Super Smash Quest - Story - Chapter 76: Mental Metal Temple, Part II: Bananas of Wrath

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Date: August 2nd, 2004.
Trivia: I did not forget about the Metal Temple; its main plot object is finally summoned... almost 6 years later, in SSQ^2.
Metal Man (GM): The next one, the Questers appear in a factory.
Locos Docos: "Testing my logic against this... how delicious."
Gibby: "How strange..."
Yurie: "...lemme guess... this is the start of the HARD challenges."
Metal Man (GM): It's churning out various objects... none of them bad looking.
???: "Indeed."
Gibby takes a closer look at the objects.
Yurie: "So... what's the objective of this one?"
???: "It will present itself to you."
Razor: "..."
Metal Man (GM): The items continue cycling... cycling...
Yurie: "...guys... remember the door way? when it flashed red blue and green?"
Gibby: "Umm... yeah..."
Razor: "Yeah..."
Locos Docos: "...your point?"
Metal Man (GM): The door out is locked shut.
Yurie: "...this thing has something to do with the Triforce. Red, Blue and Green, Power, Courage, Wisdom."
Metal Man (GM): There's a statue in a glass box... and there's a golden key in its hands.
Gibby: "Hey... look at that."
Razor shakes his head slowly. "Leave that there for now..."
Locos Docos: "!? You're right!"
Razor continues to watch the other items...
Metal Man (GM): They cycle. Horse-dog-donkey-hammer-etc.
Gibby: "Maybe this puzzle has something to do with getting the key."
Yurie: "...Horse, Dog, Donkey, Hammer..."
Locos Docos: "The tests of power... the tests of courage... and this must be wisdom!"
Metal Man (GM): The statue is of a horse, with the key in the mouth.
Yurie: "..."
Razor blinks a few times. "That's weird... we should try to get the key without harming the glass or the statue somehow..."
Gibby: "Well... we could use that hammer to break the glass, but like you said we shouldn't break it."
Metal Man (GM): The glass is very fragile looking.
Gibby: "Then again... horse goes with horse..."
Yurie: "True... lets try the horse, first..."
Gibby: "Ok... Do we break the glass with the horse?" *He scratches his head.*
Yurie: "No... just pick the Horse up and set it in front of the glass."
Gibby: "Hmm... alrighty..."
Yurie: "And wind it up..."
Metal Man (GM): They can, indeed, be wound up.
Gibby goes over to the toys, grabs a horse, winds it up, and sets it in front of the glass. "Here goes nothing..." *He stands back.*
Metal Man (GM): *EXPLODE.* Gibby suddenly and violently explodes. -1 chance to him.
Yurie: o.O
Gibby: "...owie..."
Yurie: "...oooooookay..."
Metal Man (GM): The horse re-appears on the conveyor belt.
Razor: "... Spontaneous combustion... nice..."
Gibby: "I'm not doing that again..."
Yurie: "That eliminates the horse..."
Locos Docos: "...yyeeeeuuckkk." *picks up a dog and examines it.*
Metal Man (GM): It is made of plastic, and has a little wind-up key.
Razor shakes his head, takes the hammer, and smashes the toy horse. The little one.
Metal Man (GM): *BOOOOOOM.*
Locos Docos laughs a bit, and sets it back on the conveyor belt.
Metal Man (GM): Razor explodes.
Yurie: >.>
Metal Man (GM): -1 chance to him.
Locos Docos: "This is so easy!"
Yurie: "Oh?"
Locos Docos: "Apparently all of these are set to detonate."
???: "Then solve it... before someone else explodes..."
Yurie: "...alright then... what do we do?"
Locos Docos: "All I have to do... is just pick up the glass box." *He goes to it. Then he slllooowwwlyy... touches it with his pinky.*
Yurie: "...Horse, Dog, Donkey, Hammer..."
Metal Man (GM): *EXPLODE.* The Glass and Locos explode. -1 chance to Locos.
Yurie: "... well... we all only have two chances left..."
???: "That is your only hint... if you fail, you will continue, although this should be a good lesson."
Yurie: "...there has to be a logical, rational idea here..."
Razor: "Hrm..."
Yurie looks, then picks up the Dog and the Hammer and sets them down... and does nothing.
Metal Man (GM): *DING.*
Yurie: "...thought so."
Metal Man (GM): The Hammer explodes, but doesn't hurt Yurie. However, the Dog causes the key to drop out of the Horse's mouth. And is exploded by the hammer, but oh well.
Yurie: "It's one of those old riddles... which of these objects does not belong."
Razor: "...?"
Metal Man (GM): The key flies into the door, leaving the Questers with the second to last trial.
Yurie: "Horse, Dog, Donkey, Hammer, which doesn't belong?"
Metal Man (GM): Inside this room is a door.
Yurie: "..."
Locos Docos breathes in deeply.
Gibby: "Ok... I'm on my last chance... I'm not screwing up this time... I'll go with Yurie all the way."
Yurie: "...okay Mysterious Voice, what now?"
Metal Man (GM): There's a table with scales, keys, and stuff.
???: "Open the door."
Yurie: "..."
Razor blinks a few times.
Metal Man (GM): There's also a red button that says 'OPEN DOOR.' Or one could balance the scales.
Yurie: "..."
Gibby: "Heh... you won't fool me that easily."
Metal Man (GM): Or stick blocks into holes.
Yurie walks over and inspects the door...
Metal Man (GM): The door is normal, in fact it could be unlocked... something tells those who look at it that it's dangerous.
Gibby: "These scales MUST serve a purpose..."
Yurie: "...guys..." *He walks back over to the table.*
Gibby: "What?"
Locos Docos: "Yeah?"
Yurie: "I don't think we should open that door."
Gibby: "Good call, Yur..."
Metal Man (GM): There's a big blue button without a label on it, too. And a green one that says 'ORANGE.'
Gibby: "Hey... blue, red, green..."
Metal Man (GM): And... multiplication tables... everywhere...
Gibby: "That's like the colors you mentioned!"
Razor: "Gibby, you're right..."
Yurie: "We all only have two chances remaining..."
Metal Man (GM): ...And there's a banana!
Gibby: "...one chance for me..."
