Date: 7:30:27 PM, November 16th to 11:04:07 PM, November 16th, 2012.
Metal Man (GM): The great briefing of doom
A bunch of crazy events happened, so I'm not going to get ultra precise. Here's the breakdown.
We continue with Xavier in the Big Room, busy staring at a map. Ederick, Aribar, Demon and Razor are all there as he stands in front of a map of the universe...
Continuation
Xavier Ridgecrest: "So. This is the first real actual meeting of Questers. That other one was a nice start, but I'm starting to see more shades of the old days. Today's mission is going to be more of that, because we need to get another member back from my evil doppelganger's emotionless, cold, nonhuman hands. If we can get Gibby back, then we begin to reach full mobilization. I mean, there are the other Questers, but... I believe we must work with the most active ones. As far as I can tell, the other unconscious ones would not perform to full ability if revived right now."
"That might change, but currently it's not the best idea. On the other hand, we know Gibby is alive and well... ...and in the very heart of my archnemesis' fleet..."
Aribar: "Wait, Gibby's on the other Metal's side?! Why?"
Razor stands there idly, watching the map with his arms crossed. "Was hoping we could get him on our side..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Illian caught him here."
Metal Man (GM): He points to a point named "Squared."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "The Questers were leaderless and doing evil things. Illian convinced him those Questers were mine. Which they weren't, because I wasn't there to lead them. Sort of like blaming Santa Claus for putting coal in your stocking in the middle of Summer."
"Gibby believed this because there was no one to contradict this nonsense."
"Naturally we are now here. We even have our fleets, but I want to avoid a premature engagement of fleet-to-fleet combat. Illian still has the edge in raw numbers there, even if the Valhalla could probably shoot that Kuja piece of @#$% he keeps claiming is the Dauntless."
Ederick Holmes: "No use showing our hand too early."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Stealth is none of our fortes... well... not most of our fortes, but I was thinking we might be able to work up a diversion. My limo can warp through time and space. Those of us better at exploding things would warp into the newly soft area that has occurred with Illian inexplicably putting his forces down on part of Alsa."
"Those of us better at stealth can then... well, we do not want or need to 'nab' Gibby, but simply persuade him with the obvious."
Metal Man (GM): He points to Aribar and Razor.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I can only guess the two of you would outweigh Illian in any opinion war. Illian is no more an original Quester than I am an original member of The Beatles."
"Not that you will really be talking directly, as I intend to tick him off by setting those places he's in on fire."
Razor nods to Metal. "I can handle either side of that as necessary. I've never been a stranger to stealth or mass destruction."
Aribar: "This Gibby's not going to have some frying pan of light if things go south, right?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Heh. Yes, that's what I was thinking, Razor. If things go south on Illian's ship, you can force them to hesitate before attacking. He doesn't have any frying pans that I know of."
"If he does, keep in mind that I have the true Sword of Light."
Metal Man (GM): He reaches into thin air and pulls it out.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I don't get why they say I'm evil. Just because I brutally killed my way to the top and then was awarded this blade for being the most destructive against evil... doesn't that make me holier than any of them?"
Aribar: "Ah... Hah."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Of course, I only use it to cook pizza these days. You'd be amazed how few people are weak against it."
"Golf club does better damage most of the time."
"...Anyway. Ederick and Demon, you will specialize in destroying things on the ground. Aribar and Razor will discuss politics, and then destroy things otherwise."
"This mission will be unusual because the Warp Room cannot go there. Instead there is my limo."
Metal Man (GM): He gestures at a window outside... and the outline of where a car should be.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...Left it in the middle of the Revolutionary war again... darn..."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out his car keys.
Ederick Holmes: "You'll swing by to pick us up afterwards, rig--what."
Metal Man (GM): They glow bizarrely as he wildly pushes buttons.
The car lands in upside down, with a bunch of British Redcoats flying everywhere, fried by the time travel.
Part of a wooden ship is stuck to the front of it.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I thought the American Revolution would be more radical if I did some donuts through the British forces. I forgot that canonballs really DO hurt."
"Anyway, no problem." *Presses button, car rights itself*
"This way." *Walks straight through the glass window, leaving a nice large hole*
"...I hate when I do that."
"Don't worry, Mack will clean that up."
Razor: "...Mets... you may not be evil, but you are certifiably nuts."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "The only question remaining is whether I am a Macadamia Nut or a Pine Nut. Or maybe a Walnut. Not to worry, though. The insanity is just a side effect of having lived over 100 years backwards and forwards."
"You don't want to know what dying in reverse feels like." *Shudders.*
Ederick Holmes: "Oh, that guy feelin' better? No hard feelings after we knocked him out?" *The ex-cop checks his pistol and hops into the limo, foot tapping the floor and ready to finally meet some of Illian's men.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Which guy? Oh. Him. Yeah. He wasn't so hard feeling when I paid him in stolen gold from the 60's. It was evil gold, in case you were wondering."
"...If you see dictators coming in here demanding their gold, feel free to tell them Illian stole it."
Razor stretches his arms up over his head and starts following Xavier. "Fun times. Maybe with how many years of a head start, I can finally get a challenge."
Aribar shuffles into the limo. The little guy looks like he really doesn't know what to expect to happen.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Yes. It's just a damn shame you never met Julian. I wanted to teach him a lesson he wouldn't forget."
Metal Man (GM): Xavier would get in the limo, and put the steering wheel in right side up.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Sorry, but there's no waterfalls in outer space, so this ride will probably be smooth."
King Demon: "Eh... I'd still like to kill him..." *Shrugs and gets in* "Where's the shotgun panel?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Don't we all, Demon. Don't we all. ..." *Mutters something about Casinos under his breath.*
Razor: "He sounds like a bit of a tool to me." *He hops into the limo.*
Metal Man (GM): He starts the car, which glows and a bunch of weird gauges pop up everywhere.
King Demon: "I wish I coulda seen that, I woulda broke him."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "He literally did throw tools at people. He loved sledgehammers. And rocket boots. And being a jerk who beat up Questers for disagreeing with him."
Metal Man (GM): Xavier revs the engine.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "If I had this back then, I'd have run him over just like I would have Charles and Aetos."
Metal Man (GM): He then takes off. The G-defuser means that despite it being enough G-forces to KO most people, you feel nothing.
King Demon: "I wish I could have gone to the casino, I need more money."
Ederick Holmes: "Only thing I remember readin' in the history books is that a tank gave him a bad, bad day."
