so... let's blow this pop stand. Cirrus, take us out Aye! *does so* * Sunspot is sitting up in the observation deck watching everything get ready to go. Heh, finally off that planet... * Lifeblood is off somewhere doing something boring nobody wants to hear the details of. * Splitwit annoys Lifeblood in the medbay while watching the launch on a small handheld video dohicky. * Diablo sits back and relaxes in the rec area * Slipstream is on the bridge, sitting at the tac station and doing absolutely bugger-all. heh. So Wait, where to now? Pick a direction at random and go on till we hit something? you got a better plan? hehe, nope. :) I had Cirrus plot a course away from anywhere we've been lately really that works Stayin' away from any stations that might still be somewhat irate at us, aye? ;) also the plan ;) *chuckles* Figures * Ghost-Stalker walks into medbay to return the equipment she borrowed * Lifeblood acknowledges Ghost-Stalker's presence with a nod. So... do you like the new bridge? Hell yeah. Roomy. * Slipstream lets Scrabble out to explore the new bridge * Ghost-Stalker puts everything back where she found them and heads back to the doors before she's asked why she took stuff * Splitwit sees that Lifeblood is boring and decides to exit stage left to go to the bar to get drunk. * Sunspot watches the pretty takeoff. * Lifeblood successfully rids himself of Splitwit. * Slipstream watches Scrabble wander around the bridge Oooo, pretty planet... * Splitwit moseys into the Bar and wonders if anyone's there. Hello? * Sunspot, having watched the planet go away, decides to wander downstairs. * Sunspot ponders going to see if anything needs fixing, given that's part of her job now and all. * Splitwit wonders if anyone would do good to join him on the simroom for a friendly little boomfightkaboomieyah. (ie. battle) and comms the bridge "Hewwo?" * Sunspot decides to just wander down to the bar and trust Waitstate to let her know if any engineering is needed. [comm] Waitstate here, what's up? or down, as the case may be... heh. [Comm] Hey Bossbot, wanna see if anyone on the comm-post wants to hit it up in the simroom? Friendly little scuffle or somthin'. * Takedown is in his quarters working on his Macarena dance moves [comm] Comm-post? heh... I dunno, Slip? [Comm] You should join too, man. You -never- get out dude! *shrugs* I dunno if I could be bothered even moving at the moment, heh * Diablo leaves the comfy couch and starts wandering about the ship * Sunspot sees Split in the vicinity of the bar and waves. [comm] I have my moments ;) * Splitwit waves to Sunny, "Wanna have some fun in the simroom?" [Comm] Pish posh, live a little! * Slipstream is lounging in the comfy chair at the tactical station, moving as little as possible. * Sunspot nods. "Sure." [comm] Alright, I guess I can be away a while. Slip doesn't seem to be planning to move [Comm] Yes! not at any point in the near future anyway, hehe [Comm] Sunspot's coming too, meet us in Simroom B, 'kay? you'll move if something actually happens, I trust? * Splitwit and Sunspot leave perhaps. ;) funny girl :p ain't I just, hehe I'll be in Simroom B mmkay, oh mighty grey one. :) * Waitstate gets up make sure the safties are on, heh you have command oo, cool. don't let it go to your head ;) Heh, no risk of that. ;) * Waitstate leaves * Slipstream waits till Wait's left the bridge, then quickly moves to the Big Comfy Chair (TM) and lounges in that. * Splitwit arrives at the SIMULATOR OF DESTINY. *fireworks* * Sunspot gets to the simroom. "So what're we gonna play?" * Waitstate arrives near the simroom and exits the lift, heading toward it I dunno, we'll figger it out once the bossbot gets here. Whee! Hi, Waitstate! * Waitstate sees Split and Sunny down the hall Hey you two * Splitwit opens the door and is supprised to see Magnum already in the sim. * Waitstate jogs for a moment to get there What's the game plan? *looks up* Oh. *Scrabble scuttles around the bridge, then goes up to Cirrus and beeps at him* Um, so I guess you're in on the party too, Maxie? If I feel so inclined, yes. *takes out a pistol and twirls it around his finger* um, yeah... SimC is free, we can go there [to Wait] Sometimes I don't know if he's egotistical or not. Yeah, let's. Hey, wai--*door closes and cuts him off* [to Split] that isn't the word I had in mind, heh * Maximum-Magnum mumbles somthing rude. * Splitwit and the crew leave for Sim C. We're following the leader, the leader, the leader... Okay, so *now* what're we gonna play? * Diablo removes Scarab from his arm compartment and heads for his quarters. "Time for a little upgrade" it's Split's party... Okay, Splitsie, what's the game? * Splitwit looks through the files of pre-made simruns, "Fun Downunder, Run Around The Station... some sort of japanese love simulation... ooooh, this sounds fun." * Twilight wanders silently up to the sim deck and sees everyone in simroom C. * Twilight comes up behind Waitstate. "Is this a private party, or can anyone join?" * Doubledealer watches Waitstate and company enter his Sim room. /:) "Idaho James and the Synagogue Of Death!!" Heya, Twi-ster! it's Split's party, heh * Sunspot smiles at Twilight. uh-huh. Too bad I didn't bring the booze. * Twilight nods slightly at Sunny no amusement parks though. Sabel had enough of those Excuse me. * Splitwit hits a random selection and the steel backround of the Sim' room disolves to reveal... *The group stands in front of an enormous towering temple* Oooooooooooooh * Sunspot looks up at Doubledealer. *to DD* Yes? Am I in your way? So.... this looks fun? well, this is interesting not at all, I'd assume. * Firestorm enters the plaza, looks, then walks over to Powerplay's store * Splitwit looks at the number and pulls up the coresponding instructions, "According to this, we're supposed to get to the very top of the temple and find the Amulet of Destiny, or somthing." This seems like one of those old video games. Only I can't help but notice a large number of beings have found their way into my simulator. Neat! I guess flight would be cheating? Yeah, sez here if ya use flight stuffs you get "deleted" for the rest of the sim, or somthing. very well then How... disappointing. Feel like trying somthing else? This seems weird enough. * Doubledealer waves his arms. "Hello? Hello?" ... Hi. hardly... climbing or do we go inside? * Twilight glances at DD. "might as well join the party" * Splitwit perks up and looks up at DD, smiling "We're having a sale today! All baked goods are seventy five percent off! Thankyou for shopping at ShopMart!" Hey Firey, hurry up and get here. Got some new stuff down on that planet * Splitwit smiles and cocks his head to one side * Sunspot tries to not look punchable. * Twilight glances at Split, then resolves to ignore him as best as possible *fanfare* DoubleDealer has joined your party! oh my... an RPG * Splitwit turns around to face Waitstate, leaving DD in a total state of confusion, "Yeah, we go inside." Oooo. Announcer. * Slipstream hums to herself on the bridge, daydreaming whaddafuh? Alright, I'm here. What did you get? RPG? Cool, can I be the thief? Beautiful. * Powerplay grabs a box from under the counter, puts it on top and opens it I'm the girl, do I get all the healy magics? The white mage? Kay. *mutters to himself* I'm starting to wonder if boredom was a better idea than this... I neglected to pack my broadsword. * Splitwit smacks Twi on the back, "C'mon bucko! We're gonna find the Amulet of Destiny!" * Waitstate decides to pry the doors open *dryly* joy. * Roadkill wanders into Powerplay's shop I managed to 'aquire' an arena construction kit Yeah! It'll be fun! * Splitwit assists Wait with opening the door. It doesn't budge. Hmm... >:/ Arena construction kit? sounds interesting. Heya Powerplay, Firestorm :) I'm guessing there's a switch If we have to do this to EVERY single door in the game.. You serious? That's cool Powerplay! Hey... waiddasec! We're -robots-, right? We can just PUNCH this thing in! Can I try magicky stuff? hey Roadkill it's a sim room. I dare you to try it Very serious my friend. Hello Roadkill * Sunspot stands back and concentrates really hard on making magicky stuffs. Many of the times we forget to neglect the fact that we are, in fact, robotic entitys. Knock yourself out. Be mindful of MP or something, heh All I need to do is figure this thing out, then load up the arenas into the sim rooms * Splitwit searches around the doorway area for a hidden switch of some sort. I cannot believe this. Sounds interesting * Sunspot makes pretty sparklies in the air. * Waitstate checks the grounds around the entrance LEAVE then? No need to just watch the arena matches on those galactic networks when we can have our OWN arenas to use * Splitwit finds somthing, "I found somthing!" Yay! Powerplay, this is the best thing you've done yet. Don't you agree, Roadkill? A thing! *from the other side of the area* what is it? It appears to be a big fat angry firebreathing lizard. *Big Fat Firebreathing lizard appears* Hell yeah Would this constitute as a "battle"? I wanna try to steal from it. Eek! ... *rolls his optics* You're the worst thief ever. Oh yeah? Someone fight that while I spring the door. * Splitwit runs up to the Big Fat Angry Firebreathing Lizard and gets flamed. Guh. * Sunspot runs over and realizes that fire isn't very good against fire. hm. *pulls out his rifle and aims it at the BFFL* * Doubledealer saunters over to the massive stone block. Use the force, Sunny! Oooo. * Sunspot concentrates and makes sparklies happen some more. * Waitstate walks back over and... "Click! *grinnnnnnnnd*" I think I got the door * Splitwit watches as a huge see-through "45" appears over his head for a second before disappearing. Oooh, damage. * Doubledealer steps back and lets the door slide open. Well, well. * Waitstate stabs the fire lizard with his sabre a few times Good, cause this thing just took away 45 HP! I reckon it'll take about a week to get it all loaded into the sim room systems *CRITICAL HIT* Oooo. Nice job, Waitstate! * Splitwit runs to the door * Trihorn stampedes into the store heh, cool. I wondered if this would count as a weapon Ack, small stampeding dino thing alert! Hold L and R to escape! * Splitwit turns around, "oh?" and fires a shrap' blast into the beasts neck. * Trihorn runs into Roadkill *nothing happens* .. .Crud. Um... ouch? * Powerplay looks over the counter Anyone else have hand-to-hand type weapons? All I've got is my fire... * Twilight pulls out a sabre of some kind Think this counts? Kay, cool. I'm useless. Not me. I suppose my missiles wont work. And sparklies! Let's try this. Ahh, he shows up now, but not when I needed his help carrying stuff from the shuttle to here Probably * Sunspot makes the air sparkle some more and actually manages to form it into a force ball. Go Sunny! * Doubledealer gestures at the lizard. * Nothing happens. ...hrm. Slightly tricky to get the hang of. * Splitwit runs up to the Lizard again and grabs somthing from its hide. Cool, I got some money! * Trihorn makes his usual triceratops noise and tries to push Roadkill * Roadkill doesn't move *a missile smashes into the lizard's side and it staggers back. Magnum sets "Bessy" down and looks at Splitwit* I figured I'd come along. * Doubledealer clenches his fist and gestures again. Nothing happens, again. * Sunspot makes lightning happen about a nanosecond too late. well... seems there are exceptions oh help, oh help, I'm being attacked by a killer dino, shock horror... *chuckles* It seems at least one of my weapons works in this enviroment. Maybe he's the gun guy. :) What are you trying to do, Dealer? I am seriously running out of patience with this magic business. * Twilight wonders when exactly this turned into a Dungeons and Dragons crossover * Firestorm laughs and grabs the triceratops, then drops him on Powerplay's side of the counter. Have fun and knock over boxes You gotta concentrate harder, Dealer. * Roadkill grins Maybe, but my photon pistols don't work Ah, sprock it. Hey, don't do that. I spent ages getting everything right here! I'm assuming my missile launcher is effective because it uses reloadable ammunition. * Doubledealer transforms into vulture mode. Maybe I can't fly, but at least this mode has some weapons. Trihorn runs about and ends up in the store room Splitwit's weapons wont work because he's got an internal factory of sorts. I'm guessing non-locomotive flight is accepted. Try clawing its eyes out I can do magic... * Splitwit is busy tying a sharp rock to a long pointy stick, "I'll be right with you!!" * Doubledealer leaps at the lizard's face, fanged beak open. * Twilight stands back and watches * Sunspot winces. * Powerplay grabs his railgun and runs into the store room "Stop knocking things over!" * Maximum-Magnum shakes the launcher, reloading it automatically, and drops to one knee again. Duck. *fires at the lizard* Hehe, go Trihorn! Kill those evil boxes! *the smoke clears, and the creature appears to be nearly dead* I heard that! Don't encourage him!! I can finish it! * Waitstate jumps in with a quick strike from his sabre All this to get into a freaking door. *sigh* *grins at Firestorm* Wanna lay bets on how much damage Trihorn can do 'fore Powerplay stops him? ;) Maybe it's an important door. Maybe. * Doubledealer flutters lightly away from the lizard. Does it give us money now? But if it isn't, whoever designed this game will have to answer to my POINTY STICK!! *shakes stick in the air* It's just a door. If every door involves a fight like this... * Firestorm laughs I think the repair bill will be large Kay, the Bit Angry Firebreathing Lizard [tm] is dead, let's go inside. Well, he can't pin it on us, at least. First thing we encounter is a boss... * Twilight silently wanders inside the temple Level Up! Your party is now at Level 2. Sunspot learns Heal! * Sunspot looks warily through the door. Whaddafuh? Whee! Man, that thing is REALLY getting on my nerves! I learned more stuff! * Doubledealer struts awkwardly through the door. * Waitstate follows True, probably a good idea for us to get outta here before he turns that railgun on us for making Trihorn do that * Sunspot lights up the room with magic sparkles. Okay, heal me then. *grin* Okay! * Maximum-Magnum goes inside. * Sunspot concentrates. Heal! Good idea indeed. *gestures to the doorway* after you, hehe * Splitwit feels sparkly. Oooooh, cool. Dark in here. * Twilight stalks around inside the temple thingy, exploring Oh, you only just noticed that? Hmm, think my fire would at least provide light? * Firestorm leaves Only stating the obvious, dark one. Obviously. * Waitstate flares his sabre better? Works for me. * Sunspot pulls in a hand and pretends her arm is a torch. * Deadlift and some others arrive at Takedown's quarters for their weekly card game * Roadkill exits stage right after Firestorm, ignoring the continuing sounds of mayhem from the storeroom * Splitwit walks around, twirling his staff around. * Sunspot wanders over to a wall with another door. Here's another door! Great... another door. hey, I found a torch * Twilight comes up silently behind Sunny. "Really now." Sunspot, wanna try lighting it? Your party found ONE Torch! Die, announcer. * Sunspot gives it some fire. *suddenly everything is lit as though in daylight* well, that makes sense... * Splitwit trips and falls face-first through a wall. "I think I found a secret hallway!!" That's convenient. Quite. * Twilight winces. "Bright." * Sunspot follows Split. You only just noticed? * Sunspot sticks her hand through the wall and watches it disappear. * Twilight ignores Maxy * Splitwit rubs his head "Ow, secrets hurt." Well, if we're not trying to kill anyone... * Chameleon appears in an empty seat on the bridge "So this is the new bridge. Nicer than before." * Doubledealer reverts to robot mode. hm, this hallway is lined with chests Not that I can reach the front from back here anyway. odd deco... * Splitwit wanders down the well-lit hallway, "You know, this game is kinda fun" Ack, don't -do- that, Cham! * Splitwit opens a chest and finds... Your party found ONE Boomerang! Boomerang? * Doubledealer finds ONE Herb! * Sunspot looks in a chest. ...a HERB? hm Oooo, a cloaky armor thing. * Doubledealer throws the Herb at Splitwit. * Waitstate opens one ONE Cloak! * Chameleon laughs. "But it's my job to do these sort of things" * Splitwit puts his staff down and now is armed with a Boomerang! And gets hit in the head with a Herb * Twilight watches them ONE Wood Shield. Heh, true. * Sunspot puts on the cloak. ok, how useful is THIS? And yeah, the new bridge is nice. More room. It's more useful than nothing. * Maximum-Magnum opens a chest ONE Thirtyfive Milimeter Gun with Full Metal Jacket Bullets, Laser Targeting System, and Scope!! * Waitstate mounts it on his arm. it fits o_o ... 