[Day: Tuesday, July 6th. Time: 1:00 a.m.] [You're in a large room in a tunnel, surrounded by blue mist, with blue things coming towards you; they're kinda like tonberries, but blue and have steak knives instead of butcher knives, and flashlights instead of lanterns.] ( It took more effort than you would believe. ) [Lazar has the seal, and is busy holding onto it, so he's stuck for now.] [Session Start!] [And init: Chie, Maria, Rei, Chomei, Asanjya, Pug #1, Lazar, Pug#2] [Chie's turn!] Uhm... are these not nice? They look like they wanna go stabby ginsu slice and dice! Which is *not* the proper way to use one of those knives. * Chie steps in front of Asanjya and draws her sword. "Asanjya! Do you want Rei to take the blindfold off?" She goes into a guard position. (Total Defense) They don't *look* nice. Are you going to find out for us? [Maria's turn] I could show you how to properly use one of those knives, but we need a good cut of beef first. NO. Okay. I'm gonna stay here in front of you. I ... appreciate it. Just don't let them near me! Uhm... well, I don't like the way they're waving those knives around. Are they running with them? I can't tell. I'm trying! [They appear to be "waddling"] They could poke somebody's eye out! (Fortunately, I haven't killed anybody!) They're... kinda' cute, actually. * Maria shrugs and drops into a defensive stance, but looks like she's waiting for the critters to do something first. [Rei's turn] Well, I'm not letting one of them beat me up! 'Cause they can. Anyone can beat me up, and they wouldn't even have to be evil. * Rei flies up and out of reach, looking past the tonberries. More mist? (It wouldn't have to be an evil sponge) I don't care, I don't like them! ( More mist! You can only go 15 ft. from Lazar] ) (You know, it actually took me a while to realize what that's a reference to. ;p) (The pugs are like 4 feet tall. She shouldn't have to fly THAT high. =P) [Rei does not see any more of the tonberryish critters beyond, save the surgically operated-on dead one.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei summons Rownal and backs away from the critters, staying close to Lazar and moving back if one of them gets too close. (End turn) [Asanjya's turn!] [Asanjya is blindfolded!] * Asanjya quivers behind Chie. How embarrassing. (Hold turn) [Pug #1 walks up to Chie and blinkblinks at her.] * Chie blinkblinks back. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" (Go you!) (Chie been in the drugs again?) (Whee!) (Well, we had a theory about the mist...) ( She's high on life. Duh. ) [The pug draws back its knife, but Chie disarms it before it can attack. The little critter promptly turns about and starts heading over to the weapon.] [Lazar's turn!] Somebody get that! On it! * Lazar looks at the trey in his hands, frowns, and moves to intercept the second pug, coming up on it with a running knee to the headish area. (I actually forgot to add in my bonus for Total Defense. Oh well. ;p) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Lazar tries to knee the thing, but he forgot how short it was, and his knee goes over its head.] Hey, what about the knife? (Take my held action when you got a chance, Brett. ^^) * Maria walks over to the knife, easily outrunning the cute little landfish, and picks it up by the handle. [Maria gets the knife.] * Lazar looks down at the Pug, then at his knee, and mutters. [Pug #2 walks around Lazar toward Chie as well.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love you. Do you love me too? Y_ N_" (...) (...) ( ... Yoinks. ) (*falls over and DIES*) (Yes, Chei is on the drugs again) (DRUGS IN THE MIST) [Chie disarms that one, too, and it starts walking for wherever its knife landed.] [Chie's turn!] ... wow. Where you learn disarm technique like that? Can you teach it to me? Only without the actual slashy stabby part! It's all in the wrist. Nice. * Chie runs for the knife, hoping to get it before the pug does. Teach me, too. For the next time I'm fighting somene with a sword. Like Tennis? Chie, what's going on? She's kicking ass, that's what. She relieved them of their weapons! [Chie gets there easily.] I just disarmed them both, Asanjya! [Maria's turn!] Nah, hasn't actually booted anyone in the butt. Yet. Figure of speech. Yeah, they're all helpless and stuff now. So this is where they give up, right? I'll figure your speech! * Chie picks up the knife. * Rei shakes her fist at Chomei. ... Right. ... no assume they helpless. ... really? Well, uhm. Really. Yeah. * Chie is grinning madly. Can you ... uh, cover that one? With a blanket or something? Well, they're still so cute. And they can't stab us now, right? [Rei's turn!] Oh. Uhm, maybe. They could maybe punch you or something. Or bite your knee. * Demota has quit IRC (Quit: rebooting ) * Rei looks in her backpack, pulls out a jacket, and flies over to cover the one Asanjya was more or less pointing out by dropping it on its head. Rei, it's a walking fishie. How hard could it seriously hit me? 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-2) and gets 2. [Rei flies into the blue stuff. Fzzt. She covers the body with a jacket.] Ooow! Ow! Rei, be careful! [Chomei's turn] (Stay out too long and you'll lose a heart!) I'm okay, it's just tingling in a really bad way but it's covered now Asanjya! Cute and fuzzy. Should I also mention dead? (I'm down to 4 1/2 hearts.) * Chomei draws his bow and tries to peg one of the pugs that stabbed at Chie with an energy bolt. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 8. ( Oh no! Wait, how many hearts do you normally have?) * Asanjya peeks out from behind her blindfold. "... so it ... so it is." [Chomei pegs it in the shoulder. It bleeds yellow blood!] * Lazar eyes Rei, and would facepalm if his hands weren't full. And would facepalm using his feet if he were that flexible. * Rei smiles weakly and starts flying back, going fzzt in the process. Maybe it's the mist + hair. [Asanjya's turn] * Asanjya sweeps off the blindfold. "I ... apologize." She grabs her staff and starts chanting. [Pug #1's turn!] S'okay. Wasn't a problem. [The pug looks at its wound and... falls over. THUD.] [Lazar's turn!] Aww. That was mean, Chomei! Man, and I didn't even have to hit a vital area. At least they're not trying to attack us anymore. * Lazar tries to boot the second Pug. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 8. [Lazar kicks too high.] [Pug #2 approaches Chie and grabs at the knife.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 1. * Chie yanks it out of the way. "Uh-uh. I don't think so." [Chie holds the knife out of reach. The pug jumps up to get at it, but can't jump that high.] [Chie's turn!] ... okay. Golems obviously no built for kicking. * Chie sticks the knife in her bag and goes into a defensive stance again. "Just go away, and we won't hurt you." (Total Defense) [Maria's turn!] * Maria waits for the cute little fish to try something. Then, if it does, she'll knock it on the head. [Rei's turn!] * Rei zooms back, trying to get out of the mist. "Ow ow ow ow ow-" Fzzt. "OW!" [Rei succeeds.] [Chomei's turn] * Rei skids to a stop in the air, if you could skid in the air, and touches the ends of her hair. "Ow." Rei, don't fly through the mist anymore. * Chomei draws his bow and aims it at the Tonberry, backing away from it if it approaches. "Could you just knock it out if you don't want me to actually attack it?" [Asanjya's turn] But it was fun, minus the pain part! ... okay, I won't fly through the mist anymore. * Asanjya lets fly with a Gripping Ring, complete with a very passionate rendition of the doggerel. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Goth Poetry!) [The pug is caught in the gripping ring.] There. [The pug on the ground lifts its head, blinks, and gets up, then starts towards Maria.] [Lazar's turn] * Maria blinks at it. [It blinks back.] * Lazar tries, once again, to kick a pug. The non-held one. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Lazar kicks the thing. It stays down this time.] ( Lazar leared the technique "Soccar Kick"! Pity his blocky feet are made for endurance, not distance. ) [Since the other one's stuck...] (Eventually, we'll both be rolling 3's on init, and 6's and 7's.) ( I am opposite Chie! ) (But yes, you are the antiChie.) ... better safe. * Asanjya stands there, patting her clothes smooth as her hair readjusts itself. She's faintly blushing. "I must apologize again. That was unseemly." How long will magiks hold little fish man thing, Asanjya? * Rei zips over and touches Asanjya on the shoulder. Fzzt! It's okay, Asanjya. We understand. Gods know we've all been through enough tonight. ( Hermes: "You can say that again. Sheesh." ) (Aww, I thought you liked us, Hermes!) * Maria nods. "The water wasn't cool. Glad I found the other way... shoulda' brought you with, Chie. Sorry. Didn't think of it." She looks embarrased. * Asanjya jumps as Rei shocks her. "ow!" S'okay. I made it through... barely, but I did. And no worry, Asanjya. All have things we afraid of... And I'm gonna learn how to swim, damn it. Um, he'll hold for long enough for us to get through this. Good. Then let's go. And first chance I get, I'm disposing of the knife. He really seemed to want it back. She? It? Whatever. * Asanjya consults the directions, and heads on! * Maria stares at Chie. "Y-You are? You're kidding!" I'm not checking to satisfy your curiosity, Chie. Onward! ... Well, it is a nice steak knife. About the swimming or the knife? * Maria puts the knife she took in her backpack. The swimming! How can you even think of doing that? That's that's... really brave. * Chie shakes her head. "No. I'm completely serious. I can't afford to keep falling apart like that." Her hands tremble ever-so-slightly as she says it, though. * Lazar adjusts his grip on the tray, and motions for the others to start walking. * Chomei smirks. "She doesn't have to worry about it. I'll help her out with that." * Maria shivers. "I couldn't do that. Never." * Chie smiles at Chomei. "Thanks. I'm gonna need that help." Then she looks back at Maria. "It's gonna be far from easy, but I have to try." * Mechalink has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) Mind, in my usual line of work I almost never need to be in water. People don't hide things in the bottom of their bathtubs, or anything. * Rei floats after. "Aww, come on, Maria. I could teach you how to swim." Maybe later. What about treasure in the sea? Start easy, with bathtub. Then wading pool. ( So how did a nice girl like Chie fall for a lame guy like Chomei? Was it that their names are similar? Did someone have a dumb idea and force it on them? :P ) * Maria walks along. We could have a big group swimming party session thing and I'll put shinies at the bottom of the pool! [The