Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 288: Attack of the Mental Breadworms
Date: 3:11:13 PM, June 22nd; 9:46:37 PM, June 22nd, 2006.
Metal Man (GM): Well... I might as well get started. It's a bit complex.
Editor's Note: Complex, as in "Completely over-convoluted and insane", but sure, past me, you go with that. Heh. Hahah. Hahahahahah!
Wolfman's last location: R&R. VG: Somewhere in the base.
Metal Man (GM): Interlude - ???
Garrick Fy`aar's Last location: The lab.
Metal Man has just finished talking to the mysterious figure, and has watched him warp out. He holds his head... and mutters as he stumbles out of the medbay, looking at Julian and Aetos, who may have just woken up.
"I don't know what it is... or why it is... but that man reminded me of something completely unrelated to Charles...
I think I'll walk it off."
Aetos: "Guh..." *he opens his eyes slightly...*
Wolfman is watching TV while sitting... well, like a dog.
Metal Man stumbles by, nearly crashing into a shelf, as he wanders past VG in a hallway. "You... huh... why do I remember you so well?" He wanders past VG and into the R&R.
Garrick Fy`aar is wearing a pair of goggles, using a welding torch to clean up his shield...
The Wraith is drifting behind Metal, following and watching intently...
Metal Man goes into R&R. "It all is too familiar... this... and the other place..."
VG: "...okay, has he lost it?"
The Wraith: *Metal's comm would beep.*
VG: *Goes to R&R.*
Wolfman sees the others enter...
Metal Man holds his head again. "Even my head is beeping." Presses a button on the side of his head.
Wolfman: "What's going on?"
The Wraith: "What... is your name, sir?"
Metal Man: "Illian Macgregor. Metal Man #88, commander of the Neo-Earthian army... ow..." *He holds his head* "Make that Metal Man, president of the Questers... Funny... I don't remember that name having a number next to it."
The Wraith rubs its chin with its free hand; its dex is in the other...
Garrick Fy`aar: "...hm."
Metal Man wanders a bit more. "The lab should have something to help me... understand this."
The Wraith: "Interesting... Where do you last remember being?"
Wolfman: "...what are you trying to understand?"
Metal Man wanders back, taking the elevator up... slowly... while still talking to the Wraith. "Here... err... teleporter... ...here."
VG: "I'm a bit confused... has Metal lost his brain?"
Garrick Fy`aar finishes his welding for a bit, pulling on the goggles to inspect his work...
The Wraith: *VG's and Wolf's dexes would beep as well.*
Metal Man goes up the elevator, slowly, emerging in the lab where Garrick is. He stares at him like some sort of lost friend, or something.
The Wraith follows Metal closely, not letting him out of sight or earshot...
VG: "What the? Been awhile since I've heard my dex beep..."
Metal Man: "...You're the closest thing to a soldier out here, aren't you?"
Wolfman: (Both of us) "This is [Insert name here]."
VG: "I'm no longer a soldier."
Metal Man coughs a bit, holding his head again. "This is... incredibly odd... the man... savior of the Lunarians. His... telepathy... appears to have awakened something."
Wolfman : "I'm sort of a solder..."
The Wraith: *They would hear a raspy, though oddly familiar and deep, voice.* "Metal seems to be having... flashbacks of some sort."
Metal Man: "Sir... Garrick... what is your unit?"
VG: "Flashbacks? Is he trying to remember something?"
The Wraith: "Rather, remembering something whether he's trying to or not..."
Metal Man: "I have to report... report this." *He takes out some tools in the same lab Garrick is in, and begins repairing something long busted... heck, it's always been busted on him.*
"My... communicator... was broken when I landed on this planet. Yes... wait..." *He presses a button* "...This planet is the future of where I once was."
The Wraith tilts its head to the side as it watches intently...
Metal Man: "...The teleporter... was the Solarian Machine... ten... thousand years ago."
*He finishes fixing the communicator; the fidelity of his speech across the dexes would become nearly life-like, something far beyond the radio technology normally used.*
The Wraith: "...Where were you stationed prior to the... incident?"
Wolfman: "I am at R&R."
Metal Man: "I was stationed near the destroyed remains of my capital city... most of my people were dead. The Solarian scourge... hit quick... hit fast... all 99 other men of my unit died from some sort of electro-magnetic pulse weapon.
A piece of debris saved me... but... how could I save anything? I was the weakest soldier in the unit... brought... for one thing."
*He clears his throat.*
Metal Man (GM): Well, it's simple. Metal, Wraith, and Garrick are in the lab.
You're in R&R, Julian and Aetos near the medbay, Charles IN the medbay.
Metal Man: "What you call... The Void... ever wonder where he came from? Why... he didn't become a full Nobody? ...He even killed Xalron... he played a big part in that."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...what ARE you talking about?"
Metal Man: "He isn't quite so much a nobody... he only half-exists, if you check him against the requirements... no... he is a very strange thing. Ah. Yes. Garrick. What is... your unit?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...my... unit?"
Metal Man: "Last official military unit of wherever."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Oh... uhhh..."
Metal Man: "Even I belonged to one... even though it was ruthlessly destroyed."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I worked with a small private military group."
Metal Man having fixed the communicator, takes out a box... labeled 'METAL ONLY', and unlocks it. It's dusty... from long, long ago.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Philanthropy..."
Metal Man: "An ancient... Earthling group, I presume?" *He opens the box, with his... communicator. He says some strange code words through it.*
Garrick Fy`aar watches quietly...
Metal Man: "I have... a purpose. No, not The Void. Everyone got him wrong. It was merely the chaos emeralds which, as usual, took a bad thing and made it world destroying.
