[Day: Wednsday, May 31st. Time: 11:00 p.m.] [Yesterday, MC was given a job to remove a family of kappa from the pond of a dojo. They planned very carefully. In fact, they planned so carefully that they didn't have time to actually DO it. Will they manage to dispose of the kappa, or will this have to become a three-parter?] [Session Start] So... what's the plan, again? * Makoto spins his yo-yo lazily. We're waiting for Rei to lure one of the kappa out here with some cucumbers. Wasn't it for you to lure the Kappa here with the cucumbers, then Rei puts the sulfur in their heads, then we kick it's ass? Oh, right. That was the plan. Rei has the sulfur. Yeah, that sounds about right. * Chie looks up from glaring at her sword. "Yeah, that's the plan." [Did I mention Chie's sword got possessed? 'Cause it did.] ~I do? No I don't. Where's the sulfur?~ * Chomei thinks. "Peter said it was in the van." * Makoto walks his yo-yo over to Chie, now that she's stopped talking to air. * Maria looks at the cucumber-onna-string in her hand and shrugs. ~The van? Oh, the van! Prof, you didn't lock the van, did you? 'Cause I can get in the van, but getting the sulfur out is another story.~ You gonna be okay? * Peter idly stares at Chie's sword. "So, your blade is posessed?" * Peter looks up and pushes his glasses up. "Oh.. no, no I did not." * Naomi frowns to herself, watching you all. I take it posessed swords are not a good thing. Hmm? Yeah, I think so. As long as she doesn't try anything. And yeah, prof, it's possessed. ~Okie dokie. I'll go get the sulfur, then.~ * SpiritRei zooms off to do that. She doesn't seem like a malicious spirit... just a *really damned annoying* one. * Makoto snaps his yo-yo back in a circular motion, and steps out of what he guesses to be sword-range. Just in case. * Chie eyes the sword. "And no, I won't." * Maria shrugs. "Just give the word when to go." * Lazar eyes Peter. "You forget sulfur in van? Losing touch, Peter." I did not forget it. I left it in there because I had no way to carry it with ease. It's container is less likly to get broken in there. * SpiritRei returns, looking for all the world like a bunch of floating jars of sulfur. Imagine that. ... so you forgot it? * Chomei looks at the floating jars of sulfur. "Right." Heh. * Makoto grins at the surprisingly witty golem. * Maria smirks. ~Okay, so I lure them over there *and* I dump sulfur in their heads and then you guys pound them into turtle toothpaste, right? Or is someone else gonna do the luring or sulfur dumping, 'cause I dunno if I can get rid of the pickle and dump sulfur before you start to turn into people paste.~ * Peter refuses to react to that. Maria's luring, you're dumping. ~Okay!~ I'm doing the luring. We're staying the hell out of the way until these things are weakened. Then we make turtle soup. I lure. Throw cucumber at them. Pull string. When get close... wait, what happen to string idea? And unless anyone else has something they want to say, I'll start in on that now? * SpiritRei floats the jars over to a corner, spins a few times! and sets them down. She grabs one of them and opens. ~Whoo, am I glad I can't smell right now. Gotta love that rotten egg feeling, mmm mmm good.~ * Chomei points at Maria. "She happened to it." * Chie waves a hand. "Oh, god, I forgot how much that stuff *stank.*" Hey, I'm still using the strings. I never said I wanna get close to the things. * SpiritRei floats it over to Chie. ~Isn't it *yummy*?~ * Chomei holds his nose. "Dude, can't you keep it away from us until they come into distance?" * Chie looks vaguely ill. Gah, Rei. Can't fight if I'm puking. * Makoto is suddenly glad he moved away from Chie, even if it was for a different reason than to avoid sulfur. I no smell... of course, I have no nose... ~Okay, okay.~ She floats up, taking the open jar with her. ~Better? Dive bomber Rei!~ Sometimes that's a blessing, Lazar. * Chie breathes out. "Yeah, better." * Chomei looks up, hand still on nose, voice still squeaky. "Yup, better." * Maria blinks at Lazar. "Sure you do." She leans up on her tiptoes and pokes Lazar's nose. "Right here." * Lazar tilts his head. "Okay. Have nose. Just not working nose." * Maria nods. Right now, that's a good thing. Maria, you gonna pull one? Yup. Here I go! Remember, when Rei add sulfur, attack fast... cannot let kappa get back to water. * Naomi stays well away from where the fighting's going to be. Indeed. Should the kappa get back to water, we have only enraged the beast and wasted our time. Okay, I'll keep that in mind. * Chie looks at her sword. "And you... behave." She chuckles. "Oh, lord, I can't believe *I* just said that." * Maria sneaksneaksneaks back around to the other side, cucumber in tow. * Chie snorts. "Uh-huh." ~It's okay, Chie. We all know you can kick your sword's butt! If it had a butt, anyway.~ * Chie snorts. "Uh-huh." Could be worse. Could be singing sword. Don't get her started, Laz. * Makoto snickers. * Chomei chuckles. Singing swords are often said to be benifical. Not when they off key. They often inspire their users and their allies, giving a much needed moral boost in the middle of battle. * Makoto glances at Peter. I dunno; I'd much rather have a plain, old, ordinary, *non-possessed* sword, and rely on my own abilities. That's odd, because in the cartoons a singing sword is usually a nuisance. Yeah, like that Bugs Bunny one. * Maria gets almost within a cucumber's flight of the pool, and tosses the end of the string with the cucumber on it thataway, after making sure the other end is held firmly in her other hand. ( Like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. =P ) That is why they are cartoons. Most of the time, people don't paint cartoon traintracks and expect them to work. ( I was thinking of Roger Rabbit, yeah. ) They don't? Dang, there goes my plan to save on train fares next time I go on a long trip. * Makoto grins crookedly. Okay, okay. That was a stupid comment on my part. * Maria awaits the baittaking. * Lazar hunches down slightly, arms at his sides. * SpiritRei floats down a little, putting the lid on the jar (but not screwing it on) to hide the smell. ( Err. Idle for half a sec. ) [As Maria waits, a Kappa pokes its head out of the pool and reaches for the cucumber. "Kappa!"] * NonKirbyishPinkGoo is now known as Kappa * Maria tugs the line so that the cucumber makes a hop back from the pool. * Kappa blinks twice, pulls itself out some more, and reaches again. "Kappa!" * Maria repeats, having the cucumber hop just out of reach again. * Kappa moves more quickly this time. "Kappa!" * Maria tugs again, keeping the cucumber just out of reach. She backs stealthily away so as to stay out of view. * Kappa darts for the cucumber. It's speed is pretty impressive. "Kappakappa!" ( Back. ) (Oh, great. Now Kevin and I are yelling, "Kappa!" at each other.) (If we jump on it... does it come out of its shell?) ( Tell him to stop before you bust a kappa in his ass. ) (Why couldn't we fight goombas instead? ;P) ( ... I'm going to kill you. ) ( Hehe. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 7. ( Made it. ) [Maria starts dragging the cucumber away just as the kappa dives for it, coming up short.] * Kappa points at the cucumber annoyedly. "Kappakappakappa!" * Peter has a little notepad and is taking notes. * Maria heads for the others, continuing to remain out of sight. She has the cucumber do another little hop. [Maria keeps up the trend and gets close enough for the others to initiate their plan.] * Chie gets into a ready stance. * Chomei readies his bow. * ChAnime is now known as Chamelaeon * Lazar raises his arms slightly at his sides. * Maria keeps going, luring the kappa into the happy trap-to-be. * SpiritRei floats down until she's practically on top of the kappa (or maybe she is? It's hard to tell) and tries to dump the sulfur in its head. * Makoto starts spinning the yo-yo, not as he normally does, but by whirling the heavy wooden weight in a circle off to the side of his body. The weapon begins to hum quietly once it gets going. * Naomi is just watching. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-4) and gets 5. ~How about some SULFUR in your head! Are you feeling weak, my friend? Oh so very weak?~ [Rei dumps the sulfur on the kappa's head. It shrieks! "KAPPAAAAAA!"] * Chie snickers. * Kappa flees towards the pond! Quick, roll init! d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (d6+6) and gets 7. ( ... Who we missing? ) (Laz.) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 12. (Good lord. I've got a lower init than the golem. ;p) ( Sorry for the delay. Was adjusting my wrist brace. ) [Anyhow, everyone goes before the kappa. Specific order: Chomei, Makoto, Maria, Lazar, Chie, Peter, Rei, Kappa] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei fires his bow at the kappa, but instead of the normal bolt, a blue crystal flies from his bow at the Kappa. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Made it.) [Chomei hits the kappa in the leg, freezing that limb solid. But it's a little more worried about it's head burning, so it limps towards the pond.] [Makoto's turn] * Makoto rushes the big turtle-thing, yo-yo whirling, and strikes. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-2) and gets 2. ( Woot. ) [Makoto beans it in the back, but it still pulls itself.] [Maria's turn] * Maria jumps at the Kappan and aims a kick at it. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets -2. [Maria kicks it, decides it's had enough and falls over.] * Maria hops lightly away from it in case it decides to get back up. ...huh. [It doesn't.] * SpiritRei floats down to get a better look at the kappa, jar still in hand. ~Y'know, I feel kinda bad.~ She considers this for a moment. ~Yup. I feel bad. Poo.~ * Lazar grabs the kappa's feet, and starts dragging it out of sight. * Chomei scratches his head and shrugs his shoulders. "I think we'd better clean this up." Hey, Lazar. Drag this guy outta sight so the other Kappas won't see... right. * SpiritRei looks over at Naomi, even though she can't see it. ~Do we *have* to kill these guys? They're kinda cute, in a... turtle with a bowl on its head can beat you up without trying kind of way.~ You don't have to, no. * Maria checks the status of her cucumber onna string. Will it survive another go? Yeah, the're a little cute, but how else are we gonna get them out of here. Problem is, we still have to get rid of them somehow. We could attempt to stun them, but that would endanger our lives, and would more then likly get someone killed. However, if can can come up with a way to get the water out of their heads, feel free. Until then, however, I believe we should stick with our plan. * Makoto straightens out his yo-yo and gives it a few test spins, the normal way. * Naomi nods to Chie. * Lazar returns from hiding the body. "Cute demons still demons." My thoughts exactly Lazar. * Peter gets a thinking look on his face. I can deal with them afterwards if you render them helpless, but it's up to you to do that. ~Well, the original idea was to put something in their heads that's heavier than the water, which would displace it. This doesn't really work, though, and definitely doesn't work with sulfur, because it really just turns into sulfuric acid.~ ~And they're not demons! Dude, if kappa were common knowledge, we'd have animal rights activists on our collective asses so fast...~ Sulfuric Acid... Isn't that stuff dangerous? * Peter thinks. ~Duh. Why do you think it was in so much pain?~ There are a few ways we could remove the water, but most would involve the Kappa standing still for it. Oh, we're making acid? Geez. Guess I should've paid more attention in chemistry class. Something that I doubt we can make it do. It's probably the equivalent to setting your hair on fire, I'd imagine. ~I bet it's more like their brains on fire.~ * Lazar frowns. "We go feed puppy later. Right now, we kill kappa." * Naomi shrugs. "Could be." Feed puppy? It's an expression. Feed puppy. Be nice to animal. Be nice, caring, sympathetic, etc. ... Right. Let's kill some kappa. Balance... what word... karma. Unless you all can come up with another plan, let's stick with this one. We weren't called here to be nice. * SpiritRei grumbles and goes over to get a fresh jar. ~Fine. But I'm going to have to fine scrub my soul with a goddamned toothbrush with tartar baking soda paste after this.~ * Lazar nods, and lumbers over to his position. That's true. * Makoto nods a bit eagerly. He apparently has little compunction as regards this job. Sometimes, you just have to punch it. * Maria perches on the ground, idly watching the philosophical debate. I'll just say this... You've got to live with whatever decisions you make. ~How about I punch you? Thanks, Naomi. Now I feel so much better.~ * SpiritRei eyes the open jar. Heh, I wish it was the decisions I make... * Peter idly changes the bolts. in his crossbow. * Naomi shrugs. "Doesn't really matter to me, as long as the job gets done. I'm just here to observe how you handle it." If.. it bothers you, I do have tranqulizer darts. They are very strong, but I'm not sure how they would effect a kappa. Too big risk. Plan work. I could... try to just trip them when they run away. But they're a bit big. * SpiritRei keeps frowning. ~Hey, Prof. You said kappa are docile creatures, right? Kinda like water-based ninja cows?~ Yes, unless they are threatened, or you approach their home. Are you thinking relocation? ~Yup!~ * Maria blinks. That.. would be very dangerous. And would most likely not work. ~Yeah, but Prof, if I have to fine scrub my soul with a brush, that means I'm doing something wrong.