MC2:SIU Quotes. =Session 1= [Date: Monday, March 29th, 2042. Time: 8:00 p.m.] [Oh, did I mention that classes are out for the summer? I should do that, huh? :P] (But... it's March.) [Though there's summer classes running anyhow.] ( HUSH. Do not argue with the GM. ) [Suddenly, you realize the calendar on the wall is wrong; it's actually May 30th, not March. Oops.] (So, we doing descriptions of our characters?) ( Wouldn't be a bad idea, yeah. ) (Only if you want us to know what you look like. ;) ) * Chomei is leaning against the wall closest to the door with his arms crossed. He has spikey blue hair, but other than that he doesn't look unusual. ( Sure he does. He showed up for MC, didn't he? :P ) * Chomei is, however, wearing all black, including a black jacket and a fingerless glove on his left hand. (Chomei is Togo Jr.!) ( It's a goth convention! ) * Rei yanks on a wire, and stands and powerposes with a manic grin. For the first time you can see her eyes: they're a rather striking violet. "Yes! I rule the world now until forever, and past then to eternity!" Do not. Do too. So there. * Makoto glances up when the clown-in-training leaps to her feet. Can I borrow Australia? Are.. you quite mad? * Chie looks amused. "I think I'm gonna like you already." That would seem to be the case, wouldn't it. * Rei turns the grin to Peter. "Very, very mad. Mad as a hatter. Mad as the guy who wrote the hatter. Carroll made the coolest logic puzzles, though." ( And you'll have a chance to experience said puzzles first hand over the course of this adventure! ) * Lazar speaks in somewhat halting Japanese, with a thick Eastern European accent that anyone who knows languages could probably recognizes. "Not mad. Meshuggenah." * Maria eyes Rei, perhaps making sure that it really was a joke. * Rei straightens her battered purple windbreaker, then blinks a few times at Lazar. "What's a Meshuggenah? Is that a synonym for freak or something?" Wouldn't be surprised. He would be on the money if it was true. Not freak. What is word in Japanese... ah yes. Nuts. [About that time, the door opens, and in walks a gorgeous woman slightly younger than yourselves (except in Peter's case). She's Japanese, but has blue eyes and waist-length white hair. Her attire consists of a black shirt, black leather pants and a black leather jacket.] * Kirby is now known as Girl (Saki married Quentin!) * Peter peers at the girl. * Maria raises an eyebrow. ( Dear GOD no. ) * Rei grins again. "I'm Rei Ueda, the quiet one. Or not. I wonder if we have any food around here." * Chomei mumbles "definetly not quiet." * Rei shakes her fist at Chomei. "Who asked you, Goth Boy?" * Makoto blinks at the way Lazar says "Vampyres." It sounds much spookier that way. * Girl stares at the paper a minute, frowning. Then she shrugs and looks back up. "And I'm Naomi Kusanagi, from the Korean branch. They sent me here to reinforce the basics, and to look after you for a few days until you're ready to operate alone." (Kusanagi! Ahh! She *is* Quentin's daughter!) (See? See? Saki did marry Quentin!) A new teacher? So you're a professor? Cool! I guess this means I hafta call you Professor Rovias then, huh? I believe since we'll be working together, you may call me Peter or Professor Roivas. It is your choice. 'Kay prof. (In retrospect, I have come to the conclusion that world domination is the best icebreaker EVER.) ( Indeed. ) ( Well, duh. ^_^ ) (Yes indeed.) ( Other than spleens. ) * Naomi rubs her eyes. * Peter resists the urge to copy Naomi. ( Besides, his glasses would get in the way. ) (It'd be funny. ^^) * Rei looks up at Peter and says seriously, "Thinking's bad for your health." * Peter peers at Rei. "Then I hope to be a very sick man." A dopple... thing? I heard about those. There are actually different kinds of doppelganger, although the most common.. * Peter realizes he's babbling and stops. * Makoto watches Peter carefully for a moment after the professor falls silent. * Peter looks over at Makoto. "Sorry if I've offended you." ... take the form of their victims before killing them. Or something to that effect, yeah. It's okay, Professor. Ohhh... kay. Anyone