Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 311: Trapped Tower
Date: 4:39:53 PM, August 9th, 2006.
Dragoshi follows Garrick.
Metal Man (GM): The panel is also corrupted.
Red text all over it.
Editor's Note: Heh, not to be confused with the Red Text from SSQ^2.
Scott Gibson: "I may be good with a guitar but I'm not Master Hendrix."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Hendrix?"
Alexia: "Who?"
Trigger: "He was awesome."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...you mean Jimi Hendrix?"
Dragoshi: "...Hendrix?"
Wolfman: "...guys, are we going down?"
Trigger: "Jimi was a master of the guitar."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Uh, right..."
Trigger: "Oh, yeah."
Scott Gibson: "Master Hendrix would love to know about this place."
Metal Man (GM): The panel has a full keyboard and mouse, but is covered in the red text.
Garrick Fy`aar makes to see if he can get this elevator moving. Check?
Trigger: "Wait... He's dead."
Alexia: "Again I ask. Who?"
Scott Gibson: "Yeah, Jimi Hendrix."
Metal Man (GM): A check, yes. Computer use check.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Jimi Hendrix was from our time."
Editor's Note: But Garrick was from the future of Earth, so... no? I mean, Neo-Earth probably had information / CDs from the past, but still.
Wolfman: "His time, not mine."
Trigger: "Yeah."
Garrick Fy`aar: "He played the guitar. Expertly. ...ah, damn."
Metal Man (GM): You decide you should interface your suit with it... or do you? Your choice.
Trigger: "He was the best."
Dragoshi: "..."
Garrick Fy`aar goes at it again, seeing if he can do it without interfacing his suit with it.
Metal Man (GM): Otherwise, it is unresponsive.
Unresponsive.
Trigger: "I'll try."
Metal Man (GM): You notice it seems to be connected to a primitive manual interface.
Scott Gibson: "Jimi's not dead. He needed an excuse to leave some planet called Earth."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...great. ...okay, whoa."
Alexia: "Or we could just pry open the doors and fly up."
Trigger: "What?!"
Garrick Fy`aar stops and turns around, pointing at Scott.
Dragoshi: "...Damn."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I know I should be surprised, but I'm not. Enough, let's keep things quiet for now."
Scott Gibson: "He's the leader of my home planet, Voodoo Child. Music capital of the galaxy."
Wolfman just nods at that statement.
Trigger: "Yeah..."
Garrick Fy`aar turns back around, sighs, then plugs in his suit.
Metal Man (GM): Computer use check.
Garrick Fy`aar: "God help me..."
Trigger: "Heh, you should tell us more when we get back to HQ."
Alexia: "Bizarre... Any luck, Garrick?"
Wolfman: "...why did you say that Garrick?"
Metal Man (GM): Your luck helps you, as you manage to get the same error.
Mark: "Unable to translate alien language. Infection possible if continued interlink exists."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Because, I don't want to get into a huge debate on a mission..."
Scott Gibson: "Yeah, a universe without Hendrix is a universe without... hendrix..."
Trigger: "Mind if I get it a shot?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "Trigger, it's not going to WORK."
*He unplugs his suit.*
Metal Man (GM): Trigger: You can go ahead and try.
Garrick Fy`aar: "We'll go down the old fashioned way..."
Wolfman: "Stairs?"
Trigger walks over to the panel and starts to fiddle with it.
Garrick Fy`aar moves over to the elevator doors and makes to pry THEM open.
Metal Man (GM): Trigger messes with the panel.
Hmmm......
*SNAP* Wow, it came off entirely.
So much for that.
Alexia: "Or we could just---You are so dead."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick pries open the doors, revealing an elevator.
The Ninja: "...Professor Ninja sez that was not wise move."
Wolfman looks to trigger...
Metal Man (GM): You appear to be able to set this elevator to go down one floor.
Despite snapping off the terminal.
Dragoshi: "...Well, let's get going" *Enters the elevator.*
Alexia: "Professor Alexia says Garrick's gonna throw you down the elevator shaft."
Wolfman: "...watch the strength. It can get you into trouble."
*He enters.*
Garrick Fy`aar: *He glares at Trigger before moving inside.*
The Ninja does indeed still have his lab coat on.
Dragoshi: "...Just get on the damn elevator."
Alexia steps onto the elevator.
Metal Man (GM): You may set the elevator to go down.
Trigger gets in the elevator.
Garrick Fy`aar does so.
The Ninja: "But will it hold all of us?"
Wolfman already entered.
Garrick Fy`aar: "It should..."
Wolfman: "I can fly in the top of the elevator if needed."
Metal Man (GM): It does. It has a 'down' button.
There's powder in here, too.
The Ninja shrugs and gets on.
Alexia: "What is with all this powder?"
Dragoshi presses the down button after everyone gets on.
Trigger: "I know."
The Ninja: "Powder?"
Trigger: "Yeah."
Metal Man (GM): The elevator goes down... *DING* Floor B2.....
The lights suddenly go out.
The elevator is stuck, though at floor B2.
Alexia: "...Oh, shiz."
Dragoshi: "..."
Trigger: "Grr..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...great..."
*He sighs and heads out...*
Dragoshi follows Garrick.
Metal Man (GM): The door is shut. You'll have to open it.
Wolfman: "...can we open the door at least?"
Trigger follows the others.
Alexia: "By the way, Garrick, I need that sample back."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...you know, I should be charging you guys for this..."
Dragoshi: *...Tries to pry open the door.*
Wolfman: "Then I'll do this one."
Garrick Fy`aar grabs and pries...
Metal Man (GM): It pries open.
You see... an area completely lit up by blue powder.
Wolfman: "Or not."
Dragoshi: "...Woah."
Metal Man (GM): The door ahead looks blasted open... a lit up sign warns.
'AUTOMATED TURRETS BEYOND THIS POINT'
Garrick Fy`aar: "...weapons out, people."
Alexia: "...Uh, on second thought, I might be able to get some more."
Metal Man (GM): The room ahead is literally glowing... but you can only see so much through the doorway.
Trigger takes out his sword.
Alexia has had her pistol out through all this.
Garrick Fy`aar draws his pistol...
Dragoshi: "..." *Takes his scythe out.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Okay... I'll take point... stay behind me."
Trigger: "Roger."
Scott Gibson sets down his gig bag and unsheathes his 1967 Gibson SG Angus Young Special.
The Ninja: "Maybe we sneak around."
Garrick Fy`aar moves ou-wha?
Dragoshi nods and stays behind Garrick.
Alexia grabs the envelope of powder from Garrick and fills it up all the way with the powder.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...what?"
Trigger: "Sweet."