Locos Docos: "Excuse me... but I have one..."
Metal Man (GM): And one big red box.
Yurie: "..."
Metal Man (GM): ...And there's a coffee maker!
Yurie: "Everything here is begging for us to mess with it..."
Razor: "Oooo... coffee..."
Gibby: "I'm afraid to touch ANYTHING..."
Locos Docos: "...as am I."
Yurie: *Still has only taken one strike so far.*
Gibby: "Now... we have to THINK people... Ok... now the scales look like they serve a purpose... those buttons are based on the colors we saw... and the banana, keys, and coffee serve no purpose. What do you think, Yur?"
Yurie: "...I'm thinking..."
Metal Man (GM): The door is red.
Yurie: "..."
Locos Docos: "It's obvious that the open door does, in fact, open door."
Razor: "..."
Yurie: "...okay... who wants to try the obvious one..."
???: "You could... just... press it?"
Gibby: "Locos, you try it. You gave the idea."
Locos Docos: "I said obvious, but it could be too obvious."
Gibby: "Maybe... if we THREW something at the button?" *He looks at the banana and the coffee maker.*
Razor: "Hmmm..."
Yurie: "...Razor... try pressing the Red button... I'll press the blue one..."
Gibby: "Yeah... you guys can risk a chance."
Locos Docos: "...Yur..."
Yurie: "What?"
Razor nods slowly. "I suppose..."
Locos Docos: "You are surpassed in me by knowledge, wisdom, and cunning. I couldn't bear for you to take another hit... nor could I."
Yurie: "...now you're getting noble on me?"
Gibby: "Oy..."
Locos Docos: "But do what must be done; I am too afraid to risk."
Gibby steps back a bit.
Razor sighs. "I know it seems obvious... but what the hell... we can't just stand around all day." He presses the red button.
Yurie covers her ears.
Gibby crosses his fins...
Locos Docos watches... he won't look away.
Gibby: "GAH!"
Metal Man (GM): Razor go boom. -1 chance. The door sits there, glowing.
Locos Docos has his two fingers together, and moves it to the top, to the bottom, to the left and right of his heart.
Gibby gulps.
Yurie: "...well... that rules out the red button... huh?"
Razor: "Geh..."
Gibby: "Yup... but there's still the blue button."
Yurie looks at the door... then inspects it further.
Locos Docos: "Sorcerer, if something fails, does it reset?"
Gibby: "There's a lesson here somewhere... Some lesson he's trying to give us... but what?"
???: "Not until everyone is done."
Yurie: "Maybe that messing with things is never wise?"
Gibby: "So... we should just GO into the door?"
Yurie: "Maybe..."
Gibby gulps.
Yurie: "I'll do it..."
Gibby: "You sure, Yur?"
Yurie walks up to the door... grabs the handle, and tries to open it.
Gibby closes his eyes.
Locos Docos: "She is wise beyond me, and courageous."
Metal Man (GM): The handle falls off. *EXPLODE.*
Locos Docos has faith.
Gibby: "We can praise her later... D'OH!"
Yurie go KERFROOKINBOOM!!
Metal Man (GM): The table full of items disappears.
Gibby: "Hey... where'd they go?"
Metal Man (GM): -1 chance to Yurie.
Yurie: *She has used two strikes of three now.*
Locos Docos: "...Momma's advice still stands?"
Yurie reappears, smoke drifting off of her.
Razor: "Hey... try knocking?"
Gibby: "Where did the items go, sir?" *He looks around.*
Yurie: "I... really... *koff.* dislike... this..."
???: "She proved they were useless. Only a little bit further to the end."
Gibby: "Cool..."
Yurie: "...then why did I EXPLODE!?"
Locos Docos: "...maybe you didn't turn the knob the right way?"
???: "The door cannot be opened that way."
Yurie: -.-
Locos Docos: "Then how should've it be opened!?"
Razor: "Maybe... if you just push or knock?"
Gibby: "Or maybe there's a word that opens it."
Locos Docos: "Sir! What would've been safe to open the door?!"
???: "The way must be discovered by you."
Yurie: "..." *He looks around the room now.*
Gibby: "Did anyone scan the door?"
???: "You must go through the door."
Locos Docos: "...So is the second test over?"
Gibby takes out his dex, and scans the door.
???: "Well, since you don't understand exactly, perhaps I should show you."
Metal Man (GM): He walks right through the door.
Gibby: "... It's... a play on words!"
Locos Docos: "...You walk through the door instead of opening it!?"
Gibby: "How literal..."
Yurie: "Oh you little..."
Gibby: "Well come on guys... through the door we go!"
Locos Docos: "You first say open the door... Then we have to go through it!?"
???: "Beyond the door is your final challenge."
Gibby walks up to the door, and... goes through it.
Metal Man (GM): It is... a large produce stand full of bananas.
Razor blinks a few times. "Hmmm..." He walks towards the door... and just walks right into it, trying as though it weren't there. He did, after all, say to walk THROUGH the door...
Locos Docos: "I think this test shouldn't have counted against us since your words contradict themselves."
Yurie walks through the door. -.-
Locos Docos walks through it as well.
Gibby: "Hmm... bananas?"
Metal Man (GM): The items are under the bananas. There is a shovel to dig out the bananas.
???: "Get your items, and you're done."
Yurie: "No explosions?"
Gibby: "There HAS to be a catch? Come on... where's the giant golden monkey that protects the bananas?"
Yurie: "I mean... if we touch anything, we're not going to go asplode?"
???: "I can't tell you... but probably not." He smiles at you. "Of course not! Only... the other thing."
Razor: "What... other... thing?"
Gibby: "WHAT other thing?"
Yurie: "...our items. ...the son-of-a-bitch stacked the cards against us!"
Razor: "What?"
???: "I'd use the shovel if I were you... but of course, I'm not you."
Yurie: "He knew we'd end up in the last room with only one chance left, so probably EVERYTHING in this thing is designed to make us go kerboom the second we touch it."
Gibby: "So how do we get our items?"
Locos Docos: "...We ask him to get it for us."
Gibby: "Yeah! He can go through stuff!"
???: "Heh. Well, okay."
