[Day: Wednsday, June 15th. Time: 8:15 p.m.] [And so you went to the Smorfy island to get Rei a new body, which you did, after meeting with the vampire who arranged all this, despite her claims to not like you much. You probably wanted to ask her questions, but since she currently has a spear in her throat, that's a bit difficult. And who threw the thing? That winged guy who looks like Chomei who keeps showing up.] [So, you're trapped (well, not really) in an underground lab with the winged guy. Whatcha gonna do?] [Session Start] * Chie looks down at Rei, then over at Makoto and Peter. "Take care of her, guys." Damn it. * Peter goes to check on the vampire, against his better urges. * Chie then stands up, drawing her sword, and looks up at Wingboy. "You know... I'm really, *really* sick of all this. You picked the wrong night to screw with us." * Rei stays right where she is, curled in as small a ball as she can and whimpering. * Maria eyes BatBoy. "You're really annoying, y'know that?" * Peter goes to check on Rei too, because Rei is tailtastic. * Chomei trains Rownal immedeatly on bat-boy. (Tailtastic!) [She looks fine. The spear seems pretty normal, so it won't do any permanent damage.] ... you dumb. We beat you to pulp. * Makoto spares a glance for the bat-boy, but not much of one. He gives the vampire an even briefer look, and focuses most of his attention on Rei. * Maria nods in agreement with Lazar. He really has a way with these things. Does it hurt anywhere on the outside, Rei? For once Lazar, you're speakin' my language. Oh really? I think I'm pretty smart, actually. And let's see how smart you are. Are you going to attack me? That important part of beating you to pulp, yes. Sure. Why not? Because it's probably a trap. It always a trap. It's *always* a trap. I was afraid of that. * Rei manages to half-whisper, "No. Just... all over." When isn't it? * WingedGuy snaps his fingers, and Rei's pain intensifies. * Maria rolls her eyes. "Of *course* it's a trap. Everything's a fuckin' trap!" * Rei shrieks. Rei! * Makoto winces. Oh. * Makoto looks up at Chomei. ...oh. That's why we don't attack you, right? ( ... fucking trap. Scary idea. ) ...of course, you could do that. * Chie lets her arms fall to her sides. "Okay. What do you want?" * Maria scowls. * Rei stops screaming and her eyes open. She looks around wildly before she shuts them again. * Chomei eyes the winged-guy. He lowers his bow. "Dammit." * Peter does his best to remove the spear from the vampire's neck. Better she be able to help us. He also looks to be resisting the urge to put a crossbow bolt between wingguys eyes. * Lazar scowls, but doesn't say anything. * Makoto seems to consider something, but after another quick glance at the winged boy he merely turns back to Rei. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 3. It's Rei's new body... What the hell did you do? * Maria glares at batboy. "...you sabotaged a person's body?" * WingedGuy snickers. "It was really easy. We knew the vampire would do anything to protect her child once she found out she had one. We allowed her to steal an incomplete body, which she undoubtedly took just in case the project's astral abilities failed her. Which they did when she came near the active Rosetta stone." ( Aiya. Lookit that dialogue :P ) (It's GloatSpeak.) Wow. You must feel big now. So, okay, what's the point of all this? Other than to prove you can dick around with us whenever you feel like it? Shh, little ones. Let mental sock finish long, boring speech. * WingedGuy chuckles. "All we had to do was provide some," he clenches his hands and looks mock scared, "timid little scientists. Of course, she had no way of knowing they were both completely loyal." * Rei doesn't react to any of that. She lets out a little sob. * Chie sighs. "Okay, Laz." Hm. The point? Now I'm starting to wonder if I should tell you. * Peter slowly removes the spear, and really really resists the urge to bolt the winged guy. * Chomei grips Rownal tighter. He's barely resisting the urge to waste bat-boy. Oh, what the hell. Well, of course you should. This the point where you villains always do that, right? * Chie clenches the hilt of her sword tight enough that her knuckles go white, but she keeps quiet this time. How do you suppose her father will react, knowing I can end her life in the blink of an eye? (Random note: The Hungarian word for 'idiot' literally translates to mental sock?) * Makoto unconsciously unwinds and rewinds the string of his yo-yo, threading it carefully even though his eyes hardly stray from Rei. He doesn't look upset so much as thoughtful. .. You're planning to blackmail him? ...a hostage. Damn it! Yeah, basically. ... so can do more than cause pain. Want to find out? Oh, we believe you. No, no. Just thinking out loud. Means no can kill you now. * Maria scowls. * Chomei curses under his breath. [The vampire looks shocked. Could