Garrick Fy`aar stares at Scott...
Trigger: "Nice guitar."
Scott Gibson: "What?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...a guitar?"
Metal Man (GM): Alexia obtains: Tons o' Powder.
Scott Gibson: "Yeah."
Garrick Fy`aar: "We're going to fight, not play a jam session."
Dragoshi: *Looks at Scott* "...Nice weapon."
Scott Gibson: "This is my weapon."
Metal Man (GM): It radiates blue light.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...heh... alright, whatever floats your boat, bud."
*He rolls his eyes, then moves onward...*
Alexia: "Portable light source."
Scott Gibson: "You'll see Garrick... you'll see."
Trigger: "Heh, you gonna 'bust' a solo?"
The Ninja then goes into hiding as he goes to sneak around.
Alexia closes the envelope and puts it in her pack.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Trigger, don't start one liners..."
Trigger: "Sorrysorry."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick walks into the doorway and is shot at by a laser gun in the corner of the next room.
50 laser damage if hit.
And it charges up to fire again. Better avoid just walking in there, unless you feel like something else than normal walking.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...okay, this is gonna be tougher than I thought."
Metal Man (GM): Meanwhile, the Ninja sneaks his way around.
Garrick Fy`aar kicks off, speeding toward the other side...
Trigger attempts to follow Garrick.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Spread out!"
Metal Man (GM): AGI check, Garrick, as you're shot at by four cannons at once.
50 laser damage per hit; you just nearly reach the edge of the room as they discharge their volley into you.
Scott Gibson: "Holy shit!"
Dragoshi runs like hell to avoid the cannons of doom.
Metal Man (GM): Then they open fire on Trigger, who is just walking.
50 laser damage per hit to him.
Dragoshi: AGI check.
Garrick Fy`aar yells out, throwing himself forward into the next room, growling...
Metal Man (GM): Dragoshi moves way too slow.
50 laser damage per hit.
Alexia flies at top speed into the next room.
Metal Man (GM): Alexia: AGI check.
Too slow.
50 laser damage per hit.
The next room also has laser cannons, which are ready to fire.
Dragoshi shakes it off drinks two Recovery Vials and tries again.
Alexia crashes into the next room. One life down.
Metal Man (GM): Too slow, the following fire hits. 50 Laser damage per hit to Dragoshi.
Trigger tries to get out of there.
Garrick Fy`aar is snarling with pain... that HURT...
Metal Man (GM): Trigger: You mean back to where you came from or the next room?
Trigger: *next room.*
Metal Man (GM): You walk right into the next room... four more laser cannons shoot at you!
50 laser damage per hit.
The Ninja uses your deaths/damage to just sneak right by, as Trigger is now crawling on the floor.
Alexia lies unconscious on the floor.
Trigger gets dead.
Dragoshi evades one, gets hit hard by one, and gets hit by two. Eats an Ultra Shroom and tries AGAIN.
Metal Man (GM): Dead people reappear just before the area full of lasers.
Alexia: "Nnngh..."
Metal Man (GM): Dragoshi reaches room 2 and is opened fire upon again.
Alexia rubs her head.
Metal Man (GM): 50 laser damage per hit.
Trigger: "Ok, lets try this again."
Alexia: "There has to be a better way."
Scott Gibson: "Dude, that was insane!"
Garrick Fy`aar: "There is."
Alexia: "Start smashing anything that looks like a power source."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick's in-between rooms 1 and 2, the rest besides Dragoshi before room 1.
Dragoshi running through room 2 and being shot at.
Garrick would be shot at if he goes back or forwards.
Dragoshi: "...Oh, come on." *Eats another Ultra shroom. Tries to sneak through this time.*
Trigger rushes through room 1 again.
Garrick Fy`aar swallows an Ultra Shroom himself and hightails it into the next room.
Alexia looks around for something that might stop the lasers.
Metal Man (GM): For Dragoshi and Trigger, respectively; Trigger walks into room 3.
Garrick runs into room 2 and is shot at.
50 laser damage per hit.
Alexia: "...Idea."
Dragoshi gets blasted back AGAIN, takes two more vials and just goes back to the original strategy.
Metal Man (GM): The Ninja continues sneaking as Dragoshi continues to be shot up.
Scott Gibson makes a break through the lasers.
Alexia flings a Mindblast at the first gun and QUICKLY dives out of the doorway.
Garrick Fy`aar growls and SHOOTS at these things!
Editor's Note: I've always wondered why Garrick had to growl at everything. At the time it passed my notice but it seems really strange. Especially as Garrick is just a normal human... ...no further insight, just something that sticks out at me.
Metal Man (GM): 50 laser damage per hit... Garrick shoots at them and so does Alexia, provoking more shots.
First, Garrick.
Then Alexia.
Garrick Fy`aar: "GRAH!!!"
Metal Man (GM): They don't seem to respond to being shot at, being insanely armored.
Garrick Fy`aar races to the other side like mad...
Trigger tries to rush into the next room.
Metal Man (GM): Trigger reaches room 4... and is shot at again.
Scott slowly meanders into room 1 and is shot up as well.
Dragoshi drinks two more vials AGAIN, then runs like hell. AGAIN.
Metal Man (GM): 50 laser damage per hit.
Scott Gibson: "Gah!"
Garrick Fy`aar slides into the end of room 2, gulping down another Ultra Shroom and races onward to the end of room three.
Trigger dodged all the shots and enters the next room.
Metal Man (GM): And Dragoshi runs through room 4 as well, being shot up.
And then Garrick runs into room 3, being shot some more.
50 laser damage.
Trigger enters room 5 and is shot at again.
Dragoshi evades all but the 27, eats a Shroom, and runs again!
The Ninja moves sneaky like through the next room.
Metal Man (GM): Ninja: Would normally fail, but everyone else is distracting the guns.
Trigger almost reaches the next room bet gets shot to death.
Metal Man (GM): You pass room 4 unharmed as Trigger does the final gauntlet and gets shot up some more.
Scott Gibson tries to get through the next room trying not to get shot this time.
Metal Man (GM): Trigger reappears back before Room 1.
Alexia gets slammed and dies again, then revives back in the first room
"DAMMIT!"
Metal Man (GM): Scott runs through an entire room, but gets shot at.
50 laser damage per hit.
Trigger trys to rush into the next room.
The Ninja next room for the ninja.
Metal Man (GM): Trigger runs into room 1 again.
The Ninja gets across the gauntlet of laser runs unscathed.
Trigger gets blasted to death again.
Garrick Fy`aar thanks god he makes it through the first three rooms and races past the fourth.
Dragoshi continues running.
