[21:03] [Day Monday. Time: Unknown] [21:04] [Yesterday MC walked up a sticky bridge, and took part in a Noh play! Today they save the world. If they're lucky.] [21:04] ( Are we sure it's Monday? ) [21:05] [They are on the first floor of the evil castle; the doors to the stairs had just opened.] [21:05] [And Norii is not sure it's Monday, but then again she's so paranoid that for all she knows, it's 1986.] [21:05] [Session Start] [21:06] ...let's go, guys. [21:06] ( Are we sure it's an evil castle? ) [21:06] * Eoi slowly starts up the steps. [21:06] * Mei-Yin takes Shigeru's head and starts for the stairs. [21:06] (Are there any *good* castles in this game?) [21:06] ( Uh.. ... no. ) [21:06] ( Actually, it's a good castle at heart. It's just a little misguided. ) [21:06] * Shigeru is led to the stairs. He has the presence of the mind to have his walking stick out, so he doesn't trip over them. [21:06] * Chelsea heads up the stairs. "I wonder what they do for an encore." [21:06] (It's misunderstood! ;_;) [21:06] * Norii checks her ammo, then checks behind her, then brings up the rear. [21:07] [The stairs spiral upwards; the walls are stone. Odd, since the castle had seemed to be made of wood until then. [21:07] ] [21:07] ( Shig's head? * Mei-Yin crouches on Tokyo Tower on the promised day in 1999, cradling Shig's severed head. "SHIGERUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!" ) [21:07] * Sai walks up the stairs. [21:08] Stone on top of wood? Strange. [21:08] (*smacks Sai*) [21:08] It is. [21:08] [The stairs go up, and up! There's a torch every so often on the inner wall, but no windows.] [21:08] * Mei-Yin starts sweating heavily. [21:08] ( Ow! It was worth it! ) [21:09] Cripes, how far up are we going? [21:09] * Shigeru keeps going, though his pace is slowing somewhat. "I don't know, but I'm getting kinda tired." [21:09] A ways up, it'd seem. [21:10] It's the stairway to Heaven. What else would you expect? [21:10] * Sai pants a little as he walks. [21:10] ...stairs seem to be a recurring theme today. [21:10] Oh, I very much doubt this one goes to Heaven. [21:12] [There is silence...] [21:12] (Christ, I can't take it anymore. I'm going to swtich computers. [21:13] (This monitor's driving me insane. Heading over to the server.) [21:13] ( Meep? ) [21:13] ( Pause? ) [21:13] ( pause ) [21:13] (Please do. Thanks. ^^;) ( /me idles to look at pikturs until they get back. ) ( unpause. ) [The stairs continue up around the inner wall!] * Shigeru climbs. And climbs. And climbs. @_@ * Chelsea climbs too. And climbs. * Norii is glad she wore comfortable shoes. * Sai walks on, wishing he wasn't so pathetically out of shape. * Mei-Yin would take her shoes off, if she weren't scared of the floor. * Eoi climbs s'more. He's a bit like a packhorse, except slightly more dense. (Is it just me, or has Eoi gotten stupider as the campaign went on?) ( o/~ Walk on...Walk on...what you got, you can't deny it, can't sell it, or buy it... o/~ ) * Mei-Yin rather quickly goes from helping Shigeru to being helped by him. ( He's gotten dumber as time goes on. ) ( I think. ) ( I blame the much headdamage he has suffered. ) [And they march up and up and up] ( This is really an escalator going down. ) (Oh, now you went and spoiled it.) * Chelsea scowls. This is taking way too long. I know we're on an intermission and all, but Christ. Well, maybe we could play a game while we walk. ... ... Like what, Eoi? No idea. Twenty Questions? I'm just as bored as you are, and I'm starting to wonder if we're walked into some stupid trap. I don't *pant* have the *pant* energy. I spy, with my little eye, something that is...grey. * Chelsea says sarcastically, "Why, we could play the liscence plate game, of course." * Shigeru helps Mei-Yin up. Don't tempt me, Chelsea. * Eoi helps Mei-Yin. "You wanna rest or somethin'?" I doubt our hosts would have reason to complain if we rested. ...not valid reason, anyway. NO! * Mei-Yin GLARES at Eoi. O..kay. Sorry. No resting. Geez, calm down. And it's just stairs. * Shigeru sweatrops. "Really, Mei. You've gotta stop doing that." * Chelsea shrugs. (*kicks the Typo Demon*) We don't have time to rest, and I'm not gonna be the one to drag us down. * Mei-Yin starts climbing vigorously again. * Shigeru is pulled up the stairs by Mei. @_@ * Sai smiles faintly. [Shig is dragged up a good deal of stairs, with no end in sight. This is gonna hurt :P] * Shigeru is walking, GM. >.