When we left off, the Planeteers (not that they know they're called that yet) were discussing the beauties of orange sod- err, flying in a very, very old plane in the general direction of San Francisco. (I'd try quoting the music I'm listening to now, but I haven't a bloodly clue how to speak yet allone type in Japaneese...) (Waka Laka???) Because, well, Tyler needs clothes. (True...) (Do they have Fanta products in San Fransico?) Tyler's dry now, by the way. Jose is not. Akinyi is, but she's sound asleep on a chair. All the excitement must have gotten to her. (Damn straight.) And session start. * Jose blinks. * Eui-Tae flips through the manual some more... "Now, I like music as much as you guys, but can you please keep it down?" * Tyler flies! Flies like the WIND! Ironic, considering the ring assignments. San Fransico eh? Never been to the United States. I'll turn the sound on if... and only if you guys can agree on a song. * Spanky sits on the sixth chair, quite content now that the fighting over music has stopped. * Tyler checks gauges and such. "Well, you'll be to the good ol' USA real soon, now." (And the GM goes to look for character sheets. ;P) (Doh, Me too.) (Find... Files or Folders...) * Eui-Tae takes a peak at the GPS... "Yup, this needs some repair work..." (Can I poke Akinyi with a stick?) (Notice: From now on, I'm not going to ask you if you want to use Divine Relationship or not. If you do, let me know when it happens.) Sorry, Jose, but you don't have a stick to poke her with. Deal. (Zing!) Question for the team: Where are we going to eat once we land in San Fransico? It can't be just me that is hungry. * Tyler hums a merry tune, looking a bit too pleased for someone who was acting like a raving lunatic a few hours ago. I always wanted to try McDonalds! * Spanky yawns. Wak? That's sick Eui... They don't even cook the "meat" right. Umm... okay, maybe not. Let me stop by a Valli Produce, I can whip up a great meal. Whatever you guys want! * Tyler grins again. Widely. * Ziegfried mumbles something about only being able to equip 3 magic items per character, and continues writing his army. What are you doing anyway, Zig? Some things never change, do they Zig? Ja, 40,000 points, und I can only put 3 items per charakter... Hum... (I couldn't find enough to change, so I HAD to switch the c to a k...) * Jose loses interest fast and looks out a window. (Mortal kombat?) (On second thought, I give up on the accent. Just use yer immagination!) (Good plan Amad.) (Mr Mog's Hero Arena!) I need a laptop! (What does a WC3 map have to do with anything? haha) I'm getting the strong urge to waste some newbs... Jose: You see land. (WOAH, note to self: Xenon light bulbs are bright, do not shine them in your face to test this...) Hum... What area is that? It's distant, but it's rapidly approaching! * Tyler glances over and grins. That? Is home. Um... Tyler... Wanna slow down just a bit? Nope! (Wow! That land sure is distant! And it's rapidly approaching!) * Tyler runs through possible landing spots in her head. You zoom towards San Fran! At least, you think it's San Fran. It's hard to tell from this high up. * Yonjuuni has joined #planet * Tyler unwittingly takes a cue from Star Trek: The Voyage Home and starts cruising around, looking for Golden Gate Park. Hold on, hold on... you're gonna need to slow down or we're going to pass it up. Uh, hold on to something. We're going down. Seat belts everyone! * Eui-Tae buckles up. * Jose buckles up. * Ziegfried glances up, and deliberately does not hold onto anything, although he still has his seat belt on (It's the law!) * Tyler starts taking the ugly yellow beast of a plane in rapidly descending circles, cruising the length of the Bay Area in the process. Hey, hey! You can land this thing vertically, remember? As Tyler slows and drops altitude, you get a better look at where you're heading: a relatively low, mist-covered city. You can see the golden gate bridge in the distance. Yeah, but it helps if I don't land on someone's house. Hence, looking for a landing spot. Wow... nice place. Too bad it gets wiped out in Red Alert 6. (lol) True. * Tyler takes the plane towards the bridge, now seeing the swath of green she had in mind for a touchdown point. (Should I run out of the plane and kiss the ground? jk :) ) (Probably.) * Tyler glances out the windows. She doesn't think she sees anyone who would bloody up their landing gear. Err, that she should be nice and watch out for. Okay... Tyler needs to get some clothes... and Aki needs some sleep. Roll piloting for me, Tyler dear. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-3) and gets 3. She successfully lands the Magic Schoolbus! I mean, Geo Cruiser! (Oh. Should have been -4. Oh well.) Alright! Yeah! We got here in one piece... now what? * Tyler smiles proudly, and methodically turns off what needs turning off. To... Tyler house? * Ziegfried glances up, yawns, and waits for someone else to be the first one out) I suppose we could head that way. * Tyler crawls out of the front seat and opens the door, stepping out onto the nice, firm, not-insanity-induced grass. (At least that's what she THINKS) * Spanky hops out of the plane, too! * Jose gets off the plane, takes a long stretch, and takes a few breaths. Well. * Atom is now known as Atom[WCIII] This city smells funny. * Eui-Tae walks out and takes a look at the bridge. * Tyler smiles at everyone, then does a quick little wave. * Ziegfried packs his book into his uberdeep left pocket, and gets out. Yeah... You'd think with the shortage in fuels the city would be getting cleaner. Well, it's been fun! Have