Even you, Garrick, could have been like The Void, had he not been corrupted and you instead held them.
The Void is merely a very rare affliction caused by... near death experiences.
Well, it differs in every case."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...yes, well, that isn't the case for me. I didn't give in to the darkness..."
Metal Man: "The Darkness? No, Garrick. That was chaos... thankfully, that chaos was destroyed."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Chaos, darkness, it doesn't matter."
Metal Man opens the box, pulling out seemingly unrelated parts.
Garrick Fy`aar: "What matters is I'm still searching for the good thing..."
Metal Man: "Now... this information... is a piece of what really happened to your Earth, my Neo-Earth, and the like. It was the end of days. The Solarians had arrived in a thousand white ships and destroyed the Neo-Earthian capital.
One Solarian was enough to kill an entire military unit. My unit, the Metal Men, made up of cybernetic fighters, was entirely killed... besides me, due to luck.
I ran from the destruction and fell down a very, very deep pit."
Garrick Fy`aar: "..."
Metal Man: "The Solarian chased me, of course. Most other resistance... died."
Garrick Fy`aar just stands there, his sword held in his hand has he slowly begins to repair it, taking out dents and dings and sharpening it back to a shiny, razor sharp edge...
Metal Man: "I lost him in a very deep network of caves. Running, running... I ran into something quite fantastic.
...The... Solarian machine."
Julian Sawyer: "An' the only way I'm GONNA stop is if I get this fight. So you either gonna get constantly attacked, or you gonna get taken care of at once."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Metal, why are you telling me this?"
Editor's Note: There be a huge monologue by "Metal Man" here. I must caution as always when this happens... his story always changes, and is never the true canon of anything. So beware! Read or don't, it won't actually remain true if it had any truth!
Metal Man: "Used to destroy Earth originally... by the Solarians... who then fled... and returned to fight us. ...Telling you, telling Wraith... I can always record it somewhere."
The Wraith: "Allow him to continue, Garrick... This information could be very useful..."
Metal Man: "...The Solarians were adept at corrupting our machines with their magic... that was the only reason they were not killed by the nanodestroyers. ...And here was my chance to send irony at them. The Solarian machine... which I corrupted with Neo-Earth machinery.
Now... while Magitek makes our technology less effective... Neo-Earth technology makes Magitek stable... more powerful.
I had created the most powerful weapon to ever exist... an abomination.
But... I was scared. I was trapped. Everyone I knew was dead.
I had no conscience when I programmed the script to eliminate all Solarians forever.
It was nearly ready; I activated it. There was an odd box in the center which I hadn't yet figured out.
...Behold. The Solarian had come for me at last... my dabbling in abomination had lured it in. Him... Tridus... the real thing. Not that fake, imaginary version who was briefly a Doubler clone.
...I fought him, though it was a losing battle. My armor as it is now... is actually more than I wore at the time.
Only half of my body was wrecked then; he destroyed another quarter of it, and all I could do was scratch one of his eyes.
...But the machine. He couldn't stop it. He ripped out the controls... and it kept on going.
...This is what began to remind me of it."
*He calls up a monitor screen via SIMBER.*
Metal Man (GM): It shows... Ivo Robotnik's mecha time-traveling... then being kicked.
It flies out of sight.
Metal Man: "...The machine, the Solarian machine, was nothing much. I had mistakenly thought... it was a teleporter.
It is... a time machine. Ever wonder how Sardis Mongul... got here?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...you're kidding me."
Metal Man: "No. It is responsible for several things. The Atlanteans were the first users of it... why? The Solarians went back in time and influenced them... and left their machine.
Thus... Atlantis. That is why it was so ahead of its time. Luckily, fate sunk it below the sea until the time was right.
Many years passed, thankfully.
My Three Powers War began when the Solarians originally discovered it... I hate time travel.
These Solarians would later bring their influences to bear many places... but... ironically... not in our time.
Rathos Lell is a program. You'd be dead if he was real.
...Some went back in time... to Atlantis. That was one group.
That's all I know of, which is very little."
*He straightens up, getting back on topic.
"Tridus decided to finish me off. He kicked me at the electrified machine... and... surprise surprise! He didn't know what he just did.
My program to destroy the Solarians couldn't work. It was a time machine.
Neither did it destroy the planet in the Three Powers War.
...But when damaged... it would distort and destroy reality.
He kicked me through time... very far through time.
All of the odd things on this planet... were created by it.
It was destroyed this time... I know. When I reappeared near this place... it was a pile of dust.
It had this... horrible effect, too. It literally wiped my mind.
For years... I have tried to remember.
All it took... was exposure to strange telepathy to unlock this.
...Yet Mewtwo never could do it... hmmm... well. That's my story. I'm not much of a hero in it, no. Just some running away guy.
It is here I actually learned how to fight."
*He rifles through the box, picking out fragments... of something.
"Hmmm... I can't even remember very much what my weapon was... a shame.
I had a yearning for guns once, I used junk once, I used axes too. But none of them ever felt right."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I also remember you using a DVD player..."
Metal Man: "Junk, indeed. I'm sorry if I bored you to death with my old story. Unhappy ending, lack of explanations, and... geez. Holes everywhere."
Garrick Fy`aar: "No, it's fine, Metal..."
The Wraith chuckles... It's actually audible as a real chuckle over the dex, rather than that strange rasping...
Garrick Fy`aar: "That cleared up a few things..."
The Wraith: "I wasn't bored at all... Found it rather interesting, even. And I never liked History."
Metal Man continues picking through the little metallic pieces all jumbled up like puzzle pieces. "All I know is that this weapon was the right one for me... too bad that jerk blasted it into pieces with his kick."
