Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 137: Breaking Boxes
Date: 5:32:26 PM, February 8th; 5:58:50 PM, February 9th, 2005.
Digifanatic attacks again with a Golf Club swing.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Metal Man: "Alright! It's time for a beatdown!"
Charles Magellean: "Is he at critical... can I get up to an open cockpit again!?"
Metal Man leaps up to the cockpit and starts smacking the Hammer Brother.
Metal Man (GM): 20 20 40 20... That's 100. the other one ties with the Hammer Brother's AC, being a normal miss, 'cause it only tied.
Hammer Brother: "Aaaaaaaaah!"
Hammmer Brother: "You die NOW!"
Metal Man (GM): The Hammer Brother fires SIX bullet bills at Metal. CRIT hit miss miss hit miss. 40% damage total.
Metal Man: "OW!"
Digifanatic: "You okay, Metal?"
Metal Man: "Yes."
Digifanatic: "That was a nice little beating you gave him."
Gibby decides to get gasp creative... he puts his gun away, and takes out... THE POISON CAKE! "EAT THIS" He flings it at the hammer brother.
Charles Magellean looks sorta gitty now. There has to be some connection between him and this overkill.
Metal Man (GM): Roll a SPD check ..It lands on the ground and bounces right back into your hands. Unharmed.
Gibby: "...that... was weird."
Metal Man: "...A rubber cake? Amazing!"
Charles Magellean: "...hmm. Never saw that coming."
Gibby: "I blame my cooking."
Metal Man: "Try it again."
Gibby shrugs, and throw it at hammer bro. again.
Metal Man (GM): ...It bounces off the Hammer Brother and back into your hands, UNLESS you use the lucky quirk.
Hammer Brother: "...What the heck?"
Gibby: "Grrr... stupid baking."
Digifanatic: "You've still had better luck than I have today Gibby..."
Charles Magellean gives thumbs up oocly He fires an additional 6 shots.
Metal Man (GM): Hit hit hit hit miss miss.
Charles Magellean holsters his minis. Then he unsheathes his attachment. "SLASH OF THE NIGHT!"
Metal Man (GM): El miss!
Hammer Brother: "You people are just strange... rubber cakes..."
Gibby: "I wouldn't be one to talk, Mr. Cheese doodle brain... head... guy!"
Wolfman runs to the Bro and uses one of his rare moves... the Spin Attack. "Take this!"
Hammer Brother: "...Ahhhh!! A DISHWASHER MACHINES!!"
Metal Man (GM): He flees away from the attack.
Wolfman jumps... and spins backwards to the others.
Metal Man (GM): But is still in the battle.
Wolfman recovers from his mistake somehow... he runs over and just gives him a good smashing RIGHT hook this time. (punch is a punch... doesn't matter the hand; -2 accuracy)
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Wolfman got his angst out.
Digifanatic: "I do believe we're going somewhere."
Charles Magellean: "Come on... come on... show me a metal cockpit that's broken..."
Digifanatic starts his round with a Fire Punch.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Digifanatic continues with Thunderstorm.
Charles Magellean: "...It's lookin' beatin up..."
Metal Man: "Okay, it's time for deadly destruction! Hyaaaaaah!" *He hurls jacks at the enemy.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit miss. 10 damage.
Metal Man: "And now... uhhh... Take this!"
Metal Man (GM): miss CRIT hit 30% damage.
Hammer Brother: "Yikes! That hurt! I better eat!"
Metal Man (GM): the Hammer Brother eats two bags of cheese noodles. He regains 50% HP.
Hammer Brother: "And now... eat this, infidel!"
Metal Man (GM): He fires two Bullet Bills at Locos. 10% per hit.
Gibby: "No... eat THIS!"
Charles Magellean is at borderline.
Gibby flings that cake at him.
Metal Man (GM): The cake bounces.
Gibby: "...I'm never getting rid of this thing."
Digifanatic: "Forget the cake for now, man... the thing's almost finished."
Wolfman thinks that is a stupid cake of dunce.
Metal Man: "Try again."
Gibby: "It's the principle of the matter though..."
Digifanatic: "True..."
Gibby tries it again.
Charles Magellean: "...A gun shot from who?"
Metal Man (GM): It hits him!
Gibby: "THERE!"
Metal Man (GM): What does it do, again?
Hammer Brother: "ICK! ICK! DISGUSTING!"
Charles Magellean: "Slash of the night!"
Metal Man (GM): Miss
Deloth: "Kuso..."
Wolfman fires two regular Howl Buster shots against this guy first.
Metal Man (GM): Miss crit.
Wolfman at least landed that one. He stops his turn early.
Deloth: *No poison damage for me.*
Metal Man (GM): Deloth is unpoisoned.
Deloth: *Defends.*
Digifanatic: "Well... if I do my calculations correctly..." *He swings the Golf Club He defends! He doesn't defend... but repeats the same before* "Dah... I'm sorry guys..."
Metal Man: "Uhhhhh... what should I do?" *He decides to copy everyone.*
Wolfman hopes the Bro stops his poison.
Deloth: *Gulp.*
Hammer Brother: "Why are you all acting like idiots all of a sudden?"
Metal Man (GM): He beats the poison.
Gibby: "Digi, give me the golf club! I can try hitting him with it!"
Metal Man (GM): Then Digi manages to dodge himself.
Charles Magellean: "I don't know... I'm just following with the crowd."
Digifanatic: "Alright..."
Metal Man (GM): The Hammer Brother then starts shooting bullet bills at Gibby.
Gibby actually gets HIT! "Ow... about time!"
Charles Magellean defends for his turns.
Digifanatic hands Gibby his club. "Be careful with Bertha."
Gibby: "Gotcha!"
Metal Man (GM): 10% per hit
Digifanatic: "Aww boy..."
Gibby attempts to hit with TEH RUNNING KICK! He tries that again.
Metal Man (GM): Hit. 777.... For his counter attack, the Hammer Brother eats cheese doo.... ..Just kidding. He attacks everyone with a ramming attack.
Gibby moves out of the way.
Metal Man (GM): ...And misses everybody.
Wolfman dodges that one easily.
Deloth steps aside calmly.
Charles Magellean jumps onto the cockpit with his dodge.
Metal Man (GM): And now... *confetti* *flashing lights* *balloons* Jackpot roll!
Gibby: "WHEEEE!!!!"
Wolfman notes the whole room going crazy.....
Charles Magellean: *We get crap.*
Metal Man (GM): You may reroll, so... 3201 coins. Roll is not in here. These were my dice.
Metal Man: "...Woohoo! Lots of money! Kinda."
Wolfman notices strange decorations all around... and his pockets a lot more full.
Deloth gets showered with coins "YEEEEEEEE!"
Charles Magellean: "...Whoa."
Gibby grabs coin after coin.
Deloth: "Now that that's over, let's KILL!"
Charles Magellean: "Since I'm up here... on the machine..."
Metal Man: "We could trick him to healing himself repeatedly."
Charles Magellean tries a thief quirk.
Metal Man (GM): Miss!
Charles Magellean shrugs.
Metal Man (GM): Miss again.
Charles Magellean hops off.
Wolfman decides to stick to his good old swords dancing against this creep.
Metal Man (GM): Two hits.
Wolfman then goes for the killer smash... again, left hook at -2 accuracy.