a good time with your delusional little band of heroes! * Tyler takes off at a run. Hey! Get back here! * Spanky blinks. * Jose glances at the rapidly shrinking Tyler. * Spanky waddles after Tyler. Stop her Zieg! * Eui-Tae runs after Tyler. * Ziegfried walks after her, with minimal effort and/or speed Strange girl. First thing she wants to do is partake in a race. Ok! * Tyler takes a right on a walking path she's bladed a thousand times, quickly vanishing behind a bush. * Jose runs after Tyler. Vanished... Where she go? Now... where'd she go? * Spanky is gone, too, amazingly enough. Hey... Maybe Spank's with her... * Ziegfried eventually catches up to the aformentioned bush I will yell for Spanky. Wak! * Ziegfried rolls his eyes Then yell already!... Not what I had in mind. Didn't work too well. * Spanky doesn't reply. Imagine that. :P Duh... you don't sound anything like him. * Jose notices some pedestrians are eyeing his bow. You might want to put that away Jose. (I don't suppose I can see over this bush behind which she vanished?) Okay, boys. Anyone looking for Tyler, give me an Urban Tracking roll. * Tyler slowly works her way from cedar to cedar, staying behind the enormous bushes. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6) and gets 11. (Wait!) (Isnt it a bush? Technically its a jungle roll!) (Just shut up and roll already.) (Should I take a +1 penalty because I'm more glancing than actually looking?) (Golden Gate Park is very, very urban. Despite the foliage.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6) and gets 5. Urban Tracking, Jose dear. :P (looking implies effort being put in) Zig: *snerk* If you want the penalty, take it. ^_~ 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6+1) and gets 8. (5? Not good?) (She (lower than any of yer stats, so it's a success, I think) (She'll tell ya, don't worry.) (She just did tell you, yes.) (I wonder how Atom there is doing on WC3, hehe...) (He got the game yesterday.) (Hrmm... He just got it. ;) ) * Tyler glances around, seeing they're by the Exploratorium. She slips carefully towards the parking lot, looking for any bike, motorcycle, or moped left unattended. (Man, I was going to type this: /me sticks his arm into the bushes and yanks out Tyler.) (Haw haw. :P) (Type faster Joe :P ) * Jose looks around for Tyler. Jose! Wake up and check your query window. * Tyler sighs and hunts for one that isn't locked down, of which there are few. There she is! Where? Near the bikes! * Tyler hears the yell and takes off again, weaving between cars. * Jose runs off to Tyler! * Eui-Tae runs for it! Come... back! * Tyler sees him approaching, stops, and screams out, "Someone help me! These men are attacking me!" * Ziegfried wanders back to the Geo-cruiser, figuring he can probably cut her off Uh oh... ( Yeesh, the original planeteers never had problems like this. I think. ^^ ) The hell are you talking about Tyler? Tyler! Stop this game. (Wouldn't "Rape!" just be easier? =) (Oh boy...) Why are you running away. The traffic ignores her. A number of pedestrians, however, stop and look at you people. (Right... this is the US... no one cares. (It might be the US, but it ain't New York.) (true...) (The people notice a guy with a bow chasing a girl in the streets... not good.) (The hunt is on!) (Someone took hunting for women WAY too seriously...) * Tyler runs over to the nearest pedestrian and attempts to plead her case. ( *snicker* ) The man blinks at her and listens, nodding attentively. The woman who was with him hurries in another direction. Ah shit... These men are crazy... they think I need to come with them and... * Jose approaches the two. * Tyler glances down. They've, um, been chasing me ever since the beach. Tyler! Calm down! "The beach?" He frowns. * Tyler smiles in what she hopes is a girlish, fluttery fashion. * Tyler sniffles. "I was out windsurfing, and when I came in to shore... I had to leave it behind!" Your... thingy. The man frowns more deeply and looks over at you people. He's a fairly average man who looks like he's in his late twenties. His eyes widen when he spots Jose's bow. * Eui-Tae approaches the three now. * Tyler leans in and whispers, "And they're A's fans." She nods seriously. What are you trying to do Joe... why didn't you leave that thing in the plane? What was that? What do you mean by A's? And Why would we ban them? He coughs and says quietly to Tyler, "Don't worry, help is on the way." (btw, I'm over in the plane trying to figure out how the thing works from the instruction manual...) (not good...) Everyone but Tyler, give me an awareness check. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets 1. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-2) and gets 7. (Okay, my 49ers and Giants fangirlness is showing. Die, Oakland!) (Uhhh, I take it I don't roll because I'm not there?) (49ers are EVIL!) So Tyler, can we find your home already? I need to use your phone. Eui: You spot the woman who left earlier walking quickly back with a man wearing blue and sunglasses. As he gets closer, you can see that he's carrying 1) a baton, and 2) a gun. (Shut your mouth! *polishes the wall-sized Niners shrine in the next room*) (All I know is I'm going to end up at a Bears game some time next year, since they're playing at UIUC...) WHAT THE HELL IS THAT MAN DOING?! You're not supposed to have a gun! What? * Jose looks over at the armed man. Oh. All of you can see him now (since Eui pointed it out so nicely ^^). He's portly and has a no-nonsense look on his face. Aren't guns illegal to the public? * Tyler flutters her eyelashes becomingly and in thanks