just be 'cause there's a spear in her throat, but anyhow... she suddenly turns into mist and floats into the vent. Yes, there's a vent.] [Peter's left holding the spear.] Soooooo... Any more questions? So, Rei's worth more to you alive than dead, now. Yeah. Do you ever sleep? * Chie looks briefly at Chomei, then at Wingboy, then decides she probably can't trust any answer that he'd give to the question she really wants to ask. Oh, not really. Don't get the wrong idea, this is only one part of the plan. A plan which doesn't necessarily involve Rei's father. Otherwise she'd be more important to you. You're quite right. Does that matter to you? Have question. Why abandon Katsu in fight before? No am complaining, mind... curious. Oh that? Why bother? I don't care what happens to him or that little 'club' or whatever the hell he was in. * Peter is checking on Rei. * Rei is the same quivering mess she was earlier. She's not screaming, which is probably a plus. So you're not with them? * Makoto refrains from answering, and lets Lazar's question take precedence. Also, since the professor probably knows more about keeping people alive than he does, he makes room Peter. Obviously. (Kill!) (Blood makes the grass grow?) So what now? * Rei gasps out, "Called me... project?" Now? Now I've got some errands to run. And Rising Sun Pioneers is a new episode tonight; wouldn't want to miss that. ( Shameless Plug!) But, as is the nature of these confrontations, I'll leave you a little something to fight. ( .. How horribly BLATANT Brett. ) (Darn tootin'!) ( You lose 30 points. Goodbye. ) ( It amused me. ) ( ^_^_v ) ( I was gonna use Arcana, but figured I'd save that for a fighting game :P ) Oh, gosh, you don't need to do that. No suppose those errands include blowing you brains out becuase you life so pathetic? We're all about breaking cliches here. * WingedGuy waves, "Ah, you're just sore losers." He vanishes in a black light, below him, a red curtain appears over the door. * Maria blinks. "Rising sun what?" * Makoto answers Maria without turning. "It's a show." ... really, really want to hit him. * Chomei stomps his foot on the ground. You're not the only one. Oh. * Chie eyes the curtain. "So, who wants to see what's behind door number 1?" Why don't we just blow it up? * Lazar eyes the curtain. "Anyone have grenade we could just roll through curtain?" * Makoto smiles grimly at Lazar. Exactly. Because it could collapse the passageway, and then how would we get out of here? [The curtain falls, revealing a guy in white tights and a gold-trimmed jacket, with long, wavy blond hair beneath a plumed hat. He's got a large moustache and a tall face, and a fencing sword in his right hand.] * Peter growls. Lazar can dig tireless--oh. Too late. ... is horrible. Sissy Frenchman. Is there any other kind of Frenchman? ... point. [He bows! "Oui! Ferdinand the Great!"] * Rei opens one eye, then slowly opens the other. She pushes herself up to a seated position. What's a Frenchman? Is it tasty? * Makoto arches an eye at Maria. ... so now you surrender, right? You is French. * Chomei smiles somewhat evily. "At least it's something for me to kill." Knowing you as I do... the answer you want to hear is "no." (*cracks up*) Non! Now I poke you with pointy! ( Roll init ) Oh. Alright. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (d6+6) and gets 10. [Makoto, Chie, Ferdinand, Maria, Peter, Chomei, Lazar, Rei! (lotsa people here)] [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto stands and turns away from Rei, who's clearly not in so much danger now that Jerkwad is gone. He walks almost lazily toward Ferdinand, spinning his yo- yo to the ready position as he moves closer. [Chie's turn!] * Chie smiles at Ferdinand. It's not a nice smile. "Thanks for letting me work out my frustrations." She then gets a running start and *leaps* at him, sword outstretched. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Chie pokes him in the shoulder!] d3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d3) and gets 3. [Ferdinand's turn] * Ferdinand clutches at the wound! "Injured! Oh, the humanity!" Then he zips up to Chie and clutches her hands in his own. "Ah, you strike fierce, like the tiger! Such grace! You truly are magnificant!" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. ( Red- yellow- whatever-haired girl! I will date thee!) * Chie yanks her hands away. "What the *hell* is wrong with you? Go away!" Somebody please hit this guy again? Preferably hard. d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d4) and gets 3. Will do. * Ferdinand sighs and puts a hand to his forehead. "Alas! But my love is rejected! Is there no justice in the world?" Then he runs really fast at Lazar, and tries to stab him. "Let's find out!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Lazar dodges out of the way, and Ferdinand cries. "Non! There is not!"] [Maria's turn!] (There's no justice. Just us.) * Maria hops across the room and kicks at Ferdinand! 