Metal Man (GM): It's pretty much smooth, even as it flies off the ground violently.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Yeah, that would be the one. Sergeant Levis. I heard about him. Too bad he died."
"Maybe we should revive him some time. I could use more people who hate Julian."
Metal Man (GM): The car rips through the atmosphere at high speeds.
King Demon: "Maybe... or just go through time and prevent his death... oooh, clouds!"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Hm. That is true. I've been tempted to shoot Panzer retroactively."
Ederick Holmes: "Think Levis was kinda in bed with Borne, boss. Don't think he'd like you much."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "You're right. I'll need to make a mask out of Borne's face and----oh right. I'm trying to not be evil. Uh, I guess he'll stay dead then!"
*Coughs* "Sorry about that, it's just that it's been a while since I've been under any regulations."
"And... having people like Garrick... constantly telling you are evil... well it makes you tempted, you know?"
Razor: "Nope."
King Demon: "Shoot her? Meh... nuke her."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...Naturally." *He'd lean on the door.* "All right. To our left... behold. The Illian's great White Elephant!"
Metal Man (GM): He gestures to a huge collection of white ships.
Made out of smooth surfaces, they resemble really smoothed out, rather personality-less space battleships.
King Demon: "Oh, so THAT'S the elephant in the galaxy..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "They can't see us, because I've warped us out of face with the time phlebotinum."
Aribar: "The whatsits?"
King Demon: "Well, at least we won't get lasers up our asses this way..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "That's another name for it."
*Whispers something that nobody can hear* .oO(And for those of you at home, this means the completely convenient thing that I can do that ensures any plot happens at all! Mwa ha ha ha ha--cough)
"Anyway... you ready, Ederick and Demon?"
"I have a location in mind. A bus full of innocent school--er, no. An evil base filled with evil Solarian soldiers who want to kill everyone."
King Demon: "I think so... hey, has anyone seen my credit card?"
Razor cracks his knuckles as he looks out at the ships.
Ederick Holmes: "Last time I think you had all the fun scarin' Borne. Yeah, think showing Illian some Smash Energy powered death will be fun."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Oh, and in case you're wondering, I'll provide a secondary distraction by flying this ship around the ships. Illian himself will be drawn to try and kill me. But I will be drawn to annoying him to death. He can't touch me because I'm too small in this ship."
"And even if he does I can vanish."
"He'd have an edge but I've heard reports Garrick is so insane he doesn't even help Illian much anymore."
King Demon: "Hmmm, annoy Illian... sounds like a blast!"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Without Garrick he's just sort of... fumbling."
Ederick Holmes: "Air superiority through annoyance. Got it."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "All right. I have a warp button, so I don't have to risk being spotted by going through the atmosphere."
Metal Man (GM): Buttons would appear in front of Demon and Ederick.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Press them when you're ready to warp."
Ederick Holmes salutes to the others, takes out his gun and knife, and punches the button. "Let's have some fun, Demon!"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "And I made sure. These are good buttons. Not the evil kind. The evil kind I keep in a small jail underneath my desk."
"Evil Number four button..."
Editor's Note: Wait, but he destroyed it? Multiple times? ...We'll never know, will we.
King Demon shrugs and hits the button.
Metal Man (GM): Those two warp off--pause on them for the moment.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Now, for you two, Aribar and Razor. I've detected where Gibby is because he still has energy from when he had a Smash Dex."
"You'll have about 15 minutes... in that time I will cause the security systems to be distracted by warping in and out of the hull, and running stuff over."
"Yet the room you will be in will be perfectly quiet. Because... because Illian is actually a version of me, and just as bad at making security devices!"
"Use it wisely... well what am I saying. You two are probably wiser than I am. Anyway, push your buttons to warp there. Then the fun begins."
Razor: "...the confidence you inspire is breathtaking."
*He glances down at his button, glances over to Aribar, then presses it.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: *Grins* "Don't worry. I have a number greater than 20 years of experience in this. I spent a long while practicing."
Aribar: "That's, uh... Well, here's hoping we stumble into Gibby." *The young mage taps the button, readying for... Something.*
Xavier Ridgecrest mutters about 'The Original Nintendus' under his breath.
Metal Man (GM): WARPWARP
You here, Gibby?
Gibby would be on a room on the Eternal Dauntless, one with a nice large window to the outside, probably eating. He'd been forgotten in here. Illian had no clue where he was, mostly because he'd misplaced his comm badge a little while ago.
And the ship was so big... and Illian so depressed... he has yet to have re-found Gibby!
Gibby did not know this though. All he knows is that he just saw a warp pop out in front of him and drop Aribar and Razor onto his dinner table out of nowhere!
Food... food everwhere ;_:
Gibby: "Om nom nom-NOM!??!" O_O
Metal Man (GM): Naturally Ari and Razor would appear before Gibby, in the very fashion described, seeing him there, busy eating... otherwise normal.
Gibby: "..."
Metal Man (GM): If it weren't for the gravy and turkey pieces everywhere you'd think it was a normal Quester reunion.
Razor lands in a crouch, placing a hand right in a cream pie. He blinks a few times, looks at his hand, then looks up at Gibby. "...heh. 'sup?"
Aribar stumbles out onto the table and tries not to fall into some gravy. He likely looks quite a bit younger than the last time Gibby saw Ari, but it's still the one-armed, sandy-haired, blue-robed mage.
Gibby looks at them, then back at his food, then back at them. "...AHHH! I'VE BEEN DRUGGED!"
He waddles around the room in a panic.
"HELP! I'M SEEING THINGS!"
Aribar: "Gah, no, no! Just... Shhhh! No alarms!"
Metal Man (GM): Gibby: You'd see the doors out. Oddly, something shut them.
Although further screaming might help summon guards.
Gibby makes a run for the doors.
Metal Man (GM): You'd run to the door, finding it strangely locked.
Gibby bangs on the door.
"HEY! Lemme out!"
Soldier: "Huh? This door is locked! I don't know why. I'll go find out. I'll be right back!"
Aribar makes his way off the table, trying not to disturb the foot or get the bottom of his robes dirty. "Gibby, it's us! Ari, Razor!"
Metal Man (GM): The sound of whoever was on the other side running away is heard. Probably will take him a while.
Gibby turns and points at them. "Nuh uh. You can't be. It's not possible!"
"What is this this time? Holograms? Robots? Ghosts? Robot ghosts made out of holograms!?"