>; It was mostly figurative. ( But it's not as funny that way ;_; ) * Eoi continues walking. Ok. I've been counting. We should be somewhere around the.. 50th floor by now. * Norii pulls out her PDA and sees if she can get stock quotes up here. The castle didn't look that big. * Shigeru gasps for breath. "No... really?" * Chelsea sighs. [Norii gets static!] I'd like to gasp in shock, but.. y'know. ( If we'd taken the elevator, we'd have gotten more fights, but we wouldn't have to walk up the stairs. :P ) Eh. You'd think they'd have simple digital by now, even here. (*blinks at her sheet* I have two unused CP?) You'd think they'd have elevators. ( Yup! So do I! ;_; ) ( Looks that way. ) ( ...I think. ) ( Yes, you do. You said you were holding it. ) ( Chel only has 1 :P ) Elevators would be easy. (I do? Poo. ;_; ) It's just stairs. (I should probably spend it before the campaign ends. ^^;) ( /me notes that he -never- takes the stairs in the Shinra Building. ) ( I do. You get a elixer. ) ( I have yet to see a FF where an elixir was worth going out of one's way for. ) [Up they go! Whee!] ( BRB. ) * Eoi hums "Ode to Naginata" while he walks. * Shigeru didn't know there was an Ode to Naginata. * Sai composes music in his head to pass the time. * Eoi made up Ode to Naginata. It's a mix of Kirby's theme and Just Communication. * Norii thinks about composing an "Ode to 10mm". * Eoi blinks. Stops and stares into space. ( Eoi can't remember the next line. ) ( * Mei-Yin thinks about composing an "Ode to Betrayal" ) * Shigeru keeps walking. Eoi zoning out is nothing new. ( Back. ) * Sai doesn't notice Eoi stopping. * Demota is now known as DeMenchi * MLINK_Nap is now known as Mechalink * Mei-Yin has her full concentration focused on Shigeru and the step right in front of her, so the runs right into him. ( s/him/Eoi ) * Shigeru stops when Mei-Yin stops because, well, yeah. * Eoi is apparantly uneffected by Mei-Yin slamming into him. Ow! Dammit, Eoi, don't do that! * Chelsea does not run into Eoi. She pauses at the roadblock, tho, shaking her head sadly. * Norii doesn't slam into anything. You're like a brick wall! Isn't he, though? * Shigeru blinks, concentrates a little, and shakes his head. "Eoi? You all right?" * Eoi fails to react. Yes, _she_ is. * Sai blinks and comes to a stop as he finally notices the commotion. "Huh? Eoi getting another vision?" * Shigeru frowns and concentrates harder. Thoughts, Eoi. Perhaps. Or else he's just broken. * Mei-Yin rubs her nose. Oh, Eoi? * Eoi blinks and shakes his head. Woo. That was a long one. I get the feeling this stairway doesn't end. ...wonderful. What do we do, then? * Mei-Yin slams her fist into the wall. Goodness, what a surprise. Go down. Or find a passage or... something. Well. We can try going down. * Chelsea shrugs. * Eoi knocks on the walls. "Maybe there is a secret passage." Hmm. Anything that sticks out around here? Mirrors, torches, lamps, something? There are torches, but.. There's a torch every once in a while. * Eoi grumbles as nothing happens and kicks the wall. Try one of those, maybe, and then if that doesn't work head back down. [Eoi's foot hurts.] I could try... no. Let's just head back down, I think. * Eoi pokes random spots on the walls. "Open says a me. Open up! Come on, open. Knock knock!... This is pissing me off." Well. Down is starting to look like the best choice. * Chelsea has a seat on one of the stairs and hums to herself while the others discuss options. ^_^ ... I wonder... Hm? * Mei-Yin draws her sword and looks down at it speculatively. * Sai holds out a hand and chants the spell to summon his spirit familiar. "Go check what's on the other side of the wall." * Mei-Yin takes hold of the hem of her shirt and buffs the blade in a couple spots. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. What are you trying, Mei? If there's no passage... maybe I can make one. There's a room on the other side of this wall. * Mei-Yin looks down at her sword. "You feel up to it?" * Chelsea stands back up. * Shigeru waits, looking through Mei's eyes. "Give it a try." * Norii grimaces. A room on the other side? Give it a go Mei. * Sai waits and watches. Trying to break through metaphysical constructs strikes me as likely to be either impossible or a seriously bad idea. What have we got to lose, Norii? * Mei-Yin assumes a striking position and cuts down at the wall between her and this room on the other side. [The sword makes a slight indentation on the wall; cutting a passage is going to take a fair amount of time.] * Chelsea smirks. "That's a silly question, Shigeru." Oh dear. Hm. * Shigeru grins in Chelsea's general direction. Lemme try something. * Mei-Yin scowls. * Sai stands back. * Chelsea shakes her head. Uh.. stand back a little, okay? * Mei-Yin stands WAY the hell back. * Sai is ahead of the game already. Yay! * Shigeru backs up? * Shigeru nearly falls down some stairs. @_@ * Norii goes up the stairs a few meters. * Chelsea backs up and makes sure Shig doesn't fall or anything. She frowns in Eoi's general direction. * Eoi focuses. His Naginata glows with a golden light. He stabs it forward at the wall with a shout of "EOI BLADE!" * Shigeru looks through Chelsea's eyes. He wants to see this. [Eoi's attack gets about as much effect as Mei's did.] Damn. OK. Uh.. maybe we should look for a passage or something then? I'm not going to shoot at it. Hmm. * Chelsea shrugs. "I could use a little magic to help, but I want to conserve my energy for act two." Head down, see if there's anything we can do from there, maybe. * Norii looks like she's considering trying something... * Sai addresses the spirit, since he hasn't dismissed it yet. "Go back through and try to flip that lever." * Shigeru blinks. "There's a lever?" * Chelsea looks at Sai. "There is a lever?" What lever? You didn't say anything about a lever. * Chelsea shakes her head sadly. ... * Shigeru facepalms. There is a lever, and nobody bothered to mention this why? * Sai smacks his forehead. * Mei-Yin sheathes her sword. Shigeru, can you try to use the spirit's vision to see the lever, then move it with telekinesis? * Mei-Yin sighs. I can try, sure. * Shigeru concentrates. * Shigeru boggles. "Fuck. This is so bizarre." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6) and gets 7. I'm seeing everywhere at once. Well, it doesn't have eyes, so I guess that stands to reason. * Shigeru shakes his head and tries to orient himself. I'll send it back into the room. ...would it work if I projected in there? * Sai sends the spirit back through the wall. You probably can read me better than you can the spirit... Assuming, of course, I could get through the wall. 'Sokay, I think I've got it... * Shigeru curses. * Shigeru switches to Hungarian and curses some more. "Can't get through the wall." ...that's strange. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "You've been practicing." It'd explain why Mei's sword didn't just cut right through the thing. * Shigeru laughs. Yeah, but how come my spirit can just cruise on through then? * Chelsea grins. If we could make a bit of a hole.. well, we can't. Hm. Try to have your spirit pull the lever. * Mei-Yin sits down against the wall. ...I know, it shouldn't work, but maybe the rules are different here. I tried already. * Eoi pokes random parts of the wall. "There has to be some sort of door." It's not strong enough. * Chelsea has a seat, and stretches out as much as she can here. ...wait. Can your spirit ordinarily manipulate matter? Yeah. Oh, then never mind. It can go corporeal if it needs to. * Shigeru considers. Norii. Hmm? Astrally project, and go check that out. There's a door on the other end of the room, too. ...yeah. * Norii sits down and starts to try to fall asleep as quick as she can. ( On the STAIRS? c.c ) ( I've done that. ) ( Hey, my brother can sleep on stairs. Don't ask me how, though. ^^; ) ( I do it all the time at conventions, actually. It's easier to fall asleep on the stairs than it is on bare ground. ) (I've slept on stairs before. ^^) Norii's astral form appears! * Norii is now known as AstralNorii * AstralNorii looks down in surprise - she hadn't fallen asleep yet. That never happened before... * AstralNorii shrugs and carefully tries to step through the wall. [And she does! Poof!] * Shigeru settles against one of the walls and waits. * Sai folds his arms. "Wonder why it blocks some powers and not others. * Shigeru shrugs. * Chelsea hums. o/~ So. How 'bout that Armageddon? I hear it's gonna come about... oh, by the end of the day or so. Though maybe time stopped just for us. Wacky. It'll be here when it's good and ready. *Shiggy?* zzzzz... * Shigeru blinks. ~Norii? What's up?~ ~Wanna try it again with the lever?~ ~Sure. I don't think it'll work, though.~ ~I know, it's probably not going to work.~ * Shigeru concentrates, looking through Norii's eyes and trying to move the lever. * AstralNorii looks at the lever. ~Sorry, can't do it.~ ~Eh.~ I can't touch it. ~The other side of the door is just bright light.~ ~Any ideas?~ ~A bright light, huh? Sounds like the way to act two.~ ~Well... we can try heading back down.~ ~Hold on.~ ~Holding.~ * Eoi grumbles and knocks on wall more. "Come on you stupid thing. Open up." d25 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d25) and gets 2. ZZZZZZZ... [Eoi knocks a brick loose.] ... Well. * AstralNorii is now known as Norii Whoa. * Eoi pushes the brick out. Hey, nice! That was a little freaky. The room was ontop of itself. ... That is freaky, yup. [The brick falls into the room with a clunk. Inside, the room seems empty.] ...and when did I start being able to AP awake? Neat. * Shigeru jumps at the clunk. "What was that?" I found a hole. ...a brick. Try pushing another. * Chelsea looks up. "Nice work." OK. I've got an idea. ^_^ * Shigeru stands and walks over to that wall. He taps at it lightly. "What?" Oh? Chelsea, you're gonna have to push me through, ok? * Shigeru frowns and looks through Eoi's eyes. "Eoi, man... it's a little hole." * Chelsea frowns. "What's this idea, then?" Are you going to fit? ( Just how big was this brick? ) [The hole is a bit smaller than a cinderblock.] * Mei-Yin mumbles in her sleep, "Shigeru... " * Shigeru shakes his head and walks back to the wall. He takes a seat next to Mei-Yin. No way we're going to get through that. * Eoi holds his Naginata out in front of him. His whole body glows with a bright white light. The light, and Eoi, fade into the Naginata, which clatters to the floor. * Sai does a doubletake. * Shigeru jerks at that sounds, too. "*Now* what?" Ah. What the hell? ( The naginata has Eoispace, obviously :P ) ( He became one with the naginata! ) * Eoi is now known as Naginata * Chelsea picks up the naginata and slides it through the hole and into the room. * Shigeru takes a look through Chel's eyes. "Uh. What just happened to Eoi?" [...] Eoi...just went into his naganita. You are not serious. I wish I wasn't. * Norii boggles. [The naginata clatters on the floor in the empty