Garrick Fy`aar: "You know, there's something I've been meaning to try..."
Metal Man: "Well, I could help, though my own history knowledge is only slightly better than that of myself."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I've heard about all these Time Stones... I was wondering. Maybe if we hooked them up to Nova, with all of his knowledge of Earth and Neo-Earth, we could just LOOK into the future rather than go there?"
Metal Man: "We only have one... how far does that go? A minute?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Then you can find your weapon... and I could... look at... that explosion..."
Metal Man: "Also, that's actually the past I'm talking about. 10,000 years requires... all seven."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Well, I would think looking and going is two different things."
*He sighs gently, looking at Metal...*
Metal Man: "Ehh. You'd need a pretty nice machine."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Metal, could I ask you something?"
Metal Man: "What is it?" *He absent-mindedly sticks pieces together.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Did you ever hear of an... explosion in the deserts around six years ago? When I showed up to join the Questers? It'd be a rather big one..."
Metal Man counts time. "6 years? You must be off by some. 10 for Kuja's reign of terror, and about 2 more before that. It'd have to be, like, 10 or eleven years ago. I don't recall seeing it, we didn't have many sensors back then."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...hm."
*He sighs...*
Metal Man puts the shiny pieces together... they look pretty odd.
"Hmmm... here we are. Some... old... obsolete... anachronistic... even traitorous, in a way... TT33's."
Charles Magellean eyes open up. His mind is now calm, and feels different somehow. He looks to the Robotnik cup that he takes out of his room every once in a while. A strange liquid for me? He goes to take and----pauses. He vividly remembers the last time he tried to have something like coffee. He takes a sip of it and swishes it in his mouth.
Metal Man takes out a rather hastily taped together pistol that looks big, bulky, and silver. It fits right in with Metal's armor scheme, but seems old fashioned.
Garrick Fy`aar: "TT33s?? You're kidding me..."
Charles Magellean blinks a few times in disgust.
Garrick Fy`aar: "I haven't seen TT33s in ages..."
Metal Man: "They were hundreds of years old when I bought them. Our technology managed to fix them, but they're still old."
Wolfman has fallen asleep on the couch. VG is... well, probably making dinner for the Questers. (aka, don't call me unless really required)
Garrick Fy`aar looks down at the pistol...
Charles Magellean spits it out harshly and begins to cough. After coughing, he dumps the remainder of the crap into the nearest sink. "That's it. I'm switchin' back to caffeine."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...may I?"
Metal Man: "...And once again the technology of today can fix them. Here." *He hands it to Garrick; it looks like it was exploded.*
Garrick Fy`aar looks it over with a trained eye...
"...the slide and the sight are different from what I've seen..."
Metal Man: "It was modified to be more powerful in the process, mildly."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...what rounds does it take?"
Aetos enters the medbay then, and spots Charles. "Ah! You're alive!!"
Metal Man: "Uhhh... some old rounds. Something like 7.62 millimeter rounds."
Charles Magellean: "...?" *He turns aroundeth* "...Aetos?? H-how did you escape Robotnik!?"
Metal Man: "Good thing I used it, too; the EMP knocked out everyone's laser weapons."
Charles Magellean speaks softly. "How were you able to elude Ivo?"
Garrick Fy`aar hmms softly, cocking it and aiming in one smooth motion...
"...you know, this makes me wish I had my old M150..."
Aetos: "Apparently, Aribar traded me from himself with Robotnik..."
Charles Magellean: "Aribar; that elf was always causing tension to me. Seems he finally found a use for himself."
Aetos shrugs. "I have to wonder what his intentions were..."
Metal Man: "I should repair it fully and try it against Julian some time.
The Void has an unfair advantage against him... I need to try myself with a fair one."
Charles Magellean is updated. Upon seeing the second contact of the Mages council... disturbing (eating everything including the kitchen sink), he goes to the library to just hang.
Aetos walks out the door, beginning to wield his spear, he opens the small terminal on it and starts typing a message to Charles.
Metal Man finishes with fixing his guns. "Hmmm... there's a disturbance... I think I'll fix that."
Charles Magellean is on the forums after using his authorization code. A text window from Aetos? He opens it.
Metal Man walks into the room where Julian is, looking for Aetos. "...Could you please talk to me, Aetos?"
Aetos: 'I know what you did, and I don't know why, but I'm leaving now. You could always come with me... but you wouldn't... I'll be seeing you Charles.'
Dragoshi: "...Okay, as pseudo-interesting as this sounds-...Hello there, boss."
Metal Man then notices Aetos walking out the door. "Damn." He kicks a hole in the wall and runs after Aetos.
Charles Magellean: 'Then do so. But remember, I did it for a reason which will be made clear within a week.'
Aetos: '*Nod emoticon*'
The Wraith just... resumes its drifting, eyeing Aetos as it passes through the hall on his way out.
Aetos would be caught up to soon, since he was only walking.
Dragoshi: "...What the-" *Blinks as Metal kicks a hole in the wall* "...Wonder if I could get a toolbox for that."
Wolfman wonders if he would see Aetos... he is somewhat awake in R&R now.
Charles Magellean: 'It was a test that took an unexpected turn, but you passed it. I will talk to you again soon.'
Metal Man would eventually catch up, looking sort of bothered. "You could wait up for an old man like me. I don't necessarily like running..."
Aetos stops and turns around. "Huh?"
Charles Magellean: 'We will text again.' *Closes text window on his side.*
Metal Man stops, and kneels a bit. That took a lot out of him. "Let... me..." cough "Deal... with... Julian. I... was merely repairing my guns."
Aetos: "Oh... k."
Charles Magellean begins looking to the forums again.
