Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 140: Smithy's Scheme
Date: 5:24:47 PM, February 12th, 2005.
Metal Man (GM): Twas another normal day at HQ... Everybody is at the big room again... well... who could attend. Garrick, Spyke, Deloth, and Digi.
Garrick Fy`aar just warped back from Nova's place, content for the moment with his progress. His next big task would be to establish some sort of emergency exit warp. He stepped into the Big Room as he exited, saw everyone there, shrugged, then sat down.
Metal Man (GM): ...Aribar's powdery remains sat there on the table.
Deloth groans when he sees the jar.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...okay, what now?"
Spyke shakes his head slowly...
Digifanatic stares at the ashes. "I don't know. We'd have to somehow get into Lumis' hideout, or have them come to us..."
Deloth: "I really hope we have a backup plan to get him back alive. What the heck HAPPENED to him, anyway?"
Garrick Fy`aar looks to the big floating kitty, still a little on edge with him from that argument. "...well? Do we?"
Metal Man (GM): Mewtwo emerges, in normal appearance.
Mewtwo: "Greetings, Questers."
Digifanatic: "Hey Mewtwo."
Spyke mumbles. "Greetings..."
Deloth: "Hello, Mewtwo."
Mewtwo: "It is most unfortunate that Aribar has been killed... however. The note, upon closer analysis, has indicated... That there is a module of Nova's, deep in the Earth. It was hidden with an ingenious magnetic ink."
Digifanatic: "...Earth?"
Deloth: "And we have to go get it."
Mewtwo: "Another saying for 'dirt.'"
Digifanatic: "Oh..."
Mewtwo: "Yes... but it isn't that easy to get to."
Digifanatic: "I thought you meant the planet for a moment..."
Spyke: "... So, under a pile of dirt we will find a module? What will it do?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Like anything is. Just tell us how."
Mewtwo: "Something has... been built there."
Deloth: "What?"
Mewtwo: "Let me answer. First, down there is an immensely powerful runic magic generator. It can heal Aribar once restarted."
Digifanatic: "Phew..."
Mewtwo: "Second... a base of unknown construction is around it."
Spyke: "Hm..."
Mewtwo: "It dates back to pre-Void times, that is, before The Void himself started showing up."
Deloth: "Any inhabitants?"
Mewtwo: "I shall warp you inside a nearby tunnel... but be careful. Inhabitants... one biological. One."
Spyke: "Hm... Just one?"
Mewtwo: "Just one."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...robots, then."
Spyke: "... Any idea who or what it is?"
Mewtwo: "There is also a substantial amount of heat in there."
Deloth: *Under his breath* "Immensely powerful, with our luck."
Mewtwo: "No..."
Deloth: "Good, my type of environment."
Spyke: "Heat, huh? Perfect..."
Mewtwo: "The heat is from an unknown source. It cannot be reached by digging... that is the peculiar thing."
Digifanatic: "How far down is it?"
Mewtwo: "3 miles."
Digifanatic: "Ah."
Mewtwo: "It is surrounded by a bubble of titanium."
Deloth: "I see."
Mewtwo: "Warping there is highly difficult."
Spyke: "3 miles... About 15,000 feet, right? Roughly, of course."
Mewtwo: "Yes."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Then how do you suggest we get down there?"
Deloth: "He just said he'd warp us into a nearby tunnel."
Mewtwo: "The warps can handle it... it will just take a while before we can warp you back. The tunnel is inside the bubble."
Digifanatic: "Oh, okay..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Then let's get to it."
Spyke: "Hm... Yeah,let's go, then."
Mewtwo: "The warp rooms are ready."
Deloth nods and stands up.
Digifanatic: "Thank you."
Garrick Fy`aar stands up and heads out, stepping back into the warp room.
Deloth follows Garrick to the warp room.
Digifanatic: "Right. For Ari and his rebirth!"
Spyke looks at Aribar's ashes one more time before slowly following the others out to the warp room.
Digifanatic follows the others.
Garrick Fy`aar suddenly remembers, then walks back and grabs Ari's ashes. "...I think we'll need these..."
Digifanatic: "That wouldn't hurt."
Spyke: "Just... don't lose it."
Garrick Fy`aar makes sure the cover is secure before slipping it into subspace/backpack/whatever the hell he has, then walks back to the warp room and steps inside.
Metal Man (GM): Ok... You all go to the warp room. A rather powerful warp thing (Samus style) is there. And active.
Deloth steps into the warp.
Garrick Fy`aar walks in as well, drawing and cocking his M150.
Digifanatic enters le warp.
Spyke looks at it and sighs, stepping in.
Metal Man (GM): *WARP *WARP *WARP WARP* You appear in a tunnel... it's completely dark, warm, humid, and... quiet. You also feel a bit tingly.
Deloth: "Must be the magic nearby..."
Spyke: "Huh... Odd..." *He looks around a bit. * "... Maybe."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Dex, light." *He quickly raises his pistol and looks around as well.*
Deloth unsheathes his katana.
Digifanatic keeps walking along with the others, crossing his arms.
Spyke: "... Must your first instincts be to draw your weapons?" *Sigh*
Deloth glares at Spyke. "You'd rather be dead?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "We're in a unknown area that probably has a something dangerous around. It's a habit. Let's get moving."
Spyke: "I'd rather confirm a threat before arming myself, even here in unknown territory."
Garrick Fy`aar starts walking, using his Dex's light to guide the rest of them.
Deloth follows Garrick in a cautious stance.
Spyke follows behind Garrick, his right hand trailing along the handle of his weapon, now slightly paranoid because of the others' reactions.
Digifanatic is walking to Del's side, taking it easy.
Metal Man (GM): The dex lights up. You start moving forward. The ground is somewhat warm.
Digifanatic: "Eh, not too bad, but it could sure could use lanterns or something, though..."
Deloth: "I have a bad feeling about this."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Light your dexes. It helps..."
Digifanatic lights his Dex.
Metal Man (GM): It's brighter, now. You light it just in time to encounter a large, steel door.
Digifanatic: "Eek!"
Deloth: "Whoa." *He examines the door.*
Digifanatic: "That would have hurt."
Garrick Fy`aar looks for a keypad, switch, something.
Metal Man (GM): The door is rusted and old. No keypads. There's a large 'X' on it. That's on the entire door.
Deloth: "Can't use force. It'd make too much noise."
Spyke trails his fingers against the door gently. "I wonder how long its been here..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Actually, I think force would be perfect in this situation."
Deloth: "*I* wonder what that X means."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Stand back, gentlemen."
Spyke steps back a bit. "Go right ahead."
Digifanatic takes a few steps and clings to the side of the wall.
Deloth steps back "Okay, your funeral."
Spyke: "And ours, too, if something bad happens."
Garrick Fy`aar flips a switch on his pistol and fires three sonic grenades into the ground right at the edge of the door, all three of them exploding.
Metal Man (GM): The door vibrates, loudly.
Digifanatic: "Uh oh..." *He takes a few more steps back.*
Metal Man (GM): It then makes a loud *CRACK* noise where the two doors were rusted before. It's now possible to push the doors open.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Simple."
Digifanatic: "Ah, phew. Thanks, Gar."
Spyke: "See? You guys are too paranoid."
Garrick Fy`aar walks up and pushes them open, his gun going in first and looking around.
Deloth: "Spyke, shut up before I rip a body part out."
Spyke walks up behind Garrick and looks over his shoulder. He gives Deloth a nasty glare "..."
Metal Man (GM): ...The inside of this door is made entirely of metal. Two dim lights light up the area... They're spotlights.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Can it, Del. You too, Spyke."
Deloth heads inside.
Digifanatic enters through.
Metal Man (GM): There's two statues... and a high-tech looking door.
Garrick Fy`aar flicks off his Dex.
Deloth: "Okay, this is odd... Almost like an arena."
Garrick Fy`aar takes a look at the statue...
Metal Man (GM): The lights are not traps. Both statues are of knights. They're each 8 feet tall.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Watch the statues... I'm going to check the door..."
Digifanatic: "Alright."
Garrick Fy`aar cautiously heads for the door, looking it over.
Digifanatic walks towards the right-hand statue.
Metal Man (GM): You walk towards the door... *SHINKK!*
Spyke: "... Someone really liked art..." *He looks at the doors, marveling at their craftsmanship.*
Metal Man (GM): They both draw their swords and block the door with them.
Knights: "Stop here, and turn back."
Deloth: "Why would this high-tech door be in here if this was before the Void even existed?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Why should we?"
Spyke: "..."
