[Day: Monday, June 28th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [After a stay in Hell that amounted to a lot longer than you probably thought, you find yourselves back in the good ol' MC clubroom, complete with new demonslaying weapons. Asanjya might be there or she might not; I don't remember what you guys told her. Oh, and Makoto is there! Anyhow...] [MC2 Start, yo!] (If nothing else, Chie probably gave Asanjya her phone number. And possibly directions when she went to Asanjya's place to pick up her stuff.) * Maria sits perched on one of the desks. ( Nah, I'd rather something else, like a random attack by... *thinks*... Captain Nemo and the Nemoteers! ) * Rei is sprawled on the floor, writing in her notebook. Anyone looking over her shoulder can see it's "Reasons Why Chomei Is Not Actually Evil - Just Lame". (Dammit, now I am picturing singing, dancing little kids in minature naval outfits. And it is cracking me up. Curse you. ;p) * Asanjya is there, despite nobody telling her where the place was. She's sitting in a chair, reading a paperback book. ( "#1: Cheese. #2: Greasy hair. #3: D'oh!" ) * Maria watches over Rei's shoulder, giving a helpful suggestion every now and then. * Lazar leans against a wall, in his golem form, playing with the ever- ubiquitous Slinky. "We evil... really. Do I look ev- okay, bad example." * Chie comes running into the clubroom, flinging the door open and looking around the room briefly before focusing on someone. "Maria! Laz! Did you get that guy to believe us?" Well, hey, I don't look evil. ...do I? * Chomei walks into the club room right behind Chie, a bit more composed than her. Wow, you'd think he'd care or something. ( That's an excellent question, Chie! And such an excellent question deserves an equally excellent answer! ... which I'm currently discussing with Brett. =P ) (Hah!) Blue hair! Blue hair's inherently lame, not evil, I mean, it's anti-evil and plus-lame... * Rei writes. And he's so lame, he couldn't be really evil even if he tried, which he wouldn't, because he's not evil! * Chie would object on the basis that she's had blue hair in the past, if she weren't so focused on Lazar. * Maria nodnods. "Both good points." Really, there's no room for any evil, what with all the lame. ... Right. * Lazar is, for the moment, silent, so enraptured is he with the Slinky. It fills it all up! The lameness consumes all and taints everything it touches! * Chie looks over at Rei and half-smiles. "I'm doomed, aren't I?" Including any evil what may've been there in the past, but isn't anymore because it became lame. * Maria nods. * Rei looks up. "Huh? Oh, it's okay. Your coolness might even be able to counteract some of his FOL." FOL? Field of Lame! ... * Maria giggles. Ahh. I see. Well, let's hope I'm strong enough. * Chie grins. We need scientific terms for all of this, and a few experiements, mostly involving varying degress of lameness in certain situations. Getting other test subjects would be kinda hard, though... * Asanjya speaks, not looking up. "No it wouldn't. Offer free food. That's how the bio department does it." Rei, please don't conduct bizarre scientific experiments on my boyfriend. ((cold hard cash always works, too)) * Makoto opens the door, though he has to stand on his tiptoes to do so. He looks like a six-year-old version of himself, which is not entirely new for him but a little strange nevertheless. Somehow, huge gray eyes brimming with childish innocence and spiked dark hair with blonde highlights looks really odd on a first-grader wearing slightly oversized designer clothing. * Makoto waves a little hand vaguely. "'sup, guys." * Chie blinks. "Makoto? Long time no see." Well, maybe not that long, but it feels like it. Where have you been? * Lazar snaps out of his Slinky-induced trance. "... hey miniature Makoto. You say something before, Chie?" Oh, here and there. Hospital, mostly. * Maria blinks at Makoto. * Chie turns her full attention back to Lazar. "Did you take that guy to Interpol? Did you get him to listen to you?" ... I know life odd when I say hello to miniature Makoto and no even wierded out. Then again, I made of stone. ... kind of. Kind of? ( "I'm normal. Everyone else is wierd." ) Did you or didn't you? * Makoto walks over to Lazar and pats the golem gently on the leg. "Life is definitely odd." * Rei looks up. "Hi Makoto! Got any reasons to add on