Aribar: "I... I hope not. We're real; flesh and blood. Alive and well from Nintendus!"
Razor just licks off the cream from his hand. "Sense of taste and everything."
Gibby: "...but... wait a minute, where did you two come from? People don't just warp around here randomly! Especially not people I thought were long gone!"
Razor: "Me? Mets came back and caught me as I was getting ready to head home. Said he needed help in the future. I figured... why the hell not? Sounds like things suck pretty bad here right now... and... well, now that you've so helpfully summoned an evil guard, it sounds like it might get messy soon too."
*He pulls his Smash Dex out from his belt and holds it up to Gibby.*
Aribar: "We're here to help get you out of here."
Metal Man (GM): The dex is clearly the model from Season 3.
It's also clearly brand new. Well, as new as one from Season 3 would be only a few months after being obtained.
More noises would be heard at the door. Other noises in the distance as well.
Gibby: "The future?" *He notices the dex.* "The Smash Dex. Okay... okay, so you two are real. But wait, Metal? You mean Illian, right?"
Aribar: "Uh..."
Razor: "No. That one's some kind of soulless evil version of him. Mass murder and all that. This one's going by Xavier, and he's the same righteously nutty Mets we know and love."
Gibby: "...GUARDS!"
*He runs for the door again. *
"They've been brainwashed! I've gotta tell Illian!"
Aribar: "W-wait! No, it's the opposite!"
Metal Man (GM): The door would begin to fill with cracks. Apparently the 15 minutes referred to the door strength.
Aribar: "I mean, well, listen. It's not like Illian told you."
Gibby: "He told me enough."
Razor: "...didn't you think that maybe HE'S the one lying? C'mon, Gibby. You're smart enough to not just believe the first thing you hear, right?"
Gibby: "I've seen Xavior at work. The guy's a psychopath! Illian is all about order. Like the Questers once were. But the Questers are dead. I'm a Protector now."
Aribar: "In the past few days Xavier helped revive us some of us Questers early, he's been trying to fight some evil guy named Borne here, he's beat down Locos back on Nintendus... Those sound like evil and chaotic things?"
Soldier: "Who is that... who are those people in there? How did they get in there? Hold on, we're almost through!"
Metal Man (GM): The door would take another large hit.
Gibby: "...maybe..." *Poor Gibby was very confused.*
Aribar: "You've been on this ship a while. Look at all the firepower Illian has! If he's so orderly and protecting, why's he got a whole armada?"
Razor: "Look. I'm not even talking order, chaos, whatever... but Illian sounds like a dictator to me. How many times has a dictator had the best interests of people in mind? Well, other than themselves. Total order under someone like him... Aribar's right. Look at this. It's a death fleet."
Metal Man (GM): The sound of guns would be heard in the distance, the ship itself firing on something.
Gibby: "I-I need to talk to Illian about all this. Get his side of the story. I can't just run off on him, we have a contract."
Soldier: "We have our men ready, Gibby! Stand back and we shall destroy whoever has invaded the ship!"
Gibby: "You guys better get out of here. I don't need you two dead... again... I think."
Soldier: "We have reports of a lunatic in a flying limo doing donuts on the front of our ship!"
Razor: "Dead? Gibby, did you forget who we are?"
Gibby: "It's easy to forget things when dealing with time travel."
Soldier: "We're coming in in one minute. Whoever is in there, put down your weapons!"
Aribar: "You've been listening to Illian this whole time. His people are ready to kill first and ask later out there."
Metal Man (GM): The door would begin to finally break, starting with the top down. On the other side: Three Solarian soldiers, equipped with cybernetics and rifles.
Gibby: "...damn it. Damn it! Fine. Let's get out of here."
Soldier: "What IS that on the other side? ...Are my scanners malfunctioning? Illian! Questers are on the ship! Questers are on the ship! Code 15 alert! ... Illian! Illian! Respond!"
Metal Man (GM): You can use the dex to warp back at any time--that is, Razor and Aribar. And grab whoever you plan on taking with out.
The soldiers are busy being momentarily confused.
Soldier: "Damn it! What is happening on the bridge?"
Aribar: "If you don't want to stay with Xavier, you can come back here. Promise? That sound good? After listening to Metal, I hope you won't, though." *He holds out a hand.*
Metal Man (GM): A garbled Illian voice is heard from the Soldier's badge.
Razor nods to Gibby and moves to stand between those two and the Soldiers.
Illian MacGregor: *C* "Questers! Fall back! You can't kill them! They'll kill you!"
Gibby grabs Ari's hand. "We'll see."
Soldier: "What? Damn it! We can't let them take him!"
Illian MacGregor: *C* "The Questers killed Kuja under my watch. What do you think most of the Questers under a fake me's watch are going to do to you?"
Soldier: "..."
Metal Man (GM): They only reluctantly back off, though they look ready to fight anyway.
Soldier: "Consider yourselves lucky. He doesn't lead all of the Solarians. This insult to our respect will be repaid."
Metal Man (GM): He carves a slash in his face and a bit of blood hits the ground much like spit would.
Then he walks off, disgusted, with the others.
Aribar: "Um. That was weird."
Metal Man (GM): One of them does drop a badge on the ground, though.
Illian MacGregor: *C* "Gibby! Those are not the Questers you know! don't take their offer!"
*C* "They may be the ones from the past, but they do not know the truth!"
*C* "They have been deceived. The insanity of Metal--Xavier speaks for itself!"
Razor slowly steps over and picks up the badge. "Hey. Illian, right?"
Illian MacGregor: *C* "As I speak... what..." *He clears his threat.* "Yes, this is Illian MacGregor. And you are Razor, right? You have been fooled. I may have never met you, but I know who you are working under."
*C* "Listen, there have been some things you don't know. You may have heard things about what Garrick said but not what I am about."
*C* "I do not doubt that he has twisted Garrick's insanity to apply to me as well!"
*C* "...Of course as I say this I am letting him run over my bridge, if only because unlike him I know that explosions do not solve absolutely everything!"
Xavier Ridgecrest: *Background* "What's the matter, Illian? I thought you wanted me dead?"
Illian MacGregor: *C* "Pah! Destroy that bridge. I do not make them out of confetti and buttons like you do!"
*C* "...So anyway. What is it you think I am going to do?"
*C* "Your would-be leader is fairly clueless as to what I am doing. I believe he seems more interested in winning some sort of interdimensional car drifting contest."
