[Day: Friday, 27th. Time: 9:30 p.m., German standard] [You're back on the farm in an attempt to get to Mystery Club before Claire does. Ensof and Lazar are there, too, with Jacqueline, and another woman you don't recognize. She's looks to be in her late twenties. She has an Asian appearance, with long brown hair and brown eyes, and is quite attractive. She's wearing tight black pants, a polka-dotted halter-top and a windbreaker, and doesn't seem to mind the cold much.] [Claude isn't around. But it's late, so maybe that's why.] (... polka dotted halter.) [Session Start!] (Whoever it is has no credibility in this world.) (... That's either Rei, or a clone) ( Lukas prefers the stripes, eh? ) (That's not Rei. Rei has black hair. And is way older.) (Stripes are slightly better.) (And different colored eyes, and a tail, and...) * Ashley is in all black, including a black beret and black sunglasses. He appears to be smoking from a thin cigarette holder. (It is, however, a FRIEND of Rei's. Maybe the fashion sense helped.) [She doesn't look very different from Mariah, now that you think about it.] * Togo is dressed like he's always dressed. He probably has an entire closet filled with dark green shirts and brown cargo pants. * Lukas looks a lot like he normally does. His face is set into a very set and mirthless look. * Herman isn't in all black. He's wearing the same clothes he had earlier today and holds his hand out to the new lady. "You're Rau'Yei?" [Jacqueline looks back and forth between everyone. "Um, thanks for coming."] * Ten has her head poking out of Lukas's backpack, and is probably still in the undescribed, yet fashionable blue number. * Alys is bouncing a bit. Her hair is braided and wet from washing out vodka and Ashley spit. * Lukas mutters, "Yeah." * Togo nods at Jacky. [She nods. "That's me. I understand you need my help?" She has a British accent. Go figure.] * Herman nods. "We're going to need to go to the Et'Ada city, I guess. I'm not sure *where*, but Ensof probably filled you in." I'm Herman, by the way. [She nods. "The place I never wanted to leave, which will try to kill me when I try to go back. Yes. I'm Rau'Yei, but you can call me Ryoko."] Why'd they kill you, out of curiosity? * Lukas frowns a little. "Sounds pretty fundamentalist." ["Once you leave, you can't go back. Even if the circumstances for leaving is getting kidnapped by Dracula."] * Herman frowns. "Bum deal. Looks like you made it okay." [She nods. "It's not so bad up here, once you get to the mundaneness. Night clubs and pizza are pretty hot."] ( Must... noogie... Ued^H^H^H Lucifer! ) * Alys stops bouncing. "Seriously? How'd you get out of that one?" [Ensof interrupts. "It's a bit of a long story."] ["And we're kind of in a hurry. In case you didn't hear, the plan is for Rau'Yei to teleport us into the city. Once there, we'll have to find the teleporters quickly. Should be in the same building."] * Lukas glances to Herman, and adjusts his coat. "Sounds like the plan." ["If anyone wants out, now's your last chance."] * Ashley casts a sideways glance at Herman. "I'm still in." ... Not that I'm complaining, but why is everybody looking at me? ( They're hoping for sex. ) You took the initiative on this one. You get to be the leader. You're that cool looking? You've got a pipe! * Lukas smirks thinly, then the smirk slips away and doesn't respond. * Ashley looks upwards, then turns away. * Lukas looks away to Rau'Yei. "So what's a teleporter look like, or are you actually going to bother guiding us?" [Rau'Yei stares at Lukas. "Excuse me? 'Bother'? I'm putting my life on the line just to help you."] [Ensof rubs his head. "They won't be hard to find. Look for swirly 70's patterns inside transparent tubes."] * Lukas smirks thinly. "Last I checked, that was a bother." Then that smirk fades too. [Ensof says, "Well, if nobody has any objections..." He nods to Rau'Yei."] [Rau'Yei steps forward. "Everyone join hands."] Do we get a sing along? * Ten falls into Lukas's backpack and then tries to zip it back up without anybody seeing. * Ashley slips his hand into Alys'. And Herman's. * Herman takes hands of the two nearest people. Chances are, that's Lukas and Ashley. Seriously, now. * Alys holds hands with Ashley and whoever else is nearby. * Lukas gets held! Hooray. More holding on his other hand, whoever that happens to be. ["Not exactly." Rau'Yei takes Ensof's hand. Jacqueline grabs his other one.] [Khalil winds up with Alys' and Jacqueline's hands. He's a playboy.] * Togo grabs whoever's hands. He's not picky. (Togo actually grabs a shrubbery.) * Lazar takes people's hands, being careful not to squish them. [You all grab hands, and Rau'Yei begins chanting her spell. It sounds kind of like a campfire singalong.] (KUMBAYA, TELEPORT, KUMBAYA.) [Then there's a loud *BAMF!