Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 299: Time Tower Thrashing

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Date: 7:06:52 PM, July 14th, 2006.

Editor's Note: While the last session, the Questers acting crazy was sort of the point, this one it isn't, so I edited out a bunch of annoying randumb lines. In case you somehow remember what happened 17 years ago and start asking "What happened to the annoying lines?" ...Pretty unlikely, right?

Metal Man (GM): Mission

Wolfman is in the Big Room as usual. He's looking at his fellow comrades... nervously.

Metal Man is casually sitting in the Big Room, having watched all of the madness. While SIMBER has repaired most of it, the holo-room damage has temporarily delayed its opening.

Digifanatic heads into the Big Room after hearing the announcement.

Wolfman: .oO(...how long is this coffee craze supposed to last?)

Metal Man: "Psh. If you want real chaos, you should see what The Void thinks... oh. Right."

Gibby darts out of his room and dashes into the Big Room. He's -still- running around. He has his sword unsheathed and raised up high.

Digifanatic: "I hope they're sane now--oh man."

Gibby: "MiSsIoN tImE, BoInG!"

Digifanatic: "They aren't..."

Metal Man: "It's the next mission, which was almost unanimously voted in."

Alexia keeps jumping up and down at a very fast pace.

Trigger: "...Weird."

Dragoshi: *Sane. For now* "Ay carumba. Why are we here a-Oh, roight. Mission."

Wolfman: "...don't tell me they saw the word 'Destruction' and thought it would be fun."

Trigger: "..."

Digifanatic: "Not me."

Metal Man: "It is sort of the opposite of its title; we'll be trying to avoid absolute destruction here."

Digifanatic: "I haven't been to Saffron in a while, if at all."

Trigger: "I've never been there."

Wolfman: "...good luck achieving diplomacy with those that are caffeinated then."

Digifanatic: "I hope."

Metal Man: "All you must do is reason with a scientist who, somehow, froze time atop the top floor."

Digifanatic: "Whoa."

Metal Man: "It's taken so long for you to pick the mission, the company's been basically writing it off as a loss... you'll have to work hard to make sure things are repaired."

Trigger smacks Gibby. "GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!!"

Dragoshi: "...Dog? Fuh?"

Wolfman: "Silly question... but how can we reason with him if he could supposedly be frozen in time himse--" *OOMPH.*

Gibby gets smacked and falls on his head.

Metal Man nods. "He's unaffected by it."

Dragoshi: "Of course."

Trigger: "Hmm."

Wolfman: "Reason with psycho, keep attacking to a minimum... got it."

Gibby looks at Metal from his upside down position. "wIlL hE hAvE cOfFeE, BoInG?"

Alexia whacks Gibby.

Digifanatic: "We better not."

Dragoshi: "...I damn well hope not."

Gibby gets whacked right side up.

Trigger: *Sigh* *I don't wanna go with them now.*

Alexia: "Smash mARsHmAllOw!"

Gibby: "Thank yOu!"

Dragoshi: "...Just smile and bear it. Any time now, I'll revert to the same idiotic frenzy they're in."

Digifanatic: .oO(And it looks like we won't have Ari... this'll be a relief seeing he told me that he didn't want to see these folks hyper again.)
"I seriously have no idea."

Wolfman: "...if nothing else, thanks for trying to keep things under control Dragoshi."

Digifanatic: "I went straight to my room cause I didn't want to know what happened after I returned with Veeg." *He sticks his right arm into his shirt.*

Editor's Note: I didn't want to know either, so I deleted it from the past log. Wheeeee!~

Dragoshi: "...No problem. Just hope I don't go insane in a moment of diplomacy, 'kay?"

Wolfman: "Digi, we're going to have to lead these guys."

Digifanatic sticks his arm back out.

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba, that'll never work. Then again, I've done some stupid crap that HAS worked, so... Eh"

Digifanatic: "I'm just trying to make them happy. Or at least screw with their minds."

Wolfman: .oO(...what are we getting ourselves into?)

Gibby starts slashes at the air wildly.

Trigger: "Metal, Do I have to go with the insane trio?"

Dragoshi: "...Heh. Now let's just go to the Warp Room before I go insane."

Digifanatic: "Yes."

Dragoshi: "...PLEASE."

Gibby: "Come oN, lEtS fIgHt, BoInG!"

Trigger: "NO!!"

Wolfman: "Trigger: If it helps, I don't drink Coffee."

Digifanatic starts to walk towards the warp.
"Me neither!"

Alexia grabs Gibby and shakes him.

Digifanatic: "Let's go."

Dragoshi runs towards the warp.

Trigger: "I drink coke."

Gibby is shaken.

Trigger enters the warp.

Alexia flings Gibby away and runs into the warp.

Wolfman: "...I wonder why you aren't acting up then..."
*He follows the crazed group.*

Gibby: "WhEhEhEhEhE!!!!!"
*He is flung into the warp head first.*

Dragoshi: "Higher tolerance to the stuff, Wolf."

Alexia: "WHEE I raCe y-" *Warp.*

Gibby: "OW... I HuRt mYsElF..."

Digifanatic: "How do you have higher tolerance?"

Dragoshi: "...That, is a story for another-*Shift*BoInG!"

Digifanatic: *UBER FACEPALM*
"Great."

Metal Man (GM): Ok, we start in a little bit, just lemme do this one thing first.
Okay....

Metal Man: "You may go into the warp room now." *Motions to elevator.*

Trigger walks into the warp room.

Digifanatic somewhat has gotten there...

Dragoshi has already gotten there and is now insane.

Trigger: "NO!!!"

Alexia has already arrived and is jumping around hyper-actively.

Gibby slashes the ground as soon as he leaps out.

Digifanatic: "Trigger? You know what's worse? Having to deal with them at the Stadium when they're like this... after the last mission."

Gibby: "Where hE aT?"

Digifanatic: "I left to run an errand with VG because of it and I don't think I've been much happier."

Trigger: "..."

Alexia grabs Gibby while jumping around.

Gibby is grabbed.

Metal Man (GM): Okay, so, through the magic of people moving faster than me GMing(TM), you're at the base of a massive tower.

Gibby: "Yay! a tRiP!"

Trigger: *Sigh.*

Wolfman gets a look at this tower... while trying to avoid the caffeinated ones.

Metal Man (GM): A man guards the front doors.

Alexia suddenly stops in midair while looking at the tower.

???: "You're the Questers, right?"

Wolfman turns to the Guard.

Gibby falls on his face when Alexia stops.

Alexia: "...gUaRd YeS we ArE!"

Gibby: "OW..."

Wolfman: "We are. The name is Wolfman if it matters."

???: "Come right in."

Digifanatic: "You will have to excuse three of them."

Wolfman: "Thank you." *Nods head to guard.*

Metal Man (GM): He presses a button, and the door to the inside slides open.

Gibby gets up and rushes inside in the blink of an eye.

Alexia: "You thANK!"

Digifanatic: "The girl, the Yoshi, and the Kirby."

Alexia runs in after Gibby, laughing loudly.

Wolfman walks in while trying to avoid being tackled by you-know-who.

Metal Man (GM): Inside, you see a wide-open area, with chairs, benches, and a fountain.

Digifanatic: "They drank some Saturn Coffee a bit back and they are NUTS."

Dragoshi stops and nods "ThANk yOu, BoInG!" Runs inside.

Metal Man (GM): Also, a reception desk in the upper-left corner.

Trigger follows Wolf.

Gibby: "Oooooooo... bIg pLaCe, BoInG!"

Digifanatic follows the others.

Wolfman goes to the reception desk, NOT following the others.

Alexia looks inside the fountain while flying around it.

Wolfman: .oO(Hope I can see over it fine)

Metal Man (GM): The Receptionist blinks.

Alexia: "Ooh, PrETtY fOuNtaiN..."

Receptionist: "You... are the Questers?"

Trigger: "...Yes."

Wolfman: "We are."

Gibby runs over to the receptionist and stops mere inches from her face.

Digifanatic grabs Gibby.

Gibby: "Hello tHeRe!"

Wolfman: "...Gibby, back away."

Digifanatic tries to cover Gibby's mouth.

Gibby: "Gah!"

Trigger: "Sorry about... them."

Alexia drops down to the ground and grabs Gibby telekinetically.

Gibby: "Mmmmmmmphmmmph..."

Wolfman: *Turns to receptionist* "Forgive... some of them. Too much coffee to drink before the mission."

Digifanatic: *Whispering to Gibby* "Please be quiet for a bit."

Gibby nods... and bites Digi's hand.

Alexia shoves Gibby into the fountain.

Wolfman: "In any case, how can we help you?" *To receptionist.*

Digifanatic: "OW OW!"

Gibby: "Success!"

Digifanatic pulls his hand away.

Trigger turns to Digi. "Are you OK?"

Gibby falls to the ground only to get shoved into the fountain.

Digifanatic: "Yeah, I'm good."

Receptionist: "A man crazier than the people you have with you has barricaded himself upstairs."

Gibby: "AH! tOo mUcH wAtEr, BoInG!"

Receptionist: "Would you be so kind as to... stop him?"

Digifanatic: "Wolf, does VG still have some of that duct tape left from a while back?"

Alexia: "...bARRiCadE?"

Dragoshi: "...iDiOT, yOU aRE, BoInG. tHAt noT hoW yOU hoLD MarSHmALoW, BoInG!" *Grabs Gibby, and makes sure his hands are not near Gibby's moth.*

Wolfman: "We'll do our best. Do you know the fastest way to reach him?"

Trigger: "Not Dragoshi too."

Gibby is grabbed dripping wet.

Wolfman: *To Digi* "I'm unsure."

Digifanatic: "Alright."

Gibby: "Hey! yOu nO gRaB gIbBy!"

Receptionist: "The elevator."

Metal Man (GM): She points to a nearby elevator.

Alexia: "Elevator!"

Receptionist: "You have full access."

Digifanatic: "It is in order, correct?"

Wolfman: "Are there... stairs we could also take?"

Digifanatic: "Okay, good."

Alexia runs over and pushes the up button.

Wolfman: .oO(I don't want to have to ride up with them in such a cramped spot)

Alexia: "Open sESAmE!"

Trigger: "...yeah."

Wolfman waits for an answer to his question.

Dragoshi: "...I HoPE, sO. crAZy lADy sCaRE mE, BoInG!"

Gibby: "Are wE gOiNg uP?"

Wolfman did NOT leave the receptionist yet in case that matters.

Receptionist: "...It's 100 floors, sir. And he's at the top."

Digifanatic: "Oh..."

Receptionist: "You tell me if that's worth taking stairs for."

Alexia keeps hitting the up button.

Gibby: "LeTs gO tO RoOf aNd sNeAk aTtAcK!"

Wolfman: "Given my body type, it actually might be."

Metal Man (GM): The elevator stays open.

Wolfman: "...thank you anyway."

Dragoshi glares and enters the elevator"...AnnoYiNG thIS, iS, BoInG!"

Alexia runs into the elevator.

Trigger looks over at the insane trio. "I'll take the stairs."

Wolfman hopes there is more than one elevator to take to go up... otherwise... he goes in the only cramped one.
*Cancel.*

Digifanatic walks up to Trigger and Wolf.

Gibby runs full speed into the elevator.

Metal Man (GM): So... everyone but Wolf going up in the elevator?

Gibby: "Yay fOr uP!"

Digifanatic heads in as well.

Receptionist: "It'll take you a long time to get up those stairs..."

Digifanatic: "I have an idea."

Wolfman: "Trigger: Wish to ride on me up the stairs?"

Trigger: "What?"

Receptionist: "I believe around an entire hour."

Wolfman: "Yes Digi?"

Gibby: "Join uS!"

Trigger: "Umm, Sure."

Digifanatic: "I'll take them to 99 and send the elevator back down."

Wolfman: "100 flights does NOT take an hour for me."

Digifanatic: "Then we can climb the last flight on the stairs together."

Wolfman: "...do so Digi. Trigger, we'll have to take the elevator."

Alexia: "UP UP UP UP UP UP UP!"

Digifanatic: "Right."
*He gets in and hits 99.*

Wolfman carries Trigger with him to the elevator.

Gibby: "UP!"

Trigger: "...NO!!!!!"

Alexia keeps bashing the inner 'up' button with her head.

Metal Man (GM): The elevator door begins to close.
Does Trigger go in or not?

Gibby: "Bye ByE, BoInG!"