at her hero, whom she will discard as soon is convienent. We don't want any trouble sir. Tyler... what the heck do you think you're trying to do? So if you don't mind, just let us talk. Tyler... The police officer comes to a stop at your little group. The first man says, "These kids have supposedly been chasing this young woman all the way from the beach." He goes on with a few more details. * Tyler sighs and turns around. "Look. You think you're some kind of heroes. You're obviously all on drugs, or suffering from mass delusions, or something. Well, I'm not getting sucked into your twisted little game, so stop making me try to drink the red kool-aid!" Um... how far is the beach from here? Wait! This isn't what it sounds like! (Tyler apparently follows late twentieth century cult stories. :P) (Mmm, urban legends.) You know what? FINE! (*plots out a session based o- oh yeah, gotta finish this ^_~) Girl... you obviously took the red-pill by puting the ring on... now are we going to find out the truth or not? (Not urban legends... Jim Jones made his followers drink kool-aid laced with cyanide.) (*nods* True.) So you still think this is a dream Tyler? Because it sure as hell isn't a dream to us. The policeman rubs his temples as he listens to this. Maybe I don't. But maybe I think that anyone who thinks that oooh, I've been chosen to be a hero who'll save the world is an obvious headcase, and is NOT someone I trust to be around. * Tyler glances over to the cop. "They think they're superheroes." The cop nods. "I see." He looks to Jose. "Put that thing away, kid." Heh, we're not superheroes, that's for sure. At least... I don't think so. This? Don't tell me what to do. You are not my momma. Fine. They think they have maaaaaaaagic powers. * Eui-Tae whispers to Jose. "Just put it away..." * Tyler waves her hands around in the universal symbol for "maaaaaaaagic" as she says so. The man and his wife (sensibly) leave at this point. They mutter something about a shared acid trip as they leave. Magic huh? I'll show you some MAGIC! (Snerk. Yup, they're from San Francisco!) Well... actually, that might not be such a bad idea... * Jose points at the ground and yells "FIRE!" (stupid question... back in the geo-cruiser, have I figured out how it works at all? =) "Look, kids. I don't want any- holy shit!" (Nah, you took a look at it and realized it's too hard to figure out ;) ) * Tyler scowls at Jose. The area Jose pointed to explodes in flame. Some of the pavement even melts. You guys get a *lot* of looks now. See that? We all have these rings that do special stuff. (Yes, Ziggy. :P You get the gist.) And she has the power over water. Watch! I have no idea what he's talking about. * Jose grabs Tyler's arm and yells "WATER!" Nothing happens. Uh... ... I don't think it works that way Jose. Come on Tyler, use your ring! (*cracks up*) * Ziegfried does his best to turn the thing on, and fly at low speeds down the streets, as per a hovercar I think SHE has to be the one who wants to use it. (She's wind, I thought, lol (Nah, I'm wind) (well, that settles that then) The police officer stares at Jose, putting his hand to his gun. He licks his lips, obviously having some trouble with this. "Look, I don't know what the hell you're up to, but leave the girl alone." Sir... please don't touch the gun... * Tyler smiles at the cop. "I have no idea how to get home... could I possibly get a ride? Otherwise, I'd just be walking off and..." She looks pointedly over at them. * Jose scratches his head. He keeps his eyes on Jose. "Yeah, sure thing. Come with me." He ushers Tyler in a certain direction and, when he's sure you're not following, leaves with her. SPANKY! You can talk! (LOL!) * Ziegfried actually puts effort into trying to figure out where everyone went, whilst obeying traffic laws... err... soon as he can get on whatever streets have become in 2057...) (Don't make me kill you. :P) (wtg Spank!) The police officer said that. ;P (Man, all you had to do to get the bow to pass was say you were a student at Berkeley who was working on his dissertation on tribal weaponry. ^_-) Well, there goes Tyler. Ziggy: You find Eui and Jose! Standing around a slightly melted patch of pavement. Hey Zeig! * Eui-Tae waves his hands. * Jose looks around for Spanky. * Ziegfried pulls over, but stays 3" or so off the ground. Ziegfried blocks traffic! Zig. Tyler ran off with some guy. * Ziegfried nods. "Ja, get in, tell me the story" She ran off with a Police officer... why he had a gun is beyond me, but let's follow them. * Eui-Tae gets into the 'hovercar.' * Jose looks around for Spanky some mo'. Spanky is nowhere to be found. Hum... Don't worry about Spanky... no one would dare to hurt him. * Ziegfried waits for Jose, and grunts toward traffic * Jose gets in. (I have this image of the geocruiser and a cable car playing chicken.) (You know it's coming =) (Look, don't muss the ride.) * Ziegfried lifts off about 10 feet from the ground, and looks for a car with sirens. * Jose 's stomach grumbles. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6-2) and gets 2. (Ignore me. :P) * Eui-Tae also looks out the window for anything remotely familiar looking to a police car. Zieg: You find a few. Well, which one is it? Ya got me... Look for one with a scantly clad girl riding in it. Yeah, like I can see that. Hrm... well, you guys were the ones who saw which way she went... left, or right? Well, it was in that general direction. * Eui-Tae points. * Ziegfried heads that way at a speed slightly faster than traffic So, tell me again, why does the fuzz have Tyler? Indecent exposure? (What was her name back at Hope Is.? Celes?) (No wait, that's FF6...) You head that way! Cruisin' in San Fran o/~ She was acting all "mistress in distress" and ran off. ... so they arrested her? No... they were gonna drive her home. Oooh, right. * Ziegfried begins to wonder if this is worth the effort he's about to put into it Hold on... doesn't Spanky like Tyler? Hold on... where is Spanky? Look for a penguin in a police car. * Ziegfried begins pulling up somewhat near each squad car * Jose sticks his head out the window and listens for a "wak." (How fast are we going? I think the force of the wind may just have broken Jose's neck...) Jose hears horns. Congrats. Close the window Jose. You're cruising, as far as I can tell, at traffic speed. (Wait, traffic... n/m) (So essentially, we're moving and they... aren't? (Yup.) (We can go to a higher level too... remember this is an aircraft. (Go central cities. Arright, then he's fine =) Well, just... look in all the cop cars for a scantily dressed woman and penguin. I'm driving this thing, so you two have to look * Eui-Tae looks out the right side. You look into cop cars. Look look look o/~ You enter a nice neighborhood with large victorian houses. Give me a perception check, Jose and Eui. * Ziegfried pulls from one squad car to the next, always a few feet above traffic. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets 8, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Maybe you should consider sacrificing some barnyard animals?" (Ooooh, well, one of us found her, lol) * Eui-Tae (Is having BAD luck with rolls today. ) (And... Kevin found his toes. So he thinks.) Jose, you notice a cop that might be the one who took Tyler away in one of the cars. He's driving the opposite direction, however, and you don't think you spot anyone in the back seat. Hum... That looks like the cop. Eui, you notice that you have dirt under your fingernails. (Bwah!) Ja, and Tyler? * Eui-Tae picks dirt out from under his fingernails. Nope. Must have dropped her off... What? Well, let's keep going, she can't be far... Look for "ze nekid veemen" on the side of the road! And quit picking at your nails. That's disguisting! (I thought you were giving up the German accent Amad.) (that one was too good to pass up, imo) * Eui-Tae stops picking his nails, and starts looking for a Penguin and Tyler. Wait. Maybe we can think better if we eat. * Ziegfried keeps driving, glancing occasionally down side streets and such * Ziegfried ignores Jose (Gimme a sec. AFK for 3 minutes.) (Jose has PAUSED gameplay (2 timeouts remaining)) Pause. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 7. (Again, ignore...) (Yeah, since Dicesuke isn't in private channels =) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 7. (Poof, there goes DR =) (This isn't your day, is it, Tyler? ^_^) (Stupid Dicesuke! Roll! Better!) (lol, she isn't doing much better for us either =) (True.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 10. (...) (I'm convinced you did something now, Ard. :P) (Me? Do something? ^^) (Evil sneaky GM.) (Burning heat!... there's a 9-footer...) (Returns.) (Oh, btw... durring my quick trip through the instruction manuel, I don't suppose I found how to turn the breaker back on, eh? =) (Jose has RESUMED play... maybe this time someone will comment...) Does this ship have a phone? (lol, I was writing my name on a stainless steel flashlight I was taking with to school... I checked to see if it was dry...) * Jose looks for a phone. (The "Ma" won't go away despite my best efforts, but the second half of my name hadn't finished drying =) * Eui-Tae pulls out his cell-phone. The Geo Cruiser isn't equipped with phones, nope. * Ziegfried lives by himself, and thus doesn't have to worry about calling parents if he's not home for dinner. =) Ya need this? Ok, now to find out what is my country's area code. Sure. * Jose scratches his head. It seems that the Venezuelean country code is unknown to him. Com'on... don't you have one of these? less phoning, more looking, ja? * Jose gives back the phone and resumes the search for the lost prince... Tyler. (I meant princess...) (Maybe Bowser has her.) You're not finding her. She might be inside, y'know. :P Getting dressed. (If that's the case, see if Eui has Mario's number on speed dial) (Very subtle, Ard. ^_-) What house? Hrmm... I don't know... * Eui-Tae thinks a little bit. (I'd advise looking through windows for women getting dressed, but I think that's a bad idea) (We could with our hovercraft.) (Yeah... I was about to say the same thing.) (*snerk!* Yes.) (Do any of the houses in our immediate vicinity have like... a cool hovercar? (Tyler thought of us as delusions; look for a crack house?) (Not that she refered to owning one, and thus it would indicate HER house being the one with the car in front... but, just out of curiousity =) * Ziegfried sighs, why didn't he think of this sooner... Someone wake up Aki... Why? She's sleeping. Ja, but can't she use her... metal, finger thingy... what was the word? Ring. To find Tyler? Aki's sleeping. She's not having a good time of it. Sure... ring her. * Eui-Tae nudges Aki. Aki doesn't seem interested in waking up. * Jose looks for a tuna. (Aki appears to be hibernating.) (Did I find how to turn the sterio back on in the instruction booklet?) (Yes.) (If ya did I'm not letting you. * Ziegfried kicks "Omnibus" back on, figuring since it's STILL very loud, it should wake up anyone sleeping in or near the hovercraft. Wait! Turn that down! (Light bulb.) (Ha ha. You should have run when I did!) What was that really bad music she liked? The Ram 1's. Put that