Wolfman: .oO(...I wonder what the others are doing... but this Mage Council bothers me a bit more...)
Aetos: "Thanks."
Metal Man: "I was never the stand-out in my brigade... I've been sitting around, letting you fight too much... now that more of my head's on straight, I can put things right... which means both of you being evened out here. Come with me." *He stands up.*
Aetos raises an eyebrow at Metal. "...Evened out? What?" Set mode: Follow.
Metal Man: "Well. Julian wants to maliciously kill you, and you've been awfully confused about The Void. I wouldn't want either of you to continue down the paths you're on..." *He begins walking back to HQ.*
Metal Man (GM): *5 minutes later.*
Metal Man enters HQ, and raises a pistol. "Julian... let's talk about this vendetta you've been having."
Charles Magellean: "Finally, found the sites of the bounty hunters again."
Julian Sawyer: "Heh. What're you gonna do, shoot me if I don' stop tryin' to get Aetos?"
Wolfman assumes he would hear Metal enter...
Dragoshi looks at Metal raising a pistol, then talking to Julian "..."
Metal Man: "No, that'd be far too easy.
Here's some things to deal with it. First, we'll be starting the CAL soon.
You can fight him legit there."
Alexia leans against the wall casually while keeping Julian pinned.
Metal Man: "Second... could you stop pinning Julian?"
Alexia: "You got it."
Dragoshi 's eyes light up at the sound of CAL, but looks away. He then chuckles.
Alexia eyes stop glowing purple and Julian drops to the wall.
Metal Man: "Third, I'll end our confusion with Aetos' loyalty right here, right now."
Julian Sawyer: "No, I wanna fight him NOW. 'Else I'm gonna have all this excess anger pent-up, and that's gonna make me a bad team member. Mostly 'cause I'll be trying to kill Aetos. Now you grant me that match NOW, that's all taken care of."
Dragoshi: *To self*"...Just another day at the office."
Metal Man points to gun at Aetos. "Are you a Quester or are you not?"
Alexia: "..."
Dragoshi: "..."
Aetos looks at his spear... "...Well, technically yeah."
Wolfman: *VG would enter at some point...*
Metal Man: "There is a yes, and a no. I want to figure that out now."
Julian Sawyer: "...Metal, that ain't gonna work! He can just lie."
Dragoshi: .oO(...Wonderful. Freakin' wonderful)
Alexia: "...Man, Del never saw anything like this."
VG: .oO(...oh brother: Julian is angry...)
Metal Man: "Technically yeah? I can't hear you. What was that again?"
Aetos: "Yes."
Wolfman cowers a bit behind his hat, which expands to cover him completely.
Metal Man: "Very well then... I have something which can ENSURE you won't be going off on any runs with traitors."
Dragoshi: "...Hoo boy."
Metal Man: "Julian. You want a fight with Aetos, right?"
Aetos mutters to himself.
Metal Man: "Come over here and give me your hand."
Julian Sawyer: "...Man, what I been sayin' for the past TWENTY MINUTES?"
Metal Man puts the gun down from Aetos and holsters it. Odd, his armor had a space for that too.
Julian Sawyer: "Why? What you gonna do now, Mets? Memory wipe or somethin'?"
Metal Man: "Do I look like a memory wiper to you? I can't telepath to save my life. Then you'd get angry within ten seconds again. He'd make you angry sooner or later. All I need is your hand. Then you can fight all you want."
Aetos: "Hrm..." *He squirms slightly.*
Julian Sawyer: "You're still gonna do somethin'. And I ain't gonna like it. But I want this damn fight, so I guess I no choice." *Julian saunters over to Metal, and gives him his hand*
"Don't you pull ANYTHIN' on me."
SIMBER puts a handcuff on Julian's hand, and one on Aetos'
Alexia: "...OK, Metal, spill. What are you doing?"
Metal Man: "Now I have fixed both problems at once."
Aetos sweatdrops... .oO(Are they nuts?!)
Editor's Note: Yes. This Metal Man is completely nuts. Did you not notice the time he casually reacted to potential nuclear armageddon with "Well, I'm not dead!" instead of "OH NO THE ENTIRE WORLD COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED"
Dragoshi then notices S.I.M.B.E.R. put handcuffs on Julian's AND Aetos' hands.
Metal Man (GM): They're now tethered together by handcuffs.
Dragoshi: "...Okay. What's up with THIS?"
Julian Sawyer: "..."
Metal Man (GM): Like some old comedy movies.
Editor's Note: However, this ain't no comedy movie, past me, so I don't know what you were thinkin'.
Julian Sawyer: "This ain't solvin' the problem."
Aetos: "...He'll just choke me more, and I can't even run now!"
Metal Man: "All right, go and choke him, Julian."
Aetos bug-eyes.
Dragoshi snickers. "...Oh, oh. I get it. Just like in old comedy flicks, huh?"
Julian Sawyer: "No mutha****in' way. I know you did SOMETHIN' so this is either gonna hurt me or not do anythin' when I touch him."
Metal Man: "You've very smart. Now... as long as you have that on, neither of you can hurt one another. ...You will have to live with one another for about a couple months, and then I'll see if you still want to kill one another."
Editor's Note: Damn. I think shooting him would have been more merciful.
Julian Sawyer: "So this ain't solving the mutha****in' problem!"
Dragoshi: "...Oh, man. This is just priceless."
Aetos: "A couple MONTHS?!"
Metal Man: "E Li Three custom made them. You guess."
Aetos mutters, "Where's that damn Mushroom King..."
Dragoshi: "...?"