Razor: "No, you don't. I don't care what you are about, and frankly, I don't care what Metal's about either... I just hate self-righteous assholes who think they know what's best for everyone, and are willing to resort to extreme military force to quash anyone who disagrees."
Xavier Ridgecrest: *Background* "...Maybe I should steal these touch panels and mount them to my forehead... ... ...I hope the others finish soon, I'm running a bit low on fuel."
Illian MacGregor: *C* "...Hmph. You do not know the great horrors that your leader has done."
*C* "He destroyed your Nintendus. I had to remake it! Then in a further insult he skips my saved Nintendus and tries to break yours so it won't explode!"
*C* "My goal is merely to stop him from destroying more Nintenduses, and to make him pay for stealing my name."
*C* "We had a deal! I would save the world from Kuja, then he would admit it was me. Instead he stole my name and then made me out to be a lunatic!"
*C* "...But unlike Garrick, I do not fear Smash Energy, I merely consider it useless."
*C* "If you could find a solution where he apologizes and repays me for what he has stolen, then I will not have to use my fleet against you."
Aribar: "He's... Really taking this personally."
Illian MacGregor: *C* "That is all I have to say, unless you wish to know more."
Razor: "...so? That's... some kind a petty there, Illian." *He turns back to Aribar and nods.* "Let's get out of here." *He then looks back to the comm badge.* "I look forward to finally meeting you in person. Really, your kind are my absolute favorite to shut up. Razor out." *He then crushes the comm badge in his hand, and uses his Dex to warp out.*
Gibby: "Illian! I have to go with them. I need to figure out the truth."
Illian MacGregor: *C* "Hmph. You will only know the defeat that Julian had at my hands, Razor." *He would cough.* "You will be back soon enough, Gibby! You will see--how they are absolutely insane!"
*C* "Go, I must ensure that Garrick does not do anything stupid about that little raiding party you sent a bit too close to him."
*C* "I will deal with this problem... later."
Metal Man (GM): The badge stops glowing, connection disabled.
You can now warp, unopposed. As much as Illian's men and possibly Illian himself sound like they want to gut you, they're... holding back for some reason. Probably similar to the reasons Xavier didn't send in the Valhalla.
As you go to pose out that, I'll also poke. Dragoshi, Demon, Ederick: Ready? Once Aribar, Gibby, and Razor warp out, I'll move to your point of view.
Razor is le gone.
Metal Man (GM): You'd warp. While we wait on Demon, I'll continue with the scene inside the CAC as it tears outside of Illian's bridge.
Gibby, Razor, and Aribar are in the car, with Xavier at the controls.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "So... you managed to get out of there pretty well! ...I didn't quite expect it to be that easy though. Hopefully he didn't send a series of ninja-pirate-robots inside my car!"
Metal Man (GM): He looks under a seat cushion.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Nope..."
Gibby: "If this was any other circumstance, I would be slicing your head off right now."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I'd do the headless horseman thing I do, but there's no room. I sacrificed that part of the roof for more dakka."
Razor: "I'm honestly glad we didn't have to start a fight. I've got no beef with those soldiers of his..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "To be honest, I don't even know or care who they are either. It's Illian and Garrick who are rotten! Especially Garrick. Illian is just... touchy..."
"Talking about some deal I don't even recall being so favorable to him as if it was the law, and... who even remembers what I did then anyway?"
Gibby: "Garrick. Oh no. How am I going to explain this one?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "You have an explanation for Garrick wanting all the Questers dead?"
Aribar: "What is with Garrick, Gibby? Why's he hate us?"
Razor: "Illian's got a personal grudge, and Garrick's just... lost touch. I just want to talk with him, really..." *He looks to Gibby.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Because I would like to know myself. I can understand Illian being a ponce. He's weird. But Garrick never once struck me as the Charles Magellean type."
"Or the Julian type!"
Gibby: "I'm not exactly ready to spill the beans with you people. I still don't know if I can trust any of you."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Well. If you want to save Garrick from himself, just tell us the beans. Before they grow into beanstalks of badness! Mmmm... beans..."
Gibby: "...is he ALWAYS like this?"
Razor: "...I did say he was still nuts. Totally cashews."
Aribar: "It's Metal! Even the other other Metal is like this."
Gibby: "Well that's reassuring."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I have it logged, I was always this way. Except for the time I lost half of my armor. Then I said I was a blue crystal wielder. I drank too much paint."
Razor: "His heart's in the right place, that's what's important."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Then there was the time I arm wrestled Sephiroth. Good times... I will admit, being away from my home made me a bit too bonkers, but I insist, nobody has to die as long as I protect North Carolina from Garrick!"
*Probably did lose his actual heart somewhere down the line.*
Metal Man (GM): *SCENE JUMP OMGZ*
We move a little bit earlier, to Illian's perspective.
He's on the bridge, with Valron.
He's just noticed a strange dot on his radar.
Illian MacGregor: "...I called you here, Valron, because it appears there is a disturbance down at the castle we just liberated."
Valron: "...And that would be?"
Illian MacGregor: "The Questers are up to no good again. Demon and some transient that was picked up by Xavier are near the castle."
Valron: "...Oh boy."
Illian MacGregor: "I don't know how they found it out, but they appear bent on destroying the Borne embassy being built near there. You are to stop them. Be it with music, sodasplode, or decapitating them, then reviving them somewhere very far away from us."
"I don't really care which you do."
Valron: "I see."
Illian MacGregor: "I just want them away from us."
Valron: "Do I have to go about this alone."
Illian MacGregor: "I will help you. As you can see, there is nothing to do out here."
Valron: "I noticed."
Metal Man (GM): A Lamborghini Diablo SV pops into view in outer space, headed towards the bridge.
Valron: "...Just as you say that."
Illian MacGregor: "...Forget I said that. Go into the portal. I have to deal with this."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out his shotgun and opens a portal for Valron.
Illian MacGregor: "I can handle it. The army should also handle it."
Valron nods, making his way into the portal.
Illian MacGregor: "You are to ensure Borne's group is not killed! Or injured! Or diplomatically annoyed! Good luck!"
Metal Man (GM): He then turns and dives out of the way as Xavier's limo smashes into the bridge.
Near Jack's former castle
Valron gives a slight wave in response as he enters the portal.
Metal Man (GM): This takes place a little bit earlier.
Ederick and Demon have warped outside of a strange structure being built on the ruins of Jack's castle.
It's an embassy, or so it says.
...A Borne embassy.
