Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 381: Passworded Shipwreck
Date: February 8th, 2007.
Metal Man (GM): The group stands before a castle made out of the nose of a crashed Three Powers ship. A force field blocks their way in, and two guards with scythes are still standing in the way.
???1: "To pass you must not guess!"
???2: "The Man listens to no one."
Alexia: "...Okay..."
Dragoshi: .oO(Yeesh. These guys are like chainsaw wind. Annoying and deadly.)
Garrick: *sits there in front of them, cross legged.* "...this is getting frustrating..."
???1: "Indeed!"
???2: "Certainly!"
Dragoshi: "Yep."
Traon: And again, a warp opens up and this time Traon comes out feet first. He lands somewhat smoothly, maybe a bit with a thump, but nonetheless, he is standing. He looks up with a small smile and simply says. "Traon's janitorial services reporting. Anyone need a cleaning?"
Dragoshi: "...Hiya."
Garrick: "You're trying to frustrate me."
Alexia: "Yeah--hi--I think they are. Hrm... Xyzzy?"
Garrick: *starts and looks back at Alexia with an eyebrow raised.*
Dragoshi: *Does the same.*
Traon: "You know... Last time I got involved with you loons, I nearly died... Whats up this time?"
Garrick: "That's like saying 'Zeeky boogy doog.'"
???1: "We do not listen to meaningless phrases."
Dragoshi: "..." *Looks around to see if anything explodes or somethin'.*
???2: "Leave... or... leave!"
Garrick: "...who killed all those people back there."
???1: "Who killed your attempt to enter?"
???2: "They are the same!"
Dragoshi: "You two, of course. Unless, there is more depth to that answer and it involves this man you keep mentioning, then, eh..."
Alexia: "Hmmm... I have an idea."
Traon: "I'd just like to know who these two are... Is that to much to ask?"
Garrick: "I'm running out of them, so by all means."
Dragoshi: "...Shoot."
???1: "We are the Dread Lords."
Garrick: "They're protecting what we need inside. They won't let us in, but they won't attack."
???2: "Double the trouble with none of the rubble."
Alexia: "That ship blocked our way, right? So who blasted it down?"
Traon: "Hmm... So Dread Lords... I'm a volunteer janitor for small and large businesses and I go from place to place to help clean up things. Since you two are fine beings, I'm sure you don't like getting your hands dirty, would you like for me to go in and clean up the place for you?"
???1: "The man does everything."
???2: "You need ask no more."
Traon: "Suit yourself, I'm sure 'the man' can reach high places with his hands alone, but I tried to offer my assistance." He looks at the others. "Well, I'm out of ideas."
Garrick: "...so... it's all about this man. Where is this man?"
???1: "He will not see you without... permission."
???2: "You have not proven yourselves worthy of knowing more of him."
Garrick: "And just how to we prove ourselves worthy?"
???1: "You must find a way to touch us."
???2: "Your perspectives are weakened by your inability to do so!"
Garrick: "Ah ha... so we finally have a set task."
Dragoshi: "Mhm."
Garrick: *thinks for a moment, then picks up a small stone and tosses it toward number 1.*
Alexia: "So what would happen if this man dies?"
???1: "That... is up to you."
Metal Man (GM): The stone hits the field and bounces off. Reflected.
???2: "We do not know."
Garrick: "...hm."
Dragoshi: "..."
Garrick: "The barrier deflects physical things... Dragoshi, do you know any magic?"
Traon: "So if we used some sort of energy emitting device..."
Garrick: "Or maybe Alexia's mind powers?"
Dragoshi: "...Yea. I know some magic, but I bet it'll be reflected back as well..."
???1: "Deflection of physical things? You are quite un-right!"
???2: "Why else would we be designed this way for this plight!"
Garrick: "...ah, so maybe not ALL physical things..."
Dragoshi: "...Possibly."
Garrick: "Weapons, definitely... and stay objects, as well as regular flesh."
Traon: "Well lets see, that rock you threw probably had a blunt surface area... Why not try something with a fine point?"
Garrick: "I've tried my sword already, though not hard."
Alexia: "What about this?"
Garrick: "But, attacking them wouldn't work..."
Alexia forms a Psy Needle on her fingertip.
Garrick: "Nah, no attacks. Nothing in anger... or hatred... maybe it's that--...hmm..."
Alexia: "Got it."
Metal Man (GM): They glance at Alexia.
Garrick: *walks over to guy number 2.*
Alexia dispels the Needle.
Metal Man (GM): Then they continue looking normal.
Garrick: *hesitates.* "...Alexia..."