Knights: "This is a confidential area."
Deloth: "Baaad choice of words."
Knights: "You are not allowed in here."
Spyke: "Confidential? Why?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "On who's authority?"
Deloth: "Advanced technology in there, Spyke."
Knights: "That information is classified. You are not allowed here. Turn back."
Garrick Fy`aar: "We refuse."
Spyke: .oO(We do?) "Yeah..."
Deloth: "Look, we have a dead friend to raise."
Digifanatic: "Exactly."
Knights: "..."
Digifanatic: "And don't tell it's not a happening thing."
Knights: "You must be terminated."
Garrick Fy`aar slides in a clip of dumdum rounds, cocking his gun "Somehow, I knew you were going to say that. Spread out, people!"
Metal Man (GM): Digi finds a mushroom outta nowhere.
Deloth gets into a battle stance.
Digifanatic picks up the Mushroom.
Spyke quickly drops back, trying to put some distance between him and the knights. His right hand reaches down and quickly draws his pistol. He hold it steady with both arms.
Garrick Fy`aar takes a quick turn to scan...
Statues: "Questers detected. Destroy with extreme prejudice."
Smash Dex: "Unable to complete scan."
Metal Man (GM): You may do your second action, Garrick.
Spyke: "... Hey! Prejudice isn't nice! You should be more tolerant."
Knights: "You are class 10 intruders."
Deloth: "Kuso, everything wants our blood..."
Garrick Fy`aar unloads a few shots into one of the statues, one of the right.
Knights: "You want everything blood."
Metal Man (GM): 1 hit. 1/4 damage.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...thick armor..."
Spyke sprints forward at one of the two statues, the one Garrick did not attack. He stops in front of it, leaping up and spinning, his right foot extended. He kicks at the knight in front of him, bouncing a bit, to kick the other as well. Behind his foot, an air trail is left, which suddenly vibrates and rushes towards the first night he kicked. He lands on the ground, crouching.
Metal Man (GM): Hit hit miss. They both hit. Statue turns.
Garrick Fy`aar: "These things have thick heads... thick everything really..."
Digifanatic: "Don't entice them now..."
Metal Man (GM): The statues turn to Garrick and attack him.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Little too late for that, Digi..."
Spyke: "Yeah... So I noticed... I'm going to have to try something else... I lack physical strength."
Metal Man (GM): 1 counter-attack for Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar kicks off away from the first attack, rolling behind the one statue he hit and blasting three dumdum shots in it's back.
Metal Man (GM): Miss hit hit.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Get behind them..."
Deloth runs towards the left soldier, strafes behind it and attacks it with a Friction Slash.
Metal Man (GM): Miss.
Digifanatic preps up, runs towards the statue Garrick hit, and uses a Fire Punch.
Metal Man (GM): Full hit.
Digifanatic steps back and uses a Super Mario Punch.
Metal Man (GM): 5 damage from the Super Mario Punch.
Garrick Fy`aar flips another switch on his gun, then from where he still stands behind the statue, unloads lots of dumdum rounds into it.
Metal Man (GM): Hit miss miss miss miss miss. Ok... it only deals 13 damage.
Spyke stands with his feet just over shoulder-width apart. He holds his palms 6 inches apart, facing towards eachother as he lowers his gaze and closes his eyes. A small ball of swirling green wind forms between his palms and slowly grows larger. (Charging)
Metal Man (GM): Ok... The statues continue to attack Garrick ...And continue their bad luck.
Garrick Fy`aar continues to dodge.
Deloth tries a Friction Slash on the left statue again.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Deloth: *No blind. 22% Fire.*
Metal Man (GM): It's somewhat damaged.
Deloth: "Got one injured!"
Garrick Fy`aar continues attacking that one, blasting another six incendiary shots into it.
Metal Man (GM): Hit hit miss hit hit hit.
Deloth: "Yes!"
Spyke mutters "Nice" eyes still closed.
Metal Man (GM): The statues remain tough-looking.
Spyke opens his eyes and turns to the statue that Garrick just beat about a bit."Haaa!" He thrusts his palms forward, launching a ball of rolling wind along the ground, spinning rapidly. It rushes towards its intended target. *Critical.*
Metal Man (GM): *CRIT!*
Spyke: *48 Wind Damage x2 from the Crit... is... 96 Wind.*
Metal Man (GM): It's heavily damaged, but still alive.
Spyke relaces his shoulders and lets out a long sigh. "I should have... kept gathering..."
Metal Man (GM): The statues... they continue attacking Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar ...he continues to dodge.
Spyke: "... What is it with their obsession with Garrick?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "You guys can't hit jack."
Knights: "Destroy Quester."
Deloth: "Flare Breath!" *He fires a cloud of flame at the left soldier.*
Metal Man (GM): He's hit.
Deloth: *Anyway, 17% Fire. Points up 17% Fire.*
Garrick Fy`aar tries to finish that badly damaged statue off with another barrage of blasts.
Metal Man (GM): Miss hit miss hit hit miss. That statue explodes... only one almost completely healthy statue left. 300 EXP to everybody.
Spyke draws his pistol and fires a single round at the last statue. Behind the shot, a narrow vacuum is created,which eventually surges forward, acting as essentially another shot.
Metal Man (GM): 1 hit. The Statue attacks Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar is able to get away, but only just barely "Bit closer that time..."
Deloth: "Might as well not mess with a good thing..."
Spyke: "For something guarding a confidential area, these aren't that tough..."
Deloth attacks the statue with a Friction Slash *Blinded. 22% Fire.*
Metal Man (GM): You cannot really blind it... However, it suddenly shuts down. And goes atop its pedestal ..The door ahead opens.
Deloth: "Go me!" *He heads through the door.*
Spyke: "... Weird..." *He holsters his weapon, giving a lasting glance to the statue that just quit... * "Hmph..." He follows Deloth.
Metal Man (GM): ...It's a factory.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...nicely done..." *He heads forward as well, keeping his gun out but switching to regular rounds.*
Metal Man (GM): There are eight conveyor belts in this room.
Deloth: "Whoa. Awfully advanced for being before the Void."
Metal Man (GM): They're online and operational, churning out mecha Goombas.
Spyke: "Hmmm..."
Deloth looks around for a control panel.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Bowser, most likely... or Ganondorf... he's into magic..."
Metal Man (GM): No control panels....
Spyke: "Maybe..."
Garrick Fy`aar looks for a door onward to another area...
Metal Man (GM): The Mecha-Goombas are orderly and moving to two doors on the sides.
Spyke: "Think it would be a bad idea to attack them?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Considering Bowser's new adjustments to regular Goombas, I'd say yes."
Deloth sneaks towards the right door.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Del, stay put for the moment..." *He looks around for another door other than the two...*
Deloth halts.
Metal Man (GM): Okay then. Continuing. You head to the right door.
Garrick Fy`aar was looking for another doorway...
Metal Man (GM): The doors ahead are blocked. You hear a strange, high-pitched voice over the PA.
???: "...Welcome to my house... hehehehehehehe... What are you dooooing heeeere?"
Spyke: "Ummm... Nothing?"
Metal Man (GM): Locos catches up, wheeled in by his Toad.
???: "Nothing? NOOOTHING is blowing up one of my soldiers?"
Garrick Fy`aar tries to recognize that voice...
???: "Explain your barging in... this is a classified area."
Spyke: "Umm... That wasn't us?"
???: "I saw you."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: No clue.
???: "I SAW you."
Charles Magellean: "I pardon for being late... needed to... well...*Ahem*."
???: "Explain... or be destroyed."
Garrick Fy`aar tries the direct approach then. "First, tell us who you are."
???: "Do not attempt to resist. My power is absolute. I am... Dr. Alcatraz!"
Spyke: "Dr. Who?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Dr. Alcatraz? As in the prison?"
Alcatraz: "The most intelligent designer or prisons, of course! You're from Earth, Aren't You?"
Spyke stifles a laugh.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Obviously."
Alcatraz: "Well well... I can't let you live. My lord dictates the destruction of Earthlings! ...For a group lead by one killed him in the past."
Garrick Fy`aar: "And your lord is?"
Alcatraz: "Not telling. Come to my lab if you value your lives... and DROP YOUR WEAPONS!"
Deloth: "The name of the group's leader?"
Charles Magellean: "He said he wasn't telling."
Alcatraz: "I do not say... it is most carefully guarded secret."
Charles Magellean: "I respect it."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Well, let's go see the good doctor, shall we?"
Metal Man (GM): The door opens ahead. Straight ahead.
Deloth: "What about our weapons?"
