Log of Rei's first solo session.<Ataru> (wolfie's solo?)
<Rei> (Yep)
<TheDM> Session start: You awaken to the screams of the dieing and the one mighty city of Crystal Tokyo burning <TheDM> Session start: You awaken to the screams of the dieing and the one mighty city of Crystal Tokyo burning around you. Bolts of light still fall from the sky as the slaughter continues around you. Strange metal people walk around the ruined city, slaying the living. Where there hands should be are long metal spikes covered in blood, and its easy to see why as bodies line the streets. Your not to sure about your local but you have a bad feeling that the
<TheDM> Scene: You and your sister are stand near by what used to be the block family home was on. The crater and demolished buildings block off one end of the street. There is only one way for you to go.
<Rei> (Cut off at 'that the')
<TheDM> wtf
<TheDM> get a better IRC client!
<TheDM> that the huge impact crater near by was once your home. Your older sister Aoi stands near by in shock unaware of the danger coming down the street.
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WinNT@t3p249.socket.net)
* TheDM sets mode: +v Rei ** Rei shakes his head slowly. "This... what..."
<TheDM> Aoi: ...
* Rei grits his teeth and * Rei grits his teeth and grabs Aoi's hand. "Run!<TheDM> Aoi: ...rei?
<Rei> "Yeah... I'm okay, but... Those things are..."
<TheDM> Aoi: But you.. and our home? Mom! Dad!
<TheDM> Aoi starts to stumble towards the impact crater.
* Rei bites down hard. "Yeah..."
<Rei> "Wait! They're... dammit!"
<TheDM> Screams break out down the block but are quickly silenced
<TheDM> More streams of light break the sky and fall into the city.
* Rei grabs Aoi by the shoulders. "Look... There's nothing we can do. Not a damn thing! But we may be able to get out of here!"
<TheDM> Aoi is still in shock by she does move with you.
* Rei takes her hand and starts to move as fast as possible away from the crater.
<TheDM> The street is covered in rubble, smashed cars, and small fires.
* Rei growls. "This is... this is insane! What's going on?!"
<TheDM> Aoi: rei? Where are we going? I didn't tell mom that we would miss dinner.
<TheDM> She's talking but her eyes are still empty.
<TheDM> Head down the street?
* Rei shuts his eyes for a moment, then opens them again. "We're going... out. It... shouldn't ta* Rei shuts his* Rei continues taking Aoi that way.
<TheDM> The ground shakes as Explosions split the earth and sky. The buildings along the other side of the street look like they may collapse soon.
<TheDM> You soon come to a intersection. The path ahead is impassable but the roads on each side look clear to you.
* Rei shakes his head, glancing madly between the two paths. "Which way... which way?!"
<Rei> "... Screw it!" He picks one at random and keeps himself and Aoi moving.
<Rei> (Left)
<Ataru> (go west, young lad!)
<TheDM> A dead end, The buildings around you are mostly collapsed in on them self’s. Fire is not a problem for now. Panicked yelling can be heard much clearer here.
<Rei> "... Naturally. Just great!" Rei turns around and prepares to move _fast_ in the other way.<R* Rei checks on Aoi as they move.
<TheDM> back to the intersection, Aoi is moving along easier now but she still greatly slows you down.
<TheDM> Aoi: ... Rei?
<Rei> "Yeah?"
* Rei shakes his head. "Are you all right?"
<Yarrow> (For some reason, I'm picturing Ico as Rei runs along, holding Aoi's hand in his...)
<TheDM> Aoi: im sorry rei... There was a sale and the dress matched your hair. I didn't.. I didn't.. do it to be mean..
<Ataru> (heh)
* Rei BLINKS slowly.
<TheDM> Aoi seems to be lost in the past.
<Rei> "It's... fine. Really, you don't need to worry about it."
<Light02> (well at least in this one Ataru won't get all the bishy jokes)
<TheDM> Rei feels a odd pull and feels a sense of danger getting worse.
<TheDM> Something on side of him wants him to move, and move fast.
* Rei jerks around, looking for what the problem is.
<Rei> (Towards it?)
<TheDM> (the pull is wants you to move, the danger sense wants you to move RIGHT THE FUCK NOW)
* Rei grabs Aoi again and moves in the direction of the pull FAST. It's better than any idea he h* Rei grabs Aoi a<TheDM> THat would be down the other road.
* Rei moves that way then.
<TheDM> Aoi is keeping up with rei now so they make time as a group. Clearing the intersection and making it down the street as the sky is once again split by bolts of light.
<Rei> (Which fry the intersection)
<Light02> (scenes of Helion Prime from Chroincals of Ridick much?)
<TheDM> OK good, ill just skip to the dex check then.
<Rei> (Naturally...)
<Rei> roll 1d20+4
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{9}
<TheDM> (really light, there's only so many ways you can nuke a city from orbit.)
<Rei> (...)
<TheDM> (so sorry for now blowing shit up in an orignal way)
<Light02> (lol it's ok dude it struck me like the seige of Helion Prime)
<TheDM> Aoi remains standing as the blast knocks rei to the ground.
* Rei lets her go as soon as that becomes clear rather than drag her down, and lies there for a s* Rei lets her go as soon as that becomes clear rather than<TheDM> Screams from the building next to you can be heard clearly.
* Rei whirls in that direction and just stares, gritting his teeth.
* Rei shakes himself out of it, takes Aoi's hand again, and runs. "Come on..."
<TheDM> A baby can be heard crying, then it just stops mid yell.
* Rei shuts his eyes tightly. "Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit!"
<TheDM> As you head down the street you can make out what looks like two people ahead.
* Rei waves his free arm. "Hey! Are you okay!"
<Rei> (Bah, insert a question mark in there)
<TheDM> They stop, but your still far off.
* Rei slows slightly, uncertain, but continues towards them.
<TheDM> (may I sugest you start rolling on some things?)
<Rei> (Yeah... I imagine they ARE droids... What do you need me to roll?)
<TheDM> (seems like a good place for spot, Remember what I said about searching for stuff as well? You passed up a couple things)
<Rei> (Heh. Oh dear. How many search checks should I roll?)
<Yarrow> (Enh. I think running is realistic but searching around isn't.)
<Rei> roll 1d20+5
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{6}
<Rei> (Spot_
<Ataru> (pretend Strat is DMing)
<Rei> (And... Owie)
<Rei> (I'm now certain they're normal people?)
<Yarrow> (Senshi!
)
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 Search
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 Search --> [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
<TheDM> (dont annoy me with em
But if you find a place where you think something may be try it. Like that dead end.)
<TheDM> (less d&d more game rpg yarrow, seaching a dead end to find a health kit is a perfectly normaly thing I tell you!)
<Yarrow> (Ohhh, I see. So, it's also appropriate to walk into random houses and open any chests <Yarrow> (Ohhh, I see. <TheDM> And yes, Rei continues on head not noticing anything odd about the people in the shadows he can't clearly see.
<TheDM> (See? yarrow gets it)
<Rei> (A nice roll would be appreciated about now, McDice)
<TheDM> Your far enought away for 2 more tries.
<Light02> (sounds like Wolfie got her dice all cursed)
<Rei> roll 1d20+5 Spot
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+5 Spot --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
<Rei> (Please be good enough please be good enough please be good enough...)
<TheDM> As rei gets closes to the couple ahead he notices something is wrong with there arms.
<TheDM> That being there longer then normal and pointed.
<Yarrow> (Those poor people! They need your help, Rei!)
