[Day: Tuesday, June 21st. Time: 9:30 a.m.] [SCREEECH! After experiencing Fancine's chaotic driving, even a ride with Rei seems mild. The Rolls Royce screeches into the parking lot near Kanghua, despite it being only for employees, and despite that it's business hours now. Chie and Chomei look up at the Kanghua building as Francine wheeles into an empty (albeit reserved) space.] [Session Start] [Chomei feels.... ungood after the ride. Chie feels sick to her stomach.] Oh, god. I think... I'm gonna be ill. * Chie looks like she's going to be sick, too. (Grr, that Francine. Stealing my driving! >_<) Is Segev here under another name? Oh and hello everyone :) [Marco looks fine. Roy doesn't though, but he does smile at Francine first. "Excellent *gurk* driving as usual, my lady." He then quickly opens a door and pulls out a paper bag and... blargh.] * Chie opens the door and staggers out, looking for bushes. Or something. (I'm the only guy with a walk-on license in this game. Hmpf!) * Chomei gets out and looks around a little woozily, but keeps his mind to check on Chie, who wasn't lookin' too hot. "You okay Chie?" Gimme... a minute. [Meanwhile, someone walks into the parking lot looking for some guy named Segev. Unfortunately he's kidnapped by a guy in a minivan, who drives off shouting "Chikins!"] (*laughs*) [Chie spots a convenient shrub.] (^_^_v) 'Scuse me a sec. * Chie goes to the shrub and... well, we don't need details. Suffice it to say she sympathizes very much with Chomei and the castor oil now. [The building looms before you. There's people working inside; it's busy.] * Chie pours some water from her water bottle on her face, and walks back to the group, looking somewhat embarassed. "Okay. Better now." ( Y'mean Eoi and the castor oil? ^_~ ) (Eoi did it too?) [Francine gets out, meanwhile, sword in hand. Roy and Marco can be seen concealing guns beneath their coats.] * Chie eyes Francine and company. "...please tell me you're *not* just gonna go charging right in there?" * Chomei looks over at Chie. "You sure you're okay now?" Yeah, I'm fine now. Honest. Francine smiles, "Of course! I've no use for taking the slower route." She starts towards the building, with Roy and Marco following. * Chomei smirks softly. "We're going in one way or another." Yeah, but... aw, hell. S'not like planning's my strong suit, either. * Chomei shrugs. "They'd make a fine distraction, if we could find our way in through a back door." Yes. Yes, they would. They can create a diversion. Does this place *have* a back door? * Chomei shrugs. "One way to find out. Go through the front and keep going until you reach the back." ~_^ (If Lazar were there, a back door could be created for your leisure!) I thought the point was that we'd be going to the back door first. (( this is getting dirty )) ... Right. Let's find that back door. (Chomei gets lamer by the moment.) * Chomei runs around the building until he finds an alternate entrance. (Damn straight.) * Chie sighs. "Yeah. Onward." * Chie follows Chomei. Do we get the feeling that a rescue mission led by them is *not* gonna go well? ;p (Hey!) (Yes, we do! Thanks for asking.) [As Chomei and Chie head for the building, a black van pulls up in front of the place.] ("What's our plan?" "We go in, we find the others, and we hopefully kick some ass in the process!" "Works for me.") ( Have fun stormin' the castle, kids! ) * Chie halts at the sound of the van. (We're sorry, but interpol is in another castle.) * Chomei halts at the sight of the van. ( Somebody halt at the smell of the van, quick! ) [The back doors of the van open, and people start pouring out: They're wearing kevlar vests, carrying automatic weapons and riot shields. You also notice "Interpol" across the front of their vests in English letters. (and even if you don't speak English, you've seen it enough times to recognize it :P).] Holy crap! Who called the cavalry? [As if to answer Chie's question, Makoto steps out of the van.] * Chomei blinks. "I should have known." Makoto! Hi! Is this your doing? ( Chie! Hi! Shouldn't you be dying?) ( ...Makoto scored with one of the boss ladies. ) [Naomi follows him. "His and mine, yeah."] (SCORE!) (Score!) (SCORE!) (Wow. Go, Makoto!) ( 7 to 3. ) (Nice work there.) (Wait. Rei will be unhappy. Erk. How do I deal with this? ;p) Naomi! Hey, wow, the gang's all here! ( Rei doesn't have to know. She sure doesn't have to know it was Saki. ) * Makoto dusts his pants off with the backs of his hands. "Maybe. A little. I got... ah... tied up with Naomi-chan at Interpol after I tried to use them as my own personal barter account. But everything's okay now." (Makoto, of course, won't show surprise at the fact that Chie is up and alive and such. ^_~) [Naomi nods. "Between Makoto and Francine, we found out the story. We've got authorization to search the place."] [Meanwhile more cars arrive and blockade the place.] Great. We're supposed to go down this time, by the way. * Chomei eyes Makoto for a short while, then nods. "Alright. The rest of the team is inside, though." Oh, okay. * Makoto looks at the building. I wasn't completely sure who was dead and who was captured. At least you guys are still mobile. [Naomi nods. "We'll secure the parimiter. You guys head down."] I'd prefer that *none* of us be dead, thank you very much. Let's go! Francine and company has already gone in. * Chomei summons Rownal. "We got work to do. Let's move." * Chie draws her sword. "Back door, or in the front way?" * Makoto produces his new favorite combat yo-yo and grins at Chie. "Who cares, we've got all kinds of backup." * Chie grins back. "Right. Let's go kick ass!" Naomi: "May as well be the front. The majority of the workers here probably have no idea what's going on." * Chomei starts for the front door. "I'm not sure it matters now. We got ba- what he said." ( And the one time everyone WANTS the direct approach, Lazar is otherwise occupied. ;_; ) (Sorry, Laz.) (Shaddup and save me!) (But Laz isn't enough backup. :P) ( "It's all good. We've got mooks!" ) (Yes. We're leading the NPC army!) * Makoto nudges Chie and Chomei. "Go, go, go. I'm watching Chie's rear--I mean, covering the rear. Just like always." (Yup. We got swat team with guns.) * Chie heads for the front door, after giving Makoto a smirk. * Chomei eyes Makoto. He keeps pace behind Chie. (Chomei's rear isn't nearly so fun.) (Duh.) (It's lame.) (Chie doesn't think so. ;p) (Anyhow.) (Lame(Lame^Lame_lame) = Lame) (Don't get me started, Ard.) (^_^) (Yes, but Chie sucks at mathematics. ^_~) * Makoto would pout, but at least now he doesn't have anything to distract him from ass kicking. The doppelganger follows his pals indoors. (Because Makoto and Chomei are such GOOD BUDDIES.) (Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Well, close enough to strangle with a yo-yo wire, anyway.) ( Oh, I can say very much I missed him. With every arrow.) (And thank you Kate for the idea. :P) (You mangled the quote, but that's okay. ;p) (Hey, I said it how Cho would. He's no English major. ~_^) [Inside, the troops have secured the area. Several of the workers are huddled against the wall, looking scared and confused. More of