Alexia tries to look in the first room for a way to stop the turrets, being careful not to step into the range of the turrets.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick trips and gets shot up again.
Trigger: GAME OVER
Alexia looks in, seeing that the turrets track heat signatures.
Garrick is now at room 5 in the gauntlet.
Editor's Note: Geez, I'm merciless. Literally the first major mission and Trigger is Game overed. I don't think I've ever seen such a thing before.
The Ninja looks around to see where he is... And maybe a way to turn off the defenses.
Garrick Fy`aar pants, belting down his last shroom...
Metal Man (GM): A red LED computer controls the defenses.
Alexia: "...Enough subtlety."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...one more..."
Alexia 'Blasts the computer.
Metal Man (GM): Alexia: That's on the Ninja's side.
The Ninja goes over to the controls and looks them over. Then decides to try to turn them off.
Garrick Fy`aar shakes himself off and--stops.
Metal Man (GM): No computer on your side.
Ninja: This computer is infected.
So you turn it off with your sword.
The Ninja swings!
Metal Man (GM): *TSEEER*... the turrets die.
Dragoshi: "..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...oh thank god..."
Dragoshi: "...Friggin' finally!"
Metal Man (GM): Hmmm... you could have saved Trigger's untimely demise had you just sneaked by and killed the computer.
Garrick Fy`aar moves onward down the hallway slowly...
Alexia walks through the rooms to the others
"That was very humiliating."
Scott Gibson: "Damn! This was my favorite shirt!"
The Ninja: "We will honor the fallen." *He claps twice, then bows.*
Alexia: "Anybody got a spare 22000 coins?"
Metal Man (GM): Note to self: Do not run directly into rooms full of laser cannons ..At least, not without a truckload of potions.
Editor's Note: Ah, if only it was that simple. But players aren't the GM, so they needed a better warning mechanism than sudden, inevitable death to learn that -- so I have to knock past me for being so un-signposted as to the true danger of these things up front.
Alexia: *Checks her pack* "Actually, 20K?"
The Ninja: "Oh. I have treat for Tigger!"
Dragoshi hands Alexia 20k.
Metal Man (GM): There's another elevator, with the same fragile terminal and buttons. It, too, is closed. Trigger, meanwhile, lays on the floor, looking like Swiss cheese.
Scott Gibson: "Anybody have something for this?" *Pointing to the laser burns.*
Alexia: "Thanks." *Calls the store on her cell phone and orders a Phoenix Down.*
Metal Man (GM): You get... static.
No phone calls here!
Alexia: "..." *Slams the phone shut*
"I loathe life."
The Ninja: "A ninja is always prepared." *Hands Alexia one of his Phoenix downs.*
Alexia: "I owe you one." *Uses it on herself.*
The Ninja: "...That was for fallen one."
Metal Man (GM): +1 life to Alexia.
Alexia: "...It was?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...sigh..."
Alexia: "Oops."
Editor's Note: And over here, I should have went, "So that was a mistake, do you really want to use it, or give it to Trigger?" but once again, being overly difficult for no reason as a GM.
The Ninja: "We pick him up on way out." *He then looks to see when they need to go next.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Nah, no need. Mark, warp marker."
*He produces the small quarter sized sticker and places it on Trigger's body.*
Mark: "Unknown interference."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Offff COURSE there is..."
Mark: "Will warp him out on way out."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Good."
*He puts him to the side all nice and neat before standing up.*
Alexia: "Uh, Ninja, if you wanted me to use that on Trigger, why didn't you just do it?"
Metal Man (GM): Now... you still have the terminal and elevator.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Come on, let's get moving."
*He makes to do the same crap... pry open elevator door, motion everyone inside, go down level.*
Scott Gibson: "Anybody have any health stuff? Please?"
Alexia follows Garrick after he does all that.
Dragoshi: "..." *Follows the others.*
Metal Man (GM): You pry the door open, but the door slowly begins shutting on its own.
Must be that terminal.
Garrick Fy`aar tosses Scott a mushroom. A Golden mushroom.
Scott Gibson sighs with relief. "Thanks tons, dude."
He munches the shroom.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...you're not weirded out that I gave you a mushroom to eat?"
The Ninja nods and he moves behind the group.
Scott Gibson: "Not really."
Metal Man (GM): Gonna just walk in with the terminal trying to shut the door?
Scott Gibson: "I'll tell you we have weirder methods in my homeworld."
Garrick Fy`aar looks at the terminal...
Alexia stops as she sees the doors close
"Huh."
Scott Gibson walks up to the rest of the group.
Metal Man (GM): It's infected, and has red lettering all over it.
Garrick Fy`aar scowls...
Metal Man (GM): And a keyboard and a mouse.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Everyone inside. Quickly."
The Ninja hides as he sneaks past the door.
Garrick Fy`aar holds the doors open.
Dragoshi enters quickly.
Scott Gibson gets in.
Alexia flies inside the elevator while Garrick's holding the doors.
Metal Man (GM): You sneak in well enough.
The buttons inside seem disabled, though.
The Ninja then remembers something. He then begins to look for a manual for the terminal.
Metal Man (GM): You find no manuals; rather, you find them to be jamming the controls. Perhaps you could snap it off the door.
The Ninja blinks, then looks for the easiest way to snap them off without jamming the controls.
Metal Man (GM): Just shove it off. It seems hastily attached to the door.
The Ninja shrugs and goes to shove it off.
Metal Man (GM): It is shoved off, re-enabling the elevator.
The Ninja: "Hmm. Someone jam controls." *He then looks around to try to sense anyone around the area.*
Metal Man (GM): You sense... danger down below.
And the door opens up, revealing floor B3.
The pattern of missing doors continues; the powder is THICKER down here.
There's a sign before the next room ahead.
Alexia: "What the..."
Metal Man (GM): 'DANGER: TRAPS AHEAD'
Alexia: "MORE powder?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...great..."
Dragoshi: "...Dammit."
Scott Gibson: "What the hell is this stuff?"
The Ninja: "...Let me go first, then I give you guys signs when clear."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Gooooood idea."
Scott Gibson: "I'm game."
Alexia scoops up some of the powder and tosses it into the next room, then quickly steps back.
The Ninja: "I can't let everyone kill themselves."
Metal Man (GM): The powder lands silently.
Wolfman will carry the corpse then.
Alexia: "Hmm..."
The Ninja pulls his lab coat tight and goes to sneak into next through the door to B3.
Metal Man (GM): You may do the following: A trap check (To try and find out what's there) or a move silently check (To foil them without finding out what's there)
Wolfman: "...Can another flyer carry Trigger please?"
Metal Man (GM): The Ninja stealthily sneaks through the first room without a single trap after him.
