[Day: Friday, July 16th. Time: 11:43 p.m.] [You are all.. outside? The door you went through took you to an outside area. The full moon is high in the sky. There's a staircase here that leads up to a tower and a door with a skull on it. Must be important. You also happen to notice that the tower lacks a bottom; save for the staircase, it is not connected to the castle at all, and is floating in mid air.] [Session Start!] So. This is it? It would appear so. ... I hate this castle. I do, too. The fact that it doesn't obey the laws of physics or architecture is not surprising me. Shall we? Keep eye out for candelabras or funny looking walls. *starts up stairs* There's not enough valuable stuff to take. Why doesn't Dracula keep piles of gems lying around? What's he going to do with them? * Chie starts heading up the stairs after Lazar. Look at them? Bribe humans with them, maybe? Okay, the latter is possible. Bribing implies that he assumes humans have a value. Sure. They can bring him more humans. [You reach the top. There's a big red door with a skull on the front.] True. Also, he can just brain-control them. And then he can backstab them and drink their blood. So, this is it. Probably. * Chie nods. Prepare yourselves. * Lazar does the candelabras check, rears back... then pauses, and pokes the door with his spear. I'm prepared. [Nothing happens!] Ready. * Lazar grunts, scowls, then re-rears back and shoulderblocks the door. 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-8) and gets 1. [The door fairly explodes inwards. Inside is a large circular room, covered in red carpet. The walls are gold, with multiple torches illuminating the room. On the other end from where you are are some small steps leading to a throne. Behind the throne is a freakish marble carving of two female angels, attached to each other by means of an iron ring that goes through their eyes. ] [On the throne is Dracula. He looks much like he did back in Greece. He seems bored, propping his head up with one arm. The other idly swirls a glass of wine... or some other red liquid.] (Koolaid!) (For love!) (For blood?) (OH YEAH!) ( * The Kool-Aid man charges in and stakes Dracula. You win! ... ) ( ...I'd love to see it. Maria would be pissed, but I'd love to see it.) (Same here. ^_~) * Lazar GROWLS, like two stones grinding together. The runes on his forehead are glowing so bright it's almost painful to look straight at him. * Rei squints, then digs in her backpack, pulls out a pair of shades, and puts them on. She's COOL! [Dracula idly looks up. "Hmm. The golem again. And the rest of you."] Blasted awful decor... * Maria reaches for her shades, and doesn't have any! Oops. * Chomei has a bow. And is ready to kick ass. Yay? * Maria drops into a fighting stance, not even asking of that's real gold on the walls. "So, I suppose you're looking for a final battle, hmm? A chance to save the world, et cetera?" * Chomei cracks his neck. "That's the idea." More or less. Although really, I just want to kick your ass, right now. Mainly we just wanna kick your ass. (Out of my head.) [He chuckles. "I suppose they told you why I allied with Lucifer, too? Something about a hell on earth, I would imagine."] * Lazar clenches and unclenches his fists. He's actually twitching, which is impressive, since he has no muscles. Oh, you wanna elaborate? I mean, we don't have a whole ton of time here... * Rei checks her watch. * Maria eyes Rei. "What's the point? Would you change your mind if I told you?" Not really! No, but I'd love to hear it. Honestly? No. No? ( Actually, it's because the four horsemen of the apocalypse are really snooty. It doesn't matter that I have a carriage and can teleport...) (Haha.) [He nods. "Of course not. You are mortals, after all."] ( *snerk* ) Yeah, yeah, let's dump on the mortals again. "One moment." [Dracula finishes off the drink. "Very well. I am ready." He tosses the glass to the floor. It shatters into bits.] [Roll init!] d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 14. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (d6+6) and gets 9. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+8) and gets 9. [Order is: Chomei, Dracula, Lazar, Chie, Rei, Maria, Asanjya] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei draw his bow back and fires an arrow straight for Dracula's head. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. ( Silly Chomei. Undead are immune to precision damage. ;P ) [Chomei scores a direct hit! On the throne. Dracula vanishes in a bright light a split second before the arrow lands. He reappears at the side of the room and opens his cape. Fireballs come from the inside. Chomei, Maria and Chie need ranged def rolls at +1] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-1) and gets 3. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-1) and gets 2. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Y'all dodge out of the way. Lazar's turn!] * Lazar roars and charges at Dracula, trying to land a haymaker to the head. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Laz nearly catches him, but Dracula vanishes again, reappearing almost right behind Rei.] [Chie's turn!] Rei, move! * Chie darts around and swings her chain whip at Dracula's head. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Chie clocks him in the head! He winces, grabbing at the wound. "Argh! That accursed weapon!"] [Rei's turn!] * Chie grins. * Rei spins to face Dracula and zips back, away from the others so she isn't clustered with them. She grips nothing in the air, tossing it underhanded at Dracula. "Catch!" (Mind Twister.) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-1) and gets 3. [Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps for Dracula, her hand wreathing itself in magical fire as she strikes for his head! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 0. ( Made. XD ) [Maria connects, causing Dracula to take a step back.] [Asanjya's turn] * Asanjya narrows her eyes, twists her hand, and tosses out a Burning Fear! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Maria grins. (BURN.) [Dracula manages to reorient himself in time, teleporting away before the attack can land. He reappears near his throne.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei fires another arrow at Dracula's head! HEADSHOT! (called shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 5. [This time Chomei manages to land one, dead in the center. Dracula remains standing in spite of this, however.] ( HEADSHOT! XD ) [He teleports again, this time to the other side of the room, and unleashes a volley of fireballs. Everyone, ranged def +2] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 10. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6+2) and gets 11. (... I refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of this court.) (Seconded!) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 7. [Although Chomei and Maria are able to get out of the way, the rest of you are not. The flames are incredibly hot, and even Lazar feels the effects. Asanjya, Chie and Rei feel it much more, however. Asanjya and Chie are covered in a number of serious burns, and Rei nearly collapses under the pain.] [Lazar's turn] * Asanjya cries out in pain, and clutches at her arms. * Chie yells something unintelligible because, well, BURNING. ( Chie yells, "OMGWTF!" ) * Rei screams and flies back, falling and nearly crumpling to the ground. ( OMGWTFBBQ? ) * Jexless is now known as Jex * Maria bares her teeth at Dracula. * Lazar is stopped in his tracks as the flames wash over him. When the smoke clears, he's smouldering, and his runes are glowing really, REALLY brightly. "For what you do to village... God strike you down!" (Eleventh Commandment) * Chomei eyes Dracula. (...actually, she probably would say that, only not in the acronym version.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Dracula roars as he's engulfed in the light. When it subsides, he's moking. But he remains on his feet.] [Chie's turn!] (We are pretty barbequed.) (BBQ.) * Chie is in pain, yes, and looking pretty damn pissed. She twirls the whip once and lashes out at Dracula's head again. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 2. (Toasty like Quiznos sub ) (Yes.) [Chie connects with another hit, causing Dracula to take a step back.] [Rei!] (Mmm mmm mmm mmm mm... toasty.) (WE LOVE THE SUBS) (*ponders a Quizno's launcher*) ( Quiznopault? ) (Yes.) * Rei grits her teeth, and she forces her burning hands before her, one above another. A small ball of swirling flame forms between them. "I gotta-" It flickers, and then she grits her teeth, forcing it to flare before she forces it out towards Dracula, streaking fire and exploding, a similar, white-hot sphere forming around her. "Disco Inferno!" (I gotta DISCO!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6-3) and gets 6. (DISCO!) (DANCE LIKE YOU WANNA WIN!) (DISCO DISCO DIS DIS DISCO) [Fwoosh! Dracula is engulfed in raging disco fires. He's starting to look pretty bad. On the other hand, so is Rei.] ( "Shake what your momma gave ya!" "Shake my new puppy?" ;_; ) [Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps at Dracula again, delivering a fiery punch to his head! (Called shot) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Dracula stumbles out of the fires just in time to see Maria's fist connect with his face.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya grits her teeth, works her way to her feet, plants her legs, and shouts in a quite enraged manner, "BURNING FEAR!