room.] * Mei-Yin chooses this moment to wrap her arms around Shigeru's waist and squeeze. Hard. ( shig is cut in half! ) * Naginata is pushed through the hole. After about a minute, it begins glowing again. The light flows out of the Naginata, and reforms into Eoi. * Naginata is now known as Eoi * Shigeru winces a bit, but rubs Mei's back. "Hey, we're gonna be moving soon." He shakes his head. * Eoi looks around the room. * Chelsea chuckles. "He became one with his Naginata. Sounds like a literal interpretation of a bad cliche." Leave it to Eoi. [Eoi sees a door on one side, and a lever on the other.] So, Eoi. Have fun in there? * Eoi pulls the lever. Eoi...I gotta know. How the hell did you do that? [The door opens!] ( The door in the room? ) ( Yup ) It's just somethin' I figured out how to do. Great. That really helps us. [A second later, a bunch of bricks slide into the wall.] Eoi, you take 'become one with your weapon' WAY TOO FUCKING LITERALLY. Just so you know. Glad to hear it. ^_^ ...please ignore my sarcasm. mmm... become one... * Mei-Yin squeezes. * Shigeru blushes furiously. * Norii tries not to H-parse that. * Chelsea looks at Shig with a bemused expression, then heads through the newly- formed hole. (If I read that right, anyway.) Come on in folks. Welcome to my humble abode. * Norii hurries on through. * Sai eyes Mei-Yin, then shakes his head and walks through. Nice one, Eoi. * Shigeru gives up and just tries to tickle Mei awake. WAH! * Mei-Yin sits bolt upright. I win. ^^ * Sai finally takes this time to dismiss the spirit. I'm gonna get you for that! (And that's the first time I used a smiley emoticon for Shigeru. Go Shig!) Sure you will. ...after we save the world. I swear I will. * Shigeru stands and stretches. "Right." * Mei-Yin lets go of Shigeru and stands up. C'mon Mei-Yin. Now is not the time to sleep, now is the time to save the world. * Shigeru offers his arm to Mei, though he's the one that's going to need to be led. ~Well, let's get movin'.~ * Mei-Yin takes Shigeru's arm and leads him. * Shigeru is led. There are worse things in life. * Norii looks through the door. Still blank light? [Actually, the light doesn't seem to get over the doorway.] * DeMenchi is now known as Demota So, do we go into the light? * Sai shrugs. ( Think about it while the GM declares a 5 minute intermission :P ) (No! Don't go into the light!) ( Head t'wards the light. ) ( Ok, we ready? ) ( I guess. ) ( Yep. ) ( Suuuuuure. ) ( Yeah, I guess. ) [End intermission] ( 4 out of 6 ain't bad :P ) [The light beckons!] Oh hell. Let's give it a go. ( Oh. Sure, belatedly. ) * Chelsea shrugs. "I don't see why not. I mean, aside from the obvious reasons." Charge into the light. * Mei-Yin pulls Shigeru into the light. What are we doing here? Ah, well, that never stopped us before. * Chelsea heads into the light. * Eoi jumps into the light. * Sai shrugs and walks through. * Norii follows, more sedately. * Shigeru is pulled into the light. [The light fades, and MC finds itself on the roof of a tall tower, hexagonal in shape, with a small pillar at each point. It looks oddly familiar, to some of you, at least.] [Byakko stands next to one of the pillars, in his human guise.] * DeathKirby is now known as Byakko * Sai frowns at Byakko. * Mei-Yin scowls. Well. Nice home you got here Byakky. Good day, Byakko. How are you? Glad you liked it. But this part isn't mine. * Shigeru peeks through Eoi's eyes. "Hey Byakkko." (*shoots this keyboard*) * Mei-Yin drops her hand to the hilt of her sword. ( Oh shit. Byakko is going to summon Dark Star. ) ( Where's Lina Inverse when we need her? ) ( ... ) ( We don't even have the Bow of Dragon Slave +5. ) Ack. Why can't these places obey reasonable physics? Because that would be easy. Because that's no fun. So, where are we Byakky? Eoi, don't taunt the nice god. * Shigeru snerks. ~He's nice?~ He's nice? * Chelsea smirks. ~Out of my head, Eoi.~ You don't know? ( Out of my head Psychic-boy. ) (Bwahaha!) ~You know what I mean.~ Don't ask me. I've never seen this place before. Everyone is always telling me I'm not very clever. Clear it up a bit for me, won't you? Please, please tell me you're not summoning Dark Star. * Byakko grins at Eoi. "Hey, at least you're cute, doll-face." * Chelsea chuckles. Aww, sorry. I'm not the kind of guy who goes for gods. I'd recommend Chelsea, but she's taken. * Shigeru chokes. * Shigeru coughs a few times. * Mei-Yin coughs. Hey, I would settle for one. Well, maybe not just any god, but... ..._settle_ for one? What the hell are you LOOKING for?! Tentacle demon. * Sai facepalms. * Norii grins sheepishly. Don't ask her that, Mei. She- yeah. * Mei-Yin turns beet red. * Byakko pops open a can of Dr. Pepsi and sips it while he waits. Stupid, adolescent fantasy. * Chelsea shakes her head. Sp. Byakko, gonna fill us in? That you never grew out of, looks like. * Mei-Yin coughs. I could, but what would be the point? You have... interesting standards, Norii. Eh, when we were at the tournament, did you se me defecting? Watching you guys is as much fun as that last Kirby movie I saw. Though I can't say I'd turn one down myself... * Mei-Yin