Alexia tries to check for traps without entering the room.
Metal Man (GM): Alexia: You see... hmmm... looks like there's traps on the ceiling!
Wolfman has to wonder...
Metal Man (GM): Ninja-man walks his way through room 2 too.
Alexia: "I think these traps are on the ceiling, guys."
Garrick Fy`aar: "They're probably all over..."
Alexia: "At least the ones in the first room."
Dragoshi: "Huh."
Wolfman: "I think I can get across."
The Ninja checks the area for any hidden danger.
Wolfman activates... THE CLOAK! ...and quickly gets to the other side, and turns off the cloak after through the danger... hopefully it will last that long. Otherwise, 15 rounds of waiting for a full charge.
Metal Man (GM): Ninja: Traps everywhere! Ahhh!!!!
Wolfman.
You walk, invisible...
...Onto a pressure plate.
*CLICK.*
Alexia steps away from the door.
The Ninja: "Ah! No!"
Metal Man (GM): A pickaxe flies out of the floor and at Wolf's forehead.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...great."
Wolfman: .oO(...that didn't work)
Dragoshi does the same as Alexia.
Metal Man (GM): *THWACK*
100 damage and temporary -1 to MNT.
Scott Gibson: "Holy!"
Metal Man (GM): Trigger's corpse drops on the floor and is stabbed by spikes.
Garrick Fy`aar yanks the invisible Wolf and pulls him back.
Wolfman flies back, cloak turned off due to the hit...
Garrick Fy`aar: "Damn it, let the sneaky guy do all the work!"
Dragoshi: *Nods.*
Wolfman: "Sorry for trying to be of help."
Scott Gibson: "I have to agree there."
The Ninja sighs and continues to sneak onward.
Scott Gibson: "Happens, dude."
Metal Man (GM): Meanwhile, Ninja is in good shape... until he hits a pressure plate and a cinder block tries to fall on his head.
Meanwhile, Trigger's corpse is hit by spikes, dropped stuff, and shot at by machineguns.
It flies around room 1 being hit by a large variety of fun and deadly objects.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...whoa, he can bend pretty far."
Metal Man (GM): Ninja dodges a cinder block... now at room 4.
The Ninja blinks, then shrugs as he moves on.
Metal Man (GM): The Ninja sneaks his way to the other end of the gauntlet.
The Ninja then looks around for something to disable the traps.
Wolfman just holds his position...
Metal Man (GM): Hmmm... you can't see much... however you do see traps are only on surfaces, rather than in the air...
Alexia leans into the doorway
"Any luck yet, Ninja?"
Scott Gibson in the meantime sits down and plucks a tune.
The Ninja nods as he looks around. "Just avoid the floor!"
Alexia: "Avoid the floor, huh..."
*She flies up into the air a bit
* "Like this, perhaps?"
Scott Gibson: "That's just great."
Dragoshi: "...'Kay" *Flies up into the air a little bit as well...*
Scott Gibson glares as he stays ground-bound.
Alexia: "Sorry."
*She levitates Scott using her TK.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "...guess I'll jump?"
Scott Gibson: "If I had my Vespa it wouldn't be a prob."
Garrick Fy`aar judges the distance between the rooms...
Wolfman: "Scott, I can fly."
Scott Gibson: "Thanks though... uh... didn't get your name."
Wolfman: "It doesn't look like it, but I'm able to. Wolfman. Hard to remember once you hop out of a portal, isn't it?"
Metal Man (GM): Each room is 20 feet long. 5 of them... 100 feet (10 TP) to cross them all.
Alexia: "It's Alexia. I got it covered, Wolf."
The Ninja then looks to see where he needs to goes next, or a door to another room.
Scott Gibson: "Thanks then, Alexia."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...well... erm... think I could catch a ride, Wolf?"
Wolfman: "I'll be backup then."
Alexia flies herself and Scott over to the other side, being careful not to touch the floor
"No prob."
Wolfman: "Garrick, hop on."
Garrick Fy`aar does so, feeling a might bit awkward...
Wolfman: "Don't feel awkward. I've given rides for people before."
Dragoshi flies along with Alexia.
Wolfman goes Rush Jet Mode.
Metal Man (GM): It's... another elevator.
Boy is this place predictable.
As long as you avoid touching the walls or floor, you cross the rooms with no problem, reaching...
Wolfman: "Comfortable up there Garrick?"
Scott Gibson plucks a couple of strings while he floats, making sure his weapon is in tune.
Garrick Fy`aar is just as predictable.
Metal Man (GM): It's another elevator with a terminal stuck to it.
Dragoshi waits for Garrick to do his thing.
Metal Man (GM): Hmmm... that may be the only Achilles heel of this place. Figure out some defenses and they all suck.
Wolfman hovers Garrick towards the panel.
The Ninja looks at the door, and squeezes through the door and the wall.
Metal Man (GM): Just 'nother elevator on the inside.
But jammed by that annoying terminal-thingy.
The Ninja unjams them again.
Metal Man (GM): *Shove* Looks like you can go back down again... and get to floor 4.
Alexia heads down.
Wolfman: "Can we land yet?"
Dragoshi follows the others.
Garrick Fy`aar looks at the panel... then shoots it.
Scott Gibson watches.
Wolfman gets recoiled a little.
"Easy there Garrick: I don't have that much stability in the air."
Scott Gibson: "Damn, that's a big friggin' gun."
Metal Man (GM): *Down* *Down* You hit da bottom of the elevator shaft... and it opens up... and this room down here seems normal. Somewhat.
Wolfman lands on the ground now.
Alexia drops Scott gently and lands.
Wolfman: "Fourth floor: everybody off."
Metal Man (GM): It's looking like a large room.
Purple dust everywhere.
Wolfman: "No offense Garrick, but I don't think I want you on me all the darn time."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Don't blame you."
*He hops off, looking about...*
Metal Man (GM): Purple and blue dust.
A single large console all the way down here.
Garrick Fy`aar scowls and heads toward it...
Alexia: "...Purple?"
Metal Man (GM): It has green text... seems uninfected, untrapped.
Alexia looks at the envelope full of blue dust
"Odd..."
Wolfman: "...wait: wasn't the original dust blue, and not purple?"
Alexia: "It was. I took some."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Bingo!"
*He jacks in.*
Metal Man (GM): The purple dust is slightly brighter than the blue dust.
Garrick jacks in... hmmm...
Alexia: *Sarcastically* "I dare you to eat some."
Mark: "This is not good."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Explain."
Mark: "The system has been hijacked to launch something named SPONGE."
Garrick Fy`aar: *All: You hear Garrick, but not Mark.*
"Can you figure out what that is?"