Digifanatic: "I'll get you on the way back."

Trigger enters the elevator.

Alexia continues hitting the button
"UP UP UP!"

Gibby: "Are wE uP YeT?"

Alexia blinks
"ElEvAtor BrOkEn?"

Digifanatic: "No."

Wolfman: "It takes time to get up."

Digifanatic: "Unless we've exceeded the weight limit."

Metal Man (GM): The elevator closes, and everyone who's aboard is taken up.
Who is left behind?

Digifanatic makes sure the door is closed by hitting the Close Door... command.

Gibby: "Yay! wE Go uP!"

Digifanatic guards the panel from Gibby.

Alexia picks Gibby up.

Gibby starts hopping up and down... and gets grabbed again.

Alexia: "NO tOuCh butTons!"

Digifanatic: "Yeah. Cause I'm still paranoid about his obsession, even if it ain't one anymore."

Gibby: "...b... B... b... B... bUtToNs!!!!"

Trigger: "What ...oh crap."

Wolfman: "...he's going to hit one of them, isn't he?"

Gibby leaps away from Alexia and rams himself into Digi.

Alexia blinks.

Gibby: "BuTtOnS!"

Dragoshi grabs Gibby.

Alexia: "...puFf sTrONG!"

Wolfman: "If Gibby hits any, this whole mission could be in jeopardy!"

Alexia pins Gibby to the wall with TK.

Dragoshi: "...nO buTtoNs fOR yOU, BoInG!"

Gibby gets pinned and struggles.
"Must... pUsH... BuTtOnS!"

Trigger: "Calm down Gibby!"

Alexia: "NO BUTTONS PUSHING!"
*Screamed.*

Trigger: "Before I kick your teeth in."

Wolfman: .oO(...we should have taken the stairs)

Gibby: "BuTtOnZ!"

Alexia: "NO!"

Dragoshi: .oO(lOnG rIdE This ShaLL bE, BoInG!)

Trigger kicks Gibby.

Metal Man (GM): *A few moments later.*

Gibby gets kicked.
"OW!"

Metal Man (GM): The elevator suddenly stops at floor... 90.
It opens up. You're now in a room... full of cubicles.

Gibby: "You mEaNiE!"

Digifanatic: "90?"

Metal Man (GM): The room is very cold.

Dragoshi: "...oDd tHIs iS, BoInG!"

Alexia: "...THIS nOt fLooR 100!"

Wolfman: "Fair enough by me."
*He gets OUT.*

Digifanatic: "Alright..."
*He exits as well.*

Alexia steps out of the elevator.

Wolfman feels a little chill, but isn't affected.

Dragoshi: "...CraZy Lady sTaTE oBVIouS, BoInG!" *Steps out of elevator.*

Gibby waits for everyone to exit... and then presses a random button on the panel!

Dragoshi feels a slight chill, but shrugs it off.

Alexia: "...I sMell dOUgHnuTs."

Wolfman: "Okay, is that everyone..."

Trigger hops off Wolf after he gets out of the elevator.

Wolfman takes a quick look, then looks back... to see elevator doors closing...?

Alexia tips over a few cubicles with TK.

Trigger: "Stop!!"

Alexia: "Why?"

Trigger: "I don't thing the guy should know we are here."

Wolfman: "Will you guys behave for once?"

Dragoshi: "BeHAvING, I aLrEADy aM, BoInG!"

Metal Man (GM): Gibby presses... a random button.

Trigger: "NO!!"

Wolfman is seeing the doors close... gulp.

Metal Man (GM): Gibby presses... hmmm...

Gibby: "YaY! BuTtOn pReSsEd!"

Metal Man (GM): The '3' button.

Digifanatic: "Oh great."

Metal Man (GM): The elevator starts going down.

Gibby: "Wheeeeeeee!"

Wolfman: "...let's just find the stairs."

Trigger: "Why you SON OF A..." *Starts to kick Gibby again.*

Digifanatic runs back and hits the Up button next to where the well would be.

Wolfman attempts to find the stairs now.

Dragoshi attempts to help Wolfman, if possible.

Digifanatic: "Just leave it here or something."

Trigger starts to just look around.

Metal Man (GM): Okay... role call:

Alexia: "ME fINd jEllY-fILLed dOugHnUTs!"

Wolfman: "Walking will be good for us."

Metal Man (GM): Who all is on floor 90?
The people who got off, I mean.
And don't lie... I have... eyes... in the past.
Okay.

Editor's Note: Wow, that's a cool sounding yet pointless threat...

Alexia starts running around randomly, looking for the doughnuts.

Metal Man (GM): As Gibby goes to floor 3, you're on floor 90.

Alexia: "FIND FIND FIND!"

Gibby starts hopping again.

Digifanatic: "Well, that's one loony gone."

Alexia slams into a cubicle wall
"...hUrt..."

Trigger: "Ha ha ha."

Wolfman is hoping to find stairs... .oO(...I really need a vacation soon.)

Digifanatic just looks for the stairwell as well.

Trigger: "Sorry."

Metal Man (GM): Alexia: Search check.

Dragoshi is also trying to look for stairs as well.

Alexia: "...waIt. I fLy!"

Metal Man (GM): You see... a clear path through the cubicles, to a staircase.

Wolfman: "Alright... there they are. Walk slowly and calmly, and hopefully there won't be problems."

Trigger starts looking for a staircase as well.

Gibby would make his exit to the third floor once he arrived.

Digifanatic: "Right."

Wolfman leads the group to the stair case.

Dragoshi nods rapidly.

Alexia: "OvEr HeRe!"

Trigger: "Oh."

Digifanatic starts to head towards the stairs.
"Get outta here, Alexia!"

Dragoshi then attempt to slowly follow Wolf.

Trigger follows Digi.

Digifanatic: "We need to head up!"

Dragoshi: "sTaiRS foUnD, BoInG!"

Alexia sighs and flies over to the group.

Wolfman hopes they get ahead of Gibby at this rate.

Metal Man (GM): The clear path to the staircase... you walk towards it.

Wolfman will start going up the stairs if allowed.

Dragoshi does the same as Wolf.

Trigger follows right behind Wolf.

Alexia flies up the stairs with the others, looking rather dejected.

Metal Man (GM): You reach the stairs... and start going up. You reach floor 91... and notice a metallic plate in the way.

Digifanatic: "What's wrong? All this coffee get you way too excited and now you can barely move?"

Alexia: "...sAboTAgE!"
*She growls.*

Dragoshi: "...mEtaLlIC tHiNG iN WaY, BoInG!"

Alexia tries to push the plate with TK.

Wolfman: "Okay... this will take awhile."

Trigger: "Hmm."

Metal Man (GM): The plate's in the way.
It doesn't break.
You could just cross floor 91.

Alexia: "...prObaBly fLooR tRap."

Wolfman: "Let's try to find another stair case."
*He goes to the main part of floor 91.000000*

Trigger: *Sigh.*

Digifanatic: "Yeah..."

Dragoshi: "...foUR-lEgGeD oNE sMArT, BoInG!"

Metal Man (GM): It's a wide open room, now. Huh. Just a simple walk to the other door.

Alexia seems to be getting a lot saner.

Digifanatic tries to tap on it to see if it's kinda thick or just plain dense.

Metal Man (GM): It's very thick.

Alexia flies toward the stairs as fast as she can
"Sight!"

Wolfman goes to the other door to the other stair case.

Digifanatic scoffs and follows the others through the room.

Metal Man (GM): Alexia runs, face-first, into a force field.

Dragoshi follows the others.

Alexia: *WHAM*
"BlEEd..."

Metal Man (GM): The way ahead is blocked... by something!

Dragoshi: "..."

Alexia slides to the floor.

Trigger: "Oh... joy."

Wolfman: "...da heck?"

Digifanatic: "This must be why the elevator stopped at 90."

Alexia gets up slowly and rubs a finger through her mouth.

Trigger: "What is it?"

Wolfman: "I thought Gibby hit a button to make it stop at 90."

Digifanatic: "I dunno."

Alexia: "...tEEtH alL tHerE!"

Digifanatic: "I was guarding them."

Metal Man (GM): The floor rumbles, and weird podiums and computers rise out of the floor.
It's a lab of some kind...

Wolfman: "If you guys don't object, I'd like to try to reach the receptionist through the Dex to see if she has anything to report about..."
*He feels the rumbling...*

Gibby walks down the hall of the mysterious floor 3. What on earth would he find there?

Dragoshi: "...apPaReNTlY noT cAsE, FouR-lEGGeD onE, BoIng!"

Alexia: "...TRAP!"

Trigger: "Go ahead."

Dragoshi feels the rumbling too.

Metal Man (GM): Gibby walks down a hall full of normal people manning technical support phones.

Alexia flies back to the others and readies herself in a fighting stance.

Gibby walks over to a random desk, and stands up on it. He raises his sword up high.

Wolfman: "...what's going on now?"

Gibby: "MY pEoPlE! wE mUsT dO bAtTlE!!!"

Wolfman isn't liking this rumbling...

Trigger: "It feels like an Explosion."

Metal Man (GM): On floor 91, the machines pop up fully. The force field moves to block the doors out, but otherwise, the place seems normal.
Meanwhile...

Techie: "What?"

Techie2: "Who let him in?"

Techie: "Ahhh, just ignore him George."

George: *Picks up phone* "...What? You set your computer on fire?"

Gibby: "The eNeMy iS uPoN uS! JoIn mE, aNd yOu sHaLl hAvE yOuR... fReEdOm!"
*He leaps off the desk and starts running up and down the room.*

Techie2: "...We're perfectly free as we are now. Heck, we're EARNING money!"

Gibby stops and lowers his sword.

George: "...Why did you dunk it in the ocean, again?"

Gibby: "...wHaT kInD oF aRmY -ArE- yOu pEoPlE?"

Techie2: "...The Silph Co technical support division?"

George: "...DO NOT HURL YOUR COMPUTER OUT THE WINDOW! IT WILL NOT LET ALL OF THE 'ICONS' ESCAPE ONTO YOUR LAWN!!!"

Gibby: "Then sUpPoRt yOuR fElLoW wOrKeRs, aND hElP mE dEfEaT tHe fOrCeS... oF... EvIl!"

George: "These people are almost as bad as this guy running around in our room."

Techie: "...The only evil we encounter is people who are too dumb to use computers."

George: "...Sir, that is a CD-rom drive, not a cup-holder... what do you mean you're suing us?"

Gibby: "...I sHaLl gO nOw!"

George: *Holds hand over phone* "Hey! You! Man with sword!"

Gibby flees into the elevator.

George: "You can defeat the forces of evil for me!"

Gibby stops and turns to George.

George: "Just go to this address and... uhhh... destroy this person's computer!"

Gibby: "Evil fOrCeS yOu sAy?"

Metal Man (GM): He tosses a piece of paper with someone's address on it, and 'EVIL FORCES' emblazoned on it.

Gibby takes the paper and looks at the address.

George: "I'll pay you the normal 10,000 coins... I'd love to see the look on that jerk's face."
*Resumes call* "Uhhh... we're sending our technical support man to fix your computer!" *Hangs up.*

Gibby: "HmMmMmMmMm... vErY wElL tHeN!"

Metal Man (GM): (((((( MEANWHILE (again) ))))))
The Questers are in the room full of weird equipment.

Alexia pulls out her Dex and scans the machines.

Trigger: "Hmm."

Metal Man (GM): In it, there is a computer, with the words 'DO NOT TOUCH' above the monitor.

Alexia: "Dex, what the heck IS this?!"

Metal Man (GM): It has a program with three options on it.
'Destroy time
Speed up time'

Alexia: "...bOing? wHo sAY tHaT?"

Metal Man (GM): 'Order Dominoes Pizza'

Trigger: "...PIZZA!!!"

Dragoshi returns to sanity. "...Pizza?"

Editor's Note: Note to self -- Dominoes Pizza is the antidote.

Wolfman: "...I think we've found the computer in question."

Dragoshi: "...What kind?"

Wolfman: "Do you guys object if I inform Metal of this discovery?"

Trigger: "Hmm, give a second to think."

Digifanatic: "As long as it's not Bowser."

Dragoshi: "...I don't object."

Trigger: "Pepperoni."

Smash Dex: "Unknown time-related computer device."

Digifanatic: "Hmm..."

Alexia shifts back for a brief time.