Traon: "What about energy control? That barrier has to be made up of energy, so its common sense that something can control it?"
Scott Gibson stands there trying to grasp the situation.
Garrick: "...form that needle doodad again."
Alexia: "...Okay." *She forms another Needle.*
Garrick: "...poke him with it."
Leo stands there as well trying to figure out what's going on.
Scott Gibson: "So, ever consider base jumping, Leo?"
Metal Man (GM): They glance at Alexia again.
Alexia blinks, but reaches over and pricks the first guy with the Needle.
Leo: "...If you mean jumping off a cliff then no."
Alexia: "Suit yourself."
Metal Man (GM): Alexia stabs the field with the point.
Scott Gibson: "Ah, nevermind then."
Metal Man (GM): The sharp point of the needle goes through the field. However it doesn't go far enough. Not strong enough... just one needle, being poked at it.
Leo: "But I think I would do it again, for kicks."
Garrick: "...well, son of a bitch..."
Scott Gibson: "Seems like fun."
Garrick: *draws his sword, taking the point of the blade and pressing it through the field slowly, making to just touch the guy.*
Leo: "Besides the extreme pain, it kinda was."
Scott Gibson: "That's what the parachute is for."
Leo: "Ahh."
Traon: "Let me give it a try." He withdraws his naginata and approaches the barrier. "Seven feet of wonder... Lets give this a try." Like Garrick is doing, he approaches the barrier and slowly stabs the point of his blade into the barrier.
Metal Man (GM): The point pokes through the field. He sidesteps it. Traon's blade also pokes through the barrier.
Garrick: "...oh, you little..."
Leo: "So, what do you think there trying to do?"
Alexia: "..."
Dragoshi: *Pulls out his dagger, and walks up to the barrier, and slowly stabs the point of his blade through the barrier.*
Alexia snaps her fingers.
Traon smiles and looks at Garrick. "I have an idea."
Alexia: "Surround him."
Traon: "Exactly."
Dragoshi: "...Waaaiiit." *Puts dagger away... Pulls out Knifeman's Arm.* "...Muuuch better."
Metal Man (GM): So... the blades poke through, but that isn't good enough to hit them.
Garrick: *coordinates with Traon, surrounding him as much as he can to touch the guy. Not HURT him, but touch him.*
Alexia steps around, following the others's lead to get into position.
Metal Man (GM): They stand... just slightly far away from the furthest you could put the blades alone in.
Dragoshi: *Follows suit with the other two.*
???1: "So close..."
???2: "So far away!"
Alexia forms a Needle. "On the count of three."
Garrick: "Just throw it at them."
Alexia: "One..."
Traon: "Ready when you all are. And if this doesn't work, I have another idea."
Alexia: "Two..."
Dragoshi: "...'K."
Leo: "SEVENTY-ELEVEN!!"
Alexia: "Three." *She rears back and flings the Needle at the field.*
Garrick: *...waits to see where he moves to catch him with the tip of his blade.*
Traon once again stabs the naginata into the field.
Dragoshi: *Does the same as Garrick... Yanno, just in case one might not be enough.*
Metal Man (GM): They stand just out of range of stabbing.
???1: "You lack depth perception."
???2: "Deepness beyond your souls."
Garrick: "...hm."
Traon: "Depth perception... Maybe instead of two of them, they are playing tricks on our eyes and there's actually only one."
Garrick: *sheaths his sword... then tries something else... he pokes the field with his finger.*
Metal Man (GM): The finger is blocked. It is too blunt.
Leo: "Have you tried magic?"
Garrick: "No, don't wanna mess with magic."
Scott Gibson just randomly dances like the white-boy he is.
Leo: "Ok."
Garrick: "...hm..."
Dragoshi: "..."
Traon: "A naginata is also meant for throwing... But I don't know if I want to lose this thing quite yet..."
Garrick: "...I gots it. ...or... I think I do." *walks away from the field and sits down on the ground. There, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out 100 coins.*
Dragoshi: "...Zuh?"
Leo: "Hmmm, have you tried crossing your eyes and stabbing them when they connect with each other? I mean they did say something about depth perception. Just a thought, that's all."
Traon: "The spacial distance between objects... We lack the ability to perceive that?"
Scott Gibson: "I thought they said 'dance perception.'"
Leo: "..."
Garrick: *mutters quietly under his breath, then places his hands on the ground next to the coins.*
Leo starts to laugh at Scott.
Alexia slaps Leo.
Leo: "What the hell?!"
Dragoshi: "...Dance perception? That's just ridiculous."
Alexia: "Don't laugh at other's misfortune unless it's really funny."
