[Day: Friday, July 9th. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [You're at the onsen place! Still. Chie and Rei and Maria went off to take a bath while waiting for Darcy the vampire to wake up. Chomei's sulking in his room, Lazar's being a rock, and Asanjya is reading. Aight? Aight.] [Everyone else, Session Start!] * Rei is taking a bath! She's butt and tail naked and sitting in the hot spring, occasionally dunking her head below the water. * Chie is sitting in one of the springs. Her eyes are closed and she looks very relaxed. Possibly even asleep. She's managed to stay out of Rei's splashing range... for the moment. * Rei does have a splashing range. Look out! She'll GET YOU! (Gah, splash damage! Stay away from the marines! They're prime targets for Siege Tanks.) * Maria soaks in the springs, relaxing. And she's naked, for the fanboys. (RAR!) (h_h... oh, wait.) * Rei dunks under water and sneaks up on Chie. Very sneaky, that Rei. Very, very sneaky. * Maria notices Rei doing this. (Sorry, this is for the fan_boys_, Asanjya, not the fanthings.) * Rei is sneaky! Quiet, Maria! * Maria shrugs, since whatever Rei will do will be harmless, anyway. [There are slinkeez.] * Chie still has her eyes closed. [A slinkey lands on Chie's head.] * Rei grabs Chie's shoulders right when the slinky lands and pops out of the water. "Evil beast from beyond the deep!" (It's from the deepest!) Wha-AAAH! * Chie jumps out of the water and stands on the side, shivering. * Rei splashes her in the face. And the slinky. Really. Gods, Rei, don't *do* that! Pfffft. * Chie sputters. * Maria blinks. "You okay, Chie?" * Rei giggles. Yeah, I... huh? * Chie looks unfocused for a second. * Rei points accusingly. "You were too dry! How care you be too dry when you're in a hot spring!" * Chie doesn't answer. She rubs her forehead with one hand. Chie? * Maria moves along the edge of the spring to where Rei and Chie are. * Rei blinks. "Um, are you okay?" * Chie sits down heavily. "No, I don't think I am." What's wrong? I... gods, how do I describe this? Dunno., I know something I didn't before. ( o/~ I know something you don't know! o/~ ) The slinky imparted wisdom into your empty mind! * Rei bows to the slinky. "Thank you, sensei." [The slinky slinks.] * Maria blinks. (The scary part? Rei's probably right.) * Chie looks at the slinky. "It didn't talk, but... yeah, it fits." (See!) Okay, you remember when I told you about the dream I had while I was dying from the wyvern poison? * Rei grins. "So, what'd you learn? How to go down stairs with the power of perpetual motion? How to- actually, I kinda missed that part, but I know you had one!" And how I'm supposed to have these mysterious unknown powers? I think I just found part of them. * Maria considers presenting her head to the slinky. Really? That's... that's good, right? Your powers aren't evil or anything? Yeah. It's a fire spell of some sort. I know how to activate it, but I'm not entirely sure what it does. The slinkies teach magic! * Maria DOES present her head to the slinky, now. I don't think they're evil. I mean, they could be *used* for evil, sure, but only if I chose to use 'em that way, and I wouldn't. But in and of themselves... well, they're supposedly part of me. [Maria has a spring on her head.] * Rei had her head in a spring! ...I don't think it's working. * Rei blinks a couple times. Wait, what's evil but not evil? The slinkies? * Chie looks for the slinky that landed on her head. Me. But you're not evil! Hey! You're not evil, Chie. Exactly. Chomei's the one who's probably part demon, and he's too lame to be evil! There's no way you can be evil. I'm not evil, the powers are part of me, so the powers aren't evil. And Chomei's *not* evil. Oh. ... Why would the powers be evil? Maria was askin' if they were. Ooh, okay. But they're not, so it's okay. * Maria nods. * Chie mutters. "But I'm not sure I want to know how a slinky ended up with a missing piece of my soul." The others probably can't hear her. * Chie eases back down into the spring. "So." * Rei pulls herself up and sits on top of the water. "So... you've got a fire spell, then? Is it a cleansing blue