Digifanatic: "I have an idea."

Metal Man (GM): Which option do you pick?

Wolfman attempts to call Metal on the Dex... this type of machine is unusual.

Alexia: "...I should be sane for about 30 seconds..."

Dragoshi: "Personally I prefer multiple types of meat instead of one, but that's the carnivorous part of me talking"

Alexia scans the barrier
"Any way to get past that or drop it?"

Smash Dex: "Unknown barrier. Linked to the aforementioned time-computer device."

Digifanatic: "I'll Dex Gibby to tell him to get back on up here... get him to floor 90, have him climb up here, and then we call Digiport as one happy group up to Floor 100."

Trigger: "I chose Pizza, I want Pepperoni and Meat."

Metal Man: (Dex) "...Yes, Wolf?"

Dragoshi: "...I agree with Trigger."

Alexia shifts back.

Digifanatic: "What kinda meat? Sausage, ham, bacon?"

Wolfman: *Dex* "Metal, Wolfman checking in. We've encountered a strange machine on the 91st floor." *More.*

Dragoshi: "'Cause, gaw DAMN I'm friggin' hungry"

Trigger: "Ham."

Alexia: "...annOyING!"

Dragoshi: "Sausage. Definitely sausage."

Alexia pokes the barrier.

Trigger: "Can't get enough ham."

Metal Man (GM): It blocks your finger... nothing else.

Digifanatic: "Heh."

Dragoshi: "Can't get 'nough sausage either..."

Wolfman: "There are three buttons on it: destroy time, speed it up, and order pizza. What do you advise we do with it? We're sort of trapped behind a force field of some sort and can't advance higher up."

Trigger: "How about a meat lovers pizza?"

Dragoshi: "Sure, don't see why not"

Trigger: "Sweet."

Alexia walks over to the machine.

Digifanatic: "You know, we can just get a boatload of pizzas when we get back and we'll have enough leftovers for a week."

Alexia: "...pOkE!"

Dragoshi: "Think it'll be possible to order any dri-"

Alexia presses the option for "speed up time."

Wolfman: .oO(Somehow, I'm wondering if the pizza button is a trap.)

Trigger: "Hmm, pizza now or later?"

Digifanatic: "NO ALEXIA!"

Dragoshi runs over to Alexia and shoves her out of the way.

Trigger: "Huh?"

Dragoshi: "GAW DAMMET, YOU SODDING MORON!"

Wolfman looks up to the machine... uh oh...

Trigger looks at the screen.

Metal Man: "...Ummm..." *Message is interrupted.*

Metal Man (GM): You appear one hour into the future. The field is mysteriously gone.

Trigger: "..."

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba."

Wolfman loses the signal... but feels a strange... what the?

Metal Man (GM): The machine is also broken... also!
The coffee effects have worn off!

Wolfman: "...what just happened? And why is the machine broken?"

Alexia: "Yay I mAke bLocKy tHinG lEAve! ...Why was I talking like that?"

Digifanatic: "Okay."

Alexia: "WHERE AM I?!"

Dragoshi: "...Huh."

Trigger: "Hmm."

Digifanatic: "Alexia, Dragoshi, whenever a Mr. Saturn offers you coffee EVER again, say no."

Wolfman: "...should I call Metal again?"

Alexia: "And why do I never want to see coffee again?"

Metal Man (GM): The way ahead is clear.

Trigger: "What's happened?"

Dragoshi: "Let's advance. And, yes I've friggin' learnt that by now."

Wolfman sees a clear stair case...

Dragoshi walks to the door.

Digifanatic: "Good."

Wolfman: "Let's just worry about it later. Follow me."

Digifanatic: "Cause that's the last time I want to say that."

Wolfman starts advancing up.

Dragoshi follows Wolf.

Digifanatic follows the others.

Trigger follows behind Wolf.

Alexia flies to the stairs somewhat bewilderedly.

Metal Man (GM): The staircase up also goes only one floor before being blocked.

Trigger: "Not again."

Digifanatic tries to contact Gibby on his Dex.

Wolfman gets off at floor 92...and tries to find the elevator this time.

Digifanatic: "Gibby? Where are you?"

Alexia: "...Oh, come ON!"

Wolfman: "This whole building is starting to annoy me."

Editor's Note: Me too, Wolfman. Me too.

Metal Man (GM): You get a 'Signal desync' error.

Dragoshi: "...Oy."

Alexia looks out into floor 92

Digifanatic: "These Dexes are so annoying right now."

Metal Man (GM): You look for the elevator... it appears to be missing from this room, which is a lab of some kind.

Digifanatic: "Can't communicate, can't teleport, can't anything..."

Alexia: "Er, what was I doing while I was in that coffee haze?"

Metal Man (GM): This lab is full of... clocks.

Alexia: "...The HECK?"
*She flies in.*

Metal Man (GM): Clocks... attached to high-powered electrical devices.

Wolfman: "Digi: perhaps we're in a time disturbance?"

Digifanatic: "You three were dancing like crazy in HQ... No idea, Wolf."
*Back to Alexia* "And then I left."

Wolfman: "In any case... we have a puzzle to worry about now."

Dragoshi: "...I hope I didn't do anything too stupid."

Wolfman tries to figure out something special about these clocks...

Digifanatic: "I don't know. Ask Wolf."

Trigger: "...ah, so much ticking."

Digifanatic: "He's the only one here that was there."

Alexia: "Wolf, did I do anything stupid while under that coffee cloud? ...Wait, that's a given."

Metal Man (GM): They seem to be failed time machines.

Wolfman: "...yes, it is."

Digifanatic chuckles a bit...

Alexia: "How much stupid stuff DID I do?"

Metal Man (GM): All of them have a 'manipulate time' dial, which appears to do nothing when effected.

Wolfman: "...let me get back to you."

Trigger: "Too much."

Metal Man (GM): Some are only glorified timers.

Wolfman: "...why do these machines look familiar?"

Dragoshi: "...I remember a few things from out of my coffee-induced insanity."

Wolfman gets a good look... they seem to reek of...
"...are these broken time machines?"

Digifanatic: "No clue."

Wolfman: "Well, why do they have this labeled dial called 'manipulate time'?"

Trigger: "Hmm."

Alexia: "Reminds me of a Dali portrait... only they're not melting into puddles."
*She picks one up and twists the dial.*

Dragoshi: "...Heh. Same. Though I prefer Lobsterphones."

Metal Man (GM): It clicks oddly, then catches on fire for a few moments, then warps back in time to the point before Alexia touched it.

Digifanatic: "Heh..."

Trigger: "Wow."

Alexia: "NYAAH!"

Dragoshi: "...Stupid machine tricks."

Wolfman feels another disturbance...

Alexia waves her slightly-burnt hands in the air.

Trigger: "What's up Wolf?"

Wolfman: "...from now on, we should operate on a new policy."

Alexia: "Okay, failed experiment there..."

Wolfman: "Look: don't touch. Or at least, look before touching."
*He looks to Alexia.*

Alexia: "Sounds good."

Trigger: "Makes sense to me."

Metal Man (GM): The door to the next floor is open.

Dragoshi: "..."

Wolfman: "...let's go."

Trigger walks towards the door.

Dragoshi walks to the door to the next floor.

Alexia flies towards the door.

Wolfman goes up to floor 93...probably going to be stopped again, right?

Metal Man (GM): Stopped as usual... and floor 93's weird.

Digifanatic keeps going on.

Metal Man (GM): There are two doors in the way, and this is apparently one of many security walls in the way.
A placard between the two doors says the following:

Dragoshi: "...Ugh."

Alexia: "...This is going to be a long day."

Trigger: *Sigh.*

Metal Man (GM): What falls first: A bowling ball or an airplane?

Alexia blinks.

Trigger: "Bowling ball, too easy."

Alexia: "That's the stupidest puzzle I've ever seen."

Wolfman: "...except it's not too easy."

Digifanatic: "Wait, wait, wait."

Dragoshi: "...Depends on the height both are, Trigger."

Trigger: "What do you mean?"

Dragoshi: "I'd say both. At the same time"

Digifanatic: "Is this in a vacuum or is there air resistance?"

Trigger: "Right,"

Alexia: "I agree, Dragoshi."

Metal Man (GM): The placard only says the question.

Dragoshi: "I mean, it's common sense, people"

Wolfman: "Then excuse me if this is not common sense."

Metal Man (GM): Left door has 'bowling ball'

Alexia: "Well, let's see. One probably has the stairs..."

Digifanatic: "Cause if there's no resistance, they hit at the same time. If there is, airplane weighs more and falls faster."

Metal Man (GM): Right door has 'airplane'

Trigger: "It has to be the bowling ball."

Wolfman attempts to walk IN BETWEEN the two established doors.

Alexia: "And one has a screaming deathtrap."

Metal Man (GM): Wolfman walks into the wall.

Digifanatic: "The question is..."

Metal Man (GM): Solid wall. Ow.
Not through.

Digifanatic: "Can you open a door without going through it?"

Wolfman: "Ow... Okay, that didn't work."

Trigger: "Nice one Wolf."

Digifanatic: "Hey, I have an idea."

Alexia: "I could turn the knob from the stairwell..."

Dragoshi: "...'Parently this person doesn't believe in technicalities"

Digifanatic: "Someone fire a ranged attack into both doors."

Wolfman: "Digi, you sure that's a good idea? We're here on a peaceful mission, not total destruction."

Digifanatic: "Ah, yeah. Right--crap, forgot about that."

Trigger: "Hmm."

Alexia: "Dammit, just PICK one if you don't know!"

Digifanatic: "Like I said, unless there's a killer treadmill that leads into the door..."

Wolfman: "Trigger, do you still believe it's the bowling ball?"

Trigger: "...sure. Yeah."

Wolfman: "If so, you enter the bowling door, and ONLY you at first."

Digifanatic: "You can probably open the door and even hide behind it without getting ambushed."

Wolfman: "The rest of us will stand back."

Trigger: "Ok."

Alexia flies about an inch of the ground, just in case.

Wolfman backs away.

Dragoshi does the same as Alexia.

Trigger enters the bowling ball room.

Digifanatic backs off as well.

Alexia then flies to the rear of the room.

Dragoshi then backs away.

Metal Man (GM): The door opens, revealing the way to the next area with two doors and a question.

Trigger: "Hmm."

Metal Man (GM): The Question in there is simple:
Is it safe to drink dihydrogen monoxide?

Trigger: "It's safe, come on."

Digifanatic enters...'

Trigger: "AAHHH!!!"

Alexia: "I KNOW THIS ONE!"

Metal Man (GM): Left door is yes, right door is no.

Digifanatic: "Okay..."

Dragoshi follows Trigger.

Digifanatic: "Dihydrogen... H2."

Alexia flies in and kicks open the left door.

Digifanatic: "Monoxide... alright, fine."

Metal Man (GM): You see... another question.

Wolfman follows... so far, so good.

Alexia heads into the next room.

Metal Man (GM): In part 3 of the 2-door challenge.

Dragoshi: "...I think not. Seeing as it's MONOXIDE. But, it might not be the case."

Trigger follows the others.

Wolfman: "Strange logic questions here..."

Metal Man (GM): 'What is the purpose of a Time Stone?'
Left door: To manipulate time
Right door: To keep time stable

Alexia: "Uh..."

Trigger: "Hmm."

Alexia: "I vote right."

Dragoshi: "...Hmm."

Trigger: "Don't they do both?"

Dragoshi: "Both make sense."

Wolfman: "Want me to try walking through the middle again?"

Metal Man (GM): Purpose is underlined.

Digifanatic: "Depends on who's asking us this."

Dragoshi: "...Indeed. ...Tough choice."

Wolfman: "The original purpose... sounds more like the right door."

Digifanatic: "If it's a normal guy, it could be to keep it stable. If it's a sinister villain... manipulo-rama."

Dragoshi: "I mean, both make sense..."

Wolfman: "Shall I attempt it?"

Dragoshi: "...Don't see why not"

Wolfman wants more approval before doing this... one supporter won't work well.

Alexia again flies to the back, just in case.

Dragoshi does the same as Alexia.

Digifanatic backs off again.

Alexia: "Sounds good to me, Wolf."

Wolfman: "Then wish me luck."

Dragoshi: "Good luck, then..."

Wolfman goes to the right door, and attempts to open it with his 4 legged frame.

Metal Man (GM): It opens... revealing more doors.
The next question is...