* Rei pauses and stops Aoi, looking about wildly for another way to go. "No..."
<Rei> (Search?)
<Light02> (more like run for the hills Rei this knee deep in droids)
<TheDM> Your on a street and the way behind you got nuked.
<Rei> (... Yay)
<TheDM> Around you the builds are smashed or burning.
<Ataru> (buildings?)
<Ataru> (ouch)
<TheDM> (yes.. *sigh*)
<TheDM> Aoi: Mom.. Dad?
* Rei stops her. "No... It's not them."
<Rei> "They're... back at... home."
<TheDM> They are standing off to the side of the road on your right.
* Rei tries to see if they've seen him and Aoi, or if they're doing anything.
<TheDM> You yelled out remember?
<Rei> (... Owie. Yep)
<Rei> (Doing anything?)
<TheDM> (DM tip, Get moving!)
<TheDM> not yet.
<TheDM> They are standing there waiting to see if the dumass humans run up to them to be killed.
* Rei looks again just to make sure there really isn't another path.
* Rei turns to Aoi. "Okay... sis, we're going to need to _run_. As fast as you can."
* Rei breaks into a jog to stay with Aoi, trying to squeeze through the gap at the left side of t* Rei brea<TheDM> You can hear them break cover and follow you, but you easly out pace them.
<TheDM> Keep running?
* Rei will look back to see if they're still following.
<TheDM> They are
* Rei will look around once more, mainly for other routes, then speed up to keep up the pace.
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 Search
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 Search --> [ 1d20=10 ]{11}
<Ataru> (oh jesus, if these are the rolls wolf is getting, I'm FUCKED)
<Light02> (damn McDice isn't giving Wolf any loving tonight)
<TheDM> No other routes,
<TheDM> your on a street. with one way to go.
* Rei speeds up, then, moving alongside Aoi.
<TheDM> unless you want to trun around and say hello again to the guys behind you.
<Rei> (Nah, I'll save that for later)
<Rei> (Though, with these dice rolls, maybe it'd be gentler...)
<TheDM> You stop dead as you enter the next intersection. The destroyed buildings and fires that seem to be the standard fair are present. Along with a house sized stack of bodies and large pool of blood flowing down the street. Strange metal women can be scene dragging bodies out of the buildings and flinging them into the stack.
<TheDM> Roll will check.
<McDice> TheDM rolled will check. --> error: malformed expression
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 Will Save
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 Will Save --> [ 1d20=2 ]{3}
<Rei> (...)
<Rei> (;_;)
<TheDM> Roll 1d20+10(instanty)
<McDice> TheDM rolled 1d20+10(instanty) --> error: malformed expression
<TheDM> Roll 1d20+10 insane
<McDice> TheDM rolled 1d20+10 insane --> [ 1d20=15 ]{25}
<Rei> (... You cruel, cruel dice...)
<Light02> (>.<
* Rei shakes his head, backing up. "No way... This is..."
<TheDM> Rei falls to his knees as he noticed the slaughter, loosening focus on the world around. He don’t even notice as Aoi breaks from her shock.
<TheDM> With shaking hands she picks up a near by stone, charging the closest metal monster with a screaming charge.
<Rei> (... Any chance I can break out of my own?)
<Ataru> (well, I guess that SO won't be a burden much longer...)
<Ataru> (and I like the sanity checks... reminds me of CoC)
<TheDM> The driod caught totaly unawear gets plowed over by the young girl, its head is soon reduced to scrap. But aoi does not stop and the others have noticed.
<TheDM> Roll a listen check.
<McDice> TheDM rolled a listen check. --> error: malformed expression
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{8}
<Rei> (...)
<TheDM> (oy..
<TheDM> (brb,)
<Rei> (Yeah... Need to find something to save me from McDice.)
<TheDM> It's faint, but rei can clearly hear something that don't fit in the current sceen. A phone is ringing off in the distance.
<Rei> (Am I able to break from my insanity now?)
<Light02> (thank you for reaching the goddess relife hotline)
<TheDM> Not yet.
<TheDM> Aoi manges to pull one of the broken driods arms free and uses it to attack another.
<Light02> (oh my god Aoi pulled a Lego Starwars Chewie)
<TheDM> Her screaming of anger are heard as she takes the next driod on.
<TheDM> Roll another will check.
<McDice> TheDM rolled another will check. --> error: malformed expression
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
<Rei> (...)
<TheDM> She may just finsh off all the driods while your out of it.
<Light02> (is it bad when the SO does more damage than the main PC)
<Ataru> (LOL)
<Rei> (Yes. Yes it is. The dice of doom...)
<TheDM> ok give me a listen check while aoi is kicking ass
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{6}
<Rei> (;_;)
* TheDM smacks head
<Light02> (*does the same thing*)
<Rei> (*just keeps crying*)
<Light02> (it feels like me at a real table top suitation)
<TheDM> Another driod has joined the fight and its turning bad for aoi, bleeding cuts can clearly be sceen on her arms and legs now.
<TheDM> Lets do will again.
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
<Rei> (... SCREW YOU)
<Light02> roll 1d20 testing
<McDice> Light02 rolled 1d20 testing --> [ 1d20=10 ]{10}
<TheDM> (alice: oh.. I got to go potty! *hangs up*)
<Rei> (I never thought I'd say this, but... can we use Tarou's dice?)
<TheDM> (same code..)
<Rei> (Probably, but... something is getting 'fun')
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 idly don't hate me
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 idly don't hate me --> [ 1d20=10 ]{11}
<Rei> (... I just used up my best roll, didn't I?)
<TheDM> ok listen check again.
<TheDM> and this is the last time I plot around your rolls
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{21}
<TheDM> (THANKS YOU!)
<Rei> (FINALLY!)
<Light02> (boya
<TheDM> The ringing is coming in very clear, and its so out of place with this sceen that Rei's mind fails defalts and quickly starts to reboot.
<TheDM> *-fails
<Rei> (Yes! The crit covered for the will roll too?)
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<Rei> (Hey Al)
* Rei shakes his head, eyes clearing. "... Aoi! Shit!"
<TheDM> I would say roll int but lets not go there again.
* Rei jerks up to his feet and runs toward the fight, trying to pull her back.
<TheDM> Aoi is pulled away easy enought, but not before she flings her make shift weapon drilling one of the metal ladies in the face.
<Yarrow> (You know, it'd really be hillarious if one of the droids took a swipe at Rei and instakilled him with a crit...
)
* Quits: Alathon (~Ala-bot@c-24-16-60-49.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ) (Ping timeout )
<Rei> (Crit? She just has to HIT)
<TheDM> (it would happen considering rei's life)
<Ataru> (lol)
<Yarrow> (If it happens, I think PW should play Aoi. She's obviously the hero in this story.
)
<Ataru> (can we swap out Rei for his sister on the team?)
<Ataru> (fuck, Yarrow beat me -_-)
* Rei won't complain about that, and tries to get as much distance between the metal things as possible. "Come on..."
<Yarrow> (For the last time, keep me outta your sick fantasies.)
<Rei> (;_;)
<Light02> lol
<TheDM> (come on now, you know the rools of rpg npc's. Any ass kicking powers they have are instantly forgotton the moment they join your team)
<Ataru> (don't tempt me Yarrow, I might decide to get graphic :p)
<TheDM> (not here you wont)
<TheDM> Rei can still hear the ringing in the distance.
* Rei moves in that direction, picking up the pace. "You hear that?"
<TheDM> Aoi: Hear what? Damn it rei let me go! We have to stop them!
