[Day: Wednsday, July 14th. Time: 9:00 p.m.] [Tonight is a big night! The assault on Asahara's main lab is imminent. As soon as Kaira comes to tell you where to go. In the meantime, you're at the clubroom.] [Session Start!] * Chomei leans against the wall and looks angsty and lame. What else is new? * Rei is sitting on the teacher's desk, crosslegged and sucking on something that may be a lollipop. Good thing it's in her mouth and not her tail, because that'd get nasty. (But it's new and improved angst!) * Asanjya. is. reading. SHOCK-U! * Rei is also typing away on BOX. She's dressed as outlandishly as ever. * Chie walks in and waves. "Hey, guys." * Asanjya hairwaves. * Lazar has his illusion active, and is 'dressed' in a wifebeater and jeans. He's currently shadowboxing in a corner, though he pauses long enough to wave to Chie. * Lazar stops his shadowboxing, wipes his brow, pauses, then stares at his hand. "Silly golem..." Hey Chie. What's going on? Heard anything yet? * Rei twitches her tail. She looks up at Chie and waves, not saying anything due to lollipop, then goes back to typing. Not yet No. Waiting for Reimom. ... we going give her Blood Orb for this? Over my dead body. * RDMgryphon is now known as AFKgryphon * Asanjya pauses. "Probably not even then." No. * Lazar nods. "Was what thought. Because you know she going to ask for it." * Rei doesn't look up from her typing. "We made a deal, Asanjya. If we've gotta give Kaira the blood orb to pull this off, we do it. If she doesn't give it back, we share the term." * Rei shifts the lollipop to her other cheek. Well. Short term, yes. I was under the impression that Lazar meant permanently. What? No. Oh, no. Nononononono. Thousand no. Million no. *pauses* Whatever number bigger than million in Japanese no. Billion. Billion no. *nods at Rei* * Asanjya nods. "Good." She goes back to her book., * Chie looks displeased, then shrugs. "So we just sit here until she contacts us, then?" * Rei pulls her lollipop from her mouth and sticks her tongue out. It's blue. She crosses her eyes trying to look at it, then gives up. "Yup." Your tongue is blue. Cool! * Rei looks to Chie. "But we've got some other stuff to do while we're at it. Gotta find out where Spikey and the others are being held and free them if possible." And I wanna know what this soul research is. So do I. It can't be good, I know that. * Rei nods. "Plus, shut down all this cloning junk. If they have the info, they can do it. We destroy as many of their files as we can. Find the hard copies and wipe out the network." Definitely. * Rei grins. "So, it's gonna be a busy, busy night." Ohhh, yeah. Hope you guys got a lot of rest beforehand. I was up the whole time! Why? 'Cause I don't sleep. * Rei goes back to typing. * Chie looks like she didn't sleep all that well herself. "Well, you don't have to worry about that." She sticks her sadly non-blue tongue out at Rei. * Chomei rolls his eyes. * Rei giggles and reaches into her backpack, pulling out a green lollipop. She tosses it to Chie. * Asanjya frowns. "Do they make pink ones?" Yup! * Chie catches it. "You are the best ever, Rei!" She grins and unwraps it, popping it in her mouth. * Lazar leans against a wall, having nothing useful to say at the moment. * Rei opens the backpack wider and looks in. "Um... oh. Here." She pulls out a pink one, tossing it to Asanjya. * Asanjya catches it with her hair and eyes it. "Gods and demons, why? Tongues are already pink." It's a brighter pink! More magenta. * Chie removes the lollipop for a second. "You can't go wrong with magenta." * Rei puts her sucker back in her mouth. I need to do magenta for my hair next. Or lollipop green. * Asanjya puts it in her mouth. She mumbles, "Kiwi strawberry. Hm," around it, and goes back to her book. You can do magenta. Chomei can be lollipop green. * Chomei eyes Rei. * Rei grins at Chomei. "We represent the Lollipop Guild!" * Chie sticks her now-green tongue out at Chomei. * Lazar rubs his head. "Question. If they threaten kill hostages where we can no get to them if we no give orbs and surrender... we no surrender, right?" * Rei eyes Lazar. No quarter given or asked, I believe is the phrase. I don't plan to surrender. * Lazar eyes Rei back. "I want rescue too, but if come down to them or save world..." Not okay. We do both. * Chie sucks on her lollipop and says nothing. * Asanjya crunches her lollipop. That ideal. But what if no option? What if they holding them in other building somewhere, and say kill right then if no surrender? There will *be* an option, Lazar. I hope so. * Rei nods and goes back to fiddling with her computer. * Chie walks