~ Is there any way to subdue them without great risk? * Chie taps her sword. Hey, you. Got any ideas? None. * Chie grumbles. "Oh, yeah, *now* you decide to shut up." I don't suppose anything mixes with water to form a powerful sedative? ( Alcohol :P ) * Makoto brightens. Alka-Seltzer? * Chie grumbles again. "Yeah, thanks a heap." * Chie looks up. "You got me." * Maria looks at Makoto. "Think a somethin'?" Hey, in old movies and stage productions they'd "slip somebody a mickey" to put them to sleep. * Lazar is pacing now. ~Hey, Maria, that's brilliant! I wish I thought of that. So smart.~ But... I don't know what's in a "Mickey." ( Mice ) ... Probably a strong sleeping drug. ( Heh. ) * Maria looks at Rei, since she's the receptacle of pop culture knowledge. "Any idea what a 'Mickey' is?" ... and what happen if we relocate, and some person wanders by them? Well, it would go in a drink. I didn't know if that meant it reacted to water, or what. Not our problem at that point. Yes our problem. Kappa kill people. ~A mickey?~ We can maybe put 'em where someone won't or can't go. A fenced lot somewhere, or an inaccessible place. ~Um um. Hang on, I got it, tip of my tongue, it's in there somewhere...~ * Makoto looks in the direction of the disembodied voice. * Chomei thinks. "Yeah, what Maria said." Yeah, like in American film noir. Yeah, Maria, but how are *we* gonna get 'em there in the first place? Fence no hold... and if inaccessable, how we get there? If we could get them to the sea, they would swim away from land. ~Knock out drug. Often chloral hydrate, but really, any depressent works.~ How the hell did they get here in the first place? * Maria looks to Naomi. "Big helicoptor? Fishtank on wheels?" I could probably get us a truck if we need one. * Maria nods. There's facilities, and I can handle transportation if need be. So we're changing the plan from lock'n'load to spywars? * SpiritRei looks over at Peter. ~Kappa can survive in the ocean? They're not purely freshwater creatures? Hm, that's good to know.~ See, I'd just convince Naomi to provide us with transportation. Now we have two choices for getting the stuff into the Kappa. We either do what we've been doing, luring them over and have Rei duming the stuff in, or we just dump a whole bunch into the pool. * Maria snickers at Makoto. * Makoto grins cheekily at Maria. Dumping "stuff" into the pond would enrage them. Why acid 'em? We have all the cucumbers in greater Tokyo. * Lazar shakes his head and mutters. "Is bad idea..." Not acid, sleeping stuff. That oughtta be enough to lure 'em and keep 'em happy for a good long while. How strong are they without water? We can keep the sulpher as plan 'b'. If the drug doesn't effect them fast enough, we go back to the unpleasantness. Weaker then most humans. Then they couldn't punch their way out of a cage? No. The most common mythological way to get Kappa to lose their water is to trick them to bow. If they're that weak, we could tie them up with a few wet shirts. ~Oh, that's easy! Just have them look down at their feet for the cucumber.~ Sorry, Makoto, but I'm not takin' my shirt off. Much as I'm sure you'd enjoy that. * Chie grins. * Chomei chuckles. "That's a nice one Makoto." * Makoto wrinkles his nose. The ladies ain't gonna fall for it though. * Maria eyes Makoto. Well, I have spares in my trunk, though they probably smell like cucumbers now. But, y'know, if you guys are OFFERING... * Peter shoots Makoto a glare. "If you can control your hormones, we have a situation." * Lazar rubs his forehead, before remembering he really doesn't have temples to rub. Nice try, Makoto. But NO. ~If Makoto can control his hormones, we definitely have a situation. Hell froze over, and all the monsters will come to visit.~ I -meant- that we could get the spare clothes in my trunk wet, and use them to tie the Kappa. Let me guess. They'll be wanting brains. ~And cheese.~ THen everybody goes and starts talking about how they want to get naked. It's not -my- fault! (*laughs* I was about to suggest that.) * Chomei hits his head. "Of course, can't forget the cheese." (^_^_v) We can continue this after the Kappa kill someone if you'd like. * Maria coughs. * Chomei nods. "How about we continue this after the Kappa are taken care of." And no one is killed by Kappa. * SpiritRei floats over to Peter and taps him on his shoulder. ~Yo, Prof. Question.~ Yes? Yes, nobody getting killed would be a good thing. It's your job, after ll. So, if we're going the sleeping drug route, where're we gonna get it? ~How're the bowls in the kappa's heads connected to the rest of their system, if at all?~ * Lazar runs out of ways to express his frustration non-verbally, and just settles for standing still." * Maria looks at Chie. "The school? A pharmacy?" * Chomei walks over to Lazar. "Can't stand all the talk? Think we've got that long? No like plan. Extra danger. The bowl is sort of like a storage. There are small "holes" that open up and "drink" in the water every so often. It's sort of like breathing, except they don't need to do it often. If Kappa so tough, how know they will be knocked out? * Chomei nods. "I agree." The water supplys basic needs and also grants them increased strength and power. ~So what you're telling me is that if we were to put sedatives in there, they would drink it, and then they would be knocked out. They would, but it could take any amount of time. It's similar to a whale. They can hold their "breath" for long periods of time. And there's no guarantee on how long they'd stay knocked out. * Chie looks over at Rei and Peter. "But how long... yeah. We don't know how long it'd take." * Dicesuke has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) And when wake up, not likely to be happy. If get knocked out at all. Well, once we got them into whatever we got them into, we could leave a pile of cucumbers for 'em. * Maria nods. 'Xactly, Laz. * SpiritRei considers. ~Fine. I guess we'll just have to trick them into bowing.~ They'll be weak at that point though. There's nothing they could do about it. * Naomi rubs her head. "You know... I did say you had until morning to dispose of them, but at this rate, it might take that long." Why weak? Just adding sedative no ruin water. * Makoto mutters something like "better not waste all of those cucumbers." * Peter idly rubs his head. If no fall asleep, no weak. Just angry. I'm afraid we don't have much time. * Chomei checks his watch. How much time *do* we have? Unless someone can discover a backup plan and quickly, I would advise we continue with our current plan. Yeah, we gotta do something and do it quick. 'til Morning, Nao-chan said. How many hours away is that? ~Try to get them to bow, then knock them out or tie them up and move them.~ And I no know if I can protect all from Kappa like I did with tiger spirit. * Makoto checks his wristwatch. [It's 11:30] * Dicesuke has joined #BESM * ChanServ sets mode: +v Dicesuke ~If it doesn't work, or if someone gets in trouble, then *fine*, I'll dump sulfur in their heads and make their brains burn. Okay?