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 6. [Ferdinand spins, and Maria goes flying right past.] [Peter's turn!] * Maria curses. This hasn't been her... week. (Welcome to Mystery Club! You'll get good days back once the campaign's over, assuming you survive. ^_^) * Peter simply stands back and watches. Not like he can do much else. [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei aims Rownal at the Snooty French Man (tm) and lets loose an energy bolt. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 9. (Um... Dicesuke? Man, you hate everyone today.) [The bolt goes harmlessly past.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar walks up to the French guy and tries to kick him right in the knee. (Called Shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 2. * Ferdinand parries Lazar's foot with his flimsy little blade. Don't try to explain it with the laws of physics, please. ( Sorry, I can't come to the phone right now. I'm currently trying to find my best friend a new body, and then fight against an obnoxious Frenchman.) [Rei's turn!] (Thankfully, since session 4 Chie's given up trying to explain things via the laws of physics.) * Rei shakily gets to her feet, takes a moment to stop wobbling, and throws an empty softball pitch at Ferdinand. Her eyes flash brightly for a brief moment. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 6. * Ferdinand holds his head. "Ah! What is zis? I see ze colors of the world!" [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto takes a sliding step forward forward and whips his yo-yo in a horizontal motion, attempting to wrap the thick string of his weapon around the man's neck. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-1) and gets 2. [Makoto succeeds! Ferdinand grips at the string! "Ack! But I cannot breathe!"] [Chie's turn!] * Chie doesn't say anything this time. She just slashes at Ferdinand. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Chie cuts him pretty good, as he has difficulty moving.] [And suddenly, a blue curtain appears in the back of the room! Then it falls, revealing a potbellied mustached man in a chef's outfit. "Hey! It'sa me, Antonio! I cooka the pizza for you!"] ( ... ) (...) ( I hate you Brett. I HATE YOU. ) [Antonio goes after Chomei. Meanwhile, it's Ferdinand's turn!] ( ...I don't even want to know. ) (Neither do I.) * Ferdinand looks at Lazar. "Ah! It is ze most beautiful maiden I have ever seen!" He tosses Lazar a rose. ...yeah, I think the lack of air is getting to his brain. Definetly. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 6. Uh-huh. * Rei grins despite herself. "Gotcha." ( I'm kinda disappointed though. Not that I was interested in him or anything, but he's tossed me aside for Lazar?) * Lazar looks cofused for a moment. "A moment" defined as "until his turn". ( What are you complaining about? He's French. *He says that as if it explained everything.) * Ferdinand meanwhile pokes at... Chie! "Ah! It is ze dirty scoundrel!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Chie blocks his sword with her own.] Aww, you don't love me anymore? I'm so hurt. Well, actually, I'm not. [Maria's turn!] ( Yeah, but... Lazar?) * Maria tries to clock the guy upside his annoying French head. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 2. [Which she does marverlously!] ( Finally! ) [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei draws Rownal's bowstring. "Just keep him right there." He fires an ice- arrow at the Frenchman. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Frenchie is apparently still mobile enough to parry the ice arrow with his sword, 'cause he does.] [Antonio's turn!] d7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Antonio (d7) and gets 7. * Antonio runs up to Rei! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+1) and gets 12. * Antonio puts a big pizza in front of Rei! "Here-a you go! Enjoy-a the pizza!" It smells so good that Rei find's she can't resist. :P (Hahaha!) [Lazar's turn!] * Rei blinks a few times. "Pizza for me? Thanks." She digs in. What's she gonna do, turn it down? Does anyone else think this is growing more surreal by the moment? ( And so, Rei starts to ruin her new body with cholesterol and oil. ) (It's the first time she's eaten in over a day!) Yes. ( Nah. These guys are still relatively normal :P ) This is the lamest fight I have ever been in. If there weren't a slight possibility that one of these dweebs could maybe kill me if I were asleep or something? I'd refuse to fight. * Lazar interposes himself between the others and Frenchie. "No hurt sissy French guy! Rodan was French! Rodan make statues! He like father!" ... Right. [Rei eats pizza! It's good stuff!] * Peter rubs his head. (Er, Makoto's busy choking the life out of Frenchguy.) [Makoto's turn!] ... This is amazingly stupid. Why on earth are they sending such.. such stupid creatures. ( 'Cause it's funny. ) * Rei munches. "Man, this is the best pizza I've had since the last time I had pizza. No, that was actually pretty lame pizza, so this is better than that..." They must be trying to embarrass us. It's working. * Makoto twists the end of the string he holds around his free hand and slides it rapidly up against the Frenchman's neck, trying to strangle him to death--or at least unconsciousness. [Ferdinand's gagging indicates that it's working.] [Chie's turn!] You know what? I'm gonna give up trying to make sense of this and just stab things. * Chie slashes at Antonio. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 2. Sounds like a plan. * Chomei nods in agreement. [Chie slashes Antonio!] Mama mia! [Ferdinand's turn!] * Ferdinand shakes his head to clear it. "Oooh, ze pretty colors are gone." Then he spies Maria! "Ah, a simply gorgeous creature!" ...oh, hell. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-1) and gets 10. ( Sucks to be the prettiest one in the party, doesn't it?) * Makoto is quietly depressed by the fact that Ferdinand is still talking. He'll just have to squeeze harder... * Ferdinand struggles against the yo yo, but can't get out! [Maria's turn!] * Maria twitches, shakes violently, and then hugs the French freak by the waist. "Daaaaaarling!" [Peter's turn!] * Peter frowns and holds his action. They've all gone mad. [Chomei's turn!] ( And how! :P ) Oh, hell. Oh, *hell.* * Chomei turns to Antonio and shoots an energy bolt. "Will you just fall over already?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Chomei shoots Antonio, and gets another "Mama mia!" in response.] [Antonio's turn!] * Antonio turns to Chie and pulls out a plate of spaghetti! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. [The spaghetti impacts with Chie hard, knocking her over. When she tries to stand again, she finds she can't because the spaghetti's wrapped around her arms and legs.] [Lazar's turn!] Not again... hey! Hey! Get me out of here! * Chie struggles agains her bonds of pasta. ( ... That wasn't something I thought I'd read tonight. ) Ah fuck. This is just embarassing. (And if Makoto weren't too busy strangling someone to death, he'd entertain- oh, heck, he's probably h-parsing it all anyway.) * Lazar tries to pull Maria away from Frenchy. "No hug guy what same nationality as Rodan-father!" [Rei's turn!] * Rei eats some more, then! [So, Makoto's turn!] No! He's mine! ;_; (Haha!) (*cracks up*) * Makoto yanks harder on the string, trying to put this stupid little Frenchman down. When you get right down to it, there's no excuse for using MAGIC to get girls. That's just cheating. (Makoto's insulted on a professional level.) ( Quite. ) [Ferdinand ulps! His face looks very blue now, but he's still hangin' on!] (Sucks to be him. He's being outdone by a Frenchie.) [Chie is struggling with pasta, so...] [Ferdinand's turn!] * Ferdinand gags and tries to say something, but it doesn't work. He tries to get out of the yoyo, but that still doesn't work. [Maria's turn!] * Maria blinks at the yo-yo what's choking FrenchIdiot. "Aaah! Oh, no, my love is in danger!" She tries to undo the yo-yo's murderous grip! ( Stupid girl! ;_; ) (*caugh*dumbass*caugh*) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 11. ( Dice, I love you! For now. ) [Maria is WEAK! and doesn't undo the yoyo.] [Peter's turn] Oh, no! I am failing my beloved! (Your moves are laaaame!) ( ... I... feel so betrayed. So cheated. My life is all some sort of cruel joke, isn't it? ) ( In a word? Yes.) * Peter just boggles. [Chomei's turn!] Somebody get me out of this! * Chomei takes a deep breath and runs over to Chie to undo the sgetti wraps. "What is everyone thinking?" I think this pizza's really good! ... Right. * Chie raises her head as best she can. "They're not. It's some sort of mind control thing." [Antonio's turn!] For the love of god, just beat them already. * Chie stands up. "*Thank* you, Chomei." I'm trying! This thing breathes through its skin or something... ( Like a frog! ) * Antonio produces a giant meatball and steps over to Chie and Chomei. "Meat- aball!" he drops it. Before Chie can stand. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-1) and gets 4. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 3. [Chie and Chomei move in opposite directions as the meatball slams into the ground where they were an instant earlier!] (Splut.) [Lazar's turn!] * Chie rolls out of the way. "Yikes! *Thank* you, Chomei!" * Lazar fawns over Frenchie. * Chomei jumps back. "Spagetti boy dies now." [Rei finishes up the pizza! Makoto's turn!] * Rei pats her stomach. "That was some good pizza." She looks around and blinks. "Hey, what's going on?" * Makoto squeezes tighter still. If Ferdinand doesn't pass out soon, the yo-yo string might rupture an artery in the Frenchie's neck. Well, if he were HUMAN. Oh, the usual. Weird things messing with our heads and trying to kill us. [Nope! He passes out, releasing control over Maria and Lazar while he's at it.] Oh. Would that explain why I felt the need to eat pizza even though I- well, I was kinda hungry, but still. [Chie's turn, actually.] ( Just keep going and assume Peter thinks these people are all insane. ) * Chie snatches her sword up, then gets another running start and *leaps* at Antonio this time. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Chie lands too early and stumbles!] [Maria's turn!] * Maria blinks, then GROWLS. She looks for something to release her anger on, and finds Antonio! * Maria leaps and kicks at Antonio! "KYAAAA!" 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 6. * Antonio pulls out a frying pan and blocks Maria's foot with it! [Peter's not here, so... Chomei's turn!] * Chomei fires a flaming arrow at pasta-boy. "Just die already!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Chomei sets him on fire!] Hey, don't kill him! He makes really good pizza! Er, and it's not right to kill people. [Oh, and he falls over.] * Rei goes over and pats out the flames. Geez. (Good sense of priorities, Rei!) ... stupid villians mess with head. No mess with head. Messed with enough. *growls* * Makoto crouches and unwinds the yo-yo string from Ferdinand's neck. He shakes the tangles out of the string and re-winds his yo-yo before standing up again. Everybody okay? * Chie grabs a cloth from her bag and starts wiping her sword off. Yeah, I'm okay. Got hit by spaghetti. Again. Why does this always happen to me? ...I need to get a punching bag. * Chomei looks around. Once he's sure the badguys are down he unsummons his bow. "Because you're a pasta magnet." Really? Damn. I gotta look into getting that removed. * Rei nods. "And full," she adds, before going over to her backpack and zipping it up. "Does anyone have my necklace?" * Peter shakes his head. "What on earth is wrong with these people?" * Makoto looks down at the unconscious man at his feet. * Chie looks over at Peter. "Some kinda mind control, prof." 'Least, that's what I think. Which ones? I don't know who's got your necklace, Rei. I think maybe Maria does. * Makoto nudges Ferdinand. * Lazar just growls. Eh? Oh. Yes, I do. I'm talking about the things they've sent at us. * Chie finishes cleaning her sword and stows it away. "Okay. This is the part where I scream in frustration. Really, really loud. You might want to cover your ears." * Maria hands the necklace to Rei! * Maria covers her ears! * Rei takes the necklace. "Thanks." She grins and puts it on. Then covers her ears. * Chomei shrugs. ... miss Transylvania. Bad guys just try to eat you. No stupid games. * Chie takes a deep, deep breath, then starts screaming obscenities in Japanese, Chinese and English at the top of her lungs for a good few minutes. * Rei yells, "You forgot the part about the muskrat and tube sock!" We have to get out of here, and get Rei to a hospital. * Chie stops for a second. "Right." She adds that part in, then finally stops. Yes. Right. * Chomei notices the screaming. "What was that for?" C'mon, Rei! Let's go visit the hospital! They probably won't let us use the one on this island. Unless they think Rei's one of them, maybe. * Rei uncovers her ears and bites her lip, then slings her backpack over one shoulder. "Gone." She heads out the door, up the stairs, her wet, bare feet making slapping noises against the ground. * Chie follows Rei up. "Yeah." * Makoto glances around at the other people in the dark room with him and sighs. * Lazar follows. * Chomei watches Rei run off. "Well, that settles that." He runs after Chie. * Rei 's tail is still there, trailing behind her. It looks rather like a fox's, if a little thinner: dark brown with a black tip. * Chie pulls out her flashlight and flicks it on once they get to the dark areas. ( She oughta put a bow on it. ) * Chomei slips on some goggles. * Peter goes. * Maria follows! [The rest of the hall seems like it did when you went down it the first time. It doesn't try to eat you, so that's probably good.] (It is good, though right now I don't think we'd be terribly surprised if it *did* try.) ( Is that a dare? ^_- ) (No, no dare.) ( No. ) (No. Just a statement of fact.) * Rei looks around as she goes, as though for the first time. She pulls a flashlight out of her backpack and flicks it on. * Makoto trails along behind everybody else, pulling his yo-yo partway along the string and then winding it back up. He hardly seems to be paying any attention to where he's going. * Peter continues along. [The rest of the house is much the same, too. No sign of any more goons. Or the vampire, either.] [Outside, it's dark.] Wonder if the ferry's still here. * Rei scratches at her cheek with her free hand, tail twitching behind her. "Not likely. It's