the troops head into the building. Francine and her pals must have gone in further as well.] (No, he's not even and English minor, although I'm sure Chie would be happy to give him lessons.) [Naomi stops inside the doors. "We'll wait here. It's up to you now."] You said down, right Chie? Yeah. We have to go down. Lead the way, then. ~_^ * Chie grins. "Yep. Onward!" * Makoto nods to Naomi. "Great. Thanks, Naomi-chan! We'll be back soon." * Chie looks for the stairs! * Chomei salutes Naomi casually. "Good luck." He looks for stairs too! [Naomi nods and goes about doing all the boring work you guys get to avoid.] (Yay!) [Chie and Chomei meet up with two Interpol guys near the elevators. "But there's supposed to be a lower floor, right? How do we get there?"] Look for stairs, or another elevator. And if there aren't any... dammit. This where we could use Lazar. [There are stairs, but they only go up.] ( Naomi? Do we have any explosives?) Well. Is there a loading ramp, or garage or something that might lead into the basement? A service elevator? Fire escape stairs that lead up to the ground level? * Chomei nods. * Chie blinks. "Ack! Nea?" When the hell did *you* get back? Swell. * Makoto looks around the room with narrowed eyes. "I'm going to have to strip search each and every w--eh? Ghost's back, Chie?" [The troops give each other confused looks.] * Chie turns to Chomei and Makoto. "Well, I have good news and bad news. Bad news is, yes, she's back. Good news is, I now know what to do." Send the elevator up, then look beneath it. Let's focus on the good news. ... Right. That makes a strange amount of sense, actually. * Chie eyes her sword. "I'll give it to you this time." ( Is the elevator already down here, or do we have to wait for it? ) * Chie pushes the button to call the elevator. ( Oh. ) [The elevator's doors open.] * Chie reaches in and pushes a button for one of the upper floors. "Now, do we wedge the outer doors open while the elevator goes up?" With what? You don't have a wrench on you, or something. Do you? I have very small screwdrivers, and a pair of pliers. I don't think that's going to work. I don't think elevator doors close if something's in there. Jam your sword in the door after the elevator goes up and wedge 'em apart. That ought to work. Yeah, but what about getting *out* later on? * Makoto shrugs. "We'll think of something. Here." Makoto turns to one of the troopers. "Excuse me, could you wedge something in this door while we're down there? We don't want the elevator sealing us in." [One of the troops nods and takes out his combat knife, jamming it between the doors.] * Chie withdraws her arm from the elevator, allowing it to go up. * Chomei shrugs. "That works. Let's just hope we're not too late..." * Chie gets a very determined look on her face. "We'd better not be." [The elevator goes up.] * Makoto waves his hand as if the worries are insignificant. "It's okay, it's okay. Everything will be fine as long as we kick the maximum amount of ass in the minimum amount of time. Oh, elevator's up, what's down below?" Something important. Probably the others. Let's go. * Chomei smirks at Makoto. "Ladies first." [One of the troops opens the elevator again. There's something rather odd: A gold checkered floor.] Well, that's different. * Chie steps onto it. * Makoto grins at Chomei. "What, was that your way of asking me to grow breasts?" He steps onto the floor behind Chie. * Chomei steps on after Makoto, assuming something weird happens. "Wasn't talking to you." (Err, assuming nothing weird happens.) * Chie grins at the guys. "Is there something I should know?" She winks. [Before any of you can get in, Francine pushes past, laughing triumphantly. "I found it! Marco, Roy, get in here."] Oh. Sorry. I thought it was clear to everybody that I was the center of your univer--Wah! Francine, hi! * Chie mutters. "Yeah, hi, nice to see you too." (Damn, thought we lost her.) * Chomei eyes Francine. As usual. "Nice to meet you again." "Ah, you're that fan from before." [The two troopers get in when you guys do, too. There's a single button next to the doors.] * Chie gets onto the odd floor. If she has to shove people, so be it. Yep. Small world, isn't it? Everybody in? * Chomei gets on the Odd Floor too. "Yes." [Everyone fits. It's not TOO cramped. Although the troops' shields don't help.] Makoto, push the button. * Makoto makes sure he's all the way inside before saying "Me too, let's go." He presses the button. [The floor moves down. After about twenty seconds, the door opens. There's a hallway going straight and another going left. Francine and her crew immediately go straight. "It won't be long before there's another victory added to the legacy of Francine Jameson III!"] Yeah, you go do that. Left, guys? As long as it's away from her. (Lighting conditions?) * Makoto watches them go. "I was about to say the same thing." He looks to the troopers. "You guys want to stay and watch the elevator, or are you coming with us?" [It's lit like the rest of the building.] ('kay.) The troops step out. "We're going to come with you, of course. The others will handle the elevator." Cool. Let's go. Okay, yeah. Going! * Makoto motions toward the left hallway. * Chomei nods in confirmation and follows Chie, once she starts moving. Because she knows what's goin' down, and shit. * Chie goes! * Makoto goes, too! [The two troops follow.] [A few minutes later, you hear gunfire from the other hallway. At the same time, 5 guards wielding automatic rifles emerge to confront you.] Oh, yay! Guns! Lucky us. Why the fucking hell did it have to be guns?! Because they're effective, lethal, and relatively easy to aquire and use. [Chie, Makoto, Chomei, Your guards, their guards.] Exactly. No skill required whatsoever. [Chie's turn!] * Chie whispers a few words, and her sword glows with the usual silver light. She swings it at the guards. "Spirit Stream!" ( Guns! Wai! ) (We could sure you Norii down here! *hint hint*) ( Hehe. Norii's cute. In an older-woman sort of way. ) ( I should remind you guys that you're all still injured and/or tired ) [Chie blasts the guy, who flies back a foot and lands on his back. He doesn't get up.] (Duh. Which is why I'm not gonna try to waste these guys in one shot.) (Didn't my injuries get healed by Rei?) [Makoto's turn] ( Umm... Yeah, they did. You're low on EP though ) * Makoto takes a few quick steps forward, striking at the hands and weapon of one of the guards with his yo-yo. (Ahh, gotcha. Well, still, I'm not going to go charging up there and use my close-range attacks on guys with guns. ;p) (I am! I don't have ranged... ) (I am versatile!) ( That's because you use a sword. ) (I'm more versatile!) [Makoto succeeds, sending the guard's weapon flying.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei moves off to the side, firing an arrow and trying to disarm another one of the guards of their weapons while doing so. [Oh god, Chomei missed.] [The Interpol guys' turns] (The world, it is ending.) ( You're all so doomed. ) (The title of this session is going to be Chomei Missed.) ( Sounds appropriate ) ( Like Atlas Shrugged, but lamer. ) ( Heh. ) ( Weenie. I miss all the time. =P ) (Ooh, yes! "Like Atlas Shrugged, But Lamer"!) (*snicker*) [The interpol guys put Chomei to shame. They fire their guns and, while not hitting with every shot, do manage to take down a guard each.] [Remaining are two guards, one without his automatic rifle. It's their turn!] (Just because I tried a disarm shot. Shesh. I would have hit on a normal shot. <.