else? * Lazar nods and steps foward, pulling a small pendant out from beneath his shirt. He seems to... go fuzzy for a moment... when he fades back into view, a large loincloth-clad human figure is standing where Lazar was, seemingly carved out of stone, with symbols carved into his forehead. I am Golem. * Rei blinks, then stares at Lazar. For once, she seems almost speechless. Almost. "Put some clothes on, man!" * Maria doesn't ask what a golem is, since evidently that's a golem. I assure you, despite his horrible habit of making puns based on rocks, he is entirely trustworthy. * Chomei puts his left hand out to the left. A bright light shines through the glove, and materializes as a bow in his left hand. This is Rownal, a... gift from a close relative. * Rei tilts her head as she looks at the bow. Let's just say you don't want to get hit with it. Nice. Cool deal. What, does it turn you to ash or something? So you go into melee combat with a bow? Do you shove arrows into people's eyes like knives or something? No, no! Stone! Or maybe gerbils. Girbils made of stone. ( Gerbils! XD ) Do you really want me to show you what it does? If turn people to stone, I have little to fear. Uhm... maybe when we're outside. Later. * Rei nods at Lazar. "But you'll also turn into a gerbil." ... that would be less good. * Naomi rolls her eyes at Rei again. ( I feel so loved. *^_^*) * Maria shrugs. "Fine. I'm Maria, and I move fast and stick to walls. Among other things." ...you're Spidergirl? * Maria twitches. * Makoto watches Maria carefully, and seems to think better of what -he- was about to say. I feel the same way when somebody says 'you see dead people' to me. Nah, that joke's old and boring and besides, I'm not dead. * Maria smirks. Nope, you're the only live one so far. * Peter rubs his eyes, being mindful of his glasses. ( Freaks. All of 'em.) ( Damn straight.) Well, that was about as painful as an AA meeting. What's next, Nao-Nao? * Naomi eyes Makoto. "I'll ignore that for now. I guess next, we get to the assignment. * Makoto grins cheekily at Naomi. ( "I am Lazar, and I am alcoh- wait, I have no liver. Why I here?" ) It's a fairly simple assignment, this time, but you're not gonna like it much. Oh, goodie. * Rei looks over at Chie and grins. "The same thing we do every night, Chie, try to take over the- oh wait, we already did that. Go clubbing?" * Chie grins. "You got it." * Maria raises an eyebrow. "Clubbing what?" I don't want to know. They mean partying, Maria. * Maria frowns, looking slightly embarrased. "Oh. Right." * Makoto gives the wall-crawler a reassuring smile. "Then again, seems like you can't be too sure what Rei means, in any event." Tigerfish? I guess you don't mean the striped brown catfish with frilly fins that are only about as big as your forearm and taste good with pepper? Sounds smelly. I don't think they're actually fish, right Peter? ...that's the big secret mission? We're going fishing? That's what you'd think, Makoto, until they touch radioactive OOZE and grow to be four feet tall and learn ninjutsu and kick your butt. Who said it was secret? They know fish-fu. Rei> Any idea what they like to eat? Maybe we could lure them out of the water. And are they any less maneuverable on land? It's about the size of a pitbull. It eats meat, and it is poisonous. Okay. We use Chomei as bait! Oh. How about NOT. ... ah yes. A... pun, is it? ( ... that's somehow creepy coming from a character Jesse's playing. ) Peter decides this insane girl might know what's she's talkin' about and unlocks the fan. * Rei climbs into the van and settles on one of the seats. She closes her eyes and, for once, is completely silent. ( Peter leaves some woman he barely knows in his car. ) ( But! At least he has the keys. ) (Who says she can't hotwire it?) She.. isn't planning to drive my car into the ocean or some such crazy thing, is she? I wouldn't put it past her. For all I know, she's planning to fly it to Venus. She's a little... quirky, you know? * Naomi chuckles. "Maybe she plans to use it as bait." * Naomi follows behind everyone else. "It's gonna be a long couple of days." SpiritRei> (Aww, Naomi, I love you, too. ^^) Meat