shrugs and directs her attention back to Byakko. * Shigeru does a passable job of eyeing Mei, even though he can't se her. * Eoi peers at Mei-Yin and Norii. "End of the world here. Discuss your creepy fetishes later, thanks." * Norii shrugs. "She started it." * Byakko sips the Dr. Pepsi. "Good stuff. I'd steal more from you if there was going to be any left after tonight." * Zereth has quit IRC (Ping timeout_) So why exactly *isn't* there going to be any left? What a shame. Maybe you get can get some in hell. Whatever. * Chelsea rolls her eyes. * Zereth has joined #besm MMm... I'd love to tell you, but I really want to get this show on the road before the end, ya know? * Mei-Yin twitches her thumb, pushing her katana just a bit out of the saya, flooding the general area with light. So! Without further ado... * Eoi gets into a battle stance. * Mei-Yin slowly draws the sword and levels it at Byakko, the blade glowing like a chunk of the sun. Let's get on with the beatings. * Norii draws at the obvious threat. Both pistols. ( ...must stop acting like a damn Square hero already. ) (Sai was acting like a Square hero the moment he came in. ^_~) * Chelsea draws her usual weapons and raises her shield. * Byakko raises his hands. A powerful wind builds beneath him and carries him on top of one of the pillars. "I present my finest work. Him versus you. Should be good, eh?" * Sai chants his shielding spell. * Shigeru just waits, looking through Chelsea's eyes. "Yeah?" Here we go. ( *shrugs at Shig* Whatever. ) [The sky parts, and out floats what looks like a cloud, with weird glowing tentacles coming out of it.] ( ...it's either Dark Star or the final boss of Final Fantasy Legend 3. ) Hey, Norii. It's your dream date. A god with tentacles. Cute, isn't he? He had a name, back before he was killed on the mortal world. * SuperlativeKirby is now known as TentacleCloud No, it's glowing. Glowing is too freaky for me. Adorable. What's his name? What's that? Darned if I know. He lost that when he lost his mind. * Shigeru blinks. "His mind?" Then how's he your 'work'? Why, I saved him and made him more powerful. Even has a few of my abilities in him. Just like Treasa did with you. Except I didn't have any alterior motive. He looks like the boss of SaGa 3. Oh well. this should be good. * TentacleCloud floats menacingly. Roll init d6+8 d6+7 d6+7 d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (d6+8) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (d6+7) and gets 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (d6+7) and gets 8. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (d6+6) and gets 8. ( ... ) (...) ( ... ) ( I think Dice is having issues, of late. ) ( Yes. ) ( What are you talking about? ) ( Not really. ) ( It's a perfectly reasonable distribution. Not a friendly one, but perfectly reasonable. ) [Cloudthing, Norii, Mei, Shigeru, Chelsea, Eoi, Sai] [Cloud's turn] ( Shit. He's gonna Climhazard Sai. ) ( Omnislash. ) (Omnislas- darnit.) * TentacleCloud reaches for Norii, Chelsea, and Sai, who all need to make unarmed defense (grabs) at +1 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6+1) and gets 8. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6+1) and gets 8. ( Right, like that'll happen. ^_^ ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (2d6) and gets 11. * TentacleCloud grabs them all! Sai and Chelsea can feel their shields weakening, while Norii feels her life draining away. Aaaagh! [Norii's turn!] * Chelsea scowls. * Norii sticks both guns into the thing, and fires. 2 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (2 2d6-3) and gets 3 3. ( You're grabbed; that's a +4 to each roll. ) ( I still made it. ) ( Even with the extra +1 for two gun ) [Norii still hits, which is good! The thing loosens its grib as she shoots it, but doesn't let her go.] [Mei's turn] * Mei-Yin rushes forward, shining blade arcing through the air to chop at the tentacle holding Norii. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-2) and gets 2. [And Mei does, cutting the tentacle off! But it starts regenerating almost immediately.] [Shig's turn!] * Shigeru stays where he is and concentrates. His eyes flicker. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 7. * Norii falls and rolls away from the thing. * Shigeru grumbles. "Just fucking peachy." * Shigeru shakes his head and scowls. His eyes flicker and darken. [Chelsea's turn] * Chelsea foregoes normal fencing technique and just tries to hack off the tentacle that's holding her with her sword. (+4 penalty, right?) ( Only +2, because your shield is still up. ) ( Woo. ^_^ ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6-4) and gets 2. [Chel hacks off the tentacle, freeing herself. But it grows back fast.] [Eoi's turn] * Eoi rushes at the nice Tentacle Monster of doom. He is surrounded with the light of Exorcism, and so he uses "EXORCISM CUT" on the monster. 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-6) and gets 0. [Eoi's attack cuts well enough, but the thing doesn't seem like it's being exorcised.] [Sai's turn] * Sai grits his teeth aims his hands at the monster. "Soul Burst!