* noise reminiscent of Nightcrawler, and suddenly you're all squashed uncomfortably in a transparent tube made of something evidently more durable than plastic and designed to fit one person.] (... that isn't actually physically possible. ._.) ( Comfortably fit. ) (... 10 people.) ( Like a car's designed to fit four people. ) (You can barely fit 10 people in a 4 seater car. (Without doing funny 'suck on the gearshift' tricks.) (And now we're being stuffed in a phonebooth. ;_;) [Either way, you're stuck and it's mushy.] * Lukas says eloquently, "Muhf. Ow." ... well now. This is rather ... comfortable. [Ensof grunts, "Forgot how, ugh, how these things work."] * Lukas tries to put his hands on a door hatch or something. "Can someone get us the hell out of here?" I think there's a song about this kind of thing. * Herman ughs. "Little too close." [Lukas puts his hands on something, and Rau'Yei shrieks. "Hey! Watch those hands!"] Way to go, Lukas! * Lazar is made of rock. He's unlikely to be comfortable to lean against. "Sorry." ... hey, who has a finger in my damn eye socket? I'm trying to find a way out! Don't blame me! * Pocky-kun has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [Ensof groans. "Hang on, I think I can..." One side of the tube opens, and you all fall out into a big pile!] ... ooh. Whoever's doing that, don't stop.... oof! * Lazar is, fortunately for everyone, on the bottom of the pile. "That could have been very no pleasant for little ones..." * Lukas uhfs. "Fucksakes." * Alys groans and rolls off the top of the pile. "Let's never do that again." [The room (now that you can get a better look) appears like something off the set of Star Trek: There's about eight transparent tubes on one side of the room, and an unmanned console in front of them. The floors and walls are made of some kind of non-transparent crystal, though, as is the door.] [Jacqueline sits up, rubbing her shoulder. "Owwwww."] [Khalil sneezes, turning into a gryphon!] * Lazar lifts people off of him with ease, kind of like he's moving tissues. [Five seconds later, he sneezes again, turning into a human!] * Ten pokes her head back out. [Five seconds later, he sneezes again, turning into a gryphon! And so on and so forth.] * Ashley hops to his feet, unruffled. "We definitely need to do that again. It was some excellent team bonding." [Needless to say, he's sneezing too much to be any use to you right now.] * Lukas rolls to his knees, then stands slowly. "You mean team bondage." Right. What did I say? [Ensof gets up. "It won't be long before someone comes. We need to start moving."] * Herman gets out of the freaking tube. "Jesus Christ. Where to? And do you have the illusion up, Ashley?" (We clearly got here through the internet.) * Ashley snaps his fingers. "We're clearly quite clear." (We can see and hear each other.) [Ensof: "Not for very long."] * Lukas readjusts his jacket, patting his torso for a moment as he says, "Then someone take the damn lead." [Lukas is on point.] (Man, you people are crazy.) * Togo draws his silenced SMG, and walks along. There's no reason to be bashful about it. [Actually, Ensof is pretty much in the lead. Jacqueline joins him shortly.] * Lazar growls something in Hungarian, and slips a set of bracers onto his wrists. (YAY.) * Ashley follows along. ( <.< ) * Alys follows! And looks around a lot as she walks. * Lukas heads after, looking incredibly tense with his hands in his coat pockets. * Herman walks out, somewhere in the middle. He has a pipe! Awesome! (SMOKE IT BABY.) (BONG.) (HERMAN'S THE SLUT ...... BONG?) [Just before you get to the door, it opens like an elevator, and two women rush in. They're incredibly pretty and lightly armored. By lightly, I mean they've got boots, bracers, shorts and metal halters. They're also carrying two-pronged, double-headed pitchforks.] (Metal halters? Poor girls.) (Open backs make for bad armor.) (Maybe they're cloth lined) (I was thinking about the chafing problem >_>) (I was too, but also backs.) ( Funnily, they don't seem to care! ) (Pfft. They're