Charles Magellean: "Aim the cockpit!"
Wolfman goes for the COCKPIT.
Metal Man (GM): Miss of doom!
Wolfman doesn't get there.
Metal Man (GM): Attack, finally!
Charles Magellean: "...I calculate just 47 more ..."
Deloth jumps up and strikes the cockpit with a Friction Slash.
Metal Man (GM): just like punishmen--- Hit.
Deloth: *22% Fire damage.*
Metal Man (GM): My turn!
Metal Man throws two DVDs at the Overkill.
Metal Man (GM): One hit. 9% damage.
Charles Magellean: "Don't overkill the Overkill, kay?"
Metal Man: "Of course not."
Metal Man (GM): The Overkill, now angry and confused, and out of ideas... He fires at Locos with a hail of bullet bills. CRIT hit hit hit hit. 60% damage.
Charles Magellean is now spluttered... blood and body parts are all over. ...His liver rolls near Wolf.
Gibby performs a running kick... his weakest attack.
Metal Man (GM): You're counter-attacked with a bomb.
Gibby is actually glad he crit missed... again... with the same move...
Metal Man (GM): ...No counter-counters. Your next action, please.
Gibby tries his running punch... same damage as the kick.
Metal Man (GM): Locos's single action. He returns from death.
Gibby: "DO IT, LOCOS!"
Deloth: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Charles Magellean: "...Deja vu, Constantinople!"
Hammer Brother: "I'm out of Cheese Doodles!"
Charles Magellean climbs up the Overkill+. "...Guess what?"
Hammer Brother: "It's Hammer Time!"
Charles Magellean: "As you have not learned from your mistake, history tends to repeat itself." *He breaks through the crippled metal cockpit and attempt to grab the Hammer Brother.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit! Oh. Hit!
Charles Magellean: *Smb2 pickup* "Let's see if you remember this..." *He turns to where the black smoke comes out of the vase. He then attempts to throw the Hammer Brother into the air, go into an arc, and head facefirst into the smoking vase.*
Metal Man (GM): It goes in....
Charles Magellean quikly hops off.
Metal Man (GM): ...you hear an explosion. The entire thing explodes. -800 more EXP-
Gibby: "Woah..."
Charles Magellean clasps his hands.
Metal Man (GM): ....... Bowser is inside, in the Clown Car. With... the key.
Bowser: "Hyaaah haaah hahahahahaha."
Wolfman has gained a level... to level 13?!?
Deloth: "GIVE IT!"
Charles Magellean: "There. As history repeats itself, so does the hammer brother go into the vase and it destroys the overkill. ...a second time."
Bowser: "You have done well, breaking into this castle, and dismantling my beloved Overkill 3000+..."
Metal Man (GM): Damage: $20,000
Charles Magellean: "...Twice."
Bowser: "Alas, your mission has mostly failed."
Metal Man (GM): 14/100
Gibby: "Huh? How come?"
Bowser: "86 crates of Grunty's Goods were successfully evacuated."
Charles Magellean: "...King Koopa... whatever happened to serving in the Magllean Military?"
Deloth: "Hrm... I wonder where those crates went."
Gibby: "I thought we got all the crates that we passed by..."
Bowser: "While you played with the security code, a silent alarm went off. Repeatedly."
Deloth: "OH KUSO."
Gibby: "...D'OH!"
Charles Magellean: "At least someone in my military was thinking."
Deloth discreetly nudges Ari.
Bowser: "We removed the goods and replaced them with this killing machine that you destroyed. However... I have no time to fight you."
Metal Man (GM): Bowser pulls out a little TNT box.
Bowser: "Goodbye."
Gibby: "...oh dear..."
Charles Magellean: "Good, cause that would be a violation of the contract---hey!"
Deloth: "Aw, man..."
Metal Man (GM): He presses the box. The castle begins exploding.
Gibby: "RUN FOR IT!"
Wolfman: "No kidding!"
Charles Magellean: "OH don't tell me... you work for Grunty as well?!"
Deloth: "Time to book it."
Wolfman: "Locos, this is NO time for delegations!"
Bowser: "This is not a violation."
Gibby heads to the nearest exit.
Bowser: "I do not work for Grunty."
Wolfman follows Gibby.
Bowser: "I took these goods hostage."
Charles Magellean: "Oh hell yes it is. He served me, and is now attempting to kill me."
Bowser: "And I sold the 86 remaining boxes for a huge profit."
Charles Magellean: "For now, ...we leave."
Deloth follows behind Gibby "We'll be back, slimeball."
Bowser: "And you're just... in the way of an unexpected detonation."
Metal Man (GM): Bowser flies off.
Charles Magellean follows deloth that follows the wolfman that follows the gibby. "...He denys that he is trying to kill me as a Quester."
Metal Man: "...Guys... we're stuck here... the exit exploded."
Metal Man (GM): You guys reach a blocked place.
Deloth looks around desperately.
Wolfman tries to find a way out... and he's reached some blocked place instead.
Deloth: "We can still track down the crates and key later. For right now, we save our skin."
Metal Man: "...what will we do?"
Gibby: "Crap..."
Metal Man (GM): The place is crumbling around everybody, slowly.
Charles Magellean: "I say... we warp!"
Wolfman pulls out his Dex. "SIMBER, VG, whoever is there, any chance we can get out of here?"
Deloth pulls out his Dex also "SOS! SOS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
Smash Dex: "...*Static* *Static* ...Communication accomplished. Linking to... ... ...Zio."
Zio: "Hello, Questers."'
Charles Magellean: "...Shut it down!"
Zio: "Welcome... to your doom."
Deloth slaps his Dex shut.
Zio: "I shall serenade you with my ha----"
Charles Magellean: "...wolf... turn it off."
Deloth: "We are soooo dead."
Wolfman: *Sarcastic* "Gee, thanks. Bye." *Hangup.*
Metal Man (GM): ...It turns off.
Smash Dex: "Chaos Emerald detected."
Charles Magellean: "...Okay, plan--c...?!"
Gibby: "BUH????"
Deloth: "You're kidding."
Smash Dex: "...Seven Chaos emeralds..."
Wolfman: "Now what do--"
Gibby: "BUH BUH BUH????"
Charles Magellean: "...So much for them being sealed."
Wolfman: "Dex, see if you can point us in the right direction. ...as quickly as possible I might add."
Smash Dex: "To the right."
Deloth heads right.
Wolfman goes to the right.
Gibby follows.
Charles Magellean goes to the right of his current position.
Metal Man (GM): A new door has appeared during the destruction, which you head through. You find... the emeralds. In a ring. Unguarded.
Wolfman: "...you were wrong Locos; they ARE sealed."
Deloth: "Well, that is certainly a mixed feeling."
Wolfman gets the ring.
Charles Magellean: "They were sealed here for a reason... DON'T TOUCH IT!" *He jumps onto Wolfman to stop him.*
Wolfman gets knocked away for... what does that do?
Aribar catches up to the others... He was knocked out earlier by some falling rubble... Yeah.
Deloth: "Locos, if we don't get out of here, Mewtwo will have to get us in a dustpan!"
Metal Man (GM): Wolfman is stopped.
Aribar: "Hey guys! Sorry about befo---..." *He looks at the emerald and his face loses all color.*
Wolfman: "Ouch... Locos, what's the big idea? Aren't we supposed to get the emeralds?"