Metal Man: "They stretch out to a maximum of about 5 feet if you walk away from one another... but besides that, you're sort of stuck. This'll prevent Aetos from betraying us... as Julian will violently kill anyone who he meets.
And Julian won't be able to choke him without lighting up like a Christmas tree."
Dragoshi makes a semi-silent laugh"...Heheh. Christmas tree."
Aetos growls.
Julian Sawyer tries to grab the chain with his cuffed hand...
Metal Man: "You could actually use it as a convenient way to do team-up attacks... yeah... if you ever get that far. Anyway... happy trails." *He walks off, feeling good for... doing a job well done?*
Editor's Note: Maybe in the Twilight Zone; in present me's opinion, the two of them probably should have both been ejected from the Questers and OOCly the players simply notified this isn't a game for people who violently react to any/all IC disagreements.
Metal Man (GM): Julian grabs the chain.
Alexia: "Now, now, Julian, the less you fight it, the quicker it goes by."
Julian Sawyer: *No shock?*
Metal Man (GM): No shock. You're just holding it, for now.
Wolfman goes to his room, and VG to his.
Aetos starts to walk to a random room.
Alexia: "Yeah... I have a feeling the only team move Laurel and Hardy here'll use is beating up anything that moves with each other."
Julian Sawyer then jumps at Aetos, trying to wrap the 'chain' around his neck. The 5-foot limit should be enough...
Digifanatic walks in...
Dragoshi: "...I 'ave to agree with Alexia on that"
Aetos topples over forward. "Gyack!!"
Metal Man (GM): Julian is zapped comically by it.
And it uncoils from Aetos's neck.
It zaps him... for 5 seconds.
Yes. Visible.
Dragoshi chuckles "...Heh."
Alexia breaks down laughing.
Dragoshi: "...Do it again!"
Aetos: "Would you just give up?!"
Charles Magellean looks to the available police site forums. He looked through all of them looks through them again, looking for Ivan's force and the Mages Council.
Aetos tries to pull himself up and continue to a random room with no one in it.
Metal Man (GM): Aetos goes to drag Julian... and gets zapped.
For 5 seconds.
Aetos: *Bzzzzzttt*
"Agghh!!"
Julian Sawyer: *BZZT! Julian lands flat on his back, staring up at the ceiling...*
Metal Man (GM): Hmmm... it appears you have to agree on a place to go. Otherwise you'll both be electrifying.
Alexia: *Wipes the tears of laughter from her eyes* "Well, this should be good for a few months of cheap laughs."
Aetos: "Grr... C'mon Julian..."
Dragoshi: *Almost cracking up* "...Yeah, definitely."
Aetos: "Julian?..."
*He pokes him.*
Alexia pulls Julian up.
Dragoshi: "...I'd suggest pokin' him with a stick"
Metal Man (GM): You poke him. He feels a little toasty.
Alexia: "I'll go get some smelling salts."
Dragoshi: "...Nah. I'll go get em'"
Alexia: "Thankee."
Dragoshi: "Eh. No problem" *Goes off to get the smelling salts.*
Aetos: "Let's go, Julian!"
Julian Sawyer starts breathing heavily on the ground, trying to calm himself down... Isn't working. Julian slowly reaches over to Vendetta, grasps it tightly, flicks it on, then suddenly jumps to his feet and tries to slash Dragoshi as he nears him "DO I MOTHER****IN' AMUSE YOU?!"
Aetos blinks.
Alexia: "You're certainly amusing us, Julian." *She waits for the inevitable zap.*
Julian Sawyer: *Which doesn't come. Only happens when Julian tries to harm Aetos.*
Metal Man (GM): Julian manages to slash Dragoshi.
Dragoshi is slashed "..."
Editor's Note: At least past me didn't consider it a one-sided thing... although this here proves why it doesn't work: Now the splash radius includes unrelated Questers! Bad move, past Metal!
Alexia: "Spoilsport." *She uses Mend on Dragoshi.*
Dragoshi: "...Don't bother me, dammit."
Aetos knows he'll regret it but he tries to pull Julian off of Dragoshi. "I have an idea, Julian, let's GO!"
Alexia: "Dragoshi, you might wanna leave."
Metal Man (GM): Julian is zapped yet again.
As is Aetos.
Dragoshi: "...Nah."
Aetos: *Bzrkt.*
Metal Man (GM): For... 10 seconds, now.
Julian Sawyer: *BZZT! Julian's on the floor again.*
Aetos falls to the ground. "Everyone, please leave!!"
Digifanatic runs in all of a sudden, alarmed by the noise.
"Julian, could you just stop it?"
Alexia: "If you say so." *Releases Julian and floats out.*
Dragoshi goes up to Julian to kick him but stops before he starts "...Fine. But remind me to hit Julian. HARD." Storms off.
Metal Man (GM): Dr. Mario walks in... again.
Aetos continues trying to get Julian to come along. -.-
Dr. Mario: "You-a are angry-a at-a everything-a! What's-a wrong-a?"
Dr. Mario reviews some papers.
"Hmmm... what is-a this? Something-a odd with-a you! Some... disease-a!"
"I've-a never seen this-a before..."
Julian Sawyer: "All... I... WANTED... was an Arena fight. And NOW I'm chained to the ****ING PERSON I WANTED TO FIGHT, And I CAN'T ATTACK HIM WITHOUT BEIN' SHOCKED!"
Alexia looks around the corner. "Ironic, isn't it?"
Metal Man (GM): He turns around a printout on Julian. Highlighted is some sort of... unknown energy, which is labelled 'OVERDRIVE'
Dragoshi looks around from another corridor.
Dr. Mario: "I-a need to find-a cure quick! He's-a going insane-a!
...Hmmm... this-a should work-a!"
