[Day: Wednsday, June 23rd. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [You're all in the clubroom, the day after taking down the evil Mr. Necromancer.] [Did I say session start? No? Ok.] [Session Start!] * Chomei leans against the wall. * Chie walks in and looks around. "Evenin', guys. Why so quiet?" * Makoto leans against his favorite spot on the wall, next to the clubroom's front door. He's folded his left arm lazily behind his back, and he spins his yo-yo with his right. He's wearing a sky blue shirt--open and untucked--over a light gray one, and his dark khakis are as heavily pocketed as ever. It's a quiet day, I guess. * Chie is wearing a dark blue tank top and dark blue jeans today. Guess she got some of the laundry done. * Maria sits on the wall near the window. She's reading a book! Slowly. * Chomei 's wearing his standard fare. Nothing new, really. * Rei sits on a desk, watching the yo-yo go up and down. Up and down. Yellow and white-striped shirt, red windbreaker, green sneakers, blue socks, and black shorts. She looks up and waves at Chie. "Hi! It's quiet 'cause I'm meditating on the tranquility of the universe." The universe has tranquility? Ahh, I see. How tranquil is it today? * Lazar stands near Peter's old desk, pacing. "So... what exactly happen last night? I mean to ask, but I kind of distracted by having been pounded on." * Makoto glances at Rei with a rather amused expression, but says nothing. We ran up a lot of stairs, found the necromancer, Rei and I got zapped by lightning, we fought the guy, and An- Asanjya summoned some sort of demon that took the guy out. * Rei grins. "Pretty tranquil, all considered. Like, uh, streams and birds and watch the cat lapping the milk with the ball of yarn in the background?" What he trying to do? Raise army of undead? * Chomei nods. "Right." Got it in one. Demon? Thos're... wait, 'course they are. Nevermind. * Chie stretches and walks over to Chomei. She leans against the wall next to him. Feh. Stupid necromancer. Puny skeletons and zombies no match for golem, even after big skeleton use golem for... well, no punching bag. Glowing bag? [There's a knack on the door. It's "Looks cool in shades." It's written on a post-it note.] [There's also a knock on the door. It's not written on anything, because it's a sound.] Maria, how're you feelin'? * Rei turns to go back to watching the yo-yo, but gets distracted by the door. "I'll get it!" Uhg. Glowing. * Makoto reaches out with his left arm and opens the door before Rei gets there. * Chomei smiles at Chie. "You guys okay after that little fight last night?" * Rei jumps to her feet and runs over, throwing it open. Ah! * Rei falls over in her attempt to open the thing. "Stupid... Makoto." Stupid big skeleton no fight fair. Indead of hit, shoot glow thingee. * Makoto snickers like one of those cartoon villains who isn't really a villain at all, but just comic relief. Like Muttley. He helps Rei back to her feet. * Chie grins back. "He messed with my hair. You do *not* mess with my hair. But I managed to fix it just fine! And I'm still kinda tired, but other than that, I'm okay." [The door jams while the GM attempts to look something up! One sec!] * Rei is helped. She uses this opportunity to thwap him upside the head. "Don't do that!" * Chomei smirks. "I'll remember that." He ruffles Chie's hair. *looks over at Maria* Oh, almost forget... sorry I had leave you with Matthias after fight over. Needed to go into house, make sure other little ones no getting brains eaten or something. Ack! * Chie ducks and tries to straighten her hair. "Oh, I *so* walked into that one, didn't I? And you're gonna get it for that, you realize." She's still grinning, though. * Chomei grins. "Am I?" Yes. You are. But later, since I'm not feeling particularly vengeful at the moment. But just you wait! * Chomei whistles idly. "I'll be waiting." * Rei perks and looks in Chomei 'n' Chie's direction. "Did somebody say... revenge?" * Chomei points at Chie with his thumb. "Yeah, she wants some cheap." It's probably not the kind of revenge you'd want to handle, Rei. Yes. But it's my revenge. All mine! I'm not sharing! Really? What kind is it, then? Besides the kind I don't want to handle, because that's pretty much a given- oh, that kind of revenge. Oh. Well that's no fun. * Rei folds her arms and pouts. "Nope." * Makoto grins and shrugs. "Happens sometimes, you know. Especially in the warmer months." Oh, and it's alright, Laz. I didn't really mind at the time. * Chie looks up at Chomei. "So, when're we gonna go do that shopping you were talking about?" * Rei also steps on Makoto's foot, tail twitching slightly. Good, good. No want you think I leave you there to go get soda or something. *grins* Hmmm... Maybe tomorrow? One sound good? [The door opens! Behind is a very, very handsome man with shoulder- length white hair. He's wearing a loose black shirt and pants, black boots and, believe it or not, a black cape. Did I mention how handsome he is? Oh, and his eyes are red-on-black. Should mention that.] Nnf. Sure thing! It's a date, then. * Bishi has joined #besm * Chie winks at him, then turns and looks at the door. "Uh. Hi there?" * Chomei smirks, then looks over at Bishi. "Red eyes. How cliche." * Makoto looks over when the door opens. "Hi. Nice threads." What her name... Xiang-Fei was fighting many zombies and skeletons. Doing well, but outnumbered. But no could hurt golem, so I help sma- hmm? *eyes the new