Wolfman: "This way guys."

Dragoshi follows Wolf.

Alexia flies into the doorway.

Metal Man (GM): Who built these doors?
Left: Jeff Maxwell

Digifanatic keeps going.

Metal Man (GM): Right: Erin Kareen

Alexia: "..."

Wolfman: "...Jeff, I'm slightly familiar with... who is Kareen again?"

Metal Man (GM): Middle: Ivo Robotnik

Alexia: "Shiz."

Dragoshi: "...Who the hell is Erin Kareen?"

Editor's Note: I don't know anymore, either, making this question hilarious to future me.

Wolfman: "...and for once, there is a middle door?!?"

Dragoshi: "...And we have a THIRD choice? Bloody wonderful!"

Digifanatic: "...If I knew if Jeff built this place..."

Metal Man (GM): Trap Door: Professor Oak

Dragoshi: "..."

Wolfman: "...and a FOURTH?!?"

Dragoshi: "Ay curamba."

Alexia opens up her Dex again... worth a shot.

Metal Man (GM): Ceiling Door: E Li Three

Wolfman looks up...

Digifanatic: "FIVE?!"

Metal Man (GM): Right Wall Door: The Void

Dragoshi: "A FIFTH?"

Alexia: "Dex, you know the creator of this place?"

Wolfman: "SIX?!?"

Metal Man (GM): Left Wall Door: Kuja

Dragoshi: "...SIX!?"

Digifanatic: "SIX?"

Metal Man (GM): That's all the doors.

Wolfman lays down...

Dragoshi: "What the HELL?!"

Digifanatic: "Okay, I have a feeling this may be the wrong room."

Wolfman: "Seven doors... I don't think we're in the wrong room."

Metal Man (GM): Oops, forgot the one that you didn't choose to come in.
For some reason... over that door is 'Ash Ketchum'

Alexia: "...DEX!"

Digifanatic: "Actually, come to think about it--ASH?!"

Metal Man (GM): 8 doors.

Digifanatic: "What kinda..."

Dragoshi: "...What the *Draconic*?"

Alexia shakes it a bit.

Smash Dex: "How am I supposed to know who made this place."

Wolfman: "...alright, let's go over every person."

Digifanatic: "Right."

Alexia: *Anime dead-pan look* "Reeeeal helpful."

Wolfman: "Jeff Maxwell... he's sort of technical minded, wasn't he?"

Alexia puts her Dex away.

Digifanatic: "Yeah, I believe so. Not 100%."

Wolfman: "Then he's discounted. No clue who Kareen is, so let's come back."

Metal Man (GM): In total: Left: Jeff Maxwell Right: Erin Kareen Middle: Ivo Robotnik Trap Door: Professor Oak Ceiling Door: E Li Three Right Wall Door: The Void Left Wall Door: Kuja Behind Door: Ash Ketchum

Wolfman: "Ivo... he didn't make this tower, did he?"

Digifanatic: "I don't think... I'm almost CERTAIN he was never part of Silph."

Wolfman: "Oak deals with Pokemon inventions... and I doubt Abras are involved here."

Digifanatic: "Right."

Wolfman: "E Li Three... didn't he love practical jokes a lot? Void, Kuja, and Ash... I think we can discount."

Digifanatic: "Yeah."

Alexia: "Uh, I'd say Ivo."

Dragoshi: "...Holy hell. This is nucking futs."

Wolfman: "I'm unsure of that one. I'm almost thinking E Li Three."

Digifanatic: "So we're down to Kareen, E Li, Robotnik..."

Alexia: "He's real time-nutty."

Digifanatic: "Yeah, but this building could have been around for about 75, 80 years. Kareen could have been some big-shot architect as well..."

Alexia: "Good point..."

Wolfman stands clear of the Butnik door.

Digifanatic: "And maybe the wife of someone big."

Wolfman: "Alexia, do you wish to try your hunch?"

Digifanatic: "I'm almost willing to take Robotnik out of this because I don't see him associated with Silph Co. in any way."

Alexia: "...Stand back."
*She opens the Ivo door.*

Digifanatic steps back.

Dragoshi stands back.

Wolfman already stood clear.

Digifanatic: "Unless of course, this is a trick question and whatever door leads on is not the correct answer."

Alexia: "WHAT?!"

Metal Man (GM): Alexia opens the door and his hit by a punching thing.
100 damage.
The door slams shut.

Digifanatic: "I'm not certain, but--ooh, yikes."

Dragoshi: "...Well we automatically know it ain't Ivo."

Alexia gets slammed into the floor
*Whimper.*

Dragoshi holds his hand out to Alexia"Need a hand?"

Wolfman: "That is true..."

Digifanatic: "So, Kareen or E Li, most likely?"

Wolfman: "Yes."

Digifanatic: "Hmm..."

Alexia gets up rather unsteadily.

Wolfman: "But I can't reach the E Li Three door right away."

Alexia: "Pain..."

Wolfman: "Do we have another flyer that can open it?"

Alexia: "DEEP hurting..."

Digifanatic: "I also don't know if E Li Three has been associated with Silph."

Dragoshi: "...I ain't opening it"

Digifanatic: "I'm going by that alone."

Wolfman: "Kareen then?"

Digifanatic: "Yeah."

Dragoshi: "Prolly."

Digifanatic: "Lemme do this."

Wolfman stands clear again.

Digifanatic walks over to the Kareen door... while opening it, he holds him against the door as he opens it, hopefully wedging himself between the door and the wall.

Wolfman is away from the line of sight from the door at least...

Metal Man (GM): You open it... it's the way to the staircase.

Digifanatic: "Got it!"

Dragoshi: "...Good job."

Alexia: "Way to go, Digi..."

Dragoshi goes up the stairs.

Wolfman: "Alright, we've got a target."

Digifanatic: "Like I said, just going by associations."

Wolfman goes to the stairs.

Alexia stumbles up the stairs, now with a black eye.

Digifanatic follows the others.
He hands Alexia one of his Mushrooms.
"Here."

Alexia: "Thanks." *Uses it.*

Metal Man (GM): You go up the stairs... to room 94.

Wolfman wonders if there is another puzzle on this floor...

Metal Man (GM): This room is weird, what with a billion clothes on hangers moving about the room on a sort of clothes moving-railway.

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: "Riiiiiiiight."

Metal Man (GM): Once you walk past them you see a bunch of clothes being dry-cleaned by machines.

Alexia: "Hey, we stepped into Peewee's Playhouse!"

Wolfman: "Or perhaps the laundry room."

Digifanatic: "Um... I don't see any talking sofas nor flying bicycles."

Wolfman: "Why this is near the top instead of the bottom is beyond me."

Dragoshi: "...If that's the case, then what's the sec-Yeah, Wolf's prolly' right. As is Digi"

Digifanatic frowns.

Metal Man (GM): The door ahead is open. Must be a normal room.

Digifanatic looks to see if he can find any openings through all these machines and tracks.

Metal Man (GM): Unless... you wish to play with the dry cleaning machine's controls.

Wolfman: "...strange: nothing fancy this time."

Digifanatic: "I guess."

Wolfman: "...or is there?"

Digifanatic starts walking across to the door.

Dragoshi just heads towards the door, motioning for the others to follow.

Wolfman gets a look at the dry cleaning machine...

Metal Man (GM): The way to the door is clear.

Alexia walks to the door with one hand out, in case of another force field.

Metal Man (GM): The machine has three settings: Move Clothes, stop clothes, and Dominoes Pizza.
It is set to move clothes.

Digifanatic: "Keep on going, Wolf."

Wolfman: "Good idea..."
*He goes up the stairs
oO(...pizza, again?)*

Digifanatic: *Ascending.*

Alexia heads up the stairs.

Digifanatic: "I bet that the view's great from here."

Alexia: "Somehow, a trap in a laundry room doesn't seem like a real good idea..."

Wolfman hopes to reach the 100th floor at some point...

Metal Man (GM): Room 95... where Julian and Garrick appear out of thin air.

Alexia: *Deadpan* "Oh, joy. Julian's here. Hooray."

Dragoshi: "...Hiya."

Digifanatic: "Whoa. Hey guys."

Wolfman: "...welcome guys."

Dragoshi: "Think we'll meet anyone else?"

Wolfman: "For the record, this is meant as a diplomatic mission, so if you can, please try to refrain from just kicking butt."

Digifanatic: .oO(If it's Ari, I got his back.)

Julian Sawyer: *A generic blue warp portal appears on the ground. Julian rises out of it, sans his fedora, wearing an open Hawaiian shirt, swim trunks, and sandals, carrying a suitcase and a coconut drink.* "...Yo."

Metal Man (GM): This room... is a massive power control room, with monitors and stuff.

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: "Holy crap, Julian. Looks like something I'd wear."

Alexia bursts out laughing.

Dragoshi: "This... Is awkward. Very, very awkward."

Digifanatic: "Let's just get a move on."

Dragoshi: "Yeah, let's. Then we can discuss summer outfits la-...Eh, forget it." *Dragoshi moves onward.*

Wolfman: "Let's not worry about looks right now."

Julian Sawyer: "Ain't you been wonderin' where I been? Somethin' musta happened while we was warpin' to Gunicard, and I somehow ended up on Isle Defino."

Editor's Note: The Questers were too distracted by coffee shenanigans to notice... and Julian got the better part of THAT deal, given he got a vacation while the nightmare occurred.

Digifanatic: "Ah."

Dragoshi: "...Man, the warp must have a few bugs that need to be ironed out then, huh?"

Julian Sawyer: "So I made the best of it an' took a vacation... Which 'pparently jus' ended. What's goin' down?"

Digifanatic: "Hey, even just a couple of days there is always nice."

Wolfman: "We're to try to diplomatically reach a crazed guy and stop him from stopping time around here."

Digifanatic: "Or girl."

Dragoshi: "...Yea, What they said."

Wolfman: "Right; thanks Digi."

Digifanatic: "That last question, remember?"

Dragoshi: "Yep, Erin Keeran, I believe the name was."

Julian Sawyer: "Oh, Silph Co. Mission." *Julian takes a sip of his drink* "So where we at now..." *Looks around.*

Wolfman: "Floor 95. We have to hike it up to the 100th floor."

Dragoshi: "Floor...95. I believe."

Digifanatic: "But I also suggested that she might have been the architect a long while back and could even have died by now."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...huh."

Digifanatic: "So she could have been an answer but not our suspect. Ya get the point."

Wolfman: "Let's try to find some stairs to continue onward."

Digifanatic: "Right."

Julian Sawyer: "So we already halfway done? Great."
*He looks for a way up.*

Dragoshi: "Yea, pretty much."

Digifanatic: "Yeah, from 90."

Garrick Fy`aar: "What have you guys dealt with so far?"

Digifanatic: "Gibby was supposed to be here... but he got lost."

Dragoshi: "...Some pretty odd crap."

Digifanatic: "And I think Alexia wandered off on us."

Metal Man (GM): You see... the elevator.

Dragoshi: "For example there was this door puzzle that had at least EIGHT different answers!"

Julian Sawyer: "...So why can't we jus' take the elevator?"

Garrick Fy`aar: "...yeah."

Digifanatic: "Cause it only took us to 90 at the time."

Dragoshi: "...It stopped at 90 for some odd reason."

Wolfman: "...in this case, I won't argue with that. But make sure there is a button to floor 100 first."

Julian Sawyer: "...So we'll fix it." *Julian sets his suitcase down, and walks over to the control panels...*

Wolfman: .oO(Hopefully it doesn't need fixing first)

Dragoshi follows Jules.

Garrick Fy`aar: "You mean 'I'll' fix it."

Digifanatic: "It could be fine for all we know."

Julian Sawyer: "Speakin' a'fixin', you done any work on that cloak armor?"

Wolfman: "Is there a proper button?"

Garrick Fy`aar: "A little. It's odd technology... I've got to learn it before I can fix it."

Julian Sawyer: *Looking over the console to see if power to the elevator got shut off or something...*

Metal Man (GM): The elevator is open; the console shows the elevator is at full power.

Julian Sawyer: "Don't look like we got a problem here."

Digifanatic: "Well? What do ya see?"

Wolfman: "Alright... let's go."
*He gets in.*

Dragoshi: "...So it's A-OK then?"

Digifanatic: "Kay."
*He walks in.*

Julian Sawyer: "Nuthin'. Everyone get in the elevator!"