The Ninja: "Oh no! They're going to soak up this worlds water supply!"
Editor's Note: I wish I had the creativity to make THAT the plot, that would have been amazing.
Mark: "It seems to be--"
Metal Man (GM): You hear an elevator rise on the other side of the room.
Alexia: "Uh-oh."
The Ninja doesn't wait as he goes into hiding.
Wolfman turns to the elevator on the other side.
Alexia faces the source of the noise, gun out.
Garrick Fy`aar turns as well, his suit humming slightly...
Metal Man (GM): As The Wraith suddenly appears in your party, and the Ninja gets his chance to hide....
Alexia: "Hi, Wraith."
Metal Man (GM): ...Blue good oozes out of the elevator.
It glows just like the dust.
Alexia: "...What the..."
*She steps back a bit.*
Wolfman: "This is interesting..."
The Wraith: *He eyes around as he spin into existence, waving to Alexia before loooking at the goo...*
Metal Man (GM): In fact... it leaves a trail of dust.
After a huge pile of it oozes out... it forms... a person.
Alexia takes out her Dex and scans the goo.
The Wraith: .oO(...Not him, I hope...)
Wolfman: "...huh?"
.oO(What is going on?)
Metroid Rathos: "So... you come back again... And just in time for me to give you a terrible dilemma."
Editor's Note: Ugh, and here continues the overuse of 'Metroid Rathos' / 'Rathos Lell'
Wolfman: "Well, we're known for them. Spill it."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Dah, you..."
Alexia: "What's all this dust around here?"
The Ninja: "Is it safe to come out of hiding?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "...nope."
The Wraith: *He folds his arms, creating a sheen around himself cautiously as he eyes Rathos...*
Metroid Rathos: "The dust is the essence of my being. I cannot guarantee it to not damage you. Now... you have a choice."
Wolfman waits to hear the choices... he doesn't like them.
Metroid Rathos: "Fight me, and SPONGE is launched. Let me escape... and SPONGE is not launched."
Alexia: "Talk about your catch-22s..."
Wolfman: "Is there a third option? Where we fight you and stop SPONGE from launching?"
Metroid Rathos: "It is my interest to disable all civilization, not to dabble in computers."
Garrick Fy`aar: "What IS Sponge?"
The Ninja keeps on hiding then, then sneaks around and behind Rathos.
Metroid Rathos: "I can activate it immediately if you attack me."
Wolfman: "For once, I'm just asking. I know how powerful you can be."
Metroid Rathos: "If you so much as touch me I will launch it."
Wolfman: "Will you allow us to confer?"
Garrick Fy`aar: "What IS SPONGE?!"
Metroid Rathos: "You may talk amongst one another, but I am a busy... being."
Garrick Fy`aar: "GRAH!?"
The Ninja thinks for a bit, then looks Rathos up and down.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...let him go."
Wolfman turns to the others... hopefully he'll hear from Garrick or Rathos as to what Sponge is.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...damn it... hold on... Mark. Tell me what this Sponge it."
Mark: "If I knew I would tell you."
Metal Man (GM): Ninja: Looks like a weird goop being which is heavily armed.
It doesn't seem to have a single weak point.
Garrick Fy`aar starts walking... he walks straight up to Rathos.
Dragoshi: "..."
Wolfman didn't get the chance to confer yet...
Garrick Fy`aar glares him dead in the eye...
The Ninja: "Hmm. I say let it go and kill it later."
Garrick Fy`aar: "... ... ... I ... ... don't like you."
Editor's Note: One of the few times Garrick speaks for how I feel about the villain, although in this case it's more that the villain is overused than actually menacing.
The Wraith lofts an eyebrow as he watches Garrick...
The Ninja: "I say we move on."
Garrick Fy`aar: "I know what this is..."
Metroid Rathos: "So... you're going to let me go? You are all so excellent... that I will reward you."
Garrick Fy`aar his almost shaking with suppressed rage...
Dragoshi: "...?"
Wolfman: "True reward, or fake?"
*He hopes to sense a motive.*
Metal Man (GM): He tosses a vial full of his dust in it to Garrick.
The Ninja: "Do you have name?"
Garrick Fy`aar catches it.
Metroid Rathos: "Rathos Lell... better known as Metroid Rathos."
Metal Man (GM): Wolf: You sense he wishes to destroy civilization... just not with this junk.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...get out of here. Before I change my mind and decide to kick your ass."
The Ninja: "Ah. Mr. Lell. I assure you we will meet again."
Dragoshi: "..." *Waits for Rathos to do something. Like, exit or attack, or somethin'*
Metroid Rathos: "It's really the other way around, I assure you."
Wolfman: "...I'll honor your deal." *Backs away.*
Metal Man (GM): He floats upwards and through the ceiling. *WARP.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "...damn it."
*He moves into the elevator.*
Metal Man (GM): MISSION COMPLETED
Dragoshi: "...Well, damn."
Alexia: "...He must not have known about my envelope full of powder."
Editor's Note: Correct-a-mundo.
The Wraith: *The spirit drifts around, trying to find anything else of value or importance...*
The Ninja: "That went very well."
Alexia takes it out to make sure that he didn't mess around with it.
Metal Man (GM): +10,000 coins
+2000 EXP to all... 'cept Trigger, who gets zilch.
+1000 more to Ninja
A warp home appears.
Garrick Fy`aar: "I'm going to stay here for a bit."
Metal Man (GM): Routine mission, I guess. No SPONGE launched, either, so you probably prevented some sort of sponge-related calamity.
Garrick Fy`aar: "I want to know what this Sponge thing is."
Metal Man (GM): The lights turn back on as emergency overrides are activated by Ivan and co.
Alexia: "I want to know what this powder is."
Dragoshi: "...Same. on both counts."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Here."
The Ninja: "It's thing that soaks up water."
Garrick Fy`aar tosses Alexia the vial.
"Give that straight to Metal."
Alexia catches the vial.
Smash Dex: "The powder is an unidentified substance. The SPONGE project is confidential. A sponge... does what Mr. Ninja says."
Wolfman: "Ninja: I think SPONGE might be a code name."
Alexia: "You got it."
*She heads into the warp.*
Dragoshi: "...Wrong kind of sponge, Ninja."
*He heads into the warp.*
Garrick Fy`aar is in the elevator. He hits the 'down' button.
Metal Man (GM): The elevator no go further down. It says 'DESTINATION CONFIDENTIAL'
Apparently they don't want you down there.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...of course..."
The Wraith: *He eyes the readout...*
Garrick Fy`aar scowls and kicks the side of the elevator...
Wolfman will warp out.
Garrick Fy`aar: "Some stupid thing we can't see and something somebody else will get ahold of and screw with..."