Leo: "I thought it was."
Traon: "There are three dimensions at which we look at things. There's our X axis, the Y axis, and of course the Z axis... Is there a fourth one in there that we don't know about, or are they toying with our minds?"
Dragoshi: "...Eh. I guess it was worth a chuckle or two."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick creates... a massive long pole with a sharp edge.
Scott Gibson: "If Julian was here I'd ask him to lay down a beat."
Garrick: "I call this my pokin' stick."
Scott Gibson: "Too bad it ain't a boom-stick."
Alexia: "A what?"
Garrick: *takes his pokin' stick and reaches out and touches someone. Namely, one of those guys.*
Metal Man (GM): They sidestep. The pole isn't all the way in yet, however.
Garrick: *walks forward!*
Traon: "You know, I never did think about the fact that if you puncture the barrier, you can probably keep on walking through the breach."
Metal Man (GM): Garrick keeps on walking. To the point even his hand is there... he can just walk on in, with the assistance of a point in front of him.
Garrick: *walks on in, moves up to the guy, and SLAPS him.*
Scott Gibson stops dancing, standing on one foot with arms spread mid-dance-step.
Garrick: "I touched you."
Scott Gibson: "Wait, couldn't I just have used my pike? That glowy-blue-pike-thingy I never used?"
Dragoshi: "...Huh." *Walks as close to the barrier as he can.* "'Cause it prolly' wouldn't reach."
Traon: "I have a four foot pole with a three foot blade on it... How can that not reach?"
???1: "But your friends are still outside."
Leo: "...I never did like learning stuff like this."
???2: "It is not worth killing one man at a time!"
Traon: "Not for long." he takes his naginata and once again stabs it into the barrier, only this time he keeps going.
Garrick: "You think you can kill me?"
Dragoshi: *Does the same as Traon, but with Knifeman's arm.*
???1: "Two to one."
???2: "Bad odds for anyone."
Garrick: "Make that three to two."
Alexia forms another Needle and follows suit.
Garrick: *glances to Dragoshi and Traon.*
Alexia: "Four to two."
Leo: *does the same as Dragoshi, but with his sword.*
Scott Gibson uses his little bit of N.O. to pull his pike out and waltzes poking his pike on through.
Leo: "Don't forget about me."
Garrick: "And that'd be six to two. Bad odds for you, doesn't it seem?"
Dragoshi: "Three for each of you. Fun, no?"
Traon: "I can see it now. They are thinking, 'Yes, three to each of us, still doesn't sound fair to you.' But I could be wrong." He said in a mocking manner.
Scott Gibson: "I'm fixin' to shove this pike up some robot ass."
Leo: "This looks like fun. Lets kick there asses."
Alexia glances at Scott.
Scott Gibson: "What?"
Alexia: "You're getting dangerously close to becoming Julian there."
Scott Gibson: "Oh... My bad." ^^;
???1: "You have passed the barrier."
???2: "Now you shall pass on to your afterlives!"
Scott Gibson: "As if..."
Dragoshi: "...Like hell we will."
Scott Gibson: "You dunno who you're dealin' with."
Leo: "Hope you're ready to die."
Garrick: "This will be kinda fun."
Dragoshi: "Yeeep."
Traon: "Hey I have over three thousand kids to go home to. I'm not dying just yet."
Scott Gibson: "Oh yeah. Whoa, three-HUNDRED? Hell's Bells... Talk about a busy guy."
Dragoshi: "...Thousand."
Leo: "...He said thou---THOUSAND?!"
Traon: "I'm a janitor, I can't help it that the kids at the schools I clean like me."
Dragoshi: "...Makes sense."
Leo: "Hmmm..."
Scott Gibson: "... Oh."
Leo: "Yeah."
Garrick: "...heh."
Scott Gibson: "Wrrrrrrrong idea I had there. Sorry, man."
Traon: "Not to mention my second job... But the kids would freak if they knew about it."
Dragoshi: "..." *Facepalms, then chuckles.*
Leo: "What's that?"
Traon: "On the side I'm a hitman slash mercenary."
Dragoshi: *Would it be safe to switch out weapons now?* "...Ah. Fun."
Leo: "...Cool."
Scott Gibson: "Fun job... ever considered band management? Same deal."
Traon: "Sorry, I don't like the bango."
Garrick: *draws his weapons immediately.*
Traon already has his weapon out.
Leo: *draws his sword.*
Scott Gibson puts his pike back in his head and whips out his Gibson SG.
Leo: *again...*
Alexia pulls out her trusty Lighttech pistol.