Alcatraz: "Drop them, or you will be eliminated."
Spyke: "Do we have a choice, Del?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...we are a little outnumbered here."
Deloth: "He makes a good point."
Charles Magellean: "That reminds me... Deloth, my rubix cube, if you will."
Deloth hands Locos the cube and puts his katana on the ground.
Garrick Fy`aar looks around at the massive number of mecha goombas. He scans one, if possible.
Smash Dex: "Mecha goomba. Unknown, advanced design..."
Charles Magellean has his toad take it and put it away.
Garrick Fy`aar nods, then slides his clip out and places it back in his jacket, setting his gun on the ground. "You too, Spyke..."
Spyke slowly drops his weapon... "Fine..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Locos."
Charles Magellean: "...I'm stoned, Garrick. Common sense."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Alright, we're disarmed... open the door."
Deloth walks through the door.
Metal Man (GM): The door completely opens. you walk... into a hall. A very narrow one. Various lights go off as you walk through.
Alcatraz: "Don't mind the wind in there, you're just being de-ionized and cleaned for the clean room."
Spyke follows caustiosly. "Can we trust this guy?"
Deloth: "We don't have a choice for now."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Probably not, but let's not worry about it right now." *He continues walking.*
Deloth keeps heading forward through the hall.
Metal Man (GM): Finally... you walk into a large computer lab, complete with controls...
Charles Magellean and his toad keep up with the others.
Metal Man (GM): And a heavily guarded door at the back... and a white man with white hair, white labcoat, white shoes, white hat, you name it.
Alcatraz: "Welcome... to my base... what are you doing in here?"
Garrick Fy`aar hushes the others, then steps forward "You obviously know we're Questers, so that is out of the way. To be honest, we're here in search for a runic generator."
Metal Man (GM): Alcatraz twitches.
Alcatraz: "There IS no such thing. What are you, Jack and the Beanstalk?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Uh huh."
Charles Magellean: "I do not appreciate nor do I respect liars."
Garrick Fy`aar: "No, I'm Garrick. Now, where's the generator?"
Metal Man (GM): *Metroid Fusion - Revelation.*
Alcatraz: "...There is none here."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...I'm not going to ask you again."
Alcatraz: "There is no such thing. If you kill me... you will not escape alive. You won't escape alive if you flee, either."
Garrick Fy`aar slowly steps forward. He doesn't make any move to attack, but he grins evil like "Who said anything about killing you, slick?"
Charles Magellean begins to feel disgusted.
Alcatraz: "Shut up, your face! Do you have any notion of what isolation does to me? ...I see... things... only my master keeps me around... for the final goal! Complete Domination... of Nintendus!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Been there, stopped that."
Deloth: "Many times."
Charles Magellean: "Agreed."
Alcatraz: "...You... are the Questers? HISS!"
Metal Man (GM): He backs away, up against the heavily guarded door.
Alcatraz: "Get out! I don't want anything to do with you."
Garrick Fy`aar is now right in his face. "Now, let's see if we can make this little piggy squeal." His hand shoots forward, grasping the good doctor by the throat
Spyke: "... I think he has gone mad..."
Deloth: "Oh, gosh golly, you THINK?!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Deloth, that bunsen burner, if you will."
Metal Man (GM): Alcatraz laughs at you.
Alcatraz: "I am telling you nothing!"
Charles Magellean: "He has. Isolation causes enlightenment... or obscene thinking not acceptable in society."
Alcatraz: "Kill me! It would end my misery!"
Metal Man (GM): He gets out a knife, rusted, gives it to Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar: "I have no intention of killing you... pain, on the other hand..."
Alcatraz: "KILL MEEEEEE!"
Computer: "Defenses activated."
Alcatraz: "Oh no. Master knows. Save us all! Save usssss!!!!"
Charles Magellean: "Your point."
Metal Man (GM): You hear... the Goombas, coming towards the room.
Garrick Fy`aar slams the doctor against the wall. "Who is your master!? Where is the generator?! Tell me, NOW!"
Alcatraz: "Let me go! I must disable them before we all die!"
Deloth whips out his Ice Rod.
Charles Magellean: "How bad are goombas?"
Alcatraz: "I am not talking... that would be forfeit of my life's work! These Goombas... are the ultimate in technology! All... 10 billion of them... Machine Made... carbon copies."
Charles Magellean: "Hmmm... I envy your work."
Deloth: "Garrick, we need to get out of here..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Not until I get some answers. WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?!?!?"
Alcatraz: "Please... I can deactivate them... they will kill us all!"
Metal Man (GM): ...Goombas begin streaming into the room. Their foreheads open up, revealing lasers.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...fine, go."
Deloth: "Oh, che."
Garrick Fy`aar pushes him toward a control panel "Hurry."
Charles Magellean: "About time Garrick did something non-hot headed."
Alcatraz: "Deactivate! Emergency Override! EMERGENCY OVERRIDE!"
Metal Man (GM): He starts pressing buttons.
Deloth starts backing up towards Dr. Alcatraz.
Metal Man (GM): Seconds before shooting, they go back. *Metroid Fusion - Fear.*
Alcatraz: "Please... leave here... your lives are at risk... Master... he demands your death..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...help us, and we'll take you with us."
Deloth: "We're getting that generator first."
Alcatraz: "Master... he is the runic generator..."
Charles Magellean: "..."
Deloth: "He... What?!"
Charles Magellean makes cuckoo sounds.
Alcatraz: "He is indestructible. He saved me from destruction... He saved me from Tridus!"
Metal Man (GM): Alcatraz gets on his knees.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Deloth, our weapons. Hurry."
Alcatraz: "The door... beware... powerrr!!!"
Charles Magellean: "Yes! Toad, turn the rubix cube once!"
Computer: "Preparing to override override."
Deloth nods and charges towards the factory room, Ice Rod out.
Metal Man (GM): The Toad turns it once.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Deloth, move fast!"
Charles Magellean: "Then, set a Coca-cola bottle right beside my head!"
Deloth: "Kuso kuso kusooooo!"
Metal Man (GM): Deloth: The Goombas are there... ..They fire at you! 10% damage per hit... the lasers also poison you.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Doctor, are these goombas all you've been working on?"
Deloth gets hurt severely, but keeps running towards the weapons.
Alcatraz: "...No..."
Metal Man (GM): Deloth: You get the weapons.
Deloth starts racing back towards the hall and the team.
Garrick Fy`aar: "What else, then?"
Alcatraz: "Doomship... DOOMSHIP!!! TWO OF THEM!!!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Doomship?"
Alcatraz: "NUCLEAR WEAPON! Finally... ...I have been working on master..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...a nuclear weapon?!"
Charles Magellean: "Definitely not an Earthling from my dimension."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...doctor, what era are you from from Earth?"
Alcatraz: "I am from... ...the time of that Garrick guy!"
Deloth runs screaming towards the team.
Garrick Fy`aar: "!!!"
Alcatraz: "...I destroyed the Three powers... ...Warped myself into the future..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...DEL!"
Charles Magellean: "Here we go..."
Deloth: "KILLER GOOMBAS!"
Garrick Fy`aar throws his hand out for his gun.
Alcatraz: "...Oh no! Oh no!"
Metal Man (GM): Alcatraz starts running around, flailing his arms. Several laser shots are flying about.
Deloth tosses the weapons to his allies weakly.
Computer: "Destroy all intruders."
Deloth runs over to the control panel.
Charles Magellean: "...Turn rubix cube."
Deloth: "We gotta stop that computer!"
Garrick Fy`aar grabs his gun, slamming a clip in a cocking it before tossing a Max Mushroom at Del.
Deloth catches it and eats it "Thanks, Garrick!"
Metal Man (GM): The cube is turned again. It flashes, and starts firing pulses at the Goombas ..they're being repulsed.
Deloth takes a desperate glance at the computer panel.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...open the path to your master! DO IT!"
Alcatraz: "...Last chance... Okay... ... ... "
Metal Man (GM): He starts typing. the Goombas are starting to get past a large amount of repulsion.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Prep yourselves, people."
Metal Man (GM): 10 goombas get by. Your main goal is to push them back. They open fire on Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar gets popped... four times.
Deloth runs over to Garrick.
Charles Magellean: "You know... I'm wondering what would happen if I'm hit stone-wise."
Metal Man (GM): 10% and poison per hit.
Garrick Fy`aar flips a switch on his gun and fires a sonic grenade at their feet, the bomb exploding.
Metal Man (GM): *BOOM* SPD check, right? Meaning they all dodge it but one?