'kay *Scrabble runs up to Cham and beeps at him ... Heh. Of all the luck. So much space for more animal bots to run about I get a boomerang. And YOU get a high tech gun? *grins* Exactly. * Doubledealer opens the last chest. Your party found Pantaloons! I got a cloak! It's pretty. wooden shield, anyone? ... Just my class, lad. lad? *raises a browplate* * Chameleon picks up Scrabble and puts the spiderbot on a shoulder Whoever is in charge of all this will die. *points to Split* He's in charge. Kill him. !!! And I'll glady help. * Doubledealer ties knots in the Pantaloons. So, what's new Slip, Scrabble? Stand back! I have a boomerang and I think I know how to use it! * Scrabble beeps friendly-like * Doubledealer whips Split mercilessly. Aiie! TWO Slimemolds ATTACK! Your party is suprised Whaddafuh? Heh, not all that much, Cham. Oh, fragging crank...I'm in the back. ...slimemolds. oh, fun. Ahh, yes. I agree with you Scrabble * Waitstate is suddenly hit by some goo * Maximum-Magnum shoots one of the Slimemolds and it dies instantly. Go weapons. -3 HP! * Twilight dodges a glob of goo that splats from the Slimemold Maxy shot * Doubledealer narrowly avoids a spray of some kind of acid. *Scrabble beeps more* * Maximum-Magnum tries to reload. It doesn't. "Must be a one use per battle gun..." Relax, bud, I got a BOOMERANG! * Twilight avoids the other slimemold * Sunspot makes the sparklies happen. * Splitwit throws the boomerang at a slimemold, slicing through it before returning. -4 HP! * Sunspot makes LIGHTNING! Holey Canoley! Really. I never would have guessed that, Scrabble * Splitwit avoids a zap * Chameleon laughs. "This is fun" * Doubledealer beats futilely on a Slimemold with his tied-up Pantaloons. * Scrabble jumps up and down on Cham's shoulder and beeps more It doesn't have effect! EAT ME! * Sunspot zaps the slimemold. -10 HP * Waitstate instinctively blocks the next volly from the slime. His shield absorbs it Hehe, yup. You should hear Scrabble when it's pissed off. I dunno where it picked up some of that language... *chuckles* ok, not so useless... Hehe, I think I could guess where * Splitwit is supprised as the slimemold jumps on his face and clings madly to it, "OH GOD!!!" * Splitwit runs around screaming and waving his arms with a slimemold on his face "Great googa mooga lemmie outta here!!" * Twilight can't help but chuckle slightly at the sight of Split with a glob of goo on his face * Sunspot gets smacked by some slime, but it slides off her cloak. Hold still, Splitwit. * Chameleon opens up an arm compartment. "Nope, no spiderbots with me today." * Twilight trips Split up. "Stay still, else we can't get the slime off." * Maximum-Magnum grabs the Slimemold and pulls it off Split's face *the Slimemold wraps around Magnums arm* [Slimemold 2 SELF DESTRUCTS] oh? where? ;) * Maximum-Magnum is thrown back, -18 HP! * Twilight ducks flying exploded slimemold chunks Ugh... * Sunspot tries to hide behind her cloak as slime goes flying everywhere. * Sunspot gets hit by a little bit. -5 HP! * Sunspot concentrates. Heal! Your party found ONE HUNDERED credits and TWO bombs! [Your party recieves 5GP] * Sunspot looks up. Anybody need any healy? Mind healing? * Maximum-Magnum holds out his arm Hit me * Twilight hits Maxy in the shoulder Well there was that whole planet, this ship's plaza, as well as where ever Scrabble has managed to get to on this ship * Maximum-Magnum palms Twi in the face * Sunspot turns to Max. Heal! * Waitstate opens the door at the end of the hallway. A large room is beyond it. * Twilight shrugs "Well, you said to hit you. What'd you exect?" Hehe, true... Frag off. * Waitstate walks up to it you guys about done? * Sunspot wanders over to the door, too. * Twilight chuckles slightly under his breath and walks up behind Wait * Splitwit walks through the door "Big room." Oooo. Caverny. Heh. * Chameleon spins around on his chair * Splitwit notes the fact that a huge dragon dominates the room, the tiny sparkly Amulet of Destiny behind it on a tall alter. Ooooh. So, what're ya up to, Cham? * Waitstate walks inside and sees a human looking person. But the same size as us. Hmm, I wonder if I should have Moonstone talk to him...? Bother to bring him? Erm...no. /:) He was sleepin'... Not a lot. Familiarizing myself with the new ship's design mostly. There you go then. I should do that sometime. *shrugs* Ah well, got plenty of time later, heh. The big guy doesn't seem to have noticed us... Right now I couldn't be bothered moving. ;) Oh good, you're here! The dragon has stolen the amulet and taken it to the top floor! The statue behind me is what he looks like. He used to be the guardian of the Amulet, but ever since the darkness came to our land... We should kill it. The human, I mean. You can't trust organics. Killing it sounds good Even more than you can't trust anyone else. Too bad it isn't the normal size. we could just step on it then. Yeah Does anyone else sense a bad plot here? * Splitwit looks at the human "So why can't you just GO up to the top floor?" Ooo. Plot. Without a doubt. * Waitstate steps back toward the humanoid This whole thing reeks of bad plot. Oh good, you're here! The dragon has... [contines repeating himself] * Chameleon laughs. "I can see why. These chairs are nice. Hmm, maybe I should swap these with other not so comfy chairs elsewhere...." * Maximum-Magnum looks at the legal information on the game cartrige "The thing was made by Natsumi. Blame their poor design team." remind me not to do that again *steps away from the human type* Heh! Well, y'can't have this Big Comfy Chair, it's mine now! I hate the kind that do that. Yeah, for real. * Sunspot goes over to stare at the dragon. * Twilight wonders briefly if shooting the humanoid would have any effect Well, less talk. More do. So, um *walks up to human, trying not to set him off again* How can we get to the top floor? Either we go get the amulet or not. Oh good, you're here! The dragon has... [contines repeating himself] Probably worth a bundle... ... * Splitwit punches the human in the face Oh good, you're here! The dragon has... [contines repeating himself] Doesn't bother me really. Diab says there's comfy couches elsewhere on the ship * Waitstate walks over to the statue Yeah, 'specially in the observation decks I hope this one doesn't talk... It seems to be a statue of a dragon. uh, thanks... * Twilight starts climbing on the dragon statue At least the statue didn't talk. * Waitstate takes hold of the amulet looking thing handing from it * Chameleon looks at the spiderbot on his shoulder and imitates a beeping sound [Your party gained ONE False Amulet] * Scrabble beeps something back at Cham * Maximum-Magnum watches as the part of the statue with Twilight on it suddenly rises through the celing. I bet we could sell it as real. Maybe that'll come in handy. * Twilight blinks as he rises These things usually do... Don't think he's been up there yet, hasn't talked about any there. Rec area was one place he mentioned I think Oh, would'ja look at that. Ah, the rec area. Haven't been there yet m'self. I betcha we use that as a decoy for the REAL amulet. Why don't we give it to the human? Humans are stupid. YOU try it *tosses it to DD* * Sunspot amuses herself making sparkly patterns in the air. * Doubledealer pockets the amulet. * Twilight finds himself in a room above the one with the dragon statue in it. Hm. * Maximum-Magnum climbs up to where Twi was standing and taps the panel he was standing on. Sure enough, it rises up through a hole in the celing. Waitstate? * Twilight looks around Perhaps we should utlizie this... * Sunspot looks up at the rising part of the statue. "Do we get to ride that?" sounds like a plan * Waitstate climbs up * Splitwit climbs up too * Chameleon grabs the spiderbot and throws it to Slip. "Incoming!" * Doubledealer climbs up, too, also. * Waitstate rises up * Maximum-Magnum stand on the section and rises up * Splitwit stand on the section and rises up * Slipstream catches Scrabble and chucks it back at Cham "spider tennis!" * Twilight watches everyone rise up. Miss us? Not particuarly. I cannot believe this is how you spend your time training. * Maximum-Magnum walks up to a chest and opens it. ONE Blue key! * Sunspot climbs. Whee! Run into a lot of mysterious dungeons in your line of work, do you? We ain't training, Dealer. We're enjoying ourselvs. Kinda. Speak for yourself. Yeah! It's fun! I found a blue key. * Waitstate opens one Oooo. Blue key. [Found ONE Lance] I suppose this could become useful in the future. * Chameleon catches the spiderbot then throws it at another empty chair. "Let us know if you think they're comfy too, Scrabble" hey, Dealer, I think this is yours. I saw it in a videogame once * Splitwit opens a chest and