Scott Gibson: "I'd dual wield with my Moderne or Rick but I can't play without a second hand."
Dragoshi: *...Then again, maybe not. He puts Knifeman's arm away and quickly draws out the Vendetta Machinegun.*
Scott Gibson plays a battle anthem, AC/DC "Send for the Man".
Metal Man (GM): Guardian 1 spins his scythe and slashes at Garrick 6 times in rapid succession.
Garrick: *is dead anyway.* @.@
Metal Man (GM): The second Guardian swings his scythe high above his head, then hammers it with vertical heavy slashes thrice at Dragoshi.
Guardian1: "You are without thought."
Guardian2: "Now you die."
Dragoshi: *...Uh-oh... Drag's in range for some Fel Contract action...* "...Your aim needs work."
Traon grunts in a rage and charges at the Guardian 1, he sweeps his naginata in a vertical fashion in the mid-area. He follows this up by jumping back and doing a basic stab.
Metal Man (GM): He blocks the stab with his scythe.
Traon: "Gah." He backs up and reconsiders his next move and then back off.
Dragoshi: *...Drag's near death. ...Can you guess what time it is?* *...Seriously, though. It's Fel Contract time! Now, as per usual, Drag readies said contract, chants, signs contract in own blood, cloak is incinerated, Drag's struck down by a massive surge of electricity...*
???1: "A contract with the devil?"
???2: "A tame thing."
Liche Helldusk: *Then gets kickass scorched-earth colored armor, rises up as a liche.* "...Heh."
Leo dashes up to Guardian 1, after looking around for any pits, and goes hack & slash to the XTREME on him.
???1: "The cliff is over there."
???2: "Use it well!"
Metal Man (GM): One... two hits. They are Scythe masters.
Leo: *to himself.* "Guess I gotta over do it with the lightning again..."
Scott Gibson starts the show... "It's showtime!" He whips up his SG into a playing position and immediately starts into a fast and furious solo. Not leaving out any tricks in the book. His fingers glide up and down the fingerboard until it gets hot enough to crackle to life with flames... He channels the flames into two flaming skulls with fangs bared and hollow eyes glaring into the dreadlords. He launches the screaming abomination at them. "HEATSEEKER!!!"
Metal Man (GM): Miss, hit.
???1: "Get N or Get out."
???2: "Or just don't do either."
Scott Gibson flips them off again.
Metal Man (GM): Guardian1 chuckles and spins his scythe, slashing at Scott in rapid succession. Guardian2 does his mine-pick style attack at Leo.
Leo gets chopped into pieces.
Scott Gibson gets slashed all to hell.
Garrick: *revives, not looking at all happy. He grips his weaponry and zips over to number 1, his sword slashing into him twice over before he leaps back and unloads a huge shockwave at the BOTH of them.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit miss hit.
Traon again charges at Guardian 1, only this time he focuses all his power into his left arm, which soon starts to glow red, when he gets to the Guardian he abruptly stops and arcs his weapons at the enemy, forming a crimson wave.
Metal Man (GM): He just barely deflects it with his scythe. The other would be hit, had Traon not been deflected.
Traon again grunts and leaps into the air and charges his attack and brings it down on 1 again.
Metal Man (GM): Another miss... Traon's still in front of 'em.
Liche Helldusk: "..." *He stands there, concentrating, causing... A mech! It takes Drag's machinegun, firing the reddish-orange tractor beam o death at Guardian 1!*
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Liche Helldusk: *And, another!*
Metal Man (GM): He takes the hit, but continues standing.
Liche Helldusk: *This time, Drag aims the machinegun at Guardian 1, and fires what appears to be a laser amethyst shard at him... It. Whatever.*
Scott Gibson revives but instead of attacking he bides his time.
Metal Man (GM): Guardian1 spins his scythe at Traon. Guardian2 tries to pickaxe Garrick.
Garrick: *is...* *...nah, dead.*
Liche Helldusk: *...Goin' for broke on this life, don'tcha know.*
Metal Man (GM): Broke? Sounds like it to me.
Liche Helldusk: *An albatross swoops down as three laser darts are fired from the machinegun- All aimed at Guardian 1!*
Metal Man (GM): Hit. Miss miss miss.
Leo: *Quick Revive.* *After Leo gets back up he hurls two bolts of lightning at Guardian 2.*
Metal Man (GM): Only one, and Leo hit #2. #1 is extremely more damaged than #2.
Scott Gibson, having conserved his energy, now holds a full hand of it and is ready to dispense some serious hurt... He selects Dreadlord #1 and flips his guitar around in his hand. "Hope you like your trip... on the Highway to Hell!" Scott whips his guitar back and launches his assault at the dreadlord. He swings 1... 2...3... 4...times. Each a mighty swing! "BALLBREAKER!"