There's even some Borne soldiers at the entrance... even though it's only half complete and one story tall.
Quite a juicy target.
The soldiers are mere recruits, too.
They have rifles, but aren't Deathguards or anything too bad.
Ederick Holmes: "Did Borne and Jack kiss and make up while we were on Nintendus? This place definitely has Jack written all over it."
Metal Man (GM): Oddly, the castle has been destroyed. Oddly even more, you'd notice... Illian soldiers a bit further away.
King Demon: "I'm guessing not... after all, why destroy your buddy's building?"
Metal Man (GM): Also, brb one sec, need a drink + need to start the oven.
King Demon: "Plus, there's them." *Gestures to Illian's group.*
Ederick Holmes: "True. Anywho, doesn't matter. Let's pick some targets and make 'em dead and mad."
King Demon: "Preferrably the former, the latter tends to become annoying quickly."
Ederick Holmes grips his pistol with both hands and runs towards the embassy.
"Bet we can shoot our way in and make Illian's goons come to us!"
King Demon: "Of course... but how do we get out?" *Shrugs* "Eh, like we think that far ahead..." *Draws his sword and charges as well.*
Metal Man (GM): Ok, back.
Will have to AFK again to do some laundry and get out the food, but for now...
You charge at the guards... hmmmmm...
The guards nearly run in fear as-is, since the two of your are already on the MOST WANTED list, but they stand firm.
They fire at you.
King Demon: "Hey, they're actually putting up a fight?"
Metal Man (GM): Describe your attempt to dodge. Or, you can take a hit and attack them.
Your choice. (This be at Demon.)
And yes, I will try to work on the system. Blasted cold, schoolwork, regular work and aliens from Spaghettiworld...
King Demon attempts to use cover as he charges at the soldiers, presumably there's debris he can hide behind.
Metal Man (GM): You take cover, only getting scratched, but also pinning you down to a position.
What do you do, Ederick?
The shots were, yes.
But they're looking to fire at you next.
While you contemplate that, I brb to grab my pizza from the oven.
Ederick Holmes foolishly rushes forward, looking to close the gap between him and the gunners with dives and erratic movement. He wants to get up close and personal.
Metal Man (GM): Back again.
Ederick runs towards them. They would go to aim at him, but they used their ammo at Demon-Ederick gets a free attack. What shall he do?
King Demon: "..." *M* "Idiot." *Unleashes a fireball or two at the soldiers as they aim at Ederick.*
Metal Man (GM): They have their backs turned to Demon, making them easy prey for fireballs. I'll wait on Ederick before noting the conclusion of that action.
Ederick Holmes stops after roll instead of continuing forward and pulls up his hands, aiming for a quick pot-shot at one of the guards.
Metal Man (GM): The guards fall over, readily outmatched. Then...
WARP
Valron appears, standing in the way, flanked by two Illian soldiers, who point their guns at you.
Valron: *Warps in, nodding to the two soldiers, his Borne-22 already leveled as he quickly glances around.* "Alright, men. Give 'em hell."
King Demon: *Sees Valron* "Uh... you're not a random goon, are you?"
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers would open fire with a hail of lasers. What does Demon and Ederick do?
King Demon: "Shit!" *Back behind the cover.*
Ederick Holmes looks around. Can they get inside bef--well there's lasers. He follows Demon's lead.
Valron: *His eyes come to focus on Demon... just as he ducks under cover. Dammit.*
Ederick Holmes: "Those aren't Borne arms!"
Valron: "...You guys have grenades, right?"
Metal Man (GM): You'd go to take cover, getting singed by lasers.
The guards would nod, each of them taking out grenades.
Soldier: "We work for Illian! You damn maniacs will never take this embassy!"
Valron: "Smoke 'em out."
King Demon: "Oh, good, Joker's goons." *Tries to move behind the cover toward the group, if he can.*
Metal Man (GM): One of them hurls their grenade at and over the cover, while the other one shoots at the obvious escape route to the left of it.
Valron waits for Demon to come out of the cover, his rifle at the ready...
Metal Man (GM): Your choice is to try and leap over and run at them, or run backwards.
Or you can run directly into the fire. Which way are you going, Demon?
Soldier 2: "Call us what you want. When you are defeated, we will write the history books."
Metal Man (GM): Also of course, the question goes to Ederick, since the magitek grenade would arrive near him.
Ah. One way leads through fire, the other involves trying to run around the back side of the building.
Ederick Holmes yells over the din of the fire. "We need to take out the foddooooooooohcrap!" He kicks up dirt trying to get some traction to make a mad dash away from the grenade and towards the next thing that qualifies as cover.
Metal Man (GM): Which way shall you circle, Demon?
King Demon readies a couple of fireballs, realizing he has to dive out of the way of the grenade, he shoots off the balls as he does so.
Metal Man (GM): Ederick would run back--given there is no laser fire in that direction, he would succeed, especially covered by Demon. Demon would try to dive away from the grenade and behind the building, using some inaccurate fireballs as a distraction.
Valron: *Once he sees Demon dive, he aims for the... well, demon's torso, attempting to blast him with a well-placed laser shot!*
Metal Man (GM): Hm. Roll your attack and I'll judge whether that succeeds.
Valron: *1d20+6 Deadly Aim.*
Metal Man (GM): Though the odds are steep, luck is on Valron's side and he gives Demon a nice blast across the chest. It doesn't really slow Demon down, but too many of those and he might not be so quick anymore.
Soldier: "You take them from the other side of the building, Valron, we'll take them from this side."
King Demon: "Ah, dammit." (does he make it behind the building?)
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers would go to advance on Ederick's cover while also facing the direction Demon is in. Demon is behind the building now.
Though those soldiers will soon make it so they can turn sideways and attack... but Ederick has enough breathing room to attack from cover now.
Valron: *He nods, quickly making his way to the other side of the building.*
Metal Man (GM): Also, battle theme for this as always: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU3V24RjIc4 (Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack - Cerberus (Missing Track))
Soldier: "Come out and surrender already, we have no interest in wasting time stomping weasels like you!"
Soldier 2: "Illian has knowledge of you. You are not real Questers, just people fooled by Xavier!"
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers have not yet made it so they can reach Demon, so he also has his action he can do.
Ederick Holmes reloads his pistol and pokes out above the rock, aiming for a second before making another shot. "Like hell we aren't! Jealous we get to be the heroes."