<) [The guard with the rifle fires at Interpol troop A. Most of his bullets miss, the ones that hit are deflected off his shield.] (Good! Shoot at other people!) [Guard B draws his pistol.] [Chie's turn!] (Our goons > Their goons.) * Chie runs down the hall, then leaps at Assault Rifle Guy. (Chanbara Master) [Ooooh. Flashy stuff. Chie slashes the man in his shoulder. He falls over clutching the wound.] [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto whips his yo-yo swiftly 'round at the standing guard's head. (Called Shot) ( At which guard? The one Chie hit? ) [Makoto does that. He reaches up and grabs the string in attempt to keep himself from choking.] [Chomei's turn] (Guard that hit Chie is down for the count, right?) (Err, that Chie hit.) (Chomei, is there something you're trying to tell me here? ;p) (No. Not at all. *hides.* ^_^;) ( Haw! ) ( He's still conscious, but doesn't look like he wants to fight now. ) * Chomei aims his bow down at the remaining guard's knee and fires an energy bolt. That should keep him from moving. [The bolt goes through the guard's leg, and he gives a choked scream and falls.] ( And that's it for combat here. ) * Chie heads onward! While keeping all her senses alert, of course. "Let's go, guys!" * Chomei heads forward, all four of his senses alert and one not quite so! * Makoto unwinds his yo-yo and straightens the cord as he falls back into the "marching order." (Ha! I have six! ;p) [Eventually, you come to a T-intersection! Left or Right?] Nea? You wouldn't happen to have any more advice, would you? I mean, not that I *need* it or anything. But it couldnt' hurt. Just ask the sword. *looks left, then right, then left again* S'what I'm doin', Chomei. 'Cept she hasn't answered yet. We could flip a coin if she takes much longer. * Chomei nods. * Chie sighs frustratedly. "She doesn't know." * Makoto reaches into a pocket and withdraws a coin. "Chomei, call the coin. Chie, call the direction." * Makoto flips the coin high, with a good amount of spin. * Chomei nods. He calls "Heads" while it's in the air. Heads left, tails right. * Makoto catches the coin, slaps it on the back of his wrist, and looks at it. "Tails. Right we go." The doppelganger puts the coin away. * Chie looks at Chomei and grins. "... Right." She heads right. ... Right. ( gimme hearing checks ) * Chomei goes right! [Chie hears people screaming and stuff from the left.] Wait, guys! Somebody's screaming on the left! * Makoto stutter-steps to a stop. "I guess we should check that first?" I think so. * Chie turns around and starts heading that way. * Makoto follows Chie as swiftly as he can. [The guards follow too.] Uh, yeah. * Chomei follows Chie. Because, like I said earlier, she knows. :P (I am Wisdom, after all. ^_~) [Y'all come across a large open room with many panicky scientists. Maria is at a computer trying to do something, Lazar is holding up a Bill Gates look-alike by the neck, and a strange creature that looks like a lizardman with blade-like arms and no eyes has just emerged from the back; the scientists are trying to avoid it. Oh, and Rei's there, too, in a giant test tube full of green goo and not wearing anything.] (And what am I? Chopped liver?) ( Yup ) * Maria looks up at the new arrivals. "Guys! Hey!" * Maria points at the lizard. "Make it dead and make it fast." she eyes the scientist. "Unless it's trained to sit, or something." * Chie waves. "Hi!" Surprised to see me? [Maria, Chomei, Lizard, Lazar, Makoto, Interpol guys, Chie, scientists.] Yeah! But good surprise. Gift-for-birthday surprise. [Maria's turn] (Damn. I'm below the *goons*.) [Eoi is in the doorway, too.] Yeah, I owe Makoto his present, don't I? [Not moving.] * Lazar shakes the scientist a bit more. "Well?" ( Now now, that's not so bad. If they were mooks, now, that'd be embarrassing. ) * Chomei nods. "On it. One fried lizard, com'in up." Scientist: "Gack... You'll never win!" * Chie blinks. "Eoi-sensei? You okay?" (Yeah. Goons are decent. Mooks die in one hit and never dodge.) [Not being conscious and all, Eoi fails to respond.] * Makoto scans the room quickly, though his gray-eyed gaze lingers on Rei. "You know, it's a sad state of affairs when I only get to see Rei undressed if she's taking a jello bath." (Oh, I thought he was just standing there. ^^;) ... that no what I wanted to hear. Watch us. And Laz, as soon as you can, do feed the animals. * Maria pounces at the lizardguy! Dammit! [Maria collides with the lizard, making it stagger a bit, but it stays standing.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei pulls the string tight, and fires an arrow of hot flaming death at the leezard. [The lizard is set on fire. It falls to the ground, a burning corpse.] (...that was fast.) (Not that I'm complaining!) * Lazar shakes the scientist a bit more. "You was saying?" ( There could've been 3 more of those things ) Wow. That *was* fast. Good job, Cho, you just redeemed yourself. A bit. * Makoto smirks. Scientist: "Blargh. Let my other creations *choke* out and they'll show you..." (But thanks to Maria, there weren't. ^_^_v) * Chomei trains his bow on unfriendlies. "Yeah, let's just get, um... Right. What the fuck is Rei doing in a tube?" ( ^_^_v ) Yeah. How do we get Rei out, and can I *please* kick the ass of whoever KO'ed Eoi-sensei? Hey, I got a better idea. How about, you help us free our friends and give our stuff back or we beat the shit out of you? * Lazar walks towards the other scientists as he questions the one in his big ol' hand, just in case they get any ideas. "I have better idea. You tell me what going on here, why little one in tube, what information you give to stupid bat guy... or I rip off you legs." * Lazar eyes the other scientists. "Any time you want chime in, feel free." "Can't... breath...." * Makoto walks over to the tube and studies it for any apparent "Open" levers, switches, or buttons. [The other scientists all start talking at once!] * Maria would try to look intimidating, but she'd prolly fail. One at a time, please, one at a time! [Makoto can't understand the labels!] * Chie points at a random scientist. "You. Go first." * Lazar lets the scientist down, but retains his hold on him. "Okay, now talk. Rest of you, SHUT UP." * Chomei keeps his bow trained on any that aren't covered already. * Chie walks over to Makoto and the test tube. "Need some help?" [The scientist feels at his neck and coughs a bit. "That's better. Now, as I was about to say, we've merely recovered the missing data."] * Makoto nods. "Yes, please. Does one of these things say 'Release my cutie?'" * Chie looks at the labels. ... explain. Fast. I no feeling very patient today. * Maria looks around. any scalpels? "She was our product to begin with, but she was stolen from us before we could observe her after her powers manifested. We were just recovering that lost data." But if you never had it, it wasn't really lost, was it? He pushes up his glasses and smirks. "By taking her back, you're the ones who are stealing from us." I think you should ask her what *she* wants. She's a person. Not a thing. I'm sorry, I don't belive anybody practices in the ownership of other sentient beings anymore. Huh. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you can't count a sentient person as property. * Lazar tosses the scientist into the nearest wall, then grabs another one. "Explain again, but with less attitude." And you can ask once we get her out of *that*. * Chie looks at the labels again. "No, she's not. She's a creation, a splicing of DNA between two other beings. Another of which is also our creation." [A shiny red button says "Push here to open!" in Chinese.] Yes, the freedom of my bionic girlfriend should be top priority. ( Shouldn't that line be followed by a YAAAAAAAA! ? =P ) * Chie points to the button. "Makoto? Push the button. Again." * Maria walks over to Mr. Obnoxious and stomps hard on his manhood. [Said scientist hits the wall and goes silent.] * Makoto pushes the button. I don't know if I should kill you now, or kill you five seconds from now. [He doesn't notice. He's KO] [The tube opens and the goo spills out.] * Lazar patpats the new scientist on the head. "Now, please explain what doing to little one, where stuff is, and what bat guy wanted, please?" "Uh... Uh... Uh... Uh........" * Maria goes to see if she can get her stuff out of whatever it's in. * Rei falls to the ground as goo spills. Some of it stays stuck on her, particularly in her hair and fur, as goo tends to do. Eew. [Maria succeeds, though she has some trouble with the shoebox...] * Chie pulls a small cloth out of her bag and hands it to Rei. ( ...shoebox? ) * Lazar loosens his grip on the guy, and puts an arm around his shoulder. "No worry, little squishy one. I no hurt you... as long as you tell me what want to know." Rei, you're my best friend in the whole world, and I care about you very much, but you should really stop doing this. * Chie smiles. "Uhh....." * Chie then pulls her jacket out of her bag. * Rei 's eyes fly open and she claws off the breathing mask, looking around wildly. And then she focuses on Chie. "Huh?" ...maybe he can't understand Japanese? * Chomei walks up to the scientists. "Or I could talk to you. And I have no qualms about hurting you... Would you like to be a smouldering pile of ash?" ... point. Chie, help please? ( The answer is YES! ) [Meanwhile the random Interpol guys watch the door.] (Wow, Atom lives. :P) (Atom, you live!) * Chie looks up. "Huh? You need a translator?" * Maria gathers her stuff up and then bounces over to Rei. "Rei! You're awake! You okay?" * Makoto grins at Rei. "Morning, sunshine. Need a spare pair of slacks?" * Lazar nods. "Tell him to tell you what going on here, why they do to Rei, and what information they give to bat guy." * Chie gives Rei a quick hug. "Be right back." * Rei shivers. "I'm cold. Why am I-" She looks down. "Where the fuck did all my clothes go? EEW!" She snatches the cloth and starts wiping it off. "Yeah, that'd be better than good. Great, even. Okay." "Hold on a sec." * Chie drops her jacket next to Rei, then stands up and walks over to the scientist. * Maria goes back over to the mass of fearful scientists. "Hey, guys. Nearest bathroom?" The scientist looks panicky. "" * Lazar directs his new scientist's gaze towards Chie. * Maria blinks. "...nevermind." (The one we knocked out. Duh.) * Maria walks over and helps Rei up. "C'mon, let's go rinse you off and get you dressed." (Well, yeah.) [He points to the Bill Gatesish guy.] * Makoto simply removes his own pocket-covered pants and hands them to Rei. He's a boxers guy, so it's okay. Really. "Take these, it'll be quicker. I'll grab some from some unconscious guy. There are a few lying around." * Chie looks quite angry. "" * Chie turns to the rest of the scientists. "" * Chomei tightens his grip on Rownal. * Rei wipewipewipes and manages to get it mostly out of her hair and tail. Maria helps her up, and she doesn't resist. "Where are we again? I think I forgot sometime between when I was awake and not." She takes the pants and tries to pull them on. Maybe she even succeeds. One of the scientists pipes up: "" [Rei wears pants.] We're in some secret base thingy. But they gotta have restrooms. Prolly sparkly clean, too. * Rei grimaces and fidgets, then pulls her tail out of the pants. She picks up the jacket and puts that on, too. * Lazar notes that Chie seems to have lost interest in his new scientist, and lets him return to the group. Instead of picking out a new scientist, however, he settles for cheerfully LOOMing at the scientists. Ooh, that's handy. Having a place to go to the bathroom, I mean. It'd be bad if you didn't, because then you'd have to hold it all day, and- * Makoto wanders over to nearest unconscious human being and takes his pants. One of the great things about being a doppelganger is a high level of experience with stealing clothes off of people. [The scientists are loomed at.] * Maria helps Rei along anywhoo. To the sink! * Rei blinks, looking around, noticing everyone for the first time. "Where's Dad?" * Rei stops, not letting Maria lead her anymore. She says, more forcefully, "Where's Dad?" ...where's... shit! * Chie blinks, turning away from the scientists to look at Rei. "Your dad's here, too?" No, he's not! ... Aw shit. Chie, try and get some information out of these schumcks. That's the problem! * Chie turns back. "" "" Wait, wait, no prob. Just gimme a minute and I'll go find him, alright? Yeah, okay. You go do that. "" "" * Maria heads out! * Rei focuses on the scientists, and the dazed look gives way to an angry and determined one. She walks over to them. "" "" * Makoto walks silently to Rei's side, sporting a trendy pair of "I'm a scientist who didn't know I'd be bludgeoned at work today and then have my pants stolen" pants. *points to the unconscious scientist* <...knows everything. Right?