Deloth: "Look, I'll do it." *He grabs the ring.*
Wolfman gets up and tries again...
Aribar: "..."
Charles Magellean: "No... Ivan has sealed the emeralds to prevent them from being misused."
Deloth: "WE HAVE NO CHOICE!"
Wolfman: "And you think I'd misuse them?"
Charles Magellean tries to grab deloth.
Wolfman: "I had the Triforce of Power for a time, and I returned that safely... I never used it."
Charles Magellean pulls out his guns.
Aribar: .oO(Think... You have to... But how? ... Locos is... But...)
Metal Man (GM): Deloth is about to... roll the guns.
Wolfman: "I'd think I'm more than qualified to watch over the ring of emeralds."
Deloth: "Oh, no you don't."
Aribar: "Deloth, listen to Locos!"
Charles Magellean: "...I would sooner die than let these things go into the wrong hands."
Wolfman: "Do you not trust us?"
Deloth: "Locos, you sicken me."
Metal Man (GM): Deloth: You can touch the emeralds now.
Charles Magellean: "We go against Ivan's request, then we are as bad as the Quester Hunters."
Metal Man (GM): Though you might be shot.
Charles Magellean: "..."
Metal Man (GM): The place continues to collapse. You hear stuff falling in nearby.
Charles Magellean holsters his guns.
Deloth notices the rapidly crumbling ceiling.
Charles Magellean: "...I will grab them."
Gibby: "Lets GO!"
Aribar: "..."
Charles Magellean disappears and grabs them first.
Aribar looks away as Locos grabs them.
Deloth pockets the ring.
Metal Man (GM): Locos touches them....
Wolfman just lets Locos have them...
Aribar: "Sorry..."
Metal Man (GM): ...And turns to stone. Zio appears in the center of them, laughing.
Gibby: "LOCOS!"
Deloth: "We'll seal them up later. For right now, we have to... What the che?!"
Aribar: "...Dammit, Zio! You did this!"
Zio: "I tried to warn you... but you wouldn't listen."
Wolfman: .oO(Okay, what the?)
Gibby: "Turn him back to normal!"
Wolfman: "I lost the connection before I hung up, so I never heard the whole message."
Aribar rushes at Zio and recklessly slashes at the Black Magician.
Deloth is very, very mad.
Metal Man (GM): You stab Zio... an invisisble force field blocks you. Zio laughs.
Gibby takes a look at Locos.
Wolfman: "...how that we have your attention, how do we fix this?"
Charles Magellean request had been granted. He would sacrifice himself than let others control the mad power... even if it was a fake.
Aribar: "If it wasn't for you... And your... It is still there, huh?"
Zio: "You die. The Magic Barrier? Yes."
Aribar: "No... You KNOW what I mean."
Gibby: "Locos, you silly twit... now look what you got yourself into."
Deloth suddenly relaxes.
Zio: "Now then... unfortunately for you, these are not the emeralds."
Deloth: "So, we're going to die. Then we'll see you in hell, Zio."
Metal Man (GM): Zio waves his hands. They turn into... Gorgon heads in bags... which then explode.
Zio: "I'm sorry, but I will never die. No one can save you now."
Gibby: "The Questers will never die!"
Wolfman: "...not even you?"
Zio: "No, not even I."
Aribar: "..."
Metal Man (GM): The room is just about to collapse.
Wolfman: "Can you not, or will you not?"
Zio: "You are doomed."
Wolfman is hoping to try some sort of reason.
Aribar cries out and begins striking Zio's barrier. Even if it is hopeless he wants to try everything he can to kill that blasted magician.
Wolfman wonders how we can get out now... He looks for some sort of exit.
Metal Man (GM): Zio laughs. There is no escape.
Deloth examines the ring he found.
Metal Man (GM): He walks towards Aribar, and powers up attack... Deloth: It's weird... a diamond ring.
Deloth: "Hrm."
Gibby: "Zio, it doesn't matter what happens. The Questers will never die. No matter what happens to us, there will always be more Questers picking up the pieces we dropped. For as long as you shall live, there will ALWAYS be Questers!!"
Deloth scans it.
Aribar: "Curse you, Zio. Curse you to the very Abyss you crawled out of!"
Zio: "It is time that I destroyed you."
Metal Man (GM): Zio fires a Dark Energy wave DIRECTLY into Aribar... it bounces off of him.
Deloth: "What the..."
Metal Man (GM): In fact... a shadow forms off of Aribar.
Zio: "What? This cannot be!"
Metal Man (GM): He backs off.
Aribar: "..." *The elf looks confused, but he tries to take advantage over the situation.* "Zio, don't you know? Never mess with a Jentanian Wizard. No one has done so and lived..."
Shadow Aribar: "You cannot destroy me. You made me."
Smash Dex: "Error. Battery low."
Wolfman tries to use his dex... he wasn't here as long.
Smash Dex: "Error. Unable to scan."
Deloth: "Okay, okay, what is going on here?"
Zio: "...You cannot save them."
Gibby stands next to the locos statue, watching...
Shadow Aribar: "They are MY prey alone. They, and that key... and those boxes. So long, Black Magician."
Deloth: "...Prey?"
Metal Man (GM): *WARP* The group warps...... *WARP* *WARP* *WARP* The group, including Shadow Aribar and Locos's statue, warp into a large, blue room ...A blue palace-esque room.
Gibby: "Whe... where are we?"
Wolfman gets himself reoriented "...good question." *He tries to get a good look at the room.*
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar is standing in the center... he's looking at Locos's dead stone statue.
Aribar looks at his... Shadow. "I think another good question is who are you?"
Shadow Aribar: "...I am Shadow Aribar." (Picture the inverse of Aribar's voice, but male)
Gibby pokes the floor.
Aribar: "Nice explanation... So what are you going to do? Fight us? Or stay with os right now?"
Shadow Aribar: "I am conflicted."
Wolfman: "In what way?"
Gibby: "I get the same way when I eat too much."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You're with the group. Everyone is in a blue palace room.
Garrick Fy`aar looks around, thinking quietly.
Metal Man (GM): A dark shadow of Aribar is there.
Shadow Aribar: "Well... Zio tried to kill me. He also tried to kill Locos."
Gibby: "Speaking of Locos... how are we going to get him back to normal?"
Aribar: "...Zio won't st--... Errr..." *He looks at Gibby.*
Garrick Fy`aar remains silent for the moment, his gun clenched in his hand. He doesn't trust most of this... too fishy for him...
Gibby taps the statue with his fin.
Aribar: "...It is impossible... He's forever cursed. I think..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Nothing is impossible."
Shadow Aribar: "...Locos... I need to revive him at all costs."
Gibby: "WHAT? FOREVER??? THAT'S LIKE A LONG TIME!"
Wolfman: "How should we go about that then?"
Aribar: "Garrick... You don't understand, and I can't explain it... Our number one objective should be to get back to the stadium... I guess. Shadow, where did you warp us to?"
Shadow Aribar: "This... is the palace of the Gods, located in the World of the Gods."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...palace of the Gods?"
Gibby: "Well if anyone can turn Locos back to normal, it would definitely be a God!"
Aribar: "W-what?! ... Umm... And I take it you just can't warp us back to the stadium?"