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sai (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Sai's blast crashes into the monster.] [Cloud's turn!] * TentacleCloud leeches the last out of Sai's shield. Meanwhile, a quick, really, really thin blade of wind is sent at Eoi and Chelsea. They need ranged def rolls at +1 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( Nope. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chelsea (2d6) and gets 11. ( You suck, Dicesuke. ) [The wind hits Eoi so hard it cuts right through his armor and slices his side. Chelsea's shield, meanwhile, manages to absorb the attack, but then it goes down.] [Norii's turn] Help ... ( Weird, IRC wasn't taking my line there. ) * Norii doesn't see any obvious vital spots so she just blasts away at the monster. 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Norii (2 2d6-2) and gets 4 7. [Norii hits with both bullets!] * Schneeble has joined #besm [Mei's turn] * Mei-Yin pivots from slicing at the tentacle that held Norii to slicing Sai free, the light in the area changing crazily as the blade changes position, especially when it passes into flesh. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mei-Yin (2d6-2) and gets 1. ( ...Dicey, give the good rolls to someone _else_, please. ) [Funnily enough, as Mei swings, the monster lifts that tentacle out of the way, and she misses.] [Shig's turn] * Shigeru turns his face up towards the monster, his eyes now completely black. He 'regards' it calmly for a moment, and then his mouth turns into a slight smile. ~Dead to the World.~ (*prays*) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 8. (DR) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6-3) and gets 7. (Thank you.) [The cloud demon... disappears!] * TentacleCloud is now known as BlarghIAmDead O_O * Shigeru collapses. ... What the hell just happened? Shigeru! * Sai gets dropped to the ground. * Byakko blinks. Then laughs. * Mei-Yin drops her sword, the light winking out instantly, and runs to Shigeru. * Norii hmmmmmms. What the hell was that? Shigeru? So that's it! That was Arakus' plan! * Mei-Yin cradles Shigeru in her arms. * Eoi blinks at Mei-Yin's scream. "What the hell happened? Shigeru?" * Eoi goes to check him out. I know what it... * Chelsea turns to Byakko. "Arakus?" * Shigeru stares, eyes violet, unblinking, and... dead. He's breathing, though. * Sai eyes Byakko. Shigeru, say something! The secret he'd lost. I knew he wanted something from you but never what! * Eoi shakes Shigeru. "Wake up!" ...ah. I believe I see. * Chelsea nods to herself. Guess he showed me, though. It really worked. Yes. Shigeru has destroyed the soul you sent against us. * Norii gently nudges Shig. * Chamelaeon is now known as ChamTrinet ...so that's what it was. * Byakko laughs hard enough that he has to grab his forehead. "Aw, man, he got me good! Oh well. It was fun while it lasted." * Mei-Yin starts crying. ... * Byakko calms down to just a smile. "Still, I bet I would've won." He'll be alright, Mei. He'll just be unconscious for... a while. * Eoi stands up and growls at Byakko. "Shut the HELL UP." And yes, Arakus. Who'd you think it was? * Mei-Yin doesn't seem to hear Chel. She just cradles Shigeru in her arms and rocks back and forth, crying. Fuck off, Byakko. * Chelsea shrugs. "You mean besides my grandfather? I hadn't considered the matter." It's kind of a shame. He was a good opponent. We've run in to too many players to be sure who's playing at which level. * Sai scowls. * Eoi stares at Byakko. "OK fuckbitch. Now what?" Oh well. Guess I'll have to find something else to do now. Not that it matters, with the world ending and all. So. What now? Do you sit still and let us kill you like a good deity, or do you help us out? Help you out? Why would I do that? ...I seriously doubt that killing him is an option, either. * Chelsea shrugs. "To pay back for all the sodas you stole from me?" Aw, what do you care? You'll be dead once you go back to the mortal world anyhow. What the hell are you talking about? Think of it this way, at least they went to good use! "they"? Armegeddon at the end of the day. Didn't I tell you this already? Oh, those. Yes, but not in any detail. Oh, bite me. Tell us how to stop it already, you grinning jackass. Mmmm.... No. I don't like your tone of voice. Besides, I've done my part. Guess Treasa won this one. ... At least tell us what she's playing for? .. Treasa. Where the fuck is she? She's the one behind all this shit. * Byakko tilts his head and looks at Norii. "What she's playing for?" He looks up. "The challenge. The fun!" Right now? I imagine she's on her way to open the Doomsday Door. * Chelsea smirks. Kinda sucks for Odin, though; he was looking forwards to Ragnarok. But we get this armageddon instead. Still, I guess it serves its purpose. ... ... ... Ok Byakky. Where the hell is Doomsday Door? I'm just gonna be bored, though. No more mortal food, no more movies. * Sai snarls. Hm. And who was Treasa playing against? You? Spill. I've got some Treasa ass to kick. Treasa. Actually, she's playing against you. You didn't realize? * Chelsea chuckles. Well, it