[Day: Thursday, June 1st. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Yesterday, MC was faced with an end of the world crisis. But what else is new?] ( "It's the end of the world!" "Not *again*?" ) [Naomi left earlier than she had planned, intending to dig up more on this monster. So she's not there when they go to the club room tonigh (not that she ever got there before you did anyhow, but...)] [Instead, there's this 6'7" guy! He's a very, very large man with very short, almost shaved brown hair. His eyes are hidden behind dark goggles. He's wearing a long brown trenchcoat, but you can see from his stature that he must be very well muscled. Strapped across his back are two giant tonfa (they couldn't be less than 5 ft. long).] [Session start ^_^] * Kirby is now known as BigGuy (Tonfa's as in what Sun Ce uses in DW3?) (Yes.) * Maria is perched on the wall this time, just for something new. She eyes the big guy. ( Yup. Except a lot bigger ) ( /me kills you all! Shoulda done something else :P ) * Chomei is leaning against the wall looking at the really big guy. * Peter looks curiously at the new fellow, then walks over to him. "Peter Roivas. If you don't mind, may I ask who you are?" * Rei wanders in, carrying a large, covered tray of... something and singing to whatever she's listening to. "" o/~ She breaks off for a moment when she sees the guy, then goes back to singing as she sets the tray down on the teacher's desk. * Makoto walks in, spinning his yo-yo idly as ever. However, he doesn't -look- like Makoto. He looks like a stunningly handsome young man with long black hair tied behind his back. His gray eyes, and the appearance of a pair of ravens on the windowsill help give away his identity to those who're paying attention. Well, and the yo-yo. * Maria eyes Makoto with raised eyebrow. * Rei makes sure the tray's set, then grabs Makoto's arms and semi-spins him. "" She giggles madly, then collapses in a chair. * BigGuy peers down at Peter. He speaks with a thick accent: "My name iz Dimitri Romanov, from the Russia ICPO branch. Vhich von of you iz kommander here?" * Lazar is leaning in his corner, with his usual stoic expression. * BigGuy is now known as Dimitri * Chomei shrugs. ( Oh, no! It's Vsaevolod! ) (Only not!) ( Yeah! ) ( No, it's someone with a slightly more pronouncable name. ) * Makoto gives Maria a confused look, which is cut short when Rei grabs his arm for a moment. "Huh?" He looks at Dmitri, and then at Mari, and back at Rei again. "Did I miss something?" * Rei presses something in her ear and grins. "Hi Dimitri! Want some cucumbers?" Russian? I walk across Russia. Nice country. Lots of snow. Yes. Antarctica was taken over, and the penguin force is losing. Are you a bad enough doppelganger to save the penguins? * Dimitri turns his head slowly towards Rei. "No, I do not vant cucumbers." * Peter coughs. "Hello. Uh.. at the moment, we have not decided on a commander." * Rei pouts. "Poo." She pulls a cucumber out of her bag and munches. What ARE you talking about Rei? * Dimitri regards Peter again. "I see. I vas afraid of dis." Yo' momma. That and I made some munchies. * Makoto snickers at Rei. "You really -did- save those cucumbers?" * Rei nodnods. * Maria shrugs, hops down off the wall and walks over to Chomei. * Peter pushes his glasses up. "I understand it must be a problem. If you'd like, we can decide now." * Chomei produces a suit out of his backpack. "Oh, you might want this back. It wasn't too much trouble to patch back together." * Dimitri nods. "Do so. Be quick, ve haf things to do tonight." ( Well, we're all afraid of Dis. 'S not a nice place. ) * Peter looks back at the others. "We need to pick a commander. Would you like to do a traditional "secret" ballot, or just do nominations?" Peter be leader. He know important stuff, can make plans. * Maria nods. "Thank, Chomei." She heads out the door! * Rei glances at Makoto. "Like the new look." ^^ She pulls at the cloth over the tray and reveals... a full course meal made almost entirely out of cucumber. * Chomei looks at the meal and wrinkles his nose. "Not more cucumbers." Oh, Peter's real smart. No question about that. I think it'd be a bad idea to have only *one* commander- * Rei looks at Chomei. "You insultin' my cooking?" Not your cooking, your cucumbers. * Lazar tilts his head towards Peter. "Also, I get feeling you prefer supervise to action, no?" They're Makoto's cucumbers! * Peter pushes his glasses up. "Well.. I'm not much of a fighter." You insultin' his cucumbers, you insultin' him! Makoto, kick his ass. * Makoto grins at Rei. "I was in the middle of something else when I ran over, and forgot to change back." He looks back at Peter. "Sure, we could do a secret ballot. But I'll go ahead and spoil it by saying that I'd just as soon have the Professor run things." No you're not! I mean... wait no, you're right, they're his. * Makoto glares at Chomei. "Do you have a problem with my -cucumbers-?" * Lazar puts his fist through a desk. "Attention please, all?" * Chomei shakes his head. "No, no problem at all." * Dimitri watches the exchange carefully. * Rei sweatdrops. "Dude, Lazar. Property damage." * Rei tosses a cucumber at Lazar. Get attention, no? Lazar, remember. Those are very expensive, so .. take it easy on the smashing please. * Maria walks back in, looking just like she did, but without the suit in her hands. * Lazar has the grace to look somewhat abashed. "Sorry Peter. Always forget strength. Meant to just make loud sound." * Rei idly sneaks some cucumber chip and munches. * Makoto smiles cheerfully. "Here, I have a hat." He reaches into one of his many pockets and withdraws a crumpled baseball cap. "Everybody write the name of the person you think should be commander, and I'll walk around and collect the papers." Why bother? Peter'll win. Nobody's disagreed yet. * Maria hops back onto the wall. Oh. Good point. * Makoto stuffs the cap back into the pocket from which it came. * Rei looks over at Dimitri. "Of course, I'm not entirely certain what being commander entails, other than you get mission briefings from the