Metal Man (GM): Miss miss miss hit.
Dreadlord1: "You fight hard... but I am also great with my defense!"
Scott Gibson: "Touche'..."
Metal Man (GM): Dreadlord 1 spins his scythe and goes to chop up Leo. Dreadlord 2 swings his pickaxe-stance at Scott.
Leo: "...Uh oh---GAHHHHHHHHHHH THE PAIN!!"
Liche Helldusk: *Yeaaaaaa... Time limit's over... Dammit. Loses life...*
Leo: *dies.* *1 life left.*
Garrick: *revives... again.*
Dreadlord1: "You may be powerful, but our powers appear great at stripping you of lives."
Scott Gibson dodges two swings but the first clocks him pretty heavily.
Dreadlord2: "You shall never see The Man."
Garrick: "God, SHUT UP!" *FIRES an exploding round at number 1.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit. He still stands, a large hole in his shoulder.
Garrick: *he then rushes forward and slashes into him twice over.*
Dreadlord1: "Touch..." *Falls into three pieces.* "...e`..."
Metal Man (GM): Dreadlord1 is dead.
Scott Gibson: "One down... One to go..."
Garrick: "I touched you. I touched you into PIECES."
Dreadlord2: "You are only beginning your fight... The Man does not allow anyone to find him. I shall see to it you all die."
Scott Gibson: "Ain't likely..."
Traon gets up a bit slowly and wipes a bit of blood off his chin. "Bastard." he then goes into a fixed rage and goes into an aggressive attack on Guardian 2. He charges at him and then starts a dance with his weapon, he slashes down, then up then horizontally. As he dance its seems the dead spirits are drifting about him. "Dance of the Dead!"
Metal Man (GM): Miss^3. All miss.
Traon annoyingly returns to normal and just goes for another crimson wave.
Dragoshi: *...Quick Revive. Double flip kick at Dreadlord2.*
Metal Man (GM): Miss miss miss hit.
Leo: *Quick Revive.* *After Leo gets back up he hurls a bolt of lightning at Guardian 2.*
Scott Gibson goes after Dreadlord 2 with extreme prejudice swinging a homerun "Shake Your Foundations" followed by a stunning "Snowballed" strike and finishing the whole damn thing off with another "Ballbreaker" to the face!
Metal Man (GM): Miss hit hit.
Scott Gibson: "Time to rock out!"
Metal Man (GM): He spins his staff and goes to pickaxe Garrick.
Dreadlord2: "Now it is you turn... to be touched."
Dragoshi: *Tries to intercept that...*
Metal Man (GM): He hits Dragoshi instead of Garrick.
Dreadlord2: "...Get out of my way."
Dragoshi: *Takes two of those hits, then...* "Fuck you. ..." *Flips off Dreadlord two and hisses at him.*
Garrick: *jams his gun over Dragoshi's shoulder and unloads a series of blasts repeatedly, then leaps over and brings his heel down hard on top of his head.*
Metal Man (GM): Hit miss hit hit hit miss.
Traon cracks his knuckles and looks at number 2. "I grow tired of this." He charges forward and makes for a crimson slash, vertical attack up.
Metal Man (GM): Hit.
Traon follows this up with his crimson wave.
Metal Man (GM): Hit. He's gettin' it now.
Scott Gibson: "Pour the hurt on, dudes!"
Dragoshi: "..." *Goes for a flip kick, followed by a Tidal Blast, and then...*
Metal Man (GM): Miss hit CRIT miss hit.
Dragoshi: *And a pair of throwing scythes in a death tree!*
Metal Man (GM): Miss miss.
Leo unloads two more bolts of lightning at the remaining Dreadlord.
Metal Man (GM): Hit miss.
Leo: "Damn it, just die already!"
Dreadlord2: "You first."
Leo: "..."
Dragoshi: "No, no. We INSIST."
Leo is starting to look worried.
Garrick: *should be the worried one...*
Scott Gibson: "You're gonna be rust far before we are."
Dreadlord2: "You do not know... The Man."
Garrick: "Ten bucks says it's a chick."
Leo: "Heh, you're on."
Scott Gibson kicks into another hellacious solo but instead collects electricity. He forms four sparking balls of electricity and fires them off like a shotgun at the Dreadlord. "You've been... THUNDERSTRUCK!!!"
Metal Man (GM): Hit hit miss miss.
Scott Gibson: "Hell..." Scott strikes the opening chords to that song..."Send for the Man!"