> * Lazar makes room for Rei, then continues his LOOMing. * Chomei eyes the bunch of scientests, then walks over to the unconcious Dr. Robinson. "We need this screwball awake, right?" They nod collectively. * Chie sighs angrily. "Yes." I hope we don't vote that I give him his pants back. No, I think you can keep his pants. I think you can keep the pants. (Even if you didn't have to sue.) * Rei goes over to Dr. Robinson and checks him over for ID, keys, wallet, glasses, other random keepsakes. Maybe even a slinky. * Chomei rubs his eyes. "Great. Just great." Rei, can you hack into the system? Maybe you can find something out there. * Makoto nods solemnly. "Good." He watches Rei for a moment. "Oh, are we frisking him? I'll help." The doppelganger checks his new pockets. [Rei finds ID, wallet, glasses, and a pocket protector.] ( o/` Here's to you, Dr. Robinson, we all hate you more than you could know o/` ) (Hehehe.) (*snicker*) * Lazar keeps an eye on the scientists while the others do their things. He looks... displeased. * Rei grins, a little. "Okay." She puts on the pocket protector and the glasses in her hair, checks the ID and then the wallet for cash and pictures of his family (which she sticks in her new pants pocket), and goes to the computer terminal. She cracks her knuckles and gets to work. [He's got 20 yuan and a bus pass.] * Rei makes a face. "Mad scientists don't get paid well, I guess." Typetypetype. [Rei doesn't find anything on the computer other than info about herself.] * Lazar walks over to Dr. Robertson and somewhat gently drags him over to where he was standing. Just in case he wakes up and gets any ideas. * Rei looks for a disk or CD or something to copy that onto. * Chie gives a frustrated sigh, then walks over to where Eoi is lying. "Eoi- sensei?" [Rei finds somethin'] Bat guy was here too, Rei. Teleported away with disk thing. Said had 'information'. [And Eoi still doesn't respond. Maybe 'cause he's still unconscious.] * Rei copies and keeps the copy! "Oh yeah? Anything else about that? Because what he got is probably right here." * Chie checks him over for obvious wounds and things like that. [No obvious wounds.] * Chie checks his pulse. No. Only heard him say disc was... what words... 'data he need'. Then poof. Go figure. Okay, I got it. Gonna erase whatever they got here. Should I put a bug into their system, or is Interpol gonna be here soonish? ( Gimme a medical roll, diagnosis Chie ) Interpol is here right now. * Chomei points at goons. [One of the guards speaks up, "We ordered a squad to secure this area. They should be here soon."] [Eoi is dead! Eeek!] * Rei nods. "Okay. Better take a look at this when you get here, then." She moves and leaves it as is. Oh, god, no! * Rei blinks and looks at Chie. Now in color! She never gets tired of that. ( Damn! If Eoi were bad, we could get him from Chel and this wouldn't be a problem. But he was a saint! ) * Makoto glances at Rei, then Lazar. "I don't mean to sound as though I'm downplaying Rei or anything, because she's the coolest thing since pre-sliced salami. But... why all of the focus on Rei's genetic material? I mean, she's only a flying mental juggernaut who can--oh. Nevermind." Eoi... Eoi-sensei... he's... Hm? Obsessed with naginatas and lying unconscious on the ground not quite like pre-sliced salami? * Chie starts to cry. "I can't feel his pulse!" ... Uh-oh. * Rei stares. "No fucking way." She runs over to Eoi and tries to check. ... shit. Rei, can you heal? ( That's because you're holding his ear, honey. ) (Probably.) (Yay for critfails! ;p) ( "I don't understand! His hair doesn't have a pulse! This is bad! ...right?" ) ( Hah! ) [Rei can't tell. She can't find a pulse, but at least he's still warm.] Uh, I don't think he's dead. If he is dead, it hasn't been for very long. ... I really don't think he's dead. * Rei checks to see if he's breathing. * Chie blinks back tears. "Really?" [Rei can't tell!] (What, because I failed a med diagnosis roll that the average person would have a... oh, twenty percent chance of making? ;P) ( Uh huh. ) (This game is cruel. ;_;) ( Uh huh ^^ ) * Chie looks again. "Please, please let him still be alive!" (It's times like this you use modifiers. <.<) ( Yeah. @_@ ) (Nah, Brett just likes being cruel. ;P) Is he still warm? Yeah. Was he like this for very long? Then he alive, most likely. He been out since we found him. Oh. Okay. Try heal him, Rei. Maybe whatever knock Maria and I out still working on him. * Chomei ignores the conversation about Eoi's health for the most part. * Makoto walks over to Eoi Sensei and the girls. Ah, Eoi Sensei surrounded by concerned, nubile young women. How happy he might have been... * Rei tries futily to check Eoi over again, then stands and woozes a little. "That's good. I don't think I could handle Eoi being dead. Alive, yeah. Dead, no. Can we find my dad now? And maybe knock out all these stupid useless scientists who aren't interested in helping us? ... Oh yeah, I can do that, can't I." * Chie stays kneeling next to Eoi. She clenches her fists. "I *hate* this fucking place. I really do. They tried to kill me, they captured my best friend, and they've hurt my sensei." Can we blow it up? Please? ( I thought you'd never ask. ) I think Interpol need it no blowed up. * Chomei shrugs. "Interpol will take care of them." Then can we at least cause massive damage? * Rei kneels next to Eoi, and the glowing begins, then she falters. "Uh..." * Lazar shakes his head at Chie, then walks over to the Interpol guys. "Keep eye on scientists, okay? We need go look for another person." Don't strain yourself, Rei. Maria's already out. I don't want something happening to you, too. I swear, we need a Maria cam. * Rei tries to keep it up, but it flickers again. "I... dunno." ( ...Cho had a cool idea. ) * Makoto looks down at Chie and says, vaguely, "I think that would be bad. Naomi-chan said we should try very hard not to wreck everything. She said that telling me to stop you guys from blowing stuff up was like telling a rat to keep the mice from eating all the bread. Or something like that." (He's had it for a while. It's a shame we haven't had a chance to impliment it yet.) [The guards nod.] [Speaking of Interpol guards, four more arrive.] * Chie looks up at Makoto. "Can I at least hit *something*?" But I like bread? * Lazar nods back at the guards, then goes over to the others. "Should we take Eoi, or let Interpol people take to hospital?" * Makoto shrugs. "You can hit me, as long as you don't use a weapon. I'm remarkably unscathed so far." * Rei brightens as she gets an idea. "Hey!" She waves to the closest interpol guy. "Can you take care of Eoi for us? Please? We have to find my dad, and... and take him to the hospital or something? Make sure he's okay and gets better and all that good stuff?" ... well, that answer that question. ... Right. * Chie shakes her head. "I wouldn't wanna hit you, Makoto. You saved our asses, and stuff." * Makoto jerks his thumb at the scientist. "Well, I could look like him. I'm already wearing his pants." (The pantsless scientist.) [The Interpolguy nods and turns to another. "Call a medic."] * Chie actually laughs a little and wipes her eyes. "No, no. I'll figure something out. Don't worry. But thanks for the offer." She then looks up at the Interpol guys. "He *is* gonna be okay, right? Right?" * Rei stands up. "Thanks." She hesitates for a moment, then turns to Makoto. "Can we go look for Dad now? Even if Maria went, I don't..." She trails off. * Lazar mutters something in Hungarian, then shakes his head. "Come on. Rei father somewhere." "Uhhh.... Sure! He'll be fine." * Makoto smiles a little at Chie and then nods when Rei speaks to him. "Sure thing. Let's go. There's at least one--two hallways we didn't check." * Chie stands up, not entirely reassured, but wanting to stay with the group. "You'd better be okay, Eoi-sensei. Else I'm not lettin' you hear the end of it." * Lazar nods, and lumbers out the lab door. Yeah. We'll follow you to the astral plane and beyond. You know we will. And we'll bug you for naginatas and pizza and beer. * Rei gets going, too. * Makoto looks at the Interpol troops. "Say, can you guys handle