He shoots Julian with a dart. It's some sort of tranquilizer.
Aetos: "Oh god..."
Julian Sawyer: "NO! IF I WERE GOIN' INSANE, I WOU-" *Shot.*
Dragoshi: *Watching, and whispers* "...Huh."
Metal Man (GM): He almost immediately would fall asleep.
Aetos: "Not NOW You buffoon!"
Julian Sawyer: *Thud.*
Dr. Mario: "This is-a only temporary-a... I'll be researching-a the cure-a."
Dr. Mario walks off as Aetos is now trapped in Medbay.
Aetos slams his face on the ground. "GRRR!"
Dragoshi: "...Sucks to be him."
Aetos: "Ok... Ok... maybe I can do it without Julian..."
Metal Man (GM): Unless someone carried Julian around while Aetos walked.
Aetos: "...Awake, that is..."
Digifanatic: (meanwhile, back in Big Room/R&R/wherever the original scuffle was occurring) "Okay, can someone tell me the whole 'traitor' thing? I know Aetos made some faults, like at Port Destiny when he called Kuja on the cell phone, but I don't think it qualifies... yet."
Alexia: "...It's too quiet in there." *She walks over to Medbay.*
Digifanatic: "And I realized he vanished, but I'm almost certain it's not his fault."
Dragoshi walks to Medbay as well.
Alexia: "Need help?"
Aetos is attempting to use his Wind Transmutation technique... will he be free of the cuffs, or will Julian gain the powers as well?? Bum bum bum...
Metal Man (GM): Aetos is merely shocked.
He doesn't seem able to escape the cuffs, even in wind mode.
Alexia: "I repeat. Need some help?"
Aetos: "Gzaaaww!! WHAT? I can't use my fighting powers?! How are we going to FIGHT anything then!?"
Metal Man (GM): 15 seconds of zapping...
Aetos falls on top of Julian. "No."
Alexia: "Well, then how do you plan to leave the medical bay dragging that much weight?"
Dragoshi: "...Yes. How?"
Aetos: "I'm not dragging anything, I'm just going to rest here until he wakes up."
Metal Man (GM): *BZAP* No falling on Julian.
Alexia: "Wonder how intensive these shocks are gonna get..."
Dragoshi: "...Hopefully only as much as a weak taser charge. Yanno, like the ones that are just used to stun people."
Alexia: "I imagine we'll be hearing a lot more from Julian and Aetos for a while."
Dragoshi: "...Yeah. Probably."
Aetos whines about how it woulda been awesome if Julian became wind as well and blah blah blah and how he doesn't know of ANYTHING he can do with Julian next to him... Julian a melee brawler, him a Windy Blaster...
Editor's Note: You know, that probably would have been a lot cooler than endless lines of people trying to smack eachother and failing!
Alexia: "Aetos, look. You're stuck to Julian. You're gonna be for at least a month. Bear it as best as you can. It makes it faster."
Aetos: "But we're totally incompatible as teammates... we have nothing that can compliment eachother, and everything we do will end up zapping one another. What happens if he gets knocked away by an enemy attack? I'll get dragged along with him, he'll be zapped to death.
I'm slow and sturdy... he's swift and agile... we can't possibly move as one.
My wind Transmutation could have fixed that but..."
*He prods Julian.* "Wake uppp..."
Alexia digs around in the medbay's cabinets. "There has to be some ammonia or smelling salts in here somewhere..."
Aetos: "I think when he wakes, I'll try and get him to become free as the wind."
Dragoshi: "Good luck with that kid, 'cause there's prolly' no chance in the nine hells of THAT happening"
Alexia: "...WHY would Dr. Mario need all these cotton balls?"
Aetos: "Well maybe he'll be able to tap into my soul, ya know? Then he'd be able to become wind as well... thanks to the link" *Points to cuffs.*
Alexia: "You know what? I don't want to know." *Digs through more medical supplies.*
Dragoshi: "...Eh. Prolly for the medicinical rubbing alcohol or whatever it is." *Helps Alexia.*
Editor's Note: I was going to correct that spelling, but it's awesomely absurd, so it's staying that way.
Alexia: "Hey, what about that meatloaf that's been in the fridge since the dawn of time? It melted the tinfoil on top, so it might work for a quick wake-up."
Aetos: "...Please, no."
Dragoshi: "...Is that even legal? Eh. I'll go get it"
Alexia: "Why? Just because it attacked me..."
Aetos: "Oh jeez..."
Alexia: "Er, don't. Just... don't.
It kinda... drew blood."
Dragoshi: "..."
Alexia: "It attacked me and broke the skin. There was also an arrowhead in the guacamole."
Editor's Note: Oh no, Alexia is going to become a Stand User!
Aetos wonders if Julian has any ranged attacks...
Alexia: "By the way, the baked beans could use a trim."
Aetos: "Uhh... huh..."
Dragoshi: "...That's some strange meatloaf, then. Since for me, it's usually the chicken that does that. Minus the drawing of blood."
Aetos draws his spear and types more messages to Charles: 'I'm stuck... here... stuck with... him... Medbay... Oh my god... -Aetos'
Alexia digs through another cabinet and comes up with... her mission pay. "... That kleptomaniac dies tonight."
She pockets it.
She roots through another drawer.
"Scalpels, syringes, sedatives... Surely there's got to be something in here to wake Julian up."
Dragoshi searches through a different drawer. "Aha. Think I found it..."
Alexia: "...That's rat poison."
Dragoshi: "...Huh. I was wondering what the skull was for."
*He puts it away.*
Alexia: "Hey, maybe there's some ammonia in the broom closet."