probably not kosher. Good. Demon fish no deserve kosher meat. [Rei notices a sign on one of the doors, written in Japanese: "Basement. Authorized personelle only". It's also in Engrish: "Prace belo. You no go here cirtificatin only please thanks."] ( Yay! Engrish! ) (Nice Engrish!) But does he... I'm sorry. Lazar, you don't... Maybe I should wait until we're not sitting around waiting for poisonous demonfish to chase floating meat past us to ask you about your past. * Maria chuckles. Wise plan. Yes, I think Confusious said that. You sure about that? I don't think he ever mentioned floating meat. I was attempting a joke. It seems I failed. S'okay, prof, we'll be ready for it next time. [Ok, when you get inside and (presumeably) go down the stairs, you find another door with a sign. Japanese: "Basement. Authorized personel only." Engrish: "Last chance go way no cirtify."] [The tigerfish hit the meat a few times as you move up the stairs. That has no effect on the meat, since it's already dead, but I wouldn't try to eat it now.] (Like I'd eat it anyway. YUCK.) * SpiritRei bursts into the scene in the form of floating meat (to most of you). ~Five fishies incoming, and they're hungry for dinner!~ She tosses the meat into the middle of the room. Well... any more than we already have. * Makoto promptly shuts up. * Maria shrugs again, which gets a nice effect. She's back, guys. Get ready! * Lazar readies his pipe, and grunts. * Chomei draws his bow and points it at the door. * Chie goes back into her ready stance, sword still drawn. * Maria rolls up her sleeves and drops into a fighting stance. * Makoto starts spinning the yo-yo in a vertical circle off to one side of his body. In short order, it gets moving so quickly that it hums. * Peter aims his crossbow. [Several seconds pass...] * Maria nods to herself and quickly pulls on a pair of gloves before getting back into the stance. [Several more seconds pass...] Rei? How hungry did you say they were? Um... Guys? Where are the fish? ~Uh... fairly? Aww, man.~ * SpiritRei looks around. She even pokes her head through walls. This is.. rather anticlimatic. Something you'll learn to invest in on this job: flashlights. SpiritRei> ~I've got a flashlight! In my backpack. In the van.~ I have a pen light in the glove box of my car... But that probably wouldn't help. I have a mini-flashlight somewhere on me. * Chomei starts checking his pockets. ( Now would be a great time for them to attack, when we're all searching for lights. ) * SpiritRei returns. ~Okay, I think I get it. They can't go up the stairs.~ (Pathing problem?) ( Yeah. The main room and the basement are on different maps. ) * Lazar steps towards the stairs. "I go first, if noone mind." Go right ahead, Lazzie. I'll be behind... Maria, who will be glad to go after you. * Makoto watches Maria's caboose until it's too dark to see. * Maria knew Makoto was too eager to follow her down, anyway. She mutters under her breath. ( ^_^_v ) Oooh. You guys hear that? Hear what? Rei's babbling? Yeah, I'm sick of it already. ( Okay, it's about time to bum-rush these baddies. I say we just push the golem onto them and squish 'em all. ) [Rei shines the light on three of the critters. They're fish with legs and snake tails. Where the tiger part of tigerfish came from, we may never know.] [There's an audiable crack when Lazar hits, and the fish goes splat on the ground. It ain't pretty to look at. And now Lazar's pipe is covered with goo.] ( Mmm... Goo good! ) ( Wow. We've said Indeed a lot. ) (And nobody's gotten hit by a plushie yet. Miraculous.) ( There'll be more Kirby plushies than you can count, mark my words. ) Peter has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) ( Nooo! A grue ate Peter! We should have brought more lights! ) * Lazar runs at the last fish thingy, swinging his pipe like a golf club at it. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( ... dangit. ) ( Golems don't golf, apparently. ) [... Lazar shoulda stuck with the 'beat-it-over-the-head' plan.] (Wait, did Rei actually do anything?) (Wouldn't you like to know?) ( It's a secret to everybody! ) ( Y'know, it was like this in the first session of MC1, too. They got the monster down to the point where one more hit would kill it, and then they just couldn't hit it :P ) * SpiritRei starts humming a random song in all of your heads. [Rei hums the Kirby theme] Chomei> Will you just shut up Rei? ~But Kirby'd kick your ass, Chomei. Pink versus Black! Doom versus Gloom! Kirby's major doomage, let me tell ya.~ =Mini 1.5= ( I don't know a thing about clubbing. Couldn't you go to an arcade? ;_; ) (My thoughts exactly Brett.) * Maria rubs the side of her neck, frowning. "Sing. Dance?" And disco! Not... disco... * Chie nods emphatically. "And karaoke." And what? Good lord, you don't know karaoke? Girl, we need to remedy that right away. ( ... Oh, this is not going to go well for the GM @_@ ) * Rei cheers. "I knew you could do it!" She grabs the evil black box, fiddles with the buttons on the top, and presses the red button. Fanfare blasts out, powerful enough to fill the entire floor. [Cue the FF victory music :P] ( Now where ya goin'? ) (Mmm... nightclub, karaoke bar... something along those lines.) (Yup.) (I'm getting dragged wherever. ;) ) [GM likes the karaoke idea better, so you go there :P] [Shortly, they arrive at a karaoke place!] [They really do!] [It's your standard karaoke bar. Very, uh, karaoke bar-ish. If the GM had ever been to one, he'd describe it better.] * Chie immediately heads for the songlist. Note that the mad grin has yet to leave her face. [All the songs are in Japanese.] [Except for one "Kirby's Great Fast Food Enterprise Opening - English ver."] ( Pop culture ^^ ) I just had a really good idea. ( Run for the hills! c.c ) ( This oughta be good.) (I have NO clue as to what to do.) (Neither does your character, apparently. ^_~) ( Neither does the GM :P ) Don't mind Chomei, he's just really shy. He's been wanting to sing in front of an audience all his life, and we, the loyal and loving friends we are, are getting him his big break! What the HECK are you talking about. I've only known you for five hours! * Rei signs us up, picking some song we're all sure to know. Yup. [Rei picks the Kirby op. :P] ( It's funny, 'cause only two of you speak English. :P ) [There's two microphones and a button that says "Push me to start!" Fortunately, there's no red button that says "DANGER, do not push!"] (Just to let you know, I'm cracking up on this end.) [Someone in the audience says "Hey, they're gonna sing the Kirby song!"] [You draw the crowd's attention.] ~Now give it up for us, 'cause we are gonna ROCK THIS CASBAH!~ [There's some applause.] * Rei grabs a mike. ~We can't heeeear you!~ [Someone in the back shouts. "Can too!"] * Chomei sings, both very off tune and out of beat. "Kir... what the hell?" * Screen gives the results: "0.83% Skill level = blargh." Damn straight. We suck. ~Thank you, everybody!~ [The audience boos.] * Chomei whispers to the group. "I think we had better get out of here... FAST." * Maria glances over the crowd. They're not pulling out pitchforks and torches, are they? ( I wouldn't be surprised.) [The crowd is actually starting to sign up for their own turns at karaoke so they can quickly forget that performance :P] * Maria frowns and shrugs. She whispers back to Chomei "It may be best. We should drag these two with us. For their own safety." * Chomei nods in agreement. * Chomei whispers again, "What?" * Chomei whispers "I got the we should go... do you mean literally drag them or get them to come with?" * Maria shrugs. "Whichever." There are shadows. Shadows, there are. Many shadows. Sadistic shadows of darkness. Quoth the raven "Nevermore". "Nevermore," did the raven quoth, and quoth it angstfully he did, in those sadistic shadows of gloom and doom. "Hiiii" quoth the Kirby. The Kirby who flew o'er the sadistic shadows of nevermore. (goth Kirby. Save me. ;p) The penguin below angst, for he could not fly like the Kirby, nor could he evermore quoth "Nevermore" as the raven. And all the while, there were shadows of gloom and doom. ( Angstilicious. :9 ) GothPoet> Angst did he, oh, did he angst! * Chie yells, "Gosh, d'you think he might have angsted?" * GothPoet looks up at Chie... And smiles. "Oh, did he