things from here? We're going to see if we can find Shigeru Ueda. He's around here somewhere. Probably. We think." * Chomei nods. He walks out the lab door, walking a little sideways at first, but regaining control and keeping stable afterwards. * Chie blinks a few more times, then follows Chomei out. "Hey. You okay?" They nod. "We'll take care of it." Yeah, fine. Just tired, is all... * Makoto smiles at the troops and nods. "Excellent. See you guys later." He then hurries after the others. * Chie smiles sadly. "I think we're all overdue for some rest. I just... I really hope they're right, and he's gonna be okay..." * Lazar looks back at Chomei. "You tired? I missing half my torso. Stop being weenie and hurry up." *grins* * Chomei chuckles. "He's too thick headed to die." He winks at Chie, then tries to keep pace with Lazar. "I'm not a magically enhanced chunk of rock, either." [Outside, you get to that T intersection again. You can go right (towards the elevator) or left (towards the jails)] True, true. But even golem feel tired after many beatings of ass. Which way you come from? Right, so we go left. * Chie points right. "That way." * Rei nods. "Okay, that way, then." She goes that way, faltering a little bit. Of course, there's another intersection to the right. Francine went down that way. * Chie winces at the mention of Francine. "Gods only know what she's up to." Laughing a lot? Besides that. And I really hope we can get a ride back with the Interpol guys. I'd rather walk than have to ride with her again. Yeah. She put your driving to shame, Rei. Hell, I'd rather be strapped to the roof of a car than have to ride with her again. ... What? HEY! She's not allowed to do that! Tell that to her. I forbid it! How dare she do something like that! Ooh, this means war. Jails that way. Was where we and Oy was. But there more we no check out, so... * Chomei nods and goes right! * Lazar lumbers down that way, keeping an eye out for Maria. * Makoto keeps pace with Rei, and grins at the chatter about Francine before lowering his voice to speak to Rei. "Hey, cutie. You gonna be okay? If you need a rest or anything, feel free to lean on me. You can even swoon on me as long as you give me fair warning." * Rei eyes Makoto for a moment. "Do I have to?" she grumbles. * Chie follows behind everyone else, silently praying that Eoi is okay. ( Yes! Now swoon!) ( Soo.... Which way you going? ) ( Towards the jails or the 'vator? ) (Left was jail cells, so I think we're going right then left.) (So we end up going down the way that Francine went.) Well, it would help. If you try to surprise me I might not catch you until after you hit floor. [You head down that way, passing the guards you defeated before and reaching the elevator. As you get there, a medic is hurrying out and down the hall past you.] * Chie turns to watch the medic go. "Please... let him be all right," she murmurs. * Rei points. "He's that way!" she calls, not that helpfully. [The medic calls "Thank you!" over his shoulder.] * Rei keeps going at her somewhat wavering pace. She stumbles, grabs onto Makoto, and gives up, leaning on him. "Dad had better be this way. Or somewhere safe. Not dead." ("You killed Shigeru." "You bastard!") * Makoto supports Rei without too much trouble, though he is forced to slow his pace somewhat. "I'm sure he's fine, really." * Chie follows along, behind everyone else. She's quiet. * Chomei keeps going, staying concious. He notices Chie lagging behind and takes pace with her. "He's gonna be fine. You know it, too. I mean, if he was dead, wouldn't you have seen his spirit?" * Lazar pauses in mid stride, then continues, looking back at Chie. "Almost forgot... you okay now?" [You head down the hall. You find many more fallen guards as you go, and several already checked rooms.] I don't know, actually. Spirits can... leave pretty quickly, if they don't have anything tying them down to this world. Then again, if I'm too stubborn to die... Eoi-sensei's gotta be far worse. * Chie half-smiles. And, yeah, Laz, I'm fine. All fixed up now. Is good... wait. If had everything for cure, why we come here? I don't know. Why *did* you guys come here? Good question. Francine *had* the component, and made it on the spot. We were tricked. * Chie blinks. "By who?" I- I don't know. Dad answered the phone, not me. Whoever did this... Whoever did it is going to be dead once I find them. I'm surprised the prof isn't with you all. Did he ever come back after dropping us all off? * Lazar shakes his head. Hmm. I saw him. When? He was the Interpol office, before I left to come here. Hmm? What was he doing there? But he didn't come with you? Oh, he was transferring to the "archives" division, I think he said. He seemed very happy. [You get to the end of the hall. There's an open door that leads to an elevator.] He loved us that much, huh? * Lazar frowns. Is this elevator you came down? * Chomei looks inside the elevator. Look like the same one we came down in? * Rei speaks up, "I guess so." She tries to keep the hurt out of her voice. Oh, he was concerned about us. Looking stuff up for us and everything. If you think about it, he probably feels he can be more helpful there than out here. Yeah. You got a point. Yeah, I guess so. Stuff did keep happening to him when he went out with us. Still... oh well. [It's a different elevator] No. Let's go. This's a different elevator. ... down elevator? * Chomei nods and gets in. * Rei gets in when Makoto does. * Chie gets in. * Makoto walks into the elevator with Rei. * Chomei hits the 'down' button when everyone's on board. * Lazar gets in. * Makoto fills the uncomfortable elevator silence with a quip. "It's a good thing Francine is here to steal all of the glory. She's probably cleared out a path to... wherever we're going, by now." * Chie snickers softly. I think so. Yeah... [The elevator goes down. After a minute, the doors open, and you find yourselves with guns pushed in your faces. Luckily(?) they belong to Roy and Marco. Francine is leaning against a wall clutching a wound on her arm.] * Rei blinks at them, then tries to keep going, kinda pulling but not really Makoto with her. "Hi, just coming through." *Please* don't shoot. We've had enough of that today. * Chomei eyes them. "Excuse us. We have a job to do." You seen Maria? * Makoto tags along. * Chomei follows the tugged Makoto. * Chie follows Chomei. [They pull back. "She went off that way" He points right.] Okay. * Rei points right. "That way?" "That way." * Makoto goes that way, assuming Rei doesn't have any other ideas. * Rei goes that way, yup. * Chie goes that way, too. * Lazar nods at Roy and Marco, ignores Francine, and does a fast lumber in the direction they pointed. * Chomei goes that way, as well. (Lazar lumbers, grumbles, and looms. Good golem. ^_^) (I'm gonna take you out of the frying pan and into the fire o/~) * Chomei keeps his eyes peeled for security stuff. (*sizzle roast char*) (You have NO IDEA. But you will.) ( None at all. You are all totally screwed. SCREWED. ) ( BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, wait, I'm screwed too. Damn! ) (Yeeup.) (Oh, hell?) (*shrugs* Oh