Dragoshi enters the elevator.

Garrick Fy`aar shrugs and walks in as well.

Julian Sawyer walks to it, and grabs his suitcase on his way.

Digifanatic presses the button for 100 seen as how nobody else has.

Metal Man (GM): It dings, then starts going up... and up...

Julian Sawyer: "So what'd I miss?"

Digifanatic: "You probably don't want to know."

Julian Sawyer: "Like hell I don't."

Digifanatic: "We beat up Tingle who apparently abducted a Keyblade..."

Julian Sawyer: "Mhm..."

Digifanatic: "In Saturn Valley."

Dragoshi: "Lesse. You missed a few things. For one, we faced this ex-APN employee on the defense station, and-Yeah, what Digi said. It was friggin' powerful Though, Tingle had the durability of a air-fluffed marshmallow."

Digifanatic: "Now, there was a bit of strangeness at HQ after that, but... that's a story all in itself."

Dragoshi: "And, I swiped 10k from him. Not to mention, we got a HUGE payoff."

Digifanatic: "Ya see, after we whooped Tingle, one of the Saturns there offered us some coffee. Alexia, Dragoshi, and Gibby accepted it."

Wolfman: "I took the can, but didn't drink it."

Dragoshi: "And, that's where the insanity started..."

Digifanatic: "More nuts than a can of Planters after that."

Dragoshi: "Ain't it the truth"

Digifanatic: "Yup."

Julian Sawyer: "..." *Smacks Dragoshi* "NEVER take anythin' from a Saturn."

Dragoshi ducks the smack.

Digifanatic: "That's what I told them afterward. Their insane streak stopped just a short while back."

Julian Sawyer: "They're ****in' drug lords! Who knows what they put in that stuff..."

Digifanatic: "You two caught them just after it faded."

Metal Man (GM): It finally reaches the top.

Wolfman: "We're here... remember guys: peaceful attempts first."

Digifanatic: "We probably don't wanna--*Ding*--know. Here we go."

Wolfman exits the elevator.

Metal Man (GM): The door opens... revealing a ghostly room. Everything has been frozen in time.

Dragoshi: "...Well, here's our stop."
*He exits the elevator, and looks about.*

Digifanatic gets out...

Julian Sawyer walks out, taking another sip of his drink.

Metal Man (GM): In the midst of it... stands a man.

Garrick Fy`aar frowns and moves out into the room as well...

Wolfman sees a man in the midst...

Dragoshi: "...And you are?"

Wolfman is in a relaxed pose
He is in a relaxed pose: not threatening.

Dragoshi is in a relaxed pose as well, waiting for an answer.

Julian Sawyer: "'Ey! You! Whatchu doin'?"

Digifanatic: "Be a bit nicer, please... Julian."

Dragoshi: .oO(...Oy. That was to be expected)

Wolfman: .oO(...he's not known for tact...)

Digifanatic: .oO(Erin is a GUY?)

Erin Kareen: "How dare you come into my room... Questers!"

Metal Man (GM): It is clearly a guy... a man wearing an oversized lab coat.

Wolfman: "The receptionist asked us to come up here to visit you, and make sure you were alright."

Metal Man (GM): He has thick glasses and ruffled brown hair... and thick veins on the back of his hands... as well as a time-shaped blue tattoo on his right cheek.

Dragoshi: .oO(...Ay carumba.)

Wolfman: "She was a bit concerned about... experiments going on up here."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...do... I know you?"

Julian Sawyer: "Yeah, you goin' crazy or somethin'. What's up?"

Erin Kareen: "...It is a Time Continuum difference! You infidel!"

Dragoshi: "...Interesting."

Erin Kareen: "I must create the ultimate device!"

Digifanatic: "Hey, we're just trying to be polite here."

Julian Sawyer: "...An' that'd be?"

Erin Kareen: "You are being very unpolite. You fool!"

Wolfman: "For some reason, she doesn't like the idea of your device workings being done here."

Digifanatic raises a hand and just hangs his head for a moment...

Julian Sawyer: "An' you're insultin' me!"

Dragoshi: "...It appears that politeness might not be getting through his head. Or in this case, impoliteness."

Erin Kareen: "Your very presence unstables the grammatik amplifying time emulsifier! Vee will all die if you continue existing! I must make you dissappear!"

Metal Man (GM): He gets out a butterful net and begins whapping Wolfman with it.

Dragoshi: "...A gate?"

Wolfman: "Is there any way we can convince you to stop these experiments?"

Erin Kareen: "Zeeee!!! Vanish!"

Julian Sawyer: "...Wolf, I dunno why you even TRY to reason wit' crazy people. Jus' ain't gonna work."

Metal Man (GM): It's a madman trying to mildly whap you... no damage.

Dragoshi: "...Yea. This is just a little err... Nutso. Strange even."

Wolfman just shrugs.

Erin Kareen: "Joo! You harm the X-index! All is toasted! I must work hard to fix balanze!"

Wolfman: "Thanks, but I'm in no need to chill."

Julian Sawyer: "An' he jus' hit you wit' a ****in' net!"

Wolfman: "However, you are causing problems for the people that work here... and us."

Metal Man (GM): He runs over and starts crazily attaching stuff together with wires.

Digifanatic looks around to see what other strange things are located there... if any.

Metal Man (GM): ...Like... pieces of toast...
Lemons...

Wolfman: "If you don't stop, we'll have to stop you."

Dragoshi: "...You're hitting him with a gaw damn net. What are you, nuts?"

Metal Man (GM): A box of ice cream...

Wolfman turns to Julian.

Metal Man (GM): And a big nasty looking electronic thing that has funny lights on it.

Wolfman: "...now is the time to do your thing."

Dragoshi: O_O; "...I'm taking this as a 'yes'."

Wolfman looks to the... three items?

Erin Kareen: "Zeee Ultimate device shall make me king of time! Hawhahahahaaaaaahhhh!!! AHHHHH!!!!"

Wolfman: "...not that device!"

Erin Kareen hits device with butterfly knife.

Wolfman attempts to rocket tackle the device out of the way first.

Erin Kareen: "Eat small slicing knife, devize!"

Dragoshi: "...What device?"

Metal Man (GM): Roll it.
Wolfman flies into the device.
He is frozen in time.

Digifanatic: .oO(I think he's a bit crazy or MacGuyver in disguise if he think he can do all that with just those objects.)

Julian Sawyer: "WRECK HIM!" *Julian charges, attempting to slam his suitcase into Erin's face.*

Wolfman: *Frozen.*

Erin Kareen: "Eeeek! Eeeeediot! DO NOT TOUCH ZEEE DEVIZE! ACK!"

Julian Sawyer: *CRUNCH.*

Dragoshi: "...Yea. I'm just gonna stand back, and NOT touch the damn device"

Digifanatic: "Me too, Dragoshi. I... don't want... to stir anything up."

Dragoshi: "Uhhh... Same thing, man. Just, yeah..."

Digifanatic: "Unless it's necessary!"

Dragoshi nods in agreement.

Metal Man (GM): He runs out of the way of Julian's attack, screaming.

Dragoshi: "Holy damn, he's fast"

Erin Kareen: "Zoo! Do not taunt zeee Doctaur! I AM ZEE MASTER OF TELEVISION RECORDING!"

Julian Sawyer: "Get back here! I gotta smash your face in!" *Julian follows after him... Running in sandals isn't exactly a good idea.*

Dragoshi: "...Master of WHAT?"

Metal Man (GM): He takes out a remote and presses a button. A television turns on and begins recording.

Erin Kareen: "I shall wreck zoo! GRIND YOU INTO DUUUUUUST!"

Dragoshi: "I thought the metallic sandwiches thing was nuts, but this... TAKES THE CAKE!"

Erin Kareen: "And now... fighttttt!!!"

Metal Man (GM): BATTLE

Julian Sawyer ends up tripping, his drink spilling as his sandals fly off and he crash lands... But his suitcase goes flying, aiming straight for Erin's gut!

Metal Man (GM): Questers vs. Erin Kareen

Erin Kareen: "Ayyyyee have meee eye on you!" *Leaps over the suitcase.*

Dragoshi: "...Also, what's up with the pizza buttons?"

Erin Kareen: "How dare zoo inzult my master creation! ZEE PIZZA DIALER!"

Dragoshi: "...I was only asking!"

Erin Kareen: "INZTANT PIZZA! IS IS GODLY!"

Digifanatic: "I don't blame that."

Dragoshi: "...That I can agree with."

Metal Man (GM): Order: Erin, Julian, Dragoshi, Digi

Dragoshi: "I mean, come on. It's so brilliant, I'm surprised no one thought of it."

Julian Sawyer: "...Ow..."

Erin Kareen: "I CAN EAT YOUR TASTY FLESH COVERING!!!!"

Dragoshi: "..."
.oO(I RAISE YOU AN EYEBROW)

Metal Man (GM): He runs over and tries to bite Dragoshi.

Dragoshi: "...The hell is wrong with you!?" *Bitten. Damage?*

Metal Man (GM): He runs up and bites Dragoshi, dealing 30 damage.

Erin Kareen: "I AM ZEE MASTERRR POKEMAN! HAHAHAHAAA!"

Dragoshi takes 23 damage "...Ow. Kinda. Sorta."

Digifanatic: .oO(Master Pokemon.
He IS insane!)

Erin Kareen: "Juzt vait until ich kan machen mein next atatck! VLAH!"

Dragoshi: "...If only I had a translator!"

Julian Sawyer: "...That's it, now I'm mad!" *Julian scrambles to his feet, and rushes over to his fallen suitcase, popping it open and pulling out his Nano Gloves and his Boots, which he quickly puts on.*

Erin Kareen: "You lie! I AM MAD!"

Dragoshi: "...Can't deny that!"

Erin Kareen: "You are... south pole! The south pole shall never win!"

Julian Sawyer: "You a chump!" *Julian flexes his hands, then rears back and launches a Haymaker at Erin's face!*

Metal Man (GM): You hit him.

Dragoshi: "...This guys is failing to make a damn of sense!"

Digifanatic: "Indeed."

Erin Kareen: "How dare zoo screw up mein werden! DAHHHAHAHAHAAAA!!!"

Dragoshi: "I mean, I've seen people that are insane, but this guy is rightfully so!"

Digifanatic: "I think he's more than a bit off his rocker."

Dragoshi: "Off his rocker? That's an underexaggeration!"

Julian Sawyer: "I'm gettin' tired of hearin' you guys banter! Focus!" *Blood red energy surges into Julian's gloves as he reaches towards Erin!*

Metal Man (GM): Hit.

Digifanatic: "Okay, Julian, that's good."

Julian Sawyer: *GRAB! Oh how it burns as the energy surges into Erin, and THEN Julian whirls around and throws him into... THE DEVICE!*

Dragoshi: "..."

Metal Man (GM): He hits the device, then stands up.

Dragoshi: "...Huh."

Metal Man (GM): You see him go back in time... free of all the wounds you gave him.

Erin Kareen: "Zoo are dumb! Ha ha haaa!"

Julian Sawyer: "...Oh GODDAMNIT."

Dragoshi: "...Don't throw him into the device then"

Erin Kareen: "Zee machine makes me invinzibleeee!!!"

Julian Sawyer: "Guess I'm gonna hafta beat you TWICE as hard to make up for it!" *Out of TP!*

Dragoshi: "...Well... Uhhh... Damn" *Pulls out his dex and attempts to dex Erin.*

Erin Kareen: "NEIN!"

Metal Man (GM): He kicks the machine, and your dex is warped back in time into your pocket.
-Whatever TP it'd take to dex stuff

Dragoshi: "...Heh."
*He stands still, ending his turn. (EoT)*

Digifanatic figures there's only one thing to try and do for now... he just decides to go for the Fire Punch to Erin.

Metal Man (GM): He leaps out of the way screaming.

Erin Kareen: "YOU ARE UNDERLEVELED, POKEMAN!"

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: "Yeah, whatever."
*He runs back to the others, saving a TP.
*EoT**

Dragoshi: "He's one can short of a six-pack!"

Erin Kareen: "I vill show you true fire!"

Metal Man (GM): He takes out a flask of whiskey, and drinks half of it. He throws the bottle behind him, and it shatters.
Then he gets out a lighter and breathes at Digifanatic.

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: .oO(Great. Insane and drunk.)

Metal Man (GM): 45 fire damage if that hits.