King Demon: "Yaknow, if I gave a damn about what you guys think, I'd probably be offended by that comment!" (they aren't within melee range yet?)
Metal Man (GM): Nope. If they were, they'd be able to shoot at you.
You can lay in wait for them though, Demon.
Just at the risk of them attacking you first and it being sort of both of you attacking eachother at once.
King Demon waits, his sword ready in one hand, a fireball ready in the other.
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers would just take the shots, their shields crackling from the damage.
Soldier: "Heroes don't attack random soldiers out of the blue! You're nothing more than vigilantes!"
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers seem to want Demon, figuring he's easier to get at. But first, continuing around the building, Valron?
Valron: *Is indeed continuing to the building, having switched out his Borne-22 for his scythe as he runs.*
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers go to fight Demon. 2 against one. First, Demon, describe how you go to attack the two soldiers running at you with bayonets.
Ederick Holmes: "You don't get the moral highground when you shoot first!"
Soldier: "Says you, warp intruder!"
Metal Man (GM): One of them takes the hit, their shield going down, while the other goes to attack Demon with a magitek bayonet stab. Demon is caught in the middle of switching stances and gets slashed a bit. Now...
Valron rounds the corner with Demon's back to him, and Ederick sees Valron coming.
Valron: *Swiftly charges Demon, going to drive the blade of his scythe deep into the fiend's flesh with a single, brutal swing!*
Metal Man (GM): Up to Ederick to save Demon here, given he's being mobbed.
Ederick Holmes winces as Valron flanks Demon. Swearing at himself for being out-maneuvered, the Alsan Quester starts dashing towards Valron to try and tackle him.
Metal Man (GM): Ederick runs towards Valron, though that will take some time. Demon: You hear Valron coming at you and you still have those soldiers in your face. How do you try to extricate yourself from this sticky situation?
King Demon attempts to sidestep or duck out of the way of Valron's attack, trying to get him to hit his own soldiers instead.
Metal Man (GM): Hm. In this case, since you have the sheet, Valron, roll a Combat Maneuver Bonus-enhanced roll so I can fuzzily figure out what's gonna go down with that.
Demon manages to get sort of away, reducing his damage, but he's starting to bleed a bit. Ederick running in to take his place creates a bit of a football tackle scenario between him and the two soldiers. to respond to both guards trying to counter-tackle him.
King Demon: "Gah... dammit... where's a healing mage when you need one?" *Readies his sword to fight with Valron.*
Ederick Holmes leans back and slows for just a moment, moving to the right before he drops his gun to reach out and grab one soldier and use his momentum to spin around and throw him into the other one.
Valron gets into stance as he sees Ed appear, taking a slight breath. This is gonna suck...
Metal Man (GM): The soldiers are tough, however Ed manages to momentarily distract them. Now it is Valron's time to react, with Ederick and Demon in his face. The soldiers are rallying to get up and counterattack, but it is then Ederick's turn.
Valron glances between the two, before deciding to tear into Demon with a swift swing of his scythe, while trying to use the momentum to take a swing at Ederick as well!
Metal Man (GM): And now for Demon and Ederick to react/counterattack.
Ederick Holmes: "Watch it, reaper!" *He falls back and onto the ground to try and evade the rest of the swing. He's a bit too scared of that big blade to jump into any openings left by Demon.*
Metal Man (GM): Demon alone fights the scythe, the two clash, throwing sparks at one another and neither really wins out that one.
The soldiers decide to get in their two sense as one of them gets up and fires at Demon from the side while the other is busy still slowly getting up, as his shield is down and he's a bit weaker.
Valron during this event, with Demon having to evade or deal with laser fire coming in from the side.
Valron: *Will use the laser fire as his chance to attempt to break through the deadlock and strike Demon down, or at the very least, further wound him.*
King Demon: *Sidesteps (or at least attempts to) the laser fire, stepping away from Valron, and his scythe, in the process.* "Hey, Eddie, mind taking care of the gnats?"
Metal Man (GM): Hm. Roll the laser attack, Valron.
Oh. Right.
Demon: You can dodge one or the other. Trying to do both risks failing and being hit by both. Proceeding as-is still? Also, quick brb to start laundry.
King Demon steps toward Valron, trying to turn the stalemate to his advantage, hopefully freeing his sword enough to slash the enemy... knowing he's going to get hit by the lasers in the process.
Metal Man (GM): Demon gets singed by some lasers, but also swings his sword back at Valron. Valron: Roll a scythe attack.
Hm. Yes.
Demon did, yes.
However, he would find it inconclusive again. Valron is tough.
Valron: "Mmph!"
Metal Man (GM): Things would go to continue again, when coordinated radio things would go off.
Illian MacGregor: *C* "Withdraw, the threat is over. I repeat. The threat is over."
Metal Man (GM): Naturally Demon and Ederick might go to attack, only to suddenly be... warped away.
Valron: *C* "...You don't say, boss."
King Demon: *Would get warped in the middle of swinging at Valron once again.*
Illian MacGregor: *C* "They came for Gibby. Not for you. It was a diversion. I was going to recall you, but Gibby figured a way to make this a win for us."
Valron: *C* "In any case, the two soldiers and I didn't get messed up too badly. One of their shields actua- Eh?"
Illian MacGregor: *C* "He is going to investigate their practices, then come right back to us, with all the info needed to defeat them."
*C* "He will also help spread dissension in their ranks by bringing what I have said right inside their place."
Valron: *C* *He smiles, chuckling a little* "...Good 'ol, Gibby. Certainly knows how to be a real help, huh?"
Illian MacGregor: *C* "All while Xavier exposed his tactics to you and I, so we know what to expect next time."
*C* "Warp back and feel free to tell me what happened. Nobody was seriously hurt, so it was a success."
*C* "...My bridge has Lamborghini treadmarks all over it, but that's nothing I can't fix."
Valron: *C* "Understood. Valron out and returning to base."
Metal Man (GM): Illian's warp back would appear for Valron to take.
The Borne guards, healed by Illian's soldiers, would stand up, while the Illian soldiers would take some medpacks and warp back to the ship.
Valron: "At least that explains why it went sorta smoothly..." *He dusts himself off, before putting his scythe away and heading into the warp.*
Metal Man (GM): Now, before I do that, I ask if Razor is around as well so we can do Gibby-Razor-Demon-Aribar-Ederick shenanigans.
It'd mostly be a short thing anyway, probably low key.