angst! He angsted so much! Muchly did he angst! Angst, there was, and there was angst! So much angst was there that there was much angst! And all the while, the Kirby flew! And he flew and flew and flew! * Maria keeps looking for a worthy projectile. "Yeah, can't leave that out." (Goths can't smile. They'd lose all their angst and disappear!) There was an abyss! An abyss in the shadows, in which the penguin angsted whilst the raven quothed "Nevermore" evermore! GothPoet> The penguin's soul was vastly empty, for he was angsty! An angsty penguin is not a peppy penguin! So he angsted and angsted and angsted and angsted and angsted until he could angst no more! Little did he realize how wrong he was, so he angsted more! More angst in the abyss! And then he discovered the deep dark emptiness of his soul, and fell into the blankness of the abyss, and woe was he! He was already in the abyss, foo'! Get it right! Ah pitee the foo' that tosses the penguin into the abyss! It was the abyss within the abyss! Geez! You sure it wasn't the abyss in the angst of the abyss?! You're sure it was an abyss, now? Not a pit or a well? The seventh level of the abyss! Like hell, only abyssier! There was no abyss within the abyss! There was only a mountain! A mountain the angsty penguin could never climb, for he angsted his life away in the abyss! Where are the vampires? I demand vampires! ... The angsty penguin was vampiric. The bloodsucking kind or the environmentally friendly kind? Bloodsucking, duh. With fangs? Cool! Except penguins don't have teeth. This particular penguin was a freak of nature, so he did have teeth. Gnarling, gnashing, snarling, smashing teeth? * GothPoet nods to Chie. "Gnarling, gnashing, snarling, smashing, dicing, slicing teeth. Um, you forgot grusome. That goes without saying. We will all one day be in the abyss, so full of angst and hate. But in the mean time, we've got Kirby! ( *wonders how the other goths are reacting to all this* ) [The other goths are too absorbed in their own angst to care about you lot.] =Session 2= Who're you ridin' with, Maria? You, I guess. Don't think I've ridden on your deathtrap yet. [The museum is a fairly wide building, with two floors. It's nice and large, and makes for a great dungeon ^^] Are we going to hit the lights once we get inside? It's a spirit, Chomei. It doesn't care if it's dark or not. Now, outta the van so I can change without the boys leering. More. * Peter blushes. "I would never..." * Lazar picks Peter and Chomei up. "Privacy for lady." *walks away* Prof, you pervert! What'd I do? Not you, him! Sure you would. You've got... nevermind. * Peter shakes his head and sighs. "Those girls will be the death of me." * Maria poses. * Chomei takes a look... "Nice." [Maria does not avoid Chomei's eyes.] * Chomei leans against the van. "Well, how long do you think this'll take?" Assuming they are not caught or mauled to death, maybe half an hour. You guys are so positive. Someone has to counteract Rei's disturbing amount of cheerfulness. And it takes two of us to do it. * Lazar scowls, walks up to the desk, and knocks gently on it. ( Lazar's knocking earns him a +! ) * Brett sets mode: +v Lazar Why would they snoop when they could just come when everyone else does? Shy? Mmm... on second thought, I'll let the thieves take care of that. [Chie calls Rei and Maria thieves. For the record :P] [Following in the direction Maria went, you head into the african exhibit. Everyone who has burglary can make a breaking-and-and entering roll.] * Peter doesn't. * Chomei lacks skill in that as well. (How about just a break roll? =P) ( No ) (;_;) (Now look, you made him sad.) ( How about the poor GM, huh? When do -I- get sympathy? ;_; ) * Lazar nods, and continues at his quickened pace. (When we get into one group again. :P ) I'll take Maria back to the van. I'm not much of a fighter anyhow. I can make it on my own, Peter. Maybe, but if the spirit decides to ambush you, I can .. well.. maybe I can distract him by.. uh.. yelling a lot. ( Outside, Maria and Rei get in the van. Then it's eaten by Godzilla :P ) ( ;_; ) (Yummy) (Darn, again? ;_;) (Accursed kaiju!) * Lazar steps towards the tiger, trying to put himself between it and Chie, and tries to field-goal-kick it. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 8. (...) (Dicey doesn't like you today, does he?) (He must've forgotten the bribe.) [Lazar's foot passes over the tiger. He should really stop trying these upward-swinging motions.] (Golems are made of the earth. Thus, they should not aim for the sky. =P) * Peter walks over to Lazar. "Are you okay? Will.. those heal?" Okay. Golem no feel much pain. Will heal... with time. Part of magiks. If not, I buy spackle. [Eventually, in the last room on the west (the hallway turns north), Maria sees an empty pedastal. It's in the African section.] * Maria looks for indications of what was on the pedestal. Like, a sign. [They stole that, too.] * Maria shakes her head. "Nah, it's alright. Just need to laugh more carefully." She nods sagely at that. * Rei grins and sits on the floor, folding her hands on Maria's seat and putting her chin on said hands. "How d'ya laugh carefully? I always thought it was just a huge burst of emotion. That's why it's so hard to fake laughing, 'cause if you don't really feel the emotion, you can't let it out." ( ... Next weeks villian: tickle monsters! :P ) (How evil.) =Session 3= * Naomi looks to Peter. "Ever hear of Kappa?" (Aww, no. Somebody's gonna die. ;p) * Naomi nods to Peter. "I don't want them rampaging through Tokyo. Keep them in the dojo grounds if at all possible." ( Don't be like MC1 and run down the entire block with one following you :P ) (This is when I wish I were a long-range fighter.) ( Ditto here. ) [ Gotta FF Brett?] ( I got 1-10, plus the offshoots. Why? ) I'm pretty fast, too, but I'm willing to bet Maria can beat me with one foot tied behind her back. ( One foot tied... wow, that's a funny image. ) ( Well that bodes well. WinAmp just went to 'Successful Mission'. =P ) (Successful mission for who?) (We'll be dreading... I mean, looking forward to that.) ( o/" Billy was a chemist, but Billy is no more. 'Cause what he thought was H2O was H2SO4. o/" ) (Ouch, that's bad.) If we take out the leader, what happens to the rest of the kappa? Do they stay, or do they run, or do they mob us and tell us we suck? I'm.. not sure. More likly then not, they would mob us. If all they do is tell us we suck, that's not so bad. I bet they kill us, then tell us we suck. * Rei powerposes. "My destined role is... the SUPERVISOR!" Sorry, Rei. That's my job. Damn, Naomi. You hog all the fun. * Naomi grins and gives Rei a V-sign ^^ * Makoto conscientiously moves the remaining cucumbers into the trunk of his car, which is very well designed and should not allow any Ode d'Cucumber out into the air. ( Lucky for Makoto, or his car wouldn be in trouble :P ) * Rei runs for Makoto's car! Yeah, you could sit in my car. ( Some passers by see a seemingly dead girl in Makoto's car. Oh dear @_@ ) (Not dead! Asleep!) ( Pining for the fjords! ) ( Yeah? Not when they start poking her with stuff :P ) Her name's Nea. She must've been a friend of his. And she POSSESSED MY SWORD! * Lazar grumbles. "Nothing worse than talking weapon." How about a talking hand? ~That'd be worse. Or talking feet! They'd whine all the time. Ooh, you're riding on me again, oooh I hurt, why don't you sit down, oooh, you really suck and I have a wart take care of it NOW!~ ( Poor Rei.... She's doomed to have talking feet now. ) ( "I don't wanna astral project" * Rei arrives astrally. Without feet. ) ... can we just hit things now? Eoi Tabushi, a.k.a. "The Naginata". I believe he works in the China branch. Along with Rei's father.... um.... Well, Rei's father. =Session 4= [Earlier, MC was given a job to remove a family of kappa from the pond of a dojo. They planned very carefully. In fact, they planned so carefully that they didn't have time to actually DO it. Will they manage to dispose of the kappa, or will this have to become a three-parter?] * Lazar eyes Peter. "You forget sulfur in van? Losing touch, Peter." I did not forget it. I left it in there because I had no way to carry it with ease. It's container is less likly to get broken in there. ... so you forgot it? * Peter refuses to react to that. * Lazar tilts his head. "Okay. Have nose. Just not working nose." Right now, that's a good thing. Singing swords are often said to be benifical. Not when they off key. ~And they're not demons! Dude, if kappa were common knowledge, we'd have animal rights activists on our collective asses so fast...