Metal Man (GM): He reaches through, gets the object, but then it is sucked into the pile.
???: "Whoops!"
Gibby: "???"
Yurie: "He screwed us over in that last room with the word game, so we'd wind up in here and promptly lose his damn game!"
Gibby: "NOT cool."
Razor: "He did tell us we had to OPEN the door in the last room... so technically he cheated..."
Locos Docos: "Who here has the least to lose?"
Gibby: "...well..." *cough.* "...I do... BUT... I don't wanna explode. It hurts..."
Locos Docos: "I'll repay you with two mushrooms."
Yurie: "If you think you're just going to waltz on our faces while we dig through this pile of fruit, then YOU'RE the one who's bananas!"
Locos Docos: "Just touch the shovel and if you explode, I'll give you two mushrooms."
Gibby: "Hmm... well... that DOES sound good..."
Locos Docos: "Or just go in the fruit and try to get it."
Gibby inches closer to the shovel.
Metal Man (GM): The shovel is golden.
Gibby scans the shovel with the dex.
Locos Docos: "Gibby! Stop being a wimp! Just touch the shovel or jump into the fruit!"
Dex: "A shovel. You could move those shovels. ...Errrr... Banana."
Gibby: "Shut up! I'm trying to be safe here..."
Locos Docos: "We tried that, remember? It didn't work."
Gibby puts his dex away, closes his eyes, and grabs hold of the shovel praying he don't go boom.
Metal Man (GM): Gibby grab the shovel. *EXPLODE.*
Gibby: "GAH!!!"
Metal Man (GM): GAME OVER.
Yurie: "I THOUGHT SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (These millions of extra exclamation marks brought to you by Ivantek. Destroying your sanity since 2010.)
Locos Docos: "...Welp..."
???: "I never liked that shovel anyways."
Deloth: "Hi, Gibby. Joined me in the stands?"
Locos Docos gets out a small notebook and a paper.
Gibby sits next to Deloth. "Yeah..."
Locos Docos: "Toooo... Gibby..." *He writes beside it.* "Twwwooo... mmmmushroommss."
Razor walks slowly around the fruit stand, examining it from every angle.
Locos Docos puts away the notebook and pencil.
Deloth: "I don't really care about losing my item."
Metal Man (GM): There's a large spoon laying near the bananas!
Gibby: "Well neither do I, but I really wanted to win..."
Razor shakes his head. "Hrm... think... think..."
Deloth: "Winnin' isn't everything."
Razor: "I doubt those bananas are edible..."
Gibby: "Says you... nerd..."
Deloth stomps on Gibby's foot.
Gibby: "OWIE!"
Deloth: "You never learn."
Gibby: "Nope..."
Locos Docos: "Any thing you saw? ...Yurie, you know who here has the least to lose now?"
Yurie: "Well... I have the Maximize cube Razor let me borrow..."
Locos Docos: "And Razor?"
Metal Man (GM): ??? sits by and eats a banana. He picks up another one, and it explodes in his hand.
Razor: "A Power Shot cube and a Starman..."
???: "These are some tricky bananas..."
Razor: "Hmmm... explosive bananas..."
Locos Docos: "...Wait, why didn't the first one explode?"
Razor moves up and examines the bananas a little closer...
Yurie: "..."
Metal Man (GM): They're normal bananas.
Locos Docos: "A spoon... or jump inside?"
Metal Man (GM): ...Del Monte!
Razor: "Neither..." *He gets down and looks underneath the cart.*
Metal Man (GM): Razor sees... cardboard.
Razor: "He said the items were underneath the bananas... He didn't say they were on the stand..."
Yurie glances at the hologram man... "You're right..."
Locos Docos: "They could be anywhere now..."
???: "They're right there... Real as can be."
Garrick is suddenly on Gibby's right, sitting where ever he is sitting, typing away on his Dex.
Razor: "Either that... or our items ARE the bananas..."
???: "...Hahahahahahahahahaha!"
Metal Man (GM): ??? falls down laughing.
Gibby turns to Garrick. "...How did you get here?"
Garrick: "Walked..."
Gibby: "...through a sand storm?"
Garrick: "Yep."
Razor: "What's so damn funny?"
Gibby: "...wow..."
???: "I can't tell yah."
Razor: "Explosive bananas! The weapon of the future!"
Garrick: "Mmmmhmmmm... so what's going on?"
Metal Man (GM): Garrick see the others fretting over a pile of bananas. He sees them through a piece of soundproof glass.
Garrick: "...what's the deal with the fruit?"
???: "It's so very simple..."
Gibby: "They have to try to get the items under the bananas without blowing up."
Razor: "Our item is the stand?"
Locos Docos: "That there's no way to get to it."
Garrick: "The items?"
Gibby: "Yeah... we wagered items in order to play this game. We went through a bunch of tests, and what not."
Garrick: "And who's the fool laughing?"
Yurie: "...our Items are underneath the stand..."
Gibby: "Deloth and I got eliminated, so it's them left."
Locos Docos: "Then let's move the stand over!"
Yurie pulls out her dex and scans...
Dex: "Bananas. There are items under them."
Razor scans the STAND.
Dex: "How are you going to get the bananas?"
Locos Docos: "I can't take this anymore... I'm aiming this attack at the bananas so they won't be a pain."
Yurie: "...Locos... upend the stand... If you try to attack, you'll probably explode."
Locos Docos: "! You have a point."
Razor nods. "Right... do what Yurie said."
Locos Docos: "...I have the most to lose."
Garrick: "...and what do they get if they get the items back?"
Yurie: "What do you have to lose?"
Locos Docos: "I'm paying for the reimbursements. The one of you that have the lesser to lose can move it."
Garrick: "...huh."
Locos Docos: "If you lose, I'll reimburse you for the item."
Metal Man (GM): *Jeopardy Music plays.*
Locos Docos: "Or twice that much if you want."
Yurie: "I'm not losing the Maximize cube." -.-
Razor: "How much did you pay for that hammer Locos?"
Yurie: "Look. I have enough to BUY you a new hammer AND the cubes Locos..."