Digifanatic is definitely scorched but not highly concerned...

Dragoshi: "...Okay. TWO cans, then."

Julian Sawyer: "Time to play dirty..." *Julian reaches into the inside of his Hawaiian shirt, pulling out... ...A Pineapple? Must be the shirt* "...Huh. Don't matter!" *Julian grabs it by the leaves, and swings it at Erin's face twice!*

Metal Man (GM): Hit, hit.

Dragoshi: "... How original."

Julian Sawyer manages to cut the HELL out of Erin's face before smashing apart on the second hit! "Wow, that worked!"

Dragoshi: "...That it did. This is just a little bit creepy."

Julian Sawyer: *Done!*

Dragoshi: "Oookaay... Seeing as he damaged you with a pineapple... Uhhh..." *FIVE CLAWED DISCOUNT! Dammit!*

Metal Man (GM): He deflects your claw.

Erin Kareen: "STEAL ME IZ NO!"

Dragoshi then jumps back, saving the remaining three TP (EoT)

Digifanatic figures that the best way to blow off a little steam is with a rush of Celestial Fury. And a Light Ray as well.
He still can't hit.
"Yeah, I get it, I can't get you for beans."
*He steps out of 1 TP range with his last point.*

Metal Man (GM): Miss, miss, as he runs away.

Erin Kareen: "You get it not!"

Metal Man (GM): He uses the machine... and is completely healed. Again.

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba."

Julian Sawyer: "...WRECK THE MACHINE!"

Metal Man (GM): Then... he leaps up on a table and drinks more whiskey.

Digifanatic: "But we're gonna get stuck!"

Dragoshi: "...Don't need to tell me twice."

Erin Kareen: "I VILL SIIIINGGGGG!!!!"

Dragoshi: "...From a DISTANCE! ...Wait, wha?"

Digifanatic: .oO(Hopefully, he'll be way too hammered to fight.)

Dragoshi: .oO(...This is gonna be as bad as Metal's rendition of Yellow Submarine, huh?)

Erin Kareen: "JIIIIGLY PUFFF~~~ JIIIIIGLYPUFFFF!!!!~~~~ JIIIGLEEEYYYYY PUFF PUFFF JIGGLYEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Dragoshi: "...What the HELL?"

Julian Sawyer: "..."

Dragoshi: "Just... What the *Draconic*ing HELL?!"

Metal Man (GM): He sings at Julian.

Dragoshi: "...This is nucking futs!"

Metal Man (GM): Julian is confused.
He will now attack random opponents.

Dragoshi: "..."

Julian Sawyer: "...Whoa..." *Julian holds his head, stumbling from side to side... All of those Cocotini's must have kicked in.*

Metal Man (GM): Roll a d4 after rolling the results of each attack.

Julian Sawyer: "Knew I should've asked what was in those Cocotini's..." *Blurred vision* "...Aw man... Callin' in sobriety!" *Julian reaches in to his suitcase and pulls out... A cell phone!*

Metal Man (GM): You're so drunk you have a hard time seeing the buttons.
You give the cell phone to Digi. He may use it now.
However you cannot use it.

Digifanatic: "Huh? Oh, okay..." *Takes the phone.*

Julian Sawyer: "..." *BLARF! Julian can't hold his liquor, apparently. Turn ova!*

Digifanatic: "Yeah..."

Dragoshi: "Hmmm... If my attempts on you won't work, then..." *Attempts to blast one of the wired up things with Indignation... Let's say the ice cream container.*

Metal Man (GM): Gotta roll.
You run at it... but Mr. Madman blocks it.

Erin Kareen: "DO NOT TOUCH!"

Dragoshi: "...Son of a sidewinder."

Digifanatic: .oO(This is just like Ruvyn...)

Dragoshi attempts to think out how to defeat this madman.

Metal Man (GM): You think... you need to go to McDonalds.

Dragoshi: .oO(...That'll NEVER work!)
*Think again, dammit!*

Metal Man (GM): You think... destroy the machine.

Dragoshi stands still, still thinking on what to do. (EoT)

Digifanatic takes Dragoshi's offensive concept and decides to try the same idea: a Hyper Beam Matrix (cause it's ranged) followed by one more Light Ray (just cause he can hit it w/o really touching it).

Metal Man (GM): Miss, miss, miss

Julian Sawyer: "Urgh... Talkin' jug, call me somethin' in..."

Erin Kareen: "You attack like monkey!"

Metal Man (GM): He blocks them all.

Digifanatic: "You know, I think I get it when I miss."

Metal Man (GM): He uses the machine to heal himself... then he prepares for his next attack.

Erin Kareen: "You call that hyper beam? I call that asleep beam!
THIS IS HYPER BEAM!!!!"

Dragoshi: "...He may be one can short of a six pack, but he's pretty good, I do say that."

Erin Kareen runs over, drinks a bottle of Everclear, rips a wire out of his machine, sticks it and a box of liquid nitrogen in his mouth, then projectile-screams at Digifanatic.

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: .oO(He better have done some extensive research on me cause I've figured out how cheesy it is to announce your attacks at 85 dB before you use them.
*BAM.*

Metal Man (GM): Digi is hit by a deadly hyper beam, which deals 180 damage to him.

Dragoshi: "...Holy shi-"

Digifanatic is slammed but still somehow alive in this.. oO(Liquid N2. Fuh-REAK.)

Dragoshi: .oO(Liquid N2...Insane, yet brilliant)

Julian Sawyer: "...A'ight, gettin' nowhere..." *Julian shakes his head, tries to discern where Erin is to the best of his ability, and lets loose a wild Haymaker!*

Metal Man (GM): He attacks Erin.

Digifanatic: "Oh, phew..."

Julian Sawyer: *PUNCH TO THE FACE.*

Dragoshi: "...Good one."

Julian Sawyer: *The force behind that unfortunately causes Julian to lose his balance, and he falls flat on his face! Turn over*
"...Ow..."

Dragoshi: "Ugh. This is inanely insane, I swear." *He then proceeds to fire off a flame breath at the machine.*

Metal Man (GM): He leaps into the way.

Erin Kareen: "NO TOUCH!"

Dragoshi: "...You're a damn annoyance, I swear"
*He stands still, waiting...(EoT)*

Digifanatic uses that Cell Phone Julian handed over and decides to get 3 Full Cures off of that. -1 TP & 15K worth o coins
He uses one of them on Julian.

Metal Man (GM): Julian is un-confused.

Julian Sawyer: "...Why the **** am I on the floor?"

Digifanatic then holds on to his other TP... EoT.

Dragoshi: "...You got the hell confused out of ya. man."

Julian Sawyer jumps back to his feet, shakes his head to clear out the rest of the cobwebs, and flexes his hands "Those Cocotini's musta kicked in... An' YOU gonna pay for doin' it!"

Erin Kareen: "Me? Pay? Hah! Machine go backwards!"

Metal Man (GM): He pulls the lever, is healed, and then Julian is re-confused.

Digifanatic: .oO(Oh YOU are...)

Julian Sawyer: "..." *HORK.*

Metal Man (GM): Erin then runs up and breathes fire on Julian.
*FIZZ* 45 fire damage.

Julian Sawyer: *FIRE'D! Don't suppose there's a way that Digi could go BEFORE Julian*
"Urgh... Hey, you moved..." *Wild Haymaker!*

Digifanatic: "Oh no... OH NO!"

Metal Man (GM): He attacks Dragoshi.

Dragoshi: "...Ah shi- Watch where you're aiming, ya basteech!"

Julian Sawyer: *CRUNCH* "...AHHHOW!" *Julian grabs the hand that just slammed into Dragoshi* "When'd you turn all hard an' armory..."

Dragoshi takes 26 damage (49/325)
"...I'm not WEARIN' armor. So, you just hurt your hand on scales"

Erin Kareen: "I have scales now! Hahahahaaa!"

Julian Sawyer: "Whatsa... wuzza... WRECK!" *Julian decides to avoid the smaller blurs, and tries to concentrate on the BIG one as he reaches into his Hawaiian shirt...*

Metal Man (GM): Roll for the target.

Julian Sawyer: *SLEEEEEEEEEEEDGEHAMMER!* "...How the... Don't matter."

Digifanatic: "RUN, DRAGOSHI!"

Dragoshi looks, confused
"...Wait."

Digifanatic: "Just run if you can!"

Metal Man (GM): He attacks Dragoshi.,... with the sledgehammer.,

Dragoshi: "...You're aiming in the wrong direction, you, blind, sodding moron!"

Erin Kareen: "Yes! Defeat the Questers!"

Julian Sawyer spins it around like a hammerthrow, then lets it loose, the Sledge aiming straight for Dragoshi's face!
*CRIIIIIITICAL.*

Dragoshi prepares to jump out of the way... Or at LEAST Chaos Control if it's low enou-Ow
"...You ****ing IDIOT!"

Erin Kareen: *Dances.*

Digifanatic: .oO(Wipe that grin off until you actually win. If.)

Julian Sawyer: *Whee! Dragoshi's knocked out for a turn!*

Digifanatic has almost no idea what to do... he tries to think of some way to outsmart Erin when it comes to ambushing that machine...(MNT check)

Metal Man (GM): You think... of attacking the wall.

Digifanatic: .oO(Can't do that...)
*He tries to aim for that machine twice more with Light Rays...
He probably still can't get a hit in edgewise.*

Metal Man (GM): Miss, miss.

Digifanatic: *Saved last 2 TP anyway.*

Metal Man (GM): He uses the machine and is healed.

Erin Kareen: "I have won over you... now... I SING!!!!"

Metal Man (GM): He starts yelling at Digi.

Erin Kareen: "DIIIGIIIIIII IIIGGGLYPUFFF!! AIEEEEEE!!!!"

Digifanatic can only shake his head at this... he is barely hit by this...

Metal Man (GM): *EL CONFUSEO.*

Julian Sawyer: "...Hey, the machine's still active... but I heard that hammer connect..." *TRY AGAIN PINEAPPLE! Two of 'em!*

Metal Man (GM): He attacks Digi.

Erin Kareen: "Eheeeee! TAKE THAT DIIIGIII!!! MAN!!!! I AM THE CHAMPION!"

Julian Sawyer: "Hit this time!" *Julian slings both Pineapples at Digi!*

Digifanatic is slammed twice... .oO(Please kill me so I can revive normal...)

Julian Sawyer: *Digi gets Busted Open!*

Digifanatic is not dead. And he would almost rather be...

Julian Sawyer: *Digi has tough skin!*
"...That didn't sound like it..." *Once more!
PINEAPPLES*
"Alright... Let's hear a clank!" *Julian closes his eyes, spins around, and launches both pineapples at the Machine!*

Erin Kareen: "NOOOOO!!!!!"

Metal Man (GM): *loud explosion.*

Julian Sawyer's awesome!

Metal Man (GM): You hear a brief explosion, then find yourself in the room... undamaged, and no Erin Kareen around either.
Wolfman enters the room like nothing happened: He never saw the fight.

Julian Sawyer: "...The hell?"

Dragoshi gets up, glaring at Julian.

Wolfman enters the room last...
"...huh...?
...before anyone explains what happens... let me just say this.
I hate time travel."

Digifanatic hopes he has lost his confusion.

Metal Man (GM): Yes, it's gone.

Dragoshi dashes towards Julian and STRANGLES him with his tail. "THIS IS FOR THE SLEDGEHAMMER!"

Julian Sawyer: "...Wait... you were over... and... huh."

Digifanatic: "HEY HEY HEY HE WAS CONFUSED! It's not like it was INTENTIONAL!"

Dragoshi: "Shut it!"

Wolfman then notices... oy.

Julian Sawyer (GM): Dragoshi bounces off Julian's shield, which conveniently decided to pop up.

Digifanatic: "But it wasn't!"

Dragoshi: "Don't really care right now! "

Wolfman: "...was the mission accomplished?"

Digifanatic scoffs and turns away.
"Yeah, Wolf."

Julian Sawyer: "...Man, what the **** you doin'?!"

Dragoshi: "Returning the favor for the sledge hammer to the face, that's what"

Digifanatic: "Seriously, Dragoshi, I don't think he'd intentionally attack you in a scenario like this!"

Wolfman: "Let's let the receptionist know then."

Julian Sawyer: "...What sledgehammer?"

Dragoshi: "Shut it. Just shut it. I only want to get the hell out of he-...You FORGOT!?"