finds... ONE Wand! * Sunspot opens a chest. ONE wooden staff! Um... Sunny I think you'd put this to best use. Whee! I got a staff! Ohhh. I'll trade for the staff! Or maybe it's for me... o.O Okay! * Splitwit and Sunny trade * Sunspot makes even better sparklies! Yay! *Scrabble lands on the chair, bounces up and down on it a couple of times, then beeps* oy... * Twilight prowls around the walls of the room [Found ONE ThrowingStar] * Maximum-Magnum opens the nearby door and is jumped by a tiger! Good to hear, Scrabble. We all agree that these chairs are comfy [StripeTiger ATTACKS] Eek! * Twilight snickers to himself at the sight of Maxy being tiger-jumped. *Fires the 1 use gun up through the tigers body* -20 damage! Holy canoley! * Sunspot quickly heals Magnum's tiger-damage. * Splitwit smacks the tiger with his staff It's agreed then! The chairs are comfy. :) ...okay, I can't take any more of this. * Doubledealer gestures and a door opens in the wall. * Doubledealer steps out into the corridor of the Freedom. Have fun. hey! where are you going? Cya! * The door shuts. Aw. *Loudly* wuss! * Doubledealer shakes his head. spoilsport Failed. * Doubledealer sets out into the ship. * Waitstate tosses the lance at the tiger Yep, though I think I'll have to leave mine now and return to my wandering the ship and scaring people Doubledealer LEFT your party! Heh, have fun scaring people. [StripeTiger is KILLED] You got TEN GP and ONE Tigerhide! I shall continue to sit here and bask in my temporary feeling of power and command, hehehe * Chameleon gets up and enables chameleon mode as he walks to the lift [Level Up! Your party is now at Level 3! Sunspot learns Ice!] *Scrabble beeps bye at Cham as he leaves* * Maximum-Magnum pick up the tiger's skin and is supprised as it covers him. Um... How come *I* never learn anything? Ooooo. You look sharp! Will do Slip. No harming innocent flying space things! you aren't a wizard? I feel... furry. * Chameleon leaves hehe! I'm a thief! * Sunspot makes ice sparkles in the air. * Doubledealer looks for areas he's not supposed to be in. * Maximum-Magnum tries to open the door again, abit feeling more furry, and walks through it. No tiger, whee. * Twilight wanders through the door behind Maxy * Splitwit looks around the new area and spots a stairwell. * Sunspot walks into the new area. Methinks we should walk up the stairwell... Gee, really? * Sunspot tries to pet the tiger fur without being noticed. You go first * Doubledealer pokes through the sensor apparatus. ... * Maximum-Magnum ignores Sunspot When this is over, I'll give this to your boyfriend. * Sunspot looks mildly embarassed. * Splitwit looks up the stairs and is nearly hit by a small spiked ball rolling down them and out of sight Watch that last step... * Twilight steps to the side as the spiked ball rolls by hm, watch for falling maces ...original. * Diablo finishes the modifications of Scarab, leaves his quarters and wanders the ship * Splitwit very cautiously walks up the stairs, avoiding any spiked balls * Doubledealer investigates the navigational arrays. * Sunspot follows Split, knowing nothing can get past his hard head. ;) * Slipstream daydreams in the BigComfyChair, then decides to check her email since it's been a while since she last checked it. :P [DarkBug ATTACKS!] *quietly* When expecting booby traps, let the booby go first... *chuckles to himself* * Waitstate squishes it Oh, this is quaint... *a giant spiked ball appears on the upper floor* * Waitstate grabs a GP Eek! * Sunspot runs from the big spiked ball. * Splitwit runs in slow motion as the huge ball rolls after him down the stairs Noooooooooooooooooooo! * Waitstate jams the lance he picked up across the corridor as they go past * Twilight sidesteps as Split and ball go past. --oooooooooooooooo! * Waitstate then runs too * Maximum-Magnum doesn't notice the ball and it smashes into his back, its momentum stopping the second it hits him. * Slipstream logs into her email and sifts through all the junk mail that's accumulated ... You okay? *eye shakes* mommie... That looked unpleasant. * Maximum-Magnum collapses and the ball evaporates. * Twilight rolls his optics and watches with disinterest Hm. * Sunspot concentrates. Heal! [SpikeBall deals 40HP Damage to Magum] d4 p41n... * Doubledealer roots through the communcations grid. * Big lights flash on the bridge ack, I gotta move now... Cirrus, what's goin' on? Looks like we have a systems intruder. Hmm. Think he needs more healy? Unregistered ID... I'm guessing it's our guest * Maximum-Magnum slowly stands up, "Ugh... Remind me to watch for rolling balls more often..." Heh, figures it'd happen on my watch... *sighs* [comm] Doubledealer, what're ya doin'? [comm] Nothing important. [comm] Mostly investigating systems to find out which ones I was allowed to see. *not heard on comm* According to the logs, he's been poking around down there for a while. Guess he didn't hit anything worth mentioning 'til now Thanx, Cirrus. So now that that ball's gone, let's go! [comm] well, it'd prob'ly be a good idea to -stop- poking around the systems * Maximum-Magnum slowly follows the rest, rubbing his back you got any forcefield spells in there Sunny? I do! I do I do I do! [comm] Yes, dear. * Splitwit jumps up and down in front of Wait * Twilight follows along with the others *rolls her optics* er, ok. Let's see it * Splitwit waves his hands in front of... who? * Doubledealer extracts himself from the bulkhead. Mmmm...not yet. *not heard on comm* I'll keep a watch on him Maybe I'll learn one later. Mmkay, that'd be a good idea. * Diablo enters the observation lounge and sits in a comfy couch If he starts poking around in anything again, let me know, mmkay? Where'd you learn a spell, Split? him, learn? *snickers* You all didn't hear the big announcer voice? Anywho, who do you want me to field up, Wait? You're the party leader, and all. * Slipstream goes back to her email can't you do the party? * Doubledealer goes to the records room. I don't think so, theifs dont tend to have that much MP. *mutters* junk, junk, more junk... feh. Hm, something that ain't junk.... *sigh* Around Sunspot then Ooo. I'm special! You like to think so, anyway. You're the healer Admittedly, I probably have, like, 5 HP... [msg] Slip, contact me asap. - Wakerunner [/msg] * Slipstream frowns slightly. "Been a while since I've heard from Wake..." * Splitwit waves his hands in front of Sunspot and a blue clear shell appears around her before disappearing. done! Ooooo... Now I need something to try it out on! Cirrus, can I use the ship's outgoing comm for a while? *I* think we should get back on track and try to find that annoying Amulet * Cirrus gestures that might be a good idea The comm's right there :) Okay! thanx Cirrus. :) *moves to comm console* Where to? hm... Up! Okay! You're the boss! * Waitstate goes up * Sunspot starts up the stairs. * Maximum-Magnum finally catchs up with the group only to see them leave, and sighs * Waitstate stops What is it? Three doors... Ohhhh. Great... just open the left one. It's always the left one. * Slipstream sits down at the comm console and opens a channel uh huh * Waitstate EQUIPS his shield and opens the left door * Maximum-Magnum holds out his launcher... * Sunspot gets ready to test her shield. * Splitwit readies his staff *a bunch of bats fly out* Crap in a hat! *quiet to the comm* Hey, Wake, it's Slip. What's the-- yes, I know, I only just got the message. What's going on? [FLAPBUGS attack!] * Waitstate BLOCKS a few *only Slip's side of the conversation can be heard on the bridge* * Maximum-Magnum grabs a bug and crushes it * Splitwit stabs a couple. [FlapBugs cast Lightning on Party!] * Twilight gets zapped * Sunspot shoots ice at them all. ...ow. *swats the bug thing outta the air* * Waitstate blocks part with his shield, which for some reason doesn't burn, but still takes minor damage * Maximum-Magnum fires a grenade into the bat cloud and kills most of them * Slipstream is silent for a while as she listens to the bot on the other end of the comm, then suddenly goes stiff with shock * Splitwit spears three on his staff "Bat-kabob, anyone? Heh heh heh." [comm] S'ket... you're joking... fraggit! *tiredly* When'd it happen? Kay, the batthings are dead. * Diablo lets Scarab wander around * Sunspot skewers a couple with her ice spears. [comm] Mmhmm... and yer tellin' me that -nobody- has bothered to look into this? [Party UP level 5! Twilight learns Bomb!] [Sunspot has learned TYPHOON!] Okay, anybody hurt? [Splitwit has learned MUTE!] Oooo. Typhoon! * Twilight glares at the dead bat things ... Bomb. Okay. * Twilight looks around for something to test this on Anyone wanna try right? heh * Maximum-Magnum very cautiously opens the right door [comm]*mutters* Figures. No one's found it even slightly suspicious then? Damn. *nothing happens!