over to Chomei and leans on the wall next to him. (Chie gets +1 lame!) (Bwahahaha!) [A mist seeps in through the window.] * Rei looks up. "Hi Mom." [Nope, it's gas. Everyone dies but Lazar.] (Aww!) [Just kidding. It forms into Kaira.] ( ^_^_v ) (Time for MC3!) [Kaira eyes you all. EYE. "This is all? You did not acquire any help?"] We *are* the entire Japan branch. The fill ins left for Europe. * Chomei nods. Dad and Eoi are dealing with some monster or another in China that's threatening to devour half a city. Yep. Spikey and company are being held by Asahara. We've still gotta get 'em out. * Asanjya keeps wisely silent, chewing on the lollipop stick. Um, I'm not asking the other Mom. Mitsuji's too young. Katsu's mangled and bedridden half the time. * Rei eyes Lazar. Aunt Chelsea's in Hell, and so's Julian... * Rei thinks. And everyone else has either been stolen by or is working for the bad guys, pretty much! I guess we could've prayed to Hermes, but he already did us a favor. [Kaira frowns. "Hmm... But we can't wait any longer. We must do this tonight."] Maria's still locked up. They're not letting her out for- oh. What have will have to do. "Good. Because there is much to do. Lin Kar Lau must be killed. And the R-type project must be shut down."] How about all the other projects? Can we shut them down, too? Can we? Can we? * Chie finishes her lollipop. "You're gettin' no argument from me on that." [Kaira nods. "You have five people. If you think one is sufficient to defeat Lin Kar Lau, you can send the other four wherever you wish."] That be a no. No way we're splitting up. Huh, and I thought we were going to have time to do other stuff. Since, y'know, it's not like he's going to be sitting around and waiting for us. ... Is he? We've gotta get Spikey and the others out there, too. "He will be at the plant tonight. He does not know we're coming. But if we fail, he will be prepared for us the next time."] Well, that means we don't fail. Must hope that either he holding hostages close to him, or have information on where are where we can find it. [Kaira nods. "I shall take care of the R-type project. That leaves you to battle with Lau, and to find and free your mortal friends if you value their lives."] * Rei nods. "This means more presents. It's like Christmas." * Rei turns off BOX and puts it into her backpack. She digs in another pocket, pulling out an earpiece and tossing it to Kaira. ["Regardless, you will be splitting up, or we won't have enough people to cover everything."] Explain "cover everything." * Asanjya is sitting there eyeing Kaira with a glare that might possibly be described as "murderous", or maybe "suspicious" if you're being kind. ["That is, if you want to save the mortals."] ["Of course, there is another option... you could give me the Blood Orb."] "Although I can't guarentee I will be able to do it even with the Orb. It doesn't enable me to be everywhere at once." * Rei straightens. "I think we should split into two teams, really. Not including you, Mom. You're number three. I'd be useless in a fight against Lau. And about the orb..." She looks to Asanjya. * Chie takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out. * Asanjya produces it from her cloak with a mild flourish. "I expect it back. If you fail to return it, not even your daughter will be able to save you from my wrath." She looks deadly serious, but it's slightly comic. Kaira holds her hand out without a word. * Rei adds, nice and casually, "More like Asanjya and I will be spending the rest of our lives in torment." * Asanjya drops the orb into it. "I never signed anything saying I would not devote my off hours to killing her painfully." Okay, but the torment part's still true. Agreed. * Rei looks to Kaira. "Give it back after this is done, okay? Really. I'm in deep shit if you don't, along with the rest of the world." [Kaira nods. "The base is hidden under Mt. Fuji's north side. We must leave immediately." She turns into mist and goes out the window.] * Rei lets out a breath. She checks her ear. More like the thing in her ear. "Okay." And she hops off the desk, grabbing her backpack and putting it on. ... right. *turns to Rei* You was saying about teams? * Asanjya stands up. She looks seriously pissed. Yeah, teams. I'm useless against Lau, and I'm not going in astrally, 'cause I'm sure they're ready for that. So how are we splitting up? But if you can get me to a comp, I'm gonna find out something juicy or twelve. * Rei points at Lazar and Chomei. "You two should go after him, definitely." I wouldn't pass it up. You sure? Floating and throw fireball thing at Lau might help. Yeah, 'cause he'd aim at me first thing. * Chie closes her eyes for a second and takes another deep breath. You think he's stupid? I can't dodge. Nor can I, but I can bind him. Or try. * Rei looks at the Asanjya. "How're you at taking down security and stuff?" * Lazar shrugs. "It you choice." Actually, go with Chomei and Lazar. They could use you, I think. 