person* One at night, hopefully. Better deals then. *grin* * Bishi waves. "Greetings. I represent an interested third party. Do you do requests?" * Makoto answers smoothly. "That depends on the nature of the request and the amount of capital you're willing to front for our efforts." * Chomei nods. And whether it trap. No like traps. Yes, definitely no traps. We charge triple for traps. * Bishi chuckles. "Nah, it's not a trap. Well, not really." * Maria eyes the Bishi. "Dunno. You got cash? And an inclination to at least tell us who the third party is?" So, what's the nature of your problem, mister..? Not *really*? So is it a sort of trap? Semi-trap? Half baked trap with a side of mushrooms? Allow me to explain. * Chie mutters. "Oh, yeah, I'll *bet* it's not really a trap." * Makoto suppresses a grin at the girls' quips. Explaining's good. * Bishi flicks his wrists, and suddenly there's a photograph in his hand. He holds it up so you can all see: It's Blight, the metal demon. "Recognize this?" * Chomei shrugs. ... oy. * Maria sidles over along the wall to get closer and hear better. ( Doctor Blight! ) ( It's Blight, The Metal Pokemon! ) (I saw that coming.) Of course you do. * Rei blinks. "Yeah, if you're asking, you prolly know we do. So? You're gonna send us to kill it? Because it's pretty nasty, and I need to work up a quick oxidizing formula..." Well, yes... Yes, you want us to destroy it? Or yes, it's nasty? * Chie says quietly, "Not to mention the *last* time someone told us to kill it, it was definitely a trap..." ( There's just one problem. It's immune to rust this time. :P ) * Bishi nods. "Recently, certain... impediments, have appeared for my colleagues and myself. It would be to our mutual benefit if you were to eliminate this monster and its creator." He holds up another photo of Kuro. ( Hah! ) (What about electricity?) ( Electricity Hastes iron golems. :P ) ( Electricity hastes it. Just like-- yeah. ) * Chie narrows her eyes. "Go on..." Is that what this is? The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Looks like. * Rei flicks her tail. "Is it any other way? Who're you, anyway?" Oh, I don't think you really want an answer to that. Let's just leave it as me being an interested third party, as I said. * Chomei walks over to the door and closes it. "I think we do want the answer to it." Y'know, if you're actually a demon or something, you can just say so. ... if you interested, why no take care of metal thing youself? * Rei regains her seat on the desk. Seriously. We'd rather hear the truth. * Bishi chuckles. "Well, I'm not exactly radiating light, am I?" * Bishi looks over to Lazar. "Political issues." Nope! So out with it. I... am... a demon! Well, I'm not, I don't think, but you are? Are you? Yeah, basically. * Chomei shrugs. ... okay. So you get in trouble if you act against other demon, but no if others do for you. Cool. You're less annoying than the other demons I've met. That's about right, yeah. * Makoto watches the caped bishounen's eyes during the conversation, as if trying to read some miniscule script in the man's pupils. Huh. No suppose you want make up for fact that we doing you dirty work by telling us something useful about how fight stupid metal dog. Lovely. Hell has political problems, too. Why does this not surprise me? * Chomei eyes the Bishi. And Wingboy. Fuckin' Batboy. Naturally, you can't win against it as you are. But I can point you in the right direction. * Rei claps her hands. "Because it does! Demons are people, too. And politics come with people. What direction's that?" Explain, and no cryptic bullshit. So long as that direction isn't down, I'm all ears. Okay, now we getting somewhere... * Bishi smiles at Chie. SSSmmmmiiiilllleee... and points down. * Chie puts a hand to her forehead. "One of these days, I will learn when I should keep my mouth shut." * Chomei raises an eyebrow. "I'm not hearing words come out of your mouth, demon." So... it's on one of the lower floors? ( Dude, you're going to hell! ) * Bishi shrugs. "Ok, I'll make it obvious. You need to go to hell. So many people have told me that. This is the first time it's been literal. ... hmm. Go to hell. Need to ask rabbi about this next time I meet one. No supposed to be hell. * Chomei shrugs. "What's to keep us from getting ganked on the way?" What? Look, my parents already went to Hell, and it wasn't the best vacation spot in the world. You'd better have plenty of that phoenix whateveritis so we can get back up without any problems. * Chie looks at Rei. "Your... they did?" ...well, same to-- oh. You mean that literally. Yeah! It was kinda important. Demons and their politics and everything. That's right. ( "Oh, when I say hell, I mean Newark, by the way." "... that's even worse." ) (*snerk*) (Heh. Heheh.) ( I thought Hell was Detroit. ) Okay, so what in hell that going to help us beat metal demon thing? ( Or was it Harlem? ) (Um... Harlem.) People. (And Green Bay.) ( Harlem's not that bad anymore. ) * Makoto snorts at the bizarre... right-ness of what Lazar said. People, huh? People of the sort we don't have up here? And we can't get in contact with them some other way? ... people that give us information, or people that help us actually fight? ( o/~ People... people that need people... o/~ ) * Bishi grins at Chie. "You could try looking up Hell in the phonebook, but I doubt you'll get far." There are other ways. * Chie does not smile back. No, the internet won't work