good, but less protective than metal bikinis. This is anime armor.) * Lukas shifts to the side, as per normal and his hand half-withdraws the pistol in his pocket. ( Oops, I forgot the pyramid-shaped helmets. ) ( They wear pyramid-shaped helmets, too. ) * Togo boggles at the pyramid-helmets for a moment, then gathers himself and concentrates. [One of them stares hard at the tube you came out of and turns to the other. "Go get an officer." The second runs off, while the first moves twoards that tube, examining it carefully. Ensof makes for the door, motioning for you to follow.] (Are the pyramid hats metal too?) ( Yes. ) (3 or 4 sided pyramids?) ( Four. ) * Lukas is all for moving! ~ Pi sided) * Herman rushes after Ensof, glancing at the pyramids. The heck? * Alys follows! * Ashley follows! [You're lead out into a crystalline hallway. Ensof looks left, then right, and decides on right. "Guardians. They've caught on quicker than I expected."] 1d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (1d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. [Rau'Yei pouts. "I remember when I used to be able to fit into my armor..."] * Lukas follows briskly and says, "Yeah, that's what guards do." Are the hats like that so they can hurt people if they fall on them? * Griff_Khalil finally lets out his last sneeze, ending up in griffon form and lets out a low scree/snarl of irritation as he rubs his beak. "That was...unpleasant." Hats so have good target to hit pointy heads. *pauses* No mean you, Rau'Yei. Or Ensof. [The crystalline hallway ends in a door. It opens when you approach, leading into another hallway. But this one is transparent to the point where you almost can't see it. Instead, you find yourselves pretty high up with a good view of the city. The buildings are all pretty tall, like the one you're in. They're made of some non-transparent crystal. It's not unlike looking at Krypton from the Superman movies. But there's a greenish tower in the center that is off color and, ahem, towers over the other buildings. And Lukas was adopted.] [There is a sky! There's also a big glowing wall surrounding the city.] Oh, pretty! I should have brought a camera. Well... uh, it's interesting. This is in Japan somewhere? [Ensof: "Actually, right now we're in Russia, under the Ural mountains."] Can Ten take pictures somehow? (Alys have her radio headset?) [Meanwhile, Rau'Yei explains the helmets! "They're shaped that way to symbolize.... Uh.... Something? I forget."] (Yes) ~ I so can! ~ (Wrong tags, kiddo.) (This isn't ATC.) (Actualy that is the radio speak tag in here isn't it?) (Ah, you're using normal coms.) [Ensof moves across the not-there hallway quickly; the 'floor' flashes where his feet step briefly.] Some sort of sensing thing? * Herman heads after Ensof anyhow. Awesome! Could you, please? I can hang them up in my room later. [The NPCs follow! Rau'Yei says, "Sort of, but in magic form."] ~ Sure! ~ * Alys follows and gets a big grin as she watches the not-floor. [Ensof nods. "Magic is everything here. Makes it inconvenient for outsiders to get around.] Tell me about it. * Herman mutters, "Nearly giving me a bloody headache." * Lukas chuckles. "I'm usually glad I don't care about magic, but I'm especially glad now." [You get to the far door, which leads to another part of the same building. It slides open to reveal a hallway much like the first.] ~ You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. ~ * Griff_Khalil groans. "Please do not make that reference." Too late, man. She just did. Then I ban it on all similar references in the future. ~ Awwww. You're no fun. ~ ... I think this first time I ever be stealthy since I become golem, Ensof. It feel... odd. (isn't lazar dead) (He got better) (He never died. That was Rei. She died twice.) ( Rei sucks at living. ) [Ensof laughs. He's about to say something, when suddenly there's a bright swirl in front of you, and a woman steps out. She also appears in her late twenties, but this one is wearing a dark blue robe and a circlet, her black hair tied into a long ponytail. "I know you're there. Show yourselves!"] ~ Awww maan. HAX! ~ This does not inspire confidence in our ability to live. ~ They're so totally not supposed to be able to see us! ~ Bloody hell. It never was like this in the old days. [Shortly, a construct follows her out. It looks like a golem of sorts, but it's legs aren't connected to its torso, which