ever-benevolent HQ." ^^ And bow perfect weapon for commander. Allow to stay back, watch entire field of battle. Me? If.. you agree. Okay then. I'll do my best not to let you down. * Maria smirks. "Good." Heh, sure, I have no problem with the prof. commanding. * Makoto looks back at Dmitri. "Okay, so the professor is our commander. What next?" Ideally, the kommander iz the leader of the group. Although I doubt it vould make much difference vith you people. * Peter looks towards Dimitri. "Okay. That problem is solved." * Rei grabs some toast and spreads cucumberish paste on it and starts munching. Ve haf little time. Today iz June first. Ve need to be in the city Miyako by midnight. * Maria hops down and has something from Rei's tray. It probably has cucumber in it. Why'd we need to be there? And where's Miyako anyway? * Chomei nods. "Why?" * Jukor has joined #besm It's north of Tokyo. About two hours away. Dere iz a certain monster, vhich shows up at a certain shrine, at midnight. Ve are going to dispose of it. * Maria munches the food, and looks happily surprised. She gives Rei a thumbs- up. Which shrine is this? * Rei perks up at Maria's sign of approval and thumbs ups back. * Rei grabs a cucumber chip and tosses it across the room to her. * Maria catches and munches. :9 It iz the Hatanaka shrine, in the city's suburbs. Dere vill be a festival, so you von't miss it. There will be a festival -while- we're there? What kind monster we be dealing with? Oh, will we be in time for the festival? Festivals are fun! Games and dancing and food... I wonder if I can open a cucumber booth. No, probably too late. * Chomei looks at Dimitri. "So there's a shrine that's having a festival and we have to kill a monster at said shrine without arousing suspicion?" Ah, I recognize this. * Maria looks confused. "Festival?" The festival iz not at the shrine, but around it. * Makoto gives Rei a sideways look. "Yeah, I think people turn into vampires if you feed them cucumbers from a booth after midnight." This creature appears every three or so years. Always in a different form. The only one I can remember being recorded was a giant snail. The priest iz already expecting us, so dere iz no danger of innocents getting infolfed. A... snail? * Rei grins at Makoto. "I vant to eat your cucumber!" * Rei hands Makoto a cucumber chip, too. No turn into vampyres. Maybe vengeful spirit though. Cucumber vampire snails? * Makoto snickers and snaps up the cucumber chip. * Maria frowns at that, then shakes her head. No. Just a snail. No vampires, and no cucumbers. * Rei hums and pulls out her minicomputer. She types for a bit. "Shroomsnail!" ...shroomsnail? * Lazar frowns. "No funny. Demon that can change forms powerful. No take lightly." Shroomsnail was one name used for it. I've given up asking. * Rei idly tosses another to Makoto. It's a snail with mushroom wings that can fly! ...oh, fun. And you just think I'm making that up. Am not. So there. That was the recorded form. * Makoto catches the chip and pops it into his mouth. That doesn't seem like a very... threatening form. * Maria hops over to Rei and sneaks some chips. :9 Neither do were-sheep of Transylvania. But very dangerous. Yeah, and why do we have to take care of it anyways? * Dimitri mutters to himself. "Shroomsnail. Who vould give it such a stupid name?" Because we get paid to do it, dumbass. * Rei throws a chip at Chomei. * Dimitri eyes Chomei. "Because it iz your job." * Maria snickers. * Chomei catches the chip. * Rei follows it up with a glob of cucumber paste. We didn't name it, I'm afraid. * Chomei ducks! THe people who battled it did. ( It wasn't dangerous so much as itchy, but hey :P ) Okay, so... we won't know what shape it'll take this time, but it'll be at the shrine, and there shouldn't be any bystanders. Is there anything else we should know? * Chomei cracks his knuckles. "Other than we need to get rid of it? I don't think so." Is there anyone we should contact when we get there? And are you going with us? And where's Naomi, anyway? And are you *sure* you don't want any cucumbers? These chips are really good. Dere are not enouf hours in a day to tell you vhat you should know. Miss Kusanagi didn't do her job vell enouf." Yes, they are. * Maria munches more cucumber products. :9 * Rei blinks. Hey, I -liked- Nao-chan. No need to badmouth her. And yes, I vill be comink vith you. Somebody haz to fix her mistakes. * Chomei flips the chip back at Rei like a coin and looks at the mess the paste made on the wall. "Now look what you did." * Maria raises an eyebrow. "She made mistakes?" * Peter coughs. Quite obviously. With all due respect, sir, if there aren't enough hours in the day to tell us what we should know, then you likely shouldn't give her trouble for what she's done. If, as you said, the situation is just that bad, then *you* can't do better. * Rei grabs the chip out of the air and pops it in her mouth. Dat iz vhy I am here. * Chomei nods. "What she said." So you can't do better? Glad you cleared that up. ^^ Well, in any event I think we've stood around talking too much. Let's go. * Maria nods and eats some more. Yeah, we gotta be there by midnight, right? * Rei stands and grabs the rest of the chips for munchies on the way there. She looks forlornly at the rest of the food. "It'll go bad." Open a window. The stupid ravens will eat it. * Dimitri nods. "Ve do. I vill leafe immediately. I vill trust Miss Kusanagi at least disiplined you enouf to not skip your verk?" I'm afraid human lives are more important then your food. * Dimitri heads for the door. He has to duck to get through. * Lazar nods. "Food later. Kill monster now." * Maria eyes Dimitri coldly. "I never skip work." * Rei glares at Dimitri, actually looking *offended*. "I never skip my work." Soon as he's out of earshot, she takes the rest of the food and goes to the window, unceremoniously dumping it out. "What a jerk." * Chomei ignores Dimitri. "Let's go." No kidding. Okay, who's ridin' in the Makotomobile? The Rei way is the only way to go! Lazar, in the van again? ( And then Dimitri made off with Makoto's