either. Please. * Chie snorts and shakes her head. So, how are we going, if we're going, and who are we gonna talk to, exactly? The Chinese Okay. If we go there and do this thing, can you guarantee us a way back to this nice mortal world that we've gotten so attached to? * Chomei eyes the Bishi. "You have got to be shitting me." ...The Chinese? Chie, I don't think we're allowed to open gates into the netherworld. That's what demons and villains do. * Makoto turns back to the demon. "No offense." * Rei flicks her tail again. She doesn't seem particularly bothered by this. * Chie eyes the demon. "The Chinese what?" ... what, we going to talk to Mao? No. Around the year 500 B.C., a clan of Chinese warriors somehow found itself in one of the hells and, not being able to get back out, settled there. So technically, they're human. Neat. Interesting. Whoopdi-fucking-doo. The problem is, I certainly don't know where they are. But I know some people who do. Cool! So we're gonna meet a bunch of Chinese warriors from 500- yeah? Right. These nice people? Someone we know, maybe? Oh, no, those warriors have long since died. It's their descendants you'll be seeing. ... okay. Let me see if get right. We go to hell. Talk to people who know where other people are. Talk to those people. And Chinese people tell us... So, to beat the metal demon, we have to go talk to the Chinese, and to get to the Chinese, we have to talk to someone else? Do we have to go get water from the moon while we're at it? Although, since it IS hell, you might meet them anyhow. No, that's next Wednesday. * Lazar rubs his temples. "How Chinese warriors know how to beat metal demon?" * Bishi shrugs. "There are always some demons willing to fight the humans, so this clan has been constantly improving its weapons. That's what you're going there to get." So, tell me this. How is talking to someone in the depths of hell supposed to make us able to kick that demon's butt? Ah. Demon-killing weapons. That explains why you wouldn't be too keen on finding them yourself. ... ah, I understand. Ah. Makes sense. I'd probably cut myself. But great for everyone else! * Chomei shrugs. Next question, like little one with tail say. How get there, and how get back? While I find this whole thing rather intriguing, I still want some kind of reassurance that we're getting out of there with our souls intact. You're on your own there. Guess we're staying up on the live side, then. Meaning, you'll get us there but from that point onward it's all up to us? * Chie mutters, "Or as intact as it apparently is." ... wow. You no very good at this 'make offer they no can refuse' thing. Nope. You've got to figure out how to get there yourself. * Maria sighs. "I think they mean transportation. Have you arranged for transportation to hell and back?" Handbaskets! Hey, if you don't do it, it just means your world is screwed in a few years. ...sorry, had to say it. * Rei considers, then brightens. "I have an idea." Oh yeah? Screwed how? Metal demon kill everyone. Or something. Well, obviously, your enemies are way ahead of you. Other question; how do we pay for these weapons? And yeah, there's no way in he- 'cuse me, on earth you could defeat that thing with human weapons. * Bishi shrugs at Maria. "Not up to me." * Makoto looks at Maria. "We'll probably have to do something to help the humans. I seriously doubt that they take Visa in hell." So, what is our payment for these services? ... one more question. Aside from various nasty things what we might run into... any specific nasty things what going to be coming after us? As in people you know is going to try and stop us? Great. Either that or I'll have to rob them. And I don't know if I wanna do that, considering. * Rei keeps thinking, not paying much attention to the rest of the conversation. "In fact, I have two ideas! Awesome. I'm an idea making machine." Because I really no want to go down there and find out that there interested fourth party. * Makoto slips away from the main conversation for a moment and sidles up to Rei. "What kinds of ideas, cutie?" * Bishi shurgs at Lazar. "Not unless your enemies are down there too." With our luck... It's hell. Of course there's gonna be enemies down there. So nobody down there going to be specifically after us, aside from general 'They demons in hell, they evil, attack humans' thing? I'd be sorely dissapointed if there wasn't. Not that I know of. ... well, that good to know. And I know a lot. ... why you care if metal demon destroy world, though? I thought that what all demons want. What matter who do? * Rei looks up at Makoto and ticks off on her fingers. "Well, there's Asanjya. She's got a connection to the demon world, and she's not trying to kill us or anything." Second tick. "And there's my godmother, who lives in Hell." Beam. ... Right. * Bishi shrugs at Lazar again. "You underestimate us, then. Maybe he likes somewhere to vacation in. Your godmother lives in hell? Oh, wait. Friend of Mister Ue--your father's, right? From when he was doing what we're doing now. Anyhow, you seem to know what you're doing, so I'll leave you alone. * Bishi vanishes! Godmother? Huh. Maybe she can give us directions. Yeah, she was in Mystery Club. Cool. * Rei waves at the vanishing demon. "Bye!" ... oy. Things so much easier if Judaism right, and there no hell. ...man, that guy was unprofessional. * Chomei rolls his eyes. No shit. Saying I don't like this would be one of the most massive