Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 341: One Helluva Time on Turion
Date: 5:20:04 PM, October 30th to 11:23:44 PM, October 30th, 2006.
Metal Man (GM): Okay, let's see... let's see... people, check, check, check, food, check, check check check.
Check check check check check check check check check check
You're all in the big room, as usual, with Metal looking at his papers, some of which are apparently signed notices from Alys.
Metal Man: "Hmm... according to this, Aetos is dead on Turion. Again."
Alexia stifles a yawn.
Dragoshi: "...Again?"
Gibby: "He needs to not die so much."
Digifanatic: "Oh boy... how did this happen?"
Alexia: "This is... what? The eighth or ninth time?"
Digifanatic: "Or go to Turion alone."
Metal Man: "Again. Except he appears to be dead underground, and we don't know why."
Alexia: "...Underground?"
Dragoshi: "Second. Well, that I know of." >_>
Metal Man: "But that's not what we're going there for."
Gibby: "So... what are we going there for?"
Digifanatic: "Oh?"
Metal Man: "You can, uh, save his dead body while we pick up the DEADLIEST SWORD EVER MADE."
Dragoshi: "So... What are we going there fo-...Wry?"
Gibby: "...A sword you say? Deadliest you say?!"
Digifanatic: "Deadliest... sword."
Dragoshi: "...Oh. Right. 'Cause it'd be better in OUR hands"
Alexia: "What about the deadliest gun ever made?"
Traon: "I got dibs on the blade."
Gibby mutters a tiny "mwa ha ha" under his breath.
Digifanatic: .oO(Ah! Another new voice!)
Metal Man: "That one is the X-zone blaster."
Dragoshi: "And, by 'in our hands' I mean 'locked up'. And, no dammit. No one should get dibs on the damn thing"
Alexia: "You have dibs on a punch in the mouth, Traon. Gibby called it first."
Metal Man: "It blows holes in reality by annihilating everything it hits. That's in safe hands... UNLIKE this sword."
Digifanatic turns around, feeling as if the least he can do is figure out where this Traon Quester is...
Traon sighs. "Makes me wish I was a gun person... But I need a new blade for my toy on me here back."
Gibby: "So what makes this sword so deadly?"
Metal Man: "It can slice anything in two with one blow."
Alexia: "I know! I know!"
Dragoshi: "...Fun."
Gibby: "...anything?"
Alexia: "Peanut butter, right? ...Oh."
Traon: "Quick question."
Dragoshi: "Even unholy deathgods? ...That, I don't believe"
Gibby is in his happy place.
Digifanatic gives a 'one minute' sign at Metal as he walks over the couple steps or whatever to the Quester here that he hasn't seen.
Alexia looks over at Gibby.
Traon: "Isn't the purpose of a sword to cut something in half in one blow in the first place?"
Metal Man: "Yes. This one never fails to do that."
Dragoshi: "...That depends on it's strength and craft, good si-...Ah"
Metal Man: "Which is why it is to be put in three safes and protected here."
Digifanatic: "THREE safes?"
Alexia then reaches for Gibby's coins in slow-mo.
Digifanatic: "Is it that large?!"
Gibby: "But... but..."
Metal Man: "No. It might cut itself out of the first two by vibration."
Gibby: "Can't I touch it? Just for a second or two..."
Digifanatic: "HOLY!"
Metal Man: "Also it's standard procedure for class X dangerous relics."
Digifanatic: "Now... Wait a second."
Metal Man: "Alys herself suggested it, although she seemed to disagree with keeping it under lock and key."
Digifanatic: "How are we going to divide it? Won't it nullify anything used to break it?"
Dragoshi: "...Three sages? Now we're thinking."
Alexia: "I bet she did."
Metal Man: "Divide it? No, no, Digi."
Alexia: "...Sages?"
Metal Man: "Think of nesting dolls. Nesting safes."
Digifanatic: "Oh... Right, right, right."
Dragoshi: "...Safes, I meant."
Alexia: "Ah."
Digifanatic: "Figures that it came to my mind right as you said the second 'no'."
Metal Man: "And... breaking it is nigh-impossible, unless maybe we shot at it with that gun."
Dragoshi: "Cold."
Alexia: "Uh, so, how do we get to Turion?"
Gibby: "Well lets go get the sword already!"
*He seems a bit impatient.*
Digifanatic: "Same as usual, Alexia."
Alexia: "Which is..."
Dragoshi: "...Be patient, Gibby:."
Metal Man: "Warp. We've enhanced our technology quite a bit in a year or two--Kuja benefited us with his years of wasted effort."
Digifanatic taps on Traon's shoulder, though trying to be friendly.
Dragoshi: "...The warp, I-...Thank you, Mets."
Metal Man: "Just a single capacitor can boost power by 150%."
Gibby: "I can't help it. Powerful and deadly swords are exciting to me."
Traon looks at Digi and perks a brow and then slightly face palms himself. "Sorry about that... I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself to you. I'm Traon... The janitor."
Digifanatic: "...Janitor?"
Dragoshi: "...Yes. A janitor."
Metal Man: "You are only allowed to use it in defense against anyone who tries to take it."
Traon: "There's other things, but I can't disclose those right now."
The Wraith: *A spot on the ground suddenly gets a lot darker... and our resident phantom rises out from it.* "...I was a janitor once. I think."
Gibby: "Fine, fine..."
Digifanatic: "Alright, I'll take your word, man. not a problem."
Alexia: "Hi, Wraith."
Metal Man pulls a switch; the warp elevator becomes especially bright.
Digifanatic: "So, yes, I am the Digi person that Metal was talking at. It's short for my full nickname, 'Digifanatic,' which I was first known here as. My real name's Ian if you prefer true identities."
Metal Man: "The warp is open."
Digifanatic: "Enjoying Smash Quest so far?"
Editor's Note: Oh no! Digi is melting the 4th wall again! Ahhhhhh!!!! ... Well luckily in this Season The Void is a... good guy, so I guess it's not as deadly as the ones where The Void was the villain, that is, to break the 4th wall.
Dragoshi: "'Ello, Joh-Holy shat. Did someone cast a light spell in the-Oh."
Gibby zooms himself into the warp.
"Comeoncomeoncomeonletsgo!!!!"
Alexia steps into the warp.
Dragoshi: *Slowly walks into the warp* "...That impatience will be your undoing Gibby. Seriously."
Traon follows after Gibby and Alexia.
The Wraith: "Gibby's rather eager for this one, I see..." *He drifts on behind.*
Gibby: "No time for sage advice, Drag. I need me a sword..."
Metal Man shrugs. "Thankfully, I managed to locate the most direct landing place, although that also means everything past that will be radio silence... go figure."
Digifanatic: "Alright, I'll go!" *Heads in and warps.*
Metal Man (GM): *WARP.*
Dragoshi: "Well you ain't gonna be getting this one." >_>
The Wraith: "Oh, fun..."
Gibby: "Just for a little..."
Metal Man (GM): You all hurtle through space, and indeed, through some sort of weird barrier; then you appear about 10 feet off the ground in an underground cave.
Dragoshi: "...NO. Okay, unless someone attacks, then you can use it. But only for killing the-...Huh."
Gibby: "...What happened?"
Digifanatic: "Well..."
Dragoshi: "...Someone set up us the warp."
Metal Man (GM): After a rough landing (falling 10 feet down) you land in front of a weird Kales statue. You can't quite read the message from here.
Digifanatic: "Oh, this guy again..."
The Wraith: *He looks down, lofts an eyebrow, and drifts down with the others nearer the ground.*
Digifanatic walks towards the message.
He tries to read it.
Traon lays there on his face for a moment and then gets up, dusting himself off in the process. "Who is that?"
Metal Man (GM): It holds a plaque, which says...
Hm. You see two meanings.
Digifanatic: "It was a... guy that we knew when we exiled on Turion for a while. That's all I'm going to say."
Gibby takes a look.
Metal Man (GM): 'Death comes to all ye who enter'
Death is crossed out.
Instead, it says 'Glory'
Gibby: "Hey, Glory! Glory's good."
The Wraith: *He reads this, lofting an eyebrow.* "...Mm-hmm..."
Gibby: "I see no reason not to enter."
Metal Man (GM): There's a sealed hatch to it, which you could open.
Traon: "By all means, you first Gibby."
Gibby: "Right! To the sword!"
Alexia: "Yes, go ahead."
Gibby goes over to the sealed hatch and opens it up.
Metal Man (GM): It opens up; a purple fog comes out; there's a ladder down, too.
Alexia: "...Purple mist?"
Digifanatic: .oO(If Scott was here to see thiiiiiiiiiis...)
.oO(He'd have a field day!)
The Wraith: "Heheh, purple haze..." *He starts drifting down.*
Gibby waves the purple off.
Digifanatic: "Stop reading my mind, John!"
Gibby goes down, down, down...
The Wraith: "Boo."
Alexia flies down the hatch, not using the ladder.