car :P ) * Makoto sticks his tongue out at Rei and heads for the parking lot. Unless Rei want broken motorcycle, yes. ( Noooo! My BABY! ) I think I'll take the car. No offense prof. * Rei throws another chip at Makoto. * Rei sets the empty dishware and tray in a corner of the room. "Comin' with me, Maria?" ^^ * Maria shrugs. "Sure, why not?" * Lazar heads for the van. * Makoto is fortunately just out of range of chips. Because you value your life! * Rei cackles as she leaves. * Chomei heads for the li- err, lot. * DemoGaming is now known as Demota I do? * Maria chuckles as she follows Rei out. [Time: 10:00 p.m. You arrive in the suburbs of Miyako. There's a sign pointing to the shrine, but it's easy to find anyhow, because it's a)onna hill, and b) at the end of an aisle formed by festival tents.] ( How close can we park? Or can we just drive right in? ) ( There's a parking lot a few blocks away. ) ( Woot! ) * Peter parks in the lot. * Makoto pulls into the parking lot, but probably not first because Rei drives like a maniac. * Rei is twirling and looking at the sky, arms spread wide, having already done the near-death experience that is parking her bike. "We're heeeere! Let's get the party started with some cotton candy and a goldfish high!" Ow, ow, ow. * Lazar gets out of the van, patpating it as he closes the back door. "You suffer for good cause." Maria, for a kung fu master, you sure are a wuss sometimes. You okay? * Peter looks over at Rei. "Rei, we have a mission to complete first." * Chomei gets out of the car. "Mission first, play later." * Makoto waits for his passenger to disembark before using the keychain to lock up the vehicle remotely. Well, duh. Monster shows at midnight. What time is it? Oh, look! It's ten! * Makoto snickers at Rei. We might want time to prepare. We usually need it. Don't you think we need to get ready? Why, I do think that we should summon the monster *early* and- well, prepare for what? We dunno what it's gonna be. * Peter sighs. "Feel free to go and.. "party" then. I'll be waiting, in case the monster decides to show up early. Simply follow the sounds of my horrible screams." ( Do you want door number one, door number two, or door number three? :P ) ( All of the above. ) * Makoto laughs at Peter's jibe. "Hey, that was good, Professor." * Maria rubs her rump. "Rei, I'd like to tell you, just for the sake of my friend having complete info, that my butt has never been so sore." ( Cool. You get a giant electric eel, an evil Kirby, and a sentient anvil. ) Ah, you get used to it. Buns of steel. If you say so. [You're in the suburbs. It's 10:00. Whatcha gonna do?] * Maria is gonna go check out the festival. Duh. C'mon, Prof. Don't be so sour. Like sour picked cucumbers. ( *grabs Rei in a headlock and noogies her mercilessly* ) I'm sorry, but we have to be serious about this. It isn't a vacation. * Maria smirks. "You sure about that?" So you'd rather just sit and do *nothing* and become numb for two hours so by the time you're about to fall asleep the monster will be on top of you and sucking your brains out with a straw? Quite. I have a book to read, so I will be far from bored. It the book in Japanese? Patience is virtue. * Chomei chuckles. "And the monster won't need to look for brains either." Actually, it is Latin. Damn, prof. Why can't you have any books in Japanese? Then I could read over your shoulder. Well, I'll probably see enough people on the way there to keep me occupied once we get to the shrine. So I'm all for going and waiting. I'm sorry. Next time I talk to the corpses of ancient greeks, I'll ask them to write in a language they don't know. Sure, Lazar. I'm plenty patient. But what does patience have to do with this? We know when the monster's gonna show up: midnight. That's fine. I'm even willing to wait earlier if I have to, but not two hours. Midnight, midnight, clockwork for years and years, and why should today be particularly different, exactly? * Maria shrugs. "I *can* wait that long. I'm good at waiting. I'd just rather not." ) ( Latin is such a self-centered language. Every other word ends in "I" or "us" ) (*snicker*) * Makoto grins at Rei. "If -I- were a centiries-old monster, I'd try mixing it up every once in a while, to confuse the heroes." ... okay, how about middle. Meet at temple at eleven. * Maria snickers. "Awww, thanks, Prof." ( centuries, even ) * Rei makes a v for victory, then starts heading off to the festival. Those paying attention can hear her say quietly, "'Sides, it's not like I'm ever any good in a fight anyway. Wonder if they have any cotton candy? Mmm, spun sugar." I'll meet everybody at the shrine in a little while, then. * Maria heads off for the festival, too. What's cotton candy? Well, she'll prolly find out soon enough. ... it was just sugges- oy vey. ( Aw man. Are you guys splitting up? ;_; ) * Chomei starts walking to the festival. Someone's gotta keep Rei outta too much trouble. (Feh. I just get *you* in trouble. ^^) ( Wow. It's just like every session of GCI. ^_~ 'Scept without the arguing. ) (I know. ;_;) (It's time for another round of Let's Torture The GM!) * Makoto hangs back at the edge of the parking lot and looks back at Lazar and Peter. "Hey! You guys coming, or what?" * Lazar rubs his head and turns to Peter. "They no very good at this team thing, are they?" No, I'm afraid they are not. * Peter looks at Makoto. "I'm afraid not. We're going to wait for the demon." * Makoto walks back to Peter and Lazar. But don't we have to go through there to get to the shrine? I figured at least I could see a couple of new people to commit to memory. * Peter heads for the demonwaitingspot. * Lazar follows. "Then follow. We walk, you look. Just no stop." *small grin* * Makoto follows Peter and Lazar. He grins back at the golem. "That sounds fair enough to me." [In fact, they do have to pass through the festival. But presumeably, they don't stop for anything.] * Makoto tries his best to memorize the appearances of at least some of the people they pass. Never hurts to expand the arsenal. ( Makoto commits a guy with an afro to