fire of cleansliness?" I don't know what color it is. Aww. I'm not about to try it in here. I wish I had a fire spell. I have the feeling that it's gonna take a lot out of me. * Rei looks at Maria. "I bet you can learn one." It's kinda freaky, though. Yeah, but where do I go to learn? It's not like I can ask asanjya. Her magic's all about contracts and demons, which both suck. * Rei screws her face. "Didn't we look into this? Matthias said he'd help, right?" [In an effort to speed this up, two women come into the spring: A 30- something red-head and a slightly younger dark-hair. They're both relatively pretty, pale, and have fangsssss. And the redhead has a necklace with a shiney stone.] * Arsenal has joined #besm oi (BWAHAHAHA!) ( <.< ) (...HAAHAAHAHAH!) (Oh my god. That's PERFECT!) ( Arsenal's haunting the hot spring! ) (uh-oh?) ( *can't stop laughing*) (*ah*) ( Congratulations, Arsenal. You're now a 20-something dark-haired naked female vampire. ) (*DIES*) (*cracks up*) Matthias? Yeah, that- ( *snerk* ) * Chie turns to look at the person who "oi"ed. * Rei drops into the water right when they come over. Splash! She looks around. * Arsenal disappears ( Huh? ) * Rei shakes her fist at the disappearing Arsenal. "Hey! You! No peeking at the girls' side!" Peeker? WHERE? I think he's gone. * Rei points. "He was THERE!" * Maria is up and ready to fight in an instant! * Chie then notices the vamps. "Uh, guys? Company." Huh? Oh! * Rei waves cheerfully at the women with fangs. "Hi!" ((hmm... should I run with it, or bow out now while I'm ahead?)) (c.c;;) ( @_@ ) ( Bow out. ) (It was a throw away gag. c.c;) There was some guy who was peeking at this side of the spring, but he's gone now. ( Yeah <.< ) (Really. @_@) Eh? But the peeper... oh, fangs. ( thought as much... one of these days I'll cook up a character, not today. ) [The women look Rei over and whisper stuff, giggling to each other.] * Rei blinks a few times. "Hey, what's so funny? My hair isn't funny, is it?" She looks at Chie. "Are they making fun of my hair?" I don't think so. * Maria blinks, but stays out of the water, just in case the fang-girls get unfriendly. Are you sure? 'Cause a lot of people used to make fun of my hair. Nah, don't worry about it. If they're gonna stare at someone's hair, they should stare at mine. * Chie grins. * Rei ooooohs and nods. Sagely. [They talk to themselves. Themselves they to talk. To themselves they talk, etc...] [The amulet sparkles. *ting!*] * Rei blinks a couple times. "O-kay. Are you guys gonna come into the spring or not?" ( Oh noes! Lazar and Chomei are powerless to help, due to nekkidness! ) ( About how big is the amulet? ) ( Amulet sized. ) ( About the size of, say, a Blood Orb? ) (Yes.) ( Like, uh... gascap sized? ) * Chie looks at the shiny jewelry. ( Maybe a bit smaller. ) * Maria walks over, gets back into the water, wades over to Rei, and whispers in her ear. * Chie looks at Maria and Rei, looks at the vamps, then shrugs and tries to look unconcerned. * Rei blinks at Maria, then whispers back. * Maria nods, then scampers off. * Rei ducks under the water and pops back up after a moment. Apparently, these vamp ladies have no desire to, y'know, actually get in the spring. They'd rather stand around nekkid. ( They're in the spring >.> ) (Never said, so I assumed not!) (I thought they were standing around and talking.) [The vampires are in the spring!] * Chie leans back again. * Rei wades a little towards the vampires, but not in striking range. "So... hello? Hi. Are you guys interested in talking to peons or whatever?" ( "We prefer to call you 'cattle'. But sure." ) [They converse! After a minute, the dark haired one asks, "About what?"] Well, one of you's Darcy O'Riley, right? I've heard *so* much about her, and soap, and stuff. * Maria comes back with a pair of towels, handing one to Chie and one to Rei. * Maria scampers off again. * Rei cheers. "Thanks, Maria!" She dries off her hair. * Chie takes a towel. She gets up and wraps it around herself. [They converse more. The dark haired one asks: "Oh, you have?" She speaks with a noticable accent. Sounds Scotish.] * Rei nods cheerfully. "Uh huh! I also