Shadow Aribar: "...I cannot. That power was accidental."
Garrick Fy`aar slowly walks around the room they're in, studying it. He looks for anything that might be interesting...
Wolfman: "Perhaps we should explore this palace then... gather some information."
Aribar: "Go fig... So I guess we have to find a God of Warping and hope we don't run into any of the nasty gods?"
Gibby: "I guess... And a God of un-stoning... ...un... statuing?"
Shadow Aribar: "Hmmmmm... I know... a way out of here. However, we need a mirror. Meanwhile, I shall try to heal Locos."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar goes to Locos and starts casting a variety of weird healing spells on him.
Gibby watches Shadow Aribar go to work.
Wolfman also is curious as to what Shadow Aribar is doing...
Garrick Fy`aar takes what Shadow Aribar says and looks about for a mirror or a doorway to some new room where there might be one.
Aribar looks weirdly at Shadow Aribar... He's interested in those spells he's casting.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick discovers his own shoe. Aribar: Those spells are specifically... Whallerese. Locos's statue glows a bit.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...hmm..." *Garrick finds that his shoe is untied. He quickly ties it before searching around again...*
Aribar: "...You really are my shadow. I know all of those spells... I think."
Gibby: "Hey! I think it's working!"
Wolfman is lucky he doesn't have shoes... that need tying.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick discovers another shoe.
Aribar: "..." *He steps away from his shadow, a little jealous of it's powers... He looks about the room for sand, mirrors, or doorways.*
Garrick Fy`aar finds that... his other boot is also untied... blasted knots... he ties it quick and looks to Ari, who apparently is also searching and probably is having more luck.
Metal Man (GM): Aribar: You discover one stuck in a wall. Strangely. Locos's body finally finishes glowing... his head is unstoned. But nothing else.
Gibby notices Ari at a window, and walks up to him. *Err... mirror.*
Aribar: "There it is... In that wall. Do your work, Shadow." *He points to the wall where the mirror is.*
Wolfman is just in awe at what's going on... the head has turned back to normal.
Metal Man (GM): Locos: You suddenly wake up, unable to move or feel anywhere else than your head... But you can see and talk.
Charles Magellean yawns.
Metal Man (GM): ...Standing over you is a Shadowy Aribar....
Garrick Fy`aar sees that Ari has found his mirror... so he decides to keep looking for anything that might be interesting... he flips out his Dex and does a scan of the area...
Metal Man (GM): ...And you see Aribar pointing out a mirror.
Gibby sees Locos's head now unstoned, and he runs back to him. "Locos! You're-partly-cured!"
Charles Magellean: "Hello, hello! I see ya found something."
Aribar: "Oh, hello, Locos. This is what you get for stealing."
Shadow Aribar: "I have saved your head. For we need your help. We need to get out of this mysterious palace."
Charles Magellean: "I'LL KILL YO----oh hello. Who you be?"
Shadow Aribar: "We have a mirror. I am... Shadow Aribar."
Gibby: "Yeah... weallgotwarpedtothisblueplaceandnowwejustfoundamirrorthattheshadowofaribarcanusetogetusoutofhere!" *He catches his breath.*
Shadow Aribar: "I wish to protect you and Doopliss. But we must get out of this place."
Wolfman: "Gibby, slow down."
Shadow Aribar: "Do you know how to use a mirror?"
Gibby: "Sorry... I got excited."
Charles Magellean: "No."
Aribar: "...Wait, slow down... Can you tell me WHY you wish to protect that horrible mimicker, Doopliss?"
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar raises an eyebrow.
Aribar: "Just... Wondering."
Shadow Aribar: "Why of course, I wouldn't be a very good curse if I didn't annoy you."
Garrick Fy`aar stops.
Charles Magellean: "Ahh of course. I should've known."
Aribar: "..."
Shadow Aribar: "Such people as Doopliss and Locos are excellent people to annoy you for me... while I get a lavish hut in the islands, far far away."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Nova, come in, can you read?"
Charles Magellean: "Shadow Aribar is an amalgamation of all the curses that you've received, ari."
Smash Dex: "...Bzzzzzzt..."
Gibby: "...amal-who?"
Charles Magellean: "Garrick, would you give Nova a rest!? You rely on him far too much."
Wolfman: "You don't see me calling SIMBER every time I get in a jam, do you? For all we know, we just have to use our head..." *Walks by a wall* "...and use it!" *Bangs it.*
Charles Magellean: "Let's see... a way out... a way out."
Gibby goes back to that mirror, and inspects it.
Aribar: "Well, Shadow, you said you needed a mirror, right? Well, you've got it. Use it."
Charles Magellean: "It means a unity of several things, Gibby."
Metal Man (GM): The wall does not break.
Wolfman: "Ow... okay, not exactly like that."
Garrick Fy`aar ignores them, continuing to look around.
Shadow Aribar: "But... I just thought somebody else could use it."
Wolfman: "But I think you get the point."
Gibby pokes the mirror.
Charles Magellean: "Garrick has the right idea. Since none know how to use this reflecting surface, we best search for something else."
Shadow Aribar: "...Something told me... Do you know?"
Charles Magellean: "...It means you're lonely."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar goes and kicks the mirror. Nothing happens.
Gibby: "Watch it!" *He steps aside.*
Aribar: "...My shadow's an idiot..."
Charles Magellean: "Stop standing around do look around this place!"
Gibby goes to look for a door or something.
Shadow Aribar: "Well, I am only made out of evil curses. None of them gave you more intelligence."
Metal Man (GM): ...you find a lot of sealed doorways.
Shadow Aribar: "Let me try the mirror again."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar takes the mirror and shows it to Locos. Gibby: You find... ... ...a plaque.
Gibby takes a look at the plaque.
Charles Magellean sees his own reflection. "Hmmm... I need a shave."
Metal Man (GM): The plaque says the following:
Wolfman just watches the others right now... he feels a little lost, and so takes this time to meditate or something.
Plaque: "This holy room has been sealed permanently. There is no escape... but two. One shall use the mirror. The other is a secret."
Aribar: "Okay, Shadow, just tell us how we use the mirror to get out of here... If you can."
Gibby: "Hmmm..."
Shadow Aribar: "I read to use the mirror. How do you use the mirror to get out of here?"
Gibby: "Hey guys, check out this plaque!"
Charles Magellean: "I'd help Garrick, but I'm stuck with this weird bunch."
Wolfman recovers from his thing... He goes to the plaque.
Garrick Fy`aar suddenly turns to look at Shadow Aribar.
Aribar looks at the plaque.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...what did you say?"
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar makes the Locos statue w/living head stand up and turns it towards the plaque.
Shadow Aribar: "How do you use the mirror to get out of here?"
Gibby reads it out loud... but you already know what it says anyway.
Shadow Aribar: "The other secret thing has to be here somewhere..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...you've got to be kidding me. Let me see that mirror."
Gibby: "Maybe it's one of those doors."
Wolfman: "The times I wish I still had my old search helmet..."
Shadow Aribar: "At least we're safe. I was afraid somebody would break Locos."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar gives Garrick the mirror.
Charles Magellean: "...Yeah. I'm safe." *He gives shifty eyes.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Right, now... what we need is..."
Shadow Aribar: "A mirror-portal?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "No... something... something that's easy to cut."