Digifanatic waits to see if the mist dissipates or if it's somewhat continuous.
Traon follows after as well. "Great, it's the stoners' mound all over again back at the school."
Metal Man (GM): You enter an ancient stone room, made of speckled black marble.
Alexia: "...Interesting..."
Digifanatic had descended, he guesses...
"Well, this looks somewhat tranquil."
Gibby: "And shiny."
Metal Man (GM): One moment.
Dragoshi: "...Nice place."
Traon: "Every janitors' worst nightmare... You know how much dust shows on black marble?"
Digifanatic: "Heh... I can imagine."
Traon: "Makes me glad I don't do that job anymore."
The Wraith: "Ahh, but it's easy enough to clean up."
Dragoshi: "Yep."
Alexia: "So why'd you give up the sanitation business?"
The Wraith: "It was just a side-job to keep me busy. Then the stadium needed fighters again, so I put my hand in; I was also a pretty powerful geomancer."
Alexia: "I meant the new guy."
The Wraith: "He probably got dropped here like the rest of us."
Traon: "Well I guess the main reason would be the fact that I got warped here."
Metal Man (GM): Nigh but five seconds, you hear a high-pitched noise, and in a shimmering rift, a skeletal being with a sword for a right arm and a weird, narrow head appears. He wears black robes with evil letters on it, and from his mouth he exhales continuous fire.
Dragoshi: "...And this is why people need to learn how to specify."
Gibby: "But you could still clean up around---huh?"
Digifanatic: *Sigh* "ANOTHER? You must be kidding... did you have an honest motive for coming here?"
Gibby: "...DUDE! That's the coolest looking enemy I've seen in a long time!"
Traon: "Yipes! It's the high school principal!"
The Wraith: "...Interesting." *The stones in his torso start revolving.*
Dragoshi: "...Hello, there, ungodly hellbeast of death. I presume you're here to kill us?"
Skeleton: "Baht? Ing et kongt."
Gibby: "...Was that French?"
Dragoshi: "...I wish I had something to translate for that language."
Traon: "I think it was German."
The Wraith: "..." *He pulls out his dex, to attempt to translate/decrypt the speech.*
Digifanatic: "Neither... Trust me, it sounds like neither of them."
Dragoshi: "I think it was native demon language."
Smash Dex: "Unknown language. Unable to translate."
John: "Non. Nein. Neither of those..."
Gibby: "You're right... he's not wearing a beret."
Skeleton: "Baht teh ing tuyomb?"
Digifanatic: "...Or leiderhosen?"
Traon: "Hmm... I wonder if this skeleton knows the 'Dance of death.' like I do."
Alexia: "Buttering tomb?"
Dragoshi: "...Buttering what?"
Gibby: "Umm... we Questers... you friend?"
The Wraith: "...No idea what it is, though. But anyway..." *He looks at the skeleton's mannerisms. Despite the appearance, does he look like he has hostile intent?*
Skeleton: "Paz! Dar gon."
Metal Man (GM): He raises his sword, ready to fight.
Gibby: "I'll take that as a no."
The Wraith: "...Let's rumble."
Dragoshi: "...I presume it'd be impossible for us to negotiate,n-...Why the hell am I asking?" *Slides out his scythe.*
Metal Man (GM): Roll init.
Alexia takes out her gun.
Metal Man (GM): Order: John, Death Skeleton, Traon, Alexia, Dragoshi, Gibby
Order: John, Death Skeleton, Gibby, Traon, Alexia, Dragoshi
The Wraith: *The spirit kicks things off rather quick-like, those stones flaring up and...*
Metal Man (GM): He laughs, and deflects it with its sword.
The Wraith: *ALL blasting forth a gargantuan conglomerate blast... which goes wide of the freakin' mark. He then growls, charging those stones up again...*
Skeleton: "Delaho! Ing dela."
The Wraith: *Which he shouldn't have done.* *OW!*
*End of freakin' turn.*
Gibby: "...Owie."
Alexia: "No, I don't want any deli meat."
Gibby: "Mmmm... deli meat..."
Dragoshi: "...That was SO not what he was saying."
Metal Man (GM): It laughs evilly, once, twice, three times, before then facing upwards slightly, and glowing red.
Alexia: "Well, do YOU have a better translation?"
Dragoshi: "...I think he was saying something about an electromagnetic ham sandwich. ...No, that's just stupid. I think he just said something about killing us all." >_>
Skeleton: "Elfmood Genet fo dar! "
Alexia: "Close enough. Shields up!"
The Wraith: "Rrgh... Probably mocking me..."
Metal Man (GM): Two red points appear on his shoulders, from which he fires a massive amount of red energy spheres.
Dragoshi: "...Uh-oh."
Gibby: "Look out!"
Metal Man (GM): They fly upwards diagonally, then bounce down at all of you, exploding on contact with either you or the ground.
15 damage per hit.
The Wraith: *He crosses his arms and tries to get away from the exploding ground.*
Dragoshi: *Dodge, hit, dodge, CRIT, dodge.*
Gibby gets hit twice and goes ow.
Alexia gets pummeled. What, you were expecting the Rose Parade?
Traon: "Ow... I think something got burned..."
Gibby goes ahead and gets things started off right. He lifts himself up high and floats on over to Mr. Skeleton man. He then attacks with a sword drop on top of him. He then continues with a single sword slash follows by a karate kick to the gut! HI-YAH!!!
Digifanatic is a bit angry at how many times he got hit off of that... a Fire Punch and two swings of the golf club should make this worthwhile.
Metal Man (GM): Hit, hit, hit.
And for Gibby:
Hit, miss, hit.
Gibby: *Ditto.*
Alexia starts her turn by using an Ultra Mushroom, then flings a Mindblast at the evil living pile of bones.
Dragoshi: "...Right. Anyway..." *For some odd reason, he tries to synchronize with the environment...*
Metal Man (GM): You synchronize with extreme darkness. MNT check.
You resist the taint; but also actually gaining the synchronicity.
Dragoshi: *Seeing as nothing good nor bad happened, he tries something else... ...What the hell? 7 damage as the dice act like superman and have a spider bite Dragoshi.*
The Wraith: *He still seems to be recovering from that last episode... He decides to just cross his arms, creating a dark barrier around himself. EoT.*
Metal Man (GM): Evil Skeleton
Skeleton: "Gon jej gey teho!"
Metal Man (GM): He slices the ground with his sword, causing one massive wave of red energy to fly at all the Questers.
50 damage, if you're hit by that.
Digifanatic jumps in time!
Metal Man (GM): Most people leap over it.
Dragoshi: *And it misses. HORRIBLY. As Dragoshi dances out of the way.*
Alexia jumps, but hits the very edge of it.
The Wraith: *The spirit, thankfully, just floats. It goes right under him.*
Gibby holds his breath and leaps over the attack.
Metal Man (GM): He becomes furious, but, is still unable to hit you.
Digifanatic is very fortunate to have leapt over that shockwave... after downing a Healing Vial, he goes for a round of Celestial Fury followed by a Running Charge.
Metal Man (GM): One hit.
Gibby decides to see what powers he can steal from this skeleton creature. He opens wide and attempts to inhale him. Heck, maybe he'll be able to speak his language this way.
He is going to pretend that first time didn't happen and tries again.
Metal Man (GM): Miss. Hit.
You copy... his ability to shoot a wave of energy. d20+15, 25 damage, range 2. One target.
Gibby now looks a lot more like a skeleton with a robe... it's quite creepy. Did he obtain the ability to speak its language?
Metal Man (GM): Nope. That'd have been in place of the attack, otherwise.
Alexia: "Nice costume."
Gibby: "Wow! I'm all slim and trim."
Dragoshi: "...Heh."
Alexia: *Overload! She suddenly falls to her knees as a surge of energy paralyzes her for one turn. EoT.*
Dragoshi lets out a hiss and tries again...
*Ker-molotov cocktail!*
*EoT. Saving up remaining 2 TP.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
The Wraith: .oO(Alright, now let's get down to business..." He advances, one finger pointed toward the skeleton as shadowy tendrils go to wrap around it..."
Metal Man (GM): Hit
The Wraith: *He follows up by vanishing into the air, and...*
Metal Man (GM): Miss.
The Wraith: *Reappearing with an explosion just a -wee- bit too far away. But now he's right in the skeleton's face. He reaches out to palm its face...*
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Crit.
Third word with -it in it.
The Wraith: *Then the skeleton begins glowing brightly, before getting LAUNCHED backwards.*
Metal Man (GM): 65 damage.
Erm. 70 damage.
Hm. *Tweaks.*
Dragoshi: "...Nice one." *Claps slowly.*
Metal Man (GM): What is your level?
Alexia: "Alright, Wraith!"
Metal Man (GM): 56 damage.
Still, it is heavily damaged by that.
Death Skeleton
The angered Skeleton lets loose another wave of red energy.
50 damage, threatens all.
Dragoshi: *Okay, that time, he can't evade it.*
Alexia gets slammed with the energy and is KOed.