memory. No, not really :P ) ( Gah! ... The GM is scaring me! ;_; ) [They reach the shrine, where they see Dimitri, and a young foreign- looking girl in priestess robes.] * KirbyEsquire is now known as Priestess * Peter walks over to Dimitri and the girl. "We're here. Some of us at least." * Dimitri is standing next to the shrine, waiting. "So I see. Vell, at least some of you care about your verk." * Makoto introduces himself to the priestess, having almost forgotten that he's bishy today. They inex- inex... new to this. They learn. I hope. * RDMgryphon has joined #besm * Lazar mutters. "Hope before someone get hurt..." (Makoto's going undercover as a bishounen today, huh? ^_^) * Priestess waves. "Howdy, y'all! I'm Charlene, priestess at this here shrine." * Priestess is now known as Charlene ( Yep! ^_^ ) ( ... ) * Lazar blinks, turns to Peter, and says something in Hungarian. * Peter bows to the Priestess. "Peter Roivas." * Makoto opens his mouth to say something witty, and finds that the priestess's terrible accent has destroyed all of his witty pick-up lines. * Dimitri nods to Lazar. "Indeed. Dey need dicipline. Miss Kusanagi vas supposed to teach them as much." Uh. Makoto Imagawa. * Peter looks at Lazar and says something. ( ^_^ ) Dimitri here says y'all gonna kill the monster at midnight, raiht? Uh. We hope to. * Makoto surreptitiously looks for some excuse to talk to a different person. Sadly, his only other options would be Dmitri, Peter, or Lazar... Poor Makoto. Well, that'll be jus' fine an' dandy. * Lazar bows to the priestess. "Lazar Thau." ( Poor Makoto indeed :P ) So... we know about monster in fight? How strong, how fast... Yyyesss... Uhm, how long have you been a priestess at this shrine, Charlene? * Charlene grins at Makoto. "Glad ya asked. Musta been 'bout four years now, I reckon." I been here fer one of dem fights beforah, but I hear it changes every time. (Makoto: That's what you get for not going with the cool people. ^_~) ( yes, you get a GM who does bad accents and wants to die x.x ) Changes shape and abilities? No good... * Makoto starts mimicking Charlene's accent as a defense mechanism. "What was de last fight lahk?" Why, it was a squid with a daisy growin' from its heahd. Strangest durn thing Ah ain't nevah seen. ( Behold, it gets worse! ) A... a -what-? A squid. * Makoto turns to Peter. "With a daisy?" With a daisy growing from it's head. How interesting. A squid. With a daisy. Ah reckon. Ah, were-squid. Very dangerous. Lots of arms. * NinjaDebugger is now known as ReadDebugger * Charlene nods. "Now, Ah ain't nevah fought none, mind. What kind o' durn fool deymon shows up as a squid with a daisy on it's heahd? Ah jus' watched, so Ah don' know if'n it's tough or weak, or what. Well, did people fighting it get... what word... mangled? It does not matter. Ve vill defeat it. * Dimitri eyes the group. "Even if ve are the only vons here." Oh, yes, it was dreaful. Others will be here... I think. They will show. One'a those fellas had 'is ahrm snapped in three pahrts. * Charlene shudders a bit. Ah hope they do show up on tahm. It'd be plumb dreadful if'n they left us to our own devices. Simply dreadful. If no here, then I smash. Lazar, honey, you cain't sm... Ahem. You'll smash the demon, or you'll smash the rest of the group? If not, ve may haf enough manpower to defeat it. Unlike Miss Kusanagi, I vill not sit idly by. ( Advice to any GMs: Don't NPC two characters with different accents at once, please. It's painful x.x ) ( Hah! I reckon it is. ) * Lazar looks over his shoulder at Makoto, and grins slightly. ( Sugah, you don' know the haf ov it. ) ( Hehe. ) ( Ow. The bad fake Southern accents. It hurts my brane. ;_; ) I smash what needs be smashed. * Charlene clasps her hands together. "Well! We have some taihme befo' the nasty ol' monster shows... Would y'all care to hear the history of this here shrine? " Uh... sho thang? Please. * Makoto is silently torn between being glad that he stuck with Lazar, so as not to be inadvertantly smashed, and upset that he has to endure a who-knows-how- long monologue from Charlene, demon queen of Podunk. Wonderful! Now, this here shrine, she's been around since the 1600s. They say Ieyasu Tokugawa once prayed here. Sometime in the 1900s, though, some foreigners came to try to make a livin' by buildin' Japan's railroad. One a dem foreigner-types saw the shrine and immediately resolved to become a priest. So since then, this here shrine has always been run by foreigners. My predecessor-types were mighty fine folks, I reckon. I reckon they musta' been. But... how do you keep supplyin' all the foreigners? I mean, don'tchall get a bit local after a few generations? ( Probably not, actually. I mean, who could stand that accent long enough? ) * Charlene scratches her chin. "Why, Ah ain't nevah thought'a that. Ah wonder why that is?" ( Oh, don't worry. The accent changes every generation :P ) ( Hehehe. ) Perhaps an enchantment? Ya think maybe it has somethin' ta do with the beasty? I don't know. Do you know when this beast started to appear? * Lazar starts to stretch, then remembers he has no muscles to stretch. He decides on standing still. Why, no. Ah nevah been tol' that. I'm afraid I don't have enough information to go on then. * Makoto pats his pockets until he finds the one with the watch. It's a cheap sports watch with the band broken off. He withdraws it and checks the time. * Lazar turns to Peter. "What time?" Ah'm sorry. If'n there's anything Ah can do t' help... ( Outta my head, Schnee. =P ) ( Bwahahaaa! ) * Peter checks his watch. ( Brettcakes? ) [Is now 11:00] Eleven o'clock. * Lazar hmms. The other should be showing up soon. * Makoto replaces the watch in its home pocket. Others should be now. Said meet at 11, not near. So ve hope. * Makoto withdraws his trusty yo-yo. The bigger one. Just in case the demon is still on Daylight Savings Time. * Lazar clasps his pendant. Image shudders, fades, and there's that golem again. ( Well, it's June in Japan. Even if they HAD DST, it would be active anyway. ) ( But they don't. They have GM time. ) ( Even better! ) ( Meaning