well. *starts to make a new character*) [You turn the corner and see a large door, which opens into a much larger circular room. Near the door, on the ground and looking much worse for wear than she was last time you saw her is Maria. Further in the room, kneeling with an arm wound is Kaira, the tip of a katana at her throat. Holding the katana, purple eyes blazing, is Shigeru.] * Maria mumbles incoherently. (Bah. Makoto will accidentally sacrifice himself to save you all, thus sparing us all the unfortunate task of figuring out when I can and can't play.) * Shigeru looks over sideways with his creepy eyes, smirking. "Hmph. Just in time to watch the show." * Makoto stops. "Err... Why is Mister Ueda insane?" * Chie makes an oddly strangled sound in her throat. ( Is it Ambition again? ) * Rei stares. "Oh, fuck. Nonono. DAD!" She lets go of Makoto and tries running at him. (Whenever a katana shows up, it has to be ambition. It's like... a rule, or something.) * Makoto grabs for Rei, trying to stop her and hold her back. * Chomei draws his bow and aims at the hand holding the sword. ... oh, crap. Is stupid cursed sword. AGAIN. Ah, the archer. Can you hit me when you're blind? ( Sure. Here, watch. ) [Chomei can't see!] You want to find out? * Lazar freezes for a moment, but then advances hesitantly towards Shig, careful to stay out of Chomei's firing path. "Let nice lady vampyre go..." * Shigeru laughs aloud. "Do you honestly intend to try anything? Well, I never did think very highly of you. Brash, just like the others. That wound up with... how many of them died?" (Does Makoto succeed in grabbing me? *puts Shig's theme on*) * Chie begins chanting very softly. ... how long you been posessed? [Makoto does not grab Rei.] * Lazar tries to grab at Rei before she gets past him. * Makoto grabs empty air and a depressing lack of Rei. "Sheiss! Rei, get back here!" [Lazar grabs Rei, and she's probably not getting out of that.] * Lazar picks Rei up under one arm. "No get near cursed sword what tear up golem, little one..." * Rei tries to squirm free, anyway. She's crying now, and completely ignores Lazar's comment. "Dad! Dad, you can't do this! Not again!" * Makoto trots a few steps up to Lazar and Rei, though he keeps both eyes on Shig. "Again?" * Rei sobs. * Chomei keeps his aim straight at where it was before. * Lazar eyes Shigeru. "Let vampyre and Maria go. No get by us, and even if do, there small army of Interpol agents what will stop you." * Chie screams, putting her sword up to block, then clutching at her arm. Chie! Dammit Shigeru! Why? Why do this? * Shigeru laughs aloud. "Do you think I'm afraid of them? I know your thoughts. If I wish, I can destroy their souls. A mere army isn't enough to stop me. You should know that." (As clarification, Chie *wasn't* talking to Shigeru.) (How was he supposed to know? ^_^) * Chie looks down and blinks. (Actually, I'd imagine Shig was responding to Lazar.) I... an illusion? * Makoto winces when Chie screams. "This is crazy," he mutters. ( And on account of he can read your thoughts, let me know what you're thinking :P ) * Chomei shakes his head. "It is." ( "I can't take another brawl with that sword... I'm still not recovered from the last one." ) ... declaring youself invincible is sure sign you going to be defeated, you know. Oh? Would you care to try to fight me? You already know you'll lose. I agree! But since we're not going to try to stop you, maybe you could tell us what we won't be stopping you from doing? It's a nasty habit I have, curiosity. Harmless, though. Aheh. Really. Right now? You right. I in no condition to fight person with stupid cursed sword, let alone with you powers. * Rei struggles to get out of Lazar's grip. * Lazar is not letting Rei go anywhere. What ever I please, obviously. Oh. Well, then what do you say we go get some pizza, eh big guy? I know *I* could use some munchies right about now. You're a liar. He's gonna break out of it. * Rei tries to kick Lazar in the side to get him to release her. She probably hurts her foot. [That she does. Ow.] ( This is going to end so well. ) * Chie backs up a bit, and whispers. "Nea? I don't suppose you can do anything?" ... so how this going to work, then? * Chie whispers. "Well, you *did* do something against that sword before..." I haven't decided yet. ( Use the force Chie. ) * Shigeru looks at Chomei. "But I am beginning to get tired of your endless stream of curses. Stop it now. (I woke up too soon.) (I didn't get my Jedi powers.) * Chomei smirks, although he probably shouldn't. "Can't you just stop reading my mind?" Hey! I've got a great idea. What nobody expects right now is for you to let us all leave peacefully. Wouldn't it really shock and disorient everybody if you tried that? * Shigeru frowns at Chomei. "You clearly don't understand your position. Let me change that." * Chomei lets the arrow lose straight ahead and charges, trying his best to hit Shigeru with his limited perception. He drops Rownal on the way there. CHOMEI! * Chomei just, well... Grunts, roars, you know. * Chie leaps after him! * Rei sees this and struggles harder, for all the good it does. "Let me go, damnit! Lazar, let me the fuck go!" * Shigeru thrusts a palm towards Chomei. There's a ripple in space between the two, and Chomei suddenly goes flying back, colliding with the far wall, unconscious. Luckily, Chie missed him when she dove for him, or she'd have been hit too. STOP THIS! * Lazar stares intently at Shigeru as he responds. "Why? So you can get hurt? I promise you mom I get you out of this place in one piece. I no break promise." * Chie starts chanting again. I don't fucking care! LET ME GO! * Maria tries to get back up and fails miserably, not even making it a few inches off the floor. * Makoto swallows hard. The already weak impulse to be a hero fades a little more every time one of his teammates gets waxed. * Lazar just stares impassively at Shigeru. "You in control. Congratulations. Proud of self?" * Shigeru is surrounded by an exorcism light. "Grahh! Damn you..." ( Oh shiiiiiiit. ) (Unconcious! Yay!) * Lazar finally lets Rei go as he sees things are about to go to hell in a handbasket... Stay back, little one... no get too close to sword. [Shigeru, Rei, Maria, Chie, Lazar, Makoto] * Shigeru jabs his sword in the circle of light, and it shatters. He looks over at Chie and his eyes flare brightly. (Question. Where is Kaira in all of this?) [Still kneeling near Shig.] (Oh, you know. Wherever sad vampires go.) (Well, the sword's away from her now. Sad vampires in snow.) [Chie slumps into unconsciousness, completely drained of energy.] * Chie falls, her sword slipping from her hand and clattering to the ground. Anyone else want to be a hero? (Two and a half down, two and a half to go!) (How high's the ceiling?) ( Wow. Good job on nullifying the PC's. ) [Rei's turn] ( About.... oh, 14 feet ) (He's using my character. >.>) ( Ard made an evil character ^^ ) ( Thought Shiggy was Z's. ) (Hell no.) * Rei stares at Shigeru, trembling. Her eyes flick to Kaira, and she jumps up, taking to the air. (Nope.) ( Just think. If he'd been a weak non-combat, this'd be over now. ) (He was a total non-com. Back when MC1 started.) ( Unfortunately, with Ambition... =P ) (And YOU had to give him special attacks at the end. Didn't you Ard. <.