Gibby gets hit. The pain... THE PAIN!
The Wraith: *Shield go boom.*
Digifanatic uses a fire punch, an ice punch, then fruit punch, before hitting Metal for forgetting he's not here.
Gibby decides to try himself his new power. He puts his hands together and summons up some mystical energy. Oooo... sparkly. He then fires the wave of energy straight towards the skeleton.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Gibby then takes out an ultra shroom and chomps it down. Ahh... healthy. He then decides to finish things off with a running Gibby stomp on its bony head.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Gibby leaps back and ends his turn.
Dragoshi: *Let's try the sync again...*
Metal Man (GM): You gain the powers of darkness; mostly the ability to fire dark energy.
You are, conversely, immune to attacks of dark energy type.
Dragoshi would then feel the darkness strengthening him..."...Much better" *And, a one, a two, a one, two, three... AND A MEEEEEEEEEEECH! Oh, and some darts*
*The mech blasts the skeleton o' doom for 50 damage, 2 knockback, as the darts, if any hit do a piddly 1 damage a hit*
*EoT.*
Metal Man (GM): The skeleton yells at you before collapsing into dust.
+1500 EXP
Gibby: "Yay!"
Dragoshi: "...Hmph."
Alexia revives.
Metal Man (GM): The way ahead is open; although you have a foreboding about this place.
Alexia pumps two points into speed for an even 20.
She walks forward into the creepy place.
Gibby continues onward.
"I hope that was all we have to worry about."
Metal Man (GM): You walk further, into a strange, metallic room.
There you find... a huge gate in the way, sealed with three seals; one dark, one light, and one which appears invisible, except you can see the conspicuous hole where it is hiding.
Gibby: "...Gated."
Alexia: "Hrm..."
Gibby: "Well now what?"
Alexia looks around the room for anything else. Search check?
Metal Man (GM): You look, and find nothing.
Dragoshi looks around, and activates the Eye of Truth. Would he see anything odd?
Metal Man (GM): You'd see the invisible seal.
Gibby: "Well... now I'm bored."
Metal Man (GM): The seals keep the gate shut; one must do something about them, apparently.
The Wraith: *The spirit drifts up to that dark seal, and goes to place a palm upon it...*
Metal Man (GM): It feels evil; it also appears to be holding some sort of chain to the gate together.
Gibby: "What do you make of it, John?"
The Wraith: "...Feels like good old-fashioned evil." *He goes to check the light one similarly, and see if he can pass through it at all.*
Gibby: "Evil, eh? Then I must take it down with the force of good!"
*He raises his sword up high and attacks the gate with a single slash.*
Dragoshi walks over to the invisible seal, Eye of Truth still on and places his own palm on said invisible seal.
Alexia: "...Somebody stop the Kirby before he rips us all apart atom by atom."
Metal Man (GM): Gibby: The gate resists, but you scratch the light seal by accident.
Perhaps if you attacked it full-on it'd break.
Alexia steps away from Gibby a bit.
Metal Man (GM): The seals themselves just feel like disks of their elements.
The Wraith: "You have just as much of a physical body as any one of us, girl."
Gibby: "...Hey, I got a scratch!"
*He points to the scratched light seal.*
Dragoshi backs away.
Alexia then holds out a hand and tries smashing the invisible seal with her TK.
Metal Man (GM): The seal explodes.
The Wraith: *He pulls his hand away from the light disk.*
Metal Man (GM): That leaves the evil and light seals.
Alexia: "See? The white dragon only lets you down 32 percent of the time."
The Wraith: *He then hrms, and goes to launch a blast at the dark seal.*
Gibby continues his attack on the light seal with slash after slash after slash.
Dragoshi stands there rather calmly, if the dark seal causes an asplosion of darkness or somethin'.
Metal Man (GM): The blast bounces off of it.
Alexia: "Hmm..."
The Wraith: "Hmm..." *He looks to the darkness-infused dragon.* "...You give it a shot." *He backs away.*
Dragoshi fires off his newly-gained unholy darkblast at the darkness seal.
Metal Man (GM): The darkness blows up. The light seal then is slashed to pieces.
The gate opens up.
Dragoshi: "...That worked."
Alexia: "Alright! Let's keep going!"
Gibby puts his sword away.
"Moving on..."
Alexia runs through the gate.
Gibby goes past the gate.
The Wraith: "Groovy." *He drifts through the gate.*
Dragoshi: "...Right."
*He follows the others.*
Metal Man (GM): You walk your way deeper... and find the way ahead's floor to be made of molten magma.
Alexia: "..."
Metal Man (GM): You're gonna need to fly, hover, or climb over it.
Alexia tries using her fire version of Energy Control on the magma.
The Wraith: "...Fun fun. Who here can't fly?"
Dragoshi expects no one to raise their hand.
Alexia: "Hang on for a second while I try something..." *Goes back to attempting Energy Control.*
The Wraith: "...?..." *He lofts an eyebrow, and follows Alexia's gaze to the magma.*
Dragoshi does the same as John.
Metal Man (GM): Roll it.
Gibby waits patiently.
Metal Man (GM): Um. Okay. MNT check then.
You manage to move the heat energy, but the magma is still there.
You cannot make it harden; only propel fire.
The Wraith: *He sees that she's not really having much effect... So he just looks to Dragoshi, then Alexia, then back to Dragoshi, and nods, before going to drift over the gap.*
Alexia: "...Yeah, I got nothing." *Blasts the heat energy into the ceiling.*
Gibby inhales some air and starts floating himself over the magma.
Dragoshi flies across the gap.
The Wraith: "...Dragoshi. Carry the woman."
Dragoshi: "...You do know she can fly by herself, right?"
The Wraith: "...Then what's she tryin' to do?"
Alexia flies across the magma.
Gibby: "That she can."
Alexia: "I WAS trying to make it harden."
Dragoshi: *Ker-shrug*"Told you. Now, stop wasting my time."
*He flies across, a little aggravated by the pointlessness.*
The Wraith: "...Why...?" *He just rolls his eyes and continues on.* "Women..."
Alexia: "I heard that."
Metal Man (GM): Everyone flies over the magma. Wheeeeee!!!!!
One moment. (*Gets a drink*)
You reach the next room. There's a door on it, but it's locked by a dark wall... upon reaching the area, a dark sorcerer appears.
???: "Turn back now, or be reduced to cinders!"
Alexia: "Go to hell."
The Wraith: "..." *He immediately starts concentrating on something... And if given the time,* *Fweem!* *A double-strength barrier comes up.*
Gibby: "And who might you be?"
Metal Man (GM): He stands, watching you talk, and then laughs.
???: "This is hell. Where am I supposed to go now?"
Alexia: "...Purgatory?"
Gibby: "...We're... in hell?"
Alexia glances behind her
"That would explain the magma."
Gibby: "And the skeleton dude."
???: "What did you expect? Demons with pitchforks?"
Editor's Note: Apparently this session takes place in Turion's Hell, which means the Questers have visited not one but two different hells in Season 8.
The Wraith: "...At any rate... We're here to take care of some business. The simpler that business is, the better."
Gibby: "Uhh... well, yeah."
???: *Taps his staff* "Unless ye truly be evil, or doomed, I cannot let you access the most powerful weapon forged here!"
Alexia: "Well, see, we really need that weapon."
The Wraith: "Does doomed to a half-existence count...?"
Gibby: .oO(Too bad Julian's not here.)
Alexia: "'Cause then, you know, we can wipe out this whole place and you can get a nice duplex and a good-paying job as a pizza delivery guy or something."
Gibby: "Now now 'lexi, don't go getting the nice dark sorcerer angry."
???: "This is my job; and the pay is far better than anything you can offer."
Gibby: "So what do we have to do in order to prove our evilness... ness?"
Alexia: "But doesn't the prospect of half-price cheesy bread tempt you?"
???: "I warn you; I am capable of great dark arts; far better than that skeleton. Turn back... or be cursed."
The Wraith: "You'll have to pardon the... antics of my comrades... But you haven't answered my query."
???: "It does not count, as you would be sent here first if you belonged here."
Dragoshi: "...Meh."
The Wraith: "I know not where I was sent when I was doomed to this life; only that I was sent away somewhere. However, I have and probably never had any intention of staying here; we are here solely to retrieve that sword, then leave."
Gibby kicks Drag in the shin.
"There! That was pretty evil, wasn't it?"
Dragoshi: "...That was pathetic."
???: "The sword is to be protected at all costs."
Dragoshi: "...Too bad I don't have someone to disembowel right now." >_>
Gibby: "Hey, I'm improvising here."
Metal Man (GM): He stands in the way.
???: "I know you good types. Therefore, I am not going to give you a reason to attack me."
Metal Man (GM): He stands in the way, making no effort to fight.
The Wraith: "Good. Then step aside."
Alexia suddenly whips around and flings a Mindblast at Gibby.
Gibby dodges the attack.
???: "Only if you will attack an unarmed man who has no intent to harm you do you stand a chance."