PA: "Terminate intruders."
Metal Man (GM): The 9 are blasted back... the cube pushes them far away. Deloth, Locos, anybody else: Gonna do anything to repulse the one remaining one?
Alcatraz: "Just give me a minute... I'm hacking through..."
Charles Magellean sips his cola and dozes off, noting he can't really do anything else than ask the toad if he wants to help.
PA: "Terminate. Terminate. Terminate."
Deloth runs towards the remaining Goomba and hits it with a Flare Breath.
Metal Man (GM): It dodges.
Garrick Fy`aar growls and puts a bullet into that PA thing.
Metal Man (GM): The Toad tries to hit it. It... trips... And barely avoids a laser. The PA explodes... now it's yelling out you in an angry, distorted voice.
PA: "YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS, MORTALS!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Good enough..."
Deloth: "Nooo, we won't! HURRY UP OVER THERE!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Some time this century, doctor..."
Deloth is starting to panic.
Metal Man (GM): Next round... another 10 get by. All of them fire at... Deloth.
Alcatraz: "I'm trying! It's... difficult!"
Garrick Fy`aar fires off another sonic blast.
Deloth: "AAAAAH!"
Metal Man (GM): 10% per hit.
Deloth gets hit for 90% damage He quickly drains his Subtank. (40% healing)
Metal Man (GM): That same maniac Goomba is out to get everybody.
Garrick Fy`aar uses his second turn, this time, and fires another sonic grenade.
Charles Magellean says a bit in a loud voice in binary... "0110001100 1000011100 100001111001 1000111000... ...11100011: Emergency universal override: 10001110110000011100011 10000111100101011000..."
Metal Man (GM): You say that... and hear an even angrier voice.
???: "Infidel! Traitor! Loser!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...jeez. How's the door coming, doctor?"
Alcatraz: "I got it open!"
Charles Magellean: "Jerk! Meanie! Dr. Executrain!"
Metal Man (GM): The Goombas suddenly start moving back.
Charles Magellean snores.
Metal Man (GM): ...And the huge door begins to open....
Garrick Fy`aar: "Good. Let's go then."
Metal Man (GM): ...A white light comes from it. Inside... is a huge tank ..Inside... is something. There's a lot of blue stuff in it. Which starts to drain. The machine rises.
Garrick Fy`aar: "..."
???: "You have failed me, Dr. Alcatraz. I must destroy everything now."
Charles Magellean: "Piiiieee... crunchberries on rye."
Alcatraz: "...Aaaaarrrrgh!" *He collapses to the floor.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "...good, I was going to kill him anyway." *He mutters something very softly to his Dex.*
Metal Man (GM): The tube drains completely ..*SMASH!* *SMASH!*
Charles Magellean: "...Garrick is a brute."
Metal Man (GM): ...Out comes half of Smithy. Floating.
Deloth: "Okay, we have crossed the line into demented."
Smithy: "Well well... I see that you have come for me... AGAIN!!!! Since the kindly Dr. Alcatraz failed, I will just have to destroy you myself."
Charles Magellean opens his eyes.
Deloth: "Bring it on, Smithy."
Charles Magellean: "Ehh... huh?...!"
Smithy: "You, Locos! Traitor. Surrender to me and you may be lunarian again."
Deloth puts his Ice Rod away and unsheathes his katana.
Smithy: "...If you surrender your pathetic organization to me... Aribar and Locos shall be healed."
Garrick Fy`aar stands there, waiting for something...
Charles Magellean: "Kajidoh! It is you that have gone AWOL from my military. Explain your actions!"
Smithy: "Fool! I was destroyed by the operations of Ivan Robotnik! With the last of my strength, I hurled myself and a good portion of the factory underground... I also warped in one Dr. Alcatraz... a pity he had to die."
Charles Magellean: "...I was gone for what was a year. I wasn't even aware of your... situation."
Smithy: "Now then. I have the power of life or death."
Garrick Fy`aar nods softly, then looks up at Smithy. "...do you know how pissed I am right now?"
Smithy: "Death for all of you if you do not comply... or life to those who submit."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy points to a now rapidly spinning machine behind him.
Smithy: "This machine has the power of a TRILLION cubes!"
Charles Magellean: "...You kinda caught me at a bad time."
Smithy: "It is directed to my systems, 100%."
Garrick Fy`aar pulls the hammer back on his gun "Fine then, just tell me one thing." "Is that the generator?"
Smithy: "Yes, you foolish Earthling!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Right, good."
Charles Magellean: "A machine with a power of some cubes... fascinating. ...but can it spin?"
Smithy: "It must spin to maintain optimum coolness."
Garrick Fy`aar raises his gun, taking aim at the giant iron.
Smithy: "Let me guess... you people want it?"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy laughs at your gun.
Charles Magellean: "At 600 cycles per second?"
Smithy: "Exactly, Locos."
Charles Magellean gulps.
Smithy: "Now then. Fire that gun at me, and we'll see how long it takes the rescue crews 50 years from now to put you back together!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "That generator means more to me than anything else right now. Get out of my way."
Smithy: "That is... if I choose to leave your pathetic planet in one piece. I am afraid I cannot do that."
Charles Magellean: "...How were you able to control the probability of an irregular silicon disruption due to its speed?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Locos, shut UP!"
Deloth: "No, let him talk."
Charles Magellean: "Thank you, Deloth."
Smithy: "I do not know... the device has some sort of frictionless material holding it in. It is 10 years beyond my highest technology!"
Garrick Fy`aar glances around a bit, looking at the room they're in... shadows, at all?
Charles Magellean: "Interesting. Perhaps there is someway to utilize the material outside of the bearings without causing a meltdown of the generator."
Metal Man (GM): No shadows.
Smithy: "Perhaps if you join me, Locos, then I can give you all the data on it."
Charles Magellean: "I can do any... ..."
Smithy: "We do not want a repeat of Ivan Robotnik."
Garrick Fy`aar lets his eyes go to the top of the generator. He checks whether it's the same sort of wire connection that was in Nova's basement.
Smithy: "We must rule this pathetic planet and all who live upon it! And we must... KILL... this awful monster who Killed me!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy then lets out a hearty laugh.
Smithy: "The Doomships are almost ready."
Garrick Fy`aar looks up at the ceiling toward whatever is lighting the room.
Metal Man (GM): It's a bunch of spotlights far above... 100 feet up.
Charles Magellean: "...Not if you call me that ridiculous nickname. You know how I feel about formalities, Kajidoh."
Deloth: "Nuclear weapons are never good..."
Smithy: "Very well, Charles. Now then. either join me... or join your own destruction! Hahahahahaha!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...are you done with your conversation, Locos?"
Charles Magellean raises his head, closes his eyes, smiles heartfully, and smiles.
Smithy: "Of course... there are many things I can do for you, if you join. Perhaps you want a real body? Perhaps you want... somebody important, dead? I can destroy anything you want."
Charles Magellean: "Lemme think about this." *He looks forward... staring.*
Smithy: "While you think... let me clean up."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy points at the dead scientist.
Charles Magellean does not even blink.
Metal Man (GM): His colors are inverted... then he explodes, his atoms flying far away and disintegrating.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...could I ask you a question... Kajidoh, is it?"
Smithy: "What would that be, headstrong TWIT?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Why did you choose to bring a scientist from my time here? Certainly there are better, more advanced scientists from Earth out there?"
Deloth: *Muttering* "Another life given in vain..."
Smithy: "He was the best. he comes from your time... and Metal's time!"
Garrick Fy`aar is, meanwhile, dropping his gun to his side. "Metal's time?"
Smithy: "The most notorious, destructive scientist in history!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "I'm not sure I follow."
Smithy: "He invented the time machine."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...I see. Alright, interesting."
Charles Magellean starts to have... a bit of saliva drooling out of his opened mouth since he is staring at nothing... at the highest form of thought... and thinking... conceivable.
Garrick Fy`aar lets his eyes wander some more, looking around for any other source of light besides the spotlights on the ceiling.
Metal Man (GM): No other sources of light.
Smithy: "You cannot fight me. I am much stronger than before. And as Alcatraz said..." *Mocking Alcatraz's voice* "You cannot escape alive! Ha ha ha ha!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...right. Well, I really have no intention to fight you, Smithy."
Smithy: "What do you want, then? Some tacos? I'm not a clerk."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Nope, just the generator."
Charles Magellean does not even has his head move... not even a fraction of an inch.