~ Hey, in old movies and stage productions they'd "slip somebody a mickey" to put them to sleep. But... I don't know what's in a "Mickey." ( Mice ) ( Maybe they'll knock each other out fighting over the cucumber. ^_^ ) (Too easy.) ( Prolly. ;_; ) ( Poor Chie... She believes in the laws of physics. ) (Chie, you fool.) ( She's not going to get very far in this series :P ) ( Yeah. We'll break her of that soon enough. ) Alright, you knock out. Man, I'm talking like Lazar now. * Lazar frowns. "No, you use bad grammar. I talk like Lazar." * Lazar tosses a right hook at the Kappa. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( ..... ) (*facepalm*) [Lazar shoulda tossed a left hook.] [And they're off before the explosion!] [Mostly 'cause there isn't any.] [Ok, you get to the clubroom to see it a mess. Was there a battle here? No, you just left Rei alone there for too long :P] * Rei nods distractedly. "So, what, we need a cruise missle to take it down or something?" Doubt it. Then we find way to stop, no? Hey, maybe if we get a really big mallet... No, that wouldn't work, nevermind. =Session 5= [Yesterday, MC was faced with an end of the world crisis. But what else is new?] * Rei looks over at Dimitri. "Of course, I'm not entirely certain what being commander entails, other than you get mission briefings from the ever-benevolent HQ." ^^ Dimitri> Ideally, the kommander iz the leader of the group. Although I doubt it vould make much difference vith you people. This creature appears every three or so years. Always in a different form. The only one I can remember being recorded was a giant snail. * Rei hums and pulls out her minicomputer. She types for a bit. "Shroomsnail!" ...shroomsnail? It's a snail with mushroom wings that can fly! ...oh, fun. That doesn't seem like a very... threatening form. Neither do were-sheep of Transylvania. But very dangerous Yeah, and why do we have to take care of it anyways? Because we get paid to do it, dumbass. Okay, who's ridin' in the Makotomobile? ( And then Dimitri made off with Makoto's car :P ) ( Noooo! My BABY! ) * Peter sighs. "Feel free to go and.. "party" then. I'll be waiting, in case the monster decides to show up early. Simply follow the sounds of my horrible screams." ( Do you want door number one, door number two, or door number three? :P ) ( All of the above. ) ( Cool. You get a giant electric eel, an evil Kirby, and a sentient anvil. ) I'm sorry, but we have to be serious about this. It isn't a vacation. * Maria smirks. "You sure about that?" So you'd rather just sit and do *nothing* and become numb for two hours so by the time you're about to fall asleep the monster will be on top of you and sucking your brains out with a straw? Quite. I have a book to read, so I will be far from bored. It the book in Japanese? Actually, it is Latin. Damn, prof. Why can't you have any books in Japanese? Then I could read over your shoulder. I'm sorry. Next time I talk to the corpses of ancient greeks, I'll ask them to write in a language they don't know. ( Latin is such a self-centered language. Every other word ends in "I" or "us" ) * Makoto tries his best to memorize the appearances of at least some of the people they pass. Never hurts to expand the arsenal. ( Makoto commits a guy with an afro to memory. No, not really :P ) ( Gah! ... The GM is scaring me! ;_; ) * Makoto introduces himself to the priestess, having almost forgotten that he's bishy today. * Priestess waves. "Howdy, y'all! I'm Charlene, priestess at this here shrine." * Makoto opens his mouth to say something witty, and finds that the priestess's terrible accent has destroyed all of his witty pick-up lines. Dimitri here says y'all gonna kill the monster at midnight, raiht? Uh. We hope to. * Makoto surreptitiously looks for some excuse to talk to a different person. Sadly, his only other options would