*He sighs...
He heads into the warp...*
Editor's Note: It is true, my predictable plots were being predictable yet again. Maybe I should have let them actually do something about it?
The Wraith: "..." *He goes to drift down through the floor.*
Metal Man (GM): Repelled!
The Ninja nods and goes into the warp.
The Wraith: .oO(...Interesting.)
Metal Man (GM): Apparently these wonderful people created astral walls too.
The Wraith: *Grumble...* *He shrugs, and goes on through the warp.*
Metal Man (GM): MISSION COMPLETE
Wolfman: .oO(...drat! We left Trigger behind!)
Metal Man (GM): Nope!
Trigger got a warp thingy on him.
He gets warped back... eventually. Covered in dust.
Alexia arrives back at headquarters.
The Wraith: *He eyes the dust-covered corpse... and heads for the doc's office.*
Alexia then goes searching for Metal.
Metal Man is right there. At the warp elevator, in the big room.
The Ninja then realizes he has the lab coat and keys. He shrugs and saves them for later as he gives Metal a wave.
Alexia: "Metal, you might want to take a look at this. Rathos gave the vial to us, and I picked up the envelope."
*She hands the vial and envelope to Metal.*
Metal Man looks at it. "Oaaaaaaak!!!!"
Professor Oak runs in.
Wolfman: "..."
Professor Oak: "What now? I was just done fixing the candy machine you keep on jamming Canadian quarters into!"
Garrick Fy`aar stands there, coming out of the warp after a short while...
Metal Man: "There's a strange vial of dust. Check it out."
Alexia stands there rather bemusedly.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...it came from Metroid Rathos."
Professor Oak: "Only if you stop jamming Canadian quarters into the candy machine."
Metal Man: "Never!"
Professor Oak: *Sigh* "...Whatever." *Takes the vial and walks off.*
The Ninja: "Wait. You're suppose to put quarters in things? I just though it was a test a strength."
Alexia: "Wait, you forgot the envelope!"
Metal Man: "Oaaaaak!!!!"
Wolfman: "Metal, you... really need to be more polite. I wasn't that bad!"
Professor Oak: "..." *Snatches the envelope and walks off slowly.*
Metal Man: "Eh. I pay him twice as much as Dr. Mario. Speaking of that, why is there a corpse on my desk?"
*He shoves Trigger's corpse on the floor.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Trigger."
Metal Man: "Ah."
*He presses a button, and Dr. Mario runs in.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "Get him to Dr. Mario's--yeah."
Dr. Mario: "Oh-a-yes! It's-a patient! Hmmm... he has a crippling disorder... too many coins disorder!"
Wolfman: "Doc, since when were you a coin freak?"
Metal Man (GM): He steals 50,000 coins (Or as many as he can, if Trigger doesn't have them) and then drags his corpse off.
Dr. Mario: "It's-a serious condition!"
Alexia: "Kleptomaniac."
Wolfman: "Well, learn to charge less!"
Dr. Mario: "I-a need to repair-a my hack-a saw."
*He drags off Trigger, pockets loaded with coins.*
Metal Man: "...Rest assured, Trigger will be fine! ...Eventually."
The Ninja: "Metal. Should I keep these?" *He jingles the keys.*
Alexia: "Why do you use a... never mind. I don't wanna know."
Metal Man: "Sure. Finders keepers."
Wolfman: "Best not to know."
Metal Man: "Now... anything else to interrupt me jamming Canadian quarters into the candy machine?"
Alexia: "I hope that dust wasn't mutagenic or something."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...no, nothing."
Alexia: "I touched it with bare hands."
Metal Man: "I'd suggest not inhaling it. ...And washing your hands."
The Ninja: "I call fluffy cakes first!"
Metal Man: "Otherwise, no biggie."
Wolfman: "Speaking of washing... I'm going into the pool."
Garrick Fy`aar glances at Metal before he sighs and goes to the garage...
Alexia: "Right." *Heads to the washroom and washes her hands.*
Wolfman is glad he didn't touch the stuff.
Metal Man gets a bunch of Canadian quarters and wanders into a hallway, and begins stuffing them into the machine. "Work, darn you!" *Shake! Shove! Sound of quarter getting stuck.*
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Metal?"
*He walks up to Metal before he heads to his usual gearmonkeyness...*
Metal Man: "Hm?" *Shakes machine.*
The Ninja: "Machines are complicated."
Metal Man: "These quarters are just the wrong shape... but it's all because I traded my normal quarters for Canadian ones with Mr. Game and Watch."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...why?"
Metal Man: "He gave me twenty extra Canadian ones in exchange. I earned money... but... not very usable money."
Garrick Fy`aar: "..."
The Ninja: "I'll trade you yen!"
Metal Man: "Sounds like a great idea!"
*He pries a bent Canadian quarter out of the machine.*
Alexia then goes to upgrade her weapon and armor.
Garrick Fy`aar: "...Metal, I'd like to talk to you about something."
Metal Man: "Yeah? I'm right here... these bent quarters aren't going very far."
The Ninja: "Twenty-five coin get you three twenty-five yen."
Garrick Fy`aar folds his arms over his chest, frowning slightly. "Why is it that Ivan is baring access to a weapon of mass destruction?"
Metal Man: "...SPONGE? I don't even know if it's a weapon. It sounds experimental. Don't worry, it isn't on the WMD list."
Dragoshi: "Huh. Wonder what it stands for..."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Then why was Metroid Rathos trying to use it to hurt people?"
Metal Man: "Hmmm... three twenty-five yen... that'd be a lot of yen... Perhaps he used it to threaten you. That doesn't mean it wasn't an evil... weather vane, or something.
Bluffers can make tigers out of paper ones."
Garrick Fy`aar: "Heh..."
Dragoshi: "..." *Chuckles.*
Metal Man: "Besides, the idea was to prevent it from being used. If it was a WMD, you just stopped it from being used."
The Ninja: "I also have deal where you get twenty yen quarters for ten of your quarters."
Garrick Fy`aar: "...right."
Metal Man: "I'll think about it. I need to file some paperwork first."
*He goes off to his other office to write up stuff about the mission.*
The Ninja: "...Almost had him too. So what is plan now?" *Looks at Garrick and Dragoshi.*
Dragoshi: "...We just wait till next mission... Oh, and... Anymore of those grapes that need to be planted?"
The Ninja: "Nope. I planted them all. In fact, they're already growing."
Dragoshi: "Ah. Okay, then. Well, then I'm out of idea"
The Ninja: "We should talk to space police. He can carry tune after all."
Scott Gibson: "Sure. So whad'aya want to know?"