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( Eat your heart out, Buffy & Scoobies. ) [Dracula is engulfed in flames once more, and falls to his knees. "No! I will not allow you to win!" His muscles bristle, and his body grows, larger and larger, his skin turning a deep purple, his eyes completely red. He sprouts horns and a snout, and a mouth full of sharp pointy teeth. He grows wings and claws, as well. "Mortals! You will die by my hand!"] [Chomei's turn] * Asanjya pants. "...huff .... pleasant." (Buffy and company didn't have a pair of fire-happy ENFPs. :P) * Chomei charges his bow with electricity and sends said bolt at Draccy's head. "Yeah... Right." (Called Shot) ( They had a low budget. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 6. [The arrow hits him directly in the head. Dracula roars, but on his turn, he tosses a bolt of black energy at Rei. Still weakened from her last attack, she's unable to move as the energy passes through her, burning a half-circle through the left side of her torso.] * Rei tilts her head back and shrieks as the energy passes through her, then she looks down at her chest. She blinks after a pause and just collapses into a disjointed, burning mess. (...Ow.) Rei! * Chie screams! [Lazar's turn] Rei! ( Actually, that should be "REEI!" ) Oh gods... * Maria turns and snarls at Dracula. ... That ... will cost you. * Lazar isn't even really paying attention to you guys at this point. He charges at Dracula, throwing a trio of double-axehandle blows at his head. (Golem Rage + Called Shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Lazar pounds Dracula's head!] * Chomei keeps glaring at Dracula. (ANd move that reaction to waaaay back when it happened.) [Chie's turn!] ( Now I'm flashing back to the vampire in the original Buffy movie who takes two minutes to die, and does the overly dramatic death sequence. ) ( I saw a Kung Fu movie where a guy took three full minutes to die. He staggered around clutching his throat, fell over, got back up, staggered around some more... ) (Jesse? He spends the second HALF of the movie dieing, remember?) ( Oh yeah. ) * Chie sheathes the chain whip at her side and turns to regard Dracula. "You. FUCKING. Bastard." She begins to glow red. "I'm gonna make sure you *never* come back." Flames form around her hands. "Initiate the fire attack!" She thrusts her hands forward and a stream of fireballs come forth, all of them aimed at Dracula. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Dracula takes to the air, and the fires fall futily 'fore him. (note the alliteration)] [Maria's turn] * Chie starts swearing again in Japanese, then Chinese, then English, with increasing volume. ( He's in the air? ACROBATIC ATTACK! XD ) (Oh shit.) ( Yeah, he's flyin' ) ( Eh, not THAT great. ) ( Quick, Maria! Use your Shoryuken! ) ( ... oh, lord. I just pictured Maria with a pink gi and a ponytail. ) * Maria leaps for Dracula, aiming a flaming spinning kick at his head, this time! (Called shot.) ( Damn you, Jesse. Now I'm going to have to draw that. ) (Woo!) (ECKS DEE!) 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-7) and gets -3. [Maria kicks Dracula in the head! He's knocked out of the air, but lands on the ground.] [Asanjya's turn!] * Asanjya takes the opportunity to drop another Burning Fear on him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 6. [And Asanjya sets him on fire! ... er, on more fire.] [Chomei's turn!] (MORE FIRE.) (Speaking of which... somebody might want to put Rei out.) * Chomei loads a flaming arrow into his bow and fires (hehe, get it?) it at Dracula's head. Again! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Made it!) ( I think she's already out ) ( Dracula must be getting pretty hot-headed by now. ) * Atom has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [Fwoom! Chomei shoots Dracula in the head! Dracula rages and sends a flaming bat at Chomei in retaliation! Ranged def, Cho!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 2. (Victoly!) [Chomei avoids the bat as it passes! But no sooner does it miss than it begins turning about.] * Atom has joined #BESM * ChanServ sets mode: +o Atom [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar gets shaken out of his rage a bit when Dracula flies, glances back at the group... and sees Rei missing large chunks of her torso. His runes start getting really glowy again, and hey, it's time for Dracula to do his Torah study! "Is never enough killing for you? It end *here*!" (Eleventh Commandment) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. ( Made ) [Boom! The light surrounds Dracula again. When it lets up, he's looking in terrible shape. For a big purple demon, that is. But he's still on his feet.] [Chie's turn!] ( Yes, he has gobs and gobs of hp :P ) ( Where's the Shield Rod when you need it? >_> ) * Chie grabs her chain whip, whirls it a few times and screams incoherently before swinging at Dracula's head. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. (Yes.) (That's gonna hurt.) (Headgosplody.) [Chie thwoks Dracula in the side of the head!] [Maria's turn!] ( Dracula's big mistake: Killing the female lead. If he'd killed Asanjya, everybody would've just shrugged. ) (Yeah. :P) (He'd better for a finalish boss) ( Wha chu talkin' bout? Asanjya is the female lead. ) (... really?) * Maria dives for Dracula's head, delivering another flaming kick! (Called shot) ( Yes. And speaking of Chu, he's the male lead. I'll bet you didn't realize. ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 0. (I had no idea Lawrence was even in this game.) ( Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. ) ( EXACTLY! He's my super-secret. ) [Maria kicks Dracula in the head!] (He's the real final boss, isn't he?) [Asanjya's turn!] ( No, he's the main character. Lazar is the final boss. ) * Demota has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Asanjya takes a deep breath, screws up her face, thrusts out her hands, and shouts "FREEZING LANCE!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6-2) and gets 2. (Made in the shade.) [The lance collides with Dracula. He screams an unholy scream, clutching at his head. "No! To be defeated by mortals again! When I was so close! Curse you! Curse God! Curse everything!" His body turns to ash and collects in a nice pile.] ... Right. * Maria *runs* over to check on Rei. (...lamest...death sequence...evah.) * Asanjya collapses on her ass. But she's smiling. * Chie dashes over. "Rei, Rei, Rei!" * Chomei looks back at Rei. "Crap." ( I think Rugal's was worse. ) * Lazar stares at the ashes a bit... then stomps over to them, pours holy water on them, and scatters them across the room as best he can. * Demota has joined #BESM (Possibly, except I don't know it :P) ( "No! To meet such a fate! But I'll be back!... you jerks!!" *dies* ) * Chie kneels down next to her. "Oh gods, Rei..." ( ...tell me he didn't actually add 'you jerks' onto the end of it. ) (Now come on. Saying "you jerks" before you die pumps up the coolness factor 10 fold) ( He very did. Just before he 'sploded. ) * Rei is lying there, taking shallow breaths and gazing at the ceiling. The fire isn't out, burning her flesh away. * Chie grabs her water bottle and pours it one Rei. (Of course ten times zero is still... o/~) (on) * Chomei walks over to Lazar. "How you feelin'." ( Go Chomei <.< ) (Seriously.) * Jex is now known as Jexless * Rei swallows, and she says, "'m sorry." Her voice pales compared to its normal volume. (What? >_<) (I'd just crowd things over there by Rei. >_<) * Chie takes one of Rei's hands in hers. "Don't be." She starts to cry. * Maria stares, aghast. "...what? Don't be!" * Lazar looks up from spreading the ashes around. "... no sure. Thought, when Dracula dead, I feel... better. But no feel any better. All still dead. Rei... too many dead. And Dracula dead no change that." (Yeah, but you just sounded like, "Okay, Rei's probably dead." *shrug* "How're you doing?") * Maria looks expectantly at Chie. ( Suddenly Kaira appears, with a healing potion and a half-hour rant about how crappy we are at protecting her daughter! ) * Rei smiles shakily. "Tried the best I could. Right?" (Translation: You're sounding like Chomei) Of course you did. * Asanjya looks over to Rei, and curses in Demon. She stands up, carefully... and works her way over there. "Rei." * Lazar shakes his head. "At least I no crumble to dust when Dracula die." *eyes Rei; eyes the walls and looks around for candelabras* * Chomei sighs. "Well, there is one thing we might be able to do..." He takes out his cell phone and calls to Chie. "Chie! Do cell phones work in here?" * Chie looks up for a second. "I don't *know*! Try it!" * Chomei quickdials interpol then! * Rei tries to focus on Asanjya. "Hi. Lung's gone." Don't think about it. * Chie prays. "Oh gods, please... just grant me this... *help* her! Or show me what to do!" * Rei smiles again. "Think I'll go to Heaven? Be a... cube." She closes her eyes. "A purple cube." * Lazar curses in Hungarian. "Where meat when need..." *pauses* "Wait. Why is castle no collapsing?" * Chomei swears. Rei, you're not gonna die. You're not. * Rei doesn't respond. * Lazar looks around, confused. "Dracula dead. Castle should be collapsing now." * Chie squeezes Rei's hand gently. (A gelatinous cube.) * Chomei stalks back to Rei. "I'm getting nothing..." You're my best friend. You'll always be my best friend. *Always.