Digifanatic: "That better be the confusion speaking."

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba."

Wolfman: "Guys, settle this argument later."
*He starts going BACK to the elevator he came out of... again...*

Digifanatic: "I don't want to hear a single word from EITHER of you about it."

Julian Sawyer: "YOU try rememberin' what you do after you down 25 Cocotinis!"

Dragoshi: "Then cut down on em, dammit!"

Julian Sawyer: "An' have all that... whatever was in those flood back into your system!"

Wolfman: "...is anyone coming?"

Dragoshi walks back into the elevator.

Digifanatic: "There's probably gonna be a warp."

Julian Sawyer: "I was on ****in' vacation! For a week! I think I'm entitled to a little refreshment!" *Julian grabs his suitcase.*

Wolfman: "Digi, we should let the receptionist know."

Digifanatic: "Alright."
*He heads into the elevator.
He makes sure to stand in-between Julian and Dragoshi.*

Julian Sawyer: "Hol' up. One last look around..." *Julian looks around the room for a means of escape OTHER than the elevator.*

Digifanatic: "I know the first thing I'm doing when I hit HQ is run straight to my room. Cause these last couple of days just haven't been that pretty."

Dragoshi: .oO(...I'm gonna look for the nearest thing to blast the hell out of when I get back to HQ, that's for sure.)

Metal Man (GM): You see... merely the elevator.

Digifanatic just stares around a bit into nothing...

Julian Sawyer: "...Don't like this one bit..." *Heads into the elevator.*

Metal Man (GM): You enter the elevator... it seems dead.

Digifanatic: "We better not have to base jump our way down."

Dragoshi: "...Agreed."

Digifanatic presses the 1 button.

Metal Man (GM): Seems dead.

Julian Sawyer: "..."

Dragoshi: "..."

Digifanatic: "Okay..."

Metal Man (GM): Instead... you see light in the middle of the now-empty room you exited.

Digifanatic gets off and back into the room.
"Yup. Looks like our warp."

Julian Sawyer: "That's it." *Julian walks out and heads... into the convenient warp.*

Digifanatic: "Guess time froze the elevator."

Dragoshi walks towards the warp and enters it.

Digifanatic follows Julian in.

Metal Man (GM): Appears to be the warp, yeah.

Wolfman: "...jeez: we can't even be courteous to the receptionist..."

Metal Man (GM): You walk in... and reappear somewhere else.

Wolfman hops in, and makes a note to email her later.
*WARP.*

Metal Man (GM): ...It's a floating platform in the middle of the Astral realm ?!?!?!?!

Digifanatic: "Okay. What the heck is this?"

Julian Sawyer: "...What... the...****?!"

Dragoshi: "...The fuh?"

Wolfman: "...if someone can explain to me when this will end, I'd appreciate it."

Digifanatic: "I hope this is one of Julian's drinks speaking."

Metal Man (GM): You see, rising from the air itself... Erin Kareen again.

Erin Kareen: "Who said... you could escape from me????"

Dragoshi: "..."

Wolfman: "...what do you have against us?"

Digifanatic: "Nobody said we couldn't."

Metal Man (GM): He holds out his arms. You suddenly are surrounded by an entire ring of him.
Each and every one of him differing slightly from the other.

Dragoshi: "...Anyone who thinks this is starting to turn into --------, raise your hand."

Metal Man (GM): You recognize the crazy one.

Wolfman raises his right front leg.

Erin Kareen: "I am one of the Mage Council's members! You don't recognize me?"

Digifanatic raises his hand.

Dragoshi looks at the other three "Yeah. Tho-Wait, WHAT!?"

Erin Kareen: "How dare you think I am crazy! That is only one of me from another time!"

Julian Sawyer: "I dunno, we don' know much 'bout you people other than you show up and cause trouble."

Dragoshi: "...Oh, come on! You're worse than that pyro!"

Julian Sawyer: "Then keep your damn clones under control!"

Dragoshi: "And that's saying a damn lot!"

Wolfman: "It's hard to recognize someone that wanted to destroy us. They often blur for us."

Erin Kareen: "You... are the trouble."

Digifanatic wishes there was a compromise to this...

Erin Kareen takes out a device.
"Yes... waves of pure chaos... from JULIAN!"

Wolfman: "Hold on Erin. I at least was honest with the Mage Council on a Time Stone situation from a few weeks ago. Can't you at least return the favor and... spare us or something?"

Dragoshi: "...Oh, don't tell me you're gonna try and destroy us with some sort of annoying device."

Julian Sawyer: "Please. You people been involved in three of our missions so far, an' EVERY TIME somethin' bad happened. Hell, you people been the subject of TWO of 'em!"

Dragoshi: "...I bet he's gonna say no"

Erin Kareen twists a knob, plugs something into it, and shoots Julian with it.

Metal Man (GM): *BZEER* ...It seems to do nothing.

Dragoshi: "I mean, we couldn't reason with his insane self, we sure as hayell can't reason with him"

Julian Sawyer: "...The hell was that?"

Erin Kareen: "Behold... the true Julian!"

Wolfman: .oO(...we were asked to go against the Mage Council?)

Erin Kareen twists a knob.

Digifanatic: .oO(True?)

Metal Man (GM): Julian is suddenly covered in electricity.

Dragoshi: "...True?"

Wolfman steps away.

Metal Man (GM): ...He becomes... overdrive Julian.

Julian Sawyer: "What th-" *KRRRRRRRRRGHS.*

Dragoshi steps away as well.

Erin Kareen: "I must save the world from this evil being!"

Dragoshi: *Random mix of spanish and draconic. Mostly curse words.*

Erin Kareen whips out a sickle.

Metal Man (GM): Meanwhile, all of Julian's anger is activated at once.
All of the energy, the overdrive... the power... bubbling to the surface, activated by the powerful device.

Digifanatic steps back if it's even possible...

Dragoshi: "...Oh, come on! You have a scy-Wait, sickle. Prolly' a difference between scythe and sickle"

Erin Kareen: "There is nothing more than to destroy this abomination... before he destroys you."

Wolfman: "If you need to take out Julian... I won't object that much. He only wants to fight and fight some more; no sense of diplomacy."

Dragoshi: "...Agreed. ...Though we don't know how powerful he truly is at this point... I hope we can survive"

Digifanatic: "...yeah..."

Julian Sawyer: *Hey, Julian's got his orange aura back!* "..." *Julian holds his hand out as Vendetta BURSTS out of his Suitcase and into his hand! Like the movies* "B****, you think you can take ME?! I'm JULIAN ****in' SAWYER! I saved TWO planets an' taken down *****Es mo' powerful than all you COMBINED!" *Julian shifts into his stance* "You think you can take ME?! Well step to it, *****! C'mon, I dare ya!"

Dragoshi: "..."

Wolfman: "...wait; are you suggesting WE fight Julian?"

Dragoshi looks at Julian "...I hope that ain't directed at us..."

Garrick Fy`aar steps out of the elevator, having been busy with something on the last floor... he takes in all the stuff that's going on...
"...whoa... when did Julian get his Overdrive back?"

Metal Man (GM): ...More like steps out of the portal.

Digifanatic: "Noideanoideanoideanoidea..."

Wolfman: "Julian, I advise you calm down."

Erin Kareen: "You need not fight him... allow me to fight."

Metal Man (GM): FREEFORM FIGHT

Wolfman: "...if you require assistance, just say the word."

Dragoshi: "...Uhhh... Greeaaat."

Wolfman said that to Erin.

Erin Kareen flies at Julian, trying to slash him with his sickle, across the shoulder.

Wolfman turns to the others.
"...does this mean if Julian is gone, we divide up his stuff?"

Dragoshi: "...If that's the case, then yea. I think. But ONLY and ONLY if it comes down to that."

Digifanatic: "Alright... whatever..."

Wolfman: "Then I hereby reserve the cloaking device."

Julian Sawyer: "You ain't NOTHIN' compared tah me!" *Julian blurs as he shifts to the side, aiming to grab the outstretched arm of Erin and LAUNCH him into the wall of clones.*

Erin Kareen: *Is grabbed, however he knees Julian and kicks off, firing a beam of red light at Julian from his left hand* "You are nothing but an abomination!"

Garrick Fy`aar: "...this is insane... Mark, can you get a power reading on this guys??"

Mark: "The meter exploded."

Dragoshi: "Oh so very insane..."

Mark: "This man is only fighting Julian because he is a grand master of fighting."

Garrick Fy`aar: "..."

Mark: "He uses a highly limited weapon like the average man his own hand."

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba. There has GOT to be a solution..."

Wolfman: "...there is. Let Erin do his thing."

Julian Sawyer deflects the beam with Vendetta, then jumps up as his Rocket Boots activate and LAUNCH Julian towards Erin, Vendetta spinning like a fan blade as he goes for the arms! "The only abb-om-ination is a so-called Council a' Mages that doesn't do nothin' mbut attack US!"

Wolfman: "I've actually met some of the Mage Council people myself."

Dragoshi: "...I see. But if that doesn't work out, I'll try and figure out an alternate solution..."

Garrick Fy`aar: "...you're wanting to let the bad guy KILL Julian?"

Wolfman: "They are an organization that should not be messed with. I'm not so sure Erin is 'bad' per se."

Erin Kareen: "You are an unabashed liar." *He swings with his full weight the scythe, locking it up against Vendetta, before then trying to uppercut Julian in the chin.* "Truth will prevail!"

Dragoshi attempts to figure out a solution to this problem incase the worst case scenario happens...

Wolfman: "I hope that we can eventually work with the Mage Council for future scenarios... we've run into them more times than we should have. Butting heads only causes conflict... and Julian just so happened to cause a major one."

Dragoshi: "..." *Slowly nods.*

Metal Man (GM): Dragoshi: You can't magically solve this problem... seems a very deeply cut one.

Garrick Fy`aar: "...this is going to end very badly..."

Dragoshi: "...Huh. Too deeply cut for an alternate solution... Damn."

Wolfman: "Let's just watch this... and see what we learn."

Dragoshi: "Yes, let's."

Wolfman gets in sitting position.

Julian Sawyer: "Everybody got a view'a truth-" *Julian leans his head back away from the uppercut... then slams it forward for a headbutt!* "Yours jus' happen to be wrong!" *If the headbutt connects, Julian unlocks Vendetta while Erin's stunned, and aims a flaming kick at his chest.*

Dragoshi sits down, in a meditative pose.

Erin Kareen: *The headbutt hits, but he grabs Vendetta with his bare hand and violently slams it back into Julian's own forehead, despite being burned* "There is no view for you!"

Julian Sawyer: "You ain't gonna be seein' nothin' after-" *Julian is cut off as he uses his free hand to grab the wrist of Erin that's holding Vendetta, and takes a bite out of it, which Julian spits in Erin's face if it's successful.*

Erin Kareen: *He blocks, barely; he shoves the sickle up close, and Julian bites it instead, as he tries again to hit Julian with Vendetta while still holding it in his (burning) hand.*

Julian Sawyer momentarily expresses surprise at biting down on a sickle, but decides to spit it out, trying to aim it AT Erin as he forces Vendetta forward, trying to cut Erin's arm in half. Julian also releases his hold on Erin's wrist, and reaches inside his hawaiian shirt...

Erin Kareen: *Vendetta is pushed towards his arm. He flies off again, before then grasping his burnt left hand, and thrusting his sickle-hand forward.* "Meteo!" *Six meteorites fly past him in formation at at Julian.*

Wolfman gulps. .oO(That will hurt...)

Dragoshi snaps out of the meditation, seeing the attack on Jules "..."

Julian Sawyer smirks, using his extreme speed to blast inbetween the gaps in the Meteo formation, then trying to boost around to Erin's backside and surprise him with a haymaker to the back of the head.

Erin Kareen: *He literally flips forward to being upside-down, then grabs Julian's fist with his feet and tries to hurl him at the platform.* "I can see everywhere, you fool!"

Dragoshi: "...Omniscence? ...Or just very good sight."

Wolfman: "...the Mage Council has its ways..."

Dragoshi: "...I see."

Julian Sawyer's caught by that one, flipping towards the platform and taking a crash landing... "...See everywhere, huh?" *Julian jumps back to his feet, activates his Turbo Rocket Boots... and flies into the ring of Erins from another time, doing a lap around them and slashing them all!*

Erin Kareen: "You don't know what you're up against, do you?" *All of them raises their hands and blast Julian from all sides with red lasers... with what could be called a '360 degrees!' attack.*

Dragoshi: "...Dayumn."