~ 'bout six or seven hours, I guess. Hrm. Six hours at the most. May already be too late... but I no make decisions. * Chie frowns. "And don't forget that we have the really big one to deal with at some point." * Chomei rubs his head. "Let's just get this over. I don't want to think about this anymore." ~Golly gee sorry if your head hurts, Chomei. I'll see what I can do. * SpiritRei puts the sulfur jar down and grabs a cucumber, this one without a string. She moves to the pond. * Makoto goes back to spinning his yo-yo, and watches as best he can in the darkness. * Maria shrugs. "I think we should stick to our plan for now. We'll keep this in mind for the next time we... oh, hell." You guys won't always have so long to plan things, you know... * Chie sighs. We had plan. People no listen. Get someone killed if continue. [a bunch of kappa peek up as Rei brings a cucumber.] Aye, let's just continue this. ... Wait, who has the sulpher if Rei. Oh shit. * Maria grabs the sulpher and hops up onto the top of the house. * SpiritRei eeps. More than one. Ungood. Thanks, Maria. * Chomei looks up. "That works." * Lazar growls. "Stay behind me. I protect as best I can." * SpiritRei waves the cucumber. I.. have a bad feeling about this. [The kappa jump for the cucumber.] * SpiritRei pulls it back! (Can we see the pond from where we are?) ( yah ) * Chie watches the *multiple* kappa jump. "Oh, that's not good." ...shit. * Chomei sees this as well. "I hope she knows what she's doing." * Makoto sidles to a position a bit more -behind- Lazar, and continues to spin his yo-yo in a normal, lazy way. I would advise a retreat.. this is not a good situation. Me, too. * SpiritRei sinks into the ground, so the cucumber's about ground level. [The kappa pounce!] Rei! * SpiritRei lets them have it! Get back here! * Maria gets out of sight. Shh! * SpiritRei floats straight up and to the other side of the kappa. ~Hm, that doesn't work. What a world of suck.~ [The kappa fight over the cucumber.] Maybe once finish cucumber, they go back in pond. Then we go back to plan. * Chie clenches her teeth in frustration. ( Maybe they'll knock each other out fighting over the cucumber. ^_^ ) (Too easy.) ( Prolly. ;_; ) [They fight! And fight! And fight and fight and fight!] [One of the kappa pushes the other over. All the water spills out of its head. The victor grabs the cucumber and chows down with a triumphant "Kappa!"] [Then is leaps back in the pond.] * SpiritRei grins. ~Gotcha.~ She goes to get another cucumber. ( How far from the pond is the overturned Kappa? ) * Chie blinks. "They got one." Too close to pond. They did? It's a bit far from us though. ( A few feet. ) [The kappa gets up and sighs. "Kappa..." ;_;] * SpiritRei returns to the poor overturned kappa and waves the cucumber at it. ~Here boy! I got a treat!~ * Kappa looks up. "Kappa!" it kappas excitedly and grabs for it. * SpiritRei pulls it back a few feet and lays it on the ground. * SpiritRei moves to get a few more cucumbers. Hey, we got tons, so why not use them? * Kappa lumbers after it. Yes, lumbers. ~Guys, when the kappa gets here, make sure you treat it well, okay? Or I'll throw caramel-coated marshmallows at you!~ Treat it -well-? Oh, I fear. And what are we going to do with it? ~Damn straight, carbon copy boy.~ Hey, did we move the... first one far enough away? * Kappa eats the cucumbers as he comes across them, eventually getting to all of you. * Lazar scowls. "I can grab... maybe..." ~No killing. ^^~ Should we grab it? * Kappa peers at you all. "Kappa?" * Demota is now known as DemoX-COm Amazing, a live capture? ~Heck, maybe if you give it a cucumber, it'll like you.~ ~I bet it will!~ * Makoto smiles encouragingly. Great... * Chie snags a cucumber. "Ehh, what the hell." * Chie tosses it to the kappa. "Enjoy." ~We can name it Donatello!~ * Chomei backs away a little from the kappa. * Lazar eyes the cucumber in his hand, blinks, and tosses it to the Kappa. * SpiritRei grabs another cucumber and keeps out of kappa sight, going back to the pond. * Kappa eats the cucumbers *^_^* * Maria shrugs from her perch on the rooftop. * Peter takes notes! [Rei finds the victor kappa swimming in the pond. It looks up eagerly as another cucumber floats along.] ... this no bode well. * Makoto nudges Lazar, then rubs his elbow after bonking it against stone. * SpiritRei twirls the cucumber. (The amazing spinning cucumber! Spin!) [whispered] I think she's trying to get them to fight each other close to us. ( Ugh.... Couldn't you deal with one kappa at a time? ;_; ) * Lazar tosses another cucumber to the Kappa to keep it distracted, then looks down at Makoto. "And what if notice us before spill water?" (I thought the first is pretty much dealt with. ^_~) (Er, second. Well, the first too, I guess.) [Ok.... Lazar distracts the kappa near the group, while the other darts for Rei's cucumber.] (The first is delt with permenently.) * SpiritRei pulls it back, moving closer to the group. She glances around the kappa. (Are any others coming?) [Nope. Probably 'cause you've dealt with/are dealing with most of them.] * Makoto shrugs and makes certain to keep the golem supplied with cucumbers to toss. "I don't know," he hisses, "I liked the first plan anyway." * Chomei looks back at Makoto. "I don't care how it gets done, as long as it gets done." * Chie grabs a bushel of cucumbers and prepares to distract the next kappa. * Chie nods. "Yeah, whatever works, works." [Kappa1 eats cucumbers. Kappa2 follows Rei.] * Lazar moves to the side of the Kappa, and looks like he's about to KO this Kappa when he notices Rei coming with the full-power Kappa. *muttermutter* * SpiritRei giggles madly and dives between the kappa's legs, cucumber in hand. ( The first kappa or the second? ) (Second.) [It bends down to catch the cucumber, so far that it loses its balance and topples.] ~Gotcha!~ * SpiritRei cheerfully lays a quick path of cucumbers for this one, too. [To wit, it follows.] * Lazar turns to Peter. "Should I knock out?" * Chie waits for Kappa2 to come into cucumber-tossing range. * SpiritRei scopes out the pond. How many kappa left? If you can do it without hurting him much. [Which it does.] [Rei sees no kappa on the pond's surface.] * Lazar eyes the second kappa. "Too late." * Chie tosses it a cucumber. "Eat up!" * SpiritRei doesn't bother holding her breath and sinks into the pond, looking for any others. [We now have two kappa eating cucumbers. Good grief.] If knock one out, other panic. Not good. [Rei sees a big, big kappa, just waking from a nap.] (Thank you Charlie Brown.) ~Hmm, you must be the daddy. Or mommy.~ Hrmm... keep them distracted with cucumbers, empty the pond when we have all of them, then ko, not kill, them? * Chie tosses another cucumber whenever Kappa2 looks like he wants one. * SpiritRei zips back to the group. ~Okay. One kappa left, and it's the big one. Oh, is it the big one.