Smithy: "I'm sorry, it's currently being used for world domination. Now then. I don't have forever. The Goomba production is nearly complete. My twin airships are set to launch in a day."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...and I plan on taking it. Now." *He gun raises up... above Smithy, toward the ceiling. He fires off a Spread Shot form of bullets, completely coating the ceiling... and the lamps, with flying lead*
Smithy: "Hah!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy raises his hand at the lead ..They are sucked into a huge blob....
Charles Magellean: "..."
Metal Man (GM): And then are exploded with fire.
Garrick Fy`aar is meanwhile switching clips, slamming in a number 5 clip and repeating the same action.
Smithy: "Had that hit... the module would be gone."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy blows those attacks into a wall.
Smithy: "And that too... our deaths as we know it."
Garrick Fy`aar quickly looks around, trying to find SOME way to gain an edge...
Smithy: "Mr. Garrick. Please try... AGAIN!"
Metal Man (GM): You think of Hagen daaz. Mmmm... Ice Cream...
Deloth glances around desperately, looking for ANYTHING that might help.
Metal Man (GM): Deloth: The hamburglar! He could steal hamburgers!
Garrick Fy`aar glances around one last time...
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You think of, perhaps, trying other villains against him?
Charles Magellean stares to the far off distance... his mind emptied but with the highest form of thinking conceivable.
Metal Man (GM): Locos: You think of the almighty... rubber ducky!
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Smithy, if you know of everything, then perhaps you know of Locos' brother?"
Smithy: "He has a brother? Good. There's two possible army commanders in my future!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Oh, no no. You misunderstand."
Charles Magellean comes from out of his trance and goes to normal. "No dice, Garrick. Lumis and his buds have been sealed off for a while. They won't be coming for a good time."
Deloth puts his hands behind his back and crosses his fingers.
Charles Magellean goes back to his trance.
Garrick Fy`aar just... sorta... looks at Locos.
Smithy: "What a pity. What were you going to do, throw them at me?"
Deloth: "Yes, but they escaped, you idiot."
Smithy: "Now then. You have 15 seconds to flee, surrender, or kill yourselves. I am powering up your destruction."
Garrick Fy`aar glances around... one... last... time... thanks to Locos' stupid comment...
Metal Man (GM): You think off... PIE!
Deloth: "They used the last mirror to escape. They're heading this way right now to capture the generator for their own uses."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy's arms start glowing.
Charles Magellean comes out of his trance again.
Smithy: "Alright, then I'll have to kill you all to make the way for them."
Garrick Fy`aar shrugs, then charges Smithy.
Charles Magellean: "That is a bull lie!"
Deloth: "Nothing left to lose..."
Metal Man (GM): You hit... a force field.
Garrick Fy`aar: "What..."
Deloth: "And they want to kill YOU, too!" *He points at Smithy.*
Charles Magellean: "...This room is gonna be spread with deceit all around before I can answer Kajidoh." *He attempts... to... concentrate!*
Smithy: "Surrender... now. TEN! SEVEN! FIVE!"
Charles Magellean: "Hold it, hold it."
Metal Man (GM): You think of... uhhh... throwing Aribar at him!
Smithy: "You have an answer?"
Charles Magellean: "Kajidoh... with all due respect... ...The number seven does NOT come after ten! The same goes with 5 being after 7! My word, you are a large threat, and yet you do not even give us a proper countdown!?"
Smithy: "...Whatever you say, talking statue."
Charles Magellean: "...*AHEM!*."
Smithy: "Tennineeightsevensixfivefourthreetwoone you die."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy picks up Locos.
Charles Magellean: "...Slower, Kajidoh."
Garrick Fy`aar reaches into his pack and CHUCKS the container at Smithy.
Smithy: "Life, or death?"
Charles Magellean: "Oh... right. The decision."
Smithy: "...Act! Fine particle dust!"
Charles Magellean goes back to a trance."
Smithy: "...Teeth... teeth are supposed to hurt me?"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy starts laughing. A lot.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Wrong, Smithy!"
Charles Magellean: "..." *Tingle in his nose*." " *He starts to have his nose twitch.*
Smithy: "Aribar has now been inhaled by Locos. Congratulations! ...It's a good thing you didn't aim at the module... you could have temporarily jammed it..."
Charles Magellean comes out of his trance as he accidentally inhales the remains of the Jentanian elf. "...Guys..."
Deloth: "Alexia, remember me..."
Charles Magellean: "R--rwan away..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Deloth... move... NOW!"
Charles Magellean: "...I'm aa---avout to shneesvve."
Deloth backs off.
Smithy: "Now then. It is time to destroy this traitor."
Deloth: "And forgive me, Alexia..."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy starts moving Locos towards the spinning module.
Charles Magellean: "...Ka--kathidoh... you thoo."
Smithy: "...Whatever."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy puts Locos on the ground and aims him at Garrick.
Smithy: "Sneeze on them... maybe it'll kill one of them and save me time."
Charles Magellean: "...Wunarian sneethezes are ware... but are ethremely powahfool. The... lleaas.s.t... is...100 mph..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Locos, if you have ANY teamwork in you, you'll hop your ass around and aim at SMITHY!"
Smithy: "Excellent! Destroy them!"
Charles Magellean: "Ahhh... ...AAHHHHHHHHH>>..." *He starts to have head spasms.*
Garrick Fy`aar leaps forward and spins the Locos statue around, aiming him at Smithy.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy spins it back.
Smithy: "What is this, spin the Locos?"
Deloth runs forwards and spins it towards Smithy.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy spins it back.
Deloth: "Apparently so!"
Charles Magellean now goes spinning out of control... and all around the room.
Garrick Fy`aar spins it back.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy spins it back.
Garrick Fy`aar spins it back.
Charles Magellean: "Ahhhh... Ththhhhowowowowooahhheerrrbbb!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy spins it back.
Garrick Fy`aar spins it back.
Metal Man (GM): Locos is now uncontrollably spinning. Who he hits... nobody knows! Shall we spin the wheel of sneezing death?
Deloth backs up a bit.
Charles Magellean sneezes a very powerful hurricane all around the room. It begins to create twisters all around the room.
Deloth: "Remind me to keep him from getting a cold!"
Metal Man (GM): ...No... everybody is doomed now.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Get to the generator!"
Smithy: "What have you done? Now those hurricanes are going to break everything!"
Metal Man (GM): You start hearing alarms.
Deloth jumps and starts hitting Smithy desperately.
Metal Man (GM): Deloth: You touch him once, and get... zappified.
Charles Magellean: *The tornadoes begin to pick up... just really... a lot of machines, 500 goombas, etc all around the room.*
Deloth: "THAAAAA!" *He falls back to the floor.*
Garrick Fy`aar uses all his might to push toward the generator, jumping on top of it and yanking that blasted cord out with all his might.
Deloth: "CHEKUSOCHE!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy generates a shield around him and the generator. Garrick: jump check. Garrick hits the machine and takes 25% damage ..It sparks... some dust in the air beings glowing.
Charles Magellean: "...*Snuffs really loud.*."
Deloth: "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "ARI, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, TERRORBOLT IT! NOW!"
Metal Man (GM): ...Ari cannot hear you.
Charles Magellean: "...Just...*Sniff*...just keep the elf's particles away from my nose."
Garrick Fy`aar goes to jump again.
Metal Man (GM): Now you hit the force field ...Aribar suddenly reappears, in one piece, on top of Locos's shoulders.
Garrick Fy`aar pushes himself back... "Ari, Terrorbolt! Now!"
Deloth: "Nice to see you, Ari."
Charles Magellean looks to where the elf is... just... puzzled.
Aribar blinks... "... Ummm... This doesn't look like heaven... Wait... Deloth's here... AHH! I've been sent to Hell!"
Deloth grinds his teeth.
Smithy: "You're right, Aribar."
Deloth: "ARI, SHUT UP AND HIT THAT GENERATOR!"
Smithy: "And I... am the devil. You must kill your friends to get out of here."
Garrick Fy`aar: "NO, SWITCH THE CABLES ON THE GENERATOR, THEN HIT SMITHY WITH THE BACKLOG OF POWER!"
Smithy: "Or you will be tortured... by having to tell Deloth how to make a sandwich!"
Aribar: "..." *Blinks... He tries to recall what happened...*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Damn it, Ari, you did it before! In Nova's basement!"
Deloth: *Sweatdrop.*
Charles Magellean gets a whiff of the Jentanian's hair follicles.
Aribar: "...I must be dead... So this must be Hell... But why is Locos here?"
Smithy: "He betrayed me!"
Deloth: "ARI, YOU'RE NOT DEAD!"