'specially if things get really ugly. Chie, you wanna come with me? * Asanjya nods. Sure. * Chomei pats Chie on the back. * Chie turns around and hugs Chomei tightly. Take care of yourself, okay? * Rei smiles at Chie. "Thanks." She takes a breath. "Okay. Everyone got your earpieces, 'cause damned if I'm gonna lose track of *any* of you." * Lazar frowns, but doesn't force the issue. "Have mine." ( In reality, Rei knows we have no chance against Lau, so she's sending the people she doesn't like to their DOOMS. =P ) * Asanjya nods. * Chomei nods. (Yeah, really.) (She totally can't ditch Asanjya. Then she'd be stuck for even longer as a serf.) (Yeah, really.) * Chie lets go, turns back towards Rei, and gets her earpiece out. "Ditto for me. Not losing any of you." ( ... Right. ;) * Chomei taps his earpiece and makes sure it's functional. * Asanjya rustles her hair and slips it in. * Lazar adjuss his sword in its holster on his back. * Rei grins. "Awesome. Time to kick ass." * Rei tosses her chewed lollipop straw in the trash and walks over to the window, opening it. She jumps out. * Lazar takes the stairs! Absolutely. * Chie heads out. * Asanjya follows. Grimly. Angst, angst, angst. * Chomei heads out after Chie. (... okay, someone needs to start humming o/~ happy happy joy joy o/~) (Cue the Rei.) (Happy happy joy joy! Happy happy joy joy!) * Kaede has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [Time: 10:00 p.m. You arrive north of Mt. Fuji. It's a big mountain. There's also a big forest surrounding its base, of which you're at the edge of. There's no secret lab evident there. But if there was it wouldn't be much of a secret, would it?] * Rei arrives in a blaze of cycle! She parks outside of the forest! [So ominous.] * Asanjya arrives with whomever she rode with. She's still looking grimmish. (So fierce?) (So Fabulous) * Chie pulls her cycle to a stop next to Rei's. * Rei climbs off and pulls off her helmet. * Chomei gets off of the 'cycle when Chie stops and unstraps the helmet, handing it to Chie. * Chie takes the helmet and stows it, along with her own. She stands up. "So. How do we go about getting in?" First! We go there. * Rei points at the mountain. "Given it's under the north side. And we're on the north side. So." * Rei looks for a path of some sort. If there isn't one, she just heads into the forest! The dark, black forest. * Lazar arrives somehow! * Asanjya follows. She is intensely focused on her thoughts. She's gaining angst points by the minute, here. (At this rate, you'll be out-angsting Chomei easily.) [You head into the dark, black forest.] * Chomei follows, and stuff. [You walk into the forest. There's crickets and owls and stuff. Gimme sight checks.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-4) and gets 2. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 7. * Rei spots something and waves for people to stop. * Chomei stops as he spots something as well. * Chie stops! * Rei sits down - yes, right where she is - and closes her eyes. Chie can see her separate, at least! ~Camera in the tree. Can't tell if it'll hear us if we talk. Gimme a sec and I'll take care of it, but if we're seeing something like that, we're totally on the right track.~ * Chie watches the dual Reis. * Chomei nods in affimation of Rei's comment. * SpiritRei zips over to the camera, literally sticking her head and her hands into the tree in taking care of the thing. It's pretty amusing. Chie must be so used to this by now. * Chie grins briefly. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 6. (Just so long as you come *out* of the tree.) * Lazar waits. (Otherwise, not so amusing.) (It eats me!) [Rei disables teh cambera.] (TEH CAMBERA! It's like a camera, only cambier.) ( The B is silent. ) * SpiritRei vanishes! * Rei opens her eyes and grins, giving a thumbs up. She gets to her feet and starts floating on, looking around actively. * Lazar resumes the lumbering [Lazar fails, as he doesn't have a hatchet.] * Asanjya followsses. * Chie returns the thumbs up and heads along with her, also keeping an eye out for cameras and other things that should be spotted. [You come to a fence] (Is it a white picket fence?) (Good question! What kind of fence? ;P) ( I have a big ol' two-handed sword. WHo needs a hatchet? ) ( wire ) (Wire, ewww.) * Rei eyes that fence, then looks around it. Any cameras and such? * Chomei does a quick looksee for cameras, too. (And camberas.) (Yes, them too.