on. * Ziegfried after hesitating a few measures, turns the volume down. Slightly. Maybe that will work. That was Tyler. I figure, this will wake up ANYONE... * Jose goes for the CD player and puts in the Ramones CD. * Eui-Tae covers his ears. Don't you dare... * Ziegfried cuts the breaker. * Jose turns the volume knob to "10." * Eui-Tae turns the switch back on. (Remember, I'm in the passenger seat... where the switch is ;) ) (Remember, the only door I let you get at was the back door, so I don't think you'd have climbed there...) (When did you mention that?) (Bah, I've been watching too many British shows... I was on the wrong side of the road in my mind, lol) Lets get this music going. She loves it so she has to run out of her home and start dancing. (I didn't, but I thought the driver side was on the right, and that would be the side I pulled over on.) ... That is the worst plan I've ever heard (Me too. Hee.) Better than anything you've come up with. (That's oh so amusing.) Ok. You think of a plan. ( o/~ You should be dancing, dancing, DANCING! o/~) You mean following the police car, trying to look for a car that resembles her, or simply dumping you two at the first street corner I find and looking for an arcade? That's it. * Jose goes for the CD player. You imply blasting music INSIDE the hovercraft is a better idea than any of those? * Ziegfried banks sharply upward as soon as he's out of his seat Well... open the doors... then... Ahem. Give me a perception check, folks. 2d6-2 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6-2) and gets 4. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets 1. (Int based, right?) As you people continue your exercise in stupidity, you miraculously spot a penguin. With yellow stripes on its head. On the lawn of a house with an open front door and a hovercar in the driveway. Looky here! Fine, I have a plan... let's park there and ring the bell. * Ziegfried points. Yeah. ... Sounds good. ...oh come on! It wasn't THAT bad of an idea... (Yes it was.) Zig, you flying this thing here? Go to her house. (And as they come closer, they see...) * Ziegfried ejects the Ramones cd if it ever made it in, and turns back to "Omnibus", which will now have to be started all over again, oh what a shame... * Eui-Tae kicks the breaker before he gets out. * Eui-Tae oh... and switches it too. * Spanky waks loudly as you guys touch down. * Ziegfried parks the... jet Hey, what's up? Wak wak wak! Where's Tyler? * Spanky waddles to the front door, turns, and looks at you guys pointedly. We are going to have a word with her... * Ziegfried thinks to take the KEYS, which Tyler hadn't. Careless women... * Jose agrees. * Jose gets off the ship and heads toward the front door. * Spanky WAKS! As you guys pass Spanky, you notice it has silver eyeliner on. No, seriously. Girls... * Jose uses his index finger to depress the doorbell. * Ziegfried figures Tyler got to him. Poor thing * Ziegfried offers the penguin a hankey if he wants it. Ya want me to wipe that off Spanky? It's a smart bird, he'll figure it out. * Spanky shrugs as only a penguin can. "Wak." It waddles in, to the kitchen. Or maybe it likes it, how should I know? * Jose follows Spanky into the kitchen. * Eui-Tae follows the penguin. Ah yes, the workshop of chefs. * Eui-Tae is trying to resist calling the penguin Spanky. * Ziegfried follows, on the look out for parents or relatives... (Give in, Eui!) Hello? Hello?! Anyone there?! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 7. (Grumblemuttersnarlwhine.) (listens for grumblibng, muttering, snarling, or whining.) Hum... * Tyler curls up on her side on her bed and sips at her rum and coke. (Rum?) * Spanky looks around, then waks and starts slowly making its way up the stairs. (And coke!) (now there's a good mix, get some caffine while you get drunk, ) (And rum!) (And coke!) (Coke rum and!) * Eui-Tae continues to follow the penguin. * Spanky waddles its way towards Tyler's room. It peeks its head in. "Wak?" (Based on Tyler's previous allusions to drugs, I have to ask... is this Coke, or coke?) * Jose follows Spanky and opens the door. There you are! (Always Coca-Cola. *sings the song*) * Ziegfried stopps following the penguin and goes for the fridge * Tyler groans, rubs at her temples again, and takes a long drink. "You. Go away and just let me DIE." * Jose scratches his head. What are you talking about?! It's a little difficult for me to swallow too... but we have a chance to DO something here. That psychotic bitch on the island tried to give me an anuerysm. * Tyler holds up her drink. "Hence, falling into a deep sleep for hours!" Gimme a sip. Im thirsty. * Ziegfried is off in the other room looking for ground beef in the freezer... Go help yourself down in the kitchen. * Spanky waks in annoyance. Why? Just so you can jump out that window and head off again? * Jose sighs... I'm not going to jump out of a third story window. (Does her room have a computer?) (This would be so much easier of Heart were here. ^^;) (It sure would!) (Hell yeah) * Ziegfried begins making burgers on the oven if there is one... This would be so much easier if Akinyi was here. Ziggy starts the cookin'! (Der, why do YOU think I went nutty trying to wake her up...) (There's a ton of equipment over in a room through some french doors.) * Tyler tilts back her glass and downs the rest of her drink. * Eui-Tae goes to where the equipment is... and gets a little... distracted.) Wow! I didn't know they made these anymore! * Ziegfried hums the melody to "AM-3P, 25th aniversary remix..." * Eui-Tae starts digging. * Tyler sits up, then immediately