Smithy: "Destroy them!"
Metal Man (GM): *Sonic Battle - Death Egg Battle.*
Charles Magellean: "...No, you made me sneeze when I inhaled you. Then you appeared."
Metal Man (GM): The area starts shaking.
Smithy: "Listen to me... it is your only hope."
Deloth: "Looks like this is the end..."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy starts glowing.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Ari, you've got to switch the cables, then blast Smithy with the backlog. Who are you going to believe? Smithy or your friends?!"
Smithy: "There is no hope." *Blocks the generator.*
Charles Magellean looks to Ari. "Ari... *Big snuff*."
Aribar hops off of Locos's shoulder. "... I am now greatly confused... Well, Garrick, or being that looks like Garrick, I kinda committed suicide... So I highly doubt I'm alive..."
Charles Magellean: "You do as he says... or I will relieve you of being second-in-command. And that is a hell... you do not wanna be in."
Smithy: "He's right... do as I say! My former commander commands you!"
Aribar: "Aah... Locos, are you talking about Garrick or Smithy? Just... Want to make sure..."
Charles Magellean: "...The headstrong brute who is always rushes headfirst into situation."
Smithy: "Which is me! Of course!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Ari... please."
Smithy: "Rushing into world domination!"
Charles Magellean: "...The headstrong one that's our comrade."
Aribar: "...I've made my choice..."
Smithy: "That's me!"
Deloth: "Aribar, please... help us..."
Smithy: "Yes. Help us."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy's voice is cold and metallic.
Aribar points his hand at Smithy, palm extended... A pinpoint of power glows there before a beam of lightning is fired at Smithy. "Terrorbolt!"
Charles Magellean: "Oh boy... there it is... Smithy's Charm spell."
Smithy: "Have it your way! SHIELD!"
Metal Man (GM): A shield appears... and is overwhelmed by the force. He crackles with electricity.
Smithy: "Have at you!"
Metal Man (GM): Hmmm... 1 sec. I must get good boss music. Smithyb2.mid Smithy glows.
Smithy: "I shall eliminate you, once and for all. BLITZKRIEG!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy turns to Garrick and motion-blurs. An extremely fast punch flies at Garrick. 40% electric damage.
Garrick Fy`aar bends backward, just barely avoiding the shot.
Metal Man (GM): Oh. It barely misses, punching the floor. Then, he spreads both arms apart. 40% electric damage.
Garrick Fy`aar gets shocked the hell out of then. "DAH-AH-AH-AH!!!"
Metal Man (GM): Then, Smithy spreads his arms apart, his hands into fists. Electricity flows through them... and it forms a sort of lightning launching thing, which then repeatedly fires at Deloth. Ouch. 60% electric damage.
Deloth: "HAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy's final attack: His mouth opens, firing a purple beam at Aribar.
Deloth: *Life Down.*
Metal Man (GM): Deloth is annihilated by the electricity. He's down to two lives.
Aribar attempts to duck under the beam but gets hit.
Metal Man (GM): After that, he's surrounded by a blue shield. Oh... Aribar takes 50% Earth damage from that.
Aribar: *BADGES ACTIVATED!*
Smithy: "I shall do what used to be impossible: TERMINATE the Questers!"
Charles Magellean: "...I still have a choice, yes?"
Aribar: "That tears it!" *The elf extends his hand at Smithy once more and a flaming ball of energy flies at the robot followed by an icy sphere.* "Fire Elemental Blast! Ice Elemental Blast!" (240% Fire, 240% Ice.)
Smithy: "Gwah!"
Metal Man (GM): The attacks hit him through the shield.
Smithy: "You have a choice? Yes, Charles. If you come to me, I shall heal you... and together, we shall crush them!"
Garrick Fy`aar growls after the shocks, going off his number 5 clip still in his gun and firing.
Charles Magellean: "Well... in that case... toad, act on your own accord."
Metal Man (GM): They all hit.
Charles Magellean goes back to staring into nowhere, mouth wide open, not blinking, not moving... head empty of all thought but the highest form of thought conceivable.
Smithy: "In vain. IN VAIN YOU FOOL!"
Garrick Fy`aar does it again, apparently.
Metal Man (GM): Continue, then. All hit.
Deloth attacks Smithy with a Friction Slash.
Metal Man (GM): The attack bounces off of the shield.
Smithy: "Hah! Idiot!"
Deloth: "YOU SHUT UP, SMITHY!"
Smithy: "Never!"
Charles Magellean: "...*Drooling*." *Seeing nothing else to do, the toad decides to twist the rubix cube twice.*
Metal Man (GM): The cube glows. Smithy's shield changes colors early. The shield changes again.
Smithy: "And now... take this, loudmouth!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy flies towards Deloth. SPD check, Deloth. Deloth is nailed for 100% damage.
Deloth: *Life Down!*
Metal Man (GM): Smithy then goes up to Garrick and nails him with TWO blitzkriegs... or does he? He does. 80% electric damage.
Garrick Fy`aar gets nailed... he rolls to check...
Aribar quickly downs a Maple Syrup since his magic reserves are low... The elf then points his hand like a gun at Smithy and a magical missile is fired and homes in on the robot. "Magic Missile!"
Metal Man (GM): The attack hits Smithy...
Smithy: "Ack! Worthless mage!"
Deloth gets hit square in the chest.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick returns, minus a life.
Garrick Fy`aar leaps off the pad, flipping a switch on his gun and turning on the incendiary mode as he unloads another ten piercing shots at him.
Metal Man (GM): They all bounce off of the shield.
Smithy: "Ha ha ha ha!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...what?"
Aribar: "Hrm... I've got it! When his shield is red, only energy or magical attacks work... When blue, only physical attacks work! ... I think."
Deloth tests Ari's theory by hitting Smithy with a Wing Crush.
Metal Man (GM): The move hits.
Deloth: *35% damage.*
Metal Man (GM): Smithy attacks Aribar with a tackle. Speed check, Aribar.
Aribar attempts to roll away from the tackle.
Metal Man (GM): Aribar avoids. Smithy turns around and fires another blue beam at Aribar. Erm, Purple. *CRIT!* 100% Earth damage! Then he attacks Deloth with a Blitzkrieg.
Aribar takes 150% Earth. He's only at 245% HP. He can make the save! Not...
Metal Man (GM): *SMACK* 40% electric damage.
Deloth: *Life Down!*
Metal Man (GM): Deloth at 1 life. Smithy laughs. Then he attacks Garrick with a purple laser. Oh! The shield changes color.
Charles Magellean awakens from his slumber.
Metal Man (GM): It's blue again.
Aribar reappears just in time to see the shield change colors... The elf unsheaths Moonlight and slashes Smithy. "Yah!"
Metal Man (GM): Hits! Smithy is starting to look damaged.
Garrick Fy`aar unloads another series of shots at him, now that his shield is blue.
Metal Man (GM): All hit, of course.
Charles Magellean realizes he must confirm his decision... he goes into a trance again... only this time... staring to Smithy... and with the rest of the mindless expression.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy shoots at Garrick with another beam.
Garrick Fy`aar dodges it!
Metal Man (GM): He gets angry... and attacks with Blitzkrieg. 40% electric. Then he turns to Aribar, and does the fist thing...
Aribar is punched.
Metal Man (GM): Not exactly... you're... hit by electricity for... 140% healing.
Smithy: "...Gaaaaah!"
Aribar: "Ah! Thank you!"
Smithy: "Curse you..."
Aribar follows up Smithy's healing with two sword slices.
Metal Man (GM): They hit.
Garrick Fy`aar unloads on him again... I guess...
Metal Man (GM): All hit.
Smithy: "Enough! It is time to end this!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy points his fist into the air... the machine revs up...
Garrick Fy`aar: "Ari, you've got to disconnect that machine from him!"
Metal Man (GM): Sephirothdx.mid The area starts shaking. You can feel the place lifting up.
Smithy: "My time has come. Full power!!!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy gains a blue aura.
Computer: "We have breached the surface."
Smithy: "Excellent."
Metal Man (GM): Smithy laughs... computer screens showing various locations on Nintendus.
Garrick Fy`aar growls, his own body trembling slightly with energy...
Smithy: "It is time that you saw your planet... destroyed!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy lifts his hands up.
Charles Magellean has done nothing for a while now. He has only readjusted his head to stare, conveniently, in the direction of where Smithy is. He coincidentally gazes into Smithy's eyes, not even attempting it on purpose, but using... the Command quirk.
Metal Man (GM): You gain control, but before you can do anything... A white energy overflows your body, releasing it from stone.