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 7. ... I guessing that break through fence would set off alarm. (Is it even possible to set an alarm to a wire fence like that?) (You obviously have to toss us.) (Sure. conductivity check.) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+3) and gets 15, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "If I go crazy, will you still call me Superman?" (Oh God.) ( "Toss me! ... I said you've got to toss me! Oh, and Don't Tell the Elf." (Dear god.) (Fuck.) (*KILLS DICEY* THERE.) (Dicesuke, are you picking on poor innocent PCs again?) * Rei 's eyes widen, and she yelps. "Uh, guys..." What is it? There's cameras everywhere! And I think they've seen us. Oh fuck. * Rei edges back. Not that it really matters. She looks around. * Chie draws her sword. Where? * Rei points. " There. * Chomei summons Rownal. * Rei points again. "And there. And there. And over there. And there. And there." This goes on for a while. * Lazar looks at where Rei is pointing. Does he see anything? * Chie goes into a ready stance. * Asanjya narrows her eyes. "That seems a slight bit of overredundancy." They're Asahara. They're paranoid as hell. Twenty-four- oh? Yeah. ... That seems kind of odd, given I didn't spot any at all. * Awaymancer is now known as Segev Asanjya, can send little demon thing to look where Rei pointed? * Chie looks around. Does she see the cameras? * Asanjya nods, and her hair unfurls to reveal Xaphan. She has a short conversation and points at half a dozen trees, and Xaphan flutters off. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+3) and gets 15, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Your logic is faulty, your intelligence is doubtful, and your sumo is insufficient." (...) (...) (Soooooo.) (... ... ...) (I'd like to take this moment to say... WTF?) (You guys is screwed.) (We're not even THERE YET.) (We are SO SCREWED.) Oh shit, they're everywhere. See? See! * Lazar looks around. "I no see any..." * Rei flails. Shit, shit, shit! Should we go back? They're gonna be here any second! We leave, they chase us. Might as well stay. * Lazar draws his sword. 2d6 We could get away. We could get away, and come back, and then... fuck. We are so screwed. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 8. How about we go in and kick their asses right now? Who says they're *looking* at all those cameras that I can't see? * Rei looks around for a snapped off twig or something. Who say cameras even on? This pretty slow response time... Why would they have cameras and *not* turn them on and monitor them? Incompetant? * Asanjya watches Xaphan return and report. Then she turns to Rei. In their most secret of secret bases? As Lazar would say... "Is good news and bad news." So secret, they get lazy, because who going to find it? He has a point. * Lazar tilts his head at Asanjya. What? Twenty-three of your cameras were false. Unfortunately, my rather bumbling accomplice blundered in front of the single real one. * Asanjya wraps him up in her hair again. Oh. ... right. Maybe they think it bat or bird. I feel very, very stupid now. Forget. Rei, any way tell if there alarm on fence? And I think we should get moving. Yeah, well. Let's see if the thing's electrified. I don't believe they have ever seen him before. That does not mean they don't know he exists. As such we need to move onward posthaste. * Rei picks up the twig and tosses it to the wire. [Fzzzk! The twig incinerates.] Right. So, probably alarm. ...I am so *not* touching that thing. * Rei looks to Lazar. "Can you jump the thing?" And then she looks to Asanjya. "Did Xaphan tell you what area that camera covers?" * Lazar eyes Rei. "You think I can jump that thing?" Hey, I don't know! You might've picked up super golem springy legs~! Or you might be able to bust through it anyways. Nope. But definately could try bust through. You probably won't catch on fire. Alaaarm, Chomei. Though, y'know, if we're gonna split up, I'd guess you guys would want to catch the flak instead of me and Chie. Not particularly, Rei. He's pretty bad on those things. Or we could try and sneak in and open the fence from the inside. Not at us, I believe. * Rei thinks. I could do that, I think. Okay, good. Not at us is good. I'll do it. Gotta be some sorta button or code or something. You guys watch my body? ... I could try knock over tree onto fence. That way, if come out to check, they think it just falling tree... Uh... How're you going to make it look like a natural disaster thing? We'll be your bodyguards, Rei. * Rei smiles at Chie. * Chie smiles back. Push it over. Trees fall sometimes, right? Out of nowhere? (Like Rei needs bodyguards, she'll just made her opponents go insane.) * Lazar shrugs. "I no expert on trees. I just golem." * Rei sits down and curls up. "Feel free to move me," she says, before closing her eyes and falling asleep. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 1. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Chie moves over to stand next to Rei's body, but watches her spirit self. * SpiritRei zips off and around the area. She goes pretty far in, then stops and starts fiddling with something at a tree. * SpiritRei grins, then vanishes. * Rei opens her eyes. She gets to her feet, brushes herself off, and picks up another twig. * Rei tosses it to the fence. [It hits the fence, but doesn't knock it over.] (I somehow doubt that's what she was trying. ;p) (Of course that's what she was trying!) No frying! Alarm should be off, too. * Asanjya nods. * Chomei nods. "Did you have to disable the camera?" I didn't disable the camera. We can stay out of range. Okay. Good. * Lazar nods, goes over to the fence, and tries to lift it outta the ground. "This should be more quiet than break through..." 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-6) and gets 1. [Lazar rips the fence out of the ground.] If I weren't still so freaked, I think I'd find this incredibly funny. * Rei nodnods. Uh-huh. What? (Classic) Nothin'. Put the fence down, Lazar. Or are you holding it up for us? 'Cause that's so nice of you! Like doors, really. Latter. * Rei heads under the fence! * Chomei walks under the fence. Usually, I prefer to get my own doors, but in this case, I'll take it. Thanks, Laz. * Chie goes under the fence. Do you get rotating doors, too? Not usually. [You go to the other side of the fence. More forest awaits!] But if we're ever at a rotating door, I'll make sure to get it for you. * Rei cheers and hugs Chie. "You're the best friend ever." (Peaches!) (I love you, Cham.) (^_^) * Chie hugs Rei back. "Aww, thank you!" (So much love in the room right now.) (All is full of love.) * Asanjya looks grimly grim. Grrrriiiimmmm. Grr. (MC2: All Is Full Of- dammit.) (I win!) (>_<) * Lazar ducks under the fence and puts it back down gently before following the others. [After some more walking, you reach the base of the mountain. It's rather steep. Still no lab in sight.] * Rei looks up, then right, then left. Any path or anything? [None!] Okay, any ideas, or are we gonna walk along the base of the mountain? 'Cause this area's gotta be fenced for a reason. * Chie looks down. Any blades of grass that look suspiciously like handles? Perhaps to fake us out. Or to just annoy us. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-1) and gets 3. * Lazar points at one of the rocks at the base of the mountain. "That no look right..." * Rei blinks, then goes over to look. Yeah, you would know rocks, wouldn't you? Then again, so do I. Although usually smaller and more marketable. And shinier! Definitely shinier. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+3) and gets 7. * Chomei walks over and looks. * Rei crouches. She reaches down and pokes at the rock. Careful Rei. It might bite. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+3) and gets 12. There mountains in Transylvania. Guess I just used to what look like. Well, this rock isn't real. What's it made of? Plastic. * Asanjya walks over and crouches down next to it. That would do it. [It looks like a rock. It feels like a rock. It smells like a rock.] * Rei gets to her feet. "And, um, I'm not sure. But I bet that if that rock's fake..." * Rei points at the mountain. "Then we've got some fake mountain, too." She looks around. "So there's gotta be some way in." Should I lift fake rock? If you wanna. Go for it. * Asanjya stands the hell back. * Chie snickers. "I've suddenly got this mental image of Laz lifting the whole damned mountain." * Rei backs up, too. 'Kay, as long as he doesn't drop it on me. Well, that's why you're getting out of the way, right? * Lazar tries to lift the fake rock. Yup! [Lazar finds it's harder than he thought. It's either really heavy or attached to the ground * Chomei backs up. Come on Lazar, you can move that thing. Perhaps it's merely a swithc. Could be some sort of switch in it, maybe. * Lazar scowls. "Attached to ground, I think. Could maybe rip off, but...." But probably not a good idea. Reduce the rock to component atoms. That will solve the issue. * Rei taps at the ground with one foot. "I wonder." She sits down, closing her eyes. ~Gonna try to see if there's anything under us or right in that mountain.