Gibby: "Paper!"
Garrick Fy`aar looks around the room for something...
Aribar: "...Cloth?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "No, it's gotta be denser... like wood."
Shadow Aribar: "Wood? Hmmmm..."
Gibby: "Good answer, good answer!"
Shadow Aribar: "The plaque is made of wood."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Perfect."
Aribar: "Locos's head is as dense as wood... If not more."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Bring it here."
Wolfman: "Wait... are you saying we have to use the plaque?"
Gibby: "Maybe..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Now, the riddle went like this..."
Charles Magellean: "Ari... if I could reach you, I would hurt you."
Aribar takes the plaque and hands it to Garrick before sticking his tongue out at Locos.
Shadow Aribar: "I shall hurt him for you."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar runs up to Aribar and pinches his tongue.
Garrick Fy`aar: "There was a man in a room that had no doors, no windows. Only a table and a mirror. He got out..."
Aribar: "Aah! Letgoletgoletgoletgo!"
Charles Magellean: "I don't see how."
Metal Man (GM): He lets it go with a slightly painful 'SNAP' noise.
Gibby: "HEY! I think I know that one..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...first, he looked into the mirror and see'd what he saw..."
Wolfman: "Garrick... are you suggesting some sort of play on words?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...or something like that..." *He looks into the mirror...*
Gibby: "Then he took the saw!"
Aribar: "You better be careful, buddy... The original is always better than the fake."
Wolfman doesn't remember reading about this... joke, or riddle, or whatever, back in his time.
Shadow Aribar: "Locos. Is there anything else you want me to go for you?"
Charles Magellean: "No."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You see your reflection.
Garrick Fy`aar thinks, then reaches INTO the mirror...
Shadow Aribar: "Very well."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar goes over and watches Garrick.
Shadow Aribar: "We must get Locos to a doctor."
Garrick Fy`aar wonders if he's just doing something stupid, but he's still trying to reach into the mirror, if possible.
Aribar looks at the statue of Locos. "Would it be a shame if Locos was broken?"
Gibby: "Don't even THINK about it, Ari..."
Aribar: "Too late... About thinking about it." *He walks over to where Shadow Aribar and the others are, smiling...*
Gibby: "Somebody keep an eye on Ari..."
Shadow Aribar: "I will protect Locos. Please do not touch him. He is somewhat fragile in this strange condition."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You touch the mirror's surface....
Wolfman: "Very well."
Metal Man (GM): It feels magical. Like... a magic mirror. Your hand also partially sinks into it... it feels like there's a button inthere.
Gibby: "Got anything?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...brace yourselves for something... anything..." *He presses the button*
Shadow Aribar: "Hey... that mirror looks dangerous!"
Wolfman: "Right."
Metal Man (GM): *Dark World Warping Music.*
Charles Magellean: "Iii... thought so."
Metal Man (GM): Everybody, including Locos, appears in a dark world version of the area.
Gibby: "Oh no... not THIS again!"
Wolfman feels the colors... changing...
Metal Man (GM): Nobody is transformed, but it's now all red. There's a single doorway out.
Gibby: "There!" *He runs to the door.*
Shadow Aribar: "Wow... this place feels like home."
Wolfman: "What type of mirror is that?"
Metal Man (GM): The door is open.
Aribar: "...Why do I have the feeling that a certain dark magician's deity is in here?"
Shadow Aribar: "A magic mirror!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Well, it didn't go the way I planned it, but still..."
Aribar unsheaths his sword and walks out of the doorway...
Wolfman: "Aren't they supposed to go the OTHER way?" *He follows Aribar out to the door.*
Gibby walks into the doorway.
Garrick Fy`aar places the mirror into his usual pack of items and heads through the door, drawing his handgun.
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar picks up Locos's statue and starts moving. Everybody moves into an identical room... except there's four mirrors.
Charles Magellean: "Thanks."
Shadow Aribar: "You're welcome."
Gibby: "Oh great... MORE mirrors."
Shadow Aribar: "...What a weird place... who would maintain so many mirrors? And what do they go to?"
Wolfman: "...I'd be careful here."
Aribar walks over to the opposite mirror of the doorway and pokes it with his sword.
Wolfman: "I did read up that some enemies like to use mirrors for their advantage... Just pray it's not some magic loving Wizrobe or something." *He doesn't understand how Link can handle those creatures.*
Metal Man (GM): The sword and Aribar disappear.
Gibby: "Ari!"
Shadow Aribar: "Should we follow him?"
Wolfman: "Aribar, did you even hear----Ari?" *He looks to where Ari... well, was.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "I'm going to follow him, he'll need some back up... where ever he is."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar pulls out a dark version of the dex and uses it on the mirror.
Smash Dex: "...DING!"
Gibby: "Agreed."
Smash Dex: "Mirror to: Inside Grunty's tower."
Wolfman sees Shadow Aribar pull up a... smash dex? What the? "...what of the other mirrors?"
Smash Dex: "Scanning... DING! DING! DING! Girl's Bathroom inside SSQ HQ, outside mirror near Zio's castle... And... Mysterious Mirror, which hasn't been set."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...are you thinking what I'm thinking?" *He looks to Locos.*
Wolfman: "The Girl's Bathroom? But who..."
Gibby: "I think so Garrick, but if jimmy cracks corn, and nobody cares, why does he still do it?"
Wolfman: *Facefaults.*
Charles Magellean: "Someone smack gibby."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar smacks Gibby.
Gibby: "OW!"
Shadow Aribar: "I wasn't really thinking, but those mirrors were intriguing."
Garrick Fy`aar does the whole -_- face. "No, you fool. Locos' brother."
Wolfman: "...do you think Lumis resides here?"
Shadow Aribar: "...Who is this 'Lumis'? This place is creepy... I hope Aribar is okay... ...Because if he's dead, I can't annoy him."
Garrick Fy`aar: "It makes a perfect escape... using a Magic Mirror to warp to the Dark World... then using these mirrors to get from place to place... genius..."
Wolfman: "...Lumis, if I remember right, is Locos's brother."
Garrick Fy`aar: "It would appear like he just warped out of thin air."
Gibby: "I think it would be best if we all went one way."
Shadow Aribar: "How... strange..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Yeah, let's follow Ari."
Shadow Aribar: "But he must have something else."
Charles Magellean: "It's possible that this Dark World version of the Palace is somekind of Nexus that Lumis can easily get to."
Garrick Fy`aar walks up the mirror Ari walked through and touches it with the tip of his gun.
Wolfman: "We'll have to remember to come back here later..." *He looks at the unused mirror. He wonders if it's a good idea to actually go through there... (INT check; metal, decide)*
Metal Man (GM): Garrick disappears into the mirror. Wolfman: You decide it's a good idea to try it.
Wolfman: "...guys, don't ask me why: I think it's best that someone joins me to this other mirror." *He goes towards the unused mirror.*
Gibby: "I'll join, wolfy!" *He follows teh Wolfman.*
Charles Magellean: "I'm not sure that that mirror will go anywhere."
Wolfman sticks his hand through it if possible. "It probably will if the other three did."
Metal Man (GM): Gibby and Wolfman touch the mirror.
Charles Magellean: "It takes powerful magic to make a certain object a portkey."
Gibby: "Here goes nothing..."