Locos Docos: "Too much personal possession in the item? We'll if you put it that way... I could've reimbursed you for it, but if you want me to be reimbursed instead..." *He decides to lift the stand.*
Metal Man (GM): The stand falls over. Bananas and items everywhere.
Razor breathes a sigh of relief.
Locos Docos: "..." :D
Yurie: "Thought so..."
Metal Man (GM): The banana and items are in one pile.
Locos Docos nods his head.
Metal Man (GM): The Questers will have to fish through bananas.
Razor: "..."
Yurie: "..." >.<
Locos Docos: "You didn't say which pile it was in, didn't you?"
Razor: >,<
Metal Man (GM): The room starts filling with sand.
Yurie: "...this... test... SUCKS!"
Metal Man (GM): Very... VERY... slowly.
Razor: "Damn cheating punk..."
Locos Docos: "Fine..."
???: "This is so simple, it's not funny!"
Razor: "Doesn't change the fact that you cheated..."
Yurie: "..." *He looks around where the stand WAS.* "..."
Metal Man (GM): The items are right there, the stand is sideways. The items are under bananas. But they can be seen.
Locos Docos: "I'll dive into this pile that was under the stand."
Yurie: "Locos! The stand... grab it!"
Locos Docos: "Fine!" *He grabs it.*
Yurie: "We'll use it to push the bananas off our stuff."
Razor: "You're right... the stand was able to touch the bananas..."
Yurie: "...without detonating."
Locos Docos: "Together, we'll use this stand to fish out those bananas."
Yurie: "Not enough time, just push the stand into the bannanas and knock as much as you can away from the pile. *He moves away from the pile, behind locos."
Locos Docos begins moving the bananas out with the stand together with Yur and Razor.
???: "Are you sure?"
Metal Man (GM): The bananas and items fly everywhere. However, the items have bananas stuck to them.
Deloth: "Glue-covered bananas?"
Gibby: "Man... this is getting good."
Locos Docos: "Now tell us which of our items is which."
Yurie: "Oh you little son of a CENSORED!!!"
Deloth: "Or maybe it's plastique."
Yurie: "Oh you little son of a CENSORED!!!"
Metal Man (GM): The people in the challenge could touch the items, but the bananas are stuck to them.
Gibby watches as the sand keeps coming out. "..."
Deloth: *makes a yes sign through the glass.*
Razor reaches down and grabs his item carefully without touching the banana. There... he has his item. Ha.
Locos Docos: "Dammit, tell us which they are!"
Metal Man (GM): Razor discovers the bananas are not explosive. ...They're... bananas...
Razor: o.o
Locos Docos grabs his item that is proportional to his.
Deloth: "All that trouble..."
Gibby: "Heh..."
Metal Man (GM): In fact, they look tasty. Despite being knocked all over the place.
Yurie goes to grab the Cube as well.
Razor holds his item. "I swear... if I ever meet you again... it's gonna take a LOT of willpower not to chop your head off..."
Metal Man (GM): The winners get their items.
Locos Docos: "Hey, what about those who lost?"
???: "Well, well, I believe you three well earned your prizes."
Locos Docos: "What happens to them?"
???: "Those who lost lose their items, no question asked. They will not lose any lives or anything else. Now then, let me judge your performances three."
Gibby: "Works for me... I'm getting twice the amount of mushrooms anyway... heh..."
???: "You each went through, losing two, and almost losing the third with those shovels... and spoons..."
Locos Docos: "For this, I only reimburse Goober with only one mushroom."
???: "Thusly, each of you gain two metal points. Each are valid for prizes. You also get to keep the item you bet."
Yurie: "...two Metal Points..."
???: "We just have to... set up prizes. But remember, these points are worth a lot."
Razor: "...riiight... cool... now what is this thing?"
???: "One could get you a slightly better weapon than you have now. Two could add an enhancement of some kind to it."
Locos Docos: "I think I'll keep the points."
???: "You can save them too."
Yurie: "...keep going... what's three..." *He saves hers as well.*
Razor nods. "I think I may save mine as well... do go on..."
???: "Three... let's see... That's two enhancements, three slightly better weapons/armor/items, or one piece of the great Move Expander. You need four pieces of that to make it."
Locos Docos: "...The Move Expander!? Is that all!?"
???: "Well, if you get ten, then you get something special."
Razor: "Yes... I'll be saving my points, thanks..." *He examines his item now.*
Yurie: "Same here." *She cleans off the bananas.*
Deloth wants to get out of here.
Locos Docos: "So what is this place really?"
???: "You won't know until it is time."
Locos Docos: "Liar! You said yourself this is the House of Metal."
???: "Don't make me show you the real exploding bananas..."
Locos Docos: "Ergo it's Metal's House."
???: "And?"
Locos Docos: "And that we can come here at any time to do this again, right?"
???: "Sure... if you do want to repeat it..."
Metal Man (GM): ??? laughs evilly.
Locos Docos: "...why are you laughing evilly?"
???: "I would LOVE introducing you into the trogaphador."
Yurie: "..."
Razor wants to know what the item he got is dammit!
Metal Man (GM): Razor get whatever item he wagered earlier and 2 metal points.
Locos Docos: "So do the puzzles repeat themselves or are you changing them from time to time?"
???: "They change."
Locos Docos: "I bet you want us to come back, don't you? So you can torture us time and time again, huh??"
Deloth: "Are we done yet?"
???: "Of course!"
Yurie: "...do we get more metal points for different items?"
???: "Yes."
Locos Docos: "But what about our other members who didn't come here? Do they have to pay anything?"
???: "You can turn in those items you wagered for more."
Deloth: "Can we leave now?"
???: "Yes, you can."
Locos Docos: "Uhhh... no. I will not leave just yet."
Garrick: The others might now see Garrick sitting there next to Gibby and Deloth.
Deloth: "How do I exit?"
Locos Docos: "First off... who are you?"
Gibby: "I dunno... I just want my mushrooms!" *He leaps down to Locos.* "Alright buddy... pay up!"
Locos Docos: "Here's your mushroom." *He gives him a mushroom..*
Gibby: "...ahem... I DO believe the agreement was for TWO mushrooms..."
Deloth: "Where's the exit for this place?"
Locos Docos: "It changed."
Gibby: "You can't change! That's going back on your word!"