Leo gets in a defensive stance.
Scott Gibson: "We'll find his ass anyway."
Metal Man (GM): Guardian2 hammers away at Dragoshi for blocking him earlier.
Dragoshi: *...Loses his second life... QUICK REVIVES.*
Leo: "...Man, that's a load off. Lets kill this thing quick."
Dragoshi: "...Yea. Let's."
Garrick: *Slashes him up once, twice, and then CHARGED SLASH!*
Metal Man (GM): Miss hit hit.
Traon goes for another aggressive dance of the dead.
Metal Man (GM): All miss. Traon is introduced to "The Wrath of Ignobios."
Traon shrugs it off and uses his extra attack bonus and finishes off with a crimson wave.
Metal Man (GM): Hit. He points at the Questers accusingly... then his head flies off and the robot explodes.
Dragoshi: "..."
Garrick: "Thank GOD..."
Scott Gibson: "Eat that..."
Dragoshi: "Their heads asplode."
Leo: "Heh..."
Metal Man (GM): ...the Questers have defeated the Dread Lords... but the front door is shut.
Traon: "That my friend, is a show brought you by the crimson janitor, master of the blood blade."
Metal Man (GM): There's no obvious opening switch/mechanism, and it's a completely flat plate of steel.
Garrick: *reaches out and touches it.*
Traon searches around for anything that could be of any remote use.
Scott Gibson: "So now to find 'the Man.'"
Garrick: *presses somewhat hard on the door.*
Metal Man (GM): The door is solid. Garrick walks directly up to the plate. This is the only way in. No items will do it.
Garrick: *looks to see if the door can slide left, right, up, down, in, or out.*
Metal Man (GM): It shifts whenever it is pushed up or down, but it's locked in place.
Traon: "Well I tried." He puts his hand against the plate and leans against it, as he waits for another idea to pop up.
Metal Man (GM): It's so large shifting it around causes it to rumble and make loud noises.
Dragoshi: *Walks up to the door as well, and helps the others.*
Scott Gibson: "Want me to try my 'door knocker'?" Scott raises his guitar a bit.
Garrick: "Wait just a bit..."
Scott Gibson groans.
Leo: "..."
Garrick: *looks to see if there are any cracks in the upper or lower areas.*
Traon turns to the door and looks at it in a little bit of anger. "We have defeated your Dread Lords, now open up and let us in!"
Leo: "Did you check the Dread Lords for any keys?"
Metal Man (GM): No cracks. However it vibrates whenever moved around.
Garrick: "...yeah, go ahead and slam it, Scott."
Scott Gibson: "Sweet..."
Garrick: *moves to check the two bodies while Scott does so.*
Traon: "Anyone got any C4?"
Scott Gibson walks up and rears back for another hellacious swing.
Dragoshi: *Assists in the body checking.*
Metal Man (GM): The bodies have nothing. Their scythes broke into many pieces when they died. The door rumbles... something is squeaking. But the squeaking (and rumbling) begins to die down.
Traon: "Did I just hear a mouse?"
Metal Man (GM): It's just a mechanical noise.
Garrick: *gets out of the way of the door, just to be safe.*
Dragoshi: *Does the same...*
Garrick: "...hit it again."
Scott Gibson: "Let me try something else..."
Leo: *searches the Dread Lords remains for keys to unlock the door.*
Scott Gibson moves up to the door and puts his little portable Christmas amp against the door. He plays a note to test his theory...
Dragoshi: "...I'm... Gonna destroy the corpses..." *Walks over to the corpses and starts blasting the hell out of them.*
Metal Man (GM): They disintegrate. The door vibrates from the note.
Dragoshi: "...Hm."
Metal Man (GM): The squeaking can be heard mildly.
Garrick: "...sound waves?"
Leo: "Blast the door down with the guitar amp?"
Scott Gibson plays the note again and lets the note sustain while he listens for the squeaking again to discern it.
Metal Man (GM): The squeaking is heard louder. It's like some sort of hinge is under strain.
Garrick: "...power cord?"
Scott Gibson: "Huh... Good idea..." *He kicks on the OVERDRIVE button on the amp and plays a loud D power chord.* "Volume up to 11."
Metal Man (GM): The door vibrates very loudly, then makes a loud SNAP noise.
Scott Gibson: "Jackpot."
Metal Man (GM): It falls down into the slat underneath it, vanishing and revealing the inside of the ship... very surreal in there.
Dragoshi: "...Uh... Huh."
Garrick: "...hm."
Scott Gibson: "Don't everybody thank me all at once."