was always a possibility. God-fucking-dammit. * Eoi grumbles. "Answer the fucking question Byakky. Where the HELL is the Doomsday Door?" The fact that she saved our asses, sort of, a couple of times seemed to point the other way. Well, it was me, too... It's kind of like Double Dragon, that OLD game. You'd beat the boss and after, in a two player game, you'd have to fight the other player. Ok. We get it. ENOUGH TALK. Tell us where the damn Doomsday Door is. And I'd tell you, except it's a bit hard to explain. Then take us there. It's sort of like it exists but doesn't. It's complicated and.... Now why should I do that? Why do you want the end of the world, anyway? So that you won't be bored. Because you're brother is dating Chelsea, and he'll be kinda pissed off if she's dead. I never said I did! And yes, I would be bored. And yes, he would be pissed. But you'll have to do better than that. What's in it for me? Help us, and you'll still have movies and soda. * Mei-Yin lays Shigeru down gently on the ground. * Byakko grins. "You're getting warmer o/~" ...you can still beat Treasa. She's not really a god, you know. Uh, I dunno. I'll compose a song in your honor? Not sure what else I can offer. * Chelsea nods. * Byakko grins at Sai. "Good... but not quite enough." I'll buy you a Kirby plushie. C'mon, guys, help me out here. ^^; Pah. I can do that myself. It's not hard to make money if you're a god, you know. I must confess, I don't know what a nominally immortal god wants. Even for Christmas. * Chelsea shrugs. "I could write and produce a movie for you?" * Byakko shrugs. "Something interesting. Something that... Hey, now you're talking." * Mei-Yin stands up and slowly makes her way over to stand in front of Byakko. I... * Byakko blinks. "Hrm?" I will give you your own book series, when I record these stories. I like that, too. * Byakko nods, "All right, here's what we'll do." ...good grief. (Ah, the advantage to dealing with an artistic group.) * Byakko points to Mei-Yin: "You write that series." He points to Chelsea: "You make the movie." He points to Sai: "Any you make the music for it." ( Hey, _everybody_ wants fame. ) And don't think you can get out of this, because, hey, I'm a god. I'll know if you don't do it. ( Especially gods. ) (Exactly. ^^) ( MC: PR machine of the gods ) Composing the score for a movie...cool. * Chelsea shrugs. "Works for me. Although it may work better as a television series, but we can sort that out later when the world is saved and whatnot." ( And the three of us together will found a megacorp media-giant that will rock the world. ) Excellent. Now, are we ready to go? ( Fuck yeah we will. ) Oh, I think it would make a rather decent RPG. (Can I help? I'll get better! Maybe.) * Mei-Yin walks back over to Shigeru and sits down next to him. Very ready. ...but I'll shut up now. Let's go. The RPG can come as a spin-off. Hey, good idea. Make the RPG, too. But yes, let's get going, shall we? ( We'll cut a deal with that canadian company, what was it, Guardians of Order? ) Man, it took 10000 years, but you humans are finally coming up with good stuff. Anyhow, away we go! * Byakko raises his hands, and a tornado surrounds the group! ... * Mei-Yin gently works her arms under Shigeru, cradling him in her arms. [The tornado lifts MC off the ground, but gently. They start for a hole in the sky.] [A purple flash hits their vision just before they reach the rift. And they vanish!] [They hear a very distant: "Oh damn. That wasn't supposed to happen."] ( o/~ Dum dum dum.... o/~ ) (*cracks up*) ( Movie deal is off Byakky! ) ( *cracks up* ) ( @_@ ) ( *cracks up* ) ( I think that was Treasa, not Byakko. ) ( But I could be wrong. ) ( I *hope* that was Treasa. ) (Well, if you can identify gender... Brett?) [The next minute, MC finds itself on a yellow brick road! Well, not a road. More of a circular platform. They're surrounded by what looks like space. Oh my.] ( It was Byakko :P ) * Chelsea looks around and nods in approval. (It's funny either way. :P) What the... * Mei-Yin holds Shigeru tightly. Um, where are we? * Chelsea looks around. ( I don't suppose Treasa is sitting there with her back conveniently turned to us? ) [Treasa is sitting there with her back conveniently turned towards you. "So you managed to cut a deal with the tiger god. Impressive. Even I wasn't sure if you were capable of doing so."] * Byakko is now known as Treasa (Treasa is Byakko in drag!) * Treasa sits in a comfy chair. Ooo. Nice to know you have such faith in us. ( What you talking 'bout? Byakko was always in drag. ) ...it wasn't nearly as hard as I would have thought. (Bah. Bishi.) ( O_o ) That's good. There was no other way you could have gotten off that tower. I'd hate for all my hard work to go to waste. That's nice. Now, y'know we can't let you end the world. Your hard work? Thought you wanted us all dead. Dead? What fun would that be? I don't know. Sai, nothing is ever that simple. Ask the 50-something monsters that have tried to kill us. More pawns, is all. * Sai scowls. So. Now what? So, mind giving us a reason why we shouldn't kick your ass? Because you can't. It's not time