it could be 11:59 for six hours if I feel like it :P ) ( Hehe. ) * Rei walks on in with that huge grin upon her face. "Hi!" * Rei also has, incidentally, pink cotton candy in her hair. Even though she's holding a mostly eaten blue spool of it. * Peter decides not to ask. * Chie steps in. Or somebody who looks like her, only with purple hair instead of red. "Evenin', all. Fancy meeting you here." * Charlene waves to the newcomers. "Why, howdy, y'all!" * Chomei walks up, rubbing his head, and holding a stick of pink cotton candy. Howdy! You late. * Chie grins. * Maria is suddenly next to Lazar. "Not really." Actually, I'm right on time. * Chomei checks his watch. "Yup, on time." And the least you guys could do is pretend to be surprised to see me. * Makoto moves AWAY from Charlene, and over toward the other half of group. "Hey, Chie. Where'd they find you?" I'm glad you all showed up. You vould be the last member, then? The von who vas missink? * Chie eyes the bishounen. "Makoto?" * Rei smiles and turns to the priestess. "Do y'guys have a place that's safe and away from all the fighting, where I won't be bothered?" * Lazar eyes Chie. "I golem. Take lot more to surprise than most." * Chie turns to Dimitri. "I wasn't missing. I was here all along. Ask Charlene." Why, shoure. You c'n come with me when the fightin' starts. It's a might bit bettah than stayin' here, I reckon. * Makoto looks down at himself and then back at Chie with a grin. "Yeah. I forgot to change back before the meeting, so I figured I'd stay like this today. Nice, huh?" * Chie chuckles. "Not bad, not bad." You did not show up at headquarters. You vere missink. Oh, sure. ^^ Gotta do meditating and zoning out and stuff. Want some cotton candy? * Chomei shrugs. * Chie shrugs. "Got a call from Eoi-sensei. Eoi Tabushi. The Naginata." She barely manages to say that with a straight face. "And who're you?" Shoure. * Rei grins and hands the rest of the spool to the priestess. Somebody appreciates sugar around here. * Dimitri says, rather. "Dimitri Romanov. I am here to fix Miss Kusanagi's mistakes." * Maria looks up (and up and up) at Lazar. "You ready for a brawl, big man?" * Chomei looks at his cotton candy, then dumps it in a nearby garbage can. ( Funnily enough, Dimitri's even taller than Lazar. ) * Chie looks way up at Dimitri and smirks ,but says nothing. ( o_O ) (I keep forgetting how short I am. ^^;) Of course, little one. Just be careful... monster beat last group bad. ( Lazar's 6'2 ) * Maria has actually finished her cotton candy. :9 ( Ah. ) We're not the last group. ^_^ ( Which is still plenty tall ) And we're not gonna get beat up bad... I hope. * Maria nods. "Alright. I'll be careful, then." * Rei twirls and sits on the floor. She digs in her backpack, pulling out that little black box, then starts humming as she works on it. (Chie's 5'0". She's tiny.) (But strong.) (Yes, but I'm stealthy like ninja.) Ah hope not. If'n ya don't stop the durn thing, it'll run rampant like a dang stampede, I reckon. * Peter is rather quiet. ( Maria's 5'2" She's not much taller. But prolly stronger. ) (Most likely stronger.) ( That's whay all of you are 'little one'. =P ) ( 'Xactly. ^_~ ) [Time passes.] * Rei pulls out a screwdriver and starts messing with its insides again. "<'Cause I am fierce and we're all fabulous!>" ( BRB! ) * Charlene looks to Rei. "Well! Ah reckon it's about time fer us ta scram outta here." (Why did Rei's theme song just come on?) Sounds like a plan. (Because she's just that good.) ( Because Ard has control of your computer, silly. ) ( I just have Legacy of an Emperor on. It's 24 minutes :P ) * Rei picks up all her stuff. ( I have "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream. I don't count. ) * Charlene leads Rei to the forrest surrounding the shrine, which is "away from the fighting", technically. * Makoto throws his yo-yo into a "sleeping" spin and looks around the shrine with wide eyes. Hey, do we even know how or where this thing will appear? * Rei cheerfully walks after her. It vill be here, somevhere. Ve vill see it. * Chie draws her sword and looks at it. "And don't start anything with me tonight. I'm not in the mood." * Chomei shrugs. "Just be ready I guess." He summons his bow soon after. * Charlene is now known as Kirby Hey, Chie. Maybe you should start collecting rent on that sword. If I could figure out a way to get something from her, yes. But I'd prefer no occupancy. * Lazar hops from foot to foot a bit as he waits. The ground is not very happy about this. * Rei is now known as SpiritRei * Maria chuckles. She also takes a moment to loosen up with some stretches. ( Oh, no! It's an earthquake! ) * SpiritRei zooms in. ~I'm baaaaaaack!~ Welcome back, Rei. Alright. Who has the time? [Time: 11:59 p.m.] * Peter checks his watch. 11:59. ~I feel welcome! You know, one of the really sucky things about bein' in astral form is you can't eat or drink. Who came up with that rule? Lame.~ * Maria hops up to the cieling and gets into a ready stance. ( "Any minute now..." *Six hours later* "Any minute now..." ) That is lame. * Chie goes into a ready stance as well. ( Aren't we outside? What ceiling? ) * Chomei moves back a little. ( ?_? ) ( Yes, it's outside. ) ~Totally lame. No Tang, no chocolate, no nothin'. Though I can still cook. 'Cept I can't smell what I'm cookin'. Lame.~ ( Damn. ;_; ) ( Retcon that last, then. ) ( Maria falls on her butt. ) [At midnight, a big glowing green circle appears in front of the shrine, and out oozes... a moose made of jelly, with glowing green eyes and with two "wings" composed of blade-like, razor-sharp chocolate. (roll init!)] * Maria just gets into a ready stance, then. No cieling = no fun. ;_; * Kirby is now known as JellyMoose d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 8. (Razor-sharp chocolate. I've heard everything now.) d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 13. ~Jelly ChocoMoose!