* No matter... * Chie starts sobbing. * Asanjya looks down. "... thanks for signing, Rei." * Lazar walks over to Asanjya. "What supposed to happen when we stop ceremony? And where Star Orb?" [Now that you're not busy fighting Dracula, you notice there's a door behind the throne.] * Lazar notices the door, and scowls. "... Dracula guarding something. Shit." * Chomei rubs his head. "Geeze." We no finished, little ones. * Lazar points at the door. * Chomei looks at Lazar, then at the others, and, then makes way to the door. (Stupid enter key.) (*blows up the third comma.) ...what? Door. * Maria gets up, RUNS to the door, and flings it open! [There's a purple flash in front of the throne, and Lucifer appears. He thrusts out a palm, a look of urgency in his eyes. "Wait!"] What? * Asanjya was about to reach into her cloak, but when Lucifer appears she about leaps to her feet. "You brimstone-smelling asshole, what do you want?" * Chie looks up. "You." * Lazar moves so he's in front of the others, and sets himself as he glares at Lucy. * Maria glares at Lucifer. "Unless you're here to heal Rei, get out of my way." "You're making a mistake. You think I'm out to destroy humanity, but you're wrong! Don't stop the ritual!" Fine. What ARE you doing? * Asanjya smiles slowly. ( Also, heal Rei. ) ( NOW. ) "They don't call you the Prince of Lies for nothing, do they?" * Chomei rolls his eyes. ( Ping? ) (Pong.) It's no lie. My goal is to liberate humanity from that Tyrant in Heaven. That's all my goal has ever been! I was one of his angels. His most perfect creation, He called me. But when I saw the Evil He allowed into the world, I had to stop Him! I tried to rebel... but I failed. I was cast into Hell as punishment." . . . "But if you allow the ritual to finish, I will finally have a chance to defeat him! Humanity will be free to live its own destiny! Isn't that what you want?" * Lazar has quit IRC (Quit: ) (...) * Lazar has joined #besm ( It's not what Lazar wants <.< ) * Asanjya narrows her eyes. * Maria stares at Lucifer in annoyed disbelief. "...*what*?" ( Last I saw was Maria demanding Lucy heal Rei ) ( Lazar is golem, why would he care about human future? ) I can't beleive you're actually saying that. I'll live my own destiny regardless of you, or any gods, or *anything*. "No, you're just dancing to His tune. All of humanity is His personal plaything." I don't give a fuck. ... I'm sorry, but according to my faith, you no exist. So I no can hear you. "Yes, your faith. What happens to the non-believers in your faith?" "Those who are misfortunate enough to be born in another country, under another culture... THEY'RE not the Chosen, are they? But they think they are." Lord of Flies and Prince of Darkness... you're a lousy liar. You're stalling. Lazar, the door. I've heard enough of this bullshit, the door. * Maria blinks at Lucifer, rolls her eyes, and walks around him. [He frowns. "Fine. If you won't listen to reason, how about a deal?" * Asanjya laughs at that, then coughs as laughing hurts the burny. A deal! I don't deal until I know the terms. * Lazar scowls. "I no claim to understand God plan. I no claim to always agree with God plan. But I sign covenant with God. And he keep up his end of bargain." "I can bring your friend back from the dead. Let the ritual finish, and I promise you that you can walk away from here unhindered by me." Pressure is not ... *cough* ... not the way to do business. Tempt someone else. Someone get the DOOR! * Chomei flicks Lucifer off. "Bull and Shit. Maria, open the damn door!" [He turns to Lazar. "If that doesn't appeal, I'll release my hold on Tatyana's soul, as well. Dracula gave it to me as part of our argain." * Lazar wanders around Lucifer. "You no exist..." * Maria opens the fucking door already. * Chie looks at Lucifer. The struggle is definitely visible on her face. * Lazar doesn't even look back at Lucifer as he opens the door. "Sorry, but no way you can convince me she go to hell." [Lucifer turns to Chomei. "And you! If you disrupt the ritual, you will be banished to Hell as well! But if it completes, you will be able to remain here!"] Plus, again, YOU NO FUCKING EXIST! [Maria opens the door. Inside is a small circular room with a pedastal in the center. The Star Orb rests atop it. Light gathers from a sky window, coming from the moon.] You're. Lying. ( ...Great, now I got the image of Jewish Hulk. ) "I'm not." He is. "You don't want to believe it. But it's true. I can save your friend." * Chomei laughs. "I don't care. The world is more important than me, and I know damn well that you'll lie your ass off to keep yourself coming to this plane." Not strictly. But ... he is. * Chomei walks around Lucifer. (Lazar has a feel ironically very much like the christian guy in Eric the Viking. ;P) * Maria walks into the room and lays her hands on the star orb. * Chie stands up. "You're making a mistake! Don't you care about your friend?" I do. ( Whatever you do, don't touch the St- *Maria melts* ... dammit. ) And I know that making a deal with you is the *last* thing she'd want. * Chie walks past him into the room. * Asanjya pulls a piece of chalk out of her cloak. "Maria, bring the orb to me." "Then you condemn her to my hand. Alright. Who're you gonna summon? * Asanjya begins drawing a pentacle on the floor of the room where the dead Dracula is. "Do you think I will go easy on