heard she's a vampire. Could explain the fangs." * Chie sits one the side of the spring. Oddly enough, she's quiet. (Oh, sure, Chie. Let *me* dig the hole for us. ^^) (I will!) [They look to each other, and smile "No vampires here, miss. These are cosmetic, see? Trendy where we come from."] Oh, really? Wow! That's like tails in Japan! Huh. Never heard of that trend. * Rei flicks her tail. * Rei idly wraps her towel around herself now. "Oh? That's a strange trend." No stranger than fangs, I'd say. Yeah, I think fangs are a *little* higher on the weird-o-meter, but then, what do I know about weird? "Or strange hair." * Rei tilts her head. "That's a pretty necklace. Where'd you get it?" * Chie shrugs. "We like it. To each their own, y'know?" [They converse some more. "She bought it."] (Which one said that?) ( The dark haired one. ) Really? From who? 'Cause it's *really* pretty, and it looks like something that could be used to, y'know, save the world. And stuff. "A jewelry store." Yeah? Where? How much was it? [The red head starts looking annoyed. She responds (in English): ""] "" * Rei splashes in the water a little. "" "" "<'Tis, indeed.>" "" She shrugs. "" * Maria runs back in, carrying Chie's backpack. She sets it down by Chie and then walks over to the wall behind the vampire girls. * Chie nods. "" "" "" "" * Chie smirks. "" "" * Chie laughs. "" * Asanjya walks in after Maria, cloak on and staff in hand. She stiffens when she sees the vampires, especially the bauble around the one's necl. (neck.) "" "" * Rei waves cheerfully. "Hi, Asanjya!" She points out the vamps. "This is Ms. O'Riley and, um... her friend!" * Asanjya drops her stiffness so she looks guarded, but normalish. "How do you do." Her eyes narrow slightly. [The dark-haired one smiles toothily. "Magnolia."] Right. Magnolia. Like the flower! "Naturally." * Asanjya takes a seat, silently, still watching the vimpys. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 10. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+1) and gets 10. [Some noisy people seem to be using the men's bath next door.] (Note that everyone is noisy, then. ^^) [Everyone is noisy.] * Chie tries to identify if the noise happens to be their guys. ( Hey, he splashes just like Chomei!) * Rei continues obliviously, "So, you wanted to talk to her, right Asanjya?" If she's amenable to talking. * Asanjya 's hair twitches. She's talking to Chie. [They do some conversing, and the dark haired one asks, "Ms. O'Riley would like to know what you want to talk about." ] * Chie scoots over a bit closer to her bag. (Just a quick check-in ... did we agree to give it back when we were done with it?) (That was the plan, yes.) (If we could get them to agree to it.) * Asanjya points - with her hair - at the orb. "Your oh-so-stylish trinket." [Magnolia repeats the words in English to Darcy, who grips her amulet and responds, (via the dark haired one) "If you want one, ask your friend about it." She gestures at Chie.] * Chie looks at Asanjya. "She says she got it from a jewelry store in Dublin." * Chie does not say, "No, I don't believe it for a second." * Asanjya shakes her head. "I doubt there's another in the world quite like it, Dublin or anywhere else. Perhaps it looks the same." She smiles. "Not one so amenable to your kind, anyhow." [Asanjya's negotiations earn her a frown! The translated response: "What do you want with it? Don't tell me you want to become a vampire? You're not pretty enough for my tastes."] * Chie snerks. Of course not. There are easier ways. And I prefer my evil with more of a flavor of brimstone. * Rei snickers. * Asanjya smiles again, eyes level. "We need to borrow it. It will be returned to you." * Maria blinks and mutters, "Not pretty enough?" "... Uh huh." * Asanjya shrugs. "You, of course, have only our word we will return it...." "Yes. Not a very good deal." * Asanjya 's hair snags something out of her cloak and dangles it in the air. "... and this appropriately-worded cosmically binding demonic contract, of course." * Chie resists the urge to crack up, but she gives Asanjya an impressed glance. * Rei doesn't crack up! Amazingly. * Maria tilts her