* Okay, I was wrong. Okay, right, then! heh, onward! *pauses again as the other bot speaks for a bit* * Sunspot wanders through the door. * Splitwit walks through the door and down the long hallway [comm] *flatly* No, I -don't- believe it was just an 'accident'. It sounds just like what happened to Flyby before I left, and don't tell me you didn't find that suspicious. * Waitstate opens the far door, and flinches. Nothing happens, so he goes in * Waitstate sees a Large Fountain. The left wall has several Windows. Egad, Bill Gates has left his mark of evil upon this innocent land! * Splitwit ph33rs the windows Oooo, maybe it's a healy fountain! I need more MP. * Maximum-Magnum spots a savepoint. "Anyone feel like saving?" no, no... look at the crossbeams. They're X-Windows! Okay... [comm] Damnit, Wake, I don't -care- if there wasn't any evidence then or now. Y'know bloody well we don't just have 'accidents' at that level! It's downright slaggin' m-- *breaks off as she remembers she ain't alone on the bridge* * Splitwit touches the fountain and feels all MPed up! Whee! * Sunspot goes to the fountain. Would You Like To Save The Game? Egad! YES slaggit! * Slipstream continues in a quiet, emotionless voice "Slaggit" is not in my vocabulary. Please try another word. Damn parser interface... [comm] Y'should quit while y'can, Wake. No point-- *is interrupted by the other bot* Save, or I'll forcefully upgrade your parser }:| * Sunspot gets all MPed up at the fountain. *everything glows as the game is saved! Hurrah!* * Waitstate smirks just gotta know how to talk to it... * Splitwit recasts shield on everyone, refilling his MP when he needs to. Yay! Shields for everyone! [comm] Damnit, you -know- that ain't why I quit! I aint' a coward, blast it... I had my reasons, and y'knew damn well what they were... You know, there are ususally these sort of 'save points and heal' right before the final boss... * Waitstate opens a chest and finds ONE Flask oh joy. final boss. hm... *fills it with water from the fountain* That'll save my MP some 'till I learn a better Heal... * Maximum-Magnum looks at the big huge door on the the far side. * Sunspot looks over with Magnum. That's an awful scary-lookin' door. * Waitstate sees something in the pool... [You found ONE False Amulet] Another? [comm] I just don't want what happened to Flyby and Tailwind to happen to ya as well, is all... and quit it with the accident excuse, y'ain't fooling anyone. seems so... wait. DoubleDealer walked off with the other one. I guess it's random photons by now Ah, okay.. Well, we'll probably need it. All set to go through the big door? [comm] *flatly* So y'don't find it at all strange that outta al the race teams, we seemed to have had the most 'mishaps'? hm... let's save again real quick Yeah, heal, THEN save! * Waitstate walks into the save point and glares [everything glows as the game is saved!] [comm] *sarcastic, still quiet* I can think of -plenty- of reasons-- *is interrupted again* [comm] *flatly* Fine. Forgive me for not wanting one of my best friends to crash and burn just like the others. Slipstream out. *cuts the comm connection* * Maximum-Magnum walks up to the door, noting the dramatic music suddenly playing.. cheesy music. Very * Slipstream sits at the comm console for a few moments, not moving. Lets' make a dramatic entrance, aye? Magnum? Mm? Eek, something scary's gonna happen! Care to kick down the door and enter with guns blazing? I could enter with forearms blazing... * Diablo watches Scarab fall from the ceiling and land in front of his feet * Maximum-Magnum stares at Splitwit for a few moments and then glances at Waitstate, "Your call." Hm. Dramatic entrance, is that what you want? Yeah! * Twilight gestures at the door, using his 'bomb' skill *door blows up* I dunno... don't these villian types usually like to talk first? Good enough! dramatic enough for you? Bah! er, or we could go dramatic Magnum? *gestures* * Maximum-Magnum rushes in with all guns forward and dives through the smoke * Waitstate walks in behind him, considerably more reserved *quietly to herself* Damnit all... *slumps back in the chair* * Maximum-Magnum rolls to a stop and fires both photon pistols into the air before throwing them to the ground and letting loose with his missile launcher. * Sunspot waits for everybody to decide. *mumbles* dramatic enough? * Splitwit notes there's nothing in the room but a bunch of holes and the amulet at the far end, with a very large hole very close to it. * Sunspot walks in carefully. Faaaaaaaaaaaantastic. Somehow, I expected this * Sunspot waits for the thing that pops out of nowhere here. Lay your bets now that something large and ugly is going to come out of those holes * Diablo picks up Scarab and puts him on a shoulder * Splitwit readies his spear let it come! * Sunspot gets out her wands and makes with the sparklies. wait! Look! chests! Somthing's going to come out of one of the chests, Bossbot. yeah. ONE of them * Slipstream throws herself out of the chair and paces the bridge, fuming. * Waitstate opens one [You found ONE Riot Shield] I ain't touchin any of those, Bossbot. muuuuuch better... anyone want this legless end table I've been carrying? * Maximum-Magnum reloads * Sunspot walks over to one cautiously. * Maximum-Magnum points one gun at each of the remaining two chests You open, I'll hit. [You found ONE Magic Rod] Ooooooo... * Twilight debates just blowing the chests to kingdom come. Guess not *moves the gun to the other chest* Uhm... Am I the only one noticing the very large creepy eyes in that hole over there? *points to a hole behind everyone but him* * Cirrus ignores Slip, hoping to avoid fire from whatever she was just arguing about I see it What? *turns around just in time to see a huge dragon identical to the one before burst through the hole* Oh drat. * Slipstream paces the bridge more, muttering to herself under her breath * Waitstate hand Split his li'l wooden shield ... thanks. o.o Heh. Who's surprised? Not me. Shaddup, Twi. Just kill the darn thing. *sarcastic* As you command, oh mighty leader. * Maximum-Magnum fires into the dragons thick hide, most of the shots bouncing off. * Waitstate pulls out his sabre * Waitstate walks up Hi! Damn right! *flexes one arm* * Twilight uses his bomb skill on the dragon Boom, boom, boom. * Sunspot tries out this "Typhoon" business. *notices the bombs don't seem to be doing all that much* Hm. * Sunspot floods the room for a moment. * Splitwit runs up to the dragon and tries to steal from it. ONE Mystic Saber! Ah, you've come at last! The amulet is mine! Um, Hey Cap you might want to try this! [GuardianDragon ATTACKS!] * Splitwit tosses Waitstate the glowing saber he got from the dragon * Maximum-Magnum fires again * Waitstate EQUIPS the sabre, putting his own away * Twilight continues to bomb the dragon, searching for a weak spot *blam blam blam* [Mystic Strike!] *the dragon swipes its tail at Sunspot and Twi* * Waitstate slashes! ... I'm tired of these. Eek! * Twilight leaps over the dragon's tail [GuardianDragon casts HEAL on self. +10HP] * Maximum-Magnum tosses his photon pistols to the ground and draws an impossibly big double barreled rifle out of nowhere. * Twilight bombs its nose * Sunspot tries to jump, but gets hit a bit anyway, even through the shield. -15 HP! * Maximum-Magnum brings the sight up to his optic and aims for the dragons eye, "Here's looking at you!" * Sunspot casts heal on herself. [GuardianDragon casts INFERNO on the party] gyah. Cirrus, you have the bridge. I need to blow off steam. * Maximum-Magnum fires two huge blasts of energy. Two gigantic shells fly out of the gun at smash into the ground * Sunspot has high heat defense. So there. ;) * Slipstream stalks out of the bridge before Cirrus can reply Wha?? Uh, seeya... * Waitstate is protected by his shield *the dragon staggers back from the blasts* * Splitwit gets burned! -15! * Sunspot tries some more Typhoon! * Scarab beeps into Diab's ear and zaps him [Mystic Strike!] * Twilight gets burned slightly. -10 * Sunspot floods the room some more. Try harder, why dont you? Fools! * Waitstate hits the dragon! -15HP! [GuardianDragon casts HEAL on self. +20HP] * Scrabble beeps in surprise and scuttles