After a short car trip back, the group would return to HQ... all of the group. Xavier would let Ederick, Gibby, Razor, Aribar and Demon out of the car and then get out himself, dusting himself off.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Well. Now it looks like I have a full set of Questers. Even if one of them wants to decapitate me. That's normal though. There's one of those in every batch. And Gibby isn't like the other ones." *He would scratch his chin--it's been polished now so it makes no noise!* "...I don't think he has much reason to, though."
"I doubt that the things he's been told actually relate to me."
"...How did the ground war go, Ederick and Demon?"
Gibby: "Demon, huh? Figures."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Demon's a good guy. He sets the bad ones on fire."
Gibby: "Right now I'm not sure who's good and who's bad. It's all a big blob of grey at the moment."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Aha! Blinded by that horrible world you were in, then. Not to worry. This is Nintendus. You know. Dr. Mario, Professor Oak, Dr. Light, Mewtwo?"
"Where we are good and bad guys like Smithy get exploded."
Razor: "...I've never been too sure about Oak though..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Me neither."
Gibby: "How am I supposed to believe you? What if this is all just some grand lie to get me to reveal info on Illian?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Frankly, that trillion coin incident makes me look like an angel."
King Demon: *Shrugs* "I set EVERYONE on fire... oh, and I see you brought dessert while we were out!"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Well, I believe the world speaks for itself. If I was evil, why would the heroes of this world trust me to run their stadium again?"
"Why would the other Questers follow me?"
Gibby: "You could have brainwashed them like you assume Illian has done to me."
Razor: "...besides, Gibby... we don't really need any kind of INFO on Illian. We don't care about that, we care about you."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "You think I could brainwash Razor? I think I would be missing several limbs if I came within a postal code of trying that."
Gibby: "You're capable of a lot of crazy things."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Crazy, yes, but that is outside of my power. Free will is actually my motto, in this case."
Gibby: "...why would Illian lie to me then?"
Razor: "...because it's not his."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Depends what you mean. What did he say? He may have merely been selective with the truth."
"There is evil, but it was not me."
"No. I am more obviou--I mean not specifically the evil he most likely refers to."
King Demon: "Eh, you're both evil, just in your own ways." *Shrugs and goes to get something to eat.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I admit that I had a few rough spots, after my world was destroyed... ...the one I care about, not my stupid homeworld."
Metal Man (GM): Xavier would wave to Demon, letting him leave.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...We're all evil in some ways, but I guess the question is what you mean to be 'evil.' Do you hate chaos?"
Gibby: "All I know is that you were behind the Questers going dark, and he was forming a new group. And then when he showed me the videos of you... well, you don't paint a pretty picture. Hate it? Feels like I've been living in it all my life."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Well, that first part was definitely a lie. I spent the better half of my time as pretend Illian MacGregor trying to kill Aetos once and for all."
"As well as Charles. Who I succeeded in killing!"
Ederick Holmes: "Hey, the bossman's recruiting new Questers like me. Questers just sort of died on their own or went back to Nintendus."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "All those imaginary children were saved! The truth is, Julian led them to evil."
"I told him they would eat him alive. He didn't listen."
"He turned to evil, they turned to evil, by the time I arrived the whole team was practically made up of literal demons."
Aribar just sits there, kicking his feet off of the seat. He's still a bit weirded out by all this.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "And unlike King Demon, the others weren't quite as easy to switch out evil for blowing up bad guys. Indeed. Deloth never trusted me, the one named Kit Orbel didn't understand what I was, and I have no clue why an angel was hanging out with the demons except that he seemed to be a fallen one."
"The Rinith guy wasn't evil though."
"He saved my life."
"Neither was that Kenku guy. He was just... there."
"However, Andrew was obviously an evil warlock."
"Fourth Wall College must have been a clever nickname for the Fourth Circle of Hell! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
Razor: "...not to mention they all sound horribly, unbelievably lame."
Gibby: "...yeah... so the rest of you are okay with all this? With how Xavier's running things?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "If anyone does have an issue, I'm all ears. Well. Helmet. Fake... helmet hearing devices."
King Demon: *Walks back in with a sandwich of some sort* "... huh?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "We were just discussing the demons who used to be Questers, Demon. The ones that weren't you. Illian confused them for the people I led, leading Gibby to think I led them."
*Shrugs* "You can confirm I didn't lead them, right?"
"Because I think I would have remembered that."
"In fact I remember running off on my own to hide from Ael."
"That was not fun."
Ederick Holmes counts on his fingers. "He saved me from becoming some mind controlled freak under Borne's control, saved Oak's life, until now only acted in self defense against Illian."
Gibby huffs.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Even then, nobody of Illian's died. I just wrecked an expensive cockpit and tickled some Borne guys!"
Gibby: "This is a complete 180 on everything I've been told."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I had the power all that time to cause horrible death... and I didn't! ...Those Solarian guys owe me a new paintjob."
"Their guns must have been set to 'paint varnish.'"
"The important thing here, is, unlike Illian, I have emotions. Like... love!" *Shoots sparks* "...Oh right. I traded that part of my brain for more dakka."
"The important part is that you have free will, they have free will... and I hunger for phazon... er I mean you can leave if you want, but it's not really that... oh yeah..."
"That's right."
Metal Man (GM): He puts a hand to his chin.
Gibby: "What?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I forgot the thing you're missing. You don't know, do you?"
Gibby: "I guess I don't."
Metal Man (GM): He shows an image of a Garrick who's hulked up in power armor.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Garrick came here before. He was in the service of an evil emperor. And his goal was to destroy all our powers."
King Demon: "Is there anything you DIDN'T trade for more dakka?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "My ability to sing bad music. That will never be traded!"
King Demon: "Great..." *Rolls eyes.*
Aribar: "Xavier told us that Garrick wants to kill all Questers."
Razor: "...as long as it's not the song that shall not be named."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Anyway, evil Armor Garrick and his Dark emperor had an ultimatum. Destroy our powers or destroy us all. I would have gladly destroyed Garrick's evil emperor, but there was an Evil Wolfman at the time. Garrick got this idea from there that all Smash Power was evil, even the stuff in Mario's veins."
"And thus, that he must destroy us all so it can't infect anyone."
Gibby: "I seem to remember him saying something along those lines. I just didn't think he would go this far with it."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "He's going all the way, Gibby. He may have come after Illian next. I think Illian is being played."
"So, we have to stop him. But he has powerful allies."
"So we need bigger ships. More guns. And... to unite one last time."