Charles Magellean has nothing on his mind. "!!"
Metal Man (GM): Furthermore, you feel a twinge of your evil presence before your concentration is broken by a thrown sword ..which hits Smithy in the forehead.
Smithy: "Aaarrrrrrrrrgh!"
Charles Magellean: "...Oiii... my head."
Meta Knight: "The past... cannot destroy the future."
Computer: "...Losing power... landing... ... ... ...error!"
Charles Magellean: "'But the future... refused to change."
Metal Man (GM): ...The huge steel ship crashes into the ground.
Garrick Fy`aar spots his opening, jumping on it like a pitbull on a steak. He automatically Overdrives (I have the points) and launches himself at Smithy, slamming his fist straight through Smithy's body.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You can't do that; Smithy does something else.
Charles Magellean: "!?...Kajidoh!"
Metal Man (GM): He turns to the module.
Charles Magellean: "...My body!"
Aribar blinks and just stands back, still kinda confused about this whole matter...
Garrick Fy`aar: "Ari, you've got to switch the wires in the module!"
Smithy: "...Ugh... ...Module!"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy glows again. So does the module.
Garrick Fy`aar: "If you don't, he'll use Nova's power to blow up the planet!"
Smithy: "I... am... not FINISHED!"
Aribar: "...Okay..." *He edges towards the module, wary of Smithy...*
Metal Man (GM): Smithy tears the sword out, and FLINGS it at Aribar.
Charles Magellean: .oO(Please do not do this Kajidoh. I have more things in mind for the Magellean Military.)
Metal Man (GM): 50% damage as Aribar is pinned to the ground by the sword.
Aribar: "Gaah!"
Garrick Fy`aar waits for his turn to do anything...
Metal Man (GM): Version_2_Marx.mid
Meta Knight: "...It cannot be!"
Smithy: "If it's the last thing I do, I'll fight you... traitor!"
Charles Magellean: "...What?"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy and Meta Knight are surrounded by a red bubble. They begin fighting... although Meta Knight is outclassed.
Meta Knight: "Your power cannot save you from me!"
Garrick Fy`aar can do something now?
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: You see a console. The module is overheating. Smithy is overusing it. You're the only person who can keep it, the only 100% functional thing on the ruined ship, from exploding.
Garrick Fy`aar looks up at the module, then gulps. "...hope this works..."
Metal Man (GM): Locos is still stunned from the mental overload. You must use the console. Aribar is stuck in place by the sword.
Garrick Fy`aar runs to the console, trying to shut it down, switch it over to Nova, something, ANYTHING.
Metal Man (GM): What do you do? Exactly. I mean, do you switch it to Nova, or shut it down, or...?
Garrick Fy`aar starts by looking for a shutdown procedure.
Metal Man (GM): Shutdown. That one is easy, it's the one flashing as it shows temperature overheating. 'Energy output: 10000% Reactor is overheating'
Garrick Fy`aar quickly shuts it down. It would be too dangerous to Nova to give him that much energy all at once.
Metal Man (GM): 'Shut down suggested' It begins shutting down... ....
???: "NOOOOO!!!!"
Metal Man (GM): ...It's the ghost of Phantom. He LEAPS at the console.
Phantom: "Stay on! Stay on! STAY ON!!!!"
Charles Magellean regains his composure physically.
Metal Man (GM): He starts kicking and beating the console.
Garrick Fy`aar raises his gun at Phantom, glaring down the barrel at him. "You've screwed with my life for the last time!"
Console: "Command accepted. Shutdown procedure ended."
Phantom: "Must... protect... master Smithy..."
Metal Man (GM): Phantom turns to Garrick.
Phantom: "Your gun... is no match for mine!"
Metal Man (GM): Phantom is about to fire at Garrick... what does Locos do?
Garrick Fy`aar: "Come get me, you fool!" *OVERDRIVE!!*
Charles Magellean comes out of mental stasis.
Metal Man (GM): The shots... they do 15% per hit. They are extremely powerful....
Charles Magellean goes to Aribar and pull the sword that pins him down.
Metal Man (GM): The sword comes out... while painful, Aribar is free. Phantom is now controlling the console.
Aribar: "Gah... Th-thank you..."
Phantom: "More power! MORE POWER!"
Charles Magellean nods.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy begins speeding up.
Charles Magellean throws the sword at the bubble.
Meta Knight: "Curse! It was him all alo----"
Aribar remains on the floor for a moment building up his strength before sitting up.
Metal Man (GM): *SMASH* The bubble cracks and fizzles.
Garrick Fy`aar gets smacked with a few of them, skidding back and growling. He's not dead yet... he's at 95 on his last life.
Metal Man (GM): Smithy then turns to Locos.
Smithy: "...Destroy."
Garrick Fy`aar quickly pulls out A Kerokero Cola and slams it into the ground. The gold sparks heal Ari, Locos, and himself fully.
Metal Man (GM): A purple beam flies at Locos right after he's healed. Phantom, meanwhile is doing dubious things with the console.
Phantom: "YES! Yes!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...hey, Phantom?"
Computer: "...Control systems changed."
Smithy: "What? This... this can't---"
Metal Man (GM): Smithy suddenly shuts down and hits the floor.
Aribar mumbles a thanks while getting up... ... The elf looks at Phantom, then to Smithy...
Charles Magellean: "...Kajidoh, I meant to throw the sword at you."
Phantom: "Yes!!!"
Metal Man (GM): Avon appears.
Charles Magellean: "To catch."
Garrick Fy`aar stands there, two glowing barrels belonging to two identical copies of the M150 are right beside Phantom's face.
Avon: "...It appears you have run out of time."
Aribar: "...'allo, new person..."
Charles Magellean: "...Go away, brat."
Avon: "Phantom, he has decided to help Zio. I am now in control."
Charles Magellean: "No you're not, spoiler."
Aribar: "...Hey, Phantom, if you stop workin' for Zio I may buy your gun..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Ari, the cords! DO IT NOW!"
Phantom: "...Really? ...If you buy it right now, I will stop Avon!"
Avon: "You wouldn't dare! After the promise of being revived?"
Charles Magellean: "You don't know my lieutenant." *He smiles.*
Aribar: "..." *The elf starts towards those cords and goes to switch them...*
Metal Man (GM): Aribar: Jump check.
Charles Magellean: "Now then, I suggest you leave... post haste."
Metal Man (GM): You leap atop it... but it's... spiiiiining....
Avon: "The Doomship and assorted junk has been reformatted. This room is next!"
Garrick Fy`aar slowly turns away from Phantom, looking at Avon. "...you're Avon..."
Charles Magellean: "Kajidoh's?"
Aribar attempts to cling onto the module and switch the cords at the same time with one hand...
Avon: "...He is garbage. You trashed him."
Charles Magellean: "...Kajidoh."
Metal Man (GM): Avon turns to Aribar.
Avon: "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Charles Magellean runs to Kajidoh.
Metal Man (GM): Aribar: You switch the cables... Avon falls over, dead.
Avon: "...Not... again..." *Slump.*
Charles Magellean: "This time stay dead."
Garrick Fy`aar takes that moment to unload on Phantom. "TWENTY-ONE GUN SALUTE!!"
Metal Man (GM): Phantom... is a ghost. The bullets fly through him.
Aribar attempts to hop down from the module... "Okay... Can everything slow down? I'm still trying to figure out why I'm here right now."
Phantom: "...I can explain everything. Honest. Smithy waited her since he was destroyed about a year ago to recover and kill everyone. ...With that doctor."
Garrick Fy`aar hmpfs, then moves through Phantom and redirects the flow of power to Nova.
Charles Magellean tries his frickin' best to see what happened to him.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick: No such luck... the cables are in backwards. Aribar has to hook it up correctly... the computer just zaps you instead.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...dah! Aribar, could you?"
Aribar sighs and jumps back to the module...
Phantom: "Then Meta Knight broke in and stabbed Smithy. They fought. Then I switched the systems to Avon. Then you killed Avon again."
Charles Magellean: "Oi... it's no use. It's beyond me."
Aribar: *Last Lucky.*
Metal Man (GM): Aribar bounces off of the thing. 20% damage.
Aribar: "Oof!"
Charles Magellean goes to the group.
Aribar: "I hate this thing..." *The elf tries jumping up to it one last time.*
Phantom: "Now... somebody buy my gun before I do this again!"
Metal Man (GM): Aribar jumps up it.
Garrick Fy`aar sighs, then turns to Phantom while he waits for Ari to do it. His Overdrive sorta powers down and he goes back to normal. "Let me see it..."