head at Asanjya. [Darcy blinks. She holds out her hand. ""] * Asanjya sets it in Darcy's hand. "All it requires is specification on what is to be the collateral. And signatures, of course." She looks remarkably nonchalant about this. * Maria frowns as Asanjya says 'collateral'. [She looks it over.] Obviously, the object in question holds a high value, seeing as how it renders you nearly invulnerable. "" * Rei looks at Asanjya. "She agrees with you about the invulnerable and high value thing." (So in return we offer you nekkid Maria if we don't bring it back!) (Done!) ( Assume the dark-haired woman is translating. ) ( ...what?! ) So name your asking price. In respect for your power, I'll even try not to haggle. * Chie dangles her legs in the spring. [Darcy considers.] ( Well, my brother was complaining that he can never go into wolf form when he needs to, so if you can get me the moon orb, I'll trade. ) * Asanjya tosses her hair. (>_<) * Rei sits in the spring. [They converse for a bit, and Magnolia translates: "Ms. O'Riley wants to know what you can offer a woman who has money, immortality and power."] (We won't kick your ass?) Well, there's my soul, but that's a little cliche. I'm sure we both agree on that. (What Cho said.) (This is why you let me negotiate.) "Ms. O'Riley does not need a soul." (Yes, this is why we let you negotiate.) Of course not. But what she does need is a press agent. [Darcy raises an eyebrow.] As known as you might be in vampiric circles, I assure you your fame does not extend well into demonic or mortal ken. If we fail to return the orb, I will dedicate myself to making your name feared among, well, whoever hears it, really. [They converse. "Ms. O'Riley does not need her name feared by demons she does not associate with. Besides, how much can one mortal do?"] You'd be surprised. * Maria grins at the question. * Rei can't help but grin, too. [More translating! "Ms. O'Riley did not make her fortune by taking chances. Furthermore, even if demons feared her, what good would it do? It may attract attention she does not want."] * Asanjya calmly looks at the vampire. "Really. You're being small-minded. It's not that you associate with the demons - it's that they will want to associate with you. Demons flock to power. With a brace of demons backing you, what couldn't you do?" Nor does it have to be you. Patsies are easy to come by in this world. [She considers.] * Asanjya stands up, slowly. Her gaze turns cold, and you could swear the temperature has dropped a few degrees. "As for what I can do... do not underestimate the influence of a mortal with intellect and drive." [More conversing.] * Rei sinks in the water a little more. Ooh. ["Ms. O'Riley remains unsure of whether you will keep your word, and whether this contract is legit."] [She adds: "And what happens if you should become... indisposed."] * Asanjya pulls four or five more out of her cloak. The temperature DOES drop several degrees - and the documents are signed by several demons. You can tell it's demon blood, cause it's on fire! "The contracts are entirely legitimate. As for my demise, I assure you, the contract takes care of that eventuality. I can even make sure I pay your obligation first." Of course, this is all assuming we do not return the orb. * Chie shivers and wraps the towel around her more tightly. She eyes Asanjya's contracts. "And should Ms. O'Riley die in the meantime?" The orb - and the obligation - will be returned to either her next of kin, next of vampiric bloodline, or whomever else she designates as beneficiary. * Rei eyes the contracts, too. Fiery blood's kinda cool. ( Gimme mind rolls, +4 ) (No applicable skills?) ( Um, sight perception ) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+4) and gets 11. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+4) and gets 10. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+4) and gets 13. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6+4) and gets 10. [Magnolia asks: "One final question: When will Miss O'Riley get the amulet back?"] * Asanjya looks to MaReiChie. (That sounds like a band.) (Oh, not another one!) After we use it. We've already got the other one, so it shouldn't be too long. Don't have a whole lot of time either way, anyway. Did any of the other players mention a time limit? [Magnolia relates that.] * Rei shakes her head. "No, but it's pretty damn urgent for everyone." * Asanjya looks back. "One month." "And if it is not returned in that timeframe?" Then the collateral takes effect, to the degree that I am able to fulfill the agreement. (ie, if the Earth is not a smouldering hole.) (Heh.) [They converse a bit more. "Ms. O'Riley will agree to this contract."] * Rei blinks. She looks surprised. Well, baddies aren't usually up for negotiation. * Chie grins. "All right!" * Maria looks very surprised. * Rei gets over it and cheers. "Wahoo!" [She signs the contract and takes off the amulet.] ( ...holy shit, did we just avoid a fight? ) (I think we did.) (Amazing!) * Asanjya possibly looks the slightest bit relieved, and takes the contract back. She pulls out a pen, and writes down the terms, crossing out parts, initialing them, and generally modifying. She passes it back to Ms O'Riley. "Initial where I did in pen, then on the indicated line in blood." ( No way. That never happens in this game. ) (Go us! Well, really, go Asanjya!) ( We also got boned somehow, I just know it.) * Asanjya pricks her finger with the other side of the pen and signs after Ms O'Riley. The contract glows slightly. * Chie watches with interest. (Chei is making .2% just for watching? :P) (Yes! And get my name right. ;p) (Nice.) [Ms. O'Riley signs it and holds out the amulet.] (No, Chei gets money, Chie just gets entertained :P) (Ahh. Curse those evil twins!) * Asanjya takes the amulet, peels off the copy of the contract, and hands it to Ms. O'Riley. "Nice doing business with you." (You did specify it was the blood stone on the contract, right?) (Yes.) Contact information, Asanjya. When we give it back. [She nods and hands the contract to Magnolia, who gets out of the spring and presumably goes to store it somewhere.] (Not "that necklace you're wearing right now.") Yes. Will we meet you here? [Now that Magnolia is gone, there's nobody to translate! ;_;] (Eh, Rei can!) ( Or Chie. She was doing it earlier. ) * Rei does it! She looks to Darcy and smiles. "" So... that's it? (starts to type and is interrupted... curse you, Rei! ;p) (XD) "" * Rei smiles cheerfully. "" "" * Rei looks to the others. "Okay, we'll meet her in Ireland after we're done with this." [She nods.] I've heard it's particularly pretty. * Chie winks. * Asanjya nods. It's very green! I like green. Maybe that's the next color I should do my hair. * Rei puts her hand to her chest. "We must all do our part to save the world. And now my toes are wrinkled, so I shall leave this pool." * Rei looks to Darcy. "" She heads out. Well, it's partly green already. But anyhow. You're right. Can't be too careful about our toes. Your hair'd look nice green, Chie. I think I might go for it. * Chie waves cheerfully to Darcy, picks up her bag, and follows Rei out. * Asanjya stuffs contracts into pockets and walks after Rei. You could paint your toes green! Mmm, probably won't go that far. * Chie gets dressed. But you could. It'd be pretty. You could use glitter. * Rei dresses, too. "Silver glitter!" (Chie can be Slytherin!) Green with silver glitter? Yes! (*laughs*) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+2) and gets 12. (I thought we said she was Gryffindor. ;p) * Chie puts her sandals on. "I'll think about it." [The steam from the water suddenlt hardens in front of Asanjya. Caught off guard, the amulet is snatched from her by another woman, one rather familiar.] !! ( ...oh, give me a break. ) * Kaira takes the amulet! (Oh great.) (Do we see any of this happening?) ( Yes @_@ ) REI! * Maria springs off the wall and dives at Kaira, grabbing for the amulet! * Chie turns around at Asanjya's cry. "Oh, what the *fuck*?!" * Kaira rushes for the door! Maria, unarmed (wrestling!) * Chie grabs a ward and heads after Kaira. ( Better roll init. ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 4. ( That's a yes, either way. ) * Rei spins. "MOM! What the hell!" d6+7 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 14. d6+6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Asanjya (d6+6) and gets 9. d6+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Maria (d6+8) and gets 11. d6+7 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 10. [And Maria snatches the amulet back.] (YAY!) [Order: Chomei, Chie, Kaira, Maria, Lazar, Darcy, Asanjya, Rei.] [Chomei's turn] (Now *run*!) ( No, because the amulet promptly teleports you to Timbuktu. ) (I thought it was Abu Dhabi.) (No, you have to get mailed to Abu Dhabi.) * Maria backflips away from Kaira, wrapping the chain of the amulet around her wrist and palming the amulet itself. (That's the other amulet) * Chomei calls from outside the entrance to the female baths. "What's going on in there?!" Kaira's trying to steal the Orb! Get in here! (...) * Chomei charges in and makes a shot at Kaira when he can. Stupid baths. (Can I get a shot off or not?) ( Sure. ) 2d6-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 3. ( No Need for Chomei. ) ( Well, Asanjya's definately Washuu... ) (Pfft. Rei'd be Washu. She's the insane inventress type) * Kaira hops out of the way just before the arrow reaches her. She clenches her teeth and glares at Maria. "Give it to me! I need it!" ( Yeah, but Asanjya's got the SCARY ) (By appearance, she'd be Ryoko) [Chie's turn!] For what? It's not gonna keep you from feeding on people! (Ayeka can get plenty scary too ;P) ( Asanjya = Mihoshi. *RUNS.* ) Yeah, well, tough shit. We need it more. (Bwahahaha!) * Chie throws her ward at Kaira. 2d6-1 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Chie (2d6-1) and gets 9. (Damn. Should've just tried to stab her.) ( The ward was wet! ) (Yeah. STabby is better. And that doesn't work with silver wards, Lazar. ^^;) ( ... it was slippery! ) [The ward falls short of Kaira.] [Kaira's turn!] * Kaira gestures at Maria. "Give it to me!" 2d6-3 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Maria tumbles out of the way as the area near her is briefly engulfed in darkness.] Hell no! You want it so bad, you come and get it! [Maria's turn!] * Maria flips Kaira the bird and grins. (Holding action.) [Lazar's turn] * Lazar bursts through the wall! He does not shout "OH YEAH!", because Kool-Aid Man didn't run in Transylvania. Instead, he simply charges at Kaira with an overhand slash of his two-handed sword. 2d6-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. (OH YEAH!) [Lazar slashes Kaira's shoulder. She grimaces.] [Darcy's turn!] [Darcy gets out of the water and rushes at Kaira. She throws a punch, catching Kaira's stomach.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya works her way to her feet and starts chanting. (end.) [Rei's turn!] * Rei rises, her feet no longer touching the ground, and she zips over to try to tackle her mother (and put herself between the others and her). "Mom, stop it!" 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 6. [Rei tackles Kaira, winding up sandwiching her with the ground.] ( Perfect! Now I can attempt a coup de grace! ) [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei runs up and aims his bow at Kaira, but doesn't fire unless Rei can't hold her down (Pretty likely). (Readied action on a Ice Arrow.) [Chie's turn!] * Chie draws her sword and whispers. It starts glowing silver, but she doesn't do anything yet. (Readied action on Spirit Stream.) [Kaira's turn!] Give me the orb! I need it! [Maria's turn!] Yeah? For what? 'Cause we're gonna use it to save the world here. * Maria waits for Rei to talk to Kaira some. (held action, I suppose.) * Kaira looks back at Rei, much as she can. "... To protect you." She's lying. You're not gonna do her any good if the whole world goes to hell. Don't you understand!? With the power that orb holds, don't you realize what I could do?! You could watch while demonic armies crawl all over the place? * Rei grits her teeth, and she keeps holding her mother down, though really, her mom's *letting* it happen. "No, you don't understand! Lucifer's coming to town, and we need that orb to stop him! It doesn't matter how powerful anyone is once he shows up." * Lazar presses his sword lightly at Kaira's