cavern turns into a tunnel again. Never had a bathtub. I rigged me up a shower when I moved into my current place, and that was nice. * Lazar moves to the head of the group, maintaining a steady pace so everyone stays within distance of him and doesn't get zapped. (Nobody can force me to do anythin' I don't want to, parenthesis guy.) * Chie heads along behind Lazar. "I've got a shower too. Bathtubs don't bother me, though. It's just anything deeper than that." And then I found out what water does to wood, and I had to make a few adjustments. ( Oh, really? *cracks knuckles while pulling out a Kirby* That sounds like a challenge. ) (*snicker*) (*snerk* Yeah, probably asked for that. ;p) * Rei blinks at Maria. "Oh, you did that? Cool! Can I see? I'll bring cookies. Peanut butter and raisin." Uhm, sure. Yay! * Chomei walks along. "Ceramics, right?" * Chie wrinkles her nose. "Why would anyone want to ruin a perfectly good peanut butter cookie wtih raisins?" We'll have to make the visit breif, tho, 'cause there's bound to be deathtraps or monsters waiting for me, now? Bah, raisins are good. They're wrinkly and delicious. They're dead grapes! Or maybe undead grapes! And you can pretend they're lemmings that are walking off the end of the world only to save them! [The tunnel goes on for a bit, then turns into another cavern. A very big cavern. With a ruined castle in it. It looks like a stone bridge leads to an entrence on the upper levels.] See, all the more reason to eat them. So they don't eat your BRAIN! Raisins are tasty. And Maria agrees with me, so there. ... castle. * Rei blinks. "Yup." ...wow. Okay. With that logic, how can I argue? And what do we have here? * Chomei whistles. "Nice place." In worse shape than golem after fight with stupid cursed sword. S'probably been here for a *very* long time. Maybe the castle got in a fight with a cursed sword. Probably turns into a giant robot. Oh, I remember stories about castles. ...wonder what it's doing here. Asanjya, is this the place? ...wonder if it's got anything good inside it. People who lived in castles were rich, right? ( Nah, the sword turns into a giant robot. The castle is the space ship the swordbot travelled to earth in. ) * Asanjya looks up at it, then down at the directions. "Yes." Rich enough to build castle. Unfortunately, this dark god castle. No think you want anything in there. Ooo. Wonder if they had any riches left over. That we could take. Because they don't need it anymore? No. Why not? Sword that turns into a robot. Right. As a rule, you don't take treasure from the _castles of dark gods_. Uh... Yeah. Let's just do what we were sent to do. 'kay? It's one of those things like not backtalking to gods. Sheesh. * Chie whistles innocently. Did we backtalk to a god? I don't remember. I thought I was pretty nice. Gods have a strange definition of 'Backtalk'. She smited me. Smote me? Whatever. And I didn't say I disbelieved. Anyway, let's go in! For the sake of... sealing things. Because a goddess told us to, so we're gonna do it? And dark gods have a strange definition of treasure, okay, so even if it looks like junk, no taking. Aww. Not even if it's a sock? At least she no turn you to salt. Or enslave you to Egyptians. Absolutely. So, Maria, no matter how tempting it is, *promise* you won't touch anything. ( Oh, please do steal these expensive items. Disseminate them througout the world for great profits. Please! ^____^ ) * Lazar mutters. "Damn Egyptians..." * Maria sighs. "I promise." Good. Onward! * Chie heads for the castle. * Asanjya follows. * Chomei heads ONWARDS! * Maria sulks just fast enough to keep up. * Rei goes along, not sulking! * Lazar lumbers on at the head of the group. ( * Rei begins Sulking. * Lazar skips merrilly. * Chomei is not Lame. * The world Ends. ) * Asanjya looks at the directions! (Woot! Apocalypse!) [The directions say to go into the castle. Unfortunately, the stone bridge ends some 20 ft. before the castle. There's a drawbridge, but it's up.] (Didn't we have one of those already?) (Mist is still around?) Well. Slight problem. Rei, can you fly across and see if there's a way to lower the bridge? ( No mist ) (Okay!) Sure! Be right back and if I'm not, I'll probably scream for help! * Rei zips ahead, doing just as Chie suggested. I hope that doesn't happen. Nah, it shouldn't. ( Smorfys fly? ) (Yes.) (Yup! And they wall climb and waterwalk. I mean, WTF?) ( Winglessly, I assume? ) (Tailfully!) ( a la Ryoko? ) (Yup.) ... I need to learn to fly. Why golems no get to fly? Flying golem would be very effective. Because the laws of physics would cry. Because physics says: "No". * Maria sighs. I walking piece of stone what can bend without joints. Laws of physics already cry. * Chie looks at Chomei. "I win." * Maria looks at the wall. How high is it? ( *installs patterning cells in Lazar, allowing him to manipulate gravity in his immediate viscinity* ) Only certain laws. [The castle wall?] ( Ummmm... ) ( Yes. ) ( About the size of the Statue of Liberty ) I'll be back in a bit. Maria, wait. Why? ... Maria. Remember what happen EVERY TIME we split up? I don't think it's a good idea to split up in here. Especially since I one with seal for dark god. * Asanjya shakes her head. Oh, sure, you let Rei go. But not Maria. She's helpless. We don't know what's waiting in there, aside from a dark god with a weakened seal. We're split up enough as it is. We only sent Rei because she can fly and we need someone to lower the bridge! I could do that! Rei just looking at bridge. No exploring. No had much success with Rei splitting up either. I'm a thief! Getting into places is what I do! Isn't the gap too big for you to get across, though? ( How big is the gap? ) ( 20 ft. ) The gap is nothing. Less than nothing. I could jump that with one leg tied up. Okay. Sorry, then. I didn't mean to offend you. Next time, I'll ask you. This wall, is nothing. In fact, I think it's *great*. It demands to be climbed. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+8) and gets 12. (Okay, that's no crit success. ;P) ( +8?! ) ( Oh, wait. Prolly a strength roll ) * Chie looks up. "It's *huge*, is what it is." It's huge and encloses a dark god. * Chomei looks up. "Yeah. So staying out is usually a good idea." * Maria nods at Chie. "Exactly!" * Chie stares out at the gap. "And Rei... shouldn't she be back by now?" Well, if she is trying to drop the bridge, it'd take a bit, right? ... anyone know why we never get around to buying communicator system for team? I was just wondering. I guess. It'd make me feel better if we... yeah. Why haven't we? I think Rei even said she was goign to make one. 'People Cam'? Visual would be nice, but for stuff like this, even audio would be good enough. * Maria sighs and sits down and just fidgets. * SpiritRei comes zipping back, not that anyone but Chie can see. ~Hey, I found the drawbridge lowery thing, but there's a little teensy TINY problem.~ Rei? What's wrong? ( She got killed trying to lower it ) What's up? ~I'm too weak to lower it, and I'm worried about just blasting the chains, 'cause then the bridge won't stay up, and we're back to square one.~ * Chomei looks for the Rei, then gives up once he realizes she's not actually here here. ~So, I'm gonna need someone to come with me and help.~ ( The drawbridge lowery thingie also opens my cage. ) Maria! * Maria is already up and jumping across the gap on the word 'someone'. ... this look like job for Mariaman! ... that no come out right. ~Hey! Hey, Maria, don't jump!~ * Chie laughs. "Well, that took absolutely no convincing. And Laz, I'd hit you if it didn't hurt so much." * SpiritRei scrambles after, ready to catch Maria if she falls. Yeek. [Maria makes it across easily.] * SpiritRei breathes an astral sigh of relief and goes in! Is what I get for trying comedy. Is no really my thing. * Maria jumps across the gap with ease, jumps again at the base of the wall, making it about eighty feet up before grabbing onto the wall and scrambling up the rest faster than is legal on most roads. * Chie watches. "I'm impressed. Hope she's not too annoyed at me." * Asanjya pulls her notebook out of her cloak.... only to find it sodden and worthless. "... I really ought to waterproof this." Could turn to stone. Stone waterproof. My chiseling skills are not up to snuff, I'm afraid. ... * Chie keeps watching the castle. Without turning around, she says, "Don't make that face, Chomei; it'll freeze that way." I wasn't making a face. You were so. Whatever. ... horse walk into bar. Man at bar say "Hey, you have face which is being very long. Why?" ... no get that joke. * Chie turns around at looks at Chomei. "Is something wrong?" Then she looks at Lazar and groans. "Oh gods, that was *bad*." d4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d4) and gets 1. * Lazar rubs his head, holding the trey with his other hand. Lazar, that was horrible. ... it was? 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+3) and gets 5, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Fight! For everlasting love and peace!" Yes. (XD) (Woo!) ( Asanjya makes her Resist Pun roll with room to spare! ) (@_@;) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6) and gets 7. (@_@) ( Yes, that is definitely under an 8. ) (... Holy shit.) (Holy crap, we are so going to die when we actually get to fighting. The second time.) (*cracks up*) ( If Chie ain't sober, ain't NOBODY sober! ) [The drawbridge opens!] (Damn straight!) What do you mean 'What is wrong?' Usually, I'd ask 'What isn't'. ^^; * Asanjya spins around behind her. What's that? Bridge lowering, I think. * Chie shakes her head. "I just-" Then she's interrupted by the bridge and Asanjya. "What's what?" Something behind. [A wounded pug is making its way towards you.] * Lazar looks back at Asanjya, then sees where she's looking. "Something else?" * Asanjya points. "THAT." * Chie sees it, then pulls the knife out of her bag. "You want this? Too bad." She throws it into the chasm. [The pug jumps down after it!] * Asanjya blinks. ... [It more or less splatters on the jagged rocks below.] (And then it comes back, to Tokyo Tower.) ( Stupid Chie! Those are worth a lot to somoene looking to upgrade their gunsword! ) ... well, that one way to do it. Maybe I should have just shot it. Okay. Let's go. * Chomei nods and goes ONWARD! * Asanjya follows. * Lazar shrugs, and heads across the bridge! * Chie crosses the bridge! * Maria is on the other side of the bridge, beaming happily. She was useful! That's new and different. Hey, Maria, you still got that knife? * Rei sits up and blinks her eyes open, then smiles, too. [You head inside, into a large room. There's two hallways to the left and right, and one behind. In the center of the room is a large statue of a big man in a winged-hat. He's