Aribar attempts to redo what he did...
Phantom: "It's just... so tempting! To live again instead of rot while you ignore me!"
Metal Man (GM): You redo it... the generator is now back to normal.
Aribar hops down. "Phantom... Is there any catches to buying your gun?"
Phantom: "None! Unlike not buying my gun..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "How much?"
Phantom: "It's a powerful machine gun for 10,000 coins."
Garrick Fy`aar looks to Ari. "Can you one hand that thing? It's got quite a kick."
Aribar: "...If Locos gives me permission, and no one else wants to buy it, I'll gladly buy it with money from Valhalla Fortress..."
Phantom: "If you buy it, my last unfinished business will be complete, and I can stop haunting you!"
Charles Magellean: "You will do no such thing."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...how much you got, Ari. I'll loan you some cash."
Charles Magellean: "The funds of the empire are not to be used for outside circumstances... I will buy it."
Phantom: "You will buy it! Excellent!"
Charles Magellean: "This will be the final service that you will have performed for the Magellean Military."
Aribar: "I've not a single coin in my name."
Charles Magellean: "You served with honor."
Garrick Fy`aar rolls his eyes. Locos and his stupid moral crap that doesn't make sense. He turns back to the console and redirects the flow of energy to Nova.
Metal Man (GM): It turns on.
Charles Magellean gets out his sack of coins from his backpocket wallet.
Nova: "Systems have been normalized..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Power percentage?"
Nova: "But I don't know what to do with all the weapons of mass destruction. I'm always at 100%, Garrick. It's just that 2 of 20 modules are now restored."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...strip them down and store the parts in your base. I can use some of them..."
Nova: "You now have 10 weeks."
Charles Magellean hands phantom his sack.
Nova: "What shall I do with Smithy? He is the most evil robot I've ever seen."
Charles Magellean faces Nova's screen.
Garrick Fy`aar: "I'd say you should transport him somewhere safe... perhaps to the sun?"
Phantom: "Thank you... thank you... thank you. Here you go. Now I will no longer bring trouble and sadness to this world!"
Charles Magellean: "I will deal with the AWOL'er." *He looks to phantom quickly and nods. He takes the gun.*
Metal Man (GM): Phantom disappears. Locos has obtained: 'Last Request', a legendary level Machinegun.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Sorry, Locos, but I'm not about to let Smithy stay around for a third chance. Warp the carcass to the sun, Nova."
Metal Man (GM): It fires SPD mod times, deals STR mod damage per hit, and affects INT mod people.
Nova: "It is up to Charles. Smithy is not my possession."
Charles Magellean goes into deep thought. "The best we can do... is make sure he never bothers anyone again. That decision... is up to Nova and Nova alone."
Garrick Fy`aar closes his eyes, growling softly. Why... "...in that case, what do you think we should do, Nova."
Nova: "Very well. Smithy is very intelligent... but carries a malice towards all that is true and good. He is only second to The Void in evil..."
Aribar just stands where he is, inspecting himself to make sure he's in one piece after that fight and all, which he is... The elf mumbles something about this being confusing.
Nova: "But wanton destruction is not how you deal with a wanton destroyer. He is to be studied and used to create a new form of defense robot..."
Charles Magellean: "If only others shared that belief."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...if that's what you want, then send him to the Stadium. Oak can do that."
Nova: "His A.I. kept in a database for reference and... so he can see what happens when the world is not under threat of destruction. His body, however, is to be used for someone else who I know would use it better. ...I shall not reveal that until after it has been modified, though. Now then. Don't you all want to go back and rest?"
Aribar: "Mr. Nova, you know a lot, don't you?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...I'm uploading some data into your database, Nova. Receive it now."
Nova: "Indeed."
Garrick Fy`aar flips open his dex and uploads whatever he got from the doctor into Nova.
Nova: "...Thank you, Garrick. These details on Smithy's plans will allow me to thwart those people who I sealed in the Dark Realm."
Aribar: "...Why am I still here? The last thing I remember is wh---Errr... Going suicidal in Lumis's realm... Yeah. Let's go with that."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I'm coming straight to the base, Nova. Warp me in."
Nova: "Well... I rescued your dust from them."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick is warped there.
Nova: "I broke in and attacked them. Their pathetic mirrors broke against my heuristic processor. I blasted the head buffoon with a laser, then buried the bedsheet under bricks."
Aribar: "...Oh... I guess I really do owe you my life then... Thank you."
Nova: "You are most welcome. For it is also my module which healed you both... however..."
Charles Magellean: .oO(Nova speaks the partial truth... it was them that had to seal the mirrors and send Nova out.)
Nova: "It will only get harder from now... Smithy was but an appetizer to the buffet of evil that seems to be coming to the dinner table."
Aribar: "...Goodie."
Nova: "An appetizer based on the main course of a long lost meal, but... only an appetizer. He may be more evil than Zio, but Zio has power."
Garrick Fy`aar glares at nothing as he moves from the warp pad, locking it as he does so, to the table. He tosses his jacket onto the back of a chair. He waits for Nova to finish...
Nova: "Grunty has money and wits. Those three stooges have a bunch of weird magical abilities. Bowser... uhhh... he's just an idiot who attacks mindlessly."
Aribar mumbles, "Many of them there because of me..."
Nova: "Ganondorf is sealed away... I hope he doesn't break out... The rest aren't worth mentioning. Now then, my speech is done. You may go home now."
Charles Magellean: "...I see something different."
Garrick Fy`aar sits in a chair at the table in Nova's base. He stares at the computer, waiting for it to notice him "...Nova. I'm going to ask you something about all of this, all of these things that are going on. Your answer is going to affect my next action."
Metal Man (GM): *And so, some loose ends, the return and quick defeat of Smithy, some scientist weirdo, and Nova get finished.*
Nova: "Yes, Garrick?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...do I matter? In all of these things? With Doopliss and Lumis and everything? Could the Questers survive without me?"
Nova: "That question has two answers. First thing, you do not matter to Doopliss or Lumis. Nor are you a big factor in that particular issue. However, you matter in the fact that you are the only person who is here that is close to understanding what I am. Kirby, after all, was good. And what did he do? Blow up my heart."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...are you tricking me, Nova?"
Nova: "...I have no reason to trick you. You have been doing these things for me, even though those bad guys could offer you glamorous immortality, cars, money... you name it."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...I do this because you are my only link home, Nova. That, and you are perhaps the only true friend I have here."
Nova: "Perhaps some time I can fulfill your wish. When I was in one piece, I had much more power than now. Frying small fish like Lumis is easy, back then, I could fight the sun and moon simultaneously! ...Yes... I was ordered to fight them. That realm is a bit sticky with physics."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Nova, I was ordered to come to this world. I never had a choice in the matter. My job is to defeat anything that gets in the way of this world existing."
Nova: "That is the same as my job. What a coincidence. Tell me, why do all the others from Earth seem both weird and distant from the welfare of the planet? Locos has all his strange moralistic debates, and Metal only cares about destruction of bad guys and his own strangeness. Tridus does nothing but mope, now that he's free from the control of The Void."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...they really don't care for the planet itself, but they do, from a certain point of view. They must. It's their jobs. No matter how strange Metal is, how moralistic Locos is, or how distant Ari is, they are all Questers. And a Quester protects the Stadium, and it turn, the planet."
Nova: "...Then... what about Tridus? He is free as a bird, yet stays in the stadium... as if he's been chained there..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...he repays his debt. He took so many lives that he can do nothing but try fruitlessly to repay those he harmed. ...my mentor told me once that we aren't tools of the government, no matter which government it is. We always have a choice."
Nova: "I digress. My mechanical computing accuracy has deduced an eerie pattern in Smithy's goods... They were aimed... at Zio."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Zio?"
Nova: "Not you... not Ivan... nobody else. Zio. In fact, 'DESTROY ZIO' is written on the atomic bomb."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...strange..."
Metal Man (GM): We pause there, wondering why Smithy wanted to nuke Zio.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...well... umm... create a list of all the items we collected and stock them in the basement so I can go through them. I also want you to locate your next module and find what's surrounding it or using it. Finally, go into the data I sent you and try and get any information that Dr. Alcatraz had on his movements and actions before being transported to Nintendus... I'm... going to get some sleep..."
Metal Man (GM): And what I was smoking when I turned a simple blast from the past... into plot madness!
Garrick Fy`aar moves to one of the bunks on the right side of the room, hanging his gun and clip holster on the corner of the bed before collapsing, falling asleep instantly.