<TheDM> (hmm, having a minsc mp3 playing now isnt helping, heh)
* Rei nods. "Fair enough, I've snapped then. But... dammit, I _want_ to. We can't do a damn thing except save ourselves."
* Rei snarls to himself.
<Yarrow> (Told you she's the hero.
)
<TheDM> Aoi: All thoes people.. mom dad?
<TheDM> She's still running along with rei.
* Rei misses a step. "Yeah... It's... DAMMIT!"
<TheDM> Aoi helps rei keep balance as they find them self in another intersection.
<TheDM> Just fire, death, and smashed buildings in this one.
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 Search
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 Search --> [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
* Rei tries to follow the sound of the phone.
<TheDM> That would be a listen check.
<Rei> roll 1d20+1 Listen
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 Listen --> [ 1d20=14 ]{15}
<Rei> (... Has my day finally come?)
<TheDM> You can hear it coming from the down the street on the right.
* Rei turns to the right. "This way!"
<TheDM> Aoi: How can you tell?
<TheDM> Aoi will follow along
<Rei> "... Because its as good a guess as any? I still hear that phone, but... Well, if I'm going nuts at least we have some direction in mind."
<TheDM> This leads into an older part of town, more of the same can be sceen as you run down the street, Smashed buildings, fires, and more dead people.
<TheDM> But a crystal building stands out at the end of the road, It's damaged but nothing short of a derect hit would knock it down.
<TheDM> Rei hears the ringing echoing out from inside.
<Rei> "There! We might be able to hold a safe point in there, even if I'm hearing nothing."
<TheDM> (save point? hmmmm)
<Rei> (Safe point, ie somewhere to hold the fort against droids)
<Yarrow> (A save point would be more useful.)
<Rei> (With my rolls?)
<Rei> (Hells yeah)
<Yarrow> (With your luck, you'd save right as 100 droids surround the place.)
<Light02> (and seems like your near the center of town)
* Rei rushes in and tries to find something to barricade the door.
<TheDM> As you near the building a sign saying Crystal Tokyo public work is easily seen
<TheDM> The doors work just fine and will shut behind you.
<Rei> (Ah, sliding doors then?)
<TheDM> (yes)
<TheDM> (There are no locked doors in crystal tokyo. As far as you know that is
<Ataru> (well ain't that a bitch)
* Rei exhales deeply, and moves deeper into the building, now at somewhat less than an all-out run.
<TheDM> The building is stangly empty and clean.
<TheDM> No bodies, no fires, nothing that gives a sign that it's ever been used really.
* Rei frowns. "This place is... wierd. And who's supposed to be calling at a time like this?"
<TheDM> Aoi: Rei.. Why are here? Where is every body? And why are you in thoes pants again when I layed out a perfectly fine dress for you this morning?
<TheDM> And yes, she is serious as she says this.
<Yarrow> (Yeah, Rei--what's your problem?!)
* Rei blinks, and decides to focus on the one he actually has an answer to. "I prefer these. I AM a guy, remember?"
<TheDM> (told you I would mold her after Shion)
<TheDM> Aoi: ... Oh right! *she thoughtfull for a moment but quickly forgets the topic, and rei's answer*
* Rei looks around for the phone.
<TheDM> Its a phone, its ringing, HINT HINT FUCKING HINT>
<Rei> (I see it now, then?)
<TheDM> no
<TheDM> You see empty office space, and oddly clean rooms.
<Rei> "Hey, Aoi... You see a phone anywhere around here?"
<TheDM> Most of the rooms are even unfinshed with bare crystal walls and floors.
<TheDM> Aoi: A phone? Look around there isnt a damn thing in this place.
<TheDM> (hmm I should stop swearing, as none of them would know thoes words.)
<Rei> (Hm, point, I should chop that back a bit more myself...)
<Rei> (Listen to see if it's coming from elsewhere in the building?)
<TheDM> duh?
<Rei> roll 1d20+1
<McDice> Rei rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{4}
<Rei> (;_;)
<TheDM> FUCK IT.
<TheDM> ITS COMING FROM DOWN THE HALL
<TheDM> GO THERE NOW
<Yarrow> (Oh, come on... You shouldn't need a roll to find out where a ringing phone is.)
* Rei goes down the hall, following the sound.
<TheDM> (true, I kinda expected him to roll when first getting into the building, my bad)
<Light02> (oh boy)
<TheDM> Following the hall leads to the first locked door you have ever seen in your life.
<TheDM> There are 3 doors around you, the locked on the left, a wooden door ahead, and a crystal door on your right.
<Rei> (Which one's the phone coming from?)
<TheDM> The door is locked with some kinda of hand shaped device.
<TheDM> (the locked of corse.)
<Rei> (Naturally)
* Rei tries to open it, and _stares_ when it doesn't. "Hey, you think the door's stuck?"
<TheDM> You hear the ringing coming from the left, and it seems down.
<TheDM> Aoi: Whats this wierd thing?
<TheDM> She is fiddling with a blakn screen that has a hand shape on it.
* Rei pokes it. "I... have no idea. You think it wants us to put our hands on that print?"
* Rei tries doing so.
<TheDM> A buzz is heard and the sceen flashs red.
<TheDM> the door is still locked.
<Light02> (invalid user)
<TheDM> The part of Rei will now be played by a quest star.
<TheDM> Err Aoi that is.
<TheDM> Rei's on his own.
* Yarrow is now known as Aoi
<TheDM> Your still standing at the end of the hall srounded by doors.
* Aoi fidgets and looks around.
<TheDM> Your hand pressing has failed at opening the door to the basment.
<TheDM> Rei can still clearly hear the ringing.
* Rei sighs. "Do you have any ideas?"
<Aoi> "Let's try the other doors."
* Aoi licks a cut on her hand.
* Rei nods. "Yeah... even if they don't lead anywhere for this ringing, it's still..."
* Aoi smooths down Rei's hair with her spit-wetted but now nonbloody hand.
* Rei blinks and looks at her, then turns to try the wood door.
* Aoi tries her hand on the device while Rei's out of the way.
<TheDM> It easly opens. The insides are bare expect for a large sink in the back and large pipes the run along rhe walls, and into a large steal box.
<Light02> (...)
<TheDM> The sceen flash red as aoi presses her hand to it. The door remains locked.
* Aoi pouts.
<TheDM> *large steal box on the wall
* Rei sighs and turns back. "Well, it was worth a try. What about this last one?"
<TheDM> The crystal door with slide open easly.
* Aoi stands behind Rei and peers around his shoulder.
<TheDM> The room looks like an unfinshed office. The far wall is bare and you can see the city burning in the background.
<TheDM> It has nice soft carpet tho.
* Aoi looks at the floor of the closet.
<TheDM> The floor of the cloest is crystal as well, But its to think to make out anything under it.
<TheDM> Pipes can been sceen running right into the crystal. You asume they come out the other end.
* Rei heads back into the closet to check out the steel box.
<TheDM> It's a 3x5 metal box about head's hight on the wall.
<TheDM> There is a latch for easy opening.
* Rei opens it and takes a look inside.
* Aoi chirps from about 1/2" from Rei's ear, "What is it?"
<TheDM> Rows and rows of unmarked black switchs great you. To very large red ones are at the top of each row.
* Rei jumps, and probably smacks his head on something.
<TheDM> There is nothing to smack your head on.
<TheDM> this time.
<Rei> (I'm multitalented)
* Rei rubs his abused skull. "I dunno... Maybe a power control thing?"