why Chomei's Not Evil, Just Lame?" * Lazar rubs his head. "We go to Interpol branch in Tokyo, but nobody there know about Mystery Club, because Interpol no bother having person what know about stuff in Japan, where all bad stuff happening. Because they STUPID." Then where the hell do they keep our records? * Asanjya closes her book and looks up... down... at Makoto. "Hello." ( More like because he quit :P ) In China. Because, again, they STUPID. So... are we gonna have to take him there? No. * Maria makes a face and goes back to trying to forget about the whole thing. ( They keep the records at http://besm.sandwich.net/MC2/. Unfortunately it's a little out of date :P ) I get Naomi on cool TV phone, we talk to him, explain whole Mystery Club thing. He willing to consider... but... * Makoto rubs his somewhat pointy little chin as he walks toward Rei. He waves at Maria and Asanjya and then stops behind Rei so that he can read her current list. * Chie is looking rather worried now. "But?" * Rei hands it to him and rolls onto her back. * Lazar mutters. "Ensof no impressed by how incompetant Interpol is. No is sure we is telling truth, since he think if we good, should be better organized. But he willing to consider." So he's called it off for now? I don't know. He liked that joke that I told in Hell. The one nobody else enjoyed. I think that makes him a lot less lame than I might have said if you'd asked me a week ago. No. He just say he willing to consider as part of evidence. So how long do we have to *get* him the evidence? Some would argue that bureaucracy is the only definite proof of good or evil. * Asanjya stretches. Bureaucracy's all evil. * Makoto squats beside Rei and sets the list on her stomach. "So," he asks her in a quiet voice, "What did I miss?" Same as before. Three days. Shit! * Chie clenches her fists. "I still can't *believe* this whole thing!" * Chomei shrugs. "Worst comes to worst he thinks I'm evil, we kick his ass. It's his own fault for letting money blind him." Yes, but he basically good guy. No is good to pound on guy what could be ally later on. * Makoto lifts his head and watches Chie and Chomei and Lazar. * Chie whirls around and looks at Chomei. "Yeah, but what if he comes after you when we aren't all around?" If he's going to attack us he's not an ally. And... I'm not sure. * Asanjya goes over and sits next to Rei. "I could summon some demons who'd vouch for us, but somehow I doubt that'd have the desired effect." (*laughs*) * Maria rubs her face. "We can do this in three days. *I* can do it in three days. I've done work like this before." * Chie looks over at her. "Yeah?" * Rei snaps out of her thinking to focus on Makoto. "Huh? Oh, missed." What are you thinking, Maria? [The phone rings!] I'll get it! * Maria nods. "Yeah. Lots of times I looked into someone who was offering work because they felt wrong and I wanted to know why." * Chie runs over and picks up the phone. Sorry, Maria, but the training overrides all. "Hello?" ( ;_; ) [Chie is eaten by a chicken. Just kidding.] You missed us meeting this guy with eyes kinda like Maria's and he was hired to kill Chomei 'cause someone told him he's an evil demon which is obviously untrue, but that's what he was told anyway. But he obviously didn't kill Chomei and wants proof in three days that he isn't evil, even though he might be a demon. That's the long and short of it. ( The Good, the Bad, and the Lame. ) "Who's calling?" "Okay..." ( Before we can train you to exorcise, we must train you to pick up the phone first.) * Chie covers the phone with her hand. "Maria... it's for you. Some guy. Didn't recognize his voice." * Chie holds it out to her. (And answer doors. Mussn't forget that.) * Maria blinks. (But I don't answer the door! Rei does, or sometimes Makoto.) * Maria takes the phone. "Huh?" * Chie steps back to let Maria have her conversation in semi-private. Well, as private as you can get in here. * Makoto folds his little arms and screws up his face in an expression that looks like it might have come from biting a salted lemon. "But Chomei's obviously not evil. I'm sure you've already had that discussion..." * Rei sits up, the list falling onto the floor. She watches the phone conversationing. "Yeah, we did, but like I said, he didn't believe us. Besides, if someone's a demon, who's gonna believe he's not evil?" * Asanjya raises her hand. ( Victoria would! ) * Maria waits for a reply on the phone. * Asanjya grabs Rei's hand and raises it too. * Chomei shrugs. I do now. * Makoto glances as Asanjya and nods. "I probably would, too. I'm supposed to be evil, after all." ( True. And he isn't even lame! ) Er... hello? Plus, he hired by Mr. E. That no help at all. Helloooooooooo? Yeah, Mr. E has this problem with wanting us dead. Hellolo! * Chie looks over at Maria. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 7. * Rei 's hand is raised. "Okay, so I'd believe he's not evil, but I'm not normal and that guy... is definitely not normal! Never mind." Oh, him. He's definitely up to no good. But I guess we can't deal with him until we get this bounty hunter off of Chomei's case, huh? 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6+1) and gets 7. ( Damn you, Dicesuke. ) Well, dealing with E could be one way to get this guy to leave us alone. If nothing else, we need to prove that E's the wrong one here, not us. * Maria blinks. "Uhm, I'm sure it has. Whoever you are." No, I don't. Is this Lieutenant Whatsisface? Right. But how can we do that? The only thing we really know about him is that he used that creepy stone to... go to some demon dimension... or something. And that he's trying to get us killed. And that he works with that bat kid. And the bat kid works with the demon dog. Not much to go on. * Lazar mutters. "Sure. No problem. Just walk into secret headquarters... which we no know where is, because is secret... and steal his 'I Is Evil' t-shirts." * Chie sighs and finally sits down. "I don't know. That's the problem." * Asanjya lets go of Rei's hand and goes back to her book. I wish I *did* know. Rei, is there any way you could look up information on him? I know it's probably not sitting around any normal places, but maybe you could do a bit of investigating? * Maria makes a face. "Not him, huh? You're not Mr. E, are you? 'Cause that'd be funny, actually." ( o/~ There's no Mr. E in town! So call the coolest pup around! It's Scooby! Demon Hunter Scooby Doo! o/~ ) ( Do a google search for "Top secret headquarters Mr. E." ) (I still think we should have painted the van in China. ;p) (He's not wearing a badge. He can't be Mr. E.) * Chomei sighs and just listens to people talk. (Google returns... 24587 results. Apparently, it's a very popular villain name right now.) * Rei lets her hand flop. "I don't think there's any info on him, but I guess I could try. I *really* don't think his real name's Mr. E, unless it is, in which case it's like Eckertt or something which doesn't get us any closer to anywhere." * Maria becomes very still and quiet all of a sudden. Right, right... * Chie glances over at Maria and frowns. Try 'Mr Evil'. That... what word... hokey enough. * Makoto gives a brief but violent shiver, as if a very cold wind just blew past him. Maria? * Lazar blinks, and looks over at Maria, tilting his head at her less- than-relaxed posture. * Maria begins to shake a little, and whimpers. "n-no. how... how did you..." * Rei blinks at Maria. * Chie blinks too and starts walking over to her. w-who... who is that? * Chomei raises an eyebrow at the growing attention that Maria's getting. (Jealous, dear? ;p) S-somebody make her h-hang up... sh-she's terrified. * Asanjya looks up. * Chie reaches out and lightly grasps Maria's arm. * Maria jumps at the contact. Literally. She gives a yelp and lands awkwardly on the desk. * Chie jumps back, too. "Sorry! You want me to take care of that guy for you?" * Rei looks back at Makoto, then starts as Maria yelps. "Ack! Oh." * Makoto gives a small start when Maria yelps. Then he rubs his hands over his arms as if to warm them. * Maria blinks uncertainly at Chie, then nodnods and shoves the phone into her, right before she bolts from the room. Whoa, Ma... damn. * Chie puts the phone to her ear and says nothing for the moment. * Rei jumps to her feet and runs after Maria, almost tripping as she goes. * Lazar takes a step to go after Maria, but realizes he's not exactly built for pursuit, and returns to his previous position, now scowling. * Asanjya stands up and takes her staff from leaning against the desk. * Chie speaks. "Well, I hope you're happy with yourself, whoever the hell you are. Good fucking riddance." * Chie hangs up. * Makoto exhales deeply as soon as Maria is gone. "I haven't felt that kind of fear in a long time," he says as Rei chases after Maria. "I'd go after her too, but..." [The phone rings.] * Chomei thinks... * Chie picks up. "Yeah?" "What the hell?" * Chie covers the phone with her hand. "Guys, go after her. *NOW!