Locos Docos: "Fine, butterball!" *He gives him another and grumbles.*
Gibby: "That's better..." *He takes his mushrooms, and puts them in his inventory.* "I am now a happy Kirby..."
Garrick: "...uh... hey."
Yurie grumbles, leaving the test area...
Gibby: "So what did you guys get out of it?"
Yurie: "Metal Points."
Gibby: "...what do they do?"
Razor: "Funny money..."
Yurie: "...they buy stuff."
Locos Docos: "And second, I want to know why my nightmares briefly mentioned this place as well."
Gibby: "Heh... lucky you..."
Locos Docos: "You have a key-like thing or a curtain that smells of oranges!?"
Garrick: "...I have a curtain that smells like oranges."
Razor shakes his head slowly and turns to head out with Yur. "I think I liked Klumsy's challenges better..."
Deloth: "Where's the exit?"
Locos Docos: "Can you get the smell out if you washed it?"
Metal Man reappears, and shows the exit.
Garrick: "Yeah, probably..."
Deloth runs out the exit. "FREEE!"
Metal Man (GM): Three days have gone by while everyone was inside. The MTAs are nearly buried.
Yurie runs outside... then skids to a halt. "...WHAT THE HELL!?"
Razor: "...what the..."
Deloth: "MY MTA!"
Metal Man (GM): And the CAC is... nowhere to be seen.
Deloth starts digging it out.
???: "Oh yeah... time goes about 24 times faster in here... Good luck!"
Locos Docos: "...whoa!"
Garrick just sorta walks outside as well "...oh, so THAT'S what those things were..."
Yurie growls, then pulls out her Dex.
Razor walks out into the sands. "...bum..."
Yurie: "MTA! ACTIVATE!"
Locos Docos: "TELL ME NOW WHY I'VE BEEN BROUGHT HERE."
Deloth digs out the cockpit and jumps in.
Metal Man (GM): *BEEP* The MTA turns on, shooting dust everywhere.
Yurie: *rumble rumble... FWOOOM!*
Deloth turns on his MTA. "Let's get outta this nutty place."
Metal Man (GM): The entrance to the HOM behind the Questers vanishes under the sand.
Locos Docos is still inside.
Yurie nods in approval, then climbs into Tisiphone and LAUNCHES.
Deloth sets the autopilot for the Stadium.
Garrick dragged Locos out by the ear as he walked outside.
Deloth reclines in the pilot's chair.
Razor opens up a few little windows on his visor and starts up his MTA, watching in silence as it frees itself. He climbs in and boosts off.
Yurie: "Ugh... thank god I'm out of here..."
Deloth: "I certainly won't come back here for a while."
Garrick, who didn't come in an MTA cause he's been away for three days, begins walking again.
Metal Man presses his keys, and the CAC beeps. He digs into the ground, and drives off.
Yurie reclines in her pilot chair as the Tisiphone flies along in Flight mode, the four wings leaving behind trails of light...
Metal Man (GM): The Questers go through the sandstorm again. While Locos is still in the Metal Temple.
Deloth: "Well, that was... maddening..."
Yurie: "I'm glad I got out of there before I went psychopathic..."
Razor: "Amen to that Yur..."
Deloth: "I may come back here after a loooooooooooong recovery... About 2 years or so."
Yurie: "Amen to -that- Deloth. Try a decade though..."
Deloth: "A millennium is more like it..."
Garrick walks at his own usual fast pace, watching everyone else zoom off into the sand storm. He shrugs, thinking he should get one of those MTA things before starting, just like he did on the way here, to sing "Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of beer. You take one down, you pass it around, nintey-eight bottles of bear on the wall..."
??? appears on the screen of the MTAs. "Hi! Welcome to a huge sandstorm. Population: You."
Deloth: "You AGAIN?!"
Yurie: "OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Razor: "Ahhh! He's following us!"
Deloth turns off the com screen.
???: "What can I say? I have a magnetic personality."
Gibby: "Oy..."
Deloth: "TURN OFF! TURN OFF!"
???: "Well... you see... Metal kind of programmed me... and he also kinda programmed these..."
Deloth keeps hitting the power button for the comm screen.
Yurie: "...GAH!!!!!!!" *He presses the mute button.*
Razor begins to bash his head off the console.
Deloth: "IT NEVER ENDS!!!!" *weeps.*
Gibby: "I feel sick."
Yurie: "Go away! Go away! You're screwing with me!!" T.T
Deloth: "Comm off, comm off, comm off..."
???: "I'm E Li Three."
Garrick: "Ninety-two bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-two bottles of beer. You take one down, you pass it around, ninety-one bottles of beer on the wall..."
E Li Three: "The one, the only, you name it."
Deloth: "You're STILL ON MY SCREEN!"
Gibby: "...I hope this is all just a REALLY bad dream..."
E Li Three: "And I was thinking, you have something I can help you with."
Yurie: "What..."
E Li Three: "You know, Sora's MTA?"
Deloth closes his eyes and tries to wake up.
Yurie: "...you can track it..."
Gibby: "Yeah..."
Razor: "Yeah..."
Deloth: "BAD DREAM!"
Garrick: "...beer on the wall..."
E Li Three: "Not just that. I can have it fly right back to you."
Gibby: "HOW?"
Razor: "...not bad..."
Garrick doesn't hear any of this, he's still in his own little world, walking through the sand storm.
E Li Three: "All I need is... well, that's a doozy."
Gibby: "What do you need?"
Razor: "What?"
E Li Three: "The fighter remote."
Deloth: "NO."
E Li Three: "It must be locked away before it reaches the wrong hands."
Razor: "I... have no clue what you're talking about..."
E Li Three: "Either that or give me Garrick. He would make a good one of us."
Deloth: "YURIE!"
Garrick: "...eighty-eight bottles of beer on the wall, eighty-eight bottles of beer..."
E Li Three: "Good. You get your MTA, and I get Garrick."
Razor: "Now now Yur..."
Deloth: "I wanna go back to the Stadium... And forget this whole thing..."
E Li Three: "Don't joke... I can't really give Garrick back once he's mine."
Gibby: "Well... do we really NEED him?"