understatements ever. That having been said... I don't like this. *Really* don't like this. Hate? I thought he was pretty neat, as demons go. But not as cool as Bob. Anyway, yeah, maybe we can get to Asanjya, see if she can't contact my godmother, and find out if the story's true. * Chie finally hears Rei. "Godmother?" I just said that! * Chomei snickers. "She just said that." * Chie rubs her forehead. "Sorry. Got distracted. What's this about your godmother?" She lives in Hell. I just said that, too. Pay better attention, or I'm going to have to fail you. * Chie baps Chomei lightly on the arm and half-smiles at him. "Hey, I don't need this from you, too." ... must make for interesting family parties. Aww, Rei, don't make me go to summer classes. So may I ask how you ended up with a godmother in Hell? * Rei shakes her finger at Chie. "Only if you don't step up on your homework, young lady." Short story, short story... * Chomei shrugs, then turns back on his serious face. * Chie snickers. "Haven't done homework in years." * Makoto mutters, half to himself. "I don't know what it meant, exactly. Maybe it's just part of being a demon, but this guy was pissed." * Lazar shakes his head. "Anyway. Rei right... talk to Asanjya good idea. But if going do this, definately need wait a a day or two. No is fully healed from last fight, and DEFINATELY no want to go into hell injured." Anyhow, I'm listening. Oh! She was an old friend of my dad's who turned out to be half-demon turning into full-demon and eventually it happened, but she helped save the world, so she can't be all that bad, right? * Maria blinks. "Pissed?" And she knew my mom, too. And my other mom. Would Eoi-sensei have known her? Yup! Huh. Wonder what he'd have to say. * Rei grins. "Probably the same thing." ( "Rei has two mommies. And a daddy. Get your mind out of the gutter, perv." ) Wait. Did *he* go to hell with your parents and your godmother? Only not as clear and concise as my version. Oh, sure did! Why did he never *tell* me about these things?! * Makoto nods, but waits until Rei finishes before responding to Maria. "Yeah, full of rage, kind of thing. But it was far away. I'm guessing that the real demon was still in hell or something." Yeesh, what do they teach you kids these days. Buy 'em books and they eat the covers. * Chie looks mock-offended. "I never ate books. I just didn't use 'em much." No was happy at having to get humans... and golems... to do dirty work for him, Makoto? I think it's more than that, Lazar. A lot of demons love to twist the arms of mortals, bending them to their will... It's an evil thing. * Maria blinks at her book. "Eat the covers?..." * Makoto nods at Lazar. "Probably. He wasn't mad at US, but he was mad, and bitter. Whatever he was doing talking to us, it involved something he doesn't like." With ketchup. So, wanna go now? Heh. I wonder if making a deal with humans is their equivalent saying to our making a deal with the devil? Or devils, as the case may be. And honestly? No, I don't want to go. But if most of you guys are going, there's no way in he... the world that I'm letting you go off without me. * Lazar holds up two fingers behind his head, mimicking devil horns. * Chomei shrugs. "Well, we don't have any time to wast, do we?" I'm pretty sure he's not baiting us. That's not to say we won't all die, forgotten and alone in Hell, because we're doing what he said... but at least that's probably not what he had in mind when he asked us to go to hell. * Maria eyes the bookcover more, then shakes her head. ... it no sound like smart idea, but demon right when say we no can hurt metal dog with what have. * Maria phehs. ... though do still want try hit it with van, see what happens. Nothing we did to it last time seemed to have any effect. Except running away, that was useful. I'm good at running away. Yeah. I'm not even gonna *try* to hit it, thanks. Except when I'm not. And I really do think we should get started soon or now. * Rei gets to her feet. Sooner or later, though, stupid wing guy send metal dog after us. And when happen, I like have weapons that can hurt. * Chomei shrugs. "I never shot at it." Sure. * Chie sighs. "Onward, then." * Maria shrugs. "How bad could hell be, anyway?" ( That was a phenomenally stupid question. ) Probably like Transylvania, but hotter. I hear it's worse. ( I was thinking the same thing. ) ( Depends on which one ^^ ) Worse food, too. They feed you in hell? Doubt it. Well, if those are humans down there, they had to live somehow, right? ( Not stupid; incredibly uninformed. ) * Rei picks up her backpack and wanders out the door, to her bike. Might as well get this show on the road. Point. Maybe they eat hell-cows and demon mushrooms. * Lazar nods at Rei. "I saying there probably no trained cooks in hell... well, ones that no cooking eyeballs of damned." * Rei calls back, "Never underestimate the demon mushrooms!" * Chomei looks at Chie. "Well, looks like we're on the road again..." * Makoto grins and follows Rei outside. C'mon Lazar! At least in Transylvania, could find people what could cook good deer. And potatoes? * Maria follows Rei and hops onto the back of her bike. Better her than some other poor soul. * Chie looks up at Chomei. "Yeah, I guess so." She doesn't look happy at all. Then she reaches out and grabs his hand, squeezes it for a second, and then heads out. * Lazar nods, and follows the others out. He slips on his demon bracers as he does. Why? Because