Dragoshi: "...Why would anyone keep ammonia in the broom closet?"
Alexia: "Er... Never mind." *She pulls open another drawer.* "Sheesh, how many drawers does this place HAVE?"
Dragoshi pulls open another drawer as well "Yeah, seriously."
Alexia: "This stuff stinks."
Dragoshi: "...Yep."
Alexia: *Holds up a box* "Let's use these smelling salts."
Dragoshi: "...Sure."
Alexia opens the lid and waves it under Julian's nose
She leaves the box next to Julian.
"He'll wake up eventually."
Dragoshi: "...Yeah."
Aetos: *Sent a message to Charles earlier...*
Julian Sawyer: *Zzzzzzzz...*
Charles Magellean is about to post something on the police force/bounty hunter sites of the APN and the Mages Council. Aetos is sending another message to him. He looks to it first and responds.
*Typing* '...You're... latched... to Julian... and he's unconscious.'
Aetos: *Reply* "...Yes... Medbay... Ugh..."
Charles Magellean: *...* '...Excuse me.' "BA HA HAAAHAHAAAH HAAAHAAAAA!!" *The laugh bellows throughout the entire HQ, causing a minor tremor to the extreme parts of the building.*
The Wraith stops its drifting as it notices this tremor, raising an eyebrow... It opens its dex to see if there are any incident reports...
Dragoshi notices a tremor as well... by landing on his arse.
Charles Magellean calms himself.
Aetos sighs.
"Wake upppp..."
Charles Magellean: *Typing* 'Well, I'm not sure what caused you to deserve what you did, but I suppose this puts a damper on plans. I'll read the Lunar texts to see what can be done'"
*He switches to the forum and posts on the APN site:
*Inserts a picture of self* 'I, Charles L. Magellean, am posting because I have come in violation of the Manifesto, subsection 2, rule 8: 'Time Machines, interdimensional portals, and the like must be approved by Ivan Robotnik before they can be used. The second moon that is in orbit is of my doing and I wish to face the consequences of my actions.
I request that a representative of the APN, accompanied by no less than two and no more than five escorts, to come to Quester HQ and take me to where I shall stand trial for my crime. My only request is that Ivo Robotnik is not sent as either a representative or an escort. If I am not at HQ, I will most likely be at the Mages Council standing in trial for them or have been kidnapped. I will wait here. - Charles L.'
He presses enter and proceeds to the Mages Council. He types:
*Inserts a picture of self* 'I, Charles L. Magellean, am posting because I have come in multiple violations of the Manifesto, subsection 3, rule 5: "Magic may not be used to revive beings who have been dead for more than a year." In addition to another moon being in orbit by my actions, one Koopa Troopa and two Ais have been revived after being dead for 10 years.
I request that a representative of the Mages Council, accompanied by no less than two and no more than five escorts, to come to Quester HQ and take me to where I shall stand trial for my crime. My only request is that Ivo Robotnik is not sent as either a representative or an escort. If I am not at HQ, I will most likely be in APN custody standing in trial for them or have been kidnapped. I will wait here at HQ.'
*He presses enter for the Mages Council.
He logs off of the terminal. He leaves the library and goes to the front lobby. He takes a seat, and waits for either group to come and arrest him.*
Wolfman would soon enter R&R though for TV or something else .oO(...I no longer understand what I've gotten into in this place...)
Editor's Note: Reading logs like this one, me neither -- except, actually, I do. Without proper planning or use of logic, you get bizarre logs like this one. Simply put.
Charles Magellean opens up Garrick's dex... hmm. He wonders how long it will take for either organization to take him.
Wolfman: .oO(...everything has become organized almost to a fault, and yet the many groups war against each other...)
*He just lays down on the couch, eyes wondering.
*Quietly* "...I wonder if I'm a bigger target now..."
Charles Magellean: "Hmm hmm hmm hmmmm hmm hmmm...hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmmm!"
Wolfman just lays down and wonders... of his minor transformation to his current body.
Metal Man wanders into R&R, and spins around his pistols. "Whenever that sleepy anger-maniac wakes up, I should shoot the anger out of him."
Aetos mutters... trapped in the Medbay because JULIAN kept trying to kill him and he was merely fleeing.
Wolfman: "...what are you talking about? Did I miss something important during my recharge cycle?"
Dragoshi notices Metal in the R&R while coming down from the kitchen after making himself a snack "...Huh. Record crowd." He then enters.
Metal Man: "You missed enough to fill... three books."
Wolfman: "Life is full of surprises then... isn't it?"
Dragoshi: "...Woah, three books?"
Metal Man: "I went on for quite a while about the old days. To put it simply, I recovered knowledge which changes everything about my existence today."
Wolfman: "...then congrats on finding your knowledge."
Dragoshi: "Ah. Makes sense, then."
Wolfman: "...I'm still seeking some of my own."
Charles Magellean: "..." *Checks dex to see if he was even taken seriously.*
Wolfman: "...isn't Julian usually in here? I thought he'd enjoy relaxing as well this late."
Dragoshi: "...He got KO'd ...By KO'd I mean put into a freakin' deep sleep"
Wolfman: "Did he have a hard fight in the Holo Training Rooms?"
Metal Man (GM): You appear to be... however... it's taking a while to be processed.
Dragoshi: "No. I don't even think the Holo-Room's complete. ...Though, what do I know?"
Wolfman: "...I must be remembering the older days then."
*He adjusts his position slightly on the couch... it's tough to get a groove when you have 4 legs.*
Charles Magellean adjusts his collar. He is wearing his formal attire.
He wears the robe that he used to wear on The Moon with The Moon emblem, consisting of the head of Bahamut in one corner and The Moon in another corner.