carrying a staff and looks to be made of onyx.] Hi! About time you got here. What took ya? Big chasm. Yes, I do. And one of those fish thingies came after us again. Ditch the knife ASAP. Why didn't you tell it to go away and take a nap, then? I took a nap. It was good for me. * Rei gets to her feet. ... so, what now? I still have the nice. It was -- what? Aww, but I was gonna sell it. * Maria sighs and tosses it into the chasm. Stupid monsters. Bein' cute. Okay. So, Asanjya, does it say which hallway to go in? [Shortly thereafter, another pug comes along and splatters on the chasm floor.] ... Eew. ... Man, that's just not right. And they were so cute, too! They were. But crazy. * Chie puts her hands in the air. "Not my fault." I mean, c'mon. They don't need the knife that badly. Kinda reminds me of... uh... let's keep going, okay? * Rei fidgets. Now she gets a good look around the room. "Hey, dude with a hat and staff. Maybe he's related to Asanjya. Hats are like capes, only they're harder to flourish." * Asanjya looks up. "I hope not. He has awful taste." She heads forward into a hallway. * Maria follows! Oh, Maria? Thanks for lowerin' the drawbridge for us. Hey! * Rei jumps up and down, waving her arms. [The hallway goes on for a bit, then turns into a spiral staircase, going down.] What am I, chopped liver? * Chie grins at Rei. "Maybe." Yes? Damnit! And I was tuna yesterday! I got demoted. * Rei sulks and walks after Asanjya. So what'll you be tomorrow? Dunno. Tripe. Your welcome. Eww. * Maria seems happy! [At the bottom of the stairs, the path splits left and right.] Right is right? d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets 3. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+4) and gets 16, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Don't blame me. Blame yourself, or God." (No drugs for you!) (;-;) (chomei is in for a bad trip) * Asanjya heads left! Left is left! * Rei follows Asanjya. * Maria shrugs and follows. I golem, not compass. * Lazar follows along. * Chie heads along with Asanjya and company, for she has the directions. ... ( You could fix that with a magnet, you know. ) * Chomei follows! (Chomei sticks to magnet.) (Arwen SHUT UP!) [You head left down a deep dark hallway. Which isn't that dark or deep... but either way! It ends at an elaborately decorated door that sticks to magnet.] (*chants CHOMEI STICKS TO MANGET*) ( o_O ) (magnet sticks to metal equal spear!) (Am confused now.) (I think it's a metal door.) ( *glues Chomei and Arwen to the same magnet, thus making both stick to magnet. Magnets are metal, and this one has people sticking to it... stick + metal = ... ) (*SPEARS Segev) (Okay. I was thinking it's a magnetic door. ^^;) * Asanjya looks at the door. Then at the directions. Handy. Hmm. Door. Open, knock down? (Because, as we all know, I do not think like a normal person. ;p) Let's ask Asanjya! It just says through. Someone try to open it? She can have her own advice column concerning metal doors and dark gods. Lazar, if you would be so kind? And waffles with tire irons! Why tire irons? If it's locked, I can change it's mind for you. Because if you magnetized the metal door, the tire iron would stick to it. * Rei beams. Her logic is the best logic! * Chie laughs. "Can't argue with that." * Lazar shrugs. "Might need to close. Let Maria try open... if no can, I do my thing." Yeah, okay. * Maria shrugs and walks up to the door. Does it have an obvious lock? [No obvious lock.] * Maria shrugs and grabs the handle - if it has one, and turns, and pulls if she gets that far. [The door opens! Inside is a hexagonal room with a hole in the center of the floor.] ... I think we find place where stone goes. d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets 1. Probably, yes! Wait, there's nothing in it. Does that mean the seal was already broken? 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+3) and gets 7. Should I put some wards up? At least get ready. No can hurt. * Asanjya spins behind her again. "What now?" Uhm... this is bad, right? That sounds- huh? Asanjya? * Rei looks behind Asanjya. * Chie pulls the Bag O' Wards out of her bag, then blinks. "What is it?" 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+4) and gets 9. * Asanjya peers. "Mmm. Maybe I was mistaken... it's too dark to tell." What's going on? * Rei fishes in her backpack, pulls out a flashlight, and turns it on. No, what was it? I heard something. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+3) and gets 5, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Here's some good." (...) (Dicey is ON CRACK.) (Yes, yes he IS!) (Holy shit he is.) What was what? (It's not Chei that's on drugs, it's the dice!) Hey, you! Yeah! You and your Russian butt! What are you doing back there? ..Russian what? * Rei shakes her fist at... uh, whatever it is. Who wha? Russian? Russian? What? Russian? ... Dmitri? * Rei fumbles with her flashlight a little, trying to light up whatever it is she saw. Hell, I hope not. Yup. * Chomei looks and mutters under his breath. "If it is, does this mean we can kick his ass again?" Seal first, then kick ass. (But it's MECHA DMITRI!) (He has been to the Dark World, and now he is Red Dimitri!) [Dimitri steps out of the darkness. For refrence, he's a 6'7", very muscular man with short, almost shaven brown hair. He wears dark goggles and a long brown trench coat. He also has two LARGE tonfa across his back.] (>.