~ d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (d6+6) and gets 12. ( Well, that makes things easy for me. ) ( Wow, we rolled a lot of 5's. ) (Better now than later. :) ) * Chie eyes the demon. "Yummy." Chocolate? ... that new one. No as odd as Cabbage Elemental, but odd still. * Chomei yells at Peter. "What do you know about edible spirits?" * Maria doesn't let the bizarreness faze her. It takes effort, tho. [Chomei, Chie, Makoto, Rei, Dimitri, Peter, Lazar, Moose, Maria] [Chomei's turn] Remind me *never* to go to your homeland, Laz. ( I wasn't aware there was an elemental plane of cabbage. ) * Chomei aims and fires a 'normal' shot at the... chocomoose? ( Chocolate moose. Haw. ) ( No, jelly moose. With chocowings. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Made it. :) ) [Chomei shoots it, leaving a hole in the jelly.] [Chie's turn] ( In transylvania, there is EVERYTHING. ) * Chie pulls a ward out of her pocket, then rushes up to the moose and tries to stick it on. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. (Drat!) [Chie misses.] [Makoto's turn] * Makoto stares wide-eyed at the moose THING and hangs back, spinning his yo-yo as he moves warily around to one side of the group. Most of his combat moves involves solid, or at least vaguely humanoid opponents, and he has no idea what to do about a gooey animal. ( Pass. Just moving around. ) [Rei's turn] * SpiritRei gets a closer look at it (mostly because it appeared *in* her, more or less), and screams, backpedaling with alarming speed - never mind that it probably can't hurt her. She brings her hand up and around towards the moose, 'shouting', ~Get it away!~ 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-1) and gets 9. [Dimitri's turn] * Dimitri charges forwards, unstrapping and readying his giant tonfa as he does so. He swipes at the creature with one, and gets a good hit in. This causes a bit of it to splatter, though. Dimitri hops back quickly, but Chie needs a defense roll.] ( Melee defense, that is ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. (Again?) (Whyfore all the 10's, Dicesuke?) [Chie gets hit by some jelly. It stings, but isn't TOO painful.] [Peter's turn] Ow! Thanks a *lot*. * Peter gets out his crossbow. ( End turn. ) [Lazar's turn] ( Tonight's game is brought to you by the hit new film: "Dicesuke and the Number Five Affair." ) In the field, you must be able to adapt quickly. * Lazar charges the moose, doing his best to get between the moose and the others as he drops a double-axehandle strick on it. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. ( Hit ) * Chie ignores Dimitri. And the jelly, as best she can. ( Er, strike, even. ) [Lazar pounds it, but this causes more jelly to splatter. He and Chie need defense rolls.] ( A Strick? Like, from Strick Land? ^_^ ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 4. (Aww. Just barely, that time.) ( Made it ) [Everyone hops out of the way, avoiding the resulting splatter.] [Moose's turn] d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d8) and gets 7. * JellyMoose turns in Makoto's direction, opens it's mouth, and fires a gooey reddish beam. ( Makoto needs to defend ) ( Dangit. Ranged? ) ( yah ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 8. ( Poo. ) (5's are us) [Makoto gets hit in the leg! But he doesn't feel any pain from the attack. Or anything else, for that matter. He finds himself falling to the ground, because his leg is now about as solid as jello.] [Maria's turn] * Makoto makes a strangled and rather surprised sound, and falls over. * Maria leaps at the moose, swinging a kick for the general region of it's jaw. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 1. ( Oh my... ) ( Oh your...? ) [Maria hits it, but the bottom of her boot dissolves, and her foot starts to sting. Everyone in melee range, need another def roll.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Ha! I made that one!) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 9. ( No way. =P ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Missed by one. ONE. ;_; ) ( suddenly realizes that Chie had actually gotten hit last time. Oh well, you get off easy. ) (And here I thought you were being nice, because I was close. ;p) [Chie dodges the attack, while the corner of Dimitri's trenchcoat dissolves. Maria had already been affected. And the jelly lands on Lazar, but only stings a bit.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei aims at the moose. "I wonder if you're flamable..." He fires a flaming arrow at it. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. (Hit.) (He could be inflammable and still get the same effect. ^_~) (Maybe. :) ) [Chomei shoots it again! The bolt punctures a hole in the moose, which doesn't cause a splatter.] ( I'm meeeeelting, meeeeeelting! What a world, what a world!) [Chie's turn] ( *laughs* ) * Chie tries to stick a ward on it again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. * Lazar looks down at the goop disapprovingly. (Argh!!) [Chie has no luck.] (Mental note: next time, do not forget to bring a bribe for Dicsuke.) [Makoto's turn] ( That's what happens when you show up late :P ) (That's why I use Bribe Organizer (tm). It tells me who to bribe and at what time to get the best results.) * Makoto drags himself backwards, away from the combat. Stupid jelly leg. ( Done. Dangit. ) [Rei's turn] * SpiritRei dives through Makoto and puts her arms around his shoulders, dragging him faster. ~Come on, move it, the evil slimy thing's gonna eat and burn us and we're all gonna DIE!~ [Dimitri's turn] * Dimitri hops back. "Vell, let's see how you like this von!" The front of his right tonfa drops open, revealing a gatling gun beneath, which he uses to gattle the moose. Assuming gattle is a word :P] [And he... hits with about half of the shots.] [Peter's turn] * Chie raises an eyebrow, but says nothing. ( He's like a big athiest Wolfwood! ) (With tonfa.) ( Well, put two tonfa together and you get a cross... =P ) (True. A cross with handles!) ( Hehe. ) * Peter takes aim... ( Using a turn to aim. ) [Lazar's turn] ( Peter will probably get the killing blow, and we'll all have to say he did all the work. ) ( 'Course. He's the captain. ) ( Hehe. ) * Lazar again attempts to position himself between the moose and the others, and slugs the thing in the snoutal region. 