Gibby: "HEY! What was that for?"
Dragoshi: "...Same. I'll only fight you if you give me reason to do so... Simple as that."
Alexia shrugs.
The Wraith: *He lofts an eyebrow.* "Unarmed, hmm...?" *He looks him over.* "I see no such man here."
Alexia: "I dunno. Sometimes I just have to blast at something."
Gibby: "...Humph."
Metal Man (GM): He crosses his arms, still standing in the way.
Dragoshi: "..."
Gibby: "At this rate we'll be here all day."
???: "I will not attack and have no defensive hexes. You would be attacking a technically helpless person."
Alexia: "..."
Dragoshi: "...Technically."
The Wraith: "...Very well, then." *He casually drifts forward, within arm's reach of the man.* "...You sure you don't want to step out of the way?"
Alexia aims her gun at the guy.
???: "I shall also not talk to you. Hah!"
Gibby: "Do we do the unethical thing and complete the mission, or do we stand by our morals and fail?"
Alexia: "You have three seconds to move before your head is two feet away from your neck, sir."
Gibby: "...Apparently ethics are dead to some."
The Wraith: *He simply shrugs, and goes to place a hand against the man's chest... And, if successful, boom-boom him like the skeleton.*
Dragoshi: "...And you have three seconds to lower your weapon before I force it away from you, you imbecile."
Alexia: "What? I said sir."
Dragoshi: "...Really. I see what you mean, Gibby."
Metal Man (GM): Roll it.
Alexia puts her gun away
*Sigh* "Fine."
Dragoshi: "...Yep. Ethics are deader than a, well... You finish that for me, Gibby."
Gibby: "...than a John."
Dragoshi: "...Right."
Metal Man (GM): He's sent flying backwards for 35 damage. He gets back up, and stands in the way again.
The darkness seal on the door remains.
Gibby: "Doesn't seem like he'll budge."
???: "You'll be here for quite a while if you want to kill me."
Gibby: "Look, couldn't we do something for you as a favor? You know... we'll scratch your back if you scratch ours."
The Wraith: "...Still persist? Very well, then..." *He vanishes from sight... And reappears behind the man, to do the same thing from behind him.*
Gibby: "...Or is that the other way around?"
Dragoshi looks at the seal on the door as he prepares a darkblast at it...
Alexia: "Why are you guarding this door anyway? Must be a boring job. Probably lousy dental benefits too."
Metal Man (GM): He is thrown forwards. You are now between him and the dark energy.
???: "I shall bore you to death."
Metal Man (GM): He walks towards the Wraith.
Dragoshi: "...He's DEAD. What the hell would dental benefits have to do with anything? I don't think dental hygiene'll matter to them."
The Wraith: *He just holds a hand out, ready for the man to walk into it and get blasted again.*
Gibby: "Like mother always said, 'clean teeth make happy teeth'."
Dragoshi fires a blast of darkness at the door, if possible.
Metal Man (GM): Roll it.
Alexia: "Oh, come on. A dental plan is important even in the seventh layer of Hades where the souls of the damned scream in agony because they can't get any Colgate! ...You're giving me that look again."
Gibby: "Plague is a most fearsome foe indeed."
Dragoshi: "...Oh, that is a load of bull."
Metal Man (GM): I meant Dragoshi, and yes, The Wraith.
Gibby: "No, it's true. It rots your teeth really badly."
Dragoshi: "I was referring to Alexia's comment, Gibby. Not yours"
Gibby: "So it's agreed then."
Alexia: "Oh, and have you seen a place here that sells toothpaste? NO YOU HAVE NOT!"
Gibby: "And floss. No floss at all."
Dragoshi: "...And what in the nine hells does that have to do with anything?"
Alexia: "No stores, no toothpaste. No toothpaste, much tooth decay. Much tooth decay, the wailing of the damned. It's simple logic!"
Gibby nods in agreement.
Dragoshi: "...Now you're just being an imbecile."
Metal Man (GM): The man ducks under Dragoshi's attack as then it flies at The Wraith. ...Yes. The man and The Wraith were in the way.
The man being in the way first, then The Wraith shoving him away and moving there instead.
The Wraith vanishes just in the nick of time to avoid getting hit, reappearing once it's past.
Metal Man (GM): The energy hits the door; it does nothing. The man stands up again, slightly battered.
???: "You're going to have to hit me more to knock me down. That field won't go down either!"
Alexia: "Why else would all those people be moaning like that? I can think of no worse torture than a rotting tooth."
Gibby: "Now look, we could stand here all day knocking down sorcerers and talking about teeth, but will it really solve anything?"
The Wraith: "I could do this all day..." *His stones begin slowly revolving as he attempts to prepare a 'fixed roulette'.*
Gibby: "Seems like we're getting nowhere fast."
Dragoshi: "...They're prolly' moaning from the fact they're getting the torture they deserved for being such asses in their mortal lives And, yes, that we are."
Gibby: "John, let's think of something else besides hitting the guy."
The Wraith: "I'm actually having fun with this. He bounces."
Gibby: "Yeah, well funtime's over. We've got a mission to accomplish."
???: "No! Don't think! Just waste time until your brain explodes!"
Dragoshi: "...Screw you. I'll think if I damn well want to."
Metal Man (GM): Not quite 'fixed' yet...
???: "Ah... but then why aren't you trying to get past me without violence?"
Gibby: "I've been trying to figure that one out for awhile now."
Alexia blinks a bit and finally regains some modicum of sanity
She scans the guy with her Dex.
The Wraith: "They've tried bribery. Failed miserably. I've tried reasoning. You're immune to that, as well..."
Metal Man (GM): Still not fixed...
Dragoshi: "...Simple. You won't listen to reason nor bribery. ...Wait. John already said that."
Gibby: "We could always say please."
Dragoshi: *Facepalm* "And, I doubt any other damn method would work."
Gibby: "What? People like manners. It's the truth."
Smash Dex: "...DING!"
Ennui
HP: 0/infinity
STR: 0
EVD: 0
SPD: 0
MNT: 0
AC: 0
TP: 0
Attacks:
0
Gibby: "...See? Attacking solves nothing."
Smash Dex: "A strange creation made from what it says. It appears to be invincible except against its known enemy, excitement."
The Wraith: "...That's interesting."
Dragoshi: "...Then we must become excited. Or something."
Smash Dex: "It may also be weak against interesting things, besides its own dex entry. End of entry."
Gibby: "Excited about what?"
Ennui: "Don't listen to that! It means something!"
Gibby: "...OH! I know!"
Dragoshi: "...Hey. Do you have something interesting?"
The Wraith: "Intriguing..."
Gibby: "Prepare to be amazed!"
Dragoshi: *Pulls out his dagger* "Interesting... I wonder if I can enchant this with magic and the blood of my slain enemies..."
The Wraith: *He reaches into his torso, where the Quester Inventory Space*(tm) *is accessed from, and pulls out... A bottle.*
Gibby climbs on top of Drag... and performs the Gibby dance! <(^_^)< ^(^_^)^ >(^_^)> v(^_^)v.
The Wraith: "...A toast, hmm?" *Gluuuggg...*
Gibby: "Ya-ta-ta! Ya-ta-ta! Ha-cha-cha-cha!!!"
Ennui: "Gah! Stop moving! It hurts my mind!"
Dragoshi puts dagger away, and, if possible, can he summon mechs to not attack and instead dance with Gibby?
The Wraith: *He drains at least half of the fifth, before putting it away. It hasn't kicked in yet. He reaches back in, and pulls out...*
Metal Man (GM): He looks at the Wraith, and then the alcohol.
Ennui: "Argh... alcohol is used to make movies more exciting! It burns!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *A shiny boot!*
Dragoshi: *He suddenly dances as well, as four mechs rise out of nowhere and start dancing. Breakdancing.*
Gibby grabs a couple mechs and square dances with them.
"Grab your partner, swing him round, pick him up and toss him down!" *He grabs a mech and tosses it head first into the ground.*
Dragoshi: *Then albatrosses start flying around making many interesting flight formations, if possible, as Dragoshi starts doing his own dancing.*
Ennui: "Accursed... box... of lies!" *Disintegrates.*
Metal Man (GM): The way ahead opens.
Gibby: "...YAY!"
*He drops the mech and proceeds forward.*
Dragoshi: "Well, that was fun. I would've tangoed as well, though. But, eh." *The mechs and albatrosses disappear as Dragoshi proceeds forward.*
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...VICTOLY!"
Metal Man (GM): Anyway, you see the worn-out, evil shape of Mewthor beyond the door, along with the sword, in its case, protected.
Gibby: O_O; "So... beautiful..."
Mewthor: "Halt where ye stand, fools... or I will kill you as I did your foe."
Dragoshi: "...Uhh... Yea. We took care of your boring, monotonous guard. And, uh, you know the rest."
Gibby: "...Our foe?"
Dragoshi: "...Foe?"
The Wraith: "'E means that windy dude."