Wolfman nods, and attempts to go through the mirror... somehow.
Metal Man (GM): The mirror... is a normal mirror.
Gibby: "Aww..."
Charles Magellean: "I told you. It hasn't been transformed, ergo we cannot use it."
Shadow Aribar: "...I think this is not a mirror that cannot be used unless Lumis touches it."
Gibby: "Eggo?"
Wolfman: "...fair enough. Gibby, let's go rescue Aribar." *He goes towards the Grunty mirror.*
Charles Magellean: "I agree. Shadow! Towards your target!"
Gibby follow Wolf to the mirror.
Shadow Aribar: "Alright."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar takes Locos and goes into the Grunty mirror. *WARP* *Several more warp noises* You all appear in a room that's... rather plain. There's a single door out.
Gibby: "...guess we got lucky."
Aribar: "What took you so long?"
Shadow Aribar: "We tried the other mirror."
Wolfman: "Fair enough."
Metal Man (GM): ...Doopliss is in the doorway, reaching for the knob as the door opens.
Gibby follows Ari.
Doopliss: "...Hello."
Garrick Fy`aar smirks, cocking his gun right as he sees Doopliss. "Funny meeting you here, old chum..."
Aribar: "...'allo, evil one."
Wolfman just tenses up a little bit.
Gibby: "Uhh... hi."
Aribar readies Moonlight.
Shadow Aribar: "Hello, Doopliss!"
Aribar: "Let us pass if you don't want another beating."
Charles Magellean: "Why, hello faithful Doopliss."
Doopliss: "...You're not Lumis... How did you use the mirror?"
Charles Magellean: "Funny story actually..."
Doopliss: "Huh."
Aribar: "...We killed Lumis."
Doopliss: "...Yay!"
Gibby: "...that's not funny!"
Wolfman doesn't remember killing Lumis...
Aribar: "Which means we're strong enough to kill you..."
Doopliss: "Now I'm the king of copying!"
Charles Magellean: "My friend is lying. We did not kill him."
Aribar: "...Locos!"
Gibby: "Wait... did we, or didn't we?"
Doopliss: "...Meanie. Trying to lie to get ahead."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Page out of your book, if I'm not mistaken."
Doopliss: "I'm going to have to destroy you for that... that Lumis guy helped me unlock new powers which will destroy you!"
Aribar: "Just let us pass, bed sheet."
Shadow Aribar: "...Ahem."
Gibby: "Awww..."
Shadow Aribar: "Please step aside, noble Questers."
Wolfman steps aside.
Shadow Aribar: "I shall make a deal with him."
Gibby: "...uhh... why?"
Aribar: "...Quiet, Shadow." *He stays in the doorway.*
Gibby: "Oh... works for me I guess."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...do what he says... Ari, back up..."
Shadow Aribar: "You will be able to get out of this room without being killed."
Gibby steps aside also.
Charles Magellean: "Aribar, do not forget what I said to you."
Garrick Fy`aar takes Ari by the upper arm and pulls him to the side.
Aribar: "Garrick, do you really trust my shadow?" *He tries to resist.*
Shadow Aribar: "It's no problem."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar walks right through Aribar and Garrick.
Aribar: "H-hey!"
Metal Man (GM): both Aribar and Garrick are tickled by it. He reappears next to Doopliss.
Gibby: "Heh... that was cool."
Doopliss: "What's this about a deal?"
Charles Magellean: "Aribar, remember. What you have to do is make it so that you see past yourself so that you can see him."
Shadow Aribar: "Simple. You like annoying Aribar, right?"
Doopliss: "I'd kill that idiot if he didn't keep on having friends in the way!"
Aribar: "...Doopliss doesn't annoy me."
Garrick Fy`aar hmpfs, then slowly reaches a finger onto his gun and flips a small toggle to a different direction. He looks at Ari, then winks very quickly before looking at Shadow Aribar and Doopliss.
Shadow Aribar: "...Well then, how about this. I will annoy him for an entire month if you let us pass."
Doopliss: "...Meh. Fine."
Gibby: "YAY!"
Doopliss: *He walks away.*
Shadow Aribar: "See, it worked!"
Aribar: "..."
Wolfman steps un-aside.
Gibby: "Good job, shadow ari."
Shadow Aribar: "Such dark people like me are trusted by other mean people."
Wolfman: "You have a strange sense of deal making."
Garrick Fy`aar nods slightly. "Let's get moving."
Aribar: "For every day you annoy Locos shall suffer more pain eventually."
Gibby moves onward.
Aribar follows Gibby.
Wolfman follows Gibby.
Garrick Fy`aar heads right behind Gibby, his eyes still darting around.
Shadow Aribar: "...Meh."
Aribar begins smiling as he realizes the Shadow forgot something.
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar carries Locos.
Charles Magellean: "Aribar, I heard that."
Aribar: "Darn... I was hoping you'd be left behind!"
Wolfman: "Aribar, we bring everyone we can."
Aribar: "Yeah, you're right, Wolf. Locos could be a good shield!"
Shadow Aribar: "No. You left me AND Locos behind."
Metal Man (GM): You both head up a random hallway...
Charles Magellean: "I will reach you and I will hurt you, elf!"
Gibby: "Would you two PLEASE stop fighting for once!?!"
Aribar: "Maybe when my Shadow stops following me."
Metal Man (GM): Gibby: You wander into a place which is 'under construction'. With the group.
Gibby: "Don't make me turn this line around!"
Wolfman: "...we might have to Gibby." *He takes a look at the place under construction.*
Gibby stops, and looks.
Shadow Aribar: "What do you think?"
Metal Man (GM): The place is full of wires and consoles. It's empty... all the workers are on lunch break. There's a console.
Gibby: "Hmmm... maybe we should've taken that left at Albuquerque..."
Wolfman: "...Aribar, come with me." *He goes to the console.*
Aribar: "Okay." *He follows Wolfman.*
Wolfman: "Think you are good at working this?"
Metal Man (GM): The console is rather complex.
Aribar: "Possibly..."
Wolfman gets another look.
Aribar attempts to get a map of the tower by using the console.
Metal Man (GM): Bingo! Aribar pulls up a map on the half-constructed screen... so it's only half a map. You're on the half of the screen that works, a blinking red dot. The place you left was the central room of floor 2.
Wolfman gets his smash dex out... he attempts to download the map onto the dex.
Aribar: "I hate this tower..." *He attempts to download it into his Dex for future reference and then looks to see how to get out of there.*
Metal Man (GM): You both download it.
Wolfman: *Zelda "Found item music", plus strange pose.*
Metal Man (GM): Now you can just ask it where you want to go.
Shadow Aribar: "So... Locos... who is this 'Lumis'?"
Wolfman: *Congratulations! You've found the map! Now... do you know how to use it?*
Aribar tries to ask the map how to either get to a warp station, or how to get to the bottom.
Charles Magellean: "Evil twin brother from another dimension. Dark Sorcerer and Master Mimic."
Shadow Aribar: "...Dark... Sorcerer... eh? Does he have anything to do with you?"
Wolfman looks through the map for key locations or something... maybe a new item perhaps. (I'd figure my Salvage Badge would come into play sometime)
Charles Magellean: "Let's focus on what's at hand."
Shadow Aribar: "...Hmmm... "
Metal Man (GM): Wolfman: You search the map...