*" * Asanjya looks over to Lazar. "You always get this much phone traffi....whoa." 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+1) and gets 8. How the hell am I supposed to catch her? * Makoto winces. "Okay, okay. Come on, guys. I'll just follow the mind numbing terror." Just go! * Asanjya grabs Xaphan out of her pocket and puts him on her shoulder. Let's go. * Chie listens to the phone and winces. * Lazar starts to lumber out, then waits for Makoto. "Lead way. Maybe switch to Makoto with longer legs?" ( Maria and everyone else, join #TheChaseToNowhereReally ) (Including me?) ( Everyone following her, I mean ) "What the *fuck* are you trying to pull?" * Makoto hurries out the door, nodding at Lazar and shifting as he runs. It's almost painful to watch his limbs stretch out to their normal length while in active use. * Asanjya follows Makoto at a run. * Chie *slams* the phone down. Did everyone else leave? * Chomei looks at Chie. "Sure you don't want me to stay?" Fuck. * Chie kicks the table. [The poor table ;_;] (I know!) Com'on Chie. We can still catch them on your bike. What the hell's going on? [It didn't do anything wrong!] (She's just got no respect for innocent furniture!) * Chie exhales. "Gods, it just gets *worse*." ( The gods respond: "Amen, sistah." ) Maria might be okay for now, but whoever that was might have just killed some poor girl. I... * Chie closes her eyes. "Let's just go." * Chie heads out the door. * Chomei chases out the door, slamming it behind him. [They come across the others at the stairwell.] (All of them?) * Lazar keeps some space between himself and Maria. A large chunk of rock invading her personal space might not be the best thing right now. ( Yep ) [Lazar has more to fear from Chie; she likes to kick inanimate objects.] (Lazar's animate!) * Maria sits there, huddled in a corner of the stairwell and rocking gently. She slowly stops, then looks up at those assembled. * Chie looks at Maria, takes a deep breath, opens her mouth and, for once, shuts it. I don't want him to kill you. Who kill us? Nobody's killing us. Nobody. ( Except whoever has Ambition this week. >_>;; ) ("It's sumo-wrestler Ambition! With super sword-slam action!) H-whoever that was. I dunno who he is but... but he's gonna. He killed all the others. Anyone who takes care of me. * Chie bites her lip. * Asanjya squats down on her haunches and looks at Maria. Xaphan peers at her with a worried look. * Chomei sighs. "Look, the last thing he'd want to do is mess with us. You know we'd probably kick his ass if he tried anything, right guys?" ... person kill someone you know? Then we beat to pulp, like always do. (Lazar and Chomei think along the same lines. It is scary.) * Makoto remains awkwardly silent, and that alone makes the silence from him even more uncomfortable. * Lazar kneels down, so he's not towering over Maria. "I golem. I built for revenge and things. Is what I do. And nobody stop me, especially nobody what hurt people what little ones care about." * Maria starts crying. "H-he killed my m-mother and father, and he k- killed m-my foster parents, a-and he b-burned down the or... orphan-age they p-put me in, and h-he'll come after you too. He will. He will." * Chie inhales sharply, and her eyes widen. She walks over to where Maria is sitting and hugs her. "We won't let that happen." * Rei stares at Maria for a second, then bites her lip. She doesn't say anything. * Asanjya looks at Xaphan, who looks back, then they both look back to Maria. "Intent is not an automatic success." * Maria recoils slightly at the touch, but then allows herself to be comforted. * Lazar stiffens. Impressive, since he's already made of stone. "... he come. We stop. I pull off limbs." * Chomei nods. "If he messes with us, he's got a serious death wish." * Chie gently rubs Maria's back. "Laz's right. We're all looking out for each other. S'what we do." Xaphan and I'll whip up an army of demons! * Maria sniffs. "thank you." We've been to hell and back. We can do this. No even need to thank. Is just what we do. Mess with one, mess with all. * Chomei nods. ...i'm gonna need to move again. You could move in with me. If my parents said okay. I think she means to another city. Or country. Well, why? * Maria shakes her head. "No. Gotta live nowhere again. He can't find me if I'm nowhere." * Asanjya blinks. "Where's nowhere? Wherever I stop for the night. ... can wander with golem if want. I no sleep, so I no have apartment. Can even carry entire bed. * Rei speaks up now, "On the side of a building, or in an alley, or in the trees. No address." * Chie sighs. But... that's still a somewhere. ( Hearing checks! ) * Maria nods at Rei. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Here's some good." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Woohoo!) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 5. ( Nope! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Made it. ) (Nope). ( Chie is alert! ) (Boy am I ever!) [Everyone who made it hears the phone ringing in the club room. Chie instinctively looks that way before it even starts to ring.] Aww, hell. I'll get it. * Chie stands up and runs back to the room. Get wha--oh, is the phone ringing? (I have Magical Phone Sensing Powers!) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+3) and gets 10. (Why do I bother? :P) ( To amuse us? ) (You could crit succeed? You did once. ^_~) [Chomei hears a cow jump over the moon.] (I didn't crit-fail. And what the hell would that sound like, anyways?) * Chie picks up the phone when she reaches it. "Hello?" * Asanjya doesn't even notice. * Chie lets out a huge, relieved sigh. "Naomi. Thank the gods. What's up?" And if that no work... golem bodyguard maybe good idea. You need sleep, but I no. I still don't understand why running's a good idea. I wonder who called this time. I'll be back. * Maria nods. "That'd help. You wouldn't need blankets, either." "Yes. Yes, I do remember that thing." * Makoto goes to the club room door and leans so that he can see inside. He gives Chie a curious expression, hoping that she'll understand that he's trying to ask who called without interrupting her. * Chie glances up at Makoto briefly and mouths "Naomi." * Lazar nods. "Could even just move to different place... but if no feel comfortable staying in one place, is still doable." * Rei rubs at the back of her head, glances at Makoto as he leaves, but stays put. * Chomei sighs. You know anything about this guy? ( She did move. She's on the stairs now. ) "That's okay. We've... got a way to handle it. Where is it?" * Makoto nods matter-of-factly and looks back at the stairwell to see if anybody else is interested in the phone call. Otherwise he remains leaning into the doorway. "What is it capable of, then? The more info we get, the better prepared we'll be." * Chie ticks off something on her fingers. "Okay, yeah, I do remember that... anything else?" * Asanjya watches Xaphan fly over to land on Maria's shoulder. * Rei looks back at Maria and opens her mouth, hesitates, then shuts it and walks over to the room. * Chie smirks sarcastically, even if the person on the other end can't see. "Neither would we. So, what do you want us to do?" * Makoto waves Rei over when he sees her in the hallway. "It's Naomi," he tells her. "Sounds like she wants us to go do something for her." * Chie raises an eyebrow. "You've got some good information sources. Mind if I ask you a favor?" * Lazar rubs his head, producing that funky stone-on-stone grinding noise. * Maria blinks at Xaphan. "...you could find out who he is?" "You ever heard of a Mr. E?" * Chomei folds his arms. "We may have mentioned him before." * Asanjya nods, as does Xaphan. "If we could get in touch with the right demons we might." Naomi? * Rei walks over to Makoto. "Any idea what she wants? I mean, besides world peace and stuff." "Dammit. Guess that was too much to hope for. Well, if you just happen to hear anything about him, could you let us know?" And pocky. She likes pocky. "Thanks. Any advice for getting in this Osaka place?" * Maria blinks, and nods. "yeah. Yeah." Sounds like she wants us to nab something rather than break something. I'm not sure whether that's good or bad. "So they may have other surprises waiting for us. Gotcha. Anything else?" * Maria looks like she's considering whatever Xaphan said. Err. Okay, so we'll definitely have to break something. "'kay, hang on a second." * Chie covers the phone with her hand and yells. "Laz! It's Naomi! She wants to talk to you for a second!" * Makoto relays that shout, just in