<Aoi> "Ooh... I wonder if the door will unlock if you turn off the power."
<TheDM> (hmm, I wonder.)
* Aoi frowns.
<Aoi> "No... that's be really stupid."
<Aoi> (that'd)
* TheDM cries
* Rei shrugs. "It would, but... the world's being nasty so far, so maybe it'll be nice now?"
<Aoi> (Aw, come on. Who sets up a locked door where you can throw a switch in the closet next to it to unlock it?
)
* Rei tries a switch or two at random.
<Light02> (the senshi Yarrow)
<Rei> (A DM who doesn't trust his players to get decent rolls)
* Aoi shrugs.
<Light02> (I mean come on we are in the city ran by the Odango Atma)
<Aoi> "Well, it's not like we have anything better to try."
<Rei> "Yeah... About the only other options are to sit here or..."
* Rei tries the door once the switches are thrown, slowly working his way through the set.
<Aoi> "I hope you don't turn off the phone..."
<TheDM> The switchs click off with loud snaps, the first one has no effect but the secound kills the light at the other end of the hall
* Rei turns the second back, and the first just in case it was something important.
* Aoi goes and stands by the locked door.
<TheDM> The big red switchs are just sitting there. Calling you.. Turn me off turn me off.
* Rei moves onto the next switch. "Come on, be nice. One favour." And continues on like this.
<TheDM> Lights down the hall turn off room by room.
* Rei switches the lights back on as their switches are discovered, and keeps working through the switches. "Any luck yet?"
<Aoi> "I don't think you should be flashing the lights, Rei..."
<TheDM> Sooner rather then later the hall ways they are standing in goes dark.
<TheDM> expect for the glow of the odd pannel near the door.
<Rei> "... Everything ELSE works. Suppose it was most likely..."
<Aoi> "Reeeiiiiii.... I really don't think you should make the building's lights blink on and off."
* Aoi sounds a bit nervous.
<TheDM> the Hall lights come back on, but the door is still locked.
<TheDM> Rei can still hear the odd ringing coming from below them.
* Rei nods. "You're probably right. I guess this particular path didn't work..."
<Light02> (my DM sense is tingling)
<TheDM> (shall we waste more time? Heh)
<Aoi> "Did you try the red ones?"
<Rei> (Thought I tried them first, actually...)
<TheDM> (err huh?)
<Rei> (The very large red switches at the top of each row)
<TheDM> (yes, sorry I didn't thinkyou hit them with, * Rei tries a switch or two at random.)
<Aoi> (You said a switch or two at random, so far as I saw)
<Rei> (Heh, oops. Ah well, no need for retcon)
* Rei smacks his forehead and tries those ones. "I can't _believe_ I ignored the most obvious ones..."
<Rei> (_Meant_ to try the red ones first, but 'oops')
<Light02> (goes into Xu-Fei's sifu mode, "Stupid Pupil")
<TheDM> As rei pulls down the first switch all the buildings lights switch to a dark red glow and a female voice is heard from an unseen speaker system.
<Rei> (I'm your pupil in the art of stupid?)
<Rei> "Is that... good? Or very, very bad?"
<TheDM> Safety 1 disengaged
<TheDM> Voice: Safety 1 disengaged
<Aoi> (Voice: "No. The second switch.")
<TheDM> Do you pause or flip the other switch?
* Aoi tries the locked door.
* Rei will flip the other one.
<TheDM> said locked door is still locked, but the screen is now the same red as all the lights.
<TheDM> Voice: Safety 2 disengaged
<Rei> "Try the door now."
* Aoi tries it again.
<TheDM> The hall way goes dark as rei trips the last breaker.
<TheDM> Voice: Warning, Power relay station 08 is now off line. Back up power is now coming online.
* Aoi quickly tries the door before backup power comes on.
<TheDM> Only some of the lights return, and they glow a light blue giving your a small amount of light.
* Rei steps back out of the closet and takes a look at the locked door.
<TheDM> The door easly slides to the side when forced, the hand pad remains dead.
<Aoi> "It's open!"
* Rei joins in forcing the door open.
<TheDM> A dimly lit stairway heads down into a dark hall way.
<Rei> "Yeah... This looks better."
<Aoi> "Wait. Did the phone stop?"
<Rei> (Did it?)
<TheDM> Rei can still hear it.
* Rei shakes his head. "It's still going..."
<Aoi> "Good. ... You go first."
* Rei reaches for Aoi's hand, and slowly makes his way down the stairs.
* Aoi squeezes Rei's hand.
<Aoi> "You're so brave--it's just like having a brother!"
<TheDM> (lol)
<Light02> (*wince* ouch)
<TheDM> The hall ways ends in a pair of large crystal doors, there is no sign of a lock of any kind.
* Rei squeezes back, then almost facevaults the rest of the way down the stairs. "I'm... pretty sure I am one. And you're the gutsiest big sister I ever could've asked for."
<Aoi> (Afk a minute to take out my contact lenses)
<TheDM> (you going to open thoes doors or what?)
<TheDM> (oh)
<Rei> (Huh, I missed that line. Apparently it posted just as I put my own one in. I'll wait for the conversation to go on first, though)
<Aoi> (Back)
<TheDM> The door is still at the end of the dark hallway, it hasnt moved.
<TheDM> all tho it may .
* Aoi doesn't say anything more.
* Rei will, once they get to the end of the hallway, squeeze Aoi's hand again and then let go, putting his attention to the door.
* Rei makes a try at prying it open, assuming it doesn't open on its own.
* Aoi quietly comes up behind Rei and chirps 1/2" from his ear, "What do you think?"
* Rei jumps again, but manages not to smack himself on anything this time.
<TheDM> But falls past the easyly opened doors and into the room past them.
<Rei> "Dunno. It looks like a normal door, so we should be able to pry it open. Unless you've got any thoughts?"
* Rei supposes that 'him lying sprawled out with the objective achieved' counts as a thought.
<TheDM> The room is very well lit, A huge sceen takes up most of the back wall. It show a real time read out of the city.
* Rei stands up and looks around.
* Aoi walks in and looks around.
<Aoi> (What's our family name, btw?)
<TheDM> aside from the very important looking sceen and computuers in the room there is a dusty door along he side wall.
<Rei> (Arashino)
<Rei> (And the phone's coming from the dusty door?)
<TheDM> Correct.
* TheDM Gendo pose ++
<Light02> (Light Haruhi kick's DM for the Gendo pose)
* Aoi gives Rei a little shove towards the door.
<Aoi> "Go on..."
* Rei spares the computers a glance, but... they came all the way here for the phone call, so he goes for the dusty door.
<Rei> "Yeah. I think it's in here... I _hope_ it's in here, because I've never even imagined going to this much trouble to catch a phone call..."
<TheDM> It opens to a room that shouldnt be in a building like this. Old wooden panneling along the walls, and a fades wood floor.
* Aoi shivers.
<TheDM> There is a single wooden table in the back with a old black phone sitting on it.
<Aoi> "I just hope it's something that helps us..."
<TheDM> Aoi can now see it shake when ringing, but can't not hear the ring itself.
* Rei pauses to stare at the room, and hug Aoi. "So do I... We NEED help."
<Light02> (Operator we need an exit)
<TheDM> (tank here.)
<Rei> (Tank?)
<TheDM> (nm)
* Aoi hugs Rei and says, "Answer the phone, idiot."
* Rei chuckles. "An excellent point."
* Rei turns back to the phone and steps over to it, raising the reciever to his ear. "... Hello?"