out of the bridge after Slip [GuardianDragon casts FLARE on the party] that was pointless... * Waitstate is momentarily BLINDed Thanks for that Scarab.... I was still awake though * Twilight shields hs optics augh, can't see... * Maximum-Magnum finishes reloading the double barreled rifle and aims again. * Sunspot casts heal on Twilight and Split. Too bad I wasted a perfectly good line the first time... * Maximum-Magnum pulls the trigger. Kablooom! -30 HP!! * Slipstream stalks through the Freedom's corridors towards the sim rooms, sword in hand * Twilight continues to bomb the dragon * Splitwit viciously stabbs at the dragon! Die die d13 die die! * Waitstate is unBLINDed * Slipstream arrives at the sim rooms, notes one of them is being used, and enters one that's empty. * Sunspot shoots some ice, too! -10HP! * Maximum-Magnum reloads and fires again! -25 HP! * Twilight bombs the dragon in the face. -15! * Waitstate grabs the False Amulet from his inventory and USEs it on the dragon... Okay, big ol' dragon! You think you're so scary... but try my SONIC BOMBER attack! * Sunspot decides she's got enough MP for another Typhoon. Typhoon! -30 HP! * Splitwit leaps backwards, kicks off the wall, and flies straight at the dragon with his spear pointing forwards! -20 HP! Where did you get that?! [GuardianDragon turns to look for the Amulet] Ah, I love limit breakes. Hit him now! I think he's vulnerable! * Slipstream programs the sim room for a generic hand-to-hand combat simulation, safties off, high level * Maximum-Magnum fires! -40 HP!! * Splitwit Sonic Bombers again! -50 HP!! * Twilight bombs the dragon more -20 * Waitstate Mystic Strikes! -30HP! All together now! One more time!! *boom* * Sunspot Typhoons! -30HP! * Diablo leaves and goes to the plaza * Maximum-Magnum fires a shot right as Splitwit Sonic Bombers, the shot propelling him at super speeds right through the dragon!! Multi Sonic Shot Combo Strike!! [GuardianDragon is Defeated!] * Slipstream sets into the mob of faceless combat drones, sword humming through the air Hot dog! That was fun! You think you've won, do you? The darkness is everywhere... Shut up. *shoots again* Yay, darkness Oooo, spooky... I'm not afraid of the dark! *winks and flexes one arm* [You recieve ONE Amulet!] Yay for Amulet! Are we done now? This fur is getting itchy. Aw, but it's nice and soft. * Splitwit picks up his photon pistols. *pat pat* Heh, its manginess kind of suits you. * Maximum-Magnum picks up his photon pistols. hm... according to the program info, the game is barely even started. Meow. ... whaaaaat? * Waitstate heads back to the save point and saves * Sunspot goes for some saving and some MP replenishment. Wait, so what you're saying, Wait, is that we've just beat the first dungeon? seems it * Splitwit gets MPed up ... Great. I imagine if we go back down, Mr. Scratched Media will probably have a new message Let's go! * Twilight goes to the mp thingy, whee. *soon, back at the bottom of the tower...* Okay, so now where do we go? Ah! You have the amulet! You MUST give it to me. Don't give it to him. * Slipstream continues to take out the combat sim drones, getting more worked up all the time It's a trap! What do you mean, no?? It is mine! er He's gonna eat our heads! * Maximum-Magnum holds a gun to the Human's head MINE I SAY! Hungry TALK FOR YOU! oh, just kill the human already. [HUMAN becomes DarkDemon!] Can I pull the trigger? Please oh please oh... crap. * Maximum-Magnum pulls the trigger okay, fine. kill the darkdemon already. -1! That wasn't a lot of damage... I will desssstroy you! *flys up, and breaks through the temple wall, then away* for these guns, no it wasn't. ... what the scrap was THAT? boogeyman. heh. I dont kn- *gets hit with a large stone* [The Temple is COLLAPSING!] * Maximum-Magnum picks up a map left behind and stows it away Egads! Eek! Aw, frag * Sunspot runs for the exit. Transform and run like hell! Leaving would be a good idea. everyone out! * Twilight heads for the exit. Really. * Maximum-Magnum transforms to tank mode and smashes through a wall * Powerplay finally gets everything back to how it was before Trihorn messed everything, and begins loading the arena dev tools into the sim computers * Waitstate runs to the door and barrels outside * Splitwit runs out the door *castle crumbles* * Slipstream finishes with the last of the combat sim drones, then stands in the middle of the sim room for a moment, still fuming. * Sunspot gets outside and watches everything fall apart. * Twilight exits the temple, whee Okay, who didn't see that coming? you know, Ive never seen a building collapse to nothing like that before * Diablo notices Trihorn getting kicked out of Powerplay's store as he walks into the bar If it helps, DarkDemon left behind a map. *mutters to herself angrily* Accidents my skidplate... *heads to the simroom computer, pulling a disk out of subspace* that's good anyway According to this, we're in the middle of a desert, there's a town to the south and a forest to the west. hm, not nothing. Look, there's a save point in the rubble. Who wrote this game? * Maximum-Magnum hands the map to Waitstate. You're the leader, you get this. eh, thanks * Waitstate stows it * Slipstream sticks the disk into the sim 'puter and goes through the sim runs she has saved on it * Waitstate goes and saves again ok, is anyone else ready for a break? I sure am, that first dungeon was a pain. Quite so. Aaah, Sim, turn off. * Slipstream loads a run labelled "BlueMoon GrandFinals - Battle Run" *the desert backround disolves to the simroom metal* hm, I kinda liked that shield *angrily to self* If those were accidents, then I'm a fraggin' hydrospanner... * Slipstream tfs to her starfighter mode as the sim starts up * Maximum-Magnum is glad he isn't wearing any tigerskin, but misses his bigass gun... I think we should finish this thing again sometime. * Twilight is just glad the nonsense is over for the moment Yeah, I'm all tired out. * Sunspot misses the tigerskin. ;) But, I'm wiped. Hows about we head to the bar for some drinkin? *grins* computer, turn sim room safties off. sounds appropriate Yeeeeah! warning, damage factor high, reccomend leaving safties on That sounds fun. *growls* Safties. Off. Acknowledged. * Slipstream starts the sim running (Think podracers from PhantomMenace, 'cept in space with full-sized starfighters and fully-powered weapons. Intense stuff) * Splitwit arrives at the bar * Sunspot makes her way over to the bar. Okay Waitstate, feel like givin me a Core Dump? I think I'm up for it. * Splitwit makes a fist in the air. * Diablo notices the others enter sure... >:D * Sunspot waves to Diab. f1r3 is fr33! * Waitstate assembles the components, some of which were already partly together * Twilight wanders off somewhere I'm heading to my quarters. * Maximum-Magnum leaves * Roadkill wanders into the bar and takes a seat near the back here you go... a bucket 'o Core Dumps * Splitwit picks it up and feels all in awe hey Okay... * Slipstream blasts through the course, weaponsfire blazing fast and furious all around as the other racers try to take her and each other out * Waitstate grabs it from him Hey!! one at a time *pours a tankard* Aww.. * Splitwit "yoinks!" the tankard from Waitstate Okay now! Let's see what this baby has to offer.. *fast forward five minutes.