case. "Laaa~aaaz! Phooo~ooone!" * Lazar stands up, glances over at Maria again, then lumbers up the stairs (careful not to step on anyone) and to the phone. * Chie hands it over to Lazar and steps aside. * Lazar takes the phone. "Yes?" * Makoto leans out of the doorway and stands straight, but only long enough to give Rei a hug. "What need talk to golem about?" * Chie starts to say something, then stops when she sees that. She smiles a little. * Chomei stays downstairs, um, with the cowering Maria. Hey, someone's gotta make sure she doesn't run off. * Asanjya crosses her legs underneath her. She is also with Maria, who has Xaphan whispering sweet nothings in her ear. * Rei stiffens a little in surprise, then gives a small smile and hugs Makoto back. "Thanks." ...I prolly shouldn't. * Maria makes like to stand up, and manages to do so. Well, keep it in mind. It beats running. "... well that... what Japanese term... fucking suck." * Chie glances over her shoulder at Lazar and blinks. "And of course nobody stop him. With my people dead, who left?" "... Nalia work with Interpol?" * Makoto doesn't say anything, because now is not the time for doppelganger boyfriends to say things. When the hug does end, he grins a bit sadly at Rei. * Chie mutters. "Oh, great, Dracula, too." "I last of people. Nalia one what transfer soul into golem." (There were far too many commas in that sentence. I apologize.) * Lazar makes a spitting sound. "Belmonts. Bunch of blond sissies with whips. Take credit for what we do." (*giggles*) * Maria shuffles back into the clubroom. * Chie looks over at Maria and offers her a small smile. "Belmonts is Belmonts, right?" *sighs* "If say so. Suppose they no completely useless." * Rei leans against Makoto and watches what's going on. "Huh." * Chie waits for everyone to get back and for Lazar to finish his phone conversation before telling everybody what's going on. * Lazar looks like he's about to go off on a rant, then stops himself, and just listens to Naomi. "What need me do?" * Asanjya gets up and follows Maria. * Makoto responds to Rei's stunningly perceptive remark with a gentle grunt of agreement. * Chomei follows Maria back as well. * Rei is perceptive like that, yes. "... you want me in Transylvania?" * Rei furrows her brow a little, then ticks on her fingers. "That's no good." * Chie raises an eyebrow. That's not a terribly pleasing prospect. * Asanjya blinks as she listens to that bit of the phone convo. "...now that sounds like a real vacation." "... oh. Good. So just do briefings, help people understand what dealing with?" (Rei - Darn. Chie - Darn. Asanjya - WOOHOO!) (It's not the "going to Transylvania" part so much as the "not having Lazar around" part.) (By this point, Chie figures Transylvania can't be *that* much worse. She's probably horribly wrong, mind you, but that's what she's thinking. ;p) "That is what need me for, right? Just need someone what been in Transylvania to give info, right?" (See, Asanjya thinks "Transylvania" and thinks "wolfsbane." or "Magic books.") "Can do that... how long need me be away from little ones? No like leaving them without convenient walking cover." "... can do that. No even have problem with time zones, since I no sleep in first place." * Maria blinks. "We're goin' to Transylvania? ....yeah, that'd work." * Lazar covers up the phone. "No, no. Well, no yet." * Chie shakes her head. "I think they just want Laz for a bit. Not all of us. Which isn't good, really..." I explain in minute. *goes back to phone* (Makoto thinks "Transylvania" and thinks "Lazar said that they have werecoatracks there.") (They probably do, too.) ( ... no mention werecoatracks. *shudder* ) * Chie nods to Lazar. "Yeah, and I'll tell you guys what else Naomi wants." ( Just wait until you try on a pair of werepants ) What's up? Many things, Chomei. Which shall be explained shortly. "Understand. Have some other questions, but can wait until later. Anything else right now?" "Need talk with any other little ones?" "That like saying were-shark have many sharp teeth." "I go now. Talk later when need to." "To you too." *hangs up* * Chie looks over at Lazar. "You wanna go first or should I?" * Lazar pauses for a moment. "Belmonts kill Dracula... my big stone ass they do..." *muttermutter* I go. My story short. * Chie nods. * Maria blinks confusedly. * Makoto watches Lazar and Chie expectantly. * Asanjya