. (Uh, yeah.) (You think you can.) * In`You ums as she is rundragged. "Er... Gramma told me somethin' for things like this..." * Ichi windmills to keep from falling in the pit, "Aiiiii ai." What's that? (Jump it then!) (Maybe?)] (Roll the acro again! Jumping!) (There's no second chances in life.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 4. Hole in ground, big hole! (Made by... 5.) * Victor keeps pace staying just a few steps ahead of the boulder. He's very glad that it's not a silver boulder. [Thalan changes trajectory, runs just past Ichi, and JUMPS, clearing to the other side with a nice roll to his land.] * In`You eeps. "A hole! I better try it, then. Lemme go, Eric!" * Thalan is ninja! No, not really. * Eric lets go. "Okay!" * Ichi looks to see if there's anywhere to hide from the rock...that isn't the pit. [The boulder's gaining on Eric! Body roll it, boy.] * In`You 's hair starts to crackle as she starts mumbling. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6) and gets 5. (Woo!) [Eric runs like mad, past In'You, making some clearance between him and the boulder.] Um... Low... sister... infuse me with your strength... four might be yours... and um... okay! Com'on, you can do it! (*laughs*) * In`You turns around and her body convluses once, before a big bright bolt of lightning streaks from her, to the boulder, making a huge krakabooming noise! * Ichi turns around to see what the noise was all about. * Victor scampers to a halt to turn and see the result. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6-5) and gets 2. (I dids it!) * Thalan watches from a distance. Which doesn't mean *that* much, considering he has, like, 10 times better than 20/20 vision. * Eric turns around and watches. "...wow." [The lightning hits the boulder, and in an amazing flash of light and with a huge sound, it doesn't just explode. It disintigrates into fine dust, layering one badass, adorable priestess.] * In`You coughs, and blinks twice, cutely. [Awww.] * Eric sneezes. "Wow. Was that magic? That was neat!" * Victor sits on his hauches and claps his front paws together. * Ichi claps his hands together louldly, "Wow! You're good at that!" * In`You smiles and yawns."Yeah, but it only works at night, and.. um... *yawn* it makes me really sleepy..." * Thalan smiles. "No time to sleep! Find Nanny!" * In`You starts walking wobbly-like towards the group. We're almost there. We just have to get across this pit... I don't think I can jump across though. [Thalan's on one side of the pit of despair! You're on the other!] Maybe if we had something to swing on, like a vine... * Thalan looks around for something he could use as rope. [Just as Eric says that... he notices a vine, hanging from overhead! In`You, grab onto me. I'm gonna try and swing across. Vine, heh. You don't need that. ~_^ (I must be falling asleep, I was pondering building a bridge out of In`You o.O) (Ant bridge! *scribble*) * Eric looks at the vine. "You'll be good and get us across, right? You look nice and strong." (Let's build a bridge out o'er!) * Victor tries to judge whether he could jump the pit/ (I'm not made of bridgestuffs.) * Thalan taunts Victor. [The vine twitches. "I don't know," it says. "I could ask some of my friends to help. I like you."] Could you? That'd be really nice. Thank you! [Victor thinks he probably could. And that stupid cat's gettign on his nerves.] Uhm, yes please, if you would be so kind. ["You're welcome!" It retreats up.] * Victor takes a few steps back and then makes a running jump for Thalan, err, the other side of the pit. * In`You grabs onto Eric with one arm, and yawns again, one of those big child yawns that obscures half her head. * Eric waits for the vine to come back. * Ichi idly counts her teath. (She has all her teeth! Perfect shiny happy teeth!) [More vines come down! Lots of them. They wind together. "Would this work?" they ask, all chiming together.] * Ichi gets to eight before running out of numbers. I think so! Thank you again! Hold on, In`You! * Eric grabs onto the vine and tries to swing across. * In`You holds on to the vine and Eric and tries not to fall off! (Body roll, you two! -4.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eric (2d6-4) and gets 1. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for In`You (2d6-4) and gets 3. (Woo!) (Made it. Good thing she's strong at night.) (Victory, roll me acro (jump) (Victor, too!) (boost, can't be shown up by the cat) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Victor (2d6) and gets 4. (Hah!) (make by 7 with boost) [Victor clears it easily, landing even more nicely than Thalan.] (Can I roll to dodge? :P) (Sure!) (Thought he was trying to land on me. :P) (That was the ideal outcome. :P ) (Roll dodge. ;P) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Thalan (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Too bad Thalan got out of the way.] [Eric and In'You SWING! And end up on the other side.] * Victor still smirks a bit and wags his tail. "Voof." * Ichi waits for the vine to come back and then takes his own turn. (Same rolls?) * Eric lands, and actually looks somewhat cool doing it. "C'mon, Ichi!" (Hmm, Big Fight came on. *plot*) * Thalan sticks his tounge out at Victor. (Yes. ^^) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6-3) and gets 2. (Plot? Uh-oh.) [Ichi gets across easily, too.] * Ichi makes it onto the vine and... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6) and gets 8. * In`You lands less cooly. "Hooray, I made it!" *yawn* "Where's Nanny? I need a nap." (...botches his landing...ow) ["She's just ahead," the vines say. "We hope you can do it!"] [Yes, Ichi manages to land on his face.] [Somehow.] (*Itchy lands on his head and does't damage anything important) * Eric waves at the vines. "I hope so, too." * Ichi produces a hallow coconut sound, and then starts to tear up. [They wiggle back, then go up again.] * Thalan continues onwards! [Aww, Ichi's crying.] * Eric heads back to Ichi. "Are you hurt?" * Victor pokes at Ichi with his snout. "C'mon, it'll be alright, we're almost there." * Thalan skids to a halt and waits. * Ichi sniffls, "I hurt my head." ;_; Lemme see if I can help. (... So?) * Eric puts a hand on Ichi's head. * Eric concentrates. [The bruise on Ichi's head fades away. It doesn't hurt so much anymore.] Better? Yay! Thankyouthankyouthankyou! * Victor looks satisfied and trots to catch up with Thalan. * Ichi dances around Eric! * Thalan waits while smirking. Um... good. Let's go, then. (Eric and In'You were made for each other. They're going to grow up and get married, but not without wacky hijinks.) ( Ahh! Kyon! ::smite::) (*cracks up*) (But In'You doesn't exist, and I don't know where Eric is from.) (OW2.) (Ah.) * In`You says, "Yes! Let's go!" She goes. For she is Damn Perky! (Really, he's half mine and half Cham's.) For Nanny! ::pose!:: (Well, that explains it. Cham's characters and mine are inexorably linked.) [You go! And go! Into a shiny room, filled with mirrors. In the center is a man with a katana. He watches you all enter, and when you finish, he draws his sword. "None shall pass!"] * Eric looks scared. "Um. Uh." * Victor looks at the man and growls menacingly. "Actually, I think that all shall pass." But..but but...(I've got a contract saying I'm the only katana weilding madman allowed in! :P) * In`You grins. "Oh, come on, silly man. I just blew up a boulder. You're not a boulder." ["No! I protect this gate." And, when he says that, yes. There is a gate behind him. "I shall not allow anyone who has not defeated me in an honorable duel to pass!"] * Thalan looks around. Any way around the gate besides through the knight? * Eric stays back. Plants and books, he can handle. Not people with large sharp things. * Victor trots forward. "I accept zis challenge." * In`You stays back too. Very back. You can't beat him. You need a sword. * Ichi counts the number of people on both sides, "This doesn't seem very fair." (Nope! He's big.) * Victor shrugs and glances at his paws. "Vat vould I do vith a sword?" [The samurai laughs. "You cannot beat me without a sword."] * Thalan pops up right behind Ichi and pushes him forward. "You got a sword. Challenge him to a duel!" * Ichi Yipes as he gets pushed twords the swordsman. [He raises an eyebrow as Ichi is... er, pushed. "You challenge me?"] Go, Ichi! We're all cheering for you! And if you get hurt, I can fix you up. Just... try not to get hurt *too* much. ^^; * Thalan considers using some ventriliquism, but decides against it. :P Ahm...er...::looks back at Thalan:: Yes? * Ichi then nods quickly, "I will accept." * Thalan nods and grins a grin of madness. ["Very well." He gets into a ready stance. "Prepare yourself!"] * Thalan backs off! /me rubs her head, and yawns. "I guess if he doesn't make it, I can try..." (Stupid space.) * Victor backs up to stand with the rest of the group. "Really, no opposable thuumbs, sword doesn't help. (Who put that there!) (Puts Chasing Death back on) (Ha. I think Life of my Own is appropriate.) * Ichi gets into his own ready stance. (Chomei? Where?) (Living risky, never scared, wandering closer to the edge o/~) * Thalan leans back on his hands, then uses his arms to catapult himself away from the fighers and behind his friends. Showoff. :P (You know, that's really far too cool of a song to be Chomei's theme. ;p) (He was supposed to be cool! Not lame!) (It's all your fault Ard. <.