neck. "Keep talk. This just to make sure you no get frisky again." * Rei looks up and glares at Lazar. We have it Lazar. You can back off with the life-threatening sword attack that wouldn't really kill her. I no going cut her head off as long as she no try bite us. But given what happen last time she pay visit, I think it smart precaution. The longer you delay, the longer they have to act! You must give me the orb, quickly! Explain. Who's "they?" Asahara. And their R-Types. And the others... their plan is much worse! I can stop them, but I need an edge. [Darcy stands there, not understanding the language and all.] ( ... Asahara has spaceships that can get multiple power-ups? ) * Rei frowns. "Asahara. Okay. We'll help you, but we can't commit the orb. We need the orb for something else." ( And they have the Force! ) No! Only that will do! I need that kind of power! * Chie tightens her grip on her sword. ( R-types... great. Now I'm envisioning a blood-covered Lazar plowing through a row of Rei clones. ) Mom, I'm saying we'll *help* you. Get off your one-track mind and listen to me. There's more than one dangerous thing out there, and we have to stop *all* of them. The orb's the only way to stopping one. There's more than one way for the other. Asahara is nothing. We have a triumvirate of evil to topple. * Asanjya spins on her heel and walks off to the rooms. Foolish girl! You know nothing of the true evil Asahara is! * Asanjya spits on the ground as she walks away. They bad. Dracula worse. Lucifer worser. * Kaira shakes her head. "You'd never understand. You couldn't possibly know what it's like." ... I know *exactly* what like. You don't have to convince her, Mom. I know what it's like. And we'll help you, okay? But you can't do it with the orb. * Chie looks like she wants to stab *something*. You've seen only a handful of the atrocities they've committed. ( Would Rei be mad if Lazar 'slipped'? ) (YES.) But with the orb, I cannot be stopped! No matter what they send at me. ( Figured. ) (Lazar? You'd find yourself turned into itty bits of gravel. Somehow.) Yes you can. Blood orb make almost invincible. Not invincible. * Rei nods. They can no kill. But can beat so bad can no more move, take away orb, THEN kill. They would have to beat me first. Mmmhmmm. And you no doubt be very tough to beat. But they have numbers. They beat you eventually. And then Asahara have Blood Orb. * Chie grits her teeth. It's taking all her effort *not* to say something. And that very VERY no good. * Kaira glares at Lazar. "If I wanted... I could kill half the people in this room without a second thought." * Lazar presses just a wee bit harder with the sword. "Yes, could. But then rest of us kill you. Is same with Asahara." God only know what Asahara do with Blood Orb. * Kaira turns into mist. Her voice echos around the room. "Could you, now?" * Rei lands on the floor. "Oof." Yes. No can bite me. Need be solid sometime. * Rei sits up. and rubs at her elbow. "I have other ways." * Chie points her sword at the mist. I sure you do. But you realize that, if start kill us, you probably have to kill daughter too. * Chomei glances at Chie and keeps his bow aimed at the mist. Which is why you no do it. You crazy, but no that crazy. * Kaira forms next to the water, glaring. "Using my daughter as a shield. That's a low blow, even for you." Who say shield? If you try kill us, she fight you. She no helpless. Is already have much power. * Kaira folds her arms. "You would put her in danger." No, *you* would. I no particularly want fight you. You annoying and insane and nearly turn little one into vampyre, but you Reimom, and last thing I need is to be beating up more members of Rei family. * Kaira raises a clenched fist at Lazar. "You've already gotten her killed once!" And you nearly kill her best friend. * Rei gets to her feet and watches Lazar argue with her mom. You would try to justify it?! * Chie doesn't have her sword pointed at Kaira anymore. It's still glowing, but it's more in a guard position. Lazar, be quiet for a sec. * Rei walks over towards Kaira. "Mom?" No justify. I do best to protect little ones, but no can be