~ This is an amazing opportunity. Live kappa to study. * Makoto is suddenly -very- glad he bought so many cucumbers. * Chie looks amused. "So glad we could help, prof." * Maria keeps an eye on the big Kappa. Need to knock these out before deal with big one. Either that or restrain them. I don't suppose anybody'd know what a Kappa's pressure points would be? [Maria sees that the kappa is starting to stir.] * SpiritRei considers, then grabs an armful of cucumbers. ~Then knock 'em out. But no killing, Lazar, or I'll turn you into a ballerina sculpture in your sleep. And don't think I won't!~ Pete said they weren't any tougher than normal humans, so it shouldn't be that hard. * Lazar turns to Chomei and peter. "Can you hold one while I knock out other?" * Chomei looks at Peter. "I could try to, you with me prof?" Uh.. I'm.. really not very strong, but I can try. [Anyone looking in the direction of the pond sees a big shape rising from it. Big. As in, how the heck did it fit in there?] * Makoto blinks at the pool, then at Chomei and Peter. * SpiritRei stares up at the kappa. ~Hey big guy! What's up?~ Hey, you can let the professor take notes. I'll help hold somebody. * Maria frowns. Wow, that's big. Ohhh, shit. When did these things start defying the laws of physics? That's definetly not good. Do fast. Unless you guys are waiting to let me hold THAT. * SpiritRei floats up into the air and in front of the kappa, probably just out of arm's reach. She's holding a bunch of cucumbers. Mmm mmm good. Alright, let's take care of these two first. Yeah, Makoto, that one's yours. ( Poor Chie... She believes in the laws of physics. ) * Chie tosses another cucumber at her kappa. (Chie, you fool.) * Lazar moves towards one of the kappas. "Get ready to hold..." ( She's not going to get very far in this series :P ) ( Yeah. We'll break her of that soon enough. ) * Chomei approaches Kappa2. [The kappa eat. Yum.] * Makoto waits for the big one, then. (Funny, since she's the one who deals with spirits. ;p) [The BIG kappa snatches at the cucumber Rei brings, bellowing, "KAPPA!"] Makoto! Help Chomei! * SpiritRei lets it have one! One. * Makoto nods and swallows and goes to help Chomei. * SpiritRei floats up higher, bringing the rest with her. [The kappa glares up at the floatting cucumbers, and motions for them to get down here. "KAP. PA."] * Lazar waits until Makoto is in position, then brings his fist down on the back of the Kappa's head. * SpiritRei makes the cucumbers dance. Dancing cucumbers! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 2. * Peter franticaly takes notes. ( Hit. ) You'd be surprised. Magic often overrules the laws of physics. * Maria frowns. * Chomei tries to restrain the other kappa as Lazar brings down the hammer. [Lazar knocks it right out. Ye ole' Kappa2 blinks in surprise. "Kappa?"] [The big kappa is unimpressed with the dancing cucumbers. "KAPPA!"] Spirits I can handle. Giant freakin' turtle demons are another matter. ( Geez. 3 times in a row with the brackets ;_; ) * Makoto helps Chomei. * Lazar then makes a beeline for Kappa2, and attempts the same maneuver. * Chie tosses another cucumber to Kappa2. "Pay no attention to the golem." * SpiritRei makes sure the kappa's eyes are following the cucumbers, then floats it right above its head, so it'll have to tilt in order to reach them. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( Hit. Barely. ^_^;;; ) [Lazar knocks that one out, too.] * Makoto relaxes a bit. ... anyone have rope? * Makoto clears his throat. [The big kappa is still unimpressed. It looks annoyed, in fact, and growls at the cucumbers. "KAPPA!"] * Chomei shrugs. "Makoto said he had some shirts in his trunk. Uh.. If nobody does, my offer to get a bunch of--thank you, Chomei. The dojo would have rope. ~Come on, big guy, look up. Look up...~ Except that it's locked, prof. * SpiritRei makes sure it's still watching, then pulls them back farther. * Lazar walks over to the door and punches through it. "Not locked. Get rope." Anyways, get them outta sight Lazar, we can't have the big one see them. * Chie laughs. "I like your way of thinking, Laz." (Back meaning towards its back. If that makes sense.) I'll just go ge-- nevermind. I'll get the ROPE, then. * Chie hurries in through the ex-door. Or not. * Naomi grumbles. "Lazar, what did I tell you about that?" * Lazar starts to drag the kappas further from the corner. * Maria blinks and looks to see what the noise was. She barely keeps from giggling. Hey, we're keeping collateral damage to a minimum... we needed rope, so we moved to get rope. ;) Lazar, remember. You can't just break into places. (Says you.) * Lazar continues. "Sorry. Take out of paycheck." Don't take it out of MINE. [The kappa follows Rei's cucumbers. Yum.] * SpiritRei considers and lets it have another one. * SpiritRei floats it directly above its head, as in, it needs to tilt its head in order to see them. [The kappa looks upwards, but not enough to spill the water out of its head.] * Chie emerges from the dojo, carrying several coils of rope. * SpiritRei lets it have another and pulls them back, trying to make it tilt more. Okay, time to tie 'em up. [The kappa looks up too high and the water spills from its head :P] ~I rule the world! I own you and your mom! Aww yeah. Here, have some cucumbers.~ * SpiritRei drops cucumbers on the kappa's lap. * Kappa snatches at them. * SpiritRei goes to grab more. ~You're not done yet? The big one's comin'!~ Hey, Lazar... you'd better deal with this one. * Peter continues with the taking of the notes. Yeah, if ya need we can help, but you're best suited to this. Who's good at knots besides me? * Makoto hurries over to Chie. I know... a few. * Chomei shrugs. ~Chie, I can barely tie my own shoes. Anyway, here we go.~ Of course... bring it near, so it no can get back to water. * Chie tosses Makoto a coil of rope. "Have fun." * SpiritRei starts making the trail, using a few cucumbers at a time. Bigger kappa, eats faster, stall for time here. * Chie kneels next to one of the unconcsious kappa and starts tying. * Makoto takes a coil of rope and ties up the one Chie's not working on. * Lazar scoops up a few cucumbers of his own. ( Hot tall is this Kappa, BTW? ) * Chomei grabs some cucumbers. ( err, how ) * Maria stays ready to pounce, or something. [Kappa's about 2x your heights.] Amazing. Think I can shoot this one without killing it? * SpiritRei nears the group again. ~It's pretty cool, innit Prof?~ * Chie looks up from knot-tying. "You got stun arrows?" * Kappa keeps following. Uh.. yes.. but they are designed for humans. I don't. ~I think this one should be named Leonardo. Definitely. He's the group leader! We can give him a blue bandanna and everything.~ It would take many bolts to take a kappa down. Not many punches... how strong this one without water? Stronger then a human. How about stronger than that human-type thing? * Chomei points at Lazar. I very much doubt it. Lazar is amazingly strong. * Chomei shrugs. "You're not human, right?" * Chie finishes tying up the kappa. Not anymore. * Makoto finishes tying up the other one. * Chie looks at the giant kappa. "Hope there's enough rope." Well, five on one... We don't need to knock it out, just tie it up. * Chie looks at Chomei. "Oh, and it's going to stand still while we do that?" Maybe if we feed it enough cucumbers? And once we get it tied up? ... I knock out. Safest way. ~Actually, I think you are gonna have to knock it out. And then tie it up.