[You guys are in the rooms! Action!] * Asanjya is! GUESS WHAT? OMFG, READING. ( lol! ) (kk) * Chomei is, OMFG, not! Brood and stuff. Um, yeah. [Lazar is conducting undercover recon, posing as a doorstop.] (*snerk*) * Asanjya flips the page. * Chomei broods. (Wow, we're so interesting.) (You are!) [Excitement!] ([Joy! Enjoyment!]) ([SHUFFLEBOARD.]) (I'm sure you remember those robots Cham. After all, you made them. :P) (Yeah. That's why the shuffleboard.) (Shuffleboard!) ( What's going on? ) (SHUFFLEBOARD. AREN'T YOU LISTENING! D:<) (brooding and reading... or is that reading and brooding? I'm never quite sure.) * Chomei is doing the brooding thing. * Asanjya is doing the reading thing. (AND SHUFFLEBOARD, DAMMIT! D:) * Lazar is doing the shadowboxing thing again. ( I ought to trap you guys in an elevator to see what happens. ) (*read* *brood* *grunt*) (*throws HSR at Brett.*) (Lazar is over the weight limit and the bottom falls out...everybody dies, tragic story.) * Lazar is shadowboxing! Really. He starts with individual punches, slowly increasing into two, three, then four punch combinations. ( *takes no damage from the Human System Resources* ) * Chomei is brooding. Brood brood brood. Think think think. Reflect reflect reflect. * Lazar starts to move up to five punch combinations... then stops, frowning, and mutters. "Is no good... getting better, but just no can get as good as before was golem..." *flip* Why not? ( Lazar cannot do more than 5 hit combos as a golem. ) It's not his natural body. ( It's too bad. As a human he could do 8 hit combos, chained into QCF + punch, then a super move to finish it off. ) Has always been... what word... disconnect between what want do, and when golem do. At beginning, was very bad. Like trying move in molasses. (Chomei is in our room?) As get runes finishes, get better. Much better now. But still no like back was human. (Paper walls.) *flip* A delay. I'd be curious to see a spell for a golem. As human, some things just automatic, like walk. Because brain and muscle remember. No like that as golem. Everything want do, want move, have to concentrate on. Make much harder to coordinate. No muscle memory? Perhaps understandable - you have no muscles. * Asanjya flips! Makes very tough to control how much force use... for person, when open door, brain remember all other times open door, choose what seem like right amount of push. In golem body, have to concentrate each time. And if distracted... end up breaking things. * Lazar frowns. "And just no can seem to concentrate enough to fight like could before became golem." *pauses* "Golem strength make up for, but still annoying." * Chomei walks around and knocks on the other room, so he can talk to the others face-to-face. Come on in. * Chomei goes in after opening the door, then closing them behind himself. "What was it like changing bodies?" Was like when we all change bodies, kind of. Except... this body no person. No see, but 'see'. No hear, but 'hear'. No feel. It like you not doing things, like you looking at youself doing things. * Chomei nods. "I can see how that would be annoying." * Asanjya listens intently and flips. And you work around this problem with meditation. Was very odd... instinct tell me I need eat, drink, rest... but never was hungry, thirsty, tired. Like person who lose arm or leg, but still sometimes feel. Mmmmm. Phantom senses. Interesting. *flip* * Lazar shakes his head. "No, meditation mostly serve to replenish magiks what animate golem when injured. Also way to help relax." I... very angry most of time. Is sometimes no easy to control. Meditate help. I've noticed. We'll find a solution to your problem, but after we're done with this huge mess. I hope so, but no getting hopes up. Well, I gotta get a solution, otherwise Chie might kill me. Um... figuratively, that is. * Maria comes in and knocks on the doorframe of Lazar and Asanjya's room. Hmm? Yes? Oh, you're all together? Great. There's a pair of vampire ladies in the onsen, and one of 'em is a redhead wearing what's probably the blood orb. Rei's talking to them now, but... where's Chie's sword? She'll prolly need it. * Chomei glances at Lazar and Asanjya. "I'll get it." He gets up and walks into Chie's and his room. * Asanjya flips. ... we still going to do talk before fight? Because if so, I can wait on men side, smash through if trouble. * Chomei comes back with a bookbag. "I agree. Talk before we try smashing faces." We're talking, but I gave Rei and Chie towels, and I'm dressed, so it should be fine if you're there, Laz. Nothin' ta peek at. It'd still be wrong if Lazar and I were there. We shouldn't be on the female's side. * Lazar nods. "And vampyres? They have towels?" Er, no, they don't. You might have to fight naked vampire chicks, Laz. * Lazar shrugs. "Done that before. Just don't think standing on women side when vampyres naked make them in happy talk mood. And really, Asanjya should prolly get there first, since she'd be a good negotiator. She's got experience and stuff, so. And always sign a contract. Me and Chomei go to men side. If things sound like get ugly, we come over and do smashy. (Oh, please do. Rei's making a big mess over here. ^^) Sure. I guess that works. * Asanjya closes her book. ( Does the wall completely separate the mens and womens areas, or is there a way between? And, if the former, how sturdy is the wall? ) ( It's prolly just bamboo. ) ( Figured. But just want confirmation ) Let's get to work then. Right! * Chomei hands Maria the backpack. * Lazar heads for the men's side! * Maria takes the backpack and runs back to the spring! As always, her running is impressive. * Chomei heads for the Men's side! * Asanjya stands up. "Contracts. You're learning, Chomei." ( There's a Gainax joke there somewhere. ) * Asanjya follows Maria. ( *thwaps Jesse* ) ( Ow. ) * Lazar heads for the men's area, and stands at the edge of the wading area, fairly still, listening to the goings on on the ladies side. * Chomei does the same, only a bit quieter. * Lazar is very quiet! As long as he doesn't move. >_> * Chomei IS TEH QUIET SHUTZ UP! ( Stealth rolls! ) * Chomei glances at Lazar. He silently summons Rownal, just in case. * Lazar is just standing still, listening. * Chomei shrugs at Lazar. * Chomei unsummons his bow. * Chomei heads out of the spring. * Lazar follows. "That was... no expected." Yeah. But that's why we talked first. Something's going on over there. ... crap. * Lazar draws his sword, and charges at, then through, the wall. * Chomei runs over to the entrance of the woman's bath, to cut off anyone leaving. * Chomei summons Rownal while he does that. ^^; (* Lazar bursts through the wall, "OH YEAH!") (Bwahahaha!) ( I'm going to have to resist the urge )