he's from Transylvania, and he's PARANOID. =P ( Chie breaks Chomei's fingers! :P ) (This is Chie, Brett, not Satoshi. ;p) ( No, that'd be if Lazar squeezed Chomei's hand. ) * Rei gets on her bike and flips it on. She gives Makoto a thumbs up, waves at Chie (who probably just came out) and rockets off with Maria. * Chomei follows her, having squeezed back as a reaction. "Nothing in hell's gonna stop us." I hope you're right... I really do. ( I scared! Hold me, Chomei! *jumps into Chomei's arms* ... eep. *is smushed* ) (Heh.) (*chuckles*) [Time: 9:30. You reach Asanjya's House of Pancak.... *ahem* Asanjya's house. It looms as much as ever. *LOOM*] ( Hehe. ) Nice place. * Chomei would loom back if he was Laz. * Rei screeches to a halt. "I think so! But, like I said, could use more color." I think maybe we knock before go in this time. Seems like be good to be polite if asking person to take us to Hell. * Chie parks her bike and takes her helmet off. "I hope they fixed the lock." * Makoto pulls up in front of the house and kills the engine. "Some day I'll have a house that's nothing like this," he says to Lazar before getting out of the car. And knocking is probably a good idea. * Rei takes off her helmet, wanders over to the door, and is nice enough to ring the doorbell, knock, maybe both. * Maria hops off of Rei's bike, depositing her helmet. * Chomei takes his helmet off too, stashing it. "Yeah..." * Lazar gets out of the car. He does not knock, because accidentally punching a hole in someone's door is just downright rude. * Chie hops off her bike, much less enthusiastically than she usually would, and walks to the house. [You knock and ring the doorbell, rather than smash down the door.] * Asanjya opens the door. She's whitefaced, wide-eyed and breathing heavily. "Right, you guys. Come on in." * Chie blinks. "Hey, you okay?" * Chomei steps off the bike and walks up. * Maria blinks. "You okay?" Not to state the obvious but... You don't look so hot. ( ...dude. ) ( By whitefaced, I assume you don't mean 'painted up like a mime'. =P ) Perfectly okay. I just had a Lord of Hell drop by to tell me you guys were on your way, that's all. Oh. Which one? * Asanjya walks into the house, wiping off her brow. * Maria blinks. Wow. We're important now. * Rei wanders after her without so much as a how-do-you-do. So much for politeness. Bishi, red on black eyes, dressed in all black? Yeah. Lucifer. * Makoto enters the house last, out of habit, and closes the door behind him. Figures. We just got a visit from him. Oh, *that's* Lucifer. For some reason, I always figured he'd be bigger, or something. Oh, is that who that was? What, you guys know him? That's what he said. Need to get to hell, right? ( Well, he *was* handsome. ) And we need to get out when we're done, too. I thought he'd have horns and a forked tail myself. Right! I thought maybe we could talk to my godmother about doing that, since she lives there and comes back and forth and everything. But, hey, I guess we shouldn't believe the stereotypes, should we? He does. When he's in the right form.... well, I'd need to know your godmother's true name, Rei. Chelsea Taltos. I think maybe I can come up with a blood type if you give me long enough. That wasn't his actual body. It was a shell, or a projection, or something. His emotions were too distant for it to be the real him. If demon emotions work even remotely the same as human emotions, anyway. ... Right. Weird. * Asanjya heads on down the stairs to her room, turning on lights as she goes. * Maria follows, looking for valuables as she goes. * Lazar mutters as he walks. "That Lucifer? I thought he be... taller." Lazar, he's probably ACTUALLY as big as the Tokyo Tower, if it makes you feel better. * Rei grabs Makoto's hand and ambles after Asanjya. "Why'd you want to be as big as Tokyo Tower?" * Chomei shrugs. * Makoto takes Rei's hand without pause. "I think he just shows up like that so the people he talks to don't lose focus by pissing themselves." * Chie sighs and starts going downstairs. ( So you could knock it down, like Godzilla ) (RAAAAR!) * Chomei walks down the stairs too. * Makoto goes downstairs whenever Rei does. Good idea. Actually, would make me feel better if he two inches tall and made of glass. Nah. Then you'd get splinters. And glass splinters hurt. Hey, then I could sell 'im to a pawn shop! * Makoto chuckles. I guess that makes sense. But then you'd have to wonder why everybody got so worked up about him. I don't think Laz gets splinters, though. But I've cut myself on sharp stuff before, and it's not fun. It's very important to pay attention when you're gemcutting. Ah, you know the guy'd be made of some 'superglass' that can cut Lazar. * Asanjya walks into her room and over to her stacks of books, picks one up and starts leafing through it. "Chel...Chels...Chelsea...." She brushes back her hair and you catch a glimpse of a tattoo on the back of her hand as her sleeve falls away. "I can't find her in Mather's. Are you sure she's a full demon?" Mather's? Is that like a demon phonebook? * Chomei glances over at the tattoo. * Maria glances around, then sidles over to Chie and whispers to her. It'd be demonic glass. Of course it's super. Huh? Oh, she was turning full demon years ago, I figure she'd be gone all the way by now. * Chomei shrugs and leans back against a conviently empty wall. Kind of. Mather had a thing for demons. * Chie whispers back. Okay, then. Two inches and