~ * Chie nods. ( Finally x.x ) I concur. Alright, you knock out. Man, I'm talking like Lazar now. * Makoto snickers. * SpiritRei moves over to Naomi. ~Hey, Naomi? You can arrange quick transport for us and three of our closest kappa friends to the open ocean, right?~ Yeah. ~You're the coolest. Remind me to give you some pocky when we get moving.~ * Lazar frowns. "No, you use bad grammar. I talk like Lazar." * Chie laughs. ... Right. * Makoto chuckles ata that. ( at, even ) * Lazar waits for the Big Kappa to get close, then walks out into the open with an armful of cucumbers. * Maria smirks. [The big kappa gets close :P] ( The big kappa's brother comes out of the pond and starts dividing his attention. The big kappa mashes his brother into the ground :P ) ( Sweet! ) (*tosses the big kappa some rope*) * Lazar looks up at the kappa, drops the cucumbers in a pile, and makes his way behind the thing. [The big kappa bends down to gather the cucumbers.] * Lazar waits for it to bend down, then brings his fist down on its rather massive head. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 4. ( Hit ) ( *clunk* ) * Kappa bellows "Kappa!" and turns around to face Lazar. * Chomei gets ready to gun the kappa down as soon as it runs for the water. * SpiritRei 's eyes widen at this. ~Chomei, freeze it while it's turned!~ Aww, crap. * Lazar mutters, and throws another punch at the Kappa. (Lemme know when to roll, Brett.) * Chomei fires a ice arrow at the kappa's legs. (Okay. WinAmp is officially scaring me. It just switched from Lazar's theme to Chomei's.) ( Chomei first, then Lazar ) (Rock!) 2d6-2 * Peter takes notes on the tactics for future use. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Made it.) ( If it makes you feel any better, mine just started "Come Sail Away" by South Park's Cartman. ) ( o.O ) [Chomei freezes the kappa's leg!] ( And now, Lazar ) (I'll go after Lazar if the Kappa's still up. ;P ) * Lazar tosses a right hook at the Kappa. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( ..... ) (*facepalm*) * Peter uh.. continues to take notes. Useless in a fight he is. [Lazar shoulda tossed a left hook.] [Maria can go, then init.] * Maria leaps down, kicking at the Kappa's head form mid-air. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 3. * Makoto spins his yo-yo and hurries toward the combat, since it doesn't seem to be going as hoped. [Maria knocks it out cold.] ( Why, ah do believe that's, ah say that's ah hit. ) * Chie grabs the ropes. "Fantastic." If this fantastic, no want to see bad. * Chie hurries over to the fallen Giant Kappa. * Makoto slows down and puts the yo-yo away again. "Okay, cool. Chie, I'll take another rope and help you." * Chie tosses Makoto another coil of rope. * Maria rolls her head from one side to the other. (Ard's AFK at the moment.) Laz, I think we might need your help moving this thing. * Naomi comes over. "Not bad." Prolly. * Chomei looks at the mass of Kappa. "That wasn't so hard." * Chie starts tying. * Makoto helps Chie tie up the big one--so it goes quickly this time. Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you don't. So we got lucky this time. Good for us. Yup. Guess so. [Suddenly there's a blur of in front of Naomi. Her eyes go wide as a gash is suddenly opened in her stomach. She falls to her knees.] What the...? Huh? * Chie draws her sword in a really quick motion. What the..? * Chomei turns to Naomi. "What the heck?" * Lazar moves up to the kappa, sets himself... then bolts upright, and charges towards Naomi. * Chomei readies his bow. * Peter quickly rushes to Naomi. * Makoto looks up from the completed knots. * Maria blinks. (Err... assume that I finished tying, then drew my sword.) * Peter kneels and checks her wounds. "What on earth?" * Maria looks around for whatever cuased the blur. [Standing on the outer wall is a creature that looks half-mechanic. It's body is black, but it seems to wear red armor over its limbs. It's headd is long and narrow. It's got mechanical teeth, and glowing yellow eyes.] ( Oh shit. Knightblazer is here, and he's pissed. ) * Naomi grimaces. "D-Damn." she starts to rise. What the *hell* is that? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 6. * Chomei looks at the giant thing. "What is THAT?" * Lazar growls. "It dead." (You just couldn't let us go without getting attacked, could you, Brett?) It's grass. * Kappa is now known as KnightBlazerThing * Chomei aims at the giant monster-thing. 2d6-3 * Lazar stomps toward the roboty thingee. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-3) and gets 8. * Naomi stares at the thing. "I'm... not sure wh... Damn." ( roll init :P ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 8. * Maria skulks over to one side of the robothing. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+7 * Makoto spins his yo-yo and moves away from the kappa to circle around behind and beside Lazar... * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+6 d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 7. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+7 ( Oh dear. ) (That's not good, is it?) ( oops. ) (Geez, what's with all the 1's?) ( Meh. ) ( Got everyone but Rei ) ( Don't worry about it, just don't flood so many dice rolls all at once. ) (As I said, Ard's AFK.) (You want me to roll init for her?) It.. it can't be. ( I'll just have her go last. ) (Okies.) Can't be *what*? (Parental Unit wanted to talk. Sorry.) * Chomei blinks. "What can't it be? All I know is it won't be living much longer." d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (d6+6) and gets 8. Be careful. This is.. .. it's very strong. ~What the hell is that? Prof, what the *hell* is that?~ It's a.. a mechanical demon. A mechanical *demon*? ~Screw that. Does it have a brain? A real one?~ * Chomei looks at it. "Yup, looks like one, I guess." I don't know. It's only been a legend to this point. I.. would advise a retreat. Um... Where would we run? * Makoto sneers as he looks at the thing. "I didn't know they had machine shops in hell. Can it outrun our vehicles? " ~Retreat? Prof, where do we *go*? Won't the demon thing just follow us? Like, right into Tokyo proper?~ And what would it do if we left? * Peter carefully places his crossbow away, and pulls out a different, more modern crossbow. * Lazar reaches for a pouch at his side, and slides on a pair of bracers. Prof, would wards work on this thing, if it's a demon? I do not know. It's not a demon as we know. It's partially machine. We don't stand much of a chance. This thing is.. amazingly fast and powerful. More then any of us. * Chomei peers at the demon. "Any weak-points? [Thingamabob, Lazar, Naomi, Maria, Chomei, Chie, Peter] Less talk. More running. [Thingamabob's turn] (Hey, what about me? ;_;) ( Rei before Peter. ) ( I got the same roll as Lazar, so I'm guessing I go after the golem? ) * KnightBlazerThing speaks! What it says seems to be little more than gibberish, however. ( Oops. Yeah ) [Lazar's turn] ( 'kay. ) * Lazar roars, and throws a straight punch at the demon. 