Wolfman: "So other than Julian having a headache, nothing else new?"
Aetos textx to Charles: "So what's up?... this ruffian is sleeping and I get shocked if I try to move him."
Charles Magellean sees the process taking as long as Windows 95 is loading. He dexes back.
"Display video feed." *Yis*
"Oh, just waiting here in the lobby. If you want to go somewhere, why don't you just drag old big butt around?"
Aetos shows himself laying on a sleeping Julian... and moves the camera to the cuffs that connect them.
Metal Man is too busy spinning around the dangerous and archaic pistols to notice Aetos has been marooned in the medbay.
Charles Magellean: "I suppose this will postpone plans of your since you're tied up."
Metal Man: "Shiny... shiny... shiny... hmmm."
Dragoshi is too busy eating his snack in the R&R to CARE. ...Lazy basteecheo.
Wolfman isn't aware of that situation...
"...I'm curious. What is everyone's thought of this Mage Council or APN?"
Metal Man: "They're merely enforcers who protect us from the next coming of a Void-like character."
Wolfman: "Is there any chance that we can... well, avoid running into them randomly? The Mage Council in particular doesn't like us."
Charles Magellean: "..." *Gets out Ressikan flute.*
Editor's Note: Picard should have warped in and yoinked it back. Can't let somebody steal HIS trademark item, you know!
Dragoshi: "...Mages Council? Well, I can't make a sound opinion 'till I've seen all their members. The APN on the other hand are okay, seeing as they help us enforce the Manifesto's rules"
Metal Man: "They don't like us, but the only way to make them go away is to beat them down or find out why they argue with us."
Wolfman: "...I wasn't able to do that when I got warped away. All I did was inform Jin and some friend of his what happened from my perspective."
Aetos: *Reply* 'Yes... and this gives me more incentive to hurt these people' *Emoticon sigh.*
Metal Man: "They could probably say similar things to us. Julian makes people angry, people are weirded out at my attacks... err... were... and so on."
Aetos hears the music.
Wolfman: "Jin's friend has issues with Jin's eating habits. So the feeling is mutual."
Dragoshi: "...Yeah, seriously. Though I blame Julian. He has the inability to to know when to shut up... But, that's just me"
Aetos: .oO(...Venus Lighthouse...?)
Dragoshi: "...And, wait-What friend, Wolf?"
Wolfman: "Some ally of Jin warped to where we were to take him back."
Charles Magellean plays the theme of Venus while looking at the dex. He pauses and makes it so it can show a map of of Nintendus; from a radius of HQ to Eisnaught. Everything equidistant from HQ to Eisnaught would be scanned for representative(s) and their escorts coming to HQ.
Wolfman: "He had some view of what transpired... but he didn't appreciate the eating either."
Charles Magellean continues playing again, occasionally monitoring the dex.
Wolfman: "I filled in the rest. ...I'm unsure if they like us, but hopefully my informing them will keep things... somewhat peaceful."
Dragoshi: "Huh. Interesting. Ya learn more about these fellows every encounter-...Somewhat. Yes, hopefully it will."
Aetos lightbulbs.
He nudges Julian. "WAKE UP!"
He keeps nudging him. "It's been HOURS!! Let's GET UP!"
Charles Magellean has this feeling he's stalling for some reason.
Metal Man (GM): You look at it... and see that it's finally gotten through the line. then you see something ironic.
It says... 'Local authorities will handle this situation.'
Metal Man walks on over to Charles. "...Well, you broke a whole lot of laws, but, uhh... ...I sorta used my handcuffs on Aetos and Julian. The general gist of these rules mean you will be... fined... and possibly incarcerated for about a day or two. There isn't much that can be done to reverse them."
Charles Magellean looks up. "Ohhh, I see. So I suppose there will be additional crime for 'disturbing the peace,' isn't there?"
Metal Man: "Well, not really... your moon and your revived people occurred in another dimension. The ruling there is that your dimension has to deal with it."
Charles Magellean: "So much for the 'justice system' of Nintendus."
Metal Man: "You're not a typical offender. The laws are meant to bust bad eggs like Ivo or softboiled ones like Aetos.
They won't post it, they'll be caught and attacked for it.
The fact you notified the system of thus means there is very little correction to be done. 'Cept this."
*He mildly smacks Charles on the wrist.
* "Now, maybe that blue-robed man would have more to say...
It's sorta in his jurisdiction."
Charles Magellean: "Haaaaaasiiissssss." *Shakes his hands due from the stinging*
"Blue-robed ma----*Eyes light up*.
...So he was the one that helped me?"
Metal Man: "Yes. He's... wisely made sure not to reveal anything important except to me."
Charles Magellean: "He's lived for well over a millennium. He knows the way of talking. ...Still, I don't know what to do. Since we are not Sonic, we are hardly capable of defeating Ivo."
Metal Man: "Sonic himself never outsmarted him. Merely... out-persisted him."
Charles Magellean: "That... is what makes him a legend."
Metal Man: "He is well known for leaving a hole somewhere, and if he gets strong enough... the cavalry can come in and show him who's boss. I hope..." *Imagines Ivan attacking and then merely being frozen in time.*
Charles Magellean: "The Council of Mages intrigue me, but since my crimes have been dealt with, I have... nothing to offer. You know that while I am unofficially a Quester, I have not personally provoked any of their members or broke their rules on purpose.
Based on the last mission, formal contact would be next to impossible. Without underground connections, we might as well stick our necks high and claim to be superior to them."
Metal Man: "Well, we could beat them into the ground and steal their authority."
Charles Magellean: "That's a conflict of interest there, Metal."
*He reverberates to others, but not to himself.*