made of marshmellow. ( Then he'd eat you :P ) Had? How long ago? * Asanjya flops the book down. "Well, she's not in there... pretty much because the book was written in 1904, so the newest additions aren't in there." She sighs. Like before I was born, but not too long before. So maybe your demonic phone book is out of date. * Maria whispers back. Well... That just means we're gonna have to go down there to talk to her. * Rei blinks. "Uh... as long as you make sure you have a way to get us back." That was *not* the answer I wanted to hear. ... no want to be spoilsport, but again... maybe wait until tomorrow? I don't have another one, sorry. The Ways of Demons aren't exactly mallable. Well... can you at least make sure we'll get out with our souls intact? Or as intact as mine apparently is, anyway. Uhm... maybe her close friend is in there? Secretary? Brother-in-law? If I make the right bargain I can... probably. Yeah. I'd like to stay somewhat sane. Like soul. All I have left. Other than Slinkey. Okay, because when my parents went, there wasn't a whole lot of phoenix stuff to go around, and I heard it was not altogether fun. Phoenix stuff? Well, that might have been a different Hell. What, there's more than one? Yeah! Phoenix... what was it... fire. Phoenix fire. Gotten from this crazy volcanic mountain. Plenty. * Chomei listens. ( Sorry, you want the next Hell over. This is just the second of nine. ) * Makoto listens, too. ... more than one hell? Oh, my rabbi have some explaining to do... See, there's lots of different Hells. Kind of a specialization thing. Dante had one, Mather's got a list, de Plancy had a list from another... some of them overlap a bit, but thankfully... er, Lucifer... told me which one these people you're looking for are in. Well. I'm glad it's been narrowed down. By the way... is this the one that Enma's the lord of? But I'm not sure if this is the one where Chelsea is... and no, it's not. Ah, well. That would've been too convenient, I guess. Oh. Well, maybe it's the same one. It's been a while since I've seen her, and it'd be nice to have someone I can trust down there. But it is one of the nicer hells. On the whole. Yay, we're going to the happy hell. Where the demons aren't _quite_ so demonic. Oh, it's Hell Lite. Yay. * Chomei said his line with a completly straight face. ( If you can't trust a demon, who CAN you trust? ) (Certainly not you. :P) * Makoto chuckles quietly at the idea of a kinder, gentler hell. ( Maybe Fidel Castro. He's somewhere down there too! ) * Rei seems perfectly okay with it. "So, do we need to burn goats, or what?" Ah, so bloodthirsty demons there no have teeth and claws what are quite so big? No, they're just a little less evil. And as for the ritual, I don't THINK we'll need goats... If that's true, they should be easier for us to pound. Assuming they need pounding. And when I say "us" I mean "Lazar and Maria." * Rei snickers. * Asanjya picks up a book and starts leafing through it. Aww, I don't get to pound? Well, I guess I'm more of the slicing and stabbing type. Right. I think I'll avoid fighting demons, thanks. I'll just make fun of 'em while Chomei shoots 'em repeatedly. * Chomei shrugs. Oh, sure. Make big freakishly strong stone guy fight demons while normal squishy humans stay back... hey, that no bad plan, actually. * Makoto grins. See? He agrees. No, it isn't. * Chie half-smiles. "It works." * Rei starts looking slightly bored. Uh oh. She lets go of Makoto's hand and begins poking around the room (again). ( Asanjya's taking over the Profs role? ) * Asanjya blinks. "Okay, that's unconventional...." ... oh, that no can be good. * Maria pauses... and then joins Rei in poking around the room. This cannot end well. Do we need to use camel ears? 'Cause I think you got extra. * Makoto shakes his head. ... Unconventional? No... uh, does anyone here wear stuff from the Gap? Maybe we can improvise. Makoto! You see any more... what? * Chie snickers. "Nope." Ew. Is that what those are? * Rei wrinkles her nose. "That's a den of evil. I don't wear evil clothes. Even I have some taste!" But it *does* make sense. ( *snerk* ) Yeah, well... I need a piece of clothing from there before I can perform the ritual. * Chomei raises an eyebrow. "Never shopped there period." ( There better be a Gap in hell. ) Er? I dunno. I don't pay attention to the name of the clothes I shop at. You don't pay attention to the prices, either. ... I no technically wear clothes, really. So. First we hit the mall, then we go to hell. This is true. * Rei blinks at her. "Uh... fine. Where's the nearest Gap?" Somehow, it's oddly appropriate. Because I'm really not that familiar with this area, but since you live here, maybe you can point me there, and I can go in and buy something and be out realquick. I feel dirty just thinking about it. You mind if the clothing's stolen? 