<) * Sonny has quit IRC (Quit: ) (^_^_v) (But he Teh LAME!) (Ard made him lame? How?) (Init roll, Ichi dearest.) 3d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (3d6+5) and gets 16. (Ijitsu?) * Victor glances back at Thalan and grrins . "Not so courageous now I see." [Ichi, Swordsman.] Nah. I'm just not 'honerable. ~_^ (How much did I beat him by?) (Six.) (actualy the odds of him having a six are so small I shouldn't even have bothered asking that) (See? off by four) (Heh. Well, it's your turn. ^^) * Ichi charges at the swordsman and draws and swings his blade twice in the same breath, the first stroke is covered in flame, the second in ice, he then spins and brings an electric blade into play. ( Wuh? What's going on in here? ) 3 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (3 2d6-7) and gets -2 -2 4. (One-Shot Babies!) (One-shot babies!) (I'm cute! I blow up boulders!) (We make your dreams come true. o/~) (It reminds me of Gwen.) * Victor drags his claws against the ground. "Ze saumarai is lucky Ichi challenged him. I'd take zese over any sword." He then watches Ichi pull taht attack. "Vell, maybe not any sword." (Hit hit, critfail) (I'm cute! I have a tail and I'm stealthy like ninja. ^_^) (Victor is a cute cuddly little werepuppy) [He dodges the first, is sliced by the second, though there's no blood as a thin sheen of ice covers that side, and he steps out of the way of the third. As Ichi stumbles back, he slams his sword against him and he flies forward.] (Gimme an acro (tumbling) roll, Ichi.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6) and gets 6. (made, on the dot) [Ichi manages to roll to his feet. The man sets himself at ready, a grin on his face. "Is that the best you can do?"] I have more. * In`You yawncheers. "Gyoo Ichi... *yawn*" (Pin... Pin.... Pin...) (Go, Ichi. ^^) * Thalan stays vigilant as to when the samauri devotes his full attention, so he can sneak past.) * Victor barks in support. [The samurai pays no attention to Thalan.] * Ichi tries for a pair of ice attacks this slash and spin. 2 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2 2d6-5) and gets 0 2. (this time, slash and) * Thalan hides in the deepest darkest shadows... 'cuz he's not afraid of the dark, seeing he has no trouble seeing in it. [The man parries the first, but it leaves him open for the spin, which cuts into his leg. Again, it freezes over.] [He tries to move his foot, but it won't budge. "What is this?"] [Thalan reaches THE GATE.] * Thalan looks at the gate carefully. How's it look? * Ichi staggers back into his ready position, "It's called magic...probibly the best thing I ever learned." [It's big, and heavy, and stone. Intricately carved, though I don't think he cares.] (So there's a physical barrier?) (Yes.) (Darn.) * Victor grins. "Vell, my claws could not have done zat, but I still vould have von." [The man nods, bringing his sword around to slice downward on an angle. Roll defense, Ichi.] * Thalan looks for an opening mechanism. * Darkheart has quit IRC (Quit: CORN ROCKS THE CASBAH -=SysReset =- ) [There isn't one! HAHAHAHAA!] (Uh, you didn't read the descriptions of the Kensai abilites did you...I don't get a deff roll after that second attack...it's what killed Itchy last time) (Oh, never mind) ( Ichi didn't die. ) ( He .. uh.. fell asleep! ) * Thalan would curse, if he were an adult. But he's not, so instead, he says: "Dangit!" (That's a bad word, Thalan!) (He's learning so fast. :P) * Eric watches the duel and cheers for Ichi. Because, really, that's about all he can do. ^^; (You don't fall asleep at -35 HP Atom :P) [Ichi takes the cut across the shoulder! Owie!] (You fall apart) ( Hey, I'm the one who killed you, so what I say goes! ) (Take your turn, Ichi. ;P) * Ichi yells out in pain and charges at the man again, with a single swing of his sword, no magic this time. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ichi (2d6-4) and gets 4. (And it at least has a chance to go through) [He gets hit across the other leg and falls backwards, his frozen leg thudding heavily on the floor. "You are very good!" He lets go of his sword. "I have decided you worthy."] [And with that, the gate begins to rumble and raise.] * Thalan watches the gate open up. Um... is he the only worthy one, or can we all be worthy? Please? * Ichi puts his sword away, bows to the man, and then faints deadaway. * Eric eeps and runs over to Ichi. ["You may all pass." A brilliant, white light is passing through the bottom of the gate as it opens. It's hard to see what's on the other side.] * Eric puts his hands on Ichi's shoulders and concentrates. [The cut to Ichi's shoulder heals.] * Victor trots up to the Samaruai and takes a leap over him to get to the gate. * Thalan , as always, is the first person who jumps thru! C'mon, Ichi, please wake up? (Spending 2/3 of all your EP in ten seconds is not a healty activity) [Talan jumps through and vanishes!] (Ah, the milk and cookies just got to him.) (No, it isn't. You should tell Chomei that sometime.) * In`You hits Ichi over the head lightly. "Wake up, we've got a door to go through!" Mhm? We find Nanny? Want Nap. Me too. Soon. Let's go! Yeah...go...find Nanny...take nap. * Victor trots through the gate. * Eric helps Ichi up and leads him and In`You to the gate. * Ichi greatfully accepts Eric's help. * In`You is lead! Not the metal, the activity. * Eric heads on through! [You go through the gate! The bright light fades... and there, running up to you, is Nanny. "Kids! I've been looking all over for you!" She pauses. "What happened!"] Um... a lot? Want Nap... * Victor switches back to huuman shape and nods. * In`You says, "We were looking for you too Nanny!" * Victor stretches. "We went a long way." [You're standing in a place with lots of TVs and video games and cameras. Nanny looks surprised. In'You is covered with black dirt and dust, and Ichi has a band aid on his forehead and on his shirt, holding together a rip.] But we made it. Yeah! We went through the jungle, and there was a monkey bird, and the temple and lotsa traps, and... Books! And a really big rock. * In`You dusts herself off a little, and grins. "And I blew it up!" ["All the way up to the second floor. I was just around the other side of- a monkey bird?"] (*kicks the Typo Demon*) * Victor nods eagerly. "I sat on it." * Ichi nods. "Monkey bird." Monkey. With wings. ^_^ It dropped a net on us! We took care of that net, though! ["Well, that's very interesting." She pulls a napkin out of her pocket and wipes off In'You. "How did you get so dirty?"] * In`You shies away a little, as all children do. "When the boulder blew up, it got all over me." * In`You is back to normal, too. The slightly shorter big sun on the forehaed normal. In`You, you shrank! * In`You smiles. "Of course I did. I'm only brave at night." ["And Victor, did you lose your toy?"] * Eric smiles back. "You were very brave." (THEY WILL GET MARRIED.) (... Creepy.) * In`You looks down. "I was, really. Thanks, Eric." * Victor shakes his head. "She earned her freedom. I vill make a new creature tomorrow!" Lightning and thunder, but very subdued, 'cause it's Nanny. (...One of them needs to exist first...) (Yeah, really.) [She nods slowly. "Of course. Well, you all look very tired. We'll make a quick stop at the library, then go home."] (Eric's name lives on. ^_~) * Thalan picks up the lightning sound with his ears. "Don't do that! You're scaring away the butterflies." [She scoops up Ichi. "And on the way, you can tell me all about it."] * Thalan walks off with the rest of the group, his tail begging to be pulled. (Poor Thalan. Not one tug on his tail all night.) (You tug his tail, you die. :P) * In`You doesn't pull any tails, because she's good In'You now, and instead walks off holding Eric's hand. * Ichi starts to nod off in her arms, "The monkey bird gave us a key that went to the place where the ~Yawn~ tree said you were, so we went there and then..." * Victor walks along grinning, but looking a little tired. * Eric smiles and walks along with In`You, holding hands. * Thalan is bubbling with energy. But he's always bubbling with energy... [And so, they leave the department store, completely oblivious to the fact that they knocked over two racks of clothes, shredded a nightgown, exploded a vacuum bag, ruined the toy section, dropped a bottle of perfume, and caused a janitor's closet to become a room of chaos.] [End One-Shot Babies!]