>;) * Asanjya blinks. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. ( He's from Russia. Of course he's red. ) * Rei shines the flashlight in his face. * Dimitri doesn't mind. Goggles. ^_^_v Hey! You're not the dark god! * Rei rips the goggles off and strangles him with the strap- no, not really. * Chomei puts ARROW in FA- not yet. No. I am not. ... you die. Repeatedly. Why you keep coming back? Glutton for punishment? I do not die. You missed. It's gotta be the shoes. How many times do we have to *kill* you? Lots, apparently. Hey, aren't you missing an accent or something? I haf business vith de Dark God. Moof aside. That's better. Pfft, no. * Dimitri smiles. "Vell, I exzpected as much." He snaps his fingers and draws his tonfa. (roll init!) Too bad. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 11. (Crit fails, here we come!) d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+8) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 9. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 11. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (d6+6) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 11. ... they let anyone into hidden cities. *mutter* [Order: Maria, Chie, Chomei, Lazar, Dimitri, Rei, Asanjya] [Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps at Dmitri and tries to kick him upside his head! (called shot.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 0. (Boot to the head!) [Maria kicks Dimitri in the head.] (Boot to the head!) [Chie's turn] * Chie draws her sword and whispers. It starts glowing bluish-white. "This time, stay dead! Eidolon Blade!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. Who is this guy? Evil Russian guy what impersonating dead Interpol guy. He's Russian and a big dork head. Probably a clone. [Wham! Chie hits him square in the chest!] [Rei's turn!] ( ... tank fulla naked Dmitris. HA! ) (Augh, my BRAIN.) (*Eidolon Blades Lazar*) * Rei reaches behind her back. "But I've got something for him. Right brain pink, left brain perriwinkle!" She makes a lazy, underhanded pitch at Dimitri. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 9. [Dimitri shakes his head for a minute.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei takes a draw with Rownal and tries pegging Dimitri's goggles so they, you know, fall off. :P (Called shot, if you can call it that.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. [*Ping! The energy bolt bounces off his goggles!] (!) [Lazar's turn] (I want those goggles!) ... (...) ...how does that work? ...the hell are those things made out of? I don't know, but I want them! Me too! Impressive. (You are better than I have heard.) (Are you bad enough to save the President?) If you want 'em, I can get 'em for you. (Dimitri has been kidnapped by ninja!) * Lazar eyes the hole in the ground, the stone in his hands, Dmitri... but, of course, he can only come to one decision. So he tries a pump kick to the stomach. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Lazar kicks Dimitri in the stomach!] (Can we let the ninja keep him?) (I just wanted to shoot his goggles off so he could be blinded by the light. :P) [Dimitri's turn!] * Dimitri staggers a bit. "I am seezing pretty colors. But! That von't stop me!" * Rei nods. "At least it doesn't make you sneeze pretty colors." * Chie blinks. That sounds oddly familiar somehow. That'd just be nasty. Lazar, put the rock in the hole when you get the chance. ... he no even doubled over from kick? *mutter* 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 6. Hey, Maria... Think he could be relieved of his goggles? * Maria grins. "Consider him relieved." * Dimitri pounds Lazar in the stomach (which takes a significant chunk out of it), then zips over to Chomei crazyfast and sings at him. Luckily, Chomei dodges. He then zips near Rei and swings, but he's much too far away. * Lazar grunts. ( No! Please! Don't Sing at me, Mr. Russian! ) * Rei winces, even though Dimitri doesn't come anywhere close to her. "Thank God for the pretty colors that aren't being sneezed but rather being seen." ... * Lazar is also knocked back a step. "Sure rock go in ground? Nothing special need do?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 4. Rock in hole, wait five minutes. * Chomei jumps back easily enough. "Oookay." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( DAMN. ) Like an Easy Bake Oven. Oh! I had one of those! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 7. Like a what? 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 4. ( Made. ) Explain later, fight now! Easy Bake Oven. Cooking for Chil- awww, okay. Chillies? * Segev is now known as Sleepmancer [Interestingly enough... Chie suddenly notices something and turns, only to catch a knife in the shoulder. Maria doesn't notice anything, but still manages to block a knife as it flies towards her. From the corridor come two things that look like really skinny humans with really long arms. They're wearing multiple knives across their chests.] * Chie cries out and clutches her shoulder. * Rei yelps. "Chie!" She looks to wherever the knives came from. What the hell? [Asanjya's turn!] Chie! * Asanjya grimaces and commences ta chantin'. (Are they coming from behind Dmitri, or from the direction of the hole?) ( From the corridor that was behind Dimitri. Except Dimitri's not in front of it now. ^^ ) * Chie tries to pull the knife out and staunch the bleeding. "Too slow, dammit..." * Chomei curses. "Dammit." [Also from the corridor comes what looks like a turtle with tank treads and twin drills.] [Maria's turn!] Should do stone, or take care of bad guys? Where the *fuck* are these things coming from? Get the stone, free yourself up. Put in the stone! From behind us! I know that! I mean how the hell did they get here? For a hidden city of paranoid people, their security is total crap! Well, we did leave the door open for 'em. This is an evil temple that's probably unsealed with an unsealed dark god and stuff! * Maria hops over Dimitri's head and makes a swipe for his goggles. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d8-5) and gets 1. [Maria yanks 'em off. Beneath, Dimitri has the weirdest eyes.] [They're brown. Ewww.] (How weird are... *snerk*) [Chie's turn!] (Ack! They're like mine!) (Ewwww!) ( Oh God, you're the same race! ) (And yours. ;p) (OMGWTFBBQ!) (*cracks up*) (See? This is why I have strange eyes! There's only one of me!) * Chie tries to ignore the bleeding shoulder wound and lights up her sword again. "Eidolon Blade!" She swings once more at Dimitri. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 0. Got 'em! [Chie hits him!] [Chomei's turn!] * Maria holds onto the goggles. [They're all sweaty] * Maria holds onto 'em anyway! 'Cause she doesn't mind grime. * Chomei wheels around and aims at the corridor where the daggers came from, firing a sonic arrow in that direction. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 4. (+1 defense roll, +2 body check or deafened. ^_^) [The arrow rattles the two as it goes by. They scream like elephants!] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar eyes the various combatents, then the seal... then grumbles and goes to put the seal in its hole. [The seal goes in with a ka-chung!] (Ooh, sound effects.) [Dimitri's turn!] (We're high budget!) Red and blue! Vheeeee! (o/~ Green, black and blue make the colors in the sky! o/~) Wow. You did somethin' great to 'im, Rei. What'd you put him on? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 10. Just a teensy little twisty mind trip of my own most fashionable design. Next, he might start singing about how he's a bagel! [The top of Dimitri's left tonfa opens, revealing a gattling gun. He fires bullets every which way, hitting one of the humanlike things with the knives, missing just about everything else. Except Rei, he shoots her once, too.] And then, maybe he can- OW! Rei! Dammit! * Rei gets shot while babbling and clutches at her side, still hovering in the air. (Shoot me inste- what am I saying?) * Dimitri then uses the flame thrower in his other tonfa. Lazar, def roll +1! * Lazar looks back at the action, and scowls. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+1) and gets 6. (Why do I have a feeling a flamethrower on Lazar isn't very effective?) [It's not! Lazar is scarcely singed!] (Woot! I guessed right! Now, use a water pokemon on him! He's OBVIOSLY the fire type!) [The remaining knife guy tosses a knife at Chomei! Look out, Chomei!] ( ... Umm. EARTH TYPE! ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Chomei avoids getting shotted.] [Rei's turn!] [And knifed too.] * Chomei avoides knifing! "Geeze! What's with them and sharp pointy implements?" I have no idea, but I'm not too happy about it! * Rei grimaces, turning in the air, and forms a bright ball of light between her hands. "What is it with you guys and utensil throwing?" She throws the light forward at the second knife guy. "Disco Nova!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Rei obliterates him.] (DISCO MAKE BOOM!) ( Fragile little buggers. ) (YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU.) [A strange creature flies into the room. It looks like a shell with a helicopter propellor and googlie eyes, and a single boot underneath. It flies over to Maria.] 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 5. (Disco Nova: Melts in your mind, not in your hand) (Maybe we can search the place and find Kuribo's Shoe!) [It tries to boot her in the head, but she moves out of the way.] [Asanjya's turn!] (Boot to the head! ...only not quite.) Okay, where ARE these things coming from? That's what I wanna know! * Asanjya belts out a Burning Fear at Dimitri. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 9. [The burning attack flies past Dimitri.] [The turtle drill meanwhile makes its way towards Asanjya! It strikes at her, but misses.] [Maria's turn!] Uhm... uhm... ( KICK THE SHELL! =P ) * Maria looks around and attacks the helicoptor shell! (You know you want to. ^_^) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 0. (... I wanted to use my lightning arrow to cause SHELL SHOCK!) (*whaps Chomei*) (Ow. ;-;) ( Aww... Shell Shock! ;_; ) ( [/0 pts] ) [The Helicopter more or less explodez.] [Maria can now have a new boot if she wants.] [Chie's turn] (Woot! Goggles and boots!) ( Does it make her invincible? =P ) (We're accumulating a wardrobe for Maria.) ( Is it a +1 boot? ) * Chie draws back her sword, sets it to glowing blue-white again, and swings once more at Dimitri. "Eidolon Blade!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. ( Or at least a masterwork boot? Maybe greensteel? ) * Dimitri moves out of the way of that one, and it collides with the wall behind. (Greensteel-toed boot?) [Chomei's turn!] * Chie staggers as her sword hits the wall. "Dammit!" * Chomei takes a shot at Dimitri with an energy bolt! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Chomei hits Dimitri with an energy bolt.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar scowls. "Okay, that it..." * Lazar charges through the lingering flames and smoke and tries to just blast through Dimitri with a running shoulderblock. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hope you invested in some good armor." (Lazar...) ( >.> ) ( ... I was right. That WAS it. ) (...) ( Nice knowing you, chief. ) (Just not your night, guv.) * Dimitri steps to the side and trips Lazar. He falls to the floor with a *thud* ( Very rarely my night. =P ) * Dimitri then takes a tonfa and swings at Lazar! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 7. (You *are* the anti-me. @_@) * Dimitri clubs Lazar, then zooms over to Asanjya, and tries to club her one too! (Haaaahahahahah.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-1) and gets 5. * Lazar grunts from the floor. ... Uh, I think he got better. Like, a lot better. * Dimitri clubs Asanjya, hard enough to lift her off her feet! And that's not all, he dashes over to Chomei, and tries to club him, too! Ugh! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 9. (Dang.) * Dimitri also clubs Chomei! And that's not all! He... oh, wait, that is all. ( Heh ) [Rei's turn!] * Chomei gets thunked! * Chie mutters a few curses and gets a better grip on her sword. * Rei spots the turtledrill. "Sorry little turtle dude." Hand over hand, bright light, and shoved forward. "Disco Nova!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Wham! The big disco ball collides with the shell and... Barely scratches it.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya gets back to the chanting. [The drill moves over to Chie and tries to... um, drill her? But not like a drill sergeant.] (DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND GIVE ME 30!) * RDMgryphon is now known as AFKgryphon 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 3. [Chie avoids being drilled!] Agh! [Maria's turn!] That was close. * Maria attacks Dimitry! Boot to the skull! * Maria makes sure to zip around the room impressively, first. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Maria kicks him in the head.] [Chie's turn] * Chie whirls around and eyes Dimitri. "I've really had enough of you. Eidolon Blade!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 7. [Chie kills 'im!] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei 's bow electrifies and he shoots a lightning arrow at the turtle, trying to shellshock it! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Chomei zaps it, and that seems to have worked, a little.] [Lazar's turn!] (SHELLSHOCKER!) * Lazar gets to his feet, looking rather pissed now. "Okay, NOW that it!" He then charges at the turtle drill with a flurry of double-axehandle blows. (Golem Rage) (Cowabunga, dude!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. [It goes crunch.] [Everyone's dead!] (x.x Oh!) * Asanjya releases spell, and eyes stone. "Any time now." (x.x) * Chomei shrugs. "Well, that's that." * Chie relaxes her stance slightly and looks over at the seal. "Is it working?" [The stone clicks. *click*. And the directions say that's good.] * Rei blinks a few times, then lowers herself to her feet, looking at Dimitri. "Is he, uh... he wasn't really... real. Was he?" Prolly not. I mean, he wasn't real the last few times. Why should this be any different? Dunno what he really was, but he tried to kill us and wanted to make a pact with a dark god. Not good things in my book. I got his goggles! Cool. ^_^ * Rei looks around, a little paler now. "Yeah." She absent-mindedly places a hand to her side. It glows, softly, and her wound closes up. Take tonfa, too. They probably worth something on black market. I wonder how they could deflect Cho's arrow. Ooo, the tonfa, right. * Maria grabs those. "They're kinda big. You wanna carry one, Laz?" * Chie puts her sword away, then eyes her shoulder. "Rei? Could you spare a little healing?" * Lazar checks the various chunks missing from his body, and sighs. "Today not my day for fighting..." * Asanjya rubs her head, then eyes the directions. "We're done here. Let's go." [The tonfa are heavy. Maria can only carry one, and she would need to drag it behind her.] * Rei sorta slumps onto the ground and says, listlessly, "Okay. One more." She waves Chie over. * Lazar hefts a tonfa over one shoulder. "No problem, little one. Sure you no want me carry both?" I can wait if you need rest. Nah, I think I can do one more. Cool. Thanks. * Chie walks over and sits down next to Rei. * Maria hefts it. "Well, it's more that I like to keep my hands free. For, y'know, stuff. So I guess, thanks." * Maria hands the other one to Laz. * Chomei rubs his side and grunts. "Okay, so we got the stone in, and you cast the spell. Now what?" * Maria checks Dimitry for a wallet or valuables. o/` * Rei pushes Chie's shirt up (not *that* high, perverts!) and touches the cut with her glowing hand. The injuries close and disappear. Now we leave. ( Damn!) * Chie gives Rei a quick hug. "Thanks." * Rei smiles weakly. "Sure." * Lazar hefts the others tonfa over his shoulder! * Asanjya starts walking out. [And off they go!] [Session End!]