'Cause I can be back with somthing in an hour, tops. Well, did you want to go right now? No really, no. I've given up caring where you get the stuff. * Makoto slaps his forehead with the heel of his hand. "Maria, I knew you should have lifted one of Lucifer's socks." Espically if it's from the Gap. To the Gap or to hell? (There's the session title.) To Hell. Same difference. No really, no. Hey, socks are easy. As for being stolen, it's likely better - buying involves math, and Gaap and math don't get along. * Lazar shakes his head vigorously. His old boss forced him to write a textbook on it once. * Chie looks at Chomei. "That's 'cause you do your own." Then she looks at Asanjya. "Actually, if we can put it off for a night without all of it breaking loose, I'd rather wait 'til tomorrow. Get some stuff together, make sure we're all in top shape." And that'd actually make sense. One sock to get here, one to get back. Huh. * Lazar nodnods at Maria. But would you use the left sock or right sock, and do they have to match, and do we need anything else, Asanjya? ( So I guess this means Matthias and the rest of the backup team get... about two days off, total. =P ) Right. And what about getting back? * Chie muses. "One sock to rule them all, one sock to bind them... nah. Just doesn't have the right feel to it." No, it doesn't. ( It's more than we got! ;_~ ) (Yeah. ;_;) Uhm... I think anything goes, as long as it's Gap. As for getting back... we'll have to see what he wants for it. ... I don't like the sound of that. ( One shoe to rule them all, one shoe to find them. One shoe to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. Kuribo's Shoe. It's precioussssssss." ) * Asanjya shrugs at Chomei. "That's the way it goes with demons." Why do you think I hate dealing with demons? I assume threatening him with noogie no work, right? * Chie looks at Chomei. "And how often do you do that?" Oh, they're not bad. Once you've got them pinned in a pentagram or triangle they tend to be a little more workable. * Chomei looks back at Chie. "This is the first time actually dealing with them." Oh. Can we take some of those with us? I can't imagine they'd stand still long enough for you to trap them in a drawing, though... Or does it not work that way? * Awaymancer is now known as Segev I've got chalk, but they don't tend to stand still in Hell... * Chie pats her bag. "I've got wards." * Rei goes back to poking around, making her way back to the stack of bad fiction, and plunks on the ground as she starts leaving through them. * Chomei cracks his knuckles. "We'll just need to make them stand still." * Maria reads over Rei's shoulder. Easy to do from the cieling. * Chie looks back at Chomei. "Well, I guess this is my first time, too, and I hate it already." * Asanjya shrugs. "No worse than unsequencing a DNA strand." ... I can make stand still. Well, unless it so powerful it could crush me with no effort. * Rei is looking through some science fiction. She gets bored of it before too long and picks up a Xanth novel. And then another one. And then another one. "Argh, how many of those did he write before he died?" I could prolly draw a triangle really fast. Let's try not to have to, tho. * Makoto glances at Rei. "I don't know. What is it?" Three hundred and twelve. The puns only got worse. Xanth! Pierce Anthony. Translated *and* in English. * Rei holds up two copies of the same book. Man. He had lots of time. ... huh? They any good? The first three are okay, I guess. They're awful. * Asanjya grins. "Perfectly delightfully awful." Ugh. I think one of my cousins really loved them. I tried reading one once... Is he anything like Lovecraft? Because Lovecraft great. Very funny. * Chie just shakes her head. I never read that stuff. Well, I looked at one of the first ones. There was some girl who changed with the phases of the moon. That's pretty sad, really. A shapeshifter who can't control the shape of her own body? What kind of hero is THAT? Oh. Too bad. I need something read in my recouperation time. ( The first nine are pretty good, I thought. It's pretty downhill from there, though. His non-Xanth stuff tends to be pretty good, though. ) ... were-hero? * Rei sticks her tongue out at Makoto. "What kinda hero are you?" * Chomei shakes his head. ( his Adept series was pretty cool, as well. ) Not really, Lazar. She went from beautiful and stupid to ugly and brilliant. I can't remember which combinations matched what phases of the moon, but... * Asanjya eyes Lazar. "Lovecraft was right, you know." ( The Adept stuff was pretty good, and Incarnations of Immortality rocked. ) ( And you beat me to it. Incarnations was AWESOME. ) ( Indeed it was. I want the last 2-3 books of it; I cannot remember how many were left. ) Who? * Makoto turns back to Rei and sticks his tongue out at HER. "The kind that saves the day while on vacation." * Asanjya holds up the Necronomicon. "Remember Marduk? He's in here." ( Er, that's about Adept. I've read all of Incarnations. ) ( So Chel finally sold that old thing, huh? ) Oh, him? That demon that's definitely not cute at all, no matter what you two think? * Chie sticks her tongue out at Rei. He is too cute! ...did I miss something? I prefer my guys not on fire, thank you very much. And, yeah, Maria, this is when we first met An- Asnanjya. But he was cute anyway! Come on, admit it. If you didn't know he was a demon or anything, you woulda thought he was cute. * Rei nods. "You're just prejudiced." He was on *fire*, Rei. You could use it to roast marshmallows! * Asanjya sniffs. "Only his hair. " Make smores, even. * Chomei leans back. "What if he grew a mustache?" Why would I want to roast marshmallows over a guy's hair? Why not? And a mustache would just make it worse. * Maria rubs her head in confusion. "But I've heard flaming guys don't go for girls. Dunno why they say that, but..." ( Hey, you _would_ have the advantage of being fireside wherever you went. ) * Chie blinks at Maria, then cracks up uncontrollably. * Rei bursts out laughing, falling over and dropping her book. * Chomei