The Ninja: "...Where did you come from?"
Dragoshi: "Let's start with where you came from"
The Ninja: "Was he standing here whole time?"
Scott Gibson: "I'm from a planet called Voodoo Child. Way off thousands of light years from Earth..."
Editor's Note: Slowly, Scott becomes a broken record, that can only say that phrase. OK, I joke, but sometimes it seems like that.
The Ninja: "Earth. I come from there!"
Dragoshi: "...Interesting name for a planet..."
Scott Gibson: "There's an interesting song behind that."
*He starts playing Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix whilst telling his tale.*
Dragoshi: *Listens.*
Alexia walks in
"Do I hear music?"
Scott Gibson: "My master, Jimi Hendrix, was a major awesome guitar player on Earth in the mid 1970's..."
Alexia decides to listen to Scott while her weapon's being worked on.
Scott Gibson: "He fled Earth with the Galaxy Space Police Brotherhood and freed my people. The big thing being that my people's home planet was 'flattened out' by the Medical Mecchanica."
Trigger walks in on crutches, with laser holes covering his body.
The Ninja just watches as he puts his hands in his lab coat pockets. Which is odd, giving his ninja outfit is on under it along with his face mask.
Trigger: "What's... ow... up?"
Scott Gibson: "The planet we settled on was entirely water except for one gigantic tectonic mountain. Jimi slammed his guitar against the side of this mountain and turned the pieces into an island."
The Ninja: "Shhh! Story of background in play."
Alexia: "O... K..."
Trigger tries to sit down, to listen to the rest of the story.
Scott Gibson: "That Island became the primary music hub of the galaxy in the years to come. My people had never known of music so Jimi's abilities were interesting to us. As more bands from Earth became known to us we began to adopt music into everything we do."
Dragoshi: "..." .oO(Imagines people fighting to a musical tune)
Scott Gibson: "After I was born I was chosen to begin training with Master Hendrix in the ways of Jammin'! The GSPB and the MM made a truce, which stayed in effect until very recently."
The Ninja just shrugs.
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Scott Gibson: "That truce was broken when a GSPB agent named Raharu Haruhara blatantly attacked MM facilities, single handedly breaking them to bits."
Trigger: "Wow."
Dragoshi: "...Damn."
The Ninja: "He would make a good ninja."
Scott Gibson: "Freeing an Astral being named Atomisk, her lover, she lost track of him and went to Earth."
Alexia hears her name being called from Mr. Game & Watch's store
"Whoa! New weapon's ready."
Trigger: "Hmmm..."
Scott Gibson: "You see Atomisk was being experimented on by the MM. He has latent abilities called N.O. , which I'll go into later."
Aetos walks in. "Agh... why doesn't anyone ever try to wake me UP?"
Editor's Note: They live in fear of your next crazy move, Aetos.
Alexia heads out and retrieves it, dropping a bag containing 52K on the counter
"Thank you."
Trigger: "'Cause."
Alexia walks back to the discussion, twirling a new laser pistol around her finger.
The Ninja: "No interrupting."
Trigger: "Nice gun."
Alexia: "Thanks. I sold my old one."
Scott Gibson: "Now that he's been freed he fled somewhere into the galaxy with Raharu hot on his heels. She's a menace."
Aetos: "Raharu?"
Garrick Fy`aar: *Ohhhh, crap.*
Trigger: "So I'm guessing it's your job to bring here to justice?"
Scott Gibson: "Not necessarily."
Aetos: "...What's her name?"
Scott Gibson: "Raharu Haruhara."
Trigger: "Raharu, I think?"
Aetos blinks. "DUDE!" Runs off to look for Digi.
Trigger: "What was that about?"
Alexia: "Maybe we can take her down if we see her."
Scott Gibson: "I'm a field agent with the GSPB. My job is to steal any info I can from the MM whenever I can. Take her down?!
No way..."
Trigger: "Yeah! Oh."
Alexia: "Why?"
Scott Gibson: "She's way over even my head."
The Ninja: "She couldn't last long against a ninja."
Scott Gibson: "Doubtful..."
Alexia: "Heh. She wouldn't last long against us."
Trigger: "Do you have like a picture of her?"
Alexia keeps twirling the pistol around her finger.
Scott Gibson: "The only guy that's ever beaten her was an 11 year old boy, dual wielding guitars, charged with Atomisk's powers."
Dragoshi: "...Wate. Wut?"
Trigger: "Whoa..."
Alexia: "Sounds like a basic Quester to me."
The Ninja: "Dual wielding Guitars? I barely see this as threat."
Trigger: "Unless the guitars are made of steel."
The Ninja: "Except to ears."
Scott Gibson: "Tch! You don't have any idea how tough this Atomisk guy is. His N.O. abilities can allow him to steal WHOLE STARSYSTEMS!"
Dragoshi: "...I've seen people wield microphones as weapons. So, I ain't gonna underestimate GUITARS"
The Ninja: "Only a judge can decide if he's worthy."
Alexia: "I wonder where Gibby is? I bet he'd be interested in this."
Trigger: "N.O.?"
The Ninja: "A judge of a ninja!"
Alexia continues twirling her pistol, probably making a few of you nervous.
Scott Gibson: "N.O. utilizes the right brain and left brain's distinct thought processes to open up an interdimensional channel capable of pulling things through. Sometimes from lightyears away."
Dragoshi: *Not even nervous... More like unimpressed. Very, very unimpressed.*
"...Wait. Did you say interdimensional?"
Scott Gibson: "Interdimensional... yeah."
Alexia accidentally fires a shot into the ceiling
"...Oops."
The Ninja: "Inter- what?"
Trigger: "Wow..."
Dragoshi: "...Damn, Didn't think THAT was possible"
Scott Gibson: "Imagine a 50 ton robot sprouting from your head. Sound like a good day?"
Trigger: "No, not really."
The Ninja then looks at the venting machine. "Mmm. Fluffy cakes."
Dragoshi: "...No. It sounds like a bad turkey-induced dream."
Alexia: "Want me to get you one?"
Gibby: *...What about my backstory? He hasn't been paying any attention.*
Scott Gibson: "Odd as this may sound, and I'll admit it's pretty friggin' weird, it's all true."
Trigger: "Yeah... It does."
Alexia: "VERY friggin' weird."
The Ninja: "No. I must prove my wroth to get the fluffy cake. It takes strength to break that thing."
Alexia: "...Guys, question. Are Questers ever forced to retire?"
Editor's Note: *Whistles innocently about both what occurs later on in SSQ 1 but also beforehand with Phantom and Sky High (sure, Sky returned as an NPC, but still...)*
Scott Gibson: "Somehow while I was sitting in a bar on Voodoo Child playing my guitar I ended up here... incidentally on my face."