watches. * Chomei listens. Dracula have Transylvania overrun with undead. Which make it no that different from regular Transylvania, really... just more crowded. Naomi say pretty much every human there probably dead, and Interpol has no people on ground to give reports. So they need me to come to China for day or two, explain to people they working with what going on there. Damn. How soon do they want you? No say. Probably soon, but no right now. But is only supposed to be for day or two. No like, but it need be done... I maybe only person ali- *pauses* ... only person around what been in Transylvania in last few years. Do you think we'll have to go there, Lazar? ( And it just happens to coincide with the sessions I'll be away on vacation for. How convenient! ) (Very!) * Rei blinks, then nods. "Okay, I can see that. It's actually kinda good she doesn't want all of us, since we have stuff to do within the next three days." (Hehe!) ( Amazing! ) ( Aie! ) Which brings us to the *other* reason why Naomi called. * Lazar shrugs. "No know. Not right now. But eventually... and yes. Other thing Naomi say was to listen to Chie. So it your turn, little one." * Maria fidgets. It's time for another round of everyone's favorite game: let's infiltrate an Asahara lab building! This one happens to be in Osaka, and guess what's there? Some artifact of unspeakable power? No! Any other guesses? The great Japanese novel? All proof Ensof need, cannon aimed at person what called Maria, and captured Kabbalist? * Chomei nods. No! And, much as we wish it were so, Laz, no. ... damn. Was worth shot. * Chomei chuckles. "I'm not sure... But does it begin with a M and end with a etal demon?" * Maria blinks. Bingo! Chomei wins! ... Dammit, I hate it when I'm right. Darn, and I wanted to try. Oh, joy. And Laz won't be here to help us fight it. ( Nobody guessed "Some guy called Sum Gai" ;_; ) You suck, Chomei. Stop guessing. ... I won't? If we leave tonight, you will be, right? * Maria blinks. "Aren't you-- oh, right!" Well, at least we have those cool weapons we got from Hell this time. Naomi say need soon, not now. I assume she know golem be useful if fight stupid metal dog. Besides, no way I leave little ones to face alone. So! We get to travel to Osaka, sneak into the local Asahara building, and take that thing down. * Maria nods. Right. Oh, and Chie. Where'd you get your original sword? My original original sword, or the one I have now? My first one broke. The one you didn't get from Hell. ...or did you even pick one up there? * Maria rubs her face. "Can't remember." Yeah, I got a demonslaying one. And I picked up the ordinary one I'm using now at a martial arts supply place. * Lazar edges over to Maria, and whispers. "And I no was going anywhere until keep promise to guard while look for new place, at least for couple days." * Rei has since pulled off her backpack and been looking through it. Oh. Dang. I was wondering if you knew anyone who could do some work on the daggers I picked up. You could maybe stop by Master Wei's place and ask him. But we don't have time for that tonight, I'm afraid. Dang. I'll have to jury-rig something, I guess. But okay. And thanks, Laz. Really. * Lazar nods. * Lazar patpats Maria. Anyhow. Naomi informed me that the metal demon is very fast, very strong, and seemingly indestructable. We've got ways around that last part. * Maria smirks. And she reminded me about the beam weapon it's got, and hinted that it may have a few other surprises. Okay. So let's go kill the thing. Right. A few? Nothing that kills spirits, right? Or anything like the spirit killing sucking destroying rock... yeah. I don't think it's anything like that, Rei. As long as no have stupid cursed sw- no. No even going to say. * Rei wrinkles her nose. "Okay." You plannin' on goin' astral? It's safer than going not-astral, and I don't have any mad dodging skeelz. * Chomei nods. "If batboy shows, up, I'll deal with him. You guys handle the demon." If batboy shows up, I'll help. * Chie looks at Chomei. She seems worried for a second, then nods at Maria's statement. "We'll figure it out." Burn mangled corpses of enemies when come to them. ... or is that bridges. Something like that. Either way. * Makoto smirks. * Asanjya is flipping through a book. (a magic book.) So. Here's the place. * Chie gives the address. That's bridges Lazar. Let's go. [Session End]