2d6-2 * Atom[S3Hugo] rolls for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Hit. ) [Lazar pounds the moose again! Chie, Maria and Lazar need melee defense rolls.] 2d6-2 * Atom[S3Hugo] rolls for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( ;_; ) 2d6-2 * Atom[S3Hugo] rolls for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-1 * Atom[S3Hugo] rolls for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 8. ( Nope ) [Maria and Chie find bits of their clothing when the jello hits them, but it doesn't do more than sting. Lazar is also hit, but he doesn't wear much clothes (and I ain't going there), so he just gets stung :P] ( Er... Bits of their clothing dissolve, that is. ) [Moose's turn] * Maria grimaces. Dissolving clothing = BAD. * Lazar doesn't much notice. (Keep this up and the guys are going to start making rolls to keep from getting distracted.) * Chie manages to twist slightly sideways, so it hits her in the back. You can see there's something tattooed there. ( Pretty much, yeah. ) ( Whoo! The girls'll be nekkid by the time this fight's over! Makoto will be rewarded for enduring the conversation of bad-accent-priestess! ) (Hey, I'm going to show off my tattoo. ;p) ( Not if Lazar tosses you back to the van first! ) * JellyMoose slashes at Lazar with razor-sharp, sugary chocolate blade-wings. It misses with one, but does it hit with the other? Let's see if Lazar can make a melee defense roll.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( No, no he can't. ) ( ...how much could chocolate possibly hurt? ) (But it's razor-sharp chocolate!) ( It's DARK CHOCOLATE! ) [Lazar gets cut by a surprisingly sharp chocolate blade. Surprisingly, in that it gets good penetration on his stone skin.] (*cracks up*) [Maria's turn] ( Noooo! Not DARK CHOCOLATE! ;_; ) * Lazar grunts. * Maria tries an experiment. She spins, bringing the back of her not-covered-by- clothes hand through the megamoose's leg. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 1. [Maria's hand stings, and Chie and Lazar need def. rolls again. Isn't this fun! :P] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 9. ( Not a chance. ) (Awright!) (Dicesuke got his bribe. ^_~) ( Dicey suddenly loves Chie. ^^ ) ( Ah. That must be it. ^_~ ) ( She slipped a Benjamin down his trousers. ) [Chie expertly spins her sword, blocking the jelly-splatter from both herself and Lazar.] [Chomei's turn] (Chie, U ROCKIN': GOOD!) * Chomei peers at the moose. "Okay... not flamable." * Chomei aims and fires at the moose with an Ice Arrow. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 3. (Hit.) [Chomei hits the moose with an ice arrow, freezing a portion of it.] * Maria notices that the goop she knocked away doesn't grow back and grins. [Chie's turn] * Chie tries the ward one last time. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( SNERK ) [Chie ought to try a change of tactic; that ain't working.] (Oh, fer cryin' out loud. Dicesuke, wasn't that bribe enough?) [Makoto's turn] * Makoto grits his teeth and looks at his leg in frustration. Though it doesn't really hurt, he can't feel a thing and he can't make it move the way he wants it to. He tries shapechanging to force his leg back to normal. His hair shortens and his features become a bit more plain, but mostly he's concerned about his LEG! Note to self: next time, just stab the damn thing. [Makoto's leg returns to it's normal self!.] [Rei's turn] ( Whew! ) * SpiritRei watches Makoto's leg become normal again, then looks up at the moose and whimpers. (And that would be an end turn for me.) [Dimitri's turn] ( Back. ^.^ ) (Stabbie stabbie!) * Dimitri closes the top of his right tonfa, and spins it around. The smaller end opens this time, and flames blast out, melting a portion of the moose. [Peter's turn] * Peter (finally!) fires. ( This thing isn't pretty to look at anymore @_@ ) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-5) and gets 1. [Peter hits the moose solidly, right between the eyes. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a brain, so that doesn't kill it.] [Lazar's turn] ( Drat! ) * Lazar moves around a bit unsteadily, and aims a punch at the area Chomei froze. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 9. ( ... ) [Lazar shoulda stuck for the non-frozen part, I guess.] [Moose's turn] ( I still think Dicesuke is having a torrid affair with the number 5 ) * JellyMoose clucks like a chicken! Everyone, soul roll! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 7. ( FAILURE! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 10. (And... I fail.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 7. (Oww!) (This is *so* not my night.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 10. ( Chel would've made that. Unfortunately, Maria is un-Chel. ) ( No. ) [Ooooo.... Kay.] (...) (Brett, what's your backup plan for if the dice hate us? ^^) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 9. ( so.... everyone but Rei dies? ) ( We all DIE! ) (It's all a dream!) ( Nope. ) [Everyone feels like they REALLY want to eat chocolate. +2 to all actions] (...) (Death! Sounds like a good backup plan!) [Maria's turn] Dammit, I'm hungry. Anybody got any chocolate? ( Yes, the craving is so great that you're having trouble concentrating :P ) ( But I don't eat. ;_; ) Hey... their's some chocolate up there! (This is the way I always feel in real life. ;p) ( Even MORE frustrating for Lazar, then. ) ( No, Lazar. You don't. Doesn't that suck? :P ) * Maria gets a craving for chocolate. But she still has the presence of mind to try to hurt the moose. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 2. (/me goes down to get some chocolate.) [Maria splatters the moose. All melee peep's, make a def. roll] * Lazar grumbles. "Hurt and want chocolate. No have stomach. Great." (At +2?) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+1) and gets 6. ( Yup ) ( Nope. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 9. [Chie loses some more of her clothes, and Lazar gets stung again. So does Maria.] [Charlene comes out of the forest and waves a hand. The moose is engulfed in green light. Then it vanishes.] * JellyMoose is now known as Charlene * Maria blinks. ... * Chomei wants chocolate. * Lazar falls to one knee. "Ow." * Chie looks down at the remnants of her shirt. "Well, dammit." Why, that was very well done, I reckon. * Maria sits down and takes her other boot off, so she'll at least be even- footed. * Chomei runs up to the rest of the group. "Are you guys okay?" (If anyone would like to comment on Chie's tattoo, feel free.) * SpiritRei blinks as it's gone, then vanishes. ( and yes, you still want chocolate :P ) * SpiritRei is now known as Rei * Makoto would like some chocolate, too, but he's actually a bit more distracted by the fact that Chie and Maria are both in various stages of undress. He goes to see if they need any help. Had better days. Nice tatoo, Chie. Wanna borrow my jacket? No. I couldn't hit the thing with my wards, my shirt's pretty much gone, and there's no chocolate. * Chie looks at Maria. "Don't you need it?" Chocolate vould be good. ( Gah. Tired. ) * Chomei grins. "Well, at least the ooze didn't hit the front." He looks at the tatoo. "What's that of?" I.. rather dislike chocolate. Why on earth do I want it? I have a shirt on under the jacket, and my suit on under that. Okay, thanks. * Lazar tries to stand, wobbles a bit, but manages to get upright. "Oy." * Rei walks on over, sullenly munching on a stick of chocolate pocky. * Chie looks at Chomei. "Butterfly wings." * Maria takes her jacket with many novelty buttons off and passes it to Chie. * Chie accepts the jacket and puts it on. Nice bodyscrawl, by the way. Well, now I won't get cold. * Maria chuckles. Wings, eh? That's original. * Chomei looks at Rei. "Got chocolate?" Heh. Can't fly with 'em, though, at least not yet. I'm workin' on it. * Rei finishes that and starts another one. She's looking at the ground. Interesting ground. What's wrong, Rei? * Lazar decides, after standing for a moment, that sitting would be a very good idea. *sits* * Dimitri heads for the stairs. "I vill be leafink now. I trust you vill show up for verk tomorrow." Nothin', I guess. * Maria frowns at Rei. "You sure?" Yeah, whatever Dimitri. S'not nothin'. But you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. Uh. Sure, Dmitri. Sanks for all your hard vork and efficiency. * Rei shakes out some pocky and spreads the sticks for whoever's nearby. * Chie ignores Dimitri. * Maria has a stick of pocky. :9 * Chomei tries to grab them before they hit the ground. (I didn't drop them, Kevin-no-baka. ;P) * Peter grabs a stick and munches. [Gradually, the desire for chocolate fades.] (Err, grabs some.) And hey, I know just the thing to cheer you up, Rei. * Chie tries to grab the pocky as nonchalantly as possible, then gives up and snatches. Huh? Yum. Thanks, Rei. You're a lifesaver. * Maria whispers into Rei's ear. * Rei giggles. "That's me, the after-fight refreshment stand." * Lazar starts muttering something in Hungarian. Well. I believe we completed that mission successfully. * Chie looks over at Lazar. "You gonna be okay, Laz?" Y'all shoure have! * Rei blinks. Gracious me, Ah don' know what Ah woulda dun without ya. * Rei blinks again, then turns to Maria. "You can't be serious." A small smile starts to creep on her face. "You *are* serious, aren'tcha?" Hey, Charlene... when you waved your hand at the moose just then, and it vanished... could you have done that at any time? * Maria grins and nods. Thanks fer takin' care of that nasty ol' thing. What are you two planning? * Rei grins. Maniacally, this time. Not really, no. I think Chie'll be up for it, too. * Charlene looks to Makoto. "Why, no." * Maria whispers into Chie's ear this time. ( May I end? ) * Makoto nods, thoughtfully. "Okay. Just making sure." ( Ja. ) ( Sure. ^_^ ) * Chie whispers back. * Lazar mutters. "... not that anyone cares..." * Chomei is confused. Why are the girls grinning manihically? * Maria grins maniacally. :D * Chie would have cared, if she hadn't been distracted by evil planning. * Makoto notes that everybody but Lazar seems to be in good condition. ( Oh gee, that's comforting, Chie. =p ) (Gah, that's bad spelling even by my standards.) Hey, Laz. I'll help... uh... everybody help you to the van, if you need it. * Maria frowns as she looks Lazar over. "Hey, you gonna be alright, big man?" * Rei grins a grin that would make any mad scientist proud. Be alright tomorrow. Tonight, not alright. * Lazar grunts and, with obvious difficulty, makes his way to his feet. You did good, Laz. Thanks. * Chie smiles, a genuine one this time. Yeah, really good job Laz. * Maria frowns and nods. "You need any help?" Is there anything I c'n do for you? * Makoto brightens suddenly. ( Ah, spackle'l fix that wound right up. ) Unless you can lift 800 pounds, then I on my own. If'n there's anything Ah can do... Anything at all, y'all jus' lemme know, alright? Hey, Laz, we could all help supp--oh. That much? Okay. Thanks. ^_^ * Maria winces a little. "No, sorry." I'm afraid so. * Chie shakes her head. "Sorry. A bit beyond my abilities." Can you heal Lazar, Charlene? * Lazar shrugs. "Stone heavy." Eight hundered? That's a bit heavy. (I'm not even sure if Satoshi could handle that.) (Rina could!) Why no... Ah don' believe Ah can, Ah'm afraid. ( Lazar cou- oh, wait. Damn. ) ( Rina could spin Lazar on her pinky. But that's besides the point. ) (Hang on, Laz! We'll bring in our other PCs! ;p) I be okay... just need time to heal. * Maria nods. Oh, well. I guess we'd better get back. If you have any other trouble, let... somebody know. I'm sure they'll send us out again. ... and stomach to deal with chocolate craving. * Maria chuckles. * Rei hands Lazar a stick of pocky. * Chie hands Lazar a stick of pocky. "Would just holding one do?" Good luck, y'all. Oh, by the way. You're gonna need to patch my suit up again, Cho. Lotsa times, it's just the taste of food, not actually eating it. So I dunno if you can taste stuff, but you can try. ^^ (Everybody loves Lazar! ^_^) [Session End, dangit]