Dragoshi: "Ah, right. That guy."
Gibby: "Not really a foe, but ok."
The Wraith: "At any rate... We be needin' dat swood. S' if'n ya don't mind, we'll be a-takin' it sometime soon-like."
Mewthor: "Over your friend's dead body."
Gibby: "You sound like Julian."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Dat woiks. Just put 'im in front o' da swood, and we'll take care o' da rest."
Mewthor: "Very well."
Metal Man (GM): He raises a hand, and Aetos appears... only evil, with red eyes. And wishing to kill you.
Gibby: "Hey, Aetos!"
Dragoshi: "...Great. More imbeciles to charbroil."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...'Ey, dat waddn't in da deal!"
Aetos: *Hisses*
Gibby: "...Why did he hiss?"
Mewthor: "Oh, he only wishes to drink your blood."
Gibby: "Uhh..."
Dragoshi: "...So, he's a vampire of sorts? Except not as crappy?"
Gibby: "Kirbies don't -have- blood I'm afraid. So sorry."
Aetos thrusts his right hand to the side, summoning One-Winged Angel.
Gibby was lying, but maybe he could pull it off.
Aetos: "You don't deserve to live, Questers."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Y'won't be wantin' my blood. Nuttin' bert oils."
Dragoshi: "...Tell me something I don't know, child.*
Gibby: "Now come on Aetos, you don't mean that. We've treated you well, remember?"
Dragoshi says the word, child rather mockingly.
Aetos: "You, little marshmallow... You disgust me!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...Somebuddy run a checksss on dis guy. Be 'e undead or nea?"
Gibby: "Aw come on, don't you remember me? I'm the cute, soft, cuddly one with the funny antics. How can I disgust you?"
Dragoshi runs a combination Eye of Truth/dex scan on Aetos, in order to check.
"...Simple. He's an ass."
Metal Man (GM): Dragoshi: You see a combination of evil, undead, and a corpse which has been psionically altered.
But that won't stop him from attacking you.
Gibby: "Now now, lets not call each other names."
Metal Man (GM): roll init.
Dragoshi: "...Yea. He's undead."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "All I needed ter know!"
Gibby: "Hold on guys! Don't just start attacking right away. That's still Aetos after all!"
Aetos: "Yes... yes... I'm me... just out for revenge against you pathetic demons."
Metal Man (GM): Order: Gibby, John, Dragoshi, Aetos
Gibby: "Well then... I can try weakening him with my healing ability, but don't kill him!"
*He takes note that since Aetos is undead, healing abilities should hurt him.* "I'm sorry for doing this, Aetos." *He produces a bright yellow ray of healing light and fires it directly at Aetos.*
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Still dunno 'ow long 'e's been down, 'do..."
Aetos points and laughs at Gibby. "You suck."
Gibby: "I know you don't mean that."
*He attempts another shot.*
Aetos keeps laughing. "You should know healing attacks never hit enemies, little cyan attention-hog."
Metal Man (GM): Order: Gibby, Scott, John, Dragoshi, Aetos
Gibby: "You're no enemy of mine..." *End turn.*
Dragoshi: "Cyan? You're clearly mistaken. He's... I think robin's egg, or somethin'"
Gibby: "I'm just plain blue!"
Scott Gibson careens into the fight screaming like a banshee stopping short off of Roxy and landing with the group.
Aetos: "You idiots SHOULD fail with all these side-conversations you spawn... Oh, look at this... the big-mouthed rock star from a paradox timeline. Ready to die today?"
Scott Gibson: "Sorry I'm late." *Looks at Aetos* "Well this is unpleasant. Guess Aetos is in need of a beating, eh?"
Gibby: "Take it easy on him, Scott."
Scott Gibson: "Your funeral man." *To Aetos* *Winks at Gibby.*
Dragoshi: "Kill it with fire!"
*He flails as he says that.*
Gibby glares.
Scott Gibson leaps forward at Aetos and swings his guitar like a bat at him in hopes of stunning him a bit.
Aetos: "Fire? This whole damn place is made of fire, filthy dra--" *smack*'
Dragoshi: "Filthy? Hmph. At least I'm not weak, unlike a certain parasite of the wind."
Scott Gibson follows up with a hellacious swing from overhead.
He finishes his turn with that combo and jumps back in line. No anger across his face he's grinning all the way. EoT "You're talking to the wrong guys to piss off Aetos."
Aetos: "Shut up." *Snaps his finger, muting Scott.*
Scott Gibson: "You're flirtin' with disaste--" *Muted*
Dragoshi: "...So, what if the whole damn place is made of fire? You aren't burning in it... ...Yet."
Aetos's eyes flicker. He grins.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Well, dunno about youzguys, but I be sayin' bring 'im down fer now, den worry 'bout bringin' 'im back later!" *The boot spins rapidly in the air for a second, then flies toward Aetos, sole-first, glowing green...*
Dragoshi: "Amen to that!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *It then starts glowin' funky colors as the tips of the laces point toward Aetos... And a piddly little purple shot shoots out of each lace.*
*EoT.*
Dragoshi charges up and lets out a slightly powered-up gout of flame at Aetos.
Gibby sighs.
Aetos is first smacked by the boot, then shot by the lasers... and finally is being sizzled.
Dragoshi: *EoT*
"See? Now, you are burning."
Aetos shakes his head as the fire dies out. He holds OWA out at Dragoshi and cackles as his slashes forward with gumption, pulling his body along. It's crackling, tornado shape slams into Dragoshi.
Scott Gibson: "Heh... Give em' a boot to the head..."
Aetos: "This is for your pathetic knack for 'Just knowing things'!"
Dragoshi prepares to evade, and...
Aetos immediately transmutes to wind.
"Hmmmhmmhmm. Maybe I should skin him, after you all die."
Gibby is still hesitant about hurting Aetos, but he still has to complete his mission. He turns his sword around so that the hilt is placed up front and the blade at the back. He the inhales some air and floats towards Aetos. Once there, he drops and lands making sure that the hilt is the only thing that connects. When he lands, his or miss, he then attacks with two more hilt slashes to the face.
Aetos wafts around in place, nothing hitting. "Dootdoot..."
Gibby shrugs and leaps back. At least he wasn't hurting him. End of turn.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *Is pinged!*
"Oh, a wise guy, eh?" *The boot spins again, and vanishes into the air...*
Aetos: "I've got the ultimate defense against the rest of you, hahaha!"
The Wraith: *Reappearing with a kerboom a foot or so away from Aetos. It then glows funky again, though a smoother color blend as it flies at Aetos, toe-first...*
Aetos's wind form is pierced by the attack there. "Hey, ow!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *And punts 'im good, with a rather explosive blast!*
*It then starts rapidly changing colors again, pointing its shoelaces of d00m at Aetos again...*
*And it shoots one dark blue beam! Which misses miserably! EoT.*
Aetos laughs as it fizzles away.
(((((( Dragoshi (KO'd!), Aetos' turn! ))))))
*He holds his arm out as it melds and morphs into a megabuster weapon, and fires off a ball of powerful wind energy.*
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *And the boot's hit! The boot is hit! Damage? KERSPLODE.*
Aetos then cross-chops his hand through the air, spraying a couple darts of wind energy at Gibby.
Gibby narrowly dodges the first but ends up leaping right into the second one.
"Gah! Aetos, please stop!"
Aetos: "I'll stop once you die, and I protect the sword forever!"
Gibby: "Can't you see you're just being controlled?" *He takes another ultra shroom before going after Aetos with two more hilt slashes aimed towards the face and chest region.*
Aetos wiffs through him again!
"Your size must be in direct proportion to your brain."
Gibby misses as usual.
*EoT.*
Dragoshi: *...Revives, obviously ready to tear Aetos a new one... By charbroiling him for 22 fire damage.*
Aetos takes the blaze, Sizzle sizzle!
Dragoshi: *And... Have to hold that one till next turn, not like it'll hit, anyway.*
Aetos waves his windish hands about, summoning a strong breeze of wind. It goes to wrap around Dragoshi and grab him...
Dragoshi: *And phail. He dances away like a graceful shadow.*
Aetos then holds both of his arms out at Gibby. "Say goodbye, you disgrace!" Megabusters shape from his arms as two blasts of wind fire at Gibby.
Gibby gets by one, but again runs into another one.
He gets flown back for much damage.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *...And punts 'im good, with a rather explosive blast!*
Gibby slowly gets back up. Much pain has been caused. Doesn't seem like he can do too much since he's has mostly physical attacks. He takes down his last ultra shroom, hits himself with his own ray of healing, and ends his turn from there.
Scott Gibson: "You're going to regret flooring my drummer and bassist Aetos." *Flips Aetos the bird* *Still not any anger on his face he's just grinning, nothing seems to be getting to him.*
Dragoshi: "'Ey, Gibby! Just protect us from this inane maniac's attacks, 'kay?"
Gibby sighs and nods. Best he could do now was heal the others.
Aetos: "Puh-LEASE Don't tell me YOU have another healing attack."