<TheDM> (no lets drag it out longer! longer I say!)
<TheDM> Alice: *snore*
<TheDM> Rei hears a light snoring from over the line.
<Rei> "Uh... hello?"
<TheDM> Still going.
<TheDM> (poor girl feel asleep with her head set on)
<Rei> "..."
* Aoi listens over Rei's shoulder.
<Aoi> "I don't hear anything..."
<Aoi> "HELLO?!"
<TheDM> Alice: Wahhh!
* Rei takes in a deep breath, and... winces in pain as Aoi beats him to the punch.
<TheDM> Rei can hear a crash and yell over the line
<TheDM> Alice: Huh? Hello? Hello?
* Rei winces in sympathy pain as well as his own. "Uh, hi?"
<TheDM> Alice: Oh.. my... father! ohwowohwowohwowohwowohwowohwow!!
<Aoi> (Does Aoi hear anything?)
<TheDM> (no sorry
<Aoi> "HEEELLLLOOOOO!!!"
* Rei BLINKS. "... Father?"
<TheDM> Alice; Wahhh! You dont need to yell!
* Rei winces. "It's okay Aoi, she's... here."
* Aoi quickly looks around.
<Aoi> "What? Father's here?"
* Rei winces. "No... she said 'Oh my father' or... something?"
<TheDM> Alice: I can't belive it! It's been over 500 years whats going on down there!
* Aoi sniffs and looks sad.
<Aoi> "Who's she? I don't hear anything..."
<TheDM> Alice: I got to tell some one... Wiat no ones here they left me alone 200 years ago! ahh no!
<TheDM> Alice is rambling right now.
<Rei> "Uh... I'm not entirely sure who she is... Dunno, I can hear her just fine. Though, much more yelling and I might not be able to."
<Rei> "You okay, miss? Why'd you call?"
<Light02> (ques rimshot)
<TheDM> Alice: Wiat? my lines! crap I forgot what I was suposed to say.
<TheDM> Alice: oh right I painted it on the wall last week!
<Aoi> "What's she saying?"
* Rei would sweatdrop if he were an anime character. "She's... saying something about having forgotten her lines?"
* Aoi looks like she's sad and tired and starting to feel the cuts and bruises she got earlier.
<TheDM> Alice: I am Neo-Valkyrie Rank 3 Class 3 stationed at the emergency earth assistance line. My names Alice.
<Rei> "Uh... hi? I'm Rei Arashino, though I can't really claim to have any titles like that..."
<TheDM> "Hi reichan! Im glad some one heard the ringign. So what can I help you with?
<Aoi> ("Why did you give your name backwards, Rei?" :p )
<Rei> (Convenience
)
* Aoi slowly walks around the room.
<Rei> "Well... though normally I'd be curious about someone calling me and asking what they can help with, right now I think I'll just say... 'surviving'?"
<TheDM> Alice: Surviving? Are you injured? Whats going on down there?"
<TheDM> Alice: Where is that log file... Holy @*#&@&!(@*#& @&#*@ (@!*! !!
* Rei shakes his head. "I don't know! I'm fine, but Aoi's a bit hurt and everyone... everything..."
<TheDM> Alice; Im not trained for this? What do I do?
<Aoi> "What's she saying?"
<Rei> "Panicking."
<Rei> "Which, on the whole, isn't a bad idea."
* Aoi goes over to the phone, takes a deep breath, but at the last moment moves it away from Rei's ear a bit before loudly commanding, "STOP PANICKING!"
niffs and looks sad.
[23:50] <Aoi> "Who's she? I don't hear anything..."
1[23:50] <TheDM> Alice: I got to tell some one... Wiat no ones here they left me alone 200 years ago! ahh no!
1[23:51] <TheDM> Alice is rambling right now.
[23:51] <Rei> "Uh... I'm not entirely sure who she is... Dunno, I can hear her just fine. Though, much more yelling and I might not be able to."
[23:51] <Rei> "You okay, miss? Why'd you call?"
[23:51] <Light02> (ques rimshot)
1[23:52] <TheDM> Alice: Wiat? my lines! crap I forgot what I was suposed to say.
1[23:52] <TheDM> Alice: oh right I painted it on the wall last week!
[23:52] <Aoi> "What's she saying?"
6[23:53] * Rei would sweatdrop if he were an anime character. "She's... saying something about having forgotten her lines?"
6[23:53] * Aoi looks like she's sad and tired and starting to feel the cuts and bruises she got earlier.
1[23:54] <TheDM> Alice: I am Neo-Valkyrie Rank 3 Class 3 stationed at the emergency earth assistance line. My names Alice.
[23:54] <Rei> "Uh... hi? I'm Rei Arashino, though I can't really claim to have any titles like that..."
1[23:55] <TheDM> "Hi reichan! Im glad some one heard the ringign. So what can I help you with?
[23:55] <Aoi> ("Why did you give your name backwards, Rei?" :p )
[23:55] <Rei> (Convenience
)
6[23:56] * Aoi slowly walks around the room.
[23:56] <Rei> "Well... though normally I'd be curious about someone calling me and asking what they can help with, right now I think I'll just say... 'surviving'?"
1[23:57] <TheDM> Alice: Surviving? Are you injured? Whats going on down there?"
1[23:57] <TheDM> Alice: Where is that log file... Holy @*#&@&!(@*#& @&#*@ (@!*! !!
6[23:57] * Rei shakes his head. "I don't know! I'm fine, but Aoi's a bit hurt and everyone... everything..."
1[23:58] <TheDM> Alice; Im not trained for this? What do I do?
[23:58] <Aoi> "What's she saying?"
[23:59] <Rei> "Panicking."
[23:59] <Rei> "Which, on the whole, isn't a bad idea."
6[23:59] * Aoi goes over to the phone, takes a deep breath, but at the last moment moves it away from Rei's ear a bit before loudly commanding, "STOP PANICKING!"
Session Time: Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 2006
* Aoi puts the phone back by Rei's ear.
* Rei takes the phone back. "Thanks for giving me some distance."
<TheDM> Alice: Oh no.. look at the read out! At this rate... Wahhh! Stop that!
<TheDM> Alice: Wait, I made connection with a mortal! I got a job to do.
<Aoi> "Why can't I hear her?"
* Rei shrugs. "Uh, do you know why only I can hear you?"
<Light02> (gah what a scatter brain)
<Aoi> (Which one of us?
)
<TheDM> Alice: Thank you for calling the emergency earth assistance help line. Some one will be there soon.
<TheDM> Alice says before the line goes dead.
<Rei> "... Be there soon? Hey!"
* Rei just takes the reciever from his ear and stares at it.
<Rei> "She hung up on me. What NOW?"
* Aoi sits down with her back against a wall.
<Aoi> "I'm tired..."
<TheDM> It's dim at first, but even Aoi can see the reciever starting to glow a white light.
<TheDM> And getting brighter fast.
<Aoi> "Look out!"
<TheDM> does rei look out or stand there like alump?
* Rei freezes, torn between throwing the reciever away and ducking for cover, or holding on.
* Aoi lunges forward and tackles her little sister before the phone blows.
<TheDM> The light is starting to become blinding and the reciever is starting to crack.
* Rei lets GO of the reciever at this point.
<TheDM> And with good timeing Aoi saves her little sister, as the hit the ground the room is flooded with light.
<TheDM> *they.
<Aoi> (Hmph. Aoi's going to be getting more xp than Rei this session. :p )
<Rei> (Heh)
<Ataru> (little sister?)
* Aoi says something into the floor.