her, knowing she was partly responsible for this?" * Chomei ignores Lucifer. * Maria picks up the orb and brings it over to where Asanjya is. * Lazar leads the way for Maria, ignoring Lucifer as he walks past. He does, however, glance back at that. "Then, if be my fate to be golem forever... I just have to come get her." * Chie clenches her fists hard enough that her fingernails dig into her palm. * Asanjya doesn't look up. "Chie." Not that she in any danger. Because you no exist. ["Hmph. Good luck trying. I am the lord of Hell. My power there is as great as God's."] Yes? * Asanjya pulls a packet of candles out of her cloak. "Set these up around the pentagram." * Chie nods and begins setting them up. * Asanjya finishes the chalking, straightens, and begins shucking clothing. "And Tatyana... and all your people. Their souls are mine by Dracula's hand. I will see to it that they suffer untold pain for this." But it's all for the good of humanity, right? * Lazar tenses up at that. * NinjaDebugger is now known as SleepDebugger "I'll have crows peck their eyes for eternity. I'll have butchers dig out their entrails bit by bit." "Them... And your uncle, Asanjya. I suddenly remembered he's there too. As you will be." * Chomei glances at Lazar. "Don't let him get to you." * Lazar has his head bowed, back to Lucifer, and is back to clenching and unclenching his fists. "After all, you don't get into Heaven by dealing with devils." * Asanjya whips off her shirt and casts her gaze back to Lucifer. "You're talking to me like I just began summoning demons yesterday. I knew the costs when I began. So did my uncle." [He smiles. "Then you know what I'll do. I'll roast you and your uncle side by side over a fire. I'll spear you together with a pitchfork. Or perhaps I'll simply attach your head to his body." * Lazar glances at Asanjya, then turns and stares at Lucifer. "You best hope Asanjya no go to Hell. If she does, she end up owning place in under year." [He points at Rei. "And I'll make you eat her soul, bit by bit. Piece by piece." * Asanjya proceeds to strip down to her skivvies, then picks up the three orbs. "I don't plan to be dead for a good long while, Lucifer. You'll have time to be more imaginative than that." She takes a breath. "I'll satisfy myself with your uncle until then." (Er, actually, rephrase. PAST her skivvies. She's down to the full monty, as it were.) * Chomei chuckles. "You'd do that anyways." [He grins. "But nothing gives me greater satisfaction than knowing your foolish denial has condemned the soul of your friend to me. If she was ever your friend at all."] Just a while ago you were saying you were a good guy. Now you're down to making idle threats. * Asanjya starts chanting magic words. ["The ends justify the means, Taltosh. You'll see that after spending a few centuries down there."] I know that already. * Lazar goes back to ignoring Lucifer as best he can. (Hmm. Why the hell didn't we shut the door once we were all in? ;p) "The suffering of your loved ones will be great. And you have the satisfaction of realizing that their eternal pain is a direct consequence of your actions." ( Because Lucifer would lock it :D ) (We're outside in the main room.) (Admittedly, a door isn't gonna stop the lord of hell, but still. It'd be satisfying. ;p) ( We're still in the gold-lined room. ) (Oh, I thought we'd gone into the other room.) (If he locked it, how did we get in so easily? :P) "There's still a chance, you know. Let the ritual complete, and I'll heal your friend and relinquish the souls of your loved ones." You would do no such thing. The instant you got what you wanted, you'd be done with it and not bound to any obligations. That's okay. We can get someone else to do that. "I would." * Chomei nods to Maria. * Chie has been standing next to Chomei the whole time and staring at him, as if she's afraid he'll vanish any second. * Asanjya increases the volume of the chanting. She's starting to sweat. "I always, ALWAYS keep my deals." And all the loopholes too. * Lazar mutters. "All can do is have faith..." [The light in the Star Orb begins to dim. Lucifer fades slightly. He looks almost panicked. "No! This is a mistake! You're making a mistake that you'll regret for your entire lives! Pain, suffering, torment of your loved ones, and it's all on your heads! Does that mean nothing to you?!" * Chomei looks squarely at Lucifer. "... You, sir, are a horrible liar." * Lazar kneels down, and starts muttering in Hebrew. "You'd like it if I was lying, wouldn't you? But I'm not!" (* Lucifer cries. "That's why I don't get to be the king of lies.") * Chomei goes back to ignoring Lucifer. * Chie looks completely blank and unfocused. * Asanjya chants, getting louder and louder. [Lucifer fades much faster. "NOOOO!" He screams, reaching out as if to grab the start orb. But the light fades completely from the orb, and