Deloth presses Mute in disgust.
Razor shakes his head slowly. "I don't know what this thing you want is... or where it is... so I don't give a damn..."
Deloth: "What a gyp."
Metal Man (GM): Deloth's attempt to mute him fails, due to the fact he's literally a part of the MTA's firmware.
E Li Three: "I could also take Mario..."
Gibby: "NO!"
Deloth takes out a Walkman and turns it on.
E Li Three: "Or I could take Gibby."
Deloth listens to relaxing music.
Razor: "Gibby's our mascot..."
Gibby: "...can I have free food?"
E Li Three: "Yes."
Gibby: "Mmmm... foood... I mean... NO!"
Deloth: "Get off my screen now or I'm smashing my comm."
Garrick: "...eighty-two bottles of beer on the wall, eighty-two bottles of beer, you take one down, you pass it around, you get sick and damn tired of WALKING THORUGH A SAND STORM!!! ...eighty-one bottles of beer on the wall..."
E Li Three: "What about you give me a shiny burro?"
Deloth gets ready to drive a sword through his screen. "GET OFF NOW!"
Gibby: "What if... we gave you... a banana!"
Deloth's eye is twitching.
E Li Three: "Of course, I could also deal with Jeff Maxwell..."
Razor: I'm just gonna say I went back to base, shut down, and got out... I'm getting tired of this...
E Li Three: "He's offering an entire fleet of starships..."
Gibby: "YEAH! Take him!"
Yurie: "NO."
E Li Three: "...Anyways. You may take a long time to decide."
Deloth hopes... nay, PRAYS everyone's about to land.
E Li Three: "I'll be waiting for a reply some time around a year from now."
Yurie: "Right..."
Gibby: "Well... ok... that's plenty of time."
Metal Man (GM): It fades out. And the Questers arrive at HQ.
Gibby: "Are we there yet?"
Deloth: "He's gone."
Gibby: "Finally!"
Deloth jumps out. "Home sweet home..."
Gibby gets the fudge out of the CAC, and runs to his room. ...crying.
Metal Man (GM): Inside is a box of bananas.
Deloth collapses on the floor from exhaustion.
Gibby: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yurie lands her MTA in her bay, then climbs out... "...ARRRRRGH!!!"
Gibby weeps in pain.
Garrick is at the stadium by now.
Metal Man (GM): ...Tasty... Tasty banana...
Deloth: *wheeze.* "So... tired..."
Razor just shakes his head as he walks out of the garage. "I need juice... lots of juice... care to join me Yur?"
Metal Man (GM): Locos and Garrick arrive at the Stadium. Locos... somehow walked back as well... in the MTA.
Gibby eats a banana.
Yurie: "Yes... lots of juice... juicy juice..." @.@
Deloth slowly gets up, then collapses again. "Tired..."
Yurie stumbles after Razor, as though in a stupor.
Garrick walks into the mess hall, heading straight for the fridge and grabbing himself a bottle of water.
Yurie: "Just... no bananas..."
Garrick: "One bottle of beer on the wall, one bottle of beer. You take it down, pass it around, no more bottles of beer on the walllllll. ...ahh, that was good." *gulpgulp.*
Razor leads Yurie to the cafeteria... and pulls out... two BOTTLES of juice, one of which he hands to Yurie... and they're not banana...
Deloth pulls himself into the mess hall and takes a big swig of Coca-Cola.
Garrick: "Hey everybody..."
Deloth slowly stands up. "Man, I've never picked someone up while flying..."
Gibby is in his room crying.
Deloth: "What a workout."
Yurie drinks here... cranberry juice...
Deloth staggers up to Gibby to comfort him. "It's okay Gibby, bananas make great fruit smoothies." *He pats Gibby on the head while smiling weakly.*
Gibby turns to Deloth... and SHOVES A BANANA IN HIS FACE! "BE GONE!!!"
Razor has orange/grape/cranberry himself. Mmmm. He chugs happily.
Yurie: "Razor..."
Deloth takes the banana and tosses it out the window.
Razor slowly lowers the bottle. "Yes Yurie?"
Yurie: "I think... I'm going to have nightmares about bananas from now on..."
Razor chuckles softly. "I think we all will..."
Garrick drinks his water off by himself, it seems. It didn't even look like he was being noticed. He shrugs, then takes a long swig of water and sighs.
Deloth: "But, if I ever see another banana again, I'll probably break down into an epileptic fit."
Yurie: "By the way... here's your Maximize cube back..."
Metal Man (GM): There's a box of bananas in Gibby's room.
Deloth staggers back to the mess hall.
Razor holds his hand up, waving it off. "Keep it... I don't need it. Call it a gift."
Deloth slumps in a chair. "Picking Locos up is a real workout... Especially while flying." *rests his head on the table.*
Garrick: "...pfft." *He glances around and shakes his head, then stands up and walks out the door, heading for the R&R room to shoot himself a game of pool.*
Deloth: "And getting dropped into a pit."
Razor takes another chug of his juice.
Yurie: "..." *sip.*
Deloth walks to his room to get some sleep. "Goodnight, Questers."
Razor raises an eyebrow. "Something wrong?"
Yurie: "He's probably tired..."
Garrick gets bored with the stupid pool game and decides to just go work on making one of those MTA's. He heads for Oak's lab.
Metal Man (GM): Garrick sees Oak... eating a banana...
Oak: "Hi! Uhhh... the computer ordered a surplus of banana. I don't know why."
Garrick: "Never much cared for bananas myself, but I'll eat some sooner or later. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about those huge mechanical roboty things the others were flying."
Oak: "The MTAs, yes."
Garrick: "Yeah. I want one."
Oak: "There one in the garage for you."
Garrick: "...there is?"
Oak: "Yes."
Garrick pulls out his Dex and calls up the camera that's in the garage.
Metal Man (GM): There's several blank MTAs awaiting for people to use them.
Garrick: "...could..erm... could I personalize one? You know, paint, armor, weaponry, that sorta thing?"
Oak: "You just use it, then it automatically customizes to what you want."