a cargo ship; they come here, drop stuff off, and leave." * Chomei frowns as he looks up at the sky. "I doubt it." Should we try to find Mia? That sounds like the best idea. We have to tell her about the operation under her island too. * Rei nods and heads on towards town. Right. * Chie keeps on following Rei. * Chomei shrugs. "Let's go." He follows the group. (Even though everybody else can see her now, too. ^_~) Maybe she have large rocks what need breaking... work out stress. Yeah. I think y... we all need to unwind. * Rei grumbles something, but it's too incomprehensible to make out. ( Someone give me an urban tracking (residential) roll ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-2) and gets 4. (I have wilderness tracking. Transylvania's nae urban. =P) (I won't bother, since other people made it. ^^) (What's an urban tracking?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 7. ( Is it tasty? :9 ) * Peter heads for a nearby house. * Maria heads that way, too. [And by house, he means HOUSE, as in, not quite a mansion.] (But getting there?) * Peter knocks on the door, or rings a bell if there is one. * Chie eyes the HOUSE. "Nice." ( Ah, the good old Hoshino estate. ) ( There's both! Peter can do both! ) * Chomei looks at the house. "Very nice." * Maria grins. "Very, very nice." * Makoto looks up from the back of the group. Yeah, I summer here. * Rei folds her hands behind her back and looks up at the house. * Chomei smirks. It doesn't take a telepath to know what Maria's thinking. [Mia opens the door shortly.] * Maria starts ticking off points on the house. Yes? * Chie snickers at Makoto's comment, then looks back when Mia answers the door. * Peter bows politely. "I'd like to inform you that we have found what we are looking for." But we encountered a situation we believe we should tell you about. * Mia blinks twice. "Situation? * Chomei lets the prof do the talking. ("I'm afraid your village is built on a toxic waste dump." "...") The new body for our friend was found in a hidden reserach labaoratory under the orphanage. * Makoto lets Peter talk, too. The house and its inhabitant are fun to look at anyway. * Mia moves back. "Maybe you'd better come in." * Peter bows again and enters. * Chie nods politely to Mia and follows Peter in. Thanks. * Rei moves on in, her tail flicking nervously. * Lazar follows'n stuff. * Chomei follows. * Maria nods and enters, eyes twitching around in search of something. (Klep... to!) [The inside of the house is big-ish. It opens into a living room, with a kitchen one way and stairs the other.] * Makoto brings up the rear, closing the door behind everybody if Mia herself doesn't hang around to do so. * Mia heads towards the living room. "A secret laboratory? That's hard to believe." * Rei walks after the nice smorfy lady, trying not to get the carpet wet. And failing, but hey. Yeah, well, it was there. * Peter motions towards Rei. "Here is the proof." [The living room has a couch, three chairs, a grandfather clock, a widescreen TV, and a Buddhist alter in a small alcove in the back.] ("I thought proof was in pudding?" "... quiet, Lazar.") * Mia turns to look at Rei. "I haven't seen you around before." * Chie notices the altar and hmms for a second, then turns her attention back to the others. Well, I was kinda dead last time we met, and I didn't say anything, so I guess you didn't know I was there. Exactly. Yeah. You wouldn't have. Before about half an hour ago, Rei was a spirit, and before that she was a human. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 11. * Mia nods. "You mentioned that." I'm not sure why her body is now changed. * Peter gives Mia a rough overview of the story. * Rei rubs at one of her arms and glances around the room. * Makoto waits until Peter is finished with the story before adding his own brief comment. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 3. I can't imagine how they could build a secret lab without us knowing, though. What I don't understand, is that I keep hearing indications that both of Rei's bodies were... uhm... brewed. Why would this new one have a tail, when the other one didn't? ( Maybe it did and it got cut off! ) * Chie seems to be fascinated by the floor. Oh, now I'm not only Frankenstein, I'm a brand of beer. * Chomei looks around uncomfortably. * Maria facepalms. ( Oops. I was supposed to mention that with Winged guy ^^. Oh well. ) * Mia raises an eyebrow. * Rei blinks and edges around Mia to get a better look at the altar. I never said you were Frankenstein, Rei. Or a beer. But how else am I supposed to say that somebody put your body together in a vat? * Chie mutters something about beer being a very good idea. Or alcohol in general. * Rei peers at the altar. "I dunno, but I feel let down. I mean, I'm supposed to have screws in my neck or something. ... The tail's pretty cool, though." * Chomei doesn't hear that, which is probably a good thing. Well, I certainly can't imagine. You could, er, avoid talking about it? * Chie looks up. "It's a very cool tail." * Makoto gives Maria a curious look. That's very ineffective. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 6. * Makoto looks at Mia. ...right. Chie and Rei seem fascinated by your altar-thingy over there. Would it be rude of me to ask you what it is? The lab itself was very small, but it did exist. I also feel I should point out that the winged boy said that this Rei body was but one of many. * Rei blinks. Then blinks again. Then whirls on Mia and points at the altar. "Why do you have a picture of her on this thing?" * Peter stares at Rei. Of who? The vampire who said she's my mom! Her? * Mia blinks and stands up, walking over. * Maria blinks. * Chomei looks at the altar. "So she does." * Peter stands and and looks. * Maria peeks. "Yeah, that's her." * Rei points at that particular picture. Kaira Hoshino. * Chie turns and looks. "It *is* her." * Mia picks up the picture and looks down at it, sadly. "This is my older sister." She looks up again. " But she died years ago. It couldn't be." * Makoto hasn't moved from wherever he last stopped walking. ( Someone explain to her what 'vampire' means. ) Well, she's doing fine for being dead, and she said that I'm her daughter, and creepy guy with wings doubled that. Seems we deal with a lot of people who are supposed to be dead but aren't, in this job. ( Just two so far ;_; ) (And countless ghosts and spirits.) ( That's more than Makoto's ever dealt with. ;P ) (Makoto is not worldly!) You'd be surprised how often that happens. * Chomei sighs. "Damn vampires." * Mia puts the picture back and shakes her head. "No, we buried her. It couldn't be." ... This is not good. Not good at all. If.. if it isn't your sister, then it's a clone. * Maria blinks. Well, if Asahara's into the kind of stuff we think they're into... that might not matter. It is. I swear, that's her. Which means she must be a smorfy, which would probably explain the tail. * Rei looks down at her tail. "My tail, I mean." * Maria rubs her face. "I'm confused." Of course she is, she's my sister. But... * Maria finds a nice empty patch of wall to sit on. * Mia shakes her head. "We can check the graveyard, I guess." We won't ask you to do that. Not that it would necessarily make a difference. These people we're dealing with seem to have cornered the market on humanoid genetic material. Yeah. It's not... polite, I guess, to disturb the spirits like that. * Chomei nods. * Rei grumbles. "No shit." She looks back at the picture. * Mia nods... I don't understand... I guess the question is... why? * Rei tilts her head. "It's possible." She turns and looks at Mia. "Can we talk for a sec?" * Mia nods. Rei? Would you like us to step outside? Yeah, was that a "please excuse us for a moment" kind of request? 'Cause we'd be more than happy to give you some privacy. ( Aunt Mia! ) It doesn't really matter, I guess, but... * Maria thinks, then nodnods. * Chomei nods. * Chie half-smiles. "It's okay. Take your time. We'll catch up to you when you're done." We'll be right outside if you need us Rei. * Peter heads outside. * Rei nods at that. "Okay. Thanks." * Makoto nods and turns to go. He reaches the door first, having been in the back, and holds it open 'til everybody is out. * Maria hops off the wall and heads out. * Chie waves at Rei and Mia and follows Peter out. * Chomei heads outside without saying a word. [Lazar stands still] * Makoto stands in the doorway for a moment, then shakes his head and steps outside, closing the door behind him. Well. * Chie sighs once the door is closed. "What a mess... hey, Prof? Got a rather important question for you." ( What color are your walls? ) ( Red, with the blood of the last impudent fool who asked me that question. Why do you want to know? ) * Peter looks at Chie. "Yes?" The Rosetta Stone. I've still got it. I wanted to hold onto it until after we got Rei back, just in case it was still connected to her somehow. I'm pretty sure it's not, though. What should we do with it? Personally, I'm all for taking a sledgehammer to it. I mean, if it's so important that Mr. E's group struck a deal with Wingboy and friends to get it back... we should probably make sure it can't fall into their hands again. * Makoto grunts. Last time we kept it, Dimitri stole it back. * Peter thinks. Next time Dimitri shows his face, it's getting caved in. Oh, yeah. * Chomei closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. You say that as if he's going to have a face by the time you reach him. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6-4) and gets 5. I believe you already know what it does. It gathers spirits and converts them into energy, which it then uses to open a portal. I need to check with Interpol before we destroy it. Okay. Should I hold onto it, then, or do you have someplace safe we can put it? Just keep it away from Rei. I'd rather turn it over to Interpol. Last thing we need is to find Rei another body. * Chie shakes her head sadly. "You don't have to tell me twice, prof." I can stash it somewhere if you want. Please do Maria. * Maria nods. * Chie pulls the stone out of her bag and hands it to Maria. "Here you go." She seems quite glad to get rid of it. * Maria takes the stone and puts it in a pocket somewhere. "I have a couple of safes here and there that it should be safe in." * Chie sighs. "Figured that was probably the easiest of our current set of problems to deal with. So." * Maria nods. * Chie looks around. "Wonder if there's a bar around here... then again, getting drunk isn't going to help. Just numb things for a while, and I'm not sure I want that." Probably not. * Maria sighs. So. * Chie looks at the others, then at the closed door, then at the group again. I hope we don't have to spend the night here. The buildings are all so short. * Chie can't help but laugh. "There's something wrong with that?" * Maria looks slightly embarrassed. "Well, yeah. Not used to short buildings. No good for... y'know running around on." * Chomei leans against the wall near the door. Ah. See, I generally don't run around on buildings, so I guess I don't notice. Well, that's understandable. And you should try sometime, it's fun. * Chie looks up at the sky. Pretty stars. "Maybe I should." * Makoto looks up, too. * Chomei notices... the ground. * Maria lies on the grass, assuming there is any. "This stuff's nice, tho." * Chomei sighs and looks over at Maria. "It's called 'grass.'" Don't be so close-minded, Chomei. Maybe she's hungry. ( Living in Tokyo, you might not know that :P ) I know. Just haven't seen it in ages. * Chie sits down, then looks back up at the sky again. "Mmm-hmm. S'nice here. Can actually see the stars." True, you don't get much of it in Tokyo. A long, long time ago... It's better up on top of something tall. Not this good, but better. Well, not *that* long, but, well, long enough... My parents took me to someplace in the mountains. Far, far away from the city. * Chomei looks up at the stars. * Maria sighs. I can still remember... you could see a million stars there. Really? * Makoto pulls a pair of smaller yo-yos from his pockets and spins them both-- one in each hand. I have no idea where that place is. But I've always wanted to go back. To see the stars again. * Maria nods. Didja' have fun with yer parents? Yeah. I did. * Chie smiles faintly. * Maria nods. "That's good." She seems sad, tho. * Chie leans back in the grass. "Wish I actually knew some of the constellations." * Maria nods. * Makoto whirls the yo-yos in opposite circles alongside his body, crossing them in front of him without letting them strike each other. Sometimes in order to do this he has to flick his wrists, snapping one black-and-white toy back to his hand before immediately throwing it right back into the spinning circles. * Chomei gulps. * Chie pushes herself upright. "S'wrong, Chomei?" ( There is only one constellation. Kirby! ) * Chomei looks at the skies. "No, not right now... Besides the obvious, anyways." Ahh. * Chie lowers herself back down. * Chomei sits down and looks at his left hand, picking at the glove. * Makoto focuses on his yo-yos, letting the Confused Trio have their relative privacy. He adjusts the spin of his right handed yo-yo, and tilts his head from one side to the other, ducking out of the way of each yo-yo as it swings past an ear. Then he changes the angle of his right elbow and hops slightly, keeping his right foot out of the way of the apparently crazed wooden discs. ( Doobie doobie doo.. ) (Having fun Makoto?) ( Yep. ) * Rei opens the door and pokes her head out. She's pretty obviously been crying, but says with some amount of cheer, "You can come in now." * Chie sits back up. * Chomei looks up at Rei. * Chie then stands, brushes grass off herself, and walks over to Chomei. * Chie extends a hand to help him up. * Chomei takes the hand and smirks slightly. "Aren't I supposed to be doing this?" * Chomei gets up. * Rei opens the door all the way and retreats back into the recesses of the HOUSE. * Chie grins back. "Hey, s'not my fault that I'm less lazy than you are." * Makoto stabilizes the yo-yos and snaps them up. He throws them out again one at a time as he walks toward the door. This alternating up-and-down of the yo- yos almost makes Makoto look as though he's using the toys as crutches, for every time he takes a step, the appropriate yo-yo spins down to kiss the ground before bouncing right back up to the doppelganger's waiting hand. Coming, dear... * Chomei brushes the grass off of his pants. * Chie then turns and follows Rei into the HOUSE. * Makoto walks into the HOUSE too. So there. * Chomei follows Chie into the HOUSE. [And so you spent the night on Smorfilia. Session End]