yet. Really? When is the time? After you end the world? Well. Should we schedule an appointment? * Treasa laughs. "We shall see about that." But I didn't plan all of this to go to waste so early. No, there's more to do. Funny, because I don't agree. I think this is a nice place to end it. Fine. So what, exactly, do you want to still do? * Treasa turns her chair. She's smiling wide enough to bear her fangs. "We shall play one final game." * Sai rolls his eyes. "Whatever." I've always been a fan of Twenty Questions, but I doubt that's what you have in mind. * Treasa holds her arm over head, and a incredibly large, 8 foot key appears. "Do you know what this is?" (*points at Sai* FF main character) ( Oh shit. We're in Wild Arms 2. ) Big ass key. A very large key that is no doubt very important in some way. I believe I have seen it before, when we were in Heaven? ( Really. That's Rudolph, the magic key. And the Doomsday Door will let in the Encrouching Alternate Universe. ) Let me guess. Opens the "Doomsday Door." * Treasa nods to Chelsea. "That's right." ( No, she's gonna give me the key and then Disney characters are gonna show up! ) The Key to the Universe. (They gave the Key to the Universe to an intern?) (Don't that just beat all. ;P) Fancy. I saw one of those on EBay. * Chelsea nods. * Mei-Yin blinks. ...I thought that was the Time Key. I'm sure you guessed, but I'm going to use it to unlock the Doomsday Door. That's nice. We'd really like to avoid Doomsday however. Any particular reason? Or are you just feeling cranky. * Treasa smiles wider to Eoi. "Then you'll have to stop me." Well, yes. Unless we stop you, correct? ( Maybe there are lots of them. ) * Eoi gets into a fighting stance. Sounds like a plan to me. * Treasa grins at Eoi. "But it won't be that easy." Right. Well, let's get this over with, then, shall we? Look, what the hell is so great about ending the world? Everyone seems to want to do that. It's the latest fad. Wait a few years, scooters will be back in style. I could care less about the world. I just want to see if you stand up to your predecessors. Yeesh. And a game is never greater than when it has high stakes. You are one sick freak, lady. Let's hear it. ...predecessors? Speaking of which, I've arranged a little incentive... More incentive than the destruction of everything? My goodness. * Treasa snaps her fingers. Over her head appear the unconscious forms of Kaira, Eoi's grandfather, Julian Taltosh, Ayane Ueda, and a familiar (to some of you) white haired girl who'd be bishonen if she wasn't female. Let's see if you can save them while you're at it. ... ... * Chelsea scowls. * Treasa chuckles. "Assuming, that is, you want to." * Sai smirks at Treasa. "Was Saki too hard for you to take?" * Treasa shrugged. "Five seemed an appropriate number." * Treasa shrugs, too! :P I don't suppose you'll wake Shigeru up. * Eoi appears to be strugging against the urge to run to his grandfather. Sure. But you are one dirty bitch, you know that? * Treasa flings a slow moving ray of purple light at everyone. It'll be easy enough to dodge. Anyone want to? Um... * Mei-Yin isn't really paying attention. * Eoi gets into a defensive stance. * Eoi fails to dodge however. * Chelsea frowns at the ray, but does not dodge. * Sai just stands there. [Norii's mind races as the beams travel forwards. Meaning if she doesn't decide on something, this won't go anywhere.] If this kills us, I'm going to feel really silly. ( That's a decision, already. ) [Everyone is fully recovered. Even Shig. ] * Sai , you guessed it, shrugs. "Ehn." Of course, it doesn't come without a price. * Shigeru gasps, and his eyes snap open. Shigeru! * Treasa snaps her fingers, and one more floating form appears: Eoi! Whcih is? The fu.. KIMIKO. (Oh wait, they already were open. ^^ I feel silly. :P) ( Be sure to thank me for reminding Brett, Atom. :P ) * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. * Shigeru pushes himself up and clutches his head. "Damnit. Remind me not to do that again." * Sai blinks. "This is your real body, Eoi?" * Mei-Yin buries her face in Shigeru's chest, sobbing. ( I'm pretty sure he already knew Dem. ) * Shigeru blinks. "Mei?" ( Nope. He told me he forgot. ^_^; ) ( Actually, I'd planned to do it, but forgot when I'd typed out the names. ) * Shigeru hugs Mei and let's her cry. Yes. Glad you're awake Shig. Now let's save the world. * Shigeru blinks. * Shigeru blinks again. Mei? * Mei-Yin keeps crying. ( You know, Eoi, you're one ugly... ) And now that that's done... * Shigeru hugs Mei. "I can see you." * Treasa waves a hand, and the unconscious forms above her vanish in purple light. I believe she thought you were dead, Shig. Oh, and we need to defeat Treasa or else many bad things happen, and so forth. * Mei-Yin squeezes tighter. ( Every has to try very hard to avoid telling Eoi that they like his new body better than the old one. ) ( Aside from Kimiko, who wouldn't? ^^ ) * Shigeru smooths her hair. ~I'm not dead. It's okay.~ ...you can see, Shig? That's great! * Treasa stands. "And now let the game begin. Good luck. You'll need every ounce of it to win." Gee. [Session end]