Metal Man (GM): The floor is what the wall would be. As is the ceiling.
Garrick: *moves into the ship, weapons drawn, looking about...*
Metal Man (GM): The wall ahead has chairs and tables on it.
Dragoshi: *Moves into the ship, machinegun drawn and charge being prepared.*
Metal Man (GM): There's three doors carved into it.
Scott Gibson picks up the amp and reattaches it to his belt and follows the others, guitar drawn.
Leo: *follows.*
Metal Man (GM): The lights and stuff still operate in here. Even though it's vastly detached from any power source.
Scott Gibson: "Trippy."
Dragoshi: "...Yep."
Garrick: *checks around for a terminal, if any.*
Metal Man (GM): There is one... but it's high up on that wall over there, near the ceiling.
Garrick: *grumbles and tries to climb up...*
Scott Gibson looks and sees the terminal too. "Wanna boost?"
Leo: *Tries to climb it as well.*
Scott Gibson: "Or not."
Metal Man (GM): Leo follows. It's a generic keyboard/mouse. The mouse is hanging off of it.
Scott Gibson just plants his feet and Roxy moves up beside him.
Metal Man (GM): The screen displays 'ENTER PASSWORD.'
Garrick: *tries to get used to this new sort of dimension and begins a-hackin'.*
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: "...huh. Alright, guesswork it is, then." *types in, 'TheMan'.*
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: "...hm."
Leo: "...Try Dread Lord."
Dragoshi: *Tries to climb up for the hell of it.*
Garrick: "...if it's a Neo-Earthian Three Powers ship..."
Metal Man (GM): Dragoshi climbs on up.
Garrick: *tries an old Earth password he remembers...*
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: "Grah... okay, hackin' again."
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: "Dah, son of a bitch!"
Metal Man (GM): Nothing typed in seems to work.
Garrick: "It's a prime password set up. I'm going to need the official password to break into it."
Leo: "Damn."
Garrick: "There's rooms to check out. Let's see what this ship has to offer."
Dragoshi: "Mhm."
Metal Man (GM): 3 doors, all crude-looking doorknob doors with no locks.
Garrick: *flips out of the chair and back to the ground, moving to the doors.*
Leo: *follows.*
Dragoshi: *Follow...*
Garrick: *Glances left, glances right... he goes... right.*
Metal Man (GM): The right door is opened by Garrick.
Dragoshi: *Follows.*
Metal Man (GM): FWOOOOOOOOOOM.
Metal Man (GM): Fire shoots out of it and damages both Dragoshi and Garrick.
Leo: "... Well, that's not it."
Dragoshi: *Thank god for Goron's Tunic...*
Garrick: *...cough.* "...okay... forward." *heads through the forward door.*
Leo: *follows.*
Dragoshi: *Stays AWAY this time.*
Metal Man (GM): Garrick opens the forward one. It's a real door.
Dragoshi: "...Okay."
Metal Man (GM): It leads into a massive open room. The bridge.
Garrick: *whistle.* "Just like steppin' into the past..."
Metal Man (GM): The wall in front of you is covered with hundreds of chairs and controls, all still operating.
Dragoshi: *Enters, and checks to see if there's anything of interest...*
Leo: *follows the others in.* "Nice setup here."
Metal Man (GM): Sitting on a chair in the middle, the captain's chair, a figure shrouded in darkness is.
Garrick: "...well, I'm guessing your 'The Man'?"
Dragoshi: "...Let me guess. You're 'The Man'?"
???: "I... am."
Metal Man (GM): He suddenly vanishes.
Leo: "...Great."
Garrick: "...trap."
Dragoshi: "...Thought s-...Nice vanishing act..."
Garrick: *draws his weapons.*
Dragoshi: "...Yep." *Already has machinegun out, prepares a charge...*
Metal Man (GM): His voice echoes through the area.
The Man: "If you want that part... you will have to find it yourself. I will waste no time fighting organic scum."
Leo: *Draws his sword once again.*
Dragoshi: "...I see."
Garrick: "...good. I'm getting tired of kicking so much ass."
Metal Man (GM): The ship continues running as normal. Which is perfectly ABnormal.
Dragoshi: "...Yeaaa."
Leo: "Hmmm."
Metal Man (GM): In here is the main screen, which is sideways. It shows the entire armada of the Three Powers, destroyed.
Leo: *puts his sword away.*
Metal Man (GM): None of the Questers have a clue where the part is.
Dragoshi: *Drops his charge.
Garrick: *slowly stands up, sheathing his weapons once more. He stares at the screen, sighing...* "...Dex, are you still alive?"