just hovers in place. And its 'head' is just a featureless sphere.] [Ensof scowls. "Damn. A priest."] [Rau'Yei steps forward. "Hey, that's Ar'Lohm!"] ... does that mean everyone's smashing faces, or not, because that's probably relevant to our survival. I'd like to know, as well. * Lazar looks at Ensof. "Attack?" That's great, but she's gonna kick our ass, Rau. ~ I think we go around her. ~ ["She was my best friend! Well, a long time ago. I haven't seen her in two decades."] Been some time, then... [Ensof frowns. "This isn't good. If she's here, reinforcements are probably on the way."] * Herman eyes the lot, then starts to move by them just to see what the reaction is. [Ar'Lohm holds her hand out, a crackling ball of energy appearing in front of it. "I'm warning you..."] * Lazar steps forward and throws a one-two combination to the woman's body! (I Hate Force Fields) ~ Awwwwwww maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan ~ ( Roll? ) * Griff_Khalil eyes Lazar. "Well, that...sort of defines our course of action now, does it not?" 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d8-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. * Alys asks urgently, "Is there a real hallway here and it's invisible, or is it completely just a magic hallway?" [There's a bright flash in front of the woman as Lazar attacks, but to her surprise, his fists go right through it, knocking her back. She collides with the far wall and falls to her hands and knees.] 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+7) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 16. 2d8+13 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+13) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 22. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8+7) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 17. 2d8+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 18. 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8+14) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 24. 2d8+10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d8+10) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 13. * Jexless is now known as Jex 2d8+14 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8+14) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 22. ( Gah, so many npcs... ) ( Have them all merge into a super robot. ) [Jacqueline, Togo, Alys, Khalil, Ensof, Ar'Lohm, Ten, Lukas, Herman, Ashley, Rau'Yei, Notagolem, Lazar] [Jacqueline rushes for the golem, a black-bladed sword in her hand. She slices at it's leg, cutting a small crack into it.] [Togo!] ( I so slow... ;_; ) * Togo has his armor penetrating SMG out, so he figures he might as well use it on the big robot thing. He thus fires a burst at the golem, moving a bit away from the group as he does so to give himself a firing lane. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. [Unfortunately, Lazar only manages to shoot the wall.] [Ensof responds to Alys! "Real enough."] [Alys!] * Alys pulls a ward out of her pocket and throws it at the golem. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. [The ward strikes the golem! It starts to hisssssssss.] [Khalil!] * Griff_Khalil clenches his talons and then releases them as he claws at the golem, away from the warded side. "I despise pet summons." 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. (*Snerks*) (^_^) (Hey, Brett, does the priestess have the same armor and fork as the guards?) [Khalil claws at the golem, but barely scratches it.] ( Nope. She's wearing a robe. ) (If you like, I can change it to a sexy robe that's slit up the sides.) ( But it's still a robe ) (Damn, so much for the pick her up by the armor plan) (She has a metal circlet, for whatever that's worth.) [Ensof holds out her own hand as the woman gets to her feet, and her body goes rigid as golden chains wrap around it. "Sorry, kid. We're in a hurry."] (Ten isn't mean enough to lift somebody by the head) [Ar'Lohm stares. "Er'Keshin? And ... Rau'Yei? B-but why are you...? No, it doesn't matter. And intruder is an intruder." The chains brake, and she throws a fastball of crackling energy down the hallway, it strikes Ensof in the chest, causing him to stagger back.] [Ten!] (Chains?) (Oh, missed some description.) 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. [Ar'Lohm screams as she's dragged out of the way by her head.] [Lukas!] ( I'VE GOT YOUR HEAD! ) (Ha.) (ALL YOUR HAT ARE BELONG TO ME!) * Lukas 's hand comes up from his jacket. Pistol! He fires at Ar'Lohn. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I love the smell of a crit in the morning." (... nice.) (ECKS DEE) [Lukas manages to shoot her right in the neck, and she topples over.] [Herman!] * Herman brings up his pipe and focuses on the golem. He starts chanting in Anglo-Saxon, electricity building up around his hand. [Ashley!] * Ashley steps back a few paces. (old action) (... hold) ( Old action? Is he playing canasta? ) [Ashley implements an action he's used before.] [Meanwhile, the golem's sphere flashes, and it fires a beam of light at...] d10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d10) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. [Togo and...] d10 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d10) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. [Ashley!] [You guys need defense rolls!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. [Togo dodges! Ashley's arm gets singed, though.] [Lazar!] Hell. Bah. You call youself golem. I show you golem! *steps forward; tries to clock the golem with a pair of double-axehandle blows* (Golem Rage) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d8-3) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 11. ( DR! ) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. [Lazar does some mashing, taking out the legs! Unfortunately the thing still seems to function with it's upper body intact.] [Jacqueline takes a swing at this, too, cutting a good sized breach into it.] [Alys!] ~ Hey! It's the last boss for a shooter! Aim for the head, that's so the weakspot! ~ * Alys throws another ward. "I'll be happy just to hit it!" 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8-2) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 13. [Unfortunately, she doesn't!] [Khalil!] ( I forgot Rau'Yei. Oh well... ) (... I'm not going to be awake through another round of this. Just a heads up.) ( It's almost over. ) (She's totally out anyway.) * Griff_Khalil looks on at the sphere and jumps up, hovering slightly with his wings and thrusts his claws forward, jabbing at the sphere and ripping back out with a golden streak left in its wake. (Exorcist claw, called shot.) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 6. [Khalil hits the orb, and it smashes into bits.] [Ensof starts down the hallway. "Come on!"] * Lukas smoothly slips his pistol into his pocket and follows. "Don't need to tell me once." * Ashley follows along! * Griff_Khalil lands and folds his wings behind his back. "Of course." He follows quickly. * Ten sings out over the coms, "Nice Shot!" * Alys follows, sighing. "I hope I don't run out of wards while we're doing this." Happens every once and a while. [No sooner do you start to move, then the door behind you opens.] * Togo claps Khalil on the back. "Nice jo-" *spins back to the opening door* [And a whooooole lotta soldiers head through. Meanwhile, Ensof finds a door and bursts through it. "This way!"] * Herman runs after Ensof, holding the spell a little longer. * Ashley runs. * Togo tosses a smoke flash grenade behind them as they run. ~ Must go faster! ~ ( er, flash grenade. I dunno what a smoke flash grenade is. ) (Flashboom+smokescreen?) ( Smoke would block the flash, though. Regardless. FLASH GRENADE. ) (Flash before smoke!) [There's a loud boom! You get into the room, which is not unlike the one you arrived in, except there's swirlies on the ground instead of plastic tubes. Ensof points at them as he rushes for one of the consoles. "Get on!"] (Smoke + Flash Grenade = SMASH grenade.) * Ashley heads for the swirlies. Plot advancement = sleep. Oh thank the gods it's not a pile in. * Lukas goes! * Ten goes with Lukas! Let me guess. You have to stay behind? * Alys goes to the swirlies. * Griff_Khalil goes to get on anyways. ~ What? No, we totally train them into the baddies! ~ * Herman gets on. No arguing here! [Jacquleine turns. "Do you?" Ensof shakes his head. "Not if I can help it. Go!"] That'd be bloody stupid. Since when has that stopped people here, Herman? Does sometimes. Not often, but sometimes. Hey, I am strictly against stupid. * Lazar gets on the swirlies. [The NPCs get on the teleporter. Woo.] * Togo does, as well. [Ensof mutters, "Sorry." He holds his hand over the console. It glows! and Ashley can go to bed now.] [I mean, you teleport out of there.] [Session end]