* * Diablo draws his axe and places it next to him as a warning to stay away * Splitwit is leaning face down agasint the bar table with one hand in the air and a bunch of energon spilled around his cup, singing. "All ah wunt for christymays is mah two front teeth..." * Slipstream swerves around a corner, gets another racer in her sights and opens fire on it, then flies through the ensuing fireball * Roadkill watches Split at the bar from his seat and snickers slightly * Splitwit looks up at Waitstate and grabs his shoulders * Waitstate holds still... * Diablo watches *pleading* ya gotta help me man... the sissors are after me... man... they're after me... um, yeah... here, have another * Splitwit turns slowly and sees a stapler on the corner of the bar and screams, pointing at it and nearly falling off his stool "It's LOOKING at me!!" * Roadkill looks around, grabs a coaster, and pegs it at the back of Split's head. *clunk* "Score! Hehehe" * Diablo picks up his axe and walks over to Wait look out Split, it's the killer coasters! .... AH!!! * Splitwit grabs on to Waitstate "He's WITH THEM!!" riiiight... * Slipstream continues to destroy stuff in the sims, getting somewhat banged up herself as she races at ridicuosly high speeds through the course * Waitstate picks up a small device from under the counter * Roadkill chuckles, gets up from his table and heads to the bar * Scrabble sits outside the sim rooms, beeping mournfully occasionally * Splitwit starts to shake violently as RK approaches * Roadkill grins evilly at Split and slows his walk to a menacing stalk * Waitstate slooooowly raises it up toward SW's head while he isn't looking then... *bzzap* o__o *----* * Splitwit falls over, no longer conscious About time mini null beam he'll wake up cold sober with a headache you don't wanna know about aw, y'mean that thing doesn't take away the headache? Bummer * Diablo leaves the bar, Scarab following * Waitstate removes a media chip from a console behind him and files it under Splitwit * Slipstream completes the sim run, then starts it up again that'll be fun at the next party... warning, collateral damage reaching danger levels *growls at the sim 'puter* Stuff the collateral damage *goes back to shooting things down at high speeds* * Diablo puts his axe away as he leaves the plaza and returns to wandering about * Waitstate downs a Core Dump, being way more able to take it than Split * Roadkill casually pokes the unconcsious Split. * Slipstream continues to give the sim room a damn good trashing, getting more and more worked up * Cirrus notices a light on his board flashing and wonders how long that's been going... Geez, frag! *kills sim room B's power* * Slipstream suddenly finds the sim fizzle out mid-race and nearly crashes into the wall * Diablo is still wandering about * Splitwit is drunk and unconcious [COMM] Engineering team to sim room B! Fraggit! *pulls up, tfs, and lands, then notices the damage that's been done* Oh, damn.... * Slipstream leans against the wall and slowly slides down it till she's sitting at its base *quietly* damn it all.... [comm] Wait, want me to check that out? [comm] What's that? * Slipstream sits leaning against the sim room wall, staring blankly at nothing in particular [comm] Whatever this problem with sim room B is [comm] Didn't hear about that... hm, sure. I'll meet you there * Waitstate finishes up the pitcher he was working on * Diablo goes to sim room B with Scarab following I gotta go deal with whatever that is. Later all :) Yeah, sure, later. * Waitstate leaves * Waitstate arrives at Sim B a few moments before Diablo Door looks bad * Scrabble drops from the ceiling in front of the sim room * Waitstate jumps back * Scrabble beeps something mournful sounding at Wait * Waitstate tries to open the door but the motivator is shot * Roadkill wonders what indignities he can heap on Split's unconscious form... ;) you know what it's saying? I'd guess that Slip is in there * Scarab beeps at Scrabble * Scrabble beeps something back at Scarab agreed help me with the manual open? * Waitstate and Diablo open up the door manually geez... * Slipstream doesn't notice the door opening what happened in here? *walks in* * Scrabble rushes in and goes up to Slip * Slipstream doesn't look up as Wait comes in * Waitstate makes out the dark silhouette- er- shadow thingy of Slipstream among the smoke * Scrabble runs back to Wait, beeps, then goes to Slip again Slipstream? *flatly* I'm fine. I didn't ask... What happened here? Nothing. Lie to me if you must, but don't insult me. ... *sighs* I... damnit... I'm sorry, Wait... it's all right, I can tell you're upset... what did happen? * Roadkill decorates Split's comatose form with little paper umbrellas and drink coasters * Splitwit is drunk off his ass! * Diablo walks in Noth-- ah, hell... *draws her legs up closer to her body and doesn't look up at Wait or Diab* * Waitstate sits down next to Slip * Slipstream doesn't move *lame attempt at cheering up* and people ask me why we need refits so often ;) Heh... * Slipstream glances at Wait out of the corner of her optics, then goes back to staring blanky into space * Diablo sits as well and retracts his faceguard as the two spiderbots beep at each other did you run out of ammo or something? I noticed a few holo-emitters are still working... *snorts* Hell no. Sim cut out on me... Didn't even get around to using my spheres. thank the matrix there, heh *grins darkly for a second* you left Cirrus alone on the bridge, didn't you? Yeah.... *shrugs* great pilot, not so great panel watcher. He gets bored, heh Don't we all... * Slipstream sighs slightly and goes back to the blank staring. perhaps I should have taken you with me to Split's game. it was much less destructive. weird, but non-damaging. heh, then this would have prob'ly only been delayed a while... * Diablo just listens I see... * Slipstream finally looks up at Wait *flatly* Do ya though? you aren't the first crewmember of mine to, if you'll pardon me, lose it. That's the scary thing though, Wait. I didn't lose it. hm? I don't follow *shakes head* Nevermind. I think I do * Waitstate turns * Slipstream glances at Diab When I was with the bots and had the alien stuff, there was a battle. I almost killed Star. I couldn't stop but I wanted to. At least you -wanted- to stop. Then, yes. Most of the times after I didn't want to stop ok... I won't guarantee you'll feel better, but you probably still ought to talk about it talk? *chuckles bitterly* I've never been one to talk much. I'm well aware of that nevertheless, you should. Either to me as your friend, or me as your commanding officer. *glares* should I take that as being an order? not exactly. but if we don't get this worked out, I may need to take disciplinary measures. *looks up suddenly, somewhat startled* got your attention, hm? *shudders slightly* In a way, yes... so... talk? * Slipstream seems to collapse inwards slightly with a sigh ...okay. but it goes no further, all right? *narrows her optics* all right. Diablo? * Diablo nods. yes * Deadlift arrives at the sim room door * Slipstream whips her head around as Deadlift comes in 'lo. * Deadlift passively waves at the others as you can see, this simroom isn't currently available... * Deadlift looks around We need to hire a maid * Deadlift looks at Diablo * Slipstream scrambles to her feet, defensive Perhaps we should talk elsewhere anyway... Aaaaanyway. I was just passing by. * Slipstream would have backed away if she didn't have a wall behind her Later! * Deadlift exits and whistles as he walks down the hallway * Slipstream wonders if now would be a good time to escape Slip, would you prefer we went somewhere more private? there's a conference lounge around the corner. *dryly* do I have much choice? I can go if you don't want me to be here Up t'you, Diab... here or there *sighs* There, I guess... * Waitstate guides Slip down the hall * Slipstream follows Wait with some reluctance * Deadlift hears footsteps approaching from behind him * Waitstate takes her inside and closes the door. there... the room is soundproof, if that makes you feel any better * Slipstream starts pacing around the room heh, not particuarly... * Overdose appears around a corner and catches up with DL at any rate... * Waitstate motions to sit, and does so himself * Diablo stays sitting on the floor and remembers most of the things he did and could have avoided while he had the alien tech * Slipstream pauses in her pacing, then drops into the couch and curls up somewhat in it * Scrabble goes up to Diab and beeps quietly at him *sighs* so... now what? *quietly* guess you'll be wanting t'know what I was doin' in the simroom, aye? *doesn't look up at Wait* * Diablo picks up Scrabble and Scarab, putting them on a shoulder each before getting up and leaving hm, yes Heh, yeah. I... got word that an old friend of mine... died recently.... *shakes her head slightly* though maybe died ain't the right word for it. *frowns* hm... that's always unsettling oh? mmm... I used to race, as y'know... used to? heh. but yeah *smiles faintly* Well, yeah, anyway... I was a part of a race team with three other bots... * Waitstate nods we spent years racing together, in some rather big races too. Won a lot of 'em, heh. didn't earn us too many friends in the racing circuit, that. being the best usually doesn't I guess heh, it doesn't, trust me. that's why I prefer most of my endevours to be anonymous hard to be anonymous in the race circuit. anyway. one race, something went wrong... we never found out what though, but whatever the reason, it ended up with Flyby crashing and burning... *shakes her head slightly* The official reports claimed it was an accident, but hell, we were some of the best. we didn't -have- 