regrets it. "HEY!" (Haw.) * Tyler groans and clutches at her head. * Spanky points at Tyler and laughs that penguin laugh. Hands off the merchandise, fella! * Ziegfried flips his burgers, and looks for tomatoes, lettice, onions, and blue moon dressing in the fridge... What? I'm sorry I can't hear you... I'm looking for a computer. * Spanky shakes its head, then waddles out of the room. Spanky, come! (Oh. Tyler is now in black leather pants, combat boots, a drab olive halter top, and a studded leather jacket. She's got on leather cuffs and a collar, and HEAVY makeup. So, she looks very very different from swimsuit Tyler.) * Ziegfried also hunts through the pantry for buns, no sesseme seeds... * Spanky says "wak" in such a way that probably means, "Go screw yourself." * Tyler unsteadily stands up, then wobbles over to her office and tries to pull Eui away from her computers. Nice outfit... when did you enlist? Tyler, give me a body roll. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 7. You fall over. :P (Way to be drunk!) Ouch. * Tyler groans and just decides to stay on the floor. * Jose extends a hand. Dejavu. Everyone, give me a soul roll. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" (Woohoo, here goes nothin') * Tyler waves it off. "Just go away. Go save the world." 2d6 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6) and gets 3. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jose (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 8. (Holy shit, I passed!? (Haw!) (I. Hate. Dicesuke.) (This... does not surprise me.) Everyone who made it gets the feeling that something is very, very wrong. Tyler's too drunk to realize anything. Something is very, very wrong. (*snerk*) * Ziegfried makes sure his patties aren't burning! The burgers are fine. It's Hope Island guys... * Ziegfried heaves a sigh of relief, and continues cooking. We gotta get there ASAP. Hum. Can we get back there? Ja, soon as these are done... * Eui-Tae Yes... and we're leaving NOW! (D'oh...) Yes... and we're leaving NOW! You coming Tyler? * Eui-Tae looks around for a light laptop and a connection for his cell-phone. No! Have you people not heard a WORD I've said?! Nope. * Ziegfried flips his patties onto buns (all 4 of 'em) and begins to throw toppings on. No ketchup or mustard, mind. ...ow. * Tyler whimpers again. Sigh... How old are you? * Ziegfried tosses them onto a plate, starts eating, and heads back to where everyone else is. Ja, so, she don't want to come, eh? Ja. Old enough to run a house by myself. Go away. (I presume I could hear everything from the kitchen, to some extent?) * Jose looks at the food, then at Zig, then at the food again. (Probably not, it's a three-story house, but we'll say the intercom got turned on. :P) Um... no thanks... * Ziegfried shrugs. "Well, there are two ways we can do this..." (Mind, I only have two burgers left at this point...) Eui: Looking through Tyler's room, you find a very nice powerbook. (Tyler would be shocked and appalled that her gourmet kitchen is being used to cook BURGERS. *snicker*) * Ziegfried offers a VERY juicy-looking Blue-Moon-laced burger to Spanky. (gOURMET? Good.) (These be gourmer burgers =) Of all things you could cook... A burger... Spanky isn't there, amazingly enough. (She made herself pan-seared ahi-ahi and pasta before y'all came.) He's not in any of the rooms you people are occupying. (s/he/it.) * Ziegfried shrugs and eats it himself. Spank's not here guys. We have plenty of rum, it seems, but no spank... (Spanky's obviously in the bathroom. Give a penguin a little privacy.) Tyler, can I whip up something from the kitchen. (...) (Potty-trained too? * Tyler waves Jose off. "Go. Make whatever." She's drunk, she wouldn't notice. Go right ahead, she'll figure she didn't remember it. The feeling of wrongness is to the point where you can all feel it. Even you, Tyler. * Jose runs down the stairs and looks in the fridge. WOOT! * Eui-Tae grabs the powerbook he found. Well, I thinks we should be off then. Tyler, do we have to do this the hard way? Alright guys... we need to get going... something is SERIOUSLY wrong at Hope Island. * Ziegfried finishes his last burger, and puts the plate down. * Jose starts to grab ingredients from the fridge and starts cooking. You can hear the loud cooking noises emmitting from the kitchen. Jose... Not now. * Tyler crawls back up onto her bed. "Go. Away. I'll write you a check if you just go away!" ...ok. * Eui-Tae notices his grumbling tummy... Okay... make something quick. That's what I thought! (You people will let the world go up in flames as long as you're fed.) * Ziegfried shrugs. "Alright then, the hard way it is..." * Eui-Tae logs onto the laptop and starts doing a little research into "Planeteers" (Yes.) Gah... I hate outdated technology... Eui, give me a hacking roll. +2 penalty. * Ziegfried cracks his knuckles, twists his neck, adjusts his shades... and grabs Tyler by the back of her shirt, and throws her over his shoulder. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eui-Tae (2d6-4) and gets 1. * Jose cooks his meal. But it isn't a meal. In the end a 3 course meal is produced. The main entree: pheasant. (Outdated? That thing's brand new and top of the line. :P) (You don't know what I'm used to. ;) ) (Relative to him? Outdated) * Tyler snarls at Ziggy and kicks at him, hard. You bypass the unusually formidable security system without too much trouble. You also identify this as Tyler's powerbook. * Ziegfried ignores it, he's used to women doing far, far worse. Hrmm... interesting... ah well, let's see what the web's got. Ziggy picks up Tylwer! Go him. :P (*kicks the Typo Demon*) * Tyler claws at his face. Again, hard. * Ziegfried walks out to the hoverjet, with Tylwer in tow... * Jose eats his meal. Yum. * Eui-Tae munches on the meal too. * Ziegfried cracks Tyler's head with his own, hoping to knock her out at the expense of a mild headache. * Eui-Tae takes the powerbook with him. Eui: You find nothing on the Planeteers in open access areas. NOTHING! HA! The trick is... *munch*... to use the right spices... *munch*... (Am I knocked out?) Tyler, give me a body roll. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tyler (2d6) and gets 8. (... knockout!) You're thoroughly knocked out, yes. :P Zig, give me a body roll at -1. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ziegfried (2d6-1) and gets 7. (I'm fine =) You're not knocked out. ^^ But your head hurts. * Tyler slumps. * Spanky looks up as Zig and Tyler enter the plane. "Wak?" * Eui-Tae heads into the plane. * Jose finishes his meal. Of course, Jose is a courteous house guest and puts away all the dishes and pots, UNLIKE ZIG! * Ziegfried nods at Spanky, tosses Tyler into a back seat someplace, and rubs his head (Did you get the plate I left in her room?) * Spanky stays next to Tyler. (Do I look like a maid?) (So that's a yes?) (ZING!) (...) Hey look! Tyler is cooperating with us. * Ziegfried guns the engine, hoping everyone else gets the idea... So, we going back to Hope Island. Hum. Everyone in the plane? Alright. I guess Zig will drive. Aye, in my favorite seat ;) * Jose is not in the plane yet. (FLUSH!) * Jose runs back into the plane. Ok, I'm ready. * Ziegfried takes off. zzzzZZZZZZZOOOOOOOoooommmmmm... Spare us the sound effects, Zig... * Eui-Tae busts out the comp again... * Eui-Tae buckles up. Ja, ja... someone make sure she's restrained, arright? You take off for Hope Island! Want me to sliptime it? Aye. (HI is in the Pacific, right?) (I am indifferent.) (Sliptimewarp!) (Ok, we cruise. How long is the ride? * Tyler awakes somewhere over the Pacific, and is staring sullenly at everyone, arms folded across her chest. Man... there's almost nothing on the planeteers... (Has anyone tied her up using a seatbelt yet, as per my advice?) On the way, the feeling steadily gets worse and worse. You go at full speed and make it to Hope Island in about four hours. * Jose looks out the window at Hope Island. It's still there! And it's not destroyed or anything! From this distance, it looks just fine. * Tyler mutters under her breath, "My boyfriend is going to kick your collective ass. Then I'll hire people to kick it again." Looks fine from here. * Ziegfried is amused by the thought of someone being ABLE to kick his ass. Oi... (His mom can kick his ass.) (Ha ha!) (Probably =) Land Zig. Ja, vatever. * Ziegfried lands when the opportunity arrises. He lands on the beach! (And that was the GM saying that. :P) Spanky! (Ja, I do spank!(} * Spanky hops out of the plane at first opportunity and waddles towards the center of the island. * Jose gets off the plane and follows Spanky. * Eui-Tae runs towards the center of the island. * Tyler gets out and stays the heck away from everyone, taking her own sweet time to walk to the big crystal... thing. * Ziegfried takes the keys and walks toward the glass thingy As you leave the plane, you realize that the entire island is eerily still. There's no birds, no wind, no nothing. The jungle is quiet today. Ja... uhh... it's eerily still guys... Not even a bug. I mean, I don't see birds, wind, or nothing... * Jose picks up the pace. (*smacks Zieg* :P) * Tyler grumps. No wind means the humidity is fierce. Hrmm... let me try something. * Eui-Tae points his ring at some trees. "Wind" * Ziegfried walks at his normal, lethargic speed. * Tyler treks on, refusing to take off any leather. Eui creates a breeze, cooking you all off. (Cooling.) (Ha!) (I'm melting!!!!) Okay, that still works. (:9) (No!!!! Im melting. MELTING! Oh what a world...) A short walk later, you people reach the big crystal structure thing. (sssssizlin!) * Spanky waddles directly in. * Jose heads straight in and... * Ziegfried lets them go first. * Tyler waits for Ziggy to go in. * Ziegfried Wanders in eventually, when no one else seems to be pushing ahead. * Eui-Tae heads in. * Ziegfried does eventually glance back at Tyler * Tyler meanders in after everyone, and stays back, leaning against the wall. Man Tyler... what's wrong with you? * Ziegfried closes the door. As you enter, you see that the banner is hung now, saying, "Welcome Planeteers!" You also see a familiar figure curled on the floor, clutching her head and sobbing. What's up Cybel? Around her is strewn five t-shirts. * Tyler raises one eyebrow. Looks like the headache wasn't just on her end. * Cybele has joined #planet What's going on? * Ziegfried thinks, "Yeah, laundry always gives me a headache too..." * Cybele whimpers and curls up some more. * Eui-Tae approaches Cybele. Why are you crying? Eui: You notice that she's a lot paler than she was last time you saw her. Her hair's a mess, and she's shaking slightly. WAK! * Ziegfried guards the door, bouncer style. Tyler aint going nowhere... Hrmm... Something's happened... look for clues guys, I'll try talking to Cybele for now. * Spanky waddles up to Cybele. "Wak? Wak wak wak?" * Tyler glances over to Ziegfried and rolls her eyes. * Cybele blinks blearily at Eui. "Hurts." What hurts? Where? What? Where? All over. I- * Cybele whimpers. "Sorry, Tyler. Didn't wantcha to feel that." * Ziegfried turns his attention to Cybele... (Is there a doctor in the house?! ) * Tyler purses her lips. "I'd certainly hope not." (Give me an hour or 8, I'll be RIGHT back with a first aid kit from Germany...) * Cybele tries to climb to her feet and fails, falling back to the floor again. * Eui-Tae looks back at Tyler. "What's going on guys?" Cybele, tell us what's going on. It would seem that she's trying to overreach her abilities. And suffering the same fate as she lays on others. Please? * Ziegfried brooks an eyebrow in confusion. * Cybele takes a shaky breath. "I'm hurting 'cause... 