Trigger: "Heh, I almost got here the same way."
Alexia: "Portals. I got dumped through one while I was about to enter headquarters to sign up. Irony abounds."
The Ninja: "Well, Jewels is still here. So I don't think so."
Dragoshi: "Only if they break certain rules. I think."
Alexia: "I was thinking more like power limits."
Trigger: "I was at a LAN party and a portal opened up where I was stepping and I ended up here, that was like 1 year ago."
Scott Gibson: "Well, anyway, that's how I got here. Whoa."
Trigger: "But I just joined with the Questers last month."
The Ninja: "Reminds me of samurai lord I was going to defeat. That's how I got here. Some time ago I think."
Scott Gibson: "Wow..."
The Ninja: "I was offered to go back home, but I stayed to help the weird metal thing."
Trigger: "Metal reminds me of a silver deformed Proto Man."
Editor's Note: That's what I get for using a badly made sprite edit for his 'appearance' at the time!
Scott Gibson: "Metal?"
Dragoshi: "Our leader."
Scott Gibson: "Oh... I'm gonna take a guess that I'll have to meet this guy very soon."
Trigger: "Yes."
Dragoshi: "Prolly."
The Ninja: "For missions, you have to. Or we take you back home."
Trigger: "Yep."
Scott Gibson: "I figure I'll hang out here, you guys seem interesting, to put it mildly. Besides my next assignment was a major snooze-fest."
The Wraith: *The spirit would cackle as he drifts out of the ceiling and down through the floor. Just because.*
Trigger: "Hey Wraith."
Alexia: "Oh, hi again, Wraith." *She takes her Dex out and opens it from habit.*
Scott Gibson: "Anyway... whoa! What the?!"
Trigger does the same.
Scott Gibson looks at Wraith.
Alexia: "Guess he's not staying this time."
*She closes her Dex.*
Trigger: "I guess not."
Scott Gibson shakes his head for a sec.
Trigger does the same.
Alexia: "That was Wraith. Another member of the team."
Trigger: "I wanted to think him for the sword he gave me."
Scott Gibson: "Uh... I'll remember that. Man, now I kinda wish the GSPB's flagship was here. Then at least I'd feel slightly at home."
Alexia: "Heh. Just wait 'till you see the sword-wielding Kirby."
Trigger: "Oh, by the way, who is your C.O.?"
Alexia: "Metal Man."
Trigger: "In the GSPB?"
Scott Gibson: "Nobody's ever met him in person. I take orders from the highest ranked dudes at the GSPB."
Alexia: "Interesting."
Scott Gibson: "That's part of being a field agent. I only work when I'm needed."
Alexia: "Oh, and one more thing... Never drink Saturn Coffee unless it's an emergency."
Trigger: "Ah."
Scott Gibson: O_o? "Uh... Ookay."
Alexia: "You get hyper, then you scream secrets, then you start causing huge property damage. Speaking of which, anybody seen Aribar lately?"
Trigger: "Boy do I remember that shit I had to put up with."
The Ninja: "He still on vacation I think."
Scott Gibson: "Another 'ques-ter' I have yet to meet I take it."
Alexia: "Yep. A one-armed elf."
Trigger: "Yeah."
Scott Gibson: "A one a-mah who?"
The Ninja: "Amusing though. He's actually smart."
Scott Gibson: "Elf?!"
Alexia: "A. One. Armed. Elf. Am I going too fast for you?"
The Ninja: "No different from spirit ninja."
Scott Gibson: "I've seen some weird shit in my lifetime but I've seen more than enough in the last few hours than I wanted in a lifetime."
Alexia: "Or a one-foot tall blue marshmallow wielding a sword."
*She grins.*
The Ninja: "He looks tasty."
Alexia: "Or a psychic white-haired teenager."
Trigger: "Which one is that?"
Scott Gibson is beginning to look like his brain is overloading.
Alexia casually points to her white hair.
"Guess."
Trigger: "Umm... you?"
The Ninja reaches into the venting machine, grabbing a fluffy cake and pulls it back through. "Mmm. Fluffy Cake."
Dragoshi: *Chuckles.*
Alexia: "Ding. Congratulations."
The Ninja: "I think lasers took four of five."
Trigger: "AWESOME!!!" *Runs head first into a wall.*
Alexia: "...I take that back."
The Ninja: "And there goes last one."
Dragoshi: "...Yep."
The Ninja unwraps the snack and stuffs it under his mask, then begins to eat it as a cheek is shown through the mask..
Alexia: "Do you ever take that mask off? At all?"
The Ninja: "Hmm? Why ask?"
Scott Gibson: "Um, not meaning to pry but... Just curious, how much do you guys know about spaceflight? I dunno if the MM exists in this place or no."
Alexia: "Our MTAs can go into low orbit for a few hours. We know quite a bit about spaceflight. And just curious, Ninja."
Scott Gibson: "So no advanced hyperflight capable craft?"
*He begins to get a slightly concerned look on his face.*
Trigger: "Well, I'm gonna go back to my room, it was good meeting you Scott."
The Ninja: "I learn some things about space from Mr. Robotnik."
Alexia: "I dunno. Ask Metal."
Scott Gibson: "Uh, later Trigger. Now I really wish BOSTON was here."
The Ninja: "Oh. You want to see what's under mask, Alexia?"
Alexia: "...No, that's okay."
The Ninja: "Suit yourself."
Trigger goes back to his room while singing More Than A Feeling.
Alexia: "By the way, if you need any items, the shop is right down the hallway."
Scott Gibson: "Yeah, I may need some after my experience in that hallway."
Alexia tosses Scott 10000 coins.
"Here you go. I'd give you more, but I'm kinda tapped out after getting that new gun."
Scott Gibson looks at the coins with wide eyes. "Uh... Thanks a lot. No biggie."
The Ninja: "Hmm. I should go check on garden. Professor Ninja, Away!" *He leaps through the wall.*
Scott Gibson sighs for a moment..."Man, this is going to be one crazy place. Gotta tell Master Hendrix about this when I get home... If I get home."
Dragoshi: "..." *Shrugs and floats back to his room.*
Scott Gibson picks up his guitar and begins plucking a tune... It's more than a feelin'..."
Alexia: "Well, it's getting late. I better get some sleep for the next mission. Nice meeting you. Bye."
*She flies up to her room.*
Scott Gibson: "You guys too."
The Ninja then looks trough the wall with just his head sticking out. "Oh! I forgot, Space police. You carry big tune! Ah-haha! I made funny!" he disappears back into the wall.
Scott Gibson: *Chuckles.*