<TheDM> Alice: : Neo-Valkyrie Alice is here and ready for action!... err hello?
* Rei lifts Aoi a bit. "You okay, sis?"
<TheDM> The floating girl just now notices the kinda of room they are in.
* Rei ignores his own bruised bones for the moment.
<Aoi> "Yeah. I feel better, actually. How are you... and who are *you*?"
* Aoi says the last to Alice.
<TheDM>
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/ ... 1166142210 for the people at home.
<Aoi> (Can I hear her now?)
<Rei> (Or see her?)
<TheDM> hmm.. Ok yes. Aoi falled her insanity roll hard enought back there.
<Rei> "I'm okay. And... hi, Alice?"
<TheDM> She can see, hear, and treat alice like a normal person.
<Aoi> "Oh, wow..."
<TheDM> Or corse no one else but them can see her.
* Aoi looks between Alice and Rei.
<Aoi> "You should wear your hair like that, Rei."
* Rei pats his hair. "Hey, straight and neat is fine for me."
<TheDM> (he will! or rather she will later)
* Aoi stands up.
<Aoi> "I'm Aoi and this is Rei. We're the Arashino sisters."
<TheDM> Alice flots over and gives a bow before repeating what she told rei over the phone.
* Rei glances at Aoi. "Sister and brother. ... Remember?"
<Rei> (Which one? Her title?)
<Aoi> "Oh... right..."
<TheDM> Alice: I am Neo-Valkyrie Rank 3 Class 3, Names alice!
<Rei> "Yeah... hi?"
<TheDM> yes she is packing that gun, and yes it would be bad to stand in front of it.
* Aoi glances sideways at Rei and gives a little tilt of her head, as if to tell Alice to just humor Rei.
<Rei> (That's not a gun, it's a BOW! Heh)
<TheDM> (shaped like one isnt it)
<Rei> (Yep. A big one)
<TheDM> Alice smiles at Aoi, and turn to rei, "Well im here... umm.. What now?"
<TheDM> Alice; This is my first time on a call.
* Rei blinks. "I was... kind of hoping you'd tell us that."
<TheDM> alice frowns, "The master log was being classifed as I was downloading it."
* Aoi nods sagely then says, "Huh?"
<Rei> "And... what does that mean?"
<TheDM> Alice: I only got a bit about the city being attacked, and midguard being freed from the controll spellon it
<Rei> "... Control spell?"
<TheDM> Alice: Master log? Oh thats the main file thats been monitering the city.
<Aoi> "A guard with a spell on it?"
<Rei> "... Midgard? As in the really ancient Norse mythology?"
<TheDM> alice blinks at the pair
<Rei> (Whoo! Points for being a history geek!)
<TheDM> Alice: Did that horride spell set humans back so far?
<Light02> (or points for noticed that Norse references in Ah My Goddess)
<TheDM> Alice: Umm.. no idea! I just not this relm is called midguard in a lot of files.
<Rei> "I have a vague feeling of being insulted."
<TheDM> Alice: Well thats good! Your minds working right again.
* Rei shrugs. "It doesn't really matter, though... Control spell?"
<Aoi> (*pouts as she decides that Aoi's too nice to comment about the insulted line.
)
<TheDM> ALice: But did something happen to your body.. Im getting wierd readings from you.
<Rei> (OOC is fine
)
<Rei> "Uh... wierd? As in what?"
<Aoi> (Nah. That gets annoying quickly.
)
* Aoi cautiously pokes Rei's side.
<TheDM> Alice: Oh right, If your under the spell you wouldnt know about it! Duh. Whats left of humanity, basical this city, has been under a very strong controll spell for the last 1000 years!
* Rei leans over to let her whisper into his ear, hoping she doesn't yell into it instead.
<TheDM> alice: It's been a real pain in the ass for both demons and gods from what I hear.
<Aoi> "She feels normal to me."
<Rei> "... Demons and gods? And... what's this control spell... do...?"
* Rei trails off as he puts two and two together.
<TheDM> alice pulls out an oddd head set and puts on scaning Rei with it.
* Rei comes up with Pi plus the square root of one half, but has a workable solution.
<TheDM> Alice; Hmm, very odd.. *she looks over to aoi* You said sister right? Well a sex change may have cased this...
* Rei sighs. "I've never been female."
* Aoi stares at Rei.
<Aoi> "You mean she's a boy now?!?"
<TheDM> Alice; Ya! How wierd right? Well if he says thats normal
* Aoi starts to check but decides that'd be getting a bit too personal.
<TheDM> Alice digs a bit deeper..
* Rei never realizes just how close he was to losing something that could never be regained.
<TheDM> "Alice: Oh I ee the problem. Your not human any more.
<Rei> "... WHAT?!"
<TheDM> alice pouts as she floats back some,"No need to yell at me"
<Aoi> (It must be a family thing.
)
* Rei sighs. "Sorry..."
<TheDM> (how do we work in the mimic stuff any way?)
<Rei> "I'm just... confused, here."
<Rei> (Hm... 'Save our souls!' 'I can't. But... I think you can', lead up to discussion?)
<TheDM> Alice moves her hands around in the air before a sceen pops up in front of her, She spins it around to show the two..err girls? "See it says right here."
* Rei tries to read said screen.
<TheDM> The sceen is full of junk you can't understand. But a red part stick out listed as classifed.
<TheDM> Alice is tapping her finger by it.
<Rei> (Is it in a comprehensible language?)
<TheDM> (not yet)
<Rei> "... From your body language, that red thing means something. But I can't read a word of it."
<TheDM> Oddly enought in her twisted state of mind Aoi can read it clearly.
<TheDM> And understands most of it.
<Aoi> "Oh, wow..."
<Rei> "'Wow'?"
<Aoi> "Yeah. Look at that."
<TheDM> It shows Aoi a listing of powers, health, general fait, and her 3 sizes.
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<TheDM> The last 3 or current male size tho
<Rei> "I'm... looking at it. You can read it?"
<Ataru> (B-W-H?)
* Aoi asks excitedly, "What about me?"
* Avatar_of_Chaos is now known as Light02
<TheDM> Alices flips her visor back down and gives Aoi a once over.
<TheDM> It gives the same information as it did for Rei, but her spit is listed as human, just damaged.
* Aoi sulks.
<Aoi> "No fair..."
<Rei> "Uh... Aoi? Alice? What did it say about me? What did it say about you?"
<TheDM> Her powers list is all strange jumble of question marks.
<Aoi> (Does it look like there are any powers for Aoi?)
<Aoi> "You got cool stuff..."
<TheDM> Alice: Oh its just your standered information for a data file. Basic levels of power, gifts, sizes, your fait, ya know that kinda junk. All tho yours is wierd in places.
<Ataru> (good night)
<Rei> "Uh... Could someone translate it for me?"
<Aoi> (Night.)
<Rei> (Night)
<TheDM> alice blinks and looks over the file. "Ya that is neat.. But why is body, and power listed pending?"
<TheDM> (go with your soul idea wolf, shoudl work)
<Rei> (On who, Aoi or me?)
<Rei> (We'd have to work back around to that one... I'll do so, though)
<TheDM> (she can't help aoi)
<Rei> (Nah, I was talking about the 'pending' remark)
<TheDM> (oh, yur pending, as in the mimic stuff isnt imputed yet.)
* Rei shrugs. "I couldn't tell you, though I'm still not quite clear on what you mean about me not being human..."
<Rei> "But... uh, the rest of this aside... What exactly are you here to do?"