Smash Dex: "Key found! 86 boxes found! Top room. Floor 5 docking bay."
Gibby: "The boxes!"
Shadow Aribar: "Boxes?"
Metal Man (GM): There's an elevator near back where you started.
Gibby heads to the elevator, and steps inside.
Charles Magellean: "Yes. We are trying to overthrow a green witch named Gruntilda who is trying to monopolize everything, so we are doing our best to destroy her merchandise that are shipped in boxes."
Aribar: "...I take it we should destroy the--yup..." *He dashes after Gibby.*
Wolfman follows Aribar as well after everything got set in .oO(Man, my processor is slow today... probably need to defrag it)
Aribar: "Come on, elevator doors... Close!"
Metal Man (GM): Everybody goes to the elevator ..Well... the carriage is there... one problem. The controls are highly complex. There's a 1 and a 0 keypad. No display, though.
Aribar silently says, "Piffle" as Shadow Aribar and Locos get on... He heads over to the controls.
Shadow Aribar: "...What the heck?"
Aribar: "Hrm..."
Metal Man (GM): The controls are weird.
Wolfman: "...just TWO buttons?"
Gibby: "Hmmm..."
Aribar attempts to make the console take them to the fifth floor docking bay.
Gibby tries to think of a way to use the controls.
Metal Man (GM): Aribar: You think of pressing the 1 button 5 times.
Gibby mimics Ari.
Aribar: "We should press the one button five times."
Metal Man (GM): Gibby: You realize that they're binary code buttons!
Gibby: "Wait a minute, Ari... these buttons are based on binary code."
Shadow Aribar: "...It seems like they're saying the opposite things of what should be expected."
Wolfman attempts to calculate 11111 binary to unary.
Aribar: "Oh... I knew that... I was... Umm... Testing you... Yeah." *The elf's face glows red a bit and he walks off to another corner.*
Metal Man (GM): Wolfman: You get 'Danger: Imminent explosion error'
Shadow Aribar: "Oh, don't worry Aribar."
Gibby: "Hmmm... maybe we have to type in the binary code for the letter "*five.*"
Wolfman: "Or the number..."
Shadow Aribar: "If you hadn't played with that console, we wouldn't know how to do that... or even get here."
Aribar: "Shut up, Shadow... Please."
Wolfman: "Let me think out loud here... 0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101... Perhaps 101."
Gibby: "...was that a guess?"
Wolfman: "101 is binary for 5."
Gibby: "Oh... works for me." *He presses 1,0, and 1*
Metal Man (GM): The door opens. Shadow Aribar walks into the elevator with Locos.
Shadow Aribar: "...You really need a wheelchair of some kind, Locos."
Metal Man (GM): Everyone gets into the elevator. It starts going up.
Gibby: "I think it worked!"
Aribar gets into the elevator and hopes there's no elevator music.
Metal Man (GM): The elevator music is Grunty's theme. It goes up... stops at floor 5. The door opens.
Gibby: "Nice one, Wolf."
Wolfman: "Thank you."
Gibby steps out.
Wolfman exits the elevator.
Metal Man (GM): Several alarms go off.
Computer: "Intruders detected. Sealing off Storage room."
Gibby: "Great..."
Wolfman attempts to GUN IT into the Storage room.
Aribar: "You know Doopliss is going to come after us... Let's go!" *He dashes off the elevator, Moonlight drawn.*
Metal Man (GM): Wolf trips. Shadow Aribar follows Aribar.
Wolfman: "Oomph!"
Gibby tries to do the same as Wolf.
Metal Man (GM): The storage room, as you find it, has a rapidly closing door.
Wolfman gets up and tries that again... if he's able to.
Gibby: "Blast..."
Wolfman stays down.
Metal Man somehow slides in ala Mission Impossible. "Wheeeee!"
Metal Man (GM): Aribar can't get in either... Shadow Aribar gets in WITH Locos's statue.. ..*BANG* *BANG.*
Aribar: "Map, are there any alternative entrances to the storage room?"
Metal Man (GM): The door explodes from behind.
Wolfman gets up in time to see the doors... well, lock.
Metal Man (GM): You see Metal on the other end, having hit it repeatedly.
Wolfman ...or explode.
Metal Man: "Nothing like a couple DVDs to fix an obstinate door. It's meant to keep people out... but not in!"
Aribar: "..." *He steps away from the door and downs his remaining two Maple Syrups.*
Metal Man: "Now then. Let's go."
Gibby: "Heh..." *He moves on.*
Wolfman: "...that's a strange door." *He continues onward.*
Metal Man (GM): The stuff is dead ahead... unguarded.
Aribar heads in. "Okay... Now what?"
Metal Man: "We destroy these boxes."
Shadow Aribar: "Wait!"
Aribar: "You KNOW this is a trap... Shadow, destroy it."
Wolfman: "Allow m--wha?"
Shadow Aribar: "No. These boxes must be trapped."
Wolfman was hoping to get a good use out of his Crush you know.
Aribar: "...You use Whallerese magic, right?"
Wolfman: "Can they be destroyed safely in a small distance?"
Shadow Aribar: "Yes, I do... but I'm detecting something. Something dangerous."
Wolfman: "...in other words, we can't attack them yet."
Aribar: "...Blow it all up with a White Fire before said 'dangerous thing' comes then!"
Computer: "Intruders have breached compartment 15. Automated defense online."
Shadow Aribar: "...Ooookay!"
Metal Man (GM): He tries... it doesn't even come out.
Shadow Aribar: "...Oh. Sorry. I can't do my magic yet..."
Aribar: "...Yet? But you were doing it before!"
Shadow Aribar: "Only on Locos and Doopliss. How odd."
Aribar: "..."
Wolfman: "Fine... guys, cover me."
Shadow Aribar: "Something... blocks it."
Aribar smacks his head with his hand.
Wolfman: "You have 10 seconds to stop me." *He crouches down.*
Metal Man (GM): Grunty appears.
Aribar: "Just DO it, Wolf!"
Grunty: "I'll stop you, you sloppy cop! Take this, you snake!"
Metal Man (GM): Grunty fires a beam of fire at Wolfman.
Wolfman jumps up, spreads out his appendages, and gets a quick Crush in... hopefully in time... wha? He wants to unleash that crush NOW... (please?)
Metal Man (GM): You avoid the fire... blast Grunty... and hit a shield.
Wolfman never used it yet.
Metal Man (GM): Well, you were about to use it. Can't really stop it. The only person that could be hit was Grunty. The boxes were behind a red shield. You definitely hit. Grunty is hit... and looks angry.
Wolfman notes the boxes weren't touched.
Grunty: "Why you... obstinate shrew!"
Wolfman: "You weren't supposed to take the blow... how could you go so low?"
Aribar: "..." *He quickly looks about for a shield generator.*
Grunty: "Stop that! I am the only rhyming one, you slimy gnat!"
Metal Man (GM): Aribar: ...It's hidden pretty nicely.
Wolfman: "I'm allowed to rhyme here as well you know."
Grunty: "Now then... why do you want my boxes, mocking foxes?"
Aribar: "...Because Doopliss told us to ship them... Using damaging methods."
Grunty: "...Doopliss, that loose lips would never switch ships! Tell me now, or be turned into cows!"
Aribar: "...He did before."