'cause the world's hurting." Well shit... * Ziegfried nods. Yeah, I hear that one every day... The world is hurting? How? (You need to collect the Spirits, Dr. Aki!) (It's so warm!) (But it's a rectangle!) (I think we should go to the nearest evacuation pod.) (Gaia!) * Cybele points a palm at the screen, wincing as she does so. It flickers for a moment, then a vivid image of a clear-cut forest comes into view. (Takes out his gun to shoot down some phantoms.) (It's "Proceed to the nearest evaculation facility"... but still a good line =) Wow... (Bah, I forgot it cuz' the movie stunk too bad.) The whole forest.... is gone... Hold on... that's illegal. Ja, and you think that stops anyone? Ya think! That's rainforest! Hrmm... Wait, is it still being cut down? * Cybele keeps it the way it is, and the 'camera' pans. It's rainforest, yes. * Cybele nods. We need to stop this. Alright... but how do we stop it? What is the location. Rainforest, Ja? South America? Or Africa. I hope its not my homeland. Its illegal there. Africa. They... I don't feel like panning a few continents through, so, can anyone be more specific? Hrmm... Who is doing this? * Cybele grimaces, and you can see another set of trees go down on screen. Hey, can you zoom in on that rainforest? Maybe we can identify an animal or plant or something unique to the area. * Tyler just stands off to the side, adjusting her heavy jacket and watching disinterestly. Rain. It's gonna rain there soon. * Tyler rolls her eyes. "Just zoom in on whoever's cutting the trees down. They should have the name of their company on their uniforms." I can probably find out who is really doing it... but until I can re- establish a connection, I can't. * Tyler shakes her head and looks imploringly at the sky. Er, at the ceiling. Oh, by the way Tyler... I hope you don't mind me using this at the moment. * Tyler smiles sweetly. "Now, why would I mind?' Considering it's yours, you might. There is that smile again! Last time, it was the cop. * Cybele glances at Tyler, but zooms in. The men doing the dirty work are dark- skinned and have the logo PI on the sleeves of their shirts. Aside from the patch, their uniforms... aren't uniforms. They just look like normal, if threadbare, clothing. (Every time Tyler smiles, drink! Every time Ziggy actually runs somewhere, drink!) (Every time Eui-Tae dials 911! Every time Jose is trigger happy!) (Heh) PI, Let me check the net for anything about it. Hmmm... * Jose looks at the computer... Uh... I'd love to check now, but you can't get a connection here for some reason. * Jose scratches his head. (I'm sorry, but that logo has me picturing a rampaging band of anti- environment mathmathicians.) (You're probably right.) (Pensylvania Instruments? =) (At least each one isn't numbered...) * Cybele drops her hand, and the picture fades. "Nigeria. It's gonna rain soon. You've gotta hurry, please." Let's move there then. GoGoGo! * Ziegfried sighs. So much for hitting the arcade... * Jose walks up to Tyler. * Eui-Tae smacks Jose. Lets go Tyler. That's for a bad StarCraft reference. * Tyler just raises one eyebrow at Jose. We gotta get moving... and we can't go without you. * Jose grabs Tyler's wrist and leads the way for her. * Cybele goes back to curling up. Spanky stays by her side. Then maybe you should walk toward the plane, hmm? * Ziegfried opens the door, and starts trekking at his lethargic pace toward the cruiser. ( I think it's funny the way that no matter how far in the future our games get, the characters still know enough to make 20/21st century OCRs. :P ) * Jose agrees. He walks toward the plane at a steady pace. * Eui-Tae gets in his seat... "Who wants to fly?" (Of course they do. Drink the red kool-aid! Drink it!) Tyler, wanna fly again? * Cybele has quit IRC (Quit: Ow. Ow. And might I add, OW! ) * Tyler shoots a flat glare at Cybele, then walks off. * Ziegfried pulls the keys out of his pocket, and wordlessly sits in the driver's seat * Spanky has quit IRC (Quit: Wak. ) * Tyler gets in. "Sure. Why not." THere is one condition... Zieg... can you take this as fast as possible? * Jose takes out a Ramones CD from his pocket. No music until AFTER the world is saved. Ja, why not? I'll see to that Jose. * Ziegfried prepares for lift-off... Here Tyler... ya might want this. * Jose grabs seat behind pilot. * Tyler points to the front. "It appears as if Teutonic Boy's got a firm handle on his stick already." * Eui-Tae hands Tyler her laptop. Hey, co-pilot... you have the roadmap, right? * Eui-Tae reads the GPS... "Yup" Good. Well then... * Eui-Tae hits a few buttons... That way! * Ziegfried glances to see if everyone's in yet. * Tyler takes her laptop and starts working with it, not paying attention to the rest of the plane. What you working on Tyler? World peace. (Love and peace!) * Ziegfried lifts about 3 feet into the air, turns toward the ocean, and floors it. That's the team spirit! (These things I will destroy!) * Tyler rolls her eyes. Sarcasm, the lost art. Man, you really don't know what sarcasm is, do you Jose? And so, our four intrepid heroes plus one snoozing one take off to save the world. End session. Nope.