Dragoshi: "...Thunderstrike 'im! Or somethin'."
Scott Gibson kicks into a solo going wild up and down the rosewood fingerboard until it begins to smoke then fire! He channels the flames into two massive fireballs and launches them at Aetos! "HEATSEEKER!!!"
He readjusts his solo and electricity sparks across his fingerboard as he channels them into electricity balls and blasts them with swings from his guitar at the undead Aetos.
Aetos waggles his eyebrows as the fireballs whizz by.
Metal Man (GM): Failure to 'redirect' anything.
Aetos is indeed hit by the last ball of lightning as it zaps, quickly, into him.
Scott Gibson: *EoT* "You've been... THUNDERSTRUCK!"
Aetos: "You're gunna, EAT WORMS"
Dragoshi: "...Worms? What kind? Giant sanity draining worms, or the generic kind?"
Aetos (GM): |||||||| The Wraith's turn. ||||||||
Scott Gibson flips Aetos off."As if."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *The boot returns, with a vengeance!* "Ooh... I's didn't like dats, windy-boy!" *It immediately goes for another Power Punt, the laces flinging forward at the end of the punt to sling a barrage of magical shards.*
Aetos is hit by the first three attacks... despite the fact the first looks physical.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *EoT.*
Aetos gets nailed backward and reverts to human form, dead.
Gibby sighs.
"...At least that's over with."
Dragoshi: *A black dog materializes from the mist and attempts to-...Oh, nevermind. The dog just appears and howls as it disappears before it could do its job and fail at it.*
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "..." *The boot hovers in the air for a second, then starts bobbing back and forth, waving its laces around like it just don' care.*
Dragoshi does the same as Boo Boot.
Scott Gibson: "Ha! Nice one!"
*He plays up some Jimi Hendrix* "Voodoo Child" and dances around with them.
Gibby wasn't quite as happy as the others, but at least Aetos was resting in piece... he thinks.
Mewthor: "Hmph... I guess you pass my test..."
Metal Man (GM): He laughs.
Aetos shimmers a bit, then stands, cracking his neck. "Augh... something nailed me right in the chin..."
Gibby: "...Aetos? Are you... ok?"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Badaboom, badabing, badabang."
Mewthor: "You can have this worthless sword, all the better to kill yourselves on it. Having attacked a defenseless man and killed a comrade, none eviler except The New Betrayer exist."
Aetos swiftly turns his head to Gibby. "Skyhigh dammit... The stupid marshmallow is here with his buddies..."
Dragoshi: "...And a corpseweed in a death tre-...There's a New Betrayer already?"
Aetos tilts his head back to.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "'Eeah, I'm one eebil sonofabitch, eh? Heheh."
Metal Man (GM): The case to the sword explodes... but things do not go exactly as planned. The sword itself floats up into the air.
Mewthor: "...I'm not the one making it do that."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...Eh?"
Gibby looks over at the sword.
Dragoshi: "...Are we gonna fight the sword, then...?"
Aetos: "NO! GET DOWN HERE!!"
*He runs at the sword.*
Gibby: "I hope not."
Dragoshi: "...This is a little freaky..."
Gibby: "Aetos, what are you---"
Metal Man (GM): It points itself at Aetos; the better for him to run onto it.
Scott Gibson: "Let's boogie."
Dragoshi scans the area with the Eye of Truth.
Metal Man (GM): SPD check, Aetos.
Dragoshi: You see... some sort of ghost!
Aetos tries to skid to a halt...
Metal Man (GM): Aetos skids to a halt.
Dragoshi: "...I see a ghost of some sort."
Scott Gibson: "Eh?"
Dragoshi: "Come out, ye phantom! Lest you be a coward!"
Aetos: "Ghost... " *Eye of Truth also*
"DROP THAT SWORD!"
*He 's arm envelopes in the wind buster.*
Gibby: "What would a ghost want with such a sword?"
Metal Man (GM): Upon further inspection, one sees... the energy to be coming from the sword itself.
Dragoshi: "...Okay, this doesn't make sense."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Ohh, a wise guy, eh?" *Its laces curl up into 'fists', and start circling like the fists of drunken Irish ready to brawl.*
Scott Gibson: "I think we're about to find out..."
Metal Man (GM): It spins around once, before suddenly slashing at the shoe.
The most likely near-miss chops a nearby boulder into two.
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *And the boot evades!*
Aetos extends his arm to the ghost. "Give me the sword!"
Metal Man (GM): You hear some sort of raspy noise.
???: "Ragaaaaarg!!!!!"
Dragoshi: "What the hell..."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *The spirit within the boot tunes into the voice, trying to understand it...*
Gibby: "Was that the ghost?"
Metal Man (GM): It sounds like a bunch of gibberish, but has a weird accent.
Gibby hears something;
Aetos reaches out with his hand to the sword. "Just lemme have it... so I can take it back!"
Gibby: "...I wonder..."
Dragoshi: "...Anyone got anything out of that?"
Scott Gibson: "Not a sausage."
Metal Man (GM): It moves away from Aetos.
Dragoshi: "Not a damn thing either, huh?"
Gibby: "Yeah... I did."
Mewthor: "Hm... it is what I think..."
Dragoshi: "What was it then, Gibby?"
Metal Man (GM): The sword spins around wildly overhead.
Aetos puts his hand back down. "WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS DAMNED SWORD?"
Mewthor: "I do not know, and I have read all of your minds."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...What was ye a-tryin' to say, swordie? I couldn't hear yas..."
Aetos acts wild. "Damned mind readers."
Gibby: "I'm not sure what to make of it."
Metal Man (GM): The sword then points at the boot, and then flies into the ground, writing 'KALES OMNI'
Aetos screams.
Dragoshi: "Just give u-...Kales omni?"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...Omni?"
Dragoshi: "...Where have I heard the name Kales before... !!."
Aetos: "SKYHIGH FUCKING DAMMIT. YOU DON'T EXIST ANYMORE."
Gibby: "Yeesh... what bad language."
Metal Man (GM): The words glow, and a projection of 'Kales' appears, holding the sword.
Dragoshi: "...So, this, is the Kales Brando I keep hearing about?"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Fr'm Kales Brando, da guy hoo uzhed dis swood..."
Metal Man (GM): Also, Julian is, uh, here, if he wants.
Aetos "covers his face. 'I hope to god Julian doesn't come and help... I need this sword..."
Kales' Imprint: "Eeeee... you killed me... but you did not kill the imprint. I would not let any Questers hold this. I hurled this into the magma, confident Mewthor would stop you... I was suspicious of that. This... is a hologram of sorts."
"Anyone who is a Questers who comes to possess me... shall be cleaved in two."
Julian Sawyer: *Speak of the devil! Julian walks his way out of the warp* "Keep gettin' calls 'bout missions I missed 'cause I was takin' a nap... What'd I miss th-..." *Gets a good look at the Kales hologram* "...It never fuckin' ends."
Metal Man (GM): It then fluctuates, and starts over.
Aetos slaps his face. "I fail at life."
Gibby: "...A hologram? That's all this was?"
Metal Man (GM): It then sees Julian.
Dragoshi: "...Is that a new catchphr-Right. Not the time."
Mewthor: "The sword is real. The imprint is some sort of curse."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...A brok'n rec'rd!"
Gibby: "So how do we get rid of this curse?"
Julian Sawyer: "...Who's this joker?"
Metal Man (GM): It flies at Julian, intending to stab him into the ground.
Dragoshi: "Any idea on how to deal with it?"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Ohh, be cahful! Dis swood's dangeroos!"
Julian Sawyer: "New people evry-AHH!" *Tries to get out of the way.*
Aetos grumbles. "You AREN'T taking that sword, Julian!!" Runs after it, and Julian.
Dragoshi: "...Thank you, captain obvious."
Metal Man (GM): It begins chasing Julian around; for it moves a bit slower than he does.
Mewthor: "It must be attempting to choose a user... the ancients weren't specific."
Dragoshi: "...Neither are you."
Mewthor: "However it also appears to... ow... Kales was trickier than I thought."
Gibby watches Julian be chased by the sword.
Scott Gibson: *Clears his throat* "Well ain't this an odd turn of events? Pretty trippy."
Gibby: "Well this is no good. That thing needs to be destroyed."
Julian Sawyer activates his rocket boots and gets aerial! "Hey! Anyone mind tryin' to stop this thing?!"
Metal Man (GM): A weird looking lizardman walks in, wearing his suit of armor, watching.
???: "That sword is no good except if you recite the name of it backwards three times."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Well, Aetos? Ya gonna try an' grab da handle while Jules is distractin' it?"
Aetos screeches to a halt, and runs to the lizard.
Gibby: "...What happens if I do that?"
Aetos: "Only you."
Dragoshi: "...To quote Julian, '...It never fuckin' ends.'"
???: "Otherwise it has been cursed to kill everyone."
Gibby: "And who are -you-?"
???: "If you do that, the enchantment will cease."