'accidents'. in sports like that? well, I'll take your word for it anyway *grins humorlessly at Wait* By the time y'get to our level, well... those who are accident prone don't ever get there, let's just say. We never could prove it was foul play though... It wasn't long after that event that I got the wanderlust again, and I quit racing. * Waitstate just nods * Slipstream pauses before continuing. Anyway... events led to me joining you guys, and during all that time I didn't hear too much from Tailwind and Wakerunner. your partners? yeah. Best friends, too.... But Wakerunner msged me, and I got back to him today... and he told me that Tail crashed and burned in a style similar to Flyby a few days ago... I guess they didn't leave the race circuit? * Slipstream curls up tighter and shakes her head no... they didn't. not for long, anyway... They say speed is addicting. surely you don't blame yourself for their staying? No, I don't. I know why they stayed, and they know why I left. If things in my life had happened differently, I would have gone back eventually too. * Waitstate nods again so... all that damage was for mourning? ...well, partly... partly. *sighs* I'm afraid Wake and I had a bit of an... argument, when he told me what happened to Tailwind. aha... go on He still wants to believe that both crashes were 'accidents'... but that's just a load of scrap. * Slipstream forces herself out of the couch and starts pacing around the room again, fists clenched It was bloody damn well murder, -both- times, but there's no fraggin' way to -prove- it! you just... know? *stares at Wait with narrowed optics* Yes, I -know-. Mainly because the same thing nearly happened to me, too. * Waitstate sits up a bit more and changes his expression oh? *shakes her head and continues pacing* no? I was just lucky, that time, but there was no way to prove that someone had been tampering with the course. I see the worst of it is that since Wake doesn't want to believe someone's responsible for these 'accidents', he'll stay in the racing circuit, which means he'll probably end up dead soon as well, *sounding more distressed* and I can't -do- anything about it! * Slipstream collapses back on the couch again so what were you doing in the sim room? *shrugs tiredly* Venting, I guess... Venting drive plasma, by the looks of it... rough sim? Heh, I guess y'could say that... what was the program? one of mine, a track from the race circuits we used to practice with. 'course, we usually had the safties on when we practiced... heh. that explains a few things... I take it you had them off. *grimaces slightly* Yeah. Bit obvious that, aye? I figured either that, or you'd decided that holoprojectors made nice targets *snickers slightly* Don't give me ideas like that, Wait. If the inventor of that tech knew the kind of stuff we do with it... well, let's just say our system is WAY off spec heh, just a bit... so... anything else to say for yourself? *shrugs slightly* Not if I don't hafta say anything else, heh. I see * Slipstream curls back up on the couch again Let me be completely blunt with you... * Slipstream glances up at Wait I haven't bothered checking any system logs yet. I can. There's very little on this ship that I can't find out all the details of if I want to. My point being, either tell me now, or explain yourself later. oy... * Slipstream sighs slightly I.... damnit, I dunno what else there is t'say, really... * Slipstream rubs her face with one hand a bit. were you trying to prove something in there or what? prove something? *considers* I... might have been, at that... please, go on it's just... eh. *tries to find a way to explain herself* that sim wasn't even one of the top level courses... and if I can go thru it without accidents, even after so long since the last time I did anything similar... * Slipstream waves one hand in the air slightly, looking helpless it sure doesn't look like you went through "without accidents"... *blinks slightly* what? looked like you killed about half the systems in there oh, that... most of that wasn't actually me, believe it or not... huh? I don't follow... sims generally only affect simulated environment and the people in them, not the actual hardware... well... *looks slightly sheepish* the race sim I was running wasn't what y'd call a normal race... Battle racing. not only d'ya hafta get to the end first, y'gotta get there in one piece... and the other racers ain't what y'd call friendly... and with the safties off, it couldn't keep up with you, so you hit the actual walls? *blinks* me, hit the walls? hell no! I think I'm gonna have to watch a video log of this race... eh... *looks somewhat embarrased* maybe sell tickets *winces* now then... is that -really everything-? *dryly* can y'think of anything else y'wanna dig outta me? I'd advise you tell me anything I might be able to find out on my own. Because, as I said, I will. heh, threats now, aye Wait? *smiles slightly, though somewhat sad* not at all. I simply want to get to the bottom of this. Get it all out as quickly and hopefully painlessly as possible. It will save future animosity I hope. painlessly? Heh, hate t'disappoint ya there, grey one. *shakes her head slightly* Though it coulda been worse, I guess... painless is a relative term here, I know mmm. *snorts* heh, if anyone could see me now... bloody pathetic, I am sometimes. right now I'm being a CO. But if you do want to talk about this, I'm a friend too. * Slipstream seems to withdraw more into herself CO it is... *quietly* All the friends I've ever made seem to have a bad habit of getting killed... ... ah Considering all we've survived, I don't see it happening. Take in that whatever comfort you can... *still quiet* I wish I could... we're a big ship with big guns and several small doctors. I personally feel rather secure here most days *flatly* Roadkill and I were on a fair sized ship with big guns and a doctor. It didn't help much. so much for humor... I don't know what to tell you really. Especially not with all this hanging in the air. But I am probably the closest thing this ship has to a councillor. I do hope you'll talk about it with me at some point. Thanks Wait, it means a lot t'know that you're there... it's just that a coupla million years of not talking ain't gonna be easy to toss away... As for being the CO... I think I'm done with that for now. Your sim priviledges are revoked for a month. Feel free to use the Plaza firing range though. heh, that's fair enough You'll also be assisting the engineering crew repairing the damage *nods* I think that's more than sufficient motivation not to do something like this again. *grins slightly* Y'd hope so, wouldn't ya. ;) *faux stern* It'd better be ;p Heh, we'll see, I guess. you inspire such confidence ;p Should I? heh. heh, there's always the brig I guess *shrinks into herself again, a look of terror flashing across her optics before she stifles it* O_O I was kidding Slip! *shakes her head* I know, I know... perhaps I should make you an appointment to see me later... /:) ...what? nothing, nevermind if y'say so... *still tense* why don't we drop all this for now. I don't think we're getting anywhere at this point heh, your call, bossbot. * Waitstate gestures to the door and it unlocks, opening slightly Please, talk to me if ever feel the need. I've been told I'm a very good listener Heh, they weren't lying, Wait.... and thanks for understanding. You're welcome. Any time, and I mean it. 'kay. Don't expect me t'say much any time soon... but y'never know... * Slipstream gets up and stretches slightly, joints making various funky noises speaking of our several small doctors... hmm? sounds like you could use a checkup. you sound like you're out of alignment somewhere *chuckles slightly* Nah, just kinda old. been making noises like that for ages. heh * Waitstate stands as well * Slipstream gestures to the door. "After you, grey one" * Waitstate nods and walks past her, out the door * Slipstream follows out slowly Wait? yes Slip? ... thank you. For... well, everything... * Waitstate turns and smiles. "Like I said... any time." I might actually take y'up on that eventually... but now, I need t'recharge... haven't recharged properly since we arrived at Sabel, heh... I imagine all that activity kept you pretty drained, eh? I'll be seeing later then :) heh, something like that... see ya later, mighty leader * Waitstate snickers and goes off * Slipstream wanders down to the launch bay, finds a quiet corner, tfs to alt mode and settles down to recharge