perfect. You nei- okay. Yes dear? (YOU SUCK!) Nobody... forced me into this. I put my life on the line 'cause I'm trying to save people. You'd do the same thing. I know that. That's a reason you're after Asahara, right? Dad was pretty upset that I decided to do this stuff. He wanted me to be safe. * Kaira says nothing. ( Meanwhile, Lazar loads the holy water into the SuperSoaker 7,000,000,000 XL... ) * Rei continues, then. "And we want to *help* you. I'll do anything I can to help you, but you've got to understand. There's more than one way everyone can get hurt and everyone can get killed. There's more than one evil out there. We have to try to stop them all, and that's not easy. We don't have the luxury of ignorance here." 'Cause ignorance is what'll really kill us in the end. Ignoring one front in favor of another... that's what'll get us. So you won't give me the orb? ( Your mum's a bloody loony. ) (Ahem, there's also the fact that Asanjya just put her life on the line to return it.) (Oh, like anyone would care about _that_...) ( No, I won't. I see how it is. *kills Rei* Okay, *now* can we kill her?) * Rei bites her lip for a moment, then she says, "It's not really mine to give." She hesitantly tries to take one of Kaira's hands. "We got it for the purpose of a ritual that will stop Lucifer from staying on this plane, and Asanjya put her life on the line to keep it safe. If we wait too long for the ritual, we're all screwed in a different way." ( * Kaira's hand comes off. Yup, she's undead alright. ) ... Then I'll have to find a different way. I'll *help* you find a different way. ... If you want it. ( It's mother-daughter bonding! Except only at night! ) (Nobody's perfect!) "What" other way? Could always steal fighter plane, bomb Asahara headquarters into dinosaur days. I can go with you. I can get the whole team to help you. I can contact Eoi and my dad and see if they'll help. I bet they will; it's Asahara. They're asses. I'll get all of Interpol SIU to try to help find ways to fix this. ... That's a nice thought, yeah. * Maria grins. "I can steal things." Heck, with mist thing you do, would be easy. Pop into plane, take off, drop many bombs on building. The building is the mere surface. It start. I'm sorry, Rei. I can't face him anymore. I'll find my own way. * Rei blinks. "Wait, him? You mean my dad? He doesn't have to come with if you don't want." ( ... great. Now I'm picturing Kaira as Maverick in Top Gun, flying off into the sunset... and turning to ashes. ) (*snerk*) (That was the end of HotShots) ( I loved that movie. ) * Kaira looks down and says nothing for a good long while. ( Second one was fun, too... "We'll settle this the old Navy way! First one to die... LOSES!" ) Just let us help you. I don't want you getting hurt, and I don't like Asahara, either. If you don't, I'm going to look into it *anyway*, and we'll probably just get in your way. You were never supposed to get involved. You should just go to Smorfilia and live out a quiet life. * Rei grins. "Oh, yeah. Like you'd ever do that." ( But even there, she'd hafta deal with Gargamel. ) (Gargamel'd be toast even with my combat skeelz.) (Disco inferno!) ( Yeah, but Azrael'd 0wn you. ) I tried. When I was mortal. Even if I wanted to, something'd just pull me back anyway. And Asahara's everyone's problem. So, let us help? ( o/~ When I was a young mor-tal... o/~ o/~ When she was a young mor- TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! o/~ ) (Oh lord. *smacks Jesse*) (... Oh god.) ( x_x_V ) ... What do you intend to do? (Once Kaira leaves. So Rei, you do realize you have one bad mother?) (Hehe.) (You are a horrible person.) (* Drops Greg down a shaft) (Shut your mouth!) (/me falls onto three bullets.) ( What Lazar wants to say, but won't: You realize you entire family completely insane? ) First? We find out what's going on. You know that, so you can tell us. Then I work on gathering info, and we come up with a plan that should work, using whatever resources we have available for it. Which should be more than just you, at least. * Kaira is silent, for another long while. ... Fine. We don't have any time to lose. [Session End]