Dragoshi: "...Hmmm... What was the sword's name again?"
???: "I am one of the people Kales tricked into finding the weapon. I have been trapped here for many years... and only wish to help."
Gibby: "I see... well we appreciate your help."
Dragoshi: "That would be appreciated."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) *The boot looks to the lizard, then looks back down at the name inscribed in the ground.* "...Inmo Selak, Inmo Selak, Inmo Selak!"
Julian Sawyer: "What'd he say?!" *Kind of hard to hear while you're dodging a magical flying sword, you see.*
Kales' Imprint: "Thou speaketh nothing more than the incantation on this blade."
Aetos: "The sword ain't named after Kales."
Dragoshi: "...He means the name of the SWORD. Not the name of the being possessing it. Or imprint thereof."
Gibby: "I think it was new... new something."
???: "So, Aetos, you should say it, if you wish it."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Ooh... What's da schword's name?"
Gibby: "New..."
???: "Lest these people you seem to dislike get it."
Gibby scratches his head.
Aetos widens his eyes.
Scott Gibson: "Uh...?"
Gibby: "On the tip of my tongue."
Dragoshi: "The only reason we dislike him getting it would be due to the fact we'd rather lock it up somewhere else where no other evil could get it."
???: "Well? Do you know the name? Or do you just like seeing it chase the flying man?"
Julian Sawyer: "Anyone gonna answer me?!"
???: "Someone should say it. It isn't going to stop until he's dead."
Aetos turns to the sword. "This sword is not going to be Julian's! ttotllenhcS, ttotllenhcS, ttotllenhcS" Tries to pronounce that, though awkward.
Gibby yells to Julian. "You have to say the swords name backwards three times!"
Julian Sawyer: "...It's that easy?! Jesus, what the hell took you so long?!"
Metal Man (GM): It drops to the ground.
It's now... an inert sword... and in front of Aetos.
Gibby: "... Aetos, please reconsider this."
Julian Sawyer: "Finally..." *Julian deactivates his Rocket Boots and drops to the ground.*
Dragoshi: "...Quite."
Gibby: "That thing's too powerful. It has to be destroyed!"
Scott Gibson: "Do we really want Julian to obtain an uber powerful sword that's already tried to kill us?"
Mewthor: "I only guarded it so harshly because it needed to be protected. One day it will save the world."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Yesh, and we's gots ta take it to Death Mountain to do it! Or, wait..."
Julian Sawyer: "Who the hell said ANYTHIN' about me wantin' it?"
Dragoshi: "...Destroyed? It was CLEARLY stated that we would LOCK IT UP. Where the HELL did you get anything about destroying it from, Gibby?!"
Scott Gibson: "It's better that a homicidal wind boy but... y'know... it's Julian..."
Aetos squints his eyes, snapping his fingers to mute them all, besides Mewthor and the lizard.
Mewthor: "I was created by the ancients in the mold of Mew to protect it... like this... 'Mewtwo' you think of."
Gibby: "I got it from my own opinion of i--" *Muted*
Julian Sawyer: "It never ends, what with people puttin' words in m-" *Oops, muted.*
Dragoshi: "...Right." *Muted*
Aetos picks up the blade and turns to the lizard. "We need to go back to that factory now..."
Gibby: "It's my belief, not Metal's or anyone else's."
???: "For what purpose?"
Aetos: "To save the universes."
Dragoshi: "...I see. But, still. I have orders to follow." *Saying this in sign language to Gibby.*
Aetos: "Those suits are what made up Kuja's infantry? They are connected to that moonbase, right?"
Gibby just stares at Dragoshi with a weird look on his face. .oO(...I wish I knew sign language)
Aetos: "The white ships have to be stopped, next."
Julian Sawyer's got his dex open, recording the conversation. He's been muted before...
Aetos takes off the wind vacuum around the group.
Scott Gibson jumps around looking like he's screaming muted obscenities and generally seeming to complain about always being muted when Aetos is around. Though only his actions and flapping mouth can really be seen and nothing heard.
Aetos: "Tell me, did the Dimensional Cannon become destroyed?"
Dragoshi notices Gibby not understanding anything, so pulls out his Dex, and texts what he just said to Gibby.
Julian Sawyer: "...What's this about white ships, Aetos?"
Scott Gibson: "MARTHA FRACK'N BRFACKN... Uhh...*Ahem*...sorry."
Aetos: "The Dimensional Cannon! Is it decommissioned?"
Gibby looks over at his dex, and nods in agreement. He still wanted that thing destroyed."
Julian Sawyer: "It's BEEN decommissioned. You was THERE when it happened!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Cannon go boom, in tha wrong way!"
Aetos: "I knew it. These things always happen when it's too late."
Mewthor: *Looks around* "I shall fade to a more home-like place. My purpose is to guard the other artifacts... as this one is in... ... ...the hands of people who will take it away from this dimension, technically protecting 'us' from it."
Dragoshi: *Texting to Gibby* "I see You do have a valid point, though. hmmm, maybe after whatever uses it has fulfilled have happened, we could, iunno, destroy it."
Metal Man (GM): He vanishes.
Julian Sawyer: "See, there you go again, sayin' stuff without explainin' what you sayin'!"
Aetos tosses those notes onto the ground before Julian.
He turns back to the lizard. "Can you tell me, what's your name?"
Julian Sawyer picks them up and reads them...
Gibby texts back to Drag. "But with the way things are going, I doubt we'll have much of a chance to do anything with it."
Dragoshi: *Texts back*"Yea, prtty much. That's... Quite the problem actually"
???: "I... am unsure. My name... does not matter, though."
Gibby: *Text* "We'll just have to wait things out for awhile."
Julian Sawyer yells at Gibby and Drag. "Hey! Can you two stop with the clickity-clack? Tryin' to read important info over here..."
Aetos: "Do you know if that factory has anything more that can help stop those ships?"
Scott Gibson wonders about the possibility of using the Dimensional Cannon as a tourist destination... tourguides. .oO(And here is the place where the Questers did all sorts of stuff and busted Kuja's dimensional cannon.)
Editor's Note: It happened to be relevant to so many plots, may as well.
Dragoshi: "...Right."
???: "This factory? It'd take a couple years to produce suits; and the suits left are inferior quality."
Julian Sawyer: "...This is big." *Does the Dex have some kind of scanner/fax function?*
Scott Gibson: *Mutters to self* "Hm... that's an idea that'll bring in some cash for the band."
???: "In sum, there is a command post and enough to operate a semi-Kuja-style outpost. But that could not stop the ships, if they exist."
Aetos: "It's true... they say the cannon was destroyed... but..."
*He turns to the group.* "Did you see any funny, white ships fly into space?"
Dragoshi: "...Yea, come to think of it..."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...Five of 'em. We blew one of 'em up, do!"
Julian Sawyer decides to call up Mets on the ol' Dexotron... "Hey! Mets! What would you do if I said we got potentially catastrophic information over here?"
Dragoshi: "...Yep."
Smash Dex: "Out of range."
Julian Sawyer: *...Damn.*
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "...Well, blew up da sixchth one, anywayz."
Dragoshi: *Nod.*
Aetos: "Was it active when you did do?..."
Julian Sawyer: "...Damn." *Julian flips it shut* "We gotta get these notes to Mets right away. If this all true, somethin' big's goin' down. We gotta get ready."
Aetos: "No kidding, Julian. I have a speech copy on my dex, so keep those, or pass them to the others to read."
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Well... It wasch about ready ter launch, but waschn't up dere yet. In da countdown, 'do."
Aetos once again turns to the lizard.
"Are... you positive you can't come with us?"
"A life alone has no meaning."
Julian Sawyer tries setting up a Warp back to base then.
Metal Man (GM): He looks conflicted for a moment, picking up a bit of debris and staring at it.
???: "But this is the only place I feel at home. Not even my lizard kin would recognize me any more... I shall only come to inform you about what I know here, as another piece of paper like what you have there."
Aetos: "You... don't even have to live on Turion now. You can come to Nintendus with us. It's no longer under Kuja's rule."
Metal Man (GM): Julian manages to set up a warp nearby... just a little walk away.
*brb one moment, however*
MISSION COMPLETE - +10,000 coins
+3000 EXP to everybody but Julian @_@
+1000 more to Aetos for past stuff
Julian Sawyer quickly heads for the warp, yelling back at the others. "C'mon! No time to lollygag! Urgent world-in-peril news we gotta get to Mets!"
The Wraith: (Boo Boot) "Aye-aye, d00d!" *Das boot flies on through the warp.*
Dragoshi: .oO(Thank you captain frickin; obvious) *Zooms into the warp.*
Scott Gibson: "Thems the brakes. Let's go Rox!" *Heads into the warp with Roxy following. She hasn't done anything but fly him in.*
Metal Man (GM): Okay, 500 EXP to Julian. But I'll make up for that thing later... because...
*WARP* The Questers themselves warp home, with ???... but already, things are happening.