~ Be careful. * Chie nods and watches her go. * SpiritRei grins at Asanjya, not that she can see it. ~Yeah, well. If I start screaming, it's probably bad news.~ * SpiritRei sinks into the ground! [But only about a foot.] You know, it'd be good to try and *avoid* that sort of thing. And, uh, oops. ~Well, that's funky. Seems there's some spirit stoppin' down there.~ 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for SpiritRei (2d6+4) and gets 15. * Asanjya quirks an eyebrow. Well, if they're doing research with spirits... they probably don't want any of them getting out. * SpiritRei reaches down, setting her hand a foot down into the ground, too. Or getting in. * SpiritRei starts to flicker and pale a little, and she yelps, springing out of the ground and into the air. She glares down. * Chie blinks. "What was that?" ~It drains me, too! Okay, so not going in that way.~ * SpiritRei vanishes. Yes. Bad idea. * Rei opens her eyes and gets up, brushing herself off. She frowns. * Lazar idly starts trying to push the rock in this or that direction with his foot. ... Great. [It don't move.] (I am way too tired to solve puzzles. ;_;) * Lazar looks down at the rock. "Open please?" I can clear some earth around the rock, but it'd cause a bit of noise. * Rei flies over to the rock and starts running her hands over it, feeling for a switch. [Part of the rock slides upwards, revealing a key pad.] (You have been playing too much... uh, what game do you need to do stuff with orbs to solve puzzles?) Ah. Good thing I no smash. Very. But can we get the keycode figured out? (Lufia 2?) ( shoot it, the door should open ) * Rei points. "Ta da!" She cracks her knuckles and starts working on making the keypad work for her. (Actually, Metroid Prime 2.) ( Orbs for puzzles... Zelda games! ) (It's all about bomb slots.) (Okay. You have been playing too much Metroid Prime 2!) (FEAR THE SCREW ATTACK!) ( No, no, this is MC2, not Zodiak, Zeg, ) (... *smacks Jesse*) * Rei stops a moment, eyeing the thing. "Hmm." She checks around for a panel of some sort. Well, this is annoying. * Rei folds her legs in the air and eyes it, thinking. I guess having 666 as password would be too easy... Well, the problem isn't the keypad. I could break that. What is the problem? I could probably get through the ID bit, too. It's the retnal scan that's the killer. Ohhh. That would do it. Yup. Makoto would be so... uh, never mind. * Chie bites her lip and nods. * Rei looks to Asanjya. "Got any spells for this?" * Asanjya shakes her head. "None prepared." * Rei nods. She thinks longer. ... wait. If they have Rei clones, would no you eyes be in there? Why would they trust Rei clones enough to give them access when they could just have someone *with* them to give it to them? Maybe... oh, wait! Chomei! Mmm? * Rei SMILES at Chomei. "Buddy!" ...Chomei? ... What? Kuro's his twin. ( ....Has the Giant Rei shown up to make everyone into LCL yet? ) This is true, but... Wh-. Oh. That doesn't mean they'd have *his* pattern in there. That's a good point. Why would they give him access here? I meant you. 'Cause Kuro was high up, and he seems to have had a lot at stake as far as the R-Type project goes. But Lau also knows he was already dead. And how would that work, exactly? Yeah, they were related, but Chomei's not Kuro. (That's what YOU THINK.) You think they'd go through the trouble of deleting a retnal scan of someone who's already dead? (Is there something you're not telling me, Chomei dear?) If it's a security risk, yes? Worth a shot. Not like we have better idea. The question is, do we have other options. See if machine get confused by granite eyes and short out? Man, I wish I could just... rip out this thing and get to the chunky wire bits underneath. * Lazar whistles... We *could* break it. Yeah, but I don't wanna break it *too* much. * Rei pauses. "Oh, what the heck. Okay, Lazar. Your show." * Lazar puts his sword down, flexes his fingers, rolls his shoulders, pauses, then brings his fist down on the 'rock'. Not at full strength yet. Let's say half-strength. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-4) and gets 2. [Lazar pounds it. Though more durable than it seems, it dents and sparks a little.] * Lazar tries again. Same strength. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-4) and gets 1. [Lazar further dents it. It sparks, and part of the mountain face opens, leading the way to the dark depths of the underworld. Or Asahara's labs. But that's a story for next session, 'cause this one is over.]