laughs pretty hard at that. ( Oh, my. Does Maria come up with these gems often? ) * Chie nearly doubles over. * Makoto laughs as well, but he smooths his expression quickly. "Maria. It's a different kind of flaming." * Asanjya giggles. * Maria blinks. "..." * Makoto walks over to Maria and puts a conspiratorial arm around her shoulder before whispering something hurriedly to her. * Lazar shakes his head at Asanjya. "Bah. Lovecraft was good at comedy. I mean, Cthulhu as all-powerful god? My people kill Cthulhu in Transylvania three hundred years ago. Was big weenie." ( Backith ) * Chie looks up and wipes her eyes. "Sorry, Maria." * Chie is still smiling, though. * Chomei stops laughing, and quickly regains his composure. * Rei manages to calm down into just the occasional giggle. * Chie walks over to Chomei and pokes him in the arm. "You laughed. I saw you. Don't pretend you didn't." She grins. * Maria is red, now. "So, not actually on fire. Ri-- ...ew? ...how does that *work*? ...ew." * Asanjya tilts her head. "Maybe it was just a different Cthulhu." * Makoto smiles impishly and whispers to Maria again. How many Cthulhu's there are? Big, green, many tentacles, annoying voice what drives people nuts... * Chomei smirks. "So I did." Right. Please don't. And, uhm... right. A couple, of course. ( Level 20, when it kills a character, gives all the others a level just to mock the loser... ) * Makoto withdraws his arm and nods. You should do it more often. When we're not beeing assaulted by deadly demons from the underworld. * Rei rolls over to look at Makoto and Maria upside down. "Didja break her head? Because she might need that later, since we're going to Hell and all. It'd be horrible if the rabid chipmunks got to her." Plus, I think Lovecraft never release "Cthulhu Do Coppenhagen" outside of Transylvania. Now *that* comedy classic. But it'd really confuse them if you did. ... I have GOT to get a copy of that. Now, you say you're from... Transylvania? * Maria sticks her tongue out at Rei. "Nyah." * Lazar nods. "Is where I get cool accent." * Makoto just grins. * Rei sticks her tongue out at Maria. * Asanjya 's eyes light up, and she inches closer to Lazar. "DO tell me more." * Jex is now known as Jexless About what? Transylvania? Hey, hey. Let's first decide what exactly we're doing, and then we can go into story time. * Segev is now known as Idlemancer * Maria nods at Rei. "Good. Glad that's settled." * Rei blinks. She looks confused now. "What's settled? Did someone come in and claim this land and stick a flag in it and I didn't even know about it? Me without my camera! Damnit." ... Right. Aww, okay... Well, I can leave whenever, I'm ahead in all my classes. * Chie laughs. "And here I thought you already ruled the world." Yup. They came like a thief in the night. And take it from me, those can be sneaky. I have to keep updated on my competition! * Rei sits up, then falls over from sitting up too fast. Dammit, nobody'd better try to conquer Europe while I'm away. * Maria giggles and helps Rei up. Aside from newly resurrected Dracula? Well, do you at least have spies watching it every momeeeeeent *helped up* oof. * Chomei nods. "So what do you say we rest up, then leave at around... 7 tomorrow evening?" I'd forgotten about him. Okay, I hereby relinquish my claim. Rei can have it back. Yay! I think. Damnit, now I have to deal with Dracula. I'm still borrowing Australia. 7 works. Gives me time to put some things in order. You still wanna meet at 1 tomorrow? * Rei turns to Makoto and Maria. "One of you guys wouldn't want Transylvania, wouldja?" No, Australia's enough for me. Nah. Laz might be attached to it, tho. Okay. I can handle seven easily. Sounds good to me. * Rei blinks. "Wait, seven? Seven! Sure, seven's fine. I like seven. Can meet at one, that's doable, too." Right. Seven's good. I'll be here with Gapstuff. Better make it a couple pieces. * Lazar is conspicuous by his silence on the Wanting Transylvania issue. Sure. * Chomei nods. "Now that that's settled..." Pizza! Yes! * Makoto brightens a bit. ...Pizza! Pizza? Pizza. Sounds *very* good to me. I'll eat Lazar's portion for him. * Lazar gives the Golem Grunt of "Can't Eat, No Pizza for Me". * Asanjya rubs her chin. "I kinda burnt my dinner when Lucifer showed up. Do you mind if I come along?" Not at all! Not if I get to it first. And after, we can go dancing or something. Because there's gotta be a disco around here. Or maybe there isn't, but Chie can make one. She's good at that. No room at my place. Movie night! ...Movie night? That just means we'll watch a movie tonight, Maria. Movie night. Well, maybe we'd better save that for after we get back. But we are *so* having movie night at my place. Sometime. Oh. Cool! Ooh, sounds neat. Okay. Whenever there is movie night, that's what it will mean. * Chomei smiles. "Sounds good to me." * Asanjya takes a step closer to Lazar. Fantastic! Pizza and movies at my place. So let's go! ... I think I need just go find place to meditate. Need to make sure healed for going to hell. * Chie smiles at Chomei, then practically runs up the stairs. * Maria follows the running Chie! * Chomei runs after Chie! * Rei blinks at Lazar, opens her mouth to say something, then stops herself. She grabs Makoto by the arm and drags him up the stairs, instead. * Makoto is dragged without resistance behind Rei. * Lazar shrugs as the others run out, then lumbers up the stairs. [Away you go. Victory! Session Over!]