El Cinema
Scott Gibson: "Home sweet home..."
Julian Sawyer: (((((( El Cinema for realz ))))))
Metal Man (GM): Aboard the Valhalla, in the middle of nowhere, the hologram of Gerald stands, looking at Nintendus. He rubs his fake hands together.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "At last... I shall get my revenge against those worthless humans... they may have taken my body, and my soul, but my mind! Can live forever on in computers... ha ha ha..."
Metal Man (GM): The bridge suddenly lights up; he looks behind him, and you can see the outline of a base on the first moon; nay, it is docked there.
The camera flies behind him and outside, showing the moon base, itself dilapidated, with occasional corpses about.
It zooms in on a terminal, which appears stuck, playing the same message... one of a bunch of Kuja soldiers and officials in their armor and business suits.
*static.*
Soldier: "It has been three months, and no contact has been made. We are beginning to run low on supplies. People have been dying by the hundreds, as this former colony has found no real sustenance."
Metal Man (GM): *Static* A bit later; now about three people.
The same Soldier stands, thinner.
Soldier: "More have died. We are not even able to find much water; our systems have broken down."
Metal Man (GM): The hologram finally turns on to show a wasteland; and an automated (recorded) message.
Computer: "All occupants have died. All occupants have died. Dimensional Cannon uplink center detected. No response. Hibernation mode activated."
Metal Man (GM): The camera then flies by the various empty places, reaching a command center which hasn't been used in years.
A version of Gerald's hologram walks inside, inspecting the area.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "What a waste of my technology... Kuja had no right to subject it to abandonment!" *He begins turning it on.*
Metal Man (GM): The monitors flicker; it shows complete uplink with 7 ships.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Hm. Not so bad after all... especially for AIs. The lack of air shall prevent any incursion. Although this room appears to, troublesomely, still have life support."
Metal Man (GM): He flips another switch, and, the camera zooms out, showing a semi-massive town of metal buildings lighting up; the white ships fully visible.
Now standing at the newly revived command post, he begins to type in some commands.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Hm... yes. All weapons online and FUNCTIONAL! Now... for a target. Hmm... hmmm..."
Metal Man (GM): The massive, 3D aiming system boots up, showing the planets; the station's range extends to the edge of Nintendus' atmosphere... but appears to have full range on the Second Moon.
He looks at it... and laughs.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Yes... yes! No one lives there! I shall test my weapons there, and no one shall notice."
Metal Man (GM): He presses a button; alarms go off, and some really huge-looking ion cannons start firing blue lasers at the Second Moon.
Meanwhile, at the Second Moon. (Assuming Charles is here.)
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "I don't intend to bother you, but there are... massive ion lasers flying at us."
Charles Magellean: "..."
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "They don't seem aimed specifically at us, but..." *BOOM! BOOM. BOOOOOM!!!* "...They're getting closer."
Charles Magellean: "The Gerald virus has launched the first strike. It is official. War has begun."
Metal Man (GM): *BOOOM* The entire base shakes.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Direct hit. Shields at 90%."
Charles Magellean: "!!"
F.A.Y.T.H.: "At this rate we will be toast."
Charles Magellean holds on to an edge of a wall.
"Bob, can we return fire?"
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "Maximum power to longest range defense laser... may hit them. However, the base, or, what I think is a base, because it's showing up as a dome-shaped mountain with nothing in or outside of it, is rather far range to us."
Metal Man (GM): *BLAM.*
F.A.Y.T.H.: "85%. Indirect hit."
Charles Magellean lets go of the wall and falls to the ground. "Confounded thing!"
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "These lasers possess attributes only Kuja's weapons would have. I don't understand how someone would have that."
Charles Magellean gets to one of the chairs and sits in it firmly.
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "Well. Neo-Earthians are rumored to match it, but they're too far away to hit us!"
Charles Magellean: "Begin the counterattack. Fire on my mark."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Attempts to hail the 'mountain-shaped laser shooter' have failed. Preparing counterattack."
Metal Man (GM): *BLAM* This hit shakes the base.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "75%."
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "I have never seen such a laser, actually... the ones of this power would wear out by now. And yet there's enough blue lasers coming forth to blind the sun."
Charles Magellean can only idly wait for the AIs to finish their trajectories and such.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Ready to fire."
Metal Man (GM): *BOOOM.*
F.A.Y.T.H.: "A grazing hit. 72%."
Charles Magellean raises his index and middle fingers up, like a gun. Slightly bending his thumb so that it is somewhat over the bottom of his index finger, he lowers it 90 degrees and says "Fire."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Laser fired."
Metal Man (GM): The camera momentarily moves outside of the Second Moon and follows the laser.
It flies in and strikes a force field on the base. Zooming in on Gerald, it seems he is outraged.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "What? Somebody was in the way of my lasers? Gaaaaaahhhh! Now they will tell everyone before I can sneak attack! This... cannot be allowed. Hm... but... I have something which will work."
"Activate... Top Secret Project M15A22."
Computer: "Danger: Project is unstable. Launch anyway?"
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "You know what I'm saying, computer. Launch it or I reprogram you into a toaster!"
Computer: "Affirmative."
Metal Man (GM): Some sort of weird-lookin' device flies off of the base. Meanwhile, at the second moon...
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "That's odd... the firing stopped."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Incoming UFO."
Charles Magellean: "The virus become made aware of someone or something here. Perhaps he sent one of his 'devices' to take care of us."
"Activate the viewscreen."
Metal Man (GM): The viewscreen shows a sleek-looking, saucer-shaped vehicle, with a spinning disc centered around a single fixed rim; in other words, the stereotypical UFO.
Charles Magellean: "Magnify."
Metal Man (GM): The magnification zooms in; it's jet black, with one light atop the rim, and lights running around the rapidly spinning part. It also has some strange sort of raygun lowering from the bottom side.
The raygun lowers fully and charges up.
Charles Magellean: "Brace for impact."
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "We must act quickly. That weapon is violating physics."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "Manual override; destroy target with laser. Firing!!"
Metal Man (GM): Before you can stop Fayth, a red laser strikes the object, shoving it a little to the left... and none too soon.
The ray just barely misses the base... and erases the land next to it from existence, leaving a square-shaped pit where it once was.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "...We couldn't have blocked that. It would have followed into the base from the generators and erased us all."
Metal Man (GM): The UFO moves back into place, now firing at the shield with conventional weapons while charging up again.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "We can't shake it. We only dealt 1% its shield in damage, and lack the power to knock it down."
Charles Magellean: "It was your superior thinking that calculated what it was capable of."
Bob, Lord of Electric Death: "The Questers are not on Nintendus. Metal Man cannot arrive in time. ...But... ???"
Charles Magellean: "I told you, the Questers are no longer reliable so don't bot---"
Metal Man (GM): The ship nearly completes charging, when a familiar gun-armed MTA flies in and collides into the UFO.
Jeff Maxwell: (Comms) "Did you think I'd let this thing erase you all that easily?"
Charles Magellean puts his head to a fist and rests the head on it with the arm being held by the chair.
Jeff Maxwell: "It's lucky my new transportation device worked... you'd be goners! Ugh!"
Metal Man (GM): The ship shoves it back and begins wildly firing at it, damaging it in several places. An intercepted comms message is heard.
Charles Magellean: "Well done, Mr. Maxwell. Perhaps we can you see in action--"
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "Leave my ship be, fool. Only the Lunarian need die."
Jeff Maxwell: "I don't salute Kuja; neither should you!"
Charles Magellean: .oO(So this is the half-friend Ricky called. Very unlikely pick, but fitting for this crisis.)
Jeff Maxwell: "Now... I shall hold this thing off; Meta Knight's ship is coming... but I don't think that'll work, either. I scanned it; what little I picked up indicated rare metals and alloys beyond our technology. It posesses none other than an advanced shield exceeding the X-zone shield."
"See?"
Metal Man (GM): He fires at it with a fully charged blast.
The shield eats it, but doesn't seem to budge.
F.A.Y.T.H.: "We have no choice but to keep it from getting a lock, for now. You may wish to evacuate, sir. I doubt we will have safety for long."
"Sensors indicate the ion cannons are charging up for another volley."
Charles Magellean: "This monstrosity was most likely created by Professor Gerald when he was still alive, and I'll be damned if this thing will force me from my home. It is my duty as a Lunarian to protect my homeworld."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "You need not leave the planet; however it is bent on destroying this base. I can send some machines with the materials to build another."
Charles Magellean: "Your alternatives have been considered, Fayth. I will be here until the end to make sure nothing is sacrificed."
F.A.Y.T.H.: "As you--" *BAM* "Wish..."
Metal Man (GM): And we must pause here; as Jeff Maxwell struggles a losing battle against a seemingly invincible UFO, and blue lasers fly at the Lunarian base more and more.
Gerald himself, however, is not pleased; in fact, he's crazy angry.
Gerald Robotnik Hologram: "What was once a weapons test... may yet ruin my plans."
Metal Man (GM): *Fadeout.*