be Dimitri, Peter, or Lazar... Poor Makoto. (Makoto: That's what you get for not going with the cool people. ^_~) ( yes, you get a GM who does bad accents and wants to die x.x ) * Makoto starts mimicking Charlene's accent as a defense mechanism. "What was de last fight lahk?" Why, it was a squid with a daisy growin' from its heahd. Strangest durn thing Ah ain't nevah seen. A... a -what-? A squid. * Makoto turns to Peter. "With a daisy?" With a daisy growing from it's head. How interesting. A squid. With a daisy. Ah reckon. Ah, were-squid. Very dangerous. Lots of arms. If no here, then I smash. Lazar, honey, you cain't sm... Ahem. You'll smash the demon, or you'll smash the rest of the group? I smash what needs be smashed. ( Advice to any GMs: Don't NPC two characters with different accents at once, please. It's painful x.x ) ( Hah! I reckon it is. ) * Makoto is silently torn between being glad that he stuck with Lazar, so as not to be inadvertantly smashed, and upset that he has to endure a who-knows-how- long monologue from Charlene, demon queen of Podunk. * Makoto withdraws his trusty yo-yo. The bigger one. Just in case the demon is still on Daylight Savings Time. ( Well, it's June in Japan. Even if they HAD DST, it would be active anyway. ) ( But they don't. They have GM time. ) ( Even better! ) ( Meaning it could be 11:59 for six hours if I feel like it :P ) [At midnight, a big glowing green circle appears in front of the shrine, and out oozes... a moose made of jelly, with glowing green eyes and with two "wings" composed of blade-like, razor-sharp chocolate. (roll init!)] (Razor-sharp chocolate. I've heard everything now.) [Chie has no luck.] Brett> ( That's what happens when you show up late :P ) [Maria and Chie find bits of their clothing when the jello hits them, but it doesn't do more than sting. Lazar is also hit, but he doesn't wear much clothes (and I ain't going there), so he just gets stung :P] (Keep this up and the guys are going to start making rolls to keep from getting distracted.) ( Whoo! The girls'll be nekkid by the time this fight's over! Makoto will be rewarded for enduring the conversation of bad-accent-priestess! ) ( ...how much could chocolate possibly hurt? ) (But it's razor-sharp chocolate!) ( It's DARK CHOCOLATE! ) * Chie tries the ward one last time. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. ( SNERK ) [Chie ought to try a change of tactic; that ain't working.] * Lazar moves around a bit unsteadily, and aims a punch at the area Chomei froze. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 9. ( ... ) [Lazar shoulda stuck for the non-frozen part, I guess.] * JellyMoose clucks like a chicken! Everyone, soul roll! ( FAILURE! ) (And... I fail.) (This is *so* not my night.) ( Chel would've made that. Unfortunately, Maria is un-Chel. ) ( No. ) [Ooooo.... Kay.] (...) (Brett, what's your backup plan for if the dice hate us? ^^) [Everyone feels like they REALLY want to eat chocolate. +2 to all actions] ( Yes, the craving is so great that you're having trouble concentrating :P ) ( But I don't eat. ;_; ) ( No, Lazar. You don't. Doesn't that suck? :P ) ( Even MORE frustrating for Lazar, then. ) * Lazar grumbles. "Hurt and want chocolate. No have stomach. Great." Chocolate vould be good. I.. rather dislike chocolate. Why on earth do I want it? ( and yes, you still want chocolate :P ) * Makoto would like some chocolate, too, but he's actually a bit more distracted by the fact that Chie and Maria are both in various stages of undress. He goes to see if they need any help. * Chie looks over at Lazar. "You gonna be okay, Laz?" Not really, no. * Lazar mutters. "... not that anyone cares..." * Chie would have cared, if she hadn't been distracted by evil planning. ( Oh gee, that's comforting, Chie. =p ) ( Ah, spackle'l fix that wound right up. ) ( Yeah, that's true. We need Chomei here so we look even cooler by comparison. ^_~ ) (/me is a mook ;_;) Not every midnight. Wasn't it supposed to be midnight every three years? ( Every three years OR SO! Ha! ) * Chomei rubs his head. "Why did I come with you guys again?" * Maria smirks at Chomei. "Because we're cuter than Lazar."