2d6-2 Lazar, run, don't try to fight it. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. [The mechanical beast is suddenly at Lazar's side, and his punch hits nothing.] [Makoto's turn] * Lazar growls. * Makoto quickly snaps up his yo-yo, since it's clear that the weapon would be useless against their foe, and pulls his keychain from his pocket. He presses a button as he moves toward Naomi--who's wounded--and all of the car doors open. (That should about do it.) [Naomi's turn] * Naomi gets to her feet and moves into a fighting stance. She looks ready to fall over at any minute, though. [Maria's turn] * KnightBlazerThing is now known as MechanicalDemon * Maria kicks at the mechademon, hoping to distract it so everyone else can get away. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets -1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 1. [Maria kicks the demon, but it barely seems to register that. Maria, on the other hand, feels like she just kicked a steel wall. Luckily, she didn't seriously damage her foot.] [Chomei's turn] * Maria winces and hops backwards. Yeah, maybe there's something to this whole running away thing. * Chomei pulls the string on the bow, focusing on the movements of the demon. A strange energy appears to materialize in his bow. (End turn) [Chie's turn] * Chie cocks her head and listens to her sword. "For once, I agree with you!" She then backs out of the demon's range, going on the defensive. (Total defense) [Peter's turn] * Peter grabs Naomi and begins pulling her away from the demon. "Retreat is our best option." (No turn for me? ;_;) [Rei's turn :P] (Yay!) * Naomi scowls but lets herself be dragged. * SpiritRei positions herself between Naomi and the demon, not that anyone but maybe Chie can see it. She points up at the mechanical demon thing. ~Hey, ugly! Let's see how you like it up here when I tie dye your head!~ 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-1) and gets 9. [It doesn't seem to care! :P] RUN! [Demonthing's turn] (Mean ol' demon.) * MechanicalDemon leaps up high into the air. It's "stomach" opens, revealing a greenish eye, that begins to glow. ( Should I assume you're all running, or do any of you still want turns? ) Get the hell out of here! (I'm running. Definitely running.) ( I'm all for running. ) (Running would probably be a good idea...) ( Is already running, yo. ) ( Run away! Run away! ) * Peter is heading right for his van. Thank god the doors are unlocked. ( Where ya running to? :P ) (My bike, wherever it's parked.) (Van sounds good.) * SpiritRei looks around, waiting for everyone else to move. * Lazar retreats towards the van, making sure he is between the demon and the others ( My car! Makoto's already opened all the doors. ) * Chomei breaks out of his concentration and heads towards the nearest vehicle. ( And who's got Naomi? ) ( Makoto's car. ) (Peter has her.) ( I do. ) * Makoto continues on his path to the car. He'd planned on taking Nao-chan, but Peter grabbed her first, which is fine, all things considered. * SpiritRei waves. ~Bye bye, hideous foresaken creature of the netherworld!~ * SpiritRei winks out of existance. * SpiritRei is now known as Rei * Peter almost throws Naomi into the van, then hops into the driver's seat. * Rei wakes up and scrambles out of the car. "Makoto!" She waves. "Get your ass in here!" [Ok, you flee to your vehicles. An instant later, a bright flash fires downwards. It's surprisingly smaller in diameter than you expected.] (We'll take it.) * Peter waits until Lazar gets in. If he does. And then GUNS it. * Rei dashes for her bike and hops on, pulling on her helmet. She hits the ignition and revs the engine, glancing for Maria. * Chie hops on her bike, jams her helmet on, fires it up, and gets the hell *away.* * Maria hops onto the back of Rei's bike. "Go!" * Rei goes! And oh, does she go. * Lazar got in. * Chomei runs over to Makoto's car and hops in as soon as Rei's out. [And they're off before the explosion!] * Makoto revs the engine and takes off fast enough to close all of the doors without using his hands. Vroom! [Mostly 'cause there isn't any.] ( Heh. ) (I'm not complaining.) (I'm not either.) * Naomi struggles into a sitting position in the van. "Damn. There's still the kappa..." She grimaces. Bigger problems. I believe the kappa are dwarfed next to that. * Makoto glances into the rear view mirror to make sure his passenger is still alive. "See anything going on behind us, Chomei?" Maybe it kill kappa. * Chomei looks through the rear window. (Do I see anything?) ( BRB. X_X ) [Chomei sees nothing. Not even the demon. Maybe it's gone.] It's not... It just up and vanished. (Wait... nothing as in big white space?) ( Nothing as in everything looks normal. ) (Oh, okay.) * Makoto slows the car and turns on his blinker to indicate that he's turning around. ( Back. ) What? It's gone? Yeah, not there, poof, just gone. * Rei glances at one of the side mirrors. * Peter slows the van, but does not turn around. This is a very bad situation. Very bad. * Chie slows down, but only because she's behind the others. * Makoto rolls down the windows and waves one of the other vehicles up beside him. Hopefully, this street isn't dreadfully crowded around midnight. Considering how fast it was... It's worse. Much, much worse. [Lights are coming on after the big light effects, but nobody's paying attention to you, really.] This creature is only mentioned in a scant few legends.. and each is terrifying to read. * Rei narrows her eyes and slaps the side of her helmet, activating the microphone in it. "Hey, Maria. I'm headin' to the clubroom, see if anything happened there. What do ya think?" * Chie pulls up next to Makoto. * Makoto waits for -somebody- to pull up beside him so they don't have to decide what to do independently of one another. * Makoto leans over to talk to Chie. "Looks like nothing's back there. Should somebody go see what happened, or are we going back to the club room?" * Maria responds into her microphone. "Works for me." * Chie shakes her head. "*I'm* not goin' back there. And heading to the clubroom sounds good. We need to talk. Is the prof takin' Naomi somewhere?" * Rei nods and pulls up on the shoulder. She looks at Makoto and Chie. Maria an' I are going back to the clubroom. I wanna make sure nothing happened to it. *Somebody* should go back there, though. * Makoto nods. Okay. Go on then. I'll tell Peter. If the thing is really gone, we still need to get the kappa out to sea. * Peter pulls up alongside the others as best he can. * Rei nods and gives a thumbs up, then zooms off. I believe we need