Garrick: "Ohhhh. ...well, alright, good. Well, thanks anyway..." *He walks back toward the mess hall, taking a seat at one of the tables by himself as he goes over the data on his Dex and sips his water.*
Yurie: "I... really shouldn't take this Razor..."
Garrick: "Shouldn't take what?"
Yurie: "This cube."
Garrick sort of meanders over to Raze and Yurie and sits down.
Yurie: <.< "Annnd... hello?"
Garrick: "Hello."
Metal Man walks over, kinda @_@ like.
Razor shakes his head quickly. "It's yours... I gave it to you."
Metal Man: "My house is weiiiirrd..."
Yurie: >.> "...Metal... don't make me hurt you."
Garrick: "To be in the middle of a sandstorm would be murder on the paint job."
Yurie: "Because I will... I'm very close to throttling you..."
Pat: "'Lo All."
Razor: "..."
Garrick: "Were those challenges THAT bad?"
Metal Man: "But... maybe bananas are a clue..."
Garrick glances to Metal "...DK?"
Metal Man: "Yeah... has to be... anyways..."
Yurie: "...!!!!!" *She leaps on Metal, hands going for the throat.*
Pat: "God dangit. It's been forever since I played."
Metal Man: "Played wha--"
Yurie: "PREPARE FOR CESSATION OF ALL YOUR CORPOREAL FUNCTIONS!!!"
Pat appears from somewhere.
Garrick: "Yurie, calm down..."
Razor: o.o
Metal Man: "...Yurie, my Neck is made of metal."
Pat: "Hello people."
Metal Man stands there, tall as can be... might have to reach a bit to even touch his neck...
Yurie is... hanging from Metal's neck.
Pat: "Oy?"
Garrick: "Yurie... get off of Metal's neck..."
Yurie: >.<
Razor: "Ummm... Yurie? You feeling alright? Need more juice?"
Garrick: "And carrot sticks, get her some carrot sticks."
Metal Man: "Don't worry... E Li Three hasn't annoyed you as much as I... he just kinda invaded everything electronic in my room..."
Yurie: "And our MTA's, and probably the BASE too!!"
Metal Man: "Eh... well, he isn't all bad. He has good taste in interior decorating."
Garrick just kinda stares blankly.
Razor: "..."
Garrick: "...is he that annoying?"
Metal Man: "I dunno."
Razor: "YES!"
Metal Man: "While they experienced hell, I got to take a tour of my house."
Garrick: "Okay..."
Metal Man: "...He gave me a tape, too! ...But I made sure to hide it far, far away..."
Garrick: "A tape? As in a video tape?"
Metal Man: "Yes... Only I know where it is hidden..."
Garrick: "Did you look at it?"
Metal Man: "Yes."
Yurie grrrs... then drops off of Metal. "Yes, he is... I need some quiet time... excuse me..." *He storms off... with her juice.*
Metal Man: "The last challenge was a cart of bananas, you see. And... there were items in it..."
Razor blinks a few times at Yurie, then stands up and walks off as well, chugging her juice.
Metal Man: "And... they thought the bananas were deadly..."
Garrick: "I saw the final task thing, sorta..."
Metal Man: "So... for about an hour they stared at bananas. They sacrificed Gibby, to no avail. Then, they discovered the bananas were harmless. So... now they will viciously kill everything that resembles a banana... Oh no! They're gonna kill Pat!"
Garrick: "...right."
Metal Man: "...Or maybe he's more squash shaped..."
Yurie FLINGS her juice bottle, causing it to KERBONG off of Metal's head.
Metal Man: "Ow. Anyways, it is supposedly my fault, since I created it all."
Garrick: "Ahhhh."
Metal Man: "The clue I got from that nuthouse was that the next thing we should look for a banana shaped rock."
Razor dodges out of the way of the juice bottle. Good thing it was empty... so's his. He sets it down on a table and blinks a few times at Yur.
Pat: "What?"
Metal Man: "...JUMANJI! ...That never works..."
Garrick: "...right. Well, I think I know who we COULD ask..."
Pat: "Electric guitars are incredibly solid. Mine hurts my shoulders when I play it sometimes."
Garrick pulls out his Dex, flipping it open and asking "Dex, where is Donkey Kong presently located?"
Dex: "What question should I answer?"
Garrick: "...where is Donkey Kong?"
Razor kinda sorta follows Yurie out of there.
Dex: "Donkey Kong is... on Kong island. With all the bananas and stuff..."
Garrick: "Well, there you go."
Metal Man: "Great idea... we go there next."
Garrick flips his Dex closed "If there is a giant stone banana anywhere, it's on Kong island?"
Metal Man: "I dunno how Gibby and Locos and Yurie and Razor will feel, though..."
Garrick: "Then maybe you and me and Pat could go. I don't see what the big deal is. It's just a banana."
Pat: "Go? Where?"
Metal Man: "Kong. Island. Banana. Shaped. Rock."
Pat: "What? Why would we want a Banana shaped rock?"
Razor doesn't say anything else... but still follows...
Metal Man: "Because... there's some mysterious stuff under it! Something... I hope it isn't another temple of idiots..."
Garrick: "What I want to know is what is the fascination with fruit today?"
Metal Man: "Ask Yurie. I'll put your head back on if she takes it off and buries it under a tree. So... go ahead and ask her! It isn't like there's a mystery whether or not she'll kill you... Or ask Razor."
Garrick: "...yeah, I think I will. Dex, where's Yurie?"
Dex: "She is in another room... uhhhhh... her room."
Razor comes to a stop outside Yurie's room. He leans against the wall beside the door, pondering for a bit.
Garrick: "...you know, I think I need to get that Smash Dex Advanced thing." *He stands up and heads that way.*
Yurie's door has that little push-button thing that opens it...
Garrick walkwalks on up to the door and knockknocks..
Razor glares at Garrick. "Excuse me?"
Garrick: "Excuse you."
Yurie (GM): The door goes shoop... and something long, steely and sharp WHISKS by Garricks head and buries itself in the opposite wall with a thib-b-b-b-b-b... it's Yurie's rapier... remember Pirates of the Caribbean?
Metal Man tries to find more ways to stick bananas in scenes in the background.
Razor: "She said she wanted to be alone... that's a good way to lose your head..."