<) (Hey, he kicked butt at the end. ^_^) [Maria's turn!] ( Keep in mind he knows what you're gonna do. So if you're planning something unexpected, lemme know :P ) * Maria stumbles to her feet, and staggercharges Ambition-Shigeru, swinging a fist at his sword hand! Psychic powers be DAMNED. ( Called shot to disarm. Silly Maria. ) (For whatever reason, I misread that as "Action-Shigeru." Which also fits.) [Maria connects, but Shig somehow miraculously retains hold of the sword.] [Lazar's turn] * Maria mutters something unintelligible. ( Literally. Her ability to use intelligible words is very minimal right now :P ) * Lazar sighs, and charges Shigeru, trying to grab him and pin his arms at his sides so he at least can't chop people up. [Lazar pins Shig's arms!] [Makoto's turn!] (Can I make my held action?) * Rei takes advantage of this to dive to Kaira and hopefully grab'n'heal. [Rei swoops down and pours her energy into Kaira. To no avail; it doesn't seem to be helping at all.] [Makoto's turn] * Rei hangs onto her, hands glowing. She's looking more panicky by the moment. And more pale? ( No, you fool! Undead are *harmed* by positive energy! ...dammit, I need to stop doing that. ) (This is MC2, not that, other, game, yeah.) * Makoto whirls his yo-yo as he takes a few quick, semicircular steps around Lazar and Shigeru. When he's got a clear shot at Mr. Ueda's head--since the sword is covered--he shoots his arms straight out, launching the yo-yo in a line at the man's forehead. ( It could be if I wanted ^^ ) [Klunk! Shig gets thwocked in the head. Ow.] * Shigeru looks down at Makoto, eyes going dark. "Fool. You're about to be Dead to the World." [Rei's turn!] (Lazar! Pile driver, quick! This Dead to the World thing sounds totally un-fun!) (Throw him against the wall! That oughta break his concentration!) ( ...nice knowing you, Makoto. ) (Or use one of those nifty special attacks.) ( Hey, look. It's a YO-YO. All it's good for are trips, disarms, and vitals shots. Lazar's WWF lovefest prevented two of my three options. ;p ) * Rei 's eyes widen as she realizes what's about to happen, and she screams, jumping at her father and attempting to kick him in the crotch. Sorry, Dad. (Ouch!) ( When you kick your dad in the jimmy to save your friend... THAT'S love, man. ) [Rei misses.] [Maria's turn!] (Go for the crotch!) (This is so stupid.) (It's *funny*.) (Yes, it is. ^_^) ( Go for the nuts, Boo! Go for the nuts! RAAAAAAAASK! ) ( Hah! ) * Maria blinks dumbly at Shig. Why Rei kick Reidad there? Dunno. But Rei smart. She know what do. (*nearly dies*) (HAhaha!) (*cracks up*) * Maria kicks for Shig's jimmies, too! But with her Mad Fucking Stupid Ninja SKEELZ! (*cracks up even more.) (Can't... breathe...) (*laughs*) ( *grins* ) ( I swear, I'm going to invent a monster that only goes for that one spot, just for you guys :P ) (You LOVE US!) (* Remembers to buy a cup next adventure.) (Invent a monster that has armor, but only in that one spot.) (Somebody really ought to start a tally of nutshots.) [Maria kicks Shig below the belt. Ow.] [Lazar's turn] ( What, that's it? He doesn't yelp? His eyes don't cross? ) ( No! I don't target the love zone! That is a sacred place! I should not be punished with the others! Spare me! ) (The nutshot really is one of the more... er, defining moves of MC2.) (Who *hasn't* done it yet?) ( Me! ) ( Peter! ) (Yeah, according to Makoto, that's the sacred place.) ( Ironically. ) (Aside from you, Makoto. ANd Peter might not count.) ( It's ok, 'cause the girls keep getting stripped naked :P ) ( *snicker* ) (Cho hasn't done it yet. Although he's considered it.) (And covered in jell-o. >.>) (Nutshot with an arrow. Ouch.) (Yeah. Bad things happen to our clothes.) (Which makes me wonder.) ( Mmm, nekkid jello catfights! ) * Lazar has no idea what Dead to the World is, but it doesn't sound good. He turns Shigeru around so that Makoto has something approximating a clear shot at Shigeru's sword hand, flashes a guilty look at Rei, then commmences headbutting Shigeru repeatedly in the back of the head. [Even more painful.] ( This time, STOP when you hear the first crack? ) [Makoto's turn!] (He'll think about it.) * Makoto isn't too sure about the implications of Shigeru's threat, but with people swarming all over the man he has to pour all of his concentration into the task of attacking Ambition and Shigeru's sword hand. He whips the yo-yo at said weapon, and prays for luck. [Makoto hits his arm, and he drops the sword. But his eyes still shine fiercely.] [Shig's turn] (But they're dark. They shine darkly!) Kick it away, kick it away! * Shigeru grins, looking at Makoto through shiny dark eyes. "It's over for you." * Maria stares at the sword. Why kick sword? It sword. No kick sword. Silly yo- yo man. (See, this is why Maria == Ayla. See this, Kate?) (I see this! I do!) (Yeah.) (I need to work on that some more.) (Yes you do!) [Suddenly, Shig is surrounded by a white circle. There's a blur in front of Makoto, and Eoi is standing in front of him, with his hand out front, two fingers pointed at the sky. The other hand holds his naginata ready behind him. "C'mon Shiggy. Quit it."] (Eoi!) [Rei's turn!] ( o/` My name is Lazar, I have granite joints o/` ) (Eoi-sensei! You're here!) (Go Eoi!) Kick it aw--Eoi! ( WOO! THE NAGINATA RETURNETH! ) (Not that I can tell, since I'm unconscious, but, yay, you're not dead!) (I'll study the way of the Naginata if you save us! Really!) (So will I!) * Rei stares, eyes blurry, but maybe she's not seeing things. "Eoi?" And she just barely has the presense of mind to try to kick the sword away. (I won't!) * Maria blinks dumbly at Eoi. "Wuh?" (I'll shoot Naginatas with my bow!) ( 'Cause they're BETTER than claymores! ) (Yeah!) (Not clay- yeah.) (I'm having trouble imagining a tiny naginata at the end of a yo-yo string. [Rei kicks it away. Maria's turn!] (You could have spinning mini naginatas.) (Ninja spinning mini naginatas of DOOM.) * Maria blinks. She's confused now. But she thinks she should still be hitting Reidad. So she does. * Lazar lets a momentary sigh of relief pass across his stony visage as Eoi appears, but it quickly fades as he realizes Shigeru's still posessed, concious, and ornery. ( Ornery. Well put, Jesse. ) (I like that.) ( Okay, now you've made me envision Makoto spinning a pair of miniature naginatas on strings, standing in front of a sign that says "Eoi rocks!" ) (You're welcome.) (That's so cute.) [Maria kicks Shig in the head. Theres a crack as she breaks his nose.] (Awww, I like that!) [Lazar's turn!] ( Maria, you suck. ) (And now Shigeru knows how Satoshi feels!) ( Leave Shig alone! ) * Lazar growls, and rears back. "When this over, you better apologize for throwing me through wall..." *continues with the headbutts to the back of Shiggy's head* * Maria blinks again. Head go crack? Funny. And it'd amuse you, too, if you had a Mind score of 2. [Lazar... uh... knocks him out. Painfully.] ... he out. Now somebody please fix him before he come to and kill me? [Session End]