to have a meeting. N.. where is she going? * Makoto relays the message to Peter. To the clubhouse. * Maria speaks into her microphone. "Rei. Do you know if the windows to the clubroom open?" I'm headin' there now. Fine. Let's go there now. We have to discuss this. * Chie follows Rei. What about the Kappa? They don't matter at the moment. * Rei shakes her head. "Don't remember. Only one way to find out, right?" She goes faster. Professor? What about the-- okay. * Chomei shrugs. "Alright." We'll follow you. * Peter nods and drives. * Makoto rolls up the windows and follows. * Maria nods. "Right. It'll be a quicker way up for me, at least." Yeah, I remember. I have to take the elevator like normal people, though. (What, Rei has to do something like a normal person? ;p) ( Hehe. ) (Com'on, use the ladder.) * Lazar mutters something in Hungarian. (And tire my delicate arms? No way!) * Makoto pulls into the parking lot outside the clubhouse after everybody else, assuming they all get there without being waylaid. * Peter pulls up and waits for the others. * Chie hops off her bike. "Okay." * Chomei gets out of the car after Makoto parks. * Rei is off her bike and running for the building already. She and Maria would have gotten there first. ^_~ * Makoto gets out and locks his car as per normal, then walks over to the van. * Lazar steps out of the van, having returned to his 'normal' guise, and heads for the stairs. ( /me catches up @_@ ) * Peter nods at Makoto and then starts for the clubroom. * Makoto goes up with everybody. * Chie heads for the stairs as well. * Chomei heads to the clubroom. * Maria has already gone up the side of the building to look into the clubroom, provided she doesn't see anyone around at this time of night. Which she probably doesn't. ( What are you guys doing about Naomi? ) ( Let's assume Lazar's carrying her. =P ) * Makoto hurriedly helps Naomi go upstairs with eveyrbody. ( Or not. ) [Ok, you get to the clubroom to see it a mess. Was there a battle here? No, you just left Rei alone there for too long :P] ( Hah! ) ( Exposition: Now or next session? ) ( Now. ) * Rei is, in fact, making a mess. She's making a mess and swearing creatively in Japanese, English, and Chinese. So much for being cheery. (Either works for me.) (How about now.) * Maria gets in the clubroom. ( Either or. ) * Peter sits in a chair and waits. * Chie , surprisingly, can understand pretty much all of what Rei's saying. "Didn't think that was possible, Rei." * Makoto helps Nao-chan into a chair. * Chomei enters the room and takes his favorite part of the wall to lean against. * Lazar paces back and forth on one side of the room, scowling. * Rei snarls and tosses a stapler in a random direction. "Sure it is. The llama might be hard to get, but that's not the point." * Naomi grimaces. Ow. * Chie turns to Naomi. "You okay? Should we get you to a doctor or something?" Nah... I heal quick. * Lazar doesn't even blink when the stapler bounces off his head. * Rei doesn't seem to notice Lazar as she sinks into a chair and sighs. * Chie slumps into a chair. * Maria is scowling. * Makoto does not sit, because doing do makes the spinning of trick yo-yos more difficult. * Maria almost looks silly scowling, but she's doing it anyway. May I ask what the hell happened? * Peter coughs, and manages to look very teacherly. Alright, so what's up? That creature was a Metal Demon. That is one of it's many names. We got our asses kicked is what happened. Man. This creature only appears in three known legends. * Rei rubs at one side of her head. "Don't tell me it's related to Voltron." The first is an Egyptian legend. Egypt. Like... ancient Egypt? It's *that* old? Yes. * Maria frowns. "In awfully good shape for something that old." Maybe it's gettin some repairs. The god Set was angered by his people. To punish them, he made a deal with the Metal Demon. The Demon, under agreement with Set, destory most of their civilization. * Chie starts swearing in Japanese, proceeds through Chinese, and ends up in English, making a note to ask Lazar for some choice words later. No weapon could harm it. That's not good. Great. The only reason it stopped was because Set tried to push their agreement. Had he not, their entire civilization would have been destroyed. Damn, Chie, you're good. We should share notes or something. Of course. Weapons were not as strong back then. * Chie grins, though it's rather humorless. "I practice a lot." * Chomei nods. "The second time?" * Maria continues scowling. * Rei nods distractedly. "So, what, we need a cruise missle to take it down or something?" Doubt it. The next time the Demon is mentioned, is in China. When Quing Shi Huang died, it is legend that his tomb was placed over a cavern, guarding something. The demon appeared there again, supposedly as a guard. The third time is more of a prophacy. But this is the reason that I am worried. How do we know it's the same demon? Chomei, do you really want to consider the fact that there's more than one? The description matches, but it could very well not be the same one. Lemme guess. The demon comes and blows up everything? I don't want to think there's more than one, but it's definetly possible. The third legend is a Mayan legend about the end of the world. Knew it. Is there a prophecy that *isn't* about the end of the world? "The sky will open, and the demon shall appear. Fire shall rain from the sky and all life shall be consumed" Didn't they say that in 1999? In that order? The sky didn't open, did it? It is not mentioned if the demon is the cause of the fire, or just shall be there.. but you can see why I'm worried. Not yet. No way, Chomei. That was when the computers were gonna blow up. Oh yeah. * Maria rubs her face. "Terriffic." Yeah. Just swell. ( Ending around now might be good. ((_z ) ( Ja. Agreed. ) Yeah, Demon here that signals end of world is no good. Then we find way to stop, no? Hey, maybe if we get a really big mallet... No, that wouldn't work, nevermind. Well, yeah. That's all we can do. It's our job and stuff, right? Speaking of which, we probably need to check up on those kappa and make sure the demon didn't deep fry 'em. I was set to leave soon anyhow... I'll just go a day early, see what I can find. * RDMgryphon has joined #besm We need to choose a captain before you leave though. * Naomi nods. "So do it now." * Rei blinks and looks over at Naomi, looking mildly disappointed. "If... you want to." She reaches into her backpack and pulls out a box of pocky tossing it to her, a grin suddenly appearing on her face. "Here ya go! A going away present." * Naomi grins. "Thanks." * Rei makes a v for victory. "Hey, we all need some brightening up here." * Maria nods. * Makoto smiles faintly at that. Actually... You don't need to chose a captain right now. I'll still keep in touch until tomorrow. Okay. You just said that so you can get more pocky. ( Translation: END NOW. ) Alright. * Chie nods. "Sure." [Session End. Geez]