<TheDM> alice points out something on Aoi's file,"See here? It shows human, Your's is marked classifed, they dont do that for people"
<TheDM> alice ponders for a moment as she floats there looking cute.
<Rei> "I'll take your word for it... And while I'm really curious on one end about my 'fate' and all that, I think I'll stay somewhat saner if I leave it be."
<TheDM> Alice: I really have no idea. I was created to watch over the earth line, but they never told me what to do if some one needed help!
<Aoi> "Uh, help us?"
<Rei> "Yeah... we could definitely do with some help."
<Aoi> (That was a suggestion)
<TheDM> Alice; Ok I can do that!
* Aoi says quietly, "And maybe our parents if you can find them..."
<Rei> "Though... best idea I've got involves that very intimidating gun of yours and all those _stupid_ things outside..."
* Rei quietly wraps an arm around Aoi's shoulders.
<Rei> (Poor guy... caught without any swear words in a situation like THIS)
<TheDM> The sceen fades away as she draws her gun, "I can do that no problem!" The gun jerks and a bolt of light flys out passing right throught Rei and Aoi.
* Rei just freezes. "I... surrender?"
<TheDM> Alice: Oh my father imsorryimsorryimosrry!
* Aoi stares down at herself.
<TheDM> No damage.
<TheDM> Your cloths are even fades
* Rei looks down just to make sure he didn't take any _too_ nasty wounds...
<TheDM> *faded
<TheDM> Alice; Hey wait! Why dont you have big holes in your body!
<TheDM> she starts to fiddle with her gun.
<Rei> "... I feel a general sense of dread."
<TheDM> Alice: I know the setting is right..
* Aoi stares at Alice.
<Rei> "And really, I have no complaints about not having holes! None at all!"
<Aoi> "Don't put holes in us!"
<TheDM> More shots ring out passing harmless into the walls, floor, and roof
* Aoi stomps over to Alice.
<Aoi> "STOP THAT!"
<TheDM> Alice is starting to panic now, "Wahhh I don't know whats going on."
<TheDM> She jumps back and up from Aoi, ending up with her head in the cealing.
* Rei follows Aoi. "You know, at this point I think we'll all be safer if you put the gun down..."
<TheDM> she slowly brings her hand up and that passes into it as well.
<TheDM> Alice: Oh no! I screwed up again!
<TheDM> Alice flys around the room trying to grab things and hit walls to no effect.
* Rei leans over to Aoi. "Are you getting the feeling that we won't last through too many more screwups?"
* Aoi takes Rei's hand and walks out of the room.
<TheDM> Alice: Wahhh! Dont leave me alone please!
<TheDM> Alices glomp of Aoi and rei does work they hey a scared winged girl hanging onto them now.
<Rei> "... Uh, are you calm now?"
<Rei> "How exactly did you screw up?"
<TheDM> Alice; I can feel you but nothing else...
* Aoi squeals.
<Aoi> "Well, stop feeling me there!"
<TheDM> she pulls down her visor again and blushs as she quickly removes her hand from aoi.
<TheDM> Alice: Im on midguard, but I dont have any acesses to it! I can't do anything!
<TheDM> Alice: Some help I am...
<Aoi> "Don't you have a boss or something you can call?"
<TheDM> she is pouting cutly.
<Rei> "It's... okay. We're... really no worse off than we started."
<TheDM> Alice; I been alone for 200 years now.. I was scared they would forget about me and delete the office some day.
<TheDM> (hmm, how to move this along)
<Rei> "'Delete'? 'Access'? That sounds rather 'computer'-ey."
* Aoi frowns.
<Aoi> "So, can you help us or not?"
<TheDM> Alice notices the big sceen taking up most of the room they moved into. She flys over it and trys to use the system but her hands just pass by effecting nothing.
<TheDM> Alice: Ill do what ever it takes for as long as it takes to help! I swear this!
<TheDM> A low beep bell can be heard ringing from all around you.
<Aoi> "Well, you can touch us even if you can't touch anything else..."
<TheDM> Alice: .... oops. Didn't think that system still worked.
<Rei> "... System? What happened?"
<TheDM> alice blushs as she tried to think of an answer.
<TheDM> Alice: Umm.. nothing?
* Rei scratches his head. "You know... I'd really like to take that at face value, but I'm not exactly in a position to."
<TheDM> Alice; This sucks hellfire. My body just don't work here.
<Rei> "Your body? That's the problem?"
<Rei> "Is there anything you can do through us?"
<Rei> "Even a walkthrough on this thing will be more than we have now."
<TheDM> Alice: Through you? err I duno.. Mixing files like that safe? All tho your does have that wierd stuff in it.
<TheDM> Alice: This thing seems to be a controll for the citys systems. but I can't use it..
<Rei> "You know, this talk on files is really more your bag than mine, so I can't comment on that. But... there should be _something_ we can do, even if you just give us directions and tell us which button to push."
<Aoi> "How about taking us back to wherever you came from?"
<TheDM> (you come up with an idea and hten move away from it, good going!)
<TheDM> Alice: If you dont understand anything about files then teaching you this will take weeks. *she pouts again*
<Aoi> (Don't blame him. He doesn't have any idea what he's talking about.
)
<Rei> (Heh, I'll leave it to her to follow the idea to conclusion. _Rei_ has no idea he's a medium)
<TheDM> Alice: umm.. Where I come from. *she frowns* Ever one ends up there at some time right? No rush.
<Rei> "Ugh... Don't suppose, since this is all computer talk anyway, you can just 'download' it into my head?"
<TheDM> Alice: I suppose.. Thats how I was trained after all.
<TheDM> Alice; Ok who first?
* Rei shrugs. "I'll go."
* Aoi bites her lip.
<TheDM> Alice: Well ok, *she flosts over and holds a hand hear Rei's head*
<TheDM> Alice moves her hand around some as she seems to be thinking.
<Aoi> "Be careful with her..."
<TheDM> Alice: Of corse. But there is something odd here. *alice is glowing a light blue as she floats near rei.*
<Rei> "... Odd? Is that a good odd?"
* Aoi quietly walks up to Alice and chirps 1/2 an inch from her ear, "What is it?"
* Rei experiences, for the first time, schadenfreude.
<TheDM> Alice: Wahhh! *the scared floating girl jumps forward, slaming onto and then into Rei.*
<TheDM> The room fills with a white flash and a storm of feathers.
<TheDM> Ok wolf, Its your turn now.
* Rei blinks, opening her eyes. "I feel... drafty."
<TheDM> Aoi watchs as the light fades away to,
* Rei looks down at 'her' body... and sees Alice's. "Geh?! Wha?!"
<TheDM> (not totaly alice, you mix remember, she would gets a bit of you as well.)
<TheDM> (or was that just mental mix? Bah nm)
<TheDM> (go ahead0
<Rei> (True)
<Rei> (Yeah, just mental mix)
<Aoi> (Well, *someone* tell me what I see.
)
<Rei> (Alice)
<Aoi> (No Rei?)
<Rei> (Yep, just Alice standing there)
<TheDM> (Rei is alice now, she probly looks a bit older by a year or two)
* Aoi grabs Alice and starts shaking her.
<Aoi> "What have you done with my little sister?!"
<Rei> "Gah! What're you talking about Aoi?!"
<Aoi> "Where is she?!"
<Rei> "And... why the heck AM I your little sister now?!"
* Aoi continues shaking.
<Rei> "Hey! I'm Rei!"
* Aoi stops shaking and brings her face very close to Alice/Rei's, frowning and studying her suspiciously.