Yurie (GM): ...there's a note stuck on the tip.
Garrick glances to his left, looking at the rapier. He reaches up and, with a tremendous effort, yanks it off the wall. He pulls the note down and reads it.
Pat: "I'm confused."
Metal Man: "That's a good way to be. That way, you never get anything wrong. Only... left... and confused."
Yurie (GM): It's a simple post it... that reads, and I do humbly quote, 'GO THE CENSORED! AWAY! Sincerely, Yurie.'
Razor chuckles softly. "I told you..."
Garrick: "Oh, shut up Razor. It's not like you know her better than I do."
Yurie: "Ahem... gentlemen, my sword?" *She is standing in the doorway... in a bathrobe... with a towel on her head... looking rather irritated.*
Garrick is currently holding the sword. He looks at Yurie, glaring slightly "Here, take it. Oh, and you better get over your damn banana fear. Next stop is Kong Island."
Pat: "I like swords." *He takes sword and runs.*
Razor shakes his head slowly. "Deathwish..."
Metal Man: "...If you like your life, hide under the table with me!" *hides.*
Garrick goes to jam the sword into the ground next to her foot, discovers that Pat has taken it, and looks confused for a moment...
Yurie: "..." *The camera zooms out around the bend of the hall.* "...DOOMSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Razor ducks and covers.
Garrick spins and shoots.
Pat continues running with sword.
Yurie (GM): A loud KERBOOM is heard as black smoke fills the hall... Razor and Garrick are neatly toasted, rather comically as well. Yurie closes the door, not realizing the sword is gone.
Razor blinks a few times as he stands up, a little crispy... but he ducked and covered...
Garrick just stands there, having avoided much of the blast thanks to the charged shot he fired. He's slightly blackened, but he's none worse the wear.
Razor: "You just HAD to goad her, didn't you... just be glad it wasn't me... you'd be worse than a little crispy..."
Garrick: "Oh, just shut UP, Razor!"
Yurie: *camera zooms out again...*
Razor: -.-#
Metal Man (GM): *Pyscho theme.*
Razor: "BOWSER'S INFERNO!"
Pat runs outside to play with his new sword.
Yurie: *FWOOOM.* *Garrick is now neatly crispified..no health damage, just cosmetic.*
Metal Man walks by, sees Garrick, throws a banana at him, and then walks away.
Razor is seen walking back down the hallway. He belches, and a puff of smoke comes out of his mouth.
Garrick: "...that... does it... That... just... does it."
Yurie: "..." *silence.* *He the door slooooowly opens.* "...who... took... my... sword..."
Pat wanders around the yard, waving the sword around.
Razor stops and turns around to see Yurie. "Umm... I think that Pat guy snatched it..."
Yurie: "...excuse me, Razor, Garrick..." *He walks back into her room, dresses, then walks out...* "Dex, Locate Pat."
Razor blinks a few times. "Now he's gone and done it..."
Garrick: "No. No, I'll go find him."
Yurie: "No."
Garrick: "Too bad." *He walks off.*
Yurie: "This is a bit past that. This is a blow to my -honor- now."
Garrick: "Honor is a crock of crap."
Yurie: "..."
Razor nods. "Need something to stab him with?"
Garrick: "You either get shot or shoot something. Done deal."
Yurie: "..." *He walks past Garrick.* "Dex, locate Pat, now."
Metal Man (GM): Pat is outside, swinging the sword around.
Yurie nods, walking outside and onto the grounds...
Garrick walks out with her, his buster charging.
Pat sees Yurie and Garrick.
Razor blinks a few times and follows... just to watch.
Pat: "Whimper!" *He takes off in flight.*
Yurie rushes after him.
Metal Man (GM): Pat runs for a few feet then falls in a ditch.
Pat: "How the hell? I said FLIGHT, man, FLIGHT. Yes, I can."
Metal Man (GM): Pat then hits his head on a tree while 'flying' out of the ditch.
Pat: "That's more like it. D'oh!" *He leaps out of tree and flies up.*
Yurie leaps upwards, ala Mario, triangle jumping off one of the nearby trees as she draws her scabbard, then SWATS Pat across the head.
Pat: "Owie."
Metal Man (GM): Pat falls out of the tree. His 'flight' is rather limited, especially while being smacked by Yurie.
Razor shakes his head slowly. "Just asking for pain..."
Pat: "Look out! Behind you!"
Yurie drops as well... and lands astride him. "...my sword. Now."
Pat: "...What sword?"
Yurie: *SWAT!*
Pat: "Whine!"
Yurie strikes him across the cheek with her scabbard, then points at the black hilted rapier in his hand. "Hand over my sword, right. now."
Pat: "Um. That's not a sword, it's an optical illusion."
Yurie: *SWAT!*
Garrick: "...here's the deal, Pat. I'm in a VERY bad mood right now... my buster charges fully in about ten seconds. You've got ten seconds."
Pat is brutally smacked into the ground by that swat. He tries to get away.
Garrick: "...may I just shoot him?"
Pat points to thin air, as he hands the sword over after realizing he might be shot.
Yurie: "Thank you. You have now officially offended me. I hereby challenge you to a duel. You will accept this duel, or I'll obliterate you where you stand."
Pat: "How about rock-paper-scissors?"
Yurie: "No."
Pat: "Why?"
Yurie whips her sword up and rests it, ever so gently, on his wind pipe.
Garrick takes a few steps back and stands next to Razor. "What's her problem?"
Razor: "Her problem, is that that sword is special to her."
Garrick: "I mean before that."
Pat stands corrected in regards to astride.
Garrick: "For blasting me into the floor for no reason."
Yurie: "You will accept. Yes, or no."
Razor: "We just had a rather rough time..."
Yurie holds up her hand, a black, red, gold, and white cloud forming...
Pat: "No thank you! Explode me now! *He flies away."
Yurie: "Fine. DOOMSDAY!"
Metal Man (GM): *BOOOM!* Pat is exploded.
Yurie: "Hmph." *She picks up the sword and walks away, back to her room.*
Garrick: "It must have been a very rough time... feh, I guess that takes care of that."
Razor: "Yeah."
Metal Man (GM): And so, they walk away, as the session ends.

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