Metal Man (GM): She waves that evil looking wand.
Grunty: "Lies! Lies! Pudding, and Pie!"
Aribar: "Never trust a man, or a bed sheet, that betrayed someone, less they betray you as well." *He sheaths Moonlight and gets out... The Grunty staff.*
Grunty: "Thief! Drop my staff, or become sheep!"
Aribar: "Heh... Wanna see your nightmares, you old hag? Doopliss gave it to me!"
Metal Man (GM): Grunty points at Aribar.
Grunty: "That staff, is but a laugh, compared to my wand, you annoying pawn! Tell me now, you cowards in shells!"
Aribar: "...That didn't rhyme."
Metal Man (GM): Grunty's wand starts powering up.
Aribar raises his staff and... Hopes it does something.
Grunty: "Why you little, I could turn you into a fiddle, it would be quite a piffle!"
Wolfman gets a little nervous.
Metal Man (GM): The wand glows more. A ball begins to form.
Aribar: "Hey! Piffle's my word! Come on, you stupid staff, work!"
Grunty: "This is your last chance. Tell me what I ask, before I blast, and Aribar becomes a plant."
Metal Man (GM): The staff glows... and explodes.
Aribar: "GAH!" *He jumps back before quickly putting up a magical barrier... A Mirror spell.*
Metal Man (GM): Grunty is using a wand.
Wolfman: "I'm not the most informed here... but here's my interpretation."
Grunty: "And now, to end your little show!"
Metal Man (GM): Grunty fires a beam at the mirror spell.
Wolfman: "You've captured some allies of ours, and so we've been trying to rescue them. In the mean time, we've also been asked to ruin your business."
Metal Man (GM): It is reflected into the force field. Which reflects it back at Aribar.
Aribar blinks... And ducks to avoid the beam in vain.
Metal Man (GM): Roll a Spd save.
Wolfman: "Basically, we're here to ruin your life and get those friends back."
Metal Man (GM): It's about to hit you....
Wolfman tried to save Aribar from becoming a plant.
Metal Man (GM): ...Shadow Aribar runs in the way of the beam. Reality warps, and Grunty is hit by her own beam. She falls on the floor, temporarily stunned ala Ganondorf.
Shadow Aribar: "Take that, you old hag!"
Aribar looks at his shadow weirdly... He doesn't understand what just happened.
Grunty: "Gahhhhhh!!! My spell, I've been stabbed in the back, and I've fell!"
Aribar: "Why did you do that, and what did you do?"
Shadow Aribar: "I reflected the spell back at her. Do not worry. I shall be the hero now."
Metal Man (GM): Aribar gets a free attack on Grunty. It'll instantly hit.
Aribar: "..."
Wolfman: "And so the falls the nasty witch, who I think at times can be a--"
Aribar dashes over and strikes Grunty with his blade for 9% Earth and poison before backing up.
Wolfman mysteriously gets KER-SMACKED before he can finish.
Metal Man (GM): Grunty is mildly damaged. She gets up, angry.
Aribar: "You won't be the hero alone, Shadow... We'll all finish her off!"
Grunty: "I shall protect my goods, you small hoodlums!"
Metal Man (GM): -Pseudo-Battle-
Aribar: "That didn't rhyme either. You rhyme as good as a beaver!"
Metal Man (GM): Grunty glows and throws a power sword at Aribar.
Grunty: "My sword shall prove my word, you BIRD!"
Aribar is hit...
Metal Man (GM): It hits you for 60% damage fire damage.
Aribar: "Gah!" *He quickly looks about for the force field generator if possible.*
Wolfman waits for Aribar to go before doing anything.
Metal Man (GM): You realize it's on Grunty. It made weird crackling noises when Grunty was hit.
Wolfman: "Aribar, found anything?"
Aribar: "The generator's on Grunty!"
Metal Man: "Wow."
Grunty: "Liar! I'll set you on fire!"
Wolfman: "Well, might as well see if she can part it with a dance." *He gets his beam saber out and starts dancing with her.*
Aribar: "Force field generator, that is... Jolt!" *He attempts to use his second action to stun Grunty if possible.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit hit... Aribar hits too. Grunty is hit repeatedly, the force field goes down for the rest of the round.
Metal Man: "Perfect!" *He runs in to the packages and destroys 6, using two of his crowd-destroying attacks.*
Wolfman still has an action at least... he goes to the boxes, and gets as close as he can to the epicenter.
Charles Magellean: "Yes! Let's get that witch!"
Wolfman then Spin Attacks the boxes out of the area... hopefully, if not destroyed, they get sent out of the force field range.
Metal Man (GM): You do so. Gonna do anything while yer in there?
Grunty: "No! Not the boxes! Think of the losses!"
Metal Man (GM): Wolf: How many people does that attack hit? Anyone else with free actions may go... which is Locos, but he's in stone form.
Charles Magellean: "We... must... help her unmonopolize!"
Wolfman STAYS in that area if possible... even though he has no actions.
Metal Man (GM): The next round beginneth. The force field goes back on, everybody but Shadow Aribar and Locos in the force field.
Grunty: "Now you're trapped! I'lve got you, whipper snaps! It is a small loss, but you're the boss!"
Aribar: "Oh, Shadow! I bet she'll try to hurt Locos... Use your magic to protect him!"
Shadow Aribar: "...Locos, what should I do? I could just cart you to freedom."
Wolfman decides to make the most of this by destroying more boxes... might as well be productive. (if I can't go, say so)
Aribar: "A good offense is a good defense!"
Charles Magellean: "Ari is right, S-Ay. Do what you have to do to fend off the witch! ...And I mean by going toe-to-toe with her!"
Shadow Aribar: "Alright, I'll give this witch a total hitch into her horrible... mitch?"
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar runs up to Grunty and fires... the Dark Energy wave.
Grunty: "Oh no, not that show! Zio isn't here... you're just a---"
Metal Man (GM): The attack does not hit Grunty. It hits her generator. Which explodes.
Grunty: "AHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Metal Man (GM): She falls through the floor. The force field dies... And the boxes fall down the hole. The key is all that's left. 100/100 COMPLETE
Wolfman was with the boxes, though...
Metal Man (GM): Wolfman: You weren't carried anywhere.
Charles Magellean: "We have completed what we were sent out to do. Now all that is left is to give you a key."
Metal Man (GM): Wolfman is holding... the key ..which has a string attached to it.
Wolfman gets the key... and the string?
Metal Man (GM): The string is also attached to something else.
Wolfman tries to follow where the string is. "I thought we were supposed to get this with no strings attached."
Metal Man (GM): You pull on it... just slightly. A cover falls off of another mirror.
Wolfman slightly yanks it.
Metal Man: "How odd."
Aribar: "More mirrors?! Why couldn't it be a warp home. ?"
Wolfman: "...something is telling me we might want to scan it first."
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar walks over to the mirror and pokes it.
Shadow Aribar: "It's a normal mirror... At least, on this end. Now then. You got the key. Shall we go back to base?"
Metal Man (GM): Shadow Aribar has his back to the mirror.
Wolfman: "I think that's a good idea."
Metal Man: "Okay then." *He gets out his dex and starts typing.*
Wolfman wonders what VG is doing anyway... he wonders what this key is for... he definitely needs to get his systems fixed tonight.