<Aoi> "Prove it."
<Rei> "Uh... You bought me another dress a little while ago?"
<TheDM> (like the good big sister she is)
* Aoi thinks about that for a moment.
<Aoi> "Go on..."
<Rei> "You... keep talking to me about dating boys, which I might add is a rather... ugh... proposition?"
<Aoi> "What's my cat's name?"
<Aoi> (She doesn't have one.)
<Rei> "... You don't have a cat."
<Rei> (I was going to answer that anyway
)
* Aoi reluctantly lets Rei/Alice go.
<Aoi> "Ok... I suppose..."
<Rei> "Okay, now... what happened to me, and where the heck is Alice?"
* Aoi shrugs.
<Aoi> "Can you touch things?"
* Rei pokes the computer. Her finger doesn't go through.
<Rei> "Wow yes this is awesome, itworksitworksitworks!"
<TheDM> Alice is a part of rei now, just hasnt noticed "herself" yet.
<TheDM> Oh, never mind.
<TheDM> (heh,)
<Rei> (Yes she has
)
* Aoi scowls at Alice/Rei.
<TheDM> Rei can free use the computer system now and finds it childs play.
* Rei hops into the computer chair and starts looking over the controls, totally oblivious to the glare.
<TheDM> It shows the crystal tokyo system. and ever thing going on.
<TheDM> On the down side this includes the slughter, and a insanly high body count.
* Aoi quietly leans over Rei's shoulder and watches what she's doing.
* Rei sobers up. "Okay... talk to me, oh computer-thing. What can you do?"
* Rei tries to check out just what systems may be under this station's authority.
<Aoi> "Can it hear you?"
<TheDM> Aoi would be leaning aginst a big fluffy wing, and be near Rei's now perfect hair.
<Rei> "It'd be reallyreally creepy if it could, dontcha think? Better to talk rhe... rhetorically?"
<Rei> (;_; Rei's hair is quite fine.)
<TheDM> (yes but now its divine)
<TheDM> (^^ damn that was bad, heh)
<TheDM> The system isn't upgraded to a talking one.
<TheDM> BUt you know enought to get done just about anything at any rate
* Rei actually was speaking rhetorically, and was using the pokey-buttons interface.
<TheDM> (yarrow do you have go leave soon?)
<TheDM> (dont want to caus you any problems)
<Aoi> (I was just wondering how much longer you planned to go.)
<TheDM> (this is it right here.)
<Rei> (So, what can the computer do, precisely?)
<Aoi> (Oh, well, if you're done then it doesn't matter.
)
<TheDM> On the sceen there are 4 main zones remaining to the system. A red one is close by and listed a Cheery hill temple, A green one is cut off for your current location and listed as Jupiter state park.
<Rei> (4 zones under its control? Or, 'not laid to waste'?)
<TheDM> A huge blue one seems to cover the northen part of the city and a lot of room out side of the grid. The remaining part is the palace.
<TheDM> Not laid to waste.
<TheDM> There are two que's pending that you can see.
* Rei purses her lips. "Okay... Four places that aren't... gone."
* Rei checks out the queues.
<TheDM> The blue area and the palace are but trying to draw the main power feed form the grid that your currently at.
<TheDM> *both.
<Rei> (However many 'ue's happen to be in there)
<TheDM> (two)
<TheDM> You can only pick one tho.
* Rei checks whether there'll be any 'bad' things happening from allowing the power draw.
<TheDM> considering ever thing around your location is blacked out, you dont think the people will mind.
* Aoi finds someplace reasonably comfortable to rest and then rests in it.
* Rei grits her teeth. "This really isn't the kind of choice I should have to make, but..." She glances back at Aoi, seems to take it as benediction, and routes the power to the blue place.
<Rei> "I hope the palace is okay..."
<TheDM> The patch works of lines running all around the blackend parts of the city turn off. And one thick line snakes out from your location to link up with the blue.
<TheDM> The ground shakes for a moment but not enought to effect your much.
<TheDM> All tho rei does notice her body now has bounce in in places it didn't before.
<TheDM> The que file is empty now, all power is flowing to the blue complex. The rest of the map is dead expect for thoes 4 main zones.
* Rei was reasonably aware of that bounce, since her current clothing leaves little to guesswork.
<Rei> "Dontcha think it's kinda scary that it was so easy for you guys to get in here? I'm a little worried someone not-as-nice'll do something they shouldn't..."
* Aoi murmurs something about a stupid lock design.
<TheDM> (we shoudl be done soon, go ahead and finsh up a spot of rp.)
* Rei uses the computer a touch more to see if there's anything else that can be done at this station.
<TheDM> It lists Emergency protocols, Shutdown, self Destruct
* Rei figures this qualifies as an emergency, and checks that section.
<TheDM> It just ask's if you want to start them or not.
* Rei tries to find out precisely what the emergency protocols are, if possible.
<TheDM> Emergency protocols as are there own power grid. It's mostly controlls for shifting roads, and shunting the population to listed safe zones.
<TheDM> 3 remain active, the palace is sealed, and the last yellow one is listed as destroyed.
* Rei starts them up, then, and rather prays that the metal-things don't follow to said safe zones.
* Aoi comes back to peer over Rei's shoulder again.
<Rei> "Okay... I'm starting up the emergency protocols, so... If they work, they'll move everyone to safe areas."
<TheDM> The maps shows a secoundary grid work of power light up. The roads to each safe zone is clearly marked and shold be easy to follow.
<Aoi> "Ok... Are you going to destroy the computer after that?"
<TheDM> The closest one to your location is the red one. The sceen shifts to a close up showing you the way.
<TheDM> And if your done with any RP that just about does it.
<Rei> "Dunno... I'm pretty uncomfortable with the idea of this thing getting turned against us, but I want to squeeze every last bit of use out of it..."
<TheDM> Aoi have any questions for rei/alice? jokes? pokes? whatnot.
* Rei checks to see if there's anything else it can do.
<TheDM> Since all power is not be sent to the blue zone, there is little else this terminal can do.
<Aoi> No, since she's not actually doing anything at the moment, she's feeling rather tired from the day's events.
* Rei checks the self-destruct option to make sure it applies to JUST the terminal.
<TheDM> Rats..
<TheDM> Yes it does.
<Rei> (And not the building... the zone... the CITY...)
<TheDM> So much for my big count down, and tiny fizz
<Aoi> (Just the terminal and the user.)
* Rei purses her lips, then triggers the self-destruct and backs away. "Okay... I'm really feeling bad about destroying this thing, but... It's way too easy to get to."
<Aoi> "So ... what do we do now?"
<TheDM> the sceen flickers for a moment before switching to an out side view showing the empty road.
* Rei turns to Aoi. "_First_, we are finding as much cloth as we can and are getting those injuries bandaged up."
<Light02> (I say get the hell out of dodge would be a good idea)
<Aoi> "They stopped bleeding when the phone blew up."
<TheDM> smoke can be sceen waffing up from a couple small air vents in the system but the view remains.
* Aoi holds up her hand.
<Aoi> "See?"
<TheDM> Aoi was slighty healed and refreshed by the wave of holy engery, but she will still have some nasty scars
* Rei peers at Aoi's scrapes. "Damn... I wish there was something more I could do about that..."
<TheDM> This does not make up for lost blood tho, and she is very tired. Only acting so strong for the sake of her little sister.
<Rei> "I'm reallyreally sorry, I never learned healing!"
<TheDM> (We can end here if you wish)
* Rei shake