Wolfman: "That's one way of putting it."

Dragoshi: "If this is the full capabilities of one of 'em, I'd hate to face them ALL." @_!

Wolfman: "One: I don't think this is full."

Dragoshi: "...If that's the case, then... Ugh..."

Wolfman: "Two: I still think we should work on co-existing... better than we have been."

Dragoshi: "...Indeed we should."

Julian Sawyer: *Erin telegraphed that one, as Julian bursts up to dodge the laser attack, then lays back a bit to think of a new plan...* "...Got it!" *Julian holds up his free hand, as his suitcase that was in the center of the ring starts rumbling... before blasting open as a swarm of razor-edged fedora fly towards the Erin clones! Revenge of the Hat Trick!*

Dragoshi: "...Swarm of killer fedoras."

Erin Kareen: "Time Shredder!"

Metal Man (GM): Time stops for the fedoras, which are then hit from all directions with red lasers.
Then Erin charges at Julian with his scythe, his clones no longer active.

Dragoshi: "...Nice aim."

Wolfman simply nods at this point.

Julian Sawyer quickly brings up Vendetta to block, before reaching into his hawaiian shirt and pulls out... a Tiki Torch! A Lit one at that! Julian uses this festive light source as a weapon, and tries to shove it into Erin's Face/Chest!

Dragoshi blinks at the torch for a sec.

Metal Man (GM): He's stabbed by it, and then attempts to counter with another beam of red from his left hand at Julian's elbow, the one holding the torch.

Julian Sawyer arcs his arm up, avoiding the blast AND driving the Torch deeper into whichever body part he stabbed! The torch shortly goes out, so Julian makes use of it, and tries breaking it over Erin's head!

Wolfman: .oO(...I hope this fight ends soon...)

Erin Kareen: *He suddenly goes all chaos-controll-y and warps through Julian, dealing intense damage without actually needing to aim. He himself also takes heavy damage.*

Dragoshi: .oO(...Wonder when this crazy battle'll en-)
"...Did he just do what I think he did?"
*He rubs his eyes.*

Wolfman blinks a few times...
"...I hate time travel."

Julian Sawyer: "Only a matter of time 'fore I-HURK!" *Ouch!*

Erin Kareen: "You... will pay for your sins..."

Metal Man (GM): He produces a strange-looking device, and turns it on Julian.

Dragoshi: "...Ay carumba. I agree with ya, Wolf. That is something not to be effed with. ...Hmm?"

Metal Man (GM): It has... the light medallion mounted on it.

Erin Kareen: "Purifying light!"

Julian Sawyer: *Argh! Julian looks like he's down and out from that one... And then there's that.*

Dragoshi: "...What the-Isn't that-How..."

Metal Man (GM): Julian is hit from behind by the ray... which rips an orange version of himself free.

Wolfman: "..." (speechless)

Dragoshi: "..." (Speechless as well)

Julian Sawyer: "...What the fu-" *BLASTED.*

Dragoshi: "... ...What the Mother----ing ---- is this ----?!"

Metal Man (GM): He flies up and stabs Erin, before then ripping an orange portal into the realm.

Julian Sawyer: *The actual, factual Julian's currently smoking on the ground from that last blast* "...How the..."

Dragoshi then looks at the orange one "...Great, a friggin' faker."

Wolfman: "...and a new foe to worry about probably."

Metal Man (GM): Erin falls to the platform, holding a big hole in his shoulder. Julian is floated back onto the platform as well.

Dragoshi: *To the Julian that went through the hole*"...---- you too, punk."

Metal Man (GM): +1000 EXP to Julian

Erin Kareen: "Ugh... so it was... ...The Anger..."

Dragoshi gets up and walks over to the two
"...The Anger?"

Wolfman moves slowly towards them
"Please clarify."

Dragoshi: "Yes. Please do, good sir."

Erin Kareen: "There was... The Void... and... uhh..." *Gets up* "...I mean... The Fury. It is the next in the pattern."

Dragoshi: "...The Fury?"

Erin Kareen: "Wheras The Void attacks with chaos, it posesses an unbelievably maxxed out version of Julian's anger and stats."

Dragoshi: "So you're saying that that thing's Julian with god powers?"

Julian Sawyer: "..." *Groans as he gets himself into a sitting position* "...We're all gonna die."

Erin Kareen: "Yes... not quite God powers, though. I heavily wounded it."

Wolfman: "...I was thinking 'Almighty-idiot' myself."

Julian Sawyer: *Wolf would find a pineapple connecting with the back of his head.*

Dragoshi: "...How long will it take for this fiend to heal?"

Erin Kareen: "It isn't complete enough to do what The Void did... at this stage, he'll probably wind up being a background annoyance. ...A good month or two. As long as he cannot find the other pieces, of course."

Dragoshi: "...Other pieces? Elaborate."

Wolfman is intrigued about this...

Erin Kareen: "I have studied time for a very long time... each cycle is assigned a Phantom Lord."

Dragoshi: "...Phantom Lord... Who is this cycle's Phantom Lord?"

Erin Kareen: "Nothing you can do can destroy them until the cycle is over... and they embody a primal force in the world."

Julian Sawyer: "...So you're tellin' me we gotta find these Lords an' stop 'em from doin' whatever?"

Wolfman: "It's a sort of balance then?"

Erin Kareen: "The Fury, of course. No, you can't stop him at this point."

Dragoshi: "...This... Is not good."

Erin Kareen: "Sort of. Their job is to ensure the cycle goes as it was set by unknown beings long ago."

Dragoshi: "...Ah."

Erin Kareen: "The Void ensured total chaos... so this person must be all about angry people."

Dragoshi: "...Interesting. I guess that's why it chose Julian then?"

Wolfman: "That fits his description alright."

Erin Kareen: "It didn't really choose him... fate managed to pick the best host."

Julian Sawyer: "Look, I ain't angry. I jus' got a... rage problem."

Wolfman: "Then fate knows what it's doing."

Dragoshi: "...I see."

Erin Kareen: "Not anymore. Your rage should be... more normal... now."

Dragoshi: "Then fate is really too smart."

Erin Kareen: "The Fury has taken the more egregious anger to use on other people."

Wolfman: "Does that mean Julian will now be more receptive to... say, diplomatic decisions?"

Dragoshi: "...Tell me... Who do you think will be next...?"

Erin Kareen: "...Fate is not able to change people's personalities. I cannot tell, as this is only the beginning of a cycle."

Julian Sawyer: "Tough luck, b****es."

Wolfman: "We'll worry about the next part of the cycle later."

Erin Kareen: "The Void appeared late in time. You're lucky that I intervened this early."

Dragoshi: "...Ah Well, my guess is that it'll prolly' go after someone really angry like... Nah. Can't be..."

Wolfman: "As far as these other pieces go... do you want us to help you gather them?"

Erin Kareen: "Unlike him, you won't suddenly be attacked by a horde of hateful people mid-cycle."

Julian Sawyer: "Intervened? Weren't you the one that set it off?"

Erin Kareen: "...Gather Phantom Lords? Only one appears per cycle. I set it off before it could become more powerful."

Dragoshi: "..."

Wolfman: "No; the pieces to power up Fury."

Dragoshi: "Makes sense."

Erin Kareen: "...That's hard to do, as they're people."

Dragoshi: "...Are these pieces capable of being... Destroyed?"

Erin Kareen: "And Phantom Lords can cross any material in their cycle."

Dragoshi: "Physically and spiritually, I mean."

Erin Kareen: "...If you kill the people their anger goes directly to the Phantom Lord."

Dragoshi: "...I see."

Erin Kareen: "This is what powered up The Void; Metal's multiple deaths."

Dragoshi: "So killing them is out of the question."

Wolfman: "At this point, we're trapped in a cycle that's hard to get out of."

Erin Kareen: "You can, however, attack and beat down a Phantom Lord, thus limiting its reign."

Julian Sawyer: "We can always lock 'em in stasis or somethin'."

Dragoshi: "...Would that even be possible?"

Julian Sawyer: "Why the hell not?"

Wolfman: "...I mean no offense to anyone here, but perhaps we should discuss this type of stuff when we're more rested."

Julian Sawyer: "We fought worse before."

Erin Kareen: "...The Void was temporarily contained inside the X-zone."

Julian Sawyer: "Ain't no time like the present, Wolf."

Dragoshi: "...'Cause, usually things like this ar-...What could be worse?"

Erin Kareen: "They can only be contained within entire dimensions, and whatever dimension you pick is corrupted by their qualities. This can backfire, as with The Void."

Dragoshi: "...Keyword, Temporarily.."

Julian Sawyer: "So we lock 'em in some podunk pocket dimension. Too small to cause anythin'...big."

Erin Kareen: "...The best that can be done, really, is to go about everything normally... and avoid fighting us, please."

Wolfman is feeling a little tired from all of this talk.

Dragoshi: "...Wait. Backfire?"

Erin Kareen: *Holds his wound* "We exist to keep the Phantom Lords in check."

Julian Sawyer: "Tell your people to stop goin' crazy an' attackin' the people of Nintendus."

Erin Kareen: "What you did several times was summoning this one. We did what we did to attempt to stop the Phantom Lord from existing."

Wolfman: "Erin: Is there a way to help prevent these encounters between us? Somehow the missions we get often involve you or someone else of the Mage Council."

Julian Sawyer: "What you did was eat a house."

Erin Kareen: "You cannot stop fate, Wolfman."

Dragoshi: "...We'll try to avoid doing so... Though, what if one of them persists? Or would that be impossible..."

Julian Sawyer: "An' then attack some shmuck who wanted to get some extra shut-eye."

Erin Kareen: "...That was... necessary..."

Dragoshi: "Since we seeem to accidentally run into one a lot..."

Erin Kareen: "...Both the house and his extra sleep were contributing power to the Phantom Lord."

Julian Sawyer: "An' THEN one'a your clones started messin' around with time too."

Dragoshi: "And it all started with an incident involving a time spell..."

Erin Kareen: "In an attempt to create an anti-Phantom Lord device. Which... guess what? Worked."

Julian Sawyer: "An' nearly destroy Silph Co. in the process."

Erin Kareen: "They experiment on pokemon genetically."

Julian Sawyer: "So what, Wolf's a Phantom Lord now?"

Dragoshi: "...Mhm."

Erin Kareen: "Tell me they're kosher and I'll laugh you all the way to Team Rocket."

Julian Sawyer: "'Cause he's the only one that got stopped by it."

Wolfman: "Reploids don't have DNA... at least, I don't think I do. My mistake was rushing into a machine that I thought was something completely different."

Erin Kareen: "...No, that was a time machine Wolf touched. He used it to calibrate this." *He pulls out a weird-looking tweaked radio* "Which is calibrated to Time Lord frequencies. Erm... Phantom Lord."

Dragoshi: "...Time Lor-Oh. You meant Phantom Lord."

Erin Kareen: "You may return to your headquarters now." *Generates a portal.*

Wolfman: "Thanks for explaining this Erin. Hopefully we can have some sort of better... understanding between us."
*He does... well, a 4 legged bow or something.*

Julian Sawyer: "...None'a you people make any damn sense." *Julian gets back to his feet, grabs what's left of his suitcase, and heads into the portal* "An' you got lucky."

Dragoshi: "...Thank you. We'll try not to get in your way... But, then again, one cannot stop fate."

Erin Kareen: "We can fight legitly in another place, ex-Phantom Lord." *Nods before vanishing.*

Dragoshi hovers a little bit off the ground, bows, and heads into the portal last.

Wolfman enters... last or next to last: unsure
.oO(Drat: we never thanked the receptionist!)

Dragoshi: .oO(...This is gonna be one HELL of an explanation to give to Metal.)

Metal Man (GM): Mission Accomplished - +10,000 more coins

Julian Sawyer, first off, heads to his room to get changed back into his normal gear.

Dragoshi arrives back at base as well. "...Hoo boy." He walks towards Metal's office to report what happened during the mission.

Dragoshi (OOC): ...Well, that was fun.

Julian Sawyer (OOC): Gonna be a fun log to read.

Dragoshi (OOC): 'Ell yeah Especially around the point where it turns into a freeform brawl of Julian Vs. Erin.

Editor's Note: My regrets that Julian's player never got to read this. But at least Dragoshi will.

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