"Then, together, we can defeat him... and teach him the power of sappy cliches. Then, he can be left to think on the bad things he did while we all split up for the final time and go on our ways."
Razor: "We'll be as awesome as we were back in the day! Which was, granted, like a week ago for me, but whatever."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Past Questers onto their future. Razor to his place. I... ...to my places. And we live happily ever after! Well, not me. Happy living is boring. I have plans to fly into this awesome black hole I found somewhere."
"But not before I know that the legacy of the Questers won't be destroyed by a maniac."
"Can't let the world be destroyed just because we're all off on our own things."
"So, if you wish, you may join us in this last dance."
Ederick Holmes: "Dude, what about these powers is an infection? They're comicbook super powers! None of the weird muck that Borne deals with, none of the annoying tech the Eggman had... It's a dream come true."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Because I can guarantee Illian only wants robot-soldiers. You've seen them yourself. Do they resemble happy Kirbies to you?"
"Is that what whoever sent you to fight that wizard had in mind? You being a robotic slave?"
"That sounds more like crazy evil wizard stuff to me."
Gibby looks at the other, and then at Xavier. Well, everything you're saying is making sense. Illian was all about order, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss all the chaos I had as a Quester. I never really felt at home on that ship. As long as we're all fighting on the same side, then the choice is obvious. Alright. I'll join you guys. But I'm only in this to stop Garrick.
Nothing else."."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "That's fine with me."
Aribar: "Maybe with your help we can convince Garrick that we don't need to fight."
Gibby: "Also, I need full access to your kitchen. 24/7."
King Demon: "Cool." *Shrugs* "Chicken and Marshmallow sandwich?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "In the end, Illian's problems are... well, between me and him. If Garrick is gone, er, stopped, we can probably deal with that without an interdimensional war. I think."
Razor: "Heh."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Yes, the kitchen is yours."
Gibby: "Excellent."
*He offers a finshake.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Given that you were last there chronologically a few weeks ago, it's had time to recover. Mostly."
Metal Man (GM): Xavier would shake back.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "... ...And I have The Shelf too, but I think you hated that thing. Not sure. My memory is melting."
Gibby: *_*
"...never again..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Too many time travel sessions. Sometimes I think there's two Aribars. Sometimes I see Kuja and Aetos playing patticake in the corner of my eyes."
"It's all jumbled up there."
Gibby: "Please don't make me regret this."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Don't worry. I have an insanity inhibitor."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out a glowing pretzel.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...Did I trade it for a pretzel again? Oh well."
Gibby: O_O "Oooooo..."
*He licks his lips.*
King Demon: "Probably... half of one, I think."
Ederick Holmes: "Wasn't that part of the radioactive time core in the Wing Fortress?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...This is my insanity inhibitor! If you eat it, I will go insane! ...Or maybe I will become sane?"
Razor: "Oh lordy. Gibby's gonna eat a nuclear pretzel. I think I'm going to take this opportunity to exit: stage right."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...Yeah, you're right. Good idea, Razor."
Razor then heads out the door to the left.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "The nuclear pretzel has never been tasted before."
Gibby: "Aww."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "I mean tested. Tested!"
Gibby tries to lick it while nobody's looking.
Metal Man (GM): You lick it, and suddenly the world looks all wavy and bizarre.
You hear distant Beatles tunes as it rains invisible apples and 9-balls.
This must be how Xavier sees the world!
Gibby: "WoOoOoOaAaAaAaAhHhHhHhHhH..." @_!
Xavier Ridgecrest: "...Now I know why it has never been tasted. I need another one, this one is probably overloaded with the last couple years anyway."
Gibby: "I am the walrus... cu-cu-ca-ju... number 9..."
Metal Man (GM): He takes out a mustache comb and adds it into the slot alongside the pretzel, then pats Gibby on the head.
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Good ol' Gibby. Tripping out just like that time with Saturn Cofee. Now if only I had Digi. I could call him Figi, then give him water imported from Figi."
"Then, he could tell me his name was Ian Pokeslayer, master of worlds."
Gibby shakes his head.
"Ow..."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Had fun with that one? I think you got temporarily permanently insane for a moment there."
Gibby: "I could get used to that."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "For some reason, that made me feel a bit more sane. Maybe I should settle down, have a family, and get a normal job."
*He stands there, staring at nothing. *
"...Bahahahahahahahahaha!"
Gibby: "...ahahahha... hahahah... ha..."
Aribar: "Are there any other Questers outside Nintendus besides Garrick?"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "Anyway. You have fun, Gibby." *Drops keys to the pantry*
"Hmmmmm."
"Hmmmmmmmmmm."
Gibby: "I don't know if it's the pretzel talking or not, but I'm feeling good about this already."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "There's this place I call the Forbidden Zone. We can't go there, a magical Mewtwo-esque barrier would probably stop us. I might make some phone calls and see if the guy who saved my life could come by."
"And... Digi... maybe he went to Earth."
"Maybe we need to send letters to his parents on Earth."
"Yes. I think I will try that."
"I should also learn how to use Digimon."
"All I need is a foul-mouthed Renamon."
Ederick Holmes: "I can't picture you being good with animals, boss."
Xavier Ridgecrest: "That's why I'd have to stick to digital ones, strong enough to maul me when I act stupid! ...Hmmmm... good point."
King Demon: "Eh, he did ok with Mewtwo... when Mewtwo wasn't trying to psychically strangle him, anyway"
Xavier Ridgecrest: "The Void is kind of an animal, but my attempts to work with him never pan out. He keeps destroying the world moments after I save it."
"Or vice versa."
"Anyway, I should probably rest. I wore out two energy cells burning Illian's precious Solarian flooring."
"You enjoy yourselves while I figure out what best will control our fates, er I mean a way to best write down our abilities on Wolfman's website."
"That one Wolfman used to tell us to defend from space aliens."
"Some day he might come back if I keep updating it."
"Maybe we need to fetch more key lime pies."
Ederick Holmes: "Gonna go 'xploring more. I'll be back." *He wanders off.*
Xavier Ridgecrest: "To the future... and more confusion... or just the future!" *Salutes, walks off.*
Gibby shakes his head.
"What a mess, what a mess."
Metal Man (GM): And we end here. I have no system to give you EXP in, and I'm too tired to do much else. Dragoshi will get his scene to start out the next Illian one. Well, Gibby can continue commenting on it for a moment too, as he wishes.
Also, this event means Garrick will get his thing sooner than expected.