he's gone.] ( Makoto, from the ether, leers at Asanjya. ) * Chomei reaches out and puts his arm around Chie's shoulder. ( Dude, he's alive! ) * Chie buries her face in his chest and starts sobbing. * Lazar snaps the spear he's holding in two with one hand as he continues his prayer. [Meanwhile the castle starts to rumble.] * Maria walks over to Rei and picks her up. ( Any windows? ) * Chomei hugs her with both arms, ignoring a pain in his head. * Asanjya drops to her knees, exhausted. She softly starts to weep. [There are windows, high up in the chamber.] * Lazar looks up, and gently scoops up Rei's body as he stands. "Anyone who no can walk, say so." ( Are they big enough for Maria to fit through while carrying Rei? ) ( Yes, but since Maria can't fly it won't do much good. ^^; ) * Chomei shakes Chie slightly. "We need to get going." (Who's carrying me now?) (Can't Maria wall-climb?) ( I am! ) ( She can walk down the side of the castly? ) ( She could if there was a wall to walk down. ) (Err, wall-crawl.) ( Yeah, but... exactly. Pocketspace! ) * Chie lets go of him and nods. "I... doubt I can make it." Lazar, carry her, too. Then put on robe. Golem no fun to ride on when naked. [Suddenly, a blond bishonen in black bursts into the room, wielding a sword. He glances around and scowls. "Damn. I'm too late."] * Chomei rubs his head and winces. "Chie, you're with me." (No wonder Lazar has no sex life if that's true.) (... I mean, besides being incapable.) (... OUCH.) (Oh, god. That was *horrible*.) ( I was waiting for someone to say that. ) (Ugh.) * Chie ignores the new guy and nods again. (Jesse opened the door! I knew he knew it was coming.) ( Mecha, you impress me. ) * Asanjya grabs her cloak and wraps it around her. She bundles up the rest of her clothes and holds on to them. [He takes a quick look around. "So, he's been slain?"] 'Scuze me, mister. Can you heal people? * Lazar lifts Asanjya up so she's sitting on his shoulders, and holds Rei's body in his arms. ("But Dracula-" "Who CARES about Dracula?") "Heal? No." He glances at Rei and frowns. "... I see." Whatever. Let's get the fuck out of here. Dracula dead. Ashes doused in holy water and scattered across room. Right, heal. Oh, you can't? Okay. Let's go. "No, I can't heal her, but..." * Maria heads out the door. But? * Asanjya leans on Lazar's head. She looks very, very tired. BUT. "She has just recently died? There is still a way to save her." * Maria stops, turns on her heel, and walks back in. "Howzzat?" I'm listening. ( ZombieRei! ) * Chie tilts her head. "If she has just died, her soul has not yet reached its final resting place. If you travel to the realm of Death, you can get her back." ... how get to realm of death? * Chie looks extremely skeptical, but also slightly hopeful. "Yeah?" ... I'd be happy if that didn't fill me with more than a little bit of dread. ... If you will trust me, I can use my power to send you there. ( "" ) ("Are you a Belmont?" "Yes." "Then go to hell.") * Chie frowns. "Who are you?" () ...nah. Why bother dying when we can just summon a friendly god to bring her back? "My name is Alucard." * Chomei glances at Asanjya. (Don't you mean Arikado?) ... son of Dracula. (oh god, attack of the One True BishiGoth!) ( No. I changed my name again :P ) (s/Asanjya/Lazar) (Stupid Alucard. He needs to pick a bad name and stick with it. ;_;) ( Better me than Reficul.) Yes. That makes you very trustworthy. What do you know about him Lazar? Well, he hate Dracula and try kill him many times. Raises him a notch in my book... Can we discuss this after we're out of the collapsing castle? (*watches a brick fall on Lazar's head*) * Lazar eyes Alucard. "No go far as say he good guy... but enemy of enemy is friend." ( What? ) "There's no time. I can send you, but you have to decide now." * Chomei nods. "I'll go." Yes. "With my blood, I share a similar connection to Death as my father. That's why I'm able to do this." * Maria fidgets. "If Chie's going, then I will too." ... what heck. I half expect to be dead after kill Dracula. * Asanjya nods assent silently. ( Plus, I can use Rei's corpse as a weapon! ^_^_V ) (I am going to kill you.) (I hate you.) (...) (Do you want to tear it in half?) (It's not exactly in good shape. ^_^;) (Rei-chucks yo?) (I can do that. I have armor-piercing attacks.) (And I can be very patient when I need to be.) (And I can be *very* angry.) ( STICK + REI = SPEAR! ) [He nods. Then he sinks his fangs into his forefinger, causing it to bleed. He grasps his sword and lets the blood flow over the hilt. "I will send you now. But be warned, once you are there, you will have to find your own way back. It is possible, but I cannot do it for you."] ( ....Rei-Ken? ) ( We are taking the orbs with us, right? ) (Naw, they're part of the background art now.) (Yes.) (I assume Asanjya got them.) Is okay. We always find way. (They'd better *not* be part of the background art.) ( Good. Don't wanna loose those. Very very important. ) * Kizn has joined #besm (Got them with my clothes.) ( Next episode: Asanjya gets severely chaffed thighs from sitting on Lazar's shoulder too long! Can she find some ointment in time?! ) (Answer: No.) [Alucard nods. He raises his sword, then splits into five, surrounding you. Each image carves an upside-down pentagram, which serve as the points of a much larger pentagram encompassing the entire room. Everything turns black.] ( ... wait. I can use Rei as a thrown weapon! A boomeReing! ) ( *falls over* ) (Die. Now.) (*Eidolon Blades Lazar.) (... My god Jesse.) ( x_X ) (At least it's not Heavy Weapons. A Rei-al gun.) (...) (*Black Arrow's Lazar.) (I used up some of Jesse's pun tolerance. I'm so proud.) [Moments later, you're standing on a translucent white platform. There's a blue sky surrounding you, with no actual "land" in sight. Whitish dots swim through the sky. They're not clouds, but something else?] ( A Reipier, perhaps? ) ... funky. [There's a segment of the platform that spirals upwards like a staircase. Oh, and Rei is there in the room with you! She's got kind of a shimmering glow about her, but she's there!] * Maria looks at Lazar's shoulder. Is Rei's corpse still there? Rei! Rei? [Rei's corpse is not there, in fact.] ( * Lazar starts, and drops Rei's body off the platform. "Oops." ) * Maria frowns at that, then grins at Rei. "Hi, Rei!" * Asanjya waves sleepily. "hi, rei." * Lazar eyes his arms. "... hey, what happen to Rei?" *looks up* "Oh, there she is." *pauses; tilts head* * Rei is looking up the platform, and then she hears Chie and turns, blinking. She's wearing different clothes: rainbow striped socks, a bright Hawaiian shirt with sequins, and jeans with sparkly patches sewn on them. Oh, and her neon green shoes of death. The necklace she got for her birthday is around her neck, and the shoestrings are in her hair. "Guys? Are you dead?" No! We came to get you! Well, maybe. But either way, this sort of thing's gotta be reversible, right? ... technically, yes. [Gimme hearing checks.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 11. But that just me. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Rei blinks again, then grins widely, running to Chie and hugging her. "Cool! I've got more stuff to tell you. Like that Chomei's lame." * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Asanjya (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "The gods giveth, and the gods taketh away. This time, they taketh away." ( HA! No. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 7. (Nope!) (Gotten.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 3. (... so need to z) (yes.) ( ... what the heck. DR! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6) and gets 6. ( Just have Asanjya pass out, Cham. ^_~ ) ( Missed by less! Yay! ) (Drat! Lazar beat me!) * Chie hugs Rei back. "I know, but I love him anyway." (That would be so sad. @_@) * Rei laughs. [Everyone who makes it hears an inhuman grunt from nearby. Asanjya hears "Orville!"] ... Right. Good to see you again too Rei. ( Just about done. ) * Maria giggles. * Rei lets go of Chie, and she looks towards the grunt. * Chie lets go. "What was that?" ... wilbur? What was what? What was what? ... huh? (...) Some sort of grunting noise. naw, someone said "orville." Asanjya, no offense, but you're hallucinating. Audibly, but still hallucinating. [Apparently your eyes needed to adjust, because a humanoid shape comes into view. It's head is much like a hood, with only two indentations for eyes; it has no other facial features. It's about eight feet tall, you'd guess, but it's hard to tell since it's lying on the floor. It's skin is an orangish-red color. But there's some grey stuff leaking from it.] That must be Orville. * Maria blinks. ... the heck is that? Ewww. * Rei walks over. "Hello?" Rei, stay back from it! But it looks hurt! Or leaky. Maybe it's crying. * Maria walks over with Rei. "Can you heal it?" [It painfully raises its head and looks at Rei. Then it musters strength enough to point upward, and mutters something in a language you can't understand.] I don't understand, but I can try to fix it. [It points up again and mutters.] * Chie looks up. [Just then another one comes crashing down from above! It's also leaking purple stuff, and it doesn't get up.] I think it wants us to go up the stairs. But we can't leave it like this. * Chomei looks up. ... * Rei yelps and jumps away. ... What... the... Come on! We gotta stop whoever's doing this! Heck? * Maria RUNS up the stairs! [Up above, you see four silhouettes and a man in a red jacket with two katana. He looks down and scowls. "How did they get here?" His words bizzairly echo down to you. A woman says, "Mr. E. Leave them to us. You must hurry."] [And that's a good place to end it!]