Dex: "The..." *staticstaticstatic.* "Interference..." *Static.* "is highest here."
Dragoshi: "This must be the interference's location, then... Obviously."
Garrick: "Just give me the name of the part."
Leo: "Do we need to destroy something in here to make the interference go away?"
Dex: "Light warp en... gin.e..."
Leo: "Hmmm..."
Garrick: "..." *whistle.* "..."
The Man: *Comms.* "It makes sense now, doesn't it? But... let's see if you can even FIND it."
Garrick: "...heh... this is starting to get somewhat annoying..."
Dragoshi: "...Well, it IS strongest in here... So, it can't be too far away... Then again, I could be wrong..." :/
Leo: "...We just need to find the engine room right? I mean we are looking for an engine."
The Man: *Comms.* "Oh, I intend for you to suffer. Slowly. You shall never have peace of mind any more."
Garrick: *moves to the computers so see if any of them are operational, or if they are all asking for password.*
Metal Man (GM): They're all operational, but password protected.
Garrick: "He's most likely switched the passwords on all of these."
Leo: "Damn, can you hack'em?"
Garrick: "Unless I had a firm idea of what it might be, I can't crack it... for right now, we'd better explore until we find some more clues." *looks around for another door.*
Leo: "Hmmm..."
Metal Man (GM): There's a door ahead, and one to the right.
Garrick: *moves to the door on the right.*
Leo: *follows.*
Scott Gibson follows. For now.
Dragoshi: "..." *Follows... Carefully.*
Metal Man (GM): It opens up into another side of the ship... observation deck. Here, through the very tall window, is the beautiful evil of the burnt mountains. Thousands of ship pieces and dead people all over the place.
Leo: "Damn..."
Garrick: "...good god."
Dragoshi: *Checks to see if there's anything of interest...*
Garrick: *looks for another door.*
Metal Man (GM): All the destruction... and the fact that the room is a hallway, except now the hallway is vertical. No other door but the one back in... however the Questers would notice from an angle there's an original door in the floor of the bridge room.
Leo: *follows Garrick.*
Metal Man (GM): It's hard to see, partially covered up from a terminal which had fallen down.
Garrick: "...hm."
Dragoshi: "...Huh."
Garrick: *makes for it.*
Dragoshi: *Followfollowfollow.*
Metal Man (GM): It's locked shut, citing 'CATASTROPHIC SHIP FAILURE.'
Leo: "Hmmm, dead end."
Dragoshi: *Looks for hinges.*
Garrick: "...but it probably leads somewhere we need to go."
Metal Man (GM): No, it's a sliding door.
Scott Gibson: "Oi..."
Leo: "We can try to break the door down."
Garrick: *decides to take the forward path for now.*
Leo: "Or not." *follows Garrick.*
Metal Man (GM): The group walks directly through the hole in the deck into another floor down from there.
Garrick: "It's a emergency bulkhead. It ain't coming down."
Scott Gibson: "Let's keep breakage in here to a minimum." *Following.*
Dragoshi: *Continues following.*
Metal Man (GM): This is clearly Engineering. There's another door in the floor... it's red hot and close to melting. Computers on the wall in front of the Questers say 'DANGER - ENGINE OVERHEAT' They also say 'ENTER PASSWORD.'
Scott Gibson: "My turn."
Leo: "Gah, ok."
Garrick: "...hm."
Dragoshi: "..."
Garrick: *moves over to the hot door and sees if he can feel the heat on it... and determine if the heat is coming FROM the door.*
Scott Gibson walks over to the computer and tries to chance the password with his usual hackjob.
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Metal Man (GM): Scott entered every possible combination. None of them worked.
Leo: "AWW COME ON, this is getting annoying!!"
Metal Man (GM): The door is so hot to touch it would melt Garrick's hand off.
Garrick: "...hey, Scott?" *backs off, looking at the door.* *moves over to the comp and tries something... he just... hits enter.*
Metal Man (GM): Nothin'.
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: *Then he tries the age old password.*
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Metal Man (GM): Nothing typed with the keyboard works. The Questers have tried every single combination.
Garrick: *...clicks the mouse?*
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Metal Man (GM): Something is odd... something is secret about these.
Garrick: *touches the screen?*
Metal Man (GM): Nope... getting warmer though.
Garrick: "...computer?"
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."
Garrick: *punches the fucking thing.*
Leo: "Valid?"
Garrick: *...is there an off switch?*
Metal Man (GM): Nope...
Scott Gibson: "Shit, nothin' works."
Dragoshi: "INVALID PASSWORD." >_>
Computer: "INVALID PASSWORD."